YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HARTFORD 2240 ALBANY AVENUE WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117 860-233-3084

SHABBAT HAGADOL PARSHAT TZAV

March 31st, 2012 8 Nisan 5772
SEUDAH SHLISHIT SPONSORED BY Evelyn & Stan Rutstein on the occasion of the yahrzeit of Evelyns mother, Chana bat Malka Rochel. to Aviva & Matt Braunshweiger on the birth of their daughter, Sophia Claire (Meira Sarah) . to siblings Elaine & Max; and the Stern & Braunshweiger families! to Leora Trencher on her recent Bat Mitzvah! to proud parents Stacey & Shimmy; siblings, Tali & Dovid; proud grandparents, Sandy & Mark Trencher, and Sally & Herb Kepnes; and Aunts, Uncle and cousins, Elana, Toby & Evie; Aliza, Eyal & Lydia Levy; and Aunt Jill, cousins Samantha & Sarah Kraus, and Aunt Michele & Uncle Elan Weinreb! to Shimmy Trencher on winning a leadership award from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation! MAOT CHITTIM You may donate through www.yadeliezer.org & www.jfshartford.org or Give a check to Rabbi Weinberg made out to YIWH Rabbis Discretionary Fund See flier for details

Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org

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PRE-PESACH SHIURIM AT YIWH Rabbi Brahm Weinbergs SHABBAT HAGADOL DRASHA Space to Grow with Questions Unanswered
This Afternoon at 5:30PM
Join us at YIWH to participate in the time honored tradition of studying some of the laws and concepts of Pesach as well as excerpts from the Haggadah with the rabbi on the Shabbat afternoon immediately preceding Pesach. This year we will study the message of the Passover holiday as expressed by the Korban Pesach and we will discover and what message it is meant to convey to us about faith and about ourselves. By exploring the themes of Pesach we hope to come to a more rich, more meaningful celebration of the holiday.

Insights in to The Hagaddah

By Rabbi Brahm Weinberg
This class will be offered:

Looking for things to share with people at your seder? Wondering what a certain passage is doing in the text of the haggadah? Come and hear some fascinating insights in to the text of the haggadah and the themes of Pesach.

Tuesday, April 3rd at 8:00PM

Editor: Judie Patel E-mail: bulletin @youngisraelwh.org Editors Emeritus: Sam Leichtberg & Moish Trencher

Rabbi Brahm Weinberg 860-233-3084 or rabbi@youngisraelwh.org Judith Hessing, Coordinator 860-233-6042 or judith.hessing@gmail.com

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

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Rabbi Weinbergs Tuesday night MELACHIM CLASS WILL RESUME AFTER PESACH RABBI WEINBERGS PASSOVER GUIDE Rabbi Weinbergs Passover Guide is now available in the Shul lobby & on the Shul website. Web Site: www.youngisraelwh.org
SPECIAL PASSOVER FLOWERS FROM ISRAEL

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Acknowledgment donations should be sent to Debbie Luger at 37 Miamis Road

Susanne & David Gelb Tsion & Anita Cohen In memory of Patti Kornreich's mother Jason Wolfe & Vera Schwarcz In honor of the birth of Sofia Claire
MANY THANKS Thanks to the Dinner Committee for an amazing, inspiring & fun dinner.

HAGH 8th Grade Trip to Israel Fundraiser Enhance your Seder table or that of your host with gorgeous flowers from Israel. To order, complete the form by March 30th & Send to the HAGH office. See flier for details. 20% of proceeds to benefit 8th Grade Trip to Israel. SAVE THE DATE Join Local Synagogues & Schools FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT COMMEMORATING ISRAELI MEMORIAL DAY and CELEBRATING ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY Wednesday, 25 April 7:30 - 9:30 PM At Bnai Tikvoh - Sholom 180 Still Road, Bloomfield

Co-Chairs & Committee: Shayne Kesler, Harriet Rosenblit & Fran Wittenberg. Rachel Cohen, Ilana & Steven Bernstein, Donna Gordon, Judith Hessing, Stu Kesler, Arlen Lichter, Helen Loew, Juanita Moss, Ann Pava, David & Edna Shamash, Barbara Snyder, Gene Wittenberg, Elie & Eli Wolfe, Ted & Vivian Zablotsky, Lorie Zackin! Thanks to the following businesses for their support of the silent auction and the dinner! Thanks to Staples for donating all the printing for the program books and Scroll of Honor.

