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If “a ten” means perfection, “to the nines” implies approaching that ultimate goal. Others have offered other explanations, but

perhaps this is the source of the expression, “dressed to the nines”, an expression used to describe someone fancied up in their finest wear. Obviously, it isn’t only how well you are dressed or what you look like that can or should be taken “to the nines”. Anyone can appreciate when effort is made to excel, to succeed and to accomplish whatever worthy goals you may set out to achieve. Trying to realize the most good and to do one’s best is an important aspect of life. Human striving is the impetus for change, development, growth, and ultimate success. The Jewish year 5775, represented by the Hebrew letters, Taf Shin Ayin Hey, spells “Tishah” תשע״ה. “Tishah”, in Hebrew, means “nine”. With a great year of fantastic educational and cultural programming and important happenings ahead of us, YILC is headed toward “the nines”. The special times that comprise our Events Calendar augment the wonderful opportunities for adults and youth that are a regular part of what YILC is all about. Being a part of YILC affords us opportunities to partake in the fullness of all that our community offers. Torat Chaim, a Torah of vibrant life pulses through the building, with activities of Torah, Avodah and Gemillut Chassadim, daily. We have Daf Yomi, Amud Yomi with Rabbi Gershon Kramer, Halacha Shiurim, Parshah Shiurim, Navi Shiurim with our Assistant Rabbi, Rabbi Ya’akov Trump and Talmud Shiurim. Our dedication to the Jewish future is engendered in Youth Department activities and Minyanim for Teens and Youth that are the pride of our Shul. The Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst Calendar of Events highlights some of the significant cultural and educational offerings that our Shul has planned for the benefit and enjoyment of its members and friends. Join us as we take YILC to the nines!

Moshe Teitelbaum, Rabbi YILC

YILC to the Nines

Look inside and see what the year ahead holds

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Sept. 19-20, 2014: Elul and Selichot

MJE-YILC Shabbaton

November 8, 2014: YILC Film Festival

The J Street Challenge

November 15, 2014: Scholar-in-Residence

Rabbi Jeremy Wieder

December 6, 2014: Guest Baal Tefilah

Ofir Nat

January 3, 2015: Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Hayyim Angel

February 14, 2015: YILC Film Festival

Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh

February 28, 2015: Scholar-in-Residence

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

March 14, 2015: YU Shabbaton and Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

March 21, 2015: Guest Baal Tefilah

Simcha Leiner

April 25, 2015: Scholar-in-Residence

Rabbi Steven Pruzansky

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Talmud – Masechet Ketuvot

The Gemara and Rishonim are studied in depth, on Shabbat afternoons,

fifty minutes before (late) Minchah, with Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum.

Motzei Shabbat, Father and Child Learning

Forty minutes after Shabbat ends, a structured program of Torah study

with fathers and their children, followed by a brief story by Rabbi

Teitelbaum or Rabbi Trump, accompanied by hot pizza, soda and

prizes!

Timely Torah at 8 am - Annette Adler Young Adult Beit Medrash

Every Sunday, Rabbi Trump presents relevant Halachik and

philosophical topics related to the Parsha, Moadim and contemporary

issues. Freshly brewed coffee and pastries are served.

Rebbetzin Tehila Jaeger at 10:30 AM

Rebbetzin Tehila Jaeger is a noted and beloved teacher of Torah. She is

the daughter of renowned Kiruv pioneers, Rabbi Shlomo and Rebbetzin

Chaya Sarah Freifeld, Zt”l, founder of Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv.

Timely Tanach at 8 pm

Every Wednesday evening, Rabbi Trump presents a unique shiur in

Nach. The shiur focuses both on the overall themes along with the par-

ticular issues addressed by the Mefarshim. The year will close with 3

units, completing Sefer Shoftim.

‘How To…’ with Rabbi Teitelbaum at 9:30 AM

A Shiur for women on Hilchot Shabbat with answers to the practical

questions of “ How do I…?”

