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Weekly Message 3 The Shul Hebrew School Children learn about kosher. They Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar learned to identify diffent kosher symbols and even checked A Time to Pray 5 eggs to make sure there were no blood spots. Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Celebrating Shabbos 6-7 Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings 8 - 9 Sharing with your Shul Family

Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 10-17 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 18- 23 The full scoop on all the great events around town

French Connection 24 Refexions sur la Paracha

Latin Link 25 Refexion Semanal Rabbi Lipskar’s Mother, Mrs. Rochel Lipskar gets nachas from seeing the In a woman’s world 26 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman progress in The Shul expansion.

27-28 Networking 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

Wedding of Shmulik and Chaya Berkowitz took place in Crown Heights this week.

Quotable Quote

A chassid is never lonely

– Chassidic saying Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Bo served as a barrier, not allowing the darkness to exist, and is enabling us today to do the same and eliminate the darkness of misguided societal n this portion we read about values. the ninth plague of darkness. IBased on textual inferences, By becoming aware of darkness and what it can do to us, it allows us Torah commentators explain to begin to look beyond it and with some effort conquer it and evoke a that there were two degrees of greater light that comes from and contrasts darkness. darkness. The initial stage was a blinding darkness that made Have a great Shabbos and a good week. it impossible to see anything around you and the eyes could not adjust to ameliorate the absolute total blackness. The second stage was a tangible Rabbi S. Lipskar darkness that encompassed everyone like a hard curtain of fog, ensnaring the Egyptians and paralyzing their movements in whatever position they were in. Those who were standing could not sit, Heritage those who were seated could not stand, the darkness was like a mold that formed a cast around them. The history of the Jewish people is not As everything in Torah must be relevant in teaching us lessons that just one of rise and fall. It is a process, enhance our life, this concept must have meaning for us in a practical way. This is especially true in regards to our exile and exodus from Egypt, a purification, a sieve of many filters, a as our Torah states that in “every generation (every day) each of us must smelting furnace that refines the raw ore personally experience the exodus”. again and again until only the purest gold In spiritual terms, darkness represents concealment, ignorance, remains. unawareness, insensitivity and the rejection of holiness. “The wise man has eyes in his head and the fool walks in darkness”. There are multiple degrees in one’s personal experience of darkness. On the simplest level, the darkness is when in our daily lives our consciously seeing G-d and His That is why today we are able to do a mitzvah kindness to us is obscured and we take everything for granted. today in a world so foreign to mitzvahs;

One can eliminate that dark veil with a conscious awareness of Hashem’s to fill our lives with that which filled our constant Providence over every detail in our lives and all of creation. great-grandparents’ and raise children that

More confning and blinding is to be so immobilized, so enveloped and way; to go against the stream of the culture overcome by darkness that one cannot even fathom to change or break around us and be the Jew inherent within. away from this nether-world. In today’s society, there is a pervasive darkness camoufaged by our It is not with our own power, or with our materialistic, hedonistic values and goals. We can be so totally absorbed and acclimated to that feeting materialism that we perceive that own minds. It is with a hidden memory, an darkness as light and desirable. Hence there is no drive or seeming need indestructible force that survived as our to yearn for higher level spiritual light that is compatible to and truly illuminates all of life. This is a modern version of the plague of darkness heritage. as experienced in our own exile.

The Torah tells us that even in the treacherous plague of darkness there was “light in the(ir) dwelling places” for the Jewish people. That light 3 Education Appeal

Dear Community Family, Shma Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad And you shall love the L-rd your G-d with all your thoughts, feelings and urges, with your life and with all your possessions……And you shall teach the words of Torah diligently to your children/students. Imbedded in the most important statement of the Torah/Judaism is the obligation to teach Torah to Jewish children. The obligation rests primarily on the Father but when circumstances are such that the Father can’t, won’t or is not there to fulfll this foundational obligation it becomes the collective responsibility of the community to educate that Jewish child. The priority of this Tzedakah in relation to other charitable causes is of the highest level. Trumping most other legitimate needs (Code of Jewish Law – Laws of Tzedakah 249:16). “Jewish education today,” says the Rebbe, “is not only to save a Jewish Child for Jewishness but to save a human for humanity”. The social lifestyle in today’s world of our children from primary school through college is very precarious and fraught with dangers. There are no limits and the extent of fulflling the simple animalistic desires that are at the base of our beings are ever increasing in their “avant garde”, beyond- boundaries life style. When statistics show that one of every four teenage girls are afficted by either 1) suicidal thoughts; 2) cutting one’s own body; 3) eating disorder i.e. bulimia /anorexia; 4) depression, it sends a shudder through me. 25% of our teenage girls are at risk of being emotionally unstable. What about the boys? And what about other types of debilitating behavior not considered by the liberal researchers as risky i.e. teenage sexual encounters, body mutilation, etc. pregnancy and abuse, hopelessness and impudence/chutzpah and a strong malady of desensitization. We are in a crisis that is targeting our future – our most important commodity – our children. Because of severe economic setbacks and downturns and unaffordable tuition fees, many families cannot afford to pay the tuition for their children’s ongoing Jewish education and environment. When the parents cannot fulfll this sacred duty it becomes the Mitzvah of the Community (Talmud Baba Basra 21:A Shulchan Aruch Harav Laws of Talmud Torah Ch. 1:3) Every year we make an appeal during this period for tuition assistance. Last year we provided Hebrew School to 125 children in public school. We subsidize the tuition of more than 100 children in private Jewish schools and provide assistance to more than 60 children in summer camp. In total, our education scholarship fund raised and disbursed close to $400,000. If one saves a single soul (albeit spiritually) it is as if he saved an entire world. We beseech you our wonderful community to continue our legendary generosity though this may require an extra effort today and may even be a sacrifce. The Mitzvah you will earn will surely bring you all of Hashem’s bountiful blessings materially and spiritually. Thank you on behalf of those parents and children to whom you will graciously give life enhancing assistance and on behalf of Hashem whose children you are caring for. When we care for Hashem’s children, He cares for ours.

With gratitude, Love and esteem,

Sholom D. Lipskar

4 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 Chumash & Tanya after every Minyan

mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Sunday Mincha /Maariv Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 5:35 pm 10:00 pm Sephardic Minyan 5:35 pm Following Main Minyan 5:35 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 January 16 for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily.

Menachem Mendel haLevi ben Hanna Guenendel Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:53 am Menachem Mendel ben Aurit Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:25 am Eden Chana bat Karine Cecile Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 7:09 am Benyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut (Earliest Amidah) Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry Latest Shema 9:47 am Zman Tfllah 10:42 am Chatzot / Midday 12:27 pm Earliest Mincha 12:58 pm Plag HaMincha 4:48 pm Shekiah / Sunset 5:52 pm (Preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 6:17 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. 5 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Weekly Riddle

Morah Malkie’s Chayale Lipskar Tot Shabbat Tot Shabbat 2 Questions: Ages: 0 - 3 Pre1 - K 1) Aside from the actual plague of darkness, when else does the land 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm of Egypt become dark? Back of Women’s Back of women’s Section section 2) In this parsha, where is a dog mentioned? What other two places in the Torah is a dog mentioned?

3) What two-letter word appears four times in this parsha, and has two different meanings?

Answers from last week: Raquel Gilinski Sara Fraida Katan 1) In this parsha, the land of Israel is referred to as a “morasha” - “a Aleph Wonder Girls Pre Tween Girls heritage” (Exodus 6:9) In parshas V’zos Habracha, the Torah itself is Grades: 1 - 3 Grades: 4 - 5 called a “morasha” (Deut. 33:4). 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 2) In this parsha, the ashes that Moshe threw skyward to initiate the Montessori 2 plague of boils were taken from a furnace (Exodus 9:8, 10). Elsewhere, Montessori 1 in parshas Vayera, following the destruction of Sodom, smoke rose from the city as if rising from a furnace (Genesis 19:28). In parshas Yisro, the Torah states that the smoke rising from Mount Sinai was like smoke rising from a furnace (Exodus 19:18).

3) This parsha refers to Elisheva as the sister of Nachshon ben Aminadav (Exodus 6:23). Elsewhere, when Miriam sings praises to Hashem after the splitting of the Red Sea, the Torah refers to her as the sister of Aaron (Exodus 15:20). Mendel Schwartz Mushky Segall Youth Boys Tween Girls RIDDLE RULES Grades: 1 - 4 Grades: 6 - 8 Answers to the riddles can be given to Rabbi Shaykee Farkash any 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm time over Shabbos. The frst child to give a correct answer to each of the questions will win an INSTANT prize! Montessori3 Back Offce

Pinchas Gansbourg Davening With Dad Debbie Farkash Yitzchak Pruss Pre-Tween Boys Teen Girls Teen Boys Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 5 - 6 Grades: 9th - 10th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Montessori 3 Teen Girls Room Haime Library Sephartdic Shul 6 Celebrating Shabbos Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel and Shabbos Schedule Stephanie GIilinski in honor of the birth of their daughter, Mila.

