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Contents Nachas At A Glance
Weekly Message 3 Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar The Shul Youth Yud Shevat Farbrengen Celebrating Shabbos Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you 4 - 5 need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience
Community Happenings 6 - 7 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray Check out all the davening schedules and locations 8 throughout the week Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9 -16 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE
Meyer Youth Center 17- 18 The full scoop on all the Youth events around town Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town 19 - 24 In a woman’s world Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 25 The ABC’s of Aleph Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 26 - 27
French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha 28
Latin Link Refexion Semanal 29
Networking Effective Advertising 30 - 32 Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul 33 Yud Shevat Farbrengen with Rabbi Nissan Mangel Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 34 The Shul
Get The Picture 35 - 36 The full scoop on all the great events around town
Quotable Quote
According to the law that they will teach you, and the judgment they will instruct you, you shall do; you shall not turn away from the thing that they say to you, to the right nor to the left
– Deuteronomy 17:11 Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar
Shabbos Parshas Beshalach moment that one of their leaders entered into the sea neck deep. Shabbos Shira - Tu B'Shevat In the second encounter, though the Jewish people did send soldiers to elcome to all of our battle the Amalekites it was Moses raising his hands to Almighty G-d that very honored military really saved the day and allowed for the Jewish victory. Wpersonnel who are visiting with us this Shabbos to It was Almighty G-d's direct intervention, oversight and protection that participate in the 10th Annual was critical in overcoming the exponential odds of their dangerous Military Training for the Chaplaincy adversaries. of the United States Military. It is always a great honor, pleasure As we welcome this very honorable cadre of dedicated Chaplains including and inspiration to be with this the distinguished Army Chief of Chaplains and other distinguished illustrious group of dedicated Commanding Offcers of the United States Armed Forces this message is men and women who selfessly extremely relevant. give their time and lives for the protection of our great land and Though we defnitely need to be properly prepared with the most the high values that it represents advanced, sophisticated armaments that create a formidable force that morally, ethically and spiritually gives enemies a second thought before they challenge our great country, with very caring, warm and giving and must do our part in engaging and overcoming the adversaries, we attitudes. must never forget nor diminish the role that Almighty G-d plays in all of our victories lifting us through our challenges. This Shabbos is very special and outstanding highlighted by the fact that it has its own name called Shabbos Shira/Shabbos of Song in recognition It is primarily the chaplaincy that brings this important aspect of Divine of the very famous song that Moses sang with the Jewish people on the providence and protection whenever we are in dangerous and threatening splitting and crossing of the sea and salvation from the Egyptian army circumstances. pursuing them which is in this week's Torah portion (which we say every single day in our morning prayers). May we always be successful in our very important roles and continue to be the clarion call of holiness and goodness that is representative of G-d's We also celebrate the passionate singing, dancing and instrument constant providence for all of our devoted soldiers. playing led by Miriam and the Jewish women in gratitude to G-d for this extraordinary miracle and the fnality of their being emancipated from This Shabbos, which coincides with the 15th of Shevat, we celebrate Tu Egyptian enslavement. B’Shevat, the Rosh Hashanah (New Year) for trees (the organic kingdom). We should learn from the nature of the tree how to better live our human The Torah portion also teaches us about two attacks against the Jewish lives as the Torah compares a person to a tree. people by powerful military forces. First the Egyptian special forces of the fnest charioteer horsemen warriors and later by the arch enemy of the Though a tree’s most signifcant presence is its trunk, branches, leaves, Jewish people, Amalek, who vowed to destroy them. and its roots - the source of life and strength, it is the fruit that gives the These were literally the frst major encounters of the Jewish people as a tree meaning, purpose and its greatest importance. While others enjoy nation with foreign threatening military forces that threatened their very the beneft of the fruit, it is the fruit that contains the kernel that allows existence and freedom. for the tree to replace itself and have eternal continuity.
In last week's Torah reading is the frst time when the Jewish people are Our sharing, giving and impacting others contain the most potent energies referred to as the "Army of Almighty G-d/Tzivos Hashem.” Though there for eternalizing ourselves. were more than 600,000 men eligible for military service ages 20 to 60 this army had no military training nor were they mentally or emotionally Have a great Shabbos, wonderful week and successful conference. prepared to enter into this battle.
Still, in each case, the Jewish people were required to participate with their own efforts. In the encounter with the Egyptian army the Jewish people, sandwiched by the elite Egyptian charioteers on one side and the Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar sea on the other were charged to move forward into the sea. It was their selfess devotion and reliance on Almighty G-d that split the sea at the 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) Aside from Egypt and Israel, which four other nations are mentioned Montessori Classrooom 2 in the Song of the Sea ("Az Yashir")? classrooom 2 2) In this parsha, in what three contexts did Moshe take his mateh (staff)?
3) Thought question: What blessing would we say when eating manna?
Answers from last week: Tehila's Basya's 1)During the plague of locusts, the swarm covers the entire sky, Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls darkening the entire land (Exodus 10:15). Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 2)The Jews in Egypt were instructed to eat the Passover offering with 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm "their shoes on their feet" (Exodus 12:11). Classrooom 4 3) The word "ki" appears 27 times in the parsha. Throughout the Torah, it is translated in four different ways: if, perhaps, rather and because (Rashi, Genesis 18:15).
RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Mendy's Loebenstein any time over Shabbos. The Sholom's Hebrew School first child to give a correct answer to each of Junior Boys the questions will win an INSTANT prize! Grades: 4th - 8th Grades: 1 - 4 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Classroom 1
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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: Candle lighting 5:53 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5:55 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. 30 Minutes of Tanya: Classroom #1 +/- 12:00 p.m. kiddush and Shalosh seudos is With Mrs. Vivian Perez (for Women) After Davening Food Art Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Women's Shalosh Seudos 4:30 p.m. Daf Yomi 4:55 p.m. Men’s Shiur 4:55 p.m. kiddushim at The Shul Women's Shiur 4:55 p.m. Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Shalosh Seudos for Boys 4:55 p.m. Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank Mincha 5:40 p.m. by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 6:47 p.m. Weekly Video of The Rebbe Father & Son Learning 7:30 p.m.
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Eruv Information We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals should call the Eruv Hotline to make sure that the Eruv is operational. The number to call is 305- 866-ERUV (3788). The Eruv message is recorded approximately two hours prior to candle lighting. Surfside: The Eruv in Surfside now includes the walking paths along the beach. Pushing strollers and carrying is permitted on the paths, but not beyond the path or onto the beach. Bal Harbour: The Eruv in Bal Harbour included the inner (western) walking path only. The pier at Haulover Cut is not included.
