CBAJ Notes Weekly E-mail - Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob

Shabbat Vayishlach

12/01/2023 10:47:15 AM

Dec1

Shabbat Vayishlach
December 1 - 2, 2023

Friday
Candle Lighting
4:04 pm

Friday Evening Services
4:05 pm

Morning Services
Shabbat
9:00 am

Latest Shema
9:25 am

Kiddush
following services

Babysitting
10:00 am

Youth Groups
10:00 am

Shabbat Mincha
12:08 pm

Lecture by Rabbi Nadel
4:25 pm

Havdalah
5:09 pm

Shabbat Maariv & Musical Havdalah
5:25 pm

TORAH READING
Genesis: 32:4-36:43 Artscroll p. 170
Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1-21, p. 1141

SPEAKER
We welcome Rabbi Shimshon Nadel as the scholar-in-residence this Shabbat. Please see below for a full listing of Rabbi Nadel's speaking schedule and topics, including Friday night Onegs for teens and for adults!

KIDDUSH
This Shabbat Kiddush is sponsored by CBAJ.
Kiddush will be meat (with vegetarian options).

MAZAL TOV
Mazal tov to past CBAJ rabbinic intern, youth director, and NCSY coordinator, Jack Hartstein, on his engagement to Esther Nasser! Mazal tov to the Hartstein and Nasser families. We are excited to welcome Jack & Esther as guests this Shabbat.

SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE SHABBAT - DEC. 1-2
With Rabbi Shimshon Nadel

We are excited to present a new Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat
Parshat Vayishlach, December 1-2, 2023
Rabbi Shimshon Nadel

"Ba-yamim Ha-hem Ba-zman Ha-zeh:
Celebrating the Miracle of Medinat Yisrael and our Modern-day Maccabees"
A Shabbat full of song, chizzuk, ruach, and learning.

Schedule:
Friday Night
6:30 PM - Oneg for Teens
7:30 PM - Friday night oneg for the community
Both will take place at 258 South Manning Blvd., Albany 12208

Saturday
11:00 AM - Shabbat morning drasha by Rabbi Nadel
12:00 PM - "The Menorah as the Symbol for the State of Israel"
(Lecture following Kiddush)
4:25 PM - "The Chashmonaim (Hasmoneans) as a Paradigm for Modern Jewish Sovereignty"
(In place of weekly Talmud class)
5:25 PM - Maariv & Musical Havdalah led by Rabbi Nadel
(Shabbat ends 5:09 PM)

Rabbi Shimshon Nadel lives and teaches in Jerusalem, where he serves as Rabbi of Kehilat Zichron Yosef, Rosh Kollel of the Sinai Kollel and Hovevei Zion’s Kollel Boker, and lectures at the OU Center. Rabbi Nadel lectures in communities around the world as a scholar-in-residence. Before making Aliyah, he served pulpits in the United States. He studied at Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.

MESSAGE FROM RABBI KEAN

Dear CBAJ Family,

On behalf of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob,
I would like to wish you and your family a restful and meaningful Shabbat.

A warm welcome to our scholar-in-residence Shabbat with Rabbi Shimshon Nadel! Rabbi Nadel is a dynamic educator with multiple connections to Albany, who teaches about topics that are at the forefront of our minds at this time.

While I am sure you join me in having tremendous concern for our fellow Jews in Israel, we have to be grateful that roughly 100 hostages have been freed from Hamas's cruel captivity. While the news of the torture that they endured is gut-wrenching, I am in awe of the strength and faith displayed by so many hostages.

From 85 year-old Yocheved Lifshitz having the mind-blowing courage to confront and shame Yahya Sinwar AS A HOSTAGE, to the family of 12 year-old Yagil Yaacov maintaining their faith that he would still be home to celebrate his bar mitzvah with the tefillin they had purchased, the strength of the Jewish people and the Israeli spirit is unbreakable.

My heart breaks for those still in captivity, with prayers for their speedy and safe return, along with the defeat of Hamas that is needed for lasting peace to be possible.

I hope to see you soon at a tefilah, children's program, event, or class!

Am Yisrael Chai.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Ben Kean

UPCOMING EVENTS

KIDDUSH CONVERSATIONS
A new season of weekly Kiddush Conversations has begun

COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
Sunday, 8:00 pm at CBAJ

FALL LECTURE SERIES
Tuesday, December 5 at 7:30 pm, A Season for Everything

SAVE THE DATE: FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER FOR SHABBAT CHANUKAH
Join CBAJ for a Friday night dinner on December 8, following Friday night services. Details forthcoming.

See the Adult Education Programming section below
for more information about these upcoming events
and other programs

YOUTH PROGAMS

Torah High 2023-2024
CBAJ's Torah High meets Mondays, 7-9 pm and is open to all students in grades 8 - 12. Dinner is served.
Contact Rabbi Kean with questions.
Online registration available HERE

Tot Shabbat
For children ages 0-5 and their parents at 10:30 am in classroom 3.
Please contact Joshua Schulman-Marcus (jschumar@gmail.com) if you would like to be added to the Young Families WhatsApp group.

Youth Groups
Kids in grades k-5 will meet each Shabbat morning at 10-11 am.
Groups will be led by our youth director and teen youth leaders. For more information about attending, or if your teen wants to work as a youth leader, email office@cbaj.org

Babysitting
Babysitting is available for children ages 0-5 every Shabbat morning from 10:00-11:30 am! You do not need to be a member to drop off your kids. At least one parent or guardian must be at CBAJ for the duration of babysitting. Babysitting will take place in Classroom 3. The babysitters will bring the kids to Kiddush, please remember to pick up your kids when babysitting ends! Please make sure to inform the babysitters if your child has any food allergies or restrictions. Children in diapers may participate, but babysitters will not be able to change diapers, so please check on kids in diapers.

WEEKLY LEARNING AT CBAJ

NACH YOMI
Join Rabbi Kean for studying a chapter of NACH (Nevi'im & Ketuvim, the latter two sections of Jewish scripture) every weekday before Shacharit, Sunday through Friday, half an hour before the regular start time for morning services (7:30 am on Sundays, 6:10 am Monday - Friday) - in the social hall.

TORAH & TEA*
Thursday mornings, 9:30 - 10:30 AM on Zoom*. Studying Kings 2.
* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

TALMUD CLASS
Join our Shabbat Afternoon TALMUD SHIUR
in-person, at CBAJ, starting 1 hour before Maariv,
note: new time for standard time.
We are studying Masechet Makkot.

*CBAJ ZOOM ROOM (weekday classes only)
Go to https://zoom.us/join
Enter meeting ID: 940 508 9347 | Enter passcode: 613518

SECURITY COMMITTEE PROGRAMMING

The Security Committee is hosting a
Stop the Bleed Training Course
offered by Albany Medical Center Trauma Dept.
Wednesday, December 20 at 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Click Here to RSVP

ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING

FALL SEASON OF COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
This season, all sessions will be held WEEKLY on SUNDAYS
at CBAJ at 8:00 pm

Independent & Guided Learning
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will meet once or twice a month.
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will not meet this week.

