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Friday April 15 7:00 pm - Mincha 7:33 pm - Candle lighting
Saturday April 16 9:00 am - Shacharit (10:04 am - Latest preferable time to say the shema) 10:00 am -Shabbat Morning Youth Groups 10:30 am - Youth Tefilla Begins (Shabbat Academy class instead of Shimon Says this week.) 12:30 pm - Shabbat Academy. Babysitting is available. 1:20 pm - Mincha 8:30 pm - Havdalah 8:45 pm - Maariv
Kiddush/Luncheon Sponsor: Jody and Jeffrey Cohen in honor of the Dor Tikvah Family and in honor of Rabbi Michael and Ora Davies.
Upcoming Kiddush Sponsors April 23: Friday, Pesach Day 1: Judy and Eddie Kramer in memory of Eddie's parents, Helen Kramer (9th of Nissan) and Otto Kramer (20th of Nissan) April 24: Sunday, Pesach Day 2 - Ruth and Barry Warren in honor of their grandchildren and their grandchildren's parents. April 29: Friday, Pesach Day 7 - Jerry Katz in honor of Sandy's birthday. April 30: Shabbat Pesach Day 8 - Johanna and Stuart Feldman in honor of the birth their grandson, Connor Brand Eskildsen, יהושע חיים Please consider marking a special event in your life by sponsoring a Kiddush. To schedule a Kiddush, contact Lenny Zucker. The cost of sponsoring a Kiddush is $125.00 (Shabbat Academy Kiddush Lunch sponsorship is $250). Effective May 1, the cost of sponsoring a Kiddush will be $150.00 and Shabbat Academy Kiddush Lunch will be $275.00. Visit the www.dortikvah.org to pay online or download a form, print it out and mail it in. (Be sure to select “Kiddush” for the donation type.)
April 16: April 23: April 24: April 29: April 30:
Metzora - Jonathan Zucker Pesach Day 1 - Michael Kirshtein Pesach Day 2 - Jon Sigman Pesach Day 7 - Sammy Rosenberg Pesach Day 8 - Stuart Feldman
*This list is subject to change at any time.
Weekday Services Mincha/Maariv services next Monday and Wednesday at 6:10 pm.
Dor Tikvah Classes (All classes except the Taste of Judaism series at the Dor Tikvah House. Please park in the JCC parking lot, not at the house.) 1. 2. 3.
Lunchtime Talmud - Thursdays at 12:00 pm Thursday evening Chaburah at 8:00 pm Torah Study - Sundays at 7:30 pm
Shabbat Academy Lectures One Shabbat Academy Lecture special for Shabbat HaGadol entitled, "Reaching for Redemption Every Single Day".
Thank You! J-serve 2016: Thanks to all your donations! We packed more than 100 "Move In" kits for "One80 Place"! And thank you to all the teens that came to volunteer to make our world a better place! Simon Hirsch, Youth Coordinator Congregation Dor Tikvah #DorTikvahGroups
Congregation Dor Tikvah is grateful for your generous support We acknowledge contributions given: In Honor of: Ruth and Barry Warren, by Arthur Brenner Jonathan Gleaton becoming Bar Mitzvah, by Jill HaLevi In Memory of: Mimi Kanegsberg, by Esther and David Beckman Ruth Gilston, by David Gilston Janet Gilston, by Judy and Edward Kramer Janet Gilston, by Wildred Novit
Refuah Shlemah Kathleen Kalin Tobakas (Yehudit Elisheva bat Miriam Leah) Pam Rosen Shimon ben Shoshana (Sy Stricker) Yechil Yeshiahu ben Fradel Hakohen Mary Butler Shaina bat Nellie
Hodel bas Raozel (Linda Kirshstein) Rabbi David Wilfond (HaRav David Hillel ben Chaya Breena) Ruthie Kaplan (Rivka bas Yehudit) Yocheved bat Chaya Raizel Ian Ramsey Christina Screen Dovid Leib ben Rachel Marian Roslyn (Rivka Lea Bat Sarah)
Would you like to have Friends and Family added to the Dor Tikvah Mishaberach List? Please contact Charles Steinert at [email protected] with both their English and Hebrew Names. (All names will be published in the weekly announcements unless otherwise requested.)
