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
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
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Rabbi Yolkut’s Classes
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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/