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The Real Messiah by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan B”H The Shul weekly magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin (OBM) and Ethel Sirotkin and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Shabbos Parshas Matos Masei Shabbos Chazak Menachem Av 1 - 2 August 2 - 3 Candle Lighting: 7:48 pm Shabbos Ends: 8:42 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] www.TeShul.org Email: [email protected] www.theshulpreschool.org www.cyscollege.org The Shul Weekly Magazine Everything you need for every day of the week Contents Nachas At A Glance Weekly Message 3 Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Another Fantastic week at CGI The Shul 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 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9 -16 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 Networking 24 Effective Advertising Numbers To Know 25 Contacts at The Shul Daily Study 26 A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul Get The Picture 27-28 The full scoop on all the great events around town Quotable Quote I have learned much from my teachers; from my colleagues more than from my teachers; and from my students more than all. – Talmud, Taanit 7b Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Matos Masei and a disconnect from our common Father in Heaven. The only way to counteract that negativity is by experiencing unconditional love for each and every one of our brothers and sisters. Aaron Hakohain Hagadol was reetings from Jerusalem noted for loving peace, pursuing peace, loving every single creature of our Holy City in our Holy God and bringing them close to Torah. In fact, when Aron passed away the Land. G entire Jewish community mourned for 30 days recognizing that without This morning in honor of the impetus and paradigm of true love for each other represented by Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av Aaron the Jewish people would not be the same in their strength and Rebbetzin Chani and I, prayed at unity. a special minyan at the Kotel at It is for this reason that this event is told to us in the Torah at this time 6:30 AM with more than 1000 to encourage us to follow the path of Aaron in expressing only love young students and Rabbi’s from and affection, with non-judgmental attitudes to each one of our fellow around the country in honor Children of God. of this very signifcant day. We included our entire community It is interesting, that this week the Torah readings for Israel and the in our prayers and asked for Diaspora come together as we have been reading a different portion since all positive things for those Passover, bringing every Jew in the world on the same page. who need health, to become completely healthy. For those who need sustenance, to have plentifulness Imagine a world where there is no strife or enmity, where we treat each and for Hashem to fufll everyone’s hearts desires in a good and pleasant other truly as family, where our common goals and objectives cause us to manner. make our world a better, holier and peaceful place, where our Holy Land of Israel retains its sanctifed status as an example to the world and where This week’s Torah portion which concludes the book of Numbers/ we truly care about each other with love. Bamidbar contains a summary and listing of the 42 encampments that the Jewish people experienced during their 40 year sojourn in the desert. That is a messianic world where Almighty God will immediately restore All 42 journeys are listed in chronological order mentioning just the the Temple to us for as the cause of the destruction is eliminated the name of the place where they camped. renaissance and rebuilding will come immediately. In 4 instances the Torah adds a particular signifcant event that took place May we merit to reach that goal immediately in the entire world as we at one of those encampments. Of special note is the fact that, at the 33rd sense the footsteps of Moshiach approaching particularly in the holy land. journey and encampment at Hor Hahor Aaron the high priest passed on. When we each put forth our individual effort to reach that goal we will The Torah states that Aaron was 123 years old and his passing took place certainly walk hand-in-hand as a single unit of God’s chosen to the fnal on the frst day of Menachem Av (the ffth month). and complete redemption with Moshiach now. An obvious question arises as to why is this event included in the listing Have a great week, wonderful Shabbos and may these sad days be of the 42 encampments while the plurality of all other journeys are just transformed to days of joy, jubilation and celebratory holidays. told to us by name and place. Also why are these details in regards to Aaron‘s passing told to us here when we already read about the event of his actual passing in the portion of Chukas about a month ago where the specifcs would be more relevant. Rabbi S. Lipskar Also this is the only instance in the Torah when the actual date of ones passing is given. There is no other individual in the entire text where a specifc date is given for their passing. This Torah portion is always read either on the Sabbath blessing the month of Menachem Av or on Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av. Entering the nine day period of serious refection and mourning for the destruction of our Holy Temples and the expulsion of the Jewish people from the Holy Land, we refect seriously the reasons for this painful epoch in our history heralding a long and arduous exile which we are still experiencing. The central cause for this destruction was baseless hatred among Jews which brought about continuing enmity, discord, disenfranchisement 3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Weekly Riddle Morah Malkie’s Chayale Lipskar Tot Shabbat Tot Shabbat 2 Ages: 0 - 3 Pre1 - K 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Questions: 1) This parsha discusses the laws of vows. In what two places does the Back of Women’s Back of Women’s Torah record someone taking a vow (neder)? Section section 2) In this parsha, who is described as having a “powerful mouth,” but is killed by the sword? 3) In this parsha, which fve types of jewelry all appear in the same verse? Aleph Wonder Girls Pre Tween Girls Answers from last week: Grades: 1 - 3 Grades: 4 - 5 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 1) The letter vav of the word shalom (Numbers 25:12) is split. Although 10:00 am - 12:00 pm this would ordinarily render the entire scroll invalid, in this instance it is Montessori 2 required (Talmud - Kidushin 66b). Montessori 1 2) According to the simple reading, Moshe did not know which relative inherits a person who dies with surviving daughters, but no sons (Numbers 27:5). Elsewhere in the Torah, Moshe did not know (1) the laws of Pesach Sheni (Numbers 9:6-8), (2) the punishment given to the Shabbat wood-gatherer (Numbers 15:32-36), and (3) the punishment given to the one who curses Hashem (Leviticus 24:11-12). Only regarding inheritance did Moshe actually ask Hashem; in the other Tween Girls cases Hashem informed Moshe of the law as soon as it became clear Youth Boys that Moshe did not know it. Grades: 1 - 4 Grades: 6 - 8 3) When Moshe asks Hashem to appoint a worthy successor, he 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm reasons that the Jews should not be left “like a fock of sheep without a shepherd” (Numbers 27:17). Montessori 3 Back Offce RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Rabbi Shaykee Farkash any time over Shabbos. The frst child to give a correct answer to each of the questions will win an INSTANT prize! Pre-Tween Boys Davening With Dad Deby Farkash Teen Girls Teen Boys Grades: 5 - 6 Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 9th - 10th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Haime Library Montessori 3 Teen Girls Room Sephardic Shul 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 Shalosh Seudos This Week: Early Minyan 6:30 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Candle lighting 7:48 p.m. Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 7:50 p.m. Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m. the caterer for this week’s Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m.
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