REGISTER FOR HAGH SUMMER PROGRAM! GROWING KIDS, GROWING MINDS Summer Program for ages 2,3 & 4 At the Bess & Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy The unique program provides exciting hands-on experience and develops a sense of pride in Judaism For information contact Preschool Director Miriam Ostozynski ~ Miriamo@sigelacademy.org Or Katy Owens at (860)243-8333 x104 BUY SCRIP! BUY SCRIP! SHOP RITE, BIG Y, CROWN & STOP & SHOP Every dollar counts! Let's support our Shul by buying scrip! When you shop at any of these supermarkets, you can use their scrip to buy many other stores scrip! For Pick-up or delivery! Contact: Judith Hessing at 860-233-6042; 18 Grenhart Street; Or Fran Wittenberg at 860-983-4837
SODA BOTTLE COLLECTION

Eliza Katz is collecting bottles, cans, and glass to raise money for the Rabbis Fund. Please bring empties to: 24 Miamis Road;

A Cool Chick Place Anytime Fitness Connecticut Lighting Center D. David Shamash Dr. Douglas Hope, DDS EBK Gallery Harriet & Barry Goldsher Kosh Kosher Restaurant LaPerla Fine Jewelers Lithographs by Jeffrey Hessing Lyman Orchards Lyn Evans for Potpourri Designs Mandell Jewish Community Center Mikes Bistro My Most Favorite Foods Sacred Movements Yoga Skyview Liquors Staples Stylin Edge Salon The Chalkboard The Judaica Store The Playground Wolf & lamb Restaurant Wolfe Family Networking YHB Investments

Page 3 Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger www.torahweb.org Longing for Mitzvos There are only four of them in all of Chumash with one in Parshas Tzav and they are as unique in sound as they are in meaning. Yet of all them, the "shalsheles" of this weeks parsha is the most intriguing. This "ta'am hamikra", the longest musical note that accompanied the text from Sinai, is associated with struggle, dissonance and tension. Probably we are guided to see it just that way due to its very first appearance in the Torah (Breishis19:15). There the Torah explicitly describes the inner struggle that Lot endures as he is being coaxed to leave Sodom by the very angels that were sent to fetch him. In onomatopoeic form, "and he hesitated" is sung with a shalsheles drawing out the word as much as possible. Rashi further explains that facing the loss of all his material wealth that he must leave behind gave Lot great pause and he had to be forcibly pulled away from his house. The salsheles next appears in (Breishis 24:12) the prayer offered by Eliezer, pleading with Hashem for clarity and direction in choosing a wife for Yitzchak. Here chazal have told us that indeed this mission was a test of his loyalty to Avraham and his children. How Eliezer, having imbibed the practices and thoughts of Avraham Avinu for a lifetime, would have loved Yitzchak for a son in law! Thus his prayer was one of the penitent who knew with his mind what he should say and yet his heart was in another place altogether. Yosef Hatzadik's refusal to comply with the advances of Potifar's wife are marked with the third shalsheles (Breishis 39:8). Here too, chazal understand that a struggle raged in the heart of Yosef, one not at all apparent from the text itself. The manner and intensity of the woman's interest that conceivably could win him freedom and place him close to fulfilling his dreams created unbearable duress. As we know, it was only the vision of his father reminding him of the greatness that lay ahead that doused the fires from within. All of this makes it so hard to understand the shalsheles of Parshas Tzav (8:23). Moshe is preparing the ram that will complete the consecration services of the Mishkan. After this korban, Aharon will take over and Moshe will return to the role of a Levi and of course of national leader. It was only during those initiating seven days that Moshe was allowed to do the avoda of Aharon. Why the shalsheles? No doubt Moshe was very conflicted about these korabnos. On one hand the Mishkan was about to be established and the redemption reach its zenith. The rift that the sin of the golden calf introduced was about to be mended for all to see and the availability of the shechina for our prayers was about to descend. Yet for Moshe personally this korban brought home that he would never again have the privilege to serve in the Heichal and to bring various korbanos. The shalsheles reminds us of that pain that he must have felt at losing the opportunity for these mitzvos.

