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- IYAR-SIVAN 5778 Volume 10, Issue 9, May 2018

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YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE MAY 2018 PAGE 5 RABBI’S MESSAGE THE AFTER PARTY AT SINAI

On Shavuot we read about the revelation at Mt. God desires that we be holy people, not holy angels. Sinai, as described in Parshat Yitro. There is one It is in this light that we can understand the Talmud interesting detail from that narrative that we only find Yerushalmi that warns us that we will be held in Parshat VaEtchanan, where the scene is retold by accountable for every permissible enjoyment that Moshe in retrospect. After reassuring the people that exists in this world from which we could have the Sinai experience was a success, in that it instilled partaken but chose not to. (In the 19th century Rabbi within the people a fear of God, Hashem gives Moshe Samson Raphael Hirsch made famous the spirit of one more message, “Lech Emor Lahem: Shuvu this passage when he explained his very un-Rabbinic Lachem L’Ohaleichem.” Finally in Vaetchanan we are trip to the Swiss Alps: He explained that he was told of the ending to the scene at Mt Sinai. The people worried that after he died, God would ask him “So, were told to go back to their tents. Samson, did you see my Alps?!”)

Rabbi Yitzchak Menachem Weinberg (Tolner On Shavuot we celebrate our receiving the Rebbe of Bayit Vegan) explains that this directive is Torah, not as a one-time occurrence but as a gift that the key to understanding the purpose of Matan Torah dramatically changed the lives of our ancestors and and what exactly it is that we are celebrating on continues to make Jewish life distinct, enriched and Shavuot, Zeman Matan Torateinu. Rabbi Weinberg enriching. On Shavuot we are celebrating not just the notes that prior to Matan Torah, the only known way events at Sinai, but the After-Party: the fact that to achieve holiness was through acts of asceticism; Matan Torah created the possibility for us to live separating oneself from the material and physical normal and holy lives, that everything we do can be world. This continues to be the model of many of the imbued with holiness and we must not divorce world’s religions, that expect their spiritual leadership ourselves from the world in which we live. to be removed from the world and view the physical in constant struggle with the spiritual. Bnei Yisrael The Sanzer Rebbe (Divrei Chaim) explained: were commanded to prepare with expressions of Kol Yisrael Yesh Lahem Chelek L’Olam Habah asceticism to highlight this point - be celibate, purify (Sanhedrin): every Jew has a share in the World To yourself, create boundaries and restrictions - for this Come. But not everyone has a share in Olam Hazeh. is the only way to achieve holiness in the world as you Everyone appreciates the spirituality inherent in The know it. World To Come. Not everyone appreciates the spirituality latent within This World. We must It is only through the revolution of Matan Torah appreciate the great gift that God gave us at Sinai - that a new worldview was introduced to Bnei Yisrael: the ability to live holy yet normal lives, the mandate to “Shuvu Lachem L’Ohaleichem.” Revelation at Sinai partake and enjoy everything that this world offers - was never meant to be a stand-alone event. From this and do so as religiously significant activities. point on, the Jews were now tasked with taking the inspiration of Sinai and applying it to the ordinary lives “Everyone agrees that on Shavuot we need that they would be living in their tents - ordinary lives lachem” (Pesachim 68b). On other holidays it might that now had the potential to be imbued with holiness be okay to focus exclusively on the spiritual and through everything that they did, inspired by the letter ignore the physical enjoyment associated with and the spirit of the Torah. holidays. But not on Shavuot.

Our Rabbis teach that the angels wanted to stop From Shavuot we learn that our return to our God from giving the Torah to mere mortals - who normal lives after Sinai can and must be as spiritually would no doubt disappoint Him and make mistakes. significant as the main event. The angels were informed that whereas God has angels in Heaven, He wanted His Torah to go to RABBI YOSEF WEINSTOCK human beings on Earth - humans that would be Normal - and Holy. As God Himself says at Sinai (in Parshat Mishpatim): “Anshei Kodesh Tihyun Li” You shall be to me Holy Humans. On this verse the Kotzker Rebbe famously quipped: ANSHEI Kodesh,

