Candle 5:10 Welcome to the DAT Minyan! Lighting pm Shabbat Terumah February 9, 2019 - 4 Adar I, 5779 Havdalah 6:11 Joseph Friedman, Rabbi | Mark Raphaely, President pm

Shabbat Schedule D’var Torah with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

(All services take place in the BMH-BJ Fisher Hall, 560 The parsha of Terumah describes the construction of the Tabernacle, the S. Monaco Pkwy) first collective house of worship in the history of Israel. The first but not the Please help make our prayer service more meaningful last; it was eventually succeeded by the Temple in Jerusalem. I want to focus by refraining from talking during the service. on one moment in Jewish history which represents Jewish spirituality at its FRIDAY lowest ebb and highest flight: the moment the Temple was destroyed. 5:10 pm: Mincha It is hard to understand the depth of the crisis into which the destruction of (Shema should be recited after 6:09 pm) the First Temple plunged the Jewish people. Their very existence was SHABBAT predicated on a relationship with God symbolised by the worship that took Parasha: Page 444 / Haftarah: Page 1157 place daily in Jerusalem. With the Babylonian conquest in 586 BCE, Jews lost not only their land and sovereignty. In losing the Temple, it was as if they 7:50 am: Hashkama Minyan had lost hope itself. For their hope lay in God, and how could they turn to Kiddush for the Hashkama Minyan is sponsored God if the very place where they served Him was in ruins? One document by Mike Wechsler has left a vivid record of the mood of Jews at that time, one of the most 8:20 am: Daf Yomi famous of the psalms: Tefillah Warm-up with Ellyn Hutt will not meet this week By the waters of Babylon we sat and wept as we remembered Zion…How can we sing the songs of the Lord in a strange land? 9:00 am: Shacharit with presentation following Musaf by Scholar-in-Residence Judge Danny (Psalm 137) Butler, on the topic, “Finding Sparks of Holiness in a Wi-Fi World” It was then that an answer began to take shape. The Temple no longer stood, but its memory remained, and this memory was strong enough to (Shema should be recited before 9:36 am) bring Jews together in collective worship. In exile, in Babylon, Jews began to Today’s kiddush is available for sponsorship gather to expound Torah, articulate a collective hope of return, and recall 3:45 pm: HS Boys’ Gemara Class with Nathan the Temple and its service. Rabinovitch at the Rabinovitch home The prophet Ezekiel was one of those who shaped a vision of return and 4:00 pm: Judge Danny Butler presents “The 10 restoration, and it is to him we owe the first oblique reference to a radically Commandments of Happy Relationships: A Somewhat Serious Jewish Perspective on new institution that eventually became known as the Beit Knesset, the Decades in Family Court” synagogue: “This is what the sovereign Lord says: although I sent them far 5:05 pm: Mincha followed by Seudah Shlisheet away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet I have with Judge Danny Butler presenting “Holocaust become to them a small Sanctuary [Mikdash me’at] in the countries where Memories From Before I Was Born” they have gone” (Ezekiel 11:16). The central Sanctuary had been destroyed, 6:11 pm: Maariv / Havdalah but a small echo, a miniature, remained. 7:00 pm: Mish Mosh The synagogue is one of the most remarkable examples of —————————————————— an itaruta de’letata, “an awakening from below.” It came into being not Weekday Schedule through words spoken by God to Israel, but by words spoken by Israel to God. There is no synagogue in Tanach, no command to build local houses of (Weekday services Sunday through Friday morning (Continued on Page 2) take place at DAT School, 6825 E. Alameda Ave. )

