Parashas Bamidbar/Shavuos/Nasso – June 7 – 15, 2024
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JUNE 7- 13, 2024 | 2-8 SIVAN 5784 | PARASHAS BAMIDBAR | SHAVUOS
YOUNG ISRAEL SHOMRAI EMUNAH
SHABBOS SHORTS
Candle Lighting 8:14, not before 6:59 | Havdalah 9:21
Sponsored by Esther & David Hornestay to commemorate the 16th Yahrzeit of Esther's mother, Regina Berman, Rivka bas Dovid, A"H, on 7 Sivan
and by Vivian & Arnie Kirshenbaum to commemorate the 14th Yahrzeit of Vivian's father, Rabbi Abraham Morgenstern, Avraham Binyomin ben Menachem Mendel, A"H.
YISE Supports Israel
Our thoughts and prayers are focused on Israel. Please see the back of this sheet for various things you can do to support Israel.
Mazal Tov
Judy & Mitch Taragin on the marriage of their son, Yitz, to Ariella Merrill of Ramat Beit Shemesh, daughter of Malkie & Michael Merrill. Mazal Tov to grandparents, Elaine Taragin and Gail & Barry Mahler, and to siblings, Shayna and Joey.
Kiddush, Shalosh Seudos and Drasha Sponsors
Hashkamah Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by the Hashkamah Minyan Kiddush Group and by Jonathan Fine’s Fan Club in honor of his birthday.
Shul Kiddush is sponsored by the Elias-Bachrach Family in honor of National Elias day, which was yesterday, June 7th (yes, it's a real thing, we didn't make it up).
Sephardic Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by the Mordehai Family and by Bar Mevorach Kimchi.
Shalosh Seudos is sponsored by Eva & Isaac Moses and Carol & TuviaLazar to commemorate the first Yahrzeit of Eva & Carol’s father, Dr.Walter Lemann, Naftali ben Yitzchak, A”H.
8:45 Minyan Drasha is sponsored by Cheryl & Ken Jacobson to commemorate the Shloshim of Ken’s father Norman Jacobson, Nahum Kalman ben Avraham, A”H.
Upcoming Events at YISE
A Time for Unity – Special speaker series at Chabad of Silver Spring, 519 Lamberton Drive, Shabbos afternoon at 6:15 PM. This year's theme: From Struggle to Strength: Shavuot's message for us and Eretz Yisroel. June 8 – Rabbi Brahm Weinberg.
Pre-Shavuos Inspiration – Join Rabbi Postelnek for a Shiur followed by singing and music. "Mesirus Nefesh and Matan Torah: Finding Greatness in the Daily Grind,” Social Hall, Sunday, June 9, 8:30 PM with Maariv at 9:15PM. See flyer.
Limud on the Lawn – A monthly exploration of different Torah luminaries through the ages at YISE members' homes. Rabbi Postelnek will speak about the Ri Ha-Zaken on June 22 at 6 PM on the lawn of Dr. Jerry and Tsipi Hawk, 819 Bromley St. see flyer
YISE Graduation Kiddush – Honor your graduates at Kiddush on June 22. Send your donation of $18 to YISE by June 18. Include sponsor name, graduate name, school and grade. see flyer
An Evening of Pizza and Friends – Join YISE Young Professionals on June 30, 8 PM at Ben Yehuda. Limited space. $15/person. RSVP: yise.org/pizza. see flyer
Yom HaShoah – The 2024 Yom HaShoah program on May 5 during which our member Lew Sosnowik was interviewed is available online at https://wp.yise.org/yom-hashoah-2024/
Flyers are available at https://wp.yise.org/flyers
Shabbos Schedule
Minyan Locations:
B – Belonofsky Sanctuary, S – Social Hall, LBM – Large Beis Medrash, SBM – Small Beis Medrash, H – The House
FRIDAY NIGHT:
Mincha/Maariv: 6:45 (Plag, S) 7:00 (B), 8:15 (B) 7:15 (Sephardi, LBM)
SHABBOS DAY:
Shacharis: 7:00 (B), 8:45 (B), 9:15 (S), 8:00 (Sephardi, LBM), 9:15 (Teen, H)
Mincha:2:30 (B), 5:00 (B), 7:55 (B), 8:05 (Sephardi, LBM)
Shalosh Seudos: 8:20 (S)
Maariv: 9:21 (B)
DIVREI TORAH:
8:45 Minyan: (B) Rabbi Postelnek
9:15 Minyan: (S) Rabbi Rosenbaum
Hashkamah Minyan Gemara Shiur: (SBM) Rabbi Postelnek
Ohr HaChaim Chabura: 8:55 (S) Rabbi Rosenbaum
Parsha Shiur before Mincha: 6:55 (B) Rabbi Rosenbaum
Youth Announcements
Teen Minyan – 9:15 AM in The House, followed by Kiddush
Shabbos Groups – 10 AM until shul ends
Toddler Group, under 2 with parent, Toddler Room
Kinder Group, 2-5, upstairs behind the balcony
Boys 6-9 & Girls 6-9 and 5th-6th Grade Girls, meet in lower lobby and walk to YGW
High School Boys Trivia Night – Saturday, June 8. see flyer
Shavuos learning 4th grade & up, preschool programming & ice cream social. see flyers
Graduates Kiddush – June 22 email office@yise.org to sponsor.
