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YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD

2240 ALBANY AVENUE

WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117

860-233-3084

Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org

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Rabbi Brahm Weinberg 860-233-3084 or [email protected] Debra Luger 860-233-0300 or [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

NEW WOMEN’S LEARNING GROUP

Wednesday mornings Starting this week

Wednesday morning at 11:15 AM At Café J at the JCC

“V’TEN TAL UMATAR LIVRACHA”

As of this past Thursday we have begun saying “v’ten tal umatar” praying for rain.

UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS

12/5-6 Shabbat Achim 12/6 D’Or L’DOR

12/7 HHNE Annual Gala 12/9 Rabbi Weinberg’s Tuesday night class

12/10 Hartford Hawks Kosher Night 12/17 - HAGH Chanukah Cabaret

12/19 Shabbat Chanukah Lecture Series with Stu Miller

12/22 Kid's Chanuka Fun Night

1/3/15 “NOAH” - YIWH Film Night 1/16 - 17 YIWH - AIPAC Shabbaton

1/22 Joint YIWH - Chabad Havdallah

SEE BULLETIN FOR MORE DETAILS

מזל טוב

to Ann Pava on being honored at מזל טובthe HHNE Gala this Sunday!

HHNE ANNUAL GALA

Sunday, December 7th This event celebrates community leaders

who have been instrumental in the creation, growth and support of

Hebrew High School of New England & the Jewish community.

Honoring Ann Pava and Diane Troderman

President's Award Recipient David R. Miller

At the Emanuel Synagogue

YIWH YEAR-LONG TORAH LEARNING PROJECT 5775

THIS YEAR WE WILL BE STUDYING: The Concise Book of Mitzvot

by The Chafetz Chaim

Shabbat Achim

Parashat Vayishlach

December 6th,2014 14 Kislev 5775

Kiddush this Shabbat

Is in honor of our

New Members and Friends

Jonathan and Sarah Abbett & family

Jonathan Bilmes and Barbara Becker

Rabbi Jeremy and Jo Bruce & family

Ronen and Brooke Elefant & family

Rabbi Moishe Chaim and Devorah Lustig

Rabbi Eliot and Ann Feldman

Bumi, Sally, and Eli Gelb

Judy Levy

Jon and Bat-Sheva Maslow & family

Oren and Avital Porat & family

David and Naomi Rosen

SHABBAT ACHIM --- ONEG Please join us after dinner on Friday eve

To mingle with your YI neighbors and Friends at an Oneg hosted by

Donna & Barry Gordon 26 Stoneham Drive

At 8:00 PM

NEW SHABBAT PROGRAM

Starting this Shabbat, called Shabbat Tot Circle

It will be a parent led Shabbat group for children ages five and under. The program

will be the first Shabbat of every month. Parents are invited to stay with their

children during this program to partake in davening, songs and games. A special

Shabbat treat will be served.

RABBI WEINBERG’S TUESDAY NIGHT CLASS

Tuesday, December 9th Analysis of the Shmitta Year in

Israel & Diaspora

NEXT TEHILLIM GROUP

Monday, December 22nd at 7:30 PM At the home of Sally Gelb, 50 Middlebrook Rd

Editor: Judie Patel [email protected]

SHABBAT MITZVOT TO STUDY

12/6 Positive 49- 54

SPECIAL SHABBAT CHANNUKA LECTURE SERIES

With Professor Stuart Miller "From the Maccabim to Miqvaot:"

A two part presentation devoted to the history, preservation. & endurance of Jewish ritual life.

1. Friday Evening: “The Real Miracle of Hanukkah"

2. Motsaei Shabbat: "Ritual Bathing Practices and Jewish Communal

Life from Ancient Sepphoris (Tsippori) to Nineteenth Century Chesterfield, CT”

More details to follow.

