YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD 2240 ALBANY AVENUE WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117 860-233-3084 Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD Rabbi Brahm Weinberg 860-233-3084 or [email protected]Debra Luger 860-233-0300 or [email protected]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 UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS 12/19 Shabbat Chanukah Lecture Series with Stu Miller 12/22 Kid's Chanuka Fun Night 1/3/15 “NOAH” - YIWH Film Night 1/16 - 17 YIWH - AIPAC Shabbaton 1/22 Joint YIWH - Chabad Havdallah SEE BULLETIN FOR MORE DETAILS SPECIAL SHABBAT CHANNUKA LECTURE SERIES Friday night December 19th & Saturday night December 20th With Professor Stuart Miller "From the Maccabim to Miqvaot:" A two part presentation devoted to the history, preservation. & endurance of Jewish ritual life. Part I - Friday Night Shiur “The Real Miracle of Hanukkah" At YIWH at 8:00 PM Refreshments will be served! Part II - Saturday Night Multimedia Presentation "Ritual Bathing Practices and Jewish Communal Life from Ancient Sepphoris (Tsippori) to Nineteenth Century Chesterfield, CT” At the home of Shayne & Stu Kesler, 57 Pilgrim Road at 8:00 PM Stuart S. Miller is Professor of Hebrew, History, and Judaic Studies at UConn at Storrs. He also is the Aca- demic Director of UConn’s Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life and is the Chair of the Hebrew and Judaic Studies section in the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages. Professor Miller earned his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies and History at New York University in 1980, “with dis- tinction.” Before coming to UConn in 1982, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He has since been a visiting professor at New York University, the Hebrew University, and Brown University. Professor Miller’s publications include numerous articles and three books, the most recent, which is devoted to ritual purity rites in ancient Gali- lee in the time of the rabbis, will appear in February, 2015. Shabbat Mevorchim Parashat Miketz December 20th, 201428 Kislev 5775 Kiddush this Shabbat Is Sponsored by Barbara and Norman Spector in honor of Our Chanukah birthdays. Asher Nasanel Mintzes on his upsherin birthday. Malka Faiga Mintzes and Shoshana Spector on their birthdays. מזל טוב מזל טובto Rachel (Luger) & David Levi on the birth of a baby boy! מזל טובto grandparents Debbie & Steven Luger, and Manashe & Florence Levi, and to Rena, ELi & Aiden Aroesty, and Judith Luger! מזל טובto Asaf Glahn on his recent Bar Mitzvah! מזל טובto proud parents Esther and David and brothers Josh & Natan. מזל טובto proud grandparents Rabbi Harold and Judy Liebowitz and Dan Yahiel, and all Asaf’s aunts, uncles & cousins! מזל טובto Daniella & Scott Wittenberg on the birth of Yehudah Gavriel, & to big brother Benjy! מזל טובto grandparents Fran & Gene, and Barbara & Joe Rotenberg; מזל טובto great grandmothers Bea Scharaga & Bessie Wittenberg, and to Orit, Eric & Avraham Tzvi! מזל טובto the entire Wittenberg & Rotenberg families! מזל טובto Shari & Sam Raymond on the birth of Aaron Isaac! מזל טובto grandparents Audrey & Arlen Lichter, great-grandmother Sylvia Ross, and to Jenny, Eliad, Doni & Maya Shmuel, and Simon! מזל טובto the entire Lichter and Raymond families! ברוך דין האמתWe regret to inform you of the passing of Evelyn Weinstein, beloved mother of our member Morton Weinstein. May Hashem comfort Morty and the entire Weinstein family among the mourners of Zion and Yerushalayim. Editor: Judie Patel [email protected]SEUDAH SHLISHIT Is sponsored this week by David & Sharon Goldfarb on the occasion of the yahrzeit of David’s mother Bluma bat Shimon.
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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
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
12/19 Shabbat Chanukah Lecture Series with Stu Miller
12/22 Kid's Chanuka Fun Night
1/3/15 “NOAH” - YIWH Film Night 1/16 - 17 YIWH - AIPAC Shabbaton
1/22 Joint YIWH - Chabad Havdallah SEE BULLETIN FOR MORE DETAILS
SPECIAL SHABBAT CHANNUKA LECTURE SERIES
Friday night December 19th & Saturday night December 20th
With Professor Stuart Miller "From the Maccabim to Miqvaot:"
A two part presentation devoted to the history, preservation. & endurance of
Jewish ritual life. Part I - Friday Night Shiur
“The Real Miracle of Hanukkah" At YIWH at 8:00 PM
Refreshments will be served!
