Seudah Shelishit will not be served this Shabbat, May 23. Please plan accordingly. Shavuot is this Saturday night through Monday, May 23-25. See the complete schedule on Page 2, and online at DATMinyan.org/Shavuot. We have a full array of classes throughout the holiday— find some that pique your interest! Thank you to the East Side Kosher Deli for spon- soring all-night refreshments. Rabbinical Candidate Rabbi Joseph Friedman visits next week, Shabbat May 29-30. Save the date for this important event, and look for more details soon. Annual Graduation Kiddush—Next Shab- bat, May 30. Cosponsor for just $36 and have your favorite graduate listed among the honorees. Sign up at DATMinyan.org/ Graduation. Sheloshim Memorial Ceremony for Rav Aharon Lichtenstein—Next Thursday, May 28, 6:30 pm at EDOS, featuring several local students of Rav Aharon, including Reb Noam. Come honor this Torah giant and pillar of religious Zionism. See Page 6. JEWISHcolorado 2015 Walk for Israel— Sun., May 31, 10 am. Pre-registration re- quired! See Page 5. DAT Minyan General Membership Meet- ing—Wednesday, June 3, 6:45 pm at the DAT Minyan. Please be sure to attend this important meeting. DAT MINYAN NEWS AND EVENTS DAT Minyan 6825 Alameda Ave., Denver, CO 80224 www.datminyan.org Twitter: @datminyan LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES DAY TIME TOPIC TEACHER PLACE Fri. Before Maariv D’var Torah Rabbi Alter MPR שבת8:30 am Tefillah Morah Gross MPR After Hashkama D’var Torah Daniel Treister 112 After Mussaf Derasha Chaim Goldberg MPR Haftarah/Mussaf Parsha Class Rabbi Gitler 112 6:35 pm HS Boys Gemara Dr. N. Rabinovitch MPR 6:50 pm Open Beit Medrash MPR 6:50 pm SHAWL Dr. Shelly Ciner 112 Pre-Shavuot Learning in Netivot Shalom 7:10 pm 5th-7th Boys Mishna Rabbi Alter DAT After Mincha Class Reb Noam Horowitz MPR “Ta’am Elyon, Ta’am Tachton, and Standing During Aseret Hadibrot” 11:30 pm-4:50 am Tikkun Leil Shavuot See Page 2 DAT Sun. After Mussaf Derasha Rabbi Alter MPR 6:20-8:00 pm Shavuot Learning See Page 2 DAT After Mincha D’var Torah Rabbi Alter MPR Mon. Before early Yizkor D’var Torah Rabbi Reiffman 112 Before Main Yizkor Derasha Rabbi Alter MPR 5:20-8:00 pm Shavuot Learning See Page 2 DAT After Mincha Class Rabbi Sunshine MPR ALL-NIGHT REFRESHMENTS sponsored by the East Side Kosher Deli. SHVAVUOT KIDDUSH sponsored by the Braunstein, Fischer, Gitler, Gordon-Bennett, Noah and Arinn Makovsky, Metz, Polotsky, and Stutzer families; and by the Schottenstein family in memory of Karen’s father’s 2nd yahrtzeit; and by the Lev family in memory of the Kedoshim from their grandparent’s family who died in the Holocaust. Welcome to the DAT Minyan Shabbat Erev Shavuot—Parshat Bamidbar May 23, 2015 5 Sivan 5775 Please help make our Tefillot meaningful by refraining from talking during Davening. Candles (5/22): 7:55 Candles (5/23): After 9:01 Candles (5/24): After 9:01 Havdalah (5/25): 9:03 Candles (5/29): 8:01 Fri. May 22 שבתMay 23 Erev Shavuot Sun. May 24 Shavuot Day 1 Mon. May 25 Shavuot Day 2 Tue. May 26 Wed. May 27 Thu. May 28 Fri. May 29 Shacharit Latest Shema 9:16 am 6:45 7:30, 9:00 4:55, 9:00 Neitz-5:38 am 7:30, 9:00 Yizkor-around 10:30 6:45 6:45 6:35 6:45 Mincha 6:35 7:50 8:00 8:00 7:55 7:55 7:55 6:35 Maariv Earliest Shema 9:07 pm After Mincha 9:00 After Mincha 9:02 After Mincha After Mincha After Mincha After Mincha Candle/Havdalah 6:42-7:55 After 9:01 After 9:01 9:03 6:47-8:01 THANK YOU to all of our extraordinary speakers for preparing and delivering world-class shiurim over Shavuot. THANK YOU to our talented chazzanim , Torah readers, gabbaim, and everyone who helped out over Shavuot. THANK YOU to everybody who helped out with the Yom Yerushalayim Carnival, including Rivka Alter, Aaron Toys, Josh Baraban, Jolie Eisen, and the DAT Middle School students. See pics of the carnival on our Facebook page!
