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The Shul
W E E K L Y M A G A Z I N E
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W E E K L Y M A G A Z I N E
Weekly Magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin and Ethel Sirotkin
and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz
A Home of The Lubavitcher Rebbe,
May His Merit Shield Us
A House of Torah, Prayer And Acts of Goodness
Shabbos Parshas Lech Lecha
Cheshvan 7 - 8, 5772
November 4 - 5, 2011
Candle Lighting: 6:19 PM
(see page 5 for full Shabbos schedule)
Cheshvan 11
Yahrtzeit of Rachel Imeinu
Standard Time Begins
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Turn clocks back 1 hour
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Weekly Message
Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar
Parshas Lech Lecha 5772
T
his week’s Parsha begins
with G-d Almighty telling
Abraham to “Go Forth”
“Lech Lecha”. Go, move, grow,
elevate, transverse and it will be
to your blessed benefit.
It is this first Divine
communication with the First
Jew that sets the agenda for the
Jews’ journey through history.
Our primary task is to move
forward, upward and higher from the place wherever we are
and Hashem assures us that this path according to His
directives will bring “over the top” success and blessings.
This entire portion with all of its contained episodes is called
by this name “Lech Lecha”. Yet surprisingly, Abraham’s first
journey brings him to a Land affected with mortal famine –
definitely a descent and not a blessed move. Abraham is
forced to descend to Egypt in order not to starve and again
encounters challenges and negativity. His wife Sarah is
forcibly taken to Pharaoh, as she was the most beautiful
woman they had ever seen. Though Hashem protected Sarah
from any improper advances, the entire experience was
certainly frayed with multiple dangers. Definitely no ascent.
How is it that Hashem directs and assures us to achieve
positive, productive movement and we seemingly experience
the opposite. More so, these apparently negative and
difficult life experiences are included under the title “Lech
Lecha” – Go forth for blessing.
What we realize from this first Divinely directed act of
Abraham is that this perceived contradiction is in reality no
contradiction at all. The negative, only temporarily and in its
own confined space, is a descent in our lives but when that
particular event is integrated with all of life and history it
always resulted in greater positive growth.
We can understand this dichotomy through an illustration.
The Babylonian Talmud (500 C.E.) and the Jerusalem Talmud
(375 C.E.) differ in that the process of the Babylonian Talmud
includes many differing opinions, arguments and
disagreements on most issues and only then arrives at the
final legal conclusion, while in the Jerusalem Talmud it goes
directly to the final legal conclusion without adversarial
debate. Yet when there is an opposing view between the
Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud the law is determined
according to the Babylonian Talmud’s conclusion.
The reason for attributing greater reliance and acceptance of
the Babylonian Talmud is precisely because the arguments
and disagreements bring about a deeper, clearer and more
refined result.
So too is it with every challenge and difficulty in life that
Divine Providence places in our path. G-d the ultimate source
and bestower of Kindness and mercy, who loves each one of
us like an elderly couple love their only child who was born in
their elderly years and whose words and assurances are
eternally true only puts us through challenges to engender
greater growth.
As we look at our very disturbing world filled with darkness,
danger and uncertainty where a veil of moral, ethical and
spiritual darkness is palpable and rampant, we too can
question how can we ever influence and permeate the world
to live a G-dly life.
This is what we learn from our first introduction to our first
Father Abraham. Even when conditions were dark and dismal
they were springboards for even greater blessings and
success.
As the world goes through the present debilitating turmoil,
the seeds of real positive change and advancement are
beginning to sprout. There is a dynamic eternal spark and
soul pulsating underneath the soot and coal that could
awaken, come to the surface and coalesce at any moment
when truth and goodness is realized and then the good and
holy triumphs.
The technology is in place, the information is available, most
people in the world are accessible and the goal is clear.
Moshiach is truly on his way and Avraham teaches us never
to despair and to know that Hashem’s plan is in place and
moving toward reaching its intended objective.
“Think good and it will be good”
Have a good Shabbos and a great week.
A Note of Thanks
We would like to express how immensely
grateful we are for the support we received
during the seven days of Shiva for our beloved
uncle Yehoshua ben Isaac. Thank you Rabbi
Lipskar for your super support and guidance.
Thank you to everyone at The Shul who helped
us with all needed arrangements. Thank you to
Chana Lipskar and Karen Saka for
coordinating meals and to all participants who
generously provided food during daily Mincha
and Maariv services at the Selesky home which
were run by Rabbi Mendy Levy, family &
friends.
From Mr. & Mrs. Selesky
and Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Maya
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Board of Trustees
Celebr ating Shabbos
Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you
need for an "Over the Top" Shabbos experience.
Shul Par tners
True partners in our vital and holy work
A Time to Pray
Check out all the davening schedules and locations
throughout the week.
Communit y Happenings
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Inspiration, Insights and Ideas
Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE.
Get the Picture
The full scoop on all the great events around town.
Just for the Gals
Delve into the power, strength and beauty in the life
of the Jewish Woman.
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Reflexión Semanal
French Connection
Réflexions sur la Paracha.
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It’s Good To Know
Find out what's going on and how you can get involved.
Dail y Study
A complete guide to all classes and courses offered
at The Shul.
Communit y Nachas
A peek at recent happenings
Featured Upcomi ng Events
Events you won’t want to miss
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Abel Holtz - Chairman
Oscar Boruchin
Simon Falic
Sidney Feltenstein
Isaac Gilinski
Jaime Gilinski
Max Gilinski
Sam Greenberg
Mike Izak
Alberto Kamhazi
Shmuel Katz M.D.
Morton Nyman
Michael Perez
Martin Sirotkin
Morris Tabacinic
Jack Weinbaum
Foundation Trustees
Albert Pollans - President
Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar
Jaime Gilinski
David Lichter
Monroe Milstein
Martin Sirotkin
Board of Directors
Eric Stein - President
Mitch Feldman - Vice President
Joel Baum CPA - Treasurer
Carolyn Baumel
Max Benoliel
Jose Biton
Mark Blumstein
Barry Cohen
Aaron Gewirtz
Gabriel Groisman
Roshi Handwerger
Fortuna Kopel
Rabbi Sholom Lipskar
Rabbi Zalman Lipskar
David Pollack
Mark P. Schnapp
Ryan Jacob Shapiro
Diana Sragowicz
Abe Stein
Claudio Stivelman
Jeffrey Wolf
Executive Committee
Eric Stein
Mitch Feldman
Joel Baum CPA
Janice Barney
Steven M. Dunn
Bruce Gelb
Evelyn Katz
David Lichter
Marc Sheridan
David Wolf
Contacts at The Shul 305-868-1411
Rabbi
Rabbi
Rabbi’s Secretary
Mrs. Fay Garber
Rabbi’s Assistant
Ms. Lydia Hasson
Outreach/Kolel/Websites Rabbi Mendy Levy
JLAC/Adult Ed/Singles/
Rabbi Shea Rubinstein
Special Events
CYS College / Senior Kolel Rabbi Dov Schochet
Accounting
Mrs. Geri Kelly
Controller
Mrs. Janice Barney
Events /Office Manager
Mrs. Pnina Wuensch
Youth Director /Dinner/Lay- Mrs. Devorah Leah
Andrusier
Leadership
Operations / Maintenance Mr. Shlomie Katan
Reception/Accounts Payable Mrs. Renee Moore
Mikvah
Mrs. Devorah Failer
Chana or Shani
Pre-School
Sephardic Minyan
Chazan Shimshon Tzubeli
Hebrew School/ Editor
Mrs. Aurit Katan
Hashkama Minyan
Mr. Lazer Milstein
Mr Mordechai Olesky
Mashgiach
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Celebrating Shabbos With Our Youth
Everything you need for an "Over the Top" Shabbos experience
Shabbos Schedule
Shabbos with the Teen Boys Minyan
No longer will your children get lost amongst the crowds in Shul on
Shabbos morning. The Shul youth has worked together to organize a
highly educational and fun program for children and teens of all
ages. Each Shabbos morning program involves a mix of Tefilla
(prayer), Parsha (weekly Torah study) and general "Jewishness",
through games, songs, and stories. Taught by our very own Shul
Bochurim and youth girls, each child will experience Shabbos in its
full glory; leaving with a taste of holiness and fun memories that will
keep them coming back from week to week. A Kiddush exclusively
for the children culminates the exciting program.
Shabbos
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Malkie’s Tot Shabbat (ages 0 - 4): Montessori Classroom 2
(enter from the Women’s Sanctuary) With Sara Libke
Girls: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Yakira Leah's Program for Girls: ages 5-7: Classroom 2
Chama’s Program for Girls: ages 8-10: Classroom 1
Batsheva’s Program for Tween Girls: ages 11-13: Jaime Library
Sara Malka’s Program for Teen Girls: ages 14 and up: Teen Room
(at the back of the women’s sanctuary)
Boys: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Moishy & Foli’s Program: Boys ages 5-9: The New Montessori
Classroom 3
Shaul’s Program: Boys ages 10-13: Trailer on the grass
Itche’s Program: Teen Boys 14-18: Montessori Classroom 1
6:05 p.m.
Messibos Shabbos for all Girls (Classroom 1) - Sarah Libke
6:05 p.m.
Shalosh Seudos for all Boys (Youth Synagogue) - Foli and Moishy
Ever wonder how you can teach your son to follow with a real
Minyan, or even run his own? The Shul youth has created the scene.
Every Shabbos morning, each teen has his own chance to play a
vital role in his own Shul Minyan, lead by one of our very own
Rabbis and Youth leaders. Every week all the boys have a chance to
act as Chazzan, Gabbai or ‘Rabbi’. This hands-on approach gives
each teen the opportunity to experience Shul and prayer to its
fullest, by involving them in every aspect of the Davening.
For Boys Only: ages 14-18
Shabbos
Child Enrichment Center Classroom # 2
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
*Please note: The Teen Minyan is strictly for the Teens. We
would appreciate it if adults would stay in the Main Sanctuary.
For more information: Contact 305 868 1411 ext. 7345
Torah Quiz
Question:
1. How long was Avraham imprisoned for publicly opposing
the worshipers of avodah zarah (idolatry)? - (See: Seder
Hadoros)
For more information on any of our Youth Programming,
please contact Devorah Leah Andrusier at 305 868-1411 ext 7328
2.
