Rabbi Winick is on Campus This Shabbat!
B∙O∙O∙ SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS
PARSHAT SHMINI
April 19 th , 2012 –Nissan 26, 5772
Quick Glance At What’s Ahead
▪ Scholar in Residence: Jacob Cohen
▪ Shabbat Songsession/Sing-a-long
▪ Rabbi Winick is on Campus This Shabbat!
▪ BOO General Meeting- TONIGHT!
▪ Mishmar- TONIGHT!
▪ Chessed Kiddush - Sponsor Kiddush For Hunger Relief!
▪ Chaburot This Week (through Monday)
▪ Brandeis Genocide Awareness Month
▪ L’chaim for Eitan Cooper and Dita Ribner
▪ Senior Edition of Torat Emet
▪ David Fisch is Running For Student Union President
▪ Inaugural Spring Sock & Clothing Drive
▪ Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals Fellowship
▪ A Few More Spots Left in Uri L'Tzedek Summer Fellowship!
▪ Shlomo Chevra! A Taste of "The Soul Doctor" Coming to Campus!
▪ Learners wanted for Shas Initiative
▪ Rachel's Rides
Shabbat Schedule
Attached is a printable schedule for your convenience!
Friday:
7:15 PM- Candle Lighting
6:00 PM- Mincha (afternoon prayer) in International Lounge
7:33 PM- Shekia (sunset)
8:17 PM- Tzeit HaKochavim (when the stars come out)
7:30 PM- Hillel Dinner
Shabbat Day:
9:00 AM- Shacharit (morning prayer) in International Lounge
9:19 AM- Sof Zman Kriat Shema (latest time of Shema)
10:27 AM- Sof Zman Tefillah (latest time of morning prayers)
12:44 PM- Chatzot (midday)
7:00 PM- Mincha (afternoon prayer) in International Lounge
7:34 PM- Shekia (sunset)
8:19 PM- Motzei Shabbat (end of Shabbat)
Mincha followed by Maariv for the upcoming week: 7:30 PM in Berlin Chapel
You can view Minyan times at www.booweb.org.
A Preview of the Parsha
On the eighth day following "seven days of inauguration," Aharon and his sons begin to officiate as Kohanim (priests); a fire issues forth from G-d to consume the offerings on the Altar and the Divine Presence comes to dwell in
the Sanctuary. Aharon's two elder sons, Nadav and Avihu, offer a "strange fire before G-d, which He commanded them not" and die before G-d. Aharon is silent in face of his tragedy. Moshe and Aharon subsequently disagree as to a point of law regarding the offerings, but Moshe concedes to Aharon that
Aharon is in the right. G-d commands the kosher laws, identifying the animal species permissible and forbidden for consumption. Land animals may be eaten only if they have split hooves and also chew their cud; fish must have fins and scales; a list of non-kosher birds is given, and a list of kosher insects
(four types of locusts). Also in Shemini are some of the laws of ritual purity, including the purifying power of the mikvah (a pool of water meeting specified qualifications) and the wellspring. Thus the people of Israel are enjoined to
"differentiate between the impure and the pure."
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Everything You Need to Know
B∙O∙O∙ Shabbat Announcements:
BOO Tisch
This Friday night there will be a BOO Tisch in Rosie South 204 at 10:30 PM!
Challah Kiddush Competition
Satisfy your post-Pesach craving for yummy, delicious Challah this Shabbat with the annual Challah Kiddush Competition! To enter your own fresh-baked goodness into the competition fill out this google doc. Challah entries can be creative, classic, dairy, non-meat, sweet… whatever you want except unleavened. Save your receipts because BOO will reimburse you up to $5.
Click here for the facebook event. Contact Kiddush Coordinators Jacob Agi and Leeyat Slyper with any questions.
Scholar in Residence: Jacob Cohen
This Shabbat Jacob Cohen will be joining us and will be speaking at 9 PM
Friday night in Sherman Function Hall at the Hillel Oneg and Shabbat afternoon at 1:30 PM in the Beit Midrash. More details will follow!
Perek on Deck
Join us at 5:50 PM in the Kaplowitz home in what has become an annual tradition of coming together to study Pirkei Avot on Shabbat afternoon in the weeks between Pesach and Shavuot. We will come together to enjoy some delicious snacks and delve into the first chapter of Pirkei Avot.
