Acharon Shel Pesach Nissan 20-22 April 25-27
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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 Shevii - Acharon Shel Pesach Nissan 20-22 April 25-27 Candle Lighting 1st Night: 7:31 pm Candle Lighting 2nd Night: 7:31 pm From existing flame Yom Tov Ends: 8:26 pm Welcome Cantor Naftali Marrus 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 Burning The Chametz at The Shul on Erev Pesach Celebrating Shabbos 4-5 Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings 6-7 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray 8 Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9 -15 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 16-19 The full scoop on all the great events around town French Connection 20 Refexions sur la Paracha Latin Link 21 Refexion Semanal In a woman’s world 22 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman Networking 23-24 Effective Advertising Numbers To Know 25 Contacts at The Shul Daily Study 26 A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town 27-28 Quotable Quote Splitting the Sea Along the path to Torah is the splitting of the sea. What is the sea? It is the thick blanket of materialism that smothers the fre of the G‑dly soul. With a miracle, it is ripped away and the truth revealed. Only then can the Torah be received. Don’t imagine you can keep your belief in a materialist world and append to it a Torah consciousness. The sea of concealment must part and the world must be seen for what it truly is: A G‑dly place ever awaiting miracles. Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shevii - Acharon Shel Pesach next level of freedom from slavery. When the “sea split”, the waters rose from the seabed and stood upright as walls, making a dry path between t is truly an honor and them. Water whose natural composite is liquid that is fuid and fows pleasure to formally greet and downward now fowed upwards and became static like rocks. It’s not that Iwelcome all of our wonderful the water became earth or rock, it remained water with all of its qualities guests who joined us for Pesach. but its nature changed. There was a radical modifcation of its natural It is a gift from Hashem to have behavioral patterns. such an august leadership level group of Jews truly enhance our So too did we Jews on the frst night of Pesach experience the overwhelming Community with your presence. “over the top” liberation by G-d but our nature did not change. We were The sense and feeling of Achdus free from the physical walls of Egypt and had been emancipated from /unity and Ahavas Yisroel is human enslavement but not from Egypt’s insidious overbearing infuence. palpable and wonderful. May we all very soon celebrate together At the splitting of the sea we became aware of the capacity to change our at our eternal and imminent nature and on the eighth day of Pesach we celebrate the achievement redemption. of that transformation. The eighth day represents the complete and fnal redemption by Moshiach when the human/animalistic tendencies will During the last two days of Pesach we do not say the “Schecheyanu” be refned as we will have no wars, no jealousy, no useless ego-driven blessing since these days are not a new or separate holiday but the competitiveness, no hedonistic compulsions, no illness but only a world continuation and culmination of the frst days of Pesach. of goodness, kindness and holiness when and where we will be immersed in knowing Hashem. On the frst day of Pesach, the initial vital step in the process of emancipation was implemented, as G-d Almighty Himself (not through Have a great Shabbos and last days of Pesach. angels or emissaries) carried us out of Egyptian bondage no longer confned to Egypt, its degraded lifestyle, its idols and slavemasters. Supernatural forces clobbered the Egyptians for nine consecutive months and on Pesach eve they were struck with the most lethal blow as all the Rabbi Sholom. D. Lipskar frstborn from the hierarchy to the simplest of Egypt were executed. They literally chased the Jews out of Egypt driven by their paralyzing fear that the ultimate Ruler of the world is seeking justice. The Jews ran – to get away – but their freedom from Egypt was not yet Cantor Naftali Marrus secure as the Egyptian’s grasp upon them, albeit psychologically, again threatened them at the edge of the sea. Egypt’s best soldiers/chariots had reached the Jews and demanded their return to Egypt. Cantor Naftali Marrus a native of New York, has studied at the Julliard School of Music as well as under Opera and Again, G-d personally intervened by completely annihilating the Egyptian Vocal coach Johannes Schwaiger. Cantor Marrus has held a pursuers with the splitting of the Sea. number of positions in various Synagogues throughout the world including: The Great Synagogue of Rio De Janeiro, Why is the splitting of the sea necessary to free the Jews and vanquish their Congregation Emunath Israel of Manhattan, Friends of enemies? There are many methods that G-d could have implemented to Eastern Europe in Los Angeles and Chabad of Cherry Hill achieve the same result such as devouring the Egyptians with the “Pillar of Fire” that separated the Jews from the Egyptians. where he continues to hold High Holidays services. In addition, he has performed in concerts in Vienna, France, There are many deep concepts and ideas that we learn from the “Splitting Budapest, Brazil as well as in the New York tri-state areas. of the Sea” episode, especially as it was the event that brought Jews to the 3 Celebrating Pesach Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Yom Tov experience Pesach Schedule Thursday, April 25 - 4th Day Chol Hamoed / Shevii 6:50 p.m. Mincha Shel Pesach 6:45 p.m. Sephardic Mincha 6:50 a.m. Shacharis-Morning Services 7:15 p.m. Moshiach’s Seudah 7:30 a.m. Shacharis - Morning Services (Grand Celebration & Farbrengen) 9:00 a.m. Sephardic Minyan Shacharit 8:26 p.m Passover Ends 7:45 a.m. Daf Yomi 9:00 p.m. Chometz Sold by Rabbi Can Be Eaten 9:00 a.m. Shacharis - Morning Services MAKE AN ERUV TAVSHILIN HOLIDAY AND SHABBOS CANDLE LIGHTING 7:31 p.m. Candle Lighting - Shevii Shel Pesach Date : Time : Blessings: 7:30 p.m. Mincha Followed By Ma’ariv April 26 7:21 PM 2 7:30 p.m. Sephardic Minyan Mincha/ Arvit 11:30 p.m. All Night Learning April 27 7:22 PM 1 Friday, April 26 - Shevi Shel Pesach BLESSINGS FOR CANDLE LIGHTING 7:15 a.m. Hashkama Minyan 1. Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam, A-sher Ki-de- 8:45 a.m. Tanya shanu Be-mitz-vo-sov Ve-Tzivanu Le-hadlik Ner Shel Shabbat Ve-Shel 9:00 a.m. Shacharis - Morning Services / Torah Reading / Musaf Yom Tov. 9:00 a.m. Sephardic Minyan Shacharit Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctifed 10:30 a.m. Upstairs Minyan us with His commandments, and commanded us to kindle the Sabbath 6:40 p.m. Daf Yomi and Yom Tov lights. 6:55 p.m. Splitting the Sea in 2017 - 5777 ~ Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar 2. Bo-ruch a-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam , A-sher Ki-de- 7:30 p.m. Mincha Followed By Ma’ariv sha-nu Be-mitz-vo-sov Ve-tzivanu Le-hadlik Ner Shel Yom Tov. 7:25 p.m. Sephardic Minyan Mincha /Arvit 7:31 p.m. Candle Lighting from an existing fame Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctifed us with His commandments, and commanded us to kindle the Yom Tov Shabbos, April 27 - Last Day of Passover light . Acharon Shel Pesach 3. Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam, She-heh-che- 7:15 a.m. Hashkama Minyan yoh-nu Ve-ki-ye-monu Ve-he-ge-o-nu La-zman Ha-zeh. 8:45 a.m. Tanya 9:00 a.m. Shacharis - Morning Services / Torah Reading / Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has granted us Musaf life, sustained us and enabled us to reach this occasion. 9:00 a.m. Sephardic Minyan Shacharit 10:30 a.m. Upstairs Minyan 11:00 a.m. (approx) Yizkor * All Candles on Holidays must be lit from an existing fame. 6:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 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 7:30 pm 10:00 pm Sephardic Minyan 7:30 pm Following Main Minyan 7:30 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.