Why does reciting the Parshios of Korbanos protect us? (See:
Gemara Taanis; Bereishis Rabbah)
3.
Why is the Berachah of “Refa’enu” the eighth blessing of
Shemoneh Esrei? (See: Gemorah Megillah)
Answers for Last Week:
Messibos Shabbos
1.
Noach and Shlomo Hamelech understood the languages
of all the animals and could communicate with them.
2.
The Seder Hadoros describes nineteen strange figures that
appeared during the Dor Haflagah (“the Generation of the
Division). Some of the men involved in building the Tower
were scattered, while others were transformed into
monkeys, apes, and elephants as a punishment! That’s
one reason why the special Berachah of Mishaneh
Haberi’os is said the first time a person sees a monkey or
an elephant. (We thus see the absurd Theory of Evolution
turned on its ear: People did not come from `monkeys;
monkeys came from people!)
3.
Our planet was not tilted at first. This resulted in
consistently delightful weather. But the people grew
arrogant and denied needing HaShem’s supervision. By
tilting the globe, HaShem produced a change in the
world’s climate, which brought about more sickness, and
people thus became much more humble.
For Girls
An exciting program for all Girls: 1st-5th Grade.
Every Shabbos afternoon at 6:05 pm (Afternoon Mincha) In Classroom # 1
Come and Enjoy Tzivos HaShem learning, great food & nosh,
prizes, games and stories.
Mishnayos Ba’al Peh
For Boys
Every Shabbos evening at 6:05 pm In the Youth Synagogue (upstairs)
Be There! GREAT PRIZES!!!
Prizes kindly sponsored by the Goldczer Family
In loving Memory of Aryeh Leib ben Zev Volf obm
Last week’s winner:
No winner last week
Prizes kindly sponsored by the Godczer Family
In loving Memory of Aryeh Leib ben Zev Volf obm
Friday Night Daven With Dad
For Boys
Father and son learning from 6:20 - 6:45 p.m.
Ma’ariv 6:45 p.m.
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Celebrating Shabbos
Everything you need for an "Over the Top" Shabbos experience
The Friday Evening Service and Shabbos Torah Portion
Friday Night
Yedid Nefesh
Vayedaber
Ashrei
pg. 151
pgs. 99-101
pg. 101
Shabbos Day
Shabbos Day
(Stone Chumash)
(Gutnick Chumash)
Torah Portion
Haftorah
pgs 54 - 76
pg. 1133
Torah Portion
Haftorah
pgs 70 - 96
pg. 369
Kiddush This Week
SHABBOS SCHEDULE
Friday Evening
Candle lighting
Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbos
Daven with Dad
Shabbos Day
Hashkama Minyan
Tanya / Hayom Yom
Shacharis (Morning Services)
Children's Programs
30 Minutes of Tanya: Classroom #1
With Mrs. Vivian Perez (for Women)
Kiddush
Daf Yomi
Women’s Shiur
Messibos Shabbos for Girls
Shalosh Seudos for Boys
Mincha followed by Shalosh Seudos
Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah
Weekly Video of The Rebbe
6:19 p.m.
6:20 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
Kiddush this week is sponsored by Mr. Sami Rohr and his children, George &
Pamela Rohr, Shmuel & Evelyn Katz, and Morris & Lillian Tabacinic, in honor of
the yahrzeit of Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, of blessed memory.
May her neshama have an aliyah
Shalosh Seudos This Week
Sponsor needed
7:15 a.m.
8:50 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m.
+/- 12:00 p.m.
After Davening
12:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:05 p.m.
6:05 p.m.
6:05 p.m.
7:12 p.m.
Please help us cover the cost of non-sponsored Kiddushim by
becoming a Partner or Patron of our Kiddus Bank.
THE CATERER FOR THIS WEEK’S KIDDUSH & SHALOSH SEUDOS
EMERALD CATERING
Kiddushim at The Shul
Please help us continue to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush
and Shalosh Seudos by offering to become a sponsor.
Sponsorship by one or more individuals is encouraged.
The following dates are available for sponsorship:
SPONSOR A
Kiddush:
Shalosh Seudos
KIDDUSH!
Sephardic Minyan
Friday Evening
Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat
Shabbat Day
Shacharit
Mincha
Shabbat Ends / Arvit & Havdalah
Nov 26
6:05 p.m.
If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Pnina
at 305 868-1411 x 7313 or email: pwuensch@theshul.org
9:00 a.m.
6:05 p.m.
7:12 p.m.
Next Week:
Shabbos Vayeira
Candle lighting
Mincha
5:15 p.m.
5:20 p.m.
The Shul’s Gaboyim:
Mr. Allen Berry / Mr. David Pollack / Mr. Andrew Roth /
Mr. David Portnoy /Mr. Henry Eichler
Please note that the distribution of Aliyot according to our
customs is in the order of certain Simchot, Yahrtzeits, Birthdays,
Guests and general rotation. We encourage you to participate in
the weekday Davening and Aliyot on Mondays and Thursdays.
Eruv Information
We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals
should call the Eruv Hotline to make sure that the Eruv is
operational prior to carrying on Shabbos.
The number is 305- 866-ERUV (3788).
The Eruv message is recorded approximately two hours prior to
Candle lighting. Please note that the Eruv in Bal Harbour and
Surfside does not include the path along the beach. The backs of the
buildings form the Eruv in that section. It is forbidden to push
strollers or carry anything on this path or beach area on Shabbos.
Nov 5, 12, 19, 26
Attention members and guests:
During the taking out of the Torah for leining, please allow seat
holders to return to their seats before occupying open seating.
Designated seats are for the use of members who dedicated
them. On Shabbos and Yom Tov, dedicated seats may be
occupied by anyone after 10:30 a.m. in the men’s section and
11:00 a.m. in the women’s section.
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Shul Partners
True Partners in our vital and holy mission
The shul is proud and grateful to acknowledge
those families who have generously become
partner members
Hashem’s Minyan
Falic Family
Mr. & Mrs. Isaac & Perla Gilinski
Mrs. Perla Gilinski
Mr. & Mrs. Sam & Aviva Greenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Mendel & Cecilia Knoll
Mr. Sami Rohr
Mr. & Mrs. Martin & Ethel Sirotkin
Mr. Claudio Stivelman
Mr. & Mrs. Moris & Lillian Tabacinic
Mr. & Mrs. Irwin & Laura Tauber
Malchut
Mr. & Mrs. Monroe & Judy Milstein
Sholom
Mr. & Mrs. Ted & Polly Kopelman
Lamed Vavnik
Mr. & Mrs. Jack & Gilda Azout
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney & Lisa Feltenstein
Mr. & Mrs. Alfredo & Andrea Frohlich
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Amy Gelb
Mr. & Mrs. Saul & Florette Gilinski
Mr. & Mrs. Abel & Fana Holtz
Mr. & Mrs. Dovid & Sara Krinsky
Dr. & Mrs. Robert & Laurel Mondshine
Mr. & Mrs. Aryeh & Raquel Rubin
Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Jody Schwalbe
Keter Torah
Nosi
Mr. & Mrs. Oscar & Rosita Boruchin
Mr. & Mrs. Alberto & Jeannette Kamhazi
Mr. & Mrs. Alan & Janice Lipton
Mr. & Mrs. Eliezer & Laura Sredni
Mr. Zev Drizin
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Susan Gellman
Mr. & Mrs. Horacio & Judith Groisman
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph & Esther Kazarnovsky
Mr. & Mrs. Saul & Rosita Retelny
Dr. & Mrs. Michael & Eva Salzhauer
Mr. & Mrs. Jaime & Yardena Slomianski
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Diana Sragowicz
Mr. Isaac Sredni
Mr. & Mrs. Eric & Cynthia Stein
Yesod
Mr. & Mrs. Lary & Michal Gelerman
Mr. & Mrs. Max & Perla Gilinski
Mr. & Mrs. Mayer & Hala Goldstein
Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel & Evelyn Katz
Mr. & Mrs. Alex & Miriam Klein
Rabbi & Mrs. Sholom Dovber & Chani Lipskar
Mr. & Mrs. Morton & Mildred Nyman
Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Vivian Perez
Mr. & Mrs. Harry & Hania Sporer
Mr. & Mrs. Jorge & Tammara Woldenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Jack & Chana Weinbaum
Chessed
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen & Bella Brenner
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory & Galina Finger
Mr. Jeffrey Herman
Mr. & Mrs. Moishe & Ofelia Hersman
Mr. & Mrs. Martin & Geraldine Hoffman
Mr. & Mrs. David & Mayra Lichter
Mr. & Mrs. Lazer & Ziporah Milstein
Mr. & Mrs. David & Hannah Shear
Mr. & Mrs. Sholom Moshe & Sarah Sheridan
Mr. & Mrs. Bertram & Jackie Woolf
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Chai
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Moj Danial
Mr. Yossi Davidsohn
Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Sofi Davit
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel & Esther Davit
Mr. & Mrs. Jon & Susan Diamond
Mr. & Mrs. Boruch & Yonit Duchman
Mr. & Mrs. Henry & Evy Eichler
Mr. & Mrs. Errol & Claudia Feldman
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen & Denise Fiske
Mr. & Mrs. Guido & Cipora Fraiman
Mr. & Mrs. Russell & Ronalee Galbut
Mr. & Mrs. Jaime & Raquel Gilinski
Mr. & Mrs. Moises & Eliana Gilinski
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob & Anita Givner
Mr. Beryl Golomb
Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel & Lisa Groisman
Mr. & Mrs. Fred & Cheryl Halpern
Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Wendy Hamburger
Mr. Irving Hoine
Mr. & Mrs. Joel & Monica Hoppenstein
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth & Rhoda Israel
Mr. & Mrs. Menahem & Mercedes Ivcher
Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Michelle Klinger
Mr. & Mrs. Leon & Fortuna Kopel
Mr. & Mrs. Yosie & Batya Lipskar
Rabbi & Mrs. Zalman & Chana Lipskar
Dr. & Dr. Raul & Janet Mitrani
Dr. & Mrs Gene and Sandra Moteles
Mr. & Mrs. Isaac & Nieves Olemberg
Dr. Allen Packer
Mr. & Mrs. Jaime & Cheryl Peisach
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew & Shannon Penson
Mr. & Mrs. David & Marlene Pollack
Mr. & Dr. Albert & Marilyn Pollans
Mr. & Mrs. Steven & Joyce Robinson
Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Cara Roller
Mr. & Mrs. Steven & Michelle Schmutter
Rabbi & Mrs. Simeon & Rose Schreiber
Mr. & Mrs. Scott & Joanna Segal
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Gabriella Shapiro
Mr. & Mrs. Ryan & Dini Shapiro
Mr. & Mrs. Rafael & Sulamita Simkovicius
Mr. Andrew Sperber
Mr. & Mrs. Dovid & Erma Speyer
Mr. & Mrs. Leon & Mina Sragowicz
Ms. Caren Sredni
Mr. & Mrs. Erwin & Carolina Sredni
Mr. Sheldon David William Taiger
Mr. & Mrs. James & Janie Tate
Mr. & Mrs. Norman & Melina Weinflash
Mr. & Mrs. Lenny & Lisa Wolfe
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph & Jaya Zebede
A Time to Pray
Davening schedules and locations throughout the week
Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul
MORNING SCHEDULE - Monday through Thursday
6:15 - 6:50 am
Torah Ohr
Parshas Vayeira
R’ Zalman Lipskar
7:45 - 8:45 am
Daf Yomi
Chulin
R’ Dov Schochet
8:45 - 9:00 am
RamBam
1 Chapter per day
R’ Dov Schochet
8:45 am (approx)
Halacha
Sephardic Custom
Shimshon Tzubeli
10:00 - 10:45 am
Sichos
Sicha of the Rebbe - Textual
R’ Shea Rubinstein
Daily Chumash & Tanya after every Minyan
EVENING KOLEL SCHEDULE - Monday through Thursday - 8:00-10:00 pm
Mon. to Thurs.
