YOUNG OF WEST HARTFORD Parashat Balak

2240 ALBANY AVENUE July 4th 2015 - 17 Tammuz 5775 WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117 this Shabbat 860-233-3084 Is sponsored by SEUDAH SHLISHIT The Feldman Children &

Sponsored this week by Eliot and Ann Grandchildren in honor of

Feldman on the occasion of Ann’s mother’s Bubby's and Zaidy's special birthdays. Yarzeit which took place on Friday - Sara bat Meir z”l Happy Birthday.

RABBI WEINBERG'S SCHEDULE: The Laws of Three Weeks 5775 Rabbi Weinberg will be working through July By Rabbi Brahm Weinberg 15th at which point he will depart. We find ourselves approaching the period of “beyn Shabbat Afternoon Class will continue as per hameitzarim” which is the period of the three weeks between usual. There will be two more Gemara the 17th of Tammuz (Shabbat July 4th) and Tisha B’Av. The Shiurim on July 5th and 12th. There will be one words “beyn hameitzarim” literally mean “between the more Women's Lunch and Learn on July 8th straights” and are taken from a verse in Megillat Eicha which we will read on Tisha B’av which says “kol rodfeha hisiguha WOMEN’S SHABBAT AFTERNOON CLASS beyn hamtezarim” “all her enemies (of /Jewish peo- HARTFORD Shabbat, July 4th at 5:00 PM

ple) overtook her in the narrow straights” (1:3). As the name at the home of Jo Bruce 116 Brewster Rd connotes, this is a period of sadness and mourning during which We have begun with Masechet (Tractate) indeed many of our enemies did pursue, overtake, and harm us Shabbat. Please try to bring a copy of Mishnah over the ages. Historically, this period commemorates the se- Kehati for Tractate Shabbat in either English quence of events that began with the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem and concluded with the destruction of the Beit or Hebrew if possible.

WEST Hamikdash. Unfortunately it remained, for so many genera- Congratulations tions, a period of calamity for the Jewish people and this is re- New book by Professor Stuart S. flected in our behaviors during this period which I would like to outline in just a moment. Miller on ancient mikvaot and ritual

purity practices in the time of Before doing so, I must say that as much as this is a in Erets Yisrael, with a “postscript” period of destruction it is also a period of hope and consolation. on the Chesterfield, CT Exca- As much as it is tragic, we also believe that this is the time pe- vation he co-directed: riod in which the messiah will be born: The time period that will lead to our redemption. It is a period in which we pray and “At the Intersection of Texts and Material fast and try to improve ourselves with the understanding that at Finds: Stepped Pools, Stone Vessels, and some point things will change and our lot will improve. We Ritual Purity Practices Among the of have seen the slow process of that improvement unfold in our Roman Galilee” own times and we hope it shall continue.

YIWH PROJECT 5775 It is always important to review some of the laws of The Concise Book of Mitzvot - The Chafetz Chaim this period of time from year to year. There are three distinct periods of mourning which parallel the three stages experienced SHABBAT MITZVOT TO STUDY by an individual mourner, but in reverse order: ThreeWeeks 7/4 Negative 151 - 156 (Yud Bet Chodesh, Year-long mourning for parents), Nine Days (Shloshim, 30 Days) and Tisha B’Av ().

Laws of Three Weeks (Continued) During the initial period of the three weeks from 17th May we see the coming of the Mashiach and the

YOUNGISRAEL OF of Tammuz until Rosh Chodesh Av there are four main restric- full redemption of the Jewish people speedily in our days. tions for ASHKENAZIM (Sefardim have a different set of rules Shabbat Shalom and dates – see me for more details): Taking haircuts, festive Rabbi Brahm Weinberg gatherings and parties, listening to music, and wearing new clothing. Rabbi Brahm Weinberg 860-233-3084 or [email protected] Debra Luger 860-233-0300 or [email protected] Editor: Judie Patel [email protected] Affiliate of the National Council of Young Israel , Member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Sponsor of West Hartford NCSY, National Conference of Youth, Commission of Greater Hartford, Mikveh Bess Israel of Greater Hartford, of West Hartford  YIWH Schedule of Services  July 3rd - 10th, 2015 It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush Shabbat Parashat Balak Or Seudah Shlishit!

Shul handles set up & Clean up! Friday, July 3rd- Erev Shabbat Contact Judie Patel at 860-761-3818, Shacharit 6:45 a.m. or [email protected] Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m. to check the availability of the date Calendar Candle Lighting 8:11 p.m. you need & call Fran Wittenberg at 860-983-4837 Shabbat, July 4th - to make the arrangements for the Rabbi Sheinkopf’s Mishna Brurah Class 8:15 a.m. type of Kiddush you want. Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Checks need to be received the Sof Zman Kriat Shma 9:08 a.m. Sunday prior to your Kiddush date. Rabbi Weinberg’s Shabbat Afternoon Class 7:20 p.m. There are three types Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv 8:05 p.m. of Kiddushim: Shabbat Ends 9:11 p.m. Standard for $150, Semi-Deluxe for $250 Sunday, July 5th - Shiva Asar B'Tamuz & Deluxe for $350 Alot Hashachar/Fast Begins 3:30 a.m. With supplements available. Earliest & 4:18 a.m. Shacharit...Sunday 8:00 a.m. KIDDUSH SCHEDULE Chatzot/Midday 12:55 p.m. Mincha/Maariv...Sunday 8:00 p.m. Fast Ends 9:11 p.m. SEUDAH SHLISHIT 7/4 Feldman Monday, July 6th - Thursday, July 9th The cost to sponsor is $90.00 Shacharit…Monday & Thursday 6:40 a.m. To set up Seudah Shlishit contact

Shacharit…Tuesday & Wednesday 6:45 a.m. Steve Luger [email protected] Mincha/Maariv...Sunday - Thursday at YIWH 8:10 p.m.

Friday, July 10th- Erev Shabbat Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m. Calendar Candle Lighting 8:08 p.m.

Ner La’Maor - Lights Pat La’Orchim Daniella & Avi Robinson rolls for Seudah Shlishit Juanita & Yitz Moss Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve' In memory of Yitz’s grandfather Judy & Lauren Daman Albert Sheiner In memory of their daughter Michelle Daman Wasserman אברהם בן עמנואל טובה רנה גיטל פרידה בת אברהם 5775 Candy Man You - Dah-Man Kiddush Supplement & Cohen Elisheva & Zev Davidovics Ann & Jeremy Pava Seudah Shlishit Supplement Handy Man Good Humor Man Ilana & Steve Bernstein Patty & Lou Kornreich In honor of their parents Debbie & Steve Luger In honor of Tsion Cohen Victor & Lieba Bernstein Rabbi Richard & Lisa Plavin