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Shabbos Parshas Toldos Kislev 1 - 2 November 13 -14 Candle Lighting: 5:14 pm Shabbos Ends: 6:08 pm
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Over Tirty 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 A big thank you to The Falic and Kopel families Weekly Message 3 Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar for sponsoring ice cream for the entire Child
Celebrating Shabbos 4-5 Enrichment Center on “Eat for Israel day”. Each Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience child gave a coin to Tzedakah for Israel and then Community Happenings 6-7 enjoyed delicious ice cream Sharing with your Shul Family
A Time to Pray 8 Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Kiddush Bank 9 The investment with a guarenteed return
Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 10-15 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE
Get The Picture 16-22 The full scoop on all the great events around town
The ABC’s of Aleph 23 Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. French Connection 24
Latin Link 25 In a woman’s world Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 26
Networking Post Bat Mitzvah Club continues to be a Effective Advertising 27-28 tremendous success. Each week the girls enjoy Numbers To Know exciting activities connected to an Contacts at The Shul 29 inspirational message. Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 30 The Shul
Get The Picture 31-32 The full scoop on all the great events around town
Quotable Quote
Chassidim never say farewell, for they never depart from each other; wherever they are, they are one family.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar
Shabbos Parshas Toldos inhabited by its rightful owners.
In our own life time we have seen extraordinary and obvious miracles of he Jewish People, Israel and the G-d as in 1948 we were again given the opportunity to not only live in World. our land but to govern and project its important role on the world stage T as well. The miracles that G-d has shown us in our Holy Land since then It is very obvious and noteworthy that the genesis of the Jewish of the transcendent, imminent hand of Almighty G-d. people, beginning with our patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob together The only way that we have been successful in maintaining our presence with our matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, in such an obvious and special way is by our bond to G-d, His Torah Rachel and Leah, contains in each of their generations a commitment and unconditionally. promise by G-d Almighty, Creator of the Universe, that the land of Canaan - thereafter to be known as Israel - is the and even rebellious Jew are both equal children of Almighty G-d, and both inheritance and the eternal land and home of the Jewish people. carry the sign of G-d’s children in their personhood, identity and in the deepest impressions and recess of their psyche and soul. Even before telling them about the impending revelation of the Torah and building of the Temples, the Land of Israel was a sin qua non in the The Jew that was murdered in the death camps of the Nazis with “SHMA equation of the Jewish People. being a Jew as the Jew who was murdered and did not even know what It was not only a geographic location that any nation needs for full SHMA YISROEL means. identity, but a place where the Jewish people could and would create a country and visible civilization in the midst of the earth, that would serve We need to recognize that part of our being chosen as G-d’s Holy People is as a beacon of light to the rest of the world. dynamically integrated with Israel being chosen as G-d’s Holy Land.
Our Torah teaches that when G-d Almighty directed Abraham to walk the It is up to us to make it into the place that it is intended to be, by infusing full length and breadth of the entire land that would be his children’s every aspect of its life with a love for The Land, love for each other, love country, he acquired it legally. At that time it was gifted to Abraham by the for Torah and love for G-d. Creator and Owner of the entire world. In fact, when tracing the lineage of ownership of that part of the world that we refer to Israel today, it did Coming from the Shluchim convention it was so emotionally evident belong to Abraham’s immediate ancestral family having been given to to me how the Shluchim who live in the farthest reaches of the most Shem, the oldest of Noah’s sons. dangerous locations in the world are bound spiritually to every Jew in the world, and physically as well. Even in their security they work hand in After the Jewish people’s descent to Egypt where they were enslaved for hand with Israel, recognizing that being together as one will bring us the 210 years and the 40 years sojourning in the desert, once they came into intended success that we look for. Israel led by Joshua there was never a moment in history where there was not a Jew living in the Holy Land and sustaining its claim of ownership on The best and most accepted abstract of the validity of the Jewish ownership behalf of the Jewish people. of Israel is the Bible. Only by maintaining its authority and validating its truth do we send the message of Israel’s true owners to the world. There were times in history when we lived in Israel with pride and power Have a great Shabbos and a good week. other times when we were banished and persecuted, and when other nations tried to usurp our ownership. It never worked; no one was able to bring life to that land. Without the presence and efforts of the Jewish people, blessed by the unique blessings that G-d gave to them, the land Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar remained a desert only to be transformed to its Garden State when 3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Torah Quiz
