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THE SOLOMON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM Weekly Message: 3 Thoughts on the Parsha - Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Celebrating Shabbos: 4 - 5 Schedules, classes, articles & more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings: 6 -7 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray: 8 Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Daily Study: 9 A complete guide to all classes and courses ofered at The Shul Inspiration, Insights & Ideas: 10 - 19 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 20 -24 The full scoop on all the great events around town In a Woman’s World 25 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SAMMY FARKAS AT THE SHUL French Connection 26 Reflexions sur la Paracha Latin Link 27 Reflexion Semanal Networking 28 -29 Efective Advertising

Numbers To Know 30 Contacts at The Shul Get The Picture 31 - 32 The full scoop on all the great events around town

FATHER AND SON QUOTABLE QUOTE The love of Israel is love of G-d. For it is written (Deuteronomy 14:1), “You are children of the L-rd your G-d”; when one loves the father one loves the children

– Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov THOUGHTS ON THE PARSHA FROM RABBI SHOLOM LIPSKAR SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYECHI - SHABBOS CHAZAK his week’s Torah that took place and living in total harmony. portion Vayechi which concludes For a father watching his family accepting each Tthe first book of the other unconditionally regardless of individual Torah relates the 17 imperfections is the greatest pleasure of his life. best years of Yakov that were in Egypt. As we look into her own life experiences the worst feelings that undermine the joy of our lives Last week, when Yakov are children, siblings and close family members met Pharaoh he said fragmented and disenfranchised. to him the past 130 years of my life were The conditions that caused the initial hatred shortened and not good. bringing extraordinarily extreme challenges were Our commentaries tell us that this refers to his life real and painful. In our times we see this kind of which began with his brother’s hatred for him to the divisiveness taking place for the silliest reasons extent of wanting to kill him and then Esav’s son and for things that are temporary and almost pursuing him robbing him of all his possessions; meaningless. Our Talmud tells us that our father then his life in the house of his uncle Lavan who Yakov never died, though they buried him and cheats him many times, first with giving him the mummified him, he is still alive. This is because wife that he did not ask for nor work for and then his children are alive continuing his way of life and chasing after him also intending to kill him; his sustaining his values and standards so too is he very difficult experience with his daughter Deena alive. kidnapped and assaulted and having to leave the area because of the reputation that his sons As we proclaim to Almighty G-d to strengthen us acquired murdering an entire city; the challenge at the end of this portion proclaiming vigorously with his beloved son Joseph missing for 22 years “be strong be strong and let us be strengthened” thinking he had been devoured by a wild animal; let us use all of our inner strengths to bring peace the difficult experiences of his sons first entry and tranquility in our families and by extension to in Egypt with his son Shimon being imprisoned the entire family of the Jewish people. forcing Yakov to send his youngest son Binyomin against his will. When that is accomplished we will have reached the time of redemption with Moshiach. An obvious question is why were the last 17 years of his life in Egypt his best years. The answer is quite Have a great Shabbos and wonderful week simple, but very critical in our own introspection about relationships. These 17 years were the only time when the entire family lived together in peace and tranquility forgiving each other for all the iniquities that happened during their lifetime, Rabbi Sholom Lipskar recognizing G-ds divine providence in everything 3 CELEBRATING SHABBOS WITH OUR YOUTH EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR AN “OVER THE TOP” SHABBOS EXPERIENCE PARSHA IN PICTURES Test your Parsha knowledge. Can you tell the story of the parsha using the pictures below

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KIDDUSH THIS WEEK: SHABBOS SCHEDULE Kiddush this week is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs Yanky and Odelia Weiss in honor of the Candle lighting 5:29 p.m. Bar mitzvah of their son Mayer. Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5:30 p.m. SHALOSH SEUDOS THIS WEEK: Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is ponsored by Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m. Mr. & Mrs Yanky and Odelia Weiss in honor of the Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Bar mitzvah of their son Mayer,and by Mr. Shmuel Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. Wolf in honor of the Yahrzeit of his mother, Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. Chaya bas Shmuel obm. Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 4:15 p.m. Men’s Shiur 4:15 p.m. Women’s Shiur 4:15 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 4:15 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship: Mincha 5:15 p.m. Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 6:25 p.m. Kiddush Shalosh Seudos Weekly Video of The Rebbe Jan 18, Feb 1, 8 ,22, 29 Jan 25, Feb 1, 8 , 15, 22, 29

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5 COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS SHARING WITH YOUR SHUL FAMILY

BIRTHDAYS YAHRTZEITS 14 Tevet Mr. Raphael Ammar 14 Tevet Miriam bas Rachel obm 14 Tevet Mr. Yonathan Berdugo Grandmother of Dr. Jean Jacques Edderai 14 Tevet Mrs. Chasha Miriam Green 14 Tevet Mayer obm 14 Tevet Ms. Elana Lazarus Father of Mr. Samuel Ziefer 14 Tevet Mr. Sam Saka 14 Tevet Scharja ben Baruch obm 15 Tevet Mrs. Rosita Boruchin Father of Mr. Leon Kopel 15 Tevet Mr. Irving Hoine 14 Tevet Rivkah bas Tzivia obm 15 Tevet Mr. Aryeh Schottenstein Mother of Mrs. Susan Gellman 16 Tevet Mr. Yankie Andrusier 15 Tevet Miriam obm 16 Tevet Mrs. Shoshana Biton Mother of Mr. Michael Weinstock 16 Tevet Mr. Alberto Camhi 15 Tevet Shoshana obm 16 Tevet Ms. Elizabeth Feltenstein Mother of Mr. Max Lichy 16 Tevet Ms. Rishe Rachel Kopel 15 Tevet Shlomo obm 16 Tevet Mrs. Rachel Kopel-Laoui Father of Mrs. Miriam Lisbon 16 Tevet Ms. Debbie Maya 15 Tevet David ben Salomon obm 16 Tevet Mrs. Esther Roth Brother of Mr. Harry Mamane 16 Tevet Rabbi Dovi Scheiner 15 Tevet Bentzion Gedalyeh ben Gershon obm 16 Tevet Mr. Daniel Sragowicz Father of Mrs. Rosita Retelny 16 Tevet Mr. Daniel Sragowicz 16 Tevet Velvil obm 17 Tevet Mrs. Genia Bruder Father of Mrs. Joni Blachar 17 Tevet Mrs. Galina Finger 16 Tevet Chaya bas Shmuel obm 17 Tevet Dr. Ronnie Hershman Mother of Mr. Shmuel Wolf 17 Tevet Ms. Chai Miriam Jakobs 17 Tevet Reb Yakov ben Avrohom obm 17 Tevet Mr. Moshe Weinbach Grandfather of Mr. Jack Azout 18 Tevet Mr. Abel Holtz 17 Tevet Rivka obm 18 Tevet Mr. Steven Schwartz Sister of Rabbi Dovi Scheiner 18 Tevet Mrs. Alexa Strassberg 17 Tevet Chana Leah obm 19 Tevet Ms. Yael Cohen Mother of Mr. Bernard Werner 19 Tevet Mrs. Michelle Diener 17 Tevet Blima bas David obm 19 Tevet Mr. Yosef Chaim Katan Aunt of Dr. Rita Steiner 19 Tevet Mrs. Kayla Schochet 18 Tevet Avraham ben Shlomo obm 19 Tevet Mr. Ezra Segal Brother of Mrs. Dana Werner 19 Tevet Mr. Uri Spiwak Rotlewicz 18 Tevet Chana Baila bas Yoseph obm 20 Tevet Ms. Dahlia Abraham Mother of Mrs. Janice Lipton 20 Tevet Ms. Leana Ammar 18 Tevet Shemuel ben Malkuna obm Father of Mr. Joseph Maya KID’S BIRTHDAYS 19 Tevet Sholom Dovber Levitan obm 14 Tevet Chaim Avraham Perelis Father of Mrs. Zelda Rochel Katz 14 Tevet Jacob Noah Vaturi 20 Tevet Yisroel obm 14 Tevet Mayer Weiss Husband of Mrs. Regina Bisk 16 Tevet Eitan Yosef Shagalov 20 Tevet Efraim ben Yehuda obm 18 Tevet Leah Malka Bengio Father of Mr. Moshe Schneider 18 Tevet Yonatan Lev Simon 20 Tevet Chaim Yisroel ben Kasriel Moshe HaLevi obm 20 Tevet Moshe Judah Lichy Father of Mrs. Bluma Schneider 20 Tevet Berechyahu Wachtel WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS ANNIVERSARIES Mr. & Mrs. Leon and Valentina Franco Mr. & Mrs. Eliott & Jennie Rimon Rabbi & Mrs. Ezzy & Malka Rappaport MAZAL TOV Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Amy Gelb Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Yanky and Odelia Weiss on the Bar Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Lianne Benchimol Mitzvah of their son Mayer. May they continue to raise him Dr. & Mrs. Daniel & Eve Belecen to Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim and have much nachas Mr. & Mrs. Max & Ruthy Benoliel from him. Mr. & Mrs. Meir & Batya Belecen Cosiol 6 COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS SHARING WITH YOUR SHUL FAMILY

