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Friday, March 3, 2006 Hey y’all, Now, I know that many of you have a lot of midterms coming up this week, so I implore you to keep the following in mind as you approach the week: The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. Here’s something to take your mind off work: a) Shabbat Times, etc. b) Yachad Shabbaton c) Cafe Nana Study Break d) Chessed Information Table e) COLOR WAR!!! f) Yavneh Circus Outing g) Purim-o-Grams h) Teaneck Gedolei Hador Forum i) Factoid of the Week j) Joke of the Week ------------------------------------------------- a) PARSHAT TERUMAH SHABBAT TIMES: Yavneh- Candle Lighting: 5:31Koach- Friday Mincha: 5:35Hewitt Meals- Friday Night Dinner: 7:05This week’s Dvar Torah will be given by Barnard Sophomore Adina Holzman. She’s never sarcastic. Ever. This week Shiur by Your Peers will be given by Daniel Fridman on the topic of “Katan Shehigia Lechinuch” on the fourth floor of the Kraft Center ½ hour before Shabbat Mincha. Kiddush this Shabbos is sponsored by Rebecca Wolinsky and Daniel Friedman in honor of their grandfather’s yahrzeit. ------------------------------------------------ b) Yachad Shabbaton The Yachad Shabbaton is finally here! Join Yachad at Yavneh for davening, Hewitt for meals, and Saturday night in Rennert for a Melave Malka. ------------------------------------------------ c) Café Nana Study Break This Sunday, March 5th, Café Nana will be hosting Yavneh for a study break from 6-8pm and offering a 20% discount. Just show up at those times, pick up a coupon from a Yavneh board member, and enjoy all the Café Nana deliciousness at a reduced rate! ------------------------------------------------ d) Chessed Information Table From 6-8pm in the 1st floor lobby of the Kraft Center on Sunday, March 5th, there will be an awesome Chessed Fair where you can find out how you can get involved in Yavneh and Tzedek Hillel Chessed opportunities, vote on where tzedakah money should go, and much more! ------------------------------------------------- e) YAEL STEINER’S COLOR WAR Get ready for the biggest thing to hit Yavneh since Assassins!!! Yavneh will be split into two teams, assigned a color, team name, and will compete in many events such as cheers, apache relays, and a simcha dancing competition! To sign up, e-mail Eric at eeb2003@columbia.edu or Yael Steiner at ys2236@barnard.edu and indicate any interest in being a captain or general. Get pumped!!! ------------------------------------------------- f) Yavneh Circus Outing Have you ever read Curious George goes to the Circus? Well, this is like that except Yavneh instead of Curious George. After a year and a half of Dave Berman calling all of us monkeys, we’re all going to join our other animal friends from alpacas to zebras on Sunday, April 2nd. The possible times are 10:30am, 3pm, and 7:30pm. E-mail Eric at eeb2003@columbia.edu if you’re interested and include a time preference. ------------------------------------------------- g) Purim-o-Grams Busy with midterms? Do you still want to send some Purim fun to your friends at other colleges? Your solution: Send a PURIM-O-GRAM to your friends in YU, Stern, Columbia/Barnard, Maryland, Brandeis, NYU and Washington Heights. Cost to send a card is $2 a person, $10 for 6 friends or $20 for 20 friends. Cards will be hand delivered before Purim day--on Friday, March 10th. Just fill out an order form at yussr.org by Wednesday March 8th. Questions? Contact db2101@barnard.edu. All proceeds will benefit YUSSR. YUSSR is a student-founded organization that has been working with the Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union for the past 15 years. YUSSR runs formal and informal Jewish educational programs in Belarus and Israel, staffed by volunteer students. They run winter and summer camp programs outside of Minsk and holiday programs in Jewish communities throughout Belarus. ------------------------------------------------- h) Teaneck Gedolei Hador Forum Come be a part of a memorable visit as Congregation Bnai Yeshurun welcomes Rav Aharon Feldman of Yeshivas Ner Yisrael, Rav Aaron Moshe Schechter of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, and Rav Matisyohu Salomon of Beis Midrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ for “Perspectives on Timeless Issues.” The event will take place Sunday March 5th at 7:30pm with a special session for high school, college & graduate students from 5:45-7:00pm. Congregation Bnai Yeshurun is located at 641 W. Englewood Avenue in Teaneck, NJ. ------------------------------------------------- i) Factoid of the Week! This week’s factoid features JTS Freshman Jonathan Henkin. Jonathan Henkin hails from the (literally) non-existent town of Edgemont, NY (Not actually Scarsdale, as he usually tells people). Jonathan is an avid, err, rabid Yankees fan. In fact, he has made it his life's work to hunt down any members of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Anaheim Angels, Florida Marlins and (especially) Boston Red Sox, along with all others that he deems responsible for the lack of Yankee World Series titles since 2000. What he plans to do them is unclear but almost certainly not legal in any way. Yet another reason for everyone to get their rabies shots. When not obsessing over the Yankees (we mean OBSESSING), Jonathan enjoys going out and having bizarre things happen to him in his favorite playground, New York City, such as having an African-American man ask him where Harlem was. Rumors that Jonathan occasionally does schoolwork have been confirmed untrue. However, rumors that upwards of 90% of the phrases that he utters are sarcastic are in fact true. He wishes you all Shabbat Shalom or (as they say in Edgemont) a nice weekend. ------------------------------------------------- j) Joke of the Week A priest was called away for an emergency. Not wanting to leave the confessional unattended, he called his rabbi friend from across the street and asked him to cover for him. The rabbi told him he wouldn't know what to say, but the priest told him to come on over and he'd stay with him for a little bit and show him what to do. The rabbi comes and he and the priest are in the confessional. In a few minutes a woman comes in and says "Father forgive me for I have sinned. I committed adultery." Priest says: "How many times?" Woman: "Three times." Priest says, "Say two Hail Marys, put $5.00 in the box, and sin no more." A few minutes later a man enters the confessional. He says, "Father forgive me for I have sinned." Priest says, "What did you do?" Man says, "I committed adultery." Priest asks, "How many times?" Man replies, "Three times." Priest says, "Say two Hail Marys, put $5.00 in the box, and sin no more." The Rabbi tells the priest that he thinks he's got it so the priest leaves. A few minutes later another woman enters and says, "Father forgive me for I have sinned." Rabbi says, "What did you do?" Woman replies, "I committed adultery." Rabbi asks, "How many times?" Woman says "Once." Rabbi says, "Go do it two more times, we have a special this week, three for $5.00." ------------------------------------------------- Good Luck on Midterms! The Yavneh Board Jeremy, Taryn, Shira, Gaby, and Eric |
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