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Weekly Message 3 Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Celebrating Shabbos Making sure every Jew in 33154 Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you 4 - 5 need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience heard Megillah this Purim

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 - 14 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 15-16 The full scoop on all the great events around town

Meyer Youth Center 17-18 The full scoop on all the Youth events around town

In a woman’s world 19 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman

French Connection 20 Refexions sur la Paracha

Latin Link 21 Refexion Semanal

Networking 22-24 Effective Advertising

Numbers To Know 25 Contacts at The Shul Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 26 The Shul Get The Picture 27 - 28 The full scoop on all the great events around town

Quotable Quote

Moses was afficted with a speech impairment so that no one should think that his success in transmitting the Torah to the world was due to his oratory skills.

– Derashot HaRan Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Shabbos Parshas Ki Tisa “May all of our success be imbued with the passion of the Torah and its Mitzvot which enables us to use all of G-d’s material n this portion we learn about blessings in a happy, healthy and peaceful way.” two precious metals that had Iextreme opposite results in Have a good Shabbos, and a great week. their interaction with fire. When commanding the Jewish People regarding the mandatory gift of one half silver Shekel which was Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar used as a means to count the census of the Jewish men eligible for conscription, and from which the foundation of the Temple was constructed and the Holy Community offerings purchased, To Our Dear Community Members, the Midrash states: “G-d took a half Shekel coin made out of fire from under His celestial throne of honor and showed it to Moses saying “Like this one Baruch Hashem. We want to always maintain shall you give”. contact with you!

At the other extreme when Aaron collected the gold jewelry and ornaments which would eventually become the “golden calf”, it When you celebrate one of life’s passages or states that he threw the gold into the fire and a golden calf any joyful event, we would like to be aware (idol) emerged. so we can wish you a mazel tov. When you Fire is passion and energy. It can be a flame of holiness that confront an unsettling time of sadness, we inhabits the Holy Altar where animals were offered to Almighty G-d, representing the vicarious elevation of our animalistic wish to offer our help. The Shul organizes tendencies and desires to become a “pleasure for G-d”. Fire can meals (for families with newborns and for also represent the seething cauldron of the blood and flesh of hedonism that denigrate “the spirit of the person” that seeks shiva homes), visits to hospital patients, and to move to higher levels to “the spirit of the animal” whose offers multi-faceted community activities. direction is toward the lowly.

When one acknowledges that the silver comes from beneath We care about you and want to know what’s G-d’s celestial throne of Honor, the fiery passion and desire for going on in the lives of our Shul family materialism / money is used to build a dwelling place for G-d in this world, fulfilling the ultimate purpose for creation. When, members. however, the precious metals take on a power that emanates from self-indulgence and hedonistic adornment, one must be extremely cautious not to become absorbed in the never Please share your news with us! satisfied yearning for unbridled animalistic pleasures. Call Stacy at The Shul The fire of G-dliness produces holy satisfaction and proper pleasures bringing goodness, forgiveness and purity, whereas 305-868-1411 ext. 313 the obsessive fires of the animal brings adultery, idolatry, profanity and destructiveness represented by the golden calf.

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 Questions: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 1) Which two people appear in the Torah for the frst time in this parsha? Montessori Classrooom 2 classrooom 2 2) In what context is the “the fnger of God” (Etzbah Elokim) mentioned? Where else in the Torah is the “the fnger of God” mentioned? 3)The Hebrew word for mask is masecha, yet in this parsha the word used instead is masveh. Who wears this “mask”? And in what two contexts does the word masecha appear in the parsha? Answers from last week: Tehila's Basya's 1)Moshe’s name does not appear in this parsha. Parshas Tetzaveh is the Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls only parsha in the book of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers where his name does not appear. One reason found in the Zohar (parshas Pinchas) Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 is that Moshe told Hashem: “If You do not [forgive the Jews after the sin of the Golden Calf], erase my name from Your book” (Exodus 32:32). 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm The words of a righteous person are fulflled even if the conditional statement is not. Thus, even though Hashem forgave the Jews, Moshe Classrooom 4 was “erased” from parshas Tetzaveh. 2) In this parsha, the chains attaching the breastplate to the vest (ephod) are “of braided craftsmanship” (Exodus 28:22). Elsewhere, myrtle branches taken on the festival of Sukkot are called “twigs of the braided tree” (anaf eitz avot) (Leviticus 23:40), since the 3-fold leaf pattern appears to be braided.

Mendy's 3) A zeret, which measures a half-cubit, is the length and width of the Sholom's Hebrew School breastplate of the High Priest (Exodus 28:17). This measurement is not Junior Boys used for any other object in the Torah. 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 Sholom Classroom 1 Loebenstein any time over Shabbos. The first child to give a correct answer to each of the questions will win an INSTANT prize!

Shaykee’s Debbie’s Shmuely's Davening With Dad Teen Girls Teen Boys Grades: 9th - 12th Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Teen Girls Room Montessori 3 Haime Library 4 Celebrating Shabbos Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Mitch and Ravit Shabbos Schedule Feldman in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Kobi.

Candle lighting 7:12 p.m. Shalosh Seudos This Week: Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 7:15 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m. 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 30 Minutes of Tanya: Classroom #1 +/- 12:00 p.m. kiddush and Shalosh seudos is With Mrs. Vivian Perez (for Women) After Davening Food Art Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 6:15 p.m. Men’s Shiur 6:15 p.m. Women's Shiur 6:15 p.m. kiddushim at The Shul Shalosh Seudos for Boys 6:15 p.m. Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Mincha 5:55 p.m. Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:05 p.m. by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Weekly Video of The Rebbe

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Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Kiddush Shalosh Seudos Mincha 7:00 p.m. April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 March 18, 25 Shabbos Ends / Arvit & Havdalah 8:05 p.m. If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Stacy at 305-868-1411 ext 313 or email [email protected]