HAGH CHANUKAH CABARET

Wednesday, December 17th - 2nd Candle at 5:30 PM Chanukah candle lighting, Student performances,

& Dinner Family Seating $7/Adult $5/child $36 Max

See Flier for details

KID'S CHANUKA FUN NIGHT

Menorah Lighting, Pizza & Falafel, Music & Crafts

Monday, December 22nd - 7th Night of Chanukah at 5:00 PM at the Shul

$15.00 per family RSVP: [email protected]

DOR L’DOR

Parent Child Learning at HHNE Saturday Nights Between 7:00 -8:00 PM

December 6th January 10th Januray 24th February 7th February 21st

NEW BOOKKEEPER

Our new bookkeeper has started this week. Her name is Kim Danek. She will be working part time at

the Shul office in the same capacity as Martha. In general, her hours will be

Mondays & Thursdays from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

(These hours may vary slightly this month) You can call during those hours, or email her

at [email protected] and she will get back to you when she is in the office.

BOOK CLUB

Next book is Isaac Bashevis Singer’s third posthumous book MESHUGAH

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Acknowledgment or Kid’s Corner donations should be sent

to: Debbie Luger at 37 Miamis Road, WH, CT

Judy Levy: In honor of Stan & Evelyn Rutstein being proud grandparents again. In memory of Arlen's mother, Goldie Lichter

FALL/WINTER CLASSES AT YIWH

MISHNA BRURAH CLASS

With Rabbi Sheinkopf Shabbat Mornings at 8:15AM

RABBI WEINBERG’S SUNDAY MORNING

GEMARA CLASS - Masechet Beitzah

TUESDAY NIGHT CLASS

Tuesday, December 9th Analysis of the Shmitta Year in

Israel & Diaspora

WEEKLY AUDIO CLASS

“10 Minutes on Tefilla” This class will be emailed every week

We will be studying Shearim B’Tefilla” of Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus z”l.

WOMEN’S LEARNING GROUP

Wednesday mornings Wednesday morning at 11:15 AM

At Café J at the JCC

Mincha/Maariv

Please note that the YIWH Mincha, Monday - Thursday, will now take place at

HHNE - Please make every effort to attend to ensure we have a minyan

SAVE THE DATE

SHLOCK ROCK

Sigel Hebrew Academy Event Sponsored by the PTO -

Saturday, December 13th at Beth David Synagogue -

Food from Yosi Catering for sale beginning at 6:30 pm,

FREE concert at 7:30 pm, FREE dessert bar included

with registration

MOVIE NIGHT

Saturday, January 3rd at 7:30 PM

NOAH

A man is chosen by his world's creator to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.

YIWH - AIPAC SHABBATON

January 17th at YIWH. Featuring special speakers and programs

about AIPAC and Israel Advocacy. More details to follow.

JOINT YIWH - CHABAD HAVDALLAH

Program for children and parents January 24th.

More details to follow.

mailto:[email protected]

Dvar Torah of the Week By Rabbi Yonah Gross of Young Israel of Phoenix AZ

The big showdown is coming. Jacob has been running from Esau for years. It is finally time to meet and settle things for good. The Torah tells the story from the vantage point of Jacob’s camp. We are grant-ed a backstage pass to see Jacob’s threefold preparations for the showdown. Jacob does everything he can to be as ready as possible. He makes strategic military defense plans, prepares gifts to present to Esau to offset any residual anger, and he prays to G-d that he and his family should be rescued from their predicament. But then comes the big letdown. Jacob finally meets Esau and everything seems fine again. Esau kisses Jacob, they bicker about whether Esau should accept Jacob’s presents and then everyone goes on their way. If I were Jacob I’d feel … I had just wasted a lot of time and energy on a project and it was all for naught! Was Jacob wrong in concentrating so heavily on the meeting with Esau? Additionally, why did he not just try to avoid the confrontation? Our Sages (Bereishit Rabba 75:3) actually criticize Jacob for inviting an altercation with Esau when he could have traveled back to Israel using a different route and totally avoided the conflict. However, perhaps we are losing sight of what Jacob’s real challenge was. If we assume that the challenge had been for Jacob to figure out how to get past Esau, then it is legitimate to criticize him for searching for a conflict that was unnecessary. It would then be a letdown when that fight ends up being insignificant. But there is another part to the story. Jacob spent the entire night before this scheduled meeting wrestling with an angel. With the arrival of morning, when it be-came apparent that Jacob would win, the angel changed Jacob’s name to Israel which, the Torah tells us, is because “you (Jacob) have striven (sarita) with the Divine and with man and have overcome.” It seems that the victorious renaming ceremony, where Jacob’s name was changed to Israel, should have taken place following the meeting with Esau. It should not have been when Jacob was out at night, alone, the night before he met Esau, be-cause he had not yet accomplished anything at that point. Furthermore, why was Jacob’s new name, and subsequently the name of our nation, named for ‘striving?’ We should be named after the second half of that verse ‘to overcome.’ The question can be resolved with an understanding that this story as well as the story of our lives is not necessarily about our accomplishments but rather about ef-fort. Although headlines and accolades are bestowed upon the person with the highest level of accomplishments, our gut tells us that it is the process that defines greatness. It may be hard to define or quantify, but it is surely what matters most to the ultimate unquantifiable one. For this reason, it is not a letdown when Yaakov doesn’t have to put his prepara-tion to use against Esau. His preparation was already put to good use because his ef-fort is what really counts. Now it also becomes clear why the Jewish people are named Yisrael after their striving, and not after their accomplishments. Because that is really what is asked of us - that we strive, we try to do the best that we can under whatever circumstances we are placed in. Accomplishments are useful as a measuring stick to see how successful we are in our striving but it is our process of action that we should really examine….