8:00 – 9:00 pm
Chavrusah ~ Subject of Choice
1st Session
Mon. to Thurs.
9:00 - 10:00 pm
Chavrusah ~ Subject of Choice
2nd Session
Daily Minyanim at The Shul
Sunday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
R’ Mendy Levy
R’ Mendy Levy
R’ Mendy Levy
No Minyan
R’ Dov Schochet
R’ Mendy Levy
No Minyan
R’ Dov Schochet
R’ Mendy Levy
No Minyan
R’ Dov Schochet
R’ Mendy Levy
No Minyan
R’ Dov Schochet
No Minyan
R’ Mendy Levy
R’ Dov Schochet
R’ Dov Schochet
R’ Sholom Lipskar
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
No Minyan
No Minyan
7:30 am
No Minyan
8:00 am R’ Dov Schochet
9:00 am R’ Zalman Lipskar R’ Dov Schochet
No Minyan
R’ Mendy Levy
2:00 pm
Shacharis
Early Mincha
Mincha/
Maariv
Maariv
Monday
5:20 pm R’ Sholom Lipskar
10:00 pm
TBA
Shabbos
See Complete
Shabbos
Schedule
on page 5
Sephardic Minyanim at The Shul
Sunday
Monday
Shacharit
8:00 am
Shacharit
9:00 am Shimshon Tzubeli
Mincha/Arvit
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Shimshon Tzubeli Shimshon Tzubeli Shimshon Tzubeli Shimshon Tzubeli
Friday
Shabbat
Shimshon Tzubeli
See Complete
Shabbat
Schedule on
page 5
5:20 pm Shimshon Tzubeli Shimshon Tzubeli Shimshon Tzubeli Shimshon Tzubeli Shimshon Tzubeli Shimshon Tzubeli
The Shul of Downtown
Halachic Times for the Week: Based on times for November 9, 2011
Alot Hashachar / Dawn
Earliest Talit & Tefillin
Netz Hachamah / Sunrise
(Earliest Amidah)
Latest Shema
Zman Tfillah
5:24 am
5:47 am
6:35 am
Shacharis Monday & Thursday only
Mincha
Monday through Thursday
9:19 am
10:14 am
Rabbi Chaim Lipskar
Chatzot / Midday
Earliest Mincha
Plag HaMincha
Shekiah / Sunset
12:04 pm
12:31 pm
4:25 pm
5:34 pm
48 East Flagler Street, #363 (3rd Floor), Miami
305-373-8303 or 786-368-9040
Email: RCL@ShulofDowntown.com
www.shulofdowntown.com
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Community Happenings
Dates to Celebrate and Commemorate
Birthdays
Mar Cheshvan 8
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Yahrtzeits
Mr. Edward Ohayon
Mrs. Zehava Sheftel
Ms. Paige Sussman
Ms. Adine Mitrani
Mr. Benjamin Colonomos
Ms. Jennifer Ann Lindenfeld
Mr. Matthew Sussman
Mr. Elias Sussman
Mrs. Lauren Sragowicz
Mr. Gustavo Klimberg
Mr. Lee Weinberger
Mrs. Rochel Waldman
Ms. Dora Fialkoff
Ms. Jane Marcus
Mr. Jonathan Izak
Mr. Howard Behar
Mrs. Janie. S Kupferman
Mrs. Renee Felice Moore
Ms. Shirley Abraham
Mr. Jack Shohet
Mr. James (J.J.) Katz
Mr. Abraham Gilinski
Mr. Lawrence E. Sheftel
Mrs. Nava Izak
Mr. Abraham Gewirtz
Mrs. Joni Blachar
Mrs. Joy Ziefer
Mrs. Miriam Weinschneider
Mar Cheshvan 8 Esther obm
Mother of Mr. Gideon Azari
Mar Cheshvan 8 David obm
Brother-in-law of Mrs. Lauren Sragowicz
Mar Cheshvan 8 Yacov ben Abraham obm
Father of Mr. Manuel Jaimovich
Mar Cheshvan 9 Sonia bas Tzvi obm
Mother of Mrs. Barbara Eisenbaum
& Mr. Gary Stein
Mar Cheshvan 10 Shlomo ben Meir obm
Father of Mr. Paul Hamburger
Mar Cheshvan 10 Sara bas Yekutiel Yehuda obm
Wife of Mr. Sami Rohr,
Mother of Mr. George Rohr
Mother of Mrs. Evelyn Katz
Mother of Mrs. Lillian Tabacinic
Mar Cheshvan 11 Tzila bas Moshe obm
Mother of Mrs. Aviva Greenberg
Mar Cheshvan 11 Moshe Michael ben Eliezer Pinchas obm
Husband of Mrs. Hinda Leah Pantirer
Mar Cheshvan 12 Pinchas ben Sender obm
Father of Mr. Moshe Shlomo Lerman
Mar Cheshvan 12 Rachel obm
Wife of Mr. Jose Morel
Mar Cheshvan 12 Moshe Chaim ben Yosef David haLevi obm
Brother of Mrs. Anne Paul
Mar Cheshvan 13 Rachel bas Benyamin obm
Mother of Mrs. Nily Falic
Mar Cheshvan 13 Moshe Yehuda obm
Father of Mr. Lawrence Jaffe
Our Kids’ Birthdays
Mar Cheshvan 14 Chaim Sholom ben Dov Ber obm
Mar Cheshvan 8
Mar Cheshvan 8
Mar Cheshvan 10
Mar Cheshvan 11
Mar Cheshvan 12
Mar Cheshvan 13
Mar Cheshvan 14
Mar Cheshvan 14 Yisroel Yosef ben Dovid Hacohen obm
Brother of Mr. Leo Paul
Ariel Leib Rubinstein
Eva Hannah Gelb
Esther Leah Gassner
Shay Gilinski
Chana Simcha Portnoy
Joshua Schmutter
Simcha Yisroel Gassner
Father of Mr. Andrew Roth
Mar Cheshvan 14 Shloyme ben Yitzchak obm
Father of Mrs. Fana Holtz
Condolences
Anniversaries
6-Nov
7-Nov
Our heartfelt condolences go out to Mr. & Mrs. Moises and Fanny
Selesky on the loss of her dear brother, Yehoshua ben Isaac on 25
Tishrei. May his dear soul be bound with the Eternal Bond of Life.
May Fanny and her family be comforted among the mourners of
Zion and Jerusalem.
Mr. & Mrs. Moshe and Jenny Klainbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff and Mia Lamm
Thanks to Our Volunteers
Our heartfelt condolences go out to Mr. & Mrs. Barry Cohen on the
loss of his dear sister Chana Ettel bas Dovid Mordechai Hakohen on
1 Mar Cheshvan. May her dear soul be bound with the Eternal Bond
of Life. May Barry and his family be comforted among the
mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
The Shul thanks all our Volunteers for their invaluable help:
Mrs. Ofelia Wiener for assisting the Hashkama Minyan
Mazal Tov
Welcome
Mazel Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Alberto and Jeannette Kamhazi on the Bar
Mitzvah of their son Amram at the Kotel. May they continue to raise
him to Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim and have much nachas from
him.
Mazel Tov to Mr. Daniel Apoj and Ms. Edith Pascal on the Bar Mitzvah
of their son Gabriel. May they continue to raise him to Torah, Chupah
and Ma’asim Tovim and have much nachas from him.
The Shul welcomes the following new members
to our community:
Mr. & Mrs. Mordechai Gelbhauer
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Community Happenings
Dates to Celebrate and Commemorate
Special Thank You
Refuah Shleimah
We sincerely thank the following members & supporters of The
Shul for donations received between 10/25/11 and 10/31/11.
We apologize for any errors or omissions we may have made.
If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would
like to keep the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered.
Mr. & Mrs. Flavio Alfie
Aventura Orthopaedics
Mr. & Mrs. Miguel Baum
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Berry
Mr. Jerold Blumstein
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Cohen
Mr. Oscar Cohen
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Failer
Ms. Marta Feigenbaum
Mr. & Mrs. David Feldman
Ms. Fay Garber
Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Gerenstein
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Gewirtz
Anonymous
Mr & Mrs. Max Gilinski
Mrs. Rita Grossman
Ms. Paola Gutt
Mr. & Mrs. Moishe Hersman
Mr. Irving Hoine
Mr. Menachem Koegel
Mr. Joseph Krau
Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Lapidus
Mr. & Mrs. Moshe Shlomo
Lerman
Ms. Susan Meyerson
Mr. Alberto Michanie
MEN
Avraham Shmuel ben Shaindl
Baruch Akiva ben Sara
Moshe ben Freida
Moshe ben Nomi Shevi
Baruch Moshe ben Sarah Leah
Moshe ben Naomi Tzivia
Nussum Motka ben Tzirel Brina
HaRav Shimon Schreiber
Dan ben Chava
David Fishel ben Rachel
Avraham ben Yitzchak
Daniel ben Tova Basha (#5)
Yehonoson ben Malka (Jonathan
Pollard for Refuah and Yeshua)
Yitzchak Arie ben Leah
Mr. & Mrs. Lazer Milstein
Mr. & Mrs. Monroe Milstein
Mr. & Mrs. Chaim Meyer
Minkowitz
Mr. & Mrs. Temuri Nanikashvili
Mr. Mordechai Olesky
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Perez
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Portnoy
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Reed
Mr. Aaron Rokosz
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Roth
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Saka
Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Jacob Shapiro
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Sheridan
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Sirotkin
Mr. Abe Stein
Rabbi & Mrs. Yossi Stern
Mr. & Mrs. Moris Tabacinic
Mr. & Mrs. Shimshon Tzubeli
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Weintraub
Mr. Jeffrey Weiss
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Weiss
Mr. & Mrs. Josef Weiss
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wexler
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Ziefer
Nochum Mordechai ben Chana Zlata
Pinchas Rafael ben Yehudis
Noah ben Malka (#9)
Shmuel Nachum ben Sara Raizel
Chaim ben Nechama
Mayer ben Jamie
Eliyahu ben Batiya
Moshe ben Henia
Ariel Leib ben Nechama
Raphael Moshe ben Sara
(Mr. Moshe Behar)
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Our Youth Department is in
desperate need of a vehicle.
Please donate your old/used car’s.
The donation will be 100% tax
deductible
Please contact Devorah Leah Andrusier
917-686-5300
Miriam Hagar bas Chayenah Michlah
Perl bas Sarah
Chaya Yael bas Sarah Imanu
Chana bas Frecha
Sara bas Ida
Miriam Gietel bas Hinda (Ilona
Feldman)
Dora bas Sinuru
Fruma bas Chaya Sarah
Pnina bat Hannah
In response to numerous incidents in our garage and with
the safety of our children, members and staff foremost in
mind, we insist on TOTAL compliance with the following
rules in the garage:
YOU MUST ALWAYS PARK IN A LEGAL SPOT
Do not park in handicap parking
Do not park along the perimeter of the garage
Do not double park
Do not take up more than 1 space
Do not block another vehicle
Project Heart
There is additional parking in the lots north & south of
The Shul.
Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce
The deadline for filing Project HEART Questionnaires is
rapidly approaching. If you have not yet filed a
Questionnaire, I encourage you, your friends and family to
do so now. All Questionnaires must be submitted by
December 1, 2011
When cars park illegally, you take an already challenging
situation in the garage and turn it into a near impossible
and dangerous situation. You create more havoc, less
visibility and more aggravation which itself contributes to
the likelihood of an accident, G-d forbid.
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Inspiration, Insights & Ideas
Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!
Hayom Yom
In the winter of 1942, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn, of righteous memory, gave his
son-in-law, the future Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, the task of
compiling an anthology of Chasidic aphorisms and customs arranged according to the days of the year.
The calendar was entitled Hayom Yom. In describing this work Rabbi Yosef Yirzchak wrote: …"A book that is
small in format…but bursting with pearls and diamonds of choicest quality." "A splendid palace of
Chasidism." True to these words, Hayom Yom has become a beloved classic work and a source of daily
spiritual sustenance.
Friday - Cheshvan 7
Sunday - Cheshvan 9
Since Torah was given, the correct sequence is:
First, removal of the orla of the body, then of
the tongue, then of the heart - deed, speech,
then thought.
When my father was four or five years old he
went to his grandfather, the Tzemach Tzedek,
on Shabbat Vayeira, and began to cry as he
asked, "Why did G-d show Himself to our father
Avraham - but He does not show Himself to
us?" The Tzemach Tzedek answered him: "When
a tzadik decides at the age of ninety-nine years
that he should be circumcised, he deserves that
G-d appear to him."
Our father Avraham, who lived prior to the
giving of the Torah, however, first recognized
his Creator - thought; then he disseminated
G-dliness - speech; and finally circumcision deed.
Monday - Cheshvan 10
Shabbos - Cheshvan 8
The Alter Rebbe used to refer to Atzilut as "Above." They say
that because of intense emotion, when writing the word he
could get no further than "Atzi -."
Mitzva is an idiom of tzavta - "joining," "attachment."
Whoever performs a mitzva becomes joined to the Essence
of G-d - may He be blessed - Who issues that particular
command. This is the meaning of "The reward of a mitzva is
the mitzva (itself)": His becoming attached to the Essence of
the En Sof Who ordained the command, is itself his reward.
Tuesday - Cheshvan 11
(At this point there appears in the Hebrew text emendations
of Torah Or on this week's sedra, meaningful only in
Hebrew. Translator).
The above can be understood through an analogy from the
physical world: An extremely simple person has an inner
sense of bitul (nullity) before the wisdom and greatness of a
scholar - a bitul in which he senses himself to be an utter
nonentity. The sage in turn, does not sense or perceive the
simpleton as belonging at all to the category of human
beings! Not that the scholar dismisses or rejects him, G-d
forbid, for that would be an evil trait; he simply sees no
connection or relationship with him whatsoever.
The maamar Patach Eliyahu has glosses1 by my father that
he began writing in the winter of 5652 (1891-2).
Wednesday - Cheshvan 12
One of the Alter Rebbe's early teachings, then called verter
(lit. "words," short sayings):
Sh'ma Yisrael - a Jew senses that
Havayeh Elokeinu - our strength and life is beyond nature,
and
Havayeh Echad - Havayeh is One.
Now, when the sage instructs the simple man to do
something for him, that command brings the simpleton
"into being." In his own self-perception he is no longer a
nonentity but a "somebody"; he has assumed a status unto
himself in that he is able to carry out an order of the sage,
and it is him that the sage addressed and instructed. In the
eyes of the sage too, the simpleton now "exists"; he is a
"somebody" to whom he (the sage) can speak and instruct.
What is more, the command actually unites the lofty,
exalted sage with the gross simpleton. The analogue is
obvious.
Thursday - Cheshvan 13
The Baal Shem Tov used to instruct his disciples in a regular
Gemara study-session. His style of study was with great
acuity and brilliance, and included a study of Rambam,
Alfasi, Rosh and other commentaries of the Rishonim (early
commentators) germane to the Gemara-text under
examination. The Baal Shem Tov would translate the words
(of the text) into Yiddish. When studying in Eirchin 15b the
passage "The third tongue1 kills three persons," the Baal
Shem Tov translated and explained: Lashon hara (the evil
tongue; slander) kills all three, the inventor of the slander,
the one who relates it and the listener. This is all in spiritual
terms, which is more severe than physical murder.
It is understood that in the above analogy there is no
difference at all what the command is about, whether a
great, lofty matter or a simple trivial one.
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Parsha Messages
Indeed, it is the very unnaturalness of galut, its very
strangeness, that is the key to the "great wealth" it yields. The
constant awareness that this is not our place, the enduring
faith that the present circumstances are truly not "the way
things are," is at the root of all that the Jew has accomplished
and achieved, both for himself and for the world.
Great Wealth
By Yanki Tauber
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s the sun began to set, a deep slumber fell upon Abram;
and, behold, a dread, a great darkness, descended upon
him.
And [G-d] said to Abram: “Know that your children shall be
strangers in a land not theirs, and they will enslave them and
afflict them ... and afterwards they will go out with great
wealth.” (Genesis 15:12-13)
Therein lies the paradox of galut: its power stems from the fact
that it mustn't, cannot be, from the incessant effort to bring
about its demise, from the certain faith that this effort will
succeed. For this, too, was preordained at the Covenant
Between the Parts.
Galut comes in many forms. The Hebrew slave in Egypt, the
prosperous Jewish exile in Babylonia, the persecuted ghettodweller in medieval Europe, the Auschwitz inmate, the JewishAmerican tolerated at the local country club, the Israeli hostage
to the caprices of the global superpower[s] -- all are subjects of
the galut-state, whose most basic definition is that one is "a
stranger in a land that is not yours." You are not the master of
your environment, but its subject; you are not in control of
your circumstances, but their victim.
We Jews have been accused of many things, but no one has
ever called us gullible. If a hundred generations of Jewish toil
and tears were expended on the effort, it's only because we
know that the moon will regain its fullness and we will dwell in
a world of divine goodness and perfection.
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Vedibarta Bam
Galut is often described as a punishment for our own failings;
we state in the festival Mussaf prayer that "because of our sins
we were exiled from our land." But this is only part of the story.
At the "Covenant Between the Parts" between G-d and
Abraham (still Abram at that point), at which it was first
established that there was going to be a Jewish people, G-d
informed Abraham that his descendents will be strangers in a
land that is not theirs. The galut of the Jewish people was
ordained before there was a Jewish people.
By Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky
"
And he went on his journeys from the South to Beth-el, to
the place where his tent had been in the beginning.... to
the place of the altar which he had made there at
first." (13:3-4)
QUESTION: Why does the Torah discuss Avram's return
journey at such length?
ANSWER: Upward mobility often leads people to change
communities. Unfortunately, often the new neighborhood is
less compatible with Torah values than the old one. The new
area at times lacks proper yeshivot, shuls, mikva'ot, etc., and
this causes an obvious decrease in religious observance.
Indeed, we have been in galut for much of our history. There
were the two Temple Eras (826-423 BCE, and 349 BCE - 69 CE),
totaling some 830 years, when we resided in our homeland and
the Divine Presence manifestly dwelled in our midst; but during
the Second Temple Era we lived under the hegemony of foreign
powers, and even the first Temple Era included periods of
internal strife and foreign subjugation. In fact, the Talmud
points to but a single generation, the 40-year reign of King
Solomon, as a time when "the moon was full" -- when our
relationship with G-d was whole and we were truly masters of
our fate.
