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YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE

Rabbi Yosef Weinstock, Senior Rabbi

Rabbi Adam Frieberg, Assistant Rabbi

Rabbi Edward Davis, Rabbi Emeritus

David Lasko, President

3291 Stirling Road, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312

954-966-7877 email: info@yih.org www.yih.org

BALAK

17 Tammuz 5779 JULY 20, 2019

TORAH READING Numbers 22:2 HAFTORAH Micah 5:6

Nach Yomi : Job 9 Daf Yomi : Erchin 34

Daf Hashavua: Moed Katan 11

SHABBAT TIMES

Candle Lighting 7:55 p.m. Shabbat Ends 8:53 p.m.

Shabbat Shalom. We welcome all

newcomers, visitors and guests

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TO ALL 35 AND UNDER MEMBERS Come share with us your goals and needs for your shul. Monday, August 5th at 8:30 p.m. in the Small Chapel. Town Hall Meeting with David Lasko and members of the Executive Board. Bring your ideas and suggestions, and how you think these can be accomplished.

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OUR YIH FAMILY…. Mazal Tov:

Ben & Cindy Rosenbaum on the birth of their son.

Yossi & Michelle Mizrahi on the birth of their grandson born to Arye & Cheli

Rosenbaum.

Fred & Lori Wittlin on the birth of a grandson to Eliana & Eli Brand of Flushing, NY.

Welcome New Members:

Mitchell & Mia (Sava) Slugh, Danny & Tirtza Vizel Condolences:

Steve Kerzer on the loss of his mother Laura Summer, and to Farrah Izsak on the

loss of her grandmother. The funeral was Wednesday. Shiva is being observed at

the Izsak home, 4000 N. 43rd Avenue, through Tuesday morning. Shiva Minyan

times - Mincha/Maariv: 8:00pm. Shacharit: Friday 7:30am, Sunday 9:00am,

Monday 7:15am, Tuesday 7:30am.

Baruch Zvi ben Rivka Batya (Rabbi Dr. Brian Galbut-Daniel Galbut’s cousin), Binyamin Simcha ben Adina Minya (Binny Ciment), Binyamin ben Chemla (Binyamin Israel), David HaKohen ben Esther (Lev Kandinov’s father), Eliezer HaLevi ben Chana (Leon Brauser-Joel Brauser’s father), Kalman Moshe ben Devorah, Netanel Elan ben Shayna Tzipporah (wounded IDF soldier), Solomon ben Solika (Solomon Perez-Ilana Melnitsky’s father), Yehuda Arieh ben Mindla (Philippe Leiberman’s father), Yisroel Yechiel ben Chaya (Michael Reinhard-Kenny Reinhard’s father), Yitzchak Chanoch ben Chana (nephew of Vanessa Shamah and Lauren Davis), Yaakov Lev ben Shoshana (Jeff Whisler-Josh Whisler’s father), Yoseph Benyamin ben Cochava (Ralph Sharaby’s son).

Batya bat Sara, Chana Ety bat Zirel Libah, Chaya Sara bat Dubra (Irene Berlin-Reva Homnick’s mother), Devora bat Sheina Baila, Elka bat Tova (Leona Brauser-Joel Brauser’s mother), Feiga Necha bat Pessel (Fay Lerner), Masha bat Ruth (Marcia Chonchol-Craig Barany’s mother), Sara Leah bat Rochel (Cynthia Lynn Haber-Cheryl Hamburg’s sister), Sara Leah bat Bracha (Stacey Deutsch), Shira Raizel Esther bat Mina Zosha (Ruth Messer’s granddaughter), Tzirel Libah bat Frimed Mindel (Sylvia Lieberman-Philippe Lieberman’s mother), Vickya bat Fruma (Vivian Honig-Susan

Chusid’s mother), Yocheved bat Tzril (Joan Niad).