TEVES LIGHT & POWER THANKS TO OUR DONORS Light & Power and Wine for Kiddush & We sincerely thank the following members and supporters of The Shul Havdalah for the month of Teves is Kindly for donations received between 12/17/19 and 12/23/19 We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Sponsored by Mrs. & Mrs. Jackie Ms. Caroline Nahon Mr. & Dr. Elchonon and Devorah Abraham Mr. & Mrs. Temuri Shagalov and Family Ms. Barbara Abramowitz Nanikashvili Berkowitz Regina Mr. & Mrs. Eliezer In honor of the Bar mitzvah of their dear Peterseil Family Nerenberg son and brother Zalman on 7 Teves Mr. & Mrs. Michael Blisko Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Judge & Mrs. Mark Ostrowiak and by Blumstein Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Perelis Mr. & Mrs. Isaac and Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Bublick Pincus & Regina Peterseil Mr. Uri Bublil Foundation Inc Bahee Salver Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Davit Renovaid Interiors, Inc. in honor of the bris of their new grandson, Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Egozi Ms. Mimi Samuels Mr. & Mrs. Ettai Einhorn Mr. & Dr. Elchonon Shagalov and Isaac’s birthday on 7 Teves Mr. Mark B. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. David Spitz “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Ms. Patricia Fuchs Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Sragowicz 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. & Mrs. Sam Greenwald Mr. Jason A. Vessal blessed be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all Mr. & Mrs. Ira Grosser Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Vogel their endeavors, together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. & Mrs. Yossi Lapidus Mr. & Mrs. Victor REFUAH SHLEIMAH Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lekach Weingarten If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. Ms. Nolene Maresky Ms. Edna Pena Werta Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matz Mr. & Mrs. Adam Ziefer MEN WOMEN Yehonatan HaLevi ben Malka Esther Yocheved bas Raizel Mr. Eddie Mechaly Eliezer ben Sarah Bracha Dr. & Mrs. Gene Moteles Aharon ben Beylah Shima Leah bas Gittel Meyer Eliezer ben Sarah Sarah Libke bas Baile Menachem Mendel ben Sara Chana Bayla bas Masha Yehoshua ben Tamara Rina Chaya Miriam bas Isaac Gilbert ben Nelly Leah Bracha Esther Genya Baila bas Gisela Bentzion ben Nomi Rachel Sonia Simcha bat Sultana Margalite Tzipora Pnina bas Slava WOMEN’S MONDAY NIGHT CLASS Eber Avraham ben Fruma Feige bas Krandel Esther Tziporah Pnina bas Slava Shlomo Yaakov ben Chaya Chaya Miriam Yehudit bat The Women’s Monday night class this week Sarah Rochel Chava Chaim Zelig Ben Eidel Clara bat Corina will be at the home of Mrs. Chaya Camissar Ari ben Na’ama Rivka bat Shoshana 9381 Bay Drive, Surfside Tzvi Yitzchak ben Chaya Miriam bat Risha Raizel Aryeh Leib ben Sura Henya Dana Ella bas Devorah Rafael Maya ben Sol Hinde Aaron ben Tamar Chana bas Shoshana in honor of the Yahrzeit of Raphael Moshe ben Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Miriam Chava bas Elka Menucha Rivkah Bas Don Yoel Levy obm, Meyer Yankev ben Chaya Chaya bas Rachel beloved sister of Etel Fayge bas Chaya Alexander ben Esther Miriam Leah bas Helen Chaya Camissar and Estie Scheiner. Raizel Rafael Moshe ben Sarah Moshe ben Zoila Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel 7 A TIME TO PRAY DAVENING SCHEDULES AND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK

DAILY LEARNING SCHEDULE AT THE SHUL 6:20 -6:50 am The Rebbe’s Maamorim Chassidic Discourse R’ Zalman Lipskar 7:45 am Daf Yomi R’ Dov Schochet 8:45 am (approx) Halacha Sephardic Custom R’ Shimshon Tzubeli 10:15 - 11:00 am Maamorim Maamor of the Rebbe R’ Shea Rubinstein

SHACHARIS MINYANIM (MON - FRI) SUNDAY SHACHARIS MINYANIM Main Minyan 6:50 7:30 9:00 Main Minyan 8:00 am 9:00 am Sephardic Minyan 7:45 Sephardic Minyan 8:00 am

DAILY CHUMASH & TANYA AFTER EVERY MINYAN SUNDAY MINCHA / MINCHA / MAARIV MINYANIM (MON - THURS) MAARIV MINYANIM Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 5:30 pm 10:00 pm Sephardic Minyan 5:30 pm Following Main Minyan 5:30 pm

EVENING KOLEL SCHEDULE - MONDAY AND THURSDAY 8:45 -9:30 PM Mon & Thurs 8:45 - 10:00 pm Evening Community Kolel Chavrusah To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense HALACHIC TIMES Forces, courageously protecting and defending BASED ON TIMES FOR JANUARY 15 Eretz Yisroel. We pray for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily.

Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:53 am Menachem Mendel ben Chaya Leah Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:25 am Daniella Malka bat Natanya Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 7:09 am Menachem Mendel ben Aurit (Earliest Amidah) Eden Chana bat Karine Cecile Benyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut Latest Shema 9:47 am Zman Tfllah 10:41 am Chatzot / Midday 12:29 pm Earliest Mincha 12:57 pm Plag HaMincha 4:47 pm Shekiah / Sunset 5:51 pm (Preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 6:16 pm (Earliest preferable Ma’ariv)

Times taken from www.chabad.org Please note that during the week times may Vary by a minute or two. If anyone would like to send us the name of a soldier in the IDF we would love to add them. 8 DAILY STUDY A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL CLASSES AND COURSES OFFERED AT THE SHUL

DAILY CLASSES SUNDAY MONDAY

The Rebbes’ Maamorim 6:20 - 6:50 am Daf Yomi 9:00 am In Depth Chumash 1:30 pm PHL 101 PHL-301 PHL-501 Rabbi Z. Lipskar TXT 220 Rabbi Dov Schochet TXT-110 Rabbi Dov Schochet (Men Only) (Men Only) (Men and Women) Daf Yomi 7:45 - 8:45 am TXT-220 Rabbi Dov Schochet (Men Only) Tanya - Sichos 8:00 - 10:00 pm Insights to our Torah Portion PHL-322 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband (Spanish) 8:45 - 9:45 pm Chassisdic Discourses 10:15 - 11:00 am (Men Only) PHL-120 Rabbi Shea Rubinstien PHL-322 PHL-510 Rabbi Shea Rubinstien (Men and Women) (Men Only) Women’s Study Group 8:30 - 10:00 pm Community Kollel (Men) 8:00 - 9:30 pm (Monday & Thursday) LAW-154 TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar (Men Only) At the home of: Chaya Camissar in honor of the Yahrzeit of Rivkah Bat Don Yoel Levy obm.

WEDNESDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY Megillot - Men and Women 8:45 -9:30am TXT 121 Studies in the fve Megillot Rabbi Dov Schochet Parsha (Men & Women) Purposeful Prayer 11:00am - 12:00 pm 11:15 am - 12:00 pm TXT-101 - Rabbi Shea Rubinstein Women’s Torah Class 10:00 - 11:30 am TXT-501 Rabbi Shea Rubinstien (Men and Women) TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Tanya Class In Spanish ( Women) Chassidic Discourses (Men & Women) Senior Torah Academy (Men & Women) 10:45 am - 12:00pm 11:30 - 12:30 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez PHL-320 PHL-501 Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet or Rabbi Zalman Lipskar 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 Tanya Class - English 1:15 - 3:00 pm Senior Torah Academy 12:00 - 1:00 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez Women’s Tanya Class (Spanish) Pirkei Avot ETH-101 Rabbi Dov Schochet 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PHL-320 Mrs. Vivian Perez (Men and Women) Spanish Kolel - Chassidus 8:00 - 10:00 pm PHL-301 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband - (Men only) Call Vivian for details - 305.213.3202

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

9 DAILY WISDOM Inspiring insights on the Torah

Shabbat, 14 Teves Monday, 16 Teves We Are Not Alone Drowning in Egypt Joseph died and was placed in a coffin in Egypt. Genesis Pharaoh gave orders to all his people: 50:26 “You must cast every boy who is born into Throughout their lives, our patriarchs and matriarchs clung the Nile, but you must let every girl live.” to G-d and His plan for creation. They were therefore Exodus 1:22 unaffected by our world’s concealment of Divinity. By instructing his people to “let every girl live,” Although our Divine consciousness is much lower, we have Pharaoh meant that the Jewish girls should be nonetheless inherited some of their ability to rise above the raised as Egyptians. He thus decreed that the limitations of this world. This is what has enabled us to fulfill boys be killed physically and the girls be killed the Divine mission described in the next book of the Torah, spiritually. The decree to throw the boys into Exodus. In the Book of Exodus, we will see the Jewish people the Nile also alludes to immersing the Jews in receive the Torah and begin building a home for G-d out of Egyptian culture, for the Egyptians worshipped this world. the Nile as the source of their livelihood and To provide us with this inspiration, our ancestors, too, had to culture. live in a state similar to exile. This happened when Jacob and Egypt is the prototype of all exiles. In all exiles, his family descended to Egypt. Although they were never the ruling culture urges us to raise our children enslaved, they were still in “exile,” banished from the Holy in its ways, promising that this is the path to Land. By maintaining spiritual mastery over Egypt, Jacob attain material and social success. As in Egypt, and his sons gave us the strength to overcome the spiritual resisting these promises and ensuring that our darkness of our own exile. children grow up cherishing the Torah’s values After the account of Jacob in Egypt, the Torah gives us the is what will guarantee their material, social, and inspiration that will sustain us until the end of our exile: spiritual happiness, as well as their freedom “Joseph was placed in a coffin in Egypt.” We are not alone; from the bonds of exile. Joseph is with us in exile, reminding us that we too can rise above exile and transform it into Redemption.

Sunday, 15 Teves Tuesday, 17 Teves Jewish Identity In G-d We Trust These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Pharaoh heard about the incident. Exodus 2:15 Egypt. Exodus 1:1 Moses should have trusted in G-d’s protection, The Jews’ physical exile was their forced slavery; their spiritual but because he did not, he forfeited it. Pharaoh exile was their psychological enslavement to their host’s therefore heard about the incident and sought culture. Although many Jews assimilated because of their to kill him. Had Moses not been afraid – and not exile, others struggled to retain their Jewish identity, refusing voiced this fear – nothing would have happened. to give up their Jewish names and language because of their Similarly, when we face obstacles in fulfilling faith in their destiny. our Divine mission, we should realize that we can earn G-d’s helpful intervention by trusting It was only after revealing their inner identity in response to that He will help us. Feeling confident of G-d’s the challenge of exile that the Jewish people could receive the help does not mean that we should not take Torah. The purpose of the Torah is to teach us how to bring whatever natural steps are necessary to avoid Divine consciousness into the most mundane aspects of life, trouble or to solve our problems; it merely even those that initially oppose G-dliness. In exile, the Jewish means that we should trust G-d to crown our people learned how to overcome even these forces. efforts with success. The same applies to our present exile: holding on tenaciously Our sages teach us that it was in the merit of to our traditions – even those that appear to be unimportant – their confidence in G-d that the Jews were will hasten our redemption. The challenges that we overcome delivered from Egypt. Similarly, our confidence purify and prepare us for the exalted Divine revelations that that G-d will redeem us from the present exile will accompany the imminent, final Redemption. will itself hasten the Redemption. 10 Wednesday, 18 Teves Friday, 20 Teves Showing G-d that We Care The Staff of G-d [When he saw the burning bush,] Moses said, “Let me turn away and go over there to behold this remarkable Moses took the staff of G-d in his hand. sight.” Exodus 3:3 Exodus 4:20

When Moses said these words, he was voicing the Even though, as we will see, Moses gave aspiration that is the foundation of any relationship with Pharaoh the honor due a king and spoke to G-d. This aspiration is what makes us human, i.e., beings him respectfully, he made no compromises in that strive to rise above animal existence in search of his demands concerning the people’s spiritual intellectual depth and spiritual self-refinement. and physical needs. He spoke with “the staff This ambition enables us to focus our intellects in solitary of G-d in his hand,” i.e., with authority and meditation and climb the ladder of Divine consciousness. determination. Whatever level of consciousness we achieve, we always aspire to ascend further. The force of this aspiration The lesson for us here is that whenever we unlocks all our human potential, strengthening our are confronted with an “Egyptian king,” i.e., intellect, emotions, and senses. We are constantly someone who seeks to impose upon us blessed with new insight and understanding, which in turn lead us toward a deeper relationship with G-d. elements of a lifestyle that goes against our values and principles – whether through Thus, as stated in the next verse, it was only after “G-d kindness or force – we must recognize the saw that [Moses] had turned aside to look” that “He inherent danger in succumbing to such called to him from the midst of the bush.” pressure. In the end, this Pharaoh will tell us to drown ourselves (or our children) in material culture. We must therefore respectfully but resolutely insist on living according to the Torah’s values. Thursday, 19 Teves

The Promise of the Redemption [G-d told Moses to tell the people], “I have indeed remembered you and what is being done to you in Egypt.” Exodus 3:16 Even though the Jews had sunk to a dangerously low spiritual state, even serving idols, G-d did not tell Moses to rebuke them or to warn them that if they do not mend their ways their exile will continue. Rather, G-d instructed him to remind them of the merit of their forbears and to announce that in this merit and in the merit of their suffering they were about to be redeemed. Only much later, when he had an alternative for them – a commandment for them to fulfill – did Moses tell the Jews to stop serving idols.

Similarly, the most effective way to draw the hearts of our fellow Jews closer to G-d is by first showing them the beauty of their heritage and uplifting them with the promise of the Redemption.

11 PARSHA MESSAGES SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYECHI THE FUTURE OF THE PAST Rabbi Jonathan Sacks n our parsha, Joseph does something their memory of the past. In doing The diagnosis of cancer led him to a unusual. Revealing himself to his so, he is challenging one of our most new focus in life. It made him realise: brothers, fully aware that they will suffer fundamental assumptions about “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it Ishock and then guilt as they remember time, namely its asymmetry. We living someone else’s life.” how it is that their brother is in Egypt, he can change the future. We cannot reinterprets the past: change the past. But is that entirely Jobs’ ability to construct these stories true? What Joseph is doing for his – what he called “connecting the dots” “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold brothers is what he has clearly done – was surely not unrelated to his ability into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed for himself: events have changed to survive the blows he suffered in life. and do not be angry with yourselves for his and their understanding of the [1] Few could have recovered from the selling me here, because it was to save past. setback of being dismissed from his lives that God sent me ahead of you. For own company, and fewer still could two years now there has been famine in Which means: we cannot fully have achieved the transformation he the land, and for the next five years there understand what is happening to did at Apple when he returned, creating will be no ploughing and reaping. But God us now until we can look back in the iPod, iPhone and iPad. He did not sent me ahead of you to preserve for you retrospect and see how it all turned believe in tragic inevitabilities. Though a remnant on earth and to save your lives out. This means that we are not he would not have put it in these terms, by a great deliverance. So then, it was not held captive by the past. Things can he knew that by action in the future we you who sent me here, but God. He made happen to us, not as dramatically as can redeem the past. me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire to Joseph perhaps, but nonetheless household and ruler of all Egypt.” (Gen. benign, that can completely Professor Mordechai Rotenberg of the 45:4-8) alter the way we look back and Hebrew University has argued that this remember. By action in the future, kind of technique, of reinterpreting the This is markedly different to the way we can redeem the past. past, could be used as a therapeutic Joseph described these events when technique in rehabilitating patients he spoke to the chief butler in prison: “I A classic example of this is the late suffering from a crippling sense of guilt. was forcibly carried off from the land of Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement [2] If we cannot change the past, then it the Hebrews, and even here I have done address at Stanford University, is always there holding us back like a ball nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon” that has now been seen by more and chain around our legs. We cannot (Gen. 40:15). Then, it was a story of kidnap than 40 million people on YouTube. change the past, but we can reinterpret and injustice. In it, he described three crushing it by integrating it into a new and larger blows in his life: dropping out of narrative. That is what Joseph was Now, it has become a story of Divine college, being fired by the company doing, and having used this technique providence and redemption. It wasn’t you, he had founded – Apple, and being to help him survive a personal life of he tells his brothers, it was God. You didn’t diagnosed with cancer. Each one, unparalleled ups and downs, he now realise that you were part of a larger plan. he said, had led to something uses it to help his brothers live without And though it began badly, it has ended important and positive. overpowering guilt. well. So don’t hold yourselves guilty. And do not be afraid of any desire for revenge Dropping out of college, Jobs was We find this in Judaism throughout its on my part. There is no such desire. I realise able to audit any course he wished. history. The Prophets reinterpreted that we were all being directed by a force He attended one on calligraphy biblical narrative for their day. Then greater than ourselves, greater than we and this inspired him to build into came Midrash, which reinterpreted it can fully understand. his first computers a range of more radically because the situation of proportionally spaced fonts, thus Jews had changed more radically. Then Joseph does the same in next week’s giving computer scripts an elegance came the great biblical commentators parsha, when the brothers fear that he may that had previously been available and mystics and philosophers. There take revenge after their father’s death: only to professional printers. has hardly been a generation in all “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of Getting fired from Apple led him of Jewish history when Jews did not God? You intended to harm me, but God to start a new computer company, reinterpret their texts in the light of intended it for good to accomplish what is NeXT, that developed capabilities the present tense experience. We are now being done, the saving of many lives. he would eventually bring back to the people who tell stories, and then (Gen. 50:19-20) Apple, as well as acquiring Pixar retell them repeatedly, each time Animation, the most creative of with a slightly different emphasis, Joseph is helping his brothers to revise computer-animated film studios. establishing a connection between 12 then and now, rereading the past in the light of the present as best we can. LION, DONKEY, OR WOLF? It is by telling stories that we make By Menachem Feldman sense of our lives and the life of our people. And it is by allowing the present t the end of his life, Jacob gathered his children to impart his final words to reshape our understanding of the and blessings. past that we redeem history and make it live as a positive force in our lives. ATime and again in the book of Genesis we read about theTime and again we read about the challenge of succession challenge of succession—the difficulty of I gave one example when I spoke at conveying an intangible, fragile idea to the next generation. Until now, tension the Kinus Shluchim of Chabad, the great gathering of some 5000 Chabad and conflict has surrounded the succession, as generation after generation only emissaries from around the world. I one son is entrusted with the spiritual legacy. told them of how, in 1978, I visited the Now, for the first time in Jewish history, all 12 sons of Jacob are tasked with Lubavitcher Rebbe to ask his advice continuing the legacy of Abraham. Each has a specific quality that will contribute on which career I should follow. I did the usual thing: I sent him a note with critically to the Jewish story. the options, A, B or C, expecting him to Jacob uses animal metaphors to describe many of his sons: indicate which one I should follow. The options were to become a barrister, “A cub, a grown lion is Judah… He crouched, rested like a lion, and like a lion, who or an economist, or an academic will rouse him?” philosopher, either as a fellow of my college in Cambridge or as a professor “Issachar is a bony donkey, lying between the boundaries.” somewhere else. “Dan will be a serpent on the road, a viper on the path, which bites the horse’s The Rebbe read out the list and said “No” heels, so its rider falls backwards.” to all three. My mission, he said, was to train Rabbis at Jews’ College (now “Naphtali is a swift gazelle, who utters beautiful words.” the London School of Jewish Studies) “Benjamin is a wolf, he will prey; in the morning he will devour plunder, and in and to become a congregational Rabbi myself. So, overnight, I found myself the evening he will divide the spoil.”1 saying goodbye to all my aspirations, to Both beasts of prey and domesticated animals are used to describe the tribes. everything for which I had been trained. The wild animals represent passionate love of G-d, while the domesticated The strange thing is that ultimately ones—who are easily tamed—represent submission and commitment to the I fulfilled all those ambitions despite Divine will. walking in the opposite direction. I became an honorary barrister (Bencher) In Kabbalistic terminology, the pulse of spiritual life is both “running” and of the Inner Temple and delivered a law “returning.” “Running” is the yearning to escape the confines of one’s own lecture in front of 600 barristers and the existence; the feeling of passionate love towards G-d. “Running” is the feeling Lord Chief Justice. I delivered Britain’s of inspiration, but inspiration alone is like a flame without fuel. Inspiration will two leading economics lectures, the evaporate unless it is followed by “return”—tangible, concrete action. Mais Lecture and the Hayek Lecture at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Both qualities, “running” and “returning,” are necessary forBoth qualities are I became a fellow of my Cambridge necessary for any human endeavor any human endeavor. A successful business college and a philosophy professor at requires vision, inspiration, and passionate energy (running), as well as a several universities. I identified with commitment to the necessary but tedious grunt work (returning). the biblical Joseph because, so often, what I had dreamed of came to be at The same is true about relationships. Without emotion there is no energy, no the very moment that I had given up fire, no inspiration. But “running” alone is not enough. For a relationship to hope. Only in retrospect did I discover endure, there must be mutual commitment regardless of whether or not he or that the Rebbe was not telling me to she feels inspiration in the moment. give up my career plans. He was simply charting a different route and a more The same is true of our relationship with G-d. The Torah seeks to inspire us with beneficial one. love and awe. We begin the day with an effort to “run,” to escape the mundane, to transcend the material and connect to G-d. Yet Judaism teaches that we I believe that the way we write the next must “return” to the earth to sanctify it. We must “return” with inspiration and chapter in our lives affects all the others commit to fulfilling the Divine will in this world. that have come before. By action in the future, we can redeem much of the pain Jacob gathers his children and reminds them that each of their qualities is critical of the past. to the Jewish story. We must “run,” passionate, like the lion, but also “return,”

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The Three Lives of Jacob Jacob’s life in the Holy Land empowers us to experience moments of true freedom— moments in which we assert our true will over all forces, both external and internal, that seek to quell it.

Jacob’s years in Haran with Laban where Jacob married and built a family. Inspire and enable us to not only persevere in our struggles but to revel in them, to experience them as vibrant and exhilarating periods in our lives.

