PARASHA * ZEMANIM * TEFILOT

Ṡabat Paraṡat Niżavim-Vayelek̇
28 September 2024 * 25 Ḣodeṡ Elul 5784
כ”ה אלול התשפ”ד
Earliest Candles - 5:29pm
Official Hadlaqat Nerot Ṡabat Time - 6:25pm

Ṡir Haṡirim - 6:20pm

Minḣa/Qabalat Ṡabat/Ȯrvit - 6:35pm
Ṡaḣarit - 8:45am * Latest Ṡemaȯ - 9:47am
Devar Torah - 10:45am
Divre Berakha for Bar-Mitsva - 11:30am
Kiddush - 12:00pm
Table Conversations - 12:30pm

Minḣa Gedola - 1:15pm
Paraṡa Ṡiȯur - 5:30pm * Minḣa - 6:05pm
Ṡiȯur & Seȯudonet Ṡeliṡit - 6:35pm

Ṡeqiȯa - 6:41pm * Ȯrvit - 7:16pm

Żet Hakok̇avim / Havdala - 7:26pm
Ṡabat ṡel Ṡalom!
*Sunday Ṡaḣarit 7:30am - Seliḣot, Qorbanot, and Hodu. At the LLBM.

Rəfuaa Shəlema

Our prayers for full and quick recovery to ‘Am Yisrael wounded bodies & souls and the kidnapped brothers  & sisters, and to those who are sick, among them: * Reuven ben Aliza * Yig’al ben Sulika * Shoshana bat Yocheved * Yehuda Baruch Noam ben Tova Batya * Eliyorah Ruth bat Naomi Rivka * Gavriel Lev ben Yechielah * Yosef David ben Haya Golda * Zvi Hershel ben Miriam * Dalia bat Rahel * Hadassa bat Shoshana * Masha bat Miriam * Tehila bat Rachel * Tanya bat Hoda Margalit * Yehuda Efraim ben Shifra * Yehuda ben Susi * Aliza bat Hassibah * Orly bat Annet * Rachel bat Hassibah * Shulla bat hassibah * Simon bat Hassibah * Yaniv ben Sarah * Michael ben Sonia * Shachar Shalom ben Sason * Menachem Hillel ben Malka Sandra * Liraz bat Tziporah * Shaked Ben Aliza * Ilana bat Victoria * Etka Ruth bat Devorah * Ezra ben Evlin * Beeri Mikhael ben Reut Ester * Shoshana bat Chaya * Arielle bat Merav * Maor ben Liran & David * Hafsa Yaffa bat Alia * Sarah Yehudit bat Yona* Rahel bat Hamama * Yeyudit Miriam Bat Dina * and to all the ḣolim and the ḣolot.

A year later...This Shabbat Parashat Nitsavim-Vayelekh, we are Celebrating with the Weisburg Family the Bar Mitsva of Sam! Join us for all Tefilot Shabbat, and a welcoming Kiddush, and Seuda Shelishit!

This Shabbat & Beyond

● This Shabbat we are reading Parashot Nitsavim-Vayelekh and Haftarat Sos Asis baHash-em, Sam Weisburg’s BM, Kiddush, and giving gratitude to Hashem for Hi-s kindness.
● The Bayit Sarah & Avraham’s Tent welcomes all community members and visitors for communal Erev Shabbat dinner, in memory of Henry & Goldie Guttman z"l.

● Welcoming all Kids to participate in tefilot Beth Aharon and recite Tefila portions loved by kids, and to join the Bayit Groups available from 9:30am to 11:30am, on the 3rd floor.

● Special Tefilot for Medinat Israel, its People, the Perished, the Kidnaped, the Wounded, the Safety of all IDF Ḣayalim and Ḣayalot, and for an Absolute Victory of the IDF.
● Azkara: Eyal ben Varda z”l, Benyahou Mahgerefteh z”l; Gavriel ben Moshe z”l.
● Dvar Torah Rav Dov Lerea on the Parasha and Bar-Mitsva.
● Divre Bar-Mitsva before kiddush. Sam, the Weisburgs, Rabbis, and friends, will carry Divre Torah and Berakha in honor of Sam’s Bar-Mitsva.