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Expansion Column It’s been a great two years on the Sisterhood, but like all good We are a rapidly growing Shul in a rapidly growing things, this too must come to an end. One of the things that we tried community. As a result, we face numerous challenges to do this past year was change the format of the Sisterhood. Instead of a President and VP, we wanted to have just one board. A group of due to that growth. One of those challenges is that of like-minded women, dedicated to providing activities and events for a constant need for more space. We have added the shul. We wanted to make the Sisterhood a place where anyone space to the shul campus a few times. The original who wanted to join could find a role. Though it wasn’t easy & there house was expanded into a large building with our were times each member of the board just wanted to walk away from current sanctuary. Then we added the building on the the volunteer position she had signed up for, we stuck it out. This column, the last one of the current board, is a thank you north end to include offices and classroom space. note to everyone who has made the YIH Sisterhood an organization Lately our additions have included smaller projects, that was able to accomplish the original goals set out in that first including adding the modular and renovating the meeting two years ago. We changed some things - our inspiring house into our Beit Midrash. Despite all of these Mishloach Manot program has become a model for other communities in the country – and kept some things the same – our Yom Iyun is still additions, we have an acute space shortage, a day that champions women in Torah. We planned events and specifically on Shabbat mornings. We lack space in discussed ideas and sometimes they happened, though oftentimes some of the minyanim, and we lack space for they did not. But like true sisters, we always came back to the table, children’s programs and groups. sometimes arguing, most of the time laughing, definitely eating and Thus we are currently exploring various options to drinking. Our sisterhood would not have functioned without our key solve our space shortage. These options include a members. Myriam Prager, the one with the checks, made sure every two story addition to the west side of our building, event ran smoothly, coordinating deposits and payments with the which would add space to the social hall, add shul, our members, and the bank. The Sisterhood was successful this classrooms and add minyan space. We are currently year because of her expertise and professionalism and the fact that she was the only person who actually knew how “Shul Cloud” works. exploring getting a variance from the city for this Elysha Shainberg, our secretary, was the official note-taker of every potential plan. We are also exploring a larger addition meeting, the one who followed up on all the events, the one who made which would likely mean adding to the north end of the sure the flyers were posted, the emails sent, and the supplies picked building. We are also exploring other options large up. and small to solve the space problem. Thank you also to the constant members of the Sisterhood, the ones who came to meetings, volunteered at events, and didn’t mute I am writing this column to let our congregation know the WhatsApp group even when it got a little insane: Naomi Baratz, that we are clearly aware of the space issues and are Talia Freiman, Marissa Flasing, and Samra Vogel. The shul staff: diligently investigating ways to solve the problem. Reva Homnick, Sarah Wallerstein and Elaine Braun who patiently Solving the issue will take time and money and of waited for columns that were late and flyers that needed to be printed last minute. Luis, Enrique and Isabel thank you for always helping with course, we will be looking for both of those things from setting up and doing whatever was needed. The dedication from you our members. Some of our newer members have all did not go unnoticed and we are grateful for it. Our halachic asked why we have a building fund as our building is authorities and guides: Rebecca Weinstock & Sarah Frieberg, who completed and our current mortgage is paid off. We worked tirelessly with the board to ensure the smoothness of the need the building fund to continue to expand our events, we could not have done it without you. Finally, a huge thank you to Crissy Kogan, who stepped up to the physical campus to accommodate the needs of our plate and ran the Sisterhood these past two years. We might have members, old and new. Additionally, we have also been a “board,” but Crissy was the leader. She took the role seriously, had capital costs for repairs and improvements to our making sure events were planned meticulously, covering every existing building which are paid for through the possible detail, even making sure that events in the future will be taken care for whoever takes on this role next year. Crissy was the building fund. one behind every event, and “thank you” doesn’t quite cut it for Finally, we are always looking for volunteers everything she has done. looking to help out the shul in this issue and if you are As for me, this is the last column I am writing and even though I am interested in assisting with the space issue, contact sure the shul office will be happy to get someone who actually me and I will place you on the appropriate committee understands what a deadline means, I personally will miss it. It has been a great experience working on the Sisterhood these past two to assist us. years and we wish the new board success, joy, and really good drinks. 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YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE MAY 2018 PAGE 7 SHAVING DURING SEFIRA RAV LICHTENSTEIN’S RULING Rabbi Adam Frieberg: [email protected]

With Rav Soloveitchik’s position fresh in our minds (as Talmudic line. Tosafot (Taanit 30a, s.v. VeTarvayhu presented in this column last month), I’d like to consider L’kula), specifically state that not only may one shave and the position of his son-in-law, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein launder in honor of Shabbat on Thursday, if Tisha B’Av Zt”l. In thinking about shaving during Sefirat HaOmer, Rav falls on Friday, but you may shave and launder in honor Aharon turned to laws of preparing for Shabbat, where we of Shabbat on Thursday, even if Tisha B’Av falls on are told that it is appropriate to prepare one’s body for Thursday! This comment is quite shocking, given that in Shabbat. Nowadays, in addition to showering and such a case one would have twenty-four hours after Tisha wearing clean clothes, those who shave daily, shave on B’Av before Shabbat to shave and launder. Nonetheless, Friday afternoon as part of their weekly Shabbat Tosafot acknowledges the pre-Shabbat rush and preparations. The question Rav Aharon dealt with, is what therefore allows the shaving and laundering to happen on happens when that pre-Shabbat shave comes during a the afternoon of Tisha B’Av itself. [Although the Beit Yosef time period where shaving is prohibited. As a first case was astounded by this radical opinion and therefore study, he pointed out the Gemara in Mesechet Taanit, ascribed it to a mistaken student, the fact that the same page 15b. There, the Talmud records a situation where comment appears in Tosafot HaRosh makes his doubts the men of the mishmar (kohanim who were on duty in the implausible.] Temple as part of a two week rotation) and the men of the maamad (shifts of Israelites (non-kohanim) who made the While the Magen Avraham, at face value, adopted Rashi’s pilgrimage to the Temple to represent the nation during approach, only permitting laundering clothing in honor of the communal sacrifices) who were generally prohibited Shabbat, Rav Aharon believes that his comments can be to shave, received an exemption on Thursday in order to interpreted in a way that permits shaving for Shabbat on prepare for Shabbat. Thursday when Tisha B’Av falls on Friday. Magen Avraham explains that the reason Rama prohibited While this seemingly represents a precedent to shave for shaving but permitted laundering, is that laundry is a Shabbat during a period where shaving is generally weekly pre-Shabbat activity while cutting hair and shaving prohibited, one may reject this proof text by pointing out are not. Rav Aharon pointed out that that was true in a the dissimilarity between it and our case. In the case of time when everyone was bearded and therefore trimming the men of the mishmar and the men of the maamad, their of the beard to look proper for Shabbat was not necessary prohibition to shave had nothing to do with mourning on a weekly basis. Nowadays, where those who are practices. Rather it was a deterring mechanism put in clean-shaven shave every week in honor of Shabbat, Rav place in order to ensure they would shave before their Aharon thought the Magen Avraham would permit two-week shift began, and not wait to shave after showing shaving during the week of Tisha B’Av for Shabbat. up to the Temple unkempt, which would have been degrading to the sanctity of the Temple and their function Without getting too involved in our contemporary within it. [Parenthetically, this logic is very similar to the communal mourning practices around Tisha B’Av, Rav reason why the prohibition of not shaving during Chol Aharon had already learnt from Rav Soloveitchik’s logic HaMoed exists, and why some argue that if you shave that the mourning practices surrounding Sefirat HaOmer everyday, you may shave during Chol HaMoed, as long were not nearly as strict as those during the week of Tisha as you shaved before Yom Tov began.] B’Av. [Rav Soloveitchik considered the week of Tisha B’Av (or for Ashkenazim, the nine days before it) to be Rav Aharon pointed out that even if you reject this equivalent in stringency as the thirty day period of potential proof from Taanit 15b, the Gemara a few pages mourning, while Sefirat HaOmer is equivalent to the later (Taanit 26b) must be brought into the discussion. twelve months of mourning, and therefore more lenient]. There, the Talmud tells us that, “During the week on which Tisha B’av falls, it is prohibited to cut hair and to wash Therefore, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein argued, it is a clothes, but (if Tisha B’Av falls on Friday) it is permitted mitzvah for someone who shaves weekly to continue to on Thursday for kavod Shabbat.” This Gemara has do so during Sefirat HaOmer. introduced us to the concept of breaking the practices of mourning in order to honor Shabbat. A student of Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurbach presented this argument to his rebbe, without attributing it to Rav To be fair, when Rashi comments on this Gemara, he Lichtenstein. While Rav Shlomo Zalman understood the does seem to only permit laundering ones clothing on logic of the argument, and praised its creativity, he Thursday in order to have clean clothing for Shabbat, and refused to rule accordingly, arguing that if Rav Aharon’s leaves out any explicit permission to shave. In my opinion, inference in the words of the Magen Avraham was indeed while Rashi’s commentary on the Gemara is essential, his correct, one of the later commentaries should have interpretation is clearly not the only way to read that pointed it out explicitly in the laws of Sefirat HaOmer.

