Newsletter

In this newsletter:

• Brief Update From The Rabbi
• Rabbi and Rabbanit Israel Trip - Message
• Message to Shiviti members in London and Israel
• Shiviti Podcast Update! 153+ episodes
• New Shulchan Aruch Playlist! VIDEO
  
• Shiviti Bet Midrash - Classes resume this week
• Shiviti Bet Midrash - Updated Zoom Guidelines
• Join us for Kiddush Lunch THIS Shabbat
• Summer classes continue this Shabbat at 6:00pm!
• Seudah Shelishit with Q&A! Please plan to join us!
• Expanding Horizons: Law(lessness) and (Dis)order (Part 4) VIDEO
• Shabbat Times and Schedule
• Mazal Tov Announcements
• Join our Google Classroom to participate in online classes
  All classes resume this week

Shalom!

SHABBAT SCHEDULE

We will continue meeting in our temporary Bet Knesset location for Shabbat. All members and regulars are invited to attend. 

Join us for Shabbat Tefillah with Torah reading! Kiddush Lunch is missing a sponsor. Kindly consider sponsoring us by responding to this email!

Our summer classes continue this Shabbat at 6:00pm at the Bet Knesset! This week, we continue the Laws of Mashiach according to the Rambam! Source material will be provided.

Join us for the Mincha followed by Seudah Shelishit. Seudah Shelishit is missing a sponsor. Kindly consider sponsoring us by responding to this email!

Thank you to our generous sponsors from last week!

CLASSES

All classes are postponed until our return on 8/17, b'ezrat Hashem. Please read message(s) below.

Wishing you and yours a Shabbat Shalom when it arrives,
Rabbi Yonatan Halevy

Dearest friends and members,

As Devorah and I get ready to take a journey to our homeland - for the first time since before COVID - I cannot help but feel overwhelmed with gratitude to Hashem. It is with that in mind that our hearts overflow with love to you and this beautiful community we call home!

We would like to give back in the form of praying for you and yours at various holy places around Israel.

(Also, since we have been asked many times to bring Tzedakah to those who need, we have added that option to our form. It is just that - optional!)

May all your Tefillot be answered and may you pray for us to return rejuvenated and ready for an incredible High Holiday season, full of productivity and growth together with all of our friends in our beautiful community, Amen!

With so much love and so many blessings,
Rabbi Yonatan Halevy

PS I would greatly appreciate your personal commitment to make it to the Bet Knesset for the three Shabbatot we will not be here. Both men and women can help us create our beautiful Shabbat atmosphere by attending. Shabbat will be under the guidance of our regulars, whom I trust wholeheartedly to run Shabbat services in the spirit of Kehillat Shaar HaShamayim. May Hashem bless you two-fold, Amen! 

PPS This trip is not a vacation, but rather the attendance of an important rabbinic convention in Jerusalem that will, with Hashem's help, further the work we are doing together at Shiviti around the world. As such, I will be available by email, WhatsApp, and iMessage throughout my duration in Israel. Do not hesitate to be in touch as you usually would!

We want to see you! 

For the first time in over two years, the Rabbanit and I will be heading to Israel for a rabbinic convention in Jerusalem!

London friends of Shiviti - a brief update:
Due to the chaotic situation in London Heathrow, and the chances that we wouldn’t be able to exit and re-enter as smoothly as we would have hoped, we have accepted Delta’s offer to place us on a flight to Israel traveling through New York instead.  We are disappointed that stopping in London won’t work this time, but we are certain that we will have the opportunity of making another trip sooner or later to meet with everyone! 

Israel friends of Shiviti:
We will be in Israel from 7/26-8/16. Our time is extremely limited, but we will do our best to make a few days available to meet with people, as well as hope to set up some Shiurim while we are there. If you are interested in arranging a class, please message me privately!

Sending all our love,
Rabbi Yonatan Halevy

44 Aggadeta episodes
+
38 Expanding Horizons episodes
+
71 Rambam’s Mishneh Torah episodes
=
153 total podcast episodes available to listen to!

It has been more than a year since we announced the launch of our Shiviti podcast which is officially live across the web, featuring our most popular playlists!
Search “Shiviti” or “Rabbi Yonatan Halevy” on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify - and subscribe!

Thanks to the hard work of Shiviti’s volunteer audio/video team!

In this week's class, we will continue dispelling the myth that the Rama’s Halachic stances are “more stringent” than those of Maran by gathering dozens of examples where the former deviates from Talmudic Law while the latter upholds it, with a special focus on the permissibility of Rabbanim receiving payment for their services.

This class is part of our newest series “Expanding Horizons: Refreshing Perspectives From Giants of Jewish Thought” at the Shiviti Bet Midrash UK!

Erev Shabbat - Friday

Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
 
Candle Lighting: 7:36pm
 
Shekiah (Sunset): 7:54pm

Shabbat - Saturday
 
Shacharit: 9:00am

Latest Shema: 8:43am or 9:25am

Latest Shacharit: 10:35am

Kiddush Lunch ​​​​​​​following Tefillah

Shiur/Class: 6:00pm

Mincha: 7:00pm

Seudah Shelishit 7:30pm
 
Shabbat Ends: 8:35pm

Arvit

Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov!

To have your joyous occasion mentioned here, kindly email info@kshsd.org the week before. Kehillat Shaar HaShamayim does not have a record of occasions and announces only what we are provided by our members each week!

We are utilizing state-of-the-art technology to continue our Torah classes.

Each class series has its own unique login code.

For classes, see the information below on joining our Google Classroom.

If you are not part of one of our regular Google Classrooms and wish to join, I ask that you send an email as soon as possible to info@shiviti.org, requesting to join our "Special Shiviti" Google Classroom. Or just reply to this email!

For those who plan to only use this temporarily during this period, you can join our special Google Classroom setup just for the current situation. You will receive all live updates about any relevant classes being offered online without having to subscribe to one of the dedicated classrooms.

A tremendous tool in bringing our Shiviti Bet Midrash on-line is our official Shiviti channel on YouTube.

Please take a moment and subscribe by following this link and CLICKING "subscribe"!
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