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B”H The Shul weekly magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin (OBM) and Ethel Sirotkin and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Shabbos Parshas Ki Tisa 17 - 18 Adar 1 February 22-23 CANDLE LIGHTING: 6:00 pm Shabbos Ends: 6:53 pm Te Shul - Chabad Lubavitch - An institution of Te Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem M. Schneerson (May his merit shield us) Over Tirty fve Years of Serving the Communities of Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek and Surfside 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside, Fl 33154 Tel: 305.868.1411 Fax: 305.861.2426 www.TeShul.org Email: [email protected] www.TeShul.org Email: [email protected] www.theshulpreschool.org www.cyscollege.org The Shul Weekly Magazine Everything you need for every day of the week Contents Nachas At A Glance Weekly Message 3 Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Wishing all our teens who will be spending this Shabbat at the C-Teen International Shabbaton in Crown Heights a A Time to Pray 5 fantastic weekend of learning and growth. Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Celebrating Shabbos 6-7 Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings 8 - 9 Sharing with your Shul Family Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 10-17 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 17- 25 The full scoop on all the great events around town The ABC’s of Aleph 26-27 Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 28 French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha Latin Link 29 Refexion Semanal 30 In a woman’s world Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 31-32 Networking Effective Advertising Numbers To Know 33 Contacts at The Shul Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 34 The Shul Get The Picture 35-36 The full scoop on all the great events around town The Yad L’Achim event “Achmed ben Sara” which was at The Shul this week was an inspirational evening learning about an incredible organization and the work they do. Quotable Quote Being joyous about G-d’s help is a cure in and of itself. – Baal Shem Tov - Keter Shem Tov, Hosafot 234 Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Ki Tisa It is a fact that the information that Moses was born and passed away in this month was accessible to Haman as well. But there ue to the special are different perspectives on what is life and what is death. leap month in the DJewish lunar/solar- When one considers the physical, material, selfish, hedonistic, based calendar, it is by pleasurable existence to be the primary aspect of one’s life Divine Providence that we and objectives, then death represents a complete cessation of celebrate Purim Katan and that life. It is over and gone, never to be resurrected nor re- Shushan Purim Katan (The experienced. To Haman, who was the quintessential egocentric Small Purim and Shushan and selfish hedonist, death brought an absolute end to the Purim) during this month powerful life of Moses which is over and gone. of Adar 1. The actual celebration of Purim will be When, however, one’s main objective in life is to fulfill a next month in Adar 2. Still, mission and purpose in making ourselves, our environment and the miracle of Purim has a our world holier and better and adding another brick to the very significant relationship structure wherein Almighty G-d will dwell, that spiritual, soul- to the month of Adar 1. motivated life continues even after one’s physical passing as the mission and objective continue unceasingly to the following The Talmud records the birthday and passing of Moses on the generations. seventh of Adar 1, during a leap year like this year. The soul continues to live eternally in the spiritual world. Adar is referred to in Talmudic, Halachic and Kabbalistic origins Passing from this temporal life merely changes the venue and as the month when its Mazal has extra power and an “over- dimension of existence, removing the limits of time, space and the-top flow of energy”. The astrological sign of Adar is Pisces physical being from the equation and continues in a vibrancy which additionally refers to blessings as fish multiply in great that retains its eternity and influences the world with its numbers and also avoid the evil eye as they cannot be seen powerful force. beneath the surface. The Talmudic scholars state that “Moses our Rebbe never died”. When the evil Haman planned his nefarious objective to His body in its physical form was buried but his soul energy and annihilate the Jewish people, he researched and recognized mission continues to influence and affect all future generations, through his sources of information that the Jewish people were each containing an extension of Moses until the coming of connected beyond the natural order of existence. Hence the Moshiach. miraculous sustainability of this enigmatic nation. They defied the general social, anthropological and historical patterns. A Jewish life is primarily a spiritual one but also brings blessings He needed to access a higher energy source in order to be in this physical world as we celebrate the Jewish People’s successful in his demonic plan. triumph over the evil Haman and all other Hamans of history. To access the beyond rational energy source, he decided to cast Have a great Shabbos and great week. a lottery - which represents a supra rational mechanism - to determine the month when he would actualize his plan. The result of the lottery was the month of Adar. He immediately rejoiced, taking this as a most opportune omen that he would succeed, for the savior of Israel, Moses, died in this month. “Little did that evil person know that the savior of Israel, Moses, was Rabbi S. Lipskar also born on that month”, continues the Talmud. It is interesting to note the difference of the perceptions through the prism of evil and through the aperture of the holy and good. 3 Education Appeal Dear Community Family, Shma Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad And you shall love the L-rd your G-d with all your thoughts, feelings and urges, with your life and with all your possessions……And you shall teach the words of Torah diligently to your children/students. Imbedded in the most important statement of the Torah/Judaism is the obligation to teach Torah to Jewish children. The obligation rests primarily on the Father but when circumstances are such that the Father can’t, won’t or is not there to fulfll this foundational obligation it becomes the collective responsibility of the community to educate that Jewish child. The priority of this Tzedakah in relation to other charitable causes is of the highest level. Trumping most other legitimate needs (Code of Jewish Law – Laws of Tzedakah 249:16). “Jewish education today,” says the Rebbe, “is not only to save a Jewish Child for Jewishness but to save a human for humanity”. The social lifestyle in today’s world of our children from primary school through college is very precarious and fraught with dangers. There are no limits and the eXtent of fulflling the simple animalistic desires that are at the base of our beings are ever increasing in their “avant garde”, beyond- boundaries life style. When statistics show that one of every four teenage girls are afficted by either 1) suicidal thoughts; 2) cutting one’s own body; 3) eating disorder i.e. bulimia /anorexia; 4) depression, it sends a shudder through me. 25% of our teenage girls are at risk of being emotionally unstable. What about the boys? And what about other types of debilitating behavior not considered by the liberal researchers as risky i.e. teenage seXual encounters, body mutilation, etc. pregnancy and abuse, hopelessness and impudence/chutzpah and a strong malady of desensitization. We are in a crisis that is targeting our future – our most important commodity – our children. Because of severe economic setbacks and downturns and unaffordable tuition fees, many families cannot afford to pay the tuition for their children’s ongoing Jewish education and environment. When the parents cannot fulfll this sacred duty it becomes the Mitzvah of the Community (Talmud Baba Basra 21:A Shulchan Aruch Harav Laws of Talmud Torah Ch. 1:3) Every year we make an appeal during this period for tuition assistance. Last year we provided Hebrew School to 125 children in public school. We subsidize the tuition of more than 100 children in private Jewish schools and provide assistance to more than 60 children in summer camp. In total, our education scholarship fund raised and disbursed close to $400,000. If one saves a single soul (albeit spiritually) it is as if he saved an entire world. We beseech you our wonderful community to continue our legendary generosity though this may require an eXtra effort today and may even be a sacrifce. The Mitzvah you will earn will surely bring you all of Hashem’s bountiful blessings materially and spiritually. Thank you on behalf of those parents and children to whom you will graciously give life enhancing assistance and on behalf of Hashem whose children you are caring for. When we care for Hashem’s children, He cares for ours. With gratitude, Love and esteem, Sholom D. Lipskar 4 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 8:00 Sephardic Minyan 9:00 am Daily Chumash & Tanya after every Minyan mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Sunday Mincha /Maariv Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 6:05 pm 10:00 pm Sephardic Minyan 6:05 pm Following Main Minyan 6:05 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 Forces, Halachic Times courageously protecting and defending Eretz Yisroel.