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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

Rabbi Tuvia Brander 561-271-4148 Rabbi@youngisraelwh.org Debra Luger 860-233-0300 or deluge613@sbcglobal.net

Editor: Judie Patel bulletin@youngisraelwh.org

RABBI’S SHABBAT AFTERNOON CLASS

At 7:00 PM

Jews Aren’t Zionists & Zionists Aren’t Jews!? An Observant Look at Zionism: PART II

UPCOMING YIWH EVENTS

Save the Date

YIWH Shavuot BBQ!

Join friends and family for wonderful BBQ Yom Tov lunch on the second day of Shavuot, June 13th.

More details to follow.

Parent Child Shavuot Learning

June 12th • 1st day of Shavuot Come learn Torah with your children as part of this

annual Young Israel tradition. Dinner will be served. Sponsorships are available, please speak to

Juanita Moss.

YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD

2240 ALBANY AVENUE

WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117

www.YoungIsraelWH.org

MAZEL TOV

Mazel Tov to Miriam Brander on receiving her Masters of Public Administration from NYU-Wagner

Mazel Tov to Jonathan Margulis on his engage-ment to Ellie Feldman of Brooklyn and to Irina & Lenny Margulis and the entire Margulis & Feldman families.

WOMEN’S SHABBAT AFTERNOON MISHNAH CLASS

will not meet this week.

WELCOME

Tsila and David Sloane who are visiting our community

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.

PLEASE NOTE

In an effort to help facilitate Sunday’s clean up efforts, please remove after Shabbat any personal

items from either the coat rooms or the sanctuary.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Come Help Us Clean Up!

Join us this Sunday, May 22nd, for a morning of learning and clean up.

9:30 AM: “Recycling God: A Practical Guide to

Shaimot" Presentation by Rabbi Brander

10:00 AM -12:15 PM: Clean up and decluttering of

building

12:15 PM: Pizza! Pizza!

MANY THANKS

Thank you to Tsion Cohen, and Fran & Gene Wittenberg for coordinating our delicious

Yom Ha’Atzmaut Kiddush

Shabbat Parashat Emor

May 21st , 2016 13 Iyar 5776

Kiddush

is sponsored by

Rena & ELi Aroesty

in honor of their birthdays

and

on the occasion of

ELi’s mother’s Yahrzeit

Chana Bayla bat Sarah Esther

Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by

the Shul

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BUY SCRIP:

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. Daniella Robinson danzie9468@gmail.com

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

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 min-yan, 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

UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS

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

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 ann.feldman@ltbsolutions.net

SECURITY COMMITTEE

Thank you to all those involved in the coverage and rotations. If you are interested in being involved

please email: sjr5@sbcglobal.net

BOOKKEEPING

Shul's fiscal year ends June 30. Bills went out this week via email, including scrip credits through May 5.

If you did not get a statement it means you have no balance due. Contact Maria with any questions: book-

keeper@youngisraelwh.org

MIKVEH BESS ISRAEL SWIM-A-THON

Sunday, June 19th at the JCC Separate times for men and women.

Children and water-walkers welcome too. For details and to register go to:

www.bessisrael.org

Dvar Torah by Rav David Silverberg :

Parashat Emor begins with God instructing Moshe to convey to the kohanim the prohibition

against coming in contact with a human corpse: “Speak to the kohanim, the sons of Aharon, and say to

them that one shall not become impure to a soul among his nation.” This section continues with other

restrictions imposed upon the kohanim, specifically, on the women they are permitted to marry.

Noting the seemingly redundant expressions, “Speak to the kohanim” and “say to them,” the

Midrash (Vayikra Rabba 26:5) comments: “The beings in the upper world, in whom the evil inclination is

not found – a single statement suffices for them… But the beings in the lower world, who have an evil

inclination – if only two statements would suffice!” The repetitious formulation of “Emor…ve-amarta,”

according to the Midrash, reflects the fact that human beings, unlike angels, often require multiple repe-

titions of a command before they are willing to comply – and even then, compliance is not guaran-

teed. Whereas the angels immediately and instinctively react to every command they are given, obeying

without any reluctance or hesitation, we human beings are insubordinate by nature, and experience a

wide range of strong drives and impulses that need to be resisted in the process of observing

the mitzvot. And thus for the angels, a single command suffices to elicit the desired response and com-

pliance, but for us, multiple commands are necessary as we struggle with ourselves and try to overcome

our innate resistance to subservience.