Candle lighting 5:30 p.m. Shalosh Seudos This Week: Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5:35 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship.

Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m. Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. the caterer for this week’s Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. kiddush and Shalosh seudos is Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 4:15 p.m. Food Art Men’s Shiur 4:30 p.m. Women’s Shiur 4:30 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 4:30 p.m. Mincha 5:15 p.m. kiddushim at The Shul Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv 6:25 p.m. Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Father and Son Learning 7:30 p.m. Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually)

Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 5:15 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship:

Kiddush Shalosh Seudos Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Jan. 26 Jan.19,26 Mincha 5:10 p.m. Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 6:25 p.m. If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Milena at 305-868-1411 ext 328 or email [email protected]

Lighting 5:35 p.m. Mincha 5:35 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 7 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Birthdays Yahrtzeits 6 Shevat Mr. Shlomo Azari 6 Shevat Abraham Izaak Lustgarten obm 6 Shevat Dr. Leonardo Blachar Father of Mr. Martin Lustgarten 6 Shevat Mrs. Marissa Jacobson 6 Shevat Chaya bas Eliezer obm 6 Shevat Mr. David Schwartz Mother of Mrs. Carolyn Baumel 7 Shevat Mrs. Julia Bsiri 6 Shevat Dovid ben Moshe obm 7 Shevat Ms. Brianna Diener Father of Mr. Lenny Wolfe 7 Shevat Mrs. Rebecca Weinstock 7 Shevat Reuven ben Chunya obm 8 Shevat Mr. Menachem Mendel Katan Brother of Mrs. Miriam Basha Arber 8 Shevat Mrs. Elana Saka 7 Shevat Devorah bas Zev obm 8 Shevat Mrs. Rochel Leah Schwartz Wife of Mr. Elias Sussman 8 Shevat Rabbi Yossi Stern Mother of Mr. Ira Sussman and Mr. Joel Sussman 9 Shevat Mr. David Cytrynbaum 7 Shevat Ilana bas Suzanna obm 9 Shevat Mr. Hernan J. Gleizer Mother of Mrs. Pilar (Zoraida Cardiff) Berenfus 9 Shevat Ms. Katie Werner 9 Shevat Nissim ben Zvi obm 9 Shevat Mr. Jorge Woldenberg Father of Mr. William Lustgarten 10 Shevat Ms. Shana Cohen and Ms. Patricia Cohen 10 Shevat Mr. Michael Davit 10 Shevat Moshe Menachem ben Baruch obm 10 Shevat Mrs. Nicole Kavana Father of Dr. Bracha Reich 10 Shevat Mr. Aaron Jacob Mondshine 10 Shevat Itzchak Melech Hacohen ben David Mordechay obm 10 Shevat Ms. Esther Lilly Moore Brother of Mr. Barry Cohen 10 Shevat Ms. Leah Stark 11 Shevat Dobbe Faiga bas Menachem obm 10 Shevat Mr. Chaim S. Stauber Mother of Mrs. Roslyn Jaffe 11 Shevat Ms. Ita Henia Andrusier 11 Shevat Luis Elias obm 11 Shevat Mr. Sam Greenwald Father of Mr. Michael Mordechai Smulevich 11 Shevat Mr. Aaron Knight 11 Shevat Fruma bas Shmuel Mordechai obm 11 Shevat Mr. Monroe Milstein Mother of Dr. Bracha Reich 12 Shevat Mrs. Linda Laulicht 11 Shevat Chava bas Shlomo obm 12 Shevat Mr. Chaim Lerman Sister of Mrs. Dana Werner 12 Shevat Mr. Victor Weingarten 12 Shevat Shlomo Yitzchak ben Moshe obm Father of Mr. Yosef Schwartz 12 Shevat Bert Cohn obm Kid’s Birthdays Father of Mr. Peter Cohn 7 Shevat Tanya Colodner 12 Shevat Yitzchak ben Frejah obm 7 Shevat Pessi Goldie Lerman Father of Mrs. Perla Edderai 7 Shevat Rachel Sofa Lerman 12 Shevat David ben Yosef obm 8 Shevat Malka Schwartz Father of Mrs. Ravit Feldman and 9 Shevat Ben Greisman Mrs. Meital Eber 9 Shevat Menachem Mendel Maimon 11 Shevat Myriam Amanou

Anniversaries Rabbi & Mrs. Ezzy and Malka Rappaport Mr. & Mrs. Bruce and Amy Gelb Mr. & Mrs. Daniel and Lianne Benchimol Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Zalman and Rivky Lipskar on the birth of a Dr. & Mrs. Daryl and Meital Eber daughter. May they raise her to Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim and Mr. & Mrs. Meir and Batya Belecen Cosiol have much nachas from her. Mr. & Mrs. Max and Ruthy Benoliel Mr. & Mrs. Ezzy and Chana Wasserman Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel and Stephanie GIilinski on the birth of Mr. & Mrs. Alberto and Marlene Colonomos their daughter, Mila. May they raise her to Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim and have much nachas from her.

8 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Shevat 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 Shevat is Kindly Sponsored by for donations received between 1/1/19 and 1/7/19 We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Mr. & Mrs. Chanoch Alperovitz Mr. & Mrs. Aviv Kordich Mr. Nathaniel Aryeh and Family Mr. & Mrs. Cedric Moise Amanou Mr. & Mrs. Leo Kryss Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Amram Mr. Martin Lustgarten in loving memory of Nathaniel’s Mr. & Mrs. Dan Arev Mr. & Mrs. Asher Mamane Mr. & Mrs. Gideon Azari Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matz father, “Ha’rav Raphael Ben Mr. & Mrs. Jonah Bardos Dr. & Dr. Raul Mitrani Mr. & Mrs. Danny Barouk Mr. & Mrs. Yaakov Mizrachi ChaCham Rebi Chiya” Ms. Malca Bassan Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Musikar Mr. & Mrs. Joel Baum Mr. & Mrs. Temuri Nanikashvili Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Baumel Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ness “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to Mr. & Mrs. Nadav Ben-Chetrit Mr. & Mrs. Isser New pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Mr.& Mrs. Gad Bitton Mr. Uri Omari and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Mr. & Mrs. Isaie Bouhadana Mr. & Mrs. Jack Osman occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo Peretz be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire Mr. & Mrs. Salomon Btesh Mr. Albert Pollans body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, Rabbi & Mrs. Betzalel Camissar Mr. Ari Propis together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Dr. & Mrs. Brad Kenneth Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Eliott Rimon Mr. Loren H. Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Levi Yitzchok Rabbi & Mrs. Uri Cohen Rosenblum Rabbi & Mrs. Shlomie Diamont Mr. & Mrs. Edward Rosengarten Refuah Shleimah Mr. Ashley Diener Mr. & Mrs. Uri Rotlewicz-Spiwak If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to Mr. & Mrs. Eli Dominitz Mr. & Dr. Yehuda Sabach keep the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. Dr. & Mrs. Brian Dooreck Mr. & Mrs. Jason Saka MEN WOMEN Mr. & Mrs. Zev Drizin Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Salver Yitzchak ben Rivka Sara bat Leah Mr. & Mrs. Dovid Duchman Mr. & Mrs. Seth Salver Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Doryse-Devorah bas Sonia Simcha Mr. & Mrs. Zalman Duchman Dr. & Mrs. Michael Salzhauer Shlomo Yaakov ben Chaya Sarah Feige bas Krandel Rabbi & Mrs. Henry Eichler Dr. & Dr. Stephen Rochel Tziporah Pnina bas Slava Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Feltenstein Robert Scheinman Chaim Zelig Ben Eidel Chaya Miriam Yehudit bat Chava Ari ben Na’ama Clara bat Corina Mr. Moshe Fishman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Schnapp Tzvi Yitzchak ben Chaya Rivka bat Shoshana Dr. & Mrs. Robert Freedman Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Schneider Baruch Raphael ben Fraida Leah Rochel bat Sarah Mr. Daniel Gielchinsky Mr. & Mrs. David Schwartz Aryeh Leib ben Sura Henya Miriam bat Risha Raizel Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Glick Mr. & Mrs. Fred Shainbaum Rafael Maya ben Sol Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Mr. & Mrs. Dan Goldfarb Mr. Jack Shaio Aaron ben Tamar Chana bas Shoshana Mr. & Ms. Ighal Goldfarb Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Shechtel Raphael Moshe ben Miriam Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Ms. Renee M. Grossman Mr. & Mrs. Eff Shmuel Meyer Yankev ben Chaya Etel Chava bas Elka Menucha Mr. & Mrs. Mendy Halberstam Mr. & Mrs. Yossi Sokol Alexander ben Esther Raizel Chaya bas Rachel Mr. & Mrs. Shmuel Hazan Ms. Barbara Ann Taylor Raphael Moshe ben Sarah Fayge bas Chaya Mr. & Mrs. Moishe Hersman Mr. & Mrs. Ezzy Wasserman Moshe ben Zoila Miriam Leah bas Helen Mr. & Mrs. Abel Holtz Mr. & Mrs. Adam Weinberg Moshe Avraham ben Tziporah Riva Mr. Zevouloun Issarar Mr. & Mrs. Paul Weintraub Chaim ben Pnina Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Jacob Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Wolf Gabriel ben Esther Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Jaimovich Rabbi & Mrs. Aryeh Wuensch Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jaimovich Mrs. Pnina Wuensch Ms. Shay Kardonski Ms. Belinda Zaret Mr. & Mrs. Shlomie Katan Mr. & Mrs. Adam Ziefer Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Kavana Dr. & Mrs. Richard Koffer