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Q: I made a bracha and ate a snack. After one last cookie, I decided that I was finished. Then I changed my mind. Do I need to make another bracha? A: If your intention at the time of the bracha was open ended, then only an affirmative statement that you are done would remove the bracha’s effectiveness. In other words, if you said, “I no longer plan to eat” then the bracha’s effectiveness ends at that point. Otherwise, if your intention was, and always remained, open ended, then the bracha’s effectiveness would continue.

Q: If a husband davens at an early minyan on Friday night, must his wife began observing Shabbat as soon as he does, or can she wait until he returns home from shul? A: Rav Moshe Feinstein rules that the fact that a husband accepted Shabbat does not require his wife to do so, just as his making a personal vow or oath is not binding on her (Shu’t Igros Moshe, Orach Chayim 3:38). He discusses, at length, whether it is permitted for her to do melachah activities for her husband after the time that he accepted Shabbat, and concludes that it is proper that she does not.

Q: What prayers should I say/ skip if if I arrive to minyan late? A: When one prays with a minyan, the priority is to say the Amidah with the minyan (if that is not feasible, then praying the Amida along with the Chazzan’s repetition is also considered valuable). Time permitting, one should recite Baruch She’amar, Ashrei and Yishtabach. If he has more time, he should also recite Psalm 150. Given more time, Psalm 148. With enough time, one should recite all the Psalms that begin “Hallelujah” (of which there are five). If he has time beyond that, a person should say Vayevarech David and, if he has even more time, one should recite Hodu until V’Hu Rachum (skipping from there to the V’Hu Rachum immediately before Ashrei).

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Shavuot 2018

Laws & Customs 1. No Tachanun is recited from Rosh Chodesh Sivan harvest season in Eretz Yisrael which is the time of through the 12th Sivan. The reason for delaying Shavuot. Thirdly, Ruth was the great grandmother of King Tachanun so long after Shavuot was because of the many David, whose Yahrzeit is on Shavuot. individual sacrifices brought to the Holy Temple on Shavuot which could not be accepted until after Yom Tov. 10. Yizkor, the memorial service, is recited on the second day of Shavuot, just as it is recited at the conclusion of all 2. Shloshet Yemei Hagbalah–When Israel was to of the major festivals. receive the Torah at Mount Sinai, God commanded the people to observe a three day period of intense 11. It is recorded that Shavuot should be remembered as preparation, which are known as the Shloshet Yemei the Day of Judgment for the fruits of the tree. For this Hagbalah–three days of delimitation and preparation for reason there was a custom to beautify the synagogue with the revealing of the Torah. In later generations, these branches. Others observed this custom to remind us of three days preceding Shavuot have gained significance Mt. Sinai blossoming in green at the Giving of the Torah. because they interrupt the mourning period of Sefirat (The Gaon of Vilna nullified this custom because of it HaOmer. They introduce a joyous spirit and a refreshing having become a non-Jewish custom.) atmosphere of festivity when marriages may be performed and celebrations held. 12. Whole Hallel is added at our prayers; Ya'aleh V'yavo is added to Birkat Hamazon. 3. Zohar–In the poetic words of the Zohar, Shavuot depicts the seven weeks of courtship of Israel, the 13. The custom is to eat dairy foods on the first day of Bridegroom and his Bride, the Torah, which commenced Shavuot. Several reasons are offered for this custom: with the betrothal at the Passover liberation and One is that dairy dishes are suggestive of the Torah which concluded by the wedlock–the giving of the Torah on is symbolically described as "honey and milk" (Song of Shavuot. Songs). The dairy menu also indicated the way needed to study and acquire Torah, perhaps better accomplished 4. It is customary to daven Maariv late on Shavuot night when one is on a more meager diet. Another reason (after nightfall) since the Sefirah must be seven complete given is that with the acceptance of Torah on Shavuot weeks as dictated in the Torah. This year with the first came the newly given laws of kashrut, which animals are night of Shavuot being Saturday night, Maariv is normally kosher and how they are to be prepared. The people, delayed until nightfall due to Shabbat. therefore, had no kosher meats on that day and consequently ate dairy on the day they received the 5. Seudah Shlishit should be consumed in mid- Torah. afternoon. There will be a shiur between Minchah & Maariv at the shul.

6. It is customary to learn all night on Shavuot. We will begin the Tikun Leil Shavuot in the shul with a class at 11:30 PM. Classes will be conducted through the night, given by various guest speakers.

7. In order to light Yom Tov candles, keep a flame lit from Friday evening. Light another Yahrzeit candle on Saturday night for a flame for candle lighting on Sunday night.

8. Akdamut is recited in shul on the first day, strengthening us in our acceptance of Torah. Note that the tune used for Akdamut is actually the same as for Yom Tov Kiddush, encouraging us to relate the themes of both.