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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 20 Adar Mr. Dan Arev 20 Adar Lea obm 20 Adar Ms. Meital Cohen Grandmother of Mr. Ruben Salama 20 Adar Mr. Mario Cytrynbaum 21 Adar Yossef ben Itzhak obm 20 Adar Mrs. Meital Eber Father of Mr. Isaac Gilbert Franco 20 Adar Mr. Binyamin Hershel Farbman 21 Adar Yitzchok ben Avrohom obm 20 Adar Ms. Dina Finger Father of Mr. Abe Sreter 20 Adar Mr. Harvey Finkel 21 Adar Rabbi Yermiyahu Gedaliah ben Avrohom Abish obm 20 Adar Mr. Marc Franklin Brother of Mr. Samuel I. Burstyn 20 Adar Rabbi Meir Shlomo Herz 21 Adar Sara bas Efraim obm 20 Adar Mr. Spencer Kupferman Mother of Mr. Sergio Zelcer 22 Adar Yehoshua Hirsh (Tzvika) ben Yaakov Kapol obm 20 Adar Mr. Ralph Mizraji Father of Dr. Michael Salzhauer 20 Adar Mr. Glenn D. Moses 22 Adar Malka Brana bas Benzion HaLevy obm 21 Adar Mr. Andrew Feltenstein Mother of Ms. Vivian Naimer 21 Adar Mr. Lazer Milstein 22 Adar Yakov ben Leib Fraiman obm 21 Adar Ms. Illana Tova Musikar Father of Mr. Guido Fraiman 21 Adar Ms. Mindy Natoli 22 Adar Doba bas Yehoshua HaLevi obm 21 Adar Mrs. Malkah Sragowicz Mother of Rabbi Moshe Schneider 21 Adar Mrs. Aviva Stauber 23 Adar Tzvi ben Zalman Ber obm 22 Adar Ms. Sara Azout Uncle of Mrs. Jana Falic 22 Adar Mr. Gregory Levine 23 Adar Salomon ben Habib obm 22 Adar Ms. Sofa Lustgarten Son of Mr. Harry Mamane 22 Adar Mrs. Myriam Rosenblum 23 Adar Moishe obm 22 Adar Mr. Max Sussman Father of Mr. Sam Greenberg 22 Adar Ms. Rachel Chaya Sussman 23 Adar Heshy ben Moshe obm Brother of Ms. Penni Silverman 22 Adar Mr. Moises Wertheimer 23 Adar Rykla bas Yejaskel obm 23 Adar Ms. Marlene Bedzow Mother of Mr. Julio J. Brener 23 Adar Mr. Benjamin Cohen Mother of Mrs. Ofelia Hersman 23 Adar Mrs. Perla Edderai 23 Adar Naomi bas Yosef obm 23 Adar Mr. Jerry Gontownik Mother of Mrs. Maya Nanikashvili 23 Adar Mr. Steven B. Schmutter 24 Adar Amnon ben Rafael obm 23 Adar Mr. Jacky Yerushalmy Brother of Mr. Gideon Azari 23 Adar Rabbi Berel Zisman 24 Adar Rifka Dina bas Yosef Yehuda obm 24 Adar Mr. Mendy Halberstam Mother of Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 25 Adar Mr. Joseph Eliyahu Coiffman 24 Adar Esther obm 25 Adar Ms. Luisa Edderai Wife of Mr. Jakob Dreyfuss 25 Adar Ms. Sharon Edderai 25 Adar Reb Elchonon ben Reb Shmuel Menachem Mendel obm 25 Adar Mrs. Jenny Klainbaum Father of Mr. Mayer Rivkin 26 Adar Ms. Nicole Elizabeth Baumel 25 Adar Nuchim ben Tzvi obm Father of Mr. Nelson Berman 26 Adar Ms. Rita Berend 25 Adar Freier obm 26 Adar Mr. Joshua Jacob Gilinski Father of Ms. Judie Weinbach 26 Adar Mr. Lowell Robinson 26 Adar Fruma bas Tevel obm 26 Adar Mr. David Shear Mother of Mrs. Of Osin- Cohen 26 Adar Mr. Abe Mark Sher 26 Adar Yisroel Yaakov ben Shlomo obm 26 Adar Dr. Menahem (Jimmy) Srur Father of Mrs. Yonit Duchman 26 Adar Dr. Rita Steiner 26 Adar Mr. Ira Sussman Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Mitch and Ravit Feldman on the Bar Mitzvah of their Kid’s Birthdays son Kobi. May they continue to raise him to Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim 21 Adar Jack Golomb and have much nachas from him. Mazal Tov also to the grandmothers, Mrs. 22 Adar Sara Goldfarb Orit Schloss and Mrs. Miki Feldman and to the great grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. 23 Adar Ella Brod Avraham and Nechama Alexander. 24 Adar Eli Weiss Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Yaakov and Gitty Friedman on the birth of a son. May 26 Adar Yehuda Tzvi Gassner they raise him to Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim and have much nachas 26 Adar Ezra Isaac Sellem from him. Mazal tov also to the grandparents Dr. & Mrs. Friedman Anniversaries Mr. & Mrs. Maurice & Iris Egozi Condolences Mr. & Mrs. Aaron & Tamar Attias Our heartfelt condolences go out to Mrs. Pauline Kopelman on the Mr. & Mrs. William & Susie Lustgarten passing of her sister, Shifra bas Dov, obm. May her dear soul be bound Mr. & Mrs. David & Sonya Wexler with the Eternal Bond of Life. May Pauline and her family be comforted Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Suzan Garson 6 among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Adar Light & Power Thanks To Our Donors Light & Power and Wine for Kiddush & Havdalah for We sincerely thank the following members and supporters of The Shul the month of Adar is Kindly Sponsored by for donations received between 03/07/17 and 03/13/17 We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Mr. & Mrs. Yaakov and Rivkah Saidof Ms. Danielle Abraham Mr. & Mrs. Shaya Klein-Weberman in loving memory of Yaakov’s mother, Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Agatston Ms. Chana Knight Mr. & Mrs. Yankie Andrusier Mr. & Mrs. Israel Kopel Simcha bat Shlomo, obm Ms. Hana Barouk Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Whitman Lazenby Mr. & Mrs. Laurent Becker Mr. Stanley Whitman and by Mr. & Mrs. Eli and Jane Freund Mr. & Mrs. Baruk Benamran Ms. Pamela Lehman in loving memory of Eli’s mother, Mr. & Ms. Yonathan Berdugo Mr. Yaniv Levi Marta Tzipora bas Noach, obm. Mrs. Estela Berry Mr. & Mrs. Jerrod M. Levine Mr. & Mrs. Jerold Blumstein Mr. Eddie Mechaly “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to Mr. & Mrs. Isaie Bouhadana Dr. & Mrs. Gene Moteles pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Braun Mr. Scott Osman Ms. Lori Burnstine Ms. Sharon Rdell and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Mr. & Mrs. Rene Canabate Mr. & Mrs. Brian Roller occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Mr. & Mario Cytrynbaum Mrs. Judith Roller be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire Mr. Emanuel Dahan Mr. & Mrs. Levi Yitzchok Rosenblum Ms. Liv-Tiferet De Vitton Mrs. Elaine Ross body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Uri Rotlewicz-Spiwak together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Rabbi & Mrs. Henry Eichler Mr. Richard Rozencwaig Ms. Marta Feigenbaum Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Salver Refuah Shleimah Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Feldman Mr. & Mrs. David Schwartz If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep Ms. & Mrs. Mitchell Feldman Mr. & Mrs. Fred Shainbaum the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. Rabbi & Mrs. Velvel Freedman Mr. & Mrs. Zalman Shapiro MEN WOMEN Mr. & Mrs. Gustavo Galagovsky Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Sisisky Moshe Avraham ben Tziporah Riva Leah Rochel bat Sarah Mr. & Mrs. Brian Gale Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Slomianski Chaim ben Pnina Gabriel ben Esther Miriam bat Risha Raizel Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Gellman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sragowicz Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Mr. Daniel Gielchinsky Mr. & Mrs. Abe Sreter Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Chana bas Shoshana Mrs. Perla Gilinski Mr. Jan Stark Yosef ben Edwina Shifra bas Chaya Rabbi & Mrs. Yecheskel Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Eran Tobul Avrohom ben Feigel Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Mr. & Mrs. Don Green Mr. & Mrs. Teddy Toledano Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel Chava bas Elka Menucha Mr. & Mrs. Josh Greisman Mr. & Dr. Morris Tuchman Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Chaya bas Rachel Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Groisman Rabbi & Mrs. Shimshon Tzubeli Yehuda ben Chaya Sara Fayge bas Chaya Mrs. Raquel Grosfeld Ms. Esther Vlosky Shimon Yitzchak ben Leah Rochel Miriam Leah bas Helen Ms. Lydia Hasson Mr. & Mrs. Adam Weinberg Roi ben Orly Rabbi & Mrs. Meir Shlomo Herz Mr. & Mrs. Paul Weintraub Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel Ms. Madelyn T. Herzfeld Mrs. Pnina Wuensch Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Jaffe Mr. Adam Ziefer (JLEA LLC) Notice of no-gun/weapon policy Volunteers Needed The Shul has designated the entire facility to After every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the left over food to organizations or families in need. be a Gun and Weapon Free School Zone. We are looking for volunteers to help collect and Carrying a frearm or other weapon onto Shul wrap the food. and/or school grounds is a third degree felony. If you would like to help please contact the Any violators of this policy are subject to strict Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush. enforcement by revocation of membership Community service hours will be awarded. privileges, immediate notifcation to police, arrest and prosecution.