9 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Hayom Yom In the winter of 1942, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn, 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 - Shevat 5 strong. The Torah says about mitzvot, ‘Live One must recite words of Torah copiously, in them,’ meaning bring vitality into the saying Tehillim or verbally reviewing mitzvot. To be able to infuse mitzvot with Mishna whenever and wherever possible, vitality, one must be strong and joyful.” in order to bolster the existence of Then he concluded: “You should not be Creation, to be saved from chibut hakever without food. Better to eat for the sake of and kaf hakela, and to merit all the highest davening rather than to daven for the sake revelations. of eating;” he then blessed her with long life. [She was born in 5593 (1833) and Shabbos - Shevat 6 passed away on Sh’vat 10, 5674 (1914)]. My father wrote that he heard in the name of the Alter Rebbe that all rabbinic My father told this teaching of the authors until and including the Taz and Tzemach Tzedek to someone at yechidus, Shach, composed their works with ruach adding: “And this must be done with joy.” hakodesh, the Divine Spirit. An individual’s ruach hakodesh, as explained by Korban Thursday - Shevat 11 Ha’eida in Tractate Sh’kalim (Talmud The routine of the day begins with saying Yerushalmi), end of ch. 3, means that the modeh ani (Siddur Tehilat HaShem p. 6, mysteries of Torah are revealed to him. “I acknowledge before You, living and This comes from the aspect of chochma in the “birth-pangs of Mashiach.” G-d is eternal King etc...”). This is said before the its pre-revelation state. demanding that we return to Torah and morning laving of the hands, even while the hands are “impure.” The reason is Sunday - Shevat 7 mitzvot, that we not hinder the imminent coming of our righteous Mashiach. that all the impurites in the world do not When the Alter Rebbe was nine he defile a Jew’s “I acknowledge.” He might studied geometry and astronomy. At lack one thing or another, but his modeh ten he composed a calendar for fifteen Tuesday - Shevat 9 When my father concluded the entire ani remains intact. years. When he was twelve years old, it Talmud for the third time he said a maamar happened that he lectured publicly on on the subject of the meaning of a hadran. Friday - Shevat 12 Rambam’s laws of kidush hachodesh. The Intellect and excitement are two separate preeminent Torah-scholars who were During the year of mourning for his worlds. Intellect - a world cold and present at that time in the study-hall mother, my father concluded the entire settled; excitement - a world seething were utterly overwhelmed. Mishna at the end of eleven months, and and impetuous. Man’s avoda is to combine the entire Talmud at her Yahrzeit. them, unite them. The impetuousness then Monday - Shevat 8 becomes transformed into a longing, and In these days especially, when by G-d’s the intellect into the guide in a life of kindness we stand at the threshold Wednesday - Shevat 10 When my grandmother, Rebbetzin Rivka, avoda and action. of redemption, we must make every was eighteen (in 5611, 1851) she fell conceivable effort to strengthen every ill and the physician ordered her to facet of our religion. Mitzvot must be eat immediately upon awakening. She, observed b’hidur, with “beauty,” beyond however, did not wish to eat before minimal requirements. Customs must be davening; so she davened very early, then kept scrupulously, nothing compromised. ate breakfast. When her father-in-law, It is a Mitzva and duty of every Rabbi in the Tzemach Tzedek, learned of this he Israel to inform his congregation that said to her: “A Jew must be healthy and the current tribulations and agonies are 10 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

