YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFD Af- Rabbi s Corner I would like to apologize for not being so responsive to people s emails and phone calls this week. I was sick for most of the week but thank G-d am feeling better. Thank you to Steven Bernstein for organizing a great Transplant Yourself Shabbat last week! The goal of the program was to get people to spend time with others in the shul who they don t usually spend time with. Also, the goal was to make sure that everyone who wanted was able to eat with another family for Friday night dinner. I think the goals were met. I got a lot of comments from people about how nice it was to spend time with others and how much they enjoyed having X family who they never had over before. It was also so nice to really end shabbos as a community with such a large crowd at Seudah Shlishit. Thanks to Tova, Ilana and Lenny for giving the divrei torah: It was not an easy thing to do and I really appreciate it! I am SO excited that we have launched the advertising campaign for our Welcome to West Hartford Shabbaton. Our graphic designer has made an awesome flyer which you can now see on our website. Also, you should have received an email this week on yiwhevents with the information and the flyer. A committee from our shul has been working very hard to plan a weekend during which we will host families from around the tri-state area who might be interested in moving to West Hartford and show them what our amazing community has to offer. We will be sending our flyer out on various email lists around the tri-state area. We will also be advertising in the Jewish Week as well as on onlysimchas.com and facebook.com. But we all know that the best advertising, especially in the Jewish world, is word of mouth. So.it is up to each and every one of us to send this flyer to as many people as we know who might be interested or who might be able to spread the word in different communities. For any further information please contact Shayne Kesler. Shabbat Shalom! Rabbi Weinberg Editor: Judie Patel E-mail: bulletin @youngisraelwh.org Editors Emeritus: Sam Leichtberg & Moish Trencher Shabbat Shalom! Rabbi Weinberg YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFD 2240 ALBANY AVENUE WEST HARTFD, CT 06117 (860) 233-3084 Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Adar I PARSHAT Terumah February 5, 2011 1 Adar 5771 Kiddush this Shabbat Is sponsored by The Shul! מזל טוב to Shira & Philip Pokriss on the birth of a מזל טוב baby girl. מזל טוב to very proud grandmother, Devra Solonche; and to Yael Solonche and David & Zahava Kandel. May she grow L'Torah, l Chuppah u'l'maasim Tovim! TOPICS IN KASHRUT at YIWH Wednesday, February 9th - TBA Local Kashrut in West Hartford Tour and Explanation of local facility Place and presenter TBA TEEN LED MINYAN & FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER Friday, February 11th Grades 9-12 RSVP Carolyn Ganeles 232-2733 - Ganeles@sbcglobal.net - 83 Brewster Road Your check is your reservation 3/13/11 - Pre-Purim Bonanza & Carnival ברוך דין אמת It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Isaac Alcabes, beloved father of Ruth Alcabes (Michael Young); grandfather of Hinda, Nathan & Miriam. May Hashem comfort Ruth & the Alcabes and Young families among the mourners of Zion & Yerushalayim. It is with sorrow that we announce the passing of Meir Shalom Chai Cohen, brother of Tsion (Anita) Cohen. May Hashem comfort the Tsion & the Cohen family among the mourners of Zion & Yerushalayim. Rabbi Brahm Weinberg 860-233-3084 or rabbi@youngisraelwh.org Judith Hessing, Coordinator 860-233-6042 or judith.hessing@gmail.com filiate of the National Council of Young Israel Synagogues, Member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Sponsor
SAVE THE DATES UPCOMING YIWH & COMMUNITY EVENTS TAKE 15 WITH THE RABBI Short recorded Shiurim by Rabbi Weinberg will be sent by e-mail every Monday on the Topic of Tefilla. They can also be downloaded or listened to on our Website: go.youngisraelwh.org/audio ELISHA ROSENSWEIG S CLASS TUESDAY, February 8th, at 8:00 PM We are studying the opening parshiot of Sefer Bereishit At the home of Judy Brenner, 103 Steele Road YIWH TRIP TO FAMILY DAY AT THE SOY SEFARIM SALE SUNDAY, February 13th Special Programs include Arts & Crafts with the Yeshiva University Museum Storytelling with Penina Schram Jewish Music Workshop with members of the YU Maccabeats Food, fun, and more! Plus, with a