Schacharit Monday, to Friday: 6:40A.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
FEB. 13 &14, SHABBOS PARSHAS YISRO
Congregation Anshei Sfard of Wesley Hills
42 Powder Horn Drive
Mount Carmel
Rav Pincus Schwarz: Tel. 354-2660 fax 354-0261
Community News below.
Sisterhood – Rebetizen: Tel. 354-2660
Hatzolah- 425-1600 Eruv: 888-805-ERUV(3788) Rocklanderuv.org,
Shul Information:
Shul Schedule: http://www.godaven.com/searchzip.asp?zip=10901
Old and current email available from:
Www.Yahoo.com/groups/WesleyHillShuls.
http://ansheisfard.blogspot.com/
heading: www.microsoft.com/mac (heading for Entourage)
Call 9-1-1 in case of Fire.
Schacharit: 6:40A
May you live to be 120,
THE SHUL SCHEDULE
Candle lighting for Erev Shabbat, is at 5:10P
These times are for: Suffern, NY 10901 GMT -05:00 (U.S. Eastern)
DO NOT DEPEND ON ZMANIM AT THE FINAL MOMENT.
Mincha 5:20P
Repeat the Shm’a after 6:18P
SHABBAT:
Schacharit: 8:50A
Mincha: 5:05P
Mariv not before 6:29P
Sunset: 5:38P
Sunday and Monday (President’s Day):
Schacharit: 7:50A
Mincha Sunday 5:15P
Monday Mincha: TBA
Sunset: 5:31P
Weekday
Tuesday to Friday:
Schacharit- 6:40A
Shabbat Details:
SHABBOS PARSHAS YISRO
Torah Portion: Exodus 18:1 - 20:23
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Isaiah 6:1 - 7:6; 9:5 - 9:6
Haftarah for Sephardim: Isaiah 6:1 - 6:13
Kiddish and Shalosh Seudas Sponsor : To sponsor this Kiddish see the Gabbai
Kiddish will be served in the reception area of the Main Sanctuary.
"A good saying at the right moment,
is like a piece of bread during a
famine."
Chassidic saying
Eruv and Weather
Eruv Status: ERUV HOTLINE 888-805-ERUV (3788) or
http://www.rocklanderuv.org/pages/home.php
Weather :
Partly Cloudy High 42°F
Low 25°F
Shabbat :
Few Snow Showers High 38°F
Few Snow Showers Overnight Low 22°F
Sunday: Partly Cloudy High 33°F
20°F
Tehillim:
Specifically, Jews are urged to devote at least fifteen minutes a day
to recite Psalms 20, 83,121,130 and 142.
DAILY DOSE:
Bread from Heaven
Your place is the wilderness. The bread you eat falls from heaven.
The basket you collect it in is your attitude.
Clutch your basket tight and your manna will have no place to rest.
Open it up and look to the heavens and your basket will always be full.
Tzvi Freeman
Daily Dose from the Rebee
Maaneh Rach, ch.5; Rabbi Pliskin's Gateway to Happiness, p.175)
If you give up your demands for more possessions
and material matters, you will save yourself much needless sadness.
Sadness does not come from lacking possessions,
but from your "lack of acceptance" at not having them.
Next time, when you are unable to acquire something,
accept that you do not have it --
and avoid adding emotional pain to your practical problem of not having that thing.
Should you avoid material possessions?
No. Just don't make oneself sad about those things you do not have.
Websites:
The BIRKAT HACHAMA TEFILLAH
http://www.kehillaton.com/en/docs/birkat_hachama.pdf
Abraham Lincoln and the Jewish Community.
http://booksgoogle.com/books?id=-OxMjGRkFXwC&printsec=titlepage
Abraham Lincoln & the Jews, a 1909 book. Author: Markens, Isaac, 1846-1928
The best book available on the history of Order Number 11.
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2007/10/abraham_lincoln_and_the_jews.html
http://wwwtorah.org/features/firstperson/lincoln.html <http://www.torah.org/features/firstperson/lincoln.html>
The Sephardic Perspective
http://www.alfassa.com/blog/2008/12/abraham-lincoln-friend-of-the.html
http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/aje/results2.php?category=x
Was Lincoln Jewish?
http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=6938
Community News:
National DO NOT CALL REGISTRY
You may enter landline or cell phone numbers. Up to 3 numbers at a time.
https://www.donotcallgov/register/reg.aspx
Cell Phone for Soldiers:
Instructions:
http://cellphonesforsoldiers.com/donatePhone.html
A donation receipt can be printed out.