Esther Wein at 10:00 AM

Through her classes, lectures and travels, Esther Wein has been sharing

Torah for many years. Sought after as a speaker, traveling around the

country, she offers words of Torah and spiritual insight

Rav Tzadok on the Parsha

A Shiur in Pri Tzadik on the weekly Parsha, insights of the great Rebbe

and thinker, Rabbi Tzadok Hakohen Rabinowitz of Lublin, led by Rabbi

Teitelbaum on Thursday evenings following 8:15 Ma’ariv after Sukkot,

and following daily Mincha-Ma’ariv after Pesach.

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Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE) will be joining our community for a Shabbaton at Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst on Sept 19-20. MJE will be joining YILC for both Friday night and Shabbat morning services at which Rabbi Mark Wildes will be our guest speaker. On Motzaei Shabbat, at midnight, Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal will introduce Selichot. Founded by Rabbi Mark Wildes in 1998, MJE has successfully reconnected hundreds of previously unaffiliated young Jewish men and woman with Torah Judaism and the Jewish community and is a major player in today’s Kiruv movement. MJE's innovative and inspirational programs have touched the lives of thousands of young Jews and provided a venue in which over 125 Jewish couples have met and ultimately married.

Share the MJE spirit on the final, magnificent Shabbat of the year. The Shabbaton will include: Carlebach Kabbalat Shabbat at YILC in the Gluck-Gelnick Bet

Midrash

Shabbat Morning Davening at YILC with dynamic speaker Rabbi Mark Wildes at the 8:30 and 9 AM Minyanim.

Lunch at the homes of families in the neighborhood.

Special "Ask-the-Rabbi" session with Rabbis Wildes, Teitelbaum and Rosenthal

Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal to speak before Slichot at YILC

MJE/ YILC Shabbaton September 19-20, 2014

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Rabbi Mark Wildes, Founder, MJE

Rabbi Mark Wildes holds a BA in Psychology from Yeshiva University, a JD from the Cardozo School of Law, a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University and was ordained from RIETS of

Yeshiva University. After serving as Assistant Rabbi at Congregations Ohab Zedek and Kehilath

Jeshurun and teaching at Ramaz and Stern College, Rabbi Wildes went on to found Manhattan Jewish Experience, a not for profit organization dedicated to combating the high rates of intermar-riage and assimilation. Since founding MJE sixteen years ago, Rabbi Wildes has become one of America’s most inspirational and dynamic Jewish educators. He currently teaches an Outreach Training Seminar at Yeshiva University’s Rabbinical School. Rabbi Mark & his wife Jill and their children Yosef, Ezra, Judah and Avigayil live on the Upper West Side where they maintain a warm and welcom-ing home for all.

Originally from Seattle, Washington, Rabbi Pinny received a BS in Finance from Touro College, an MA in Education Administration from Columbia University and rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva B'nei Torah in Far Rockaway, NY. Rabbi Pinny was Dean of the Torah Academy of Long Island for ten years and been teaching in various local communities for the past 20 years. Over 400 of his classes are available on YUTorah.org. He also was the lead guitarist for Shlock Rock for many years. Rabbi Pinny lives in West Hempstead with his wife Marie and their six children.

Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal, Director, MJE

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Shabbat Mishpatim (Parah)- March 14, 2015

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the Kressel and Ephrat Family University Professor

of Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University, is a global religious leader, philosopher, inspirational speaker and moral voice for our time. The author of

25 books, he served as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of

the Commonwealth from September 1991 until September 2013.

Described by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales as "a light unto this nation,” Rabbi Lord Sacks is a frequent contributor to radio, television and the press both in Britain and

around the world, and the recipient of several international prizes, including the Jerusalem Prize, in recognition of his work. He holds sixteen honorary degrees, and in addition to his work at Yeshiva University, he is also currently the Ingeborg and Ira Rennert Glob-al Distinguished Professor of Judaic Thought at New York Uni-versity. Knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 2005 and made a Life Peer, taking his seat in the House of Lords in October 2009. Rabbi Lord Sacks was born in 1948, educated at Gonville and Cai-

us College, Cambridge, and pursued postgraduate studies at New College, Oxford, and King's College London.

