Service Times

Saturday— March 3 Daf Yomi 8:00 am Shacharit, Sanctuary 9:00 am Shacharit, Chapel 9:15 am Taste of Torah 10:00 am Mincha, Chapel 5:30 pm Havdalah 6:36 pm Comedy Night 7:00 pm

Sunday— March 4 Daf Yomi 7:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 8:30 am Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm

Monday— March 5 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm Sefer HaChinuch 8:00 pm

Tuesday— March 6 Daf Yomi 5:45 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:45 am Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm

Wednesday— March 7 Daf Yomi 5:45 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:45 am Cantor’s Torah Class 7:30 am Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm

Thursday— March 8 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Ellyn Hutt’s Class 11:00 am Senior Chavurah 1:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm

Friday— March 9 Daf Yomi 5:45 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:45 am Mincha 5:40 pm Candle Lighting 5:40 pm שבת שלום ומבורך!

Parashat Ki Tisa

March 3-9, 2018 — 16-22 Adar 5778

Pesukei d’Zimra — Sam Plattner, Shacharit — Rabbi Chaitovsky

Torah Reading — page 484, Baal Koreh — Jerry Rotenberg

Haftarah — I Kings 18:1-39 page 1160 — Albert Banker, Musaf — Benjamin Parris

Dvar Torah by Rabbi Chaitovsky “Feasting for the Body and the Soul”

Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky

Cantor Joel Lichterman

Ilene Rosen—Executive Director

Jeff Kline—President

Please join us for Kiddush in the Social Hall sponsored by BMH-BJ. Please note that our services are cell free zones.

In the Sidrah, the people of Israel are told to each contribute a half-shekel of silver to the Mishkan. Instructions are given regarding the making of the water basin, anointing oil and incense. “Wise-hearted” artisans Betzalel and Aholiav are placed in charge of the Mishkan’s construction and the people are once again commanded to keep the Shabbat.

When Moses does not return when expected from Mount Sinai, the people make a golden calf and worship it. G-d proposes to destroy the errant nation, but Moses intercedes on their behalf. Moses descends from the mountain carrying the tablets of the testimony engraved with the Aseret HaDibrot, the Ten Commandments; seeing the people dancing about their idol, he breaks the tablets, destroys the golden calf and has the primary culprits put to death. He then returns to G-d to say: “If You do not forgive them, blot me out from the book that You have written.”

G-d forgives, but says that the effect of their sin will be felt for many generations. At first G-d proposes to send His angel along with them, but Moses insists that G-d Himself accompany His people to the promised land.

Moses prepares a new set of tablets and once more ascends the mountain, where G-d re-inscribes the covenant. On the mountain, Moses is also granted a vision of the divine thirteen attributes of mercy. So radiant is Moses’ face upon his return, that he must cover it with a veil, which he removes only to speak with G-d and to teach His laws to the people.

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

►Sefer Shemot Wednesdays at 7:30 am - Cantor Lichterman ►Women’s Parasha Shiur Thursdays at 11:00 am - Ellyn Hutt ►Taste of Torah Shabbat at 10:00 am - Essie Fleischmann ►Ten Minutes of Text Shabbat at Seudah Shelishit - Rabbi Chaitovsky

Haftarah Summary

In this week's Haftarah, Elijah the Prophet demonstrates the worthlessness of the Baal, just as Moses chastised the Israelites for serving the Golden Calf as discussed in this week's Torah reading. The background of this week's haftarah: King Ahab and Queen Jezebel ruled the Northern Kingdom of Israel and encouraged the worship of the Baal deity as well as other forms of idolatry. To prove that G-d alone is in control and provides sustenance, Elijah decreed a drought on the kingdom--no rain fell for three years. When Ahab then accused Elijah of causing hardship for the Israelites, Elijah challenged him to a showdown. He, Elijah, would represent the cause of monotheism, and 850 idolatrous "prophets" would represent their cause. Ahab accepted. The Haftarah begins with Elijah, the Baal prophets, and many spectators gathering atop Mount Carmel. Elijah rebuked the people of Israel, uttering the famous words: "How long will you hop between two ideas? If the Lord is G-d, go after Him and if the Baal, go after him." When the Baal does not respond to the peoples calls, Elijah comes forward and calls out and a flame from the Heavens consumes his offering. "And all the people saw and fell on their faces, and they said, "The Lord is G-d, the Lord is G-d."

Happening @ BMH-BJ, Upcoming Events

Women’s League Comedy Night —Saturday Night, March 3 , 2018 at 7:00 pm in Fisher Hall Featuring Rabbi Chaitovsky and Jeff Kline, and headlined by Abe Wagner and Dr. David Shander. Tickets are $15 online, $18 at the door, includes complementary drink and snacks.

BMH-BJ Senior Chavurah —Thursday, March 8 at 1:00 pm in the Gallery Financial Check-up: 5 Keys to Financial Health, identify and learn about the Five Foundations of Personal Finance. Receive actionable tips to get what you want out of each area. Presented by mpowered.

