Service Times

Saturday— December 16 Daf Yomi 8:00 am Shacharit, Sanctuary 9:00 am Shacharit, Chapel 9:15 am Taste of Torah 10:00 am Mincha, Chapel 4:15 pm Havdalah 5:19 pm

Sunday— December 17 Daf Yomi 7:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 8:30 am Mincha/Maariv 4:20 pm

Monday— December 18 Rosh Chodesh Tevet Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv 4:20 pm Sefer HaChinuch 8:00 pm

Tuesday— December 19 Rosh Chodesh Tevet Daf Yomi 5:45 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Mincha/Maariv 4:20 pm Shul Chanukah Party 6:30 pm

Wednesday— December 20 Daf Yomi 5:45 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Cantor’s Torah Class 7:30 am Mincha/Maariv 4:20 pm

Thursday— December 21 Daf Yomi 5:30 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:30 am Ellyn Hutt’s Class 11:00 am Mincha/Maariv 4:20 pm

Friday— December 22 Daf Yomi 5:45 am Shacharit, Chapel 6:45 am Mincha 4:20 pm Candle Lighting 4:19 pm שבת שלום ומבורך!

Parashat Mikeitz — Chanukah — Mevarchim

December 16-22, 2017 — 28 Kislev - 4 Tevet 5778 Welcome to Dedication Shabbat, a tribute to our many volunteers!

Torah Reading — page 222, Baal Koreh — Jerry Rotenberg Haftarah — Zechariah 2:14 page 1182 — Prof. Martin Mendelsberg

Family PJ Shabbat is at 10:30 am in the Gallery

Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky

Cantor Joel Lichterman

Ilene Rosen—Executive Director

Jeff Kline—President

Please join us for Kiddush in the Fisher Hall sponsored by BMH-BJ. If you are interested in sponsoring Kiddush or renting space in the synagogue please call us at

303-388-4203. Please respect the sanctity of our services by refraining from entering or leaving while the ark is open, Mourners Kaddish, Kedusha and Sermon.

Our services are cell free zones.

This Week’s Sidrah. Joseph is freed from prison and appointed chief economic planner by successfully interpreting the dreams of Pharaoh. There will be seven good years ahead for the Egyptian empire, followed by seven bad years. Joseph, now thirty, has been through years of ups and downs in Egypt and has matured. After the famine he predicted comes, his brothers appear before him, having come from Canaan in search of food. He recognizes them but they do not recognize their brother. Joseph uses this advantage to test his brothers to see how they feel about their wrongdoing twenty years earlier and whether he can now trust and make peace with them. The special Haftararh today is shared with Parshat Beha-a lot-cha. It describes the vision of a Menorah and Zechariah’s writing of the angels’ vision of how that Menorah is to be set and lit.

Rabbi’s Sermon “Unsung Heroes” Ten Minutes of Text with Rabbi Chaitovsky at Seudah Shlishit

Acknowledging our many volunteers whose dedication has strengthened us!

High Holy Days 2017/5778, Children’s Shabbat & Holiday Programming, Women’s League, Chesed Group, Bingo, Yahrzeits, Mailings, Phones, Library, Senior Chavurah, Birthday and Anniversary Phone Calls, and WL Yizkor Book: Jenny Banker, Barbara Chapman, Sara Cooper, Ann & Kyle & Parker Davis, Wendy Davis, Sydney Dechtman, Bernice Dinner, Dr. Bruce Dinner, Karen Douglass, Lori Duman, Jacqueline Elkins, Iran and Joan Emeson, Lisa Engbar, Mel Engbar, Michael Engleberg, Elaine and Harold Feldman, Nathan Frederico, Debbie Friedman, Maya Friedman, Kate Freiheiter, Roberta Feinsmith, Daniel Gabbay, Alisa Garner, Danielle Geller, Jeff Geller, Dianna Goldberg, Elaine Greenberg, Shani & Ofir Harari, Duffy Hatch, Phyllis Hayutin, Sami & Sadye Hazan, Joy Hoffman, James Hoffman, Peter & Karen & Heath Jonscher, Michael & Gus Joshua, Perry Jultak, Jerry Jurinsky, Amelia Kamlet, Estelle Klubock, Harold & Joyce Koch, Marilyn Kopelman, Sheila Kramer, Eudice Lewkowitz, Michael & Dona Mandell, Beverly Marcove, Richard Miller, Roseann Mozer, Ben Muratov, Bobbie & Sadie & Molly & Benjamin Parris, Marie Peterson, Ozzie Preiss, Bernadine Richman, Ilene Rosen, Josh Rosen, Julie Rosen, Eddie Saliman, Harriet Saliman, Beverly Silver, Marcia Snyder, Hyla Feder & Will Steinberg, Ben Streltzer, Patti Jo Streltzer, Elly Valas, Sura & Norm Veta, Sharron Weinstein, Mark & Beth Winter, Frank Wohlauer, Susan Zalkin, Selma Zwerdlinger Daily Minyanaires: Moish Albert, Ruth Albert, Allan Ansel, Noah Arcega, John Berman, Alan Bernstein, Albert Cohen, David Dym, David Engelberg, Michael Engleberg, Alvin Fishman, Dr. Paul Fishman, Josh Flaum, Michael Freiheiter, Rob Friedman, Prof. Shaul Gabbay, Myron Goldstein, Mickey Gordon, Sheldon Hayutin, Steve Hertzberg, Michael Joshua, Alan Karsh, Dr. David Kazzaz, Jerry Kazzaz, Jack Kimel, Jeff Kline, Dr. John Kregarman, Rabbi Refoel Levitt, Evelyn Male, Michael Mandell, Fred Meisterplass, Martin Mendelsberg, Benjamin Parris, Sarah Patrick, John Peterson, Sam Platner, Lionel Richman, Mike Rosen, Jerry Rotenberg, Shelley Rotenberg, Ron Saliman, Jay Siegel, Jerry Streltzer, Mark Winter Service Coordinators and Gabbaim: Rem Bashari, John Berman, Rob Friedman, Prof. Shaul Gabbay, Harold Koch, Michael Joshua, Jack Kimel, Jay Siegel, Fred Meisterplass, Jeff Leszman, Benjamin Parris, John Peterson, Jacques Ruda, Mark Winter Torah Readers: Josh Flaum, Brian Kopinsky, Joel Sisk, Scott Tene

