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Shabbos Bereishis Shabbos Mevarchim Tishrei 26 - 27 October 28 - 29 CANDLE LIGHTING: 6:23 PM SHABBOS ENDS: 7:16 PM Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Tuesday - Wednesday November 1 - 2

Molad - New Moon Monday October 31, 3:24 (5 chalakim) AM

The Shul welcomes Mr Danny Ayalon who will be speaking on Shabbos Morning Over Tirty Years of Serving the Communities of Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek and Surfside 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside, Fl 33154 Tel: 305.868.1411 Fax: 305.861.2426 www.TeShul.org Email: [email protected] The Shul Weekly Magazine Everything you need for every day of the week Contents Nachas At A Glance Weekly Message Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar 3 For the very frst time, The Shul celebrated Simchas Beis Hashoeva with live music, dancing and Celebrating Shabbos Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you 4 -5 entertainment on the streets of 33154. Hundreds need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience of men, women and children attended. The

Community Happenings 6 - 7 atmosphere was electric. Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray Check out all the davening schedules and locations 8 - 9 throughout the week

Kiddush Bank 10 The investment with a guarenteed return

Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 11 -14 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town 15-17 In a woman’s world Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 18

French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha 19

Latin Link Refexion Semanal 20 The ABC’s of Aleph Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 21

Networking Effective Advertising 22 - 24 Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul 25 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 26 The Shul

Get The Picture 27 - 28 The full scoop on all the great events around town

Quotable Quote

When I was fve years old I was orphaned from both my father and mother. Before his passing, my holy father told me two things: 1) Fear nothing but G-d alone. 2) Love every single Jew, without exception, with all your heart and all your soul.

– Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Shabbos Bereishis The realization of this purpose entails a two-way correlation: one in he single most important factor the direction from above downward to earth; the other, from the earth and Divine document that upward. In fulfllment of the frst, man draws holiness from the Divinely- Tidentifes the Jewish People, given Torah and commandments, to permeate therewith every phase of bestowing upon us the majestic role of his daily life and his environment – his “share” in this world; in fulfllment G-d’s Chosen People and giving us the of the second, man draws upon all the resources at his disposal, both mechanisms and directives to fulfll created and man-made, as vehicles for his personal ascendancy and, with our raison d’être, is the Torah. It is in him, that of the surrounding world.” (Tanya - preface) the Torah that we learn of our special relationship with G-d and G-d’s special Man’s being integrates the coarse physical aspects of our universe relationship with us. The Torah which together with the highest most pristine/spiritual aspects. Through this is the manifestation of G-d’s will and method of creation he is charged with the obligation and granted the wisdom is truly the constitution that capacity and potential to implement his powerful uniqueness infusing the sets forth the laws and regulations practical lowly material world with Divine spirituality and purpose. that G-d established as mandated behavior in His world. That function and purpose to make the physical material world a vessel and abode for the pristine holiness of G-d, fulflls creation by including all Though the Torah relates many historical facts and human interest stories of G-d’s creations in the service of our Creator. that inform us concerning interesting events such as creation and the development of mankind, every part and detail therein is an important Have a great week and a good Shabbos. directive for our lives. The word Torah means instruction and teachings, and is referred to as “the Manual for Life”.

It is within the story of creation/Genesis that Man’s pivotal role is articulated. Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Man, actually created on the sixth day, culminates the creative process bringing the entire universe to its completion and fulfllment. It is for this reason that on Rosh Hashonah we proclaim, “Today is the birth of the world”, though the creation of the world actually began six days before, on the 25th of Elul, with Man being created on Rosh Hashonah. Mr Danny Ayalon Different from every other species of creation, Man was brought into being through G-d’s action “and G-d formed man from the dust of the earth and blew into his nostrils the Breathe of Life” (Ch 2 v7), distinct from all other creatures that G-d made through His speech/words “and G-d said let there be.” In the process of making Mankind, G-d brought together two elements and forces from opposite spectrums. “Dust of the ground” and “the Breath of Life”. G-d took earth, the lowest element – a lifeless, inorganic substance that refects base corporeality - and then breathed a Soul into it. That breath represents the eternal essential life force of G-d Almighty Himself being shared as a soul/Neshamah with and infused into, Man. Danny Ayalon is an Israeli diplomat, columnist and politician. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister and a member of the Knesset In the words of the Rebbe: for Yisrael Beiteinu. He served as Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2002 until 2006. He frequently writes in Israeli and “Chabad Chassidus is an all-embracing world outlook and way of life international newspapers, notably in the Jerusalem Post and the which sees the Jew’s Central purpose as the unifying link between the Wall Street Journal. Ayalon is married to Anne, whom he met while Creator and Creation. The Jew is a creature of “heaven” and of “earth,” of a heavenly Divine soul, which is truly a part of G-dliness, clothed in an she was on internship in Israel. The couple have two daughters, earthly vessel constituted of a physical body and animal soul, whose Zohar and Avigail. purpose is to realize the transcendency and unity of his nature, and of the world in which he lives, within the absolute Unity of G-d.

3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Shabbos Mevarchim Tehillim Club Weekly Riddle The Lubavitcher Rebbe said, “Be scrupulous about saying the entire Tehillim (Psalms) on Shabbos Mevarchim (Blessing of the New Month). It is crucial for you, for your children, and your children’s children.” Every Shabbos Mevarchim in the Haime Library 8:30 - 9:00 am Questions: Sponsored by the Duchman Family 1)Which person in the book of Genesis (Breishit) is actually referred to as "Reishit"? 2) Aside from the frst day of creation, where else in the book of Genesis is the phrase "Yom Echad" – “one day” used? (2 answers) Morah Malkie’s Elisheva Adouth's Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls 3) The sun and the moon are not called by their names with regard to their creation, but are referred to as “luminaries” (Me’orot). Where in Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 the book of Genesis are the words sun and moon found in the same 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm verse? Montessori Classrooom 2 classrooom 2 Answers from last week: 1) The Bikkurim 2) The Aliya with all the curses. Tehila's Basya's 3) The bikkurim basket. Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls RIDDLE RULES Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Lobenstein any time over Shabbos. The frst child to give a correct answer 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm to each of the questions will win an INSTANT prize!

Classrooom 4 mishnayos Ba'al Peh Prizes kindly sponsored by the Goldczer Family Mendy's in loving Memory of Sholom's Hebrew School Junior Boys Aryeh Leib ben Zev Volf obm Grades: 4th - 8th Grades: 1 - 4 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Classroom 1

Mishnayos Ba’al Peh Shaykee’s Debbie’s Shmuely's After Mincha Davening With Dad Teen Girls Teen Boys Montessori 3 Grades: 9th - 12th GREAT PRIZES!!! Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Prizes kindly sponsored by the 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Goldczer family in loving memory of Teen Girls Room Aryeh Leib ben Zev Volf Obm Montessori 3 Haime Library

4 Celebrating Shabbos Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is available for sponsorship. Shabbos Schedule Farbrengen This Week: Candle lighting 6:23 p.m. The Shabbos Mevarchim Farbrengen is sponsored in honor Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 6:25 p.m. of The Rebbe, the Leader of our generation, the Shluchim Hashkama Minyan recital of entire Tehillim 6:00 a.m. of the Rebbe and the supporters of the Shluchim. Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Recital of the entire book of Tehillim 7:30 a.m. Shalosh Seudos This Week: Tanya / Hayom Yom 9:00 a.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. 30 Minutes of Tanya: Classroom #1 +/- 12:00 p.m. the caterer for this week’s With Mrs. Vivian Perez (for Women) After Davening kiddush and Shalosh seudos is Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Food Art Farbrengen in honor of Shabbos Mevarchim 1:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 5:25 p.m. Men’s Shiur 5:25 p.m. Women's Shiur 5:25 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 5:25 p.m. kiddushim at The Shul Mincha 6:10 p.m. Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 7:16 p.m. Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank Weekly Video of The Rebbe by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually)

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Candle Lighting 6:19 p.m. Mincha 6:20 p.m.

