Welcome to the DAT Minyan! Candle 7:52 Lighting pm Shabbat Behar / Bechukotai Havdalah 8:58 pm May 20, 2017-24 Iyar, 5777 Joseph Friedman, Rabbi David Fishman, President Shabbat Schedule Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service. FRIDAY 6:25 pm: Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv (Shema should be recited after 8:57 pm) SHABBAT Parasha: Page 696 / Haftarah: Page 1179 Kiddush this week is sponsored by Craig Kornbluth and Hannah Katz in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Dina 7:30 am: Hashkama Minyan Tefilla Warm-up with Ellyn Hutt is cancelled this week 9:00 am: Shacharit 5:35 pm: SHAWL with this week s guest lecturer, Dr. Rachel Rabinovitch, on the topic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Look at Ruth, Chapter 1, Through Naomi s Eyes 6:25 pm: HS Boys Gemara w/ Nathan Rabinovitch at the Rabinovitch home 6:40 pm: Shabbat Afternoon Study with Rabbi Friedman, on The Meaning Behind Yom Yerushalayim 7:40 pm: Mincha Seudah Shlisheet this week sponsored by the shul, with Rabbi Friedman discussing Hallel on Yom Yerushalayim or Not? 8:58 pm: Maariv / Havdalah Weekday Schedule SHACHARIT Sunday: 8:00 am D var Torah with Rabbi Wein The book of Vayikra, which contains so many detailed commandments and minute details of ritual within it, concludes with a broad view and general description of Jewish faith. It restates the original premise of Bereshith, that the earth and its inhabitants belong to God and are free agents as to the limits that God has imposed upon them. The basic premise is that the earth belongs to Me. All of the various laws of agriculture that apply in the Land of Israel are based on this simple declaration of the sovereignty of God over the domain where humans temporarily reside. We storm about asserting our ownership and build for ourselves palaces as though we will be their eternal tenants. It is this false assessment of the true nature of life that leads to painful disagreements and dysfunction in families, communities and even in the relationship between countries and national entities. The power of self grandeur unfortunately knows no bounds in the human psyche. The prophet mocks the Pharaoh of Egypt who evidently thought that he created and controlled the Nile River. Our world is witness to tyrants who made and make themselves gods and ascribe to themselves the power to dominate the lives of millions, and to threaten the destruction of millions of others, who do not bow to their inflated will. The truth is that the closer one is able to come to godliness, so to speak, that person will become more humble and recognize his or her true place and space in this world. And that is the secret of attaining humility and which is ascribed to our great teacher Moshe. The Torah also limits the control we have over of the lives of others. The Lord informed the Jewish people that they are His servants. People have somehow convinced themselves that they truly are entitled to control the lives of others. Perhaps this arises from the necessity of parents to raise their children to adulthood. Yet the economic system that currently governs our lives allows little room for consideration of the needs of others. Human lives are unfortunately secondary to the almighty bottom line and this (Continued on page 4) Learning Opportunities @ the DAT Minyan Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 6:35 am Wednesday: 6:30 am (Yom Yerushalayim) Friday: 6:25 am (Rosh Chodesh Sivan) Kitzur Shulchan Aruch: Daily, after Shacharit Mishna Berurah: Daily, between Mincha and Maariv Nefesh HaChaim: Sat & Sun, after Maariv Women s Tuesday Parsha Class: 10:00 am at the DAT Minyan offices at BMH-BJ (call for directions) MINCHA/MAARIV FRI eve 5/19/2017 Day 39 SAT eve 5/20/2017 Day 40 Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 7:55 pm Tuesday: 6:15 pm (with Maariv to follow the movie at Aurora 16 Theater no Maariv at DAT) Friday: 6:30 pm WEEKLY OMER COUNT SUN eve MON eve TUE eve WED eve THU eve FRI eve 5/212017 5/22/2017 5/23/2017 5/24/2017 5/25/2017 5/26/2017 Day 41 Day 42 Day 43 Day 44 Day 45 Day 46 DAT Minyan is a dynamic and friendly Modern Orthodox synagogue for all ages and dedicated to meaningful personal spiritual development, community growth, youth involvement, Torah education, and Religious Zionism. DAT Minyan - 6825 E. Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80224-720-941-0479 - www.datminyan.org
