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Queens Jewish Center 66-05 108 Street
Forest Hills, NY 11375
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SERVICES Shacharis
Hashkoma................................. 7:45 am Bais Hamedrash........................ 8:30 am
R’ Grunblatt Sanctuary-Main Shul.. 9:00 am
Mincha........................................ 4:30 pm followed by a Seudah Shlishis
Speaker: Dr. Douglas Schechter
Shabbos ends ........................... 5:51 pm CLASSES
Mishnah Brurah- Rabbi L. Levy ......... 7:30 am Talmud - Rabbi Bezalel Ostrow (BH) .. 10:30 am
Daf Yomi - Rabbi Shmuel Gold ........ 3:30 pm
THE HONEY & DAVID BERGER BUILDING
Upcoming Events
COMMUNITY TU B'SHEVAT SEDER
Sunday, January 24 -- p.2 ----
TU B'SHEVAT @ SHUL SCHOOL January 30 -- p.2
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QJC/YAD CHOLENT BOWL Saturday, February 6 -- p.2
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FAMILY LEARNING Saturday February 6 -- p 3
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FRIDAY NIGHT TISCH with Rabbi & Rebbetzin HOPKOVITZ
Friday, March 4 -- p.3
SERVICES Shacharis Sun (at QJC) .......................7:15 am Sun (at Kahn Shiva) ......... 8:30 am* Mon (at QJC) ......................6:20 am Mon (at Kahn Shiva) ....... 8:00 am* Thu (QJC) ............................6:20 & 8:00 am Tue, Wed & Fri (QJC) ..........6:30 & 8:00 am
Friday, January 29
Candle Lighting .........................4:50 pm Mincha ......................................5:00 pm
CLASSES DAF YOMI SHIUR - Rabbi Bezalel Ostrow
SUN ........ 9:30 am / MON- FRI .......9:00 am
MONDAY - WILL RESUME FEBRUARY 1 Famous Teshuvos - Rabbi S. Hopkovitz
WEEKDAY SCHEDULE
CHILDREN'S SHABBOS PROGRAMMING
Parent Supervised Playroom......9:00 am* Free Play w. Jill Rudich .............9:45 am* Shul School w. Jill Rudich ........ 10:15 am^
*3rd floor classroom #2 ^Classroom #4 - for kids 3 yrs. & up.
Parent supervised play continues for younger children in classroom #2
Mincha/Maariv (Sunday ) (at Kahn Shiva) .............4:45 pm* Mincha/Maariv (Mon - Thu) ....... 4:45 pm (at Machane Chodosh) Late Maariv (Tue - Thu) .........7:30 pm (at QJC)
SHABBOS SCHEDULE
January 23-29 2016 | Shevat 13-19 5776 Volume 17, Issue 19
QJC WEEKLY THIS FRIDAY: Candle Lighting: 4:42 pm, Mincha: 4:52 pm
Parshas Beshalach
ARTSCROLL Chumash
Parsha: p. 366 Haftorah: p.1152
A WINE & CAKE KIDDUSH
following Main Shul Mussaf, is sponsored by
The Harriet & Julius Wishik Kiddush Fund
THE TU B’SHEVAT HOT KIDDUSH
will take place NEXT SHABBOS
(YISRO) JANUARY 30
Celebrate the New Year for trees
CO–SPONSORS ARE WELCOME!
Please call the QJC Office!
We mourn the passing of our member Mr. Walter Kahn, ע ” ה
beloved husband of Mrs. Grace Kahn
Shiva continues at 108-42 66th Rd, Forest Hills
Tel: 718-261-1095 until Monday morning, January 25
Shiva Hours: until 9 pm May the family be comforted among he mourners of Zion &
Jerusalem.
To make a donation in memory of Mr. Walter Kahn, a"h, please call the office.
The family will be notified.