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. The number to call is 305- 866-ERUV (3788). The Eruv message is recorded approximately two hours prior to candle lighting. Surfside: The Eruv in Surfside now includes the walking paths along the beach. Pushing strollers and carrying is permitted on the paths, but not beyond the path or onto the beach. Bal Harbour: The Eruv in Bal Harbour included the inner (western) walking path only. The pier at Haulover Cut is not included.

To pay your annual dues visit: www.miamibeacheruv.com 5 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Birthdays Anniversaries 27 Tishrei Mr. Spenser Charles Moore Mr. & Mrs. Moises and Eliana Gilinski 27 Tishrei Mr. Shabtai Plutno Rabbi & Mrs. Mendel and Stephanie Levy 28 Tishrei Mr. Shmuly Ainsworth Mr. & Mrs. Abraham and Sandra Gewirtz 28 Tishrei Mr. Yonatan Gontownik Mr. & Mrs. Samuel and Joy Ziefer 28 Tishrei Mr. Jamie Klainbaum Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey and Helene Gassner Judge & Mrs. Steven and Joyce Robinson 28 Tishrei Mr. Gleb Klioner 28 Tishrei Mr. Ronen Michael 28 Tishrei Ms. Rachel Peninah Nemani 28 Tishrei Mr. Benny Yerushalmy Yahrtzeits 27 Tishrei Moshe Chaim obm 29 Tishrei Mr. Jose Retelny Father of Rabbi Mordechai Halperin 29 Tishrei Ms. Lindsay Weisleder 28 Tishrei Latifee Turkiee obm 30 Tishrei Mr. Joseph Michael Bouhadana Mother of Mrs. Mireille Shaio 30 Tishrei Mr. Amram Gedalia Gottlieb 28 Tishrei Ahava bas Benno obm 30 Tishrei Mr. Jerrod M. Levine Mother of Mr. Jeffrey Shapiro 1 Cheshvan Mr. Maurice Egozi 29 Tishrei Rav Eliyohu Akiva ben Horav Chaim Zvi obm 1 Cheshvan Ms. Basha Freedman Father of Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar and 1 Cheshvan Mr. Russell Galbut Mr. Yosie Lipskar 1 Cheshvan Rabbi Eli Lipskar 29 Tishrei Yehudit obm 2 Cheshvan Mr. David Eliezer Farbman Mother of Mr. Dan Sragovicz 2 Cheshvan Ms. Dorita Kardonski 30 Tishrei Yosef ben Efraim obm 3 Cheshvan Mr. Chanoch Alperovitz Brother of Rabbi Moshe Schneider 3 Cheshvan Mrs. Corinne Camhi 30 Tishrei Eliyahu ben Shlomo obm 3 Cheshvan Mrs. Pesie Davis Uncle of Mr. Michael Werner 1 Cheshvan Yaakov ben Schneur Zalman Hacohen obm Father of Mrs. Golda Jacob Kid’s Birthdays 1 Cheshvan Clara Morjain obm 27 Tishrei Menachem Rappaport Mother of Mrs. Fortuna Kopel 28 Tishrei Chaya Mushka Rubinstein 2 Cheshvan Eliyahu ben Yitzchak obm 28 Tishrei Jonatan Tobul Father of Mrs. Claire Loew Hausman 29 Tishrei Bella Barouk 2 Cheshvan Yitzchak ben Bohor obm 30 Tishrei Yisroel Danzinger Father of Mrs. Maya Nanikashvili 30 Tishrei Chaya Mushka Kirschenbaum 2 Cheshvan Shimon ben Mendel obm 30 Tishrei Eitan Levi Father of Mr. Yossi Sokol 30 Tishrei Eliana Levi 2 Cheshvan Esther Golan obm 1 Cheshvan Shayna Schochet 1 Cheshvan Juliette Rae Schwartz Mother of Mrs. Erma Speyer 3 Cheshvan Dov ben Chaim Falic obm Father-in-law of Mrs. Nily Falic 3 Cheshvan Hendel bas Mordecai obm Condolences Mother of Mrs. Ethel Meril Sirotkin Our heartfelt condolences go out to Mrs. Miki Feldman, our community president, Mr. Mitchell Feldman, and Mr. Lenny Feldman and their families on the passing of their beloved husband, father and grandfather Reb Schmuel ben Shalom Yosef, obm. May his dear soul be bound with the Mazal Tov Eternal Bond of Life and may the Feldman family be comforted among Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs Ittai and Rotem Einhorn on the birth of a baby girl. May the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. they raise her to Torah, Chupah and Ma'asim Tovim and have much nachas from her. Our heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Judy Mayberg on the passing of her dear husband Moshe Tzvi Hacohen (Mordy) obm. May his dear soul be Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Seth and Perla Salver on the birth of a daughter. May bound with the Eternal Bond of Life and may the Mayberg family be they raise her to Torah, Chupah and Ma'asim Tovim and have much nachas from comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. her. Mazal Tov also to the grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Isaac and Bahee Salver. Shiva will be at the home of Mendy Mayberg 1330 Michigan Ave Miami Beach 9am - 5pm and 6:30 pm -10 pm.

6 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Tishrei Light & Power Thanks To Our Donors Light & Power and Wine for Kiddush & Havdalah for We sincerely thank the following members and supporters of The Shul the month of Tishrei is Kindly Sponsored by for donations received between 10/18/16 and 10/24/16 We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Mr. & Mrs. Santos Chocron Mr. & Mrs. Jack Osman The Duchman Family Ms. Elly Egenberg Mr. & Mrs. Saul Retelny Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Failer Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Salver Mr. & Mrs. Guido Fraiman Mr. & Mrs. Steven Schwartz In tribute of The Rebbe, The Leader of our generation Mr. & Mrs. Isi Halberthal Mr. Elchonon Shagalov and in honor of the shluchim, supporters of the IBE Trading Corp. Mr. Bernard Werner shluchim and the entire community Mr. & Mrs. Asher Mimon Mr. Jose Yankelevitch Mr. & Mrs. Shlomie Mochkin Wishing you a sweet, prosporous and healthy new year with the ultimate revelation of Moshiach Tzidkeinu Learning with The Bochurim

“Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to If you are interested in having your child pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush learn with one of our bochurim, and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed or if you would like to arrange be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, a lunch and learn in your office, together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Please contact Rabbi Shaykee Farkash [email protected]

Refuah Shleimah If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep Please Note the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. MEN WOMEN The North side parking lot and The Shul Michael Joseph ben Natalie Lee Miriam bat Risha Raizel Gabriel ben Esther Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde garage are closed on Shabbos and Yom Tov. Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Chana bas Shoshana Please do not open the barriers. Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Shifra bas Chaya Yosef ben Edwina Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Avrohom ben Feigel Chava bas Elka Menucha Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel Chaya bas Rachel The Shul Parking Garage Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Fayge bas Chaya In response to numerous incidents in our garage and with the Yehuda ben Chaya Sara Miriam Leah bas Helen safety of our children, members and staff foremost in mind, we Shimon Yitzchak ben Leah Rochel insist on TOTAL compliance with the following rules in the garage. Roi ben Orly Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel • 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 one space • Do not block another vehicle Community Notice Board: There is additional parking in the lots North and South of The Shul. When cars park illegally, you take an already challenging situation If you have a new or slightly used Shaitel that you in the garage and turn it into a near impossible and dangerous would like to donate to The Shul Sisterhood situation. You create more havoc, less visibility and more aggravation which itself contributes to the likelihood of an accident, G-d forbid. Please Contact Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410 If you are not in a legal spot YOU WILL BE TOWED

7 A Time to Pray Davening schedules and locations throughout the week

Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul 6:20 -6:50 am Derech Mitzvosecha Foundational Chassidic Discourse R’ Zalman Lipskar 7:45 am Daf Yomi R’ Dov Schochet 8:45 am (approx) Halacha Sephardic Custom R’ Shimshon Tzubeli 10:15 - 11:00 am Maamorim Maamor of the Rebbe R’ Shea Rubinstein

Shacharis Minyanim (mon - Fri) Sunday Shacharis Minyanim Main Minyan 6:50 7:25 9:00 Main Minyan 8:00 am 9:00 am Sephardic Minyan 8:00 Sephardic Minyan 9:00 am

Daily Chumash & Tanya after every Minyan Sunday Mincha /Maariv mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 6:40 pm 10:00 pm Main Minyan 7:00 pm Sephardic Minyan 6:40 pm Following Late Maariv 10:00 pm

Evening Kolel Schedule - Monday and Thursday 8:45 -9:30 pm Mon & Thurs 8:45 - 10:00 pm Evening Community Kolel Chavrusah

To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, Halachic Times courageously protecting and defending Eretz Yisroel. Based on times for November 2 We pray for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily. Dan Shlomo ben Eliyahu Alot Hashachar / Dawn 6:16 am Benyamin Aharon Ben Jeniya Gila Rut Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:48 am Jonathan ben Aliza Sher Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 7:30 am Michael Shmuel ben Eliezer Eliyahu (Earliest Amidah) Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry Latest Shema 10:15 am Zman Tfllah 11:11 am

Chatzot / Midday 1:03 pm Earliest Mincha 1:32 pm Plag HaMincha 5:31 pm Shekiah / Sunset 6:38 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 7:02 pm (Earliest preferable Ma’ariv)

Times taken from www.chabad.org Please note that during the week times may vary by a minute or two. If anyone would like to send us the name of a soldier in the IDF we would love to add them. 8 Kiddush Bank The Investment with a Guaranteed Return

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9 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 Yitzchak 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 - Tishrei 26 The interpretation of the verse, "Forever, O G-d, The Rebbe my father told someone at yechidus: Your word stands frm in the heavens." (Tanya Ever since G-d told our father Avraham, "Go from II:I and IV:25) is quoted by the Alter Rebbe your land etc." and it is then written "Avram kept in the Baal Shem Tov's name although that travelling southward," we have the beginning interpretation is found in Midrash Tehillim, of the mystery of birurim. By decree of Divine as quoted in Likutei Torah in the maamar Ki Providence man goes about his travels to the bayom hazeh yechapeir. But the Alter Rebbe had place where the "sparks" that he must purify a special reason for this: It was on the second await their redemption. day of Creation when G-d said: "Let there be a Heaven," and it is this utterance which "stands Tzadikim, who have vision, see where their frm in the Heavens." Associating the quotation birurim await them and go there deliberately. As with the Baal Shem Tov was to be an eternal for ordinary folk, The Cause of all causes and the memorial that the Baal Shem Tov was born on Prime Mover brings about various reasons and the second day of the week, on the eighteenth he shouted that he would tear the other fellow circumstances that bring these people to that (chai) of Elul. to pieces like a fsh. place where lies their obligation to perform the avoda of birurim. Shabbos - Tishrei 27 The Baal Shem Tov told his pupils to hold one Torah and mitzvot encompass man from the another's hand, and to stand near him with their Thursday - Cheshvan 2 instant of emergence from his mother's womb eyes closed. Then he placed his holy hands From a sicha of my father, after the conclusion until his fnal time comes. They place him in a on the shoulders of the two disciples next to of Shabbat Lech L'cha 5651 (1890): In the early light-flled situation, with healthy intelligence him. Suddenly the disciples began shouting in years of his leadership the Alter Rebbe declared and acquisition of excellent moral virtues and great terror: They had seen that fellow actually publicly, "One must live with the time." From upright conduct - not only in relation to G-d but dismembering his disputant. his brother, R. Yehuda Leib, the elder chassidim also in relation to his fellow-man. For whoever discovered that the Rebbe meant one must live is guided by Torah and the instructions of our This incident shows clearly that every potential with the sedra of the week and the particular sages has a life of good fortune, materially and has an effect - either in physical form or on a parsha of the day. One should not only learn the in spirit. spiritual plane that can be perceived only with weekly parsha every day, but live with it. higher and more refned senses. Sunday - Tishrei 28 "If you go in my statutes... I will give your rains Tuesday - Tishrei 30 Friday - Cheshvan 3 in their season..." Torah-study and mitzvot- In Hallel - repeat Hodu lashem (p. 243) after (Continuing the above sicha:) Bereishit is a observance are the wedding-ring with which each of the next three verses, Yomar na, etc., cheerful sedra, even though its ending is not G-d betrothed Israel and obligated Himself to even if davening alone. The verses V'Avraham all that pleasant. Noach has the Flood, but the provide them with sustenance and livelihood. zakein, etc. and Zevadya yish'mreini etc. are said week ends on a happy note with the birth of our three times. father Avraham. The really joyous week is that Monday - Tishrei 29 of parshat Lech L'cha. We live every day of the We do recite the b'racha upon seeing the week with Avraham, the frst to dedicate his very Wednesday - Cheshvan 1 life to spreading G-dliness in the world. And rainbow; we do not follow those (authorities) At Mincha, and on Monday and Thursday of the who are hesitant in this matter. Avraham bequeathed his self-sacrifce as an approaching week (Lech L'cha), the third aliya inheritance to all Jews. ("Yisrael") begins with Vayeira Hashem el Avram A resident of Mezibuz had a quarrel with etc. another. Once, while in the Baal Shem Tov's shul, 10 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

PARSHA MESSAGES The Day Aesthetics Replaced blessing, not a curse. It liberated them from the status The Heavens and the Earth of mere animals acting in response to instinct. Now By Shais Taub Ethics they became rational, discerning creatures who could Reversing the paradigm shift from discern good from evil and live a life in accordance “good” to “true” with that knowledge and wisdom. By: Rabbi YY Jacobson Good vs. True The Brit, French and Russian Upon deeper refection, however, Maimonidies A Brit, a Frenchman and a Russian are viewing a demonstrates the negative effects that came about as painting of Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of a result of eating of the "tree of knowledge." I believe Eden. "Look at their reserve, their calm," muses the Brit. that this explanation of Maimonidies bears special "They must be British." relevance our highly sophisticated and knowledgeable generation, when, as one philosopher out it, people are "Nonsense," the Frenchman disagrees. "They're reading more and more about less and less. beautiful; they’re romantic, and they are enjoying life. They are French." Before the sin in the Garden of Eden there was only truth and the opposite of truth. After Adam ate from the "No clothes, no shelter," the Russian points out, "they tree, the result was "pleasurable" and "not pleasurable" have only an apple to eat, and they're being told this is - "Good" or "Bad". This helps us understand the three paradise. They are Russian." stages in dealing with addiction. This class also has an explanation of the chassidic view on Tznius. he Torah which G-d has given us contains A Good Sin? both an inner and an outer dimension. The A defning moment in human history takes place in this The partaking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge Touter dimension is the simple meaning week's Torah portion – the opening of the entire Bible transformed the vocabulary of the human race. Prior of the narratives and laws, while the inner -- when Eve and Adam consume fruit from the "tree to the sin of the tree, the prism used by man to classify dimension is the essence of the Torah, its secrets of knowledge of good and bad." This was a betrayal cravings, events and ideas was whether they were and mystical truths. One who studies the Torah of G-d's commandment to them, "From the tree of false or true. If they were true he embraced them; if according to its inner dimension receives an knowledge you should not eat, for on the day you eat they were false, he rejected them. In the aftermath entirely different perspective on G-d's wisdom from it you will die." In the beginning of his work "The of the sin, a paradigm shift occurred in the psyche of and His guidance in our lives than does one Guide for the Perplexed," Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, man: Now the primary barometer of the signifcance exposed only to the Torah's plain meaning. Maimonidies (1135-1204), one of the greatest of things became dependent upon them being bad or philosophers and personalities in Jewish history, raises good, not true or false. The class explores three ways This radical advantage can already be seen just an "extraordinary question that a learned man asked of dealing with our addictions, bad habits and immoral in the way one reads the very frst three verses me some years ago" instincts: Subjugation, repression and transformation. of the Torah. It also explains the true meaning of Tznius, or modesty. On the one hand, the Torah relates that the The Torah begins: consequences of eating the fruit of the tree were A good business, good food, a good speech, a good cataclysmic in their negative effect: Adam and Eve school, a good day do not necessarily mean a truthful In the beginning G-d created the heavens and were banished from the Garden of Eden, and death business, healthy food, an honest speech, a moral the earth. And the earth was chaos and void, and and pain became the plight of human life on earth. school and an honest day. We often gravitate and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Yet on the other hand it seems that as a result of this pursue that which looks and feels good, even though spirit of G-d hovered over the face of the waters. forbidden meal a great beneft was bestowed on the it may be wrong and false. And said G-d, "There shall be light," and there human race. Since this tree was defned as "the tree was light. (Genesis 1:1-3) of knowledge of good and bad," by consuming its If Adam had not eaten the metamorphosing fruit, the fruit, Adam and Eve actually acquired unprecedented primary question in life would have been, "Am I doing To discover the mystical light hidden within awareness and knowledge of "good and bad." This, the right thing?" Now, in the post-consumption era, these words, we will have to re-read them in a indeed, served as the chief argument employed by the the defning question has become, "Am I doing the new way. The Torah is not written with sentences serpent to entice Eve to eat the fruit -- "G-d knows that comfortable thing?" and paragraphs. We will let go of our pre-set on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, expectations of how the words have to be read, Our job in this world is to reverse the process of and you will be like G-d, knowing good and bad." The and take a new, deeper look at the words as they sacrifcing ethics for the sake of aesthetics. We need to vision of the serpent actually materialized: following fall into a new form. restore the vocabulary of humanity to its original form. the eating of the tree, "G-d said, 'man has now become In the beginning G-d created the heavens and like the Unique One among us, knowing good and Before you make any decision in your life, ask not "Is the earth... bad". In that case, asks Maimonidies, it means that this the comfortable path?" Instead ask, "Is this the the sin committed by Eve and Adam was a tremendous right path?" 11 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

The Torah speaks to each individual, describing When Religion Causes Confict the choices that each one of us will be faced with Halacha of The Week By Ari Shishler By Rabbi Dov Schochet in life. G-d created two paths for us to choose. He created "the heavens," a life of spiritual meaning, pparently, sibling Mentioning the Rain and "the earth," a strictly physical existence. The rivalry is as person must choose the life that he will lead: old as siblings the "heavens" or the "earth." A themselves. Consider ...And the earth... Cain and Abel. They only had each other The person chooses earth, the life of the body. (although the Midrash He is drawn to the frmness and tangibility he indicates that they also sees in physical, worldly life. It seems so real and had sisters), yet look at solid, something he can hold on to. how bitterly they fought. ...was chaos and void... You have to wonder how Cain, reared by parents He is lost. He craved order and fulfllment and who spoke to G-d Himself, (in fact, they chatted found only its opposite. He wanted clarity and just before he knocked his brother off) went so tarting during Musaf of Shemini Atzeret, we fulfllment, but now he only feels lost and empty, extremely off the rails and murdered his own add in the second blessing of the Amida the life of body, ego and physical comfort never brother! S“He causes the winds to blow and the rain providing the peace for which he yearns. to fall”. This is not directly a request for rain, but This may just have been the frst of thousands of in the words of our sages it is mentioning G-d’s power of rain, appeasing Him in this area before He knows now he must look for something else. conficts sparked by religion. After all, the Cain/ we begin asking for rain later in the year. ...and darkness was upon the face of the deep... Abel fallout started as a religious exercise, each bringing an offering to G-d. They experienced The reason we begin mentioning rain during But it is dark and he has fallen deep. He seeks the typical “my-way-to-G-d-is-better-than-your- Sukkot is that is the time when the world is clarity, he searches for truth. But it is so hard to way.” Only, in this case, G-d took sides. judged for water for the year. In truth, the prayers see what is right. should have been started on the frst day of Cain offered a simple grain-offering. Abel Sukkot. However, being that rain is considered And what is to be with his inner, spiritual self sacrifced a prized animal. G-d accepted Abel’s a sign of curse during Sukkot, for it is akin to that languishes, its silent cry felt somewhere offering and turned away from Cain. G-d chasing us out of the Sukka, we wait until deep but never heard? Shemini Atzeret when the Mitzva of Sukka has Cain was furious – not with G-d, but with his concluded. ...and the spirit of G-d hovered upon the face of brother. Instead of contemplating why G-d had the waters... ignored him, he shifted the blame to Abel. Even on Shemini Atzeret, we delay mentioning The spirit of G-d, man's G-dly soul, the divine Cain didn’t bring an offering to serve G-d, but the rain until Musaf. The reason we do not begin during the evening service, even though that spark placed within each of us. It founders, to satisfy himself. Cain wanted to get away with fying waywardly over the torrential waters. is the start of the day, is because not everyone the bare minimum so he could say that that he comes to Shul for evening services and it would had, essentially, serviced G-d. But Abel happily But there is hope. be improper for some to begin mentioning rain stretched himself beyond his means to satisfy in their prayer, while others who were not in ...And said G-d... G-d. Shul do not.

