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2014-12-13-Vayeishev-2014.Pdf Candles:Candles (10/15) 3:36-4:17: 6:03 Welcome to the Havdalah:Candles (10/16) 5:18 : 7:01 Candles (10/17): 6:00 Welcome to the Parshat Noach Havdala (10/18): 6:58 Parsha: p. 198 OctoberShabbat 25, 2014 Parshat 1 Marcheshvan Vayeishev 5775 Candles (10/24): 5:50 Dec. 13, 2014 21 Kislev 5775 Haftarah: p. 1142 .Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri שבת .Fri Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Erev Chanukah Chanukah 1 Chanukah 2 Chanukah 3 Shacharit 6:45 7:30, 9:00 8:00 6:35 6:45 6:35 6:35 6:35 Latest Shema 9:23 am Mincha/Maariv 4:15 4:05/5:17 4:25 4:25 4:25 4:25 4:25 4:20 Earliest Shema 5:19 pm WELCOME KIDDUSH sponsored by Marc and Melanie Avner, to all of the members of the extended Brown and and Ellie’s grandparents, Sandy and Susan Avner Avner families, and the Wittman and Skigen families, and Paul and Marlene Brown, in honor of Ellie’s Bat Mitzvah. and all of the friends who are joining us SEUDAH SHELISHIT is sponsored by the Shul. for Ellie’s Bat Mitzvah. DAT MINYAN NEWS AND EVENTS Mazel Tov to the Avner family on El- LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES lie’s Bat Mitzvah this Shabbat! The com- munity is invited to a Kiddush following DAY TIME TOPIC TEACHER PLACE Mussaf. Depending on the weather, Kid- Before Maariv D’var Torah Rabbi Alter MPR dush may be outside. Fri. 8:30 am Tefillah Warmup Morah Gross 113 Mazel Tov to Yael and Reb Noam Hor- owitz on the birth of a baby girl last Shab- After Hashkama D’var Halacha 111 bat! May the Horowitz family merit to 10:00 am Women’s Parsha Chabura 201 raise this latest addition, Zeva, to a life of Torah and Mitzvot. Haftara/Mussaf Parsha Class Rabbi Gitler 111 Chanukah begins this Tuesday night. After Mussaf Derasha Rabbi Alter MPR Weekday Shacharit throughout Chanukah and Ellie Avner (except on Rosh Chodesh) will be at 6:35 Not Meeting SHAWL Not Meeting N/A am. Not Meeting 5th-7th Girls Mishna Dr. Aryeh Fischer N/A שבת Teen Shabbat Morning Program with Rabbi Sunshine will not meet this week. All teens are encouraged to attend the Bat 3:35 pm and HS Boys Gemara Joshua Baraban MPR Mitzvah in the main Shul. After Mincha After Mincha Open Beit Midrash MPR Mish-Mosh continues this Sunday, Dec. 14, at 9:00 am! Breakfast, learning, and After Mincha 3rd-5th Boys Mishna Amichai Ungar DAT prizes. Don’t miss it! See Page 5. After Mincha 6th-7th Boys Mishna Rabbi Alter DAT Tot Shabbat—Chanukah Edition! Next Friday, Dec. 19, at 4:30 pm. Organized After Mincha Women’s Mesillat Yesharim Chabura 112 and run by Youth Director Mor Shapiro. 7:30 pm Kashrut In-Depth Reb Noam Horowitz 112 See Page 4. Sun. 8:00 pm Advanced Talmud R’ Eli Mozes MPR BLT—Bagels, Learning, and Touch- downs—continues next Sunday morning, Mon. 7:30 pm Radical Responsa Rabbi Gitler MPR Dec. 21, for teen guys and adult men. Learning and breakfast followed by foot- Change in Warmup Routine—Beginning this Shab- ball! With Reb Noam Horowitz. bat, while Ellyn Hutt is away for three weeks, Tefil- Class updates: lah Warmup will be taught by Morah Gross in Room SHAWL is on hiatus until late December. 113 (across the hall from the Multipurpose Room). Aryeh Fischer’s 5th-7th grade girls Mishna class Thank you to Morah Gross for filling in while Ellyn is will not meet this week. away. Reb Noam’s Kashrut Class, for those registered, Rabbi Jesse Horn of Yeshiva Hakotel speaks at ED- begins this Sunday night, Dec. 14, at 7:30 pm. OS this coming Thursday night at EDOS, sponsored by Rabbi Gitler’s Radical Religious Responsa class DAT School and EDOS. Class for adults at 7:00 pm, continues this Monday, December 15. followed by a class for teens at 8:15 pm. Please help make our Tefillot meaningful by refraining from talking during Davening. DAT Minyan 6825 Alameda Ave., Denver, CO 80224 www.datminyan.org Twitter: @datminyan Rabbi’s Message Rabbi Alter Weekly Halacha : Kashrut Rabbi Yosef Brofsky, Yeshivat Har Etzion וַיֹּאמֶ ר המָ הָ עֵרָ בֹון אֲשֶ ר אֶתֶ ן לְָך וַתֹּאמֶ ר חֹּתָמְ ָךּופְתִ ילֶָך ּומַטְ ָך אֲשֶ ר This week we begin a new essay by Rabbi Brofsky, on the בְ יָדֶ ָך ַו ִי ֶתן לָּה וַיָבֹּא אֵ לֶיהָ רוַתַהַ לֹו. Your signet, your cloak and your