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Seudah Shelishit will not be served this Shabbat, May 23. Please plan accordingly.
Shavuot is this Saturday night through Monday, May 23-25. See the complete schedule on Page 2, and online at DATMinyan.org/Shavuot. We have a full array of classes throughout the holiday—find some that pique your interest! Thank you to the East Side Kosher Deli for spon-soring all-night refreshments.
Rabbinical Candidate Rabbi Joseph Friedman visits next week, Shabbat May 29-30. Save the date for this important event, and look for more details soon.
Annual Graduation Kiddush—Next Shab-bat, May 30. Cosponsor for just $36 and have your favorite graduate listed among the honorees. Sign up at DATMinyan.org/Graduation.
Sheloshim Memorial Ceremony for Rav Aharon Lichtenstein—Next Thursday, May 28, 6:30 pm at EDOS, featuring several local students of Rav Aharon, including Reb Noam. Come honor this Torah giant and pillar of religious Zionism. See Page 6.
JEWISHcolorado 2015 Walk for Israel—Sun., May 31, 10 am. Pre-registration re-quired! See Page 5.
DAT Minyan General Membership Meet-ing—Wednesday, June 3, 6:45 pm at the DAT Minyan. Please be sure to attend this important meeting.
DAT MINYAN NEWS AND EVENTS
DAT Minyan 6825 Alameda Ave., Denver, CO 80224 www.datminyan.org Twitter: @datminyan
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
DAY TIME TOPIC TEACHER PLACE
Fri. Before Maariv D’var Torah Rabbi Alter MPR
שבת
8:30 am Tefillah Morah Gross MPR
After Hashkama D’var Torah Daniel Treister 112
After Mussaf Derasha Chaim Goldberg MPR
Haftarah/Mussaf Parsha Class Rabbi Gitler 112
6:35 pm HS Boys Gemara Dr. N. Rabinovitch MPR
6:50 pm Open Beit Medrash MPR
6:50 pm SHAWL Dr. Shelly Ciner 112
Pre-Shavuot Learning in Netivot Shalom
7:10 pm 5th-7th Boys Mishna Rabbi Alter DAT
After Mincha Class Reb Noam Horowitz MPR
“Ta’am Elyon, Ta’am Tachton, and Standing During Aseret Hadibrot”
11:30 pm-4:50 am Tikkun Leil Shavuot See Page 2 DAT
Sun.
After Mussaf Derasha Rabbi Alter MPR
6:20-8:00 pm Shavuot Learning See Page 2 DAT
After Mincha D’var Torah Rabbi Alter MPR
Mon.
Before early Yizkor D’var Torah Rabbi Reiffman 112
Before Main Yizkor Derasha Rabbi Alter MPR
5:20-8:00 pm Shavuot Learning See Page 2 DAT
After Mincha Class Rabbi Sunshine MPR
ALL-NIGHT REFRESHMENTS sponsored by the East Side Kosher Deli. SHVAVUOT KIDDUSH sponsored by the Braunstein, Fischer , Gitler , Gordon-Bennett, Noah and Arinn Makovsky,
Metz, Polotsky, and Stutzer families; and by the Schottenstein family in memory of Karen’s father’s 2nd yahrtzeit; and by the Lev family in memory of the Kedoshim from their grandparent’s family who died in the Holocaust.