The question, though, arises, why is this message conveyed here, specifically in the context of the

laws of the kohanim?

Rav Dovid of Kotzk (Emet Mi-Kotzk Titzmach, p. 297) explained that this message is especially

poignant in the context of the kohanim, who served as the nation’s spiritual figures. One might have as-

sumed that while ordinary people require the double command of “emor” and “ve-amarta,” as we strug-

gle with our drives and instincts, the kohanim, the sacred officiates in God’s Temple, resemble the an-

gels, and respond immediately and without any reluctance to every command. The Midrash comes to

teach us that even the kohanim require “emor” and “ve-amarta,” that even those who have achieved spiri-

tual greatness must struggle. As human beings, we are unable to act upon our religious obligations with

the instinctive compliance of the heavenly angels. All of us, regardless of how much we grow and

achieve, face the challenges placed before us by the yetzer ha-ra, and thus we will all feel reluctance even

if we are sincerely committed to obey God’s commands.

The struggle of “emor ve-amarta” is endemic to the human condition, and will always be an inte-

gral part of religious life. And the Torah thus emphasizes specifically in the context of the special laws of

the kohanim, the nation’s spiritual elite, that observance does not always come easily, and is often

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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 Sho-shana, 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.

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YIWH Schedule of Services

May 20th - 27th, 2016 It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush

Shabbat Parashat Emor Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, May 20th - 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 bulletin@youngisraelwh.org

Candle Lighting NOT BEFORE 6:38 p.m. to check the availability of the date

Calendar Candle Lighting 7:51 p.m. you need & call Fran Wittenberg

at 860- 983-4837 or

Shabbat, May 21st shopfrancis@aol.com

Shabbat morning Chayei Adam Class 8:15 a.m. to make the arrangements for the

Shacharit 9:00 a.m. type of Kiddush you want.

Sof Zman Kriat Shma 9:06 a.m. Checks need to be received by Fran the

Youth Programming 10:15 a.m. Sunday prior to your Kiddush date.

Rabbi’s Shabbat Afternoon Class 7:00 p.m. There are three types

Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv 7:45 p.m. of Kiddushim:

Shabbat Ends 9:00 p.m. Standard for $150,

Semi-Deluxe for $250

Sunday, May 22nd - Thursday, May 26th & Deluxe for $350

Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 4:23 a.m. With supplements available.

Shacharit…Sunday 8:15 a.m.

Clean Up Program 9:30 a.m. KIDDUSH SCHEDULE

Shacharit...Monday - Thursday 6:40 a.m. 5/21 Aroesty

Shacharit…Tuesday & Wednesday 6:45 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv 7:55 p.m. SEUDAH SHLISHIT

Friday, May 27th - 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 swluger2@yahoo.com

Candle Lighting NOT BEFORE 6:42 p.m. Please send checks to YIWH or Steve.

Calendar Candle Lighting 7:57 p.m.

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

Ner La’Maor - Lights Edna & David Shamash

Pat La’Orchim

Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah

Kiddush Supplement Ann & Jeremy Pava

Seudah Shlishit Supplement Susan & Gil Fried

Daniella & Avi Robinson In memory of Daniella’s Grandmother

Mrs. Vivian Furst חיה גיטל בת מאיר צמח

5776 Candy Man You-Dah-Man

Audrey & Leon Laufer In honor of the original

Candy Man Gene Wittenberg

Ann & Jeremy Pava

Judy & Sam Leichtberg in memory of their parents

Israel & Frida Weiss Abraham & Miriam Leichtberg

אברהם בן שמואל ומרים בת יעקב אריה ישראל בן דוד וטויבה פרידה בת עזרא

Handy Man Good Humor Man

Edie & Sid Perew Debbie & Steve Luger