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Yud Tes Kislev ב"ה Kislev 8, 5780 - Friday, December 6, 2019 Candle Lighting: 3:53 pm ויצא TORAH PORTION VAYEITZEI ⬢ Shabbat Ends: 5:01 pm EXPRESS SEE PAGE 4 YOU ARE WARMLY INVITED TO A FESTIVE DINNER IN CELEBRATION OF Yud Tes Kislev The 19th - Yud Tes - of Kislev marks the liberation from Czarist imprisonment in 1798 of Rabbi Schneur Zalman, founder of Chabad. It is known as the ‘Rosh Hashana of Chassidus’. KOLLEL MENACHEM OF HAMPSTEAD Montreal Torah Center Bais Menachem Chabad Lubavitch Joanne and Jonathan Gurman Community Center ⬢ Lou Adler Shul ⬢ Marcia Gillman and Michael Flinker Early Childhood Center 28 Cleve Road, Hampstead Quebec H3X 1A6 ⬢ 514. 739.0770 Fax 514.739.5925 [email protected] WWW.THEMTC.COM ⬢ SODIA ICONS MOSAIC EXPRESS 1 MTC GRACIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THIS WEEK’S SPONSORS OF THE DAY Tuky Treitel & family in honour of the yartzeit of R’ Shaya Treitel, Kislev 13 Louis & Suzanne Cola in honour of the birthday of Jason Benjamen Cola, Kislev 14 ANNOUNCEMENTS To become a sponsor of the day, please contact Itchy @ 739.0770 ext 223 SHABBAT SCHEDULE Mincha & Maariv…….…….....….....3:55 pm PRAYER FOR RAIN Shacharit………….……...…...…...9:00 am OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO Children’s Program.…………..........10:30 am Thursday evening, Dec 5, Kiddush………………....…….......12:00 pm we began inserting a Schreter family on the passing of Mincha………..………..…………3:55 pm request for rain "v'ten tal u'matar" - in the Mr. Irving Schreter obm 9th blessing of the weekday Amidah. TORAH READING May the family be spared any further Parshat Vayeitzei...............................Page 173 sorrow and know only of simchas Haftorah…..................................…Page 1309 CLASSES MTC WISHES A HEARTY Chassidus.……….…….....................8:15 am MAZAL TOV TO UPCOMING EVENTS Men’s Class……………………......2:55 pm Elie & Carole Cohen and family on MONDAY DEC 9 the engagement of Olga Cohen & ‘The Class’ for TFS Young Leadership YASHER KOACH TO OUR Edgar Politi TUESDAY DEC 10 BMC Lesson 3 KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORS! Mircia & Aly Hascalovici and family on the marriage of Jacob Hascalovici WEDNESDAY DEC 11 LAST WEEK and Natalie Farokhzadeh Mini Chefs RSVP themtc.com/minichefs Stewart & Chana Diament WEDNESDAY DEC 11 Lipa & Alexsandra Lieberman YAM Discovery Torah Class Ricky & Rachelle Merovitz (x2) David Migicovsky WEEKDAY PRAYER SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY DEC 11 Rabbi Levi & Ita New JLI Lesson 5 - Worrier to Warrior Oiknine family SHACHARIT THURSDAY DEC 12 Gaby & Sheila Segal Laws of Kashrut, Lesson 5 Justice Michel M. J. & Barbara Shore Sunday…..Shacharis…………....9:00 am THURSDAY DEC 12 Itchy & Zeldie Treitel Mon-Fri….Chassidus…………....6:15 am Stephen Weinstock Drinks & Dreidels - TFS Young Leadership Shacharis…………....7:00 am TUESDAY DEC 17 Followed by breakfast THIS WEEK Dinner celebrating Yud Tes Kislev Treitel family in honour of the yartzeit of MINCHA Sun-Thurs…....…........4:10 pm SUNDAY DEC 22 R’ Shaya Treitel obm on Kislev 13 MAARIV Sun-Thurs...…...……..4:45 pm Annual Public Menorah Lighting Shaina, Dovid, Gnesha, Aaron & Tanchum In cherished memory of Markowitz in honour of the birthday of their R’ Yeshaya Aryeh ben Menashe Treitel obm husband and father Rabbi Getzy, with blessings for a year of success YAM Discovery Doughnut Making Next Up: Dec 11 Latke Making Larry Gitnick in honour of the yartzeit of his father, DovBer ben Chaim obm Sara Eldor & Shlomo Simhon in honor of their 4th anniversary, on Kislev 10 and thanking Hashem for all His blessing (x2) KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORSHIP IS $136 KOLEL MENACHEM OF HAMPSTEAD Monday-Thursday, weekly, 7:30-9:00 pm Contact: Rabbi Levi New, [email protected] 2 MOSAIC EXPRESS ALIYAH SUMMARY PARENTING POST General Overview: In this week's reading, Laban to make good on his word. Laban Vayeitzei, Jacob travels to his uncle Laban. En arranged a wedding feast, but switched By Sarah Chana Radcliffe route he stops at the Temple Mount where G-d daughters, giving Leah instead of Rachel. When appears and assures him that he will return Jacob protested, Laban offered to give Rachel Kids learn a lot about how they safely to the Land of Canaan. Jacob stays for too—in exchange for another seven years of should feel about things from living twenty years in Charan before returning to service. One week later Jacob married Rachel, with and watching YOU. For instance, if you Canaan. During his stay he shepherds Laban's and began serving an additional seven years. are generally critical of other people - pointing sheep, and survives and prospers despite all his Leah gave birth to four children – Reuben, out what's wrong with how they dress or walk uncle's attempted deceptions. He marries Leah