Announcements

Please join us this Shabbat, Parashat Vayera, November 18-19, as we welcome our first Shabbat Scholar of 5777, Rabbi Naftali Harcsztark, Principal of SAR High School in Riverdale. This Shabbaton will include:

• Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat at 4:20 PM
• Friday night dinner in shul at 6:00 PM (RSVP and payment required)
• Lecture at 7:30 PM (Free – all are welcome)
• Shabbat morning sermon
• Discussion at Seudah Shelishit

Friday Night Dinner
Please enhance our community by joining our Friday night Shabbat Dinner.
You'll enjoy a delicious dinner, time spent with friends old and new, and an opportunity to sample delicious, high-quality wines from Carmel Winery.

Registration for the dinner must be made by tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15.
Student: $18 | Dinner: $36 | Sponsor: $180
 

Speaking Schedule

Friday Night, 7:30 PM: "Teaching Jewish Sexual Ethics in a Media Driven World"

Shabbat Morning, 10:30 AM: "How Jewish Nationalism Helped Make America Great"

Seuda Shelishit, 4:20 PM: "Next Generation Modern Orthodoxy" – Q & A with Rabbi Harcsztark
 

Rabbi Naftali Harcsztark

Rabbi Tully Harcsztark is the Founding Principal of SAR High School. He received a B.A. from Yeshiva College, semikha from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and an M.A. in Jewish History from Bernard Revel Graduate School. He previously served as Rabbi of Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck, New Jersey, and as the Associate Principal of Judaic Studies at SAR Academy for nine years. Rabbi Harcsztark is the co-founder of Davar, a unique learning community in Teaneck, NJ. He was a Fellow at the Tikvah Center of Jewish Law and Civilization in 2010-11 and a LEAP Fellow at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Jewish Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 2015-16.