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Kehilas Bnei Yeshiva is pleased to announce a new initiative for Purim 5781. The Shul will be sending each member a beautiful and classy Shalach Manos as an expression of our deep appreciation for your commitment to our Kehilah. Members are encouraged to participate in this program and send Shalach Manos for another member (including the Rov) through the Shul.
To send one Shalach Manos for another member- $25, each additional member name after that is $4 per name. If you wish to send to every member in the Shul, the price is discounted at $180. To sign up, please use this link . You will need to log into your Shul account.
This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize your fellow member and the contribution he brings to our flourishing Kehilah. We hope you take advantage of this initiative, and may we all be Zoche to a Freilichen Purim!

Please note; we will be delivering these packages to our members on Thursday, February 24th, which is Tannis Esther. Therefore, your participation will stand out even more and will cultivate a beautiful sense of camaraderie and simcha as Purim begins. 
As the baskets will not be delivered on Purim, one does not fulfill the mitzvah of Shaloch Manos by participating. However, it is a wonderful way to create achdus, especially in this year when much of Purim will be different.
The deadline for submitting your list is Wednesday, February 17, 2021.

Volunteer to Deliver Shalach Manos Packages
If you can volunteer to deliver packages on Thursday, February 24th, please sign up at kehilasbneiyeshiva@gmail.com.

Feel free to contact the Shul if you have any questions at kehilasbneiyeshiva@gmail.com.

Thank you for your participation!

Hello {{first_name}} ​​​​​​​ ,
Zmanim this week are as follows:

Mazel Tov to Yehuda Roll on his recent marriage to Sara Fink! May you build a bayis ne'eman b'yisroel!

Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Shai Meyerowitz for sponsoring this past weeks learning program in honor the birth of their daughter Temima Rus.

Motzei Shabbos Learning Programs
Avos U'Bonim will be held Motzei Shabbos at 7 PM with pizza and prizes. Please join the fun! Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Shlomo Moshe Fixler for sponsoring this week's program.

The Men's Motzei Shabbos Learning Program will be held from 8 - 9 PM. They will be learning hilchos shabbos topics related to kiddush. The program will be headed by R' Jordie Jacobs and will be replete with chavrusa learning, source sheets, and a short chabura.

Mazel Tov!
The Rav and Rebbetzin will be celebrating the Bar Mitzva of their son Efraim in shul next Shabbos and would like to invite everyone. Please view the invitation here.

Have a wonderful Shabbos!
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Dvar Torah

In this week's Parsha, after Klal Yisrael was told about the mitzva of Korban Pesach, the pasuk says "וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן כֵּ֥ן עָשֽׂו." Rashi is bothered, why does the Pasuk repeat itself, telling us “וילכו ויעשו”, that Bnei Yisrael went and did the mitzva of Korban Pesach, and then says "כן עשו"; we already know that they did it! Rashi explains that the extra words of "כן עשו" are referring to Moshe and Aaron, that they too did the mitzva, and did not change anything from which they were commanded. 
Rav Moshe Feinstein asks the obvious question: Why is it a chiddush that Moshe and Aaron also did the mitzvah as they were commanded!?  
Rav Moshe explains (in Darash Moshe) that Moshe and Aaron specifically had every reason to cut corners to ensure that the mitzva would get done - despite the difficulties inherent in doing so - because of "עת לעשות לה' הפרו תורתך". After all, Hashem was asking Klal Yisrael to take the idols of the Mitzrim and shecht it in front of them, then to take the blood and smear it on their door posts! Understandably this was a dangerous and difficult task. One could argue on behalf of Moshe and Aaron, that cutting corners and making the mitzva easier for Klal Yisrael would have been completely reasonable, to ensure the mitzvah would be performed. The pasuk therefore declares "כן עשו" - to show us the importance of keeping the correct mesorah despite all the difficulties.
Moshe and Aaron also understood that since this was the first time the mitzvah was to be performed, if at the start of the mitzva corners would be cut, the mitzvah (and mitzvos overall) would eventually become degraded. 
Rav Moshe goes on to say that this was the major mistake of both the Reform and Conservative movements. They cut corners on some of the mitzvos, eventually leading to their degradation of the overall performance of mitzvos and mesorah, to the point where almost nothing is left. 
This is an important lesson for all of us when doing mitzvos and giving over our mesorah. It needs to be as complete as possible without cutting any corners, to protect the mitzvos and mesorah that we have been זוכה to receive.  

Good Shabbos,
Betzalel Muller

Hello {{first_name}} ​​​​​​​ ,
Zmanim this week are as follows:

Back to Shul:
We are excited to be returning to our regular location for all of the tefillos this week. We would like to thank Bnos Yisroel for allowing us to use their facilities for the last two weeks! And thank you to all those who made a special effort to attend the tefillos.

Mazel Tov to Yehuda Roll and his parents Rabbi and Mrs. Yisroel Roll on the occasion of his aufruf to be held in shul. May he be zocheh to build a bayis ne'eman b'yisroel amidst health, happiness, and all good! There will be an outdoor kiddush following davening.