And said, "G-d!" He, the person himself, cries out, Commitment to G-d that is based on the “what’s- Even though technically we can begin during "G-d!" From the darkness and depths, he realizes in-it-for-me” philosophy can have devastating Shachris, one is not meant to begin mentioning it is G-d for whom he seeks. He cannot fnd his results. Religion and spirituality are about rain until the Gabbai makes the proclamation way out on his own, and he does not need to, for higher purpose, not self. to begin as one may not interrupt between he knows now what the Realness is that he has the blessing after Shema and the beginning been seeking all along. If our world had more Abels and fewer Cains, of the Amida, the Gabbai cannot make the we’d be living in peace. announcement then. The frst prayer where all "There shall be light," are in Shul and the announcement can be made is before the prayer of Musaf. Mentioning of the It is now clear. There is light for him. rain is recited in the second blessing for it is the "and there was light." blessing of resurrection, and just as resurrection brings life to the world rain is the life blood of And light for the world. the world. 12 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

stopped fshing, or have all the fsh died!?" It is important to note that while we begin Stories With Soul mentioning the rain during the second blessing It Once Happened The trembling governor had no explanation on Shemini Atzeret, we do not begin asking for for the strange turn of events. He personally rain in the 9th blessing until December. We are any years ago in the city of Rabat in inspected the wharfs, but to no avail. The king simply mentioning G-d’s great power in this area Morocco there lived a great Rabbi who gave an ultimatum: "In three days you had as a prelude to our request which will come Mwas also the mohel (ritual circumcisor) better come up with some fsh or else I will have during the rainy season. If one forgets to add the of the city. The Jews were not blessed with an you thrown into the sea to fnd the fsh yourself." mention of rain during the blessing, even if they abundance of worldly goods, but their greatest said “He causes the winds to blow” (which relate blessing lay in their many, lovely children who The terrifed governor sent out all his informants to rain, for the winds allow the rain to properly flled their homes with joy. Hardly a day passed to try to solve this puzzle, and sure enough, one saturate the earth), they must go back to the without a brit (circumcision), and the Rabbi returned with the story of a young Jew throwing beginning of the Amida. However this is only if was kept busy performing this holy mitzva something into the water. the person not only failed to mention the rain (commandment). but the dew as well. However, if one mentioned The governor quickly returned to the king with the dew it is suffcient, for just as rain brings life After a time the Rabbi realized that he had not the information that the Jews had bewitched to the world the dew does as well. In fact, the been called upon to perform a brit in many the fsh. The Rabbi was summoned and he sages refer to dew in many places as the dew weeks. He couldn't understand why the Jewish addressed the king, saying, "Long live the King, of life. Therefore, in a practical sense, one who women had ceased to give birth to boys, and he Your Majesty. It is true I am responsible for the prays the Chabad liturgy, or any which mentions went to discuss the matter with the city elders. disappearance of the fsh, but I did not cast any dew all summer long as Chabad does, has no spell upon them. We Jews are strictly forbidden need to go back, for the assumption is that They were also confounded by the drastic drop to use magic. I simply ordered the fsh to leave they either mentioned the dew or the rain. But in the birth rate of the town, until one of them these waters for the time being, and for a good those that do not add a mention of dew during remarked that its seemed to have begun when reason. the summer, and forget to mention rain during the King granted a monopoly on fshing rights the winter (thus mentioning nothing), must go to the governor of the city. He had placed an "Your Majesty, G-d Who created the heaven and back to the beginning of the Amida (unless they exorbitant tax on fsh, so that only the wealthiest the earth flled them with many good resources remember before fnishing the second blessing, could afford to purchase it. The Jews could no for the beneft of man. He created air and water then it could be mentioned anywhere in the longer grace their Shabbat table with fsh. and made them readily available. The wind blessing.) blows and the rains fall for the equal beneft of "Aha!" said the Rabbi, "That explains it. You see, all G-d's creatures, and no man is able to capture In general, if one makes a mistake in the Amida it is a great thing to honor the Shabbat with fsh, them for his own use alone. G-d also created the they must return to the blessing where the since the Creator blessed fsh as He did people fsh of the sea. I am the spiritual leader of my mistake was made and continue from there. (If with the blessing 'Be fruitful and multiply.' Now, people, and it has been my privilege to also serve they only realize the mistake after they fnished, since the people can no longer afford fsh, they as a mohel to circumcise the boys born into my the entire Amida must be repeated.) However, have been deprived of this blessing." congregation. In the past months I saw that no the frst three blessings are considered as babies were being born, and I discovered that it The Rabbi had a plan. He went home and wrote one, for they all serve the function of praising was because the people are unable to purchase out a few words on a parchment, and then Hashem before we begin asking for our needs, fsh with which to honor our holy Shabbat." instructed one of his students to take it to the as a slave who praises his master before making seashore and drop it into the water exactly after requests. Therefore, one who makes a mistake "That is a strange thing to say," replied the king. sunrise. in the frst three blessings cannot return to the "What could one thing possibly have to do with blessing where the mistake was made, rather The young man carried out the Rabbi's the other?" they must return to the beginning of the Amida. instructions, and the results were truly amazing. The same applies to the fnal three blessings That day, when the fshermen went out, they The Rabbi explained: "You see, Your Majesty, which are considered the “thank you” to Hashem were unable to catch even one fsh! The same G-d pronounced three blessings at the time following all of our requests, they are also happened on the next day and the third. of creation. One on the fsh: 'Be fruitful and considered to be one blessing in the regard multiply and fll the waters of the seas;' One that if one makes a mistake during one of those The king, a great fsh lover, quickly noticed the on man: 'Be fruitful and multiply and replenish blessings they must go back to the beginning of absence of fsh and complained to the royal cook, the earth, and have dominion over the fsh of the fnal three (which is Retzeh). who in turn replied that he had been unable to the sea...;' and on the Shabbat: 'And G-d blessed fnd fresh fsh in any of the markets of the city. the Shabbat and made it holy.' So, that when we Hashem should bless all of us with a year of The angry king then sent for his governor and honor the Shabbat with fsh, we are combining “rains of blessing”, where our sustenance is demanded an explanation. "I have given you the three blessings, and G-d blesses our people granted in a revealed, bountiful fashion. a monopoly over the fsh trade, and I cannot with children who study his holy Torah." even get fsh on my table! Have the fshermen

