חקת פרשת ישראל תפארת קהילת / - אחד בלבDAVENING SCHEDULE Friday Candle Lighting: 7:04-8:19 pm Mincha: 7:00 pm Shabbos Day Shacharis: 8:30 am Mincha: 7:30 pm Maariv: 9:35 pm Shabbos is over after: 9:49 pm Sunday Shacharis: 8:00 am Mincha/Maariv: 8:20 pm Monday-Friday Shacharis: 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv followed by Rabbi Goldberger shiur and Bais Medresh: 8:20 pm Next Shabbos — Parshas Balak Candle Lighting: 7:04-8:18 pm Friday Mincha: 7:00 pm There are two times for candle lighting. The earlier time is Plag HaMincha and is the earliest time to light candles. The latter time is the regular candle lighting time and is 18 minutes before sunset, the latest time to light candles. If one wants to light candles when the shul accepts Shabbos, this is approximately 40 minutes after the start of Mincha. Rabbi Goldberger’s Nightly Halacha Shiur Each evening after maariv, Rabbi Goldberger gives a shiur for men in the Mishna Berurah for about 15 minutes on hilchos tzitzis. Mishnayos The deadline for finishing mishnayos in memory of Max and Zechariah Komet is fast approaching. If you would like to be a part of this seudas mitzvah and help to sponsor the event, please contact Moshe Cohen. This Shabbos • Bris of Yosef and Aliza Hertzmark’s son following Shabbos morning davening. Everyone is invited to the kiddush following the bris. For Our Loved Ones Who Are Ill If you have a loved one who is seriously ill, and you wish to have Tehillim recited on their behalf, please contact Rena Levi, 410-358- 4817. If, in the past, you have put someone’s name on our Tehillim list and that person’s status has since changed, please let Rena know so we can keep our list current. Our Women’s Tehillim group meets every Sunday morning from 10 to 10:45 in the Nancy Taffel Annex. Please join us if you can. Mazel Tov to • Yosef and Aliza Hertzmark on the birth of a son. May they be zoche l’hachniso b’vriso shel Avraham Avinu b’zemano u’l’gadlo l’Torah l’chuppah u’l’ma’asim tovim! Shalom zochar will be at 3403 W. Strathmore Avenue, upper unit. Bris and kiddush following Shabbos morning davening. • Scott Ference on the birth of a granddaughter born to Elianna and Chanoch Spetner. May they be zoche l’gadla l’Torah l’chuppah u’l’ma’asim tovim! • Drs. Bert and Bina Kahn on the birth of a grandson born to Daniel and Esther Kahn. May they be zoche l’hachniso b’vriso shel Avraham Avinu b’zemano u’l’gadlo l’Torah l’chuppah u’l’ma’asim tovim! The Goldbergers Are in Toronto Rabbi and Rebbetzin Goldberger are in Toronto for their nephew’s Bar Mitzvah. Rabbi Yehuda Leib Goldberger will give the drasha this Shabbos. Both the Rabbi’s and Rebbetzin’s shiurs will not be held this Shabbos afternoon. Reb Shlomo Goldberger will be teaching the Sunday morning Gemara Brachos shiur. Shul Statements and Membership Renewal Statements were sent out this past week. Please make every effort to fulfill your past pledges to TY. Membership renewal letters will be sent out in the coming week. Your prompt response and payment for the coming year is needed and appreciated. Thank you, The TY Officers Pushka total: $4,398.78 (see p. 3) 11 Tammuz 5772/June 30, 2012 5746-5772 Celebrating our 26th year 1986-2012 Rabbi Menachem Goldberger גולדברגר הלוי ראובן מנחם הרב דאתרא מרא שליטא בס״דWelcome to Congregation Tiferes Yisroel Parshas Chukas This week’s Lev Echad is in honor of: Caryn Blum and the Coffeehouse Committee. Thank you for a beautiful evening. Caryn, your sense of responsibility, attention to detail, and good humor are legendary. Thank you to the excellent committee who transformed our simcha hall into another awesome coffeehouse, unique and true to its calling, creating for us the sweet ambience and impression of Shabbos. It is such a great honor for us to have all of you in our shul! and is sponsored by Leah Miner, with very special thanks to Rebbetzin Bracha Goldberger, Shalomis Weinreb, Adele Dinerstein, the TY Sisterhood, and all who gave of themselves to give us an exceptionally beautiful, memorable and inspiring evening at the Coffeehouse Concert. It was absolutely wonderful!
