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D’var Torah with Rabbi Wein All of us are aware of the difficulty of translating lofty values and ideas into practical daily human behavior. We all wish to be kind and gentle, considerate of others and their needs, a holy and good people. But life and its challenges and complexities always interfere and make the achievement of these goals difficult and elusive.
The goal of being a consecrated, good and holy nation, the goal set for the Jewish people at the onset of our history, is one that is agreed upon and revered by Jews in all centuries and locations. How to reach and realize that goal has been a matter of controversy and contention for millennia.
Moshe himself complains to God that “You have commanded me to elevate this people spiritually but You did not tell me how to do it! Explain Your essence to me.” And the Lord responds by stating that this is an impossibility for human beings to comprehend. So to speak, we are left to our own devices when it comes to achieving individual spiritual greatness. Only those who feel themselves spiritually impoverished can attempt to grow spiritually.
Much is left for human beings to accomplish with their own initiative and creativity. As the rabbis so succinctly put it: “Everything is dependent on Heaven but for awe and reverence for Heaven itself!” Achieving that awe and reverence is the path to spiritual growth and enhanced holiness in life. And this is the constant and complex struggle within to find and develop our better qualities and overcome and discard our negative ones.
But we should not think that Heaven has abandoned us completely in this search for holiness and spiritual greatness, without providing us with the tools that we may employ in accomplishing this lifelong mission. Hence, the plethora of commandments that make up much of this week’s Torah reading.
There seems to be a commandment that is relevant to every moment and situation in life. These commandments stand independent of any other goal in life except for their mandatory fulfillment. Yet all of Jewish thought and tradition saw them as being the building blocks of spiritual Jewish life, holy attitudes and behavior.
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Welcome to the DAT Minyan! Shabbat Acharei / Kedoshim
May 6, 2017 - 10 Iyar, 5777 Joseph Friedman, Rabbi | David Fishman, President
Candle Lighting
Havdalah
7:39pm 8:43pm
Shabbat Schedule Please help make our prayer service more meaningful
by refraining from talking during the service.
FRIDAY 6:15 pm: Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv (Shema should be recited after 8:42 pm)
SHABBAT Parasha: Page 636 / Haftarah: Page 1173
Kiddush this week honors our Youth Advisors and is sponsored by the families listed on Page 5
7:30 am: Hashkama Minyan
8:30 am: Tefilla Warm-up with Ellyn Hutt
9:00 am: Shacharit
5:25 pm: SHAWL with this week’s guest lecturer, Aliza Bulow whose topic of discussion is “ Converts in Jewish History: Controversy, Conundrums and Contributions”
6:15 pm: HS Boys Gemara w/ Aaron Brooks at the Brooks’ home
6:30 pm: Shabbat Afternoon Study with Rabbi Friedman, discussing Pirkei Avot, Chapter 3
7:30 pm: Mincha
Seudah Shlisheet this week sponsored by the shul.
8:43 pm: Maariv / Havdalah
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Weekday Schedule and Omer Count
SHACHARIT
Sunday: 8:00 am
Monday—Friday 6:35 am
MINCHA/MAARIV
Sunday—Thursday: 7:40 pm
Friday: 6:25 pm
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
Learning Opportunities @ the DAT Minyan
• 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 Zazulia home
• Wed Evening Class: this week at 6:45 pm, “Rise of Islam”
FRI eve 5/5/2017 Day 25
SAT eve 5/6/2017 Day 26
SUN eve 5/7/2017 Day 27
MON eve 5/8/2017 Day 28
TUE eve 5/9/2017 Day 29
WED eve 5/10/2017 Day 30
THU eve 5/11/2017 Day 31
5/12/2017 Day 32 FRI eve
WEEKLY OMER COUNT
DAT MINYAN NEWS, EVENTS AND LEARNING
Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service.
Mazal Tov to Rachel and Nathan Rabinovitch on the engagement of their son Avi to Beth Gindi, daughter of Alan Gindi and Barbara Goldstein Gindi of Los Angeles.
The DAT Minyan and the Denver Academy of Torah are proud sponsors of this year’s Jewish Colorado Walk for Israel and the JCC Denver’s Celebrate Family Festival on Sunday, May 7th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at South High School. Please visit the Jewish Colorado website, http://www.israelcelebratefest.org/ for free registration. We are also looking for volunteers who can help staff our DAT information table at this event. Please contact Rob Allen in the shul office if you can assist.
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 laining. 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.
Our Adult Education Program has shifted its emphasis for the next several weeks to provide many learning opportunities in conjunction with Shavuot and our other special spring days of remembrance and celebration. Please see the attached flyer for complete details.
