MIZRACHI MATTERS

‫בס"ד‬
MIZRACHI MATTERS
SHABBAT PARASHAT KEDOSHIM (Vol 8, No 34)
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Friday, 25 April (25 Nissan)
SHABBAT
Minchah at 5:30pm2
Candle Lighting at 5:23pm
1. Beit Yehuda 2. Beit HaRoeh 3. Beit Midrash 4. Bnei Akiva 5. Elsternwick 6. Midrashah 7. Rabbi’s Home 8. Goldberger Hall 9. Nachalat David
Z’manim
Shacharit
Dawn
Tallit & Tefillin
Sunrise
Sh’ma (‫)גר"א‬
Earliest Mincha
Minchah followed
by Ma’ariv
SHABBAT
26 APRIL
26 NISSAN
SUNDAY
27 APRIL
YOM HASHOAH
7:00am1
1
7:15am
8:00am1
9:30am1-4
9:00am3
5:44am
5:45am
6:04am
6:04am
6:56am
6:57am
9.37am
9:37am
12:48pm
12:48pm
5:15pm1, 3
5:25pm1
MONDAY
28 APRIL
28 NISSAN
TUESDAY
29 APRIL
29 NISSAN
7:30am1
1
7:20am1
1
9:30am
9:30am
WEDNESDAY
30 APRIL
THURSDAY
1 MAY
FRIDAY
2 MAY
2 IYAR
6:30am1
7:30am1
6:25am1
7:25am1
6:30am1
7:30am1
ROSH CHODESH ROSH CHODESH
5:46am
6:05am
6:58am
9:38am
12:47pm
5:47am
6:06am
6:59am
9:38am
12:47pm
5:48am
6:07am
7:00am
9:39am
12:47pm
5:49am
6:08am
7:01am
9:39am
12:47pm
5:25pm1
5:25pm1
5:25pm1
5:25pm1
Mincha:
Candles:
5:33pm
6:15pm
9:30pm3
SHABBAT
Sunset
Night
SECOND MA’ARIV
Shiurim
Mishnah Yomit
Events
Yahrtzeits
5:39pm
6:21pm
5:38pm
6:20pm
9:30pm3
5:37pm
6:19pm
9:30pm3
5:36pm
6:18pm
9:30pm3
5:35pm
6:17pm
9:30pm3
Daf Yomi
Daf Yomi
R’ Bert Mond
8:45am3
8:15am3
8:45am3
R’
Dudi
Winkler
R’
Dudi
Winkler
R’ Leor Broh
Sefer HaKuzari
(for women)
9:00am2
6
8:45am
9:30am6
Noam Malki
6
Daf
Yomi
Not
this week
9:30am
9:45pm3
R’ Dudi Winkler
Drashot
Practical Halachah
R’ Yaakov Sprung 1
in the 21st Century
Not this week2
8:30pm2
R’ Leor Broh 3
Not
this week
R’ Dudi Winkler9
R’ Dovid Segal
R’ Chezy Deren
Gemara B’iyun
Rabbi Sprung’s
8:30pm2
Perek from the
R’
Chezy
Deren
Parsha; The Two
Contemporary
Worlds
of
Halacha
Mesorah1 4:25pm
7/93 Hotham
Street 8:30pm
Michal Kaufman
(Lewis’ house)
9:00pm
Daf Yomi 9:45pm3
Daf Yomi
8:15am3
R’ Yaakov Sprung
Chumash Shiur
for women
10:00am6
R’ Dudi Winkler Chabura Gemara
for female uni
students 7:30pm6
Not this week
R’ Dudi Winkler
Rav Kook Shiur
8:30pm6
Not this week
Daf Yomi
9:45pm3
Daf Yomi
8:15am3
Weekly Parashah
Shiur for ladies
& girls 7 Morrice
Street Caulfield
11:00am
R’ Yaakov
Sprung
Gemara B’iyun
6:30pm6
R’ Yaakov
Sprung
Masechet
Brachot
8:00pm6
Chani Winkler
(for women)
8:15pm2
Not this week
Daf Yomi
9:45pm3
Children’s
The Holy Bagel
9:00am3
Tefillah Groups
10:15am –
Limmud - Bnei
11:30am
Akiva’s Learning
Program 6:00pm3
Gan Shabbat
10:15am –
11:30am
Bnei Akiva
4:00pm
Seudah Shlishit:
Speaker TBA
Molad for Iyar
4:38pm
(and 10 chalakim)
Daf Yomi
8:15am3
R’ Dudi Winkler
Gemara Shiur
8:00pm3
Not this week
R’ Yaakov Sprung
Shiur for men
8:30pm7
Chani Winkler
Chabura for
female uni
students 8:30pm6
R’ Dudi Winkler
Parashat
HaShavua
in easy Hebrew
8:45pm3
Not this week
Chillen Cholent
9:45pm6
Daf Yomi
9:45pm3
5:50am
6:08am
7:02am
9:39am
12:47pm
5:20pm1
5:14pm
5:32pm
6:14pm
Daf Yomi
8:15am3
Menachot 13:3-4 Menachot 13:5-6 Menachot 13:7-8 Menachot 13:9-10 Menachot 13:11Chullin 1:2-3
Menachot 1:4-5
Chullin 1:1
Between
Minchah
Between
Minchah
Between
Minchah
Between
Minchah
Between
Minchah
5:05pm1
5:10pm1
and Ma’ariv1
and Ma’ariv1
and Ma’ariv1
and Ma’ariv1
and Ma’ariv1
The Great
Stories of our