He has been married to his wife Elaine since 1970 and together they have three children and several grandchildren.

Motzaei Shabbat: Community Melava Malka featuring a keynote address by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

For sponsorship opportunities for Shabbos and the Melava Malka please contact Julie Schreier, Director, Long Island Region, at julie.schreier@yu.edu or 516 972 2920

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Rabbi Jeremy Wieder

Shabbat Chaye Sara - November 15, 2014

Rabbi Hayyim Angel is the

National Scholar of the Institute

for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. He

teaches advanced Bible courses to

undergraduate, graduate, and

rabbinical students at Yeshiva

University, and lectures widely. He has

published over 100 scholarly articles, primarily in Bible, and is

author or editor of thirteen books. He received his B.A. in

Jewish Studies from Yeshiva College, his M.A. in Bible from the

Bernard Revel Graduate School, his M.S. in Jewish Education from

the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education, and his

Rabbinical Ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan

Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. He lives in New York

with his wife and three children.

Rabbi Jeremy Wieder is the Joseph and

Gwendolyn Straus Professor of Talmud in

the University's Mazer Yeshiva Program and

is an Adjunct Professor of Bible in Yeshiva

College. He was ordained by RIETS and

holds a PhD in Judaic Studies from New

York University. Rabbi Wieder was one of

the first Americans to win the International

Bible Contest.

Rabbi Hayyim Angel Shabbat Vayechi – January 3, 2015

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Rabbi Pruzansky is spiritual leader of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey and a noted lecturer and author. A past President of the Rabbinical Council of Ber-gen County, he also served as a Vice-President of the Rabbinical Council of America, is a trustee of the RCA on the Board of the Beth Din of America, as well as a Dayan on the Beth Din itself, is a member of the Rabbinical Alliance of America, and was American co-spokesman for the International Rabbinic Coalition for Israel. Ordained at Yeshiva Bnei Torah in Queens, NY, he also has a Juris Doctor degree from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Shabbat Tetzaveh(Zachor) February 28, 2015 Dr. Mordechai Kedar is an Israeli scholar of

Arabic and Islam, a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and the director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Islam (under formation), Bar Ilan University, Israel. He specializes in Islamic ideology and movements, the political discourse of Arab countries, the Arabic mass media, and the Syrian domestic arena. He served for twenty-

five years in IDF Military Intelligence, with specialization in these areas.

The Los Angeles Times' Edmund Sanders described him as "one of the few Arabic-speaking Israeli pundits seen on Arabic satellite channels defending Israel".

Rabbi Steven Pruzansky

Shabbat Tazria-Metzora - April 25, 2015

Guest Baal Tefila

Rabbi Pruzansky is spiritual leader of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey and a noted lecturer and author. A past President of the Rabbinical Council of Ber-gen County, he also served as a Vice-President of the Rabbinical Council of America, is a trustee of the RCA on the Board of the Beth Din of America, as well as a Dayan on the Beth Din itself, is a member of the Rabbinical Alliance of America, and was American co-spokesman for the International Rabbinic Coalition for Israel. Ordained at Yeshiva Bnei Torah in Queens, NY, he also has a Juris Doctor degree from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Shabbat Tetzaveh(Zachor) February 28, 2015 Dr. Mordechai Kedar is an Israeli scholar of

Arabic and Islam, a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and the director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Islam (under formation), Bar Ilan University, Israel. He specializes in Islamic ideology and movements, the political discourse of Arab countries, the Arabic mass media, and the Syrian domestic arena. He served for twenty-

five years in IDF Military Intelligence, with specialization in these areas.