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.
Your safety and security while attending services at the DAT Minyan are a top concern for us. Now that we have a security guard in place, we ask that if you encounter a safety or security issue on the premises, do not attempt to handle it yourself. Please advise our Executive Director who will work with our security guard to resolve the situation. Thanks for your cooperation.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
“Can Children Catch Curiosity From a Robot?” Please join hosts Sarah Prostak and Tel Aviv University Alum Jonathan Prostak, together with American Friends of Tel Aviv University, for a look inside the social robot, featuring special guest Dr. Goren Gordon, Head of the TAU Curiosity Lab. This event takes place this Monday, May 8th, 6:00 pm at the Prostak family home. Registration is free at [email protected].
If you (or someone you know) are looking to improve your Hebrew skills, join Hebrew Nights at The Jewish Experience. The new 6-week series starts after Pesach and runs Mondays evenings from 7:00-8:15 PM until May 29. Three tracks are offered: Hebrew Reading for Beginners, Hebrew Reading Comprehension, and Conversational Hebrew – Ulpan. Register now at TheJE.com/Hebrew or call 303-316-6412.
Krav Maga classes - back by popular demand! Empower yourself with professionally trained Krav Maga instructors. Separate classes for men and women ages 13+. The separate classes will be held simultaneously at Bais Menachem on April 23rd, 30th, May 7th, 21st, 28th and June 4th from 4-5pm. $65 for all six classes. Must reserve and prepay by April 20th. For more information and to reserve, please email [email protected] or call 720-838-4093.
Spend your Lag B’Omer with your friends at the DAT Minyan. On Saturday night, May 13th, we’ll have our annual Lag B’Omer Bonfire here on the DAT Campus. And, on Sunday, May 14th, join us as we come together with the rest of Denver’s Jewish east side for a community barbecue at the Hillel Academy playground from 3:30 to 6:30 pm. Please register on line at Chabadcolorado.com. A flyer with additional information is attached to this Newsletter.
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.
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.
DAT MINYAN MEMBER MILESTONES
Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service.
Adam Brown, Ellice Goldberg, Cindy Halpern, Jake Kark, Laura Kark, Noelle Lustig, Mari Sartin-Tarm, Karen Schottenstein, Noah Schottenstein, Aaron Segall, Michael Sunshine, Josh Thorner, Max Toys
Paul Horowitz — Mon., 5/8/17 (12 Iyar) Nettie Allen — Thu., 5/11/17 (15 Iyar) Erwin Friedman — Sat., 5/13/17 (17 Iyar)
The DAT Minyan wishes to acknowledge the following milestones* of our members in the coming week:
*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.
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
Hadassh Bat Fruma Rahel
Hillel Yerachmiel ben Ariella
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
Noa Shani bat Chaya Bracha
Ranan Eliezer ben Pesha
Raphael Yotam ben Efrat
Sara Chana bat Shaina
Sara Rifka bat Rochel Leah
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
Zacharya Mordechai ben Miriam
Ziporah Sarah Mirrel bat Miriam
This Day In Jewish History - May 6 / 10 Iyar 891 B.C.E.—The Jews are defeated by the Philistines, who capture the Aron HaKodesh containing the tablets of the Ten
Commandments and kill Chofni and Pinchas, two sons of Eli, the Kohain Gadol. Eli dies of shock upon hearing the tragic news. In all, 30,000 Jewish soldiers are slaughtered.
1103—Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi, popularly know by the acronym, Rif. Alfasi, dies in Spain. He was born in Morocco, and studied in Tunisia under the famed Rabbeinu Chananel. Rabbi Alfasi wrote Sefer HaHalachot, the first codification of talmudic law and a precursor to the great codes of Maimonides and Rabbi Yosef Karo. Alfasi served for 40 years as head of the Jewish community of Fez, Morocco. At age 75, two informers denounced him to the government on a spurious charge, and he moved to Spain. The most famous of his many students is Judah HaLevi, author of the Kuzari.
1881—Anti-Jewish riots break out in Shpola and Ananyev, Russia.
1943—The Warsaw Ghetto uprising comes to an end after active resistance of four weeks, but resulting in total destruction.
Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service.
YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Without these commandments, which translate themselves into daily repetitive human behavior, the road to holiness and spiritual fulfillment for Jews is pretty much blocked. Jewish history has shown us time and again the futility of trying to guarantee Jewish survival, let alone spiritual greatness, with the absence of the observance of the commandments.
