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YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE

Rabbi Yosef Weinstock

Rabbi Edward Davis, Rabbi Emeritus

Dr. P.J. Goldberg, President

3291 Stirling Road, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312

954-966-7877 email: info@yih.org www.yih.org

SHABBAT SHALOM. WE WELCOME ALL NEWCOMERS, VISITORS AND

GUESTS JOINING US FOR SHABBAT.

PARSHAT SHOFTIM 4 ELUL 5777 AUGUST 26, 2017

TORAH READING Deuteronomy 16:18

HAFTORAH Isaiah 51:12

Nach Yomi : Lamentations 4

Daf Yomi : Sanhedrin 41

Friday Night

7:15 p.m. & 7:29 p.m. Candle Lighting

7:00 p.m. Minchah/Ma’ariv, Main Sanctuary

7:00 p.m. Minchah/Ma’ariv Sephardic Minyan, Library

7:40 p.m. Mincha/Ma’ariv in House across the

street

Shabbat Afternoon

6:40 p.m. Rabbi Weinstock’s Class : The Life and Works of

Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (On his 91st

Yahrtzeit) 7:25 p.m. Minchah, Main Sanctuary

Seudah Shlishit after Minchah

8:26 p.m. Ma’ariv, Main Sanctuary

8:26 p.m. Shabbat Ends

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SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES

Inaugural Shabbat in honor of Rabbi Yosef Weinstock

7:00 a.m. Shacharit Minyan, Main Sanctuary

8:00 a.m. Shacharit Minyan, Upstairs Rooms 1 & 2

8:45 a.m. Sephardic Minyan, Library

8:45 a.m. Minyan, House across the street

9:00 a.m. Shacharit Minyan, Main Sanctuary.

There will be a short program after Mussaf in honor of Rabbi Weinstock’s

installation, at which point he will deliver his sermon. Groups to continue

through the sermon. The children will come down for Ein Keilokeinu.

9:30 a.m. YP Minyan, Chapel

9:30 a.m. Teen Minyan, Upstairs Room 5

9:30 a.m. Youth Minyan resumes, Modular

- For Weekday Daily Minyanim see Page 5-

SHABBAT SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

8:15 a.m., Parsha Shiur.

No Sefer HaChinuch Shiur this Shabbat with Rabbi Raphael Stohl,.

Parsha classes with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid: 9:15 a.m. in Rm. 6, 10:15 a.m. in

Kiddush room in house across the street (access through glass door on north side

of house).

No Haftorah shiur with Rabbi Yitzi Marmorstein after the 8:00 a.m. Minyan. Shiur

resumes September 2nd.

9:00 a.m. Shiur Boker for Teens with Rabbi Moshe Nachbar, Room 5

10:45 a.m., following the Minyan: Open individual & group learning.

Shiur in Sefer Hamitzvot with Rabbi Moshe Parnes resumes September 2nd.

6:20 p.m., : Gemara class (Hebrew) Tractate Gittin.

6:35 p.m., Library: Daf Yomi.

6:55 p.m. Modern Halachah for Teens with Rabbi Moshe Nachbar, Chapel.

Between Minchah & Ma’ariv, in : Class with Rabbi Jonathan Hirsch.

11th and 12th graders are invited to attend.

Immediately after Ma’ariv, Library: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5-minute class to start

your week off learning Torah.

