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Contents Nachas At A Glance 3 Weeks of camp have fown by. Close to 200 kids are having a summer Weekly Message 3 of a life time. This week included drum cafe, trips to waterparks, indoor Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar playgrounds, chocolate stores and lots of crafts activities and fun

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

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

French Connection 22 Refexions sur la Paracha

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

Networking 25 - 28 Effective Advertising Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul 29 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 30 The Shul Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town 31 - 32

Quotable Quote

“Love your fellow as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). Said Rabbi Akiva: This is a great principle in the Torah

– Torat Kohanim 4:12 Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Matos Masei In the Holy Land of Israel during this time it is encouraging and inspiring to see and feel the optimum strength and resolve of the n this portion which Jewish People. always coincides with the Notwithstanding continuous terrorist murderous attacks, the mood three-week period of Jewish and attitudes of everyone is motivated and positive. When we need Imourning and sadness we to be a stick then our tribe is Matos – evoking the essential holy read about the laws of oaths, inner strength of our “Pintele Yid” (Jewish essence) to withstand and Moses last major mission of overcome all odds. his leadership commanding the battle against Midyan In this time when so many of our Jewish Family has unfortunately and the beginning of Jewish desensitized from Jewish Torah life and are at the threshold permanent habitation as the of assimilation, we must utilize our greatest inner strength to tribes of Reuven and Gad and reconnect our dear family to Hashem and prepare the world for half of Menashe, settle on the Moshiah’s immediate arrival when we can again resume the role east side of the Jordan. of Shevatim – branches that are visibly bound with Hashem in the most revealed manner. Though every aspect of the Torah portion is relevant Have good Shabbos and a great week. to each of us at all times, especially during the particular week when it is read, as the Alter Rebbe (founder of Chabad) stated that “A Jew must live with the times”, meaning that a Jew must live with the Torah portion of the specific week. The name of the portion Rabbi S. Lipskar is especially relevant as it represents the essence and general motif of the Parsha. TISHA B’AV 5778 Matos means tribes, in distinction to the more popular and utilized SCHEDULE name for tribe Shevat or Shevatim. Why use the rare name of Matos? Motzei Shabbos, July 21 Mincha - 6:45pm These two words also have additional meanings – Shevat means Stop Eating & Drinking at 8:08pm a branch or twig of a tree and Mateh means a stick or staff. The Maariv - 9:00pm difference between them is that a branch/twig Sephardic/Arvit - 9:10pm is usually soft and pliable while being attached to the tree or Reading of Eicha - 9:15pm immediately after the detachment while the stick/staff is hard and Sephardic/Reading of Echa - 9:30pm unbendable having been disconnected from the tree and dried up. Class on Midrash Eicha with Rabbi Dov Schochet - 10:00pm Shevet (branch/twig) refers to the Jewish People when they are in a Sunday, July 22, 10th of Av Shacharis - 9:00am (No Tallis & Tefllin) state of freedom being clearly and obviously bound to their source Sephrdic/Shacharit – 9:00am (No Tallit/Tefllin) – tree of life - Hashem and His Torah and Mitzvos. This is generally Reading of Kinos - 10:00am during the period when the Temples were standing and Hashem was Sephardic/Reading of Kinot – 10:00am in His most revealed state. Women’s Unity Event in the Social Hall - Guest Speakers - 11:00am Mateh (stick/staff) represents the children of Israel as they seem “Underground Secrets of The Temple Mount” - Rabbi Avraham Stolik - 12:30pm to be severed from their powerful origin tree of life – Hashem and In the Main Sanctuary (for Men and Women) His Torah and Mitzvos. This mode is externally manifest during the period of our exile/golus, when we are not privy to G-d’s revealed Conclusion of Shacharis and Early Mincha (With Tallis & Tefllin) - 1:45pm presence and providence and many Jews seem to be completely Conclusion of Shacharis and Mincha - (With Tallis & Tefflin) 7:40pm - followed by Chitas disconnected from Jewishness. Sephardic/Mincha - With Tefllin, Torah reading and Kohanim – 7:30pm It is precisely then when the branch which is soft and pliable Sephardic/Maariv - 8:20pm must become a stick which is hard and strong. It is during the time Maariv - 8:39pm when the challenges of G-d seem to have abandoned us that we Fast Ends - 8:39pm remain steadfast, strong and unnaturally stubborn to emphasize our Havdalah allegiance to Hashem. Light refreshments will be served to break the fast

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 Montessori Classrooom 2 Questions: classrooom 2 1) Which king of Midian has the same name as a person, who according to the Sages, is a nephew of Moshe? 2) In this parsha, who is described as “getting angry” (vayik’tzof)? What four other places - once each in the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy - does the Torah describe someone as “getting angry”? Raquel Gilinski Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls 3) In this parsha, which two people name a city after themselves? Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 Answers from last week: 1) In Numbers 27:15, when Moshe asks Hashem to appoint a worthy 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm successor to lead the Jews, his request is introduced with the words, Classrooom 4 “Moshe spoke to Hashem saying.” This is the only place in the Torah where this language is found. 2) When Moshe asks Hashem to appoint a worthy successor, he reasons that the Jews should not be left “like a fock of sheep without a shepherd” (Numbers 27:17). 3) The daily offering (Tamid) must be brought “in its set time” (Numbers 28:2). The Passover lamb, mentioned in parshas Beha’alosecha, also Hebrew School must to brought “in its set time” (Numbers 9:2). Junior Boys Grades: 4th - 8th Grades: 1 - 4 RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Rabbi Shaykee Farkash any 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm time over Shabbos. The frst child to give a correct answer to each of Classroom 1 the questions will win an INSTANT prize!

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

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

Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is available for sponsorship Shabbos Schedule Shalosh Seudos This Week: Early Minyan 6:25 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is sponsored by Rebbetzin Candle lighting 7:57 p.m. Chani Lipskar In honor of the birthday of her husband, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar on 4 Av Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 8:00 p.m. Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m. Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. the caterer for this week’s Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. kiddush and Shalosh seudos is Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Food Art Daf Yomi 7:00 p.m. Men’s Shiur 7:00 p.m. Women’s Shiur 7:00 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 7:00 p.m. Mincha 7:45 p.m. Pirkei Avot Chapter 2 Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:53 p.m. kiddushim at The Shul Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 7:45 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship: Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Mincha 7:45 p.m. Kiddush Shalosh Seudos Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:53 p.m. July 14, 21, 28 July 21, 28

If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Stacy at 305-868-1411 ext 313 or email [email protected]

Lighting 7:55 p.m. Mincha 7:55 p.m.

Eruv Information We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals should call the Eruv Hotline to make sure that the Eruv is operational. The number to call is 305- 866-ERUV (3788). The Eruv message is recorded approximately two hours prior to candle lighting. Surfside: The Eruv in Surfside now includes the walking paths along the beach. Pushing strollers and carrying is permitted on the paths, but not beyond the path or onto the beach. Bal Harbour: The Eruv in Bal Harbour included the inner (western) walking path only. The pier at Haulover Cut is not included.

