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Shabbat Shalom from Cyberspace APRIL 24-25, 2015 6 IYAR 5775 Shabbat Shalom from Cyberspace APRIL 24-25, 2015 6 IYAR 5775 SHABBAT SHALOM FROM CYBERSPACE TAZRIA-MESORA Haftarah: Melachim II 7:3-20 APRIL 24-25, 2015 6 IYAR 5775 - DAY 21 OF THE OMER DEDICATIONS: In memory of our great grandmother Farha Aziza Bibi Friends – We need assistance a commitment for Friday nights – At your request, we will begin at 7PM and we will strive to complete services before 8PM Candle lighting Friday evening April 17 at 7:25 p.m. Mincha at 7:00, Shir HaShirim 6:45 SHABBAT: Morning Perasha Class with Rav Aharon at 8:00 SHAHARIT at 8:30AM – Shema this week 8:43 Bobby and Hindy Mizrahi are sponsoring the kiddush to commemorate the Yahrzeit of Bobby’s father BenZion and in honor of Mathew’s birthday – Abal 120 Happy and Healthy years . Please sponsor a Kiddush or Seudah Shelishi or breakfast in memory or in honor of a loved one. Our weekly Kiddush will be subject to sponsorship. We would love to see the sponsorship board filled. Dairy Kiddush sponsorship will be $300, $400 for Deluxe and $ 500 for Super Deluxe Meat Kiddush sponsorship will be $400, $600 for Deluxe and $1000 for Super Deluxe Seuda Shelishi at $100 for the class each week. And Sunday and weekday breakfasts are $100 ea Shabbat Morning Children's Program 10:30 - 11:30 with Jennifer Ages 2-5 - in the Playroom/ Girls Ages 6-12 - In the Upstairs Library / Treats, Games, Stories, Prayers and Fun! Children’s afternoon program with the Bach at Sephardic April and May at 4:30 PM Ladies Class at the Lembergers at 5:30 Class with Rav Aharon 6:25 PM - Mincha 6:55 PM Seudah Shelish at 7:25 PM - Birkat haMazon 8:05PM Arbit at 8:10 PM - Shabbat Ends at 8:25 DAILY MINYAN – Sunday followed by breakfast and class 8:00AM Monday , Thursday 6:55, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:00AM Sunday evening – Mincha and Arbit at 7:25 PM MAY 8 – Friday Night – Sheva Berachot Dinner at the Synagogue in honor of Rina and Danny $20 per person $15 per child 12 and under No charge for children 5 and under Reservations and payment must be received by Sunday, May 3rd RSVP to Rebecca 516-698-2863 or [email protected] IN addition Danny and Rina would like to invite the community to join them for Kabbalat Panim and Chuppah Thursday, May 7 at 5:30pm. Temple Israel – 305 Riverside Blvd The Sephardic Congregation of Long Beach will be hosting Chana Frumin, M.S.W. and the Director of the Jerusalem Narrative Therapy Institute (www.jnti.net) in Israel. Chana is an international teacher of beginning and advanced topics in narrative therapy practice with over 30 years of experience. Chana has taught experiential workshops in South Africa, Denmark, England, Israel, Australia, Canada and the US. One Day Intensive Workshop in Marriage Therapy Techniques - Skill Building Course for those Advising/Counseling Couples Sunday May 10th 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Shortcuts to Shalom Bayit - How to Make Any Marriage Better - Experiential Couples Workshop 1 Monday May 11th 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM YOUR VOTE CAN BE WORTH MILLIONS! Only 5 days left LAST CHANCE APRIL TO MAKE THE SEPHARDIC VOICE COUNT VOTE NOW WORLD SEPHARDIC ZIONIST ORGANIZATION - OHAVEI ZION (SLATE #5) WWW.WSZO.ORG Make YOUR VOICE HEARD and VOTE NOW Contact us: [email protected] Facebook: World Sephardic Zionist Organization Twitter: Ohavei_Zion To learn more go to www.OhaveiZion.com Youtube: Ohavei Zion ohavei zion World Sephardic Zionist Organization Shabbat Shalom from Cyberspace APRIL 24-25, 2015 6 IYAR 5775 Editors Notes through the voting process. Why haven’t we done the Many of you have been emailing me and asking me same? how we are doing with the Zionist Congress elections. The answer is that I have no idea. With The good news is that they have done that and only one weekend left to vote, only about 40,000 perhaps all that will have made a huge impact on the votes have been cast in total. This means that had election and hopefully we will have enough votes to only 5000 families in our community all voted, we make us an important part of a religious coalition. But would have controlled the final coalition. Additionally that won’t happen if we don’t vote. This is our chance there are about 4000 people registered who have not for a seat at the table,. This is our chance to have a voted. I fear that many of those are from the 1000 Sephardic Voice for the first time in the history of the plus people who originally registered in support of World Jewish Congress. If you have not voted, then Ohavei Zion Sephardic Zionist party, but who may vote. If you havevoted than make sure everyone you have never voted. That might be you. Please