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Birthdays Yahrtzeits 15 Shevat Mr. Ezekiel Mizraji 15 Shevat Mordechai obm 16 Shevat Ms. Raquel Abraham Grandfather of Mr. Mordechai Turgel & Mr. Alan Turgel 16 Shevat Mr. Gabriel G. Berenfus 16 Shevat Max Packer obm 16 Shevat Ms. Allison Diener Father of Mrs. Phyllis Franklin 16 Shevat Mr. Harold Rosenstein 17 Shevat Bessie Galbut obm 17 Shevat Mr. Avi Eliaz Bublick 17 Shevat Mr. Jason Saka Mother of Mr. Russell Galbut 18 Shevat Ms. Michelle Freund 17 Shevat Yitzchok ben Moshe HaCohen obm 18 Shevat Mr. Ivan Kaufman Father of Mr. Fred Farbman 19 Shevat Mrs. Zelda Rochel Katz 17 Shevat Ruhl bas Isik obm 19 Shevat Ms. Mikaela Saka Mother of Mrs. Perla Gilinski 20 Shevat Mr. Michael Bouhnik 18 Shevat Celia Lafer obm 20 Shevat Mrs. Sof Davit Grandmother of Mrs. Suzan Garson 20 Shevat Mrs. Perla Gilinski 18 Shevat Feivel ha Kohen ben Reuven ha Kohen obm 20 Shevat Mr. Daniel Zev Givner Father of Dr. Gene Moteles 20 Shevat Ms. Esther Vlosky 18 Shevat Yisroel ben Noach obm 21 Shevat Mr. Shaul Eliezer Gheblikian Brother of Mrs. Dorothy Failer 21 Shevat Ms. Sivana Levine 19 Shevat Elvira bas Raina obm 21 Shevat Ms. Jeni Wexler Mother of Mrs. Loraine Rosengarten 19 Shevat Ida Dekelbaum obm Kid’s Birthdays Mother of Mr. Max Dekelbaum 15 Shevat Charles Meyer Gielchinsky 19 Shevat Leah bas Baruch Leib obm 15 Shevat Aaron Ginsburg 15 Shevat Aaron Yitzchak Katan Mother of Mr. Shabtai Plutno 15 Shevat Shilat Melamed 20 Shevat Equteil ben Kawa obm 16 Shevat Ruth Hilu Husband of Ms. Sonia Kawa 16 Shevat Dovid Ezra Sterental 20 Shevat Krajundla obm 17 Shevat Yosef Yitzchak Gilinski Mother-in-law of Mrs. Raquel Grosfeld 18 Shevat Kaylee Ita Wolf 20 Shevat Reb Yehuda obm 20 Shevat Noam Wasserman Husband of Mrs. Hermine Gewirtz 21 Shevat Chana Katz 20 Shevat Yitzchak bar Nedgmah obm Grandfather of Dr. Jean Jacques Edderai 21 Shevat Brina Gitel obm Anniversaries Grandmother of Mr. Arnold Lewis Cohen Dr. & Mrs. Arthur & Rivka Shapiro 21 Shevat Sara bas Eliyahu Chaim obm Mr. & Mrs. Leon & Miriam Weinschneider Wife of Mr. Irving Hoine and Mother of Mrs. Geri F. Levine Mr. & Mrs. John & Yael Delgado Mr. & Mrs. Ronen & Anat Michael Mr. & Ms. Eran & Shirley Mesilati Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Cara Roller Mr. & Mrs. Eran & Rebecca Tobul Mr. & Dr. Yehuda & Amy Sabach Condolences Our heartfelt condolences go out to Mr. Yosef Schwartz on the passing of his beloved father Shlomo, obm. May his dear soul be bound with Mazal Tov the Eternal Bond of Life and may the family be comforted among the Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Eli and Chani Solaimanzadeh on the birth of a mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. baby boy. May they raise him to Torah, Chupah and Ma'asim Tovim and have much nachas from him. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Mrs. Carolyn Baumel on the passing of her beloved mother Carole Wien Langer, obm. May her dear soul be bound with the Eternal Bond of Life and may the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family of Mr. Morris Brockman - Moshe ben Binyamin obm on his passing May his dear soul be bound with the Eternal Bond of Life and may the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. 6 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family
Shevat Light & Power Thanks To Our Donors Light & Power and Wine for Kiddush & Havdalah for We sincerely thank the following members and supporters of The Shul the month of Shevat is Kindly Sponsored by for donations received between 01/31/17 and 02/06/17 We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Mr. & Mrs. Chanoch Alperovitz Rabbi & Mrs. Aaron Lipskar David Wolf, Jeffrey Wolf, Joey Givner, Isaac Salver, Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Arber Rabbi & Rebbetzin Sholom D. Lipskar Steven Dunn, Steven Schmutter, Eli Ginsburg, Mr. & Mrs. Dan Arev Mr. Meir Pinchas Alberto Camhi, Bruce Gelb and Sam Greenwald. Mr. & Mrs. Gideon Azari Mr. & Mrs. Ariel Melamed Mr. & Mrs. Doron Barnes Mr. Eran Mesilati & Ms. “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to Mr. & Mrs. Danny Barouk Shirley Elmaleh pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Ms. Hana Barouk Mr. & Mrs. Lazer Milstein and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Mrs. Bessie Bedzow Mr. Gavriel Reboh occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Mr. & Ms. Yonathan Berdugo Mr. Simon Schvetz be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel G. Berenfus Dr. & Dr. Raul Mitrani body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, Mrs. Estela Berry Mr. & Mrs. Richard Moore together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. & Mrs. Jose Biton Mr. Avraham Most Mr.& Mrs. Gad and Sandra Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Musikar Refuah Shleimah Benlolo-Bitton Mr. & Mrs. Temuri Nanikashvili 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. Rabbi & Mrs. Betzalel Camissar Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo Peretz Rabbi & Mrs. Uri Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Levi Yitzchok Rosenblum MEN WOMEN Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo Danzinger Mr. & Mrs. Jason Saka Sholom Meir ben Pearl Leah Rochel bat Sarah Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Elbogen Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Schneider Michael Joseph ben Natalie Lee Miriam bat Risha Raizel Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Fiske Mr. & Mrs. Fred Shainbaum Gabriel ben Esther Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Ms. Yael Gabay Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Slomianski Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Chana bas Shoshana Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Glick Mr. & Mrs. Yossi Sokol Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Shifra bas Chaya Mr. & Mrs. Dan Goldfarb Mr. & Mrs. Eli Solaimanzadch Yosef ben Edwina Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Mr. & Mrs. Jorge & Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Sragowicz Avrohom ben Feigel Chava bas Elka Menucha Raquel Goldfarb Mr. Jan Stark Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel Chaya bas Rachel Mr. & Mrs. Sam Greenwald Mr. & Mrs. Eric P. Stein Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Fayge bas Chaya Ms. Renee M. Grossman Street Holes, Inc. Yehuda ben Chaya Sara Miriam Leah bas Helen Mr. & Mrs. Moishe Hersman Ms. Esther Vlosky Shimon Yitzchak ben Leah Rochel Rabbi & Mrs. Meir Shlomo Herz Mr. & Mrs. Richard Waserstein Roi ben Orly Mr. & Mrs. Meir Izak Mr. & Mrs. Jacky Werta Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel Rabbi & Mrs. Jacob Katz Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Wolf Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Kavana Mr. & Mrs. Lenny Wolfe Mr. Emile Knafo Rabbi Aryeh Wuensch Please Note Dr. & Mrs. Richard Koffer Mrs. Pnina Wuensch Mr. & Mrs. Moshe Shlomo Lerman Mr. & Mrs. Avrom Chaim Zelmanovitch The North side parking lot and The Shul Mr. Shmuel Levinsky garage are closed on Shabbos and Yom Tov. Ladies Shalosh Seudos Please do not open the barriers. All women are invited to join us, this Shabbos at 4:30 pm for a festive Shalosh Seudos in honor of Volunteers Needed both Tu B'Shevat and Shabbos Shira. After every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the Nira - an exceptional woman, who lives with her left over food to organizations or families in need. husband and six children in the midst of an Arab We are looking for volunteers to help collect and village - will be talking. wrap the food. If you would like to help please contact the Come and be inspired. Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush. Community service hours will be awarded. Simultaneous childrens Program 7 A Time to Pray Davening schedules and locations throughout the week
Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul 6:20 -6:50 am Derech Mitzvosecha Foundational 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 6:00 pm 10:00 pm Main Minyan 6:00 pm Sephardic Minyan 6:00 pm Following Late Maariv 10:00 pm
Evening Kolel Schedule - Monday and Thursday 8:45 -9:30 pm Mon & Thurs 8:45 - 10:00 pm Evening Community Kolel Chavrusah
To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, Halachic Times courageously protecting and defending Eretz Yisroel. We pray Based on times for February 15 for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily. Dan Shlomo ben Eliyahu Benyamin Aharon Ben Jeniya Gila Rut Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:43 am Jonathan ben Aliza Sher Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:14 am Michael Shmuel ben Eliezer Eliyahu Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 6:56 am Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry (Earliest Amidah) Eitan Gabriel Ben Karine Cecile Latest Shema 9:43 am Zman Tfllah 10:40 am Chatzot / Midday 12:35 pm Earliest Mincha 1:04 pm Plag HaMincha 5:07 pm Shekiah / Sunset 6:14 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 6:38 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 - Shevat 14 his son, my grandfather: On Shabbat B'shalach Wednesday - Shevat 19 Our Holy forebears, the Rebbe'im through 5565 (1805) my grandfather said this maamar. The frst positive mitzva is, in the words of the generations, appealed to G-d and evoked Afterwards he sent for me and told me that Rambam, "To know that there is a First Being, Divine compassion toward their Chassidim, in 5529 (1769) when he was in Mezritch the who caused the existence of all beings... those bound to them. This was not all; they Maggid had summoned him to his room and The knowledge of this principle is a positive also had an avoda of bringing their Chassidim had said: command, as it is said, I am the Eternal your G-d." to mind, inwardly, pondering their affection and On Shabbat B'shalach 5516 (1756) the attachment to the Rebbe, reciprocating that This is a Mitzva relating to mind and intellect.