KIDDUSH CONVERSATIONS 2023-2024
Share Jewish experiences or ideas that inspire you!
Following Kiddush on winter Shabbats.
Contact Simma Kinderlehrer or Rabbi Kean to sign up

FALL LECTURE SERIES
Select Tuesdays at 7:30 pm at CBAJ (in the Carr Chapel)
Zoom option also available - see link to Zoom room above.
December 5: A Season for Everything
The famous "Time Poem" & cycles of hope & despair in Kohelet
December 12: Does Life Have Meaning?
Competing answers from Kohelet's Conclusion

* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

The Lunch & Learn for Seniors with Rabbi Kean series has resumed and the fall theme is Life's Highs and Lows.
12/19/2023 Judaism and Positive Living

All sessions will begin at 12:30 pm. Lunch, catered by 518 Kosher and supervised by the VHCD, is free of charge. Please feel welcome to wear a mask during the event & take lunch home to enjoy.
Please register by contacting our events coordinator Beth Liotta Tyler at 518.489.5819 x4 or beth@cbaj.org.

THE DEE PIRKEI AVOT PROJECT

The Dee Pirkei Avot project disseminates a weekly Pirkei Avot study and discussion sheet in honor of their memory of Lucy, Maia, and Rina, z''l, who were killed in a terrorist attack this year.

Click Here for this week's installment of the Dee Pirkei Avot Project

CBAJ COVID POLICY

DAILY SERVICES

December 3 - December 8, 2023

Shacharit
Sunday
8:00 am

Monday - Friday
6:40 am

Mincha/Maariv
Sunday - Friday
4:05 pm

Candle Lighting
Friday, December 8
4:03 pm

MESSAGE FROM LIFE & LEGACY

“A community is too heavy to carry alone”
Deuteronomy Rabbah 1:10

We are excited and honored to be partnering with 10 other local organizations in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY™ program. Please help us pay it forward and leave a legacy for future Capital District Jews.
Please speak to Paula Mosher or Ellen Kaplowitz the Life & Legacy committee chairs about partnering on this crucial initiative to ensure the vitality of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob for the next 200 years.

Please click HERE for an important message from our Security Committee & security partner, Community Security Service (CSS)
regarding guidelines for attending pro-Israel events

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chanukah on Jay
Sunday, December 10
Time: 2 - 4 PM
Location: Jay Street (Schenectady)
CBAJ is proud to join the Capital District Jewish community again!
https://www.chanukahonjay.com

I Stand with Israel bracelets are available for purchase $5.00 each (cash or Venmo @SherylHoffman).
Pick up at Temple Israel
All proceeds will go to
Federations Support Israel Efforts

Introducing: The Drama Daughters
A musical theater club for Jewish girls, grades 2 - 6. Contact Elisheva Lieberman at 518.704.1096 for participation details. Practices will be held on Tuesdays, 4:00 - 5:30 pm, at CBAJ.

Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob
380 Whitehall Rd
Albany, NY 12208

Shabbat Vayetzei

11/24/2023 10:02:21 AM

Nov24

Shabbat Vayetzei
November 24 - 25, 2023

Friday
Candle Lighting
4:08 pm

Friday Evening Services
4:10 pm

Morning Services
Shabbat
9:00 am

Latest Shema
9:20 am

Kiddush
following services

Babysitting
10:00 am

Youth Groups
10:00 am

Shabbat Mincha
12:06 pm

Talmud Class
4:25 pm

Havdalah
5:11 pm

Shabbat Maariv
5:25 pm

TORAH READING
Genesis 28:10-32:3,Artscroll p.144
Haftarah: Hosea 12:13 - 14:10, p. 1140

SPEAKER
Rabbi Kean will deliver a Dvar Torah on Shabbat morning.

Kiddush Conversations will be led by Rakhamim Yakobov.

KIDDUSH
This Shabbat Kiddush is sponsored by CBAJ.

MAZAL TOV
Mazal tov to Nanette and Artie Brenner and family on the birth of identical twin boys to Lianna Brenner and Elie Peltz.

Mazal tov to Shore and Shajar Goldberg on the birth of their son on Tuesday, November 21. Mazal tov to the Goldberg and Gonzalez families.

Mazal tov to Leah Ahavah & Elon Weintraub on the birth of a son on Tuesday, November 21. The brit milah and dairy meal will take place at their home at 213 Hackett Blvd on November 28 at 3:15 PM. All attendees are required to have had the fall 2023 flu shot and COVID booster by November 14, 2023 and be up to date on their Tdap vaccine. If you or someone in your household has symptoms of any infectious illness, please refrain from attending and come meet the baby another time.

CONDOLONCES
We regret to inform you of the passing of CBAJ member Sydelle Rickman (Ziesel bas Yosef), wife of CBAJ member Lawrence Rickman, mother of Laura (& Matthew) Hosford and Wendi Rickman (& Jonathan Broth), grandmother of Merrick and Phoebe Hosford, Sabrina Broth, and Tyler Conway, sister-in-law of Alvin & Pat Rickman. The funeral will take place on Sunday at 1 PM at Levine Memorial Chapel (note updated time). The burial will follow at the Beth Abraham-Jacob cemetery on Western Avenue. Shiva details are forthcoming.

MESSAGE FROM RABBI KEAN

Dear CBAJ Family,

On behalf of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob,
I would like to wish you and your family a restful and meaningful Shabbat.

I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We have a number of exciting events coming up that I hope you will enjoy.

See below for information about our newly announced scholar-in-residence Shabbat with Rabbi Shimshon Nadel. Rabbi Nadel is a dynamic educator with multiple connections to Albany, who teaches about topics that are at the forefront of our minds at this time.

This week, I will be starting a three-part lecture series on Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) - a book of Tanakh that has a special place in our tradition as a book that voices deep existential dread.

I hope to see you soon at a tefilah, children's program, event, or class!

Am Yisrael Chai.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Ben Kean

SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE SHABBAT - DEC. 1-2
With Rabbi Shimshon Nadel

We are excited to announce a new Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat
Parshat Vayishlach, December 1-2, 2023
Rabbi Shimshon Nadel
"Ba-yamim Ha-hem Ba-zman Ha-zeh:
Celebrating the Miracle of Medinat Yisrael and our Modern-day Maccabees"
A Shabbat full of song, chizzuk, ruach, and learning.

Schedule:
Friday Night
7:30 PM - Friday night oneg (location TBA)

Saturday
11:00 AM - "The Menorah as the Symbol for the State of Israel"
(Lecture following Shabbat morning services)
4:25 PM - "The Chashmonaim (Hasmoneans) as a Paradigm for Modern Jewish Sovereignty"
(In place of weekly Talmud class)
5:25 PM - Maariv & Musical Havdalah led by Rabbi Nadel
(Shabbat ends 5:09 PM)

Rabbi Shimshon Nadel lives and teaches in Jerusalem, where he serves as Rabbi of Kehilat Zichron Yosef, Rosh Kollel of the Sinai Kollel and Hovevei Zion’s Kollel Boker, and lectures at the OU Center. Rabbi Nadel lectures in communities around the world as a scholar-in-residence. Before making Aliyah, he served pulpits in the United States. He studied at Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.

