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Parashat Lech Lecha October 28-November 3, 2017 — 8-14 Cheshvan 5778 Welcome to World Wide & Pink and Teal Shabbat Reading — page 54, Baalei Keriah — Jerry Rotenberg & Josh Flaum — 40:27 - 41:16 page 1133 — Marti Mendelsberg Pisukei d’Zimra by Marti Mendelsberg, by Scott Tene, Musaf by Parris Ten Minutes of Text with Chaitovsky at Seudah Shlishit Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky Ilene Rosen—Executive Director Cantor Joel Lichterman Jeff Kline—President Service Times Saturday—October 28 Daf Yomi 8:00 am Shacharit, Sanctuary 9:00 am Shacharit, Chapel 9:15 am Taste of Torah 10:00 am Mincha, Chapel 5:40 pm Havdalah 7:15 pm Sunday—October 29 Daf Yomi 7:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 8:30 am Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm Monday—October 30 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm Sefer HaChinuch 8:00 pm Pink and Teal Shabbat Tuesday—October 31 Congregants are invited to submit names for a special Kaddish, Daf Yomi 5:45 am Mishaberach, or Birkat Ha Gomel during the Mishaberach prayer. Shacharit, Chapel 6:45 am Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm Learn more about breast and ovarian cancers from a panel discussion following services in the Sanctuary facilitated by Debbie Friedman. Wednesday—November 1 Daf Yomi 5:45 am Panelists will speak briefly followed by time for questions and answers. Shacharit, Chapel 6:45 am The panelists: Dr. Jerry Kopelman (OBGYN & Clinical Professor of Cantor’s Class 7:30 am Obstetrics and Gynecology), Lisa Mulleaux (Genetic Counselor), Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm Patrice Hauptman (Executive Director of Colorado Ovarian Cancer Thursday—November 2 Alliance-COCA), and Gail Nussbaum (cancer survivor). Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Thank you to Sharsheret, COCA, and to Patti Jo Streltzer Ellyn Hutt’s Class 11:00 am for helping make this event possible. Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm Friday—November 3 Please join us for Kiddush in the Social Hall sponsored by the Rosen family Daf Yomi 5:45 am in memory of Don Rosen’s 1st Yahrzeit. If you are interested in sponsoring Kiddush or renting space in the synagogue please call us Shacharit, Chapel 6:45 am at 303-388-4203. Please respect the sanctity of our services by refraining from entering or Mincha 5:40 pm leaving while the ark is open, Mourners Kaddish, Kedusha and Sermon. Candle Lighting 5:36 pm שבת שלום ומבורך! .Please note our services are cell free zones Parashat Lech Lecha Summary G-d speaks to Abram, commanding him, “Go from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.” There, G-d says, he will be made into a great nation. He must leave behind everything he has known in order to begin a relationship with -G d which is to develop for him into a deep faith. Once he arrives in G-d promises him that this land will become the home of his descendants. Abram's name is changed to as part of a new with G-d, through circumcision. Later on, Sarai, his wife, becomes . The males in his household are circumcised, forever after the sign of the Covenant between Abraham’s descendants and G-d. Upcoming Events @ BMH-BJ World-Wide Shabbat Communal Havdallah — Motzei Shabbat, October 28 at 7:15 pm at BMH-BJ Uplifting musical havdallah with special guest speaker Rav Gav and scrumptious hors d’oeuvres and desserts. Register via our website or call the Jewish Experience at 303-316-6412. Conversation, Coffee, and Chesed —Sunday, October 29 • 10:00 - 12:00 in the Foyer Please join the Chesed Group, Jeff Kline, Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky and Rabbi Benjamin Last for bagels and coffee to discuss chesed and it’s important role in our shul community. Learn more about the Chesed Group and opportunities to get involved in our current activities. For questions please contact Wendy Davis at 303-951-8220 or [email protected] or Patti Jo Streltzer, 303-388-4203 or [email protected] Great Debates in Jewish History — Mondays starting October 30 • 9:00-10:00 am in the Gallery Rabbi Yossi Serebryanski takes you through six fundamental conflicts that pitted the greatest Jewish minds against each other. Class will run for six weeks. Registration and fee for this class required at www.myjli.com Grandparents and Special Friends Party — Friday, November 3 at 9:30 am in Fisher Hall Ageless Adversity — Tuesday, November 7 • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape Street The Afterglow of Adversity—We can choose to be diminished by life OR emboldened when faced with trials and tribulations. Join us to explore the opportunity to rise strong! Jane W. Barton, MTS, MASM, CSA. Wednesday Wisdom Series with Rabbi Chaitovsky — Nov 8, 15, 29, and Dec 6, 13 at 10:00 am and 7:30 pm Give us five weeks and we’ll give you 5000 years of Jewish Wisdom! The same class will be repeated each Wednesday morning and again in the evening. Learn about G-d, the two , Mashiach and Olam Haba. BMH-BJ Senior Chavurah—Thursday, November 9, 1:00 pm in the Gallery Herold Concert. This amazing young musician will play for you both Jewish and secular tunes. For questions about this event or the Chavurah, call Karen Douglass at 303.324.7384. The Men’s Event at Jewish Colorado — Thursday, November 9 • 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm The largest gathering of Jewish men West of the Mississippi with Keynote Speaker Consul General Sam Grundwerg. Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, 7711 E Academy Blvd #1, Denver, CO 80230. To reserve your space go to www.jewishcolorado.org/mensevent/ Family PJ Shabbat Service for Tots —Shabbat, November 18 at 10:30 am in the Gallery This is the opportunity for your little ones to have a Shabbat of fun. This is an interactive Shabbat experience with food, songs, art projects, and games. Kids may wear pajamas. Join us! Daily/Weekly Torah Learning

►Daf-Yomi one hour before Shacharit ►Women’s Parasha Shiur Thursdays at 11:00 am - Rabbi Fleischmann - Ellyn Hutt ►Law, Legend & Lore daily after Mincha ►Taste of Torah Shabbat at 10:00 am - Rabbi Chaitovsky - Essie Fleischmann ►Sefer HaChinuch Mondays at 8:00 pm ►Ten Minutes of Text Shabbat at Seudah Shelishit - Rabbi Stern - Rabbi Chaitovsky ►Sefer Shemot Wednesdays at 7:30 am ►Wednesday Wisdom - 10:00 am and 7:30 pm - Cantor Lichterman -Rabbi Chaitovsky (Nov 8, 15, 29, and Dec 6, 13) Mazal Tov! to Jacques and Lisa Ruda on the birth of a granddaughter, Orly Clara Kohen, to parents Emily and Danny Kohn in Bethesda, MD. Paternal grandparents are Bob and Alice Kohn of Highland Park, IL.. to Leland Huttner on the birth of a new great-granddaughter, Andie, on the 6th of October to his grandson Will Rappaport and his wife Jacklyn Kohn in Washington DC. to Norman Brownstein who is being honored at the JCC’s Annual Dinner this Wednesday evening. Birthdays Baum, Pamela Boscoe, Dechtman, Geffen Ferszt, Bruce Flossic, Harrison Geller, Jillian Jackson, Sharon Jacobson, Jeremy Kimel, Shoshana Kregarman, Ava Leventhal, Hazel Melmed, Sam