Shabbat Mevarchim Pinchas July 18 - 19, 2025
Friday Candle Lighting 8:11 pm
Friday Night Services 7:00 pm
Shabbat Morning Services 9:00 am
Latest Shema 9:18 am
Babysitting 10:00 am
Youth Groups 10:00 am
Kiddush Following services
Talmud Class 7:00 pm
Shabbat Mincha & Seudah Shlishit 8:00 pm
Maariv 9:09 pm
Havdalah 9:19 pm
TORAH READING Numbers 25:10-30:1, Artscroll p. 876 Jeremiah 1:1 - 2:3, p. 1192
SPEAKER Rabbi Kean will deliver a Dvar Torah at services Shabbat morning.
KIDDUSH This Shabbat Kiddush is co-sponsored by: Bob Crystal - In honor of The Yahrzeit of David and Harriet Crystal; Nancy & Elliot Greene - For their Grandson Tani Strosberg's graduation from High School Yeshiva Kinor David; and Kenneth Dymond - In memory of his father Milton Dymond on the occasion of his Yahrzeit, Tammuz 23.
SEUDAH SHLISHIT Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Aron & Raisa Yashayev le'ilui nishmat Tamar bat Yirmiyahu, in memory of Aron's grandmother.
MAZAL TOV Mazal tov to Rabbi Roy Feldman (previous rabbi of CBAJ) and Rachel Minkin on the birth of their son, Judah Emanuel! Mazal tov to older siblings Charlotte, Millie, and Max. The bris took place on Thursday, June 17.
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 will be out of town all of next week, returning to Albany the week of July 28th. As always, I will do my best to answer timely religious, halachic, or sensitive matters in a timely fashion. Non-urgent matters I will follow-up on upon my return.
Please join me in welcoming all of the visitors with delegation from Eshkol, Israel, who are visiting the Capital District thanks to the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York. Please be sure to greet anyone you might meet in shul!
We mourn the deaths of IDF soldiers 21-year-old St.-Sgt. Shoham Menahem, 20-year-old Sgt. Shlomo Yakir Shrem, and 19-year-old Sgt. Yuliy Faktor who were killed while fighting in northern Gaza. We also mourn those chayalim who died in a recent spate of suicides - 3 who died, and 1 critically wounded - in the last two weeks. Support for soldiers with mental health struggles is gaining increased attention during this ongoing war. There are worthy organizations that work to support chayalim, including those with mental health struggles - such asBrothers for Life, Belev Echad, Hasadi Eran Association , ERAN Emotional First Aid. (Please feel free to share other organizations that do this work with me.)
We are heading into the first Shabbat of the Three Weeks, with Tisha B'Av just over two weeks away. This is a time for us to reflect on the legacy of the Beit HaMikdash, the meaning of Galut (exile), and our yearning for Geulah (redemption), but most of all, for us to ask ourselves what we can do, how we can strive to better servants of HaKadosh Baruch Hu and to bring the Geulah that we are awaiting and striving for.
UPCOMING CBAJ & COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senior Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Kean - Summer Schedule: July 29th & August 26th
Torah of Health & Healing Discussion Group - Summer Schedule: August 16th
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Announcing a new CBAJ Program! The Shabbat and Yom Tov Meal Matching Program Our goal is to promote hachnasat orchim (welcoming guests) and strengthen the friendship bonds among people in our community. This is a trial process for the local Albany community. This is an opportunity to either volunteer to host members of our community, or to request a seat at a Shabbat or Yom Tov table.
Community Beit Midrash Night Alternating Sundays after Mincha/Maariv at Shomray Torah (the Shteeble).
Presented by CBAJ & Shomray Torah Guided learning Chaburah with Rabbi Kean studying Ein Yaakov. Contact Rabbi Kean, Sean Ference, or Mendy Shepherd to join the WhatsApp group for updates. Dedicated as a merit for the refuah shleimah of Zev Chaim ben Michal Sivan.
"Intro to the Laws of Repentance" Summer Dates: July 29th & August 26th Please register by contacting the CBAJ office at: 518.489.5819 x3 or office@cbaj.org All sessions will begin at 12:30 pm at CBAJ & are free of charge Catered by 518 Kosher Catering & supervised by the Vaad Hakashruth of the Capital District * A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program
Living Room Learning The Adult Education Committee is pleased to present Living Room Learning, an initiative givingCBAJ members an opportunity to share a Torah teaching of their choice in the informal setting of a private home.
If you are interested in either hosting and or leading a future Living Room Learning, please reach out to Simma Kinderlehrer!
Torah of Health & Healing Discussion Group One Shabbat per month following Kiddush Upcoming dates: August 16: parashat Eikev, "The Vibrations Within - the impact of sound on our health", presented by Rakhamim Yakobov Speak to Organizer Yosef Yishai Hilsen if you are interested in learning more, or if you would like to be a presenter!
WEEKLY LEARNING AT CBAJ
NACH YOMI Join us for studying a section 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*. Join Rabbi Kean in studying the Book of Daniel. Torah & Tea will not meet this coming week, July 24. The next session of Torah & Tea is July 31. * 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 Shabbat Mincha. We are studying Masechet Taanit.
*CBAJ ZOOM ROOM (weekday classes only) Go to https://zoom.us/join Enter meeting ID: 940 508 9347 | Enter passcode: 613518
YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Torah High Planning for the 2025-2026 school year for Torah High, CBAJ's teen learning program for 8th-12th graders, is underway! Classes will be taught by Rabbi Kean and Rav Tzvi Holt. Please contact Rabbi Kean if you are interested in enrolling your child in Torah High! Tot Shabbat For children ages 0-5 and their parents at 10:30 am in classroom 2. 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.
DAILY SERVICES NEXT WEEK July 20 - July 25, 2025
SHACHARIT Sunday 8:00 am Monday - Friday 6:40 am
MINCHA/MAARIV Sunday 8:10 pm
Monday - Thursday 8:10 pm
Friday 7:00 pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv
CANDLE LIGHTING Friday, July 25 8:05 pm
MESSAGE FROM LIFE & LEGACY
“The synagogue is a community which values who I am, how I live, what I give to others now and to those who follow me in years to come. It is the place where they know my name." Rabbi 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 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
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING HEALTH & WELLNESS
We are eager for everyone to attend our services and programs and to feel welcome and safe while in our building. Anyone who has symptoms of any illness or is not feeling well is strongly encouraged to stay home. Better to miss services than risk spreading illness. While in attendance, frequent hand-washing is encouraged as well as minimizing close contact with others.
Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob 380 Whitehall Rd Albany, NY 12208