THIS PUBLICATION GOES TO THE PRINTER ON WEDNESDAYS. ALL SUBMISSIONS

MUST BE IN THE SHUL OFFICE BY WEDNESDAYS AT NOON. THIS INCLUDES EVENTS,

SPONSORSHIPS, NAMES FOR THE REFUAH SHLEIMAH LIST.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS

9:00 a.m. Minyan Kiddush in honor of Rabbi Yosef Weinstock’s installation: Ellen &

Jay Adler, Danny & Debby Aqua, Marlene & Dale Bergman, Alvin & Tamara

Cohen, Jamie & Edward Czinn, Judith & Jeffrey Dach & Family, The Danis Family,

Gabe Deutsch & Family, Jordan & Tammy Ditchek, Herb & Edie Fishler, Avi &

Sharon Frier, Robert & Zivia Gill, Rivka & Norman Ginsparg, PJ & Judy Goldberg,

Hirsh & Company CPAs, Marcy & Martin Hoffman, Rabbi Yaakov & Reva Homnick,

Imiak Family, Doron & DV Kahn, The Kogan Family, David & Joan Kornbluth, Dov

& Racheli Lasry, Elana & Shimmy Lazar, Barry & Lois Levontin, Linzer Family, Alex

& Aliza Markovich, Willy & Harriette Moses, Michelle & Harrison Nadel, Avi &

Debra Naider, Cheryl & Ari Pearl, Ira Posner & Sheila Klee, Brenda & Alan Pritzker,

Larry & Tobi Reiss, Joe & Lily Rosenblatt, Aliza Septimus & Alan Berger, Heather

& Sam Sered, Shamah Family, Joe & Myrna Ziegler Shapiro, Maish & Tziviah

Staiman, Danielle & Oren Stier, Tanya & Tzvi Tuchinsky, Joshua & Sharona

Whisler, Rebecca & Michael Wiederhorn, Wolpowitz Family, Anonymous. (Any

additional sponsors will be listed next week)

Minyan Kiddush: Yitz Stern in honor of his daughter Julia’s Bat Mitzvah.

Seudah Shlishit: Welcoming the B’not Sherut and this year’s Youth Dept.

Torah Dialogue: Alan & Brenda Pritzker in memory of their son Shmuel Chaim.

OUR YIH FAMILY….

Mazel Tov:

Yitz Stern on the Bat Mitzvah of his daughter, Julia, and to grandparents Zelda &

Bryan Stern and Gilda & Jack Burstein and to siblings Jared and Justin.

Rabbi & Mrs. Yehuda Fensterszaub on the Bar Mitzvah at AiSh HaTorah of their

son, Avi. Kiddush at L’Chaim restaurant at 12:00 p.m.

Izzy & Claire Rand on the recent marriage of their grandson, David, to Ayelet

Petrover. Mazel Tov to parents Drs. Jeffrey & Susan Rand and family.

Jayne & Iz Warman on the birth of a granddaughter Talia Serach (Talia Rose), and

to parents Avi Kaplan & Rella Kaplowitz and to aunt & uncle Leah & Yoni Robins. Welcome:

We are excited to welcome Rabbi & Mrs. Adam & Sara Frieberg to Hollywood. We

look forward to their future contributions and leadership in our shul.

We welcome the new B’not Sherut: Hillel NMB: Adi, Shaked, Nitzan, Reut. Ben

Gamla: Yakira, Naama, Bar, Shiraz

SATURDAY NIGHT Live Concert with Eitan Katz sponsored by

the Sisterhood and Brotherhood. Raffle Drawing at the

concert. You may still purchase your winning ticket on Saturday night!

RESERVED SEATING SECTION for Raffle ticket holders and Inaugural

Kiddush sponsors only.

First prize: 2 nights at The Bonaventure Resort & Spa (includes 2 rounds

of golf at the Bonaventure Country Club and 2 massages at aLaya Spa).

Second prize: Gorgeous women’s necklace & earrings set sponsored by

Koosh Jewelers. Third prize: Apple i-Watch sponsored by the Chames

family. Thank you for your generosity again this year!

