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YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE

Rabbi Yosef Weinstock, Senior Rabbi

Rabbi Adam Frieberg, Assistant Rabbi

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

B’HA’ALOTCHA 19 SIVAN 5778 JUNE 2, 2018

TORAH READING Numbers 8:1 HAFTORAH Zechariah 2:14

Nach Yomi : Isaiah 10 Daf Yomi : Zevachim 50

SHABBAT TIMES Candle Lighting 7:15 & 7:51 p.m. Shabbat Ends 8:48 p.m.

Bar Mitzvah of Gabriel Melnitsky. Mazel Tov!

Shabbat Shalom.

We welcome all newcomers, visitors and guests

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OUR YIH FAMILY….

Mazel Tov:

Gabriel Melnitsky upon today’s celebration of his Bar Mitzvah, and to

Gabriel’s parents Leon & Ilana Melnitsky, brother Nathaniel and sisters

Ariel, Yael and the entire family.

Jonah Schenker on recently becoming a Bar Mitzvah, and to Jonah’s

parents Alisa and Zachary Schenker, siblings Emma, Max and Ezra and

grandparents Sara & Alan Shanske and Martine & Jack Schenker.

Brenda & Usher Bryn and Penina & Tommy Weinberger on the occasion of

Jonathan’s aufruf, and to Jonathan Bryn and Avigail Weinberger on their

upcoming marriage.

David & Monica Genet on the upcoming marriage of their son Aryeh to

Raquel Wildes of Englewood, NJ. Mazel Tov to Aryeh's siblings Moshe &

Rivka Genet (and Isaac), Elie & Dani Genet, and Nofi Genet, uncle & aunt

Ben J. & Dorit Genet, Sarya, Ariana & Michael and Azi, cousins Larry &

Jessica Genet, Mikey & Eliana, the Berleys, and to the entire family.

Aaron & Michelle Moses on the upcoming marriage of their son Jacob to

Sylvia Gindi of Long Branch, NJ.

Deivid & Raquel Lutwak on the recent marriage of their son Salomon

J.Lutwak to Avigail Benhayoun.

Isaac & Meirav Kravetz on the engagement of their daughter Shiran to

Benji Nagar of New York, NY and upon Shiran’s graduation from Lehman

College with a Masters Degree in Speech Pathology. Mazel Tov to siblings

Littal & Meir Schwartzbaum, Oren & Rachel Kravetz, Shani, and the entire

family

Raffi & Ilana Rosenzweig on the birth of their daughter, and to aunt & uncle

Yonina & Yoni Blumenthal, and the entire family.

Alan & Lihny Blaustein on the birth of their grandson, Ezra Natan, in Dallas,

TX, and to parents Justin & Jordona Kohn, and extended families

Kevin, Rabbi Zack & Aunt Tess Blaustein.

Condolences:

Gilly Yaron on the loss of her father, Elyau Naor. Shiva concluded on

Tuesday evening.

Welcome New Members:

Joe & Rochelle Tabbouche

A Message from our Member:

Dr. Ira Ginsberg is in desperate need of a kidney donation. Please spread

the word. Dr Ginsberg’s contact number is 954-494-1494. For more

information about living kidney donation, please contact Miami Transplant

Institute’s kidney living donor team at 305-355-5000 for general

information. They will be happy to answer any questions and offer

information for potential living donors.

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Friday Night

7:00pm Minchah/Maariv Main Sanctuary

7:00pm Sephardic Minchah/Maariv Library

7:15pm &

7:51pm

Candle Lighting

8:00pm Minchah/Maariv Beit Midrash

Shabbat Morning

7:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary

8:00am Shacharit Minyan (in honor of the Bryn aufruf) Social Hall

8:15am Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Moshe Parnes Beit Midrash

8:45am Beit Midrash Minyan House

9:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary

9:00am Sephardic Minyan Library

9:10am Sefer HaChinuch with Rabbi Raphael Stohl Modular

9:15am Parsha Class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back Room of House

9:30am YP Minyan Modular

9:30am Teen Minyan Room 5

9:53am Latest Shema Time

No class this Shabbat with Rabbi Yitzi

Marmorstein

10:15am Parsha Class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back Room of House

