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Friday, Feburary 24, 2006 Shalom aleichem, Did you know that by Roman custom February 24 is the day added to a leap year, and the occurrence of February 29 is merely a consequence of this? Well, I didn’t so stop showing off! Here’s what’s on this week’s menu: a) Shabbat Times, etc. b) Rosh Chodesh Breakfast c) Think Tank d) Hillel Carnival e) Yachad Shabbaton f) Kraft Clothing Pantry Sort g) Cafe Nana Study Break h) Yavneh Olami Summer Internship i) Yavneh Cookbook j) Factoid of the Week k) Joke of the Week ------------------------------------------------- a) PARSHAT MISHPATIM/SHABBAT SHEKALIM SHABBAT TIMES: Yavneh- Candle Lighting: 5:23Koach- Friday Mincha: 5:25Women's Tefillah- Shabbat Mincha: 5:00 in the beit midrashHewitt Meals- Friday Night Dinner: 6:55This week’s Dvar Torah will be given by Estie Wolf. Woo-hoo! This week Shiur by Your Peers will be given by Lindsay Sohacheski on the topic of “Exile and Redemption” on the fourth floor of the Kraft Center ½ hour before Shabbat Mincha. Kiddush this Shabbos is sponsored by friends of Emily Lightstone in honor of her 21st birthday. Bikkur Cholim will meet this week at 3:30pm at the gates of 116th street and Amsterdam, in order to be at the Jewish Home around 3:45. Be there! If you are interested in being on the Bikkur Cholim mailing list, please, email sea2113@columbia.edu with your name. -------------------------------------------- b) Rosh Chodesh Breakfast Mishenichnas Adar Marbim B’Simcha! Join us for a special Rosh Chodesh Breakfast this Tuesday morning after Shacharit for a repeat of the event a month ago which Dave Berman called, “Best Yavneh Event Ever”—Rosh Chodesh Breakfast! ------------------------------------------------ c) Yavneh Think Tank The Yavneh Think Tank meeting will take place this Wednesday at 10pm. For more info, email Shira at sri2101@columbia.edu. If you are interested in expressing your thoughts, ideas, concerns, or anything else regarding Yavneh in an open forum, this is the right place for you. This is a great way for you to have a great impact on our community, and a medium through which you can implement your ideas for Yavneh. ------------------------------------------------ d) Hillel Purim Carnival The Yavneh chagiga was cancelled due to technical difficulties and conflicts, so to satisfy your urge to party during the month of Adar, come have a party at Hillel’s pre-Purim carnival! The fun’s all going to be on Thursday, March 2 at 7:30 pm in Rennert Hall at the Kraft Center (606 W. 115th St. between Broadway and Riverside). Hamentashen making, games, food, costume contest with prizes, and more! Cost: Free! ------------------------------------------------- e) Yachad Shabbaton The annual Yachad Shabbaton this year will be taking place on the shabbos of March 3-4. That’s next Shabbos. If you are interested in being an advisor for that shabbos or have an empty bed for our visitors or have any further questions about the shabbaton, please contact Taryn at ts2133@barnard.edu. We really need housing for our male guests!! Please reply!! Also contact Taryn if you are on the Barnard meal plan and are kind enough to donate points for our Yachad guests. ------------------------------------------------- f) Kraft Clothing Pantry Sort Like music? Love food? Passionate about volunteering? Looking for an activity that combines all three? There will be a clothing sort at 2 pm in Rennert and will include music and food from Café Nana. It is a great way to get involved and help out! ------------------------------------------------- g) Café Nana Study Break Café Nana is offering a special deal for Yavneh members! They will be hosting a Yavneh study break next Sunday, March 5th from 6-8pm and you can get 20% off! All you need is a special coupon from one of the Yavneh board members to capitalize on this amazing deal. ------------------------------------------------- h) Yavneh Olami Summer Internship Want to come to Israel this summer? Want to build your resume? Want to gain hands-on experience in your field of choice? Yavneh Olami is pleased to announce that they are now accepting applications for our Summer Internship Program 2006! Program highlights include: * Job and housing placement in Jerusalem * Shabbatonim * Weekly shiurim * Tiyulim * Weekly group dinners * Extracurricular programming Program Dates: June 29th – August 13th, 2006. APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 17th For more information and/or to fill out an online application, check out http://www.yavneholami.org/sip.htm or email aviva@yavneholami.org ------------------------------------------------- i) Yavneh Cookbook You don't win friends with salad! But you can contribute to the Yavneh cookbook with your salad recipe. E-mail Gaby Rothberger your favorite recipe (or more than one if you have) for anything: kugel, soup, sweet potato pie, chicken, etc. It's Shabbos Made Easy and it'll be awesome. Gaby's e-mail address is glr2102@columbia.edu Anyone who is interested in helping out – please e-mail her as well. ------------------------------------------------- j) Factoid of the Week! This week’s factoid features SEAS Junior and Computer Science Major, Josh Poritz. Josh’s love affair with machines stems from experiences very early in his childhood. At the young age of just 2 and a half, he already learned how to use a computer. On the day after his 3rd birthday, he managed to wander out of his house at 6am, with everyone in his house still fast asleep. He managed to open the garage and remove the bubble-mower, which he received as a gift the day before. He started to walk about 2 or 3 blocks around town for about 2 hours until a local teacher looked outside her window and saw a small child wandering around the street with cars honking at him from all directions. Since none of the cars actually ran over him, he decided machines were friendly to him. Since then, he has a patent in a special form of web-based imaging and has worked at a high-tech company since the summer after 9th grade. He is currently the webmaster for Yavneh, OCC, LionPac, Hillel, Just Peace, MaimoAlum, and Pizmon. Just last semester he spent 152 hours on a single programming assignment during which he didn’t leave the room except for bathroom breaks and to buy bagels from Butler, which he stashed in his closet. Mr. Poritz also knows about 12 different programming languages and is considering holding office hours since he has about 5-10 people contacting him about computer help. His relations with living things aren’t on the same level as his bein-adam-l’machine. From ages 9-11 he got stung by a bee on three consecutive birthdays (ok, one of them was a yellow jacket, but close enough). Despite knowing 12 programming languages, he only knows English fluently. Lastly, until this past summer, he thought a metrosexual was a person attracted to subways. ------------------------------------------------- k) Joke of the Week (Olympic theme) As you may know, in a slalom race the skier must pass through about 20 "gates" in the fastest time. Well, it happened that Israel had the fastest slalom skier in the world and had great expectations for an Olympic gold medal. Came the day of the final, the crowd waited in anticipation. The French champion sped down the course in 38 seconds. The Swiss in 38.7 seconds, the German in 37.8 seconds, the Italian in 38.1 seconds, and then came the turn of the Israeli...the crowd waited, and waited...SIX MINUTES!!! "What happened to you?" screamed his trainer when the Israeli finally arrived. Replied the exhausted Israeli: "Which of those bastards put a mezuzah on each gate?" ------------------------------------------------- That’s all for this week! Shabbat Shalom! Jeremy, Taryn, Shira, Gaby, and Eric |
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