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B”H The Shul weekly magazine Weekly Magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin (OBM) and Ethel Sirotkin and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Shabbos Parshas Vayikrah Nissan 4 -5 March 31 - April 1 CANDLE LIGHTING: 7:19 PM SHABBOS ENDS: 8:12 PM Over Tirty Six Years of Serving the Communities of Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek and Surfside 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside, Fl 33154 Tel: 305.868.1411 Fax: 305.861.2426 www.TeShul.org Email: [email protected] The Shul Weekly Magazine Everything you need for every day of the week Contents Nachas At A Glance Weekly Message 3 Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar The Shul Hebrew School prepares for Celebrating Shabbos Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you 4 - 5 Pesach with a model matzah bakery need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience and special pesach pillows. Community Happenings 6 - 7 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray 8 Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9 -16 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 17- 20 The full scoop on all the great events around town Meyer Youth Center 21 - 22 The full scoop on all the Youth events around town In a woman’s world 23 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman French Connection 24 Refexions sur la Paracha Latin Link 25 Refexion Semanal Networking 26-28 Effective Advertising Numbers To Know 29 Contacts at The Shul Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 30 The Shul Get The Picture 31-32 The full scoop on all the great events around town Quotable Quote It is a singular, tremendous privilege if the Almighty grants a person an aptitude for, and a delight in, doing a fellow Jew a favor. If the Almighty grants a person that his fellow man will be more dear to him than himself... It is worth one’s while to toil fve hours a day for fve days -- toil of the body and toil of the soul -- to comprehend the Divine, if the result is that one truly desires to do a favor to a fellow... Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Vayikra and integration of nature and the supernatural. The Jewish people live outside of the natural boundaries, defying every law of social his Shabbos we begin the anthropology and historical patterns, indicating a connection with book of Leviticus, Vayikra, and a power beyond the limits of this fnite world while at the same Tcelebrate the frst Shabbat in time living within the historical reality of society and are required this extraordinary month of Nissan and enabled to infuence it in a manner to make this world a holy / miracles. It is interesting that most dwelling place for Almighty G-d. of the signifcant commentators on the Torah give interpretations It is a special message that is so signifcant today when we are on why the last letter Aleph in so prominent on the platforms of world attention that challenges the frst word Vayikra is smaller us to be the true “light to the nations”. That is the objective for than all the other letters. One of G-d’s choosing us and giving us the special powers that He did. As the most accepted and common we approach the holiday of Pesach and the 115th birthday of the explanations is that it indicates Lubavitcher Rebbe, it should inspire us to utilize all of our skills, the humility of Moses whom the gift-from-G-d abilities and potential to make this entire world that Torah attests to as being “the most place of freedom, holiness, redemption, kindness, goodness and humble of all people ever created”. Though Almighty G-d called peace. and summoned him and spoke to him directly in a manner that Have a great Shabbos and a good week. was extraordinarily unique, indicating a close and loving personal interactive communication and relationship, yet Moses remained humble. Though gifted with this historically singular relationship with G-d, Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar his lack of ego or haughtiness was actually the result of this supra holy connection. It was the fact that Moses was totally subservient to Almighty G-d, recognizing that all he had was due to Him, that was the catalyst for his ultimate humility. This did not in any way A Light for 100 distract from his strength, power, Jewish pride and noncompromising commitment to all that G-d directed the Jewish people to do. He By Tzvi Freeman understood that it was not his individual, self-achieved power that gave him that capacity but his being a conduit for G-d’s energy and A dish of food will fll one stomach, infuence in our world. In fact, he was humbled and thankful that he was able to fulfll that important mission of actualizing G-d’s but the next in line is still hungry. purpose in creation. This month of Nissan which began this week is known as the Even a furnace demands more fuel month of miracles, the month of redemption, the month of our fnal Messianic redemption, the month when we were born as a nation, as freezing souls gather to absorb the month which is the frst commandment that G-d gave to the Jewish people and is the month when the frst Tabernacle housing its heat. G-d’s infnite and pristine presence was erected and dedicated. The name of the month Nissan which contains two nuns and is But a light that guides one person the frst letter of the word Ness / miracle, indicates that multiple will guide a hundred. miracles will happen in this month. A miracle is the confrmation of G-d’s infnite power to affect the world and change its natural order while at the same time recognizing the fact that we still live in a Be that light. limited, fnite world with constraints, restraints and borders. It is the Jewish people themselves that are the perfect combination 3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Weekly Riddle Morah Malkie’s Elisheva Adouth's Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 Questions: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 1) The frst verse of the parsha states that Hashem called to Moshe Montessori Classrooom 2 before speaking to him. Where else in the Torah does Hashem call out classrooom 2 to Moshe before speaking to him? (4 answers) 2) Aside from Moshe, who else in the Torah does Hashem call out to frst with the word “Vayikra”? 3) In this parsha, different offerings are discussed. Who is the frst person mentioned in the Torah to bring an offering? Tehila's Basya's Answers from last week: Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls 1) Each person was expected to donate to the Tabernacle a beka of silver, the value of half a shekel (Exodus 38:26 with Rashi). In parshas Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 Chayeh Sarah, when Eliezer gives gifts to Rivkah, the earring has the weight of a beka (Genesis 24:22 with Rashi). 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 2) Silver, with a tally of 100 (kikar) talents and 1,775 shekels, is collected Classrooom 4 in the greatest amount (Exodus 38:25). 3) The shoham stone is twice on the shoulder straps of the ephod (39:8), and also appears on the fourth row of the breastplate (choshen) (Exodus 39:13). RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Mendy's Loebenstein any time over Shabbos. The Sholom's Hebrew School Junior Boys first child to give a correct answer to each of Grades: 4th - 8th the questions will win an INSTANT prize! Grades: 1 - 4 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Classroom 1 Shaykee’s Debbie’s Shmuely's Davening With Dad Teen Girls Teen Boys Grades: 9th - 12th Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Teen Girls Room Montessori 3 Haime Library 4 Celebrating Shabbos Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is available for sponsorship. Shabbos Schedule Early Shabbos minyan: 6:00pm Shalosh Seudos This Week: Candle lighting 7:19 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. 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