10:30am Nursery 3 Group Chapel

10:45am Sefer HaMitzvot Shiur, Rabbi Moshe Parnes Beit Midrash

11:30am Youth Haftorah Class with Shimmy Lazar Library

Main Sanctuary will be locked while the Torah is being read, during Mussaf

Kedusha, and while the Rabbi is speaking

Contact Gerald Mayerhoff glmcpa@bellsouth.net or David Lasko

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

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Shabbat Afternoon

6:35pm Gemara Shiur on Gittin (in Hebrew) Beit Midrash

6:50pm Daf Yomi Library

6:50pm Menuchat Emet Rooms 3-4

7:05pm Rabbi Weinstock’s class. Topic: Rav

Soloveitchik on Leadership

Main Sanctuary

7:50pm Teen Minchah Room 5

7:50pm Minchah Main Sanctuary

After Minchah Teen Shiur & Seudah Shlishit Room 6

After Minchah Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits Beit Midrash

Seudah Shlishit In honor of the March of the Living

participants, and wishing the Bnot Sherut a

Tzeitchem Leshalom

Social Hall

8:48pm Maariv Main Sanctuary

8:48pm Teen Maariv Room 5

Immediately

after Maariv

Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5 min. class Library

Shabbat Safety, Security & First Aid

“Safety & Security is everyone’s responsibility. If You See Something Say

Something!” Talk to the President, Rabbis, or Executive Director.

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

next to Social Hall.

In an effort to improve our Security, please do not congregate in and near the

SECURITY TENT. Our Security teams needs to stay focused while they are on duty.

Any questions or concerns should be brought to the attention of the Shul Security

committee and Board of Directors.

Shabbat Crossing schedule: Stirling Road at SW 33rd Avenue

Hollywood Police will control the light this Friday 7:00-11:00pm. Shabbat 7:45am-

12:30pm & 6:00-9:00pm. A custodian will manually change the light between 6:50 &

7:10am. Please cross Stirling Road in the crosswalk after all traffic has stopped.

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7:00 a.m. Minyan Kiddush in Room 1

Zachary & Alisa Schenker in honor of their son Jonah’s Bar Mitzvah

8:00 a.m. Minyan Kiddush in the Chapel

Usher & Brenda Bryn in honor of their son Jonathan’s aufruf and upcoming marriage to Avigail Weinberger

9:00 a.m. Minyan Kiddush

Leon & Ilana Melnitsky in honor of their son Gabriel’s Bar Mitzvah

All other Kiddushim Shabbat Sponsors Group

Torah Dialogue Jayne & Iz Warman to commemorate the end of Shloshim of her father Raphael Belkov, Rachmiel ben Eliyahu

Pulpit Flowers In honor of our grandson Gabriel Melnitsky on his Bar Mitzvah. We wish we could be here with you. Love, Mamie Ruby and Papie Daniel

Seudah Shlishit Shabbat Sponsors Group

In honor of the March of the Living participants

Wishing the Bnot Sherut (Yakira, Bar, Reut, Shiraz, Adi,

Shaked, Nitzan) a Tzeitchem Leshalom. Thank you for enhancing our community with Zionistic ruach!

THANK YOU TO OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS

Shabbat Sponsorship Opportunities

$54 up to 3 sponsors; each additional sponsor is $18: *7:00 a.m., *8:00 a.m., *YP,

*Sephardic Minyan

$250: *Beit Midrash Kiddush includes food

$325: 9:00 a.m. Minyan Kiddush (cake, soda & paper goods only)

$ 54: Shabbat Youth Group Kiddush

$100:; Minyanairres (Grade 3-4) Kiddush

$150: Youth Kiddush

$150: Teen Kiddush

$100: Monday Mishmar

$360: Seudah Shlishit for 150 people

$136 each: Torah Dialogue or Shabbat Announcements or Pulpit Flowers

Weekly and special classes are also available for sponsorship. Contact Rabbi Adam Frieberg

at: raf@yih.org

Celebrate Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, anniversaries, and other simchas,

or commemorate the yahrzeit of a loved one.

* Mashgiach Fee for Hot Kiddushes: $36 small Kiddush/$50 large Kiddush

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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D’var Torah : Rabbi Yosef Weinstock

In this morning’s parsha we read about two objects that were impressively made from one

single piece of metal.

