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For the week of January 24 – 30, 2020 / תש"פ, ד׳ שבט -כ"ז טבת

Sponsorships

Shalosh seudos and Daf Yomi from January 26th through February 1st is being sponsored by Sharona and Roy Arbeit to commemorate the yahrzeit on ה׳ שבט of Roy's mother, Rose Arbeit, .רבקה בת הרב יהושע מנחם ע"ה

Last week’s shalosh seudos was sponsored by Rifky and Marvin Wertentheil to commemorate the yahrzeit on כ"ו טבת of Rifky's father, Mr. Joseph Levine, יוסף מאיר בן אברהם זעליג ע״ה.

Daf Yomi for the month of טבת is sponsored by Susan and Perry Shulman in memory of Susan’s mother: Bella Werblowsky, ע״ה ביילה בת שניאור זלמן and Perry’s father: Rabbi Nahum B. Shulman,

. ע״ה הרב נחום בער בן חיים

With gratitude to HaShem Yisborach, Rhoda and Gil Shuter dedicate Daf Yomi this Shabbos Kodesh, כ״ח טבת, which is the yahrzeit of Rhoda's mother, Miriam Berman, a true Ayshes - מרים בת אהרן אריה הכהן ע"ה Chayil and Yiddishe Momma. May her neshamah have an aliya. We miss you.

Of Woodmere

The Julius Sand Synagogue

Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff Rabbi Emeritus Shaya Richmond

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שבת יֹום ו יֹום ה יֹום ד יֹום ג יֹום ב יֹום א

כ"ח כ"ז

‘א כ"ט ‘ב ‘ג ‘ד ‘ה ‘ו

‘ז ‘ח ‘ט ‘י י"ג י"ב י"א

‘כ י"ט י"ח י"ז ט"ז ט"ו י"ד

כ"ז כ"ו כ"ה כ"ד כ"ג כ"ב כ"א

January - February, 2020

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Next Shabbat פרשת בא February 1, 2020

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Erev Shabbat: Candle Lighting .......................... 4:53 pm Mincha ........................................ 4:58 pm Repeat Shma after ....................... 5:54 pm

Shabbat: Hashkama .................................... 7:10 am Shacharit ...................................... 9:00 am Teen Minyan ................................ 9:15 am am 9:37 .......................... סוף זמן קריאת שמעEarly Mincha .............................. 1:45 pm Daf Yomi .................................... 4:05 pm Rabbi’s Shiur .............................. 4:05 pm Mincha B’Zman .......................... 4:50 pm

Followed by Seudah Shlishit

Maariv......................................... 5:55 pm

Havdalah ..................................... 5:55 pm

Sunday Earliest Tallit ............................... 6:08 am Shacharit ......................... 7:30 & 8:30 am Mincha/Maariv ........................... 5:00 pm

This Shabbat פרשת וארא

January 25, 2020

, תש"פ כ״ח טבת

שבת מברכים

Erev Shabbat: Candle Lighting .............................. 4:44 pm Mincha ............................................ 4:49 pm Repeat Shma after ........................... 5:45 pm

Shabbat: Hashkama ....................................... 7:10 am Shacharit ......................................... 9:00 am Teen Minyan ................................... 9:15 am am 9:39 ............................. סוף זמן קריאת שמעEarly Mincha .................................. 1:45 pm Daf Yomi ........................................ 3:55 pm Mincha B’Zman .............................. 4:40 pm

Followed by Seudah Shlishit

Maariv ............................................. 5:45 pm Havdalah ......................................... 5:47 pm

Sunday Earliest Tallit .................................. 6:14 am Shacharit ............................. 7:30 & 8:30 am Mincha/Maariv ............................... 4:55 pm

Monday - Friday: Shacharit: Monday (ראש חדש שבט) ......... 7:05 & 6:10 am Tues, Wed, Thu, Fri .......... 6:20 & 7:15 am Daf Yomi: Mon, Tues, Wed ........................... 8:00 pm Thursday ....................................... 7:00 pm Monday-Thursday

Mincha/Maariv ........................... 4:55 pm Late Maariv ................................. 8:50 pm

Youth Department Groups Begin …………………..….9:00 am

Shiurim

Rabbi Polakoff’s Parshas Hashavuah shiur is on hiatus this week.