To pay your annual dues visit: www.miamibeacheruv.com 5 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Birthdays Yahrtzeits 1 Menachem Av Ms. Mazalit Behar 1 Menachem Av Yosef Yitzchok ben Chaim Schneur Zalman obm 1 Menachem Av Mrs. Orit Colodner Father of Mrs. Chana Lipskar 1 Menachem Av Mr. Guido Fraiman 1 Menachem Av Menachem ben Betzalel obm 1 Menachem Av Mrs. Marcy Lederman Father of Mr. Stanley Stern 1 Menachem Av Dr. Zev Neuwirth 2 Menachem Av Fortuna Cohen obm 1 Menachem Av Mr. Asher Perez Grandmother of Mrs. Chava Fux 1 Menachem Av Mr. Gary Schottenstein 3 Menachem Av Sheindel obm 2 Menachem Av Mrs. Elana Genger Mother of Mr. Moris Tabacinic and Mr. Jose Tabacinic 2 Menachem Av Mrs. Lillian Glick 3 Menachem Av Alter Yitzchok Yehudah ben Chaim obm 2 Menachem Av Mrs. Dorith Ness Father of Mr. Michael Weiss 2 Menachem Av Dr. Allen Packer 4 Menachem Av Azriel Yitzchok obm 2 Menachem Av Ms. Jennifer Weinschneider Father of Mr. Azriel Wasserman 3 Menachem Av Ms. Susan Pernick 4 Menachem Av Yosef Chaim ben Yoneh obm 4 Menachem Av Ms. Joshuana Azout Father-in-law of Mrs. Hermine Gewirtz 4 Menachem Av Ms. Aliza Ben-Arie 5 Menachem Av Dovid ben Moshe obm 4 Menachem Av Ms. Camille Esther Koffer Father of Mrs. Suzan Garson 4 Menachem Av Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar 5 Menachem Av Sarah obm 4 Menachem Av Ms. Amber Ziefer Mother of Mrs. Liliana Retelny 6 Menachem Av Ms. Rivka Berdugo 6 Menachem Av Meir Dangoor obm 6 Menachem Av Mr. Jerold Blumstein Father of Mrs. Dalit Shmuel 6 Menachem Av Mr. Jordan Feldman 6 Menachem Av Abraham ben Boruch obm 6 Menachem Av Mr. Aaron Himes Grandfather of Mr. Richard Moore 6 Menachem Av Mrs. Shelley Rindner 6 Menachem Av Chaike bas Moishe Shmuel obm 7 Menachem Av Ms. Yael Attias Mother of Mrs. Mildred Nyman 7 Menachem Av Mr. Max Dekelbaum 6 Menachem Av Chaim Avrohom obm 7 Menachem Av Mr. Bram Gluck Father of Mr. Monroe Milstein 7 Menachem Av Mr. Mindle Greenberg 6 Menachem Av Yosel ben Yidel obm 7 Menachem Av Mr. Joshua Jaffe Father of Mrs. Ofelia Hersman 7 Menachem Av Ms. Rinat Tzubeli 7 Menachem Av Berechyahu obm 8 Menachem Av Mr. Aaron Elbogen Father of Mr. Jordan Wachtel 8 Menachem Av Mr. Jacob Hershman 7 Menachem Av Gershon ben Zvi HaCohen obm 8 Menachem Av Mrs. Laurel Mondshine Father of Mrs. Sarah Libke Caplin 8 Menachem Av Ms. Yehudis Rivkin 8 Menachem Av Sarah bas Henya obm Mother of Mr. Mark P. Schnapp 8 Menachem Av Leah bas Yaakov obm Kid’s Birthdays Sister of Mr. Guido Fraiman 2 Menachem Av Ben Schwartz 3 Menachem Av Yair Eliyahu Shmuel 4 Menachem Av Elisheva Kraindel Adouth Save the date 5 Menachem Av Abigail Colodner 6 Menachem Av Shalom Yosef Dorfman Shalas Seudot - Shabbos av 9 – Saturday July 21 st 7 Menachem Av Nava Tehilla Saidof 8 Menachem Av Aryeh Shimon Izak In memory of my beloved father Gershon ben Zvi 8 Menachem Av Miriam Van Buren Ha cohen (Thursday av 7 – July 19) In honour of my secular birthday (Friday july 20 –av 8) And with grateful thanks to hashem, my hebrew Welcome to New Members birthday, sunday Av 10th July 22nd Mr. & Mrs. Samuel (Shimshon) and Rivka Ostrowiak Mr. & Mrs. Meyer and Raizel Seewald Mr. & Mrs. Shalom and Myriam Edelkopf I shall be sponsoring the shalas seudit for that shabbos - please do join us As ever Sarah libke (caplin) 6 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Av 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 07/03/18 and 07/09/18 the month of Av is Kindly Sponsored by We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 1st Merchant Funding, LLC Dr. & Mrs. Gene Moteles In honor of her husband, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Mr. & Mrs. Joel Baum Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ness Lipskar’s birthday on 4 Av Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel G. Berenfus Mr. & Mrs. Jack Osman Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Mr. Victor Romano

Haim Borochoff Mr. & Mrs. Uri Rotlewicz-Spiwak Evelyn Katz Rabbi & Mrs. Menachem Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Safra In honor of her husband, Dr. Shmuel Katz’s birthday Mendel Brod Mr. & Mrs. Jason Saka on 15 Av Dr. & Mrs. Brian Dooreck Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Salver Mr. & Mrs. Boruch Duchman Dr. & Mrs. Michael Salzhauer Andrusier Family Dr. & Mrs. Jean Jacques Edderai Mr. & Mrs. Mark P. Schnapp In loving memory of Raphael ben Nissan Isaac Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Elferssy Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Schneider Foundation Falic Family Mr. & Mrs. David Schwartz Evy Eichler Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Farber Mr. & Mrs. Fred Shainbaum In honor of her husband, Henry Eichler and beautiful children Ms. Marta Feigenbaum Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Feltenstein Mr. Lawrence E. Sheftel “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Fish Mr. & Mrs. Eff Shmuel pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Fish Anonymous and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Foxman Anonymous occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Glick Mr. & Mrs. Barry Singer be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Goldbrenner Mr. & Mrs. Yossi Sokol body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, Ms. Renee M. Grossman Mr. & Mrs. Khalil Solaimanzadeh together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. & Mrs. Mendy Halberstam Mr. Jan Stark Ms. Lydia Hasson Mr. & Mrs. Eric Stein Refuah Shleimah Mr. & Mrs. Moishe Hersman Mr. & Mrs. Yaakov Saidoff If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Jaffe Mr. & Mrs. Adam Weinberg MEN WOMEN Mr. Raphael Jamal Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Weiner Baruch Raphael ben Fraida Jessie-Esther bas Sonia-Simcha Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Milton Weinstock Aryeh Leib ben Sura Henya Tziporah Pnina bas Slava Mr. & Mrs. Leo Kryss Mr. & Mrs. Paul Weintraub Rafael Maya ben Sol Esther bat Mazal Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Wolf Aaron ben Tamar Shoshana bat Mazal Zalman Lederman Rabbi & Mrs. Aryeh Wuensch Raphael Moshe ben Miriam Chaya Miriam Yehudit bat Chava Rabbi & Mrs. Aaron Lipskar Mrs. Pnina Wuensch Yichael ben Layke Clara bat Corina Mr. & Mrs. Asher Mamane Mr. & Mrs. Adam Ziefer Meyer Yankev ben Chaya Etel Rivka bat Shoshana Mr. & Mrs. Yaakov Mizrachi Alexander ben Esther Raizel Leah Rochel bat Sarah Raphael Moshe ben Sarah Miriam bat Risha Raizel Volunteers Needed Moshe ben Zoila Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Moshe Avraham ben Tziporah Riva Chana bas Shoshana After every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the Chaim ben Pnina Ilana bas Shaina Rochel left over food to organizations or families in need. Gabriel ben Esther Chava bas Elka Menucha We are looking for volunteers to help collect and Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Chaya bas Rachel wrap the food. Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Fayge bas Chaya Yosef ben Edwina Miriam Leah bas Helen If you would like to help please contact the Avrohom ben Feigel Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush. Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel Community service hours will be awarded. Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel 7 A Time to Pray Davening schedules and locations throughout the week

Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul 6:20 -6:50 am The Rebbe’s Maamorim Chassidic Discourse R’ Zalman Lipskar 7:45 am Daf Yomi R’ Dov Schochet 8:45 am (approx) Halacha Sephardic Custom R’ Shimshon Tzubeli 10:15 - 11:00 am Maamorim Maamor of the Rebbe R’ Shea Rubinstein

Shacharis Minyanim (mon - Fri) Sunday Shacharis Minyanim Main Minyan 6:50 7:30 9:00 Main Minyan 8:00 am 9:00 am Sephardic Minyan 8:00 Sephardic Minyan 9:00 am

Daily Chumash & Tanya after every Minyan

mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Sunday Mincha /Maariv Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 8:00 pm 10:00 pm Sephardic Minyan 8:00 pm Following Main Minyan 8:00 pm Late Maariv 10:00 pm

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

To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, Halachic Times courageously protecting and defending Eretz Yisroel. We pray Based on times for July 18 for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily.

Hinda Clara bas Chana Guenendel Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:18 am Benyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut Earliest Talit & Tefllin 5:54 am Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 6:40 am Eden Chana bat Karine Cecile (Earliest Amidah) Latest Shema 10:01 am Zman Tfllah 11:09 am Chatzot / Midday 1:26 pm Earliest Mincha 2:01 pm Plag HaMincha 6:52 pm Shekiah / Sunset 8:14 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 8:39 pm (Earliest preferable Ma’ariv)

Times taken from www.chabad.org Please note that during the week times may vary by a minute or two. If anyone would like to send us the name of a soldier in the IDF we would love to add them. 8 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 - Menachem Av 1 Wednesday - Menachem Av 6 The unique quality of Mashiach is that The Alter Rebbe on his return from (his arrest he will be humble. Though he will be the in) Petersburg said a maamar for the Mitteler ultimate in greatness, for he will teach Torah Rebbe, consisting in all of but a few lines: to the Patriarchs and to Moshe Rabeinu (alav hashalom), still he will be the ultimate in Raise your hands in holiness and bless humility and self-nullification, for he will Havayeh (G-d). G-d bless you from Zion, also teach simple folk. Maker of heaven and earth.

