Parshas Lech Lecha
A brief note on minyanim:
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.
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.
Outdoors, please sit on either end of the 8-foot tables. Family members can seat themselves at the same tables.
Anyone coming from or hosting someone from a Jewish community that is experiencing an uptick in cases should only daven in the outdoor minyan.
We are forced to ask anyone who has been exposed to someone with COVID-19 (or is hosting someone exposed to COVID-19) to not attend any of the PZ minyanim until a full quarantine period has passed.
Erev Shabbos, Friday, October 30, 2020
6:00 pm - Candlelighting (Shabbos can be accepted as early as 5:12 if desired)
6:05 pm - Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos (Main Sanctuary and PZ Tents)
Shabbos Day, October 31, 2020
8:15 am - Shacharis (Shochen Ad) (PZ Tents)
9:00 am - Shacharis (Shochen Ad) (Main Sanctuary)
Rabbi Yolkut will speak at both minyanim.
5:00 pm - Mincha (Main Sanctuary)
6:00 - Mincha followed by a shiur by Rabbi Yolkut - “Why a 19th Century Debate over Bris Milah in New Orleans Matters Today” and Maariv (PZ Tents)
6:57 pm - Maariv (Main Sanctuary)
7:07 pm - Shabbos ends
Turn back the clocks Saturday night
Weekday Minyanim (PZ Main Sanctuary)
Mincha/Maariv: Mon-Thu 5:00 pm
Shacharis: Sun 8:30 am; Mon/Thu 7:05 am, Tue/Wed/Fri 7:15 am
Thu 7:05 am
Instructions for Davening at Home
erev Shabbos
Omit Borchu. After Shemoneh Esreh of Maariv, do not recite the section following Vayechulu.
Shabbos DAY
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.
Sunrise 7:50 am
Shma by 10:26 am
Shacharis Shemoneh Esreh by 11:18 am
Mincha between 1:34 pm and 6:17 pm
Shabbos ends at 7:07 pm
The final time for Kiddush Levana for Marcheshvan is the night following Saturday, Oct. 31, until 9:45 p.m.
Turn back the clocks Saturday night
WEEKDAY
The yahrtzeit of the Kedoshei Pittsburgh will be this Wednesday evening and Thursday.
Sunrise: Sun 6:00 am and one minute later each day of the week
Shma: Sun 9:26 am; Mon/Tue 9:27 am; Wed/Thu 9:28 am; Fri 9:29 am
Shacharis: Sun 10:18 am; Mon-Wed 10:19 am; Thu/Fri 10:20 am
Mincha: between 12:34 pm and Sunset
Sunset: Sun 5:15 pm and one minute earlier each day of the week
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
Saturday Night, October 31, 8:00 pm
NOTE NEW NUMBER
Call in Number: 1-435-777-2200
Access Code: (call office for code)
RABBI YOLKUT'S CLASSES
Webcast on Rabbi Yolkut’s Facebook page through Facebook Live and on Zoom (Meeting ID: 681 140 7218 , call office for password)
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: Thu 9:30 am - Our veteran Chumash class; "A Snake's Tale"
Parsha: Thu 9:00 pm - Weekly Insights into the Parsha - Vayera
A full Fall Schedule of classes will be released shortly
Reading Material to print for Shabbos
Avraham's Two Wars
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/avrahams-two-wars
Avraham Foreshadowed Self-Sacrifice To Make Aliyah
Rabbi Yissocher Frand
https://torah.org/torah-portion/ravfrand-5768-lechlecha/
A Palace in Flames
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
https://rabbisacks.org/a-palace-in-flames-lech-lecha-5780/
Finished and Unfinished Journeys
Rabbi Shmuel Goldin
Grow Up!
Rabbi Dr Norman Lamm zt’l
https://archives.yu.edu/gsdl/collect/lammserm/index/assoc/HASH8fe7.dir/doc.pdf
Rabbi Michael Rosensweig
Avraham Avinu and the Concept of Emunah
https://www.torahweb.org/torah/2008/parsha/rros_lechlecha.html
Abram’s Mission
Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/abram%E2%80%99s-mission
Horoscopes and Commentators
Rav Yechezkel Yakovson
https://www.shaalvim.org/yeshiva/torah/view.asp?id=456
Four Against Five
Rabbi Ari Kahn
https://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48916912.html
Perspectives on the Avot and Imahot
Rabbi Avishai David
https://www.lookstein.org/professional-dev/perspectives-avot-imahot/
Avraham, Lot and the Roots of Jewish Monarchy
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
https://torah.org/torah-portion/mikra-5774-lechlecha/
Why was Avraham Chosen?
Rabbi Menachem Leoibtag
https://tanach.org/breishit/lech.txt
The Banishment of Hagar: Did Avraham and Sarah Sin?
Harav Yaakov Medan
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/banishment-hagar-did-avraham-and-sarah-sin
Halacha in the Parsha
Metzitzah B’peh Controversy: Rabbinic Polemics and Applying the Lessons of History
Rabbi Daniel Korobkin
https://jewishaction.com/jewish-world/metzitzah_bpeh_rabbinic_polemics/
Explaining the Customs of Bris Milah
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
https://rabbikaganoff.com/explaining-the-customs-of-bris-milah/
Must Diaspora Jews Make Aliyah?
Rabbi Chaim Jachter
https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/must-diaspora-jews-make-aliyah-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter
Elections
Rabbi Josh Flug
https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/783111/rabbi-josh-flug/elections/
Yahrtzeit of Yitzchak Rabin z’l
On the Assassination of Prime Minister Rabin z"l
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/assassination-prime-minister-rabin-zl
And Yitzchak Trembled…
Rabbi Mayer Twersky
https://jewishaction.com/religion/inspiration/introspection-yitzchak-trembled/
Yahrtzeit of Kedoshei Pittsburgh הי”ד
Hashem Give Strength to Your Nation; Hashem Bless Your Nation With Peace
Rabbi Daniel Yolkut
Walking on Shabbat After a Massacre by Abby W. Schachter
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/abby-schachter/tree-of-life-horror-personal-impact/