REFUAH SHLEIMAH

SHUL NOTICES Please Return Shul Library Books: If you have any seforim or books from the shul library (in your locker or in your home) please return to the library or the shul office. Lost and Found: There are a number of miscellaneous items in the shul office. Please come into the office to claim your property. Items not collected after July 22 will be donated to charity. Parking Notice: The gated parking lots on the north side of our building and along Stirling Road will be locked for the duration of Shabbat. Office summer hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9:30am-4:00pm and Fri. 9:30am-1:00pm

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Main Sanctuary will be locked while the Torah is being read, during Mussaf Kedusha, and while

Rabbi is speaking. Contact Gerald Mayerhoff glmcpa@bellsouth.net or David Lasko

davidlasko@yahoo.com for an aliyah or kibbud at any of the minyanim

Friday

7:00pm Minchah/Maariv Main Sanctuary

7:00pm Sephardic Minchah/Maariv Library

7:55pm Candle Lighting

8:00pm Minchah/Maariv Beit Midrash

8:13pm Sunset / Shkiah

Shabbat Morning

7:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary

8:00am Shacharit Minyan Room 1 & 2

8:15am Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits Beit Midrash

8:45am Beit Midrash Minyan House across the street

9:00am Shacharit Minyan Main Sanctuary

9:00am Sephardic Minyan Library

9:15am Parsha class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back room of the house

9:30am YP Minyan Modular

9:30am Teen Minyan Room 5

No Youth Minyan in the summer

10:03am Latest Shema Time

10:15am Parsha class with Rabbi Yitzchak Salid Back room of the house

10:45am Sefer HaMitzvot Shiur, Rabbi Moshe

Parnes

Beit Midrash

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Dvar Tefila

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing (July 20, 1969)

“Praise Hashem, sun and moon”

(Artscroll Siddur pg. 394)

Rabbi Reuven Melamed notes that when you see a human being from a distance, you can

only make out their basic form. When you get closer to that person, interact with them and

talk to them, you appreciate their uniqueness and their greatness. You realize that their

external appearance is but one (minor) characteristic of who they are. There is much more

to a person than what meets the eye.

The same is true of all of Hashem’s creations. For thousands of years, humans looked up

at night and saw the moon. All they knew was that it reflected light and provided

illumination at night. With greater scientific knowledge, we learned more about the moon.

This process reached a high point when Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon’s

surface. With greater knowledge comes greater appreciation of the majesty of God’s

universe. When we say this line in Pesukei D’Zimra let us commit to two things: 1) Let’s

not judge people based on externals and 2) Let’s commit to getting to know better both

people and Hashem’s creations in order to appreciate them more.

Shabbat Afternoon

6:00pm Early Minchah Beit Midrash

6:35pm Gemara Shiur on Bava Metzia (in Hebrew) Beit Midrash

6:50pm Daf Yomi Library

7:05pm Rabbi Weinstock’s class. “Jews in Space: In Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.”

Main Sanctuary

7:50pm Minchah Main Sanctuary

7:50pm Teen Minchah Room 5

After Minchah Halacha Chaburah with Rabbi Adam

Frieberg

Library

After Minchah Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits Beit Midrash

Teen Seudah

Shlishit

With Rav Natan Rooms 3 & 4

8:53pm Maariv Main Sanctuary

Immediately

after Maariv

Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5 min. class Library

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8:00am Minyan

Kiddush

-Jay & Ellen Adler in memory of his mother Lillian Adler

-David Harris to commemorate the end of Shloshim for his

mother Shirley Harris, Shaindel bat Yosef

All other

Kiddushim &

Seudah Shlishit

Shabbat Sponsors Group

Torah Dialogue David & Joan Kornbluth to commemorate the yahrzeit of his

mother Ruth Kornbluth

Shabbat

Announcements

Roman & Adelina Yusupov to commemorate the 30th yahrzeit

of his great-grandfather Rabbi Nisim Suleymanov—Eliyahu

Nisim ben Solomon

THANK YOU TO OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS

Shabbat and Yom Tov Safety, Security & First Aid “Safety & Security is everyone’s responsibility.