At the beginning of the Parsha, the Torah provides a one-pasuk description of the

Menorah’s construction.

“This is the workmanship of the Menorah: hammered out of one piece of gold;

from its base to its flowers it is hammered out.”

The fact that the Menorah was sculpted out of one piece of gold was a feat so

impressive that (according to some commentators) even Moshe was stumped as to how the

Menorah was to be built.

Later in the Parsha, we read about the Chatzotzrot. Moshe was commanded to make

two silver trumpets. Here again the Torah specifies that the trumpets must be “Miksha”,

shaped out of a single piece of silver.

Though not mentioned in our Parsha, there is one additional ritual object that had to

be shaped from one piece. The Keruvim, which sat on top of the Holy Ark had to also be

Miksha. (Terumah: 25:18)

The word Miksha comes from the word Kasha, which means hard or difficult. To

sculpt these elaborate objects can certainly be considered difficult. But why were these

three items singled out for Miksha treatment? Is there any common thread between the

Menorah, the trumpets and the Keruvim that can help shed light on this shared construction

requirement?

The key to understanding the Miksha factor is by seeking the symbolism inherent in

each of the aforementioned items.

The Menorah symbolizes Torah knowledge. The Talmud in Baba Batra learns from

the position of the Menorah in the Mishkan (on the southern wall) that Harotzeh

Sheyachkim Yadrim: one who wants to become wise must go south. Similarly the Midrash

recounts how Moshe would meditate by the light of the Menorah when he was trying to

figure out a particularly difficult lesson from Hashem.

Keruvim represent children. Rashi in Parshat Teruma (25:18) quotes the Gemara in

Sukah (5b) which states that the Keruvim looked like children.

The Chatzotzrot symbolize happiness. In this morning’s Torah reading, the last pasuk

relating to the trumpets sums up the instances in which they were to be blown (10: 10). The

sound of the Chatztzrot was supposed to both foster and express our feelings of joy.

Torah, children and happiness: three of the most fundamental and essential aspects of

our lives. Each stands on its own as an important pursuit, and yet they are inextricably

entwined one with the other. One might think that as fundamentals, success in these areas

should be easy. Comes the Torah and tells us in each instance: “Miksha Hi.” They’re hard

to accomplish and maintain. These three goals seem to pull us in three different directions.

Spending time learning Torah versus time spent on maintaining the family. The financial

stress of paying for a Jewish education for our children, and how much happier we imagine

we could be without that expense.

Some people believe that such tensions and questions are symptoms of a lack of faith

and that the Torah has a clear answer for every situation.

By examining the Menorah, the Chatzotzrot and the Keruvim, we are better equipped

to appreciate that at times the Torah’s lesson is to embrace the challenge and the tension.

By specifying these three objects the Torah teaches us that even with goals as essential as

Torah, family and joy, it’s okay to say “Miksha Hi.” These things are hard. But these things

are worth it. If we prioritize them and work towards these goals, then Hashem will help us

enjoy the blessings of our successes.

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EVENT DATE TIME

Bikur Cholim Blood Drive in the Blood

Mobile at YIH

This Sunday 6/3

8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Annual Phil Sinnreich Memorial Lecture,

shiur presentation by Rabbi Elazar Bloom

Thursday 6/7 7:30 p.m. at the home of Marcy & Marty Hoffman

UPCOMING EVENTS

YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD ENCOURAGES OUR MEMBERS’ HOSPITALITY AND

PARTICIPATION AT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE SYNAGOGUE DOES NOT SUPERVISE THE

KASHRUT OF COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR CAMPUS, NOR PRIVATE

EVENTS AT MEMBERS' HOMES. CONSULT THE RABBIS WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

REFUAH SHLEIMAH

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), Solomon ben Solika (Solomon Perez-Ilana Melnitsky’s father), Yaakov ben Blima (Yaakov Klein), Yaakov ben Mira (Jacques Vogel-Michel Vogel’s father), Yaakov Yosef ben Gittel Raizel (Jeffrey Sava), Yehuda Arieh ben Mindla (Philippe Leiberman’s father), Yisroel Yechiel ben Chaya (Michael Reinhard-Kenny Reinhard’s father), Yitzchak Chanoch ben Chana (nephew of Vanessa Shamah and Lauren Davis).