The essence of Jewish life is not some mysterious gurudriven pursuit of holiness. Rather it is loyalty to Jewish tradition, as reflected in the necessity for observance of and reverence for the specific commandments described for us in the Torah. Fulfillment of these commandments does 5/2/2017 ACHREI – KEDOSHIM : Rabbi Wein : Jewish Destiny http://www.rabbiwein.com/blog/post1984.html?print=1 2/2 not necessarily guarantee the creation of a holy Jew but absent those commandments and the pursuit of the goal of personal and national holiness wanes and soon disappears. Such is the clear lesson of Jewish history.
Shabbat shalom
Rabbi Berel Wein
Rabbi Wein (Continued from page 1)
Sunday, May 7, 7:00 pm—8:00 pm: Leetsdale Latte N’ Learning, 5835 Leetsdale Dr. Tuesday, May 9, 6:45 pm: Parent/NCSYer BMN @ EDOS on the topic of Chesed Wednesday, May 10, 6:30 pm—8:30 pm: Blankets for the Homeless—speak to Yisrael Katz
for more info Sunday, May 14, 7:00 pm—8:00 pm: Leetsdale Latte N’ Learning, 5835 Leetsdale Dr. Wednesday, May 17, 7:00 pm—8:00 pm: Belleview Latte N’ Learning, 4920 S. Yosemite St. 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
MEET THE ADVISORS… CALEB WEDGLE Hi! My name is Caleb Wedgle, and I am a Junior at Denver Jewish Day School. Going into ninth grade I started working groups as the advisor for the 4th-6th grade group. That group eventually turned into junior congregation where I work now. My favorite part about groups is just spending time with each kid and getting to know them better! They are all fun to be around, and playing basketball or football with them is always a good time! In my free time I love to play basketball, and I love how I can incorporate that into my group! I hope you all have an amazing shabbat!
Prizes
For all 4th—6th graders, and all 3rd graders who are interested.
Jr. Congregation TODAY at 9:30 am!
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 [email protected]
THANK-YOU TO OUR YOUTH ADVISOR KIDDUSH SPONSORS
Marc and Melanie Avner
Joshua and Mara Baraban
Garrett and Elke Barter
Alan and Isadora Bielsky
David and Shira Fishman
Jonathan and Kim Fishman
Joseph and Andrea Friedman
Marc Gitler and Sarah Geiger
James and Ramona Harris
Ari and Miriam Hoffman
Yisrael and Jamie Katz
Dovid and Naomi Lev
Mark and Yana Levandovsky
Benny and Sarah Levy
Chaim and Bara Loewenthal
Adam and Rachel Lubchansky
Benjamin and Miriam Mezer
Alex and Hanah Polotsky
Jonathan and Sarah Prostak
Mark and Sarah Raphaely
Neil and Nina Rosenfeld
Aaron Segall and Cheryl Miller
Howard and Mor Shapiro
Michael and Ariella Sunshine
Aaron and Nicki Toys
Yair and Aravah Treister
David and Jessica Zalkin
Thank you for all your hard
work and dedication!
The Avners
Thank you Elinoa, Tova and Rivka.
Phoenix really enjoys his time with
you on a shabbat morning and it
lets us davern in peace. You're
awesome!
Kind regards,
Ramona and James Harris
Thanks to Elinoa, Tova and Rifka Miriam who take
such good care of Ava and Daina, Suzanne and Ariella who keep an eye on Max AND thanks to Mor who's leadership allows us all to enjoy the shul experience
as a family. The Raphaelys
Rivka Miriam, Tova and Ellie; Thank you for always giving Chana so much love on Shabbat mornings. She
loves groups, and so do we! Yisrael and Jamie Katz
Great job Daina and Ellie! We are very proud of you and your
commitment to the sweet kids at Dat Minyan groups.
Mama and Abba
Thank you for your dedication, for providing guidance and structure, and
for making groups fun for our children!
Joseph and Andrea Friedman
Thanks for make each Shabbat morning fun (and not snitching us out to our
mom and dad). Adira and Solomon Bielsky
Thank you so much for educating and looking
after our children during Shabbat!
Kim and Jonathan Fishman Thanks to all the amazing advisors and their fantastic
leader Mor Shapiro! With much appreciation,
The Zalkins
Thank you to our amazing advisors! Our kids have a great time with you every
Shabbat. The Baraban Family
Thank you to the 2nd grade group leaders and
to everyone who enhances Shabbat for
our children! The Lubchanskys
Thank you to all of our incredible
advisors for all that you do each week!
The Sunshines
Thank you so much to all of the advisors!
From Itai, Batya, Ori, and Margalit Levy
Thank you to all the subs and
advisors for all your amazing
work! The Shapiros
Thank you all for your hard
work. The Hoffmans