Avram started his travels as a poor man and established his
residence in the vicinity of Beth-El, an area which was
spiritually in accordance with Hashem's desires for humanity.
The Torah emphasizes that on his return, after being blessed
with an abundance of material wealth, he did not change his
style of living. He returned to the area of Beth-El, where he
originally lived when he possessed modest means. Despite his
affluence, he remained in the "old" Jewish neighborhood.
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vram said to Lot, 'Please let there not be any strife
between me and you ... for we are brothers
(relatives).' " (13:8)
One would think that a state of being that has held sway for
99% of our history would, by now, have been ingrained in the
Jewish character, or at least have become a familiar way of life.
But the most amazing thing about galut is that nearly 4000
years after the "Covenant Between the Parts" it is as terrifying,
as incomprehensible, as alien to our souls as it was to Abraham
on that fateful day when he beheld its dread and great
darkness.
The peoples of the world -- which certainly include nations
wealthier, more powerful and more politically independent
than ourselves -- have by and large accepted the fact that the
world in which they live includes forces greater than
themselves, to which they are subject. But not the Jew. We
have not reconciled ourselves with galut. We have never
accepted it and have never ceased striving for redemption.
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QUESTION: Why did Avram emphasize his kinship with Lot?
ANSWER: A story is told that a piece of wood once asked a piece
of steel, "Why is it that when you are hammered you make such
loud noises, and when they chop me the noise is not so loud?"
The steel answered, "I am hammered with a hammer made of
steel, which is my brother. I scream because it hurts when your
own brother hits you."
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Avram told Lot, "People should always avoid conflicts, especially
with relatives and good friends."
The Holy Land
Halacha Of The Week
By Rabbi Dov Schochet
Laws of Travelers
Eyes Upon The Land
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he first of Abraham’s tests explicitly mentioned in the Torah
was to leave his home and
country to a country G-d will
decide - to Israel. The language used is
Lech Lecha, which literally means go
for yourself. The sages explain that G-d
was telling Abraham that this journey
will bring you blessings. Although
travel usually diminishes wealth,
renown and procreation, by following
G-d’s command Abraham would be
blessed in all these areas.
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When Abraham traveled he made a point to stay in the same inns
when returning to Israel as when going down to Egypt to teach that
one should not change hosts so as not to cast aspersions on the
character of the original host.
The sages have many lessons regarding travelers. Before one
departs from a city it is proper to receive a blessing from the
important men of the city, even if they are not his Rabbi, so that
they may bless him. (Current practice is that when one is aware of
someone leaving on a journey they are given money to be given to
charity in the city they are traveling to, they are then considered
traveling for the sake of a Mitzva.)
One should attempt to enter and leave the city during daylight if
they are in an unfamiliar area. If traveling alone then even in a
familiar area one should minimize travel at night so as not to
endanger themselves.
When traveling one should study Torah (as we say in the Shema
“and when your traveling on the path”) but not in a way that
requires great concentration as this can cause one to get lost,
unless one is simply a passenger.
When traveling one should say the prayer for travelers (p.85 in the
Siddur) every day of the journey; concluding with G-d’s name on the
1st day of traveling and on subsequent days without. One says this
prayer when they are 100ft. outside the city and if the journey is at
least 3 miles or through a place of danger. While there is discussion
if when traveling on highway today it is required (as most of the
time one is within the boundaries of a city) still the custom is to
recite it during inter-city travel. When traveling within the city it is
not said, even for trips longer than 3 miles.
Some have a custom not to shine their shoes on a day that they are
traveling. It is proper to travel with Tallis and Tefillin, so they can be
constantly available. One should eat lightly while traveling (some
commentaries explain this to be referring to traveling by foot).
Abraham through his journeys was able to spread the belief of G-d
through the world. When people saw a man willing to follow his
beliefs even when it seemed difficult and counterproductive, it
became clear that Abraham was not simply fashioning another G-d
but a man with clear and certain beliefs. He also understood that in
every location there was a specific purpose to be realized, which is
an indication to his “children” that every circumstance we find
ourselves in is a mission from Hashem.
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The Princilples Underlying The Israel - Arab
Conflict (part 2)
t is hard not to become caught up with
the immediacy of an issue. Especially
when one is concerned with a subject
like peace, there is a natural desire to
hastily seek an agreement as soon as
possible. Nevertheless, this feeling of
immediacy should never be allowed to
obscure the priorities involved. If the peace
is to last longer than the time it took to
hammer out the agreement, we must make
sure that it realistically answers the
objectives that we seek.
What does Israel want out of peace? Two
fundamental objectives:
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that it be secure against attack from
the surrounding Arab nations;
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that its citizens may rest assured that their lives will not
be endangered by terrorist attack.
These objectives are primarily military issues. Therefore it is
military experts who should be consulted for the parameters
according to which any negotiations should be conducted.
To refer to a parallel: When there is a question of whether the
Sabbath laws must be violated to save the life of a patient,
the Torah prescribes that one ask an expert - a doctor; more
specifically, a doctor in the relevant field. For a heart
condition one consults a cardiologist, not a dermatologist.
To return to the analog: There are many dimensions to the
Israeli-Arab conflict. Nevertheless, just as when a person has
a heart condition, it is the cardiologist whose opinion is given
highest priority, since Israel's fundamental concerns are
questions of security, it is the opinions of military men and
particularly, those trained in the issues at hand, that must
determine the guidelines - and the red lines - for
negotiations.
When military experts are asked, they explain that it is
absolutely necessary for Israel to maintain possession of the
lands taken in the Six-Day War. The reasons for this stance
are plainly obvious.
The Golan Heights command control of the entire Galilee,
Israel's north. Missiles and artillery placed in the Golan could
easily destroy civilian centers and military bases in the
Galilee. Moreover, even in our age of hi-tech weaponry,
fighting uphill is much more difficult than fighting downhill
or fighting on level terrain. Thus, if Syrian troops would
attack from the Golan, Israel would be put in a defensive
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position that would be very challenging to turn
around.
future. How can lives be risked because the
situation will perhaps change in the future?
Whose lives are being taken so lightly?
Similarly, with regard to Judea and Samaria, on
the "West Bank" of the Jordan: these are hilly
regions that overlook major Jewish coastal
cities on the other side of Israel's narrow waist.
An enemy army perched there could effortlessly
cut Israel in half. It is not without cause that
even left-leaning Israelis have called the pre-'67 borders, "the
borders of Auschwitz." And even if there were no danger from
an enemy army, terrorists firing rockets from those hills could
paralyze the reserve call-ups on which the Israeli military
depends, while wreaking havoc on civilian centers.
How can we know what will happen in the
future? Supposing that an Arab leader would
be willing to enter into a full and complete
peace treaty with Israel. Should security
considerations be relaxed because of such an
offer?
Absolutely not. The Arab regimes are for the most part
totalitarian dictatorships prone to coups and unpredictable
changes of heart. What would happen if the leader who made
peace fell? Would his successor keep up the agreement? In
such a scenario, Israel would have compromised its security,
and brought an enemy closer, without having any guarantee
of her future safety.
Although the nature of warfare has changed, strategic depth
is still critical. Even in this age of missiles, the final
determinant is what happens on the ground.
Witness the Gulf War. Despite weeks of bombing by planes
and missiles, the Iraqis were not defeated until the land war
began. Moreover, because of strategic depth, since America
limited the extent of its penetration, even when his armies
were defeated, Saddam Hussein's power was not shaken
totally.
And if this is true when complete peace is being offered, how
much more so is it true at present when the Arab leaders have
trouble making public offers of even a "cold" peace with
Israel?
The future is always uncertain. Weaponry is becoming more
sophisticated. What is a slight security risk today may become
a major risk tomorrow. Jewish law states that a person should
not endanger his own life - and of course, not that of others when there is only a possibility that his actions will save the
life of another person. By contrast, everything should be done
to avoid the possibility of danger arising.
Maintaining possession of the lands taken in the Six-Day War
is necessary not only to prevent attack, but also to protect
against terrorism. There is no question that the presence of
the Arab population in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza presents
security problems. It is, however, far easier to control those
problems when the jurisdiction over these regions is under
Israeli control. First of all, life-saving intelligence about
impending terrorist activity can be gathered far more easily.
Secondly, preventive measures and response to terrorism can
be more thorough and more efficient. Even today, before any
further "redeployment" has taken place, terrorist killers simply
flee to any of the nearby Cities of Refuge in the Palestinian
Autonomy, secure in the knowledge that their sympathizers
will grant them hospitable anonymity out of the reach of
Israel's security and intelligence personnel.
The Code of Jewish Law (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 329:6)
states:
When there is a [Jewish] city close to the border, then, even if
[enemies mount an attack, although they] come only for the
purpose of [taking] straw and stubble, we should [take up
arms] and desecrate the Sabbath because of them. For [if we
do not prevent their coming] they may conquer the city, and
from there the [rest of the] land will be easy for them to
conquer.
What is the law saying? That even when an enemy attack does
not pose an immediate danger to life, since allowing them
control of a border city puts the entire land in danger, we
should take up arms to prevent that danger from arising.
For these reasons, when considering solely the security
perspective, no military expert has ever counseled return of
the lands Israel conquered in ‘67. On the contrary, military
men from the US and other countries have been amazed that
Israel has spoken about making any concessions.
This is precisely the situation in Israel today. Every inch of
territory in Israel is like a city on the border; it is vital for her
security. Giving it away to the Arabs exposes all her
inhabitants to the possibility of attack.
Who have offered such concessions? Politicians, including
some military experts who have become politicians.
Why are they willing to consider these concessions? - Because
they feel that peace will resolve all these difficulties, that once
peace is established security considerations will be
unnecessary. If these people are asked what is required from a
strictly security perspective, they answer that these lands
should not be returned. Nevertheless, they explain that they
are willing to take a risk for the sake of peace.
When questions of life and death are involved, one does
not take risks based on what may or may not happen in the
This is why so many Jewish leaders are saying that not one
inch of land should be returned. This reason is unconnected
with the holiness of the land or the fact that they love it.