Candle/Havdalah 6:42-7:55 After 9:01 After 9:01 9:03 6:47-8:01
THANK YOU to all of our extraordinary speakers for preparing and delivering world-class shiurim over Shavuot.
THANK YOU to our talented chazzanim , Torah readers, gabbaim, and everyone who helped out over Shavuot.
THANK YOU to everybody who helped out with the Yom Yerushalayim Carnival,
including Rivka Alter, Aaron Toys, Josh Baraban, Jolie Eisen, and the DAT Middle School students.
See pics of the carnival on our Facebook page!
Friday, May 22—Erev Shabbat 6:35 pm—Mincha 6:42-7:55 pm—Candles After 9:00 pm—Sefirat Ha’omer
Shabbat, May 23—Erev Shavuot 7:30 and 9:00 am—Shacharit After Main Mussaf—DERASHA: Chaim Goldberg 6:50 pm—SHAWL: Dr. Shelly Ciner (women only)
“Pre-Shavuot Learning in Netivot Shalom”
7:50 pm—Mincha After Mincha—CLASS: Reb Noam Horowitz “Ta’am Elyon, Ta’am Tachton and Standing During Aseret Hadibrot”
9:00 pm—Maariv After 9:01 pm—Candle Lighting
Tikkun Leil Shavuot—11:30 pm-4:50 am In conjunction with BMH-BJ—The Denver Synagogue
All-night refreshments generously sponsored by the East Side Kosher Deli
11:30 pm-12:15 am—OPTION A: Rabbi Alter “Did Hashem Really Force Us to Receive the Torah?
Re-assessing the Story We Have Always Been Taught”
11:30 pm-12:15 am—OPTION B: Rachel Rabinovitch “Na’aseh V’nishmah: Just Do It”
12:20-1:05—Howie Shapiro “Does Halakhah Equal Morality? Where Does Halakhah Fit on Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development? An Analysis of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein's
article ‘Does Judaism Recognize an Ethic Independent of Halakhah?’”
1:10-1:55—Rabbi Zalesch “Ki MiBrisk Teitzei Torah: Brisker Torah—A History with Implications”
5:20 pm—OPTION B: Howie Shapiro “Does Halakhah Equal Morality? Where Does Halakhah Fit on Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development? An Analysis of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein's
article ‘Does Judaism Recognize an Ethic Independent of Halakhah?’” 6:10 pm—OPTION A: Naomi Lev 6:10 pm—OPTION B: Rabbi Alter
“Did Hashem Really Force Us to Receive the Torah? Re-assessing the Story We Have Always Been Taught”
Involvement in Torah as an Exemption from Mitzvot” 7:00 pm—OPTION B: Rivka Alter
“A Tale of Two Kings: A Study of Shaul and David Hamelech”
8:00 pm—Mincha After Mincha—CLASS: Rabbi Sunshine 9:02 pm—Maariv 9:03 pm—Havdalah
Shavuot Schedule 2015 Dedicated to the legacy of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l
Turn Shavuot Sunday into Shavuot Sundae!
Join us for our youth group Shavuot Ice Cream Sundae Buffet Sunday morning in Groups!
Schedule subject to change. Check DATMinyan.org/Shavuot for latest updates.
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.
sponsored by the Levy family in honor of Itai’s 5th birthday; by Mimi and Alan Pomeranz
in honor of Sophie, Lena, and Ella; and by the Bielsky family
in honor of Mor and the advisors!
Turn Shavuot Sunday into Shavuot Sundae!
All kids are invited to our Shavuot
Ice Cream Sundae Buffet on Sunday,
May 24!
Youth Snacks Sponsor Monday Snack
sponsored by Howie, Mor, Akiva, and Elie Shapiro in honor of Yehuda’s
2nd birthday!