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This week’s Lev Echad is being sponsored by Bluma Bier, in gratitude to Hashem for her naches, and in gratitude
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בלב אחד
DAVENING SCHEDULE Friday Candle Lighting: 7:04-8:19 pm Mincha: 7:00 pm Shabbos Day Shacharis: 8:30 am Mincha: 7:30 pm Maariv: 9:35 pm Shabbos is over after: 9:49 pm Sunday Shacharis: 8:00 am Mincha/Maariv: 8:20 pm Monday-Friday Shacharis: 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv followed by Rabbi Goldberger shiur and Bais Medresh: 8:20 pm Next Shabbos — Parshas Balak Candle Lighting: 7:04-8:18 pm Friday Mincha: 7:00 pm There are two times for candle lighting. The earlier time is Plag HaMincha and is the earliest time to light candles. The latter time is the regular candle lighting time and is 18 minutes before sunset, the latest time to light candles. If one wants to light candles when the shul accepts Shabbos, this is approximately 40 minutes after the start of Mincha.
Rabbi Goldberger’s Nightly Halacha Shiur
Each evening after maariv, Rabbi Goldberger gives a shiur for men in the Mishna Berurah for about 15 minutes on hilchos tzitzis.
Mishnayos The deadline for finishing mishnayos in
memory of Max and Zechariah Komet is fast approaching.
If you would like to be a part of this seudas mitzvah and help to sponsor the event, please contact Moshe Cohen.
This Shabbos • Bris of Yosef and Aliza Hertzmark’s son
following Shabbos morning davening. Everyone is invited to the kiddush following the bris.
For Our Loved Ones Who Are Ill If you have a loved one who is seriously ill,
and you wish to have Tehillim recited on their behalf, please contact Rena Levi, 410-358-4817. If, in the past, you have put someone’s name on our Tehillim list and that person’s status has since changed, please let Rena know so we can keep our list current.
Our Women’s Tehillim group meets every Sunday morning from 10 to 10:45 in the Nancy Taffel Annex. Please join us if you can.
Mazel Tov to • Yosef and Aliza Hertzmark on the birth of a
son. May they be zoche l’hachniso b’vriso shel Avraham Avinu b’zemano u’l’gadlo l’Torah l’chuppah u’l’ma’asim tovim! Shalom zochar will be at 3403 W.
Strathmore Avenue, upper unit. Bris and kiddush following Shabbos morning davening.
• Scott Ference on the birth of a granddaughter born to Elianna and Chanoch Spetner. May they be zoche l’gadla l’Torah l’chuppah u’l’ma’asim tovim!
• Drs. Bert and Bina Kahn on the birth of a grandson born to Daniel and Esther Kahn. May they be zoche l’hachniso b’vriso shel Avraham Avinu b’zemano u’l’gadlo l’Torah l’chuppah u’l’ma’asim tovim!
The Goldbergers Are in Toronto Rabbi and Rebbetzin Goldberger are in
Toronto for their nephew’s Bar Mitzvah. Rabbi Yehuda Leib Goldberger will give
the drasha this Shabbos. Both the Rabbi’s and Rebbetzin’s shiurs
will not be held this Shabbos afternoon. Reb Shlomo Goldberger will be teaching
the Sunday morning Gemara Brachos shiur.
Shul Statements and Membership Renewal
Statements were sent out this past week. Please make every effort to fulfill your past pledges to TY. Membership renewal letters will be sent out in the coming week. Your prompt response and payment for the coming year is needed and appreciated.
Thank you, The TY Officers
Pushka total: $4,398.78 (see p. 3) 11 Tammuz 5772/June 30, 2012.
