COVID-19 information
Please be reminded that seating is first come first serve in the designated seats, and there is a small possibility that we may have to turn people away at the door.
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Please feel free to attend any minyan in the shul -- and if you are comfortable attending shul, please make the effort to support our minyanim.
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Everyone must be masked while in the shul or in the outdoor minyan, and sit in any of the designated, socially distanced seats in the main sanctuary.
SHABBOS SCHEDULE
Erev Shabbos:
4:45 pm - Candlelighting (Shabbos can be accepted as early as 4:06)
4:50 pm - Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos (Main Sanctuary and PZ Tents)
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Shacharis:
8:15 am - PZ Tents (Shochen Ad)
9:00 am - Main Sanctuary (Shochen Ad)
Rabbi Yolkut will speak at both minyanim
10:45 am - Lollipops and Adon Olam for Families (PZ Tents)
Mincha:
4:45 pm, followed by Maariv at 5:42 PM (Main Sanctuary)
4:45 pm - Mincha followed by a shiur by Rabbi Yolkut - “Davening in a Mosque: Mearas haMachpela in Halacha” and Maariv (PZ Tents)
Shabbos ends at 5:52 PM
COVID-19 information
Please be reminded that seating is first come first serve in the designated seats, and there is a small possibility that we may have to turn people away at the door.
​
Please feel free to attend any minyan in the shul--- and if you are comfortable attending shul, please make the effort to support our minyanim.
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Everyone must be masked while in the shul or in the outdoor minyan, and sit in any of the designated, socially distanced seats in the main sanctuary.
Davening at home
Friday Night:
Omit Borchu. After Shemoneh Esreh of Maariv, do not recite the section following Vayechulu.
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Shabbos Day:
Omit Borchu. We do not recite any of the Sefer Torah service or Yekum Purkan but proceed directly to Birkas HaChodesh, Ashrei and Shemoneh Esreh of Mussaf.
While one is not required to read the Torah readings from a Chumash in private, it is a worthy action.
SHABBOS SCHEDULE
Erev Shabbos:
4:45 pm - Candlelighting (Shabbos can be accepted as early as 4:06)
4:50 pm - Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos (Main Sanctuary and PZ Tents)
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Shacharis:
8:15 am - PZ Tents (Shochen Ad)
9:00 am - Main Sanctuary (Shochen Ad)
Rabbi Yolkut will speak at both minyanim
10:45 am - Lollipops and Adon Olam for Families (PZ Tents)
Mincha:
4:45 pm, followed by Maariv at 5:42 PM (Main Sanctuary)
4:45 pm - Mincha followed by a shiur by Rabbi Yolkut - “Davening in a Mosque: Mearas haMachpela in Halacha” and Maariv (PZ Tents)
Shabbos ends at 5:52 PM
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Halakhic Times
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Sunrise 7:06 am
Shma by 9:34 am
Shacharis Shemoneh Esreh by 10:24 am
Mincha between 12:34 pm and 5:02 pm
Shabbos ends at 5:52 pm
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weekday Minyanim
Held in the PZ Main Sanctuary
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Mincha/Maariv - 4:50 pm
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Shacharis:
Sun 8:30 am
Mon/Thu 7:05 am
Tues 7:00 am (Rosh Chodesh Kislev)
Wed/Fri 7:15 am
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Weekday Halachkic Times
Sunrise
Sun 7:07 am
Mon 7:08 am
Tue 7:09 am
Wed 7:10 am
Thu 7:12 am and one minute later each day
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Shma
Sun 9:35 am
Mon/Tue 9:36 am
Wed 9:37 am
Thu/Fri 9:38 am
Shacharis
S 10:24 am
Mon/Tue 10:25 am
Wed 10:26 am
Thu/Fri 10:27 am
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Mincha between 12:36 pm and Sunset
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Sunset
Sun 5:01 pm
Mon 5:02 pm
Tue 5:00 pm
Wed 4:59 pm
Thu 4:58 pm and one minute earlier each day
Maariv can be recited after sunset, but if possible after 40 minutes from sunset (or repeat Shma).
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Congregation Poale Zedeck
Rabbi Daniel Yolkut, Spiritual leader Dr Louis Felder, President
Parshas Chayei Sarah - Shabbos Mevarchim
A brief note on minyanim:
Please be reminded that seating is first come first serve in the designated seats, and there is a small possibility that we may have to turn people away at the door.
Please feel free to attend any minyan in the shul--- and if you are comfortable attending shul, please make the effort to support our minyanim.
