This Week @ Stanton Street – Kedoshim 2011/5771

Shabbat Schedule
Friday April 29th
Candle lighting: 7:31pm
Minha / Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:30pm

Shabbat April 20th
Shaharit: 9:30am

Kiddush is sponsored by Shimon and Miriam Ghatan

Minha / Seudah Shelishit: 7:30pm
Ma’ariv / Havdallah: 8:32pm

Latest Shema: 9:25am – Please recite the full shema before davening
Latest Tefillah: 10:34am
Sunset: 7:50pm
Stanton St. Member News
Happy 40th birthday to Ami Nahari
The Stanton St. Shul extends condolences to Julia Wolfe’s on the loss of her father. Shiva will be held at Desbrosses Street (between Hudson and Greenwich one block below Canal) with Minha at 7:15pm. May the mourners be comforted with the mourners of Zion

Rabbi’s Classes Schedule
Due to the previous short week, Rabbi Yuter’s Sunday class on The Politics of Exclusion in Judaism will NOT meet this week, but will resume the following week and will discuss the rise and challenges of Conservative Judaism.

Rabbi Yuter’s Who’s Who in the Talmud WILL meet this Tuesday at 7:30pm and will discuss R. Yehuda HaNasi

Next Shabbat Rabbi Yuter will be resuming Perek in the Park! Details to follow

Finally, Rabbi Yuter always welcomes requests for class or series topics. If there is a general or specific area of Judaism which interests you, please don’t hesitate to email Rabbi Yuter at rabbi@stantonstshul.com

Scholar In Residence Kiddush
Shabbat May 14th – Parashat Behar
Stanton Street Shul is honored to present a talk by Professor Eliyahu Stern following a special kiddush on Shabbat, May 14.

Elli Stern received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in 2008. From 2009-2010 he was Junior William Golding Fellow in the Humanities at Brasenose College and the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. He researches the transformation and development of traditional and religious worldviews in Western life and thought. In particular, he focuses on modern Eastern European Jewry, Zionism, secularism, and religious radicalism. Currently, he is finishing a book entitled The Genius: Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism to be published by Yale University Press in 2012. He is a term member on the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute, and a consultant to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland.

Dr. Stern’s visit is sponsored by Jonathan Boyarin and Jacob Morris. Kiddush is sponsored by Jessica and Stu Loeser.

To help sponsor the kiddush, please visit our Shop / Donate page.

Volunteer Day
Sunday May 15th, 10:30am
The Stanton St. Shul will one again be welcoming Temple Shaarei Tefilah for our next Volunteer Day. Everyone from the shul is encouraged to attend for a day of bagels, bleach, and brotherhood. It’s a great opportunity to help keep our shul running while meeting some wonderful people.
Shavuot Dinner / Learning Program
The Stanton St. Shul is currently planning our annual Shavuot Dinner and Learning program and we would love your participation! If you would like to be involved with the dinner side, please email events@stantonstshul.com.

We are also soliciting speakers for 10-15min time slots. Anyone who is interested in sharing research, ideas, or interests on anything “Jewish”, please email Rabbi Yuter at rabbi@stantonstshul.com

Passover Schedule – 2011

The prohibitions of eating and owning chametz actually begin on the day before Pesach officially begins.  The times below are for those living in New York City.

Sunday April 17th

Bedikat Chametz with a Blessing:    8:18pm

Monday April 18th

Latest time to eat chametz:             10:41am

Latest time for destroying chametz:  11:48am

 

Candle Lighting:                              7:19pm

Minha / Ma’ariv:                               7:20pm

Begin Seder no earlier than:        8:19pm

Tuesday April 19th

Shaharit:                                         9:30am

Minha / Ma’ariv:                               7:20pm

Candles, Seder 2 Begins:                 8:20pm

Count the first night of the Omer

Wednesday April 20th

Shaharit:                                         9:30am

Minha / Ma’ariv:                               7:20pm

Havdallah:                                       8:21pm

Before Pesach we are obligated to search for chametz before we destroy it.  The ideal time to search for chametz is the night before Pesach, or this year the Sunday April 17th at 8:18pm.  If one is travelling and will be unable to search at this time, one should still search their home when one can, though without a blessing.
Upon finding chametz, there are three methods used for removing it from one’s possession.  The first is to destroy the chametz, most commonly through burning.  For those on the Lower East Side, there will be communal burning stations at the following locations from 6:00am-11:37am.
  • Grand Street and FDR Drive
  • Grand Street and Lewis Street
  • Grand Street and Abraham Kazan Street
  • In front of 7-11 Bialystoker Place
  • East Broadway and Montgomery Street
  • Grand Street and Clinton Street
Another method is through bittul or the nullification of chametz.  This is particularly effective for crumbs or the nooks and crannies which cannot be adequately cleaned.  We perform the bittul by proclaiming that the chametz in our possession is “like the dust of the earth” – the precise text of which can be found in most siddurim and haggadot in the sections of bedikat and biur chametz.
Finally, we can remove chametz from our possession by selling it to a non-Jew.  If you would like to designate Rabbi Yuter as your agent to sell on your behalf, please visit our website for instructions and forms.
Any specific questions may be sent directly to Rabbi Yuter at rabbi@stantonstshul.com

 

Mechirat Chametz – Passover 2011

For the week of Passover the Torah not only prohibits eating chametz, but also owning owning chametz and having it in your possession. In addition to burning the chametz or performing the bittul / annulment, many Jews remove chametz from their possession by clearly allocating certain areas of their house (or the entire house) to be sold to a non-Jew and all the chametz therein.

While individuals are free to sell on their own, many people designate the Rabbi to act as their agent to sell the chametz on their behalf. If you would like Rabbi Yuter to be your agent, please fill out and mail the PDF form or use the online form below. All forms should be submitted no later than Sunday April 17th.

The deadline has passed to designate Rabbi Yuter to sell chametz.

Politics of Exclusion: R. Jacob Ettlinger and Hierarchical Judaism

Rabbi Yuter’s Politics of Exclusion class wraps up the segment on Germany with R. Jacob Ettlinger and the emergence of “Hierarchical Judaism.”

Politics of Exclusion – R. Jacob Ettlinger and Hierarchical Judaism Sources (PDF)

Politics of Exclusion – R. Jacob Ettlinger and Hierarchical Judaism

Politics of Exclusion: R. Akiva Eger

Rabbi Yuter’s Politics of Exclusion series continues by contrasting R. Akiva Eger’s positions regarding exclusion non-observant Jews with those of his son-in-law, the Hatam Sofer.

Politics of Exclusion – R. Akiva Eger Sources (PDF)

Politics of Exclusion – R. Akiva Eger