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Shvii - Acharon Shel Pesach Nissan 20 - 22 April 5 - 7 CANDLE LIGHTING 1st night: 7:21 pm
CANDLE LIGHTING 2nd night: 7:22 pm - from existing flame
Yom Tov Ends: 8:15 pm
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Contents Nachas At A Glance
Weekly Message 3 The Shul Bochurim Kashering homes before Pesach, giving classes Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar and and Biur Chometz at 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 9-15 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE 16 -22 Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town The ABC’s of Aleph 23 Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 24 French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha
Latin Link 25 Refexion Semanal In a woman’s world 26 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 27-28 Networking Effective Advertising Numbers To Know 29 Contacts at The Shul Daily Study 30 A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul Get The Picture 31-32 The full scoop on all the great events around town
Quotable Quote
G-d’s words to Adam (Genesis 3:9), “Where are you?” is a perpetual call to every person, at all times. G-d calls out to each and every one of us every moment of the day: “Where are you in the world? You have been allotted a certain number of days, hours, and minutes in which to fulfll your mission in life. You have lived so many years and so many days -- Where are you? What have you accomplished?”
– Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shevii - Acharon Shel Pesach open where it becomes dominant in our lives.
uring the first From there we move “over the top” to the Messianic epoch when days of Pesach, we the “Spirit of G-d” will cover the earth and all its inhabitants Dcommemorated, will see the Hand of the Creator in His full glory, as all hate celebrated and re- will dissipate and all anger will obliterate and wild animals experienced our initial including terrorists will be banished from the earth. exodus from Egyptian exile and bondage. We traced When our soul’s needs and yearning will be heard and respected, our historical origins from our bodies will be healthier and the world will be safer as peace our father Abraham through and tranquility will reign. our enslavement period and on to our emancipation. We Have a great last days of Pesach, a good Shabbos and a wonderful acknowledged and praised week. Hashem for the miracles and wonders that He showed us in the administration of the plagues and His personal Rabbi S. Lipskar intervention in saving, redeeming, extracting and taking us out from slavery. SECURITY NOTICE
During the last two days of Pesach we commemorate G-d’s Dear Friends and Guests: miracle of splitting the Sea of Reeds and our millennial hope and yearning for the final redemption with our righteous Over a year ago, we were blessed that Sergeant Major Bill Zaiser agreed to accept the position as The Shul’s Director of Security. During Moshiach. that time, he has not only brought us safety and security but also brought us warmth and friendship. With security, particularly in Shul, Though we reached an unprecedented level of freedom at the there is always a very delicate balance between making people feel outset of Pesach, we reach new heights with less constraints safe and making people feel welcomed. During the course of the year, during these final days. Sargent Major has been the face of The Shul, greeting all who have come to visit with a smile, yet providing the highest level of security without the slightest sense of intrusion. He has also come to know our Contrary to general misconceptions that the Jewish People staff, membership, and frequent visitors, and is sensitive to everyone’s crossed the sea, they actually came out on the same side of the particular needs. Most notably, Sargent Major Zaiser has protected our sea they had entered, having made a large U-turn. The obvious children and elderly and treated them like they are his own. For all of purpose was not to cross over to some place, nor necessarily this, we owe Sargent Major a debt of gratitude. to drown the Egyptian army (for G-d could have accomplished this in many other ways), but to experience the splitting of the Like everything in life, circumstances change. Sargent Major Zaiser was offered a high level position he could not refuse. While we are sad that sea. Everything that exists on land also exists in the sea, except Bill will no longer be with us, we are proud that he was offered such that in the sea it is covered and concealed. When G-d caused an esteemed and important position working with our military and we the waters to flow upwards and rise like a giant wall, exposing wish him tremendous success. the sea-bed, all that was heretofore hidden was now revealed. In contemplation of Bill’s departure, Bill along with Shul leadership On a spiritual plane, that concept relates to bringing into a interviewed several potential replacements including JC who has been Bill’s second in command during the entire year. During the year, Bill revealed state that which inherently is there but in a subconscious worked closely with and mentored JC. After much consideration we condition. Such is our holy soul and G-dly connection that is decided that JC will be our new Director of Security. JC has shown oftimes deeply hidden under may cloaks of materialism and leadership and personal qualities that are crucial to the success of physicality. At times the soul is not only concealed but really our security team. We congratulate JC and wish him success in his new dormant. The event of G-d splitting the sea brings our inner position as The Shul’s Director of Security. holy beings, the G-dly spark that is our spiritual self, into the Steven Dunn 3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Weekly Riddle
Morah Malkie’s Elisheva Adouth's Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Questions: 1) Which offering in this parsha is brought with leavened bread Montessori Classrooom 2 (chametz)? What other offering is brought with chametz? classrooom 2 2) The violation of eating blood is referenced in this parsha (Leviticus 7:26). Where is the frst time the Torah mentions blood? 3) Three parts of the body appear in this parsha, and in two other places in the Chumash. What are there and where do they appear? Raquel Gilinski Answers from last week: Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls 1 )a) Parshas Beraishis states that Hevel is a “shepherd of sheep” (Genesis 4:2). b) In Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 parshas Lech Lecha, Pharaoh gives cattle and other gifts to Avram after the incident 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Weeklywith Riddle Sarai will (Genesis resume 12:16). after c) In Pesach parhsas Lech Lecha, at the “Covenant Between the Halves,” a Classrooom 4 torch of fre passes through the cut pieces of animals (Genesis 15:17). d) In parshas Toldos, Rivka places the skins of “the goat- kids” on Yaakov’s arms to disguise him as Eisav (Genesis 27:16).
2)a) This parsha teaches that every offering needs to brought with salt (Leviticus 2:13). In parshas Lech Lecha, during the war between the kings, the armies gathered by the Sea of Salt (Genesis 14:3). In parshas Vayera, Lot’s wife transformed into a Yossi Cohen’s “pillar of salt” when she looked back at the destruction of Sodom Yosef Brook’s Hebrew School (Genesis 19:26). Junior Boys 3) With regards to both sacrifces, the Torah forbids any leavened Grades: 4th - 8th Grades: 1 - 4 food to be brought with them (Exodus 2:11, 34:25). 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm RIDDLE RULES Classroom 1 Answers to the riddles can be given to Rabbi Shaykee Farkash any time over Shabbos. The first child to give a correct answer to each of the questions will win an INSTANT prize!
Mendy Katan 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 available for sponsorship. Shabbos Schedule Shalosh Seudos This Week: Early Minyan 6:00 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Candle lighting 7:22 p.m. Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 7:25 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. Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. kiddush and Shalosh seudos is Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. Food Art Yizkor 11.00 a.m. Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 6:20 p.m. Men’s Shiur 6:20 p.m. Women's Shiur 6:20 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 6:20 p.m. Mincha 7:00 p.m. kiddushim at The Shul Shabbos / Yom TovEnds / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:15 p.m. Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Weekly Video of The Rebbe Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 7:00 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship: Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Kiddush Shalosh Seudos Mincha 7:00 p.m. April 7, 21, 28 April 7, 21, 28 Shabbos / Yom TovEnds / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:15 p.m. If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Stacy at 305-868-1411 ext 313 or email [email protected]
Lighting 7:25 p.m. Mincha 7:25 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 Celebrating Pesach Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Yom Tov experience
Pesach Schedule
Thursday, April 5 - 4th Day Chol Hamoed / Shevii Shel 6:45 p.m. Sephardic Mincha 6:50 a.m. Shacharis-Morning Services 7:15 p.m. Moshiach’s Seudah 7:30 a.m. Shacharis - Morning Services (Grand Celebration & Farbrengen) 9:00 a.m. Sephardic Minyan Shacharit 8:15 p.m Passover Ends 7:45 a.m. Daf Yomi 9:00 p.m. Chometz Sold by Rabbi Can Be Eaten 9:00 a.m. Shacharis - Morning Services MAKE AN ERUV TAVSHILIN HOLIDAY AND SHABBOS CANDLE LIGHTING 7:21 p.m. Candle Lighting - Shevii Shel Pesach 7:25 p.m. Mincha Followed By Ma’ariv Date : Time : Blessings: 7:30 p.m. Sephardic Minyan Mincha/ Arvit March 30 7:18 PM 1 & 3 11:30 p.m. All Night Learning March 31 After 8:11 PM 2 & 3 April 5 7:21 PM 2 Friday, April 6 - Shevi Shel Pesach April 6 7:22 PM 1 7:15 a.m. Hashkama Minyan 8:45 a.m. Tanya BLESSINGS FOR CANDLE LIGHTING 9:00 a.m. Shacharis - Morning Services / Torah Reading / 1. Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam, A-sher Ki-de- Musaf shanu Be-mitz-vo-sov Ve-Tzivanu Le-hadlik Ner Shel Shabbat Ve-Shel 9:00 a.m. Sephardic Minyan Shacharit Yom Tov. 10:30 a.m. Upstairs Minyan 6:40 p.m. Daf Yomi Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctifed 6:55 p.m. Splitting the Sea in 2017 - 5777 us with His commandments, and commanded us to kindle the Sabbath ~ Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar and Yom Tov lights. 7:30 p.m. Mincha Followed By Ma’ariv 7:25 p.m. Sephardic Minyan Mincha /Arvit 2. Bo-ruch a-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam , A-sher Ki-de- 7:22 p.m. Candle Lighting from an existing fame sha-nu Be-mitz-vo-sov Ve-tzivanu Le-hadlik Ner Shel Yom Tov.
Shabbos, April 7 - Last Day of Passover Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctifed Acharon Shel Pesach us with His commandments, and commanded us to kindle the Yom Tov 7:15 a.m. Hashkama Minyan light . 8:45 a.m. Tanya 9:00 a.m. Shacharis - Morning Services / Torah Reading / 3. Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam, She-heh-che- Musaf yoh-nu Ve-ki-ye-monu Ve-he-ge-o-nu La-zman Ha-zeh. 9:00 a.m. Sephardic Minyan Shacharit 10:30 a.m. Upstairs Minyan Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has granted us 11:00 a.m. (approx) Yizkor life, sustained us and enabled us to reach this occasion. 6:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 6:50 p.m. Mincha * All Candles on Holidays must be lit from an existing fame. 6 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 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 Following Sephardic Minyan 7:15 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 April 11 for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily. Hinda Clara bas Chana Guenendel Benyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:47 am Jonathan ben Aliza Sher Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:19 am Michael Shmuel ben Eliezer Eliyahu Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 7:01 am Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry (Earliest Amidah) Eden Chana bat Karine Cecile Latest Shema 10:09 am Zman Tfllah 11:13 am Chatzot / Midday 1:21 pm Earliest Mincha 1:54 pm Plag HaMincha 6:26 pm Shekiah / Sunset 7:42 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 8:06 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. 7 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family
Birthdays Yahrtzeits 22 Nissan Mr. Mendel Notik 22 Nissan Herber obm 22 Nissan Mrs. Ethel Meril Sirotkin Husband of Ms. Esther Vlosky 22 Nissan Mrs. Chana Weinfeld 22 Nissan Esther bas Mordechai Osher obm 22 Nissan Ms. Michelle Robyn Weintraub Mother of Dr. Raymond Failer 24 Nissan Dreisha bas Yosef obm 23 Nissan Mrs. Beatrice Fischman Mother of Dr. Bernard Baumel 23 Nissan Mr. Fred Shainbaum 24 Nissan Shalom Nachum ben Avraham HaLevi obm 23 Nissan Ms. Suzanne Steinmetz Brother of Mr. Jerry Gontownik 23 Nissan Ms. Sharon Zisman 24 Nissan Bertha bas Rachel obm 24 Nissan Mr. Danny Barouk Grandmother of Ms. Lydia Hasson 24 Nissan Mr. Hillel Gontownik 24 Nissan Menachem ben Gedalia obm 24 Nissan Mrs. Sara Mizraji Father of Mr. Mitchell I. Kirschner 25 Nissan Ms. Chanie Berdugo 25 Nissan Rene Maklouf obm 25 Nissan Ms. Lilly Lipton Father of Mr. Stephane Bsiri 25 Nissan Michal bas Reb Yoseph Aron obm 25 Nissan Ms. Esther Mamane Mother of Mr. Paul Weintraub 25 Nissan Mr. Joseph Mitrani 26 Nissan Perla obm 25 Nissan Mr. Jeffrey Wolf Sister of Mr. Stephane Bsiri 25 Nissan Mr. Myles Wolfe 26 Nissan Kevin obm 26 Nissan Mrs. Sandra Gewirtz Brother of Mr. Stephane Bsiri 26 Nissan Mrs. Phyllis Katz 26 Nissan Reouven Goldberg obm 27 Nissan Ms. Jewel Bertman Father of Mrs. Julia Bsiri 27 Nissan Ms. Galit Cohen 26 Nissan Esther Raizel bas Pinchas obm Mother of Mrs. Phyllis Franklin, Mr. Martin Packer 27 Nissan Mrs. Jana Falic ` and Dr. Allen Packer 27 Nissan Mrs. Miki Feldman 26 Nissan Sholom ben Tzvi Mayer obm 27 Nissan Mr. Ira Mack Father of Dr. Stephen Robert Scheinman 27 Nissan Mrs. Mina Sragowicz 27 Nissan Rivka bas Shmuel obm 27 Nissan Mr. Jimmy Sultan Mother of Mr. Steven Kevelson 28 Nissan Ms. Rachel Mondshine 27 Nissan Shlomo ben Dov obm 28 Nissan Mr. Yoel Smulevich Son of Mrs. Genia Bruder 28 Nissan Dov ben Lieba obm Husband of Mrs. Jayne Shapiro, Father of Mr. Ryan Shapiro and Mr. Daniel Shapiro Kid’s Birthdays 28 Nissan Mendel ben Pesach obm 24 Nissan Shelly Haya Woldenberg Father of Mrs. Rebeca Schapiro 25 Nissan Tali Solaimanzadeh 26 Nissan Talya Levy 26 Nissan Yasha Liba Lipskar 26 Nissan Shoshana Sarah Stein Volunteers Needed After every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the left over food to organizations or families in need. We are looking for volunteers to help collect and wrap the food. If you would like to help please contact the Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush. Community service hours will be awarded. 8 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family
Nissan 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 03/27/18 and 04/02/18 the month of Nissan is Kindly Sponsored by We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Mr. & Mrs. Jackie Abraham Dr. & Mrs. Richard Koffer Mr & Mrs. Ryan and Dinie Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Chanoch Alperovitz Mr. Mario Laufer In loving memory of: Mr. & Mrs. Raphael Ammar Mr. & Mrs. Moshe Shlomo Lerman Dr William (Dov Ben Yaakov) Shapiro Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Schneur Zalman Lipskar Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Arber Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matz Mr. & Mrs. Dan Arev Dr. & Mrs. Gene Moteles “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Mr. & Mrs. Jonah Bardos Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Musikar and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Mr. & Mrs. Danny Barouk Ms. Vivian Naimer occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Baumel Mr. Steven Natkin be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire Mr. & Mrs. Baruk Benamran Mr. & Mrs. Isser New body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, Benevity Community Impact Fund Mr. Mordechai Olesky together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. Emanuel Benjamin Mr. & Mrs. Jack Osman Mr. & Mrs. Yonathan Berdugo Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo Peretz Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel G. Berenfus Mr. Ari Propis Refuah Shleimah Mrs. Estela Berry Mr. & Mrs. Mayer Rivkin If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep Mr. Michael Blisko Mr. & Mrs. Levi Yitzchok the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. Mr. & Mrs. Isaie Bouhadana Rosenblum MEN WOMEN Aryeh Leib ben Sura Henya Shoshana bat Mazal Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Edward Rosengarten Rafael Maya ben Sol Simcha bat Pnina Mr. & Mrs. Barry Cohen Mr. & Dr. Yehuda Sabach Aaron ben Tamar Chaya Miriam Yehudit bat Chava Rabbi & Mrs. Uri Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Salver Raphael Moshe ben Miriam Clara bat Corina Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo Danzinger Dr. & Mrs. Michael Salzhauer Yichael ben Layke Rivka bat Shoshana Mr. Ashley Diener Mr. & Mrs. Mark Schlachet Meyer Yankev ben Chaya Etel Leah Rochel bat Sarah Mr. & Mrs. Eli Dominitz Ms. Roberta Segal Alexander ben Esther Raizel Miriam bat Risha Raizel Dr. & Mrs. Brian Dooreck Mr. & Mrs. Moises Raphael Moshe ben Sarah Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Mr. & Mrs. Dovid Duchman (Samuel) Selesky Moshe ben Zoila Chana bas Shoshana Moshe Avraham ben Tziporah Riva Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Mr. & Mrs. Zalman Duchman Mr. & Mrs. Fred Shainbaum Chaim ben Pnina Chava bas Elka Menucha Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Shapiro Gabriel ben Esther Chaya bas Rachel Rabbi & Mrs. Henry Eichler Mr. & Mrs. Abe Mark Sher Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Fayge bas Chaya Mr. & Mrs. Ettai Einhorn Mr. & Mrs. Yossi Sokol Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Miriam Leah bas Helen Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Failer Mr. Andrew Spodek Yosef ben Edwina Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Feltenstein Mr. & Mrs. Ari Sragowicz Avrohom ben Feigel Mrs. Phyllis Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Abe Sreter Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Mr. & Mrs. Jared Freidman Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Stauber Yehuda ben Chaya Sara Mr. & Mrs. Justin Fuhrman Mr. Daniel Stein Shimon Yitzchak ben Leah Rochel Mr. Patricio Fuks Mr. & Mrs. Eric P. Stein Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel Mr. Daniel Gielchinsky Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Sugar Ambassador & Mrs. Isaac Gilinski Mr. & Mrs. Michael Szafranski Mr. & Mrs. Jacob J. Givner Mr. Julian Ungar Mr. & Mrs. Dan Goldfarb Mr. & Mrs. Michael Vaturi Learning with The Bochurim Mr. Ralph Gut Mr. & Ms. Azriel Wasserman If you are interested in having your child Mr. & Mrs. Moishe Hersman Mr. & Mrs. Victor Weingarten learn with one of our bochurim, Ms. Cheryl P. Hoine Ms. Sybil R. Weinstein or if you would like to arrange Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Jaimovich Mr. & Mrs. Paul Weintraub Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jaimovich Ms. Edna Pena Werta a lunch and learn in your office, Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Kamhazi Mr. & Mrs. Lenny Wolfe Please contact Rabbi Shaykee Farkash Ms. Shay Kardonski Mrs. Liv-Tiferet De Vitton [email protected] Mr. & Mrs. Shlomi Katan Mr. & Mrs. Sergio Zelcer Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Kavana Mr. & Mrs. Adam Ziefer Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell I. Kirschner Rabbi & Mrs. Berel Zisman 9 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!