UPCOMING EVENTS

KIDDUSH CONVERSATIONS
A new season of weekly Kiddush Conversations has begun

COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
Sunday, 8:00 pm at CBAJ

FALL LECTURE SERIES
CBAJ's Fall weeknight lecture series starts this week!
Tuesday, November 28 at 7:30 PM: Concealing Kohelet

SAVE THE DATE: FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER FOR SHABBAT CHANUKAH
Join CBAJ for a Friday night dinner on December 8, following Friday night services. Details forthcoming.

See the Adult Education Programming section below
for more information about these upcoming events
and other programs

YOUTH PROGAMS

Torah High 2023-2024
CBAJ's Torah High meets Mondays, 7-9 pm and is open to all students in grades 8 - 12. Dinner is served.
Contact Rabbi Kean with questions.
Online registration available HERE

Tot Shabbat
For children ages 0-5 and their parents at 10:30 am in classroom 3.
Please contact Joshua Schulman-Marcus (jschumar@gmail.com) if you would like to be added to the Young Families WhatsApp group.

Youth Groups
Kids in grades k-5 will meet each Shabbat morning at 10-11 am.
Groups will be led by our youth director and teen youth leaders. For more information about attending, or if your teen wants to work as a youth leader, email office@cbaj.org

Babysitting
Babysitting is available for children ages 0-5 every Shabbat morning from 10:00-11:30 am! You do not need to be a member to drop off your kids. At least one parent or guardian must be at CBAJ for the duration of babysitting. Babysitting will take place in Classroom 3. The babysitters will bring the kids to Kiddush, please remember to pick up your kids when babysitting ends! Please make sure to inform the babysitters if your child has any food allergies or restrictions. Children in diapers may participate, but babysitters will not be able to change diapers, so please check on kids in diapers.

WEEKLY LEARNING AT CBAJ

NACH YOMI
Join Rabbi Kean for studying a chapter of NACH (Nevi'im & Ketuvim, the latter two sections of Jewish scripture) every weekday before Shacharit, Sunday through Friday, half an hour before the regular start time for morning services (7:30 am on Sundays, 6:10 am Monday - Friday) - in the social hall.

TORAH & TEA*
Thursday mornings, 9:30 - 10:30 AM on Zoom*. Studying Kings 2.
* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

TALMUD CLASS
Join our Shabbat Afternoon TALMUD SHIUR
in-person, at CBAJ, starting 1 hour before Maariv,
note: new time for standard time.
We are studying Masechet Makkot.

*CBAJ ZOOM ROOM (weekday classes only)
Go to https://zoom.us/join
Enter meeting ID: 940 508 9347 | Enter passcode: 613518

SECURITY COMMITTEE PROGRAMMING

The Security Committee is hosting a
Stop the Bleed Training Course
offered by Albany Medical Center Trauma Dept.
Wednesday, December 20 at 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Click Here to RSVP

ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING

FALL SEASON OF COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
This season, all sessions will be held WEEKLY on SUNDAYS
at CBAJ at 8:00 pm

Independent & Guided Learning
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will meet once or twice a month.
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will not meet this week.

KIDDUSH CONVERSATIONS 2023-2024
Share Jewish experiences or ideas that inspire you!
Following Kiddush on winter Shabbats.
Contact Simma Kinderlehrer or Rabbi Kean to sign up

FALL LECTURE SERIES
Select Tuesdays at 7:30 pm at CBAJ (in the Carr Chapel)
Zoom option also available - see link to Zoom room above.
November 28: Concealing Kohelet
Did the Rabbis almost remove Kohelet from Tanakh?
December 5: A Season for Everything
The famous "Time Poem" & cycles of hope & despair in Kohelet
December 12: Does Life Have Meaning?
Competing answers from Kohelet's Conclusion

* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

The Lunch & Learn for Seniors with Rabbi Kean series has resumed and the fall theme is Life's Highs and Lows.
11/21/2023 Grief and Loss in Judaism note: new date
12/19/2023 Judaism and Positive Living

All sessions will begin at 12:30 pm. Lunch, catered by 518 Kosher and supervised by the VHCD, is free of charge. Please feel welcome to wear a mask during the event & take lunch home to enjoy.
Please register by contacting our events coordinator Beth Liotta Tyler at 518.489.5819 x4 or beth@cbaj.org.

THE DEE PIRKEI AVOT PROJECT

The Dee Pirkei Avot project disseminates a weekly Pirkei Avot study and discussion sheet in honor of their memory of Lucy, Maia, and Rina, z''l, who were killed in a terrorist attack this year.

Click Here for this week's installment of the Dee Pirkei Avot Project

CBAJ COVID POLICY

DAILY SERVICES

November 26 - December 1, 2023

Shacharit
Sunday
8:00 am

Monday - Friday
6:40 am

Mincha/Maariv
Sunday - Friday
4:05 pm

Candle Lighting
Friday, December 1
4:04 pm

MESSAGE FROM LIFE & LEGACY

“A community is too heavy to carry alone”
Deuteronomy Rabbah 1:10

We are excited and honored to be partnering with 10 other local organizations in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY™ program. Please help us pay it forward and leave a legacy for future Capital District Jews.
Please speak to Paula Mosher or Ellen Kaplowitzthe Life & Legacy committee chairs about partnering on this crucial initiative to ensure the vitality of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob for the next 200 years.

Please click HERE for an important message from our Security Committee & security partner, Community Security Service (CSS)
regarding guidelines for attending pro-Israel events

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

I Stand with Israel bracelets are available for purchase $5.00 each (cash or Venmo @SherylHoffman).
Pick up at Temple Israel
All proceeds will go to
Federations Support Israel Efforts

Introducing: The Drama Daughters
A musical theater club for Jewish girls, grades 2 - 6. Contact Elisheva Lieberman at 518.704.1096 for participation details. Practices will be held on Tuesdays, 4:00 - 5:30 pm, at CBAJ.

Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob
380 Whitehall Rd
Albany, NY 12208

Shabbat Toldot

11/17/2023 10:43:41 AM

Nov17

Shabbat Toldot
November 17 - 18, 2023

Friday
Candle Lighting
4:13 pm

Friday Evening Services
4:15 pm

Morning Services
Shabbat
9:00 am

Latest Shema
9:15 am

Kiddush
following services

Babysitting
10:00 am

Youth Groups
10:00 am

Shabbat Mincha
12:04 pm

Talmud Class
4:30 pm

Havdalah
5:15 pm

Shabbat Maariv
5:30 pm

TORAH READING
Genesis: 25:19 - 28:9 Artscroll p.124
Haftarah: Malachi 1:1 - 2:7, p. 1137

SPEAKER
Rabbi Kean will deliver a Dvar Torah on Shabbat morning

KIDDUSH
This Shabbat Kiddush is sponsored by CBAJ.