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The king now understood that because of his the girls for their contributions, explaining just greedy governor poor people were unable to Recently In The News how much of a difference hair makes to those enjoy the bounty of the seas. He wasted no time 150 Australian Girls Donate who have lost so much. in calling the governor and dismissing him from Their Hair to Kids With Cancer his high position. And then it was time. Wave after wave of girls Helping others as part of an came to the stage, and with trepidation— The following morning at sunrise, all the intercontinental charitable effort but above all, pride—they took their seats as townspeople assembled at the seaside to their teachers snipped the locks they were witness the wondrous return of the fsh. Upon preoccupied with for so long. Bursts of applause the arrival of the king, the Rabbi approached the sounded each time the blades fashed and cut, water and called out: "Fish, hear my command! as the girls gasped and giggled. By the authority of the Creator and the authority of the Torah I order you to return at once and ‘Give Something of Myself’ Excuse the pun, but making sure cancer patients serve your Creator!" No sooner had he uttered have wigs seems like a fringe cause. Given the these words than the calm sea began to ripple medical, fnancial and social burdens that the as wave upon wave of fsh headed for the shore, disease saddles them with, shouldn’t attention jumping out of the water in excitement. By Shmuel Loebenstein be focused elsewhere? The crowd roared with happiness as the fshing ichal Tenenbaum was flled with No at all, was the impassioned answer of boats raced out to sea to harvest the great anticipation, wondering how long it Michal Franck in her address at the assembly. bounty. Mwould take for her hair to grow. Franck, a student at Beth Rivkah, described Tenenbaum, a 12th-grader at Beth Rivkah her experience with alopecia, an autoimmune Ladies College—a Chabad school in Melbourne, disease that causes a person’s hair to fall out. Australia—hadn’t cut her hair since November When that started happening in fourth grade, and still hadn’t reached her goal of a she frst began to comprehend how she took In the beginning of the book 10-centimeter (almost 4-inch) braid. That’s how hair for granted—how much it affected her long hair needs to be, once it is cut, before it can confdence and sense of femininity. of Genesis, we read, "And the be used to make a wig. Add that to the trauma of cancer, said Franck, Tenenbaum had made a pledge to donate her and the loss of hair can be shattering. To regain spirit of G-d hovered over the tresses to Zichron Menachem, an Israeli nonproft it in the form of a wig of hair donated by fellow charity that provides wigs to children suffering Jews across the globe is to regain so much more waters." Our Sages tell us that the effects of cancer. Chemotherapy treatments than a former look. Franck commended her rob children of their hair, often adding shame schoolmates, saying: “The fact that people here this actually refers to Moshiach. and social alienation to their medical struggles. are willing to not take their hair for granted, to Zichron Menachem is determined to make sacrifce something which can be so central to In fact, the Hebrew words of the these children “feel beautiful inside and out” their personality, is beyond admirable.” verse "v'ruach Elokim m'rachefet by providing them with wigs that allow them to Tenenbaum downplayed Franck’s admiration slip back unnoticed into the current of society. of her contribution. “At frst, it was diffcult to - and the spirit of G-d hovered" Tenenbaum wasn’t alone in her quest, not get used to not having my old hair,” she said a by any stretch. When a few students in Beth few days after the big cut at school. “But then have the same numerical value Rivkah toyed with the idea late last year, they I realized that I had this opportunity to give didn’t realize that they would ignite a school- something of myself, literally, that costs me as the words, "zeh haya rucho wide campaign that ended with the thud, thud, nothing and that will grow back, but which will thud of freshly-shorn plaits piling up on tables [most importantly] help kids in Israel.” shel Melech HaMashiach - this in front of a school assembly. In addition to her When the scissors fnally fell silent, the tally for two sisters, Tenenbaum was joined by 150 of was the spirit of King Moshiach." the hair to be donated stood at a staggering her peers, who supported and encouraged each 148 feet. Most of that will go directly to other throughout the long wait for their hair to making the wigs, and hair that fell short of the grow. 10-centimeter target will be sold by Zichron (Based on R. Bachaya, When the deadline arrived on Sept. 28, six pairs Menachem to raise funds. of barber scissors glinted in the hands of the However, the teachers haven’t packed away their B'reishit 1:2) schoolteachers on the stage, and in front of ad hoc barber shop just yet: Some girls have them, six empty chairs faced the assembly. A already started growing their hair out again. representative of Zichron Menachem thanked 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

inert, you use a very small amount of a third My Encounter substance – called a catalyst – to stimulate a with The Rebbe reaction. The classic catalyst is iron flings; you My Encounter with the Rebbe records the oral sprinkle them into a fask which has the other histories of individuals who interacted with two reactants in it and – boom! – the reaction the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson takes place. Meanwhile, the iron flings just fall of righteous memory, through frst-person to the bottom of the fask; they are not affected interviews. and can be re-used again. That’s what the Rebbe was talking about when he referred to a chemical catalyst, concluding, “Not only does it A Jew is a Catalyst affect its surrounding, the catalyst itself doesn’t undergo any changes during the process.” hen my father, Shimon Potash, was a young boy, he contracted rheumatic In other words, as Jews, we are causing things fever which damaged one of his heart years, and many things could change between to happen in the world, but we don’t need to be W now and then. But then the Rebbe set out a affected by the world when we do that. We are valves. And as he got older, this condition grew worse. At the time, in the 1950s, there was no mission for my father. just bits of nothing and yet we have a big effect cure; today, it’s a relatively simple procedure to on the whole world. That’s what the Rebbe replace a heart valve, but this technology had “It is my hope that you learn Torah every day and wrote to my father. not been invented until the 1960s, by which especially on Shabbat which is holy to G-d,” the time my father’s condition had deteriorated Rebbe wrote, “and also that you study chasidic Now my father loved science and he especially to such an extent that the doctors would not teachings … and that, through your learning, you loved chemistry, and the fact that the Rebbe operate. exert an infuence on others.” related to him on his level really impressed him. I remember that the house became electrifed In any case, my father was in bad shape, and The Rebbe went on to say that sometimes the when he read that letter. And, from that moment since he was a member of the Chabad Lubavitch words of a professional person, a scientist, or on, he was the Rebbe’s man – he sought to carry synagogue in Manchester, where our family lived chemist as was the case with my father, have out the mission that the Rebbe sent him on to at the time, he unburdened his worries about his more power than those of a rabbi. People expect the fullest. Instead of worrying about his heart, health to the Rebbe’s emissary in England. The a rabbi to quote Torah, and so they don’t give he went forth to infuence those he encountered. emissary, Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov, suggested the rabbi’s words as much weight as they would that he write about it to the Rebbe. And this, a professional person. “Therefore,” the Rebbe Unfortunately, his health did not improve, my father did, writing in Hebrew and following wrote, “you should infuence people to learn because there was no chance of it improving. Six Rabbi Shemtov’s advice to “write to the Rebbe chasidic philosophy which was revealed in our years later, at age 58, my father passed away. But as you would to a good friend.” generation.” those six years were full of meaning because the Rebbe set a course for his life and that made In his letter, my father told the Rebbe that his Anticipating the question – how can one Jew all the difference. heart was so weak he couldn’t climb stairs make any real difference – the Rebbe wrote: anymore. At this time he was teaching chemistry “The Jewish people are a small nation. We are a There is a little postscript that I would like in a secondary school that was about to be very small percentage of the world’s population, to add. My father passed away on the same rebuilt; in the new building, in which no elevator so what hope can we have to infuence the day as the Rebbe’s brother, Yisroel Aryeh Leib was planned, the chemistry laboratory would be world … to affect change?” Schneerson, on the 13th day of the Hebrew on the fourth foor, and my father was fretting month of Iyar, though not in the same year about what he would do. He knew for certain In answering his own question, the Rebbe used obviously – the Rebbe’s brother in 1952 and that he could not climb four fights of stairs, so a metaphor from chemistry: “We fnd that very my father 15 years later. But it always meant how could he earn a living? Of course, he could often a very small amount of reactant can cause something to me that the Rebbe said Kaddish look for a job in another school, but nobody a large reaction to happen. That’s the function of – the prayer that mourners say – on that day, wanted to hire a sick man who was already in a Jew – to be a catalyst.” when I also said Kaddish for my father, both of his 50s. What did the Rebbe advise under the us sanctifying G-d’s name together in memory circumstances? Now I would like to explain a little bit about of our loved ones who were no longer in this what a catalyst is in chemistry. Obviously, the world. The Rebbe’s response, dated the 20th day of the Rebbe didn’t need to explain this to my father, Hebrew month of Sivan, 5721 (June 4, 1961), because my father was a chemist, but many really invigorated my father. First, the Rebbe people may not know this. told him not to worry – the new school building would not be built for another two or three In chemistry, when you want two chemicals to react together that would normally remain 15 Get the Picture The full scoop on all the great events and classes around town

