Sunday, September 30, 2012

HJC - Simchas Torah update

All,

 

Here is the first update on Simchas Torah bids.  Note that we have added Musaf to the list.  Fred Bolotin has the current bid and threatens to be very, very meticulous in his pronunciation.

 

Gut Yom Tov,

 

Martin

 

Kovod

Bid

Atah Horeisa (night)

$100

Atah Horeisa (day)

 

Kol HaNearim

 

Chosson Torah

$54

Chosson Bereishis

$54

Maftir

$36

Hagbah/Gelilah

$36

Musaf

$36

 

 

 

 

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

HJC - Simchas Torah Kibudim

Hi all,

 

You may now bid on the following Simchas Torah Kibudim:

 Atah Horeisa (night)

Atah Horeisa (day)

Kol HaNearim

Chosson Torah

Chosson Bereishis

Maftir

Hagbah/Gelilah (all three sets)

 

Kol Tuv,

 

Martin

 

 

 

 

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HJC News - Haazinu through the end of Yom Tov

The Yomim Noraim were beautiful. A big thank you to Simcha Mann, Hillel Seltzer and our Gabboyim Corey Adler and Phil Setnik for making it so special. We look forward to a similarly beautiful and joyous Succos with all of you.

We will have a luncheon on Simchas Torah following davening. Call the office to make your reservations.

The Shul is making a Wine Order, which will be delivered after Succos. Please call the office for more information.

Good Shabbos and Good Yom Tov,

Rabbi Davidovich

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Davening Times

Friday, September 28

  Shacharis   6:45 AM  
  Candle Lighting    6:57 PM
  Mincha              7:00 PM

Saturday,  September 29  (Haazinu)
  Parsha Shiur   8:30 AM
  Shacharis   9:00 AM
  Navi Shiur  6:10 PM
  Mincha       6:40 PM
  Shabbos ends    8:00 PM  

Sunday, September 30 (Erev Succos)
  Shacharis  8:00 AM
  Candle lighting   6:50 PM
  Mincha-Ma'ariv   6:55 PM

Monday, October 1 (First Day Succos)

  Shacharis   9:00 AM
  Mincha       6:50 PM
  Maariv        7:52 PM
  Candle lighting, from an existing flame   7:57 PM

Tuesday, October 2 (Second Day Succos)
  Shacharis   9:00 AM
  Mincha       6:50 PM
  Yom Tov Ends   7:55 PM    

Wednesday-Thursday October 3-4 (Chol Hamoed)

  Shacharis   6:30 AM
  Mincha-Ma'ariv   6:50 PM
 
Friday, October 5 (Chol Hamoed)
  Shacharis    6:30 AM
  Candle Lighting  6:42 PM
  Mincha  6:45  PM

Saturday,  October 6  (Shabbos Chol Hamoed)

  Shacharis   9:00 AM
  Open Succah at Rabbi's home 14385 Washington  3:00 PM
  Mincha    6:30 PM
  No Shalosh Seudos at Shul
  Shabbos ends   7:48 PM

Sunday, October 7  (Hoshana Rabba)

  Shacharis  8:00 AM
  Candle lighting   6:39 PM
  Mincha-Ma'ariv   6:40 PM

Monday, October 8 (Shemini Atzeres)

  Shacharis   9:00 AM
  Mincha       6:30 PM
   followed by Rabbi's Party
  Maariv        7:40 PM
  Candle lighting, from an existing flame   7:45 PM

Tuesday, October 9 (Simchas Torah)

  Shacharis   8:30 AM
  Mincha       6:35 PM
  Yom Tov Ends   7:43 PM  

Wednesday-Thursday October 10-11
  Shacharis   6:45 AM
  Mincha-Ma'ariv   6:40 PM  

Friday, October 12

 Shacharis    6:45 AM
 Candle Lighting  6:31 PM
 Mincha  6:35  PM


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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Last Chance - Yom Kippur Alliyos

All,

 

Fred Bolotin asked me to inform everyone that he holds the current bid for Maftir Yonah.  Bidding closes tomorrow night.  Maftir and Mincha Levi are still pretty inexpensive.  We are just a couple of dollars below last year. 