The Week Ahead
Wednesday – Thursday – Shavuos
Halachic Times: Latest Alos Hashachar 3:59 AM, Earliest Talis & Tefilin: 4:37 AM, Latest Netz: 5:43 AM, Latest Krias Shema: 9:24 AM, Earliest Mincha: 1:47 PM, Earliest Shkia: 8:33 PM, Latest Tzeis Hacochavim 9:25 PM
WANT TO SPONSOR A SHABBOS OR WEEKDAY SHIUR? PLEASE EMAIL OFFICE@YISE.ORG
Shavuos is coming, when we celebrate receiving the Torah together with Achdus and remember the Chesed of Rus and Boaz caring for other Jews in need. In this spirit, please consider enhancing your Yom Tov meals by hosting community members whomay be looking to join a meal. If you would like to find guests to invite for any of the upcoming Shavuos meals, or if you arelooking to join a meal, please email hospitality@yise.org and the YISE Hospitality Committee can help to coordinate.
Shavuos Food Drive – Help bring Simchas Yom Tov to the Capital Kosher Pantry by donating to our Shavuos Food Drive! We'd greatly appreciate donations of Don Pepino Pizza Sauce, Canned Olives & Pickles, Near East Rice Mixes, Canned Salmon, Kedem Grape Juice & more. Drop off in box at YISE or ship to or drop off at: Capital Kosher Pantry, 9601 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20901.
Tree of Life – Order a leaf or rock today in honor of a friend, relative, simcha, or any other occasion! see flyer
Dedicate a Brick – Donate a brick to be engraved and placed on the Cheryl Stern Community Kelim Mikvah path. see flyer
Happy Anniversary – Baruch, Ora and Atara Sheinson wish their parents, Harriet & Ron Sheinson, a Happy Anniversary.
Thank You – Yosef Hakim of Service Squad for cleaning the carpets in the small Beit Medrash.
YISE Supports Israel
YISE invites members with family on active IDF duty to share their profiles at announce@yise.org.
YISE maintains a community-wide Tehillim WhatsApp group. To join, visit chat.whatsapp.com/GdkM5n3uJx44h8xFbwBEl0. To submit names of soldiers serving in the IDF for tefilot, please send the soldier's Hebrew name and his/her mother's Hebrew name to csimon@YISE.org.
We pray that our soldiers will return soon to their peacetime roles, and in the interim ask our members to daven and undertake other zechuyos on behalf of these and other IDF personnel defending Israel and our people.
Yocheved Ruttenberg, Co-founder of Sword of Iron – Israel Volunteer Opportunities Facebook group with 30,000 followers, will be speaking in the Social Hall on Sunday, June 16 at 7:45 PM about her experiences and what we can do to make a difference.
Tefilah We gather in the Belonofsky Sanctuary on Sunday evenings after Mincha/Maariv for 15 minutes of communal Tehillim. Additionally, Tehillim are recited at each daily and Shabbos minyan.
Shiur for Israel Rabbi Rosenbaum leads a daily 15-minute Zoom of Tehillim recital and study of Pirkei Avos with Rabenu Yonah, Sunday through Friday at 12:30 PM on Zoom A.
Tzedaka A list of charitable organizations is available at: http://www.yise.org/israel-2023-10-11-small.pdf
As we engage our efforts through tefilah, tzedakah and political action, let us also beseech Hashem daily to bring safety to the
citizens of Israel, success to its military, and clarity to its leadership.
Zoom Connection details in the SHMA and at https://wp.yise.org/zoom.
SHAVUOS SHORTS
Sponsored by Judy & Stuart Rosenthal in honor of their 36th Anniversary.
