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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 & Sephardic Minyan Rabbi David Lasko, President
3291 Stirling Road, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312 954-966-7877 email: [email protected] www.yih.org
VAYIGASH 7 TEVET 5780 JANUARY 4, 2020 Daf Hashavua: Chagiga 8 Nach Yomi : II Chronicles 32 Daf Yomi : Nidah 73 SHABBAT TIMES Candle Lighting 5:24pm Shabbat Ends 6:22pm
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OUR YIH FAMILY…. Friday Mazal Tov: The honorees of the Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale 38th Annual 5:15pm Pre-Shabbat Chassidus with Modular Journal Dinner to be held on Sunday, February 23rd: Maish Staiman Guest of Rabbi Moshe Nachbar Honor, Michael Baratz Presidential Leadership Award, Elie & Naomi Baratz 5:24pm Candle Lighting Young Leadership Award, Robert Aschheim Founders Award, Dr. Sam & Deborah Rand Founders Award 5:30pm Minchah/Maariv Main Sanctuary Kira Berley upon today’s celebration of her Bat Mitzvah. Kira will deliver a Dvar 5:30pm Sephardic Minchah/Maariv Library Torah after the 9:00am minyan. Mazal Tov to Kira’s parents Joel & Lauren Berley, 5:30pm Ruach Minyan Modular grandparents Gary & Sandy Bloom and Marc & Carol Berley, great-grandmother Kathy Bloom, and the entire family. 5:30pm Minchah/Maariv Beit Midrash Batzi Berman who is being honored with the Dor L’Dor Award at the Katz Hillel 5:42pm Sunset / Shkiah Day School annual dinner on Wednesday. The Daf Yomi Group upon their completion of Daf Yomi. Masechta Brachos Shabbat Morning begins on Sunday. 7:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary The Nach Yomi Group upon the upcoming completion of Nach Yomi. Nevi’im 8:00am Daf Yomi with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits Back room of Beit Midrash begins on January 9th, Joshua 1. Condolences: 8:00am Shacharit Minyan Room 1 & 2 Jeffrey Resnick on the loss of his father, our esteemed member Mr. Stanley 8:15am Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Binyamin Beit Midrash Resnick. Shiva concluded on Wednesday. Brodman, Programming Director of the Hollywood Community Kollel 8:45am Beit Midrash Minyan Beit Midrash OUR IDF LONE SOLDIERS 9:00am Sephardic Minyan. Sermon by Rabbi Library Edward Davis “Appreciating the Present.” Emma Frank, Lauren Friedman, Sara Shulamit Klein, Rabbi Davis’s shiur after the Minyan “Bar Nathaniel Melnitsky, Rina Reich, Moshe Schiff Mitzvah at the age of 12”
9:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary REFUAH SHLEIMAH 9:15am Parsha class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back room of Beit Midrash Binyamin Simcha ben Adina Minya (Binny Ciment), Binyamin ben Chemla (Binyamin Israel), Chaim Raphael ben Leah (Howard Rotterdam), David HaKohen ben 9:30am YP Minyan. Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Modular Esther (Lev Kandinov’s father), Eliezer HaLevi ben Chana (Leon Brauser-Joel Moshe Nachbar after Minyan Brauser’s father), Ephraim ben Chana (Dr. Frederick Share), Israel ben Rachel Leah (Izzy Sabo-Chanan Sabo’s father), Netanel Elan ben Shayna Tzipporah (wounded IDF 9:30am Teen Minyan Room 5 soldier), Nissim Zev ben Faiga Leah Miriam (Brian Goodman-Zivia Gill’s great nephew), Solomon ben Solika (Solomon Perez-Ilana Melnitsky’s father), Yehuda Arieh ben 9:30am Youth Minyan Chapel Mindla (Philippe Leiberman’s father), Yisroel Yechiel ben Chaya (Michael Reinhard -Kenny Reinhard’s father), Yitzchak Chanoch ben Chana (nephew of Vanessa Shamah 9:47am Latest Shema Time and Lauren Davis), Yoseph Benyamin ben Cochava (Ralph Sharaby’s son), Yussel ben 10:15am Parsha class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back room of Beit Midrash Hinda Leah (Joel Bofshever-Dorie Ehrenreich’s father) Batya bat Sara, Chana Ety bat Zirel Libah, Devora bat Sheina Baila, Eliana bat Aviva, Elka bat Tova (Leona Brauser-Joel Brauser’s mother), Feiga Necha bat Pessel 10:45am Sefer HaMitzvot Shiur, Rabbi Moshe Beit Midrash (Fay Lerner), Masha bat Ruth (Marcia Chonchol-Craig Barany’s mother), Sara Leah bat Parnes Rochel (Cynthia Lynn Haber-Cheryl Hamburg’s sister), Sara Leah bat Bracha (Stacey Deutsch), Shira Raizel Esther bat Mina Zosha (Ruth Messer’s granddaughter), Tzirel Main Sanctuary will be locked while the Torah is being read, during Mussaf Kedusha, and Libah bat Frimed Mindel (Sylvia Lieberman-Philippe Lieberman’s mother), Vickya bat while Rabbi is speaking. Contact Gerald Mayerhoff [email protected] or David Lasko Fruma (Vivian Honig-Susan Chusid’s mother), Yocheved bat Tzril (Joan Niad) [email protected] for an aliyah or kibbud at any of the minyanim
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D’var Torah : Rabbi Yosef Weinstock Shabbat Afternoon In Parshat Vayigash, Yosef and his brothers are reunited. Yosef instructs his siblings to bring 4:20pm Gemara Shiur on Bava Metzia (in Hebrew) Beit Midrash their father Yaakov down to Egypt, along with the rest of the family. He tells his brothers to tell Yaakov (45:9-11): “And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to 4:20pm Daf Yomi Library me, you and your children and your grandchildren, and your flocks and your cattle and all 4:35pm Rabbi Yosef Weinstock’s class. Topic: Yosef Main Sanctuary that is yours.” in Egypt Later in the Parsha Yosef instructs his brothers to tell Pharaoh that their family business in shepherding. Yosef explains why he is so insistent that the brothers share this information 5:20pm Minchah Main Sanctuary (46: 34): “You shall say, 'Your servants have been owners of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our ancestors,' so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, because all 5:20pm Teen Minchah Room 5 shepherds are abhorrent to the Egyptians." One of the effects of living in Goshen that Yosef anticipated would be that Yaakov’s After Minchah Halacha Chaburah with Rabbi Adam Library family would be able to maintain their distance from the rest of Egyptian culture. They would Frieberg be able to maintain their unique culture, practices and identity. As Robert Frost put it, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Goshen could serve as a Jewish enclave in Egypt where After Minchah Gemara Shiur with Rabbi Jonathan Hirsch Chapel Yaakov’s clan could live their lives in peace, without antagonism from the majority Egyptian After Minchah Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits Beit Midrash society. Although this may have worked while Yosef was alive, this situation was short-lived. In Immediately Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5 min. class Library Parshat Shemot we learn that the Egyptians began to oppress the Jewish People within after Maariv Goshen itself. Ramses was a major city in Goshen and the Egyptians enslaved the Jews to work in that city. We also learn that the Jews began to leave the confines of Goshen as the 7:30pm In conjunction with the Siyum HaShas, Chapel community grew. This is alluded to in Shemot 1:7: “The children of Israel were fruitful and special feature length documentary film: swarmed and increased and became very, very strong, and the land became filled with them.” “Only With Joy—The Life and Legacy of Rav The Jewish community may have left the confines of Goshen out of necessity: Perhaps Meir Shapiro” there was no more room for housing, perhaps housing prices made Goshen no longer affordable. Leaving Goshen for other parts of Egypt may have also been a way that Jews sought to avoid Egyptian persecution. It could be that some of the Jews in Goshen thought that they were targets because they were living a separate, cloistered life that raised the ire of Dvar Tefila other Egyptians. If only they would live across the country, then Egyptian-Jewish relations would improve. The Torah tells us that this did not happen: “But as much as they would “And Praise Your Name sincerely (B’Emet), Oh God” afflict them, so did they multiply and so did they gain strength, and the Egyptians were (Artscroll Siddur pg. 428) disgusted because of the children of Israel.” In the previous clause we say, “Everything alive will gratefully acknowledge You. That is When the Jews were isolated in Goshen, the Egyptians hated them. And when the Jews an expression of Hoda’ah. In the next phrase we express praise, ie Hallel. Rav Shmuel spread out across the land, the Egyptians also hated them. Hominer explains that Hoda’ah is an expression of gratitude to Hashem for blessing that I think about these lessons in light of this month’s two most horrific attacks against Jews. are personally felt and experienced. Hallel is an expression of God’s Greatness, without On December 10, three people were murdered in a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, NJ. concern for any personal benefit. Hoda’ah by definition is always subjective and therefore The Mayor of Jersey City identified the attack as a hate crime against Jews, and said that biased. Hallel, on the other hand, is supposed to be unbiased praise of Hashem. This there’s a high probability that the shooters intended to harm the Jewish day school next door th explains why only by Hallel do we describe the praise as “Emet”: not just true, but to the grocery, which teaches more than 50 Jewish children. This past Saturday night, the 7 objective an unbiased praise of God, without any consideration of personal benefit or gain. Day of Chanukah, a man entered the home of a Chasidic Rebbe in Monsey and stabbed multiple people with a machete, leaving two with critical injuries. Monsey is a town in Rockland County, where 31 percent of the total population is comprised of Orthodox Jews. In much of Monsey the percentage of Jews is even greater. Jersey City, NJ has a population SHUL LOST & FOUND of about 250,000. Over the last decade, about 100 Chasidic families have moved into Jersey City in search of more affordable housing and a better quality of life. What these two anti- Please come into the shul office to claim your property Semitic attacks remind us is that there is violent Jew-hatred today in America, both in locations comprised of predominantly Jewish enclaves, as well as in areas where Jews live as a small minority among our non-Jewish neighbors. The first step in addressing this latest wave of violent anti-Semitism is to recognize that this hatred exists due to the existence of THIS PUBLICATION GOES TO THE PRINTER ON WEDNESDAYS. ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE IN THE Jews in the world, and is independent of where Jews live. SHUL OFFICE BY WEDNESDAYS AT NOON.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS Exciting Announcement! Ruach Minyan Shiur Dror & Avivit Ben Aharon Sponsor The Young Israel Torah Center will be headed by 7:00am Minyan In honor of the all the participants of the Daf Yomi in Rabbi Yossi Jankovits in the Beit Midrash. Kiddush celebration of the Siyum HaShas: Rabbi Jay Salid, Danny Hoisman, Rabbi Howard Seif, Daniel Stahl, Herb Fishler, The first addition to the line up is an additional Daf Yomi Shelly Levin, Paul & Neil Ginsberg, Yosef Goldglantz, Irwin Shiur to be held 45 minutes prior to Minchah Sunday to Gottlieb, Ruben Gotlieb, Rabbi Allen Saks, Dr. Sal Imiak, Friday and 45 minutes prior to the Beit Midrash Shacharit Martin Hoffman, Aaron Moses, Rabbi Yaakov Sprung, Rabbi Emmanuel Bouskila, Yosi Lahav, Leonard Hoenig, Sidney every Shabbat morning Shapiro, David Epstein, Barry Levontin, Larry Reiss Please see Rabbi Jankovits for further details 9:00am Minyan Joel & Lauren Berley in honor of their daughter Kira’s Bat Kiddush Mitzvah
YP Minyan Kiddush Shaya & Miriam Gutleizer in honor of Ziva's birthday and the yahrzeit of Miriam Chaya (Marci) bas Shaina Golda
All other Kiddushim Shabbat Sponsors Group and Seudah Shlishit Pulpit Flowers Marc & Carol Berley in honor of their granddaughter Kira’s Bat Mitzvah
Shabbat Safety, Security & First Aid “Safety & Security is everyone’s responsibility. If You See Something Say Something!” Talk to the President, Rabbis, or Executive Director. Thank you to our security personnel; please thank them when you see them! AED (Automated External Defibrillator) & other equipment in closet next to Social Hall. Safety Reflector Belts (a project of the OU) are in the closet for use by our congregants.
Crossing schedule: Stirling Road at SW 33rd Avenue Hollywood Police will control the light Friday 5:00-10:00pm, Shabbat 6:45am-12:30pm & 3:00-7:00pm When crossing Stirling Road, make sure to always wait until cars stop by the light before crossing. Jaywalking is extremely dangerous (& illegal). For the safety of you and your family, it is imperative to cross only in the cross walk.
Shabbat Elevator will operate Shabbat morning from 7:30am-11:00am Parking Notice: The gated parking lots on the north side of our building and along Stirling Road are locked for the duration of Shabbat.
SURVEY IS CLOSING – MAKE YOUR OPINIONS COUNT Our annual survey is closing tomorrow. We have received over 350 responses, and the shul will use this important feedback as a guide towards staffing, programming, and capital prioritization and expenditures. Key statistics and survey results will be published in our annual “State of the Shul” report, and we want to include everyone’s input.
