BH. THURS Cheshvan
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9, 5780 / Nov 7, 2019
Community Newsletter of the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District Candle-Lighting: 404 Partridge Street Albany NY 12208 (518) 453-9363/3434 www.maimonidesschool.org 4:22 Shabbat Ends: produced by Rabbi Mendel Rubin & students in the TNT (Torah ‘n Technology) Program 5:23 Maimonides is accredited by the NYS Board of Regents & is a beneficiary of UJF-NENY
RAVNOY BAR-MITZVAH IN L.A. Mazal Tov to MHDS alumna Miriam (Stempel Ravnoy) and her husband Yitzchak Frimerman on the upcoming Bar-Mitzvah of her son Levi Yitzchak Ravnoy in Los Angeles next week. We wish her and the whole Stempel family (formerly of Albany) much Nachas!
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IRVING ISENBERG, HALF-MAST Mr. Isenberg was the former longtime Chief and President of the Getzville Fire Dept near Buffalo who went down to Ground Zero to serve in the days after 9/11. He died this week because of illness resulting from his work at the fallen towers. Govenor Cuomo asked that flags be lowered to half-mast in his memory. Feivel Chandler, who works for State Fire, alerted us to this special honor and recognition.
MAZAL TOV SIMMY & CHAYA on the birth of a baby boy on Tuesday, wishing them much Nachas and happiness! Mazal Tov to the baby’s older brothers at Maimonides and the whole Rubin family.
RABBIS FELDMAN & RUBIN AT ZAYIN (7th of) CHESHVAN PROGRAM The program began about the significance of the day (when the last Jew arrived home after the Sukkot pilgrimage and Israel begins to pray for rain), and remembering Rabbi Meir Shapiro the founder of Daf Yomi and the renown Yeshiva Chachmei Lublin in pre-war Poland and teacher of Rabbi Rubin’s teacher Rabbi Hirschprung from Montreal. Rabbi Feldman (whose greatgrandfather attended that Yeshiva) told a story of Rabbi Shapiro at a newspaper stand where the proprietor tried to sell him “Der Haynt” or “Der Moment” (secular Yiddish newspapers) but Rabbi Shapiro insisted on “Der Yid” (a religious Yiddish newspaper) because “Today (der Haynt) and this moment (der Moment) are fleeting, but the Jew (der Yid) is eternal!” Then the two Rabbis discussed impressions & experiences of the visiting (incognito) reporter (who visited here on Shabbos Selichos) and the recent detailed and picture-rich 20+ page feature story on Albany’s Jewish community in a current Yiddish glossy magazine (ironically also called “Der Moment” though this one is religious), while Shmuly G. flipped the pages of it in e-book form on the screen. Some of the local Jewish history in the article (about R’ Zalman Levine and Rabbi Kornmehl) sparked ideas for another lesson another time. They also discussed the styles of Yiddish and Ladino, and the value of learning about how other Jews live.
This MC Newsletter is dedicated in honor of the marriage of
Sara & Yossi Rapoport by her parents Ruvain & Shayna Kudan
AFTER 20 YEARS That’s the title of an O’ Henry short story, but this has a much happier outcome… At her Sheva Brachos celebration this week at Shabbos House, MHDS alumnus Sara (Kudan) Rapoport recalled Morah Devorah Leah’s graduation speech as a HS senior (it was a simple enough idea for 9-year old Sara to understand, but rich enough to resonate and stick with her all these years) speaking of our school as the traveler speaks gratefully of the tree in the oasis in Talmud tractate Taanit 5b, blessing her that all her plantings be the same as her. And Sara’s hopes that as she builds her new family with Yossi, their (next generation) plantings continue the Maimonides values and style.
NEW OVENS FOR PIZZA NIGHT HS Girls are excited to have two new wall ovens to work with at Nathan’s Kitchen in time for Pizza Night this week. Pre-orders also help them be more efficient, email your order to: bnoschayaprograms@gmail.com. It opens at 7:15pm this Sat Night. Pizza $9, Pizza with toppings $10, Sushi $7 per roll, Fries $2, Garlic Knots are 50 cents. Eat-in/Take-out.