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YOUNG ISRAEL of HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE Rabbi Yosef Weinstock, Senior Rabbi Rabbi Adam Frieberg, Assistant Rabbi Rabbi Edward Davis, Rabbi Emeritus Dr “ YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE Rabbi Yosef Weinstock, Senior Rabbi Rabbi Adam Frieberg, Assistant Rabbi Rabbi Edward Davis, Rabbi Emeritus Dr. P.J. Goldberg, President 3291 Stirling Road, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312 954-966-7877 email: [email protected] www.yih.org MISHPATIM 27 SHEVAT 5779 FEBRUARY 2, 2019 SHABBAT MEVORCHIM TORAH READING Exodus 21:1 HAFTORAH Jeremiah 34:8 Nach Yomi : Psalms 22 Daf Yomi : Chulin 67 Daf Hashavua: Megilah 18 SHABBAT TIMES Candle Lighting 5:46 p.m. Shabbat Ends 6:44 p.m. We welcome our guest speaker, Mr. Ted Comet, and all newcomers, visitors and guests Come and celebrate with our honorees at the Annual Journal Dinner Sunday March 10th at The Club of Emerald Hills Stephen & Roni Kurtz—Journal Dinner Honorees Tsachi & Jessica Baitner—Distinguished Service Award Stephen Clements—Presidential Leadership Award Jessica Schultz—Founders Award To reserve for the Dinner or place an ad in the Journal please click here www.yih.org/campaign/dinner2019 2 OUR YIH FAMILY…. Mazel Tov: Yacov & Sara Wallerstein on the birth of their granddaughter Rivka Ahuva, born to Friday Aliza & Yaakov Sakowitz. Mazel Tov to the entire Wallerstein and Sakowitz families. 5:46pm Candle Lighting The Skurowitz family on the birth of Yael & Isaac Bernstein’s daughter Chana Leba. Mazel Tov to the entire Skurowitz and Bernstein families. 5:50pm Minchah/Maariv Main Sanctuary Welcome new members: 5:50pm Sephardic Minchah/Maariv Library Ilan & Jill Lewinger. 6:04pm Sunset / Shkiah THANK YOU TO OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS Shabbat Morning 7:00 a.m. Minyan Herb & Edith Fishler to commemorate the yahrzeit of his father 7:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary Kiddush Shmuel ben Moshe, Samuel J. Fishler 8:00 a.m. Minyan Henry & Ella Kogel in commemoration of the yahrzeit of his 8:00am Shacharit Minyan Room 1 & 2 Kiddush mother Sara Kogel and his father Charles Paul Kogel 8:15am Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Adam Frieberg Beit Midrash Seudah Shlishit Herb & Edith Fishler to commemorate the yahrzeit of his father 8:45am Beit Midrash Minyan House across the street Shmuel ben Moshe, Samuel J. Fishler 9:00am Shacharit Minyan, followed by guest Main Sanctuary Thank you to the sponsors of our Kehillah Kiddush speaker Mr. Ted Comet after the 9:00 a.m. Minyan this Shabbat 9:00am Sephardic Minyan Library Anonymous in honor of a birthday 9:00am Games Rooms & Shabbat Groups Rooms 1,2,3,4 & 6 Vera & Charles Hirsh in honor of their children and grandchildren 9:15am Parsha class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back room of the house Mordechai & Esther Korik in honor of Yehoshua’s birthday Lynda & Shelly Levin in honor of Ted Comet's visit to the Young Israel of Hollywood 9:30am YP Minyan Modular -Ft. Lauderdale 9:30am Youth Minyan Chapel Sharon & Jerry Ness to commemorate the yahrzeit of her father Louis Kaufman - Yehuda Leb ben Mayer 9:30am Teen Minyan Room 5 Rick & Aviva Share in honor of Shabbat Mevorchim and Rick’s birthday 9:49am Latest Shema Time Thank you to Ilana Melnitsky and the Simcha Gemach for arranging the beautiful 10:15am Parsha class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back room of the house décor for the Kiddush. 10:45am Sefer HaMitzvot Shiur, Rabbi Moshe Beit Midrash To sign up for the next Kehillah Kiddush on March 2nd after the 9:00 a.m. Main Parnes Minyan, please go to www.yih.org/shabbatmevorchimkiddush Main Sanctuary will be locked while the Torah is being read, during Mussaf Kedusha, and while Rabbi is speaking. Reserved table at 9:00 a.m. Minyan Kiddush in Social Hall for our members who need it Contact Gerald Mayerhoff [email protected] or David Lasko [email protected] for an aliyah or kibbud at any of the minyanim 5779-2019 Membership Directories are available in the shul office for pick up 3 4 Shabbat Afternoon 4:00pm Teichman-Rosenblatt Shabbat Mevorchim Bengio home D’var Torah : Rabbi Yosef Weinstock shiur with Sara Frieberg Parshat Mishpatim contains two laws related to the child-parent relationship (21:15, 17) ּו ַמ ֵּ֥כה ָא ִִ֛ביו ְו ִא ּ֖מֹו ֵּ֥מֹות יּו מָֽת 4:40pm Gemara Shiur on Gittin (in Hebrew) Beit Midrash And one who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. ּו ְמ ַק ֵּ֥לל ָא ִִ֛ביו ְו ִא ּ֖מֹו ֵּ֥מֹות יּו מָֽת: 4:40pm Daf Yomi Library And one who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. 