9. On the second day of Shavuot, we read the book of Ruth in shul, telling us a story of one who embraced Torah as we do on this holiday. This Megillah also describes the

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Halachik Positions Of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt”l From a lecture series by Rabbi Aharon Ziegler

Standing For The Reading Of Aseret HaDibrot

The Rambam was asked whether it is proper or required to stand during the reading of Aseret HaDibrot. His response was clear and emphatic (Teshuvot HaRambam #60), that based upon the Gemara (Berachot 12a) it is absolutely prohibited to stand because to do so will give credence to those who believe that the Ten Commandments are more important than the rest of the mitzvot. Schedule of Shavuot Services What makes this situation so puzzling is the fact that it has become a universal custom amongst all of us to do what the Rambam explicitly prohibited. We all stand during the reading of Aseret HaDibrot on all three Saturday, May 19 occasions, Parashat Yitro, Parashat VaEtchanan, and on Shavuot. How has a minhag (custom) evolved that Minchah 7:45 PM ignores the admonition of the Rambam? Light Festival Candles after 8:41 PM According to Rav Soloveitchik, the answer lies in the All Night Learning Begins 11:30 PM fact that we have two distinct ways of reading the Ten Commandments: ta’am tachton (reading according to the bottom notations of the words) and ta’am elyon (reading Sunday, May 20 according to the notations on top of the words). By reading according to ta’am tachton, we read the words Sunrise Services 5:30 AM based on the verses (pesukim) of the Torah, while the Regular Yom Tov Davening ta’am elyon is based upon separating the dibrot, the 7:00, 8:00, 8:45 & 9:00 AM commandments, rather than the verses. For example, Minchah 7:55 PM according to ta’am elyon, all the verses pertaining to the Light Festival Candles after 8:41 PM commandment of observing Shabbat are read as if they were one verse, because they are indeed one dibbur Monday, May 21 (commandment); whereas the commandments of Lo Tirtzach, Lo Tin’af, Lo Tignov, Lo Ta’aneh are read as four separate verses, because they are indeed four separate Shacharit 7:00, 8:00, 8:45 & 9:00 AM dibrot. Yizkor at all Shacharit minyanim Torah reading per se is fulfilled by reading the pesukim Minchah 7:55 PM according to ta’am tachton, and is thus a kiyum Maariv & End of Yom Tov 8:42 PM (fulfillment) of Talmud Torah. Many communities customarily read the Aseret HaDibrot according to ta’am tachton on Shabbat Parashat Yitro and Shabbat VaEtchanan. On Shavuot, however, there is another Shavuot All Night Learning at Young Israel perspective for the Torah reading, namely, that of commemorating Ma’amad Har Sinai, which is symbolized First night of Shavuot – Saturday, May 19 by reading according to ta’am elyon. The Rambam did not object to standing for the sake of commemoration. First class begins at 11:30 p.m. After the Rambam’s responsum was issued, the Shacharit at 5:30 a.m. prevailing custom has been, and still is, in most Classes throughout the night communities to read the Torah according to ta’am elyon The Social Hall and classrooms upstairs will even on Shabbat Parashat Yitro and Shabbat be available for individual and Chavruta VaEtchanan, in addition to Shavuot. Consequently, since we stand during the reading of Aseret HaDibrot as a learning zecher to Ma’amad Har Sinai, it is not negating the

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THE SOILED KITTEL… In the sefer “Haggadat Chodesh RABBI (YEHUDAH) MEIR SHAPIRO, the Lubliner Rav (1887- Ha’Aviv,” the author records the custom of the leader of the Seder 1933) is known for his initiation of the Daf Yomi study program in to wear a Kittel. And he adds the custom of not washing the Kittel 1923 and establishing the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva in 1930. In after Pesach in order that there remain signs of performing the years 1922-1927 he was the first Orthodox Jew to become a Mitzvahs on the Kittel when it is worn on Yom Kippur. The stains member of the Parliament of the Second Polish Republic. (His will speak well for the individual who wears the Kittel, proclaiming grandfather was the Minchas Shai.) Until Lublin, yeshivas in to Hashem a sign that the person did perform Mitzvahs during Europe were held in the rabbi’s home; students were housed by the year. (I have a theory as to how this occurred: A man was the local community under very difficult conditions. Rabbi Shapiro leading his Seder, wearing his white Kittel. He gets a hoseradish felt that yeshiva students should live and study in comfort. He stain on it. His wife sees the stain and berates him for being a decided to build a new style yeshiva, which would incorporate slob. She says: Do you know how difficult it is to get that living facilities, dining rooms, as well as study halls. His concept horseradish stain out? And it is Yom Tov when I can’t soak the was architectual as well as spiritual. In 1922, he set out to raise Kittel. Why don’t we create a new custom of keeping the stain as funds worldwide. He even came to the United States to raise a sign to Hashem that we keep Mitzvahs during the year! – Yeah, money. The cornerstone was laid in 1924. In front of a huge that’s probably what happened.) crowd, the Yeshiva was opened in 1930. It remained open even after Rabbi Shapiro’s sudden death in 1933, until 1939 when MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS… “The concept of the virgin most of its books were burned by the Nazis, and it became a birth is mentioned in only one of the four Gospels, that of Luke. Gestapo headquarters. Later it became a nursing school. In Luke was a Greek, unlike the authors of the other three Gospels 2003, the building was returned to the Jewish community. Its (Matthew, Mark, and John), who were all Jewish. The idea that synagogue was reopened in 2007. great people were somehow born of a virgin had wide credence in the Greek and Roman worlds, long before the advent of AN’IM ZEMIROT… This hymn is ascribed to Rabbi Yehudah Christianity. The adoration of Mary as the mother of Jesus also HaChasid of Regensburg (d. 1217). Because the hymn speaks fits the pattern of thought prevalent in the Greco-Roman world of the glory of God and uses the phrase “King of Glory,” the poem and earlier pagan times that lionized and even deified mothers of is also called Shir HaKavod. In the 16th century, it was included great men. To the Jews, the idea of a virgin birth was untenable, in the daily service, against the will of Rabbi Shlomo Lurie, Rabbi and when associated with supposed deity, it become anathema. Yaakov Emden, Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe, and the Vilna Gaon. Yet The belief in the special role of Mary, and concomitantly in the in the 16th century, it was felt to limit it to Shabbat and festivals concept of the virgin birth of Jesus, became main theological due to the hurried davening of the weekday. It was Rabbi Moshe points of contention within Christianity itself during the Isserles who ultimately sanctioned the hymn for Shabbat and Reformation and thereafter.” (From “Echoes of Glory” by Rabbi festivals, and the custom quickly spread. The custom developed Berel Wein.) to having a pre-Bar Mitzvah youth stand up and lead the An’im The Torah records that Hagar fled into the desert, escaping her Zemirot on Shabbat and Yom Tov. In the “Netiv Binah,” B.S. mistress Sarah. An angel converses with her in the desert and Jacobson states that inasmuch as the poem is considered holy, tells her, “Behold you are pregnant and you will give birth to a it should be recited by a child, since a youngster has not begun son!” (Lech L’cha 16:11.) Rashi comments, “When you will return to sin, similar to having children begin the study of Chumash to to Avraham you will become pregnant, as it says (Judges 13) begin with the Book of Vayikra because their utterance is the behold you are pregnant in the case of Mano’ach’s wife” “breath issuing from the mouth of infants who have not sinned.” (Samson’s mother). (Vayikra Rabbah 7:3) In his sefer “Emmet L’Yaakov,” Rabbi Yaakov Kaminetsky writes: What is bothering Rashi? Rashi is concerned with the Christian MAJOR GIDEON LICHTMAN (Retired)… He was our main idea of virgin birth. Christians would quote both these verses to speaker at our annual dinner a couple of years ago. He died on prove the concept of virgin birth in our TaNaCH. (If I had said that March 7, 2018 at age 94. He was a true hero. After fighting in Rashi was worried about virgin birth, I would have been kicked World War II as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Army Air Force, he went out of the dormitory!) to Israel with six other American pilots to form the Israeli Air Force in 1948. He flew an old German Messerschmitt and scored a hit, PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE JEWS… shooting down an Egyptian Spitfire on June 8, 1948. He flew Roosevelt’s positive feelings towards Jews surfaced in 1895 more than 30 missions with Israel’s first fighter squadron. He was when he became police commissioner of New York City. In his a livewire with a salty mouth. Upon his return to America, he used autobiography, he writes: a pseudonym, Mr. Rimon, when he taught high school in Miami.

