MIZRACHI MATTERS

MIZRACHI MATTERS
‫בס"ד‬
Friday, 8 April (29 Adar 2)
SHABBAT HACHODESH / PARASHAT TAZRIA (Vol 10, No 30)
Rabbi Mottel Krasnjanski will speak from the Pulpit Friday night
Mincha: 5:50pm
Candle Lighting: 5:44pm
This week’s Kiddush is sponsored by Elliot & Linda Allen in appreciation of the warm welcome they have received from the Melbourne Community.
They hope to reciprocate when you visit New York - contact them at PROFLA@yahoo.com or (516) 766-5369!
Shabbat 9 April
ROSH CHODESH
Sunday 10 April
2 Nisan
Monday 11 April
3 Nisan
Tuesday 12 April
4 Nisan
Wednesday 13 April
5 Nisan
Thursday 14 April
6 Nisan
Friday 15 April
7 Nisan
1. Beit Yehuda 2. Beit HaRoeh 3. Kehillat Ohr David/Beit Midrash 4. Bnei Akiva 5. Elsternwick 6. Midrashah 7. Goldberger Hall
Shacharit
Dawn
Tallit & Tefillin
Sunrise
Sh'ma (‫)גר״א‬
Earliest Mincha
Mincha followed by Maa'riv
1
1
1
7:30am
7:00am 8:00am
1
4
9:30am
9:00am
5:30am
5:31am
5:50am
5:51am
6:42am
6:43am
9:31am
9:31am
12:50pm
12:50pm
1
5:35pm
1
5:40pm
1
6:25am
1
7:30am
5:32am
5:52am
6:44am
9:32am
12:49pm
1
5:40pm
1
6:30am
1
7:30am
5:33am
5:53am
6:45am
9:32am
12:49pm
1
5:40pm
1
6:30am
1
7:30am
5:34am
5:54am
6:46am
9:32am
12:49pm
1
5:40pm
1
6:25am
1
7:30am
5:35am
5:55am
6:47am
9:33am
12:48pm
1
5:40pm
Candle Lighting
1
6:30am
1
7:30am
5:35am
5:55am
6:47am
9:33am
12:48pm
1
5:40pm
5:35pm
Plag HaMincha (‫)גר״א‬
4:50pm
4:49pm
4:48pm
4:46pm
4:45pm
4:44pm
4:43pm
Sunset
6:01pm
5:59pm
5:58pm
5:56pm
5:55pm
5:54pm
5:52pm
Night
Second Ma'ariv
6:41pm
6:39pm
3
9:30pm
6:38pm
3
9:30pm
6:37pm
3
9:30pm
6:35pm
3
9:30pm
6:34pm
3
9:30pm
6:33pm
SHIURIM
Mishnah Yomit
EVENTS
YAHRTZEITS
R’ Leor Broh
Daf Yomi
Daf Yomi
Daf Yomi
Daf Yomi
Daf Yomi
Daf Yomi
2
6
6
6
6
6
6
9:00am
8:45am
8:15am
8:15am
8:15am
8:15am
8:15am
R’ James Kennard
12 Foundations
Ramban on the
Scotch & Shiur
“Following in the
Lunch and Learn
7
9:30am
Bat-Mitzva Program Parsha for women
Rav Noam
Footsteps of our
Guest Speaker
Drashot
Michal Kaufman &
Sara Landau and
Himelstein
Fathers”
Rabbi Yonasan
1
3
R’ James Kennard
Avital Seifman
Aviva Rosenbaum
12:00pm
for Ladies & Girls
Johnson
2
6
6
R’ Leor Broh
4.30pm
9:30am
11 Morrice St
Lvl 51, 101 Collins St
Ivrit Shiur for
3
R’ Chezy Deren
1:00pm
Year 10-12 Girls Speaker: Dr. Michal
Pre Bar-Mitzvah
NEW
Parashat HaShavua
Kaufman
R’ Danny Mirvis
Hesder Hebrew
Michael Kaufman
Iyun on Parashah
Shiur
Time Change:
Not this week
Chabura
8.30pm
Doodie Bankier
R’ James Kennard
11:15am
Elron Bandel
Not this week
Post Bar-Mitzvah
Shiur for men &
3
4:40pm
5:00pm
Gary’s Gemara
R’ Danny Mirvis
Women
Parasha Shiur
Shiur
Not this week
with R’ Noam
(Ivrit Kala) with
PART 3 The Seder:
Robbie Berkowitz
Himelstein
a member of the
Maharal on Pirkei Destiny Over Dinner
3
8:30pm
R’ James Kennard
Topic: The Four
Hesder team
Avot
3
3
7:30pm
Sons - In the Torah
8:45pm
R’ James Kennard
and in the Haggadah
for University & post
Contemporary
2
8:30pm
University women
Halacha
6
8.30pm
R’ Chezy Deren
7/93 Hotham St
8.30pm
Sefer Shemot
for women
Michal Kaufman
