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Refuah Shelaima

Avraham Moshe ben Feigel, Beile Ruchel bat Miriam, Ilan Dov ben Chaya Ita, Chana Tzivia bat Chava Tzipora, Shayna

Liba bat Esther Gitel, Dovid ben Tzippora Raizel, Ahuva Devorah bat Channa, Daniel Reuben ben Rivka Kayla, Pinchas ben

Fruma, Yehoshua Tzvi ben Hinda, Meir Yitzchak haCohen ben Pesil, Chaya Pesel bat Henya, Chana bat Beila Rivka, Gavriel

Ezra ben Yaakova Rivka, Yaakov Chaim ben Tamar, Shira Miriam bat Bracha, Hinda bat Rivka, Shalom Yitzchak ben

Pesha, Devora bat Shayna Beyla, Nechama Yehudit Tzviya bat Chaya. Shalom Yechezkel ben Kayla Chana, Yisrael ben

Chana Rasha, Chaya Rachel bat Malka, Peretz Yisroel ben Batya Kayla , Avrahom Tzvi Ben Rochel Sorah, Yechezkel Chaim

ben Masha Zissel , Avraham Daniel ben Devora Tova

Mazal Tov Mina and Howard Millendorf on

the birth of a grandson to their

children Sharon and Shlomo

Rabinowitz, in Yerushalayim.

Tamar and Isaac Hakimi on the

birth of twins, a girl and a boy.

Mazal Tov to big brother Matan, to

grandparents Ariela and Izzy

Schiller and Dalya and Farokh

Hakimi, great-grandmothers Fredda

Grosser and Rivka Shafizadeh, aunts

and uncles Michal and Yaniv, Yael

and Jon, Lindsay and Ari, Sarah and

Jedd, Sharona and Elie, Eytan,

Devorah and the entire extended

family.

Thank You The family of the late Helen Septimus are

deeply grateful to Rabbi Yitzi Genack for

his kindness and insight during our time

of need.

- Esther Zuckerbrot, Alice & Louis

Falkenstein and family

Thank you to our CSS security team this week.

To join, email: rjc@thecss.org

Israel Action—Please call Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and encourage them to cosponsor the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, authored by Senators

Bob Corker (R-TN) and Robert Menedez (D-NJ), which may reach

the Senate floor for a vote in the near future, establishes a procedure

for congressional review of any nuclear agreement with Iran. Under

its provisions, Congress could pass a joint resolution whereby no

statutory sanctions relief could be granted. Negotiators may accept

an agreement that will leave Iran’s nuclear program largely

unconstrained. This would launch a nuclear arms race in the

world’s most unstable region. On such a crucial matter to US

national security, Congress must assert its historic role in foreign

policy, review any agreement, and object if a bad agreement is

reached. Please call Senator Schumer at (212) 486-4430 and

Senator Gillibrand at (212) 688-6262 and ask them to cosponsor the

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act.

OHEL Shabbat We welcome Ohel Children's Home & Family Services

Chief Development

Officer Robert Katz to

the community this

Shabbat, as we host our

annual Ohel appeal. Mr.

Katz will be speaking

before kriat haTorah in the Hashkama Minyan and

before Mussaf in the Main Shul. To express your

hakarat hatov for an organization that does so much

behind the scenes for so many of our community

members in need, visit www.ohelfamily.org/donate.

Kel Maleh at Mincha This Shabbat at Mincha we will recite the

Kel Maleh prayer on behalf of individuals

observing a yahrtzeit in the upcoming five

weeks, as the Kel Maleh is not offered

during the month of Nisan. If you will be

observing a yahrzeit during the remainder of

Adar or in Nisan please make sure to

participate.

Poppers and M&Ms will meet this week in their usual locations.

Poppers will meet at 5:45 PM; M&Ms will meet during Seudah Shlishit.

BJCC Volunteer Opportunities in Preparation for Pesach On Wednesday, March 17, distribute

Pesach products to our clients out of our

pantry located at 2222 Cruger Ave, one

block north of the Pelham Parkway

area. We have two available shifts

from 9:50-12:30AM & from 12:20-

3PM. Bring a friend. Transportation is

available. Sunday , March 22 Project

Hope: from 9 AM - 11:30 AM. Join us

to help deliver 3-5 Pesach packages to

homebound, isolated and lonely Jewish

seniors.

