EDOS Shabbat Announcements - East Denver Orthodox Synagogue

April 25, 2015
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EDOS Shabbat Announcements
East Denver Orthodox Synagogue
198 S. Holly St., Denver, CO 80246
303-322-7943
Times
Daf Yomi
Shacharit
Mincha
Omer Day
Friday
7:30 AM
5:30
6:45
7:30
9:00
7:20
20
4:
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7:28
21
23: 8:30
Rabbi Daniel Rapp
President, Michael Wolfe
Gabbai, Dr. Philip Mehler
Sunday
6:30
7:30
7:35
22
Monday
5:30
6:30
7:35
23
Tuesday
5:30
6:45
7:35
24
Readings
W
5:30
6:45
7:35
25
Thursday
5:30
6:30
7:35
26
Friday
5:30
6:45
7:40
27
4: 7:35
EDOS Classes This Week
ArtScroll Torah
608
ArtScroll Haftorah
Wednesday
1172
Rambam Shiur
Avi Mehler/
Shlomo Fried
Shabbat
8:30 AM
Shabbat Shiur
Dr. Raphael
Jospe
Shabbat
50 minutes
before
Mincha
Halacha Sugya
Rabbi Fleisher
Sunday
8:15 AM
Talmud Bava
Basra
Rabbi Leban
Tuesday
4:30 PM
Talmud Baba
Metzia
Tzvi Gelt
Tuesday
After
Shacharit
Parsha-Sichat
Mussar
Rabbi Yoel
Unger
Tuesday
7:30 PM
Gemara
Brachot
Rotation
Thursday
7:00 PM
Welcome
e extend a warm welcome to everyone who is
davening with us today.
Special welcome to Dr. Raphael Jospe, our scholar-inresidence this week.
Dr. Jospe is professor of Jewish philosophy at Ariel
University, and previously taught at Bar Ilan
University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University, and
is the author of 8 books in Jewish philosophy (3 in
Hebrew, 5 in English), and the editor of 10 books. He
also served as editor of the Jewish philosophy division
of the Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd edition), and is
editor of Jewish philosophy for the new
Encyclopaedia Hebraica. His inter-religious activities
have included lecturing at the Vatican for the Israeli
Foreign Ministry and at the World Council of
Churches. He and his wife live in Jerusalem and have
seven children; Dr. Jospe is a major in the Israeli
Defense Forces (reserves).
Thank you to Myron Oliner for washing all the
tablecloths for Pesach.
Mazel Tov
Mazel Tov to Monique and Robbie Mogyoros on the
occasion of their son, Noah becoming a Bar Mitzvah
this week in Philadelphia. Mazel Tov to grandparents
Aniko and Miguel Mogyoros & Fish Families and to
great grandmother Mrs. Aranka Jonap.
Thank You
Events
Thank you to those providing Divrei Torah last week
and this week! Thank you to Boruch Swinkin, Friday
night; Dr. Miguel Mogyoros, Shabbat morning; and
Dr. Steve Feldman for Seudah Shlisit last week.
This week, thanks to Rabbi Ben Last, Friday night; Dr.
Jospe, Shabbat morning and Shabbat Shiur; and Dr.
Yitzchak Teitelbaum, Seudah Shlishit.
EDOS hosts a Shavuot (dairy) Lunch N' Learn with
Rabbi Rapp on Monday, May 25th. $12/person,
$50/family max. RSVP by May 4th to zussman@aol.com.
Questions? Please see Shana Goldberg or Rayna
Zussman.
Offce Hours:
Shul Offce: Lottie Soble, Manager
Sunday, Wednesday 8-10 AM
Monday
2:30-5 PM
Tuesday, Thursday: 1-5 PM
E-mail:
manager@edosdenver.org
Notes
The Women's Tehillim group meets every Sunday
morning, 8-9 AM, at the home of Marsha Greenstein.
Send bulletin announcements to
newsletter@edosdenver.org by Wednesday.
Oral announcements are due to the President
(president@edosdenver.org) by Thursday afternoon
Visit us online at www.edosdenver.org.
Chabad Northern Colorado in Fort Collins is looking
for a kosher supervisor (Mashgiach or Mashgicha) to
run the Kosher meal plan at CSU. Person must be able
to prepare meals. Job begins August 2015 and runs
until May 2016. Job entails preparing lunch and
dinner Monday-Thursday. Work day begins at 11 AM
or noon until 7 PM. Benefts include payment for
travel time, CSU health plan and CSU retirement plan.