(Lewis’ house)
9:00pm
Berachot 4:2-3
Berachot 4:4-5
Berachot 4:6-7
Berachot 5:1-2
Berachot 5:3-4
Berachot 5:5-6:1
Berachot 6:2-3
Between Mincha
Between Mincha
Between Mincha
Between Mincha
Between Mincha
5:25pm
5:30pm
and Ma'ariv
and Ma'ariv
and Ma'ariv
and Ma'ariv
and Ma'ariv
Aufruf
Holy Bagel
2
3
Eitan Cher
9:00am
Children’s Tefilah All learning tonight in
10:30 – 11:30am the Beit Midrash will
KEHILLAH KIDDUSH be in memory of
Caron and Eric
in Goldberger Hall
Goldman and Steven
B’nei Akiva
Cohen on their
4:00pm
Yahrzeit
Seudah Shlishit:
R' Scott Berman
Zev Brykman
(Mother)
Sylvia Cher
(Father)
Leil Limmud
in memory of
the late
Miriam White ‫ע"ה‬
after the
9.30pm Ma’ariv
Matzevah in loving
memory of the lady
Mrs Trudy
Becher ‫ע"ה‬
will take place at
4:00pm at Lyndhurst
Chill ‘n Cholent with
Guest Speaker:
Ya’akov Waller
3
9.45pm
Noam & Yossi White
(Mother)
Solly Joss
(Mother)
MAZAL TOV
We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Yoni & Adina Felman
on the birth of a daughter (in Jerusalem)
Mazal Tov to the grandparents: Phillip & Sandra Felman and
Rabbi Yitzchak & Naomi Talasnky (Jerusalem)
Mazal Tov to the great-grandfather: Ludevit Ehrenreich
We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Delilah Schwartz and Dor Meshulam
on their engagement
Mazal tov to the parents: Jennifer Munz, Danny Schwartz and Gilad & Hadassa Meshulam
Mazal tov to the grandmother: Mrs. Baba Schwartz
We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Eitan Cher & Gabi Levy
on their forthcoming wedding
Mazal tov to the parents: Sylvia & Lawrence Cher and Debbie & Geoff Levy (Sydney)
Mazal tov to the grandparents: Ursula and Ivan Cher, Clarice Schwartz and Rose Levy
BAR MITZVAH ANNIVERSARIES
Tazria Metzora: Alan Moss, Mordechai Landau
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Shabbat: Yehuda Orelowitz
Sunday: Hayley Junger
Monday: Ilana Zimmerman, Sue Tempelhof
Tuesday: Adina Waller, Danielle Glick, Leah Waysman, Romi Mihalovich
Wednesday: Anne Shnider
Thursday: Benji Jotkowitz, Gary Esterman
Friday: Elisa Donath
If you have an occasion or milestone event that you would like to be mentioned in Mizrachi Matters,
please email it to office@mizrachi.com.au by 12:00pm on Thursdays
NEWSLETTER
‫ב ס "ד‬
9 April 2016
1 Nissan 5776
Shabbat HaChodesh
Parshat Tazria
FOR THE
ELSTERNWICK JEWISH COMMUNITY
Yahrzeits during the coming week
Miriam Hain (Father) [Shabbat]
Sue Weinstock (Husband) [Shabbat]
Contact numbers
Rabbi
Rabbi Chaim Cowen
0433-308-584
cowen.chaim@gmail.com
Chairman
Mark Kras
Ed Goldman (Father) [Wednesday]
Rachel Hyman (Father) [Friday]
Shabbat times
Candle Lighting this week
Kabbalat Shabbat this week
Pre-Shacharit Shiur
Shacharit
Mincha at
Shabbat ends at
Candle Lighting next week
Kabbalat Shabbat next week
5.45 pm
5.55 pm
9.00 am
9.30 am
5.25 pm
6.41 pm
5.35 pm
5.45 pm
0410-460-970
imkras@gmail.com
Gabbai
Elan Jacobs
0419-527-227
The Rabbi’s Shabbat Shiurim
The early shiur (9.00am, before Shacharit) - come join the Rabbi for cake, coffee and an