Everyone must be masked while in the shul or in the outdoor minyan, and sit in any of the designated, socially distanced seats in the main sanctuary.
Candlelighting 4:45 PM (Shabbos can be accepted as early as 4:06 if desired)
Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos 4:50 PM (Main Sanctuary and Tents Outside of PZ)
Shacharis:
Outdoor Side Yard (Shochen Ad) 8:15 AM
Main Sanctuary 9 AM (Shochen Ad)
Rabbi Yolkut will speak at both minyanim
Lollipops and Adon Olam for Families: 10:45 at the the tents
Mincha 4:45 pm followed by Maariv at 5:42 PM (Main Sanctuary)
Mincha followed by a shiur by Rabbi Yolkut - “Davening in a Mosque: Mearas haMachpela in Halacha ” and Maariv 4:45PM (Tents)
Shabbos ends at 5:52 PM
Weekday Minyanim (PZ Main Sanctuary)
Mincha/Maariv 4:50 PM
Shacharis S 8:30 AM M, TH 7:05 AM W, F 7:15 AM
Tuesday- Rosh Chodesh Kislev Shacharis 7 AM
Shabbos Day
Shma by 9:34 AM
Shacharis Shemoneh Esreh by 10:24 AM
Sunrise 7:06 AM
Mincha between 12:34 PM and 5:02 PM
Shabbos ends at 5:52 PM
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Sunrise S 7:07 M7:08 T 7:09 W 7:10 TH 7:12 AM and one minute later each day of the week Shma S 9:35AM M-T 9:36 W 9:37 TH-F 9:38 AM Shacharis S 10:24 M-T 10:25 W 10:26TH-F 10:27 AM
Mincha between 12:36 PM and Sunset
Sunset S 5:01 M 5:02 T 5 W 4:59 TH 4:58 and one minute earlier each day
Maariv can be recited after sunset, but if possible after 40 minutes from sunset (or repeat Shma).
Shiurim for the Week
PZ SHABBOS NIGHT STUDY GROUP with Rabbi Yisroel Pfeffer will begin studying the ethical classic
CHOVOS HALEVOVOS - Duties of the Heart
Recognizing the Greatness of Hashem through Creation 7 pm
NOTE NEW NUMBER
Call in Number: 435 777 2200
Access Code: 830 8153
Rabbi Yolkut’s Classes
Webcast on Rabbi Yolkut’s Facebook page through Facebook Live and on Zoom (Meeting ID: 681 140 7218 , password 636635)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6811407218?pwd=QmtTdDF1OUE4T3ZQem1ubUpWanRIQT09
Dial in 1 312 626 6799
Weekly sponsorship is $120.
“The Mysteries of Ethiopian Jewry: A Halachic and Historical Journey (Chantze Butler Shiur)-- Wednesday 12:15 PM
Chumash TH 9:30 AM- Our veteran Chumash class, Shemos Chapter 7
Parsha TH 9 PM- Weekly Insights into the Parsha- Toledos
Reading Material to print for Shabbos
A Journey of a Thousand Miles- Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt’l
https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation-5772-chayei-sarah-a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles
(An extensive archive of articles by Rabbi Sacks on Chayei Sarah can be found at https://rabbisacks.org/parsha/chayei-sarah/ )
Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky
The Avodah of Yerushalayim, the Connection of Chevron
https://www.torahweb.org/torah/2018/parsha/rlop_chayey.html
Ketura By Rav Yaakov Medan
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/ketura
"Who is this man who walks in the field towards us?"
Dr. Brachi Elitzur
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/who-man-who-walks-field-towards-us
Why Should Efron Suffer? By Rabbi Yissocher Frand
https://torah.org/torah-portion/ravfrand-5758-chayeisarah/
‘A Stranger and a Resident I Am Amongst You’
By: Rabbi Jeremy Wieder
https://yucommentator.org/2019/12/a-stranger-and-a-resident-i-am-amongst-you/
The Field and the Cave: Yitzchak in the Land
Rav Yoel Bin-Nun
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/field-and-cave-yitzchak-land
Be a Man! Rabbi Shmuel Goldin
https://oupress.org/excerpts/parshat-chayei-sara-be-a-man/
Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky
The Challenge of Tefillas Mincha
http://www.torahweb.org/torah/2011/parsha/rsob_chayey.html
Rabbi Yaakov Bieler- Avraham and Rivka
https://yaakovbieler.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/avraham-and-rivka/
Chevron and Me’aras HaMachpelah
Are Kohanim Allowed To Visit the Graves of the Righteous?
