YOUNG ISRAEL of HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE 3291 Stirling Road | Ft

“ HASHAVUA June 19, 2021 Shabbat Parshat Chukat 9 Tammuz 5781

YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE 3291 Stirling Road | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33312 | 954.966.7877 | [email protected] | www.yih.org

Rabbi Yosef Weinstock Rabbi Edward Davis Marc Ben-Ezra Senior Rabbi Rabbi Emeritus President Sephardic Minyan Rabbi Rabbi Adam Frieberg Assistant Rabbi

Candle Lighting ...... 7:56 PM Shabbat Ends ...... 8:55 PM Torah Reading ...... Numbers 19:1 Haftorah ...... Judges 11:1 Nach Yomi ...... Psalms 148 Daf Yomi ...... Yoma 69 Daf Hashavua ...... Yevamot 56

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Our YIH Family Leah (Howard Rotterdam), Zummo's mother), Feiga Mazal Tov David HaKohen ben Esther Necha bat Pessel (Fay (Lev Kandinov’s father), Lerner), Henna bat Sara, Class of 2021 Graduates. Eliyahu David ben Sara Masha bat Ruth (Marcia Please join us in the Tent Baila (Dr. Alan Weinstock), Chonchol-Craig Barany’s for the special Kiddush Israel ben Rachel Leah mother), Nechama Chaya after the 9:00am Minyan to (Izzy Sabo-Chanan Sabo’s bat Sima (Mimi Jankovits' celebrate all our graduates father), Melech Yonah ben mother), Rivka bat Sarah, Rabbi Yosef Weinstock on Gittel (Jonathan Kalish's Rivkah Chaya bat Devora his election to the father), Netanel Elan ben (Reva Shapiro, daughter of Executive Committee of the Shayna Tzipporah Debbie & Sammy Shapiro), Rabbinical Council of (wounded IDF soldier), Rivka bat Elka Libe (Mark America. Shmuel ben Leah, Yehuda Langer's sister), Sara Leah Arieh ben Mindla (Philippe bat Rochel (Cynthia Lynn Claire & Izzy Rand on the Leiberman’s father), Haber-Cheryl Hamburg’s engagement of their Yitzchak Mendel ben Sarah sister), Sara Leah bat grandson Daniel Rand to Baila (Sammy Shapiro's Bracha (Stacey Deutsch), Sylvia Scheiner, daughter father), Yoseph Benyamin Sara bat Aviva (Eliana of Linda & Billy Scheiner, ben Cochava (Ralph Lifshultz), Shira Raizel and to Daniel’s parents Sharaby’s son), Yussel ben Esther bat Mina Zosha Jeffrey & Susan Rand, Hinda Leah (Joel Bofshever (Ruth Messer’s brothers Michael, David -Dorie Ehrenreich’s father) granddaughter), Simcha and Adam and to Sylvia’s Malka bat Chaya brother Harry Cholot: Ahuva bat Friedel, Zelda,Tova Miriam bat Batya bat Sara, Chana Ety Risa & Lenny Yudkowitz Devora Mindel (DV Kahn’s bat Zirel Libah, Dalia Gittel and family on the marriage sister-in-law), Yocheved bat Leah bat Rivka Chaviva in Israel of their Tzril (Joan Niad), Yocheved (Chloe Friedman-daughter granddaughter Yehudis to bat Henya Sheindel of Tani & Rivka Friedman), Kobi Fried of Har Nof (Jessica Schultz) Devora bat Sheina Baila, Esther Shayna bat Our IDF Lone Soldiers Nechama Mintza (Isabella

Eitan Ben-Aharon, Emma Frank, Nitay Harary, Zev THANK YOU TO OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS Goldberg, Sara Shulamit 9:00am Minyan Kiddush: Klein, Noa Markovitz, Nathaniel M., Phoebe Sponsors of the Graduates Kiddush (see flyer on Zucker back page) Please contact the shul Beit Midrash Minyan Kiddush: office to add a name Rabbi Moshe and Naama Parnes & family in Refuah Shleimah gratitude for the recovery of Rabbi Parnes from his recent illness, in appreciation to Hashem for the Please contact the shul office if someone on this miracles He has wrought for the Parnes family and list has, Baruch Hashem, in thanks to the wonderful Hollywood community for recovered their concern and tefillos Cholim: Avraham YIH West Kiddush: Mordechai ben Kraindel Herb Fishler in appreciation for the kindnesses of (Dr. Arnold Markoe, Sharona Whisler's uncle), Rabbi Yitzchak Marmorstein Binyamin Simcha ben All other Minyanim and Seudah Shlishit: Adina Minya (Binny Shabbat Sponsors Group Ciment), Chaim Rafael ben 2

