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Y Ou N G Isr Ael O F Hart Fo Rd YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD Shabbat Parshiot Tazria-Metzora 2240 ALBANY AVENUE WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117 April 25th 2015 6 Iyar 5775 860-233-3084 Kiddush this Shabbat Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org Is sponsored by The Shul ברוכים הבאים Welcome to Rabbi Elie & Ilana Bercuson מזל טוב !and their new daughter Batya to Helen Weisel on the birth of great מזל טוב See page 3 for details grandson Isaac Shalom, grandson of David SEUDAH SHLISHIT & Barbara Weisel, and son of Gabi & Abby is sponsored by Ann & Rabbi Eliot !to the entire Weisel family מזל טוב .Weisel Feldman on the occasion of the yahrzeit to Yosef Leib Mintzes on his Bar מזל טוב ,of Rabbi Feldman’s mother to Shira, Dovid, Malka מזל טוב !Baila Manya bas Avraham Noach Mitzvah Faiga, Chaya Shaindel, Yocheved Nechama ברוך דין האמת & Asher Nesanel Mintzes & Barbara, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, zt"l Norman, Helaine & Shoshana Spector! We mourn the loss of one of the Torah giants to Jesse Rosenblit on his מזל טוב ,of our generation, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein HARTFORD zt"l. Rav Lichtenstein was unique. He was promotion in rank to Major in the Israeli Defense Force. a gadol ba-Torah, blessed with a prodigious to Ezra Seplowitz on the occasion ofמזל טוב mind, encyclopedic knowledge of rabbinic ,to P’ninaמזל טוב .texts, and sharp and penetrating analytic his Bar Mitzvah in Israel skills. His deep knowledge of the Western James, AJ & Suri Seplowitz; grandparents canon enabled him to understand and ad- Eileen & Bernie Weinberg, and Betty & Alan to aunts, uncles andמזל טוב !WEST dress the complex moral and philosophical Seplowitz cousins Noam, Nechama, Dovi, Atara, Ellie challenges of the modern world and to give Ruchie & Aviel; and Dena, Neil, Nachi, nuanced and sensitive guidance to modern, Sarah, Avraham & Rafael Rich; and the thinking Jews. He epitomized integrity, mo- entire Weinberg and Seplowitz families! rality, kindness, and sensitivity for all. Rav to Judy Levy on the birth of a מזל טוב Lichtenstein, of blessed memory, was the to מזל טוב !great grandson, Mordechai preeminent leader of the Religious Zionist, parents Yisroel & Avigayil Levy and the modern Orthodox community who espoused entire Levy family! the religious value of the State of Israel and of .to Moshe Loew on his Bar Mitzvah מזל טוב general culture. He had a profound impact on shaping contemporary Orthodoxy. Mazal tov to Daniel & Chanie, Nachi, Avi, His passing leaves us in a state of profound Yitzy &Atara, grandparents Helen & Les Loew, Molly & Harry Neuhoff, great mourning, bereft of this special treasure. grandmother Margot Jeremias, and the YIWH extends its deep condolences to his extended Loew & Neuhoff families! wife, Dr. Tova Lichtenstein, and to their chil- to Sally & Bumi Gelb on the birth of a מזל טוב .dren and grandchildren to מזל טוב !great grandson, Yehuda Simcha parents Esther B (Vilinsky) & Eli Neuberger; YIWH PROJECT 5775 grandparents Rabbi Eliezer & Miryam Vilin- The Concise Book of Mitzvot - sky and Rabbi Nosson & Rochel Neuberger. by The Chafetz Chaim to great-grandparents Beryl מזל טוב YOUNG ISRAEL OF Vilinsky, Rabbi Dr. Yaakov & Ruth SHABBAT MITZVOT TO STUDY Neuberger, and Reuven & Naomi Miller, 4/25 Negative 91 - 96 and to the entire Gelb, Vilinsky & Neuberger families! Rabbi Brahm Weinberg 860-233-3084 or [email protected] Debra Luger 860-233-0300 or [email protected] Editor: Judie Patel [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 WINTER CLASSES AT YIWH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Page 2 MISHNA BRURAH CLASS Please send your check with With Rabbi Sheinkopf the detailed acknowledgement information (including addresses as needed) directly to the office or Shabbat Mornings at 8:15 AM donate on the website RABBI WEINBERG’S SUNDAY MORNING GEMARA CLASS - Helga Allweiss Masechet Beitzah In honor of Stan & Evelyn Rutstein, in apprecia- tion of their warm Shabbat hospitality WEEKLY AUDIO CLASS “10 Minutes on Tefilla” WOMEN’S SHABBAT AFTERNOON This class will be emailed every week We will be studying Shearim B’Tefilla” MISHNAH CLASS of Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus z”l. Shabbat, April 25th at 4:00 PM at the home of Ruth Alcabes, 30 Seneca Road WOMEN’S LEARNING GROUP We'll begin with Masechet (Tractate) Shabbat Wednesday morning at 11:15 AM In Classroom 1 at the JCC Please try to bring a copy of Mishnah Kehati for Trac- tate Shabbat in either English or Hebrew if possible. SHABBAT TOT CIRCLE SIGEL HEBREW ACADEMY PLAYFUL PALS PLAYGROUP Is a parent led Shabbat group for Free Playgroup for Jewish Children - Birth to Five children ages five and under. The program is At the Hebrew Academy Pre-School the first Shabbat of every month. Tuesdays, April 28th thru June 2nd Parents are invited to stay with their children 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM during this program to partake in davening, songs and games. 