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It was October 14, 2003, Game 6 of Major League Baseball’s National League Championship Series. The Chicago Cubs were playing the (then) Florida Marlins at Wrigley Field. The Cubs led the series 3-2. With one out in the top of the 8th inning, the Cubs were 5 outs away from winning their first National League pennant since 1945. Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo was at bat, and he hit a foul ball to the left side. Left fielder Moises Alou seemed poised to catch the ball in foul territory, but a man wearing headphones and a Cubs hat reached up to grab the foul ball. That man’s name is Steve Bartman. As a result, Alou was unable to make the play. Cubs fans fed off of Alou’s response and began showering Bartman with abuse. Ultimately, Steve Bartman had to be escorted out of Wrigley Field that night by security, for his own safety. The Cubs ended up blowing their three-run lead and losing Game 6. When the Cubs went on to lose Game 7, people began to point to that fan’s interference as the turning point that led to the Cubs meltdown. People continued to threaten Steve Bartman until very recently. Alex Gibney, writer and producer of an ESPN film about the Bartman episode, notes that things did not have to be that way. Fans could have let the episode go. They could have turned their attention to cheering on their home team, instead of focusing on the foul ball. Instead, the irony was that Cubs fans went to a really dark place at the stadium known as “The Friendly Confines.” Last month, the Cubs gave Steve Bartman a 2016 World Series Championship ring. In explaining the gift, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts said: We hope this provides closure on an unfortunate chapter of the story that has perpetuated throughout our quest to win a long-awaited World Series. While no gesture can fully lift the public burden he has endured for more than a decade, we felt it was important Steve knows he has been and continues to be fully embraced by this organization. After all he has sacrificed, we are proud to recognize Steve Bartman with this gift today.” In accepting the ring, Steve Bartman issued a statement, which read in part: I am relieved and hopeful that the saga of the 2003 foul ball incident surrounding my family and me is finally over. I humbly receive the ring not only as a symbol of one of the most historic achievements in sports, but as an important reminder for how we should treat each other in today's society.” In this week’s Parsha we read about the mysterious mitzvah of Eglah Arufah. There is an unsolved murder outside the city limits. The elders of the closest cities come together for a ceremony in which they declare that (21:7) “our hands did not spill this blood.” Do we really think that these distinguished leaders had anything to do with the murder? From this mitzvah we learn the importance of collective responsibility. The elders do not say, “we didn’t do it, it’s not our problem.” Rather they declare that an unsolved murder is a problem for everyone, and everyone must do their part to address the problem. For a long time Cubs fans scapegoated Steve Bartman. They engaged in magical thinking, fooling themselves that Bartman’s alleged interference caused them to lose, instead of assigning the blame to where it rightfully belonged (or not assigning any blame and just moving on with life.) I am glad that when the Cubs won a championship, team officials took responsibility for the behavior of their fans, and tried in some small way to make amends. As a community we need to live the lesson of Eglah Arufah and collective responsibility. Even if we are not personally impacted by a problem, we must be sensitive, aware and prepared to address these challenge to the best of our abilities.

D’var Torah : Rabbi Yosef Weinstock

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Shabbat Safety & Security

“Safety & Security is everyone’s responsibility. If You See Something Say Something!” Talk to the President, Rabbis, or Executive Director.

Safety Announcement Stirling Road at SW 33rd Avenue: Please cross Stirling

Road in the crosswalk after all traffic has stopped. Crossing elsewhere is dangerous

and illegal. Police officer controls the light on Friday 6:30-10:30pm and Shabbat

7:45am-12:30pm & 6:00-9:00pm. A custodian will manually change the light between

6:50 & 7:10am.

Shmira is in need of men and women to serve as Shomrim for 1 hour on Shabbat

every 2-3 months. To volunteer contact shmirafl@gmail.com

AED (Automated External Defibrillator) along with other first aid equipment in closet

next to Social Hall.

Synagogue Reminders Please return all Siddurim, Chumashim and Sefarim to their original location at the

conclusion of each minyan or class. Kindly fold and return borrowed Talleisim to the

Tallis rack in the lobby.

Please respect the property of the neighbors of Young Israel of Hollywood. Be mindful

of your children. Use waste receptacles at the shul.