Dor Tikvah Events
Other: Marian and Gregory Yarus
April 22-30 - Pesach!! Anyone looking to be a host or guest for Pesach Seder, please be in touch with Rabbi Davies. May 6 - Carlebach Service
Congregation Dor Tikvah appreciates all contributions - those of $10 or more will be acknowledged here unless otherwise indicated when giving. To support Congregation Dor Tikvah, please make contributions on our website, www.DorTikvah.org or send checks payable to Congregation Dor Tikvah | PO Box 80301 | Charleston, SC 29416-0301
Life Cycles Birthdays:
Dina Schager (April 15)
Tobias Shanes (April 19)
Ari Jacob Shanes (April 19)
Sandra Katz (April 23)
Nadav Goldkin (April 25)
Charles Steinert (April 30)
Yahrzeits:
Jerry Zucker, husband of Anita Zucker and father of Jonathan Zucker (April 15)
Helen Kramer, mother of Edward Kramer (April 17)
Otto Kramer, father of Edward Kramer (April 28)
Julius Moses Katzen, father of Marvin Katzen (April 29)
Isaac Solomon Oberman, grandfather of Marvin Katzen (April 30)
**If you would like a life cycle event to be added, please update your profile at www.DorTikvah.org
Kosher Food Pantry Please help the Jewish community fight hunger and provide fresh produce for those in need. To learn about the pantry, gleaning, and ways to fight hunger in the Charleston community, for more information, please email Sara Sharnoff at [email protected]
May 14 - Shabbat Shebang May 21 - Shabbat Academy
Community Events Wednesday, May 4 at 6:30 pm-REMEMBER Program: Yom Hashoah 2016 Holocaust Remembrance Program at KKBE, 90 Hasell Street. 6:30 pm - Reading of the Names of those who perished with familial connections to Charleston. 7:00 pm - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger. Dr. Wollschlaeger will describe growing up in the shadow of his father, a highly decorated World War II tank commander, and Nazi officer. He was 14 when he first discovered the truth about his father and describes his journey to learn about the Jewish people and his eventual conversion to Judaism. His remarkable story provides another viewpoint of the Holocaust and its farreaching impact and its message resonates with Jewish and non-Jewish people from all walks of life. 7:45 pm - Yom Hashoah Ceremony. The ceremony will include the honoring of Charleston residents who survived the Holocaust. They will be asked to light a candle, accompanied by other leaders of faith. During the candle lighting, some of the winning poems from this year's Holocaust Arts and Literature Competition will be read by the contributing middle and high school students. After the candle-lighting, el maleh rachamim, Kaddish, and Hatikvah will be recited. 8:15 pm - A dessert reception will follow, featuring an opportunity for Q & A with Dr. Wollshlaeger. Sunday, May 8 at 6:00 pm - Join Addlestone Hebrew Academy for their annual Spring Gala--Carnivale d'AHA--at the Charleston Marriott's Crystal Ballroom (170 Lockwood Blvd.) at 6:00 pm. The evening will feature food, drinks, silent and live auctions, and a mesmerizing performance by Circus Building Entertainment! Tickets are $100 per person and sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available. For more information about sponsorships and to purchase tickets, visit our website at http://addlestone.org/support-addlestone or contact Jessica Belger, Director of Outreach at (843) 571-1105.
Diagnosing Tzoraas By Rabbi Yaacov Haber In this week’s parsha we learn about the diagnosis and treatment of “tzoraas” (a leprous disease, which one would suffer because of some moral failing) by a kohen. The kohen might observe a whitish sore on the person’s skin, and, if he diagnosed it as “tzoraas”, he would declare the person “tamei” (inadequately translated as “unclean” or “impure"). In general, the whiter the sore, and the larger the area it covered, the more “tamei” the person would be; but—and here is a remarkable thing—once the sore covered the whole body, the person became “tahor” ("clean", “pure") again! (Lev. 13:13) How can we explain this? The Gemara (Sanhedrin 97.) quotes R’ Yitzchak as saying that the Messiah will not come until all the governments of the world will have become heretical. His pupil Rabba says: Where did he learn this from? From the above verse. (meaning: everything will be bad before good can come.) Well, that was not much of an explanation of our original puzzle! If anything, it made it more puzzling. I cannot claim to give a complete explanation, since the laws of purity and impurity are difficult to understand, but perhaps we can give some clue to the situation. There is a story in the Gemara (Avoda Zara 17.) about a certain Eliezer ben Durdaya, who visited every house of sin