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Shabbos Parshas Chayei Sara Shabbos Mevarchim Cheshvan 24 - 25 November 25 - 26 CANDLE LIGHTING: 5:11 PM SHABBOS ENDS: 6:05 PM

Rosh Chodesh Kislev Thursday December 1

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Contents Nachas At A Glance Weekly Message Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar 3 The Shul bochurim making sure everyone attending the tournament Celebrating Shabbos Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you 4 -5 at the JCC put on Tefllin. need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Community Happenings 6 - 7 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray Check out all the davening schedules and locations 8 throughout the week

Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9 - 14 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE

Meyer Youth Center 15 - 22 The full scoop on all the Youth events around town Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town 23 In a woman’s world Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 24

French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha 25

Latin Link Refexion Semanal 26 The ABC’s of Aleph Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 27-28

Networking Effective Advertising 29 Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul 30 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 31 - 32 The Shul girls bake club The Shul

Quotable Quote

Even the angel Micha’el--the greatest of the angels--would give up all of his service and his comprehension of G-dliness for even a single mitzvah of tzitzit--for one of the four tzitzit that every Jew has

– Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Shabbos Parshas Chayei Sara an objective perspective the hormonal chemistry can interfere Shabbos Mevarchim with sound judgment. One should search for that person in the environment that has common elements of their upbringing and he search for a Bride and life focus. Bringing two opposite people (male and female) together marriage of Yitzchok and Rivkah is diffcult enough without having to bridge opposite cultures, Tare the main subject of this lifestyles etc. Torah Portion. Then one should look for modesty, kindness, selfessness, alacrity Though we have been exposed to very and gentleness. Once you fnd all of these you will have a Rivkah signifcant couples, beginning from personality. The perfect partner – the mother of the Jewish People. Adam and Chava to Abraham and Sara, it is the relationship between Yitzchok Of course, the foundation of all of this is a commitment to live by and Rivkah that is given detailed and the direction of Almighty G-d. expansive attention. Yitzchok, the frst born Jew and second of our Fathers Have a good Shabbos and a great week. was also the frst Jewish groom in the frst Jewish marriage.

“The actions of our Fathers are a signpost and direction for (us) their Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar children”. Marriage is the centerpoint of Jewish Life. At the very outset of a child’s life we bless them to grow to “Torah, Marriage and Good Deeds”. The concept of marriage, though a milestone event in life, is coupled with study of Torah and performing Mitzvos which To Our Dear Community Members, are actions that are the very foundation and purpose of Jewish life. Marriage in the “Holy tongue” is called “Kidushin” which literally Baruch Hashem. We want to always means “Holiness”. maintain contact with you!

Marriage has a number of components. It is a legal process of When you celebrate one of life’s passages or any acquisition which entails a contract (Ketuba), fnancial consideration joyful event, we would like to be aware so we can (ring) and intimacy; as well as a soul fusion as two halves of a wish you a mazel tov. When you confront an unsettling single soul are reconnected into the ultimate intended oneness. It is that foundation that becomes the bedrock for the future eternity time of sadness, we wish to offer our help. The of the Jewish People. Shul organizes meals (for families with newborns and for shiva homes), visits to hospital patients, As in all products, the environment wherein that product grows is critical to determine its quality. So too, the connection and and offers multi-faceted community activities. relationship of a husband and wife become the garden that We care about you and want to know what’s going infuences the quality of the fruit that is seeded and grows in that on in the lives of our Shul family members. space. Please share your news with us! Hence, as we are at the primary level of developing the origins, objectives and purpose of the Jewish People, the Torah relates to Call Stacy at The Shul us the proper way to search for a soul mate and the necessary 305-868-1411 ext. 313 prerequisites for an “Aishes Chayil”/Woman of Valor.

First one should determine the appropriateness of the person intended. That is best done when an intermediary is involved such as Abraham’s servant; for when one becomes involved without

3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Weekly Riddle The Lubavitcher Rebbe said, “Be scrupulous about saying the entire Tehillim (Psalms) on Shabbos Mevarchim (Blessing of the New Month). It is crucial for you, for your children, and your children’s children.” Every Shabbos Mevarchim in the Haime Library 8:30 - 9:00 am Questions: Sponsored by the Duchman Family 1) The Torah records that the lifespan of Sarah was 127 years. Where else in Tanach does the number 127 appear?

Morah Malkie’s Elisheva Adouth's 2) Which two ancient cities in Israel have numbers Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls as part of their name? Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 3) 7. Which seven women in Tanach are described as Montessori Classrooom 2 Tovat Mareh or Yefat Mareh - "nice to look upon" or classrooom 2 "beautiful appearance"?

Answers from last week: Tehila's Basya's 1) It’s strange that he served milk and meat together Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls (18:7-8). Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 2) Lot asked God if he could go to Zoar ( 19:22). 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 3) Sara was Abrahams’ half-sister (20:12). Classrooom 4

RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Mendy's Lobenstein any time over Shabbos. The first Sholom's Hebrew School Junior Boys child to give a correct answer to each of the Grades: 4th - 8th questions will win an INSTANT prize! Grades: 1 - 4 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Classroom 1

Shaykee’s Debbie’s Shmuely's Davening With Dad Teen Girls Teen Boys Grades: 9th - 12th Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Teen Girls Room Montessori 3 Haime Library

4 Celebrating Shabbos Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Brian and Carra Roller in Shabbos Schedule honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Emily.

Candle lighting 5:11 p.m. Farbrengen This Week: Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5:15 p.m. The Shabbos Mevarchim Farbrengen is sponsored in honor Hashkama Minyan recital of entire Tehillim 6:00 a.m. of The Rebbe, the Leader of our generation, the Shluchim Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. of the Rebbe and the supporters of the Shluchim. Recital of the entire book of Tehillim 7:30 a.m. Tanya / Hayom Yom 9:00 a.m. Shalosh Seudos This Week: Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is sponsored by Rabbi Moshe Weinbach Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. in memory of the Yahrzeit of his father Yechezkel Shraca obm Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. 30 Minutes of Tanya: Classroom #1 +/- 12:00 p.m. With Mrs. Vivian Perez (for Women) After Davening the caterer for this week’s Kiddush 12:00 p.m. kiddush and Shalosh seudos is Farbrengen in honor of Shabbos Mevarchim 1:00 p.m. Food Art Daf Yomi 4:15 p.m. Men’s Shiur 4:15 p.m. Women's Shiur 4:15 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 4:15 p.m. kiddushim at The Shul Mincha 5:00 p.m. Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 6:05 p.m. Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank Weekly Video of The Rebbe by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Father & Son Learning 7:15 p.m.

Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 5:00 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship: Kiddush Shalosh Seudos Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. December 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 December 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Mincha 5:00 p.m. Shabbos Ends / Arvit & Havdalah 6:05 p.m. If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Stacy at 305-868-1411 ext 313 or email [email protected]

Candle Lighting 5:11 p.m. Mincha 5:15 p.m.

Eruv Information We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals should call the Eruv Hotline to make sure that the Eruv is operational. The number to call is 305- 866-ERUV (3788). The Eruv message is recorded approximately two hours prior to candle lighting. Surfside: The Eruv in Surfside now includes the walking paths along the beach. Pushing strollers and carrying is permitted on the paths, but not beyond the path or onto the beach. Bal Harbour: The Eruv in Bal Harbour included the inner (western) walking path only. The pier at Haulover Cut is not included.