Do not bring food or drink into the Sanctuary, Library or Modular.

To maintain proper decorum, the entry doors to the Main Sanctuary will be locked

while the Torah is being read, while the Rabbi(s) are speaking, during Mussaf

Kedusha, and during the announcements prior to the conclusion of the service.

Please plan your exit/entry accordingly.

Please contact Gerald Mayerhoff glmcpa@bellsouth.net or David Lasko

davidlasko@yahoo.com for an aliyah or kibbud at any of the minyanim to mark a

yahrzeit or special occasion.

Weekday Learning

Daf Yomi in the Library. Weekdays: 5:30am & 8:00pm. Shabbat: 1 hour before

Minchah. Sundays: 6:30am.

Morning Learning Program with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits. Sun. (8-9am), Mon.-Fri. (7-8am). Daily in the YI 15 min. Mussar (Duties of the Heart: Shaar

Bitachon), 15 min. Chumash with Rashi (Parashah HaShavua), 30 min. Gemara (Taanit).

U’Vkumecha “And When You Awaken” with Rabbi Yitzi Marmorstein

Mon.-Fri. 30 minutes before the second Shacharit Minyan

Sundays:

9:45am Chidon HaTanach for Middle & High School with Rav James

Mondays:

9:45am Women’s Chumash class, Rabbi Yitzchak Salid, Library

8:30pm The Book of Devarim, Tobi Wolf for women, Room 5

Weekday Daily Minyanim - Week of August 27

Minchah/Ma’ariv 7:30pm (note corrected time), Shacharit: Sun. 7:15, 8:00,

9:00am, Mon.,Thurs. 6:15, 7:15, 8:00am, Tues., Wed., Fri . 6:15, 7:30, 8:00am.

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UPCOMING EVENTS & REMINDERS

Sofer Rabbi Shmuel Rosenfeld, Tuesday September 5-Friday September 9, at

YIH for pre-Rosh Hashanah checking of mezzuzahs and tefillin. To contact Rabbi

Rosenfeld directly, please email him at ravstam@yahoo.com

Bikur Cholim Guidelines and How To….” Sunday September 10th at YIH

9:45-11:45 a.m. with Rabbi Fred Klein. Plus Youth/Teen card making activity.

Youth Department Sukkah Hop Friday, October 6th, 2nd Day of Sukkot. To

host, please contact Rav James.

Dolphins vs Tennessee Titans Sunday, October 8th, home game tailgate

party at Hard Rock Stadium. Time TBD, game starts 1:00 p.m. See flyer for this

Shul, Brotherhood, Youth, Bnei Akiva, Scouts event.

Men’s Softball League: Starting this fall, Sundays 8:15 a.m., Driftwood

Park, Hollywood. Open to anyone over age 18. Contact brettzuck@aol.com

The YIH Brotherhood Basketball will be starting its 11th season Sept. 18th. The

league is open to YIH members first. If you are interested in signing up or if you

are interested in sponsorship opportunities please email basketball@yih.org

Sisterhood Events (see flyers):

New Members Tea, Shabbat afternoon, September 9th, 5:00 p.m.

Pre-Rosh Hashanah Boutique, Sunday, September 10th.

The Rabbinical Council of America Challenges

Charlottesville Moral Equivalency

The Rabbinical Council of America, the leading organization of orthodox rabbis in

North America, condemns any suggestion of moral equivalency between the White

Supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville and those who stood up to their

repugnant messages and actions. "There is no moral comparison," said Rabbi

Elazar Muskin, president of the RCA. "Failure to unequivocally reject hatred and

bias is a failing of moral leadership and fans the flames of intolerance and

chauvinism. While as a rabbinic organization we prefer to address issues and not

personalities, this situation rises above partisan politics and therefore we are taking

the unusual approach to directly comment on the words of the President."

