YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD Parashat Tetzaveh 2240 ALBANY AVENUE WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117 Feb. 15th-16th, 2019  11 Adar I 5779 www.YoungIsraelWH.org

Thank You Kiddush is sponsored by the Ilana Bernstein and Matthew Braunshweiger for Young Israel of West Hartford

helping with this past week’s Dor L’Dor   

SHABBAT AFTERNOON CLASS Seudat Shlishit is sponsored by the Contemporary Halakhic Quandaries Series Abortion and Jewish Law: Part I Young Israel of West Hartford 4:15 PM

UPCOMING EVENTS New Members

Shabbat South of the Border Ronit & Rafi Kaufman and family Friday Night, February 22nd Rivka & Chaim Peck and family Join us for a spirited Mexican themed Shabbat dinner Please take a moment to introduce yourself with your friends at Young Israel and hear first-hand to someone new over Shabbat! accounts of Jewish life in Mexico from West Mazal Tov Hartford's own Peter Lang! Amy & Lawrence Gallant on the birth of a baby boy

HARTFORD RSVP today — SPACE IS LIMITED Ronit Kaufman on successfully defending her

www.youngisraelwh.org/event/over-the-border dissertation Dor L’Dor Family Learning Program SHALOM ZACHOR LAST ONE—NEXT WEEK: 2/23 The Gallant family invite the community to a Shalom Join for an evening of family Torah Zachor at their home, 110 Brewster Road, this Friday

learning, pizza, raffles and prizes! night beginning at 8:15 PM. WEST Bring something to learn or peruse YOUNG ISRAEL BOOK CLUB specially curated learning options This month’s book: The Last Watchman of Old Open to children of all ages, Cairo: A Novel by Michael David Lukas parents, and grandparents. 2/23 Questions? Contact Debbie Luger

at 6:40-7:40 pm (NEW TIME) at the Young Israel of West 93QUEEN Hartford Young Israel at the Jewish Film Festival Come by 6:40 and receive two entries to the evening Thursday, March 14 at 5:30 PM raffle for amazing prizes! All children in attendance 93QUEEN follows Rachel “Ruchie” Freier, a Hasidic will leave with a prize! lawyer (now judge) and mother of six who is Sponsored in memory of Dr. Al and Helen Weisel determined to shake up the “boys club” in her Hasidic community Hatzalah by creating Ezras אברהם שלום בן ניסן אריה ורייזע גיטל חיה בת יוסף אברהם .who dedicated their lives to Jewish education , the first all-female ambulance corps in NYCועטיע by their family Discounted Tickets will available from the Young

Shlock Rock: In Concert Israel –To RSVP email [email protected] Sunday, March 3 at 3:30 PM Weekday Mincha & Maariv Part of the 4 Corners Project Our Mincha Maariv Monday - Thursday at Beth El Temple (2626 Albany Ave) will be BACK at the Young Israel! Free and open to the public Mincha & Maariv this week is at 5:00 PM! Due to the

early hour, please try to support our minyan. YOUNGISRAEL OF 3rd Annual Chulent Cookoff Shabbat, March 16th Rabbi: Rabbi Tuvia Brander ([email protected]) Coordinator: Les Loew ([email protected]) Who will claim the Golden Ladle? To submit something for the bulletin, please send it to Sign up and details to follow [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 UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS

YOUTH DEPARTMENT HINENI COMMUNITY CONVERSATION

SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS “Russian Jewry: Reclaiming Russian Jews Through Groups meet weekly on Shabbat from 10:15 AM-11:15 Education” with Mikhail Libkin of World ORT AM. Children ages 5 and under are invited to Junior Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 12 noon t0 1:30 PM Groups on the carpet downstairs. Children Grades 1-5 Kosher Lunch provided. are invited to partake in our Junior Congregation, Location will be provided upon registration. also downstairs. RSVP to [email protected]

DOR L’DOR: FAMILY LEARNING PROGRAM Basketball Men’s Night Out We are looking for some volunteers to help with the March 2, 2019 at 8 PM Dor L’Dor Program. If you are interested, please speak The Bess & Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy invites all to Rabbi Brander or Shayne Kesler.

men (13 and up) for a pick up Basketball Game on NCSY ROADSHOW @ YOUNG ISRAEL the school’s home court (53 Gabb Road) Next Shabbat—March 15-16 RSVP at [email protected] or 860-243-8333

For information, email Devorah at [email protected] Can You Hear It?

SECURITY COMMITTEE Anti-Semitic Dog Whistles Today Thank you to all those involved in the coverage and with ADL’s Aryeh Tuchman. 3/6 7-9 PM rotations. If you are interested, please contact Purim Is Just Around The Corner Oren at [email protected]. Would you like to be part of our Women’s WEEKLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Reading? Contact Ruth Alcabes at

[email protected] to be a part or volunteer to SUNDAY MORNING GEMARA SHIUR learn to read. Join Rabbi Brander as we explore the 8th chapter of BOOKKEEPER’S CORNER over a light breakfast.

Thank you for your end of the year donations. Tax KIWI: INTERMEDIATE STUDY letters have gone out and should have been received Join Monday nights at 7 PM to explore the intricacies of in the mail. If you have any questions, please be in the tractate of Bava Metziah. touch with our bookkeeper, Maria, at

[email protected]. PONDERING THE PARASHA

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 shopping needs. Contact Debbie Luger or Edy SHABBAT MORNING SHIUR Winokur to pick up cards or have them delivered. Travel through the tractate of Talmud Topics of with Chaim Davis exploring topics in the final 2 chapters each Shabbat Morning before minyan.

