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Contents Nachas At A Glance

Rabbi Zalman Lipskar performed the swearing in ceremony for the new Weekly Message 3 Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Surfside Chief of Police.

Celebrating Shabbos 4 -5 Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings 6-7 Sharing with your Shul Family

A Time to Pray 8 Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week 9 - 16 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 17 20 The full scoop on all the great events around town In a woman’s world 21 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman

French Connection 22 Refexions sur la Paracha

Latin Link 23 Refexion Semanal The ABC’s of Aleph Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 24

Networking 25 - 28 Effective Advertising Bal Harbour Police Department donated a defbrillator to The Shul in memory of Chief Overton, obm. Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul 29 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 30 The Shul Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town 31 - 32

Quotable Quote

One who engages in illusions of grandeur is fooling no one but himself; so what’s the big deal of fooling a fool?

– Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch (1834-1882) Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Pinchas utilized to be strong as a lion to overcome negative forces, Shabbos Mevarchim bold as a leopard to not succumb to those who ridicule holy behavior, swift as a gazelle to run to do good deeds and soar like an eagle flying above earthiness and get closer to In G-d we trust” is on heavenliness. every piece of American “currency. “One country When you permit the body, AKA “the skin of the snake” that under G-d” is part of the envelops them to dominate, then the snake and his evil intent Pledge of Allegiance. utilizes all of these attributes to further the degenerate The founders and first behavior of the manipulating poisonous snake. generation to come to this blessed country, risking When the soul takes charge of the body and directs it in the their lives crossing a spirit of holiness and meaningful purpose then the snake bellicose ocean in a wooden is subservient to, and is dominated by, the good and G-dly. ship driven by winds and The snake only responds to strong discipline as does the human hands, threatened human animal being. Hence it was Pinchas who rose to be by (not having any weather the strict disciplinarian to control the base instincts of the patterns) storms, pirates and people, bringing peace and salvation. Often the freedom of murderous people waiting the body can imprison the soul while the freedom of the soul on the other side, only to have real freedom to serve G-d. and discipline of the body brings total and complete inner and outer balance and peacefulness. What happened to this singular force, faith and acceptance of G-d? Apparently, and disappointingly, the freedom that During these three weeks of sadness and mourning when was achieved through our arduous efforts brought about we lament the destruction of Jerusalem, the burning of the a distancing from Divinity and G-d’s authority and its Holy Temples and the exile of the Jewish people caused by a consequential moral and ethical decay. rejection of G-d and a selfishness that begot strife and enmity, we must harness those elemental, instinctive energies and The answer is in this week‘s Torah portion, represented by direct them to follow G-d‘s ways in an atmosphere of love for the events and the personhood of Pinchas. The Jewish people our fellow man. had witnessed G-d‘s presence in the most revealed manner. They were saved by miracles from abject slavery in Egypt, When the cause of destruction is eliminated, the rebuilding crossing the sea, traversing the deathly desert with Divine comes immediately. nourishment, protection and love, and now standing at the threshold of their final exodus from exile prepared to come Have a great Shabbos and good week. home to their Promised Holy Land.

Then the devastating experience with the Peor idol, encouraged by the Midianite women sent to seduce and influence the most powerful Jewish leaders including the prince of the tribe of Shimon, and 24,000 more who died in a punitive plague that Rabbi S. Lipskar attacked the nation. The Jew’s sacred mission was potentially derailed by a singular challenge at the final moment of their long and arduous journey by material, physical, animalistic urges.

The human biology is a combination of multiple animal traits including the lion, leopard, gazelle and eagle all existing within “the skin of the snake”. These animal instincts can be 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) In this parsha, where does the typical phrase, “Hashem spoke to Moshe saying” appear, but in a different order? 2) In what context is a shepherd mentioned in this parsha? Morah Malkie’s Elisheva Adouth's 3) Which offering must be brought “in its set time” (bemo’ado)? What Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls other offering must be brought “in its set time”? Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 Answers from last week: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 1) In this parsha, Moav compares the Jews to an ox licking up its Montessori Classrooom 2 surroundings (Numbers 22:4). In the blessing that Bilaam gives to the classrooom 2 Jews, they are compared to a lion and a lion cub (lavi) (Numbers 24:9). In parshas Vayechi, Yaakov compares Yehuda to a lion cub (Genesis 49:9), and in parshas Vezos Haberacha, Moshe compares the tribe of Gad to a lion cub (Deut. 33:20). Raquel Gilinski 2) In parshas Beshalach, Moshe also produced water from a stone Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls (Exodus 17:6). In parshas Beshalach the stone is called a tzur; in this Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 parsha is called a sela (Numbers 20:11). In this parsha, Hashem asks Bilaam, “Who are these men with you?” (Numbers 22:9). In parshas 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Bereishis, Hashem asks Adam, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9). Also Classrooom 4 in parshas Bereishis, after Kayin killed Hevel, Hashem asks, “Where is Hevel your brother?” (Genesis 4:9). In parshas Vayera, after Sarah laughed upon hearing the news of her upcoming childbirth, Hashem asks Avraham, “Why did Sarah laugh?” (Genesis 18:13).

Hebrew School 3) In parshas Bereishis, the snake speaks to Chava and entices her to Junior Boys eat from the Tree of Knowledge (Genesis 3:1). Grades: 4th - 8th Grades: 1 - 4 RIDDLE RULES 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Answers to the riddles can be given to Rabbi Shaykee Farkash any Classroom 1 time over Shabbos. The frst child to give a correct answer to each of the questions will win an INSTANT prize!

Davening With Dad Debbie’s Shmuely's Teen Girls Teen Boys Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 9th - 12th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Montessori 3 Teen Girls Room Haime Library

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

Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is sponsored by The Salver family in honor of Shabbos Schedule the frst yahrzeit of Dovid ben Shajne Halevi - David Salver obm. May his neshama have an aliya. Early Minyan 6:25 p.m. Shalosh Seudos This Week: Candle lighting 7:58 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Hashkama Minyan recital of entire Tehillim 6:00 a.m. Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 8:00 p.m. Farbrengen This Week: Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. The Shabbos Mevarchim Farbrengen is sponsored in honor Recital of the entire book of Tehillim 7:30 a.m. of The Rebbe, the Leader of our generation, the Shluchim Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m. of the Rebbe and the supporters of the Shluchim. Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. the caterer for this week’s Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Farbrengen in honor of Shabbos Mevarchim 1:00 p.m. kiddush and Shalosh seudos is Daf Yomi 7:00 p.m. Food Art Men’s Shiur 7:00 p.m. Women’s Shiur 7:00 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 7:00 p.m. kiddushim at The Shul Mincha 7:45 p.m. Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Pirkei Avot Chapter 1 Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:55 p.m. by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually)

The following dates are available for sponsorship: Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 7:45 p.m. Kiddush Shalosh Seudos July 14, 21, 28 July 7, 14, 21, 28 Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Mincha 7:45 p.m. Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:55 p.m. If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Stacy at 305-868-1411 ext 313 or email [email protected]

Lighting 7:57 p.m. Mincha 8:00 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 Yahrtzeits 24 Tammuz Mr. Shlomo Alexander 24 Tammuz Chana bas Mor Tivador obm 24 Tammuz Ms. Danielle Brenner Mother of Mr. Abe Sreter 24 Tammuz Mr. Jacobo Fux 25 Tammuz Dovid ben Nisan obm 24 Tammuz Mr. Leo Kardonski Father of Mrs. Alla Weingarten 25 Tammuz Mr. Sean Segal 25 Tammuz Shlomo ben Zecharia obm 25 Tammuz Mrs. Lana R. Weintraub Father of Mrs. Orly Alexander 26 Tammuz Mrs. Shlomit Kordich 26 Tammuz Sarah bas Moshe Haim obm 26 Tammuz Mr. Allan Perelis Sister of Dr. Samuel Davit 26 Tammuz Mrs. Diana Sragowicz 26 Tammuz Haim ben Zecharya obm 26 Tammuz Mr. Samuel Ziefer Brother-in-law of Mrs. Dana Werner 27 Tammuz Ms. Rachelle Malka Btesh 27 Tammuz Rachel bas Yaacov obm 27 Tammuz Ms. Nava Raskin Mother of Mr. Sol Zuckerman 27 Tammuz Mr. Alan Warner 28 Tammuz Faege bas Eliyahu obm 27 Tammuz Mr. Leon Weinschneider Mother of Mrs. Claire Loew Hausman 28 Tammuz Mrs. Lilian M Gatdula 28 Tammuz Dovid ben Shajne obm 28 Tammuz Mrs. Meira Gewirtz Father of Mr. Isaac Salver 28 Tammuz Ms. Margot Katz 29 Tammuz Margo Azrak obm 28 Tammuz Mr. Steven Mack Mother of Mrs. Ginette Dekelbaum-Sultan 28 Tammuz Dr. John Sragowicz 29 Tammuz Mr. Gabriel Ammar 29 Tammuz Mrs. Ronalee Galbut Anniversaries 29 Tammuz Mr. Alejandro Klimberg Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Dana Werner Dr. & Mrs. Michael & Eva Salzhauer Mr. & Mrs. David & Stephanie Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Sam & Rivkah Greenwald Dr. & Mrs. Richard & Nathalie Koffer Kid’s Birthdays 24 Tammuz Sonia Levy 25 Tammuz Ari Halberstam 25 Tammuz Samuel Joshua Lichtiger 25 Tammuz Sassona Zohara Lichtiger 26 Tammuz Nicolas David Galagovsky Community Notice Board: 26 Tammuz Maya Solaimanzadeh If you have a new or slightly used Shaitel that you 28 Tammuz Talia Frida Barouk would like to donate to The Shul Sisterhood 29 Tammuz Levi Solaimanzadeh Please Contact Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410

Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan and Chana Fish on the birth of a son. May they raise him to Torah, Chupah and Maasim Tovim and have much Claire Hausman invites all women nachas from him. for Chocolate & Coffee to celebrate our Embassy in Jerusalem Mazal Tov to Mr. and Mrs. J.J and Chantal Katz on the birth of a daughter - Charlotte Grace Sarah Anaelle. May they raise her to Torah, Chupah and Women’s Study Group - Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Ma’asim Tovim and may they have much nachas from her. Mazal Tov also Monday, July 9th to the grandparents, Dr. & Dr. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz and Mr. & Mrs. Lisa 8:30 - 10:30 pm and Nathan Low. Bon Chocolatier 1001 Kane Concourse Bay Harbor Islands, Florida 33154

6 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Tammuz 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 for donations received between 06/26/18 and 07/02/18 the month of Tammuz is Kindly Sponsored by We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Mr. & Mrs. Jackie Abraham Ms. Shay Kardonski Rabbi Dovid & Shulamit Morris Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Kavana Mr. & Mrs. Chanoch Alperovitz Rabbi & Mrs. Joseph Kazarnovsky The Rebbe: Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Gustavo Klimberg Mr. & Mrs. Dan Arev Dr. & Mrs. Richard Koffer “3 Tammuz was the beginning of the Mr. & Mrs. Jonah Bardos Mr. & Mrs. Schneur Zalman Lipskar redemption” Mr. & Mrs. Danny Barouk Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matz Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bavly Mr. & Mrs. Sam Mayer Mr. & Mrs. Baruk Benamran Mr. & Mrs. Temuri Nanikashvili May we immediately have the complete Mr. & Mrs. Isaie Bouhadana Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ohayon Redemption Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo Peretz Mr. Uri Bublil Mr. & Mrs. David Portnoy Ms. Patricia Cohen Mr. Ari Propis Rabbi & Mrs. Uri Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Saul Retelny “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo Danzinger Mr. & Mrs. Eliott Rimon pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Mr. Ashley Diener Mr. & Mrs. Levi Yitzchok occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Dr. & Mrs. Brian Dooreck Rosenblum be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire Mr. & Mrs. Levi Drimmer Mr. & Mrs. Edward Rosengarten body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, Mr. & Mrs. Dovid Duchman Mr. & Dr. Yehuda Sabach together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. & Mrs. Zalman Duchman Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Safra Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Egozi Dr. & Mrs. Michael Salzhauer Rabbi & Mrs. Henry Eichler Mr. & Mrs. David Schottenstein Refuah Shleimah If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep Mr. & Mrs. Ettai Einhorn Mr. & Mrs. Bentzy Shemtov the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. Mr. Maurice Elharar Mr. & Mrs. Abe Mark Sher MEN WOMEN Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Failer Mr. & Mrs. Howard Siegel Baruch Raphael ben Fraida Jessie-Esther bas Sonia-Simcha Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Gilbert Franco Mr. & Mrs. Eric Stein Aryeh Leib ben Sura Henya Tziporah Pnina bas Slava Mr. Arturo Garcia Mrs. Rivka Tyberg Rafael Maya ben Sol Esther bat Mazal Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Gellman Mr. & Ms. Azriel Wasserman Aaron ben Tamar Shoshana bat Mazal Mr. & Mrs. Dan Goldfarb Ms. Belinda Zaret Raphael Moshe ben Miriam Chaya Miriam Yehudit bat Chava Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Jaimovich Mr. & Mrs. Adam Ziefer Yichael ben Layke Clara bat Corina Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jaimovich Meyer Yankev ben Chaya Etel Rivka bat Shoshana Alexander ben Esther Raizel Leah Rochel bat Sarah Raphael Moshe ben Sarah Miriam bat Risha Raizel Moshe ben Zoila Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Moshe Avraham ben Tziporah Riva Chana bas Shoshana Chaim ben Pnina Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Volunteers Needed Gabriel ben Esther Chava bas Elka Menucha After every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Chaya bas Rachel left over food to organizations or families in need. Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Fayge bas Chaya We are looking for volunteers to help collect and Yosef ben Edwina Miriam Leah bas Helen Avrohom ben Feigel wrap the food. Mordechai David ben Esther If you would like to help please contact the Raizel Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush. Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel Community service hours will be awarded.

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

Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul 6:20 -6:50 am The Rebbe’s Maamorim 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 7:30 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

mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Sunday Mincha /Maariv Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 8:05 pm 10:00 pm Sephardic Minyan 8:05 pm Following Main Minyan 8:05 pm 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. We pray Based on times for July 11 for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily.

Hinda Clara bas Chana Guenendel Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:13 am Benyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut Earliest Talit & Tefllin 5:50 am Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 6:37 am Eden Chana bat Karine Cecile (Earliest Amidah) Latest Shema 9:59 am Zman Tfllah 11:08 am Chatzot / Midday 1:25 pm Earliest Mincha 2:01 pm Plag HaMincha 6:54 pm Shekiah / Sunset 8:15 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 8:42 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

Kiddush Bank 5778 Our very special thanks to the following Partners & Patrons whose contributions will help us to cover some of the costs of the un-sponsored Kiddushim and Farbrengens in the coming year. Partners - annual contribution of $770: Patrons - annual contribution of $360:

Mr. Arnold Lewis Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel and Pilar Berenfus Mr. & Mrs. Boruch and Yonit Duchman Mr. & Mrs. Bernard & Chavi Englard Mr. Daniel Gielchinsky Mr. Serge Moyal Mr. & Mrs. Josh and Divi Greisman Mr. Mordechai Olesky Mr. & Mrs. Moishe and Ofelia Hersman Ms. Diana Sreter Mr. & Mrs. Edward and Pauline Kopelman Dr. & Mrs. Gene and Sandra Moteles Mr. & Mrs. Temuri and Maya Nanikashvili Mr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Gittel Wolf

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9 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