Mor and Howie sponsored at DATMinyan.org/youth!
Talya Alter, Estee Brooks,
Heidi Clayman, Pearl Clayman,
Liat Fischer, Hannah Kark,
Zev Narrowe, Maya Parkoff,
Esti Polotsky, Gavriel Asher Reiffman,
Avital Rotbart, and Sarah Senkfor!
Mazel Tov to All Our Graduating
Advisors and Subs!
sORBET sponsor Thank you to the Penn family for sponsoring
non-dairy sorbet for our ice cream party!
Happy Birthday:
Matanel Sunshine Aviva Khavasova Is your child’s birthday not listed? Email Mor Shapiro at [email protected].
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 David ben Rifka Eirit bat Tzafi Yonna bat Esther Yisroel Yosef Ben Leah Rachama Sara Sima Bat Basha Leeba Dov Shmuel Ben nechama Rivka Baruch Shmuel bat Chava Shayna Rachel bat Chana Avraham Shalom ben Henna Barak Mordechai ben Edit Chaim Benjamin ben Bracha chaim shmuel ben miriam Chaya Chanah Elisheva Rivka bat Sarah Devorah Leah bat Chanah Dina bat Hyla and Shayla Eliyahu Chayim HaKohen ben Sarah Rivka Ezra ben Mazal Ida bat Esa Ita Sheiva bas Udya Kalman ben Esther Leah bat Sarah Leah Devora Kivitiya bat Chaya Michael Aharon ben Hasia Miriam Tova Chaya bat Chanah Naomi Miriam bat Sarah Emanu Noa Shani bat Chaya Bracha Rabbi Ephraim Ben Henna Rachel bat Sarah Raphael Yotam ben Efrat Yosef Yisrael ben Rachel Hudi Sarah Esther bat Faiyge Sarah Shoshanna bat Sarah Shirley Hasia bat Devorah Simcha haKohen ben Chana Yogev Levi ben Sarah Tova Leah bat Chana Shashi bat Batya Baila Sandra Miriam Shoshana bat Chanah (Rabbi) Tzvi Gershon ben Shaindel Shaina Raizel
Weekly Halacha : Kashrut Alert Liquor List Update—Chicago Rabbinical Council
(CRC)
From time to time, we will use this space to alert our members to Kashrut alerts from major Kashrut organiza-tions which we believe will be of particular interest to our members. These inclusions are not meant to be ex-haustive, and we encourage our members to sign up to receive Kashrut alerts via email from major Kashrut organizations such as the OU and CRC.—Ed. The cRc constantly makes upgrades to its liquor list (http://www.crcweb.org/LiquorList.pdf). The following are some of the recent updates: Beer Allagash Brewing Co (Assor ted Var ieties) – Not Recommended (the company produces wine beers) Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (Assorted Varieties) – Not Recommended (chametz she’avar alav hapesach) Bourbon Old Fitzgerald Bourbon – Recommended Scotch Monkey Shoulder Original Scotch – Rec-ommended The Balvenie Single Barrel 15 Year – Rec-ommended, but only the original (non-Sherry cask) edition The Balvenie Single Barrel First Fill 12 Year – Recommended The Balvenie Single Barrel Traditional Oak 25 Year – Recommended Vodka Grey Goose VX Vodka – Not Recommend-ed (it is finished with a hint of precious cognac) Taaka – Flavored Vodka (Assorted Varie-ties) – Not Recommended (no longer kosher certified)
"Hashem came forth from Sinai, shone forth to them from Seir, hav-ing appeared to them from Mount Paran" (Devarim 33:2) The Midrash records that prior to Hashem offering the To-rah to Bnei Yisroel, He made it available to the nations of the world. He offered it to the children of Esau (who lived in the land of Seir). When they discovered that it contained the prohibition of murder, they rejected the Torah on the grounds that, by nature, they were a violent people. A similar result occurred when Hashem offered the Torah to the children of Yishmael (living in Paran). They rejected it, for it contained the prohibition of stealing. The following difficulties have to be dealt with: Firstly, the two precepts that were rejected, namely "Do not murder" and "Do not steal," are already included in the Seven Noachide Laws. There-fore, they are already bound to uphold these precepts. Secondly, the precepts as they appear in the Noachide Laws are more severe than they are in the Torah. The punishment for theft in the Torah is a pay-ment of twice the principle. The Noachide Laws are capital offenses. To be found guilty by a Jewish court, two witnesses must be present at the