Cell phone eraser:
http://www.recellular.com/recycling/data_eraser/default.asp
Printing labels: (Postage Paid)
http://cellphonesforsoldiers.com/shippingLabel_generic_print.html
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Community Message
David Goldsmith
mayor@wesleyhills.org
COUNTY OF ROCKLAND
OFFICE OF FIRE and EMERGENCY SERVICES
Rockland County Fire Training Center
35 Firemen's Memorial Drive
Pomona, New York 10970
(845) 364-8800
(845) 364-8961 Fax
February 9, 2009
A full volume test of the new alert and notification sirens located
throughout the emergency planning zone will be held Wednesday February 11,
2009 between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The sirens will sound for four
minutes.
In an actual emergency, the new sirens would sound simultaneously at full
volume for four minutes. The sirens are not a signal to evacuate but rather
to alert the public to tune to their local Emergency Alert System (EAS)
radio or television station (100.7 FM-WHUD) for important information.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Fire & Emergency Services at
1-800-942-1450, should you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Nicholas A. Longo, Jr.
Program Coordinator
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Breaking News Wesley Hills- Water Main Break
BY JANE LERNER AND ROB RYSER
THE JOURNAL NEWS • FEBRUARY 4, 2009
WESLEY HILLS - Police and emergency work crews are at the scene of a water main break near the corner of Route 202 at Wilder Road, according to United Water.
The break in the 16-inch main was reported shortly after 6 a.m. today, according to utility spokesman Steve Goudsmith
"With freezing temperatures, water main breaks are not uncommon this time of year," Goudsmith said.
Ramapo police were diverting traffic off Route 202.
The road was covered in ice near the site of the water main break.
Several customers in the area have reported low water pressure or no water service, Goudsmith said.
The utility will decide later in the day if it needs to issue a warning to boil water before using it.
See the online edition of the Rockland Journal tomorrow.
http://www.lohud.com
Video currently on
http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009902040391
Also from
http://monseychabad.blogspot.com/2009/02/water-main-break-in-wesley-hills-causes.html
Water Main Break in Wesley Hills Causes Low Water Pressure or No Water Service to Many Residents
By Jane Lerner and Rob Ryser, The Journal News
WESLEY HILLS - Police and emergency work crews are at the scene of a water main break near the corner of Route 202 at Wilder Road, according to United Water.
The break in the 16-inch main was reported shortly after 6 a.m. today, according to utility spokesman Steve Goudsmith
"With freezing temperatures, water main breaks are not uncommon this time of year," Goudsmith said.
Ramapo police were diverting traffic off Route 202.
The road was covered in ice near the site of the water main break.
Several customers in the area have reported low water pressure or no water service, Goudsmith said.
The utility will decide later in the day if it needs to issue a warning to boil water before using it.
Feb. 6 & 7 Parshas Beshalach SHABBOS SHIRAH Tu B'ShvatF
Congregation Anshei Sfard of Wesley Hills
42 Powder Horn Drive
Mount Carmel
Rav Pincus Schwarz: Tel. 354-2660 fax 354-0261
Community News below.
Sisterhood – Rebetizen: Tel. 354-2660
Hatzolah- 425-1600 Eruv: 888-805-ERUV(3788) Rocklanderuv.org,
Shul Information:
Shul Schedule: http://www.godaven.com/searchzip.asp?zip=10901
Old and current email available from:
Www.Yahoo.com/groups/WesleyHillShuls.
http://ansheisfard.blogspot.com/
heading: www.microsoft.com/mac (heading for Entourage)
Call 9-1-1 in case of Fire.
Wednesday, Feb. 4
David Goldsmith
Wesley Hills Town
Please note that the January Planning Board meeting
has been rescheduled to Wednesday, February 4th at 7:30 pm.
The Zoning Board meeting will not be rescheduled.
The next regular meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 18th at 8:00 pm.