exploration of the mystical parsha
elanjacobs@hotmail.com
Secretary
Sally-Ann Jaye
0437-625-350
In shule this week …
Rabbi Cowen will be leading Kabbalat Shabbat, Elan Jacobs will be leading Shacharit, Daniel
Lowinger will be leining and leading Mussaf, and Jonathan Epstein will be saying the Haftorah.
ejc@mizrachi.com.au
Haftorah requests
Dennis Max
9528-6865
Kiddush this Shabbat
You are all invited to the kiddush, which will be sponsored by Judy & Mark Kras in celebration of
Mark’s birthday.
classact@werple.net.au
Contributions to
Newsletter (please)
Sally-Ann
ejc@mizrachi.com.au
At the Rabbi’s
For the Young Adults – the Wick on Thursday evenings from 8.00 to 9.00pm at the Rabbi’s
home, Unit 3, 301 Glen Eira Road, Caulfield North
Weekday times
Sunday: Tefillin beginners class, including breakfast
Monday and Thursday
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
8.00 am
6.30 am
6.45 am
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
PRESIDENT
Ian Waller QC
Members are advised that the
72nd Annual General Meeting
of the Mizrachi Organisation
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Daniel Solomon
**********
will take place at
8:00 PM on Monday 9 May 2016,
in the Goldberger Hall,
Weiss Mizrachi Centre
81 Balaclava Rd, Caulfield North
MIZRACHI SYNAGOGUES
Beit Yehuda
Beit HaRoeh
Kehillat Ohr David
**********
BEIT MIDRASH NAFTALI HERC
Kollel Torah MiTzion
Midreshet Ohr HaMizrachi
**********
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.
ELSTERNWICK
JEWISH COMMUNITY
Faye Rockman Synagogue
Persons entitled to vote or stand for election at that meeting are required to
have been financial members at 31st December, 2015.
**********
 AGENDA 
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
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Opening of Annual General Meeting
Dvar Torah
Apologies
Minutes of the 71st Annual General Meeting
Matters arising out of the Minutes
Adoption of Annual Reports
Leibler Yavneh College Constitutional Amendments
Elections:
a. Mizrachi President
b. Mizrachi Vice President
c. Mizrachi Chairman
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. Twelve (12) Committee Members
9. Address by incoming President
10. General business
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
7 April 2016
28 Adar 5776
Dear Members of the Mizrachi and Yavneh Family,
Yom HaShoa, Holocaust Memorial Day, will be on Thursday 5 May 2016.
We will be having an assembly at school at 10:10am in which we will commemorate and pay tribute
to those who died Al Kiddush Hashem during the Holocaust.
If any members of your family are Holocaust survivors and would like to honour us with their
presence and/or participate in our candle lighting ceremony during this assembly, please contact me
at the email address below.
As part of this year’s Yom HaShoah ceremony, we would like to honour family members from the
Mizrachi and Yavneh community who perished in the Holocaust. These names will be screened
during the commemoration.
If you wish to include the names of your family members, we ask that you email the details to
c.cowen@yavneh.vic.edu.au by Friday 15 April 2016.
Please note that if you sent this information to us last year, there is no need to re-submit it again as
we have retained the information from last year’s ceremony. The information and lists submitted do
not need to be comprehensive; simply provide the information you have.
Thank you,
Rabbi Chaim Cowen
Head of Jewish Studies, Secondary
STARTS SUNDAY THE 10th OF APRIL
AND CONTINUES EVERY 2nd WEEK
FROM 6:00-6:45PM
STARTS THE WEEK OF THE 10th OF APRIL, ASK
YOUR MADRICHIM FOR YOUR SPECIFIC DAY
OF THE WEEK AND TIME. IT CONTINUES
EVERY 2nd WEEK.
GET EXCITED TO CHILL WITH YOUR
MADS AND DISCUSS COOL TOPICS!
(THERE WILL BE FOOD)
LOCATION: MIZRACHI BEIT MIDRASH
THE SEDER
DESTINY OVER DINNER
WITH RABBI KENNARD
STARTING THIS WEEK!
STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE: HOW THE SEDER IS
ARRANGED AND HOW THE HAGADDA IS ORDERED
MONDAY 28 MARCH AT 7:30 PM
LAWS, CUSTOMS, STRICTURES AND LENIENCIES
MONDAY 4 APRIL AT 7:30 PM
THE MANY OBJECTIVES OF THE HAGADDA AND HOW
BEST TO ACHIEVE THEM
MONDAY 11 APRIL AT 7:30 PM
NOT JUST OUR ANCESTORS - THE SEDER, JEWISH
HISTORY AND THE JEWISH FUTURE
MONDAY 18 APRIL AT 7:30 PM
LOCATION: BEIT HAROEH
PLEASE BRING A HAGADDA
‫בס״ד‬
THE SALE OF CHOMETZ
On Pesach it is forbidden to keep “Chometz”, its mixtures and/or derivatives in one’s possession. All “Chometz” not destroyed
before the morning before Pesach must be sold to a non-Jew. This sale must be in strict accordance with Jewish law and is
therefore conducted by a Rabbi well-versed in the particular requirements necessary.
B'dikas Chometz (“Searching for the Chometz”) takes place THURSDAY EVENING, 21st APRIL, 2016. The formal sale of Chometz
to a non-Jew takes place mid-morning of FRIDAY, 22nd APRIL, 2016. The Rabbi should be empowered to sell the Chometz well
before this time. Please note the procedure for the sale of Chometz:
1.
The Rabbi is appointed as an agent of the seller of the Chometz to sell it to a non-Jew. The areas where the Chometz is
stored are also leased to the non-Jew and Chometz being sold should therefore be stored in an appropriately segregated area.
The non-Jew must be granted free access the Chometz he purchases.
2.
This procedure is a bona fide sale in accord with Talmudic and secular law.
3.
It is prohibited to derive any benefit from Chometz which has been kept in possession of a Jew during Pesach. Therefore,
care should be taken to obtain Chometz after Pesach from someone who has sold his Chometz prior to Pesach. If in doubt in a
particular case, one should delay before buying from the Jew until one is reasonably certain that a new stock of Chometz has been
acquired.
4.
Should one receive or even inadvertently acquire Chometz or find Chometz in one’s premises during Chol Hamoed, the
Chometz should be burned (or destroyed). If received or found on Yom Tov, then handling it is prohibited since it is muktzeh.
One should cover it with a vessel until the end of Yom Tov and then burn it.
Please contact your local orthodox Rabbi directly to organise the selling of your Chometz or you may complete the form below
and mail it to the Kosher Australia office.