An Ode to Diversity away from them, I beg you, please designate for spouses in marriage. The goal in marriage The Art of Leadership them a leader who will contain every single one is not to think alike, but to think together. No By: Rabbi YY Jacobson of them according to his individuality… G-d of two individuals think alike, nor should they. A the spirits! You recognize the individual spirit successful marriage is about learning how to of each of your creatures, so appoint someone contain within your own space the presence of who will know how to walk with each individual a distinct individual without feeling the need according to his spirit.’” to suppress the spouse’s otherness, so that your identity reigns exclusively in the relationship. Two Forms of Leadership Like notes in a ballad, each of us represents This is a remarkable interpretation. Perhaps a unique and distinct note, and together we more than anything else, it captures Judaism’s recreate the symphony, not by singing the same view on the meaning of genuine leadership. note, but by expressing our individual note as an Leadership, in all its forms — in the family, in the indispensible part of the song. work place, in schools, organizations, spiritual In Search for a Successor communes and societies — is not about cloning Absolutes Vs. Individuality iriam has died. So has Aaron. G-d tells people to ft the image and disposition of the Yet we have to be committed to the same song. If Moses that his turn is about to come. “Go leader. An authentic leader must embrace, rather not, our individual notes can create chaos rather Mup this mountain in the Abarim range than shun, human diversity. To a true leader, than a melody. The importance of individuality and see the land I have given the Israelites. After the distinctions between people are a positive does not mean that every whim and instinct you have seen it, you too will be gathered to phenomenon, not a threat. It is rooted in the of an individual ought to be sanctioned in the your people, as your brother Aaron was. . . .” leader’s appreciation of the creator of humanity name of individual self-expression. If we wish as “G-d of the spirits,” one G-d who created many this world not to be a jungle, we must recognize At this dramatic moment, captured in this week’s distinct faces, spirits and hearts, each of them that G-d, the “G-d of the spirits,” created absolute portion (Pinchas), Moses speaks to G-d. “May called upon to experience life in a unique and universal standards of morality and ethics that the Lord, the G-d of the spirits of all mankind, individual fashion. bind all of humanity. To the Jewish people, G-d appoint a man over this community to go out presented an absolute system of Torah and and come in before them, one who will lead One of the great challenges facing many mitzvos. them out and bring them in, so G-d’s people will marriages, communities and societies today is not be like sheep without a shepherd.” the notion of “My way or no way.” Or as a person Yet this does not compromise the focus of once remarked: “I am easy to get along with, Judaism on individual expression. Within the One can only imagine the emotions that once you learn to worship me.” It’s a feeling framework of the moral life and the Torah life, the engulfed Moses at the time. For more than that the landscape of my emotions and of my paths to truth are endless, not unlike the same four decades he had faithfully shepherded the religious experience is the only terrain worth 88 keys of the piano which lend themselves to people; with astonishing self-sacrifce he had treading on. If you think differently, if you have a endless musical combinations. Mozart, Handel, committed himself completely to the creation different path, you must be on the wrong team. Beethoven, Schubert, Bach and Tchaikovsky did and development of the nation of Israel. Now, not need to create new keys in order to display as he is about to leave the world, he beseeches Judaism, on the other hand, declares the oneness their creative genius and musical brilliance. G-d not to leave the people orphaned. We can be of G-d and the plurality of man. The idea that all quite certain that Moses’ brief words contained of us must be the same is foreign to the Judaic We, too, need not create or change the moral and far more than what is explicitly reported. ethos. John Lennon’s “Imagine,” notwithstanding Torah law in order to express our individuality. its powerfully luring message, is merely that: a External individualism relies on external and Indeed, this is the “job” of the Midrash, to attune fgment of imagination, an abstract fantasy not visible changes in order to assert itself. Internal us to the nuanced expressions and intricate rooted in reality. individualism, being in tune to your own inner intimations within biblical narrative. The rhythm, allows you to transform the same old Midrash on this passage focuses our attention Diversity is sown into the very fabric of existence. notes into beacons of pulsating creativity. to the peculiar way in which Moses addresses No two fakes of snow are alike; no two people G-d at this particular encounter: “G-d of the are alike. A leader’s goal is not to have all of his Moses’ plea to G-d to appoint a leader who spirits”? What is the signifcance of this title? or her followers look alike, but rather to contain can contain and embrace diversity constitutes within himself or herself the unique disposition a lesson to us about the quality of leadership “Just as no two faces are identical,” states the and soul-energy of each individual, guiding we ought to cultivate in our relationships with Midrash, “no two personalities are identical. them to maximize their own potential, just as each of our children, students, employees, and Every human being possesses an individual the brain guides individual limbs and organs people we have infuence on, allowing them to identity… During the time of his death, to function according to their particular nature shine in their own beautiful way. We must be Moses requested from G-d, saying, ‘Master within a larger organism. leaders to whom people can look to as a source of the universe! You are aware of the distinct of inspiration through which they can embrace personality of every single individual and that This applies to all leadership positions, including, life with their own individuated hug. no two of your children are alike. When I pass of course, the respective leadership roles of 10 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 - Tammuz 23 Wednesday - Tammuz 28 When Matot and Massai are separate, then Each of the Rebbe’im had maamarim designated on Shabbat at Mincha, as well as on Monday especially for the purpose of purifying the and Thursday, the Levi-aliya ends with the last atmosphere. Every two or three years they journey. would review and recite them publicly. One of (these special) maamarim of the Alter Rebbe Shabbos - Tammuz 24 was Hechaltzu printed in Likutei Torah (without From the Tzemach Tzedek’s aphorisms: the glosses). One of the Mitteler Rebbe’s was For the p’nimi (“inward” person), asking for a Yafa sha’a achat; (its subject was the frst ten blessing for avoda epitomizes, “Let them not chapters of the maamar Hinei kol echad v’echad pay attention to vain words.” What is needed is in Derech Hachayim). One of the Tzemach to “make the avoda heavy on the people.” Tzedek’s was Ma tovu, printed in Likutei Torah. One of my grandfather’s (the Rebbe Maharash) was Mi chamocha. One of my father’s was Sunday - Tammuz 25 V’yadata hayom, Moscow - 5657. There are two characteristic expressions in Chassidus: Thursday - Tammuz 29 A handwritten note of the Tzemach Tzedek was (a) A Jew recognizes G-dliness and senses the discovered. Its contents: He had determined supra-natural. He needs no proofs for these. to study Talmudic and Halachic texts six Tuesday - Tammuz 27 hours every night, standing. He had, thank G-d, (b) A Jew neither wants nor is able to be A brilliant and renowned scholar, exceptionally fulflled this and completed the study of the sundered from G-dliness. gifted and remarkably profound in his studies, entire Talmud (Babylonian and Jerusalemite) came to Lyozna and threw himself into the study and the four divisions of the Shulchan Aruch - The truth is that these two expressions are one of Chassidus. With his powerful intellectual all studied in depth. and the same: A Jew recognizes G-dliness and propensity he amassed - within a short time - a senses the higher-than-natural, and that is why great and broad knowledge in Chassidus. Friday - Menchem Av 1 he neither wants nor can he be torn away from The unique quality of Mashiach is that he will G-dliness. At his frst yechidus with the Alter Rebbe, he be humble. Though he will be the ultimate asked: “Rebbe, what do I lack?” The Rebbe replied: in greatness, for he will teach Torah to the “You lack nothing, for you are G-d-fearing and a Patriarchs and to Moshe Rabeinu (alav Monday - Tammuz 26 scholar. You do need, however, to rid yourself of In Torah-study the person is devoted to the hashalom), still he will be the ultimate in the chametz - which is awareness of self, and subject that he wishes to understand and humility and self-nullifcation, for he will also arrogance - and to bring in matza, which is bitul, comes to understand. In davening the devotion teach simple folk. renunciation of self.” An “implement” (such as a is directed to what surpasses understanding. roasting-spit) may have been used with yeshut, awareness of self; the person imagines himself In learning Torah the Jew feels like a pupil with to be “light.” Such pride repels the Shechina his master; in davening - like a child with his (G-d’s presence), for “he and (G-d) cannot dwell father. together.” That implement (or vessel, i.e. person) needs purging through such intense white heat that the “sparks” of the birurim (purifcation) fy out and are absorbed in the true light.”