 

Please call or email the office for your Lulav order if you have not already done so.

 

G’mar Chasima Tova,

 

Martin

 

Yom Kippur, morning

Cohen

$90

Levi

$100

Shlishi

$100

Rivi'i

$100

Chamishi

$100

Shishi

$100

Maftir

$50

Yom Kippur, Mincha

Cohen

$25

Levi

$10

Yonah

$118

 

 

 

 

Martin Lipman
Principal, Symphony Analytics/ 1+216-291-3780 / mob: 1+216-798-6927 / (martin.lipman@SymphonyIRI.com)
SymphonyIRI Group
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

HJC Yom Kippur Alliyos and Lulav/Esrog

Hi All,

 

Please contact the office to order your lulav set(s).

 

Thanks to everyone who bid for Rosh Hashanah alliyos.  Here is the current bidding for Yom Kippur alliyos:

 

Yom Kippur, morning

Cohen

$90

Levi

$100

Shlishi

$100

Rivi'i

$100

Chamishi

$100

Shishi

$100

Maftir

$50

Yom Kippur, Mincha

Cohen

$25

Levi

$10

Yonah

$118

 

 

Kol Tuv,

 

Martin

 

Martin Lipman
Principal, Symphony Analytics/ 1+216-291-3780 / mob: 1+216-798-6927 / (martin.lipman@SymphonyIRI.com)
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

HJC News - Nitzavim and Rosh Hashana through Yom Kippur

A new Simcha Tree, donated by Gershon and Mary Ireland, is now ready to accept leaves.  You may purchase a leaf to commemorate a joyous event, such as a birth, marriage, bar/bas mitzvah, etc.  Each leaf is $54.  Please contact the office for more information.


Anyone needing a home visit to hear the Shofar on Rosh Hashana, or anyone who would like to volunteer his time to blow Shofar on Rosh Hashana for people in their homes should contact Fred Bolotin by email at fbolotin@yahoo.com or by phone 291-1265. 


We will have a luncheon on Simchas Torah following davening.  More information to come, but please save the date.

 

The Shul will be making a Wine Order, which will be delivered after Succos. Please call the office for more information.


Good Shabbos

Rabbi Davidovich

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Davening and Shiur Times

Friday, September 14
  Candle Lighting    7:18 PM
  Mincha              7:20 PM

Saturday,  September 15  (Nitzavim)
  Parsha Shiur   8:30 AM
  Shacharis   9:00 AM
  Navi Shiur  6:35 PM
  Mincha       7:05 PM
  Shabbos ends
    8:24 PM  

Sunday, September 16 (Erev Rosh Hashana)
  Selichos-Shacharis  7:15 AM
   Followed by Hataras Nedarim  
  
  Candle lighting   7:14 PM
  Mincha-Ma'ariv   7:15 PM

Monday, September 17 (First Day Rosh Hashana)
  Shacharis   8:00 AM
  Hamelech   8:45 AM  
  Shofar        10:30 AM
  Mincha       6:30 PM followed by Tashlich at the Perkels 4325 Groveland
  Maariv        8:15 PM
  Candle lighting, from an existing flame   8:21 PM

Tuesday, September 18 (Second Day Rosh Hashana)
  Shacharis   8:00 AM
  Hamelech   8:45 AM
  Shofar       10:25 AM
  Mincha       7:00 PM
  Yom Tov Ends   8:19 PM     

Wednesday September 19 (Tzom Gedaliah)
  Fast begins   5:59 AM
  Selichos-Shacharis   6:10 AM
  Mincha-Ma'ariv   6:55 PM
  Fast ends   8:12 PM

Thursday September 20
  Selichos-Shacharis   6:10 AM
  Mincha-Ma'ariv   7:10 PM

Friday, September 21
 Selichos-Shacharis   6:10 AM
 Candle Lighting  7:06 PM
 Mincha  7:10 PM

