PARSHAS VAYEIRA ‫וירא‬
15 CHESHVAN 5774
OCTOBER 18-19, 2013
WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS & GUESTS
OF YITZCHAK STAVSKY GOOD
SHABBOS
‫שבת שלום‬
OF DAVID REITER YU Shabbaton: BAYT Welcomes the Yeshiva University Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov of Toronto. Members of Beit Midrash will be delivering shiurim throughout Shabbos. Please see the bulletin and flyers for details. SHABBOS SCHEDULE | ‫זמני שבת‬ EREV SHABBOS | ‫ערב שבת‬
CANDLE LIGHTING 6:12 PM MINCHA / KABBALAS SHABBOS 6:20 PM SHABBOS PROGRAMS SHABBOS | ‫שבת‬
High School Minyan with Rabbi Dovi Gopin HASHKAMA MINYAN Rebbetzin Judy Taub Hall 7:30 AM West Wing Library 9:00 AM Middle School Minyan MINCHAS CHINUCH SHIUR with Rabbi Josh Gutenberg with Rabbi Biegeleisen (Rav Biegs) “Making Up for a Missed Tefila” Jarvis Freedman Library 9:00 AM West Wing Classroom 1 Early Drop Off Nursery‐Grade 3 BAIS MEDRASH SHIUR Cancelled this week Classroom 7 9:00‐9:45 AM 8:20 AM Teen Minyan with Rabbi Levinson SHACHARIS Main Shul 8:45 AM Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash 9:15 AM BAIS MEDRASH MINYAN Turk Family Bais Medrash 8:50 AM Parents & Tots Classroom 5 9:45 AM YOUNG ADULT & UNIVERSITY MINYAN with Rabbi Greenberg of JLIC Nursery Program Classroom 2 9:45 AM Kindergarten Classroom 3 9:45 AM Perlis Hall 9:15 AM Girls Grades 1‐3 Classroom 1 9:45 AM NO FRILLS MINYAN Simcha Suite 9:15 AM Boys Grades 1‐3 Classroom 4 9:45 AM MINYAN SHEBALEV Cancelled this week 9:45 AM Jr. Congregation WOMEN’S SHIUR with Rabbi Yair Manas Perlis Hall West Wing Classrooms 2 & 3 10:00 AM “Prayer: Our Encounter with G‐d” 5:15 PM AFTERNOON PROGRAMS TA’AMEI HAMINHAGIM (for men) with Rabbi Neil Cohen GIRL’S CHUMASH SHIUR with Maytal Cuperfain Dr. Stephen Speisman Board Room 5:05 PM West Wing Library 5:05 PM MISHNAYOS (for men) with Rabbi Witty BNEI AKIVA 5:50 PM West Wing Classroom 1 5:05 PM MISHNAYOS FOR BOYS with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin ‫שיעור בעברית‬ with Rabbi Baruch Weintraub Turk Family Bais Medrash 5:20 PM Simcha Suite 5:05 PM BNOS FOR GIRL’S 3rd Floor North Lobby 5:50 PM TEACHINGS OF BRESLOV with Chaim Oliver *This Shabbos is the launch of the 5774 RABBI COUPON West Wing Classroom 3 5:05 PM Program! Start collecting yours today! DAF YOMI with Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner 5:20 PM Pesachim Daf 121 /t‫״‬fe ‫פסחים דף‬
Rabbi’s Classroom SHABBOS TORAH/MAFTIR READING Soncino Art Scroll/Stone MINCHA Main Shul 6:05 PM Torah Reading Page 86 Page 78 HAVDALAH After 7:14 PM Haftarah Page 113 Page 1134 Mara D’Asrah Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Rabbi Emeritus Rabbi Baruch Taub President Dr. Harley Eklove Executive Director Mordechai Bookbinder Youth Director Richard Winkler THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS S & SCHEDULES WEEKDAY SCHEDULE | ‫זמני השבוע‬ For Sunday October 20‐ Friday October 25 MAZEL TOV TO:  Zanvel & Marsha Berger, Michael & Ann Moses, Pearl David, Isabel DAF YOMI Schwartz and Eeze Moses on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter and SUNDAY 7:15 & 8:45 AM great‐granddaughter, Atara Aviva, daughter of Moshe and Samara Berger. MONDAY‐ FRIDAY 6:00 & 8:20 AM  Howard & Roz English on the recent Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Azarya SUNDAY ‐ THURSDAY with Rabbi Gross 8:45 PM Moshe, son of Rabbi Rafi & Shira Lipner.  Robert & Esther Libman and Helen Libman on the engagement of their SHACHARIS daughter and granddaughter, Miriam to Ephraim, son and grandson of Esther & Johnathan Leiderman and Louis & Eleanor Taubenblatt. SUNDAY 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 8:45 & 9:15 AM 