4:55pm Rabbi Yosef Weinstock’s class. Topic: Main Sanctuary Abortion in Halacha The Torah here prescribes the same punishment for verbal abuse at it does for physical abuse. Moreover although both crimes are punishable by death, the type of 5:40pm Teen Minchah Room 5 death is different for each. The punishment for striking a parent is chenek, 5:40pm Minchah Main Sanctuary strangulation. The punishment for verbal abuse is sekilah, stoning, which is the most severe form of death penalty of the four types found in the Torah. After Minchah Halacha Chaburah with Rabbi Adam Frieberg Library The Torah is teaching us that verbal abuse is worse in some ways than physical abuse. Whereas violence is an attack on a person’s body, verbal abuse always impacts After Minchah Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits Beit Midrash the victim’s heart, mind, and soul. As the Vilna Gaon puts it in his commentary to Mishlei, verbal insults can “penetrate into the innermost recesses”. Emotions do not After Minchah Gemara Shiur with Rabbi Jonathan Hirsch Chapel heal as quickly as the body can. The old adage is therefore wrong. Not only can names indeed hurt us, but they can even hurt us worse than the physical damage wrought by Teen Seudah With Rav Natan Rooms 3 & 4 sticks and stones. Shlishit This past week I was a guest at the Kolot luncheon, a project of the Jewish Family Service of Broward County’s domestic abuse program. At that event I learned that 1 in 6:44pm Maariv Main Sanctuary 3 women and 1 of 4 men have been a victim of physical violence by an intimate partner. Close to half of all women and men experience at least one type of Immediately Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5 min. class Library psychologically aggressive behavior, often in the form of verbal abuse, in the course of after Maariv their relationships. People often don’t appreciate the power of their words nor the potential pain that can be caused by hurtful words. We are also often less careful with our words when Dvar Tefila directed at those with whom we are the closest (spouses, children, family, friends). The A weekly insight from the siddur to help enhance our prayer experience combination of these factors can lead to our words being used as weapons against “With exceedingly great pity you have pitied us” (Artscroll Siddur pg. 412) others, instead of a powerful vehicle to express positive feelings, encouragement, and healing. Rabbi Shimon Schwab notes that the word “chemla”, which means pity, appears twice in Some of our worst memories do not involve what someone has done to us, but the Torah. The first time is when the daughter of Pharaoh saw baby Moshe in the basket in rather what has been said. There are certain words and certain phrases that are almost the Nile. The verse states (Shemot 2:6) “and she pitied him.” The second time is found in impossible to take back. You can say “I love you” thousands of times. But it only takes connection with the law of one who tries to convince others to commit idolatry. The Torah one “I hate you” to make one question if the love was ever there. mandates that the judges in such a case not seek to mitigate the severity of the crime, thereby Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (The Steipler Gaon) said there are two ways to sparing the person the death penalty. There the Torah (Devarim 13:9) states “do not show be better than the next person. One way is to grow, to toil and work hard to bring out pity”. your own potential. If the other person does not follow a similar course of action, then In both instances the root word “chamal” refers to transforming one’s strict justice into you will surge ahead in comparison to someone else. The other way is to dig a hole and compassion. In the case of Pharaoh’s daughter, according to the law of the land, baby Moshe push the other person down. Automatically, you feel better and taller. Obviously we should follow the first way. must be drowned in the river. Her pity was a case of her compassion overwhelming the strict We must be careful with our words. Think before you speak, instead of having to justice mandated by Egypt. Similarly, in the case of one who tries to lead Jews astray: a apologize after the wrong words come out. Our words are powerful. They can be used judge’s pity may lead him to override the judgement that the defendant deserves. Here the as weapons and hurt others worse than sticks and stones. We must never use words in Torah cautions the judge from demonstrating this pity. Here the strict justice must remain; hurtful ways, especially towards those with whom we are closest. Think about how there is no room for compassion to overrule. In this blessing before the Shema we ask your words will be received by the other person, and not just how you intend your Hashem to show pity towards us. We may not deserve His compassion, but we nevertheless words to be received or how you think you would react to the same words.
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