Rabbi Avi Zakutinsky
When a Memphian Thrived in Hebron: The Letters of Aharon Dovid Shainberg (1906-1929)
Akiva Males
Rabbi Goren’s Hebron miracle
By BEN BRESKY
https://www.jpost.com/in-jerusalem/rabbi-gorens-hebron-miracle-456475
1st Jew in Patriarchs' cave
By TAMARA ZIEVE
REFLECTION ON TWO LEADERS: RAV DOVID FEINSTEIN AND RAV LORD JONATHAN SACKS
Rav Dovid Feinstein zt’l
HIGHER PURPOSE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE
By Yisroel Besser
https://mishpacha.com/higher-purpose-on-the-lower-east-side/
Some Memories of Reb Dovid Feinstein zt”l: Instead of a Hesped
By Jonathan Boyarin
https://seforimblog.com/2020/11/some-memories-of-reb-dovid-feinstein-ztl-instead-of-a-hesped/
Rav Lord Jonathan Sacks zt’l
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis’ eulogy and tribute to Rabbi Sacks
https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/chief-rabbi-ephraim-mirvis-eulogy-and-tribute-to-rabbi-sacks-1.508402
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, z”l
BY YITZCHOK ADLERSTEIN
https://cross-currents.com/2020/11/09/19139/
HARAV LORD JONATHAN SACKS Z”L- Rabbi Pini Dunner
https://rabbidunner.com/harav-lord-jonathan-sacks-zl/
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Please be reminded that seating is first-come, first-served in the designated seats, and there is a small possibility that we may have to turn people away at the door.
Please feel free to attend any minyan in the shul--- and if you are comfortable attending shul, please make the effort to support our minyanim.
Everyone must be masked while in the shul or in the outdoor minyan, and sit in any of the designated, socially distanced seats in the main sanctuary.
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Friday Night Schedule​
September 11, 2020 / 22 Elul 5780
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7:16 pm - Candlelighting
6:15 pm - Earliest Candlelighting
7:00 pm - Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos
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Shabbos Day
September 12, 2020 / 23 Elul 5780
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7:45 am - Shacharis, Outdoor Side Yard (Shochen Ad)... Please register for the minyan so we have appropriate seating at https://forms.gle/CrwzUQTDaxp7CdBy9
9:00 am - Shacharis, Indoor Main Shul (Shochen Ad)
5:15 pm - Shiur with Rabbi Yolkut in PZ Tents: "Lessons of the Machzor"
6:00 pm - Mincha
8:12 pm - Maariv
8:22 pm - Shabbos Ends
9:30-10:30 pm - Selichos Night Kumsitz, Hillel Academy Parking Lot Tents
11:30 pm - First Selichos, Main Sanctuary
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Weekday Minyanim
Mincha/Maariv: 7:15 PM
Shacharis:
Sun 8:30 am
Mon, Thurs, Fri (Erev Rosh Hashana) 6:50 am
Tues, Wed, 7:00 am
We will be reciting Selichos immediately after Shacharis this week.
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We will have an outdoor minyan for the First Selichos as well as Shacharis at 7:15 in the Hillel tents. If you plan on attending, please register so that we can confirm that we will have a minyan at https://forms.gle/CrwzUQTDaxp7CdBy9
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Instructions for Those Davening at Home
Friday Night: Omit Borchu. After Shemoneh Esreh of Maariv, do not recite the section following Vayechulu.
Shabbos Day: Omit Borchu. We do not recite any of the Sefer Torah service or Yekum Purkan but proceed directly to Av HaRachamim, Ashrei, and Shemoneh Esreh of Mussaf. While one is not required to read the Torah readings from a Chumash in private, it is a worthy action.
We add Le-David (Psalm 27) after Shacharis and Maariv.
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There is no personal obligation to blow the shofar during Elul, but if one so chooses, it does not require a minyan.
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Selichos can be recited from home without Hashem, Hashem, which requires a minyan. That section can be recited privately if you use the trop. Please contact the office if you would like to borrow Selichos book.
