8/24/2019 Parshah: Eikev 23 Av 5779

9590 W Sahara Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-360-8909 www.yiaishlv.com

DAVENING TIMES

Light Candles, Friday 8/23 7:03 pm

next week candle lighting will be 6:53 pm

Mincha: Friday 8/23 7:00 pm

Shacharit: Shabbat 8/24 8:50 am

Mincha: Shabbat 8/24 6:50 pm

Shabbat Ends: 8/24 8:00 pm

Shacharit: Sunday 8/25 8:00 am

Shacharit: Weekdays 6:30 am

Mincha: 8/25–8/29 7:00 pm

Young Israel Aish Las Vegas Advisory Board 5779 (2019)

In this week's Torah reading Moshe teaches us that he was instructed by heaven to con-struct an ark made of wood in order to house the two tablets of stone that he received on Sinai. I have written about this subject before and it is one that has been noted heavily by the commentators to the Torah. But I have become aware of an insight that I feel has great relevance to understanding many of the issues that confront us here in Israeli society and the world generally. Certainly, there was no shortage of gold, silver, bronze or any oth-er type of valuable and special metal in the camp of Israel during their sojourn in the de-sert of Sinai. We know from the construction of the Temple/Tabernacle that large amounts of gold and silver as well as bronze were used in order to create that structure and the arti-facts inside. So why would Moshe be instruct-ed to fashion a simple and plain box of wood to house the most precious artifacts that hu-mans have ever known – the tablets of Sinai? Is it not almost disrespectful to treat such ho-liness in a mundane and ordinary fashion? After all, the tradition in all Jewish communi-ties and synagogues is to decorate and beauti-fy Torah coverings, crowns, breastplates and pointers. And here, the two tablets of stone of Sinai are relegated to an undecorated plain wooden box! This fact alone should make us aware that there are great and profound les-sons here. The wooden box that encased the eternal tablets of stone of Sinai represents the fact that the Torah itself requires no outside affirmations or adornments. It stands alone, it means what it says and is not subject to hu-man improvement or editing. The fact that we decorate the appearance of the scrolls in our synagogues is to enhance our own respect in view of the contents. Over the centuries, and especially over the last few hundred years, there are those that wished to adorn the To-rah with strange but temporarily popular crowns and decorations. There was a period in the 19th and even in the 20th century when there were those that claimed that the Torah

was for socialism. Others claimed it was for capitalism or other forms of economic and government systems. Everyone attempted to adorn the Torah with its own brand of cover-ing and decoration. By so exalting the Torah, they in fact cheapened it and made it factually irrelevant. The improvements became detri-ments and the unique message of Judaism was perverted if not lost completely. We are accus-tomed to homiletic interpretations of words and ideas of Torah. This is part of the “seventy faces” of Torah. However, we should always remember that the text means what it says. The Torah is carried in a simple una-dorned wooden box. To we mere mortals, this is what makes it so meaningful. Rabbi Berel Wein

Adult Education

Saturday/Shabbat~8/24

8:00 am Halacha in Hebrew w/ Eli Bartal

8:30 am Making the Bride & Groom Happy w/ R’ Anderson

6:05 pm Class in Hebrew Men & Women w/ Eli Bartal

6:05 pm Class for Women w/ R’ Wyne

6:20 pm Class for Men w/ R’ Anderson

Sunday

9:00 am Weekly Parsha w/ R’ Davidowitz

8:00 pm Mystical Parsha w/ Yosef Beit Halahmi

Monday

7:30 pm Either Girls Night out or Workshop for married women. Check the flyers.

Tuesday

7:30 pm Preparing for the High Holidays w/ Elimelech Tennenbaum

Wednesday

6:10 pm Ulpan w/Adi

Thursday

7:30 pm Pirkei Avot w/Yechiel Fleischman

Saturday/Shabbat 8/24

8:00 am Halacha in Hebrew w/ Eli Bartal

8:30 am Making the Bride & Groom Happy w/ R’ Anderson

8:50 am Shacharit

9:45 am Torah Service

9:30 am / 10:30 am Youth Programs Begin

11:00 am Drasha w/ R’ Wyne

11:15 am Mussaf Prayer or Mussaf Class 11:45 am Community Kiddush

6:05 pm Class in Hebrew ~ Men & Women w/ Eli Bartal 6:05 pm Class for Women w / R’ Wyne

6:20 pm Class for Men w/ R’ Anderson

6:50 pm Mincha / Seudah Shelishit

Community Havdalah following Maariv

Parashat Eikev The Eruv is up

Seudat Shelishit is generously sponsored by: Simon S and Mazal Abraham

In Celebration of the Auf Ruf of Tali Wyne

Seudah Shlishith is generously prepared by:

Joanne Feldman and Yosef Beit Halachmi

Kiddush this Shabbat is generously sponsored by:

Rabbi Yitz & Helene Wyne and Adrienne & Ray Zetoony

in honor of Tali Wyne’s Aufruf and upcoming marriage to Huvie Charlap.

May they build a Bayit Ne’eman B’Yisroel (a faithful home among the Jewish people),

may they always be blessed with Shalom Bayit and be Shining Stars amongst the

Jewish people until 120!

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This week’s Newsletter prepared by Nancee France

Birthdays 8/23– 8/29 Yosef Beit Halahmi 24 Av Eliza Dubowsky 8/24 Ruth Schnee 8/24 Shimon Bartal 8/25 Tehilla Ben-Shimon 8/25 Yaniv Ben-Shimon 8/25 John Sr Best 8/26 Yoni Stein 8/26 Rachamim Look 8/29

Anniversary 8/23-8/29

Anna and Steve Paige 8/27

Yahrzeits 23 Av – 29 Av

Norman Freeman, 24 Av father of Tanya Freeman Shoshana Schnee, 29 Av mother of Marvin Schnee

Insights from Rav Noach Weinberg Z”L

Awe helps release you from the limits of the body. You are suddenly in a world of different

dimensions, transported into the eternity of beauty, power, majesty. You've got an expand-

ed perspective. It's no longer me versus you. We're all one. So why be aggravated?

Awe carries us beyond ourselves. In times of war and tragedy – as well as prosperity and

joy – people get "bigger." They treat each oth-er nicer. Pettiness is forgotten.