5746-5772 Celebrating our 26th year 1986-2012
Rabbi Menachem Goldberger
הרב מנחם ראובן הלוי גולדברגר שליטא מרא דאתרא
בס״ד
Welcome to Congregation Tiferes Yisroel Parshas Chukas
This week’s Lev Echad is in honor of:
Caryn Blum and the Coffeehouse Committee. Thank you for a beautiful evening. Caryn, your sense of responsibility, attention to detail, and good humor are legendary. Thank you to the excellent committee who transformed our simcha hall into another
awesome coffeehouse, unique and true to its calling, creating for us the sweet ambience and impression of Shabbos. It is such a great honor for us to have all of you in our shul!
and is sponsored by
Leah Miner, with very special thanks to Rebbetzin Bracha Goldberger, Shalomis Weinreb, Adele Dinerstein, the TY Sisterhood, and all who gave of themselves to give us an exceptionally beautiful, memorable and inspiring evening at the Coffeehouse
Concert. It was absolutely wonderful!
The Weekly Parsha
Parsha Potpourri – Selection
by Oizer Alport
Dabeir el B’nei Yisroel v’yik’chu eilecha parah adumah temimah (19:2)
Rashi writes (19:2) that Hashem declared the mitzvah of parah adumah to be a “chok” — a Divine decree with no readily apparent rationale — regarding which we are not per-mitted to inquire or attempt to understand. Shlomo Hamelech declared (Bamidbar Rab-bah 19:3) that after using all of his intellectual capabilities to attempt to understand the mitzvah of parah adumah, he was still unable to do so.
Yet Rashi also writes in the name of Rav Moshe HaDarshan that the parah adumah served as an atonement for the sin of the golden calf, and he proceeds to explain how each detail of the laws of the red heifer specifically atoned for a corresponding aspect of the golden calf. After explaining that the parah adumah is the quintessential chok, the purpose of which even the wise Shlomo couldn’t grasp, how can Rashi proceed to explain the rationale behind the mitzvah in great detail? Additionally, in what way did this specific mitzvah effect atonement for the sin of the golden calf?
The Beis HaLevi explains that when the Jewish people incorrectly concluded that Moshe had died, they were distraught by the lack of an intermediary to lead them and teach them Hashem’s will. They yearned to build a place for the Divine presence to rest among them to fill the void left by Moshe’s perceived death. Because their intentions were for the sake of Heaven, they selected Aharon to lead the project so that it would succeed. If so, what was their mistake, and why did their plans go so awry?
The Beis HaLevi explains that each mitzvah contains within it deep, mystical secrets which have tremendous effects in the upper worlds when performed properly. At Mount Sinai, the Jewish people erred in thinking that if they discovered the kabbalistic concepts behind a mitzvah, they could perform it based on their understanding even without being commanded. As a result, although their intentions were good, they lacked the Divine assistance which comes only from performing His will, and they ended up sinning with the golden calf.
The Medrash (Shemos Rabbah 51:8) teaches that the Mishkan also served as atone-ment for the sin of the golden calf. The Beis HaLevi explains that because the sin of the
golden calf was caused by doing something without a command from Hashem to do so, the Torah therefore repeatedly emphasizes in Parshas Pekudei (see e.g. Shemos 39:5) that every single aspect of the Mishkan was made exactly as Hashem had commanded Moshe.
With this introduction, we can now answer our original questions. The mitzvah of parah adumah is indeed a chok, the logic of which escaped Shlomo and certainly Rav Moshe HaDarshan. If so, what does he mean when he says that the red heifer comes to atone for the golden calf? As we now understand that the root of the sin of the golden calf was the Jews’ attempt to be too smart and to do something which Hashem didn’t command them to, the ultimate rectification of this sin is to completely subordinate one’s intellect to Hashem’s dictates — as manifested by the willingness to perform a chok, a mitzvah which appears to make no sense but which one does solely because Hashem commanded it!
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Coming Up • August 4: Bar Mitzvah of Shlomo Pear.
Kiddush sponsored by his parents Dov and Karen Pear.
• September 1: Bar Mitzvah of Gavriel Perlman.
