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תצא כי פרשת ישראל תפארת קהילת / - אחד בלבDAVENING SCHEDULE Friday Candle Lighting: 6:35-7:44 pm Mincha: 7:00 pm Shabbos Day Shacharis: 8:30 am Rabbi’s Shiur: 5:55 pm Mincha: 6:55 pm Maariv: 8:55 pm Shabbos is over after: 9:14 pm Sunday Shacharis: 8:00 am Mincha/Maariv: 7:35 pm Monday-Friday Shacharis: 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv followed by Bais Medrash: 7:35 pm Next Shabbos — Ki Savo Candle Lighting: 6:27-7:34 pm Friday Mincha: 7:00 pm There are two times for candle lighting. The earlier time is Plag HaMincha (one and a quarter seasonal hours [Shaos Zemanios] before sunset [a seasonal hour is equal to one-twelfth of the total time from sunrise to sunset]) and is the earliest time to light candles. The later time is the regular candle lighting time and is 18 minutes before sunset, the latest time to light candles. If one wants to light candles when the shul accepts Shabbos, this is approximately 40 minutes after the start of Mincha. This Shabbos 10-11:30 am. Camp Shabbos. 5:55 pm. Rabbi’s shiur. Camp Shabbos Join us today for Camp Shabbos in the downstairs Simcha Hall. Camp Shabbos is for children up to age 7 and features storytelling, playtime and Torah, Torah, Torah. Healthy snacks and drinks are provided. To sponsor snacks or to volunteer, please contact Adriana Steinberg at [email protected] or 202- 641-6677. Invoices Membership and seating forms for 5774/2013-2014 have been emailed out. The form and registration are also available on the shul website. Please complete and return to Ari Blum by the priority seating deadline of August 22. The annual seat exchange will take place August 25, from 9 to 10 am, in the shul, for those wanting new seats or different seats than they had last year. It is vital to the shul’s financial well-being that past due balances be paid in full. Please make every effort to take care of this. Contact Ari Blum with any questions. Rabbi Goldberger’s Shabbos Afternoon Shiur on Pirkei Avos Rabbi Goldberger gives a shiur each Shab- bos afternoon approximately one hour before mincha on Pirkei Avos with commentary. The shiur is open to men and women and is in the main shul. Rabbi Goldberger Thursday Morning Shiur for Women Rabbi Goldberger is giving a shiur for women on “Moshe Rabbenu’s Blessings for the Jewish People: An In-Depth Study of Parshas V’zos HaBracha.” If possible, bring a Mikraos Gedolos on Devarim. The shiur’s remaining class will be held on Thursday, August 22, from 10 to 11 am in the main shul. For more information, contact Gail Feinstein at [email protected]. Bug Checking Kits The TY Sisterhood’s Bug Checking Kits are still available. For more information or to order, call or email Devorah Taffel at 443- 739-6827 or [email protected]. Do not send payment; payment will be collected when you pick up your kit. Weekday Evening Classes with Rabbi Goldberger Throughout the summer, between mincha and maariv, Rabbi Goldberger teaches Hil- chos Mezuza from the Shulchan Aruch. After maariv, we learn Sfas Emes on the parsha. Join us also for the Bais Medrash learning program each weeknight after maariv. Mazel Tov to Morty and Beth Tenenbaum on the birth of a grandson, born to Yaki and Ariella Tenenbaum in Eretz Yisrael. May they be zoche l’hachniso b’vriso shel Avraham Avinu b’zemano u’l’gadlo l’Torah l’chuppah u’l’ma’asim tovim! Mordechai Beleck and Karen Yosafat Beleck on the marriage of their daughter, ShiraMindel, to Moshe Heideman, son of Caren and Alan Heideman. May they be zocheh to build a bayis ne’eman b’Yisrael. Pushka total: $4,330.45 (see p. 3) 11 Elul 5773/August 17, 2013 5746-5773 Celebrating our 27th year 1986-2013 Rabbi Menachem Goldberger גולדברגר הלוי ראובן מנחם הרב דאתרא מרא שליטא בס״דWelcome to Congregation Tiferes Yisroel Parshas Ki Setze This week’s Lev Echad is sponsored by: Mordechai Beleck, Karen Yosafat Beleck, Yosef, Eliahu and Ze’ev Beleck, and Carol and Joe Yosafat in honor of the upcoming marriage of their daughter, sister, and granddaughter, ShiraMindel Beleck, to Moshe Heideman, son of Caren and Alan Heideman, this weekend. May they be zocheh to build a Bayit Ne’eman B’Yisrael. We are delighted to welcome Moshe into the family!

Transcript of Rabbi Menachem Goldberger דחא בלב · Camp Shabbos Join us today for Camp Shabbos in the...

This week’s Lev Echad is being sponsored by Bluma Bier, in gratitude to Hashem for her naches, and in gratitude

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בלב אחד

DAVENING SCHEDULE

Friday Candle Lighting: 6:35-7:44 pm Mincha: 7:00 pm Shabbos Day Shacharis: 8:30 am Rabbi’s Shiur: 5:55 pm Mincha: 6:55 pm Maariv: 8:55 pm Shabbos is over after: 9:14 pm Sunday Shacharis: 8:00 am Mincha/Maariv: 7:35 pm Monday-Friday Shacharis: 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv followed by Bais Medrash: 7:35 pm Next Shabbos — Ki Savo Candle Lighting: 6:27-7:34 pm Friday Mincha: 7:00 pm

There are two times for candle lighting. The earlier time is Plag HaMincha (one and a quarter seasonal hours [Shaos Zemanios] before sunset [a seasonal hour is equal to one-twelfth of the total time from sunrise to sunset]) and is the earliest time to light candles. The later time is the regular candle lighting time and is 18 minutes before sunset, the latest time to light candles. If one wants to light candles when the shul accepts Shabbos, this is approximately 40 minutes after the start of Mincha.

This Shabbos • 10-11:30 am. Camp Shabbos. • 5:55 pm. Rabbi’s shiur.

Camp Shabbos Join us today for Camp Shabbos in the

downstairs Simcha Hall. Camp Shabbos is for

children up to age 7 and features storytelling, playtime and Torah, Torah, Torah. Healthy snacks and drinks are provided. To sponsor snacks or to volunteer, please contact Adriana Steinberg at [email protected] or 202-641-6677.

Invoices Membership and seating forms for

5774/2013-2014 have been emailed out. The form and registration are also available on the shul website. Please complete and return to Ari Blum by the priority seating deadline of August 22.

The annual seat exchange will take place August 25, from 9 to 10 am, in the shul, for those wanting new seats or different seats than they had last year.

It is vital to the shul’s financial well-being that past due balances be paid in full. Please make every effort to take care of this.

Contact Ari Blum with any questions.

Rabbi Goldberger’s Shabbos Afternoon Shiur on Pirkei Avos

Rabbi Goldberger gives a shiur each Shab-bos afternoon approximately one hour before mincha on Pirkei Avos with commentary. The shiur is open to men and women and is in the main shul.

Rabbi Goldberger Thursday Morning Shiur for Women

Rabbi Goldberger is giving a shiur for women on “Moshe Rabbenu’s Blessings for the Jewish People: An In-Depth Study of Parshas V’zos HaBracha.” If possible, bring a Mikraos Gedolos on Devarim.

The shiur’s remaining class will be held on Thursday, August 22, from 10 to 11 am in the main shul.

For more information, contact Gail Feinstein at [email protected].

Bug Checking Kits The TY Sisterhood’s Bug Checking Kits

are still available. For more information or to order, call or email Devorah Taffel at 443-739-6827 or [email protected]. Do not send payment; payment will be collected when you pick up your kit.

Weekday Evening Classes with Rabbi Goldberger

Throughout the summer, between mincha and maariv, Rabbi Goldberger teaches Hil-chos Mezuza from the Shulchan Aruch. After maariv, we learn Sfas Emes on the parsha. Join us also for the Bais Medrash learning program each weeknight after maariv.

Mazel Tov to • Morty and Beth Tenenbaum on the birth of

a grandson, born to Yaki and Ariella Tenenbaum in Eretz Yisrael. May they be zoche l’hachniso b’vriso shel Avraham Avinu b’zemano u’l’gadlo l’Torah l’chuppah u’l’ma’asim tovim!

• Mordechai Beleck and Karen Yosafat Beleck on the marriage of their daughter, ShiraMindel, to Moshe Heideman, son of Caren and Alan Heideman. May they be zocheh to build a bayis ne’eman b’Yisrael.

Pushka total: $4,330.45 (see p. 3) 11 Elul 5773/August 17, 2013.

5746-5773 Celebrating our 27th year 1986-2013

Rabbi Menachem Goldberger

הרב מנחם ראובן הלוי גולדברגר שליטא מרא דאתרא

בס״ד

Welcome to Congregation Tiferes Yisroel Parshas Ki Setze

This week’s Lev Echad is sponsored by: Mordechai Beleck, Karen Yosafat Beleck, Yosef, Eliahu and Ze’ev Beleck, and Carol and Joe Yosafat in honor of the upcoming

marriage of their daughter, sister, and granddaughter, ShiraMindel Beleck, to Moshe Heideman, son of Caren and Alan Heideman, this weekend. May they be zocheh to build a Bayit Ne’eman B’Yisrael. We are delighted to welcome Moshe into the

family!

The Weekly Parsha

From the Orchards of

Jerusalem by Daneal Weiner

Parshas Ki Saitsay deals with reconnecting. It opens with the Aishes Yifas Toar — Women of Beautiful Form (21:10-11). “When you will go out to war against your enemies … and you will see amongst its captivity a woman of beautiful form and you will desire her, you my take her to yourself for a wife.” Incredible!

Last week’s parsha describes the degree of righteousness of a Jew who went out to battle. How can such an individual suddenly find himself desiring a gentile woman? Further-more, not only doesn’t Judaism missionize but it even dissuades wanna-be converts. Yet the Aishes Yifas Toar is converted against her will! And unlike a non-Jewish maid or man servant who can never go free, the Aishes Yifas Toar does go free and we are warned not to enslave her, sell her nor mistreat her in any way. The Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh speaks at great length on this highly unusual subject. His premise: the soul of the Aishes Yifas Toar is a Jewish soul which was given over to the powers of impurity, to Eisav, and the time has come for her to be taken back home, back to her roots.

Although the Torah says her “captor” may marry her, it’s not the will of Hashem he do so! The Torah tells us this by the juxtaposition of this topic to the next, that of a “hated wife” which is then followed by the laws of a “wayward son”! The Torah is telling us these subsequent sections are “by-products” of the marriage to an Aishes Yifas Toar.

Rav Wolfson adds to this by bringing in the Zohar on verse 21:13 which says, “She shall remove the garments of her captivity … and she shall weep for her father and for her mother for a full month.” The Zohar says that the Father is Hashem and the mother is Knes-ses Yisrael (the feminine aspect of Israel) and the “full month” is this month, Elul! This soul which has been lost to and trapped in the clutches of the impure and unholy weeps when she finally realizes the distance she is from her Father in heaven and from her people. Alluded to in all this is Elul, a time which was made for reconnecting. How can we be so sure she will even recognize, let alone mourn such deeply buried feelings?

When Adam and Chava ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, they also felt their sudden distance from Hashem. What did Hashem do for them? He made them clothes! The Torah tells us they had already covered

themselves, yet Hashem made clothes for them anyway? As you know, Hashem doesn’t do things “anyway.” Adam and Chava made clothing to quickly cover their shame. Hashem made them clothing to reconnect them to holiness. Holiness exists in a Torah prescribed wardrobe. Verse 13 said this woman removes the clothes of her captivity. What clothes are those? Clothes designed for seduction. When the men went to war, the women dressed just in case their husbands didn’t come back. Clothing of impurity and unholiness. These she must take off. What does she wear? The modest and sanctified dress of a daughter of Israel. Putting together a verse from Yirmiah with one from Proverbs “How long will you slip away o’ wayward daughter?” “Strength and majesty are her dress!” Combine her personal attire with the sanctified atmosphere of the Jewish home she’s found herself in and that will bring her to realize the degree she has fallen from Hashem. Anyone working in kiruv will tell you there is no greater tool for reconnecting wayward souls than the Shabbos table and the atmosphere of a sanctified home.

Just as the parsha opens with lessons for reconnecting during Elul, so too does it end. The final verse (25:19) says, “It will be when Hashem grants you respite from all your enemies around you … that you must erase the memory of Amaleik from under the heav-ens: Do not forget!” What do we do with this commandment? Who are the Amalekeits to-day? Even if we identified an Amaleikite with 100% certainty, we probably couldn’t kill him. In fact, it might be downright forbidden. The Torah commands us to erase his memory. If an Amaleikite were killed today the court case would be publicized worldwide. “Fanatic Jew kills biblical enemy. Freedom of Religion or unconstitutional homicide? News at 11.” The ADL will obviously defend the rights of the Amalekite. In Tel Aviv, they would probably put up a monument and change the name of a public square to memorialize him. Not what the Torah had in mind. Another question we could ask is on the words you must erase the memory of Amaleik from under the heavens. Where else?

Rav Osher Reich draws from the Alshich Hakadosh to answer these questions. The Alshich brings a Rashi from the book of Daniel where he says that wars start in the heavens and not here on earth! A Sar- governing angel of a nation has a dispute with another Sar and war manifests itself on earth. The real fight is up there. The results are acted out down here.

When the Jews first left Egypt, Amaleik attacked. Bnei Yisrael went to battle. Moshe raises his hands and we’re ahead. He lowers them and they’re ahead. What was the outcome? Amaleik was weakened! Unlike Egypt or the 7 nations who became no more,

Amaleik is still around. Sounds like a kind of battle that’s different from the other Sar versus Sar battles in the Torah. What’s different about Amaleik?

The Sar of Amaleik is none other than the Yetser Horah itself, a.k.a. the soton, a.k.a. the angel of death. Amaleik inherited the Sar of his grandpa Eisav. Amaleik’s source of nourishment, their very existence comes from our sins. Were we to do a full repentance before Hashem, the Mashiach would come and the Yetser Horah would be destroyed. Mashiach will lead the battle which will totally eradicate Amaleik from the world. Till then, we have to fight a different battle. The command in the Torah to fight Amaleik is the command to fight the evil in ourselves.

This is why the Torah adds “under the heavens”! It’s not a battle of Sar against Sar but a battle here on earth of our yetser tov against our yetser rah. Our human awareness versus our animal desires, what we’re told is right versus what we feel is right, the Torah’s/ Rabbi’s objectivity versus our subjectivity. Our desire for Judaism versus our desire for any other “ism.” The stronger we become as Jews, the weaker Amaleik becomes.

It is not an easy fight. But it will be worth it. How? The very last words of the parsha, “Lo Tishcach!” Usually translated as “don’t forget.” Also translatable as, “You won’t forget!” One’s greatest triumphs are the ones not forgotten! The toughest battles are the ones by which the most is gained!

For these next four weeks, better still, till Yom Kippur, reconnect to Hashem, to Avraham and to your people. Become a stronger Jew. Even if you are certain that after Yom Kippur you will go back to the lower standards, for just this brief time try more! Connect more! Don’t let your yetser horah tell you it’s hypocrisy! Lies!!!

HaRav Zev Leff offers a different analogy. If you’re building a house on a limited budget, are you better off dividing the funds between the foundation and the walls, alike, or is it better to invest more into the foundation and less into the walls? Certainly the foundation should be as strong as it can be. The house can be fortified later. Rosh Hashanah is not the first of the year. It is the HEAD of the year! It is the foundation of what’s to come. Even if we feel we haven’t the energy for maintaining a higher standard all year we should try for just a few short weeks to build the strongest foundation possible. Maybe the walls will come later. Maybe not.

A great way to build a foundation, a place to focus our efforts, where we might inspire not just the wayward soul but maybe even our own, is by having a sanctified, guest-filled Shabbot Shalom!

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Visit us at www.tiferesyisroel.org Parshas Ki Setze

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Coming Up • August 22: Rabbi Goldberger shiur for

women. • August 24: Camp Shabbos. • August 25: Seat exchange. • September 1: Upsherin for the Jussim boys

(and a haircut for their sister). 1:30 pm. Sponsored by their parents, Rod and Tova Jussim.

• September 22: Dedication of the new Bais Medrash.

Extra Kaddish Confused at Shabbos Shacharis? Did you

wonder why there’s an extra Kaddish just before the Torah is taken out of the ark on Shabbos morning during the month of Elul?

It’s because the shul has the custom of reciting Psalm 27 at Shacharis after the Song of the Day, rather than reciting it at Mussaf.

Camp Yom Tov Once again, Tiferes Yisroel will offer child

care for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur for infants and children up to 8 years of age. We will also continue the junior counselor program for children ages 8-11. To ensure the safety and well-being of our children, as well as to maintain the beautiful davening in our shul, we strongly suggest that all children under the age of 8 be enrolled in Camp Yom Tov. Parents must supervise their children at all times if they are not enrolled in child care.

As of now, a late fee of $10 will be charged for any enrollments. Checks should be made payable to Congregation Tiferes Yisroel and mailed to 6201 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215.

Please contact Talia Raun at [email protected] or 443-761-2072 if you have any questions.

Halfway to Sinai/Ayshel Avraham

Halfway to Sinai/Ayshel Avraham is open for the 2013 season. If you will be walking to Sinai Hospital or Levindale on Shabbos or Yom Tov from now through Simchas Torah 5774, you can rest your feet and have a cold drink on the porch of 3000 Glen Avenue (cor-ner Key) or 5932 Cross Country Boulevard (corner Simmonds). For more information, call 410-466-3132. L’zechus nishmas Avra-ham Shalom ben Chaim Yoel Novograd, z”l.

Donations • In honor of the birth of a grandson to Morty

and Beth Tenenbaum, by Ari and Caryn Blum

Daven with us at 6201 Park Heights Avenue Parshas Ki Setze

PUSHKA CAMPAIGN Sign up by emailing [email protected].

The pushka challenge is to put whatever amount of money one is able into a pushka every day or as often as possible. The recommended amount is only 36 cents a day.

When your pushka is full, please empty it into a ziplock bag marked with your name, and drop it into our locked mailbox at 3310 W. Strathmore Avenue. If it is difficult for you to drop it off, please contact Shlomo and Ahuva Goldberger at 410-358-4456 to arrange a pickup. If you need a shul pushka, you may take one from the shul window sill, and they will be replenished as needed.

Each week we will print the names of the participants who have turned in a pushka that week.

Latest contributors: Rabbi and Rebbetzin Goldberger Morty and Beth Tenenbaum

Running total: $4,330.45

Yisroel and Yaffa Addess Tehilla Rottman Chaim and Rivka Bluestein Shulamis Heldoorn Moshe and Joyce Dreyfuss Hillorie Morrison Ed and Mesa Leventhal Tzvi Kushner Kenneth Hendon and Aliza

Swain Avrum Weiss and Joan

Kristall Ida Goldberger Gregg Levitan Tim Ryan Steven and Shari Rosen

Trofimov Steven and Kayla Halon Binny Margolese Morty and Beth

Tenenbaum

Participants who have signed up for this year's campaign: Rabbi and Rebbetzin

Goldberger Shlomo and Ahuva

Goldberger Howard and Dvora Sora

Reznick Moshe and Shelly Cohen Jerry and Eileen

Rosenbaum Jonathan and Talia Raun Ari and Caryn Blum Ken and Chana Birnbaum Bob and Karen Rosenfelt Lenny and Glenna Ross Keely and Jillian

Goldberger Fred and Rena Levi Elie and Esther Levi Sima Cooperman Betzalel and Esther Huff Lev Avraham and Rachel

Rosenstock Nisan and Marietta Jaffee Mo and Shaina Margolese Barbara Landsman Rottman family

Louis and Gail Feinstein (Mishlei) Shoshana Goldman (9) (Shoftim) Rena Levi Jonah Rena Levi J Eliyahu Margolese (2) Lech Lecha onah N,

Elul: Preparing for a Lion by Shaul Yosef Leiter

The beginning of the month of Elul initiates the first days of our annual month of

preparation before the High Holy Days, when the Jewish people are judged on their behavior

of the past year. The Shelah comments on the verse, “When the lion roars, who is not

afraid?” (Amos 3:8), explaining that the Hebrew word for “lion,” “aryeh” (spelled alef, reish,

yud, hei), is an acronym for the four words, Elul, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Hoshana

Rabbah (the last day of Sukkot). When the “lion” of the High Holy Days arrives, people feel the

urge to change their behavior for the better, in preparation for the Day of Judgment.

Because of the spiritual potency of the month of Elul, there are ancient traditions associating

the name of the month with different Torah verses where the first letters of the words spell

out “Elul,” showing us the different aspects of its character and how we can utilize them to

connect with G-d. The most well-known include “I am for my beloved and my beloved is for me”

(Songs 6:3), which refers to the power of prayer; “Each man to his friend and gifts for the

poor” (Esther 9:22) about charity and kindness to others; “Your heart and the heart of your

children” (Deut. 30:6), referring to repentance; and “It came to his hand and we placed for

him” (Ex. 21:13), which alludes to the cities of refuge, built for one who murdered accidentally

(referring to the Torah, our refuge).

When we will truly use all of our efforts during the month of Elul to learn Torah and do all of

the commandments, then the final verse hinted in the name “Elul” will become fully revealed:

“And they said, we will sing to G-d” (Ex. 15:1). This was the prophesy of the Jewish people at

the splitting of the Red Sea, that everyone will sing together at the time of Mashiach

celebrating the arrival of the Final Redemption!

 

Community • August 17: Women’s shiur in memory of Chaya

Malka Barkai and Esther Nechama Margolese. Sefer HaChinnuch, led by Dr. Dovid Clay. Home of Joyce Dreyfuss, 3820 Menlo Drive, each Shabbos at 4 pm. All women and high school girls are invited.

• August 21: Rabbi Heinemann’s annual Teshuva shiur for ladies. 8:30 pm, Agudah of Park Heights. There is no charge for this event.

• August 22: Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day.

• September 1: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion Blood Drive. Did you know that you can save up to three lives with one donation of blood? 8 am-2 pm. Appointments preferred; walk-ins welcome. Call the shul office at 410-764-6810 or email [email protected] to schedule your life-saving donation.

• September 24: Rabbi Katz tour of Washington, DC. $60. Contact [email protected].

Refuah Shalaimah to • Karen Rosenfelt, Chaya bas Sheindel • Karen Eisenberg, Keren bas Levana Yuta • Raizy Cohen, Raiselle bas Sarah • Shaya Cohen, Yeshaya Lev ben Shelly Gabriella • Tehilla Werner, Tehilla bas Avivah Michaela • Hillel Zeitlin, Hillel Mordechai ben Miriam

Yahrzeits Giving tzedakah in the name of the departed has

the power to elevate their soul. When you give charity on behalf of your loved one, co nsider giving to Tiferes Yisroel. And may the soul of your loved one be bound in the bond of life, together with the souls of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov; Sarah, Rivka, Rachel and Leah; and together with the other righteous men and women in Gan Eden.

Morris Parsowith, Moshe ben Shmuel HaKohen

a”h, 11 Elul, father of Scott Parsowith Rav Daniel Goldberger, Rav Daniel ben HaRav

Chaim HaLevi a”h, 13 Elul, father of Rabbi Menachem Goldberger

Joseph Fooks, Yosef M’chael ben Aharon a”h, 15 Elul, father of Risha Saperstein

Shemen Lamaor Sponsors • Ari and Caryn Blum • Baruch and Ruth Jankowitz

Joblink. Joblink provides job seekers, recruiters

and employers with valuable information regarding employment opportunities and career information.

If you are looking for a job or know of one at your office, please contact our shul liaison, Yehudis Gruber, [email protected], or Elly Lasson, executive director, at Joblink, 410-602-8700, [email protected].

Sponsorships. To arrange your sponsorship,

email [email protected] or go to www.tiferesyisroel.org and click donate. Please send your donation to Congregation Tiferes Yisroel, 6201 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215.

To sponsor Shemen Lamaor for a month or the Lev Echad, Camp Shabbos or Father/Son Learning for a week, the donation is $36.

For the following, please contact Nisan Blaxberg at 410-358-3943 or [email protected].

Siddur $50

Chumash $75 Yahrzeit Plaque $300 Other seforim may be dedicated as well.

No Peanuts! The shul is peanut-free. In consid-

eration of our members with peanut allergies, please refrain from bringing peanut products into the shul.

Mitzvah Cards. For $18, you get four cards that

you can mail out yourself. For $10, we will send the card out for you, and your donation will be announced in the Lev Echad.

Contact Glenna Ross at 410-358-1687 or e-mail [email protected].

Ride G’mach. Call the Ride G’mach at 410-

358-RIDE (7433). We need ride offers when anyone drives interstate, any direction. Not door-to-door, just city-to-city. Often, Chesed of Boro Park calls, needing a ride to/from New York for people with medical appointments in Baltimore hospitals.

Shul Rentals. To reserve the use of the shul’s

simcha hall or Nancy Taffel Annex, please contact Eileen Rosenbaum at 410-764-8443 or eileen@ tiferesyisroel.org.

There is no fee to reserve the date. For availability, go to www.tiferesyisroel.org, and click on the “Calendar” button on the left. This online calendar is kept up-to-date continuously.

TY Shiurim Schedule Sunday: • 9:30-10:15 am: Men’s Gemara Megilla shiur

given by the Rabbi. Rashi, selected Tosfos and Maharsha following Shacharis.

• 10-10:45 am: Women’s Tehillim gathering for cholim (Nancy Taffel Annex).

Monday: • 6:45-7:45 pm: Rambam Hilchos Ishus. Given by

Jay Taffel. Upstairs Beis Midrash. On hiatus.

Tuesday: • One hour before mincha: Gemara Chulin. The

8th perek dealing with the meat and bones and blood of kashrus, given by Jay Taffel. Upstairs Beis Midrash.

• 8 pm: Chabura learning — Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, focusing on the laws of Pesach. After maariv in the Bais Medrash. Led by Elie Weiner.

Wednesday: • 8-9 pm: Nesivos Shalom. Bais Medrash. Led by

Fred Levi.

Daily (Monday-Friday): • 6-6:25 am: Chabura learning Rashi on the

weekly parsha given by Nisan Blaxberg. All men and (older) boys are invited to attend.

• Every morning following davening — a chabura for strengthening Hebrew reading with Nesivos Shalom. With fresh hot coffee!

• Monday through Thursday between mincha and maariv: Rabbi Goldberger teaching Hilchos Yesodai HaTorah from the Rambam.

• Sunday through Thursday evening after mincha/ maariv for 15 minutes — Rabbi Goldberger shiur for men. Megillas Eicha with Rashi.

• 8-9 pm: Nightly men’s bais medrash. Sunday through Thursday.

Shabbos: • 8-8:30 am: Mishnayos Chabura. Nezikin.

OFFICERS President Ari Blum 410-358-5478

[email protected] VP Mo Margolese [email protected] VP Membership Lev Avraham Rosenstock 443-

255-4343 [email protected], lrosenstockphoto@ yahoo.com

Secretary Ari Blum 410-358-5478 [email protected]

Treasurer Yaakov Gur 410-358-2005 [email protected]

CONTACT INFORMATION Ahavas Yisrael Chabura Project Meira Blaxberg

410-358-3943 [email protected] Bais Medrash Rabbi Elie Levi 410-318-8932 Calendar Eileen Rosenbaum 410-764-8443

[email protected] Camp Shabbos Adriana Steinberg 202-641-6677

[email protected] Candyman Ari Blum Chesed Committee Chana Birnbaum (shiva) 410-

358-7736; Ester Gur (births) 410-358-2005; Raizy Cohen (cholim) 410-764-8852

Davening Schedule Jay Taffel 410-358-9029 Father/Son Learning Dov Pear 410-358-9825 Gabbai Rishon Jay Taffel 410-358-9029 Gabbai Sheni Hillel Zeitlin 410-358-7316 Gabbai Tzedakah Nathan Franco 240-472-2815 Girls’ Learning Group Nechama Goldman Hospitality Gail Feinstein 410-456-4306 Kitchen Coordinator Batsheva Goldman Lev Echad Suzanne Kayne 410-764-1971, Option

4 (please use email) [email protected] Mitzvah Cards Glenna Ross 410-358-1687 Mommy and Me Coordinator Yehudis Gruber

302-598-2336 [email protected] Seforim

Purchase Nisan Blaxberg 410-358-3943 Repair Mark Hart

Shalosh Seudos Coordinator Hinda Blum 410-764-2279

Simcha Hall Reserve Eileen Rosenbaum 410-764-8443 [email protected]

Sisterhood Batsheva Goldman 410-358-3768 jenbgold@gmail. com; Elka Rottman 410-358-5427 [email protected]; Devorah Taffel 410-358-9029 [email protected]

Supplies Ordering Shulamis Heldoorn 410-664-1212 [email protected]

Tzeischem L’Shalom Coordinator Mordechai Be-leck 443-570-3850 [email protected]

Webmaster Tzadik Vanderhoof 410-764-2258 [email protected]

Yahrzeit Plaques Nisan Blaxberg 410-358-3943 Yahrzeit Records Alisa Mandel 410-963-2977

[email protected] Shul Business [email protected]

Lev Echad Deadline:

Wednesday, 6:13 pm [email protected]

Good Shabbos!

Rabbi Goldberger’s Shul Congregation Tiferes Yisroel

6201 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, MD 21215

410-764-1971 tiferesyisroel.org

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