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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 & Sephardi Rabbi David Lasko, President

3291 Stirling Road, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312 954-966-7877 email: [email protected] www.yih.org

NITZAVIM 28 Elul 5779 SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 Deuteronomy 29:9 HAFTORAH Isaiah 61:10 Nach Yomi : Esther 8 Daf Yomi : Meilah 11 Daf Hashavua: Moed Katan 21 TIMES Candle Lighting 6:53pm Shabbat Ends 7:50pm

Bar Mitzvah of Matthew White. Mazel Tov! We welcome all newcomers, visitors and guests

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OUR YIH FAMILY…. Friday Mazal Tov: 6:53pm Candle Lighting  Matthew White upon today's celebration of his Bar Mitzvah, and to Matthew's 7:00pm Minchah/Maariv Main Sanctuary parents Jeremy & Rachel White, grandparents Jay & Michelle Mendelsohn and George & Joani White, uncles & aunts Alan & Caryl Mendelsohn, Debbie 7:00pm Sephardic Minchah/Maariv Library & Carl Drucker and to the entire family. 7:05pm Minchah/Maariv Beit Midrash  Dr. Trudy Abramson on becoming President, AMIT Southeast Region and continuing in the position of Vice President of Education. 7:11pm Sunset / Shkiah  Marlene & Dale Bergman on the birth of a grandson, Lev Tzvi (Leo Eric), born Shabbat Morning to Dani & Chaim Bergman in Englewood, NJ, and to great aunt & uncle Ruthy & Steven Mandel and to the entire family. 7:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary Young Israel of Hollywood West: 8:00am Shacharit Minyan Room 1 & 2  We are extremely proud to announce the launch of Young Israel of Hollywood 8:15am Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Adam Frieberg Beit Midrash West. The minyan meets on Shabbat and Yom Tov at Brauser Maimonides Academy. We thank BMA for hosting this exciting new initiative. For further 8:45am Beit Midrash Minyan House across the street information contact Rabbi Weinstock or David Lasko. Welcome New Members: 9:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary  Eli & Miriam (Ungar) Hen, Oded & Tehilla Karavani, Corey & Isabelle 9:00am Sephardic Minyan. Library Schwartz. Sermon by Rabbi Edward Davis “Striving for Honesty.” Rabbi Davis’s shiur after the Minyan “When Lying is Permitted.”

9:15am Parsha class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back room of the house 9:30am YP Minyan. Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Modular Moshe Nachbar after Minyan Shabbat Safety, Security & First Aid 9:30am Teen Minyan Room 5 “Safety & Security is everyone’s responsibility. If You See Something Say Something!” 9:30am Youth Minyan Chapel Talk to the President, Rabbis, or Executive Director. Thank you to our security personnel; please thank them when you see them! 10:11am Latest Shema Time 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 10:15am Parsha class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back room of the house use by our congregants.

Shabbat Crossing schedule: Stirling Road at SW 33rd Avenue 10:45am Sefer HaMitzvot Shiur, Rabbi Moshe Beit Midrash

Hollywood Police will control the light Parnes Friday 6:30-10:30pm Shabbat 6:45am-12:30pm & 5:30-8:30pm 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.

Main Sanctuary will be locked while the Torah is being read, during Mussaf Kedusha, and while Rabbi is speaking. Contact Gerald Mayerhoff [email protected] or David Lasko [email protected] for an aliyah or kibbud at any of the minyanim

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Shabbat Afternoon THANK YOU TO OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS

5:35pm Gemara Shiur on Bava Metzia (in Hebrew) Beit Midrash 7:00am Minyan Daniel Stahl in honor of Rabbi Allen Saks on the anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah 5:50pm Daf Yomi Library Beit Midrash Jamie & Menashe, Benny & Ayden Frank in celebration of having 6:05pm Rabbi Weinstock’s class. “Making the Main Sanctuary Minyan Kiddush Yael and Emma in town for Rosh Hashanah Machzor More Meaningful” 9:00 am Minyan Jeremy & Rachel White, Eitan, Jonathan & Mia in honor of 6:50pm Minchah Main Sanctuary Kiddush Matthew’s Bar Mitzvah 6:50pm Teen Minchah Room 5 Pulpit Flowers In honor of Matthew’s Bar Mitzvah by: After Minchah Halacha Chaburah with Rabbi Adam Library and Shabbat -Jay & Michelle Mendelsohn, Seth & Courtney, Jared & Victoria. Frieberg Announcements -Debbie & Carl Drucker and family. -Alan & Caryl Mendelsohn and family. After Minchah Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits Beit Midrash

