D’var Torah with Rabbi Wein Revisiting a story on the spies that Moshe sent to the Land of Israel is always a very discouraging moment. How could everything have gone so wrong and so fast? All of the reasons advanced over the ages by the great commentators to the Torah – personal ambition, fear of the unknown, disregard for tradition, lack of faith in God, etc. – are undoubtedly true and correct. But to a certain extent they all only beg the question.

They perhaps answer the why part of the issue but the how to part of the story still remains pretty much a mystery. It is obvious that a climate of fear must have pervaded the entire Jewish nation as they stood at the cusp of entry into the Holy Land. The leaders of Israel who were the spies were, in the main, representative of the people and the tribes that they headed. Jewish tradition teaches us that there is no king without a people.

So the general prevailing climate and belief of the people have enormous influence on the views and behavior of those leaders that Moshe sent on this fateful journey. The ready acceptance by the people of the negative report of the ten spies indicates clearly their preconceived notion of the land and its inhabitants. The Jewish people of that generation simply were not willing to embark on the great adventure that is always associated with living and populating the Land of Israel. Moshe had chosen the best people he could find for this mission. But he misread the mood of the people that they represented. Hence this tragedy became an almost unavoidable one.

From the beginning of the Jewish story with our father Avraham, the Land of Israel has always posed a great challenge. To Avraham it would be a land of wars, famine and wandering. And yet, it is also to be the ultimate land of promise. The Lord had entered into a binding covenant between him and his descendants, that this land would be their eventual homeland and

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Welcome to the DAT Minyan! Shabbat Shelach

June 17, 2017 - 23 Sivan, 5777 Joseph Friedman, Rabbi | David Fishman, President

Candle Lighting

Havdalah

8:11pm 9:19pm

Shabbat Schedule

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the service.

FRIDAY

6:40 pm: Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv (Shema should be recited after 9:19 pm)

SHABBAT

Parasha: Page 798 / Haftarah: Page 1184

Kiddush this week is sponsored anonymously

7:30 am: Hashkama Minyan

Tefillah Warm-up with Ellyn Hutt is cancelled this week and will resume 6/24

9:00 am: Shacharit

5:55 pm: SHAWL, for women only, with guest presenter Talia Bean, discussing “Famous First Words: Modeh Ani”

6:45 pm: HS Boys Gemara w/ Nathan Rabinovitch at the Rabinovitch home

7:00 pm: Shabbat Afternoon Class with Rabbi Friedman, on the topic of “Growth….in Babysteps”

8:00 pm: Mincha

Seudah Shlisheet this week is sponsored by Steve and Robyn Hill in honor of all the DAT

teachers and the “fantastic” DAT Minyan community

9:19 pm: Maariv / Havdalah

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Weekday Schedule

SHACHARIT

Sunday: 8:00 am

Monday—Friday: 6:35 am

MINCHA/MAARIV

Sunday—Thursday: 6:40 pm

Friday: 6:45 pm

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 - 6825 E. Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80224 - 720-941-0479 - www.datminyan.org

Learning Opportunities @ the DAT Minyan

• Kitzur Shulchan Aruch: Daily, after Shacharit

• Mishna Berurah: Daily, between Mincha and Maariv

• Nefesh HaChaim: Sat & Sun, after Maariv

• Women’s Tuesday Parsha Class: 10:00 am at the DAT Minyan offices at BMH-BJ (call for directions)

DAT MINYAN MEMBER MILESTONES

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The DAT Minyan wishes to acknowledge the following milestones* of our members in the coming week:

*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 mistakes. For corrections or additions, please log on to your account and provide the information, 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.

