Condolences to Linda Bram and Matt Winne on the passing of Linda’s brother Michael in Colorado Springs this week. Lin-da will sit Shiva at 414 Monaco Parkway this coming Monday through Wednesday mornings, 10:00 am-12:00 pm; and Monday and Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8:30 pm. Hama-kom Yinachem Etchem B’toch She’ar Aveilei Tzion Virushalayim.

Mazel Tov to our old fr iend Eli Bilmes on his engagement this week to Sara Esrig in Israel!

Membership Meeting—Please join us for our annual Membership Meeting this Monday, January 12, at 7:30 pm. Members received an email this past week with the agenda and other forms and infor-mation. All members are asked to please make a point to attend this important meeting.

AIPAC Israel Advocacy Shabbat—Our themed Shabbatot continue this Shabbat with AIPAC Shabbat, featuring a talk by Craig Gardenswartz, Area Director of AI-PAC, on Shabbat morning. We will also have the chance to learn from Rabbi Shamir Caplan over Shabbat. See box at right.

Jr. Congregation for 4th-6th grades begins this week! See the details on Page 4. Thank you to Aliza Makov-sky, Zev Narrowe, Sarah Senkfor and Caleb Wedgle for running this fun and exciting new weekly program. Sponsor part or all of Jr. Congregation at DATMin-yan.org/youth.

Teen Shabbat Morning Program with Rabbi Sun-shine upstairs at 10:45 am.

Pizza Mish-Mosh this Saturday night, Jan. 10, at 6:30 pm! We are also happy to announce that weekly Grand Prizes and the multi-week Grand Raffle have

returned! Learn more or sponsor Mish-Mosh at DATMinyan.org/MishMosh.

Special Kabbalat Shabbat—Please join us for a spe-cial family-friendly Carlebach-style “Happy Minyan” in two weeks, Jan. 23. Organized and run by local teens under the direction of Reb Noam Horowitz, this partici-patory Minyan will include extra singing and plenty of inspiration. Followed by a dinner for Grades 6 and up. Speak to Reb Noam for more information.

Volunteers wanted to help us plan our annual Purim Seudah. Speak to Rabbi Zalesch to help organize this fun annual event.

DAT MINYAN NEWS AND EVENTS

Please help make our Tefillot meaningful by refraining from talking during Davening.

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Shacharit Latest Shema 9:43 am

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Welcome to the Parshat Noach

October 25, 2014 1 Marcheshvan 5775

Candles (10/15): 6:03 Candles (10/16): 7:01 Candles (10/17): 6:00 Havdala (10/18): 6:58 Candles (10/24): 5:50

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LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

DAY TIME TOPIC TEACHER PLACE

Fri. Before Maariv D’var Torah Rabbi Shamir Caplan MPR

שבת

8:30 am Tefillah Warmup Ellyn Hutt MPR

After Hashkama D’var Halacha 111

10:00 am Women’s Parsha Chabura 201

Haftarah/Mussaf Parsha Class Rabbi Gitler 111

Before Mussaf D’var Torah Rabbi Shamir Caplan MPR

After Mussaf Lecture Craig Gardenswartz MPR

“Red Lines and Deadlines: A Middle East Briefing”

3:25 pm SHAWL TBA 111

Not Meeting 5th-7th Girls Mishna Aryeh Fischer N/A

3:55/After Mincha HS Boys Gemara Josh Baraban MPR

After Mincha Open Beit Midrash MPR

After Mincha 3rd-4th Boys Mishna Amichai Ungar DAT

After Mincha 5th-7th Boys Mishna Rabbi Alter DAT

After Mincha Women’s Mesillat Yesharim Chabura 112

6:30 pm Pizza Mish-Mosh! And Grand Prizes! MPR

Sun. 7:30 pm Kashrut In-Depth Reb Noam Horowitz 112

8:00 pm Advanced Talmud R’ Eli Mozes MPR

KIDDUSH cosponsored by the Shul and by Jen and Max Schrutt in honor of their anniversary.

SEUDAH SHELISHIT sponsored by the Shul.

Welcome to the Shabbat Parshat Shemot

Jan. 10, 2015 19 Tevet 5775

Candles: 3:53-4:35 Havdalah: 5:36

Parsha: p. 292 Haftarah: p. 1147

THANK YOU to our pizza and Grand Prize Mish-Mosh sponsors: Dan Hyman, in honor of the wonderfully supportive DAT Minyan Community;

the Polotsky family, in honor of DAT School; the Baraban Family; the Hoffman family, in honor of Rabbi Sunshine; and the Shapiro family.

