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The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning 131 W. 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 • www.jewishcenter.org • 212-724-2700
The Jewish Center S H A B B A T B U L L E T I N
DECEMBER 19, 2015 • PARSHAT VAYIGASH• 7 TEVET 5776
EREV SHABBAT 4:12PM Candle lighting 4:20PM Minchah (3rd floor) Yachad Shabbaton SHABBAT 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 8:30AM Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Ari Lamm 9:00AM Shacharit (3rd floor) 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Yosie Levine: Cold Case: Jacob, Joseph and the Unsolved Wagon Mystery (5th floor) 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (The Max Stern Auditorium) 9:34AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 10:00AM Youth Groups, Under age 3, 3-4-year-olds and 5-6-year-olds: Geller Youth Center; 2nd-3rd graders, 4th-6th graders: 7th floor Community Kiddush (5th floor) WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Hashkama Kiddush: Joyce & Aaron Weitz Community Kiddush: Meira & Tobi Tugendhaft in honor of their new granddaughter 12:25PM Early Minchah (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 2:45PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Columbus Avenue) 4:00PM Minchah (3rd floor), Shabbat afternoon groups (5th floor) Israel Friedman Daf Yomi 39 Melachot with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal Topic: Understanding the Challenges of Ba’alei Teshuva and their fami-lies. Youth Dvar Torah: Daniel Wagman 5:12PM Shabbat concludes Parent Child Learning 1st-6th grade (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 7:00PM Sixth Annual Teen vs. Clergy Basketball Game
Sun., Dec. 20 Daf Yomi 7:45AM Shacharit 8:30AM Minchah 4:20PM
Mon., Dec. 21, Wed., Dec. 23 and Thurs., Dec. 24 Shacharit 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 4:20PM
Tue., Dec. 22 Asarah B’Tevet Fast Begins 5:49AM Shacharit 6:45/7:45AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 4:05PM Fast Ends 5:02PM
Fri., Dec. 25 Shacharit 8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Candle lighting 4:15PM Minchah 4:20PM
DAILY SERVICES
WOMEN'S TEHILLIM GROUP • Monday, December 21 at 7:15PM. Con-tact Joyce Weitz for more information at 212-877-1176.
The Jewish Center would like to extend a warm wel-come to all of our guests visiting for the Yachad Shabbat this weekend: Yachad members, counselors, Manhattan Day School faculty, 8th grade students and families. The entire community is invited to an oneg at 8:00PM on the 5th floor. We look forward to spending Shabbat with all of you.
Thank you to our sponsors for helping make this weekend possible:
Serena Wieder & Jonathan Blank Vivian & Daniel Chill Debbie & Elliot Gibber Rona & Ira Kellman
Amanda Nussbaum & Daniel Laifer Golda Reena & Henry Rothman
Debrah DeWinter & Phillip Sussman
WELCOME YACHAD WHO ARE JOINING US THIS SHABBAT
Be a part of this spirited Shabbat which will include lively services, a community Shabbat dinner, and
musical Havdalah.
Oneg following dinner Oneg following dinner Oneg following dinner Oneg following dinner
Please visit The Jewish Center website for
more information.
Please join our growing list of sponsors: Sharon & Clifford Brandeis Lori Zeltser& Len Berman
Rachel Wolf & Andrew Borodach Susan & Arthur Degen Bosi & Yaron Kinar Leslie & Jeffrey Lang
R. Yosie & Rachel Levine Sarah & Stuart Milstein Abby & Marc Posner Barbara & Guy Reiss
Rose Lynn Sherr Rachel & Daniel Solomons
See the insert for more information.
