Rabbi Away—Rabbi Friedman will be away from July 5-25. Please respect the Rabbi’s va-cation time and contact him only in the event of an emergency. Thank you to Howie Shapiro, Elan Penn, and Rabbi Yossi Serebryanski for giving the Derashot while Rabbi Friedman is away. See top of Page 2.

The Director of Operations is out of town until early August. Please continue to email office@datminyan.org, and questions will be answered in a timely manner. Thank you to Scott Friedman for taking over the newsletter beginning next week, and to Scott, Aaron Segall, Josh Baraban, and Dovid Lev for taking on additional responsibilities.

July 4th with the DAT Minyan—Join us this Monday, July 4th, for 8:00 Shacharit followed by breakfast and a class with Rabbi Gitler be-ginning around 8:45 am.

Rosh Chodesh is this Wednesday and Thursday, July 6-7. Shacharit will be at 6:25 am. Please help keep our Choliim List accurate by updating the list online.

Special Lecture—Wednesday, July 13, 7:00-8:00 pm, join us for a special presentation in the Personal Journeys series focusing on Jews in Italy: "The Venice Ghetto—500 years of Jewish Life." Presented by Dr. Roberta Waldbaum, Professor of Italian Language and Culture at DU. Location TBD. Light refresh-ments sponsored by Ted and Jayne Brandt. Please RSVP to office@datminyan.org for more information.

Read the Rabbi’s Kashrut Policy Derasha—now posted at DATMinyan.org/Rabbi.

Happy Birthday to Gabr iel Salehrabi, Sammy Mogyoros, and Nechama Rubin!

Sponsor Youth Snacks at DATMinyan.org/youth.

Red, White, and Blue Shabbat—This Shabbat, July , show Kids, show your patriotic spirit by wearing some-

thing red, white, or blue, and receive a prize! Enjoy red, white, and blue snacks and patriotic-themed games. To sponsor this themed Shabbat, please contact Mor at Youth@DATMinyan.org.

Mazel Tov to Dr . Alex Polotsky on the news of his ap-pointment as Division Director for the Reproductive Endo-crinology and Infertility Division at the Department of Ob/Gyn, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Share your happy news with the community at DATMin-yan.org/newsletter!

DAT MINYAN NEWS AND EVENTS

DAT Minyan Rabbi Joseph Friedman 6825 E. Alameda Ave., Denver, CO 80224 www.datminyan.org

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

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

Welcome to the DAT Minyan Shabbat Mevorchim—Parshat Shelach

July 2, 2016 26 Sivan 5776

Fri. July 1

שבתJuly 2

Sun. July 3

Mon. July 4 Independence Day

Tue. July 5

Wed. July 6 Rosh Chodesh

Thu. July 7 Rosh Chodesh

Fri. July 8

Shacharit Shema before 9:17 am

6:35 7:30, 9:00 8:00 8:00 6:35 6:25 6:25 6:35

Mincha 6:50 8:00 8:10 8:10 8:10 8:10 8:10 6:45

Maariv Shema after 9:20 pm

After Mincha 9:19 After

Mincha After Mincha

After Mincha

After Mincha

After Mincha

After Mincha

KIDDUSH sponsored by the Gordon-Bennetts in honor of the birth of Tirzah Shaindel and in celebration of Tuvia's one-year anniversary of returning to the US and reuniting with his family.

SEUDAH SHELISHIT sponsored by the shul.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

DAY TIME TOPIC TEACHER PLACE

Fri. After Mincha D’var Torah Rabbi Friedman MPR

שבת

8:30 am Tefillah Warm-Up Ellyn Hutt MPR

During Hashkama D’var Torah Rabbi Friedman 112

Haftarah/Mussaf Parsha Class Rabbi Gitler 112

After Mussaf Derasha Rabbi Friedman MPR

5:50 pm SHAWL (women only) Yael Parkoff 112 “Shelach Lecha: Spy or Seek?”