Morah Malkie’s Yakira Leah’s Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls Ages: 1 - 3 Ages: 4 - 6 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Questions: Montessori Classrooom 2 1. Who was born red like Eisav, but was so different from him? classrooom 2 (Bereishis Rabbah) 2. From which point did Eisav want to kill Yaakov? (Bereishis Rabbah)
3. Which good deed of Eisav was Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel jealous of and why? (Bereishis Rabbah)
Answers for Last Week: Itty’s Rochelle’s 1. There is a nice custom for a chosson to read the Parshah of Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls Rivkah’s marriage to Yitzchak on his wedding day in order that it serve as a guide as to how he should conduct his life with kindness. Grades: 2nd - 5th Grades: 6th - 8th (Rabbeinu Bachya)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 2. The symbolism of Rivkah’s riding on a camel, was that just as a camel has one sign of kashrus and one sign of impurity, so too Classrooom 1 Rivkah bore both a tzadik and a rasha. (Bereishis Rabbah 60:14)
3. Besuel and Lavan tried poisoning Eliezer’s food, so that they could rob all the riches. But when Eliezer got up to wash before the meal, an angel switched his plate with that of Besuel’s. They all ate, but it was Besuel who did not wake up the next morning! Each one possessed a most extraordinary merit. (Baal HaTurim 54:33; see Yalkut Shimoni 109) Mendel’s Sholom’s Junior Boys Hebrew School Grades: 4th - 8th Ages: 4 - 8 Prizes kindly sponsored by 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm the Goldczer Family in loving Memory of Montessori 3 Aryeh Leib ben Zev Volf obm
Mishnayos Ba’al Peh Shaykee’s Debbie’s Yosef’s After Mincha Davening With Dad Teen Girls Teen Boys Montessori 3 Grades: 9th - 12th GREAT PRIZES!!! Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Prizes kindly sponsored by the 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Goldczer family in loving memory of Teen Girls Room Aryeh Leib ben Zev Volf Obm Classroom 1 Haime Library
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Kiddush This Week: Shabbos Schedule Kiddush this week is available for sponsorship.
Candle lighting 5:14 p.m. Shalosh Seudos This Week: Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5:15 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Tanya / Hayom Yom 9:00 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 Executive Catering Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 4:30 p.m. Men’s Shiur 4:15 p.m. Women’s Shiur 4:15 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 4:15 p.m. Mincha 5:00 p.m. Shabbat Ends / Arvit & Havdalah 6:08 p.m. Weekly Video of The Rebbe kiddushim at The Shul Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 5:10 p.m. by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Mincha 4:55 p.m. Shabbat Ends 6:08 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship: Arvit & Havdalah 6:16 p.m. Kiddush Shalosh Seudos Nov 14, 21, 28 Nov 14, 21, 28
If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Stacy at 305-868-1411 ext 313 or email [email protected]
Candle Lighting 5:12 p.m. Mincha 5:15 p.m.
Eruv Information We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals should call the Eruv Hotline to make sure that the Eruv is operational. The number to call is 305- 866-ERUV (3788). The Eruv message is recorded approximately two hours prior to candle lighting. Surfside: The Eruv in Surfside now includes the walking paths along the beach. Pushing strollers and carrying is permitted on the paths, but not beyond the path or onto the beach. Bal Harbour: The Eruv in Bal Harbour included the inner (western) walking path only. The pier at Haulover Cut is not included.
To pay your annual dues visit: www.miamibeacheruv.com 5 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family
