YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD 2240 ALBANY AVENUE

WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117 860-233-3084

Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org

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Rabbi Brahm Weinberg 860-233-3084 or

rabbi@youngisraelwh.org

Judith Hessing, Coordinator 860-233-6042 or

judith.hessing@gmail.com

SEUDAH SHLISHIT SPONSORED BY Evelyn & Stan Rutstein on the occasion of the

yahrzeit of Evelyn’s mother, Chana bat Malka Rochel.

מזל טוב

to Aviva & Matt Braunshweiger on the birth מזל טוב of their daughter, Sophia Claire (Meira Sarah) . מזל טוב

to siblings Elaine & Max; and the Stern & Braunshweiger families!

!to Leora Trencher on her recent Bat Mitzvah מזל טוב ,to proud parents Stacey & Shimmy; siblings מזל טוב

Tali & Dovid; proud grandparents, Sandy & Mark Trencher, and Sally & Herb Kepnes; and Aunts, Uncle and cousins, Elana, Toby & Evie; Aliza, Eyal & Lydia

Levy; and Aunt Jill, cousins Samantha & Sarah Kraus, and Aunt Michele & Uncle Elan Weinreb!

to Shimmy Trencher on winning מזל טוב a leadership award from the

Harold Grinspoon Foundation!

MAOT CHITTIM You may donate through www.yadeliezer.org &

www.jfshartford.org or Give a check to Rabbi Weinberg made out to

YIWH Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund See flier for details

PRE-PESACH SHIURIM AT YIWH

Rabbi Brahm Weinberg’s SHABBAT HAGADOL DRASHA

“Space to Grow with Questions Unanswered” This Afternoon at 5:30PM

Join us at YIWH to participate in the time honored tradition of studying

some of the laws and concepts of Pesach as well as excerpts from the

Haggadah with the rabbi on the Shab-bat afternoon immediately preceding

Pesach. This year we will study the message of the Passover holiday as ex-pressed by the Korban Pesach and we

will discover and what message it is meant to convey to us about faith and

about ourselves. By exploring the themes of Pesach we hope to come to a

more rich, more meaningful celebration of the holiday.

Insights in to The Hagaddah” By Rabbi Brahm Weinberg

This class will be offered: Tuesday, April 3rd at

8:00PM Looking for things to share with people at your seder? Wondering what a certain

passage is doing in the text of the haggadah?

Come and hear some fascinating insights in to the text of the haggadah

and the themes of Pesach.

SHABBAT HAGADOL

PARSHAT TZAV

March 31st, 2012 8 Nisan 5772

Editor: Judie Patel

E-mail: bulletin @youngisraelwh.org

Editors Emeritus: Sam Leichtberg & Moish Trencher

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

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Rabbi Weinberg’s Tuesday night MELACHIM CLASS WILL RESUME AFTER PESACH

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Acknowledgment donations should be sent to

Debbie Luger at 37 Miamis Road

Susanne & David Gelb Tsion & Anita Cohen In memory of Patti Kornreich's mother

Jason Wolfe & Vera Schwarcz In honor of the birth of Sofia Claire

BUY SCRIP! BUY SCRIP! SHOP RITE, BIG Y, CROWN & STOP & SHOP

Every dollar counts! Let's support our Shul by buying scrip!

When you shop at any of these supermarkets, you can use their scrip to buy many other stores’ scrip!

For Pick-up or delivery! Contact: Judith Hessing at 860-233-6042;

18 Grenhart Street; Or Fran Wittenberg at 860-983-4837

SODA BOTTLE COLLECTION

Eliza Katz is collecting bottles, cans, and glass to raise money for the Rabbi’s Fund.

Please bring empties to: 24 Miamis Road;

MANY THANKS Thanks to the Dinner Committee for an amazing,

inspiring & fun dinner.

Co-Chairs & Committee: Shayne Kesler, Harriet Rosenblit & Fran Wittenberg.

Rachel Cohen, Ilana & Steven Bernstein, Donna Gordon, Judith Hessing, Stu Kesler, Arlen Lichter,

Helen Loew, Juanita Moss, Ann Pava, David & Edna Shamash, Barbara Snyder,

Gene Wittenberg, Elie & Eli Wolfe, Ted & Vivian Zablotsky, Lorie Zackin!

