Candle 7:10 Welcome to the DAT Minyan! Lighting pm Shabbat Pesach II April 7, 2018 - 22 Nisan, 5778 Havdalah 8:11 Joseph Friedman, Rabbi | David Fishman, President pm Shabbat and Yom Tov Schedule D’var Torah with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious service. ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost its power THURSDAY, April 5—Erev Yom Tov 7:10 pm: Candle Lighting to inspire the imagination of successive generations of Jews with its (don’t forget to make an Eruv Tavshilin!) annually re-enacted drama of slavery and liberation. 7:10 pm: Mincha/Maariv It is vivid, replete with direct experiences like eating matza, the unleavened FRIDAY, April 6—Pesach Day 7 bread of affliction, and tasting maror, the bitter herbs of oppression. It is a 7:30 am: Hashkama Minyan ritual performed not in the synagogue but at home, in the midst of the 8:10 am: Daf Yomi family, reminding us that, in Alexis de Tocqueville’s words, “As long as 9:00 am: Shacharit Parasha: Page 340 / Maftir: Page 892 family feeling is kept alive, the opponent of oppression is never alone.” Haftarah: Page 1225 Perhaps its single most striking innovation is that from beginning to end, it 6:20 pm: SHIUR: Rachel Rabinovitch - “What’s the Big Deal About Yitziat Mitzrayim?” is designed to engage and enthral the mind of a child. 7:10 pm: Mincha/Maariv The rabbis who developed the ritual were guided by the Bible itself and the (Shema should be recited after 8:10 pm) highly counterintuitive narrative it tells in the 12th and 13th chapters of SHABBAT, April 7—Pesach Day 8 7:30 am: Hashkama Minyan Exodus. Here is the scene: Moses has assembled the people to tell them 8:10 am: Daf Yomi they are about to go free. Exiled, enslaved, threatened by a Pharaoh who Parasha: Page 1012 / Maftir: Page 892 has commanded that every male Israelite child shall be killed, the people Haftarah: Page 1226 9:00 am: Shacharit have witnessed a series of wonders performed on their behalf. Moses is 10:30 am: Yizkor (approximate time) now about to tell them that soon they will leave and begin their long walk 4:00 pm: HS Boys’ Gemara w/ Nathan to freedom. Rabinovitch at the Rabinovitch home 5:15 pm: SHAWL: Yoni Rabinovitch - “And G-d I sometimes ask people what they would speak about if they were in Hardened Pharaoh’s Heart.’ Are All Our Choices Really Our Own?” Moses’ shoes? Some say they would talk about freedom, others that they 6:15 pm: SHIUR: Aaron Brooks - “Where Has the Prohibition of Chadash Gone?” would speak about the destination that lay ahead: the “land flowing with 7:00 pm: Mincha, followed by SHIUR: Zev milk and honey.” Yet others, made of sterner stuff, propose talking about Narrowe - “The Message of Sefirat HaOmer” 8:11 pm: Maariv the arduous journey that lay ahead, the march across the (Continued on Page 3) 9:30 pm (Earliest time to eat chametz) Learning Opportunities @ the DAT Minyan —————————————————— • Kitzur Shulchan Aruch: Daily, after Shacharit Weekday Schedule • Daf Yomi Shiur (30 min): Sun—Fri after Shacharit and 8:25 am SHACHARIT on Shabbat Sunday: 8:00 am Monday — Friday : 6:35 am • Mishnayot: Daily, between Mincha and Maariv • Halacha Chaburah: Sun, 10:00 am—11:00 am MINCHA/MAARIV (Continued on page 3) Monday — Thursday: 7:15 pm • Thu. Evening Mishmar: 8:00 pm DAT Minyan is a dynamic and friendly Modern Orthodox synagogue for all ages and dedicated to meaningful personal spiritual development, community growth, youth involvement, Torah education, and Religious Zionism. DAT Minyan - 6825 E. Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80224 - 720-941-0479 - www.datminyan.org DAT MINYAN NEWS, EVENTS AND LEARNING Mazal Tov to Marc and Claudia Braunstein on the birth of a granddaugther, Ella Jean Braunstein, born last week just before the first Seder. Parents are Will and Laura Braunstein and 3-year-old brother is Leo. All able Torah leiners are encouraged to sign-up to lein one or more aliyot for any upcoming Shabbos. The sign-up website, www.datminyan.org/laining, lists all the open slots through July in need of your ability to help us carry out this central segment of the Shabbos morning service. Sign-up takes about 15 seconds, and can be done weeks in advance, giving you plenty of time to prepare. We have also made advance sign-up easy (via the same website) for those interested in participating by chanting a Haftorah, again allowing plenty of time for those who'd like time to brush-up on a Haftorah previously chanted, or to learn one they've not done yet. Please contact Steve Hutt with questions or for more information. Please check the lost and found every month to see if any of your lost belongings