Thursday, September 30, 2021

HJCS, Upcoming congregational meeting - new officers / board voting, and proposed constitutional revision

Hello, All,
  Having just completed an invigorating Yomim Norium and Succos, with all its SIMCHA, it is time to get back to the business of building our future.

Per our constitution, our annual congregational meeting will be on Sunday,  October 17, 2021, at 9:30 A.M.
At that time two items of business will transpire:
     A proposed amendment to our constitution will be read and voted upon.  the existing provision and the proposed revision are as follows:

Existing provisions under our current constitution:
   Article VII - Elections:
    All officers and members of the Board of Trustees shall be elected at the October
general meeting in each odd numbered year, by secret ballot....  
Proposed revision:
   Amendment to Constitution, Article VII - Elections:
The following shall be inserted within the provision to Article VII after the words "secret ballot":

In the event of an uncontested election, i.e., where there is only one candidate for each Officer position and number of candidates for the Board of Trustees is less than or equal to the number of members of the Board of Trustees, a motion may be entered and seconded among the members present to elect the Officers and Board of Trustees via acclamation.  If so moved, all candidates are elected immediately, foregoing election by secret ballot.

Should this revision pass, the proposed slate of officers will be automatically deemed elected, thus forgoing the second order of business.

Should the revision fail, we will proceed to have a secret ballot vote for the new officers and board members.

A minimum of 35 members is required for a constitutional revision (per our bylaws).  Please attend so we can have this vote!  This will be a live meeting at the shul.

 
Please note below that only FULL members are eligible to vote in this upcoming election:

 from our Bylaws:
An associate membership shall include any courtesies, rights, and privileges offered to
members, with the exceptions of eligibility to serve on the Board of Trustees, voting rights as
described in Section XI(B), and cemetery rights as described in Section XI(C).

Voting: Each member is entitled to one vote on any matter that comes before a
vote of the entire congregation. In the case of a family membership, the husband and wife each
shall have one vote.

If you will be unable to attend the meeting, but still wish to vote, please contact the office  at  office@hjcs.org or me at president@hjcs.org  to obtain two (2)absentee ballots, one for the amendment, and one for the officers / board members vote.

Rob Altshuler,

 President, HJCS

  
 

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Monday, September 27, 2021

HJC Torah and News - Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah

We look forward to seeing you on Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah.  The full schedule is below the links to the online shiurim.   

Good Yom-Tov
Rabbi Davidovich
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Here are some of the latest drashos. (Listening to podcasts requires signing in to a podcast account or app).

You can find a list of all of them here:

Or you can link to them individually:

Ushpizin - Aharon (7:55)

Ushpizin - Yosef  (7:24)

Ushpizin - David  (7:45)

The mystery of Simchas Torah  (7:02)



Monday, Sept 27
Hoshana Rabba, Erev Yom-Tov
Candle lighting6:56 PM
Mincha-Ma'ariv6:56 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 28
Shemini Atzeres
Shacharis9:00 AM
Yizkor after10:30 AM
Mincha6:45 PM
followed by Rabbi's Party
Maariv8:03 PM
Candle lighting, from an existing flame8:03 PM
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Simchas Torah
Shacharis8:30 AM
Mincha                  6:45 PM
Followed by Neilas HaChag
Yom Tov Ends                  8:01 PM
Thursday, Sept.30 - Isru Chag
Shacharis                  6:45 AM
Mincha-Ma'ariv                  6:55 PM
Friday, Oct. 1
Shacharis                  6:45 AM



--
Rabbi Raphael Davidovich
Heights Jewish Center
14270 Cedar Road
University Heights, OH 44121

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Friday, September 24, 2021

HJC Torah and News - the remaining days of Succos

Here is a recording of what I shared in Shul on the first day of Succos, all about our first Succah guest, Avraham Avinu (5:23):

Here is a talk based on my drasha on the second day of Succos, all about Yitzchak Avinu. It contains thoughts that I left out of my drasha on YomTov. (6:24)

A new drasha on Succos, all about the Ushpizin of Moshe: (6:03)
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e17r494 (one needs a podcast account for this.)

Mazel Tov to Steven and Elana Perlin on the bris of their son Yehoshua Shalom.

This Shabbos, even though we suspend the regular Parsha of the week in deference to Succos, we will have a special shiur at 8:30am, before Shacharis, focusing on how to enhance our connection to Hashem through davening.  

The Davidovich family will be hosting an Oneg this Shabbos, from 3pm to 5pm, shine or chas v'sholom otherwise.. 

We will be having an amazing luncheon in Shul on Simchas Torah, after Mussaf, by reservation only. Please contact Esther ASAP to make your reservations.

