Laura and Jonathan Posniak on the Birth of a Son
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MIZRACHI MATTERS SHABBAT VAYETZE Friday, 27 November (11 Kislev) This week’s newsletter is sponsored in loving memory of on her Yartzeit this Shabbat by her family ע"ה Noemi Weiss Shabbat Candle Shabbat Candle Lighting: 7:00-7:05pm Lighting: 8:05pm Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 27 November 28 November 29 November 30 November 1 December 2 December 3 December 4 December 11 Kislev 12 Kislev 13 Kislev 13 Kislev 14 Kislev 15 Kislev 16 Kislev 17 Kislev 1. Beit Yehuda 2. Kehillat Ohr David 3. Beit Midrash (Beit Haroeh Shabbat Morning) 4 . Bnei Akiva 5 . Elsternwick 6 . Midrashah 7 . Goldberger Hall Dawn 4:41am 4:41am 4:41am 4:41am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am Tallit & Tefillin 4:52am 4:52am 4:51am 4:51am 4:50am 4:50am 4:50am 4:49am Sunrise 5:53am 5:53am 5:53am 5:53am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 9:30am 9:30am 9:30am 9:30am 9:30am 9:30am 9:30am 9:31am (גר״א) Sh'ma Earliest Mincha 1:45pm 1:45pm 1:46pm 1:46pm 1:46pm 1:47pm 1:47pm 1:48pm 6:52pm 6:53pm 6:54pm 6:55pm 6:55pm 6:56pm 6:57pm 6:58pm (גר״א) Plag HaMincha Sunset 8:23pm 8:24pm 8:25pm 8:26pm 8:27pm 8:28pm 8:28pm 8:29pm Night/Shabbat Ends 9:09pm 9:10pm 9:12pm 9:13pm 9:14pm 9:15pm 9:16pm 9:17pm DAF YOMI Pesachim 6 Pesachim 7 Pesachim 8 Pesachim 9 Pesachim 10 Pesachim 11 Pesachim 12 Pesachim 13 Via Zoom 8:15am 8:45am 8:15am 8:15am 8:15am 8:15am 8:15am Rina Pushett Kew Shiur Rabbeinu Bachye Lunch and Learn “Following in the Parsha Shiur Emunah Shuir Sefer Shmuel for women R’ Danny Mirvis Footsteps of our R’ Danny Mirvis Series 6:00pm R’ Danny Mirvis 1:00pm Fathers” 8:00pm Speaker: “(Trying to) Truly 9:30am Gemara B’Iyun 11:00am Parasha Shiur SHIURIM Dr. Michal Understand Tzurba Shiur Speaker: Rabbi (Ivrit Kala) Via Zoom Kaufman Rashi” shiur for Communal Shiur R’ Yehoshua Arieh Berlin R’ Yehoshua 6:00pm students & young R’ Yehoshua Asulin Gary’s Gemara Asulin adults Asulin 7:30pm Shiur 8:45pm R’ James Kennard 8:30pm Parsha HaShavua 8:30pm 8:30pm Ladies Tanach Shiur with Yeshivah Style Rav Kook's "The Shiur R’ Leor Broh Shiur with Generation" Dr. Michal 8:30pm R’ Yehoshua Shiur with R’ Kaufman Asulin Yehoshua Asulin 9:00pm 8:15pm 8:30pm MISHNAH Keilim Keilim Keilim Keilim Keilim Keilim Keilim Keilim YOMIT 26:7-8 26:9-27:1 27:2-3 27:4-5 27:6-7 27:8-9 27:10-11 27:12-28:1 Stretching & Mizrachi Strengthening after Committee Corona with Gloria Meeting – 8:00pm Blau – 9:30am (see flyer) EJC’s “7 Continents; EVENTS 7 Jewish Experiences” Series Speaker: Dr. Rabbi Shalom Sharon 8:00pm Rosanna Leibler, Gloria Blau Jan Marosi Carol Rothschild Renata Gilbert, (Mother) (Mother) (Mother) Hanna Friedman, Robert Ruth Gershov, Eva Nossbaum, Slonim and Marion Slonim & YAHRZEITS Martha Wise Leonie Nossbaum (Sister) (Father) Rita Tugendhaft Theddy (Mother) Nossbaum (Husband) Mizrachi Matters can now be found on the Mizrachi website at http://mizrachi.com.au/mizrachi-matters/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MizrachiMelb We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to: Laura and Jonathan Posniak on the birth of a son. Mazal Tov to his grandparents: Rosslyn & Brian Rubin and Melanie & Derek Posniak. Mazal Tov to his great grandparents: Irene Rubin and Sonia & Reuben Mond BAR & BAT MITZVAH ANNIVERSARIES: Mark Epstein, Eitan Schachna, Shmuli Wenig, Daniel Bierenkrant, Yehonatan Dodge, Michael Slonim, Ariel Elbaum, David Waysman HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Saturday: Ezra Jaffe, Ilan Kraus, Benjamin Lazar (HBD), Elliot Blau (HBD) Sunday: Ariel Elbaum, Jacob Epstein, Sharona Lindell (HBD) Monday: Doron Gold, Jacob Weinmann, Rachel Gottlieb (HBD) Tuesday: Shmuli Wenig, Yvonne Korbl, Ezra Jaffe (HBD) Wednesday: Michael Granek (HBD) WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES: Saturday: Simone & Jonathan Wenig Monday: Adina & Ian Waller Tuesday: DL & Jeremy Gold Wednesday: Hayley & Leslie Jaffe and Yedida & Michael Lewis Thursday: Pninah & Robert Lissauer and Tamara & Michael Bruce Child Safety at Mizrachi Mizrachi takes the safety and wellbeing of all its members with the greatest of importance. Included in this are our efforts to ensure that we create and maintain an environment in which we can rest assured that our children are safe and looked after and one in which the children themselves know this to be the case. To ensure these goals are met Mizrachi has developed, and continuously works to implement, a set of Child Protection Policies designed and tailored to the specific nature of our community and its activities. For full details please CLICK HERE. Please note that these documents are “live” and subject to regular review and updating. If you have any concerns about issues related to the safety and wellbeing of children in and around our community or have any