Plattner, Samantha Ramo-Cofino, Benjamin Sanders, Marvin Scheinblatt, Toni Schiff, Alexander Shoflick, Larry Siegel, Sherry Tenenbaum Anniversaries Richard & Toby Meyer (56) Jerry Neiman & Pearl Neiman (58) Refuah Sheleima/Speedy Recovery Gloria Abrams, Sara Behmoaras, Francine (Feige ) Greenberg bat Ita Liba, Elisa Panser Garner, Koby Gruenwald, Eleanor Hailpern, Crystal Hickman, Paula Hutt, Burton Kaplan, Barry Kassar, Doniel Kaye, Cantor Lichterman, Valerie Miller, Nina Molk, Arlene Moss, Toby Mower, Mark Reinhardt (Moshe b”Rachel Leah), Moishey Sandler, Scott Smith, Robert Springer, Weinstein, Cantor Maurice Weiss, Mildred Zerobnick, Charles Zwerdlinger HaMakom Yenacheim Etchem Dr. Mickey J. (Donna) Mandel on the loss of their brother, Ret. Navy Capt. Allan Lee Mandel, z’’l Yahrzeits Shabbat, October 28, 2017 / 8 Cheshvan 5778 Jessie Agron, Gloria Balgley, Lawrence Bernstein, Stephen A. Brandt, Lottie Cohen, Morris Cohen, Anthony Cook, Rudy Fishbach, Enta Giverz, David Greenstein, Max Herz, Goldie Kaplan, Albert Katz, Ethel Krakover, Hyman Paul Miller, Arnold Moss, Ben Radetsky, Alexander Raphael, Donald "Don" Rosen, Settle, Susan Fraitag Shapiro, Ethel Shraiberg, Mark Shraiberg, Ethel Shraiberg, Elsa Towbin, Inna Tsiporkina, Blanche Weiss, Dorothy Zipes Sunday, October 29, 2017 / 9 Cheshvan 5778 Larry Bernstein, Lillian Camins, Ida Charney, Sam Davis, Flora Dulberg, Marilyn Goldberg, David Hyman Goldberg, Yetta Greenberg, Stanley Hailpern, Samuel Aron Kaminsky, Gerald Kessel, Lehrer, Phil Levine, Jack Levy, Else Lier, Meyer Masters, Harry Mermelstein, Hym Rahabi, Sharon Siegel, Philip S. Sobel, Fan Tarlie, Max Toplitzky Monday, October 30, 2017 / 10 Cheshvan 5778 Gerald Altman, Ida Rose Berman, Sigmund H. Blaugrund, Meyer Blitt, Steve Cohen, Sam P. Davis, Friedman, Julius Gilman, Elizabeth Hochstadt, Katie Kaplan, Vivian Kilstrup, Robert Kramer, Abraham Landow, David Mermelstein, Beatrice Needler, Annie Niernberg, Stanley Orlin, Harry Paul, Dora Rodman, Nathan Rothenberg, Morey A. Samelson, Rabbi Moshe Schatz, Harold Shapiro, Nettie Shemberg, David Soskin, Tillie Susman, Dr. Justin Weiker, Camil Weisskopf, Dorothy Zeplen, Luiza Zlatman Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / 11 Cheshvan 5778 Caroline M. Baer, Mickey Barter, Mikkel Barter, Peryle Beck, Cohan, Bennett Cowen, Jack Gardenswartz, Yetta Goldstein, Flora S. Hayutin, Thelma Kiken, Selma Lehrer, Frayde Leventhal, Harry Reiner, Leon Rogoff, Lillian Rosenbaum, Ida Weiss, Bennie Wolf, Nathan Yanish Wednesday, November 1, 2017 / 12 Cheshvan 5778 Reuben Barnett, Morris M. Block, Marvin Cohen, Sol Dinner, Mildred Emeson, Morris Feldhamer, Morris Fishel, Sharyn Fried, Jacob Friedman, Morris Garnek, Harriette Grober, Anna Hoffman, Lillian Hertz Katz, Barbara Kenar, Rose Levitt, Freda Lutz, Rose K. Miller, Rose Paper, Thomas Pasenow, Elsie Ratner, Frieda Schiff, Leonard Schulhof, Alice Shidler, Harry Wolf, Asa Yoelson Thursday, November 2, 2017 / 13 Cheshvan 5778 Linda Abzug, Mariya Aptekman, Raya Babakhanova, Lena Eisen Bauer, Rudolph Boscoe, Jayne Breyer, Norman Druckman, Serafina Faktorovich, Isaac William Felser, Gerald I. Friedman, Erwin Kern, Dr. Eli Abraham Miller, Ruth Neiman, Elaine Primack, Susie Segal, Milton Singer, Joseph Stark, Louis Tenenbaum, Sylvia Zelkin Friday, November 3, 2017 / 14 Cheshvan 5778 Max Berk, Gertrude Bitman, Elsie Cassel, Jacob Cohen, Albert Sam Eisen, Louis Goldburg, Perry Goldstein, Sadie Leah Hailpern, Hyman Katz, Harry Kraut, Israel Ray Shames, Louis Shames, Dorothy Wiener, Fanny Zalkind