Thank you for your cooperation. 7 A Time to Pray Davening schedules and locations throughout the week

Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul 6:45 -7:15 am Derech Mitzvosecha Foundational Chassidic Discourse R’ Zalman Lipskar 8:10 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 7:15 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 Sunday Mincha /Maariv mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 7:15 pm 10:00 pm Main Minyan 7:15 pm Sephardic Minyan 7:15 pm Following Late Maariv 10:00 pm

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

To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, Halachic Times courageously protecting and defending Eretz Yisroel. We pray Based on times for March 22 for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily. Dan Shlomo ben Eliyahu Benyamin Aharon Ben Jeniya Gila Rut Alot Hashachar / Dawn 6:10 am Jonathan ben Aliza Sher Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:41 am Michael Shmuel ben Eliezer Eliyahu Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 7:22 am Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry (Earliest Amidah) Eitan Gabriel Ben Karine Cecile Latest Shema 10:23 am Zman Tfllah 11:24 am Chatzot / Midday 1:27 pm Earliest Mincha 1:59 pm Plag HaMincha 6:20 pm Shekiah / Sunset 7:33 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 7:56 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 8 we would love to add them. 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 - Adar 19 Tuesday - Adar 23 Even ordinary Chassidim were lucid in their Rabbis and scholars are called the “eyes of the knowledge of Tanach. They had a customary community” and “heads of the thousands of procedure: After davening Shacharit they Israel,” and when the head is healthy, the body is studied Mishna; then while folding tallit and then also healthy. tefllin they would recite a certain set portion Wednesday - Adar 24 of Tanach, so apportioned that they concluded To R. Hillel Paritcher’s question whether to Tanach every three months. review Chassidus even in towns where the people have no conception of Chassidus, the Shabbos - Adar 20 Mitteler Rebbe responded: “The soul hears Avoda (translated as “service” and “striving”) is words of Chassidus.” It is written, “Flowing from not the striving that avoda (service) itself be Lebanon.” Lebanon is spelled (in Hebrew) l’b true; rather, truth itself is an avoda, that the nu’n. “Lebanon” thus represents chochma and “fngernails” be true. Why does that surprise bina of the soul. When the soul hears, from there you? “He saw the attribute of Truth,” the Talmud issues a “fow”, a “stream of droplets” into that declares, “and he prostrated himself.” “radiance” or ha’ara of the soul which vitalizes the body;5 this results in a strengthening of “do Sunday - Adar 21 good” expressed in the 248 positive mitzvot, The term “chassid” is an ancient one that the and of “turn from evil” expressed in the 365 Sages had even applied to Adam. It describes The Alter Rebbe taught, shortly after he came to prohibitions. perfection and excellence in intellect or in Lyozna: One must always (l’olam) be scrupulous emotive character-traits, or in both. However, (zahir) about the Mincha davening. Thursday - Adar 25 in Chabad Chassidic doctrine the appellation Hoshi’einu is said after the Song of the Day on “Chassid” refers to one who recognizes his The special quality of Mincha over Shacharit weekdays, Shabbat, Festivals, Rosh Hashana and own essence-character and his standing in the and Maariv is that it comes in the middle of Yom Kippur. knowledge and study of Torah, as well as his the day, when people are occupied and busy situation in observing mitzvot. He knows what with their personal affairs, yet they interrupt to Friday - Adar 26 he lacks and he is concerned and takes pains to daven Mincha. Therefore, With three instruments of service - love of G-d, fll that void. He is diligent in obedience in the love of Torah and love of Israel - must young manner of “accepting the yoke.” l’olam (“always,” or more literally: “for the students of Torah approach their Avoda in the world”), man’s avodain This World is... vineyard of the L-rd of Hosts, to bring the hearts Monday - Adar 22 of their brothers closer to observing practical My father writes in one of his maamarim: ...y’hei adam (lit. “man must be,” but the Hebrew mitzvot and to designating regular time for “Regarding s’uda shlishit (the third Shabbat words also imply “be a man” i.e. that) his intellect Torah study. They must do this without paying meal): The allusion to the verse, today you will illuminate and affect his emotions. any attention to the affiction of factions. The not fnd it (the manna, i.e., Shabbat bread) etc., absolute truth is that the heart of Israel is a means only that bread is not required at that ...zahir (lit. “scrupulous,” but also:) “luminous,” wellspring, a source of living waters, and there meal, but we must partake of some food. R. Yosi i.e., that form (the spiritual) “illuminate” or have is a “covenant” with effort and publicity - that did say, may my lot be with those who partake dominance over the material. This becomes they shall never be fruitless. of three Shabbat meals. evident through the Mincha davening.