If You See Something Say Something!” Talk to the President, Rabbis, or Executive Director.

Thank you to our security personnel; please thank them when you see them! AED (Automated External Defibrillator) & other equipment in closet

next to Social Hall. Safety Reflector Belts (a project of the OU) are in the closet for use by our congregants.

Shabbat Crossing schedule: Stirling Road at SW 33rd Avenue Hollywood Police will control the light

Friday 6:45-10:45pm Shabbat 6:45am-12:30pm & 6:30-9:30pm When crossing Stirling Road, make sure to always wait until cars stop by the light before crossing. Jaywalking is extremely dangerous (& illegal). For the safety of you and your family, it is imperative to cross only in the cross walk.

OUR IDF LONE SOLDIERS Emma Frank, Lauren Friedman, Michale Goldberger, Sara Shulamit Klein,

Rina Reich, Moshe Schiff

THIS PUBLICATION GOES TO THE PRINTER ON WEDNESDAYS. ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE IN THE

SHUL OFFICE BY WEDNESDAYS AT NOON.

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D’var Torah : Rabbi Yosef Weinstock

2.2 million dollars. 4 days. 23,000 donors. One little girl. The story of two year old

Eliana Cohen has gone viral. She was born with SMA Type 2, a rare genetic condition

that prevents her from being able to stand or walk. A gene therapy was recently

developed, called Zolgensma, which creates a gene that ensures she is able to breathe,

eat and sit up on her own. At 2.2 million dollars for a single dose, it is the most

expensive drug in the world. It was approved by the FDA only for babies under the age

of 2 years. Due to a misdiagnosis at an early age, Eliana’s SMA Type 2 was only

detected a month ago. Eliana was five days away from her second birthday when a

crowdfunding campaign began.

Within four days, 23,000 people had donated to the cause on the fundraising

platform The Chesed Fund. At noon this past Monday, the goal was reached and the

campaign was closed. In their thank you letter, her parents wrote, “Please continue to

pray for Chana bat Shani (her name has been changed), as we still have a long way to

go!”

This story reminds us of the very best elements of Jewish community. Many of those

who donated did not know this little girl. They heard about this cause through “a friend

of a friend” and the tight-knit nature of the Jewish community provided incredible

results. This inspiring episode caused me to reevaluate one of Bilaam’s blessing in this

morning’s Parsha.

In our Parsha, King Balak hired the great sorcerer Bilaam to curse the Jewish People.

As hard as he tries, Hashem does not allow this to happen. Not only is Bilaam unable to

curse them, but Hashem forces Bilaam to utter blessings about Bnei Yisrael- three times.

In his first set of blessings Bilaam refers to the Jewish People as (23:9) “Behold! It is a

nation that will dwell in solitude and not be reckoned among the nations.” Dwelling

alone can seem lonely at times. But it has been the secret of our success and our

continuity. The Jewish People have been unwilling to change our morals and values

based on the current era or location. We turn to the Torah as our guide, even when it

makes us unpopular or counter-cultural. We are a Light onto the Nations by wearing our

distinctions as a badge of pride. As the nation who dwells alone we realize that we

cannot rely on others for our survival. Rather we must rely on Hashem – and each other.

This is why there are no “degrees of separation” between Jews. We are all family,

whether we know each other or not.

I was recently learning with someone about the restriction of charging interest. I

asked why interest should be forbidden: If we are allowed to rent our car for money and

rent our house for money, then why can’t we rent our money for money? The answer we

came to is that fundamentally I’m right. One should be able to rent their money for a

profit. And in fact, you are allowed to charge a non-Jew interest (if charging interest was

immoral we would not distinguish between Jews and non-Jews.) But that’s not how you

treat family. And all of Klal Yisrael is family. Let us remember this reality, as we begin

the Three Weeks period on the Jewish calendar, and as we constantly work on fostering

a culture of caring within our community.

