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4:30pm Shabbat Candle Lighting
Friday Night 4:35pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat in Nathaniel Richman Cohen Sanctuary. Services officiated and Dvar Torah given by Rabbi Shaul Robinson. 5:30pm Youth Department Shabbat Dinner: Welcome to all those joining our first ever Youth Dinner! Pre-registration required
Shabbat Morning 7:45am Hashkama Minyan in the Belfer Beit Midrash followed by a shiur on the third floor given by Fred Ehrman. 8:30am Parsha Shiur given by Rabbinic Intern, Tzvi Benoff on “Sorry, I Don’t Daven Outside of Israel” 9:00am Services in the Nathaniel Richman Cohen Sanctuary. Drasha given by Rabbi Shaul Robinson. 9:15am Beginners Service led by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald in Rm LL201 9:30am: Minyan and Meaning: The Soulful Experience Location: Pre-function Room 9:40am Latest Shema 9:45am Rabbi Herschel Cohen Memorial Minyan in the Belfer Beit Midrash 10:00am Youth Groups for children ages 2-12 11:00am “Baby & Me” (ages 0-24 months, Rm 208/210)
Shabbat Afternoon 3:00pm Beginners Mishna Chavura with Moshe Sheinwexler in the Belfer Beit Midrash 3:00pm Herb Weiss Bikur Cholim Society: Meets in the Shele Danishefsky Covlin Foyer to visit patients at Mount Sinai West.
(New volunteers needed and welcome) 3:30pm Samson Raphael Hirsch Bible Class with Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald in Rm 211 3:30pm Louis & Rhoda Lazar Memorial Shabbat Pre-Mincha Shiur in the Nathaniel Richman Cohen Sanctuary given by Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld on "The Great Man and Surprising Ideas Behind the Daf Yomi” 4:15pm Mincha/Seudah Shlishit. Rabbinic Intern, Tzvi Benoff will be
speaking on “No Tights No Flights: The Rule that Saved Smallville and Yaakov” 5:32pm Ma’ariv/Shabbat Ends
Shaul Robinson Josh Rosenfeld Sherwood Goffin z”l Yanky Lemmer Tamar Fix Alan Samuels
Senior Rabbi Assistant Rabbi Founding Chazzan Cantor Executive Director President
Parshat Vayechi 14 Tevet 5780 Jan 10-11, 2020
SHABBAT SCHEDULE
Weekly Prayer Schedule: January 12-17
Day Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday:
Daf Yomi 7:45am 6:15am 6:20am 6:20am 6:15am 6:20am
Shacharit 7:10am, 8:30am 7:00am, 7:50am 7:10am, 7:50am 7:10am, 7:50am 7:00am, 7:50am 7:10am, 7:50am Candle Lighting 4:38pm
Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:40pm 4:40pm 4:40pm 4:40pm 4:45pm 4:40pm
Talia and Liron David for donating candy machines to the Youth Department in memory of Liron's parents, Julie and Rafi David, z"l, who always participated in any project that would bring smiles to children’s faces.
David B. Levy for writing this week’s Dvar Torah.
HAKARAT HATOV
Hashkama Kiddush: Yehudit and Jeffrey Neuman in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Jeffrey’s mother, Malka bat Yitzchok a”h.
Main Kiddush: Jerry Kahn in commemoration of the yahrzeit of his wife, Marilyn Kahn, a”h.
Rabbi Herschel Cohen Memorial Minyan: David Menaged, the Nussbaum, and the Verschleisser families in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of James' father, Asher ben Eliezer z"l and David's father, Edward ben Shmuel z"l.
Beginners Kiddush: Beatrice Stoller in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of her beloved brother, Solomon Mazur, Shlomo ben Yitzchak z”l.
Seudah Shlishit: Joyce and David Friedman and Jonathan and Rachel Neumark Herlands in commemoration of the yahrtzeits of their mothers Edith Jaskoll a”h and Debby Neumark a”h.
Elana & Dr. James Nussbaum and family and the Verschleisser family in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of James' father, Asher ben Eliezer z"l, Mr. Allen Nussbaum.
Barbara Schwartz Spero in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of her father, Shmuel Zanvil Schwartz HaCohen z”l.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Friday Night: 5:30pm Youth Department Shabbat Dinner: Welcome to all those joining. Pre-registration required
Shabbat Morning: 9:30am: Minyan and Meaning: The Soulful Experience Join LSS and Kol HaNeshamah on a unique spiritual journey to the
heart with prayer, enchanting melodies, and fascinating, modern explanatory insights into the service and weekly parsha.