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PARSHA MESSAGES The Soul of Addiction toward the true G-d and not to the false The Golden Calf You and I substitutes for G-d. Construct The Soul of an Impulse By: Rabbi YY Jacobson We all experience in our daily lives various impulses and urges directed toward certain Wisdom of a Child people or particular things. child sees the bulletin of the Synagogue announcing that the congregation Are you infatuated with a particular person? had just hired a new rabbi, his name Are you starving for attention, compliments A and approval? Do you crave nicotine, alcohol is Rabbi Dr. Epstein. The child is so excited that the new rabbi is also a doctor, that the the foolish idol worshippers of Ur Kasdim [a or weed? Are you obsessed with an unceasing next time he has a stomach ache, he calls the city in Mesopotamia]; his father, mother and urge for physical intimacy? Are you in love Synagogue. the entire population—he amongst them—all with food? Do you enjoy dominating and worshipped idols.” controlling other people’s lives? “I would like to speak to the Rabbi Dr.,” the boy says. The rabbi gets on the line and asks how Asks Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi: Why did Judaism teaches that these impulses and he can be of help. “Well rabbi, the boy says, Maimonides find it important to emphasize many others are not necessarily negative or I have a stomach ache and I was wondering in his book of Jewish law (not Jewish history) destructive in and of themselves. In fact, all of what you suggest I do.” that the first Jew was steeped in idol worship? these cravings may be expressing the purest and most spiritual needs of the soul. At the “Sorry son, I’m not a medical doctor,” replies The Soul of Idol Worship core of a crush on another human being or the rabbi. By failing to understand the underpinning an obsession with intimacy, food or attention, virtues of idol worship we are unintentionally may be the longing of one’s soul for a sense “What type of doctor are you?” asks the boy. engaging in just that: idol worship. Let me of inner worth and dignity, for companionship, “I am a Dr. of Philosophy,” was the response. explain: vulnerability and self fulfillment. The child thought for a moment and then What is the essence of idol worship? Nothing Our psyches, however, distort our clarity and asked, “What type of sickness is that?” more than a person in need of a power in his attribute false symbolism to these essentially What’s the Big Deal? life, attributing that power to a particular hollow pursuits. As a result of this distortion It is difficult for us to relate to the boundless object or person and thus surrendering his or we—just like the Jews in the desert—devote passion that inspired the Jewish people to her self to that object or person, worshipping our time and passion to carefully construct create and worship a calf of gold, merely 40 it as a deity. The problem of idol worship lies and worship our personal “golden calves” in days after they stood at Mt. Sinai and heard not in the yearning and need for a power the mistaken belief that they will fill the void the Divine decree of “You shall have no that leads one to worship an idol; this in our heart and nourish the hunger of our other gods before me.” After all, are there any yearning and need is, in fact, positive, even souls. among us who would find delight in dancing sacred. It is in accepting the notion that a worthless and lifeless object carries within Behind many an addiction there is a profound around a molten calf and declaring, “This is yearning to receive or give love. But our Your G-d, O Israel?.” it the fulfillment of one’s yearning—that is what turns idol worship into a meaningless minds are often so bruised and wounded that Yet, even a superficial reading of this and often destructive pursuit. This is why it the outlet we target with our addiction to week’s Torah portion, Ki Sisa, in which the is important that we know that the first Jew achieve that love is an “idol,” a futile target story of the golden calf is related, indicates once passionately worshipped idols. Had this which will only distance us from the true love the cataclysmic effect of this seemingly young man been indifferent to the idols of his we are searching for. meaningless event on the eternal destiny native land, he never would have searched for The Torah’s war against the creation of the of the Jewish people. Why did the creation and discovered the true G-d. Since Abraham golden calf is central to our mission in life. of a foolish idol by a group of Jews in the yearned for truth and craved intimacy with It symbolizes our daily relentless effort of Sinai desert become one of the most central G-d, he passionately devoted himself to turning our attention from the false carriers episodes in the history of the Jewish people? worship the idols of his father’s home in the of value to the true carriers of value. erroneous belief that they embodied the Abraham’s Search ultimate truth of the cosmos. In other words, In Maimonides’ laws on idolatry, where he underlying Abraham’s fiery idol worship describes the first Jew’s quest for truth and was a soul yearning for the one living G-d. his recognition of Monotheism, we read that Thus, when he matured, he discovered that initially, Abraham was “immersed amongst his sacred craving needed10 to be redirected Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Once we stop resisting and accept that there Parshas Parah is inherent validity, suddenly Judaism makes Halacha of The Week all the sense in the world. By Rabbi Shusterman Where There’s a Will There’s a It is a psychological fact that we can grasp Laws of Muktza Why that which we sincerely desire to understand. ollowing the final details for the By Yossy Goldman But if there is a subject in which we have no service in the Mishkan the Torah says interest, we will walk into mental blockades “However, you must guard my Shabbat.” regularly. The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi F This is one of the many times the Torah Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, says this explains relates the commandment of Shabbat. why some very astute businessman may sit at The commentators explain that the Torah a Talmud class and find himself struggling to understood that the Jews would be rushing grasp basic principles of rabbinic reasoning. to complete the construction of the Mishkan; Why is it that the same person who can especially considering that the Mishkan was concoct brilliant schemes in the boardroom an atonement for the golden calf. Therefore, fails to follow straightforward logic in the before the actual building begins, the people Talmud class? The answer, says the Rebbe, were warned against desecrating the Shabbat is that this businessman is really not that to build the house for Hashem. interested in the subject. But if it was half as important to him as making money, he might One of the Rabbinic laws of Shabbat is hy do certain people find satisfaction well become a rosh yeshiva! Muktza. The Rabbis deemed fit to forbid the in Judaism while others are bored handling of certain objects, even if handling Wstiff? Why is faith exciting for some So, in the same way that G-d told Moses that them involved no prohibited Shabbat labor, in and irrelevant for others, a joy for one guy and he could come to comprehend the meaning of order to guard the sanctity of Shabbat. There an absolute burden for the next? One fellow the Red Heifer but only after he accepted it, are various reasons given for this decree. cannot imagine going to work without first similarly today, those who genuinely wish to Ultimately by consciously avoiding certain putting on his tefillin and the other hasn’t understand Judaism will succeed, but only if objects the experience of the day is elevated. seen his tefillin since his bar mitzvah 40 they buy into the product on some level first. years ago. This woman can’t wait to get to The general definition of Muktza is When I was studying in yeshiva, I would shul and the other can’t wait to get out. Why? “separation”. Objects from which we separated always try to attend the annual “Encounter before Shabbat we cannot handle on Shabbat. This week we read about the ultimate mitzvah with Chabad” weekends for university The separation could happen because the of faith, the Red Heifer. It is a statutory students. These were organized to expose object has no utility (or is not considered commandment whose reason still remains a Jewish students to Judaism over a Shabbat a utensil), because its primary utility is for mystery. I must admit, to take the ashes of a and there were lectures by leading Rabbis a prohibited Shabbat activity (and if it’s a red heifer and sprinkle them on a person so and religious academics. Once a young man sensitive object) or because when Shabbat he may attain spiritual purification is, indeed, shouted back at the lecturer, “How can you began it was forbidden for use. rather mind-boggling. expect me to put on tefillin if I don’t believe in G-d?!” The speaker calmly replied, “First put An example of forbidden for use is a candle. According to the Midrash, the Almighty on tefillin, and I promise you will see that you One is not allowed to handle a burning promised Moses that to him He would really do believe in G-d.” candle on Shabbat for the flame is considered reveal the secret meaning of this mitzvah, to be Muktza. However, the question arises but only after Moses would initially accept We all have a G-dly faith inside us. It just what happens once the candle burns out, are it as a Divine decree. If he would first take needs to be revealed. As illogical as it may the candle sticks Muktza? While the candle it on faith, thereafter rational understanding sound, if we start by observing a mitzvah, we sticks per se are not considered Muktza in would follow. find that our faith will follow through and all cases, there is the problem of it being a begin to blossom. It has been shown to be base. Anything that was intentionally used as The truth is that there are answers to true again and again. If we are not interested, virtually every question people may have a platform for a Muktza object when Shabbat no answer will be good enough. If we are began, even if over Shabbat the object was about Judaism. Intelligent skeptics I meet are genuinely searching for truth and we are often amazed that what they had long written removed (such as the flame on the candle objective, there are ample and meaningful stick), the object is Muktza for the entirety of off as empty ritual is actually philosophically answers. profound, with rich symbolic meaning. But the Shabbat. skeptic has to be ready to listen. You can hear The theory being that the status the object the most eloquent, intellectual explanation has at the beginning of Shabbat remains but if you are not mentally prepared to accept for the entire day. And when something is that listening may in fact be a worthwhile intentionally used as a base for another exercise, chances are you won’t be impressed. 