We Never Know the Full unwilling to let them out.” my deepest calling. Service of G-d happens frst in the intimate chambers of the human heart. Meaning of Our Lives Moses is making a strange argument. We need all When I control myself from cursing, or losing my How Did World War I Begin? of our cattle with us, he tells Pharaoh, because temper and hollering, it may never be reported By: Rabbi YY Jacobson we are unsure how we will worship G-d until we in the news, but nonetheless it is a true act of arrive at our destination of worship. Perhaps G-d serving G-d. Wise Old Man will ask for more cattle. A retired man moves near a junior high school. A Jew from Jerusalem, Rabbi Chaim Sholom He spends the frst few weeks of retirement in What does this mean? Did Moses mean these Deitch, shared that when he was young he peace and quiet. However, when a new school words literally? If not, why did he say them? And remembered Karliner Chassidim from Jerusalem year begins, three young boys beat on every why did Pharaoh not tell him to ask G-d how who after walking down the street and trash can they encounter every day on their way much cattle they need? And why, after these controlling their eyes from temptation, would home from school. The noise and commotion words of Moses, did Pharaoh suddenly have a enter into the synagogue and go a little dance drive the old man mad. He can’t bear it. change of heart yet again and decided to remain to celebrate their moral victory. obstinate? Finally, the man decides to take action and It is a lost art today. We do not appreciate our walks out to meet the boys. He says, “You kids Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Altar, the frst Rebbe of minor victories. Either I am a world-hero or a are a lot of fun. I’ll give you each a dollar if you’ll Ger, known as the Chidushei HaRim, offers an loser. But that is not true. You refne an emotion promise to come around every day and do your interesting interpretation. Moses’ words “we in your heart, you curtail a negative instinct, you thing.” The kids continue to do a bang-up job on do not know how we will worship G-d until we break a bad habit, you subdue your ego, you do the trashcans. arrive there” were meant for Pharaoh but also a favor to another person, you do not pursue an for every Jew in every generation until the end addiction, you stay away from a promiscuous After a few days, the man tells the kids, “This of time. “We do not know how we will worship relationship, you say a blessing or a chapter of recession’s really putting a big dent in my G-d until we arrive there” means that there is no Psalms with mindfulness—these are the stuff income. From now on, I’ll only be able to pay you way we can be aware of what really consists of of Divine service that capture the dignity and 50 cents to beat on the cans.” The noisemakers serving G-d “until we arrive there”—until we will purpose of human existence. are displeased, but they accept his offer. be privy to see the full picture of history and the full meaning of our lives here on earth. Take the story of Joseph. He was a youngster A few days later, the retiree approaches them working in an Egyptian home. His master’s wife again. “Look,” he says, “I haven’t received my It is often tempting to defne how we think G-d tried to seduce him but he steadfastly refused Social Security check yet, so I’m not going to be wants us to serve Him. We create an image of her. We may look at the story and say, “OK, we able to pay more than 25 cents. Will that be OK?” what G-d wants from us. But in truth, “we do all have such experiences where we must not know how we will worship G-d until we withstand seduction and temptation. Some of us “A freakin’ quarter?” the drum leader exclaims. “If arrive there.” We never can fully know what G-d you think we’re going to waste our time beating fail and some of us succeed.” Yet the Torah turns wants from us; how He wants me to serve Him. this into a central story in Genesis. As a result, these cans around for a quarter, you’re nuts. We Sometimes, our lives situations need to open us quit.” after a long series of events, he becomes the to the possibility that G-d expects something Prime Minister of Egypt and saves Egypt and the We have here an example of an old clever man very different from each of us. Jewish family from famine. In the imagination of who understood how to teach these lads that Similarly, we often discredit our small Judaism it is an act like that of Joseph’s which their acts have value and are worth money. This actions and minor victories. We view them as contains extraordinary power, majesty and is the theme of our essay. insignifcant and “news not ft to print.” We think signifcance. Had the Torah not told the story, we that a signifcant action is one publicized on the may have dismissed it as not very important. But We Do Not Know websites, newspapers, Facebook and Twitter. We in G-d’s book, it is one of the most important Nine plagues have devastated Egypt. Pharaoh live in a society where greatness is measured stories of ancient Jewish history. fnally consents. He offers Moses to leave— by the appreciation and acknowledgments the adults together with his children. He just of others, where fame is both glamorous and Upside-down demands that the cattle remain behind in Egypt. The Talmud relates the following episode: desirable, and where deeds have to be reported Moses responds: by newspapers to be deemed noble. Yosef the son of Rabbi Yehosua fell ill, lost “You too shall give sacrifces and burnt offerings consciousness and came very close to death. But that is not always the case: what seems to into our hands, and we will make them for the Today we call it a near death experience. When us as trivial and small, may one day appear as Lord our G-d .And also our cattle will go with he returned to life, his father asked him what awesome and incredibly impactful. “We do not us; not a [single] hoof will remain, for we will did you see “on the other side.” Yosef responded: know how we will worship G-d until we arrive take from it to worship the Lord our G-d, and we there.” When “we arrive there,” the world to come, do not know how we will worship G-d until we “I saw an upside down world: The ones who are or the future world of Moshiach, we may see arrive there. prestigious and superior in this world, ended up things very differently. What may have seemed low in the true world; those who are lowly in “G-d strengthened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was to me as a futile struggle may turn out to be 11 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! this world, are superior in the true world.” or World War I. Cabrinovic took a cyanide pill that failed to kill him and jumped into a three foot river to His father told him: “You have seen a clear world,” More than 15 million soldiers died and 21 “drown” himself. Franz and his party, it seemed, not an upside-down world. We are the ones who million more were wounded, while millions were safe. see an upside down world. In our world we of other people fell victim to the infuenza often judge what the right way to serve G-d is. epidemic that the war helped to spread. But Franz was not yet done putting his life we defne Divine service in a box. But it is not in danger. Against the advice of pretty much always that way. The struggling young man or The war left in its wake three ruined imperial everyone, he insisted on going to the hospital woman may have a different path and calling. dynasties (Germany, Austria-Hungary and to visit the people injured by the grenade. The The struggling mother or father may need to Turkey) and unleashed the revolutionary forces driver had no idea where he was going. They embrace the truth that their path is unique. of Bolshevism in another (Russia). In the end, ended up crisscrossing hilariously through the the uneasy peace brokered at Versailles in 1919 streets of Sarajevo, until they just randomly And in our world, some things may be extremely kept tensions in check for less than two decades happened to pass a cafe where a 19 year old important, yet in the other world it turns out before giving way to the most devastating nationalist by the name of Gavrilo Princip was not important at all. Conversely, in our world we Second World War and the Holocaust. enjoying a post-failed-assassination sandwich. may look at an act and feel it is valueless, but in that world it is this act which holds so much The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, Seeing his opportunity, Princip fred into the importance. determined post-war borders from Europe to car, shooting Franz Ferdinand and Sophie at the Middle East, established the League of point-blank range. Princip then turned the gun It was Maimonides who wrote: Nations as an international peace organization on himself, but was prevented from shooting and punished Germany for its aggression with A person must see himself and the world as himself by a bystander who threw himself upon reparations and the loss of territory. Tragically, the young assassin. A mob of angry onlookers equally balanced on two ends of the scale; the instability caused by World War I would by doing one good deed, he tips the scale attacked Princip, who fought back and was help make possible the rise of Nazi leader Adolf subsequently wrestled away by the police. and brings for himself and the entire world Hitler and would, only two decades later, lead to redemption and salvation. Meanwhile, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie lay a second devastating international confict, far fatally wounded in their limousine as it rushed I never know the signifcance of a single thought, larger in scope and atrocities. to seek help; they both died within the hour. word or deed. I do not know what consists of To many people, the Great War—as it was known Austria-Hungary, like many countries around real service of G-d till I do not arrive at “the at the time—seemed to come out of the blue, destination.” the world, blamed the Serbian government as the European continent was enjoying a long for the attack and hoped to use the incident We too often assume the great are the only ones stretch of unparalleled peace and prosperity. as justifcation for settling the question of who make a decisive difference in the world. It But how did World War I begin? Slav nationalism once and for all. On July 28, takes a Lincoln, a Napoleon, an Alexander — or Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World a Newton, an Einstein — to change the course of Because of a single act by a single person. War I broke out. Four years later, millions upon human events. But Citizen Drouet was a modest millions were dead. French provincial who, by dragging a cart across Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Austria- an arched gateway near the bridge at Varennes, Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef and heir to I ask you: when Gavrilo Princip fred his shot foiled the attempt of Louis XVI to fee Paris. One the Austro-Hungarian Empire, traveled to on Ferdinand, could he have known what he of the frustrations and glories of action is that Sarajevo in June 1914 to inspect the imperial was really doing? In his mind he was killing we cannot know the ripple effect of what we armed forces in the turbulent Balkan region an enemy of his nation. In reality, his single act do. Exertions for good should never be seen as that was annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908 triggered a world war that would transform wasted; causality is complicated and a mitzvah to the indignation of Serbian nationalists, who history forever! may change the world for better in ways we believed it should become part of the newly independent and ambitious Serbian nation. Here we have it: Repeatedly the world is cannot imagine. changed not by the exertions of genius but On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand and his by the initiative, good or bad, of an otherwise World War I wife Sophie were touring Sarajevo in an open unknown individual human being. The First World War began in July 1014 and lasted car, with surprisingly little security. A Serbian till November 1918. The Austria-Hungarian nationalist, one of a group of assassins, a man Batya Empire fred its frst shots on Serbia; soon Russia, named Nedeljko Cabrinovic, lobbed a grenade at Let us recall a positive example. This week’s France and Britain joined Serbia, and Germany the motorcade. The problem was he was using portion tells the story of Moses, the greatest joined the Austria-Hungarians. Italy, Japan and a lousy 1914 grenade, so it took 10 seconds to leader, who liberates a nation of slaves, molds the United States joined the Allies—Serbia and detonate, and by then Franz was out of range. them into an eternal people, transmits to them Russia; while the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria The unlucky ones in the car behind them were and to the world the Divine blueprint for life, joined the Austria Hungarians. From the time of hurt instead, and the assassins dispersed in the and alters history. its occurrence until the approach of World War chaos. II in 1939, it was called simply the World War or But who is responsible for the Moses story? It the Great War, and thereafter the First World War was one scene, occupying just a few lines in the 12 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Torah. It was one person, performing a single Halacha of The Week However, there is a problem of having food that act. As the story goes, Pharaoh’s daughter (she By Rabbi Dov Schochet wasn’t fully cooked being cooked on Shabbat. is given no name in the Torah) spots Moshe’s When it comes to liquid, or foods with signifcant basket among the reeds while bathing in the Blackout on Shabbat moisture according to the Alter Rebbe, once the Nile. She takes pity on him, assuming correctly food cools off it is considered to be raw, and if that he is a Hebrew child. She then hires the it is heated again it is being cooked on Shabbat. infant’s real mother to nurse the child, and when With solid foods if they were not cooked at least he is old enough he goes to live with Pharaoh’s half way before Shabbat (or a third according to daughter, who gives him his name, Moshe. lenient opinions) we cannot allow them to cook on Shabbat. Therefore, any of the food that had Could she have ever imagined what she was liquid and cooled down, or solids that weren’t accomplishing by fetching the basket of an half cooked would be cooked on Shabbat. infant? Could she have ever imagined that by rescuing that baby—she was transforming When it comes to foods being cooked on Shabbat, history forever? She was raising the boy who it is not allowed unless the fame is covered in would overthrow her father’s Empire and his his past Friday there was a blackout on an unusual way (this excludes the covering of a brutal oppression? By displaying compassion Collins Ave that affected many of the crockpot etc.), there was raw meat put in the pot for that abandoned child she was giving the condos. It lasted for a few hours and right before Shabbat and according to some if world the greatest gift ever—the gift of Torah? T the heat has no controls (a hot plate that can be electricity was restored at about 8:30 p.m. The By lifting that child, she was, in effect, giving our question is what happens with all of the food turned on or off, but the temperature cannot be world the dignity of purpose? that was in the oven, the Cholent that cooled adjusted) it is also permitted. So when this little boy grows up, it is he who down by the time Shabbat started and then was Therefore, if people had food that was cooked knows very well that “we do not know how we reheated by the electric being restored. or on top of a stove that was covered with a will worship G-d until we arrive there.” We never This question is discussed primarily in the blech, or on a hot plate it would be fne. The know the full meaning and signifcance of a responsa regarding Israel, and there the main issue would be with food that was in the oven noble act. Only G-d knows. And that’s enough. issue is that the people fxing the electricity or a cholent pot (that has no extra blech) that cooled down, has liquid, and was then heated on Oscar Wilde once said: “The nicest feeling in the are Jewish. Any time a Jew violates Shabbat we cannot have beneft from that action until Shabbat. In this case obviously the people did world is to do a good deed anonymously and not intentionally violate the rules of Shabbat, have somebody fnd out.” after Shabbat, therefore any beneft from the electricity would be benefting from the act of it was an accident. However, when it comes to a Jew on Shabbat. The debate revolves around leaving food on a fre in a way that is forbidden Between Moses and Pharaoh or returning it to a fre in a way that is forbidden In Judaism, life is frst and foremost about your the necessity of electricity in a city. Some argue even by mistake, it is forbidden to beneft from own intimate relationship with G-d. And thus that there are hospitals etc. that rely on the that on Shabbat. each act, word and thought contains profound electric, therefore fxing it is a matter of life and value and generates deep results. death which is permitted on Shabbat, even for Still there would be reason to be lenient in a Jew. Others argue that most hospitals have our case. If the food was already one third Pharaoh cannot fathom this. For him, fate is a generator and restoring electricity is not a cooked before Shabbat according to some it blind, dictated by the semi-gods. Humans are matter of life and death and therefore forbidden, is considered to be cooked. Furthermore, even inherent slaves who just ft into a predictable and any beneft from that act is forbidden as if there is moisture, if it is not mostly liquid it cycle. There is no human choice and creativity. well. is considered to be a solid according to some We are all enslaved to an eternal routine. authorities. According to these opinions there Pharaoh can’t appreciate the truth articulated In Surfside we don’t have that problem. There would be no problem to leave these foods in the by Moses that a small step—and act—by man is no reason to assume that the technicians oven or crockpot before Shabbat. The Halacha can constitute a giant leap for mankind. were Jewish as most people are not Jewish. Even though there is a prohibition to ask a gentile to is that if one inadvertently violated the rule In Moses’ world, every sheep counts. Every do something for us on Shabbat that we cannot of leaving food in the oven before Shabbat, if act of service is meaningful. Life is about the do ourselves, in this case the technician is being there are any opinions that allow that behavior celebration of our intimacy and partnership with sent by FPL. There is a rule that when a gentile then we can have beneft from it on Shabbat. G-d—minute by minute, act by act. is doing something for the people of a city, if the Therefore, as there are opinions that it is fne, majority of the city is not Jewish then we can after the fact one could use that food. beneft from that act. Even if most of the people Even if food was not one third cooked there is in Surfside are Jewish, the gentile is not working still room to be lenient. When the person put for the residents as much as he is working for the food in the oven or in the crockpot it was his company, therefore there is no problem of a perfectly permissible from them to do so, for gentile working for a Jew on Shabbat. they were not expecting a black out. The only

