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YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE

Rabbi Yosef Weinstock, Senior Rabbi

Rabbi Adam Frieberg, Assistant Rabbi

Rabbi Edward Davis, Rabbi Emeritus

Dr. P.J. Goldberg, President

3291 Stirling Road, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312

954-966-7877 email: info@yih.org www.yih.org

MATTOT-MASS’EI

2 AV 5778 JULY 14, 2018

TORAH READING Numbers 30:2 HAFTORAH Jeremiah 2:4

Nach Yomi : Isaiah 52 Daf Yomi : Zevachim 92

SHABBAT TIMES

Candle Lighting 7:15 & 7:57 p.m. Shabbat Ends 8:55 p.m.

Shabbat Shalom

Welcome to the participants in the

Jewish Singles Friday Night Dinner

And welcome to all newcomers, visitors and guests

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OUR YIH FAMILY…. Mazel Tov:

Zev & Orly Klapholz on the birth of their son, Boaz Yerachmiel, and to the entire

family.

Dov & Alana Tepper on the birth of their daughter, Ariel Nace, and to brother

Noam, grandparents David & Haya Tepper and the entire family.

Dale & Marlene Bergman on the birth of a granddaughter to Rabbi Meir & Shira

Goldfischer of Lakewood, NJ, and to great-uncle & aunt, Steven & Ruthy Mandel,

and the entire family.

Condolences:

Zev Naiditch on the loss of his father David Naiditch. The funeral was in Israel.

Shiva concluded on Thursday.

Irwin & Fran Gottlieb and family on the loss of his son Alan Gottlieb. The funeral

was on Tuesday. Shiva will conclude on Monday morning after Shacharit.

A Message from our Member:

Dr. Ira Ginsberg is in desperate need of a kidney donation. Please spread the

word. Dr Ginsberg’s contact number is 954-494-1494. For more information about

living kidney donation, please contact Miami Transplant Institute’s kidney living

donor team at 305-355-5000 for general information.

REFUAH SHLEIMAH

Bahor ben Merhai (Boris Yusupov-Roman Yusupov’s father), Baruch Zvi ben Rivka Batya (Rabbi Dr. Brian Galbut-Daniel Galbut’s cousin), Binyamin ben Chemla (Binyamin Israel), Chaim Yehuda ben Devorah Raizel (Dr. Chaim Botwinick), David HaKohen ben Esther (Lev Kandinov’s father), Eliezer HaLevi ben Chana (Leon Brauser-Joel Brauser’s father), Solomon ben Solika (Solomon Perez-Ilana Melnitsky’s father), Yaakov ben Mira (Jacques Vogel-Michel Vogel’s father), Yaakov Yosef ben Gittel Raizel (Jeffrey Sava), Yehuda Arieh ben Mindla (Philippe Leiberman’s father), Yisroel Yechiel ben Chaya (Michael Reinhard-Kenny Reinhard’s father), Yitzchak Chanoch ben Chana (nephew of Vanessa Shamah and Lauren Davis).

Chana Ety bat Zirel Libah, Chaya Sara bat Dubra (Irene Berlin-Reva Homnick’s mother), Devora bat Sheina Baila, Elka bat Tova (Leona Brauser-Joel Brauser’s mother), Feiga Necha bat Pessel (Fay Lerner), Masha bat Ruth (Marcia Chonchol-Craig Barany’s mother), Pesyah Kayla Sarah bat Shaindle (Ezra Stern’s mother), Sara Leah bat Rochel (Cynthia Lynn Haber-Cheryl Hamburg’s sister), Sara Leah bat Bracha (Stacey Deutsch), Shira Raizel Esther bat Mina Zosha (Ruth Messer’s granddaughter), Tzirel Libah bat Frimed Mindel (Sylvia Lieberman-

Philippe Lieberman’s mother), Yocheved bat Tzril (Joan Niad).