● Qidush this shabbat Kiddush is sponsored by the Weisburg family in Celebration of Shmuel (Sam) Bar-Mitsva.
● Learning B4 Minha: Reading & Learning Parashat Hashavua @ 5:30pm w/ Tsuri.
● Shiur After Minha Rav Yonah Berman: Looking Up and Looking In: Rosh Hashanah 5785. At the MNS. 
● Seuda Shelishit is sponsored by the Weisburg Family with thanks to Hash-em for his ḣesed.
● Mila baParasha after Minḣa: Understanding a word in the parasha. This week: “Kol Hagoyim-כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם” - What does the word “goy” mean; who was the first to get the blessing of being a “goy gadol”; and what Psalm 2 tells us about “goyim”? Basic (and love of :) Hebrew is sufficient.

Community Matters

● Beth Aharon is Riverdale’s Sephardic Orthodox Congregation, located at the Riverdale Bayit (HIR) Bronx, NY, since its establishment on parashat Ḣaye Sara 5768/1998. We mark this year 25 years, in gematria ḢIBA-חִיבָּה standing for love and affection. Beth Aharon tefilot follow the Sephardi-Yerushalmi nusaḣ, based on the teachings of Rav Ovadia Yosef, z”l. Our community embraces Jewish worshipers of all ethnic communities (‘edot) and of any level of observance, and welcomes all individuals who are in search of the Jewish faith. We encourage our congregants to take an active-leading role in Tefila and Qriat haTorah.
● Ahavat Yisrael and Ahavat Haberiyot - love for the Jewish people and love for all humanity - are part of the Bayit’s and Beth Aharon’s values. It manifests by being a warm and welcoming and inclusive community to everyone who loves Medinat Yisrael and the Jewish People.
● Join Beth Aharon’s WhatsApp Groups

BA Information Notifications: BethAharonNews

BA Tefilot Information: BethAharonTefila

BA Community Chat BethAharonCommunity
BA Torah Group BethAharonTorah

BA Women Group BethAharonWomen

BA Refuaa Shelema BethAharonTehilim
BA Politics Polite BethAharonPoliticsPolite
BA Website-Blog BethAharonBlog 

BA Facebook Page BethAharonFB 
● Contact Us at bethaharon@gmail.com for general inquiries and to join our email listing and our weekly BANewsletter.
● Supporting Beth Aharon tefilot and events is much needed & welcomed! Donate online here: SUPPORT ONLINE for more information go to www.bethaharon.org. Tizku leShanim Rabot veTovot.

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Condolences * Thanks * Blessings

● Many Thanks to the Oshinsky family for sharing with us Adam’s Bar-Mitsva and for sponsoring kiddush and Seuda Shelishit, last Shabbat; To all members and friends who joined us for all Tefilot Shabbat.
● Happy Birthday to Toby Weiss, Shoshi of Hamakolet; and all Elul’s birthday, kids and adults alike.
● Mazal Tov to the Weisburg family on the Bar Mitzvah of Sam Qiang Weisburg, Shmuel Yitzchak Chaim. Mazal tov to Sam, his brother Alexander, mom Rochelle, and the entire Weller and Weisburg families. The Community is invited to join Tefilot and Torah Reading by Sam, followed by a community Kiddush

Upcoming..

● Erev Rosh Hashana Wednesday, October 2:
Seliḣot / Shaḣarit: 6:00am followed by Hatarat Nedarim
Candle Lighting: 6:17pm  
Minḣa followed by Arvit: 6:27pm
* FULL HH 5785 SCHEDULE WILL BE SENT ON SUNDAY

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● Pre Selichot Ma'agal Shira - Song Circle with Elli Kranzler and Band @ the Bayit. This Motsash, Sept. 28th @ 9:15pm.
● Pre-Rosh Hashana Youth FunDay | Wednesday, October 2 bet. 9:30am-12:30pm. The Bayit invites all kids 3yrs -11yrs for active free play in the playground, Rosh Hashana art projects, Sukkot decorations, and indoor activities. Lunch and snacks will be served! Please register here.

● BA Shabbat Shuva Potluck Kiddush - We will have potluck Kiddush on Shabbat Haazinu Tishre 3, October 5. All processed foods must be store-sealed marked-kosher. Parve-Dairy. Add something to the pot.
● Community-Wide October 7 Commemoration Livestream The Community-Wide Commemoration in Central Park has already reached full capacity. As an alternative, the Riverdale Jewish Community Partnership is hosting a communal Livestream of the event at the Bayit, 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway. Let us commemorate this moment and send a powerful message of remembrance, support and unity. Register at riverdaley.org/oct7. Doors open @ 5:30pm Program starts @ 6:00pm.