Rabbi Mark Dratch, Executive Vice President, said, "The RCA joins with politicians

of all parties, citizens of all political persuasions, and people of all faiths calling on

President Trump to understand the critical consequences of his words. We call on

all the leaders of our country to denounce all groups who incite hate, bigotry and

racism, while taking action and using language that will heal the terrible national

wounds of Charlottesville."

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Bahor ben Merhai (Boris Yusupov-Roman Yusupov’s father), Baruch Zvi ben Rivka Batya (Rabbi Dr. Brian Galbut-Daniel Galbut’s cousin), Binyamin ben Chemla (Binyamin Israel), David HaKohen ben Esther (Lev Kandinov’s father), Eliezer HaLevi ben Chana (Leon Brauser-Joel Brauser’s father), Harav Yehuda ben Rivka Leah (Rivka Ginsparg’s father), Solomon ben Solika (Solomon Perez-Ilana Melnitsky’s father), Yaakov ben Mira (Jacques Vogel-Michel Vogel’s father), Yehuda Arieh ben Mindla (Philippe Leiberman’s father), Yitzchak Chanoch

ben Chana (Vanessa Shamah’s nephew).

Bracha Etl bat Chana Nehorah (Ettie Langer), Chaya Mariam bat Blima (Harriet Bloom-Wendy Goldsmith’s mother), Chaya Sara bat Dubra (Irene Berlin-Reva Homnick’s mother), Chaya Shayna Sara bat Chane Esther (Shaani Splaver), Devora bat Sheina Baila, Elka bat Tova (Leona Brauser-Joel Brauser’s mother), Masha bat Ruth (Marcia Chonchol-Craig Barany’s mother), Sara Leah bat Rochel (Cynthia Lynn Haber-Cheryl Hamburg’s sister), Sara Leah bat Bracha (Stacey Deutsch), Shira Raizel Esther bat Mina Zosha (Ruth Messer’s granddaughter), Tzirel Libah bat Frimed Mindel (Sylvia Lieberman-Philippe Lieberman’s mother),

Yocheved bat Tzril (Joan Niad)

If you know of a shul member in the hospital or who might appreciate a home visit, please let the Rabbis know by contacting the shul office. Please contact the office if someone on this list has, Baruch Hashem, recovered.

REFUAH SHLEIMAH

COMMUNITY NEWS

YIH Late Ma’ariv 9:30 p.m. Sun.-Thurs. and Early Minchah 2:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.

at Hollywood Community Kollel, 3670 Stirling Rd., in modular at Bnei Sephardim.

Book Fair this Sunday 8/27 1:00-3:00 p.m. Stirling Road Library. Fiction,

Children’s Books, Judaica, Non Fiction, Reference. $3 a bag. Coffee table books

and signed copies at special prices.

Chaverim of Hollywood 954-998-2648 – volunteer roadside assistance.

Children’s Bikur Cholim Cards for Hospital Patients Cards to be signed with the

child’s first name only and age. No Hebrew writing. Contact Jillian Galitzer.

Collection container for The Cupboard, Broward Kosher Food Bank, in front of the

garage of the Dennis home, 4550 N Hills Drive, Hollywood.

The Chesed House is open to out-of-town visitors, as well as to residents

whose loved ones are in hospital. Contact 786-565-2424

or thechesedhouse@gmail.com

Jewish Education Fund: Love your community, invest in your schools

support JEF. For more info, go to yih.org/JEF or call 954-966-7877.

Community-wide Ulpan in Hollywood begins again in the fall. Ten classes

with Sima Dobkin at YIH to begin October 17th. Cost $150. 5:30pm Beginner/

Intermediate, 7:30pm. Advanced. Register with Orloff CAJE. Contact Judy

Asuleen, jasuleen@orloffcaje.org or 954-660-2074.

Holyland Judaica is taking orders for Lulavim and Etrogim.

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THIS WEEK AT YIH

Sunday Breakfast following 9:00 a.m. minyan, Social Hall, with Chidon HaTanach

class with Rav James. For parents & children.