Ariella Bracha bat Sarah

Ariella Leah bas Yael Meira

Avraham Ben Mirel

Avraham Shalom ben Henna

Ayelet bas Aliza Yaffa

Baruch Getzel ha Cohen ben Esther

Carmel ben Tirtza

Chaim Tuvia ben Dina

Chana Yetta bat Bryna

Chaya Chanah Elisheva Rivka bat Sarah

Chaya Miriam bat Shoshana

Chaya Orah Bat Sarah

Chaya Rochel bas Miriam

Chaya Sarah bat Tzirel

Devorah Leah bat Chanah

Dinah bat Chayala

Doniel ben Chana

Dovid en Ita Sheva

Dovid ben Leah

Eliakim chaim ben rivka

Eliyahu Chaim ha Cohen ben Sara Rifka

Ephraim Ben Henna

Feigie bat Sarah

Gitel Sarah bat Ita Golda

Guy Chaim ben Rita

Hadassh Bat Fruma Rahel

Hillel David ben Ahuva Miriam

Hillel Yerachmiel ben Ariella

Ida bat Esa

Ita Sheiva bas Udyah

Kalia bat Miriam

Laizer ben Yaffa

Leah bat Sarah

Leah Devora Kivitiya bat Chaya

Leya bat Sara

Malka bat Sarah

Menachem Yitzchak ben Yisraela

Michael ben Leah

Miriam Tova Chaya bat Chanah

Moshe Feivel ben Rose

Naftali Yisroel ben Yisraela

Nataniel ben Elisheva

Nechama bat Chaya

Noa Shani bat Chaya Bracha

Raphael Yotam ben Efrat

Rina bat Lea

Sara Chana bat Shaina

Sarah Shoshanna bat Sarah

Shaina Meryl Bat Rivka

Shashi bat Batya Baila

Shira Chana bat Sara

Shirley Hasia bat Devorah

Shoshana Michal bat Sarah

Shoshanna bat Liora

Shoshanna Bat Smadar

Shoshanna Miriam bat Chanah

Shulamit Leah bat Chava

Tirtza bat Sarah

Tirtza Chana bat Malka

Tomas ben Galit

Tziporah Rut bat Cissie

Tzvi Gershon ben Shaindel Shaina Raizel

Yaakov Mordechai ben Chana

Yaakov Roni ben Margolit

Yehudit bat Leah

Yona Malka bat Pola

Yonatan Zeev ben Netaa

Yosef ben Malka

Zev ben Yehudis

Ziporah Sarah Mirrel bat Miriam

This Day In Jewish History - Jun 17 / 23 Sivan 797 B.C.E — Jeroboam, King of Israel, sets up roadblocks to prevent the Ten Tribes living in the northern “Kingdom of

Israel” from their triannual pilgrimage south to Yersuhalayim. The barricades remained in place for 223 years until Hosea ben Elah, the last king of the Northern Kingdom, had them removed, but by then, most members of the Ten Tribes had already been expelled from the kingdom, making way for its takeover by the Samarians.

357 B.C.E — Haman’s decree against the Jews is officially annulled as Mordechai and Esther draft a royal decree giving the Jews the right to defend themselves and kill all who would rise up to kill them.

1798 — Numerous Jews in Pesaro, Italy, are murdered following the retreat of Napolean’s army. A Fast Day is established by the remaining Jews to mark the event.

1948 — The last British armed forces leave Israel. 1962 — The U.S. Supreme Court outlaws the New York State Regent’s Prayer in public schools on the grounds that it

violated Church and State. The Board of Education believed the prayer would help students develop good character, but the Supreme Court held that the wording made it a “classroom invocation” and reciting it constituted a “religious activity.”

Mara Baraban, Abigail Boyd, David Boyd, Marc Braunstein, Amirah Binyaminah Earlix, Paul Fishman, Dena Friedman, Oksana Khavasov, Yoseph Levin, Yossi Manor, Joshua Narrowe, Akiva Rubin, Samuel Rubinson, Brielle Slamowitz, Yitzchak Stroll, Avraham Zalkin

DAT MINYAN NEWS, EVENTS AND LEARNING

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

SAVE-THE-DATE! The Denver Community Adopt A Kollel program invites you to join us at an Open House on the East Side for men and women to be held Sunday morning June 18 at 9:15 am at Kehillas Bais Yisroel. Additional Open Houses will take place: West Side - Sunday June 18 5:45 PM at the home of Mr. Barry & Mrs. Rivka Baxman. Southeast - Monday evening 8 PM at the home of Dr. Effie & Mrs. Simmy Sonstein 9142 E. Tufts Circle. Come take the opportunity to get acquainted or re-acquaint yourself with the Adopt a Kollel program and see what the community of Denver is helping to accomplish in Eretz Yisrael. On display will be a selection of Hebrew ספרים authored by the kollel avreichim, and English sefarim authored by members of the 6 batei midrashim in which the kollel is housed. בע"ה over 50 פרים will be exhibited! You are invited to come choose a ספר to receive.

The Jewish Experience presents Women's Night Out: Build Your Business, Monday evening, June 19 at 7:00 pm. Rachel Lubchansky of REL Impact will present a special workshop for women on building and developing a profitable business. Admission is $18. For more information: 303-316-6412 or theje.com/BYB.

The Jewish Life Center in Stapleton presents Jewish Heritage Night when the Colorado Rapids plays the LA Galaxy in soccer on Wednesday, June 21st, 7:00 pm at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Jewish Heritage Group Tailgate Area at 5:00 pm. Delicious kosher food options for sale, access to Burgandy Boulevard with pre-game inflatables and activities. For tickets, visit Jewishstapleton.com/rapids.

Jewish National Fund Mountain States invites the community to a program on Tuesday, August 15th, with Lt. Colonel (Res.) Tiran Attia, Director of Special in Uniform, a unique program which integrates young men and women with disabilities into the Israel Defense Forces. The program takes place at Temple Sinai, 3509 S. Glencoe St., at 7:00 pm. This is a free program but an RSVP is required by August 9th at jnf.org/denvertiran17 or by calling 303-573-7095 ext.968.

WANTED – Male or female individual with managerial and market experience to manage thrift store. Seniors welcome. Call: Lola Zussman, 303-961-4186

This month’s Golden Tassel Club is sponsored by Seth and Chaya Parkoff in honor of the engagement of their daughter, Yael, to Yakov Deutscher of Brooklyn.