And Jacob’s period in Egypt teaches us how to deal with situations in which we feel overpowered by forces beyond our control. It teaches us that these times, too, are part and parcel of our lives: that these times, too, can be negotiated with wisdom, dignity and integrity. That these times, too, can be realized as vital and productive seasons of our lives.

Jacob and Rachel

Intrinsic to our nature is a perpetual striving for self-improvement. The human being is never content to just be: the very thought of a missed opportunity or an unrealized potential gives him no rest, spurring him to the ceaseless toil and unremitting ambition he calls life.

He, we said. For though the drive for self-betterment is present in every individual of our species, it belongs to our “male” or active-assertive aspect. But no less integral to our being is our “female” element—our capacity for receptiveness and sacrifice, our conviction that there is no greater greatness than the abnegation of self to a higher end.

Man is thus a creature with not one, but two centers to its being. Man is spirit revolving upon an axis of fulfillment- seeking selfhood, as well as a soul centered upon a core of selflessness.

As Jews, we inherit this duality from Jacob, the choicest of the Patriarchs, and Rachel, the quintessential mother of Israel. From Jacob, whose life of accomplishment is crowned by a royal procession to the heart of the Holy Land where the founders of Israel are enshrined, we derive our potential for self-perfection. And from Rachel, the young mother who died in childbirth and who dwells in a lonely wayside grave in order to better bear witness to the suffering of her children, we receive our capacity for commitment and self-transcendence. 14 4 POWERFUL INSIGHTS FROM THE REBBE ON PARSHAS VAYECHI

Ephraim & Menasheh When Joseph brought his children to his father so that he bless them, he positioned them before Jacob according to their order of birth. Jacob, however, crisscrossed his hands and placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head.

The key to understanding this narrative lies in the names of the two brothers. Menasheh was given his name because “G-d made me forget... the totality of my father’s house.” Menasheh refers to a Jew who continually reminds himself that he does not belong in the land that he lives, that his true home is “his father’s house”. This distinguishes him, setting Eternal Life him apart from the people among whom he lives.

The name of this week’s Torah reading raises an Ephraim was given his name because “G-d made me fruitful obvious question. Vayechi means “And he lived.” in the land of my oppression.” He is conscious that he is in Nevertheless, the entire Torah reading focuses on the “the land of my oppression,” but that does not bother him. very opposite of life: Jacob’s final sickness, his farewell Instead, he is “fruitful,” transforming the darkness of that blessings to his children, and his burial. environment into light.

By choosing this name, the Torah teaches us For this reason, Jacob gave Ephraim the greater blessing, for fundamental lessons about life and death. Life is the ultimate intent is to make the exile itself shine. If the only eternal, continuous, and ongoing. There is no way it point of the exile is to recall our previous situation, then G-d can pause for a moment. would not have sent us there. He sent us because there is an advantage that can be gained from the exile itself. Using Once we understand what life is, it’s understandable its elements for a spiritual purpose brings the G-dliness why life is identified with G-d, as it is written: “And G-d latent within them into expression. This is the purpose of the the L-rd is true. He is the living G-d.” For He is the only Jews being sent into exile and it is Ephraim who brings that entity whose existence is truly continuous. Everything purpose into realization. else flashes momentarily on the screen of time and then passes on. On a consummate level, we must carry out the Divine service of both Menasheh and Ephraim. We start our day with prayer How can a mortal share in eternal life? Through and study, connecting to our Jewish identity, the service of clinging to G-d, as it is written: “And all of you who Menasheh. We then set out to accomplish our daily activities, cling to G-d... are alive.” Otherwise, our lifetimes are carrying out the service of Ephraim and transforming fleeting shadows, brief and flickering moments. darkness into light.

This was our Sages’ intent when they said: “Jacob our ancestor did not die. Since his descendants are alive, he is alive.” Jacob was alive, for he was connected to G-dliness in a complete manner. He had no individual existence of his own; every element of his life was lived for G-d’s sake.

In his passing, Jacob showed the eternality of his life, how he had tapped the spark of G-d within his soul and taught his children how to perpetuate this legacy. By naming this passage Vayechi, the Torah highlights this quality, showing each of us how we can step beyond our mortality and connect with the infinite.

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Making a Blessing filth. This includes excrement, urine or A blessing is a time to think of the anything immodest. A person cannot divine energy we can bring into the hen Joseph brings his children make a blessing if there is nothing world. When we eat for the right to his father to be blessed, separating between their heart and purpose, to serve Hashem, we have Jacob famously crosses his lower part of their body. Similarly, the ability to bring G-dliness into the Whands. Joseph was concerned about a man must have his head covered world. The word Bracha is related to this, why would his father place when making a blessing and reciting drawing down, if we reflect on this his right hand on his younger son? the name of G-d. before we eat it will elevate our eating When he tried to shift his father’s and imbue with a sense of purpose. hands, Jacob responds that hes acting If one is eating from a fruit, they with specific intent. This raises the should cut the fruit after the blessing, question, if Joseph believed his father this accomplishes that the blessing is had the power to bless didn’t, he also made over a whole fruit. However, if believe that his father was aware of there is a concern that the fruit has PARSHA PEARLS whose head he put his right hand on? rotted or something with a hard shell Joseph is giving us insight into the like a nut, should be opened before nature of a blessing, it is not simply the blessing to ensure that it is edible. G-d will surely remember you a flow of energy but a unique channel Similarly, those that have the custom (Gen. 50:25) being opened, that Joseph wanted for to pour some liquid from a drink his older son. before they begin drinking should do so before making the blessing. When Joseph told the Jews that We make blessings every day, when we wake up, when we pray and The food one is making a blessing on the time for their redemption when we eat. The most common of should be present when the blessing was near, he gave them a sign these is the fact that every time we is being made. It is preferable to be eat, regardless of amount, we are holding the food while the blessing is by which they would recognize obligated to make a blessing. As a made in one’s right hand. One can hold their redeemer. "G-d will blessing is recognizing Hashem, there the food with a utensil, the exception are certain requirements when we being a knife. For it is improper to be surely remember you (pakod make the blessing. holding a knife, a tool of death, while yifkod)," he said, doubling the making a blessing. When making a blessing one cannot verb "to remember" for added interrupt between the blessing and If a person is forced to eat on Yom emphasis. For true redemption eating the food. Even after a person Kippur or any forbidden food because begins chewing, they cannot talk until of a danger, must make a blessing as must free both body and they have swallowed part of the food. they are enjoying the food. soul, liberating the Jews If one speaks before putting the food in their mouth and after the blessing, If a person takes a medication no from physical and spiritual they must make the blessing again. If blessing is made. However, if the enslavement. Physical they spoke after they started chewing, medicine has a good taste then one it is a debate if another blessing is must make a blessing. freedom alone is not enough; required, and as in any case where even return to the Holy Land there is a question if one should make If one put a food in their mouth a blessing, we are lenient, and no without a Bracha, if it is something is insufficient without the second blessing is made. that can be expectorated without spiritual component which becoming repulsive, the person One making a blessing should be should do so and make the blessing. signifies true redemption. So aware of the meaning of the blessing, Otherwise it should be held in the it was in Egypt, and so is it that they are blessing Hashem and side of the mouth while the blessing for the food they are about to eat. is made. In the case of liquids, one today... It is also important to focus and not should spit it out, unless they need allow one’s mind to wander during the the liquid they are drinking, and then blessing. they should at least think the blessing (Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin) before swallowing. Just as by Shema and prayers one cannot make a blessing in a place of 16 STORIES WITH SOUL IT ONCE HAPPENED