No Gemara Shiur with Rabbi Jonathan Torah Dialogue Myra Shulkes & family in memory of Dr. Howard Shulkes Hirsch this Shabbat Teen Seudah With Rav Natan Rooms 3 & 4 Join us as we welcome and meet this year’s Bnot Sherut and Shlishit ShinShinim Immediately Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5 min. class Library Shabbat Sponsorship Opportunities after Maariv 7:00am Minyan Kiddush $50 sponsorship/mashgiach fee Sephardic Minyan Kiddush $50 sponsorship/mashgiach fee 8:00am Minyan Kiddush $50 sponsorship/mashgiach fee Dvar Tefila Beit Midrash Kiddush $336 fixed menu, all inclusive Aleinu (Artscroll Siddur pg. 482) YP Minyan Kiddush $236 fixed menu, all inclusive “On that day Hashem will be One and His Name will be One” 9:00am Minyan Kiddush $325 cake, soda & paper goods only Youth Minyan Kiddush $125 basic/$175 deluxe “The Jewish historical experience is determined not by the point of departure but by the Teen Minyan Kiddush $125 basic/$175 deluxe destination. As one example, there is a strong awareness among most Jews that Israel is the Seudah Shlishit $360 Promised Land. The promise is a destiney yet to be fulfilled. Our present day support for Torah Dialogue/Shabbat Announcements/Pulpit Flowers $136 each or $250 for package

Israel is fueled not by past events, but by anticipation of something beautiful and Weekly and special classes also available for sponsorship. Contact Rabbi Adam Frieberg . miraculous which beckons on the horizon, the ideal represented by the conclusion of this Honor a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, anniversary or other simcha or commemorate a yahrzeit. verse, ‘On that day the Lord will be One and His name One.’ The eschatological vision of drives Jewish history.” (Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, quoted from The Koren Mesoret HaRav Siddur WE HAVE SET UP FOR ROSH HASHANAH! PLEASE DO NOT MOVE THE SEATS (OU Press/ Koren Publishers) pg. 600) AROUND DURING SHABBAT DAVENING

PLEASE NOTE: NO SUNDAY BREAKFAST THIS WEEK

Shabbat Elevator will operate Shabbat morning from 7:30am-11:00am THIS PUBLICATION GOES TO THE PRINTER ON WEDNESDAYS. ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE IN THE

Parking Notice: The gated parking lots on the north side of our building and SHUL OFFICE BY WEDNESDAYS AT NOON. along Stirling Road are locked for the duration of Shabbat

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D’var Torah : Rabbi Yosef Weinstock YOM TOV INFORMATION One afternoon in , Rabbi Yakov Vann was on his way to the synagogue for the If you know of anyone who wil be homebound on Rosh Hashanah, please afternoon prayers when somebody called out from a doorway asking him to complete a contact Rabbi Weintock or Rabbi Frieberg to arrange for a Shofar blowing. If minyan in a house of mourning. He gladly agreed to pray with the mourners, but upon you are able to volunteer to blow the Shofar, please let us know. entering the apartment, he was surprised to observe that although it was full of seforim (sacred Jewish books), the mourners themselves did not appear to be religiously observant. The Feintuch family announces the availability of a free Tashlich app, for all After the prayer service had concluded, Rabbi Vann took out a Mishnah Berurah to examine devices, developed in memory of their beloved father and grandfather, it, and he was even more taken aback to see that its margins were full of astute insights and Joseph Katzenstein. To download go to http://www.rustybrick.com/iphone- comments. He inquired about the owner of the seforim, and one of the mourners replied that tashlich.php they all belonged to the deceased, his father. Rabbi Vann probed further, asking whether any Kol Nidrei Appeal 5780: The Kol Nidrei Appeal is our largest fundraiser of of the other family members used the books. Sadly, the son responded that although his father the year. It enables us to continue to serve the Hollywood-Ft Lauderdale had been a very pious and learned Torah scholar, none of his children had followed in his community as the center of Orthodox Jewish life. Please respond to the call ways. He explained that when his father came home each night, he would lock himself in his and give generously. Pledges can be fulfilled in installments over the course study and spend hours poring over his beloved tomes. However, because his only of the fiscal year. Thank you for your support. occurred behind closed doors and not in the presence of his family, his children never observed him learning and therefore did not absorb his passion for Torah and mitzvot. Sukkot Hospitality: If you need hospitality for Sukkot, or are able to host As Rabbi Vann left the mourners, he realized that this encounter gave him a newfound guests in your Sukkah, please contact Rabbi Frieberg. appreciation of a novel Torah thought that he had recently heard. In Parshat Nitzavim, Moshe told the Jewish people. The Dr. Shlomo Hochbaum (a”h) Kol Ha’nearim Chupah: The Kol Ha’nearim aliyah each Simchat Torah is a moving, poignant moment. As the children crowd onto the Bimah, they look up to the Chupah above them and see their הַנ ִּ֨ סְתָּר תֹ֔ לַה אֱֹל- ֵ֑הינּו ְו ַהנ גְ ֹֹ֞לת ָָֹֹּ֤לנּו ּו ְֹל ָּב ִּ֨נ י נ ִּּ֨ו ַעד־עֹו ֹ֔ ָּלם ַלַֽ ֲע ׂ֕שֹות ֶאת־ ָּכל־ ד ְב ֵ֖רי ַהתֹוָּ רה הַֹּֽ ַֽאת names. Children’s names may be added to the Chupah, $36 per name, sign The hidden things belong to the Lord, our God, but the revealed things apply to us and to our up at https://www.yih.org/chupah children forever: that we must fulfill all the words of this Torah.