Birthdays Yahrtzeits Kislev 2 Mr. Abraham Osman Kislev 2 Chasia Riva Bas Moshe obm Kislev 2 Mr. Harold Tripp Mother-in-law of Mrs. Bessie Bedzow Kislev 2 Mr. Matthew Shear Kislev 4 Avraham Meir ben Yisroel Isser obm Kislev 2 Mrs. Elana J. Szafranski Father of Mr. Isaac Arber Kislev 2 Ms. Irene Gelbhauer Kislev 5 Tamara Matlas bas Moshe obm Kislev 2 Ms. Nily Falic Sister-in-law of Mrs. Estela Berry Kislev 3 Mr. Isaac Sredni Kislev 5 Levi Yitzchok ben Nachum obm Kislev 3 Mrs. Deborah Portnoy Father of Mrs. Rose Schreiber Kislev 4 Mr. Daniel Carmi Kislev 6 HaRav David Bitton obm Kislev 4 Mr. Marco Lustgarten Father of Ms. Liv-Tiferet De Vitton Kislev 4 Mr. Max Shaftal Kislev 6 Menachem Mendal ben Yehudah obm Kislev 4 Mrs. Chaya Elbogen Kislev 4 Mrs. Tamar Attias Father of Mrs. Dita Muhlrad Kislev 5 Dr. Brian Dooreck Kislev 6 Yafa Milatin obm Kislev 5 Mrs. Chaya Litchkowski Grandmother of Mrs. Orly Alexander Kislev 6 Mr. Julian Ohayon Kislev 6 Freidel bas Yoshuah obm Kislev 6 Ms. Nicole Gorin Mother of Ms. Barbara Ann Taylor Kislev 7 Mr. Asher Mathias Bublick Kislev 6 Chaim Mordechai ben Reb Yisroel Yaakov obm Kislev 7 Mr. Elijah Salver Brother of Mr. Abe Stein Kislev 7 Mr. Jeffrey Herman Kislev 7 Basha bas Menashe obm Kislev 7 Mr. Ruben Salama Mother of Mrs. Miriam Schwartz Wiener Kislev 7 Mrs. Nily Falic Kislev 7 Sarah bas Leah obm Kislev 7 Mrs. Orit Osman Mother of Mrs. Claudia Szerer Kardonski Kislev 7 Ms. Dorita Kardonski Kislev 8 Steven Adelman obm Kislev 8 Mr. David Shakury Nephew of Ms. Reine Fiss Kislev 8 Ms. Daniela Yocheved Ben-Arie Kislev 8 Uziyahu Eliyahu obm Father of Rabbi Betzalel Camissar Kid’s Birthdays Kislev 8 Malka bas Yosef obm Kislev 2 Yetta Alta Shula Schottenstein Mother of Mr. Jerrod M. Levine Kislev 3 Alexa Szafranski Kislev 8 Shlomo ben Yosef obm Kislev 3 Shlomo Rubinstein Grandfather of Mrs. Routh Tzubeli Meloul Kislev 3 Aliyah Schottenstein Kislev 4 Eitan Greenwald Kislev 5 Dovid Mordechai Gilinski Kislev 6 Ariel Bramy Mazal Tov Kislev 6 Jacob Stein Kislev 7 Rina Chaya Miriam Plutno Mazal Tov to Rabbi. & Mrs. Shmulik and Malkie Tevardovitz on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Rochelle. May they continue to raise her to Anniversaries Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim and have much nachas from her. Mr. & Mrs. Sion and Tamy Tesone Mr. & Mrs. Gustavo and Carina Lancewicki Mr. & Mrs. Richard and Renee Moore Mr. & Mrs. David and Deborah Portnoy Community Notice Board: The Chayenu & Dvar Malchus publications are available for sale at the front receptionist. Welcome to New Members Mr. Ashley Diener There is only a limited amount each week and we will Mr. Harold Tripp unfortunately not be able to hold books for anyone. First Mr. & Mrs. Dan and Danielle Arev Mr. & Mrs. Gustavo and Amelia Galagovsky Mezuzos are also available for sale at
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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 the month of Kislev is Kindly Sponsored for donations recieved between 11/03/15 and 11/09/15 We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. In honor of the month of Kislev Mr. & Mrs. Jackie Abraham Mr. & Mrs. Saul Retelny The month of Light and energy Mr. & Mrs. Baruk Benamran Mr. Andrew Roth The Light of Chassidus- The Light of Chanukah Mr. & Mrs. Max Benoliel Mr. & Dr. Yehuda Sabach Mrs. Estella Berry Mr. & Mrs. Seth E. Salver And in honor of the birthday of Dr.& Mrs. Gordon J. Braun Mr. Mark P. Schnapp Devorah Leah Andrusier Mr. & Mrs. Levi Drimmer Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Schneider Mr. Raphael Egozi Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Schneider Lovingly Dedicated by Yankie Andrusier and Family Mr. & Mrs. Guido Fraiman Mr. & Mrs. Fred Shainbaum and Rabbi Zalman and Chana Lipskar and Family Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Freedman Mrs. Ethel Sirotkin Mr. & Mrs. Alex Gross Mr. & Mrs. Eric Stein “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to pray, Mr. Irving Hoine Mr. & Mrs. Frank Taieb those who provide lights for illumination, wine for kiddush and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who occupy themselves Mr. Leon Jakobs Mr. & Mrs. Eran Tobul faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed be He, give them their Mr. & Mrs. David Lichter Mr. & Mrs. Moises Wertheimer reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire body, pardon all their Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Musikar Mr. Shneur Wolff sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. Shlomo Peretz
Refuah Shleimah If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep The Shul Parking Garage the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. In response to numerous incidents in our garage and with the MEN WOMEN safety of our children, members and staff foremost in mind, we Yosef ben Edwina Shifra bas Chaia insist on TOTAL compliance with the following rules in the garage. Dovid Isser ben Pesa Malka Yitl Dina bas Shifra Avrohom ben Feigel Chava bas Elka Menucha • You must always park in a legal spot Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel Devorah bas Miriam • Do not park in handicap parking Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Chaya bas Rachel • Do not park along the perimeter of the garage Yehuda ben Chaya Sara Zilpah bas Sara • Do not double park Shimon Yitzchak ben Leah Rochel Elana bas Susana • Do not take up more than one space Roi ben Orly Fayge bas Chaya • Do not block another vehicle Tzvi Hirsch Chaim ben Guttel Miriam Leah bas Helen There is additional parking in the lots North and South of The Shul. When cars park illegally, you take an already challenging situation Child Enrichment Center in the garage and turn it into a near impossible and dangerous The Shul’s Child Enrichment Center has opened our situation. You create more havoc, less visibility and more aggravation which itself contributes to the likelihood of an accident, G-d forbid. To be added to the wait list If you are not in a legal spot please visit YOU WILL BE TOWED