Hear insights from Rabbanit Adena Berkowitz and Rabbi Shaul Robinson with a fusion of R&B/jazz from the renowned Chazzan and artist Mo Kiss and enjoy our famous mid-service Kiddush.
Registration is free, but registration is requested for minyan purposes. To register, please visit www.lss.org/event/mnm. Location: Pre-function Room
Sunday: 10:30am On the Wings of Eagles: Israel’s Mass Aliya in the First Years of
the State: In the first five years of its existence, Israel doubled its population. Immigrants poured in from war torn Europe and from the Arab countries. In this program, Jewish historian Shulie Mishkin will use texts, songs, and stories to explain how the fledgling state absorbed this huge wave and what effect the
immigrants and the state had on each other. Bagels & coffee will be served. Cost: $15 at the door.
6:00pm Teen Department Presents Words to Action: Empowering Students to Address Anti-Semitism: Join us in this interactive program that provides youth (middle school - college age), family members, and communities to increase their understanding and ability to address anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias that crosses the line. All participants will receive a certificate of completion. Sponsored by Estee and Elli Friedman in loving memory of Estee’s mother, Ida Lefkowitz, יוטא בת ברוך יואל
THIS SHABBAT & WEEKEND
Mrs. Nancy and Mr. Stephen Gates Mrs. Ayelet and Mr. Ari Rosenberg
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Jocelyn London and David Adelsberg on the birth of a baby girl. Mazal tov to big sisters Ella and Lily.
MAZAL TOV
Sunday: Sunday Morning Responsa with Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld; Takes place
after the 2nd Minyan. Location: Belfer Beit Midrash. Monday: Chug Ivrit led by Harel Fenigstein 7:00pm-8:15pm. In this class, we
read articles from the Israeli press, watch videos of news stories, documentaries and comedy clips, listen to (and sing along!) to Israeli songs and chat in Ivrit. This year, we will have a special focus on Israeli poetry. Location: Rm 206/207
Tuesday: The Marilyn & Sam Isler, “Studies in the weekly Parsha” led by Rabbi
Shaul Robinson: 10:30am– 11:30am. Location: Rm LL201 Beit Midrash night, The M'lachim (Kings) Study Group led by Ron
Platzer: 7:30pm-8:30pm. Location: Rm 211 Wednesday: Beit Midrash night: The Subversive Religious Poetry of Yehuda
Amichai given by Sara Brzowsky: 7:00pm-8:00pm Location: Rm 207 Thursday: Women’s Talk Time: led by School Psychologist Ruth Moser Riemer:
11:30am-12:30pm. Last Week’s Topic: Loss of a Loved One Location: Rm LL201.
The Jacob Adler Parsha Class Explorations in the Weekly Parsha led by
Rabbi Shaul Robinson: 7:00pm-8:00pm. Location: Belfer Beit Midrash Join Rabbi Shaul Robinson as he offers this exciting new mini series for beginners, intermediate, and advanced alike! What a Jew Believes: Practicing Faith in a Skeptical World 01/20 @ 1:00pm & 01/22 @ 7:00pm G-d - Does He exist, and what does He want from me? 01/27 @ 1:00pm & 01/29 @ 7:00pm The Jewish People - Chosen, but why? And For What? 02/03 @1:00pm & 02/05 @ 7:00pm Prayer - Does G-d listen? And why is shul always the same? 02/10 @ 1:00pm & 02/12 @ 7:00pm Torah From Heaven? Did G-d really speak and does He ever change His mind? Last class to be rescheduled—TBD The Money in My Pocket - Who does it belong to and what should I do with it? Save the Date: Beginners: Tuesday, February 11: Introduction to Bible: The 10 Commandments with Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald: 6:30pm-8:00pm An in-depth study and analysis of the Decalogue (the Ten Commandments) and other basic biblical texts. The religious significance of the Bible, scriptural exegesis and the relationship of the written and oral law will be discussed and analyzed. To register, please call 212-874-6100 or register online at www.lss.org/beginners. Cost: $90, Free to LSS Members. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, January 27: Officers Meeting: 7:30pm Location: 3rd Floor Gym
Tuesday, January 28: Meeting of the Board of Trustees and Governors: 7:00pm Location: Ballroom
Thursday, January 30: Membership Meeting: 8:00pm Location: Ballroom
Shabbat, February 1: Beginners Luncheon The cost is only $25 per person. Register and pay online
at www.lss.org/beginners or call 212-874-6100. Please make your reservations and payment by Thursday, January 30th. Special meal requests must be submitted no later than Tuesday, January 28th.
