End of Pesach—See schedule on Page 3. Remember to make an Eruv Tavshilin on Thursday afternoon before Yom Tov. Youth Groups—Early care begins at 9:00 am on the last two days of Pesach (Friday and Shabbat), and groups begin at 9:30 am. Chametz should not be eaten on Saturday night before 9:30 pm. An email will be sent out if more time is needed for Rabbi Friedman to buy back the chametz. If you do not receive such an email, you may eat chametz beginning at 9:30 pm.

Annual Event—Save the date for our Annual Event, May 29, 6:00-8:00 pm, at the Skyline Ballroom in the Courtyard by Marriott Denver Cherry Creek, honoring Graeme Bean and Dovid Lev. Pricing and further details soon.

Yom Ha’atzmaut Picnic—Join us for a family-friendly Yom Ha’atzmaut BBQ and celebra-tion Thursday, May 12, 5:30-7:30 pm at DAT. Purchase advance discounted tickets now at DATMinyan.org/events. Another project of the Fun Committee! See Page 4.

Scholars in Residence—Shabbat May 14 we will be joined by Herb Keinon, a special correspondent for the Jerusalem Post; who will speak in the morning; and Sondra Oster Baras, who will speak at SHAWL about Chizkiyahu and at Seudah Shelishit about her organization, Christian Friends of Israeli Communites, which connects Christians with Israel.

AIPAC 2017—Join the DAT Minyan delegation and pay just $399 (a $200 discount) to attend next year’s AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., March 26-28, 2017. To join our delegation and receive this special dis-count, you must register now at DATMinyan.org/events.

Walk for Israel—Join the DAT community and many other community organizations at the annual Walk for Isra-el May 22, this year proceeding down Speer Blvd. and ending with a festival on the groups of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Walk leaves from Sculpture Park at 10:00 am and continues with the Celebrate Family Festi-val after the walk. Registration required—save time by signing up online before the event at www.Israelcelebratefest.org/register.

Happy Birthday to Ayelet Baraban!

Sponsor youth snacks at DATMinyan.org/youth.

Please note that the faculty lounge/kitchen and the Shul storage room are off limits all of Pesach.

DAT MINYAN NEWS AND EVENTS

DAT Minyan Rabbi Joseph Friedman 6825 E. Alameda Ave., Denver, CO 80224 www.datminyan.org

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

DAY TIME TOPIC TEACHER PLACE

Fri.

After Mussaf Derasha Rabbi Friedman MPR

6:35 pm Pesach Shiur Yoni Rabinovitch MPR

“The Quinoa Controversy: Understanding Kitniyot”

שבת

Before Yizkor Derasha Rabbi Friedman MPR

5:25 pm SHAWL (women only) Rabbi Avi Heller 208

“One Day More: The Meaning of the Last Day of Pesach”

6:10 pm HS Boys Gemara Nathan Rabinovitch Rabinovitch 151 S. Olive

6:25 pm Pesach Shiur Rabbi Friedman MPR

“Are We Really Waiting for Moshiach?”

After Mincha Pesach Shiur Rabbi Gitler MPR

“Flying Back From Israel on the 8th Day of Pesach?”

Please help make our Tefillot meaningful by refraining from talking during Davening.

Welcome to the Parshat Noach

October 25, 2014 1 Marcheshvan 5775

Candles (10/15): 6:03 Candles (10/16): 7:01 Candles (10/17): 6:00 Havdala (10/18): 6:58 Candles (10/24): 5:50

Welcome to the DAT Minyan —————————— PESACH DAYS 7 AND 8 ——————————

April 29-30, 2016 21-22 Nissan 5776

Thu. April 28 Erev Yom Tov

Fri. April 29 Pesach 7

שבתApril 30 Pesach 8

Sun. May 1

Mon. May 2

Tue. May 3

Wed. May 4

Thu. May 5

Fri. May 6

Shacharit Shema before 9:25 am

6:25, 8:00 7:30, 9:00 7:30, 9:00 Yizkor around 10:30

8:00 6:35 6:35 6:35 6:35 6:35

Mincha/Maariv Shema/Omer after 8:44 pm

6:15, 7:35 7:35 Mincha—7:25 Maariv—8:36 7:35 7:35 7:35 7:35 7:35

6:20, 7:40

At Night, Count ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Candles (10/15): 6:03 Candles (10/16): 7:01 Candles (10/17): 6:00 Havdala (10/18): 6:58 Candles (10/24): 5:50

Candles (10/15): 6:03 Candles (10/16): 7:01 Candles (10/17): 6:00 Havdala (10/18): 6:58 Candles (10/24): 5:50

Candles (10/15): 6:03 Candles (10/16): 7:01 Candles (10/17): 6:00 Havdala (10/18): 6:58 Candles (10/24): 5:50

Candles (4/28): 7:33 Candles (4/29): 7:34 Havdalah (4/30): 8:37 Candles (5/6): 7:41 Havdalah (5/7): 8:45

No KIDDUSH or SEUDAH SHELISHIT over Pesach.

