Shabbat Shemini/Parah/Mevarchim April 1-8, 2016 —- 23 - BMH-BJ

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Shabbat Shemini/Parah/Mevarchim
April 1-8, 2016 —- 23-29 Adar II 5776
Torah —Leviticus 9:1-11:47—page 588
Haftarah—Ezekiel 36:16-38—page 1216
Ba-al Koreiy—Jerry Rotenberg
Haftarah—Cantor Zachary Kutner
D’var Torah—Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky
Ashrei — Malka Engbar
Friday—April 1
Shacharit 6:45 am
Mincha/Maariv 6:30 pm
Candle Lighting 7:05 pm
Saturday—April 2
Shacharit, Sanctuary 9:00 am
Shacharit, Chapel 9:15 am
Mincha 7:00 pm
Havdalah 8:08 pm
Sunday—April 3
Shacharit 8:30 am
Mincha/Maariv 6:30 pm
Monday—April 4
Shacharit 6:30 am
Mincha/Maariv 6:30 pm
Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky
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Cantor Joel Lichterman
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Debra Lazer, Executive Director
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H. Michael Miller, President
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Tuesday—April 5
Shacharit 6:45 am
Mincha/Maariv 6:30 pm
Wednesday—April 6
Shacharit 6:45 am
Mincha 6:30 pm
Thursday—April 7
Shacharit 6:30 am
Mincha/Maariv 6:30 pm
Friday—April 8
Shacharit 6:45 am
Mincha/Maariv 6:30 pm
Candle Lighting 7:12 pm
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haftarah SUMMARY
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Today’s Greeter is Marie Peterson.
Join Rabbi Chaitovsky for his Spring/Summer
Shabbat Afternoon Torah Study
Every week an hour before Mincha in the Chapel.
Today’s class will be at 6:00 PM.
Why Eat Matzah? Simple Question, Complex Answer!
Make Your Reservations NOW!
The maftir reading for Shabbat Parah, Numbers 19:1-22, deals with the red heifer whose
ashes were combined with water to ritually purify anyone who had been in contact with a
dead person. Because only people who were pure could eat from the Passover sacrifice,
a public announcement right before Nisan reminded anyone who had become impure to
purify themselves before making the Passover pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
In the haftarah for Parashat Parah, Ezekiel berates the people for defiling the House of
Israel and taking God’s name in vain. Their disrespect for God caused their exile and
dispersion.
Connection to the Maftir: Just as the maftir aliyah for Parashat Parah presents an ancient
rite of detoxification for those who have come in contact with the dead, the haftarah
explains how Israel will be purified by God and in fact brought back to life with a new
heart and a new spirit.
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PARSHA SUMMARY
On the eighth day, following the seven days of their inauguration, Aaron and his sons
begin to officiate as kohanim (priests); a fire issues forth from God to consume the
offerings on the altar and the divine presence comes to dwell in the Sanctuary.
Aaron’s two elder sons, Nadav and Avihu, offer a “strange fire before God, which He
commanded them not” and die before God. Aaron is silent in the face of his tragedy.
Moses and Aaron subsequently disagree as to a point of law regarding the offerings,
but Moses concedes to Aaron that Aaron is in the right. God commands the kosher laws,
identifying the animal species permissible and forbidden for consumption. Land animals
may be eaten only if they have split hooves and also chew their cud; fish must have fins
and scales; a list of non-kosher birds is given, and a list of kosher insects (four types of
locusts).
Also in Shemini are some of the laws of ritual purity, including the purifying power of
the mikvah (a pool of water meeting specified qualifications) and the well spring. Thus the
people of Israel are enjoined to “differentiate between the impure and the pure.”
WEEKLY TORAH STUDY
►613 Mitzvot - Monday 8:00 pm - Rabbi Stern
►Torah Class - Wednesday after Shacharit 7:30 am with Cantor Lichterman
►Taste of Torah - Saturday 10:00 am - Essie Fleischmann
►Daf-Yomi one hour before Shacharit - Rabbi Fleischmann
►Law, Legend & Lore - Daily before Maariv with Rabbi Chaitovsky
►Ten-Minutes of Text - Shabbat at Seudah Shelishit with Rabbi Chaitovsky
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Updating Your Exodus: A Community Wide Passover Program featuring
Rabbis from the Rocky Mountain Rabbinical Council
April 5, 2016 6:30-9:00 PM Temple Emanuel
Rabbinic Panel - 6:30-7:15: What Would Judaism Look Like Without the Exodus?
Rabbis Eliot Basking, Joseph Friedman, Mark Goodman and Evette Lutman
7:15-7:30 Refreshments
7:30-9:00 Rotations and Discussion featuring: Rabbis Anat Moskowitz, Brian Field
and our own Rabbi Chaitovsky
No charge to attend. RSVP to Betsy 720-941-2655 or RMRCitj @ gmail.com
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