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Shabbos Parshas Vayikrah Nissan 4 -5 March 31 - April 1

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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).

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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.

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Birthdays Yahrtzeits 5 Nissan Ms. Michal Dror 5 Nissan Fruma Esther bas Yaakov HaCohen obm 5 Nissan Ms. Maxime Dunn Mother of Mr. Edward E. Kopelman 5 Nissan Mr. Michael Freund 6 Nissan Menachem Mendel ben Sholom obm 5 Nissan Ms. Blima Weinschneider Father of Mr. Mordechai Gottlieb 5 Nissan Mrs. Odelia Weiss 6 Nissan Moshe Chaim ben Yidel obm Father of Ms. Marilyn Cohen 6 Nissan Mrs. Esther Davit 6 Nissan Shraga Faivel ben Dovber obm 6 Nissan Mrs. Ravit Feldman Father of Rabbi Berel Zisman 7 Nissan Mr. Gideon Azari 6 Nissan Yisroel ben Chaim obm 7 Nissan Mr. David Egozi Father of Mrs. Rosita Zelcer 7 Nissan Mr. Avi Schottenstein 7 Nissan Susan Jane obm 8 Nissan Ms. Marsha Raab Sister of Mr. Richard Moore 9 Nissan Ms. Lea Debora Musikar 8 Nissan Eliezer ben David obm Father of Mrs. Jacqueline Slomianski 9 Nissan Dr. Alexander Poltorak 9 Nissan Shaindel Faige bas Nechemyah obm 9 Nissan Mrs. Lilla Sher Mother of Mr. Mario Cytrynbaum 9 Nissan Mr. Eric P. Stein 10 Nissan Menucha Rochel bas Shaul obm 9 Nissan Ms. Rachelli Tuchman Mother of Rabbi Shlomi Katan 10 Nissan Mrs. Adela Gottesman 10 Nissan Sorah Henia bas Aryeh Leib obm 10 Nissan Mr. Joel Sussman Mother of Mr. Arnold Lewis Cohen 10 Nissan Ms. Dvorah Leah Waks 11 Nissan Binyamin Yosef ben Melech obm 11 Nissan Mrs. Batya Cosiol Grandfather of Mr. Harold Tripp 11 Nissan Matityahu obm 11 Nissan Mrs. Claire Loew Hausman Father of Mr. Alejandro Feterman

Kid’s Birthdays 6 Nissan Rivka Ginsburg Learning with The Bochurim 8 Nissan Rummi Neuwirth If you are interested in having your child 8 Nissan Eric Sher 9 Nissan Moshe Eliyohu Cohen learn with one of our bochurim, 9 Nissan Yisroel Tzvi Tevardovitz or if you would like to arrange 11 Nissan Leah Amalia Kavana a lunch and learn in your office, 11 Nissan Benjamin Efraim Sragowicz Please contact Rabbi Shaykee Farkash [email protected]

Anniversaries Mr. & Mrs. Isaac & Bahee Salver Dr. & Mrs. Gene & Sandra Moteles Mr. & Mrs. Dan & Carolina Goldfarb Mr. & Mrs. Ettai & Rotem Einhorn Mr. & Mrs. Adam & Michelle Weinberg Kasher Your Pesach Utensils on the Deck @ The Shul Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Dr. & Dr. Raul and Janet Mitrani on the marriage of their daughter, Lindsey to Mr. Charles Harris. May the young couple build an Thursday, April 6 everlasting edifce in Israel. From: 12:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Nissan 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 Nissan is Kindly Sponsored by for donations received between 03/21/17 and 03/27/17 We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Mr. & Mrs. Ryan and Dinie Shapiro 1st Merchant Funding, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Mayer Mr. Bruno Ackenine Mr. Meir Pinchas in loving memory of Dr. William Shapiro, Adult Education Mr. & Mrs. Ariel Melamed Dov ben Yaakov, obm ALF HOLDINGS, INC. Mr. Morris Mendal Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Shlamie Mochkin Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Gene Moteles “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Opert Ms. Hana Barouk Mr. & Mrs. Jack Osman pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Mrs. Bessie Bedzow Mr. Charles Ouanounou and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Ms. Mimi Borowich Mr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Penson occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Bouhnik Mr. & Dr. Hersh Yitzchok Reich be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire Mr. & Mrs. Salomon Btesh Mr. Daniel Rojsen body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, Mr. & Mrs. Barry Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Brian Roller together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. David Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Zev Rudolph Mr. & Mrs. Meir Cosiol Dr. & Mrs. Michael Salzhauer Mr. & Mario Cytrynbaum Mr. Mark P. Schnapp Rabbi & Mrs. Shlomie Diamont Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Shapiro Falic Family Foundation Mr. David Shoshan Mr. Mark B. Fisher Mrs. Esther Teitelbaum Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Gilbert Franco Mr. & Mrs. Michael Vaturi Refuah Shleimah Mr. Jeffrey Franco Mr. & Ms. Azriel Wasserman If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. Mr. & Mrs. Sam Greenwald Mr. & Mrs. Paul Weintraub Mr. Durrel Handwerger Mr. Bernard Werner MEN WOMEN Rabbi & Mrs. Zalman Hilel Mr. & Mrs. Moises Wertheimer Moshe Avraham ben Tziporah Riva Leah Rochel bat Sarah Ms. Shay Kardonski Mr. & Mrs. Shmuel Wolf Chaim ben Pnina Gabriel ben Esther Miriam bat Risha Raizel Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Mr. & Mrs. Shlomi Katan Mr. & Mrs. Sergio Zelcer Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Chana bas Shoshana Mr. & Mrs. Aviv Kordich Mr. & Mrs. Avrom Chaim Yosef ben Edwina Shifra bas Chaya Ms. Nina Mack Zelmanovitch Avrohom ben Feigel Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Mr. & Mrs. Harry Mamane Rabbi & Mrs. Berel Zisman Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel Chava bas Elka Menucha Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Chaya bas Rachel Yehuda ben Chaya Sara Fayge bas Chaya The Shul Parking Garage Shimon Yitzchak ben Leah Rochel Miriam Leah bas Helen In response to numerous incidents in our garage and with the Roi ben Orly safety of our children, members and staff foremost in mind, we Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel insist on TOTAL compliance with the following rules in the garage. • You must always park in a legal spot • Do not park in handicap parking • Do not park along the perimeter of the garage Volunteers Needed • Do not double park • Do not take up more than one space After every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the • Do not block another vehicle left over food to organizations or families in need. There is additional parking in the lots North and South of The Shul. We are looking for volunteers to help collect and When cars park illegally, you take an already challenging situation wrap the food. in the garage and turn it into a near impossible and dangerous situation. You create more havoc, less visibility and more aggravation If you would like to help please contact the which itself contributes to the likelihood of an accident, G-d forbid. Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush. Community service hours will be awarded. If you are not in a legal spot YOU WILL BE TOWED 7 A Time to Pray Davening schedules and locations throughout the week

Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul 6:45 -7:15 am Derech Mitzvosecha Foundational Chassidic Discourse R’ Zalman Lipskar 8:10 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 7:15 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 Sunday Mincha /Maariv mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 7:25 pm 10:00 pm Main Minyan 7:25 pm Sephardic Minyan 7:25 pm Following Late Maariv 10:00 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 April 5 for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily. Dan Shlomo ben Eliyahu Benyamin Aharon Ben Jeniya Gila Rut Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:54 am Jonathan ben Aliza Sher Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:26 am Michael Shmuel ben Eliezer Eliyahu Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 7:07 am Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry (Earliest Amidah) Eitan Gabriel Ben Karine Cecile Latest Shema 10:13 am Zman Tfllah 11:16 am Chatzot / Midday 1:23 pm Earliest Mincha 1:55 pm Plag HaMincha 6:24 pm Shekiah / Sunset 7:39 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 8:03 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. 8 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 - Nissan 4 Tuesday - Nissan 8 The avoda of laymen has two categories: Every soul has its particular avoda, in the areas of intellect and emotions, in accordance with 1) Avoda with self: When actually at work, in a that soul’s nature and character. It is written: free moment in his store, for example, he should “From my foes have You given me wisdom”;1 study a Mishna or two, or a chapter of Tanya. from the evil tendencies one detects in his He should commit some Torah to memory - for natural traits, he can become wise and know example, Chumash, Mishna, Tehillim, Tanya, so how to handle the correction of these traits, and that he will be able to review these while in the how to subordinate his powers, in the service marketplace, the street or wherever. of G-d. 2) Avoda with another: When discussing business, he should turn the conversation Wednesday - Nissan 9 towards introducing a story with content, and Jewish wealth is not houses and gold. The seek some reason or opportunity to stimulate everlasting Jewish wealth is: Being Jews who the other to study Torah, or to do similar keep Torah and Mitzvot, and bringing into the activities. able to fulfll G-d’s intention in having the soul world children and grandchildren who keep Shabbos - Nissan 5 descend (into the material world). And just as it Torah and Mitzvot. In Birkat Hamazon, in Retzei, say baal hayeshuot is with the soul’s descent, so is it also with every (“b” in the frst word) u’vaal hanechamot (“v” in person, in whatever place he may be. the second word). Thursday - Nissan 10 Sunday - Nissan 6 On the subject of the campaign to popularize My grandfather commented on the saying, “The Experience has shown that with less the observance of taharat hamishpacha in your place of man does not honor him; rather man speculation,* but working with orderliness and community, ponder this deeply: Let us imagine honors his place.” The term, kavod, “honor,” has frmness, in accord with the “pleasantness” that G-d were to give you the opportunity two implications. One is kaveid, “liver,” as the of Torah (with the “right hand bringing close to save a Jewish community from extinction Torah says, “Pharaoh’s heart is kaveid (“heavy”), and the left hand rejecting”) one is certain to (G-d forbid), you would certainly be willing to and the Sages comment, “His heart became like achieve results, especially in matters concerning risk your life for this and you would thank and a liver,” (cold, insensitive). The other meaning the fundamentals of our religion. praise Him for His great kindness in offering is kavod, “honor,” signifying the revelation of a you an opportunity of such enormous merit. supernal encompassing illumination. Monday - Nissan 7 The same then holds true to an even greater The Alter Rebbe’s family name was Baruchovitch. degree with regard to the campaign for taharat “The place of man does not honor him”: Place hamishpacha; it is an endeavor which literally (and circumstances) do not make him cold and The Mitteler Rebbe’s family name was Schneuri. saves lives. insensitive. Rather, “Man honors his place,” man has the capacity and the power to illuminate his The Tzemach Tzedek’s family name was Friday - Nissan 11 environment (“place”) with the light of Torah Schneersohn. On his birthday, one should spend time in and avoda. seclusion. He should recall his experiences and think deeply into them. He should then repent When the soul descends into the body, it is and correct those (of his past deeds) that need administered an oath to be a tzadik, This oath, correction and repentance. sh’vua, implies sova, “satiety”; the person is generously endowed with eminent powers to be 9 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