Motzei Shabbos Learning Programs:
We will be resuming the Avos U'Bonim learning program at 7 PM. It will be held at the regular location. There will be pizza and prizes. Please join the fun! Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Shmuel Khoshnood for sponsoring last weeks program.

The Men's Motzei Shabbos Learning Program will be held from 8 - 9 PM at our regular location. 

​​​​​Have a wonderful Shabbos!
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Dvar Torah

This week we start learning the parshiyos of Shemos, about the גלות and the גאולה. This coincides with the period of שובבי"ם (an acronym for the next six parshiyos), a period in which we strive to better ourselves in the topic of קדושה, abstaining from immorality. On the surface, there doesn’t seem to be any apparent connection between these parshiyos and שובבי"ם. What is it about the servitude in Mitzrayim and the subsequent redemption that correlates with doing תשובה in this area?
Perhaps one way to approach the topic is to better understand the meaning of the word שובבים. The word is a reference to the pasuk in Yirmiyah "שובו בנים שובבים", which is usually translated as “return wayward sons”. Simply put, a שובב is wayward or rebellious. However, in another context, שובב seems to indicate something different, almost the opposite. In Tehillim, Dovid Hamelech says "נפשי ישובב" which the mefarshim explain to imply calmness and tranquility. 
Apparently, there is no contradiction; it is possible to rebel calmly. Although rebellion is usually associated with breaking restrictions, and violating established boundaries in a forceful way, it can also be done calmly, by simply being at home with an alternative lifestyle, contrary to Hashem’s will. In other words, to oppose קדושה one does not necessarily need to be a פורץ גדר and act with פריצות; one can accomplish this by being a שובב as well. 
Maybe we can now understand a drop better how this ties in to the גלות and the גאולה. Klal Yisroel’s redemption from Mitzrayim required קדושה, they needed to remain an individual nation without intermarrying, otherwise there would be no nation to redeem! Chazal tell us that they remained loyal and were גדורים from עריות, and therefore merited redemption. [Even though they did fall drastically in areas of faith and connection to Hashem, they held strong to their identity.] Their struggle, however, was not around פריצות, they were underprivileged slaves who could not forcefully break rules and indulge. Rather, their struggle was to not allow their circumstances to ruin their identity. They could have easily lost hope, accepted their reality, and said ‘there’s no point in trying to remain special and unique, we are a lost cause’. Instead, they held on and did not allow their ominous settings to change who they were. In essence, they did not allow themselves to be שובבים. It was due to this that they were  זוכה to the גאולה.
May we be זוכה! 

Hello {{first_name}} ​​​​​​​ ,
Zmanim this week are as follows:

RELOCATION:
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Due to a few Covid cases in the Yeshiva, the Shul is taking precautionary measures and will not be holding the minyan in the regular location. Rather, the minyanim will all be held in the shul located in Bnos Yisroel ​​​​​​​for this Shabbos. We ask everyone to make an effort to attend all of the minyanim so as to ensure that everything runs smoothly!

Unfortunately, the Avos U'Bonim and Motzai Shabbos learning programs are cancelled this week.

Have a wonderful Shabbos!
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Dvar Torah

A question was posed to the GR”A by the father of a distraught Agunah. This father wanted to know if his daughter can go back to her husband after a 12-year separation.
Some background to the story - 
In 1760, Chaim, a bochur from a distant town, married Rachel, a daughter of one of the askanim in Vilna. A few months after the chasunah, Chaim disappeared and no one in the town knew where he went. Search parties were sent but turned up without a trace. Chaim was missing. Rachel wept over the husband she barely knew and returned to her father’s house as an agunah. Twelve years passed. A man bearing a striking resemblance to Chaim came to town. He went directly to his fathers-in-law’s house to apologize for running away, and to see if there was a possibility to reconcile with his estranged wife. Rachel was introduced to Chaim and they spent some time talking about the past and what had happened to Chaim over the past 12 years. Her father encouraged her to ask the man personal questions that only her husband would know the answers to. She spoke with him for a few hours and quizzed him on anything her husband Chaim would know. She reported that he likely was her husband, and he knew secrets the two of them shared that no one else could possibly know. Still, she had a feeling that something was not right. Could it have been cold feet, or the 12-year lapse in time? Perhaps… but she wanted to be sure that he was indeed her husband from 12 years back. Rachel’s father came before the Vilna Gaon and posed the question. How can I verify that he is really my daughter’s husband?
The Gaon gave the following instructions: “On Friday night, bring the boy to shul. As you are walking inside, ask him to sit in the seat he sat in during his first few months of marriage to your daughter. If he sits in the correct seat, you can be assured that he is indeed her husband, and your daughter’s Agunah status will end”. The father did as he was told, and on Friday night, upon entering shul, asked the boy to sit in his old seat. Even though the boy knew everything there was to know about the family and his “wife”, he could not remember where he sat before skipping town. The man was exposed as a fraud and forced to explain the story behind the charade. He confessed that he did meet Chaim some time back, and that Chaim had shared with him everything he needed to know about himself and his marriage, allowing this individual to attempt this evil. The imposter was subsequently flogged and sent packing.
The father asked the Gaon “how did you know the right question to ask”? The Gaon answered that when two people are involved in such an evil plan, they can plan for everything, but thoughts of kedusha such as where to sit in Shul do not enter their minds.
The Gaon continued, that we see this concept in this week’s Parsha. At first, when Yaakov was told that Yosef was alive, the Pasuk says וַיָּ֣פָג לִבּ֔וֹ כִּ֥י לֹא־הֶֽאֱמִ֖ין לָהֶֽם, i.e., he did not believe them that Yosef was alive. However, after Yaakov saw the wagons, the next Pasuk says וַתְּחִ֕י ר֖וּחַ יַֽעֲקֹ֥ב אֲבִיהֶֽם - Yaakov’s spirit was revived, i.e., he did believe them. What changed? The Gaon explains that at first Yaakov was concerned that someone impersonated Yosef and Yosef was not alive. However, when he saw the wagons and was reminded of Egla Arufa, the last words of Torah he learned with Yosef, he knew that Yosef could not have shared that with anyone. It must be that Yosef had been the one that sent the message. Therefore, only now was the spirit of Yaakov revived.
A Good Shabbos to all,
Yehuda Tropper

