WELCOME TO DAVID & ADINA BRAVERMAN

We are happy to welcome new members David & Adina Braverman and their children Sara and Yoni to the AY family.

LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MEN

As a chesed to our member Reuven Ullman, who is home-bound, we would like to make a minyan in his home on a Sunday.This act of kindness would give Reuven chizuk.If you are avaialble please contact Danny Goldschmiedt.

R' Yakov Haber on Improving our Kavannah in Shema - Part 2

The mp3 for R' Yakov Haber's "Improving our Kavannah in Shema - Part 2" is here.

Rabbi Akiva Tatz in Kew Gardens Hills - SUNDAY • SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 8:00 - YIKGH

Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz

World-renowned Kiruv Educator, Author
and Senior Lecturer at Ohr Somayach International

TESHUVA: Recreating the Personality

SUNDAY• SEPTEMBER 18, 2005

YOUNG ISRAEL OF QUEENS VALLEY

Corner of Main St. and 77th Ave. Kew Garden Hills, NY

8:00 pm Lecture • 9:00 pm Reception-Meet Rabbi Tatz

Scholar-in-Residence Program - Parshas Ki Seitzei - Rabbi Hanoch Teller

All Men and Women in the Community are Invited to a

Scholar-in-Residence Program - Parshas Ki Seitzei

Rabbi Hanoch Teller

"We're Too Small a People;
To be a Small People"
Congregation Ahavas Yisroel
Friday Night, September 16, 2005
9:30 PM

"Do Teshuvah Now:
Avoid the Yom Kippur Rush"
Congregation Nachlas Yitzchok
Motza’ei Shabbos, September 17, 2005
9:30 PM


Rabbi Teller will also being at giving the
Shabbos Morning Drasha (Shacharis at 8:30 AM) and Speaking at Shalosh Seudos (Mincha at 6:30 PM) at Ahavas Yisroel

DANCE CLASS SCHEDULE CHANGE

Due to a scheduling conflict, please note the change of the starting date for the new round of Simcha Dance classes given by Tzirel Goldschmiedt.

The first new session will begin on MONDAY night, SEPTEMBER 19th, 7:30-8:30 pm

Rabbi Welcher - Rambam's Hilchos Teshuva - Part 2 - MP3

The mp3 for part 2 of the Rabbi Welcher's shiur on the Rambam's Hilchos Teshuva can be downloaded here.

Note: To download this or any mp3's on this site to your local machine, right click on the link as select "Save Target As" for the menu.

MAZEL TOV TO GEOFFREY & RAIZI LANDAU

Mazel Tov to Geoffrey & Razi Landau on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Elisha.

Tehillim Gathering 9-8-2005 for Avigdor Glaser

Friends of Avigdor Glaser, have arranged a tehillim gathering in the zechus of a Refuah Shelama: L' Yechiel Avraham Avigdor ben Rifka Ita.

DATE: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2005

TIME: 7:55 PM (Maariv followed by Tehillim)

LOCATION: Cong. Bais Yoseph D'Ulem (Rav Friedman's shul) located at 139-19 72nd Road, Kew Gardens Hills, NY 11367 on the corner of 72nd Road and 141st Street.

BRING A TEHILLIM WITH YOU.

Rabbi Welcher on the Halacha and Hashkafa of Elul - mp3

Here is the mp3 for Rabbi Welcher on the Halacha and Hashkafa of Elul.

Note: To download this or any mp3's on this site to your local machine, right click on the link as select "Save Target As" for the menu.

Reminders: Rabbi Welcher on the Halacha and Hashkafa of Elul: Shul Picnic

Rabbi Welcher will be giving a shiur tonight Tuesday 9/6 at 8:30 on the "Halacha and Hashkafa of Elul".

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The Shul Picnic is this Sunday from 1-5 at Alley Pond Park. Free Food and Fun for the entire Family.

Rabbi Welcher - Rambam's Hilchos Teshuva - Part 1 - MP3

The mp3 for part 1 of the Rabbi Welcher's shiur on the Rambam's Hilchos Teshuva can be downloaded here.

Note: To download this or any mp3's on this site to your local machine, right click on the link as select "Save Target As" for the menu.

R' Yakov Haber on Improving our Kavannah in Shema - What is the Necessary Kavannah?

R' Yakov Haber began the series on improving our Kavannah in the first posuk in Krias Shema and the first brocha of Shemoneh Esrai by discussing what is the necessary Kavannah for Shema.

The Shulchan Orach rules that mitzvos required Kavannah although it is a machlokes in the Gemorra and among Rishonim. The basic Kavannah is that we are doing the act to follow for the purpose of fulfilling a commandment from Hashem. The Chaye Adom has a leniency on this halacha that says if you are doing the mitzvah in its proper context (ie saying Krias Shema sandwiched between it's brochas in Shul) you have fulfilled the commandment b'dieved. However everyone agrees it is better to have Kavannah.

By Krias Shema there is an additional Kavannah required, the we are accepting the yoke of Hashem (Kabalas Ol Malchus Shmayim). This Kavannah can not be fulfilled with the Chaye Adom's leniency.

The mp3 for this 15 minute shiur is here.

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on What is an Orphaned Amen?

Here is the mp3 by R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on What is an Orphaned Amen?.

PICNIC RESECHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 11

Due to scheduling conflicts the picnic has been rescheduled for September 11th. It will take place at the same location in Alley Pond Park from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Rabbi Welcher on the Halacha and Hashkafa of Elul

Rabbi Welcher will be resuming the Tuesday evening shiurim on September 6th at 8:30 with the "Halacha and Hashkafa of Elul".

New Short Shiur Series - Rabbi Welcher - Rambam's Hilchos Teshuva

Rabbi Welcher will be beginning a new series on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:45 PM – 10:00 PM, beginning on September 5th, on “Rambam's Hilchos Teshuvah".