that he could. One day he heard of a prostitute who lived overseas, and was very expensive. He collected the money, and sailed “across seven seas” to visit her. While they were together, she suddenly started to berate him about his lifestyle, saying “Eliezer ben Durdaya, there is no hope of forgiveness for you!” (Many questions arise here: What moved her to admonish him thus? How could she know that there was no hope of forgiveness for him? And who was she to talk? But let us leave these questions aside for now.) Eliezer, hearing this from her, fled to the countryside. He said to the mountains and valleys: “Pray for mercy for me!” But they responded: “We cannot, we are busy praying for mercy for ourselves.” He made the same request of the sun and moon, and the stars, but they gave the same answer. Finally he exclaimed: “I see that my salvation depends on no one but me!” He lowered his head between his knees screamed out with cries of anguish and died. At that moment, a heavenly voice said: “Rabbi Eliezer ben Durdaya, there is a place for you in the world to come.” What can we make of this story? The best way to approach G-d is through years of hard work, improving oneself. But in some cases, teshuva (penitence) can come quickly (although never easily). Eliezer ben Durdaya only rose to teshuva after he had fallen as low as he could. We must be careful here—this does not mean that someone can deliberately sin, with the idea of doing teshuva afterwards! (The Rambam speaks explicitly against this.) If Eliezer ben Durdaya had deliberately sinned with such an idea in mind, his teshuva would never have been accepted. But sometimes it can happen that someone who is steeped in sin becomes so disgusted with himself that he reacts against his behavior, and finds the energy to lift himself up to a more virtuous life. The very lowliness of his situation serves somehow as the inspiration to drastically better himself. In Koheles (7;20) it says: “There is no tzaddik who has only done good and never sinned.” The Gra comments: Why does it include the phrase “has done only good”? Why not just say: “There is no tzaddik who has never sinned?” The reason, says the Gra, is that it means that every tzaddik has done at least some good as a result of some sin. This, I suggest, is the explanation for the puzzle we started with. The spread of the leprous sore reflects the spread of sin in the soul of the sufferer. When it reaches a certain point, with the sore covering the whole body, the soul reacts to its sinful state, rises to teshuva, and the person is pure again. The Torah tells us that a tzaddik must fall seven times, and then he may rise (Proverbs 24:16). Sometimes it is possible that the path upwards entails some falling. The fall is one step closer in the direction upward.
www.facebook.com/DorTikvah
@DorTikvah
Shabbat Times
Haftorah List
Shabbat Academy
Friday April 15 7:00 pm - Mincha 7:33 pm - Candle lighting
Saturday April 16 9:00 am - Shacharit (10:04 am - Latest preferable time to say the shema) 10:00 am -Shabbat Morning Youth Groups 10:30 am - Youth Tefilla Begins (Shabbat Academy class instead of Shimon Says this week.) 12:30 pm - Shabbat Academy. Babysitting is available. 1:20 pm - Mincha 8:30 pm - Havdalah 8:45 pm - Maariv
Kiddush/Luncheon Sponsor: Jody and Jeffrey Cohen in honor of the Dor Tikvah Family and in honor of Rabbi Michael and Ora Davies.
Upcoming Kiddush Sponsors April 23: Friday, Pesach Day 1: Judy and Eddie Kramer in memory of Eddie's parents, Helen Kramer (9th of Nissan) and Otto Kramer (20th of Nissan) April 24: Sunday, Pesach Day 2 - Ruth and Barry Warren in honor of their grandchildren and their grandchildren's parents. April 29: Friday, Pesach Day 7 - Jerry Katz in honor of Sandy's birthday. April 30: Shabbat Pesach Day 8 - Johanna and Stuart Feldman in honor of the birth their grandson, Connor Brand Eskildsen, יהושע חיים Please consider marking a special event in your life by sponsoring a Kiddush. To schedule a Kiddush, contact Lenny Zucker. The cost of sponsoring a Kiddush is $125.00 (Shabbat Academy Kiddush Lunch sponsorship is $250). Effective May 1, the cost of sponsoring a Kiddush will be $150.00 and Shabbat Academy Kiddush Lunch will be $275.00. Visit the www.dortikvah.org to pay online or download a form, print it out and mail it in. (Be sure to select “Kiddush” for the donation type.)
April 16: April 23: April 24: April 29: April 30:
Metzora - Jonathan Zucker Pesach Day 1 - Michael Kirshtein Pesach Day 2 - Jon Sigman Pesach Day 7 - Sammy Rosenberg Pesach Day 8 - Stuart Feldman
*This list is subject to change at any time.
Weekday Services Mincha/Maariv services next Monday and Wednesday at 6:10 pm.
