Y OU NG ISR AEL OF HART FO RD

YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD
2240 ALBANY AVENUE
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117
www.YoungIsraelWH.org
Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org
UPCOMING YIWH EVENTS
YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD
Come Help Clean Up!
Join us Sunday May 22nd for a morning of learning
and clean up.
9:30 AM -“Recycling God: A Practical Guide to Shaimot"
10:00 AM -12:30 PM -Clean up and decluttering of building & Pizza!
MANY THANKS
Thank you to all those who opened their hearts
and tables to host guests over Pesach.
Rabbi Brander will be out of town this
Monday and Tuesday (5/9-10).
He can be reached in case of emergency on
his cell phone.
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
ISRAEL FESTIVAL 2016
May 8 - 15, 2016
Join the JCC and community for a full week of
events and activities to celebrate Israel.
For a full listing of events, go to mandelljcc.org/
COMMUNAL YOM HAZIKARON MEMORIAL
Tuesday, May 10th @ 7:00 PM
Mandell JCC -- Gilman Theater
Shabbat Mevorchim
Parashat Achrei Mot
May 7th , 2016  29 Nisan 5776
Kiddush this Shabbat
is sponsored
Evelyn & Stan Rutstein
On the occasion of the Yahrzeit
of Evelyn’s father
Yisroel ben Chaim
And
Judy Levy
On the occasion of the Yahrzeit
of her brother
Avrom Ber ben Yitzchak

Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by
the Shul
RABBI’S SHABBAT AFTERNOON CLASS
at 6:45 PM
Questions from the Depths:
Responsa from the Holocaust
WOMEN’S SHABBAT AFTERNOON MISHNAH CLASS
This Shabbat, May 7th at 7:40 PM
at the home of Ruth Alcabes (30 Seneca Road)
MAZAL TOV
Mazal tov to Esther and Noson Lange on the birth of
a baby. Mazal tov to grandmother Vera Schwarcz and
the entire Schwarcz, Wolfe, and Lange families!
Mazal tov to Eliana Gordon on her upcoming marCOMMUNAL YOM HAATZMAUT
riage to Mikey Tau. Mazal Tov to Donna, Barry & MiBBQ & CELEBRATION
cah Gordon and the entire Gordon and Tau families!
Thursday, May 12th - Mandell JCC
Mazal tov to Meira Goldfischer & Benjamin Snyder on
4:30-7:00PM
being selected Rising Stars by the West Hartford
Join the JCC and celebrate Israel’s Independence
Press!
Day with a large community-wide festival and party! Enjoy games, crafts, inflatables,
Mazal tov to HAGH Student Winners of the Fishman
Gaga, basketball, music, dancing, a photo booth,
Family American Jewish history Essay Contest:
and more. Enjoy a kosher BBQ dinner for the whole
Aderet and Tehila Maslow, Adi Davidovics, Amitai
family!
Goldfischer, Neve Moss, Talia and Noah Grosberg!
BOARD NOMINATIONS
Nominations for the next Young Israel of West
Hartford board are now open. If you are interested
or would like to nominate someone, please speak
to Stu Kesler.
Rabbi Tuvia Brander 561-271-4148 [email protected]
Debra Luger 860-233-0300 or [email protected]
Mazal tov to Margot Jeremias on receiving the Joseph
Zola Award for her “extraordinary efforts as promoter
of Holocaust education and awareness.”
Mazal tov to Howard Goldfischer on his
engagement to Efrat Meier-Ginsburg of Teaneck, NJ.
Mazal tov to the entire Goldfischer, Meir & Ginsburg
families!
Editor: Judie Patel [email protected]
Affiliate of the National Council of Young Israel Synagogues, Member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America,
Sponsor of West Hartford NCSY, National Conference of Synagogue Youth, Kashrut Commission of Greater Hartford,
Mikveh Bess Israel of Greater Hartford, Eruv of West Hartford
YIWH YOUTH DEPARTMENT
SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS
Groups meet weekly on Shabbat from
10:15 AM-11:15 AM.
Children ages 5 & under meet on the
carpeted corner downstairs.
Children in Grades 1 -5 are invited to partake in
our Junior Congregation downstairs
TOT SHABBAT CIRCLE
Held on the first Shabbat of the month
starting at 10:30-11:15
Tot Shabbat Circle provides a warm, fun-filled
Shabbat experience for young children with their parents. It includes davening, singing, parsha, &
story time, and is followed by a special Shabbat treat.
MUSSAF & MUNCH
Beginning right after the Haftorah in the main minyan, our teens break away to have their own teen-led
mussaf service and share a dvar torah by one of their
peers. Of course, Mussaf is always followed by a
MUNCH: a delicious Kiddush with chulent, kugel,
chips, and soda….we think you get the idea.
For more information, please see the flyer in the lobby
or check out the youth tab on our website.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Susanne and David Gelb
In memory of Barbara & Norman Spector’s
beloved daughter Helaine
In Honor of Audrey & Leon Laufer’s newborn
baby granddaughter, Charlotte Ayelet.
