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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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Rabbi Brahm Weinberg 860-233-3084 or [email protected] Debra Luger 860-233-0300 or [email protected]

Shabbat Parashat Shoftim

August 30th, 2014 4 Elul 5774

Kiddush this Shabbat

is Sponsored by

The Shul

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

Editor: Judie Patel [email protected]

YAHRZEIT MEMORIAL SHABBAT

WITH PROFESSOR AVINOAM PATT

Shabbat, September 20th

After having much success with a Shabbat Yahrzeit Lecture

a few years ago, we are trying it again! As we approach the 23rd Annual Yahrzeit

Memorial Lecture instead of just one lecture we will have a whole Shabbat devoted to themes of memory. What an amazing way to remember

loved ones and inspire us before the onset of the Yamim Noraim Season.

Professor Avinoam J. Patt is the Philip D. Feltman Professor of Modern Jewish

History at the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic

Studies at the University of Hartford, where he is also

director of the Museum of Jewish Civilization.

Previously, he worked as the Miles Lerman Applied Re-

search Scholar for Jewish Life and Culture at the Center

for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States

Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM).

He received his Ph.D. in Modern European History and

Hebrew and Judaic Studies from New York Universi-

ty. His first book, Finding Home and Homeland: Jewish

Youth and Zionism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust

(published by Wayne State University Press, May 2009)

examines the appeal of Zionism for young survivors in

Europe in the aftermath of the Holocaust and their role

in the creation of the state of Israel. He is also the co-

editor (with Michael Berkowitz) of a collected volume on

Jewish Displaced Persons, titled We are Here: New Ap-

proaches to the Study of Jewish Displaced Persons in

Postwar Germany (Wayne State University Press, Feb-

ruary 2010). He has also published numerous articles,

book chapters, and encyclopedia articles on various top-

ics related to Jewish life and culture before, during, and

after the Holocaust.

SHABBAT MORNING TALK AFTER SHUL (Approx 11:15):

“REMEMBERING FOR THE FUTURE: THE CONCEPT OF JEWISH MEMORY”

SHABBAT AFTERNOON CLASS (5:15pm):

“AND YOU SHALL TELL YOUR CHILDREN: THE PLACE OF THE HOLOCAUST IN CONTEMPORARY

JEWISH IDENTITY”

FAMILY SEUDAH SHLISHIT GATHERING

End of Summer/Start of School Joint YIWH and Chabad Gathering At The Weinbergs 85 Iroquois Rd

4:30-6:00pm If rain, it will be postponed.

ברוכים הבאים

Welcome to Rabbi Jeremy & Jo, Adina, Dalia and Gavi Bruce! Rabbi Bruce is the new Head of School

at HHNE! They have recently moved here from Edgware, London and they currently live at

116 Brewster Road.

Welcome to Rabbi Moshe Chaim & Devorah Lustig who have moved to our community to teach at the Hebrew Academy. The Lustigs are still looking for temporary places to stay and for a house or apart-ment to rent in the area. If you know of any please

contact Ilana Bernstein or Rabbi Feldman.

מזל טוב

to Evelyn & Bob Harris on the recent מזל טובmarriage of their grandson Elisha Friedman to

Yamit Remz!

COME SAMPLE & BUY KOSHER WINE & SPIRITS

PRESENTED BY

MAXIMUM BEVERAGES

JOIN US WEDNESDAY EVE SEPTEMBER 3RD

7:30-9:30pm At the home of Yitz & Juanita Moss

25 Ledyard Road, West Hartford Seth Goldstein of Maximum Beverage Will have a variety of wines and liquors

for tasting and purchase. Restock the wine rack before the holidays

and sample some new wines! 10% of ALL PURCHASES WILL BE DONATED TO YIWH

SUPPORT A LOCAL COMMUNITY BUSINESS AND YOUNG ISRAEL AT THE SAME TIME

MANDATORY SCRIP PROGRAM

The MANDATORY SCRIP PROGRAM began on July 1, 2014. Each family will be expected to bring in an ex-tra $100 of income to the shul by buying gift cards through this program. This is how it works: With every purchase you make using Scrip or “Shop with Scrip” a percentage comes directly to the shul. These contributions range from 2% to as much as 16% of the amount of your purchase. It is now the job of every member to generate a minimum of $100 worth of in-come from any assortment of purchases. You can do this in a number of ways—some examples: Purchase ~ 2 grocery cards per month. (Big Y,

