YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD
2240 ALBANY AVENUE
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117
(860) 233-3084
Web Site: http://www.YoungIsraelWH.org
YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD
Shabbat Chazon Parshat Devarim
9:00 AM Shacharit
9:10 AM Sof Zman Kriat Shma
7:05 PM Rabbi Weinberg’s Shabbat Afternoon Class
7:50 PM Mincha, Seudah Shlishit & Maariv
9:06 PM Shabbat Ends
WOMEN’S SHABBAT LEARNING GROUP
At the home of Eliza Katz,24 Miamis Road
At 5:00 PM
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Sunday, July 25th.
YAHRZEIT MEMORIAL LECTURE
Sunday, July 18th at 7:30 PM at YIWH
"In the Aftermath of Death:
The Jewish Way of Healthy Coping"
Keynote Speaker: Rabbi Ronald Schwarzberg
Director of the Morris and Gertrude Bienenfeld
Department of Jewish Career Development and
Placement, a division of Yeshiva University Center sheets in lobby) and starting to plan for the Yamim
for the Jewish Future will be our keynote
speaker. Prior to his employment with Yeshiva
University, Rabbi Schwarzberg served for 20
years as the spiritual leader and Rabbi of Ahavas
Achim Synagogue in Highland Park, NJ. He is
nationally regarded, a brilliant orator,
and an incredibly dynamic individual.
The Yahrzeit Lecture is open to the general
public at no cost.
Yahrzeit Booklets, which include the names of
our loved ones, will be distributed at the lecture.
Editor: Judie Patel
E-mail: bulletin @youngisraelwh.org
Editors Emeritus: Sam Leichtberg & Moish Trencher
Web Site: http://www.YoungIsraelWH.org
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 (Hotline - 860-232-6417)
Shabbat Chazon
Parshat Devarim
July 17th, 2010 6 Av 5770
Kiddush This Shabbat
Sponsored by
The Shul
Rabbi’s Corner
I would like to thank everyone who helped
pitch in here in shul while I was away. Thanks to Sam
Leichtberg for giving the Divrei Torah every day be-
tween Mincha and Maariv. Thanks to Zvi Goldfischer
and Les Loew for providing the divrei torah at seudah
shlishit the two Shabbatot that I was gone. I really
appreciate the help of Judith Hessing who took care
of checking the shul answering machine and relaying
the messages to me. It is so nice to know that there
are always people around willing to help out.
Thank G-d Elana and I had a really nice trip
and both got to visit with a lot of friends and see
some really interesting places. It is amazing how
much there is to see out there in the world and how
much there is to learn about other people and cul-
tures. As all of you know, travelling is exhausting
but at the same time exciting, different, and eye
opening in so many different ways. We are grateful
for the opportunity that we had and are thankful
that we are home safe and sound.
Things are starting to pick up now in shul as
we reach the mid-summer planning our Tisha B’Av
program (please see program and informational
Noraim as well as next year’s programs and events.
Before we even reach Tisha B’Av we have the
honor of hosting Rabbi Ronald Schwarzberg for the
annual Yahrzeit Lecture this coming Sunday. Rabbi
Schwarzberg is the head of the placement depart-
ment for rabbis at YU and was helpful in orchestrat-
ing the “shidduch” between myself and YIWH. He is
a wonderful person with so much rabbinic experi-
ence both in 20 years in the pulpit as well as the past
few years in the YU world.
Rabbi’s Corner-
Continued on page 2
Rabbi Brahm Weinberg 233-3084 or
rabbi@youngisraelwh.org
Laura Miller, President 233-2725 or
lauramiller6188@sbcglobal.net