We are excited to annouce that the Rav will be hosting a "Drive By and Drop In" event at his home for children and families this Thursday night, Zos Chanukah from 6:30PM to 8:00PM! The Rav will be sharing delicious treats and would love to spend some time with all the children of KBY. Please wear a mask and limit your time at the house to ensure everyone's safety. 
Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Shloimy Benjamin for sponsoring the event.
The Rav's address is: 3923 Labyrinth Rd. 
Looking forward!
A Freilichin Chanukah! 

Hello {{first_name}} ​​​​​​​ ,
Zmanim this week are as follows:

We would like to welcome our newest members to the kehilla:
Mr. and Mrs. Yeshayahu Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Kahn
We are so glad that we have decided to join our shul! 

Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Ori Strum on the birth of a baby girl! May they see much nachas!

Avos U'Bonim will be held Motzei Shabbos at 7 PM with pizza and prizes. Please join the fun! 

Sunday Morning Learning
We will be having a learning program this week on Sunday, December 6th, beginning with shacharis at 8:45, followed by breakfast and learning b'chavrusa, and a shiur from the Rov at 10:35. Please do not park on Bancroft Road or in the yeshiva parking lot. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Have a wonderful Shabbos!
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Dvar Torah

Angels or Men?
At the beginning of this week’s parsha, the Torah tells us that after leaving the house of Lavan and his return to Eretz Yisroel with his family, Yaakov Avinu sends “malachim”, messengers, ahead of him to meet Eisav. He hopes to appease him and dissipate the anger he still held towards him. Rashi comments that these “malachim” were actual angels. However, there is a machlokes in the Midrash (Bereishis Rabah) whether they were angels or human messengers, and commentaries bring proofs to both sides of the argument. I found this to be a really interesting point, to understand what exactly is the significance of this debate, and what we can learn from it. 
Rabbeinu Bachaye offers a fascinating and beautiful approach that I think is worth thinking about. He writes that the meaning of the word “malachim” actually includes both angels and human messengers. Yaakov wanted to send representatives from his household to seek peace from Eisav. He sent angels with them, the same ones who accompanied him when he re-entered Eretz Yisroel (Bereishis 32:2). That makes sense because their singular ‘shlichus’ was already to protect Yaakov, and now he is commanding them to go ahead and prevent Eisav from harming him or his family. There is a precedent for this earlier in the Torah, when Avraham sends Elieizer to find a wife for Yitchak, he sends a malach as well (24:7). Another approach he suggests is that the messengers were human messengers and angels joined, similar to the guests who came to greet Avraham after his bris. 
There is certainly deeper significance to this idea but I would like to suggest one takeaway. Whatever situation or adversity we face in life, it is important to see it in completely, and consider both the necessary physical and spiritual hishtadlus. There is a ‘danger’ in living a compartmentalized way - focusing on the physical at the expense of the spiritual or even the other way around. Yaakov Avinu took all aspects of the situation into account to adequately prepare physically and spiritually for his encounter with Eisav, and Hashem protected him. May we merit to follow his ways and see siyata d’shmaya and divine protection in our lives.
Good Shabbos,
Ben Temin

Hello {{first_name}} ​​​​​​​ ,
Zmanim this week are as follows:

Mr. and Mrs. Chanan Daniel Skurnik would like to invite everyone to a walk-by kiddush at 11:30 AM at 3300 Pinkney Road in honor of their son's bar mitzva. Mazel Tov and may you see much nachas from him!

