Fwd: Mikvah Opening!

With tremendous gratitude to Hakadosh Baruch Hu for the incredible amount of siyata dishmaya that has brought us to this point, we are excited to announce that the Cleveland Community Mikvah is ready to open!   It has been a true inspiration watching our community come together in building such a beautiful mikvah. Guided and directed by the community Rabbonim, the mikvah has been built to the highest halachic standards.  It is our hope and prayer that this mikvah will serve all parts of our community and enhance taharas hamishpacha.    Opening date is set, b'ezras Hashem, for this Sunday, November 29 (14 Kislev).  Please note that the Cleveland Community Mikvah  is currently open by appointment only.  Please visit our website at CCMikvah.org or call  216-848-0506 for more detailed information.  We look forward to welcoming you!  Address:  2588 S. Green Road in University Heights   May we be zoche to increase taharas hamishpacha in our community and to bring nachas to the Ribbono Shel Olam. Copyright © *2020* *Cleveland Community Mikvah*, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: *2588 S. Green Rd, University Heights OH, 44122* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC News - Vayeitzei

This Shabbos after Mincha, I will speak about Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz, among the greatest talmidim of Rav Chaim Brisker, and one of the great Roshei Yeshiva of pre-war Europe, whose 80th Yohrtzeit was the 5th of Kislev. 

Shabbos Parshas...	Vayeitzei
English dates: Friday/Saturday	November 27-28
Candle-Lighting	4:40 PM
Friday Mincha	4:40 PM
Dr. Bela Glaser memorial Chumash Shiur	on hiatus
Shacharis	9:00 AM
Sof Zman Krias Shema (GR"A/Baal Hatanya)	9:52 AM
Navi Shiur	on hiatus
Shabbos Mincha	4:35 PM
Maariv	5:49 PM
Mincha the following Sunday through Thursday	4:45 PM
Shacharis during the week
Sunday	8:00 AM
Monday-Friday	6:45 AM

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah: Speckled sheep and speckled logs (11:11)

Here is the latest talk, entitled "Speckled sheep and speckled logs; Yaakov and Ewe"

Length: 11min 11sec

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/1026786261079363

Enjoy!

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah: Rachel and Leah. Part One: Rocks and a Ladder (11:29)

Hello friends,

Here is the link to Part One of a series on Rachel and Leah.

In it, rocks and a ladder are discussed.

Length: 11min 29 sec

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/692144751674487

Enjoy!

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah - Yaakov and Eisav Part Three (17:01)

Here is "Yaakov and Eisav Part Three"

 

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/190014942711939

Length: 17min 1sec

Enjoy!

RD

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah: Yaakov and Eisav Part Two (10:03)

Here is the latest talk, entitled "Yaakov and Eisav Part Two"

Length: 10 minutes 3 seconds*.

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/1061194914328741

Thank you

RD

*actually shorter, since the first few seconds and last few seconds don't count.  
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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah: Yaakov and Eisav Part One (9:21)

Hello everybody,

Here is my latest talk: Part One of a series on Yaakov and Eisav, and their parents Yitzchak and Rivka.

Length: 9min 21 sec

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/176511444143534

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah: Toldos and a thought about the Eiruv (9:36)

Hello my friends,

Here is the latest talk on this week's parsha, with a tie-in to the Daf Yomi cycle's upcoming conclusion of Masechta Eiruvin, and another tie-in into our local Cleveland community's Eruv campaign.  

Length: 9m36s

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/1837636086374480/

As usual, feedback is appreciated.

Good Shabbos

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC News - Toldos

This Shabbos after Mincha, I will be speaking about my rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Kulefsky, whose 20th yahrzeit was this past Thursday the 3rd of Kislev.

Good Shabbos

RD

Shabbos Parshas...	Toldos
English dates: Friday/Saturday	November 20-21
Candle-Lighting	4:44 PM
Friday Mincha	4:44 PM
Dr. Bela Glaser memorial Chumash Shiur	on hiatus
Shacharis	9:00 AM
Sof Zman Krias Shema (GR"A/Baal Hatanya)	9:47 AM
Navi Shiur	on hiatus
Shabbos Mincha	4:40 PM
Maariv	5:52 PM
Mincha the following Sunday through Thursday	4:45 PM
Shacharis during the week
Sunday	8:00 AM
Monday-Friday	6:45 AM
Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday	8:00 AM

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah: "She is my sister"?! (13:33)

What do the "She is my sister" stories mean?? Why are there three such stories in Bereishis??  Here are my thoughts on this three-act "sister" saga.

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/182454410200125

Enjoy. As usual, feedback is welcome.

RD

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah: What's so special about Yitzchak? (7:50)

Here is the link to the latest talk, on Parshas Toldos. It's about understanding, or trying to understand, the role of Yitzchak Avinu, the middle Av. In doing so, we might come to understand a good deal about other things as well. 

Length: 7min 50 sec

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/1013093549209513

As usual, feedback is always appreciated.

RD

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC News - Chayei Sarah - Shabbos Mevorchim

This Shabbos afternoon after Mincha, I will speak about Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l, the former Chief Rabbi of England who just passed away this past Shabbos. 

