R' Yakov Haber on Kavannah During the First Brocha in Shomeneh Esrai Part 2 - mp3

R' Yakov Haber on kavannah during the second brocha in Shomeneh Esrai part 2 can be be downloaded here.

In this shiur, Rabbi Haber suggests checking out this 2 minute video about Katrina and Rosh Hoshana from Aish.

WELCOME TO RICHARD & JENNY GANS

Welcome to Rich & Jenny Gans our newest members. Richard usually davens in the Hashkama minyan.

Upcoming Shiurim/Zmanim Nitzavim/Rosh Hoshanah

Upcoming Special Shiurim

R' David Keehn: "Insights into the Machzor"
Shabbos October 1 - 5:00 PM
At the home of Rabbi Herschel & Sally Solnica 144-21 72nd drive.

R' Moshe Schwerd: "Preparing for Rosh Hashana: Understanding the Scope of Hashem's Judgement."
Motza'ei Shabbos October 1 - 9:30 PM

"Inspired Video for Women"
The film is hosted by Rebbetzin Feige Twerski and features interviews with Rebbetzins Tziporah Heller & Gila Manolson as well as Sarah Shapiro, Miriam Adahan, Julia Blum, Sara Rigler and many others, who share their personal journeys to Torah life
Motza'ei Shabbos October 8 - 9:30 PM

Weekly Shiurim

R' Yaakov Haber's Shiur on the Yomin Noraim will take place on Sunday Oct 2nd at 8:45 AM .

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg's Sunday Morning Chaburah will take place on Sunday Oct 2nd at 9:30 AM

R' Yakov Haber "Improving Our Kavanna in the First Posuk of Shema and the First Brocha of Shemonah Esrai"
Sundays and Thursdays 9:45 PM - 10:00 PM

Rabbi Herschel Welcher "Rambam - Hilchos Teshuvah"
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 9:45 PM - 10:00 PM

Zmanim Shabbos Nitzavim

Candle Lighting 6:20 PM
Mincha 6:30 PM
Hashkamah Minyan 7:15 AM
Daf Yomi 7:25 AM
Shacharis 8:30 AM
Rav's Shiur 5:05 PM
Mincha 6:05 PM
Motze'ei Shabbos 7:28 PM

Zmanim Rosh HaShanah

Monday Eve. October 3
Candle Lighting: 6:15 PM
Minchah (followed by auction)6:25 PM
Maariv: 7:23 PM

Tuesday, October 4 - 1st Day of Rosh HaShanah
Shacharis: 7:45 AM
T'kias Shofar: not before 10:45 AM
Minchah immediately following Musaf
Tashlikh: Afternoon
Second Minchah: 6:05 PM
Maariv: 7:23 PM
Candle Lighting and prep for second day: not before 7:23

Wednesday, October 5 - 2nd Day of Rosh HaShanah
Shacharis: 7:45 AM
Tkias Shofar: not before 10:45 AM
Minchah immediately following Musaf
Second Minchah 6:05 PM
Maariv: 7:21 PM

Thursday, October 6 - Tzom G'dalyah
Fast begins 5:45 AM
Slichos 5:45 AM
Minchah 6:00 PM
Maariv: 6:50 PM
Fast ends: 7:11 PM

Friday October 7
Slichos: 5:55 AM

R’ Moshe Schwerd - “Preparing for Rosh Hashana: Understanding the Scope of Hashem's Judgement” - Motza'ei Shabbos October 1st, 2005 9:30 PM

Join us for a Shiur for Men and Women

R’ Moshe Schwerd

“Preparing for Rosh Hashana:
Understanding the Scope of Hashem's Judgement”

Motza'ei Shabbos October 1st, 2005
9:30 PM

Congregation Ahavas Yisroel 147-02 73rd Avenue

Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe on Preparing Your Teen for the Yomim Noraim - mp3

Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe on Preparing Your Teen for the Yomim Noraim can be downloaded here.

Rabbi Welcher's Rambam Hilchos Teshuva Part 5 - MP3

Rabbi Welcher's Rambam Hilchos Teshuva Part 5 can be downloaded here.

Rabbi Welcher on Inuyim of Yom Kippur - MP3

Rabbi Welcher on Inuyim of Yom Kippur can be downloaded here.

REMINDER: SHIUR TONIGHT

You are invited to a shiur

"Preparing Your Teen for the Yomim Noraim"

by

Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, Ph.D

Menahel of Mesivta Ateres Yaakov of Greater Long Island

Rabbi Yaffe

combines years of experience as a Rebbe and is a certified psychologist.