Part II - Saturday Night Multimedia Presentation
"Ritual Bathing Practices and Jewish Communal Life from Ancient Sepphoris
(Tsippori) to Nineteenth Century Chesterfield, CT”
At the home of Shayne & Stu Kesler, 57 Pilgrim Road at 8:00 PM
Stuart S. Miller is Professor of Hebrew, History, and
Judaic Studies at UConn at Storrs. He also is the Aca-
demic Director of UConn’s Center for Judaic Studies
and Contemporary Jewish Life and is the Chair of the
Hebrew and Judaic Studies section in the Department
of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages. Professor
Miller earned his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies and
History at New York University in 1980, “with dis-
tinction.” Before coming to UConn in 1982, he was a
Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies in the
Department of Theology at the University of Notre
Dame. He has since been a visiting professor at New
York University, the Hebrew University, and Brown
University. Professor Miller’s publications include
numerous articles and three books, the most recent,
which is devoted to ritual purity rites in ancient Gali-
lee in the time of the rabbis, will appear in February,
2015.
Shabbat Mevorchim Parashat Miketz
December 20th, 2014 28 Kislev 5775
Kiddush this Shabbat
Is Sponsored by
Barbara and Norman Spector
in honor of Our Chanukah birthdays.
Asher Nasanel Mintzes on his upsherin
birthday. Malka Faiga Mintzes and
Shoshana Spector on their birthdays.
מזל טוב
to Rachel (Luger) & David Levi on the מזל טוב
birth of a baby boy! מזל טוב to grandparents Debbie & Steven Luger, and Manashe & Florence Levi, and to Rena, ELi & Aiden
Aroesty, and Judith Luger!
to Asaf Glahn on his recent Bar מזל טוב
Mitzvah! מזל טוב to proud parents Esther
and David and brothers Josh & Natan. מזל
to proud grandparents Rabbi Harold טובand Judy Liebowitz and Dan Yahiel, and all
Asaf’s aunts, uncles & cousins!
to Daniella & Scott Wittenberg on the מזל טובbirth of Yehudah Gavriel, & to big brother
Benjy! טוב מזל to grandparents Fran &
Gene, and Barbara & Joe Rotenberg; מזל טוב to great grandmothers Bea Scharaga & Bessie
Wittenberg, and to Orit, Eric & Avraham
Tzvi! מזל טוב to the entire Wittenberg & Rotenberg families!
to Shari & Sam Raymond on the birth מזל טוב
of Aaron Isaac! מזל טוב to grandparents Audrey & Arlen Lichter, great-grandmother
Sylvia Ross, and to Jenny, Eliad, Doni & Maya
Shmuel, and Simon! מזל טוב to the entire Lichter and Raymond families!
ברוך דין האמתWe regret to inform you of the passing
of Evelyn Weinstein, beloved mother of our member Morton Weinstein. May Hashem comfort Morty and the entire Weinstein family among the mourners of Zion and
Is sponsored this week by David & Sharon Goldfarb on the occasion of the yahrzeit of
David’s mother Bluma bat Shimon.
WOMEN’S TEHILLIM GROUP
Our next gathering will take place this Monday evening, December 22nd
at 7:30 PM At the home of Sally Gelb
50 Middlebrook Road
DOR L’DOR
Parent Child Learning at HHNE Saturday Nights Between 7:00 -8:00 PM January 10th Januray 24th February 7th February 21st
JOINT YIWH - CHABAD HAVDALLAH
Program for children and parents January 24th.
More details to follow.
MIKVEH BESS ISRAEL
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
Saturday, January 17th at 8:00PM At the home of Deena Rubin, 2 Old Field Road
LUZ
A short documentary about the relationship between a mother and her adopted daughter, Luz.
It addresses the crucial question: What is motherhood?
WOMEN ONLY
BOOK CLUB
Next book is Isaac Bashevis Singer’s third posthumous book MESHUGAH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Judie & Lal Patel Mazal Tov to Evelyn & Stan Rutstein on their latest grandson!
Jason Wolfe & Vera Schwarcz In honor of the birth of new grandson to Stan & Evelyn Rutstein In honor of the birth of new grandson to Arlen & Audrey Lichter
David & Sharon Goldfarb In memory of David Glahn's Mother In memory of Arlen Lichter's Mother In honor of birth of new grandson to Stan & Evelyn Rutstein
NEW GUIDELINES FOR DONATIONS
& ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CARDS
The YIWH has beautiful, new printed cards to be used for acknowledgements and to thank
individuals for donations. Please send your check with the detailed acknowledgement information (including ad-dresses as needed) DIRECTLY TO THE SHUL OFFICE OR DONATE ON THE WEB SITE. Cards will be sent out and
a posting will go in the Bulletin unless you direct us otherwise.
