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Weekly Update - Vayikra/HaChodesh


Stanton Street Shul Weekly Newsletter
Week of Mar. 16, 2018 / Adar 29, 5778

Parashat Vayikra/HaChodesh

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This Week's Schedule:

Erev Shabbat, March 16 (Adar 29)
6:46p Candle Lighting
7:00p Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv

Kiddush this week is sponsored by Jon Wieder in honor of his Bar Mitzvah Parasha this Shabbat.

To sponsor a kiddush, please email kiddush@stantonstshul.com.

Shabbat, March 17: Rosh Chodesh Nisan, Parshat HaChodesh, Vayikra (Nisan 1)
9:30a Shacharit

9:30a Women's Tefillah
12:00p Kiddush

 

Kiddush is sponsored by Margie Segal and Malka Percal in honor of the women's tefillah.

To sponsor a kiddush, please email kiddush@stantonstshul.com.

 

12:15p Scholar in Residence - Eve Jochnowitz (see below for more details)

This lecture is sponsored by Julie Wolfe and Michael Gordon in memory of Michael's Mother Miriam bat Shmuel Z"l 

 

7:55p Havdalah

Monday, March 19 (Nisan 3) Rabbi Bodner's Weekly Class
7:00p Haggadah Series - Haggadah Class (see below for more details)
The Class this week is sponsored by Felix Wolf.

Tuesday, March 20 (Nisan 4)
7:30p Introduction to Practical Judaism Class - Pesach

 

Upcoming Events

THIS SHABBAT - Women's Tefillah for Parashat Vayikra: Shabbat Morning, March 17

All women are invited to participate in our Women's Tefilah and Torah reading for Parashat Vayikra, on Shabbat morning, March 17.

Services will begin at 9:30 am and will take place downstairs in the beit midrash.

If you would like to layn, lead services, or give a d'var Torah, or if you have questions, send an email to women@stantonstshul.com.

Scholar in Residence: Eve Jochnowitz: Seasoned with Song: Sacred Music of the Ashkenazic Sabbath Meals - Shabbat, March 17, 12:15pm

On Saturday, Mar. 17, following Kiddish the Stanton Street Shul, welcomes Yiddishist and cultural scholar Eve Jochnowitz, for a talk entitled “Seasoned with Song: Sacred Music of the Ashkenazic Sabbath Meals.” All are invited to attend regular services or a special women’s tefillah, beginning at 9:30 am, Kiddush, and the talk, at around 12:15 pm. This lecture is sponsored by Julie Wolfe and Michael Gordon in memory of Michael's Mother Miriam bat Shmuel Z"l a lover of knowledge and life-long learner. This talk coincides with her Yahrzeit. For more details click here.

NEW CLASS - The Passover Haggadah - Monday Nights @ 7:00 pm

Join us on Monday nights at 7:00 pm for an in-depth study of the Haggadah of Pesach with Rabbi Aviad Bodner

In this class, we will learn about the evolution of the Haggadah and the reasons behind some of the unique customs of the Seder night.

The class is appropriate for all levels of learners, and all are welcome to join and participate. No books or materials needed (though we strongly encourage participants to bring their own copy of the Haggadah). Looking forward to seeing you there!

NEXT WEEK - Shabbat HaGadol Community Shabbat Dinner - March 23

Do you really want to cook for the weekend before Pesach? We didn't think so. 

Join us for this dairy/pescatarian dinner with all the chametz foods you can imagine. Please register for the dinner ($30 members, $38 non-members, $100 very appreciated sponsors, includes dinner for two) on our website.

Thank you to our dinner sponsors: David Silverman, Alvin Goldstein and Jeff Katz. 

NEXT WEEK - StantonKIDS Program- March 24

Join us for our next StantonKIDS class in preparation for Pesach! The class will be Saturday, March 24th from 10:30am-12pm. For a complete schedule of our StantonKids program, please click here.

NEXT WEEK - Yahrtzeit Kiddush for Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Shabbat, March 24

The Stanton Street Shul invites the public to remember with us all those who perished in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Please join us to honor their memory with a traditional Lower East Side Yahrtzeit kiddush sponsored by Dr. Elissa Sampson and Prof. Jonathan Boyarin. Most of those who perished were young women and girls who lived in the Lower East Side and Little Italy in close proximity to our historic Lower East Side immigrant Shul built in 1913. Their ongoing struggle to earn a living as poor immigrants reminds us of the necessity of defending immigrant rights, and the rights of poor people today. May their memory be a blessing for all of us.

Sell Your Chametz

Before Pesach it is a requirement to eliminate all chametz (leavening) from our possession. However, in those circumstances where elimination is not an option, Jewish law does allow for chametz -- especially and preferably only in non-bread-like form (e.g. liquors, mixtures, etc.) -- to be sold to a gentile.

Arrangements for such sale may be made through Rabbi Aviad Bodner. To do so, download the form by clicking here, fill it out, and return it to Rabbi Bodner NO LATER than Monday, March 26. You can email your form directly to Rabbi Bodner at rabbi@stantonstshul.com.

Please note that Rabbi Bodner will be selling Chametz only for those who are New York residents and are spending Pesach in the New York time zone. Rabbi Bodner does not accept personal monetary gifts for this service. He does however, welcome contributions to the Synagogue which will be used to fund classes, events, and programs.

Communal Seder with Rabbi Aviad Bodner - Saturday Night, March 31

Our Shul will be hosting a meaningful and uplifting Passover seder in the Lower East side with the Stanton Street Shul community, where we will experience the exodus together and regard ourselves "as if we had come out of Egypt." The seder is sold out. To be placed on a waiting list email: office@stantonstshul.com.

 

Thank you to our seder sponsors: NJOP, Anonymous, Alvin Goldstein, Rabbi Robert Jacobs, Steve Reich and Beryl Korot, Paul and Phyllis Ruffer, Jeff Katz and Margie Segal.

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Get in Touch!

The Stanton Street Shul is located at

180 Stanton St., New York, NY 10002

 

Our mailing address is:

P.O. Box 1008, New York, NY 10002

 


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