His insights can help make this year's Yomim Noraim

a very meaningful one for your teen.

at the home of

Barbara and Michael Salzbank

137-16 73rd Terrace

8:00pm

Refreshements will be served

Absolutely no solicitations will be made

Inspired for Women will be Shown Motza'ei Shabbos, October 8th 9:30 PM

Last Motza'ei Shabbos' showing of the movie Inspired was a smashing success. The shul was packed and the movie lived up to it's billing of being extremely inspiring.

We will be showing the second "INSPIRED" film for women only on Motza'ei Shabbos, October 8th at 9:30 PM.

The film is hosted by Rebbetzin Feige Twerski and features interviews with Rebbetzins Tziporah Heller & Gila Manolson as well as Sarah Shapiro, Miriam Adahan, Julia Blum, Sara Rigler and many others, who share their personal journeys to Torah life. It's one you will not want to miss.

If you are interested in learning how you can inspire other jews please visit www.inspirejews.com.

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on Eating Together for Zimun Requirements - MP3

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on what are the requirements for eating together for zimun can be downloaded here.

R' Yakov Haber on Rosh Hoshana and Hirhur Teshuva - MP3

R' Yakov Haber on Rosh Hoshana and Hirhur Teshuva according to Rav Soloveitchik can be downloaded here.

Rabbi Welcher Pre Selichos Drasha - MP3

Rabbi Welcher's pre Selichos drasha can be downloaded here.

SLICHOS SCHEDULE

Monday, September 26 at 5:50 AM
Tuesday-Wednesday, September 27-28 at 6:00 AM
Thursday, September 29 at 5:50 AM
Friday, September 30 at 6:00 AM
Sunday, October 2 at 7:30 AM
Monday, October 3 at 5:15 AM (Erev Rosh HaShanah) – Hataras N’darim (Talis and Tefilin not before 6:04 AM )

R' Yakov Haber on Kavannah During the First Brocha in Shomeneh Esrai Part 1 - mp3

R' Yakov Haber on kavannah during the first brocha in Shomeneh Esrai part 1 can be downloaded be downloaded here.

WOMEN'S LEAGUE SHIUR PARSHAS NITZAVIM

On Shabbos Parshas Nitzavim at 5:00 PM (October 1) Rabbi David Keehn will present a shiur for women only, at the home of Rabbi Herschel & Sally Solnica. The topic will be "Insights into the Machzor. The Solnica home is located at 144-21 72nd drive.

Upcoming Shiurim for Parshas Ki Savo

Upcoming Special Shiurim

"Inspired Video: Stories of Baalei Teshuva and the People Who Inspired Them"
Rabbis Uri Zohar, Meir Schuster, Dovid Gottlieb, Eliyahu Esses, Leib Kelemen and many more reveal what motivated them to change their lives and embrace Torah
Motza'ei Shabbos September 24 - 9:30 PM

Rabbi Herschel Welcher - "Halachos of the Inuyim of Yom Kippur"
Tuesday September 27 - 8:30 PM

Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, Ph.D, Menahel, Mesivta Ateres Yaakov of Greater Long Island "Preparing Your Teen for the Yomim Noraim"
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:00 PM
At the home of Barbara and Michael Salzbank 137-16 73rd Terrace

R' Moshe Schwerd: "Preparing for Rosh Hashana: Understanding the Scope of Hashem's Judgement."
Motza'ei Shabbos October 1 - 9:30 PM

Weekly Shiurim

R' Yaakov Haber's Shiur on the Yomin Noraim will take place on Sunday at 8:45 AM .

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg's Sunday Morning Chavrusa program will take place on Sunday at 9:30 AM

R' Yakov Haber "Improving Our Kavanna in the First Posuk of Shema and the First Brocha of Shemonah Esrai"
Sundays and Thursdays 9:45 PM - 10:00 PM

Rabbi Herschel Welcher "Rambam - Hilchos Teshuvah"
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 9:45 PM - 10:00 PM

Daf Yomi this coming Monday through Friday will begin at 5:15 AM

Selichos this coming Monday through Friday will begin at 5:55 AM on M, Th and at 6:05 on T, W, F

See the Inspired Video - September 24th 9:30 PM

Join us for a Video for Men & Women


Special Pre Rosh Hoshana Video Event

“Inspired”

Rabbis Uri Zohar, Meir Schuster, Dovid Gottlieb, Eliyahu Esses, Leib Kelemen and many more reveal what motivated them to change their lives and embrace Torah.