WINTER CLASSES AT YIWH
MISHNA BRURAH CLASS
With Rabbi Sheinkopf Shabbat Mornings at 8:15AM
RABBI WEINBERG’S SUNDAY MORNING
GEMARA CLASS - Masechet Beitzah
WEEKLY AUDIO CLASS
“10 Minutes on Tefilla” This class will be emailed every week
We will be studying Shearim B’Tefilla” of Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus z”l.
NEW WOMEN’S LEARNING GROUP
Wednesday morning at 11:15 AM At Café J at the JCC
Lunch & Learn on break until 1/7/15
New Tuesday Night Class
to begin again in January
NEW SHABBAT PROGRAM
called Shabbat Tot Circle It will be a parent led Shabbat group for
children ages five and under. The program will be the first Shabbat of every month.
Parents are invited to stay with their children during this program to partake in davening,
songs and games. A special Shabbat treat will be served.
YIWH YEAR-LONG TORAH LEARNING PROJECT 5775
The Concise Book of Mitzvot by The Chafetz Chaim
MOVIE NIGHT
Saturday, January 3rd at 7:30 PM
NOAH
A man is chosen by his world's creator to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.
YIWH - AIPAC SHABBATON
January 17th at YIWH. Featuring special speakers and programs
about AIPAC and Israel Advocacy. More details to follow.
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SHABBAT MITZVOT TO STUDY
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Rabbi Weinberg will be away from Thursday 12/25 until Thursday 1/1. Please contact him only in cases of
emergency. For halachic questions while he is gone please contact Rabbi Chagie
Rubin (203-278-3632). For shul related matters contact Stu Kesler or
Dvar Torah of the Week By Rav Shames, Midreshet Harova (www.harova.org) As this week is Chanukah I would like to focus our attention on the holiday in-stead of the parsha. We will all gather to light the candles this coming week and immediately follow-ing the lighting Ashkenazim have the custom of singing the Maoz Tzur. The song is a review of Jewish history with its ups and downs, and tracks the different enemies that we have had and the salvation that Hashem has provided for us from each and every one of them. (It can easily be summed up by the "famous" summary: "they wanted to kill us, God saved us, let's eat…”). It is interesting to me that we do not sing this song on any other holiday other than Chanuka, despite the fact that there is only one stanza dealing with the miracle of Chanukah, and there are ones about Pesach and Purim as well. The answer to this is related to the understanding of the nature of the holiday itself. The Gemara in Shabbat tells us that after the finding of the oil the Rabbis estab-lished an eight day "holiday of praise and thanking". Chanukah is different than Pe-sach and Purim in this respect. The other holidays have some sort of independent identity which may include thanking God for the seasonal miracle, however when it comes to Chanukah the very essence of the day is thanking and praising God. It is a true week of Thanksgiving. Everything we do on Chanukah is focused on this one pur-pose.
This is the only Rabbinic holiday on which we say Hallel, and as a matter of fact out of the eighteen days a year that a full Hallel is said (in Israel), eight are on Chanu-kah, outranking even some of Pesach itself! It is also significant to note that if you are looking for the halachot of the saying of the Hallel in the Rambam you will, surprisingly, find them in Hilchot Chanukah and not in Hilchot Teffila or in the sections dealing with any other of the holidays on which we say Hallel. The Rambam was revolutionary in his division and classification of the halachot. His placement of the halachot is clearly to be seen as intentional and with the purpose of teaching us something. The Rambam chose to place them here to let us know something about the nature of Chanukah as a time dedicated to Hallel. The organizational system of the Rambam is even more striking when we see that he starts off hilchot Chanukah with the history, moves on to describe the estab-lishment of the holiday and then talks about how many brachot to make while lighting the candles. At this point he "takes a break" and dedicates nine full halachot to the de-tails of saying hallel and only at the start of the next chapter does he pick up with the details of the candles (how many to light, where to light etc..). The halachot of the hal-lel seem to be very much out of place, unless we understand that the message to be that the entire week manifests itself in hallel and even the lighting of the candles is to be seen as an expression of hallel. Chanukah Sameach and Shabbat Shalom Rav Shames
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SCRIP PROGRAM
Thank you to our shul members who have either recently started to participate in the Scrip program or who have continued their involvement. I am happy to report that from July 1st our shul has raised
$3152. Twelve new families have started to buy supermarket gift cards since July, and two new families enrolled to make purchases from their favorite retailers. I am happy to announce that we just bought a
limited number of $100 gift cards from Whole Foods to sell to the shul members directly. Daniella (Cell) 516-286-0815
NEW BOOKKEEPER
We have a new bookkeeper, Kim Danek. She will be working part time at the Shul office in the same capacity as Martha. In general, her hours will be Mondays & Thursdays from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. (These hours may vary slightly this month)
You can call during those hours, or email her at [email protected] and she will get back to you when she is in the office.