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TORAH THOUGHT:
If we do our math, the Jewish nation received the Torah over 3500 years ago. A long time!
We are able to count the days of a week to get to Shabbos because that is the same for
everyone, but Shmittah? Every 7th year, the Jewish people in Israel do not work in the
fields, yet there is such an abundance of food in the 6th year, that it lasts for three whole
years. If you look at the history books of the Land of Israel, you will see a desolate area
with no growth potential. During our long exile it was a wasteland. Since Jews have
returned, however, and for the past 66 years the land is now lush and fertile. It produces
amazing fruits and vegetation. Perhaps the State is Israel is more than just a State. It is a
land of Kedusha and Brachot. Shmittah may be one of the MOST difficult mitzvah's in the
Torah, but it can also yield some of the greatest rewards. Have a totally awesome
Shabbos!
POINT TO PONDER:
The Torah says that when a person sells their land forever, it is returned to the owner at
the Yovel year that arrives once every fifty years. In Tehillim we are told that a complete
life is 70 years. Shouldn't the land rights be at least that long?
UPCOMING YOUTH EVENTS
May 25, 2014: Join us for a (hopefully) gorgeous afternoon as the Detroit Tigers host the
Texas Rangers at Comerica Park (Free Poster). Then come back to the shul for a picnic BBQ
dinner! Families are welcome. $20 a person. If you are unable to come to the game, but
want to join us at the picnic BBQ, $5 a person.
June 8, 2014: Join us for our end of the year event at YIS from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm as we
host illusionists, magicians, ventriloquists and Face/Tattoo painters. See our advertisement
in the May edition of the Community Links!
**The YIS Youth Department reminds parents who place their children in Shabbat Groups
that they ensure that the children (age appropriate) know that they are to remain there
until a parent picks them up. Children unsupervised in the hallways lead to damage and
injury.
Youth Safety: We have partnered with a Michigan based safety company to offer reflective
safety vests for a below cost of $8.00 per vest. They normally retail for more than $10.00.
Protect yourselves and your children at night or in difficult-to-see environments, while
making a donation to our youth program. Order at [email protected]
Parents are reminded to watch your children on the play structures to ensure their safety,
as the Shul assumes no responsibility for their actions.
Also, please clean up with your children any leftover trash both outside and inside!
YOUNG ISRAEL OF
SOUTHFIELD
May 9-10, 2014 ● 10 Iyar, 5774 ● Parshat Behar
10:00 am to Adon Olam
(Free Play, Davening, Parsha, Guided Games and Snacks)
10:00 am to the end of Davening
(Davening, Parsha, Free and Guided Games and Kiddush)
10:00 am to the end of Davening
(Davening, Parsha, Supervised Games and Kiddush)
Weekday Schedule
Shabbat Schedule
Candle Lighting (Plag)
after 7:10 pm
Candle Lighting
8:24 pm
Mincha (Plag)
6:55 pm
Mincha
Hashkama
8:30 pm
7:45 am
followed by Themes from the Parsha
Shacharit
9:00 am
followed by a Shul Kiddush
Youth Groups
Ladies’ Navi Group
Daf Yomi
Bnei Akiva Snif
Shiur by Rabbi Morris
Young Israel of
Southfield
27705 Lahser Road
Southfield, MI 48034
248.358.0154
248.358.0013 (fax)
www.yisouthfield.org
Sun
8:00 am
Mon & Thurs
6:45 am
Tues, Wed & Fri
6:55 am
Mincha
Friday (Late)
7:00 pm (Plag)
8:35 pm
10:00 am
5:00 pm Main Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by
Dr. Akiva and Sarah Lorenz in honor of
7:15 pm
Akiva receiving his PhD.
Not held this
The bulletin is sponsored by Henry
Shabbat
and Barbara Bodzin who are moving
7:15 pm
to Portland, Oregon this week after
8:15 pm 36 years in the YIS community
Next Shabbat: Bechukotai
Candle Lighting (Plag)
Candle Lighting
Shacharit
Sponsorships
Shabbat Mincha
followed by Seudah Shelishit.
Siyyum on Messechet Beitzah by Rabbi
Goldberg and members of the Daf Yomi
Teen Chabura will be led by Dani Shaffren
Havdalah
9:31 pm
SHABBAT CHILDREN’S SCHEDULE
Preschool:
Youth Lounge
Grades 1-3:
Beit Midrash
Grades: 4-6:
Beit Midrash
Rabbi Yechiel Morris, Mara D’Atra
Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, Rabbi Emeritus
Dr. Daniel Gotlib, President
After 7:15 pm
8:31 pm
yis member spotlight - page 2
Joey and Chaya Selesny & Family
this shabbat
yahrtzeits this week
TZEITCHEM L’SHALOM and Hatzlacha Rabba to Henry and Barbara Bodzin who are
Rabbi Nathan Taragin—Father of Marvin Taragin—10 Iyar (May 10)
Jacob Goldfein—Father of Irv Goldfein– 14 Iyar (May 14)
Aizik Selesny—Father of Abe Selesny—14 Iyar (May 14)
Solomon Modell—Father of Jerry Modell—14 Iyar (May 14)
Sarah Kaufman—Mother of Phoebe Strimling—15 Iyar (May 15)
SHIUR by Rabbi Morris - “Cholent and Brisket for Lunch-Blintzes, Bagels and Cream Cheese for Seuda Shelishit: How long must I wait?”
moving to Portland, Oregon this week to be closer to their children after
living the past 36 years in the YIS community
MAZAL TOV to Rabbi Goldberg and members of the Daf Yomi who completed
studying Messechet Beitzah on Friday. A Siyyum will be held during
Seudah Shelishit. Messechet Rosh Hashanah begins this Shabbat
afternoon. All are welcome to join.