MECHIRAS CHOMETZ 5776 - DELEGATION OF POWER FOR SALE OF CHOMETZ
I, the undersigned, fully empower and permit Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick to act in my place and stead and on my behalf to sell all
Chometz possessed by me, knowingly or unknowingly, as defined by the Torah and Rabbinic law (e.g. Chometz, possible Chometz
and all kinds of Chometz mixtures). Also Chometz that tends to harden and adhere to inside surfaces of pans, pots or cooking and
usable utensils, and all kinds of live animals and pets that have been eating Chometz or mixtures thereof. He is also empowered
to lease all places wherein or whereon the Chometz owned by me may be found, particularly in the premises located at (list
home, business, holiday home addresses as applicable).
and elsewhere.
Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick has full right to appoint any agent or substitute in his stead and said substitute shall have full right to
sell and lease as provided herein. This power is in conformity with all Torah, Rabbinic and Civil laws.
Name
Address
Email
Phone
Signed
Date
Please note: If you use this form it is not technically necessary to personally empower the Rabbi in his presence.
Please send this form to Kosher Australia Pty Ltd, C/- RABBI MORDECHAI GUTNICK, RABBINIC ADMINISTRATOR, 81 BALACLAVA
ROAD, CAULFIELD NORTH 3161 or it can be scanned and emailed to info@kosher.org.au marked ‘Sale of Chometz Form’ or faxed
to (03) 9527 5665.
Those wishing to make a personal Kinyan for the sale of Chametz can meet with Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick personally at the
following times at the Mizrachi office:
Thurs 14 April
6:15 - 7:15pm .......................................................................................... Sun 17 April
9:15 - 10.30am
Mon 18 April
10:30am - 12:00pm ........................................................................... Tues 19 April 10:30am - 12:00pm
Because of mail hold-ups, it is strongly recommended that this form should not be mailed later than FRIDAY, 15th APRIL 2016 or
it can be hand-delivered to the Kosher Australia office or left in the letterbox, at 81 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North, by
MONDAY 18th APRIL 2016.
© 2016 Kosher Australia Pty Ltd ABN 22 074 523 989
‫בס"ד‬
Mizrachi Organisation
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
MAOT CHITTEN APPEAL 5776
Adar I, 5776
February 2016
Dear Friends
Although we work quietly and try to remain unobtrusive, the Mizrachi Charity Funds donates over $140,000 a year
to those within our community who are hungry, homeless, jobless, abused or abandoned. Often these individuals
have children to feed. Often, these children go to school with our own.
Thanks to your generosity, we are able to
• provide food vouchers
• rental assistance
• medical assistance
• and much needed support whilst an individual retrains or re-enters the work force.
Thanks to your generosity, we are able to change lives. And when we can’t – and that’s often the case – we can at
least help alleviate some of the angst.
Many in our community have become reliant on the regular food vouchers they receive and the emergency support
they know they can count on.
But we are reliant on you. On your continued support of what we do. On your acknowledgement that we must
help. Please give generously.
Wishing you a Pesach Kasher V’Sameach
Yvonne Korbl
Charity Fund Convenor
A. Payment Type: Please tick only one of the following three boxes
 Cash in the sum of $__________ is enclosed.
 Cheque for $__________ is enclosed.
Cheques should be made payable to “Mizrachi Charity Fund”.
 Please charge my credit card $________________
Credit Card Type:  Mastercard
 Visa
 AMEX
Credit Card No: ___ ___ ___ ___|___ ___ ___ ___|___ ___ ___ ___|___ ___ ___ ___
Expiry Date:
___ / ___
Name on Card: _____________________________
B. Your Details: Please Print Clearly
Name:
________________________________________________________
Address:
________________________________________________________
Suburb:
______________________________________Postcode: __________
Phone:
__________________ Email address: _______________________
CHILDREN'S
PROGRAMS
new shabbat morning children's programs
Gan Shabbat: Ages 0-4- Kinder room closest to Balaclava Rd
Led by experienced early childhood educators
Children under 2 to be accompanied by a parent.
Shabbat B' Yachad : Foundation- Grade 6
upstairs in the Bnei Maon
Program written by parents. Led by enthusiastic High School
Madrichim.