Haftarah Readers: Albert Banker, Felix Banker, Rem Bashari, Mark Boscoe, Jason Cooper, Dr. Roger Druckman, Josh Flaum, Rob Friedman, Bob Hochstadt, Harold Koch, Dr. Jerry Kopelman, Cantor Zachary Kutner, Leland Huttner, Fred Meisterplass, Prof. Martin Mendelsberg, Mike Miller, Richard Miller, Joe Pells, Anthony Rubenstein, Jacques Ruda, Scott Tene, Neal Veta, Arden Wandel, Randy Weiner Volunteer Daveners: Rem Bashari, Mark Boscoe, Dr. Roger Druckman, Josh Flaum, Brian Kopinsky, Cantor Zachary Kutner, Martin Mendelsberg, Benjamin Parris, Jerry Rotenberg, Rabbi Yossi Serebryansky, Scott Tene, Samuel Veta, Arden Wandel, Mark Zalkin Adult Choristers: Rob Allen, Dr. Jerry Kopelman, Dr. Kevin Lampert, Joel Sisk, Dr. Michael Brittan, Brian Kopinsky, Prof. Martin Mendelsberg, Scott Tene, Evan Dechtman, Dr. Ryan Kramer, Dr. Alan Rapaport, Josh Flaum,Ilya Kushnir, Anthony Rubenstein Kidz Korusters: Shirya Sisk, Isaac Dechtman, Yonatan Neustadt, Leni Cooper, Levi Engbar, Daniel Neustadt, Jonathan Noam, Ethan Veta, Benjamin Parris, Samuel Veta Board Members & Officers: Mel Engbar, Michael Engleberg, Debbie Friedman, Prof. Shaul Gabbay, Dr. Ellice Goldberg, Jerry Jurinsky, Michael Joshua, Jeff Kline, Dr. Jerry Kopelman, Dr. Herzl Melmed, Michael Miller, John Peterson, Jerry Rotenberg, Gary Saltzman, Jay Siegel, Ben Streltzer, Allan Tenenbaum, Arden Wandel

We appreciate all our volunteers and apologize if we have inadvertently omitted any names.

Mazal Tov

Daniel Neustadt for winning second place in the annual IJN Chanukah coloring competition.

Birthdays Eric Drucker, Eunice Finer, Bazhena Gaister, Lev Gershovich, Ramona Harris, Beverly Hirsekorn, Gus Joshua, Cantor Zachary Kutner, Avrahom Levitt, Sarah Male, Dr. Mickey Mandel, Regev Mor, Max Rosen, Elvio Sadun, David Teplinsky, Mara Vinnik

Anniversaries

Stephen & Kay Shraiberg (45) Bob & Dianna Goldberg (45) Robert & Diane Hochstadt (51) Doug & Julie Averch (19) Anschel & Bernice Tarlie (57) Alan & Gayle Boxer (59)

Refuah Sheleima/Speedy Recovery Gloria Abrams, Sara Behmoaras, Francine (Feige Esther bat Ita Liba) Greenberg, Linda Fox, Elisa Panser Garner, Hazel Gensberg, Elaine Greenberg, Koby Gruenwald, Eleanor Hailpern, Crystal Hickman, Paula Hutt, Burton Kaplan, Doniel Kaye, Jerry (Hillel David Chaim ben Miryam) Marcus, Valerie Miller, Arlene Moss, Mark Reinhardt (Moshe b”Rachel Leah), Lilian Schaeffer, Scott Smith, Shana bat Mavis, Warren Toltz, David Weinstein, Cantor Maurice Weiss, Rosa Hilde Wolf