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Practicing Unilateral Virtue in In a challenging situation, how do you want to be? Can you live by your personal code, even when it’s Halacha of The Week By Rabbi Dov Schochet the Face of Evil hard? What is your own code? What is your integrity By Hanna Perlberger system? What kind of honorable person are you Laws of Semicha If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for moved to be from the inside out? anything.” pon hearing the laws of inheritance and – Gordon A. Eadie Personal Power how they related to the daughters of “ When we blame someone or something else for Tzelafchad, Moses is told that he would My husband was shaking his head as he scrolled our perceived problems, then we are outsourcing U not be the one to bring the Jews into Israel, and down the text on his cell phone. “Who do you think the solution as well. For example, if it were Balak’s would pass on like his brother Aaron. As a true Greece blames for the collapse of its economy?” “I fault that the Jews in the desert were suffering, then leader, his frst concern was about who would dunno ... ” I replied offhandedly, “must be the Jews.” I only Balak could change the situation. This belief replace him. Who would be the leader up to the thought I was being sarcastic. My husband then read creates the disempowerment of the victim mentality. task of guiding the Jewish people, leading them out loud the vilest invectives spewed by political and Pinchas, on the other hand, didn’t waste any time in and out of war and contending with all the “religious” Greek leaders, laying the blame not just on the “blame game.” Instead, he took action where various opinions in the nation? G-d informs him for Greece’s fnancial woes, but pretty much all of the he could and focused on remedying the negative it will be Joshua as he is deserving. problems of the world—since time immemorial—at behavior he was witnessing in the Jewish people. our Jewish feet. To solidify the standing of Joshua, Moses is What is perhaps even more amazing is that he went commanded to give him a platform during his “Who do you think is getting the blame for the against his nature to do what he did. It would be easy own lifetime, convince Joshua of the great merit shooting of police offcers in various States?” I shot to think, “Well, I am no Pinchas. I’m not bold like that, in leading the nation, and also warn him of the back. Israel, of course. In twisted minds, dots connect daring and courageous.” But neither was he! The text effort required for this task. Finally, he is told to in bizarre and irrational ways. explains that he took after his grandfather, Aaron, rest his hand on Joshua’s head (literally Semicha) whose temperament was compassionate and peace- These days, the news, in general, seems pretty bad; to confer his authority to Joshua. Moses does loving. And yet Pinchas killed, acting in complete the news related to Jews, however, is once again more and rests both of his hands on Joshua’s opposition to his nature. And in so doing, he did what reaching unimaginable lows. head. Thus Joshua was given the authority to needed to be done. As explained by the Lubavitcher lead the nation. The previous Torah portion, Balak, is named after Rebbe, “he transcended his inborn instincts to bring a paranoid anti-Semite. This week’s Torah portion, peace between G-d and Israel.” This story is the origin of Semicha, conferrence Pinchas, is named after the Jewish hero who foiled of authority. Moses was granted authority Balak’s attempt to destroy the Jews in the desert. Pinchas fought an external enemy by correcting an internal fault in the Jewish people. directly from G-d and transferred that to Joshua. Pinchas was not originally included in the priestly From that point on, in order to have legitimate class, but as a result of his zealous courage, he was The very purpose of negativity is for us to change it. authority to rule on Torah matters one needed elevated into the priesthood and bestowed with an We change “it,” however, when we change ourselves. Semicha. Only one who received Semicha could eternal covenant of peace. Just like the slogan, “Think globally, act locally.” When grant it. Thus anyone with this license had Is there a connection between Pinchas and Balak? I you work on yourself, you are affecting the world. If it going back in an unbroken chain to Moses never noticed this before, and now I am wondering you stop feeding negativity anywhere, it will starve himself. whether these two Torah portions are best everywhere. (There is the opinion of Maimonides that if all understood as being a pair—that somehow “evil” For example, when Jacob was preparing for his the sages in Israel agree to give Semicha to a and “peace” are package deals. Like “growth” through famous encounter with his brother, Esau—whom specifc individual they can do so, even if none “adversity,” Balak’s plot to destroy the Jewish people Jacob feared could still want to kill him—Jacob of them have Semicha themselves. It is not clear gave Pinchas the opportunity to rise to the occasion; prepared in three ways: He brought gifts, he prayed, if Maimonides was certain of this point or was in so doing, Pinchas changed the fate of the Jewish and he equipped himself for war. And so dealing simply considering it. Regardless, this generated people, as well as his own destiny. with evil is never a “one solution fts all” kind of the “Semicha controversy” in the beginning of approach. While politics and military operations may Practicing Unilateral Virtue the 16th century. For all practical purposes, this be necessary, at the same time, we must also regard opinion is not followed.) When the news brings us daily reports of implacable the spiritual realm as every bit as real and powerful, hatred and inhuman brutality, how do we react? Is if not more so. While originally it was granted by the physical there a way not just to retain our humanity in the resting of Moses’s hands on the head of Joshua, Realistically, isn’t that the realm that most of us can face of an evil that wants to seduce us away from from that point forward what was critical was access anyway? The daily dose of bad news can it, but to use that very evil to bring out our personal the verbal declaration made by the person depress you, enervate you and leave you trembling best? bestowing the Semicha. They would tell the with fear waiting for horror to strike. That is, however, recipient “you have Semicha and the right to Rick Hanson, a psychologist famous for using precisely when we need to rise to the occasion and judge” and call him ‘Rebbi’. The group bestowing neuroplasticity to create positivity in people’s lives, actualize our potential of unilateral virtue, integrity Semicha had to have at least three members, says that “one of the hardest things to do is to remain and courage. We can all change not only our own one of whom had already received it himself. reasonable, responsible and ethical ourselves when fate, but also the destiny of the world. others don’t.” 12 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

This process could only be done in Eretz Yisroel, materials. the borders of which are determined by the Pirkei Avos original borders that were conquered by the Ultimately, the authority of Semicha teaches us nation following the exodus from Egypt. While the importance of our tradition. The only way For the Love of G-d both the conferrer and the recipient had to be in one can have true ordination is if it is received in Selected from “Pirkei Avos in the Light of Israel, it was not necessary for it to happen face a chain going back to Moses himself. The power Chassidus” by Yekutiel Green to face. The Semicha could be sent in writing of the Jewish people is this chain that stretches or through an agent that would inform the back through the generations, from teacher to recipient of his authority. student, going all the way to the founding of the nation at Sinai. This connects us not only While originally anyone with Semicha was able to Moses but to Hashem, who spoke to Moses to confer the right to their students, during the in front of the entire nation. Our moral strength times of Hilel the sages said one can only give and authority can only be found when it is tied Semicha with the consent of the Nasi, the head to our connection with Hashem. of the academy. While he did not have to consent to every individual recipient, he alone gave the authority to someone who had Semicha to confer it to other people. The Portion of Pinchas e must serve G-d with our emotions When granting Semicha the granting could be “...Do not be like servants who serve qualifed and limited. While generally it gave Wtheir master for the sake of receiving the recipient the right to adjudicate all Halachic The Torah portion of Pinchas, a reward…” (Avot 1:3) issues, it could be contained to specifc areas. They could grant it for fnancial law, laws of which enumerates all the Love and Awe of Heaven Kosher, laws of family purity, the right to assess festivals of the year, is usually “Love of G-d is the root of all the 248 positive punitive damages etc. Furthermore, they could commandments, which are drawn from there” limit the time it would be effective. So while it read during the Three Weeks and “Awe is the root of the 365 prohibitions…” would usually be for the rest of the recipient’s [between the 17th of Tammuz (Tanya, chap.4) Although love and awe of life, it could be limited to any amount of time G-d are only two of the 613 mitzvot, they the conferrer chose. and the 9th of Av]. This is have a great effect upon the quality of one’s observance of all of the mitzvot. Sometime during the Roman rule of Israel because in the Messianic era, the and the writing of the Talmud, no one with 17th of Tammuz will be the “frst It is not intellectual understanding which Semicha was left alive. The chain was broken. motivates the performance of mitzvot, but This was done through many harsh decrees of day of Yom Tov,” the 9th of Av will emotional qualities of the heart. Only true the anti-religious Roman government. Once that be the “last day of Yom Tov,” and love of G-d will prompt a person to fulfll His happened, it was no longer possible for anyone mitzvot, the 248 positive commandments. to give or receive the true Semicha, the authority the Three-Week period will be Similarly, reverence for Him will restrain him to rule in all areas of Torah law. “the Intermediate Days of the from doing anything against G-d’s Will by transgressing the 365 prohibitions. Without The Semicha we have today is more of a Festival,” as it states (Jeremiah the love of G-d, a person’s performance of notifcation and permission than anything else. 31:13): “And I will transform mitzvot is not perfect… The Talmud tells us that a student cannot issue Halachic rulings in the presence of his teacher their mourning into joy.” (On The Arizal explained that a mitzvah without (or maybe even his lifetime.) Therefore, if a Intermediate Days, the Torah intention (i.e. precise awareness of what one is person wishes to issue such rulings they need doing) is like a body without a soul. Love and to have permission from their primary teacher. reading refects the holiday awe permeate the performance of a mitzvah That is Semicha today, permission to rule on being celebrated.) with fre and fervor. Without love and awe, it is Halachic matters. (This is even though it does not possible to perform a mitzvah for its own not grant the authority that was granted with sake, and a person acts merely out of habit. True Semicha.) Without the love of G-d, a person’s performance of mitzvot is not perfect; in the language of The second element is one of notifcation, (Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin) the Tanya, chapter 4: “One who fulflls them in to alert people that this man is fuent in the truth…” relevant laws. Just as there are licenses for many professions to guarantee basic profciency, Chassidic texts explain that there are many Semicha today allows the community to know different levels and types of love of G-d. It that this student has mastered the relevant appears from commentaries to this Mishna that 13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! the instruction to “be like servants who serve a common folk remedy). their master without intention of receiving a Stories with Soul reward” applies to everyone, and every person Could it be that the rebbe or his staff had mixed is expected to achieve a love for G-d which is Saved by Leeches (and Faith) the two women up, and sent them each the unconditional - this is a true love which has no By Menachem Posner message intended for the other? The woman ulterior motives. brushed aside her doubts and hastened home. Her only question was how to convince her Love and Awe - Two which are husband, the stalwart cynic, to subject himself Four to leeching, which was as painful as it was Love and awe each comprise two levels, called bloody. the lower and higher levels of awe, and the Indeed, after hearing what had happened, lower and higher levels of love. These four the husband laughed bitterly. “See?” he said, levels are alluded to in the Mishna. The order “You spent all that time and money to visit in which they appear follows the order which your rebbe, and he gave you the most useless a person must follow in his service of G-d: the advice. How are leeches going to bring us the lower level of awe; the lower level of love; the funds we so desperately need?” higher level of love; the higher level of awe: here was once a Jewish couple who lived in Poland, then the seat of a burgeoning It was the dreaded morning, the day the debt “Do not be like servants…” - This alludes to TChassidic community. The wife was a frm was due to be collected, and there was barely the lower level of awe, where a person fears believer in the Chassidic way of life. A woman a penny in the house. Left with no alternative, punishment of the blemish that will blight his of simple faith, she was a great admirer of the husband heeded the gentle words of his soul through sin. Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, known far and wide wife and allowed her to apply the leeches to as der heiliger Ruzhiner, “the holy [man] of his body. “…for the sake of receiving a reward” - This Ruzhin.” alludes to a higher level of love. When one As he lay on his bed, blood oozing from the achieves this level of love, one becomes aware Her husband, on the other hand, was a skeptic. many sores that the leeches had created, the that even the greatest reward for his service, He had a hard time accepting that G-d plays an nobleman’s agent came to the door. Seeing whether this reward if spiritual or material. active role in human affairs, and he certainly the man lying there in obvious pain, the offcer paid no attention to those who were believed took pity on the poor fellow, who was clearly in “…without intention of receiving a reward” - to have clout with Him. This alludes to the highest level of love. When no state to raise the monies needed. one achieves this level of love, one becomes Over time, it happened that the husband “Sir,” he reported to his master, “I have been to aware that even the greatest reward for one’s accumulated a large debt to the local squire visit the poor Jew, and he is in a terrible state. service is only a small “slice” in comparison to and had nary a penny to his name. I would advise forgiving the debt. He has no the value of the service itself. money to speak of, and it does not seem that As the due date drew nearer, the wife pleaded he will be in better shape any time soon.” “And let the reverence for Heaven be upon with her husband to consult with the Ruzhiner, you…” - This alludes to the higher level of awe, but he would hear nothing of it. As time passed, Suspecting that the agent had been paid awe of the majesty and exaltedness of G-d, as and their prospects remained pitifully slim, he off, the noble decided to see the situation well as shame to transgress in His presence. fnally relented: his wife could travel to the for himself before letting the debtor off the Be upon you - In fact, the higher level of awe rebbe, but he preferred to stay home. hook. Upon arrival, he saw that the man was is itself divided into two levels, that which is bedridden and appeared to be in even poorer When she arrived at the rebbe’s court, the good produced by his own efforts, known in Kabbala health than the agent had described. Feeling woman was dismayed to see a large crowd of as “arousal from below”; and that which is sorry, the nobleman declared that the entire petitioners, all hoping for advice or a blessing. bestowed upon man from Above, known in debt was wiped clean. Kabbala as “arousal from Above”. The latter is Unable to speak to each one individually, the the essential aspect of higher awe. The Mishna rebbe sent messages to the visitors via his One can only imagine that the cynical husband states, “And let reverence for Heaven be upon assistants. was a cynic no longer. you” - rather than within you, thus alluding to The wife waited patiently alongside another When retelling this story to his son, Rabbi the level of awe which is bestowed upon a woman, whose husband (a faithful adherent person from Above. Avraham Yaakov of Sadigur, the holy Ruzhiner of Chassidism) was deathly ill. At last, the concluded that the miraculous turn of events messenger came out with the rebbe’s missives. was entirely due to the pure faith of the wife. To the woman whose husband was ill, the rebbe had advised not to allow anyone to visit (Source: Siach Sarfei Kodesh vol. III, pg. 97.) his chamber, and the woman whose husband was in debt was told that her husband should be treated with bankes (blood-sucking leeches, 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