MECHIRAT CHAMETZ/SALE OF CHAMETZ Rabbi Weinberg will be available to become the agent for selling of your Chametz at the following times: After minyan this week, the week of April 1st Monday, April 2nd, 7:45 - 8:45 PM @ the Shul Wednesday, April 4th, 7:45 - 8:45 PM @ the Shul Thursday, April 5th, 4:00 - 7:00 PM @ Rabbi Weinbergs home You will need an authorization form which can be found on the shul website and in the shul lobby. FORMS NEED TO BE IN TO THE RABBI BY THURSDAY, APRIL 5th AT 7:00 PM

 YIWH Schedule of Services

It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush Or Seudah Shlishit! 6:45 a.m. 6:56 p.m. 7:01 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:40 p.m. 7:57 p.m. 5:43 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 6:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 5:00 a.m. 6:30 a.m. ??????? 10:19 a.m. 11:36 a.m. 7:04 p.m. 7:09 p.m. 8:04 p.m. 4/21
Shul handles set up & Clean up! Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178 or judiep@gmail.com to check the availability of the date you need & call Fran Wittenberg 860-232-2320 to make the arrangements for the type of Kiddush you want to sponsor. Checks need to be received the Sunday prior to your Kiddush date. There are three types of Kiddushim: Standard for $150, Semi-Deluxe for $250 & Deluxe for $350 With supplements available. For Seudah Shlishit contact Stan Rutstein at 232-3369

March 30th - April6th, 2012 Shabbat HaGadol Parashat Tzav Friday, March 30th Shacharit Candle Lighting Mincha/Maariv Shabbat, March 31st- Shabbat HaGadol Rabbi Sheinkopfs Mishna Brurah Class Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma Shabbat Morning Youth Groups Rabbis Shabbat HaGadol Drasha Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv Shabbat Ends Sunday, April 1st - Thursday, April 5th Earliest Tallit & Tefillin Shacharit... Sunday No Gemara Shiur until after Pesach ShacharitMonday - Wednesday Mincha/Maariv...Sunday - Thursday @YIWH Thursday, April 5th Bedikat Chametz After... Friday, April 6th - Erev Pesach/Taanit Bechorot Alot Hashachar - Fast Begins Shacharit & Siyum Bechorot to follow Communal Chametz Burning at YIWH Latest Time for Eating Chametz (MA) Latest Time for Owning/Burning Chametz (MA) Candle Lighting Mincha/Maariv Start Seder after...

KIDDUSH SCHEDULE Glahn

Ner LaMaor Lights Judy & Sam Leichtberg and Batsheva Goldfischer in memory of their parents and grandparents, Israel Weiss Frida Weiss Abraham Leichtberg Yayin l Kiddush Ve'Havdalah Wine for Kiddush & Havdallah Betty & Irving Wizenfeld in memory of Bettys Parents, Tobias & Esther Spira
Irv s father, Sam Wizenfeld

Pat LaOrchim Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit Fran & Gene Wittenberg in memory of Frans father, Tzvi ben Yitzchak Meir HaCohen

& Genes father, Binyamin ben Moshe

Seudah Shlishit Supplement 3.1 ; -, . To honour our family and friends. Donna and Barry Gordon 5772 Candy Man Rabbi Mordechai Weiss Handy Man Steve Bernstein You-Dah-Man Judy & Sam Leichtberg Good Humor Man Debbie & Steven Luger

 YIWH Schedule of Services

It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush Or Seudah Shlishit!