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Yes, the land is holy, and yes, there are people who love it, but
the reason the land should not be returned is not this holiness
or this love. Instead, this is a life-threatening issue; the lives of
millions of our people are at stake. To sum it up: Security
provisions should never be sacrificed in order to achieve what
appears as diplomatic success.
Education
A Guide to a Jewish Marriage
Originally written By The previous Lubavitcher Rebbe
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn as an educational guide for two
venerable spiritual mentors in the original yeshivah in Lubavitch, this
treatise by the sixth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch has since served as a
classic definition and elucidation of what "education" truly is.
A collection of writings and general advice
based on the teachings of The Lubavitcher Rebbe
The New Residence: Where and How to
Dwell in a City (Part 2)
The Principles of Education and
Guidance (Part 2)
Where To Establish One's
Residence
(Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XXIII, p. 450)
By Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch - Translated by
Rabbi Y. Eliezer Danzinger
www.sichosinenglish.org
W
ith regard to your writing
about where a person
should establish his
residence:
Principles of Education and Guidance
A
This is similar to a medical doctor, who is to establish his
residence where his help is needed most and not where he
hopes to find the most comfortable life.
t first glance, the field of
education and guidance
appears to be quite similar to
the field of teaching. Both belong to
the same spiritual talent group, since
they involve the use of talents that
have spiritual effects.
Truly, each and every individual is responsible for "healing" his
environs, to imbue it with additional "light" and holiness. And
with regard to Jews: the primary and main purpose of each
and every one of them is to infuse his environs with a greater
degree of Judaism.
In truth, however, they are entirely
different.
Educating and guiding is a difficult task, in general.
It involves harder work than the task of a teacher instructing
his students.
Live In A Neighborhood Of Individuals Who Observe Torah
And Mitzvos
(From a letter of the Rebbe, written in the year 5725)
Although teaching is also one of the hardest and most
difficult types of labor, still and all, its difficulty is not at all
comparable to the hardship of educating and guiding.
The determining factor is not where it will be best and most
pleasant for him, but where he can do the most good and
where his assistance is most needed.
There are two reasons for this:
[First,] in teaching, an instructor is involved in [transmitting]
intellectual matters:
Your letter reached me with considerable delay. In it, you ask
my opinion or advice as to the place in which an Orthodox
Jew, a family man, should choose to settle with his family.
1) to clarify a concept, and explain it to a student by means of
analogies and illustrations;
2) to develop a student’s abilities in,
a) conceiving ideas,
b) comprehending the analogy and the rationale,
c) with a settled and clear understanding.
This advice has already been given by our great teacher, the
Rambam: A Jew must do everything possible to live in a
neighborhood and in a community of individuals who observe
Torah and mitzvos.
The Rambam emphasizes the vital import of this advice by
continuing that if there is no possibility of avoiding living in
an unsuitable place, it is better to live in a cave or in a desert,
rather than in such unsuitable company.
In any event, the task of a teacher in his instruction is only in
the area of intellect and knowledge, as even the most simple
and basic concept is still within the realm of the intellect.
Note also that the Rambam speaks there of an adult Jew, of
one who is not necessarily obligated to maintain close
contact with a Jewish environment, etc.
This is not so in the labor of education and guidance.
In most cases the main effort of an educator lies chiefly in
[transforming] base and ignoble traits [of his pupil].
How much more so [is this applicable] in our society, where
one must perforce maintain close contact with a Jewish
environment, especially where children are involved, in view
of their vulnerability to unsuitable influences.
This is particularly true at the beginning of a pupil's education
and guidance, since "man is born [like] a wild young donkey,"
with animalistic tendencies and behavior, being drawn after
that which is materially good, and that which is visually
desirable.
It should also be remembered that the education and
upbringing of children does not begin at the age of bar
mitzvah or bas mitzvah, but at a very early age, and that the
impressions and influences received at that age are lasting
ones.
[Second,] although teaching, too, carries with it great
responsibility, it is not at all like the responsibility assumed in
educating and guiding.
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If one is ineffective when teaching, one at least does no
harm.
Community Rebuilds Konigsberg
Synagogue Destroyed in Kristallnacht
This is not so in the work of education and guidance - which
carries with it enormous responsibility.
If one's work in this field is not constructive, it is perforce,
damaging.
By Tamar Runyan
M
ore than six decades after Nazi forces and their
sympathizers destroyed the New Synagogue of
Konigsberg during the Kristallnacht series of pogroms
in November 1938, Jewish residents of the renamed city of
Kaliningrad are planning to rebuild the 1896 edifice on the same
spot where it once stood.
Therefore the educator and guidance counsellor, both of
older pupils and of younger pupils, must follow the general
and indispensable provisions of education, without which
not only will he fail to correct [any matter pertaining to a
pupil], but he will do harm as well.
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi David Shvedik, the Russian city’s chief
rabbi, estimates that it will take two years to build the new
facility, and he already has plans to add a school, nursery and
community center to the completed structure.
Recently in the News
And while city officials view the project in terms of granting the
Jewish community a permanent place to pray and meet, locals
such as Oxana Leschinskaya stress that for them, the
synagogue means much more.
Jon Huntsman Prays At Lubavitcher
Rebbe’s Resting Place
“An integral part of Jewish heritage has been passed to us by
previous generations,” said Leschinskaya, 27. “This is a new
stage in the revival and development of Jewish life in our
region.”
Shvedik notes that the whole community is coming together to
make the dream a reality. The current leased basement used by
the community can only accommodate 500 people, he says, but
the new synagogue will be able to serve 2,000.
“Everyone here wants to build,” says the rabbi. “And thank G-d,
everyone is helping.”
The new synagogue will be built at the site of the one destroyed
during Kristallnacht in 1938.
F
ormer Utah governor and U.S. Ambassador to China Jon M.
Huntsman, Jr., prayed last week at the Ohel, the resting
place of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of
righteous memory, in Cambria Heights, N.Y.
Judging by the turnout at a recent groundbreaking ceremony –
which was attended by Mayor Alexander Yaroshuk and other
representatives of federal and municipal authorities, diplomats
and prominent public figures – the project enjoys support from
the highest levels of local government.
Accompanied by Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of the
Chabad-Lubavitch educational and social services divisions, and
by Rabbi Benny Zippel, executive director of Chabad-Lubavitch
of Utah, Mr. Huntsman and his wife, Mary Kaye Huntsman,
appeared engrossed in prayer.
According to Leschinskaya, a frequent attendee of Shvedik’s
weekly STARS class for young professionals, the ceremony made
a huge impact on the community’s older members.
Also joining the Ambassador were philanthropists Harvey and
Gloria Kaylie and Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Washington director of
American Friends of Lubavitch.
“For many people who remember the old Jewish communities
destroyed in the Holocaust, the event filled their lives with
meaning,” explains the woman, who heads a local water
company’s social service department. “They want to live up to
the time when they will be able to pray in the new synagogue.”
Mr. Huntsman and his wife read the [Maaneh Loshon] prayers
that are generally recited at the Ohel, and prayed, he said later,
for the wellbeing of his family, his home state, and the U.S.
At a breakfast following the visit to the Ohel, Rabbi Krinsky
spoke with Mr. Huntsman.
Although a circus currently occupies the space where the
synagogue will be built, Shvedik is optimistic that the new
building will rise fairly quickly.
“He expressed enormous respect for what Chabad represents,
knowing it firsthand from Chabad in his home state,” Rabbi
Krinsky told Lubavitch.com. “He seemed to be familiar with the
wide ranging activities of Chabad around the world, and for the
legacy of the Rebbe.”
“This new house of worship and community center,” he says,
“will undoubtedly become the center of Jewish life in our city
and region.”
Huntsman announced his bid for the 2012 Republican
presidential nomination on June 21, 2011.
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Rabbi Lipskar’s
Tuesday Night Class
TUESDAYS
11:00 am - From Exile to Redemption: Insights on
Moshiach with Rabbi Mendy Levy
12:00 pm - Pirkei Avot: Ethics of our Fathers
with Rabbi Dov Schochet
November 8 ~ Cheshvan 11
Parsha of the Week
WEDNESDAYS
11:20 am - Tanya
with Rabbi Sholom Lipskar
12:00 pm - Chassidic Philosophy of the Rebbe:
Relevant Concepts
with Rabbi Sholom Lipskar
Class to be followed by
a light lunch
with
8:30 pm
THURSDAYS
11:00 am - The Weekly Parsha
with Rabbi Shea Rubinstein
12:00 pm - Book of Judges
with Rabbi Dov Schochet
The Shul ~ Social Hall
9540 Collins Ave, Surfside
Download and listen to the latest classes and lectures
http://www.theshul.org/audio
You can join these classes at anytime during the course.
All classes are followed by complimentary refreshments.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Call Rabbi Dov Schochet at 305 868 1411 or email
dschochet@theshul.org
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Delve into the power, strength and beauty in the life of the Jewish Woman
Weekly Classes
Women’s Mikvah:
Monday
Please call Mrs. Devorah Failer for an
appointment: 305-866-1492 or
Practical Halacha
Women’s Study Group -
Rabbi Dov Schochet
Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar
11:00 - 11:30 am
8:00 - 10:00 pm
At the home of : Mrs. Cynthia Stein
9901 East Broadview Drive Bay Harbor
See pg. 20
305-323-2410
PLEASE NOTE:
Tuesday
Shabbos & Yom Tov visits must be PREPAID
Tanya Class in Spanish
Mrs. Vivian Perez
1:45 - 3:00 p m
Mrs. Vivian Perez
2:30 - 3:45 pm
~ 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village
Torah Portion Class in Spanish
The Shul Sisterhood
~ 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour
Who we are...
The Shul Sisterhood organizes all of The
Shul's programming and classes geared
toward women in the community. Our
objective is to bring women of all ages and
backgrounds together to learn, laugh,
experience, and rejuvenate their mind, body
and soul. Meet new friends,
relax and get inspired!