THANK YOU TO OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS

All Kiddushim & Seudah Shlishit

Shabbat Sponsors Group

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Friday Night

7:00pm Minchah/Maariv Main Sanctuary

7:00pm Sephardic Minchah/Maariv Library

7:15pm &

7:57pm

Candle Lighting

7:45pm YIH and Jewish Singles of South Florida

dinner (by prior registration)

Social Hall

8:05pm Minchah/Maariv Beit Midrash

Shabbat Morning

7:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary

8:00am Shacharit Minyan Room 1 & 2

8:15am Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits Beit Midrash

8:45am Beit Midrash Minyan House

9:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary

9:00am Games Rooms & Shabbat Groups Rooms 1,2,3,4 & 6

9:00am Sephardic Minyan Library

9:15am Parsha Class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back Room of House

No Teen Minyan this Shabbat

10:02am Latest Shema Time

10:10am The Rest of the Story: Understanding the

Haftorah Rabbi Yitzi Marmorstein

Social Hall

10:15am Parsha Class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back Room of House

10:30am Nursery 3 Group Chapel

10:45am Sefer HaMitzvot Shiur, Rabbi Raphael Stohl Beit Midrash

Main Sanctuary will be locked while the Torah is being read, during Mussaf

Kedusha, and while Rabbi is speaking

Contact Gerald Mayerhoff glmcpa@bellsouth.net or David Lasko

davidlasko@yahoo.com for an aliyah or kibbud at any of the minyanim

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Shabbat Afternoon

6:40pm Gemara Shiur on Gittin (in Hebrew) Beit Midrash

6:55pm Daf Yomi Library

7:10pm Rabbi Frieberg’s class. Topic: Inviting Others

to a Bris

Main Sanctuary

7:55pm Teen Minchah Room 5

7:55pm Minchah Main Sanctuary

After Minchah Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits Beit Midrash

8:55pm Maariv Main Sanctuary

8:55pm Teen Maariv Room 5

Immediately

after Maariv

Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5 min. class Library

Shabbat Safety, Security & First Aid

“Safety & Security is everyone’s responsibility. If You See Something Say

Something!” Talk to the President, Rabbis, or Executive Director.

AED (Automated External Defibrillator) along with other first aid equipment in closet

next to Social Hall.

In an effort to improve our Security, please do not congregate in and near the

SECURITY TENT. Our Security teams needs to stay focused while they are on

duty. Any questions or concerns should be brought to the attention of the Shul

Security committee and Board of Directors.

Shabbat Crossing schedule: Stirling Road at SW 33rd Avenue

Hollywood Police will control the light this Friday 7:00-11:00pm. Shabbat 7:45am-

12:30pm & 6:30-9:30pm. A custodian will manually change the light between 6:50 &

7:10am. Please cross Stirling Road in the crosswalk after all traffic has stopped.

NEW SHIVA COMMITTEE - peace of mind during a difficult time The Shiva Committee has been revamped with new volunteers to ensure that members receive all bereavement related services and support under one roof. That means but one call and we are here for as much or as little as you need:

Liaise with the Shul office

Prepare the Shiva house

Mobilize Minyanim

Coordinate meals and/or assist the designated meal coordinator

Provide a Se'udat Habra'ah (the first meal for mourners after the funeral)

Direct you to bereavement resources

Please contact Risa Chopp at 305-322-4475 or risa.chopp@gmail.com if you would like more information or have suggestions.

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D’var Torah : Rabbi Yosef Weinstock

The Chofetz Chaim warned his students that each person is allotted a certain number of steps

during our lifetime- so we must be careful to utilize our steps for the purposes of Mitzvot and

not evil-doing. Similarly, the Chofetz Chaim said that each individual is allotted a certain

number of words by Heaven. Therefore, we must think before we speak, for once our words

are spent, we can’t get a refund.

The Torah’s focus on our speech relates more to the quality of our words than the

quantity. There are ways to elevate our speech, through study, prayer, blessings and other

declarations of our faith and identity. There are also types of speech that we are commanded to

avoid: Ona’at Devarim- hurtful speech, Nibul Peh, crass speech, and Loshon Harah are a few

such examples.

And then there is untruthful speech. We all know that lying is wrong. Emet, truth, is a

characteristic that we attribute to Hashem and one that we are supposed to emulate.

A study was conducted at the University of Massachusetts in which 121 pairs of students

were told that the purpose of the study was to examine how people interact when they meet

someone new. Each participant had a 10 minute conversation with another person. The

participants did not know that these sessions were being videotaped by a hidden camera.

