Young Israelight Yitro 5780 19-20 Shevat Feb 14-15

Friday, February 14 6:45am, 8:00am Shacharit 5:10pm Candlelighting 5:15pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat, February 15 8:30pm Hashkama 9:00am Main Shul 9:00am Sephardic Minyan 9:30am Teen Minyan 4:20pm Daf Yomi - Berachot 5:05pm Mincha 6:12pm Shabbat Ends 9:29am Latest Kriat Shema YIS Shabbat Youth Programming 9:30am Teen Minyan 10:15am Club Kef (N-6th Grade) 10:45am Tot Shabbat - This Shabbat! Weekly Schedule Sunday, Feb 16 6:45am, 8:30am Shacharit 9:00am Teen Minyan Monday, Feb 17 President's Day 6:45am, 8:30am 9:05am Kotzker Yahrzeit Tish w/ RJM 6:35am, 8:00am Shacharit Th 6:45am, 8:00am Shacharit T,W,F 5:20pm Mincha/Maariv   S-Th 9:00pm Late Maariv T-Th Daf Yomi @ YIS Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein 7:30am Sun 7:30am* Monday, President's Day 6:00am, 7:15am T-F Web Yeshiva Daf Yomi YIS Classes Streamed Live & Archived Academy of Jewish Studies Winter/Spring Brochure

Torah Reader   Dr. Barry Weintraub   Kiddush Sponsor Young Israel of Scarsdale Friday Morning Shiur Sponsors Young Israel of Scarsdale   Seudah Shlishit Sponsor  Young Israel of Scarsdale Early Morning Kiddush Sponsors Stu Berger on the occasion of the yahrzeit of Stu's wife, Sharon Berger, Shaina Malka bas Chaim Mayer Sue and John Hakimi on the occasion of the yahrzeit of John’s mother, Mina Hakimi, Dina bat David     Sara Rosenblatt on the occasion of the yahrzeit of Sara's father-in-law, Henry Rosenblatt, Yechiel ben Mordechai Menachem HaCohen Teen Laining Gabriel Raskas, Will Trump, Jonah Wiesel, Natanel Jason, Sam Mandel Condolences Michael Freudenstein on the passing of his mother, Jutta Freudenstein. Mazal Tov Bonnie and Russell Mannis on the upcoming marriage of their son, Jake to Ayala Broide, daughter of Rabbi Josh and Simone Broide of Boca Raton, Fl. Dr. Susan Dresdner on her engagement to Dr. Moish Smulevitz of West Hempstead, NY. Save the Date ‌

Announcing: Kotzker Rebbe's Yahrzeit Tish President's Day, Monday, February 17, Shevat 22 9:05am

Commemorating the 161st Yahrzeit of the Kotzker Rebbe,  Rabbi Menachem Mendl Morgenstern, 5x Great Grandfather of Rabbi J. Morgenstern    Yahrzeit Shiur & Gala Breakfast @ Young Israel of Scarsdale  "And Nothing But the (Kotzker)Truth: The Absolute Necessity of Pursuing Emet in the Service of God"

Winter/Spring Seminar Series Continues Wednesday, February 19 @ 8:00pm

Dr. Michael Berger is an Associate Professor at Emory University. He received his B.A. cum laude with Honors in Religion from Princeton, M.A., M.Phil, and Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from Columbia. He also received a Lady Davis Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Hebrew University, Israel. His research and teaching focus on issues of religious authority, rabbinic literature, and the development of Jewish law in Judaism. He is the author of Rabbinic Authority (Oxford, 1998), and edited The Emergence of Ethical Man (2005) based on the writings of the late Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He has written on medieval & modern Jewish thought, Jewish marriage, and violence in Judaism. He is currently exploring issues in contemporary Jewish identity and education, for which he serves as a consultant.