scene of the crime, and a warning to the perpetrator had to have been issued. This is not required to convict according to the Noachide Laws. Why were they rejecting the Torah based upon pre-cepts that would have been less restrictive than those that they were already obligated to keep? The Rambam in his introduction to Pirkei Avos poses the following question: Which is a higher service of Hashem, one who by nature does not have the desire to violate the precepts, or one who struggles with the desire, finally conquering his evil inclination, and does the will of Hashem The Rambam comes to the conclusion that in the Torah. we find two categories of Mitzvos (precepts). There are those that, by nature, we sense the obligation to uphold. We under-stand that violating them would be doing something intrinsically wrong (i.e. murder, stealing, adultery). The second category we would have no inkling of being prohibited were it not for Hashem restricting us from doing them (i.e. cooking milk together with meat, shaatnez, etc.). Concerning those that we identify as being wrong, the Torah obligates us not to desire to do them. The soul that adheres to these precepts, but desires to do them is defective. Concerning those with which we do not associate an intrinsic wrong, the higher level of adherence is desiring to do them, but restraining only be-cause Hashem commands us to do so. Cont’d on page 3
Youth snacks sponsorship Mor Shapiro, Youth Director DATMinyan.org/youth
Updates on the Rabbinic search David Fishman, Committee Chair DATMinyan.org/RabbinicSearch
Planning a Bar/Bat Mitzvah DATMinyan.org/simcha
View the Latest Newsletter DATMinyan.org/newsletter
The difference between the Seven Noachide Laws and the 613 Torah laws is not only quantitative, but qualitative as well. The Noachide Laws are essentially a directive to insure that society does not self-destruct. Noachide man is only com-manded to act, or desist from acting in a certain manner. There is no obligation to inculcate the precept into his very being, no obligation regarding his thoughts or sensitivities. Torah law requires more than providing a functioning society; it re-quires that man be a reflection of his Maker. This is attained by incorporating the precepts into our very being. "Do not steal" is not merely do not commit the crime; rather our very being is required to be reviled by the act of stealing. Those precepts which the nations of the world rejected are from the category that one is able to sense are wrong (just as are all seven of the Noachide Laws). However, those who are bound by the Noachide Laws are not commanded against desiring to do them. What Hashem offered them was an entirely new level of observance, a qualitative change of themselves as human beings. It is this which they rejected. It is a quantum leap from being commanded not to do something, to being commanded to revile the very act itself.
D’VAR TORAH (cont’d from Page 2)
* B’nei Akiva: June 6: Final Snif Luncheon. June 7: 5th grade ice cream event: Welcome to Middle School! June 8: Rafting!
* EDOS Shavuot Lunch and Learn—EDOS will be having a dairy Shavuot Lunch and Learn (panel discussion) with Rab-bi Rapp and Rabbi Alter, the second day of Shavuot, May 25, after Davening. Please RSVP by May 4 to [email protected]. $12/person, or $50/family max. Questions? Shana Goldberg ([email protected]) or Rayna Zussman ([email protected]).
* JEWISHcolorado 2015 Walk for Israel Colorado—Sunday, May 31, 10:00 am. Join the Jewish community for a two-mile walk to celebrate Israel’s independence. Walk leaves from and arrives back at the JCC; followed by a post-Walk party with live music, Israeli games, activities, and festive food. Register at JEWISHcolorado.org. When you register online, please write “DAT Minyan” as your organization.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
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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.
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