13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! problem that remains is the fact that according written discourses for publication, to be studied to some when the fre turned back on, even Yud Shevat by his chassidim when that day arrived. though there was no new action by the Jew, it I Have Come to My Garden is as if he put the pot on the fre on Shabbat. Exploring the chassidic discourse The tenth of Shevat was the yahrtzeit According to this opinion it would be a violation (anniversary of passing) of the Rebbe’s that defnes our generation grandmother, Rebbetzin Rivkah. In the year of returning a pot to a fre on Shabbat and the By Naftali Silberberg food would be forbidden until after Shabbat. 5710 (1950), the tenth of Shevat would fall on Shabbat (January 28). In honor of the occasion, However, some authorities argue that in order the Rebbe submitted for publication a discourse to violate Chazara (returning a pot to a fre on entitled Basi LeGani (“I have come to My Shabbat) there must be an action. Therefore, garden”). in this case according to them, there was no On that Shabbat morning, the Rebbe passed violation. And as stated before as this entire away at the age of 69. prohibition is Rabbinic, when there is an inadvertent violation, that according to some is The year that followed was one of apprehension permitted, we can use it on Shabbat. for Chabad-Lubavitch chassidim. Many immediately recognized that the Rebbe’s son-in- In short, the issue of the gentile working on law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was Shabbat is not a problem because a) most eminently suited to succeed his father-in-law, residents are not Jewish and b) they are working due to his outstanding scholarship and piety. for their employer, not the residents. The issue But Rabbi Menachem Mendel humbly refused to of putting food on a fre before Shabbat when it accept the mantle of leadership. isn’t cooked is fne because a) the food could be considered cooked according to some opinions After a full year of pleading and cajoling and b) when the food was put into the oven on the part of chassidim, Rabbi Menachem it was done in a permitted way. The issue of Mendel relented. On the frst anniversary of his having the food in the oven/crockpot turn on is predecessor’s passing, Rabbi Menachem Mendel fne because some hold that as there is no issue accepted upon himself the leadership of the if no action was done by the Jew on Shabbat. Chabad-Lubavitch movement. In traditional he sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Chabad chassidic form, he did so by delivering Yitzchak Schneersohn, arrived on the a chassidic discourse during a farbrengen You will then be able to tell your Tshores of America in March 1940, after a (chassidic gathering) on that historic day. children and grandchildren My miraculous escape from Nazi-occupied Poland. The new Rebbe’s discourse was also entitled Arriving in New York, he set for himself the task miraculous signs that I have performed Basi LeGani. In fact, it was based upon the very of building a Jewish infrastructure to replace the discourse that his father-in-law had submitted a among them, and you will know that I one going up in fames in Eastern Europe. In fact, year earlier. He started off where his predecessor he established his frst yeshivah in the Western left off . . . am G-d. (Exod. 10:2) Hemisphere on the very night that he arrived. Since the Torah is telling us to relate In the decade that followed, many more Torah In the decades that followed, every year on the schools and other religious institutions were 10th of Shevat, the Rebbe would host a grand the story of Egypt to our children and founded by his devoted emissaries across the farbrengen, in keeping with chassidic tradition grandchildren, it should say, “and thus United States and Canada. that designates the yahrtzeit of a righteous person as a highly auspicious day. For the they will know I am G-d.” When parents Though the Rebbe’s spirit and resolve were chassidim, the day had additional import—it indomitable, his body was battered and broken teach their children about G-d, their was the anniversary of the date when the Rebbe due to beatings and abuse at the hands of the assumed leadership. efforts carry a two-fold reward. They KGB, as well as multiple health issues, including debilitating multiple sclerosis. The Rebbe’s will merit to have children who have And every year at the 10 Shevat farbrengen, speech was also impacted; after a few years, the Rebbe would say a chassidic discourse that true faith in G-d. And, teaching and only those in his closest circle, such as his family started with the words Basi LeGani, always and secretariat, were able to comprehend his talking to their children about G-d will based on a different chapter of the original slurred words. As a result, the rebbe stopped discourse penned by his predecessor. It became strengthen the parents’ faith in G-d. orally delivering chassidic discourses in honor increasingly clear that the themes addressed in of special dates on the Jewish and chassidic this discourse defned the Rebbe’s leadership. calendar, as was his custom. Instead, in advance (Iturei Torah) of these propitious dates, he would submit What does this special discourse discuss? Which garden? Who’s coming to the garden? And why 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! is this arrival in the garden such an important (Exodus 19:20). Though this revelation was literally means “to come close.” How does one message for our generation? temporary, a few months later G-d’s presence come close to G-d? By transforming one’s inner graced the newly constructed Tabernacle. This darkness into light—a light that then shines The following is an abbreviated adaptation time the shechinah was here to stay. forth and illuminates the entire world. of the major themes discussed by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak. And G-d exclaimed, “I have come to My garden.” The Virtue of Folly The material used to create the Tabernacle’s But Moses’ incredible achievement merely The Garden walls, acacia wood, takes the concept of the got the ball rolling. G-d’s desire to establish a The words basi legani are taken from Solomon’s transformation of darkness to a more profound terrestrial home was yet to be fully reached. It Song of Songs. level. is not enough that the shechinah is manifest The garden is our world. Announcing His arrival within the confnes of the Tabernacle (and, In Hebrew, the word for acacia wood is shittim— here in this garden is G-d Himself—who refers subsequently, the Temple in Jerusalem). which is related to the word sh’tut, “folly.” Both to it not as “a garden,” but as “My garden.” All Ultimately the grand plan calls for the entire these words share the same etymological root, that He created belongs to Him, but of all the world, every inch of it, to be a welcoming home, the Hebrew word that means “straying.” myriad spiritual emanations and worlds, there a garden of pleasure, for its Creator. is only one to which He refers as “My,” because Folly is one form of straying. There’s a proper it is only here—the very lowest realm—that He Setting Ablaze the Inner Animal and straight path, one dictated by rationale and wants to call home. The divine light shines ever The Tabernacle constructed by Moses serves logic, and one who acts foolishly has wandered brightly in the supernal worlds, but only in this as the template for an identical sanctuary that off this path of reason. physical world does G-d wish to manifest His each and every one of us is expected to create very essence. for G-d in our own hearts. In fact, the wording According to the Talmud, all sins are caused by of the verse wherein G-d charges the Israelites a “spirit of folly” that pervades an individual. His shechinah (presence) was here when He to erect a sanctuary alludes to this idea: “They For no Jew in his right mind would willingly created this world. But it was driven away shall make for Me a sanctuary, and I will dwell sever his or her relationship with G-d—even by a series of sins, starting with Adam and in them” (Exodus 25:8). Our sages explain that temporarily—in order to indulge a feeting Eve’s eating the fruit of the forbidden Tree of the plural form, “I will dwell in them,” teaches desire or whim. And then there are more global Knowledge. Subsequent sinful generations us that G-d desires to dwell within the heart of follies; assorted universal conventions that are drove the shechinah further away, as it ascended every Jew. de facto law, regardless of whether they are from one heaven to the next. indeed wise (in a given situation) or not. So we turn to the Tabernacle, the prototype of a This was no glitch in the plan; it was anything divine dwelling place, for a better understanding And G-d tells us that He wants us to create a but. of how to accomplish our mission—of repressing sanctuary for Him out of these follies. He wants and transforming the darkness, and thereby us to take our capacity to act irrationally and Just as G-d created the world with the vision dedicate it to His service. He wants us to stray that it would serve as His domicile, He also had creating a personal human sanctuary for the shechinah. from the path of rationality—but in the opposite a clear vision as to how this domicile would be direction. created. He envisioned a world characterized by The primary service in the Tabernacle was the frightful spiritual blackness, wherein creations— offering of sacrifces. Practically, this entailed For is it possible to apprehend the possessors of free choice, capable of embracing taking an animal, slaughtering it, and then unapprehendable? The problem with the darkness or rejecting it—would repress the offering it (or parts of it) on the altar, where a endeavoring to relate to G-d through logic and darkness, and ultimately transform it into light. heavenly fre would descend and consume it. intellect lies not in the fact that we are not suffciently wise to grasp Him, but in the fact There must be a world which (on the surface) The spiritual equivalent (and accompaniment) of that He transcends intellect (which is merely a is inhospitable to its Creator. And through the this service involves the animal within, the selfsh creation of His). diffcult work of banishing and transforming the “animalistic” urges and desires that are the lot of darkness, it becomes a beautiful “garden.” A place every person. Yet each one of us also possesses Ultimately, we relate to G-d through the that G-d is delighted to inhabit. a G-dly soul, which is ablaze with a “heavenly abnegation of our selves—including our mental fre,” a passionate and inextinguishable love for capacities—and “foolishly” submitting ourselves The Precious Seventh G-d. Through contemplating and meditating to His will. Abraham began to reverse the tide. He started upon G-d’s greatness, we can consume our inner the process of bringing the shechinah back We must transform the folly of this world into animal with this fre. Yes, the inner animal is down here. The next generations continued the holy folly. selfsh, but it can be made to understand that process, which was completed by Moses, the a relationship with G-d is in its most selfsh And thus Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak concludes the seventh generation from Abraham—for, as the interest too. There’s nothing as sweet, wondrous discourse: Midrash tells us, “All sevenths are precious.” and fulflling as a relationship with the Creator. “And then he shall see the realization of the At the giving of the Torah, G-d returned in full The Hebrew word for sacrifce is korban, which verse, ‘And I will dwell in them’; G-dliness will grandeur: “And G-d descended upon Mt. Sinai” 15 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! shine in his soul. And this is [what it says in greatness of the frst—for the seventh is seventh and our capacity to consummate the process of the Zohar], ‘When the other side [unholiness] only by virtue of the fact that he is the seventh making this world into a divine abode, is due is suppressed’—through a person succeeding in since the frst. to the fact that we perpetuate the mission transforming the folly of the animal soul and embarked upon by the frst. worldly passions into holiness, for the purpose Who was the frst? And why was he so great? The conduct of the frst Rebbe of Chabad, of studying Torah and observing the mitzvot— The frst was our forefather Abraham. And to ‘the transcendent glory of G-d is revealed in all Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, was similar to understand his greatness, the Rebbe contrasts Abraham’s. He sought nothing for himself, not the worlds.’ The very highest levels of divinity Abraham to another great spiritual leader, Rabbi are revealed and shine brightly.” even mesirat nefesh, for he knew that his whole Akiva. existence was for the sake of “proclaiming there Over the years, the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Rabbi Akiva was thoroughly suffused with a love the name of G-d”: proclaiming and causing Mendel Schneerson, elaborated on the many for G-d. Because of his insistence on teaching others to proclaim. concepts discussed above. In this article, we Torah to the masses, he was sentenced by the In the spirit of Abraham, this means arriving in will suffce with citing a few ideas from the Romans to a horrible death—he was fayed to Rebbe’s inaugural discourse in 1951, wherein he places where nothing is known of G-dliness, death in the public marketplace. His students nothing is known of Judaism, nothing is known explains the special relevance of these ideas to who were watching saw that a broad smile our generation. even of the alef-bet, and while there, setting adorned his holy face. “How is it possible to oneself completely aside and devoting oneself endure such torture with a smile?” they cried. to the mission at hand. The Seventh Generation Rabbi Akiva responded, “My entire life I have Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak’s discourse clearly awaited the moment when I could sanctify G-d’s And let it be known: if a person wishes to identifes the reason why Moses was privileged Name, constantly asking myself: ‘When will I be succeed in his own “proclamation,” i.e., his own to bring the shechinah down into this physical afforded the opportunity to make this ultimate divine service, he must see to it that others world: it was because he was the seventh. sacrifce?’ And now that the opportunity is here, I too—even those who have hitherto been utterly We too are the sevenths, the Rebbe explained, should not smile?!” Rabbi Akiva, then, understood ignorant—know and vociferously proclaim. the seventh generation since the inception that the soul can reach no greater heights than To conclude with the Rebbe’s words: of Chabad Chassidism. Moses, the seventh through mesirat nefesh (martyrdom). generation, frst drew down the shechinah to Abraham was different. To Abraham, mesirat “It is this that is demanded of each and every this world; we, also the seventh generation, nefesh was incidental, not something he actively one of us of the seventh generation—for ‘all will complete the job, and usher in the fnal pursued. He knew that his objective was to those that are seventh are cherished’: redemption. proclaim and publicize G-d’s name. As the verse “Although the fact that we are in the seventh “The spiritual task of the seventh generation,” the says, “[Abraham] proclaimed (vayikra) there the generation is not the result of our own choosing Rebbe asserts, “is to draw down the shechinah name of G-d.” On this our sages comment, “Do and our own service, and indeed in certain ways truly below: transforming the folly of the animal not read vayikra—‘he proclaimed,’ but vayakri— perhaps contrary to our will, nevertheless, ‘all soul—which every man knows only too well that ‘he made others proclaim.’” Abraham didn’t those who are seventh are cherished.’ he possesses—and the passions, if not worse, of suffce with proclaiming it himself; he saw to it his animal soul, converting and transforming that the people he infuenced should likewise “We are now very near the approaching footsteps them into the folly of holiness.” proclaim G-d’s name to others. of Moshiach; indeed, we are at the conclusion of this period. Our spiritual task is to complete the Seventh Since the First This was his objective—nothing else. And if in process of drawing down the shechinah—the This might leave us wondering: How did we the course of this service mesirat nefesh was essence of the shechinah—specifcally within earn this exalted position? Are we greater than called for, he was prepared for that too. But our lowly world.” all the generations that preceded us? he had no personal aspirations, not even the loftiest of aspirations—the connection to G-d The Rebbe explains that our sages are precise achieved through mesirat nefesh. in their wording. “All those who are seventh are cherished,” they state, not “all those who are Indeed, so great was Abraham’s service that cherished are seventh.” Meaning to say: being Moses was privileged to have the Torah given seventh is not a status that one achieves by through him only because he was the beloved virtue of being precious; rather, the seventh’s seventh—the seventh to the frst. And when quality lies simply in the fact that he is seventh. Moses once thought to compare himself to He is cherished not on account of his spiritual Abraham, G-d chastised him: “Do not stand in service, and not even because he chooses to be the place of the great ones!” precious—it is something that he is born into. A Call to Action On the other hand, the fact that the seventh is We must understand, the Rebbe continued, that considered so precious in itself points to the that our preciousness as the seventh generation, 16 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