New Short Shiur Series - R' Yakov Haber - Improving our Kavanna in Davening

R’ Yakov Haber will be beginning a new series on Sundays and Thursdays from 9:45 PM – 10:00 PM, beginning on September 4th, on “Improving Our Kavanna in the First Posuk of Shema and the First Brocha of Shemonah Esrai”.

Moshe Hochster Shiur on the Eigth Perek of Yuma

Moshe Hochster will be giving a shiur on the "Eighth Perek of Yuma” on Tuesday September 6 - 9:45 PM – 10:15 PM.

Chesed Opportunity

Francine Kozlin's aunt's unveiling is this Sunday, September 4, 2005 at Montefiore Cemetery in Farmingdale at 12:00. It will be a short service and they need a few men to make a minyan. Please contact Mark at 793-8891 or Francine at 268-1802 if you can help out.

Goes Great with The Daf - Mishna Yomi Starts With Shabbos on Tuesday

A great companion to learning Daf Yomi is learning Mishnayos. And tomorrow the Mishna Yomi schedules begins Seder Moed with Masechta Shabbos. Rabbi Welcher highly recommends learning Mishna Yomi and this Tuesday is a great time to start.

Click here of a 6-9 minute mp3 of the daily Mishna.

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on the Importance of Saying Amen When You are Being Yotzei

Here is the mp3 by R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on on the Importance of Saying Amen When You are Being Yotzei.

SHIUR FOR WOMEN - PARHAS RE'EH

Next Shabbos (Parchas Re'eh) The Congregation Ahavas Yisroel Women's League is having a shiur for women only given by Mrs. Cindy Levin at 5:30 P.M. Shabbos afternoon at the home of Eddie and Sarah Sherman at 144-22 72nd Road.

SHALOSH SEUDOS PROGRAM RESUMES SHABBOS PARSHAS RE'EH

Shalosh Seudos and "Ask The Rav" resumes on Shabbos Parshas Re’eh, September 3.
To sponsor please contact Geoffery Landau.

R' Yakov Haber - This Week on Torah Web

Our Shul is truly blessed with quite a number of excellent teachers of Torah. This week our very own R' Yakov Haber wrote the weekly parsha article on Torah Web titled Threefold Purpose of Blessings. Here it is for your Erev Shabbos reading pleasure:

Threefold Purpose of Blessings

“V’achalta v’savata u’veirachta es Hashem Elokecha ‘al ha’aretz hatovah ‘asher nasan lach” - “and you shall eat and be satisfied and bless Hashem, your G-d, for the good land which he has given you” (Eikev 8:10). This passage serves as the Biblical source for the commandment to bless Hashem after a meal. (Bread must be consumed to be obligated min haTorah due to the proximity of the passage “a land in which you will eat bread unsparingly” (verse 9) to this passage (see B’rachot 44a). Some rishonim maintain that even the B’racha Mei’ein Shalosh recited after other foods made from grain and after fruit of the Seven Species is also Biblical in nature (see Mishna B’rura to O.C. 209:10).) Although the overwhelming majority of blessings, such as those before eating food and before performing mitzvot, are Rabbinic in origin, Birchas HaMazon is Min HaTorah. Ramban (Hashmatos l’Mitzvos ‘Asei 15) and other rishonim maintain that the blessing before Torah study is also of Biblical origin and is derived from the verse “ki sheim Hashem ekra, havu go’del lailokeinu” -- “when I call out the name of Hashem, give praise to our G-d” (Ha’azinu 32:3).

However, on a Torah level, a blessing need be recited only after eating food but, by contrast, it is recited before engaging in Torah study. Chazal (our Rabbis) instituted additional blessings before eating bread (and other foods) as well as a blessing after reading the Torah in public. Meshech Chachma suggests a fascinating rationale for the difference in placement between Birchas HaMazon and Birchot HaTorah on a Torah level. All blessings thank the Source of All for His kindness. Birchat HaMazon focuses on physical bounty whereas Birchot HaTorah focus on the spiritual endowment of Torah. With respect to this aspect of praise of G-d, both of these blessings should have been recited in the same location. However, each of these blessings also reinforces another idea, each uniquely relevant to the sphere of life it addresses. This particular theme helps explain the blessing’s Biblical placement.

Eating, or more generally, partaking of material goods yielded through much hard work and energy, can lead to an attitude of haughty self-achievement, without properly recognizing that it is Hashem who has provided the physical wherewithal, the physical goods and infrastructure and the mental acumen (see Targum Onkelos to verse 18) for the production of such bounty. This danger exists primarily after partaking of the material goods, after being satisfied by them. Hence, the Torah directs us: be certain to recognize G-d as the Source of the bounty by praising Him as the “zan es hakol” and the bestower of the Land of Israel from which the food was produced. (See also Eretz Yisrael, by Rav Mayer Twersky.) The context of this commandment verifies this approach. Immediately preceding the commandment, the Torah indicates that the miracle of the forty-year daily delivery of man in the desert served to highlight to the Jewish People the fact that “Man does not live by bread alone, but through the word of G-d, does Man live” (ibid. 3) which (among other meanings) can be read as: it is not your efforts alone that bring about the bread, but, just as the manna from the sky was clearly Divinely granted, so too bread from the ground is also Divinely granted through the mask of the natural order created by G-d.[1] After the commandment to bless G-d after eating, the Torah warns us: “and lest you grow haughty and you forget G-d ... who has fed you man in the desert ... and you will say: ‘my strength and the might of my hand produced this bounty.’ And you shall remember Hashem, your G-d, for it is He who gives you strength to produce bounty” (ibid. 14-1).

