Welcome to the DAT Minyan! Shabbat Pesach II

April 27, 2019 - 22 Nisan 5779 Joseph Friedman, Rabbi | Mark Raphaely, President

Candle Lighting

Havdalah

7:31 pm 8:33pm

DAT Minyan is a dynamic and friendly Modern Orthodox synagogue for all ages and dedicated to meaningful personal spiritual development, community growth, youth involvement, Torah education, and Religious Zionism.

DAT Minyan - 560 S. Monaco Pkwy., Denver, CO 80224 - 720-941-0479 - www.datminyan.org

Shabbat and Pesach Schedule (All services during the Pesach holiday will take place

in the BMH-BJ Fisher Hall, 560 S. Monaco Pkwy) Please help make our prayer service more meaningful

by refraining from talking during the service.

THURSDAY, April 25 6:15 pm: Mincha (before Plag) / Maariv

(don’t forget to make an Eruv Tavshilin!) 7:30 pm: Candle Lighting

FRIDAY, April 26 - Pesach Day 7

7:50 am: Hashkama Shacharit 8:20 am: Daf Yomi 9:00 am: Shacharit (Groups begin at 9:00 am) 5:15 pm: SHIUR: Shua Friedman: "Establishing the Border of Eretz Yisrael: Creating Kedusha; Creating Community" 6:15 pm: Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat / Maariv 7:31 pm: Candle Lighting

SHABBAT, April 27 - Pesach Day 8 Parasha: Page 1012 / Maftir: Page 892

Haftarah: Page 1226

7:50 am: Hashkama Shacharit 8:20 am: Daf Yomi 9:00 am: Shacharit (Groups begin at 9:00 am)

Before Yizkor: DERASHA 10:30 am: (approx.) Yizkor One should eat Seudah Shlishit before Mincha

6:20 pm: SHIUR: TBA 7:20 pm: Mincha, followed by learning: Rabbi Friedman: “Mechirat Chametz: How It Works, and How it Concludes” 8:33 pm: Maariv / Havdalah 9:30 pm: Earliest time to eat Chametz

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Weekday Schedule

SHACHARIT

Sunday: 8:00 am

Monday through Thursday: 6:35 am

MINCHA/MAARIV

Sunday through Friday: 6:10 pm

D’var Torah with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Pesach, the Jewish festival of freedom, is an extraordinary testimony to the

power of ritual to keep ideals and identity alive across the centuries. On

Pesach we relive the story of our people, sitting together at home as an

extended family as if we were back in the Egypt of the pharaohs, on the

night before we are about to go free after long exile and harsh enslavement.

We begin the drama by holding up a matzah, the dry unleavened bread that

is one of the key symbols of the festivals, and saying, “This is the bread of

affliction our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come

and eat.” A child, usually the youngest present, then asks a series of

questions about “why this night is different from all other nights.”

The rest of the evening is largely dedicated to answering those questions,

retelling the story of the exodus together with acts of eating and drinking

that include the bitter herbs of suffering and the wine of freedom. It is

history made memory by re-enactment. For most Jews it is the way we

learned, when we were young, who we are and why.

It also has hidden depths. I always used to be puzzled by two features of the

evening. The first is the conflict between the two explanations of the

unleavened bread. At the beginning of the story we call it the bread of

affliction. Later on in the evening, though, we speak of it as the bread of

freedom they ate as they were leaving Egypt in such a hurry that they could

not wait for the dough to rise. Which is it, I used to wonder: a symbol of

oppression or liberty? Surely it could not be both.

The other element I found strange was the invitation to others to join us in

eating the bread of affliction. What kind of hospitality is that, I thought, to

ask others to share our suffering?

Unexpectedly, I discovered the answer in Primo Levi’s great book, “If This is

a Man,” the harrowing account of his experiences in Auschwitz during the

Holocaust. According to Levi, the worst time was when the Nazis left in

January 1945, fearing the Russian advance. All prisoners who could walk (Continued on Page 2)

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D’VAR TORAH CONTINUED

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were taken on the brutal ‘death marches.’ The only people left in the camp were those too ill to move.

For ten days they were left alone with only scraps of food and fuel. Levi describes how he worked to light a fire and bring some

warmth to his fellow prisoners, many of them dying. He then writes:

‘When the broken window was repaired and the stove began to spread its heat, something seemed to relax in everyone, and at

that moment Towarowski (a Franco-Pole of twenty-three, with typhus) proposed to the others that each of them offer a slice

of bread to us three who had been working. And so it was agreed. ’Only a day before, says Levi, this would have been

inconceivable. The law of the camp said: “Eat your own bread, and if you can, that of your neighbour.” To do otherwise would

have been suicidal. The offer of sharing bread “was the first human gesture that occurred among us. I believe that that

moment can be dated as the beginning of the change by which we who had not died slowly changed from Haftlinge [prisoners]

to men again.”