“While I was Police Commissioner, an anti-Semitic preacher from He was advised by Ezer Weizman that his life was in danger, as Berlin (Germany), Rector Ahlwardt, came over to New York to the Egyptians were attempting to assassinate the American pilots preach and crusade against the Jews. Many of the New York who helped Israel. His son, Bruce, told me an interesting story. Jews were much excited and asked me to prevent him from When I told him that his father was a lady’s man who enjoyed speaking and not to give him police protection. This, I told them, female companionship in every port while getting to Israel in the was impossible; and if possible would have made him a martyr. spring of 1948, Bruce countered that that was his nighttime The proper thing to do was to make him ridiculous. Accordingly, activity. During his days in Rome, he would hire a driver to take I detailed for his protection a Jew sergeant and a score or two of him north of Rome to look for Jewish refugee families whom Jew policemen. He made his harangue against the Jews under Gideon could help. the active protection of some forty policemen, every one of them a Jew.” YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE MAY 2018 PAGE 18 SIMCHAS FROM OUR FAMILIES – MAZEL TOV TO: BIRTHS  Yonah & Michal Novick on the birth of their son Natanel Asher, and to big sister Naomi, grandparents Mickey & Dr. Rona Novick and Dr. Alan & Liora Jaffe and great-grandparents Sylvia Milch and Pearl Novick  Rabbi Yehuda & Shaindy Fensterszaub on the birth of their son Levi Yitzchak  Rabbi Yaakov & Reva Homnick on the birth of their grandson born to Devorah & Shua Heisler  Suchie & Raisy Gittler on the birth of their grandson to Hillel & Rachel Leba Gittler  Yoni & Yonina Blumenthal on the birth of their daughter Shoshana ENGAGEMENTS & MARRIAGES  Rabbi Edward & Meira Davis on the engagement of their daughter Ariella to Lior Sameah of Herzliya, Israel  Ellis & Elaine Sinyor on the engagements of their two sons: Jason to Jessica Dayan of Long Island, N.Y. and Benjamin to Jillian Levi of Montreal, Canada  Marc & Cammy Leff on the engagement of their daughter Samantha to Danny Seghi, and to the Seghi and Nagler families  Jeffrey & Judy Dach on the engagement of their daughter Karina to William Feldman of Pembroke Pines, and to Bubbie Berta Fine, Grandma Dale Dach, brothers Ari and Benjamin and the entire Dach and Feldman families  Rabbi Moshe & Naama Parnes on marriage of their son Yitzchok Isaac to Elka Feder, daughter of Ira & Shuli Feder  Josh & Debbie Galitzer on the marriage of their grandson Jonathan Galitzer, to Rebecca Mogil of St. Louis, and to uncles & aunts Barry & Jillian Galitzer and Rachel & Ronen Zour  Joe & Fay Poliak on the engagement of their son Adam to Gracie Milstein, daughter of Steve & Eve Milstein of Manhattan, NY. BNAI/BNOT MITZVAH  Nava Shekhter upon becoming a Bat Mitzvah, and to Nava’s parents Ilya & Hanna Shekhter and to the entire family  Tache & Lerman families in honor of Moises Tache’s Bar Mitzvah ALSO MAZEL TOV TO:  The participants of the 8:00 a.m. weekday morning minyan on their completion of Rambam's Laws of Gezeila  Phil & Lisa Baratz, KYHS Journal Dinner honorees  The Merkin family on the Hanachat Tefillin of their son Noah OUR CONDOLENCES TO: May they be comforted amongst the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem  Beth-ann Gan on the loss of her father Maurice Gan  Jaymie Oxenberg on the loss of her father Warren Kurtzman  Rachael Schachter on the loss of her mother Dorette Zebede  Dov Lasry on the loss of his father Samuel Lasry  Farrah Iszak & Steven & Ben Kerzer on the loss of their mother & wife, our beloved member Robin Kerzer  Ezra & Caroline Greenberg on the loss of his grandfather Leo Pinsky WE WARMLY THANK OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS: KIDDUSHIM  The Cohen family in honor of their grandchildren Sammy and Ben Nawy, in honor of Alvin’s birthday, and Chani Dennis’ birthday  Joel & Barbara Coplowitz to commemorate the yahrzeits of their fathers Morris Coplowitz (Moshe Shlomo ben Yosef) and Morris Safer (Moshe ben Avraham Hacohen)  Donna & Robert Aschheim to commemorate the yahrzeit of his mother Regina Aschheim, Rivka bat Reuvain  Ronit & Joel Kornbluth to commemorate the shloshim of Ronit’s uncle Zvi Rottenstreich, and the yahrzeits of her cousin David Rottenstreich and grandfather David Rottenstreich  Bnei Akiva in honor of Michal Amar, Akiva Splaver, and the amazing Tzevet of 5778  Rabbi Michael & Tsilila Goldberg in honor of their son Shaya’s 12th birthday and his first time laining  Yariv & Shira Miron in memory of Shira’s mother Yehudit Joy bat Zusman, z”l  Ilya & Hanna Shekhter in honor of Nava’s Bat Mitzvah  Dr. & Mrs. Joshua & Roberta Miller in honor of the 8:00 a.m. minyan and the gabbaim Dale Bergman and David Hostyk  The Aqua family in honor of Debby’s 30th birthday  Jessica & Amiel Lindenbaum in honor of Rav James TORAH DIALOGUE  Edward & Jamie Czinn to commemorate the yahrzeit of his sister Aliza Czinn Sherman, Leeba bat Bunim Tzvi  Joan & David Kornbluth in memory of her mother Ruth Pinta PULPIT FLOWERS  Yoni & Daniella Sperber and Jessica & Tsachi Baitner in memory of their father Silvio Sperber SEUDAH SHLISHIT  Rav James & Ann Williams in honor of Rabbanit Shani Taragin and in celebration of the "flowering of our Redemption" through 70 years of the State of Israel WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:  Raffi & Ilana Rosenzweig, 4110 N. 42nd Avenue, Hollywood, Rafi 646-265-4332, Ilana 516-510-3107  Tani & Rivka Friedman, 4000 N. 41st Court, Hollywood, Tani 786-447-7337, Rivka 786-447-7522

YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE MAY 2018 PAGE 19 DONATIONS Stanley & Jacquline Fischer in appreciation of his aliyah Abby’s Closet Herb & Edie Fishler in appreciation of his aliyah Clothing for needy children in memory of Abby Ginsberg Menashe & Jamie Frank in appreciation of his aliyah Joan & David Kornbluth in memory of Robin Kerzer David Frenkel in appreciation of his aliyah In memory of Dov Lasry’s father Samuel Lasry Avi Gilad in appreciation of his aliyah Ira Posner & Sheila Klee Irving & Tara Golombeck Charity Fund Irwin & Fran Gottlieb in memory of Robin Kerzer Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Benjamin & Danielle Jaffe in appreciation of his aliyah Billy & Batzi Berman Nathan Katz in appreciation of his aliyah Joel & Barbara Coplowitz Oren Kravetz in appreciation of his aliyah Ephraim & Lauren Davis Elliot & Renee Kugelman in appreciation of his aliyot Stan & Marla Frohlinger to commemorate yizkor Steven & Elana Lazar in memory of Robin Kerzer Suchie &Raisy Gittler to commemorate yizkor Daniel & Anniel Nagler in honor of Rami & Rose Ovadia David & Arlene Goldberger in honor of a grandson born to Jay & In honor of Alex & Aliza Markovich Michelle Mendelsohn Jerry & Sharon Ness in appreciation of his aliyah In honor of the birth of Irv & Fran Gottlieb’s twin great Leonard & Emilia Rosenstein in appreciation of Rabbi Yosef Weinstock granddaughters Howard & Ellen Rotterdam in appreciation of Stephen and Sharon In memory of Robin Kerzer Clements for their gracious hospitality Mark & Crissy Kogan In honor of the birth of Rabbi Howard & Dena Seif’s granddaughter Eileen Schwartz Herschel Strauss in appreciation of his aliyah and hagbah Tim & Linda Shapiro to commemorate the yahrzeit of Linda's Tabachnick family in appreciation of the warm welcome father Juda Kobrin Steven Weinrich in honor of Howard & Ellen Rotterdam Myra Shulkes in memory of Rachael Schachter's mother Myra Shulkes in memory of Robin Kerzer Fred & Lori Wittlin Ethan & Cindy Siev to commemorate yizkor Stuart & Janice Slugh in memory of Robin Kerzer Jewish Education Fund Myron & Deborah Stayman in honor of Matthew Eichenholz's Bar Funding to local Jewish schools Mitzvah Billy & Batzi Berman in appreciation to Larry & Judy Weiss for In appreciation of his aliyah their hospitality Ronald & Risa Steiner in appreciation of his aliyot In memory of Robin Kerzer Alan Weinstock in appreciation of his aliyah In memory of Samuel Lasry, father of Dov Lasry Fred & Lori Wittlin in appreciation of his aliyah To commemorate yizkor Seforim Fund To commemorate the yahrzeit of Fred's brother, Howard Wittlin Prayer Books and Library Books Dror & Avivit Ben Aharon in memory of their grandparents Tomchei Shabbos Morris & Marie Abuharon and Shmuel & Henya Yatom Shabbat Meals for needy families in the community Dani & Mimi Bengio in memory of Miriam bat Yaacov on her Harrison & Michelle Nadel yahrzeit Sidney & Shelley Newman in honor of Wally Fingerer’s special Rabbi Neil & Deborah Cohen in memory of Robin Kerzer birthday Josh & Arielle Hay in memory of Victor & Showkat Hay Jerry & Sharon Ness in honor of Wally Fingerer’s special birthday Stephen & Roni Kurtz in memory of Ruth Leff In memory Robin Kerzer Malca Schachter in memory of Robin Kerzer Kevin & Rebecca Ohayon Fred & Lori Wittlin in memory of Robin Kerzer Mitchell Rosenfeld in appreciation for their Pesach hospitality to Jerry & Sharon Ness, Barry & Shelly Cutler, Dale & Marlene Shul Bergman, Howard & Ellen Rotterdam, Rabbi Edward & Meira Synagogue Operating Budget Davis, Elie & Josselyn Bensoussan Sylvia Abelow to commemorate the yahrzeit of her husband Aaron Fred & Lori Wittlin Abelow and her parents Daniel & Mimi Bengio to commemorate the yahrzeit of Miriam bat Yaacov Joel & Lauren Berley in honor of Moises Tache’s Bar Mitzvah MESSAGES FROM OUR MEMBERS Howard & Carol Bienenfeld in memory of Robin Kerzer In memory of Jaymie Oxenberg's father Warren Kurtzman . In honor of Rabbi Weinstock and the YIH family for their In memory of Beth-ann Gan's father Maurice Gan incredible support during the loss of beloved father Ze’ev ben Rabbi Bouskila in appreciation of his aliyah Chaim, Warren Kurtzman. -- Dov & Jaymie Oxenberg Andrew & Rachel Bronfeld in appreciation of his aliyah Dany & Chaya Davis in appreciation of his aliyah . Words can't express how much we appreciate the kindness Rabbi Edward & Meira Davis in appreciation of his aliyah shown to us by the community after the passing of our Norman & Arlene Ditchek in appreciation of his aliyah mother, grandmother and wife Robin Kerzer. We love you Sheldon Estreicher in appreciation of his aliyah back just as much. --The Izsak and Kerzer families Wally & Fay Fingerer in appreciation of his aliyah