For pickup locations and questions

please contact Niti Minkove at 917-693

-3084 or nMinkove@bjcconline.org.

RJCRC Legislative Breakfast Riverdale Jewish Community Relations Council (RJCRC)

Legislative Breakfast will be held at the Riverdale Y this

Sunday, March 15 from 9-11 AM. The Legislative Breakfast

is RJCRC's annual opportunity for local, city, and state

officials to come together to meet and listen to individuals,

community leaders, and organizations comprising the vibrant

and diverse Riverdale Jewish community. This is the Jewish

community's chance to remind elected officials that the

Riverdale Jewish community is united in seeking their help on

common causes: funding for programs that help our elderly

and special needs children, security for all our Jewish

institutions, and support for Israel.

To place an ad or register visit www.wizadjournal.com/

rjc2015 or call the Riverdale Y at 718-548-8200.

Join the RJC Volunteer Contact List Are you looking to volunteer in the RJC community, but don’t

know how you can help out? Let us know if you would like to

be contacted, and if so for what sort of work. Contact

Nachshon at riverdalejcoffice@gmail.com. Thank you!

ויקהל-פקודי

Havdala

March 13 - 20, 2015 -- כ״ט באדר  - כ״ג באדר  5775 March 14, 2015

23 Adar - 29 Adar 7:42 PM5:47 / 6:41 PM

March 13, 2015

Parshat Parah/Shabbat Mevarchim

PARSHAT

Candle LightingRJC BULLETIN

"A Kosher Pesach"

Rabbi Genack will deliver a shiur on the

practicalities of Pesach preparation at 8:00

PM on Tuesday, March 17 in the Beit

Medrash. If you have questions that you

would like to have addressed during the shiur

please contact him by email or phone.

As always, the rabbinic team is available to

answer any Pesach questions that arise

during the coming weeks.

Friday - Mincha 5:32 / 6:51 PM

Shacharit 7:00 / 8:00 / 8:45 / 9:00 AM

Latest Shema 10:07 AM

Daf Yomi (Ketubot 40): 5:30 PM

Shiur Avoda Zara 5:30 PM

Mincha 6:30 PM

Seudah Shlishit 6:55 PM

Ma'ariv 7:37 PM

Sunday 6:45 / 7:30 / 8:30 / 9:00 AM

Monday 6:00 / 6:45 / 7:45 AM

Tuesday 6:00 / 6:55 / 7:45 AM

Wednesday 6:00 / 6:55 / 7:45 AM

Thursday 6:00 / 6:45 / 7:45 AM

Friday 6:00 / 6:55 / 7:45 AM

Mincha/Ma'ariv S-Th: 5:31 / 6:50 PM

Late Ma'ariv Sun - Thur: 9:30 PM

Candle Lighting 5:52 / 6:49 PM

Friday - Mincha 5:37 / 6:59 PM

Shacharit 7:00 / 8:00 / 8:45 / 9:00 AM

Latest Shema 10:00 AM

Daf Yomi (Ketubot 47): 5:35 PM

Shiur Avoda Zara 5:35 PM

Mincha 6:45 PMSeudah Shlishit 7:00 PM

Ma'ariv 7:45 PM

Havdala 7:50 PM*subject to change

This Shabbat: Parshat ויקהל-פקודי

Services

March 20 - 21, 2015 -  א׳ בניסן

March 13 - 14, 2015 -  כ״ג באדר

Next Shabbat*: Parshat (ראש חדש)ויקרא- החדש

Weekday Schedule

NORPAC’s Annual Mission to Washington 2015 Wednesday, May 13. Join the

Riverdale community members and

rabbinic staff on this most important

day. Israel is there for the Jewish

people; we must show our support for

her. Registration is now open at

norpac.net/mission-to-washington.

Visit Norpac.net or contact

ethelkscher@gmail.com for additional

information.