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WEEKDAY DAILY MINYANIM Mon.-Fri. July 22-26 Minchah/Maariv: 8:00pm

Shacharit: Mon. & Thurs. 6:15, 7:15, 8:00am Sanctuary / 6:45am Beit Midrash

Tues., Wed., Fri. 6:15, 7:30, 8:00am Sanctuary / 7:00am Beit Midrash

WEEKDAY LEARNING

Daf Yomi in the Library. Weekdays: 5:30am & 7:00pm. Shabbat: 1 hour

before Minchah. Sundays: 6:30am.

Morning Learning Program with Rabbi Yossi Jankovits daily in Beit

Midrash. Sun. (7:30-8:30am), Mon., Thurs. (6:00-6:45am), Tues., Wed., Fri.

(6:00-7:00am).

Sundays:

8:00am Gemara study with David Epstein, Library

Mondays:

8:30pm The Book of Devarim, Tobi Wolf for women, Room 5

Tuesdays:

After 8:00am minyan, Library: Talmud class with Rabbi Yosef Weinstock. Learn

Tractate Moed Katan and participate in the Daf Hashavuah Program

www.dafaweek.org/ (contact shul office to be added to the shiur e-mail list)

The Tehilim group no longer meets Tuesday evenings. The group completes

Tehilim from home - to be assigned a chapter, contact Jillian@galitzer.com

Summer Beit Midrash Program: 8:30pm “ Nefesh HaChaim” with Rabbi

Frieberg in Beit Midrash. Refreshments will be served. Students and adults

welcome. Sponsorships available, contact the shul office.

Wednesdays:

Summer Beit Midrash Program: 10:00am Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Yaacov

Laredo in Beit Midrash.

Thursdays:

Summer Beit Midrash Program: 7:00pm “ Halacha from the Parsha” with

Rabbi Weinstock in Beit Midrash. Light dinner will be served. Students and

adults welcome. Sponsorship available, contact the shul office.

SUNDAY July 21—FAST OF TAMMUZ Fast begins 5:23am

Shacharit 7:00, 8:00, 9:00am Sanctuary / 8:30am Beit Midrash Minchah 7:50pm

Fast ends 8:49pm

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Free 3 Session SAT/ACT Test preparation for high school students at Stirling Road

Library offered by Sanderson Test Prep. Sessions on August 5, 7, and 9 from 12-

1:30 pm. To register for the three sessions, email stirlinglibraryfriends@gmail.com.

Tu B’Av Singles Event Wine & Sushi for ages 20’-30’s Aug. 15 at 7:00pm. $30

each. Location to be announced at registration https://tinyurl.com/Tubavevent

Tu B’Av Singles Shabbaton Cruise, Aug. 16-18 Palm Beach to the Bahamas with

Kosher Bahamas Cruises featuring Rabbi Pinchas Taylor of Taylor Talks. $395 pp,

reserve your spot for $100 at www.kosherbahamascruises.com

Feed the Need Brunch, September 15, benefitting the Dorit & Ben J. Genet

Cupboard, honoring Rabbi Yosef Weinstock. Save the date.

PATCH Free Tutoring Program contact Larry Reiss (954) 662-3128.

Sing, Sign, Simcha at YIH, Tuesdays 10:30am, music program for infants to 3

years, accompanied by an adult. Sign up at singsignsimcha@gmail.com

Jeanette Levine Bridal Gemach. Contact Robin Andisman 954-588-7600 or

rdubowitz@hotmail.com

Bikur Cholim Medical Equipment Gemach: If you are in need of medical

equipment on a temporary basis such as a wheelchair, walker, crutches, please call

954-894-8514 or contact www.bikurcholimhollywood.org

Tomchei Shabbos assists needy families in our community with meals for

Shabbat. Checks may be mailed to the shul, or donate online at www.yih.org

Bais Mordechai Plag Mincha/Maariv minyan (starts 10 minutes before Plag),

Sunday through Thursday at Bais Mordechai, 4200 N. 66 Ave., Hollywood

33024. West on Stirling, left at first traffic light past 441.

Hollywood Community Kollel, 4016 N. 46 Ave. (Winn Dixie shopping center).