To pay your annual dues visit: www.miamibeacheruv.com 5 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Birthdays Yahrtzeits 25 Cheshvan Mr. Leon Falic 25 Cheshvan Abraham ben Yermiyahu obm 25 Cheshvan Mrs. Ofelia Hersman Father of Mr. Samuel I. Burstyn 25 Cheshvan Mrs. Milena Liascovitz 25 Cheshvan Frima Leah bas Reb Meir obm 26 Cheshvan Mr. Julio J. Brener Mother of Mrs. Cecilia Knoll 26 Cheshvan Ms. Stephanie Cohen 25 Cheshvan Tzion ben Moshe obm 26 Cheshvan Mr. Avigdor Landman Great-uncle of Mr. Moshe Levi 26 Cheshvan Mr. Dvir Segal 25 Cheshvan Isaac Berdugo obm 26 Cheshvan Ms. Carly Sheridan Father of Mrs. Fortuna Mamane 28 Cheshvan Rabbi Shaya Farkash 26 Cheshvan Meir Shmuel obm 28 Cheshvan Ms. Sabrina Goldfarb Father of Mr. Bernard Werner 28 Cheshvan Mr. Jeffrey Meyerson 27 Cheshvan Shmaryahu ben Mordechai Dov obm 28 Cheshvan Ms. Jane Sragowicz Father of Mr. Fred Halpern 29 Cheshvan Ms. Olivia Fischman 28 Cheshvan Moshe Pfeffer Furman obm 29 Cheshvan Mrs. Ruthy Ginsburg Father of Mrs. Jeanette Furman 29 Cheshvan Mr. Baruch Halpern 28 Cheshvan Chana bas Shneur Zalman obm 29 Cheshvan Mrs. Susan Rosenstein Sister of Mrs. Aviva Greenberg 1 Kislev Mrs. Johana Abraham 28 Cheshvan Reuven obm 1 Kislev Mrs. Miriam Basha Arber Father of Mr. Richard Planet 1 Kislev Ms. Elizabeth Katz 28 Cheshvan Zvi ben Haim obm 1 Kislev Mr. Brent Levison Father of Mr. Jaime Schapiro 1 Kislev Mrs. Rivka Saidof 28 Cheshvan Yechezkel obm 1 Kislev Mr. David Wexler Father of Mr. Moshe Weinbach 2 Kislev Ms. Nily Falic 29 Cheshvan Asher ben Yehoshua Aryeh obm 2 Kislev Ms. Irene Gelbhauer Brother of Mr. Sanford Musikar 2 Kislev Mr. Abraham Osman 29 Cheshvan Sane ben Aron obm 2 Kislev Mr. Matthew Shear Grandfather of Mr. Claudio Stivelman 2 Kislev Mrs. Elana J. Szafranski 29 Cheshvan Hinda bas Yisrael obm Mother of Mr. Samuel Ziefer 29 Cheshvan Liba Bluma bas Menachem Mendel obm Kid’s Birthdays Mother of Rabbi Berel Zisman 25 Cheshvan Binyamin Ness 29 Cheshvan David ben Moshe obm 25 Cheshvan Eytan Yeshua Sitbon Father of Mr. Sol Zuckerman 25 Cheshvan Alexandra Sragowicz 1 Kislev Toba Tzirel bas Yitzchok obm 27 Cheshvan Rebeca Penson Sister of Mrs. Pola Lekach and Aunt of Mrs. Jana Falic 1 Kislev Eliezer Eitan Gielchinsky 1 Kislev Shabtai obm 1 Kislev Anya Halberstam Father of Mrs. Beverley Schottenstein 1 Kislev Maya Saka 1 Kislev Eliezer ben Yehezkel Feivel obm 1 Kislev Menucha Rochel Tevardovitz Brother of Mr. Gershon Brenner 2 Kislev Yetta Alta Shula Schottenstein 2 Kislev Chasia Riva bas Moshe obm Mother-in-law of Mrs. Bessie Bedzow 2 Kislev Tzvi obm Anniversaries Father of Ms. Marsha Leifer Mr. & Mrs. Alberto and Corinne Camhi Mr. & Mrs. Yaacov and Rivka Saidof Mr. & Mrs. Levi and Rosie Drimmer Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe and Bluma Schneider

Mazal Tov Community Notice Board: Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Brian and Carra Roller on the Bas Mitzvah of their daughter Emily. May they continue to raise her to Torah, Chupah and Ma'asim Give A Meaningful Gift! Honor a special event or Tovim and have much nachas from her. person by making a donation to The Shul. We’ll send a dedication card to the Family Mazal tov to Rabbi Yosef Rice on his engagement to Clara Elyovics. May the wedding be in a good and auspicious time and may Yosef and Clara build an notifying them of your generous gift. everlasting edifce in Israel. 6 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Cheshvan Light & Power Thanks To Our Donors Light & Power and Wine for Kiddush & Havdalah for We sincerely thank the following members and supporters of The Shul the month of Cheshvan is Kindly Sponsored by for donations received between 11/15/16 and 11/21/16 We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. The Falic Family Mr. & Mrs. Chanoch Alperovitz Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Jacob Ms. Ety Assraf Anonymous In Loving Memory Of Mr. Juda Leon Azoulay Mr. & Mrs. Chaim Katz Dov ben Chaim HaCohen Z’L Mr. & Mrs. Steve Azoulay Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel Katz Rachel bat Benyamin Z’L and Ms. Batya Belecen Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Kern Mr. Nadav Ben-Chetrit Mr. & Mrs. Shimon Laber Meir ben Benyamin Z’L Mr. & Mrs. Yosef Berkowitz Mr. & Mrs. Moshe Shlomo Lerman “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to Mr. & Mrs. Isaie Bouhadana Rabbi & Mrs. Mendel Levy pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Mr. & Mrs. Eliyahu Bryski Rabbi & Rebbetzin and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Rabbi & Mrs. Betzalel Camissar Sholom D. Lipskar occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Mr. & Mrs. Yisroel Rabbi & Mrs. Zalman Lipskar be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire Shimon Chudaitov Ms. Nina Mack body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. Arnold Lewis Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Shlomie Mochkin Rabbi & Mrs. Uri Cohen Mr. David Motovich Mr. & Mrs. Michael Davit Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Nullman Refuah Shleimah If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep Mr. & Mrs. Eli Dominitz Mr. & Mrs. Jack Osman the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. Mr. & Mrs. Zalman Duchman Ms. Emily Roller MEN WOMEN Dyal Corp. Mr. Jose Romano Sholom Meir ben Pearl Miriam bat Risha Raizel Mr. & Mrs. Craig Edelstein Mr. Andrew Roth Michael Joseph ben Natalie Lee Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Mr. & Mrs. Ettai Einhorn Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Rottenstein Gabriel ben Esther Chana bas Shoshana Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Failer Mr. & Mrs. Yaacov Saidof Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Shifra bas Chaya Falic Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Michael Salzhauer Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Rabbi & Ms. Shaya Farkash Mr. Herbert Schleifer Yosef ben Edwina Chava bas Elka Menucha Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Gellman Mr. & Mrs. Yosef Schwartz Avrohom ben Feigel Chaya bas Rachel Mr. & Mrs. Max Gilinski Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Sragowicz Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel Fayge bas Chaya Mr. & Mrs. Moises Gilinski To Life Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Miriam Leah bas Helen Mr. & Ms. Saul Gilinski Mr. & Mrs. Moris Tabacinic Yehuda ben Chaya Sara Shimon Yitzchak ben Leah Rochel Mr. & Mrs. Dan Goldfarb Ms. Barbara Ann Taylor Roi ben Orly Mr. & Ms. Ighal Goldfarb Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Teshuba Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel Ms. Devorah Halberstam Mr. & Mrs. Sion Tesone Mr. & Mrs. Mendy Halberstam Mr. & Dr. Morris Tuchman Mr. Durrel Handwerger Mr. Jack Waksal Mr. & Mrs. Michael Harari Mr. & Mrs. Baruch Waldman Community Notice Board: Mrs. Margareth Havasi Mr. & Mrs. Moshe Weinbach If you have a new or slightly used Shaitel that you Mr. & Mrs. Abel Holtz Mr. & Mrs. Shmuel Zalmanov Mr. & Mrs. Meir Izak would like to donate to The Shul Sisterhood Please Contact Volunteers Needed Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410 After every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the left over food to organizations or families in need. We are looking for volunteers to help collect and Please Note wrap the food. The North side parking lot and The Shul If you would like to help please contact the garage are closed on Shabbos and Yom Tov. Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush. Please do not open the barriers. Community service hours will be awarded. 7 A Time to Pray Davening schedules and locations throughout the week

Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul 6:20 -6:50 am Derech Mitzvosecha Foundational 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 Sunday Mincha /Maariv mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 5:15 pm 10:00 pm Main Minyan 5:15 pm Sephardic Minyan 5:15 pm Following Late Maariv 10:00 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. Based on times for November 30 We pray for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily. Dan Shlomo ben Eliyahu Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:33 am Benyamin Aharon Ben Jeniya Gila Rut Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:06 am Jonathan ben Aliza Sher Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 6:50 am Michael Shmuel ben Eliezer Eliyahu (Earliest Amidah) Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry Latest Shema 9:27 am Zman Tfllah 10:21 am

Chatzot / Midday 12:09 pm Earliest Mincha 12:37 pm Plag HaMincha 4:26 pm Shekiah / Sunset 5:29 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 5:54 pm (Earliest preferable Ma’ariv)