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

As this is a leap year and there are two months of Adar, there are a number of questions that come up regarding individuals who have Yahrzeit during Adar.

Here are some general guidelines:

• If one’s relative passed away in a Leap Year in Adar Rishon, the Yahrzeit is in Adar Rishon. Similarly, if one’s relative passed away in a Leap Year in Adar Sheini, the Yahrzeit remains in Adar Sheini. • If one’s relative died in a regular, non-leap year, then Kaddish can be said on that date in both Adar Rishon and Adar Sheini (customs vary). However, the date of one’s Yahrzeit and one’s “rights” to the Amud to lead davening are in Adar Rishon only and one are “entitled” to an Aliya on the Shabbat before one’s Adar Rishon Yahrzeit only. • If it is one’s custom to light a candle or fast on a Yahrzeit, one may do so in both Adar Rishon and Adar Sheini. • For Sephardim, the main Yahrzeit date is in Adar Sheini and Kaddish should only be said then.

Of course if there are any further questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Rabbi Tuvia Brander The Choshen? Dvar Torah by Rav David Silverberg One of the bigdei kehuna (priestly garments) described in Parashat Tetzaveh is the choshen– the breastplate worn by the kohen gadol, within which were embedded twelve special stones, which bore the inscriptions of the names of the twelve tribes (28:21). The Torah refers to the breastplate with the term “choshen mishpat” (literally, “the breastplate of judg- ment” – 28:15), which has been explained by the commentators in several different ways. Rav Saadia Gaon in- terprets “mishpat” in this verse to mean simply “specifications,” emphasizing that the breastplate must be made precisely according to the guidelines presented by the Torah. This is similar to God’s command to Moshe earli- er (26:30) to assemble the Mishkan “ke-mishpato” – according to the stated requirements. There, too, Rav Saa- dia Gaon explains the term “ke-mishpato” to mean “according to its specifications.” The Rashbam, following the second interpretation given by his grandfather, Rashi, explains that the word “mishpat” here refers to the choshen’s function as an oracle. The breastplate contained the Urim Ve- tumim, a device which was used when questions of national import arose, as the kohen gadol would pose the question and the letters of the Urim Ve-tumim would illuminate to spell out God’s response. This process is referred to as “mishpat,” in the sense that the choshen resolved difficult questions much as a court decides cases that are brought before it for adjudication. Netziv, in Ha’ameik Davar, creatively suggests that the term “choshen mishpat” indicates that the choshen’s function was to petition God to assist Benei Yisrael in battle against their enemies. Citing a verse from Sefer Melakhim I (8:49), Netziv contends that the word “mishpat” is used in reference to avenging honor, and thus the choshen worn by the kohen gadol was intended to appeal to God to defend His nation against those who threatened them. The Gemara (Arakhin 16a, 88b), how- ever, as Rashi cites, associates the choshen with actual “mishpat” – judgment. According to the Gemara, the kohen gadol’s breastplate served to atone for sins of the judiciary. To explain the connection between the choshen and judicial corruption, Rav Yitzchak Arama notes in his Akeidat Yitzchak that the choshen contained the names of all twelve tribes, representing the equal stature and importance of all members of the nation. By carrying the names of all the tribes, each of which was engraved on a different stone, the kohen gadol conveyed the message that all members of Am Yisrael are precious and cherished by the Almighty. Most sins of judgment, the Akeidat Yitzchak writes, are the result of favoritism, of viewing some seg- ments of the population, or some individuals, as worthier or more important than oters. The choshen atoned for this form of wrongdoing by emphasizing the need to respect the rights and the dignity of all mem- bers of the nation, without ever placing the need and interests of one group over those of another.  Young Israel of West Hartford Schedule of Services  February 15th—22nd, 2019 Shabbat Parashat Tetzaveh

Friday, February 15th - Erev Shabbat It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush Shacharit 6:35 a.m. or Seudah Shlishit!

Candle Lighting 5:05 p.m.

Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat 5:10 p.m. To sponsor a Kiddush, please email

Shabbat, February 16th [email protected]. Ketubot Class @ the Gelb Home (3 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. 9:25 a.m. Payments may be made online. Sof Zman Kriat Shma

Youth Groups 10:15 a.m.

Shabbat Afternoon Class 4:15 p.m. To sponsor Seudah Shlishit, Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit 4:55 p.m. please contact Steve Luger at [email protected]. Women’s Mishnah Class 5:00 p.m. Please send checks to Young Israel Shabbat Ends & Maariv 6:08 p.m. of West Hartford or Steve Luger.

Sunday, February 17th—Thursday, February 21st

Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 5:52 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 5:10 p.m.

Sunday - Thursday @ Young Israel

Friday, February 22nd - Erev Shabbat Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Candle Lighting 5:14 p.m.

Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat 5:19 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 אברהם בן שןואל וןרים בת ישראל בן רור וטויבה רירה Handy Man Good Humor Man יעיב אריה בת עזרא 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 בתיה בת ןשה Seudah Shlishit Supplement Steven Bernstein Jeremy Pava Margy-Ruth and Perry Davis