Hayom Yom In the winter of 1942, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn, of righteous memory, gave his son- in-law, the future Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, the task of compiling an anthology of Chasidic aphorisms and customs arranged according to the days of the year. The calendar was entitled Hayom Yom. In describing this work Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak wrote: …”A book that is small in format…but bursting with pearls and diamonds of choicest quality.” “A splendid palace of Chasidism.” True to these words, Hayom Yom has become a beloved classic work and a source of daily spiritual sustenance. Friday - Nissan 21 habits are alluded to by the word et (“and”) It was the custom in Lubavitch to stay awake on in the quoted verse, signifying “that which is the night of the Seventh of Pesach as well as incidental to the fesh,” the habits developed by on Shavuot and on Hosha’ana Raba. By the age the body. Only then can one clothe himself in of nine I did not go to sleep on the Seventh of the “sacred garments.” Pesach. One should study Torah the whole night. Pondering Chassidus, discussing Chassidus, Shabbos - Nissan 22 and the practice of Chassidim to meditate By day we take care to follow this order: Make before davening - these are “sacred garments,” Kiddush, then daven Mincha, and after that eat garments that were given from the heights of the festive yom tov meal. sanctity. But it is the person himself who must “wash his fesh with water...” The garments of the The Baal Shem Tov used to eat three festival soul are given to the individual from On High. meals on Acharon Shel Pesach. But washing away unwholesome “incidentals” that arise from bodily nature and making the The Baal Shem Tov called the (third) meal of body itself “fesh of sanctity,” this is achieved this day Mashiach’s s’uda (the “festival meal solely by man’s own efforts. This is what of Mashiach”). Acharon Shel Pesach is the day Chassidus demands; it is for this ideal that our for Mashiach’s s’uda because on this day the great teacher (the Alter Rebbe) devoted himself radiance of the light of Mashiach shines openly. totally and selfessly. He opened the channel of In 5666 (1906) a new procedure was adopted total devotion, sacrifce, for serving G‑d through for Pesach in the Yeshiva Tomchei T’mimim in Monday - Nissan 24 prayer, to be bound up with the Essence of the Lubavitch: The students ate the Pesach meals We all possess an element of “non-good.” Why, En Sof, infnite G‑d. Chassidus places a chassid all together, in the study hall. There were 3102 the scapegoat (representing evil, banished to face to face with the Essence of the En Sof. students present seated at eighteen tables. Azazeil)1 was actually a service in the Beit My father the Rebbe ate the festive meal of hamikdash!2 A physical created being inevitably Thursday - Nissan 26 The permissible, when done for one’s pleasure, Acharon Shel Pesach with the yeshiva students. has a negative element, but we must banish that is completely evil, as the Alter Rebbe writes in He ordered that four cups of wine be given each evil to a “desolate land.” Tanya, Chapter 7, for we are commanded, “sanctify student, and then declared, “this is Mashiach’s Tuesday - Nissan 18 yourself with what is permitted to you.” One s’uda.” The individual’s avoda must be commensurate must introduce sanctity into those matters that Sunday - Nissan 23 with his character and innate qualities. There are permissible so that they serve the purpose of The presence of Mashiach is revealed on Acharon may be one who can drill pearls or polish gems enhancing one’s Torah, mitzvot, fear-of-G-d and Shel Pesach, and this revelation has relevance but works at baking bread (the analogy in the good character traits. to all Israel: Pesach is medaleg,1 “skipping realm of avoda may be easily understood). over” (rather than orderly progress), and leil Though baking bread is a most necessary craft Friday - Nissan 27 shimurim,2 the “protected night.” In general the and occupation, this person is considered to Chassidim asked the Alter Rebbe: “Which is the mood of Pesach is one of liberty. Then Pesach have committed a “sin.” superior avoda, love of G-d or love of Israel?” He replied: “Both love of G-d and love of Israel are ends, and we fnd ourselves tumbling headlong Wednesday - Nissan 25 into the outside world. This is where Mashiach’s equally engraved in every Jew’s neshama, ruach, From a sicha of my father: Chassidus demands revealed presence comes into play - imbuing us and nefesh. Scripture is explicit: ‘I have loved that one “...wash his fesh (Hebrew, et b’ssaro) with a powerful resoluteness that enables us to you, says the L-rd.’ It follows that love of Israel with water, and clothe himself in them (the maintain ourselves in the world. is superior - for you love whom your beloved priestly robes).” The intellectual element of loves.” Chassidus must thoroughly cleanse the fesh and rinse away the habits of the fesh. The 10 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!
Walls of Water merit was Israel saved? ‘On their right and on became a reality. No longer were they enslaved. by Ari Sollish their left’: ‘on their right,’ in the merit of the Torah No longer did they think or feel like slaves. that they would accept, as it says, ‘From His right And realizing this for the very frst time, they nd the water was a wall for them, on their hand He presented the Fiery Torah to them’; rejoiced—and sang. right and on their left. - Exodus 14:22 and and ‘on their left,’ this is [the merit of] tefllah A14:29 (prayer).” In other words, Torah and tefllah were Contemporary Hieroglyphics Today, although there might not be a literal On the 21st day of Nissan in the year 2448 from the two merits that acted as a “wall,” protecting “Egypt” threatening our freedom, there exists a Creation (1313 bce), the young Jewish nation the Jewish people on either “side” from being “quasi-Egypt” within each one of us and within met with their frst communal crisis. Seven days likened to—and thus destroyed with—the society as a whole, an element that like the Egypt earlier, G-d had “extracted a nation from the Egyptians. of old attempts to ensnare and enslave us. As bowels of a nation”[1] by pressuring Pharaoh to But why were two merits necessary? From an the Sages state: “In every generation (and every release the Children of Israel from the shackles anecdote in the Talmud it would seem that single day) a person must regard himself as one of bondage that had oppressed them for the Israel’s acceptance of the Torah alone should who has personally come out of Egypt (today).” past 210 years in Egypt. But Pharaoh had since have provided suffcient merit to distinguish Consequently, our focus must be to destroy this reconsidered his decision to let the Jews go, between Jew and Egyptian. The Talmud states “Egypt,” and break free of its shackles. and now, after a furious chase, he and his army that of all the nations to whom G-d offered His had successfully cornered them at the Red Sea. Holy Torah, only the Children of Israel accepted What is this modern day “Egypt,” and how does There was no escape. every word unconditionally. Thus, at Mount Sinai, it enslave us? On a personal level, “Egypt” is the multitude of thoughts, feelings, desires, The Children of Israel cried to Moses, who in G-d reciprocated Israel’s “choice” by proclaiming and habits that run contrary to the Divine turn pleaded with G-d on their behalf. The them His “chosen nation,” forever setting Jew will. On a communal scale, “Egypt” is a society response? A command: “Go! Move forward!” One apart from non-Jew. So if the Jews were “chosen” that promotes existentialism as a theology man, Nachshon Ben Aminadav from the tribe of based on their acceptance of the Torah, why was and selfshness as a way of life, while all but Judah, took heed of G-d’s call and jumped into the second merit of prayer necessary to justify rejecting the notion of spirituality, selfessness, the sea. When he began to drown, Moses raised their deliverance at the sea? and a “higher purpose.” Thus, every day our his staff above the sea and G-d miraculously “Freedom” in two acts mission and mandate is “Exodus”—to forsake and parted its waters, thus allowing the Children Like most liberating experiences, the Exodus did disavow the “Egypt” that attempts to prevent us of Israel passage on the dry seabed. When the not occur in an instant. Two unique steps were from accessing the wealth of spirituality that Jewish people were safely out of the water, required to transform a band of slaves into a is our essence, and to reach a state of spiritual Moses once again lifted his staff, this time nation of free men. transcendence, a state in which we are able to sending the full force of the waves crashing comfortably express and actualize our spiritual down on the Egyptians. This act fnally ended The frst step occurred on the 15th day of Nissan, yearnings. the Egyptian slavery and brought closure to this the day Pharaoh ordered the Jews to leave the painful chapter in Israel’s history. Land of Egypt. On that day, the Children of But just as it was with the Exodus of thirty-three Israel experienced freedom in the most literal centuries ago, our personal modern exodus is It is in commemoration of this miracle—known sense of the word—their bodies physically similarly comprised of two distinct stages. as “keriyat Yam Suf – the parting of the Red left the borders of Egypt. However, although Sea”—that we celebrate every year with Shevi’i The frst step in this journey—which corresponds they had left Egypt, Egypt had not left them. Shel Pesach (the seventh day of Passover) and to “physically” leaving our personal “Egypt”—is Psychologically and emotionally they were still Acharon Shel Pesach (the eighth and fnal day to affect behavioral change in our service of enslaved—they thought and felt like slaves, for of Passover). G-d. At this stage our personality is still intact, the roots of more than two centuries of slavery but the liberation has begun due to our change While many of us are familiar with the Torah’s could not be destroyed by merely transplanting of behavior and attitude. Nonetheless, this is account of the splitting of the sea, few are aware them to another land. No, they needed to only freedom of a literal sort, for true freedom of the ferce battle waged in the heavens that experience something that would shake them involves transcending our very nature, even ultimately determined the fate of the Jews and to their very core, something that would purge our good habits. As long as our actions are the Egyptians. any remaining residue of Egypt. This experience an extension of our disposition, we are not came seven days later, at the “parting of the sea.” On the verse, “And the water was a wall for truly free of our past. Complete exodus means Keriyat Yam Suf accomplished what no simple them, on their right and on their left,” the freeing ourselves of the parameters of our own turn of a key could: it freed their minds and Midrash relates that just as the Jewish people character and personality. hearts, rousing them from their slavery-induced were about to cross the sea, the celestial angels slumber that had prevented them from truly To better illustrate this, let us look at two appeared before the heavenly court, challenging integrating the transformation their bodies had individuals. One who is a thinker by nature, the events that were about to transpire. “Why,” undergone days earlier. When they saw their preferring quiet study to heated debate, might they demanded, “should the Children of Israel former taskmasters being plunged into the naturally feel more inclined to quench his be spared from the sea and the Egyptians fall sea just moments after they had been spared spiritual thirst with Torah study, an intellectual victim to it? Both nations are equally guilty of from its abyssal grave, their freedom suddenly activity that suits his strengths. Someone who idol worship!” The Midrash continues: “In which 11 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! is more passionate and emotionally charged, changed at Sinai. Mold animal hide into the anything transpires in the macrocosmic world, on the other hand, might prefer investing the black boxes of tefllin, said G‑d, and you have it must frst occur within the microcosm of man. majority of his energy into prayer, which our not just reshaped the original leather, you Thus, in order for the sea to split, in order for the Sages have termed “service of the heart.” Have have now recreated it as a holy object, with divine spark of creation to become manifest, the these two individuals achieved a personal specifc rules governing its treatment. Fashion Children of Israel had to