PARSHA MESSAGES A Tale of Two Pilots Theyeshiva.net ne day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner are seated, Owaiting for the cockpit crew to show up so they can get under way. The pilot and co- pilot fnally appear in the rear of the plane, and begin walking up to the cockpit through the center aisle. Both appear to be blind. The pilot is using a white cane, bumping into passengers right and left as he stumbles down the aisle, and the co-pilot is using a guide dog. Both have their eyes covered with huge sunglasses. At frst the passengers don’t react, thinking that it must be some sort of practical Who Needs the Metaphor? joke. However, after a few minutes the engines “And can I see?!” The Midrash is explaining that sin is start revving and the airplane starts moving. only possible through a full and working So the lame man rode on the back of the blind collaboration between the body and the The passengers look at each other with some man, and together they reached and ate the soul. The body can get things done, but it is uneasiness, whispering among themselves fruit, and then returned to their positions. directionless; the soul gives direction but it and looking desperately to the stewardesses is aloof and “lame”—spiritual and ethereal. for reassurance. Then the airplane starts After a while, the king enters his orchard. He asks them, “Where is my beautiful fruit?” Together, they can achieve their goals: they accelerating rapidly down the runway and can transgress together, and they can perform people begin panicking. Some passengers The blind man says, “O king, can I see? How good deeds together. Yet the questions should are praying, and as the plane gets closer and can I have eaten them?” And the lame man be asked: The objective of allegories in Torah closer to the end of the runway, the voices are says, “O king, can I walk? How can I have is to clarify an otherwise diffcult concept. becoming more and more hysterical. Finally, reached them?” Yet the point in this Midrash seems to be when the airplane has less than 20 feet of straightforward and simple: The body on its runway left, and about to plunge into the The king was wise, what did he do? He hoisted own is a corpse; the soul on its own is “out water, there is a sudden change in the pitch of the lame man on the back of the blind man for lunch.” Together, they create the reality we the shouts as everyone screams at once, and and had them walk together, saying “This is call “the human being.” Why the need for the at the very last moment the airplane lifts off how you ate my fgs.” elaborate metaphor of the blind and the lame and is airborne. Just so, in the future day of reckoning, G-d will to explain the concept? Up in the cockpit, the co-pilot breathes a sigh ask the soul, “Why have you sinned before The truth is, however, that this metaphor of relief and turns to the pilot: “You know, one me?” And the soul will reply, “Master of the explains to us not only that the body and soul of these days the passengers aren’t going Universe! I did not sin, the body sinned! need each other, but also the very nature of the to scream, and we’re gonna go straight into Behold! From the moment I departed him I am body and the soul and why they so desperately the water and get killed!” The Orchard The like a pure bird, soaring towards heaven. How need each other. Midrash is intrigued by the statement in this have I sinned?” So G-d will say to the body, week’s portion Vayikra: “When a soul (nefesh) “Why have you sinned before me?” And the The Capacity for Revolution sins.” Not “when a person sins,” but “when a body will reply, “Master of the Universe! I have The body is represented by the blind man. soul sins.” Is it the soul who sins? not sinned, the soul sinned! Behold! From the Blinded by material reality, on its own moment the soul departed, I am lifeless as a it is oblivious to the existence of G-d. It Says the Midrash: Rabbi Yishmael taught: this stone cast upon the earth! How can I have subscribes to a “what you see is what you get” is comparable to a king who has an orchard sinned before you?” interpretation of existence; it is unable to see of prime fgs. He appoints two watchmen: one beyond it temporal perspective; it is unable to was lame, and the other was blind, entrusting What does G-d do? He brings the soul, casts it ever perceive or identify truth. And the worst them with his orchard. After a while, the into the body, and punishes them together, as type of blindness is the blindness of the one lame turns to the blind and says, “I see such it is written, He shall call to the heavens above who thinks he can see. delicious fruit in this vineyard!” And the blind -- this is the soul -- and to the earth -- this is man replies, “So let us eat.” the body -- to judge His people. But the soul can see. She is intimately aware of the higher realities of life; she is not fooled by “But can I walk?!” 10 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! the illusion of materialism and consumerism. if he should retire. The Rebbe advised him to the surface, all the properties contained in the continue playing because it was a “Kiddush opposite team. Both teams pretend to have a On the other hand, the body can walk, while Hashem”—a proud demonstration of a Jew king, queen, bishops, rooks and knights. the soul is immobile. This is one of the great succeeding without compromising his spiritual paradoxes of life: Because the soul can see, it ideals and values. Reshevsky complied and Finally, there are the pawns. They are very is rendered “lame” and immobile. In the face shortly afterwards, he traveled to Russia and limited in their travel, moving only one step of stark truth there is no room for mistakes, upset the world champion, Vassily Smyslov. at a time, only in a singular direction, and hence no room for decisions. If there is no they constantly get “knocked off.” But… when decision making, if there is no challenge On a side note, here is a interesting tidbit: they fght through the “board,” arriving at their or struggle, then there is no growth, no real in 1984, the Lubavitcher Rebbe sent Sammy destination, they can be promoted even to the movement. The soul, because it is so intensely Reshevsky to California to try and help his rank of the queen, something that the bishop, aware of truth, and because it is so perfect, colleague Bobby Fischer get out of his world- rook or knight can never achieve. is “stuck” in its orbit. Growth depends on the famous depression and isolation. catalyst of failure, of imperfection. Only if you The Pawn represents the human being are capable of falling very low are you capable Living in Crown Heights in the 1940’s, Sammy living down here on earth. We humans take of climbing very high. prayed in the central Lubavitch synagogue at very small steps, and we are so limited in 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, NY. Once, at every aspect of our journey and our growth. The body, because of its blindness, knows how a Sabbath gathering (farbrengen in Yiddish), in We also constantly make mistakes and get to walk, and run. In the words of King Solomon: 1948, the Rebbe, in recognition of his presence, “knocked down.” But when man perseveres, “I returned and saw under the sun, that the explained the spiritual meaning behind the and overcomes the angst and despair of his or race does not belong to the swift, nor the war chess game. her own failings and mortality, when we fght to the mighty; neither do the wise have bread, the fght to subdue darkness and to reveal the nor do the understanding have riches.” In its The Chess Game presence of the “king” within our own bodies, ignorance, the body is susceptible to fall and There is one king. All of the other pieces our own psyches and the world around us—the rise, to struggle and persevere, to learn from revolve around him and their entire mission human being surpasses even angels; the pawn its mistakes and grow. And it teaches the is to protect and serve him. G-d is the King, all is transformed into a queen! The human life soul the secret of growth. Before that, it was else was created by Him, given the opportunity reunites with its source above, the queen, the on auto pilot, robotic and consistent as the to connect to His truth and to serve Him. Shechinah, experiencing the deepest intimacy angels, and therefore stagnant. with the King Himself. The queen represents the feminine The Story of Sam Reshevsky manifestation of the divine, known as the The bishops, rooks, and knights, though Samuel Herman (Sammy) Reshevsky (1911- “shechinah,” intimately involved with every spiritually powerful and angelic, are 1992) was a famous chess prodigy and later a aspect of creation, granting vitality and predictable, and limited by their role. There leading American chess Grandmaster. He was a substance to every existence. The queen is is no room for real promotion, no substantive contender for the World Chess Championship the most practically affective piece, often sent growth, no radical progression. Yes, they fy from about the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s; into the lines of fre, even placed in danger. around, but only within their own orbit. The coming equal third in the World Chess Likewise, G-d risks His own dignity, as