Bracha Etl bat Chana Nehorah (Ettie Langer), Chana Ety bat Zirel Libah, Chaya Sara bat Dubra (Irene Berlin-Reva Homnick’s mother), Devora bat Sheina Baila, Elka bat Tova (Leona Brauser-Joel Brauser’s mother), Feiga Necha bat Pessel (Fay Lerner), Masha bat Ruth (Marcia Chonchol-Craig Barany’s mother), Pesyah Kayla Sarah bat Shaindle (Ezra Stern’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.

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WEEKDAY LEARNING

Weekday Daily Minyanim—June 3-8

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

Minchah/Maariv: 8:00pm

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 Beit Midrash 15

min. Mussar 15 min. Chumash with Rashi (Parashah

HaShavua), 30 min. Gemara.

Mondays:

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

8:30pm Talmud Tractate Brachot, Rabbi Yitzchak Salid, Chapel

Tuesdays:

11:00am Women’s TaNaCh class, Lisa Baratz, Library

7:30pm Talmud Sanhedrin with Rabbi Michael Katz, Room 5

Wednesdays:

9:00-10:15am Moms, Tots, and Torah with Sara Frieberg.

Contact Sara at 908-812-4993 for details.

8:00pm “Practical Jewish Living for Beginners” with Sara

Frieberg at the Frieberg home.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Hollywood Community Kollel Torah Smorgasbord for Men, Tuesday,

June 5th, at L’Chaim Restaurant, 4000 N. 46th Ave. Hollywood. Topic: Living

the Life! Simcha & Spirituality. Presentations by Kollel Rabbis. Food begins

at 8:00pm, presentations 8:30-9:30pm. Sponsored by Vicky & Avi Canaan

for the yahrzeit of Vicky’s father, R’ Shmuel ben R’ Mordechai, a”h.

Names, Not Numbers. BMA 8th grade students have been working on a

holocaust documentary film project, culminating with a community–wide

movie screening on June 10th at 4:00pm at the Posnack JCC. See flyer

http://brausermaimonides.org/names-not-numbers/

Jewish Federation of Broward County Young Leadership Division

Annual YLD Signature Event, Thursday, June 14th. Register early,

email Sydney at sgorodetsky@jewishbroward.org

Team Lifeline Night Out, Tuesday, June 19th at 8:00 p.m. Spend an

evening at the home of Arin & Mickey Taillard, 4360 Casper Court,

Hollywood. Learn how you can make a difference for Chai Lifeline.

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

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

Bikur Cholim Medical Gemach is looking for a place to store medical

equipment. If you have a space you are not using, please let us know. If you

are in need and want to borrow medical equipment, please contact us at 954

-895-8844 or medicalequipmentgemach@gmail.com

PATCH Free Tutoring Program for YIH Middle & High School students.

Contact Larry Reiss (954) 662-3128.

The Cupboard Kosher Food Bank is always in need of food and

supplies. Drop off at the home of Chani & Jay Dennis or Michael & Tsilila

Goldberg.

Hollywood Bridal Gemach is looking for donations of bridal gowns,

bridesmaid, mother of the bride gowns in good condition and all sizes.

Please contact Robin Andisman at 954-588-7600 or

hollywoodgemach@gmail.com Monetary donations welcome. All donations

are tax deductible.

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

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

Late Ma’ariv 9:30pm Sun.-Thurs. and Early Minchah 2:00pm Mon.-Thurs. at

Hollywood Community Kollel, 4016 N. 46 St. (Winn Dixie shopping

center).

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United States Opposes Biased U.N. Human Rights Council Resolution on Gaza On May 18, the United States opposed a one-sided, anti-Israel United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution to establish an investigation into Israel’s actions to defend its citizens from Hamas-initiated riots at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, as reported in AIPAC’s News Hub. The UNHRC convened this meeting solely to address Israel's response to the recent unrest in Gaza and the West Bank. As the meeting concluded, the body voted to approve the biased resolution with 29 votes in favor, 2 votes against and 14 abstentions. The United States and Australia were the two countries that voted against it. Following the vote, U.S. Representative to the UNHRC Theodore Allegra criticized the measure and the Council, stating: “This is yet one more example of the Human Rights Council’s biased focus on Israel. The continued insistence of this body to focus more attention on Israel than on any other member state calls into question the credibility of this body.” Allegra added, “The resolution’s one-sided focus, without any call for investigation of Hamas and without any blame cast upon Hamas for the current bloodshed, is unacceptable, and it is wrong.”

