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Issue Number 540 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 5764 Parshas Noach October 15 & 16, 2004 Welcome/Shiur This Shabbos Mincha 5:55 P.M Mazel Tov Mazel Tov to Albert and Chaya Miller on the Bar-Mitzvah of their son, Shlomo. s"xc Mazel Tov to the grandparents, Mrs. Celia Miller and Mr. and Mrs.Herbert Schabes. Schedule of Services/Events Mazel Tov to the entire Miller and Schabes Families. The Kehilla is invited to HE AIS ISROEL Kiddush following davening at the Torah Academy sponsored by the Miller Family T B Y in honor of Shlomo’s Bar-Mitzvah. Please wait for the Rav to make Kiddush. Shabbos Parshas Noach SHABBOS OBSERVER Mazel Tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Yerucham Prero on the birth of a son. May the bris take place b'ito uvizmano. Shacharis 8:30 A.M. Issue Number 540 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 5764 Parshas Noach October 15 & 16, 2004 Welcome/Shiur This Shabbos Mincha 5:55 P.M. Shabbos Over 7:16 P.M. The Bais Yisroel Shabbos Observer is a weekly publication that brings you divrei Torah on the week's parsha from around the world and The community welcomes Rabbi Tzvi Berkowitz from Ner Israel in Baltimore around the block as well as events going on in the Bais Yisroel Community. To submit a dvar Torah or item of interest to the community, and Rabbi Yitzchok Wasserman the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Toras Chaim contact Hindy or Arnie Frishman at 952-927-5134 before Thursday of each week. in Denver, who are here in honor of Shlomo Miller's Bar Mitzva. Rabbi Sunday Berkowitz will give a shiur 45 minutes prior to mincha and Rabbi Wasserman Shacharis 7:00 & 8:00A.M. will be speaking at Shalosh Seudos. Mincha 6:05 P.M. Second Maariv 10:00 P.M. Shalom Zachor Tonight at the Prero Home, 2823 Salem Starts at 9P.M. Page Numbers Etc. Monday - Thursday Shabbos Parshas Noach/ Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Artscroll p. 30, Hirsch p. Shacharis 6:45 & 7:00A.M. 34. Maftir Bamidbar 28:9-15 Artscroll p. 890, Hirsch p. 622. Haftorah Artscroll Mincha 6:05 P.M. p. 1208, Hirsch p. 930. Second Maariv 10:00 P.M. Shalosh Seudos Shalosh Seudos is co-sponsored by the Prero Family and the Miller Family Erev Shabbos Parshas Lech Lecha in honor of their Simchas Bnos: 2:30-3:30 Shacharis 6:30 & 7:00 A.M. PK: Bluma Breningstall Candle Lighting 5:57 P.M. K: Yehudis Frank Mincha 6:00 P.M. 1st: Chaya Rochel Gres 2nd-3rd: Tzippy Silverberg 4th-5th: Chanie Weinberg (note change) Melave Malka This Motzei Shabbos Shiurim Given by HaRav Moshe Tuvia Lieff: There will be a Melava Malka, Motzei Shabbos Parshas Noach, commemo- W&Th: Mesechta Kiddushin at 6:45 P.M. rating the Shloshim of Miriam Leah Kaufman’s Father, Sidney Frank. Adath Tu & Th: Mesechta Chagiga at 8:15 A.M. Israel Synagogue, 2237 Edgecumbe Rd., 9:00 PM. Wednesday: Lunch and Learn. Noon. Altman & Izek The community celebrates the Bar Mitzva of Shlomo Miller this Shabbos. Thursday: Hillel UofM 4:00 P.M. Mazel Tov to the entire Miller and Schabes families. Pictured here is Shlomo Shaimos Burial: This Sunday with the Rav. There will be a Shaimos Burial on Sunday, October 17th . Please bring your Shaimos on Sunday morning and deposit it in the Weinberg truck in the shul ;hk vhcuy van ktrah ,hc ,khve cr parking area before 9:30 AM sharp. DO NOT BRING SHAIMOS INTO THE For membership information or general information regarding activities and events at Bais Yisroel, write Congregation Bais Yisroel, 4221 Sunset Blvd., St. Louis Park, Message From the Rav vyuxhbhn w xhkupthbhn SHUL!. Minimum donation per family is $18. Minnesota 55416 or contact HaRav Moshe Tuvia Lieff at (952) 926-7867 or (952) Doing Our Part Swimming Information 922 8881. E-mail: [email protected] Be sure to visit the Bais Yisroel Many of us remember being taught and Boys swim on Sundays from 6:00-7:00 Nov 7th and 21st and December 5th Website at http://www.baisyisroel.org. The BYSO is published in conjunction the fiery furnace by Nimrod in Ur with Puma Press. inspired by the heroism of Avraham Avinu, Kasdim because of his belief in and 19th. To register and for more info call Leah Weinreb at 922-3364. Cost who allowed himself to be thrown into Hashem. The story of course, goes as $12.00 per session. *** Swimming for girls: Motzoei Shabbos November 6th, November 20th, December 4th December 18th and January 8th. 6:30-7:30 B Y P.M. $15.00/ per girl for entire series. To register call Aliza Frank at 952-929- S O This issue of the BYSO is sponsored by Albert and Chaya Miller in 2550. honor of Shlomo's Bar Mitzva. follows: Avraham’s father, Terach, was