it angels on high, as well as the soul alone on Championship 1948 tournament, and equal were, by investing Himself in every creature high, before entering the body, are powerful second in the 1953 Candidates Tournament. and existence, subjecting Himself to the yet confned by their own spiritual standing. He was also an eight time winner of the U.S. vicissitudes of the human condition. It is the limitations of the human person that stimulate his or her deepest growth. The limits Chess Championship. Then there are bishops, rooks, and knights. of our existence create friction, causing us to They are swift, free, not limited by the squares At the age of six, he would play against as strain against the trials and disappointments immediately surrounding them; they can “fy” many as 30 players at a time, moving quickly of life. from board to board and could repeat all 30 around freely, without constraints. These are games afterwards, move by move. He was symbolic of the angels—in their three mystical Embracing the Diffcult Marriage known as “Shmulik der vunder kind”—Shmuel categories we discuss in the daily morning So the body and soul can choose to accept the wonder child. He was a descendant of services, “seraphim,” “chayos” and “ofanim,” their natural schizophrenia like a victim, with Rabbi Yonasan Eibshitz, who descended from represented by the bishops, rooks, and knights. each blaming the other for its faults, shirking the great Kabalist, Rabbi Isaac Luria, the Arizal. In order for there to be free choice in the responsibility and duty. Or they can choose to world, there are two teams, the white and embrace the challenges and opportunities this Sammy Reshevsky grew up in an observant existential confict provides, taking the sight, home, and throughout his life and fame, the black. One team representing G-dliness and holiness; the other team representing clarity, and vision of the soul and harnessing it remained faithful to his Judaism and Torah, to the mobility and energy of the body. refusing to ever play chess on the Sabbath everything antithetical to G-dliness and or Holidays. Upon turning 70 and no longer holiness. The teams are engaged in ferce This, then, is the message behind the midrashic on top of his game, he asked the Lubavitcher battle. And for the confrontation to be metaphor of the lame and the blind watching Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schnnersohn, meaningful each team contains, at least on the orchard of the king. When the lame soul 11 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! leads the blind body, the blind body can raise me that my job in this world is to fear His presence, Halacha of The Week to lame soul to unimaginable heights. and to follow orders humbly. The sacrifces took By Rabbi Dov Schochet My Father in Heaven things to a whole different level though. Sale of Chametz By Velvel Gurkow The pleasure G-d derives from the sacrifce has hen I was young I was told that I had nothing to do with us at all. In fact, G-d derives ne of the well known and not properly another father. I never got to see this pleasure from it because it has nothing to do understood details of Pesach is the sale father, because he lived very far away, but with us. True, we have no idea why slaughtering Oof Chametz. The Torah commands us to W an animal and sacrifcing it works to have us destroy or rid our property of all of our Chametz he was always watching me. He had lots of rules. They told me that if I followed them I would make absolved from sin, and we do it anyway. This time before Pesach begins. Once midday, Erev Pesach, Him happy, so I did. He was a kind father because though, G-d is not enjoying the fear it instils in arrives we have no choice but to actually destroy He gave me food and clothes and other things, so our hearts. This time, G-d enjoys it because the it. The custom is to accomplish this through I wanted to make Him happy. Jew is following his directives without creating burning. (Any Chametz which a Jew owned on any positive feelings of his own. G-d tells us that Pesach becomes forbidden and one can derive Later, I realized that there were some rules that I he wants us to gain nothing at all from offering no beneft from it. This applies to the owner and understood. My teacher told me: “do not kill”, but sacrifces, and to do it anyway “Because I said so”. and any other Jew.) I wouldn’t anyway. He told me “Do not commit That makes G-d especially proud. adultery”, but I would never do that, because I However, before that time we can rid ourselves didn’t know what that meant. In that case, our role in the offering of sacrifces of Chametz in any way we wish. We can eat the is to be completely ignored. It is to act as if our Chametz, give it away as a gift, sell the Chametz There were also rules that I did not yet understand. existence counts for nothing. How can any son or simply declare it ownerless. What is troubling He told me, “We don’t work on Shabbat.” I asked make his father proud if his job requirements about the sale of Chametz is not the sale per se him why, and he explained that Father had rested entail: Act as if you do not exist? This question but the fact that it seems like a sham. We sell the on that day so He wanted us to rest too. My has remained with me for a long time. Chametz to a gentile without them ever taking teacher told me to wear tzitzit. Again, I asked why, possession of it and with the full knowledge and he explained that the tzitzit would remind Time has passed and I am now the proud father that when Pesach ends they will “sell” it back. me to do all the other commandments. of two young boys. On a recent evening, I was reclining on the couch, watching the older one The Talmud makes no mention of this practice, Then he told me that I should never wear a play. He is nineteen months old now, and treats selling the Chametz to retrieve it after Pesach. garment made of both wool and linen. I asked his Lego set like a gift from Tiffany’s. In the Tosefta we learn the story of a Jew on him why, and this time he told me “I don’t know.” a boat Pesach time that sold his Chametz to I was astonished, and proud that I had stumped Faced by the architecting and contracting rigours a fellow gentile passenger so he could buy it him. Then I asked him why he did it if he did not demanded in Lego building, his chubby fngers back after Pesach and have food for the journey. know why he was doing it. He told me “Because are often challenged to a state of despondency. That case was an extenuating circumstance and G-d said so. We must understand that we live in This time though, he refused to quit. Watching the gentile actually paid for the food and took His world and follow His laws. We must follow him work, I resisted the urge to help him possession of it for the holiday. Only when Jews them whether we want to or not. This shows that knowing that my urge was born of compassion, in Poland, Russia and the environs made their we do the mitzvot because of an unwavering faith not deliberation. Perspiration flled his brow and primary living from taverns and the alcohol which insists that whatever He says must be true.” determination flled his eyes but when he fnally (which was Chametz) did they need to start succeeded he looked down at his handiwork with selling the Chametz as we do today. I was incredulous. joy. Then he looked up and noticed how happy I was, and his heart flled with glee. The biggest misconception is that the gentile His demands, as they were, sat well with me. pays a nominal fee for the Chametz (which After all He created us so He wanted us to be And I fnally got it. makes the sale seem like a sham) and then gives subservient to Him. I wondered though, how I was There is room for pride and joy in this relationship, it back after Pesach. The truth is that the gentile supposed to show that I was proud to be His son, obligates himself to pay the full value of all the if I was denied any rights or desires of my own. It but not the kind I was looking for. Happiness should not come when our Lego bicycle is Chametz that is being sold to him. He gives a seemed as if there were no room for tea parties small down payment before Pesach but is fully and amiability in this family structure. I was to toe successfully built. Our joy must come only because He is happy about it. In fact our joy must not even obligated to pay the balance. (In the event the line and be a good soldier, but nobody wanted that the Chametz is not sold back, the contract to hear my opinion. be derived from his delight in our success; it must come only from knowing that He is smiling. stipulates that all the Chametz the gentile takes I have since made peace with it, and learned to be appraised by experts and that determines the follow orders because I must, even if I want to May it be your will, lord our G-d of our fathers, that amount to pay.)In the contract the Alter Rebbe follow them anyway. the prayer of our lips be regarded and accepted established he also necessitated that there be a by you as if we had offered the daily sacrifce at Jew who is the guarantor for the buyer in case Soon I came across something even more its appointed time. the gentile doesn’t pay. Therefore the balance bewildering: the sacrifce. At least the laws taught is secure.