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

Studies suggest that between one and five million adults in Florida are

not registered to vote. Teach Florida is constantly registering voters via

email campaigns, at voter registration drives, and at events. To

volunteer at one of our drives, or to have a voter registration table at

your event, contact teachflorida@ou.org

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Time Program Age/Grade Location

Shabbat

8:30am Babysitting 18months-Nursery 3 House

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

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

10:00am Shabbat Groups Pre K - 2nd Grade Rooms 2 & 6

10:00am Minyanairres with Kiddush 3rd & 4th Grade Room 1

10:30am Nursery 3 Group Nursery 3 Small Chapel

11:30am Youth Haftorah Class with

Shimmy Lazar

5th-7th Grade Library

6:50pm Menuchat Emet 4th - 7th Grade Rooms 3-4

7:50pm Teen Minchah Room 5

After

Mincha

Teen Shiur & Seudah Shlishit

with Rabbi Nachbar

Room 6

8:48pm Teen Maariv Room 5

Parsha Quiz

Shabbat B’ha’alotcha

Mazel Tov to the Goldis triplets on last week’s answers

Email answers to parshaquiz@yih.org on Motzei Shabbat

Elementary School

How did Bnei Yisrael know when God wanted them to travel and when to stop?

Middle School

What was Miriam’s punishment for gossiping about Moses to Aaron? How long was she punished for?

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Sunday

11:00am Cub Scout Program outside house

Thursday

8:00pm Latte & Learn at Baskin Robbins

Youth Happening This Week

Parsha Comic

Youth Upcoming Events

Bnei Akiva Tzevet End of Year Dinner

June 8, 2018, at Rav James

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D’var Torah : Rav James

In the beginning of this week's Parsha, Parshat Beha'alotcha, Aharon is told that when he lights the seven lamps of the Menorah, he should light them facing the center lamp. “Speak to Aaron and say to him: "When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall cast their light toward the face (center) of the Menorah." This phrasing of this Pasuk is interesting for several reasons: 1. Why does the Torah not mention a commandment to Aharon to light the

Menorah? Instead, this Pasuk only commands Aharon how to light when he lights the Menorah.

2. If the commandment in this Pasuk is to have the lamps face the middle lamp, why does the Pasuk say "seven lamps"? Shouldn't the Pasuk have commanded Aharon to have the six lamps face the seventh lamp that was the center lamp?

In the Gemara Shabbat we learn that the following Pasuk from Sefer Vayikra is talking about the candle that was in the center because of the word "Edut”. “Outside the dividing curtain of the testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall set it up before the Lord from evening to morning continually. This shall be an eternal statute for your generations.” The Menorah is a testimony to the people of the world that the Shechinah dwells among the Jewish people. But how was the Menorah a testimony? Said Rav: The testimony was evident in the western branch of the Menorah. The same quantity of oil was poured into it as into the other six branches. Yet the Kohen kindled the others from it in the evening and ended with it. The lights of the Menorah were lit every evening and burned until morning, with the exception of the light of the western branch, which miraculously continued to burn until the following evening. The Kohen cleaned out the old wicks in the morning but the wick of the western branch he replaced in the evening, re-lit it, and lit the other six lights from it. The message of the Menorah is tremendous and significant. Most people assume that giving to others from yourself will always result in you "lacking" or losing something. The middle lamp (Western Branch) of the Menorah teaches us that when you give from yourself to others in order to add light in the world, not only are you not lacking anything, but also you are better because of it. Our Parsha opens with the lessons of how to be a person who "gives", someone whose life is a life of "shlichut": 1. It is something the Torah cannot command you to do, it is something you need

take upon yourself and do on your own. Only when you decide to be someone who "gives" does the Torah provide guidelines on how to do it.

2. Once you become someone who "gives", you become part of the people you are giving to. This is the reason for the pasuk stating seven lamps and not six.

We can see that the opening of this week's Parsha is a key component of our commitment as to Medinat Israel and the importance of educating ourselves and our children the importance of the idea living a life of Am Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael, and Torat Yisrael.

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