B”H The Shul Shabbos Noach W E E K L Y M A G A Z I N E Cheshvan 5 - 6, 5767 Oct. 27 - 28, 2006 Candle Lighting 6:25pm Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar (*see p.2 for full schedule) Parshas Noach This portion opens with the verse: “these are the happenings (children) of “Noach,” An Institution of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, May His Merit Shield Us “Noach” was a Tzaddik (Righteous) A House of Torah, Prayer, and Acts of Goodness Person”. The repetition of “Noach”, which is grammatically and textually superfluous, Weekly Magazine Sponsored by Mr. Martin & Mrs. Ethel Sirotkin relates to two levels of Noach. Besides being the name of a person, Noach means peaceful/calm/tranquil/restful. Noach, through his righteous behavior in a This Week at The Shul: degenerate world brought a sense of peacefulness. Noach was such a positive CPR Training force that he enabled G-d Almighty to Sunday Oct. 29th continue creation though He had remorse for creating such a 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. corrupt world. Ages 13 & up The two levels of “Noach”, according to the Zohar, relates to two *See p.12 for more details levels that are part of every Shabbos: The Lower Shabbos and the Higher Shabbos; Shabbos Evening and Shabbos Day. The Lower Women’s Study Group Shabbos level relates to resting and elevating all the forces of Begins learning the Book of Melachim physical activity, bodily function and animal life-force soul and the THIS Monday Oct. 30 Higher Shabbos level relates to the drawing down of the G-dly Soul and Supernal forces into the lower realm. 9:15 a.m. *See p. 12 for more details Positive energy requires a double effort. First one must utilize all of one’s material world and resources to serve G-d. One must extract SAVE THE DATE: the energies extant in the physical world and utilize them for International Judaic Art Exhibit fulfilling the purpose of creation; to be subservient to G-d’s will and "Jewish & Israeli Pictorial Harmony III" direction and subdue one’s own will and desire to G-d’s will and desire. Then we connect with G-d’s pure holiness and energy and Wednesday Nov. 7th bring it into our realms and environment. 7:00 pm *See p.16 for more details Just like Shabbos, when we cease our weekday activity and efforts and work hard to prepare ourselves, homes and feasts for Shabbos and only then do we attain a special indescribable pleasurable joy Don’t forget to change your clocks back that only Jewish people can experience and know. So too, when 1 hour on Saturday night! creating a Shabbos world outlook and state of being do we need to affect the double Noach – the two levels of Holy tranquility. We must elevate the lowly and draw down the holy.

In our world today when we are at the threshold of the time when To all the community’s budding activists, “It is completely Shabbos”- the Messianic Era – we must utilize all of writers and reporters: we are trying to jumpstart our opportunities to harness our physical world as a chariot for G-d’s community involvement in The Shul bulletin. presence as we evoke the highest levels of G-d’s essence to dwell in our chariots. We would love for you to partner with us and contribute to our publication. Stories, articles, May we immediately merit the complete cleansing, purification and personal Jewish experiences and more. We hallowing of our world as all evil is eradicated and goodness and want to hear form you! G-dliness prevails. To get involved Please call or email Have a good Shabbos and a great week. Shayna Zavilowitz at 305-868-1411 Ext. 7322 or [email protected]

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e Weekly Wisdom 12 Tanya 8:35 a.m. A complete guide to all classes and courses offered Shacharis (Morning Services) 8:45 a.m. at The Shul. Children's Program 10:00 a.m. Community Kiddush 12:00 p.m. A Time to Pray 13 Shabbos Community Shiur for men 5:30 p.m. Check out all the davening schedules and locations With Rabbi Yehoshua Tibor S throughout the week. Shabbos Women’s Class 5:30 p.m. Mincha followed by Shalosh Seudos 6:15 p.m THE Calendar 14-15 Shabbos Ends / Ma'ariv & Havdalah 7:17 p.m. h A great listing of the places you want to be and the Weekly Video with the Rebbe things you want to do!

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Kiddush Bank l Community Happenings 18-19 Find out what's going on and how you can get involved. The Shul has a “Kiddush Bank” to ensure that there are always adequate funds to cover the Reflections costs of our weekly, non-sponsored Shabbos 20 Kiddushim and Shalosh Seudos. Step back and "Shep Nachas" from all of the great events of the past week. There are two levels of participation: Partner level - annual contribution of $500 M Patron level - annual contribution of $180 Just for the Gals 21 Delve into the power, strength and beauty in the life Please help make our Kiddushim special. of the Jewish Woman. a “Hashem will bless this entire holy congregation….those who establish The ABC's of Aleph 22 synagogues…. Kiddush….food for Serving Jews in Institutional and limited environments. the wayfarers….” (Shabbos Siddur).

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b May they be blessed! Gabayim Corner “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to pray, those who provide The Shul’s Gaboyim: Mr. Allen Berry / o lights for illumination, wine for kiddush and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs— may the Holy One, Mr. Mauricio Fux / Mr. David Pollack / blessed be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sickness, heal their entire body, pardon Mr. Andrew Roth / Mr. David Portnoy / all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, together with all Israel their Mr. Henry Eichler s brethren; and let us say Amen.” - Shacharis for Shabbos Please note that the distribution of Aliyot according to our customs is in the order of certain Simchot, Yahrtzeits, Birthdays, Guests and general rotation. We encourage you to participate in the weekday Davening and Aliyot on Mondays and Thursdays. Kiddush this week: Kiddush this week is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Moris and Lilian Tabacinic in Attention members & guests: T honor of Moris’s father’s yahrtzeit, Menachem Mendel ben Avraham on During the taking out of the Torah for leining, please allow seat holders to return to their Cheshvan 6. May his neshama have an aliyah. seats before occupying open seating. h Designated seats are for the use of members who Shalosh Seudos this week: dedicated them. On Shabbos and Yom Tov, Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. dedicated seats may be occupied by anyone after 10:30 a.m. in the men’s section and 11:00 a.m. in the i women’s section, provided that the member who dedicated the seat is not already using it. Gabayim will be happy to help you be seated. s Kiddushim at The Shul! Please help us continue to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Shalosh Seudos by offering to become a sponsor. Sponsorship by one or more individuals is encouraged. Eruv Information The Following dates are available for sponsorship: We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals should call the Eruv Hotline Kiddush: to make sure that the Eruv is operational prior to W Nov. 4, 11, 18 carrying on Shabbos.

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Shabbos The Teen Minyan The Shabbos Morning Program, led by experienced and In the private setting of The Teens Synagogue, young energetic group leaders, provides an informative and adults run a real Minyan / service led by an exciting environment for children ages 2 through 12. Each experienced, enthusiastic Rabbi. Post Bar Mitzvah Y young men can lead or follow the Tefilla (prayers) and age group, incorporates Tefilla (prayer), Parsha (weekly Torah study) and general "Jewishness", through games, songs, and Kriyat Hatorah (Torah readings) in this intimate, yet stories, experiencing a structured activity in a relaxed setting formal setting. The participants serve as Gabbai, while being constantly stimulated. Children establish Chazan, or Rabbi and are responsible for organizing all o aspects of this training environment. relationships with their peers that may not attend the same schools. A Kiddush exclusively for the children culminates For Boys Only the program. Shabbos / Sukkos u 9:30a.m. - 12:30p.m. Shabbos 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. *Please note The Teen Minyan is strictly for the Teens, Toddler Program: Back of Women’s Sanctuary we would appreciate it if adults would stay in the Main Sanctuary. t 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Boys, ages 5-12: 2nd floor Youth Synagogue Girls ages 6-9: 2nd floor Classroom #1 Girls, ages 9-12: 2nd floor Classroom #2 The Tehillim Club h 10:00 a.m. - End of Shul The Tehillim Club allows children to become Teen girls: Haime Library more familiar with saying Tehillim on Shabbos Mevorchim (Blessings of the new month) by breaking the chapters down into manageable, Torah Quiz age-appropriate segments and rewards students With Rabbi Aryeh Citron with prizes for participation. Each month, P students who complete their Tehillim allotment This Week's Questions… are entered into a raffle to win great prizes. 1. On what day of which month did the waters of the flood begin to Hot chocolate and Danishes for all who attend!

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Halacha on the Parsha The Blessing on the Rainbow 8. One who went to the bathroom and did not yet S wash their hands must first wash their hands 1. When one sees a rainbow, they should say the before making this (or any other) brocho. This also brocho/blessing that is printed in the Siddur (pg. 87). applies if one’s hands were dirty from other h 2. One should not tell their friend that there is a causes (e.g. touching ones shoes) rainbow. This is considered a bad tiding as a 9. If one sees the rainbow during davening, the law is rainbow is a sign that Hashem (G-d) is angry at the as follows: a world and is only not destroying it because of his A. During the Amida, one may not interrupt covenant with No’ach. B. In between paragraphs of the blessings of 3. One should not gaze at a rainbow as the Divine Shema or of Pesukei Dezimra (between Baruch b Presence (Shchina) is revealed there. She’omar & Yishtabach), one may interrupt 4. Some say that the blessing may only be recited if and say the blessing. one sees a complete rainbow. (I.e. the shape of a C. If one sees the rainbow in the middle of a b bow.) paragraph, one should first finish the 5. In the days of great Tzadikim like King Chizkiyahu, paragraph and then say the blessing. If the Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, & Rabbi Yehoshua ben rainbow will be gone by then, one may o Levi, there were no rainbows seen at all. (Some interrupt in middle of the paragraph as well. say that the rain fell at night). 10. The Zohar teaches that before Moshiach comes a 6. If one sees more than one rainbow from the same rainbow with very bright colors will be seen. s storm, only one brocho is made. 7. Some stand when they say this brocho. Questions? Email [email protected] T h his studies for a few weeks: his wife would give him a list of The Trip the merchandise she needed, and he would travel to the fair By Yanki Tauber in Leipzig to wheel and deal. i

One day a visitor arrived at the home of Rabbi DovBer, the "Listen," said Rabbi DovBer to his visitor, "I have an idea for famed "Maggid" of Mezeritch. The visitor was an old friend you. Why must you waste precious weeks of study every of Rabbi DovBer's, who had studied with him back in their year? This year, sit at home. Envision the journey to Leipzig s youth. With great interest he observed the behavior of his in your mind's eye: picture every station along the way, former study-partner, who had since become a follower of every crossroads, every wayside inn. Then, imagine that you the Baal Shem Tov and had assumed the leadership of the are at the fair, making your rounds at the booths. Call to chassidic community upon the latter's passing. mind the merchants that you deal with, reinvent the usual haggling and bargaining that follows. Now, load your new The visitor was particularly struck by the amount of time purchases upon your imaginary cart and make the return W that the Maggid devoted to prayer. He himself was no journey. The entire operation should not take more than a stranger to reflective prayer: when he and Rabbi DovBer had couple of hours -- and then you can return to your beloved studied together, they had mastered the mystical teachings books!" e of the kabbalists and they would pray with the prescribed meditations, or kavonot, outlined in the writings of "That is all fine and well," replied Rabbi DovBer's friend, kabbala. But never in his experience had prayer warranted "however, there remains one slight problem: I need the e such long hours. merchandise."

"I don't understand," he said to Rabbi DovBer, "I, too, pray "The same is true with prayer and its kavonos," said Rabbi with all the kavonot of the Holy Ari. But still, my prayers do DovBer. "To envision this or that sublime attribute of G-d in k not take nearly as much time as yours do." its prescribed section of the prayers, or to refer to a certain nuance of emotion in your heart at a particular passage, is Rabbi DovBer's visitor was a dedicated scholar. His wife ran all fine and well. But you see, I need the merchandise..." the family business so that he could devote all his time to Torah study. Only once a year was he forced to break from P.6 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Lighting up Friday Night Images of Peace Surviving Daily Life By Tali Loewenthal By Tali Loewenthal

I One of the interpretations of the Flood is that it represents the Noah's ark presents the idea of the survival of life at a time of difficulties of life. We are swept by the swirling waters of anxiety, of otherwise total destruction. This week's Torah reading describes the rat race, of the daily struggle. How can we prevent our how the Flood covered the entire world, but Noah, his family, and sensitivity and humanity from being swept away? the thousands of animals sheltering in the Ark were saved. n Another variety of these swirling waters are the cultural currents of Diverse species of animal, which would usually battle together or devour each other, dwelt calmly together One image of the Ark the modern world which seek to sweep away our Jewish described by the Sages is that of peace. The Ark is described as dimension. "Why be different?" they murmur. "Just do the same as having the spiritual quality of the World to Come, where all is in everyone else..." Once again, what power do we have to resist these s forces? unity and all conflict is dissolved.

This aspect of the Ark links also to the theme of the sukkah, the hut Deep in the heart of every Jew there is hidden a great love The Song with its roof of branches and leaves which was the focus of the of Songs (8:7) tells us that "many waters cannot quench love." Deep Sukkot festival a fortnight ago. In Chassidic teachings, the Ark and in the heart of every Jew there is hidden a great love. This love p always remains, despite the worries and troubles, despite cultural the Sukkah are compared to each other as a realm of peace 1. Now, although the Sukkot festival has ended, the image of the sukkah as change. It is our love for G-d, for the infinite freedom which our a source of peace continues. Every week, in the Friday evening bond with G-d can grant us, that we withstand the force of the prayers, we ask G-d to "spread over us the sukkah of Your peace." "flood waters." Through Jewish life we reveal this love and enable it to give inspiration and meaning to our lives. i We are asking G-d that the spiritual peace of the sukkah, like that of Noah's Ark in our Parshah, be spread over each of us as The Friday night table, the candles, kiddush, speaking words of individuals, and over the Jewish people. Torah, singing of Shabbat table songs, prayer and observance of

However, it is not enough that there should be peace only for the other laws of Judaism help us overcome the Flood and to enjoy r Jewish people. There actually has to be peace for the entire world. every step in an ever new world. The remarkable power of Jewish teaching is that potentially there is always a dual effect in everything we do: whether in Torah study, The Memory of Water prayer or observance of the Mitzvot, there is one aspect which By Yanki Tauber a connects the person to G-d, and there is also a complementary aspect which draws G-dliness into the world2. In all aspects of Your earliest self-knowledge is of a being immersed in water. Jewish life we are seeking both spiritual fulfillment for ourselves, You were one with your environment: you were mother and and also "to perfect the world under the sovereignty of G-d."3 mother was you, you were the universe and the universe was

t Similarly, one aspect of Noah's Ark is that it represented spirituality, yourself. There was no I, she, it or that, for all being was one. holiness and ultimate peace for Noah and his family who were Then came the day when you were thrust out from the inside it. Another is that once the Flood came to an end and they enveloping waters. Distinctiveness and identity were conferred left the Ark, their task was to express these qualities in the world as upon you, and your oneness with your source became a vestige a whole. of a memory. You now revel in your apartness, your ego a shield, i wresting sustenance and purpose from an environment that is This meant keeping the Seven Noahide Laws, the Divine distinct of yourself and which you share and compete over with instructions to Noah and his descendants. The Noahide Laws like-armored others. constitute seven general rules of goodness for all humanity, o including respect for the sanctity of life. Yet at the center of global But the memory remains. And when the strangeness of your world becomes too much to bear, and the loneliness of your society is the spot where, the Sages tell us, Noah offered sacrifices to G-d when he left the Ark at the end of the Flood 4 . This is the battle too heavy to carry, you seek solace in your watery past. The memory of the womb comforts you, reassuring you that you are site of the Temple in Jerusalem. Here is the focal point where the Jewish people join themselves to the Divine and at the same time, not truly alone, that underneath it all you are one with the n universe, with your creator. as described above, bring blessing into the world. On the face of it, the Torah's account of Noah's Flood tells the Ultimately this will lead to awareness of G-d's Presence throughout existence: "the world will be filled with knowledge of G-d as the tragic tale of a corrupt generation eradicated from the face of the earth. But an axiom of Chassidic teaching -- particularly as waters cover the sea" (Isaiah 11:9) -- an image which itself links with a expressed in the writings and talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- is that of the waters of the Flood, yet in a purely positive mode. For that every word of Torah, at its core, is a gem of unadulterated indeed, in the time of the Messiah all bad will change to good, and all conflict will be transformed to peace. goodness. Our world is a place where negativity and even outright evil may occur, and the Torah, which addresses and l describes our world, reflects this. But as our Sages tell us, the Torah precedes the world, precedes creation; in its quintessential state, the Torah's every story and law has a positive meaning. FOOTNOTES 1. See the sources in Sefer HaMamarim Melukat vol. 1, p. 177 note 31. In essence, Noah's Flood is the earth's immersion in the mikvah 2. See Likkutei Sichot, vol. 35, p.10. of divine knowledge, in the womb of primordial oneness. And 3. Text of the Aleinu prayer. though the earth eventually emerged from the Flood's waters, 4. Genesis 8:20; Mishneh Torah, Laws of the Temple 2:2. the memory remains in its soil and stones, in its trees and clouds, and in every living being that crawls or walks upon it. Never is our world too distant, too apart, too alienated, to draw on this

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My Kind of Hero understanding, he didn't enter the Ark Of course, I'd love to be able to answer until the rains actually started and the every question every single one of my By Yossy Goldman floodwaters pushed him in. That explains congregants ever has. But the chances why many people look down on Noah, are that I will not be able to solve every The world loves a hero. Every season, especially when they compare him to single person's doubts and dilemmas. Hollywood has to invent new heroes and I other Biblical superheroes, people of the And, frankly speaking, I am less superheroes to fill the box office coffers. stature of Abraham or Moses. concerned about their doubts than about And it works. Why? Well, that's for their deeds. From a question nobody ever Personally, this is precisely what makes another sermon. Today, I choose to talk died. It's how we behave that matters Noah my kind of hero. He's real. He's about Who is a Hero and, more most. n specifically, who is my kind of hero. human. He has doubts, just like you and me. I know we are supposed to say Noah, the ordinary hero, could easily be Superheroes are fantastic. But you've got "When will my actions match those of the guy next door. He is one of us. His to admit, they're over the top, rather the great patriarchs of old" but I confess, greatness is, therefore, achievable. It's s otherworldly and, realistically speaking, for me that's a tall order. Noah, on the not "pie in the sky." His heroism can be beyond our reach. We can fantasize other hand, is a regular guy. He is emulated. If Abraham and Moses seem about flying through the skies in our plagued by doubts and struggles with his the superhero types too far fetched for us capes, climbing skyscrapers with our faith. Which is precisely what makes him ordinary mortals to see as practical role webs and rescuing damsels in distress; p a hero. Because the fact is that, at the models, then Noah resonates with but at the end of the day, it is nothing end of he day, Noah does the job. He realism. After all, he had his doubts too, more than wistful daydreaming. What builds the Ark, shleps in all the animals, just like you and me. bearing does it have on me and my life, saves civilization and goes on to rebuild a So Noah, the reluctant hero, reminds us me and my problems? The answer is, not shattered world. Doubts, shmouts, he i that you don't have to be fearless to get much. did what had to be done. involved. You don't have to be a tzaddik That's why Noah always appealed to me. There is an old Yiddish proverb that Fun a to do a mitzvah. You don't have to be He comes across as a real live hero, real kasha shtarbt men nit--"Nobody ever holy to keep kosher, nor do you have to r in the sense of being human rather than died of a question." It's not the end of the be a professor to come to a Torah class. superhuman and, therefore, realistically world if you didn't get an answer to all His faith may have been shaky. Perhaps possible to emulate. your questions. We can live with he was a bit wobbly in the knees. But the Rashi describes Noah as a man of "small unanswered questions. The main thing is bottom line is, he got the job done. My a faith" who had doubts whether the flood not to allow ourselves to become kind of hero. would actually happen. In fact, according paralyzed by our doubts. We can still do what has to be done, despite our doubts. to the great commentator's t

Here's Looking at You The way you react, the verdict you pass when commenting on the behavior of others, will be dredged up and used against you i By Elisha Greenbaum on your personal day of judgment.