are there. It is located right near the main entrance doors. The school donates all remaining items at the end of each month. To view Board Meeting notes online: https://images.shulcloud.com/395/uploads/Documents/BoardMinutes/Board- Meeting-3-22-18.pdf . Join us at BMH-BJ, Tuesday, April 10th at 7:00 pm for a presentation by guest speaker Professor Mordechai Kedar, from Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv on the topic “The Conflict Over Jerusalem—What is the Solution?” The DAT Minyan, in conjunction with Action Israel and several other Denver area congregations is pleased to sponsor this event for the community. Professor Kedar holds a Ph.D from Bar Ilan in Islamic Studies and is an expert on the Israeli-Arab population. He served for 25 years in the IDF Military Intelligence, specializing in Islamic groups, political discourse in Arab countries, the Arabic press and mass media, and the Syrian domestic arena. We are pleased to be adding a new class to our Thursday night Mishmar program. Join us starting April 12th for an 8- week series with Rabbi Seth Herstic, “Samson’s Secrets: Interpreting Judges 13-16 With the Help of Modern and Medieval Commentary. $20 charge for the series. For questions, please contact Rabbi Herstic at [email protected] . The DAT Minyan, in partnership with Religious Zionists of America, presents a Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton celebrating Israel’s 70th birthday, April 13th and 14th, featuring guest speaker, Rabbi Stewart Weiss. Rabbi Weiss is a columnist for the Jerusalem Post and Director of the Jewish Outreach Center of Ra’anana. A noted speaker on the topic of coping with loss and maintaining faith in the shadow of tragedy, Rabbi Weiss draws upon his own experiences, having lost his 20-year-old son in battle against Hamas terrorists in 2002. Rabbi Weiss will be speaking Shabbat afternoon, April 14th. Please note that Shabbat services on April 21st will take place at BMH-BJ Congregation as we join with the Parkoff family in the celebration of Zvi’s Bar Mitzvah. The Hashkama Minyan and Seudah Shlisheet will take place as usual at DAT, but all youth programming that Shabbat will be at BMH-BJ. Normal davening times will be in effect. The DAT Minyan is hosting a table at the Mountain States Jewish National Fund Breakfast for Israel, Wednesday May 2nd, 7:30 am at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. This is a no-charge event, but participants will be asked to donate to JNF. Please contact Rob in the synagogue office to join us, [email protected], or 720-941-0479. Our next DAT Women’s Book Club will take place on Shabbat afternoon of May 5th. We will be discussing the latest novel by Dara Horn, “Eternal Life”, described online as: “ Gripping, hilarious, and profoundly moving, Eternal Life celebrates the bonds between generations, the power of faith, the purpose of death, and the reasons for being alive.” COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS The community is invited to the 7th Annual Breakfast of the Colorado Coalition of Genocide Awareness and Action, “From Rwanda to Myanamar: Yet Again and Again and Again,” Wednesday, April 11th, 8:00 am—9:30 am at the Mile High United Way CoBank Leadership Center, 711 Park Avenue West, Denver, CO 80205. Featured speakers are Chantal Furaha, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, and K. Nicole Robinson Asarch, of the social impact company Staffable, with offices in Denver and Uganda. To register: Click “donate” at ccgaa.org and write “breakfast” in Note Box. Fee is $40. For additional information: Roz Duman, 303-856-7334, [email protected]. Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service. MORE DAT MINYAN EVENTS AND LEARNING Join us for Shabbat Mishna Class SAVE-THE-DATE Geared for parent and child learning- 5th grade and up. Tuesday, April 17th, 8:00 pm at DAT Open to all who'd like to attend. Where: DAT Kindergarten room. When: Shabbat afternoon between Mincha and Maariv (resumes after Pesach) Teen Parents Forum Details: We will explore how to dissect a Mishna and explore the text analytically. Ideal for pre-Gemarah prep. No previous background Join us for a candid discussion regarding ways to required. English and Hebrew text will be provided. enhance our DAT Minyan teen programming Rabbi Sacks (Continued from page 1) wilderness with all its hazards. Any of these would have been a great speech by a great leader. Moses did none of these things. That is what made him a unique leader. If you examine the text in Exodus carefully, you will see that three times he reverted to the same theme: children, education and the distant future.