Bob and Evelyn Harris
In Memory of Helaine Spector, daughter of
Barbara & Norman Spector
In Memory of Quentin Young, father of Michael
Young
In memory of Helene Ganeles , mother of Andrew &
Carolyn Ganeles, and Miriam Silberman
In memory of Sylvia Ross, mother of Audrey and Arlen Lichter.
WEEKLY YIWH LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
SUNDAY MORNING GEMARA SHIUR
Join us for a light breakfast as we explore the
tractate of Horayot Sunday mornings
immediately following davening.
PONDERING THE PARSHA
Join us at 11:30 AM on Wednesdays
at the JCC for a Lunch’n’Learn.
For more information, please contact Ann Feldman
at [email protected]
BUY SCRIP:
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
22 Families have exceeded their $100 scrip
earnings -- with several families doubling and tripling
that amount! The shul has gained $5537.00 in scrip
income this year-- (a bit below last years totals at this
time- so keep on buying!)
Please continue to get your supermarket cards from
Daniella Robinson as well as shop online at the "shop
with scrip" site.
CT-ISRAEL INNOVATIONS SHOWCASE
Daniella Robinson [email protected]
cell: 516-286-0185
Home: 860-578-9515
NEW SCRIP OPPORTUNITY
5% of all sales or purchases will be donated to the
YIWH. (*rare exclusions do apply)
BUY… SELL… TRADE
Gold Trader invites you to see our full service
diamond shop and the area’s best selection of new
and estate jewelry all at low every day prices.
WE BUY GOLD, SILVER, DIAMONDS, COINS
David Rosen (413) 335-5626
Gold Trader
The Diamond Shop
1360 Allen Street, Springfield, MA (413) 304-2335
www.thegoldtraderstore.com
www.iwantadiamond.com
Join the Federation for the 2016 CT-Israel
Innovations Showcase this
Wednesday, May 11th at 7:00 PM
at the Infinity Music Hall and Bistro
(32 Front Street, Hartford)
The showcase will feature cutting-edge Israeli companies
that are doing business in and around Connecticut. The
event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP
to [email protected]
HHNE 5K UNITY COLOR RUN
Wednesday, June 1st
Learn more @ www.hhne.org
CHILDREN’S READING PARTNERS
Federation Literacy Program
Spelling Bee on June 2nd
Contact [email protected]
SECURITY COMMITTEE
Thank you to all those involved in the coverage and rotations.
If you are interested in being involved please email: [email protected]
Thank you Stan Rutstein – YIWH Security Committee
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Dvar Torah by Rav David Silverberg
:
The opening section of Parashat Acharei-Mot outlines the avodat Yom Ha-kippurim – the special service performed by the kohen gadol in the Beit Ha-mikdasheach year on Yom Kippur. This service included
two goats, one of which would be sacrificed as a sin-offering, with its blood sprinkled in the kodesh hakodashim, and another which would be sent “la-azazel” – into the wilderness east of Jerusalem, where it
would be cast from a cliff. The Torah commands that the kohen gadol perform a lottery to determine which
goat would be sacrificed and which sent into the desert.
The Gemara (Shevuot 13b and elsewhere) comments that these two goats had to be similar in appearance, size and value. Although their respective destinies were polar opposites of one another – one offered
as a sacrifice in the most sacred spot in the world, the kodesh ha-kodashim, and the other sent off a cliff in
an uninhabited desert – they had to seem identical to one another.
Some commentators (noted in Rav Shmuel Alter’s Likutei Batar Likutei) suggested that symbolically,
this halakha serves to convey the simple yet vital message that piety cannot necessarily be discerned based
on outward appearance or image. Just as the two outwardly identical goats ended up in diametrically opposite places, likewise, seemingly similar people are not necessarily similar, because a person’s image does not
always accurately reflect his true being and essence. As much as we often think we are able to definitively
assess other people’s character and religious stature, the truth is that what we do not see far exceeds that
which we do. Only God can judge and evaluate people with accuracy and precise fairness. As in the case of
the two goats of Yom Kippur, only He decides who is “le-Hashem” and who is “la-azazel.”
Practically, this insight should remind us to avoid casting judgment and reaching definitive conclusions about people based on our impressions of them. We must remember that there is so much about people that we do not know and that we will never know. The decision of “le-Hashem” and “le-azazel” should
be left to the Almighty, while we do our job of judging people favorably and treating them as beloved children of God.
Please include in your tefilot IDF soldiers as well as those have been injured in the recent wave of terror activity.