MESSAGE FROM RABBI KEAN

Dear CBAJ Family,

On behalf of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob,
I would like to wish you and your family a restful and meaningful Shabbat.

I want to thank each and every one of you who made the effort to attend either the solidarity rally for Israel in Albany or the Americans March for Israel rally in Washington, DC (or both!).

Showing our support makes a tremendous impact, by showing our fellow Jews in Israel the depth of our care for them and by demonstrating to our elected officials the importance we place on our country's continued alliance with and support for Israel.

Personally, it was deeply meaningful to be able to attend both and stand with Israel both as a committed local community and also in Washington's historic gathering of the pro-Israel and Jewish community - the largest of its kind in Jewish-American history.

I hope to see you soon at a tefilah, children's program, event, or class!

Am Yisrael Chai.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Ben Kean

UPCOMING EVENTS

KIDDUSH CONVERSATIONS
A new season of Kiddush Conversations starts this Shabbat!

NCSY SHABBATON THIS SHABBAT (11/17-11/18)
This week we will be joined by our youth director Yonah Shneier
and a team of NCSY advisors for a weekend of fun for teens

COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
Sunday, 8:00 pm at CBAJ

Lunch & Learn for Seniors with Rabbi Kean
11/21/2023 Grief and Loss in Judaism

See the Youth Programs & Adult Education Programming sections below
for more information about these upcoming events
and other programs

YOUTH PROGAMS

NCSY Shabbaton 11/17-11/18 (this Shabbat)
Please contact Yonah Schneier for more information.

Torah High 2023-2024
CBAJ's Torah High meets Mondays, 7-9 pm and is open to all students in grades 8 - 12. Dinner is served.
Contact Rabbi Kean with questions.
Online registration available HERE

Tot Shabbat
For children ages 0-5 and their parents at 10:30 am in classroom 3.
Please contact Joshua Schulman-Marcus (jschumar@gmail.com) if you would like to be added to the Young Families WhatsApp group.

Youth Groups
Kids in grades k-5 will meet each Shabbat morning at 10-11 am.
Groups will be led by our youth director and teen youth leaders. For more information about attending, or if your teen wants to work as a youth leader, email office@cbaj.org

Babysitting
Babysitting is available for children ages 0-5 every Shabbat morning from 10:00-11:30 am! You do not need to be a member to drop off your kids. At least one parent or guardian must be at CBAJ for the duration of babysitting. Babysitting will take place in Classroom 3. The babysitters will bring the kids to Kiddush, please remember to pick up your kids when babysitting ends! Please make sure to inform the babysitters if your child has any food allergies or restrictions. Children in diapers may participate, but babysitters will not be able to change diapers, so please check on kids in diapers.

WEEKLY LEARNING AT CBAJ

NACH YOMI
Join Rabbi Kean for studying a chapter of NACH (Nevi'im & Ketuvim, the latter two sections of Jewish scripture) every weekday before Shacharit, Sunday through Friday, half an hour before the regular start time for morning services (7:30 am on Sundays, 6:10 am Monday - Friday) - in the social hall.

TORAH & TEA*
Thursday mornings, 9:30 - 10:30 AM on Zoom*. Studying Kings 2.
* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

TALMUD CLASS
Join our Shabbat Afternoon TALMUD SHIUR
in-person, at CBAJ, starting 1 hour before Maariv, note: new time for standard time.
We are studying Masechet Makkot.

*CBAJ ZOOM ROOM (weekday classes only)
Go to https://zoom.us/join
Enter meeting ID: 940 508 9347 | Enter passcode: 613518

ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING

FALL SEASON OF COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
This season, all sessions will be held WEEKLY on SUNDAYS
at CBAJ at 8:00 pm

Independent & Guided Learning
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will meet once or twice a month.
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will meet this week.

KIDDUSH CONVERSATIONS 2023-2024
Share Jewish experiences or ideas that inspire you!
Following Kiddush on winter Shabbats, begins Nov. 18
Contact Simma Kinderlehrer or Rabbi Kean to sign up

FALL LECTURE SERIES
November 28: Concealing Kohelet
Did the Rabbis almost remove Kohelet from Tanakh?
December 5: A Season for Everything
The famous "Time Poem" & cycles of hope & despair in Kohelet
December 12: Does Life Have Meaning?
Competing answers from Kohelet's Conclusion

* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

The Lunch & Learn for Seniors with Rabbi Kean series has resumed and the fall theme is Life's Highs and Lows.
11/21/2023 Grief and Loss in Judaism note: new date
12/19/2023 Judaism and Positive Living

All sessions will begin at 12:30 pm. Lunch, catered by 518 Kosher and supervised by the VHCD, is free of charge. Please feel welcome to wear a mask during the event & take lunch home to enjoy.
Please register by contacting our events coordinator Beth Liotta Tyler at 518.489.5819 x4 or beth@cbaj.org.

THE DEE PIRKEI AVOT PROJECT

The Dee Pirkei Avot project disseminates a weekly Pirkei Avot study and discussion sheet in honor of their memory of Lucy, Maia, and Rina, z''l, who were killed in a terrorist attack this year.

Click Here for this week's installment of the Dee Pirkei Avot Project

CBAJ COVID POLICY

DAILY SERVICES

November 19 - November 24, 2023

Shacharit
Sunday
8:00 am

Monday - Wed. & Friday
6:40 am

Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
8:00 am

Mincha/Maariv
Sunday - Friday
4:10 pm

Candle Lighting
Friday, November 24
4:08 pm

MESSAGE FROM LIFE & LEGACY

“A community is too heavy to carry alone”
Deuteronomy Rabbah 1:10

We are excited and honored to be partnering with 10 other local organizations in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY™ program. Please help us pay it forward and leave a legacy for future Capital District Jews.
Please speak to Paula Mosher or Ellen Kaplowitzthe Life & Legacy committee chairs about partnering on this crucial initiative to ensure the vitality of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob for the next 200 years.

Please click HERE for an important message from our Security Committee & security partner, Community Security Service (CSS)
regarding guidelines for attending pro-Israel events

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

I Stand with Israel bracelets are available for purchase $5.00 each (cash or Venmo @SherylHoffman).
Pick up at Temple Israel
All proceeds will go to
Federations Support Israel Efforts

Introducing: The Drama Daughters
A musical theater club for Jewish girls, grades 2 - 6. Contact Elisheva Lieberman at 518.704.1096 for participation details. Practices will be held on Tuesdays, 4:00 - 5:30 pm, at CBAJ.

Acheinu Global Siyum by World Mizrachi
Sunday, October 19, 11 am EST
CBAJ is proud to join Jewish communities throughout the world in a siyum on Mishnah in memory of all those killed in the October 7 attacks in Israel.
Click here for CBAJ's flyer.
Click here to sign up to take part in the siyum.

Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob
380 Whitehall Rd
Albany, NY 12208

TODAY: Torah & Tea; SUNDAY: Beis Midrash Night Continues!