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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Continued from Page 1) prayer. On the contrary, insofar as the Torah speaks of a “house of God” it refers to a central Sanctuary, a collective focus for the worship of the people as a whole. We tend to forget how profound the concept of a synagogue was. Professor M. Stern has written that “in establishing the synagogue, Judaism created one of the greatest revolutions in the history of religion and society, for the synagogue was an entirely new environment for divine service, of a type unknown anywhere before.”It became, according to Salo Baron, the institution through which the exilic community “completely shifted the emphasis from the place of worship, the Sanctuary, to the gathering of worshippers, the congregation, assembled at any time and any place in God’s wide world.” The synagogue became Jerusalem in exile, the home of the Jewish heart. It is the ultimate expression of monotheism – that wherever we gather to turn our hearts towards heaven, there the Divine Presence can be found, for God is everywhere. Where did it come from, this world-changing idea? It did not come from the Temple, but rather from the much earlier institution described in this week’s parsha: the Tabernacle. Its essence was that it was portable, made up of beams and hangings that could be dismantled and carried by the Levites as the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness. The Tabernacle, a temporary structure, turned out to have permanent influence, whereas the Temple, intended to be permanent, proved to be temporary – until, as we pray daily, it is rebuilt. More significant than the physical structure of the Tabernacle was its metaphysical structure. The very idea that one can build a home for God seems absurd. It was all too easy to understand the concept of sacred space in a polytheistic worldview. The gods were half-human. They had places where they could be encountered. Monotheism tore this idea up at its roots, nowhere more eloquently than in Psalm 139: Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? If I go up to the heavens, You are there; If I make my bed in the depths, You are there. Hence the question asked by Israel’s wisest King, Solomon: “But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain You. How much less this temple I have built!” (I Kings 8:27). The same question is posed in the name of God by one of Israel’s greatest prophets, Isaiah: Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where is the house you will build for Me? Where will My resting place be? (Isaiah 66:1) The very concept of making a home in finite space for an infinite presence seems a contradiction in terms. The answer, still astonishing in its profundity, is contained at the beginning of this week’s parsha: “They shall make a Sanctuary for Me, and I will dwell in them [betokham]” (Exodus 25:8). The Jewish mystics pointed out the linguistic strangeness of this sentence. It should have said, “I will dwell in it,” not “I will dwell in them.” The answer is that the Divine Presence lives not in a building but in its builders; not in a physical place but in the human heart. The Sanctuary was not a place in which the objective existence of God was somehow more concentrated than elsewhere. Rather, it was a place whose holiness had the effect of opening hearts to the One worshipped there. God exists everywhere, but not everywhere do we feel the presence of God in the same way. The essence of “the holy” is that it is a place where we set aside all human devices and desires and enter a domain wholly set aside for God. If the concept of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle, is that God lives in the human heart whenever it opens itself unreservedly to heaven, then its physical location is irrelevant. Thus the way was open, seven centuries later, to the synagogue: the supreme statement of the idea that if God is everywhere, He can be reached anywhere. I find it moving that the frail structure described in this week’s parsha became the inspiration of an institution that, more than any other, kept the Jewish people alive through almost two thousand years of dispersion – the longest of all journeys through the wilderness. Shabbat Shalom

Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service. DAT MINYAN NEWS, EVENTS AND MILESTONES

 Welcome to Judge Daniel Butler, our Scholar-in-Residence this Shabbat! Judge Butler joins us for an oneg Friday evening at the home of Arinn and Noah Makovsky, Shabbat morning, Shabbat afternoon and at Seudah Shlisheet. Please see the attached flyer on Page 5 for complete details.  As we have done in previous years, the DAT Minyan has once again purchased a block of 20 spaces at a reduced rate of $399 for the AIPAC 2019 Policy Conference, taking place in Washington, DC, March 24 - 26. Please visit the home page of our website, www.datminyan.org, to register as a member of our delegation or call the office, 720-941-0479. Spaces are filling!  When entering the DAT School building for minyanim, please use the south entrance. The keypad code is available from the shul office.  Join us Sunday evening, April 7th, at the Denver Botanic Gardens for our DAT Minyan Annual Event honoring Steve and Ellyn Hutt. Enjoy the beauty of the gardens, a delectable meal and the friendship of the community as we gather to pay tribute to one of our most inspiring couples!  Thank-you to all of those who contribute to our Shabbat services by signing up to help with our weekly leining. We remain in need of continued help with this and all able-leiners are encouraged to please volunteer! In addition, with a goal of expanding our roster of Haftarah readers, we have now opened up the weekly Haftarah portions for sign-up as well. The sign-up website is www.datminyan.org/laining. Slots are open from now through mid-March. Please contact Steve Hutt for questions and additional information. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS  The community is invited to a Shabbos Kallah for Lisa Greenstein on February 9 at 3:30 pm at Dona Oliner‘s house, 5401 East Dakota Ave. #4 .  The Denver Academy of Torah invites the community to a Chanukat HaBayit celebrating the grand opening of the new DAT High School building on the Glassman Eductional Campus, Sunday, February 10th, 11:00 am.  Rocky Mountain Chevra Kaddisha invites the community to their Annual Zayin Adar Appreciation Dinner, featuring guest speaker Rabbi Menachem Goldberger, Monday, February 11th, 6:30 pm at EDOS. RSVP to [email protected] .  Merkaz presents Shovavim Classes. Class for men by Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman, Rabbi of Ahavas Israel, Passaic, NJ, on Thursday, February 21st at 8:00 pm. Classes for Women by Mrs. Rochel Goldbaum on Tuesdays, February 12th, and 19th at 7:30 pm. All classes will take place at Merkaz. Please email [email protected] for registration information.  BMH-BJ invites the community to a presentation by Dr. Edo Bar-Zeev, incumbent Career Development Chair for Water Research Development of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology at Ben-Gurion University’s Zuckerberg Insititute for Water Research. The presentation, “How Israel Became a Trailblazer in a Water-Starved World,” takes place following Shabbat services, February 16th, 11:40 am, in the BMH-BJ sanctuary.  Denver Health and the Denver Health Foundation invite the community to the re-dedication of the Rabbi Manuel Laderman bronze bas-relief portrait originally created for their Trauma Center. In honor of Rabbi Laderman’s decades of service to Denver Health and the Denver community, the sculpture will be placed in the hospital’s main lobby during a special ceremony, Thursday, February 21st at 4:00 pm. RSVP to Robin Engleberg at [email protected] .