Good Shabbos and Good YomTov
Rabbi Davidovich

Shabbos Chol Hamoed Succos
Friday, September 24
Candle-Lighting7:01 PM
Mincha7:01 PM
Shabbos, September 25
Shiur on Tefilla (L'zeicher Nishmas Dr Bela Glaser)8:30 AM
Shacharis9:00 AM
Sof Zman Krias Shema (GR"A/Baal Hatanya)10:17 AM
Navi Shiur6:20 PM
Shabbos Mincha6:50 PM
Maariv8:08 PM
Sunday, Sept. 26
Chol Hamoed
Shacharis8:00 AM
Mincha-Ma'ariv7:05 PM
Monday, Sept 27
Hoshana Rabba
Shacharis6:10 AM
Candle lighting6:56 PM
Mincha-Ma'ariv6:56 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 28
Shemini Atzeres
Shacharis9:00 AM
Yizkor after10:30 AM
Mincha6:45 PM
followed by Rabbi's Party
Maariv8:03 PM
Candle lighting, from an existing flame8:03 PM
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Simchas Torah
Shacharis8:30 AM
Mincha6:45 PM
Followed by Neilas HaChag
Yom Tov Ends8:01 PM
Thursday, Sept.30 - Isru Chag
Shacharis6:45 AM
Mincha-Ma'ariv6:55 PM
Friday, Oct. 1
Shacharis6:45 AM


--
Rabbi Raphael Davidovich
Heights Jewish Center
14270 Cedar Road
University Heights, OH 44121

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Thursday, September 23, 2021

HJC Torah: Ushpizin

Ushpizin Introduction (5:57)

Ushpizin Day Three (6:38)

Feedback please!
A gutn Moed
RD



--
Rabbi Raphael Davidovich
Heights Jewish Center
14270 Cedar Road
University Heights, OH 44121

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Monday, September 20, 2021

HJCS / PAY PAL

Thank you to all who have been trying to make donations or payments to the Shul over the last week thru PayPal, unsuccessfully.  The portal has been successfully restored  (thank you Leon Adato).  Rest assured that if you have recurring payments set up they have been going through, and should continue to go through.   If you need to make a payment for Arbah Minim you purchased through the shul, you  can now do so.  Go to www.hjcs.org, and click on the 'donate' button. Please be sure to enter the purpose of the donation so it will be properly recorded.  
Good Yom Tov to all of you.
Rob Altshuler, 

President

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HJC Torah *2 and Times: Succos

Here are the latest links to some Succos Divrei Torah. 

From Yom Kippur to Succos Part Two, in some greater depth. (5:57)

All the other Yomim Tovim and Succos; Deliverance and Endurance (11:03)

We will be hosting an Oneg in our home Succah on Shabbos Chol Hamoed, from 3-5 pm. 

We will be having an amazing luncheon in Shul on Simchas Torah, after Mussaf, by reservation only. Please contact Esther to make your reservations.

I have so much to say, but for this email I'll keep it brief: We had a wonderful Yomim Noraim at Heights, and a number of good decisions and ideas and plans are afoot to make 5782 a wonderful year.  I look forward to sharing these thoughts with you over the coming weeks.

Chag Sameyach
Rabbi Davidovich

Monday, Sept. 20
Erev Succos
Candle lighting7:08 PM
Mincha-Ma'ariv7:08 PM
Kiddush in the Succah8:12 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 21
First Day of Succos
Shacharis9:00 AM
Mincha7:05 PM
Maariv8:10 PM
Candle lighting8:15 PM
from an existing flame
Wednesday, Sept.22
Second Day of Succos
Shacharis9:00 AM
Mincha7:05 PM
Yom Tov Ends 8:13 PM
Thursday, Sept. 23
Chol Hamoed
Shacharis6:30 AM
Mincha-Ma'ariv7:10 PM
Friday, Sept. 24
Chol Hamoed
Shacharis6:30 AM

--
Rabbi Raphael Davidovich
Heights Jewish Center
14270 Cedar Road
University Heights, OH 44121

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Sunday, September 19, 2021

HJC Torah - Between Yom Kippur and Succos (6:29)

The latest talk, all about the connection between Yom Kippur and Succos (length: 6:29)

audio: https://audio.hjcs.org/shiur/the-holy-time-between-yom-kippur-and-succos-427

Feedback is always welcome.

--
Rabbi Raphael Davidovich
Heights Jewish Center
14270 Cedar Road
University Heights, OH 44121

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Friday, September 17, 2021

HJC Torah and News - Haazinu and Succos

The latest online drashos:

From Yom Kippur: (9:56)

For Parshas Haazinu: (10:57)

Mazel Tov to Steven and Elana Perlin on the birth of a boy. There will be a Shalom Zochor tonight at 2174 Cedarview, starting at 9:15pm.

Mazel Tov to Milach and Adina Muskal on the bris of their son Levi Yitzchak. Mazel Tov to grandparents Gershon and Mary Ireland. 

Mazel Tov to Martin and Marla Lipman on the bris of their grandson Avraham Yeshaya, son of Rabbi Aharon and Sarah Lipman of Norfolk, VA.

Refuah Sheleima to Betty Schnittlinger.

Save the date: We will be hosting an Oneg in our home Succah on Shabbos Chol Hamoed, at 3pm. 

We will be having an amazing luncheon in Shul on Simchas Torah, after Mussaf, by reservation only. Please contact Esther to make your reservations.