Yahrzeits Shabbat, December 16, 2017 / 28 Kislev 5778 Morris Allen, Eva Asarch, Abraham Drucker, Mae Fernstein, Freda Friedman, Mathilda Hornbein, Gertrude Kaiser, Leonard Klein, Erna Kolitz, Enta Kushnir, Abraham D. Levine, Malvine Littman, Lyn W Littman, Rabbi Reuven H Marcus, Menahem Marcus, Ann Geller Maydeck, Florence Miller, Semen Morgovsky, Billie Moses, Sheldon Perotin, Dr. Marvin Rubin, Ida Rubinsal, Shmuel Smayovits, Riva Lea Smolack, Abraham Terowsky, Rose Turner, Leon Wolf, Sawel Wolkoff

Sunday, December 17, 2017 / 29 Kislev 5778 Ernest Cassel, Orlin Fayga, Dorothy Wasserman Harris, Margaret Hochstadt, Herman Illes, Hildegard Kern, Debi Sue Levine, Solomon Levine, Sadye Lipson, Devora Shidler, Florence Siegel, Ruth Woolfe

Monday, December 18, 2017 / 30 Kislev 5778 Morris Binstock, Ruth Ray Cohen, Jacob David Devine, Rose Frieda Glassman, Sylvia Greenberg, Bessie Greenberg, Minna Jacobs, Doris M. Karsh, Pesya Kopelevich, Jack Kushner, Max Lutz, Natalie Moses, Sara Belle Pepper, Zalman Rubinchik, Helen Wildfeuer

Tuesday, December 19, 2017 / 1 Tevet 5778 Richard Bluestein, Maurice Duman, Dan Garner, Charles Glass, David Gochman, Goldie Goldberg, Rose Goldberg, Albert Greenberg, Anne E. Greenblatt, Leah Bat Yitzchak HaKohane, Betty Itkin, Evalyn Rose Kalish, Phillip S. Kauvar, Ben Krim, Edith Krivitzkin, Shayna Avery Lazarus, Bess Rogell Lazere, Nathan Levitt, Towia Liberman, Hyman Litvak, Abraham Melnick, Dorothy Oppenheimer, Sara Robbins, Sam Rosen, Zoya Rubinchik, Jake Sarobnick, Sam Schmerman, Marvin Slatkin, Irene Miller Stein, Abe Weiner

Wednesday, December 20, 2017 / 2 Tevet 5778 Devorah Bolshoun, Lucie Cohen, Samuel Fisher, Frances S. Glickman, Seymour Gumbiner, Rose Jacobstein, Genia Kavalerchik, Yitzchak Julius Kimel, Annette Korn, Boris Lerman, Irwin Levine, Naoum I. Paley, Abraham Rothberg Kenneth Schoninger, Herbert Weinfeld

Thursday, December 21, 2017 / 3 Tevet 5778 Rose Belleli, Morris Bernstein, Froma Charles, Theodore Epstein, Jacob Feder, Sarah Goldstein, Ida Goralnik, Keri Hale, Henry L. Hendler, Henry L. Hendler, Sonia Hora, Joseph Jackson, Bessie Kantrowitz, Shirley Kasztl, Ethel Katz, Joel Scott Kline, Rosa Leah Lehrman, Rabbi Jerome Lipsitz, Sarah Littman, Sarah Littman, Gertrude Marcove, Lena Mintz, Zalman Pollak, David Primock, Morris Rifkin, Lena Robinson, Mary Rosenthal, Dora Schneiderman, Eileen Sclarow, Eli Tawil, Deborah Wine-Kramer

Friday, December 22, 2017 / 4 Tevet 5778 Lennart Abrahamsson, Rose Altberger, Rabbi Abram M Brener, Rebecca Chutkow, Walter Felsenburg, Lorraine Gardenswartz, Morris Ginsberg, Mary Goldman, Sam Greenstein, Marvin Kippur, Jennie Krasner, Harold Lustig, Joseph Mandel, Nathan Mendelsberg, Thersea Millenson, Goldie G. Rabinowitz, Elaine F. Rothenberg, Rose Schatz, Rose Schatz, Robert Schiff, Morris Schwartz, Anne N. Wittow, Isaac Wolf

Daily/Weekly Torah Learning

►Daf-Yomi one hour before Shacharit - Rabbi Fleischmann ►Law, Legend & Lore daily after Mincha - Rabbi Chaitovsky ►Sefer HaChinuch Mondays at 8:00 pm - Rabbi Stern ►Sefer Shemot Wednesdays at 7:30 am - Cantor Lichterman

Travel SOUTH

AFRICA With

CANTOR JOEL

May-June 2018

“Trip of a

Lifetime”

Please contact Cantor

for more information.

►Women’s Parasha Shiur Thursdays at 11:00 am - Ellyn Hutt (class resumes Dec. 28th ) ►Taste of Torah Shabbat at 10:00 am - Essie Fleischmann ►Ten Minutes of Text Shabbat at Seudah Shelishit - Rabbi Chaitovsky ►Wednesday Wisdom - 10:00 am and 7:30 pm -Rabbi Chaitovsky (on break till January)