Times taken from www.chabad.org Please note that during the week times may vary by a minute or two. If anyone would like to send us the name of a soldier in the IDF we would love to add them. 8 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! Hayom Yom In the winter of 1942, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn, of righteous memory, gave his son- in-law, the future Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, the task of compiling an anthology of Chasidic aphorisms and customs arranged according to the days of the year. The calendar was entitled Hayom Yom. In describing this work Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak wrote: …”A book that is small in format…but bursting with pearls and diamonds of choicest quality.” “A splendid palace of Chasidism.” True to these words, Hayom Yom has become a beloved classic work and a source of daily spiritual sustenance. Friday - Cheshvan 24 Wednesday - Cheshvan 29 In material matters one should always look at We cannot adequately describe the great merit he whose situation is lower than one's own, and of those who participate in the sacred avoda thank the good G-d for His kindness to him. of saying Tehillim with a minyan, and the great pleasure this avoda causes On High, as In spiritual matters one should always look at discussed in sacred texts and in very tiny part he who is higher than oneself, and plead with in Kuntres Takanat Amirat Tehillim B'rabim G-d to grant him the intelligence to learn from (Koveitz Michtavim 1). the other, and the ability and strength to rise higher. How fortunate are you Israel, and for this may you all be blessed with proper health and Shabbos - Cheshvan 25 with super-abundant livelihood - you, your Divine Providence leads everyone to his place wives, your sons and your daughters (G-d grant of residence for the purpose of strengthening them eternal life.) In your merit may all the yiddishkeit and disseminating Torah. congregation of Israel in your communities be helped (among all our Jewish brethren) in all When you plow and you sow - things will grow. befriend a fellow-Jew and G-d will befriend you. they need, materially and spiritually.

Sunday - Cheshvan 26 Tuesday - Cheshvan 28 Thursday - Kislev 1 The true way is to know one's character, truly The concept of Divine Providence is this: There were periods of time when R. Yekusiel recognizing one's own defciencies and one's Not only are all particular movements of the Liepler, a chassid of the Alter Rebbe, davened good qualities. And when one knows his various creatures directed by Providence, and Shacharit, Mincha and Maariv one right after the defciencies - he should correct them with not only is that Providence itself the life-force other; there was no time for intervals. actual avoda, and not satisfy himself merely and maintained existence of every creature with bemoaning them. - but even more, the particular movement of Friday - Kislev 2 any creature is in general terms related to the My grandfather once explained in a maamar the Monday - Cheshvan 27 grand design of Creation... The aggregate of all statement, R. Elazar frst gave a coin to a pauper R. Aizik Homiler related: When I came to Lyozna individual acts brings to completion G-d's grand and then davened: "Davening must be with life. I met elder chassidim who had been chassidim design in the mystery of all Creation. By giving, before davening, charity to a pauper of the Maggid and of R. Menachem Mendel of - thereby giving him life - one's davening is Horodok. They used to say: Ponder this: If the swaying of a blade of grass suffused with a great increase of 'aliveness'." So is brought about by Divine Providence and saying he motioned with his hand in an upwards Have affection for a fellow-Jew and G-d will is crucial to the fulfllment of the purpose of gesture to indicate that the increase is beyond have affection for you; Creation, how much more so with regard to imagination. Indeed my father would often seek mankind in general, and Israel (the people close out a pauper before davening to give him food. do a kindness for a fellow-Jew and G-d will do a to him) in particular! kindness for you; 9 Kiddush Bank The Investment with a Guaranteed Return

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10 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