Simon, Levi, and Judah – but Rachel remained or talk or behave - your kids will learn to focus and Rachel, and the first eleven tribes are born. barren. Rachel and Leah both gave their on flaws as well. On the other hand, if you are handmaids to Jacob as concubines. Rachel's a people-lover - always talking about the First Aliyah: Jacob left Be'er Sheba and maid, Bilhah, bore two children – Dan and special and positive traits of those you headed towards Charan, to his uncle Laban's Naftali – and Leah's maid also bore two encounter in your daily life - your children will home. While traveling, Jacob encountered "the children—Gad and Asher. learn to look for the good as well. If you want place" (Mount Moriah) and since the sun had to increase your child's happiness, you can take note of what you are teaching by your set, he lay down to sleep. In a dream he saw a Fourth Aliyah: One spring day, Reuben living example. Is yours a problem-filled world ladder reaching up to heaven with angels picked jasmine plants from the field, and with stress, worries and troubles always on ascending and descending its rungs. G-d brought them to his mother. Rachel asks Leah the tip of your tongue? Then this will be the appeared and informed him that He would for some of them, and Leah agreed, provided world you pass down to your youngster. Or is bequeath the entire land to his descendants, that Rachel relinquishes her turn with Jacob your world a happy place filled with joy, and that He would safeguard him until he that night. Leah gave birth to another two sons gratitude, love and purpose? Is it the kind of returned to Canaan. Jacob awoke, and now – Issachar and Zebulun – and one daughter— place you'd be happy to give your children? recognizing the holiness of the location, he Dinah. Eventually, Rachel, too, gave birth to a Remember, "our location is not where our erected a monument to G-d, named the location son, whom she named Joseph. At that point, body resides, but where our thoughts and Beth El ("House of G-d"), and vowed to tithe all Jacob asked Laban for permission to take his feelings are" - where are you? Where will your his belongings when G-d's promise of a safe wives and children and return to Canaan. In child be? return would be fulfilled. response, Laban pointed out that his ⬢ divinations revealed that his great wealth and Second Aliyah: Jacob continued on his blessings were due to Jacob's presence in his journey, and arrived at a well located on the home. outskirts of Charan. Upon seeing Rachel, DOSE OF INSPIRATION Laban's younger daughter, arriving with her Fifth Aliyah: "Specify your wages," Laban father's sheep, Jacob single-handedly rolled off told Jacob. "And I will give it!" Jacob proposed the heavy rock that sat atop the well, and gave that all the streaked and spotted sheep that water to the flock. Rachel told her father about would be born to Laban's sheep would SUNGLASSES OF THE SOUL the new arrival, and Laban rushed out to greet constitute his payment. In return, Jacob would Jacob. Jacob went to Laban's home, and after continue caring for Laban's flocks. Laban by Tzvi Freeman spending a month, Laban offered Jacob the job immediately removed all the existing spotted of tending to his herds, and asked Jacob what and streaked sheep from the herd and put them The body is not something to be abhorred or he wished in terms of wages. under his sons' charge—thus differentiating rejected. On the contrary, the body serves as between the current ones, which belonged to sunglasses for the soul. Third Aliyah: Laban had two daughters, Laban, and the to-be-born ones, that would Without the body, the soul can perceive G- the aforementioned Rachel, and her older sister belong to Jacob. Jacob made striped poles for dliness only in an abstract, ethereal way. The Leah. Jacob loved Rachel and offered to serve the strong and robust sheep to view while they body allows the soul to stare straight into the Laban for seven years in exchange for her hand were mating. As a result, the sheep gave birth face of G-dliness, in tangible, concrete in marriage. Laban accepted the deal. After the to striped offspring, and Jacob became terms.⬢ seven years of service passed, Jacob asked (Continued on page 4) MOSAIC EXPRESS 3 SHARE THE LIGHT Be Chanuka's ambassador and give a cool, MTC branded, Chanukah Travel Kit to a friend, co-worker or family member who otherwise would not have the opportunity to fulfill this beautiful mitzvah. Kits include a Menorah, candles, dreidels, chocolate-gelt and the Mosaic Holiday Guide. Contact [email protected] to order your Kits. (Continued from page 3) fabulously wealthy—despite Laban's deceptive practices, and his continual changing of the terms of Jacob's pay. After an additional six years of service, G-d commanded Jacob to return to Canaan.
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