Annual Meeting—DAT Minyan’s Annual Membership Meeting for the 2015-16 year will be on Wednesday, June 22, at 6:30 pm. Mem-bers are invited to attend where they will be updated on next year’s budget, building plans, future plans and slate of proposed new board members. If you cannot attend, please submit a proxy form (available online) to another mem-ber. Detailed agenda to follow.

Shavuot Community Lunch—Deadline this Monday! Come join EDOS and DAT Min-yan for a Fleishig Shavuot Community Lunch Monday, June 13, the second day of Shavuot, at EDOS. $18 for adults (over age 13), $9 for children ages 9-13, and FREE for children ages 0-8. Babysitting available for $5 per family for children ages 2-8. Register now at DATMin-yan.org/community and join us for an inspiring and fun social event. Thank you to Sarah Gitler and Nicki Toys for their help putting this event together from our side of Monaco.

Shavuot—Get ready…! Five YU/Stern stu-dents, including Talia Bean and Avi Rab-inovitch, will be coming to Denver to partici-pate in teen programming over Shavuot. Sepa-rate programming for Middle School and High School teens – details to follow. Thank you to Marc Avner, Rabbi Mikey Sunshine, Rabbi Leib Zalesch, Reb Noam Horowitz, Melissa Friedman and Naomi Lev for coordinating details.

“The Informed Soul”—Rabbi Friedman’s Wednesday night series “The Informed Soul” continues with

“Mysticism, Meaning, and Mitzvah” this Wednesday night at 7:00 pm. Catch previous entries in this series in our au-dio archive at DATMinyan.org/audio.

NCSY Year-End Party at the Park—Don’t miss a BBQ and sports at Crestmoor Park! See Page 4.

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 Sivan—Parshat Bechukotai

June 4, 2016 27 Iyar 5776

Fri. June 3

שבתJune 4

Sun. June 5 Yom Yerushalayim

Mon. June 6

Tue. June 7 Rosh Chodesh

Wed. June 8

Thu. June 9

Fri. June 10

Shacharit Shema before 9:15 am

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

Mincha/Maariv Shema/Omer after 9:16 pm

6:40 Mincha—7:55 Maariv—9:12 8:05 8:05 8:05 8:05 8:05 6:45

At Night, Count ... 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

GRADUATION KIDDUSH sponsored by the following families in honor of their new graduates: Alpert, Baraban, Braunstein, Busse, Scott and Devorah Friedman, Fred and Pia Hirsch, Roselyn Kark, Chava and Benjy Kasztl, Lev,

Polotsky, Harley and Sara Rotbart, Schottenstein, Silberman, Weiss, and Zazulia. See Page 3.

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: 6:50-8:05 Havdalah: 9:13

Parsha: 708 Haftarah: 1179

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

DAY TIME TOPIC TEACHER PLACE

שבת

8:30 am Tefillah Warm-Up Morah Rivka Gross MPR

During Hashkama D’var Torah Rabbi Friedman 112

Haftarah/Mussaf Parsha Class Rabbi Gitler 111

After Mussaf Derasha Rabbi Friedman MPR

5:55 pm SHAWL (women only) Morah Rivka Gross 111

“What Place Does Prayer Have on the Holiday of Receiving the Torah?”

6:40 pm HS Boys Gemara Nathan Rabinovitch Rabinovitch 151 S. Olive

6:55 pm Learning on the Lawn Rabbi Friedman MPR

Pirkei Avot—Perek 6

After Mincha Seudah Shelishit Rabbi Friedman MPR

Sun. After Maariv Halacha In-Depth Rabbi Eli Mozes MPR

Tue. Not Meeting Netivot Shalom

(women only) Dr. Shelly Ciner Resumes

late June

Wed. 7:00 pm The Informed Soul Rabbi Friedman MPR

“Mysticism, Meaning, and Mitzvah”

HASHKAMA MEVORCHIM KIDDUSH

sponsored by Graeme and Irit Bean.

