Dear Members, We hope you are having an enjoyable Chol Hamoed Succos. We are finalizing plans for Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah and would like to share the details and schedule with you. While we plan for a meaningful and spiritual Yom Tov, we would like to remind our members, that your safety is our priority. We…
WOMEN’S EXEMPTION FROM THE MITZVAH OF DWELLING IN THE SUKKAH בַּסֻּכֹּ֥ת תֵּשְׁב֖וּ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים כָּל־הָֽאֶזְרָח֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַּסֻּכֹּֽת. לְמַעַן֘ יֵדְע֣וּ דֹרֹֽתֵיכֶם֒ כִּ֣י בַסֻּכּ֗וֹת הוֹשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּהוֹצִיאִ֥י אוֹתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲנִ֖י יְקֹוָ֥ק אֱלֹהקיכֶֽם You shall dwell in booths seven days…In order that your generations may know that I made the Children of Israel dwell…
Rabbi’s Message, YIGC Announcements & Kidz Korner Parsha Sheet for Sukkos 10/2-11/2020 Thank you to everyone who has paid for their dues and Yomim Noraim seats. If you have not already paid, please send in your payments as soon as possible. Checks are preferred so the shul does not incur the additional 3% service fee. …
Dear Members and Friends, We are quickly approaching the Yom Tov of Succos. Over the course of the next several days, the community is anticipating travelers to arrive from out of town to be here for Yom Tov with their families and friends. At this time we feel it is important to remind everyone we…
Rabbi’s Message, YIGC Announcements & Kidz Korner Parsha Sheet for 9/26/2020 Shabbos Shuva–Parshas Ha’Azinu Shabbos Shuva Drasha at both branches: 6:10 pm SHALOM ZACHOR FOR SON OF RABBI & MRS DOVID GROSS AT DENCIZER TENT AFTER 9:30 PM Thank you to everyone who has paid for their dues and Yomim Noraim seats….
Dear member; We are coming to the end of 5780, and about to begin a new year, 5781. Let us daven to Hashem that the coming year be an easier one for the world as a whole and in particular for Am Yisroel. The Covid 19 pandemic has had such a devastating effect on the…
CONFUSING SATAN The Talmud (Rosh Hashanah 16a-b) presents the concept of Israel’s need to “confuse Satan” on Rosh Hashanah: ואמר) רבי יצחק למה…תוקעין ומריעין כשהן יושבין ותוקעין ומריעין כשהן עומדין? כדי לערבב השטן Rabbi Yitzchak said: Why do we sound the shofar twice, once before the Amidah and once during the Amidah; [one time is…
We regret to inform you of the passing of our former member, Joe Oster. The funeral was on Sunday at Eretz Hachaim Cemetery in Beit Shemesh. Joe’s wife, Judy, and their children, Sondra Oster Baras, Debbie Stein, Naomi Teplow and Howie Oster are sitting shiva at the Baras home, Hashikma 10, Ginot Shomron. Phone: 09-7929292….
An Open Letter to the Young Israel Community [Based on my remarks in shul this past Shabbos] As the term of the current Executive Board is about to expire, I am writing to express my personal gratitude for the opportunity to work with so many talented and dedicated individuals over the past two years. While…