Rabbi and Mrs. Ezra Katz would like to invite everyone to a kiddush in honor of the birth of their daughter Chana Bayla. It will be held in the parking lot of the Community Kollel located on 3800 Labyrinth Road at 11:30 AM. Mazel Tov and may you see much nachas!

Avos U'Bonim will be held Motzei Shabbos at 7 PM with pizza and prizes. Please join the fun! Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Heshy Abramson for sponsoring this week's program. 

N'shei Event
The n'shei will be hosting a pre-Chanukah gameshow event featuring games, trivia, prizes, and great food. It will be held on Tuesday, December 1st at 8 PM by the K'nish Shop. Make sure to save the date as it promises to be a wonderful event. 

Have a wonderful Shabbos!
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Dvar Torah
When Rabbi Avigdor Miller זצ"ל was young, he wrote the following mashal: There was once a donkey walking around the forest who couldn’t stand seeing how much honor the lion was getting. One day, he passed a hide of a lion which a hunter had just killed. The donkey happily put the hide on, including the face of the lion. He walked around the forest with pride that he was king of the forest. In his excitement, he could not hold himself back and started hee-hawing. At that moment, the other animals saw who the donkey really was, and pounced on him. Rabbi Miller describes this scenario with the following pasuk: "כי כסיל מחתה לו" – “a fool's mouth is his trap". Every person's face is made בצלם אלוקים; however, sometimes when a person opens his mouth and the truth comes out, his respect from other people declines.
הקול קול יעקב .....Rav Henoch Leibowitz asks on this: If Yaakov was trying to imitate Esav, why would he speak in his own refined tone? Also, if Esav was known for his Kibbud Av V’aim, why didn’t he speak with respect to his parents? He answers along the lines of the abovementioned mashal. That is, externally a person can act one way, but when he opens his mouth it reflects his true inner self. When Yaakov spoke, he spoke with a sweetness even when he was trying to imitate his brother because that is who he was. Esav, on the other hand, acted with Kibbud Av, but when he spoke, it was with a roughness because that was who he really was. 
We see this really come out on Purim. When someone drinks, we see who the person really is. The people who have Torah inside of them, you see, hear and taste Torah coming from them. Unfortunately, if a person is filled with other stuff, it comes out in that fashion - which is not usually so delightful. While we are in this world, we can work on ourselves to be the people we want to be on the inside, and then let it shine bright on the outside.

Good Shabbos,
Yehuda Rosen

Hello {{first_name}} ​​​​​​​ ,
Zmanim this week are as follows:

We would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Michoel Stein, as well as Rabbi and Mrs. Moshe Englander, for sponsoring shtenders. Thank you! Sponsorships are still available- please speak to Shai Meyerowitz.

Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Betzalel Muller on the birth of a baby girl! We wish them much nachas! 

Sunday Morning Learning Program
This Sunday morning, November 8th, we will be holding a learning program following an 8:45 Shachris. There will be breakfast for those who stay to learn. There will be chavrusa learning until 10:35, followed by a shiur from Rabbi Meister. We ask that attendees not park on Bancroft Road, nor in the Yeshiva parking lot. 

Avos U'Bonim
We are very excited to be launching a new Motzei Shabbos learning program for children. It will begin at 7 PM.  Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Mordy Berman for sponsoring this inaugural program! We ask that attendees not park on Bancroft Road, however, they can park in the Yeshiva parking lot.

Survey
As the shul grows we would like to ensure that we are meeting the needs of our membership. To that end, we would like to start having more shul events and programs. We want your feedback to help us plan events that interest our members. Please take a look at the survey (please click HERE), and give us your opinion on what kind of events you are interested in.  

Have a wonderful Shabbos!
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Dvar Torah

In the beginning of this week’s Parsha, we find Avraham Avinu sitting outside in the unnatural heat, desperate for guests. As Rashi expounds, Hashem sees Avraham’s pain due to lack of guests and subsequently sends three Malachim his way. 
Reb Moshe Feinstein points out that Avraham’s tza'ar in this situation seems strange. After all, it’s not as though he had guests in front of him but was unable to serve them due to his physical state (i.e. an אונס). There were no guests, so he wasn’t even “in the parsha”! It’s seemingly comparable to a person bemoaning the fact that he is not able to keep Shabbos during the week.
Reb Moshe explains this as follows; the pain felt by Avraham at this moment stemmed from a visceral desire to just do the mitzvah of hachnasas orchim . He had a תאוה to do hachnasas orchim in the same way that we have a תאוה for food or other physical pleasures. Even if those pleasures may be unattainable for us in the moment, we still desire them because we know how good they are. That is why Avraham was still distressed, despite the fact that there were no guests who needed his chesed at the moment. He simply had a תאוה for chesed that needed to be fulfilled. 
Hashem should help us to direct out desires towards doing mitzvos.
Good Shabbos,
Yitzy Labowitz

Hello {{first_name}} ​​​​​​​ ,
Zmanim this week are as follows:

Mazel tov to Yehuda Roll upon his engagement to Sara Fink from Miami Beach! May they be zoche to build a Bayis Ne'eman B'yisroel!

Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Katz upon the birth of a baby girl! May they have much Nachas! 

Important information concerning pledges
We appreciate the dedication of our membership in support of our shul. As you know, the contributions given for aliyos are a significant source of income for the shul. Unfortunately, we have found that invoices billed for a matana without a specific amount are rarely paid. Therefore; moving forward, matanos will be billed for a $15 donation. If one does not want to give that amount, they may state the amount of their donation to the gabbai at the time of their aliya, or let the gabbai know shortly thereafter . However, Kohanim and Leviim who are members will continue to be billed for a matana without an amount. Thank you for your support! We appreciate it immensely!

If you have not yet paid for your Yomim Noraim seats, or an outstanding pledge from Yomim Noraim or Sukkos, we kindly ask that you take care of it at your earliest convenience. Payments can be made on our website, kbyeshiva.com.
Thank you!

Have a wonderful Shabbos!
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Dvar Torah​​​​​​​

In this week’s parsha we learn that after the מבול Hashem promised never to destroy the world again. On the surface, this seems odd, as if Hashem now changed his mind. Furthermore, Hashem had brought the מבול in the first place because he had regretted creating the world. How, can it be that shortly thereafter Hashem is now guaranteeing there never to be another destruction, seeming כביכול as if He is constantly going back and forth חלילה!
Perhaps one approach is that Hashem כביכול only ‘regretted’ creating the world in its pristine form. As the Ramban writes, the reason for the length of life, beauty, and strength of the earliest generations was because they were direct descendants from the one whom G-d Himself created. One can imagine that the extreme physical superiority of the people then was mirrored by a beautiful natural world, physically and spiritually. This great beauty came with a tremendous price; it was exceptionally vulnerable and sensitive to destruction, like a precious glass that can easily break. The מבול was therefore able to come and destroy this pristine world, and the world is now significantly less magnificent and less sensitive than it was before. It will therefore never be vulnerable to destruction again. 
However, destruction brings new opportunities. Just as with the חטא of the עץ הדעת  and the עגל and the destruction of the first בית המקדש and all the other calamities throughout history that have always brought new opportunity [e.g. to defeat the יצר הרע (due to the חטא עץ הדעת) or of learning תורה שבעל פה (due to the חטא העגל and first Churban)]. Noach too was given the tools to become closer to Hashem after the מבול, most notably through קרבנות. These tools were given to him and all his descendants to enable us to reach and achieve the pristine existence that Hashem wants us to attain - on our own – not through His doing once again. 
We too, in every situation in life, even when things seem to be going awry, are always given the tools to achieve whatever Hashem has in mind for us, to achieve our purpose in the world, and to reach our pristine potential.
Good Shabbos!

Shabbos /Shmini Atzeres
Hadlakah/Mincha 6:18
Maariv 6:50
Shachris 8:30
Mincha 6:05

Simchas Torah
Maariv 7:15
Zman Kiddush/Preparations may begin:
7:25 (50 minutes)
7:47 (72 minutes)
Havdalah in Kiddush

Shachris 8:15
Mincha 6:10
Maariv 7:13
7:24 (50 minutes)
7:46 (72 minutes)

The shul will not be holding a minyan on Hoshana Rabba this year.

B"H, the Rav is doing well and will be completing his time in quarantine to rejoin us for Yom Tov.

Simchas Torah will be conducted in accordance with the guidance of the Va'ad HaRabbonim. Some of key points are as follows: Hakafos on Simchas Torah will be conducted with a limited number of people holding Sifrei Torah around the Bima and the rest of the Tzibbur dancing in their places.​​​​​​ The Hakafos will be limited in duration. There will be no Kiddush. 

Children are welcome to join us to dance and daven with their fathers. The shul will be distributing pekalach for each child. 

Although Kol HaNearim is a meaningful and uplifting moment for children and their parents, this year our shul will have to modify this in order to avoid large numbers of children and adults congregating for this special aliyah. Each child will stand at his seat while participating in Kol HaNearim. 
Unfortunately, due to limited space in our beis medresh and in keeping social distancing protocols, we will not be able to have ladies join us for davening and festivities throughout Yom Tov. 
Although this year will be different we are sure that Simchas Torah will be an uplifting and simchadik time for our shul, as it has in past years. 

We will be selling Pesicha L'Geshem at Shachris of Shmini Atzeres. The kibbudim for Simchas Torah night will be auctioned off between Mincha and Maariv on Simchas Torah, and the kibbudim of Simchas Torah day will be auctioned off before the day hakafos.

​​​​​​​Good Shabbos and Yom Tov!

