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Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky
Ilene Rosen—Executive Director
Jeff Kline— Shul President
Parashat Vayeishev
December 1-7, 2018 — 23-29 Kislev 5779 Torah reading — pg 198, Baal Koreh — Jerry Rotenberg
Haftarah — Amos 2:6—3:8 pg 1142 — Rabbi Chaitovsky
Taste of Torah parashah shiur with Essie Fleischman at 10:00 am in the Gallery
Prayer Pearls: Connecting Tefilah with Reb Noam Horowitz at 11:00 am in the Foyer
Please join us for Kiddush in the Social Hall sponsored by BMH-BJ with an ice cream enhancement by Rabbi Chai on the occasion of his birthday.
If you wish to sponsor a Kiddush, breakfast, or rent space in the synagogue please call us at 303-388-4203. Please respect the sanctity of our services by refraining from entering
or leaving while the ark is open, Mourners Kaddish, Kedusha and Sermon. Please note that our services are cell free zones.
Cantor Martin Goldstein
Cantor Emeritus Joel Lichterman
Cantor Emeritus Zachary Kutner
Service Times
Saturday— December 1 Daf Yomi 8:00 am Shacharit, Sanctuary 9:00 am Shacharit, Chapel 9:15 am Mincha, Chapel 4:15 pm Havdalah 5:18 pm
Sunday— December 2 Daf Yomi 7:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 8:30 am Mincha/Maariv 4:20 pm
Monday— December 3 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv 4:20 pm Sefer HaChinuch 8:00 pm
Tuesday— December 4 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv 4:20 pm Rabbi’s Class 7:15 pm
Wednesday— December 5 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Rabbi’s Class 7:30 am Mincha/Maariv 4:20 pm
Thursday— December 6 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv 4:20 pm
Friday— December 7 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Candle Lighting 4:15 pm Happy Minyan 4:20 pm
שבת שלום ומבורך!
Life & Legacy - Live On. Make a difference in your lifetime by making a difference in our future.
For more information or to learn how to be a part of Life & Legacy contact one of our committee members:
Brian Story, Lisa Engbar, Mel Engbar, Rabbi Chai, Andy Schwartz, Jeff Kline, or Ilene Rosen.
Daily/Weekly Torah Learning
►Daf-Yomi one hour before Shacharit - Rabbi Fleischmann ►Law, Legend & Lore daily after Mincha - Rabbi Chaitovsky ►Sefer HaChinuch Mondays at 8:00 pm - Rabbi Stern ►Verse by Verse through the Torah Wednesdays at 7:30 am - Rabbi Chaitovsky
►Women’s Parasha Shiur Thursdays at 11:00 am - Ellyn Hutt (no class Nov 29, Dec 6) ►Taste of Torah Shabbat at 10:00 am - Essie Fleischmann ►Prayer Pearls Shabbat at 11:00 am - Reb Noam Horowitz ►Ten Minutes of Text Shabbat at Seudah Shelishit - Rabbi Chaitovsky ►Kabbalah & Jewish History Sundays at 10:45 am - Cantor Goldstein (will recommence in January 2019)
Parashah Summary This week’s Sidrah tells of Jacob and his special love for his son Joseph over his
other children to whom he gives a “coat of many colors.” Joseph lets it get to his head, making himself unpopular, until his brothers sell him as a slave to a caravan heading to Egypt. They report to their father that Josef has died, plummeting him into mourning and themselves into years of lies.
In the meanwhile, Joseph goes through slavery and then imprisonment in Egypt through on fault of his own. As a prisoner, he successfully interprets the dreams of two fellow prisoners who had been officials in Pharaoh’s court. Dream interpretation was an accepted part of Egyptian life, and it is Joseph’s good fortune that he correctly predicted the occurrences in the lives of Pharaoh’s servants from their dreams.
In Today’s Haftarah The Prophet Amos brings his message to the Israelites of the Northern
Kingdom in the middle of the eighth century B.C.E. about the same time as Hosea. It is a troubled time. The people of the Northern Kingdom have forgotten that G-d’s teachings require righteousness of Israel.
Amos points out to the people that they are G-d’s chosen and therefore, in their many wrongdoings they are even guiltier than other peoples, who don’t know any better. The law courts are unfair to innocent people. The rich have no pity for the poor, and for even the smallest debts they sell the unfortunate poor into slavery. Men are inhuman to each other. For all of these wrongdoings and many more, the Israelites of the Northern Kingdom will suffer punishment. Israel, long ago, had been redeemed from Egypt by G-d to be a righteous people among the nations. Amos tells the Israelites of his day that they have forgotten the responsibilities which their ancestors took upon themselves during the Exodus from Egypt.