A HUGE THANK YOU to the Dinner Committee for creating a beautiful, delicious and meaningful annual event last Sunday honoring Graeme Bean and Dovid Lev: Dalia Garfinkel, Elan Penn, Bara Loewenthal, Lisa Perlmutter, Hudi Gubbay,

Mimi Pomerantz, Erica Grey, Erin Salehrabi, Rabbi Mikey Sunshine, Rabbi Zalesch, Scott Friedman, and Howie Shapiro. We are grateful to have you all as invested members of our shul and community. Yasher Koach!

See the video and ad journal online at DATMinyan.org/annualevent!

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.

Chana Peshy bat Chaya Sara Fieval Shalom ben Fega Zeral Naftali Yisroel ben Yisraela Yonatan Zeev ben Neta Rabbi Chaim Shmuel ben Miriam Chaim ben Sara Yaakov Mordechai ben Chana Dovid ben Ita Sheva Ida bat Esa Leah bat Sarah Menachem Yitzchak ben Yisraela Naftali Yisroel ben Yisraela Rochel Leah Nechamah bat Esther Shmuel Gedalya ben Batya Miriam Raphael Asher ben Sarah Tziporah Yehudit Leah bat Sarah Zev ben Yehudis Amiriyahu Tzvi ben Esther Leah Yaakov Roni ben Margalit Sarah Esther bat Faiyge

Rabbi Wein RabbiWein.org

From a cursory review of this week’s Torah reading, one can easily come to the conclusion that God’s method for dealing with us is with earthly rewards and punishments. The blessings that appear in the reading are all physical, emotional and sometimes psychological. There is no mention of eternal life, the survival of the soul, and/or of the rewards in the World to Come.

And the same is true relative to the punishments and disasters, which are predicted to happen to the Jewish people when they stray from the path of God and righteousness. All of those punishments and tragedies, described in great and graph-ic detail, are events of this world and of its physical nature. Again, there is no mention of an afterlife judgment or of the con-cept of the punishment of the soul in a different sphere of existence.

All of this creates a great philosophical and theological conundrum of why good people oftentimes suffer greatly in their lifetime and why, in the reverse, evil people many times seem to prosper and are never held accountable for their nefari-ous deeds. Though there is a biblical book – Iyov – that deals almost exclusively with this issue, in its conclusion it really af-fords no answer to the great question that it has raised.

It is only in the development of the Oral Law in Jewish tradition that the concept of the afterlife and of heavenly judgment of the soul is introduced. At the very least, this basic idea of Jewish faith is presented as a partial answer to the nag-ging question of why the righteous suffer in this world. Yet, it must be admitted that the literal written Torah speaks of reward and punishment as a purely physical matter that takes place in our actual physical world.

All of the great scholars of Israel throughout the ages have grappled with this issue and followed varied paths in at-tempting to deal with the matter. There are many factors, known and unknown, which determine the fate of an individual and of the nation. In effect, that is really the answer that the Lord, so to speak, addresses to Iyov regarding his complaints pertain-ing to the unfairness of life.

Heaven operates in this world on so many different levels that it is impossible for human beings to comprehend them all. The Torah presents reward and punishment in its simplest form and with the lowest common denominator possible. But it does not limit itself to our understanding of righteousness and evil. It simply sets forth that in this world, just as in the world of the afterlife and the spirit, the concept of reward and punishment governs.

We pray thrice daily to the kingdom of judgment. We live our lives based on the fact that we know that we are con-stantly being assessed and judged. Our ignorance of the details as to how this system functions, does not in any way belie our knowledge that it exists. It must be taken into account continually during our lives.

Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. שבת

6/5 Yom Yerushalayim

Mincha 8:05p Bishul Akum after Maariv

6/6 6/7 Rosh Chodesh

Shacharit 6:25a No Ciner Class

6/8 The Informed Soul

6/9 6/10 Mincha 6:45p

6/11 Erev Shavuot

Learning on the Lawn All Night Learning

6/12 Shavuot 1

6/13 Shavuot 2

6/14 Mincha 8:10p No Ciner Class

6/15 The Informed Soul

6/16 6/17 Mincha 6:45p

6/18 Learning on the Lawn

6/19 Mincha 8:15p Bishul Akum after Maariv

6/20 6/21 Ciner Class 7:30p

6/22 The Informed Soul

6/23 6/24 Mincha 6:50p

6/25 Learning on the Lawn

6/26 Mincha 8:15p Bishul Akum after Maariv

6/27 6/28 Ciner Class 7:30p

6/29 The Informed Soul

6/30 7/1 Mincha 6:50p

7/2 Learning on the Lawn

DAT MINYAN UPCOMING CALENDAR

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.

Presenting the DAT Minyan

Class of 2016!

Mazel Tov to All the DAT Minyan Graduates / Sponsored by Claudia and Marc Braunstein

Pre-K and Kindergarten Meena Baraban—BMH-BJ Pre-K / Sponsored by Josh and Mara Baraban

Ezra Hirsch—DAT Kindergarten / Sponsored by Fred and Pia Hirsch Daniella Lev—BMH-BJ Pre-K / Sponsored by Dovid and Naomi Lev

Yoshi Polotsky—DAT Kindergarten / Sponsored by Alex and Hanah Polotsky

Elementary & Middle School Lexie Alpert—Denver Academy of Torah / Sponsored by Scott and Sally Alpert

Shalom Busse—Hamilton Middle School / Sponsored by Marcia and David Busse Ari Friedman—Denver Academy of Torah / Sponsored by Scott and Devorah Friedman

Jake Kark—Lowry Elementary / Sponsored by Roselyn Kark

Maddie Kasztl—Denver Academy of Torah / Sponsored by Chava and Benjy Kasztl

Avi Polotsky—Denver Academy of Torah / Sponsored by Alex and Hanah Polotsky

High School

Amanda Kasztl—Denver Jewish Day School / Sponsored by Chava and Benjy Kasztl

Miriam Schottenstein—DAT High School / Sponsored by Craig and Karen Schottenstein

Zachary Silberman—Denver Jewish Day School / Sponsored by Mickey and Barbara Silberman

Ira Weiss—Denver East High School / Sponsored by Audrey Weiss and Bob and Allison Weiss

Aaron Zazulia—Denver Jewish Day School / Sponsored by Glenn and Corina Zazulia

College and Graduate School Emily Rotbart—Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from George Washington University

Sponsored by Harley and Sara Rotbart

Happy Birthday Emmy Horowitz Shimmy Zalesch Leila Friedman Ami Gitler

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

DAT MINYAN YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

Ice Cream Sponsorship Ice cream snacks sponsored by Grandma

(Barbara) and Zeidy (Steven) Zalesch

in honor of Shimon Chaim’s 7th birthday!

Attention: Teens entering 8th grade and up. If you

are interested in subbing in Shabbat groups over

the summer and throughout the year, please email

Mor at youth@datminyan.org

Mazel Tov to our subs Lexie Alpert, Maddie Kasztl, Avi Polotsky,

and ari friedman on tHeir graduations!

Come and create an arrangement of paper flowers that will last forever! The event is hosted by the Jewish Women's Circle of Bais Menachem and will be held this coming Tuesday, June 7th at 7:30pm at the home of Estee Fraitag, 333 South Jersey Street.

* Denver Community Kollel Pre-Shavuos Learn-a-Thon and Siyum this Sunday – Join the communal completion of an entire tractate of Talmud in the course of one hour of Torah study! Men, sign up and study a preassigned section of Tractate Sotah with a class or chavrusah. Women, sign up and attend a special study session on the topic of Divine fore-knowledge vs. Free will. NO CHARGE. The siyum will be part of the completion of an entire order of Talmud, Seder Nashim, that is being completed by Daf Yomi participants around the world. This Sunday, June 5th, 3:30-5:30 pm at the Ethel A. Beren Auditorium, 1261 Zenobia. Visit denverkollel.org, email info@denverkollel.org or call 303-820-2855 to register. Children’s program available for ages 2-10 by reservation only. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact the Kollel.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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