SHAVUOS SCHEDULE
EREV SHAVUOS – TUESDAY – JUNE 11
Light Candles: 8:16, not before 7:02
Mincha/Maariv: 8:20 (B), 7:45 (Sephardi, LBM)
Shiur before Maariv: Rabbi Rosenbaum
Maariv: 9:23 (B)
Kiddush not before: 9:23
Tikkun Leil Shavuos: 12:00 (details on flyer)
FIRST DAY – WEDNESDAY – JUNE 12
Shacharis: 5:05 (S), 7:00 (B), 8:45 (B), 9:15 (S), 4:45 (Sephardi, LBM), 5:05 (Teen, H)
Mincha: 8:20 (B), 7:15 (Sephardi, LBM)
Maariv: 8:50 (B)
Light Candles and Kiddush after: 9:24
SECOND DAY – THURSDAY – JUNE 13
Shacharis: 6:45 (B), 8:45 (B), 9:15 (S), 9:15 (Teen, H), 8:30 (Sephardi, LBM)
Yizkor at 8:45 Minyan: not before 10:30
Yizkor at 9:15 Minyan: not before 10:45
DIVREI TORAH/SHIURIM:
8:45 Main Minyan: (B) Rabbi Rosenbaum
9:15 Minyan: (S) Rabbi Postelnek
Hashkamah Minyan Gemara Shiur: (SBM) Rabbi Reuven Schechter
Shiur between Mincha/Maariv: (B) Rabbi Postelnek
Mincha: 8:20 (B), 8:15 (Sephardi, LBM)
Havdalah/Maariv: 9:24
Shavuos Sponsorships
Flowers for Shavuos are donated by Karen & Howie Schulman in memory of David Kramer, Dovid Tuvia Ben Harav Yechiel Michoel Halevi, A”H, on the occasion of his 22nd Yahrzeit.
The Pastry Oven cakes have been donated by Eva & Nissy Moskowitz in loving memory of their families who perished in the Holocaust.
Hashkamah Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by the Hashkamah Minyan Kiddush Group.
Shul Kiddush is in honor of the many volunteers who work tirelessly alongside our shul staff to create enjoyable and beneficial experiences for our members and guests.
Shavuos Learning
Tikkun Leil Shavuos – Interactive learning, Shiurim, Youth Shiurim Grades 4-6 and High School Boys Learning. See flyers
Shavuos Learning for Women – Mrs. Sharon Freundel will speak on "Lifting Our Eyes: A Close Reading of Psalm 121," and Mrs. Atara Rosenbaum will speak on “Sequel to Sinai: Lessons from the Golden Calf,” in the Belonofsky Sanctuary on the 1st day of Shavuos, Wednesday, June 12, from 4 PM to 5 PM. Sponsored by YISE Women's Learning Initiative. See flyer
Youth Announcements
Shabbos Groups – 10 AM until shul ends
Groups will only be held Second Day, Thursday, June 13
Toddler Group, under 2 with parent, Toddler Room
Kinder Group, 2-5, upstairs behind the balcony
Boys 6-9 & Girls 6-9 and 5th-6th Grade Girls, meet in lower lobby and walk to YGW
Shavuos Youth Programming for children preschool – 12th grade including preschool playdate and groups, ice cream social and Shavuos night learning for boys and girls. See flyers
RABBI DOVID ROSENBAUM
RABBI YOSEF POSTELNEK – ASST RABBI
JOSH SEIDEMANN – PRESIDENT
NEXT SHABBOS SHORTS DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, NOON
SUBMIT ITEMS FOR THE SHABBOS SHORTS TO: ANNOUNCE@YISE.ORG
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JUNE 14-15, 2024 | 9 SIVAN 5784 | PARASHAS NASSO
YOUNG ISRAEL SHOMRAI EMUNAH
SHABBOS SHORTS
Candle Lighting 8:17, not before 7:02 | Havdalah 9:25
Sponsored by David Lerner marking the 3rd Yahrzeit of his beloved father Herbert J. Lerner, Chaim Yehosua ben Nachum v'Chana Pesl, A"H, on 8 Sivan
and by Lee & Craig Oppenheim on the occasion of the Yahrzeits of Craig's Father, Julius Oppenheim, Yaakov ben Hershal, on 11 Sivan and Lee's Mother, Helene Zuckerberg, Chana Raizail bat Avraham Ha'Levi, on 16 Sivan. In addition, Craig would like to thank everyone who visited, well worshipers, called, and texted while he was in Holy Cross Hospital, the Hebrew Home, and while he recuperates from major surgery.
Kiddush Sponsors
Hashkamah Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by the Hashkamah Minyan Kiddush Group.
