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Weekly Message 3 Learning and fun combined with The Shul Youth Thoughts on the Parsha from Sholom D. Lipskar

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 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9-15 Bringing lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 16-22 The full scoop on all the great events around town

In a woman’s world 23 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman

French Connection 24 Refexions sur la Paracha

Latin Link 25 Refexion Semanal

The ABC’s of Aleph 26 Serving in institutional and limited environments.

Networking 27-28 Effective Advertising

Numbers To Know 29 Contacts at The Shul

Daily Study 30 A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul Get The Picture 31-32 The full scoop on all the great events around town

Quotable Quote You are needed to illuminate your environment with Torah and service of the heart (prayer). Livelihood and what you need—that, G-d must provide for you. You do what you must, and G-d will do what He must . . .

– Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Shabbos Parshas Vayetze requires a true brotherly connection. To love and care for another with complete selflessness and unconditional And he (Yaakov) came commitment is only possible when we consider the other on across the place (Mount the same level as ourselves, emanating from the same source “ Moriah) and he slept there” and having the same importance. That realization comes (Ch. 28 v11). Another accepted from knowing that we all share the same G-dly , come translation of the Hebrew word from the same G-dly source and are progeny of the same for “came across” as “prayed” Patriarchs and Matriarchs. indicates that Yaakov stopped to pray on his way escaping To accomplish such seemingly difficult attitudes one must be from Eisav’s murderous wrath totally subservient to G-d and abnegate every aspect of ego and approaching Lavan the and selfish interest. Only when we are completely one with cheater, in Charan. It is only G-d can we truly love another properly. through prayer that Yaakov feels confident and safe to face the It is that precondition that we need to achieve for effective unpredictable challenges of the world. prayer. When we totally connect to G-d as attested by our loving our fellowman, can we ask for whatever we want. Our teach us that Yaakov established and prayed As we become one with G-d and express that unity by our the evening service (Maariv) completing the cycle of our unconditional love and kindness so too does G-d express three daily prayers as Avraham created the morning service that unity with us by His unconditional giving and kindness. (Shacharit) and Yitzchok the afternoon service (Mincha). It is not in the head that the powers of prayer reside but in Prayer/Tefillah is the most common communication between the heart and action as promulgated by our inner G-dly soul. Man and G-d and is the most effective means through which most of us beseech G-d to grant us our needs and desires. In jest a story is told of a taxi driver who gets preferential treatment over the Rabbi when they appear at the Pearly What is prayer really? How does it work? What are its Heavenly gates to enter Gan Eden. When they both look most important components? Does G-d always listen to our puzzled thinking that there is a mistaken identity the Angel prayers? Do we have to follow a specific order or rite for our Michoel says to them. “Everything is as it should be. You, prayer to be effective? Rabbi during times of prayer would cause people to go to sleep and you, taxi driver during transportation would cause The technical term for prayer – Teffilah – actually means people to pray”. “connection” “fusion”. True prayer is the inner expression of one’s heartfelt feelings in acknowledging G-d and our It doesn’t take a Rabbi to pray and a simple taxi driver can complete dependence upon Him. evoke the most potent relationship with Hashem. Next time you pray – get into the true concept of prayer and you will In fact, before we begin our personal prayers it is proper to feel the majesty and power it contains. contemplate the greatness of Hashem, the humble origins and limitations of mankind and that G-d can and does answer Have a good Shabbos and a wonderful week. all of all heart’s needs and desires. It is also appropriate to preface our prayers with the statement of commitment, “I hereby accept upon myself to fulfill the commandment to love your fellow as yourself”. Rabbi S. Lipskar

To love another with the same love as we love ourselves 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: Montessori Classrooom 2 1)Which of the sons of Yaakov, whose birth is recorded in this parsha, is classrooom 2 not named by a mother? 2) For which child born to Leah is there no reason given for the name?

3) In this parsha, Rachel steals the terafm (idols) from her father Lavan. Where else in Tanach does another woman handle terafm? Tehila's Basya's Answers from last week: Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls 1) Yitzhak marries Rivka at the age of 40 (Genesis 25:20). Esav also marries at age 40 (Genesis 26:34). Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 2) When Esav takes the lentil soup from Yaakov, the Torah states: “And 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm he ate and he drank and he got up and he went and he degraded the birthright” (Genesis 25:34). Classrooom 4 3) When the future king, David, frst meets the prophet Shmuel, David is described as having “reddish complexion” (1-Shmuel 16:12).

RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Yossi’s Loebenstein any time over Shabbos. The first Yosef’s Hebrew School Junior Boys child to give a correct answer to each of the Grades: 4th - 8th Grades: 1 - 4 questions will win an INSTANT prize! 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Classroom 1

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

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

Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Abe and Peggy Shabbos Schedule Sreter, Mr. & Mrs. Maurice and Patricia Lichy and Mr. Mario Laufer in loving memory of Peggy, Patricia and Mario’s mother, Candle lighting 5:11 p.m. Sara bat Yair obm. May her neshama have an aliya. Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5:15 p.m. Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Shalosh Seudos This Week: / 8:50 a.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. the caterer for this week’s kiddush Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 4:15 p.m. and Shalosh seudos is Food Art Men’s 4:15 p.m. Women's Shiur 4:15 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 4:15 p.m. Mincha 5:00 p.m. Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 6:05 p.m. Weekly Video of The Rebbe kiddushim at The Shul Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 5:00 p.m. Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Mincha 5:00 p.m. Shabbos Ends / Arvit & Havdalah 6:05 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship:

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Eruv Information We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals should call the 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 7 Kislev Mr. Asher Matiah Bublick 7 Kislev Basha bas Menashe obm 7 Kislev Ms. Dorita Kardonski Mother of Mrs. Miriam Schwartz Wiener 7 Kislev Mrs. Orit Osman 7 Kislev Sarah bas Yair obm 7 Kislev Mr. Elijah Salver Mother of Mrs. Peggy Sreter 8 Kislev Ms. Daniela Yocheved Ben-Arie 8 Kislev Malka bas Yosef obm 9 Kislev Mrs. Devorah Leah Andrusier Mother of Mr. Jerrod M. Levine 9 Kislev Dr. Bernard Baumel 8 Kislev Steven Adelman obm 9 Kislev Ms. Tehila Moore Nephew of Ms. Reine Fiss 9 Kislev Ms. Vicki Rachel Moteles 8 Kislev Shlomo ben Yosef obm Grandfather of Mrs. Routh Tzubeli Meloul 9 Kislev Mrs. Cynthia Stein 8 Kislev Uziyahu Eliyahu obm Mr. Arie Abraham Father of Rabbi Betzalel Camissar 10 Kislev Ms. Tziporah Gheblikian 9 Kislev Bezalel Binyamin ben Eliezer Pesach obm 10 Kislev Mrs. Nechama Faigie Stern Son of Mr. & Mrs. Lazer Milstein 11 Kislev Mr. Jonathan Attias 9 Kislev Chaya bas Mordecai obm 11 Kislev Mr. Arthur M. Gellman Mother-in-law of Mrs. Ethel Meril Sirotkin 11 Kislev Ms. Lauren Kaufman 9 Kislev Ita bas Aron obm 11 Kislev Mr. Yosie Lipskar Mother of Mrs. Cipora Fraiman 11 Kislev Mr. Richard Moore 9 Kislev Rachel bas Baruch obm 11 Kislev Ms. Natalie Speyer Mother of Mrs. Chana Weinbaum 11 Kislev Ms. Miriam Lea Sussman 10 Kislev Golda bas Binyamin Yosef obm 12 Kislev Mr. Mendy Feigenbaum Aunt of Mr. Harold Tripp 11 Kislev Yehuda ben Shlomo obm 12 Kislev Mrs. Amelia Dorra Galagovsky Brother of Mrs. Dana Werner 12 Kislev Mr. Jimmy Mitrani 11 Kislev Hanania bar Mazaltor Bouhadana obm 12 Kislev Mr. Bentzion Shemtov Brother of Mr. Isaie Bouhadana 13 Kislev Ms. Emily Klimberg 11 Kislev Moshe Nysen Eltes obm Son of Ms. Vivian Naimer Kid’s Birthdays 12 Kislev Nosson Berel ben Mordechai obm 7 Kislev Rina Chaya Miriam Plutno Son of Mrs. Ethel Meril Sirotkin 8 Kislev Rayna Strassberg 12 Kislev Chasia obm 9 Kislev Chana Necha Diamont Mother of Mr. Shmuel Levinsky 9 Kislev Yona Amelie Groisman 13 Kislev Frida obm 9 Kislev Chaya Necha Schottenstein Mother of Mr. Michael Mordechai Smulevich 10 Kislev Eva Blumstein 13 Kislev Chana Hinda bas Mayer obm 10 Kislev Nina Schottenstein Mother of Mr. Isaac Sredni 11 Kislev Batya Braindyl Tevardovitz 13 Kislev Zvi Hersh obm 12 Kislev Chasha Rivka Danzinger Father of Mrs. Cecilia Knoll 13 Kislev David Saka Anniversaries Mr. & Mrs. Alberto & Corinne Camhi Mr. & Mrs. Yaacov & Rivka Saidof Community Notice Board: Welcome to New Members If you have a new or slightly used Shaitel that you would like to donate to The Shul Sisterhood Mr. and Mrs. Bernard and Sidonia Greenblatt Please Contact Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410