● Save-the-Date: Beth Aharon Annual Sukot Luncheon

Keeping our decades-long tradition: Join Beth Aharon Sukot Luncheon at the Bayit Suka on Sukot Day 1, Tishre 15, October 17, after Tefila approx. 12:30pm. Delicious Eats, Dvar Suka, Community Suka Time. RSVP Event - Stay Tuned for the Evite.

Rav Ovadia Yosef z”l  

“For You Remember All That Is Forgotten”
"כי זוכר כל הנשכחות אתה".

Excerpts From the Teachings of Maran Rabbeinu zt”l During the Month of Elul

During the Mussaf prayer of Rosh Hashanah we recite, “For You remember all that is forgotten.” The sages of the Mussar Movement explain that this refers to one an individual who has sinned and remembers his sin all of his life while feeling remorse for what he has done and beginning Hashem for forgiveness, as the verse states, “And my sin is opposite me always,” Hashem forgets this sin, so-to-speak. Indeed, the Talmud Yerushalmi (Pe’ah, Chapter 1, Halacha 1) that although nothing is forgotten by Hashem, nevertheless, Hashem acts as if He has forgotten about the sins of the Jewish nation, as the verse states, “You have forgiven the iniquity of your people; you have pardoned all their sin, Selah.”

Nevertheless, if one transgresses a sin and remains sinful by not repenting fully and, on the contrary, one does not pay too much attention to one’s sins and one forgets about them completely or if one feels one’s sins are not so terrible and causes himself to forget them, Heaven will then remember all of “that which is forgotten” and one will be punished for this.

This is the meaning of the phrase “For You remember all that is forgotten”-all that is forgotten and not all that is remembered, for sins which one remembers in one’s heart are not remembered in Heaven; however, sins which one forgets about which are “all that is forgotten,” these shall be remembered in Heaven forever.

The same applies to Mitzvot, for if one performs a Mitzvah, such as Tzedakah or kindness, and remembers it and glorifies one’s self with it, this Mitzvah is forgotten in Heaven and one will not be reminded of this Mitzvah in Heaven in order to reap its reward. On the other hand, if one performs a Mitzvah and forgets about it because one is so busy and involved with other Mitzvot and continues to grow in Torah and Mitzvah observance, as the verse states, “I have contemplated my ways and I shall return my feet to your tenets,” one will be reminded by Heaven about the Mitzvah one has performed, for all forgotten matters are remembered and one will be handsomely rewarded for one’s efforts. (See Ma’or Yisrael, Derashot, page 8.)

Congregation Beth Aharon @ The Riverdale Bayit
High Holidays 5785 with Sephardic Tunes

Join Beth Aharon for our traditional High Holiday Services, led b”H by Rav Tomer Ronen & Assisting Hazanim @ the BAyit Beth Midrash (LLBM). This year, we are excited to welcome David Ronen to lead tefillot alongside his son, Rav Tomer.  
Rav Tomer Ronen has been leading Beth Aharon tefillot on Rosh HaShana and Yom HaKippurim for 24 years, nearly since the establishment of our congregation in Riverdale in November 1998.

 Rosh Hashana: Wednesday evening October 2nd and Thursday & Friday days October 3rd & 4th.

Yom Kippur: Erev Shabbat October 11 and Shabbat day October 12.

 Check your emails for High Holidays 5785 information: Seats and membership contributions and fees.

Prayer schedule to follow, but in short: eating, praying and sleeping on RH; and praying more and sleeping less on YK :)

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The Bayit Youth Department is offering exceptional programming for children aged 3 - 12 yrs over both days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: https://www.thebayit.org/form/hhcc24 

Parasha & Times

Ṡabat Paraṡat Niżavim-Vayelek̇
28 September 2024 * 25 Ḣodeṡ Elul 5784
כ”ה אלול התשפ”ד

Jerusalem - 5:49pm Candles; 7:04pm Havdala

Rehovot - 6:01pm Candles; 7:05pm Havdala

Austin - 7:03pm Candles; 7:55pm Havdala
Toronto - 6:47pm Candles; 7:45pm Havdala

Miami - 6:53pm Candles; 7:44pm Havdala
Manhattan - 6:26pm Candles; 7:23pm Havdala

Moscow - 5:57pm Candles; 7:07pm Havdala

London - 6:28pm Candles; 7:33pm Havdala
Paris - 7:19pm Candles; 8:22pm Havdala

Picture of the Week

This Week. Raḣel Tomb, Bet Leḣem.