* Baal Shem Tov said a Maamar on Vayashav affection and attachment. Bringing someone to True, every one of Israel believes in G-d with a hayam...l'eitano, "The Red Sea returned to its mind has the effect of arousing that person's simple faith, and his heart is whole with G-d; strength," quoting the Rabbinic play on the last innermost powers. We see that when one looks still it is the duty of the mind and intellect to word, l'eitano - litnao, meaning to its condition or deeply and intently at another he will turn bring this faith to a level of knowledge and agreement. In 5521 (1761), a year after the Baal around and return the glance, because the comprehension. This is the meaning of "To Shem Tov's passing, my Rebbe (the Baal Shem penetrating gaze awakens the core of the soul. know that there is a First Being;" the Mitzva Tov) came to me, said the maamar, and added Thought has the same effect. specifes comprehension and intellectual grasp, an explanation of the subject "doing His will" as written in Torah: "Know the G-d of your father Shabbos - Shevat 15 in contrast to "doing His word." And today my and serve Him with a whole heart" and it is also When the second part of Torah Or was about to Rebbe again came to me to repeat the maamar. written, "know this day etc." be printed, Chassidim knew that the Tzemach Then the Maggid repeated the maamar to the Tzedek had written glosses and commentaries Thursday - Shevat 20 Alter Rebbe, adding an interpretation of "River on the maamarim. They pleaded with him My father wrote in one of his letters: According Ginai, part for me," which is similar to k'riat yam to publish these with the maamarim, but he to the glosses of Ashri, when laving the hands suf, the splitting of the Red Sea. refused. He then dreamt that his grandfather, for a meal, pour water over each hand three times consecutively; this was the practice of my the Alter Rebbe, visited him and asked him to The Tzemach Tzedek concluded: Today the Baal father (R. Shmuel). He would leave a little water publish them, but he revealed this to no one. Shem Tov, the Maggid and the Alter Rebbe came from the third pouring cupped in the palm of Only after three of his sons had the same dream to me, each repeating the maamar in his own his left hand and, with this water, rub his hands and reported this to him did he agree to have style. his glosses and commentary printed with the together. second part of Torah Or, which they now entitled Several hours later the Tzemach Tzedek "Likutei Torah." called my grandfather again and told him an Friday - Shevat 21 interpretation of the maamar. It is the duty of Chassidic wives and daughters Sunday - Shevat 16 (may they live and be well) to stand in the frst My father said: Coldness and heresy are Tuesday - Shevat 18 rank of every activity dedicated to strengthening separated by so slender a barrier! It is said, The Tzemach Tzedek told his son, my grandfather, religion and Judaism in general, particularly "For the Eternal your G-d is a consuming fre." that the maamar Umareihem uma'asseihem in concerning taharat hamishpacha. They must G-dliness is a fame of fre. Learning Torah and Torah Or, Yitro, is the frst discourse the Maggid organize a Society of Chassidic Daughters to davening must be with a blazing heart, that "all delivered when he assumed leadership of the reinforce all the chassidic practices concerning my bones may utter" the words of G-d in Torah chassidim, on Shavuot 5521 (1761). The Alter upbringing and education of children - as and prayer. Rebbe heard the maamar from R. Mendel prevalent from time immemorial in chassidic Horodoker, author of Pri Haaretz, who had been homes. Monday - Shevat 17 present that Shavuot in 5521. However, the Alter On Shabbat B'shalach 5621 (1861) the Tzemach Rebbe expounded the maamar in his own style. Tzedek said the maamar R'u ki Hashem printed in Likutei Torah. Shortly afterward he said to 9 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!
PARSHA MESSAGES The Amphibian Soul constant and obvious. The sea animal cannot Land Fish Meaningfullife.com separate itself from its sustaining environ ment; This is not to say that our “terrestrial” self—our its life and its life-source are inexorably bound sense of identity and individuality—is to be nd the children of Israel walked on dry together. The land creature, on the other hand, uprooted or suppressed. Selfhood is not, in and land within the sea. - Exodus 14:29 can receive its nourish ment from the earth and of itself, a negative trait; it is only that, left to its then forget about it, even deny it. Conceivably, a AEverything that exists on land has its counterpart own devices, it is prone to develop some very land creature can live an entire lifetime without in the sea. - Talmud, Chullin 127a negative attributes. If a person fails to develop acknowledging, or in any way demonstrating, an “aquatic” consciousness and behavior—if he Land and sea mirror each other, yet they are from where its sustenance is derived. loses sight of the source and goal of life—his self vastly different worlds. Both are life-supporting is sure to turn selfsh, identity translating into This is the signifcance of the “land” and “sea” environments, providing sustenance and self-centeredness and individuality becoming personalities within man. There is a part of protection to a myriad of creatures. Both are disconnectedness and rootlessness. man that is disconnected from his purpose and complex ecosystems, complete with the great source: a “land” self that is oblivious to the fact variety of minerals, vegetation and animals Only when we have submerged ourselves within that his soul is a “spark of G-d above,” that he which form a “food chain” and multi-runged the sea of the divine reality can we exploit our is granted life anew, each and every moment ladder of life. But despite their similarities, land ego as the positive force it inherently is. Only of time, by his Creator, that his existence has and sea are different in many ways, particularly then can we properly harness our unique worth meaning only in the context of its role in the in the manner in which the creatures who as an individual to optimally realize our mission divine purpose. A “land” self that defnes its populate them relate to their environment. in life. existence in the narrow terms of personal ego Our sages have said that “man is a miniature and its individual desires and as pirations. This is the ideal expressed in Jacob’s blessing to universe,” a microcosm of the entire created his grandchildren, Manasseh and Ephraim— But man also possesses a “sea” persona—a existence. The human being thus includes both spiritual self which transcends ego and The ultimate challenge for man is not only to be these worlds—man has both a terrestrial and an individuality to attune its every deed and a “fsh,” but to be a fsh “in the midst of the land.” aquatic aspect to his life. thought to the higher goals for which he was Therein lies the deeper signifcance of the splitting of the Red Sea seven days after our The Secret of the Deep created. When this self is manifest, nothing about the person is distinct from his connection Exodus from Egypt. In recounting the miracle, Creatures of the land are to be found upon the the Torah describes the children of Israel as land. Some species burrow under for a certain to his source; like a fsh in water, his every living moment is an attestation to his utter “walking on dry land within the sea.” Following part of the day or year, and there are even our redemption—in both the physical and species which rarely, if ever, show themselves dependence upon, and devotion to, his source of nourishment and life. spiritual sense—from Egypt and its pagan above ground; but on the whole, land creatures culture, we were empowered to “walk on dry live their lives on the surface of the earth. In fact, The Kabbalistic masters tell us that there are land” as distinct and unique beings, and at there is nothing to pre vent them from severing tzaddikim (righteous individuals) who live the same time walk “within the sea”—immerse all direct contact with the land for extended their entire lives as “fshes of the sea,” wholly ourselves within the sea of the all-embracing, periods of time (20th-century man has all but submerged within a perpetual awareness of all-pervading, universal truth of truths. done so). and subjugation to the divine reality. Such an Our sages tell us that the splitting of the Red Not so the creatures of the sea: they live individual was Moses, whose name expresses the “aquatic” nature of his soul (“And she called Sea was but the frst step of a process that spans submerged within their environment. And for the whole of our history; that the song which most sea-dwelling animals, this submersion is his name Moses and said: Because I drew him from the water”). Thus the Torah attests that Moses and Israel sang upon traversing the sea a matter of life and death—a fsh out of water is but the frst stanza of a song that culminates is not only a creature out of its element, but a “Moses was the most humble man on the face of the earth.” Moses was certainly aware of his in the era of Moshiach, the end-goal of creation. creature who cannot survive more than a short The splitting of the sea was the precedent that while. own greatness; certainly he knew that he was the single human being chosen by G-d to serve enables and directs our centuries-long quest Of course, the creatures of the land are no as the conveyor of His wisdom and will to man. for that perfect synthesis of land and sea which less dependent upon the land than their sister Yet Moses did not view his qualities as his “own” will be fully realized in the messianic age, when creatures of the sea are dependent upon the attainments, for he had utterly nullifed and “The land shall be flled with the knowledge of sea—without the land and its resources a land submerged his self within the sea of the divine G-d as the waters cover the sea.” ani mal could not live. The difference lies in reality. His own life was merely the divine plan how this truth is refected in their day-to-day, being realized through an egoless vehicle; his hour-to-hour, and minute-to-minute existence. teachings, the “Divine presence speaking from With the sea creature, this dependence is his throat.”
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Why the Need to Split the our tested talents and our known abilities, the elements of our character that we are Halacha of The Week Sea? aware of—these comprise the “dry land” of By Rabbi Dov Schochet A lesson on why the Jews needed our personality. But below the surface of our Taking the Law into our own to travel through the Red Sea character lies a vast sea of latent talents, By Aron Moss inner strengths and untapped abilities that hands we never knew we had. In the depth of our s the Jews are traveling to Sinai the soul lies a reserve of dormant energy waiting Torah tells us of their camping in Marah. to be discovered. This is our “sea,” and even There the Torah tells us, they got laws we ourselves are unaware of what lies there. A and statutes. The Talmud understands laws How can we access this reservoir of to be a reference to a court system and torts. potential? How can our sea become dry It was important that the nation have a land? There is only one way. And we know it vibrant justice system which would prepare from the encounter at the Red Sea. them to receive the Torah. The Israelites had their back to the wall: One interesting question in Jewish law is Egyptians closing in on one side, a raging sea when is it appropriate to take the law into threatening on the other. They had only two our own hands. If there is a potential threat options: despair or faith. Logic and reason to property or the ability to retrieve property demanded that they give in. There was no that was stolen is it justified it act alone, or ear Rabbi, possible way out of their predicament. But must one call the authorities and go through the justice system? Why did the Israelites have to pass faith demanded that they keep marching to Dthrough the Red Sea? On my map of the the Promised Land. Sea or no sea, this is the In the Talmud we find scholars on both sides path on which G-d has led us, so we have to Middle East, the route from Egypt to Israel is of the question. For while it is certainly just have faith and march on. And so they did. directly through the desert. The sea is totally to allow someone to take what is theirs out of the way. G-d led them on a detour, It was at that moment, when hopelessness or protect their property granting the trapping them between the sea and the was countered by faith, that the impossible individual that power could have unintended chasing Egyptians, and then split the sea. happened, and the sea opened up to become consequences and could lead to chaos. Does G-d have no sense of direction? dry land. The most formidable obstacle If a person has an employee who they are dissolved into nothingness, without Answer: certain is stealing from them, they cannot a struggle, just with faith. The people In describing the Exodus, the verse tells us withhold wages to recoup the loss. The became empowered exactly when they that “G-d did not lead them by way of the Talmud tells the story of a sharecropper who acknowledged G-d as the only true power. By land of the Philistines, which was close was stealing fruit, the field owner withheld surrendering themselves to a higher force, by, because G-d said, ‘The people might wages and was censured for doing so. The they discovered the force within them. They reconsider when they see war, and return to reason for this law is that the two events are split their own sea. Egypt.’” unrelated, the employees theft and wages The Jewish people are no strangers to are independent. Therefore one cannot be Nevertheless, the biblical story is meant to times of challenge. At the very birth of our used to offset the other without going to provide us a lesson for our personal lives. nation, we needed to learn how to face these the Beit Din. So here’s how I understand the words of the challenges. So G-d took us on a detour to the sages on this: However, in a case where the victim wants to sea and opened it up for us. He was telling retrieve the actual item that was stolen they every Jew for all times: The earth is comprised of oceans and see permitted to do so and are not required to continents, sea and dry land. The difference Obstacles are not interruptions to the go to the authorities. In fact, if it is necessary between the two is: On dry land, all is open journey; they are the journey. Keep marching they may even use force to retrieve what's and visible. The trees, animals, mountains towards the Promised Land. Every challenge rightfully theirs. Although force is allowed and people that occupy it are all easily along the way will give you deeper insight the person must use the minimum force recognizable. The sea, on the other hand, is a and renewed power. Just have faith. It will needed to achieve the desired results. One big blue expanse of mystery. Though the sea split your sea. cannot use excessive force when less violent is teeming with life, when you look at it you means would do the job. can identify nothing; all is hidden beneath the surface. Similarly one is allowed to stop someone from causing a loss to their property. This So it is with a person. Our personality has is even if going to the cause will not lead two layers: our sea and our land. What we to any long term loss, the person is still know of ourselves, our visible strengths, not required to do so. Rather they are well 11 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! within their rights to use the needed force individual soul’s unique path to G-d. Thus, to protect what is rightfully theirs. Tu B'Shevat these seven fruits correspond to our serving What Is So Special About the G-d with our personal attributes, as well The person is also only allowed to take as with all seven general modes of Divine the law into his own hand. He cannot bring 7 Species of Fruit With Which service. others into the dispute. If it would require Israel Was Blessed? the help if others then he must use the The Signifcance of the Shiv'at For more on how each fruit corresponds to a justice system. Furthermore if his actions, specific attribute, see The Seven Species and even if just, will be overturned by the courts Haminim Seven Attributes. then he is not allowed to take the law into By Yehuda Shurpin his hands. Therefore if a person knows that n describing the extraordinary beauty and Blessings to All Vegetation someone has their object and wants to grab uniqueness of the Land of Israel, Scripture The mystics explain that just as the Divine it back in a public place, they would not be tells us, “For the L-rd your G-d is bringing blessings for the entire world flow via the allowed to do so. For the courts would rule I Land of Israel, so too the Divine energy and you to a good land, a land with brooks of that someone that grabs something away in water . . . a land of wheat and barley, [grape] blessings for all growing things flow via front of witnesses must return it, therefore vines and figs and pomegranates, a land of these seven special species of fruit that the the action isn't justified. oil-producing olives and honey [from dates] land of Israel is blessed with. If a person is trespassing the homeowner . . .” Pleasure From the Get-Go must ask the person to leave. If the person This isn’t just a flowery verse. These seven The Lubavitcher Rebbe gives a deep insight refuses the homeowner can use force to species are specifically connected to the into the seven species and their relation to remove them from their property. Land of Israel, and in fact there is a mitzvah the New Year for Trees on 15 Shevat: One important lesson in all of these laws to bring the first of these fruits to the Holy In general, the seven species can be split into is that at times we must take responsibility. Temple in Jerusalem. (For more on this two types: 1) grain; and 2) fruit from trees. We cannot wait or expect others to do, we special mitzvah, see All About Bikkurim.) And Grain is necessary for sustenance. Fruits, on must act on our own to do what's right. For there is a special after-blessing for when the other hand, are not necessary, but they if we don't act for ourselves the opportunity one snacks on one of these fruits. add pleasure to life. Both are important, and may never present itself again. When it is a Israel produces many other fruits (Jaffa therefore both are included in the blessing positive action, we must take the law into oranges, anyone?). What is so significant for the land of Israel. our hands. about these seven species? In a spiritual sense, the “Israel” of our soul The commentaries offer several explanations. also contains these two elements, necessity And they believed in G-d (Ex. 14:31) On a basic level, these fruits are unique in and pleasure. On the 15th of Shevat, the that they provide the necessary nutrients for New Year for Trees, we customarily eat from The Hebrew word for faith, emuna, has sustenance. Some commentaries add that all seven species, but we celebrate the five a dual meaning. Etymologically, it is the Land of Israel is the only place where all fruit that grow on trees (pleasure) even more than the grains (necessity). related to the word meaning to train these very diverse species naturally grow in close proximity. or accustom oneself, and also to the The lesson for us is that even when a person is in the early stages of spiritual growth (i.e., word for power and strength. However, The Seven Attributes The Kabbalists explain that there is a much the level of trees and all growing things), he these two meanings are interrelated. In deeper significance to these fruits. Each must already have the goal of serving G-d the merit of emuna, i.e., by virtue of the corresponds to one of the seven sefirot “with all [his] might,” which includes the (Divine emotive attributes): all-encompassing attributes of desire and strength and certitude of the G-dly soul, pleasure. For a Jew’s service of G-d cannot be a Jew is able to overcome the downward Wheat: Chesed—Kindness purely mechanical or intellectual. Only when pull of the animal soul and ascend from Barley: Gevurah—Severity one’s service of G-d is truly pleasurable can it be truly complete. one spiritual level to the next, till he Grapes: Tiferet—Harmony Figs: Netzach—Perseverance merits the very highest revelations of Pomegranates: Hod—Humility The New Year for Trees teaches us that, from G-dliness. Indeed, the Jewish people Olives: Yesod—Foundation the start, we must set out to serve G-d with Dates: Malchut—Royalty all seven Divine attributes. Every morning as merited to sing the "Song of the Sea" we start our day, we must resolve to serve solely because of their emuna. Every soul possesses all seven of these G-d not just out of rote and necessity, but sefirot. But for each person, one of these with pleasure—giving it all we got. 