April 6th - , 2012 Pesach

Friday, April 6th - Erev Pesach/Taanit Bechorot Alot Hashachar - Fast Begins Shacharit & Siyum Bechorot to follow Communal Chametz Burning at YIWH Latest Time for Eating Chametz (MA) Latest Time for Owning/Burning Chametz (MA) Candle Lighting Mincha/Maariv Start Seder after... Shabbat, April 7th - 1st Day of Pesach Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma Mincha / Maariv Candle Lighting & Second Seder AFTER START COUNTING SEFIRAT HAOMER Sunday, April 8th - 2nd Day of Pesach Shacharit Mincha / Maariv Chag Ends Monday, April 9th - Wednesday, April 11th Chol HaMoed Pesach ShacharitMonday - Wednesday Mincha/Maariv. Thursday, April 12th - Chol HaMoed Pesach Shacharit Make an Eruv Tavshilin Before Candlelighting Candle Lighting Mincha/Maariv Friday, April 13th - 7th Day of Pesach Shacharit Candle Lighting BEFORE... Mincha/Maariv Shabbat, April 14th - 8th Day of Pesach Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma Yizkor APPROX Please Eat Seudah Shlishit at Home Mincha / Maariv Shabbat /Chag Ends Chametz Sold Through the Rabbi may be eaten after...

5:00 a.m. 6:30 a.m. ??????? 10:19 a.m. 11:36 a.m. 7:04 p.m. 7:09 p.m. 8:04 p.m.

9:00 a.m. 9:38a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:05 p.m.

Making an Eruv Tavshilin On Erev Yom Tov, the head of The household, or his designee, should set aside a baked item such as bread or matzoh, and a cooked item such as meat, fish, or eggs (i.e. a food that is eaten along with bread.) He or she should then recite the blessing of Baruch...Al Mitzvas Eruv and the proclamation, both found the Artscroll Siddur on P. 654. Once done, the eruv covers all the household Members and guests. The foods set aside for the eruv should be save and may be eaten on Shabbat.
Shul handles set up & Clean up! Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178 or judiep@gmail.com to check the availability of the date you need & call Fran Wittenberg 860-232-2320 to make the arrangements for the type of Kiddush you want to sponsor. Checks need to be received the Sunday prior to your Kiddush date. There are three types of Kiddushim: Standard for $150, Semi-Deluxe for $250 & Deluxe for $350 With supplements available. For Seudah Shlishit contact Stan Rutstein at 232-3369 KIDDUSH SCHEDULE Glahn

9:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:06p.m.

6:30 a.m. 7:10 p.m.

6:30 a.m. 7:10 p.m. 7:15 p.m.

9:00 a.m. 7:11 p.m. 7:15 p.m.

9:00 a.m. 8:56 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:12 p.m. 9:00 p.m.

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 YIWH Schedule of Services

It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush Or Seudah Shlishit! 9:00 a.m. 7:11 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:32 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:12 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 5:43 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 6:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:45 a.m. 7:00p.m. 7:19 p.m.
Making an Eruv Tavshilin On Erev Yom Tov, the head of The household, or his designee, should set aside a baked item such as bread or matzoh, and a cooked item such as meat, fish, or eggs (i.e. a food that is eaten along with bread.) He or she should then recite the blessing of Baruch...Al Mitzvas Eruv and the proclamation, both found the Artscroll Siddur on P. 654. Once done, the eruv covers all the household Members and guests. The foods set aside for the eruv should be save and may be eaten on Shabbat. Shul handles set up & Clean up! Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178 or judiep@gmail.com to check the availability of the date you need & call Fran Wittenberg 860-232-2320 to make the arrangements for the type of Kiddush you want to sponsor. Checks need to be received the Sunday prior to your Kiddush date. There are three types of Kiddushim: Standard for $150, Semi-Deluxe for $250 & Deluxe for $350 With supplements available. For Seudah Shlishit contact Stan Rutstein at 232-3369