frst uncover the G‑dly exodus? On the most external level, yes, for tzitzit from ordinary wool, and the wool is now soul within themselves. they are serving G-d. On a deeper level, however, infused with an acute measure of holiness. How does one reveal his soul? When one’s they are still enslaved, for the amount of energy The same is true with the citron we use as an spiritual service transcends his nature, for the channeled to the mind and heart is determined etrog on Sukkot, and with the matzah we eat on capacity of transcendence stems exclusively by the individual’s nature, and not by what G-d Passover. Any physical object that is used in the from the soul, which like its source is limitless wants, namely, a seamless synthesis of the two. performance of a mitzvah is transformed from and not bound by any “nature.” Thus, the Midrash Thus, their freedom is as of yet incomplete, mundane to divine, the ultimate in qualitative maintains that before the sea parted, before for their minds and hearts are not equally and transformation. Indeed, this is the purpose for G-dliness revealed its face within creation, the completely open to G-dly service. which we were given the Torah and mitzvot at Jewish people required both merits of Torah Sinai: to transform matter into spirit. We take The second and ultimate step in personal exodus (mind) and prayer (heart), the dual service that the world on its most material, base state, and is “keriyat Yam Suf,” when we free ourselves from is the litmus test of one who has tapped into his transform it into a channel for Divine energy. our natural tendencies and dispositions, thus soul and reached beyond his natural proclivities. completely erasing every remaining trace of But how is that possible? How can an ordinary And once Israel’s soul became manifest, the rest “Egypt” within us. Such freedom is demonstrated object transform into something spiritual, if of creation followed suit. when we not only serve G-d, but also do so with “physical” and “spiritual” are polar opposites? equal measures of mind and heart, despite our The truth is, it can’t. But then again, it doesn’t Living the Future natural propensity toward one or the other. We have to. For at the core of every created entity The third Rebbe of Lubavitch, Rabbi Menachem transcend our natural tendencies. Conducting lies a spark of the Creator, a spark that is as Mendel, once remarked that the frst two days of our spiritual affairs in such a manner means genuinely G-dly as the loftiest of souls and Passover celebrate the exodus from Egypt, while that we have experienced complete exodus— the most supernal of angels. The material the last two days of Passover celebrate the “leaving Egypt” and witnessing the “parting of facade need only fade, and what remains is Geulah, the Final Redemption. Thus, the splitting the sea.” the pure expression of divine will, thought of the sea and the ultimate Redemption are and speech that is ready to unite once again intimately intertwined. Thus, the Midrash maintains that to experience with her Originator. This, then, is the power of the “parting of the sea,” the culmination of The Final Redemption is the ultimate mitzvot. When we utilize something in the act exodus when freedom illuminates even the embodiment of the transformation of materiality of a mitzvah, we are essentially stripping away deepest, darkest recesses of our being, requires experienced at keriyat Yam Suf and Mount the object’s trivial, material shell, and instead both merits of Torah (mind) and prayer (heart), Sinai, for it is then that our physical senses demonstrating its role in the implementation of for it is only through serving equally in these will actually perceive the G-dliness inherent G-d’s Will. two realms that we may touch upon the true in creation. And like the G-dly manifestation of meaning of freedom—freedom from our very This is the deeper signifcance of the parting keriyat Yam Suf and Sinai, this too is dependent nature. sea. Metaphorically speaking, the natural state upon Israel’s divine service. of being is “sea”: the divine energy that enlivens Magic & Mirrors The implication is a powerful one. Sometimes every creature is buried and hidden deep within we look at the world around us and doubt if In addition to concluding the exodus from the mask of materialism, much like the literal things will really change for the better. Certainly, Egypt, keriyat Yam Suf served another purpose: sea conceals the life that is submerged within we think, we cannot change the world. What we it paved the way for the giving of the Torah its depths. At keriyat Yam Suf, though, the sea must remember is the lesson of keriyat Yam Suf: on Mount Sinai. And this too required Israel’s split—the smoke and mirrors of materiality that the key to “parting the sea” and producing fusion of mind and heart. disappeared momentarily, and all that was global change lies in our hands. All it takes is for When G-d gave the Torah to the Children of left to see was the “master illusionist” Himself. us to “split” our own “sea,” to rouse our soul from Israel on the sixth day of Sivan, He redefned Nonetheless, keriyat Yam Suf was merely its slumber and allow its fame to illuminate reality. Until that moment in time, things were the frst step, for no real permanent changes our life, and the world automatically becomes destined to remain stagnant—trapped, as it occurred—the miraculous transformation in a better place—a place with greater light. This, were, in their status quo. No one possessed nature lasted only temporarily. What it did then, is the catalyst for the ultimate “splitting the ability to truly “recreate” matter, the power accomplish, however, was to pave the way for of the sea,” the complete and Final Redemption, to cause a qualitative shift in any given object. the revelation at Sinai, where every single Jew when spirituality will be manifest in creation Sure, you could use a raw material such as was granted the ability to access the spiritual so that “all fesh together will see” the divine wood to craft a table, but the table remains spark within physicality and affect a permanent tapestry woven throughout mankind and the of the same quality (substance and matter) as change on any object used in the performance universe. the original, unprocessed wood—essentially of a mitzvah. Based on an address of the Rebbe all you have done is modify its form. All of this The Chassidic masters explain that before 12 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!
‘One More’ And, a Should they go back to Egypt? Should they fght? What now?year later to the day, I gave birth Halacha of The Week The message of Seudat Moshiach By Rabbi Dov Schochet By Elana Mizrahi to my son. A few months after his birth, my single friend got married; fve years later, she gave birth Soaking Matza y husband and I had been married for to her second son, also on the last day of Passover. three-and-a-half years, and we desperately wanted children. We were living in So, what is the Seudat Moshiach? What is its M power? Jerusalem at the time. Passover was coming to an end, and although we had had a wonderful holiday, G-d took the Jewish people out of Egypt, and there was a sadness that clouded our joy. It had seven days later, they stood before the Red Sea. been another seder without a baby, another week The Egyptians were almost upon them; there was of Chol Hamoed without a child to take around to nowhere to go. They felt desperation. Should they parks and festive events. Another year of asking, go back to Egypt? Should they fght? What now? “When will our personal redemption come?” Moses stretched out his arm and raised his staff On the How could one more blessing hurt?seventh to the sea. Nothing happened. Then one man, day of Passover, we ate what I thought was going Nachshon the son of Aminadav, stepped into the to be the last holiday meal in the mid-morning, and sea. Nothing happened. He kept walking until the I settled down to read and enjoy the last hours of water was up to his chest, then up to his neck, then t is well known that Chabad and other Passover. (In Israel, Passover is celebrated for seven his nose. And then it happened. The sea split, and communities are careful not to allow their days; outside of Israel, an eighth day is observed as the nation of Israel passed through. Once they Matza to come in contact with water. What’s well.) All of a sudden, I heard a knock on my door. reached the other side, their enemy came chasing I the reason for this custom, and why aren’t we Two friends had come to visit. One of them was after them, and the wall of water crashed down, careful on the last day of Pesach? single, the other newly married. drowning the Egyptian soldiers in the stormy sea. “Elana, come. We’re taking you to my mother What would have happened if Nachshon hadn’t Halacha and the Talmud are clear about the fact in-law’s cousin. She’s married to a great tzaddik jumped in? What would have happened if he hadn’t that once four is baked it can no longer become [righteous man].” Here was an opportunity for me kept walking into the waters? Would G-d have split Chametz. Which is why the Talmud makes no to receive a blessing for children. the sea open? I don’t know. Maybe, maybe not. mention of not allowing Matza to become wet, as there is no concern that baked Matza We wound our way through the twisted alleyways What would have happened if you decided you will become Chametz. (Chametz is the natural of a very religious neighborhood in Jerusalem, couldn’t meet “one more” person? What if you had fermenting process grain goes through when in until we arrived at the tzaddik’s home. His wife, turned down that opportunity to go on “one more contact with water. Once the grain is cooked this the rebbetzin, opened the door. She greeted us as date,” the one where you met your husband? Would chemical process can no longer occur.) though we were old friends, although she didn’t you be married now? I don’t know. Maybe, maybe even know who I was or why I was coming to not. In a responsa of the Alter Rebbe he points out meet her and her husband. She rushed us to the that Matza production has changed dramatically dining-room table, which was laid out with salads What would have happened if you decided that from Talmudic times. While we all know that and delicacies. Before I knew it, I was sitting at the you had had enough, and you were done trying to four and water turns to Chametz in 18‑22 table, surrounded by this incredible family and conceive? What if you decided this when you had minutes that is not exactly accurate. In fact being served tons of food. only one more chance to ovulate? Would you have water and four can be together for hours, and a baby now? I don’t know. Maybe, maybe not. as long as it’s being kneaded will not turn to Now, just as a side note, by this point in the week I Chametz. For its 18‑22 minutes that the four/ had had my full of meat and chicken and potatoes. And what It’s all about the one more good deedif water are together without being acted on that I defnitely was not hungry and had no idea that you were tired of dealing with rejection and allows the fermentation process to happen. I was going to be eating yet another (mind you, sending out resumes? If you hadn’t sent out that delicious) Passover meal. I thought that I was done last one, would you be working now? Maybe, In earlier times they would knead the dough already. But no, the rebbetzin informed me that we maybe not. until they felt it was suffciently kneaded. They were taking part in the Seudat Moshiach (“Meal wouldn’t try to fnish this in any specifc time for of Moshiach”). I had no idea what she was talking The last day of Passover, when we have the Seudat its not critical from a Halachic standpoint. About about. She then turned to me and said, “I’m not Moshiach, is about the “one more.” The one more 300 years ago people, for stringency reasons, trying to be nosy, but do you want a blessing from meal, one more blessing, one more date, one more began to complete the entire process in 18 my husband for children?” try. It’s about the one more good deed that will tip minutes. They were worried that some part of the scales and bring the redemption. the dough would be left alone for 18 minutes I nodded yes. I had already received various and therefore were careful to complete the blessings; undergone many, many treatments; and And for me, it will always be about the blessing I received on the last day of Passover, and the entire process from when the water touched the tried dozens of things to become pregnant. How four until baking in 18 minutes. could one more blessing hurt? precious baby I was given on that day—my Avraham Nissim, for nissim means “miracles.” 13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!