PARSHA MESSAGES Do You Sleep During the get a Jew out of his slumber during a Rabbi’s you have failed to invest to good purpose. sermon, is a unique skill, unheard of as of yet in the Sermon? annals of Jewish history! [At least I can speak for It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Time Is Not Money; It Is Life myself: In my years as a Rabbi I am still trying to Each day it opens a new account for you. By: Rabbi YY Jacobson master this skill, but to no avail.] If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. Churchill Sleeping Cherish the Second They tell this story about Winston Churchill. As The question was answered by the frst Rebbe of There is no going back. There is no drawing against Savior of the free world he felt himself entitled to Ger, the Chedushei Harim (Rabbi Yitzchak Meir the tomorrow. grab a little shuteye (“schlof”, or nap) in the House Alter, 1799–1866), in a rather creative way. of Commons. When a fellow Parliament member You must live in the present on today's deposits. Through this observation, Rabbi Akiba gently approached him and said “Must you fall asleep Time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. reprimanded his students for sleeping through when I am speaking?” Churchill answered, “No, it is Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's the class. If Esther reigned over 127 countries, purely voluntary.” called the ‘present.’ or provinces, in the large Persian Empire, The Lubavitcher Rebbe once noticed people corresponding to Sarah’s 127 years of life, it As the saying goes, to realize the value of ONE sleeping during a public “farbrengen” address. He follows that for each year of Sarah’s life, Esther was MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train. To said that he takes some comfort in the story of the granted kingship over an entire province or country. realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person Midrash, to be discussed below, that Rabbi Akiva It follows then, that for each month of her life, she who just avoided an accident. To realize the value once noticed his students were falling asleep in was given the gift of kingship over an entire city (a of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a his class. If one can fall asleep on Rabbi Akiva, the country contains at least 12 cities.) It follows then, silver medal in the Olympics. greatest authority on the entire Oral Tradition of that for each week of her life, she was rewarded Torah, who are we to complain? with a town (a city has at least four towns). This What Time Is It? Alas, it seems, Jews have been sleeping through would mean that for each day of her life she was You know the story of the man who came to the sermons from the days of yore. Nothing has rewarded with a neighborhood or section of the therapist for a very serious problem. changed. town. If we break it down even further, we will fnd that for every second of her life, she was rewarded “How can I help you?” asks the therapist. Rabbi Akiva’s Class with an entire block, over which her descendant, Yes, says the patient. Please tell me what time is it? Says the Midrash: Queen Ester, ruled! Therapist: Three o'clock. Once, as Rabbi Akiva taught a class, he noticed that Rabbi Akiva thus sought to impress upon his the audience began falling asleep. He wished to students the value, potential and signifcance of Patient: Oh, no! G-d help me. awaken them. Rabbi Akivah interrupted his lecture every moment of life. Sarah received immense and said: reward for each and every second of her life, Therapist: What's the matter? Why did Esther, the queen of Achasverosh, the because she devoted all her time and energy to Patient: I've been asking the time all day. And Monarch of the Persian Empire, decide to reign living an honest, meaningful and good life. This everybody gives me a different answer!... over 127 countries? Because Esther was a was the subtle message that Rabbi Akiva, in his granddaughter of Sarah who lived for 127 years. pedagogical brilliance, conveyed to his sleepy The Murderous Teacher Let the granddaughter of Sarah, who lived for 127 students. We cannot squander such a valuable Aristotle once asked his students: Who is the years, come and reign over 127 countries. resource as a time—not even a minute! Each greatest teacher who kills all of his students? moment is precious and laden with great potential. This is how Rabbi Akiva got the audience to wake The answer: Time! up. The Gift of Time Imagine there is a bank which credits your account Time Is Life This is so strange of a story. It evokes a number of each morning with $86,400.00, carries over no The Lubavitcher Rebbe once told my late father, Mr. questions. We will discuss one. balance from day to day, allows you to keep no cash Gershon Jacobson: “The world says, ‘Time is money;’ I say ‘Time is life!’” Why did Rabbi Akiva choose this particular balance, and every evening cancels whatever part of the amount you had failed to use during the day. insights—from all the endless idea he could have This is what Rabbi Akiva was telling his students: shared—as the way of waking up his drowsy What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course! Don’t sleep through your life. If you are sleeping crowd? And why did he think that this statement in my class, you are sleeping through life. Look at Well, everyone has such a bank. It's name is time. would awake them? It does not seem to be such Sarah and see what she accomplished with one Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. a humorous, dramatic or exhilarating statement as minute. to awake a Jewish audience from their sleep during the Rabbi’s sermon? 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Torah: Love Isn't What You someone, your concerns are secondary while theirs Halacha of The Week are frst. You go beyond what you want and try to By Rabbi Dov Schochet Think It Is end up with what they want. It is there, in this place By Yerachmiel Galinsky of self-transcendence, where love truly resides. Price Gouging Therefore, it's not only that love is important to a n this week's portion we have the full serious relationship, rather it can only exist in the negotiation between Avraham and Efron over setting of a serious relationship. Enjoying a person Ithe Mearat Hamachpela, what would become for their great attributes is important and special, the "cave of the patriarchs" in Chevron. During but not love. Love is something independent of our the negotiations Avraham says "And he will give personal satisfaction, born from dedication to one me the double cave, for full value he will give another. it to me". Some commentators are troubled by the inconsistency of Avraham's request, at frst Obviously, the importance of dedication is he wants Efron to give the cave implying a gift radically different than our natural disposition of and then he mentions paying full value. Did liking something because it makes us feel good. Avraham want a gift or to purchase the cave? Nevertheless, this component can teach us a Avraham knew the real value of the land, it was valuable lesson in our spiritual lives. the burial place of Adam and Eve, and realized Many times within Jewish thought when that it was priceless. So in order to not be discussing the relationship between G-d and the accused of cheating Efron he wanted Efron to nation of Israel, the analogy of husband and wife is gift the land aside from its sale price. employed. G-d is the groom, as it were, and we are In the Torah we are warned against cheating otions of love and romance are ingrained in His bride. We are considered engaged to Him, but others in business transactions. This is a law practically every dimension of our society. we are still waiting for the big day, our marriage: which relates to both the seller and the buyer. Every good story has to have a romantic twist a time when we see the revelation of Him in our The seller cannot charge the buyer any more N daily lives. But to get to our wedding day, we frst and probably ninety percent of all popular music is than the object is worth and the buyer cannot about some form of love. have some relationship work to do. buy the object for any less than the object is worth. This is regardless of whether the It is also quite apparent that many times the This is where dedication comes in. By dedicating ourselves to G-d by doing mitzvahs, good deeds, discrepancy is a small amount or large amount way romance and love are represented in the of money, it is still forbidden. mainstream are at best superfcial and at worst in a way that transcends our own desires, we sociologically detrimental. In the end, is love really will culminate both humanity's and our personal If there is a price discrepancy, the Beit Din's so important to a happy healthy relationship? What relationship with G-d. response is dependent on how divergent the does the Torah have to say on this subject? paid price was from the actual value. If the paid price was less than a 6th more or less than In this week's portion, we read about the marriage Hear us, my lord (Gen. 23:6) the actual value (e.g. something worth $6 sold of Isaac and Rebecca. This love story unfolds in the for $5.5 or $6.5) then the sale stands and the opposite manner than the way we are accustomed Beit Din does nothing, for the assumption is to. Usually in love stories, the man and woman fall As a token of their respect, the that actors in the market understand that the desperately in love with each other and then get price paid and received will sometimes slightly married and live happily ever after. But Isaac and sons of Chet addressed Abraham diverge from actual value. Rebecca experience the opposite as the Torah says, as "my lord." Abraham, however, "… and she became his wife and he loved her." First, If the discrepancy is exactly a 6th (something there was marriage and then there was love. refused to reciprocate, even in worth $6 sold for $5 or $7) the sale stands and his business dealings. Abraham, the difference in price must be returned. (e.g. if How is it that the Torah's depiction of love is so the buyer paid $5 they must now pay another different than our common notion of it? Perhaps the frst Jew, reserved the term $1.) The same would apply if the difference is a the answer is that love true doesn't come from solely for G-d, despite social 6th not of the objects value but of the price paid where we think it does. (something worth $5 or $7 sold for $6). convention. We often seem to fnd love in how good a person If the discrepancy is more than a 6th the parties looks to us, how they act, or on what a great time would each have the right to later void the sale. we have when with them. We also tend to believe love is proportionate to desire. (Rabbi Yosef Horowitz) Regardless, even when the difference is less than a 6th the parties should only allow the But according to the Torah, love comes from a transaction to move forward if both parties seemingly foreign attribute: dedication. Dedication are aware of the true value. If both parties are fuels love, not desire. When you're dedicated to 12 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! aware i.e. the seller says this usually sells for $6 but I'm selling it for $7 then the laws of gouging Stories With Soul Avigdor took the letter, put it in his pocket, and took would not apply, for the buyer considered the his leave of the Baal Shem Tov. On the way home, true value and accepted to pay a higher price. Avigdor thought about the Baal Shem Tov's words The same would apply if the price is so wildly It Once Happened and resolved to be more aware of G-d's blessings divergent from the market norm then any in his life. When he returned home, he changed rational person would see that either the object vigdor, a rich merchant from Brod, once came his traveling clothes and tucked the jacket he'd is over or under priced, there can be no claim for to the Baal Shem Tov and brought with him been wearing into his closet, forgetting about his price gouging. Aa large sum of money for charity. The Baal resolution and the letter. Shem Tov accepted the money and asked Avigdor, The Talmud adds an exception for someone "Do you have a request?" Years passed and the wheel of fortune turned for selling something dear to them. The buyer Avigdor. One deal after another went sour until he understands that the only way to get the seller "No," answered Avigdor. was left a virtual pauper. He even had to sell his to part with this item is to pay a premium, household goods. Before long there was nothing therefore the buyer cannot come later and claim "Perhaps you need a blessing for livelihood?" asked more to sell, except an old used suit that hung in they were cheated. the Baal Shem Tov. his closet. Avigdor went through the pockets before selling the suit. Suddenly, he came upon the letter Today it is very diffcult to properly adjudicate "No," said Avigdor. "I've been in business for many years and I have no worries about livelihood." which the Baal Shem Tov had asked him to deliver these laws, as it frst requires establishing the so many years ago! market value for the object. As markets are "Thank G-d," said the Baal Shem Tov with emphasis, wildly divergent from city to city or even from for is not every success from G-d? The Baal Shem Avigdor stared at the letter. He remembered the store to store, it becomes extremely complicated Tov then inquired as to the man's health and that Baal Shem Tov's words about thanking G-d for to properly determine the "value" of an object. of his wife and children, hoping to hear some all the good He bestows. "What a fool I was not However, it still warns us against preying on the expression of gratitude but again, no words of to realize that the Baal Shem Tov was cautioning ignorance of either a buyer or a seller for our thanks to G-d were heard. me," thought Avigdor sadly. He resolved to heed the advantage. Baal Shem Tov's words from then on. The Baal Shem Tov said to Avigdor: "There is a The allowance of discrepancies up to a 6th is verse in the Book of Psalms that we repeat every The name of the addressee on the envelope was only when dealing with the price or value of day in our prayers: 'You, G-d, are enthroned upon still clear. Reb Tzadok, the new President of Brod. an object. However, when dealing with the size, the praises of the people Israel.' G-d waits for Avigdor rushed out of his house and asked the frst number or weight of an object no discrepancy is words of praise from Jews. When a Jew says `thank passerby, "Where can I fnd Reb Tzadok?" allowed. One cannot sell 100 yards of material G-d' or the like, it is dearer to G-d than the praises and only give 95 or 10 pounds of something and "You mean, Reb Tzadok, the newly elected of the angels in heaven! Though G-d does not president?" only give 9. While people understand that there need us to praise Him or thank Him, we need to will be slight differences in price, changing an remember that everything we enjoy, good health, "Yes. This is the man," said Avigdor. amount is never allowed. good fortune, good children, all come from G-d, the Source of all blessings. "You'll fnd him in the big study hall. Only this If the seller is explicit in all of his expenses, morning he was elected head of the community..." the laws of gouging do not apply. That is, if the "However," cautioned the Baal Shem Tov, "just when seller says I paid x for this and I am selling it for one is most successful and thinks that it is all due Avigdor had been so immersed in his own worries y, there can be no claim for gouging, for it is as to his wisdom, or that he deserves it all, he may he hadn't even known that there was an election if the seller is explicitly warning the buyer "I do think that this is the way it is going to always be. He for a new communal president. "Do you know not know the real value, I am simply telling you may forget altogether that it is all due to G-d who anything about the new president?" asked Avigdor. my price". has been very kind to him. "He started as a tailor's apprentice. When he A classic Jewish idea is that to acquire "So, G-d waits to hear how people respond. If one went out on his own, he struggled. But, he never something good requires effort. This explains asks the other, 'How are you, how is your family, complained. Whenever he was asked how business why Avraham paid the full value for a land how is business?' and the person answers, 'Thank was, he always replied, 'Thank G-d, I'm making a which was rightfully his. In order to take the land G-d, well,' then G-d bestows even more generous living.' A few years ago, he began to prosper. But from Efron (impurity) and bring it to Avraham blessings." his success never turned his head. He gave charity (holiness) takes payment. The lesson is clear, any generously and remained the same modest man. time we wish to accomplish and bring holiness The Baal Shem Tov continued, "I would ask you to And, whenever people ask how's business, he still into the world it requires paying "full money". It do me a favor since you come from Brod. Please answers, "Thank G-d, I'm making a living." is only with toil and effort that we can achieve deliver a letter to the president of the Jewish our objectives. community." The Baal Shem Tov then wrote a Avigdor hurried to the study hall and handed Reb letter, sealed it, and handed it to Avigdor. "Please Tzadok the letter, apologizing profusely for the deliver the letter personally into the hands of the delay. Reb Tzadok opened it; it was a personal community president and to no one else." request from the Baal Shem Tov who had passed 13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! on a number of years ago! time was right for my family and me to make aliyah My Encounter — to immigrate to Israel. The Rebbe’s answer came: The Baal Shem Tov introduced the letter carrier “If your job today allows you to be Torah observant, as a once wealthy man who was now in need of with The Rebbe My Encounter with the Rebbe records the oral then it is preferable that you stay where you are fnancial help. He asked Reb Tzadok to help Avigdor for the time being.” I must confess that I was a bit get back on his feet. He added that in case Reb histories of individuals who interacted with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson disappointed, but I followed the Rebbe’s advice and Tzadok doubted the authenticity of the letter, the stayed in Toulouse. My family certainly played a following two "signs" should dispel his doubts: of righteous memory, through frst-person interviews. role in the Jewish community in the city, since very First, the letter would be delivered on the very frst few Torah- observant families lived there, and we day he became president. Second, that on the same served as an example to others. day he would become the father of a baby boy. Yearning For Israel Mr. Michael Allouche Then, in 1985, I was offered a job in Israel. At this Reb Tzadok had just fnished reading the letter time, the State of Israel decided to become more when someone ran in, shouting, "Mazel Tov! Your technologically independent and it launched its wife just gave birth to a son!" For a moment Reb own fghter aircraft project, called the Lavi. I was Tzadok was speechless. The saintly Baal Shem Tov invited to work on this project. Excited at the had passed on several years ago, yet here was a prospect of moving to Israel, I asked the Rebbe’s letter he sent, which took so many years to deliver, advice again. Surprisingly, the Rebbe replied: “How yet was delivered just on time. Reb Tzadok turned can you make this decision when the situation is to Avigdor and said, "I am very pleased to meet you. so volatile in Eretz Israel? You should decide about Be my guest this evening. We have some important half a year before your Aliyah.” business to discuss. I can use a man with your experience." I didn’t really understand what the Rebbe meant by “volatile.” The prototype of the Lavi was already Avigdor stood there surprised and grateful. "Thank fying and the project was moving forward G-d! And, I will be at your house this evening, G-d successfully; indeed the Lavi was so successful that willing!" it was said to be better than the American F-16 was born in La Flèche, a little town in France, to a fghter jet. But I decided to “wait and see.” family of Jewish immigrants from North Africa. We were the only Jewish family in town, but — even One year later, my family and I visited the Rebbe I on the 12th of Tammuz, for the Chabad holiday And the servant ran to meet her (Gen. though I was educated as a proud Jew among non- 24:17) Jews — we were not fully Torah observant. Over commemorating the release of the previous the years, I progressively became more religious, Rebbe from Soviet prison. During the audience the especially after I joined a Zionist religious youth Rebbe held with guests who were visiting for the According to the commentator Rashi, movement called Tikvateinu and visited Israel occasion, the Rebbe said: “Every Jew has a mission it was only when Eliezer saw the well for the frst time. As a result, I developed a strong in this world. He is meant to bear witness to the aspiration to live there. oneness of G-d by keeping Torah wherever he fnds water miraculously rising toward himself... And this is why G-d fnds reasons to send Rebecca that he decided she would At the age of 20, I went to Toulouse where I was Jews to distant places so that they can best fulfll make the perfect wife for Isaac. Yet accepted to study in the famous University of their mission.” Till this day, each time I travel for my Aerospace Engineering. And it was there that I met business, I remember these words, looking for the only the water Rebecca drew for her the local Chabad emissaries — Rabbi Yosef Matusof inner dimension to my professional mission. own use rose up by itself; the water and his wife Esther. A few months later, in 1987, I suddenly got an she drew for Eliezer and his camels After I graduated and got married in 1978, I attractive proposal to work as an aerospace had to be brought up by hand. We travelled with my wife and baby daughter to New engineering consultant in a “distant place”: South learn from this that although G-d may York, where we had our frst private audience Africa. Again, I went to the Rebbe. His reply was with the Rebbe. It was a very emotional and almost immediate: “Accept the proposal.” perform miracles to assist a righteous awe-inspiring moment for me, and it initiated a person, when it comes to doing connection which increasingly deepened over the It was only then — two years later — that I years. understood the Rebbe’s reference to the situation mitzvot, it is preferable to perform in Israel as “volatile.” Exactly at the time when them oneself in a natural manner and When I started to work as an engineer for Airbus we moved to South Africa, the Lavi project was not to rely on miracles. Industries in Toulouse, my work brought me cancelled due to US government pressure. Almost frequently to the United States, and during each all the engineers working on the project lost their visit, I always spent Shabbat with the Rebbe. jobs! (Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev) In 1982, I wrote a letter to the Rebbe asking if the The move to South Africa was the best preparation 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! for my family’s aliyah, both spiritually and materially. commitment to Jewish observance: how Thanks to the wonderful Chabad community Recently In The News quickly I also became committed to not there, we strengthened our knowledge of chasidic shaking men’s hands. I mean, I knew painfully teachings. Since that time, I began translating the Why I Refused To Shake The well how embarrassing this encounter works of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz into President’s Hand could be. And some rabbis are lenient with French. Rabbi Steinsaltz once summarized the this law; they consider handshaking to be Rebbe’s advice and recommendations to me as he shmoozing was good, and Jon a professional, not personal, type of touch. follows: “The Rebbe has chosen for you the ‘long didn’t seem to mind that we were Yet for some reason, I became determined shorter way’ to the Holy Land.” Tstill undecided as the Apple store was to try to raise awareness among the general closing. What product could best help me population, doing it one “no handshake” We lived in South Africa for fve years. In 1991, blog on the go? My husband Zev and daughter encounter at a time. when my employment there ended, I had to decide Rivky were trying to help me figure that out. my next move. My preference was moving to Israel, Initially I thought such encounters could and making my life-long dream of living there We finally decided on an iPad, but as we spark curiosity about Something Really Big come true! closed the sale, the inevitable happened: Jon called G-d’s Torah, but I don’t think they ever went to shake my hand. Zev intercepted, as did. I had my succinct explanation (“Please I sent a letter to the Rebbe, through the late Rabbi he usually does, followed by his standard “My understand there’s a religious prohibition Yosef Wineberg. The Rebbe answered that I should wife doesn’t shake hands,” as if the sight of a against men and women shaking hands”) ask advice from friends and that I should check my man’s outstretched arm renders me suddenly and my longer explanation, my attempt to mezuzos and teflin. speechless. But, this time, both Zev and Rivky clarify how the laws surrounding men and turned to me excitedly and said,”Why don’t Before I had a chance to respond, the Rebbe asked women touching/not touching are intended you write about not shaking hands!” Rabbi Wineberg: “When will you let me know what to protect relationships, mostly marriage. happened when he checked his mezuzos and It’s a subject near and dear to my heart. When But by the time I realized that nobody was tefllin?” Rabbi Sholom Lipskar politely refused to too interested in the reasons why I didn’t do shake my hand almost thirty years ago at our I was astonished! The Rebbe received thousands it, I had become committed to not shaking, first Shabbaton, I felt the utter humiliation of letters, yet he cared so much about every Jew even in difficult social settings. I even wrote of looking like an ignoramus in front of that he remembered the smallest details. But his an article for the Chabad women’s magazine someone I wanted to impress. concern was as deep as that of a father who cares about my “unshakeable commitment.” about every detail in his child’s life. I was very If my husband had listened to my ranting I submitted it on a summer morning in 2002, moved by this. when Rabbi Lipskar walked away—I became not thinking about the powerful timing of hysterical and demanded we leave the place I immediately reported back to the Rebbe and my action. Only later would I recognize the immediately—it’s quite possible that my life also relayed the encouragement of my friends to divine providence, that it was G-d’s will for would be very different today. I would have make aliyah. The Rebbe’s reply was unambiguous: me to submit this article just a few hours been “turned off” and joined the legions of “Blessing and success!” And, indeed, I subsequently before I was destined to meet President people who want nothing to do with the accepted a job in the feld of Aerospace Engineering. George W. Bush. “Orthodox” because of their manners, their Before making aliyah, I decided to visit the Rebbe dress, their way of thinking, their everything. The circumstances surrounding our meeting once more. I wanted simply to thank him. This was were fairly straightforward. President my thirteenth trip the Rebbe in fourteen years. I But once I overcame my embarrassment and Bush was in Pittsburgh to sign a bill arrived in February 1992 just one week before started listening, I realized in the course of with religious implications, which is why the Rebbe suffered a stroke. I told the Rebbe, that very weekend that I actually wanted to Chabad’s Washington-based emissary, “Thank you for all you brought to us during the become one of them. Rabbi Levi Shemtov, wanted obvious Jewish past fourteen years,” and the Rebbe responded representation in the audience. My husband Because what I ultimately sensed from Rabbi beautifully: “You should have immense success in Zev was President of Yeshiva Schools at Lipskar’s refusal to shake my hand was his all your enterprises!” the time, so he was the natural choice to suprarational commitment to Something accompany our city’s head emissaries, Rabbi Amazingly, we arrived in Israel “about half a year” Really Big. (the exact words of the Rebbe) after we initiated Yisroel and Blumi Rosenfeld. (As his wife, I the decision process about our alyiah. Something Really Big, I quickly learned, was got to come along, too.) Our backgrounds G-d‘s Torah. And, suddenly, handshaking (and had to be approved for security purposes, And to this day, thank G-d, the Rebbe’s words and so much more) became a modern American but otherwise, all we had to do was show blessings accompany me in all my enterprises. cultural thing; not handshaking (and so up at a hotel conference room looking like much more) became a G-d’s Torah thing. observant Jews. Which quickly became my thing. Everything was going along fine until the But one thing surprised me about my rapid President finished his official duties and