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WEEKDAY LEARNING WEEKDAY DAILY MINYANIM Jan. 5-10 Minchah/Maariv: 5:35pm
Shacharit: Sun. 7:15, 8:00, 9:00am Sanctuary / 8:30am Beit Midrash Mon. 6:15, 7:15, 8:00am Sanctuary / 6:45am Beit Midrash
Tuesday Fast of Tevet Fast begins 5:56am - Fast ends 6:21pm Shacharit: 6:00, 7:00, 8:00am Sanctuary / 6:30am Beit Midrash Minchah 5:25pm
Wed. 6:15, 7:30, 8:00am Sanctuary / 7:00am Beit Midrash Thurs. 6:15, 7:15, 8:00am Sanctuary / 6:45am Beit Midrash Fri. 6:15, 7:30, 8:00am Sanctuary / 7:00am Beit Midrash
WEEKDAY LEARNING
Daf Yomi in the Library. Weekdays: 5:30am & after Maariv. Shabbat: 1 hour before Minchah. Sundays and Legal Holidays: 6:30am. Daf Yomi in the Beit Midrash with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits. Shabbat 8:00am (back room), and Sun.-Fri. 45 min. prior to Minchah Morning Learning Program with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits daily in Beit Midrash. Sun. (7:30-8:30am), Mon., Thurs. (6:00-6:45am), Tues., Wed., Fri. (6:00-7:00am) Sunday: 8:00am Gemara study with David Epstein Monday: 8:30pm Tangential Learning, Tobi Wolf for women, Room 5 8:30pm Gemara Shiur with Rabbi Raphael Stohl Tuesday: After 8:00am minyan, Talmud class with Rabbi Yosef Weinstock, Library. Learn Tractate Chagiga and participate in the Daf Hashavuah Program www.dafaweek.org/ (contact shul office to be added to the shiur e-mail list) 11:00am Kohelet class with Lisa Baratz, Library 7:30pm Parsha class with Rabbi Yaakov Sprung 8:30pm Gemara Chulin with Rabbi Michael Goldberg, Beit Midrash Wednesday: 7:00pm Women’s Gemara class (Baba Metzia), Chapel 8:00pm NEW Mini Series with Rabbi Edward Davis, Beit Midrash
ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS Please see the calendar on the shul website www.yih.org for details of all upcoming programs
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UPCOMING SHUL EVENTS Only With Joy—The Life and Legacy of Rav This Sat. night Jan. 4 at 7:30pm Meir Shapiro, feature length documentary film in the Chapel in conjunction with the Siyum HaShas
Sisterhood Bookclub “ Eleanor Oliphant Is Wed. Jan. 8 at 8:00pm at the Completely Fine ” by Gail Honeyman to be home of Harriette & Willy Moses reviewed by Lynda Levin
AIPAC Annual Partnership Shabbaton sign up Next Shabbat Jan. 10-11 for the Friday night dinner at www.aipac.org/YIH Ladies Night In with Rachel Hercman Sat. night Jan 11, 7:30-9:00pm hosted by Naomi Baratz Rabbi Yoni Levin “ Preserving the Torah in an Mon. Jan 13, 8:00pm in Beit Ever-changing World” Midrash Teichman-Rosenblatt Shabbat Mevorchim Shabbat, Jan. 25, 4:00pm at the lecture with Rabbi Edward Davis home of Marc & Lori Ben-Ezra
The Sofer is coming….. Rabbi Shmuel Rosenfeld, Sofer from Yerushalayim, is coming to Florida and will be in Boca January 9-14 and at YIH January 14-19. He will be available to check mezuzot and tefillin. If you wish to purchase mezuzot scrolls, tefillin, etc. or if you are in need of the Sofer’s services you may contact Rabbi Rosenfeld. American line in Israel: 212-561-5128, U.S. #: 212-920-5046 or e-mail: [email protected]
Attention Parents of Israel Students: Rabbi Weinstock will be in Israel mid-February and would like to meet up with Hollywood students while he is there. Please send your student’s contact information to https://www.yih.org/ college-students-info-form.html
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ADULT & FAMILY EVENTS
BNEI AKIVA EVENTS