10.30 am - 11.30 am
Each child will receive their own custom made siddur
Free of Charge
Bnei Akiva Australia in conjuction with Six Parallels South present:
NEW AUTUMN 2016 RELEASE FUNDRAISER
ORDER YOUR WINE FOR PESACH AND SUPPORT BNEI AKIVA
Receive 10% OFF when you
purchase 6 bottles of wine
and 15% OFF when you
purchase 12 bottles.
DELIVERY STRAIGHT
TO YOUR DOOR!
Order online: www.6psouth.com
NEW AUTUMN 2016 RELEASE FUNDRAISER
2015 will definitely go down as one of the best vintages
in recent times for Victorian wines. An early start to spring
combined with long days of sunshine and cool nights over
summer enabled all regions to experience near perfect
ripening conditions for grapes of all varieties. And the
good news for lovers of kosher wine is that we too will be
able to enjoy the fruits of this harvest with the upcoming
release of the new range from Six Parallels South!
Since the release of its first range in 2014, Six Parallels
South wines have become a favourite amongst many
of Melbourne’s best known restaurants, wine bars
and wine stores and leading Australian wine journalist
Nick Stock recently described the winery as ‘changing
the kosher wine game’. Six Parallels South’s Autumn 2016
Release consists of four wines, made from five grape
varieties in three different regions and Bnei Akiva Australia
is proud to announce that it is collaborating with the
winery in a special pre-release offer for Pesach.
Six Parallels South will generously donate a sizable
amount of all sales in the special pre-release offer to
Bnei Akiva Australia in order to enable the continuation
of educational and outreach programs for youth of the
Australian Jewish community.
The wines in the Autumn 2016 Release are as follows:
MERLOT – Bendigo 2015
SYRAH – Heathcote 2015
SHIRAZ – Heathcote 2015
CABERNET MALBEC – Yarra Valley & Bendigo 2015
For further details including how to order in the Bnei Akiva
pre-release offer, please visit www.6psouth.com
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Tazria | 1 Nisan 5776 | April 9th, 2016 | Issue 647
Mazal Tov to Orly Zilbershlag, our Office Manager, on the birth of a girl!
Mazal Tov to Pnina and Baruch Weintraub (Toronto 2011-2014) on the birth of a son!
Rav Gideon Weitzman
Former Rosh Kollel in Kansas City (1998-2000)
Currently Head of the English Speaking Section of the Puah Institute
Purely Connected
The Public and the Private
This week's Parshah continues the theme of the Book of Vayikra that is also
called Torat Cohanim, the laws related to the Cohanim and the Temple
service. Someone who wants to enter into the Temple compound or to
consume sacrifices has to be tahor, pure. And so Tazria deals with the
intricate and complex laws of who is pure and who is impure and is barred
from entering the Temple.
However the Parshah opens up discussing the impurity of the postpartum
woman. "A woman who gives seed and bears a son, she shall be impure for
seven days like the impurity of menstruation". These two examples, giving
birth and menstruation, take us out of the Temple and bring us right back to
our homes, to our bodies, to the intimate areas of our lives.
It appears that the Torah is teaching a lesson by starting the discussion of
purity and impurity at home, in the private arena, and only subsequently
connecting them to the Temple. Other examples of impurity are also
personal and private, such as ejaculation, death and the skin blemishes that
we will read about next week.
To really understand the Torah's message we have to examine the deeper
meaning of the terms purity and impurity.
Purity as Connection
Often we mistakenly assume that purity and impurity are synonymous with
cleanliness or the opposite; being dirty. Yet this is clearly not the case as
impurity exists in these private areas that are not immediately associated
with being clean or dirty.
Rather impurity comes when one is disconnected from God. The closer we
are connected to God the more we have a sense of taharah, or purity. That is
why one who comes to the Temple needs to be pure. Simply coming to the
Temple is a physical act but it conveys a much deeper message of connection
with God. The word korban, sacrifice, comes from the word karov, meaning
close, and the sacrifices are a medium by which we can draw close to God.
To do so we need to be pure and in doing so we enhance our own purity.