May you live to be 120,
THE SHUL SCHEDULE
Candle lighting for Erev Shabbat, is at 5:01P
These times are for: Suffern, NY 10901 GMT -05:00 (U.S. Eastern)
DO NOT DEPEND ON ZMANIM AT THE FINAL MOMENT.
Mincha 5:10P
Repeat the Shm’a after 6:09P
SHABBAT:
Schacharit: 8:50A
Mincha: 4:55P
Mariv not before 6:11P
Sunset: 5:21P
Sunday :
Schacharit: 7:50A
Mincha Sunday 5:10P
Sunset: 5:21P
Weekday
Monday to Friday: (Including Lincoln’s Birthday, Feb. 12)-
Schacharit- 6:40A
February 9th: Monday 15th of Sh'vat, 5769
Tu B'Shvat No Tachnun.
New Moon:
The final time for the sanctification of the New Moon of Shevat,
night Until 11:16 PM, Feb. 9 (16 Shevat).
Shabbat Details:
SHABBOS SHIRAH
PARSHAS BESHALACH
Torah Portion: Exodus 13:17 - 17:16
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Judges 4:4 - 5:31
Haftarah for Sephardim: Judges 5:1 - 5:31
Kiddish and Shalosh Seudas Sponsor : Sol Singer & family.
Kiddish will be served in the reception area of the Main Sanctuary.
Eruv and Weather
Eruv Status: ERUV HOTLINE 888-805-ERUV (3788) or
http://www.rocklanderuv.org/pages/home.php
The size of The New York Country Club Karfuf has been reduced.
It is now permitted to carry on Hempstead Road north of Williams,
the entire length of Brick Church, and the entire length of Union Road.
Please see map (#4) online.
3 major repairs to the outer boundary were made this week.
1 S. Monsey/Airmont 2Monsey/Spring Valley
Under R' Yechiel Steinmetz's Hashgocho Call 646-222-0503 for status.
The following are UP
3 Forshay/W Wesley Hills 4 E Wesley Hills/New Hempstead 5 Pomona
6 Good Sam Hospital 7 Helen Hayes Hospital
Weather :
Weather : Current change- http://www.weather.com/
Partly Cloudy High 35°F
Mostly Clear Low 23°F
Shabbat :
Partly Cloudy High 45°F
Partly Cloudy Overnight Low 35°F
Sunday: Partly Cloudy High 47°F
Partly Cloudy 26°F
Tehillim:
We are urged to devote at least fifteen minutes a day
for our Brothers and Sisters in Israel.
Recite Psalms 20, 83,121,130 and 142.
DAILY DOSE:
The Image
How you treat others is how G-d treats you.
How you forgive them is how He forgives you.
How you see them is how He sees you.
When you show empathy for the plight of another human being,
G-d takes empathy in your plight.
When others slight you and you ignore the call to vengeance that burns inside,
G-d erases all memory of your failures toward Him. When you see the image
of G-d in another human being, then the image of G-d becomes revealed within you.
Tzvi Freeman
Daily Dose from the Rebee
Abraham Lincoln and the Jewish Community.
http://books.google.com/books?id=-OxMjGRkFXwC&printsec=titlepage
Abraham Lincoln & the Jews, a 1909 book. Author: Markens, Isaac, 1846-1928
The best book available on the history of Order Number 11.
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2007/10/abraham_lincoln_and_the_jews.html
http://wwwtorah.org/features/firstperson/lincoln.html
The Sephardic Perspective
http://www.alfassa.com/blog/2008/12/abraham-lincoln-friend-of-the.html
http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/aje/results2.php?category=x
Was Lincoln Jewish?
http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=6938
ARTSCROLL IS having a 33% off list price sale. To Feb. 18 2008.
http://www.artscroll.com/
See bookstores in area for same discount.
Recycle:
Staples will issue $3 back on a Staple Rewards card (not a credit card)
For each empty ink cartridge. Any company. See www.Staples.com for information.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Jan. 30 & 31 Parshas Bo
Congregation Anshei Sfard of Wesley Hills
42 Powder Horn Drive
Mount Carmel
Rav Pincus Schwarz: Tel. 354-2660 fax 354-0261
Community News below.