staff. (38:18) prohibition of mixing milk and meat. When Yehuda promised Tamar a goat in exchange Introduction for her services (38:17), she asked for a guarantee. He asked The Torah commands in three places, "Do not cook a what she would like as a guarantee, and she responded that kid in its mother's milk" (Shemot 23:19 and 34:24; Devarim she wanted his signet ring, his cloak and his staff. (This is 14:21). Rashi’s understanding of the three items.) What is the signifi- The Gemara (Kiddushin 56b and Chullin 113b) as- cance of these three objects? serts that there are actually three distinct prohibitions. Firstly, The Ramban explains that each of these objects re- as the verse states, one may not cook meat and milk together. lates to royalty. The seal bears the form of a lion; the fringes Secondly, one may not eat a mixture of meat and milk which in Yehuda’s hand—this is Ramban’s understanding of peti- were cooked together. (Consumption of milk after meat, and lim—are woven with the same insignia as the seal; and the even of meat with milk if they were not cooked together, is staff is an appropriate accessory to a ruler as it is a sign of only Rabbinically prohibited.) Thirdly, one may not even de- nobility. According to this explanation, Yehuda was symbol- rive benefit from a mixture of basar be-chalav. ically handing the future of the Jewish monarchy to Tamar, The body of law relating to basar be-chalav is vast. who was destined to be the matriarch of the tribe of Yehuda. In this essay, we will raise only a few of the many issues. Kli Yakar sees Tamar’s request for these three ob- jects as a form of rebuke directed towards Yehuda. The hand- Ta'amei HaMitzvah – The Reason for the Prohibition ing over of the signet ring showed Yehuda that he had creat- While there is room to inquire about the reason for ed shame through the Jewish “seal” which is brit mila. Simi- any prohibited food, it seems that the prohibition of basar be- larly, the staff, which is a sign of royalty, was to be taken chalav is particularly unique and curious. Here, the Torah from him because he had shamed the dignity of the monar- doesn't restrict the consumption of a specific species, but ra- chy in that kings are warned regarding the amount of wives ther prohibits the mixture of two otherwise permitted foods. they are allowed to take. A king, more than any other person, Furthermore, the Torah seems to focus on the creation of this must exhibit self-control. Finally, the petil is clothing with mixture, specifically of a kid in its mother's milk. Why? tzitzit attached, which are known to save one from illicit sex- We can identify at least three approaches among ual acts. Through his action, he had shamed the mitzvah of those who attempted to locate the "reason" behind this prohi- tzitzit. bition. The Ramban (Devarim 14:21), for example, claims that One can also explain the symbolism of these three the juxtaposition of “You shall be a holy nation unto your objects in the following manner. All of these objects are ac- Lord your God” and “You shall not cook a kid in its mother's cessories. One walks with a staff, one is clothed with a cloak, milk” comes to teach us that the mixture is not inherently des- and one identifies himself with his signet ring. Accessories picable, but rather represents human cruelty, from which we can be used to create or portray a certain image. A king who must distance ourselves. wears these objects strides with an augmented sense of au- In contrast, the Rambam, in his Moreh Nevukhim thority and an appearance of royalty. (3:48), adopts a historical approach. He speculates that the Tamar, however, was sending a message in taking "haughty" (gass) nature of both meat and milk, as he per- these three objects from Yehuda. One must behave like a ceived them, as well as the broader context of the verses (i.e., king in order to truly be a king. All the acces- Cont’d on page 3 Cont’d on page 3 Refuah Shleima Please include the following names in your prayers. May each be granted a Refuah Shleima. Names are kept on the list until the next Rosh Chodesh. Help us keep the list accurate by verifying the necessary details each month on the Cholim GoogleDoc. 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