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July 2009 - Schedule
(Tamuz - Av 5769)

6:30 am Daily Minyan.  Followed by Talmud Study with Rabbi Herzfeld.
8:30 am Sundays & Legal Holidays

Minchah/Maariv – 15 minutes before sunset

Kiddush Lunch every Shabbat.  The Shabbat lunch is FREE and OPEN to the entire community.  

But we do seek sponsors....

Wednesday, July 1

8:10 pm Class on the laws of prayer with Rabbi Herzfeld

8:25 pm Minchah and Maariv

8:45 pm Meeting to discuss increasing shul volunteerism.  Are you interested in
becoming more involved in your shul?  Do you have ideas of volunteer
programs for your shul?  If so, please join us on Wednesday, July 1st at
approx. 8:45 pm (after minyan) as we discuss ways to increase volunteerism
within our community.  Please contact Scott Reiter at scottreiter@gmail.com
with any questions.

Thursday,  July 2

7:30 pm         Class on the Torah Portion of the week with Rabbi Herzfeld

8:25 pm Minchah and Maariv

Friday, July 3

8:30 am Shacharit
8:19 pm         Candle lighting
7:00 pm         Minchah & Kabbalat Shabbat

Saturday, July 4 – Chukat-Balak

8:45 am Communal Torah Study
9:15 am Shacharit with a Dvar Torah by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld
7:30 pm Communal Study of Pirkei Avot led by Bradley Fields
8:00 pm         Mincha followed by Seudah Shelishit and a Dvar Torah
9:22 pm         Shabbat ends

Minchah and Maariv for week of July 5 will be at 8:20 pm

Thursday, 9 - Fast of 17th of Tamuz, Shiva Asar Be-Tamuz

4:39 am Fast begins
6:30 am Shacharit
7:15 pm Class on the Torah Portion of the Week with Rabbi Herzfeld
8:00 pm Minchah and Maariv
9:20 pm Fast ends

Friday, July 10

This Shabbat we host the professional boxer, the undefeated, Dmitri Salita.
Dmitri has 30 wins as a professional boxer and is an observant Jew who will
discuss with us how he came to reconnect with his Jewish roots.  Here is a
link to his website: http://www.dsalita.com/  Dmitri's next fight will be a
championship bout for the THE TITLE.

8:17 pm         Candle lighting
7:00 pm         Minchah & Kabbalat Shabbat
Followed by a communal Shabbat dinner with Dmitri Salita.  To reserve your seat at the meal, email cvaloris@gmail.com Reserve by noon on Wednesday July, 8 and pay $15 for an adult, and kids under 12 eat free.  After July 8, it is $22 for an adult and $12 for each kid.

Saturday, July 11 - Pinchas

8:45 am Communal Torah Study.
9:15 am Shacharit with a Dvar Torah by Dmitri Salita.
7:30 pm Communal Study of Pirkei Avot in Memory of Ernie Shalowitz.
8:00 pm         Mincha followed by Seudah Shelishit and a Q & A with Dmitri:
"Keeping Kosher in Vegas."
9:20 pm         Shabbat ends

Mincha and Maariv for the week of June 12 will be at 8:20 pm

Sunday,  July 12

9:30 am Class on the book of Tehilim (Psalms) meets with Rabbi Ben Mintz as
part of our Bekiut Nach program.

7:30 pm The Book Club will meet.

Friday, 17

8:13 pm         Candlelighting

7:00 pm         Minchah & Kabbalat Shabbat

Saturday, 18 - Matot-Masei

8:45 am Communal Torah Study.

9:15 am Shacharit with a Dvar Torah by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld

7:25 pm Communal study of Pirkei Avot in memory of Ernie Shalowitz.

7:55 pm Minchah followed by Seudah Shelishit with a Dvar Torah by Rabbi Ben
Mintz.

9:16pm   Shabbat ends

Mincha and Maariv for the week of July 19 will be at 8:15 pm.

Sunday, July 19

9:30 am Class on the Book of Tehilim (Psalms) meets with Rabbi Ben Mintz as
part of our Bekiut Nach program.

Monday, July 20

7:30 pm Rabbi Herzfeld teaches at DC Beit Midrash (located at DCJCC, 16^th and Q).

Wednesday, July 22 - Rosh Chodesh Av

6:30 am Ethan Steinberg Reads from the Torah in Honor of his Bar Mitzvah

Friday, July 24

12:00 pm Rabbi Herzfeld's Parshah Class meets on Capitol Hill.

8:08 pm         Candlelighting

7:00 pm         Minchah & Kabbalat Shabbat

Saturday, July 25 - Devarim: Shabbat Chazon

8:45 am Communal Torah Study

9:15 am Shacharit with a Dvar Torah by Nathan Weissler.  Nathan Weissler is
a sixteen-year-old rising sophomore at the Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy
in Rockville. He has published over twenty Letters to the Editor and various
articles in magazines and newspapers including the Washington Jewish Week,
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, Forward, Where, What, When, etc. He has written
extensively about his life experiences with Asperger Syndrome (AS), as wells
as about Judaica, specifically American Jewish History. To get in touch with
Nathan, email him at nathan.weissler@hotmail.com.

7:50 pm Minchah followed by Seudat Shelishit with Rabbi Herzfeld to discuss
the Laws of the Nine Days and Tisha Be-Av.

9:11 pm         Shabbat ends

Mincha and Maariv for the week of July 26 will be at 8:05 pm

Wednesday, July 29 - Eve of Tisha Be-Av

8:05 pm Minchah followed by a review of the Laws of Tisha Be-Av with Rabbi Herzfeld.

8:22 pm Fast of Tisha Be-Av Begins

8:30 pm         Maariv with a Reading of the Book of Eichah from Parchment.

Thursday, July 30 - Tisha Be-Av

8:30 am             Shacharit with Explanatory Kinnot followed by a Class with Rabbi Herzfeld
 on the Talmud's Discussion of Tisha Abe-Av.

7:00 pm             Torah Study

7:50 pm             Mincha followed by a Class with Rabbi Herzfeld about Jeremiah

8:50 pm             Maariv

9:06 pm             Fast ends

Friday, July 31

8:02 pm         Candle lighting

7:00 pm         Minchah & Kabbalat Shabbat

Ongoing Class Schedule

Mondays, 12:30-1:30 pm   Rabbi Herzfeld's Parshah Class for Women

Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 pm       Rabbi Herzfeld's Downtown Class:
                                Hudson Institute (1015 15th Street, NW, 6^th Floor)

Thursdays, 7:30 pm       Parshah of the Week with Rabbi Herzfeld.

Shabbat Mornings, 8:45 am       Group Torah Study of the Parshah

Shabbat Afternoons, 2:00 pm     Rabbi Herzfeld's Class on Proverbs

Sunday Mornings, 9:30 am               Shmoozin' with Shmuel - WMET 1160 AM