Dvar Torah

The Rama writes that on Simchas Torah we make a seudah to celebrate the completion of the Torah. The Mishnah Berurah says that this halacha is based on a Midrash in Shir Hashirim. However, if you look closely at the referenced Midrash, it is difficult to understand how the Midrash is a source for the Rama’s halacha. The Midrash says that Hashem appeared to Shlomo Hamelech in a dream in Givon, telling him he could ask for whatever he wants, and his request will be granted. Shlomo responded by saying he wants chochmah. After Hashem granted his wish, Shlomo subsequently made a seudah - “ויעש משתה לכל עבדיו”. The question is, why did Shlomo make a seudah? He had not yet learned chochmas haTorah himself– Hashem only gave him the chochma to learn Torah! If so, how could the Rama learn from here that we make a seudah when we finish a chelek of Torah? 
When we finish a masechta we say “הדרן עלך” – “we will return to you”. What do we mean when we say this? Rav Shimon Schwab answers that this phrase means that now that we have finished the masechta once, it will mean so much more when we review it another time. After completing it once, we will have a deeper understanding and a greater insight when reviewing the mesechta. For this reason, Shlomo made a seudah. He realized that now that Hashem had bestowed him with all of the chochmah of the world, when he would review that which Hashem had given him, he would understand it with a new perspective and it would mean something much deeper than when he had learned it the first time. 
This is the reason, says Rav Schwab, that we make a seudah and celebrate Simchas Torah, and the Rama’s source makes sense. Every year when completing the Torah, we make a seudah, not so much because of our completion, but because when we start Bereishis again, it’s a fresh and new Bereishis, a new limud that we didn’t have the previous year. Our ability to approach limud hatorah with more amkus because of our previous learning is worthy enough for us to make a seudah. 
Iy”H we should all be zocheh to understand the Torah more and more and make many siyumim throughout our lives!

A gutten Yom Tov,
Chaim Komarow

The Yom Kippur schedule is as follows (at K'hal Chassidim):

Mincha  3 PM 
Hadlaka/Kol Nidrei 6:36 PM
Shkia 6:54
Maariv 7:35 PM
Shachris 7:30 AM
Mincha 4:00 PM
Neilah 5:40 PM
End of Fast 8:06 PM

Gmar Chasima Tovah!

Rosh Hashanah Schedule

First Day
Mincha/ Hadlakah 6:51 PM
Maariv 7:48 PM
​​​​​​​Shachris 7:30 AM
Mincha 6:12 PM
Shkiya 7:07 PM

Second Day
Maariv 7:47 PM
Remember to say havdalah in kiddush
Hadlakah is at Tzais Hakochavim:
60 minutes is 8:07 PM
72 minutes is 8:20 PM
Shachris 7:30 AM
Tekiyos approximately 10:30 PM
Mincha 6:20 PM
Maariv 7:46 PM

There will be additional tekiyos for women at the conclusion of davening (approximately 1 PM).

We would like to welcome our newest members to the kehilla:
Mr. and Mrs. Ariel Benhayoun
We are so glad that you have decided to join our shul!

The shul has recently purchased fifty standing shtenders. We would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Shloimy Benjamin for sponsoring a large number of them. The remainder of the shtenders are open for sponsorship at a rate of $70 per shtender. 

The shul will be conducting the annual Arba Minim sale this coming Tuesday evening, September 22, from 9 PM -10:30 PM. The sale will be held in the Yeshiva dining room (the large room on the first floor directly below the shul). All of the sets will be pre-checked by the Rov. Please do not park on Bancroft or in the Yeshiva parking lot, rather along Park Heights or elsewhere.

Kesiva V'Chasima Tova!

Dvar Torah

In 1939, England arranged for thousands of children to be saved from the Holocoust through what is now famously known as the Kindertransport. The Gaavad of Yerushalayim, Harav Tuvia Weiss Shlita, who was among those children miraculously saved, related the following incredible story.
 
The King at the time who arranged for the Kindertransport, King George IV, wanted to go to see the children he had saved himself. When he arrived, the children were divided into two rows of five hundred to greet him. As the King road through the two rows of children, one courageous boy jumped up onto the carriage and said to the King: “Dear King, thank you for saving our lives, but how can I be here while my family perishes!?". The king asked the boy his name and the name of the town he was from and left. Amazingly enough, the boy's family soon arrived in England!
 
We see from this story the tremendous power of speaking directly to the King! Only one boy out of a thousand had the courage to speak up; but because he did, he saved his entire family from the Holocaust and spared generations to come!
 
The Seforim write that during the days before Rosh Hashana, Hashem, our King, is in the field, ready to greet every single person. It is up to us to ask him for whatever we truly want. We should all use the few days we have left before the Yom Ha’din, and certainly the yemei hadin themselves, to jump onto Hashem's carriage and connect with Him directly.
 
Good Shabbos and Ksiva V'chasima Tova,
Shloimy Benjamin

Hello {{first_name}} ​​​​​​​ ,
Zmanim this week are as follows:

The Rov will be giving a shiur in Hilchos Tefillah on Shabbos afternoon at 5:30. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.