Shul Kiddush is sponsored by Mrs. Tzivia Bramson and the Bergman, Chaitovsky, Waidenbaum and Weinstein Families to commemorate the 5th Yahrzeit of Rabbi Samuel Bramson, HaRav Shmuel Ben Noach Hellman HaLevi and Fraida Reichel.
Sephardic Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Popi & Shula Eloul in memory of Shula’s brother and Shula’s mother.
Shalosh Seudos is sponsored by Friends of Hedy Bauman who is making Aliyah this summer.
Shabbos and Weekday Shiurim Sponsors
Hashkamah Minyan Shiur is sponsored by David Jaray in appreciation of Rabbi Grossman and all those who attend his shiur, and in memory of all those who have lost their lives in Israel. May Hashem bless Israel with complete and speedy victory and Brachos for the Israeli soldiers, hostages, students, and all of Israel
Rabbi Hyatt’s Gemara Shiur was sponsored by David Jaray in appreciation of Rabbi Grauman and all those who attend his shiur, and in memory of Rabbi Hyatt, A”H and to all of those who have lost their lives in Israel. May their Neshamas have an Aliyah. Refuah Shlema to all those that are wounded and ill, and to all of those that have been traumatized in Israel during these times.
8:45 Minyan Drasha is sponsored by Dalia & Jesse Kahane and Debi & Max Rudmann on honor of Susan & Rabbi Saul Koss on their 60/80 celebration. 12:30 Rabbi Rosenbaum Pirkei Avot with Rabenu Yona sponsored by Nancy Finkelstein to commemorate the Yahrzeit of her husband, David Finkelstein, Dovid Berel Ben Aharon, A”H.
Youth Announcements
Teen Minyan – 9:15 AM in The House, followed by Kiddush
Shabbos Groups – 10 AM until shul ends
Toddler Group, under 2 with parent, Toddler Room
Kinder Group, 2-5, upstairs behind the balcony
Boys 6-9 & Girls 6-9 and 5th-6th Grade Girls, meet in lower lobby and walk to YGW
Graduates Kiddush – June 22 – email office@yise.org to sponsor.
Shabbos Schedule
Minyan Locations:
B – Belonofsky Sanctuary, S – Social Hall, LBM – Large Beis Medrash, SBM – Small Beis Medrash, H – The House
FRIDAY NIGHT:
Mincha/Maariv: 6:40 (Plag, S) 7:00 (B), 8:20 (B) 7:15 (Sephardi, LBM)
SHABBOS DAY:
Shacharis: 7:00 (B), 8:45 (B), 9:15 (S), 8:00 (Sephardi, LBM), 9:15 (Teen, H)
Mincha: 2:30 (B), 5:00 (B), 8:00 (B), 8:10 (Sephardi, LBM)
Shalosh Seudos: 8:25 (S)
Maariv: 9:25 (B)
DIVREI TORAH:
8:45 Minyan: (B) Rabbi Rosenbaum
9:15 Minyan: (S) Rabbi Postelnek
Hashkamah Minyan Gemara Shiur: (SBM) Rabbi Yitzhak Grossman
Ohr HaChaim Chabura: 8:55 (S) Rabbi Postelnek
Parsha Shiur before Mincha: 7:00 (B) Rabbi Rosenbaum
The Week Ahead
Wednesday – Juneteenth
Rabbi Rosenbaum will be on vacation from Thursday, June 20 through Sunday, June 30. Individuals with Halachic questions can contact Rabbi Postelnek at 571-340-0227 or rypostelnek@yise.org . Those wanting to contact Rabbi Rosenbaum about pressing matters should contact the Shul office and a staff member will notify Rabbi Rosenbaum
Halachic Times: Latest Alos Hashachar 3:59 AM, Earliest Talis and Tefilin: 4:38 AM, Latest Netz: 5:44 AM, Latest Krias Shema: 9:25 AM,Earliest Mincha: 1:48 PM, Earliest Shkia: 8:36 PM, Latest Tzeis Hacochavim 9:27 PM
Next Shabbos
June 21-22, 2024
16 Sivan 5784
Parashas Behaaloscha
Candle lighting: 8:19 not before: 7:04
Havdalah: 9:27
Friday Night:
Mincha/Maariv: 6:45 (Plag, S), 7:00 (B), 8:20 (B) 7:15 (Sephardi, LBM)
Shabbos Day:
Shacharis: 7:00 (B), 8:45 (B), 9:15 (S), 8:00 (Sephardi, LBM), 9:15 (Teen, H)
Mincha: 2:30 (B), 5:00 (B), 8:15 (B), 8:10 (Sephardi, LBM)
Maariv: 9:27