6:55PM Earliest Candle-lighting I 8:07PM Latest Candle-lighting

The Village Shul Weekly Bulletin

Week of May 6-12, 2023

14-21 Iyyar, 5783

Parashat Emor

פָּרָשַׁת אֱמוֹר

IN THIS EMAIL

• The Rabbi's message with Rabbi Tzvi Sytner at 10:25 AM (NEW TIME)
• May 18 - Soul Construction with Ruchi Koval Click Here
• Club 12 - Mother/Daughter Bat Mitzvah Program with Rebbetzin Miriam Sytner Click Here
• Club 13 - Father/Son Bar Mitzvah Program with Rabbi Tzvi Sytner Click Here
• Counting the Omer Click Here
• June 14 - The 25th Annual Village Shul Golf Tournament Click Here

THE VILLAGE SHUL MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of The Village Shul & Aish HaTorah Learning Centre is to create a community where each individual can experience Jewish living to enhance personal growth, and where membership is outwardly focused in effecting positive change in the world, according to the vision of Rabbi Noach Weinberg zt"l, our founder.

EMBRACING, EDUCATING, EMPOWERING THE JEWISH PEOPLE

GET TO KNOW THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Barry Bank, Anton Benjamin, Matthew Friedberg, David Smith, Arthur Stern, Willy Tencer, Reb Zale Newman, Rabbi Aryeh Pamensky, Nancy Weisbrod, Rob Berger, Les Aaron, Elana Carr, Allan Corber, Aubrey Freedman.

Join a committee, get involved.

Contact the office at 416-785-1107.

FRIDAY, MAY 5TH

7:00 PM Mincha

6:55 PM Earliest Candle-lighting

8:07 PM Latest Candle-lighting

SATURDAY, MAY 6TH

7:40 AM Pre-Shacharit class (Beis Midrash)

with Rabbi Yosef Posen

'Philosophical Outlook of Rav Dessler'

8:30 AM Shacharit

10:10 AM (Beis Midrash)

Texts @ 10 with Rabbi Aryeh Pamensky

10:25 AM (Main Sanctuary) NEW TIME

The Rabbi’s message with Rabbi Tzvi Sytner

11:00 AM Young Professionals Kiddush (Fireplace Room)

11:10 AM (Main Sanctuary)

Issues @ 11 with Dr. Sherri Wise

'Choosing Simcha'

Advanced Ethics (Beis Midrash)

With Rabbi Yosef Posen

'Becoming Worthy Students of Rabbi Akiva'

Bob Zinner (Main Office)

'A Taste of Talmud: Gateway to Intellect and Character Development'

12:00 PM Community Kiddush (Social Hall)

7:10 PM with Rabbi Steven Gotlib (Beis Midrash)

'Timeless Teaching: Pirkei Avos'

7:25 PM with Rabbi Steven Gotlib (Beis Midrash)

'Big Topics Before Mincha'

7:55 PM Mincha followed by Seudat Shlishit with Rabbi Aharon Carmi (Beis Midrash)

'Lag B'Omer and the Opportunity to Reveal the Inner Love for my Fellow Jew'

9:04 PM Ma’ariv

9:14 PM Shabbos Ends/Havdallah

WEEKDAY SERVICES AT TVS

SHACHARIT

Sunday 8:00 AM

Monday - Friday 7:00 AM

MINCHA

Sunday - Thursday 6:45 PM

THE KIDDUSH LAST SHABBOS

was sponsored by

Avshalom and Aviva Pesachov

in memory of our family members and all who suffered during the Shoah (Holocaust) and WW2.

THE KIDDUSH AND THE HERRING TABLE THIS SHABBOS

 are sponsored by

Alex Strasser

in memory of the Yahrzeit of his father

Samuel Strasser, Mordechai Shmuel ben Yitschak Yochanan HaCohen A"H

THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL KIDDUSH THIS SHABBOS

 is sponsored by

The Bank Family

in memory of Donna Bank A"H

SEUDAT SHLISHIT THIS SHABBOS

 is available to be sponsored

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mazal Tov to Aliyah Hirchberg and Jesse Vorona on their daughter Tala Raizel.

The Village Shul extends congratulations and best wishes to Coby Berger and Raphael Sayegh on being selected to compete in the Nationals of the Canadian Bible Competition, "Chidon Hatanach" taking place in Montreal, May 7-9th.

A Week of men's learning is sponsored by Billy Berger and Brucyne Sud in honour of the Yahrzeit of Billy's father David Berger A"H.

The breakfast on Thursday was sponsored by Jesse Vorona and Aliya Hirchberg in honour of the baby naming of their daughter Tala Raizel.

