חשון-כסלו תשעח NOV Young Israel of Oak Park West 10 Mile Road. Oak Park MI Volume 14 Issue 11. Contacting YIOP.

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1 Young Israel of Oak Park West 10 Mile Road Oak Park MI Contacting YIOP Tel. (248) Fax (248) Non-profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Southfield, MI Permit No. 111 Volume 14 Issue 11 NOV חשון-כסלו תשעח Rabbi Michael Cohen The Midrash point to three qualities that Avraham displayed that resulted in the promise of Magen Avraham - that Hashem would guard the reward deserved by him throughout the generations. Firstly, Avraham was secure in his belief, he reached the conclusion that there was one, overarching power, on his own, what we might call today ontotheology - he had an internal understanding of G-dliness. Second, he had an unmovable commitment to his belief; he is described as a foundation, someone who cannot be moved. Third, he was a pioneer in his belief, not relying on a tradition passed to him; the Midrash describes Avraham as a beginning. ישעיהו פרק מ - in The Prophet tells us ש א ו מ ר ום ע ינ יכ ם ור א ו מ י ב ר א א ל ה Lift up your eyes and see who created all this. Through a rational investigation into the design of the universe, we can deduce that there is a Creator. The letters of the word מי and אלה spell out the name of Hashem as creator that is used in Chapter one of Genesis. Concerning Avraham s rock solid belief, there is a most remarkable event that takes place in the development of Avraham Avinu. It is his conflict with Nimrod. Nimrod was the ruler of civilization, at the time, a god of the people. Even though the events of this conflict straddle the oral and the written Torah, when pieced together, they give us a profound insight into the source of our religion, namely, Avraham Avinu and how we are expected to emulate him. There are two occasion when Nimrod and Avraham cross paths. The first is when Avraham is brought to Nimrod, having refused to worship the gods of the day. Nimrod has Avraham thrown into the fiery furnace. Avraham, of course, survives the furnace and comes out unscathed. The second event is, when a war develops in the region of Canaan; four kings from Mesopotamia come to defeat five kings in Canaan. The four kings are led by a king named Amrafel. Rashi tells us, in the name of the Midrash, that this is another name for Nimrod. During this conflict, Lot, Avraham s nephew, is captured together with the five kings; others are killed. Upon hearing that Lot has been captured, Avraham takes all the (continued on next page) 1

2 young men of his household in pursuit of Nimrod to rescue Lot. He enters into the conflict, eventually, saving Lot together with the wicked king of Sedom and the other kings. The Midrash Raba (44:6) tells us that, after the battle, Avraham was concerned that he may have done wrong to enter into the conflict. He had killed many people and there may have been righteous men amongst the dead. Hashem answers Avraham s fears by telling him that he will be protected and he is deserved of great reward for what he did. Hashem reveals to Avraham that Nimrod had created the conflict as pretext to lure Avraham into a confrontation and thereby to kill him. It is the word that Hashem used to comfort Avraham that we use to invoke Avraham in the Amida, when we say Magen Avraham; Hashem is the shield of Avraham. These three qualities alluded to in the blessing that Hashem bestowed on Avraham Magen Avraham are the key elements of Judaism described in the writings of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato some three hundred years ago. In his classic work, Path of the Just, Rabbi Luzzato explains that the foundation of righteousness and root of religion is to have clarity of the meaning and purpose of our existence. The clarity can come from tradition but must not end there; he explains that we have to be constantly investigating so as to clarifying our mission in life. BARUCHIM HABAIM To Our New Members: Gabriel & Tova Schwartz & family Rabbi Joshua & Andrea Strosberg & family Avi Snider From TRIBUTES IN AUG. & SEPT. Robin Tanzman, in memory of her father, David Tanzman Mt Kisco Hebrew Congregation Ron & Elaine Miller, Mazel Tov on their 41st wedding anniversary Milt Neuman The Cern family in memory of William Cern Shiffy Jubas, Children of David & Lottie Tanzman, Milt Neuman, Carol Gale, Julie Borim The Landau family in memory of their mother, Leah Landau Blanche Engel, Shiffy Jubas, Children of David & Lottie Tanzman Miriam Falcon, Todah Rabbah Gene & Mintzi Schramm, Todah Rabbah For tributes, call the office, Jennifer Rube, Todah Rabbah (248) The family of Helen Maiman, L shana Tova Jeff & Reyna Katz Steven & Harriet Lorch, Mazel Tov on their 50th wedding anniversary David & Adina Barth Julie Margolis, Todah Rabbah Steven & Sharon Cohen Billy & Missy Berlin, Mazel Tov on the birth of their granddaughter, Sally. Adam Kaplan & Gabriella Burman Steven Katz, Todah Rabbah The Berkove Family Miriam Falcon, Mazel Tov on her birthday Milt Neuman TO THE EDUCATION FUND Steven & Harriet Lorch, Mazel Tov on their 50th wedding anniversary Jerry & Sandi Begel TO THE YOUTH FUND Billy & Missy Berlin, Mazel Tov on the birth of their granddaughter Alan & Jordana Wolfson Rick & Bruryia Schwarcz, Mazel Tov on the birth of their grandson Alan & Jordana Wolfson 2 OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES To the family of William Cern. To the Landau families on the loss of their mother, Leah Landau. To Miriam Hoberman on the loss of her husband, Sol Hoberman 11

3 TODAH RABBAH To Our Kiddush Sponsors: Nossonal Kleinfeldt, Nancy Kleinfeldt, Billy & Missy Berlin, Mark & Badonna Berkman, Raiselle Snow To Our Kiddush Sponsors: Gary & Malke Torgow, Ben Magier, Rick & Bruryia Schwarcz, Friends of, Dovid & Devorah Katz, Gary & Mirjam Schwarcz To Our Seudat Shlishit Sponsors: Sherrill Platt, Yudi & Mary Goldberg, Ruvi & Shelley Singal, Leah, Milt Neuman, R Joseph & Dorothy Hirsch To Our Infant/Toddler Sponsors: Sheldon & Mindy Mandelbaum To Our Tikkun sponsors: Mark & Badonna Berkman, Sheldon & Mindy Mandelbaum, David & Leah Ungar To Our Beit Midrash sponsors: Stuart & Janelle Teger Break the Fast was sponsored by Eddie & Susie Kresch & family and Clara Katz in loving memory of Ben & Molly Kresch, Pinchus Salomon, & Wolf Katz. Kiddush Lunch on Simchat Torah was sponsored by Sam Flatt & family. Simchat Torah candies were sponsored by Billy & Missy Berlin. To Milt Neuman for sponsoring our Labor Day in honor of Rabbi Cohen. To Miriam Falcon for donating two Sefarim in loving memory of her grandparents, Tippa bat Aron & Moshe Ze ev ben Yosef Weisinger. To Marcel & Lucille Haberstadt for donating a set of Gemaras in loving memory of his parents, Manfred Meier & Lilli Halberstadt. To Our Apples & Honey volunteers: Adina & David Barth, Badonna & Mark Berkman, Sharon Cohen, Miriam Falcon, Shoshana, Sidney, & Eitan Katz, Eli Klausner, Noah Kleid, Sarah Morris, Milt Neuman, Jennifer Rube, Raiselle Snow, & Debby Stoller. A special Yasher Koach to our chairperson, Debbie Devries. To Ed & Susie Kresch for donating a Siddur & Chumash in honor of their daughter, Talya, making Aliyah. To Ron Miller for changing the Parachos for the Yom Tovim, as he does every year. To the Saltsman family for donating Sefarim in loving memory of their mother, Lillian Saltsman. To Rabbi Strosberg, Jeff Fischer, Dr. Zinberg, Avi Schreiber, Rabbi Ellis, Dr. Sosne, Rabbi Gomez, Saul Rube, and Menachem Hojda for leading our davening over Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. A special thank you to Ruvi Singal for blowing shofar and to Simon Kresch for laining. To Noah Kleid & Yoni Barash for working the page turner for Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur. To Jerry Eizen, Ami Attali, & Ruvi Singal for putting up the Shul sukkah. To Bryan & Amy Gottlieb & family for donating a Siddur in memory of Sol Hoberman. To David & Adina Barth for donating a Sefer in memory of Sol Hoberman. To all our host families for the Bnei Akiva Shabbaton. 10 David & Adina Barth William & Melissa Berlin Steven & Sharon Cohen Jeffrey & Debbie Devries Gil & Rebecca Feldman Mayer & Sarita Fox Ronald Herman Miriam Hoberman Shiffy Jubas Milt Neuman Leonard & Shoshana Pollack Gene & Mintzi Schramm Dov & Esther Sherizen Michael & Ora Singer Ruvi & Shelley Singal Gil & Chani Stebbins Gary & Malke Torgow Edward Traurig David & Leah Ungar Becoming a Ha Bonim member demonstrates your commitment to further enhance the fiscal and spiritual viability of YIOP. Please contact the Shul office at (248) with questions. Please shop through Amazon Smile and choose Young Israel of Oak Park, when ordering anything on Amazon. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchase to YIOP, when you shop at smile.amazon.com. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon, with the same prices, with the added benefit of supporting YIOP. The YIOP website now accepts online payments. Whether making a donation or paying for an event, you can make the payment by going to yiop.org/donate TZEDAKAH CORNER YIOP gave to these charities, in August & Sept. including: 40 TEP $20 each Ezras Torah $50 Friends of Yad Sarah $100 Yad Simcha $50 3

4 MAZEL TOV To Tzvi & Vera Silverstein on the marriage of their granddaughter, Raizel Jaffe, to Chaim Mitnick. To Nossonal Kleinfeldt & Nancy Kleinfeldt on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Caleb. To Toby Schlussel on the Bar Mitzvah of her grandson, Joseph Marc Meyers. To Eugene & Cherna Kowalsky on the engagement of their grandson, Shimon Bell, to Chana Lange. To Linda Klein on the marriage of her daughter, Esther, to Jeff Selik. To Gene & Mintzi Schramm on the engagement of their granddaughter, Nechama Werther, of Denver, to Yitzchak Cummings, of Linwood, NJ. To Avi & Beth Adler on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Aaron. To Simon & Ruchie Kresch on the birth of their grandson to Dr. Zvi & Jamie Kresch, of Ann Arbor. To Billy & Missy Berlin on the birth of their granddaughter to Ben & Elana Berlin. To Gerald & Gali Hillman on the birth of their granddaughter to Yair & Shira Hillman. To Ami & Rebecca Schwarcz on the birth of their son, and to grandparents, Rick & Bruryia Schwarcz. To Chanan & Ruth Kroll on the birth of their grandson to Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Kroll, and to great grandmother, Raiselle Snow. To Mark & Badonna Berkman on the birth of their granddaughter to Abraham & Moran Berkman. To Chanan & Ruth Kroll on the engagement of their daughter, Chumi, to Moish Zarecki, of Montreal, and to grandmother, Raiselle Snow. To Hanna Ungar on the marriage of her great grandson, Yaakov Tzvi Wayntraub, to Ettie Rosenberg. To Manny & Bessie Mittelman on the birth of their great great grandson in New York. Coming Soon: Women's Rosh Chodesh Speaker Series By Women For Women One Sunday a month at 10:30am at Young Israel of Oak Park Dates and speakers to be announced soon Sponsorships available 4 9

5 ANNOUNCEMENTS New Dedication Opportunity - You can now send tribute cards in honor or in memory of someone through a dedication to the YIOP Education Fund. This fund enables educational programming, including speakers, for YIOP, throughout the year. Please help YIOP continue Torah education today. Please remember that all ballots are due on Monday, Nov. 6. Some ballots received could not be counted, as the outer envelope was not identifiable. If you need a new ballot, contact the office. Fall Membership meeting will take place on Wed., Nov. 8, at 8PM. YIOP Yad Ezra Mitzvah Day, Nov. 19, at 10:45AM, at Yad Ezra. If you are able to volunteer to help make deliveries, please call the office. MEMBER S ACHIEVEMENTS Mazel Tov to Gabriel Sosne on being recognized as a 2017 Top Doctor in Detroit, MI. DEDICATION OPPORTUNITIES AT YIOP TO HONOR OR MEMORIALIZE A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER Item Amount Main Sanctuary $200, Beit Midrash $180, Foyer $100, Mechitza (Complete) $70, Mizrach Wall $50, Entrance Door to Sanctuary (Each) $50, Rabbi's Study $36, Memorial Wall $36, Memorial Base $25, Social Hall Kitchen $25, Seforim Wall (Men's Section) $25, Seforim Wall (Women's Section) $20, Electronic Information Wall $20, Sukkah $15, Mechitza Panel $10, Announcement Display $10, Rabbi's Shtender $3, Shtenders (Each) $2, Items Price Women's Rosh Chodesh Learning $ Seudat Shlishit $75.00 Tikkun $75.00 Infant Toddler Room for Shabbat $75.00 Weekly Beit Midrash $54.00 Chumash $50.00 Siddur $40.00 Sefer for Library $40.00 Tribute to Education Fund Tribute-General or Youth Fund Leaf for Tree of Life (new) Kiddush $18.00 minimum $10.00 minimum varies varies Siddurim/Chumashim Cabinet (1) $1, Tallasim Cabinet (1) $1, Lifetime High Holiday Seat $1, Mezuzah (1) $ Tallis Cubby $ Memorial Plaque $ For more info, call the office at

6 November, 2017 טז חשון 5 יז חשון יח חשון Wkday Young Israel of Oak Park Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri SAT Turn clocks 2AM כד חשון 13 כג חשון 12 כה חשון Wkday 5:05PM 5PM Path of the Righteous 7:30PM Rambam 8PM א כסלו- ראש חדש 19 ב כסלו 22 ג כסלו Wkday 4:50PM Path of the Righteous Rambam Path of the Righteous 7:30PM 8PM 7:30PM 1 Fall Membership Meeting 8PM 6:25AM חשון-כסלו תשעח יג חשון 4 יד חשון כ חשון כא חשון כז חשון כח חשון ו כסלו 24 ה כסלו AM 7 4:40PM כב חשון חיי שרה 5:53PM ז כסלו ויצא יב חשון יט חשון 4:56PM 5PM 4:50PM 4:55PM Melave Malka טו חשון וירא כו חשון 6:25AM 6:05PM 6:10PM 9AM 5:50PM 7:05PM 8:30PM 9AM 4:45PM 5:5 כט חשון תולדות ד כסלו 6:25AM Steven & Sharon Cohen s home 4:45PM 4:50PM Scholar in Residence 9AM 4:35PM 5:4 ט כסלו 27 ח כסלו י כסלו יב כסלו יא כסלו 4:45PM Path of the Righteous 7:30PM n