Concerning Torah study, the opposite is true. Once having studied it, plumbed its depths, partaken of its mysteries and delights, the Torah is clearly recognizable as a Divine work, which, due to Divine beneficence, was given to Bnei Yisrael to partake of. However, before studying it, the student must be made aware of its Divine origin: that the Torah is not a wisdom like all other wisdoms, intellectually stimulating, fascinating but not directly Divine in origin. The danger exists of the Torah being utilized as a tool for personal intellectual achievement. Therefore, the learner of Torah must first recognize the Torah’s source. A passage in tractate N’darim (81a) attributes the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash to the omission of the blessing on the Torah. Some commentaries (see Ran and Bach (on Tur O.C. 47)) suggest that the omission of a blessing was symptomatic of treating the Torah like any other wisdom whose study does not require a blessing. R. Chayim Volozhin in his Nefesh HaChayim (4:6-7) writes that it is advisable before and during Torah study to stop learning temporarily to contemplate that one is actually studying the Divine Word and connecting to Hashem “for He and His Will (as expressed in the Torah) are One.” Some recite various tefilos before Torah study (in addition to the one mentioned in the Mishna (B’rachot 28b)) requesting that the Torah study lead to increased fear of Heaven (see standard edition of Yachin U’Boaz Mishnayot). All of these practices highlight this same theme.

From morning to evening, halacha demands of its adherents to constantly praise G-d through blessings: on waking up, on walking, on seeing, on eating, on drinking, on bodily functions, on learning, on mitzvot. Indeed, Chazal legislated the recital of a minimum of 100 blessings a day (see Shulchan Aruch 46:3). The triple themes of praise to G-d for providing for our spiritual and physical needs, recognition that it is He alone Who allows us to succeed, and appreciation of the ultimate sanctity of the greatest of His gifts to us - His wisdom as contained in the Torah which He has allowed us to enjoy - should guide us throughout our engagement in both the spiritual and physical aspects of existence.

[1] This particular point is an addition to Meshech Chachma’s words.

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UPCOMING LECTURE

The Jewish Board of Family Services will be sponsoring a lecture entitled, “Controlling the Net before it controls Us – A Torah True Way to Use Technology” The panel will include Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, MD, Rabbi Hersschel Welcher, Philip Rosenthal (Computer Forensic Investigator), and Yosi Greenfield (Yeshiva Net), and Barry Holzer, MD. The Lecture will take place on Monday September 12, 8:30 PM at the Lander College for Men, 75-31 15oth Street

RETURN OF THE PICNIC

On Sunday September 4th beteen 1-5 there will be another great Shul picnic. an enjoyable event is being planned. Details will be forthcoming.

Income Rental Opportunity

A friend of mine is seeking part-time office space (about 12 hours a week) for speech pathology private practice in Kew Gardens Hills. He will be practicing Sundays and two afternoon/evenings per week. It will be low volume activity and his clients are private and full paying.

He is willing to pay in the $400-$500 range. His name is Uri Schneider and you can call him at 718-687-8803 or Email him at urischneider-at-gmail.com.

Hanoch Teller - Scholar in Residence - September 16-17

Hanoch Teller will be our Scholar in Residence on Shabbos Ki Seitzei - September 16th and 17th.

Those interested in co-sponsoring the program can contact Mark Frankel or Leon Stern.

R' Moshe Schwerd MP3 - Tisha B'AV Mourning and Consolation

If you missed (or want to here again) R' Moshe Schwerd's shiur on "Tisha B'AV Mourning and Consolation" you can download it here.

It's an excellent preparation for the upcoming Shabbos Nachamu.

Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis Mp3 on Torah Approaches to Disengagement

Here is Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis Mp3 on Torah Approaches to Disengagement.

Pictures From The Kotel Prayer Rally

Rashi Rosenzweig was nice of enough to forward to me these wonderful pictures of Acheinu Bnei Yisroel at the massive Kotel Prayer Rally. (Rashi used to live in KGH and now lives in Eretz Yisroel)

http://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/5354.shtml

I am sure you will be as inspired by these pictures as I was.

Chulent Cooker Recall Alert

Recall Issued For 2.6M Rival Slow Cookers

For More Information Call 800-299-1284

Jul 29, 2005 7:21 am US/Eastern
WASHINGTON (AP) A recall has been issued for 2.6 million Rival Slow Cookers, manufactured by The Holmes Group, because the handles on their bases can break, posing a burn risk if hot contents spill out.

There have been 126 reports of the handles breaking, including 33 reports of burns.

This recall is an expansion of one issued last August for 1.8 million cookers with the same defect.

Recalled cookers are those manufactured from January 1999 to September 2004, including those with model numbers 3040, 3735, 5025, 5070 and 5445 that have date codes stamped on the power plug from 0199 to 3504.

The $15 to $40 cookers were sold nationwide from January 1999 through May 2005 at stores including Wal-Mart, Kmart and Target.

Consumers should stop using the cookers and contact the Milford, Mass.-based Holmes Group at 800-299-1284 or online at http://www.rivalrecall.com for information on receiving a replacement base.

Thanks to Avrumi Kahn for the info.

TEHILLIM FOR ERETZ YISROEL

On Thursday night at 8:30, the Y.I. of Kew Gardens Hills will host an (apolitical) gathering to say tehillim on behalf of the situation in Gush Katif. There will be divrei hisorirus as well. Rav welcher has endorsed this event. The program is scheduled to conclude by 9:00.

Honda Odyssey 2000 Mini Van For Sale

If you know anyone who is interested in purchaseing a Honda Odyssey 2000 Mini Van, please contact Yechezkel Rosenberg at 718-263-1021.

OU Video Added to Tisha B'Av Schedule Addition

We will be adding the following program to our Tisha B'Av Schedule

OU Video
Mourning for What Was, Hurting for What Is; Believing in What Will Be
Rabbi Hershel Schacter, Rabbi Jacob J Schacter, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

The Video will be shown at 7:20, so if you wish to view it, you should daven at the first minyan.