General Shabbat Announcements:
- Klal Communal Candle lighting is at 5:45 PM in Sherman Function Hall.
- Hillel Shabbat Dinner: 7:30 PM
Shabbat Songsession/Sing-a-long
Sing-a-long will take place in the Lurias at 7 PM until dinner starts!
While you're waiting for the shabbat dinner doors to open, we cordially invite you to stop by the Lurias (down the hall from dinner) to sing some shabbat songs lead by Ben Lovenheim and Josh Horowitz. We aim to create a casual singing option before we festively dine in Sherman function hall for all those interested. Note that guitar will be used to aid in our singing. Further, no knowledge of shabbat songs is required. All are welcome! That includes you :)
Hillel Oneg
Hillel Oneg will be in Sherman Function Hall featuring Professor Jerry
Cohen (AMST) who will be speaking about his new book: "Innermost Part:
Brandeis University and the Jewish Question". The book is a history and memoir the debate which has been waged, some would say raged, since the founding moments of the university to this day, on what is and/or should be
Jewish about our "non-sectarian" university.
Rabbi Winick is on Campus This Shabbat!
She will be holding lunch and learn about in the back of Sherman at noon and she will be hosting tea and cupcakes in Polaris Lounge at 5:15 PM!
Professor Jerry Cohen
At 1:30 PM in the Beit Midrash: Professor Jerry Cohen will be speaking about the topic "Left Radicalism and Jewish Identity: Reflections of a Baal
Teshuvah."
B∙O∙O∙ Announcements:
BOO General Meeting
TONIGHT, at 8 PM there will be a General Meeting in the Berlin Chapel! The agenda will be posted shortly. Come and share feedback about the past and ideas for the future!
BOO Laser Tag Night
We are considering having a BOO Laser Tag Night on Sunday, April 29 th . We would be leaving campus AFTER spring-fest. We would probably charge $8-
$12. If you would be interested in this event, please write your name on this spreadsheet. You are not committing to anything by writing you name; you are just saying that you are interested! Whether this event happens or not will depend on how much interest is shown BY SIGNING UP ON THE
SPREADSHEET. (It WILL be awesome, so SIGN UP!!!!!)
Mishmar
Come to Mishmar TONIGHT at 10 PM in the Beit Midrash! Hear words of
Torah from Jacob Agi and eat delicious chulent!
Chessed Kiddush - Sponsor Kiddush For Hunger Relief!
Not everyone gets to eat Kiddush. Next week we will be tabling for the first annual Chessed Kiddush, which will take place Shabbat, April 28 th ! How it works: you sponsor Kiddush by bringing $3-$5 cash or check to one of the tabling times, and get to request one food item of your choice. The Kiddush
Coordinators will do their best to fulfill your requests, and all money raised will go to Mazon, a Jewish charity that is dedicated to preventing and alleviating hunger. Learn more about Mazon here. Tabling will be happening
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 12-2 PM and 5-7 PM at Sherman. Help
BOO help out with this important cause. Questions? Contact Kiddush
Coordinators Jacob Agi or Leeyat Slyper.
BOO President Office Hours
BOO President, Kimmie Kfare, is holding weekly office hours in Hillel Lounge every Monday from 10:30-12 PM. Feel free to stop by with any questions or suggestions, or just to spend some quality time with the president! And as always, please feel free to contact Kimmie about anything at any time (even if you can't make it to her office hours)!
Sponsor a Slichot Book
In response to the growing number of Brandeis students attending Slichot during High Holiday season, the Orthodox Minyan is expanding its collection of slichot books. But we need your help. If you would like to donate a slichot book in honor/memory of someone (or just because you feel like giving back to the community), please contact Micah Lehmann. The cost of each book is
$20, and your contribution will provide a vital service to Brandeis' Jewish community for years to come.
Bikkur Baskets!
Know someone on campus who is feeling a little bit under the weather? Perk them up with a BOO "Bikkur Basket," filled with various goodies to help your friend get better at no cost to you! Just email the person's name, room number, and any special message you would like to leave them to Rone and she will have it taken care of!
BOO Education:
Chaburot This Week (through Monday):
Shmirat Shabbat Kehilchata Chabura (Category: Halacha)
Shabbat, 1-1:30 PM- WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT 2:30 THIS WEEK!