Great Leaders
for children in
Years 2-3 &
Years 4-5
5:15pm3
Irene Herman
(Father)
MIZRACHI’S VIRTUAL NOTICEBOARD
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We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Shmuel & Deena Berkowitz (nee Lederman)
on the birth (in Tel Aviv) of their son
Grandson to Robert & Judy Berkowitz (Melb) and Joe & Reeva Lederman (Melb)
Great Grandson to Yossef & Eva Lefkovits (Melb), Seyma Lederman (Israel) and Valerie Gillis (Melb)
***
We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Zvi & Nicole Brooks (nee Reti)
on the birth of their son
Grandson to Mera Brooks & Michael Levin (Melb) and Les Reti & Lee Liberman (Melb)
Great Grandson to Edith Reti (Qld) and Herta Rybar (Melb)
***
We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Jeremy and Evelyn Lewin (nee Reich)
on the birth of their daughter
Granddaughter to Ahuvah-Anne and Zwi Lewin and Rose and Joe Reich
Great Granddaughter to Lola Reich
***
We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Joshua Paneth & Talia Fuchs
on their engagement
Mazal Tov to the parents Ruth & Pinny Paneth and Lisa & Stan Fuchs
Mazel tov to the grandparents Brigetta Paneth and Max Stern
We wish Mazal Tov to the following members who celebrate their
Hebrew wedding anniversary during the coming week:
Adina and Danny Karp (Thursday)
We wish Happy Birthday to the following members who celebrate their
birthday during the coming week:
Gideon Cher (Hebrew) (Sunday)
Alana Bruce (Sunday)
Ilana Max (Sunday)
Tamara Cher (Monday)
Gideon Cher (Tuesday)
Harry Mainzer (Wednesday)
Jim Moustos (Wednesday)
Gabriel Strum (Friday)
Yonatan Lindell (Hebrew) (Friday)
‫ב ס "ד‬
NEWSLETTER
FOR THE
ELSTERNWICK JEWISH COMMUNITY
Yahrzeits during the coming week
Shirley Sles (Husband) [26 April]
Lisa Hespe (Father) [26 April]
Kerrie Sles (Father) [26 April]
Contact numbers
Rabbi
Rabbi Chaim Cowen
0433-308-584
cowen.chaim@gmail.com
Chairman
Mark Kras
0410-460-970
26 April 2014
26 Nissan 5774
Parshat Kedoshim
Peter Hyman (Father) [26 April]
Avi Paluch (Father) [29 April]
Shiphrah Farfel (Brother) [2 May]
Shabbat times
Candle Lighting this week
Kabbalat Shabbat this week
Pre-Shacharit Shiur
Shacharit
No Rabbi’s Shabbat Shiur till after Succot
Mincha at
Shabbat ends at
Candle Lighting next week
Kabbalat Shabbat next week
5.23 pm
5.35 pm
9.00 am
9.30 am
5.05 pm
6.21 pm
5.14 pm
5.25 pm
imkras@gmail.com
Gabbai
Elan Jacobs
0419-527-227
The Rabbi’s Shabbat Shiurim
The early shiur (9.00am, before Shacharit) - come join Rabbi Wernick for cake, coffee and an
exploration of the mystical parsha
Secretary
Sally-Ann Jaye
0437-625-350
Condolences
Barry, Kim, Natasha and Jarred Abrahams on the loss of their mother, mother-in-law and
grandmother, Zena Abrahams a”h
Haftorah requests
Dennis Max
9528-6865
In shule this week …
EJC warmly welcomes Rabbi Wernick into the pulpit in Rabbi Cowen’s absence
elanjacobs@hotmail.com
ejc@mizrachi.com.au
classact@werple.net.au
Contributions to
Newsletter (please)
Sally-Ann
ejc@mizrachi.com.au
Jordan Simai will be leading Kabbalat Shabbat, Hanan Szokovski will be leading Shacharit, Saul
Cohen will be saying the Haftorah, and Rabbi Wernick will be leading Mussaf.