Coffee House The Coffee House concert this past Sunday
was, Baruch Hashem, a wonderful success. Everyone felt relaxed in the calm of Shabbos. Thank you to Rebbetzin Goldberger for put-ting together a truly inspiring program. Your talent and warmth were felt throughout the room. Thank you to Nossi Gross for supply-ing the music sheets for the evening. Thank you also to the wonderful committee, without whom I would not have kept such wonderful composure from the very first meeting until the last crumb was cleaned up: Asher Blum, Raizy Cohen, Joyce Dreyfuss, Elaine Gersten-feld, Batsheva Goldman, Shulamis Heldoorn, Esther Huff, Suzanne Kayne, Barbara Lands-man, Rena Levi, Iris Littman, Mordechai Pal-mer, Karen Pear, Dvora Sora Reznick, Eileen Rosenbaum, Glenna Ross, Elka Rottman, Ba-ruch Rubinstein, Ann Stiller, Baruch Taffel, Devorah Taffel, Yehudis Taffel, Devorah Urszuy, Susan Vick, Esther Sara Weiner. A special thank you to my husband Ari, for arriving at the end and helping until the finish.
Caryn
Chessed Committee We are looking to update our Chessed
Committee. The committee consists of shul
members who can help with meals for shul members in need because of illness, loss of a family member, or birth of a child.
Your involvement can be for a whole meal or part of one. Anything you can do will help our families when they are in need.
If you would like to have your name added to our Chessed Committee, please reply to Ester Gur at [email protected]
Thanks for your consideration!
Saturday Morning Lite Saturday Morning Lite is an educational
explanatory service held from 10 to 11:30 am in the Upper Bais Medrash. It is for young professionals, singles and couples ages 18-45, and is led by Rabbi Roll and Yaakov Novograd.
Even if the program is not for you, you can still bring a friend or neighbor along and introduce them to the program and, in that way, help build the shul.
The service is geared toward beginners and those who would like more than just a rote repetition of the prayers. The focus is on teaching and discussion.
If you have any questions, please call Rabbi Yisroel Roll at 410-585-0497.
Focus on Tanach This is a reminder that if you haven’t
already signed up for a parsha or book of Tanach, it’s not too late. We would like to complete all of Tanach, as a community, with each family or individual learning a book from Tanach or a parsha from the Torah. There can be overlap, as long as we finish Tanach as a shul. All of Tanach is being studied. Now we just need more members to participate.
Sign up. We even have someone for you to study with.
Half Way to Sinai Halfway to Sinai-Ayshel Avraham is open
for the season. If you will be walking to Sinai Hospital, Levindale or any other far-away places on Shabbos or Yom Tov (through Sim-chas Torah 5773), you can have a cold drink and rest your feet on the porch of 3000 Glen Avenue (corner Key Avenue) or 5932 Cross Country Boulevard (corner Simmonds Ave-nue). For more information, 410-466-3132.
Summer Art Classes The shul is offering a summer art class in
basic drawing for men and boys Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 pm, June 27-August 8.
Taught by Jonathan Raun, it is designed to improve technique and the understanding of the drawing process.
For more information, contact Jonathan at 410-243-2691, [email protected].
Visit us at www.tiferesyisroel.org Parshas Chukas
Rabbi Goldberger’s Navi Shiur Rabbi Goldberger’s Navi shiur will resume
in two weeks, on July 10. Join us as Rabbi Goldberger teaches the weekly Haftorah with commentary and elucidation each Tuesday night from 7:30 to 8:15 pm. Men and women and teenagers are invited to attend.
The Nancy Taffel Annex The Nancy Taffel Annex is now available
for meetings, shiurim, and special functions. Please contact Eileen Rosenbaum at 410-764-8443 or [email protected] to schedule.
The Annex is not meant for heavy food events, children’s events or unsupervised teen events. Anyone under 20 must be in the company of an adult. Please leave the room in the condition you found it or better. Thanks for doing your part to make our shul a wonderful place to grow and learn!
Yahrzeits Giving tzedakah in the name of the
departed has the power to elevate their soul. When you give charity on behalf of your loved one, consider giving to Tiferes Yisroel.
And may the soul of your loved one be bound in the bond of life, together with the souls of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov; Sarah, Rivka, Rachel and Leah; and together with the other righteous men and women in Gan Eden.
