Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky

Ilene Rosen—Executive Director

Jeff Kline— Shul President

Parashat Bereshit—Mevarchim Chodesh

October 6-12, 2018 — 27 Tishrei - 3 Cheshvan 5779 Torah reading — pg 2, Baal Koreh — Jerry Rotenberg

Haftarah — Isaiah 42:5-43:10 pg 1130 — Cantor Zachary Kutner

Taste of Torah parashah shiur with Essie Fleischman at 10:00 am in the Foyer

Prayer Pearls: Connecting Tefilah with Reb Noam Horowitz at 11:00 am in the Foyer

Please join us for Kiddush in the Social Hall sponsored by Estelle Klubock and Ann Jill and David Drucker in honor of

all their families’ October birthdays.

If you wish to sponsor a Kiddush, breakfast, or rent space in the synagogue please call us at 303-388-4203. Please respect the sanctity of our services by refraining from entering or leaving while the ark is open, Mourners Kaddish, Kedusha and Sermon.

Please note that our services are cell free zones.

Service Times

Saturday— October 6 Daf Yomi 8:00 am Shacharit, Sanctuary 9:00 am Shacharit, Chapel 9:15 am Mincha, Chapel 6:15 pm Havdalah 7:16 pm

Sunday— October 7 Daf Yomi 7:00 am Shacharit, Chapel 8:30 am Cantor’s Class 10:45 am Mincha/Maariv 6:00 pm

Monday— September 8 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv 6:00 pm Sefer HaChinuch 8:00

Tuesday— October 9 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 630 am Mincha/Maariv 6:00 pm

Wednesday— October 10 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 630 am Mincha/Maariv 6:00 pm

Thursday— October 11 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Ellyn Hutt Class 11:00 am Senior Chavurah 1:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 6:00 pm

Friday— October 12 Daf Yomi 5:45 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:45 am Mincha 6:00 pm Candle Lighting 6:05 pm

שבת שלום ומבורך!

Cantor Martin Goldstein

Cantor Emeritus Joel Lichterman

Cantor Emeritus Zachary Kutner

Daily/Weekly Torah Learning

►Daf-Yomi one hour before Shacharit - Rabbi Fleischmann ►Law, Legend & Lore daily after Mincha - Rabbi Chaitovsky ►Sefer HaChinuch Mondays at 8:00 pm - Rabbi Stern ►Verse by Verse through the Torah Wednesdays at 7:30 am - Rabbi Chaitovsky

►Women’s Parasha Shiur Thursdays at 11:00 am - Ellyn Hutt (no class Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 6) ►Taste of Torah Shabbat at 10:00 am - Essie Fleischmann ►Prayer Pearls Shabbat at 11:00 am - Reb Noam Horowitz ►Ten Minutes of Text Shabbat at Seudah Shelishit - Rabbi Chaitovsky ►Kabbalah & Jewish History Sundays at 10:45 am - Cantor Goldstein (beginning Oct 7th)

Parashah Summary

G-d creates the world in six days. On the first day He makes darkness and light. On the second day He forms the heavens, dividing the “upper waters” from the “lower waters.” On the third day He sets the boundaries of land and sea and calls forth trees and greenery from the earth. On the fourth day He fixes the position of the sun, moon and stars as timekeepers and illuminators of the earth. Fish, birds and reptiles are created on the fifth day; land animals and then the human being, on the sixth. G-d ceases work on the seventh day and sanctifies it as a day of rest.

G-d forms the human body from the dust of the earth and blows into his nostrils a “living soul.” Originally Man (Adam) is a single person, but deciding that “it is not good that man be alone,” G-d takes a "side" from the man, forms it into a woman and marries them to each other.

Adam and Eve are placed in the Garden of Eden and commanded not to eat from the “Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.” The serpent persuades Eve to violate the command and she shares the forbidden fruit with her husband. Because of their sin, it is decreed that man will experience death, returning to the soil from which he was formed and that all gain will come only through struggle and hardship. Man is banished from the Garden.

Eve’s sons, Cain and Abel, came to hate each other. Cain quarrels with Abel and murders him, and becomes a rootless wanderer. The Sidrah goes on to tell of the increase of wrongdoing among the descendants of Adam and Eve, through their third son, Seth. The evil of men spreads in the world and G-d’s anger grows, leading to the disastrous Flood in Noah’s time, Seth’s eighth-generation descendant. By then, Noah is the only righteous man in a corrupt world.