6 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Kislev 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 11/14/17 and 11/20/17 the month of Kislev is Kindly Sponsored by We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Mr. Azari T. Benjamin Mr. David Lekach Mr. & Mrs. Jose Biton Mr. Joseph Lekach MR. & MRS. JAIME AND RUT LAPIDUS Mrs. Rosita Boruchin Mr. & Mrs. David Lichter Mr. & Mrs. Isaie Bouhadana Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Lichy “Those who establish for prayer and those who come there to Rabbi & Mrs. Betzalel Camissar Mr. Martin Lustgarten pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Mr. Julian A. Cohen Anonymous and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Ms. Liv-Tiferet De Vitton Dr. & Dr. Raul Mitrani occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Rabbi & Mrs. Shlomie Diamont Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Mondshine be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, Dr. & Mrs. Brian Dooreck Mr. & Mrs. Richard Moore together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. & Mrs. Dovid Duchman Dr. & Mrs. Gene Moteles Dr. & Mrs. Jean Jacques Edderai Mr. & Mrs. Temuri Nanikashvili Mr. David Egozi Oro Dynamics Inc. Rabbi & Mrs. Henry Eichler Mr. Richard Planet Foundation Falic Family Mr. & Mrs. Shabtai Plutno Ms. Esther Farache Rabbi & Mrs. Ezzy Rappaport Fontana Plaza LLC Mr. & Dr. Hersh Yitzchok Reich Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Gellman Mr. & Mrs. Brian Roller Refuah Shleimah Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Gewirtz Mr. David Roth 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. Daniel Gielchinsky Rabbi & Mrs. Shea Rubinstein Mr. Jonathan Gilinski Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Salver MEN WOMEN Meyer Yankev ben Chaya Etel Chaya Miriam Yehudit bat Chava Mr. & Mrs. Max Gilinski Mr. & Mrs. Seth Salver Alexander ben Esther Raizel Clara bat Corina Mr. & Mrs. Moises Gilinski Dr. & Mrs. Michael Salzhauer Chaim Moshe ben Clara Shoshanna bat Rivkah Mrs. Perla Gilinski Mr. Benjamin Shabtai Raphael Moshe ben Sarah Leah Rochel bat Sarah Moshe ben Zoila Miriam bat Risha Raizel Greater Miami Jewish Federation Mr. & Mrs. Saadia Shapiro Moshe Avraham ben Tziporah Riva Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Mr. & Mrs. Sam Greenwald Mr. Jack Sitt Chaim ben Pnina Chana bas Shoshana Mr. & Mrs. Timur Hanan Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Slomianski Gabriel ben Esther Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Chava bas Elka Menucha Mrs. Margreth Havasi Mr. & Mrs. Abe Sreter Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Chaya bas Rachel Mr. & Mrs. Abel Holtz Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Stauber Yosef ben Edwina Fayge bas Chaya Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Jaimovich Rabbi & Mrs. Yossi Stern Avrohom ben Feigel Miriam Leah bas Helen Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jaimovich Mr. Alex Tauber Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Kamhazi Mr. & Mrs. Eran Tobul Yehuda ben Chaya Sara Mr. and Mrs. Oren Kattan Mr. & Mrs. Michael Vaturi Shimon Yitzchak ben Leah Rochel Roi ben Orly Mr. & Mrs. George Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Victor Weingarten Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel Dr. & Mrs. Martin E. Kessler Mr. & Mrs. Paul Weintraub Steven Klein Mr. Rimona Yaghoubi Mr. Menachem Koegel Mr. Jose Yankelevitch Mr. & Mrs. Jacky Koenig Mr. & Mrs. Sergio Zelcer Mr. & Mrs. Leon Kopel

