In this Issue:
Torah Related Items and Rabbinic Resources
CYIR Sponsors Yerushalayim Tiyul/Day Trip - "JERUSALEM TODAY" - Sunday, June 1st (Erev Yom Yerushalayim
Jerusalem Post: Agunot advocates push for prenuptial agreements
Judaic Heritage Program for Israel's Deaf and Hearing Impaired to Host 7th Annual Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebration Monday, May 26
Current and Upcoming Events
Good and Welfare
Torah Related Items and Rabbinic Resources
 a) Divrei Torah Bulletin for this Shabbat: Please find NCYI’s Divrei Torah Bulletin for Bechukotai written by Rabbi Chaim Wasserman CYIR President, by clicking this link.
b) Torah Mitzion, the organization that has established Religious Zionist Kollelim throughout the world, has produced a Shmittah Educational Kit, in conjunction with the Jewish Agency for Israel, and Mahut - Beit Midrash L'Morim. The kit contains lesson plans on a CD-ROM which employ profound and challenging texts in twelve units - each covering a different aspect of Shmittah. Each unit includes a written lesson plan for the rabbi/teacher/counselor as well as a comprehensive source sheet for participants. The CD can be purchased for NIS 40 from Torah Mitzion - office@torahmitzion.org; 02.620.9020.
c) Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, Rosh Yeshiva of Ateret Cohanim in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem and the rabbi of Bet El, will respond to all SMS messages on any issue regarding halacha or hashkafa. SMS messages can be sent by Rabbanim to Rabbi Aviner at 052 365 3028. Service available only in Israel.
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CYIR Sponsors Yerushalayim Day Trip - "JERUSALEM TODAY" Sunday, June 1st
CYIR: Council of Young Israel Rabbis in Israel, in conjunction with Israel Council of Yisrael Hatzair and AIAC: American Israeli Action Coalition cordially invites you to join us on our
Yom Yerushalayim* Tiyul (Day Trip):
JERUSALEM TODAY
Visit and view the sites of strategic interest in today’s “battle” for Yerushalayim:
- Ma’ale Adumim
- E1
- Abu Dis
- Mount Scopus
- Ramat Rachel
- Bethlehem
- Gush Etzion
- Har Homa
- Gilo
Special Guest Guide: Eve Harow
Date: Erev Yom Yerushalayim – June 1st, 2008
Time: 8:45 – 16:00
Point of Departure and Return: Heichal Shlomo, Jerusalem
Price: NIS 120 per person - includes light lunch
RSVP: mush@youngisraelrabbis.org.il / 02-625-4983 Ext.111
*Please note the tiyul is taking place on erev Yom Yerushalayim due to traffic restrictions on the actual date.
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Jerusalem Post: Agunot advocates push for prenuptial agreements
 JERUSALEM POST, MAY 20, 2008 - "...Council of Young Israel Rabbis in Israel, Matan, Mifnim and Yad L'isha together with the Rackman Center have organized two conferences - one this week, another next week - aimed at teaching marriage professionals the benefits of prenuptial agreements..."
"These organizations are convinced that implementing prenuptial agreements will save one side in an unsuccessful marriage - usually the woman - from the recalcitrant side - usually the man - who refuses to cooperate with the divorce at all or who makes extreme demands regarding alimony payments, visitation and custody rights or division of property..."
"Rachel Levmore, a rabbinical court advocate {ed. and CYIR's Coordinator of Prenuptial & Get-Refusal Prevention Projects}, said that the revolution in prenuptials has already started. "
"'People who are getting married and the public figures who preside over these marriages are using them more and more,' said Levmore. 'Rabbi after rabbi is quietly recommending it suggesting it to their students and their communities. Progress is being made.'"
Click here for the full article.
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CYIR's Judaic Heritage Program for Israel's Deaf & Hearing Impaired to Host 7th Annual Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebration May 26
 For the 7th year running, as the culmination of a full year of activities, the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program of CYIR's Judaic Heritage Program for Israel's Deaf & Hearing Impaired (JHPIDHI) assists children from all over the country prepare for this important life-cycle event. Participants are required to prepare for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony by attending a total of 24 hours of classes. These classes address the importance of community, giving to the community, and understanding the meaning and importance of  prayer.
At the Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony, which will take place May 26, 2008 in Jerusalem, the boys don tefillin and are called up to the Torah, and the girls recite the Shema in sign language. There are a total of 40 children an their parents enrolled in this year's program & celebration.
YOU CAN PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THIS VITAL PROJECT. For a donation of $360 USD, you can sponsor a boy or girl in this year's Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony.
Your donation allows JHPIDHI to provide each Bar/Bat Mitzvah with a siddur and watch, as well as the boys receiving their own pair of tefillin and the girls receiving an elegant set of Shabbat candlesticks.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!
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Current and Upcoming Events
SAVE THESE DATES:
Monday, May 26 (21 Iyar) - CYIR's Judaic Heritage Program for Israel's Deaf and Hearing Impaired Annual Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebration (SEE STORY ABOVE).
Sunday, June 1 (27 Iyar) – Erev Yom Yerushalayim Day Trip: JERUSALEM TODAY (SEE STORY ABOVE).
Wednesday, June 4 (Rosh Chodesh Sivan) - CYIR presents the next lecture in the Rabbi Sholem B. Kowalsky Memorial Lecture Series at Heichal Shlomo, 58 King George Street, Jerusalem. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE - Details to follow.
Thursday, June 5 (2 Sivan) - Hachnassat Sefer Torah by the Jerusalem Municipality in honor of the 40th year of Jerusalem 's reunification. Please contact Daniel Meyer, CYIR's Director of Programming, for more information.
Friday, September 5 (5 Elul) – CYIR Celebrates 18 Years of Service to Israel by honoring its Founders, Leaders and Builders at a Friday morning brunch in Jerusalem. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE.
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Mazal Tov
Rabbi Dovid Fendel (CYIR Member, and son of CYIR Vice President Meyer Fendel), on being selected as an awardee of the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism.
Rabbi Binyamin Hammer (NCYI's Director of Rabbinic Services) on his being honored by National Council of Young Israel at their annual dinner this week in New York.
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