ShopRite or Stop and Shop) Purchase reloadable cards for such items as cloth-

ing, gas, drugstores or coffee. Buy them once and reload. (Whole Foods & Crown Market offer this option)

Purchase wedding gifts or Chanukah gifts by buy-ing gift cards

Use “Scrip Now” for some of your clothing, house-hold, or gift purchases

This truly is SO simple and a WIN-WIN opportunity. By making your regular purchases, you are financial-ly supporting YIWH. Daniella Robinson is the Coor-dinator of the Scrip Program. Your scrip earnings are individually tabulated through her scrip system. She can be reached at: (860)578-9515 or at [email protected]. Please feel free to be in contact with Daniella should you have any questions. Also, Feel free to call or email to arrange a pick up. Or she will be happy to deliver your cards to you!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Acknowledgment or Kid’s Corner donations should be sent to:

Debbie Luger at 37 Miamis Road, WH, CT

MIKVAH BESS ISRAEL UPDATES

Our new Shomeret, Hannah Braune Friedman assumed her

responsibilities on August the 1st. Hannah’s cell number is: 914-602-1783

THE GREATER HARTFORD GEMACH

The Gemach is now up and running and consists exclusively of du-rable medical equipment available for loan free of charge.

The Gemach is located at Beth David Synagogue Please contact Elisha Russ-Fishbane

At 617-777-4559 or [email protected]

CLASSES AT YIWH

MISHNA BRURAH CLASS

With Rabbi Sheinkopf Shabbat Mornings at 8:15AM

THE THOUGHT OF RAV HIRSCH

With Rabbi Weinberg

Shabbat Afternoons 45 minutes before Mincha

Cancelled this week

RABBI WEINBERG’S SUNDAY MORNING

GEMARA CLASS

ADOPTING IDF UNITS WITH

YIWH’S 3 SOLDIERS

This is an update on the YIWH support pro-gram for our IDF soldiers. We have gotten the go-ahead to contribute to the YIWH campaign to support the three soldiers who are serving

in the IDF from our shul. Contributions may be made out to :

US address: Friends of Yashar Lachayal 49 Meadow Lane Lawrence, NY 11559 Web site - www.yasharlachayal.org/donate

Thanks, Bob Harris

On Friday, September 5, Susan Fried will be sell-ing hand-made jewelry in the Hebrew Home lobby

between 9-2.

GET IN THE ROSH HASHANAH SPIRIT WITH A

COMMUNITY DAY OF CARING

Sunday, September 21, 2014 10:00 AM—12:00 PM

APPLE PICKING Belltown Hill Orchards Pick some

apples for the holidays as well as to donate later in the day. Or,

COLLECT FOOD FOR THOSE IN NEED

Volunteer to stand outside of the Crown Supermarket collecting food to donate later in the day.

SEE FLIER FOR DETAILS

HBA MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT. Sunday September 14, 2014 at 1:30 pm.

In honor of our mother Hannah Aroesty Z”L. Proceeds benefit ALS Association and

Congregation Shaarei Tefilah. For more details email ELi [email protected]

or Adam [email protected]

BOOKKEEPER Martha Sperandio,

[email protected] or call her at the shul 860-233-3084.

Her new hours at shul will be generally on Monday 9 - 1 & Friday 1 - 4

http://www.yasharlachayal.org/donate

mailto:[email protected]



The Heresy of Hubris

Rabbi Mayer Twersky

So that his heart does not become haughty over his brethren and not turn from the commandment right or left so that he will prolong years over his kingdom, he and his sons amid Israel (Devarim 17:20)

The Torah alludes here to the prohibition of haughtiness because Scripture enjoins the king from haughtiness and conceit, and a fortiori others who have no case [for haughti-ness] ... because haughtiness is repugnant and loathsome to G-d ... because greatness and exaltedness belong exclusively to Hashem (Ramban, ad loc.)