The closest thing to God is life itself; in fact living and preserving life takes
halachic precedence over almost all of the Torah itself. God declares that life
itself is the dearest thing in His world and the holiest entity that there is.
The opposite of life causes the ultimate impurity. Death and a dead body are
the epitome of tumah and cause anyone to become impure even if they had
indirect contact with the corpse; for example, if they were in the same
building as a dead person.
The Living Torah
So why is a woman who gives birth impure? In his recent book on
miscarriage, Rabbi Avraham Stav brings a moving and inspiring essay by
Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein. He describes the wonder of the period of
pregnancy during which a woman is usually pure for several months. The
woman harvests life within her and this life that grows brings with it purity.
Rabbi Zilberstein describes the woman as though she is carrying a Torah
scroll in her womb and she is like the Ark in the synagogue that contains the
most holy thing that we have today, the Torah scroll. In the same way that
the Torah scroll does not and cannot become impure so too the pregnant
woman has a long period of purity due to her elevated and special status.
This is a wonderful time for the expecting parents that carries with it great
hope and often a considerable amount of trepidation due to the tremendous
responsibility that they feel by having been given this great gift of life.
What happens when the woman delivers the baby? This purity, sanctity and
life leaves her body and a vacuum is created. Since there is no spiritual
vacuum when the life leaves her she becomes somewhat detached from that
life and this leaves her impure for a certain time period.
This is a result of the elevated status that she had during the pregnancy and
the spiritual heights that she attained by her ability to nurture life.
There is another message here as well; purity and impurity are natural and
part of the circle of life. We need not fear them but recognize the cycle that
occurs for each person. So too in our relationship with God, we have times
when we are closer and times when we feel further apart, detached and less
connected. This need not frighten us but we must be conscious of this ebb
and flow in our relationship with Him, to embrace the times of proximity
that give us strength to overcome the times of distance and estrangement.
Shabbat Shalom.
TMT Spotlight:
Zeev Schwartz visits South Africa
Johannesburg
Over twenty years ago the vision of Religious Zionist Batei Midrash with
shlichim from Israel was born. The underlying need was the reality
that there was no venue for continued learning Torah for those returning
from their Gap Year in Israel. Those seeking high level learning turned to
Charedi institutions, but there was no continuation of the Israeli and
Zionist experience. Thus "Torah MiTzion" was formed - a Religious
Zionist revolution. Why did it all start in Johannesburg? That is the city
where I grew up, and where I chose to become religious. It served as the
basis for my thinking, to analyze the situation and alternatives and to
ultimately create a functioning model for a solution, which still
operates today - the Torah MiTzion Kollel.
The first Zionist Kollel to open within this framework was established in
Memphis, Tennessee. Since then, the phenomenon has spread like wildfire
and within a few years we started about 18 Kollels worldwide.
The Johannesburg Kollel was established 18 years ago, and has since gone
through many changes until it reached its current successful model under
the leadership of Rabbi Shlomo Glicksberg. The Beit Midrash, known as
the Beit Mordechai Campus Kollel, is located in the Mizrachi Shul
in Glenhazel, where Averichim, dozens of boys and girls returning from
their year in Israel, high school aged Bnei Akiva members, college students
and Ba'alei Batim learn daily.
The focus of my visit was to strengthen the connection between Jerusalem
and Johannesburg, to examine ways of working together and to meet with
the Kollel leadership, the Mizrachi and "Yeshiva College" (the school I
learned in as a student).
During the visit in Johannesburg we explored the option of expanding the
Kollel's activity to nearby cities. I met with Chief Rabbi Warren
Goldstein in order to strengthen our partnership and discuss
implementing the Global Shabbat Project in Torah MiTzion centers
worldwide.
Cape Town
Amazing place. Amazing people. 21 years of impact and success.
There is a sentence that describes the uniqueness and beauty of this city:
"When God created Cape Town, He was in a good mood." The city also
attracts unique people - each time it is exciting to see the dedication of
community members to the Herzlia School, various synagogues, and the
Kollel. The "Yeshiva of Cape Town" was established over 21 years ago by
Rabbi Jonathan Glass, who conceived, pushed and established the model
that has become integral to the evolution of Torah MiTzion.