The Sunday morning Halacha breakfast shiur given in conjunction with Yeshivah Gedolah meets Sunday morning after the 8:30 am minyan.

Rabbi Polakoff’s Monday night sefer Shoftim shiur is on hiatus this week.

Rabbi Etengoff cordially invites women of all ages to attend his Sefer Mishle shiur, Tuesday evenings at 8:10 pm, in the shul's downstairs learning center.

Rabbi Cinamon’s shiur continues Thursday night at 8:00 pm.

Rabbi Edelstein gives the Daf Yomi shiur. Please see the Z’manim for the times

Sefer Torah Dedication Osnat Fried and Family are dedicating a

Sefer Torah to the shul in memory of Yossi Fried, Yoseph Aryeh ben Avraham Yitzchak, A"H on Sunday, February 9th. There will be Letter Writing at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm at the Fried residence, 573 Church Avenue, Woodmere followed by a procession to the shul at 12:00 pm. Everyone is invited to a seudat mitzvah in the simcha hall at 1:00 pm.

Sisterhood Events Bowling on Saturday night, February 8th,

8:30 pm at San-Dee Lanes in Malverne, $25 per person includes three games, shoes, pizza and sushi. Please RSVP to Lisa Fishbein.

After Shabbos Shira... Join us and acclaimed singer Eitan

Katz for another Shabbos of Shira!

February 14 - 15th פרשת יתרו

Eitan Katz will be leading davening for kabbalas Shabbos and mussaf. He will also lead a special oneg Shabbos at the Social Hall, Friday night February 14th, at 8:30 pm, as well as an extended seudah shlishis following mincha at 4:45 pm.

Mazal Tov to Judy and Howie Hahn on the birth of a grandson born to their children Chana and Yehudah Kravetz of Kew Garden Hills.

Mazal Tov to Rhoda and Gil Shuter on the forthcoming marriage of their granddaughter Yehudis Shuter to Yisroel Sarfaty. Mazal Tov to the parents Rabbi Aryeh and Sarah Devorah Shuter of Kew Gardens and to Rabbi Avi and Devorah Sarfaty of Passaic, New Jersey.

Mazal Tov to Shari and Gary Weiss on the engagement of their daughter Sima Rochel to Simcha Kovitz of Chicago, and a special Mazal Tov to Grandma Barbara Weiss from Orlando.

Mishloach Manot If you're interested in helping with

mishloach manot, please contact Lisa Fishbein.

Annual Dinner Save the date : Sunday evening, May 3rd

will be our annual dinner honoring Rabbi and Rebbetzin Polakoff. Details to follow.

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To reach the Rabbi for any questions or concerns: Email- Rabbipolakoff@gmail.com, Cell Phone- 317-5134 To reach the President, please contact Jay Fuchs at 374-1268 (home), 313-6196 (cell) or JayFuchs1@MSN.com To put items in this newsletter, contact BOTH —> Franklin Berke at franklin.berke@gmail.com, AND Marvin Stein at mstein@optonline.net. To check the eruv, please call 295-4242 To sponsor Kiddush in shul please contact Jay Fuchs at 374-1268 (home), 313-6196 (cell) or JayFuchs1@MSN.com

To sponsor Daf Yomi please contact Jay Fuchs. To sponsor Seudah Shlishit please contact Marvin Wertentheil at 295-2593 or mweyemd2@msn.com To Layn in shul, contact Gary Weiss at (718) 551-8981 To sponsor the Sunday Morning Breakfast Shiur on Contemporary Issues in Halacha, contact Howie Hahn at capt9873@aol.com or 917-402-4004 To register your kids for the youth program, please contact Lisa Fishbein at lmfishbein@hotmail.com. To be added to the Bais Tefilah e-mail list, please visit our website at www.btwoodmere.org and subscribe to our email.. To rent the Simcha Hall, please contact Michelle Fuchs, 516-313-6872 or Ann Singer, 516-647-6851 For Chevra Kadisha: Funerals (24 hrs), Howard Hahn 917-402-4004 / Shiva House, Marvin Wertentheil 295-2593

Emergency Event Instructions 1. In the event of a fire:

Please exit the closest/safest exit.

