February 1, 2014 Parashat Terumah vnur, ,arp swwga, wt rst wt EDOS Shabbat Announcements East Denver Orthodox Synagogue Rabbi Daniel Rapp 198 S. Holly St., Denver, CO 80246 President, Michael Wolfe 303-322-7943 Gabbai, Shlomo Fried Times Friday ,ca Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Daf Yomi 5:30 8 AM 6:30 5:30 5:30 5:30 5:30 5:30 Shacharit 6:30 jwwr 9:00 jwwr 7:30 6:30 6:45 6:45 6:30 6:45 Mincha 5:00 4:50 3:00 5:10 5:10 5:10 5:10 5:10 4: 4:59 23: 6:01 9PM Maariv 4: 5:07

Readings EDOS Classes This Week ArtScroll Torah 444 Rambam Shiur Avi Mehler/ Shabbat 8:30 AM ArtScroll Maftir 890 Shlomo Fried Shabbat Shiur Rabbi Yisroel Shabbat 50 minutes ArtScroll Haftorah 1208 Engel before Mincha Welcome Halacha Sugya Rabbi Fleisher Sunday 8:15 AM e extend a warm welcome to everyone who is Talmud Moed Rabbi Fleisher Sunday 8:00 PM Wdavening with us this Rosh Chodesh. Katan Thank You Talmud Bava Rabbi Leban Monday 7:30 PM Basra Thank you to those providing Divrei Torah this week! These include Alan Schreiber, Friday night; and Talmud Baba Tzvi Gelt Tuesday After Shlomo Fried, at Seudah Shlishit. Metzia Shacharit We welcome Rabbi Benzion Klatzko, founder of Parsha-Sichat Rabbi Yoel Tuesday 7:30 PM Shabbat.com, a long-time Israel and Jewish cause Mussar Unger activist this Shabbat. He was campus Rabbi at UCLA, Mesilat Rabbi Ben Wednesday 8:00 PM and held popular courses with outreach to the broader Yesharim Last community, including some in the entertainment Gemara Rotation Thursday 7:00 PM industry, giving him the moniker, The Hollywood Rabbi. Makkot Rabbi Klatzko and his family currently reside in Monsey, where hosting 50 or more people for Shabbat Notes is the norm. Visit his website for more info. Note that Sunday Mincha is called early at 3PM on We look forward to his talk Shabbat morning. Sunday, with Maariv scheduled at 9PM. Mazel Tov It's time to plan our Purim celebrations! Contact your local board member or president Mike Wolfe to Mazel Tov to Michael Kopinsky, son of Sarina and volunteer. Brian Kopinsky upon his engagement to Lonna Gordon, daughter of Rabbi Eli and Tzirel Gordon of / Youth Activities Brooklyn. Sunday February 2nd: Super Bowl Party!! Grades 8-12!! Food! Mazal Tov to Daf Yomi on its upcoming completion of Big Screen TV! At the home of Gillian Hecht Yoma on Tuesday, February 4th. Gemara Sukkah starts Saturday Night February 15th: Movie Night! Grades 6-12!! on the 5th! That makes it a great time to join! Home of Gillian Hecht. 8:00pm. Food, popcorn, Make your own Pizza! Office Hours: Shul Office:Lottie Soble, Manager Send bulletin announcements to Sunday, Wednesday 8-10 AM [email protected] by Wednesday. Monday 2:30-5 PM Oral announcements are due to the President Tuesday, Thursday: 1-5 PM ([email protected]) by Thursday afternoon E-mail: [email protected] Visit us online at www.edosdenver.org. Annual Ski Shabbaton weekend of February 28th, Snif and Oftentimes, we feel that our actions are of the utmost "Rosh Shif" Purim Party March 15th, Annual DU Shabbaton importance, potentially accomplishing great things for th with Chabad Southeast weekend of April 4 ! the community. We must remember that if even one Questions? Roshei Snif: Shifra Brandt, [email protected], person will be hurt, we must question whether our or Gillian Hecht, [email protected], or Steve goals are worth the cost. Feldman [email protected], 720-394-3020. Upcoming Events From The Rabbi's Desk Dr. Jeffrey Woolf, Scholar-in-Residence, Parashat The Torah is very specific in describing how the Shekalim, March 1st. Mishkan was to be built and which materials were to be used. Obviously, nothing is written in the Torah Kiddush without purpose and therefore we should try to The Kiddush today is sponsored by the EDOS understand the reason behind each particular Women's Auxiliary and EDOS Kiddush Fund. commandment. Community Events comments on the fact that the מדרש The Jake Weiman reminds the community of his great עצי wood used in the Mishkan had to be resource for shiurim, http://www.denvertorahshiur.com. acacia wood, and that this wood - שטים nd was chosen to teach us that we should not Avos Ubanim Ski Trip! February 2 . Ages 7-17: $39, ages cut down fruit bearing trees for their 18 and up: $79. Cost includes transportation, lunch, snacks, skis, helmet rentals and lift ticket. Previous skiing dictates experience required. Avos Ubanim membership not הלכה wood. While it is true that that we not chop down fruit bearing trees, required for participation. RSVP no later than Thursday, what is the relevance of the injunction to the January 30th. Info: Rabbi Chaim Sher at 720-881-2768 or Mishkan? [email protected]. Rav Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht, the late rosh of Join The Jewish Experience for Wine, Cheese & Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavne, offered two approaches to Chocolate: Home, Sweet Home, Saturday evening February this question. The first approach involves a person’s 8th, 8 PM at Infinity Park Event Center. This year's event goal in life. Trees can be used for different needs. celebrates their New Center at 399 S. Monaco Pkwy, and Similarly, society requires all sorts of people to do all features an edible construction competition, a raffle and all the delicious hors d'oeuvres, desserts, wine and schmoozing sorts of jobs. A fruit bearing tree has the potential to you've come to expect. www.theje.com. 303-316-6412. be more than wood - it can bear fruit - and because of th that, the Torah requires that we use wood from a tree JCRC Date With The State—February 24 , 8AM-1PM, that is maximizing its potential. So too, those of us Jewish Colorado invites you to join at the State Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chambers for a continental breakfast who have the great potential should not be satisfied reception with the freshman legislators, briefings by state with “making a living” but should strive for leadership, and remarks by participants in the 2013 Public greatness, whether it be in scholarship, leadership, Official's Mission to Israel. $25 with lunch, $10 without; scientific research or any other talent we may have. advertised as dietary laws observed. Janet Sherman, 303- The second approach focuses on the Mishkan itself. 316-6490, [email protected]. One may have thought that for the sake of a project as Radio Chavura—Sunday, February 2nd, 6:30 PM, the show important as the building of the house of God, a speaks with Niso Aharonian, co-founder of Colorado's new minor violation would not matter. The message of the Beit Uriel synagogue, about the congregation's namesake, is to tell us that it is not so. At the , Rabbi Uriel Malka, z'l. Niso is joined by two congregants and by two of Rabbi Malka's former students to call on the עקידה עצי שטים wanted to sacrifice an animal instead of community to raise funds - through www.beituriel.org--o אברהם when his son, he first checked that it was ownerless. When support Rabbi Malka's widow and six young children. awakened from his prophecy, his first concern יעקב Shabbat Shiur was that perhaps he slept in a holy place. No matter how significant the endeavor, we still need to be The Shabbat Shiur is 50 minutes before Mincha. concerned of even the most minor violation.

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