Motza’ei Shabbos, September 24th
9:30 PM

Donation $10
Proceeds to Aish HaTorah

Congregation Ahavas Yisroel 147-02 73rd Avenue

Misheberach for Cholim Process

We want to review the Misheberach for cholim process. In order to balance the needs of our members who want a misheberach to be made on Shabbos for a choleh and the Tircha D'Tzibur created by a very lengthy list, the following is the procedure as suggested by the Rav:

After the 6th aliyah (shishi) the gabbai makes a misheberach aloud for cholim that are on the shul list. The shul list is comprised of names submitted by the members for cholim in their families.
ALL OTHER NAMES ARE TO BE INSERTED, BY THE INDIVIDUAL, WHILE STANDING AT THIER SEAT.

Finally, the shul list will be renewed every 3 months. Wishing a Refuah Shleima L'chol Cholei Yisroel.

138 Free Rabbi Tatz Mp3s at 613.0rg

If you would like to hear more of Rabbi Tatz, www.613.org has 138 Rabbi Tatz mp3 files available for free download.

R' Yakov Haber on Kavannahs on Shema - Part 5 mp3

R' Yakov Haber on kavannahs during Shema part 5 can be downloaded here.

LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT

Bezalel Kosofsky is looking for a job. If you know of an opportunity and would like to see his resume, please contact Leon at lstern@jndltd.com

Rabbi Yakov Haber's Shiur on "Simanim and Selichos" - mp3

The mp3 for Rabbi Haber's shiur on "Simanim and Selichos" can be downloaded here.

Rabbi Hanoch Teller - Do Teshuva Now - Avoid the Yom Kippur Rush - mp3

The mp3 for Rabbi Hanoch Teller's shiur -" Do Teshuva Now - Avoid the Yom Kippur Rush" can be downloaded here.

Novominsker Rebbe Speaking at Tribute to Ruby and Mindy Ginsberg on Sept 20 at 8:00

The Novominsher Rebbe, Harav Yaakov Perlow will be speaking in a "Special Pre-Yomin Noraim Evening of Chizuk" at a tribute to Ruby and Mindy Ginsberg on Sept 20 at 8:00 at Congregation Nachlas Yitzchok for the benefit of the Yeshivas Toras Moshe,

R' Yakov Haber on Kavannahs on Shema - Part 4 mp3

R' Yakov Haber on kavannahs during Shema part 4 can be downloaded here.

Rabbi Welcher - Rambam's Hilchos Teshuva - Part 4 - MP3

The mp3 for part 4 of the Rabbi Welcher's shiur on the Rambam's Hilchos Teshuva can be downloaded here.

Current Zmanim Charts for Download

The current Zmanin charts are available for download here.

Here are the Zmanim for Summer 2005 Word/DOC format.

Here are the Zmanim for Summer 2005 in Jpg/Graphic format.

Rabbi Hanoch Teller - Scholar in Residence - Parshas Ki Seitzei

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

Rabbi Welcher - Rambam's Hilchos Teshuva - Part 3 - MP3

The mp3 for part 3 of the Rabbi Welcher's shiur on the Rambam's Hilchos Teshuva can be downloaded here.

Halachos of Hearing the Shofar - mp3

Here is the mp3 for Rabbi Welcher's shiur on the Halachos of Hearing the Shofar.

THANK YOU YONI

The picnic was a tremendous success with over 150 people in attendance. On behalf of the entire congregation we wish Yoni Platovsky and family a hearty Yasher Koachem for all of their efforts. Thanks as well to the chefs who manned the grills and to our chef in absentia.

R' Yakov Haber on Kavannahs on the Word Shema

R' Yakov Haber gave a great mini shiur last night on Kabalas Ol Malchus Shmayim and the kavannas during the word Shema. If you missed it, you can download it here.

R' Yechezkel Rosenberg on Kavannah for Amen

While speeding on the highways of Daf Yomi, we often drive past/by/over the depth and beauty of many sugyas. Fortunately, R' Yechezkel Rosenberg is providing a wonderful tour of the sugyas in the seventh perak of Berachos. Yesterday we covered Kavannahs during amen and I would highly recommend taking the 20 minutes to listen to yesterday's shiur.

R' Yakov Haber on the Blowing and Hearing aspects of Shofar

R' Yakov Haber gave a wonderful shiur on Sunday morning on the Blowing and Hearing aspects of Shofar. And through the miracle of modern science, you can download it here.

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.