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 & Tanya after every Minyan Sunday Mincha /Maariv mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 5:10 pm 10:00 pm Main Minyan 5:10 pm Following Sephardic Minyan 5:10 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 November 29 for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily. Hinda Clara bas Chana Guenendel Benyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:33 am Jonathan ben Aliza Sher Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:05 am Michael Shmuel ben Eliezer Eliyahu Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 6:49 am Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry (Earliest Amidah) Eitan Gabriel ben Karine Cecile Latest Shema 9:27 am Zman Tfllah 10:21 am Chatzot / Midday 12:08 pm Earliest Mincha 12:36 pm Plag HaMincha 4:25 pm Shekiah / Sunset 5:29 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 5:54 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. , 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 - Kislev 6 Sukot it became known that the Mitteler Rebbe My father said that the reciting of sh’ma before had been slandered. On Sunday of parshat retiring at night (p. 118-124) is, in miniature Noach, 28 Tishrei, he left Lubavitch accompanied form, like the Confession before death. But by offcers. At noon he arrived in Dobromisl, then one leaves the marketplace permanently, where he said the maamar Mayim rabim etc. On Monday he left there, and travelled to Lyozna, and the commerce of “Today to perform them” where he said the maamar Reshafeha rishpei is fnished. With the Bedside Sh’ma every night, etc. On Tuesday he left there for Vitebsk where however, one is still in the middle of the “market” he remained imprisoned until the Sunday of and can still accomplish and achieve. Vayishlach, 10 Kislev. Shabbos - Kislev 7 Wednesday - Kislev 11 There are three schools of thought: (At this point there appears in the Hebrew text emendations to the -With-Chassidus, 1. The discipline of nullifcation of the material that have meaning only in the Hebrew original. by indicating the repulsive and abhorrent Translator). nature of all that is bodily and material. This is Sunday - Kislev 8 the school of Mussar. Man should ponder thoughtfully how great Thursday - Kislev 12 are the kindnesses of the Creator: Such a puny We have a tradition attributed to the Baal Shem 2. The school of recognition of the superiority insignifcant being, Man, can bring great delight Tov: When one hears an uncomplimentary of the “inner form” and the spiritual - the to the “Greatest of all great”’ of Whom it is report about another , even if he does not dimension of character-traits and intellectuality written, “There is no delving into His greatness.” know the individual referred to, he should be - and instruction as to how one may come closer Man ought therefore always be inspired, and very deeply pained. For one of these two is to attaining these. This is the school of Chakira, perform his avoda with an eager heart and spirit. certainly in the wrong: If what they are saying . Monday - Kislev 9 about the individual is true, then he is defective; and if it is not true, then the talebearer is in an Birth of the Mitteler Rebbe in 5534 (1773), and unhealthy situation. 3. The discipline of predominance of form over the day of his passing in 5588 (1827). He is matter. This school teaches the unique quality interred in Niezhin. of the material when it is purifed, and the Friday - Kislev 13 My father said: Chassidus changes what unique quality of “form” when integrated with On 9 Kislev 5554 (1793) the Alter Rebbe said exists, and uncovers the essence-character. the material; the two are to be so thoroughly a maamar, now part of Chapter 53 of the Sefer The essence-character of the Jewish person is fused that one cannot detect where either of Shel Benonim (Tanya), discussing the First beyond estimation and assessment, for he is a them begins or ends - for “Their beginning is Sanctuary. The next day he said Chassidus again part of (G-d’s) Essence, and whoever lays hold wedged into their end, and their end into their - the conclusion of that chapter. The of a part of The Essence is as though he lays beginning.” The One G-d created them both, and from Rosh Hashana 5550 (1789) until 10 Kislev hold of it all. Just as The Essence is unlimited, for one purpose - to reveal the light of Holiness 5554 (1793) which included assembled words so is the part unlimited. This is similar to tzitzit of His hidden power. Only both of them together of counsel from earlier years, were the basis for being “on the corner” - i.e. “of the same material will complete the perfection desired by the the 53 chapters of the Sefer Shel Benonim. Creator. This is the school of (the teachings/ as the corner” of the garment. (The existence instruction of) Chassidus. Tuesday - Kislev 10 of the soul as an entity discrete from G-d’s On this day in 5587 (1826) the Mitteler Rebbe Essence) is only because G-d3 created the soul was released from his imprisonment in the city to be a created being; and Chassidus reveals the of Vitebsk. During the preceding Chol Hamo’ed essence-character (of the soul). 9 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

SHABBOS MESSAGES Well Therapy well is of no value without human effort to destruction. Yet this preexisting oneness Why Did Our Great Men and toil. Unlike the readily exposed rain between each husband and wife may lay or ocean water, we must dig hard, and buried beneath lots of sand and gravel, Encounter Their Wives by Wells? sometimes deep, to uncover the spring of and each of us needs to be committed to By: Rabbi YY Jacobson water hidden below the crust of the earth. take a shovel in our hands and bring to the On the other hand, we human beings do not surface the inner wellspring of love that Self-Centered create, generate or even enhance the flow bond us to our partner in life. young woman was being interviewed of water of the well; our efforts merely and said, “I am giving up dating.” The expose that which already exists fully, prior Our fathers encountered their wives by A interviewer asked what caused her to to our labor. This is the Torah approach wells to teach us the most effective therapy take such a drastic measure. She replied: to marriage as well. We do not create our of all when conflict might emerge—“well “The last man I met talked only of himself personal wellspring of love. Through our therapy:” the unwavering conviction that for two solid hours. And then he looked at efforts we merely expose a relationship the relationship is etched into our very me and said, ‘Enough of me talking about that has already been welded by G-d prior . Our labor is only to expose and me; tell me what you think of me.’” to our birth, in the words of the , “A enhance a preexisting bond and oneness. wife and her husband are two halves of the Three Matches same soul.” Each of our matches, just like a [Sadly, there are exceptions to this rule. The relates that three of well, is made in heaven. The connection is In some cases the marriage cannot be the greatest men of the Jewish faith there beforehand; the flow of water-energy salvaged because the well has either dried encountered their future wives at wells of from your soul to your future spouse’s soul out or it was never there to begin with. water. Their names were Isaac, Jacob and is already in existence. It may however be From a Torah point of view, unlike the Moses. This week’s Torah portion (Vayeitzei) completely concealed and the human job is present secular perspective, these are rare tells the detailed story of how Jacob, the to search, dig and expose that inner source instances, and do not constitute the norm.] third of the Jewish patriarchs, found his of water. young bride, Rachel, at a well located at the Hard Work outskirts of Charan, a City in Mesopotamia. We must search and “dig” for our spouse; The marriages of Isaac, Jacob and Moses The same occurred with regard to Isaac but when we do find him or her, we came about particularly through much and Moses. Both of them encountered their ought to know that we have discovered sweat and toil. Jacob, as this week’s portion future wives in the proximity of wells. We a relationship that was in existence even tells the story, labored 14 years for Rachel; could understand the site of a stream or before we met. Isaac needed to send his father’s servant a river as being uniquely conducive for to another country, Mesopotamia, loaded romance. Water generally evokes delightful When Conflict Emerges with a ton of wealth to search for a bride. emotions in human hearts and it represents And just as we cannot create a well, we Even after the servant found Rebecca, he the quality of bonding, since it serves to can neither destroy it. We can stuff it, needed to work hard to persuade her family join distinctly different objects to each obstruct it or divert its flow, but we cannot to let her go. Finally, Moses battled with other. But what was it about underground annihilate it. The three spiritual giants who the shepherds of Midian for the sake of and small wells that were not even became engaged at wells also taught us his bride, Tzeporah. Since they labored so exposed—a big rock covered them most of this message about relationships. When hard to find their spouse, I might have the time—that brought about the union of you experience a conflict with your spouse thought, that they believed their marriage our original fathers and mothers? And why or you simply become aware of strong to be a consequence of their tremendous was it these three men in particular—Isaac, differences that drive you worlds apart, do efforts alone? Thus the Torah informs us Jacob and Moses—who decided to cast their not conclude that the relationship is dead. that precisely these three men found their lots with a well? A married couple must remember that, in women at wells of water. This symbolized most cases, their connection is essential their own attitude towards finding a The Path to Marriage and innate. the split between them is an spouse: The relationship, just like a well, is Like all of the stories in the Torah, this aberration of their true condition, because it a preexisting reality. But since it is hidden one, too, contains psychological and is G-d who created the connection between beneath the surface of the earth, each spiritual symbolism, allowing it to become wife and husband, designing them as “two person is called upon to do his or her part a timeless tale that may assist us in our halves of one soul.” The bond between a in digging, in order to expose and maintain own efforts to find a spouse and maintain wife and husband, in other words, is an the inherent relationship between the a meaningful relationship with that person. inherent condition, not an acquired one. husband and the wife. A well, unlike other pools of water, contains It is sown into the very fabric of both of opposite components. On one hand, the their souls. Your relationship is not subject 10 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