The DAT Minyan wishes to acknowledge the following milestones* of our members in the coming week:

Shira Fishman, Larry Gray, Ruth Khalepari, Amalya Lubchansky, Aryeh Lubchansky, Yael Lubchansky, Mor Shapiro, Shaun Slamowitz, Aaron Toys

*These details were obtained from the DAT Minyan database, which contains information provided by the members when they joined. We apologize for any omissions or errors. For changes, please log on to your account and update the information as needed, or contact the synagogue office at 720-941-0479. THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH YOUR GENEROSITY We would like to thank our Legacy Society donors for investing in our You can add your name to this list with a legacy gift to the DAT future by naming the DAT Minyan with a gift in their will, trust, Minyan. To arrange for your gift or for more information about our retirement account or life insurance policy. Our Legacy Society Legacy Society program, please contact any of the following includes: Committee Members: Rob Allen, Myndie Brown, Sarah Raphaely or Steve Weiser. Rob Allen

Graeme and Irit Bean Myndie Brown Steve and Ellyn Hutt Nathan and Rachel Rabinovitch Mark and Sarah Raphaely Harley and Sara Rotbart Michael Stutzer Steve and Lori Weiser

Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service. EDUCATIONAL AND YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Learning Opportunities @ the DAT Minyan We welcome all children through 6th grade • Kitzur Shulchan Aruch: Daily, after Shacharit to join our Junior Congregation Program. • Daf Yomi Shiur (30 min): after Shacharit on Sun through Fri , and 8:20 am on ALL youth groups meet at 9:00 am. Shabbat • Mishnayot: Daily, between Mincha and Maariv • Halacha Chaburah: Sun, 10:00 am—11:00 am, returning soon • “Short & Sweet Talmud Class” (30 min-never longer): Wed, 9:20 am, DAT Minyan If you or someone you know (college age and offices at BMH-BJ (men only) above) is interested in working in the Youth • Rabbi Friedman Wed. Night Class: 7:00 pm at DAT, resumes soon with a new Groups Program, please contact class series Mor at [email protected]. All teens are invited to join us this Shabbat for “Morning Motivation” 10:30 am in the Library It’s the final Mish Mosh of the season, this Motzei Shabbat, February 9th, 7:00 pm in Fisher Hall.

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Refuah Shelayma Please include the following names in your prayers. May each be granted a Refuah Shelayma. 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 Document at https://goo.gl/aeyJG2. Avraham ben Leah Eunice bat Sarah Miriam Tova Chaya bat Chanah Shoshanna bat Liora Aviva bat Sara Faige bat Sarah Moshe Efrayim Dovid ben Chaya Shoshanna bat Smadar Zelda Avram ben Golda Simma Feigie bat Sarah Shoshanna Miriam bat Chanah Nachshon Meir ben Temina Chaya Bella bat Malka Geula bat Chana Sarah Shlomit Shulamit Leah bat Chava Borukh ben Eydya Guy Chaim ben Rita Natanel ben Shyna Zipporah Tirtza bat Sarah Carmel ben Tirtza Hadassah bat Fruma Rahel Nataniel ben Elisheva Tomas ben Galit Chaim Tuvia ben Dina Hillel Yerachmiel ben Ariella Noach ben Minna Batsheva Tova bat Nechama Chana Yetta bat Bryna Ilana Dintza bat Ita Mirrel Pinchas ben Beula Batya Tzvi Gershon ben Shaindel Shaina Raizel Channa bat Henny Rus Kalia bat Miriam Rachael bat Devorah Yasmine bat Miriam Chaya bat Shirley Leah bat Sarah Raphael Lior ben Miriam Yehuda Leib ben Bayla Chaya Chanah Elisheva Rivka bat Leah Devora Kivitiya bat Chaya Rivka bat Ester Sarah Yehuda Mordechai Shrage ben Roiza Levick Yitzchak ben Bracha Roshka bat Bryna Feige Chaya Elana bat Elisheva Leya bat Sara Rut bat Yisraela Yisroel Yaakov Moshe ben Sarah Chaya Orah bat Sarah Liora Shifra bas Bina Sara Chana bat Shaina Yochanan ben Sarah Davida bas Raizel Malka bat Sarah Sara Yaffa bat Shoshanah Leah Yona Malka bat Pola Devorah Leah bat Chanah Mascha bat Rus Sarah Shoshanna bat Sarah Yonatan Zeev ben Netaa Eliezer ben Sarah Mayer Benya ben Nechama Shabtai ben Sarah Yonina Tova Tziriel bat Alta Chaya Eliezer Shmuel ben Chana Yetta Meira bas Malka Shashi bat Batya Baila Yosef ben Bruria Katrina Elisheva bat Sarah Mendel Ila ben Frida Miriam Shemuel ben Miriam Yosef ben Malka Machla Eliyahu Chaim ha Cohen ben Sara Rifka Michel ben Leah Shifra Hadassah bat Chaya Leah Yosef Elimelech ben Yehudit Eliyahu Dovid ben Ita Sheiva Michoel Zisel ben Barbara Shira Chana bat Sara Yosef Shabtai ben Amalia Ephraim ben Henna Mikimia bat Pesha Baila Shira Yael bat Liora Sara Yosef Shalom Chai haLevi ben Chana Esti bat Sara Shirley bat Hasia Devorah

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