For 20 years, the Kollel was located in the Arthur's Road Shul, known as
Beit Midrash Morasha. The highlight of the Kollel was the broad
spectrum of Chavrutot with community members, which expanded to other
synagogues in the nearby communities of Clermont, Milnerton, Camps Bay
and more.
A year ago, the Kollel moved to the Marais Road Shul in order to enhance
and expand their impact. The focus of my visit was to meet the leadership of
the Synagogue - Rabbi Weinberg and Rabbi Hecht, and of course to
meet with the director of Herzlia Schools, Jeff Cohen and his team.
Today there are four Torah MiTzion Bachurim who divide their time
between informal education in the Herzliya Schools, Limud Torah,
chavrutot and special activities around the holidays - Eliya Fuks, Aharon
Shoklink, Netanel Miness and Daniel Halle.
Around The World
Last Parent Child Learning
TMT Moscow's community-wide
(PCL) of the year in Memphis
Purim party
Friday Tisch and Kahoot with
Sunday BBQ with the Torah
10th grade boys in Montreal
MiTzion Washington bachurim
ISRAtag
Arik Speaker
In cooperation with:
'Lilmod' Coordinator and Head of European Desk in Torah MiTzion
The synagogue named after Rabbi Judah HaChassid, most commonly
known as the "The Churva" (ruin), is above all a symbol of Jewish life in
the Old City of Jerusalem during the recent centuries.
There is no absolute clarity regarding the early history of the
synagogue. What is certain is that the synagogue was founded by a group of
Lithuanian Jews, led by Rabbi Judah HaChassid, and was probably the first
Ashkenazi synagogue in Jerusalem.
The very construction of the synagogue needed quite a bit of siyata
deshma'ya, since according to the Ottoman law it was forbidden for Jews to
buy land in Jerusalem, let alone to build new synagogues.
Rabbi Judah HaChassid died unexpectedly shortly after his arrival in the
Holy Land, and the construction left heavy debts on the small Ashkenazi
community, which ultimately led to their expulsion from the city and the
destruction of the synagogue. Ashkenazim thereafter had to "dress up" as
Sephardic Jews so that they could enter the city. Only some 150 years later
the Vilna Gaon's disciples who had come to settle in Jerusalem payed the
debts and completed the construction of the synagogue. The construction
was completed in 1864. The synagogue, which was designed by a Muslim
architect and has many similarities to a mosque, was then considered one of
the most prestigious of the country.
Rav Kook served as president of the synagogue before he was named Chief
Rabbi.
The Aron Kodesh seen in the previous bulletin is an accurate restoration of
the original Aron which arrived from Ukraine and was built by Jewish
soldiers in the Czar's army. The Aron has two floors, the top tier being
designated for unusable Torah scrolls.
During the War of Independence, even before the fall of the Jewish Quarter,
the Jordanian Legion blew-up the synagogue completely, something which
they believed would symbolize the end of Jewish history in the Old City.
After the Six-Day War conquest the synagogue was not rebuilt and only
only at the beginning of the 21st century the government decided on an exact
reconstruction of the original synagogue. Today the synagogue is again a
central point in the city, with hundreds of worshipers, learners and visitors.
Yasher Koach to
Rabbi Ari Enkin
for providing the
correct answer
Where was this photo taken?
Please send answers to arik@torahmitzion.org
The answer, further information about this location, as well as the first person to
recognize this site will be published in next week's edition.
Torah MiTzion was established in 1995 with the goal of strengthening Jewish
communities around the globe and infusing them with love for Torah, the
Jewish People and the State of Israel.
Over the past twenty years, Torah MiTzion's shlichim have inspired and
enriched their host communities through high impactful formal and informal
educational programs.
In cooperation with :
Our friend Benjy Singer has a very useful website, www.israelk.org, which contains accurate and fresh information of
what's going on in the Religious Anglo Community in Israel.