The rabbi would not give him the dignity of a as a participant in the “Stories That Live Fellowship”, Stories with Soul response. He walked straight into the man’s room where students help survivors share and document It Once Happened and read him the Rebbe’s letter. When he had their experiences during World War II. The ceremony fnished reading, the man turned to his son sitting was led by Rabbi Chaim Goldstein, co-director abbi Shlomo Kazarnovsky was a Chasid of next to the bed and said, “Son, I want to live. Take a with his wife, Moussia, of Chabad Serving Drexel the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak thousand dollars and go to Montreal.” The son did University Schneersohn, whose yartzeit is the tenth day exactly as he was told and left for Montreal. R Created by Rabbi Eli Gurevitz, co-director with his of Shevat. Many years ago, Rabbi Kazarnovsky and the Rebbe’s son-in-law, Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary, Several days later one of the hospital’s leading wife, Blumie, of the Rohr Center for Jewish Life- were sent on a mission to Toronto, Canada. When specialists came in to examine the patient. After Chabad Serving Haverford, Swarthmore and Bryn they arrived there they discovered that all public checking his condition, the doctor left the room Mawr, the fellowship creates the opportunity for transportation had come to an abrupt halt. A blizzard in a fury. Confronting the man’s family, which had survivors to share their stories with the students had hit the city, with accompanying gale-force winds. maintained a steady vigil ever since he was stricken, who document them through various creative There was no choice but to stay in their hotel room he demanded, “Who gave you permission to bring retelling projects. The projects are then featured and wait until the storm passed. in outside doctors and interfere in the patient’s in an exhibit that organizers hope to preserve for treatment? What kind of medications have you generations to come, as well as uploaded to the But they were not alone for long, as a few other been giving him?” The man’s relatives were stunned. fellowship’s website. With approximately 50 fellows Chasidim and supporters of Lubavitch soon joined They did not understand what he meant, as no in 2018, the project has 40 digital exhibitions and them. One of them was a local rabbi in Toronto, who other doctors had been called in on the case, and has reached thousands of college students. told them the following story: no special medications had been prescribed. They insisted that they had done absolutely nothing. Gherovici’s story was documented by student Aliza Not long ago, a member of the rabbi’s synagogue Rozen through a collection of photographs from his had been suddenly stricken with paralysis. When the “If that’s the case,” the doctor continued, “then a childhood, coupled with photographs of his children rabbi heard what happened, he went to visit him in genuine miracle has occurred. The patient’s condition and grandchildren. Born in 1927 in Bucharest, the hospital. The man’s condition was very grave, and has undergone a radical change for the better. He is Romania, he survived the pogrom of June 24, 1941, he could barely speak. The members of the man’s almost ready to be discharged.” when Romanian collaborators backed by German family, huddled together outside his room, told the SS units murdered thousands of people. He spent rabbi he couldn’t even enter to see him. Standing in Although he needed the assistance of crutches to the war living in a ghetto, working in the makeshift the hospital corridor, they proceeded to fll him in on get around for a short time, they were eventually hospital with his father, and was separated from part all the sordid details of his illness. discarded. The man experienced a complete recovery of his family for the duration of the war. In 1948, he from his illness. moved to Argentina. There he married and had two When the patient heard the rabbi’s voice, however, children. In 1999, he moved to Philadelphia. he instructed the nurse to allow him to enter the sickroom. As soon as he stepped inside the man Recently In The News “It was an honor for our students and me to be a part found his voice. “I heard that the Rebbe of Lubavitch of this amazing event,” said Rabbi Chaim Goldstein. is now in the United States,” he said. “Please write to Holocaust Survivor Celebrates “Marius was deprived of a proper bar mitzvah due to him for me and ask him what I can do to redeem the horrors of the Nazis, which is what made his bar myself and regain my health.” The rabbi immediately Bar Mitzvah at 91, Thanks to mitzvah so particularly moving.” wrote a letter describing the man’s condition, and College Fellowship received an equally speedy reply from the Rebbe. “‘The Stories That Live Fellowship’ provides students ‘Stories That Live’ project helps with a one-of-a-kind opportunity to document the The Rebbe had answered: “Tell him that a branch survivors document their experiences unique memories and experiences of Holocaust of Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim is now being built survivors for future generations,” said Gurevitz, s the result of a unique fellowship that connects in Montreal. Advise him to donate the sum of one director of the program. “In the few short years Holocaust survivors with college students, thousand dollars. The angel of one hundred is not since we started it, a number of the survivors Marius Gherovici, 91, recently celebrated his the same as the angel of one thousand, as it states, ‘If A who participated have passed away, highlighting bar mitzvah in Philadelphia by putting on tefllin for there be but one interceding angel out of a thousand the urgent need for the program. If you know a the frst time, and then singing and dancing with a [accusers], etc.’ “ local survivor who would like to inspire the next group of young new friends. generation, please get in touch.” As soon as the Rebbe’s answer arrived the rabbi Gherovici expressed gratitude to G-d for his survival hurried back to the hospital to show the sick man despite, he said, not being a practicing Jew. “It is the letter. The relatives were very surprised that it my frst time entering the religion,” he stated while had come so fast. However, after the rabbi told them proudly wearing tefllin. “We weren’t religious; we what the Rebbe had advised, the man’s brother-in- were fghting for our dear lives, but Somebody law commented in English, “You see? They’re already upstairs gave me a hand not once, but a hundred trying to squeeze money out of him. You know what different times.” kind of people these are...” Gherovici was visiting Chabad at Drexel University 17 Get the Picture The full scoop on all the great events and classes around town