11/16/2023 08:00:56 AM

Nov16

JOIN US today for Torah & Tea

See below for details

Click here to join Torah & Tea on Zoom

FALL SEASON OF COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT

WHEN: EVERY SUNDAY, 8:00 PM
WHERE: THIS SEASON AT CBAJ
(next season at Shomray Torah)

Independent & Guided learning
Rabbi Kean will lead a guided learning option this week.

WEEKLY CLASSES

Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob
380 Whitehall Rd
Albany, NY 12208

Shabbat Mevarchim Chayei Sara CORRECTED Mazal Tov & Simcha Sponsors

11/10/2023 01:27:51 PM

Nov10

Shabbat Mevarchim
Chayei Sara
November 10 - 11, 2023

Friday
Candle Lighting
4:19 pm

Friday Evening Services
4:20 pm

Morning Services
Shabbat
9:00 am

Latest Shema
9:10 am

Simcha Kiddush
following services

Babysitting
10:00 am

Youth Groups
10:00 am

Tot Shabbat
10:30 am

Shabbat Mincha
12:04 pm

Shabbat ends
5:21 pm

Talmud Class
4:30 pm
Taught by
Rabbi Moshe Kurtz

Shabbat Maariv
5:35 pm

TORAH READING
Genesis: 23:1 - 25:18 Artscroll p.106
Haftarah: 1 Kings 1:1-31, p. 1136

SCHOLAR-IN RESIDENCE & SPEAKER
We welcome Rabbi Moshe Kurtz as scholar-in-residence this Shabbat. Please see below for a full listing of Rabbi Kurtz's speaking schedule and topics.

Chana Israel will deliver brief remarks following Shabbat morning services on the occasion of the shloshim of Ilan Fiorentino, HY"D, on behalf of his sisters, Keren Zilberberg & Shoham Fiorentino.

SIMCHA KIDDUSH
This Shabbat, the Simcha Kiddush (dairy) is prepared by the Simcha Kiddush Committee, chaired by Faye Silton & Marta Koblenz.

We are celebrating simchas, and honoring our Scholar-in-Residence, Rabbi Moshe Kurtz. Honorees, celebrants, and sponsors of both the Simcha Kiddush and Scholar-in-Residence events are listed below, along with a full listing of Rabbi Kurtz's speaking schedule and topics.

MAZAL TOV Correction
Marjorie & Stuart Gang extend a Mazal Tov to Faye and Rabbi Silton on the birth of their twin granddaughters.

MESSAGE FROM RABBI KEAN

Dear CBAJ Family,

On behalf of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob,
I would like to wish you and your family a restful and meaningful Shabbat.

I look forward to joining you this week for a weekend dedicated to learning with my colleague and friend, Rabbi Moshe Kurtz. We decided to invite Rabbi Kurtz to join us for Shabbat so that we could learn from his refreshing use of the lens of halacha to explore contemporary issues, alongside his relevant and timely writing on the synagogue and tefilah (prayer services) in the 21st century, especially post-COVID. I hope that you will join us and that you find his Torah engaging, enlightening, and thought-provoking.

This coming week features two rallies for Israel that I believe are important to share. First, on Monday night, November 13, is a rally at the New York State capitol , organized by the local Capital District Jewish community.

Second, on Tuesday, November 14, national organizations have called for a national March for Israel in Washington. Organizers hope it will be one of the largest Jewish demonstrations in US history.

I encourage to do whatever you can to attend either march. Details are shared beneath the kiddush sponsorship, below.

I hope to see you soon at a tefilah, children's program, event, or class!

Am Yisrael Chai.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Ben Kean

SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE

This Shabbat
we welcome
Rabbi Moshe Kurtz
as our guest scholar

Schedule of Shabbat & Rabbi Kurtz's talks:

Friday Night lecture & Discussion
Sugarcoating, Apologetics, and Censorship in Jewish Education & Outreach
following Friday night dinner (approximately 6:30 pm)
Please note: The talk is open to everyone. Dinner by prior registration only

Shabbat morning lecture & discussion:
Harmful Speech, Sensitivity, and "Political Correctness"
following morning services

Simcha Kiddush
following Shabbat morning lecture

Shabbat Afternoon Shiur (in lieu of weekly Talmud Class)
Is it ever 'Too Hot' for Halachah? Exploring the Concepts of איסטניס and מצטער
4:30-5:30 pm (followed by Maariv)

Dessert Reception, book signing, and discussion
Saturday evening 7:00 pm in the Carr Chapel & on Zoom

*CBAJ ZOOM ROOM (weekday classes only)
Go to https://zoom.us/join
Enter meeting ID: 940 508 9347 | Enter passcode: 613518
Click here for direct link.

The November Simcha Kiddush and Scholar-in-Residence programming
are sponsored by CBAJ, and by the following families

Keren Zilberberg and Shoham Fiorentino in memory of their brother,
Ilan Fiorentino, HY"D, on the occasion of his Shloshim.
Marjorie & Stuart Gang in celebration of their grandchildren’s birthdays:
Jacob, age 6, Joseph, age 4, Zoe, age 2, and Liam, 6 months old
Marta and Mark Koblenz, Scholar-in-Residence sponsor
Ilana & Rob Kovach, Scholar-in-Residence sponsor
Paula Mosher, Scholar-in-Residence sponsor
Amarit & Seth Rosenblum, Scholar-in-Residence sponsor
Laura & Zvi Segal, Scholar-in-Residence sponsor
Ellen Kaplowitz in honor of Jack Kaplowitz's birthday

UPCOMING EVENTS

COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
Sunday, 8:00 pm at CBAJ

KIDDUSH CONVERSATIONS
A new season of Kiddush Conversations starts next Shabbat, 11/18

See the Adult Education Programming section below
for more information about these upcoming events
and other Adult Education programs

DEMONSTRATIONS FOR ISRAEL THIS WEEK

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - NEW YORK STATE CAPITOL
7:00 PM | West Capitol Park | 85 Swan St., Albany
Register online: tialbany.org/form/CommunityRally
Click here for flyer

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 - MARCH FOR ISRAEL IN WASHINGTON, DC
1:00-3:00 PM on the National Mall. Gates open at 10:00 AM.
See the March for Israel website: MarchForIsrael.org.
The Jewish Federation of NENY is organizing transportation and accommodations to the rally, with a bus leaving Monday night, returning Tuesday night.
Click here for more information and registration for transportation from Albany.

YOUTH PROGAMS

Torah High 2023-2024
CBAJ's Torah High meets Mondays, 7-9 pm and is open to all students in grades 8 - 12. Dinner is served. Contact Rabbi Kean with questions.
Online registration available HERE

Tot Shabbat
For children ages 0-5 and their parents at 10:30 am in classroom 3.
Please contact Joshua Schulman-Marcus (jschumar@gmail.com) if you would like to be added to the Young Families WhatsApp group.