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Susanne & David Gelb
In memory of Harriet Rosenblit's mother Mina Gansel
SAVE THE DATES
UPCOMING SHUL & COMMUNITY EVENTS
BRIDAL SHOWER FOR BRIDES OF GUSH KATIF
Join WH Rebbetzins for an evening of Achdut
And help us sponsor a basic kitchen/linens trousseau
for these young couples who are now getting
married!
Monday, July 26th at 7:30 PM
At the Home of Judie Patel
TOTALLY TEFILLAH & TANTALIZING TOPICS
MONDAYS AT 8:00 PM
Rabbi Ari Weiss of Agudas Achim is teaching a class in
Pirkei Avot that rotates between homes
At the home of
For information call: 860-233-6242
ROSH CHODESH TEHILLIM GROUP
August , at 7:30 PM
At the home of
BOOK CLUB NEW BOOK
City of Thieves
By David Benioff
Page 2
Rabbi’s Corner- Continued
So much hard work has been put in to planning the
Yahrzeit Lecture and putting together the Yizkor
book. It looks amazing (as you will see on Sunday)!!
Yasher Koach to the committee headed by Stu
Kesler as well to Elie Wolfe for his technical exper-
tise as well as so many others who helped out.
Your attendance at the lecture on Sunday is
really important and I am certain that it will be an
enriching experience as well as a great introduction
to the themes and feelings of Tisha B’Av.
Hope to see you then.
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Weinberg
BUY SCRIP! BUY SCRIP!
Are you buying gift cards for staff or friends? Buy
them at Waldbaum’s using your existing
Waldbaum’s gift card and everyone wins! Please
remember to continue to use scrip. It costs nothing
additional to you - yet it helps the Shul.
Remember, if you can not come and get the cards
we can bring it to you! Let's support our Shul by
buying scrip ! Every dollar counts!
Contact: Judith Hessing (860-233-6042),
at 18 Grenhart Street

CRAFT CIRCLE
ON HOLD FOR THE SUMMER
Monday evenings at 7:30 PM
At the home of Debbie Luger, 37 Miamis Road
Further info call Debbie Luger 233-0300
or Laura Miller: 233-2725.

ELISHA ROSENSWEIG CLASS is on hold until late August.

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Parshat Devarim - Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
The bleakest fast of the Hebrew calendar is on the ninth of Av, Tisha B'Av, commemorating the destruc-
tion of both Temples in Jerusalem (in 586 BCE, and 70 CE)….what precisely is it that we are mourning when we
beat our breasts and weep over the destruction of the Temple? It cannot be the loss of the mere buildings, no
matter how grand. After all, the Jews had already rejected the massive Egyptian pyramids in favor of two mod-
est tablets of engraved stone. It cannot even be the loss of our national sovereignty (which the loss of the
Temples symbolized), because if so, then our fast would be on the anniversary of the removal of the Judean
kings and the installation of a Roman governor in Jerusalem, which took place decades before.
And it certainly could not have been the loss of the sacrifices, which disappeared together with the
Temple. Prayers and repentance seem to be a fine substitute for sacrifices, and there are statements in the
Midrash and in Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed which suggest that they are even improvements over the
sacrifices. Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Hakohen Kook maintains that in the Third Temple the only sacrifice will be
the "meatless" meal offering.
So what is it about the loss of the Temple which engenders such national mourning? I would submit that
the Holy Temple was inextricably intertwined with our national mission: to be God's witnesses, and thereby
serve as a light unto the nations, bringing humanity to the God of justice, morality and peace. Our prophets
saw the Temple as the living example from which all nations could learn how to perfect society. With the loss
of the Temple, we ceased to be "players" on the world stage; we lost the means by which our message was to
be promulgated. And a world without compassionate righteousness and just morality - especially with the pos-
sibility of global nuclear destruction - is a world which cannot endure.
At the very dawn of Jewish history, when Abraham was elected by G-d, he was given a divine charge: "through
you shall be blessed all the families of the earth" (Genesis 12:3). The Lord then seals a covenant with him, (Gen.
15) guaranteeing that he will be the father of a great nation, even the father of a multitude of nations (which
will all accept ethical monotheism). And then the sacred text explains why Abraham was elected: "Through
[Abraham] shall be blessed all the nations of the earth; the reason that I have known, loved and designated
[Abraham] is in order that he command … his household after him to guard the way of the Lord, to do compas-
sionate righteousness and just morality…" (Gen. 18:18,19).
This charge is repeated to Abraham after the binding of Isaac (Gen. 22:17,18). In effect, the Bible is say-
ing our mission can only be accomplished if we are willing to sacrifice the lives of our children for it, and it will
disseminate to the world from "the mountain from whence the Lord will be revealed" (ibid 14). When Jacob
leaves his ancestral home (fleeing Esau's wrath) and dreams his dream at Beit El, he envisions a ladder rooted
in the earth and reaching up to the heavens - a veritable Holy Temple, a Beit Hamikdash - "he is blessed that his
seed shall spread out westward, eastward, northward and southward, and through him shall be blessed all the
families of the earth." Jacob identifies the ladder as "the house of God, at the gates of the heavens," and Rashi,
citing the Talmudic sages, insists that the ladder extended to the Temple Mount (Gen. 28:12, 14, 17 and Rashi ad
loc).
In the Book of Exodus, at the Song of the Sea, when the text describes the awe of the nations at G-d's won-
drous miracles in freeing the enslaved from tyranny, the Israelites sing of being brought to and planted within
the Temple Mount, when the Temple of the Lord will be prepared by divine hands, and the Lord will reign
throughout the world (Exodus 15:17, 18). And when King Solomon dedicates the Temple in Jerusalem, he be-
seeches G-d to answer the prayers of the gentiles who shall come from far away "for Your name's sake," so
that "all the nations of the earth may recognize Your name, as does Your nation Israel" (I Kings 8:41-43).
And, in order to close the circle, when we read the prophetic portion of Isaiah this Shabbat, who weep-
ingly excoriates the Israelites for forgetting their ethical calling, for their treatment of rituals as substitutes for
loving-kindness and justice and thereby their having to suffer the destruction of the Temple, he promises that
in the future, "Zion shall be redeemed by moral justice, and those who return to Zion shall practice compas-
sionate righteousness" (Isaiah 1:27).
The second chapter of Isaiah, a continuation of the vision we have just cited (Isaiah 2:1) pictures the
Temple exalted above the mountains, inspiring the nations to "beat their swords into plowshares, their spears
into pruning hooks." Indeed, we yearn for our Temple, which will inspire the world to accept a G-d of love, mo-
rality, compassion and peace.
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 YIWH Schedule of Services  It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush

July 16th - 23rd, 2010
Shabbat Chazon Parshat Devarim
Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, July 16th Shul handles set up & Clean up!

Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178
Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m. or judiep@gmail.com to
Candle Lighting 8:06 p.m. check the availability of the date
Shabbat, July 17th you need & to make the
Shacharit 9:00 a.m. arrangements for the type of
Sof Zman Kriat Shma 9:13 a.m. Kiddush you want to sponsor.
Rabbi Weinberg’s Shabbat Afternoon Shiur 7:05 p.m. Checks need to be received
On Mesilat Yesharim the Sunday prior to your
Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv 7:50 p.m. Kiddush date. Send to David
Shabbat Ends 9:06 p.m. Cohen at 19 Mansfield Avenue.
Sunday, July 18th There are three types
Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 4:29 a.m. of Kiddushim:
Shacharit... Sunday 8:15 a.m. Standard for $150,
Followed by Rabbi Weinberg’s Gemara Shiur on 9:00 a.m. Semi-Deluxe for $250
Masechet Chulin Perek 8 & Deluxe for $350
Mincha/Maariv @ YIWH 8:05 p.m. With supplements available.
Monday, July 19th
For Seudah Shlishit contact
Shacharit…Monday 6:45 a.m.
Stan Rutstein at 232-3369
Mincha 6:30 p.m.
Fast Begins 8:20 p.m. Kiddush Schedule
Maariv 8:30 p.m.
Reading of Megillat Eicha/Kinot 8:45 p.m.
Tuesday, July 20th - Tisha B’Av
Alot Hashachar 4:20 a.m.
Shacharit…First Minyan with Kinot 6:15 a.m.
Shacharit…Second Minyan with Explanatory Kinot and 8:45 am.
short video presentation ending at Chatzot
Chatzot 12:57 pm.
Special Video Presentation with Intro by R. Weinberg 6:00 p.m.
Mincha (With Tallit & Tefillin) followed by short Dvar 7:45pm
Torah and Maariv
Fast Ends 9:04 p.m.
Wednesday, July 21st & Thursday, July 22nd
Shacharit…Wednesday - Thursday 6:45 a.m.
Mincha/Maariv @ YIWH 8:05 p.m.
Friday, July 23rd
Shacharit 6:45 a.m.
Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m.
Candle Lighting 8:01 p.m.

Check out the Weekly Schedule on the Shul Website: http://www.youngisraelwh.org/

Times from: http://www.ou.org/holidays/calendar

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July 23rd - 30th, 2010
Shabbat Nachamu Parshat Vaetchanan
Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, July 23rd Shul handles set up & Clean up!

Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178
Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m. or judiep@gmail.com to
Candle Lighting 8:01 p.m. check the availability of the date
Shabbat, July 24th you need & to make the
Rabbi Sheinkopf’s Mishna Brurah Class 8:15 a.m. arrangements for the type of
Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Kiddush you want to sponsor.
Sof Zman Kriat Shma 9:16 a.m. Checks need to be received
Rabbi Weinberg’s Shabbat Afternoon Shiur 7:00 p.m. the Sunday prior to your
On Mesilat Yesharim Kiddush date. Send to David
Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv 7:45 p.m. Cohen at 19 Mansfield Avenue.
Shabbat Ends 9:00 p.m. There are three types
Sunday, July 25th - Thursday, July 29th of Kiddushim:
Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 4:36 a.m. Standard for $150,
Shacharit... Sunday 8:15 a.m. Semi-Deluxe for $250
Followed by Rabbi Weinberg’s Gemara Shiur on 9:00 a.m. & Deluxe for $350
Masechet Chulin Perek 8 With supplements available.
Shacharit…Monday - Thursday 6:45 a.m.
For Seudah Shlishit contact
Mincha/Maariv @ YIWH 8:00 p.m.
Stan Rutstein at 232-3369
Friday, July 30th
Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Kiddush Schedule
Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m.
Candle Lighting 7:55 p.m.

Check out the Weekly Schedule on the Shul Website: http://www.youngisraelwh.org/

Times from: http://www.ou.org/holidays/calendar

Ner La’Maor
Lights
Evelyn & David Hessing
In Memory of their Grandmothers
Sarah Schwimmer
‫שרה רבקה בת חנוך היינך ודבורה‬
And
Chava Bat Bahiya
‫חוה בת בהיה‬
Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah
Wine for Kiddush & Havdallah
Judy Leichtberg & Batsheva
Goldfischer in memory of their
father and grandfather,
Israel Weiss
‫ישראל בן דוד‬
and their mother & grandmother
Frida Weiss
‫טויבא פרידה בת עזרא‬
Pat La’Orchim
Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit
Betty & Irving Wizenfeld
Betty Wizenfeld in memory of her
Parents Tobias & Esther Spira
‫טוביה בן צבי אלימלך‬
‫אסתר בת דוד הכהן‬
Irv Wizenfeld in memory of his father
Sam Wizenfeld
‫שמואל מאיר בן יצחק הכהן‬
5770 Candy Man:
Bernard Kesler
in memory of his father
Sender ben Avraham Zelig
‫סנדר בן אברהם זליג‬
Kiddush Supplement
Rabbi Brahm & Elana Weinberg
In honor of their parents
Morrie & Lynn Weinberg
Dr. Howard & Miriam Rosenblum
Seudah Shlishit Supplement
12:14 ‫קהלת‬
‫”סוף דבר הכל נשמע‬
‫את האלקים ירא‬
‫ואת מצותיו שמור‬
“‫כי זה כל האדם‬
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July 30th - August 6th, 2010
Shabbat Mevorchim Parshat Eikev
Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, July 30th Shul handles set up & Clean up!

Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178
Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m. or judiep@gmail.com to
Candle Lighting 7:55 p.m. check the availability of the date
Shabbat, July 31st you need & to make the
Rabbi Sheinkopf’s Mishna Brurah Class 8:15 a.m. arrangements for the type of
Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Kiddush you want to sponsor.
Sof Zman Kriat Shma 9:20 a.m. Checks need to be received
Rabbi Weinberg’s Shabbat Afternoon Shiur 6:55 p.m. the Sunday prior to your
On Mesilat Yesharim Kiddush date. Send to David
Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv 7:40 p.m. Cohen at 19 Mansfield Avenue.
Shabbat Ends 8:54 p.m. There are three types
Sunday, August 1st - Thursday, August 5th of Kiddushim:
Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 4:45 a.m. Standard for $150,
Shacharit... Sunday 8:15 a.m. Semi-Deluxe for $250
Followed by Rabbi Weinberg’s Gemara Shiur on 9:00 a.m. & Deluxe for $350
Masechet Chulin Perek 8 With supplements available.
Shacharit…Monday - Thursday 6:45 a.m.
For Seudah Shlishit contact
Mincha/Maariv @ YIWH 7:55 p.m.
Stan Rutstein at 232-3369
Friday, August 6th
Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Kiddush Schedule
Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m.
Candle Lighting 7:47 p.m.