The Los Angeles Times' Edmund Sanders described him as "one of the few Arabic-speaking Israeli pundits seen on Arabic satellite channels defending Israel".

Rabbi Steven Pruzansky

Shabbat Tazria-Metzora - April 25, 2015

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Shabbat Vayishlach - December 6, 2014

Since 2008 Simcha Leiner has been a

sought after wedding and concert singer.

After releasing his breakout single Kol Be-

rama he went on to reach international crit-

ical acclaim garnering over 175,000 views

on that video alone, as well as over a quar-

ter million view on his other songs and vid-

eos! Most recently Simcha teamed up with

producer extraordinaire, Yochi Briskman to release his chart top-

ping album Pischi Li. Simcha has traveled the world bringing his

unique range and energy to simchos and special events.

Simcha Leiner Shabbat Terumah (HaChodesh) - March 21, 2015

Rabbi Ophie Nat has been one

of the most sought after popular

singers for the past decade. His

singing career began at age five,

performing in multiple choirs,

most notably the Miami boys

choir. He spent time at the YU

Belz School of music studying Nusach Hatefilah, paving the way

for his years of service as a Baal Tefilla all over the United States.

Rabbi Nat has performed on numerous albums such as Neshoma

at your Simcha, Sameach at the Wheel, MBC Klal Yisroel, and more

recently in his own solo album labeled "Ophie Nat".

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November 1st - Motzei Shabbat

Dorot – Avot Ubanim November 8th through March 7th

Game Evening December 6th - Motzei Shabbat

Laser Tag

February 7th - Motzei Shabbat

Purim Extravaganza March 4th

Yeshivat Mordechai V’Esther

March 5th - Purim Morning

End of year Family BBQ

June 28th Sunday

Discussion Moderator: Co-producer, Ilya Feoktistov A production of Americans for Peace and Tolerance, with APT’s Charles Jacobs as special consultant; produced, directed and written by Avi Goldwasser and Ilya Feoktistov, The J Street Challenge lines up a phalanx of illustrious academics and activists to expose the deception, the lies, and the anti-Israel animus behind J Street. But the film is not a snooze-parade of talking heads; ideas - important ideas - are supplemented with illustrations, maps, videos, and images both heartwarming and heartbreaking.

In 1944, 22-year-old Hannah Senesh

parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe

with a small group of Jewish volunteers

from Palestine. Theirs was the only military

rescue mission for Jews that occurred in

World War II. Narrated by Academy

Award winner Joan Allen, the multi-award-

winning Blessed is the Match follows the

remarkable journey of this young

Hungarian poet and diarist, paratrooper

and resistance fighter.

Both devastating and inspiring, Blessed is the

Match offers an intimate portrait of a singularly talented, courageous

and complex girl who believed that one person could be a flame that

burns brightly in even the darkest hours.

Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh Saturday, February 14, 2015

The J Street Challenge Saturday, November 8, 2014

Amazing Race November 1st - Motzei Shabbat

Dorot – Avot Ubanim November 8th through March 7th

Game Evening December 6th - Motzei Shabbat

Laser Tag

February 7th - Motzei Shabbat

Purim Extravaganza March 4th

Yeshivat Mordechai V’Esther

March 5th - Purim Morning

End of year Family BBQ

June 28th Sunday

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together, we learn together, we rejoice and we mourn together. Part of building our community involves just being together even outside of that framework. We have a full calendar of exciting events throughout this coming year. We come together both in and out of shul, as one community.

Ya’akov Trump, Assistant Rabbi

Dedications Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, Rabbi

Rabbi Ya’akov Trump, Assistant Rabbi

Mr. Kalman Isaacs, President

Mr. Marvin Schenker, Executive Director

This publication is dedicated in memory of our beloved member

Abraham Scharf, z”l by Melodie and Martin Scharf & family

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by Tamar and Robert Scharf & family

The Young Israel of Lawrence - Cedarhurst 8 Spruce Street Cedarhurst, New York 11516

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