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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 Bo Shevat 7 -8 February 3 - 4 CANDLE LIGHTING: 5:48 PM SHABBOS ENDS: 6:42 PM Yud Shevat MOnday, February 6 Welcome Rabbi Mangel Captain Avishai - Doctor in Tank Corps Sergeant Major Vsevolod- Commander of the IDF Orchestra Sergeant Yoav- Member of the IDF Orchestra Sergeant Shai – Member of the IDF Orchestra 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 Well deserved trip to Ninja Lounge Celebrating Shabbos for the children who attend the Motzei Shabbos Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you 4 - 5 need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Father & Son Learning program Community Happenings 6 - 7 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray Check out all the davening schedules and locations 8 throughout the week Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9 -16 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Meyer Youth Center 17- 18 The full scoop on all the Youth events around town Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town 19 - 24 In a woman’s world Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 25 The ABC’s of Aleph Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 26 - 27 French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha 28 Latin Link Refexion Semanal 29 Networking Effective Advertising 30 - 32 Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul 33 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 34 The Shul Get The Picture 35 - 36 The full scoop on all the great events around town Quotable Quote Much wisdom comes through much grief Ecclesiastes 1:18 Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Bo This is so relevant today as we are deeply impacted by the externalities that permeate and impact our lives that often promote an idolatrous, n this week’s Torah portion we physical, hedonistic, pleasure-oriented existence. learn about our initial exodus Ifrom Egypt and its required We also need to look into our inner selves and see what we can pre-conditions. Our Rabbis tell improve in order for our Holy inner being to shine forth and illuminate us that our exodus from this the world with all of its potential power. final exile, with the universal We are definitely getting close to that moment and have all of the emancipation of all mankind necessary resources to achieve those fundamental conditions that with Moshiach, will resemble will bring us absolute and complete freedom. the first exodus from Egypt. All of the fundamental elements G-d bless you have a great Shabbos and a wonderful week. and factors that were critical to leave our bondage 3329 years ago are a lesson to what we need to do today. Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Three very significant requirements are directed to the Jewish people. First, we are given the mitzvah of sanctifying the new moon, thereby establishing our calendar and time sequence according to the lunar cycle in contrast EDUCATION APPEAL to the rest of the world that measures its time in accordance to the solar cycle. We are then commanded to offer the sheep as a Pascal Every year we make an appeal during the Chanukah period offering to G-d and also to circumcise all of our male children. The for tuition assistance. Last year we provided Hebrew School blood from these two, the offering and the circumcision, would be our to 125 children in public school. We subsidized the tuition of identifying insignias that would protect us from the plague of the 109 children in private Jewish schools and provided assistance first born that would afflict the Egyptians. In fact, we had to place the to 56 children in summer camp. In total, our education fund blood on the inside of the door to ward off the angel of death from raised and disbursed $376,133. smiting our first born. This year the number and the needs are greater. When we Though these three elements are technical factors which require bypass a potential investment another even better one may certain practical actions, they represent the foundation of the Jewish come along, but to lose a Jewish Soul is an irretrievable loss. people. If one saves a single soul (albeit spiritually) it is as if he saved With the acceptance of the lunar calendar, we established our an entire world. relationship with time and being as represented by the moon. The moon does not have light of its own but reflects light from the sun. A We beseech our wonderful community to continue in our Jew always must know that his power and energy does not emanate legendary generosity, though this may require an extra effort from his own personal individual capacity and strength but is a today and may even be a sacrifce. The Mitzvah you will earn direct result of his commitment, subservience and total devotion to will surely bring you all of Hashem’s bountiful blessings the origin of the light, Almighty G-d Himself. It is that commitment materially and spiritually. that is absolutely fundamental in our establishing the strength of our eternal continuity and our unique, extraordinary resources and Thank you on behalf of those parents and children to whom capabilities. you will graciously give life enhancing assistance and on behalf of Hashem whose children you are caring for. When we We also need to rid ourselves of all external influences that represent care for Hashem’s children, He cares for ours. idol worship and anti-G-d attitudes which was accomplished by sacrificing the sheep that was one of the idols of the Egyptians. We With gratitude, Love and esteem, also need to concentrate on cleansing our inner selves and removing all blockages and concealments that hide our soul and G-dly energy, Sholom D. Lipskar achieved by our circumcision. 3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Weekly Riddle Morah Malkie’s Elisheva Adouth's Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Questions: 1) Aside from the actual plague of darkness, when else does the land Montessori Classrooom 2 of Egypt become dark? classrooom 2 2) In what context are shoes mentioned in this parsha? 3) What two-letter word appears 27 times in this parsha and has four different meanings in the Torah? Answers from last week: Tehila's Basya's 1) In this parsha, the land of Israel is referred to as a "morasha" - "a Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls heritage" (Exodus 6:9) In parshas V'zos Habracha, the Torah itself is Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 called a "morasha" (Deut. 33:4). 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 2) Levi and his grandson Amram both lived 137 years (Exodus 6:16, 18). Classrooom 4 3) Aminadav, the father of Nachshon and Elisheva (the wife of Aaron), is an ancestor of King David (Ruth 4:20) and of every High Priest except for Aaron (Exodus 6:23). RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Mendy's Loebenstein any time over Shabbos. The Sholom's Hebrew School first child to give a correct answer to each of Junior Boys the questions will win an INSTANT prize! Grades: 4th - 8th 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 Shalosh Seudos This Week: Candle lighting 5:48 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. 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