Kiddush this Shabbat
You are all invited to the kiddush, which will be sponsored by EJC.
For Young Adults
The Wick at the Rabbi’s home, Unit 3, 301 Glen Eira Road, Caulfield North on Thursday
evenings from 8.00 to 9.00pm
Mizrachi’s Hesder Bachurim invite
The community to our
Yom HaZikaron
Interactive Exhibition
Which will be open to the public on
Sunday, 4 May between 10am—4pm
HaMerkaz Hall, Leibler Yavneh College,
2 Nagle Avenue, Elsternwick.
The sessions will be held every hour
Bookings are essential.
Please call Shay: 0403155754
or email: yhzbooking@gmail.com
(not suitable for children under 12 years old)
The Beit Midrash’s events for Yom Ha’Atzmaut:
MUSICAL HALLEL
for Women
On the program:
Introduction - Chani Winkler
A BBQ dinner
with Israeli taste
To be followed by
Rabbi Sprung, Rabbi Cowen & Rav Winkler
Hallel with Music
Who will help you to
Shiur by: Rabbi Gurewicz.
‘Choose your own
MASHI’ACH’
Tuesday 6 May 2014,
Tuesday 6 May 2014,
6 Iyar 5773
6 Iyar 5773
at 9:30 am – 10:45 am
at 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
in Beit Haroeh
in Goldberger Hall
81 Balaclava Rd, Caulfield North
81 Balaclava Rd, Caulfield North
Mizrachi Organisation
‫בס"ד‬
THE EUGEN YAACOV WEISS MIZRACHI CENTRE
81 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North, Victoria 3161, Australia
Telephone: (03) 8317 2555 Fax: (03) 9527 5665 Email: office@mizrachi.com.au
MARA D’ATRA
Rabbi Yaakov Sprung
Members are advised that the
70th Annual General Meeting
of the Mizrachi Organisation
PRESIDENT
Ian Waller SC
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Daniel Solomon
**********
will take place at
8:00 PM on Monday 26th May 2014,
in the Goldberger Hall,
Weiss Mizrachi Centre
81 Balaclava Rd, Caulfield North
MIZRACHI SYNAGOGUES
Beit Yehuda
Beit HaRoeh
Beit Midrash ‘Bogrim’ Minyan
Nachalat David
**********
BEIT MIDRASH NAFTALI HERC
Kollel Torah MiTzion
Midreshet Ohr HaMizrachi
**********
ELSTERNWICK
JEWISH COMMUNITY
Faye Rockman Synagogue
The Agenda appears below. A complete set of Annual Reports will be circulated via email prior to the AGM. It will also be available for collection in hard
copy from the Mizrachi Office.
A nomination form is attached at the end of the newsletter of 24 April.
Persons entitled to vote or stand for election at that meeting are required to
have been financial members at 31st December, 2013.
**********
LEIBLER YAVNEH COLLEGE
The Joseph & Stera Gutnick
School of Jewish Studies
A.S. Leibler Secondary School
Leopold & Isabella Abrahamovits
Yavneh Primary School
Abeles Liberman Early Learning Centre
**********
KOSHER AUSTRALIA P/L
**********
MIZRACHI CHARITY FUND
MIZRACHI SICK VISITING SOCIETY
BNEI AKIVA YOUTH MOVEMENT
EMUNAH WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
**********
MIZRACHI NOMINEES PTY. LTD.
ABN 83 005 019 670
 AGENDA 
Opening of Annual General Meeting
Dvar Torah
Apologies
Minutes of the 69th Annual General Meeting
Matters arising out of the Minutes
Adoption of Annual Reports
Elections:
a. Mizrachi Chairman
b. Mizrachi President
c. Mizrachi Vice President
d. Mizrachi Treasurer
e. Mizrachi Secretary
f. Leibler Yavneh College Chairman
g. Leibler Yavneh College Deputy Chairman
h. Leibler Yavneh College Treasurer
i. Kosher Australia Board Chairman
j. Building Chairman
k. Bet Midrash Committee Chairman
l. Bet HaRoeh Executive Representative
m. Twelve (12) Committee Members
8. Address by incoming President
9. General business
Rae Bower, Acting Returning Officer
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The Land of Israel for the People of Israel according to the Torah of Israel
‫ארץ ישראל לעם ישראל על פי תורת ישראל‬
Mizrachi Organisation
‫בס"ד‬
THE EUGEN YAACOV WEISS MIZRACHI CENTRE
81 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North, Victoria 3161, Australia
Telephone: (03) 8317 2555 Fax: (03) 9527 5665 Email: office@mizrachi.com.au
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 2014
NOMINATION FORM
MARA D’ATRA
Rabbi Yaakov Sprung
PRESIDENT
Ian Waller SC
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Daniel Solomon
**********
MIZRACHI SYNAGOGUES
Beit Yehuda
Beit HaRoeh
Beit Midrash ‘Bogrim’ Minyan
Nachalat David
**********
We .............................................................................................................