11 object, it has the same Muktza status as that Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! other object. were somewhat allayed when he learned why Stories With Soul they had come: On the same block where the This creates a problem with Shabbat candles, melamed and his family dwelled lived a gentile as they are meant to be on the table but if It Once Happened boy who had recently been employed in the they are there at the beginning of Shabbat landowner’s household. For almost a month the they will be stuck for the entire Shabbat. ne Friday afternoon a stranger appeared landowner’s wife had suffered from a terrible Even if the candlesticks are placed on a tray, on the doorstep of the famous tzadik, toothache. None of the dentists they brought the tray will become Muktza along with the Reb Yitzchak Isaac of Vitebsk, asking to her had been successful in alleviating her candles as it is also a base. One way around O him to arrange a “din Torah” (a session of the pain. When the servant boy saw the woman’s this problem is to place something of equal Jewish court). It was already after midday and suffering, he mentioned to the landowner that importance that is not Muktza on the tray Reb Yitzchak Isaac was about to go to the there was Jewish woman on his block who was thus making the tray a permitted item as bathhouse in preparation for the holy Sabbath. able to “whisper” a toothache away (a popular well. An example of such an item would be a “Must the matter be attended to right now?” folk remedy at the time). He suggested that the loaf of bread which is needed for the Shabbat he asked the visitor. “Can’t it wait until Sunday melamed’s wife be brought to the great estate meal. Later, when the candle goes out, one morning?” to attempt a cure. would be allowed to move the tray if they needed the space where is was. Usually one “I am a melamed,” answered the man. “I teach At frst the landowner just laughed at the would need to shake the Muktza item off (in little children from early in the morning until boy’s absurd suggestion, but after exhausting this case the candle stick). However, if the late at night, with a short break in the middle every other alternative he agreed to send for person is concerned that it could cause a of the day for lunch. On Friday I teach only until the Jewish woman. The melamed’s wife was financial loss they can move the tray as is, as noon. Today is the only opportunity I have to summoned to the great mansion. long as they are moving it to use the space come to you!” he pleaded. it’s occupying. The landowner’s wife was beside herself in “But where is the other party in the lawsuit?” agony. Her cries and moans were pitiful to hear. A similar question comes up when Muktza the Reb Yitzchak Isaac. After a short rest from the long journey the objects are left in a shirt or pants pocket. Is melamed’s wife was brought to the suffering one allowed to handle the garment or does “He is already here,” the man answered. “I wish woman and asked to perform her cure. She it all becomes a “base” for the Muktza in the to bring a lawsuit against the Master of the “whispered” over the affected teeth and the pocket? It actually depends if the pocket is Universe.” painful toothache was miraculously gone. suspended (a usual pants pocket) or entirely Reb Yitzchak Isaac went back inside and put on The landowner and his wife were extremely sown into the garment ( a usual shirt pocket). the fur hat he wore only on Shabbat, holidays When the pocket is suspended it is considered grateful to the Jewish woman who had brought and other solemn occasions. He sat on his relief to their entire household. They asked independent of the primary garment and judicial chair and prepared himself to hear the does not have the ability to make it Muktza. her what she would accept as payment. “My case. “You, obviously, are the plaintiff. Please husband is a teacher of small children,” the If however the pocket is entirely connected state your complaints,” he said. to the garment and there is Muktza in it (e.g. woman answered. “His salary does not even a pen in a shirt pocket) it would render the The melamed got straight to the point. “Our begin to pay our many expenses. Our oldest entire garment Muktza. Sages teach in the Talmud that there are three daughter is of marriageable age, but we haven’t partners in the creation of man,” he began. “My the money with which to make a wedding.” While constructing the Tabernacle was critical wife and I have a daughter who has, thank G-d, for the atonement of the Jewish people, “How much money would you need to marry reached marriageable age, but we do not have her off?” asked the landowner. it could not come at the price of Shabbat. enough money to fnd her a proper match. The Ultimately the strength of the Jewish nation third partner, however, has unlimited funds, but “Five hundred rubles for the dowry, 300 would be found in Shabbat. The Talmud states He refuses to part with His wealth. That is the for food, and another 200 for the wedding that if we were to guard the Shabbat properly, essence of my grievance,” the man concluded. celebration,” the woman said. Messiah would arrive. For it is this weekly day of connection, when we can reflect on our Reb Yitzchak Isaac shut his eyes and thought Without another word, the landowner purpose and higher objectives that allow us the matter over. After a few minutes of gratefully paid the astonished woman the to remain focused and worthy of being the refection he pronounced his judgment. “You entire sum. And when, as an afterthought, the nation of Hashem. are right,” he told the man. “You have won the melamed’s wife mentioned that she was also case.” The thankful melamed went home to in need of pillows and linens, the landowner prepare for Shabbat. instructed his servants to fll his entire carriage with household furnishings and other gifts as The following Sunday, when the melamed tokens of his deep appreciation. returned home during his lunch break, he found an elaborate carriage with several footmen In such a manner was Reb Yitzchak Isaac’s waiting in front of his house. 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then went on to say that many Jews heard was a different world entirely. My Encounter of Magilla Gorilla but most Jews never heard I wanted to make the move to Manhattan of the real “Megilla.” Magilla Gorilla was a with The Rebbe and this way be able to immerse myself popular kids’ cartoon in the 1960s, featuring My Encounter with the Rebbe records the oral in the work, but I was unable to raise the a gorilla dressed in a bow tie, shorts held up histories of individuals who interacted with necessary funds, nor did it seem to be a by suspenders and an undersized derby hat. the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson of possibility in the future. righteous memory, through frst-person interviews. It also said that, on Purim, Jews share in joy On previous occasions, the Rebbe directed and revelry, and among many other things, me to my superiors at the Lubavitch Youth it offered two kinds of Shalach Manot gift Resignation Not Accepted Organization — Tzeirei Agudat Chabad — options — a $4.95 and $6.95, one was with under whose umbrella I operated. And it was grape juice, one was with wine — to be to them that in the month of Elul, in the late delivered by a clown on the campus during 1980s, I submitted my resignation, it just the Holiday of Purim. wasn’t happening the way I had envisioned. I printed this flyer and, because I had a I also wrote to the Rebbe, letting him know custom to submit everything to the Rebbe, about it and asking for his blessing for the I sent this also, never expecting any kind next chapter in my life, whatever that turned of response. But, within a few days, I was out to be. amazed to get a call from the Rebbe’s Two weeks later, I got a call from the Rebbe’s secretary that the Rebbe had edited my flyer. secretary that the Rebbe had answered my I went to Chabad Headquarters and saw letter. His response was in the form of a that the Rebbe had made some significant question: “A month before Rosh Hashanah an changes. emissary resigns from his post where he had was born in Israel but my parents moved First, the Rebbe crossed out “Magilla Gorilla.” been spreading the wellsprings of Torah?! to Crown Heights when I was only four, I’m not sure why the Rebbe objected to it, In the center of New York?! For reasons and I had the good fortune of growing up but I suppose that he didn’t think it was that are not new?!” The Rebbe inserted I necessary to mention pop-culture, especially three question marks and three exclamation in the Lubavitch fold, in close proximity to the Rebbe. in this context. Where the flyer said that points into his short note. “most Jews don’t know what a real Magilla Although this was obviously a reprimand of In 1983, my wife Rivka and I had been is” the Rebbe crossed out “most” and sorts, It was also clearly an affirmation. It married for a year already and we were substituted “not all.” He clearly didn’t want was clear to me as sunshine that this is what exploring options of becoming Chabad us making this kind of judgment about our I was meant to be doing — that this was my emissaries someplace in the world. fellow Jews. And where the flyer mentioned mission in life no matter the circumstances. “joy and revelry,” the Rebbe crossed out As a result, we set our sights on Columbia At last I had total clarity, and in retrospect, “revelry.” Obviously, “revelry” has a negative University and the Upper West Side of I wish I’d had that clarity without writing to connotation. Manhattan. So we asked the Rebbe for the Rebbe and going through the motions his blessing and agreement. The Rebbe And then the Rebbe wrote: “It would be of resigning, but I was grateful to have it responded that this was a good idea, worthwhile to attach two pennies to the nonetheless. provided my wife agreed. Of course she did, flyer, so that the students can also fulfill the And so I stayed at my post, eventually and we went to work. mitzvah of giving charity on Purim.” He also heading up Chabad of the West Side, a recommended adding a separate paragraph I started by setting up a hot dog stand at center encompassing a myriad of programs to the flyer outlining all the mitzvot of the gates of Columbia University, which was that have touched thousands of Jews. All Purim, to use out the opportunity that the my outreach vehicle, and I also gave a class thanks to the Rebbe. in Earl Hall on the Tanya, the seminal work flyer presented us. Rabbi Shlomo Kugel, together with his wife by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the 18th Of course, I reformatted the flyer in Rivka, is the director of Chabad of the West century founder of the Chabad Movement. accordance with his instructions, but what Side, Manhattan, where he has served for Eventually we began expanding to other meant the most to me was that the Rebbe nearly 35 years. He was interviewed in April programs as well. found my little flyer to be so important and of 2016. One year, when the holiday of Purim was took the time to read it so very carefully and approaching, I copied an idea from a fellow to give me such detailed advice. Chabad emissary by producing a Purim Truth be told it was difficult work — to leave flyer which advertised a UPS (United Purim the familiar world of Crown Heights every Service.) The flyer proclaimed “This is the day, get on the subway, and re-emerge on whole Megilla” across the top, and which the Upper West Side of Manhattan, which 13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