Youth Groups
Kids in grades k-5 will meet each Shabbat morning at 10-11 am.
Groups will be led by our youth director and teen youth leaders. For more information about attending, or if your teen wants to work as a youth leader, email office@cbaj.org

Babysitting
Babysitting is available for children ages 0-5 every Shabbat morning from 10:00-11:30 am! You do not need to be a member to drop off your kids. At least one parent or guardian must be at CBAJ for the duration of babysitting. Babysitting will take place in Classroom 3. The babysitters will bring the kids to Kiddush, please remember to pick up your kids when babysitting ends! Please make sure to inform the babysitters if your child has any food allergies or restrictions. Children in diapers may participate, but babysitters will not be able to change diapers, so please check on kids in diapers.

WEEKLY LEARNING AT CBAJ

NACH YOMI
Join Rabbi Kean for studying a chapter of NACH (Nevi'im & Ketuvim, the latter two sections of Jewish scripture) every weekday before Shacharit, Sunday through Friday, half an hour before the regular start time for morning services (7:30 am on Sundays, 6:10 am Monday - Friday) - in the social hall.

TORAH & TEA*
Thursday mornings, 9:30 - 10:30 AM on Zoom*. Studying Kings 2.
* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

TALMUD CLASS
Join our Shabbat Afternoon TALMUD SHIUR
in-person, at CBAJ, starting 1 hour before Maariv, note: new time
We are studying Masechet Makkot.

*CBAJ ZOOM ROOM (weekday classes only)
Go to https://zoom.us/join
Enter meeting ID: 940 508 9347 | Enter passcode: 613518

ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING

FALL SEASON OF COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
This season, all sessions will be held WEEKLY on SUNDAYS
at CBAJ at 8:00 pm

Independent & Guided Learning
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will meet once or twice a month.
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will not meet this week.

KIDDUSH CONVERSATIONS 2023-2024
Share Jewish experiences or ideas that inspire you!
Following Kiddush on winter Shabbats, begins Nov. 18
Contact Simma Kinderlehrer or Rabbi Kean to sign up

FALL LECTURE SERIES
November 28: Concealing Kohelet
Did the Rabbis almost remove Kohelet from Tanakh?
December 5: A Season for Everything
The famous "Time Poem" & cycles of hope & despair in Kohelet
December 12: Does Life Have Meaning?
Competing answers from Kohelet's Conclusion

* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

The Lunch & Learn for Seniors with Rabbi Kean series has resumed and the fall theme is Life's Highs and Lows.
11/21/2023 Grief and Loss in Judaism note: new date
12/19/2023 Judaism and Positive Living

All sessions will begin at 12:30 pm. Lunch, catered by 518 Kosher and supervised by the VHCD, is free of charge. Please feel welcome to wear a mask during the event & take lunch home to enjoy.
Please register by contacting our events coordinator Beth Liotta Tyler at 518.489.5819 x4 or beth@cbaj.org.

THE DEE PIRKEI AVOT PROJECT

The Dee Pirkei Avot project disseminates a weekly Pirkei Avot study and discussion sheet in honor of their memory of Lucy, Maia, and Rina, z''l, who were killed in a terrorist attack this year.

Click Here for this week's installment of the Dee Pirkei Avot Project

CBAJ COVID POLICY

DAILY SERVICES

November 12 - November 17, 2023

Shacharit
Sunday
8:00 am

Monday, &
Wed. - Friday
6:40 am

Tuesday
Rosh Chodesh Kislev
6:35 am

Mincha/Maariv
Sunday - Friday
4:15 pm

Candle Lighting
Friday, November 17
4:13 pm

MESSAGE FROM LIFE & LEGACY

“It’s when the winds blow the hardest that you need the deepest roots”
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

We are excited and honored to be partnering with 10 other local organizations in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY™ program. Please help us pay it forward and leave a legacy for future Capital District Jews.
Please speak to Paula Mosher or Ellen Kaplowitzthe Life & Legacy committee chairs about partnering on this crucial initiative to ensure the vitality of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob for the next 200 years.

Please click HERE for an important message from our Security Committee & security partner, Community Security Service (CSS)
regarding guidelines for attending pro-Israel events

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

I Stand with Israel bracelets are available for purchase $5.00 each (cash or Venmo @SherylHoffman).
Pick up at Temple Israel
All proceeds will go to
Federations Support Israel Efforts

Introducing: The Drama Daughters
A musical theater club for Jewish girls, grades 2 - 6. Contact Elisheva Lieberman at 518.704.1096 for participation details. Practices will be held on Tuesdays, 4:00 - 5:30 pm, at CBAJ.

Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob
380 Whitehall Rd
Albany, NY 12208

Shabbat Mevarchim Chayei Sara

11/10/2023 12:34:46 PM

Nov10

Shabbat Mevarchim
Chayei Sara
November 10 - 11, 2023

Friday
Candle Lighting
4:19 pm

Friday Evening Services
4:20 pm

Morning Services
Shabbat
9:00 am

Latest Shema
9:10 am

Simcha Kiddush
following services

Babysitting
10:00 am

Youth Groups
10:00 am

Tot Shabbat
10:30 am

Shabbat Mincha
12:04 pm

Shabbat ends
5:21 pm

Talmud Class
4:30 pm
Taught by
Rabbi Moshe Kurtz

Shabbat Maariv
5:35 pm

TORAH READING
Genesis: 23:1 - 25:18 Artscroll p.106
Haftarah: 1 Kings 1:1-31, p. 1136

SCHOLAR-IN RESIDENCE & SPEAKER
We welcome Rabbi Moshe Kurtz as scholar-in-residence this Shabbat. Please see below for a full listing of Rabbi Kurtz's speaking schedule and topics.

Chana Israel will deliver brief remarks following Shabbat morning services on the occasion of the shloshim of Ilan Fiorentino, HY"D, on behalf of his sisters, Keren Zilberberg & Shoham Fiorentino.

SIMCHA KIDDUSH
This Shabbat, the Simcha Kiddush (dairy) is prepared by the Simcha Kiddush Committee, chaired by Faye Silton & Marta Koblenz.

We are celebrating simchas, and honoring our Scholar-in-Residence, Rabbi Moshe Kurtz. Honorees, celebrants, and sponsors of both the Simcha Kiddush and Scholar-in-Residence events are listed below, along with a full listing of Rabbi Kurtz's speaking schedule and topics.

MAZAL TOV
Mazal Tov to Marjorie and Stuart Gang on the birth of twin granddaughters.

MESSAGE FROM RABBI KEAN

Dear CBAJ Family,

On behalf of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob,
I would like to wish you and your family a restful and meaningful Shabbat.

I look forward to joining you this week for a weekend dedicated to learning with my colleague and friend, Rabbi Moshe Kurtz. We decided to invite Rabbi Kurtz to join us for Shabbat so that we could learn from his refreshing use of the lens of halacha to explore contemporary issues, alongside his relevant and timely writing on the synagogue and tefilah (prayer services) in the 21st century, especially post-COVID. I hope that you will join us and that you find his Torah engaging, enlightening, and thought-provoking.

This coming week features two rallies for Israel that I believe are important to share. First, on Monday night, November 13, is a rally at the New York State capitol , organized by the local Capital District Jewish community.