Rosh Chodesh Kislev is this Tuesday.

Here's a brief thought on the meaning of purchasing a grave for Sarah Imeinu. The first few minutes were accidentally removed, but the point can be understood from the remainder.  

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/394894021707583

Good Shabbos

RD

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Shabbos Parshas...	Chayei Sara
English dates: Friday/Saturday	November 13-14
	Shabbos Mevorchim
Candle-Lighting	4:49 PM
Friday Mincha	4:49 PM
Dr. Bela Glaser memorial Chumash Shiur	on hiatus
Shacharis	9:00 AM
Sof Zman Krias Shema (GR"A/Baal Hatanya)	9:42 AM
Navi Shiur	on hiatus
Shabbos Mincha	4:45 PM
Maariv	5:57 PM
Mincha the following Sunday through Thursday	4:50 PM
Shacharis during the week
Sunday	8:00 AM
Monday-Friday	6:45 AM
Rosh Chodesh Kislev (Tuesday, November 17)	6:30 AM

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah: Chesed vs Superstition (14:49)

Hello friends,

Here is the latest talk, for Parshas Chayei Sarah, called "Testing Rivka: Chesed vs Superstition".  Length: 14:49

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/3236047433189342

Enjoy

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

Covid advisory

 Hello, All,

      I am sory to need to send this to membership.  Yoyo Moore has tested positive for Covid19, and is currently at home in isolation.  The rest of his family is awaiting results of their tests.  Yoyo  was last at Heights Jewish Center Synagogue on Saturday (Shabbos) October 31, 2020.

      While the officers and board are not in aposition to give medical advice, I am forwarding the information below for your use.  The link will take you to a CDC page which may offer you some helpful guidance.  You are encouraged to contact your personal physician if you are in doubt as to any precautions you may need to observe.  If we get any further direct and pertenant information, we will forward it to you.
 

Per the CDC guidelines, "exposure" is defined as "close contact - less than 6 feet away - for a total of 15 minutes over a 24 hour period."  Note the current guidelines speak of cumulative contact over 24 hours.   

Reference:  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html

Notice also that, in the appendix where they define "close contact" that this is irrespective of masks - the CDC is of the opinion that most people don't know how to wear PPE properly and don't have the right PPE anyway, and that the jury is out on cloth masks altogether.

on behalf of the board.

Rob Altshuler, 

President 

Getting to know Rabbi Moshe Weinberger

Hello,

Yesterday, during Shalosh Seudos time, I spoke about Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, who is alive and well. I feel like he is someone we should all get to know if we want to be better in any capacity.

In my talk, I mentioned two interviews Rabbi Weinberger has given recently. I think it's worth our time to get to know him by listening to these interviews.

Enjoy:

This is the interview by Rabbi David Bashevkin:  

 https://www.spreaker.com/episode/41766087?utm_medium=widget&utm_term=episode_title&utm_source=user%3A12366545

 

Here is another conversation with Rabbi Weinberger from the "Meaningful People" Podcast: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbGE9YbhGYE&t=1289s

I think many of you will thank me for sending these your way. Warning: Each of these interviews is over an hour long. But you don't have to listen to it all at once. 

If you want to hear any of the thousands of shiurim he has given, here is a link to access them: 

https://www.yutorah.org/rabbi-moshe-weinberger/   

It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the options. Don't worry though. If searching for just the right thing is too much, just click on the first thing you see.  I don't think you'll regret it. 

Have a great week!

RD

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC News - Vayeira

This Shabbos between Mincha and Maariv, we will change tracks and speak about someone who is still alive and well, Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Rav of the Aish Kodesh Shul in Woodmere, NY.  

Good Shabbos

RD

Shabbos Parshas...	Vayeira
English dates: Friday/Saturday	November 6-7
Candle-Lighting	4:56 PM
Friday Mincha	4:56 PM
Dr. Bela Glaser memorial Chumash Shiur	on hiatus
Shacharis	9:00 AM
Sof Zman Krias Shema (GR"A/Baal Hatanya)	9:38 AM
Navi Shiur	on hiatus
Shabbos Mincha	4:50 PM
Maariv	6:04 PM
Mincha the following Sunday through Thursday	4:55 PM
Shacharis during the week
Sunday	8:00 AM
Monday-Friday	6:45 AM

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah: "Everyone will rejoice with me!" A thought on Ayin Hara, and its opposite. (9:22)

Hello everyone, 

Here is the latest talk, entitled: Everyone will rejoice with me! A thought on Ayin Hara, and its opposite.

It's based on Sarah Imeinu's exclamation of joy at her son Yitzchak Avinu's Bris. 

Length: 9 minutes 22 seconds.

https://www.facebook.com/11082318732/videos/410817916584312

Enjoy!

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org

HJC Torah: Not forgetting Sarah Imeinu (9:57)

Here is the latest talk, all about Sarah Imeinu and her laughter and denial!

Length: 9 minutes 57 seconds

https://www.facebook.com/hjcs.613/videos/1047393112375239

Enjoy

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Rabbi Raphael Davidovich

Heights Jewish Center

14270 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44121

rabbi@hjcs.org