*Davening Shacharis- Sun: 8:30 am Mon: 8:00 am Mincha/Maariv- Sun: 4:45 pm
QJC Weekly | January 23-29, 2015 Page 2 | More QJC info at
HOLD THE DATE:
TANTALIZE YOUR TASTEBUDS ! ENERGIZE YOUR SOUL !
come to the
QJC/YAD CHOLENT BOWL The Cholent Cook-off /Competition will take place at the
SHABBOS, FEBRUARY 6, KIDDUSH
Taste the varieties and choose the winner ! Further details to follow...
A COMMUNITY TU B'SHEVAT SEDER will be held on
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 7:30 PM, at Machane Chodosh.
Come celebrate with local Rabbis the new year for trees. Learn the symbolism behind the fruits of the Torah and taste the wines of Israel.
Admission $10 Co-sponsored by: Havurat Yisrael, Machane Chodosh, Queens Jewish Center, Tiffereth Shalom, Young Israel of Forest Hills
UPCOMING EVENTS
CALLING ALL KIDS !! Tell your parents that... The QJC SHUL SCHOOL
Fun Edible Food Activity for TU B'SHEVAT has been postponed to Shabbos Morning, January 30
Hope to see all of you there !
QJC Weekly Dec. January 23-29, 2015 Page 3 www.MyQJC.org |
March 4, 2016 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UPCOMING EVENTS
Please consider
contributing to help
defray the significant
cost of heating the
QJC facility. Thank you for your support
and Stay Warm!
1 Hour after Havdala FEB.6, 2016
QJC SHUL SCHOOL NEEDS YOU !
We are interested in gently used or new,
Shabbat-appropriate TOYS &
CHILDREN'S BOOKS to help create a fun
and educational playroom experience
for QJC's children ~~~~~~~~~~~
Additionally, you may wish to DONATE to the YAD FUND
which will be used to purchase supplies &
to maintain 'Shul
School'
Please contact the QJC office to add/remove someone from the Mi Sheberach list.
Tzedakah is customary when requesting Mi Sheberach.
QJC Weekly | January 23-29, 2016 Page 4
MI SHEBERACH LIST-Prayer for speedy recovery
OUR BRETHREN IN ISRAEL, WE ARE WITH YOU !
MEN MOSHE ASHER BEN ZLATA DEVORAH (fr. Leibowitz)
AVRAHAM BEN SARA (fr. J. Herz/Wenig 10/12) ZEEV BEN BELLAH RIVKA (Dr. William Etra 5/13) CHAIM YITZCHAK BEN CHANA (fr. Kerry Newman '13) HACHAVER YOSEF YISHAI HACOHEN BEN BAISLA (Kahn'13
CHAIM YEHOSHUA HACOHEN BEN RAYZLA (Hanski 1/14)
URI BEN RENA (fr. F. Posner, 2/14) BARUCH BEN DINA (Robert Materman 5/14) MOSHE MORDECHA BEN OSNAT RACHEL (fr. R' H) NOCHUM ARYEH BEN CHAYA SORAH (L.Stein,fr H.S)
YITZCHAK BEN CHAYA (fr. J. Herz, 1/15) YEHUDA AMITAI HALEVI BEN AVITAL NECHAMA (fr. R' H) YAAKOV BEN SARA (Kalyakov , fr. R' Gold 2/15)) R' AHARON BEN PESHA LEAH (R' A.Gewirtz 3/15) R' SCHRAGA DOVID BEN LEAH (fr. Shatz) ARYEH BEN RINA (fr. R' H 515) CHAIM ELIYAHU HACOHEN BEN GITEL (Dr. H.Blustein 7/15)
OSHER YISROEL BEN SIHA SOFA (fr. R' H. 7/15) YAKOV BEN RENA (fr. Irene G.. 7/30) CHAIM NOSSON BEN ESTHER (fr. R' H. 7/15) MORDECHAI TZVI BEN ROCHEL (M. Levinson 1/16)
WOMEN RACHEL YEHUDIT BAT MANCHA ZIESEL (fr. D.F. '12) RACHEL BAS SARA (fr. J. Herz 2/13) ESTHER BAS FRAYDEL (fr. C. Lippman 4/15) CHANA BAS TOVA GITTEL (fr. Shatz 10/13) ROIZE GITEL BAS BROCHA LEA (fr. Rosenthal '13) ROCHEL BAS MIRIAM (fr. Rosenthal w. 10/13) SARA MALKA BAS SARA (fr. Sh. Welcher 11/13) SHOSHANA LEAH BAS FRUMA (fr. A. Rudich 3/15) BATYA LEAH BAS MIRIAM (Babette Sommer 3/15) CHANA GITTEL BAS CHAVA (fr. D. Aronin 7/15) IDA BAS CHANA (fr. R' Hopkovitz 7/15) SHAINDEL BAS CHAYA RACHEL (fr. R' H. 7/15) YEHUDIT CHANA BAS SIHA SOFA (fr. R' H. 7/15)
