SCHEDULE Appreciation to our Trustee Dr. Michael Reich and

SCHEDULE
Saturday, January 17 Shabbat Mevorchim
U.N. INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST
COMMEMORATION SHABBAT
70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
Services 8:30 AM (Remembrance 11:00 AM)
His Excellency JAN ELIASSON
Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
RABBI ARTHUR SCHNEIER
"Lesson I have Learned"
CHIEF CANTOR YITZCHAK MEIR HELFGOT
Park East Synagogue Choir
Maestro Yossi Schwartz, Conductor
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Members with reservations, luncheon in the Charles Brooks Ballroom
sponsored by
Harry Krakowski and Lili Stawski in memory of their parents,
Israel and Elli Krakowski,
Congregational Kiddush in the Wilf Gymnasium
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Appreciation to our Trustee Dr. Michael Reich and Laurence and
Laura Rabinowitz for sponsoring the Park East Synagogue Choir
this Shabbat
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Chumash class: Rabbi Harold Einsidler, 3:45 pm
Mincha 4:25 pm, followed by Seudah Shlishit
Dvar Torah: Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt
Shabbat ends 5:38 pm
SATURDAY MORNING CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAMS
• Junior Congregation, 2nd floor, Donny & Heidi Wechsler, 10:30 am
• Children Services, 2 – 5, Goldberg Ballroom, Toby Einsidler &
Staff, 11:00 am
• Shabbat Game Room with Donny, Gymnasium 1:00-2:00 pm.
EVENTS
Monday, January 19
• Martin Luther King Day Morning Services, 7:45 am
Wednesday, January 21
• Rosh Chodesh Shevat, Services, 7:30 am & 4:50 pm
• Day School Performance of “Fiddler on the Roof”, 6:00 pm
Sunday, January 25
• Early Childhood Admissions Day, by appointment only, 9:00 am
Friday, January 30
• Early Childhood Shabbaton, 4’s and Kindergarten 6:00 pm
Shabbat, January 31
• Early Childhood Shabbaton, 3’s, 12:30 pm
SAVE THE DATE
Sunday, February 1, 11:00 am
“The Maccabeats” live in concert
presented by the Park East Day School Grandparents Circle
includes Super Bowl Sunday Tailgate Lunch
Purchase tickets at www.parkeastdayschool.org
$18 in advance/$25 at the door
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Wednesday, February 4
• Defiant Requiem, Award winning documentary co-sponsored by
Park East Synagogue and UJA-Federation of New York.
Conversation after the film with Maestro Murray Sidlin, creator
and conductor of the Concert Defiant Requiem, RSVP:
parkeastsynagogue.org, $25 Members/$30 Non-Members,
Light dinner included, 7:00 pm, Film, 7:45 pm
Friday, February 6
• Youth Enrichment Center Shabbaton, 6:00 pm
PARK EAST SYNAGOGUE WELCOMES
Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia
on his inaugural visit to the United States as
Chief Rabbi of France
Friday, February 20
Dinner and lecture
Chief Rabbi in dialogue with Rabbi Arthur Schneier
“The Aftermath of the Terror Attacks in Paris”
Members $50, Non Members $60
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Shabbat, February 21
Chief Rabbi’s Sermon at 10:45 am
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Mincha 5:30 pm followed by Seudah Shlishit
Round Table Discussion with the Chief Rabbi
“The Future of French and European Jewry”
Memorial Kaddish is dedicated in memory of Paul Guskin, beloved
brother-in-law of our devoted members and Head Gabbai, Dina (Abraham)
Goldner, husband of Ilana, father of Jeremy Guskin and Matthew (Lauren)
Guskin, grandfather of Lena Rose, brother of Mary; Zenek Podolsky,
beloved father of our devoted members Howard (Mindy) Podolsky, Abe
(Linda) Podolsky, Arlene (Jeff) Peldman, Stuart (Shirley) Podolsky, Jay
(Sharon) Podolsky, Helene (Bobby) Beda, Jackie (Stuart) Miller.
The following members of the congregation will be observing Yahrzeit this
week.
Mr. Hugh Greenberg – mother
Mrs. Linda Schapiro – sister
Ms. Monica Zierler – father
Ms. Vivian Goodstein – uncle
Mrs. Libby Kahn – father
Mr. Hoffer Kaback – mother
Mr. Alexander Mitchell – brother
Mr. Zoltan Lefkovits – father
Mrs. Claire Dienstag – husband
Mrs. Eva Weinberger – father
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wilf – son
Mrs. Eileen Schrott – brother
Mr. Jeffrey Wilf – father
Mr. Morton Gross – mother
Mrs. Marjorie Schein – brother
Mr. Stanley Gross – mother
Mr. Herman Kroshinsky – mother
Parshat Va’era
"I established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the
land of their sojourning"(Exodus 6:4).
Mahatma Gandhi once said about his struggle for freedom and independence
in India, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight
you—and then you win!”
That same process first occurred in this week’s Torah portion. Moses is
starting his struggle against Pharaoh, who ignored him first by saying, “I do
not know this God. Who is He that I should listen to His voice?”
The second time Moses shows up, he turns his staff into a snake. Yet
Pharaoh is not impressed and calls in his own sorcerers to do the same,
dismissing the miracle with a laugh.
After the Jews leave Egypt, Pharaoh takes his mighty army and chases the
Jews down to the Red Sea, leaving them nowhere to go and challenging
them to fight.
And then we win! God miraculously splits the sea for the Jews, and all of
Pharaoh’s mighty army drowns so we could prevail.
ADULT EDUCATION
Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt
Daf Yomi, 25 Minutes before morning services
Rabbi Harold Einsidler
BOOK OF SAMUEL II, Tuesday, 12:30 pm
TORAH TALKS, Fridays, 8:30 am
CHUMASH CLASS, Shabbat, one hour before Mincha
UN INTERNATIONAL
HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE DAY
January 17, 2015
26 Tevet 5775
Shabbat Mevorchim
Blessing of The New
Month of Shevat
PARSHAT VA’ERA
Shemot 6:2-9:35
Hertz Chumash
pp. 232-244
Artscroll pp. 318-338
Haftorah Ezekiel
28:25-29:21
Hertz Chumash
p. 244
Artscroll p. 1149
DAILY SERVICES
Sunday, 9:00 am
Mon. – Tues.
7:45 am
Wed. – Rosh Chodesh
7:30 am
Thurs. – Fri.
7:45 am
followed by breakfast
Evenings – 4:50 p.m.
Daf Yomi
25 Minutes before
morning services