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While some authorities do/did not accept this The disciples of the Baal Shem Tov watched sale on a regular basis, and only allowed for the Stories With Soul every movement carefully. sale of things which were not real Chametz, the Alter Rebbe clearly allowed for the sale of any It Once Happened Next, the man turned to his smiling wife and Chametz. said, “Please bring the wine, so that I may fulfll the commandment of ‘Remember the Sabbath There are some questions that arise from this to keep it holy.’” sale. How can it be a valid sale if no sales taxes are paid? The general response is that She placed before her husband two small rolls. the government understands that this is a sale “Tonight, perhaps you will please recite the being made for religious purposes and therefore Kiddush blessing over these rolls instead of do not insist on collecting tax. However, that in wine.” no way diminishes the gentiles’ acquisition of And he replied in just as pleasant tones, “Of the Chametz. course, and I have no doubt that these rolls will Usually when we buy food utensils from a be just as pleasing as the special wine that G-d gentile we need to immerse them in a Mikva. is reserving for the righteous in the Garden of Eden to serve with the feast of the Leviathan Why don’t we need to do that after buying back ne day as his disciples were all gathered when we will celebrate with Moshiach.” our Chametz utensils? Some sale contracts around him, the Baal Shem Tov said to specify that the sale includes the Chametz in Othem, “I have decided that I will allow you And the man said Kiddush over the two small the pots but not the pots themselves, obviating to have a great revelation - something which loaves. the above issue. However, the Alter Rebbe you have never merited to experience before. clearly includes the pots in the sale. The Rebbe The only thing I ask of you is not, under any After the loving pair had washed for the bread explained that because the pots remained in circumstances to laugh at what you are about and eaten from it, the husband again said to the Jew’s house the entire time with it being a to see. his wife, “Please serve the fsh so that we can sale that the gentile would never exercise, there experience the joy of the Shabbat.” is no need to immerse the vessels. They were very excited about the prospect and all gladly promised to abide by their Rebbe’s She brought to the table a plate full of beans, Any Chametz which is sold must be marked in injunction. and served her husband a spoonful, taking the a way that removes the concern that the Jew same amount for herself. “May it be G-d’s will will accidentally use it during Pesach. Any room The following Shabbat the Baal Shem Tov and that a spoonful of these beans be as pleasing which is being included in the sale does not his disciples were together in the synagogue to you as the most succulent of pickled fsh,” have to be checked for Chametz as long as it praying the service to welcome the Shabbat said the woman as she placed the beans on her is closed off and not going to be regularly used Queen. The Besht made a special point of husband’s plate. during Pesach. indicating one certain worshippers, by all appearances a pauper, who was praying with an The man and his wife ate the beans with the Originally the custom was to give a key to the unusual intensity and devotion. greatest pleasure, as if they were enjoying the gentile to the house and room the Chametz was fnest salmon. in. This indicated that the sale was fnal and the When the service had ended, the Baal Shem Tov gentile had full rights to take the Chametz as he and his Chasidim followed the man to his tiny The man sat at the head of the table, singing pleased. (To the point where the codes point out cottage and hid themselves outside the door with a deep and musical voice, and in between that some Jews were mistakenly selling the key where they could peek into the window without tunes, he thanked the Creator of the Universe instead of the Chametz.) Today when one Rabbi being seen. for bestowing upon them all that they needed sells the Chametz for hundreds of people to a to honor the Shabbat Queen. And the disciples The man entered the room and addressed his single gentile it is simply impractical and no looked on with growing wonder. wife with unbounded joy, “Good Shabbat to you, longer the custom for each person to give a key. my dear helpmate.” Next the man turned to his dutiful wife and said, (However should the gentile request access it “Now, please bring out the soup. Ah, your soup must be given, if not the sale would be void and “Good Shabbat to you, my beloved husband,” has the favor of the sweetest and most delicate all the Chametz forbidden.) replied the wife. meats and greens.” And with that remark he lifted another spoon of beans to his lips and ate It is proper for everyone to sell their Chametz Although she was dressed in tatters, she seemed them as if in ecstasy. as this allows us to avoid inadvertently owning to be in exceptionally good spirits. Chametz on Pesach. Anyone can come to The The scenario repeated itself as the man The Shabbat proceeded with the man singing a Shul offce where there are forms which give the requested the meat course and the dessert. Each joyful version of Shalom Aleichem, welcoming Rabbi power of attorney to sell their Chametz. course was marked by the festive consumption the two angels who accompany every Jewish May we all have a Kosher and Freileichen of another spoonful of beans, accompanied man home from the synagogue on Friday night. Pesach. by fervent thanks to the Al-mighty for having furnished the pair with all their needs for a 13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! joyous Shabbat. help bring our righteous Mashiach.” My Encounter When they couple had fnished eating, and all “I will try to do that,” I responded, but it was the Shabbat songs had been sung, the husband with The Rebbe a non-committal statement. I was thinking rose and said to his wife, “Now, let us dance My Encounter with the Rebbe records the oral to myself, “It’s absurd that the Rebbe would together to celebrate the honor of the Shabbat histories of individuals who interacted with expect me to stand before non-Jews and Queen so that we will merit the reward spoken the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson of speak to them about the Seven Noahide Laws.” of by our Sages for those who properly honor righteous memory, through frst-person interviews. the Shabbat.” While I knew, of course, about that these basic commandments for all of humanity to live And the man began a little dance, while his wife Extended Family by – prohibiting blasphemy, idolatry, adultery, devised a merry dance of her own, in a pure and murder, theft and cruelty to animals, and wordless expression of their great joy. mandating the establishment of courts of law – I could not imagine myself preaching this The disciples who had been watching this as a general in the armed forces. As far as I amazing scene burst into a spontaneous, silent was concerned, it was a “no go” right from the laughter. When he saw this the Baal Shem Tov very beginning. cried out, “Didn’t I warn you not to laugh! Now you have forfeited the right to the revelation, But, when I had a chance to think about it the marvelous gift I wanted to grant you!” some more, I said to myself, “Those things y name is Israel Drazin, and I am a that seem to be the most difficult in life are The disciples were crushed by disappointed. rabbi, biblical scholar, and a lawyer. the very things that one should try and do.” So “Please,” they begged, “please tell us what it was My name is rather well-known in the I decided to try and do it. that you would have revealed to us.” M military because I defended the chaplaincy After some thought, I developed a speech, of the US armed forces in court against two The Baal Shem Tov acceded to their request which I tried it out first on a small Christian lawyers who claimed it was a violation of the and told them: “I had wanted to grant you the audience – and they liked it. The biggest establishment of religion clause of the US power of enjoying the Shabbat to the same level compliment I received was that they wanted Constitution. I won and, as a result, President experienced by this poor man and his wife. to invite me to address the Easter service. Ronald Reagan elevated me to the rank of For know that they did not taste the earthly brigadier general. In my speech, among other things, I asked the delicacies; what they tasted was the Divine question: Why is the commandment not to The story I will relate here happened in 1986, Shabbat itself. But since you were unable tear a limb from a living animal the seventh when I had the privilege of meeting the to restrain yourselves, you have lost the commandment? If there’s a ladder going up Lubavitcher Rebbe. At the time, I was living opportunity to attain this level of holiness. from the bottom to the top, this would be the in Columbia, Maryland, and because the only final rung. Why is this so important? Why is Orthodox synagogue in the area was the this command the goal? Chabad House, I began an association with With all your sacrifces you should the young rabbi there – Rabbi Hillel Baron. I pointed out that this is teaching us to have offer salt (Lev. 2:13) It was he who suggested that I might like to respect – not only for all human beings and attend a farbrengen in New York and meet the all religions – but for animals as well. And, The sacrifces are symbolic Rebbe. in fact, we should not even take one step forward without being careful not to tread on So I put on my uniform and went there. of the revealed part of Torah, the ants on the ground. which is likened to meat; the During the farbrengen, one of the chasidim salt alludes to the esoteric part came over and said that the Rebbe wanted That’s a profound thought. It is the goal of all me to join him on the dais. When I came up, of the commandments. If we showed respect of Torah that deals with more the Rebbe spoke to me in a mixture of English for all living beings and all that God created, abstract and spiritual matters. and Yiddish, which I understood. He blessed wars would cease, and the world would be at Just as salt preserves meat in the me to be “a chaplain in God’s army” and then peace. he said something startling: literal sense, so too does learning After I had given this speech many times, I the innermost aspects of Torah “May the Almighty bless you … to influence thought that I should inform the Rebbe about ensure that the revealed part will the gentile soldiers, as well, in fulfilling my success – which had come as a result of the Sheva Mitzvot Bnei Noach – the Seven his recommendation – so I wrote a letter remain preserved. Noahide Laws. Certainly the other gentile to him. In my letter I said that, although I’m chaplains will not be upset that you are not a follower of Lubavitch but a follower of (Likutei Torah) mixing into their affairs, because you will Maimonides, “nevertheless, I have followed actually be helping them. And all this will your advice. And I want you to know that I 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! have now spoken all over the world about the a trickle in a muddy raindrop, in endless steps Seven Noahide Laws, and my speech has been Recently In The News of down-glimmering and down-trickling, until it very well received.” still can power the whole thing while allowing it to remain physical. I went on to enumerate the venues where The World Is a Clothing I had spoken – to 30 Christian chaplains Outlet But the World of Truth? No more physical and 40 commanders in Los Angeles, to 600 Life really is all about shopping body, no more physical limitations. Just a Christian clergy in Atlanta, to 300 Christian By Tzvi Freeman downpouring of unlimited love and raw truth. A clergy in Salt Lake City, to 350 Catholics who place of unbounded ecstasy. A very intense place. clapped at the end of the speech (a most A dangerous place. Unshielded and unprotected, unusual occurrence in a Catholic service), etc. you’re zapped. Absorbed into the light. Gone. I ended by saying that “I hope the Rebbe is pleased with my initial effort to comply with Which is why, before you blast off to that world, his request.” you need a spacesuit. He wrote back, making it a point of saying that he was also a follower of Maimonides, and You come down to this world. You give to that Maimonides would have surely approved the needy. Run an honest business. Nail up a of my effort since he saw the dissemination mezuzah. Visit the sick. Celebrate Shabbat and of the Seven Noahide Laws as an obligation the holidays. Have kids (yes, that’s a mitzvah). of every Jew. Raise them to do more mitzvahs. Wrap those our soul came into this world to shop. leather boxes and light up those pre-sundown He went on: “May G-d grant that the Heaven is one big party, and you’d better Shabbat candles. Study all the Torah you can. declaration of our Sages, ‘He who has one- Yarrive dressed in style. Grab whatever mitzvahs you can. hundred desires two-hundred and so forth,’ be fulfilled also in connection with your said Don’t take my word on this. Take the Mishnah. It But there’s a point where plain clothing becomes activities. Namely, that you should continue compares our world to a kind of powder room, high fashion. It all depends on the depth that using your good influence in a manner that where you fancy yourself up before walking into clothing brings out. When you prayed, was it would be doubly effective and then doubly the grand party hall. from your heart? When you learned Torah, did again, from two-hundred to four-hundred, you feel G-d was talking with you? When you and not merely by another increment of one- Then there’s the Zohar. did a mitzvah, did you do it with a smile, a leap hundred.” He concluded by wishing me again in the air and a click of your heels? “the utmost success in all my good efforts.” The Zohar describes the wardrobe you’ll need to assemble before walking into the grand party Each mitzvah is another piece of that suit. Once He also recommended that I publicize my upstairs. Depends on what sort of seating you you’re in full gear, not only does heaven not zap speech “in a suitable publication that would want there. Lower level, basics are good. Higher you, it provides unlimited enjoyment. serve as a source, as well as an inspiration level requires some haute couture. for others to disseminate these seven The suit, you see, doesn’t just block those rays. commandments.” But the real question is: What’s it really all It flters them, fne-tuning them exactly to what about—the party or the shopping? Do we get At first I dismissed the idea of publishing the you can handle. And being as these are heavenly the gear so we can go to the party, or is the party rays, rays of love, of beauty, of delight, you’re in speech entirely, until I received a call from just an excuse to get all decked out? Wellspring Magazine, a Chabad publication. total bliss. They said that the Rebbe had told them to Obviously, the answer is #2. Why? Here goes: print what I wrote and would I please send it Clothes of Light over. Of course, I did. So far so good. But there’s a problem. A Zapped In Heaven technicality. As in: How does this work? I am not mystical at all, and not Chasidic at all. First off: What’s the point behind all this gear? I am a rationalist, a follower of Maimonides, Why can’t you just come as you are? The light up there, you see, isn’t just intense as I wrote to the Rebbe. Yet I have read all the light. It’s not like you’re going to get atomized books the Rebbe had written, especially those The point is that the party takes place in a world fying through the core of some supernovae. in Hebrew and Yiddish, and I have a profound where truth pours down like cosmic rays. Well, of course not. It’s not physical light. respect for his teachings. His immense wisdom was getting all people to recognize Here, we are shielded from truth. This entire Even in non-physical terms, the intensity of this the importance of justice and respect for one universe, all 93 billion observable light years love, beauty and ecstasy cannot be measured. It’s another. As it should be. across plus whatever else is out there and every called The Infnite Light for a reason. critter in there—can’t handle even a trickle of that intensity. So it’s dispensed as a glimmer of If so, the question remains: What in heaven could 15 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Which is why those mitzvahs are the only been refned and purifed to the point that we medium that can fne-tune infnite light for your will eagerly return to our bodies from the party fnite enjoyment. Because they totally transcend upstairs and experience the ultimate bliss. The fnite and infnite. So they can connect the two. bliss of those mitzvahs we did with those bodies.

