June 14, 2014 PARSHAT SHELACH 16 Sivan 5774

The Jewish Center S H A B B A T B U L L E T I N

Erev Shabbat 7:00/8:00PM Minchah 8:10PM Candle lighting

Shabbat Morning 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan 8:30AM Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class 9:00AM Shacharit followed by a Special Talk by Maurizio Molinari, The Pope in Jerusalem: A First-Hand Briefing 9:10AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Ari Lamm, Jewish Leadership: Archaeological and Historical Paradigms 9:15AM Young Leadership Minyan (1st floor) 9:45AM Youth Breakfast (7th floor) 10:00AM Youth Groups Youth Department Mishnayot Class will resume next week Graduation Kiddush (5th floor) Youth Department Birthday Kiddush (5th floor)

With Thanks to our Kiddush Sponsors: Hashkama Kiddush, Michael Rand in honor of Ted Comet’s speech last Shabbat Birthday Kiddush, Beth & Josh Schwartz in honor of Temima’s Bat Mitzvah Youth Breakfast, Becca & Dovid Herman in honor of Avi’s birthday Community Kiddush, Lea & Ami Aharon in honor of their newborn daughter, Gavriela Tiferet Community Kiddush, Anonymously by friends of Charlotte & Joel Carter on the occasion of their last Shabbat at The Jewish Center Graduation Kiddush, Elisheva Rothstein & Ira Kalfus in honor of Ayelet Kalfus’s graduation from SAR Academy Graduation Kiddush, Patricia & Mark Kaufmann, in honor of Olivia Kaufmann’s graduation from the Ramaz Upper School Graduation Kiddush, Fran & Jonah Kupietzky in honor of the graduation of their grandson, Zachary Wil-des, from Westchester Day School Graduation Kiddush, Amy & Jed Latkin in honor of Brody and Claire's kindergarten graduation from Manhattan Day School Graduation Kiddush, Tiki & Simcha Lyons in honor of Benjamin Lyons' graduation from Law School Graduation Kiddush, Dr. Norton & Roslyn Nesis in honor of their granddaughter, Malia Weiss, who was awarded Valedictorian of the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University. She also received the Accounting and Pre-Law Award. Malia was the featured speaker at the SY SYMS Graduation Dinner and the YU Graduation. In the Fall she will be attending University of Pennsylvania Law School Graduation Kiddush, Elizabeth & Jonathan Schilowitz in honor of Elizabeth earning her MBA from NYU Graduation Kiddush, Renee & Avram Schreiber in honor of their granddaughter, Gabi Agus, on comple-tion of her year of study at Midreshet Harova in Yerushalaim and her continuation to Princeton University in the fall Graduation Kiddush, Rachel, Daniel, Aaron and Tova Solomons in honor of Avichai Solomons’ gradua-tion from MDS Graduation Kiddush, Deborah de Winter & Philip Sussman in honor of the graduation of their daughter, Rebecca Sussman, from The Abraham Joshua Heschel High School. Rebecca will be attending Wesleyan University in the fall.

Shabbat Afternoon 4:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home to Mt. Sinai Hospital and home visits. Meet at the Westmont at 730 Columbus Avenue 5:45PM Parent-Child Learning with Rabbi Ari Lamm (5th-8th graders), The Spies & the Strings: How to Analyze a Text in Tanach (4th floor) 6:50PM Shiur with Lisa Septimus, Which Comes First? The Chicken or the Egg, The Blessing or the Dunking? 7:00PM Seudah Shlishit for 6th-8th grade girls with Rebbetzin Rachel Levine at her home 7:05PM Israel Friedman Daf Yomi 7:50PM Minchah, afternoon youth groups will resume next week Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Lisa Septimus, Why Jews Love Bungalow Colonies (complete bio on page 2) With Thanks to our Seudah Shlishit Sponsors: Rabbi Yosie & Rachel Levine in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Judith Levine

9:10PM Shabbat concludes

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Women's Tehillim - Monday, June 16 at 7:15PM Contact Joyce Weitz for more info at 212-877-1176