Shabbat Schedule 8:45am ...... Beit Midrash Friday Night Shacharit / Kiddush in Beit Shabbat Afternoon Midrash following davening 7:00pm ...... Sanctuary 2:30pm ...... Beit Midrash Plag Mincha/Kabbalat 9:00am ...... Sanctuary Early Mincha Shabbat/Maariv Shacharit / Graduation 6:00pm ... Ben-Aharon home Kiddush in the Tent 7:00pm ...... Library Sara Frieberg: Women’s Sephardic Mincha/Kabbalat 9:00am ...... Library Learning at the Ben-Aharon Shabbat/Aravit Shacharit (Sephardic) home on the shul block, Rabbi Davis’s sermon Be 5890 SW 33rd Avenue 7:56pm ...... Candle lighting an Aharon / Kiddush in 6:35pm ...... Beit Midrash 8:00pm ...... Social Hall Admin. Lobby Talmud Class: Dr. Eli Avisar Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/ 9:00am ...... Social Hall (in Hebrew) Maariv Parsha Class: Rabbi 7:05pm ...... Sanctuary 8:14pm ...... Sunset/Shkiah Yitzchak Salid Rabbi Weinstock’s shiur 9:30am ...... Chapel The Story of Yiftach Shabbat Morning YP Minyan / Kiddush in 7:50pm ...... Sanctuary Chapel following davening 7:00am ...... Sanctuary Mincha Shacharit / Kiddush in the 10:00am ...... Social Hall 7:50pm ...... Library Sukkah Teen Minyan / Kiddush in Sephardic Mincha the Social Hall following 8:00am ...... Upstairs Rabbi Davis’s shiur The davening Shacharit / Kiddush in the Difference Between hallway 9:55am ...... Latest Shema SASSON and SIMCHAH 8:00am ...... Beit Midrash 10:00am ...... Upstairs 8:55pm ...... Shabbat ends Daf Yomi: Rabbi Yossi Parsha Class: Rabbi

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Rabbi Weinstock’s Message Every Second Counts Parshat Chukat tells the Chametz or the precise time Marathon. story of the sin of Moshe for Shabbat’s end- we do She was hitting the rock. not pinpoint the zeman to chosen by Commentators struggle to the precise second. Instead Adidas to understand what Moshe’s we round up to the nearest be featured mistake was; and, perhaps minute. in their more fundamentally, how 'Impossible could Moshe have made But in Jewish thought is Nothing' such a mistake. The word even a second is valuable. ad campaign. She trained for that comes up often in these As Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi the Tokyo Olympics, and commentaries is the word teaches, Y esh Koneh Olamo her last chance to qualify “momentary”- it was a B’Sha’ah Achat, a person was this past April. This is momentary lapse, or a can justify or redeem his/her what she wrote on Facebook moment of anger; a fleeting entire existence through one before that qualifying race: emotion that spiraled into a moment- even one second! quick, fateful and regrettable In a week and a half I will decision. Here are some things be standing on the start we can do in a second to line of the biggest race of A split second decision enhance our lives: my life. I'm not normally a can propel us in a certain  Smile dramatic person, but the direction and make a long  Wave to someone stakes are pretty high term impact. In a second we  Show concern by saying here. It is my last make a decision and the hello or through our opportunity to hit the outcome of that decision undivided attention or eye Olympic qualifying sends us on a path contact standard of 2:29:30 and throughout our lifetime; for every second counts. I better or for worse. Most  Say I love you or I’m need to run a 5:41 mile split second decisions are sorry to someone for 26.2 miles, and if I run the results of attitudes that  Focus on one word on one second slower, I'm have developed over a each page in our Siddur out. lifetime, preparing us for  Take a second to think that moment. On the other about something that you While “Speedy Beatie” hand, sometimes split are thankful for did not qualify for the second decisions put on  Then take another second Olympics, her journey, as display a momentary slip in to express that gratitude in well as the narrative of values or behaviors that we a word or two Moshe’s “momentary have struggled with or tried lapse”, reminds us of the to develop throughout our Beatie Deutsch is an importance of every second. life. Orthodox mom of 5 who Let us remember all that can lives in Har Nof. She took happen in a second’s time; In Halacha, Jewish law, up running at age 25, and 4 all that can be lost and all a second (or even a few months later finished sixth that we can gain. Let us seconds) is not a significant in the Tel Aviv Marathon. resolve to live every single amount of time. So when She has gone on to win a second to the fullest. seeking the latest time to number of races, including recite Shema or to eat the 2020 Miami Half