How the Light Gets In also means an unexpected encounter. Later, closest to despair. It is then that the masks we By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in rabbinic Hebrew, the word ha-Makom, “the wear are stripped away. We are at our point of Place,” came to mean “G-d.” Hence in a poetic maximum vulnerability—and it is when we are hy Jacob? That is the question we fnd way the phrase vayifga ba-makom could be most fully open to G-d that G-d is most fully open ourselves asking repeatedly as we read as “Jacob happened on, had an unexpected to us. “The L-rd is close to the brokenhearted, Wread the narratives of Genesis. Jacob encounter with, G-d.” and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” “The is not what Noah was: righteous, perfect in his sacrifces of G‑d are a broken spirit; a broken generations, one who walked with G-d. He did Add to this Jacob’s nighttime wrestling match and contrite heart You, G-d, will not despise.” G-d not, like Abraham, leave his land, his birthplace with the angel in next week’s Parshah, and we “heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their and his father’s house in response to a divine have an answer to our question. Jacob is the wounds.” call. He did not, like Isaac, offer himself up as man who has his deepest spiritual experiences a sacrifce. Nor did he have the burning sense alone, at night, in the face of danger and far Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav used to say, “A of justice and willingness to intervene that we from home. He is the man who meets G-d when person needs to cry to his Father in heaven with see in the vignettes of Moses’ early life. Yet we he least expects to, when his mind is on other a powerful voice from the depths of his heart. are defned for all time as the descendants of things, when he is in a state of fear and possibly Then G-d will listen to his voice and turn to his Jacob, the children of Israel. Hence the force of on the brink of despair. Jacob is the man who, cry. And it may be that from this act itself, all the question: Why Jacob? in liminal space, in the middle of the journey, doubts and obstacles that are keeping him back discovers that “surely the L-rd is in this place— from true service of Hashem will fall from him The answer, it seems to me, is intimated in the and I did not know it!” and be completely nullifed.” beginning of this week’s Parshah. Jacob was in the middle of a journey from one danger to Jacob thus became the father of the people who We fnd G‑d not only in holy or familiar places, another. He had left home because Esau had had their closest encounter with G-d in what but also in the midst of a journey, alone at night. vowed to kill him when Isaac died. He was Moses was later to describe as “the howling “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow about to enter the household of his uncle Laban, wasteland of a wilderness.” Uniquely, Jews of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me.” which would itself present other dangers. Far survived a whole series of exiles, and though at The most profound of all spiritual experiences, from home, alone, he was at a point of maximum frst they said, “How can we sing the L‑rd’s song the base of all others, is the knowledge that vulnerability. The sun set. Night fell. Jacob lay in a strange land?” they discovered that the we are not alone. G-d is holding us by the hand, down to sleep, and then saw this majestic vision: Shechinah, the Divine Presence, was still with sheltering us, lifting us when we fall, forgiving them. Though they had lost everything else, they us when we fail, healing the wounds in our soul He dreamed and, look, there was a ladder set on had not lost contact with G-d. They could still through the power of His love. the earth, with its top reaching heaven; and, look, discover that “the L-rd is in this place—and I did angels of G-d were ascending and descending not know it!” My late father, of blessed memory, was not on it. And, look, the L-rd stood beside him and a learned Jew. He did not have the chance to said, “I am the L-rd, the G-d of Abraham your Abraham gave Jews the courage to challenge become one. He came to Britain as a child and father and the G-d of Isaac. The land on which the idols of the age. Isaac gave them the a refugee. He had to leave school young, and you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. capacity for self‑sacrifce. Moses taught them to besides, the possibilities of in Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, be passionate fghters for justice. But Jacob gave those days were limited. Merely surviving took and you shall spread forth to the west and to them the knowledge that precisely when you up most of the family’s time. But I saw him walk the east and to the north and to the south; and feel most alone, G-d is still with you, giving you tall as a Jew, unafraid, even defant at times, all the families of the earth shall be blessed the courage to hope and the strength to dream. because when he prayed or read the he through you and through your offspring. And felt intensely that G-d was with him. That simple The man who gave the most profound poetic look, I am with you, and will keep you wherever faith gave him immense dignity and strength of expression to this was undoubtedly David in you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I mind. the book of Psalms. Time and again he calls to will not leave you until I have done what I have G‑d from the heart of darkness, afficted, alone, That was his heritage from Jacob, as it is ours. promised you.” Then Jacob woke from his sleep pained, afraid: Though we may fall, we fall into the arms of G-d. and said, “Surely the L-rd is in this place—and Though others may lose faith in us, and though I did not know it!” And he was afraid, and said, Save me, O G-d, we may even lose faith in ourselves, G-d never “How awesome is this place! This is none other for the foodwaters are up to my neck. loses faith in us. And though we may feel utterly than the house of G-d, and this is the gate of Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire; alone, we are not. G-d is there, beside us, within heaven.” I can’t fnd a foothold. us, urging us to stand and move on, for there is I am in deep water, Note the fourfold “and look,” in Hebrew ve-hinei, a task to do that we have not yet done and that and the foods overwhelm me. an expression of surprise. Nothing has prepared we were created to fulfll. A singer of our time Jacob for this encounter, a point emphasized From the depths, O L-rd, wrote, “There is a crack in everything. That’s how in his own words when he says, “The L-rd is in I call for Your help. the light gets in.” The broken heart lets in the this place—and I did not know it.” The very verb light of G-d, and becomes the gate of heaven. used at the beginning of the passage, “He came Sometimes our deepest spiritual experiences upon a place,” in Hebrew vayifga ba-makom, come when we least expect them, when we are 11 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