YU alumni ID card, you can also get a 5% discount on all purchases made that day. The day s schedule is not yet set, but will be announced to those who plan on attending. Please register with Steven Bernstein at Bernstienstj@ccsu.edu or 860-263-7669. The SOY Seforim Sale, the largest Jewish book sale in North America, is operated by the Students of Yeshiva (SOY) University. The sale provides discounted prices on the widest selection of rabbinic and academic literature, cookbooks, children s books, music and lecture CDs, and educational software. Do you knit, crochet, embroider, needlepoint, bead or weave?? WHATEVER, think about joining our craft circle. We meet informally usually on Monday eve s for an hour or so to work on whatever projects are in the works, a little conversation, hot drink Please e-mail Debbie Luger (deluge613@sbcglobal.net) If you re interested in joining us or if you have comments/suggestions ROSH CHODESH TEHILLIM GROUP Wednesday, March at 7:30 PM A the YIWH prior to Rabbi s class! BOOK CLUB New Book ~ The Finkler Question By Howard Jacobson ERUV INFMATION Please look out for the annual Eruv Appeal letter which will be mailed to you in the next week or two. A lot of work has been done on the Eruv. Please support it generously. We benefit from it 52 Shabbatot a year! go.youngisraelwh.org/eruv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Vera Schwarcz & Jason Wolfe In memory of Joe Korzenik Condolences to: Ruth Alcabes on the death of her father Tsion Cohen on the death of his brother Debbie & Steve Luger condolences to: Ruth Alcabes on the death of her father Tsion Cohen on the death of his brother BEGINNERS GEMARA SHIUR F WOMEN If any women are interested in a once a week beginners Gemara Shiur for women please email Elana Weinberg. weinberg@hhne.org Congratulations to Elie Wolfe on passing his Prelim Exams! רפואה שלמה To Ellen Lindenberg, Stephen Mendelsohn s Mom, and Devra Solonche. SODA BOTTLE COLLECTION Eliza Katz is still collecting bottles, cans and glass to raise money for the Rabbi s Fund. Please bring empties to her address: 24 Miamis Road; 860-680-9847 BUY SCRIP! BUY SCRIP! BIG Y SCRIP AVAILABLE NOW! Don t forget Crown & Stop & Shop too! Let's support our Shul by buying scrip! Every dollar counts! Contact: Judith Hessing (860-233-6042), at 18 Grenhart Street Page 2 WELCOME TO WEST HARTFD SHABBATON Couples & Families are Invited to a Shabbaton to Learn About our Exciting Jewish Community April 1st - 3rd Anyone who is interested in being a host family, please contact : Shayne Kesler 860-231-7519 or shaynegk@yahoo.com 1) Hosting includes the following responsibilities: To house a couple with or without children (please specify your preference); 2)Dinner at your house Friday night with visiting family, as well as at least 1 other family from YIWH; and 3) Being the single point of contact for that family after the Shabbaton is over. D L D 2/5 at 7:00 pm at Agudas Achim; 2/12 at 7:00 pm at Chabad House 3/5 at 7:00 pm at YIWH For information contact: Rabbi Jaffee: 860-888-2017
Page 3 Rabbi Yaakov Haber - The Ultimate Mikdash -www.torahweb.org This week s Torah reading introduces a series of five parshiyot whose central theme is the commandment to build a Mikdash, a place for the resting of the Divine Presence. As Rambam (Hilchot Beit HaBechirah) indicates, this was not only a hora at sha ah, a temporary enactment for the duration of the Jews sojourn in the Desert, but also a mitzva l dorot, a commandment for all times which was later fulfilled by the building of the mishkan Shiloh, the two Batei HaMikdash in Jerusalem and finally to be fulfilled by the building of the third Beit HaMikdash bimheira b yameinu. As Ramban (Introduction to Chumash Sh mos) and Rambam (Hilchot M lachim Chapter 11) note, the building of such a "dwelling-place" for the Shechina is one of the quintessential components of ge ulah (redemption). Many commentaries note the textual anomaly inherent in the phrase "v asu li Mikdash v shachanti b tocham" -- "and they shall make for me a Mikdash and I shall dwell in them" (25:8) rather than "b tocho", "in it" (the Mikdash). The goal of Mikdash is the resting of the Shechina in each and every member of B nei Yisrael, not just in one geographical location. The Shechina s presence seen by all in the Mikdash served as a potent reminder of the goal of Creation: Hashem s permeation of the entirety of Creation and especially Man, the pinnacle of Creation. Rashi (Ki