Starting this Sunday—October 7 at 10:45am in the Chapel:: Kabbalah & Jewish History Six-week course with Cantor Goldstein

Explore the basics of Kabbalah and how it is woven into the fabric of Jewish history. We will delve into thought-energy and the power of Love, Kindness, and the Sharing aspects of Hashem that has been channeled through the Human Chariots of the sefirot such as Abraham and Moses. No prior knowledge is necessary, just an open mind.

Tell Me More… A comprehensive and enlightening “next step” series of classes by Rabbi Chaitovsky that will build on the Jewish fundamentals you already know, Tuesday evenings 7:15 pm in the Library

Series #2 - October 16, 23, 30, November 6 — The World According to God In the Beginning. Just One. Two Names. Does God Look Like Us. Male or Female. The Know-It-All and Free Will. God Has Partners. Why Noah Was Not the First Jew. Judaism on One Foot. Two Temples and Two Kinds of Commandments. Kingdom of Priests. The Messianic Vision.

In Today’s Haftarah Isaiah brings a message of hope to his fellow Jews who were exiled to Babylonia after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. Even as G-d has created heaven and earth at the beginning, so too, will He bring about the redemption of Israel from exile. Israel, as the People of the Covenant, has an important mission to fulfill. It is to be a “witness” testifying to all of the peoples of the world that there is One God, Creator of all that is, and to be a “light unto the nations.” It would be a mistake to focus on this moment of exile and assume one is forsaken. G-d will redeem them. They must keep their faith in Him strong.

Birthdays Nate Oderberg, Trude Kutner, Aileen Marcus, JoAnn Fleischman, Arlene Buchwald,

Melissa Schweid, Adam Boscoe, Kyle Davis, Jerrami Shecter, Judy Pepper, Sarah Zapiler, Shirley Radetsky, Estelle Klubock, Terry Wolf, Karen Cash, Aleeza Strouse, Shira Schwartz, Phil Barkan, Elysa Veta

Anniversaries Sanford & Barbara Metzel (46) Steven & Alisa Zapiler (30) Sam & Bettina Plattner (60)

Refuah Sheleima/Speedy Recovery Chaya bat Sara Feige, Chaim Binyamin ben Sara, Sara

Behmoaras, Sherman Burry, Deborah Dunn (Devorah Leah bat Ita Liba), Linda Fox, Crystal Hickman, Leland Huttner, Doniel Kaye, Dr. Mickey Mandel, Beverly Marcove, Jerry Marcus (Hillel David Chaim ben Miryam), Aileen Marcus (Amalia Ester bat Chana), Andrea Meyers, Mark Millenson, Toby Mower, John Peterson, Lionel Richman, Elaine Rosen (Ethel Brindel bas Chava Shaindel Brocha), Harriet Saliman, Ron Saliman, Lilian Schaeffer, Jerry Streltzer (Hillel Yosef ben Freidel), David Weinstein, Terry Wolf, Charles Zwerdlinger

Yahrzeits Shabbat, October 6, 2018 / 27 Tishrei 5779 Arno Bruck, Harvey Burg, Thomas Chorney, Edith Clayman, Estelle Corash, Harry Feldman, Elaine Fieman, Lillian Fischman, Marshall Geller, Nat Gilman, Sara Haras, Sima Hayutin, Florence Katz, Sara Hertz Lebowitz, Blanche Lieberman, Nathan Quinn, Bertha Rachofsky, Mark Steven Rubin, Justin Bertram Simons, Moses Solomon, Mihaly Strausler, Siegmund Weber, Molly Weinstein, Sam Willner, Max Wolf

Sunday, October 7, 2018 / 28 Tishrei 5779 Sarah Alterman, Hirsh Barmatz, Claire Beck, Harold Berman, Sam Dare, Helen Dworkin, David Friednash, Victor Ginsberg, Zelda Greenberg Gold, Jacob Isaacson, Cheryl Kroner, Ann Landy, Jaime Mareyna, Klara Mochenyat, Ellen Morein, Jack Oberfeld, Milford Pepper, Walter Perlmutter, Fay Sheftel, Dora Winterfeld, Anna Witkin

