YAHRZEITS

December 20, 2014 Kislev 28, 5775 Morris Allen, Eva Asarch, Abraham Drucker, Mae Fernstein,

Freda Friedman, Stephanie Gross, Mathilda Hornbein, Gertrude Kaiser, Leonard Klein, Erna Kolitz, Abraham D. Levine, Lyn W. Littman,

Malvine Littman, Menahem Marcus, Reuven H. Marcus, Ann Geller Maydeck, Florence Miller, Semen Morgovsky, Billie Moses,

Marvin Rubin, Ida Rubinsal, Shmuel Smayovits, Riva Lea Smolack, Abraham Terowsky, Rose Turner, Leon Wolf, Sawel Wolkoff

December 21, 2014 Kislev 29, 5775 Ernest Cassel, Dorothy Wasserman Harris, Margaret Hochstadt,

Herman Illes, Hildegard Kern, Debi Levine, Solomon Levine, Sadye Lipson, Devora Shidler, Florence Siegel, Ruth Woolfe December 22, 2014 Kislev 30, 5775

Morris Binstock, Bertha Boslow, Ruth Ray Cohen, Jacob David Devine, Rose Frieda Glassman, Yechiel Meyer Goldstein, Bessie Greenberg, Sylvia Greenberg, Minna Jacobs, Doris M. Karsh, Pesya Kopelevich,

Jack Kushner, Max Lutz, Natalie Moses, Sara Belle Pepper, Bernard Rabicoff, Zalman Rubinchik, Helen Wildfeuer

December 23, 2014 Tevet 1, 5775 Richard Bluestein, Orlin Fayga, Dan Garner, Charles Glass,

David Gochman, Goldie Goldberg, Mary 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, Sam Swengel, Getzel Ben Yizroel Wagner, Abe Weiner

December 24, 2014 Tevet 2, 5775 Devorah Bolshoun, Lucie Cohen, Samuel Fisher, Frances S. Glickman,

Seymour Gumbiner, Rose Jacobstein, Yitzchak Julius Kimel, Annette Korn, Boris Lerman, Irwin Levine, Naoum I. Paley, Abraham Rothberg,

Kenneth Schoninger, Herbert Weinfeld December 25, 2014 Tevet 3, 5775

Rose Belleli, Morris Bernstein, Froma Charles, Theodore Epstein, Jacob Feder, Sarah Goldstein, Ida Goralnik, Keri Hale, Henry L. Hendler,

Joseph Jackson, Bessie Kantrowitz, Ethel Katz, Joel Scott Kline, Rosa Leah Lehrman, Jerome Lipsitz, Sarah Littman, Gertrude Marcove,

Lena Mintz, Zalman Pollak, David Primock, Morris Rifkin, Lena Robinson, Mary Rosenthal, Dora Schneiderman, Harry Schulhof, Eileen Sclarow,

Eli Tawil, Deborah Wine-Kramer December 26, 2014 Tevet 4, 5775

Lennart Abrahamsson, Rose Altberger, 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 Rothenberg, Rose Schatz, Robert Schiff, Morris Schwartz, Anne N. Wittow, Isaac Wolf

Friday - December 19 4th Night of Chanukah

4:18 pm Candle Lighting 4:20 pm Mincha

Saturday - December 20 5th Night of Chanukah

9:00 am Shacharit, Sanctuary 9:15 am Shacharit, Chapel 4:15 pm Mincha/Seudah Shlishit 5:20 pm Havdalah

Sunday - December 21 6th Night of Chanukah

8:30 am Shacharit 4:25 pm Mincha/Maariv

Monday - December 22 7th Night of Chanukah

6:30 am Shacharit 4:25 pm Mincha/Maariv

Tuesday - December 23 8th Night of Chanukah

6:30 am Shacharit 4:25 pm Mincha/Maariv

Wednesday - December 24 6:30 am Shacharit 4:25 pm Mincha/Maariv

Thursday - December 25 Offices & Preschool Closed

8:30 am Shacharit 4:25 pm Mincha/Maariv

Friday - December 26 Offices & Preschool Closed

6:45 am Shacharit 4:20 pm Mincha

SHABBAT Meikeitz/Chanukah/Mevarchim

December 20-26, 2014 28 Kislev-4 Tevet 5775

1st Torah Portion

Genesis 41-44.17 — page 222

2nd Torah Portion

Maftir—Numbers 7:30-35—page 768 Ba’al Koreiy — Jerry Rotenberg

Haftarah Zechariah 2:14-4:7 — page 1210

Haftarah chanted by Fred Meisterplass

D’var Torah Sanctuary — Cantor Joel Lichterman

Chapel — Mark Boscoe

Cantor Joel Lichterman, Senior Clergy 303-951-8231

jlichterman@thedenversynagogue.org

Debra Lazer, Executive Administrator 303-951-8232

director@thedenversynagogue.org

H. Michael Miller, President 303-881-6330

hmmiller@bw-legal.com

Our Kiddush is sponsored by Marlene Siegel in memory of Zelda Gutman, in honor of Al Axelrod’s birthday, in honor of Zach Siegel graduating law school, Josh Siegel

graduating business school and Philip Siegel named outstanding freshman. They are all at CU.

Thank you to our Greeters: Rinna Gordon & Bonnee Oderberg

Please respect the sanctity of our services by refraining from entering or leaving while the ark is open, during the Torah Service, Kedusha and Sermon.

Please note our Sanctuary and Chapel are cell free zones.

We invite all those celebrating anniversaries and birthdays to attend Shabbat morning services to receive a special blessing.

Consider co-sponsoring the Shabbat morning kiddush at the special price of $100 in honor of your family life cycle events or the memory of your loved ones on

their Yahrzeit. Please call Sheila at 303-951-8221.

REFUAH SHELEIMA: SPEEDY RECOVERY TO Mary Altman

Risa Buckstein Roni Deych

Deborah Dunn

Steve Friedman Anne Gilbert

Miriam Goldberg Elaine Greenberg

Daniel Hailpern Arnold Hayutin Enta Kushnir Steve Levey

Marcia Rubinowitz Dana Ryder Doris Teteur

Renee Weller

Eric Drucker Michael Freiheiter

Vicki Glass Beverly Hirsekorn

Justin Horowitz Jack Hyatt

Justin Kimel Izzy Leffler

Sarah Male Mickey Mandel

Raymond McLean Zachary Kutner

Jeffrey Parris Justin Pressel Elvio Sadun

BIRTHDAYS

MAZEL TOV TO

ANNIVERSARIES

Doug & Julie Averch—16 Herbert & Sharon Jacobson—58 Alan & Gayle Boxer—56 Anschel & Bernice Tarlie—54

HAMAKOM YENACHEIM ETCHEM TO Buna Ravdin and Aaron Ravdin and David Ravdin on the loss of their

beloved husband and father, Doug Ravdin z’’l.

Jacob Eskanos and Randi Abels on their engagement. Parents are Craig & Vicki Eskanos and Julie Abels and Richard Abels. Grandparents are Marvin & Jackie

Cooper, the late Josie Eskanos z’’l & Larry Eskanos z’’l, Jerome Modell and the late Marilyn Modell z’’l and Margery Abels and the late Gerald Abels z’’l.

Sid Shafner who will receive an Honorary Bachelor of Arts, Army Specialized Training Program from Regis University this coming Sunday.

Josh Siegel who will be graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder this weekend. Proud parents are Sheryl Siegel and Jay Siegel,

and grandparents Marlene Siegel and the late Arnold Siegel z’’l.

VISITORS

During Kiddush please visit our “Welcome” Table in Fisher Hall identified with a blue tablecloth.

Administration Update: We are currently in the 2nd trial-phase of our new Shulcloud system which is being tested by 25 congregants.

Watch for further information and updates.

EDUCATION 613 Mitzvot - Monday evening 8:00 pm with Rabbi Akiva Stern

Torah Class - Wednesday mornings after Shacharit 7:30 am with Cantor Joel Lichterman

Torah Class for Women - Thursday morning 11:00 am with Ellyn Hutt

Taste of Torah - Saturday morning 10:00 am with Essie Fleischmann

“Daily” Daf-Yomi one hour before Shacharit with Rabbi Michoel Fleischmann

Reflections on the Parsha - Saturday afternoon during Seudah Shlishit 4:40 pm with Cantor Joel Lichterman

The Joe Miller Family Library You are always invited to browse through our

Jewish Cultural Heritage Library.

Comfortable chairs are available for nursing mothers.