Rashi understands this verse to be referring to sins. We believe that Jews are responsible for one another, not only on a physical level but on a spiritual level as well. This means that if a Jew witnesses a fellow Jew doing something wrong and does not speak up to correct the NEW FOR ELUL situation, then the bystander shares in the guilt of the sin. Rashi explains that this verse is Daily Elul Reflection via WhatsApp: teaching us that this is only true for public sins. We might be worried that we all share in the Rabbi Weinstock sends out a daily thought to help us get into the High Holidays mindset. To guilt of hidden sins as well, even though we don’t know about them. That is why the verse join the group go to: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ia7R0Y359ESCB9FAQm4Q5J says that hidden matters belong to Hashem. God will take care of the secret sins. But each of Open Office Hours: us must step up and address those sins that are done in public. Rabbi Weinstock will have open office hours at select times during the week. To schedule However, Rav Aharon Rokeach, the fourth Belzer and uncle of the present Belzer an appointment simply go to: https://calendly.com/meetingrabbiweinstock Rebbe, suggested that the verse can be interpreted as referring to mitzvot: “Hidden things If you’d like to meet at a different time, please contact Elaine at the shul office. belong to God”- if we hide our mitzvot by doing them privately, then only Hashem will know about our righteous ways. On the other hand, “the revealed things apply to us and to our children.” If we take a different approach and reveal our good deeds to our children, then our religious priorities and values will remain ad olam - for all eternity, as they will be carried on by our children and descendants for all generations. OUR IDF LONE SOLDIERS Humility is a valued character trait. But when it comes to performing mitzvot we need to Emma Frank, Lauren Friedman, Sara Shulamit Klein, have some ego. We need to proudly exhibit, even flaunt at times, the mitzvot that we do, so Nathaniel Melnitsky, Rina Reich, Moshe Schiff that it can positively impact our children and our community.

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UPCOMING SHUL EVENTS IN OCTOBER ROSH HASHANAH SCHEDULE Mon. Oct. 7 8:00pm Chapel SUNDAY – SEPT. 29, 2019 EREV ROSH HASHANAH High Holidays Lecture Series. Teshuva shiur Shacharit (Hatarat Nedarim NO Selichot) Chapel 7:15 AM (video) with Rabbi Frand. See flyer. Shacharit (Hatarat Nedarim & Selichot) Shul 7:00 AM Shacharit (Hatarat Nedarim & Selichot) Beit Midrash 8:00 AM High Holidays Lecture Series. Sukkot: The Thurs. Oct. 10 8:00pm Chapel Shacharit (Hatarat Nedarim & Selichot) Shul 9:00 AM Secret to Simcha with Rabbi Adam Frieberg. See Light Yom Tov Candles 6:51 PM flyer. Minchah Main Sanctuary only – open seating 6:55 PM The Big ShBang!! Fri. Oct. 18 MONDAY – SEPT. 30, 2019 FIRST DAY ROSH HASHANAH Shacharit V’tikin Minyan Beit Midrash 6:30 AM Siddur 101 with Sara Frieberg Shabbat Mon. Oct. 28 8:00pm Rm. 3/4 Shacharit Shul, Modular (Sephardic), Club & L’Chaim 8:00 AM Services Conclude Before 1:00 PM Davening Shofar Blowing by Rabbi Davis at the Davis home 4:00 PM Tashlich at the home of Robert & Myriam Klein 5:00 PM HOLLYWOOD TO WELCOME IDF COMBAT VETERANS ~ NOVEMBER 10-17 Minchah Main Sanctuary only – open seating 6:55 PM Maariv Main Sanctuary only – open seating 7:48 PM YIH will be hosting a Golani unit as part of Peace of Mind’s nine-month intervention that Light Yom Tov Candles After 7:48 PM includes a week spent in a Jewish community abroad. The program is designed to help former Israeli combat soldiers transition into daily life after their military service. TUESDAY – OCT. 1, 2019 SECOND DAY ROSH HASHANAH Shacharit V’tikin Minyan Beit Midrash 6:30 AM For one special week, the Hollywood community will play an integral part in their healing Shacharit Shul, Modular (Sephardic), Club & L’Chaim 8:00 AM process. The soldiers will be hosted by local families, undergo intensive therapy and engage Services Conclude Before 1:00 PM in special events and local entertainment.