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19 French Connection Reflexions sur la Paracha

Vivre avec la paracha Les affaires de D.ieu humain refètent la manière dont le Créateur établit Ce que désire D.ieu Le complot un rapport avec Son monde et le dirige. Tout comme dans le cas de l'homme d'affaire Adapté des enseignements du Rabbi de Loubavitch conventionnel, il existe deux niveaux de « motivation par Yanki Tauber D.ieu opère selon une stratégie empruntée au monde » derrière l'acte divin de création. des affaires: la Torah qui est « le plan de D.ieu pour Venez voir les actions de D.ieu, Son complot la création » défnit le « proft » que le Créateur veut Au niveau manifeste, le monde fut destiné et créé effrayant pour les enfants de l'homme.” tirer de Son entreprise. Les lois de la Torah détaillent pour accomplir le plan indiqué par la Torah. Ce plan “(Psaumes 66, 5) ce qui devrait et ce qui ne devrait pas être fait, et ce appelle l'existence d'une inclination au mal dans qui devrait et ne devrait pas arriver, pour sauvegarder le cœur de l'homme pour que notre conformité à la Et la femme vit que l'arbre était bon à manger et elle l'investissement divin dans la création et assurer sa volonté divine ait du sens et de la signifcation. prit de ses fruits et en mangea ; et elle en donna aussi rentabilité. à son époux et il en mangea avec elle. Selon les paroles de Maïmonide : « La liberté est (Genèse 2, 6) Mais au premier jour des affaires de l'histoire, le plan donnée à chaque homme : s'il désire suivre le droit alla de travers. Adam et Eve, en mangeant du fruit chemin et être une personne juste, le choix de le faire Le but d'une aventure commerciale est de faire de l'Arbre de la Connaissance violèrent la première est entre ses mains; et s'il désire suivre la voie du mal des profts. Aucun homme d'affaire qui se respecte Mitsva, le premier commandement de D.ieu. Leur acte et devenir un être vil, le choix de le faire est entre n'investirait un capital et ne consacrerait du temps et mit en péril l'aventure tout entière, laissant un chaos ses mains... C'est un principe majeur et une base de des talents quand les comptes ne montrent pas une de bien et de mal déferler sur le monde sous contrôle la Torah et des commandements… Car si D.ieu devait véritable possibilité de bénéfces. et organisé dans lequel ils étaient nés. décréter qu'une personne soit bonne ou vile ou s'il existait dans l'essence de l'individu quelque chose qui Et pourtant, les bénéfces les plus importants doivent Et pourtant, nous disent nos Sages, c'était « le plan être récoltés sous les conditions même que l'homme le force à emprunter telle ou telle voie,… comment effrayant de D.ieu pour les enfants de l'homme ». « D.ieu aurait-Il pu nous commander par Ses Prophètes d'affaire responsable cherche le plus à éviter: à la suite C'est Moi qui les ai fait pécher, en créant en eux un de développements tout à fait imprévisibles, dans des “fais cela” et “ne fais pas cela” ? Quelle place aurait penchant vers le mal » admit D.ieu devant le Prophète occupé la Torah tout entière? Et selon quelle justice environnements sur lesquels il n'a aucun contrôle et Elie. dans lesquels son aventure tout entière, et peut-être D.ieu aurait-Il puni les méchants et récompensé les sa propre personne, sont menacés. Car c'est le processus de la Techouva (« retour ») du bons? » péché qui apporte le plus grand proft dans l'entreprise Ce plan ne requiert pas l'existence du mal, mais C'est pourquoi l'on peut dire que l'esprit de l'homme de la vie. Il n'existe aucun amour plus fort que l'amour d'affaire opère à deux niveaux. Au niveau manifeste, seulement le potentiel de son existence. Il nous ressenti de loin et de plus grande passion que la quête est possible de violer la Volonté divine, pour que le il cherche la stabilité et le contrôle. A ce niveau, « être du retour à une maison abandonnée et à un moi qui pris au dépourvu » jette l'anathème sur les affaires. fait que nous ne le fassions pas soit pour nous un s'est aliéné. Quand le lien de l'âme avec D.ieu s'est triomphe moral et une source de plaisir pour D.ieu. Il Tout en sachant que chaque aventure comporte étiré au point de rupture, la force qui le rattache à faut qu'il nous soit possible de ne pas faire le bien, une part de risques, son but est de les empêcher, sa source est plus grande que tout ce qui peut être pour que nos bonnes actions aient une valeur et un d'éviter l'imprévisible, d'avoir un plan d'action pour produit par l'âme qui ne quitte jamais l'orbite divine. sens. Les risques doivent être présents, ils sont ce qui toute éventualité. Mais à un niveau plus profond, Et quand une âme qui a erré jusqu'aux recoins les plus rend l'aventure valorisante et jouable, mais le but de subconscient, l'homme d'affaire aspire à l'imprévisible. éloignés de la vie, et a exploité tout l'aspect négatif tout cela, c'est qu'ils soient évités. Au plus profond de son cœur, il veut être pris par et vil de son environnement, ressent l'impulsion de surprise, être plongé dans les circonstances que la retourner à D.ieu, elle élève ces parties de la Création Mais au niveau « subconscient » plus profond, D.ieu structure de ses affaires cherche à éviter. Car là et qui résident derrière le cadre d'une vie vécue dans la complote pour que l'homme succombe au péché. Ce seulement là, réside le potentiel de profts plus grands droiture. n'est pas ce qu'Il désire et c'est même une déviance qu'aucun analyste ne pourrait envisager. de Sa Volonté expresse. Mais quand cela arrive, cela C'est là « le complot effrayant » contre les enfants de libère une richesse de possibilités qui sont infniment A ce niveau, si « tout va selon le plan prévu », ce serait l'homme : créer un homme avec une inclination au mal, plus effcaces que tout ce que le plan « offciel » une déception plutôt qu'un accomplissement. Ce de sorte que lorsqu'il y succombe, il renoue avec D.ieu aurait pu permettre. Et ce sont ces possibilités se sont des scénarii qu'il n'osera jamais présenter à ses dans un amour plus grand et des ressources rachetées, cachant derrière les calculs et les projets offciels qui investisseurs, ni même à son moi conscient. Mais en générés par une vie maintenant en conformité avec la constituent Sa motivation ultime pour laquelle Il s'est dernière analyse, ce sont ces mêmes possibilités se Volonté Divine. investi dans « l'affaire » de la vie humaine. cachant derrière les chiffres et les projets offciels qui Toutefois, il est sûr qu'on ne peut dire que D.ieu voulait Classes constituent la plus grande motivation pour laquelle il que l'homme pèche : un péché est, par défnition, Thursdays at 12.00 in the Haime Library s'est engagé dans les affaires. un acte que D.ieu ne veut pas. De plus, si le « plan Classes alternate between the following teachers: Le complot effrayant » de D.ieu était que l'homme pèche, cela soulève la Dr. Hanna Barouk Nos Sages nous disent que « le royaume des Cieux est question de savoir ce qui serait arrivé si Adam et Eve Rabbi Amar semblable au royaume de la terre », que les structures n'avaient pas choisi de manger des fruits de l'Arbre Rabbi Frankforter de la société humaine et les modes de comportement de la Connaissance. Le but de D.ieu dans la Création Rabbi Gansburg aurait-il été accompli ? FOR WOMEN ONLY 20 Latin Link Reflexion Semanal