YOUTH DIRECTORS

CONTACT US

Abby Marcus

ASSISTANT YOUTH DIRECTOR

Adin and Chaya Rayman

M arch 14th, Shabbat Parshat VaYakhel-Pekudei

RJC YOUTHBULLETIN

Email: rjcyouthdirectors@gmail.com

Website: youth.rjconline.org

Like our NEW Facebook page:

RJC Youth DepartmentFollow our NEW Instagram:

@rjcyouth

UPCOM IN G EVEN T S:

S H A B B A T G R O U P SSH ABBAT GROUPSGroups will be held this Shabbat at 9:45am on the second floor. Each group features parsha, interactive games, and a small kiddush/snack at the end:

Tots ShabbatPre-KK-1 grade boys and girls2-3 grade boys2-3 grade girlsJunior Congregation

Please be sure to pick up your child promptly with the end of main minyan

TORAH TAKEAWAY: Forgive and don?t forget! This week's parasha

may sound a bit familiar. After two whole parshiyot of very specif ic commands about how to make the mishkan, we now have two more that go through how the Jews listened to Hashem's every command. Couldn't the Torah have just said "The Jews did everything Hashem commanded?? Why all the repetit ion? In order to understand why we're repeating everything, we need to remember what happened in the middle of the instructions and this week: the sin of the Golden Calf . That sin was so great that HaShem was going to destroy the Jewish people. But Moshe stepped in and prayed for the Jews. Even though HaShem says that he forgave the Jews, we could understand if the Jews back then were very worried. "Maybe," they would think, "HaShem hasn't really forgiven us." These next two parshiyot show that even though the Jews sinned so badly, HaShem was generous enough to forgive them 100% . By repeating the same information as before chet HaEgel, HaShem shows that we are back to where we started. How great is HaShem that He is able to forgive our sins and continue to share a relationship with us!

L A S T C A L L F O R K L L !!!SIGN UP AT YOUTH.RJCONLINE.ORG

Registration for NEW players has closed!Registration deadline for RETURNING players: March 14th

EVALUATIONS FOR NEW PLAYERS ON 3/15 in RJC Gym:Junior League: 5pm-6pmSenior League: 6pm-7pm

QUESTIONS? EMAIL RJCYOUTHDIRECTORS@GMAIL.COMTEAMS NEED TO BE FINALIZED IN ADVANCE, SO IF YOU DO NOT REGISTER BEFORE THE DEADLINE WE CANNOT GUARANTEE A SPOT ON A TEAM IN

KLL. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO REGISTER PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE!!!

T EEN M IN YAN WI LL BE M EET IN G T H IS WEEK

Begins 9:00AMKiddush sponsorships still available!

H A P P Y B I R T H D A YT o o u r y o u t h m e m b e r s

Dahlia Sopher-Harelick 3/1

Gavriel Rudman 3/4

Zev Feldman 3/5

Jordana Shmidman 3/12

Alex Lebowitz 3/13

Gabrielle Weingard 3/14

Sam Hershman 3/14

Nava Nussbaum 3/22

Divi Henoch 3/22

Joshua Brody 3/30

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RJC Contact Information After 1st minyan, Sun-Fri. Daf Yomi

Mon-Fri, 6:00 am Sun at 7:30 am Rabbi Rothstein daily shiur

Monday, 1:00 pm The Gentlemen’s Kollel

Tuesday, 12:00 pm A Touch of Class Led by the Rabbinical Team in the Social Hall

Tuesday 8:30 pm Rabbi’s Shiur Parsha by Rabbi Genack

Navigating the Siddur & Chumash Michal (Marilyn) Selber; contact for details: symph6th@aol.com / 347-275-8801