Thanks to the following businesses for their support of the silent auction and the dinner!

Thanks to Staples for donating all the printing for the program books and Scroll of Honor.

A Cool Chick Place Anytime Fitness

Connecticut Lighting Center D. David Shamash

Dr. Douglas Hope, DDS EBK Gallery

Harriet & Barry Goldsher Kosh Kosher Restaurant LaPerla Fine Jewelers

Lithographs by Jeffrey Hessing Lyman Orchards

Lyn Evans for Potpourri Designs Mandell Jewish Community Center

Mike’s Bistro My Most Favorite Foods Sacred Movements Yoga

Skyview Liquors Staples

Stylin Edge Salon The Chalkboard

The Judaica Store The Playground

Wolf & lamb Restaurant Wolfe Family Networking

YHB Investments

SPECIAL PASSOVER FLOWERS FROM ISRAEL HAGH 8th Grade Trip to Israel Fundraiser Enhance your Seder table or that of your host with

gorgeous flowers from Israel. To order, complete the form by March 30th & Send to the HAGH office. See flier for details.

20% of proceeds to benefit 8th Grade Trip to Israel.

SAVE THE DATE Join Local Synagogues & Schools

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT COMMEMORATING ISRAELI MEMORIAL DAY

and CELEBRATING ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY

Wednesday, 25 April 7:30 - 9:30 PM

At B’nai Tikvoh - Sholom 180 Still Road, Bloomfield

REGISTER FOR HAGH SUMMER PROGRAM! GROWING KIDS, GROWING MINDS Summer Program for ages 2,3 & 4

At the Bess & Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy The unique program provides exciting hands-on

experience and develops a sense of pride in Judaism For information contact Preschool Director

Miriam Ostozynski ~ Miriamo@sigelacademy.org Or Katy Owens at (860)243-8333 x104

RABBI WEINBERG’S PASSOVER GUIDE Rabbi Weinberg’s Passover Guide is now available in

the Shul lobby & on the Shul website. Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org

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Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger www.torahweb.org–

Longing for Mitzvos

There are only four of them in all of Chumash with one in Parshas Tzav and they are as unique in sound as they are in meaning. Yet of all them, the "shalsheles" of this weeks parsha is the most intriguing. This "ta'am hamikra", the longest musical note that accompanied the text from Sinai, is associated with struggle, disso-nance and tension. Probably we are guided to see it just that way due to its very first appearance in the Torah (Breishis19:15). There the Torah explicitly describes the inner struggle that Lot endures as he is being coaxed to leave Sodom by the very angels that were sent to fetch him. In onomatopoeic form, "and he hesitated" is sung with a shalsheles drawing out the word as much as possible. Rashi further explains that facing the loss of all his material wealth that he must leave behind gave Lot great pause and he had to be forcibly pulled away from his house. The salsheles next appears in (Breishis 24:12) the prayer offered by Eliezer, pleading with Hashem for clarity and direction in choosing a wife for Yitzchak. Here chazal have told us that indeed this mission was a test of his loyalty to Avraham and his children. How Eliezer, having imbibed the practices and thoughts of Avra-ham Avinu for a lifetime, would have loved Yitzchak for a son in law! Thus his prayer was one of the penitent who knew with his mind what he should say and yet his heart was in another place altogether. Yosef Hatzadik's refusal to comply with the advances of Potifar's wife are marked with the third shalsheles (Breishis 39:8). Here too, chazal understand that a struggle raged in the heart of Yosef, one not at all apparent from the text itself. The manner and intensity of the woman's interest that conceivably could win him freedom and place him close to fulfilling his dreams created unbearable duress. As we know, it was only the vision of his father reminding him of the greatness that lay ahead that doused the fires from within. All of this makes it so hard to understand the shalsheles of Parshas Tzav (8:23). Moshe is preparing the ram that will complete the consecration services of the Mishkan. After this korban, Aharon will take over and Moshe will return to the role of a Levi and of course of national leader. It was only during those initiating seven days that Moshe was allowed to do the avoda of Aharon. Why the shalsheles? No doubt Moshe was very conflicted about these korabnos. On one hand the Mishkan was about to be estab-lished and the redemption reach its zenith. The rift that the sin of the golden calf introduced was about to be mended for all to see and the availability of the shechina for our prayers was about to descend. Yet for Moshe personally this korban brought home that he would never again have the privilege to serve in the Heichal and to bring various korbanos. The shalsheles reminds us of that pain that he must have felt at losing the opportu-nity for these mitzvos.