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS

Mia Kibel

Elliott Levine

Shechar Dworski

Jay Lefton

Felicia Laba

Bram Granovsky

Yoni Eliezer Gold

Michael Tencer

Jesse Abrams

Noah Wolfe

Chase Selznick

Lauren Sacks

Raphael Sayegh

Yoed Goldstein

Samantha Pyzer

Shira Green

Rachel-Fayge Fischer-Kagel

Sophie Shnier

Seth Koczerginski

Jennifer Salsberg

Andrew Jay Fox

Niva Heymann

THIS WEEK'S YAHRZEITS

Shechar Dworski's mother Hully Dworski, Chana bat Baruch A"H May 6th.

Frances Sonshine's mother Frida Lebovici, Frydle bat Chaim A"H May 6th.

Jennifer Minuk's father William Minuk A"H May 9th.

Joan Anne Rendely's mother Freda Levitt, Frayda bat Yoel A"H May 9th.

William (Billy) Berger's father David Berger A"H May 10th.

Alex Strasser's father Samuel Strasser, Mordechai Shmuel ben Yitschak Yochanan HaCohen A"H May 11th.

Gabriel Krozkin's father Mario Krozkin, Meir ben Moshe A"H May 12th.

Need a place for a Shabbos meal? Want to do the mitzvah of hachnasat orchim but don’t know who to invite? Look no further!

The Village Shul has a new initiative where community members can sign up to be a Shabbos guest or to be a guest at a Shabbos meal. Please find the respective links below, and sign up before next Wednesday at 11:59 pm to be a host or guest for a Shabbos meal on May 12-13.

CALLING ALL LADIES!

If you would like to host a women's seuda and are available to do so sometime between May 13th and September 9th please contact: Carole Goldberg either at caroleeegoldberg@gmail.com or text: 416 317 5477

This involves opening up your shomer shabbos house to approximately 20 women in the community and providing a simple shabbos 3rd meal.

If you cannot host in your house but would like to sponsor or co-sponsor an event just let me know!

Looking forward to great learning from our amazing speakers and getting together on those long summer shabbos afternoons.

If you have any questions, reach out and I will be happy to help!

The 25^th Annual Village Shul Golf Tournament

Auction Donation/Prizes Needed! 

We are looking for tickets to sporting events! 

If you would like to donate, please contact Abi at asamole@aish.com, or call 416-785-1107 ext 307

Thank you!

For more information, please contact:

Chana LeBowitz, Mikvah Supervisor 

416.716. 9318 alebowitz@sympatico.ca

Abi Samole, Executive Director

416.785.1107 ext.307 asamole@aish.com

The Village Shul's Women's Mikvah - in the merit of

Rebbetzin Faigy Hoch A"H

We are excited to announce that renovations of the mikvah at The Village Shul started on Monday, January 16, 2023. The work is estimated to last a few months.

For over 20 years, and 28,000 visits, women from all over Toronto – representing the full spectrum of Jewish observance – attend TVS Mikvah. While our women’s mikvah and keilim mikvah are closed, Chana LeBowitz (women’s mikvah) and Abi Samole (keilim mikvah) are happy to help redirect you to other mikvaos in the city.

Your patience is most appreciated during this time, and we look forward to greeting you at our beautifully updated mikvah!

With great appreciation to all our donors and supporters.

The Rabbis and Rebbetzins, Board of Directors and TVS Mikvah Renovation committee!​​​​​​

THE VILLAGE SHUL TREE OF LIFE!

Commemorate your Simchas, Births, Dedications, Yahrzeits with a donation to

The Village Shul Tree of Life designed by sculptor ERNEST RAAB.

$360 DONATION:

Small engraved plaque on the wall

by the tree in the Shul.

$720 DONATION:

Large engraved plaque on the wall by the tree in the Shul. Help us cover our wall with your generosity! Receive a Tax Receipt for your donation!

TRIBUTE CARDS

Tribute cards are the perfect way to strengthen our community.

A donation to the Shul on someone's behalf is a special way of recognizing a friend or loved one. Your contribution in honour or memory of someone goes a long way to supporting the Shul and acknowledging the occasion in a meaningful and lasting way.

SUPPORT THE VILLAGE SHUL AND AISH HATORAH LEARNING CENTRE

A donation to the Shul on someone’s behalf is a special way of recognizing a friend or loved one. Your contribution in honour or memory of someone goes a long way to supporting the Shul and acknowledging the occasion in a meaningful and lasting way.

How to Join a Zoom Class: Simply click on the image

Please contact villageshuloffice@aish.edu for the password

NEW CLASSE

Rebbezin Devorah Vale will be giving a Shabbos morning women's Chaburah in the fireplace room starting next Shabbos at 10:30 AM.

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