Parasha de la Semana Ser o no ser: esa es la Pronunciamientos por medio de los cuales D-os creó nuestro benefcio. el Universo. cuestión Grande vs. infnito By Eliezer Shemtov ¿Qué signifca que D-os creó el Universo por medio de ¿Cómo es que a un Creador tan grande y poderoso la palabra hablada? ¿Acaso D-os tiene boca, cuerdas le importan cosas tan nimias e insignifcantes? La n grupo de científcos ateos decidieron un buen vocales y habla? Las enseñanzas jasídicas ofrecen la respuesta es simple: si D-os fuera nada más que día que había llegado el momento de prescindir siguiente explicación: grande, sería lógico pensar que no le importaran las Ude los servicios de D-os. “Hemos alcanzado cosas pequeñas. Ahora bien; dado que D-os no es La palabra hablada es una metáfora para describir tal nivel de conocimiento que podemos crear un medible sino infnito, tanto las cosas grandes como las la dependencia que la Creación tiene de su Creador. hombre de la tierra al igual que Él –dijeron–. ¿Quién pequeñas son igualmente signifcativas para Él. lo necesita?” Así como esta deja de existir en el preciso momento en el que termina de pronunciarse (es decir, no tiene Esto ayuda a entender el rol de los preceptos bíblicos Fijaron la fecha para demostrar sus destrezas. una existencia propia), del mismo modo la Creación físicos. ¿No basta con cultivar una profunda relación Frente a un gran público, los científcos juntaron toda existe gracias a una fuerza creadora, que espiritual con D-os en el corazón, fruto del estudio un montículo de tierra y empezaron a moldear a un continuamente la arranca de la no existencia. y de la meditación? ¿Qué importancia puede tener el contenido del sandwich que coma? Al respecto, el hombre. A los pocos segundos, se oye una voz venida La relación entre la creación y el Creador no es jasidismo nos enseña que es justamente por medio del desde el cielo: “¡No, no! ¡Así, no! ¡Traigan su propia comparable con la relación entre una artesanía y el cumplimiento de los preceptos físicos y aparentemente tierra!” artesano que la haya confeccionado. El artesano no ha insignifcantes que manifestamos la diferencia entre creado la materia prima con la que fabrica el objeto, Comenzamos con esta parashá un nuevo ciclo de un D-os meramente “grande” y un D-os infnito. estudio y lectura bíblica semanal. Empezamos por sino que simplemente cambia su forma; por lo tanto, Bereishit, o Génesis, que inicia con el tema de la este no depende de él para seguir existiendo. En La diferencia entre “grande” e “infnito” va más allá de Creación. cambio, la relación entre la Creación y el Creador —ya una cuestión de tamaño. Cuando decimos “D-os es que ‘Creación’ implica que el Creador lo ha creado de la infnito”, queremos expresar que no tiene límites; es El desafío de entender el origen y la naturaleza de la nada— depende de esa fuerza creadora para no revertir omnipresente, es decir, está en todo. Más aún: es quien existencia ha ocupado las mentes más brillantes a lo a su estado natural de no existencia. pone los límites a todo. De hecho, es esta la defnición largo de la historia. Y no es para menos: no es fácil crear que Maimónides da de D-os: una existencia primaria Para ilustrar el concepto: cuando uno tira una piedra un mundo. De hecho, en toda la historia de su existencia, que no depende de nada y de quien todo depende. el hombre no ha creado absolutamente nada; lo único hacia arriba, esta volará hasta que se agote la fuerza que la empuja en contra de su naturaleza, que es caer. que ha hecho es transformar algo ya existente en algo Tener claro este concepto no es solo una cuestión En el momento en que se acaba la fuerza innovadora diferente. La capacidad de crear algo de la nada solo teológica o académica; puede cambiar la calidad de que la impulsa hacia arriba, la piedra automáticamente está en el poder de D-os, el Creador. vida de quien así lo entienda. Es difícil entablar un revertirá a su estado natural y caerá. Sin duda, la ciencia ha podido explicar cómo es que una vínculo con un D-os que sea tan grande que a Él le cosa proviene de otra, pero no ha podido explicar cómo La Providencia Divina parezcan triviales mis cosas personales. En cambio un es que algo sale de la nada. Existe la teoría del Big Bang La mencionada concepción de la naturaleza de la D-os infnito se encuentra presente en cada detalle de (o Gran explosión), pero en defnitiva no es más que Creación y del vínculo entre el Creador y la Creación mi existencia. Tendría que hacer un esfuerzo solo si un término que refere a ese momento inexplicable a nos permite entender el concepto de la Hashgajá Pratit buscara romper o negar ese vínculo, porque está dado partir del cual el mundo empezó a existir. El Big Bang o Providencia Divina. de hecho. describe qué fue lo que presumiblemente pasó, pero Uno de los fundamentos del judaísmo postula: D-os no cómo, y menos aún para qué. maneja todo lo que sucede en el mundo. Según la La respuesta sobre el cómo está fuera del alcance de versión promulgada por el fundador del jasidismo, el Clases y Eventos la ciencia. 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