“ YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE APRIL 2015 - NISSAN-IYAR 5775 Volume 7, Issue 8, April 2015 EDWARD DAVIS, Rabbi YOSEF WEINSTOCK, Associate Rabbi STEPHEN KURTZ, President (picture of Synagogue) , President President , BARATZ MICHAEL Rabbi ociate Ass WEINSTOCK, YOSEF Rabbi DAVIS, EDWARD 2 1 20 June , 10 Issue , 4 Volume 2 1 20 JUNE - 2 7 57 TAMMUZ - IVAN S Requested Service Change 5566 - (up-side down address and bulk mail inditia) 962 (954) Fax: 7877 - 966 (954) Phone: Permit No. 1329 No. Permit www.yih.org FACILITY FL. SO. 33312 FL Lauderdale, Ft. PAID POSTAGE U.S. Road Stirling 3291 Organization FT. LAUDERDALE FT. - HOLLYWOOD of ISRAEL YOUNG Nonprofit “ Page 2 Young Israel Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale April 2015 SIMCHAS FROM OUR FAMILIES -MAZEL TOV TO: BIRTHS Suchie & Raisy Gittler on the birth of their granddaughter Sophia Rose to Daniel & Dorith Gittler Lenny & Ellen Hoenig on the birth of their grandson Mordechai to Yossi & Zisa Farkas Seth & Rebecca Kinzbrunner on the birth of their daughter Eliana Sara. Mazel Tov to grandparents Norman & Meryl Palgon and great-uncle & aunt Neil & Karen Lyman Michael & Nili Davis on the birth of their son Yehuda & Morit Soffer on the birth of their son Tzvi & Rachael Schachter on the birth of their grandson to Eli & Rachelle Schachter. Mazel Tov to great-grandparents Sam & Malca Schachter ENGAGEMENTS & MARRIAGES Larry &Tobi Reiss on the engagement of their daughter Nina to Mordechai Braun David & Linda Feigenbaum on the marriage of their daughter Kayla to Ariel Levy Jay & Chani Dennis on the marriage of their daughter Talia to Jake Freiman. Mazel Tov to uncles & aunts Jon & Wendy Gelman, Sam & Heather Sered, Sheryl Dennis, Michael Dennis Trudy Abramson on the engagement of her granddaughter Alison Gross to Matt Benedon Dale & Marlene Bergman on the engagement of their son Jeffrey Feldman to Michal Horne. Mazel Tov to uncle & aunt Steven & Ruthy Mandel Cheryl Hamburg on the marriage of her son Danny Gutman to Melissa Finkelstein Susan Chusid and Howie & Channy Chusid on the marriage of their son Jake to Leah Sarah Itenberg BNAI/BNOT MITZVAH Jonathan & Doris Konovitch on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Jason Zucker. Mazel Tov to aunt & uncle Risa & Levi Kahane Avi & Sharon Frier on their daughter Shuli becoming a Bat Mitzvah Daniel & Anniel Nagler on their daughter Ellie becoming a Bat Mitzvah. Mazel Tov to uncle & aunt Gabe & Lea Seghi Yariv & Shira Miron on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Ariel Ray & Daphna Cleeman on their daughter Samantha becoming a Bat Mitzvah Joshua & Andrea Leibowitz on their daughter Hannah becoming a Bat Mitzvah. Mazel Tov to grandparents Shelly & Lynda Levin Stuart & Tova Courtney on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Asher Courtney ALSO MAZEL TOV TO: Joe Rosenblatt who was awarded the Forum on Women’s Health Grant in collaboration with the University of Miami WE WARMLY THANK OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS: KIDDUSHIM Rabbi Yitzchak & Penina Salid in honor of Maftir Maish & Tziviah Staiman in honor of completing Tractate Megillah Larry & Tobi Reiss to commemorate the yahrzeit of his mother Naomi Reiss Gessiness Paul & Yvonne Ginsberg to commemorate the yahrzeits of her mother Kathleen Csendes and their granddaughter Abby Ginsberg, Howard & Dena Seif Shelly & Lynda Levin in memory of her parents Faye & Sol Coment and his father Dr. Hyman Levin Barry & Lois Levontin in memory of her father Charles Greenberg-Shlomo ben Moshe Alvin & Tamara Cohen to commemorate the yahrzeit of his mother Sarah Cohen Shimmy & Elana Lazar in honor of Avivit & Dror Ben-Aharon’s dedication to the Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Youth, Safety & Security and “health” of our members Sam & Deborah Rand in honor of their grandson Jacob Bean’s Bar Mitzvah parsha anniversary Yariv & Shira Miron in memory of her father Gershon Yaakov ben Pesia Chaya Yariv & Shira Miron in honor of their son Ariel’s Bar Mitzvah Myron & Deborah Stayman to commemorate the yahrzeits of his parents The Palmer family TORAH DIALOGUE David & Joan Kornbluth to commemorate the yahrzeit of his father Carl Kornbluth Trudy Abramson in memory of her father “Grandpa Leon” Weinstock; and in celebration of the engagement of her granddaughter Alison Gross to Matt Benedon PULPIT FLOWERS Larry & Tobi Reiss in honor of the engagement of their daughter Nina to Mordechai Braun SEUDAH SHLISHIT Rabbi Edward & Meira Davis to commemorate the Shloshim of Mr. Erwin Katz, Opa David & Stacey Deutsch to commemorate the yahrzeit of his father Gabriel Deutsch WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Joseph & Jessica Schwartz, 5601 Oakview Terrace, Ft. Lauderdale, 33312, Joseph 917-312-4518, Jessica 305-798-7772 Sammy & Debbie Shapiro, 3721 N. 53rd Avenue, Hollywood, 33021, Sammy 847-722-3525, Debbie 972-896-1646 Continued on Page 20…. April 2015 Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Page 3 RABBI’S MESSAGE FRIENDSHIP When one of my daughters (the favorite one) was There is a line from “Murder in the Cathedral” by in high school she came home one day and said to T.S. Eliot which goes something like this: “True me, “You know, Abba, a person has many friendship once ended can never be mended.” When I acquaintances in life, but real friends… we only have reflect on what has been stated here I would say yes a few of them in our lifetime.” I looked at her, and said and no. It is very hard to mend a fractured to my “favorite daughter” that she learned a powerful relationship, especially one that used to be close. It is lesson at a very young age. Most people do not part of greater expectations will yield to a greater understand the distinction between an acquaintance chance of disappointment. Let me share what Rav and a friend. It is very true that most of the people Soloveitchik had said about the breaking of the that we are friendly with are really acquaintances. Luchot, the Tablets. The Rav said that when Moshe Now it is good to broaden that base because we live Rabbeinu broke the Tablets, it necessitated the in a world of acquaintances. We live in a world of creation of new Tablets. What it involved was the “who you know” and not really “what you know.” For recreation of the relationship between the Children of example, if you are looking for a job, and you submit Israel and the Almighty. In this particular case Rav a resume, that will not get you the job. It might open Soloveitchik said that Bnei Yisrael and Hashem were the door but it is so helpful if you know somebody able to build a stronger relationship. It was who knows somebody. That is called protectzia but it successful. In other words it is possible to forge works and is a major asset in our lives. So it is always ahead, to mend the break, and recreate the good to broaden the base of acquaintances that we friendship. And the recreated friendship has a greater have been able to establish. There are over 500 chance to be even stronger than the first one. families in the Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale. I can’t say that any of us are going to be The bottom line is all relationships need nurturing. friends with all of them, but we will be friendly, and we We are social beings. Some of the people are too will establish a very strong base of acquaintances. social, and some others are not social enough. Our Judaism is based upon building nurturing Friendship is on a different level. It is a major level relationships. The punchline would be: Be part of the above being an acquaintance. It is actually one of the Tzibbur/Community. A Jewish community is based on most important types of relationships that we can the concept of a minyan. People getting together and forge in our lives. Think of the seventh brachah of the getting along and creating a bond helps them reach Sheva Brachot that are recited for a bride and a out to Hashem, and strengthens their position in front groom. There is a list of the type of relationship that of the Almighty. Be a participant in the Knesset we wish for them. They will have happiness and joy, Yisrael concept. That’s what happens, explained Rav but look at the very end of the eight stages. The last Soloveitchik, when a candidate for conversion two are Shalom and Rei’ut, peace and friendship. The immerses his or herself in the mikvah. When that highest level of these words is that last one. In person comes out of the mikvah water that person is marriage the love relationship will yield and move on automatically connected to Knesset Yisrael, the to a friendship relationship. Romantic relationships assembly of Israel. We are not converts but we act as are beautiful, but usually the romanticism will diminish if we are in the sense of bonding together, nurturing a bit, and in a proper relationship will yield to a relationships, and strengthening our position when we deepening of the friendship that exists. A cautionary stand before Hashem. note is that there are expectations that accompany a friendship. The next line is quotable: “The closer the relationship, the higher the expectations; the greater the expectation, the more likelihood of RABBI EDWARD DAVIS disappointment.” (RED) The advice would be to lower the expectations, that way you lower the possibility of disappointment. The real message is that we have to nurture relationships so that we can develop them on all levels. In order to avoid disappointment it is necessary to develop a real skill of communication that is the hallmark of the relationship. Page 4 Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft.