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B”H THEWEEKLY MAGAZINE SHUL SPONSORED BY MR. & MRS. MARTIN (OBM) AND ETHEL SIROTKIN & DR. & MRS. SHMUEL AND EVELYN KATZ ROSH HASHANA TISHREI 1-2 SEPTEMBER 18 - 20 CANDLE LIGHTING 1ST NIGHT: 7:03 PM CANDLE LIGHTING 2ND NIGHT: AFTER 7:54 PM (from pre-existing flame) YOM TOV : 7:53 PM WISHING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SWEET NEW YEAR! The Shul - Chabad Lubavitch - An institution of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem M. Schneerson (May his merit shield us) Over Thirty five 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.TheShul.org Email: [email protected] www.theshulpreschool.org www.cyscollege.org THE SHUL WEEKLY MAGAZINE EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK NACHAS AT A GLANCE NACHAS AT A GLANCE CONTENTS Weekly Message: 3 The Shul Hebrew School began their exciting Thoughts on the Parsha - Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Celebrating Shabbos: 4 - 5 “Bringing it home” program this week. Schedules, classes, articles & more... Everything Packages were delivered to every child you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings: 6 -7 and they learned about Rosh Hashana and Sharing with your Shul Family Tashlich with exciting activities, and EVEN A Time to Pray: 8 Check out all the davening schedules and over zoom they all made their own locations throughout the week Honey cake Daily Study: 9 A complete guide to all classes and courses ofered at The Shul Inspiration, Insights & Ideas: 10 - 20 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 21 - 22 The full scoop on all the great events around town In a Woman’s World 23 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman French Connection 24 Reflexions sur la Paracha Latin Link 25 Reflexion Semanal Numbers To Know 26 Contacts at The Shul Get The Picture 27 - 28 The full scoop on all the great events around town ROSH HASHANA MESSAGE FROM THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE - RABBI MENACHEM M. SCHNEERSOHN WHEN DO WE CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR? By the Grace of G-d level of human quality. First Day of Selichoth 5713 [September 6, 1953] Rosh Hashanah, and the Ten Days Brooklyn, N. Y. of Repentance introducing the new year, is the time for self evaluation To my brethren, everywhere and mature reflection on the profound G-d bless you all lessons of these solemn days: Greeting and Blessing: Just as the world, all the world, begins its true existence, an existence On the threshold of the New Year, may befitting the purpose of its creation, it bring blessings to us all, I send you from the day Man was created, who my prayerful wishes for a good and immediately after coming to life pleasant year, materially and spiritually. proclaimed the sovereignty of the Creator to all the universe: “Come, let Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of us worship, let us bow down and kneel a new year – 5714 – since the Creation, before G-d our Maker” inspiring the a new date in the cycle of time, and whole universe with this call (Zohar everyone hopes and prays that it will I, 221b; Pirkei d’Rabbi Elazar, ch. 11), also be the beginning of a new era in one’s personal life, one thereby making all the universe an abode for the Divine that is “good and sweet” materially and spiritually. Presence and carrying out the inner purpose of the Creation. It is significant that the anniversary of the Creation is not So each and every individual must realize that his whole celebrated on the first day of Creation, but on the sixth, the essence and purpose consists in the predominance of the day when Man was created. Although all other living things true human element of his being and the ‘humanization’ of making up our vast universe – the inanimate, vegetable and the inanimate, vegetable and animal parts of which he is living creatures – preceded the creation of Man, as is related composed. It is not enough, not enough at all, if part of his in the Torah, in the first chapter of Genesis, nevertheless it is time and effort correspond to the behavior of a true human on the anniversary of Man’s creation that we celebrate Rosh being; it is absolutely necessary that the ‘man’ should Hashanah, and on this day we say, “This is the day of the inspire, sublimate, elevate and sanctify all his component beginning of Thy works!” parts, including the animal, vegetable and inanimate, in order that they too, respond to the call, “Come, let us worship, Herein lies a profound lesson for every one of us: let us bow down and kneel before G-d, our Maker.” Such a life in