Afterwards the students were asked to watch the videos of themselves and identify any

inaccuracies in what they said during the conversation. Upon watching themselves on video,

participants in the study were surprised at how much they had lied. The lies var ied: some

were relatively minor, such as agreeing with a person when they really did not agree. Other lies

were more extreme, like falsely claiming to be the star of a rock band.

In case you were wondering, the number of lies told by men and women in this study

were similar. However, what emerged was that men and women lied in different ways. Women

were more likely to lie to make the person to whom they were speaking feel good, while men

lied most often to make themselves look better.

Towards the end of Parshat Matot, we read about Gad and Reuven’s request to settle the

eastern bank of the Jordan. Moshe finally acquiesces, and does so by expressing this agreement

in both the positive and the negative. Moshe specifically says,

“If you fulfill the condition of fighting with the other tribes in the conquest of Eretz Yisrael,

then you will inherit this land which you requested. HOWEVER if you do not fulfill this

condition, then you will not receive the land which you seek.”

From here we learn the format to which all Halachically-valid conditions must conform.

It’s not enough to declare “If A then B”. One must say, “If A- then B and if not A- then not B.”

One reason for this is because people don’t always mean what they say. We therefore need to

make our words as clear as possible, for the benefit of both parties.

The sincerity of our words is an issue that goes beyond business transactions. How often

do we say things that we really don’t mean? Perhaps the statement most often expressed

insincerely is the question: “How are you?” A lot of times we ask this question to inquire as to

the welfare of our friend. But sometimes people ask, but they really don’t care. Other

statements that may not always be said with sincerity are: “Thanks for everything” or “Call me

if you need anything”.

At the beginning of Parshat Matot, we learn the laws of Nedarim, vows. The essential

lesson of this mitzvah is found in the second pasuk of the Parsha:

“If a man will take a vow or swear an oath, he shall not desecrate his word, according to

whatever comes from his mouth shall he do.”

The power of speech is holy. Vivid and heartfelt speech distinguishes humans from all

other life forms. Our words are precious. They can be incredibly impactful. Let us count our

words and make sure that our words count.

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WEEKDAY LEARNING

Daf Yomi in the Library. Weekdays: 5:30am & 8:00pm. Shabbat: 1 hour

before Minchah. Sundays: 6:30am.

Morning Learning Program with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits. Sun. (8-9am), Mon.-

Fri. (7-8am). Daily in the Beit Midrash 15 min. Mussar 15 min. Chumash with

Rashi (Parashah HaShavua), 30 min. Gemara.

Mondays:

8:30pm The Book of Devarim, Tobi Wolf for women, Room 5

8:30pm Talmud Tractate Brachot, Rabbi Yitzchak Salid, Chapel

Tuesdays:

7:30pm Talmud Sanhedrin with Rabbi Michael Katz, Room 5

Wednesdays:

8:00pm “Practical Jewish Living for Beginners” with Sara Frieberg at her home.

REMINDERS & UPCOMING EVENTS

High Holiday Seating is in full swing. Go

to yih.org/hh5779 to sign up online or to print a

form.

Feed the Homeless Program. If you would

like to volunteer, please contact Batzi Berman or

David Genet

Sunday, 7/29

WEEKDAY DAILY MINYANIM July 15-20

Shacharit: Sun. 7:15, 8:00, 9:00am, Mon. & Thurs. 6:15, 7:15, 8:00am

Tues., Wed. & Fri. 6:15, 7:30, 8:00am

Minchah/Maariv: 8:05pm

SYNAGOGUE OFFICE SUMMER HOURS

Mon.-Thurs. 9:30am to 4:00pm and Fri. 9:30am to 1:00pm

THIS PUBLICATION GOES TO THE PRINTER ON WEDNESDAYS. ALL SUBMISSIONS

MUST BE IN THE SHUL OFFICE BY WEDNESDAYS AT NOON. THIS INCLUDES

EVENTS, SPONSORSHIPS, NAMES FOR THE REFUAH SHLEIMAH LIST.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Book Fair at Stirling Road Library, Sunday, July 15th from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Lots of Hebrew books and CDs! Contact Hannah Hosytk for information hhostyk@bellsouth.net

Gary & Sandy Bloom are hosting an Awareness Program for the Hollywood

Chesed House for Memorial Regional Hospital on Thursday evening July 19th

from 8:30-9:30 at 4301 N Hills Drive. Refreshments will be served. All community

members are welcome to attend.