Wednesday 8:30 pm Shiur in Moreh Nevuchim Given by Dr. Isaac Chavel

Shabbat

After Hashkama Minyan Post Hashkama Shiur Taught by Rabbi Rothstein

Shabbat 1 hour before Mincha Gemara Av. Zara Lecture given by Rabbi Zweiter

Sunday, 9:15 am

Gemara Shiur With Rabbi Avrumy Fein

***Classes are open to all and will meet in the Beit Midrash unless otherwise noted.***

Learning @ RJC

Community News Welcome to the Community! If you are new to the community, please let the welcoming committee know at RJCWelcome@gmail.com or through the RJC website. To sign up for emails from the young couples minyan, email RachelTSalamon@gmail.com. Aviva Cohen & Sheri Rotenberg, Co-Chairs RJC Welcoming Committee. Chametz Food Drive/Passover Donations to the Food Bank of New York City Help the Food Bank of New York City (foodbanknyc.org) provide kosher food this Passover to those in need. Passover should be a time of joy and freedom from hunger! But as the holiday approaches, the need for funds for kosher for Passover food in New York City has never been higher. Please visit http://tinyurl.com/PassoverFoodDrive to donate. RJC is collecting unopened packages of chametz to donate to the Food Bank Please drop off all packages in the food drive receptacle across from the office.

Gan Miriam Early Learning Center - Register for Gan Alef (pre-K) An innovative and modern program in a warm, nurturing environment for children turning 5 by Sept 30th. Explore the world of science and space, parsha and chaggim, use math to create delicious foods and have fun all year long! Check out our website at www.ganmiriam.com.

Camp Gan Miriam/Mommy and Me Summer Sessions will begin Mon, July 6th and end Fri, August 14th. Early bird discount offered from now until Tuesday, Mar. 17th. Hot lunch and healthy snacks provided daily. Gardening, water and out door play, arts and crafts, indoor play, music and movement, cooking and baking, science and nature and a whole lot of fun!!! Daily tefillah and weekly Shabbat parties! Enrichment Programs (including chick hatching). The older group will go on two fabulous trips (cost included) and both will have music and gym weekly! Mommy and Me, led by Nurit Bacharach - Gan Miriam director, will be Wed 9:30-11:30 beginning July 8 for 6 sessions. The cost is $210. Light lunch included. For more info: 718-543-2553 or ganrjc@aol.com.

OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webinar–Registration

Please complete the form at http://tinyurl.com/OUPrePesachWebinar to register for this year’s Pre-Pesach Webinar. The program will be live from OU Headquarters in New York, NY on Tuesday, March 17 from 1 PM to 1:45 PM EDT. The OU Kosher panelists and topics include: R' Moshe Elefant, Chief Operations Officer, on What’s New for Passover?; R' Nachum Rabinowitz, Senior Rabbinic Coordinator and Passover Directory Editor, on Wine and Shemittah; Rabbi Gavriel Price, Rabbinic Coordinator for Ingredient Research, on Medicine; Rabbi Eli Gersten, Rabbinic Coordinator and Halachic Recorder, on General Passover Questions.

SAR Academy Matzah Factory Join SAR Academy to have the unique and memorable opportunity to produce hand-made 18-minute shmurah matzot to be used at your sedarim. Rabbi Shmuel Hain of YIOZ will do the kashrut supervision. Monday, March 23-Thursday, March 26. Sunday time slots have already filled up! $72 per family. Each family takes home at least 3 matzot. Please go to www.saracademy.org/matzahtimeslot to RSVP. Questions? Contact Jennifer Fenster at jfenster@saracademy.org.

Model Matzah Bakery at Chabad of Riverdale Join Chabad for a hands-on pre-Passover experience on Sunday, March 29, 10:30 am-12:30 pm at Chabad of Riverdale, 535 West 246th Street, Riverdale. The children will re-enact the process of manufacturing Matzah, from grinding the flour to kneading the dough, to baking the Matzahs on a stone oven, all within 18 minutes, the time limit in which Matzah must be made. For information, call 718-549-1100 x10.

Gemach of Riverdale - Interest Free Loan Program The Gemach of Riverdale provides interest-free loans to families and individuals in our community who find themselves with unexpected shortfalls or short term capital needs. Our simple, discreet application process ensures confidentiality and quick decision timeframes. If you know of anyone in our community who needs help, or if you need help yourself, the Gemach of Riverdale is here. Please contact Rabbi Moshe Drelich for a confidential consultation 917-408-3035 or gemachofriverdale@gmail.com.

