YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD Shabbat Mevorchim 2240 ALBANY AVENUE WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117 Parashat Shmini 860-233-3084 April 18th 2015 29 Nissan 5775 Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org Kiddush this Shabbat SEUDAH SHLISHIT Is sponsored by is sponsored by Stan & Evelyn Rutstein Rena & ELi Aroesty on the occasion of the Yahrzeit of Evelyn’s father Yisrael ben Chaim On the occasion of the Yahrzeit Of ELi’s mother Hannah Aroesty WE ARE LESS THAN 10 DAYS AWAY FROM Chana Bayla bat Avraham Yitzchak OUR YIWH "GETAWAY" RAFFLE DRAWING This is our ONLY MAJOR fundraiser for Shabbat Morning Youth Groups the year and the income from it is critical This Shabbat Youth Groups for children 6 and to our budget! older will be lead by a special guest, Devorah We are really counting on you ALL to sell Lustig, a teacher from Hebrew Academy. or buy your raffle tickets. If you or your Please keep in mind that groups start at 10:00 AM and continue to 11:00 AM family members/friends are opposed to מזל טוב buying raffles, a straight donation to the to Yosef Leib Mintzes on his Bar מזל טוב HARTFORD YIWH as part of this fundraising effort is to Shira, Dovid, Malka מזל טוב !certainly welcomed as well! Mitzvah PLEASE TURN IN ALL YOUR TICKET Faiga, Chaya Shaindel, Yocheved Nechama STUBS, UNSOLD TICKETS AND CHECKS & Asher Nesanel Mintzes & Barbara, Norman, Helaine & Shoshana Spector! TO THE SHUL ASAP ! to Jesse Rosenblit on his מזל טוב or you can drop them off at either the) WEST Luger or Kesler house) promotion in rank to Major in the Please save us from making phone calls Israeli Defense Force. and retrieving tickets! to Judy Levy on the birth of a מזל טוב to the entire מזל טוב !YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION great grandson Sunday, April 19th Levy family! to Moshe Loew on the occasion of his מזל טוב PM Beth El Temple 7:00 Honoring the memory of the Bar Mitzvah. Mazal tov to Daniel & Chanie, Martyred Six Million Nachi, Avi, Yitzy &Atara, grandparents Hel- YOM HAZIKARON CEREMONY en & Les Loew, Molly & Harry Neuhoff, great Tuesday, April 21st grandmother Margot Jeremias, and the extended Loew & Neuhoff families! 7:30 PM, Mandell JCC to Eli Gelb on the birth of a grandson מזל טוב Day of Remembrance for the soldiers to מזל טוב .and citizens of Israel who have perished to his daughter Esther Blima by acts of war and terrorism. great-grandparents Sally & Bumi Gelb and the entire Gelb family! 2ND ANNUAL READING OF THE NAMES to Dari and Ari Leichtberg on the מזל טוב ,Monday, April 20th, 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM to מזל טוב !Mandell JCC Chase Gallery birth of Sahara Leila Miryam siblings Ra’eya & Liav; grandparents Judy & ANNUAL YOM HA'AZMAUT FAMILY מזל טוב ;Sam Leichtberg and Neila Carlebach CELEBRATION & RAFFLE DRAWING to aunt, uncle and cousins Batsheva, Zvi, YOUNG ISRAEL OF Thursday, April 23rd Tova, Meira, Tziyona & Amitai Goldfischer, At the Shul at 5:30 PM and the entire Leichtberg and Carlebach followed by the families! RAFFLE DRAWING at 7:30 PM 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Page 2 Please send your check with WINTER CLASSES AT YIWH the detailed acknowledgement information MISHNA BRURAH CLASS (including addresses as needed) directly to the office or With Rabbi Sheinkopf donate on the website Shabbat Mornings at 8:15 AM Helen Weisel RABBI WEINBERG’S SUNDAY MORNING In honor of the birth of a great-grandson, Isaac GEMARA CLASS - Shalom Weisel Masechet Beitzah In memory of her daughter Aviva Weisel Eichler WEEKLY AUDIO CLASS In memory of her sister Rita Newfield “10 Minutes on Tefilla” In appreciation of Sarah Elbaum's continued friend- This class will be emailed every week ship We will be studying Shearim B’Tefilla” of Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus z”l. Vera Schwarcz. In honor of the Leichtbergs' new granddaughter WOMEN’S LEARNING GROUP In honor of Michael Snyder, " who year after year Wednesday morning at 11:15 AM In Classroom 1 at the JCC works hard to make it possible to burn