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Shabbos Parshas Vayakhel - Pekudei Parshas Hachodesh Shabbos Mevarchim Adar 28 - 29 March 12 - 13 Candle Lighting: 6:10 Pm Shabbos Ends: 7:03 Pm B”H THEWEEKLY MAGAZINE SHUL SPONSORED BY MR. & MRS. MARTIN (OBM) AND ETHEL SIROTKIN & DR. & MRS. SHMUEL AND EVELYN KATZ SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYAKHEL - PEKUDEI PARSHAS HACHODESH SHABBOS MEVARCHIM ADAR 28 - 29 MARCH 12 - 13 CANDLE LIGHTING: 6:10 PM SHABBOS ENDS: 7:03 PM ROSH CHODESH NISSAN SUNDAY, MARCH 14 MOLAD - NEW MOON SHABBOS, March 13 7:03 (5 chalakim) PM The Shul - Chabad Lubavitch - An institution of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem M. 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Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings: 6 -7 Sharing with your Shul Family All Things Sephardic: 8 - 9 Schedules, classes, articles & more Daily Study: 12 A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul Inspiration, Insights & Ideas: 10 - 22 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture: 23 - 28 The full scoop on all the great events around town In a Woman’s World: 29 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman French Connection: 30 Reflexions sur la Paracha Latin Link: 31 Reflexion Semanal Networking: 32- 33 & 35 Effective Advertising Numbers To Know: 34 Contacts at The Shul Get The Picture: 36 The full scoop on all the great events around town THOUGHTS ON THE PARSHA FROM RABBI SHOLOM LIPSKAR SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYAKHEL - PEKUDEI - PARSHAS HACHODESH on this Torah portion, his main emphasis his week was the critical necessity for Jewish unity. we have a confluence of T As Moses prepared the Jewish people to multiple powerful erect the Tabernacle that would represent spiritual energies the centerpoint of G-d‘s presence among as on Shabbos we us, he stressed the fact that we need to will bless the new be absolutely integrated as a singular month of Nissan / congregation. miracles / month of redemption; we will It is clear from our own historical patterns conclude the book that the weakest time of a society is when of Exodus with the there is fragmentation and conflict, whereas traditional powerful the most blessed and strongest periods of public proclamation Chazak! Chazak! our success is when there was unity, love Venischazek! Be Strong! Be Strong! And and peacefulness with each other. let us be strengthened; we will read from a second Torah the section that references Our own period of time attests to that as the first mitzvah given to the Jewish people America is splintered and radically divided, to sanctify the new moon in this month, causing a sense of insecurity, worry and including the laws of the Pascal offering in pending doubt. It is time to reconnect and preparation for the holiday of redemption not allow external, secondary forces to Pesach; and we will read from a special divide us on any level. Just as G-d is One, section of the Prophets/ Haftorah that unified and undivided, so too must we be relates the special occasion when Rosh in order to assure His revealed powerful Chodesh is on the day after Shabbat. presence among us. This is also the longest reading of the In Nissan we were initially redeemed and year as we combine two lengthy sections in Nissan we will be experiencing our final that again delineate all the details in the redemption. construction of the holy Tabernacle, including all of its vessels, priestly vestments and every necessary element and tool for every phase of its function, Have a wonderful Shabbos, a great week including its assembling, disassembling and a Chodesh Tov. and moving multiple times during the 40- year sojourn in the desert. This repeating of the entire episode of creating the house wherein Almighty G-d would dwell among the Jewish people Rabbi S. Lipskar begins with “Vayakhel” - Moses gathering the Jewish people as a singular community. 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