Shul office summer hours: Mon.Thurs.9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Fri. 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

BROTHERHOOD PARENTING TIP

We're all incredibly busy, and sometimes our myriad responsibilities – work, social, health, etc. – clash with the core goal of giving proper attention to our children. So assuming we cannot give them optimal attention 100% of the time, how can we be assured that our children will have the secure feeling that we absolutely love them with full devotion? There's a story told about Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. One of Rav Moshe's grandsons was becoming a Bar Mitzvah, but Rav Moshe was unable to attend as it coincided with a major rabbinical conference taking place the same day. Rav Moshe's son, Rabbi Reuven Feinstein – the father of the Bar Mitzvah boy – was asked how he felt about his illustrious father not being able to attend. His answer: "It's alright. I know that my father loves me." He then described a few incidents in his childhood which served as a constant reminder of his father's great love for him: In the New York winter, before waking up his son for school, Rav Moshe would put the boy's clothes on the radiator so they would be toasty-warm. Over the years, many famous and important people joined the family's Shabbat table. Yet Rav Moshe never allowed any visitor – no matter how wealthy or well-connected – to supplant his son's seat next to his father at the table. Erin Kurt, who spent 16 years as a teacher around the world, would ask her students what their mother did that made them feel happy or loved. She reports that surprisingly, many of the responses were the same. Year after year, in every country she taught, and in every type of demographic, the students were saying the same things and had the same message: It's the small things that their parents did that meant the most and that they remembered. Here's a list of the top 10 things kids say they remember and loved the most:

Comes into my bedroom at night, tucks me in and sings me a song. She also tells me stories about when she was little. Gives me hugs and kisses, and sits and talks with me privately. Spends quality time just with me, not with my brothers and sisters around. Gives me nutritious food so I can grow up healthy. At dinner, talks about what we could do together on the weekend. At night, talks to me about anything – love, school, family, etc. Lets me play outside a lot. We cuddle under a blanket and watch our favorite show together. Disciplines me. It makes me feel cared for. Leaves a special message in my desk or lunch bag.

So what is the key to instilling a lifelong feeling of security, acceptance and love? Small acts of thoughtfulness that make your kids feel important and cared for. Good advice.

NEW! WHATSAPP GROUPS FOR MEMBERS WITH CHILDREN PRE-K

THROUGH 8TH GRADE. TO BE ADDED, CONTACT RONIT KORNBLUTH

OR ALIZA MARKOVICH.

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ISRAEL UPDATE August 18, 2017 SFRC to Ambassador Haley: Lead U.N. Campaign Against Palestinian Terrorist Payments On Aug. 3, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) Nikki Haley urging her to lead a campaign at the U.N. against the abhorrent Palestinian Authority (PA) practice of providing salaries to terrorists and their families. “For years, Congress has raised alarm regarding the Palestinian Authority's practice of paying Palestinian prisoners serving sentences for terrorism in Israeli prisons, as well as the families of deceased terrorists,” wrote the senators. “We now urge you to use your position as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to raise the problem of PA payments for acts of terrorism at the U.N. Security Council. We also request that you urge other U.N. member nations on the Council, in the General Assembly, and across U.N. agencies to join the U.S. in calling on the PA to end this system immediately.” Our synagogue partners with AIPAC, America’s pro-Israel lobby, in educating our

community on issues affecting the U.S.-Israel relationship. We encourage you to learn

more by contacting AIPAC at (202) 639-5200 or by visiting www.aipac.org.

AIPAC Policy Conference 2018: March 4-6, 2018

Join Rabbi Weinstock, Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft Lauderdale members, and

over 18,000 pro Israel citizen activists for 3 of the most important days for

exploring and strengthening the US-Israel relationship.