Given by: David Lehmann
The Adventures of Mussar Men (Category: Mussar)
Shabbat, 1:30-2:30 PM
Given by: Rocky Reichman, Jacob Chatinover, Noah Fields,and Dan
Shimansky
Sephardi Culture Chabura (Category: Culture)
Shabbat, 2:30-3 PM
Given by: Alberto Moscona
Hot Topics
Shabbat,
Given by: Rabbi Kaplowitz
Sunday Night Learning (SNL)
Sunday, 7:00 PM
Coordinated by: David Lehmann
Mishna Madness! (Category: Mishna)
Sunday, 8-8:30 PM
Given by: Adam Ossip
Messilat Yesharim (Category: Mussar)
Sunday, 8:30-9 PM
Given by: Eitan Cooper
Food for Thought and the Neshama: The Works of Abraham Joshua
Heschel (Category: Personality)
Monday, 7:15-8 PM
Given by: Adena Morgan
Through Midrashic Eyes: Midrash Rabbah on Bereishit (Category:
Torah/Midrash)
Monday, 8-9 PM
Given by: Shani Rosenbaum
Bekiyot Talmud: Chagigah (Category: Gemorah)
Monday, 9-10 PM
Given by: Jason Sugarman
Breakfast Club- The Crown of Torah: 48 Maalot
Sunday-Friday, 9 AM in Sherman Dining Hall
Given by: Sarah Jaffe, Nathan Young, and Zahava Guz
Shloshim Yom Kodem Hachag
Monday-Thursday, 1-1:15 PM
Given by: Eitan Mosenkis
Other Information:
Brandeis Genocide Awareness Month
April is internationally accepted as a Genocide Awareness Month, and many organizations on campus, including Hillel, Chaplaincy, BIG, and Amnesty have put together a list of events on and off campus in which you can participate. View all of the events here! Please take the time to stop and reflect with our community at any of these events.
Yom Hazikaron
Yom Hazikaron, Israeli Remembrance Day, is an important day on the Jewish calendar. BZA will be holding a commemoration for Israel's fallen soldiers on
Tuesday, April 24 th at 9 PM in Pearlman Lounge. Please come join us, as well as Professor Ilan Troen, Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, and Professor Michael Feige, Visiting Professor in the Schusterman Center for
Israel Studies and the Departments of Anthropology and Near Eastern &
Judaic Studies, to honor those who fell in Israel's many wars and in terror attacks.
L’chaim for Eitan Cooper and Dita Ribner
For all those who were unable to attend the L'chaim in Teaneck, we are bringing the L'chaim to Brandeis this Saturday night at 9 PM in the Village TV
Lounge! MAZAL TOV!!
Senior Edition of Torat Emet
Next week we are doing a Senior edition of Torat Emet. If any senior is interested in writing a dvar Torah please email us. Also - if anyone (nonseniors included) wants to write a SHOUT-OUT to a senior please email us by
Wednesday, April 25 th
Election Day
. Thanks!
Don't forget! Today is Student Union Election Day! Every vote counts, so make sure to cast your ballot! Just an FYI (not an endorsement) our own
BOO member and former BOO Treasurer David Clements is running for
Treasurer. He can really use the votes, so spread the word! VOTE DMC
David Fisch is Running for Student Union President
David Fisch is running for Student Union President and would love it if you wanted to vote for him. VOTING IS TODAY, LIKE RIGHT NOW! Click here for a link to David Fisch's Facebook group. You can also see the Video that stars many BOO members here. NOTE: BOO is not allowed to officially endorse anyone for the position (and do not consider this an official endorsement)
Inaugural Spring Sock & Clothing Drive
Hunger & Homelessness and Hospital Helpers are joining together to organize the Inaugural Spring Sock & Clothing Drive on April 22 nd from 3-8 PM in
Shapiro Lounge. We are collecting new socks to donate to Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP). Socks are a particularly limited resource for homeless men and women. Often, they end up wearing out their socks quickly and staying in rain-soaked socks for long periods of time. These conditions are especially harmful for people with diabetes and can cause foot ailments such as trench foot, skin infections, frostbite, and nail diseases.
Simply having access to clean socks can prevent development and progression of such painful diseases. Homeless people are also in need of all types of clothing. We are collecting old clothes that you would like to get rid
of. Time to start that spring cleaning of your closet! We will be donating these articles to local homeless shelters.