Monday, October 8, 2018 / 29 Tishrei 5779 M. Jack Bernstein, Lorraine Winner Brown, Percy Bub, Ben Cook, Abe Dorfman, Jennie Freidenson, Jacob Kaufman, Lawernce Laycob, Elizabeth Lieberman, Kissel Liss, Yekusiel Liss, Israel J. Miller, Mary Milstein, Warren Paul, Dr. Allen Riemer, Edith Silverman, Lazar Traktinski, David Bruce White

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 / 30 Tishrei 5779 Ben Alex, Rose Barron, Itta Belotherovskaya, Max Faberman, Jeffrey Feld, Harry Glaser, Anna Z. Goldberg, Jacob Granek, Martin Grosinger, Jennie G. Hailpern, Edith Jacobs, Toby Klein, Arthur Melnick, Clara Reiwitz, Sol Rosen, Maria Schwarz, Morris Aaron Springer, Becky Topelson

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 / 1 Cheshvan 5779 Aaron Cooper, Sam Davidson, Alvin Kenneth Epstein, Sam Flax, Hannah Goldstein, Nathan (Nat) Goldstein, Delma Zalkin Goodman, Joseph Mosko, Floyd Fivel Saliman, Julius Sharoff, Raymond Snyder, William Tene, Robert Woolbert

Thursday, October 11, 2018 / 2 Cheshvan 5779 Gertrude Bernstein, Hyman Boxer, Goldie Cohen, Stanley Coopersmith, Regina Englander, Jack H. Friedman, Goldie Fruman, Louis B. Goldberg, Abram Gorelik, Alfred J Karchmer, Toba Zelda Kleiner, Sol Koscove, Esther Landman, Ilya Lukatsky, Adrean Pepper, Sol Shafner, Bessie Shapiro, Freda Sloven, Josephine Tanzer, Ann Weber, Fannie Weber, Herman Weinberger

Friday, October 12, 2018 / 3 Cheshvan 5779 David R. Barocas, Dr. Robert S. Baum, Sylvia Bernstein, Lila Botnick, Dov Baer Buchalter, Ida Davis Goldberg, Helen Hait, Sarah Berkel Hammer, Avraham Preiss, Mark Vladimar Saks, Max Schiff, Sam Shapiro, Leo Tepper, Abner Wagman

560 S. Monaco Pkwy. 80224 www.bmh-bj.org main office: 303-951-8220

October & November @ BMH-BJ IST Informational Meetings —Monday, October 8 at 7:00 pm at The Hebrew Educational Alliance & Tuesday, October 9 at 7:00 at Temple Sinai Learn more about the this summer’s Israel Study Tour. The trip is open to all Jewish teenagers entering their senior year in the fall of 2019.

Chesed Group Meeting —Tuesday, October 9 at 4:30 pm in the Library Please join us as we continue our efforts to help members of our shul community. Everyone is welcome. For information or to volunteer contact Karen Douglass at 303-324-7384 or karencashdouglass@gmail.com

Happy Minyan —Friday, October 12 at 6:00 pm in the Chapel Evaluate your shabbat experience with a family-friendly ruach-filled service led by Reb Noam Horowitz.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Project— Sunday, October 14 at 10:30 am in Fisher Hall A fun chesed program open to all ages 8 and up, where participants will make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the homeless. Please bring a kosher jar of peanut butter and a kosher jar of jelly as a donation to the project. Call the office or sign up at www.bmh-bj.org/event/pbjproject by October 11

Pink and Teal Shabbat —Saturday, October 20 During Shabbat services a special presentation will be provided about cancer prevention and awareness.

Corn Maze —Sunday, October 21 at 1:00 pm, meet at Botanic Gardens Join BMH-BJ young professionals at the Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms Corn Maze, $8 person. Register online www.bmh-bj.org/event/cornmaze or call office by Thursday, October 18.

Great Challah Bake —Thursday, October 25 at 7:00 pm, BMH-BJ Social Hall Join fellow Jewish women of Colorado in an evening of Challah baking, fun and inspiration. Buy tickets at www.Denverchallahbake.eventbrite.com

World Wide Shabbat —November 9th and 10th BMH-BJ will be partnering with other East Denver synagogues (NCSY, The JE, and DAT-Minyan) to provide a unique Shabbat experience to our congregations, both Friday night and Shabbat day. There will be a mechitzah for these services in the Sanctuary.