Come and Celebrate! —Thursday, March 15, 2018 • 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm This year’s annual event honors Joe “better than gold” Silver for his acts of lovingkindness and good will to BMH-BJ, the Jewish community and the entire Denver community. To purchase tickets please contact njamieson@bmh-bj.org or 303-951-8220.

4th Friday Night Shabbat Dinner & Speaker Series —Friday, March 23 at 7:00 pm The last dinner SOLD OUT! We are thrilled by the enthusiastic responses we have received and we encourage you to register early for next month's dinner featuring Egyptian cuisine and speaker Dr. Seth Ward. Register online: www.bmh-bj.org/event/4th-Friday-March, Tickets are $25 adult, $15 child.

Book Review: "Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean" —Sunday, April 15 at 10:00 am in Fisher Hall Cantor Lichterman leads a conversation about The Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean by Edward Kritzler. A limited number of books available in the Gift Shop. This is a Women’s League event. Brunch will be served. Please make your reservations now, 303-951-8238, $15 ($18 at the door).

Dr. Mordechai Kedar: “The Conflict Over Jerusalem – What is the Solution?” —Tuesday, April 10 at 7:00 pm Guest speaker, Dr. Mordechai Kedar, joins us from Israel where he is a scholar of Arabic literature and lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. He holds a Ph.D from Bar-Ilan University. Dr. Kedar is an academic expert on the Israeli Arab population. He served for 25 years in IDF Military Intelligence, where he specialized in Islamic groups, the political discourse of Arab countries, the Arabic press and mass media, and the Syrian domestic arena.

Birthdays Jenny Banker, Sharlene Baum, Allan Bernstein, Elizabeth Boscoe, Libby Boscoe, Herbert Buchwald, Bernice Dinner, Jacob Elgavish, Erica Feldman, Neil Gardenswartz, Jerome Greene, Anna Hemd, Eleonora Kushnir, Beverly Pearl, Joseph F. Pells, Alex Raizman, Yaakov Sisk, Ahuva Zalesch

Anniversaries Joe & Sandy Bean (34) Jeffrey & Bobbie Parris (25)

Refuah Sheleima/Speedy Recovery Felix Banker, Sara Behmoaras, Bina Cooper, Marty Duman, Fay Finkelstein, Joyce Fishman, Josh Flaum, Linda Fox, Hazel Gensberg, Zelda Goldstein, Paul (Pip) Goldstein, Elaine Greenberg, Francine (Feige Esther bat Ita Liba) Greenberg, Crystal Hickman, Robert Hochstadt, Paula Hutt, Leland Huttner, Doniel Kaye, Jerry (Hillel David Chaim ben Miryam) Marcus, Simah Leah Morse, Arlene Moss, John Peterson, Lilian Schaeffer, Freda Schaffer (Bluma bat Masha), Scott Smith, Yaakov ben Freidel (Jeff Warren), David Weinstein, Mildred Zerobnick

HaMakom Yenacheim Etchem to our longtime and devoted member, Sarha Rahavi Patrick on the loss of her husband, Jim Patrick, z”l to the family of our longtime member and esteemed past-president, Mel Goldberg, z”l