Second, on Tuesday, November 14, national organizations have called for a national March for Israel in Washington. Organizers hope it will be one of the largest Jewish demonstrations in US history.

I encourage to do whatever you can to attend either march. Details are shared beneath the kiddush sponsorship, below.

I hope to see you soon at a tefilah, children's program, event, or class!

Am Yisrael Chai.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Ben Kean

SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE

This Shabbat
we welcome
Rabbi Moshe Kurtz
as our guest scholar

Schedule of Shabbat & Rabbi Kurtz's talks:

Friday Night lecture & Discussion
Sugarcoating, Apologetics, and Censorship in Jewish Education & Outreach
following Friday night dinner (approximately 6:30 pm)
Please note: The talk is open to everyone. Dinner by prior registration only.

Shabbat morning lecture & discussion:
Harmful Speech, Sensitivity, and "Political Correctness"
following morning services

Simcha Kiddush
following Shabbat morning lecture

Shabbat Afternoon Shiur (in lieu of weekly Talmud Class)
Is it ever 'Too Hot' for Halachah? Exploring the Concepts of איסטניס and מצטער
4:30-5:30 pm (followed by Maariv)

Dessert Reception, book signing, and discussion
Saturday evening 7:00 pm in the Carr Chapel & on Zoom

*CBAJ ZOOM ROOM (weekday classes only)
Go to https://zoom.us/join
Enter meeting ID: 940 508 9347 | Enter passcode: 613518
Click here for direct link.

The November Simcha Kiddush and Scholar-in-Residence programming
are sponsored by CBAJ, and by the following families

Keren Zilberberg and Shoham Fiorentino in memory of their brother,
Ilan Fiorentino, HY"D, on the occasion of his Shloshim.
Marjorie & Stuart Gang in celebration of their grandchildren’s birthdays:
Jacob, age 6, Joseph, age 4, Zoe, age 2, and Liam, 6 months old
Marta and Mark Koblenz, Scholar-in-Residence sponsor
Ilana & Rob Kovach, Scholar-in-Residence sponsor
Paula Mosher, Scholar-in-Residence sponsor
Amarit & Seth Rosenblum, Scholar-in-Residence sponsor
Laura & Zvi Segal, Scholar-in-Residence sponsor

UPCOMING EVENTS

COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
Sunday, 8:00 pm at CBAJ

KIDDUSH CONVERSATIONS
A new season of Kiddush Conversations starts next Shabbat, 11/18

See the Adult Education Programming section below
for more information about these upcoming events
and other Adult Education programs

DEMONSTRATIONS FOR ISRAEL THIS WEEK

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - NEW YORK STATE CAPITOL
7:00 PM | West Capitol Park | 85 Swan St., Albany
Register online: tialbany.org/form/CommunityRally
Click here for flyer

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 - MARCH FOR ISRAEL IN WASHINGTON, DC
1:00-3:00 PM on the National Mall. Gates open at 10:00 AM.
See the March for Israel website: MarchForIsrael.org.
The Jewish Federation of NENY is organizing transportation and accommodations to the rally, with a bus leaving Monday night, returning Tuesday night.
Click here for more information and registration for transportation from Albany.

YOUTH PROGAMS

Torah High 2023-2024
CBAJ's Torah High meets Mondays, 7-9 pm and is open to all students in grades 8 - 12. Dinner is served. Contact Rabbi Kean with questions.
Online registration available HERE

Tot Shabbat
For children ages 0-5 and their parents at 10:30 am in classroom 3.
Please contact Joshua Schulman-Marcus (jschumar@gmail.com) if you would like to be added to the Young Families WhatsApp group.

Youth Groups
Kids in grades k-5 will meet each Shabbat morning at 10-11 am.
Groups will be led by our youth director and teen youth leaders. For more information about attending, or if your teen wants to work as a youth leader, email office@cbaj.org

Babysitting
Babysitting is available for children ages 0-5 every Shabbat morning from 10:00-11:30 am! You do not need to be a member to drop off your kids. At least one parent or guardian must be at CBAJ for the duration of babysitting. Babysitting will take place in Classroom 3. The babysitters will bring the kids to Kiddush, please remember to pick up your kids when babysitting ends! Please make sure to inform the babysitters if your child has any food allergies or restrictions. Children in diapers may participate, but babysitters will not be able to change diapers, so please check on kids in diapers.

WEEKLY LEARNING AT CBAJ

NACH YOMI
Join Rabbi Kean for studying a chapter of NACH (Nevi'im & Ketuvim, the latter two sections of Jewish scripture) every weekday before Shacharit, Sunday through Friday, half an hour before the regular start time for morning services (7:30 am on Sundays, 6:10 am Monday - Friday) - in the social hall.

TORAH & TEA*
Thursday mornings, 9:30 - 10:30 AM on Zoom*. Studying Kings 2.
* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

TALMUD CLASS
Join our Shabbat Afternoon TALMUD SHIUR
in-person, at CBAJ, starting 1 hour before Maariv, note: new time
We are studying Masechet Makkot.

*CBAJ ZOOM ROOM (weekday classes only)
Go to https://zoom.us/join
Enter meeting ID: 940 508 9347 | Enter passcode: 613518

ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING

FALL SEASON OF COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
This season, all sessions will be held WEEKLY on SUNDAYS
at CBAJ at 8:00 pm

Independent & Guided Learning
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will meet once or twice a month.
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will not meet this week.

KIDDUSH CONVERSATIONS 2023-2024
Share Jewish experiences or ideas that inspire you!
Following Kiddush on winter Shabbats, begins Nov. 18
Contact Simma Kinderlehrer or Rabbi Kean to sign up

FALL LECTURE SERIES
November 28: Concealing Kohelet
Did the Rabbis almost remove Kohelet from Tanakh?
December 5: A Season for Everything
The famous "Time Poem" & cycles of hope & despair in Kohelet
December 12: Does Life Have Meaning?
Competing answers from Kohelet's Conclusion

* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

The Lunch & Learn for Seniors with Rabbi Kean series has resumed and the fall theme is Life's Highs and Lows.
11/21/2023 Grief and Loss in Judaism note: new date
12/19/2023 Judaism and Positive Living

All sessions will begin at 12:30 pm. Lunch, catered by 518 Kosher and supervised by the VHCD, is free of charge. Please feel welcome to wear a mask during the event & take lunch home to enjoy.
Please register by contacting our events coordinator Beth Liotta Tyler at 518.489.5819 x4 or beth@cbaj.org.

THE DEE PIRKEI AVOT PROJECT

The Dee Pirkei Avot project disseminates a weekly Pirkei Avot study and discussion sheet in honor of their memory of Lucy, Maia, and Rina, z''l, who were killed in a terrorist attack this year.