— DAILY SERVICES —

Sun., June 15 Father’s Day Shacharit 8:30AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 8:15PM

Mon., June 16 - Thur., June 19 Shacharit 7 & 8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 8:15PM

Fri., June 13 Shacharit 7 & 8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 7 & 8PM Candle Lighting 8:12PM

SPECIAL TALK BY MAURIZIO MOLINARI THE POPE IN JERUSALEM: A FIRST-HAND BRIEFING

Shabbat morning, June 14 at 11:00AM

Maurizio Molinari, La Stampa's Middle East Correspondent, will address our community on Shabbat.

COMMUNITY SECURITY SERVICE (CSS) AWARENESS SHABBAT Shabbat, June 28

We will take the opportunity to honor and thank our security volunteers who give up their precious time to help protect our Shul.

To sponsor the kiddush in honor of our CSS volunteers, please contact Aaron Strum at astrum@jewishcenter.org.

SHIUR AND SEUDAH SHLISHIT ADDRESS BY LISA SEPTIMUS, UWS YOETZET HALACHA

Shabbat, June 14

Please join us for a shiur one hour before Minchah and during Seudah Shlishit. See page 2 for Lisa’s bio.

THE JEWISH CENTER ANNUAL DINNER • MONDAY, JUNE 9TH

For more photos visit our facebook page: The Jewish Center. To hear Rabbi Fridman’s lecture from the dinner, visit our website.

To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact aaron@jewishcenter.org

JEWISH CENTER UNIVERSITY SPRING SEMESTER

DAILY (except Shabbat) Israel Friedman Daf Yomi, 7:45AM

MONDAY Ancient Jewish History: Judaism & the Origins of Christianity, Rabbi Ari Lamm, William Fischman Rabbinic Intern, 8:15PM

WEDNESDAY

The Next Level with Rabbi Mark Wildes, 8:00PM SHABBAT Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:30AM

Minchat Chinuch and the World of 19th Century Halachic Thought with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 9:15AM

Youth Department Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 11:00AM

Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with rotating JCU Faculty, 1 hour before Minchah

Parent-Child Learning with Rabbi Daniel Fridman

MAZAL TOV TO OUR GRADUATES

Gabrielle Broome, MDS, daughter of Bernard Broome Ariel Greenwald, SAR Academy, daughter of Judy Federbush & Rodney Greenwald Avital Goldstein, SAR High School, daughter of Tamar & Eric Goldstein Ayelet Kalfus, SAR Academy, daughter of Elisheva Rothstein & Ira Kalfus Vered Kaplan, 8th grade from Carmel Academy in Greenwich, daughter of Chaviva & Andrew Kaplan Olivia Kaufmann, Ramaz Upper School, daughter of Patricia & Mark Kaufmann Zachary Wildes, Westchester Day School, grandson of Fran & Jonah Kupietzky Brody & Claire Latkin, Kindergarten from MDS, children of Amy & Jed Latkin Benjamin Lyons, Southwestern Law School, son of Tiki & Simcha Lyons Leora Papier, 8th grade from Yavneh Academy, granddaughter of Joan Papier & Dr. Henry Lieberman and daughter of Julie & David Papier Jackie Tokayer, SAR Academy, daughter of Marsi & Ira Tokayer Malia Weiss, Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University, granddaughter of Dr. Norton & Roslyn Nesis Gabrielle Posner, MDS, daughter of Leyla Fortgang & Daniel Posner Emma Salomon, Grade 2 at MDS, and Benjamin Salomon, completing Pre-Kindergarden and entering Ramaz, children of Sabrina & Guy Salomon Elizabeth Schilowitz, graduating with her MBA from NYU Stern School of Business Gabi Agus, granddaughter of Renee & Avram Schreiber, who is completing a year at Midreshet Harova in Yerushalaim and will attend Princeton University in the fall Ravi Schwartz, 8th grade from SAR and Zev Schwartz, SAR High School, children of Beth & Josh Schwartz Michelle Sklarin Simon, Masters in Social Work from Adelphi University, daughter of Nancy & Joseph Sklarin Rebecca Sussman, The Abraham Joshua Heschel High School, daughter of Deborah de Winter & Philip Sussman Avichai Solomons, MDS, son of Rachel & Daniel Solomons Jackie Tokayer, 8th grade from SAR, daughter of Marsi & Ira Tokayer Joshua Vorchhiemer, Ramaz Lower School, son of Rachel & David Vorchhiemer Racheli Weiss, SAR High School, daughter of Debbie & Robert Weiss Temima Yellin, MDS, daughter of Tami & Shy Yellin Ariella Zirkind, graduating with her Masters in Public Administration from CUNY Baruch