Please contact Rabbi Gorelik 970-690-1718.
Bnei Akiva / Youth Activities
April 26: movie night for 7th and 8th grade.
May 17: Yom Yerushaliim event at EDOS
June 6: Final Snif Luncheon
June 7: 5th grade ice cream event welcome to middle school
June 8: rafting
More information:
Hannah Kark, 303-517-0410 hannahkark@yahoo.com
Sarah Senkfor, 303-588-8124, goanimals.sarah@gmail.com
Noam Horowitz., 516-457-4439, noam.horowitz@gmail.com
Follow us on Facebook! Bnei- Akiva Denver
Condolences
Condolences to Rabbi Yaakov and Chaya Meyer and
family upon the passing of Rabbi Meyer's father, Rudi
Meyer. Friday morning, Shacharit will be at 7:30 AM
at the Meyer home, and Sunday morning, Shacharit
will be at 8 AM. May his memory be for a blessing.
From The Rabbi's Desk
This week’s ‫ הפטרה‬tells the story of the
‫ ארבעה אנשים מצורעים‬- the four men
stricken with ‫ צרעת‬who are forced to live
outside of the city of ‫ שמרון‬at the time
that the city was under siege by ‫ארם‬.
Facing the possibility of starvation,
stranded between the city and the enemy, they are
forced to decide whether to re-enter ‫שמרון‬,try to
partake in what little food they have left and extend
their life a bit, or enter the enemy camp where they
may be killed instantly, but they also may be taken as
slaves and be fed. They decide to approach the
enemy camp. Without ruining the ending, things turn
out for the best.
The Talmud (‫ )עבודה זרה דף כז עמוד ב‬notes that the
fact that the men in question were allowed to risk
their lives and comments ‫ לחיי שעה לא חיישינן‬- we are
not concerned with the possibility of living a short
period of time. One cannot read the Talmud as saying
that even one moment of life is irrelevant. Rather, Rav
Moshe Feinstein ( ‫)אגרות משה חלק יו"ד ג סימן לו‬
explains this to mean that if a person is faced with a
short time to live but can take steps that could either
extend their life signifcantly or kill them instantly
(e.g. a risky surgery), they have a right to take that
risk, even though they may be shortening their life.
[See the source for a discussion of what the odds of
survival must be.]
Life presents us all with ups and downs, happy times
and diffcult times. We must remember, even in the
darkest of days, that life, every moment, is a blessing
that we should appreciate and preserve, and is always
better than the alternative.
Upcoming Events
Adult night out—Mark your calendars: Adult night
out for coffee, tea, snacks, and board games at
Gathering Grounds (SE), Saturday night, June 13th!
Tell your friends. eVite to follow.
Kiddush
The Kiddush today is sponsored by the EDOS
Women's Auxiliary and EDOS Kiddush Fund.
Community Events
Annual Colorado AIPAC event, May 3rd, 11 AM-2
PM, Sewell Ballroom, DCPA. www.aipac.org,
pmermelstein@aipac.org. Contact Michelle Teitelbaum
for seating at the EDOS tables for the event.
Registration is open fo the 2015 Walk For Israel
Colorado. The walk is on Sunday, May 31st, 9 AM,
with the walk itself beginning promptly at 10 from the
JCC parking lot. Regitster at
colorado.fedweb.jewishfederations.org/page/s/walk-forisrael-2015
Spring Shiurim at Merkaz—The three part series for
men, led by Rabbi Aharon Boruch Kagan, is entitled
Lomdus on the Parsha, and takes place Wednesday,
May 13th, Thursday, May 21st, and Wednesday, May
27th. The three part series for women, led by Mrs.
Rivka Gross, is entitled, The Secret of the Aishes Chayil,
and takes place Tuesdays, May 5th, May 12th, and May
19th. All shiurim take place at Merkaz, 295 South
Locust St, 8-9 PM
Shabbat Shiur
The Shabbat Shiur is given by Dr. Jospe on the topic
The Bible and Philosophy: The Book of Job as a Biblical
Guide of the Perplexed one hour before Mincha.
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