(NAME OF PROPOSER - BLOCK LETTERS)
and ............................................................................................................
(NAME OF SECONDER - BLOCK LETTERS)
being financial members as at 31st December 2013 of the Mizrachi Organisation, hereby nominate
...................................................................................................................
(NAME OF CANDIDATE - BLOCK LETTERS)
BEIT MIDRASH NAFTALI HERC
Kollel Torah MiTzion
Midreshet Ohr HaMizrachi
**********
ELSTERNWICK
JEWISH COMMUNITY
Faye Rockman Synagogue
**********
LEIBLER YAVNEH COLLEGE
The Joseph & Stera Gutnick
School of Jewish Studies
A.S. Leibler Secondary School
Leopold & Isabella Abrahamovits
Yavneh Primary School
Abeles Liberman Early Learning Centre
as a candidate for the position of (PLEASE TICK ONE)
 Mizrachi Chairman
 Mizrachi President
 Mizrachi Vice President
 Mizrachi Treasurer
 Mizrachi Secretary
 Leibler Yavneh College Chairman
 Leibler Yavneh College Deputy Chairman
 Leibler Yavneh College Treasurer
 Kosher Australia Board Chairman
 Building Chairman
 Bet Midrash Committee Chairman
 One of Twelve (12) Committee Members
**********
ACCEPTANCE
I accept this nomination
KOSHER AUSTRALIA P/L
...........................................
Signature of candidate
....../...../.....
Date
............................................
Signature of proposer
....….................................
Signature of seconder
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MIZRACHI CHARITY FUND
MIZRACHI SICK VISITING SOCIETY
BNEI AKIVA YOUTH MOVEMENT
EMUNAH WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
To be received at the office by 3:00 PM on Friday 23 May 2014.
**********
MIZRACHI NOMINEES PTY. LTD.
ABN 83 005 019 670
Rae Bower
ACTING RETURNING OFFICER
The Land of Israel for the People of Israel according to the Torah of Israel
‫ארץ ישראל לעם ישראל על פי תורת ישראל‬
Parshat Kedoshim
Issue 528
26 Nisan 5774, April 26, 2014
‫בס“ד‬
Shabbat MiTzion ‫שבת מציון‬
Building a Spiritual Identity - through Vision and Action
Rav Doron Podlashuk - Former Rosh Kollel in Johannesburg. Director of the
post smicha –Manhigut Toranit program at Eretz Hemda in Jerusalem
Joel Barker said – "Vision without action is merely a
dream. Action without vision just passes the time.
Vision with action can change the world"
The Jewish people can undoubtedly claim that they
have changed the world. One could argue that this
should come as no surprise since G-d himself chose
us to become his Chosen nation. However although G
-d is almighty and can do anything; He willfully chose
to govern our world through a natural order and
thereby give us free choice.
second half of Sefer Shmot is dedicated to the building of the Msihkan. Here Hashem illustrates the concept of Kedusha within the realm of space. The beginning of Sefer Vayikra teaches us that we can consecrate animals and mundane objects and instill within
them Kedusha.
Finally after all of these lessons; of being able to find
Kedusha in all aspects and realms of this world –
Hashem teaches us that there is holiness within ourselves – through perfection of our actions, character
traits and thoughts. This in essence is the hidden mesIf Barker is correct, the question is how did G-d take a sage of the illnesses' of Ttzaraat and and Ziva.
slave nation, and turn them into a people that would
(although they reflect this in our failure to achieve
literally change the world?
this)
Firstly G-d gave us a vision – not only on a personal
level but on a national one as well. "To be a kingdom
of priests and a holy nation"(Shmot 19/6). This "holy
nation" would be a "light unto the other nations"(Yeshayahu 42/6) – and bring about a Tikun
Olam – a restoration of the world.
But to a slave nation, who has just emerged from the
depths of depravity in immoral and brutal Egypt, Kedusha – is not only unfathomable; it is incomprehensible.