the premier manufacturer and dealer of idols. To this advice of the Soton, Avrahom responded, “Is it my purpose to create, to find, prohibition of murder? The Midrash relates that once when Terach left young Avraham in charge of his and to present Jews to Hashem? That is the work of Hashem. The Ribbono Shel Olam 16. Name two generations in which the rainbow never appeared. business, Avraham smashed all of the idols in inventory except for one. Avraham left will do his work and I will do mine. My mitzvah at this point is to be willing to offer 17. Why did Noach curse Canaan specifically? Give two reasons. the largest idol standing and placed in its hands an ax. Upon his father’s return, my very life for my belief.” Avraham told him that the idols had had a territorial turf war, and as to be expected, 18. Why does the Torah call Nimrod a mighty hunter? the biggest idol emerged victorious. Terach understood what Avraham had done and 19. The sin of the generation of the dispersion was greater than the sin of the The lesson to be learned is profound in its simplicity. Our task in life is not to promote also realized that his son was bad for business. With his stock depleted, Terach took generation of the flood. Why was the punishment of the former less severe? a “cause”. Rather, our responsibility is to serve Hakadosh Borch Hu regardless of the his son Avraham to Nimrod, and Nimrod had Avraham thrown into a fiery furnace, 20. Why was Sarah also called Yiscah? outcome. Very often we second guess our commitment to, and fulfillment of, unique from which Avraham was ultimately saved. mitzvos because we are concerned that in the long term it may not be beneficial to Parsha Thoughts ourselves or our people. Ur Kasdim teaches the need to serve Hashem on His terms. What heroism! What courage on the part of Avraham Avinu. One would think that Rabbi Yechezkel Greenberg By doing so, we will never go wrong. the Torah would have chronicled this episode for all generations. Amazingly, how- The Torah relates that “all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth”. ever, this episode, which is only alluded to in the Midrash, is not even mentioned in Rashi explains that the words “all flesh” alludes to even the animal Gedolim of previous generations would often say “A mentch darf ton der Ribbono Shel the Torah. In fact according to many commentaries, this attempted martyrdom on kingdom. Even animals and birds were corrupt in their mating habits. Olam tut ufhet.” A person must do, Hakadosh Borch Hu accomplishes. The mesiras Avraham’s part is not even one of the ten nisyonos, tests and tribulations, of the nefesh of Avraham Avinu at Ur Kasdim illustrates our obligation to serve Hashem, to Incredible! How did animals become so corrupt without possessing a Patriarch Avraham. try, to do. We must do our part, Hakadosh Borch Hu always does His. Yetzer Horah (evil inclination)? The message that the Torah imparts to all of mankind is how careful we must be with our every action! G-d empow- The commentators offer several explanations as to why this attempted act of mar- ers man to affect the creation around him. Hashem infused nature with the tyrdom was not mentioned. The Ramban writes that society at that time did not ability to automatically mirror the behavior of man, and therefore when perceive the deliverance of Avraham from the furnace as a miracle. Instead, they understood it to be an act of kishuf or witchcraft. Unlike the miracles which took man is corrupt, the animals are, too, although they have no Yetzer Horah. place at Yetzias Mitzrayim, which were clear and accepted by all to be the Heaven What an awesome responsibility this is for man! (Bais Halevy). Food For sent miracles of Hashem, the miracle of the fiery furnace at Ur Kasdim lacked this Thought: What does the Gematriya (numerical value) of Noach’s name definitive clarity in the eyes of the world. Therefore, as wondrous as it was, it hint to? Last FFT: Which Parsha in the Torah do we never read on nevertheless was not mentioned explicitly in the Torah. Shabbos? Answer: We never read Parshas V’zos Habracha on Shabbos, since out of Eretz Yisroel, where we have two days of Yom Tov, Simchas From this Ramban, we can deduce an extraordinary idea. The Torah contains and Torah never falls on Shabbos. In Eretz Yisroel it can be read on Shabbos. records only those events that are undoubtedly recognized by all to be the unquali- Parshas Noach fied truth. By foregoing the opportunity to mention the loyalty of Avraham and the beneficence of Hashem in saving him, the Torah emphasizes the need for precise 1.
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