Sisterhood – Rebetizen: Tel. 354-2660
Hatzolah- 425-1600 Eruv: 888-805-ERUV(3788) Rocklanderuv.org,
Shul Information:
Shul Schedule: http://www.godaven.com/searchzip.asp?zip=10901
Old and current email available from:
Www.Yahoo.com/groups/WesleyHillShuls.
http://ansheisfard.blogspot.com/
heading: www.microsoft.com/mac (heading for Entourage)
Call 9-1-1 in case of Fire.
May you live to be 120,
THE SHUL SCHEDULE
Candle lighting for Erev Shabbat, is at 4:52P
These times are for: Suffern, NY 10901 GMT -05:00 (U.S. Eastern)
DO NOT DEPEND ON ZMANIM AT THE FINAL MOMENT.
Mincha 5:02P
Repeat the Shm’a after 6P
SHABBAT:
Schacharit: 8:50A
Mincha: 4:45P
Mariv not before 6:02P
Kiddish Levannah. The sky should be clear.
Moon: Altitude-60.1° Illumination: 28.2% Distance 384, 208 miles.
Sunset: 5:12P
Sunday:
Schacharit: 7:50A
Mincha Sunday 5P
Weekday
Schacharit- 6:40A
Shabbat Details:
SHABBOS PARSHAS BO
Torah Portion: Exodus 10:1 - 13:16
Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13 - 46:28
Kiddish and Shalosh Seudas Sponsor : Dr. David Rosenberg & family.
Kiddish will be served in the reception area of the Main Sanctuary.
Daily Dose I
Self- Made Exile
There is nothing larger than a mitzvah.
There is nothing more powerful than Torah.
When you are occupied in these things,
the whole world becomes your servant, there but to stage your actions.
Exile begins when we believe the world is a big place and we are its tiny prisoners.
By Tzvi Freeman
Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
Eruv and Weather
Eruv Status: ERUV HOTLINE 888-805-ERUV (3788) or
http://www.rocklanderuv.org/pages/home.php
1 S. Monsey/Airmont 2 Monsey/Spring Valley
Under R' Yechiel Steinmetz's Hashgocho Call 646-222-0503 for status.
Good News for Residents of New Hempstead!!
The size of The New York Country Club Karfuf has been reduced.
It is now permitted to carry on Hempstead Road north of Williams,
the entire length of Brick Church, and the entire length of Union Road.
There is a new map. Go to website to see boundaries.
1 broken lechi on the outer boundary was repaired.
The following are UP ( Check before Shabbat for Status).
3 Forshay/W Wesley Hills 4 E Wesley Hills/New Hempstead 5 Pomona
6 Good Sam Hospital 7 Helen Hayes Hospital
Weather :
Friday Partly Cloudy High 34°F
Partly Cloudy Low 15°F
Shabbat :
Mostly Sunny A.M., Sunny P.M. High 28°F
Night: Mostly Clear Overnight Low 15°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny High 37°F
Partly Cloudy 26°F
Tehillim:
We are urged to devote at least fifteen minutes a day to
this form of prayer and to recite Psalms 20, 83,121,130 and 142
for our brothers and sisters in Israel.
Free copies:
http://www.artscroll.com/itehillim.html
The Teffilah for wounded Israeli Soldiers:
http://www.youngisrael.org/content/pdfs/metzger.pdf
DAILY DOSE:
A Safe World
At one time we thought human ethics could care for the world.
"Human intelligence," we argued, "will find truth and protect it."
We discovered we were wrong. The nation that cultivated the human mind
to its highest degree committed the most horrifying crimes of our age.
Human intelligence today has not saved the world, but ravaged it.
Humankind cannot live securely on this earth until we recognize it for what it is:
A creation cherished by its Creator, who continues to involve Himself
in it at every moment with all His essence and being.
And so it is full of wisdom and beauty without end.
He has put this masterpiece, and the masterpiece of our own bodies
and selves in our hands and told us how to care for them.
By Tzvi Freeman
Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
The Teffilah for wounded Israeli Soldiers:
http://www.youngisrael.org/content/pdfs/metzger.pdf
Tefillah for the Soldiers of Israel:
http://www.judaism.com/prayer.asp
http://www.youngisrael.org/content/images/chayalim.jpg
To Purchase Tefillin, Tzitzit, or h/c Tehillim for IDF soldiers:
https://secure2.convio.net/ou/site/Donation2?idb=1930831624&df_id=2021&2021.donation=form1
All items are at cost. (OU website).