Dor Tikvah Classes (All classes except the Taste of Judaism series at the Dor Tikvah House. Please park in the JCC parking lot, not at the house.) 1. 2. 3.
Lunchtime Talmud - Thursdays at 12:00 pm Thursday evening Chaburah at 8:00 pm Torah Study - Sundays at 7:30 pm
Shabbat Academy Lectures One Shabbat Academy Lecture special for Shabbat HaGadol entitled, "Reaching for Redemption Every Single Day".
Thank You! J-serve 2016: Thanks to all your donations! We packed more than 100 "Move In" kits for "One80 Place"! And thank you to all the teens that came to volunteer to make our world a better place! Simon Hirsch, Youth Coordinator Congregation Dor Tikvah #DorTikvahGroups
Congregation Dor Tikvah is grateful for your generous support We acknowledge contributions given: In Honor of: Ruth and Barry Warren, by Arthur Brenner Jonathan Gleaton becoming Bar Mitzvah, by Jill HaLevi In Memory of: Mimi Kanegsberg, by Esther and David Beckman Ruth Gilston, by David Gilston Janet Gilston, by Judy and Edward Kramer Janet Gilston, by Wildred Novit
Refuah Shlemah Kathleen Kalin Tobakas (Yehudit Elisheva bat Miriam Leah) Pam Rosen Shimon ben Shoshana (Sy Stricker) Yechil Yeshiahu ben Fradel Hakohen Mary Butler Shaina bat Nellie
Hodel bas Raozel (Linda Kirshstein) Rabbi David Wilfond (HaRav David Hillel ben Chaya Breena) Ruthie Kaplan (Rivka bas Yehudit) Yocheved bat Chaya Raizel Ian Ramsey Christina Screen Dovid Leib ben Rachel Marian Roslyn (Rivka Lea Bat Sarah)
Would you like to have Friends and Family added to the Dor Tikvah Mishaberach List? Please contact Charles Steinert at [email protected] with both their English and Hebrew Names. (All names will be published in the weekly announcements unless otherwise requested.)
Dor Tikvah Events
Other: Marian and Gregory Yarus
April 22-30 - Pesach!! Anyone looking to be a host or guest for Pesach Seder, please be in touch with Rabbi Davies. May 6 - Carlebach Service
Congregation Dor Tikvah appreciates all contributions - those of $10 or more will be acknowledged here unless otherwise indicated when giving. To support Congregation Dor Tikvah, please make contributions on our website, www.DorTikvah.org or send checks payable to Congregation Dor Tikvah | PO Box 80301 | Charleston, SC 29416-0301
Life Cycles Birthdays:
Dina Schager (April 15)
Tobias Shanes (April 19)
Ari Jacob Shanes (April 19)
Sandra Katz (April 23)
Nadav Goldkin (April 25)
Charles Steinert (April 30)
Yahrzeits:
Jerry Zucker, husband of Anita Zucker and father of Jonathan Zucker (April 15)
Helen Kramer, mother of Edward Kramer (April 17)
Otto Kramer, father of Edward Kramer (April 28)
Julius Moses Katzen, father of Marvin Katzen (April 29)
Isaac Solomon Oberman, grandfather of Marvin Katzen (April 30)
**If you would like a life cycle event to be added, please update your profile at www.DorTikvah.org
Kosher Food Pantry Please help the Jewish community fight hunger and provide fresh produce for those in need. To learn about the pantry, gleaning, and ways to fight hunger in the Charleston community, for more information, please email Sara Sharnoff at [email protected]
May 14 - Shabbat Shebang May 21 - Shabbat Academy
Community Events Wednesday, May 4 at 6:30 pm-REMEMBER Program: Yom Hashoah 2016 Holocaust Remembrance Program at KKBE, 90 Hasell Street. 6:30 pm - Reading of the Names of those who perished with familial connections to Charleston. 7:00 pm - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger. Dr. Wollschlaeger will describe growing up in the shadow of his father, a highly decorated World War II tank commander, and Nazi officer. He was 14 when he first discovered the truth about his father and describes his journey to learn about the Jewish people and his eventual conversion to Judaism. His remarkable story provides another viewpoint of the Holocaust and its farreaching impact and its message resonates with Jewish and non-Jewish people from all walks of life. 7:45 pm - Yom Hashoah Ceremony. The ceremony will include the honoring of Charleston residents who survived the Holocaust. They will be asked to light a candle, accompanied by other leaders of faith. During the candle lighting, some of the winning poems from this year's Holocaust Arts and Literature Competition will be read by the contributing middle and high school students. After the candle-lighting, el maleh rachamim, Kaddish, and Hatikvah will be recited. 8:15 pm - A dessert reception will follow, featuring an opportunity for Q & A with Dr. Wollshlaeger. Sunday, May 8 at 6:00 pm - Join Addlestone Hebrew Academy for their annual Spring Gala--Carnivale d'AHA--at the Charleston Marriott's Crystal Ballroom (170 Lockwood Blvd.) at 6:00 pm. The evening will feature food, drinks, silent and live auctions, and a mesmerizing performance by Circus Building Entertainment! Tickets are $100 per person and sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available. For more information about sponsorships and to purchase tickets, visit our website at http://addlestone.org/support-addlestone or contact Jessica Belger, Director of Outreach at (843) 571-1105.