15 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! jumped up to shake hands with people Israeli President Visits sitting in the first rows, which happened to include the four of us. The cameras were Mumbai Chabad House, flashing as he and his extended arm bounced Where ‘Darkness Battled rhythmically from one person to the next. I Light’ saw that within seconds, the President would be standing in front of my husband. My arms glided smoothly around to my back as I locked my hands together as tightly as I could. And that’s where they stayed, frozen, even visit the Chabad House, which is located when the President was standing in front on a narrow lane in the seafront Colaba of me. I don’t think I exhaled, which was neighborhood, Mumbai’s tourist hub. The probably why I couldn’t speak. I also couldn’t center was previously visited by Canadian believe this encounter was really happening. Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2009, among other public figures over the years. Fortunately, after a few eternal seconds, the President looked back at Zev, whose resident of Israel Reuven Rivlin Chabad-Lubavitch of Mumbai has been under beard must have reminded him about the attended a memorial event on Monday the directorship of Rabbi Yisroel and Chaya handshaking protocol. He smiled at me in evening at the Chabad House in Kozlovsky since 2013, when the couple acknowledgement, then smiled at Blumi, P Mumbai, India, marking eight years since the arrived in India’s largest city to continue the then kept on bouncing. devastating 2008 terrorist attacks that killed Holtzbergs’ mission to support a thriving Everything but my hand was still shaking the center’s founders and directors, Chabad- Jewish life in Mumbai. The Chabad House, after President Bush left the room. Mostly it Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka which was severely damaged during the was that I saw G-d’s “Hand” in all this, that Holtzberg; four of their guests; and another firefight between Indian commandos and the within hours of submitting my article, I was 158 people throughout the city. Pakistani Muslim terrorists holed up in the put to the test, which somehow I passed: Jewish center, was renovated and reopened even when the President of the United States Rivlin, accompanied by his wife, Nechama, in 2014. Today, it once again serves as a extended his hand, I didn’t shake it. visited the bullet-riddled fourth and fifth central address for Israeli backpackers and floors, pausing in the bedroom of the diplomats; Indian Jews; visitors from around I don’t know if President Bush appreciated Holtzbergs’ son, Moshe—spirited to safety by the world; and Jewish businesspeople who my commitment like I appreciated Rabbi his Indian nanny—before descending to the live, work and visit Mumbai. Lipskar’s, but I do know it made an impression second floor, where he unveiled a memorial on him. Within hours of our leaving the hotel, plaque dedicated to the victims. The plaque “President Rivlin’s visit tonight was about Rabbi Shemtov called Zev to report what he is next to the office where Rabbi Holtzberg remembering the lives of more than 160 heard from a White House staffer: President worked. innocent people who were brutally killed in Bush was curious to know who “the Rudolphs” Mumbai,” says Rabbi Kozlovsky. “It was also a were. “The walls [of Moshe’s room] are still covered testament to the life and work of Gabi and by the drawings of his mother, colorful Rivky. He was showing appreciation for what Not everyone who hears this story thinks aleph bet letters that she used to teach him they did and what they died doing.” I did the right thing by not shaking the alongside cartoon illustrations of mezuzahs President’s hand. But I made a commitment, and Torah scrolls,” described Rivlin after the While the Chabad House’s synagogue and which, I don’t have to tell you, I’ve been able event. social spaces have reopened and are in full to keep ever since. use, boasting Torah classes, Shabbat and How could I not? “Moshe is now with us in Israel, together with holiday meals, and synagogue services, the his family. Am Yisrael chai [“the people of fourth and fifth floors—the sites of the worst It was Rabbi Lipskar’s suprarational Israel live”]. And here, in this Chabad House, bloodshed during the heinous 48-hour- commitment that started me on my journey which is always open and serves as a warm attack—are, together with the roof deck, in back to Torah observance. As I see it, that’s home for Jews from around the world on a the long process of being turned into the what G-d wants from me in my observance, daily basis, I think exactly that. The people of first museum and memorial dedicated to the too. Israel live, the entire free world lives, and we dark events of those days. will defeat terrorism.” “Touring the Chabad House is a powerful Rivlin is the highest-ranking dignitary to experience and a vivid statement,” says

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Kozlovsky. “It is a place where darkness battled light.” “The first time I was there, the baby’s toys were still scattered around; it was a scene n unprecedented Shabbos is set to of terror and sheer, in-your-face Jew-hatred,” take place this weekend at the Me'arat A ‘Profoundly Moving’ Experience recalls Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate Hamachpela in the holy city of Chevron as Since their arrival in the city, the Kozlovskys A dean at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, whose thousands gather to celebrate Parshas Chayei have thrown themselves into continuing decades-long work to counter negative Sarah. the Holtzbergs’ work, while at the same stereotypes about Jews in Asia and create time pursuing new initiatives and adapting avenues of dialogue has led him throughout Described in detail how Avraham Avinu purchased to Mumbai’s ever-changing landscape. They the Far East, including numerous visits to a piece of property to bury his wife, this week's opened a Jewish day school last year in India. “Even now, you can still see the fight Torah portion provides eternal evidence to the Mumbai—a tall order considering how great between decency and evil, the holy and the Jewish right to the Cave of the Patriarchs. an emphasis Indian parents (Indian Jews profane.” among them) place on the quality of their Every year, Jews people from around the world children’s education; some Indians can spend come to Chevron on this Shabbos. This year, this Cooper describes the space as intimate, tradition will be magnifed in marking 50 years as much as half their salaries on their child’s where tourists can visualize the victims’ tuition. When Mumbai’s business district since Chevron was rightfully returned to Jewish horrific and heroic last hours, and appreciate hands. moved to a neighborhood on the other just how miraculous the rescue of young side of the traffic-ingested city, Kozlovsky Moshe Holtzberg, now 10, was. He says the Thanks to an anonymous donor, Chabad of established an offshoot Chabad center to museum and memorial will have a powerful Chevron is coordinating a huge Shabbos serve Jewish businesspeople, who spend impact on Indian society as well, which, operation that will be able to feed some 3,000 most of their week there. with its thousand-year history of no anti- people for what might be the largest sit-down Semitism, had a hard time understanding Shabbos meal in history. But one effort that has moved the rabbi in why the terrorists would attack the Jewish particular is the Chabad House museum. center. Chabad will provide lavish meals, shiurim, lively Designed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates, farbrengens and kiddushim throughout Shabbos, the firm behind the United States Holocaust “To re-establish [the idea] that decency will following in the footsteps of the legendary Memorial Museum, the Chabad House win the day in this place,” adds Cooper, “is hospitality of Avraham Avinu and Sarah Imeinu. museum will be a place for people of all profoundly moving.” faiths to learn and reflect on the attack; on "This is the frst time in the 20 years that we the life of observance and selfless dedication have been on Shlichus that such a grand event Kozlovsky attests that everyone he shows has taken place here in Chevron, perhaps even led by the Holtzbergs; and on universal moral the damaged parts of the Chabad House to principles that find their roots in Judaism, since the time of Avraham Avinu himself," said comes away shaken and changed. He saw it Rabbi Danny Cohen, Shliach of Chevron. but are applicable to people from all faiths with Rivlin and the Israeli delegation, and he and walks of life. feels it constantly himself. "An event of such a scale required a large sum of money, which our donor was immediately ready The targets chosen by the Lakshar-e-Taiba “The place speaks for itself,” affirms Kozlovsky. and happy to give. It takes an incredible person terrorists were busy public places, where “The first time I walked in, my heart was to offer such a generous sum. We are eternally they hoped to achieve the maximum number pumping; I couldn’t process the emotions grateful," he said, thanking another Shliach for of casualties—that is, aside for the Chabad immediately. But the second and third time making the connection with the donor. House. In making their symbolic diversion I entered the Chabad House, the enormity of towards the low-profile Jewish center, the what happened here dawned on me. I knew A large 'hachnosas orchim' tent is being set up message sent by the terrorists was clear: to then that we need to sustain that feeling and outside of Me'arat Hamachpela with special transform the Chabad House, also known as find a way to share it with as many people as permission from Israeli authorities. Guests are Nariman House, into an international symbol possible—that it should have an everlasting welcome to join for all four meals - all free of of the battle between good and evil. impact on their life.” charge. 17 Meyer Youth Center The full scoop on all the Youth events and classes

