{"id":6090,"date":"2026-05-20T21:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/?p=6090"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:14:35","slug":"young-israel-of-west-hartford-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/en\/2026\/05\/20\/young-israel-of-west-hartford-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Israel of West Hartford, Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Shavuot<\/strong>
Ex. 19:1\u201320:23 \u2022 Num. 28:26\u201331 \u2022 Ezekiel 1:1\u201328 & 3:12 \u2022 Megillat Ruth<\/em>
[2nd day: Deut. 14:22\u201316:17 \u2022 Num. 28:26\u201331 \u2022 Habakkuk 2:20\u20133:19]<\/em>
Nasso (\u05e0\u05e9\u05d0 \u2013 \u201cLift up\u201d)<\/strong>[1]<\/sup>
Num. 4:21\u20137:89 \u2022 Judges 13:2\u201325<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The readings for Shavuot<\/strong> include the account of the Giving of the Torah<\/strong>, Ezekiel\u2019s vision of the Heavenly Chariot<\/strong>, and the departure of Ruth<\/strong> from Moab, her arrival in Bethlehem, and her gradual integration into her new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The readings for Nasso<\/strong> present the organization of the Levites<\/strong>, the ritual of the Sotah<\/strong> (a woman suspected of adultery), the laws of Naziriteship<\/strong>, and the Priestly Blessing<\/strong>. The haftarah<\/em> announces the birth of Shimshon<\/strong>, the Nazirite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth 1:19<\/strong>
\u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05b5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05ea\u05b5\u05bc\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05e2\u05b7\u05d3\u05be\u05d1\u05b9\u05bc\u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b5\u05bc\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b6\u05dd
<\/strong>\u201cThe two of them walked on until they came to Bethlehem.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jews arrived in Hartford as early as the 19th century<\/strong>, and gradually moved during the 1950s\u20131960s<\/strong> to the neighboring city of West Hartford<\/strong>. From this migration emerged a Modern Orthodox<\/strong>[2]<\/sup> nucleus that eventually formed the Young Israel<\/strong>[3]<\/sup> community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An \u2018eruv<\/strong>[4]<\/sup> \u1e25atserot<\/strong>, inspected every Friday, encompasses the neighborhoods surrounding the Young Israel of West Hartford<\/strong> synagogue. The contemporary\u2011style building stands within a quiet, tree\u2011lined residential environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1] <\/sup><\/strong>In the diaspora, when Shavuot lasts two days and the holiday falls on a Friday (Yom Shishi), the reading of Nasso<\/em><\/strong> is shifted by one week compared to the calendar in Israel.
[2]<\/sup> Modern Orthodox<\/strong>: A stream of North American Orthodox Judaism combining halakhic observance with active engagement in broader society.
[3]<\/sup> Young Israel<\/strong>: A network of Orthodox synagogues founded in the United States in 1912, historically associated with Ashkenazi Modern Orthodox communities.
[4]<\/sup> The \u2018eruvin<\/strong>:
\u2022 Eruv \u1e25atserot<\/strong> \u2014 Allows carrying objects on Shabbat within a defined shared domain (Mishnah Eruvin<\/em> 6\u20137; Bavli Eruvin<\/em> 71a\u201382b; Shul\u1e25an Arukh<\/em>, O\u1e24 366\u2013370).
\u2022 Eruv techumin<\/strong> \u2014 Establishes the permitted walking boundary around a town up to 2,000 cubits (Mishnah Eruvin<\/em> 4:3; Shul\u1e25an Arukh<\/em>, O\u1e24 397).
\u2022 Eruv tavshilin<\/strong> \u2014 Allows Shabbat preparations to be performed on a Yom Tov that falls on Friday (Bavli Beitza<\/em> 15b; Shul\u1e25an Arukh<\/em> O\u1e24 527).
Simplified procedure: prepare two cooked foods, recite the berakhah<\/em> of the eruv<\/em>, then consume them on Shabbat, preferably at se\u2018udah shelishit<\/em> (O\u1e24 527:2, 527:12, 527:14; Mishnah Berurah<\/em> 527:48; Kaf Ha\u1e25ayim<\/em> 527:48).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    ShavuotEx. 19:1\u201320:23 \u2022 Num. 28:26\u201331 \u2022 Ezekiel 1:1\u201328 & 3:12 \u2022 Megillat Ruth[2nd day: Deut. 14:22\u201316:17 \u2022 Num. 28:26\u201331 \u2022 Habakkuk 2:20\u20133:19]Nasso (\u05e0\u05e9\u05d0 \u2013 \u201cLift up\u201d)[1]Num. 4:21\u20137:89 \u2022 Judges 13:2\u201325 The readings for Shavuot include the account of the Giving of the Torah, Ezekiel\u2019s vision of the Heavenly Chariot, and the departure of Ruth from … Continuer la lecture de Young Israel of West Hartford, Connecticut<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2677],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6097,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6090\/revisions\/6097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}