They have been warned, but pay no attention to the prophets. They will soon have to pay the penalty for their forgetfulness and indifference.
HEBREW—עברית HEBREW—עברית Hebrew Reading Class —Mondays at 11:00 am November 5—December 17 A seven-week beginning Hebrew Reading course taught by Reb. Noam Horowitz. To join the next Hebrew Reading Class in Winter 2019 contact [email protected] or call the office.
Conversational Hebrew Class —Wednesdays at 7:00 pm with Roberta Feinsmith. Open to all levels.
“Tell Me More…” A comprehensive and enlightening “next step” series of classes that will
build on the Jewish fundamentals you already know, with Rabbi Chaitovsky. Tuesdays, Dec 4, 11, 18 Read All About It – The Books of Judaism
Give Me Five. The World’s Best Seller. Heroes and Heroines. Stories with a Message. Not a Non-Prophet Organization. Too Sexy for the Bible. Oral Hygiene. Don’t Write it Down.
The Mission of the Mishna. Ping Pong and the Gemara. 2 Rabbis 12 Questions. The Rest is Commentary. Monsters in the Closet. Can You Keep a Secret? Strong Hands and Prepared Tables. Deed and Creed.
Lost Items If you’ve recently misplaced anything, don’t’ forget to check our lost-and found!
Birthdays Sofia Sadun, Carol Mizel, Donn Spector, Joan Zapiler, Yaakov Chaitovsky, Sandra Pomeranz,
Jason Williamson, Ryan Beckett, Chanah Reznick, Brandon Duman, Brian Molk, Robert Springer, Alyce Blum, John Kregarman, Sarah Golombek, Richard Altman, Goldie Fishleder, Diane Hochstadt, Craig Paff
Anniversaries Edward Wiener & Mindy Wiener (34) Andor Schwartz & Sandi Schwartz (29)
Refuah Sheleima/Speedy Recovery Chaim Binyamin ben Sara, Sara Behmoaras, Deborah Dunn
(Devorah Leah bat Ita Liba), Linda Fox, Dr. Stuart Gottesfeld, Crystal Hickman, Doniel Kaye, Dr. Mickey Mandel, Beverly Marcove, Jerry Marcus (Hillel David Chaim ben Miryam), Aileen Marcus (Amalia Ester bat Chana), Mark Millenson, Toby Mower, John Peterson, Sam Platner, Lionel Richman, Elaine Rosen (Ethel Brindel bas Chava Shaindel Brocha), Harriet Saliman, Lilian Schaeffer, Beth Rosen (Shifra bat Ethel Brindel), David Weinstein, Terry Wolf
Yahrzeits Shabbat, December 1, 2018 / 23 Kislev 5779 Sadie Bugdanowitz, Lou Cohn, Kaufman Fischer, Bessie Friedenreich, Mark David Goldman, Robert Hersh, Deborah Kahane, Rose C. Karden, Ronnie Finkelberg Krause, Celia Lehrer, Zelda Lungen, Betty I. Lustig, Lillian Mosko, Jack Newman, Grete Nunn, Michael Roth, Leonard Ruby, Harry Rutland, Ephraim Shaimanoff, Frieda Shapiro, Nathan L. Simmons, Albert Sussman, Harry Wolinsky, Yuriy Yorgovnikov, Victor Zall
Sunday, December 2, 2018 / 24 Kislev 5779 Molly Berman, Jessie Blanc, William Bloom, Alice Blum, Gussie Feingold, Malka Fleischer, Lillie Greenberg, Henry M. Hailpern, Sofie Kasztl, Emilia Katsenelson, Fay Orlin, Jordon Perlmutter, David Rudolph, Haymon Saper, Morey Sharp, Annie Sherman, Sadie Stein, Leonid Varshavsky, Esther Winters, Reuben Zalkin
Monday, December 3, 2018 / 25 Kislev 5779 Ilyas Aylyarov, Grigoriy Bekker, Libbie Boxer, Inna Elport, Samuel J. Feldman, David W. Garlett, Lawrence Richard Goldstein, Sadie Kopelman, Lillian Kornfeld, H Max Laderman, Erin Marcove, Roy Parker, Bessie Pluss, Benjamin Rabinovich, James Radetsky, Helen Wolf Ratner, Douglas Ravdin, Altie Rosenberg, Ada Rottman, Andrew Shapiro, Sylvia Sharoff, Bertha Shraiberg, Fivel Silverberg, Moses Sobel, Yitzchak Sonenreich, Morris Stein, Irene Surek, Rich Weis
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 / 26 Kislev 5779 Harry Adelman, Sophie Rollnick Asner, Phillip Brown, Mary Fierer, Michael Glazer, Benjamin Goldstein, Ralph Rosenberg, Sidney Shafner, Lorraine Siegler, Herman Starr, Morey Widom
