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YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD
2240 ALBANY AVENUE
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117
860-233-3084
Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org
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Affiliate of the National Council of Young Israel Synagogues, Member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Sponsor of West Hartford NCSY, National Conference of Synagogue Youth, Kashrut Commission of Greater Hartford,
Mikveh Bess Israel of Greater Hartford, Eruv of West Hartford
Rabbi Tuvia Brander [email protected] Debra Luger 860-233-0300 or [email protected]
Shabbat Parashat Lech Lecha
October 24th, 2015 11 Cheshvan 5776
Kiddush this Shabbat
Is sponsored by
Esther & David Glahn
On the occasion of the
1st Yahrzeit of
Beverly Scarborough
Editor: Judie Patel [email protected]
מזל טוב
to Naomi and David Rosen on the מזל טובengagement of Naomi's son Ari Friedman to Michali Wiener daughter of Chana Leah and
Jordan Wiener from Baltimore MD! & to the entire Rosen, Friedman מזל טוב
Wiener families!
to Phyllis & Sid Ulreich on the upcoming מזל טובBar Mitzvah of their grandson David Eitan Gellis son of Jonathan & Alisa in Teaneck! מזל טוב to
the entire Ulreich & Gellis families!
to Naomi & Noah Moss on the birth of מזל טובtwin boys! מזל טוב to grandparents Anita & Tsion
Cohen and the entire Cohen & Moss families!
ברוך דין האמתWe regret to inform you of the passing of
Rebbetzin Henny Machlis of Jerusalem, Aunt of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lustig. May Hashem comfort the Lustig & Machlis families among the mourn-
ers of Zion & Yerushalayim.
GROW WEST HARTFORD SHABBATON
Next Shabbat, October 30th - November 1st Join us for a wonderful Shabbaton weekend as we
welcome visitors coming to see and learn about our community! Everyone is invited to join us for special
community-wide Shabbaton Programming
Saturday Night/Motzei Shabbat Schmooze Night October 31, 2015 8:30 PM
At the home of Ilana and Steven Bernstein 95 Brewster Road
Sunday Morning Community-Wide Shacharit & Breakfast
At the Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy Sunday morning services at 8:30 AM
Followed by a bagel breakfast November 1, 2015 8:30 AM
Rabbi Brander’s Shabbat Afternoon Class :
“My Heart Is In the East But
I Am In The West”
Shabbat afternoon at 4:45 PM
Stakeholder Meeting Update Thank you to all those who signed up and at-tended our stakeholder meetings. We are de-
lighted that due to an overwhelming re-sponse, our current stakeholder meetings
have been filled to capacity. We will be con-vening additional meetings. If you have not
signed up online or have not been able to make it to one of the meetings, please fill out
the form online or email Rabbi Brander [email protected]. Special thank you to the Aroesty, Harris and Zablotsky families for opening your homes for these meetings.
WOMEN’S SHABBAT AFTERNOON LEARNING
This Shabbat at 5:00 PM at the home of Vera Schwarcz 42 Seneca Road Marking her mother’s Yahrzeit with Seudah
Shlishit & a Dvar Torah. All women invited
BOOK CLUB MEETING
Wednesday, October 28th at 7:30 PM at the home of Eileen Weinberg ,
74 Bainton Rd "The Bus on Jaffa Road"
Please join us (even if you didn't read/finish it) and to choose our next book.
UPCOMING EVENTS In conjunction with Grow West Hartford
Shabbaton next week, we are excited to invite you to
a Friday Night Oneg at the home of the Branders, 6 Seneca Road
at 8:30 PM as well as an exciting
Special Family Seudah Shlishit. We look forward to seeing you there.
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
Jewish Federation invites you to A Men’s Philanthropy Event
Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 6:30 PM with prize-winning author
Daniel Okrent and WNPR Host, Colin McEnroe
Emanuel Synagogue 160 Mohegan Drive, Couvert: $75 per person*
Minimum Gift of $365 to the 2016 Annual Campaign required
Dietary Laws observed. Space is limited. RSVP to Rene Kariel at (860) 727-6118
or register online at www.jewishhartford.org
HEBREW ACADEMY OF GREATER HARTFORD
PLAYFUL PAL PLAYGROUP
A mommy & me program for Birth to Five Wednesday mornings at 10 to 11am
featuring playtime, arts & crafts, music and story time. This drop-in program meets for seven weeks
on Wednesday morning until November 25; Bess & Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy, 53 Gabb Road,
FREE
BRING A FRIEND TO SCHOOL.