To register go to www.aipac.org/pc. We also have a block of registrations that

can be purchased directly from the shul. The following members are already

signed up as part of our synagogue delegation:

Sheldon Levin, Faye Fingerer, Walter Fingerer, Harold Zombek, Nancy

Zombek, Heather Sered, Dahlia Sered, Sam Sered, Lisa Baratz, Phil Baratz,

Jonathan Gelman, Wendy Gelman, Michelle Mendelsohn,

Jay Mendelsohn, Jayne Kaplan, Akiva Hershenov, Gabrielle Slomowitz,

Linda Slomowitz, Rabbi Weinstock, Tziviah Staiman, Maish Staiman,

Myra Shulkes, David Genet, Monica Genet, Jana Chesal, Michael Chesal, Lily

Rosenblatt, Joe Rosenblatt, Kayla Marks, Lynda Levin

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Time Program Age/Grade Location

Friday Night

6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat with Eitan

Katz

All the Family TY Park

7:15pm Middle School Dinner &

Zemirot

6th-8th Grade Social Hall

9:30pm High School Oneg Shabbat

with Eitan Katz

9th-12th Grade Jacoby Family

Shabbat Day

9:00am Game Room Pre K - 4th Grade Room 3&4

9:00am Babysitting 18mth-Nursery 3 House

9:00am Shiur Boker with Rabbi

Nachbar

8th-12th Grade Room 5

9:30am Teen Minyan 8th-12th Grade Room 5

9:30am Youth Minyan Families & 5th - 7th

Grade

10:00am Shabbat Groups Pre K - 2nd Grade Rooms 2,3,4

& 6 10:00am Minyanaires 3rd & 4th Grade Room 1

6:55pm Modern Halacha for Teens 8th-12th Grade Chapel

7:25pm Teen Mincha Chapel

7:55pm Seuda Shlishit for the Family All the Family Social Hall

8:26pm Teen Maariv Chapel

This Shabbat

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Parsha Quiz

Shabbat

9:00am Teen Shiur Boker with Rabbi Nachbar in room 5

30 mins prior to Mincha, Teen Modern Halacha Shiur in Chapel

Sunday

9:30am Chidon HaTanach Study Group (open to MS & HS)

Wednesday

6:15pm Girl Scouts & Cub Scouts

7:30pm Boy Scouts

Thursday

8:00pm NCSY Latte & Learn at Dunkin Donuts

Weekly Youth Shiurim & Programs

Happening This Week

Shabbat Group Leader Training

August 27, 2017, 4:00-6:00pm at YIH

Youth Chesed Committee

August 28, 2017, 8:00-9:30pm at the Kenigsberg home

To join the council speak to Max Kenigsberg or Sam Merkin

Middle School Youth Council

August 29, 2017, 8:00-9:30pm at YIH

To join the council speak to Michal Amar or Adina Hirsch

Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts & Boy Scouts Restarts

August 30, 2017, Cub & Girl Scouts at 6:15pm, Boy Scouts at 7:30pm at YIH

NSCY Latte & Learn

Starts August 31, 2017 at 8pm at Dunkin Donuts

Bnei Akiva Kenes Avodah (Senior Leadership Training)

August 31-- September 3, 2017, in Moshava IO

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Parsha Quiz

Shabbat Shmooze for Teen Girls

September 2, 2017 after Teen Minyan at YIH

NCSY Emtza Planning Meeting

September 3, 2017 more details contact Jason Segalbaum

High School Youth Council

September 4, 2017, 8:00-9:30pm Location TBA

To join the council speak to Michal Amar or Adina Hirsch

Bnei Akiva Back to Year Event

September 10, 2017 more details to follow soon

Youth Leadership First Aid Training

September 10, 2017 6:00-8:30pm at YIH

Middle School Monday Mishmar

Starts September 11, 2017, 7:30-8:30pm at YIH

Bnei Akiva of Florida Leadership Shabbaton

September 15-17, 2017 at YIH

Rosh Hashana Carnival

September 17, 2017, 3:00-5:00pm at YIH

Looking Further Ahead

Succah Hop

October 6, 2017 - 2nd Day Succot

If you are willing to host in your Succah please email ravjames@yih.org

Congratulations to last weeks winners

Elementary School: Sarita Hirsch Middle School Winner: Uriel Williams

The first person to email parshaquiz@yih.org on Motzi Shabbat with the correct answer to the fol-

lowing question will win a prize!