I have so much to say, but for this email I'll keep it brief: We had a wonderful Yomim Noraim at Heights, and a number of good decisions and and ideas and plans are afoot to make 5782 a wonderful year.  I look forward to sharing these thoughts with you over the coming weeks.

I wish you all a wonderful Shabbos and YomTov and year to come.
Rabbi Davidovich


Shabbos Parshas Ha'azinu
Friday, Sept 17
Candle-Lighting7:13 PM
Mincha7:13 PM
Shabbos, Sept. 18
Dr. Bela Glaser memorial Parsha Shiur8:30 AM
Shacharis9:00 AM
Sof Zman Krias Shema (GR"A/Baal Hatanya)10:15 AM
Navi Shiur6:30 PM
Shabbos Mincha7:00 PM
Maariv8:20 PM
Sunday, Sept 19
Shacharis8:00 AM
Mincha-Maariv7:15 PM
Monday, Sept. 20
Erev Succos
Shacharis6:45 AM
Candle lighting7:08 PM
Mincha-Ma'ariv7:08 PM
Kiddush in the Succah8:12 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 21
First Day of Succos
Shacharis9:00 AM
Mincha7:05 PM
Maariv8:10 PM
Candle lighting8:15 PM
from an existing flame
Wednesday, Sept.22
Second Day of Succos
Shacharis9:00 AM
Mincha7:05 PM
Yom Tov Ends 8:13 PM
Thursday, Sept. 23
Chol Hamoed
Shacharis6:30 AM
Mincha-Ma'ariv7:10 PM
Friday, Sept. 24
Chol Hamoed
Shacharis6:30 AM
Shabbos Chol Hamoed Succos
Friday, Sept 24 - Sat. September 25
Candle-Lighting7:01 PM
Mincha7:01 PM
Dr. Bela Glaser memorial Parsha ShiurTBD
Shacharis9:00 AM
Sof Zman Krias Shema (GR"A/Baal Hatanya)10:17 AM
Navi Shiur6:20 PM
Shabbos Mincha6:50 PM
Maariv8:08 PM
Sunday, Sept. 26
Chol Hamoed
Shacharis8:00 AM
Mincha-Ma'ariv7:05 PM
Monday, Sept 27
Hoshana Rabba
Shacharis6:10 AM
Candle lighting6:56 PM
Mincha-Ma'ariv6:56 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 28
Shemini Atzeres
Shacharis9:00 AM
Yizkor after10:30 AM
Mincha6:45 PM
followed by Rabbi's Party
Maariv8:03 PM
Candle lighting, from an existing flame8:03 PM
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Simchas Torah
Shacharis8:30 AM
Mincha6:45 PM
Followed by Neilas HaChag
Yom Tov Ends8:01 PM
--
Rabbi Raphael Davidovich
Heights Jewish Center
14270 Cedar Road
University Heights, OH 44121

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

HJC Torah and Times: Yom Kippur

Here is one last Dvar Torah broadcast before Yom Kippur. Length: 5:38


Wednesday, Sept. 15
Erev Yom Kippur
Mincha3:00 PM
Candle lighting 7:17 PM
Kol Nidrei 7:17 PM
Thursday, Sept. 16
Yom Kippur
Shacharis9:00 AM
Yizkor after11:30 AM
Mincha5:25 PM
Ne'ila6:55 PM
Fast ends8:24 PM
Friday, Sept. 17
Shacharis6:45 AM
--
Rabbi Raphael Davidovich
Heights Jewish Center
14270 Cedar Road
University Heights, OH 44121

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

HJC Torah: Chana and Eli and the secret to a great year (15min)

Here is the link to the latest drasha, based on my pre-Shofar drasha of the first day of Rosh Hashana. Length: 15min


Podcast format: https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e17cdrd

Any and all feedback keeps these audio classes going.  

Wishing you all an easy fast and a meaningful Yom Kippur and a Gmar Chasima Tova.
--
Rabbi Raphael Davidovich
Heights Jewish Center
14270 Cedar Road
University Heights, OH 44121

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Join us!!!!

Simchas Torah Luncheon at the shul, Wed, September 29th. details to follow. 

Please make your reservations by Monday Morning, September, 27th.

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Monday, September 13, 2021

HJC Torah - New Drasha uploaded (10:48)

Hello friends,

Here is the link to the latest upload, based on a talk I gave in shul on Parshas Nitzavim, the Shabbos before Rosh Hashana, 



Please let me know if you are interested in receiving more talks, on a variety of topics.

Gmar Chasima Tova
--
Rabbi Raphael Davidovich
Heights Jewish Center
14270 Cedar Road
University Heights, OH 44121

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Sunday, September 12, 2021

Last call for bids for Yom Kippur

Here are the latest bids.  Bidding closes tomorrow at 6 pm.

G'mar Chasima Tova,

Martin

Yom Kippur Day
Cohen 100
Levi 36
Shlishi 108
Rivii 180
Chamishi 200
Shishi 108
Maftir 100
Yom Kippur Mincha
Cohen 36
Levi 36
Yona 100
Neila 500

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