sniffed approvingly, but give it another few constitutes its soul—i.e., its spiritual function The 3 Weeks hours, and ahhhh . . . A few hours of aching feet and design. And when we utilize something Cholent and a hollow stomach are a small price to pay to serve the Creator, we penetrate its shell of By Yanki Tauber considering what was developing under that lid mundanity, revealing and realizing its divine with each passing minute. essence. he story is told of a simple, unlettered Jew who kept a tavern on a distant crossroads Obviously, that’s what his fellow worshippers It is to this end that we have been scattered Tmany weeks’ journey from the nearest are thinking, as well. They, too, have a cholent across the six continents—so that we may come Jewish community, who one year decided to simmering on their stovetop. No wonder in contact with the sparks of holiness which make the trip to the Jewish town for Rosh they’ve stopped crying. Let the service go on, he await redemption in every corner of the globe. Hashanah. consoled himself, the longer the better. So that a printing press in Boston should print a work of Torah learning on paper manufactured When he entered the shul on Rosh Hashanah And on the service went. His stomach felt like by a Pennsylvania mill from a tree which grew morning, it was already packed with worshippers raw leather, his knees grew weak with hunger, in Oregon. So that a forest clearing in Poland and the service was well underway. Scarcely his head throbbed in pain, his throat burned should serve as the site for a traveling Jew’s knowing which way to hold the prayerbook, with suppressed tears. But whenever he felt that prayers, and that a scientifc theory developed he draped his tallit over his head and took an he simply could not hold out a moment longer, in a British university should aid a Jew in his inconspicuous place against the back wall. he thought of his cholent, envisioning what was appreciation of the divine wisdom inherent in happening to that piece of meat at that very the natural world. Hours passed. Hunger was beginning to gnaw moment: the steady crisping on the outside, the at his insides, but the impassioned sounds of softening on the inside, the blending of favors And the holier the spark, the deeper it lies prayer around him showed no signs of abating. with the potatoes, beans, kishke and spices in buried. The Kabbalistic masters employ the Visions of the sumptuous holiday meal awaiting the pot. Every minute longer, he kept telling analogy of a collapsed wall—the highest him at his lodgings made his eyes water in pain. himself, is another minute on the fre for my stones are the ones which fall the farthest. By What was taking so long? Haven’t we prayed cholent. the same token, when G-d invested His will in enough? Still the service stretched on. His creation, He caused its loftiest elements An hour later, the cantor launched into another to descend to the most distant and spiritually Suddenly, as the cantor reached a particularly exceptionally moving piece. As his tremulous desolate corners of the earth. Hence our galut— stirring passage, the entire congregation burst voice painted the awesome scene of divine our exile from the Holy Land, our subjugation to into tears. Why is everyone weeping? wondered judgment unfolding in the heavens, the entire alien governments and cultures, the cessation of the tavernkeeper. Then it dawned on him. Of shul broke down weeping once again. At this G-d’s open and direct involvement in our lives, course! They, too, are hungry. They, too, are point, the dam burst in this simple Jew’s heart, and our seeming abandonment to chance and thinking of the elusive meal and endless service. for he well understood what was on his fellow fate. All this is a “descent for the sake of ascent,” With a new surge of self-pity he gave vent to his worshippers’ minds. “Enough is enough!” he a mission to the most forsaken points of earth— anguish; a new wail joined the others as he, too, sobbed. “Never mind the cholent! It’s been spiritually as well as geographically—to extract bawled his heart out. cooking long enough! I’m hungry! I want to go the exceptionally lofty sparks they contain. home . . . !” But after a while the weeping let up, fnally Thus, the more painful the galut, the more quieting to a sprinkling of exceptionally pious Jewish history is a cholent. challenging its trials, the lowlier the elements worshippers. Our hungry tavernkeeper’s hopes it confronts us with—the greater its rewards. soared, but the prayers went on. And on. Why The Talmud states that “the people of Israel Every additional minute of galut represents have they stopped crying? he wondered. Are were exiled amongst the nations only so that more sparks of holiness redeemed, and its every they no longer hungry? converts may be added to them.” On the most further descent brings a deeper dimension of basic level, this is a reference to those non-Jews the divine purpose to fruition. Then he remembered the cholent. What a who, in the centuries of our dispersion, have cholent he had waiting for him! Everything come in contact with the Jewish people and But there comes a point at which every Jew else his wife had prepared for the holiday decided to convert to Judaism. But chassidic must cry out from the very depths of his being: meal paled in comparison to that cholent. He teaching explains that the Talmud is also “Enough already! The cholent has been cooking distinctly remembered the juicy chunk of meat referring to the many other “souls” which we long enough! We want to come home!” she had put into the cholent when she set it have transformed and elevated in the course on the fre the previous afternoon. And our of our exile—the “sparks of holiness” contained tavernkeeper knew one thing about cholent: within the physical creation. the longer it cooks, the more sumptuous your cholent. He’d looked under the lid on his way to The great Kabbalist Rabbi Isaac Luria (the “Ari”) shul this morning, when the cholent had already taught that every created entity has a spark of been going for some eighteen hours; good, he’d G-dliness within it, a pinpoint of divinity that 15 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

the Rebbe’s work in both serving and bringing Recently In The News together Jews in Israel and throughout the world, regardless of affliation.

Some told of specifc instances of service and acts of kindness performed by Chabad-Lubavitch Knesset Honors the Rebbe emissaries and other Chabad Chassidim through With Special Session the growing array of Chabad centers throughout Diverse members of Knesset cite Israel. Others talked about their personal the Rebbe’s example and legacy “They serve for the Jewish people and for Israel, relationships with emissaries and the Rebbe and they deserve recognition from the country,” himself. said Yair Lapid, chairman of the centrist Yesh Atid Party, whose remarks were shared in a newscast Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Aharonov, head of Agudas following Monday’s event, held heading into the Chassidei Chabad of Israel, summed up the 25th year since the Rebbe’s passing. sentiment of the day.