6:45 pm HS Boys Gemara Nathan Rabinovitch Rabinovitch 151 S. Olive

7:00 pm Learning on the Lawn Rabbi Friedman MPR

Pirkei Avot—Perek 3

After Mincha Seudah Shelishit Rabbi Friedman MPR

Sun. After Maariv Halacha In Depth Rabbi Eli Mozes MPR

Bishul Akum

Mon. 8:45 am Legal Holiday Class Rabbi Gitler MPR

Tue. 7:30 pm Netivot Shalom(women only)

Dr. Shelly Ciner Ciner Home

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

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

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

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

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

Candles: 6:58-8:13 Havdalah: 9:20

Parsha: 798 Haftarah: 1184

HASHKAMA KIDDUSH sponsored

anonymously.

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.

Malka bat Sarah Rav Ephraim ben Henna Shoshanna Bat Smadar Tirtza bat Sarah Dovid ben Esther Tova Chana Peshy bat Chaya Sara Chaya Chanah Elisheva Rivka bat Sarah Devorah Leah bat Chanah Dina bat Hyla and Shayla Dovid ben Ita Sheva Leah Devora Kivitiya bat Chaya Miriam Tova Chaya bat Chanah Noa Shani bat Chaya Bracha Rabbi Chaim Shmuel ben Miriam Raphael Yotam ben Efrat Sandra Miriam Shoshana bat Chanah Sarah Esther bat Faiyge Sarah Shoshanna bat Sarah Shashi bat Batya Baila Shirley Hasia bat Devorah Tirtza Chana bat Malka Yaakov Mordechai ben Chana Yonatan Zeev ben Neta Yosef ben Malka Zev ben Yehudis Amiriyahu Tzvi ben Esther Leah Avraham Shalom ben Henna Carmel ben Tirtza Freidel bas Hinda Raphael Asher ben Sarah Tziporah Sarah Rivka bas Freidel Ida bat Esa Leah bat Sarah

Yitta Raisel bat Sara Genesa Liba bat Yehudit Yechiel Tzvi-Herschel Ben Zeisel Kayla (Rabbi) Tzvi Gershon ben Shaindel Shaina Raizel Rabbi Ephraim ben Henna Aviva bat Esther

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To a great extent the Jewish people have always had an easier time dealing with the study and observance of Torah

than with the primacy of the Land of Israel in Jewish life and thought. For various reasons, throughout our history we have always had difficulty dealing with the reality of being an independent, self-governing national entity living within the borders of the country that the Lord assigned to us.

Even before ever entering the Land of Israel, as we read in this week's Torah portion, the Jewish people shied away completely from entering that land and establishing their home there. They preferred living in a trackless desert to having to face the realities of nation building and a problem-laden challenging existence.

Centuries after Jacob and Joseph attempted to remind their descendants that Egypt was not their homeland and that their eventual future lay in their return to the Land of Israel, the Jewish people were still reluctant to revamp the core ideas and values of their tradition and of their ancestors. All later generations of Torah scholars and biblical commentators have attempt-ed to understand what the driving force was that made the Jewish people so resist their entry into the Holy Land.

Though there are many incisive and psychologically penetrating thoughts advanced on this subject, after all is said and done, the question remains a perplexing and disturbing one. Why is it that the generation that saw so many miracles – in fact lived a miraculous existence on a daily basis and pledged themselves and their descendants to live a unique and moral lifestyle, should somehow have balked at entering the Land of Israel. Like most questions that begin with the word “why” there are no easy or convincing answers to this difficult issue.

There is a concept in Jewish thought advanced in the Talmud of “seek out and analyze and study the matter and re-ceive reward for so doing” even if there is no practical answer or solution to the issue involved. The Talmud itself raises this comment regarding the number of cases that appear in the Torah that are so complex and technical as to render them impracti-cal of any rational solution or mode of behavior.

This opinion really teaches us that we should be able to recognize the possibility of such situations occurring even though we cannot attribute cause or practical solutions to the issues involved. Apparently it is sufficient for us to recognize that such a possibility exists and may still exist and not be dis-heartened or forlorn over that fact.

The mere recognition that somehow these events occur is sufficient enough for us to learn a lesson and continue to persevere in a positive fashion. There are unfortunately many Jews within the Jewish world today who still do not recognize the Land of Israel as being a central tenet of our faith and our existence. It is almost irrational, certainly inexplicable, why after all of the events of the past two centuries of Jewish life this should be so.