Early Minchah 2:00pm Sun.-Thurs. Late Ma’ariv 9:30pm Sun.-Thurs.

UPCOMING SHUL EVENTS

Summer Kollel—Uvelechtecha Baderech

see flyer on back page.

Friday morning July 26th at

YIH after 8:00am Minyan

Feed the Homeless program. If you would

like to volunteer please contact David Genet

or Batzi Berman.

Sunday July 28th

Shiduchim Open Meeting at the home of

Meirav Kravetz. For details contact Devorah

Schwartz 914-643-1616.

Wednesday July 31st at

8:00pm

Town Hall Meeting with David Lasko and

the Executive Board for all 35 and under

members

Monday August 5th at 8:30pm

in the Small Chapel

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IDF Uncovers Cross-Border Attack Tunnel from

Southern Gaza

On Monday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) uncovered a cross-border attack tunnel that entered Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, five years after the start of a 2014 operation aimed at finding and destroying such passages, the Times of Israel reported. In 2014, Hamas made extensive use of its tunnel networks to send fighters into Israel, as well as to move its terrorist operatives and munitions within the Gaza Strip. The newly found tunnel runs from the southern Gaza Strip and was located during work to construct an underground barrier to prevent such excavations. “The tunnel does not represent a threat and it is being taken care of by the IDF,” the regional council said in a message to residents. It is the 18th cross-border tunnel discovered since the end of the 2014 war. The military proposed building the underground barrier on the Gaza border following the 2014 Gaza war, known as Operation Protective Edge. Work began on the project in 2016. According to the IDF, it is due to be completed by the end of 2019. Bilateral cooperation between the United States and Israel has been vital for developing the technology needed to locate these attack tunnels.

Our synagogue partners with AIPAC, America’s pro-Israel lobby, in educating our community on issues affecting the U.S.-Israel relationship. We encourage you to learn more by contacting AIPAC at (202) 639-5200 or by visiting www.aipac.org.

AAA Scholarships extended their application deadline for tax credit

scholarships to August 19. Step Up for Students is also still accepting

applications. Scholarships are first-come, first-serve, so if you or

someone you know qualifies for an income-based school scholarship,

apply immediately. Special needs scholarships are also still available

through the Gardiner program and in some cases students with

anaphylaxis may be eligible. For more information

email teachflorida@teachcoalition.org

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Teen Shabbat Schedule

9:30am Teen Minyan

Followed by Final Four

Rashi Shiur with Rav Natan

after Kiddush

8th-12th Gr. Room 5

7:50pm Teen Minchah Room 5

Teen Seudah Shlishit with

Rav Natan after Minchah

Room 3 & 4

Time Program Age/Grade Location

8:30am Babysitting 18months-Nursery 3 Back of House

9:00am Game Room Pre K - 4th Gr. Room 3-4

10:00am Shabbat Groups Pre-K &

Kindergarten

Room 6

10:00am Shabbat Groups Nursery 3 Chapel

10:00am Shabbat Groups 1st-2nd Gr. Girls Room 3

10:00am Shabbat Groups 1st-2nd Gr. Boys Room 4

10:00am Minyanairres 3rd & 4th Gr. Girls Room 1

10:00am Minyanairres 3rd & 4th Gr. Boys Room 2

Children who attend Youth Groups must be picked up by their parent or legal

guardian at the conclusion of the 9:00am services in the Main Sanctuary

Youth Shabbat Schedule

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Friday July 26th at YIH

Program:

8:45am -Chavruta learning

9:10am- 20 minute shiur

Before running off to work, take advantage of the

unique opportunity to join Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz

and his Travelling Kollel for 25 minutes of chavruta

learning in preparation for a 20 minute shiur:

"Is there Halachic Culpability for a Failed Sin?"

Breakfast and Coffee will be served!