accordance with the commands of the Creator, a life Man, the microcosm (‘small world’) contains within him all the in accordance with the Torah and Mitzvoth which G-d, our ‘Four Kingdoms’ into which the macrocosm, the universe at Maker, has given us, and only such a life, justifies one’s own large, is divided. In the course of his life man passes through existence, and justifies thereby also the Creation. the stages of inanimate, vegetable and animated existence until he reaches maturity and begins to live a rational and With the traditional blessing of Kesivo VaChasimo Toivo [to spiritual life of a human being. Even then, in his daily life, he be inscribed and sealed for a good year] may experience a varied existence, as reflected in his deeds and actions: Part of the time he may be regarded in the I remain category of the inanimate; at other times he may vegetate, or live an animated existence; but a true human being he is Cordially yours, when his activities give evidence of his intellect and spiritual qualities. Moreover, the name ‘man’ is justified only then, Menachem M. Schneerson when also those areas of one’s life and activities which correspond to the animal, vegetable and even inanimate ‘kingdoms’ are sublimated, elevated and sanctified to the 3 THOUGHTS ON THE PARSHA FROM RABBI SHOLOM LIPSKAR ROSH HASHANA verything is by Divine Providence. It’s time to get out of the doldrums and know that As I was prepared this year will be one of Hashem showing us in a Eto write my weekly revealed manner that He loves us and will bring us column especially on the best, healthiest, peaceful, prosperous and joyous this last day of 5780, year ever. I was made aware of a talk the Rebbe gave let’s get ready for a true redemption spiritually and in 5751 / 1991 which materially, as we are all inscribed and sealed for the radically transformed my sweetest year. approach to 5781. We send our love on behalf of the entire Shul team. 1991 was a difficult time, the Gulf war pending and about to erupt, sabre rattling was the pronounced sound in the world as we faced scud missiles, gas masks, and maniacal forces cast a state of fear and a sense of insecurity over the entire globe. Our Holy land Israel was in the crosshairs of the mortal enemy’s sights. Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar As the Rebbe often related to given years by their Hebrew acronym, 5751 was known as “the year of He . תהא שנת אראנו נפלאות”revealed wonders predicted a year of amazing miracles and they came to pass. Israel, the Rebbe said, was the safest place in the world. And so it was – no scuds, no gas masks, America’s decisive victory and the transformation from dismal outlook and expectation to a positive reality. תשפאThen the Rebbe segued into the acronym for 81 in 5781) which based on grammatical etymology, textual verses, Kabalistic and Chasidic insights, can mean and refer to diminishment, negativity, anger, disconnect, and the very abyss in the darkness of exile. This refers to the dark and challenging state that the world finds itself in now, with clouds of doubt hovering over every aspect of so many lives. for 81 – – Af – also means אף The same acronym addition, increase, more, higher, better – and the portent of the ultimate redemption. תהא שנת We should ger ready for the real 5781 the year of revealed wonderous“ – פלאות אראנו miracles”. 4 THE MONTH OF TISHREI EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE HIGH HOLIDAYS YOM TOV SCHEDULE Holiday Ends/Havdala 7:53 PM Tzom Gedalia - Monday, Sept. 21 Fast Begins: 5:57 am Fast Ends at 7:41 pm Shabbos Shuva - Friday, September 25 Candle Lighting 6:55 PM Mincha 6:55 pm Evening Services: 7:25 pm Rosh Hashanah Eve - Friday, Sept. 18 Shabbos Shuva - Shabbos September 26 Candle Lighting 7:03 pm Morning Services: 9:00 am Mincha 7:05 PM Mincha 6:50 pm Shabbat Ends at 7:46 pm Maariv 7:45 PM B”H Rosh Hashanah 1st Day - Saturday, Sept. 19 Morning Services: 6:30 am KAPOROS 8:00 am Erev Yom Kippur September 24 & 27 9:00 am (Sephardic) Please Text (786) 520-6590 to reserve 11:00 am ​ ​ or email [email protected] Mincha 7:00 pm Web: miamikaporos.squarespace.com to guarantee your chicken/s Evening Services: 7:50 pm All Orders Must be Prepaid Candle lighting After 7:54 PM (from existing fame) Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day - Sunday, September 20 The Shul of Bal Harbour Morning Services: 6:30 am 9540 Collins Avenue 8:00 am Thursday, September. 24 6:00 pm - 8:00p m Shechitah will be taking place later at Landow Yeshivah 9:00 am (Sephardic) 11:00 am Landow Yeshivah Shofar Sounding: 8:00 am 1140 Alton Rd, Miami Beach Thursday, September.
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    ב“ה An inspiring story for your Shabbos table ערב פסח, י‘‘ד ניסן, תשע״ט Erev Pesach, April 19, 2019 HERE’S Issue 327 my STORY THE DRINK Generously OF HIS LIFE sponsored by the MR. MENASHE JANASHVILLI or two years, from 1973 to 1975, I was privileged to study — along with a group of young Georgian FJews who had immigrated to Israel — at Tomchei Temimim yeshivah in Brooklyn, not far from the Chabad Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway. Some years earlier, the Rebbe had sent his emissaries to Soviet Georgia to support the Jews living there, and then when these Jews immigrated to Israel, they settled in Chabad neighborhoods and studied in Chabad yeshivahs. But because of the hardships of earning a living at that time, there was a high dropout rate, and many students left yeshivah as teenagers in order to go to work. To remedy this, we were invited to come study close to the Rebbe for a few years. I was just fourteen at the time and being so far away from my family was very hard on me, but I must say that we were well taken care of. We felt that the Rebbe was personally interested in us; this was evident in the special But the Rebbe said again, “Send this wine to your father.” attention he showed to our group. He saw in us the future Now, I started to worry. What was going on? Was of the Georgian community, and we felt his love and care. something wrong with my father? Every Shabbat we would come to the Rebbe at 770, as well The Rebbe saw the confused look on my face, and he said as for every farbrengen.
  • The Chabad Lubavitch Movement: Filling the Jewish Vacuum Worldwide

    The Chabad Lubavitch Movement: Filling the Jewish Vacuum Worldwide

    www.jcpa.org No. 3 15 December 2005 / 14 Cheshvan 5766 The Chabad Lubavitch Movement: Filling the Jewish Vacuum Worldwide An Interview with Samuel Heilman The influence of the Chabad Lubavitch movement in the Jewish world has greatly increased over the past decades. The seventh Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), who died without a successor - and is considered by part of the Chabad Hasidim as the Messiah - was in the 1950s at the origins of the present international outreach campaign. The willingness of a substantial number of Chabad Hasidim to travel and live in places with few or no other Orthodox Jews has been a decisive factor in the movement's success. Chabad has brought Hasidism and Orthodox Jewish practice into the public square and also into the mainstream consciousness of world Jewry. Chabad zeroes in on crucial areas in the life cycle, including childcare centers, nursery schools, and college campuses, as well as public practice of Judaism, particularly Chanukah candle-lighting but also Sabbath candle-lighting for women and the donning of tefillin (phylacteries) by adult men. Chabad's messianic approach has come under severe criticism. Yet as more established groups of Orthodoxy feel insecure and do not have adherents willing to dedicate their lives to missionary activity, they are reluctant to alienate Chabad on which they may depend in certain locations and situations. An Increasing Influence The influence of the Chabad Lubavitch movement in the Jewish world has greatly increased over the past decades. Samuel Heilman, Harold Proshansky Chair in Jewish Studies at the Graduate Center and Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Queens College of the City University of New York, says that the willingness of a substantial number of Chabad Hasidim to travel and live in places with few or no other Orthodox Jews has been the decisive factor in the movement's success.