Shalom Legziel, Shalom ben Reb Shlomo
a”h, 12 Tammuz, uncle of Sylvie Grossman a”h
Frances Wittenberg Lehrman, Faige bas Nesanel Nachum a”h, 13 Tammuz, grandmother of Ellen Schwarz
Michael Freeman, Reuven ben Yaakov a”h, 13 Tammuz, father of Gail Feinstein
Eugene Blum, Yoel ben Shlaima David a”h, 13 Tammuz, father of Hinda Blum
Stefan Kahane a”h, 15 Tammuz, uncle of Suzanne Kayne
Milton Werdesheim, Mordechai ben Mordechai a”h, 16 Tammuz, father of Moshe Werdesheim
Sylvia Wise, Raizel bas David a”h, 17 Tammuz, mother of Shoshana Aaronson
Rabbi Nandor Marton, HaRav Zaide Noach ben Rav Shmuel Yehuda a”h, 17 Tammuz, father of Esther Macklin
Dr. Edgar Harold Lehrman, Ezra Hirsch ben Yaakov a”h, 17 Tammuz, father of Ellen Schwarz
Arthur Lewis Rosean, Aharon Eliezer ben Mordechai Yosef a”h, 17 Tammuz, father of Rebbetzin Bracha Goldberger
Daven with us at 6201 Park Heights Avenue Parshas Chukas
Pushka Challenge
The challenge is to deposit 36 cents into your shul pushka every day (it could be more or less, the challenge is to give something every day). When your pushka is full, drop off the money (in a bag, marked with your name) in Shlomo Goldberger’s mailbox.
Call Shlomo and Ahuva if you would like them to pick up a pushka or if you need a pushka.
Our goal is to bring in $10,000 by next Rosh Hashanah. To join the chal-lenge and the other members who have already signed up, contact the Goldbergers at 410-358-4456 or [email protected].
Member families signed up: 67 Pushkas emptied: 84 Running total: $4,398.78
Aharon and Feige Rochel Adler
Avrum Weiss and Joan Kristall
Eli Freidman Ken and Chana Birnbaum Ida Goldberger Moshe Shaul Grossman Yaakov and Batsheva
Goldman Betzalel and Esther Huff Yehuda and Leah Bennnett Mo and Shaina Margolese Stuart and Debbie
Goldman Ann Stiller Keely and Jillian
Goldberger Elie and Esther Levi Jonathan and Talia Raun Ray and Risha Saperstein Bob and Karen Rosenfelt TY Daily Minyan Barbara Landsman Dov and Karen Pear Ladies Tehilim Group Yosef and Tova Schuerholz Nisan and Marietta Jaffee
Rabbi and Rebbetzin Goldberger
Jerry and Elka Rottman and family
Louis and Rachel Rosenstock
Shulamis Heldoorn Shlomo and Ahuva
Goldberger Yosef and Chani Steinberg Mordechai Beleck Eric and Elaine Gerstenfeld Saul and Raizy Cohen Drew and Adrianna
Steinberg Lori Saltman Lenny and Glenna Ross Susan Vick Fred and Rena Levi Dvora Childress Ari and Caryn Blum Binny Margolese Efraim Katz and Judy
Schnidman Jerry and Eileen
Rosenbaum Ed and Mesa Leventhal Ari Freidman
Gavriel Haskins Elliott and Hillorie
Morrison Moshe and Shelly Cohen Scott Ference Howard and Dvora Sora
Reznick Scott and Sandy Parsowith Rabbi and Rebbetzin
Lowenbraun Nisan and Meira Blaxberg Saul and Toby Passe Ron Maltz Aaron and Shoshana
Shamberg Rafi Kristall-Weiss Bryna Kitay Mark and Joyce Dreyfuss Mark and Chana Singer Nathan and Jessie Franco Dov and Tayna Goldstein Jerome and Summer
Bethea Ken and Yocheved Gelula Suzanne Kayne Louis and Gail Feinstein Keren Hening Mordecai Zev Margolese
Louis and Gail Feinstein (Mishlei) Shoshana Goldman (9) (Shoftim) Rena Levi Jonah Rena Levi J Eliyahu Margolese (2) Lech Lecha onah N
Focus on Tanach The idea is to complete all of Tanach, as a community, with each family or individual learning a book from Tanach or a
Parsha from the Torah. There can be overlap, as long as we finish Tanach as a shul. Sign up with Shaina Margolese at [email protected] or 410-358-7387. Rabbi Goldberger would very much like the Torah parshiyos to be completed by the youth of our shul. Sign up with
(Zechariah) Avi Sonenthal (Mishlei) Ann Stiller (Shmuel) Shmeuli Tenenbaum
(Shmuel Aleph) Aryeh Yehuda Vanderhoof
(6) (Behar, Bechukosai)
Betzalel Vanderhoof (7) (Pinchas)
Tzadik Vanderhoof (Divrei Hayamim)
Elie and Esther Weiner
(Yishayahu) Women’s Tehillim Group
(Tehillim) Hillel Zeitlin (Rus)
Yasher Koach!