Praise came from across the political and social “The presence of Knesset members from all the spectrum in Israel, with government ministers factions demonstrates the care that the Rebbe and members of the Knesset participating in had for all parts of the nation,” said Aharonov. By Yehuda Sugar the special event, dubbed “Chabad Day in the “The Rebbe has always instilled in us that it is Knesset.” our duty to bring every Jew together without embers of the Israeli Knesset and other looking at his personal situation. The event high-ranking Israeli offcials took time Kara, a member of the Israeli Druze community, proves that the path and work of the Rebbe were Mfrom their busy legislative schedules to shared a recent joyous occasion—a bar mitzvah successful in entering the Israeli consciousness.” hail the legacy of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem he celebrated with a Chabad emissary in Tel Aviv. M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—and The day, organized by Knesset Member Shuli the work of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries as a Most speakers focused on their admiration of Mualem and Israel’s Chabad leadership, would unifying and caring force across Israel and the the Rebbe, his teachings and his example, and not have been complete without a call to action, world. on Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries for continuing which manifested as a tefllin- donning session for offcials who chose to opt in.

Rebbe’s Letter to George H Bush

A letter that the Rebbe wrote to President George H Bush references the Fourth of July - America’s Independence Day.

16 Construction Updates Keeping you up to date on our exciting progress

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE Over the past few weeks, we have been quite aware of the weather especially when the rains were incessant. When it wasn’t pouring, we made great progress with inspections and with the concrete pouring. We also took steps to avoid future weather-related delays through the waterproofng of the underground structures, a process coordinated by Royal Plumbing with two of our subcontractors, JLK and H&M, and focused on the lift stations and control structures.

H&M and JLK are also part of the team who work on the water proofng and rebar caging. That feld work is progressing nicely. Our Construction Company is focused on purchasing the necessary materials and products for the remainder of the project. We are working with our Architect to answer all questions from potential vendors and subcontractors and are currently considering mechanical proposals, door and hardware proposals, and windows / glazing proposals.

And now for some nitty gritty details on those pile caps: Optimus has reviewed all the rebar submittals, and together with H&M, will ensure that all the submittals refect the most current drawing revisions. This week, 90 yards of the foundation pile caps and grade beams were poured. The elevator pits will be completed with the proper water proofng and sump locations.

Our Contractor determined that information was missing on column layouts and generated 6 Requests For Information (RFI). These requests are a partnering tool to resolve these “gaps, conficts or subtle ambiguities during the bidding process or early in the construction process to eliminate the need for costly corrective measures.”. Optimus and our Architect are involved in addressing this issue and they will get the necessary information for column layouts to the Schmid team from this point forward.

Coordination is very critical in a project such as the Shul Building, and we have instituted weekly calls between the Architect and the GC to address any concerns as far as RFI’s, new drawings, sketched coordinated drawings, and submittals.

Susan Wokenfeld of Speedy Permits is handling the permit drawing submissions to the city of Surfside, and Schapiro has a new submission for the city to address the reviewer’s comments.

As always, if you have any questions regarding the construction process, please don’t hesitate to contact Maurice Egozi (786-280-1923), Mitch Feldman (786-556-5425) or Yankie Andrusier (347-723-2731).

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ב“ה CYS College of Jewish Studies at The Shul Dr. Nathan Katz Summer Series on Sephardic Jewry Jews of India (HIST 110 ) Tuesdays, 10:30am – 12:00pm

Date Topic Reading July 3 Overview Katz, 1‐7 July 10 The Jews of Cochin – History Katz, 9‐56 July 17 Religious life Katz, 56‐89 July 24 The Bene Israel Katz, 90‐125 July 31 “Baghdadi” Jews Katz, 126‐165 Aug 7 Judaizing movements: ‐‐‐ Bnei Menashe and Bnei Ephraim

The Shul, 9540 Collins Ave, Surfside, Florida

Professor Nathan Katz is Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, at Florida International University in Miami. He served there as Director of Jewish Studies, Director of the Program in the Study of Spirituality, Bhagwan Mahavir Professor of Jain Studies, Kaufman Professor of Global Entrepreneurship, and Chairman of the Department of Religious Studies. He is also Academic Dean of the Chaim Yakov Shlomo College of Jewish Studies in Surfside, Florida.

The author of fifteen books and more than one hundred scholarly and popular articles, Professor Katz has won four Fulbright awards for research and teaching in South Asia, where he has lived for more than seven years.

Textbook Nathan Katz, Who Are the Jews of India? (Univ. of California Press, 2000) Available from Amazon or from Univ. of California Press.