A Weekly Moment 

A Thought: The last thing that the heads of Hezbollah saw was an Israeli Prime Minister talks at the UN.

The Weekly Riddle

What can never be put in a saucepan?

(Guess before you take a peek, the answer is on the back page)

Ḣodesh Tov!

Still! Did you?

‘Am Yisrael Ḣazaq Ḣai VeQayam עם ישראל חזק חי וקיים

The Gaza War enters its 52th week. We strengthen the hands of Am Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael, its defense and security forces, its citizens and residents, and we remember the 1644 perished Israelis, civilians, rescuers, defenders, and soldiers. We pray for the fast return of the remaining 101 kidnapped, the return of the 120,000 displaced Israelies to their homes, for the full recovery in body and soul of over 13,000 injured, and for strength for the bereaved families.

With prayers for absolute victory and lasting peace.

Cyril Zooms In

“Every new generation is a new people.” - Alexis de Tocqueville

This week’s two Torah portions, Nitzavim (“You stand today”) and Vayelech (“And he [Moses] walked”), are usually read together just before Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah marks the Jewish New Year and the first step of the Tishrei holidays, before Yom Kippur and Sukkot. But it also involves individual renewal. In other words, after Tishrei, we will no longer be the same people. The change will be very subtle, but it will be real. Both parashas explain why. God has given us free will. We must choose between life and death. That is to say between on one hand the inclusion of spirituality in materiality in order to give meaning to the latter and on the other hand the pure materiality that poisons our modern societies and makes us zombies, hypnotized by ever more seductive satanic ideologies. Should we continue in our mistakes or should we turn the table and change? Every year, the choice is always more difficult to make. But there is always someone who is there to encourage us, to inspire us to make the right choice. When we make the wrong choice, we blame God or the whole world for our mistakes when we have simply decided not to change anything. Let us take up the challenge. Let us become another person, a better person to be a new people.
I wish you and your families, Shabbat Shalom, a revolutionary, joyful and restful Shabbat, and Shana Tova uMetukah! C.B.

In the Beginning

The commandment of Torah reading is based on the Biblical commandment of Hakhel (Deuteronomy 31:10–13), by which once every 7 years the entire people was to be gathered, "men, women and children,” and hear much of Torah read to them.

The Book of Neḥemia details the practice of public reading of the Torah by Ezra the Scribe in Jerusalem upon the return of the Judean exiles from Babylon in the late 6th century BCE. Prior to Ezra, the commandment of Hakhel was to be performed by the King. Under Ezra, Torah reading became more frequent and the congregation themselves substituted for the King's role. Ezra is traditionally credited with initiating the modern custom of reading thrice weekly in the synagogue. This reading is an obligation incumbent on the congregation, not an individual, and did not replace the Hakhel reading by the king. The reading of the Torah in synagogues can be traced to at least about the 2nd century BCE. (wiki +).

A Story - of September 

Now September again
Ends
My heart is with your heart

Holding prayers of thoughts together

Daily thanks to Hashem

Family talks and meals and walks

And deepest love
Of Elul
Ani LeDodi VeDodi Li
Now September and thinking April

Of sprouting heart
Of blooming hands

Tefilat Elul of Nes Nisan
B”H to come
And praying daily to Hashem
For the love we found

With Thyme & Tonic

And sealed it in qedusha in September of Two Years

To stay and to feel
Forever young
Now September ends again
And Tishre begins :) tbs 

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* A huge modification of Earth, Wind & Fire song, September :)

Ktav Torah - Nitsavim-Vayelekh

Parashat Nitsavim-Vayelekh - “Even if your furthest one will be at the ends of the heavens, from there the L-d your G-d will gather you, from there He will take you - אם יהיה נדחך בקצה השמים משם יקבצך ה' אלוקיך ומשם יקחך”

A question is asked, why does the verse use “the end of the heavens?” Shouldn’t it read: the end of the earth?!

An answer is given: It is obvious that Hashem will eventually gather us and bring us, his sons and daughters, back to our homeland, and to our ancestral home, as we see it happening in our times.

But the verse seems to hint at a higher spiritual level, at our thoughts, saying: Even if we have one remote good thought, at times of hardship, remote as the heavens, but positive and good. From there, from this little shining, Hashem will take us, our minds, and guide us back to full spirituality and learning.