Michael & Liliane Rende, Eva Rende and Esther Serfaty, on the MONDAY & THURSDAY 6:20, 6:45, 6:50, 7:30 & 8:30 AM engagement of their daughter and granddaughter, Deena to Jay, son of TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY Sarah Shapiro‐Goldberg and Jack Goldberg. 6:30, 6:45, 7:00, 7:30 & 8:30 AM  Harold & Michal Reiter, Rochelle Reiter and Benny & Dalia Bernstein, on the Bar Mitzvah of their son and grandson, David. MINCHA/MA’ARIV* 6:15 PM Late MA’ARIV Sunday‐Thursday 9:45 PM  Mordechai & Chana Schlam on the engagement of their daughter, Sara to *Beginning Sunday, November 3, there will be an additional Ma’ariv Chezky, son of Ben and Malka Meckler. Minyan, Sunday ‐ Thursday, 7:15 PM, Turk Family Bais Medrash.  Rabbi Michael & Joanna Stavsky, Leila Speisman and Avi & Denise Stavsky on the Bar Mitzvah of their son and grandson, Yitzchak. 
David & Shari Vodianoi, Stan & Janet Zeligr, on the birth of a grandson, EREV SHABBOS ‐ Friday, October 25 2013 son of Yakov & Elana Zeligr. CANDLE LIGHTING 6:01 PM MINCHA / KABBALAS SHABBOS 6:10 PM NACHAS AND POT POURRI:  Mazel Tov to the following on becoming Chaverim of the Yeshiva University “HALACHA OF THE WEEK” Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov: Eitan Aziza, husband of Shoshana BY: RABBI MORDECHAI TORCZYNER and son of Jonathan & Elana Aziza, Alex Huberman, son of Marvin & Vayyera 5774 – Berachah on Sliders Esther Huberman, Joel and Shimmy Jesin both sons of Eddie & Lisa Jesin and Shalom Wise, husband of Gabriella and son of Kenny & Sherri Wise. What is the appropriate berachah for a slider eaten as an hors d'oeuvre? SHALOSH SEUDOS WILL BE HELD IN THE PERLIS HALL. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE If the dough used to make the bun is kneaded with water, then FUND HAVE BEEN MADE BY: the correct berachot are hamotzi and birkat hamazon,  Andy & Elke Gelberger on the yahrzeit of Elke’s father, Shmuel Dovid ben regardless of the temporary nature of the snack. One who will Yehoshua Heshel HaCohen, z”l. not eat an egg‐sized quantity of bread should not recite  Joby Eisen & Sharla Lichtman on the yahrzeit of Sharla’s mother, Sarah bat "al netilat yadayim" when washing. Shaya, z”l. If the dough used to make the bun is kneaded primarily with pure fruit juice rather than water, and the flavour of the juice Adam Frieberg will speak at Shalosh Seudos. can be tasted in the bun, and one eats this only as a snack, then the berachah beforehand is mezonot, and the berachah THE CONGREGATIONAL KIDDUSH WILL BE HELD IN THE PERLIS HALL. afterward is al hamichyah. It may be contended that one should CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND HAVE BEEN MADE BY: also recite separate berachot for the patty, because the patty is  Harold & Michal Reiter, on the occasion of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, not considered an accessory for the bun. David. Because of the challenges involved in assessing the make‐up of a slider bun and the nature of a "snack", Rabbi Korobkin recommends that one wash and recite hamotzi, with intent to continue the meal at the wedding reception. SHORT VORT "Speak little, but do much." This maxim from Pirkei Avos is manifest in Avraham Avinu's behaviour. He offers the angels a bit of water and some bread, but in fact prepares for them (with the help of Sara and Yishmael) a sumptuous meal. The Mishna states that Avraham's meal for the strangers was