Shabbat, April 14, 2018 RZA "Seventy for Seventy" Scholar in Residence Dr. Dodi Fishman Tobin Following Kiddush - To Us and Our Good Fortune 6:00pm - תפילה לשלום המדינה - Israel's Mission Seudah Shlishit - To Cry or to Rejoice: Israel's Dilemma click here for more information
Sunday, April 15, 2018 - 11:00a-12:30p KINS for KIDS Pre-Yom HaAtzmaut Program Tye Dye/Sand Art/Felafel Lunch Free for members / $5 for non-members click here for more information
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 – 6:30p Bnei Akiva YOM HAATZMAUT CELEBRATION Click here to sign up
Shabbat, April 27, 2018 Scholar in Residence Rabbi Meir Goldwicht Rosh Yeshiva, YU/REITS
Sunday, April 29, 2018 – 9:30am DRIVING WEST ROGERS PARK - Chicago's Once and Future Jewish Neighborhood Join us for a 25-minute film chronicling the "Golden Age" of the 1950s and '60s, a growing Orthodox community, and efforts to preserve the neighborhood for future generations. A panel featuring Dr. Howard Rieger, president, Jewish Community Council of WRP, and Dr. Steven Nasatir, president, JUF/JFMC will follow screening. The event is FREE, but reservations are requested. Contact jccwrp@gowrp.org
HALACHA OF THE WEEK: Sefirat HaOmer and She’he’chiyanu While there are authorities who forbid purchasing food or items during sefira that would require a blessing of she’he’chiyanu [Eliyahu Zuta 493:1; see further, Natei Gavriel Pesach vol. 3 54:1]; many others permit reciting this bracha and therefore allow people to purchase new clothes and other such items [Mishna Brurah 493:2; Rivevot Ephraim 8:227; Halichot Shlomo - Moadim vol. 2, 11:14 note 53].
Furthermore, even according to those who are more stringent: 1. Reciting she’he’chiyanu on Shabbat, Yom Tov, Chol HaMoed and Lag Ba’Omer (and other days when the mourning of sefira no longer applies) is permitted [see Tzitz Eliezer 18:41 B’tzel HaChochma 4:48]. 2. In case of need, there are those who permit buying and wearing new clothes [Yabia Omer Orech Chaim 3:26, Yechaveh Daat 1:24]. 3. Purchasing a new home, buying furniture, painting or remodeling is permitted [Tzitz Eliezer 18:41:3, Nitei Gavriel Pesach vol. 3 59:4-5; Iggrot Moshe Orech Chaim 3:82].
DVAR TORAH The Torah reading for this Shabbat week begins with the word "And it was on the eighth day..." referring to the day the Tabernacle was dedicated - the first day AFTER Moshe's seven days of preparations and the day Aharon assumed his responsibilities as a kohen.
Rav Dovid Feinstein notes that it is peculiar that the Torah refers to this occasion as the "eighth" day - for wasn't it really the "first" day? Weren't the preceding seven days only preparing for this "first" day? So why call it the "eighth" and not the "first"?
He suggests that the Torah is teaching us an important lesson, that in spiritual matters, the preparation one does is almost as important as the accomplishment one achieves. If the Torah had called this "Day One", it would have been sending the message that all the preparation was merely practice. That may be how it works in worldly affairs, but not regarding matters of spirituality. Preparations place the mitzvah in its proper perspective. Therefore, the Torah emphasizes that this is day 8, not day 1.
MAZAL TOV * to Zevi and Yonit David on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Yaakov. Mazal Tov to grandparents Dr. Jordan and Elis Pollack and Moshe and Emina David.
* to Rochelle Schultz on the birth of a great granddaughter born to Simcha and Miriam Esther Schultz, NY.
* to Howard and Rosanne Benn on the birth of their granddaughter, Shlomtzion Ortal in Israel.
CONDOLENCES * to Rabbi and Mrs. Yosef Liberman & family on the loss of their son and brother Hillel Dovid Liberman z”l.
* to David Chasman and Haim Chasman on the loss of their father Dr. Richard Chasman z”l. Shiva is being observed at the Chasman residence in Englewood, New Jersey.
REFUAH SHLAIMA * to Mark Cohen who is hospitalized at Lutheran General Hospital. * to Yosef Shapiro who is hospitalized at Children's Hospital of Milwaukee. To help with meals for the Shapiro family, please click here
SPONSORS Main Minyan Kiddush and Seudat Shlishit are sponsored by Zevi and Yonit David in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Yaakov. Early Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Rabbi and Mrs. Noah Baron in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of Noah’s father, Benzion Baruch Baron z”l.
DONATIONS to the Kiddush Fund * Shoshi, Shlomo, Eliana, Gavi and Avigail Ross in honor of Josh’s birthday. * Dr. Rachelle Gold in commemoration of the yahtzeits of her parents Jacob V. Gold and Harriet Gold z”l
CLASSES @ KINS
FRIDAY 7:05am – Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg
SHABBAT 8:30am – Parshat Hashavua with Rabbi Myers 5:00pm – Parshat Hashavua with Wisdom of Torah Institute 45 min. before Mincha – Mesechet Ketubot with Rabbi Matanky - will not meet
SUNDAY 6:30am - Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 9:00am– Sefer Shoftim with Rabbi Matanky 9:00am – Contemporary Halacha with Rabbi Lerner 8:00-10:00pm – Night Seder with YU Torah MiTzion Kollel
MONDAY 7:05am – Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 2:00pm - Halacha and Chumash for Men with Rabbi Lerner 8:00pm – Halacha Then & Now with Rabbi Yehuda Meyers 9:00pm – How to think like a Brisker with Rabbis Sprung & Kraft 8:00-10:00pm – Night Seder with YU Torah MiTzion Kollel
TUESDAY 7:05am – Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 2:00pm - Halacha and Chumash for Men with Rabbi Lerner 8:00-10:00pm – Night Seder with YU Torah MiTzion Kollel
WEDNESDAY 7:05am – Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 2:00pm - Halacha and Chumash for Men with Rabbi Rosenbaum 9:00pm – Parsha Chabura with Rabbi Bar-Kochva - will not meet 9:00pm – Hilchot Shabbat with Rabbi Stromer - will not meet 8:00-10:00pm – Night Seder with YU Torah MiTzion Kollel - will not meet
THURSDAY 7:15am - Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 2:00pm - Halacha and Chumash for Men with Rabbi Rosenbaum 9:00pm – From the Dayan’s Desk with Rabbi Reiss 8:00-10:00pm – Night Seder with YU Torah MiTzion Kollel
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