Feed the Homeless Program: A collection is being made of t-shirts, polo shirts,

socks, underwear, socks and toiletries for men and women. Drop off at the home of Dov & Debbie Linzer. If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Linzer 954-966-9439 or Jennifer Eichenholz 917-449-8311.

Jewish Education Fund: Love your community, invest in your schools,

support JEF. For more information, go to yih.org/JEF or call 954-966-7877.

Bikur Cholim Medical Gemach is looking for a place to store medical

equipment. If you have a space you are not using, please let us know. If you are in need and want to borrow medical equipment, please contact us at 954-895-8844 or medicalequipmentgemach@gmail.com

PATCH Free Tutoring Program for YIH Middle & High School students.

Contact Larry Reiss (954) 662-3128.

The Cupboard Kosher Food Bank is always in need of food and supplies.

Drop off at the home of Chani & Jay Dennis or Michael & Tsilila Goldberg.

Hollywood Bridal Gemach is looking for donations of bridal gowns,

bridesmaid, mother of the bride gowns in good condition and all sizes. Please contact Robin Andisman at 954-588-7600 or hollywoodgemach@gmail.com Monetary donations welcome. All donations are tax deductible.

Chaverim of Hollywood 954-998-2648 - volunteer roadside assistance.

The Chesed House is open to out-of-town visitors, as well as to residents whose

loved ones are in hospital. Contact 786-565-2424 or thechesedhouse@gmail.com

Late Ma’ariv 9:30pm Sun.-Thurs. and Early Minchah 2:00pm Mon.-Thurs. at

Hollywood Community Kollel, 4016 N. 46 St. (Winn Dixie shopping center).

YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD ENCOURAGES OUR MEMBERS’ HOSPITALITY AND PARTICIPATION AT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE SYNAGOGUE DOES NOT SUPERVISE THE KASHRUT OF COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR CAMPUS, NOR PRIVATE

EVENTS AT MEMBERS' HOMES. CONSULT THE RABBIS WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

Join the YIH Smachot WhatsApp Group Post invitations for a Bris, Shalom Zachor, Kiddush, etc. https://chat.whatsapp.com/HCa2nR1nDKY0GpJiiI9q53

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Senate Appropriations Committee Supports Homeland Security Cooperation On June 21, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed its Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill, which includes funding for U.S.-Israel Homeland Security (HLS) cooperation. According to AIPAC’s News Hub, should the relevant provision make it to the president’s desk, Congress will have quadrupled its annual funding of U.S.-Israel non-defense programs in a period of just two years. The road to this unprecedented HLS funding began in 2014 when the U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act authorized DHS to develop pilot programs with Israel. Following this, DHS initiated a three-year pilot with Israel’s Ministry of Public Safety (MOPS) that supported first-responder and wearable technologies collaboration. With the pilot now winding down, this year’s congressional funding will provide for the long-term viability and growth of the program, and enable its expansion into the areas of cybersecurity, border security, maritime security, biometrics and video analytics.

Our synagogue partners with AIPAC, America’s pro-Israel lobby, in educating our community on issues affecting the U.S.-Israel relationship. We encourage you to learn more by contacting AIPAC at (202) 639-5200 or by visiting www.aipac.org

Florida ranked #3 for quality of US K-12 education in a recent study out of the University of Texas. Florida’s rank is #1 in the entire country when adjusted for efficiency of educational spending, since Florida has one of the lowest per student costs in the country. We believe this is a result of Florida being the nation’s most innovative state for supporting families to send their kids to the school that is best for them - public, private, charter or home school. School choice rocks! Vote to support school choice in the August 28 primary. For more information email teachflorida@ou.org

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Time Program Age/Grade Location

Shabbat

8:30am Babysitting 18months-Nursery 3 House

9:00am Game Room Pre K - 4th Grade Room 3-4

No Teen Minyan

10:00am Shabbat Groups Pre K - 2nd Grade Rooms 2 & 6

10:00am Minyanairres with Kiddush 3rd & 4th Grade Room 1

10:30am Nursery 3 3 years Chapel

7:55pm Teen Minchah Room 5

8:55pm Teen Maariv Room 5

Parsha Quiz

Shabbat Mattot–Mass’ei

Email answers to parshaquiz@yih.org on Motzei Shabbat Elementary School

Precisely where are the plains of Moab? Middle School

How many men from each tribe were armed to go to war against the Midianites?

