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WEEKLY BULLETIN APRIL 14TH, 2018 PARSHAT SHEMINI Page 588 פרשת שמיני-ת מברחים כ״ט ניסן תשע״ח - Document Title ShaareiPage Tefillah is the destination for families and individuals from diverse Jewish backgrounds who share a desire for strong Jewish values, relevant inspiration, personal growth and warm welcoming community! This week Shaarei Tefillah was given, for the first time, the honour of hosting the official community wide Yom Ha’Shoah V’Hagevurah Commemoration. The SHABBAT MEVARCHIM 600+ people in attendance, comprised of survivors, their families, children, SHABBAT SHALOM couples, community dignitaries, elected officials, and of course many of our members, all experienced an evening of tremendous emotion, mourning, and meaning. There was an immeasurable sense of warmth and community that FRIDAY NIGHT permeated throughout, one that will stay with me for a long time. MINCHA 6:25PM Allow me to share with you the remarks with which I welcomed everyone that EARLY CANDLE LIGHTING 6:35PM evening, because I believe they speak to our values, vision, and purpose. CANDLE LIGHTING 7:40PM “I’d like to welcome you all here and thank you for joining us on this important SHABBAT evening for the community’s Yom Hashoah V’Hagevurah Holocaust Remembrance commemoration. DAF YOMI 8:00AM In this week’s Torah portion, there is a chilling silence. Aharon HaCohen, lover MORNING SERVICES 9:00AM and pursuer of peace, tragically loses two of his sons. How does he respond? BREAKAWAY w/R’LIPNER 10:20AM Vayidom Aharon – Aharon was silent. For what could he say? No words could express the torment, the inner conflict, the challenge of faith, the pain, and the PIRKEI AVOT 7:00PM loss. And so, he was silent. MINCHA followed by 7:30PM But silence is not necessarily silent. The grand Chasidic Master, the Kotzker Rebbe, once insightfully expressed that the loudest silence is that of a MAARIV/HAVDALAH 8:44PM screaming silence. A deafening silence. WEEKLY DAVENING TIMES We hear that deafening silence all too clearly. It is the silence of the 6 million WEEKLY MINCHA 6:25PM kedoshim who no longer have a voice, and it is the silence of all of us, all of humanity, who do not have the words to capture our thoughts and our feelingsbecause those words do not exist in our language or any language SUNDAY –ROSH CHODESH IYAR-FIRST DAY other than a language of silence. A loud silence. DAF YOMI 7:15AM However, there comes a time when silence must turn into speech. SHACHARIT 8:15AM B’reshut, with permission of our dear survivors, those that we are blessed to MONDAY–ROSH CHODESH IYAR-SECOND DAY have with us here tonight, those that are at the various Yom HaShoah commemorations throughout the city, and globe, those survivors that are sadly DAF YOMI 6:10AM no longer with us, and of course for the souls of our beloved 6 million whose SHACHARIT 6:10/7:10AM memories we continue to honour, this evening, we come together to speak. To honour. To remember. To never forget. To commemorate. TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY However, the way Jews commemorate must always be with 2 other “C” words. DAF YOMI 6:30AM SHACHARIT 6:30/7:30 AM The first one being Community. THURSDAY I have always been passionate about the tagline of our Shaarei Tefillah Congregation “Community Inspired Judaism”, which expresses that it is not our DAF YOMI 6:30AM Judaism that inspires our community, as much as it is our coming together as a community that inspires our Judaism – and therefore there is no greater honour SHACHARIT 6:30 / 7:20AM to our past, than by joining together as one community, men and women, young and old, left and right. FRIDAY As well, for As well, 15 years and up until tonight, the Jewish community of DAF YOMI 6:30AM Toronto has hosted two wonderful but separate Yom HaShoah events- one that SHACHARIT 6:30 / 7:30AM was the UJA’s Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education center commemoration and another that was highlighted by the reading of Megillat MINCHA 6:30PM HaShoah. This year, we have joined together, as one united community to EARLY CANDLE LIGHTING 6:41PM incorporate both programs into one, a remarkable achievement. We give honour by strengthening our community. By strengthening our unity. (turn CANDLE LIGHTING 7:49PM page) HaRav Rafael Lipner, Rabbi HaRav Moshe Stern, Rabbi Emeritus YASHER KOACH & ANNOUNCEMENTS To Richard & Jennifer Goldhar on the birth announcement of a baby boy. Proud siblings are Jack and Samuel . To Goldie Bellack on becoming a great grandmother to a grandson. Proud parents are Aviad & Chani Kubayov. Parsha Sheet is generously sponsored by Melvyn & Elka Pelt in loving memory of Elka’s grandmother, Rose Abramsky A”H; an Edenbridgo, Saskatchewan pioneer whose yahrzeit will be bserved on the 4th of Iyar. May her neshama have an aliyah. Congregational Kiddush and Seudah Shlishit are generously sponsored by Jeff Kulbak , Victor, Vanessa, Olivia, Austin and Aaron Miller in observance of the yahrzeit of Trisha Kulbak A”H whose yahrzeit occurred on the 22nd of Nisan; Norma Kulbak A”H whose yahrzeit will be observed on the 30th of Nisan, and Martin Kulbak A”H whose yahrzeit will be observed on the 2nd of Iyar. May their neshamot have an aliyah. Seudah Shlishit is generously sponsored by Gord Lindsay and Carol Lindsay in loving memory of their father Max Lindsay A”H (Mordechai ben Zvi Hersh) whose yahrzeit will be observed on the 3rd of Iyar. May his neshama have an aliyah. But we give honour by not only expressing our unity, but also by ensuring another integral “c”, our Continuity. The challenge that we are all well aware of, one about which I sang each of the 3 times I was privileged to go on the March of the Living, is that “memories, as they grow older, tend to grow colder,” and then are in danger of disappearing. We cannot let that happen. Jewish Continuity of our past is the key challenge we face moving forward. But our tradition teaches us how to address that as well. On Pesach ,we were commanded to tell over the story of our exodus from Egypt– in the form of the Hagaddah. That word – Hagaddah -comes from the Torah injunction of: v’higadita lvincha bayom hahu leymor – you should tell it to your children on that dayleymor, to say. The question is asked why does it need to add the words “to say”? The sentence could have just read “and tell the story to your children.” However, our sages realized that the goal and the fulfillment of the commandment to tell the story is only successful when we are confident that the story will then be told over by those children as well, and their generations following. I believe this holds true for the memory of the Shoah as well. That is why this evening the choirs are choirs made up of children, and the readings are by many of our children, grandchildren, and our youngest presenter tonight, is a 4 th generation member of our shul, a great grandchild of survivors, who are also with us this evening. We stand at a time when we have to do all in our power to ensure that our history is something that our future is committed to remembering. To quote Rabbi Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the Commonwealth, “For when Jews remember, we do so for the future, the place where, if we are faithful to it, the past never dies!” And that is why nights like these are important: together as a community, ensuring the continuity – in order to honour, to remember, and to never forget. For that is, this is, the story of our eternal Jewish people.” May we come together for times of joy and celebration, and see a time when peace prevails for all, with the coming of Moshiach, speedily, in our days. Ani Ma’amin! Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Lipner WEEKLY CLASSES YAHRZEITS FOR THE WEEK Deceased Name Relationship Member’s Name MONDAYS 10:00AM-11:00AM –Social Hall Kenneth (Kalman) Miller Son Mr. Harold Miller Rabbi Shlomie Schwartz "What Do I Get Out of Doing That?" An out -of-the-box Yocov ben Avictor Blum Father Mrs. Ariella Samson interrogation of Jewish practices with the goal of composing a guidebook. Sol Singer Brother Mrs. Goldie Bellack Chaim Elia ben Hirsh Ber Mrs. Leanda 11:30AM-12:30PM-Social Hall Chemel Father Rosenblitt Rebbetzin Shira Lipner In depth text based study of women in Tanach. Neil David Berman Father Mrs. Ayala Beck 8:30 PM- Apter Hall Becky Shore Mother Mr. Alan Shore Rabbi Joel Markin Talmud Class: Last Perek of Pesachim Norma Kulbak Mother Mr. Jeff Kulbak THURSDAY Martin Kulbak Father Mr. Jeff Kulbak 9:00AM-Social Hall Rabbi Lipner Rose Tuch Mother Mrs. Mena Shupak Please note: All Parsha Sheet submissions and Shabbat sponsorships must be submitted to the office by Wednesday to be included. .

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