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done and give back the money willingly. He Stories With Soul decided he had better go right away to make a Community Corner claim at beit din (rabbinical court). Finding Common Ground It Once Happened By: Avigayil Adouth The Rabbi of Sali at the time was the famous he wheel of fortune had taken a downturn Ohr HaChaim, Rabbi Chaim Ibn Atar. The two for a once-wealthy Jew who lived in the men went to his house. Rabbi Chaim listened TMoroccan city of Rabat. He was forced carefully to both sides. He then addressed the to leave home and wander from city to city host: "This Jew claims that he deposited money and town to town, in search of an appropriate with you on the eve of Shabbat. What do you business opportunity that would enable him say?" to support the large extended family that had come to depend on him. His faith in the "It never happened," the man answered glibly. One that provides all was strong, but still, the "He is making it up and slandering me." forging of the vessel was proving to be diffcult. Rabbi Chaim turned to the hapless guest. ife is full of choices. On May 1st 2015, Finally, after several failed attempts, he "Perhaps there was a witness at the time you say you handed your money to him?" after much deliberation, dozens of lists succeeded in amassing a signifcant amount of of pro’s and con’s, and conversations with money. Now he would be able to return home. L The dejected man now felt even worse. just about every college student who would On the way, he passed through the town of "No, there was no witness there. Just before respond to my texts, I made the choice to Sali, which is not far from Rabat. But as it was Shabbat we sat under a tree. That is when I take my talents to Yeshiva University. Life at already fairly late on Friday, he fgured he had took my pouch out of my pocket and gave it to Yeshiva University promised unparalleled better remain in Sali for Shabbat. A good friend him to hold for me until Saturday night." religious conveniences. It was the only place from his youth whom he had not seen in many where I felt I could have it all. At YU I wouldn't "Under a tree? Very good!" cried out the Ohr have to miss any events or be barred from years lived there, and he knew he would fnd a HaChaim excitedly. "Go back and summon that warm welcome at his house. participating in any extracurricular activities tree to be a witness on your behalf!" due to religious constraints. However, the thing Indeed, as soon as his friend saw him, he insisted The traveler was shocked when it sunk in that drew me to YU most was what I thought that his surprise guest remain for Shabbos. The what the Rabbi wanted him to do, but being was a homogenous student body. I was under weary traveler accepted the invitation happily. well aware of the Ohr HaChaim's reputation the naive impression that at YU I wouldn't Before candle lighting, he gave his money as a miracle-worker he stood up and left the have to worry about being "different". I would pouch to his host for safekeeping, so that he house, without questioning the great Rabbi's be living and studying with other young adults wouldn't have to worry about it during the Day instructions. who would share all of my beliefs. I would be in of Rest. a place where I could continue to grow without After just a few minutes, the Ohr HaChaim having my every move challenged by my peers. By Saturday night, the traveler was anxious remarked, casually, that for sure the man has to reach home. Immediately after the close of already reached the tree. When I arrived on campus in the fall I was Shabbat, he requested his money pouch back shocked to learn that this expectation could from his friend. "What do you mean, Rabbi?" responded the not have been farther from the reality. I have other man spontaneously. "That tree is quite since gotten used to, and become immensely "What are you talking about?" denied his host. far from here." grateful for, all the opportunities being wrong "You never left any money with me." has presented me with. To be sure, I don't think With a hard stare right at the man's eyes, the The stunned guest could not believe his ears. diversity is our strong suit. However, what I Ohr HaChaim declared: "Give that poor innocent am suggesting that I learned when I arrived He almost fainted. When he recovered his Jew his money back, right now!" Seeing the senses, he begged his (former) friend to return on “campus” is that despite our lack of racial surprise on the man's face, the Rabbi stroked diversity, we are far from uniform. to him the money he had labored so long and his beard and added: "If you didn't receive the hard for, and that was critical to his family's money from him under that tree, how is it that We as a student body are a group of people survival . you know where the tree is?" who all see the world and our relationships to Judaism very differently. I arrived on campus The host blew up. "You have some nerve!" he The man turned pale. Without saying another yelled. "Aren't you embarrassed? You slept in during a particularly politically-charged word, he promptly returned the money that season, the presidential election was coming my house, you ate at my table, and now you had been entrusted to him. dare to hurl at me these false accusations!" up and controversial speakers were scheduled to address a wide range of political issues. Seeing the "righteous" indignation on his host's After he fnally reached home, the merchant At frst I thought that those factors were the face, the man realized there was no chance utilized most of his hard-earned savings for sole cause of the combative mood permeating that this conniver would admit what he had wise investments, and with G-d's help became campus. I soon realized that the divisiveness wealthy again as he had been once before. 13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! runs much deeper than any election season or sometimes so blinded by our desire to be learnt that when I am open, honest, and non- lightening rod speaker. correct that we fail to move forward. We are confrontational, I am a better me. Honest Chassidish, Misnagid, Charedi, Open Orthodox, dialogue with peers who hold differing Divisiveness is multifaceted--there is the Left-Wing Modern Orthodox, Centrist, Right- viewpoints has swayed my opinions on some kind that breeds intelligible conversation and Wing Modern Orthodox, Egalitarian, Chardal, matters, and solidifed them on others. If we pushes the community forward and the kind Dati Leumi, Yeshivish, Conservative, Reform, used the time that we spend trying to label that leads to animosity. We as a student body Conservadox. We somehow manage to use people to start talking, to respectfully question have fallen prey to the latter. We continuously the minutiae of our religious practice to each other, not as attackers but as people with divide ourselves over and over again. We fnd divide ourselves. We swear time and time a genuine interest in one another, we could any and every reason to close ourselves off again that our way is right, we are the “ideal”, do a lot of good for the orthodox world. If from each other and form highschool-esque the quintessential Jews. What we fail to be we can do this, then we have the potential to cliques. We’ve created social castes so strict conscious of however is that we are all share a send forth students, whose passion for unity that they’re reminiscent of Pre-Ghandi India. common goal, to serve God in the best possible surpass their passion for correctitude. We have The girls who learn Gemara are instantly dubbed way. an opportunity to create unity to pave the way “radical feminists”, the Netiv “fipouts” who toward a less divisive Orthodoxy, Judaism, and In parshat (Torah portion) Vayechi, which we world. Let us take this unorganized clamoring partied in high school and now never leave the read a few weeks ago, Yaakov blesses all of his Beis. We insist that the “Gush” boys would only of instruments and turn it into an award children as he lays on his deathbed. He calls winning symphony. ever think to learn for intellectual stimulation, them to be blessed with the following words and deem the girls whose skirts are a little “heiyasfu veyagida lachem” loosely translated There are very few groups of people presented longer than ours “Yeshivish” off the bat.There as “gather and I will tell you". He continues with the opportunity to create a new culture. are the “Poster Children” who are paradigmatic on to give each of his children their unique People who have been presented with the of the Torah U’Maddah philosophy and the kids blessings, catered to their own strengths and ability to make a tangible change in our that come to YU for easy access to New York weaknesses. Rabbi Jesse Horn, a Rabbi at children's lives, let’s not let that go to waste. City. The students whose parents gave them no Yeshivat Hakotel, suggests that this comes to choice but to come here, and the should-be Ivy teach us that only after we have gathered can Leaguers who came because they were offered our individuality be productive, and can our I will put none of the diseases seductive scholarships. unique character traits complement each other. upon you which I brought on the We’ve gotten to a point where we think we can YU is unique in that it is a place where we are Egyptians; I am the L-rd Who heals learn everything about each other based on all gathered. Jews who will someday be forced you (Ex. 15:26) thirty second interactions we have attempting into one of the many boxes society creates. to avoid awkward silences in the elevator, or We are the institution in which future leaders, the two word descriptions we’ve been given by rabbis, doctors, social workers, lawyers, and A "house doctor" who isn't paid our mutual friends. We assume entire Hashkafc teachers are nurtured. We will develop into a according to how many visits he (religious-approach based) Identities based group of professionals who will all continue makes has a vested interest in on where a persons 18-year old self chose to to relate to their religion very differently. Fast spend their year in Israel. We sum up a person’s forward 20 years, the current students of YU keeping his patients well. Rather IQ based on their major, and when someone will be living their lives very differently from than curing people once they're doesn't ft into our boxes quite as neatly as another. Will they remain members of every ill, his whole aim is to keep them we’d like them to, we wave them off--claim artifcial group we have created? The culture of they're confusing, they don't make sense, deem the Jewish world is at our fngertips. Our job is healthy in the frst place. Similarly, them anomalies, and move on. to create an attitude on campus that will allows G-d is our "in-house doctor" Who We are losing sight of the fact that this us to mold the culture of orthodoxy when we has given us the Torah for our leave this safe space. It is our immense duty diversity has the potential to create a beautiful spiritual health. When we follow symphony where different instruments can and responsibility, to make this gathering one fnd a way to play in harmony. Instead, we of more than just proximity. We share the same His "prescription" by observing the are creating a ruckus. Each instrument is Batei Midrash, Dining halls, dorm buildings, commandments, it prevents all and classes, but lets start sharing more than struggling to keep tempo, fghting for their kinds of spiritual maladies. own solos, limiting some of the most talented that. As a community let’s start sharing ideas, musicians to only one instrument. Attempting openly. Let’s us lower our defense mechanisms to see the YU community objectively, I feel that so that we can try to learn from and with one (Torat Moshe) we are a microcosm of the Jewish world-- more another. specifcally the Orthodox world. As Orthodox In my short time here I have found that I Jews, we too fnd ourselves, trying to divide have more in common with people who I ourselves, pushing forward our own agendas, couldn’t have felt more different from. I have 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!