Shopping Versus Partying At that time, writes Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, Now you’re beginning to see the radical the soul will be nurtured by the body. That’s implications here: What’s greater, the heavenly, beyond tripping out on divine energy. That’s blissful light, or the gear that allows you to being one with the Creator Himself. experience it? Grab off the rack whatever comes your way be an intermediary between fnite and infnite? Obviously, the gear is greater. And if so, what’s while you can. By all accounts, the sale is ending We called our consultant highly-recognized- life really about, the party or the outlet mall? soon. mathematics-prof on that one, and he answered, “There ain’t no such number.” Obviously, life is about the outlet mall. Life is not about heaven. It’s about grabbing every item But Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi provided of clothing you can while you are here in this an answer—an answer with some radical world. implications. And that’s also a Mishnah: “One moment of Moshiach He points out that to mediate between infnite returning to your soul and doing good deeds in A man’s spiritual labors should and fnite you need something that has both at this world is more beautiful than all the life of once. Which is exactly what mitzvahs are. the world-to-come.” be imbued with a constant yearning for the Redemption, Mitzvahs are “clothing of light,” beamed down Get that? It’s worth it to leave all that bliss up in from the 620 pillars of light way beyond even the World of Truth just for one moment of one in the spirit of the phrase, “I the infnite light of the world of truth. That’s mitzvah done with a full heart. await his coming every day.” why there are 620 mitzvahs—613 mentioned in Torah, and seven rabbinic—like reading the And which mitzvah-clothing is going to be most Our Sages taught, “What is Megillah on Purim and lighting a menorah on valuable? Not necessarily the pricey, fashionable the light that the House of Chanukah. ones. Israel is awaiting? - It is the And yet they come all the way down into this Rather, it’s that grungy old suit you tugged out light of Mashiach.” Thus, too, world, crystallizing into practical, measured of the bottom of a pile of damaged returns. You actions done (mostly) with fnite, physical scrub it and launder it with sweat, tears and they taught, “When a man is objects. prayers. And when you get to the World of Truth, led into the Heavenly Court you discover you’re in high fashion. How do they do that? How are mitzvahs able to he is asked, ‘...Did you yearn bridge the fnite and the infnite? Why? Because the higher these clothes come for the Redemption?’ “ So from, the further they fall. Because they come from a place beyond both since one is obliged to serve fnite and infnite. A mathematician might call Like we said, that’s really the power of all these G-d constantly, all day long, that “the absolute.” (Well, Georg Cantor did, and mitzvahs. They connect the highest with the he was a darn good mathematician.) lowest and vice-versa, bringing divine light it is clear that this hopeful down to earth and carrying earth beyond the anticipation should likewise What’s the absolute? That’s G-d Himself. Not just heavens. light. The Source of All Light. be constant, all day long. And Then, One Day… So you’re wearing G-d? While you are shopping, you can’t experience ( Likutei Sichos, Vol. XXII, p. In a way, yes. Because these mitzvahs, what are the magnifcence of that clothing. Even in that 77) they really? They’re what G-d wants of you. His other world you can’t experience it. innermost will. Why He made everything to begin with. He’s totally invested in those mitzvahs, and That’s what “the resurrection of the dead” is in those mitzvahs you have all of Him. all about. No, it’s not the spooky scene people imagine. It’s just a time when our world has 16 Get the Picture The full scoop on all the great events and classes around town