SEUDAH SHLISHIT WITH LISA SEPTIMUS, UWS YOETZET HALACHA (6•14)

Lisa Septimus is a graduate of Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center’s first class of U.S. Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Pro-gram, and is serving as Yoetzet Halacha of the Five Towns and the Upper West Side. She graduated from GPATS in June 2002. After graduating she served as the shoelet u’meshiva of GPATS and has since been teaching Talmud, Chumash and Ethics at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School. She also coordinates many of the informal edu-cation programs there and serves as Dean of the class of 2016. She plays an active role as Rebbetzin at the Young Israel of North Woodmere, where she is involved with adult education and youth programming. Over the years she

has given classes at Riverdale Jewish Center, Drisha, Yeshi-va University’s summer learning program and Beth Shalom. She is married to Rabbi Yehuda Septimus and is the mother of four young children.

Join us on Shabbat for a lecture 1 hour before Minchah followed by an address at

Seudah Shlishit.

Thank to all those who contacted us. We apol-ogize for any omissions.

GUIDED TOUR OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Wednesday, June 18 at 11:00AM

Join Rabbi Yosie Levine for a guided tour of the New York His-

torical Society's exhibit: "I Live. Send Help.” 100 Years of the

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The tour costs

$22 for JC members, $25 for non-members and $20 for seniors.

Sponsorship of $180 includes 2 tick-

ets. This tour is open to everyone.

Register

on our

web-

site.

YOUNG COUPLES AND FAMILIES PICNIC IN THE PARK

Shabbat, June 21 at 12:45PM in Central Park (Diana Ross Play-

ground - 81st and CPW)

Join us for a leisurely, family-friendly potluck picnic in the park!

To register for the picnic and to coordinate to bring a dish,

please email eliane@jewishcenter.org. For more information

and to sponsor the picnic, please visit our website. Questions?

Email our co-chairs Hannah & Scott Topiel, Yael & Tony Pinto at

ycf@jewishcenter.org.

COMMUNITY SECURITY SERVICE (CSS) AWARENESS SHABBAT

Shabbat, June 28th

We are excited to take this opportunity to thank our great

team of volunteers who serve as our Shabbat security through-

out the year (through rain, snow, heat, etc.). Our CSS members

provide a valuable service to our synagogue and now is our

chance to say thank you. If you are interested in learning more

about CSS or to attend the upcoming two-session class in July,

please email jc@thecss.org. To sponsor the kiddush in honor of

our CSS volunteers, please contact Aaron Strum at

astrum@jewishcenter.org.

CHILDREN, JOIN US FOR ADON OLAM

Children are encouraged to come up during the Cantor’s

recitation of Kiddush and then sing Adon Olam together.