Shofar Blowing by Rabbi Davis at the Davis home 4:00 PM Help us make this week possible. Any amount is appreciated. Minchah Main Sanctuary only – open seating 6:55 PM Donate now: https://bit.ly/pomyih Yom Tov ends 7:47 PM To become a sponsor, contact Jamie Frank at (954) 651-1782. WEDNESDAY – OCT. 2, 2019 FAST OF GEDALIAH ______Fast Begins 6:05 AM Shabbat with our Soldiers ~ Tribute Dinner ~ Friday, November 15th Shacharit 5:45, 6:30, 7:00 & 8:00 AM More information and opportunities to volunteer and/or participate in community events Minchah 6:45 PM Fast Ends 7:39 PM with the soldiers will follow.

REFUAH SHLEIMAH Binyamin Simcha ben Adina Minya (Binny Ciment), Binyamin ben Chemla WEEKDAY DAILY MINYANIM Thurs./Fri. Oct. 3-4 (Binyamin Israel), David HaKohen ben Esther (Lev Kandinov’s father), Eliezer HaLevi Minchah/Maariv: 6:55pm ben Chana (Leon Brauser-Joel Brauser’s father), Kalman Moshe ben Devorah, Netanel

Shacharit: Elan ben Shayna Tzipporah (wounded IDF soldier), Solomon ben Solika (Solomon Perez-Ilana Melnitsky’s father), Yehuda Arieh ben Mindla (Philippe Leiberman’s father), 5:45, 7:00, 8:00am Sanctuary / 6:30am Beit Midrash Yisroel Yechiel ben Chaya (Michael Reinhard-Kenny Reinhard’s father), Yitzchak Chanoch ben Chana (nephew of Vanessa Shamah and Lauren Davis), Yaakov Lev ben Shoshana (Jeff Whisler-Josh Whisler’s father), Yoseph Benyamin ben Cochava (Ralph Sharaby’s son), Yussel ben Hinda Leah (Joel Bofshever-Dorie Ehrenreich’s father) SHABBAT SHUVA October 5 Batya bat Sara, Chana Ety bat Zirel Libah, Chaya Sara bat Dubra (Irene Berlin-Reva 5:45pm Rabbi Weinstock’s Shabbat Shuva Drasha Homnick’s mother), Devora bat Sheina Baila, Elka bat Tova (Leona Brauser-Joel “Fate and Faith: Lotteries on Yom Kippur and in Jewish Tradition” Brauser’s mother), Feiga Necha bat Pessel (Fay Lerner), Masha bat Ruth (Marcia Chonchol-Craig Barany’s mother), Sara Leah bat 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 Libah bat Frimed Mindel (Sylvia Lieberman-Philippe Lieberman’s mother), Vickya bat Fruma (Vivian Honig-Susan Chusid’s mother), Yocheved bat Tzril (Joan Niad)