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Weekly Classes Monday Women’s Mikvah: Women’s Study Group Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 8:30 - 10:00 pm Please call Mrs. Devorah Failer for an At the home of : Please call The Shul for details appointment: 305-866 1492 or 305-323-2410 Tuesday Please Note: Shabbos & Yom Tov visits must be Prepaid Prayer Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 9:15 - 10:15 am 1111 Kane Concourse Suite 618 Tanya Class In Spanish Mrs. Vivian Perez 2:00 - 2:30 pm The Shul Sisterhood 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Torah Portion In Spanish Mrs Vivian Perez 2:30 - 3:45 pm Who we are... The Shul Sisterhood organizes all of The Shul’s programming 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village and classes geared toward women in the community. Our Wednesday objective is to bring women of all ages and backgrounds together to learn, laugh, experience, and rejuvenate their mind, Morning Torah Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 10:00 - 11:00 am body and soul. Meet new friends, The weekly portion - Women’s Perspective relax and get inspired! Haime Library Tanya Class in English Mrs. Vivian Perez 1:00 - 3:00 pm If you would like to be a part of The Shul Sisterhood, please call 305. 868.1411 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village

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Vivre avec la paracha Offrir la bête une personne apporte un animal de son troupeau korbane shelamim (« offrande de paix »). Basé sur les enseignements du Rabbi de comme cadeau à D.ieu, ce geste est dépourvu Loubavitch - Merci à MeaningfulLife.com de sens s’il n’offre pas également son animal Comme pour la olah, le sang de ces offrandes était intérieur. versé sur l’autel. Mais contrairement à l’offrande ourquoi lorsqu’une personne a péché et entièrement brûlée, seules certaines parties du souhaite expier sa faute, ou bien si elle est Le bœuf et la charrue ‘hattat et du shelamim « montaient » par le feu. Psimplement d’humeur généreuse et qu’elle Que doit-il être fait de cet animal ? La Torah désigne certaines graisses (appelées veut offrir quelque chose à D.ieu, sacrife-t-elle ‘halavim) qui doivent être retirées et brûlées ; un animal innocent ? Pourquoi ne se sacrife-t- L’animal dans l’homme n’a pas été placé là mais la chair du korbane était consommée dans elle pas elle-même, par exemple ? seulement pour être supprimé ou extirpé. « De des conditions spéciales de sainteté. (La chair du nombreuses moissons sont produites avec la ‘hattat était consommée par les prêtres, et celle Réponse des maîtres ‘hassidiques : c’est puissance du bœuf » a fait remarquer le plus sage du shelamim par celui qui avait apporté l’offrande, exactement ce qu’elle fait. des hommes (Proverbes 14, 4), ce qui, d’après les certaines portions étant données aux prêtres.) maîtres ‘hassidiques, est une référence à l’animal La Torah, expliquent-ils, l’exprime dans le verset qui réside dans notre cœur. Un bœuf déchaîné qui introduit les lois des korbanot : Il y a des parties de notre vie matérielle qui, tout piétine et détruit ; mais quand il est sous la comme l’holocauste, sont entièrement converties Un homme qui amènera de vous une offrande domination d’une vision humaine responsable à la sainteté : l’argent donné à la charité, le cuir à D.ieu, de l’animal, du gros bétail ou du menu et qu’il est attelé à sa charrue, sa vigueur se transformé en téfline, l’énergie investie dans bétail vous apporterez votre offrande... traduit en « de nombreuses moissons » – une l’étude de la Torah, la prière et l’accomplissement récolte bien plus abondante que ce que l’énergie d’une mitsva. Ensuite, il y a aussi l’argent que Comme le souligne Rabbi Chnéour Zalman de humaine pourrait produire à elle seule. nous dépensons pour nourrir nos familles, le Lyadi, le verset ne dit pas : « un homme de vous Il en est de même de l’animal au sein de l’homme. cuir avec lequel nous fabriquons des chaussures, qui amènera une offrande », mais « un homme l’énergie que nous dépensons dans les affaires qui amènera de vous une offrande » : l’offrande Rien, pas même les aspirations les plus ardentes de l’âme divine, ne peut égaler l’intensité et la quotidiennes de la vie matérielle. Toutes ces amenée provient « de vous ». L’animal sacrifé choses peuvent également servir de korbane est une projection, dans la sphère extrahumaine, vigueur avec lesquelles l’âme animale poursuit ses désirs. Laissée à elle-même, l’âme animale à D.ieu, quand elles sont « consommées dans d’un processus se déroulant dans la sphère la sainteté », c’est-à-dire quand l’argent est intrahumaine. tend vers un comportement corrompu et destructeur ; mais si elle est correctement dirigée honnêtement gagné, quand la nourriture est L’homme, dit le Talmud, est un monde en miniature. et entraînée, les expressions négatives de ces casher, et quand nos activités quotidiennes sont Ce qui signife que le monde est un immense puissantes pulsions peuvent être supprimées de menées d’une manière respectueuse de nos homme. Notre monde contient des océans et des sorte qu’elles soient exploitées à des fns bonnes semblables et fdèle aux lois divines de la vie. continents, des forêts et des déserts, des hommes et divines. et des bêtes. L’homme également. La psyché Le « sang » de l’âme animale – sa ferveur et sa humaine comprend une « mer » subconsciente Le premier type de korbane décrit dans notre passion pour les choses matérielles – doit être et une personnalité « terrestre » ; des forêts Paracha est la olah – l’offrande « ascendante », versé sur l’autel ; sa « graisse » – sa recherche luxuriantes et des déserts arides ; et elle possède communément appelée « l’holocauste ». La olah excessive des plaisirs – doit être brûlée. Mais une « âme humaine » et une « âme animale ». est unique en ce qu’elle est une offrande absolue la substance de l’animal – sa « chair » – peut : après avoir été abattue dans la cour du Temple être sanctifée même quand elle n’est pas L’âme humaine – appelée aussi « l’âme divine » – et que son sang ait été versé sur l’autel, elle est entièrement convertie en acte sacré. Tant qu’ils englobe tout ce qui est ascendant et transcendant élevée sur l’autel et intégralement brûlée comme sont « consommés dans la sainteté », nos efforts chez l’homme. Elle gravite vers sa source en D.ieu, « un plaisir de feu à D.ieu ». matériels peuvent être un moyen de « rapprocher mue par un amour brûlant pour D.ieu et le désir » (qui est le sens du mot korbane) l’homme de de se perdre dans Son essence omniprésente. Ses La combustion d’une chose est la contrepartie D.ieu. modes d’expression sont la pensée, la parole et physique du processus de sublimation décrit les actes de la Torah, qui constituent les moyens ci-dessus. Lorsqu’une substance est brûlée, sa par lesquels l’homme atteint la proximité et forme matérielle extérieure est éliminée, libérant l’attachement à son Créateur. l’énergie qu’elle recelait. Telle est la signifcation profonde du korbane : l’énergie animale au sein de « L’âme animale » est le soi que l’homme partage l’homme est dépouillée de ses formes matérielles avec toutes les créatures vivantes : un soi dirigé et Classes et offerte sur l’autel du service de D.ieu. Thursdays at 12.00 in the Haime Library accompli par ses besoins et ses désirs physiques. Classes alternate between the following teachers: Ses modes d’expression sont les efforts de la vie matérielle. Les offres comestibles Dr. Hanna Barouk Après avoir détaillé les différents types de Rabbi Amar « Un homme qui amènera de vous une offrande korbane olah, la Torah traite des deux autres Rabbi Frankforter à D.ieu, de l’animal, du gros bétail ou du menu principales catégories d’offrandes : le korbane Rabbi Gansburg bétail vous apporterez votre offrande. » Quand ‘hattat (« offrande suite à un péché ») et le FOR WOMEN ONLY 24 Latin Link Reflexion Semanal