Tissa 31:18) maintains that although Hashem s command to Moshe to build the Mishkan appears in the Torah before the Cheit HaEigel (sin of the Golden Calf), chronologically it was given after. One interpretation of this Rashi is that the donation of the material for and the construction of the Mishkan served as an atonement for the sin. (Ramban (beginning of Teruma), however, disputes Rashi s position and maintains that although Moshe did not tell the B nei Yisrael about the Mishkan until after the Cheit and the subsequent period of atonement culminating on Yom HaKippurim, Hashem commanded him concerning its construction beforehand.) Based on the idea developed above that the true place of hashra at hashechina is in each member of Klal Yisrael, some have suggested in explanation of Rashi s position that before the Cheit HaEigel, there was no need for the Mishkan. The level attained by B nei Yisrael at Ma amad Har Sinai was so exalted that each Jew was fit to serve as a Mishkan. Only after the sin, when the spiritual level of Klal Yisrael declined was there a need for a structure to serve as a place for the Divine presence to rest amongst the Jewish people but not in them. The Mishkan would serve also as a physical example of that which should be re-attained by each Jew. (Also see Meshech Chochma (beginning of VaYakheil) for a somewhat different analysis based on the same premise and his proposed halachic difference between the two periods with reference to the construction of the Mishkan.) Malbim develops this idea further and sees within the very structure of the Mishkan a parallel to the human body. The Aron and the Torah within it symbolize the head and brain, the seat of the intellect; the Kodesh together with the Menorah and Shulchan represent the life center of Man, the lungs and the heart enclosed by the rib cage symbolized by the k rashim. (See Malbim s commentary for additional parallels.) Thus, the physical, structural Mishkan directly symbolized the ultimate Mishkan: within Man. One would expect that during the time period of the ultimate redemption, one characterized by Rambam as a time period of the widespread pursuit of the knowledge of G-d (Hilchot M lachim 12:4-5) and by the prophecy of Yeshaya (11:9) "ki mal a ha aretz dei a es Hashem kamayim layam m chasim" -- "for the Earth will be filled with the knowledge of G-d as the waters cover the seabed" that there would be no need for a physical Mikdash since then K lal Yisrael themselves would serve as the makom hashra at hashechina parallel to the approach proposed above concerning the pre-cheit HaEigel era. On a simple plane, the above analysis only applies to the Mishkan in the Desert. The Beit HaMikdash on Har HaMoriyah, the place from which the entire Earth was created (see Massechet Sukka on the meaning of Even Shetiya), would always be a unique place for the Divine Presence even when K lal Yisrael would be worthy themselves of this distinction. However, Malbim on the passages in Yechezkel (37:27, 28) "v hayah mishkani aleihem" -- "and my dwelling will be on them" followed by "v yad u hagoyim ki ani Hashem m kadeish et Yisrael bi h yot mikdashi b tocham l olam" -- "and the Nations shall know that I am G-d, the Sanctifier of Israel, when my Mikdash is amongst them forever" interprets that whereas the true place of the Shechina would be the b nei Yisrael themselves, as indicated by "aleihem", the physical Mikdash referred to by "b tocham", would serve as an external reminder to the entire world as to the unique relationship of G-d to the bearers of His Word throughout history. Viewing oneself as the ultimate dwelling-place of the Shechina should be highly motivating in one s Avodat Hashem. In the words of the Kotzker Rebbe, "Where is Hashem s Shechina? Wherever He is allowed to enter!" This should also fill us with anticipation for the fulfillment of the prophecy of Yechezkel "v hayah mishkani aleihem v hayiti lahem lailokim!" (See Nefesh HaChayim (Sha ar 1) for a further development of the themes presented here.) D L D
YIWH Schedule of Services February 4th - 11th, 2011 Shabbat Parshat Terumah FRIDAY, February 4th - Rosh Chodesh Adar I SHABBAT, February 5th - Rosh Chodesh Adar I SUNDAY, February 6th - THURSDAY, February 10th...Sunday @ Agudas Achim...Sunday...Monday - Thursday @ HHNE...Monday - Thursday FRIDAY, February 11th 4:51 p.m. 4:56 p.m. 9:33 a.m. 4:35 p.m. 5:52 p.m. 6:13 a.m. 4:55 p.m. 4:55 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:05 p.m. IT IS EASY TO SPONS A KIDDUSH 3/5 Wittenberg Check out the weekly Schedule on the YIWH Website go.youngisraelwh.org/times Times from: www.ou.org/holidays/calendar For Eruv Information: twitter.com/whartforderuv or go.youngisraelwh.org/eruv
