YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD Shabbat Parashat Pekudei 2240 ALBANY AVENUE WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117 March 8-9, 2019  2 Adar II 5779 www.YoungIsraelWH.org

Thank You Kiddush is sponsored by the Aviva & Matthew Braunshweiger for coordinating Young Israel of West Hartford

the Shlock Rock: In Concert this past Sunday.   

Hartford Yard Goats for donating our Grand Prize Seudat Shlishit is sponsored by the First Pitch opportunity for our concluding Dor Young Israel of West Hartford

L’Dor: Family Learning Program. SHABBAT AFTERNOON CLASS Contemporary Halakhic Quandaries Series Amy & Rabbi Noam Stein Sticks & Stones May Break My Bones But Purim Please take a moment to introduce yourself Shpeils Will Never Hurt Me to someone new over Shabbat! 4:30 PM Baruch Dayan HaEmet Rabbi Noam Stein, High School Principal of the Condolences to Oren Porat on the loss of his father, Farber Hebrew Day School Avigdor Porat, Avigdor ben Shlomo V’Tzippora UPCOMING EVENTS z’l.

HARTFORD 93QUEEN Oren is sitting shiva with his family in Israel until

Young Israel at the Jewish Film Festival Tuesday. He can be reach via email at Thursday, March 14 at 5:30 PM [email protected]. 93QUEEN follows Rachel “Ruchie” Freier, a Hasidic COMMUNITY EVENTS

lawyer (now judge) and mother of six who is Aladdin determined to shake up the “boys club” in her

WEST The JCC's Youth Theater program presents the Hasidic community by creating Ezras play Aladdin, featuring three Young Israel stars: Nashim, the first all-female ambulance corps in NYC. Eliana Zackin, Tziyona Goldfisher and Amitai 25% off with special Young Israel Promo Goldfisher! Last two performances will be March 9 at Code: YI93Q 7 pm, and March 10 at 2 pm.

3rd Annual Chulent Cookoff Hebrew Academy @ the Wolfpack Shabbat, March 16th Sunday, March 10 at 3 PM Who will claim the Golden Ladle? For tickets or more information, contact the school Sign up your team today office at 860-243-8333

at youngisraelwh.org/cholent Eat, Drink and Connect

Kidz Club: Purim Celebration!! March 31 at 5pm Wednesday, March 20th at 6:30 PM Join JTCONNECT for an evening of inspiration Bring in Purim and lead into Megillah reading with honoring Ron Apter & Jason Kay and celebrating the an exciting celebration and costume parade (and role JTConnect plays in the lives of hundreds of local prizes)! Jewish teenagers every year. All proceeds benefit JTConnect. To purchase tickets or for questions, The Return of the Shpiel-bergs! contact JTConnect at [email protected] Wednesday, March 20th following Megilla reading Break your fast and revel in the world-renowned Weekday Mincha & Maariv hilarity of our Shpiel masters as we screen this year’s Our Mincha Maariv minyan Monday - Thursday is be BACK at the Young Israel!

YOUNGISRAEL OF shpiel video! **Mincha & Maariv this week is at 6:35 PM! ** Amiel BaKehilla is Back Rabbi: Rabbi Tuvia Brander ([email protected]) Thursday, April 4—Sunday, April 7 Coordinator: Les Loew ([email protected]) From Slavery to Freedom! To submit something for the bulletin, please send it to [email protected]

Affiliate of the National Council of Young Israel Synagogues, Member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Sponsor of West Hartford NCSY, National Conference of Synagogue Youth, Kashrut Commission of Greater Hartford, Mikveh Bess Israel of Greater Hartford, Eruv of West Hartford YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD COMMUNITY EVENTS (cont.) The and Jewish Community YOUTH DEPARTMENT Relations Council of Greater Hartford invite the SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS community to two important and thought-provoking Groups meet weekly on Shabbat from 10:15 AM-11:15 programs: AM. Children ages 5 and under are invited to Junior Friendship Across Difference Groups on the carpet downstairs. Children Grades 1-5 Sunday Evening, 3/24 at West Hartford Town Hall are invited to partake in our Junior Congregation, A conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi and Parvez also downstairs. Ahmed

JR. CHAZAN TRAINING Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor CALLING ALL JOIN CHAZANIM Monday Evening, 3/25, at UConn Join Nate Pava & Elijah Kesler for 20 minutes upstairs A conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi and Ghaith at the davening on March 23 and April 6 for a lesson Al-Omari on the end of Shabbat morning davening. Packets will Both events are free and open to the public be distributed and surprises will be given! For questions, contact [email protected] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Eli Gelb

NCSY ROADSHOW @ YOUNG ISRAEL In honor of his parent’s, Bumi & Sally, 62nd Shabbat, March 15-16 Anniversary! For information, email Devorah at lustigd@.org Susanne & David Gelb Sign up newengland.ncsy.org In memory of Bernice Scharaga z’l In memory of Rena Slomovic z’l Purim Information Anita & Tsion Cohen Don’t miss our Purim Schedule and all the other Susanne & David Gelb Purim information on our website!!! Loren & Joel Gelber WEEKLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Karen & Gerry Goldberg

SUNDAY MORNING GEMARA SHIUR Debbie & Steven Luger Join Rabbi Brander as we explore the 8th chapter of Ann & Jeremy Pava Sanhedrin over a light breakfast. Evelyn & Stan Rutstein

KIWI: INTERMEDIATE STUDY BOOKKEEPER’S CORNER Join Monday nights at 7 PM to explore the intricacies of Our bookkeeper, Maria is in on Wednesdays. If you the tractate of Bava Metziah. have any questions, please be in touch with her at

PONDERING THE PARASHA [email protected].

SPECIAL GUEST RABBI REUVEN SPOLTER Explore the weekly Parasha over lunch with Rabbi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Brander. Wednesday from 11:45-12:45 at the JCC. Please send all acknowledgements to Young Israel so that they may be processed, cards may be sent out, KIWI: WEEKLY PARASHA EXCHANGE and notices may be placed in the weekly bulletin. Each week join friends to share and hear insights on the

Torah portion — share your own idea or find one SCRIP online! Meets Thursday Evenings at the Young Israel at NEED SCRIP? $100 cards available for Big Y, Crown, 7:00 PM. ShopRite, Stop & Shop or Whole Foods. All your SHABBAT MORNING SHIUR shopping needs. Contact Debbie Luger or Edy Travel through the tractate of Talmud Topics of Ketubot Winokur to pick up cards or have them delivered. with Chaim Davis exploring topics in the final 2 chapters each Shabbat Morning before minyan. AMAZON SMILES

Shop online with smile.amazon.com, select WOMEN’S SHABBAT AFTERNOON Young Israel of West Hartford as the charitable MISHNAH CLASS organization of your choice, and Amazon will donate Examining the mishnayot of Bava Metziah which make a percentage of eligible purchases to the Young up the foundation of Jewish commerce laws. Israel!

The Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford and the Hebrew High School of New are proud to join together as a single school under a new name: New England Jewish Academy. Thank you to everyone who submitted more than five dozen name ideas for the new school! Mazal Tov to Betsy Schulman, who wins the Amazon gift card for correctly predicting the exact name. *** "The Mesopotamians built ziggurats. The Egyptians built pyramids. The Greeks built the Parthenon. The Romans built the Colosseum. built schools. That's why we're still here, still strong, and still young while all those super powers in their day have been consigned to history." ~ Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks New England Jewish Academy is extraordinarily pleased to announce an unprecedented tuition subsidy to assist parents in the Central New England region in giving their children an excellent Jewish day school education. Thanks to the vision and generosity of Ann and Jeremy Pava, New England Jewish Academy will offer a transformative tuition subsidy for students from K-12. The tuition subsidy will provide an opportunity for students throughout the area to benefit from a Jewish day school that combines the highest quality education with an environment that nurtures the Jewish soul of each student. "We genuinely believe that sending children to a Jewish day school is the most important decision parents can make," said Ann and Jeremy Pava. "We know that day schools immerse entire families in exploring our tradition and sacred values and enables a knowledge and understanding of that can never be replicated anywhere." "We hope this gift will encourage enrollment by making day school tuition affordable and accessible to a broader range of families while also ensuring that our school provides an academic program of the highest quality." Levels of tuition for 2019-2020* Grades K-1: $5000 (subsidy of $10,000 off the regular $15,000 tuition) Grades 2-5: $7500 (subsidy of $7500 off the regular $15,000 tuition) Grades 6-8: $9500 (subsidy of $7000 off the regular $16,500 tuition) Grades 9-12: $12,000 (subsidy of $10,000 off the regular $22,000 tuition) *Does not include a mandatory registration fee of $500 per student This tuition subsidy will remain in place for a minimum of five years. For families requiring additional tuition assistance, the school remains committed to its financial aid program in order to make affordable for all families. Please see the registration packet for the Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford and HHNE (the two legacy schools) for details about applying for financial aid. To supplement the Pava's extraordinary efforts to make day school education accessible to all, the New England Jewish Academy will run a concurrent Educational Excellence Campaign that will ask parents who can afford to donate back some or all of their subsidy for the purpose of directly enhancing the educational experience of their children. More information about the Educational Excellence Campaign will be forthcoming. We are extremely grateful for the Pavas' continuing commitment to the Jewish community in our region and are equally grateful for the opportunity to provide a top-notch Jewish education to your children.  Young Israel of West Hartford Schedule of Services  March 8th-March 15th, 2019 Shabbat Parashat Pekudei

Friday, March 8th - Erev Shabbat (Rosh Chodesh) It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush Shacharit 6:30 a.m. or Seudah Shlishit!

Candle Lighting 5:31 p.m.

Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat 5:36 p.m. To sponsor a Kiddush, please email

Shabbat, March 9th [email protected]. Ketubot Class @ the Gelb Home (5 Sequin Rd) 8:05 a.m. All payments must be received by the Young Israel office the Sunday prior Shacharit 9:00 a.m. to your Kiddush date. 9:07 a.m. Payments may be made online. Sof Zman Kriat Shma

Youth Groups 10:15 a.m.

Shabbat Afternoon Class 4:30 p.m. To sponsor Seudah Shlishit, Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit 5:15 p.m. please contact Steve Luger at [email protected]. Women’s Mishnah Class 5:25 p.m. Please send checks to Young Israel Shabbat Ends & Maariv 6:32 p.m. of West Hartford or Steve Luger.

Sunday, March 10th—Thursday, March 14th

Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 6:21 a.m. To view upcoming Kiddushes, go to youngisraelwh.org/Kiddush. Shacharit...Sunday 8:15 a.m.

Shacharit...Monday & Thursday 6:40 a.m. Shacharit…Tuesday & Wednesday 6:45 a.m.

Mincha & Maariv 6:35 p.m. Sunday - Thursday @ Young Israel Friday, March 15th - Erev Shabbat Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Candle Lighting 6:39 p.m.

Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat 6:44 p.m.

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Yayin l’ Kiddush Ul’Havdalah Pat La’Orchim Judy & Sam Leichtberg Audrey and Leon Laufer in memory of their parents Israel & Abraham & Ner La’Maor - Lights Frida Weiss Miriam Leichtberg Juanita and Yitz Moss י לשםי היהןויריוןלאםי אי אהלירי הירוריודוא שי לארשי Handy Man Good Humor Man אזי יילאשי איזעליי Ann and Jeremy Pava Aiden Aroesty Kiddush Supplement To Honor and Deanna & Josh Perew Marc Rifkin Moshe Davis In memory of Basia Wittenberg Candy Man You-Dah-Man אאשי איןהש Seudah Shlishit Supplement Steven Bernstein Jeremy Pava Margy-Ruth and Perry Davis