The Shul B”H weekly magazine Weekly Magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin (OBM) and Ethel Sirotkin and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Shabbos Parshas Bamidbar Sivan 4 - 5 May 18 - 19 CANDLE LIGHTING: 7:47 pm Welcome to Cantor Yaakov Motzen SHAVUOT Sivan 6 -7 May 19 -21 CANDLE LIGHTING 1st night: After 8:39 pm (from existing flame) CANDLE LIGHTING 2nd night: After 8:40 pm (from existing flame) Yom Tov Ends: 8:40 pm Te Shul - Chabad Lubavitch - An institution of Te Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem M. Schneerson (May his merit shield us) Over Tirty fve 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 3 The Shul Hebrew School prepared for Shavuos with beautiful crafts Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar and delicious cheesecake Celebrating Shabbos 4 -5 Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Celebrating Shavuos 6-7 Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Yom Tov experience Community Happenings 8 - 9 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray 10 Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 11- 19 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Wrapping up a great year of learning, programs and events, The Shul youth enjoyed a trip to Ninja Lounge. Get The Picture 20 - 24 The full scoop on all the great events around town In a woman’s world 25 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 26 French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha Latin Link 27 Refexion Semanal The ABC’s of Aleph 28 Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. Networking 29-32 Effective Advertising Numbers To Know 33 Contacts at The Shul Daily Study 34 A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul Get The Picture 35-36 The full scoop on all the great events around town Quotable Quote Rabbi Chanina the son of Dosa would say: One whose fear of sin takes precedence to his wisdom, his wisdom endures. But one whose wisdom takes precedence to his fear of sin, his wisdom does not endure – Ethics of the Fathers Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Bamidbar - Shavuos As we approach this holy holiday of Revelation, let us learn Torah ourselves And these are the children of and teach those around us whom we love, especially our children, so that Aaron and Moses on the day we transform their lives and give birth to another level of their being “that G-d spoke to Moshe at so that they are not merely Homo sapiens on the globe of earth, like Mount Sinai...”(3:1) the most sophisticated animal can be, but are truly in the image of G-d, fulflling our purpose in culminating the process of creation and making The obvious question that the this world a dwelling place for Him. classic commentator on the Torah, Rashi, immediately seeks May we all receive and accept the Torah with joy and internalization. to clarify is the fact that these We look forward to seeing all of you at the services on Shavuos where we are called the children of Moses will hear the 10 Commandments, men, women and children together, and when, in reality, they are only then partake in a sumptuous dairy feast. the children of Aaron, as he continues to list those sons of Have a good Shabbos, a Happy Shavuos and a great week. Aaron that took on the role of the priesthood, whereas the children of Moses retained the position of the Levites. Rashi comments that this is the source for the Talmudic Rabbi S. Lipskar statement that “one who teaches his friend’s child Torah it is as if he gave birth to him”. The reality of life Baruch Hashem makes this concept somewhat diffcult to comprehend as we know that it is a mother that gives birth to a child, not a teacher. Erev Shavuos / Holiday of Revelation 5778 Rashi continues to explain the continuing text “on the day …etc” - which “Know before whom you stand…” seem to be superfuous - that these words which Moses taught them were directly stated to him from G-d at Sinai. Letter of Commitment to Tefllah and Proper Decorum The message that the Torah teaches us here comports very signifcantly The Shul values each community member’s attendance. The to the fact that this Torah portion is always read in direct proximity to main purpose of prayer/Tefllah is a heartfelt and internalized the holiday of Shavuos when each one of us was present at the Divine beseeching G-d to answer our quests for whatever we ask. This Revelation when G-d gave us the Torah and by His most direct force is benefcially multiplied manifold when praying with a Minyan. infused our inner being with His holy wisdom. During services where there is talking it detracts from this The Torah, different than any other learning discipline, is absolutely meaningful and sincere prayer to our Father in Heaven. We ask unique in the fact that it not only gives us knowledge and information but actually connects us with G-d Almighty Himself on the highest and that you commit to trying not to talk during services, allowing most pristine levels. In fact, in our prayers each day we say that “the Torah yourself and all those around you to have the only conversation is our life and the length of our days”. that should occur within the sanctuary, one with Hashem. We know and greatly value the social component of attending Shul Torah is transformational. In a very vital manner it changes our perspective, thought process, our feelings, our disciplines, our life patterns, and clarifes but ask that the conversations be held after services are through, for each one of us our purpose in creation. Torah does not mean Bible but at the Kiddush or in the comfort of the spaces outside of the comes from the word Directives / Teachings. It is not only a document Sanctuary. that we treasure as a source of our legitimacy as a Chosen People and our claim to the Holy Land but is our Eitz Chaim – our Tree of Life and our Please join me to enhance our environment by committing to secret ingredient in ensuring our continuity against all odds and is the making every effort (without an oath) not to talk during davening. source of our disproportional contribution to civilization on every level. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and surely Hashem will It is why our response to receiving the Torah is, “we will do it and then we answer all your prayers. will understand it – Naaseh v’Nishma”, we commit to doing it before we endeavor to understand it. The connection of Torah to life and G-d is not Sholom D. Lipskar Steven Dunn – President limited by our human comprehension which can be changed in a whim and is constantly in a state of fux, but is based on G-d‘s wisdom which By the Grace of G-d, by signing below I commit and encourage my we accept unconditionally. We then put forth every effort to understand community members to do the same. whatever G-d has made available to comprehend and thereby internalize Signature: ________________________ it more than just by action. 3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Weekly Riddle Morah Malkie’s Elisheva Adouth's Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Questions: 1) Which nasi (tribal leader) is the brother-in-law of Aharon the High Montessori Classrooom 2 Priest? classrooom 2 2) Which relative of Moshe shares the name of an ancient city in the land of Israel? 3) The name of which “mysterious” animal appears six times in this parsha? Raquel Gilinski Answers from last week: Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls 1) In parshas Shemos, Mount Sinai is called G-d’s Mountain (Har Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 HaElokim) (Exodus 3:1). In parshas Ki Tisa, it is referred to as Mount Chorev (Exodus 33:6). In parshas Vezos Haberacha, the mountain that 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Moshe ascends to view the Land of Israel is called Mount Nevo (Deut. 34:1); in parshas Pinchas it is known as Mount Ha’Evarim (Numbers Classrooom 4 27:12), and in parshas Ha’azinu it is called both names (Deut. 32:49). Mount Hermon is mentioned in parshas Devarim (Deut. 3:8), while in parshas Ve’eschanan it is called Mount Sion (Deut. 4:48). 2)The Torah commands the counting of seven sets of seven years, totaling 49 years leading up to the Jubilee year (Leviticus 25:8). In parshas Emor the Torah commands the counting of 50 days from Yossi Cohen’s the Omer offering (brought on the second day of Passover) until the Yosef Brook’s Hebrew School “new grain” offering (Mincha Chadasha) which is brought on Shavuos Junior Boys (Leviticus 23:15-16). In parshas Metzora, the Torah commands a woman Grades: 4th - 8th Grades: 1 - 4 with the ritual impurity of ziva to count seven days before becoming ritually pure (Leviticus 15:28).