Post flood. The survivors: Noah, wife, sons, daughters-in-law Can I help you? and lots and lots of animals. o Is this always true? Must I believe that all evil I observe is a They left the ark and offered thanksgiving sacrifices. Noah self-commentary? What about the value of rebuke--surely plants a vineyard, gets sloshed and collapses in a heap inside sometimes we observe the peccadilloes of others for no other his tent. reason than to help them correct themselves? n

The reaction of his sons differ. "Ham ... saw the nakedness of his The varied reactions of his sons to Noah's disgrace demonstrate father and told his brothers. Shem and Japheth... walked the difference: Of course the opportunity to help another may backwards and covered their father... their faces were turned present itself, and of course we must be on the lookout to guide away and they didn't see their father's nakedness" (Genesis a miscreants back onto the straight and narrow; but to do so 9:22-23). demands awareness, not self-righteousness. We've all met moral crusaders who enjoy nothing better than discovering One of the foundations of Chassidic philosophy is the belief fresh sins of their neighbors. Ham was confronted with the that nothing happens by chance. Every act we may observe l exact same situation as his brothers, but whereas their reaction holds a lesson to be integrated. What lesson is there in seeing was to fix the problem but resolutely keep their backs turned, evil, observing another person sin? he "saw his fathers disgrace" and reveled in it.

Answer; you aren't seeing him, you're watching yourself. When When confronted with the failings of others, do we look to help presented with the specter of another doing wrong, search the or to gloat? Just remember, whichever way we react is to pass dark crevasses of your past conduct and you'll find the same judgment on nobody but ourselves. transgression lurking.

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himself from his corrupt generation and secluded himself in a A History of Love cave. Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Not only did Enoch fail to have a lasting impact on his society, but Courtesy of MeaningfulLife.com he was ultimately in danger of being influenced by their corrupt

Man, by nature, is a selfish creature. Even in his relationships with behavior. This is why Enoch died at the "tender young age" of 365 I others he tends to focus primarily on himself or, at most, on his (compared with the 800 and 900-year life spans of his self-colored perception of his fellow. "Love" is the endeavor to contemporaries): "G-d took him to Himself" before his time, lest transcend this intrinsic selfishness and truly relate to one's fellow, the only righteous man of the generation also be lost. to be sensitive to and devoted to his/her needs as an individual For such is the relationship of an individual with his environment: n distinct of oneself and one's own stake in the relationship. there is no sustained equilibrium. Where there is contact there is a flow, in one direction or the other; one either influences his And yet, when the Torah speaks of the mitzvah (Divine society or is influenced by it. commandment) to "Love your fellow as yourself" it does so in the context of man's duty to influence, and even change, the The 120-Year Failure s behavior and nature of his fellow man. In Leviticus 19 (verses 18- Several generations later we encounter another righteous man in 19), the Torah commands: a corrupt generation: Noah, builder of the ark and regenerator of humanity after the Flood. Do not hate your brother in your heart; repeatedly rebuke your fellow, and do not attribute sin to him. Do not take revenge, or In Noah, we find the first stirrings of a departure from self to p improve and rehabilitate one's fallen fellow. In the year 1536 from harbor hatred toward your people, and love your fellow as yourself; I am G-d. creation (2225 bce) G-d told Noah that "the end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence" and that He As the commentaries explain, there are two possible reactions a therefore intends to "bring a deluge of water upon the earth, to i person can have toward a fellow who has wronged him, or whom destroy all flesh" and start anew with Noah and his family. Noah he sees behaving in a morally deficient manner: 1) he can despise is instructed to build an ark so that they may survive the Flood. him in his heart, regarding him as a "sinner" and perhaps even Our sages relate that Noah worked on the ark's construction a full persecute him for his "sins"; 2) he can rebuke him in the effort to one hundred and twenty years; all this time, he called out to his r convince him of the folly of his ways and seek to influence him to generation to mend its ways and avoid catastrophe. change them. The path of love, says the Torah, is not to to "hate your brother in your heart" but to "repeatedly rebuke" him and However, the Zohar criticizes Noah for the fact that, despite his seek to better him. efforts, he did not pray for the salvation of his generation, unlike Abraham and Moses who pleaded with G-d to spare the wicked. a Obviously, the desire to influence is consistent with the idea of This implies that, ultimately, it did not matter to Noah what love. No one would stand by as a loved one suffers hunger or is became of them. Had he truly cared, he would not have sufficed threatened by violence; no less so, if one sees someone he loves with doing his best to bring them to repent but would have suffering from spiritual malnutrition or moral blindness, he will implored the Almighty to repeal His decree of destruction -- just t make every effort to reach out to him, to enlighten him, to offer as one who is personally threatened would never say, "Well, I did guidance and assistance. But this aspect of loving behavior carries my best to save myself," and leave it at that, but would beseech an inherent paradox. On the one hand, the endeavor to influence G-d to help him. and change implies a departure from self and concern with the well-being of the other. On the other hand, it implies a seemingly In other words, Noah's involvement with others was limited to his i sense of what he ought to do for them, as opposed to a true selfish view of the other: a rejection of other as he is and a desire to impose one's own perception of of what is good for him upon concern for their well-being. His "self" had sufficiently broadened him. to include the imperative to act for the sake of another, recognizing that the lack of a "social conscience" is a defect in o Four Biblical Prototypes one's own character; but he fell short of transcending the self to An exploration of the history of humanity, as recounted in the care for others beyond the consideration of his own Torah, reveals four figures who personified four different points of righteousness. reference on the relationship between self and fellow. n This also explains a curious aspect of Noah's efforts to reach out Each of these individuals was considered the most righteous of to his generation. When the Flood came, Noah and his family his generation. Thus, their lives can be seen to reflect four stages entered the ark -- alone. His 120-year campaign yielded not a in the spiritual development of humanity -- four stages in the single baal teshuvah (repentant)! Perhaps public relations was movement from an instinctive selfhood toward the complete never Noah's strong point, but how are we to explain the fact a abnegation of self and self-interest in relating to others. Our that, in all this time, he failed to win over a single individual? examination of this process will also shed light on the acceptance/non-acceptance dilemma inherent in the love But in order to influence others, one's motives must be pure; in relationship. the words of our sages, "Words that come from the heart, enter l the heart." Deep down, a person will always sense whether you The first of these four outstanding individuals was Enoch, a great- truly have his interests at heart, or you're filling a need of your great-great-great-grandson of Adam, who was born in the year own by seeking to change him. If your work to enlighten your 622 from creation (3139 before the common era). By his time, fellow stems from a desire to "do the right thing" -- to observe the humanity had abandoned the One G-d of their fathers and had mitzvot to "love your fellow as yourself" and "rebuke your fellow" succumbed to idolatry and pagan perversity. Only Enoch still -- but without really caring about the result, your call will be met "walked with G-d." with scant response. The echo of personal motive, be it the most

But Enoch's righteousness was wholly selfish: he was preoccupied laudable of personal motives, will be sensed, if only only with the refinement and perfection of his own spiritual self. subconsciously, by the object of your efforts, and will ultimately The Midrash even relates that, for many years, he disassociated put him off. Inspiration, Insights & Ideas P.9 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