Stein Yeshiva Annual Dinner Stein Yeshiva is pleased to be honoring Ilan and Hannah Lastoff with the Parents Award at the Annual Dinner to be held at the Young Israel of Scarsdale on March 23rd at 6:30 pm. For information on how to place a dedication in their honor or to make a reservation, please go to www.steinyeshiva.org/events or call 914-965-7082. Camp Shemesh in Stein Yeshiva Come join us this summer at Camp Shemesh in Stein Yeshiva. Camp Shemesh runs from June 22-Aug 7th, Mon-Thurs. 9AM-3PM, Fri until 1PM. We also offer before and aftercare. Camp is for ages daycare through 7 years old. If you have any questions please email Michelle Shteingart at campshemesh@steinyeshiva.org.

Yesh Shabbat Open House Dr. Jennifer Meller is hosting an Open House for the Yesh Shabbat (JKCP) summer program at her home, 40 Elmridge Dr., Scarsdale NY 10583 on March 18th at 7:15 PM. For ages 10-17. For details visit yeshshabbat.com or call 610-265-9401.

Westchester Summer Day Our 2015 calendar is packed with new and exciting trips and events for children entering Nursery through 6th grade. To schedule a tour, please call 914-698-8900 ext. 154. Visit www.westchesterday.org/summerday for more information.

Support Our Troops Day Sunday, March 15th, 1-4 pm, MSAWI’S 6th Annual Support Our Troops Day at Congregation Ramath Orah (110th and Broadway). It’s a day to show your support for US Troops serving overseas. Help make Kosher-for-Passover and general care packages, attend the ‘military academy’ and create cool crafts for our troops. For more information & to pre-register, go to www.msawi.org. Questions, contact beverly@msawi.org.

Day of Advocacy for Jewish Day School Affordability Tuesday, March 17th 10AM-4PM. Join OU Advocacy-Teach NYS and UJA-Federation of New York to help promote the Education Tax Credit bill and other important issues to our legislators. Meet with legislators, attend a briefing with leaders of coalition groups, and tour the grand Albany Capitol. Lunch will be provided. Transportation details to follow.

Cantor Jack Mendelson in Concert Sunday, March 22 at 3 PM. Cantor Jacob Ben-Zion Mendelson, profiled in the documentary film, "A Cantor's Tale," will perform from his repertoire of cantoral and operatic selections, Broadway favorites, and Israeli music. CSAIR Cantor Elizabeth Stevens will aslo be featured. To order tickets go to www.csair.org.

A HAPPY END, a play by Iddo Netanyahu Set in 1932, A HAPPY END is the story of a Jewish family faced with the decision whether to leave Berlin amid the imminent rise of the Nazi Party. Limited run from February 27 – March 29 at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street. Ticket are $45 and $65. In order to receive a ticket discount please email Dina Farhi at dina@ckj.org.

Looking for work?

http://tinyurl.com/rjc-work

Contact Howard Millendorf:

howmill@corp.idt.net

Dr. Jonathan I Rosenblatt, Senior Rabbi Shimon Craimer, Chazzan

jir@rjconline.org shimcraimer@gmail.com

Rabbi Yitzi Genack, Assistant Rabbi Phone: 646-326-8256

genack@gmail.com Bracha Rutner, Yoetzet Halacha

Phone: 718-548-1850 x131 | Emergency: 201-399-4492 bracharutner@gmail.com

Rabbi Oran Zweiter, Rabbinic Associate Phone: 718-614-2677

zweiter@gmail.com Adin and Chaya Rayman, Youth Directors

Phone: 917-544-7522 rjcyouthdirectors@gmail.com

Rabbi Gidon Rothstein, Community Scholar Samson Fine, President

grothst@gmail.com fines@mskcc.org

Riverdale Jewish Center is located at: 3700 Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463

Phone: 718-548-1850 Email: info@rjconline.orgWebsite: www.rjconline.org

Call out service: 877-698-3261 Follow directions and input your phone # to hear messages from last 7 days.

Getting Rid of Stuff In the period from Purim to Pesach we prepare for freedom by getting rid of chametz. We can use the time to get rid of stuff that we don't need to allow us a greater freedom. This month's green tips will focus on ways to get rid of stuff. Get rid of your stuff through Yerdle.com.

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