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MIZRACHI MATTERS SHABBAT VAYISHLACH Friday, 4 December (17 Kislev) Shabbat Candle Shabbat Candle Lighting: 7:05-7:10pm Lighting: 8:11pm Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 4 December 5 December 6 December 7 December 8 December 9 December 10 December 11 December חנוכה Kislev 19 Kislev 20 Kislev 21 Kislev 22 Kislev 23 Kislev 24 Kislev 18 1. Beit Yehuda 2. Kehillat Ohr David 3. Beit Midrash (Beit Haroeh Shabbat Morning) 4 . Bnei Akiva 5 . Elsternwick 6 . Midrashah 7 . Goldberger Hall Number of Chanukah Candles lit at night 1 2 Dawn 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am Tallit & Tefillin 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am Sunrise 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 9:31am 9:31am 9:31am 9:31am 9:31am 9:32am 9:32am 9:32am (גר״א) Sh'ma Earliest Mincha 1:48pm 1:48pm 1:49pm 1:49pm 1:50pm 1:50pm 1:51pm 1:51pm 6:58pm 6:59pm 6:59pm 7:00pm 7:01pm 7:02pm 7:02pm 7:03pm (גר״א) Plag HaMincha Sunset 8:29pm 8:30pm 8:31pm 8:32pm 8:33pm 8:34pm 8:35pm 8:35pm Night/Shabbat Ends 9:17pm 9:18pm 9:19pm 9:20pm 9:21pm 9:22pm 9:22pm 9:23pm DAF YOMI Pesachim 13 Pesachim 14 Pesachim 15 Pesachim 16 Pesachim 17 Pesachim 18 Pesachim 19 Pesachim 20 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” Not this week Speaker: “(Trying to) Truly 9:30am Gemara B’Iyun 11:00am Parasha Shiur SHIURIM Mrs. Riva Cohen Understand Tzurba Shiur Speaker: R’ Mark (Ivrit Kala) Via Zoom 6:00pm Rashi” shiur for Communal Shiur R’ Yehoshua Steiner R’ Yehoshua students & young R’ Yehoshua Asulin Gary’s Gemara Asulin adults Asulin 7:30pm Shiur Not this week 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 27:12-28:1 28:2-3 28:4-5 28:6-7 28:8-9 28:10-29:1 29:2-3 29:4-5 Shloshim Stretching & Learning in Strengthening memory of the after Corona with late Rabbi Lord Gloria Blau – EVENTS Jonathan 9:30am (see flyer) זצ״ל Sacks 8:30pm (see flyer) Elaine Bloch & Lenny Schmidt Joe Steg Adam Ron Segal Aron Bell Ruth Symons (Father) (Father) Rosenblum (Brother) (Mother) YAHRZEITS (Father) (Father) Geoffrey Baum Elaine Ptasznik David Lindell (Father) (Mother) (Father) 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: Elysheva & Eli Segal on the birth of their twins, a daughter & a son (in Jerusalem) Mazal tov to their grandparents: Sharona & David Lindell & Devorah & Gershon Segal (Neve Daniel) Mazal tov to the great grandparents: Norma & Max Cooper, Klara Lindell (Ramat Efal) and Rabbi Phillip Katsman (Neve Daniel) INCOMING KOD COMMITTEE Chairperson: Matan Slonim Treasurer: Timmy Davis Secretary: Gabriel Casper Events: Toby Holzer and Natan Kessler Hospitality: Elianna Zeliinger Mizkids: Hayley Rosenbaum Kiddushim: David and Jonny Smith Miz Bubs: Lauri Goodhardt Gabbaim: Yonatan Rubinstein & PR: David Rubin Gaby Lefkovits BAR & BAT MITZVAH ANNIVERSARIES: Kovi Paneth, Bradley Tempelhof, David Felman, Ari Esterman, Elliot Blau, Michael Granek, Barry Seigel HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Saturday: Leah Harel, Mark Epstein Sunday: Yehuda Karp (HBD), Jared Levy, Jeremy Herz Monday: David Felman, Gabriella Debinski Tuesday: Caylee Werdiger Wednesday: Rimi Gluck, David Greenberger (HBD), Carol Rothschild Thursday: Hayley Rosenbaum, Mikey Teller, Shosh Kloot, WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES: Sunday: Michal & Joshua Felman, Natalie & Shlomi Menahem Tuesday: Karen & Peter Kacser Wednesday: Miriam & Adam Feldman and Andrea & Jeremy Leibler Thursday: Tory & Ilan Kraus 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 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 Join the WhatsApp group where Motti and Yisca share a Jewish/ Israeli song and some inspo each week!! IJttps://cllat.wllatsapp.co111/Cn2S111y78fXsowCXgp2WVz From the Gush Rav Moshe Taragin Celebrating 19 Kislev: A Primer of Chasidus for non- Chasidim This weekend marks the 19th of Kislev- known throughout the Jewish world as 'Yat Kislev' – a worldwide celebration of Chasidus. Approximately 220 years ago, the first Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi was imprisoned on trumped-up accusations of treason- fomented by anti-Chasidus forces within the Jewish community. His fifty-three days spent in a harsh Belarus jail under severe interrogation was viewed as a heavenly referendum about the movement of chasidus; perhaps the world was not yet ready for