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Vivre avec la paracha Sur les parents et les profond le texte nous communique-t-il ? La déception comment il convient de vivre – est accessible à tous. de Moïse recèle-t-elle de quelque enseignement Depuis les premiers temps jusqu’à nos jours, le peuple enseignants intemporel ? D.ieu le consola-t-Il d’une quelconque juif fut une série de communautés construites autour par le Rav Jonathan Sacks manière ? d’écoles, soutenues par des fonds communautaires afn que nul ne soit exclu. uste sous la surface de la paracha de cette semaine Moïse et Aaron personnifèrent les deux grands rôles se trouve une histoire particulièrement poignante. dans la continuité juive : horim et morim, parents et Les sages ont dressé un parallèle entre le domicile JElle se produit dans le contexte de la prière de enseignants. Un parent transmet l’héritage juif à ses et l’école, entre les parents et les enseignants. Ainsi, Moïse que D.ieu nomme un successeur à la tête du enfants ; un enseignant fait de même à ses disciples. Maïmonide statue : peuple juif. Aaron fut l’archétype du parent ; Moïse fut l’enseignant Il incombe à chaque sage du peuple juif d’enseigner à Un indice est donné dans les paroles de D.ieu à Moïse modèle (nous l’appelons jusqu’à ce jour Moché Rabbénou, « Moïse notre maître »). C’est le fls d’Aaron tous les disciples, bien qu’ils ne soient pas ses enfants, : « Quand tu l’auras contemplée [la Terre d’Israël], tu comme il est dit : « Tu les enseigneras à tes fls. » Selon iras rejoindre tes pères, toi aussi, comme l’a fait Aaron qui lui succéda ; c’est Josué, son disciple, qui succéda à Moïse. la tradition, « tes fls » désigne tes disciples, car les ton frère. » Rachi est intrigué par le mot « aussi » disciples sont appelés des fls, comme il est dit : « Et les apparemment superfu, et fait le commentaire que « Les sages ont souligné en diverses occasions fls des prophètes sortirent » Moïse souhaitait mourir de la même manière qu’Aaron que le leadership de la Torah ne se transmet pas ». automatiquement de génération en génération. Le Dans la même veine, il écrit ailleurs : Tout comme une personne est commandée d’honorer et Dans quel sens Moïse était-il envieux de son frère ? Talmud déclare : de révérer son père, elle est dans l’obligation d’honorer Était-ce qu’il voulait mourir sans douleur, comme Aaron Veillez à ne pas négliger les enfants des pauvres, car et de révérer son maître, même dans une plus grande ? Sûrement pas. Moïse n’avait pas peur de la douleur. d’eux sortira la Torah, comme il est écrit : « De l’eau mesure que son père, car son père lui a donné la vie Était-ce qu’il enviait la popularité de son frère ? Car s’écoulera de ses seaux », ce qui signife que « des dans ce monde, tandis que son maître qui lui enseigne il a été dit d’Aaron que, lorsqu’il mourut, il fut pleuré pauvres parmi eux » sortira la Torah. Et pourquoi les la sagesse lui assure la vie dans le monde à venir. par « tous les enfants d’Israël », ce que la Torah ne dit érudits n’engendrent-ils pas naturellement des enfants pas dans le cas de Moïse. Cela, aussi, ne peut pas être érudits ? Rav Joseph dit : pour qu’il ne soit pas dit que La relation entre ces deux fonctions existe également la réponse. Moïse savait que le leadership ne va pas la Torah est leur héritage. Rav Sheshet fls de Rav Idi dit dans le sens inverse. Le rôle d’un parent est de pair avec la popularité. Il ne la recherchait pas. Il : pour qu’ils ne deviennent pas arrogants vis-à-vis de la systématiquement défni dans les Livres de Moïse n’aurait pas pu mener à bien ce qu’il a accompli tout communauté. Mar Zoutra dit : parce qu’ils agissent de en termes d’enseignement et d’instruction. « Tu les en l’atteignant. façon tyrannique envers la communauté. enseigneras diligemment à tes enfants. » « Il arrivera que lorsque ton fls te demandera... Tu lui répondras Le Ketav Sofer donne ce qui est sûrement l’interprétation Si la maîtrise de la Torah était dynastique, transmissible ainsi. » L’éducation est une conversation entre les correcte : Aaron eut le privilège de savoir que ses en héritage, le judaïsme deviendrait rapidement une générations, entre parents et enfants. Dans l’unique enfants allaient suivre ses traces. Élazar, son fls, fut société de privilège et de hiérarchie. À cela, les sages verset dans la Bible qui explique pourquoi Abraham nommé grand prêtre de son vivant. Et jusqu’à ce jour, étaient totalement opposés. Chacun possède une part fut choisi pour être le père d’une nouvelle foi, il est dit les cohanim sont les descendants directs d’Aaron. De dans la Torah. Elle est le patrimoine commun de tous : « Car Je l’ai choisi, afn qu’il instruise ses enfants et même, selon le Ketav Sofer, Moïse souhaitait voir l’un de les Juifs. Nulle part est-ce plus clairement affrmé que sa maison après lui de garder la voie de l’Éternel en ses fls, Gershom ou Eliezer, lui succéder comme leader dans les paroles de Maïmonide : faisant ce qui est juste et bon. » Abraham fut choisi pour du peuple. Cela ne devait pas arriver. Israël reçut trois couronnes : la couronne de la être à la fois un parent et un éducateur. Rachi arrive à la même conclusion en notant un Torah, la couronne de la prêtrise et la couronne de la Moïse se vit donc refuser la chance de voir ses enfants deuxième indice. Le passage où Moïse demande à souveraineté. La couronne de la prêtrise fut décernée hériter de sa fonction, de sorte que sa déception D.ieu de lui nommer un successeur vient directement à Aaron... La couronne de la souveraineté fut donnée personnelle devienne une source d’espoir pour les à la suite l’histoire des flles de Tselaf’had, qui avaient à David... La couronne de la Torah, cependant, est, pour générations futures. Le leadership de la Torah n’est pas demandé qu’il leur soit permis d’hériter de la part de tout Israël, comme il est dit : « Moïse nous a ordonné la l’apanage d’une élite. Il ne se transmet pas par succession la terre d’Israël qui serait revenue à leur père, s’il était Torah, comme héritage de l’assemblée de Jacob ». Tout dynastique. Il ne se limite pas à ceux qui descendent de resté en vie. Rachi relie les deux épisodes : « Quand celui qui la désire, peut la gagner. Ne supposez pas que grands savants. Il est ouvert à chacun de nous, si nous Moïse entendit D.ieu lui dire de donner l’héritage de les deux autres couronnes soient supérieures à celle de le voulons et lui consacrons nos meilleurs efforts, notre Tselaf’had à ses flles, il se dit : “Le moment est venu la Torah, car il est dit : « Par moi, les rois règnent et les temps et notre énergie. Mais en même temps, Moïse pour moi de faire une requête personnelle et de princes fondent des lois de justice. Par moi, les grands reçut une grande consolation. Tout comme les cohanim demander que mes fls héritent de ma position.” D.ieu gouvernent. » Ainsi apprenons-nous que la couronne de sont jusqu’à aujourd’hui les fls d’Aaron, ainsi tous ceux lui répondit : “Tel n’est pas Mon dessein. Josué mérite la Torah est plus grande que les deux autres couronnes. qui étudient la Torah sont-ils les disciples de Moïse. d’être récompensé pour t’avoir servi et n’avoir jamais Certains se voient accorder le privilège d’être un parent quitté ta tente.” C’est ce que voulut dire Salomon quand C’est l’une des grandes affrmations égalitaires dans ; d’autres, celui d’être un enseignant. Les deux sont des il dit : “Qui veille sur le fguier en mangera les fruits et le judaïsme. La couronne de la Torah est disponible moyens par lesquels quelque chose de nous perdure qui veille sur son maître sera honoré.” » La requête de pour quiconque la recherche. Il y eut des sociétés dans l’avenir. Parent-enseignant ou enseignant-parent, Moïse ne fut pas accordée. qui cherchèrent à créer l’égalité en répartissant uniformément la puissance ou la richesse. Aucun n’y ce sont là les plus grands rôles dans le judaïsme, l’un Ainsi, à l’écoute de toutes les nuances, les sages et parvint pleinement. L’approche juive était différente. immortalisé en Aaron, l’autre, rendu éternel dans Moïse. Rachi reconstruisirent un récit se trouvant juste sous Une société de dignité égale est celle dans laquelle la surface du texte biblique. Qu’advint-il des enfants la connaissance – la plus importante forme de de Moïse ? Fut-il, lui, le grand leader, secrètement déçu connaissance, à savoir la Torah, la connaissance de qu’ils n’aient pas hérité de sa fonction ? Quel message 22 Latin Link Refexion Semanal

Parasha de la Semana Las cinco hermanas: la pecado”. El Talmud cita dos opiniones sobre cuál fue edad avanzada, todas fueron bendecidas con hijos. el pecado, aunque ambas están de acuerdo en que historia de las hijas de fue cometido con buenas intenciones. Antes que nada, sin embargo, las hermanas Tzelafjad Tzelafjad representan el amor de la mujer judía hacia la Tierra Por Mendy Kaminker Una opinión dice que Tzelafjad estaba entre los de Israel. Nuestros sabios observan el contraste ma’apilim, los judíos que amenazaban con atacar entre los hombres, que tenían miedo de entrar a la n grupo de cinco hermanas se acercó con la tierra de Israel. Luego del pecado de los espías, tierra y gritaban: “¡Nombremos un jefe y volvamos valentía a Moshé ante todo el pueblo judío. Se Di-s decretó que los judíos vagarían por el desierto a Egipto!”9 , y las mujeres, que estaban impacientes trataba de las hijas de Tzelafjad, las mujeres durante 40 años, hasta que toda esa generación por poseer las tierras e incluso exigir una parte de U hubiera muerto. Al enterarse de las consecuencias ellas. que tuvieron el privilegio de que se le agregara un capítulo a la Torá en su nombre: Majlá, Noa, Joglá, lamentables de su error, un grupo de judíos intentó Milká y Tirtzá. Esta es su historia. rectifcarlo. Sin hacer caso a la advertencia de Moshé Los nombres de dos de las hermanas, Noa y Tirtzá, se de que no tendrían éxito sin la bendición de Di-s, han vuelto populares nombres israelíes. intentaron invadir Israel a través de las montañas. Los La división de la tierra amalequitas y los cananeos los hicieron retroceder y Eventos posteriores Habían pasado cuarenta años desde el éxodo de los masacraron, pero sus intenciones eran buenas. Egipto, y no faltaba mucho para que el pueblo judío Algún tiempo después de los eventos mencionados, entrara a la Tierra Prometida. Di-s le había informado los parientes de Tzelafjad se dirigieron a Moshé La otra opinión es que Tzelafjad era el hombre con otra preocupación: si estas mujeres se casaban a Moshé que el territorio de cada tribu quedaría anónimo que había sido ejecutado por recolectar determinado, entre otras cosas, por azar. Cada hombre con hombres de otra tribu, sus tierras terminarían madera en shabat. Aquí también, el Midrash le siendo transferidas a sus hijos (que pertenecerían a de la tribu recibiría una parcela de tierra dentro del atribuye intenciones positivas a este acto. territorio de su tribu. Cuando ellos muriesen, sus esa otra tribu) y ya no serían de la tribu Manashé. hijos heredarían la propiedad, lo que garantizaría Moshé transmitió la respuesta de Di-s: por supuesto Según este Midrash, Tzelafjad escuchó a unos que las hijas de Tzelafjad debían casarse únicamente que cada parcela permaneciera en la familia a la que israelitas decir que su sentencia de vagar en la había sido asignada originalmente. dentro de su propia tribu. Como era debido, las cinco naturaleza signifcaba que ya no tenían que observar se casaron con sus primos. los mandamientos. Para probarles que no estaban en Un hombre, Tzelafjad, de la tribu de Manashé, solo lo cierto, transgredió el shabat para dar una lección Durante los catorce años siguientes, toda mujer que tenía hijas. Tzelafjad murió en el desierto (volveremos que le costó su propia vida. sobre ello), y sus hijas estaban preocupadas porque heredara la propiedad de su padre solo podría casarse no recibirían una parte de la tierra de Israel. Entonces con alguien de la misma tribu. Sin embargo, luego de En un nivel más literal de interpretación, Rashi que la tierra fuera conquistada y dividida, esta ley se dirigieron a Moshé y le pidieron que les garantizara observa que al señalar que él no había sido parte la tierra que hubiera estado destinada a su padre. perdió vigencia; desde entonces, una heredera puede de la rebelión de Kóraj, las hijas de Tzelafjad querían casarse con el hombre que desee. Esto fue declarado hacer énfasis en que su padre había pecado solo y ley ofcial el 15 de av, y es por supuesto una de las La Torá presenta esta escena: no había arrastrado a otros con él. El Ramban, sin razones por las que celebramos esta fecha.10 Y se presentaron delante de Moshé, delante del embargo, entiende sus palabras de una manera sacerdote Eleazar, delante de los jefes y de toda la diferente: ellas creían que Moshé odiaba el pecado congregación, a la entrada de la tienda de reunión, de Koraj más que ningún otro, y por eso quisieron diciendo: “Nuestro padre murió en el desierto, asegurarle que su padre no había participado. aunque no estuvo entre el grupo de los que se juntaron contra Hashem, en el grupo de Kóraj, sino Cualquiera haya sido el pecado de Tzelafjad, no era que murió por su pecado, y no tuvo hijos varones. tan severo como para que un nombre fuera borrado de la historia judía. Por el contrario, gracias a sus Clases y Eventos “¿Por qué ha de desaparecer el nombre de nuestro hijas, su nombre tiene connotaciones positivas. padre de entre su familia sólo porque no tuvo un Clases en Espanol hijo varón? Dadnos herencia entre los hermanos de Las hijas de Tzelafjad Porcion Semanal nuestro padre”. Aunque hay pocos detalles particulares sobre las Rabbi Shea Rubinstein hermanas, una lectura cuidadosa de las fuentes Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm Y Moshé presentó su caso ante Hashem. Entonces provee un retrato de mujeres inteligentes y piadosas. Analisis de distintos temas basados en la Perasha Hashem habló a Moshé, diciendo: “Las hijas de Rabbi Shlomi Halsband Tzelafjad tienen razón en lo que dicen. Ciertamente La inteligencia de las hermanas se evidencia en la les darás herencia entre los hermanos de su padre, y Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm clara presentación que hacen del caso. De hecho, Di-s Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm pasarás a ellas la herencia de su padre”. (Bamidbar mismo respalda sus argumentos al decir: “Las hijas 27:2-7). de Tzelafjad tienen razón en lo que dicen”. (Para Mujeres) De hecho, gracias a ellas, las leyes de herencia siguen Sra. Vivian Perez En todos los lugares donde se presentan los Martes 10:45 am - 12:00 pm este precedente. Desde entonces, quien muriera sin nombres de las cinco hermanas, aparecen en órdenes hijos varones dejaría su herencia a sus hijas mujeres. Miércoles: 1:15pm - 2:50 pm diferentes. Esto es para demostrar que las cinco eran Jueves: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm igual de sabias y honradas. 198 Park Dr. Bal Harbour El pecado de Tzelafjad Por favor llamar al 305.213.3202 Sus hijas dijeron que Tzelafjad había muerto “por su También sabemos8 que aunque se casaron a una para confrmar 23 In A Woman’s World Issues of relevance to the Jewish Woman