to the fre and not beginning a new process Halacha of The Week on Shabbat. However, if one of the conditions Stories With Soul By Rabbi Dov Schochet are missing it would seem that the action is a It Once Happened Returning Food to a Fire on new process beginning on Shabbat, which is forbidden. hasidim thronged the roads to Zhlobin, Shabbat Ukraine, making their way to the wedding Even if all the above conditions are met it is Cof the daughter of Rabbi Dovber (the only permitted if the food was fully cooked. If second Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch) and the the food is not fully cooked there would be a grandson of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev. Biblical prohibition against placing it on a fre This wedding became known as “the Great on Shabbat, for it is cooking on Shabbat. Wedding in Zhlobin.” Anticipation ran high, and as the wedding day approached, the As the permissibility to return the pot to the feverish preparations intensified. fre is dependent on the fre being covered so it would not seem like cooking, this would The bride and her family arrived in Zhlobin preclude the ability to put even cooked food a few days before the wedding, led by the back into an oven, for anytime a person puts founder of Chabad Chasidism, Rabbi Shneur food back into the oven it seems like they’re Zalman, and his son, Rabbi Dovber, later he Torah forbids cooking on Shabbat. This baking on Shabbat. (While the Alter Rebbe to become the Mitteler Rebbe. Rabbi Levi would include any act on Shabbat which brings a lenient view regarding this, he says one Yitzchok and the groom’s family arrived in Tcauses something to cook e.g. covering a should not rely on it.) Zhlobin on the eve of the wedding. pot of food which wasn’t fully cooked, stirring it, or making a larger fre under a pot that wasn’t Rabbi Shneur Zalman told his son to go and There are opinions that many of the above greet Rabbi Levi Yitzchok. Rabbi Dovber fully cooked yet. However, if the food was already conditions are only if the person removed cooked it cannot be cooked again. Still the sages blanched and said, “Father, you know how the pot from the fre before Shabbat started. the is upset with me because I teach limited our ability to put even fully cooked food If however the person removed the pot after on the fre during Shabbat. Chasidism at length and in public! I am afraid Shabbat started, they can return it to the fre to go to him alone.” even if the person let go of the pot, even if The reason for this restriction is “Michzei there was no original intent to return it to the “Please go, my son, and don’t be afraid,” said Kmivashel”, it seems like the person is cooking. fre and even if the contents were transfered to Rabbi Shneur Zalman. When we see someone placing a pot on the stove a different pot. While the Alter Rebbe does not it looks like the act of cooking, and therefore the endorse this view explicitly he does write that Rabbi Dovber put on his coat, took his walking sages prohibited that unless certain conditions one should protest against people that rely on stick and went to see Rabbi Levi Yitzchok. He were met. this more lenient opinion. In the frst instance fearfully entered the room and his fears were one should certainly fulfll the above conditions immediately realized. As soon as Rabbi Levi The conditions are: in order to replace the food on Shabbat. Yitzchok saw him, his face crinkled in surprise The person must have had in mind when and displeasure. He got right to the point removing the pot that they want to return it to If food was already cooked, the Halacha is that without greeting him, and without hiding the fre later. it cannot be cooked again. However, in the case his annoyance, as though talking to a crowd of a liquid there is a debate and many accept rather than to a guest. The stove it is being returned to has a covered the stringent view, that even if it was cooked fame. “Are you allowed to reveal this great and once, if it cools down and is replaced on the wondrous wisdom? It is forbidden to speak fre it is considered to be cooking. Therefore in about these secrets to people who never The person did not let go of the pot from a case that the pot has any liquids in it, if the removing it until returning it to the fre. saw the face of our teacher, the holy Baal pot has cooled down to room temperature and Shem Tov!” He pointed at Rabbi Dovber and is replaced on the fre, it can be a violation of the said, “And he reveals them openly, before the The person did not transfer the food into Biblical prohibition of cooking. another pot. masses!” This entire law teaches us how we have to Rabbi Dovber rushed out of the room and The food is still somewhat hot (hotter than the consider the indirect consequences of our returned to his father in great dismay. “Father, room temperature.) actions, for even if the person is not actually the tzadik’s displeasure stands, and I am cooking the fact that another will assume they afraid.” The reason for all of these restriction is to are must be considered. We have a responsibility alleviate the concern that it seems like cooking. not just to ourselves but to ensure that what we Rabbi Shneur Zalman understood that it was For when all of these conditions are met it is do will also elevate the people and community important to resolve this issue before the clear that the person is simply returning a pot around us. wedding festivities began, and he went along 12 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! with his son to to straighten things out. The Rabbi Shneur Zalman thought deeply and two tzadikim met and warmly greeted one it was apparent that his holy spirit was Recently In The News another, then sat down to talk. in another world, but after a while he Uganda Becomes the 100th responded: “When this son of mine was born, “Why are you so upset with my son, Berel?” I planned on naming him Hamnuna, after Rav Country With Chabad asked Rabbi Shneur Zalman. Hamnuna Sava, whose soul-source was in the Announcement made at Rabbi Levi Yitzchok thought for a moment most exalted hidden worlds. This name was International Conference of and then replied, “You know that this is not appropriate for the level of my son’s soul, but Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries my prohibition, but an instruction from our our Rebbe, the Maggid appeared to me in a By Dovid Margolin Rebbe (the Maggid of Mezritch), not to teach dream and told me to name him Dovber (the Chasidism in public unless the speaker saw Maggid’s name). So you should know that my the face of the . How could your son reached such concealed and lofty secrets, son say such deep thoughts?!” because the source of his soul is with Rav Hamnuna Sava.” Rabbi Shneur Zalman replied, “My son, Berel, only says what he heard from me, and I saw As they stood near the door, Rabbi Levi our master, the Baal Shem Tov.” Yitzchok insisted that Rabbi Dovber have the honor of exiting first. “You have taught me,” “In a vision or literally?” Rabbi Levi Yitzchok he said humbly. Rabbi Dovber deferred to his pressed. father and to Rabbi Levi Yitzchok. Each tzadik gave the other the honor, and there was no “When awake, of course!” solution. So the Chasidim broke the walls he landlocked East African country of Uganda is making this “If so, then let us hear what he has to say.” of the doorway and the three tzadikim left together. Tyear: It is the 100th country to welcome Rabbi Dovber trembled. He was being asking a permanent Chabad-Lubavitch presence in its to do the most difficult thing of all: to say midst. Chasidut in front of the two tzadikim. And Jacob went on his way (Gen. 32:2) In October, Rabbi Moishe and Yocheved Raskin, Having no choice, Rabbi Dovber began along with their young son Menachem Mendel, moved to the country’s capital city of Kampala, saying deep Chasidic discourses, and the Every Jew, no matter who, is entrusted two tzadikim sat and listened closely to where they established Chabad of Uganda. everything he uttered. with the special mission of going The milestone was marked with a formal from “strength to strength” in G-d’s announcement on Sunday evening at the annual Rabbi Dovber was completely immersed in path. We learn this from the above International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch what he was saying, and was removed from Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim) in New York. his surroundings as he climbed the lofty and passage. The name “Jacob” comes pure spiritual heights. Rabbi Levi Yitzchok from the word meaning “ankle,” Other countries where Chabad is establishing perceived the secrets of razin d’razin (the symbolizing that this mission applies new permanent presences this year include Montenegro, Nassau in the Bahamas, and the most secret of secrets of Torah) in what equally to all Jews, as one ankle Rabbi Dovber was saying, words that shone tiny Caribbean island of Curaçao. These countries forth from their very source, and saw with his is indistinguishable from another. followed the recent opening of Chabad Houses divine inspiration that their source was in the The word “went” teaches us that a in Laos and the Pacifc island of New Caledonia. first set of Tablets that Moses received on Jew must always be on the move, “Having centers in 100 countries is a behalf of the Jewish people at Mount Sinai, growing and ascending higher and momentous achievement and gives us a on the level before they were broken! higher in his service of G-d. “On his permanent way to constantly be in touch with Rabbi Levi Yitzchok’s spirit exploded with Jews in every single one of these countries,” says way” indicates the way of G-d’s Torah Rabbi , vice chairman of Merkos holiness until he couldn’t restrain himself and its laws, for which purpose an anymore, and he got up and wrapped Rabbi L’Inyonei Chinuch—the educational arm of the Dovber’s face with a talit, saying, “Oy, G-d individual’s soul is brought down into Chabad-Lubavitch movement—chairman of the forbid that the fiery angels should be envious this world. conference and a key person behind Chabad’s of you. Beware of an evil eye.” expansion into Jewishly uncharted territories. “The Rebbe [Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of He then turned to Rabbi Shneur Zalman (The Lubavitcher Rebbe) righteous memory] tasked us with the mission and said, “Even the great Rabbi Shimon Bar- of connecting Jews to their heritage wherever Yochai, the Rashbi, didn’t reach such a high they may be. The number 100 is spiritually and lofty source. How did your son?” signifcant, and these young couples are willing to go to the farthest reaches of the earth to 13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

How a Wounded Israeli Soldier Met and Married a New York School Teacher The wedding of Sarah and Ido Kahlon started with an act of kindness