DAT MINYAN MEMBER MILESTONES The DAT Minyan wishes to acknowledge the following milestones* of our members in the coming week: Eli Chaim Earlix, Lenny Kark, Joshua Khalehpari, Aviva Khavasov, Lauren Rascoff, Harley Rotbart, Matanel Sunshine Mitch and Rebecca Cohen 20 years Joseph Kaplan Fri., 5/26/17 (1 Sivan) *These details were obtained from the DAT Minyan database, which contains information provided by the members when they joined. We apologize for any omissions or mistakes. For corrections or additions, please log on to your account and provide the information, or contact the synagogue office at 720-941-0479. This Day In Jewish History - May 20 / 24 Iyar 1481 Pope Sixtus IV calls upon all Christian princes to send the Jews who had fled from the Inquisition back to Spain. 1577 Poruguese Marranos are granted permission to settle in Brazil. 1941 The freighter SS Robin Moor is sunk 950 miles off the coast of Brazil, becoming the first U.S. ship sunk by a German U-boat. 1945 Mauthausen concentration camp is liberated by Allied forces. It had housed 225,000 inmates in the course of its existence. Of this total, 200,000 were killed. 1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies, thus marking the official end of World War II, considered the most costly war in human history. In total, some 50 million people lost their lives, 20 million soldiers and 30 million civilians. 1948 An Israeli attack on Egyptian positions at Ashdod marks the turning point in the war between Israel and Egypt. The battle forced Egypt to change its military strategy. It gave up its plans to attack Tel Aviv and made the isolation of the Negev from the rest of Israel its prime objective. Refuah Shelayma Please include the following names in your prayers. May each be granted a Refuah Shelayma. Names are kept on the list until the next Rosh Chodesh. Help us keep the list accurate by verifying the necessary details each month on the Cholim Document at https://goo.gl/aeyjg2. Ariella Bracha bat Sarah Ariella Leah bas Yael Meira Avraham Ben Mirel Avraham Shalom ben Henna Baruch Getzel ha Cohen ben Esther Benyamin ben Bryna Blooma Chana bas Esther Malka Bryna bas Menucha Carmel ben Tirtza Chaim Tuvia ben Dina Chana Yetta bat Bryna Chaya Chanah Elisheva Rivka bat Sarah Chaya Miriam bat Shoshana Chaya Orah Bat Sarah David ben Leah David ben Sarah Deena Meirav bat Gitel Sarah Devorah Leah bat Chanah Dinah bat Chayala Doniel Gershon ben Raisel Shoshanah Dovid ben Ita Sheva Eitan Naftali ben Yael Bracha Eliyahu Chaim ha Cohen ben Sara Rifka Ephraim Ben Henna Gitel Sarah bat Ita Golda Guy Chaim ben Rita Hadassh Bat Fruma Rahel Hillel Yerachmiel ben Ariella Ida bat Esa Ita Sheiva bas Udyah Itki bat Chava Mirka Kalia bat Miriam Laizer ben Yaffa Leah bat Sarah Leah Devora Kivitiya bat Chaya Leya bat Sara Malka bat Sarah Menachem Yitzchak ben Yisraela Miriam Tova Chaya bat Chanah Naftali Yisroel ben Yisraela Nataniel ben Elisheva Nechama bat Chaya Netzach ben Hinka Bayla Noa Shani bat Chaya Bracha Ranan Eliezer ben Pesha Raphael Yotam ben Efrat Sara Chana bat Shaina Sarah Shoshanna bat Sarah Shaina Meryl Bat Rivka Shashi bat Batya Baila Shira Chana bat Sara Shirley Hasia bat Devorah Shlomo ben Penina Shoshanna bat Liora Shoshanna Bat Smadar Shoshanna Miriam bat Chanah Tirtza bat Sarah Tirtza Chana bat Malka Tomas ben Galit Tzipporah bat Gittel Tzvi Gershon ben Shaindel Shaina Raizel Yakar Betzalel ben Brindle Yehudit bat Leah Yehudit bat Sara Yitzhak ben Gietel Yona Malka bat Pola Yonatan Zeev ben Netaa Zacharya Mordechai ben Miriam Ziporah Sarah Mirrel bat Miriam Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service.