Check out the Weekly Schedule on the Shul Website: http://www.youngisraelwh.org/

Times from: http://www.ou.org/holidays/calendar

Ner La’Maor
Lights
Evelyn & David Hessing
In Memory of their Grandmothers
Sarah Schwimmer
‫שרה רבקה בת חנוך היינך ודבורה‬
And
Chava Bat Bahiya
‫חוה בת בהיה‬
Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah
Wine for Kiddush & Havdallah
Judy Leichtberg & Batsheva
Goldfischer in memory of their
father and grandfather,
Israel Weiss
‫ישראל בן דוד‬
and their mother & grandmother
Frida Weiss
‫טויבא פרידה בת עזרא‬
Pat La’Orchim
Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit Kiddush Supplement
Betty & Irving Wizenfeld Rabbi Brahm & Elana Weinberg
Betty Wizenfeld in memory of her In honor of their parents
Parents Tobias & Esther Spira Morrie & Lynn Weinberg
‫טוביה בן צבי אלימלך‬ Dr. Howard & Miriam Rosenblum
‫אסתר בת דוד הכהן‬
Irv Wizenfeld in memory of his father
Sam Wizenfeld Seudah Shlishit Supplement
‫שמואל מאיר בן יצחק הכהן‬ 12:14 ‫קהלת‬
‫”סוף דבר הכל נשמע‬
‫את האלקים ירא‬
5770 Candy Man: ‫ואת מצותיו שמור‬
Bernard Kesler “‫כי זה כל האדם‬
in memory of his father Anonymous
Sender ben Avraham Zelig
‫סנדר בן אברהם זליג‬

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August 6th - 13th, 2010
Shabbat Parshat Re’eh
Or Seudah Shlishit!

Friday, August 6th Shul handles set up & Clean up!

Shacharit 6:45 a.m. Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178
Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m. or judiep@gmail.com to
Candle Lighting 7:47 p.m. check the availability of the date
Shabbat, August 7th you need & to make the
Rabbi Sheinkopf’s Mishna Brurah Class 8:15 a.m. arrangements for the type of
Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Kiddush you want to sponsor.
Sof Zman Kriat Shma 9:23 a.m. Checks need to be received
Rabbi Weinberg’s Shabbat Afternoon Shiur 6:45 p.m. the Sunday prior to your
On Mesilat Yesharim Kiddush date. Send to David
Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv 7:30 p.m. Cohen at 19 Mansfield Avenue.
Shabbat Ends 8:45 p.m. There are three types
Sunday, August 8th - Thursday, August 12th of Kiddushim:
Earliest Tallit & Tefillin 4:45 a.m. Standard for $150,
Shacharit... Sunday 8:15 a.m. Semi-Deluxe for $250
Followed by Rabbi Weinberg’s Gemara Shiur on 9:00 a.m. & Deluxe for $350
Masechet Chulin Perek 8 With supplements available.
Shacharit…Monday & Thursday 6:45 a.m.
For Seudah Shlishit contact
Shacharit…Tuesday & Wednesday - R”C Elul 6:30 a.m.
Stan Rutstein at 232-3369
Mincha/Maariv @ YIWH 7:45 p.m.
Friday, August 13th Kiddush Schedule
Shacharit 6:45 a.m.
Mincha/Maariv 7:00 p.m.
Candle Lighting 7:38 p.m.

Check out the Weekly Schedule on the Shul Website: http://www.youngisraelwh.org/

Times from: http://www.ou.org/holidays/calendar

Ner La’Maor
Lights
Evelyn & David Hessing
In Memory of their Grandmothers
Sarah Schwimmer
‫שרה רבקה בת חנוך היינך ודבורה‬
And
Chava Bat Bahiya
‫חוה בת בהיה‬
Yayin l’ Kiddush Ve'Havdalah
Wine for Kiddush & Havdallah
Judy Leichtberg & Batsheva
Goldfischer in memory of their
father and grandfather,
Israel Weiss
‫ישראל בן דוד‬
and their mother & grandmother
Frida Weiss
‫טויבא פרידה בת עזרא‬
Pat La’Orchim
Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit Kiddush Supplement
Betty & Irving Wizenfeld Rabbi Brahm & Elana Weinberg
Betty Wizenfeld in memory of her In honor of their parents
Parents Tobias & Esther Spira Morrie & Lynn Weinberg
‫טוביה בן צבי אלימלך‬ Dr. Howard & Miriam Rosenblum
‫אסתר בת דוד הכהן‬
Irv Wizenfeld in memory of his fa-
ther Sam Wizenfeld Seudah Shlishit Supplement
‫שמואל מאיר בן יצחק הכהן‬ 12:14 ‫קהלת‬
‫”סוף דבר הכל נשמע‬
‫את האלקים ירא‬
5770 Candy Man: ‫ואת מצותיו שמור‬
Bernard Kesler “‫כי זה כל האדם‬
in memory of his father Anonymous
Sender ben Avraham Zelig
‫סנדר בן אברהם זליג‬

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