Parsha Comic

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D’var Torah : Rav James

Currently I am spending the summer at Moshava Stone alongside nearly 100 chanichim and tzevet from South Florida. Were are spending the summer learning about Shevet Tzion which is very appropriate as my family and I count down the days (just over 40) until we return home. In the 18-1900’s, the early chalutzim began cultivating the disease ridden swamps of the Galilee, the barren land bore fruits, an ancient language was revived and cities sprouted throughout Eretz Yisrael for the first time in millennia. While the Jewish State was being built up in miraculous fashion, and the nation began to find itself in the greatest physical state it had been since the exile, a religious revolution was taking place, which threatened the spiritual state of the nation more than ever. Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, who was the Rabbi of the “New Yishuv” and later the first Chief Rabbi of Palestine under the British Mandate, saw in the rampant rejection of religion as an expression of deep thirst for divinity. According to Rav Kook, the rejection of G-d by society and especially by Jews was, and remains, a rejection of a specific model of G-d in favor of a deeper and more sophisticated one. Rav Kook wrote “Atheism has a temporary legitimacy, for it is needed to purge away the aberrations that attached themselves to religious faith because of a deficiency in perception and in the divine service...” Rejection of religious principals is part of healthy spiritual growth: A person’s spiritual world must mature and evolve the same as all other aspects of their personality; it is dangerous for someone to understand the world with the knowledge of an adult with advance scientific and ethical insights yet continue to understand G-d as a child would. Thus, the inclination towards heresy and rejection invoke a spiritual journey to discover more advanced understandings of what it is we call “Hashem”. For Rav Kook, this task was of upmost importance. For the nation to advance in all walks of life, but only in matters of faith remain stagnant, would give way a dangerous situation. The state needs to be built on foundations of G-dliness and faith in order for it to achieve its ultimate purpose. And the G-dliness that will truly fortify the state will follow a model that is deep, sophisticated and inspiring. During the summer we have marked the fast of Shiva’Asar b’Tammuz, which ushered in the three weeks of sombreness and mourning which will culminate on Tisha B’Av when the Beit Hamikdash was destroyed and Am Yisrael’s national aspirations were crushed as we were cast into exile. It is not by coincidence that the timeframe leading up to Tisha B’Av commences on Shiva’Asar b’Tammuz, there is a direct correlation between the events of the first fast day, and the ultimate trouncing of our national structure. The Mishnah (Ta’anit 4:6) enumerates the various calamities which befell Am Yisrael on Shiva’Asar b’Tammuz “Five [tragic] events befell our fathers on the seventeenth of Tammuz ... the Tablets [of law] were broken, the daily tamid offering was discontinued, a breach was made in the city wall, and the Greek General Apostumos burned the Torah, and an idol was placed in the Temple.” It then goes on to enumerate all those which occurred on Tisha B’Av, “It was decreed that our fathers should not enter the Land, the Temple was destroyed the first and second time, Beitar was captured and the city [of Jerusalem] was ploughed over.” While the devastation of Tisha B’Av is national and that of Shiva’Asar b’Tammuz is spiritual. From the shattering of the tablets to the erection of an idol in the Beit Hamikdash, this day commemorates the spiritual deterioration we experienced, leading ultimately to the crumbling of the walls of the Beit Hamikdash and our ability to exist as a sovereign nation. Our national destruction is linked directly to our spiritual decline, and our national success is ultimately dependent on our spiritual devotion. However, it is not enough to accept the model of faith and spiritual devotion of past generations, rather, we must dig deeper and pursue the profound meaning behind our faith, and to embrace a more relevant and inspirational model of G-dliness one that will serve as the foundation for our state. The shattering of the tablets as the rejection of G-dliness and religion can lead to Tisha B’Av, destruction, pain and exile. But it can also lead to a heightened understanding of G-dliness and a more impassioned relationship with Hashem. When we embrace the profound and relevant teachings of our tradition, and ultimately pursue an inspired Jewish lifestyle, these days of solemnity and sadness shall be transformed from mourning to rejoice. May it be speedily and in our days that see the completion of the Geula and the rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash, that was merely started with our return to Zion and the building of the State of Israel.

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