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27 French Connection Reflexions sur la Paracha

Vivre avec la paracha Le demi-shekel du mariage Et de fait, la Torah impose dans de nombreux cas la fusion de deux vies qui n’en font originellement et Basé sur les enseignements du Rabbi de Loubavitch que l’objet d’une mitsva (commandement divin) soit intrinsèquement qu’une. tamim, entier : un animal imparfait ne peut être offert Merci à MeaningfulLife.com Pour vivre cette réunion, il est nécessaire que chacun à D.ieu en sacrifce, de même qu’un étrog présentant aborde cette vie commune non pas comme étant e premier mariage relaté dans la Torah est celui des défauts ne peut faire partie des Quatre Espèces un « dix », mais comme une moitié. Certes, ce demi- d’Adam et Ève. Cette union fut, bien sûr, entièrement prises lors de la fête de Souccot. Même lorsque ce n’est shekel se compose de dix guéras, ce qui enseigne que l’œuvre du Ciel : D.ieu Lui-même créa la mariée, la pas une exigence absolue, la loi stipule qu’il convient L chacun des époux doit se donner dans son entièreté parfuma et la para de bijoux et la présenta au marié. Le de s’efforcer, chaque fois que possible, d’accomplir dans le mariage, c’est-à-dire y consacrer l’ensemble des premier mariage mené à bien par des efforts humains une mitsva avec un objet entier. Il est par exemple ressources et des potentialités qu’il recèle. Mais chacun apparaît dans le chapitre qui décrit la recherche d’une préférable de réciter une bénédiction sur un fruit entier doit se considérer soi-même non pas comme un être épouse pour Isaac. On y trouve la description en ou sur un pain entier plutôt que sur un morceau (d’où complet, mais comme un partenaire, c’est-à-dire une détail d’un chidoukh classique : un marieur (Eliezer, l’utilisation de deux pains entiers à chaque repas de partie à la recherche de sa partie complémentaire qui le serviteur d’Abraham), une enquête sur la famille et Chabbat ou de fête). le caractère de la future mariée, une dot, la rencontre lui permettra de retrouver sa complétude. Pourquoi, dans ces conditions, la Torah demande-t-elle initiale entre les futurs époux, et ainsi de suite. Le Sanctuaire à chaque Juif de contribuer la moitié d’un shekel à la La bague d’un demi-shekel donnée à Rebecca pour La Torah, qui enseigne souvent des lois complexes au construction d’une demeure pour D.ieu dans le camp son mariage avec Isaac fut la préfguration du demi- moyen d’un seul mot voire même d’une seule lettre, d’Israël ? consacre pas moins de 67 versets au mariage d’Isaac shekel contribué par chaque Juif à la construction du et de Rebecca. Beaucoup de détails de cette histoire La mention de cette contribution répétée plusieurs fois Sanctuaire, le domicile conjugal du mariage de D.ieu et sont même rapportés à deux reprises : une première dans la Torah comme étant « d’un demi-shekel » est de l’être humain. d’autant plus incompréhensible sachant que, dans ces fois dans le récit que la Torah fait des événements et L’âme de l’homme est « une partie de D.ieu en-haut mêmes versets, la Torah estime nécessaire de préciser une seconde fois dans les paroles d’Eliezer aux parents » – une partie descendue au sein d’un monde dont qu’un shekel se compose de vingt guéras. En d’autres de Rebecca. Car ici nous est présenté un prototype pour la mondanité et la matérialité conspirent à l’éloigner termes, le montant versé par chaque Juif comme « guider notre propre approche du mariage, à la fois de sa source céleste. Ainsi, même une âme en pleine rachat de son âme » était de dix guéras. Dix est un dans le sens conventionnel de l’union de deux êtres possession de ses dix forces n’est encore qu’une partie. nombre qui évoque traditionnellement la complétude humains, et dans le sens cosmique de la relation entre Et même lorsque D.ieu manifeste pleinement les dix et la perfection : toute la Torah est contenue dans les D.ieu et l’homme. attributs de Son engagement dans Sa création, Il n’est Dix Commandements, le monde fut créé par dix paroles encore que partiellement présent dans notre monde. La moitié de vingt divines, D.ieu agit au sein de la création à travers dix Ce n’est que lorsque ces deux parties s’unissent dans le Un des détails qui émaillent le récit de la Torah est le sefrot (attributs divins) et l’âme de l’homme, formée mariage que leur globalité et leur intégrité originelles fait qu’une bague d’un poids d’un demi-shekel fut l’un dans l’image de D.ieu, est également composée de dix sont restaurées. des cadeaux qu’Eliezer donna à Rebecca lors de leur forces. Mais au lieu d’ordonner de donner dix guéras, rencontre au puits dans la ville natale de celle-ci à la Torah demande de donner la moitié d’un shekel de Ainsi, pour construire une demeure pour D.ieu sur la Aram Naharayim. vingt guéras, évitant ainsi délibérément la mention du terre, nous devons contribuer la moitié d’un shekel de Et l’homme prit un anneau en or d’un poids d’un demi- nombre dix et mettant l’accent sur l’aspect partiel (« 20 guéras. Nous devons nous donner entièrement à shekel et deux bracelets pour ses bras, dont le poids demi ») de notre contribution à la résidence divine en Lui, en consacrant toute la gamme de nos dix forces était de dix shekels d’or. (Genèse 24, 22). notre sein. et potentialités à notre mariage avec Lui. Cependant, même lorsque nous atteignons le plus grand degré de Séparés à la naissance Nos Sages expliquent que cet anneau faisait allusion réalisation de soi dans notre relation avec D.ieu, nous Car telle est l’essence du mariage. Si chacun des deux au – et préfgurait le – demi-shekel que chaque Juif devons continuer à ressentir que nous ne sommes partenaires aborde le mariage en se ressentant comme offrit pour la construction du Sanctuaire, comme D.ieu qu’une moitié – avec la perception et la conscience que une entité complète, ils ne parviendront, au mieux, qu’à l’ordonna à Moïse dans le chapitre 30 de l’Exode : nous, comme Lui, sommes incomplets l’un sans l’autre. une « relation » entre deux vies distinctes et autonomes. Chaque homme donnera le rachat de sa vie à D.ieu... Mais le mariage est beaucoup plus que cela. Les C’est ceci qu’ils donneront : ... un demi-shekel... le shekel kabbalistes expliquent que le mari et la femme sont valant vingt guéras ; un demi-shekel [sera donné] en les facettes masculine et féminine d’une âme unique, offrande à D.ieu.... Le riche n’ajoutera rien et le pauvre née dans deux corps différents. De nombreuses années ne diminuera rien du demi-shekel... durant, celles-ci vivent des vies séparées, souvent à une Pourquoi un demi-shekel ? Maimonide écrit que, en grande distance l’une de l’autre et ignorant totalement Classes règle générale, « Tout ce qui est consacré à D.ieu doit l’existence de l’autre. Mais la providence divine Thursdays at 12.00 in the Haime Library être du meilleur et du plus beau. Quand on construit s’ingénie à les réunir de nouveau sous le dais nuptial Classes alternate between the following teachers: une maison de prière, elle doit être plus belle que sa et leur accorde ainsi la possibilité de redevenir « un » : non seulement un en essence, mais aussi un à tous Dr. Hanna Barouk propre demeure. Quand on nourrit les affamés, on doit Rabbi Amar les nourrir du meilleur de sa table... Chaque fois que les niveaux – dans leurs pensées et leurs sentiments et dans leur vie physique. Rabbi Frankforter l’on désigne quelque chose pour un but sacré, on doit Rabbi Gansburg sanctifer le meilleur de ses biens, comme il est écrit : Le mariage est donc plus que l’union de deux “Le meilleur pour D.ieu.” » personnes. Il est la réunion d’une âme divisée en deux, FOR WOMEN ONLY