Visiting the Jewish State

June is one of America’s favorite months for vacationing, and it is also one of the best months to visit Israel. It’s not too hot, yet still nice enough to enjoy Israel’s beautiful beaches and enviable weather.

From north to south, east to west, Israel is filled with historic treasures and modern marvels. At only roughly the size of New Jersey, the Jewish state’s diverse array of spectacles is truly unique.

There’s something for everyone to love in Israel—from the forests, mountains and lakes of the Galilee in the north, to the ancient holy city of Jerusalem in the east, to the natural beauty of the Negev desert and the Red Sea beaches of Eilat in the south, to the high-tech, modern city of Tel Aviv along the Mediterranean Sea in the west. These are only a few of the many destinations in Israel.

It appears more and more people are coming to appreciate Israel’s beauty and allure. Last year was a record-breaking year for Israeli tourism: Some 3.6 million people visited the Jewish state in 2017, according to Israeli Ministry of Tourism statistics. This is a 25 percent increase from 2016.

Interestingly, 59 percent of the tourists who visited Israel in 2017 were doing so for the first time.

By far, the largest proportion of these tourists, around 700,000, came from the United States—a 21 percent increase from the previous year. Many more also came from Russia (307,000), France (284,000) and the United Kingdom (185,000).

In 2017, most of these tourists visited Jerusalem (78 percent) and Tel Aviv-Jaffa (67 percent), while large numbers also visited the Dead Sea (49 percent) and Tiberias and the Galilee region (35 percent).

The Ministry’s report also noted that tourism last year added more than $5.6 billion (NIS 20 billion) to the Israeli economy.

Israeli tourism also achieved a historic milestone on March 22, when Air India Flight 139 traveled from New Delhi to Tel Aviv through the airspace of Oman and Saudi Arabia. This unprecedented event— which is now a regular flight route—illustrates some benefits of the increasing cooperation between Israel and the Gulf countries.

There is no doubt that Israel is experiencing a tourism boom, despite all the threats to the Jewish state—from an increasingly aggressive Iran, to the terrorist group Hezbollah’s 150,000 rockets and missiles on Israel’s northern border. But with Israeli ingenuity and the support of the U.S.-Israel relationship, Israel’s successes—in tourism and elsewhere—are only likely to grow. YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE MAY 2018 PAGE 21 KOSHER KORNER  Pringles is changing many of their OU pareve potato crisps to OU dairy. This may or may not be a result of a product reformulation. If a Pringles product is marked OUD and ingredients state ‘whey’ or ‘milk’, it is real dairy. If the ingredients don’t state ‘whey’ or ‘milk’, it is dairy equipment. Those that have the plain OU designation are pareve. Consumers should always be careful to check for the kosher designation.

 The Orthodox Union does not certify Best Choice Refried Beans. This product is not kosher and some labels bear an unauthorized OU symbol. Corrective actions are being implemented

 The following are new kosher slurpee flavors are from 7-11 and are pareve:  Snapple Kiwi Strawberry  Fanta Sugar-Free Lemonade  Monster Mutant Red Dawn  Fanta Sugar Free Strawberry Basil Lime  Faygo Grape

 For many years, KVH kosher has worked with various companies to monitor and control infestation in fresh parsley. Due to increased levels of infestation, it was mutually determined that the responsible course of action would be to remove certification from all products containing fresh parsley. This affects salads under the following brands:  Cedar’s  Delicatessen Quality  Hannah  Jansal Valley  Joseph’s  Lidl  Little Salad Bar  Southcoast Farms  Taste of inspirations  Yorgo’s  Wellsley Farms Including the following varieties:  Black Bean Salad  Couscous Salad  Couscous with Raisins (Disco)  Falafel Mix  Israeli Couscous Salad  Kale Freekah  Lentil Salad  Mediterranean Lentil Salad  Orzo Curry Salad  Taboule  Taboule Salad  Wheatberry Salad  Black Bean Salad These products are no longer under KVH certification and will not bear the KVH symbol. Other Cedar’s products remain under KVH certification.

 The Cap'n Crunch Touchdown Cereal is labeled OUD, but in fact, its true status, at the present time, is DE (Dairy Equipment). The OU recommends that you call their office every 3 months to reconfirm the DE status of this product.