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COMMUNITY NEWS Youth & Teen Shabbat Schedule Time Youth Program Age/Grade Location Agudath Israel 13th Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi, Sun. 1/5 4:00pm at Signature Grand, Davie. Info or reserve seats: call 305-532-2500 or 8:30am Babysitting 18 mo - Nursery 3 Back of House [email protected] 9:00am – Pre-Groups Game Room Pre K - 4th Grade Room 3-4 Joshua’s Path Spring 2020 Educational and Empowerment Seminar Series 10:00am at the Posnack JCC, Tues. 1/7 10:30am.Kickoff presentation: Surfing in Youth Minyan followed by hot Elem & Middle Cyberspace—Keeping Your Loved One Safe on the Internet Highway. For 9:30am Chapel Kiddush School with parents information contact Sharlene Glassman: 954-909-0822 10:00am – Various rooms, [email protected] or see the website www.jfsbroward.org Morning Groups Pre K - 4th Grade Friendship Circle Awareness Day, Sun. 3/1 from 11:00am-1:00pm at TY Park, 11:30am inquire upstairs Hollywood. For information contact Chana at 786-354-3269 or Morning Groups Late Pickup ($18 Starting at charge except when there is a [email protected] Pre K - 4th Grade Room 3-4 Women’s Megillah Reading: Any women and Bat Mitzvah age girls who are 11:30am speaker in the main shul)
interested in being part of this year’s reading or learning a chapter, contact Yaffa Shekhter at [email protected] or 954-701-5619. 3:30-4:30pm Bnei Akiva Snif Grades 2 - 5 Upstairs Hebrew Classes with Sima Dobkin at YIH: New 9 week course resumes Sun. Time Teen Program Age/Grade Location 1/5 and Mon. 1/6 and will run until 3/2. Please contact Sima at 954-752-1044. Teen Boys Sefer HaChinuch Boys in grades PATCH Free Tutoring Program contact Larry Reiss (954) 662-3128. 9:00-9:30am Room 5 Chaburah with Rav Natan Tomchei Shabbos assists needy families in our community with meals for 8-12 Shabbat. Checks may be mailed to the shul, or donate online at www.yih.org Teen Minyan followed by hot Hollywood Community Kollel, 4016 N. 46 Ave. (Winn Dixie shopping center). 9:30am Kiddush & Final Four Shiur with Grades 8-12 Room 5 Early Minchah 2:00pm Sun.-Thurs. Late Ma’ariv 9:30pm Sun.-Thurs. Rav Natan 30 min before Hilchot Shabbat Chaburah for Girls in grades Chapel shul Mincha Teen Girls with Rav Natan 8-12 Same time as Teen Mincha, followed by Teen Grades 8-12 Room 5 shul Mincha Seudah Shlishit with Rav Natan 5 min before Teen Maariv Grades 8-12 Room 5 shul Maariv
Teach Florida organized a call this week inviting hundreds of activists to plan our community’s response to the recent anti-Semitic attacks in New York and New Jersey. Three years ago, Teach Florida secured first-time state security funding for Jewish schools. Today, 974 schools, shuls and other Jewish communal institutions need and deserve stronger protection. Become an activist for your community by emailing [email protected]
YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD ENCOURAGES OUR MEMBERS’ HOSPITALITY & PARTICIPATION AT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE SYNAGOGUE DOES NOT SUPERVISE THE KASHRUT OF COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR CAMPUS, NOR PRIVATE EVENTS AT MEMBERS' HOMES. CONSULT THE RABBIS WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
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YIH YOUTH & TEEN ACTIVITIES
Program Features: Pricing - REDUCED BY POPULAR DEMAND: Open to boys & girls, grades Pre-K to 6 Full program - 7 days - $399 $349 Sports, Drama, Arts & Crafts Week 2 only - 5 days - $299 $279 Trips almost every day Add Thursday or Friday, Jan 16 or 17, Special guest performers to Week 2: $59 $52 Age-appropriate tefilah & fun learning Individual days, no minimum: $75/day Surprise special events Prices include daily lunch, snacks, and Lunch & snacks included trips High staff-camper ratio DISCOUNTS: Dates & Times: Early Bird: Register by Wed, Jan 8, save 5% nd rd Thursday & Friday, January 16-17 and Sibling Discounts: 2 child - 5%; 3 child January 4, 7pm: V’Shinantam Lite, featuring Rabbi Frieberg Monday - Friday, January 20-24 - 10%; all additional children- 20% We’re hiring! January 11, 7:05pm: V’Shinantam PLUS Drop-off at YIH at 8:00 AM. Pick up at YIH at 4:00 PM (on Fridays, Counselors & Teachers: Apply at January 18, 7:10pm: V’Shinantam ROCKS pick up is at 3:00 PM) yih.org/form/wba-staff January 25, 7:15pm: V’Shinantam Lite, Rabbi TBA
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