YOUTH DIRECTOR MEET AND GREET

Tuesday, June 24th at 8:00PM at the home of Rabbi Yosie &

Rachel Levine

Rabbi Yosie & Rachel Levine would like to invite you to a small

gathering in their home with our new Youth Director, Yitzchak

Sprung. Our youth department is a major priority for us and we

are committed to making it the very best it can be. We would

love to hear your thoughts and ideas as we strategize together

about how to create the most vibrant and engaging program-

ming for our children. Please let us know if you will be able to

join us by emailing batsheva@jewishcenter.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS COMMUNITY

ANNOUNCEMENTS

YOUTH DEPARTMENT EVENTS

MAZAL TOV Hindy Poupko & Seth Galena on the birth of a boy

Vivian & Bernard Falk on the birth of a grand-son, born to Elizabeth & Jeremy Falk

Gladys & Bob Richter on their 60th wedding an-niversary; Rabbi Leo Jung officiated at the JC ceremony

Daf Yomi Group who recently completed Masechet Rosh Hashanah

BEREAVEMENT We regret to inform you of the passing of Rachel Trauring. Shivah will be observed at 645 West End Ave. Apt. 4A through Friday afternoon, June 13. Minchah at 8:15PM. Shacharit at 7AM.

THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS Thank you to Steve Hirsch, Tehillah Harris, Emil-io Krausz and Alisa Gadon who are our ushers this Shabbat.

THANK YOU TO CSS We would like to once again thank CSS and our dedicated CSS members for providing the securi-ty for our synagogue this week.

COMMUNITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Congratulations to Rabbi Benjamin Blech who served as Scholar in Residence on Shavuot at Congregation Mogen David in Los Angeles, Cali-fornia.

THANK YOU Thank you to everyone who delivered the beautiful flower center pieces from the Annual Dinner to our members who were not able to attend the dinner. Thanks to Susan Golkin for coordinating this project.

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A Matter of Perspective Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Assistant Rabbi

In his novel, The Magician’s Nephew, C.S. Lewis wrote: “What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are stand-ing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”

The term meraglim, meaning scouts or spies, is used in two separate narratives in the Chumash. In our Parsha it refers to the group of men sent to explore the land of Israel for the first time; the other instance, an earlier one, hails from the story of Yosef and his brothers. Yaakov sends ten of his sons to seek food, not knowing that Yosef was in a position of authority. Upon seeing them for the first time in years, and inter-ested in reuniting with Binyamin, Yosef accuses his unknowing siblings of being meraglim, rather than customers. Repeatedly in Perek 42 of Bereishit, the Torah highlights this one word, me-raglim, hinting at a strong connection between the stories.

Often, Chazal insert a prophetic and futuristic storyline into the conversations of Bereishit. Furthering our observation, the Baal HaTurim does exactly that in explaining the de-bate between Yosef and the brothers. In calling them meraglim, writes the Baal Haturim, Yosef envisions the resolve of his grandson Yehoshua, who overcame the temptation to accept a prem-ature surrender, in contrast to the ten meraglim who failed. It is Yehuda who responds “we are not meraglim,” and his grandson Caleb was also able to persevere. Why does the Torah link these stories terminologically, and why do Chazal see Yosef and his brothers as a pre-cursor to the story of Parshat Shelach?

It can be argued that the meraglim erred not in what they saw but in how they

perceived it. The strength and security of Eretz Canaan was likely objective, but a faithful na-tion on a divine journey is expected to see the promise of their Creator as their unshakeable destiny. In perceiving the challenge as a godless military hurdle, they had lost the war before it even began.

Yosef shares the contents of his dreams with his brothers; he likely shares too much. In-stinctively though, the brothers perceive his vision as an attempt to usurp the future destiny of the chosen nation and remove them from history, an extreme conclusion which Yosef never imagined. In selling Yosef, the brothers take a life-altering risk based on their misinterpretation of his dreams; a mistake that would come back to haunt them. Indeed it is ironic that Yosef would call them meraglim years later, as they again misinterpreted what was right before their eyes; not an Egyptian, but the brother they hoped to rid themselves of in their youth.

The challenge of both narratives is one; to look beyond the most obvious conclusions and see the greatest possibilities. Had the brothers seen the possibility of coexistence, had the me-raglim not forgotten God’s mighty hand, the stories of the Chumash would have unfolded in a drastically different way. Who knows what will be, if we’re able to look at the world with fresh eyes, to see success and achievement as the most likely consequence of our efforts?

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