Come Shabbat With US!! Shabbat Schedule & Bulletin 4/18/2020
04/18/2020 10:00:02 AM
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Just a reminder, please help us all do whatever we can to stay safe, flatten the curve and prevent the spread. We, God willing, will have some wonderful weather and beautiful days over the upcoming days (hopefully at least). Please remember to maintain proper social distancing and please do not gather together in groups. Please remember that 6 feet is longer than you think and please be "machmir" (stringent) on that measurement. Please remind your children when walking they must distance themselves from friends. It would be wise before heading out to discuss with your children the need to NOT run and greet their friends they might see in the street.
It is critical that we remain vigilant and are NOT lulled into a false sense of security and we must not let down on our communal effort to practice physical distancing. The positive impact of our effort is not a reason to become lax; it is, in fact, the reason to continue these efforts and remain vigilant.
We May Not Be In Shul but....
You Can Still Shabbat With US:
Join us for Pre- & Post- Shabbat Programs
All of them can be accessed either by computer (youngisraelwh.org/zoom) or on the phone by calling 1 (646) 558-8656 and using the Meeting ID: 685 094 0946#.
To Judie & Lal Patel on the engagement of their daughter Ranit to Josh Greene
To Becca & Eric Maurer on the upsherin of their son Ami
To Ruth Alcabes and Eric Maurer for making our beautiful siyum Erev Pesach
To Steven Luger for coordinating our Pre-Pesach Wine Sale
To Sid Ulreich, Les Loew, Ilana Bernstein, David Rosen, Shayne Kesler and Mark Trencher for organizing this week's Zoom Celebration and for spearheading our incredible 50th Anniversary Event.
To all our Pesach Window Scavenger Hunt Exhibitors to the Aroesty, Bernstein, Brander, Daman, Davis-Grant, Freund, Ganeles, Goykman, Jesin, Kaufman, Luger, Rifkin, Waren, Weinberg and Zablotsky families and especial thanks to Officer Dave!
To all our incredible well-check callers, shopper and volunteers!
Shabbat Schedule & Davening Guide
Shabbat Schedule for April 17-18
Shabbat Mevorchim Parashat Shemini
All Zoom programs can be accessed either by computer (youngisraelwh.org/zoom) or on the phone at (646) 558-8656 and Meeting ID: 685 094 0946#.
Erev Shabbat – Friday, April 17
7:00 am – Virtual Shacharit on Zoom 11:45 am – Virtual Tot Shabbat (Shabbat Morning Groups Ages 5 and under) with Becca Maurer 5:45 pm – Kabbalat Shabbat Sing Along with Rabbi Brander and Hudi Kowalsky 6:15 pm – Virtual Mincha on Zoom
6:11 pm – Earliest Candle Lighting
7:16 pm – Candle Lighting
7:34 pm – Mincha Before and Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv After*
8:04 pm – Count Sefira & Repeat Shema after
Shabbat, April 18
9:00 am – Shacharit, Torah Reading & Musaf* (see below for instructions for davening at home)
9:28 am – Sof Zman Kiryat Shema (Latest Shema)
1:24 pm – Earliest Mincha (and before 7:35 pm)
8:20 pm – Havadalah and Shabbat Ends 8:30 pm – Virtual Communal Havadalah with Sam Leichtberg and Stu Miller
Sunday, April 19 – Friday, May 1
8:15 am – Virtual Shacharit on Zoom (Sunday) 9:00 am – Gemara Class by Yair Litchman on Zoom (Sunday)
7:00 am – Virtual Shacharit on Zoom (Monday-Friday)
7:30 pm – Virtual Mincha & Maariv on Zoom (Sunday-Thursday)
*Under conditions in which we are unable to pray together in the same space, our sages felt that praying together at the same time serves as a virtual-bridge between us and binds our prayers into a force beyond compare.
Let us all, to the extent that we can, aim to begin davening Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv in our homes tonight as Shabbat comes in (around 7:16 PM) and on Shabbat morning at 9 am (the latest time for the ShacharitAmidah is 10:35 am; the latest time for the Shema is 9:28 am). The earliest time for Mincha is 1:24 pm-which should ideally be davened before seudahshlishit, which in turn, should begin sometime before 7:35 pm.
Davening Guide
Certain parts of Tefilah are omitted when davening individually:
including Barachu, Kaddish, Chazaratha-Shatz (the repetition of the Amidah), and Kedusha
Friday night: Omit the blessing of Magen Avos (berachaachat me'ein shevah) after the ShemonehEsrei of Maariv.
Shabbat day: Omit BerichShemeih (yes Matthew). Ashkenazim also omit YekumPerkan
We DO say AvHa-Rachamim (even though it is ShabbatMevorchim because it is in this period of the year that we mourn the loss of those community Av Ha-Rachamim is referring to).
Pitum HaKetoret, which follows EinKelokeinu, is seen as a particularly potent prayer at a time of need, especially in the context of the spread of disease, as the incense
At the end of davening, Tehillim (Psalm) 130 can be added as a way of focusing our attention on the dire needs of those suffering from the virus and in the hopes that our actions will limit its spread and severity.
Birchat HaChodesh (Blessing the New Month) is recited as this week is Shabbat Mevarchim. Rosh Chodesh Iyar yihyeh b'yom HaSheshe V'yom Shabbat Kodesh (Rosh Chodesh Iyar will be on Friday and Shabbat). The Molad will be Wednesday 10:58 pm and 12 Chalakim (Jerusalem S. Time)
Torah Reading
While Torah reading, in its most ideal sense, requires a true Sefer Torah, in lieu of that possibility our best option is to read the Parsha (Shemini) and the Haftarah from a whole Tanakh. If one doesn't have a whole Tanakh at home, reading from a Chumash is the next best option. Artscroll has generously made available this week's Parsha and Haftorah for free; you can download and print a copy here: https://www.artscroll.com/sheminidownload.html
The reading for Mincha need not be read from a Tanakh or Chumash, and reading it in the back the siddur suffices.
Mincha
We omit Tzizkutcha Tzedak since it is still Nisan.
Havdalah:
Please make Havdalah in your homes once Shabbat has departed, after 8:20 pm. At 8:30 pm, everyone is then invited to participate in a community-wide virtual Havdalah, on our Zoom (log on instructions below). Though one cannot fulfill the obligation to say Havdalah through technological media (unless under pressing circumstances), one is welcome to say 'Amen' to any berakhot heard contemporaneously (i.e. live).
We are here for you!! There are a number of COVID-19 Relief programs underway to help address and alleviate the additional burdens of our current situation.
Please! Help Us Help You -- please reach out confidentially to Rabbi Brander or a member of the board if you are in need of support -- physically, financially, mentally or emotionally! We are here for you!!
Do you need help getting groceries or provisions for your home? We can help you!!
You can also tap into a number of community-wide initiatives underway to help provide support:
CLICK HERE to get support with providing Kosher For Pesach meals, personal hygiene products, arrange for check-in calls and to apply for a rapid relief emergency stipend of up to $750 from the Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Foundation.
Do you need more support? The Young Israel COVID-19 Relief Fund is here to help as well -- please contact Rabbi Brander.