SHABBAT OF SONG FEATURING SIX13 SHABBAT, JANUARY 15-16
SIXTH ANNUAL TEEN VS. CLERGY `BASKETBALL GAME
SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 19 AT 7:00PM
To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at [email protected]
Julie & Andrew Ackerman Allie & Jeremy Alperovich Elan Ariel Natalie & David Batalion Jeremy Berman Leslie Black Miriam & Steven Bram Zachary Breslaw Lauren Browdy Oren Charnoff Harry & Zoe Chiel Karen & Ivan Ciment Marissa Cinnamon Rabbi Dovid & Ruchi Cohen Ben Davidman Sarah Eagle
Tamar Feigenbaum Jodi & Alan Friedman Betina Schein & Alan Futerfas Lauren Glassman Robert Goldfarb Michal Greenspan Samuel Grossman Laura & Zohar Kastner Phyllis & Bernard Katz Allen Krulwich Suzanne & Billy Kukielka Isaac Lobel Daniel Mael Jordana & Avi Moche Daphne Morduchowitz Dorothy & Martin Prager
Mikhayla Bibi & Daniel Reidler Rena Reiter Cynthia & Paul Rosenberg Rene Schloss Ronnie & Andy Schonzeit Ruby Gelman & Shimon Shkury Allie & Jeremy Simon Marlene & Michael Sperling Kira & Andrew Wigod
DAILY (except Shabbat) Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with rotating JCU Faculty, 7:45AM MONDAY Timing is Everything: Stud-ies in Mesechet Kedushin with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, 8:00PM TUESDAY Nosh and Drash with Dr. Adena Berkowitz, 10:15-11:30AM Jewish History: Judaism in a Christian Em-pire with Rabbi Ari Lamm, 7:15PM (7th floor)
David, King of Israel Sadye and Henry Bayer Chu-mash Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine will resume on Dec. 15 at 8:00PM WEDNESDAY Women of the Bible with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 11:00AM Parshah/Haftarah Round Table with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 7:15-8:00PM Advanced Talmud Chabura with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 8:00PM The Next Level with Rabbi Mark Wildes, 8:00PM
SHABBAT Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:30AM Hashkama Shiur with rotat-ing JCU Faculty, 9:15AM Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with rotating JCU Faculty 39 Melachot with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Parent-Child Learning with rotating JCU Faculty. Check the bulletin for dates and times
JEWISH CENTER UNIVERSITY WINTER SEMESTER For more information visit our website or contact Rabbi Dovid Zirkind at [email protected]
WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS NOVEMBER IS MEMBERSHIP MONTH
Join us for our new members Kiddush on January 9
CHANUKAH OUTING TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY MUSEUM
Last week, Rabbi Levine led a special Chanukah outing to the National Academy Museum. Dozens of Jewish Center members and friends enjoyed the fascinating guided tour of Moshe Safdie's work. His projects in Israel, North America and beyond are nothing short of spectacular. If you have not yet visited the exhibit, be sure to do so before January 10.
Thank you to everyone who has already respond-ed so generously to our recent Rabbi Jung Fund appeal. If you have not yet contributed or re-deemed your pledge, you may do so online or through our office by mak-ing a check out to the Rab-bi Dr. Leo Jung Memorial Fund.
RABBI JUND FUND APPEAL
To advertise or list an announcement in The Jewish Center Bulletin, please contact us at [email protected]
CHILDREN, JOIN US FOR ADON OLAM Children ages 2-6 are encouraged to come to the bimah during the Cantor’s recitation of Kiddush and then sing Adon Olam together. CLERGY VS. TEEN BASKETBALL GAME SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 19 Come and cheer on your favorite rabbis as they are challenged by our youth players! Sponsorship opportunities available. Teens interested in playing should contact Gaby. See the insert for more information. TEEN MINYAN AND HOT KIDDUSH SHABBAT, JANUARY 9TH AT 9:30AM All teens and their friends are welcome to join. Davening will be led by JC teens with guid-ance from Rabbi Ari Lamm. Following the ser-vice, teens will enjoy an amazing hot Kiddush and sushi. For more information or to sponsor the Kiddush, contact Gaby.
LASER TAG SATURDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 9, 6:30PM - Ages 7 and up/8:00PM - Teens This sport will keep kids active and engaged while promoting positive game play and teamwork. For prices, sponsorship information and to register, visit our website. MOVIE NIGHT: ET SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 All those ages 7 and up are welcome. Regis-tration will open on January 20. *The youth department is looking for parent volunteers to accompany the children when making Bikur Cholim visits on Shabbat after-noons. Contact Jenn & Gaby at [email protected] for more details and to help with this important mitz-vah.
YACHAD SHABBATON SHABBAT, DECEMBER 18 The JC is proud to partner with Manhattan Day School and the Orthodox Union as they host their annual Yachad Shabbaton. Participants will join us for Kabbalat Shabbat followed by a communal Shabbat Dinner. Sponsorship and hospitality opportunities available. For more in-formation and to get involved, contact [email protected].
PERFORMANCE BY THREE UPPER WEST SIDE CANTORS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 AT 8:30PM AT THE JEWISH CENTER Don’t miss this performance by Cantor Zevi Muller of West Side Institutional, Cantor Chaim David Berson of The Jewish Center and Cantor Yanky Lemmer of Lincoln Square Synagogue. Light snacks, sushi, wine and drinks will be served. Visit our website to register. Tickets cost $40 in advance and $50 at the door. Visit our website to register and direct questions to [email protected].
NEW MEMBERS KIDDUSH Shabbat, January 9 following services Our Officers and Rabbis would love to get to know our new members better. All those who joined in 2015 are invited to join for this Kiddush. JEWISH CENTER BOOK CLUB MEETING: THE BETRAYERS BY DAVID BEZMOZGIS Sunday, January 10 at 7:30PM at the home of Dinah & Andy Mendes located at 262 Central Park West The Betrayers, David Bezmozgis’ prize-winning (National Jewish Book award 2015), is a page-turning novel about an ex-Soviet Israeli politician who confronts the man who betrayed him to the KGB. Esther Nussbaum will lead the discussion for this meeting. The conversation should generate stimulating and lively back-and-forth, and will be followed by refreshments. We welcome new participants. If you have questions please email [email protected]
SAVE THE DATE: SHABBAT OF SONG FEATURING SIX13 SHABBAT, JANUARY 15-16 Be a part of this spirited Shabbat which will include lively services, a community Shabbat din-ner, and musical Havdalah.
YOUTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS & UPDATES For more information contact Jenn & Gaby Minsky at [email protected].
MAZAL TOV Gladys & Dr. Robert Richter on the birth of a great grandson, born to their children Atara & Sender Gross Meira & Tobi Tugendhaft on the birth of their new granddaughter THANK YOU TO CSS We would like to once again thank CSS and our dedicated CSS members for providing the security for our synagogue this week. THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS Thank you to our ush-ers Miriam Gutwein and Scott Black. DID YOU KNOW? Part of your member-ship dues help pay for the Manhattan Eruv and the West Side Mikvah. To provide additional support to these vital institutions, visit our website and click on West Side Resources.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Worlds largest Jewish Book Sale completely run by Yeshiva Uni-versity students for just 4 weeks a year. Will take place from February 7-28. For more information Visit www.theseforimsale.com
Yosie Levine Rabbi
Dovid Zirkind Assistant Rabbi
Chaim David Berson Cantor
Daniel Fridman Resident Scholar
Ari Lamm Resident Scholar
Erica Brown Community Scholar
Noach Goldstein William Fischman Rabbinic Intern
Aaron Strum Executive Director
Eliane Dreyfuss Glassman Director of
Programming and Communications
Jenn & Gaby Minsky Youth Directors
OFFICERS Avi Schwartz
President
Andrew Borodach First Vice President
Andrew Kaplan Vice President
Mark Segall Vice President
Rose Lynn Sherr Vice President
Michael Jacobs Assistant
Vice President
Yaron Kinar Treasurer
Len Berman Assistant Treasurer
Miri Lipsky Secretary
Ilana Gadish Yoetzet Halacha 646-598-1080
Jewish Center Chevra Kadisha
212-724-2700 x555
UWS Mikvah 212-579-2011
Hatzalah 212-230-1000
Eruv Status 212-724-2700 x4
Clergy & Staff
Phone Numbers
The Moment of Truth Parshat Vayigash 5776
Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Assistant Rabbi
JC DELEGATION AT THE AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE
The AIPAC Policy Conference is the pro-Israel community's preeminent annual gathering. The event attracts more than 16,000 community and student activists from all 50 states, and more than half of the Senate, a third of the House of Representatives and countless Israeli and American policymakers and thought lead-ers. Over three jam-packed days, Policy Con-ference participants choose from hundreds of informative sessions and participate in the pro-Israel community's largest and most important advocacy conference. Tickets with The JC dis-count cost $399 per person. Register before December 31 to lock in this deal. Please visit our website to purchase your tickets. Only 18 tickets left.
Each of us has a favorite chapter. We’ve been studying the Chumash since we were children, listening to the Parsha each week and some chapters jump out at us more than others. Maybe it’s Yaakov fighting with the an-gel of Esav, the sounds of song at the splitting of the sea, or Moshe hitting the rock. The most powerful narratives have a way crystalizing in our mind’s eye and staying with us from year to year. The Gemara records how each time Rabbi Elazar would study Parshat Vayigash, particularly the moment when Yosef reveals his true identity to eleven speechless brothers, the great sage would cry. And each time Rabbi Elazar would declare, “If the rebuke of our fel-low man has the power to leave us speechless, how much more so the rebuke of Hashem him-self” (Chagiga 4b). Indeed, in the language of the Midrash, it was this indescribable moment that changed Yaakov’s sons forever. Everything they thought about Yosef, every decision they made and every action they took was upended in the very moment they saw their brother’s as-cension to greatness. According to Talmudic tradition, from the moment Yosef’s brothers saw him as viceroy, they knew deep down how ter-ribly mistaken they had been all along. The Netziv points out however, that a close reading of the text indicates how Yosef was uncertain of how his brothers would react when seeing him upon the thrown. “… He said, ‘I am Yosef your brother, who you sold to Egypt. Now do not be sad, and do not have anger in your eyes for selling me to this
place…” In confronting his brothers, Yosef an-ticipates two opposing reactions. To those who might feel a sense of regret or shame he com-forts by saying, ‘do not be sad’; coming to terms with the reality that Hashem made this happen for a reason. But to those who still wished he was gone, to the jealous brothers even more consumed with anger than before, Yosef demands they come to terms with his re-silience. If this Yiddish expression is correct, when man plans God laughs. But what happens when God plans? How do we react? Reading this story every cycle, knowing the conclusion and the pre-ordained trajectory of Yosef, it’s easy to think of the story as unfolding perfectly. Hindsight is 20/20. But if we were Yosef’s brothers, would our reaction have been faithful or fearful? Chazal are convinced that the broth-ers could no longer deny Yosef’s destiny, but after Yaakov dies they are still convinced that Yosef would harm them, banish them or worse. While Chazal envision the story closing with an epiphany, regret and shame, the Netziv prefers an ending that is more complicated, but also more human. We may not control our circumstances completely but we do control our reactions. As Victor Frankl famously wrote: “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our re-sponse lies our growth and our freedom.” Much like Yosef’s brothers we are presented with de-fining moments throughout our lives, how we choose to interpret them is solely up to us.