proportionally greater than even the feast of Shlomo HaMelech in celebration of the building of the Beit HaMikdash. Avraham and Sara are the ultimate models for hospitality, one of the hallmarks of the Jewish People. We must learn from them and emulate them. QUESTIONS FOR VAYEIRA BY: THE RAV First Aliyah: (18:1) Why does the Torah detail that Avraham was in the plains of Mamre? Who is Mamre, and why is he important? Second Aliyah: (18:15) Who told Sarah that indeed, she had laughed – Hashem or Avraham? Third Aliyah: (19:16) What made Lot hesitate? Fourth Aliyah: (19:28) Why is it relevant that Avraham was witness to the destruction of Sodom? Fifth Aliyah: (21:8) Why did Avraham make a festive meal on the day Yitzchak was weaned? Why doesn’t anyone do that today? Sixth Aliyah: (21:28) Why did Avraham choose seven sheep as a symbol of a covenant between himself and Avimelech? Seventh Aliyah: (22:11) Hashem directly told Avraham to bring Yitzchak on the Akeidah, so why did an angel stop him, and not Hashem Himself? Sof Zman Krias Shema 10:19 AM for October 19‐ 25, 2013. UPCOMING PROGRAMS & ANNOUNCEMENTS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK NOVEMBER 3‐9 BRIDGING THE GENERATIONS: BREAKFAST AND CONVERSATIONS WITH SURVIVORS BABYSITTING COURSE (Class is Full) Reminder: The BAYT Youth Babysitting Course takes place tomorrow Sunday October 20th, 9 am – 5 pm for all pre registered participants. Includes a Pizza lunch and snacks in the afternoon. WEEKLY PROGRAM SCHEDULE MONDAYS: MUSIC WITH SUSAN ‐ Preschool age 9:30am GIRLS BOOK CLUB ‐ Grades 3 & 4: 6:30 pm ‐ 7:15 pm Grades 5 & 6: 7:15 pm ‐ 8:00 pm TUESDAYS: COMPUTER PROFICIENCY 2.0 Grades 7 ‐ 12: 7:30 pm ‐ 8:30 pm BAYT YOUTH ‐ SCOUTS CANADA @ CUB SCOUTS Starting this Tuesday For more details contact Rabbi Witty: awittyrabbi@juno.com WEDNESDAYS: BAYT YOUTH ‐ FLOOR HOCKEY LEAGUE Grades 1 ‐ 4 play: 6:30 pm ‐ 7:30 pm Grades 5 ‐ 8 play: 7:30 pm ‐ 8:30 pm THURSDAYS: BOYS BREAKDANCING Ages 7 ‐ 14: 7:30 pm ‐ 8:15 pm GIRLS SPORTS NIGHT – Eitz Chaim Gym Bi‐weekly ‐ Next session October 24th Girls up to grade 7 play 6:30 pm ‐ 7:30 pm SUNDAYS: BOYS ICE HOCKEY 8:15 pm ‐ 9:15 pm, Garnet A. Williams C.C. Grades 1‐4 and Grades 5‐8 Sunday, Nov 3, 10:00‐11:30 AM Rebbetzin Judy Taub Hall Remarks by Rabbi Daniel Korobkin and Arielle Wasserman, York University student No Charge RSVP by October 20th. Register online at: http://bit.ly/1gusPKv “THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE” Film and Panel Discussion Wednesday, Nov 6, 7:45‐9:30 PM Rebbetzin Judy Taub Hall With Director Nina Shapiro‐Perl and Dr. Michael Gordon No charge ANNUAL BLOOD DONOR CLINIC ‐ THANK YOU Thank you to all those members who attended our Annual Blood Donor Clinic on Labour Day. It was a great success and a true Kiddush Hashem. We can be proud that our shul contributed to such an important cause for the commu‐
nity at large. See below for the Canadian Blood Services thank you letter expressing their immense gratitude for our efforts. TEEN CHESED INITIATIVE: We are looking for some teens to do acts of chesed including: visiting people who cannot get to shul on Shabbos, helping seniors with their computers, learn / teach Parsha with kids from public school, etc. Earn volunteer hours for this very special mitzvah. Contact Rich for more details. "Hi Dr. Lefkowitz, We had an amazing turn out for the Labour Day Clinic. Our goal for the clinic was to collect 32 units of blood. The selfless and kind donors from BAYT answered our call to action and resulted in a total of 41 