We are looking for a very special volunteer to fulfill a meaningful mitzvah on a weekly basis. Please call Debra in the Synagogue Office at 303-951-8232 to

discuss this wonderful opportunity.

Individuals with disabilities or their families needing special accommodations to attend and/or participate meaningfully in worship services, synagogue events and/or study groups should contact the

Inclusion Initiative chairperson, Bernice Dinner at mbdinner@comcast.net or at 720-328-9072.

Celebrate Chanukah with Our Shabbat Groups

Saturday, December 20, 2014, 10:00 am in Fisher Hall. Join us for an amazing performance,

yummy latkes and

Chanukah fun with our friends.

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PARSHA SUMMARY First Torah Reading - Genesis 41-44.17

The Sidrah is a continuation of the experiences which Joseph has in Egypt. In prison, he has proven himself to be a successful interpreter of other people’s dreams. Among those whose dreams he has explained is Pharaoh’s chief butler. As Joseph had predicted, the chief butler is freed from prison and he is returned to his position in the household of Pharaoh. Eventually, Pharaoh has some dreams which no one can properly explain, not even his wisest men. The chief butler suddenly remembers the Hebrew prisoner who had interpreted his dream so successfully. He recommends Joseph to Pharaoh.

When Joseph appears before the powerful Egyptian ruler, he is told Pharaoh’s dreams. Joseph proceeds to interpret them and his explanation makes good sense. There will be seven good years ahead for the Egyptian empire to be followed by seven bad years. Pharaoh is satisfied with Joseph’s interpretations and by his suggestions for avoiding disaster and Joseph is appointed chief economic planner.

Sold into slavery by his brothers when he was seventeen, Joseph, at thirty, is now Pharaoh’s valued advisor. The thirteen years of ups and downs have made Joseph, the cocky young fellow of Canaanite days, into the mature man in Egypt.

The seven prosperous years pass quickly and Egypt enters into the period of famine. Hunger affects all of the ancient Middle East, including Canaan where Joseph’s family still lives. Jacob urges his sons to go down to Egypt to buy grain for the clan.

When Joseph’s brothers appear before him, he recognizes them. But the brothers have not the slightest idea who the important Egyptian official is. Joseph has mixed feelings about his brothers. On the one hand, he is excited by this first meeting, after twenty years, with members of his family. On the other hand, a feeling of anger is awakened in Joseph as he recalls the treatment his brothers had given him. Joseph needs time to decide whether to make peace with his brothers or to take vengeance for the past. He plans to test them to see how they feel about their wrongdoing of long ago. Second Torah Reading - Numbers 7

The supplementary Torah reading reports on the offerings brought by the tribal leaders of ancient Israel. Each day during the period in which the altar of the Sanctuary was dedicated another of the tribal leaders brought the day’s sacrifice. The Torah emphasizes the selflessness of the tribal leader. No one attempted to outdo his neighbor in the value of his gift in the Sanctuary. Haftarah Reading - Zechariah 2:14-4:7

The Prophet Zechariah was one of the returnees from Babylon when Cyrus of Persia issued his Decree of Restoration to the exiles in 537 B.C.E. But those who returned to Palestine were soon discouraged by the problems which they encountered. Here Zechariah, whose faith remained strong, brings a message of hope to the people. If only they will continue with their effort to reestablish the homeland which G-d has intended for them, there will be better times ahead.

Zechariah urges them to “sing and rejoice” for G-d is among them. Not only will Zion be glad, but many nations will join with her in rejoicing. The vision of the Menorah in the Haftarah serves as the special link to Chanukah.

Through music, Shabbat Shira helps create,

sustain and solidify community.

The Jewish collective voice is most powerful and

expressive when joined as one in synagogue

prayer and music.

WOMEN’S LEAGUE NEWS

Save the date for our upcoming Member Tea on Sunday, January 25

th from 2 – 4 pm.

Join us for an afternoon of friendship, refreshments and fun, featuring wonderful performances by our talented congregants. If you are interested in volunteering with the Women’s League

contact the Women’s League office at 303-951-8226/womensleague@thedenversynagogue.org.

Rabbi Chaitovsky will be joining us this coming

Shabbat and will be delivering the D’var Torah.

Please visit our website for updated information covering our congregational meeting held on December 10th

and Chanukah blessings.