Here is the revised schedule:

Motza’ei Shabbos

7:50 PM Fast Begins

8:46 PM Nightfall

9:05 PM Maariv and Eichah

Sunday

8:30 AM Shacharis and Kinos

1:40 PM Mincha

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Child Appropriate Holocaust Related Videos for Boys

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Child Appropriate Holocaust Related Videos for Girls
At the Home of Shari and Steven Weiss - 75-17 141st Place

2:15 PM Rabbi Welcher - Tisha B’Av Shiur

4:00 PM Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation ($15 Admission, $10 Students)
"Rebuilding the Beis Hamikdash: Word By Word"
Rabbi Mattisyahu Salomon, Rabbi Yissocher Frand
(Note: This will be a sell out – so come early!)

6:00 PM R’ Moshe Schwerd
Tisha B'Av: A Day of Mourning and Consolation

7:20 PM OU Video
Mourning for What Was, Hurting for What Is; Believing in What Will Be
Rabbi Hershel Schacter, Rabbi Jacob J Schacter, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

7:20 PM Second Mincha

8:15 PM Maariv

8:37 PM Fast Ends

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on Protocol During a Meal MP3

Here is the mp3 by R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on Protocol During a Meal.

Torah Trivia Quiz Results

Trivia Quiz
Congratulations to Irwin Nathan who correctly answered that the last time Parshas Maasey was leined as a single Parsha was in 1984. Congratulations also to Yisroel Benedek who correctly answered that the two times before that were in 1981 and 1967 (and who also knew the next three times this happens).

Just to put that in perspective, here are some things that were not in existence, or not yet popular, in those years:

1984 – Cellphones, CDs, DVDs, laptops, the Internet, Instant Messaging, Starbucks, Microsoft Windows, faxes, Google, Congregation Ahavas Yisroel, Wasserman’s at 73rd Avenue, Blackberries, attached houses in Kew Gardens Hills above $85,000, scanners, MRIs, the Lexus car line, Rabbi Reisman’s Nach Shiur, SUVs, Poland Spring, ink dot printers, digital cameras, MP3 players
1981 – Video, Apple Macintosh, Baby Bells, artificial heart transplants
1967 – Cassette tapes, microwaves, Microsoft, digital watches, ATMs, learning in ‘The Mir’, the Concorde, Wasserman’s, Shimon’s Pizza, PCs, CNN, StarWars, attached houses in Kew Gardens Hills above $25,000, sliced bread (just kidding!)

The Torah Trivia Quiz was produced and directed by Ronnie Schlanger

IN MEMORY OF R' SIMCHA BEKELNITZKY

Gitle Bekelnitzky has dedicated the learning of Daf Yomi on the 7th of Av. The learning will be Liului Nishmas R' Simcha Gedalya ben Shraga Feivush, on the day of his Yarzheit.
Sima & Moshe Weinstock have dedicated the learning on the 8th and 10th of Av in R' Simcha's memory.

World-Wide 'Shema' Wednesday.

World-Wide 'Shema' Wednesday.

The prayer is intended to ask for Divine help to prevent violence toward the planned expulsion of Jewish residents from Gaza and northern Samaria and for Divine intervention to cancel the plan. The prayer is organized under the motto, United We Stand, Divided We Fall.

The prayer will be recited at 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem and at 2 p.m. in New York.

Children around the world also are being asked to pray together the following night, one day before the beginning of the new Hebrew month Av. Former Chief Rabbi of Israel Mordechai Eliyahu will lead the Thursday night prayer at the Western Wall.

An unidentified group of women initiated the call for the children's prayer, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Israel (12:30 p.m. in New York).

Chabad (Lubavitch) leaders said they are encouraging children to attend the prayer rally at the Western Wall, where more than 20,000 children are expected.

BE STRONG AND HAVE COURAGE!!!!

With the help of G-d, with Faith and with our combined efforts and determination

WE WILL WIN!

The Eternal Nation does not fear a long road

by courtesy of Arutz 7 News.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=86808

Link provided by Barry Simanowitz.

Tisha B'Av Schedule

Motza’ei Shabbos

7:50 PM Fast Begins

8:46 PM Nightfall

9:05 PM Maariv and Eichah

Sunday

8:30 AM Shacharis and Kinos

1:40 PM Mincha

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Child Appropriate Holocaust Related Videos for Boys

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Child Appropriate Holocaust Related Videos for Girls
At the Home of Shari and Steven Weiss - 75-17 141st Place

2:15 PM Rabbi Welcher - Tisha B’Av Shiur

4:00 PM Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation ($15 Admission, $10 Students)
"Rebuilding the Beis Hamikdash: Word By Word"
Rabbi Mattisyahu Salomon, Rabbi Yissocher Frand
(Note: This will be a sell out – so come early!)

6:00 PM R’ Moshe Schwerd
Tisha B'Av: A Day of Mourning and Consolation

7:20 PM Second Mincha

8:15 PM Maariv

8:37 PM Fast Ends

SHIUR FOR WOMEN - PARHAS MASEI

On August 6 , Shabbos Parshas Masei, Sharon Petrushka will give a shiur on Reward & Punishment in Pirkei Avos. The shiur will take place at 5:30 at the home of Robin Shick located at 137-40 75th Road .

Bake Challah for A Segulah

Dear Community: There's a couple that doesn't have children. We still need some help ingetting a number of challah bakers. If there are any individuals that wouldbe able to partake in the baking of challah for this shabbos, Please callEsther @ 516-233-6232.

Thanks,
Esther Kahn

Special Shiur By R' Shmuel Maybruch in Memory of Mrs. Joan Maybruch Tonight at 8:45 PM

Please Join Us For A Special שיעור
For Men And Women

לעילוי נשמת
מרת יוכבד פעשא בת הלל ע"ה
MRS. JOAN MAYBRUCH
On her 2nd Yahrtzeit

Prerequisite Or Prohibition?
הבדלה Before Eating On תשעה באב

By Rav Shmuel Maybruch
Shoel U'meishiv – Katz Kollel
ישיבת רבנו יצחק אלחנן

At Cong. Ahavas Yisroel
147-02 73rd Avenue (At 147th St.), Kew Gardens Hills


Tuesday Evening
July 26, 2005 – אור לכ' תמוז תשס"ה
8:45 P.M.