SCRIP PROGRAM

Thank you to our shul members who have either recently started to participate in the Scrip program or who have continued their involvement. I am happy to report that from July 1st our shul has raised

$3152. Twelve new families have started to buy supermarket gift cards since July, and two new families enrolled to make purchases from their favorite retailers. I am happy to announce that we just bought a

limited number of $100 gift cards from Whole Foods to sell to the shul members directly. Daniella (Cell) 516-286-0815

Check out the weekly Schedule on the YIWH Website youngisraelwh.org/times ~ Times from: ou.org/holidays/calendar

For Eruv Information: twitter.com/WHartfordEruv or youngisraelwh.org/eruv or (Hotline - 860-232-6417)

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or contact [email protected] for more information.

YIWH Schedule of Services

December 5th - 12th, 2014 It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush

Shabbat Parashat Vayishlach Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, December 5th - Erev Shabbat Shul handles set up & Clean up!

Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Contact Judie Patel at 860-236-4178, or

Candle Lighting 4:02 p.m. [email protected]

Mincha/Maariv 4:07 p.m. to check the availability of the date

you need & call Fran Wittenberg

Shabbat, December 6th at 860-983-4837

Rabbi Sheinkopf’s Mishna Brurah Class 8:00 a.m. to make the arrangements for the

Shacharit 8:45 a.m. type of Kiddush you want.

Sof Zman Kriat Shma 9:18 a.m. Checks need to be received the

Shabbat Morning Youth Groups 10:00 a.m. Sunday prior to your Kiddush date.

Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv 3:50 p.m. There are three types

Shabbat Ends 5:02 p.m. of Kiddushim:

Standard for $150,

Sunday, December 7th - Thursday, December 11th Semi-Deluxe for $250

Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 6:09 a.m. & Deluxe for $350

Shacharit...Sunday - Followed by Breakfast 8:15 a.m. With supplements available.

and Rabbi Weinberg’s Gemara Shiur

Shacharit…Monday - Thursday 6:40 a.m. For Seudah Shlishit contact

Shacharit…Tuesday - Wednesday 6:45 a.m. Jason Dulberg at 860-523-1568

Mincha/Maariv...Sunday at YIWH 4:05 p.m.

Mincha/Maariv...Monday - Thursday at HHNE 4:05 p.m. KIDDUSH SCHEDULE

12/13 Glahn

Friday, November 21st - Erev Shabbat

Shacharit 6:45 a.m.

Candle Lighting 4:07 p.m.

Mincha/Maariv 4:12 p.m.