Sunday, February 2: LSS Presents A Mother Daughter Lunch and Learn: 12:00pm
Join our Community Intern, Mindy Schwartz Zolty, for this four part mini series. We invite you to connect with your daughters through Torah study, a delicious lunch, and through the empowerment of coming together with other Jewish women. To register, please visit www.lss.org/event/miniseries. Lunch generously sponsored by
Sara & Brad Nash in honor of her daughters, Gaby and Elana Nash, and in memory of their great grandmothers, Gertrude Silverman,
Charlotte Siris, Chickie Witten, and Lillie Nash. We are looking for sponsors for the last two classes. If you are interested in sponsoring the lunch portion, please email [email protected]. Thank you and we look forward to learning together!
Shabbat, February 8: Women’s Tefillah Group: Tu Bishvat Theme: 3:45pm Save the date. More information to follow.
Motzei Shabbat, February 8: Meet the Real Fauda Soldiers: 8:00pm the Netflix series Fauda took America by storm as it depicted the operations of the special forces IDF Duvdevan unit, These soldiers specialize in anti-terrorist warfare, well behind enemy lines and are generally under cover.In this special program, you will meet two graduates of the Duvdevan unit. Please note, They are not FAUDA actors, rather real, former Duvdevan IDF Officers who will give first-hand accounts of the work of this elite unit.The Duvdevan Founda-tion supports bereaved family members who have lost a loved one in active combat, helps sustain soldiers on active duty and enables Duvdevan veterans to transition back to civilian life. Advance registration: $50 (LSS members), $60 (non-members). At the door (if still available, $80). To register, please visit www.lss.org/event/therealfauda.
Sunday, February 9: Mental Health First Aid Training: 10:00am Presented by Lincoln Square Synagogue, Congregation Ohab Zedek,
The Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, and West Side Institutional. MHFAT provides proven practices that will help you recognize the early signs and symptoms of mental illness and substance misuse. Certificate of completion will be presented to participants. This training will be a mixture of lecture style and breakout sessions facilitated by a mental health professional. Lunch will be provided.
To register, please visit www.lss.org/event/mentalhealth.
WEEKLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
FOOD FUNNEL: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The LSS food funnel needs an handful of volunteers to bring bread from Orwasher’s East Side bakery to some organizations that distribute the bread to people in need. Volunteers would be scheduled for about 8 evenings a year. For more information, please contact Food Funnel coordinator Philip Gassel at [email protected].
LSS HOSPITALITY
Rabbinic Intern, Tzvi Benoff is in need of meals and lodging for January 17-18, and February 14-15.
LSS Community Intern, Mindy Schwartz Zolty and her husband Yoni are in need of meals on January 31-February 1, and February 7-8.
Please email [email protected] with the subject line "Intern" and your availability to meet our current needs. Thank you!
Shabbat Shalom!
Ariella and Mendel Lazaros
Upcoming Events: To sponsor an event please email [email protected] Shabbat, January 18: Chess Tournament: 10:30am To sponsor new chess boards for the Youth Department, please visit www.lss.org/event/chess. Sunday, January 26: Teen Minyan Bagels & Schmear: 9:45am Motzei Shabbat, February 8: Youth and Teen Musical Havdalah with Chazzan Lemmer. More information to follow. Shabbat, February 22: Parshat Mishpatim Teen Minyan: 10:00am If you’d like to lead any part of the Shabbat service (Kriyah Hatorah, Haftorah, Shacharit, Musaf) please speak directly to Mendel or email [email protected]. Sunday, March 8: LSS Annual Youth Department Purim Carnival The Purim Carnival is the main fundraiser for the LSS Youth Department. We need your support for another incredible decade. To donate, please email [email protected]. Sunday, March 29: Dorot Passover Package Delivery (Volunteer Mission) Save the date. More information to follow.
Seedlings (2 years old) Room 210 זרעים
שורשים Roots (3-4 years old) Room 211
Buds (K-1st) Room 208 ניצנים
Flowers (2nd-7th) Room 206 פרחים
Branches (2nd-7th) Room 207 ענפים
YOUTH AND MAGEN AVRAHAM TEEN DEPARTMENT
Answers: 1. Yakov and Yosef 2. In the stories of Cain and Hevel and of Yakov and Esav 3. 17 years
Dvar Torah: Parshat Vayechi starts with Yakov getting sick. He calls for his sons to bless them. When he calls Yosef, he tells Yosef to also bring his sons Menashe and Ephraim for a bracha. Yakov famously blesses them, and when doing so puts his right hand on Ephraim and his left hand on Menashe, despite Menashe being older. He then blesses the rest of his sons individually. Yosef promises Yakov, that when Yakov dies, Yosef will bury him in Chevron with his fathers and mothers. When Yakov dies, Yosef does just that; he brings his father's body back to Israel. The other eleven brothers fear that Yakov was the only reason they were still alive and that Yosef will finally seek revenge, so they apologize again to Yosef for selling him. Yosef promises them that all is forgiven. The Parsha ends with the death of Yosef in Egypt. The next chapter begins with the enslavement of Bnei Yisrael.
After Shul Ask Your Children: 1. Which two great patriarchs died in this week’s Parsha? 2. Menashe was blessed before Ephraim even though he was
younger. Where else did that happen? 3. How long did Yakov live in Egypt?
Schedule:
10:00 am Drop-Off (Rooms 208/210, 211) 11:00 am Davening, Circle Time and Baby & Me (208-210) 11:10 am Recreation, Games, and Rehydration 11:30 am Parsha & Candy: The End of Bereshit 11:45 am Groups End
Community Security Service (CSS), a not-for-profit organization is now in many synagogues in the tri-state area. The team participates in ongoing training each year and collaborates closely with the NYPD, CSS and security teams at other synagogues. CSS will be providing the following courses so now is the time to join the LSS Security Team: January 2020 – Active Shooter Training February 2020 - L2, Advanced training February 2020 – ROAM, advanced training course for “YP” Qualifications – You’ll need to be a member of LSS, be fit and able to stand guard outside of the Synagogue and complete the L1 Basic Training. To apply please email [email protected] quoting: Each course of interest, Name (first, last), Contact number (cell phone) and any Affiliations to Jewish Organizations
SECURITY UPDATE
AIPAC Policy Conference will be taking place in Washington March 1-3. You can register online at AIPAC.ORG. A discount of $100 will be available to LSS members until Tuesday, January 14, 2020 thereby bringing the total cost to $499. Use our special code PC20LSS when signing up.
If you have any questions, please contact Ann Crane Lowy at [email protected].
AIPAC CONFERENCE
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In case of a bereavement, please call our Clergy at 646-543-7485 (day or night)
LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE OFFICERS Alan Samuels, President ([email protected])
Jamie Nussbaum, Ian Silver, Morey Wildes, Vice Presidents Michael Roxland, Treasurer Jay Ziffer, Secretary
Michael Doppelt, Tanya Gershon, Adam Herbst, Rande Price, Yitzy Rubin, Paris Wald Stulbach You may contact our officers by emailing [email protected]
Lincoln Square Synagogue • 180 Amsterdam Ave. at W. 68th Street New York, NY 10023 • 212-874-6100 • www.lss.org
We are currently looking for writers for:
Shabbat Pesach (4/11) Parshat Shmini (4/18)
Parshat Tazria-Metzora (4/25)
Email [email protected] or see Bill Greenbaum in shul.
Parshat Vayechi January 10-11 By: David B. Levy
Last Words and Beyond Words
A connection between Parashat Vayechi and the Haftorah are the "last words" of Yakov Avinu and Dovid HaMelekh, which can be illuminated further by reference to the last words in Parashat V’Zot HaBrachah, Idra Zutra in Sefer HaZohar, Sefer Hishtalkut and Megillat Ruth. Midrash Bereishit Rabbah 49:1, Tzror Hamor and Livnat HaSapir relate Yakov’s last words to Moshe’s last words in Parashat V’Zot HaBracha. For example, al pi kabbalah, Yakov’s private criticism of Reuven, is reversed when Moshe makes a tikkun by praying that Reuven should be restored to favor: “Let Reuben live” (Deut. 33:6). Similarly Moses did not assign to Levi a portion in the Land, but blessed Sheivet Levi with the charge of korbanot, as it says, “They shall put incense before Thee and the whole burnt offering upon Thine altar.” Therefore, they were scattered among all Israel to receive ma’aser, as Yakov declared “I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.” Hashem is the portion for Sheivet Levi. Jacob did not curse Shimon and Levi but provided them only with private tochahah about their anger, which Rashi relates to Balaam, who observed “How shall I curse whom G-d has not cursed?” (Num 23:8). They were correct in their brotherly love according to the Redak, Ramban, and Alshich to ask, “Shall our sister (Dinah) be treated as a zonah?” (Gen Rabbah 99.7). According to Sanh. 109b, sheivet Levi’s zealous anger resurfaces for the cause of truth when Pinchas ben Elazar ben Aharon Hakohen (Num. 25:14) forbids the flagrant, public pritzut of the intermarriage between Zimri (a Simeonite) and Cozbi, a deed of shame, thus winning for the sheivit a perpetual brit kehunat olam. Lekach Tov further clarifies: “I will scatter them in Israel” was a blessing to Levi, that he might raise scholars to instruct Israel; for