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Vivre avec la paracha La mystique de l’obscurité même. mourraient. Les Égyptiens restèrent dans Y voir clair dans le noir l’ignorance de ce fait honteux pour le peuple par Lazer Gurkow L’obscurité céleste a des effets spirituels juif car ces Juifs moururent et furent enterrés négatifs au niveau humain. Elle est certes la pendant la période d’obscurité. a neuvième des Dix Plaies d’Égypte fut la transcendance de la lumière, mais comme l’être plaie de l’obscurité : « Nul ne put voir son humain ne transcende pas la lumière, il ressent 2) L’obscurité donna l’occasion aux Juifs de frère, nul ne put non plus se lever de sa cette transcendance comme un contentement circuler dans les maisons égyptiennes afn de L dans l’obscurité. Sujet à un tel contentement repérer les objets précieux qu’ils allaient plus place, pendant trois jours; mais, pour les Enfants d’Israël, il y eut de la lumière dans toutes leurs pendant une période de temps prolongée, il tard emprunter. Quand ils demanderaient aux demeures. » (Exode 10, 23) risque d’en oublier complètement la vertu de la Égyptiens de les leur prêter, ces derniers ne Divinité. pourraient nier les posséder, car les Juifs leur La plaie physique de l’obscurité prend ses racines indiqueraient invariablement où ils étaient dans l’obscurité spirituelle, qui peut être défnie L’aveuglement et l’immobilité cachés. comme une absence de la présence révélée de L’obscurité physique affecta les Égyptiens de D.ieu. Dans une réfexion sur l’origine spirituelle deux manières. La première fut que « personne Selon l’un des commentateurs, les deux raisons de cette plaie, le Midrach cite deux opinions ne put voir son frère » et la seconde, que « sont vraies. Pendant les trois premiers jours, : Rabbi Né’hémia enseignait que l’obscurité personne ne put se lever de sa place ». Le les Juifs enterrèrent leurs morts et durant prenait sa source dans les régions du Guéhinom Midrache enseigne que cette plaie dura six les trois derniers, ils explorèrent les maisons (le purgatoire) ; Rabbi Yéhouda enseignait jours. Les trois premiers jours, les Égyptiens ne égyptiennes. qu’elle provenait des sphères célestes. pouvaient pas se voir, mais ils étaient toujours capables de se lever et de se déplacer. Durant Sur un plan métaphorique, ces deux activités Les maîtres ‘hassidiques expliquent la différence les trois derniers jours, l’obscurité s’intensifa constituent les antidotes aux deux formes entre ces deux formes d’obscurité : au point de paralyser le moindre de leur d’obscurités évoquées : mouvement. Ils ne pouvaient même plus se 1. L’obscurité classique, associée au Guéhinom, lever de leurs sièges. 1) L’antidote à l’obscurité qui dissimule la agit comme un rideau. Quand un rideau est tiré lumière est de déchirer le « rideau » qui la sur une fenêtre, il obstrue la lumière du soleil Ces deux périodes de trois jours peuvent être voile et de pénétrer dans la lumière. Durant et laisse la pièce complètement dans le noir. C considérées comme correspondant aux deux les trois premiers jours, alors que les Égyptiens est là l’obscurité du Guéhinom, où la présence types d’obscurités évoquées plus haut. Durant aspiraient à la clarté, les Juifs y pénétrèrent. de D.ieu est totalement dissimulée. les trois premiers jours, les Égyptiens subirent Ils distinguèrent alors clairement la lumière l’obscurité classique dans laquelle on se sent de l’obscurité et les justes des impies. Ils 2. L’obscurité céleste est primordiale ; elle privé de lumière et on se languit d’elle. Pendant comprirent pourquoi leurs frères étaient morts précède toute lumière. L’essence de D.ieu est ce temps, ils ne pouvaient voir leur frère. Ici, et se hâtèrent de les enterrer pour enlever au-delà de toute révélation. Quand Il choisit leur frère est une métaphore pour la lumière de toutes traces d’impiété parmi eux. de Se révéler, Il irradia à l’extérieur, de sorte D.ieu. Ils voulaient jouir de cette lumière, mais que Sa lumière fut visible, mais au-delà de l’obscurité les en empêchait. Durant la seconde 2) L’antidote à l’obscurité qui se satisfait cette lumière, régnait toujours l’obscurité. C’est période de trois jours, l’obscurité fut de forme d’elle-même est de regarder dans le noir et là le domaine de Son Essence et l’Essence céleste. Ils devinrent satisfaits de l’obscurité : ils d’identifer son origine divine : de reconnaître ne requiert pas de lumière. Confortablement n’aspiraient plus à voir leur « frère », mais ils ne que la satisfaction de l’homme sans lumière est installée en elle-même, le rayonnement ne lui pouvaient se lever de leur place. Leur « place » un refet du fait que Son créateur transcende fait pas défaut car elle transcende toute lumière. est une métaphore pour leur satisfaction dans la lumière. Durant la seconde période de l’obscurité. Ils ne pouvaient plus s’élever au-delà trois jours, alors que les Égyptiens étaient En d’autres termes, l’obscurité classique de ce contentement pour apprécier la valeur de bloqués « sur place », dans leur satisfaction de dissimule la lumière divine, alors que l’obscurité la lumière de D.ieu. l’obscurité, les Juifs regardèrent dans des lieux céleste révèle l’Essence de D.ieu, qui transcende sombres et secrets et découvrirent des trésors toute lumière. Les deux antidotes « d’or » et « d’argent ». Selon la Kabbale, l’or et Que faisaient les Enfants d’Israël pendant que l’argent représentent l’amour de D.ieu. Les Juifs les Égyptiens étaient plongés dans l’obscurité? cherchèrent dans l’obscurité et découvrirent Sur le plan humain leur amour pour ses racines divines cachées. Ces deux formes d’obscurité spirituelle, quand elles sont vécues au niveau humain, suscitent Le Midrache cite les deux desseins que servit la deux réactions très différentes. L’obscurité plaie de l’obscurité: classique est la dissimulation de la lumière. Abandonné dans l’obscurité spirituelle, l’être 1) De nombreux Juifs ne voulaient pas quitter humain aspire à la Divinité de par sa condition l’Égypte. Aussi D.ieu décréta-t-Il qu’ils y 24 Latin Link Refexion Semanal