our chametz communally. This year, he did it while he was still ill SHABBAT TOT CIRCLE with fever .” Is a parent led Shabbat group for children ages five and under. The program is Sally & Bumie Gelb the first Shabbat of every month. In memory of Jason Wolfe Parents are invited to stay with their children From: The Search Committee during this program to partake in davening, As co-chairs of the search committee, we'd like to update songs and games. the membership of the YIWH as to the status of our search A special Shabbat treat will be served. for a new Rabbi. The committee has reviewed about 20 re- sumes and we've had telephone and Skype interviews with ROSH CHODESH TEHILLIM GROUP many candidates. We are planning to continue both face to Monday, April 20th at 7:30 PM face and Skype interviews. In addition, we have a candi- At Sandy Trencher’s home, date scheduled to join us for a Shabbat shul interview the 50 Miamis Road last weekend in April, which we hope you all can attend ! More details will follow about the interview weekend as it WOMEN’S SHABBAT AFTERNOON approaches. We'd like to thank the committee members for MISHNAH CLASS their hard work, late hours and Sundays away from fami- Shabbat, April 18, at 4:00 PM lies. As the search process moves forward, we will continue at the home of Ruth Alcabes, 30 Seneca Road to keep you informed. We'll begin with Masechet (Tractate) Shabbat, Sincerely, and the group will be facilitated, to begin with, Judith Hessing & Steve Luger by Jo Bruce, with the possibility of others also participating in leading the discussions. The SIGEL HEBREW ACADEMY PLAYFUL PALS PLAYGROUP class will be text based, and we'll learn the Free Playgroup for Jewish Children - Birth to Five At the Hebrew Academy Pre-School Mishnah with the Kehati commentary, so par- Tuesdays, April 28th thru June 2nd ticipants should try to obtain a copy of the 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Mishnah Kehati for Tractate Shabbat in either English or Hebrew. HHNE 5K UNITY COLOR RUN Thursday, June 4th at 5:30 PM SCRIP PROGRAM The Color Run is a fun, healthy way to join to- DO YOUR SHOPPING WITH SCRIP gether to celebrate our community in all its WE HAVE BIG Y, SHOPRITE & WHOLE FOODS colorful diversity I am happy to report that so far the shul has raised almost $6000.00. (We hope to get to YIWH PROJECT 5775 $10,000 by year end) Keep up the good work AND earn your $100 SCRIP credit off dues. SHABBAT MITZVOT TO STUDY Daniella (Cell) 516-286-0815 4/18 Negative 85-90 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 Theological Seminary at Yeshiva Uni- versity 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 Re- serves in Fort Totten, Queens, and a hospital chaplain at St. Luke’s Hospital. Rabbi Bercuson’s interests include distance running, French literature, history of philoso- phy, 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 Mary- land with a BS in family studies and a minor in Jewish studies, and then studied Jew- ish 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 Chi- cago. She has completed a master’s in educational psychology 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 and Kabbalat Shabbat, Rabbi Bercuson will deliver a brief Friday, April 24 7:00 PM Dvar Torah following davening Shabbat, April 25 Shacharit, 9:00 AM Rabbi Bercuson will deliver the sermon Kiddush following davening Rabbi and Mrs. Bercuson will meet Shabbat, April 25 members of the community Shabbat, April 25 Shiur, 6:10 PM Rabbi Bercuson will deliver a shiur Mincha and Seudah Shlishit, Rabbi Bercuson will deliver the Shabbat, April 25 7:10 PM Dvar Torah at Seudah Shlishit 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 Shacharit, light breakfast, & Rabbi Bercuson will teach a gemara Sunday morning, April 26 Gemara Shiur, 8:15 AM shiur following davening YIWH Schedule of Services April 17th - April 24th, 2015 It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush Shabbat Mevorchim Parashat Shmini Or Seudah Shlishit! Friday, April 17th - Erev Shabbat Shul handles set up & Clean up! Shacharit 6:45 a.m.