“Raise your hands in holiness” - refers to Shabbos - Menachem Av 2 the elevation of the emotive traits to the A directive for all: A boy begins putting on intellect, and the illumination of the emotive tefillin two months before his Bar Mitzva; at traits by the intellect*... first without the b’racha, then a few weeks later with the b’racha. ...”And bless Havayeh” - thereby eliciting the Supernal Name Havayeh, the effect being... Sunday - Menachem Av 3 From my father’s sichot: When Mashiach will “G-d bless you from Zion” - the Name Havayeh come (speedily in our time, amein), then we will be drawn forth from the essence of the shall really long for the days of the exile. soul, Then we will truly feel distress at our having neglected working at avoda; then will we Tuesday - Menachem Av 5 “Maker of heaven and earth” - and this indeed feel the deep pain caused by our lack Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace maintains the existence of the worlds.* of avoda. These days of exile are the days of and pursue it. avoda, to prepare ourselves for the coming of Mashiach, speedily in our time, amein. The Baal Shem Tov commented: Every Thursday - Menachem Av 7 physical object whose use is permissible The (sacred) letter beginning Potchin possesses good and evil elements.* The bivracha was written ten years before the Monday -Menachem Av 4 letter which begins Katonti. No matter how much effort is exerted, no- material element is evil, and the G-dly life- one can earn one cent more than G-d has force that gives life to the physical is good. ordained that he - this particular person - The person utilizing the physical object must “turn from evil” - not desire the physical Friday - Menachem Av 1 shall earn. One must do what is necessary, The Six Remembrances are recited every day, but one must remember that all his work pleasure which is in its materiality, and “do good,” i.e. he should desire to be nourished including Shabbat, festivals, Rosh Hashana, is but an adjunct. The main thing is G-d’s and Yom Kippur. blessing, and that blessing is earned by being and supported by the G-dly vitality in that object. “Seek peace and pursue it”: Whoever observant of G-d’s commands: Davening with From my grandfather’s aphorisms: What good a minyan, observing Shabbat b’hidur (beyond fulfills “turn from evil and do good” must seek and pursue means for making peace is Chassidus and piety if the main quality is the minimum, with “beauty”), meticulous lacking - ahavat Yisrael, love of another - observance of kashrut, having children between the physical and the G-dly life-force that vitalizes it. even to the extent of causing (G-d forbid) instructed by sincerely religious teachers. anguish to another!