abbi Gershon, the brother-in- tzadik said. the Sages.” law of the Baal Shem Tov, had finalized his plans to travel Rabbi Gershon was pleased with Reb Gershon turned away, puzzled, Rto the Holy Land. A disciple of the the outcome and settled down for but resolved to do whatever was Besht, he conferred with him before the week to learn in the yeshiva necessary to rescind the decree of his departure and was told: “When of revealed Torah. All the while he the Ohr Hachayim. He noticed that you arrive in the Holy Land make sure was inquiring as to how to gain the tzadik donned a special pair of to attend the yeshiva of the holy Ohr admittance to the yeshiva of Kabbala. shoes and head covering before Hachayim in Jerusalem. He has two He discreetly asked various students entering the bathroom. The next time separate yeshivas there--one in about the secret yeshiva, but none he saw the tzadik put on the special which they study the revealed Torah, of them had the slightest idea what hat, he ran quickly and brought him and another, known to only a very he was talking about. Those few who the shoes. Rabbi Chaim noted Reb few people, where he teaches the were the privileged students, refused Gershon’s actions, but said nothing. to answer his repeated questions. esoteric secrets of the Kabbala. Do From that time forth, Rabbi Gershon everything you can to be admitted to So, Rabbi Gershon was forced to approach the Ohr Hachayim again was allowed to resume his midnight the second yeshiva short of divulging studies. He remained happily drinking your identity, unless you have no and ask for permission to attend the yeshiva of esoteric study. in the learning at Rabbi Chaim’s choice.” yeshiva for the next few months. One Rabbi Gershon’s journey was The Ohr Hachayim was surprised day, he told the tzadik that his own successful and he arrived in by the request. “How do you know brother-in-law was a holy man. Jerusalem and proceeded directly to about the other yeshiva?” he asked, as he stared into Reb Gershon’s eyes, “What is his name?” inquired Rabbi the Ohr Hachayim’s yeshiva. Anxious Chaim. to see how they learned there, he plumbing the depths of his soul. attempted to join the students as Reb Gershon, wanting to avoid a “His name is Reb Israel Baal Shem they reviewed their study. But each detailed response, just looked down Tov,” Reb Gershon said. time he approached them, he was and said, “I was told by my brother-in- told that it was permissible to attend “Oh,” cried the Ohr Hachaim, “Of law.” He hoped that his answer would course I know him well. I see him very the yeshiva only with the explicit pass without further comment. permission of the Ohr Hachayim often in the supernal worlds. He is a himself. When the tzadik would enter “What is his name?” tzadik of unsurpassed greatness.” the study hall to deliver his daily “Oh, his name is Yisroel,” was the “Now I understand what happened to lesson, all strangers would be asked matter-of-fact reply. me in the Heavenly Court,” continued to leave. Rabbi Chaim. I had been sentenced “I don’t know him, but you may come Rabbi Gershon decided to approach to have some terrible calamity occur to my lecture tonight,” was the reply. the Ohr Hachayim personally and to me because of using a respected student of the Baal Shem Tov to request his permission to learn. “Who For the next three nights Reb Gershon perform a menial task for me. It was are you?” inquired the Ohr Hachayim. learned Torah with the select group only through the intercession of the of students, but on the fourth “I am a Jew who has come from Besht that I was saved. If you had night when he presented himself Poland and I desire very much to told me your true identity at once, to the doorkeeper, he was refused study in your yeshiva,” answered Reb I would have been saved the entire admittance. He was astonished and Gershon. incident.” turned to the doorkeeper crying, The Ohr Hachayim gave him a “Why have I been refused admittance, After this conversation, the Ohr penetrating, critical look and asked, when I have the permission of the Hachaim no longer permitted Reb “Are you fluent in the study of the Five Head of the Yeshiva to attend?” Gershon to study in his yeshiva for, Books of Moses and the Talmud?” as he said, “You do not need me to “I’m sorry, but I am following the teach you, if you have the Baal Shem instructions of the holy rabbi. He said “Yes, I am,” replied Reb Gershon. Tov as a rebbe.” that you are unworthy of learning “Then I give you my permission to the secrets of the Torah , since you remain here, and I will instruct my have not attended to the needs of staff to accommodate you,” the 17 RECENTLY IN THE NEWS AMID CATASTROPHIC BUSHFIRES, HOPE AND SUPPORT FROM AUSTRALIA’S JEWISH COMMUNITY

Some 250 Jewish families affected received notice to evacuate her home by worst bushfires in country’s immediately as the fires began to close Jewish Communal Response history in. She gathered her three children, the Meanwhile, the Rodals have been By Mendel Super youngest just 9 months old, and drove coordinating relief efforts together to the evacuation center back in Coffs with Jewish community volunteers. The Friday before she lost her home, Harbour, the closest sizeable city. Her Verne Dove went with her family to husband, Troy, stayed behind to defend “It’s heart-wrenching to see the pain a Shabbat dinner in Coffs Harbour, a the family butterfly-house business people are in, and it’s our job to be there small coastal city in New South Wales, from the fires before eventually joining for them in whichever way possible,” Australia. his family in safety. says the rabbi. Working together with Chabad of Melbourne’s Aliya Institute, a “It was like an apocalypse; 5 o’clock “It was just smoke as far as you could youth group, they have been collecting, in the afternoon, and everything was see,” says Dove. Hours after they left, packing and then distributing necessary orange. It was the most eerie thing I’ve the family home was reduced to a supplies such as bottled water, canned ever experienced,” Dove tells Chabad. smoldering heap of metal and ash, goods and other household staples org. “At the Shabbat dinner we had charred beams and burned-out car for affected communities and shelters black, burned leaves falling everywhere bodies littering the property. “There around the nation. around us; we weren’t even sure where were rivers of molten metal all around the fire was, it was all just orange. where the house was, all the window Chabad of RARA has already raised It was like being under a cloud of fire panes had melted together. We had no more than $13,000 to aid those who without being able to see the fire. We idea the fires would be that hot.” have lost their homes, businesses and were stuck there, trusting we’d be OK essential belongings, as well as helped and make it through the dinner.” All that was left of their 25-acre accommodate those who have been property was a children’s play set that displaced. As Australia enters the new decade, remained unscathed. “It was like the devastating bushfires ravage the fire had a personality,” says Dove. “We The Dove family’s business had already continent; the fires blaze in every state saw what survived and said, ‘There’s taken a hit because of the fires’ impact and territory. More than 21 million some hope in this devastation.’ ” on the area’s tourism. Now, with their acres—roughly the size of Maine— home lost, Dove says that aside from have been burned, with 25 lives lost Rabbi Yossi Rodal, co-director with his her insurance policy, the only help they and several missing, and almost wife, Malki, of Chabad-Lubavitch of have seen is when Chabad of RARA 2,000 homes destroyed. An estimated Rural and Regional Australia (RARA), stepped in. “We lost a house, and no half-billion animals have been killed, which serves isolated Jews and Jewish one cares. We were forgotten, left with pushing some of Australia’s unique and communities scattered throughout the the clean-up, and there was no help.” already endangered species further vast continent, says that like the Dove towards the brink of extinction. family, at least 250 Jewish families Rodal contacted Dove as he was have been directly impacted by the reaching out to the hundreds of affected Under scorching temperatures— devastating bushfires. families, offering to assist them. “He reaching 104-plus degrees in all six called at just the right time,” says Dove, Australian states last month—and Camp Gan Israel of Melbourne, a noting that the rabbi offered the exact extreme drought conditions, the fires Jewish childrens’ summer camp, was sum she needed to remove the rubble. have spread rapidly, with firefighters evacuated just as camp began with “You have no idea how much that will battling flames more than 130 feet campers and staff members being help,” she says emotionally. “It’s been high in some areas. Authorities are packed onto buses and taken to safety. absolutely phenomenal.” calling it the country’s worst bushfires in history, with the sheer size of the In a historic action not seen since The Doves aren’t the only ones. flames far surpassing that of the 2018 World War II, the Australian Defence Force and Royal Australian Navy have From Mallacoota, a sleepy coastal California wildfires and 2019 Amazon town hit by a mammoth blaze, cut off fires. been deployed across the country, with reservists being mobilized in recent by road, and accessible only by sea— Dove, who with her family lives in days. International firefighting aid has prompting a massive navy evacuation tiny Nana Glen (population 1,055) in also come from the United States, operation, Rachel wrote: “Thank you New South Wales’s tropical north, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore. so much for your call, Yossi. I’m deeply 18 touched by this connection from you housing. With the assistance of Chabad families displaced by the fires, and and Chabad. I had a little good ‘feeling of RARA, others are being hosted in Rabbi Dovid Gutnick, director of Chabad so cared for’ cry after we spoke. With Melbourne and Sydney. East Melbourne, has arranged with much gratitude and appreciation, a Jewish-owned hotel with locations Rachel.” “Canberra has had the worst air in Melbourne and Sydney to put up quality among the world’s major cities some of those who lost homes, free of In Jindabyne, a popular ski destination recently,” says Feldman. “There’s no charge. in the winter now threatened by deadly real reprieve; the country is living in fires, Bob wrote: “Thank you for caring smoke and fear, many shops are out of ‘Supernatural’ as I do have nothing.” bottled water, and air masks have gone Chabad of RARA has also launched a Gray Skies and Safe Havens off the shelves.” campaign encouraging people from around the world to take on an extra Skies across huge swathes of rural This Chanukah, Feldman was forced to mitzvah in light of the bushfires Australia have turned bright orange, hold his annual celebration indoors due plaguing the nation. but the major cities have not been to the poor air quality, and Chabad’s spared either. As the flames continue preschool hasn’t had outdoor-play for “Our country is on fire, and not in the to rage for months, Melbourne and weeks on end. metaphorical positive sense of the Sydney are reporting hazy gray skies phrase,” wrote Rodal in a social-media and hazardously low-air quality. Orange Among those Feldman recently post announcing the campaign. “Quite skies are being seen over Auckland, assisted is Christina “Esther” Hacker, literally, our beautiful country is ablaze New Zealand, and air quality has been a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor and with out-of-control raging bushfires. affected as far away as Chile. former Nazi fighter. She was evacuated from Jindabyne, a two-hour drive from “We must take action to help and assist In Canberra, the nation’s capital city Canberra, and together with her family at this crucial time. We can donate to centrally located between Melbourne placed in a Chabad apartment until she funds assisting bushfire relief; we and Sydney on the country’s east coast, could return home. can stand up and join the hundreds of Rabbi Shmueli Feldman, co-director donation appeals around the country; of Chabad Australian Capital Territory Even as the Emergency Services Agency and we can go one step further. (ACT), has been in a position to help warns that Canberra and the ACT hundreds passing through the capital, region may be impacted by the fast- “Bushfires are by nature volatile and as large stretches of the highway moving bushfires or the dangerously unpredictable. They don’t always interconnecting Australia’s two largest polluting smoke they leave in their follow a rational pattern, and at times, cities are closed, forcing many to detour wake, Feldman says Chabad plans to defy the laws of nature. through the city. sit tight. “And so our response needs to be the “As one of the only Jewish presences “Under these circumstances, how can same: beyond the rational, natural between Melbourne and Sydney, we leave? G-d has given us such an order of things. We can give of we have been providing free fresh important opportunity to help others ourselves in the supernatural realm: kosher meals and accommodation to in desperate need, we are honored to through increasing in our prayer, good many,” says Feldman. He estimates embrace it,” says Feldman. deeds and Torah learning.” that they have already helped around Chabad North Shore, in Sydney’s 100 individuals relocate from stricken northern suburbs, directed by Rabbi areas, with some being put up in Nochum Schapiro, is accommodating Chabad ACT’s crisis accommodation 19 20 Sept 16th

