Please share this information with family or friends who do not have email or internet access.
If you, a family member, or friend would like to receive emails from the Agudah email reception@agudah.org. | | News from the Agudah:
- Rabbi Asher Weiss will be teaching us about the yesod of berachos on foods and Rabbi Reuven Leuchter will give divrei chizuk, at 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm EDT, respectively. Call-in and zoom information below.
- Our partners at Night Seder America are starting a new week tonight! See below for more details and an update about this week's schedule.
- If you have any questions about dating under coronavirus pandemic conditions, you can reach out to Rabbi Yechiel Rhine, Director of Agudah's Compass Shidduch Initiative at 929-210-1524 or yrhine@compassshidduch.org.
- Rabbi Avi Schnall, director of our New Jersey office, has a special message for New Jersey residents - see below.
- And, in other news, our director of public affairs, Rabbi Avi Shafran, (virtually) met with a group of campus rabbis last week under the aegis of Olami, providing them with tips about hasbara of issues in their own dealings with young people. Thank you Olami for inviting us - if you'd like Rabbi Shafran to speak with your group, please email him at ashafran@agudah.org.
| | The virtual Yarchei Kallah continues today, Sunday, on Inyanei Brachos. It starts with an 11:00 am EDT hachana shiur from Rabbi Shlomo Gottesman, continues with a 12:00 pm EDT shiur from Rabbi Asher Weiss on Yesod of Brochos on Foods, and at 1:00 pm EDT we will hear divrei chizuk from Rabbi Reuven Leuchter. There is also a nightly chazarah shiur from Rabbi Shlomo Cynamon at 8:00 pm EDT.
| | Night Seder America Update | | Our partners at Night Seder America have the following update for your 6-8th grade son.
The speakers for Night Seder America this week include: - Sunday- Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rosh Hayeshiva Yeshivas Darchei Torah
- Monday- Rabbi Armo Kuessous, Menahel Yeshiva Shaare Torah (Brooklyn)
- Tuesday- Rabbi Berel Leiner, Menahel YBH of Passaic
- Wednesday- Bar Mitzvah P'shetel by Shmuli Rosenblatt
- Thursday- Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield, Menahel Yeshiva Torah Emet of Houston Texas
In contests, this week looks like a stunner:
- T.M.P (That's My Psak!) Back by popular demand! We will choose at least 2 contestants a night (based on getting Yediyos Klaliyos questions correct) who will try and answer 6 multiple choice questions correctly. Each correct answer leads to a larger gift card, with the top prize being a Segway (Mazel tov Asher Zicherman!). Phone participants can participate as well. We are excited and honored that Pirchei Agudas Yisroel has partnered with us to help sponsor T.M.P.
- M.S.A. (Maggid Shiur America!) This week's topic is מצוות צריכות כוונה. Send us in a 1-2 minute recording of a structured "Shtickel Torah" on that topic. Outside help from a family member is encouraged! . Monday- We will play one winner from Lakewood. Tuesday- We will play one winner from New York. Wednesday we will play one winner from Passaic. Thursday we will play one winner from Out of Town. Every Maggid Shiur will receive a $50 gift card to an online Seforim store. (You can send in a video or audio.)
- V'haarev Na - We will raffle off (courtesy of Vhaarev Na) a set of a personalized Cross pen/pencil every night to the boys who write notes and teitch in their Gemara.
- Nightly trivia - Of course we will continue our nightly trivia on the Gemara we learned and on the content of the guest speakers.
- Chazara/ Chazara+ - We have a raffle every night for all those who reviewed the previous nights Gemara + another raffle that grows by 5 or 10 dollars a night for all the boys who reviewed from the beginning of the 3rd Perek that day. This Sunday night we will have three raffles of $100 gift cards to anyone who reviews from the beginning of the perek over Shabbos. It is being sponsored as a zechus for a Refuah Shileimah for Yehuda Leib Chizkiyahu Ben Basya
And here's the dial-in information for your son - please join, he'll learn a ton and have a blast!
Join Night Seder America, an exciting nightly program for boys in grades 6-8 to call in by Zoom or phone to learn Gemara in an interactive way and listen to guest speakers, take part in raffles and trivia questions with great prizes, to encourage chazarah and yedios klaliyos.
Here is the login or call-in information for your son to use to join: The program takes place Sunday through Thursday, at 8pm-8:45pm (EDT), with the limud being in Gemara Rosh Hashana, 3rd Perek. From 8:45pm-9pm is the nightly contest. ZOOM MEETING IDs: 8970634419 or 71913589090 (Password for both is 5780) CALL IN OPTION: 929-436-2866 (followed by first meeting id) or 929-205-6099 (followed by second meeting id) | | Special Message from Rabbi Avi Schnall for NJ Residents | | Have you filled out the census yet? See above for the percentage of people who filled it out in various communities in New Jersey. Completing the census takes only a few minutes, but it can make a difference to our communities for the next ten years!
You can find out more information about the census, including getting assistance in filling it out over the phone, by calling 212.797.9000, extension 218, emailing census@agudah.org, or by visiting www.agudah.org/census.
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