make this happen.” rabbis, community leaders and their guests from around the world, from as far off as Stalin’s Chabad has had contact with the small but Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, dynamic Jewish community in Uganda since at in Russia’s Far East, to Staten Island and now, least 1999, when Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila—who Uganda. with his wife, Miriam, heads Chabad of Central Africa in Kinshasa, Congo—frst sent “Roving Other countries where Chabad is establishing Rabbis” there for the summer and to help mark new permanent presences this year include throughout the year. Montenegro, Nassau in the Bahamas, and the Everyone loves a wedding story. Especially tiny Caribbean island of Curaçao. These countries when the couple is young. When they come from Country Achieves Stability followed the recent opening of Chabad Houses different continents. And when they have had to The country has come a long way since the in Laos and the Pacifc island of New Caledonia. deal with real hardship, even before they start dark years under the thumb of dictator Idi Amin their lives together. (1971-79), who in 1976 famously allowed a The new generations of emissaries will join those who have gone out before them. Back in plane that had taken off from Tel Aviv and was I just got back from Israel where I traveled to hijacked by Palestinian terrorists to land at 1950, when the Rebbe assumed leadership of the Lubavitch movement following the passing offciate at the wedding of a very special couple: Entebbe Airport. The episode culminated with Sarah and Ido. the Israel’s miraculous Operation Thunderbolt, that year of his father-in-law—Rabbi Yosef when Israeli commandos surreptitiously Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory— the frst country he sent emissaries to was I met Ido Kahlon last year when he came to landed in Uganda and freed 102 hostages. The New York with fellow wounded Israeli soldiers operation’s commander, Yoni Netanyahu, the Morocco in North Africa, which had a signifcant Jewish population at the time. as part of the Belev Echad program, which older brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin offers recovering members of the Israel Defense Netanyahu, was killed during the rescue. On Sunday night, at the gala banquet in Bayonne, Forces a trip and time with members of the New In recent years, stability has been the rule N.J., the oldest living emissary in Morocco, Rabbi York Jewish community as a respite from their in Uganda, which has seen an infux of Sholom Eidelman, who arrived in Casablanca recuperative work back home. (Other groups international business. Today, some 400 Jews, in 1958, will be sitting at table I23. Sixty years have gone to Canada as well.) Ido served in mostly Israelis, live there year-round, joined by and a few tables over, Rabbi Moishe Raskin of the Golani Brigade and was severely injured Jewish diplomats and NGO staffers from around Kampala, Uganda, will be at U10. in 2003. He lay unconscious for months; when the world. he woke, he required more than two years of intensive rehab. “The time was right to establish a permanent And he reached (vayifga) a certain place there,” says Bentolila, who arrived (Gen. 28:11) I was frst introduced to Sarah Morgan in 2006 in the Congo with the Rebbe’s blessing in 1991. at the Chabad Jewish Center of Chester County, The Hebrew word “vayifga,” “and he reached,” Pa., where we were spending a holiday with my The Raskins, both from Israel, traveled to brother-in-law and his wife, Rabbi Yossi and Kampala for Purim and Passover, running implies prayer. It was especially necessary for Jacob to pray for guidance as he set out Tickey Kaplan. Sarah’s mother, Diane Hewitt, holiday programs there before making the who lived nearby, had been participating decision that the country would become their for Charan, for he knew that the challenges he would fnd there would be far more trying in Chabad activities; she and Sarah started permanent home. attending events, Jewish holiday programs and than those he had experienced in the rarefed classes there. “We liked it right away,” says Moishe Raskin, who atmosphere of the . He therefore is currently in New York for the conference of prayed for the strength to withstand the emissaries. “My wife and I both got this feeling Soon after graduating from the University of diffcult trials he would encounter. that this was the place for us.” Pennsylvania, Sarah moved to New York City, winding up on the Upper East Side, where my The International Conference of Chabad- (Likutei Sichot) wife, Shevy, and I co-direct the Chabad Israel Lubavitch Emissaries brings together 5,600 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

feel that and return it ten-fold. It has always been hard to say good-bye when they leave New Chabad Lubavitch Emissaries York for Israel. Now I won’t have to!” Group Photo - 2017 I was honored to offciate at their Nov. 5 wedding in Hadera, along with my brother-in-law, Rabbi Now in 100 nations in every time zone, the sun Kaplan, and my other brother-in-law, Rabbi never sets on Chabad’s chasidic empire. With Moshe Schapiro. He and his wife, Shaindel, runs every sunrise, doors open for morning prayer in Chabad Lubavitch of Hoboken, N.J., where Diane more than 3,500 Chabad Houses; as far south has attended the past fve years since returning as Tasmania (the last shul before Antarctica); as to a job in New York City and relocating to New far north as Siberia’s Norilsk, 250 miles north of Center (and started Belev Echad in 2009). Jersey. (Our wives—sisters Tickey, Shevy and the Arctic Circle. From across the planet, 5,600 Shaindel—have formed an indelible bond with Chabad shluchim (the emissaries of Rebbe She was in the process of furthering her Sarah and Diane that has shifted from three Menachem Mendel Schneerson who died in education at Hunter College, becoming an states and now all the way to Israel.) 1974) and community leaders came together for elementary-school teacher in the New York a “kinus” (gathering) last Sunday to Bayonne. Yes, public-school system. She also began attending Tickey Kaplan, center, and mother of the bride Bayonne, N.J., seemingly one of the few towns our events and volunteering with groups of Diane Hewitt (Shevy Vigler and Shaindel in the world without a Chabad, where a vast visiting soldiers. Schapiro could not attend). At left is Kaplan’s and emptied Port Authority terminal near the daughter, Miriam, who is studying in Israel. docks was transformed into a banquet hall. They On one occasion, a soldier had a medical Tickey Kaplan, center, and mother of the bride had to come to Bayonne because after more emergency, and I needed someone to accompany Diane Hewitt (Shevy Vigler and Shaindel than 30 of the gatherings (there were “only” him to a local hospital. Who did I call? Sarah, Schapiro could not attend). At left is Kaplan’s 1,200 emissaries when the Rebbe died in 1994) of course, who dropped everything and came daughter, Miriam, who is studying in Israel. there was no longer any space in New York running. Sarah’s friends few in from around the world large enough for so many emissaries to enjoy to be at the wedding. More than 300 people a fabrengen, that uniquely chasidic evening When we hosted a delegation of wounded attended, including Ido’s doctor, Elchanan of singing, storytelling, l’chaims and dancing soldiers in March 2016, Sarah offered to take a Bruckheimer, who treated him on the evacuation around tables. day off work to help. She joined us on a trip to helicopter and worked to save his life. the Statue of Liberty; it was there that she frst met Ido. Ido’s father, especially, was choked with emotion and gratitude for the opportunity to see his Days later, Ido spoke about his injuries and son not only alive after being so severely recovery at one of our events. He described the wounded, but standing under the chuppah with many diffculties and continuing challenges, a wonderful woman like Sarah. It was a dream emphasizing his choice not to let the trauma come true for them all. he endured overcome him. Sarah listened, captivated by his strength and optimism. They Our sages teach that when a person gives, he spent much of the remainder of the trip together. or she receives much more in return. Sarah’s story of voluntarism, chesed (“lovingkindness”) As they say, the rest is history. and ahavat Yisrael (“love of a fellow Jew”) demonstrates just that. For years, she A Dream Come True volunteered with wounded Jewish soldiers Sarah went to Israel to visit him. He came back who needed companionship and support, and to the United States to get to know her mother through this found her life partner. and friends. In January, Sarah made aliyah. Her mother plans to do the same; her plane ticket’s We wish the couple, and their families, a booked for Dec. 26. continued journey of loving and learning. And to Sarah, 34, and Ido Kahlon, 33, blessings for Diane is also deeply involved with Belev Echad; health, happiness, children and success in all in fact, she helped plan a reunion dinner in Israel their endeavors. Mazal tov! in April 2016. She notes that “somewhere in there while doing what she loved, Sarah found her other half, her bashert. It’s indescribable how close and how quickly you get to each member in each new group. We love these soldiers; they 15 Meyer Youth Center The full scoop on all the Youth events and classes

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23 French Connection Reflexions sur la Paracha