YEHUDIS BASYA BAS ROCHEL CHAYA (fr. Leibow. 7/15)
CHAIKA BAS CHANA LEAH (Irma Schonhaut 9/15)
CHAYA BAS CHERNA (Clara Aizik 9/15)
RAIZEL BAS PESSEL (fr. G. Grossman 10/15 )
Parshas Beshalach by Rabbi Pinchas Avruch _________________________
Israel's Secret Weapon Even after the Jewish nation's departure from Egypt with the Splitting of the Sea of Reeds, their journey to Mount Sinai was not without travail. The battle initiated by Amalek - intended more as a challenge to G-d than an attack on His chosen people - created a state of war that continues to this day. As soon as the offensive upon the weakest of the children of Israel began, "Moshe said to Yehoshua, 'Choose men for us and go out, do battle with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of G-d in my hand.'" (Exodus 17:9) In all of the previous challenges Moshe faced, he had never before called on Yehoshua for assistance. Why did this crisis initiate Yehoshua's involvement? The Chofetz Chaim (Rabbi Yisrael Mayer Kagan; 1838-1933; author of basic works in Jewish law, philosophy and ethics; acknowledged as the foremost leader of Torah Jewry at the turn of the last century) explains that Yehoshua's strength was his constant involvement in Torah study. Thus, he was best suited to challenge Amalek whose strength was borne in the laxity the children of Israel in toiling in Torah. Mechilta notes that the name of the battle site - Refidim - came from the "weakness" ("rafah", in Hebrew) of the Jews in Torah, which allowed Amalek to attack. Furthermore, when Moshe specifically asked Yehoshua to "go out" to war, he used the command "tzei", a word which implies "you YOURSELF go out," to convey that the key to victory was in Yehoshua's hand and in his merit. Rabbi Kagan continues that the primacy of Torah involvement in determining the victor in battle is indicated in the Torah's wording later in this chapter. During the battle with Amalek, Moshe kept his hands elevated to keep the focus of the warriors heavenward. When Moshe's strength faltered and his hands dropped, the momentum of the battle would switch to Amalek's favor, until Moshe raised his hands and the renewed focus on G-d would sway the battle to the Jews' favor. But the Torah's word choices that convey that Moshe raised his hands and lowered his hands are more literally translated as "when Moshe WILL raise his hands...when he WILL lower his hands". The Chofetz Chaim elaborates that this reference to the future tells us that in every generation the strength of the Jewish people is the strength of its Torah: when our Torah is strong, we win; when our Torah is neglected, we suffer (Heaven forbid). Our fellow Jews around the world are threatened in very serious ways. In Israel and in Europe Jewish lives are at risk, and many North American universities and media outlets come to the defense of our persecutors. At this time, neither politicians nor the military have been able to affect a resolution ...but we do possess a steadfast weapon to help bring victory. Another weekly parsha sheet, a Jewish learning class, ten minutes of our lunch break reading a Jewish study text instead of our favorite website. When we follow Moshe's example and we elevate ourselves with Torah, we fortify our own Jewish commitment while we buttress the security of the entire Jewish people. Good Shabbos