Interested in our school? Come try it out on Election Day, November 3rd
8:20a.m. – 3:40a.m. We will provide snacks and lunch for our
guests. Coffee hour for parents at drop off. Bess & Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy, 53 Gabb Road,
Bloomfield; 860-243-8333; [email protected]. FREE however RSVP required by October 30.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Judie & Lal Patel In honor of Debbie & Steven Luger In honor of Sharon & David Goldfarb
SECURITY COMMITTEE
Thank you to all those involved in the coverage and rotations. If you are interested in
being involved please email : [email protected]
Thank you Stan Rutstein – YIWH Security Committee
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SCRIP
We have scrip cards for Big Y, Shoprite, Crown (one time use), & Whole Foods in $100 incre-ments. Please be in touch with Daniella by
email or phone if you'd like to pick up cards or if you need them delivered to you.
Daniella Robinson [email protected]
cell: 516-286-0185 Home: 860-578-9515
BOOKKEEPING
Over this holiday time, with so many assorted pledges and categories, please enclose
a note or write in the memo of your check (in English not Hebrew) exactly what the check is payment for: (i.e. YK aliyah, shulbay auction,
YK appeal, Simchat Torah bids and donations, etc.) Separate checks or a specific accounting of what's included in a payment is essential to keeping things in order. You can reach Maria by email at [email protected]
Smachot to share???
Graduations? Awards? Engagements? Wed-dings? Births? We want to celebrate when you have exciting news for us! Please email us with your special occasions! You are our best source
of YIWH Mazal Tov, Refuah Shleima wish-es, and other news. If you know something we may not know (or may have missed or forgot-
ten), please email us! Help us avoid oversights! Thank you!
RABBI JAFFEE’S CHAYEI ADAM CLASS
Shabbat morning at 8:15AM
WEEKLY YOUTH GROUPS
Weekly youth groups will take place on Shab-bat mornings from
SHABBAT TOT CIRCLE
Is a parent led Shabbat group for children ages 5 and under. The program is the first Shabbat
of every month. Parents are invited to stay with their children during this program to par-take in davening, songs and games. A special
Shabbat treat will be served.
Rav David Silverberg - Parashat Lech Lecha The Rambam, in the beginning of Hilkhot Avoda Zara, describes how Avraham, who was born and raised in a pagan world, arrived at monotheistic belief and began debating the people of his time and preaching the truth of this belief. We make poetic mention of Av-raham’s efforts to disseminate the truth of monotheism in the tefilat geshem prayer on She-mini Atzeret, when we beseech God to remember “the patriarch who was drawn after You like water,” adding, “derashto be-zar’o al kol mayim” – “You sought him out when he planted along all waters.” The image of Avraham “planting” likely refers to his effort to “sow” the be-lief in God among the people of his time. These efforts are what prompted God to “seek him out” – to forge a special relationship with him which has continued ever since through his descendants. Rabbi Simon Dolgin (“The Enduring Seed”) finds it significant that the hymnist empha-sizes Avraham’s planting “al kol mayim” – “along all waters.” The point we are making in this prayer is that Avraham “sowed” the seeds of faith everywhere, in every location he could. Rabbi Dolgin writes: We note that the Lord sought him out because he planted his seed on all waters. It made no difference to Abraham where it was, a rivulet or a lake, a river or a sea, he planted his seed. Whether he was in the land of his father, Terach, in the Euphrates land, or in the strange country of Canaan, whether he stood before Pharaoh or Abimelech, he continued to sow his seed of faith in One G-d. Whether the climate was moderate or torrid, desert or oa-sis, Abraham planted the seeds of monotheism, faith in one G-d, a father of justice and mer-cy. Before all oncomers, he represented his noble ideal. Understanding the vital importance of his campaign, Avraham pursued and seized every opportunity to spread his word. It did not matter whether he was with a large group of influential figures or with a lone, simple peasant; he worked to “sow” his “seeds” along every bit of “water” – wherever he saw the possibility of the seed’s growth and development. Rabbi Dolgin proceeds to observe how this legacy of “al kol mayim” has been carried by Avraham’s progeny: The greatest tribute to Abraham’s dedication is the fruit that his seed has borne, a people that still invokes his name in petitioning the Heavenly Father for His blessing, a people that has continued to sow the seeds of its faith and way of life, of its Torah and the duties of its heart in all climes and on all bodies of water – at times in temperate lands where Jews were welcome, at times in desert lands where Jews were rejected. The test of the effectiveness of Abraham's faithful sowing is the blossoming faith of his seed into an eternal people which still serves the Gd who sought him out. We perpetuate this timeless legacy by following Avraham’s example of steadfast deter-mination, by working tirelessly to “sow” his spiritual “seeds” at all times and under all cir-cumstances. Like our patriarch, our commitment to the Almighty must be manifest “al kol mayim,” under all conditions, even in periods of hardship and challenge.