Elementary School:

The parasha begins with the words “Shoftim” and “Shotrim.” Who were the shotrim and what was

their job?

Middle School:

In relation to the law, what are the three things mentioned in the beginning of this Sedra that the

September Events

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D’var Torah : Rav James

Among the many privileges we have today is that of Medinat Yisrael. The ability to live and breathe once again the joys of Jewish life in the Land where it was meant to be enjoyed. Over the next few weeks many of our youth will be heading for the journey that generations before them could only dream of - spending a year learning and connecting to Judaism in the only place one truly can. These young men and women of our community will have the amazing opportunity to not just study the Jewish texts but also to witness them. I remember a couple of years back I was doing my regular Thursday evening drive, heading home from work to collect the family to head over to Alon Shvut for our weekly lasagna dinner with family. As I came through the tunnels from Gilo into the Gush I hit standstill traffic. I looked out at the scenery that I pass every day and was surprised to realize that there are caves that I had never noticed before. Over dinner, I asked if anyone else had noticed them, and found out that they are actually ancient mikvahs from the time of the First Temple. How does this relate to the Parsha? Well it doesn't but stay with me… The year is 1982, I am only 1 year old so I don't remember, but Israel was in control of southern Lebanon when Lebanese Christian Phalangists attacked the predominately Muslim refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila, and many refugees were killed. Huge protests took place in Israel against the killings which in turn forced the government to take action, resulting in convening a commission to assess the responsibility of the Israeli government and army. The Kahan Commission was established and chaired by Yitzhak Kahan, President of the Israeli Supreme Court. The commission concluded that the Gemayel Phalangists were directly responsible for the massacres; however Israel was to be held indirectly responsible. Now this is where my story and our Parsha link. The commission used the very texts that our youth will be studying to come to their conclusions. It says in this week’s Parsha, “If, in the land that the Eternal God is assigning you to possess, someone slain is found lying in the open, the identity of the slayer not being known, your elders and magistrates shall go out and measure the distances from the corpse to the nearby towns.” The elders will perform a lengthy and complicated ritual to ultimately determine who is responsible for the death. Why must the elders and magistrates of the town nearest to the corpse go through this strange ritual and ask for exoneration? Because they are presumed guilty. They bear indirect responsibility for the murder, because it occurred under their jurisdiction, on their watch, in their territory. Therefore the Kahan commission decided: “A basis for such responsibility may be found in the outlook of our ancestors, which was expressed in things that were said about the moral significance of the biblical portion concerning the ‘beheaded heifer’. It is said in Deuteronomy (21:6-7) that the elders of the city who were near the slain victim who has been found ‘will wash their hands over the beheaded heifer in the valley and reply: our hands did not shed this blood and our eyes did not see.’ ... The Jewish public’s stand has always been that the responsibility for such deeds falls not only on those who rioted and committed the atrocities, but also on those who were responsible for safety and public order, who could have prevented the disturbances and did not fulfill their obligations in this respect.” The Kahan Commission honored the Torah and breathed new life into the relevance of this week’s Parsha in our very own Justice system. We may not be the President of the Israeli Supreme Court and we may not even be sitting in our own Land. However we are sitting at this amazing crossroads in history where Am Yisrael are living B'Eretz Yisrael Al Pi Torat Yisrael and it is our personal responsibility to ensure we open both our eyes and our children’s eyes to the true connection with the Land and give them the opportunity to explore fully the Torah at its fullest.

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