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The Shul B”H weekly magazine Weekly Magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin (OBM) and Ethel Sirotkin and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Shabbos Parshas Noach Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Tishrei 30 - Cheshvan 1 October 20 - 21 CANDLE LIGHTING: 6:30 pm Shabbos Ends: 7:22 pm 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 Weekly Message 3 The Shul Hebrew School Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Celebrating Shabbos 4 -6 Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings 7-8 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray 9 Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9-15 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 16-24 The full scoop on all the great events around town The ABC’s of Aleph 25 Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. French Connection 26 Refexions sur la Paracha Farbrengen at the home of Rabbi Zalman Lipskar in honor of his Latin Link 27 Refexion Semanal birthday and the birthday of Rabbi Henry Eichler. In a woman’s world 28 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman Networking 29-31 Effective Advertising Numbers To Know 32-33 Contacts at The Shul Daily Study 34 A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul 35-36 Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town Quotable Quote All is foreseen, and freedom of choice is granted – Ethics of the Fathers 3:15 Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Noach the cleansing and purification of a Mikvah. No matter how lowly one can fall we are granted the opportunity to cleanse our past and start again. pproximately 1,000 years after Almighty G-d creates Athe Universe in a dazzling The foundation of this renaissance must be an unadulterated faith plethora of light and a deafening in Hashem’s sovereignty and authority as demonstrated by Noah. crescendo of sound, every creature It was Noah’s unequivocal faith against all logic and odds that gave adapts to the natural environment him the merit to be the remaining link for the world’s continuity. and erroneously concludes that G-d made a covenant never to destroy the world again. they arrived without a Creator – they are the owners of the world We can learn from the Torah story how to elevate the world and and can do whatever they want to never to succumb to our base animal nature. Rectification after fulfill their needs and desires. transgression brings us to an even higher level than before. It is only after the great flood that Abraham is born and brings the “There is no ultimate owner to this concept of Monotheism to the entire world. world”. The rise after the fall is much higher and more permanent than the At times these human weaknesses seem to affect only the person condition at the beginning. The first Tablets took 40 days but were themselves without impacting larger parameters. “I own myself destroyed, the second set of Tablets which rectified the first took and can therefore conduct myself in any manner that I choose”. 80 days but were twice as contentful and remained forever. Though that may be the obvious reality it is not the true reality. As Maimonides rules, “A person must always see the entire world as Have a good Chodesh, great Shabbos and a good week. equally balanced between good and bad, hence a single positive act can weight the entire world to the positive side and a single negative act can weight the entire world to the negative side”. We can and do affect the entire universe. Rabbi S. Lipskar The power of “free choice” is a gift from Almighty G-d that enables us to make free determination for ourselves and our world. It is an awesome responsibility with very serious consequences. Quench the Thirst In this Torah portion we are introduced to a world social structure By Tzvi Freeman that lost its focus and direction being influenced solely by its animalistic drive and pleasures. Spiritual people tend to disdain all interaction with this The human/animal instinct is to satisfy the physical nature of world, and strive to minimize it at all costs. our crass corporeal being. Without the acceptance of an ultimate objective Authority, we fall prey to the lowly instinctive attributes of our flesh desires. This malfunction does not only hurt ourselves but can derail the entire world. The consequence of such behavior But Torah unlocks the divine spark within each thing. Torah can be destruction and desolation which brings an end to such a debilitating pattern. enables a spiritual person to engage the world and fnd there all for which the soul thirsts. The culmination of such an end, however, begins a new world order. Every conclusion has another beginning resembling the circular sphere of our world where the end and beginning are connected. In the time of Noah G-d brought a flood that actually represents 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 parshas are named for people? (6 answers) classrooom 2 2) Where else is 40 days mentioned in the Torah? (5 answers) 3) Where does the number seven appear in this parsha? (4 answers) Answers from last week: Tehila's Basya's 1) A fruit basket (teneh) is mentioned four times in this parsha: (1) Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls Pilgrims place their frst-fruits in a basket, and bring it to the Holy Temple. (2) The priest then takes the basket and places it near the Altar Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 (Deut. 26:2, 4). (3-4) In the list of blessings and curses, the fruit basket is mentioned twice, as an indicator whether the Jewish people are 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm following the Torah (Deut. 28:5, 17). Classrooom 4 2) When the Jews cross the Jordan River, they are to set up huge stones, coat them with plaster (Deut. 27:2), and then write upon them all the words of the Torah. 3) When the Jews enter the Land of Israel and declare each of the 12 curses, the nation is to respond “Amen” (Deut. 27:15-26). The response of “Amen” appears only one other time - in parshas Naso, when an Yossi’s alleged adulteress is told about the dire consequences of her actions, Yosef’s Hebrew School Junior Boys she responds “Amen Amen” (Numbers 5:22). Grades: 4th - 8th Grades: 1 - 4 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Classroom 1 Loebenstein any time over Shabbos. The first child to give a correct answer to each of the questions will win an INSTANT prize! 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 available for sponsorship. Shabbos Schedule Shalosh Seudos This Week: Candle lighting 6:30 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 6:30 p.m. Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m. Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. the caterer for this week’s kiddush Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. and Shalosh seudos is Food Art Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 5:45 p.m. Men’s Shiur 5:45 p.m. Women's Shiur 5:45 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 5:45 p.m. Mincha 6:15 p.m. Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 7:22 p.m. Weekly Video of The Rebbe Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening kiddushim at The Shul Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 p.m. Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Mincha 6:15 p.m. Shabbos Ends / Arvit & Havdalah 7:22 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship: Kiddush Shalosh Seudos If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Stacy at 305-868-1411 ext 313 or email [email protected] Lighting 6:24 p.m. Mincha 6:25 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.