DAT MINYAN NEWS, EVENTS AND LEARNING Mazal Tov to Dina Kornbluth, daughter of Craig Kornbluth and Hannah Katz, and the entire Kornbluth-Katz family on today s celebration of Dina s Bat Mitzvah. Mazal Tov to Denver Academy of Torah student Noah Hill, son of Steven and Robyn Hill, and the entire Hill family on Noah s first place finish in the US Chidon Ha-Tanach, the US National Bible Contest for Jewish youth. Noah s win in New York last Sunday makes him the National Champion in the 8th Grade Division. He will go on to compete in Israel next year. This month s Golden Tassel Club is sponsored by Eileen Lowey in the merit of a refuah shlema for her father, Yitzhak halevi ben Gittel. Thank-you to all of those who contribute to our Shabbat services by signing up to help with our weekly leining. We remain in need of continued help with this and all able-lainers are encouraged to please volunteer! In addition, with a goal of expanding our roster of Haftarah readers, we have now opened up the weekly Haftarah portions for sign-up as well. The sign-up website is www.datminyan.org/laining. Please contact Steve Hutt for questions and additional information. Mazal Tov to Seth and Chaya Parkoff on the engagement of their daughter, Yael, to Yakov Deutscher of Brooklyn. Mazal Tov to Naomi Miriam Miller on becoming a member of the Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Workers, and taking on the position of Treasurer for the coming year. Our condolences to Laura Abramson-Pritchard and Keith Pritchard on the loss of Laura s father, Dr. Neil Abramson, this week in St. Louis. Baruch Dayan Emet. Condolences also to Noelle Lustig, David Lustig and family on the passing this week of Noelle s father, Nick Yang, in Brooklyn. Baruch Dayan Emet. Yom Yerushalayim will be observed at the DAT Minyan each day from Shabbat through Wednesday, May 24th as we celebrate 50 years of a unified Jerusalem with Yerushalayim-themed tunes, drashas, presentations and classes. Please see complete details in the attached flyers. Plan one less meal this Shavuos! The DAT Minyan, together with EDOS & KBY invite you to join us for a community Shavuos Lunch & Learn on the second day of Shavuos, Thursday, June 1, at EDOS. $18 per adult (over age 13), $9 per child (ages 6-13), and FREE for children under age 6. Babysitting available! Register now at www.datminyan.org/form/ shavuot2017communitymeal. Our thanks to Sarah Gitler for her expertise in helping to put this event together. SHAWL, our women s study group, is starting a Book Club, led by Jenna Wilkins. The first session, to be held during SHAWL on June 3 rd, will be a discussion of the book by R. Ammiel Hirsch, One People, Two Worlds: A Reform Rabbi and an Orthodox Rabbi Explore the Issues That Divide Them. For more information contact Jayne Brandt at thebrandts@cntgroup.com. Looking for a way to make your donation to the shul really go the distance? We can use your Frequent Flyer miles to fly in our Scholars in Residence, saving the shul a great deal of money! Please contact the synagogue office to make a mileage donation. A special solo women s concert by our own Julie Geller and sponsored by the DAT Minyan will take place on Sunday, June 4th at 7:00 pm at a private residence. The concert is free but donations are suggested. Please contact the shul office for more information and see the attached flyer. SAVE-THE-DATE for the DAT Minyan Annual meeting, Tuesday, June 13th at 7:00 pm (check-in starting at 6:45 pm). Proxy information has been emailed. Please contact the synagogue office if did not receive it. Your account must be current in order to participate in voting. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS The Women s Division of the Denver Community Kollel presents an inspiring video for women featuring Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi. The video, Preparing for Shavuos & Matan Torah, will take place at the Sommers home, 4902 S. Xenia St., on Sunday evening, May 21st, and at Beth Jacob of Denver, 5100 W. 14th. Ave, on Tuesday evening, May 23rd. Doors open at 7:45 pm, program at 8:00. $5 suggested donation, sponsorship is available. The Denver Community Kollel is excited to announce its 2nd annual Learn-A-Thon, Sunday, May 28th, 3:30-5:30 pm at the Ethel A. Beren Auditorium, 1261 Zenobia. Join the communal completion of an entire tractate of Talmud in the course of one hour of Torah study! Men, sign up and study a preassigned section of Tractate Kiddushin with a chavrusah. Women, sign up and attend a special study session or study a special curriculum with a chavrusah. NO CHARGE. Learning followed by siyum and celebration. Visit denverkollel.org, email info@denverkollel.org or call 303-820-2855 to register. Sponsorship opportunities available. JewPro at The Jewish Experience invites men ages 18+ to participate in the 2nd Annual Charity Basketball Tournament on Sunday, June 4 from 2:00-5:00 PM at DJDS. All proceeds to benefit Just Kitchen, a new chesed initiative providing nutritious, kosher, home-cooked food to community members in need. For more information, please contact Rabbi Danny Wolfe at 720-319-0402 or register at TheJE.com/BBall. The community is cordially invited to attend a Dessert Reception to benefit the Westside Mikvah at 7:15 pm Sunday evening, June 11 th at the home of R David and Sivia Fine, 1664 Wolff St. Special tribute to Mrs. Zipora Heisler, devoted Attendant of 44 years, featuring Rabbi Tzvi Mordechai Feldheim. To RSVP or for more information, please contact Mrs. Esther Wershaw at 303.820.2300 or estherq40@aol.com Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service.
YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday, May 21, 7:00 pm 8:00 pm: Leetsdale Latte N Learning, 5835 Leetsdale Dr. Tuesday, May 23: Beit Midrash Night @ EDOS Saturday, May 27: Youth Shabbat and Luncheon @ EDOS Sunday, May 28, 7:00 pm 8:00 pm: Special Hakaras Hatov Latte N Learning, 5835 Leetsdale Dr. Tuesday, May 30: Shavuot with NCSY Sunday, June 18: End of the Year BBQ SAVE-THE-DATE Shabbat, June 10th Jr. Congregation TODAY at 9:30 am! For all 4th 6th graders, and all 3rd graders who are interested. We celebrate our graduates with a kiddush in their honor. If there is a graduate in your family, you know someone who is graduating or YOU are a graduate, we invite you to help participate in this special Kiddush with a sponsorship. You can donate on line at www.datminyan.org/form/graduation-kiddush-2017 Prizes Attention incoming 8th graders and up We are looking for new Advisors for next years groups. If you are interested in working or subbing, please email Mor at youth@datminyan.org Rabbi Wein (Continued from page 1) affects the entire balance of society generally. If we realize that we are all only God s servants, that humbling effect should make life easier to deal with. The realization of the limits of human power is one of the basic lessons of Judaism. Of course human beings are able to accomplish great things and this is the story of the advancement of human civilization throughout the millennia of history. It is the balance of this aspiration and the human drive for greatness coupled with the humble realization of our limitations, which the Torah wishes us to achieve. Care and concern for others, an appreciation of God s ownership of the earth and a belief in the guardianship of God over the land and its people are the key ingredients, in the Torah s view, of the Jewish future. And that is a basic understanding of the lesson that the Torah and this week s pasha teaches us. Shabbat shalom Rabbi Berel Wein Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service.
Join the DAT Minyan for a weekend of learning, prayer and celebration as we come together to mark 50 years of a unified Jerusalem. Yerushalayim-themed tunes throughout Shabbat! Shabbat Drasha: An Unconventional Prayer Afternoon Class: The Meaning Behind Yom Yerushalayim During Seudah Shlishit: Hallel on Yom Yerushalayim or Not? The DAT Minyan is going to the movies! Join us at the Aurora 16 Theater (14300 E. Alameda Avenue) at 7:00 PM for an exclusive showing of the film:
One night only! May 23rd at 7:00 pm Join the dat minyan at the Aurora 16 Theater (14300 E. Alameda Avenue) - ticket price: $11.50 Mincha at dat at 6:15 / maariv at the theater after the film