check know and everyone on your email list votes. your inbox for emails from AZM and please make sure to vote. The window of opportunity is closing rapidly. To vote, please visit https://www.myvoteourisrael.com/ and We owe tremendous Hakarat HaTov to many cast your vote for us - World Sephardic Zionist community members and if I had to mention one, I Organization – Ohavei Zion. Its time we had a seat would say we should all thank Maurice Hedaya. and its time we had a voice …. Sadly though, most of our rabbinate, our schools and our institutions, those who would benefit the most PS …. I repeated trhe following Torah Thought that from the hundreds of millions in funds we seek to was posted in the Bnei Yitzhak email this morning at control have been silent. the Safra Synagogue in Manhattan. It’s a very short and very beautiful message. While the reform Temples and left wing organizations have been mobilizing and pushing their supporters to In large part, our Parashah deals with the issue of vote and to galvanize others to vote, what have we Tzara’at, an unusual form of skin disease. done? They promise to fight for this money to go to Substantial print is spent describing it’s different support an egalitarian Judaism of interfaith, female forms, diagnoses, and methods of “cure.” Given that and transgender rabbis. They want to continue to we do not experience this type of malady in steer funding towards promoting interfaith clergy, contemporary times, one might be tempted to dismiss changing the definition of who is a Jew and studying it as irrelevant, a “thing of the past” that has no transgender Jews. Their leaders are the same people message for us. That approach, ironically, might be who promote boycotting of Israeli products from superficial. Yehuda and Shomron. They want this education money to continue to teach kids that its OK to Probably the most crucial point the Torah makes intermarry, that Halacha has no bearing on Judaism about Tzara’at is that in both its diagnosis and its and that the Torah is not Divine in origin. And if you remedy, the Kohen plays a leading role. Essentially, think their efforts will not affect our children, you are appearance of Tzara’at in a person’s life, in one of wrong. You must vote simply to make sure that they many forms, would drive a person to the Mikdash to will not control this funding and to limit their influence seek the guidance and assistance of a trained on the Israeli government and state. Remember that professional. Inherent in this process is a simple but this Congress represents worldwide Jewry and when crucial value that should not be taken lightly. There it speaks, all of Israel listens. are problems people face that they cannot and should not handle alone. Not only is it wise to seek At the same time we see that the support we hoped sage counsel, it is the moral and right thing to do. to get from our Rabbis, our institutions and our leaders has been given to the Religious Zionist slate The America we live in was, in many ways, by their supporters. Pretty much every Ashkenaz established upon the principle of “Rugged synagogue, yeshiva, community center and Individualism,” which, in part, celebrates the organization has been emailing day after day to their individual who needs no one else. In reality, as our constituency to vote. I sometimes get four different Parashah teaches, no such individual exists. We are emails in a day. Why have our organizations been so all largely dependent upon others. There are times apathetic? Their rabbis speak week after week from when each person needs the sage advice of a more the pulpit begging people to vote. Why haven’t our experienced and/or knowledgeable person. This is rabbis done the same? They end classes asking true in all facets of life and particularly true when it people to take out their phones and guiding them comes to Torah living. Shabbat Shalom, David Bibi 2 Shabbat Shalom from Cyberspace APRIL 24-25, 2015 6 IYAR 5775 Summary of The Weekly Torah Reading by Onset, Massachusetts. At one point in the game, Rav NATHAN I DWECK Aharon turned to me and said, “It is not ethical to play just offense and not defense.” Although his comment Tazria - Laws of Identifying Tsaraat was tongue-in-cheek, it reflected his forethought and 1- Toomah by a women who gives birth, Identifying seriousness with which he undertook his every Tsaraat on the skin known as baheret action. 2- Identifying tsaraat on the skin known as Seit 3- Shechin- Tsarat resulting from a blow When I came to know him, Rav Aharon was already 4- Michvat Esh- Tsarat resulting from a burn the Rosh Kollel of RIETS, but he still attended the 5- Netek- One who has tsaraat on a place of hair Rav’s shiur.
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