To help, you can: Donate clean white socks or monetary donations, Clean out your closet and donate what you don't need anymore, Get a group together and volunteer to pick up socks and clothing from Waltham residences
(Halloween for the Hungry style).
* You will be assigned a couple streets in Waltham to pick up clothing and socks at.
* Waltham Group vans will bring you to and from the streets so you don't have to carry heavy clothing very far.
*It is about a half-hour to hour time commitment.
Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals Fellowship
This $600.00 paid fellowship is offered through the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, which was founded by former RCA president Rabbi Marc Angel in order to spread a vision of Orthodoxy that is vibrant, compassionate, and inclusive. It's a very supportive arrangement: Campus Fellows get a stipend of $300 per semester plus another $300 per semester for program supplies, and the responsibilities include putting on just two events per semester about issues affecting the Modern Orthodox community. It's a great way to get resources behind students’ creative vision for the kind of conversations that could be happening at Brandeis about Orthodoxy. The application, which is
, is available here. due on Monday, May 7 th
Punk Jews Screening
This Tuesday, at 2:00 PM in Wasserman Cinematheque (in IBS) there will be a screening of Punk Jews followed by a Q&A with Director Jesse Zook Mann &
Producer Evan Kleinman. Profiling Hassidic punk rockers, Yiddish street performers, African-American Jewish activists and more, Punk Jews explores an emerging movement of provocateurs and committed Jews who are asking, each in his or her own way, what it means to be Jewish in the 21 st century.
Jewish artists, activists and musicians from diverse backgrounds and communities are defying norms and expressing their Jewish identities in unconventional ways. In the process, they are challenging stereotypes and breaking down barriers. Meet Yishai, lead singer of Moshiach Oi, the Sukkos
Mob of the New Yiddish Rep, the hipster Orthodox participants of Cholent, the
Amazing Amy Yoga Yenta, Kal Holczler founder of Voices of Dignity, and
African American Hassidic hip hop sensation Y-Love.
A Few More Spots Left in Uri L'Tzedek Summer Fellowship!
The Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship is a transformative leadership program that combines innovative social activism with leadership development and
Torah. This full-time, 6-week program, from June 22 rd nd -August 3 , is an opportunity to work alongside Uri L'Tzedek's staff and board, experiencing first-hand the many mechanisms that come together to create an effective non-profit organization, gaining exposure to communal Jewish life, effecting change, and learning Torah, social justice philosophy, and community organizing models. This full-time, 6-week program runs from June 22
August 3 rd nd -
and includes two weekend experiences. You can fill out the application HERE. For more information please contact David Bookbinder.
WATCH Out 5k Run and Walk
The WATCH Out 5k Run and Walk is coming up on Sunday, April 29 th starting at 10 AM! Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the Brandeis Box Office in the SCC or AT THE RACE! The race will be raising money for WATCH'S EFAP
(Emergency Funds Assistance Program). The Waltham Alliance To Create
Housing (WATCH) is a tenant advocacy organization located in Waltham that serves the low-income community in the greater Boston area. Hundreds of
Brandeis students have volunteered and interned at WATCH over the years in the Housing Advocacy Clinic, offering support and connecting tenants to the resources they lack. Many clients come to the clinic in need of emergency housing assistance. We usually refer them to outside organizations, such as the Lend a Hand Society, for emergency grants, but these organizations do not always have funds available. In response to this funding problem, WATCH has recently developed the EFAP (Emergency Funds Assistance Program) to help provide emergency grants to those in desperate need. The demand for this money is great and our funds are depleted. The residents of Waltham have faced great hardships, and their stories are heartbreaking. We want to provide this assistance to them because we want our community to know that we are an organization that is there for them when they have nowhere else to turn. This fundraiser is a great way for the Brandeis community to give back to our neighbors in the Waltham community. Get involved!
Shlomo Chevra! A Taste of "The Soul Doctor" Coming to Campus!
Hear ye! Hear ye! Come one! Come all! On Monday, April 30 th at 7 PM, be sure to enthusiastically and promptly arrive at the Laurie Theater in Spingold with a spring in your step, a smile from ear to ear, and ready to be entertained at the Theater Department's Undergraduate Singing Party!