WEEKLY CLASSES Women’s Mikvah: Monday Please call Mrs. Devorah Failer for an Women’s Study Group Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 8:30 - 10:00 pm At Bon Chocolatier- 1001 Kane Concourse Bay Harbor Islands appointment: 305-866 1492 or Hosted by Mrs. Claire Hausman 305-323-2410 Please Note: Shabbos & Yom Tov visits must be Prepaid Tuesday Prayer Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 9:15 - 10:15 am 1111 Kane Concourse Suite 618 The Shul Sisterhood Tanya Class In Spanish Mrs. Vivian Perez 10:45 - 12:00 pm

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Contacts at The Shul 305.868.1411 Rabbi Rabbi Sholom Lipskar Ext 311 Associate Rabbi Rabbi Zalman Lipskar Ext 345 Rabbi’s Executive Assistant Ms. Lydia Hasson Ext 311 Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 305.992.8363 JLAC / Adult Ed/ Singles Rabbi Shea Rubinstein Ext 342 CYS College / Kolel Rabbi Dov Schochet 305.790.8294 Accounting Mrs. Geri Kelly Ext 341 Controller Mrs. Janice Barney Ext 318 Offce Manager Mrs. Teddy Sable Ext 313 Events / Offce Assistant Ms. Milena Liascovitz Ext 328 Director of Events and Marketing Mrs Devorah Leah Andrusier Ext 339 Shul Gaboim Youth Director Rabbi Shaykee Farkash Ext 329 Mr. Andrew Roth Operations / Maintenance Rabbi Shlomi Katan Ext 319 Reception / Accounts Payable Mrs. Mindy Natoli Ext 0 Mr. David Portnoy Mikvah Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410 Rabbi Henry Eichler Pre-School Director Mrs. Chana Lipskar Ext 325 Mr. Ettai Einhorn Sephardic Minyan Chazan Shimshon Tzubeli 305.865.4205 Mr. David Ben-Arie Hebrew School / Editor Mrs. Aurit Katan 786.382.9006 Mr. Seth Salver Hashkama Minyan Mr. Lazer Milstein 305.349.3040 Mashgiach Mr. Mordechai Olesky 786.262.9115 Board of Trustees Foundation Trustees Ambassador Isaac Gilinski - Chairman Alberto Kamhazi Albert Pollans - President Simon Falic Shmuel Katz M.D. Jaime Gilinski Sidney Feltenstein Leo Kryss David Lichter Matias Garfunkel Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Jaime Gilinski Lazer Milstein Monroe Milstein - Treasurer Max Gilinski Michael Perez Saul Gilinski Ryan Shapiro Board of Directors Sam Greenberg Claudio Stivelman Steven M. Dunn - President Jerrod M. Levine Abel Holtz Morris Tabacinic Mitchell Feldman - Vice President Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Mike Izak Rabbi Zalman Lipskar VP Development Alexander Matz Eric P. Stein - Treasurer Lazer Milstein Joel Baum - Associate Treasurer Ezzy Rappaport Executive Committee Steven M. Dunn - Chair Evelyn Katz Dovid Duchman - Secretary Eliott Rimon Carolyn Baumel Brian Roller Devorah Leah Andrusier Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Max Benoliel Seth Salver Janice Barney Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Eli Dominitz Daniel Shapiro Joel Baum Rabbi Zalman Lipskar Boruch Duchman Ryan Shapiro Maurice Egozi Orit Osman Velvel Freedman Michael Tabacinic Henry Eichler Marc Sheridan Eli Freund David Wolf Mitchell Feldman Daniel Sragowicz Bruce Gelb Jose Yankelevitch Daniel Gielchinsky Cynthia Stein Ighal Goldfarb Jacob J. Givner Eric P. Stein Sam Greenwald 29 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul

DAILY CLASSES SUNDAY MONDAY

The Rebbes’ Maamorim 6:20 - 6:50 am Daf Yomi 9:00 am In Depth Chumash 1:30 pm PHL 101 PHL-301 PHL-501 Rabbi Z. Lipskar TXT 220 Rabbi Dov Schochet TXT-110 Rabbi Dov Schochet Daf Yomi 7:45 - 8:45 am Tanya - Sichos 8:00 - 10:00 pm Insights to our Torah Portion TXT-220 Rabbi Dov Schochet PHL-322 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband (Spanish) 8:45 - 9:45 pm PHL-120 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Chok L’Yisrael - Sephardic 8:45 am Reb Shimshon Tzubeli Women’s Study Group 8:30 - 10:00 pm TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Chassisdic Discourses 10:15 - 11:00 am At Bon Chocolatier- 1001 Kane Concourse PHL-322 PHL-510 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Bay Harbor Islands Community Kollel (Men) 8:00 - 9:30 pm Hosted by Mrs. Claire Hausman (Monday & Thursday) LAW-154 Shul Rabbis & Kolel

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Women’s Morning Torah Class Parsha (Men & Women) Senior Torah Academy 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11:15 am - 12:00 pm Pirkei Avot ETH-101 Rabbi Dov Schochet 10:00 - 11:30 am TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar TXT-501 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Women’s Torah Portion Class Chassidic Discourses (Men & Women) Senior Torah Academy (Men & Women) (Spanish) 10:45 am - 12:00 pm 11:30 - 12:30 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm TXT-110 Mrs. Vivian Perez PHL-320 PHL-501 Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village or Rabbi Zalman Lipskar (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 Tanya Class - English 1:15 - 2:50 pm Women’s Tanya Class (Spanish) PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village PHL-320 Mrs. Vivian Perez Spanish Kolel - Chassidus Call Vivian for details - 305.213.3202 8:00 - 10:00 pm PHL-301 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband

NUMERIC CODES INDICATE ALL CLASSES LOCATED CYS COLLEGE COURSES AT THE SHUL VISIT WWW.CYS-COLLEGE.ORG UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

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