This stringency led to a potential problem. As the kneading process went much quicker it was Stories with Soul The Kaiser wondered if there was any connection possible that some of the four didn’t fully fuse between the previous day’s events and his peculiar with the dough. And would not be fully baked It Once Happened dream: The day before, a group of the King’s closest in the oven. The problem was obvious, if there confdants had approached him to voice their t happened once that Kaiser Rudolph, the King is unbaked four in the dough that comes in complaints about Rabbi Yehuda Lowy, the Maharal of of Bohemia, decided to wage war against a contact with water, it can turn to Chametz! Prague. Irritated by the great esteem in which he was neighboring country. After several weeks of ferce I held by Jew and non-Jew alike, they had demanded and unrelenting battle the Bohemian forces suffered This is the reason that about 300 years ago that something be done to punish the fourishing a military defeat, and the Kaiser himself was taken many communities started the custom of not Jewish community of which he was head. allowing their Matza to come in contact with captive. For many months the Kaiser languished water. While many still follow the basic law that in a tiny prison cell under unendurable conditions, The anti-Semites had insisted that all the Jews be baked Matza cannot become Chametz, others his only hope a swift execution to relieve him of his expelled from Prague, but their words had fallen accepted this stringency for on Pesach we go to suffering and humiliation. on deaf ears. The Kaiser had heard much about the Maharal’s wisdom, and was actually a secret admirer. great lengths to avoid the slightest possibility One day the Kaiser was looking out the window In the King’s opinion, none of the stories he’d been of Chametz. when he noticed an elderly Jew with a long white told about the Jews justifed taking such a step. (Interestingly in the above mentioned Responsa beard passing by the jail. The Jew stopped and the Alter Rebbe writes explicitly that this is only peered inside, beholding the pathetic fgure of the Realizing that they were getting nowhere, the a problem with water and not with fruit juices. captured monarch. The Kaiser was elated; it was the contingent had turned its attention to the Queen, For the Halacha is that other liquids cannot frst time anyone had made eye contact with him in a silly woman who was easily manipulated, and create Chametz.) ages. “Come here!” he begged him in a whisper. The convinced her of the need to implement their plan. Jew walked over to the window. “Don’t you recognize The Kaiser would now have to contend with a There are various customs which are relaxed on me? I am Kaiser Rudolph, King of Bohemia.” nagging wife. the eighth day of Pesach. The reasoning being “If that is true, the Kaiser has changed greatly in The Queen’s pleas were indeed insistent. That night, that this day is a Rabbinic obligation which does appearance,” the Jew replied, clearly skeptical. But the just before he had gone to sleep, the Queen had not have the severe penalty associated with prisoner continued to insist that he was the King, and thrust the already prepared order of expulsion into eating Chametz that the frst seven days have. eventually convinced the Jew of his identity. The old her husband’s hands. The King, wanting some peace E.g. There are communities who do not eat dried Jew picked up his walking stick and began to beat at and quiet, had promised to make his decision the fruit during Pesach however they would eat it on the window bars. After a few well-placed blows the following morning. the eighth day. (While Chabad maintains all the bars were loosened. Making sure that no one was stringencies of Pesach on the Eighth day as well, The King was very confused by the vivid dream, watching, the Kaiser climbed out the window and with soaked Matza we are lenient.) and decided that the only one who could explain it took his frst breath of freedom. Quickly, he followed properly was the Maharal himself. A royal messenger his rescuer back to his house. Similarly the custom not to eat soaked Matza and carriage were immediately dispatched to fetch is relaxed on the last day of Yom Tov. 1) as it’s The Kaiser wanted to slip over the border the Rabbi. only Rabbinic and this adds to our joy of Yom Tov immediately and resume his throne, but the Jew The King was waiting expectantly when the Maharal and 2) it creates a sense of harmony between demurred. “Your Majesty, it isn’t ftting for a king arrived at the palace. “How is it that the Chief Rabbi the different communities and their various to make a public entrance in such a reduced state. of the Jews didn’t recognize the Kaiser last night?” customs. For on this day all eat soaked Matza. Surely your Majesty will want to bathe and improve he demanded. The Maharal looked at him shrewdly. his appearance before returning.” By Chabad the custom is not only to allow it on “Your Majesty,” he explained, “don’t forget that the the eighth day, but to specifcally dip the Matza The Jew walked over to the closet and took out two Kaiser was changed greatly in appearance.” intentionally throughout the meal in to all the small silver trays. On one was a set of hairbrushes, “So you’re already aware of my dream!” the King said dishes at the table. The Rebbe explained that and on the other, a scissors and fle for paring the excitedly. “Can you also tell me what it means?” spiritually this corresponds to the fact that after nails. The Kaiser had tears in his eyes as he accepted a full week of self refnement, as we accomplish them gratefully. “I will never forget your kindness,” he The Maharal asked the Kaiser to send his servant for through the counting of Sefra, we are elevated declared from the bottom of his heart. the order of expulsion on his night table. The Kaiser to the point where we no longer need to be drew in his breath; he himself had already forgotten At that moment the Kaiser awoke from his dream, his concerned about accidental Chametz. In a sense where he’d put the document. “If your Majesty will heart pounding and covered in perspiration. A second this is a precursor to Moshiach when all evil will destroy this document, he will never again have such later the perspiration turned to ice, as his eyes fell on be eradicated from the world, may this happen dreams,” the Maharal promised. speedily in our days. the two small silver trays on the chest in his royal chamber. But there was no time for refection, as a From that day on the King of Bohemia and the knock on the door heralded the entry of the King’s Maharal enjoyed a cordial relationship. Needless to valet. “Your Majesty, the royal barber is here to see say, the enemies of the Jews were defeated, powerless you,” he announced. “Let him wait,” the Kaiser replied, in the face of the Kaiser’s obvious admiration for the too disturbed to even think about haircuts. great Rabbi. 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!
the Jordan River split for Joshua when the the wine (3 + 4 cups = 7), G-d enlightened us Sefras Haomer Jewish People needed to cross. (Joshua 3:9-17) with the understanding and clarity that we need Endless Inspiration The Mishnaic Sage, Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair, was to make rectifcations on every one of the seven According to Kabbalah, the Counting of the on a journey to do the mitzvah of ransoming sefrot, throughout the seven weeks of seven Omer is nothing new at all. captives when he came to the raging Ginai River. days of the Omer counting period - but after He requested the river to part it’s waters so that the frst day of Pesach this light and clarity was Why don’t we make the blessing of he could pass, but it wouldn’t cooperate. He tried removed from us. Through counting the Omer ‘Shehechayanu’ over the mitzvah of Sefrat numerous tactics, but only when Rabbi Pinchas we are able to earn this clarity back, bit by bit HaOmer (counting the days of the Omer) like invoked the precedent of the Sea of Reeds, did as we do the required teshuva and make the we do over most other time-initiated mitzvot the River Ginai consent to part it waters, and appropriate rectifcations each day of the Sefra. we do for the frst time like on Holidays, waving allow the sage to pass over to the opposite bank. This is why the blessing of “Shehechyanu” is the lulav, lighting Chanukah candles and many (Chullin 7a) other mitzvot? not made over Sefrat HaOmer. There is nothing It may be that this inherent potential of water new for the blessings to apply to. All that we are Early halachic authorities provide us with to split also represents the factor responsible able to achieve during the days of the Sefra several answers: for the salvation of Jews from danger in every has already been given to us on the frst day of We only say ‘Shehechayanu’ on a mitzvah which generation. For example when the Satmar Rebbe, Pesach. So we rely on the “Shehechayanu” made brings us joy and the Omer, an offering brought Rabbi Yoel, was escaping through Europe from after the Kiddush on the night of the seder. on the day after Pesach in Temple times, reminds the Holocaust with a few of his chassidim, their (Sefer Avodat Yisroel, Yom Sheni L’Pesach) escape route took them through the mountains us of the pain that we are presently unable to This also solves an interesting problem. Everyday of Switzerland which they had to traverse by bring the Temple offerings. (Rashba, cited in we count the Omer saying: “Today is the such- train as well as by foot. When they arrived at Aruch HaShulchan 489:5) and-such day of the Omer....may it be your will.… the Austrian‑Swiss border, they were flthy, their that in the merit of the counting that I did today, According to the Ran (according to the Rif, 22b, clothes were ragged and worn out and they may that which I have tarnished in the realm of Sukkah), we don’t say Shehechayanu since we were exhausted by the ordeal; the Rebbe’s shoes such and‑such sefra be rectifed, and may I be don’t know if we will fnish the mitzvah in it’s were held together only by a piece of discarded purifed and sanctifed with supernal holiness.” entirety, for if one should forget to count the wire. A troop of soldiers was stationed at the (See the order of the sefra in the daily prayer Omer one night, he is not allowed to continue crossing. As the Satmar Rebbe and his party book.) It is as if, automatically, that which needs making the blessing “on Sefrat HaOmer” when came into view, the commander suddenly called to be rectifed is effortlessly accomplished. It counting on the following nights. his unit to attention. As the Rebbe approached, seems too perfunctory, too easy. Rabbi Yisroel, the Kozhnitzer Maggid, in his the commander waved him through. The Rebbe work Avodat Yisroel, brings the Mechilta (14:21 crossed the border unhindered as the soldiers The Kozhnitzer Maggid, provides the solution. - a Midrash on the book of Exodus) that states honored him with a full salute. Those who were On the frst day of Pesach, G‑d has already when the Sea of Reeds split for the Jewish fortunate to meet the Rebbe along his escape enlightened us the understanding and clarity People, all the waters in the world split as well - route, later testifed that his face shone like an that we need to rectify all forty-nine days of seas, lakes, ponds, bathtubs and even glasses of incandescent light. Sefrat HaOmer. It is up to us to activate the potential that we have already been granted. drinking water. Asks the Kozhnitzer Maggid, “For The Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon, during the same (Heard from Rabbi Shlomo Ashkenazi of what purpose did G-d split all the waters of the period, also escaped the European inferno. He Jerusalem) world? After all, wasn’t the main reason for the and his party had to negotiate a risky Hungarian miracle to show G-d’s might to the Egyptians? border crossing. When they came to the This idea is also alluded to in a parable from the Wouldn’t it have been enough to just split the border, a Hungarian army offcer on horseback Baal Shem Tov. The expansion of consciousness Sea of Reeds?” accompanied by three underlings unexpectedly we receive on Pesach, can be compared to one The Kozhnitzer Maggid reveals a fundamental appeared and ordered the commander on duty who is lost in a dense forest and climbs to the principle for understanding the ways of G-d: at the border to allow the Rebbe and his party top of the tallest tree. From his perch, he is able Every miracle that G-d performs leaves an to pass through. Rabbi Aharon later revealed to clearly see the lay of the land all around in indelible impression on the world. The miracles that the soldiers were his ancestors, the Rebbes every direction and re-orient himself to the during the Exodus from Egypt, at the giving of the Belz dynasty. This is the power of the village he wants to reach. Once back on the of the Torah on Mt. Sinai, and the bestowing Splitting of the Sea, clearing the way for Jews in ground, he uses that clarity of vision to guide of the manna in the desert all left us with a the service of G-d. him. spiritual treasure that can be accessed even in The Kozhnitzer Maggid continues, in the name of Pesach is the tall tree, and the Omer is the our lives and especially on the holidays that the Arizal, that the frst night of frst Pesach, we journey through the forest, the endeavor to commemorate these events. The splitting of the were granted a great expansion of consciousness take the right path, until we reach our goal: the Sea of Reeds initiated the potential for all the and knowledge of G-d. This is one of the times receiving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. waters of the world to be able to split when it which leaves an indelible impression on the would be benefcial to the Community of Israel: Community of Israel. The Arizal wrote that on the night of the seder, through the matzahs and 15 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!
moment the plane took off, I could feel that the Recently In The News journey wouldn’t be just physical; our Alaskan Jewish Backpackers Explore adventure would move us emotionally and Their Heritage in Alaskan Wilds spiritually. Bonding, trekking, learning Torah, We touched down in Anchorage at 7 p.m. and praying and cooking as part of an began to race the setting sun (sunset was at outdoor adventure 10:14) to reach our campsite in Centennial By David Goldshmidt Campground, just outside of Anchorage. At night, even in the summer, temperatures can dip down into the upper 30s. Most of the men hadn’t met before the trip; tenting out in the cold was a good way to bond on a personal level. the water with our fshing rods poised for a After a makeshift bonfre and kosher barbecue, catch. After four hours, we had caught nothing. accompanied by some guitar, we zipped up our I stepped aside to help prepare dinner. The sun tents under the great Alaskan sky and recharged was setting, and I decided to go back to the for the travels to come. water to check up on the fshers. On the way, I passed by a man and woman, and overheard them speaking in Hebrew. Now, we were in the Beginning the Day With Prayer Alaskan wild and hadn’t met any other Jews for The next morning, we started our day with the days—let alone someone speaking Hebrew! “Modeh Ani” prayer, thanking G-d for graciously he air was flled with the excited talk restoring our souls and granting us a brand- I quickly piped up and said: Shalom, m’eifo atem? of exploration and the unknown as we new day on this beautiful land we had come to (“Hi, where are you from?) Needless to say, the prepared to board our fight to Alaska. explore. In a clearing in the forest, we then came couple was shocked to meet a fellow Jew out T in Homer, Alaska. After a short conversation, I together for inspiring morning prayers for those The group of 21 college students gathered who knew Hebrew and a simultaneous “prayer noticed that the sun was rapidly setting, which at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport had appreciation” session for those who had never meant that the time for wrapping tefllin was a distinct mission: to embrace and explore experienced prayer before. One young man who running out. Wherever we went, we made sure their Jewish heritage and to satisfy a thirst himself had just learned how to wrap tefllin to bring a pair of tefllin to be able to help a for greater knowledge. Some of these young was already helping another with his. I thought fellow Jew fulfll the special mitzvah, so I offered men had attended the same Jewish school as I to myself, “This is the brotherly love that brings the man, Tomer, the option of donning tefllin. had growing up, but said their Judaism lacked G-d a smile.” After explaining him the Divine providence of inspiration. Others had attended public school us meeting in such a far-off place, he agreed and had simply never been exposed to their As a staff member, my responsibility was clear: to wrap. We put on the tefllin and took a selfe. Judaism. No matter their varying backgrounds, to infuse all activities with an authentic Jewish Afterwards, he thanked me wholeheartedly, they all had joined to explore their physical and vibe. Whether it was encouraging the young saying this had been his frst time wrapping the personal worlds together. men to wear a yarmulke, walking around with since his bar mitzvah. The whole failed salmon- a pair of tefllin in case we met a Jew who fshing trip was worth it just to inspire a Jew Six friends and I (young rabbinical students in hadn’t had the chance to wrap that day or just 6,000 miles away from home to put on tefllin training) were serving as staff members of the greeting everyone with a smile, I had to ensure for the frst time in 20 years. Jewish Youth Adventure (JYA) trip to guide these that what I was trying to impress on others was men on their physical and spiritual journey. The frst and foremost impressed upon myself. If the Shabbat in Anchorage program was created by Rabbi Schneur Zalman inspiration was real to me, it could become real On Friday, we looped back to Anchorage Notik as part of the Jewish Youth Foundation of to those around me. to spend Shabbat with Chabad-Lubavitch Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois; as director, he goes emissaries Rabbi Yosef and Esther Greenberg, on the trips as well. Every moment proved to be another story told who had been sent there 26 years ago by or memory made. We hiked for hours to the peak the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. The vibe on the plane was electric. Our six- of a mountain that overlooked endless miles of Schneerson, of righteous memory—to provide and‑a‑half‑hour fight to Anchorage gave me untouched glaciers; we traversed the majestic a lighthouse for Alaska’s Jews (“The Frozen ample time to rally the group about the journey mountains of Healy via ATV; and we whitewater- Chosen”). For some members of the trip, ahead. None of the trip’s 21 participants had rafted along a river formed by melted glaciers. Shabbat was a familiar experience, though not been to Alaska before; we were setting out We even took a ride through the forest on sleds something they always found inspiring; a few to traverse the unknown together. As I settled pulled by a world-class dog-sledding team. had even ceased their Shabbat observance. For onto the plane, I glanced to my left and noticed others, Shabbat in Alaska was the frst time they Seven days into the trip, we embarked on a two of our boys taking funny selfes. A few rows had ever celebrated the weekly holiday. One fshing expedition to catch some famed Alaskan ahead, two JYA participants who had just met young man only learned of Shabbat that Friday were engaged in lively conversation. From the salmon. For hours, we patiently stood around 16 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! afternoon. We explained to him the basics (i.e., to grow in our own way, one small step at a time. it’s a holy, inspirational and electronics-free 25- The friendships I forged were injected with true hour period where we focus on the fner things brotherly love, as the Torah prescribes, and until in life, such as G-d, friends, family, food, and today these remain my deepest relationships. ourselves), and he immediately reacted, “Sounds But what really changed my life was its staff. cool! I can’t wait!” (He kept Shabbat from start to fnish.) My 21-year-old rabbinical-student counselors were seemingly from another dimension. They Friday night kicked off with such energetic were cool, happy, outgoing, caring, and most prayers that I felt like I was at the Western Wall importantly, they were real. These young men in Jerusalem. After much singing and dancing, resuscitated the unconscious Judaism I had we enjoyed a royal Shabbat meal (after a experienced until now. They embodied true week of barbecues, this was much appreciated) Realizing One’s Unique Role Judaism—caring about my essence as a person. I together with 100 community members and It was at that moment that I realized my unique was a gem, a precious soul enclothed in a body. international tourists. Every trip participant role on this trip. A few years earlier, I had been in decided to stay after the meal to sing and dance the same situation as these young men. I grew With our counselors, we walked around with a even more. up aware of my Jewish heritage, but found it dry smile and a pair of tefllin. We greeted everyone and uninspiring. Like these young explorers, I with “Happy trails! Are you Jewish?” in the hopes On Shabbat day, a couple of the young men had asked myself: “What does Judaism mean to of fnding a fellow Jew we could inspire. We’d were called up to the Torah for the frst me? What is my purpose here?” I decided that it wake up early to go for a “Polar Plunge,” dipping time—an impromptu bar mitzvah celebration. was time to share my own journey. into the freezing‑cold river to fulfll the beautiful concept of mikvah (for many of us, it was our After our midday meal came a farbrengen (a Hailing from Soviet Moldova and Tajikistan Chassidic gathering imbued with song, food, frst time) before praying out in the wilderness. respectively, my father and mother immigrated We’d park our car on the side of the road to stories, inspiration, encouragement and positive to Chicago in 1991. Raised under communism, resolutions) with Rabbi Greenberg. He asked blast Jewish music and have a spontaneous my parents had not an inkling of their Jewish dance party, with our tzitzits hanging over our each participant: “What does Judaism mean to heritage. Through much Divine providence, they you?” Our diverse crew produced such genuine shirts and our kipahs fying. One early morning, discovered more about their Jewish roots, and we were on our way to a lake, and an older and inspiring answers, some of which I’ll never when I was born they chose to send me to a forget. Each young man on his own accord then woman approached us and inquired: “Excuse Jewish school. Though it provided me with a basic me, are you hippies?” We cheerfully responded, resolved to make a small increase in his Jewish Jewish education, a quintessential component of observance and spread the light of Judaism “No! We’re Jewish!” She exclaimed: “Really? My my Judaism was missing: inspiration, meaning, husband is Jewish!” to his surroundings. One even committed to relevance. As a kid growing up at the turn of the starting a Jewish club at his school. 21st century, I struggled to answer the question: We grabbed the tefllin from our tent and After farbrenging with the rabbi for more than “What does Judaism mean to me?” returned to her trailer to meet her 66-year-old fve hours, we looked at the clock. The sun sets husband, Jason. Raised in rural Colorado, he knew I traversed high school as a typical teenager, my nothing about his heritage; all he knew was that late in Alaska in the summer; Shabbat ended life flled with unanswered questions. That all at 11:18 p.m. We concluded it with a musical he’s a Jew. After explaining the mitzvah of tefllin, changed when I embarked on the teen program he agreed to put it on. At six in the morning in Havdalah. The excitement of the guys who had of JYA. Making its way from Denver to Los just kept an entire Shabbat either for the frst the Idaho countryside, Jason offcially celebrated Angeles, the camp was a custom-tailored road becoming a bar mitzvah. We broke out into such time ever or the frst time in a while was really trip for high school boys to have an adventurous something special. joyous dancing. I noticed a tear slide down his time in a Jewish environment. cheek. It was at this moment that I began to feel On one of the fnal nights of our trip, we The other boys hailed from all over the United how real Judaism was, how alive. This is what I assembled a bonfre. Fellow staff member States, and I hit it off with them immediately. I had been searching for all along. My counselors Moishe took out his guitar and began to play may have not have had much in common with (who by now seemed like older brothers) kept soul‑stirring Chassidic melodies by the fre. We them in terms of social or religious background, in touch with me throughout the year, calling were all exhausted after such a long day, but the but out West, it didn’t matter. When you’re rushing on my birthday and other occasions. I turned to fre’s warmth and musical inspiration kept us down a river into level‑fve rapids, sleeping in a them for inspiration and guidance. awake and close together. After spending more tent out in bear country and starting a fre at than a full week together, we had developed After that summer, I returned to Chicago with night to keep warm, you care less about the a whole new spirit. I was completely uplifted. I deep relationships and held meaningful shoes your comrade is wearing and more about conversations. The discussion that evening led had fnally discovered my niche and come home the content of his character. We didn’t know a happy, confdent and inspired young man. to personal matters; some in the group said they much about Judaism, but as the Lubavitcher felt that we, as rabbinical students, were unable Relationships with my family and my community Rebbe taught: “He who knows aleph should blossomed. I had a clearer sense of direction, to truly relate to the struggles they faced in teach aleph.” And so we encouraged each other connecting to their Judaism in a meaningful way. combined with a mission and purpose: to love 17 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! every Jew unequivocally and to illuminate my U.S. Ambassador Friedman Friedman told Arutz Sheva that his participation surroundings with the light of Judaism. I slowly was especially meaningful to him because of began to learn more Torah and more about my joins 100,000 other Jews for U.S. President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem Judaism, and began to take active roles in the Passover ‘Priestly Blessing’ as the capital of Israel. community—volunteering to help the elderly and those with special needs, leading services at A whopping 100,000 people made “It’s especially meaningful to be here this year, my synagogue, even becoming president of my the pilgrimage to Jerusalem’s Old after the president recognized Jerusalem as the local Jewish teen club. Many fellow JYA members capital of Israel and as we’re getting ready to lived near me in Chicago, and together, we kept City on Monday for a twice-annual move the Embassy to Jerusalem,” said Friedman. the camp spirit alive throughout the year. Camp mass blessing. was our spiritual refueling to make it through He also spoke about the recent Arab riots at the year until the next trip. the Gaza border, stressing that “what I’ve seen is something very different than peaceful When I graduated high school, I realized that this protests—very dangerous activity, rushing the was my chance to solidify my commitment to my border, throwing Molotov cocktails, burning heritage, and essentially, to myself. I decided to tires, putting women and children on the front attend yeshivah in Israel to embrace my Judaism lines.” He warned, “I think it’s not in the interests full-time. After toiling for three years, I took of the Palestinians for that to continue.” my commitment to the next level, assigned to spend the year in Johannesburg to volunteer at Also in attendance at the ceremony were Torah Academy Boys High School and assist the Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel David Lau and greater Johannesburg Jewish community. Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef, I fnished telling my story. I looked at the souls as well as Rabbi of the Western Wall Shmuel whopping 100,000 people made Rabinovitch. circling the bonfre. They no longer viewed their pilgrimage to the Old City of Jerusalem on hopes to grow in their Judaism as an unlikely Monday for a twice-annual mass blessing ideal fueled by feeting inspiration, but a clear A by the Kohanim—Jewish people descended from goal that with enough effort and determination the biblical Aharon and designated as priests. could be totally attained. After all, here I was, Among those was U.S. Ambassador to Israel A comment was once made to the sitting before them—living proof that an David Friedman. “average guy” could accomplish something Rebbe Rashab that the Chasidim extraordinary. The mass “Priestly Blessing” ceremony, for of the Alter Rebbe “were always which Jews travel from throughout Israel— The Long-Term Impact and sometimes, from around the world—only keeping count.” The Rebbe Rashab In the months that followed, I considered the happens on the holidays of Passover and Sukkot. took a great liking to the saying, impact on each person who had come on the Though the blessing was historically given at trip. Walking off the plane were no longer the Temple, the Western Wall plaza is now the and commented: “This idea overwhelmed, confused and lost young men. closest available site due to Jordan’s control characterizes man’s Divine service. One had learned how to wrap tefllin, and over the Temple Mount. started going to class with a pair in hand, A person’s hours must be ‘counted eagerly looking for a fellow Jew to connect with; On Monday morning, male descendants of hours’; then his days will be one wound up studying at Bar-Ilan University the Kohanim priestly caste, raised their hands in Israel, and became more eager to attend beneath their prayer shawls and blessed ‘counted days.’ When a day passes, a Shabbat dinner and even invite a friend or attendees with the special blessing prescribed one should know what he has two; another two were meeting regularly to by Aharon to be given to the Jewish people: “May keep their Jewish spirit alive while living in an God bless you and protect you. May God shine accomplished and what remains exurb of Chicago, with no other Jewish friends His countenance upon you and be gracious to to be done. In general, one should or neighbors. you. May God turn His countenance toward you always see to it that tomorrow is As the Lubavitcher Rebbe—whose inspiration and grant you peace.” (Numbers 6:24-26) and guidance was the driving force behind much better than today.” the trip—would emphasize: the power of one Friedman was one of hundreds of Kohanim who small mitzvah is infnite. Words from the heart gave the blessing, and told Kan news that he penetrate the heart. Anything pursued with love arrived to the massive event with his son and (Hayom Yom) and friendship will ultimately succeed. grandson, who also participated in giving the blessing.
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20 Construction Updates Keeping you up to date on our exciting progress
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
We have more updates on the pile caps and pumps this week. Holland Pumps is on site setting up equipment for the dewatering system and will remain on site until the system is completely installed. The pumps need to run for 48 hours before we can begin the digging process for pile caps. By the time you read this, our shell contractor should have mobilized on site with a small crew to begin digging down to the designated depths. This process will begin the forming of pile caps and grade beams. We have also scheduled the manufacturing order for rebar, which has a two-week lead time, and will arrive the frst week of April. Our demolition contractor demobilized March 8th but is now ready to return now that the dewatering system is being installed. We will keep you updated on Thunder’s remobilization and its success in completing the cutting down of auger piles and concrete removal, on our next report. 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).
21 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 appointment: 305-866 1492 or At the home of : Please call The Shul for details. 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
198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Who we are... Wednesday The Shul Sisterhood organizes all of The Shul’s programming Morning Torah Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 10:00 - 11:00 am and classes geared toward women in the community. Our The weekly portion - Women’s Perspective objective is to bring women of all ages and backgrounds Haime Library together to learn, laugh, experience, and rejuvenate their mind, Tanya Class in English Mrs. Vivian Perez 1:15 - 2:50 pm body and soul. Meet new friends, 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village relax and get inspired! Thursday If you would like to be a part of The Shul Sisterhood, Women’s Tanya Class – Spanish – Mrs. Vivian Perez please call 305. 868.1411 Call Vivian for details – 305.213.3202
BALSAMIC CUCUMBER AND CARROT RIBBON SALAD PREPARATION
INGREDIENTS 1. In a small bowl, combine vinegar, oil, shallots, mayonnaise, honey, salt and pepper and whisk well 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar until dressing comes together. Set aside. 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 4 tablespoons fnely chopped shallots 2. Using a vegetable peeler, peel cucumber and carrots 2 tablespoons mayonnaise into long ribbons. Transfer to a large bowl and add 2 tablespoons honey tomatoes and watercress. Add dressing and toss lightly Kosher salt to coat well. Serve immediately or refrigerate undressed Freshly ground black pepper for up to 1 hour. 1 large cucumber 3 large carrots 1 pint multicolored grape tomatoes, halved 2 cups watercress, cut into 2-inch pieces Suggested Garnishes: pomegranate arils