afitzem (I will scatter) connotes instruction, as in the text: “Let your springs be dispersed (yafutzu) abroad” (Mishlei 5:16). Moses blessed them in the same vein, “Sheivet Levi shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances” (Deut. 33:10). The last words of King David, a poet, warrior and king whose life is unveiled in an artistic and archeological context, are the blessings and curses recounted in Kings 1 (our Haftorah), Divrei HaYamim 23:27 [elaboration of the Levitical priesthood] and in Shmuel 2:23 where David recalls the chesed done to him by the family of Barzilai and instructs Shlomo to exact Realpolitik justice on David’s enemies. Rambam holds that a great-souled person remembers not the good that he did to others but the good that others did to him. Thus, Dovid shows hakarat ha-tov to his fighting men; in Tehillim, (not just an autobiographical work but poetry with a theological purpose) Dovid acknowledges that his escape from rodefim was in the hands of G-d,
DVAR TORAH
and an act of providence. Rambam in his philosophic magnum opus, Moreh HaNevukhim, holds that regarding providence, G-d guards one in direct proportion to one’s intellectual, ethical, and spiritual virtue attained in olam ha-zeh. This is in keeping with the portrait of Dovid in Maseket Berachot (3b), a faithful servant to the Sanhedrin learning halakhah including the laws of war. “The stone which the builders have rejected has become the chief cornerstone” is a reference to Dovid (Hallel). "Last words" are also significant in Idra Zutra of Sefer Ha-Zohar. Although it is a machloket whether there is anything physical in olam ha-bah — the Rambam says there is not — the Rashbi prepares his talmidim for the heavenly banquet hall (trakolin) in the afterlife where the Rashbi in unio mystica weds the heavenly Shekhinah, and hints of his own resurrection symphony, confirming with Pirkei Avot 4:16 that “This world is a prozdor (hallway) to olam ha-bah, prepare yourselves to enter the trakolin.” This preparation is foreshadowed in the Zohar’s Rav Metivta, an account of a visionary soul journey to the Garden of Eden by Rashbi and the Hevra. The Rashbi’s last words take place on Lag B’Omer when the sefirot emanated as majesty, Hod Shebahod (sod hamishim). Dovid’s last words are timed on the pleromatic emanation of malchut shebimalchut, Shavuot, on which Megillat Ruth’s last words give the genealogy of David via Ruth and Boaz back to the meritorious Tamar. In the 16th century, HaAri HaKodesh practiced techniques of unifications by prostrating himself on the kever of the Rashbi in Meron, or learning Rashbi’s Torah, “to cause the lips to move,” entering into ayn sof. Mikubalim of Safed such as the Remak, Rabbi Chaim Vital, Rabbi Moshe Alshich, Rabbi Trani and Rabbi Yosef Karo practiced causing these cosmic theurgic unifications by learning Mishnah, reciting the Shema and Aseret HaDibrot with intense kavanah, and by meditating on the tetragrammaton, the essence of all divine encryptions of Hashem’s hidden encoded holy-name permutations, according to the Ramban. Last words are also crucial in Hasidic life as noted in Sefer HaHistalkut regarding 42 Hasidic Rebbes from Eastern Europe whose last words and gestures are recorded mirroring the 42 way stations of the pilgrim soul in Parashat Matos-Masei. Many Hasidic tzadikim also give brachot based on the models of Moshe, Yosef and Yakov in the Tanakh. Thus, the Noam Elimelech distributes specific blessings to four of his disciples (similar to Rabbi Akiva’s four disciples). To the Seer of Lublin, he gave the light and insight of the eyes and internal vision. (The Seer, like Rabbi Yitzchak the Blind, a relative of the Rivaad in medieval Provence, had internal (in)sight into the mind’s eye.) To the Maggid of Koznitz he gave purity and strength of heart, to Rabbi Mendel of Prostik, a supernatural Sechel Tov, and to the Apter Rav the powers of derash, a koach peh. Rabbi Zalman of Liadi’s last words were to call over one of his grandsons to teach Torah Li’Shmah in Jewish education. Rav Shmuelke of Sasov sings an exultant joy-filled niggun as the last mystical act that set his soul on its eternal journey to the higher realms, illustrating the power of music in the Jewish arts.
Shabbat Shalom