We want to celebrate your child’s birthday! Please send us the birth date and we will
celebrate on the Shabbos before or after with a special youth Kiddush!!! You can send the
child(rens) name(s) and birthday(s) to [email protected]
upcoming events
Monday
Tuesday
Messechet Ketuvot with Rabbi Morris at 7:30 pm
Sefer Kuzari with Rabbi Yochanan Schrader at 8:00 pm at the home of
Ron and Ronnie Berman.
Wednesday
Parsha Shiur with Rabbi Morris at 10:35 am
Beit Medrash with one-on-one learning and small Chaburot at 7:30 pm
Abarbanel with Rabbi Tzvi Jacobson or call Rabbi Morris to be placed
with a Chavruta
Messechet Berachot with Rabbi Shmuel Irons at 8:15 pm at the home of
Judy and Fred Zwas
Thursday
Messechet Shabbat with Rabbi Eliezer Finkelman at 7:45 pm at YIS
Sefer Melachim with Rabbi Morris at 9:00 pm at the home of Betty Rose
& Mordechai zt”l Eisenberg.
Daily
Daf Yomi with Rabbi Goldberg, 7:00 am on Sun., 6:00 am on Mon.- Fri.
and one hour before Mincha on Shabbat
ongoing Torah Classes
MAY 14 Pesach Sheini
MAY 17 Shiur by Rabbi Schrader - Lag BaOmer and R’ Shimon Bar Yochai
MAY 30 Rosh Chodesh Sivan
JUNE 15 NEW DATE: Empty Nesters Tour of Historic Southfield with Southfield City
Council Member Ken Siver. 1:00-3:30 pm. Cost: $20. RSVP to the Shul office.
SEPT 7 YIS Annual Dinner honoring Sam and Noemi Ebenstein, Sandy Eisenberg, and
Barry Eisenberg.
Shavuot Community Siyum and Barbecue. In preparation for Shavuot, each YIS family unit
is being asked to choose a Sefer in Tanach and or a Tractate of Mishna in Seder
Nashim and to study it together as a family unit. A special BBQ Siyum will be
held during the afternoon on the second day of Shavuot celebrating our
community learning. Please select a sefer or a mishna tractate on the bulletin
board. Each family participating in the learning is kindly asked to share one
thought or message from their studies. We will break up into several smaller
groups to share the Divrei Torah with one another. Please RSVP to the Shul office
with the number of family members attending the Siyum. There is no cost to
attend. You do not have to be participating in the learning to attend the Siyum.
yis member spotlight-Each week another family unit will be highlighted
Chaya and Joey Selesny - Daniel (14), Ariella (12), Avi (8) Sara and Bayla (Bella) are 2.
After living on the other side of Southfield and attending Young Israel of Oak Park for 13
years, Chaya and Joey decided to move their family to the Young Israel of Southfield
community 2 1/2 years ago. Joey was born and raised at YIS and is proud to be part of the
shul his parents helped found. Chaya grew up in Memphis, TN and moved to YIS with her
family when she was 16 years old. Joey is the Regional Director of the American Technion
Society and is active with the Jewish Federation and Chessed Shel Emes where he is on the
board and has been member of the Chevra Kadisha for many years. Chaya is a Clinical Social
Worker/Therapist with a private practice and volunteers with Federation. Joey and Chaya
feel privileged to be a part of the YIS family, and feel so grateful to all the help and support
they have received from the shul these past two years. They have a tremendous amount of
Hakaras Hatov to everyone for helping them celebrate the birth of Sara Bracha and Bayla
Rena, the Bar Mitzvah of Daniel, and hope that everyone will join them in celebrating
Ariella's Bas Mitzvah at an open house at their home on Shabbos Parshas Bamidbar on May
24th/24th of Iyar from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. “May we all only celebrate smachos together.”
Shavuot Learning: The following Mishnayot are still available:
Yevamot (9-19)
Gittin
DONATIONS: Rosh HaShanah or Yom Kippur Machzor ($40); Chumash ($65); Youth Fund
($10); Eruv Fund ($10); Lea Selesny Feldman Children’s Library Fund ($12); Jerome and
Bernice Kelman Event Fund ($18); Children’s Playground Fund ($18).
Orders for plaques for the Memorial Board are now being taken. Contact Dr. Irv Goldfein
at [email protected] or at (248) 352-7206 to purchase a plaque or for more details.
THANK YOU to our Kiddush helpers this past week, Karynne Naftolin, Gillian Greenbaum,
Rivka Jacobs, Helen Brown, and Zevi Greenfield. If you’re interested to help set up Kiddush
please contact Ariel Wolgel.
GENERAL SHUL INFORMATION
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Leah Trakhtenberg will be in the office this week on Monday and Friday from 9 - 1 pm.
To make a Friday night reservation at the Southfield Mikvah, call (248) 462-1511 or email
[email protected] or visit www.southfieldmikvah.org.
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If you know of anyone who could use a visit from YIS Bikur Cholim, please contact the
Shul office.
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Please contact the Shul office if you would like to sponsor a future Shul bulletin ($36).

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