this revolution and perhaps this architect of Chasidus should remain behind bars, unable to disseminate his bold ideology. His liberation on the 19th of Kislev was regarded as a heavenly confirmation that Chasidus would persevere and would renew the sunken Jewish spirit. In the Chasidic world this day is referred to as the "Rosh Hashanah of Chasidus". What about non-Chasidim? For the unexposed the entire world of Chasidus world feels foreign and impenetrable. The optics of Chasidic societies are sometimes very difficult for outsiders to decode; the distinctive dress, dissimilar social codes and general nonconformist leanings, baffle many outsiders who don’t understand the inner logic of these societies and the deep pool of ideas which underwrites Chasidus. For their part, Chasidic societies have become very insular and very unwelcoming of outsiders. Two hundred years of ideological attacks, capped off by the Holocaust, which disproportionately gutted Chasidic communities, have caused these communities to contract inward to preserve besieged traditions. Here is a primer for non-chasidim – a list of five bullet points summarizing how Chasidus inspired my life. Apologies to actual chasidim who may find this list insubstantial or to more rigorous students of Chasidus for whom this list may seem shallow. 1. Finding God Everywhere God is obviously omnipresent and His presence isn’t limited to a particular location. Though he pervades all reality, there are classical channels through which we interact with Him. Traditionally, we communicate and interact with Him through patently religious rituals such as Torah study, performance of commandments, and acts of charity. Chasidus teaches that God can be accessed in mundane day-to day activities as well- which though they don’t feel religious still allow an encounter with an ever-present God. Chasidus helps stretch the vistas of religious feeling and fervor outside the walls the tents of study and the halls of prayer. Otherwise religion can become bifurcated- acutely sensed during moments of ritual but imperceptible during daily routine. 2. Sweet Surrender Our world has become very cognitive and our experience very empirical. Dramatic advances in science have reinforced the value we place on intellect. However intellectual experience doesn’t always move our spirit, and doesn’t always touch our soul. Religious failure often stems from inability to translate intellectual activity into moments of spirit. Chasidus stresses that deeper reservoirs of experience are accessed through non - intellectual means. The doctrine of "hitbatlut" or surrender to God demands that we submit our intellect and human enterprise to the larger presence of God and the larger force of His will. By suspending our own human faculties and drawing directly from God, we attain deeper truths and more substantial results. The principle of "hitbatlut" can help us identify the limits of human intellect and the limits of human effort in general. In a very hard-driven world with demanding standards of success, hitbatlut teaches us to sometimes just let go. Letting go is sometimes more difficult than piling ahead. 3. We Are Not Alone Ancient cultures were unable to study or fully understand their world; unaided by science they inhabited very a dark and mysterious planet. However, they were better able to believe in realties which their eyes couldn’t discern but which they knew existed based on delivered traditions. Our world, carefully mapped and classified through the tools of modern science, leaves no room for mystery and no room for belief in anything beyond the rational. Chasidus is based on kaballah, the system of Jewish mysticism which traces the interaction between our own universe and upper worlds; these upper tiers intermediate between our physical world and an infinite non-physical God. Science and ration are completely incapable of describing those upper worlds since these realms lie beyond the reach of human detection. Imagine, for a moment, that our world was just a room - an incredibly large room – but a room none the less, and merely part of a larger building with upper stories we know to exist but cannot ever see. Kaballah depicts these worlds and the dynamics through which our worlds interact. Kaballah study, which predated Chasidus, was always a vital part of Torah study, though typically reserved for advanced students.