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Mizrachi Matters Events Yahrzeits MIZRACHI MATTERS PARSHAT MISHPATIM / SHABBAT SHKALIM / ROSH CHODESH Friday, 12 February (Rosh Chodesh Adar) This week’s newsletter is generously sponsored by & ע"ה Janie Fixler & Fay Kingsley in loving memory of their late mother, Blima Ptasznik ע " ה Hanna & Geofrey Baum in loving memory of Hanna’s late father, Naji Yehuda ben Yehuda on their Yahrzeit, 3 Adar Early Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:45pm1,2 Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:15pm3 Shabbat Candle Lighting: 7:05-7:10pm Shabbat Candle Lighting: 8:04pm Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 12 February 13 February 14 February 15 February 16 February 17 February 18 February 19 February Adar 3 Adar 4 Adar 5 Adar 6 Adar 7 Adar 2 ראש חודש אדר ראש חודש אדר 1. Beit Yehuda 2. Kehillat Ohr David 3. Beit Midrash (Beit Haroeh Shabbat Morning) 4 . Bnei Akiva 5 . Elsternwick 6 . Midrashah 7 . Goldberger Hall REGISTRATION & MASKS ARE MANDATORY FOR ATTENDANCE AT ALL MIZRACHI SERVICES. 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Mazal tov her grandparents: Ilana & David Cohney and Siounit & Ervin Katz Mazal tov to her great grandparents: Tamara & Benjamin Cohney Racheli & Matan Kofsky on the birth of their baby girl. Mazal tov to her grandparents: Amanda & Daniel Teller and Jodi & Malcolm Kofsky Mazal Tov to her great grandparents: Lea & Harvey Teller and Judy & Sam Seigel Mazal Tov to her great great grandparents: Abe & Hetty Seigel Avital & Marc Seifman on the birth of the baby son. Mazal tov to his grandparents: Adina & Ian Waller and Susan & Robert Seifman Mazal tov to his great grandmothers: Erna Seifman & Wendy Waller Caleb Epstein on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah. Mazal Tov to his parents: Yona & Dion Epstein. Mazal tov to his grandparents: Ruth & Robert Epstein and Rita & Jack Gottlieb Nechama Ruschinek & Ari Fisher on their engagement Mazal tov to their parents: Belinda & David Fisher and Ruth & Adam Ruschinek Mazal tov to their grandparents: Masha Fisher, Chana & Ben Ruschinek and Rose & Chaim Mehlman Rivkah Figdor (Israel) & Ephraim Kremer (Israel) on their engagement Mazal tov to their parents: Zehava & Chaim Eliezer Kremer and Malka & Shimon Figdor Mazal tov to their grandmother: Ruth Figdor BAR & BAT MITZVAH ANNIVERSARIES: Joshua Heinrichs, Edward Lichtig, Joshua Lissauer HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Monday: Dean Ellinson Tuesday: Kasriel Oliver, Raphy Hersh Wednesday: Robert Lowinger Thursday: Andrew Strum, Avi Gilboa, Ian Symons, Nushi Gordon Friday: Isaac Rochwerger, Michael Dodge, Rochelle Herz WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES: Saturday: Rachel & Yehuda Gottlieb (HWA) Wednesday: Rachel & Robert Lazar 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 MISHPATIM "And people of holiness (Anshei Kodesh) you shall be to me…" (Shemot, 22:30). In the middle of this week's list of civil ordinances, Hashem commands us to be holy people. Focusing on the term, "people of holiness", the Kotzker Rebbe taught that Hashem is saying, "Angels I have in sufficient quantity – I am looking for human beings who will be holy people". Hashem does not only want us to be holy - he wants us to be holy people. In light of the Kotzker Rebbe's comments, my Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l highlighted the order of the words, "Anshei Kodesh" (people of holiness), explaining that we should first be decent people and only afterwards worry about being holy. This is the main theme of this week's Parsha, which we read sandwiched between two accounts of the events at Har Sinai. At the beginning of the Parsha, Rashi comments on the significance of the location of these laws, "Just as the previous ones were from Sinai, so too these are from Sinai" (Rashi, Shemot 21:1). From the fact that the laws of Mishpatim were given at the same time, in the same place and from the same "mouth" as the Ten Commandments, the important message emerges that somebody who does not keep the monetary or civil laws of Parshat Mishpatim does not fully believe in "I am Hashem your Go-d". We cannot claim to be fully Religious Jews if we do not treat our workers well, if we show negligence towards other people or their possessions, abuse our positions of power, act with violence or corruption, accept bribes or transgress any of the other laws of Parshat Mishpatim. The guidelines in this week's Parsha teach us how to be "anashim" – decent human beings. Without being "anashim" we cannot truly be "kedoshim". Without being "Bnei Adam" (human beings) we cannot claim to be "Bnei Torah" (Torah Jews). Along these lines, Rav Amital zt"l continued: "There has been a tendency in recent years to idealise great Rabbis, to the point of total disregard of their human feelings and weaknesses. The Torah presents the opposite approach: Every person has a human side, which must not be denied. Even the prophets had doubts and difficulties. The Torah recognizes that man lives in this world and has no expectation that he behave as if he were living in an ideal and unreal universe". We cannot ignore our human side and must never forget the human side of Torah, Mitzvot and the service of Hashem. Parshat Mishpatim goes hand in hand with the Ten Commandments, as is reflected in Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya's teaching, "If there is no Torah, there is no 'Derech Eretz'. If there is no 'Derech Eretz' there is no Torah" (Avot 3:17), Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Danny Mirvis Reb Leor Broh Riddle for Mishpatim In this parsha, where do the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 appear? (for some numbers, there are multiple answers) Answer to Riddle for last week (Yitro) In Parshat Yitro, something is mentioned in common with regard to each of the following three. What is it? • Shabbat • Bnei Yisrael • Mount Sinai In each of the three, there is “kedusha” holiness mentioned. וְאַ תֶּ֧ם תִּ הְ יוּ־לִ֛י מַ מְ לֶ֥כֶת כֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְג֣וֹי קָ ד֑ וֹ שׁ (יט:ג) הַ גְ בֵּ ֥ ל אֶ ת ־ הָ הָ ֖ ר וְ קִ דַּ שְׁ תּֽ וֹ (יט:כג) זָ כ֛ וֹ ר֩ אֶ ת ־ י֥֨ וֹ ם הַ שַּׁ בָּ֖֜ ת ְ ל קַ דְּ ֗שֽׁ ו ֹ(כ:ח) From the Gush Rav Moshe Taragin Parshat Mishpatim - Murder Hornets and The Long Walk Home The past year shook the world.
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