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This Shabbat Rabbi Engel will be giving a shiur at the Shul @ 5:30pm which will focus on the upcoming High Holidays. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Please show your support for DAT by attending the school’s annual parlor meeting on Wednesday, September 19th at 7:30 PM at Cablelands in Hilltop. Chairs for the evenings fundraiser are Varda and Steve Frank, Randy and Michael Weiss, and Marilyn and Moshe Levi. Donations of all sizes are greatly appreciated. Please support DAT and the new high school with a generous donation.
For further information, speak with Dorit F., Rachel R., or
call the school at 720 859 6806.

We would like to set-up the DAT Sukkah on Sunday, Sept. 16 in the morning after davening. We need at least four 6-foot ladders and at least 8 adults to get this put together. It will take about 2 hours total to get it together.
If you are able to help in any way please contact Margaret Schwartz at 303-956-9121 or e-mail Margaret.schwartz@comcast.net

This Motzei Shabbat, 9/8 we will begin Selichot at 12:20am. We are privileged to have Rabbi Tzvi Mordechai Feldheim & Rabbi Shachne Sommers as our speakers. The program begins at 10:45pm. Refreshments will be served.

Next Shabbat, which is Shabbat Shuva, davening will begin at 8:30 AM. Following davening, at approximately 10:30 AM, Rabbi Alter will give the yearly Shabbat Shuva drasha. This years topic is "Tefilla-individual and communal. Are we doing it all wrong?" Rabbi Alter will share some perspectives on changes, educational and cultural, that need to occur in order to make Tefilla more effective and productive. The drasha will last approximately 45 minutes.

The Jewish Family Service is proud to announce a lecture and discussion series spanning the High Holidays and Sukkot which will be held at Crestmoor Downs (ambassador bldg- penthouse) on three consecutive Tuesdays, Sept. 11, 18, & 25 at 10:30am with Rabbi Hess. Topics: Sep. 11-“Is God really listening?” Sep.18- “Judgment & forgiveness” Sep. 25- “Serving God with joy.”

Believe it or not, but the High Holidays are fast approaching. The High Holiday committee is being chaired by Cheryl Miller and the committee members are Dovid Friedman, Fran Heller, Tana Rosenberg, and David Slamowitz. The committee is very excited and is looking forward to a meaningful High Holidays. Information about seating, children's programming, and the Yizkor booklet is available here on the DAT Minyan website at www.datminyan.org/HH07. Members should also be receiving a mailing in the next few days. As the process moves forward, please feel free to contact any of the committee members directly with thoughts, suggestions, and ideas or at HighHolidays@DATMinyan.org.

I would like to thank you for helping host the Yeshiva University Kollel members for the last two weeks at Dat. They enjoyed the opportunity to spend time at the shul, and perhaps more importantly, they enjoyed the wonderful experince and the people that they interacted with and all other general events and Shiurim that took place. By spending time with the Dat Family and community members, the students of the Kollel became exposed to Jewish life outside of the New York area, and were provided with the opportunity to interact with local community members who serve as a paradigm for communal hospitality and leadership. As the Second Mishna in Perkei Avos says

The DAT Minyan semi-annual membership meeting will take place on Sunday morning August 26th at 9AM. All members are encouraged to attend. If you can't make it, be sure to fill out a proxy if you would like to vote.

The playoffs continue this Sunday and we need your support. This Sunday, July 29 at 4:30pm we play DCJE in the Semifinals. The winner of that game will play in the Championship game at 5:30 to face HEA or Klal Yisrael. We beat Temple Sinai last week in a game for the ages 14-13.