75th Anniversary Gala Dinner: Through the Decades The Sigel Hebrew Academy will hold its 75th Anniver- ROSH CHODESH TEHILLIM GROUP sary Gala Dinner: Through the Decades, on Sunday, For Rosh Chodesh Sivan we will meet on May 17, 2015 at 5 pm at The Emanuel Synagogue. Tuesday, May 19th at 7:30 PM Fanny and Aaron Cohen will be given the Star Award At the home of Judie Patel for their many years of dedication, and Juanita and 100 Lawler Road Isaac Moss will be given the Young Leadership Award for their numerous contributions to the school. NEW SECRETARY Please come and join us as we celebrate this amazing We have hired a new bookkeeper, Maria milestone and these wonderful people in our Hodgson who started this past week. She will community. Find out more and register at be working as previous bookkeepers ~ 8 hours Welcome to the Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy per week. Generally she will be in the shul | Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy. office ~4 hours on Wednesdays and one other day to be decided on. This week she will be in CHANA’S PRAYER: on Monday and Wednesday A SUPPORT GROUP FOR FERTILITY CHALLENGES You can continue to use the same email Mikveh Bess Israel is offering a 5 week support group address as previously: through a Torah lens to women in the Jewish community [email protected] who have experienced fertility challenges. We will provide a safe, confidential, and meaningful space to discuss this topic together. This group is open to any Jewish woman who has experienced a fertility challenge. The group will be facilitated by Hannah Braune-Friedman, a social work- er and mikveh guide. The cost for participation in the SCRIP PROGRAM group is $36. If you are interested in participating in the DO YOUR SHOPPING WITH SCRIP group or have any questions, please contact Hannah at WE HAVE BIG Y, SHOPRITE & WHOLE FOODS (914) 602-1783 I am happy to report that so far the shul has or [email protected]. raised almost $6000.00. (We hope to get to The group begins on a rolling basis. $10,000 by year end) Keep up the good work AND earn your $100 SCRIP credit off dues. HHNE 5K UNITY COLOR RUN Daniella (Cell) 516-286-0815 Thursday, June 4th at 5:30 PM Please join us on Shabbat April 24-26 as we welcome Rabbi Eliezer and Mrs. Ilana Bercuson to our Community! Rabbi Eliezer (Elie) Bercuson is currently the Director of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus at Princeton University. Rabbi Bercuson was born in Montreal, Quebec and was raised in Ottawa, Ontario. He holds a Bachelor of Humanities in Philosophy and Classics from Carleton University in Ottawa and an M.A. in Jewish Philosophy from Yeshiva University. He has been granted semikhah (ordination) both by the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo- logical Seminary at Yeshiva University and by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, with whom he studied at Yeshivat Hamivtar in Efrat. He has worked as a rabbinic intern at the Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx, Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford, CT, and Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Con- gregation in Chicago. He has also trained as a military chaplain for the US Army Reserves in Fort Totten, Queens, and a hospital chaplain at St. Luke’s Hospital. Rabbi Bercuson’s interests include distance running, French literature, history of philosophy, and folk music. Mrs. Ilana Bercuson currently partners with her husband as Director of JLIC at Princeton. She grew up in Highland Park, NJ, graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS in family studies and a minor in Jewish studies, and then studied Jewish texts at Nishmat in Jerusalem. She has worked in development at Hadassah, and as part of the rabbinic intern couple at Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation in Chicago. She has completed a master’s in educational psy- chology at Hunter College. Rabbi and Mrs. Bercuson are parents of Dov, age 2, and Batya, who was born earlier this month. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat, Rabbi Bercuson will deliver a brief Friday, April 24 7:00 PM Dvar Torah following davening Rabbi Bercuson will deliver the sermon Shabbat, April 25 Shacharit, 9:00 AM Entitled: “ Of Martians & Men” Rabbi and Mrs. Bercuson will meet Shabbat, April 25 Kiddush following davening members of the community Rabbi Bercuson will deliver a shiur entitled: “Dancing Rationalist & Academic Shabbat, April 25 Shiur, 6:10 PM Hasidim: The Two Solitudes of the Jewish Nation” Rabbi Bercuson will deliver the Mincha and Seudah Shlishit, Dvar Torah at Seudah Shlishit entitled: Shabbat, April 25 7:10 PM “The Precious Pearl in Your Pocket: Torah from Baghdad” Melava Malka at the Glahn’s Rabbi Bercuson will entertain questions Motzaei Shabbat, April 25 (42 Brainard Road), 9:15 PM from members of the community Rabbi Bercuson will teach a gemara Shacharit, light breakfast, & Sunday morning, April 26 shiur following davening entitled: Gemara Shiur, 8:15 AM “Menachot 30: Moses’ Torah & Mine” YIWH Schedule of Services April 24th - May 1st, 2015 It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush Shabbat Parashat Tazria=Metzora Or Seudah Shlishit! Friday, April 24th - Erev Shabbat Shul handles set up & Clean up! Shacharit 6:45 a.m.
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