questions about these policies, please contact the Child Safety Officer on 8317 2520. If you have an occasion or milestone event that you would like to be mentioned in Mizrachi Matters, please email it to [email protected] by 12:00pm on Thursdays בס"ד USER-FRIENDLY SHIUR GUIDE SIMPLY CLICK ON THE SHIUR AND BE TAKEN STRAIGHT THERE DAILY PROGRAMS Daf Yomi | 9.00am (SUN) / Mishna Yomit 8.30am (Mon - FRI) / R' Doodie Bankier R' Yirmi Goldschmiedt SUNDAY Kew shiur - SEFER (Trying to) Truly SHmuel | 6.00Pm Understand Rashi | 8.30pm R' James Kennard MONDAY Rabbeinu bachye 9.30am R' Danny Mirvis Tzurba Communal Shiur Ladies Tanach 8.30pm Shiur 9.00Pm R' Yehoshua Asulin TUESDAY Dr. Michal Kaufman Lunch and Learn | 1.00Pm Gemara B'Iyun | 7.30pm R' Danny Mirvis R' Yehoshua Asulin parsha shiur | 8.30pm student shiur | 8.30pm R' Leor Broh R' Yehoshua Asulin Password: 613 WEDNESDAY Following in the Footsteps of Gary's gemara Shiur our Forefathers | 11.00Am 8.30pm THURSDAY Chaburah | 7.30Pm parsha shiur Ivrit kala | 8.45pm 8.00pm followed Dr. Michal Kaufman by R' Yehoshua Asulin R' Danny Mirvis For further information about any of these shiurim or assistance with Zoom please contact the Mizrachi Office (8317 2504 / [email protected]) Join the WhatsApp group where Motti and Yisca share a Jewish/ Israeli song and some inspo each week!! IJttps://cllat.wllatsapp.co111/Cn2S111y78fXsowCXgp2WVz בס"ד Mizrachi at the Movies PRESENTS "An American Pickle" Date: Monday 14 December Time: 4.00pm / 6.30pm / 9.00pm Cost: $20 per person (incl. free popcorn) To register please go to https://forms.gle/pU1LuA8KU1hKBmN3A Please contact R' Mark ( 0422 718 026 / [email protected]) for further details From the Gush Rav Moshe Taragin Vayeitzei - Serving Religion for Thanksgiving Modern-day democracies have transformed civilization by introducing innovative and powerful ideas, both about our personal lives as well as about the type of society we aim to establish. Overwhelmingly, the values of democracy harmonize with traditional Jewish religious values. Without question, the most indispensable value of democracy for Jews, is the principle of freedom of religion. For the first time in two millennia, Jews have been allowed – under the protective eye of modern democracy- to freely worship our G-d and practice our rituals without fear of persecution or reprisal. Additionally, by guarding basic human rights, democracy preserves the dignity of human life in general – a sacred value within Judaism. Man is G-d's masterpiece and the dignity of the human condition must be upheld as a tribute to G-d's "investment". Democracy also delivers a bold social vision: by allocating political authority through popular elections, democracy hopes to craft a more equal and fair society. This vision of a "level society of equal citizens" reflects the Torah's mandate to craft a society of justice and ethical behavior. The many overlaps between democratic values and religious values has inspired Jews to overwhelmingly embrace the concept of democracy, actively participate in the democratic process, and deeply engage in the general culture of democracy. This week Americans will celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving. This holiday enshrines numerous principles of democracy and morality. The values of Thanksgiving feel almost religious or sacred and Jews across the religious spectrum deeply identify with this holiday and its cultural practices. At its root, Thanksgiving is founded upon the value of gratitude and of acknowledging the assistance we received on the road to our triumphs and successes. Famously, the Rabenu Bachye an 11th century Spanish thinker, identified gratitude as the gateway to all religious thought and experience. Entitled people view their good fortunes as deserved and rarely sense their dependency on outside factors or the generosity of others; it is difficult for them to express gratitude to others. Their success is merely a "cashing in" on their natural license. Stalin once wrote that "gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs"; certainly a moral degenerate and mass murderer such as Stalin would disdain the trait of gratitude. By contrast, humble and modest individuals appreciate the fragility of the human condition and the underlying state of dependency under which we all operate. Admitting our dependency heightens our reliance upon G-d and intensifies our faith in G-d. Additionally, on an interpersonal plain, gratitude helps us better treasure our success and hopefully more freely share them with others. Entitlement often leads to greediness while gratitude pries open the doors of selfishness and egocentrism. On Thanksgiving people aren’t just grateful for personal prosperity; many also express gratitude for modern democracies in general. From its inception, the United States was a modern experiment in building a "city on the hill".