Weekly Halacha : Kashrut Rabbi Zalesch

In light of this week’s Pizza Mish-Mosh soon after Shabbat, we present here some Halachic considerations surrounding waiting between meat and milk.

Although the Mishna (Chullin 103b-104a) restricts

having meat and milk on the same table, it is the Gemara (Chullin 104b) which introduces the concept of waiting for a fixed period of time between meat and milk. Mar Ukva records with wonder the piety of his father, who waited 24 hours between meat and milk, but personally sides with the more lenient, mainstream approach that one may wait until “the next meal,” seudatah acharita, to eat milk.

The way in which we quantify “the next meal” has been the subject of debate among Halachic authorities for millennia. Tosafot (104b) take a notably lenient approach, prescribing that the milk meal may occur within minutes of the meat meal, provided that one clear the table and end his meat meal formally with an after-blessing. The Rambam, in contrast, requires a wait of “around six hours,” “k’mo shesh sha’ot,” the normal time between the morning and evening meals in previous eras. This inexactitude on the part of the normally punctilious Rambam has led to a de-bate among the authorities as to whether the Rambam is saying that a wait of close to six hours is truly sufficient (hence the famous “five hours and one minute” opinion), or whether the Rambam would have agreed that six full hours was required if time had been measured as precisely in his era as it is in ours.

Both the Sephardic Shulchan Aruch and the Ashke-nazic in-line commentary of the Rama prescribe a wait of six full hours between meat and milk, the Shulchan Aruch appearing to rule more definitively with the Rama prefer-ring the six-hour wait more as a matter of accepted custom than as an absolute Halachic requirement. Nevertheless, various alternative customs have developed over the centu-ries. Dutch Jewry traditionally waits one hour, in line with the Tosafot mentioned above or because food begins to digest after one hour. Jews of German descent

Rabbi’s Message Rabbi Alter

מר ובזפת יכלה עוד הצפינו ותקח ולא בת גמא ותחמרה בח לו ת .שפת היאר הילד ותשם בסוף על ותשם בה את

And she put it in the water, by the banks of the river. (2:3) If Yocheved really wanted to save Moshe, why did she place him into the dangerous Nile? Shouldn’t she have put him on some wealthy Egyptians doorstep and hoped for the best? What was the logic behind her actions? Yocheved knew that hundreds of babies were being thrown into the Nile. She also knew that there was something unique and special about Moshe. The Torah tells us “kee tov hoo.” She put him into a basket and hoped that someone would find him, open the basket, and wonder why this child had not died after being thrown into the Nile. Maybe the finder would assume that while all the other children were being killed when put into the Nile, this child was special because he was Godly and was therefore saved by the Nile. In ancient times, some Egyptians were known to bury their dead on the banks of the Nile to allow their souls to be trans-ported by boat down the Nile. Archeologists have found a number of bodies buried with miniature boats so that the souls could be transported. Graves have also been found with larger boats. As an example, next to Khufu’s Great Pyramid near Cairo, archaeologists found a 142-ft. wooden barque they believe his son Djedefre buried so the dead Pharaoh could use it in the afterlife. When Pharaoh’s daughter found Moshe, she opened up the basket. One would expect to find a child, but she found a “na’ar bocheh.” Naar means a young lad. There was something different and unique about this child. Intrigued by this phenomenon, she brought him to her palace. The Phar-aohs were treated as gods, and this child seemed to be a god, in that even though he was a Hebrew, he was saved by the Nile. As such, she felt that he belonged with royalty. The Torah tells us that she had mercy on Moshe. In an environment where Egyptian propaganda caused the peo-ple to hate Jews and think of them as different from humans, she connected to Moshe precisely because she thought he had godly powers and therefore was very similar to her and other royalty.

Refuah Shleima

Please include the following names in your prayers. May each be granted a Refuah Shleima. Names are kept on the list until the next Rosh Chodesh. Help us keep the list accurate by verifying the necessary details each month on the Cholim GoogleDoc.

Yisroel Ben Chana Tal bat Ronit Barak Mordechai ben Edit Bentzion ben Masha Yehudit Kalman ben Esther Ezra ben Mazal Eirit bat Tzafi Esther Bat Margalit Sarah Ida bat Esa Ita Sheiva bas Udya Miriam bat Tzippa Sara Naomi Miriam bat Sarah Emanu Nachum Noach ben Sarah Rachamim ben Sarah Raizel Shayna bas Basya Sarah Esther bat Faiyge Shimon ben Miriam Hendel Yehoshua Meshullam ben Sara Leah Simcha haKohen ben Chana Yehuda ben Margalit Sarah Yonna bat Esther Kalman Yaakov ben Feige Nechamah Leah bat Sarah Baruch Dov ben Sarah Yaffa Batya bat Fradel Ita Sheiva bas Udya Naomi Miriam bat Sarah Emanu Galina bas Rachel Chaya Rochel Leah Nechama bat Esther Chaim Shmuel ben Miriam Avraham Shalom ben Henna Chaim Benjamin ben Bracha Chana bat Florence Chanah Elisheva Rivka bat Sarah Devorah Leah bat Chanah Dina bat Hyla and Shayla Ida bat Esa Leah Devora Kivitiya bat Chaya Michael Aharon ben Hasia Michael Moshe Zeev ben Yehudit Miriam Tova Chaya bat Chanah Raphael Yotam ben Efrat Eliyahu Chayim HaKohen ben Sarah Rivka Rabbi Ephraim Ben Henna Mordechai HaKohein ben Devorah Rivkah (Rabbi) Tzvi Gershon ben Shaindel Shaina Raizel Noa Shani bat Chaya Bracha Sandra Miriam Shoshana bat Chanah Sarah Shoshanna bat Sarah Shashi bat Batya Baila Tova Leah bat Chana Yaakov ben Miriam Ephraim Chai Ben Rahel Shirley Hasia bat Devorah Shoshana Bat Smadar Adina Tamar bat Sarah Tzirel Zvi Aharon ben Chaya Rochel Tinok ben Leah Ayelet Meyer Pesach ben Etel Leib ben Sarah

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* Bnei Akiva: Bnei Akiva Regional Shabbaton at BA Cleveland! Weekend of Jan 30th! More info soon.

* The community is invited to a L’chaim at the home of Rabbi Yaakov and Marcie Calm, 116 Grape St., to cele-brate the engagement of their daughter Aliza to Yosef Fried of Baltimore this Sat. night, Jan. 10, 8:30-10:00 pm.

* Mazel Tov to Rabbi Adam and Shira Freedman on the bir th of a boy. Shalom Zachar this Fr i., Jan. 9, 7:45 pm, at 6361 E Ohio Ave. Bris planned for this Wed., Jan. 14, 8 am at the Jewish Experience Center, 399 S. Monaco Pkwy.

* DAT High School Senior Class Baked Ziti Dinner—Each meal costs $32 and includes a tin of baked ziti, a tin of green beans, a serving of salad, and a loaf of garlic bread—enough for a family of 6-8. RSVP to DATSenior15@gmail.com by Jan. 18; pickup on Jan. 25. Early Bird Deal—Order by Jan. 9 to get your meal for $30. Free pickup from DAT; $5 delivery fee to Lowry, Aurora, Hilltop and Greenwood Village areas. Cooking will be done at the Lev home. Look for flyers around the DAT building this Shabbat.

* Havdallah Concert and Melava Malkah with recording artist Sam Glaser—Jan. 10, The Jewish Experience Center, 7:00 pm. Tickets $15 in advance or $20 at the door. www.theje.com, (303) 316-6412, RSVP@theje.com

Denver Community Kollel 3rd Annual Women’s Wellness Workshop—Tuesday, January 13, 5:00-8:30 pm at Cable-land, 4150 Shangri-La Drive. Noted educator and speaker Debbie Selengut will be the keynote speaker. Cost is $54. To reserve or for more info., visit www,denverkollel.org, email info@denverkollel.org or call 303-820-2855.

* Limos make everything better, especially scavenger hunts! Join TeenJE for Limo Rally 2015 on January 17, 2015 for adventure, Havdalah, and food. RSVP by December 17 and bring a friend for a discount: www.theje.com/limo/

“The Art of Parenting”—A JLI mini-course with Rabbi Yossi Serebryanski. Six Mondays, Jan. 19-Feb. 23, 9:00-10:30 am, at BMH-BJ in the library. $90. Explore timeless insights from Jewish wisdom to instill values, foster independence, and ensure the long-term success and emotional well-being of our children. Email candysero@yahoo.com for more infor-mation.

* Hillel Academy 63rd Anniversary Dinner—Tuesday, January 20, honoring Rabbi & Mrs. Shachne Sommers and Mr. & Mrs. David Kasztl. Reception at 6:00 pm, Dinner at 7:00 pm, at BMH-BJ: The Denver Synagogue. Reservations and infor-mation—303-333-1511 or www.haod.org.

Yeshiva Toras Chaim Raffle—Grand Prize: $100,000; First Prize—Trip for 4 to Israel or $5,000 cash. Deadline: Jan. 28, 2015. Ticket prices: 1 ticket for $100; 2 tickets for $180; 3 tickets for $250. Visit https://ytcdenver.raffleready.com/grand-sweepstakes to order tickets or email cabrams@ytc.edu for more information.

* CHOICES 2015—Thu., Feb. 26, 6:00 pm, at Sheraton Denver Downtown, 1550 Court Street. Speaker: Felice Fried-son—President & CEO of Media Line, Ltd., a non-profit news organization specializing in fair and balanced coverage of the Middle East. She is a thought leader and subject matter expert in a male dominated field. She also employed Steven Sotloff, the journalist who was murdered by ISIS while reporting in Syria. RSVP: 303-316-6484 or Events@JEWISHcolorado.org. For further information about CHOICES go to JEWISHcolorado.org/CHOICES.

Radio Chavura—This Sunday, Jan. 11, at 6:30 pm, exclusively at www.chavura.com, we air another edition of Radio Chavura - the weekly half-hour Jewish radio program that celebrates Colorado's vibrant Jewish community. Radio Chavura features a diverse range of guests that includes authors, artists, students, and congregational leaders. This multi-generational show will make you laugh, cry, and reminisce.—www.chavura.com

* DAT Minyan only certifies Kashrut of events it hosts or co-sponsors.

often wait three hours, perhaps because the shorter winter days in Germany would have led to a wait of three hours be-tween the morning and evening meals, or, conversely, because by the relatively late historical development of German Jewish practice it bad become more common to eat three meals per day, with about a three hour wait between each.

Is there any dispensation for children to wait less time between meat and milk? This is a question which must take into account the particular child’s understanding of the Halacha he is being asked to follow, as well as the need to not overly burden a child and cause him to view Halacha in a negative light. Nevertheless, feeding a child meat and milk simultaneously is never permitted, and some separation, increasing gradually as the child grows up, is expected. Gener-ally, by the time a child is six or seven years old, he or she waits about six hours. Similar dispensations may be made for the sick, elderly, or people becoming newly observant of Jewish law, all with attention to the fact that the common con-temporary six-hour wait can be tempered by the many earlier, and contemporary, more lenient opinions.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

DAT Minyan Rabbi Daniel Alter 6825 Alameda Ave., Denver, CO 80224 (303) 281-8999 facebook.com/datminyan

DAT Minyan: A dynamic and friendly Modern Orthodox synagogue for all ages dedicated to meaningful prayer, personal spiritual development, community growth, youth involvement, Torah education and Religious Zionism.

DAT MINYAN YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Youth Group Guidelines: Pick up for all groups (including 4th-6th graders) is indoors. Please bring your child’s labeled water bottle, hat, and jacket to groups with them. Advisors

and kids are not allowed to get these items from the coat rack or strollers during groups.

A parent or guardian must be on shul premises when children are in groups.

Children not attending groups must be supervised by a parent or guardian at all times.

Please remember to pick up your children immediately after the Rabbi’s speech.

Youth Snacks Sponsorship

Youth Snacks sponsored by Brent and Jolie Eisen

in honor of Reese’s 8th birthday and Jake’s 12th Birthday. Email Mor at youth@datminyan.org about sponsorships, or visit DATMinyan.org/youth

Happy Birthday:

Reese Eisen Jake Eisen Is your child’s birthday not listed? Email Mor Shapiro at youth@datminyan.org.

Tefillot Parsha skits and songs Trivia Weekly raffle Upstairs in Room 204 (2nd grade classroom) Run by Aliza Makovsky, Zev Narrowe,

Sarah Senkfor, and Caleb Wedgle 9:30—Early-bird treat 9:45—Main program

Speak to Mor for more information.

Jr. Congregation for 4th-6th Grades begins this Shabbat!

Save the Date! DAT Minyan Annual Event

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Useful DAT Minyan Contact Info and Web Links Inquiry Personal Contact Email Address or Web Link

Rabbinic questions Rabbi Alter, Interim Rabbi rabbi@datminyan.org

General Shul questions Rabbi Zalesch, Director of Operations office@datminyan.org

Billing questions Graeme Bean/Scott Friedman, Treasurers

treasurer@datminyan.org

Kibbudim/service questions Craig Schottenstein, Gabbai gabbai@datminyan.org

Kiddush sponsorship Dovid Lev, Kiddush Coordinator kiddush@datminyan.org

Youth department questions Mor Shapiro, Youth Director youth@datminyan.org

Hospitality, meals, visitors Naomi Lev, Chesed Committee hospitality@datminyan.org

Newsletter contributions, corrections, and sponsorship

Rabbi Zalesch post@datminyan.org

Youth snacks sponsorship Mor Shapiro DATMinyan.org/youth

Mish-Mosh sponsorship Rabbi Sunshine/Rabbi Zalesch DAT Minyan.org/mishmosh