Rabbi Moshe of Covey authored the SeMaG, which enumerates and explains the six hundred and thirteen mitzvos. In a most stunning, remarkable passage he writes that upon completion of his oeuvre, he beheld a vision in a dream. He was told that "Behold, you have forgotten the foundationalmitzvah not to forget Hashem and become haughty." According-ly, he revised his work and featured the prohibition of haughtiness as mitzvas lo ta'aseh #64. Rabbi Moshe Cordevero in his Tomar Devorah [chapter 2] characterizes humility, the obvious antithesis of haughtiness, as the key to all correct midos. We certainly intuit that ga'avah is a deplorable mida. But a modicum of reflection and pre-cise definition of terms are necessary to understand why it is so deplorable and why its an-tithesis, anavah, is so crucial. A ba'al ga'avah is not necessarily one who exaggerates his abilities and accomplish-ments. Such a person is, in the words of my teacher Rav Gershon Zaks z"l, out of touch with reality! The ba'al ga'avah can be entirely accurate in his assessment of his abilities and ac-complishments. He errs in feeling that "My strength and the might of my hand" (Devarim 8:17) are responsible for his abilities and accomplishments. The ba'al ga'avah feels independent and autonomous , and hence boastful and proud. An anav, by contrast, while appreciating the religious mandate for human effort and initia-tive, understands that Hashem has endowed him with whatever abilities he possesses, sus-tains him, provides him with opportunities and crowns his efforts with success. The anav can also be entirely accurate in his assessment of his abilities and accomplish-ments, but he recognizes his absolute dependence and all-encompassing indebtedness to Hashem. Accordingly, he is modest and unassuming. With these definitions in mind we understand the emphasis upon anavah of the SeMaG and Rabbi Moshe Cordovero. The religious, theological need for humility and the heresy of hubris are codified in very stark terms by the Rambam (Hilchos De'os 2:3) "One who is haughty denies Hashem." Rambam establishes a rigorous equation between hubris and heresy. He is not merely guilty of something tantamount to heresy, but something which is heresy. Rambam quotes the same verse as the SeMaG. "And your heart will be-come haughty and you will forget Hashem, your God" (Devarim8:14). Haughtiness, by defi-nition, entails forgetting Hashem. One who is haughty feels independent and autonomous; this is a denial of Hashem, who is the source of our existence and sustains us.

Save the Date - Mikveh Event

AN EVENING WITH RABBI SHMULEY BOTEACH

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | 7:30pm Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus 335 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford, CT 06117 Presented by the Bess Israel Mikveh and the Mandell JCC $20 per person | VIP reception with Rabbi Shmuley $180 per couple Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, “America’s Rabbi,” is one of the world’s leading values and relationship experts. His 29 books have been best-sellers throughout the world and have been translated into 20 languages. Rabbi Shmuley appears regularly on global TV, radio, and print media. For more information and tickets: www.mandelljcc.org | [email protected] | 860-231-6316

http://www.mandelljcc.org/


YIWH Schedule of Services

August 29th - September 5th, 2014 It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush

Shabbat Parashat Shoftim Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, August 29th- Erev Shabbat Shul handles set up & Clean up!

Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Contact Judie Patel at 860-236-4178, or

Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m. [email protected]

Candle Lighting 7:11 p.m. to check the availability of the date

you need & call Fran Wittenberg

Shabbat, August 30th at 860-983-4837

Rabbi Sheinkopf’s Mishna Brurah 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 9:33 a.m. Checks need to be received the

Shabbat Morning Youth Groups 10:00 a.m. Sunday prior to your Kiddush date.

Family Seudah Shlishit at the Weinberg’s 4:30 p.m. There are three types

Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit 6:55 p.m. of Kiddushim:

Shabbat Ends & Maariv 8:10 p.m. Standard for $150,

Semi-Deluxe for $250

Sunday, August 31st- Thursday, September 4th & Deluxe for $350

Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 5:23 a.m. With supplements available.

Shacharit...Sunday - Followed by 8:15 a.m.