units collected. Since each unit of blood will help save up to 3 lives, 123 lives in the GTA will be touched by the generosity of the BAYT community. Program registration at bayt.ca. Questions? Contact Rich at 905‐886‐3810 x 135 or rich@bayt.ca YOU make BAYT _ _ _ TH Complete Please Turn to BYTV (BAYT Youth Television) for all upcoming Youth Programs. Thank you again for all of your help leading up to the event. It is much appreciated and we look forward to working with you again in the future. We are hoping that you will host a clinic next year on Labour Day long weekend and continue our wonderful annual event." BYTV Attention All Students at York University Please join Rabbi Korobkin, Tuesday October 22nd, Zac Kaye Lounge, York University, for a Lunch ‘N Learn. Topic: "Torah and Science: Reconcilable and Irreconcilable Differences.“ GLAM IT UP! Whether you attended the Maddie Leventhal Mikveh Cupcake Classic last year, or just heard what a great evening it was, join us this year for our GLAM IT UP! event. Tuesday, November 5th, 2013, 8:00pm. See flyer for details. For more information please contact: Rabbi Aaron Greenberg, rabbiaarongreenberg@gmail.com CLOSURES The Library will be closed Sunday October 20. The Kelim Mikveh will be closed from Monday October 21 through Motzei Shabbos October 26. The Maddie Leventhal Mikveh Centre will be closed from Monday October 21 through Motzei Shabbos October 26, 2013 and will re‐open Sunday October 27 at 7:30. Please feel free to either leave a message on the Mikveh answering machine or call Susan Bidner 905‐764‐9770 for assistance. We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing you on Sunday October 27, 2013. SUPPORT GROUP If you are the grandmother of a sick or disabled child and would like to join a private support group, please contact Zina Katz at zinakatz1@hotmail.com Shabbos Hospitality If you would like to host a guest for a Shabbos meal or if you would like to be an invited guest, please email estyeres@gmail.com SISTERHOOD CHESSED HOTLINE 905‐886‐3810 x 243 HATZOLOH EMERGENCY LINE 416‐256‐1000 NOTICE BOARD PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
BAYT ADULT EDUCATION COMMITTEE BAYT ADULT EDUCATION COMMITTEE SHLOMO CARLEBACH Z"L YAHRZEIT MELAVA MALKA & KUMSITZ Last Motsei Shabbos was a memorable, moving, and mamish gevaldig tribute to Reb Shlomo's legacy of ahavas yisroel, kiruv, and achdus. Thanks to all who attended. Yishar koach to Yisroel Idels for organizing the music and stories, and to our musicians, and singers: Our Rav, Rabbis Yisroel Travis, Boaz Borovsky and David Sudaley, Mitch Silverstein, Josh Koperwas, Kalman Weber, Cyril Brenman, Zevi Rosenzweig, Gershon Green, Yaakov Green, storytellers Jack Feintuch and Dov Kronenberg, members of the Toronto Chevra (Eddie Tobias, Uzi Sergio Smilovich) and the Shir Chadash Band ‐ Eldan Cohen, Moshe Cardenas, and Yoseph Levy, and special guests Shlomo Sufrin and Abie Rotenberg. BAYTriders ‐ BAYT TO THE BEACHES 30K Despite a few unexpected hills and lots of pedestrians to bypass, we made it to the Beaches! Thanks to Paul Samuel for leading the group. (Not in picture: Mark Glatt, Paul Samuel) 
Practical Medical Halachah with Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner, Sunday October 20, 8:45 AM, Simcha Suite: Enabling Patients to Violate Jewish Law. 
Midreshet Yom Rishon for Women, this Sunday October 20, 10:00‐11:15 AM, Rebbetzin Judy Taub Hall. Rabbi Yehoshua Weber: Women, Shabbat Candles and Chanukah Candles. Adam Frieberg: The Source of Avraham's Strength. 