We are very excited about our first ever Sunday learning program. The program will be held in our Bais Medrash this coming Sunday, September 6th. The program will commence with Shachris at 8:45 followed by breakfast. There will be chavrusa learning until 10:35 at which time Rabbi Meister will give a shiur until 11:15. The topic of limud will be ba'al taschis. Packets will be provided with all the necessary sources. Please remember to bring and wear masks. Due to insufficient parking on Bancroft Road, we would like to ask everyone to please park in the Sha'arei Zion parking lot (the farther lot, so as not to inconvenience the Sha'arei Zion members).

 This Sunday is the N'shei Pre-Yamim Noraim event. The event will be held outside, on the Deutsch’s Deck (3642 Bancroft Road), weather permitting. If the weather does not allow for that, we will have the event inside, doing our best to maintain social distance, and masks will be required. A zoom option will be available as well. All women are encouraged to participate.

We would like to welcome our newest members to the kehilla:
Mr. and Mrs. Yaakov Lichter
and
Mr. Yonah Labovitz
We are so glad that you have decided to join our shul! 

Mazel Tov to the Rosenstein family on the upcoming marriage of Moshe Rosenstein and Shevi Milikowsky- may they be zocheh to build a bayis neman b'yisroel! The aufruf will be held in shul and the kiddush will follow at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Shlomo Rosenstein, 3609 Bancroft Road. 

We would like to remind everyone to please reserve their seats for the upcoming Yomim Noraim as we are finalizing the seating arrangements. The deadline is this Sunday, September 6th.
Please click  here  for seating reservations.

Have a wonderful Shabbos!
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Dvar Torah

פרשת כי תבא בס"ד 
We read the תוכחה this week, before the year ends and a new year begins. Chazal in Megillah 31b teach that this is 'כדי שתכלה שנה וקללותיה', to have any bad of the year end before the new year starts. The actual implementation of this minhag, however, is to read פ' כי תבא a week before the end of the year so that נצבים – which is תוכחה free - is the last parshah of the year. Tosafos (there) explain that this is to ensure we do not even end the year on a bad note. 
However, this is somewhat difficult since the simple language of the gemara only indicates that we ensure the bad ends this year, not next; the gemara does not mandate any preclusion of ending the year on a bad note! Perhaps one can suggest that this is an added dimension to the main תקנה; the main תקנה of עזרא הסופר was to start the year off on the proper footing - like the simple reading of the gemara, and Chazal added a similar dimension – to end the year off on a good note as well.
Still, maybe we can suggest further that the reason for the תקנה ending the year on a good note is not simply an addendum but is actually a precondition for starting off the next year on the right foot. We cannot just start the year right out of the gate without preparation. Furthermore, the world was essentially created on כ"ה אלול; Rosh Hashanah is commemorated on the day of man’s birth, ,א' תשרי because man is the culmination and purpose of the whole world. This really means, in other words, that the preparation and precondition for the purpose of the world and its renewal on Rosh Hashanah necessarily starts a week before Rosh Hashanah. It is therefore no wonder we rid ourselves of the bad of the year in advance of the final week of the year, but not in the final week itself. 
Let us take advantage of the last week of the year and ensure that we reap the benefits of what we sow in it next year and beyond!
Good Shabbos,
Nesanel Horowitz

Hello {{first_name}} ​​​​​​​ ,
Zmanim this week are as follows:

The Rov will be giving a shiur in Hilchos Tefillah on Shabbos afternoon at 5:30. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.

We are very excited to announce that we are going to hold a Chodesh Elul Kiddush, the first in many months! Women and children are welcome to attend. It will be held outdoors with pre-packaged foods in order to maintain a safe environment. We ask everyone to please maintain caution and follow social distancing protocol so as to be able to continue to hold the Kiddush.

We would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Yitzy Labowitz for sponsoring the Kiddush in honor of the Rov Shlita, Shai Meyerowitz, and the entire amazing kehilla.

A number of table-top shtenders were left in the shul since before shul closed, and are now located in the closet in our new room. If your shtender is there, we ask that you please take it home with you at your earliest opportunity.

As we usher in the month of Elul, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are rapidly approaching. We are very happy to be able to share that we were fortunate enough to secure a location for Yomim Nora'im tefillos. It will be located in the beautiful, comfortable, and very spacious K'hal Chassidim, "the Chassidish Kollel", located on Park Heights. Accordingly, we would like to begin arranging the seating for Yomim Nora'im.  If you have a preference where you would like to sit in the shul, please state that as well. You can make payments online. Seating will not be reserved until payment is received so please be prompt in responding. 

Please click here for seating reservations.

