This week’s issue of The Park Page is dedicated in honor of our readers with wishes for a happy Adar! . The Weekly Bulletin of Young Israel of New Hyde Park 1-8 Adar 5775 Parashat Teruma February 20-27, 2015 Issue #431 Parasha Page Numbers Parasha Haftara Artscroll 444, Soncino 325 Artscroll 1157, Soncino 336 Schedule of Services and Classes Ketubot 18 Friday, February 20 / 1 Adar – Rosh Chodesh Shacharit 6:05 am Candle-lighting before 5:17 pm Mincha / Dvar Torah / Maariv 5:20 pm Ketubot 19 Saturday, February 21 / 2 Adar Parasha Shiur 8:15 am Shacharit 8:45 am Latest time for Shema MA 8:49, GRA 9:25 am Sermon 10:30 am Shiur: "The Whole Megilla on the Laws of Megilla" 4:30 pm Mincha, followed by Seuda Shelishit and Maariv 5:10 pm Shabbat ends 6:22 pm Ketubot 20 Sunday, February 22 / 3 Adar Shacharit 8:10 am Gemara Shiur (Sota 18a) 8:50 am Mincha / Mishna / Maariv 5:20 pm Ketubot 21 Monday, February 23 / 4 Adar Shacharit 6:10 am Mincha / Mishna / Maariv 5:20 pm Ketubot 22 Tuesday, February 24 / 5 Adar Shacharit 6:15 am Mincha / Mishna / Maariv 5:20 pm Ketubot 23 Wednesday, February 25 / 6 Adar Shacharit 6:15 am Mincha / Mishna / Maariv 5:20 pm Ketubot 24 Thursday, February 26 / 7 Adar Shacharit 6:10 am Mincha / Mishna / Maariv 5:20 pm Ketubot 25 Friday, February 27 / 8 Adar Shacharit 6:15 am Candle-lighting, before 5:26 pm Mincha / Dvar Torah / Maariv 5:30 pm ▪ Daf Yomi, currently studying Ketubot, meets Monday through Friday at 5:30 a.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ▪ Women wishing to use the Mikvah should contact Nehama Teitelman at 518-222-3874 to schedule an appointment. ▪ The YINHP Schedule of Services and Classes for January thru May is on-line at http://yinhp.org/docs/yinhp-schedule-2015-01-to-05.pdf. ▪ The last time for Kiddush Levana in the month of Adar is Thursday, March 5 at 6:21 p.m. + 2 Chalakim, Jerusalem time. Drash v'DaSh: A Shabbat Message and Greeting “Give ‘n Take” About ten years ago, I attended a rabbinic conference of the National Council of Young Israel. In a session about Tzedaka, one of the panelists – a major philanthropist (aka gvir) – expressed his sentiments that he “enjoys giving charity, but doesn’t like people sticking their hands into [his] pockets”. In other words, he – and probably others like him – like to share their bounty and blessing, but on their own terms. In what may be the first public appeal for a Jewish cause, the Torah expresses its sentiments on the subject: “And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying: 'Speak to the children of Israel, that they take for Me an offering; of every man whose heart makes him willing shall take My offering’” (Ex. 25:1-2) The commentators observe that the verb employed twice by the text to describe the offering is counter-intuitive: “take” (yikchu), rather than “give”. Less noted but equally unexpected is the word for the offering itself: teruma. Though, prejudiced by our presumptions, we translate it as “offering” or “gift”, in reality, the more specific connotation is the act of removal, taking away for use at another location or for another purpose. This nuance is borne both in the Bible - e.g. Terumat Ha-Deshen, the removal of the ashes from the Altar - and especially in the Mishna, for example, the third chapter of Shekalim which uses the same root Tormin, to describe the wholesale withdrawal of coins from the treasury, for the purchase of sacrifices. The ultimate gift then perhaps is the one which is dear to us, from which it is difficult to depart, yet even as it is taken from us, our “heart is [still] willing.” Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Lawrence Teitelman Nach Yomi Study for February 21-27, per Rabbi Abramowitz’s Nach Yomi Companion. For more info, visit www.ou.org/torah/nachyomi. Psalms 64: Daniel in the Den of Psalms Psalms 65: Trickle-Down Theory Psalms 66: The Messianic Era Psalms 67: The Menorah Psalm Psalms 68: Exodus Psalms 69: Exile Psalms 70: Remember Psalm 40? Seeking Contributions... ▪ Contributions of money (cash, or check payable to YINHP) for our Purim "Matanot Laevyonim" campaign to benefit the poor, locally and in Israel ▪ Contributions of humor - particularly YINHP-themed - for our forthcoming Purim-edition of The Park Page. (A free hamentasch to anyone who predicts this year's title, or suggests another one suitable for future use.) ▪ Contributions of inspiring ideas and anecdotes for our first-ever "social sermon", applying the popular contemporary model of social networking to drasha-composition for our debut on Shabbat Zachor (the Shabbat before Purim). Contributors, please contact Rabbi Teitelman... YOUNG ISRAEL OF NEW HYDE PARK National Council of Young Israel 264-15 77th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 ∙ Tel: 718-343-0496 ∙ Fax: 718-343-6509 ∙ www.yinhp.org ∙ office@yinhp.org Announcements Yasher koach to Dr. Howie Lerner for his leining this Shabbat. YINHP Hosts “Tri-Community Blood Drive” This Sunday, February 22 Mazal tov to Mrs. Chaviva Bilitzky on the marriage of their grandson Eliyahu Aharon Bilitzky, son of Rabbi Yitzchok and Serach Leah Bilitzky, to Faigi Neuberger of Montreal. Mazal tov to Dr. Kimberly and Jason Mayer on the Bar Mitzva of their son Scott. Food Certificates for A&A Gourmet, Fairway, Pathmark, Stop & Shop, and Waldbaum’s, and Chesed Dollars for many Jewish businesses, can be purchased from Art Feldman 516-227-0707, Paige Finkelstein 718-343-4821, Rena Gombo 718-343-3855, and Ilene Horowitz 718470-9474. Proceeds finance capital improvement projects at the shul. The Clothing Gemach is looking for volunteers to work Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm or Monday through Thursday in the evenings. For more information, please contact Mark Krieger at 917-703-4694 or visit www.BeautifulMemoriesGemach.org Office Hours this week are Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 10-2. The Park Page Puzzle “A Word for the Wise” This week’s Puzzle: Find all parashot that contain the root Ch/Kh/M (e.g. chakham - wise, chokhma - wisdom). Solution to last week’s Puzzle: Milk (chalav, chalev, but not chelev). appears in Vayera, Vaychi, Shemot, Mishpatim, Ki Tisa, Kedoshim, Shelach, Korach, Vaetchanan, Ekev, Re'eh, Ki Tavo, Vayelech, and Haazinu. Yasher koach to Joe Bettelheim, Susan Isler, Karen Klein, Rita Lenefsky, David Rouhani, Kal Talansky, and Atara and Yedida Teitelman for their solutions. Also in progress: Kidney Donor Drive to benefit NHP resident. For more info, please contact Rabbi Boruch Wolf The Inbox – ParkPage@yinhp.org Sefer Torah in Memory of Rabbi Meir Bilitzky zt”l Participation forms available at the shul and on our website at http://yinhp.org/docs/TorahInMemoryOfRabbiBilitzky.pdf Upcoming Dates & Events Sunday, February 22 - Tri-Community Blood Drive Saturday, February 28 – Adar Simcha Kiddush Please send simcha details and sponsorships ($18) to the office. You may also opt for the new all-inclusive payment of $200 that lists you as a sponsor for all simcha kiddushes during 2015. Wednesday, March 4 - Taanit Esther / Erev Purim / Megillah, and YINHP Mishloach Manot distribution. Send $75 to office to participate, and your name will appear on all the baskets. Thursday, March 5 - Purim: Megilla & Communal Seuda Wednesday, March 18 - Entries due for $100,000 Raffle Saturday, March 21 – Nissan Simcha Kiddush The Mega-Myriads $100,000 Raffle Rabbi Lawrence and Nehama Teitelman cordially invite you to their annual PURIM SEUDA-DINNER to be held at YINHP on Thursday, March 5 at 5:15 p.m. (Mincha at 5:00 p.m. Maariv at 7:00 p.m.) Kindly RSVP by Feb. 26 to 718-347-5819 Tickets for $100,000 raffle and other prizes $100 - 1, $180 - 2, $250 - 3, $375 – 5. $500 - 7, $1000 - 15; Proceeds to support our community development efforts To purchase tickets, submit forms to office or Marc Horowitz