that the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s central from the tri-state area. Some markets expanded Recently In The News educational organization, Merkos L’Inyonei their offerings faster than others—something Chinuch, pay for Korf’s shmurah matzah Frimerman unhesitatingly chalks up to the advertisements in Chicago through the Chabad location of Chabad emissaries. emissary there at the time, Rabbi Shlomo 1 Million Pounds of Shmurah Zalman Hecht. “The entire shmurah matzah market was able to develop frst and foremost due to the shluchim,” Matzah: How Passover On the other side of the country, Chabad’s frst attests Frimerman. “There was a time when they Production Continues to Rise representative in Los Angeles, Rabbi Shmuel were the only ones distributing it, often for free A rarity in the 1950s has become a Dovid Raichik, heeded the Rebbe’s call and and at a loss. They developed the demand.” national food trend became the sole distributor of handmade By Dovid Margolin shmurah matzah on the West Coast. Despite the See related article, the second in a two-part lack of demand within the Jewish community, series on the dramatic growth in the use assover is around the corner, and handmade each year before Passover, Raichik and his sons of handmade shmurah matzah in the U.S.: shmurah matzah is starting to pop up on would go to UPS to pick up the boxes of round “Bonanza in a Box: How a Passover Tradition Psupermarket shelves. Before long, it’ll be matzah sent to him by Korf. Became a Hollywood Hit.” everywhere—from Costco to the White House. Demand for the traditional, round matzah has One of Raichik’s primary focuses was delivering While adults received shmurah matzah from grown at a rapid rate in the last 60 years, and the matzah to Jewish day schools throughout their local Chabad rabbis, their children were in 2017, according to a survey conducted by Southern California. In this way, he ensured that often learning about it through one of Chabad’s Chabad.org, more than 1 million pounds of the generations of children would learn about the most popular yearly programs: the “Model handmade variety will be produced in the United special matzah in school before taking it home Matzah Bakery” workshops. In the last few States alone. To meet the growing demand, and insisting that their parents eat it at the decades, hundreds of thousands of children have matzah bakeries around the world begin baking seder. gotten the chance to make their own handmade shmurah matzah as early as October, producing matzah through this program conducted by batches of the tasty, smoking discs. “My father would walk into principals’ offces Chabad at Chabad centers, Jewish community and sell them on the idea,” recalls the late centers and other places around the world; in It wasn’t always like that. Tzal Rotter, 81, who rabbi’s son Rabbi Shimon Raichik. “Then the kids Toronto alone, some 3,000 children experience grew up in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood, had it at their seder.” the program annually. While the matzah they recalls being among only a handful of Jewish make is for educational purposes and not kosher children eating shmurah matzah. On the eve ‘They Developed the Demand’ for Passover, each child also walks out with a of Passover, Rotter’s father would close up his “What’s interesting about the emergence of small box of shmurah matzah. kosher butcher shop and the two of them would shmurah matzah in American Jewish life is that make the long trip to Manhattan’s Lower East for most, their immediate ancestors didn’t use Through seeing Chabad-supplied shmurah Side to purchase the special matzah. it,” notes Jeffrey Gurock, professor of Jewish matzah at their family seders—soon after making history at Yeshiva University and author of their own from scratch—a generation of Jewish “I remember it being the only matzah bakery Jews in Gotham: New York Jews in a Changing children has grown up with shmurah matzah, around,” says Rotter. “It was in a tiny house with City, and more recently, Jews of Harlem. “The causing the demand to grow exponentially. a storefront, and the bakery was downstairs in Rebbe’s matzah campaign is very important in the basement.” introducing it, and its authenticity resonated When President Barack Obama hosted the White even among Jews who are not particularly House’s frst-ever seder in 2009, the round, In 1954, the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. observant.” handmade matzah was supplied by a young aide Schneerson, of righteous memory—began from Springfeld, Mass., named Eric Lesser. Eric’s talking about the importance of eating authentic Yossi Frimerman has been a wholesaler of father, Dr. Martin Lesser, had been receiving shmurah matzah, encouraging his followers to shmurah matzah since 1976, and is the man the round matzah from Chabad of Springfeld’s distribute it to every Jew they met and to teach largely responsible for getting handmade Rabbi Dovid Edelman for decades, and when it them about its signifcance. It was around that matzah into the supermarket aisle. Demand had came time to making the White House seder, it same time that he encouraged a recent Russian picked up by the time he got into the business, was only natural for Eric to bring the real stuff. immigrant, Rabbi Yehoshua Korf, to open what yet the price of American shmurah matzah was became the Lubavitcher Matzah Bakery at 109 still too high for supermarkets. As the production and consumption of shmurah Broome St. on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. matzah continues to grow each year, Gurock, Starting with the Pathmark chain in the New a keen observer of American Jewish life, York area, Frimerman began stocking shelves in synopsizes the product’s dramatic half-century The Rebbe’s insistence that shmurah matzah be the New York area with lower-priced shmurah of growth:“The Rebbe’s dictum ends up at the made available around the country went beyond matzah imported from Israel, an effort that grew White House. That’s amazing!” words. In one notable example, he arranged as he penetrated more14 markets further away Get the Picture The full scoop on all the great events and classes around town