Websites: The following are for Birkat Hachama:
The BIRKAT HACHAMA TEFILLAH
Birkat HaChama will be said on Wednesday, April 8 (Suffern & Monsey: 6:25A)
The following can be printed:
http://www.kehillaton.com/en/docs/birkat_hachama.pdf
http://www.sunblessing.org/birkat_hachamaPRAYER.pdf
Seforim:
http://www.artscroll.com/Books/bihh.html
http://www.judaism.com/display.asp?nt=DH&keyword=BIRCAS%20HACHAMAH&etn=CHABJ
Feldheim edition:
http://www.feldheim.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi
10% off use code TY2008
New publication: Pocket Hard Cover $9.99.
ONCE IN 28 YEARS: THE BLESSING OF THE SUN: BIRKAS HACHAMA
http://nehora.com/
Yiizrach Ohr-Birkat Hachamah
2009-01-26 16:03:11-05
By: Pinchas Zeleg Hakohen Schwartz,
This book contains minhagim, halachat and the prayers for Kiddus HaChamah,
Which will occur this year on April 8, 2009 (14 Nisan 5769).
Kiddus HaChamah
By: Simcha Pinchas Strohli,
This book contains minhagim, halachat and the prayers for Kiddus HaChamah,
Which will occur this year on April 8, 2009 (14 Nisan 5769).
Yyi
All Hebrew Shrei Zmanim:
http://star-k.org/kashrus/kk-BirchasHachama.htm
Videos & Audio
http://mefeedia.com/tags/birkat
http://odeo.com/episodes/23615615-Birkat-HaChama-Understanding-the-Calendar
http://easyrashi.com/birkas_hachama/index.html
Questions & Answers:
http://www.yeshiva.org.il/ask/Eng/?id=635
http://rabbi.bendory.com/cgi-bin/lectures/cal
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20544854723
http://www.kehillaton.com/en/articles_birkat_hachama.asp?c=1
http://yeranenyaakov.blogspot.com/2008/05/birkat-hahama-geula-fact-fiction.html
http://mysticalpaths.blogspot.com/2007/07/continuation-5769-guaranteed-geula.html
http://www.betemunah.org/hachama.html
4 Shvat
Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzeira, the great Sephardic sage and kabbalist known as the Baba Sali (1889-1984). Born in Morocco, the Baba Sali made aliyah following the creation of the State of Israel, eventually settling in the Negev town of Netivot. There he served as a central address for Jews seeking advice, blessings, and in many cases, miracles. Stories abound of his supernatural abilities -- if someone complained about a physical malady, he would prescribe a spiritual action to rectify it. If he was presented with money as a gift, he could identify if it was earned in a "kosher" way or not. He had elevated beyond the physical to the extent that he would eat only small morsels each day. Today his grave in Netivot is a popular place of pilgrimage and prayer.
Recycle HP Ink Cartridges:
A free return postage paid envelope (which can hold up to 5 cartridges) can be obtained from HP at no cost.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/recycle/index.html
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Weather Alert Wednesday
1.
David Goldsmith
show details 3:55 PM (17 minutes ago)
From the office of Fire and Emergency Services.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW & ICE.WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT & WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. MAXIMUM HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE 1 INCH PER HOUR IN NARROW BANDS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY.
AS THE LOW GETS CLOSER TO THE REGION, WARM AIR WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH & CHANGE THE SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL OCCUR LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING. UP TO A 3 HOUR PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/3 OF AN INCH.
INCREASING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OFF THE ATLANTIC WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES, CAUSING JUST PLAIN RAIN DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES & MOVES NORTHEAST, COLDER AIR WILL RUSH SOUTHEAST & CHANGE THE RAIN BACK TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. ANY STANDING WATER WILL QUICKLY FREEZE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE LOWER & MID 20'S.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW SLEET & ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Shul Message:
If you are staying home in the morning, please help out with Religious Services, at 6:40A.
Thank You
2. From Ramapo
Rockland County Tour.
See http://www.rockland.org/f_home.html
Elaine Silverberg
Confidential Assistant to the Supervisor
845-357-5100 xt 324
fax 845-357-3877
silverberge@ramapo-ny.gov