Rabbi Weinberg’s Gemara Shiur & Breakfast For Seudah Shlishit contact

Shacharit…Monday - Labor Day 8:15 a.m. Jason Dulberg at 860-523-1568

Shacharit…Tuesday & Wednesday 6:45 a.m. Please make checks out for $90.00 to YIWH;

Shacharit…Thursday 6:40 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv...at YIWH 7:05 p.m. Jason Dulberg at 860-523-1568

Friday, September 5th- Erev Shabbat KIDDUSH SCHEDULE

Shacharit 6:45 a.m. 9/20 Shamash

Candle Lighting 6:59 p.m.

Mincha/Maariv 7:04 p.m.

Ner La’Maor - Lights

Ann & Jeremy Pava

Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah

Henna & Bob Tatham

in honor of their grandchildren

Yonatan & Akiva Cohen

Pat La’Orchim Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit

Fran & Gene Wittenberg in memory of

Fran’s father, Tzvi ben Yitzchak Meir HaCohen

צבי בן יצחק מאיר הכהן & Gene’s father, Binyamin ben Moshe

בנימין בן משהKiddush Supplement

Irving Wizenfeld in memory of his parents

שמואל מאיר בן יצחק הכהן דינה אתל בת נחמןSeudah Shlishit Supplement

Betty Wizenfeld in memory of her parents

טוביה בן צבי אלימלך אסתר בת דוד הכהן

5773 Candy Man You-Dah-Man

Sarah Parnes for the Sheinkopf Family

Ann & Jeremy Pava

Handy Man Good Humor Man

Jay Gershman Naomi & David Rosen

Check out the weekly Schedule on the YIWH Website youngisraelwh.org/times ~ Times from: ou.org/holidays/calendar

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September 5th - 12th, 2014 It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush

Shabbat Parashat Ki Teitzi Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, September 5th- Erev Shabbat Shul handles set up & Clean up!


Candle Lighting 6:59 p.m. [email protected]

Mincha/Maariv 7:04 p.m. to check the availability of the date


Shabbat, September 6th at 860-983-4837





Rabbi Weinberg’s Shabbat Afternoon Class 6:00 p.m. There are three types




Sunday, September 7th- Thursday, September 11th & Deluxe for $350




Shacharit…Monday & Thursday 6:40 a.m. Jason Dulberg at 860-523-1568








Ann & Jeremy Pava


Henna & Bob Tatham














Ann & Jeremy Pava







[email protected].











Shabbat Parashat Nitzavim - Vayeilech Or Seudah Shlishit!






Shabbat, September 13th at 860-983-4837









Sunday, September 14th- Thursday, September 18th & Deluxe for $350




Shacharit…Monday & Thursday 6:40 a.m. Jason Dulberg at 860-523-1568








Ann & Jeremy Pava


Henna & Bob Tatham














Ann & Jeremy Pava







[email protected].











Shabbat Parashat Nitzavim - Vayeilech Or Seudah Shlishit!






Shabbat, September 20th - Leil Selichot at 860-983-4837








Community Wide Pre- Selichot Program 10:15 p.m. Semi-Deluxe for $250

Followed by Selichot 11:30 p.m. & Deluxe for $350

Selichot Chatzot 12:50 a.m. With supplements available.

Sunday, September 21st- Tuesday, September 23rd

Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 5:39 a.m. For Seudah Shlishit contact

Shacharit...Sunday - 8:15 a.m. Jason Dulberg at 860-523-1568

Shacharit…Monday 6:40 a.m. Please make checks out for $90.00 to YIWH;

Shacharit…Tuesday 6:45 a.m. Jason Dulberg at 860-523-1568

Mincha/Maariv...Su, M,Tu 6:40 p.m.

Selichot Su, Mo, Tu Nights 9:00 p.m.

KIDDUSH SCHEDULE

Wednesday, September 24th- EREV ROSH HASHANNAH 9/20 Shamash

Shacharit 6:45 a.m.

Make an Eruv Tavshilin Before Candle Lighting




Ann & Jeremy Pava


Henna & Bob Tatham














Ann & Jeremy Pava





[email protected].








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