April 13th - 20th, 2012 Shabbat Achron Shel Pesach Friday, April 13th - 7th Day of Pesach Shacharit Candle Lighting Mincha/Maariv Shabbat, April 14th - 8th Day of Pesach Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma Yizkor APPROX Please Eat Seudah Shlishit at Home Mincha / Maariv Shabbat /Chag Ends Chametz Sold Through the Rabbi may be eaten after... Sunday, April 15th - Thursday, April 19th Earliest Tallit & Tefillin Shacharit... Sunday Followed by Rabbi Weinbergs Gemara Shiur on Masechet Makot ShacharitMonday - Wednesday Mincha/Maariv...Sunday - Thursday @YIWH Friday, April 20th Shacharit Mincha/Maariv Candle Lighting

KIDDUSH SCHEDULE 4/21 Glahn

Ner LaMaor Lights Judy & Sam Leichtberg and Batsheva Goldfischer in memory of their parents and grandparents, Israel Weiss Frida Weiss Abraham Leichtberg Yayin l Kiddush Ve'Havdalah Wine for Kiddush & Havdallah Betty & Irving Wizenfeld in memory of Bettys Parents, Tobias & Esther Spira
Irv s father, Sam Wizenfeld

Pat LaOrchim Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit Fran & Gene Wittenberg in memory of Frans father, Tzvi ben Yitzchak Meir HaCohen

& Genes father, Binyamin ben Moshe

Seudah Shlishit Supplement 3.1 ; -, . To honour our family and friends. Donna and Barry Gordon 5772 Candy Man Rabbi Mordechai Weiss Handy Man Steve Bernstein You-Dah-Man Judy & Sam Leichtberg Good Humor Man Debbie & Steven Luger

 YIWH Schedule of Services

It is easy to sponsor a Kiddush Or Seudah Shlishit! 6:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:19 p.m. 8:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:26 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 6:20 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 8:20 p.m. 5:30 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 6:45 a.m. 7:25 p.m. 4/21 6:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:27 p.m.
Shul handles set up & Clean up! Contact Judie Patel at 236-4178 or judiep@gmail.com to check the availability of the date you need & call Fran Wittenberg 860-232-2320 to make the arrangements for the type of Kiddush you want to sponsor. Checks need to be received the Sunday prior to your Kiddush date. There are three types of Kiddushim: Standard for $150, Semi-Deluxe for $250 & Deluxe for $350 With supplements available. For Seudah Shlishit contact Stan Rutstein at 232-3369

April 20th - 27th, 2012 Shabbat Parashat Shmini Friday, April 20th Shacharit Mincha/Maariv Candle Lighting Shabbat, April 21st Rabbi Sheinkopfs Mishna Brurah Class Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma Shabbat Morning Youth Groups Rabbis Shabbat Afternoon Class Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & Maariv Shabbat Ends Sunday, April 22nd - Thursday, April 26th Earliest Tallit & Tefillin Shacharit... Sunday Followed by Rabbi Weinbergs Gemara Shiur on Masechet Makot ShacharitMonday - Thursday Mincha/Maariv...Sunday - Thursday Friday, April 27th Shacharit Mincha/Maariv Candle Lighting

KIDDUSH SCHEDULE Glahn

Check out the weekly Schedule on the YIWH Website http://go.youngisraelwh.org/timesTimes from: www.ou.org/holidays/calendar For Eruv Information: http://twitter.com/WHartfordEruv or http://youngisraelwh.org/index.php/en/home/the-eruv
(Hotline - 860-232-6417)

Ner LaMaor Lights Judy & Sam Leichtberg and Batsheva Goldfischer in memory of their parents and grandparents, Israel Weiss Frida Weiss Abraham Leichtberg Yayin l Kiddush Ve'Havdalah Wine for Kiddush & Havdallah Betty & Irving Wizenfeld in memory of Bettys Parents, Tobias & Esther Spira
Irv s father, Sam Wizenfeld

Pat LaOrchim Challah rolls for Seudah Shlishit Fran & Gene Wittenberg in memory of Frans father, Tzvi ben Yitzchak Meir HaCohen

& Genes father, Binyamin ben Moshe

Seudah Shlishit Supplement 3.1 ; -, . To honour our family and friends. Donna and Barry Gordon 5772 Candy Man Rabbi Mordechai Weiss Handy Man Steve Bernstein You-Dah-Man Judy & Sam Leichtberg Good Humor Man Debbie & Steven Luger

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