Sharing food is the first act through which slaves become free human beings. One who fears tomorrow does not offer his bread

to others. But one who is willing to divide his food with a stranger has already shown himself capable of fellowship and faith,

the two things from which hope is born. That is why we begin the seder by inviting others to join us. That is how we turn

affliction into freedom.

It sometimes seems to me that, having created the most individualistic society in history, we today risk losing the logic of

liberty. Freedom is not simply the ability to choose to do whatever we like so long as we do not harm others. It is born in the

sense of solidarity that leads those who have more than they need to share with those who have less. Giving help to the needy

and companionship to those who are alone, we bring freedom into the world, and with freedom, God.

(First published in The Times)

Rabbi Sacks (Continued from Page 1)

This Day in Jewish History - 27 April / 22 Nisan

22 Nisan 2048 (1712 B.C.E.) - Eight days following his birth on the first day of Pesach, Issac is circumcised, thus becoming the first Jew to fulfill the commandment of Brit Mila according to halacha, entering the covenant with Hashem on the 8th day following his birth.

April 27, 1584 - Sir Walter Raleigh dispatches an expedition to the New World and recruits Bohemian-born Jewish mining expert Joachim Gans to find a permanent settlement in the Virginia Territory. As an aside to his travels, Gans becomes the first recorded Jew in Colonial America. Born in Prague, Gans lived in Bristol, England prior to his departure for America, where he taught Hebrew to English gentlemen who wanted to read the bible in its original language.

April 27, 1796 - The small Jewish community of Fossano, a town in northwest Italy that was being besieged by Napolean’s army, is saved when a bomb explodes in the synagogue’s vestibule, frightening away the attacking mob. When Passover celebrations in the town caused an escalation of Jewish resentment by gentile townspeople, the Jews gathered in the sanctuary of the synagogue on the fourth night of the holiday to defend themselves. Having survived the attack, the elders of the Jewish community declared the fourth day of Passover to be observed each year as a day of celebration, and established this date as “Purim Fossano.”

April 27, 2002 - Denver-born toy inventor Ruth Handler passes away at the age of 85 in Los Angeles, having pro-vided the world with one of its most iconic pieces of pop culture, the “Barbie Doll.” Ruth and her husband Elliot were owners of the Mattel Toy Company. Created in 1959, Barbie took its name from Handler’s daughter, Barba-ra. Barbie was later joined by the “Ken Doll,” named for Handler’s son, Kenneth. Mattel went on to other busi-ness ventures, including projects with the Disney Corporation, Warner Brothers and Fischer-Price (just to name a few) and currently has an employee base of over 25,000 people.

DAT MINYAN NEWS, EVENTS AND MILESTONES

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Missing the taste of that delicious Brooklyn Pizza already? Join us on the last day of Pesach (Shabbat, April 27th), when we’ll be auctioning off the first two “post-Pesach pies” from Brooklyn Pizza. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the DAT Minyan. Our thanks to David Lustig and Brooklyn Pizza!

The DAT Minyan is proud to once again be a community partner in the Celebrate Israel Walk and Festival at South High School on Sunday, May 5th. We would appreciate several volunteers to help us staff our information table at the Festival, which runs from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Any amount of time you can provide would be most appreciated, and you will receive a complimentary event tee shirt. Please contact the shul office at 720-941-0479 if you are able to volunteer.

Join the DAT Minyan at the Mountain States Jewish National Fund Breakfast for Israel on Thursday, May 9th, 7:30 am at Wings Over the Rockies. To register, https://secure.jnf.org/site/Ticketing;jsessionid=00000000.app204a?view=Tickets&id=36273 and designate DAT Minyan as your Table Captain, or call the synagogue office at 720-941-0479 .

Our annual Graduation Kiddush will take place Shabbat, May 25th. Sponsorships and graduation tributes can be registered online at www.datminyan.org/form/graduation-kiddush-2019 .

Thank-you to all of those who contribute to our Shabbat services by signing up to help with our weekly leining. We remain in need of continued help with this and all able-leiners are encouraged to please volunteer! In addition, with a goal of expanding our roster of Haftarah readers, we have now opened up the weekly Haftarah portions for sign-up as well. The sign-up website is www.datminyan.org/laining. Slots are open from now through May. Please contact Steve Hutt for questions and additional information.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS The Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program of the University of Colorado presents a special program, “Medicine

& Morality in Times of War,” as part of the university’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Week. The program takes place Tuesday, April 30th, 5:00 pm, at the Fulginiti Pavilion for Bioethics and Humanities, 13080 E. 19th Avenue, in Aurora, and features Johns Hopkins University Professor Len Rubenstein and Syrian American Medical Society past president Dr. Zaher Sahloul as presenters. The event is free, but registration is required at https://tinyurl.com/HGCB19 .