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

The Hard Life on certain occasions the Torah refers to us as the events of the Three Weeks, it insists that Based on the Rebbe’s talks on Shabbat Matot- “branches,” stressing the need for flexibility our mourning be a constructive endeavor, Massei and tractability in life. In other contexts we an opportunity to focus on how our state of are called “rods,” underscoring the need for exile might be exploited to a positive end. Two States of the Jew firmness and determination in carrying out Even as we agonize over the rootlessness of ardness is one of those qualities which our mission as “a holy people” and “a light galut, we must take advantage of the manner we are forever seeking to acquire and unto the nations.” in which our disconnection from our natural rid ourselves of at the same time. There environment strengthens us and galvanizes H The latter point is the lesson of the parashah us. Even as we weep over the destruction of is more than a hint of condemnation when we describe a particular individual as a “tough” of Mattot, which opens with the verse, “And G-d’s home and the absence of His revealed person, but no small measure of admiration Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes….” presence in our lives, we must tap the as well. We denounce, in ourselves and others, Here, the tribes are called by the name tremendous reserves of faith and fortitude behavior that is “obstinate” and “unyielding,” “mattot” – a designation which becomes evoked by the challenges of an alien society but also agree on how important it is to have the name of the parashah and the crux of and environment – reserves which would not the “backbone” to stand one’s ground and not its message: that there are times in the been actualized were we to have remained be swayed from one’s principles. history of a people when they must employ a nation of shevatim undisturbed from their the fortitude and fixity of the rod, when they stem. Indeed, our journey through life requires must find the inner resolve to “stick it out” in firmness as well as flexibility, hardiness as a hostile and capricious world. Forty-Two Journeys well as pliancy. There are times and situations But there is more to galut than the toughening which necessitate, as our sages put it, to “be The Staff of Exile of the Jewish soul. Galut is also a journey. A yielding as a reed, not hard as a cedar”; yet “Hardness” is an acquired, rather than an journey is not just a departure from home – it there are also times and situations when intrinsic, state. While the potential for is an advance toward a destination. Therein we are called upon to employ every iota hardness always exists, it is actualized when lies the difference between a wanderer and of obstinacy and “stiff-neckedness” we can a substance is subjected to galvanizing a journeyer. The wanderer is escaping or muster to resist all that threatens our integrity conditions and influences. being driven away from some place, while and seeks to deter us from our mission in life. the journeyer is going to someplace. The In the words of Chassidic master Rabbi Bunim This can be seen in the shevet/matteh model. wanderer is defined by where he is not, by the of Pshis’cha: As a branch, the shevet is supple and yielding, state and experience of homelessness and bending to the wind and to every pressing what this does to his inner self; the journeyer “A person should have two pockets in his hand. But when it is disconnected from the is defined by the place or places to which he coat. In one pocket he should keep the verse, tree to face the elements as a lone, rootless goes and what he achieves there. When the ‘I am but dust and ashes.’ His second pocket rod, it stiffens into a matteh. wanderer and the journeyer return home, should contain the Talmudic saying, ‘A person the wanderer brings back his “hardened” and is commanded to say: For my sake was the In other words, a matteh is a shevet hardened matured self, while the journeyer brings the world created.’’ by the experience of galut. Deprived of treasures procured at the various points of tenderizing moisture from its nurturing roots, his itinerary. This dual approach to life is implied in the the latent hardness of the wood asserts itself, Torah’s two names for the tribes of Israel. transforming the pliant branch into a rigid What are we seeking in our places of exile? While the people of Israel constitute one staff. What do we bring home with us when we entity as G-d’s “singular nation,” they are return from our journey to the ends of earth? comprised of twelve distinct tribes, each of Therein lies the connection between the The Talmud defines the purpose of galut as which contributes its unique character and parashah of Mattot and the time of year in the acquisition of “converts.” “The people capabilities to our national mission. Thus, which it is read. During the Three Weeks, we of Israel were exiled amongst the nations,” the Torah refers to Israel’s tribes as shevatim, mourn our exile from our homeland and the it declares, “only so that converts might be “branches,” or mattot, “rods,” expressing removal of G-d’s open presence in our lives added to them.” the concept that they are offshoots from a as it was revealed in the Holy Temple in common stem, distinct from each other yet Jerusalem. We remember how the shevatim These “converts” assume many forms. There parts of a greater whole. of Israel – a people anchored to their roots, are the literal converts – non-Jews who vitalized by an undisrupted flow of spiritual were included in the community of Israel as While shevet and matteh are both synonyms nurture through their limbs – were torn from the result of our contact with the peoples for “branch,” the shevet is a pliant, flexible their tree to become a nation of homeless of the world. More significantly (since the bough, while matteh connotes a stiff stick mattot. Torah neither instructs nor encourages us or rod. Therein lies the deeper significance to seek converts to Judaism), there is the of these two names for the tribes of Israel: But even as the Torah commands us to mourn more subtle conversion of a pagan world to 10 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! the monotheistic ethos and ideals of Torah, Massei, “journeys,” means that the purpose Peace by Choice achieved by our 2000-year sojourn amongst of galut is to be found also, and primarily, By Lazer Gurkow the nations of the world. The Kabbalists in the places to which it brings us, so that explain that the “converts” gained in the each of its travels is a journey and each of its course of our galut are not only of the human “encampments” is a destination. sort, but also include the souls of all creatures and creations with which we have come in Integration contact in the course of our dispersion to Both Mattot and Massei are parashiyot read all corners of the globe. For every created during the Three Weeks – both are lessons on entity has at its core a “spark of holiness,” a galut. On the face of it, however, they seem pinpoint of divinity that constitutes its “soul” to be different, even conflicting, insights into – its function within G-d’s overall purpose for the nature and purpose of our exile. Mattot creation. Every time we utilize something – instructs us on how the purpose of galut is to a physical object or force, an idea, a cultural evoke in us the steadfastness and immobility phenomenon – to serve the Creator, we of the branch-turned-rod. Massei, on the penetrate its shell of mundanity and realize other hand, regards galut as a journey – as its divine essence. This, the Talmud is saying, movement, change and transformation. is the purpose of our galut: to redeem the sparks of holiness which lie buried in the Indeed, we know that virtually everything in most far-flung places and circumstances. our existence is multifaceted, and that “life” is the endeavor to navigate, rather than to This concept of galut is expressed by the eliminate, its paradoxes. If “sticking to your isaster is the parent of opportunity. second parashah of our pair, the section of principles” and “changing the world” seem When the normal and routine are Massei (“journeys”), which chronicles the conflicting goals, so be it; we nevertheless Dshattered, when calm and confidence travels and encampments of the people of pursue them both, exercising our judgment are shaken, the patterns of life are altered Israel in the Sinai desert. The parashah’s and sensitivity as to which of these objectives and new opportunities are born. name derives from its opening verses: “These should be emphasized in a given circumstance. It remains to us to convert these opportunities are the journeys of the children of Israel, who So one week we dwell on the Mattot aspect into reality. It remains to us to grasp that, went out from the land of Egypt…. And they of galut, regarding the challenges of its alien if we permit it, even dark clouds can bear a journeyed from Raamses … and they camped environment as something to resist and sliver lining. at Sukkot. They journeyed from Sukkot, and repel – thereby strengthening our resistance camped at Eitam….” Massei goes on to list the and hardening our inner resolve; and the In May of 1967 the worldwide Jewish 42 journeys which comprised Israel’s travels next week we focus on the Massei approach community joined in unprecedented unity from Egypt to Mount Sinai to the Holy Land. to exile, exploring the ways in which our to face the grave danger that threatened interaction with our galut environment serves the land of Israel. Long-standing fissures The commentaries explain that these to elevate it and transform it into a holier and that had splintered our community were, for “journeys” are the forerunners and prototypes more G-dly place. the moment, dismissed. The enemy did not for the historical saga of Israel, as we advance discriminate; he threatened us all, and this through “the desert of the nations” (as the But what happens when Mattot and Massei brought us together. prophet Ezekiel refers to the galut) to our unite into a single Torah-reading? Then ultimate “entry into the Land” in the age of the “directive of the week” is to integrate Personal animosities and parochial Moshiach. them both into a single approach to galut. differences were set aside. Jews who had “Living with the times” in such a week means never visited Israel traveled en masse to It is significant that the Torah refers to our discovering how your interaction with a hostile volunteer their help. Jews secure in distant ancestors’ travels as “journeys” in the plural environment is not a challenge to your values countries contributed their life savings in – a plurality that is preserved in the name and convictions, but their strengthening and defense of the land. At that moment, our unity of the parashah. If the purpose of galut were their affirmation. It means discovering how was complete. to lie solely in its rootlessness and what this your “toughness” and intractability in your The impending crisis brought to the surface brings out in the Jewish soul, then it should faith is not a hindrance to achievement and a devotion we never knew we possessed. An be defined as a “wandering” rather than a creativity, but actually an aid in your endeavor otherwise fragmented people was forced by “journey”; and if its purpose were to lie to transform the corner of the world to which a common enemy to find a common ground. exclusively in its ultimate “entry into the Holy you have been dispatched on the mission to The threat of incredible disaster gave rise to Land” at galut’s end, then our sojourn in the build a home for G-d. an incredible opportunity for unity and love. “desert of the nations” should be regarded as a single journey, not a series of journeys. Fertile, but Foreign Lands The fact that the Torah considers galut to be As our ancestors approached the Promised 11 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Land, two tribes—Reuben and Gad—requested aggression aside. “The wolf shall live with the permission to settle in the fertile, but foreign, lamb, and the leopard lie down with the goat; Halacha of The Week lands outside of Israel. Rather than encourage the calf, the cub and the ox will be together, By Rabbi Dov Schochet them to join their brethren in the Holy Land, and a child will lead them. The cow and the Laws of the Nine Days Moses acquiesced with only one stipulation. bear will graze together . . . the lion and the He asked that they fight alongside their cattle will both eat straw.” hen the month of Av begins we people in times of war (Numbers 32). diminish in our joy. These words of This particular miracle already occurred once the Talmud underscore the somber Moses’ response is perplexing. Were these before in history. In Noah’s ark, during the W nature of this period of time. It was in the tribes an integral part of the nation only deluge, the animals tamed their aggression month of Av that the first and second Temple in war, but not in peace? Were these tribes and lived together. The lion did not prey on were destroyed. It was also the time that the dispensable to the nation as long as its the sheep and the tiger did not stalk the lamb. spies came back with their report to dissuade military strength was not affected? The former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yisrael the Jews from entering Israel. It is therefore I would like to offer a different perspective. Meyer Lau, posed the following question. If fitting that we recognize this and diminish Moses sought to divine the mindset of those this miracle did not herald the messianic age in our joyful activities. While the simple who were prepared to separate from their when it occurred the first time, why was Isaiah reading is to simply diminish, have less joy, brethren in pursuit of material gain. Did they convinced that it would herald the messianic the commentators explain that it means we view themselves as members of the Jewish age the next time it occurred? should cut joyous activities out during this nation, or did the promise of bounty on the period. In response, Rabbi Lau suggested that a Jordan’s east bank cause them to sever their It is also a month that is ominous, with bad ties with the Jewish nation? distinction can be drawn between that which occurred in Noah’s ark and the miracles of the Mazal. Therefore, if there is a case with a The only litmus test that could prove their messianic age. gentile the Jew should attempt to delay it loyalty was their behavior in time of war. With until the next month, or at the very least until their families safely ensconced in distant In Noah’s ark the animals banded together after the 15th of Av. lands, would they identify with their people? against a common enemy, the flood. They needed each other; they would survive We diminish in our business activity as well. Would they risk life and limb to come to the There is some debate as to what this means. aid of their nation? Drafting an army to fight together or not at all. They were in the ark on Noah’s sufferance, and he would not have Some understand it to be a restriction against alongside their brethren would prove their trading in things that bring joy while some Jewish identity. hesitated to eject them if they had quarreled. Their goodwill was intended to serve their understand it more expansively, that all Why Do We Wait? own needs, not those of their prey. business should be somewhat curtailed during the nine days and one should only The tribes of Reuben and Gad viewed In the messianic age there will not be a work for the necessary amount needed for themselves as a part of the Jewish people, common enemy. There will be no precipitating survival. The general custom is to be lenient. but their commonality did not emerge until it reason for the docile nature of aggressive This started in Europe where the general was threatened by war. In times of peace they animals. Peace and security will arise not of financial state of the Jews was grim and were content to pursue their own dreams far necessity, but of choice. Not out of tragedy, therefore they could not afford to curtail their from the rest of their people. This is why, our but out of goodwill. The animals will choose work. Furthermore, if not transacting will lead sages maintain, these tribes were the first to become peaceful. to a loss one can be lenient. i.e. if there was a Jews to be exiled from their land. fair that would not be available after the nine This is a phenomenon not extant today. As This is, unfortunately, the other side of days one could buy things during the nine Isaiah correctly prophesied, when we witness the coin. It is true that disasters parent days. Similarly, if there is a sale that wouldn’t this astounding miracle, we will know with opportunities for unity and hope, but it is be available after the nine days one could buy certainty that the messianic age has arrived. frustrating that it takes a disaster to bring us during the nine days. together. Why can’t we appreciate each other If we emulate this way of life today, we will Any building done for joy should be limited. in peace as we do in war? Why can’t we stand hasten the arrival of the messianic age. This includes painting or additions that are together at all times? Why must we wait for a just to increase comfort in the home. However, crisis to show our common identity? if the person has a gentile contractor that was Indeed, there will come a time when the hired before the nine days began they can astounding unity currently reserved for times continue to work during the nine days. It is of danger will become the norm. still praiseworthy if the person can convince the contractor not to work during this time. Noah and the Messianic Age However, when it comes to a Shul as it is for The prophet Isaiah promised that in the a Mitzva one can even initiate construction messianic age, animals of prey will set their during this time. 12 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

you have eaten, we will settle up accounts, We do not launder clothing during the nine Stories with Soul and you will leave content.” days. While there are many opinions as to The rabbis were glad to have an opportunity what exactly is included in this custom, the It Once Happened to rest their weary bodies and refresh general custom is to refrain from all laundry themselves. When they were all seated during this time. We also do not wear freshly around the table, Reb Herzele began to speak. laundered clothes during this time. However, “I would like to tell you a story of an incident clothing meant for hygiene and sweat like which occurred when I was a young man. undergarments are not included. Similarly, It will perhaps explain to you why I am so the custom is to be lenient when it comes to anxious to fulfill the mitzva of helping my laundering the clothes of children, especially fellow Jews in distress. clothing that is constantly soiled. “After my marriage, as is customary, my father- There is a custom not to eat meat or drink in-law supported my wife and me and later wine during this time. This includes poultry my children for several years so that I could as well as grape juice. However, one can use continue my Torah studies. But the time vinegar even if it was made from wine, as came that I had to assume that responsibility long as it’s sharp enough that one would not myself. Having an inclination to business, and regularly drink it. If meat or wine are included lthough it was late and they were already a knowledge of gems, I took five hundred in a dish as long as there is less than 1/60th exhausted, the two elderly rabbis went rubles, my entire savings, and I went to the it is fine. However, if something is cooked from house to house through the Jewish great fair that is held every year in Lashkowitz. together with meat the custom is not to eat A community of Lvov. It was my hope that once there, I would make it even alone. For Havdala one can give the a deal through which I could begin a business. wine to a child. If that is not an option we can They couldn’t allow their personal needs to drink the wine for a Mitzva. interfere with their mission, for they were “I had never been to such a large fair, and involved in the holy mitzva of pidyon shevuim, I was amazed at the frantic activity and If one is at a Mitzva meal i.e. a Bris or meal ransoming Jewish captives. deafening noise-level. Suddenly, through all celebrating the conclusion of a tractate of the din which surrounded me, one sound Talmud, one can eat meat or drink wine. Some They knocked on door after door soliciting pierced my ears. It was the pitiful wail of a authorities limit this to those who would have funds to pay off landlords and creditors who woman. I looked all around, and there, sitting attended the meal even if it wasn’t during the had imprisoned poor Jews who were not able on the ground, was a Jewish woman, weeping nine days. to repay their debts. Without help from their as though completely broken, with her hand fellow Jews, these Jewish men, women and out to each passerby. There is a custom not to bathe during this time. children languishing in crude prisons, would This includes swimming, as it is considered a die. “I went up to her and asked her why she pleasurable activity. There are those that are was crying. ‘I have an only daughter who lenient to take a cold shower if it is simply Yes, not only were the men imprisoned, but was betrothed to be married. But the dowry to maintain one’s cleanliness, especially in a child, or entire families might be taken required is five hundred rubles, and I have no places that are hot like Miami. For Shabbos hostage. It was a well-known fact that way of raising that amount of money.’ there are various customs. Generally, we take Jewish communities would nearly bankrupt a regular shower for Shabbat. Similarly, the themselves to free their co-religionists from “The misery of that poor woman touched the custom is to cut our nails for Shabbat. such a bitter fate. bottom of my heart. On impulse, I took my entire five hundred rubles and placed it in her (The above is for Ashkenaz. Sephardim have So it was that the two rabbis arrived at the hand. She immediately stopped weeping, and various customs when each of these customs home of a very wealthy merchant, Reb Herzele. looked up at me with a look of shock mixed begin, as such they should consult a Sephardic He welcomed them in, and when he heard with profound gratitude. What could I do? I Rav.) why they had come, he immediately assured wished her well and walked on. them that their mission was now completed. The Rebbe would say that the way to diminish “Do not trouble yourselves further. I will take “Now, I really didn’t know what I would do. I the tragedies of Av is through the joy of Torah. it upon myself to complete the sum of money had just handed all of my money to a stranger Therefore, it is especially important during that you require.” and had nothing left with which to do this time to increase in our Torah studies and business. As I walked, gazing at merchandise through that we can have the ultimate joy, The rabbis were overcome with joy, knowing on display, my eye was caught by the most the coming of Moshiach with the rebuilding that the Jewish captives would soon be free, beautiful coral necklace I had ever seen. The of the Beit Hamikdash speedily in these times. and they were about to take their leave when dealer noticed my interest and asked, ‘Are you he begged them to remain. “Gentlemen, I beg interested in purchasing this fine piece?’ of you, stay and join me for lunch. Then when

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“I certainly am, but I don’t have the money Because of the constant state of change inherit now,” I replied. Pirkei Avos within the human condition one should not think that he would have acted differently than his friend. “’You seem like a trustworthy person. I am The Strength of the No, says the Mishna, we all are products of change, willing to give it to you on consignment. You and because of that, we also could have fallen prey may bring me the money tomorrow.’ Community Social Unit to such actions if they had been thrust upon us in By Jonathan Udren the same way. Don’t think that you would have acted “I couldn’t believe my good fortune. The differently than your friend because you are also a necklace was worth a thousand rubles. I took he Maharal is known for his deep insights, but it is his precise reading of the text that yields such victim of circumstance and might have stumbled as it and went to another jeweler and offered well. my services as a broker. Then I went from Tprofundity. Implicit in his words is the belief jeweler to jeweler, acting as a go-between that the closer one examines Pirkei Avot, the clearer The third aspect of change is taught in the statement and collecting commissions as I went along. one can glance into the spiritual nature of man. This don’t say “that could never happen,” because in the In that way, I earned a large sum of money can be understood not only through his unique end, it could happen, and relates to the element of explanations, but also from his ability to develop from that one coral necklace. By the end of time. Here the Maharal gives an example of a very themes in seemingly disconnected teachings. The the day I returned to the first jeweler and wealthy person who never takes business advice from following mishna is a good example of the Maharal’s those around him because he relies on his wealth as paid him the money I owed him.” thematic presentation: a constant that will not change. If you told him that “’I was sure I could trust you,’ he said, and he “Says Hillel: Don’t remove yourself from the he will lose his wealth if he does not heed the advice, offered me new merchandise on the spot. I community, and don’t believe in yourself until the day he would laugh and ignore the comment since he is worked hard that whole week and made you die, and don’t judge your friend until you’ve dealt so secure in his fnancial success. Don’t put too much quite a nice sum of money on the second with his situation, and don’t say “that could never stock in the status quo, says Hillel, because tomorrow lot of jewelry. At the end of the week I happen,” because in the end, it could happen, and everything can turn upside down. And when you went to repay my benefactor, but I couldn’t don’t say that when I have free time, I will learn Torah, hear something that sounds implausible, don’t say “impossible.” Times change, and what yesterday find him anywhere. I searched all the alleys lest you never fnd free time.” (Pirkei Avot 2, Mishna 5) seemed impossible can today be painfully true. and corners of the marketplace, but he was nowhere. I asked everyone I met, but no one Explains the Maharal on this mishna: The communal The fourth aspect, taught in the statement don’t say seemed to know who I was talking about. is fundamentally sound, as opposed to the individual, that when I have free time, I will learn Torah, lest because the individual is in a state of constant change. you never fnd free time relates to unpredictability. “The following year when the fair was held But the community stands, since it is not subject to The normal, small constant changes and unforeseen again, I went back to look for my mysterious constant change. (Derech Chaim) issues that come up every day are a part of the friend. Stopping by each booth, I asked each The theme that the Maharal sees in the teaching changing nature of the physical world. One should jeweler, ‘Do you know an elderly man with a of Hillel is the juxtaposition of the individual in never feel confdent that in an hour or two he will long white beard and a colorful turban who relation to the communal. As we’ve seen in the frst be free, since inevitably something unpredictable will deals in precious gems ?’ chapter, each lesson is viewed as a complete teaching, arise. If he waits for a moment in the future free from unforeseen issues, he will never fnd time for Torah “’We have never seen anyone of that meaning that each lesson deals with the totality of the human spiritual structure. Here Hillel reveals learning. With all the factors in fux around him— the description here. Your mysterious jeweler human being, the physical world, and time itself— must have been Elijah the Prophet,’ replied all aspects of the changing spiritual nature of the human, and how the greater unit of the community unpredictability must be anticipated and accounted one merchant. does not suffer the same consequences. for. Nothing that we experience in this world is static, and tomorrow new changes are always waiting. “This incident happened many years ago. I The frst aspect of change is taught in the statement have returned to the fair in Lashkowitz every don’t believe in yourself until the day you die, and Yet as the “headline” to the mishna teaches, don’t year since, but I have never been able to find relates to the physical nature of the person. The very remove yourself from the community. The community the old man. I often wonder if he really was nature of the human being, which is a composite of is a structure that is immune to inherent unrest in Elijah. Whoever he was, it was through his the spiritual and the physical, is destined to change. the world around us. When a person removes himself kindness that I have achieved the wealth you This is because the physical in its essence is always from the community, he loses the steadfast element, see today. I am still consumed with the desire changing. We can see this throughout nature, as well and becomes subject to the constant changes that to repay my debt. That is why I go out of my as in our own psyche. There are times when we feel are inherent in the spiritual makeup of the world. way to help people in need. With one act of strong internally and able to fght any battle, and Judaism does not preach that a person should kindness I was raised from poverty to riches. there are times when we feel weak and vulnerable. embrace the community to the extent that he loses With my tzedaka I hope that I am worthy to Since we are in a constant state of emotional/spiritual his individuality. The individual plays a very important perform the same mitzva for my fellow man.” instability, Hillel teaches not to disregard the nature role in a Jewish lifestyle. However, here we are seeing of physicality, a component of our makeup which is the importance of being connected to the greater always in a state of fux. community; it keeps us from falling prey to our The second aspect of change is taught in the statement constantly changing nature and circumstances that don’t judge your friend until you’ve dealt with his are out of our control, and strengthens us towards situation and relates to changing circumstances. achieving our spiritual goals. 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

of Chabad of Central Africa, joining the Recently In The News neighboring countries of Ghana and Nigeria. A center opened in Uganda at the end of 2017, Raised in the Congo, She Will Now and one in Tanzania earlier this year. Start Up Chabad in Ivory Coast By Dovid MargolinJuly 12, 2018 12:21 PM Ironically, with a three-and-a-half hour fight connecting Abidjan and Kinshasa (albeit only three times a week), Devorah Leah Bensaid’s new home won’t be all that far from her old one. Beyond the beneft of knowing what life is actually like in Africa, Bensaid says she will draw on the lessons she learned in Congo, completion of the study cycle of Maimonides’ where she watched her parents, Rabbi Shlomo Mishneh Torah, attended by 125 people. Three and Miriam Bentolila, build a vibrant and years later, by this time married, Bentolila loving Jewish community. settled in Kinshasa, and has maintained a strong relationship with the Ivorian Jewish “The example I look at is my mother. She community ever since and regularly assisting created a beautiful Hebrew school, where them. children learned to read and write Hebrew, and evorah Leah Bensaid has lived in the celebrate Shabbat and all the Jewish holidays Fueled by rapid infrastructure development, a Central African city of Kinshasa, Congo, in a warm atmosphere,” she says. “I hope that large Jewish community fourished in Abidjan Dfor most of her life. She was three months my children and all the children of the Jewish beginning in the 1960s, and by 1973 there was old in 1991 when her parents moved to what community in Ivory Coast gain that same sense even a Jewish day school, which at a point drew was then called Zaire to establish Chabad- of Jewish pride and enthusiasm.” 300 children. Igael Cohen was born in Abidjan Lubavitch of Central Africa, growing up blocks in 1973 and recalls those days warmly, but, he away from the majestic Congo River and Rabbi Bensaid, who frst visited and met says, most people left in the early 1990s when amidst the occasional civil war. Different, you with Jewish community members in Ivory the country became less and less stable. After might say, from the life of a typical Chassidic Coast several months ago, says the former growing up in Ivory Coast, where he attended girl anywhere else in the world. Yet for her, French colony (also known as Côte d’Ivoire) the Jewish school, Cohen lived in France for Africa is home. is a growing place, drawing businesspeople a time, before returning to Abidjan in 1994. and investors from around the world. The Jewish life there, he says, has benefted greatly “Africa is all I know,” says Bensaid. “The people Jewish community numbers between 200- from the close attention it has received from are friendly, the Jewish community is close and 300 people, a mixture of Israelis, Americans Chabad of Central Africa. safe. I love it here.” and Europeans—especially French Jews—who are involved in a host of businesses, from “I know Rabbi Bentolila for many years. He She remembers what is sometimes called infrastructure development to oil and gas to visited often and he’d send yeshivah students the Second Congo War, in 1998, when as a commodities. from all over the world for all the Jewish 7-year-old girl she and her family took the last holidays,” he says. “It is always a very soulful plane out of the country that August. “I don’t “We are looking for a suitable place to open experience, and brings me and everyone here remember being scared, but you could feel the Abidjan’s frst synagogue which will also serve great happiness.” tension in the country. The streets were empty.” as the base of Chabad activities,” he says. “Ultimately our top priority will be to build a Until now, Ivory Coast was one of 11 African Her family returned to Congo, but experienced mikvah.” countries without a permanent Chabad center other periods of instability afterward. serviced by Chabad of Central Africa. Another Nevertheless, as a Jew she never felt afraid. Three Decades of Chabad one is the Republic of Congo (as opposed to “Congolese people are very friendly and nice,” Rabbi Bentolila, was a young rabbinical the Democratic Republic of Congo, where says Bensaid. “They love Jews and have always student when he frst visited Ivory Coast back the Bentolilas live), which is where Efraim respected us. We feel comfortable as Jews in in 1988, which was also his frst time in Africa. Meslet frst came in contact with Chabad on this country.” He and another yeshivah student spent a week the continent. Originally from France, Meslet in Abidjan as part of the Merkos Shlichus and his family immigrated to Israel 15 years Now, with her Paris-born husband, Rabbi Yerah rabbinical visitation program, also known as ago, but he has been doing business in Africa Bensaid, the young mother of two is preparing Roving Rabbis, a trip which saw them visit since 2011. Before coming to Ivory Coast he to open Chabad-Lubavitch’s newest outpost on six countries in all, and paved the way for the was spending a few weeks of every month the continent: Later this year the Bensaids will opening of a permanent center. Back then Ivory in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic move to Abidjan and establish Chabad of Ivory Coast’s Jewish community was larger, and they of Congo. While just across the river from Coast. Their center in West Africa will be the even arranged a large gathering to mark the Kinshasa, it is a world away. seventh permanent center under the umbrella 15 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

in 1967, he lived in and was secretary of the general because of the new markets hungry for “It is a crazy adventure to cross the river,” tiny town of Neviot, now Nuweiba, in the Sinai technology and other products and services. he says. The Jewish community there tried peninsula. One problem the community faced organizing regular activities, but would always was the lack of traditional Jewish education There is also a sense that the recent stability get a boost when young men with matzah their children faced, that is, until volunteers Ivory Coast has enjoyed will stick, and many arrived for Passover or menorahs and donuts from Chabad of Eilat, some 80 kilometers French companies have begun returning and for Chanukah. “I saw their ability to fnd Jews north, began visiting the town and teaching reinvesting in the country, a good sign. The lost in the jungle. It was amazing.” their children. progress will ultimately be put to the test during the next elections, slated for 2020. “I Taking the Jewish Community to the “They were fulflling an important task there, have a good opinion on what is going on,” says Next Level and we all appreciated it very much,” Razin says. Cohen. Now in Ivory Coast, Meslet says a permanent “I think the same thing will happen here. The Chabad presence will allow the Abidjan Jewish community is not very big, but when someone “This felt very much like the right time to send community to go to the next level. “I think is away from their country, away from their permanent emissaries to Ivory Coast,” says it’s very needed,” he says of the Bensaids culture, you become thirsty for these things, for Bentolila, who also credits the recent surge impending arrival. “They will give us a place Torah, for tradition. So Chabad is going to bring of permanent emissaries in Central Africa to to gather; we need a good Jewish home. And I what we really are missing.” the assistance of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice think more and more people will come here if chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the we do have that.” Razin, who frst came to Ivory Coast to work educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch. “It’s a on transforming the country’s driver’s license Little Paris, a beautiful little country, and we Amnon Razin is one of the pillars of the Ivorian system from a paper one to a credit card sized believe its future—Jewish and otherwise—is Jewish community. Like the others, he too biometric type, and has since moved on to a bright one.” recalls the impact Chabad had upon another other projects, also notes the growing number small community he once called home. In the of opportunities in Ivory Coast. He says that 1970s, after the capture of the Sinai from Egypt more Israelis are being drawn to Africa in

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

The Shul, 9540 Collins Ave, Surfside, Florida

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

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

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

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Vivre avec la paracha La force des fançailles Comment se fait-il que les fançailles confèrent les vœux ». Contrairement au fancé – ainsi Basé sur les enseignements du Rabbi de au mari un pouvoir plus étendu sur les raisonne-t-il –, son pouvoir n’a nul besoin de la Loubavitch engagements de sa femme que le mariage lui- coopération du père. même ? ans les versets d’ouverture de notre Que ce soit là une erreur fatale, on le voit d’après paracha, nous trouvons les lois qui Une explication est basée sur le fait qu’il n’a pas, le cas de Bar Kokhba, dont l’attitude prouva aux Drégissent les vœux et leur annulation. Et tout seul, ce droit, mais seulement conjointement Sages qu’en fait il n’avait pas droit au nom de alors qu’une personne ne peut se libérer de ses avec le père de la flle. Bar Kokhba (littéralement : « le fls d’une étoile serments, d’autres dans certains cas peuvent », un titre messianique dérivé du verset : « Une le faire pour elle. En particulier, un père peut Agissant de concert, le père et le fancé peuvent étoile sortira de Jacob »), mais que son nom était en libérer sa flle (si elle n’a pas atteint l’âge annuler les vœux de celle-ci. De sorte que le Bar Coziba (« le fls des mensonges »). de maturité), ou un mari sa femme. Il y a, de père transmet l’autorité qu’il a sur sa flle quand plus, un cas intermédiaire, qui est comme une elle est célibataire, à son futur mari. D’autre part, La force des fançailles réside dans le fait que combinaison des deux : une flle qui n’est encore un mari a, et tout seul, le droit de veto ; ainsi il le fancé sait qu’il a des pouvoirs (halakhiques) que fancée peut être libérée d’un serment par n’emprunte aucun pouvoir au père de sa femme. seulement conjointement avec le père. Il n’a pas le veto combiné de son père et de son futur Son droit n’a pas d’effet rétroactif sur la période de droits à lui seul. Spirituellement, cela signife mari. Leur pouvoir conjoint est même rétroactif de célibat de cette dernière, alors qu’elle n’était qu’il sait que toutes ses capacités dépendent ; il s’applique même aux vœux faits avant les pas encore liée à lui. de D.ieu. Et, agissant de concert avec Lui, il peut fançailles. Dans ce discours, le Rabbi étudie le atteindre des sommets auxquels, tout seul, il contraste entre le mariage et les fançailles, et 2. Fiançailles et mariage à D.ieu ne pourrait aspirer. Il peut accéder au pouvoir l’applique aux rapports entre le Juif et D.ieu. Et il Ce point de Halakha a un rapport avec notre d’annulation, à savoir, annuler en soi et dans le se pose cette question importante : comment se vie religieuse. Il y a deux manières, pour un Juif, monde les masques de l’illusion qui dissimulent fait-il que les fançailles confèrent à un homme de s’engager envers D.ieu : les fançailles et le la présence de D.ieu aux yeux de l’homme. Et ce des droits plus grands que le mariage lui-même mariage. pouvoir est « rétroactif », c’est-à-dire au-delà des ? limitations normales du temps et de l’espace. Quand un homme est fancé à une jeune flle, De même qu’un vœu lie, et qu’une annulation 1. Faire et défaire un vœu celle-ci est, de ce fait, interdite à tout autre rompt le lien, ainsi, avec l’aide de D.ieu, il libère La paracha Matot s’ouvre sur une énumération homme. Ainsi, quand un Juif est « fancé » le monde de la servitude, de la fausseté, de la des lois régissant les vœux et leur annulation. à D.ieu, il a pris un engagement décisif. Il a fnitude et de la dissimulation de D.ieu. Il y a trois moyens d’annuler un engagement décidé de ne laisser rien d’autre guetter, puis : 1) par un Sage reconnu (‘Hakham) qui a le saisir sa dévotion. Il s’est mis à l’écart de tout, 4. La force de l’union pouvoir rétroactif de libérer une personne sauf de la volonté divine. Cela est en soi un L’implication est celle-ci : aussi loin qu’aille de l’engagement qu’elle a pris ; 2) par le père acte de première importance, mais c’est un acte l’homme dans son voyage spirituel, même s’il d’une flle qui a fait un vœu, étant encore sous négatif. Le Juif n’a pas encore atteint l’équivalent se « marie » complètement avec D.ieu, il ne sa garde ; et 3) par un mari qui peut opposer spirituel du mariage, l’état où « il s’attachera... et doit jamais oublier que par son propre pouvoir son veto au vœu de sa femme. Les pouvoirs d’un deviendra une seule chair » avec sa partenaire. il ne peut rien accomplir. Il doit s’unir à ce qui père et d’un mari ne sont pas rétroactifs, c’est- Et de même que les fruits du mariage ce sont les est plus élevé que lui. Dans la vie religieuse, il à-dire qu’ils annulent l’obligation d’accomplir le enfants – les enfants qui sont le refet de leurs n’y a pas de place pour la complaisance. Si haut vœu seulement à partir de son annulation. parents –, ainsi le fruit d’une totale unité avec qu’il monte, il y a toujours quelque chose de D.ieu, ce sont les bonnes actions qui expriment plus haut vers quoi il peut tendre. Il est encore Aux épouses où les deux étapes d’un mariage et la volonté de D.ieu, et l’effacement volontaire incomplet, seulement fancé. Mais, agissant de juif, les fançailles (« Kiddouchine ») et le de l’homme. « Quelle est la progéniture des concert avec D.ieu – le « père » – il est en son mariage proprement dit (« Nissouïne »), avaient justes ? Ce sont leurs bonnes actions. » pouvoir d’annuler les chaînes du monde d’une lieu en deux temps séparés, il y avait deux manière qui n’a pas de limites. degrés correspondants du pouvoir de l’homme 3. Le sentiment d’être incomplet sur les engagements de son épouse. On pourrait Bien que l’état du « mariage » spirituel aille bien (Source : Likoutei Si’hot, Vol. 2, p. 612-614) supposer naturellement que ce pouvoir est plus loin que les « fançailles », ce dernier état plus étendu après le mariage que durant les possède une vertu unique qui lui est propre. fançailles. Mais d’un certain point de vue, il n’en est pas ainsi. Car un homme a le pouvoir – L’homme qui a atteint le niveau du mariage durant les fançailles, mais pas après – d’annuler peut succomber à une forme d’orgueil. Il pourrait les vœux faits par sa femme quand elle était croire qu’il a accédé à la droiture parfaite, et célibataire. qu’il est désormais « le maître de la maison », détenteur en soi-même du droit « d’annuler 18 Latin Link Refexion Semanal