Do not take time to collect personal items.

Call 911 or pull the manual fire alarm.

2.For emergencies other than fire:

Remain calm & listen to security for instructions.

Depending on incident, we may ask you to evacuate or remain in your seats and lay low.

Reminder: during davening, please only use the main entrance for entering/exiting.

Shidduch Committee A joint shidduch committee was recently formed by members of this shul and Island Avenue, l’zecher nishmas Devorah Feigenbaum A”H, a young mother who spent countless hours making shidduchim. The group’s efforts have already generated many dates and its first engagement BH!

Meetings are held 4 times a year and each meeting focuses on a specific age group. Between meetings, there is an active whatsapp group chat for posting shidduch biographies of singles of all ages. If you would like to join the committee please contact Carol Krauss at 516-297-8769 or Mindy Gluck at 516-695-1236.

Tree of Life If you're interested in purchasing a leaf from the Tree of Life for $200 please contact Marvin Wertentheil.

Allan M. Support For Israel Source: zoa.org

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the 120 Members of Congress who have written letters of support for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).

The letters of support were chiefly from Democrats, plus two Republicans, and include 2020 Democratic presidential candidates Senators Elizabeth Warren (D–MA), Amy Klobuchar (D–MN) and Michael Bennet (D-CO). Billionaire Tom Steyer also issued a letter of support.

CAIR is a Saudi-funded, radical Islamic organization whose founder is on record praising suicide bombers.

CAIR has apologized for Osama Bin Laden, employed three persons subsequently arrested on terrorism-related charges, and declared its intent to make Islam dominant in America and the Quran the highest authority in the land.

The U.S. Department of Justice has listed CAIR as an unindicted co-conspirator in funding millions of dollars to the terrorist organization Hamas, which calls in its Covenant for the destruction of Israel and the global murder of Jews. This listing came about after FBI investigators uncovered evidence establishing CAIR’s place in the ‘Palestine Committee,’ a Muslim Brotherhood-created network aimed at helping Hamas in the United States, according to a report by the Investigative Project on Terrorism.

The United Arab Emirates also named CAIR a terrorist organization, along with naming Al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorist groups in 2014.

ZOA National President Morton A. Klein and Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. said, “It is beyond belief that, after CAIR’s Islamic radicalism and support for terrorists has been publicly revealed and documented in copious detail, Members of Congress would continue to legitimize CAIR through letters of support, associating with its officials, attending its functions, and praising its activism.

“How much more exactly needs to be known about this reprehensible organization before these 120 Members of Congress, including four Democrat presidential candidates, take note and cease to support it and in fact publicly condemn it!

“The failure of these Members of Congress to shun and denounce CAIR is morally indefensible as well as being a disservice to democracy.

“When a radical, anti-Constitution, anti-democratic, and Jew-hating Israelophobic organization is promoted and legitimized by our elected representatives, then violence is done to democracy itself.

“This failure of morality and wisdom by the 120 Members of Congress actually incentivizes extremism and bigotry and hate. Organizations that pay no price for their extremism are thereby rewarded and encouraged.

“These 120 Members of Congress should rescind their letters of support forthwith.”

A list of which members of Congress wrote congratulatory letters to CAIR is not available. Please email Representative Kathleen Rice at https://kathleenrice.house.gov/contact/ and ask her to demand that her colleagues rescind their letters of support for CAIR