Free tickets are now available for ADL’s 38th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program at support.adl.org/ghrp2019. The program will be held on Thursday, May 2 at 6 pm at Temple Emanuel in Denver and features a conversation with Holocaust Survivor Gene Klein and his daughter, author and professor Dr. Jill Klein, author of “We Got The Water: Tracing My Family’s Path Through Auschwitz.” The program will include a memorial service, a message from Governor Polis and recognition of the winners of ADL’s A Tribute to Moral Courage student essay contest. Information/phone orders: 303-830-2425.

The Denver Chapter of Hadassah presents “Zionism: It’s Not a Dirty Word,” a program featuring a panel of experts who will discuss Israel and the world, Israel and the US, and the rise of antisemitism in today’s politics, Monday, May 6th, 6:30 pm at Temple Sinai. The panel will be moderated by ADL Mountain States Regional Director, Scott Levin. Register at http:www.hadassah.org/events/zionismitsnotadirtyword .

Kol Nashim, the women’s choir of the Colorado Hebrew Chorale, presents Woman to Woman 2019, a concert for women only benefitting the Jerusalem Shelter for Battered Women, Thursday, May 23rd, 7:00 pm at Temple Sinai, 3509 S. Glencoe St. To purchase tickets: www.coloradohebrewchorale.org .

Avanim Adventures is offering a 4-day Women's Wilderness Trip to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with Israeli author, Gila Manolson. Dates are June 17-20. The trip includes hiking, mountain climbing and a rafting trip on the Arkansas River. Sign up is on the website. www.avanimadventures.com .

We would like to thank our Legacy Society donors for investing in our future by naming the DAT Minyan with a gift in their will, trust, retirement account or life insurance policy. Our Legacy Society includes:

Rob Allen Graeme and Irit Bean

Myndie Brown

Steve and Ellyn Hutt Nathan and Rachel Rabinovitch

Mark and Sarah Raphaely Harley and Sara Rotbart

Michael Stutzer Steve and Lori Weiser

You can add your name to this list with a legacy gift to the DAT Minyan. To arrange for your gift or for more information about our Legacy Society program, please contact any of the following Committee Members: Rob Allen, Myndie Brown, Sarah Raphaely or Steve Weiser.

THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH YOUR GENEROSITY

DAT Minyan acknowledges the following milestones* of our members this Shabbat and in the coming week:

Izzy Barter, Andrea Friedman, Nancy Kaufman, Tova Narrowe, Leah Schottenstein

Beatrice Pomeranz - Sat., 4/27/19 (22 Nisan) Vera Friedman Revesz - 5/2/19 (27 Nisan)

*These details were obtained from the DAT Minyan database, which contains information provided by the members when they joined. We apologize for any omissions or errors. For changes, please log on to your account and update the information as needed, or contact

the synagogue office at 720-941-0479.

Refuah Shelayma Please include the following names in your prayers. May each be granted a Refuah Shelayma. Names are kept on the list until the next Rosh Chodesh. Help us keep the list accurate by verifying the necessary details each month on the Cholim Document

at https://goo.gl/aeyJG2.

Bella bat Malka

Benyamin ben Hinda Sarah

Eliyahu Chaim ha Cohen ben

Sara Rifka

Eliyahu Dovid ben Ita Sheiva

Gitel Sarah bat Ita Golda

Guy Chaim ben Rita

Karit Elisheva bas Sarah

Leibel ben Harriet

Levick Yitzchak ben Bracha

Leya bat Sara

Mascha bat Rus

Mayer Benya ben Nechama

Meir Leib ben Sarah

Mendel Ila ben Frida Miriam

Michel ben Leah

Michoel Zisel ben Barbara

Noach ben Minna Batsheva

Raphael Lior ben Miriam

Roshka bat Bryna

Yonatan Zeev ben Netaa

Learning Opportunities @ the DAT Minyan

• Kitzur Shulchan Aruch: Daily, after Shacharit

• Daf Yomi Shiur (30 min): after Shacharit on Sun through Fri , and 8:20 am on Shabbat

• Mishnayot: Daily, between Mincha and Maariv

• Halacha Chaburah: Sun, 10:00 am—11:00 am, returning soon

• “Short & Sweet Talmud Class” (30 min-never longer): Wed, 9:20 am, DAT Minyan offices at BMH-BJ (men only)

• Rabbi Friedman Wed. Night Class: returning after Pesach

EDUCATIONAL AND YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Our teen “Morning Motivation”

program will not meet during Pesach.

Join us when we resume next month.

We welcome all children through 6th grade to join our Junior Congregation Program.

ALL youth groups meet at 9:00 am (10:00 am on the first days of Pesach)

If you or someone you know (college age and above) is interested in working in the Youth

Groups Program, please contact Mor at youth@datminyan.org.

Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service.

Important Security Reminder

For the safety and security of everyone attending the DAT Minyan, we

ask that all children either be in attendance at one of our childrens’

programs or with a parent AT ALL TIMES when in the building. Children

may not be left unescorted to roam hallways.