Parasha de la Semana Un rayo de luz nos dio la oportunidad de orar minjá (las Por Yossy Goldman plegarias de la tarde). Entre los invitados estaba un tío de nuestro anfitrión, un Recientemente ha habido algunos grandes conocido y exitoso comerciante en diamantes cortes de electricidad en vastas franjas de los también conocido por ser un ateo declarado. Estados Unidos. Aun recuerdo el ensayo que No estaba seguro que debía hacer con él. escribí en la escuela secundaria acerca del ¿Debía ofrecerle un sidur (libro de plegarias) gran apagón de los años 60. En Johannesburgo, o no? ¿Lo consideraría una provocación y donde ahora vivo, experimentamos fallas en se disgustaría? En mi inseguridad, decidí no la electricidad localizadas en forma más que hacer nada. frecuente. A veces eso hace que no podamos disfrutar un cholent caliente en la tarde de Posteriormente, cuando miré a mi alrededor, Shabat. él no estaba a la vista. Al día siguiente su sobrino confirmó mis sospechas. Estaba Todos esos apagones son sólo inconvenientes disgustado por no haber sido invitado a unirse menores, cuando los comparamos con el Gran a las plegarias. “¿No soy también un judío?” Apagón en Egipto antes del Éxodo. La novena Le preguntó. Estaba justificadamente herido plaga fue Tinieblas y por el relato bíblico, e hice esfuerzos especiales en las semanas parece hacer que los cortes de electricidad siguientes para apaciguarlo, asegurándole actuales sean insignificantes. que realmente creía que era un judío como yo.

“Hubo profundas tinieblas en toda la tierra Aprendí una importante lección de este episodio. Nunca dar por perdido a ningún de Egipto durante tres días. Ningún hombre filosóficamente, nos identificamos con este judío. Nunca ser cínicos acerca de los cínicos. podía ver a su hermano, ni ninguna persona concepto. A menudo debo discutir con los Todo judío es un rayo de luz. Todo lo que podía siquiera levantarse de su lugar durante miembros del minian de mi sinagoga sobre necesitamos es hacer el entorno un poco más tres días. Y para los Hijos de Israel hubo luz este tema. Un individuo viene a decir Kadish conducente, y la luz inherente brillará. en todas sus moradas” (Éxodo 10:22-23). tras perder a un ser querido, y los asistentes habituales de la sinagoga a veces tienen De acuerdo con los comentaristas, no fue sus pequeñas apuestas privadas: ¿Seguirá simplemente una ausencia de luz sino adelante y recitará el Kadish todo el año o una niebla tangible que empeoraba con el desaparecerá después del período de duelo tiempo. Los primeros tres días no podían ver. inicial? Algunos de los individuos son cínicos, Los siguientes tres días no podían ni siquiera de acuerdo a experiencias pasadas. Ellos moverse. Pero, milagrosamente, calle abajo, citan el viejo adagio judío: “El malaj hamavet en el vecindario judío de Goshen ¡había luz! (ángel de la muerte) alimenta las sinagogas”. A menudo debo desempeñar no sólo el rol de Este versículo “Y para los Hijos de Israel Clases y Eventos defensor de la fe, sino de defensor del rebaño. Clases en Espanol hubo luz en todas sus moradas” hizo que el Nunca perder las esperanzas con ningún santo Rabí Israel de Ruzhin diera la siguiente judío, siempre les digo. En verdad, muchas Porcion Semanal hermosa explicación homilética: “Todo judío veces me vi. gratamente sorprendido cuando Rabbi Shea Rubinstein es un rayo de luz. Sólo depende de sus un judío de quien la sinagoga creía que era Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm ‘moradas’”. El entorno en el cual a veces se completamente extraño se convirtió en uno Analisis de distintos temas basados en la Perasha encuentra el judío arroja una sombra sobre la de nuestros asistentes regulares. Rabbi Shlomi Halsband espiritualidad y luz que innatamente posee. De Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm ninguna manera, sin embargo, no disminuye Admito que también hay veces que tengo Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm de la luz Divina dentro de cada judío. No todo que recordarme a mi mismo no convertirme entorno conduce hacia la luz. A veces un judío en un cínico y aferrarme a mis propias (Para Mujeres) puede ser afectado negativamente por su Sra. Vivian Perez creencias ideológicas. Un incidente particular, Martes 1:15 pm - 2:50 pm entorno. Pero intrínsecamente, todo judío es hace algunos años, permanece en mi un rayo de luz. Miércoles: 1:15pm - 2:50 pm mente. Fuimos invitados por amigos para Jueves: 11:00 am - ver un nuevo documental dramático sobre 12:00 pm ¿Cree en Di-s? No es suficiente. Debe creer el Holocausto. Era una producción larga y 198 Park también en los judíos. Ni siquiera ser cínico éramos bastantes pocas personas. Decidimos Dr. No Class This WeekBal Harbour acerca de los judíos cínicos. Se que no siempre tener un intervalo. La interrupción también es fácil, aun para aquellos de nosotros que 25 In A Woman’s World Issues of relevance to the Jewish Woman

WEEKLY CLASSES Women’s Mikvah: Monday Please call Mrs. Devorah Failer for an Women’s Study Group Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 8:30 - 10:00 pm At the home of : Mrs. Bahee Salver appointment: 305-866 1492 or 9755 Broadview Terrace Bay Harbor Islands 305-323-2410 Please Note: Shabbos & Yom Tov visits must be Prepaid Tuesday Prayer Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 9:15 - 10:15 am 1111 Kane Concourse Suite 618 The Shul Sisterhood Tanya Class In Spanish Mrs. Vivian Perez 1:15 - 2:50 pm

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Board of Trustees Foundation Trustees Sidney Feltenstein - Chairman Alberto Kamhazi Albert Pollans - President Simon Falic Shmuel Katz M.D. Jaime Gilinski Matias Garfunkel Leo Kryss David Lichter Ambassador Isaac Gilinski 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 Daniel Shapiro Joel Baum Rabbi Zalman Lipskar Boruch Duchman Ryan Shapiro Maurice Egozi Orit Osman Velvel Freedman Michael Tabacinic Henry Eichler Marc Sheridan Eli Freund David Wolf Mitchell Feldman Daniel Sragowicz Bruce Gelb Jose Yankelevitch Daniel Gielchinsky Cynthia Stein Ighal Goldfarb 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

The Rebbes’ Maamorim 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 Torah Portion 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 Mrs. Bahee Salver PHL-322 PHL-510 Rabbi S. Rubinstien 9755 Broadview Terrace Community Kollel (Men) 8:00 - 9:30 pm Bay Harbor Islands (Monday & Thursday) LAW-154

Shul Rabbis & Kolel

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 TXT-501 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Women’s Torah Portion Class Chassidic Discourses (Men & Women) Senior Torah Academy (Men & Women) (Spanish) 1:15 pm - 2:50 pm 11:30 - 12:30 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm PHL-320 PHL-501 Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet TXT-110NO CLASS Mrs. Vivian THIS Perez WEEK 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village or Rabbi Zalman Lipskar (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 Tanya Class - English 1:15 - 2:50 pm Women’s Tanya Class (Spanish) PHL-120NO CLASS Mrs. Vivian THIS Perez WEEK 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village PHL-320NO CLASS Mrs. Vivian THIS Perez WEEK Spanish Kolel - Chassidus Call Vivian for details - 305.213.3202 8:00 - 10:00 pm PHL-301 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband

NUMERIC CODES INDICATE ALL CLASSES LOCATED CYS COLLEGE COURSES AT THE SHUL VISIT WWW.CYSCOLLEGE.ORG UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

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