Wednesday
Morning Torah Class
10:00 - 11:00 am
The Weekly Portion - Woman’s Perspective
~ Haime Library
Tanya Class in English
Mrs. Vivian Perez
1:30 - 3:00 pm
~ 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour
Thursday
Netzach - (in French) Rabbi Zalman Gansburg 10:30 - 11:30 am
~ Haime Library Atelier d’Etude du Sens Cache des Berachot Rabbi Z. Gansburg 11:30 - 12:00 pm
If you would like to be a part of The Shul
Sisterhood, please call 305. 868.1411
Tanya in Spanish for Women
Mrs. Vivian Perez
~Chabad of Aventura, 21001 Biscayne Blvd, Aventura
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11:00 - 12:30 pm
French Connection
Réflexions sur la Paracha
Le Nouveau Chemin
Vivre avec la Paracha
Lekh Lekha - en bref
Il faut vivre avec le temps !
Genèse 12, 1 - 17, 27
par Haim Nisenbaum
D
«
.ieu s’adresse à Avram et lui ordonne : « Va pour toi hors
de ta terre, de ton pays natal et de la maison de ton
père, vers la terre que Je te montrerai ». Là, dit-Il, « Je
ferai de toi une grande nation » et « toutes les familles
de la terre seront bénies par toi ». Avram et son épouse Saraï,
accompagnés de leur neveu Loth, voyagent vers la terre de
Canaan où Avram construit un autel pour D.ieu et continue de
diffuser le message de l’existence d’un D.ieu unique.
Il faut vivre avec le temps » :
le mot est connu. Dit par
Rabbi Chnéour Zalman de
Lyadi, l’auteur du Tanya, il
signifie qu’il faut vivre avec la
Paracha de la semaine, ce qui,
justement, scande le temps qui
passe. L’ensemble de cette
publication est l’illustration même
de cette nécessité. Parfois, cependant, l’idée prend une force
d’évidence à laquelle rien ne peut se comparer. N’en est-il pas
ainsi à présent ? Si on avait pu la comprendre comme une formule
symbolique, certes belle et puissante, mais limitée à elle-même et
sans portée concrète, voici que la réalité en proclame l’urgence
quotidienne. « Lékh Lékha – Va vers toi » ordonne-t-elle. Vieux
message adressé par D.ieu à Abraham, mais aussi message vivant
pour tous les temps, et surtout message pour notre temps
d’incertitude. Partir, aller vers soi : c’est un véritable programme
qui nous est ainsi donné. Il ne reste plus qu’à le mettre en œuvre.
Une famine contraint le premier Juif à se rendre en Egypte. Les
princes du Pharaon voyant la beauté de Saraï la conduisent au
palais. Avram échappe à la mort car lui et Saraï se sont présentés
comme frère et sœur. Mais une plaie frappe Pharaon et sa maison,
l’empêchant de toucher à Saraï, ce qui le convainc de la rendre à
Avram et de compenser ce dernier par de l’or, de l’argent et du
bétail
A leur retour en Canaan, Loth se sépare d’Avram et s’installe dans
la cité corrompue de Sodome. Il est fait captif lorsque les
puissantes armées de Kedarlaomer et ses trois alliés conquièrent
les cinq cités de la vallée de Sodome. Avram arme alors une
troupe et part à la poursuite de ces derniers qu’il défait, libérant
Loth. Il est alors béni par Malki-Tsedek, roi de Chalem (Jérusalem).
D.ieu conclut avec Avram « l’Alliance entre les Morceaux », lors de
laquelle l’exil (la Galouth) et la persécution du peuple d’Israël sont
annoncés, et, en même temps, la Terre Sainte lui est donnée en
héritage éternel.
Souvenons-nous : les fêtes nous ont emplis de bonheur. Puis elles
se sont terminées et nous sommes revenus aux soucis de la vie,
un instant délaissés, mais en sentant vibrer en nous une force
renouvelée. C’est ainsi que nous avons tenu sans peine devant les
assauts du monde et que, fidèles à ce que nous sommes
vraiment, nous nous sommes liés à D.ieu par l’étude et la
pratique des commandements. Puis, peu à peu, l’habitude a pu
commencer à s’installer de nouveau. Peu à peu, le chemin du
service divin a pu retrouver sa place ancienne, celle des années
passées, comme un long fleuve tranquille retrouvant son ancien
lit un moment asséché. Et si une autre voie était possible ? Et si
les habitudes n’étaient pas les maîtres de la vie ? Si celle-ci
pouvait être le lieu d’un choix permanent entre tous les potentiels
que l’homme, en tant que créature Divine, possède ?
Toujours sans enfants dix ans après leur arrivée en terre de
Canaan, Saraï enjoint son mari, d’épouser Hagar sa servante.
Celle-ci tombe bientôt enceinte et « sa maîtresse devint
méprisable à ses yeux ». Saraï la traite alors durement et Hagar
s’enfuit. Un ange la convainc de retourner auprès de sa maîtresse
et lui annonce que son fils sera le père d’une nation
particulièrement nombreuse : Ismaël naît alors qu’Avram est âgé
de 86 ans.
Treize années plus tard, D.ieu change le nom d’Avram en Avraham
(« père d’une multitude ») et celui de Saraï en Sarah (« princesse »)
et leur promet la naissance d’un fils. De cet enfant, qu’ils
appelleront Isaac (« il rira »), descendra la grande nation avec
laquelle sera maintenue l’alliance. D.ieu ordonne à Avraham de se
circoncire, lui et ses descendants en « signe de l’alliance entre Moi
et vous ».
« Pars » nous dit la Paracha. « Va vers toi », souligne-t-elle. « Laisse
derrière toi la routine et toutes ces choses ressassées qui font la
vie des êtres humains ; il est temps de passer à un service de D.ieu
plus profond, moteur de la vie, âme du quotidien ! » veut-elle
nous donner à comprendre. Car, en cet encore début d’année,
c’est bien là l’enjeu. Sortir de ses limites auto imposées pour aller
à la découverte de soi. En un mot, « aller vers soi » comme on va
vers une terre inconnue dont on sait qu’elle est pleine de trésors
qui n’attendent que leur découvreur. Même si tous les actes, les
paroles, les pensées ont été jusqu’ici merveilleux, le meilleur est
là, à notre portée, juste derrière l’horizon. Le temps du chemin qui
s’ouvre est venu.
Cours de Torah en Français
Novembre 10 - Netzach
(pour Femmes)
Rabin Zalman Gansburg
Jeudi de 10h30 à 11h30
Haime Library
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Atelier d’Étude du Sens Caché
des Bérachot (pour Femmes)
Rabin Zalman Gansburg
Jeudi de 11h30 à 12h00
Haime Library
Latin Link
Reflexión Semanal
Parashá de la Semana
Cada uno es el Primero
Adaptado de la Enseñanzas del Lubavitcher Rebe
"circunciden cada varón de ustedes"
(Bereshit 17:11)
E
l texto de la bendición que recita el padre en la circuncisión
es: "Bendito... ingresarlo al pacto de Abraham nuestro
patriarca". Abraham, tal como se recalca en nuestra Parshá,
fue el primero en circuncidarse por orden de Di-s,
convirtiéndose en la "cabecera de los circuncisos" -el primero de
los que ingresaron al sagrado pacto entre Hashem y cada judío.
Sin embargo hay un interrogante: Maimónides escribe "no nos
circuncidamos porque Abraham nuestro patriarca a"h se
circuncidó junto a todos los miembros de su casa, sino porque el
Altísimo nos ordenó a través de Moshé nuestro maestro, que nos
circuncidemos". Resulta entonces, que la circuncisión que
nosotros practicamos no es "el pacto de Abraham nuestro
patriarca"- como reza la bendición- sino que ¡¿está fundamentada
en el mandato que nos fue ordenado a través de Moshé?!
Más aún: ¿Cuál es la necesidad de enfatizar en la bendición la
relación con Abraham, el patriarca? ¿No es acaso más importante
de que se trata de un pacto con Di-s? ¡La bendición debería haber
sido "Bendito... para ingresarlo al pacto de Di-s"!
refinada y espiritualizada, pero no es perceptible al ojo. Mientras
que en la circuncisión se nota el efecto de la Mitzvá en la misma
carne del cuerpo, reconocible para todos.
Exactamente como con Abraham
Este es el motivo por el cual el precepto de la circuncisión se
define como "el pacto de Abraham, nuestro patriarca". En el resto
de las Mitzvot, que de alguna manera están vinculadas con la
conciencia y el sentimiento de la persona que lo cumple, el
haberse practicado el precepto durante generaciones consolida y
estimula a la persona cumplidora, y por lo tanto en lo que hace a
lo emocional y mental. No es lo mismo el primero (o los primeros)
que asumieron el mandato a los que les siguieron, para quienes es
más fácil. Diferente es con el Brit Milá, donde no participan ni la
conciencia ni el sentimiento del niño, ya que su sólo objetivo es la
marca en el cuerpo, con cada niño (o adulto) judío que se
circuncida, tiene el mismo valor y fuerza como que fuera el
primero. Cada uno es exactamente igual que Abraham, que fue
"cabecera de circuncidados".
Por eso enfatizamos en la bendición que se trata del ingreso al
pacto de Abraham, el patriarca, para señalar que cada niño ingresa
al pacto, exactamente de la misma manera que lo hizo Abraham,
el primero en ingresar al pacto con el Altísimo.
(Likutei Sijot, tomo 10, Pág. 44)
Unión Material
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La explicación radica en la singularidad del precepto de la
circuncisión. Está dicho en el Shulján Aruj (Código de leyes judío)
que "el comienzo del ingreso del alma sagrada tiene lugar... con la
Mitzvá de la Milá". Es decir, al circuncidar a un niño judío de ocho
días de vida, comienza el alma sagrada, el alma Divina, a ingresar
al cuerpo. También antes posee un alma sagrada y, dijeron
nuestros Sabios que incluso mientras que el niño está en las
entrañas de la madre "se le enseña toda la Torá". Es decir, que
posee un alma sagrada, que es la que estudia toda la Torá. El
énfasis aquí está dado en la palabra "ingreso", es decir, que con la
circuncisión comienza la unión e integración real del alma
sagrada con el cuerpo material.