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Shabbos Day
Sunrise: 6:58 am
Shma: by 10:06 am
Shacharis Shemoneh Esreh: by 11:09 am
Mincha: between 1:47 and 7:32 pm
Shabbos ends: 8:22 pm
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Weekdays
Sunrise: Sun 7:00 am, Mon-Tues 7:01, Wed 7:02, Thurs 7:03, Fri 7:04
Shma: Sun-Wed 10:07 am, Thurs-Fri 10:08 am
Shacharis: Sun-Wed 11:09 am, Thurs-Fri 11:10 am
Mincha: Between 1:47 pm and Sunset
Sunset: Sun 7:30 pm, Mon 7:29 pm, Tues 7:27 pm, Wed 7:25 pm, Thurs 7:24 pm
Maariv can be recited after sunset, but if possible after 40 minutes from sunset (or repeat Shma).
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Rabbi Yolkut will conduct a special Zoom presentation and Q&A for those davening at home over the Yom Tov season at 10 AM on Tuesday. This will be recorded for those that can’t make it.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6811407218?pwd=QmtTdDF1OUE4T3ZQem1ubUpWanRIQT09
Dial in 1-312-626-6799
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Shiurim for the Week
The PZ Study Group with Rabbi Yisroel Pfeffer and Rabbi Seth Cook
will meet Sunday, September 13 at 8:30 pm
Rabbi Noach Weinberg’s 48 Ways to Wisdom
To join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84612169647
To join by phone
1-301-715-8592
Meeting ID: 846 1216 9647
Rabbi Yolkut’s Classes
Webcast on Rabbi Yolkut’s Facebook page through Facebook Live and on Zoom (Meeting ID: 681 140 7218)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6811407218?pwd=QmtTdDF1OUE4T3ZQem1ubUpWanRIQT09
Dial in 1-312-626-6799
Weekly sponsorship is $120.
Meaning in Minhag: Probing the Unique Customs of the High Holiday Season: Hoshanos- Caught in the Circle Mondays at 12:15 PM
Halachos of Yom Tov Mini-Shiur Tuesday 8:30 pm
Sailing with Yonah: Lessons in Personal Growth from the Book of Yonah (Chantze Butler Shiur) - “The Elusive Simcha of Yonah's Sukkah and our Own Narratives” Wednesday 12:15 PM
Chumash Thursday 9:30 am - On hiatus until after Yom Tov
Parsha Thursday 9:00 pm - Weekly Insights into the Parsha -- Thoughts for the Last Day of the Year
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Reading Material to print for Shabbos
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Nitzavim Vayelekh
Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky-Days of Completion
https://www.torahweb.org/torah/2010/parsha/ryud_nitzavim.html
Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg- Rosh Hashana: A Time to Think About Someone Else
https://www.torahweb.org/torah/2018/parsha/rkoe_nitzavim.html
The Commandment of Hakhel- Rabbi Ari D. Kahn
http://arikahn.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-commandment-of-hakhel.html
Ever change your mind?BY SHIRA SCHMIDT
https://cross-currents.com/2008/10/16/ever-change-your-mind/
Hak’hel: The Torah Reading of the King
Rav Binyamin Tabory
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/hak%E2%80%99hel-torah-reading-king
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks- Torah as Song
https://rabbisacks.org/torah-as-song-vayelech-5775/
Can man return to Gan Eden?- Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
https://tanach.org/dvarim/nitz1.htm
Dimensions of Teshuvah
By Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
https://torah.org/torah-portion/mikra-5769-netzavim/
The Mitzvah of Writing a Sefer Torah by Rabbi Josh Flug
Selichos
"Needy and Destitute, We Knock at Your Door"
Harav Yehuda Amital
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/needy-and-destitute-we-knock-your-door
How Can We Speak and How Can We Justify Ourselves?
Harav Yehuda Amital
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/how-can-we-speak-and-how-can-we-justify-ourselves-0
Selichos: It Pays to be ‘First in Line’ By Rabbi Yissocher Frand
https://torah.org/torah-portion/ravfrand-5765-kisavo/
Selichot Prior to Rosh HaShanah
Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir
https://www.ou.org/holidays/selichot-prior-to-rosh-hashanah-part-2/
Rabbi Benjamin Yudin Group Coverage
https://www.torahweb.org/torah/2010/parsha/ryud_nitzavim.html
Understanding the 13 Middot - Introduction
Rav Ezra Bick
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/shiur-1-understanding-13-middot-introduction
9/11
Jewish Action 10 years after 9/11
The World Trade Center Agunot by Rabbi Chaim Jachter
https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/the-world-trade-center-agunot-part-one-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter
https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/the-world-trade-center-agunot-part-two-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter
Reflections on the [First] Anniversary of the Attack on the Twin Towers
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/reflections-first-anniversary-attack-twin-towers