FRIDAY, February 11th YIWH Schedule of Services February 11th - 18th, 2011 Shabbat Parshat Tet ave SHABBAT, February 12th SUNDAY, February 13th - WEDNESDAY, February 17th...Sunday @ Agudas Achim...Sunday...Monday - Wednesday @ HHNE...Monday - Wednesday FRIDAY, February 18th 5:00 p.m. 5:05 p.m. 9:28 a.m. 4:45 p.m. 6:01 p.m. 5:59 a.m. 5:05 p.m. 5:05 p.m. 5:09 p.m. 5:14 p.m. IT IS EASY TO SPONS A KIDDUSH 3/5 Wittenberg Check out the weekly Schedule on the YIWH Website go.youngisraelwh.org/times Times from: www.ou.org/holidays/calendar For Eruv Information: twitter.com/whartforderuv or go.youngisraelwh.org/eruv
YIWH Schedule of Services February 18th - 25th, 2011 Shabbat Parshat KiTisa IT IS EASY TO SPONS A KIDDUSH FRIDAY, February 18th SHABBAT, February 19th SUNDAY, February 20th - THURSDAY, February 21st...Sunday @ Agudas Achim...Sunday...Monday - Thursday @ HHNE...Monday - Thursday FRIDAY, February 22nd Check out the weekly Schedule on the YIWH Website go.youngisraelwh.org/times Times from: www.ou.org/holidays/calendar For Eruv Information: twitter.com/whartforderuv or go.youngisraelwh.org/eruv 5:09 p.m. 5:14 p.m. 9:24 a.m. 4:55 p.m. 6:10 p.m. 5:50 a.m. 5:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 5:17 p.m. 5:52 p.m. 3/5 Wittenberg
FRIDAY, February 25th YIWH Schedule of Services February 25th - March 4th, 2011 Shabbat Parshat Pekudei SHABBAT, February 26th Rabbi Weinberg s Shabbat Afternoon Shiur SUNDAY, February 27th - THURSDAY, March 3rd...Sunday @ Agudas Achim...Sunday...Monday - Thursday @ HHNE...Monday - Thursday FRIDAY, March 4th 5:09 p.m. 5:14 p.m. 9:19a.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:18 p.m. 5:40 a.m. 5:25 p.m. 5:25 p.m. 5:26 p.m. 5:31 p.m. IT IS EASY TO SPONS A KIDDUSH 3/5 Wittenberg Check out the weekly Schedule on the YIWH Website http://go.youngisraelwh.org/times Times from: www.ou.org/holidays/calendar For Eruv Information: twitter.com/whartforderuv or go.youngisraelwh.org/eruv
YIWH Schedule of Services March 4th - 11th, 2011 Shabbat Shekalim Parshat Pekudei IT IS EASY TO SPONS A KIDDUSH FRIDAY, March 4th SHABBAT, March 5th Rabbi Weinberg s Shabbat Afternoon Shiur SUNDAY, March 6th - THURSDAY, March 10th...Sunday - Rosh Chodesh Adar II @ Agudas Achim...Sunday...Monday - Rosh Chodesh Adar II...Tuesday - Thursday @ HHNE...Monday - Thursday FRIDAY, March 11th Check out the weekly Schedule on the YIWH Website http://go.youngisraelwh.org/timestimes from: www.ou.org/holidays/calendar For Eruv Information: twitter.com/whartforderuv or go.youngisraelwh.org/eruv 5:26 p.m. 5:31 p.m. 8:36 a.m. 9:24 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 6:27 p.m. 5:29 a.m. 5:30p.m. 6:30 a.m. 5:30p.m. 5:34 p.m. 5:39 p.m. 3/5 Wittenberg
YIWH Schedule of Services March 11th - 18th, 2011 Shabbat Parshat Vayikra IT IS EASY TO SPONS A KIDDUSH Che FRIDAY, March 11th SHABBAT, March 12th Rabbi Weinberg s Shabbat Afternoon Shiur DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS SUNDAY, March 13th - WEDNESDAY, March 16th...Sunday...Monday - Wednesday @ YIWH THURSDAY, February 17th - Taanit Esther Alot Hashachar - Dawn...Thursday Chatzot @ YIWH Taanit Ends FRIDAY, March 18th 5:34 p.m. 5:39 p.m. 8:29 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 6:35 p.m. 6:18 a.m. 6:45 p.m. 6:40 a.m. 5:50 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:40 p.m. 7:40 p.m. 6:42 p.m. 6:47 p.m. 3/19 Anonymous
YIWH Schedule of Services March 18th - 25th, 2011 Shabbat Parshat T av FRIDAY, March 18th SHABBAT, March 19th Rabbi Weinberg s Shabbat Afternoon Shiur Megillah Community Wide Celebration Party @ Beth David SUNDAY, March 20th - PURIM...Sunday - Purim Megillah Reading (approx) Mincha Communal Purim Seudah Maariv MONDAY, March 21st - THURSDAY, March 24th...Monday - Shushan Purim - Thursday @ YIWH FRIDAY, March 25th 6:42 p.m. 6:47 p.m. 9:22 a.m. 5:45 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:43 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 6:06 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. After Seudah 6:45 p.m. 6:49 p.m. 6:54 p.m. IT IS EASY TO SPONS A KIDDUSH 3/19 Anonymous Check out the weekly Schedule on the YIWH Website http://go.youngisraelwh.org/timestimes from: www.ou.org/holidays/calendar