May it be that the world will war-heal tomorrow and אישא the cost of living will be affordable, and millions of Jews will return to our ancestral homeland Israel, and we will all be singing Shabbat songs :)

Shabbat shel Shalom. tbs

(Inspired by Rav Avraham Fayazi)

In the Good News 

Israel Central Bureau of Statistics: In a few weeks, the number of Israelis will exceed 10 million people! And in 2029, it will be 11 million! The increase is also very impressive, despite the war: in the first eight months of the year, 23,145 new immigrants landed in Israel: 14,529 from Russia, 2,185 from the USA, 1,435 from France, 699 from Ukraine, 548 from Belarus, 429 from the Britain, and 326 from Argentina. Ken Yirbu veTirbena. ***
Dana Kochavi, the 17 years old Israeli chess player, became a women's master of the International Chess Federation, in short FIDE Master, having won that title in 2023.

This past week, Dana competed in the 45th Chess Olympiad, where she was the best player for the reserve board category, winning gold medal on September 23.

Biblical Quiz: Haftara of Nitsavim-Vayelekh

Kids: The Prophet of this week’s haftara is Yesha’yahu. What is his English name? Teenagers: What is the meaning of the name Yesha’yahu? Adults: What was the name of Yesha’yahu’s father? Experts: For how long did Yehsa’yahu live; how many wives did he have; how many kids; and did he have a good marriage?

Parasha: Dəvarim (Deuteronomy) Nitsavim-Vayelekh 29:9-31:30-

Historical Context: Creation Time: 2487 (1407 bce or 1274 bce according to Seder Olam). Bene Yisrael's 40-year journey is close to an end. They are encamped in the Plains of Moav, across the Jordan River from the city Yeriḥo, on the first day of the 12th month of the 40th year, listening to Moshe’s closing words.

Parashort: This week we read 2 parashot. In Parshat Nitsavim Moshe describes the Covenant between God and the Bnei Yisrael, urging them to uphold the Covenant and honor the Torah so that they may be rewarded with a good life in the Land of Israel. In Parashat Vayelekh: Moshe concludes his speech to Bnei Yisrael, blesses Yehushua, and instructs the community to gather every seven years to read publicly from the Torah; G-d predicts the eventual straying of the Israelites G‑d, causing Him to hide His face from them, but also with the promise that the words of the Torah “shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants.” (Jewish Learning +)

Haftara: 7th of Consolation - Yesha’yahu (Isaiah), 61:10-63:9

Haftit: “Sos asis baHashem.” Yeshayahu (Isaia) voices the feelings of the redeemed people. “Israel will greatly rejoice in G-d’s salvation.” G-d will not be silent until Tsion’s fame and glory are universally acknowledged. Tsion will have a new name. Jerusalem will be the crown of beauty in the hand of the G-d. The nation of Israel will be redeemed and called a Holy People.

Connection to the Parasha: The haftara is the seventh of seven haftarot known as the “Seven of Consolation” – which we read from after Tish’a b’Av until the Shabbat before Rosh Hashana. During this time, concentration should be on repentance, and spiritual uplifting. (Haftorahman)

Rav Question - שאלת רב

We know that not all Rabbis are rabbis.

But, does one need to be a Rabbi to be a rabbi?

Speechless in the Parasha: Nitsavim-Vayelekh

Imagine that you are one of Bene Yisrael who stands in front of Moshe, as he delivers his last words. What do you feel? What do you think of Joshua? Are you ready to cross the Jordan River without Moshe?

Time to Smile  

After services on Rosh Hashana, Rabbi Cohen was, as usual, standing near the synagogue exit shaking hands with congregants as they left. But then he noticed a member who rarely attended services leaving, so Rabbi Cohen grabbed his hand, pulled him aside and said, “David, I think you need to join the Army of G-d!”

“But I’m already in G-d’s army, Rabbi,” protested David.

“So how come I don’t see you in shul except on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur?”

David leaned in and whispered, “I’m in the secret service.”

Biblical Quiz: Answers - Haftara Nitsavim-Vayelekh

Kids: The English name of Yesha’yahu is Issiah. Do you know anyone with this name? Teenagers: The meaning of Yesha’yahu’s name is “Salvation of G-d” or “G-d will save.”  

Adults: Yesha’yahu’s father was Amots. He was also a prophet.

Experts: Yesha’yahu had 1 wife and 2 kids. He lived till 120. Based on his old age he probably had a good marriage.

Riddle Solved

Its lead.