All of Tanach is being studied.
That’s part I. Part II is to have full
participation. Sign up!
Shemen Lamaor Sponsors
• Ari and Caryn Blum • Jerry and Elka Rottman in loving memory of
Elka’s dear parents, Aryeh Leib ben Eliyahu HaKohen a”h and Golda bas Yosef Zelig HaLevi
Refuah Shalaimah to Our Members
• Karen Rosenfelt, Chaya bas Sheindel • Karen Eisenberg, Keren bas Levana Yuta • Elliott Morrison, Eliyahu Reuvain ben Chaya
Raisel
Community • June 30: Women’s shiur in memory of Esther
Nechama Margolese. Sefer HaChinnuch, led by Dr. Dovid Clay. Home of Joyce Dreyfuss, 3820 Menlo Drive, each Shabbos at 4 pm. All women and high school girls are invited. Copies available.
• June 30: Simply Tsfat. Etz Chaim. 10:30 pm. $10. Call 410-585-1182 for more information.
• July 3: Summer Lecture Series in Jewish History: The War Against the Jewish Book, by Rabbi Dovid Katz. Tuesdays at 8:15 pm, Ner Tamid.
• July 3: N’shei Hakarat Hatov in honor of Rebbetzin Lea Feldman. Bnos leaders will also be receiving a community service award. A commemorative journal is being created in honor of this event. Please attend and enjoy a dessert buffet. There is a cost for admission. 7:30 pm.
• July 6: Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day.
Joblink. Joblink provides job seekers, recruiters and employers with valuable information regarding employment opportunities and career information.
If you are looking for a job or know of one at your office, contact our shul liaison, Yehuda Bennett, at [email protected], 443-827-8420 or Elly Lasson, executive director at Joblink, [email protected], 410-602-8700.
No Peanuts! The shul is peanut-free. In consid-
eration of our members with peanut allergies, please refrain from bringing peanut products into the shul.
Mitzvah Cards. For $18, you get four cards that
you can mail out yourself. For $10, we will send the card out for you, and your donation will be announced in the Lev Echad.
email [email protected], call 410-764-1971 option 4, or go to www.tiferesyisroel.org and click donate. Please send your donation to Congregation Tiferes Yisroel, 6201 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215.
To sponsor Shemen Lamaor for a month or the Lev Echad, Camp Shabbos or Father/Son Learning for a week, the donation is $36.
For the following, please contact Nisan Blaxberg at 410-358-3943 or [email protected].
Siddur $50 Chumash $75 Yahrzeit Plaque $300 Other seforim may be dedicated as well.
Big Brother. We need Jewish Big Brothers!
Right now, there are boys in our community waiting
to be matched with a mentor and a friend. Find out how rewarding this volunteer experience can be! Getting together with your “Little” twice a month is all it takes. Training and support are provided.
For more information, please contact Katie Cohen at 410-843-7462 or kcohen@jcsbaltimore. org.
Shul Rentals. To reserve the use of the shul’s
simcha hall or Nancy Taffel Annex, please contact Eileen Rosenbaum at 410-764-8443 or eileen@ tiferesyisroel.org.
There is no fee to reserve the date. For availability, go to www.tiferesyisroel.org, and click on the “Calendar” button on the left. This online calendar is kept up-to-date continuously.