Mazal Tov to Ben and Miriam Mezer on the birth of their son this week. A Shalom Zachor will take place on Friday evening, June 16th, at 9:30 pm at the Mezer home, 464 S. Leyden St. The Brit Milah is planned for 9:30 am, Monday morning, June 19th at DAT. To sign up for help with meals, please go online to https://www.foodtidings.com/Schedule/View/a0a1fc0f-ab3e-4ff6-a041-4161b6c94be1

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-lainers 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. Please contact Steve Hutt for questions and additional information.

Looking for a way to make your donation to the shul really go the distance? We can use your Frequent Flyer miles to fly in our Scholars in Residence, saving the shul a great deal of money! Please contact the synagogue office to make a mileage donation.

The DAT Minyan welcomes our new Board Trustees who were approved at the Annual Meeting this week, and our new Board Officers who were appointed at this week’s Board Meeting. They are: David Fishman (President), Mark Raphaely (Vice President and new to the Board), Aaron Segall (Treasurer), Nicki Toys (Secretary) and Rachel Rabinovitch (Immediate Past President). Trustees remaining on the Board include Claudia Braunstein, Alex Polotsky and Harley Rotbart. New Board Trustees include Graeme Bean, Myndie Brown and Miriam Mezer. Special thanks to David Lustig and Brooklyn Pizza for donating the food for the Annual Meeting. Minutes of the Annual Meeting and Board Meeting can be viewed at http://www.datminyan.org/boardsummary.

Your help in maintaining the order of our DAT Minyan davening space is most appreciated. With seating sometimes challenging, please utilize the tables in the hallway for your tallit bags and other items that may require storage during davening. Please make every effort to retrieve these items after davening and motzei Shabbat. The tables are removed after Shabbat and we cannot be responsible for items that are left with us. Similarly, we thank you for helping us by returning chumashim and siddurim to the bookshelves from which you found them at the conclusion of davening.

SAVE-THE-DATE of June 24th for a special SHAWL Women’s Farewell to Mara Baraban. The DAT Minyan Social Action Committee, chaired by Isa Bielsky, invites the community to participate in the PurpleStride

Walk for Pancreatic Cancer on June 25th at 8:00 am in Washington Park. We know that many of our DAT Minyan members have been affected by this disease and several of them will be walking in this event. The link to register is http://support.pancan.org/site/TR/PurpleStride/PurpleStride?fr_id=1107&pg=entry. Please let Isa know once you have registered and she will help organize our group.

Join us at DAT, Sunday, June 25th, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, for a Symposium dealing with the important topic of “Women Dancing with a Torah on Simchat Torah.” Childcare will be provided.

Rabbi Tuvia Negreann, a Denver native, is an expert Sofer specializing in writing and checking Mezuzot, Tefillin, and Megilot. For a testimonial of his services, feel free to speak with Aryeh Fischer as Rabbi Negreann served as the Sofer for Ezra Fischer’s Tefillin. Rabbi Negreann’s contact information is 720-271-5555 or tnegreann@gmail.com

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YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

would represent spiritual and physical redemption for the Jewish people.

Our forefather Yitzchak encountered strife, discrimination and famine while living in the land. Nevertheless, he never left Israel and saw in it the eternal home for his later generations. Some of the names that he gave to the locations of the wells of water still speak to us today, thousands of years later.

Our father Yaakov tasted the bitterness of exile when he fled to find refuge in the house of Lavan. He therefore treasured his return to the Land of Israel even though he found it fraught with danger and violence. His dying wish was that he should be transported back to the Land of Israel to be buried in its holy earth.

In this respect, the Jewish people did not quite follow the example of their forefathers but rather adopted a preconceived negative view of the land and its possibilities. This was transmitted directly or indirectly to the leadership of their tribes, resulting in a lost generation.

Shabbat shalom — Rabbi Berel Wein

Rabbi Wein (Continued from page 1)

Thank-you to the Teen Board

For a wonderful

NCSY Year!

Attention incoming 8th graders and up

We are looking for new Advisors for next years’ groups. If you are

interested in working or subbing, please email Mor at

youth@datminyan.org

Mazal Tov to Zachary Brown on his High School graduation and apologies for his name being left out of last week’s published list of graduating Youth Advisors.

New Adult Summer Learning Mini-Series

"The World of Halacha" - We are all familiar with the word "Halacha," and we use it to quickly

describe our daily actions as Jewish people.

• But how does Halacha come to be decided, and by whom?

• What are the major works of Halacha, how did they become so, and are they sacrosanct?

• How do the pivotal Halachic texts intersect with each other?

• How do I know which one is right for each occasion, and how can they be mined efficiently?

Explore these and other questions about the inner-workings of the fascinating process of

Halacha in this mini-series with Rabbi Zalesch, beginning with a co-ed SHAWL on July 8 and

continuing with a four-part series on Monday evenings at 7:30 pm at DAT throughout July.

$40 for the course, and a lifetime of applicable skills and knowledge.

Contact Jayne Brandt or Rabbi Zalesch for more information.