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Vivre avec la paracha Les nouveaux mariés par Mena’hem Feldman

’était inévitable. COui, je sais que vous avez tant investi dans cette relation. Je sais que vous avez passé les deux dernières années à planifer le mariage et la lune de miel. Et pourtant je pense toujours que c’était inévitable. Tôt ou tard, vous alliez l’offenser profondément.

Pensez-y. Vous êtes des personnes différentes, avec des backgrounds, des expériences et des attentes différents. Vos différences sont d’ailleurs ce qui vous a attiré l’un vers l’autre Talmud Torah à propos de Moïse menaçant D.ieu ». Nous devons Lui montrer que « nous nous au départ. Il n’est donc pas surprenant qu’après lorsqu’il Lui demanda de pardonner au peuple souvenons », que nous sommes constamment l’effervescence du mariage, lorsque vous êtes : « Et sinon, efface-moi de Ton livre que tu as conscients de l’importance de cette relation pour retournés à la vie réelle, vous soyez retombé écrit. » nous. Pour survivre à la trahison émotionnelle, dans vos vieilles habitudes et ayez brisé son notre Bien-Aimé ne doit avoir aucun doute que cœur. Elle a survécu à cause de la suite moins connue nous chérissons en permanence notre relation de l’histoire, dans laquelle Moïse a demandé à avec Lui, plus que toute autre chose. Plus que Si elle vous aime, elle vous fera savoir quoi faire D.ieu : « Montre-moi Ta gloire. » Moïse demanda nos hobbies et plus que nos carrières. Que devez-vous faire maintenant, demandez- à D.ieu de leur montrer ce qu’ils pouvaient faire vous ? Devriez-vous lui acheter des chocolats pour rétablir la relation. « Se souvenir », cependant, peut être trop ou des roses, ou encore l’emmener dîner ? Eh abstrait. Et c’est pourquoi nous avons aussi bien, soyez attentif. Essayez tout ce à quoi vous D.ieu accepta. Et, dans ce qui est peut-être l’un besoin du « nœud des téflines ». Le nœud pouvez penser, mais restez attentif. des versets les plus compliqués de toute la représente nos actions, qui nous relient à D.ieu. Torah, D.ieu dit : « Tu verras Mon dos, mais Ma Et comme pour une corde qui a été sectionnée, Quand sa peine aura diminué, si vous l’écoutez face ne sera pas vue. » nous avons besoin de faire un double nœud. attentivement, elle vous montrera exactement Nous devons démontrer que, parce que notre comment vous devez la consoler. Et comment Les rabbins, conscients que ce verset véhicule relation est désormais au premier plan de notre elle veut que vous démontriez que vous une profonde vérité mystique, expliquent que esprit, nous sommes prêts à doubler les actions vous souciez d’elle, que vous chérissez votre D.ieu revêtit un talith et des téflines, puis Il qui nous lient à Lui. relation et que vous êtes déterminé à rétablir tourna le dos à Moïse et lui montra « le nœud la connexion. du téfline de la tête ». Alors mettez vos talith et téflines métaphoriques. Montrez-Lui que vous vous souvenez. Faites le Écoutez attentivement et vous entendrez. Moïse écouta. double nœud. Vous découvrirez que le lien est plus profond que jamais. Et c’est exactement ce qui s’est passé dans Il écouta, et apprit comment les Juifs pouvaient l’épisode le plus dramatique de trahison sauver leur mariage avec D.ieu. Il écouta lorsque entre nouveaux mariés qui eut jamais lieu. À D.ieu lui montra les ingrédients nécessaires peine quarante jours après le mariage le plus pour recréer l’amour. monumental de l’histoire – le mariage entre D.ieu et le peuple juif au Sinaï, la mariée a trahi Le talith et les téflines servent de rappels. La le marié. Le peuple a adoré le Veau d’or, brisant Torah déclare au sujet du talith : « Cela sera pour le cœur de son Bien-aimé. Classes vous des franges, et quand vous le verrez, vous Thursdays at 12.00 in the Haime Library vous souviendrez de tous les commandements Classes alternate between the following teachers: Les Juifs étaient sûrs que la relation était de D.ieu. » Et en ce qui concerne les téflines, il condamnée. est écrit : « Ce sera pour vous un signe sur votre Dr. Hanna Barouk main et un souvenir entre vos yeux. » Rabbi Amar Et pourtant, elle a survécu. Rabbi Frankforter Rabbi Gansburg D.ieu enseigna à Moïse que pour que notre La relation a survécu, et pas seulement à relation prospère, nous devons « porter le talith FOR WOMEN ONLY cause de l’histoire que vous avez entendue au 20 Latin Link Reflexion Semanal