MECHIRAT CHAMETZ/SALE OF CHAMETZ Rabbi Weinberg will be available to become the agent for selling of your Chametz at the following times:

After minyan this week, the week of April 1st Monday, April 2nd, 7:45 - 8:45 PM @ the Shul

Wednesday, April 4th, 7:45 - 8:45 PM @ the Shul Thursday, April 5th, 4:00 - 7:00 PM @ Rabbi Weinberg’s home

You will need an authorization form which can be found on the shul website and in the shul lobby. FORMS NEED TO BE IN TO THE RABBI BY THURSDAY, APRIL 5th AT 7:00 PM

YIWH Schedule of Services

March 30th - April6th, 2012 Shabbat HaGadol Parashat Tzav

It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush

Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, March 30th Shacharit Candle Lighting Mincha/Maariv

Shabbat, March 31st- Shabbat HaGadol Rabbi Sheinkopf’s Mishna Brurah Class Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma Shabbat Morning Youth Groups Rabbi’s Shabbat HaGadol Drasha Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv Shabbat Ends

Sunday, April 1st - Thursday, April 5th Earliest Tallit & Tefillin Shacharit... Sunday No Gemara Shiur until after Pesach Shacharit…Monday - Wednesday Mincha/Maariv...Sunday - Thursday @YIWH

Thursday, April 5th Bedikat Chametz After...

Friday, April 6th - Erev Pesach/Taanit Bechorot Alot Hashachar - Fast Begins Shacharit & Siyum Bechorot to follow Communal Chametz Burning at YIWH Latest Time for Eating Chametz (M”A) Latest Time for Owning/Burning Chametz (M”A) Candle Lighting Mincha/Maariv Start Seder after...

6:45 a.m. 6:56 p.m. 7:01 p.m.

8:00 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:40 p.m. 7:57 p.m.

5:43 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 6:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m.

8:05 p.m.

5:00 a.m. 6:30 a.m. ??????? 10:19 a.m. 11:36 a.m. 7:04 p.m. 7:09 p.m. 8:04 p.m.

Shul handles set up & Clean up! Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178

or judiep@gmail.com to check the availability of the date you need & call Fran Wittenberg

860-232-2320 to make the arrangements for the type of Kiddush you want to sponsor.

Checks need to be received the Sunday prior to your

Kiddush date. There are three types

of Kiddushim: Standard for $150,

Semi-Deluxe for $250 & Deluxe for $350

With supplements available.

For Seudah Shlishit contact Stan Rutstein at 232-3369

KIDDUSH SCHEDULE 4/21 Glahn

Ner La’Maor Lights

Judy & Sam Leichtberg and Batsheva Goldfischer in memory of

their parents and grandparents, Israel Weiss ישראל בן דוד

Frida Weiss טויבה פרידה בת עזרא

Abraham Leichtberg אברהם בן שמואל

Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah Wine for Kiddush & Havdallah