This Sunday, October 20, Mesopotamia and Us: Bible, Talmud and other Shortfalls of the ROM Exhibition with Prof. B. Barry Levy, 8:00 PM, Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash. ARE YOU "THE CHOSEN" ONE? Only a few tickets left We sold out our first batch of 50 tickets to the Teatron’s play "The Chosen" on November 17th, but don’t fret ‐ we got another batch. A few tickets ($25, still a metziah) are left, but not for long. Buy tickets via the BAYT website (http://bit.ly/19hNvAH) or at the shul office. See flyer for details. Open to both men and women. 
Wednesday Night BAYT Medrash Program; Continues October 23, 30, and November 13, commencing at 8 PM with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin. Please see flyers for details. Unless noted otherwise, all Adult Education programs are open to both men and women. BAYTREKKERS FALL TIYUL ‐ This Sunday, October 20th ‐ Rouge Park ‐ 10KM Join us at 1:30pm for our last trek of the season (weather permitting), on the Mast, Orchard and Vista trails in Rouge Park (near the Toronto Zoo). Leaving from the Twyn Rivers Area. RSVP to programming@bayt.ca by 9am Sunday for directions. Open to both men and women. ATTENTION SPORTY WOMEN! Are you interested in women’s‐only pickup basketball, volley‐
ball or swimming? Send an email to programming@bayt.ca and if there are sufficient numbers, we will try to organize this. Why should only the men have group sports? CONTINUING WEEKLY SERIES: Free Music Jam Session ‐ Mondays, 8:30‐9:30pm, Third floor classroom #7. For amateur and aspiring musicians ‐ BYMI (bring your musical instruments) and sheet music. Open to both men and women. See flyer for details. Men's Pickup Basketball ‐ Tuesdays, 9‐11pm, Netivot gym; $100 for 30 weeks. Registrations still open at http://www.bayt.ca/. See flyers for details. Waiver required. HOLD THE DATES Rabbi Taub Scholar in Residence October 25‐26. Please see flyers for details. YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov 5774 Launch Event: Do Not Stand By, Our Duty to Act, Sunday, October 27. First Leil Limud in members' homes Friday, November 15. THIS WEEK’S PROGRAMS & SHIURIM @ The BAYT AT A GLANCE MEDICAL HALACHAH* with Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner Sunday, October 20 MIDRESHET YOM RISHON FOR WOMEN Sunday, October 20 MESOPOTAMIA AND US* with Prof. B. Barry Levy Sunday, October 20 MEN’S SUGYA SHIUR with the Rav Monday, October 21 TANYA: A TALE OF TWO SOULS * with Rabbi Shimon Aisenbach Monday, October 21 GEMARA SHIUR with Rabbi Yeres Monday, October 21 WOMEN'S KUZARI & PARSHA SHIUR with The Rav Tuesday, October 22 TALMUD MESECHET BERACHOT * with Rabbi Scot A. Berman Tuesday, October 22 NAVI: SEFER SHMUEL* with Rav Bar‐On Dasberg Tuesday, October 22 PARSHAS HASHAVUA IN SPANISH * with Rabbi Bartfeld Wednesday, October 23 BAYT MEDRASH PROGRAM * with Rabbi Korobkin, Rabbi Gutenberg, Chaim Klein, Rabbi Spitz Wednesday, October 23 YOUNG MEN’S SHIUR with The Rav Wednesday, October 23 8:45 AM 10:00 AM 8:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:15 PM 8:30 PM 10:00 AM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 8:00PM Simcha Suite Rebbetzin Judy Taub Hall Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash West Wing Classroom #1 West Wing Classroom #3 Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash West Wing Classroom #2 West Wing Classroom #1 West Wing Classroom #1 8:00 PM 9:00PM Multiple Locations. See Flyer The Korobkin Home For further information and detailed schedules, please refer to flyers posted on Shul bulletin boards. *Program is open to both men and women 613 Clark Avenue West, Thornhill, Ontario L4J 5V3 P. 905.886.3810 E. info@bayt.ca F. 905.886.5103 www.bayt.ca