Diagnosing Tzoraas By Rabbi Yaacov Haber In this week’s parsha we learn about the diagnosis and treatment of “tzoraas” (a leprous disease, which one would suffer because of some moral failing) by a kohen. The kohen might observe a whitish sore on the person’s skin, and, if he diagnosed it as “tzoraas”, he would declare the person “tamei” (inadequately translated as “unclean” or “impure"). In general, the whiter the sore, and the larger the area it covered, the more “tamei” the person would be; but—and here is a remarkable thing—once the sore covered the whole body, the person became “tahor” ("clean", “pure") again! (Lev. 13:13) How can we explain this? The Gemara (Sanhedrin 97.) quotes R’ Yitzchak as saying that the Messiah will not come until all the governments of the world will have become heretical. His pupil Rabba says: Where did he learn this from? From the above verse. (meaning: everything will be bad before good can come.) Well, that was not much of an explanation of our original puzzle! If anything, it made it more puzzling. I cannot claim to give a complete explanation, since the laws of purity and impurity are difficult to understand, but perhaps we can give some clue to the situation. There is a story in the Gemara (Avoda Zara 17.) about a certain Eliezer ben Durdaya, who visited every house of sin that he could. One day he heard of a prostitute who lived overseas, and was very expensive. He collected the money, and sailed “across seven seas” to visit her. While they were together, she suddenly started to berate him about his lifestyle, saying “Eliezer ben Durdaya, there is no hope of forgiveness for you!” (Many questions arise here: What moved her to admonish him thus? How could she know that there was no hope of forgiveness for him? And who was she to talk? But let us leave these questions aside for now.) Eliezer, hearing this from her, fled to the countryside. He said to the mountains and valleys: “Pray for mercy for me!” But they responded: “We cannot, we are busy praying for mercy for ourselves.” He made the same request of the sun and moon, and the stars, but they gave the same answer. Finally he exclaimed: “I see that my salvation depends on no one but me!” He lowered his head between his knees screamed out with cries of anguish and died. At that moment, a heavenly voice said: “Rabbi Eliezer ben Durdaya, there is a place for you in the world to come.” What can we make of this story? The best way to approach G-d is through years of hard work, improving oneself. But in some cases, teshuva (penitence) can come quickly (although never easily). Eliezer ben Durdaya only rose to teshuva after he had fallen as low as he could. We must be careful here—this does not mean that someone can deliberately sin, with the idea of doing teshuva afterwards! (The Rambam speaks explicitly against this.) If Eliezer ben Durdaya had deliberately sinned with such an idea in mind, his teshuva would never have been accepted. But sometimes it can happen that someone who is steeped in sin becomes so disgusted with himself that he reacts against his behavior, and finds the energy to lift himself up to a more virtuous life. The very lowliness of his situation serves somehow as the inspiration to drastically better himself. In Koheles (7;20) it says: “There is no tzaddik who has only done good and never sinned.” The Gra comments: Why does it include the phrase “has done only good”? Why not just say: “There is no tzaddik who has never sinned?” The reason, says the Gra, is that it means that every tzaddik has done at least some good as a result of some sin. This, I suggest, is the explanation for the puzzle we started with. The spread of the leprous sore reflects the spread of sin in the soul of the sufferer. When it reaches a certain point, with the sore covering the whole body, the soul reacts to its sinful state, rises to teshuva, and the person is pure again. The Torah tells us that a tzaddik must fall seven times, and then he may rise (Proverbs 24:16). Sometimes it is possible that the path upwards entails some falling. The fall is one step closer in the direction upward.