Yahrzeits Shabbat, March 3, 2018 / 16 Adar 5778 Nathan Bemel, Sophie Berg, Goldie Bloom, Louis Blumenthal, Paul Meredith Boxer, Julia Cashman, Rachel Eisenfeld, Louis Freidenson, Lee Goodman, Gisela Greenwald, Emma Hirschfeld, Joseph Hyman, Joe Jacobs, Bertha Kahn, Ethel Karp, Otto Kauders, Miriam Krasner, Julius Leberstein, Sarah Lipson, Anna S. Lutz, Ethel Esther Meyer, Joseph A. Morein, Dora Pivnick, Saul Primack, David Lewis Rachofsky, Tillie Reckler, Frank Rogoff, Estelle Rubenstein, Joe E. Rubinson, Joseph Sandusky, Raye M. Sayles, Georganne Shidler, Barnet Shraiberg, Frances F. Silver, Alta Silver, Ben Silverman, Phil Simons, Charles Sisk, Abraham Spinat, Gertrude Sternberg, Jennie Sugarman, Ida C. Tepley, Naomi Thompson, Evelyn Vodian, Louis Widom, Jack Willner, Harry Wiseman Sunday, March 4, 2018 / 17 Adar 5778 Alex Avrutina, Sam Cohen, Roy Joseph Cotton, Bessie Fine, Rachel Froind, Milton Gertz, Julia Goalstone, Moses L. Goldblatt, Morris Greenberg, Stella Grossfeld, Lisa Japha, Nathan Kellmer, Boris Kleyner, Irving Levine, Louis Lipson, Florence Seff Locke, Abe Mandel, Julius Nashelsky, Louis Nathan, Ty Nelowet, Sara Pomeranz, Sam Rifkin, Jake Sandusky, Perel Bas Mayer Sherman, Shirley Shidler, Ida G. Sorkin, Ben Stark, Chayim Yisrael Stern, Joe Sternberg, Max Waxman, Lillian Wedgle, Samuel Weiner, Morris Zar, Max Ziniuk, Edward Zucker Monday, March 5, 2018 / 18 Adar 5778 Rose Camen, Mirel Carl, Albert Cohen, Samuel E. Devine, Israel Gevisser, Esther Gergis Goodman, Freda Sandusky Greinetz, Jacob Jeff, Margaret Kay, Leon Klinger, Max Lerner, Shoene K. Levy, Robert E. Loup, Anna Lustig, Morris Lutz, Louis Mandel, Stanley Melnick, Murray Morgan, Louis Mosko, Elizabeth Neustaedter, Minnie Pevnick, Sarah S. Politzer, Yetta Reflow, Edwin Harold Reinitz, John L. Robbins, Rena Rotbart, Minnie Rothchild, Stella Rothstein, Meyer Schiff, Ann J. Silberberg, Ben D. Silverstone, Mildred Slifka, Sol Stark, Sophie Stein, Friederike Stern, Elsie Talpers, Joseph Touriel, Joseph Turner, Cecelia Weiner, Max Weisbly, Aaron Nathaniel Weiss, Mildred Zeldin, Annie Zohn Tuesday, March 6, 2018 / 19 Adar 5778 Harold H. Aarons, Rosa Aven, Penny Brown, Ellen Pinchick Cohen, Martin Farber, Elsa Finesilver, Debra Frank, Blanche Jacobstein, Linda Kaufman, Fannie Kerson, David Moshe Koladicki, Libby Krause, May Kuper, Sadie Lapin, Eugenie Lenczner, Annie Lesser, Celia Weiss Leventhal, Lena Levine, Sarah Marcus, Martha Miller, Annie Newman, Ruth Minnie Perotin, Charles Potter, Harold Pringle, Morris Richman, Sam Rosenberg, Etta Roth, Shlomo Schamus, Stanley Scheuer, Heiman Shapiro, Minna Chasah Slansky, Robert Snyder, Morris Soltz, Rose Steinberg, Phillip Tyor, Harriet Levinson Wandel, Joseph Wedgle, Hannah Weindrop, Sheldon Weissman, Samuel Wittow, Samuel Zall Wednesday, March 7, 2018 / 20 Adar 5778 Sam Arkin, Klara Bachrach, Rose Balaban, Sally Berk-Cohn, Max Berman, William Bilett, Sidney Blacher, Florence Bornstein, Ephraim J. Bronstein, Samuel Castel, Bessie Cohn, Sara Coopersmith, Minnie Engbar, Bert Epstein, Maurice Goodside, Charles Guber, Lorayne Hilvitz, Bernard Jacobs, Rivel Sager Johnson, George Kamerling, Bernard Karshmer, Libbie Lande, Rose Leder, Kate Lipson, Peter Marcove, Jake M. Miller, Martin Milstein, Pamela Helen Myers, Molly Nussbaum, Solomon Paper, Isaac Pepper, David Polis, Marcella S. Rosen, Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg, Gertrude Schiff, Mary Schwartz, Selma Sparig Thursday, March 8, 2018 / 21 Adar 5778 Max Axel, Rose Bobrick Barsky, Rose Berezin, Goldie Bernstein, Benjamin David Cohen, Rebecca Cooper, Stella Cooper, Bertha Cowen, Phyllis Marcove Deutsch, Lena Engle, Frieda Esbitz, Barbara Garam, Lt. Edwin Glass, Leyzer Gleyzer, Mollie Goodman, Nettie Karsh, Larisa Katsovich, Solomon Kaufman, Toni Kern, Armin Klein, David Sacks Krause, Jack F. Lipan, Isaac Lustman, Ida Mendelsohn, Harry Morris, Maria Novoseletsky, Shapsi Zelig Radetsky, Max H. Ray, Chaka Richman, Rachel Rosen, Samuel Rothchild, Janice Selix, Gitel Sherman, Rose Siegel, Louis Silver, Sam Silverberg, Irving W. Slatkin, Mata Snyder, Abram Tordjman, Cantor Aaron Turner, Walter Vasen Friday, March 9, 2018 / 22 Adar 5778 Fira Abugova, Jacques Adrian, Jacob L. Berman, Sam Cohen, Carl Dare, Esther B. Gold, Ruth L. Goldhammer, Eli Golubow, Isaac Gorodina, David Gottlieb, Morris Haber, Ida Hayutin, Rudolph Hertz, Harris Katchen, Dora Katz, Philip Kent, Milton Klein, Froim Kushnir, Max Levin, Sonia Levitt, Bertha Maslin, Sol Allen Miller, Sophia Needler, Dora Pepper, Frances Pluss, Naftoly Rapoport, Captain Norman Saliman, Lee Shames, Anna Shulman, Harvey E. Simon, Helen Stark, Yetta Struie, Joseph Svarny, Isaac S. Veinerman, Vernie Webb, William Wexall