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Vayikra

Dear Bayit Family,

As our second Shabbat in this new moment approaches, I invite us to reach out tonight and tomorrow to as many of each other as possible to say, over the phone or text message or any means, "Shabbat shalom".  We will carry those wishes through the Shabbat ahead.  We continue to pray for the health of those who have been infected with the Covid-19 virus and the recovery of those who are ill as...Read more...

Dear Bayit Family,

I continue to be amazed by the tireless chesed and wisdom across our community.  Everyone has a role to play, giving, receiving, connecting, and collaborating.  We continue to pray for the health of those who have been infected with the Covid-19 virus and the recovery of those who are ill as a result of their infection.  This email contains various updates and resources for our community...Read more...

Please click here to read this update from the Riverdale Mikvah.

Dear Bayit Family,

Thank you for all your continued support and togetherness, even when not in person.  It was wonderful to see so many faces on the Zoom Melava Malka tonight.  We continue to pray for the health of those who have been infected with the Covid-19 virus and the recovery of those who are ill as a result of their infection.  This email contains various updates and resources for our community -...Read more...

Dear Bayit Family,

Our Bayit is founded to be, and has always been, a beit k'nesset - a place of gathering.  A place we physically share in order to create community.  This is the mandate of our partner schools and shuls and institutions across Jewish Riverdale and beyond.

One of the hardest parts of the COVID-19 effects is the way it limits our capacity to achieve that most basic principle by requiring distance, quarantine,...Read more...

Dear Bayit Family,

As you are likely experiencing, community and government responses to the Covid-19 outbreak are both divergent and changing rapidly. Bayit leadership and our partners across Riverdale at schools, synagogues and the Riverdale-Y continue to speak regularly to work together to make the best decisions for both our individual members and the community at large. Thank you for your patience as we work...Read more...

Dear Bayit Family,

Purim sameach!  It has been amazing to see all of us striving to do our best to create a joyous and connective Purim atmosphere in so many different ways today.  We continue to pray for the health of those who have been infected with the Covid-19 virus and the recovery of those who are ill as a result of their infection.  This email contains various updates and resources for our community -...Read more...

Dear Bayit Family,

Purim sameach!  Amidst our Purim joy, we continue to pray for the health of those who have been infected with the Covid-19 virus and the recovery of those who are ill as a result of their infection.  This email contains a lot of important information impacting us all as well as many great resources for our community - please read it thoroughly and carefully and utilize it as...Read more...

Dear Bayit Family,

We continue to pray for the health of those who have been infected with the Covid-19 virus and the recovery of those who are ill as a result of their infection.  This email contains a lot of important information impacting us all as well as many great resources for our community - please read it thoroughly and carefully and utilize it as appropriate.

Dear Bayit Family,

As Shabbat Zachor enters, we have in our hearts and tefillot all those suffering from COVID-19 and the communities here in New York, around the country and around the world that have been affected in different ways.  It is a challenging time.

This is a moment in our Bayit to focus both on our own health and welfare and to look out for others.  The self-quarantine process is stressful and challenging for...Read more...