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How a Shtetl Became the Jewish Capital of Western Ukraine By Dovid Margolin n the Jewish landscape, Zhitomir, Ukraine, was once a big city. It had Osynagogues, Talmud Torahs, yeshivahs and the largest Jewish population in the heavily Jewish Volhynia region. From 1847- 1862, Zhitomir’s Jewish printing press was one of only two allowed to remain open by the czarist government—the other being in Vilna—and thus the central source of Chassidic books printed in the Russian Empire. But that was all gone by the time Rabbi Shlomo and Esther Wilhelm arrived there in 1994 to establish Chabad-Lubavitch and that potential is still there; it just needs continued. A 1928 report made by the of Zhitomir. By then, following the Holocaust to be revealed,” she says. “And every Jew, no committee on its work, which was primarily and three generations of Communism, matter how far he or she seems, has that fulfilled by followers of the organization’s Zhitomir was just a shtetl. same potential for good and holiness.” founder R. Yosef Yitzchak, notes 100 children studying at the cheder in Zhitomir. Another “I was scared,” recalls Esther Wilhelm of her Cradle of the Chassidic Movement 40 yeshivah students studied in the city and initial reaction to permanently moving to a The region around Zhitomir was the cradle 30 young men were listed as participating small town in Ukraine. “I wasn’t sure I could of the Chassidic movement, the land where in Tiferes Bachurim, an evening Torah-study handle it.” Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov first began program for young men who worked during Some 23 years later, she and her husband to preach his uplifting message to the the day. have transformed the sleepy town into the demoralized Jewish masses—a population The city was later home to a Yeshivas Tomchei Jewish capital of western Ukraine, home to that had been devastated in body and spirit Temimim, which was at last dispersed in a synagogue, the Or Avner Jewish day school by the murderous pogroms of Ukrainian the fall of 1937, when police raided the and the impressive Alumim Educational Cossack leader Bogdan Chmielnicki. synagogue in which it was based at four Campus in nearby Zarichany, which houses Medzhybizh (Mezhibush), the town where in the morning. Some students managed to the Alumim Children’s Home. Under their the Baal Shem Tov settled after years of escape, but those who were caught had their umbrella, eight Chabad centers have opened wandering and where he was buried after his papers confiscated and were told to report in cities throughout western Ukraine. At passing in 1760, lies two-and-a-half hours at the station the following day. Instead, they the same time, they continue to coordinate away by car from Zhitomir. Berdichev, a name left town, heading 1,000 kilometers east to Jewish activities in dozens of other towns which in the Jewish imagination instantly Voronezh, Russia, where they resumed their with smaller Jewish populations—places recalls R. Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev (and studies. with iconic Jewish names like Skyvra (Skver), which today has a Chabad emissary of its Ruzhyn (Ruzhin) and Brody (Brod). own), is only 40 minutes away. Many of Zhitomir’s 30,000 Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, including Wilhelm will serve as the keynote speaker Zhitomir itself was a longtime stronghold 402 during a 1941 pogrom not long after at the Sunday-night banquet of the annual of the Chernobyler Chassidic dynasty, and the Nazi invasion; another 6,000 were shot International Conference of Chabad- Chabad’s history in the city begins mostly on the outskirts of the city. Despite this, Lubavitch Women Emissaries (Kinus after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, with many Jews returned to Zhitomir after the Hashluchos), which takes place Feb. 16-19 the movement’s organization and support war, where they began to rebuild their lives. in New York. She says she will be drawing on of underground Jewish education. Under her own experiences in Ukraine to address the auspices of the Committee of Rabbis In 1990, the first permanent Chabad- the conference theme: “Permeating the of the USSR (Vaad Rabbonei USSR), which Lubavitch emissaries arrived in the Soviet World With Sanctity.” was founded and administered by the sixth Union, settling in Moscow, Kharkov and Rebbe—Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, Dnepropetrovsk, followed in quick order by “Zhitomir was a vibrant place of chassidus, of righteous memory—Jewish life furtively large cities like St. Petersburg, Russia; and 15 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!
departing to Kiev’s Borispol airport on a weekly basis. “When we came, we thought we’d be here for five years,” says Esther Wilhelm. “Our impression was that everyone was leaving for Israel, and that soon, no one would be left.” ‘Start From Scratch’ Early on, the Wilhelms realized that their Kiev and Odessa, Ukraine. Zhitomir was work would and could not focus solely on such backgrounds. Intermarriage has become the first of the small cities to get shluchim the Jews of Zhitomir, but that they’d have the rule, not the exception, and assimilation of its own, yet what it lost in size it made to travel throughout the countryside to has greatly accelerated. up in Jewish fabric. Distant from the big meet, teach and inspire Jews living in the “Twenty-three years ago, people here had a Soviet centers of culture and education, even smaller towns spread through western stronger Jewish identity. They didn’t know the traditional Jewish nature of the town Ukraine. One year they arranged a Chanukah what it meant, but they knew they were and the region had survived the ravages of train—a mobile Jewish-music concert that Jewish,” she observes. “Today, many of the communism, even if the Jews did not know night after night went from city to city by people we meet don’t even know that they’re precisely what being Jewish entailed. rail. Not long after they opened the Or Avner Jewish day school in Zhitomir, they realized Jewish at all. We need to start from scratch “When we first came here, most of the Jews that a regular school would not be able to give them their Jewish identity.” still spoke Yiddish, even those who were in cater to children living in the towns. Over the years, the Wilhelms brought out their 40s,” recalls Wilhelm. “If they didn’t Chabad couples to establish independent speak it, they at least understood it.” “That’s how our children’s home was born,” says Wilhelm. “They had no Jewish school to Jewish centers, placing Zhitomir at the crux Jewish foods were widely popular: gefilte go to, so we realized we had to do something.” of a network of Jewish life. Its location is fish, hamantaschen, and, of course, matzah. also geographically convenient for Jewish Wilhelm remembers one woman telling At first, they rented apartments in Zhitomir, tourists making pilgrimages to the resting how her grandmother would send her to an effort that grew until in 2007, the places of tzaddikim in the area, many of the market to buy a chicken. She instructed Federation of Jewish Communities of the whom stop in Zhitomir to take advantage of the granddaughter to bring the chicken to CIS (the umbrella group for Jewish life in its kosher restaurant and wood-heated hotel an old man who had a small stall in the the former Soviet Union) purchased an along their journeys. marketplace, leave it with him and go off for expansive campus in a Zhitomir, where There was a time when the Wilhelm family some ice-cream. When she had finished it, the Alumim Children’s Home and Social went for months without either kosher meat she returned to pick up the chicken. The old Rehabilitation Center is now located. The or dairy products, living as pioneers in a man, the woman told Wilhelm in hindsight, campus grounds host Camp Gan Israel in frontier town. These days, there is plenty of was a shochet (kosher ritual slaughterer). the summer, and during the height of the war in eastern Ukraine, in 2014, it was also both and the challenges have shifted, but “The grandparents were absolutely afraid the site of the first Jewish refugee camp for the mission remains the same. to teach their children and grandchildren those fleeing war-torn Donetsk, Lugansk and And that’s what Wilhelm will tell more than anything Jewish,” says Wilhelm. “This Mariupol. At the time, Alumim had an influx 3,000 of her fellow emissaries and their woman’s grandmother kept kosher, and she of children, as parents registered them to guests when she rises to address them at didn’t know what kosher was.” keep them in a safe Jewish environment—a the upcoming conference. Chabad in Zhitomir had previously been place far from the front lines of a war “The Rebbe [Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, established by Rabbi Shmuel Plotkin, a that still has not end in sight. Both the Or of righteous memory] taught us that the way resident of the Crown Heights neighborhood Avner school and Alumim Children’s Home we ‘permeate the world with holiness’ is not of Brooklyn, N.Y., who was an early Jewish are supported by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein’s necessarily through huge events or projects, activist in post-Soviet Jewry and who invited International Fellowship of Christians and but by connecting with each individual, the Wilhelms to settle in Zhitomir for good. Jews, which was also instrumental in funding person by person, mitzvah by mitzvah,” says Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm made one scouting the refugee camp. Wilhelm. “It adds up to reveal their true trip to find a suitable apartment—or as inner Jewish self.” suitable as the times permitted—before Wilhelm notes that the Jewish children and moving there with his wife and newborn families they engage with today are different son. Like Jews throughout the former Soviet than those of the previous generation. Union, the Jews of Zhitomir were also Alcoholism, especially in villages, is rampant, heading for the country’s doors in buses and drug use is not unusual either; some of the Jewish children at Alumim draw from 16 Meyer Youth Center The full scoop on all the Youth events and classes
