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GUEST SPEAKER - SHABBAT (June 7th) |
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Elana Stein Hain, Resident Scholar at the Jewish Center and doctoral student of religion at Columbia University, will deliver the lecture following services. Her topic will be "Genesis: Theology, Narrative or Law." |
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SHABBAT SCHEDULE |
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Candle Lighting: 8:07 pm |
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Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00 pm |
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Parsha Class with Rabbi Mintz: 8:45 am |
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Morning Services: 9:15 am |
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Guest speaker: Elana Stein Hain |
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Kiddush/lunch following the speaker sponsored by the Board and Kehillah in honor of the anniversary of Rabbi Mintz's Bar Mitzvah and in honor of his continuing and significant contributions to KRA. |
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Gemara Class with Rabbi Mintz: 7:00 pm |
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Mincha: 8:00 pm |
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Seudah Shlishit: 8:20 pm |
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Maariv: 9:00 pm |
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Shabbat Ends: 9:07 pm |
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Kiddush honoring our graduates will follow services. Please send the names of your graduates to if you have not already done so. |
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The Yahrzeit Program to commemorate the 26th Yahrzeit of Jamie Lehmann, z"l, and the 11th Yahrzeit of Dr. Manfred R. Lehmann, z"l, will be held this year on Monday, June 16, 2008 at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, 6:45 pm mincha ( 7 pm program) The topic for this year's lecture is "Man of the People: The Americanization of Moses." It is presented by Jenna Weissman Joselit, Professor of Modern Judaic and American Studies, Princeton University. Collation will follow the program. |
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| UPCOMING SPEAKERS |
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June 14th: The KRA Fourth Anniversary Celebration will follow services. Rabbi Mintz will deliver comments in honor of the anniversary. The lecture will be given by Dr. Beni Gesundheit. An expert in medical ethics, Dr. Gesundheit is a physician in the bone marrow transplant unit at Hadassah Hospital. |
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June 21st: Noam Mintz, a graduate of the SAR High School Class of 2008, will deliver the lecture following services. |
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June 28th: Rabbi David Polsky will deliver the lecture following services. |
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| SHAVUOT (June 8th-10th) |
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Sunday Evening June 8th |
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Candle lighting: 8:08 pm |
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Mincha: 8:15 pm |
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Rabbi Mintz will speak between mincha and maariv on the topic of "Elisha ben Abuya" |
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Maariv: 8:57 pm |
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Dinner at KRA: 9:20 pm. Everyone is invited to join us for our annual Shavuot dairy dinner. Cost is $25/adults, $20/children under 10. Please email chevra@rayimahuvim.org for reservations. |
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11:00 pm: All night Tikkun Leil Shavuot begins with a class by Rabbi Mintz on "A Literary Analysis of the Book of Ruth" |
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12:30 am: Class by Rabbi Polsky . |
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1:30 am: All night learning will continue with refreshments |
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4:50 am: early Morning service |
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Monday June 9, 2008 |
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9:30 am: second Morning service followed by dairy Kiddush/lunch sponsored by Karen Heilig and Ivan Ciment in honor of the KRA community and in honor of Dov, Miriam and Lior Goldman, who are spending their last chag with KRA before moving to Israel this summer. |
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8:10 pm: Mincha |
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Candle Lighting: After 9:08 pm |
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Tuesday June 10, 2008 |
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Morning services: 9:15 am. Yizkor will be recited at approximately 10:45 am. |
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The annual KRA Shavuot Picnic in Riverside Park will follow services. Each family is asked to contribute a dairy food item for the picnic and to bring beverages and paper goods for their own family. Please email Ellie Grosinger at regarding the food item you plan to bring. |
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Mincha: 8:10 pm |
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Maariv: 9:00 pm |
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Yom Tov Ends: 9:08 pm |
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