Ner La’Maor - Lights Daniella & Avi Robinson

Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah

Judy & Lauren Daman

Pat La’Orchim Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit

Juanita & Yitz Moss

In memory of Yitz’s grandfather Albert Sheiner אברהם בן עמנואל

Kiddush Supplement

Rachel & David Cohen

Seudah Shlishit Supplement Ilana & Steve Bernstein In honor of their parents

Victor & Lieba Bernstein Rabbi Richard & Lisa Plavin

5775 Candy Man You-Dah-Man

Elisheva & Zev Davidovics Ann & Jeremy Pava

Handy Man Good Humor Man

Patty & Lou Kornreich In honor of Tsion Cohen Debbie & Steve Luger

In memory of their daughter Michelle Daman Wasserman טובה רנה גיטל פרידה בת אברהם

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Shabbat Parashat Vayeishev Or Seudah Shlishit!













Standard for $150,

Sunday, December 14th - Thursday, December 18th Semi-Deluxe for $250




Shacharit…Monday 6:40 a.m. For Seudah Shlishit contact

Shacharit…Tuesday - Wednesday 6:45 a.m. Jason Dulberg at 860-523-1568

Shacharit…Wednesday - Thursday - Chanukah 6:30 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv...Sunday at YIWH 4:05 p.m. KIDDUSH SCHEDULE

Mincha/Maariv...Monday - Thursday at HHNE 4:05 p.m. 12/13 Glahn

Friday, November 21st - Erev Shabbat

Shacharit - Chanukah 6:30 a.m.





Judy & Lauren Daman


Juanita & Yitz Moss


Kiddush Supplement























Shabbat Chanukah Parashat Miketz Or Seudah Shlishit!













Standard for $150,

Sunday, December 21st - Thursday, December 25th Semi-Deluxe for $250




Shacharit…Monday - Tuesday - Chanukah/Rosh Chodesh 6:30 a.m. For Seudah Shlishit contact

Shacharit…Wednesday - Chanukah 6:30 a.m. Jason Dulberg at 860-523-1568

Shacharit…Thursday 8:15 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv...Sunday at YIWH 4:10 p.m. KIDDUSH SCHEDULE

Mincha/Maariv...Monday - Wednesday at HHNE 4:10 p.m. 12/13 Glahn

Friday, November 26th - Erev Shabbat

Shacharit 6:45 a.m.





Judy & Lauren Daman


Juanita & Yitz Moss


Kiddush Supplement
















WANT TO JOIN THE LISTSERV: To receive emails from the synagogue about classes, events, and times of services consider

subscribing to our public listserv by emailing [email protected].





December 26th, 2014 - January 2nd, 2015 It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush

Shabbat Parashat Vayigash Or Seudah Shlishit!





Shabbat, December 27th you need & call Fran Wittenberg

Rabbi Sheinkopf’s Mishna Brurah Class 8:00 a.m. at 860-983-4837

Shacharit 8:45 a.m. to make the arrangements for the

Sof Zman Kriat Shma 9:35 a.m. type of Kiddush you want.

Shabbat Morning Youth Groups 10:00 a.m. Checks need to be received the

Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv 3:55 p.m. Sunday prior to your Kiddush date.

Shabbat Ends 5:09 p.m. There are three types

Sunday, December 28th - Wednesday, January 1st of Kiddushim:

Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 6:09 a.m. Standard for $150,

Shacharit...Sunday - Followed by Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Semi-Deluxe for $250

and Rabbi Weinberg’s Gemara Shiur & Deluxe for $350

Shacharit…Monday 6:40 a.m. With supplements available.

Shacharit…Tuesday - Wednesday - 6:45 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv...Sunday - Wednesday at YIWH 4:15 p.m. For Seudah Shlishit contact

Thursday, January 1st - Asara B’Tevet

Alot Hashachar - Fast Begins 5:49 a.m. KIDDUSH SCHEDULE

Shacharit…Thursday 8:00 a.m. 12/13 Glahn

Chatzot - Midday 11:55 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv...Thursday @ YIWH 4:15 p.m.

Fast Ends 5:13 p.m.

Friday, January 2nd - Erev Shabbat

Shacharit 6:45 a.m.




Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah Judy & Lauren Daman


Juanita & Yitz Moss


Kiddush Supplement Rachel & David Cohen













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