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Weekly Classes Monday Women’s Mikvah: Women’s Study Group Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 8:30 - 10:00 pm Please call Mrs. Devorah Failer for an At the home of : Please call The Shul for details. appointment: 305-866 1492 or 305-323-2410 Tuesday Please Note: Shabbos & Yom Tov visits must be Prepaid Prayer Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 9:15 - 10:15 am 1111 Kane Concourse Suite 618 Tanya Class In Spanish Mrs. Vivian Perez 2:00 - 2:30 pm The Shul Sisterhood 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Torah Portion In Spanish Mrs Vivian Perez 2:30 - 3:45 pm Who we are... The Shul Sisterhood organizes all of The Shul’s programming 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village and classes geared toward women in the community. Our Wednesday objective is to bring women of all ages and backgrounds together to learn, laugh, experience, and rejuvenate their mind, Morning Torah Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 10:00 - 11:00 am body and soul. Meet new friends, The weekly portion - Women’s Perspective relax and get inspired! Haime Library Tanya Class in English Mrs. Vivian Perez 1:00 - 3:00 pm If you would like to be a part of The Shul Sisterhood, please call 305. 868.1411 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village
Light A Candle Shabbat Thought Shabbat belongs to each Say a Prayer and every one of us. Tell a friend about candle lighting. Give her what Share The Light is already hers. 27 French Connection Reflexions sur la Paracha
Vivre avec la paracha Le chant de Myriam qui fuyait dans une corbeille au bord de la rivière L'intensité féminine du "Cantique de Le Cantique de la mer monstrueuse. Et ce fut encore elle, dont la vigilance Le chant de rédemption le plus célèbre des dix est devant ce qui allait devenir et devant sa mission la mer" envers son peuple, qui ne faillit jamais. Adapté des enseignements du Rabbi de Loubavitch Chirat Hayam, le « Cantique de la mer » chanté par Moïse et les enfants d'Israël quand ils eurent par Yanki Tauber L'image de cette jeune femme cachée dans traversé la Mer Rouge. Nous récitons ce chant l'épaisseur des buissons au bord du feuve, animée chaque jour dans nos prières du matin et le lisons t Myriam, la prophétesse... prit le tambourin dans par l'espoir de la rédemption, persévérant en dépit publiquement à la synagogue deux fois par an: le sa main ; et toutes les femmes la suivirent avec de l'amertume de l’exil dans son cœur, n'est pas sans septième jour de Pessa'h (l'anniversaire du miracle Edes tambourins et des danses. évoquer l'image d'une autre Matriarche qui observe de la Mer Rouge) et un Chabbat d'hiver, dans le cours : Ra'hel. Comme le Prophète Yirmiahou le décrit, c'est Et Myriam les appela : Chantez pour D.ieu... des lectures hebdomadaires de la Torah, un Chabbat Ra'hel qui, dans sa tombe solitaire sur le chemin de qui se distingue donc avec le nom: Chabbat Chirah, Exode 15, 20-21 Beth Lé’hem à Jérusalem, pleure sur la souffrance de le « Chabbat du Cantique ». ses enfants en exil. C'est elle, plus que les Patriarches Nous ne chantons pas quand nous avons peur, quand ou les leaders d'Israël, qui ressent la profondeur de nous sommes désespérés, endormis ou après un Le « Cantique de la mer » glorife D.ieu pour la rédemption miraculeuse d'Israël quand Il ouvrit la notre douleur. C'est son intervention devant D.ieu qui, repas trop lourd. Nous chantons quand nous nous après que la leur ait échoué, apporte la Délivrance. rapprochons de quelqu'un que nous aimons, quand Mer Rouge pour eux et noya les Égyptiens qui les poursuivaient. Il exprime le désir d'Israël que D.ieu nous espérons des temps meilleurs, quand nous Myriam et son chœur apportèrent au « Cantique de les guide vers leur pays et repose Sa présence sur célébrons un accomplissement ou attendons une la mer » l'intensité du sentiment et de la profondeur eux dans le Saint Temple. Il se conclut avec une révélation. de la foi spécifques aux femmes. Leur expérience de référence à la rédemption ultime quand « D.ieu l'amertume de l'exil avait été beaucoup plus intense règnera à jamais ». Nous ne chantons pas quand nous sommes contents que celle des hommes et pourtant leur foi avait de nous. Nous chantons quand nous aspirons à En fait, « le Cantique de la mer » présente deux été plus forte et plus durable. Ainsi, leur aspiration quelque chose ou quand nous avons goûté à la joie à la rédemption avait été beaucoup plus poignante. et grimpons dans les cieux. versions, une version masculine et une version féminine. Quand Moïse et les Enfants d'Israël eurent Et c'est également pour cette raison que leur joie, Le chant est une prière, l'engagement de s'élever chanté leur chant, Myriam la prophétesse, la sœur de lorsque celle-ci se réalisa, et leur aspiration à ce au-dessus des petitesses de la vie et d'adhérer à la Moïse, prit le tambourin dans sa main; et toutes les qu'elle soit défnitive s'exprimèrent avec encore plus source. Le chant est la quête de la rédemption. femmes suivirent avec des tambourins et des danses. d'intensité par les tambourins et les danses. Et Myriam les appela: « Chantez à D.ieu, car Il est le Le Midrache relate dix chants importants dans plus Saint; le cavalier et son cheval, Il les a jetés dans Aujourd'hui l'histoire d'Israël, dix occasions où notre expérience la mer... » Le grand Kabbaliste, Rabbi Its'hak Louria (le Ari Zal) de la rédemption trouva son expression dans la écrit que la dernière génération avant la venue de mélodie et les paroles. Les neuf premiers furent les Les hommes chantèrent, puis les femmes chantèrent, Machia'h sera la réincarnation de la génération de chants qui retentirent la nuit de l'Exode d'Égypte jouèrent du tambourin et dansèrent. Les hommes l'Exode. (Isaïe 30, 29), le Cantique de la Mer (Exode 15, chantèrent leur joie devant la délivrance, chantèrent 1-21), le Chant du puits (Nombres 21, 17-20), le leur aspiration à une rédemption encore plus parfaite, Aujourd'hui, alors que nous nous tenons au seuil de chant de Moïse quand il eut accompli l'écriture de mais quelque chose manquait. Une dimension que la rédemption ultime, ce sont à nouveau les femmes, la Torah (Deutéronome 31-32), le chant par lequel seule une femme pouvait apporter... dont le chant est le plus poignant, dont le tambourin Josué arrêta le soleil (Josué 10, 12-13), le chant de est le plus porteur d'espoir, dont la danse est la plus Dvorah (Juges 5), le chant du roi David (Samuel II Le sentiment et la foi joyeuse, dont l'aspiration pour la venue de Machia'h 22), le chant d'inauguration du Beth Hamikdache Myriam, la sœur aînée de Moïse et d'Aharon, suscita est plus forte que celle des hommes, qui sont (Psaumes 30) et le Cantique des Cantiques du Roi et dirigea ce « Cantique de la mer », Myriam qui avait porteuses de la mélodie de la rédemption. Salomon, exprimant l'amour entre le marié Divin et été appelée « amertume » (mar en hébreu signife son épouse Israël. « amer ») parce qu'au moment de sa naissance, le Peuple Juif était entré dans la phase la plus diffcile Le dixième chant, poursuit le Midrache sera le Chir de l'exil égyptien, Myriam qui, lorsque le nourrisson ‘Hadach, le « nouveau chant » de la rédemption Moïse avait été placé dans une corbeille, sur le Classes ultime, une rédemption qui sera entière et absolue, bord du Nil, « se tenait, l'observant pour voir ce qu'il Thursdays at 12.00 in the Haime Library une rédemption qui annihilera toute la souffrance, adviendrait de lui » (Exode 2, 4). Classes alternate between the following teachers: l'ignorance, la jalousie et la haine de la surface de la terre. Une rédemption qui prendra de telles Car c'était Myriam qui, avec son puits profond de Dr. Hanna Barouk Rabbi Amar proportions que l'impatience qu'elle suscite et la joie sentiment féminin, éprouva dans toute sa réalité l'amertume de l’exil. Ce fut Myriam, avec son aptitude Rabbi Frankforter qu'elle apporte requièrent un « chant nouveau », un Rabbi Gansburg vocabulaire musical tout à fait original, pour pouvoir féminine à l'endurance, à la persévérance et à l'espoir, capturer la voix de l'ultime aspiration de la Création. qui se tint, seule, pour observer la petite vie tendre FOR WOMEN ONLY 28 Latin Link Reflexion Semanal
Parasha de la Semana Mashiaj: ¿Un Retorno a la Nos dio libre albedrío porque quiso que Lo reconocieran. En las palabras de la santa Torá: Monarquía? "Puse ante ti la vida y la muerte, la bendición Por Naftali Silberberg y la maldición. ¡Elige la vida!"