Parasha de la Semana ¿Por Qué Siempre Viajando? es si está dentro de las posibilidades de uno o no.) trabajar para apoyar la vida comunitaria, completar la vida terrenal y pasar al Mundo de la Verdad. ¿Qué imagen te trae la idea de De hecho, el Baal Shem Tov, fundador del movimiento viajar? jasídico, explica que los cuarenta y dos viajes que Cada etapa implica el traspaso de un estado de Por Eliezer Shemtov realizaron los judíos en el desierto son el prototipo potencial a un estado de mayor revelación. Son saltos y representan los viajes que a cada persona le toca cualitativos. Quedarse en cualquiera de las etapas ¿Qué imagen te trae la idea de viajar? ¿Aventura? realizar en el transcurso de su vida, desde que sale del implicaría estancamiento. ¿Tensión? ¿Inestabilidad? vientre de su madre hasta que llega al Mundo Venidero. Antes de morirse Probablemente dependa de si es por voluntad propia El propósito de cada campamento y descanso en la vida es prepararse para el siguiente viaje. Mientras estaba buscando información sobre los o por obligación. cuarenta y dos viajes que realizó el pueblo judío en La historia del pueblo judío desde sus albores, Los viajes de la vida están presentes en la vida el desierto, me topé con un sitio que lista “Cuarenta empezando ya con su patriarca Avraham, se compone personal de cada uno, en la historia del pueblo judío y experiencias de viaje que uno debería hacer antes de en su gran parte de viajes. Esta semana leemos en la en la historia del mundo. morirse”. Torá como Moisés repasa los cuarenta y dos viajes que Las cosas no simplemente suceden; corresponden a un La mayoría de las sugerencias me parecían ser banales. hicieron los judíos durante los cuarenta años de su plan. El plan es llegar de punto A a punto B y después Pero me dejó pensando. viaje en el desierto desde su salida de Egipto hasta a punto C hasta llegar al fnal, a la Tierra prometida. su entrada a la Tierra de Israel. De hecho, el nombre La vida es limitada. Da justo para realizar los “viajes” de la lectura de esta semana es Masei1 , o sea “viajes”. Los objetivos personales que uno debe realizar en la trayectoria de ¿Cuáles son los objetivos de los viajes de la vida? su autodesarrollo y crecimiento espiritual aquí en la La pregunta que salta a la vista es: ¿por qué enfocarnos tierra. en “viajes” en vez de “campamentos”? ¿No es más La esencia del objetivo de los “viajes”, tanto a nivel importante saber qué hicieron durante el tiempo que personal como nacional y mundial, es llegar cada vez a Los cuarenta y dos viajes en el desierto sobre los cuales acamparon que saber simplemente que fueron de tal un nivel superior de desarrollo y expresión del estado leemos debe inspirarnos a refexionar: ¿cuántos de los lugar a otro? potencial de las cosas. viajes que debemos realizar ya hemos realizado? Hete aquí una gran enseñanza del judaísmo. El objetivo Tomemos, por ejemplo, el primero de los cuarenta y ¿Sabemos cuáles son? ¿Sabemos a dónde debemos de la vida es avanzar. Cada experiencia que nos toca dos viajes que realizó el pueblo judío, o sea, la salida llegar, o estamos satisfechos con el lugar al cual vivir no es un fn en sí mismo sino un catalizador cuyo de Egipto. La palabra hebrea por Egipto es Mitzraim hemos llegado? propósito es ayudarnos a avanzar y crecer. que está relacionada con la palabra Meitzar o sea, “estrechez”. La idea de la salida de Egipto es la liberación Lo mismo ocurre a nivel comunitario y nacional. De hecho esa es la diferencia entre un hombre y un de las estrecheces y las limitaciones personales. Está ¿Sabemos cuál es el itinerario? ¿Hacia dónde estamos objeto. Un objeto simplemente está. Se cambia o se comparada con el nacimiento. El bebé cuando se yendo? ¿Tenemos un norte o simplemente apuntamos mueve de un lugar a otro por una fuerza externa. Sus encuentra en el vientre de su madre se encuentra bien a luchar para terminar el año con saldo positivo? cambios dependen de otros. El hombre, en cambio, protegido pero muy limitado. Es un ser totalmente tiene libertad y es capaz de moverse solo. De hecho, es dependiente de su madre. Al nacer se transforma en ¿A qué estamos esperando? Como lo dijera el sabio esta característica la que distingue al hombre inclusive un ser independiente. Es un cambio radical. Pierde su Hillel: “Y si no ahora, ¿cuándo?” de los ángeles. Los ángeles, aunque sean perfectos, no seguridad pero gana su independencia. En el vientre “avanzan”, no se mueven de su “lugar”. El hombre sí lo de su madre tiene un límite hasta qué punto puede Vea una explicación (en Inglés, por ahora) de los puede y debe hacer. desarrollarse. Al nacer, estos límites caen. cuarenta y dos viajes aplicados a la vida personal haciendo clic aquí. Contento pero no satisfecho. Uno de los siguientes viajes realizados por el pueblo Es notorio que el Rebe estaba siempre contento judío fue hacia y desde la partición del Mar de Juncos. con los informes que recibió de sus emisarios, pero Fue una experiencia supernatural que los expuso a Clases y Eventos nunca satisfecho. ¿Tuviste éxito en una actividad que una realidad más allá de los límites de la comprensión Clases en Espanol organizaste ayer? ¡Excelente! ¿Qué vas a hacer hoy? humana. ¿Qué vas a hacer mañana? En los viajes en la vida personal, la circuncisión Porcion Semanal Aún los momentos que parecen ser retrocesos, en el representa la capacidad del hombre de liberarse Rabbi Shea Rubinstein fondo tienen como objetivo hacernos crecer y avanzar. de sus límites personal y adherirse a un código que Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm Analisis de distintos temas basados en la Perasha Cuentan de uno de los emisarios del Rebe que le trasciende los límites humanos. escribió quejándose del défcit con el cual terminó Luego de la partición del mar, viajaron hacia el Monte Rabbi Shlomi Halsband Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm el año de actividades a lo que el Rebe le respondió Sinaí donde recibieron la Torá. deseando que para el año que viene tenga un défcit el Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm doble de grande. (Quiero aclarar que es evidente que En la vida personal, la etapa de la iniciación de la el Rebe entendió que para ese individuo individuo en educación de Torá desarrolla la capacidad intelectual (Para Mujeres) particular generar más défcit implicaría un desafío y espiritual del niño para que esté consustanciado Sra. Vivian Perez Martes 10:45 am - 12:00 pm sano, más trabajo y productividad. Sé de individuos intelectual y emocionalmente con el pacto asumido representado por la circuncisión. Miércoles: 1:15pm - 2:50 pm a quienes el Rebe les había indicado que no generen Jueves: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm défcits. Cada individuo y cada situación es diferente. Lo mismo ocurre con cada uno de los demás “viajes”, 198 Park Dr. Bal Harbour El Rebe quería que cada uno trabaje mucho, pero no destacados entre los cuales están el Bar Mitzvá, Por favor llamar al 305.213.3202 demasiado. La diferencia entre “mucho” y “demasiado” casarse, tener hijos, trabajar para mantener a la familia, para confrmar 19 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

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Contacts at The Shul 305.868.1411 Rabbi Rabbi Sholom Lipskar Ext 311 Associate Rabbi Rabbi Zalman Lipskar Ext 345 Rabbi’s Executive Assistant Ms. Lydia Hasson Ext 311 Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 305.992.8363 JLAC / Adult Ed/ Singles Rabbi Shea Rubinstein Ext 342 CYS College / Kolel Rabbi Dov Schochet 305.790.8294 Accounting Mrs. Geri Kelly Ext 341 Controller Mrs. Janice Barney Ext 318 Offce Manager Mrs. Teddy Sable Ext 313 Events / Offce Assistant Ms. Milena Liascovitz Ext 328 Director of Events and Marketing Mrs Devorah Leah Andrusier Ext 339 Shul Gaboim Youth Director Rabbi Shaykee Farkash Ext 329 Mr. Andrew Roth Operations / Maintenance Rabbi Shlomi Katan Ext 319 Reception / Accounts Payable Mrs. Mindy Natoli Ext 0 Mr. David Portnoy Mikvah Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410 Rabbi Henry Eichler Pre-School Director Mrs. Chana Lipskar Ext 325 Mr. Ettai Einhorn Sephardic Minyan Chazan Shimshon Tzubeli 305.865.4205 Mr. David Ben-Arie Hebrew School / Editor Mrs. Aurit Katan 786.382.9006 Mr. Seth Salver Hashkama Minyan Mr. Lazer Milstein 305.349.3040 Mashgiach Mr. Mordechai Olesky 786.262.9115 Board of Trustees Foundation Trustees Ambassador Isaac Gilinski - Chairman Alberto Kamhazi Albert Pollans - President Simon Falic Shmuel Katz M.D. Jaime Gilinski Sidney Feltenstein Leo Kryss David Lichter Matias Garfunkel Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Jaime Gilinski Lazer Milstein Monroe Milstein - Treasurer Max Gilinski Michael Perez Saul Gilinski Ryan Shapiro Board of Directors Sam Greenberg Claudio Stivelman Steven M. Dunn - President Jerrod M. Levine Abel Holtz Morris Tabacinic Mitchell Feldman - Vice President Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Mike Izak Rabbi Zalman Lipskar VP Development Alexander Matz Eric P. Stein - Treasurer Lazer Milstein Joel Baum - Associate Treasurer Ezzy Rappaport Executive Committee Steven M. Dunn - Chair Evelyn Katz Dovid Duchman - Secretary Eliott Rimon Carolyn Baumel Brian Roller Devorah Leah Andrusier Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Max Benoliel Seth Salver Janice Barney Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Eli Dominitz Daniel Shapiro Joel Baum Rabbi Zalman Lipskar Boruch Duchman Ryan Shapiro Maurice Egozi Orit Osman Velvel Freedman Michael Tabacinic Henry Eichler Marc Sheridan Eli Freund David Wolf Mitchell Feldman Daniel Sragowicz Bruce Gelb Jose Yankelevitch Daniel Gielchinsky Cynthia Stein Ighal Goldfarb Jacob J. Givner Eric P. Stein Sam Greenwald 25 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul

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The Rebbes’ Maamorim 6:20 - 6:50 am Daf Yomi 9:00 am In Depth Chumash 1:30 pm PHL 101 PHL-301 PHL-501 Rabbi Z. Lipskar TXT 220 Rabbi Dov Schochet TXT-110 Rabbi Dov Schochet Daf Yomi 7:45 - 8:45 am Tanya - Sichos 8:00 - 10:00 pm Insights to our Torah Portion TXT-220 Rabbi Dov Schochet PHL-322 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband (Spanish) 8:45 - 9:45 pm PHL-120 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Chok L’Yisrael - Sephardic 8:45 am Reb Shimshon Tzubeli Women’s Study Group 8:30 - 10:00 pm TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Chassisdic Discourses 10:15 - 11:00 am At 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 TXT-501 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Women’s Torah Portion Class Chassidic Discourses (Men & Women) Senior Torah Academy (Men & Women) (Spanish) 10:45 am - 12:00 pm 11:30 - 12:30 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm TXT-110 Mrs. Vivian Perez PHL-320 PHL-501 Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village or Rabbi Zalman Lipskar (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 Tanya Class - English 1:15 - 2:50 pm Women’s Tanya Class (Spanish) PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village PHL-320 Mrs. Vivian Perez Spanish Kolel - Chassidus Call Vivian for details - 305.213.3202 8:00 - 10:00 pm PHL-301 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband

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

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B”H Tisha B'Av Women of 33154 unite

Together let us rebuild our holy Beis Hamikdash

Please join the women of 33154 for a spiritual morning of prayer, inspiration, unity and Ahavat Yisrael.

The program will include a special video presentation.

At The Shul 9540 Collins Ave, Surfside

Yud Av Sunday, July 22, 2018 11:00am – 12:30pm

Hosted by: Hechal Shalom / Or Oziel Magen David The Shul Young Israel

Childrens Program 11:00 -12:30 pm