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B”H The Shul weekly magazine Weekly Magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin (OBM) and Ethel Sirotkin and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Shabbos Parshas Beshalach Shabbos Shira Tu B’Shevat Shevat 14 -15 February 10 - 11 CANDLE LIGHTING: 5:53 PM SHABBOS ENDS: 6:47 PM Welcome to all Military Commanders, Chaplains and Personnel and guests who are here for the Aleph Shabbaton. Welcome to Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Grossman, Chief Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek Israel, Mr. Mati Dan of Ateret HaKohanim, Israel and to Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. Over Tirty Six Years of Serving the Communities of Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek and Surfside 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside, Fl 33154 Tel: 305.868.1411 Fax: 305.861.2426 www.TeShul.org Email: [email protected] The Shul Weekly Magazine Everything you need for every day of the week Contents Nachas At A Glance Weekly Message 3 Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar 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 Shaykee’s Debbie’s Shmuely's Davening With Dad Teen Girls Teen Boys Grades: 9th - 12th Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Teen Girls Room Montessori 3 Haime Library 4 Celebrating Shabbos Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is 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.