One Year House Lease Available in Kew Gardens Hills

A 4BR, 3 bath attached house will be available for rent effective
Sept. Great, heimeshe block (lots of Ahavas Yisrael families), 1 1/2
blocks from Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, near all. One year lease to start,
possibly with option to buy.

If you know anyone looking to move to Kew Gardens Hills, please pass
this along. Please call 718-268-0346 for more info.

YAHRZEIT INFORMATION

We know how important observing a Yahrzeit is to you. We are in the process of updating and correcting our records. Please take a moment to email me with the following information:

1. Your name

2. The deceased's full english and hebrew names

3. The Hebrew date and year of the Yahrzeit

4. The relationship

MSalzbank@gmail.com

In order to make sure we have everyone's information,

please DO NOT assume we have it in our records!

R' Yakov Haber MP3 on The Torah Response to the Disengagement

Over 50 people showed up on a few hours notice to recite Tehillim and hear Rabbi Yakov Haber inspire us with his words on The Torah Response to the Disengagement.

You can download the shiur here.

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on HaTov V'HaMetiv in a House of Mourning MP3

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on HaTov V'HaMetiv in a House of Mourning. Download the mp3 here.

Special Shiur and Tehilim Gathering at 7:00 PM

Today, Sunday July 24th, 17th day of Tammuz there will be a special shiur given by Rabbi Yakov Haber followed by the Tehillim for our brethen in Eretz Yisroel. The shiur will begin at 7:00, followed by Mincha at 7:45, Maariv at 8:40 with the fast ending 9:01.

Here is a link to photos from the protests at Kfar Maimon.

ACHEINU BEIS YISROEL

Have Chulent Will Travel (from th OU website)

Rabbi Yakov Blugrond’s kashrut inspections take him to exotic spots across the globe. In over a decade of traveling for the OU, he’s been just about everywhere but Mars, ...A Rabbinic Field Representative doesn’t have to venture into outer space for an interesting encounter. It could happen as close as…Turkey. I’ll let the transcontinental rabbi take it from here.

I traveled to Istanbul to supervise a large company with various production sites. One of them stood at the border of Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. Since I knew I was going to have to stay over Shabbat, I found a hotel in close enough proximity to a Sephardi shul. I came to Turkey with the normal operational equipment for a long distance mashgiach – a small piece of meat, a little crock pot, a few frozen challot, a box of matzot, and a jar of gefilte fish. I requested a hotel room on the lowest floor possible, so that I wouldn’t have to climb too many flights on Shabbat. I also made sure they disconnected the electricity from my hotel room door so that I could open it with a key rather than a card. Before I left for work on Friday morning, I put up my chulent. My Shabbat in Istanbul was set.

On Shabbat morning, as I walked through the lobby, I noticed a fellow wearing a yarmulke. I wished him “Shabbat Shalom” and “Shalom aleichem” We exchanged our reasons for being in Turkey. Turned out he’s an American physician who came to deliver a series of lectures at a university here. I asked my new acquaintance if he wanted to join me on my walk to shul. He gratefully acquiesced, saying he wasn’t aware there were any shuls in the area. I asked him what he planned to eat for the Shabbat. He said he had a can of tuna and some matzot. I told him to forget the tuna and come to my room after davening for some hot chulent. He couldn’t believe it.

As we walked towards the exit, the receptionist called out to us saying the hotel manager requested a word with me. I entered the manager’s office, curious as to what he wanted. “I feel uncomfortable telling you this, but the maids are reporting a scent of something cooking coming from your hotel room,” said the manager. I explained that it’s the Sabbath day and we aren’t allowed to cook, so on Friday I prepared a special traditional food made of meat, barley, beans and potatoes. Telling him that this is what we eat for lunch. “Oh, you mean you made chamin! Why didn’t you tell me? I would have gotten you the food.” The hotel manager was a Sephardi born in Istanbul. His family found themselves in Turkey the same way my family wound up in Holland at the end of the 15th century after their expulsion from Spain. I said, I’ll tell you what – at 1:00 we’re eating in my room. Come join us.

He came, bringing with him a few bottles of beer. The three of us had our seudat Shabbat. We sang Israeli zemiros, regular zemiros, Sephardi zemiros. We had a mizumim to bentch. We spent the time enjoying our hotel room #205 Shabbat together until it was time to go for mincha. The manager came too.

The hotel gave me the royal treatment for the rest of my stay. As our time there drew to a close, the doctor from America bid me a warm farewell, and we each went our separate ways. I felt happy to have shared an unexpected Shabbat – enhanced by the company of my fellow Jewish travelers.

Rabbi Herschel Schachter A Torah Perspective-A Non-Political View

The Young Israel site has a transcript of a shiur that Rabbi Herschel Schachter gave on the Gaza Disengagement from a Torah perspective and non-political point of view. Unfortunately the Young Israel site does not have direct links to the transcript, but you can currently get to it from their home page.

The Jewish Week has an adaption of the article in this week's edition.

KIDDUSH AND SHIUR ON PARSHA

Please join us for a seated kiddush and shiur on Parsha by R' Zev Maybruch. The kiddush will immediately follow the conclusion of davening and the program should conclude by 11:30.

Thanks to our generous co-sponsors:

Zvi & Batya Fishman in memory of Zvi's father Gershon ben Zvi
Baruch & Suzy Gottesman in honor of Tzipora's graduation from High School
Barry & Penina Katz in memory of Joan Maybruch
Steve & Shari Weiss in honor of Ephraim becoming the editor of the Ateres HaShavua

MAZEL TOV TO THE HALBERSTAMS

Mazel Tov to Meyer and Sushi Halberstam on the upcoming Bar Mitzvah of their son Ben Tzion. The Bar Mitzvah will take place at the Kotel on Sunday July 24.