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 / 27 Kislev 5779 Adalbert Bela Buchwald, Bayla Farkas, Rachel Field, Celia Gerskovitz, Lewis Goldsmith, Edith Hoffman, Dr. Solomon Salkind Kauvar, Rose Lankin, Blanche Lappan, Bella Nemirow, Reva Ostrov, Dorothy Parris, Dave H. Perlmutter, Seth Reznick, Lester Rothchild, Avigdor Schwartz, William Sidon, Morris I. Sobol, Mindel Wechler, Samuel Witti
Thursday, December 6, 2018 / 28 Kislev 5779 Morris Allen, Eva Asarch, Irving Ash, Abraham Drucker, Mae Fernstein, Freda Friedman, Freda Friedman, Stephanie Gross, Mathilda Hornbein, Gertrude Kaiser, Leonard Klein, Erna Kolitz, Enta Kushnir, Abraham D. Levine, Malvine Littman, Lyn W Littman, Rabbi Reuven H Marcus, Menahem Marcus, Ann Geller Maydeck, Florence Miller, Semen Morgovsky Billie Moses, Sheldon Perotin, Dr. Marvin Rubin, Ida Rubinsal, Shmuel Smayovits, Riva Lea Smolack, Abraham Terowsky, Rose Turner, Leon Wolf, Sawel Wolkoff
Friday, December 7, 2018 / 29 Kislev 5779 Ernest Cassel, Orlin Fayga, Dorothy Wasserman Harris, Margaret K. Hochstadt, Herman Illes, Hildegard Kern, Debi Sue Levine, Solomon Levine, Sadye Lipson, Devora Shidler, Florence Siegel, Ruth Woolfe, Jewel Golden York
560 S. Monaco Pkwy. 80224 www.bmh-bj.org main office: 303-951-8220
Happenings @ BMH-BJ
TMD—Teens Making a Difference —Sunday, December 2, 11:00 am-12:30 pm at Volunteers of America In the spirit of Chanukah, help us bring a little light into the lives of others as we spend the day with the Volunteers of America mission preparing and serving meals, organizing and distributing clothes, cleaning and bringing smiles to others. Register at https://www.bmh-bj.org/event/ChanukahVolunteer
Hora around the Menorah party —Monday, December 3 at 6:30pm, 2620 16th St, 80211. Cantor Goldstein will light the menorah and sing Chanukah songs at the “Little Man Ice Cream”.
Chanukah with the Colorado Hebrew Chorale—December 3 & 16 The Colorado Hebrew Chorale is holding multiple concerts open to the public in December. For more information contact Carol Kozak Ward at [email protected] or (303) 355-0232.
Happy Minyan - Friday, December 7 at 4:20 pm in the Chapel Evaluate your Shabbat experience with a family-friendly ruach-filled service led by Reb Noam Horowitz.
Shabbat Chanukah —December 8, 2018
Chanukah Concert— Sunday, December 9 at 6:00 pm Cantor Marty and his daughter, rising star “Shilo Gold”, will be performing a concert full of your favorite songs on the last night of the holiday. The concert will also feature an all-star band of some of Denver’s finest musicians. A community candle lighting will start of the gala event. Register online at https://www.bmh-bj.org/event/chanukahconcert
Senior Chavurah Jazz Trio—Thursday, December 13 at 1:00 in the Gallery A jazz trio will visit our December Senior Chavurah. In keeping with the long tradition of jazz piano trios, the band will perform standards from the American Songbook and beyond.
Chesed Group Meeting —Tuesday, December 18 at 7:15 pm in the Library
Jewbille Bash — Monday, December 24 at 9:00 pm at Club Vinal Come dance the night away with Jewish young adults from across the Denver community. Buy tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jewbilee-bash-denver-tickets-52246492666 Christmas Mitzvah Project—December 25 various times and locations The Christmas Mitzvah Project has been a tradition in the local Jewish community for over 20 years. Volunteers will prepare meals, feed animals, visit patients, facilitate activities, and staff gift shops at local non-profits. Register at https://www.classy.org/event/christmas-mitzvah-project-2018/e210186
