Van Cortlandt Jewish CenterNews and Notes
Here's this week's edition of the VCJC News and Notes email. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful!
Reminders
- Shabbos scheduleShabbos information is, as always, available on our website, both in the information sidebar and the events calendar.Here are the times you need:Shabbos Candles Friday 4/17/26 @ 7:19 pmShabbos Ends Saturday 4/18/26 @ 8:23 pm
If you require an aliyah or would like to lead services, read from the torah or haftorah please speak to one of the gabbaim.
Come join us for services and stay to enjoy the kiddush and the company.
- About our new kiddushimReminder that kiddush now takes place in the ballroom. There is a greater variety of food, which can be enjoyed while seated at covered tables. Our aim is to offer a more enjoyable and meaningful experience, and to encourage conversation and interaction among attendees. This is an evolving effort. It has received very positive reviews so far; we’d love to have your opinion as well. Please join us for services and kiddush, and let us know what you think!
- Yom HaZikaron 4/21/26Morning services at 8:40 AM
- Yom HaAtzma’ut 4/22/26
- What works for you?Please Help Us Plan for EventsWe have created a survey, Van Cortlandt Jewish Center Community Event Planning Survey, to help us set the direction for our activities. We’d really appreciate your taking a few minutes to fill it in. Here’s the link: SURVEY
- The VCJC ChavurahThe VCJC Chavurah will be meeting every Tuesday Night at 7:30PM. All are welcome to join us as we continue to learn Tractate Berachot together.
No cost to attend and no prior experience is needed.
If you are interested in learning torah with a group of fellow members of your community, but want more details, contact the VCJC office at 718-884-6105 or info@vcjewishcenter.org, or speak to Stuart Harris or Matthew Hartstein after davening on Shabbat morning. Shabbos parsha
Parashat Tazria-Metzora 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ־מְצֹרָע
18 April 2026 / 1 Iyyar 5786
Parashat Tazria-Metzora is the 27th and 28th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-15:33; Numbers 28:9-15
Tazria (“She Bears Seed”) opens by describing the purification process for a woman after childbirth. It then describes different forms of tzaraat, a discoloration condition on skin or clothing, and the requirement of an infected person to dwell alone outside the camp and be inspected by a priest. Metzora opens by describing the purification process and accompanying sacrifices for one infected with tzaraat, a discoloration condition on the skin. It then describes the process of treating a house infected with tzaraat and the ritual impurity generated by certain bodily discharges. [1]
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The VCJC is working to build and grow for its next century in Van Cortlandt Village. If you have had a good experience with us or recognize our value to the community, please consider telling the world about it. Go to our Google Business Profile and leave a review. Thanks!
Please help with information about buildings
As part of rebuilding the membership and congregation, the Board of Trustees would like your help. There are a lot of either new or renovated buildings being put up in our catchment area. We would like to seek the cooperation of the owners / developers of those properties in publicizing these opportunities to live near an orthodox synagogue. If you are aware of any of these buildings, please provide what information you can about them. This could include the address, any contact information that might be posted, and any information about the building itself (size, type, etc.). Additionally, if you are aware of vacancies in existing buildings or of houses for sale, please let us know about that as well.
Our mailing address is:
Van Cortlandt Jewish Center
3880 Sedgwick Ave
Bronx, NY 10463
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