Natan ben Odel, Odel bat Miriam, Moshe ben Orli, Meir Yitzchak ben Sarah, Dvir ben Shoshana, Aharon Moshe Chaim ben Chaya Chana, Ron Shai
bat Sigalit, Adi ben Rut, Niv ben Yardena, Moshe ben Daisy, Meor Efraim ben Fortuna Daniella,Yuval ben Miriam, Yarin ben Rivka, Moshe ben Edgach,
Liat bat Yael, Or-El bat Limor, Yosef Chaim ben Zahava, Naor Shalev ben Rut Elisheva, Yom Tov Lipa ben Roiza,Yair ben Roizina, Samuel Ono ben
Antoni, Shoshana bat Lulu, Moshe ben Bracha, Maya bat Ilana, Ron ben Chana, Adiv ben Fortuna Mazel, Daniel Chaim ben Revital, David ben Shoshana, Elon Chaim HaCohen ben Rita, Yehonatan Amiram ben Miriam, Pesach ben Rachel Miriam Hadassah, Yarden ben Orli, Meital Dikla bat Ninette,
Gilad ben Meirav, Tahel bat Sigal, Sigal bat Jacquline, Gal ben Na’ami, Yaniv ben Chana, Yotam ben Penina, David Shlomo ben Rachel, Nirit Chana bat
Nitza, Daniel be Nano, Daniel HaCohen ben Yedidya, Yigal Chaim ben Chofit, Yehonatan ben Rut Ruchama, Ro'ee ben Rachel, Yitzchak David ben Iris
Ruchama, Gai ben Yocheved, Liad ben Amira, Lidor ben Revital, Raz ben Lidiya, Mazal bat Shoshana Shma’a, Harel Avraham ben Amalia, Edena ben
Sarah, Shaul Chai ben Aviva, Yotam Shmuel ben Yael. Rachel bat Sara, Suzanne Sultana bat Nadjma, Moshe ben Romia, Oshrat bat Yonah, Mordechai
Aharon ben Leah Miriam.
May they all have a refuah shleima -- a full and speedy recovery among all the sick and wounded of Israel.
 YIWH Schedule of Services 
May 6th - 13th, 2016
It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush
Shabbat Mevorchim Parashat Achrei Mot
Or Seudah Shlishit!
Friday, May 6th - Erev Shabbat
Shul handles set up & Clean up!
Shacharit
6:45 a.m.
Contact Judie Patel at 860-761-3818,
Mincha/Maariv
7:00 p.m.
or [email protected]
Calendar Candle Lighting
7:37 p.m.
to check the availability of the date
you need & call Fran Wittenberg
Shabbat, May 7th
at 860- 983-4837 or
Shabbat morning Chayei Adam Class NO CLASS
NO
CLASS
8:15
a.m.
[email protected]
Shacharit
9:00 a.m.
to make the arrangements for the
Sof Zman Kriat Shma
9:13 a.m.
type of Kiddush you want.
Youth Programming
10:15 a.m.
Rabbi’s Shabbat Afternoon Class
Checks need to be received by Fran the
6:45 p.m.
Sunday prior to your Kiddush date.
Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv
7:30 p.m.
There are three types
Shabbat Ends
8:44 p.m.
of Kiddushim:
Standard for $150,
Semi-Deluxe for $250
Earliest Tallit & Tefillin
4:50 a.m.
& Deluxe for $350
Shacharit…Sunday - Rosh Chodesh Iyar
8:00 a.m.
With supplements available.
Sunday, May 8th - Thursday, May 12th
Followed by Rabbi Brander's Gemara Class &
KIDDUSH SCHEDULE
Breakfast
Shacharit...Monday - Rosh Chodesh Iyar
6:30 a.m.
5/7
Rutstein/Levy
Shacharit…Tuesday & Wednesday
6:45 a.m.
5/14
Yom Ha’atzmaut
Shacharit...Thursday
6:40 a.m.
5/21
Aroesty
Mincha/Maariv
7:40 p.m.
SEUDAH SHLISHIT
Friday, May 13th - Erev Shabbat
The cost to sponsor is $90.00
Shacharit
6:45 a.m.
To set up Seudah Shlishit contact
Mincha/Maariv
7:00 p.m.
Steve Luger [email protected]
Calendar Candle Lighting
7:44 p.m.
Please send checks to YIWH or Steve.
Check out the weekly schedule on the YIWH Website youngisraelwh.org/times
For Eruv Information: twitter.com/WHartfordEruv or youngisraelwh.org/eruv or Hotline - 860-232-6417
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Ner La’Maor - Lights
Edna & David Shamash
Pat La’Orchim
Daniella & Avi Robinson
In memory of Daniella’s Grandmother
Mrs. Vivian Furst ‫חיה גיטל בת מאיר צמח‬
5776 Candy Man
Audrey & Leon Laufer
In honor of the original
Candy Man
Gene Wittenberg
You-Dah-Man
Ann & Jeremy Pava
Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah
Judy & Sam Leichtberg
in memory of their parents
Israel & Frida Weiss
‫ישראל בן דוד וטויבה פרידה בת עזרא‬
Abraham & Miriam Leichtberg
‫אברהם בן שמואל ומרים בת יעקב אריה‬
Kiddush Supplement
Ann & Jeremy Pava
Seudah Shlishit Supplement
Susan & Gil Fried
Handy Man
Good Humor Man
Edie & Sid Perew
Debbie & Steve Luger