Vivre avec la paracha La nuit porte conseil Le Midrach dit : et la spiritualité, une vérité qui surpasse à la fois l’esprit et l’instinct. Une nuit horizontale au milieu de « Dans cet endroit il s’étendit, mais pendant les 34 années verticales quatorze années où il avait été caché dans la D.ieu n’est ni spirituel ni matériel. Il a créé les deux par Yanki Tauber maison de Eber, il ne s’était pas couché… Dans royaumes et est présent de la même façon dans cet endroit, il s’étendit mais pendant les vingt les deux. Il nous fournit les moyens de nous relier a plupart des gens dotés d‘un cerveau seront années qu’il passa dans la maison de Lavan, il ne à Sa vérité suprême dans les deux royaumes. La d’accord avec l’idée qu’il est un instrument très se coucha pas. » prière, par exemple, est un accès spirituel pour Lutile. Mais tout le monde n’est pas unanime se lier à D.ieu alors que le don de charité en est « Cette nuit », la nuit que Yaakov passa dans le quant à la manière de s’en servir. un moyen matériel. Et Il nous a donné un guide, lieu le plus saint de la terre, était encadrée par la notre esprit rationnel, avec lequel nous pouvons Certains diront : « j’utilise mon intelligence pour période de sa vie la plus intensément spirituelle et naviguer dans ces deux domaines de la vie. surmonter les défs matériels et physiques de la la période la plus intensément matérielle. Pendant vie : pour faire marcher mes affaires, écrire une les quatorze ans qui précédèrent cette nuit, Yaakov Mais nous avons aussi besoin d’être liés à une thèse, acheter une maison, construire un bateau… avait été reclus dans la maison de son Maître Eber vérité divine suprême qui dépasse l’esprit et la Ce sont des circonstances où la raison et la logique (l’arrière arrière‑petit‑fls de Noa’h), dévouant matière. En fait, ce n’est que grâce à cette relation servent de guides sûrs. Mais quand il s’agit de chacun de ses instants à la poursuite de la sagesse que nous sommes capables d’habiter deux mondes ma vie intérieure, de ma vie spirituelle, de mes divine. Et pendant les vingt années qui suivirent si différents et même de les incorporer tous les convictions religieuses, de mon amour pour ma cette nuit, il allait travailler pour son oncle rusé, deux dans notre vie. famille, du temps que je consacre à la méditation Lavan, s’occupant de ses troupeaux et amassant C’est la raison pour laquelle Yaakov devait passer et à la prière, tout cela ne peut être rationalisé ou une fortune pour lui-même. Selon son propre cette nuit-là au Mont Moriah, site du Saint Temple, pesé avec les normes de la logique. Ce sont des témoignage, il se consacrait avec tant de dévotion lieu de la Révélation divine à l’homme la plus domaines où je m’abandonne à mon subconscient, à son travail qu’il affrme : « le sommeil avait fui profonde et de l’engagement ultime de l’homme à mes intuitions. » mes yeux. » (Beréchit 31, 40) dans son service divin : le lieu où la Vérité D’autres empruntent une approche opposée : « Au Mais durant la nuit unique qui s’interposa entre divine essentielle est manifeste. Ce n’est qu’une contraire, avancent-ils, l’aspect spirituel de la vie ces deux périodes et les unit, Yaakov « s’étendit ». rencontre avec le « Mont Moriah » qui peut faire est celui où les directives de la logique sont les plus un pont entre « nos années chez Eber » et « nos Une personne qui se couche positionne sa tête nécessaires. Précisément à cause de sa spiritualité années chez Lavan ». Ce n’est qu’une rencontre et le reste de son corps au même niveau. Ainsi, et de sa subtilité, c’est le domaine le plus apte à avec le Mont Moriah qui peut faire coexister abandonne-t-elle l’avantage suprême que possède être corrompu. En ce qui concerne mes entreprises nos entreprises spirituelles et nos poursuites l’homme sur tous les animaux, le fait que, chez matérielles, je peux me permettre de laisser agir matérielles, dans une même vie, qui peut aboutir l’être humain, la tête est située au-dessus du corps. « le pilote automatique ». De plus, elles n’ont pas à ce qu’elles résident ensemble et en harmonie, tant d’importance pour moi. Si tout ne marche pas Parce que, comme l’enseignent les Maîtres de la qu’elles se nourrissent mutuellement et imposent exactement comme cela se devrait, ce n’est pas ‘Hassidout, la position debout de l’homme est bien les mêmes exigences d’intégrité. la fn du monde. Mais dans ma vie spirituelle, qui plus qu’un trait de son anatomie physique. Elle Mais au Mont Moriah il n’y a ni règles ni outil. Vous est plus importante pour moi, je ne veux pas me refète plutôt une vérité plus profonde : dans l’être ne pouvez comprendre ni sentir, vous ne pouvez tromper. Dans ce domaine, je réféchis à chaque humain, l’esprit dirige le cœur, la tête est maîtresse raisonner ni expérimenter. Vous ne pouvez que action, chaque pensée et chaque sentiment et les du moi physique. Cela, écrit Rabbi Chnéour Zalman vous y abandonner. Vous ne pouvez que vous y soumet à l’outil le plus précieux que je possède : de Lyadi dans le Tanya, est « la nature innée » de étendre. mon intellect. » l’homme. Un individu qui se permet d’être contrôlé Qui a raison et qui a tort ? Selon un Midrach par ses émotions ou ses instincts est une personne Nos expériences du Mont Moriah sont très rares. fascinant, évoquant les habitudes de sommeil de qui a renoncé aux traits les plus importants de son Pour Yaakov, une seule nuit sufft pour trente‑ Yaakov, les deux opinions sont erronées. humanité, à la primauté de l’homme sur l’animal. quatre ans. Ce qui est important n’est pas combien de fois cette expérience se produit ni combien de Cela, insiste le Rabbi, est la signifcation profonde Dans le vingt-huitième chapitre de Beréchit, temps elle dure mais plutôt que son infuence du commentaire du Midrach indiquant que Yaakov nous lisons comment Yaakov, en voyage de la imprègne tout ce que nous faisons. Terre Sainte vers ‘Haran, passa la nuit sur le Mont ne se coucha pas pendant les quatorze ans qu’il Moriah, « le Mont du Temple » : passa dans la maison de Eber, ni durant les vingt années où il fut employé par Lavan. Yaakov nous Classes « Il rencontra l’endroit, il y dormit, car le soleil indique que la loi selon laquelle « l’esprit dirige Thursdays at 12.00 in the Haime Library s’était couché… et il s’étendit sur cet endroit. » le cœur » s’applique à tous les domaines de la vie, Classes alternate between the following teachers: Comme nos Sages ne cessent de le répéter, la de l’entreprise la plus spirituelle à l’occupation la Dr. Hanna Barouk Torah ne contient pas un mot ou une lettre plus matérielle. Rabbi Amar supplémentaire. Ainsi quel est donc le sens du Tous les domaines de la vie, certes, sauf quand Rabbi Frankforter passage, apparemment superfu : « et il s’étendit vous êtes sur le Mont Moriah. Rabbi Gansburg sur cet endroit » ? (la Torah nous a déjà dit : « il FOR WOMEN ONLY y dormit »). Quel message renferment ces mots ? Parce qu’il existe également une vérité encore plus élevée. Une vérité qui transcende la matérialité 24 Latin Link Reflexion Semanal