Here G-d gives us his proverbial hand and leads us
step by step giving us a clear action plan. When Am
Yisrael came out of Mitzrayim, and reached Mara –
Chazal tell us that Hashem gave them two mitzvothHonoring ones parents and Shabbat.(Midrash Pesikta
Zutrta)
Hashem tells the slave nation – before we can achieve
the sublime and lofty vision of "Kedusha", you first
need to be decent human beings – a nation of mentchzin. Honoring ones parents is a basic and fundamental principle of common decency called – Hakarat
Hatov – Appreciating and thanking others for the
good they bestowed upon you. Rav Kook writes that
any Yirat Shamayim (fear of Heaven) that negates
ones innate human morality is on a certain level a
perverted "Yirat shamayim".(Orot Hakodesh chp3)
Rashi quotes another midrash that the mitzva of the
Red heifer was given then. This mitzva is the quintessential example of doing things because we are commanded to by Divine law – even though we cannot
fathom its meaning. A critical aspect of achieving our
vision is internalizing this principle – We do mitzvoth
because we are commanded, and not because we view
and understand their immense value and beauty.
At this stage G-d introduces us to the concept of
"Kedusha – holiness". First, we are shown the concept
of Kedusha within the realm of time – Shabbat. The
TMT Shlichim
prepare for Pesach
In our Parsha – the Torah tells us " Kdoshim Tihiyu".
The Ramban in his famous explanation of this pasuk
gives a novel approach to the concept of Kedusha. If
up until now we have illustrated that the Torah not
only gave us a clear vision, of whom we could become; together with a step by step action plan as to
how to achieve it;
here the Ramban explains that the Torah is ordering
us to "separate ourselves from impurity even though
the Torah didn’t command us to do so" and "going
beyond the letter of the law for others" relating to this
idea and the pasuk "and you shall do good and just".
If up until now Hashem has given us a clear action
plan as to how to achieve our vision of Kedusha; here
the Torah tells us that the final step is for us to navigate our own way to cleave to Hakadosh Barucha Hu
and become holy once we have internalized all the
direct commandments of the Torah.
Shmuel Grossbaum and
David Fuchs, Cape Town
Aviad Kelner and Amichai
Blau, Montevideo
Gidon Last and Netanel
Zadok, Perth
G-d as the ultimate teacher at some stage, wants us to
figure out the answer even though he hasn’t taught us
explicitly in the proverbial classroom. He has given us
the tools and knowhow to intuit what is the straight
and just path.
B"H after Chag Hapesach where we celebrated
our freedom; let us merit to use it to achieve our
G-d given vision – "And you shall be holy".
Gathering for the Seder
in Munich
Shabbat Times
Jerusalem
Begin
18:39
End
19:53
Parshat Kedoshim
Page 2
ISRAtag
‫בס“ד‬
Arik Speaker
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is the only operating stock exchange in
Israel. It serves to raise capital for and from the Israeli capital market and securities trading. The TASE is a private commercial company owned by 28
members mostly Israeli banks and large investment houses - both local and
foreign. Members of the Stock Exchange are the only ones who have the ability to trade, so each transaction is made solely through them. The trading includes a wide range of financial products. The Exchange's international code
is TASE.
Local trade in securities began in the 1930s, years before the formation of the
State of Israel. Trade was carried out through the Exchange Bureau for Securities, founded by the Anglo-Palestine Bank (which became Bank Leumi) in
1935.
With the formation of the State of Israel, a pressing need arose to formalize
trade in securities. In September 1953, a number of banks and brokerages
joined forces and established the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Since the mid-1990s the TASE has been adapting to meet the standards of
the most advanced exchanges in the world. Physical trading floors, long abolished, have been replaced by a computerized system, the TACT (Tel Aviv
Continuous Trading) allows the flow of transaction orders in real time.
TASE is an internationally recognized exchange and is a member of the World
Federation of Exchanges (WFE), an observer member of the Federation of
European Stock Exchanges (FESE) and an affiliate member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
Since 1983 the TASE has been located on Echad Ha'am street but in the
coming year it will move to a new home on Montefiore Street in Tel Aviv - the
building featured in last week's ISRA-tag.
The Stock Exchange trading volume in 2007 reached a
record peak height of nearly 600 billion NIS but declined
steadily since that year, as part of the global crisis in 2008
and subsequently many local factors, to a low of 265 billion NIS in 2012.
In the past year there has been a slow recovery in trading
volume. Let's hope that this trend will continue.
As of 2012, Israel ranks 16th among 187 nations on the
UN's Human Development Index, (a composite statistic of
life expectancy, education, and income indexes used to
rank countries into four tiers of human development) which
places it in the category of "Very Highly Developed".
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