Click Here for this week's installment of the Dee Pirkei Avot Project

CBAJ COVID POLICY

DAILY SERVICES

November 12 - November 17, 2023

Shacharit
Sunday
8:00 am

Monday, &
Wed. - Friday
6:40 am

Tuesday
Rosh Chodesh Kislev
6:35 am

Mincha/Maariv
Sunday - Friday
4:15 pm

Candle Lighting
Friday, November 17
4:13 pm

MESSAGE FROM LIFE & LEGACY

“It’s when the winds blow the hardest that you need the deepest roots”
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

We are excited and honored to be partnering with 10 other local organizations in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY™ program. Please help us pay it forward and leave a legacy for future Capital District Jews.
Please speak to Paula Mosher or Ellen Kaplowitzthe Life & Legacy committee chairs about partnering on this crucial initiative to ensure the vitality of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob for the next 200 years.

Please click HERE for an important message from our Security Committee & security partner, Community Security Service (CSS)
regarding guidelines for attending pro-Israel events

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

I Stand with Israel bracelets are available for purchase $5.00 each (cash or Venmo @SherylHoffman).
Pick up at Temple Israel
All proceeds will go to
Federations Support Israel Efforts

Introducing: The Drama Daughters
A musical theater club for Jewish girls, grades 2 - 6. Contact Elisheva Lieberman at 518.704.1096 for participation details. Practices will be held on Tuesdays, 4:00 - 5:30 pm, at CBAJ.

Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob
380 Whitehall Rd
Albany, NY 12208

TODAY: Torah & Tea; SUNDAY: Beis Midrash Night Continues!

11/09/2023 08:00:47 AM

Nov9

JOIN US today for Torah & Tea

See below for details

Click here to join Torah & Tea on Zoom

FALL SEASON OF COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT

WHEN: EVERY SUNDAY, 8:00 PM
WHERE: THIS SEASON AT CBAJ
(next season at Shomray Torah)

Independent & Guided learning
Guided learning with Rabbi Kean will not meet this week.

WEEKLY CLASSES

Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob
380 Whitehall Rd
Albany, NY 12208

Shabbat Vayera

11/03/2023 02:19:22 PM

Nov3

Shabbat Vayera
November 3 - 4, 2023

Friday
Candle Lighting
5:27 pm

Friday Evening Services
5:35 pm

Morning Services
Shabbat
9:00 am

Latest Shema
10:06 am

Kiddush
following services

Babysitting
10:00 am

Youth Groups
10:00 am

Talmud Class
4:15 pm

Shabbat Mincha & Seudah Shlishit
5:15 pm

Shabbat Maariv
6:18 pm

Shabbat ends
6:28 pm

TORAH READING
Genesis: 18:1 - 22:24 Artscroll p. 78
Haftarah: 2 Kings 4:1-37, p. 1134

KIDDUSH SPONSORSHIP
Kiddush Luncheon (meat) following services is sponsored by Amarit and Seth Rosenblum in honor of Nadav's becoming a Bar Mitzvah.

SEUDAH SHLISHIT
Seudah Shlishit this Shabbat is sponsored by CBAJ.

MAZAL TOV
Mazal Tov to Amarit and Seth Rosenblum on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Nadav. Mazal Tov to Nadav, and to his siblings, Ayelet, Miri, and Ezra, and to the entire extended family.

Mazal Tov to Rabbi & Faye Silton on the birth of their 29th & 30th grandchildren, twin girls born to Drs. Ariel Brandwein & Nava Ruth Silton. Congratulations to their older siblings, Judah, Jonah, Jacob, Jordana & Juliette.
Jacqueline ("Jackie") May (Yael Maayan) & Jasmine ("Jazzie") Hannah (Yasmin Chana) joyfully join the "J team." They are the third generation of twins born 6th & 7th in their families, following: Yoachim & Elsa Lieder, HY''D, (murdered by the Nazis at age 12); Nava & Shira Silton.

Mazal Tov to Ari & Andrea Fisher on the recent marriage of their son Joshua Fisher to Eliana Pransky, daughter of Dr. Seth & Susan Pransky.

Mazal Tov to Sylvia Solomon on the birth of two new great-grandchildren, Maoz Eliya Solomon & Kineret Litt. Both Maoz Eliya's father and Kineret's father are currently serving in the IDF on active duty.

MESSAGE FROM RABBI KEAN

Dear CBAJ Family,

On behalf of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob,
I would like to wish you and your family a restful and meaningful Shabbat.

After two Shabbatot out of town, I look forward to being back at CBAJ this Shabbat! Mazal Tov to Nadav, the Rosenblum & Rosin families on his Bar Mitzvah, and to everyone else celebrating a simcha this Shabbat.

I hope to see you soon at a tefilah, children's program, event, or class!

Am Yisrael Chai.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Ben Kean

UPCOMING EVENTS

COMMUNITY BEIS MIDRASH NIGHT
Sunday, 8:00 pm at CBAJ

CBAJ BOOK CLUB
November 8th at 8pm in the CBAJ zoom room

SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE
November 10 - 11 Parshat Vayera
Friday Night Dinner
PLEASE REGISTER HERE
(prior registration required to attend - deadline Sunday Nov. 5)

Scholar-in-Residence SIMCHA KIDDUSH
November 11, 2023
Click here to sponsor and provide announcement details

See the Adult Education Programming section below
for more information about these upcoming events
and other Adult Education programs


YOUTH PROGAMS

Torah High 2023-2024 Semester began Monday October 9th
CBAJ's Torah High meets Mondays, 7-9 pm and is open to all students in grades 8 - 12. Dinner is served. Contact Rabbi Kean with questions.
Online registration available HERE

Tot Shabbat The next Tot Shabbat is November 11! (new date)
For children ages 0-5 and their parents at 10:30 am in classroom 3.
Please contact Joshua Schulman-Marcus (jschumar@gmail.com) if you would like to be added to the Young Families WhatsApp group.

Youth Groups
Kids in grades k-5 will meet each Shabbat morning at 10-11 am.
Groups will be led by our youth director and teen youth leaders. For more information about attending, or if your teen wants to work as a youth leader, email office@cbaj.org

Babysitting
Babysitting is available for children ages 0-5 every Shabbat morning for from 10:00-11:30 am! You do not need to be a member to drop off your kids. At least one parent or guardian must be at CBAJ for the duration of babysitting. Babysitting will take place in Classroom 3. The babysitters will bring the kids to Kiddush, please remember to pick up your kids when babysitting ends! Please make sure to inform the babysitters if your child has any food allergies/restrictions. Children in diapers may participate, but babysitters will not be able to change diapers, so please check on kids in diapers.

WEEKLY LEARNING AT CBAJ

NACH YOMI
Join Rabbi Kean for studying a chapter of NACH (Nevi'im & Ketuvim, the latter two sections of Jewish scripture) every weekday before Shacharit, Sunday through Friday, half an hour before the regular start time for morning services (7:30 am on Sundays, 6:10 am Monday - Friday) - in the social hall.

TORAH & TEA*
Thursday mornings, 9:30 - 10:30 AM on Zoom*. Studying Kings 2.
* A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program

TALMUD CLASS
Join our Shabbat Afternoon TALMUD SHIUR
in-person, at CBAJ, starting 1 hour before Mincha.
We are studying Masechet Makkot.

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