Excitingly, you will hear a sneak preview of some of the most inspiring music from the next biggest Jewish Musical to come to Broadway since Fiddler on the Roof -- "The Soul Doctor"! "The Soul Doctor" narrates the life of Shlomo
Carlebach, the most influential Jewish Singer of the 20 th century, and features all of his most famous melodies sung to new and inspiring English Words!
Don't miss your only chance to hear a taste of the music before "The Soul
Doctor" hits Broadway! Soloists of the Singing Party include: Dan Ding,
Géraldine Rothschild, Jade Sank, Hillary Schulman, Daniel Shimansky, Alli
Cohen, Lisa Berger, Katherine Peña, Jordan Brown, David Bernstein, Naomi
Bloch, and Kat Teeter!
Do You Like Pickles?
How 'bout organic farming and Jewish outdoor education? Do you know what you are doing this summer? How about after you graduate? This week, your friend and mine David Azer (`11) will be available to shmooze about being an environmental educator with the Teva Learning Center, tilling the soil the
Torah way in the Adamah Fellowship, and other exciting opportunities within the Jewish environmental movement. Come join us Monday at 9 PM in the
SCC (on the couches -- look for the people singing) or on Thursday at 9 PM in the Beit Midrash (basement of Shapiro Dorm, Massel). For more information, click here.
Temple Emunah
Do you want to make an important contribution to the Jewish people? Help kids develop a confident Jewish identity? Temple Emunah of Lexington is seeking knowledgeable and creative individuals to teach in the Religious
School on Sundays and weekday afternoons next fall. What about music? They are seeking a rousing song leader for Sundays to bring traditional and contemporary music to their eager kids. Here’s your chance to work with wonderful and supportive people and make a difference in the
Jewish lives of the Emunah community. If you are interested, please contact
Susan Cook, the Director of Education at Temple Emunah. (9 Piper Rd.,
Lexington, MA 02421. 781-861-0303)
Learners wanted for Shas Initiative
Come and join the inter-collegiate Shas Initiative! Learn one Daf and join the siyum and the wonders of learning Talmud!
Rachel's Rides
Going home for the summer? Don't pay the crazy fees for a taxi to the airport or train station. Use Rachel's Rides instead! Rachel's Rides, run by Brandeis student Rachel Karpoff, provides affordable transportation around the Boston area. Click here to book a ride.
Drivers Wanted:
Rachel's Rides is looking for students with cars to take over the business next year. Email info@rachelsrides.com for more information on how to join the
Rachel's Rides team.
Rachel's Rides: The affordable way to travel.
Need A Study Break?
- Question of the Week: What was the best “first bite of chametz” after
Pesach you ever had?
~ “The best first bite of chametz happened this break. As so much of my energy, passion and drive went towards working on my campaign for
Brandeis Student Union President I had to learn how to be creative to find the passion, drive, and energy to keep Passover. Due to this I had to get creative and work on compromising, which also both happen to be qualities that I would bring to the office of the Presidency if I were elected…. It was my innovation that helped me design this new plan and being that I am an innovator I believe that I am perfect for the office of
Student Union President. Then I ate chametz.” To see the full answer, click here .-David Fisch
~“Slurpees and mini hot dogs.” - David Clements
~“Egg matzah!!!”- Tali Portal
- Check out this week’s NEW Member of the Week!
Want to make one of your friends MOTW? Send a blurb to Gali Gordon!
Meet the BOO Board of 2012:
▪ President- Kimmie Kfare 203-461-2811
▪ Vice President- Dana Kandel 561-376-8070
▪ Treasurer- Micah Lehmann 410-978-8855
▪ Secretary-Gali Gordon 508-654-4010
▪ Publicity Coordinator- Sarah Eagle 914-393-0432
▪ Social Events Coordinator- Ilana Rosenbaum 914-874-3195
▪ Education Coordinator- Aaron Wengrofsky 516-776-8437
▪ Chesed Coordinator- Rone Ohayon 330-730-0922
▪ Beit Midrash Coordinator- Nathan Young 860-422-3382
▪ Gabbai- Rafi Abramowitz 973-803-6559
▪ First-Year Representative- Yael Annis 781-530-8886 and Perri Lurie
310-592-2854
Learn how to get involved in BOO here! For all other important BOO information check us out at www.booweb.org.
Please send blurbs in for midweek announcements by Monday at 4 PM, and for Shabbat announcements by Thursday at 4 PM to Sarah Eagle. Thanks!