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COMMUNITY NEWS

 Hebrew Classes to begin with Sima Dobkin at YIH: (1) Intermediate Conversational Hebrew Sundays 9:30-11:00am 10/27 to 12/29 $250 for 10 classes. (2) Advanced Conversational Hebrew Tuesdays 6:00-7:30pm 10/29 to 12/31 $250 for 10 classes. Call Sima to register 954-752-1044.  Teach Florida's Legislative Breakfast 11/24. 9:30am at Beth Torah Benny Rok Nearly 70% of Israelis Vote in Unprecedented Campus. Save the date. Stand up for safe, affordable schools.  Annual of Bat Amit National Service volunteers, 11/21 to 11/24 in Election Hollywood. Looking for hosts, register at https://forms.gle/inYtR713mF2Fpbjc8. For On Sept. 17, Israeli voters returned to the polls across the country to decide further information or questions contact Racheli Lasry 305-916-8640 the newest members of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. These  Lulavim & Etrogim: Orders are being taken at Holyland Judaica, 5650 Stirling unprecedented follow-up elections, the first in the country’s history, were Road 954-964-4288. triggered by the Knesset’s dissolution vote in May after Prime Minister  Sing, Sign, Simcha at YIH, Tuesdays 10:30am, music program for infants to 3 Benjamin Netanyahu was unable to form a new government. To encourage years, accompanied by an adult. Sign up at [email protected] voter participation, Israel's election day is a national holiday. President  Jeanette Levine Bridal Gemach. Contact Robin Andisman 954-588-7600 or Reuven Rivlin called it the "festival of Democracy." Parents were [email protected] encouraged to bring their children to the polls and public transportation was  Jewish Lending Library for adults and children in Hollywood. If you would like free. Turnout in the race was 69.4 percent, higher than the previous election to donate books, call or text Tamar Ference at 305-721-5880. and notably higher than that of U.S. elections. Arab turnout was also up from  Bikur Cholim Medical Equipment Gemach: If you are in need of medical the previous election. The President of Israel must now choose a member of equipment on a temporary basis such as a wheelchair, walker, crutches, please call Knesset to form the next coalition. The strength of the U.S.-Israel 954-894-8514 or contact www.bikurcholimhollywood.org relationship is rooted in both countries’ shared values and common  PATCH Free Tutoring Program contact Larry Reiss (954) 662-3128. interests. Regardless of the composition of the new government, which has yet to be determined, the U.S.-Israel relationship must remain strong and  Tomchei Shabbos assists needy families in our community with meals for continue to transcend partisan politics, for the benefit of both nations. Shabbat. Checks may be mailed to the shul, or donate online at www.yih.org  Hollywood Community Kollel, 4016 N. 46 Ave. (Winn Dixie shopping center). Early Minchah 2:00pm Sun.-Thurs. Late Ma’ariv 9:30pm Sun.-Thurs. Our synagogue partners with AIPAC, America’s pro-Israel lobby, in educating our community on issues affecting the U.S.-Israel relationship. We encourage you to learn more by contacting AIPAC at (202) 639-5200 or by visiting www.aipac.org.

This week was National Voter Registration Week, where last year nearly a million US citizens nationwide registered to vote. Whether it was a Kollel, restaurant, or high school, Teach Florida was there this week registering

YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD ENCOURAGES OUR MEMBERS’ HOSPITALITY AND PARTICIPATION voters. If you missed us you can always register online at AT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE SYNAGOGUE DOES NOT SUPERVISE THE KASHRUT OF COMMUNITY https://teachcoalition.org/fl/vote/ or contact us FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR CAMPUS, NOR PRIVATE EVENTS AT MEMBERS' HOMES. at [email protected] with questions. CONSULT THE RABBIS WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

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Youth Shabbat Schedule

Time Program Age/Grade Location

8:30am Babysitting 18months-Nursery 3 Back of House

9:00am Game Room Pre K - 4th Gr. Room 3-4

10:00am Shabbat Groups Pre-K & Room 6 Kindergarten

10:00am Shabbat Groups Nursery 3 Chapel

10:00am Shabbat Groups 1st-2nd Gr. Girls Room 3 10:00am Shabbat Groups 1st-2nd Gr. Boys Room 4 10:00am Minyanairres 3rd & 4th Gr. Girls Room 1

10:00am Minyanairres 3rd & 4th Gr. Boys Room 2 Children who attend Youth Groups must be picked up by their parent or legal guardian at the conclusion of the 9:00am services in the Main Sanctuary Teen Shabbat Schedule 9:30am Teen Minyan 8th-12th Gr. Room 5 Followed by Final Four Rashi Shiur with Rav Natan after Kiddush 6:50pm Teen Minchah Room 5 Teen Seudah Shlishit with Rav Room 3 & 4 Natan after Minchah

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