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Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. שבת

7/3 Mincha 8:10p Bishul Akum after Maariv

7/4 Independence Day Shacharit 8:00a Rabbit Gitler 8:45a

7/5 Ciner Class 7:30p Rabbi away until 7/25

7/6 Rosh Chodesh

Shacharit 6:25a Rabbi away—no class

7/7 Rosh Chodesh

Shacharit 6:25a

7/8 Mincha 6:45p

7/9 Derasha—Howie Shapiro

7/10 Mincha 8:10p Bishul Akum after Maariv

7/11 7/12 Ciner Class 7:30p

7/13 Special Lecture: Jews of Italy 7p

7/14 7/15 Mincha 6:45p

7/16 Derasha—Elan Penn

7/17 Mincha 8:05p Bishul Akum after Maariv

7/18 7/19 Ciner Class 7:30p

7/20 Rabbi away—no class

7/21 7/22 Mincha 6:40p

7/23 Derasha—Rabbi Yossi Serebryanski

7/24 Fast of 17 Tammuz

Mincha 7:55p

7/25 Rabbi returns!

7/26 Ciner Class 7:30p

7/27 Rabbi’s Class 7p

7/28 7/29 Mincha 6:35p

7/30 Learning on the Lawn

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And, no matter what causes we will search for, the perplexing question as to why this is so remains. So, all we can do is recognize that this has been a constant problem in Jewish society since the days of Moshe and that basically all we can do is acknowledge the situation while continuing to persevere in building and populating the Land of Israel.

D’VAR TORAH (cont’d from Page 2)

DAT Minyan Rabbi Joseph Friedman 6825 E. Alameda Ave., Denver, CO 80224 facebook.com/datminyan

* A Summer of Learning with Rabbi Rapp—EDOS once again welcomes Rabbi and Dr. Chaya Rapp for a summer of learning. Check www.EDOSDenver.org for the complete schedule, including Iyun Shiur (Sunday nights), Medical Ethics (Monday nights), Megillat Esther for women (Tuesday evenings), Tehillim for women with Dr. Chaya Rapp (Wednesday mornings), and Parsha Shiur (Thursday nights). Special events include a community Seudah Shelishit, a pizza social, a community Shabbat lunch, an ice cream social, and a barbecue in Crestmoor Park.

The Jewish Women’s Theatre Company Proudly Presents “Annie”—July 10, 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm; and July 11, 7:00 pm. Logan School Theatre—1005 Yosemite Dr., in Denver. $5 ages 4-5, $7 ages 6-9, $10 ages 10 and up. For women and girls (and boys ages 4-8). Reservations required—email shapweiss@gmailcom. Directed by Wendy Greenwald. Music Di-rection by Randy Weiss. Choreography by Chana Weiss.

* Western Conservative Summit & Shabbat (www.wcs16.com)—July 1, 2 and 3—We are honored to present an Ortho-dox Shabbat service under the supervision of Rabbi Zalman Popack at the Denver Convention Center in Room 304. We anticipate being joined by prominent Jewish media personalities, Dennis Prager and Ben Shapiro. Candle lighting 6:30 pm, Evening Service 6:45 pm, Kiddush/Dinner 7:15 pm, Morning Service 8 am, Kiddush/Lunch 10 am. You can attend the service downtown with us or make it an entire Shabbat weekend by registering for this year’s Summit. Visit www.wcs16.com for more information. Get a 50% discounted Silver Pass for the weekend here: www.yesevents.com/wcs2016/Mishpocheh. We ask for a donation of $18 to help cover the cost of the Kiddush prior to or after Shabbat.

Join the Chesed Squad – Make a Minyan, bring a meal, go to visit, give a ride … When someone in the community is in need, be the first to know and lend a hand. To join the Chesed Squad WhatsApp group, or to request assistance, call or text Rabbi Danny Wolfe at 720.319.0402.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

The Architectural Task Force will be receiving plans for review and we are planning a meeting next week to approve them or make changes!

Regarding the permitting/zone/parking process with the City, we are moving along our expected time line.

We have had some technology challenges getting updated information on the website but we are working hard to overcome them. We will let you know when the new material — budget, time line and plans — is posted.

This project requires the work of all of us! Please contact us through the website or your Rabbi to get involved!

NEW MIKVATE UPDATE

Spend July 4th with the DAT Minyan!

8:00—Shacharit

8:40—Breakfast

8:50—Class with Rabbi Gitler