Have a wonderful Shabbos!
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Dvar Torah

The Pasuk in this week's Parsha states, "If a matter eludes you in judgment, between blood and blood, between judgment and judgment, or between lesion and lesion, words of dispute in your cities, then you shall arise and go up to the place the Lord, your God, chooses." (17:8) The Gemara in Yoma (9b) tells us, "The first Temple, why was it destroyed? Because in that generation, Jews were guilty of the three cardinal sins, idolatry, adultery, and murder. The second Temple, why was it destroyed? Because of baseless hatred.” The Maharal explains the reason why humans have the temptation to sin is an outcome of the original חטא committed by Adam and Chava. Before eating from the forbidden fruit, the evil inclination was not an internal force in their make-up. It was an external force that didn’t have as much control over them. Once they ate from the forbidden fruit, the evil inclination became an internal force and now was able to get the humans to confuse the good with evil and vice versa. Idol worship is a sin done through the mind of the person, adultery is a sin done through the body, and murder is a sin done by taking away a soul. Each one takes effect because of the confusion between good and evil. The idol worshiper believes that the idol has the power to help him, the adulterer fantasizes the key to happiness is unrestricted pleasures of this world, and the murderer imagines the person who he is attacking is the source of his challenges in life. To combat the confusion in all three areas, the Torah commands us, “If a matter eludes you in judgment, between blood and blood,” alluding to the soul, “between judgment and judgment,” alluding to the mind, “or between lesion and lesion,” which refers to the body. All three correspond to the three causes of the destruction of the first Temple. “words of dispute in your cities,” refer to the baseless hatred, which was the cause of שני בית חורבן. “then you shall rise and go up to the place the Lord, your God, chooses." מקום המקדש .Nowadays, when we don’t have the Bais Hamikdash, the Gemara tells us Hashem’s dwelling place is where Torah scholars learn Halachah. הלכה של אמות ד אלא בעולמו לו אין” .And you shall come to the Levitic Kohanim and to the judge who will be in those days, and you shall inquire, and they will tell you the words of judgment.” (17:9) So too, for future generations, we should come to the Gedolei Yisroel and inquire, and they will tell us the words of judgment and help us gain the clarity we need. We should be זוכה to work on our גאווה ,which is the root of evil mixed into our decisions. And have the humility to nullify our minds to the mind of the Gedolim, to have complete clarity of what is right and be able to follow it wholeheartedly.
Good Shabbos!
Shmuel (Ilan) Khoshnood
Source: Sefer Shem MiShmuel

Hello {{first_name}} ​​​​​​​ ,
Zmanim this week are as follows:

The Rov will be giving a shiur in Hilchos Tefillah on Shabbos afternoon at 5:30. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.

All tefillos this Shabbos will be held in our new Bais Medrash on the second floor (the part of the building closest to Bancroft Road). 

In advance of the yomim noraim, we would like to get a better idea of how many mispallelim are interested in joining us for yomim noraim davening. Please promptly complete this survey by clicking here . This will greatly aid us in the planning and logistics, ensuring a safe and uplifting yomim noraim davening for all.

Have a wonderful Shabbos!


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Dvar Torah

The Posuk in Devarim 10:12 says “And now, O Israel, what does the Lord, your God, demand of you? Only to fear the Lord, your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to worship the Lord, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul,” This posuk seems difficult to understand. Hashem is ONLY asking us to love and fear Him, as if these levels were easy to attain!!

So why does the Torah make it sound so easy?

The gemora says that we learn from this posuk that one is obligated to make 100 brochos every day. מה ה אלקיך שואל מעמך don’t read מה read מאה 100. If you spell it מאה then there are 100 letters in the posuk. The Maharsha explains this gemara that if one is particular to say 100 borchos a day with real Kavannah he will attain the attributes that the posuk states!

There was once many many years ago a small, peaceful village with a main road going through it. At first it was just horses and carts going through it and it was safe for children to play and enjoy themselves and no one got hurt. As time went by the village grew into a bustling major city and the road became a huge main road splitting the city into two big cities. As technology advanced, speeding cars replaced the horses and carts and it became dangerous to cross the road. Speed bumps were put in place to slow the traffic down!

There are two cities – two worlds. This world is Olam Hazeh and the world to come Olam Haba. Many years ago we had our Beis Hamikdosh, we were closer to Hashem and these two worlds were much closer together. As time went on this world changed into a high speed rapid place and we are all speeding along th motorway which splits this world and the next. It has actually become dangerous to cross into the next world! Therefore Chazal instituted our 100 speed bumps throughout our day to slow us down and stop and think for a second who is in control. We have so much to be grateful for, imagine if Chas V'shalom you could not see or walk or hear etc. The brochos make us aware of how much we appreciate Hashem’s kindness that is constant and never ending.

When we make a bracho we should say it slowly and think whom are we talking to? We should all make 36,500 brochos a year! If one says a brocha with kavana then one can attain true fear of Hashem; if He wanted to He could just stop issuing His kindness. We can attain Love of Hashem because we will be ever grateful to him that he provides us, His Children, with everything we need to live a good life and to be happy!

Let us strengthen our love and fear in Hashem with just a few brochos a day, and we will learn to appreciate and be thankful to Hashem!

Good Shabbos!
R' Benjamin Rose