Parasha de la Semana Toros y corderos Adán y Moisés Por Yossy Goldman Por Mordejai Wollenberg o sólo los grupos defensores de los derechos de los animales tienen n la primera palabra de la Parashá de esta difcultades con la Parshá de esta semana; semana, Vaikra, la última letra de la palabra Nsino la mayoría de la gente en nuestra era E—una Alef —está escrita en un tamaño más moderna tiene problemas con todo el concepto pequeño que el resto de la palabra. de sacrifcios animales, que es el tema principal del tercer libro de la Torá, Levítico. El versículo nos dice “Vaikra el Moshe —Di-s llamó a Moisés…”. Pero no deseo entrar en racionalizaciones acerca tiene opinión propia, cualquier cosa que la de la moralidad bíblica. El segundo versículo persona que habló última diga se convierte en su La Alef pequeña alude a la humildad de Moisés aun del libro se presta a algunas interesantes opinión del momento. No tiene frmeza, ningún frente a tal atención Divina. A la inversa, encontramos interpretaciones homiléticas, que aclara que sentido del ego o auto respeto. Permanece con en el libro de Crónicas que el nombre de Adán el punto de la Torá sobre los sacrifcios no es el rebaño a toda costa a menos que sea rotulado está escrito con una Alef grande, que simboliza su acerca del animal sobre el altar, sino sobre la como una “oveja negra”. grandeza —y su conciencia de ella. Conciencia de las persona que lo ofrenda: buenas cualidades de uno está muy bien, pero no Aun otros pueden ser caprichosos y se debe subir a la cabeza. Con Adán ocurrió. Moisés “Cuando un hombre traiga una ofrenda entre temperamentales, cambiando los colores y los ustedes a Di-s, de los animales del ganado rectifcó este error. Él reconoció su grandeza, pero lo rasgos de carácter de día en día. Un instante más importante, reconoció de dónde venía ésta. vacuno o del rebaño traerá su ofrenda” (Levítico puede ser el toro furioso y al siguiente la dócil 1:2) oveja. Humildad no signifca auto engaño, sino Claramente acá el lenguaje es forzado. En efecto, conciencia de los talentos de uno, atenuada por el la mayoría de los traductores han editado el Así que la Torá nos enseña a ser Adam, un ser reconocimiento de de dónde vienen. Moisés era texto en forma más fuida —cuando un hombre humano de carácter humano —en realidad conciente de sus cualidades, pero él no se atribuía entre ustedes traiga una ofrenda, claramente Divino. Ser un hombre y no un buey, una dama ningún mérito por ello. En efecto, él dijo: “Si a algunos una mejora en el curso del versículo. y no una oveja. Ser un mentsch, comportarse otros se les otorgaran esas cualidades, seguramente como una persona madura y refnada, no como lo harían mejor”. Rabí Schneur Zalman de Liadi, en su clásico un vilde jaie (“animal salvaje”). Examine sus Likutei Torá, insiste sin embargo, que la sintaxis propias tendencias de comportamiento; revise Si nos sentimos inadecuados, es momento de recordar de la Torá es deliberada. Cuando un hombre sus sentimientos y disposiciones interiores. traiga una ofrenda, es decir, quiere acercarse a que somos Adanes, con una Alef grande. Somos ¿Está satisfecho con usted mismo como ser formados por Di-s, dotados por Él para ocuparnos Di-s (la palabra hebrea korbán tiene su raíz en humano? ¿Están felices aquellos que lo rodean, la palabra karov, acercarse), entonces debe saber de Su Creación. Sin embargo debemos utilizar la o usted los intimida con sus temperamentales chispa de Moisés en nuestro interior para evitar el que la ofrenda debe venir de ustedes, del animal rabietas? ¿Es usted maduro y de temperamento que está en su interior. exceso de confanza y auto engrandecimiento, y para apacible o sufre de furias pasajeras? recordar de Quien viene todo. Todos nosotros poseemos tendencias animales y éstas deben ser consumidas en el altar de Explorar nuestras almas y nuestra psique interior Clases y Eventos Di-s. Estamos obligados a sacrifcar nuestro en busca de comportamientos inaceptables Porcion Semenal animal interior y humanizarnos trabajando en y luego hacer algo con esto es lo que quiere Rabbi Shea Rubinstein el desarrollo de nuestros rasgos de carácter signifcar cuando decimos traer al animal al Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm hasta que la bestia en nuestro interior haya sido altar del sacrifcio. Es el animal en el interior de Orden de rezos diarios y su signifcado mistico neutralizada —y mucho mejor —santifcada. cada uno de nosotros. El verdadero y principal (Para Mujeras) sacrifcio es el sacrifcar el ego. Sra. Vivian Perez ¿Qué signifca exactamente? El versículo Martes 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm continúa, del ganado vacuno o del rebaño, 198 Park Dr. Bal Harbour deberán traer su ofrenda. “Ganado vacuno” — Por favor llamar al 305.213.3202 para confrmar algunos individuos pueden comportarse como ******** un toro corneador, pisoteando a todos y a todo Kolel Espanol en su camino. Es el proverbial toro en un armario Rabbi Shlomi Halsband con porcelana, pisoteando agresivamente, Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm amedrentando, dominando, y profundamente Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm indiferente a los sentimientos de la gente. Sra. Vivian Perez Jueves 11:00 am -12:30 pm Otros pueden ser como “el rebaño” —manso, Chabad of Aventura pequeñas ovejas que siguen a la multitud. No 21001 Biscayne Blvd. Aventura 25 PLEASE READ ONLY Networking AFTER SHABBOS Effective Advertising

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Derech Mitzvosecha 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 Daily Prayers 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 Please call The Shul for details PHL-322 PHL-510 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Community Kollel (Men) 8:00 - 9:30 pm (Monday & Thursday) LAW-154 Shul Rabbis & Kolel

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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 Tanya Class Senior Torah Academy (Men & Women) (Spanish) 2:00 - 2:30 pm In Depth Tanya Class (Men & Women) 12:00 - 1:00 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez 11:30 - 12:30 pm TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village PHL-320 PHL-501 Rabbi Sholom Lipskar (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 Women’s Torah Portion Class Tanya Class - English 1:00 - 2:00 pm French Class (Spanish) 2:30 - 3:45 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez 12:00 pm Haime Library 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village TXT-110 Mrs. Vivian Perez Women’s Tanya Class (Spanish) 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Spanish Kolel - Chassidus 11:00 am - 1:00 pm 8:00 - 10:00 pm PHL-320 Mrs. Vivian Perez PHL-301 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband Chabad of Aventura, 21001 Biscayne Blvd

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

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All Men and Women are invited to join Rabbis and Shluchim to participate in the Grand Yud Aleph Nissan Farbrengen Celebrating the Rebbe’s 115th Birthday Anniversary

Thursday, April 6 At 8 : 3 0 p m Special Video Presentation

The Shul 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside