D’var Torah with Rabbi Wein The menorah has been one of the symbols of the Jewish people from time immemorial. It remains so today as well, it being one of the major symbols representing the Jewish state of Israel. The original menorah was cast and fashioned from one solid, large piece of gold. According to Jewish tradition, the construction of this great artifact was so detailed and complicated that it was beyond the ken of human talent and ability.
It was created miraculously, simply by somehow taking this great piece of gold and throwing it into a fire. From the midst of the fire sprang forth the menorah in all of its grandeur and beauty. The menorah represented the light of Torah, of Godly wisdom and holy erudition. It represented not only light that illuminated the outside world and society but rather it spoke to Israel of an inner glow that emanated from the soul and from the physical senses of human beings.
In the words of the great rabbis of Torah: “does the Lord require its light?” The menorah itself was situated in the structure of the Temple in such a way that most Jews were never able to actually see it and benefit from its glow. So it was that the light, so to speak, was really not on public display and was and is an inner light that made the menorah so symbolic of the Jewish people and its beliefs. Believe it or not, Judaism is truly more concerned with the spirituality and holiness of the individual rather than on outward appearances and public displays of piety.
Human beings instinctively treasure light and abhor darkness. Darkness covers evil deeds and nefarious plots. The animals of prey prowl at night in the dark. In a world of secrets, darkness is the most accessible cover. The menorah came to dispel such darkness. It is the light that was meant to reach all of humankind and to illuminate the otherwise dark recesses that lurk within us. It is no wonder then that this light was deemed to be an eternal one, constantly lit in the Temple and renewed day in and day out.
In our modern world, genius or the activity of ideas and innovation is often represented by cartoonists as a light bulb going on in our brain. This is because the
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Welcome to the DAT Minyan! Shabbat Beha’aloscha
June 10, 2017 - 16 Sivan, 5777 Joseph Friedman, Rabbi | David Fishman, President
Candle Lighting
Havdalah
8:08pm 9:16pm
Shabbat Schedule
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the service.
FRIDAY
6:40 pm: Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv (Shema should be recited after 9:15 pm)
SHABBAT
Parasha: Page 774 / Haftarah: Page 1182
Kiddush this week honors our graduates and is generously sponsored by the families listed on
page 5 of our Newsletter
7:30 am: Hashkama Minyan
Tefillah Warm-up with Ellyn Hutt is cancelled this week and next and will resume 6/24
9:00 am: Shacharit (drasha by Rabbi Zalesch)
6:40 pm: HS Boys Gemara w/ Nathan Rabinovitch at the Rabinovitch home
6:50 pm: SHAWL, this week for men and women, features Boulder spiritual leader and Torah scholar Morah Yehudis Fishman, on teachings by the Netivot Shalom, “Dealing With Life’s Setbacks-With Help From Above and Below,” and is sponsored by Rachel Rabinovitch in the merit of a refuah shlema for Hillel David ben Ahuva Miriam
Shabbat Afternoon Class with Rabbi Friedman is cancelled this week
7:55 pm: Mincha
Seudah Shlisheet this week is sponsored by the shul
9:16 pm: Maariv / Havdalah
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Weekday Schedule
SHACHARIT
Sunday: 8:00 am
Monday—Friday: 6:35 am
MINCHA/MAARIV
Sunday—Thursday: 6:40 pm
Friday: 6:40 pm
DAT Minyan is a dynamic and friendly Modern Orthodox synagogue for all ages and dedicated to meaningful personal spiritual development, community growth, youth involvement, Torah education, and Religious Zionism.
DAT Minyan - 6825 E. Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80224 - 720-941-0479 - www.datminyan.org
Learning Opportunities @ the DAT Minyan
• Kitzur Shulchan Aruch: Daily, after Shacharit
• Mishna Berurah: Daily, between Mincha and Maariv
• Nefesh HaChaim: Sat & Sun, after Maariv
• Women’s Tuesday Parsha Class: 10:00 am at the DAT Minyan offices at BMH-BJ (call for directions)
DAT MINYAN MEMBER MILESTONES
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The DAT Minyan wishes to acknowledge the following milestones* of our members in the coming week:
*These details were obtained from the DAT Minyan database, which contains information provided by the members when they joined. We apologize for any omissions or mistakes. For corrections or additions, please log on to your account and provide the information, or contact
the synagogue office at 720-941-0479.
Refuah Shelayma Please include the following names in your prayers. May each be granted a Refuah Shelayma. 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 Document
at https://goo.gl/aeyJG2.
Ariella Bracha bat Sarah
Ariella Leah bas Yael Meira
Avraham Ben Mirel
Avraham Shalom ben Henna
Ayelet bas Aliza Yaffa
Baruch Getzel ha Cohen ben Esther
Carmel ben Tirtza
Chaim Tuvia ben Dina
Chana Yetta bat Bryna
Chaya Chanah Elisheva Rivka bat Sarah
Chaya Miriam bat Shoshana
Chaya Orah Bat Sarah
Chaya Rochel bas Miriam
Chaya Sarah bat Tzirel
Devorah Leah bat Chanah
Dinah bat Chayala
Doniel ben Chana
Dovid en Ita Sheva
Dovid ben Leah
Eliakim chaim ben rivka
Eliyahu Chaim ha Cohen ben Sara Rifka
Ephraim Ben Henna
Feigie bat Sarah
Gitel Sarah bat Ita Golda
Guy Chaim ben Rita
Hadassh Bat Fruma Rahel
Hillel David ben Ahuva Miriam
Hillel Yerachmiel ben Ariella
Ida bat Esa
Ita Sheiva bas Udyah
Kalia bat Miriam
Laizer ben Yaffa
Leah bat Sarah
Leah Devora Kivitiya bat Chaya
Leya bat Sara
Malka bat Sarah
Menachem Yitzchak ben Yisraela
Michael ben Leah
Miriam Tova Chaya bat Chanah
Moshe Feivel ben Rose
Naftali Yisroel ben Yisraela
Nataniel ben Elisheva
Nechama bat Chaya
Noa Shani bat Chaya Bracha
Raphael Yotam ben Efrat
Rina bat Lea
Sara Chana bat Shaina
Sarah Shoshanna bat Sarah
Shaina Meryl Bat Rivka
Shashi bat Batya Baila
Shira Chana bat Sara
Shirley Hasia bat Devorah
Shoshanna bat Liora
Shoshanna Bat Smadar
Shoshanna Miriam bat Chanah
Shulamit Leah bat Chava
Tirtza bat Sarah
Tirtza Chana bat Malka
Tomas ben Galit
Tziporah Rut bat Cissie
Tzvi Gershon ben Shaindel Shaina Raizel
Yaakov Mordechai ben Chana
Yaakov Roni ben Margolit
Yehudit bat Leah
Yehudit bat Sara
Yona Malka bat Pola
Yonatan Zeev ben Netaa
Yosef ben Malka
Zev ben Yehudis
Ziporah Sarah Mirrel bat Miriam
This Day In Jewish History - Jun 10 / 16 Sivan 1510 — A scheduled bonfire to destroy Jewish Books in Germany is averted by John Reuchlin, a member of Emperor
Maximilian’s Committee. Reuchlin, who devoted himself to the mastery of Hebrew, convinced the Emperor that instead of burning the Hebrew books, German universities should institute courses in Hebrew as a way to lead Jews into accepting Christianity.
1679 — Pope Innocent XI suspends the Portuguese Inquisition due to its severe treatment of Spanish Jews who converted to the Christian faith to escape persecution but who continued to secretly practice Judaism (Marranos).
1716 — The ship Restoration arrives in Massachusetts from London, with several Jewish merchants aboard, creating the core of the first substantial Jewish settlement in New England. It would not be until 1840, however, that the first synagogue was established in Boston.
1940 — French Marshall Petain surrenders to the Germans and leaves England to fight Germany alone. 1941 — Vichy-French planes bomb Tel Aviv, killing 21 Jews.
Aryeh Basch, Zev Basch, Kobi Benel, Dean Earlix, Phillip Freedman, Noam Horowitz, Samuel Lampert, Barbara Schwartz, Kerry Schwartz, Natan Shafran, Tovit Shafran, Kristen Winkel
Alan and Mimi Pomeranz — 20 years
DAT MINYAN NEWS, EVENTS AND LEARNING
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Men and women of the community are cordially invited to attend a Dessert Reception to benefit the Westside Mikvah at 7:15 pm Sunday evening, June 11th at the home of R’ David and Sivia Fine, 1664 Wolff St. Special tribute to Mrs. Zipora Heisler, devoted Attendant of 44 years, featuring Rabbi Tzvi Mordechai Feldheim. To RSVP or for more information, please contact Mrs. Esther Wershaw at 303.820.2300 or [email protected]
SAVE-THE-DATE! The Denver Community Adopt A Kollel invites you to join us at one of the Open Houses for men and women to be held Sunday June 18 and Monday June 19. West Side - Sunday June 18 5:45 PM at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Barry Baxman. Southeast - Monday evening 8PM at the home of Dr. Effie & Mrs. Simmy Sonstein 9142 E Tufts Circle. East Side TBA. In gratitude to the community of Denver for its support, Kollel Aish Tamid would like to invite all past, present, and future participants of the Adopt A Kollel program to take the opportunity to receive a free ספר . On display will be a selection of Hebrew ספרים authored by the kollel avreichim, and English sefarim authored by members of the 6 batei midrashim in which the kollel is housed. בע"ה over 50 sefarim will be exhibited!
The Jewish Experience presents Women's Night Out: Build Your Business, Monday evening, June 19 at 7:00 pm. Rachel Lubchansky of REL Impact will present a special workshop for women on building and developing a profitable business. Admission is $18. For more information: 303-316-6412 or theje.com/BYB.
The Jewish Life Center in Stapleton presents Jewish Heritage Night when the Colorado Rapids plays the LA Galaxy in soccer on Wednesday, June 21st, 7:00 pm at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Jewish Heritage Group Tailgate Area at 5:00 pm. Delicious kosher food options for sale, access to Burgandy Boulevard with pre-game inflatables and activities. For tickets, visit Jewishstapleton.com/rapids.
WANTED – Male or female individual with managerial and market experience to manage thrift store. Seniors welcome. Call: Lola Zussman, 303-961-4186
This month’s Golden Tassel Club is sponsored by Seth and Chaya Parkoff in honor of the engagement of their daughter, Yael, to Yakov Deutscher of Brooklyn.
Thank-you to all of those who contribute to our Shabbat services by signing up to help with our weekly leining. We remain in need of continued help with this and all able-lainers are encouraged to please volunteer! In addition, with a goal of expanding our roster of Haftarah readers, we have now opened up the weekly Haftarah portions for sign-up as well. The sign-up website is www.datminyan.org/laining. Please contact Steve Hutt for questions and additional information.
Looking for a way to make your donation to the shul really go the distance? We can use your Frequent Flyer miles to fly in our Scholars in Residence, saving the shul a great deal of money! Please contact the synagogue office to make a mileage donation.
Your help in maintaining the order of our DAT Minyan davening space is most appreciated. With seating sometimes challenging, please utilize the tables in the hallway for your tallit bags and other items that may require storage during davening. Please make every effort to retrieve these items after davening and motzei Shabbat. The tables are removed after Shabbat and we cannot be responsible for items that are left with us. Similarly, we thank you for helping us by returning chumashim and siddurim to the bookshelves from which you found them at the conclusion of davening.
SAVE-THE-DATE for the DAT Minyan Annual meeting, Tuesday, June 13th at 7:00 pm (check-in starting at 6:45 pm). Proxy information has been emailed. Please contact the synagogue office if did not receive it. Your account must be current in order to participate in voting.
The Denver Academy of Torah will be offering an important parent education class entitled “Protecting our Children from Predators.” The program will feature Leora Joseph, Senior Chief Deputy in the Denver District Attorney’s Office, and takes place on Wednesday, June 14th at 7:00 pm at DAT. This important program is open to the community, although given the sensitive nature of the content discussed in this class, is for adults only.
SAVE-THE-DATE of June 24th for a special SHAWL Women’s Farewell to Mara Baraban.
The DAT Minyan Social Action Committee, chaired by Isa Bielsky, invites the community to participate in the PurpleStride Walk for Pancreatic Cancer on June 25th at 8:00 am in Washington Park. We know that many of our DAT Minyan members have been affected by this disease and several of them will be walking in this event. The link to register is http://support.pancan.org/site/TR/PurpleStride/PurpleStride?fr_id=1107&pg=entry. Please let Isa know once you have registered and she will help organize our group.
Join us at DAT, Sunday, June 25th, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, for a Symposium dealing with the important topic of “Women Dancing with a Torah on Simchat Torah.” Childcare will be provided.
Rabbi Tuvia Negreann, a Denver native, is an expert Sofer specializing in writing and checking Mezuzot, Tefillin, and Megilot. For a testimonial of his services, feel free to speak with Aryeh Fischer as Rabbi Negreann served as the Sofer for Ezra Fischer’s Tefillin. Rabbi Negreann’s contact information is 720-271-5555 or [email protected]
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YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
flash of brilliance is always characterized as somehow seeing the ‘light.’ The initial creation of the universe, so to speak, is itself described as the beginning of light. The menorah carries with it this message of light, holiness and of hope and optimism. That is why there can be no more fitting symbol for the Jewish people and for Israel than that of the menorah.