Parasha de la Semana Ángeles en el camino existían en Estados Unidos. Uno se pregunta Hay un juego de equilibrio entre por qué molestarse en viajar, cuando es posible disfrutar de una “experiencia” permanecer fieles al propio idéntica en casa, con la tele encendida en un pasado y estar abiertos a nuevas canal de viajes. experiencias. Por Elisha Greenbaum Para desarrollarse de verdad como un ciudadano del mundo, uno tiene que salir Recuerdas aquel sentimiento de temor al a mezclarse entre la gente, chocarse los llevar a tu hijo a la escuela en su primer hombros con los locales y aprender y disfrutar ¿día de clases? ¿La sensación de pérdida de cada nuevo hallazgo. Sin embargo, y de pánico al confiarles a unos extraños el también es importante asegurarse de que cuidado de tu tesoro más preciado? ¡Quién la esencia de uno, su núcleo identitario, no sabe qué humillaciones va a sufrir, con qué sufra el impacto del cinismo de los extraños. dificultades se va a enfrentar, a lo largo de la década y media que durará su educación Por eso es que hubo dos grupos de ángeles formal! ¿No tendría más sentido pedir que que acompañaron a Iaacov en las diferentes te devuelvan la matrícula de la escuela y etapas de su viaje, y cada uno tenía roles mantener a tu retoño a salvo en casa? distintos. Los “ángeles de la Tierra Santa” fueron los guardianes morales que nutrieron Nadie hace eso. No sólo porque los directores al niño durante sus años de formación, de la escuela se niegan a hacer reembolsos, mientras que el grupo de ángeles que sino también porque reconocemos que acompañó a Iaacov al mundo lo rodeó y lo los beneficios y logros de nuestros hijos protegió mientras él se sometía a nuevas durante el tiempo que pasen en la escuela influencias y experiencias, y lo vieron compensarán las preocupaciones y los volverse el patriarca seguro de sí mismo en peligros que implica dejar la zona de confort el que se convirtió luego de los desafíos de del hogar. su viaje. Santa y cruzar los límites para enfrentarse Nuestra única esperanza es que la calidez a lo extraño, un segundo grupo de ángeles y la comodidad que el niño ha disfrutado bajaba la escalera, enviado desde el cielo hasta el momento, la compasión y el cuidado para escoltarlo en sus viajes. Clases y Eventos que tuvo durante sus primeros años de Este “cambio de guardia” fue consecuencia Porcion Semenal formación, le sirvan de apoyo para atravesar Rabbi Shea Rubinstein las dificultades ocasionales con las que, de las diferentes metas que se les habían encargado a los dos grupos de ángeles. El Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm inevitablemente, se va a encontrar. Orden de rezos diarios y su signifcado mistico elenco local, cargado de toda la historia y la espiritualidad que invoca la Tierra Santa, (Para Mujeras) La lectura de la Torá de esta semana (Génesis Sra. Vivian Perez 28-32) cuenta la historia del viaje de 2 años le había infundido a Iaacov sus primeras enseñanzas de grandeza. Sin embargo, Martes 10:45 am - 12:00 pm de Iaacov desde la Tierra de Israel hasta Miércoles: 1:15pm - 2:50 pm Harán, ida y vuelta. Iaacov es forzado a dejar ahora, en la medida en que cruzaba hacia lo Jueves: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm las comodidades del hogar y a viajar por desconocido, su misión había cambiado. 198 Park Dr. Bal Harbour el ancho mundo. En el camino, se detiene Por favor llamar al 305.213.3202 para rezar en el sitio donde estaría luego También en nuestro propio viaje a lo largo para confrmar el Templo, y ahí duerme y sueña con algo de la vida hay un juego de equilibrio entre Kolel Espanol fascinante: había una escalera apoyada en permanecer fieles al propio pasado y estar Rabbi Shlomi Halsband la tierra cuyo extremo superior alcanzaba el abiertos a nuevas experiencias. Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm cielo; y he aquí, los ángeles de Di-s subían y Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm bajaban por ella (Génesis 28:12). Cuando junto con un amigo viajábamos por Europa con la mochila al hombro, solíamos Nuestros sabios explican que los ángeles que maravillarnos ante los grupos homogéneos subían la escalera eran “ángeles de la Tierra que paseaban todos juntos en autobuses con de Israel” que habían acompañado a Iaacov aire acondicionado. Se quedaban en hoteles en el viaje de su vida hasta ese momento. de estilo americano e insistían en comer en Ahora, que se preparaba para dejar la Tierra las mismas cadenas de comida rápida que 25 The Aleph Institute Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments

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Contacts at The Shul 305.868.1411 Rabbi Rabbi 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 Shul Gaboim Youth Director Rabbi Shaykee Farkash Ext 329 Mr. Andrew Roth Operations / Maintenance Rabbi Shlomi Katan Ext 319 Reception / Accounts Payable Mrs. Mindy Natoli Ext 0 Mr. David Portnoy Mikvah Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410 Rabbi Henry Eichler Pre-School Mrs. Chana Lipskar Ext 325 Mr. Ettai Einhorn Sephardic Minyan Chazan Shimshon Tzubeli 305.865.4205 Mr. David Ben-Arie Hebrew School / Editor Mrs. Aurit Katan 786.382.9006 Mr. Seth Salver Hashkama Minyan Mr. Lazer Milstein 305.349.3040 Mashgiach Mr. Mordechai Olesky 786.262.9115 Board of Trustees Foundation Trustees Ambassador Isaac Gilinski - Chairman Alberto Kamhazi Albert Pollans - President Simon Falic Shmuel Katz M.D. Jaime Gilinski Sidney Feltenstein Leo Kryss David Lichter Matias Garfunkel Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Jaime Gilinski Lazer Milstein Monroe Milstein - Treasurer Max Gilinski Michael Perez Saul Gilinski Ryan Shapiro Board of Directors Sam Greenberg Claudio Stivelman Steven M. Dunn - President Jerrod M. Levine Abel Holtz Morris Tabacinic Mitchell Feldman - Vice President Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Mike Izak Rabbi Zalman Lipskar VP Development Alexander Matz Eric P. Stein - Treasurer Lazer Milstein Joel Baum - Associate Treasurer Ezzy Rappaport Executive Committee Steven M. Dunn - Chair Evelyn Katz Dovid Duchman - Secretary Eliott Rimon Carolyn Baumel Brian Roller Devorah Leah Andrusier Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Max Benoliel Seth Salver Janice Barney Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Eli Dominitz Steven B. Schmutter Joel Baum Rabbi Zalman Lipskar Boruch Duchman Daniel Shapiro Maurice Egozi Orit Osman Velvel Freedman Ryan Shapiro Henry Eichler Marc Sheridan Eli Freund Michael Tabacinic Mitchell Feldman Daniel Sragowicz Bruce Gelb David Wolf Daniel Gielchinsky Cynthia Stein Ighal Goldfarb Jose Yankelevitch Jacob J. Givner Eric P. Stein Sam Greenwald 29 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul

DAILY CLASSES SUNDAY MONDAY

Derech Mitzvosecha 6:20 - 6:50 am Daf Yomi 9:00 am In Depth Chumash 1:30 pm PHL 101 PHL-301 PHL-501 Rabbi Z. Lipskar TXT 220 Rabbi Dov Schochet TXT-110 Rabbi Dov Schochet Daf Yomi 7:45 - 8:45 am Tanya - Sichos 8:00 - 10:00 pm Insights to our 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 (Men) 8:00 - 9:30 pm (Monday & Thursday) LAW-154 Shul Rabbis & Kolel Weekly Classes omen’s Study Group Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 8:30 - 10:00 pm Please call The Shul for details TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Women’s Morning Torah Class Parsha (Men & Women) Senior Torah Academy 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11:15 am - 12:00 pm Pirkei Avot ETH-101 Rabbi Dov Schochet 10:00 - 11:30 am TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar i TXT-501 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Women’s Torah Portion Class In Depth Tanya Class (Men & Women) Senior Torah Academy (Men & Women) (Spanish) 10:45 am - 12:00 pm 11:30 - 12:30 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm TXT-110 Mrs. Vivian Perez PHL-320 PHL-501 Rabbi Sholom Lipskar TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Tanya Class - English 1:15 - 2:50 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez French Class 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village 12:00 pm Haime Library Spanish Kolel - Chassidus Women’s Tanya Class (Spanish) 8:00 - 10:00 pm 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PHL-301 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband PHL-320 Mrs. Vivian Perez Call Vivian for details - 305.213.3202

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