THANK YOU TO TZIREL GOLDSCHMIEDT

Thanks to Tzirel and Danny for organizing the well attended first-aid training course held in the shul last night. Thanks also to all those who attended. Altough we hope your help will not be needed it is comforting that 18 members of the shul have been trained properly.

Jewish Boys for Adoption Update

A few weeks ago we sent out an email about Jewish boys up for adoption, and I just saw a follow up on Cross-Currents from Rabbi Yaakov Menken:

I just spoke with a wonderful man named Rabbi Dovid Vandervelde. He is a real estate manager, and serves as the (unpaid) president of a licensed adoption agency. You may have received an email that originated from him.

Several weeks ago, he sent an email to a woman with an update on current issues. Included in this email was a brief mention that he needed to find a good family to adopt two boys.

Two Jewish boys, brothers aged 7 and 9, are now separated from each other and in foster care. They needed immediate placement in a warm, “frum” home, and the agency was given all of one month to find that suitable home—or they would remain separated and sent to (possibly) non-Jewish homes.

He gave the woman his phone number, and of course his email address. She forwarded the message to a few people. And they forwarded it on. And then it stormed the Jewish Internet.

Over 3000 calls. From all over the world. Most every state of the union. Litvaks, Modern, Young Israel, Lubavitch, Satmar, Bobov, observant Conservative, you name it. And those who couldn’t adopt, offered money, free legal services, and more.

He was so beseiged that he “spun” the story very negatively, to discourage applicants. He said that the children had been “thrown around” the foster care system, and he wanted specifically a couple that included a social worker, psychologist, pediatrician or similar professional experience caring for troubled children.

Depite all of this, they are now sorting through over 100 applicants to help these boys.

“Who is like your nation?” And please, if you get that email, do not call!

IS IT TRUE?

By Bayla Sheva Brenner (ou.org website)
The Me Generation seems to be living up to its name. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal described the struggle nonprofit organizations are facing in their attempt to lure a new generation of lay leaders. These organizations can’t understand why so many bright young professionals are not interested in getting involved in altruistic causes.

NEXT WEEK SHIUR FOR WOMEN

Next Shabbos, Parshas Pinchas (July 23), Rav Herschel Solnika will deliver a shiur for women at 5:30 at the home of Gitle Bekelnitzky. Gitle's address is 147-09 72nd Dr.

Solidarity Rally for the Land of Israel

There will be a Solidarity Rally for the Land of Israel on Tuesday, July 19th from 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM at Times Square on Broadway between 41st and 42nd Streets.

For more info click here.

SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR TUES. NIGHT TEHILLIM

For the summer the women's Tehillim group that meets on Tuesday nights will be meeting at 8:00 p.m. instead of 9:30. During this vacation season when people are out of town, any ladies that can come will be greatly appreciated.
Tizke l'Mitzvos.

THANK YOU FROM THE SIEBENBERG FAMILY

We would like to thank the Ahavas Yisrael family for all of your warmth, good wishes and wonderful delicous meals upon the birth of our son. May we share in many simchas together. Julie, Shmuel and Tzvi Dov Siebenberg and Yitzi.
Thank You,
Julie

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on the Long and Short of Semuchim Interruptions

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on the Long and Short of Semuchim Interruptions. Download it here.

Israel's Jewish population to outstrip U.S. by 2006

By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent

Israel will have the largest Jewish population in the world by 2006, when it will surpass the United States for the first time in history, the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute said Monday.

Join Hundreds Of Other Women

Shortly after the Yomim Noraim, hundreds of women joined a group called tefillaschanna@aol.com. On Rosh Hashannah, we read the accounts of both Sarah Imeinu and Channa, and their desire for children. Unfortunately, there are so many couples in our own neighborhoods and in Jewish communities across the world that spent the Yomim Noraim davening for children of their own.

In this light, a campaign was started that is twofold. First, women across the globe have committed to saying Tefillas Channa on Friday night after candle lighting on behalf of these young couples. Second, your help is needed to add to our already compiled list of the Hebrew names of the couples (both husband and wife) who find themselves in this unfortunate situation. The list is updated and e-mailed weekly. Names are kept on the list until a baby is born. Confidentiality is 100%, as only those who submit the names know who they are. It has become the first tefilla list were every name that came off the list would be for a very good reason (our first name was taken off last week after the birth of a baby girl). You are requested to update us when a name can be taken off the list, so that we can all share in the good news.

This is a worthwhile project, and we would truly appreciate your assistance and involvement. Please forward this e-mail to any and all friends and acquaintances you feel may be interested.

NEW SHIDDUCH INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Several members of the Central Queens, NY Jewish community have taken upon themselves to offer an incentive for people to make shidduchim of single women from Central Queens. The committee is offering a $2,000 gift to the shadchan of a woman from this area.
For details of this program log on to www.queensshidduch.org

Heartsaver CPR and AED Course

Congregation Ahavat Yisrael is excited to offer our shul members the opportunity to take a "HEART SAVER" course.

This course is designed to certify (or re-certify) those interested in Adult CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) and AED (Automatic External Defibrillator). Upon completion of the course, participants will receive certification from the American Heart Association.

PLEASE MAKE NOTE:

DATE---- Monday, July 18, 2005
WHERE--- AY
TIME---- 7:00-10:00 p.m.

CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED, so if you're interested, please be sure to respond QUICKLY to Danny or Tzirel Goldschmiedt, either by phone (718-263-6456) or e-mail (daggold@juno.com).