Betty & Irving Wizenfeld in memory of

Betty’s Parents, Tobias & Esther Spira טוביה בן צבי אלימלך אסתר בת דוד הכהן

Irv ‘s father, Sam Wizenfeld שמואל מאיר בן יצחק הכהן

Pat La’Orchim Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit

Fran & Gene Wittenberg in memory of

Fran’s father, Tzvi ben Yitzchak Meir HaCohen צבי בן יצחק מאיר הכהן

& Gene’s father, Binyamin ben Moshe בנימין בן משה

SupplementSeudah Shlishit 3.1קהלת . תחת השמים, חפץ-ועת לכל; לכל זמן

To honour our family and friends. Donna and Barry Gordon

5772 Candy Man You-Dah-Man Rabbi Mordechai Weiss Judy & Sam Leichtberg

Handy Man Good Humor Man Steve Bernstein Debbie & Steven Luger

YIWH Schedule of Services

April 6th - , 2012 Pesach

It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush

Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, April 6th - Erev Pesach/Taanit Bechorot Alot Hashachar - Fast Begins Shacharit & Siyum Bechorot to follow Communal Chametz Burning at YIWH Latest Time for Eating Chametz (M”A) Latest Time for Owning/Burning Chametz (M”A) Candle Lighting Mincha/Maariv Start Seder after... Shabbat, April 7th - 1st Day of Pesach Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma Mincha / Maariv Candle Lighting & Second Seder AFTER… START COUNTING SEFIRAT HA’OMER Sunday, April 8th - 2nd Day of Pesach Shacharit Mincha / Maariv Chag Ends Monday, April 9th - Wednesday, April 11th Chol HaMoed Pesach Shacharit…Monday - Wednesday Mincha/Maariv. Thursday, April 12th - Chol HaMoed Pesach Shacharit Make an Eruv Tavshilin Before Candlelighting Candle Lighting Mincha/Maariv Friday, April 13th - 7th Day of Pesach Shacharit Candle Lighting BEFORE... Mincha/Maariv Shabbat, April 14th - 8th Day of Pesach Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma Yizkor APPROX… Please Eat Seudah Shlishit at Home Mincha / Maariv Shabbat /Chag Ends Chametz Sold Through the Rabbi may be eaten after...

5:00 a.m. 6:30 a.m. ??????? 10:19 a.m. 11:36 a.m. 7:04 p.m. 7:09 p.m. 8:04 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:38a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:06p.m. 6:30 a.m. 7:10 p.m. 6:30 a.m. 7:10 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 7:11 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 8:56 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:12 p.m. 9:00 p.m.

Making an Eruv Tavshilin On Erev Yom Tov, the head of

The household, or his designee, should set aside a baked item

such as bread or matzoh, and a cooked item such as meat, fish, or eggs (i.e. a food that is eaten along with bread.) He or she

should then recite the blessing of “Baruch...Al Mitzvas Eruv” and the proclamation, both

found the Artscroll Siddur on P. 654. Once done, the eruv

covers all the household Members and guests. The foods set aside for the eruv should be save and may be eaten on Shab-

bat.

Shul handles set up & Clean up! Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178

or judiep@gmail.com to check the availability of the date you need & call Fran Wittenberg

860-232-2320 to make the arrangements for the type of Kiddush you want to sponsor.

Checks need to be received the Sunday prior to your

Kiddush date. There are three types

of Kiddushim: Standard for $150,

Semi-Deluxe for $250 & Deluxe for $350

With supplements available.

For Seudah Shlishit contact Stan Rutstein at 232-3369

KIDDUSH SCHEDULE

4/21 Glahn

YIWH Schedule of Services

April 13th - 20th, 2012 Shabbat Achron Shel Pesach

It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush

Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, April 13th - 7th Day of Pesach Shacharit Candle Lighting Mincha/Maariv

Shabbat, April 14th - 8th Day of Pesach Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma Yizkor APPROX… Please Eat Seudah Shlishit at Home Mincha / Maariv Shabbat /Chag Ends Chametz Sold Through the Rabbi may be eaten after...

Sunday, April 15th - Thursday, April 19th Earliest Tallit & Tefillin Shacharit... Sunday Followed by Rabbi Weinberg’s Gemara Shiur on Masechet Makot Shacharit…Monday - Wednesday Mincha/Maariv...Sunday - Thursday @YIWH

Friday, April 20th Shacharit Mincha/Maariv Candle Lighting KIDDUSH SCHEDULE 4/21 Glahn

9:00 a.m. 7:11 p.m. 7:15 p.m.

9:00 a.m. 9:32 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:12 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 5:43 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 6:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m.

6:45 a.m. 7:00p.m. 7:19 p.m.

Making an Eruv Tavshilin On Erev Yom Tov, the head of

The household, or his designee, should set aside a baked item such as bread or

matzoh, and a cooked item such as meat, fish, or eggs (i.e. a food that is eaten along with bread.) He or she

should then recite the blessing of “Baruch...Al Mitzvas Eruv” and the proc-lamation, both found the Artscroll Siddur

on P. 654. Once done, the eruv covers all the household

Members and guests. The foods set aside for the eruv should be save and

may be eaten on Shabbat.