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Vivre avec la paracha La porte de la sainteté regarder les noms sur les boites aux lettres pour on accrochait un tissu sur la porte de la maison. Le seuil de l’existence juive savoir où frapper. C’était un signe pour que tout étranger ou tout par Moché Bryski passant sache que c’était l’heure du repas et Donc, la question reste posée : pourquoi fallait- que quiconque avait faim ou simplement le il étaler le sang du sacrifce sur la porte ? Et, tant souhaitait était invité à entrer pour le partager. qu’on y est, pourquoi la porte ? Pourquoi pas la fenêtre, la terrasse ou le toit ? Qu’est‑il accroché à nos portes symboliques ? Notre paillasson annonce-t-il « Bienvenu », ou Prenons un instant pour analyser le concept est-ce plutôt un panneau « Ne pas déranger » – le symbolisme – de la porte. La porte crée ? Apprécions-nous les occasions de prodiguer l’intimité, en plus d’assurer abri et protection. hospitalité et bienveillance à ceux qui ont La porte est ce qui sépare la personne publique besoin de réconfort, d’amitié ou de subsistance de la personne privée, l’être extérieur de l’être ? Ou bien claquons‑nous (de manière fgurée) intérieur. C’est dans l’intimité du logis que la porte au nez des rabbins ou des nécessiteux toutes les apparences et toutes les inhibitions qui sollicitent d’entrer dans la sincérité de notre tendent à disparaître, permettant au meilleur (et cœur ? parfois au pire) de ce qu’une personne a à offrir de faire surface. L’un des préceptes bibliques les plus beaux ais pourquoi le sang sur les portes ? est celui de la mezouza que l’on appose au Par exemple, certaines personnes peuvent être linteau droit des portes d’une maison juive. La La Torah nous relate les derniers extérieurement très patientes, souriantes et mezouza atteste que cette maison est un foyer M joviales en public et pourtant, dès qu’elles se juif authentique ; un foyer où la sainteté, la événements qui conduisirent à la libération d’Israël de l’esclavage en Égypte. Lors de cette retrouvent chez elles, elles font la tête ; pas de pudeur, la décence et la bonté sont un mode nuit fatidique, D.ieu porta le dernier coup aux patience avec leurs enfants, pas de tolérance de vie – y compris (voire surtout) derrière les Égyptiens en frappant les premiers-nés de pour leur conjoint, pas un sourire à l’horizon. portes fermées. La mezouza représente la chaque foyer égyptien tout en épargnant les D’autres personnes sont très calmes, discrètes et présence de D.ieu dans la maison, de même premiers-nés juifs, ce qui précipita leur complète réservées à l’extérieur, mais sont de véritables que Sa protection pour tous ceux qui y résident. capitulation. boute-en-train en privé. La porte est l’endroit où Ce n’est pas simplement une belle décoration s’effectue cette transition du « vous » superfciel juive. De fait, si nous n’apprécions la mezouza « Ils [les Israélites] prendront un peu de son au « vous » réel. que pour son apparence extérieure plutôt que sang [celui du sacrifce de l’agneau pascal] et le pour son sens spirituel, et que nous ne nous placeront sur les deux montants et sur le linteau Notre Judaïsme nous interpelle et nous préoccupons pas de savoir si le parchemin qui de la porte de leur maison... Quand Je verrai le demande : quelle sorte de portes avez-vous ? s’y trouve est conforme aux instructions de la sang, Je passerai par-dessus vous ; il n’y aura pas Que se passe‑t‑il à l’intérieur de ces portes ? Torah en la matière, alors nous passons à côté de plaie destructrice sur vous quand Je frapperai Règne-t-il un esprit de sainteté par-delà une fois du sens profond d’une porte juive. Une porte la terre d’Égypte. » (Exode 12, 7-13) franchi ce seuil ? Y a-t-il des livres juifs sur les juive est là où la façade est censée s’achever étagères ? Y a-t-il des produits cachères dans les et où la vérité et l’authenticité sont supposées D.ieu avait-Il vraiment besoin d’un signe sur la placards et dans le réfrigérateur ? Le Chabbat et commencer. Ce n’est pas l’apparence de l’étui de porte pour savoir quelle maison était habitée les fêtes juives y sont-ils célébrés avec joie, sens la mezouza qui compte le plus, mais ce qui se par des Israélites ?Une simple question : D.ieu et profondeur ? Y partage-t-on des paroles de trouve à l’intérieur, la véritable essence. avait-Il vraiment besoin d’un signe pour savoir Torah ? Y récite-t-on des prières ? Seuls vous et quelle maison était habitée par des Israélites et le Tout-Puissant connaissez vraiment la réponse Ainsi donc, pour quelle raison les Israélites laquelle ne l’était pas ? à ces questions. marquèrent-ils leur porte avec le sang du sacrifce pascal ? Ce n’était pas pour signaler leur Et bien, suggèrent certains, D.ieu n’avait peut- Notre Judaïsme nous demande : quelle sorte de maison. C’était leur témoignage qu’ils étaient être pas besoin d’indications supplémentaires, portes avez-vous ?On discute beaucoup sur le réellement prêts à quitter l’Égypte. Ils étaient mais, en cette nuit si mouvementée, peut-être le fait que les Juifs ne devraient pas avoir honte de dévoués – à l’intérieur comme à l’extérieur Malakh HaMavet (l’Ange de la Mort) a-t-il, lui, eu se comporter comme des Juifs à l’extérieur, mais – à D.ieu et à Moïse, au point d’aller jusqu’au besoin de signes distinctifs lorsqu’il parcourut la il convient de réféchir parfois à la nécessité de sacrifce de leur personne. Et c’est la raison pour ville dans son raid exterminateur. ne pas négliger notre Judaïsme à l’intérieur – là laquelle leurs maisons étaient inaccessibles où il compte réellement. à l’Ange de la Mort. Car le sang sur les portes Mais soyons réalistes. Il ne s’agit pas d’un flm était là, non pour D.ieu ou pour Son messager, hollywoodien dans lequel le tueur se trompe de Le Talmud raconte que « il y avait une grande mais pour les Israélites eux-mêmes qui avaient victime. L’Ange de la Mort n’avait pas besoin de coutume à Jérusalem » où chaque fois qu’une fnalement compris ce qui sépare un Juif d’un famille se mettait à table pour prendre un repas, Égyptien. Tout est dans la porte. 24 Latin Link Refexion Semanal
Parasha de la Semana El Síndrome del Faraón Por Tzvi Freeman Error. Ése es el Faraón otra vez. Quizás un poco más sutil, pero no obstante Faraón. a gente se ríe de los términos y eufemismos modernos que usan los Monoteísmo significa que el orden natural no Lpsicólogos, pero a menudo me pregunto es un juego absolutas de reglas para jugar o si a veces no sería bueno utilizarlos para para romper. Creer que hay Una Fuerza Infinita tratar los asuntos de la Torá. Por ejemplo, los detrás de todas las cosas, significa reconocer cuatro hijos de la Hagadá de Pesaj, podrían que Él puede encontrarse haciendo Sus cosas entenderse mejor como el hijo Dotado, el en cualquier parte, de acuerdo a las reglas o Niño Con Dificultades, el Niño Equilibrado y no. Nada lo detiene en conseguir Su camino, el Niño con Déficit Inquisitivo. Esos términos ningún comité supervisor, ninguna junta de intolerantes como “Profanador del Sagrado apelación, ningún accionista, ninguna suegra. Shabat” podrían suavizar su terminología por Ni siquiera el Orden Natural. “quién sufre un déficit en el comportamiento ¿La prognosis? Según los profetas, estamos Sabático”. Estoy seguro que se puede aplicar resultar finalmente, en ahogarse bajo las olas muy preparados para esto. Como leemos en en muchos otros casos... “quien posee un del Mar Rojo. la Haftará en el último día de Pesaj: “Como en déficit Jasídico”, etcétera. los días en que salimos de Egipto, te haré ver Hay también algunos aspectos importantes Ahora que he proporcionado una visión más milagros”. (Isaías 10:32) de la historia del Éxodo que podrían simpática de las dificultades personales del entenderse mejor si usásemos la terminología Faraón, se hace más fácil entenderlo. Después psicológica. Tomemos el evento de la partida de todo, hacemos lo mismo que él todo el Rabí Menajem Mendl de Lubavitch (el “Tzemaj del Mar Rojo que ocurrió en el séptimo día tiempo. Se trata de la “Angustia” Tzedek,” 1745-1826) explicó, “Como en los de Pesaj. Es fácil burlarse del Faraón cuando La angustia es un estado en el que ignoramos días cuando ustedes apuntaron al Mar Rojo consideramos los hechos superficialmente. la realidad obvia y percibida, en favor de que se abría y dijeron, ‘¡Éste es mi Di-s que Él ve a un pueblo conducido por un pilar de la pervertida, improbable visión de cómo hace esto! Como entonces, en estos tiempos, fuego, caminando sobre el fondo seco del imaginamos que debe ser el orden natural. les permitiré ver milagros más maravillosos mar, entre dos pilares de agua, inmovilizados Nos figuramos nuestra vida como un forcejeo aún, de los que suceden diariamente en como paredes de piedra (incluso Indiana entre nuestra propia competencia y las leyes vuestras vidas.” Jones lo habría pensado dos veces) y como un de la física, comercio y aceptación social. loco corre hacia adentro con todo su ejército. Eso significa que tenemos mucho de qué Y no es que no tuviera algún precedente del preocuparnos. Abramos nuestras mentes e intentemos de cual aprender. nuevo. La realidad obvia es que nuestra vida diaria Podríamos pensar que al Faraón “le faltaba está llena de milagros que vienen desde un tornillo”. El Faraón era, sin embargo, Arriba. Tenemos muy poco control sobre intelectualmente cuerdo. Sólo que sufría de dónde terminamos y lo que tenemos que un “Síndrome de déficit de Monoteísmo”. hacer ahí. La física no tiene mucho que decir. Clases y Eventos Para ser más específico, el Faraón pertenecía Podemos hacer lo mejor que podemos con Clases en Espanol a un subconjunto de cuestionadores del cualquier cosa que se nos ha dado y tener confianza en el Director de Todo, que Él sabe Porcion Semanal monoteísmo que poseen una fijación con el Rabbi Shea Rubinstein orden natural percibido (“Ma’at” en el egipcio lo que está haciendo. Pero en cambio, nos preocupamos. Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm Antiguo. Similar al concepto budista de Analisis de distintos temas basados en la Perasha Karma. En idioma moderno, “Física”). Cuando Rabbi Shlomi Halsband aparece un conflicto entre el orden natural y ¿Por qué nos preocupamos? Porque no percibimos los milagros. ¿Por qué no Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm la realidad percibida (es decir, un milagro), el Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm sujeto experimenta ansiedad. Esta ansiedad percibimos los milagros? Porque vemos la marcha del orden natural a nuestro alrededor, podría resolverse fácilmente, a través de (Para Mujeres) la aceptación de una Fuerza Omnipotente y si hay un orden natural, los milagros no Sra. Vivian Perez y más allá de la naturaleza, nuestro sujeto pueden suceder, ¿verdad? ¡Después de todo, Martes 10:45 am - 12:00 pm prefiere ignorar la realidad obvia que se los milagros significan que las leyes de Miércoles: 1:15pm - 2:50 pm halla ante sus ojos en favor del concepto del naturaleza se han eliminado temporalmente, Jueves: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm y que la vida se pone totalmente anómala, y 198 Park Dr. Bal Harbour mundo del orden natural que ya ha integrado Por favor llamar al 305.213.3202 previamente en su personalidad. Esto podría la voz de Di-s brama: “¡toma nota! “¡Esto es un milagro!”. para confrmar 25 PLEASE READ ONLY Networking AFTER SHABBOS Effective Advertising
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Contacts at The Shul 305.868.1411 Rabbi Get the PictureRabbi Sholom Lipskar Ext 311 The full scoopAssociate on all Rabbi the great eventsRabbi andZalman classes Lipskar aroundExt 345 town 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 Ms. Stacy Waxman Ext 313 Events / Offce Assistant Ms. Milena Liascovitz Ext 328 Dinner 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 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
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 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 the home of: Please call The Shul for PHL-322 PHL-510 Rabbi S. Rubinstien details. Community Kollel (Men) 8:00 - 9:30 pm (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 i TXT-501 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Women’s Torah Portion Class In Depth Tanya Class (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 Lipskar TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Tanya Class - English 1:15 - 2:50 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez Women’s Tanya Class (Spanish) 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Spanish Kolel - Chassidus PHL-320 Mrs. Vivian Perez 8:00 - 10:00 pm Call Vivian for details - 305.213.3202 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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