Ladies—Ready for a Break? Join us on the Women Only Wilderness Trip—June 5-6.

Contact Ari Hoffman @ avanimadventures@gmail.com for more information.

Newsletter Sponsorship

WELCOME to all of our guests joining us for Pesach!

Refuah Shleima

Please include the following names in your prayers. May each be granted a Refuah Shleima. 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 GoogleDoc.

(Rabbi) Tzvi Gershon ben Shaindel Shaina Raizel Yoav ben Yael Yehudit Leah bat Sarah Zev ben Yehudis Meira bat Sarah Raphael Asher ben Sarah Tziporah Amiriyahu Tzvi ben Esther Leah Carol Bat Katie Avraham Shalom ben Henna Chaya Chanah Elisheva Rivka bat Sarah Devorah Leah bat Chanah Dina bat Hyla and Shayla Dovid ben Ita Sheva Ida bat Esa Ita Sheiva bas Udyah Leah bat Sarah Leah Devora Kivitiya bat Chaya Miriam Tova Chaya bat Chanah Noa Shani bat Chaya Bracha Rabbi Ephraim Ben Henna Raphael Yotam ben Efrat rochel leah nechamah bat esther Sandra Miriam Shoshana bat Chanah Sarah Esther bat Faiyge Sarah Shoshanna bat Sarah Shashi bat Batya Baila Menachem Yitzchak ben Yisraela Shmuel Gedalya ben Batya Miriam Yosef ben Malka Yael Meira bas Yisraela Guy Chaim ben Rita Freidel bas Hinda Naftali Yisroel ben Yisraela Yaakov Roni ben Margalit Tirtza Chana bat Malka Carol bat Katie Miriam bat Liora Sarah Rivka bas Freidel Feivel Shalom ben Feigel Tzirrel Carmel ben Tirtza Shirley Hasia bat Devorah Tinok ben Neta

DAT Minyan Rabbi Joseph Friedman 6825 E. Alameda Ave., Denver, CO 80224 facebook.com/datminyan

Rabbi Wein RabbiWein.org

Sfira marks the longest-running commandment of the Torah. It occupies forty nine days on the yearly Jewish cal-

endar. It has been encrusted with customs in commemoration of events in Jewish history, some happy and some not so happy. Although most of Sfira is low-key if not even somber, there are minor festival days that are also included during this period of time. Sfira reflects much of what our ordinary lives experience – a mixture of emotion and occurrences.

The joy of performing this special mitzvah/commandment daily for seven consecutive weeks is a novel inspiration to all who truly think about it. We are bidden by our teacher Moshe, in one of his prayers, as recorded for us in the book of Psalms “to count our days.” Well, Sfira certainly accords us the opportunity to do so in a meaningful and regular fashion.

As with all commandments, we are bidden not only to be satisfied with the mechanical observance of that com-mandment, but also, perhaps as importantly, to understand and assimilate the spirit and overall Torah lesson. In so doing, we often find ourselves having to deal with contradictory values and different situations.

Then the question arises as to what value or form of behavior we will adopt regarding our behavior. This issue is certainly not limited to the time of Sfira but since Sfira lasts for such a long time, there will undoubtedly be numerous oc-casions when this type of dilemma is upon us. The period of Sfira becomes a testing time for us in terms of our apprecia-tion of Torah and the complexity of its Godly value system.

I was once being driven in an automobile/car service with a friend of mine and we had the honor of also having a great noted rabbi accompanying us. The non-Jewish driver of the automobile turned on the radio softly and was listening to classical music while driving. Since this was during the Sfira period, and since there are many pious Jews who refrain from listening to any form of music, even if it be on the radio, we were disturbed.

The prohibition against listening to music during the period of Sfira is one of the customs that has become com-mon amongst large sections of the Jewish society. My companion and I were well aware that the great rabbi sitting with us would not have music emanating from the radio in his house during Sfira, so we volunteered to tell the driver to please turn off the radio as it was disturbing to us. The great rabbi forbade us from so doing.

He said as follows: “This driver is stuck in this car driving around the New York area in terrible traffic all day. It is his livelihood and he has to do so. In order to relieve his boredom, soothe his nerves and enable him to pass the time in a manner that is less taxing, he listens to the radio and classical music. The Torah would not wish me to deprive him of that necessary pleasure for his well-being because of a stringency of custom that I would ordinarily follow. Please leave him alone and do not say anything.” I immediately thought to myself that I had just witnessed the thought process of a truly pious Torah Jew.