Saturday,  September 22  (Vayeilech / Shabbos Shuva)
  Parsha class   8:30 AM
  Shacharis   9:00 AM
  Shabbos Shuva Drasha   6:00 PM
  Mincha-Shalosh Seudos   6:55 PM
  Shabbos ends   8:12 PM

Sunday,  September 23  
  Selichos-Shacharis   7:25 AM
  Mincha-Ma'ariv   7:05 PM
  
Monday, September 24
  Selichos-Shacharis   6:10 AM
  Mincha-Ma'ariv   7:05 PM

Tuesday,  September 25  (Erev Yom Kippur)
  Selichos-Shacharis   6:30 AM
  Early Mincha    3:00 PM  
  Late Mincha       6:40  PM
  Candle lighting    6:59 PM
  Kol Nidre          7:00  PM

Wednesday September 26 (Yom Kippur)  
  Shacharis   9:00 AM
  Yizkor after   11:30 PM
  Mincha   5:00 PM
  N'eila   6:30 PM
  Fast ends   8:05 PM


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Friday, September 14, 2012

Last Chance - HJC Alliyos for Rosh Hashanah

All,

 

Today is your last chance to bid for Rosh Hashanah alliyos.  We are extending the bidding for Yom Kippur by another week.

 

Fred Bolotin has asked me to inform you that he holds the current high bid for Maftir Yonah.  He recommends that someone outbid him for the sake of the Kehillah.

 

Good Shabbos and K’Siva V’Chasima Tova,

 

Martin

 

Rosh Hashanah, First Day

Cohen

$36

Levi

$36

Shlishi

$54

Rivi'i

$72

Chamishi

$54

Maftir

$72

Rosh Hashanah, Second Day

Cohen

$36

Levi

$10

Shlishi

$100

Rivi'i

$100

Chamishi

$100

Maftir

$72

Yom Kippur, morning

Cohen

$25

Levi

$100

Shlishi

$100

Rivi'i

$100

Chamishi

$100

Shishi

$100

Maftir

$50

Yom Kippur, Mincha

Cohen

$18

Levi

$10

Yonah

$50

 

 

 

 

Martin Lipman
Principal, Symphony Analytics/ 1+216-291-3780 / mob: 1+216-798-6927 / (martin.lipman@SymphonyIRI.com)
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

HJC - babysitting for Yom Tov

All,

 

If you want babysitting for Rosh Hashanah and/or Yom Kippur and have not made arrangements yet with the office, please call or email the office (office@hjcs.org) as soon as possible, but no later than 10 am tomorrow (Friday, September 14).  Babysitting is only available to those who preregister.   The cost is $10 per child per day.

 

K’siva V’chasima Tova,

 

Martin

 

 

 

Martin Lipman
Principal, Symphony Analytics/ 1+216-291-3780 / mob: 1+216-798-6927 / (martin.lipman@SymphonyIRI.com)
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Monday, September 10, 2012

HJC - give the gift of an alliyah

All,

 

An alliyah for Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur makes for a great gift!  There are still bargains available.  Honor a parent, son, grandson, son-in-law, friend, or husband and get schar for both you and him.

 

Last year we set a record for alliyah donations to the shul.  This year is behind each of the last four years.  But there is still time!

 

Here is the latest update.  The bidding will close Friday morning.

 

Rosh Hashanah, First Day

Cohen                   $36

Levi                        $36

Shlishi                   $36

Rivi'i                       $72

Chamishi              $72

Maftir                   $50

 

Rosh Hashanah, Second Day

Cohen                   $36

Levi                        $10

Shlishi                   $100

Rivi'i                       $100

Chamishi              $100

Maftir                   $72

 

Yom Kippur, morning

Cohen                   $25

Levi                        $100

Shlishi                   $100

Rivi'i                       $100

Chamishi              $100

Shishi                    $100

Maftir                   $50

 

Yom Kippur, Mincha

Cohen                   $18

Levi                        $10

Yonah                   $50

 

 

 

 

Martin Lipman
Principal, Symphony Analytics/ 1+216-291-3780 / mob: 1+216-798-6927 / (martin.lipman@SymphonyIRI.com)
SymphonyIRI Group
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Sunday, September 9, 2012