Clases y Eventos
Porción Semanal
Lunes 8:45 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Sinagoga Principal
Lecciones practicas para nuestra vida
cotidiana
(Para Mujeres)
Sra. Vivian Perez
Martes 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
198 Park Dr., Bal Harbour
Por favor llamar al 305 213 3202
para confirmar
Una Santidad Reconocible
Antes del Brit, pacto, el alma judía todavía no está unida con la
materia del cuerpo. Su influencia está circunscripta sólo a los
aspectos más espirituales de la criatura. La unión entre el alma
sagrada y el cuerpo tiene lugar al realizarse el Brit Milá. Ahí se
concreta lo dicho, "Mi pacto estará en vuestra carne como pacto
eterno"- el pacto con Di-s queda sellado y grabado en la misma
carne del cuerpo material.
Esta es la virtud especial del pacto de la circuncisión: todas las
Mitzvot, preceptos, tienen como objetivo unir al hombre con el
Creador, pero en el resto de las Mitzvot no se nota esa unión en la
materia misma del cuerpo. Por ejemplo, cuando la mano
distribuye caridad, Tzedaká, por supuesto que esa mano se ve
Kolel Español
Moshe S. Lerman
Miercoles 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Domingo 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
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Tanya
Moshe S. Lerman
Miercoles 7:15 PM - 8:05 p.m.
Haime Library - 2do piso en Shul
Sra. Vivian Perez
Jueves 11:00am – 12:30 pm
Chabad of Aventura,
21001 Biscayne Blvd, Aventura
Kids Corner / Teen Seen
Educate, inspire and most of all have FUN!
Mishmar for Boys with Moishy and Foli
1st –2nd Grade
Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
3rd - 4th Grade
Thursday 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
5th - 6th Grade
Thursday 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Bar Mitzvah Club
Every Tuesday from 6:00 - 7:30
For more information call Shaul
786-566-1529
Aleph Wonder Girls Craft Hour
For Girls Ages 5 - 7
Every Wednesday from 6:00 - 7:00
For more information
Call Yakira Leah - 305-331-8161
Bat Mitzvah Club
Every other Wednesday from 7:00 - 8:30
For more information call Dobie
305-984-8805
Fee: $5 per class
Mother & Daughter With Chama
For Girls 1st - 5th Grade
Super Shul Sundays
Every other Wednesday from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Every Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Boys in the Social Hall
Girls in new Montessori
Fee: $10 (Mother & Daughter included)
Teen Girls Activities
Pre -Tween Girls Activities
Exciting Programs for Teen Girls
For More Information call Sara Malka
718-4067185
Pre - Tween Learning Grades 4 - 5
For More information Call Chama: 347-822-5162
Tween Girls Activities
Teen Boys Activities & Learning
Exciting Program for Tween Girls
For More information call Batsheva: 786-301-3510
For details call Itche Diament: 954-643-8161
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wish to sponsor a prize in honor/memory of someone, please
contact Rochel Katz or Leah Lipskar at 305-864-5553.
SAVE THE DATE:
MONDAY, FEB. 13: 10th Annual Aleph Auction
FEB. 10-11 - Aleph Military Shabbaton:
“Shabbat With Our Jewish Troops”
Chaplain COL Jacob Goldstein , taking care of the Jewish troops in Afghanistan
To contribute to The Aleph Institute’s programs, or to volunteer your time, please call 305.864.5553
www.AlephInstitute.org
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For sale: $519,000; for rent $3,300 per month.
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Call 305 868-3553 or cell 305 788-5728.
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Find out what's going on and how You can get involved
In this Week’s Living Torah:
Looking for the Perfect Gift?
A weekly video magazine featuring the Rebbe's
application of Torah to timely events and issues
Would you like to honor someone’s Anniversary, Wedding,
Yahrtzeit, or any other occasion?
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Honor them by making a donation to The Shul in their name.
A card will be sent to each Honoree on your behalf,
from The Shul, acknowledging your meaningful gift.
The amount of the donation will not be disclosed
unless requested.
G-d, the Homemaker
Timeless Moments
Farewell
Eye to Eye
The Joy of Yiddish
For more information, please call Renee @ 305-868-1411 x 0
My Encounter
G-d given Talents
It Just Clicks!
Enjoy a live video presentation every Saturday
Night at The Shul immediately following Havdalah
To see the video on-line:
The Shul's weekly E-News
Everything you need to know sent straight to your inbox!
Send us your email address to info@theshul.org and let us know your
interests at The Shul and we will keep you in touch.
"Living Torah" Weekly Video Magazine
Featuring the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson obm.
http://www.theshul.org/LivingTorah
Write a letter to the Ohel
http://www.theshul.org/RebbeLetter
Shabbos Hospitality
Find a picture of yourself with the Rebbe!
If you would like to host or be hosted at a Shabbos meal,
please call The Shul at 305-868-1411
The Living Archive Preservation Project has launched this interactive archive
so that you can locate and request a video of your personal moment with
the Rebbe. http://www.theshul.org/mymoment
Staying Connected
Download and listen to the latest classes and lectures
in The Shul, at the convenience of your home or office.
http://www.theshul.org/audio
The Shul's Staying Connected Program
For College Students
Fill all your Judaica needs
(Books, Tefillin, Mezuzahs, etc) at www.theshul.org/store
The Shul will get commission on every sale!
More & more Jewish college students from different universities
across the country keep joining The Shul's Staying Connected program!
These students are excited about this "cool" program that offers them
the opportunity to "stay connected" to The Shul family while they are
away at school. They enjoy receiving candies, chocolate, matzah, wine,
menorahs, and special CD's from The Shul video-library to celebrate the
Jewish holidays. Staying Connected students also enjoy sharing special
events such as the Winter- Break & Summer Shabbatons at The Shul with
over 150 Jewish college students from 18 universities across the country.
The Shul Video of 'Journey of The Souls' has been one of the
main popular features this year all over Chabad.org.
To view go to:
http://www.theshul.org/Journey
The New Jewish Marriage Website:
http://www.theshul.org/marriage
The New Jobs Board
To learn more about Staying Connected, please call Rabbi Zalman Lipskar
at 305.868.1411 ext. 7345 or email stayingconnected@theshul.org.
To enroll in The Shul's Staying Connected program , please mail the
Student’s name, Hebrew name, complete address, telephone & email to:
www.theshul.org/jobs
JNET: The Jewish Learning Network:
Learning one-on-one over the phone:
http://www.jnet.org/
The Shul - Staying Connected
Attn. Rabbi Zalman Lipskar
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, FL 33154
The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute
http://www.myJLI.com
Emergency Evacuation Procedures:
Older Folks with special needs can call 311 or register at
Stay Connected! Sign up now to receive delicious packages throughout
the year to celebrate our wonderful Jewish Holidays! It's Free!
http://www.miamidade.gov/oem/EEAP.asp
www.StandWithUs.com
If you already joined Staying Connected, please remember to send us
your new address if the one you had last semester has changed.
You will find a very informative, factual and - not political, short booklet
about Israel, which was issued by a non partisan organization
"Stand With Us". Your readers around the world will definitely benefit
from the available multiple languages.
www.MythsandFacts.org
Go to this website for the link to the booklet “This Land is My Land”
educational booklet by Eli Hertz.
All the books can be downloaded for free.
Permanent Seating in The Shul
There are a limited number of seat dedications still available
in our Main Sanctuary, with finance options as well.
If you are interested in more information please speak to or
call Lydia Hasson or Penina Wuensch at 305 868 1411
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Daily Study
A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul
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Torah Ohr
6:10 - 6:50 am
Daf Yomi
Rabbi Dov Schochet
7:45 - 8:45 am
RamBam (Monday - Thursday)
Rabbi Dov Schochet
8:45 - 9:00 am
Chok L’Yisrael - Sephardic Custom
Shimshon Tzubeli
Sichos - The Rebbe’s insights on the weekly Parsha
10:00 - 10:45 am
Community Kollel (Men) Mon - Thurs.
Shul Rabbis and Kolel
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Daf Yomi (Men)
Rabbi Dov Schochet
Spanish Kolel - Chassidus (Men)
Mr. Isaac Gorin / Mr. Moshe Lerman
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Executive Smicha (Men)
Rabbi Dov Schochet
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Weekly Torah Portion (Spanish)
Women’s Study Group:
At the home of: Mrs. Cynthia Stein
9901 East Broadview Drive Bay Harbor
And Mrs. Miriam Yerushalmi
8:00 - 10:00pm
Senior Torah Academy:
From Exile to Redemption: Insights on Moshiach
Rabbi Mendy Levy
11:00 - 11:45 am
Senior Torah Academy for Men & Women
Pirkei Avot: Ethics of our Fathers
Rabbi Dov Schochet
Tanya Class in Spanish (Women)
Mrs. Vivian Perez, 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village
1:45 - 3:00 pm
Torah Portion Class in Spanish (Women)
2:30 - 3:45 pm
Executive Smicha (Men)
Rabbi Dov Schochet
Rabbi Lipskar’s Tuesday Class
8:30 - 10:15 pm
Parenting Class (Women)
9:15 - 10:00 am
Morning Torah Class (Women) - Weekly Parsha
10:00 - 11:00 am
Senior Torah Academy for Men & Women
Tanya
11:20 - 12:30pm
Tanya Class in English (Women)
Spanish Kolel
Rabbi Benchimol
Tiferet - French (Women) - Haime Library
Rabbi Zalman Gansburg
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Atelier d’Etude du Sens Cache des Berachot (Women) Haime Library
Rabbi Zalman Gansburg
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Mitzvos of the Weekly Parsha (Men & Women)
Senior Torah Academy for Men & Women (Main Sanctuary)
Book of Judges
Rabbi Dov Schochet
12:00 - 12:45 pm
Tanya in Spanish (Women)
Mrs. Vivian Perez
(Chabad of Aventura, 21001 Biscayne Blvd)
11:00 - 12:30 pm
Tanya (Men & Women)
Rabbi Uri Cohen
*All classes located at The Shul unless otherwise specified.
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12:00 - 12:45 pm
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
8:00 - 10:00 pm
11:00 - 11:45 am
8:00 pm
Community Nachas
A Peek at Recent Happenings
The Bat Mitzva Club at The Shul is having the best time! 25 girls from all backgrounds came
together to learn and have fun! This past week they learned the importance of lighting Shabbat
candles and how our soul is compared to a candle.

The Shul - The 3 Million Mitzvahs Campaign

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