O.R.B. Updates:  Cinnabon in Sawgrass Mills Mall has closed.  Kosher Delice Bakery in Boca Raton has closed.  Kosher Market 4 Less, Deerfield Beach is no longer under ORB supervision.  New Facility: Ramona’s Kosher Café, 19785 Hampton Drive, Boca Raton, 33434 561-419-7523

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Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. May 2018 – Iyar/Sivan 5778 Lauderdale Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 (16 Iyyar) 2 (17 Iyyar) 3 (18 Iyyar) 4 (19 Iyyar) 5 (20 Iyyar) Emor 31st Day Omer 32nd Day Omer Lag B'Omer 34th Day Omer 35th Day Omer NASCK Workshops Lag B'Omer Celebration 33rd Day Omer Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a See box for Shacharit 7:00pm & 9:15pm 8:30pm at Linzer home Mincha 7:00p & 7:45p times Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Rabbi's Class 6:50p Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Mincha 7:45p 7:15p & 7:36p Mincha 7:35p Mincha 7:45p Mincha 7:45p Shabbat Ends 8:34p

6 (21 Iyyar) 7 (22 Iyyar) 8 (23 Iyyar) 9 (24 Iyyar) 10 (25 Iyyar) 11 (26 Iyyar) 12 (27 Iyyar) 36th Day Omer 37th Day Omer 38th Day Omer 39th Day Omer 40th Day Omer 41st Day Omer Behar-Bechukotai YACHAD Shabbaton Shabbat Mevarchim Shach. 7:15a,8:00a,9:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Chazan Leiner 42nd Day Omer Mincha 7:50p Mincha 7:50p Mincha 7:50p Mincha 7:50p Mincha 7:50p YACHAD Shabbaton Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Chazan Leiner Mincha 7:00p & 7:50p See box for Shacharit times 7:15p & 7:40p Rabbi's Class 6:55p Mincha 7:40p Shabbat Ends 8:38p 13 (28 Iyyar) 14 (29 Iyyar) 15 (1 Sivan) 16 (2 Sivan) 17 (3 Sivan) 18 (4 Sivan) 19 (5 Sivan) Bamidbar Yom Yerushalayim 44th Day Omer Rosh Chodesh Sivan 46th Day Omer 47th Day Omer 48th Day Omer Erev Shavuot 43rd Day Omer 45th Day Omer 49th Day Omer Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Board Mtg. 7:00p Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a See box for Shacharit Shach. 7:15a,8:00a,9:00a Mincha 7:50p Gen. Mem. Mtg 8:45p Mincha 7:50p Mincha 7:50p Mincha 7:00p & 7:50p times Mincha 7:50p Raffle Drawing Rabbi's Class 7:00p Shach. 6:00a,7:00a,8:00a 7:15p & 7:44p Mincha 7:45p Mincha 7:50p after 8:41p 20 (6 Sivan) 21 (7 Sivan) 22 (8 Sivan) 23 (9 Sivan) 24 (10 Sivan) 25 (11 Sivan) 26 (12 Sivan) Nasso Shavuot – 1st Day Shavuot – 2nd Day Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a S. Yizkor Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Mincha 7:55p Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a See box for Shacharit 5:30a,7:00a,8:00a,8:45a, S. 7:00a,8:00a,8:45a,9:00a Mincha 7:55p Mincha 7:55p Mincha 7:00p & 7:55p times 9:00a Mincha 7:55p Rabbi's Class 7:05p Mincha 7:55p Yom Tov Ends 8:42p 7:15p & 7:48p Mincha 7:50p Shabbat Ends 8:45p after 8:41p

27 (13 Sivan) 28 (14 Sivan) 29 (15 Sivan) 30 (16 Sivan) 31 (17 Sivan)

Memorial Day

Shach. 7:15a,8:00a,9:00a Shach. 7:15a,8:00a,9:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Mincha 8:00p Mincha 8:00p Mincha 8:00p Mincha 8:00p Mincha 8:00p

FULL SCHEDULE OF SHABBAT SHACHARIT SERVICES 7:00 a.m. Main Sanctuary 8:00 a.m. Rooms 1 & 2 8:45 a.m. Beit Midrash 8:45 a.m. Sephardic, Library 9:00 a.m. Main Sanctuary 9:30 a.m. YP, Chapel (meets once a month) 9:30 a.m. Teen, Room 5 9:30 a.m. Youth, Modular

Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. June 2018 Lauderdale Sivan/Tammuz 5778 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 (18 Sivan) 2 (19 Sivan) Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Beha'alotcha Mincha 7:00p & 8:00p See box for Shacharit times 7:15p & 7:51p Rabbi's Class 7:05p Mincha 7:50p Shabbat Ends 8:48p

3 (20 Sivan) 4 (21 Sivan) 5 (22 Sivan) 6 (23 Sivan) 7 (24 Sivan) 8 (25 Sivan) 9 (26 Sivan) Sh'lach Shach. 7:15a,8:00a,9:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shabbat Mevarchim Mincha 8:00p Mincha 8:00p Mincha 8:00p Mincha 8:00p Mincha 8:00p Mincha 7:00p & 8:00p See box for Shacharit times 7:15p & 7:54p Rabbi's Class 7:05p Mincha 7:50p Shabbat Ends 8:51p

10 (27 Sivan) 11 (28 Sivan) 12 (29 Sivan) 13 (30 Sivan) 14 (1 Tammuz) 15 (2 Tammuz) 16 (3 Tammuz) Korach Shach. 7:15a,8:00a,9:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Rosh Chodesh Tammuz Rosh Chodesh Tammuz Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a See box for Shacharit Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Shach. 6:00a,7:00a,8:00a Shach. 6:00a,7:00a,8:00a Mincha 7:00p & 8:05p times Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Rabbi's Class 7:05p 7:15p & 7:57p Mincha 7:50p Shabbat Ends 8:54p

17 (4 Tammuz) 18 (5 Tammuz) 19 (6 Tammuz) 20 (7 Tammuz) 21 (8 Tammuz) 22 (9 Tammuz) 23 (10 Tammuz) Chukat Shach. 7:15a,8:00a,9:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a See box for Shacharit Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Mincha 7:00p & 8:05p times Rabbi's Class 7:10p 7:15p & 7:58p Mincha 7:55p Shabbat Ends 8:56p

24 (11 Tammuz) 25 (12 Tammuz) 26 (13 Tammuz) 27 (14 Tammuz) 28 (15 Tammuz) 29 (16 Tammuz) 30 (17 Tammuz) Balak Shach. 7:15a,8:00a,9:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:15a,8:00a Shach. 6:15a,7:30a,8:00a See box for Shacharit Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Mincha 8:05p Mincha 7:00p & 8:05p times Rabbi's Class 7:15p 7:15p & 7:59p Mincha 8:00p Shabbat Ends 8:56p

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