Join us for a festive Shabbat Hanukkah dinner and party on Friday night, December 3rd. Enjoy a delicious Shabbat meal and traditional Hanukkah treats, and game night with friends and neighbors. Please register online on our Shop / Donate page by Monday, November 29th. The cost is $25 per person and space is limited – first come, first serve
Friday November 12th
Shabbat November 13th
Minha: 4:00pm
Seudah Shelishit featuring Divrei Torah by Jonathan Fiskus
Havdallah: 5:23pm
Latest Shema: 9:09am – Please recite the complete Shema before services
Latest Tefillah: 9:59pm
Earliest Minha: 12:04pm
Sunset: 4:41pm
Weekday Services
Sunday: 8:00am
Monday: 6:45am
Thursday: 6:45am
Yhartzeit Alert
Our President Benny Saurhaft will be observing Yhartzeit for his brother this Sunday November 14th. We ask everyone make a special effort to attend Sunday’s Shaharit to ensure Benny will have a minyan.
Thank You!
The Stanton Street Shul would like to thank Judith Pinhasik and Yugntruf for bringing Yiddish Tog to our shul this past Sunday! Special thanks to Tamima Wyszkowski for operating as shul liason and to everyone who volunteered and participated – we look forward to many more joint events in the future!
Dear Friends,
With the moving of the clock last Saturday Night, we are now in the official “early Shabbat” season, typified by frantically getting Shabbat ready with limited time. But finishing cooking and cleaning is only one the most obvious of the halakhic considerations. Today I’d like to discuss some of these as they relate to our davening schedule.
First, our Friday Night services are an hour earlier than last week in accordance with Shabbat starting earlier. Furthermore, the times for which we are supposed to recite the Shema and say the Amida are also an hour earlier in accordance with fewer daylight hours.
Living a Jewish life often means living in what we call “sacred time.” We are familiar with the holidays and Shabbat, but in reality Judaism views all time as sacred as evidenced by the laws requiring what we must do and when.
During this season I personally ask everyone to make a special effort to attend shul punctually and be mindful of observing the rules of sacred time in our sacred space.
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Josh Yuter
Dear Friends,
“Remember remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.”
This rhyme is the opening stanza to a poem dedicated to the infamous gunpowder plot of Guy Fawkes. On November 5th 1605, Guy Fawkes attempted to assassinate King James I of England by blowing up the House of Lords during the opening of parliament. To this day Guy Fawkes’ Day is celebrated in Great Britain, though due to the nationalism of the holiday, it has not perpetuated among its former colonies.
In America Guy Fawkes reentered the popular culture (relatively speaking) with the publication of Alan Moore’s comic series V for Vendetta and subsequent 2006 movie adaptation. Moore’s story described a conflict between fascism and anarchism, a lone rebel against a totalitarian regime. These two positions represent the extremes of opinions we hear in today’s political debates, often framed as “freedom” vs. “tyranny” or “community” vs. “self-interest.”
Of course real life is never this simple, and the conflicts need not be as stark, nor does this conflict need include violence. In Great Britain, the failed assassination is still a national holiday. However the day with can remove all threats of political violence is a day we can all truly celebrate.
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Josh Yuter
After fulfilling your civic duty, come to a special Stanton Street Shul Beit Midrash on Elections in Judaism!
Tuesday 11/2/2010, 7:30pm, open to men and women of all backgrounds!
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