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Please include in your tefilot IDF soldiers as well as those have been injured in the recent wave of terror activity.
Odel bat Miriam, Natan ben Odel, Moshe ben Orli, Meir Yitzchak ben Sarah, Aharon Moshe Chaim ben Chaya Chana, Dvir ben Shoshana, Avraham ben Rut, Niv ben Yardena, Moshe ben Daisy, Meor Efraim ben Fortuna Daniela, Moshe ben Edgach, Liat bat Yael, Or-El bat Limor, Yosef Chaim ben Zahava, Neor Shilav ben Rut Elisheva, Yom Tov LIpa ben Roiza, Yair ben Roizina, Samuel Ono ben Antoni, Shoshana bat Lulu, Moshe ben Bracha, Maia bat Ilana, Ron ben Chana, Adiv ben Fortuna Mazel, Daniel Chaim ben Revital, Rafael ben Etel, David ben Shoshana, Alon Chaim ben Rita HaCohen, Yohnatan Amiram ben Miriam, Pesach ben Rachel Miriam Hadasah, Yarden ben Orli Meital Dikala bat Ninette, Marike Veldman
YIWH Schedule of Services
October 23rd - 30th, 2015 It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush
Shabbat Parashat Lech-Lecha Or Seudah Shlishit!
Shul handles set up & Clean up!
Friday, October 23rd- Erev Shabbat Contact Judie Patel at 860-761-3818,
Shacharit 6:45 a.m. or [email protected]
Candle Lighting 5:39 p.m. to check the availability of the date
Mincha/Maariv 5:44 p.m. you need & call Ilana Bernstein
at 860- 922-0448 or
Shabbat, October 24th [email protected]
Rabbi Jaffee’s Shabbat morning Class 8:15 a.m. to make the arrangements for the
Shacharit 9:00 a.m. type of Kiddush you want.
Sof Zman Kriat Shma 9:54 a.m. Checks need to be received the
Youth Programming 10:00 a.m. Sunday prior to your Kiddush date.
Rabbi's Shabbat Afternoon Class 4:45 p.m. There are three types
Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv 5:20 p.m. of Kiddushim:
Shabbat Ends 6:39 p.m. Standard for $150,
Semi-Deluxe for $250
Sunday, October 25th- Thursday, October 29th & Deluxe for $350
Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 6:24 a.m. With supplements available.
Shacharit...Sunday 8:15 a.m.
Shacharit…Monday & Thursday 6:40 a.m. KIDDUSH SCHEDULE
Shacharit…Tuesday & Wednesday 6:45 a.m. 10/24 Glahn
Mincha/Maariv...Sunday - Thursday at YIWH 5:35 p.m. 10/31 Grosberg
SEUDAH SHLISHIT
Friday, October 30th- Erev Shabbat 10/31 Balk
Shacharit 6:45 a.m. 11/7 Gelb
Candle Lighting 5:30 p.m. 12/19 Schwarcz
Mincha/Maariv 5:35 p.m. The cost to sponsor is $90.00
To set up Seudah Shlishit contact
Steve Luger [email protected]
Ner La’Maor - Lights Edna & David Shamash
Pat La’Orchim
Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah
Kiddush Supplement Ann & Jeremy Pava
Seudah Shlishit Supplement Susan & Gil Fried
WANT TO JOIN THE LISTSERV:
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by emailing [email protected]. Members of the listserv can email each other about events and other needs
by addressing email to [email protected]. Visit our website www.youngisraelwh.org or
contact [email protected] for more information.
Check out the weekly Schedule on the YIWH Website youngisraelwh.org/times ~ Times from: myzmanim.org For Eruv Information: twitter.com/WHartfordEruv or youngisraelwh.org/eruv or (Hotline - 860-232-6417)
5776 Candy Man You-Dah-Man
Audrey & Leon Laufer In honor of the original
Candy Man Gene Wittenberg
Ann & Jeremy Pava
Daniella & Avi Robinson In memory of Daniella’s Grandmother
Mrs. Vivian Furst חיה גיטל בת מאיר צמח
Judy & Sam Leichtberg in memory of their parents
Israel & Frida Weiss Abraham & Miriam Leichtberg
אברהם בן שמואל ומרים בת יעקב אריה ישראל בן דוד וטויבה פרידה בת עזרא
Handy Man Good Humor Man
Edie & Sid Perew Debbie & Steve Luger