28 Latin Link Reflexion Semanal

Parasha de la Semana Solteros en el Cielo Lubavitch ofrece la siguiente visión. En el ciclo de Una visión mística sobre el vida de un ser humano, no hay nada que signifque el descenso del alma en la vida física más que el matrimonio de Itzjak y Rivká acto y la experiencia del matrimonio. El matrimonio Por Yanki Tauber es cuando una persona deja de vivir dentro de su ncontraste al hombre de tus sueños. Fue amor propio cuerpo y empieza a compartir su misma a primera vista, te caíste del camello la primera alma con otro cuerpo, en una relación que se vez que posaste los ojos en él... No sólo él es practica en el más físico de los viajes humanos. E Los aspectos "mundanos" de la vida-- el ganarse el virtuoso, cortés, guapo, sensible y espiritual--el tipo de gente que las tardes de verano medita en el sustento, la planifcación fnanciera, llevar el hogar, campo—sino que también inmensamente rico. ¡El las compras-- consumen cada gota de existencia heredero acérrimo de la familia más prestigiosa de de uno y toda la energía. Al mismo tiempo, es la Canaán! juventud santifcada lo preparan para una vida satisfacción más profunda de nuestros esfuerzos de interacción con el mundo material; se crea un en la vida. Porque de esto se trata el hombre. Pero hay una sola cosa medio extraña: nadie sabe alma completa y primordial que descenderá a la dónde ha estado o lo que hizo durante los últimos vida física; el estado espiritual de Gan Edén ("la ¿Cómo se prepara uno para el matrimonio? tres años. Hace tres años, de viaje con su padre a vida después de la vida") precede la envestidura ¿Volviéndose más físico, más orientado hacia la cima de una solitaria montaña, desapareció en del alma en su cuerpo en el también físico, "Mundo lo material, en la preparación para esta gran el fno aire. Y ahora volvió tan de repente como para Venir." zambullida de su ciclo de vida? Isaac hizo desapareció, -y aquellos que lo conocen juran—que exactamente lo contrario --se retiró a un estado no se ve ni un día más viejo que el día que se fue. Una "morada para Di-s en el reino físico" es el de espiritualidad absoluta. Esto le dio la visión, la objetivo, el propósito. La espiritualidad es el mapa perspectiva, la fortaleza, para hacer de su vida física ¿Qué signifca esto? ¿Qué presagia esto para tu de ruta, las palabras de estímulo para guiar, inspirar un lugar divino, en vez de un lugar que disimula lo matrimonio? y vivifcar la materialización de nuestras vidas divino. físicas, tan verdaderas a su creador y esencia. En un marcado contraste con otras religiones, el ¿Quiere saber qué cercano estas de Di-s? Mira qué Judaísmo no promueve el desapego del mundo Un exámen de la cronología de la vida de Isaac, tipo de marido eres. ¿Quieres ser un buen marido? físico. De hecho, algunos dirían que el estilo de contada en el Libro de Génesis y sus Midrashim, Acércate a Di-s. vida de la Torá no es, en absoluto, una "religión." El revela un hueco inexplicable de casi tres años. compendio de sus 613 mitzvot (preceptos divinos) Según Génesis 21:5, Abraham tenía 100 años se preocupa específcamente, por los problemas cuando nació su hijo Isaac. Según Génesis 25:26, no-religiosos: qué comes, cómo te vistes, qué tipo Isaac tenía 60 años cuando nacieron sus hijos de vecino sos, cómo tratas a tus padres, cómo le gemelos, Iaacob y Esau, veinte años después de que Clases y Eventos habla a tus hijos, cómo te relacionas con tu cónyuge. se caso con Rebeca, a los 40. Ese mismo capítulo Porcion Semenal cuenta un evento (la venta de la primogenitura Rabbi Shea Rubinstein El Tania (el libro básico del Jasidismo de Jabad) lo de Esau a Jacob) que ocurrió el día que "los Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm pone así: muchachos maduraron". La Torá considera los 13 Orden de rezos diarios y su signifcado mistico De esto se trata el hombre, éste es el propósito de años como la edad de madurez; Isaac tendría 73 (Para Mujeras) su creación, y de la creación de todos los mundos, en ese momento. Ese mismo día también fue el día Sra. Vivian Perez el superior y el inferior: constituir una morada para del fallecimiento de Abraham. 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D Daf Yomi TXT-220 Rabbi Dov Schochet 7:45 - 8:45 am a Chok L’Yisrael - Sephardic Custom Reb Shimshon Tzubeli 8:45 am i l Chassisdic Discourses of The Rebbe PHL-322 PHL-510 Rabbi Shea Rubinstein 10:15 - 11:00 am y Community Kollel (Men) (Monday & Thursday) LAW-154 Shul Rabbis and Kolel 8:00 - 9:30 pm

S Daf Yomi (Men) TXT-220 Rabbi Dov Schochet 9:00 am u Tanya - Sichos PHL-322 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband 8:00 - 10:00 pm n In Depth Chumash Study TXT-110 Rabbi Dov Schochet 1:30 pm m Insights to our daily prayers (Spanish) PHL-120 Rabbi Shea Rubinstein 8:45 - 9:45 pm o Women’s Study Group TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 8:30 - 10:00 pm n At the home of: Please call The Shul for details

Senior Torah Academy ETH-101 Rabbi Dov Schochet 12:00 - 1: pm T Pirkei Avos u Tanya Class in Spanish (Women) PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez, 2:00 - 2:30 pm e 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village s Torah Portion Class in Spanish (Women) TXT-110 Mrs. Vivian Perez 2:30 - 3:45 pm 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Morning Torah Class (Women) - Weekly Parsha TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 10:00 - 11:30 am In Depth Tanya Class ( Men & Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar 11:30 am -12:30 pm W Women) PHL-320 PHL-501 e Tanya Class in English Mrs. Vivian Perez, 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village 1:00 - 2:00 pm d Spanish Kolel - Chassidus PHL-301 Rabbi Shlomo Halsband 8:00 - 10:00 pm Parsha (Men and Women) TXT-501 Rabbi Shea Rubinstein 11:15 - 12:00 am t h Senior Torah Academy for Men & Women TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet 12:00 - 1 (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 u :00 pm r Tanya In Spanish (Women) PHL-320 Mrs. Vivian Perez (Chabad of 11:00 am - 1:00 pm s Aventura, 21001 Biscayne Blvd)

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ALL CLASSES LOCATED AT THE SHUL UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.

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B”H 3333115544 GGiirrllss mmeeggaa CCHHAALLLLAAHH BBAAKKEE grades 1 - 7 MOTHERS ARE WELCOME Sunday, December 4 - kislev 4 @AT THE SHUL 9540 Collins Ave, Surfside 10:30 AM REGISTRATION & CRAFT 11:00 AM - CHALLAH BAKE & BALLOON SEND OFF

Register online at: www.TheShul.org/Challahbake $12 ADVANCE RESERVATION $18 AT THE DOOR