l siglo 20 vio la expansión de los ideales La Redención Mesiánica, denominada la democráticos a una escala global. "verdadera y completa" redención, llegará EDecenas de naciones, previamente cuando el mundo esté listo para "elegir" a Di-s gobernadas unilateralmente por reyes y por su propia voluntad. El profeta Hosea dijo dictadores, o cuyos gobiernos eran elegidos "Los hijos de Israel retornarán, y buscarán al por pocos miembros selectos de la clase Señor, su Di-s y a David, su rey". superior, han adoptado constituciones que reconocen el derecho intrínseco de todo Lo mismo es cierto con el Mesías mismo. En ciudadano de participar en el proceso de la tradición judía el rey —debido a su obvia gobierno. Nuevas naciones se están uniendo grandeza y capacidad de liderazgo —es constantemente a las filas de las iluminadas elegido y coronado por el pueblo, al contrario naciones democráticas, mientras que pocas, monarcas buenos, benevolentes, para estar del dictador que impone su dominio a una en la historia reciente, si es que alguna, han nación que no está dispuesta. retornado al totalitarismo. seguros, pero no obstante monarcas. ¿Estamos progresando o retrocediendo? En verdad, a medida que avanzamos hacia Los últimos miembros que han ocupado la Era Mesiánica, percibimos un mundo que su lugar en la familia de las naciones Quizás una comprensión de la monarquía del en conjunto acepta los conceptos básicos democráticas son Afganistán e Irak. Mientras de libertad, igualdad de derechos y libertad que fue necesaria una intervención externa Mesías explicará por qué la proliferación de la democracia es la preparación apropiada religiosa; un mundo que está eligiendo vivir para asegurar los derechos individuales bajo ideales morales y Divinos. de los ciudadanos de esos países, y hay para su arribo. Pero primero analicemos la diferencia entre nuestra primera redención facciones en el interior de esos países que Cuando proclamamos "Queremos al Mashiaj están determinadas a minar esas libertades de Egipto, y la redención final que será anunciada por el Mesías. ahora" en efecto estamos tomando parte en recién descubiertas, la vasta mayoría de las un proceso democrático. Estamos votando por poblaciones de esos países han aprobado Los israelitas dejaron detrás una nación que Di-s, expresando nuestro anhelo por el día en ansiosamente la destitución de sus regímenes que "El Señor será Rey sobre toda la tierra; en tiránicos y opresores de sus tierras. estaba profundamente diezmada por diez plagas. Los egipcios, que tan arrogantemente ese día el Señor será uno y Su nombre uno". La tendencia comenzó con el Estados Unidos se burlaron ante el Di-s de los hebreos, de América en 1776, y luego reforzado en los finalmente reconocieron Su omnipotencia: "Y años subsecuentes con el reconocimiento los egipcios dijeron 'Huyamos de los israelitas de que todos los ciudadanos tienen iguales porque el Señor está luchando por ellos contra Clases y Eventos derechos, y luego se extendió a todos los los egipcios'". Provocar este reconocimiento Porcion Semenal continentes. El mundo está comenzando fue una de las metas primarias de las plagas, Rabbi Shea Rubinstein a reconocer que cada hombre es creado a como dijo repetidamente Di-s "¡Y Egipto Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm imagen de Di-s y por lo tanto tiene derechos sabrá que Yo soy el Señor!" Orden de rezos diarios y su signifcado mistico intrínsecos. (Para Mujeras) Pero su aceptación de Di-s no puede ser Sra. Vivian Perez Debemos estar llegando a la Era Mesiánica. considerado un producto de su libre elección; Martes 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm fueron golpeados hasta la sumisión. Los 198 Park Dr. Bal Harbour egipcios eran aun intrínsecamente malvados, Por favor llamar al 305.213.3202 ¿O estamos? para confrmar pero fueron obligados a aceptar la soberanía ¡¿Cómo puede ser la expansión de los de Di-s a causa de Sus acciones unilaterales Kolel Espanol "dictatoriales". Rabbi Shlomi Halsband principios democráticos un portento de la Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm venida del Mesías cuando el Mesías mismo Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm será un monarca que gobernará en una Fue un comienzo muy hermoso… fue teocracia?! No sería más apropiado que los suficiente para servir como base de la primera Sra. Vivian Perez años que preceden a la Redención estén redención, pero la dictadura no es el objetivo Jueves 11:00 am -12:30 pm final. Di-s no dotó a los seres humanos Chabad of Aventura caracterizados por un incrementado número 21001 Biscayne Blvd. Aventura de naciones gobernadas por monarcas — con libre albedrío para manipularlos como desea — ¡Para ello tiene hordas de ángeles! 29 PLEASE READ ONLY Networking AFTER SHABBOS Effective Advertising
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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 Ms. Stacy Waxman Ext 313 Events / Offce Assistant Ms. Milena Liascovitz Ext 328 Youth Director / Dinner Mrs Devorah Leah Andrusier Ext 329 Youth Director Rabbi Shaykee Farkash Ext 329 Shul Gaboim Operations / Maintenance Rabbi Shlomi Katan Ext 319 Mr. Andrew Roth Reception / Accounts Payable Mrs. Mindy Natoli Ext 0 Mr. David Portnoy Mikvah Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410 Rabbi Henry Eichler Pre-School Chana 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 Abel Holtz Albert Pollans - President Simon Falic Mike Izak Jaime Gilinski Sidney Feltenstein Alberto Kamhazi David Lichter Matias Garfunkel Shmuel Katz M.D. Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Jaime Gilinski Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Monroe Milstein - Treasurer Max Gilinski Lazer Milstein Saul Gilinski Michael Perez Board of Directors Sam Greenberg Claudio Stivelman Mitch Feldman – President Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Morris Tabacinic Eric Stein – Vice President Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Joel Baum CPA – Treasurer Lazer Milstein Executive Committee Rabbi Zalman Lipskar – Secretary Orit Osman Mitchell Feldman - Chair Bruce Gelb Devorah Leah Andrusier Brian Roller Janice Barney Daniel Gielchinsky Eli Dominitz Yaacov Saidof Maurice Egozi David Schottenstein Joel Baum CPA Evelyn Katz Henry Eichler Daniel Shapiro Max Benoliel Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar Daniel Gielchinsky Daniel Sragowicz Dovid Duchman Rabbi Zalman Lipskar Jacob Givner Cynthia Stein Steven M. Dunn Ryan Shapiro Nicole Katz Kavana Michael Tabacinic Maurice Egozi Marc Sheridan Gregory Levine Jose Yankelevitch Velvel Freedman Eric P. Stein
33 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 Daily Prayers TXT-220 Rabbi Dov Schochet PHL-322 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband (Spanish) 8:45 - 9:45 pm PHL-120 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Chok L’Yisrael - Sephardic 8:45 am Reb Shimshon Tzubeli Women’s Study Group 8:30 - 10:00 pm TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Chassisdic Discourses 10:15 - 11:00 am At the home of: Please Call The Shul 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 Tanya Class Senior Torah Academy (Men & Women) (Spanish) 2:00 - 2:30 pm In Depth Tanya Class (Men & Women) 12:00 - 1:00 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez 11:30 - 12:30 pm TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village PHL-320 PHL-501 Rabbi Sholom Lipskar (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 Women’s Torah Portion Class Tanya Class - English 1:00 - 2:00 pm French Class (Spanish) 2:30 - 3:45 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez 12:00 pm Haime Library 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village TXT-110 Mrs. Vivian Perez Women’s Tanya Class (Spanish) 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Spanish Kolel - Chassidus 11:00 am - 1:00 pm 8:00 - 10:00 pm PHL-320 Mrs. Vivian Perez PHL-301 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband Chabad of Aventura, 21001 Biscayne Blvd
NUMERIC CODES INDICATE ALL CLASSES LOCATED CYS COLLEGE COURSES AT THE SHUL VISIT WWW.CYS-COLLEGE.ORG UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
34 Mr. Gabriel Chocron spoke at The Shul on Tuesday about the reality of the Israeli, Palastinian confict and social media. The event was sponsored by the Israeli Consulate.
Block Shluchim Event held at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Osman
The women’s Boucharian event was a huge success with over 150 women attending and learning about the fascinating history of the Boucharian Jews