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on Beracha Semucha L'Chaverta

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg prepared another great shiur/learning program on Beracha Semucha L'Chaverta which gave us a deeper understanding of the format of Sheva Berachos and Birchos HaTorah.

If you don't already have a Sunday morning learning program, or if your normal plans are cancelled, please join us. You can pick up any week even if you have never joined us before.

If you want to listen to the shiur on mp3, here it is.

MORE AY GRADUATES

Tzipora Gottesman graduated from Bais Yaakov D'Rav Meir.

Moshe Eli Gottesman graduated from Tiferes Moshe.

Rivky Kutner graduated from Touro College summa cum laude.

Yisroel Kutner received the NYS Lottery's Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship Award and
graduated from Mesivta Chofetz Chaim.

GRADUATES CONTINUE MARCHING IN

Rafi Friedman graduated Pre-1A at Yeshiva Tifereth Moshe.

The Entire Sherman family graduates

David Sherman Excelsior College

Tzippy Sherman Queens College

Ariella Sherman Shevach High School

Aliza Sherman Bais Yaacov Academy

MORE AY GRADUATES

Shlomo Wasserman graduated Grade 8 at Yeshiva Tifereth Moshe.

Yaffa Wasserman graduated Touro College (Bachelor of Science).


Avi Petrushka from Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island with awards in mathematics and social studies.

Gila Petrushka from YUHSG (Central) with "American Association of University Women " award in mathematics, and faculty awards in mathematics and French.


Leah Shapiro graduated Pre-1A at Bais Yaakov

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg Blessing Us With Berachos Shiurim

In case you missed them here is R' Yechezkel Rosenberg:

June 12: What is the Obligation to Bench - Part II

June 19: HaTov V'HaMeTiv

June 26: The Format of Berachos

THANKS FOR MAKING THE DINNER A SUCCESS

Thanks to the Rav, MC, Award Presenter, Photographer (how did he get in a picture?) and Keyboarder.

DINNER PICTURES

Here are the first shots of last night's dinner.

FOUND NECKLACE

A NECKLACE WAS FOUND IN THE SHUL. TO CLAIM PLEASE CALL LEON @ 718-575-0801 OR E-MAIL AT LSTERN@JNDLTD.COM

SHUL DINNER THIS SUNDAY

Our 18th Annual Dinner, honoring Eddie and Sarah Sherman, is scheduled for Sunday evening, June 26, at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills (6:30 start time, Maariv at 9:30). Please join us for what promises to be an enjoyable evening.

MAZEL TOV TO SAM & JULIE SIEBENBERG

Mazel Tov to Sam & Julie Siebenberg upon the birth of a son.

MAZEL TOV TO OUR GRADUATES II

Channa Malka Goldschein graduated for 8th grade bais yaakov.

Tova Schlanger graduated from Shevach High School.

Yehudah Serle - Touro College - BS- Management/Marketing

Shmuel Serle- Mesivta of Roslyn- Featured Class Representative Speaker at Mesivta of Roslyn Dinner


Naomi Katten from Wurzweiler School of Social Work
with a PhD in Social Work

Elisheva Aeder graduated Bais Yaakov

lisheva (Garber) Trachtenberg received her MSW from Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University last month

Gush Katif Movie

This is a must see video. click here to view the Gush Katif Movie.

MAZEL TOV TO THE STEINIG FAMILY

Mazel Tov to Sholom & Judith Steinig on the upcoming marriage of their daughter Estie Steinig to Mati Sarels.

Mazel Tov to Mesivta Chofetz Chaim Graduates

The following young men graduated from the Mesivta this week: Naftali Garber, Yisrael Kutner and Yaakov Meltzer.

AFRUF OF DAVID KOZLIN AND FRANCINE FRIEDMAN

Mazel tov to David and Fracine on their Afruf this Shabbos, Parshas Shelach. May the wedding take place B'shaa Tova Umutzlachas!

SHABBOS KALLAH FOR FRANCINE FRIEDMAN

Gitle Bekelnitzky cordially invites AY women to a Shabbos Kallah for Francine Friedman that will take place on Sat. June 25 at 6:00 PM at Gitel's home, 147-09 72nd drive.

SHABBOS Z'MANIM

* First Plag HaMinchah Minyan: 6:40 PM (Light at 7:00 PM)
* Second Plag HaMinchah Minyan: 7:30 PM (Light at 7:50 PM)
* Candle Lighting: 8:12 PM
* Hashkamah Minyan: 7:15 AM
* Daf Yomi: 7:25 AM
* Shacharis: 8:30 AM
* Sof Z'man K'rias Sh'ma: 9:14 AM
* Rav's Shiur: 5:00 PM
* Minchah: 6:00 PM
* Pirkei Avos Shiur: 8:50 PM
* Motza'ei Shabbos & Maariv: 9:20 PM

UPCOMING SHIURIM

* Pirkei Avos Shiur: R' Shaul Gross – Shabbos at 8:50 PM
* R' Yakov Haber's shiur on Taamei HaMitzvos: Sunday, June 26, 8:45-9:25 AM in the Shul
* R' Yechezkel Rosenberg – Chavrusa Program on Sunday, June 26, 9:30-10:50 AM in the Shul

MAZEL TOV TO OUR GRADUATES

HERE ARE THE FIRST GROUP OF GRADUATES THAT HAVE ASKED TO BE POSTED

Chana Frankel from BYQ with a Service Award

Elie Cohen, from Touro College Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Finance-

Hillel Stern graduated from MYY with Hebrew Studies Award

Yoni Benedek from YTM with Middos Award and
Award for Excellence in Social Studies

PLEASE E-MAIL US YOUR INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN POST AL AY GRADUATES FROM GRADE EIGHT AND UP

MAZEL TOV TO OUR GRADUATES

As the school year comes to a close we would like to wish a personalized Mazel Tov to each graduate. Please e-mail us your graduate's information.
E-mails should be sent to caykgh@gmail.com

Yahrzeit Information

Please submit the approriate information regarding any Yahrzeit

you or members of your family commemorate.

We want to avoid any oversights and be able

to give proper Kavod to you and your family.

Please include the following information:

1. Your name
2. The departed's english and hebrew name
3. The hebrew date of the Yahrzeit/year
4. The member of the family commemorating the Yahrzeit
5. The relation to the member

Please Submit to: MSalzbank@gmail.com

RABBI FRAND AT YIQV TONIGHT JUNE 21

Tonight,June 21, Rabbi Frand will speak at the YIQV on behalf of Chesed L'avraham at 7:30. The Skullener Rebbi is also expected to attend and greet attendees after the presentation.

Mazel Tov to Moshe & Reena Whitman

Mazel Tov to our members Moshe & Reenah Whitman on the Bar Mitvah of their son Shamai.
Mazel Tov as well to Uncle Chaim & Aunt Sunni Pearl. May Shamai be a source of Nachas and joy to the family and the entire community.

Elevator Operator for Shabbos

We are looking for a person to operate the shule elevator on Shabbos. If you know of a potential candidate please call Leon.

Desperate Need for Blood/Platelets

A 14 year old Jewish religious boy, name withheld for confidentiality purposes, is in desperate need for blood/platelets. He is only able to accept type O+ and the donor must be CMV-. It is extremely difficult to find the perfect match for him, so if you or anyone you know is a match, PLEASE open up your hearts and give a little of your time to help save a Jewish life. Pleasec all Marion Novak, at Memorial Sloan Kettering (212) 639-8177 and tell her you would like to donate blood or platelets and were referred to her by Esti Rosenbaum / Moses. Your participation in this urgent matter will make a tremendous difference!!!

Shavuos Program

Congregation Ahavas Yisroel Shavuos Learning Schedule

Sunday-Tuesday, June 12-14, 2005

Sunday evening, June 12 - First Evening of Yom Tov

8:09 PM Candle Lighting

8:15 PM Minchah

9:17 PM Maariv

11:30 PM Sara Taib "Derech Eretz Kadmah L'Torah"
Shiur for Women Home of Shari & Steven Weiss
75-17 141st Place

11:30 PM Shul Open for Learning

Monday, June 13 - First Day of Yom Tov

12:10 AM R' Chaim Pearl - Special Shiur for Boys

12:10 AM - Chavrusa Preparation for R' Yechezkel Rosenberg's Shiur
"Davar SheEino Miskaven"

1:10 AM R' Yechezkel Rosenberg Shiur
"Davar SheEino Miskaven"

2:00 AM Chavrusa Preparation for Rabbi Welcher's Shiur
"Melachah Necessary for Refuah on Yom Tov"

3:00 AM Rabbi Herschel Welcher Shiur
"Melachah Necessary for Refuah on Yom Tov"

3:50 AM R' Steven Weiss Daf Yomi: Shabbos - Daf 41

4:50 AM Shacharis

5:24 AM Sunrise

8:30 AM Second Shacharis (Sof Zman Krias Shema: 9:09 AM)

8:10 PM Minchah

8:30 PM Rabbi Herschel Welcher Inyanah D'Yomah

9:18 PM Maariv (Candle Lighting and preparations for 2nd day after this time)

Tuesday, June 14 - Second Day of Yom Tov

6:00 PM R' Hayim Schwartz "David's Harp: Insights into Sefer Tehillim"
Shiur for Women in the Shul

Software Tip: Picasa is Great and It's Free

If you fool around with digital photography, download Picasa from Google. It's a great piece of software and it's free.

Rabbi Welcher - M’gilas Rus and Halachas of Geirus - mp3

You can download Rabbi Welcher's shiur on M'gilas Rus and the Halachos of Geirus here.

Download the Shul Bylaws

Many people do not have the Shul bylaws and with the new administration poised to take office, it seem like a smart time to make them available.

Download the bylaws here.

We've got the Rambam, Ritva, Rashba and all the Rishonim

Maybe not all the Rishonim, be we do have Tosfos, Rambam and the Ra'ah's opinion on what is the obligation to bench Min HaTorah.

Why not take a short break and listen to R' Yechezkel Rosenberg begin the journey through this important sugya.

Link to Parent's Prayer Written by the Shelah Hakodesh - For Day Before Rosh Chodesh Sivan

All parents want the best for their children — that they should be good and upright, that they have everything they need for a fruitful, joyous life.

The classic work, Shelah HaKadosh, contains a prayer that parents should recite for their children at any time of the year — but especially on the day before Rosh Chodesh Sivan, for that is the month when God gave us the Torah, and when the Jewish people began to be called His Children. On that day, he writes, fathers and mothers should give charity to the poor and repent. They should even fast, if they are able to.

Here is the link to the prayer on Artscroll's Website.

Thank You to Our Maggidei Shiur

The Shul administrative year comes to a close on Shavuos. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank out main Maggidei Shiur who have given so much of their time to teach us Torah. A special thank you to:

R' Ruby Ginsberg
R' Yakov Haber
R' Yechzkel Rosenberg
R' Moshe Schwerd
R' Steven Weiss

Tizku L'Mitzvos

Bookkeeping Job Available for A Great Boss

A bookkeeping job is available for a frum company in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It is a full time job (about 32 hours per week) for a great boss. Knowledge of Quickbooks is required. Please contact Alan Levy (he knows the boss) at 347-581-3133 if you are interested.

Cell Phone Telemarketing Blocking

If you want to block your cell phone from telemarketing calls, dial 888 382-1222. You must call from the number you want blocked. Phone numbers registered are blocked for 5 years.

You can also register on-line at www.donotcall.gov.

Rabbi Welcher MP3 - Lighting and Extinguishing on Yom Tov

Here is Rabbi Welcher's latest shiur on Lighting and Extinguishing on Yom Tov.