Parshat Vayekhel /Pekudei- Parshat HaChodesh March 17-18 (Adar 24-25)
Friday, March 17
Candle Lighting: 6:46 PM
Mincha: 6:50 PM
Shabbat, March 18
Shacharit/Musaf: 9:15 AM
Youth Groups: 9:15 AM
Meditation & Reflection Circle: 10 AM
Dvar Torah: Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn
Post Kiddush Shiur with Dr. Mark Druck on "Symbols of the Seder | A Fresh Look" - Babysitting will be available
Mincha: 6:45 PM followed by R. Helfgot's Gemara shiur
Maariv: 7:40 PM
Havdalah and conclusion of Shabbat after 7:47 PM
Rabbanit Thomas-Newborn wrote a dvar Torah for Table For Five this week. Read it here,
Sunday, March 19
Shaharit: 8:15 AM (no shiur this week)
DEADLINE FOR DINNER RSVPs - Our Annual Dinner is next Sunday, March 26. If you have not yet signed up or sponsored, Sunday is the FINAL deadline to join for the dinner. While past the deadline for ensuring your sponsorship is listed in the Scroll of Honor, we will do our best to include if you sponsor by Sunday at 5 PM. RSVP or sponsor here.
Wednesday, March 22
Rabbi Helfgot's Tanakh shiur on Sefer Melakhim (The book of Kings): 8:30 PM. This virtual shiur is taking place under the aegis of Torah in Motion, a Modern-Orthodox adult education program based in Toronto. The class is free of charge, click here to register for this class and receive the zoom link.
Meir and Marnina Stimmel are sponsoring this week's kiddush in memory of their daughter Michal on her first yahrzeit and to thank the Netivot Shalom community for all of their support.
The next Rosh Chodesh kiddush will be on April 22 for Iyar.
Kiddush Clean Up: Fred Schulman View Rotation & Instructions
Announcements
Symbols of Seder | A Fresh Look by Mark Druck Join Mark Druck for a special shiur after kiddush next week, March 18 in which he will be providing new perspectives on the symbols of the seder.
Wine Sale – Order by March 21 Whether you attended the Pre-Pesach Wine and Cheese Tasting or not, you may participate in the Pre-Pesach Wine Sale online.
Take advantage of special discounts & a portion of your order will go to Netivot Shalom.
See the instructions for ordering sent by email on March 14.
Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Chanoch Waxman Shabbat, March 25 Friday night Devar Torah: Vayikra: A Summons to Sanctity
Derasha on Shabbat morning: Leaven, Honey and the Altar of God
Shabbat morning after Kiddush: The Death of Shaul and Modern Medical Ethics:Assisted Suicide and Beyond
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman currently teaches at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He received Semicha from Yeshiva University and also holds an M.A. in Jewish Philosophy from Yeshiva University as well as an M.A. in General Philosophy from City University of New York. Before making Aliyah in 1998, he served as the Orthodox Rabbi at Princeton University Hillel, and taught at Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in New York, the Columbia Beit Midrash program and served as the Rabbi of the Albert Einstein Synagogue located at Yeshiva University’s Einstein medical school campus.
CULTIVATING OUR SPIRITUAL WELLBEING MINI-SERIES - Next Session March 26 Whether you came to the first or not, it is not too late to register for the rest.
This session will focus on cultivating spiritual wellbeing for Passover. Brunch will be served and babysitting is available.
If you missed the first session, you can view the source sheet here
The Netivot Shalom Chesed Committee is proud to host a naloxone training, presented by the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at Rutgers. The goal of this training is to prepare Netivot community members to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. The training will be virtual on Zoom and is capped at 25 participants. The training will be on Wednesday, April 19 at 8 PM.
In 2020, nearly 68,000 thousand people in the United States died from an opioid overdose. The Opioid Overdose Prevention Network (OOPN) was developed by the NJ Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in partnership with the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School to combat this crisis.
You must be18 years of age and older to attend, and you will receive a free naloxone kit after attending the training.