Parasha de la Semana Recogiendo las piezas el hombre repare el daño. Moises es el encargargado mundo terrenal de los negocios, por ejemplo, tiene Por Yossy Goldman de que tengamos unas nuevas tablas. No obstante poco lugar en esta religión y no se enfrenta ni con podemos recoger los pedazos. desafíos ni con una guía de sus conclusiones. Los Es demasiado tarde.” “He ido demasiado lejos.” dos mundos son separados. El flósofo y el hombre Una vez ohi a un colega hablar sobre el signifcado “Nunca será igual”. ¿Cuántas veces hemos oído negocios operan independientemente. de romper la copa de vidrio bajo la jupa (pabellón esas palabras? ¿O, peor aún, las hemos dicho? “ de la boda). Además de que se rompe para que Para otros la religión es un código de etiqueta, un Esta semana la Parasha cuenta la historia del becerro nunca nos olvidemos de Jerusalén y como deseo set de máximas sobre cómo llevarse con la gente y de oro, el peor pecado colectivo del Pueblo Judío. de su restauración completa, esta ceremonia nos como ser una buena persona. Ser honesto, dar caridad, Francamente, si yo fuera el redactor de la Biblia , enseña una lección muy importante para la vida de no matar, todo esto representa la religión. (“Soy un hubiera dejado esa parte afuera. ¡Que humillante la novia y del novio que estan a punto de emprender buen judío. Doy caridad”). Esta religión, incluso en para los judíos! ¡Apenas solo unas semanas después su propia nueva trayectoria de vida. ¿Qué sucede su forma más fna, existe primordialmente en los de la revelación más grande de todo los tiempos inmediatamente después que el novio rompe la copa términos de los hombres, Di-s no es necesario. Aquí , cuando vieron y oyeron a D-os en persona , van y de vidrio? Cada uno grita “ ¡Mazel Tov! “ El mensaje hay dos miradas opuestas de la religión: una ve a se aposternan frente a una vaca?! ¿Cuan tontos está claro. ¿Algo se rompió? NU, no es el fn del Di-s y desdeña al mundo “material”; la otra está tan podemos ser?. Pero la Tora es frmemente honesta y mundo. Podemos incluso reírnos sobre eso y todavía compenetrada en los hombres y la sociedad que se es por eso que registra este momento con todo lujo ser felices. Nisht Geferlij . Lo Nora. Esto volvera a olvida de Di-s. de detalle. suceder de nuevo. Ahora veamos los Diez Mandamientos. Los primeros ¿Por qué? En mi Shul nos manejamos con un programa cinco son: “Yo soy Di-s”, que es la declaración positiva educativo adulto llamado CAJE, la universidad de la de Di-s y Providencia, la prohibición de idolatría, usar Quizás las lecciones muy importantes que educación judía adulta, y el slogan que utilizamos Su Nombre en vano; el Shabat, honrar a los padres. necesitamos extraer de este episodio embarazoso para CAJE es Tu segunda oportunidad de saber. Hay Parece haber una especie de tejido, la tensión en las son, en primer lugar, que la gente , por cuanto que son segundas oportunidades e incluso terceras . Muchas relaciones del hombre con Di-s. Los siguiente cinco, seres humanos cometen equivocaciones, e incluso escuelas hebreas han pasado a través de nuestras de la segunda tabla, tienen que ver con asesinato, los judíos inspirados, que vieron la revelación divina clases y, como adultos, han aprendido a leer en robo, adulterio, testigos falsos y codicia. Todos estos con sus propios ojos pueden llegar a lo mas bajo. Y, hebreo . Hoy, algunos de nuestros graduados pueden afectan la relación entre los hombres. en segundo lugar, y sin lugar a dudas , uno tiene que incluso llevar el servicio de las plegarias y estoy muy saber que siempre hay esperanza, no importa lo que orgulloso de ellos y de nuestro programa. Es posible Rashi declara que ambos son iguales. El buen judío es haya sucedido . recoger los pedazos de la vida. Es nuestra relacion “bueno” hacia Di-s y hacia los hombres, de lo contrario con D-os, nuestros socios , nuestros chcicos o nuestros es mitad judío. Él va a cuidar Shabat, ser honesto en En la misma Parsha leemos cómo D-os le dice a colegas, por la cual podemos hacer compensaciones los negocios, usar Teflín, pagar correctamente a sus Moises que talle un segundo juego de tablas, para y reparar el daño. Si los judíos podrían recuperarse empleados, observar las leyes del Kashrut, dar caridad, substituir las primeras que rompió cuando bajó de del becerro de oro, nuestros propios desafíos son porque cada uno de estos es un mandamiento de la la montaña y fue sorprendido por la situacion en la pequeños en relacion a ellos. Torá. Todos son igualmente importantes. cuál estaban los judíos. (Asi como “ Tu las has roto, tu las arreglaras” -- como el individuo que se quedo ******** dormido durante el sermón del rabino y el rabino le dijo al shamash (ayudante personal) que despertierte Dos tablas idénticas Clases y Eventos al feligrés. El shamash pues entonces exclamó, “ ¿Es más importante nuestra relación con Porcion Semenal ¡Rabino, usted lo puso a dormir, usted lo despierta! Di-s o con los hombres? Rabbi Shea Rubinstein “) La Tora no se propone a disminuir nuestro respeto Por Zalman Posner Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm por esa generación, sino que nos ayuda a entender Orden de rezos diarios y su signifcado mistico oshé baja del Sinai cuarenta días luego de que la debilidad humana, nuestras debilidades morales y (Para Mujeras) la realidad de relaciones, espiritual o de otra manera. Di-s haya proclamado los Diez Mandamientos. Sra. Vivian Perez MEn sus manos, sostiene las “dos tablas de Martes 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm D-os nos dio un Tora perfecta. Las tablas eran hechas testimonio, tablas de piedra, escritas por el dedo de 198 Park Dr. Bal Harbour a mano por D-os, puras y sagradas, y luego arruinamos Di-s”. El comentarista bíblico Rashi, nota la distintiva Por favor llamar al 305.213.3202 todo. ¿Está todo acabado? ¿Hay realmente alguna ortografía de la palabra hebrea para “tablas”, y para confrmar esperanza ? ¿Estamos más allá de toda salvación? comenta que ambas eran de igual proporción. Kolel Espanol ¿Después de todo, qué puede ser peor que cometer Rabbi Shlomi Halsband idolatría? Violamos los primeros dos mandamientos Hay dos actitudes comunes hacia la religión, ninguna Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm y las tablas fueron rotas en pedazos porque no representando la mirada de la Torá. La religión etérea Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm éramos más dignos en tenerlas. Era la como la gota trata con abstracciones como ser, la esencia de Di-s y la naturaleza de la maldad. Se desarrolla en la enrarecida Sra. Vivian Perez que rebalso el vaso. La Tora nos enseña que nada está Jueves 11:00 am -12:30 pm perdido. Tan malo como lo que sucedio es posible que atmósfera del seminario sobre teología y flosofía. El Chabad of Aventura hombre no tiene mucho21 que ver en el proceso. El 21001 Biscayne Blvd. Aventura PLEASE READ ONLY Networking AFTER SHABBOS Effective Advertising

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Derech Mitzvosecha 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 Daily Prayers 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 the home of Please call The Shul PHL-322 PHL-510 Rabbi S. Rubinstien for details Community Kollel (Men) 8:00 - 9:30 pm (Monday & Thursday) LAW-154 Shul Rabbis & Kolel

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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 Tanya Class Senior Torah Academy (Men & Women) (Spanish) 2:00 - 2:30 pm In Depth Tanya Class (Men & Women) 12:00 - 1:00 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez 11:30 - 12:30 pm TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village PHL-320 PHL-501 Rabbi Sholom Lipskar (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 Women’s Torah Portion Class Tanya Class - English 1:00 - 2:00 pm French Class (Spanish) 2:30 - 3:45 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez 12:00 pm Haime Library 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village TXT-110 Mrs. Vivian Perez Women’s Tanya Class (Spanish) 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Spanish Kolel - Chassidus 11:00 am - 1:00 pm 8:00 - 10:00 pm PHL-320 Mrs. Vivian Perez PHL-301 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband Chabad of Aventura, 21001 Biscayne Blvd

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