Shul handles set up & Clean up! Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178

or judiep@gmail.com to check the availability of the date you need & call Fran Wittenberg

860-232-2320 to make the arrangements for the type of Kiddush you want to sponsor.

Checks need to be received the Sunday prior to your

Kiddush date. There are three types

of Kiddushim: Standard for $150,

Semi-Deluxe for $250 & Deluxe for $350

With supplements available.

For Seudah Shlishit contact Stan Rutstein at 232-3369

Ner La’Maor Lights

Judy & Sam Leichtberg and Batsheva Goldfischer in memory of

their parents and grandparents, Israel Weiss ישראל בן דוד

Frida Weiss טויבה פרידה בת עזרא

Abraham Leichtberg אברהם בן שמואל

Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah Wine for Kiddush & Havdallah

Betty & Irving Wizenfeld in memory of

Betty’s Parents, Tobias & Esther Spira טוביה בן צבי אלימלך אסתר בת דוד הכהן

Irv ‘s father, Sam Wizenfeld שמואל מאיר בן יצחק הכהן

Pat La’Orchim Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit

Fran & Gene Wittenberg in memory of

Fran’s father, Tzvi ben Yitzchak Meir HaCohen צבי בן יצחק מאיר הכהן

& Gene’s father, Binyamin ben Moshe בנימין בן משה

SupplementSeudah Shlishit 3.1קהלת . תחת השמים, חפץ-ועת לכל; לכל זמן

To honour our family and friends. Donna and Barry Gordon

5772 Candy Man You-Dah-Man Rabbi Mordechai Weiss Judy & Sam Leichtberg

Handy Man Good Humor Man Steve Bernstein Debbie & Steven Luger

YIWH Schedule of Services

April 20th - 27th, 2012 Shabbat Parashat Shmini

It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush

Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, April 20th Shacharit Mincha/Maariv Candle Lighting

Shabbat, April 21st Rabbi Sheinkopf’s Mishna Brurah Class Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma Shabbat Morning Youth Groups Rabbi’s Shabbat Afternoon Class Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv Shabbat Ends

Sunday, April 22nd - Thursday, April 26th Earliest Tallit & Tefillin Shacharit... Sunday Followed by Rabbi Weinberg’s Gemara Shiur on Masechet Makot Shacharit…Monday - Thursday Mincha/Maariv...Sunday - Thursday

Friday, April 27th Shacharit Mincha/Maariv Candle Lighting

6:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:19 p.m.

8:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:26 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 6:20 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 8:20 p.m.

5:30 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 6:45 a.m. 7:25 p.m.

6:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:27 p.m.

Shul handles set up & Clean up! Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178

or judiep@gmail.com to check the availability of the date you need & call Fran Wittenberg

860-232-2320 to make the arrangements for the type of Kiddush you want to sponsor.

Checks need to be received the Sunday prior to your

Kiddush date. There are three types

of Kiddushim: Standard for $150,

Semi-Deluxe for $250 & Deluxe for $350

With supplements available.

For Seudah Shlishit contact Stan Rutstein at 232-3369

KIDDUSH SCHEDULE 4/21 Glahn

Ner La’Maor Lights

Judy & Sam Leichtberg and Batsheva Goldfischer in memory of

their parents and grandparents, Israel Weiss ישראל בן דוד

Frida Weiss טויבה פרידה בת עזרא

Abraham Leichtberg אברהם בן שמואל

Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah Wine for Kiddush & Havdallah

Betty & Irving Wizenfeld in memory of

Betty’s Parents, Tobias & Esther Spira טוביה בן צבי אלימלך אסתר בת דוד הכהן

Irv ‘s father, Sam Wizenfeld שמואל מאיר בן יצחק הכהן

Pat La’Orchim Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit

Fran & Gene Wittenberg in memory of

Fran’s father, Tzvi ben Yitzchak Meir HaCohen צבי בן יצחק מאיר הכהן

& Gene’s father, Binyamin ben Moshe בנימין בן משה

SupplementSeudah Shlishit 3.1קהלת . תחת השמים, חפץ-ועת לכל; לכל זמן

To honour our family and friends. Donna and Barry Gordon

5772 Candy Man You-Dah-Man Rabbi Mordechai Weiss Judy & Sam Leichtberg

Handy Man Good Humor Man Steve Bernstein Debbie & Steven Luger

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