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1 Preheat oven to 375℉ (190℃). Lightly grease 10 INGREDIENTS mufn cups, or line with cupcake liners. 1½ cups whole wheat four 2 In a large bowl, mix together 1½ cups four, baking 1 teaspoon baking soda soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg, oil and vanilla. Stir 1 teaspoon baking powder the banana mixture into the four mixture just until ½ teaspoon salt moistened. Add in chocolate chips and mix. Spoon batter into prepared mufn cups. 3 bananas, mashed ½ cup granulated sugar 3 Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until 1 egg, lightly beaten a toothpick inserted into center of a mufn comes out clean. ⅓ cup neutral favored oil 1 tsp. vanilla ¾ cup chocolate chips

25 FRENCH CONNECTION REFLEXIONS SUR LA PARACHA Vivre avec la paracha Le Judaïsme est-il Je connais un professeur qui encourage Le choix de Jacob dogmatique? ses élèves à rejeter tout ce qu’il leur Quand Joseph demanda à son père de Pour une approche critique de la critique enseigne jusqu’à ce qu’ils aient vérifié par bénir ses fils, Jacob bénit Éphraïm avant par Lazer Gurkow eux-mêmes l’information. Ces étudiants Manasseh. Joseph objecta au motif que examineront toujours avec attention les Manasseh était l’aîné. Jacob lui répondit que e Judaïsme nous encourage à penser théories et les arguments qui leur sont malgré l’âge de Manasseh, les descendants par nous-mêmes et à tout questionner. enseignés et ne pourront pas être aisément d’Éphraïm surpasseraient ceux de Nous ne sommes pas censés tout induits en erreur. Manasseh. Nos Sages nous enseignent Laccepter aveuglément, mais au contraire que Jacob faisait alors référence à Josué, Ainsi, Joseph désirait lui aussi apprendre explorer, analyser, débattre et conclure. descendant d’Éphraïm. Vrai ou faux ? comment étudier, analyser et comprendre les préceptes de la Torah par lui-même. Josué fut lui-même un érudit extraordinaire. Deux noms Il ne voulait pas seulement les connaître Il fut acclamé comme le plus grand penseur Joseph eut deux fils. Il nomma le premier parce qu’ils lui avaient été transmis. de son temps. Sa piété ne connaissait Manasseh parce que « nashani Elokim » – Joseph voulait passer au crible chaque pas de limites. Il fut un chef, un faiseur de D.ieu m’a permis d’oublier les difficultés et élément d’information et en déterminer miracles et un prophète. Et pourtant la la maison de mon père. Il appela son second objectivement l’authenticité. Torah le décrit comme l’humble et discret fils Éphraïm parce que « hifrani Elokim » – disciple de Moïse. Il buvait chaque parole de Ses études avec son père lui avaient donné D.ieu m’a fait prospérer sur la terre de ma son maître et embrassait sans réserve tous les outils pour le faire, mais ces mêmes souffrance. les préceptes que Moïse enseignait.4 études constituaient également pour lui Chez son père, Joseph était détesté de ses un handicap. Joseph ne pouvait pas être Jacob préféra l’acceptation humble de frères et fut vendu comme esclave. En objectif vis-à-vis des préceptes qu’il avait Josué à la pensée objective de Manasseh. Égypte, il eut un problème avec la femme appris de Jacob. Jacob était un maître de la Josué analysait et discutait certes chaque de son maître et fut jeté en prison. Il finit par Torah par excellence et Joseph était enclin à doctrine qu’enseignait Moïse, mais la raison être libéré et put oublier ses ennuis. C’est croire que les enseignements de son père ultime de son acceptation de ces doctrines ainsi que s’explique le nom de Manasseh. étaient fondés. Mais, sans cette objectivité n’était pas qu’il les avait comprises mais Outre le fait qu’il put parvenir à la sérénité, qui lui faisait défaut, il n’était pas capable que Moïse les avait enseignées. il fut nommé vice-roi d’Égypte, d’où le nom de déterminer par lui-même l’authenticité Avant que D.ieu ne donnât la Torah au Sinaï, d’Éphraïm. de ces préceptes. Il en avait offert la sagesse à nos ancêtres. L’étude de la Torah C’est pour cette raison qu’il pria pour qu’il À cette époque, l’approche de Joseph était Nos Sages offrent une autre interprétation lui soit accordé d’oublier ce que son père lui correcte. Mais quand Il donna la Torah à tout de ces appellations : « Nashani Elokim » avait enseigné. Cette amnésie sélective lui Israël au mont Sinaï, D.ieu nous en offrit – D.ieu m’a permis d’oublier la Torah que permit de repartir de zéro. À présent dégagé la divinité latente et cela requerrait une j’avais étudiée dans la maison de mon de l’influence des acquis antérieurs, il approche nouvelle, celle de la réceptivité de père. « Hifrani Elokim » – D.ieu m’a rendu pouvait désormais se consacrer à l’analyse la vérité divine. prospère en restaurant mes connaissances et à la corroboration de ces préceptes. de la Torah, sur la terre de ma souffrance. Le voyage et la destination Quand il y parvint, il fut enchanté et Le Judaïsme encourage-t-il la réflexion Cette interprétation est difficile à grandement soulagé. Imaginez sa critique ? La réponse est résolument comprendre. Nous pouvons saisir les consternation si l’oubli lui avait été positive. La pensée critique est ce qui mène sentiments de Joseph quand il nomme accordé, mais qu’il n’ait pu retrouver ces à la sagesse. Mais la pensée critique à elle Éphraïm : il était reconnaissant pour le enseignements. Il aurait été effondré. Il est seule n’est désormais plus suffisante, parce savoir qui lui était revenu. Mais qu’est- clair que cette appréhension fut pour lui que depuis le mont Sinaï la Torah n’est plus ce qui le motiva à appeler son fils aîné source d’une certaine anxiété. seulement une œuvre de sagesse. Elle est Manasseh ? Était-il reconnaissant à D.ieu à présent un livre divin. Et la divinité se Ce soulagement est exprimé dans le nom de lui avoir fait oublier la Torah qu’il avait reçoit par l’humilité et l’acceptation. étudiée ? Nous ne nous fatiguons pas à de son second fils. Éphraïm, « qui a fait acquérir le savoir pour ensuite nous réjouir prospérer mes études sur la terre de ma L’étude de la Torah est un voyage de quête de l’avoir perdu ! souffrance ». La période dans laquelle il intellectuelle et spirituelle. Les questions rassembla à nouveau ses connaissances et la réflexion critique sont les panneaux L’esprit critique fut pour lui un temps d’anxiété et de indicateurs qui nous donnent la direction. Le moment le plus heureux pour un maître souffrance. La réussite dans cette L’humilité et l’acceptation nous permettent est lorsque son élève questionne ce qu’on entreprise et le succès dans ses études lui d’atteindre notre destination. lui enseigne et demande une meilleure procurèrent cet immense soulagement. explication. 26 LATIN LINK REFLEXION SEMANAL Parasha de la Semana El increible secreto de Rajel hijos han traído un rival a Tu casa, segunda esposa – ella no viviría Por Naftali Silberberg mantén silencio por ellos Di-s le con su marido en Israel. Sus hijos respondió: se criarían con su sierva Bilha y no En cuanto a mí, [Jacob], cuando vería a sus nietos. Y para colmo, no vine de Padan, Rajel murió en el “Tú has defendido bien. Hay descansaría al lado de Jacob y su camino de Canaán en el camino, recompensa por tu obra. Reprime tu santa familia política. “cuando aún quedaba una extensión llanto, y tus ojos de lágrimas, porque de tierra para llegar a Efrat, y la hay recompensa por tu trabajo, dice En cambio, desde hace miles de enterré allí de camino a Efrata, que el Eterno, y volverán de la tierra del años se quedaría sola en la orilla de es Belén “ - Génesis 48: 7. enemigo. Esperanza hay también un camino remoto, en espera de la para tu porvenir, dice el Eterno, y los redención y de la resurrección de los Y ni siquiera la llevé a Belén para hijos volverán a su propia tierra” muertos. Renunciar a la vida física llevarla a la [región habitada de la de uno palidece en comparación con Tierra Santa] ... pero debes saber que ¿Por qué fue obra de Rajel mucho más el sacrificio de adormecer la mente. la enterré allí por orden divina, para preciosa a los ojos de Di-s de los logros Rajel sacrificó todo – tanto su futuro que ella ayude a sus hijos. Cuando de todos los otros solicitantes? ¿Por físico y espiritual – por amor de su [el general babilónico] Nebuzaradan qué más que el acto de disposición hermana. los expulse [a los israelitas] y pasan de Abraham a sacrificar a su hijo o los por allí, Rachel saldrá de su tumba y cuarenta años de Moisés de liderazgo Los patriarcas y Moisés eran llorará y suplicará misericordia para desinteresado sin descanso? magníficos. Pero no tenían nada que ellos, como se dice: “Se oye una voz en rivalizara con tal alucinante sacrificio. lo alto, lamentación, llanto amargo, Tal vez esta pregunta sea contestada Rajel llora por sus hijos “. Y el Santo, mediante el examen de la legitimidad Rajel lloró por nosotros y Di-s bendito sea Él, le responde: “Hay del matrimonio de Iaakov con Rajel escuchó sus súplicas. Lo cierto es recompensa por tu trabajo ... y los y Lea. ¿Cómo Iaakov fue capaz de que pese a la petición de Di-s que niños volverán a su propia frontera”. casarse, cuando la Torá prohíbe “se abstenga del llanto…”, continúa (Jeremías 31: 14-16) - El comentario explícitamente casarse con dos llorando hasta que vea la realización de Rashi sobre ese versiculo, de hermanas? Najmánides explica que, de la promesa de Di-s. Pero quizás Pesikta Rabbati cap. 3. dado que los patriarcas vivieron Di-s está esperando que sus hijos antes de la entrega de la Torá en el se comporten como Rajel. Un acto El Midrash explica que Rajel fue Monte Sinaí, observaron las leyes de desinteresado más, en nombre de un recompensada con la garantía la Torá sólo en la Tierra de Israel. hermano o hermana judía finalmente de Di-s que sus hijos regresarían hará que Rajel sonreír. a Israel después de que fueron Por lo tanto, Iaakov podía casarse con exiliados a Babilonia. Cada uno de los dos hermanas durante su residencia Patriarcas, Matriarcas y Moisés subió en Padan Aram. Siguiendo esta línea a apaciguar Di-s, tratando de evocar de razonamiento, Najmánides explica la misericordia Divina en nombre el motivo de no enterrar a su amada de sus hijos. “Cada uno invocó las esposa Rajel en la Cueva de Majpelá, diversas obras grandes que él o ella optando en su lugar para reservar el había realizado, solicitando que Di-s lugar de descanso para Lea. En pocas Clases y Eventos corresponder al tener compasión palabras, Iaakov sintió vergüenza de Clases en Espanol de los Judíos”. Pero Di-s no accedió. traer a su segunda esposa, la mujer Porcion Semanal Entonces Rajel entró y dijo:” ¡Oh con quien se casó “ilegalmente” a la Rabbi Shea Rubinstein Señor del Universo, ten en cuenta lo parcela familiar. ¿Qué dirían Abraham, Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm que hice por mi hermana Lea. Todo lo Sara, Itzjak y Rivka de su obra? Tanya( Women) que Iaacov trabajó para mi padre fue Mrs. Vivian Perez sólo para mí, sin embargo, cuando Rajel era profetisa, así como muy Martes 10:45 am - 12:00pm iba a entrar en el dosel nupcial, erudita y sabia. Cuando accedió 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village trajeron a mi hermana en mi lugar. a dar la contraseña a Lea, lo que Jueves 11:00 - 12:00 No sólo mantuve mi silencio, sino le permitiría a su hermana a convertirse Call Vivian for details - 305.213.3202 di la contraseña secreta que Iaacov en la primera y “legítima” esposa de Analisis de distintos temas basados en la Perasha y yo habíamos preestablecido (para Iaakov, era consciente de la magnitud Rabbi Shlomi Halsband prevenir cualquier engaño en su de su sacrificio. Se dio cuenta de que Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm noche de boda). Tu, también, si Tus incluso si Iaakov la tomara como Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm 27 PLEASE READ ONLY NETWORKING AFTER SHABBOS EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING

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