In King Solomon’s wisdom, he constructed ten additional menorot to adorn the Holy Temple. The subtle message here is that there can never be enough light, for it nurtures our souls and guarantees our eventual success in physical and spiritual terms.
Shabbat shalom
Rabbi Berel Wein
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End of the Year BBQ, 5:00 pm Sunday, June 18 at the home of the Licht’s
5359 S. Kearney St. Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Attention incoming 8th graders and up
We are looking for new Advisors for next years’ groups. If you are interested in
working or subbing, please email Mor at [email protected]
Our thanks to Donny and Jodi Basch for sponsoring the ice cream for today’s Youth Snack this Shabbat in honor of Zev’s Upsherin and Aryeh’s birthday.
Junior Congregation for 4th-6th graders will be on summer break starting next Shabbat. Regular groups for all ages will continue throughout the summer.
MEET THE ADVISORS… ARIELLA ZAZULIA
Hi I’m Ariella. I’m a junior
at the DAT High School and
I have been working in the
Pre-K/Kindergarten group
for 3 years. I love the
atmosphere of the group. The energy and
excitement the kids bring in with them
every week always puts a smile on my face.
I’m so grateful to have this amazing
opportunity in my life!
MAZAL TOV to all of our graduating advisors and subs, past and present
To AARON BROOKS on graduating from DAT High
School
From Mark Brooks and Terry Samuels
To NOAH HILL on graduating from DAT Middle School
From Steven and Robyn Hill
To ELIANA AVNER on graduating from DAT Middle School
From Marc and Melanie Avner
To MATANYA LOEWENTHAL on graduating from DAT High School
From Matthew Winne
To ALIZA MAKOVSKY on graduating from DAT High School
From Evan and Evi Makovsky
To KYRA FISCHER on graduating from DAT High School From Aryeh and
Dorit Fischer, and Evan and Evi
Makovsky
To ELLA POMERANZ on graduating from 5th Grade
From Alan and Mimi Pomeranz
To LENA POMERANZ on graduating from 8th Grade
From Alan and Mimi Pomeranz
To AVI ZOHARI on graduating from High School
From Nachshon and Shoshana Zohari
To TAMAR GELLER FINE on graduating from DAT Kindergarten
From Joshua Fine and Julie Geller
To ROSELLE RASCOFF on graduating from DAT Kindergarten
From Joshua Fine and Julie Geller
To ILAN GELLER FINE on graduating from DAT Middle School
From Joshua Fine and Julie Geller
To MEENA BARABAN on graduating from Kindergarten
From Josh and Mara Baraban
To MOSHE BARABAN on graduating from Pre-K
From Josh and Mara Baraban
To NILI FISCHER on graduating from DAT Middle School
From Aryeh and Dorit Fischer, and
Evan and Evi Makovsky
To TOVA NARROWE on graduating from DAT High School
From Joshua and Adrienne Narrowe
To NOAM NARROWE on graduating from DAT Middle School
From Joshua and Adrienne Narrowe
To TALIA BEAN on graduating Stern College with a BA Degree with honors
From Graeme and Irit Bean
To CARMIELLE BEAN on graduating Bais Yaakov
From Graeme and Irit Bean
To ARIELLA SEGALL on graduating from Rodef Shalom Preschool
From Aaron Segall and Cheryl Miller
To CHAYA PARKOFF on obtaining her MSW from Metro State University
From Seth and Chaya Parkoff
To ZAVI PARKOFF on graduating from DAT High School
From Seth and Chaya Parkoff
To SHEVI PARKOFF on graduating from DAT Lower School
From Seth and Chaya Parkoff
MAZAL TOV TO OUR GRADUATES BEING HONORED AT TODAY’S KIDDUSH AND THANK-YOU TO THEIR SPONSORS
To DOV COHEN on graduating from DAT High School and the rest of the DAT
HS Class of 2017
From Mitch and Rebecca Cohen
To DANIELLA LEV on
graduating from Kindergarten, all other DAT Kindergarten graduates and gradu-
ates from all DAT Schools
From Dovid and Naomi Lev
To NATHALIE HIRSCH BIRNBAUM on graduating as a Doctor from
NYIT Medical School
From Fred and Pia Hirsch