A Special Invitation From The Rabbi: Building Religious Peace Wednesday, February 26 @ 8:00pm

Rabbi Michael Melchior, former Member of Knesset and Deputy Minister In Israel, was the founding chairman of Birthright and is the founder and President of The Mosaica Center which actively engages in interreligious diplomacy to build a religious peace among leaders of all religions in the Middle East. Rabbi Melchior is a renowned Jewish leader, thinker and activist. Sheikh Raed Bader is the Executive Director of the Adam Center for Interreligious Dialogue in K'far Qasam, Israel. He is the senior decisor of Shariya law for the Islamic Movement Southern Branch in Israel, and has spearheaded the initiative for religious peacebuilding in the Middle East with Rabbi Michael Melchior. Sheikh Raed is a well known figure in the Islamic world through his fatwas (legal decisions) and his many published works, including his fatwa on the obligation to pursue a religious peace between the Islamic world and the State of Israel.

Bringing It Home...With the Guys: A Men's Learning Program Thursday, February 27 @ 8:00pm @ the home of Phil Knoll, 10 Ramona Ct, NR

Sisterhood Mishloach Manot

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Summer 2020 Itinerary; A Journey to Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar $500 per person deposit - DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2/29 UPCOMING MEETING: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25th @ 7:30pm

Join us as we travel back in time, with Rabbi Morgenstern and JRoots ( www.jroots.org ), to learn about a thriving Jewish culture that molded a rich Sephardic heritage and influenced Jewry throughout the world. It promises to be an unforgettable experience. Couples and Single Adults Welcome.   Dates: Sunday, August 2nd - Sunday August 9th. Price: $2475 pp (includes all ground costs) Single room supplement $550 (not including flights into Lisbon and Malaga)

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Sponsorship Opportunities & Mazal Tov Email Account

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MISHEBEIRACH FOR OUR CHAYALIM Our community is honored to have the following young men and women affiliated with YIS families serving as IDF Soldiers. Please keep them in your prayers always. Cfir Feinberg, Ori Feinberg, Yoni Hill, Dalia Katz, Michael Kesselman, Gabriel Mestel Click Here to Insert Name of Person in need of Mishebeirach Prayers Weekly gathering of women in our community who recite Tehillim in the merit of people who are in challenging circumstances.

Host the Bnei Akiva "SNIF" Shlichot for Shabbat or a Yom Tov Meal Let the love for Israel and its people come alive in your children through the Zionist spirit of Bnei Akiva! Yoetzet Halacha Shiffy Friedman Shiffy Friedman answers womens questions regarding Mikveh, Taharat Hamishpacha, Family Planning and Other Intimacy Related Matters. 201.341.6022

"YIS ASSISTS" "YIS Assists" lends available Sabbath-compliant electric scooter, wheelchairs, walkers, canes, etc. to shul members.  Established by the Aspis and Bryks families in memory of Israel Friedrich, Yisroel Meir ben Mordechai and Thelma Herskowitz, Tova Leat bat Yitzchak Tzvi Hacohen

DONATE CLOTHING OR LINENS Donations go to: Kupath Ezrah of Rockland County. All items should be clean and in good condition. C ontact Scott Greenbaum: 914.723.1797 May your efforts be a z'chus for the   Refua Shelaimah of  Aharon ben Henya Hadassah

DELIVER KOSHER MEALS FOR HOMEBOUND ADULTS Meal Pick-Up and Container Drop-Off at Sinai Free Synagogue. Contact Caron Gelles for more information: 914.668. 4350 SAFETY REFLECTOR VESTS Please pick up at the shul office. Courtesy of Sandra and Ira Greenstein.

DEDICATIONS Fill Out form to Send A Donation Card In Honor Of/In Memory Of Or Make a Dedication

YAHRZEIT PLAQUES Will be illuminated every year on the yahrzeit. Cost: $750. Contact Ken Chorzewski: 914.235.0860. YAHRZEIT NOTIFICATION INFORMATION Observe a Yahrzeit Date Here

Community Calendar

Sheri Raskas a"h Yahrzeit Lecture Thursday, February 27 at 8pm at YINR w/ Dr. David Pelcovitz,  Straus Professor of Psychology and Education, Azrieli Graduate School, Yeshiva University. All are invited.

UJA-Federation post-Pesach food drive for the Bronx Jewish Community Council: Friday, April 17 - Wednesday, April 22. We need your help to make it a success.