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Friday, April 28, 2006 Chodesh Tov, We know reading week is this coming week and while for some of the campus that means lots and lots of reading, we at Yavneh do not subscribe to that theory. Reading week for us is an excuse to have later minyans, have free time to hang out with friends, and attend study breaks with free food. Here are some ideas: a) Shabbat Times, etc. b) YAVNEH DINNER!! c) Special Outdoors Seudah Shlisheet d) Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha'atzmaut event e) Tasti Study Break f) Café Nana Event g) Café Nana Extended Hours and Discount h) Darfur/Social Justice learning session i) Factoid of the Week j) Joke of the Week ------------------------------------------------- a) PARSHAT TAZRIA-METZORA SHABBAT TIMES: Yavneh- Candle Lighting: 7:30Koach- Friday Mincha: 7:35Hewitt Meals- Friday Night Dinner: 9:05This week’s Dvar Torah will be given by Zev Weiner. ‘Nuff said. Kiddush this Shabbos is co-sponsored by Avrum Honig in honor of Yavneh’s hospitality. It will be a special ice cream Kiddush so stay dairy! Kiddush is also co-sponsored by friends of Jessica Bartel in honor of her engagement to Eytan Zadoff. Kiddush is also co-sponsored by a new Kiddush fund via a generous alumni donation. ‘So what?’ you might say. Well, this means that Kiddush is now much cheaper to sponsor. Thank you generous alumni. ------------------------------------------------ b) Yavneh Dinner The famous Yavneh Dinner is coming up next week and you don’t want to miss it! Food, friends, skits, speeches and the last time to hang out before the summer. The semi-annual Yavneh Dinner is being held on Friday night, May 5th (after Yavneh Services). The cost is $10 to sign up, and FREE for seniors. As usual, we will have to cap the amount of people that can come, so make sure that you sign up as soon as possible. You can do so by finding anyone of the Yavneh Board or Shabbat Meals Committee. You can also sign-up on the Yavneh Website at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jsu/yavneh/yavdinner/. If you would like to help plan the dinner or work on the skit, email Eric at eeb2003@columbia.edu. ------------------------------------------------ c) Special Outdoors Seudah Shlisheet Seudah Shlisheet invites everyone to join them in enjoying the beautiful weather outside by having seudah shlisheet on the terrace on the 3rd floor of the Kraft Center. Speaking will be Café Nana entrepreneur Edoe Cohen. ------------------------------------------------ d) Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha'atzmaut event There will be a Yom Hazikaron commemoration taking place on the 5th floor of Kraft at 6:30, followed by Mincha/Maariv at 7:35, and after Maariv, a Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration in Rennert, with dancing and FREE Ali Baba's. For more info, email Tamar Azaraf- ta2130@barnard.edu ------------------------------------------------- e) Tasti Study Break Yavneh will be hosting a study break on Thursday, May 4th at 4 PM at the famous Tasti D-Lite. The food is FREE, and is being sponsored by a number of wonderful freshmen who have graciously given us their extra points. ------------------------------------------------- f) Café Nana Event and Discount The Forgotten Mizrahi Experience - Wednesday 05/03/06 STUDY BREAK at Café Nana – FREE FOOD + FILM 2nd Floor of Columbia/Barnard Kraft Center, 606 West 115th street Wednesday, May 3, 7 pm Did you know that around 50% of Israel's population is of Sephardic descent? Come learn more! To round off Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day), take a break from studying to watch the story of the "forgotten" Mizrahi Jewish refugees while enjoying FREE Sephardic-style foods provided by Café Nana. The film "The Forgotten Refugees" tells the story of the one million Middle Eastern and North African Jews who fled their homes, endured in refugee camps, and today carry the memory of a destroyed civilization. Co-sponsored by Café Nana, The David Project, Yavneh Olami, and The American Sephardi Federation Please RSVP to Nessa@YavnehOlami.org so we can order enough food in advance! ------------------------------------------------- g) Café Nana Extended Hours and Discount CAFE NANA will be introducing extended hours for reading week and finals! The cafe will be open from 8am until 2am and is equipped with Wireless internet, power outlets for computers, and delicious food for every meal. And for those who need an extra boost, there will be a discount on all things caffeine!!! ------------------------------------------------- h) Darfur/Social Justice learning session This Shabbos morning after Kiddush there will be a learning session in the Beit Midrash regarding Darfur and Social Justice. There are prepared source sheets so feel free to bring a friend or learn them on your own. ------------------------------------------------- i) Factoid of the Week This weekÂ’s factoid features SEAS Sophomore, pre-med and Applied Math major: Daniel Friedman. Daniel Friedman always had a dream of becoming a rockstar. Through hard work and dedication, he succeeded in joining his mentor Zev Weiner in his band, Zev and the PhishStyx. Due to semesters abroad he is the lone PhishStyk this semester. However, he did persevere in attaining the rockstar abs he has today. Speaking of Zev, Daniel really loves the Bible and loves quoting verses in Scripture. His musical talent was one of the main reasons he ever got into an Ivy League institution since he sent the admissions office a song to which he provided vocals and all the music, entitled, “Take Me Into College.” This song can be heard here: http://www.columbia.edu/~dmf2114/music/ (Note: the college file is entirely Daniel (vocals and instruments) while the hinei file is a song written by Daniel for Dedi). In his attempt to rise to stardom he convinced all of Camp Lavi to chant his name in the dining room at every meal from 1998-2000 (although rumor has it the chants continue to this dayÂ…). In an attempt to emulate the rockstars in the group ZZ Top, he has started to grow a beard of his own which he claims is a sefirah beard but, rumor has it, was started days in advance. Despite his obvious priorities to becoming a rock star, he has also tried to climb the political ladder in other ways. This scheme has led him to positions of power such as secondary facilitator in the gabbinate, menÂ’s daily halacha dictator, and master of tisch-related activities. Through these avenues of power, he plans to stage a coup and dethrone Jeremy Bressman on the near future. ------------------------------------------------- j) Joke of the Week A Buddhist monk goes to a barber to have his head shaved. "What should I pay you?" the monk asks. "No price, for a holy man such as yourself," the barber replies. And what do you know, the next day the barber comes to open his shop, and finds on his doorstep a dozen gemstones. That day, a priest comes in to have his hair cut. "What shall I pay you, my son?" "No price, for a man of the cloth such as yourself." And what do you know, the next day the barber comes to open his shop, and finds on his doorstep a dozen roses. That day, Rabbi Finklestein comes in to get his payoss [sideburns] trimmed. "What do you want I should pay you?" "Nothing, for a man of God such as yourself." And the next morning, what do you know? The barber finds on his doorstep a dozen rabbis! ------------------------------------------------- Good Shabbos and Chodesh Tov! Jeremy, Taryn, Shira, Gaby, and Eric |
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