Prayer in the Parsha The Snake’s Problem and Daily Prayer Emes explains that Hashem is telling the 38 years have passed between Parshat snake, “Your sustenance is easily available Korach and Parshat Chukat. At the and accessible. You don’t need to bother beginning of the Jews’ journey in the me. I don’t want you to bother me.” The dessert, the people complain about the plentiful availability of the snake’s mohn. 38 years later, the next thing we sustenance is actually God’s way of hear about is the Jews complaining- about severing His relationship with the snake. the mohn. It’s difficult to understand what The mohn would fall every day (except the people had against the mohn. Shabbat/ Yom Tov). Each night the nation According to tradition it was a perfect went to bed without any food in their food, it was a miraculous food, and it may cupboards and with no natural way to feed even have tasted like whatever you their kids the next morning. This forced desired. What was at the root of the them to constantly turn to Hashem and ask complaint against the mohn? Him to provide/ thank Him for providing. In response to their complaint, While it was meant to strengthen their Hashem punishes the people by sending trust in God, the people complained and poisonous snakes that kill many. When rebelled against this system. Their Moshe intercedes on their behalf, Hashem punishment (and cure) was through commands Moshe to heal the people from snakes. Their dislike of mohn was based the snakes- by means of a copper snake. In on their resistance to depending Parshat Bereishit, the snake is cursed due exclusively on Hashem for food. The to its involvement in the Garden of Eden alternative to a life of mohn is the life of story. The curse is “You shall eat dust all the snake. The obligation of daily prayer is the days of your life.” Many wonder: The meant to help distance ourselves from the snake is promised plentiful food without snake’s attitude and develop an any effort. How is this a curse? The Sefas appreciation for the lesson of mohn.

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Safety & Security visibility (from the OU), and other Crosswalk equipment in closet next to Social Hall. Additional wheelchair in the entry to the Please make sure when crossing Stirling women’s bathroom. Rain Ponchos Road to wait until cars stop at the light available in both bathrooms. before crossing. Jaywalking is extremely dangerous (and illegal) Safety Friday 6:00-9:00pm Shabbat 6:45am-12:30pm & 6:00-9:00pm We appreciate the generous donation for the protection of our members by Phil & First Aid Lisa Baratz of the state-of-the-art Aura Air purifiers in our building AED (Automated External Defibrillator), wheelchairs, oxygen, reflector belts for Upcoming YIH Events Wednesday June 23 Sunday June 27 Empty Nesters Lunch & Learn kick off event Kids Connect: Hollywood and Alonei at 12 noon. Sign up https://www.yih.org/ HaBashan. Children in Grades 4-6 are emptynesters invited to a special program via Zoom with children who live in the Golan Heights, Shabbat June-25-26 Israel, to learn about each other and get to know each other. Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Sunday June 27 at 10:00am Meeting ID: Brander presented by YIH Adult Education 854 0460 2621 Password: 945162. This Committee and Ohr Torah Stone program is a project of Kehillot Mitchabrot and the Jewish Agency for Israel.

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Daily Minyan & Torah Classes 7:00pm: Remarkable Weekday Minyanim Torah Classes Responsa: Precedent- setting Teshuvot with June 20-25 Daily: Rabbi Yosef Weinstock Shacharit: 6:00am: Morning Learning 8:15pm: Mishna Berura: with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits. Hilchot Tefilah with Rabbi Sunday: Gemara Kiddushin, Yossi Jankovits 7:15am ...... Sanctuary Chumash/Rashi, Mishna 8:30pm: Demystifying Berura, Orchos Tzadikim. Judaism with Rabbi 8:00am ...... Sanctuary Michael Goldberg 8:30am ...... Beit Midrash 7:30am: Daf Yomi with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid 9:00am ...... Sanctuary Wednesday: 5:40pm: Daf Yomi with Monday & Thursday: Rabbi Yossi Jankovits 11:00am: Insights On The 6:15am ...... Sanctuary Parsha with Rabbi Yossi Between Mincha & Maariv: Jankovits 6:45am ...... Beit Midrash Dvar Halacha with Rabbi 7:15am ...... Sanctuary Adam Frieberg. 8:00am ...... Sanctuary Thursday: 9:00am ...... Sanctuary Monday: 8:30pm: Practical Parsha with Rabbi Adam Frieberg Tuesday, Wednesday & 8:30pm: Daily Jewish Living Friday: with Sara Frieberg Friday: 6:15am ...... Sanctuary 8:30pm: Torat Imecha with 7:00am ...... Beit Midrash Tobi Wolf 8:10am: Chumash & Torah 7:30am ...... Sanctuary Temimah with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits 8:00am ...... Sanctuary Tuesday:

9:00am ...... Sanctuary 8:10am: Chumash & Torah Temimah with Rabbi Mincha/Maariv: Yossi Jankovits Sunday through Thursday: 8:40am: Daf Hashavua: 6:35pm ...... Beit Midrash Yevamot with Rabbi Yosef Weinstock 8:05pm ...... Sanctuary 11:00am: Sefer Friday: Shoftim with 7:00pm ...... Sanctuary Lisa Baratz 7:00pm ...... Library NO CLASS THIS 7:58pm ...... Candle lighting WEEK

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