One of the ideas of Sfira is that one counts not only days but weeks as well. Though there is much halachic discus-sion regarding the meaning and reasons for this type of counting during Sfira, this counting of weeks as part of our fulfill-ment of the commandment of the counting of days has moral consequences attached to it.

By counting weeks as well as days we give our commandments and their fulfillment, a longer-range outlook. We are expanding our horizons and not merely seeing the day in isolation but rather as part of a process in time that will lead to Divine revelation and Jewish self-realization. Without encasing our days in a process of achievement and accomplish-ment, of hope and commitment, - which counting weeks entails - we will always fall short of the mark that the Torah has set for us.

The counting of weeks gives us an important lesson and opens our vision past the daily present. Judaism is meant to be seen with its full backdrop and with all of its nuances. It combines past and future and describes itself as the catalyst of the process of human development and moral civilization. Sfira can and should teach us this great and relevant lesson.

Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. שבת

5/1 Mincha 7:35p

5/2 5/3 Ciner Class 7:30p

5/4

5/5 Yom Hashoah

5/6 Mincha 6:20p, 7:40p

5/7 Sponsored Kiddush

5/8 Rosh Chodesh

Mincha 7:45p

5/9 Rosh Chodesh

Shacharit 6:25a

5/10 Ciner Class 7:30p

5/11 Yom Hazikaron

5/12 Yom Ha’atzmaut

Picnic 5:30p

5/13 Mincha 6:25p, 7:50p

5/14 Khalepari Bar Mitzvah Herb Keinon SIR am Sondra O. Baras SIR pm

5/15 Mincha 7:50p

5/16 5/17 Ciner Class 7:30p

5/18

5/19 5/20 Mincha 6:30p, 7:55p

5/21

5/22 Com Walk for Israel Mincha 7:55p

5/23 5/24 Ciner Class 7:30p

5/25 5/26 Lag B’Omer

5/27 Mincha 6:35p, 8:00p

5/28

DAT MINYAN UPCOMING CALENDAR

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

END OF Pesach Youth Groups Schedule: Friday, April 29—Day 7—Early care 9:00, groups begin at 9:30 Shabbat, April 30—Day 8—Early care 9:00, groups begin at 9:30

“The Use and Misuse of the Nazi Analogy in American Politics” – Discussions with celebrated bioethicist Arthur Caplan, author of “When Medicine Went Mad: Bioethics and The Holocaust,” about whether it is ever acceptable to com-pare today’s politicians to Nazis. Talks will focus on the consequences of the increasingly common comparison of today’s politicians and political ideas to the Nazis. Two talks on Monday, May 2. 12:00 noon at the CU Anschutz Fulginiti Pavilion for Bioethics and Humanities at 13080 E 19th Avenue in Aurora. 7:00 pm at the Wolf Theater at the JCC, 350 Dahlia St. Speak to Dr. Moshe Levi for more information or contact Riley Bright, 303-724-8332 or ri-ley.bright@ucdenver.edu or David Kelly, David.Kelly@ucdenver.edu.

The Eruv — a vital part of our East Side community — is need of a few good men and women to help with weekly check-ing. Training will be provided, and many thanks will be showered upon those who can lend a hand. If you're interested, please contact Tuvia Gordon-Bennett at 720-666-1577 or tuvia@denvereruv.org.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thursday, April 28—Erev Yom Tov 6:25 am Shacharit 8:00 am Late Shacharit

Remember to make an Eruv Tavshilin 7:33 pm Candle Lighting 6:15 and 7:35 pm Mincha/Maariv 6:15,

Friday, April 29—Pesach Day 7 7:30 am Hashkama Shacharit 9:00 am Shacharit 9:00 am Early care (Groups start 9:30 am) After Mussaf DERASHA Rabbi Friedman 6:35 pm SHIUR: Yoni Rabinovitch

“The Quinoa Controversy: Understanding Kitniyot”

7:34 pm Candle Lighting 7:35 pm Mincha/Maariv

End of Pesach 2016

Shabbat, April 30—Pesach Day 8 7:30 am Hashkama Shacharit 9:00 am Shacharit 9:00 am Early care (Groups start 9:30 am) Before Yizkor DERASHA: Rabbi Friedman 10:30 am (approx.) Yizkor

One should eat Seudah Shlishit before Mincha 5:25 pm SHAWL: R’ Avi Heller (women only)

“One More Day: The Meaning of the Last Day of Pesach”

6:25 pm SHIUR: Rabbi Friedman “Are We REALLY Waiting for Mashiach?”

7:25 pm Mincha After Mincha SHIUR: Rabbi Gitler

“Flying Back from Israel on the 8th Day of Pesach?”

8:36 pm Maariv 8:37 pm Havdalah 9:30 pm Earliest time to eat Chametz