The Departure From Self aware that the wicked of Sodom were beyond hope, he ceased his Ten generations later was born an individual who raised the prayers. concept of man's devotion to the welfare of his neighbor to new Such love and concern -- for the sake of the potential good that selfless heights. This man was Abraham, the first Jew. one sees in another -- is a love that is tainted, however minutely, I Abraham, too, faced a corrupt and pagan world; indeed, his title, with selfishness: one is relating to one's fellow not as one's fellow "the Hebrew," is associated with the fact that "the entire world sees himself, but with an eye to one's own vision of him. This stood on one side, and he stood on the other." After coming to allows for a reaction on his part (expressed, unexpressed or even recognize the Creator, he devoted his life to bringing the belief unconscious) that "You don't care for me as I am, only for what n and ethos of a One G-d to his generation. Wherever he went, he you wish to make of me. So you don't really care about me at all." "caused G-d's name to be known in the world." Abraham also True, one's only desire is to reveal the other's essential self; but concerned himself with the more mundane needs of his fellows, this is a deeper, still unrealized, self. One's love fails to address the offering his tent as an open house of refreshment and lodging for other as he now expressly is, focusing instead on one's knowledge all desert wayfarers, regardless of spiritual station. of what he latently is and what he can and ought to make of s himself. The selflessness of Abraham's concern for his fellow is demonstrated by his daring intervention on behalf of the five In contrast, Moses' love for his people was utterly selfless. His was sinful cities of the Sodom Valley. G-d had decided to destroy these an unconditional love, one that is unassuming of what they p cities for their wicked ways. Abraham petitioned G-d on their ought to be or what they are on a deeper, yet unrealized level. He behalf, using the strongest terms to demand of G-d that he spare loved them as they were, and did everything in his power to these cities for the sake of the few righteous individuals they satisfy their needs, both material and spiritual. might contain. "It behooves You not to do such a thing," he When Moses pleaded with G-d on behalf of the worshippers of the challenged G-d, "to slay the righteous with the wicked... Shall the i Golden Calf, he did not say "forgive them because they will judge of the universe not act justly?!" Abraham put his own repent" or "forgive them for they carry great potential," only spiritual integrity at risk for the sake of the most corrupt of "forgive them. And if You wont, erase me from Your Torah." Either sinners; he was prepared to incur G-ds wrath upon himself, giving You accept the sinner as he is, or put together a nation and Torah precedence to their physical lives over his own relationship with r without me. the Almighty. The difference between Moses and his predecessors is also And because people sensed that he had their own good, and only reflected in the extent of their influence on their fellows. Enoch, their own good, at heart, they responded. When Abraham and with his wholly self-directed righteousness, had no influence, and a Sarah left Charan for the Holy Land, they were joined by the "souls was himself susceptible to influence. Noah -- who extended which they had made in Charan" -- the community of men and himself to his fellows, but only because he recognized that women who had rallied to their cause. Sixty-five years later he was concern for ones fellow is an integral part of a perfect self -- was able to say to his servant Eliezer: "When G-d summoned me from not influenceable, but did not influence. Abraham's teaching and the house of my father, he was G-d of the heavens but not of the t instruction, free of such personal bias, was embraced by earth: the inhabitants of the earth did not recognize Him and His multitudes of followers; but since even Abraham's efforts fell name was not referred to in the land. But now that I have made short of the pure definition of selflessness, his influence was His name familiar in the mouths of His creatures, He is G-d in correspondingly limited. Today, we have no traceable heirs to both heaven and earth." i Abrahams disciples (what, indeed, ever became of the "souls they No Strings Attached had made in Charan"?). But the effects of Moses' utterly selfless But even Abraham's love is still not the ultimate. It took another love are eternal: his guidance and leadership of his people yielded four centuries for the epitome of selfless devotion to one's fellow a nation whose endurance and unbroken continuity, to this very o to emerge in the person of Moses. day, defies all laws of history.

Abraham's virtue over Noah was that his objective in relating to "Outreach" Redefined others lay not in realizing the potential of his social self (as was In order to truly influence a fellow, we must devote ourselves to the case with Noah) but in achieving the desired result: to him or her without regard to whether s/he will be influenced or n transform their behavior and character, bringing to light their not. He is a fellow human being who needs your help. So help good and perfect essence. But therein also lies the limitations of him. If she lacks something material, help her. If she is spiritually Abrahams love: ultimately, Abrahams kindness had an ulterior lost, help her. Many see the point of influencing a fellow Jew to do motive. True, it was not a personal motive; true, it was a motive a good deed, a mitzvah --to put on tefillin, to perform a single act a that spells the recipient's ultimate good and is consistent with of charity, to avoid a moral transgression -- if this leads to a the recipient's true self; but it was an ulterior motive nonetheless. greater involvement, and ultimately, a complete transformation. Our sages describe how Abraham's hospitality was but a means But when confronted with a "lost case" they feel its a waste of to achieve his goal of converting his guests to a belief in G-d. The time. Why bother? l same is true of Abraham's valiant prayer on behalf of the Why bother? Because you care about him, not only about what he Sodomites. He beseeched G-d to spare them because of the ought to be, what he will be, or what you see in him. He lacks righteous in their midst -- as long as righteous individuals remain something now, and you are privileged to be of assistance. If you in a city, there is hope for the wicked as well. On a deeper level, he care for him because you expect to influence him, then chances was referring to the "righteous one" within the wicked person, his are he won't respond. But if you care for him whether he responds inner potential for good; spare them, Abraham was saying, or not, then he will respond. perhaps the good in them will triumph yet. As soon as he became P.10 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

at! You cannot walk around with your eyes closed, but once Looking at Yourself Through Others something questionable pops into your range of vision, don’t By Nechoma Greisman; edited by Rabbi Moshe Miller look again. Peeking a second time is called looking, not seeing. This again is radically different from Western Culture which The weekly reading that speaks of Noach, as interpreted in claims that television, for example, doesn’t harm you, because Chassidic philosophy, contains several psychological insights of course you realize that television is not real. You can look at I which are highly relevant today. As we all know, the best anything; you are an intelligent person. psychology is found in the Torah (because G-d is the best psychologist; as the Torah states, “I am G-d your Healer” — The Torah portion mentions that Noach planted a vineyard, and physically and spiritually). when the grapes matured, he made wine and became drunk. He n fell asleep and as often happens when people are drunk, he The majority of the portion of Noach talks about the story of the became unconscious of what he was doing. He became Flood. Before G-d brought the flood upon the world, he gave uncovered, and lay in his tent in a manner which was very Noach specific instructions as to how to go about preparing for immodest. (There are laws of modesty and proper decorum for it. One of the things he was told was that he should take seven men too.) Noach had three sons, Shem, Cham and Yefet. s males and seven females of each of the kosher animals, and two Canaan, Cham’s son, saw Noach lying in his tent, and instead of each of the animals that are not kosher, and place them in the covering his grandfather, he went off to tell the news. “Hey, ark. guess what I just saw! Did you see what Grandpa is doing? He’s p Commentaries ask why the Torah uses the roundabout lying naked in his tent.” He made a big joke and hullabaloo about it. expression “the animals which are not pure” to refer to the non- kosher animals. Generally, the Torah is very concise and sparing When Shem and Yefet heard that their father had gotten drunk in its use of words. Thus, when discussing the various varieties and was lying exposed in an immodest way, they didn’t talk i of kosher birds and animals, the Torah always enumerates those about it; they wouldn’t think that it was something to discuss, that are fewer, so that it lists the non-kosher birds, because they let alone make public. They both immediately went into the tent are fewer than the kosher ones, and it therefore has to use fewer to cover their father. Now, the Torah notes that when they went words, whereas when listing kosher animals, the Torah in to cover him, they went in backwards. They didn’t go in so enumerates the kosher ones because they are fewer, and that they could see; they knew he was lying there, so they went r therefore fewer words need to be used. The rule is that the Torah in backwards, facing the other way, with a sheet or whatever, almost always uses the minimum amount of words to say the and they covered him without ever looking at their exposed maximum amount of things. Accordingly, since it is much easier father, and walked out. The Torah then concludes the incident to say “the impure animals,” rather than “the animals which are with the words, “They did not see their father’s nakedness.” a not pure,” why does the Torah use the latter expression, which, Now the Rebbe asks the question, “When they walked in Hebrew, is all of eight letters longer than the former. backwards in order to cover their father, and their faces were Remember that whole reams of Jewish law are deduced by the turned, isn’t it obvious that they were not going to see his Talmud from the presence or absence of a single letter! nakedness? If you are not looking, you don’t see! So why does t the Torah need to mention the obvious?” The foremost commentator Rashi explains that this is to teach a person that he should always strive to use clean language, to The Rebbe explains that these two incidents, about the speak in a refined way. In other words, since calling a non- unkosher animals and the incident about covering Noach, teach i kosher animal “impure” is not complimentary, it is preferable to a person a very fundamental lesson in interpersonal call it “an animal which is not pure.” relationships — how to avoid saying negative things about other In the Western culture that many of us grew up in, we were people, and how to avoid seeing negative things in other people. taught that you call a spade a spade; you call things by their names and you don’t mince words. You must say things The Rebbe quotes a teaching of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder o outright, and you must be forthright. But in the Torah it is not of the Chassidic movement, in this regard. The Baal Shem Tov always regarded as a virtue to say things the way they are. This says that when a person sees evil in another person, he is really does not mean that one should lie, G-d forbid. But one can say being shown the evil in himself. The other person is simply a the same thing in many different ways, some of them positive, mirror which reflects the image of the person looking into it. n and some of them negative. You see something bad in another person because you have that same negative quality in some form or another. True, the For example, if you have to explain something to a person, you negative quality may be manifested in you in a different or more can say it very coarsely, or you can get your same point across subtle way, but G-d is showing it to you so that you can correct a by saying it in completely different, much more pleasant words. that same problem in yourself. If you are the kind of person who The person will understand you just as well, but meanwhile you always sees negative things in other people, that is a red light. It didn’t contaminate your mouth. Your mouth was kept pure, means that you have a lot of work to do on yourself. When you because you were careful which words went out of it. Just like look into a mirror, if your face is clean, you don’t see dirt in the we have to be careful what goes into our mouths, in terms of mirror. But if you see dirt on the face of the person in the mirror, l kosher food, etc., the same way we have to be careful about you need to wash your face, not the mirror. what comes out of our mouths. This is easy enough to understand. However, there is something puzzling about this teaching of the Baal Shem Tov: Why must we say that when one sees something The matter goes even deeper than that, however. The Rebbe says negative in his fellow Jew, it means that he himself has that trait that just as the Torah teaches us that we must be careful with in some degree and that he has to refine himself? Why can’t we the way we speak, in the same Torah portion we are taught that say that it’s because one has to help that other person refine we must take care regarding what we look at. himself? Perhaps G-d showed him his negative traits, so he Of course, you cannot always control what you see. However, could teach him to mend his ways? Why should one have to the problem is not what you see; the problem is what you look berate himself and assume that it is due to his own issues? Inspiration, Insights & Ideas P.11 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

The Rebbe points out that it is human nature to immediately but also they didn’t see the evil teaches us about ourselves. notice deficiencies in others, but it takes a long time to become There is a simple test which will clarify which lesson G-d intends aware of deficiencies in oneself. There is a verse that states that, to convey to us: If the first reaction upon seeing this flaw in the “Love covers all flaws.” A similar English expression is, “Love is other person is, "Look at how bad this person is. Just look at her. blind.” When there is love you do not see faults. When you are in Such terrible behavior…” If your reaction is like Cham — to talk love with someone, he or she is perfect. A mother doesn’t see about it, and tell people, “Look what happened, look at this I her child’s flaws, a wife who’s in love doesn’t see her husband’s person, she’s so this, she’s so that… can you believe it?!” — then deficiencies. If this is true of one person’s love for another, how you’re not interested in helping the other person. Accordingly, much more so is this true with self-love. you should know that you yourself have the same problem, albeit in a different way, and you had better look into yourself Self-love is the strongest love of all. When a person is in love n and try to rectify yourself. We see that Shem and Yefet didn’t with himself, he finds it very difficult to really see his own talk about the problem, they acted — and covered their father’s shortcomings. How does G-d get us to become aware of the nakedness. deficiencies in ourselves? By letting us see them in another person. In contrast, when you noticed this lack in the other person, if s your reaction was, “Hey, something has got to be done to help In other words, there is essentially a two-fold purpose in him” — in other words, the emphasis was not on the negative, meeting a person and seeing the evil in him. One aspect of this but rather on the rectification of the person for his sake, then it meeting is to truly help the other person to improve himself. is clear that the reason you saw the negative was so that you However, the fact that the Torah points out in the story of the p could help to rectify him or her. sons of Noach that not only were their faces turned backwards,

Life in a Box (2105 bce), four men and four women all but drowning the spark of spirituality in i (already married) entered the Teivah. They our lives. By Yanki Tauber brought with them a male and female So we build boxes. A box of time dedicated member of each species of mammal and for prayer each morning; a percentage of On September 26, 1991, a crew of four men bird, seeds and cuttings of various plant our earnings dedicated to charity; a and four women entered Biosphere II, a species, and a year's supply of food and r modicum of energy reserved for some hermetically sealed environment feed. The purpose was not to study life on volunteer work in the community. We seal constructed by scientists as a functioning earth but to preserve it from the Flood these boxes, jealously preserving these model of the biosphere (the life-sustaining brought on by a corrupt world. envelope that surrounds the earth). pinpoints of higher purpose in our lives a Biosphere II--which has since been For many months, the Teivah floated on from the floodwaters that seek to engulf converted into a resort and conference the water that engulfed the earth; when them and claim them for themselves. center--enclosed an area of 3.15 acres and the Flood began to subside, it came to rest At times, the effort seems almost futile. Of included a desert, a marsh, a savanna, a on the summit of Mount Ararat. On a mind consumed by one's business, only Cheshvan 27, 1657, after 365 days within a small amount of brain power is diverted t rain forest and a million-gallon ocean. It was home to more than 3,000 species, their boxed biosphere, the eight Teivians a few daily minutes of Torah. Of a heart mostly plants and insects but also fish, and their animal and plant companions agitated by financial worries, only a small reptiles, birds and mammals. It was sealed emerged from the ark to build a new, corner is reserved for pure feelings towards off from the earth by a 500-ton stainless better world upon the foundations of the a loved one. And how much remains for i steel liner and from the atmosphere by old. charity after the bills are paid? At best, only miniscule "samplings" of our resources are 6,000 glass panels. Construction costs Noah was faced with an extreme situation- dedicated to a higher purpose. exceeded $150 million. -the impending destruction of all living

things--and took extreme action, building Therein lies the eternal lesson of Noah's o The eight "biospherians" spent two years sealed within the structure, deriving their a huge box that would hold and preserve ark. Noah couldn't save the whole world-- food, water and oxygen from their samplings of the entire spectrum of life on he had neither the capacity nor the enclosed eco-system. They emerged on earth. On a lesser but no less meaningful mandate to build a haven of such September 26, 1993. The experiment scale, we do the same every day of our proportions. So he constructed a sanctum n yielded two marriages and reams of lives. for a sampling of the various life forms in Creation. These, however, were more than scientific data which, we presume, has We, too, are faced with "floods" that token representations: for twelve months, aided our understanding of how our own threaten to destroy all that is vital and macro-biosphere works. all of humanity was concentrated within alive in our personal universe. And we, too, a the eight human beings inside the Teivah; respond by constructing "boxes" to hold Had the scientists running the project every species of animal and plant resided and preserve precious specimens of our been more biblically inclined, they might in the individual representatives brought internal world. have labeled their structure "Teivah II." The within its walls. And when the sealed box Teivah (Hebrew for "box") was a three- Daily we are swamped by the cares and was opened, its occupants became the l story, 125,000 sq. foot ark, built of timber demands of material life. If we're not seeds of a new, revitalized world. and "sealed within and without with slaving at our jobs or worrying over our The Divine command "Come into the ark!" pitch," which Noah constructed by bills, there's always an electronic gadget to was followed, twelve months later, by the command of G-d. We don't know how repair, the cleaning to take in or the Divine command, "Go out of the ark!" Such much the Teivah cost to built, but our garbage to take out. A torrent of is our challenge: to nurture seeds of sages tell us that Noah labored 120 years materiality floods the life of modern man, spirituality in the midst of a material on its construction. On the 17th of filling our hours and minutes, consuming world, and then unleash them to work Cheshvan of the year 1656 from creation our talents, subverting our emotions, and their influence in every area of our lives. P.12 Weekly Wisdom A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul.

Daily Establishing a Jewish Home Chassidus 6:00 a.m. Evening Study for Brides and W Daf Yomi (Men) Rabbi Aryeh Citron 6:30 - 7:20 a.m. Newlyweds / Bridal Class Chassidus and Rambam (Men) Rabbi Aryeh Citron 10:15 - 11:15 a.m. Please call Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Community Kolel (Monday - Thursday) (Men) *NEW TIME* 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. for an appointment: @ 305-868-1885 e Talmud Study Rabbi Yossi Stern 10:00a.m.- 12:30 p.m.

Sunday e Parenting Class for Women Daf Yomi (Men) Rabbi Aryeh Citron 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Taught by: Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Midrash (Men) Rabbi Aryeh Citron 10:15 - 11:15 a.m. Wednesdays 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. k Haime Library - 2nd Floor Monday l Book of Melachim Channy Citron 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. Community Kolel Weekly Torah Portion (Spanish) Rabbi Shea Rubinstein 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Evening study with the Bochurim Women’s Study Group Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 8:30 - 10:15 p.m. Please join us Monday - Thursday y ~ Please call The Shul for location 305-866-1411 8:00 - 10:15 p.m.

Please contact: Tuesday Rabbi Aryeh Citron [email protected] NEW CLASS Bereishis in Depth (Women) Rabbi Aryeh Citron 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. *Please note that the schedule of learning Tanya Class in Spanish (Women) Mrs. Vivian Perez 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. for the community Kolel is changing. The C ~ 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village learning will now begin at 7:30 pm and go Torah Portion Class in Spanish (Women) Mrs. Vivian Perez 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. until 9:30 pm. There are two one hour ~ 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour sessions. The first will be from 7:30 to 8:30 l Tanya Class Rabbi Mendy Levy 8:00 - 8:45 p.m. & the second from 8:30 to 9:30. The late ma’ariv minyan will now be at 9:30 pm. Re-Introduction to Judaism Rabbi Sholom Lipskar 9:00 - 10:30 p.m. a (F.I.U. accredited)

Wednesday Yeshiva Program s The Shul is now offering three hours of Morning Torah Class (Women) Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Talmud study every morning under the The Weekly Portion and Its Significance to the Modern Jewish Woman guidance of Rabbi Yossi Stern, a s Tanya Class in English (Women) Mrs. Vivian Perez 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. knowledgeable & energetic teacher. ~ 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour For more information, please contact Rabbi Lipskars Wednesday Night Farbrengen (Men) 9:00 p.m. Rabbi Citron or Rabbi Smith *Please call The Shul for location at 305-868-1411

Thursday S Tanya of the Week (Women) Rabbi Eily Smith 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. Bay Harbor Islands Lunch & Learn Rabbi Mendel Levy 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. The Shul of Downtown ~ Citadel Realty 9630 E. Bay Harbor Drive Lunch & Learn c With Rabbi Chaim Lipskar Talmudic Mishmar (Men ) Rabbi Aryeh Citron 8:15 - 9:00 p.m. Every Thursday h Kaballah 1:00 p.m. * All classes located at The Shul unless specified otherwise. Weekly Parsha 1:15 p.m. 48 East Flagler St. #363, 3rd Floor, Miami e For more classes: 305.373.8303 or 786.368.9040 [email protected] d Special Announcements u Siyum & Birthday Farbrengen New Class for Women All men of the community are invited to a Siyum on Ladies, have you ever wanted to study the Chumash in Masechtah Sukkah and a birthday Farbrengen in the home depth? Rabbi Citron will be giving a course on the book of l of Aryeh Citron. This Sunday night 8th of Cheshvan/Oct.29th Bereishis every Tuesday morning from 9 to 10 am. Location: at 8 pm. The address is 8910 Carlyle Ave Surfside The Haime Library. Beginning this Tuesday Oct 31st. e Join Daf Yomi Now Navi Class to Begin New Book The Daf Yomi class will be starting to learn masechtah Channy Citron’s Navi class will be beginning the Book of Beitzah this Monday (Oct. 30th) at 6:30 am. Now is a perfect Melachim Aleph (Kings One) this Monday morning at 9:15 time to join this enriching class which completes the entire am. Location: The Haime Library. This is a text based class & Talmud in just seven & a half years. The schedule is: Sunday there will be texts available for purchase at the class. at 9 am (after the 8 am minyan) & weekdays at 6:30 am.

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Weekly Prayer Schedule

Main Shul Sephardic Minyan W Sunday Sunday e Shacharis /Morning Minyan 8:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Second Shacharis 9:00 a.m. Daily e Daily Shacharit (Korbanot) 7:15 a.m. Shacharis /Morning Minyan 7:30 a.m. Hodu 7:30 a.m. k Followed by Daily Chumash followed by Tehillim and & Tanya a Shiur Chok Leisrael Second Morning Minyan 9:00 a.m. Mincha 5:40 p.m. l Early Mincha 2:45 p.m. Mincha 5:25 p.m. Followed by Torah Study & Ma’ariv y Late Ma’ariv 9:30 p.m. The Shul of Downtown p Monday through Thursday Rabbi Chaim Lipskar Shacharis (Morning Services) 8:00 a.m. r Monday & Thursday only 48 East Flagler Street, #363 (3rd Floor), Miami Mincha 2:00 p.m. 305-373-8303 or 786-368-9040 Everyday Email: [email protected] a www.shulofdowntown.com *For a Full Schedule of events please see p.6 y Halachic Times for the Week: Plag HaMincha 4:29 p.m. Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:20 a.m. Latest Shema 9:16 a.m. (earliest time to accept Shabbos) e Earliest Talit & Tefillin 5:43 a.m. Zman Tfillah 10:12 a.m. Shekiah / Sunset 5:39 p.m. Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 6:29 a.m. Chatzot / Midday 12:03 p.m. (preferable latest time for Mincha) (Earliest Amidah) Earliest Mincha 12:33 p.m. Tzeit Hakochavim/Nightfall 6:08 p.m. r (earliest preferable Ma’ariv) (Times taken from www.chabad.org. Please note that during the week the times may vary by a minute or two.) S c h e d u l e P.14 THE Calendar A great listing of the places you want to be and the things you want to do!

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For weekly davening times Cheshvan Oct. 23 Cheshvan 2 Oct. 24 Cheshvan 3 Oct. 25 please see p.5 h Women’s Study Group Women’s Lunch & Learn

With Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar with Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar For a schedule of weekly 8:30 - 10:15 p.m. classes please see p.6 10:30 a.m. At The Shul Social Hall a Adult Education Courses

For all youth events please Begin see pgs. 22-23 Wednesday Night t Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Farbrengen 9:00 p.m. Cheshvan 7 Oct. 29 Cheshvan 8 Oct. 30 Cheshvan 9 Oct. 31 Cheshvan 10 Nov. 1

s Women’s Study Group CPR Training Wednesday Night 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. With Rebbetzin Chani Farbrengen Lipskar 8:30 - 10:15 p.m. Ages 13 & up 9:00 p.m. Call The Shul for location *See p.12 for more 305-866-1411 details Call The Shul for location 305-868-1411 H Cheshvan 14 Nov. 5 Cheshvan 15 Nov. 6 Cheshvan 16 Nov. 7 Cheshvan 17 Nov. 8 International Judaic Women’s Study Group a Art Exhibit Wednesday Night With Rebbetzin Chani "Jewish & Israeli Farbrengen Lipskar 8:30 - 10:15 p.m. Pictorial Harmony III" 9:00 p.m. Call The Shul for location 7:00 pm p 305-866-1411 The Shul Social Hall Call The Shul for *See p.16 for more details location 305-868-1411 Cheshvan 21 Nov. 12 p Cheshvan 22 Nov. 13 Cheshvan 23 Nov. 14 Cheshvan 24 Nov. 15

Women’s Study Group e With Rebbetzin Chani Wednesday Night Lipskar 8:30 - 10:15 p.m. Farbrengen Call The Shul for location 9:00 p.m. 305-866-1411 n Call The Shul for location 305-868-1411 i Cheshvan 28 Nov. 19 Cheshvan 29 Nov. 20 Cheshvan 30 Nov. 21 Kislev 1 Nov. 22 n g Rosh Chodesh Kislev Rosh Chodesh Kislev

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Thursday Friday Shabbos Last Jew comes home (2nd W Temple Era) During the Second Temple Era Cheshvan 4 Oct. 26 Cheshvan 5 Oct. 27 Cheshvan 6 Oct. 28 (circa 2300 BCE), Cheshvan 7 was the date on which the Jew most h distant from the Holy Temple -- Parshas Noach who resided on the banks of the Euphrates River, a 15-day journey's distance from a Jerusalem -- arrived at his Set Clocks Back homestead upon returning from 1 Hour the Sukkot pilgrimage. All Jews Candle Lighting 6:25 pm would wait for this before t beginning to pray for rain. Cheshvan 11 Nov. 2 Cheshvan 12 Nov. 3 Cheshvan Nov. 4 Cheshvan 7 thus marked the return to everyday activities following the spirituality of the s festival-rich month of Tishrei. Parshas Lech Lechah Passing of Rachel (1553 BCE) The matriarch Rachel died in childbirth on the 11th of Cheshvan Father & Son Winter of the year 2208 from creation (1553 BCE) while giving birth to her Candle Lighting 5:20 pm Session begins second son, Benjamin. H Rachel was born in Aram Cheshvan 18 Nov. 9 Cheshvan 19 Nov. 10 Cheshvan 20 Nov. 11 (Mesopotamia) approximately 1585 BCE. Her father was Laban, the brother of Jacob's mother, Rebecca. a Jacob came to Laban's home in Parshas Vayeirah 1576 BCE, fleeing the wrath of his brother Esau. He fell in love with Rachel and worked for seven years p tending Laban's sheep in return for her hand in marriage. But Laban Candle Lighting 5:16 pm deceived his nephew, and on the morning after the wedding Jacob p Cheshvan 24 Nov. 16 Cheshvan 25 Nov. 17 Cheshvan 26 Nov. 18 discovered that he had married Rachel's elder sister, Leah. Laban agreed to give him Rachel as a wife Wine and Cheese as well in return for another seven e Tasting Party years' labor. Rachel was childless For Singles 20’s - 40’s for many years, while her elder Parshas sister and rival gave birth to six Chayei Sarah 7:00 p.m. sons and a daughter in succession. n At The Shul Social Hall Finally, in 1562 BCE, she gave birth to Joseph. Nine years later, while Candle Lighting 5:13 pm Jacob and his family were on the road to Jacob's ancestral home in Kislev 2 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Kislev 4 Nov. 25 i Kislev 3 Hebron (after a 22-year absence), she gave birth to a second son, but died in childbirth. Jacob buried her Parshas by the roadside, in Bethlehem; n there, "Rachel weeps over her Toldos children, for they are gone [in exile]" (Jeremiah 31:14). Her tomb has served as a place of prayer for g Jews for more than 35 centuries.

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Beginning Monday, Oct. 30, 2006 The Shul E will be offering a 4 year course to receive Rabbinical ordination (Yoreh Yoreh). Intellectually stimulating and spiritually v satisfying, the course will include the laws of Shabbos and Kashrus.

e Monday and Tuesday 8:00 -10:00 p.m. Followed by Ma’ariv at 9pm.

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D e t a i l s Time: 8:00–9:15 pm Date: 8 Mondays Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27, Dec. 4, 11, 25, Jan. 1 Instructor: Rabbi Aryeh Wuensch Location: The Shul Credits: CYS PHL 320 (1 hr. credit) P.18 Community Happenings Find out what's going on and how You can get involved.

Birthdays Anniversaries Cheshvan 6 Mrs. Susie Lustgarten Mr. & Mrs. Harry and Miriam Greenblatt C Cheshvan 6 Mrs. Mildred Nyman Mr. & Mrs. Jaime and Cheryl Peisach Cheshvan 6 Mrs. Vivian Perez Mr. & Mrs. Moises and Eliana Gilinski Cheshvan 6 Ms. Ofelia Wiener Rabbi & Mrs. Mendy and Stephanie Levy Cheshvan 6 Mr. Darren Zavilowitz Mr. & Mrs. Abraham and Sandra Gewirtz Cheshvan 7 Rabbi Aryeh Citron Mr. & Mrs. Samuel and Joy Ziefer o Cheshvan 7 Mrs. Teri Knight Cheshvan 7 Mr. Saul Retelny Cheshvan 7 Mrs. Betty (Berta) Savariego Condolences Cheshvan 10 Mrs. Loren Sragowicz m Cheshvan 10 Mr. Elias Sussman Our sincerest condolences go out to Sam Sragovicz on the Cheshvan 11 Mr. Moises Behar passing of his dear wife, Judith. May her soul be bound Cheshvan 11 Ms. Dora Fialkoff with the Eternal Bond of Life. May Sam and his family be Cheshvan 11 Mrs. Nancy Levin consoled amongst the mourners of Jerusalem and Zion. m Cheshvan 11 Mr. Sheldon Solomon Cheshvan 11 Mr. Lee Weinberger Cheshvan 12 Mrs. Elise Bonwitt Special Thank You Cheshvan 12 Mrs. Janie. S Kupferman Cheshvan 12 Mrs. Renee Felice Moore We gratefully acknowledge with thanks donations u received during the past week from members & Our Kids’ Birthdays supporters of The Shul. Ms. Lisa Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Musikar n Cheshvan 7 Amram Kamhazi Ms. Malca Bassan Mr. Mordechai Olesky Cheshvan 7 Chaya Mushka Katz Mr. & Mrs. Jack Benveniste Mr. Eli Oster Cheshvan 8 Eva Hannah Gelb Mr. & Mrs. George Bergmann Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Safra Cheshvan 9 Paige Sussman Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Borochoff Dr. & Mrs. Michael Salzhauer Cheshvan 9 Jacob Breakstone Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Boruchin Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Schapiro i Cheshvan 9 Ilan Sadon Mr. & Mrs. Isaie Bouhadana Ms. Meryl Schneider Cheshvan 10 Adine Mitrani Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Bouhnik Mr. & Mrs. Martin Sirotkin Cheshvan 10 Esther Leah Gassner Mr. Eugene Brown Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Slomianski Cheshvan 11 Shay Gilinski Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Bruder Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Solomon t Mr. & Mrs. Barry Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Terence Speyer Mr. Guido Cytryn Mr. & Mrs. Ari Sragowicz Yahrtzeits Mr. & Mrs. Rahmin Darwish Dr. & Mrs. John Sragowicz Cheshvan 6 Menachem Mendel Ben Abraham obm Mr. Saleh Darwish Mr. Abe Stein y Mr. Sasson Darwish Ms. Sybil Weinstein Father of Mr. Jose & Moris Tabacinic Cheshvan 7 Alexander Ben Michael obm Mr. Sion Dayan Mr. & Mrs. Paul Weintraub Son of Mr. & Mrs. Miguel and Raquel Haime Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Dror Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Yerushalmi Cheshvan 7 Reb Yisroel Yaakov Ben Reb Zev Tzvi obm Mr. & Mrs. Fima Falic Ms. Maxime Zalstein Father of Mr. Abe Stein Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Falic Cheshvan 7 Levi Yitzchuk Ben Yaacov David Hacohen obm Mr. & Mrs. Simon Falic Uncle of Mrs. Susan Lotkin-Weinkranz Mr. & Mrs. Israel Flaum and Ms. Rochel Weinkranz S. Flinkenstein N Cheshvan 7 Shlomo Ben Saadia obm Anonymous Father of Mrs. Dana Werner Mr. & Mrs. Lazar Gilinski Cheshvan 8 Esther obm Mrs. Rita Grossman Mother of Mr. Gideon Azari Mr. & Mrs.Robert Kaplan Cheshvan 8 David Isaacson obm Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel Katz e Ms. Rebecca Kevelson Brother-in-law of Mrs. Loren Sragowicz Cheshvan 8 Yacov Ben Abraham obm Mr. Brett Kislin & Ms. Vanessa Father of Mr. Manuel Jaimovich Schein Cheshvan 8 Yaakov obm Mrs. Dina Kuperman w Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Laoui Brother of Mr. Edmond Touboul Cheshvan 9 Sonia Bas Tzvi obm Mr. Moshe Lerman Mother of Barbara Eisenbaum & Gary Stein Mr. Moshe Levi & Mrs. Tila Cheshvan 10 Shlomo ben Meir obm Falic-Levi s Father of Mr. Paul Hamburger Mr. & Mrs. David Lichter Cheshvan 11 Shmuel obm Mr. & Mrs. Richard Moore Son of Mr. & Mrs. Marcos and Ruth Ayash Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Moris Moshel Cheshvan 11 Tzila Bas Moshe obm Mother of Mrs. Aviva Greenberg Cheshvan 12 Mazaltov Bat Zohara obm Mother of Mr. Jean Isaie Bouhadana Cheshvan 12 Moshe Chaim ben Yosef David haLevi obm The Fux Family thank you sincerely for your Brother of Mrs. Anne Paul prayers, support, gifts and food offered Cheshvan 12 Claude obm Husband of Mrs. Murielle Scemla during Chava’s recovery

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Shabbos Hospitality Do you have a Tzedakah box in If you would like to host or be hosted at a Shabbos meal, your home? please call: Mrs. Nechomah Dina Smith at 305-967-6416. If you need one, or have one to be collected, C please call The Shul 305 868-1411 and we will make the necessary arrangements to drop off a box or to pick one up. The Shul's Staying Connected Program o For College Students Lost & Found More & more Jewish college students from different universities A Gold Bracelet & a pair of Gold Pearl Earrings across the country keep joining The Shul's Staying Connected program! m were lost in The Shul during the holidays. If you These students are excited about this "cool" program that offers them have found either of these items or have any the opportunity to "stay connected" to The Shul family while they are information on them please call Mrs. Elizabeth away at school. They enjoy receiving candies, chocolate, matzah, Sher 310-980-7057. wine, menorahs, and special CD's from The Shul video-library to A pair of black ladies sunglasses were found at m celebrate the Jewish holidays. Staying Connected students also enjoy The Shul. Please call 305-868-1411 to claim them. sharing special events such as the Winter- Break & Summer Shabbatons at The Shul with over 150 Jewish college students from 18 universities across the country. u

To learn more about Staying Connected, please call Miriam Gitman Exit Shabbos on a high... at 305.868.1411 ext. 7319 or email [email protected]. by hosting a Shabbos Mevorchim Melaveh Malkah in To enroll in The Shul's Staying Connected program , please mail the your home on a Saturday Night at 10pm. Student’s name, Hebrew name, complete address, telephone & email to: n

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To schedule a confidential visit, completely free of charge. Call The Shul @ 305-868-1411 x 7315 or It Just Clicks! w Rabbi Schreiber directly @ 305-865-2041. Get connected to The Shul online It’s that simple….. at www.theshul.org or www.justlearnit.com s Seating in The Shul "Living Torah" Weekly Video Magazine Featuring the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson obm. We are proud to let you know that our campaign to dedicate the http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/livingtorah.asp remaining permanent seats in The Shul’s Main Sanctuary, chaired by Sholom Moshe “Marc” Sheridan is under full swing. There are a limited number of seat dedications still available with finance The Shul's weekly E-News options as well. Everything you need to know sent straight to your inbox! http://www.theshul.org and place your email address If you are interested in more information in the box marked be iNTouch @ the Shul please speak to or call Sholom Moshe at (305) 861-7773. Write a letter to the Ohel http://www.theshuloutreach.org/ohelnote.htm P.20 Reflections Step back and "Shep Nachas" from all of the great events of the past week. R e

f “It’s a mitzvah my whole family can participate in,” said Jerome Falic who Chol Hamoed Sukkos, Jenny, Joseph & Rachel Falic, Hanoch, Esther & arranged the visit. Menachem Perez, Alison Diener & Sarah Sherman prepared cut l flowers for residents at the Renaissance Gardens Home for the Aged. B e I k U c R

C t H O i L I M o Jenny & Jennifer Falic exemplify the spirit of Sukkos uniting young and old with smiling Hanoch Perez assisted the residents with bentching faces and gifts. “It was my birthday yester- Lulav and Esrog. “I haven’t done this for years,” this n day,” this lady said, “you made my day.” man said, “thank you for giving me the chance again.” Residents took to the microphone in song s and celebration. “We’re so glad you came here, it makes such a difference for the residents.” Just for the Gals P.21 Delve into the power, strength and beauty in the life of the Jewish Woman.

Who we are... Weekly Classes The Women's Circle comprises all of The Shul's programming and classes geared toward women Monday T in the community. Our objective is to bring Book of Melachim Channy Citron 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. women of all ages and backgrounds together to Women’s Study Group Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 8:30 - 10:15 p.m. learn, laugh, experience, and rejuvenate their ~Please call The Shul for location mind, body and soul. h Meet new friends, relax and get inspired! Tuesday If you would like to be a part of the Women's Circle at The Shul, please call 305. 868.1411 Bereishis In Depth Rabbi Aryeh Citron 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. e ~ Haime Library Tanya Class in Spanish Mrs. Vivian Perez 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. ~ 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Establishing a Jewish Home Torah Portion Class in Spanish Mrs. Vivian Perez 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. Evening Study for Brides and ~ 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Newlyweds / Bridal Class Wednesday Please call Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar for W an appointment 305-868-1885 Parenting Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Morning Torah Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. The Weekly Portion and Its Significance to the Modern Jewish woman o If you would like to use the ~ Haime Library Women’s Mikvah: Tanya Class in English Mrs. Vivian Perez 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. ~ 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Please call Mrs. Devorah Failer for an m appointment Thursday 305-866-1492 or 305-323-2410 Tanya of the Week Rabbi Eily Smith 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. Haime Library e Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem National Women's Solidarity Mission to Israel n December 3rd-Dec 11th 2006 A National Woman-Centered Mission to Israel steeped in Historical and Con- s temporary Experience please call Debbie Gold at 1 800 343 1805

Post-Sukkot Uses for the Etrog A Collection of Recipes and Ideas from our Readers So we go to all this trouble to cool, dark place. Remove the Cover with a lid and let it change the water and bring to C buy a beautiful etrog, which peels from the vodka. Add all simmer lightly for 1 – 1 ½ a boil again. Pour out the represents the heart of the the sugar and stir until the hours, or until they are very water, and weigh the fruit. Jewish people, and then after liquid is clear. Add the soft. Remove the slices and Match with an equal amount i just one week, Sukkot is over… remaining cup of vodka and arrange on a serving dish. of sugar. Cook over a low stir until the mixture is clear. Continue simmering the syrup, flame for about 45 minutes, or What to do? Seal the top and keep it in a uncovered, until it has until it takes on a jam-like For anyone who has seen the cool place for about 6 weeks. thickened. Pour the remaining appearance. r movie Ushpizin we know that The schnapps will have a syrup over the slices. there is always the option of Etrog jam has a strong and distinctive citrus aroma, and a using its juice to make a great This is an enchanting - but distinct flavor that will carry delicate and sweet flavor. A salad, but believe it or not, it easy - dessert that can be the spirit of Sukkot long into c wonderful addition to any has some other great uses as served with a tad of cinnamon, the year. Many people have occasion. well. chopped nuts and some cream the custom of saving this jam Etrog Slices Cooked in Syrup to top it off! for the holiday of Tu B'shvat. Here are some tried and tested l 4 large Etrogs (citrus) successful uses for your Etrog Jam Create an Etrog Spice-Box 5 cups sugar precious etrog...enjoy! 1 Etrog (citrus) Puncture holes in your Etrog 2 cups water 1 Orange and fill them with dried cloves. e Etrog Schnapps Juice of 1/2 lemon Sugar Once the Etrog has dried and Ingredients: Rinse the Etrogs and soak Water hardened, all the cloves will Up to 3 Etrogs (citrus) them in cold water for at least remain in place, releasing a 3 cups Vodka Rinse the Etrog and orange. 3 hours. Cut them into thick wondrous aroma of citrus and 1.5 cups superfine sugar Cut them lengthwise and slice slices (about 1/3 inch or 1 cm) spice. It can be used as a them very thinly. Remove the Rinse the Etrogs well, and peel and remove the seeds. creative version of a Havdalah seeds. Soak the fruit overnight. the thick yellow skin. Place the Combine the sugar, water and Spice-Box. Change the water (and make peels in a 4-cup container, and lemon juice in a large pan and sure the fruit is fully covered). add 2 cups of vodka. Store for bring to a boil. Press the Etrog Courtesy of Chabad.org Place it in a pot and bring it to a minimum of 48 hours in a slices firmly into the syrup. a boil. For a second time, P.22 The ABC's of Aleph Serving Jews in Institutional and limited environments.

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Enfoque de la Perasha Noaj - Ver lo bueno que hay en el prójimo La función concreta de Noaj comienza en esta Parshá. Esta es la etapa en la que requiere de un fortalecimiento especial, "Estos son los hijos de Noaj, Noaj era un hombre piadoso" (Bereshit 6:9) para poder mantenerse firme frente a la gente de su gen- Cuando la Torá describe a Noaj dice: "Estos son los hijos de Noaj, Noaj eración. Por eso, específicamente aquí, aparecen los elogios era un hombre piadoso". Normalmente, siguiendo a la introducción de de Noaj, para brindarle una energía especial para poder llevar "estos son los hijos" prosigue una lista con los nombres de los hijos de la a cabo su trabajo. S persona de referencia, pero aquí la Torá continúa con la descripción de las virtudes de Noaj - "Noaj era un hombre piadoso, íntegro en sus De todo esto aprendemos la importancia de ver lo bueno de generaciones". Recién en el versículo siguiente se enumeran sus tres hijos. otro judío y de hablar sólo de sus virtudes. Hablando positi- vamente, revelamos en el prójimo más aún la bondad que Rashi responde a esto con dos respuestas: La primera dice, que en realidad posee, e indirectamente nos hacemos merecedores, la descripción de la calidad espiritual de Noaj es sólo un comentario de nosotros también, de la bendición. paso: siendo que el texto lo mencionó, contó su elogio, como está escrito $el recuerdo del piadoso es para bendecirlos. La segunda respuesta es, que P el término "hijos" se refiere también a las buenas acciones -"los hijos (la progenie) principal de los piadosos son las buenas acciones". Por lo tanto, siguiendo a "estos son los hijos de Noaj" la Torá enumera sus actos de bien Guesher Magazine (Rashi trae esto como segunda explicación, ya que esta no concuerda con es un espacio creado para todo aquel la traducción literal de hijos y progenie). que tenga algo que transmitir. Si ese es LA FUERZA DE LA PALABRA tu caso, escríbenos a A La primera explicación requiere mayor elaboración: El nombre de Noaj ya [email protected] fue mencionado antes, en Parshat Bereshit. De acuerdo a la regla que "el recuerdo del piadoso es para bendecirlo", la Torá debería haber elogiado a o comunícate al (305) 244-1419. Noaj ya en Parshat Bereshit cuando se lo menciona por primera vez. ¿Por qué se lo alaba recién en Parshat Noaj? Si quiere ser parte de Guesher como

Lo entenderemos en base al dicho de nuestros Sabios que dice "la mala Sponsor o Auspiciante, no pierda la N lengua mata a tres: al que habla, al que escucha y a quien de él se habla". oportunidad de estar presente en le En lo que respecta al que habla y al que escucha, se entiende su vínculo próximo número comunicándose a con el efecto del pecado, ya que ambos transgreden con la mala lengua. Pero ¿Por qué ha de sufrir la víctima de quien se habló? [email protected] o al (305) 244-1419 Vemos aquí la fuerza que posee la palabra maliciosa, que golpea también a la persona de cual se habla. I REVELA LO OCULTO La esencia del habla consiste en que revela lo que estaba oculto en el Clases y Eventos pensamiento. La palabra posee la fuerza especial de llevar las cosas desde lo oculto hacia lo manifiesto. Es una fuerza concreta y real, que influye Porción Semanal

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Sra. Vivian Perez Si así ocurre en el lado de lo negativo, cuánto más en el de lo positivo, Lecciones practices para nuestra vida puesto que "es mayor la medida de la bondad que la del castigo". Cuando cotidiana se pronuncian elogios sobre el compañero y se destacan sus virtudes, se Martes 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. causa que su bondad se reafirme e imponga, trayendo un provecho real a 198 Park Dr., Bal Harbour esa persona. (Para Mujeres) H Si esto es así tratándose de la palabra del hombre de carne y hueso, cuánto Moshe S. Lerman más lo es cuando Hashem escribe en Su Torá alabanzas sobre alguien. Sin Tanya Classes lugar a dudas, esto tiene un efecto positivo sobre aquella persona, y el Miercoles 7:15 PM - 8:05 p.m. elogio le proporciona fuerzas especiales para vigorizar el bien que posee. Haime Library - 2do piso en Shul

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Real Estate WATERFRONT Bal Harbour- Elegant 3 bedroom 3 1/2 bath home in BAY HARBOR ISLANDS guard gated Bal Harbour Village. Wood floors, Kosher Kitchen, exquisite finishings. Walking distance to Shul. 10101 E Broadview Dr Asking $1,995,000. Least expensive completely finished G 11,250 square ft lot home in the Village. 75 Feet Waterfront. Surfside-Unit 302 2/2 Condo at the Manatee on the Ocean. Low floor, low maintenance.SE exposure. Lowest price in building at $399K or $1500/month for rent until Dec. 14, 2006 $1,450,000.00 Unit 208- 2/2 NE exposure. Unit has been redone. Tenant occupied until e July 2007. Great investment. Asking $425,000

Hollywood- 4 21/2 family home in Emerald Hills. New Roof, new master CAROL CARDINALE-SANTANA bath, french doors. Walking distance to area Shuls. Quiet street. $599,000 Fortune International Realty Aventura- Turnberry on the Green. Coronado 1: 1/1.5 with golf course t views. Freshly painted & cleaned. Least expensive unit in entire complex. 305-992-5425 $225,000 [email protected] Sarah Sheridan Macken Realty 305-527-6888

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Bay Harbor: Incredible Price. Island Point 2 Bed 2 Bath. All marble. Bay View. Viking Appliances, All Granite. $50,000 in upgrades, don’t miss out $509,900

C Bay Harbor: Beautiful Corner Townhouse. 3 bed 3.5 baths. Trilevel. 2000 sq ft.total. 300 sq ft garage. 4 parking Spaces. Renovated includes small piece of land. $618,000

Sunny Isles: New Sayan 01 line. Direct East/Ocean 3 bed 31/2 bath 2600 o sq ft under air. 800 sq ft terrace. Italian Kitchens. $1,400,000. Contract can be assigned.

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IRENE GITMAN BAL HARBOUR 305-710-8870 2+2 OCEAN VIEWS - MOTIVATED $795.000 SUNNY ISLES: Ocean III – Amazing ocean views from this 1+2 CONV- INTERCOASTAL VIEWS -- prime 3bed/4.5bath unit, state of the art appliances, wood ESTATE - REDUCED floors, private elevator. $1,485,000 SELLER PARTICIPATE $5000. CLOSING BAY HARBOR: Coral Towers – updated spacious COST bed/2bath corner unit overlooking the wide bay, enclosed C balcony, wood floor. Each bedroom suite has large closets HALLANDALE & built-in storage space. $364,900 2+2 SOUTH EXPOSURE $469.000 AVENTURA: TURNBERRY SOUTH – so large, this 2bed/2bath can be converted 1+1 VACATION APARTMENT $224.000 to 3rd bedroom, golf course/ intracoastal views from the 24th floor. $679,000 o MYSTIC POINTE I – upgraded 2bed/2bath, gourmet kitchen with stainless Call NICOLE BOUHADANA P.A. steel appliances, granite counters views to bay/pool. $449,500 BEACHFRONT REALTY INC All properties walking distance to area Shuls 305 866 1001 CEL 954 309 0224 Keller Williams Realty nicolemiami.sef.mlxchange.com n n e c t e d P.30 The Network All your advertising needs in one convenient spot.

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G 1900 Sq. Ft Wonderful 2 bed/2 bath. # 10 - 0 For Sale FOR SALE BY OWNER Marbella $589,900, 2 Bed 2 Bath, 1600 sq. ft. Built-in Mahogany Library, e Manatee Condo $499,900 2 Bed 2 Bath, 1250 sq. ft. White Marble Fire-place, Parquet Floors, 60 Ft Terrace, $850k - Quick Closing Surfside Towers $379,900 1 Bed 1.5 Bath, (305) 868-6600 t 1000 sq. ft. For Sale By Owner JUST REDUCED TO $399,900 9801 Collins Ave. Bay Harbor Islands Balmoral Elegant New 3/2 Condo 1 Large BR Conv, 2 Full Baths on 19th Floor. Wood Floors, Granite Kitchen, Marble Baths, Breathtaking view of Atlantic and Jacuzzi, Hurricane Shutters C Intercoastal. 1388 Sqft. Beautiful ceramic tile Monthly Maintenance only $248 - Pets OK throughout (excluding br). Includes parking space. 2nd Floor Corner Unit in 2 Story Building Close walk to The Shul. Never Lived In - Very Close to the Shul

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