J'accuse, by Alan Dershowitz

here's Alan Dershowitz:

Why do countries with long histories of anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry seem to care more about the so-called rights of young children not to be circumcised than do other countries in the world with far better histories of concern for human rights? The same rhetorical question can be asked of countries, such as Norway, that care so much about the rights of animals not to be slaughtered according to Jewish ritual. These questions are entirely rhetorical because every thinking person knows the answer. It's not because Germans or Norwegians are better people and care more about children and animals than do Americans. It is because they care less about Jews. Or more precisely they care a lot about Jews. They just don't like them very much and don't care if they are forced to leave the country because they cannot practice their religions there.

So let no one praise a nation that murdered a million Jewish babies and children for shedding crocodile tears over the plight of the poor little baby boy who, following a many thousand year old tradition, is circumcised a week after birth. Every good person should condemn Germany for what really lies at the heart of efforts to ban circumcision—old-fashioned anti-Semitism, a term coined by Germans for Germans and against Jews.

History is not irrelevant in assessing current policies. The history of Germany (and Norway) in prohibiting Jews from practicing their traditional rituals goes back to a time when overt anti-Semitism was not only acceptable, it was de rigueur. Today, new words replace discredited old ones. Anti-Zionism instead of anti-Semitism. The welfare of children instead of the banning of religious rituals. But it's all the same. Anyone who falls for the new pseudo scientific nonsense about the evils of circumcision or ritual slaughter is as naïve or bigoted as those who fell for the old pseudo scientific racial claims of Nazism.

Indeed, there is an ugly whiff of "racial superiority" in the implicit assumption underlying these bigoted laws: Namely, that Germans and Norwegians are somehow morally (if not racially) superior to other countries that permit such "barbaric" practices.

So let's call a spade a spade and let's call anti-Semitism by its true name.

How then should reasonable people respond to these unreasonable efforts to make it difficult to practice traditional Judaism? Some have called for a legal response. Perhaps. But fighting these bigoted practices in court plays into the hands of those who are proposing it. In Nazi Germany, respected jurists were able to use the law to justify the most primitive forms of racism. Indeed Nazism operated through the Nuremburg laws and other such anti-Semitic legal enactments, which were declared entirely lawful by the German courts. Efforts to use the law against these manifestations of racism backfired, by legitimating the Nazi's legalistic undertakings. So let those who seek to challenge these laws do so but not without understanding the downside of such action.

Some may suggest that the alleged science purporting to support these bans be challenged on the basis of scientific truth. Perhaps. But that too may play into the hands of those who would argue that even acknowledging a possible scientific basis for these bigoted proposals lends some legitimacy to them. "Science" too was used to support Nazi racial studies. Should German scientists now conduct "twin studies" on circumcised and uncircumcised siblings? Why is Germany not willing to accept the conclusion reached by the American Academy of Pediatrics following a five year review of the best research, that "the health benefits" of circumcision – including reduction of HIV and papillomavirus transmission – "out weight the risks?"

The best response is to shame the Germans into rejecting this new form of left wing anti-Semitism, by showing them how similar it was to the Nazism they now claim to abhor. This approach will not work in Norway, because Norwegians have forgotten their history and still believe they were victims of Nazism rather than collaborators. Norway's anti-Semitic laws preventing Kosher slaughter of animals date back to the pre Nazi period and have remained in force since that time. Norway seems to have no shame nor is it capable of being shamed. Many Germans, on the other hand, seem willing to remember the past—at least up to a point. They must confront that past and look into the historical mirror before they once again go down the road of treating their Jewish citizens as second class or worse.

Shame on those Germans who would ban circumcision. Shame on those Germans who do not care enough to rise up in anger against the pseudo scientific bigots who falsely claim to be interested in the sensitivities of children. Praise for those Germans who do stand against the bigotry of their countrymen.

Let other countries with cleaner hands take the lead in conducting real scientific research and in seeking to protect the rights of children and animals. The dirty hands and filthy past of Germany forever disqualifies that country from leading the effort to ban Jewish rituals. For shame!

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