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Shabbat Parshat Behar-Bechukotai May 17-18, 2012 |
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| Candle Lighting: | 7:51pm |
| End of Shabbos: | 9:01pm |
| Mincha Erev Shabbat: | 7:51pm |
| Shacharit: | 9:00am |
| Sof Zman Kri'at Shema: | 9:13am |
| Tot Shabbat: | 10:15am |
| Mincha: | 7:45pm |
| Maariv: | 8:56pm |
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Praba Weekends
The Search committee has been diligently interviewing potential candidates to be the new Rabbi of our community. We are pleased to announce that we have selected and scheduled three candidates to come for the Praba (Audition) Weekends. The committee was very impressed with all three of these candidates and we feel confident that each would be the warm wonderful and talented leader that our community is looking for. We encourage everyone to try to stay in for as many if not all of the Praba Shabbatot to meet every candidate.
The following is a list of the three candidates and the dates they are scheduled to visit our community:
May 11-12: Rabbi Yair Hindin
May 18-19: Rabbi Yitzi Genack
June 1-2: Rabbi David Hellman
The schedule of events for each Praba Shabbat is as follows:
Friday Night: The candidate will give a 5 min dvar torah in shul before Maariv.
Shabbat Day Program:
- Drasha: The candidate will give the drasha during shul before Mussaf.
- Kiddush: Dairy Kiddush to meet and mingle with the candidate and his family
- Short Shiur & Smoozing: Approximately 90 min before Mincha, the candidate will give a short 15 minutes shiur, which will be followed by a small period of time to talk with members of the community. The goal of this program is to enable those who may not be able to attend the longer shiur or drasha to have another chance to meet the Rabbi and to hear him in a less formal shiur setting.
- Question and Answer Session: Approximately one hour before Mincha, everyone is invited to this informative session. Since we will be limited on time, we ask that people submit questions in advance from which we will try to choose those that seem most relevant to the larger community. If a submitted question does not get asked, or if someone has questions they would like to ask privately, the candidates will be available throughout Shabbat and on Sunday. (Light Seudat Shelishit Refreshments will be offered during the Q+A session.)
- Shiur: After Mincha, the candidate will give a longer 45-50 minutes shiur during the Rabbi’s usual Shabbat afternoon time slot.
Sunday after each Shabbat Praba: The candidate is invited to return after Mincha/Maariv Sunday evening. He will give a 10 min dvar torah, followed by approximately half an hour to socialize. We understand that in our community, it may be difficult for everyone to stay in each Shabbat to meet every candidate. This program should allow members who were unable to attend the Shabbat events to have another chance to listen to and meet each candidate.
Shavuot
This year, Shavuot is a three day Yom Tov starting Friday night, May 25. In years past, Shavuot at Einstein has been really nice, and we would like to ensure minyanim and programming for this year. Please sign up on the Google doc that was sent to the shul mailing list if you will be at Einstein for Yom Tov.
Salute to Israel Parade
Our shul will be marching with YU in the Salute to Israel Parade on Sunday, June 3. If you would like to order a scrub shirt to march, please fill out the online spreadsheet that was emailed to the shul mailing list. The price is dependent on the number of order we receive; last year’s price was $15. Children’s sizes can be ordered, although the children’s scrubs will just be the color of the adult scrubs without the Einstein logo. The deadline for ordering is Monday, May 14. Please contact Jenny Deluty with any questions.
Exciting New Learning Opportunity
We are exploring the possibility of launching an exciting community learning program, which would be a joint project between our shul and the Young Israel of Pelham Parkway. The program would match up chavrutot from each respective community, and we would all come together to learn here at Einstein in a mishmar-type setting anywhere from once a week to once a month. This would be a wonderful opportunity for Talmud Torah and would also reinforce the relationship between our communities.
The program is open to men and women. Please let Rav Sinensky know if you might be interested in participating, how often you anticipate being able to learn, and what night of the week works best for you. We hope to craft the program around whatever works best for the participants.