Shabbos Parshas Behar - Bechukosai Shabbos Mevarchim Shabbos Chazak Iyar 23 -24 May 19 - 20
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B”H The Shul weekly magazine Weekly Magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin (OBM) and Ethel Sirotkin and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Shabbos Parshas Behar - Bechukosai Shabbos Mevarchim Shabbos Chazak Iyar 23 -24 May 19 - 20 CANDLE LIGHTING: 7:44 PM SHABBOS ENDS: 8:40 PM Rosh Chodesh Sivan Friday, May 26 Molad - New Moon Thursday, May 25 8:32 (12 chalakim) PM Over Tirty Six 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] The Shul Weekly Magazine Everything you need for every day of the week Contents Nachas At A Glance Weekly Message 3 The Shul’s Aleph Wondergirls. Learning Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar through crafts, games and fun. Celebrating Shabbos Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you 4 - 5 need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings 6 - 7 Sharing with your Shul Family Kiddush Bank 8 The investment with a guarenteed return A Time to Pray Check out all the davening schedules and locations 9 throughout the week Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 10-18 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 19-24 The full scoop on all the great events around town Meyer Youth Center 25-26 The full scoop on all the Youth events around town In a woman’s world 27 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman French Connection 28 Refexions sur la Paracha Latin Link 29 Refexion Semanal The Shul Hebrew School makes cheese cake The ABC’s of Aleph while learning about Shavuos Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 30 Networking Effective Advertising 31-32 Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul 33 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 34 The Shul Get The Picture 35-36 The full scoop on all the great events around town Quotable Quote Prayer is called by [thirteen] names: cry, howl, groan, stricture, song, prostration, encounter, judgment, entreaty, standing, appeal and beseeching Midrash Rabbah on Deuteronomy 3:23; Sifri ibid. Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Behar - Bechukosai the way of proper actions are called “movers”. It is that contradictory force Shabbos Mevarchim of negative tension that serves to thrust us forward much the same as the backward thrust of jet engines propel a plane forward or the drawing back he two portions Behar - of a rubber band pushes the projectile in the opposite direction. Only Bechukotai which are read in through exposure to limited, fnite, physical, material earthiness can one Ttandem this week, culminate achieve sublime heavenliness. the third book of the Torah. These two That is why our world is called a wedding party. Just as through marriage, concepts, Behar and Bechukotai, are representing love and physical contact do we release the power of eternal seemingly opposite, refecting two infnity represented by bearing children, so too do we achieve infnite, completely different perspectives in sublime holiness by our challenges in this coarse world. It is harnessing life. the physical world that captures these energies at the highest levels. Behar means mountain, representing The specifcally structured statutes of in-the-box behavior represented height, freedom, breaking out of by “Bechukotai” allow us to reach the “Behar” essential, beyond limits restrictions, and experiencing connection to Hashem. This is enormous gift of Divine contact with the heretofore inaccessible scenic “Infnite Light” that we achieve through our selfess commitment to vistas and ever widening horizons. Hashem’s Torah and Mitzvahs Bechukotai, which means statutes, represents limits, structures, in-the-box thinking, fniteness and regulations. The concept of a mountain conjures Have a good Shabbos and a great week. open space and attention to the more general encompassing aspects of life, whereas Bechukotai emphasizes attention to detail, specifcs, concentrated vision and contained spaces. Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar These portions come together at this critical time in preparation to the holiday of Shavuos and culminating the week of Lag B’Omer that emphasizes the integration and combined strength of both these perspectives in each of our lives. To Our Dear Community Members, There are different circumstances where it is necessary to operate in Baruch Hashem. We want to always maintain the Behar modality of general overarching perspectives and other times contact with you! when we need to function in the Bechukotai modality committing our attention and focused direction to the minutest details of Jewish law and When you celebrate one of life’s passages or living. Though this latter approach can be restrictive, it must be infused any joyful event, we would like to be aware by the Behar attitude which utilizes these details of seeming minuteness so we can wish you a mazel tov. When you to integrate into the heights, glory, beauty and crown of G-d Almighty Himself. confront an unsettling time of sadness, we wish to offer our help. The Shul organizes Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai states in the Zohar “this physical world from meals (for families with newborns and for which we move on is like a Hilula/wedding party”. The simple meaning of shiva homes), visits to hospital patients, and this statement is that this physical, material world is like a big celebration where we eat, drink, sleep, rejoice and have pleasure. The Alter Rebbe offers multi-faceted community activities. and his immediate successors translate this in a more classical way. “This physical, material world causes us to become movers”. It is the physicality We care about you and want to know what’s and limited perspective of our hedonistic environments that give us the going on in the lives of our Shul family opportunity to move to higher and more accomplished levels. members. Angels are referred to as “standing”. They cannot move or grow to higher Please share your news with us! levels since they face no challenges, nor experience any resistance to their given tasks and appointed missions. Humans however, who live in a Call Stacy at The Shul tension flled world often having to overcome many hurdles that stand in 305-868-1411 ext. 313 3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience The Lubavitcher Rebbe said, “Be scrupulous about saying the entire Weekly Riddle 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 Sponsored by the Duchman Family Questions: 1) IMount Sinai is referenced in the frst verse of the parsha. By what two other names is Mount Sinai known? Which two other mountains in the Torah are known by more than one name? Morah Malkie’s Elisheva Adouth's 2)In this parsha, what number appears four times in one verse? Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 3) In this parsha, which verse has six words in a row - all beginning with 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm the same Hebrew letter? Montessori Classrooom 2 Answers from last week: classrooom 2 1) A ritually impure person who purifes himself in a mikveh must wait for sunset to be considered completely pure (Leviticus 22:7). 2) A Kohen with a broken bone is disqualifed from serving in the Tabernacle (Leviticus 21:19). An animal with a broken bone cannot be brought as an offering (Leviticus 22:22). If someone breaks another Tehila's Basya's person’s bone, he must compensate the victim (Leviticus 24:20). Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 3) (1) A Kohen is allowed to become ritually impure upon the death of his seven close relatives (Leviticus 21:2-3 with Rashi). (2) This parsha 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm states the command to light the seven-branched menorah (Leviticus 24:4). Classrooom 4 RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Loebenstein any time over Shabbos. The Mendy's first child to give a correct answer to each of Sholom's Hebrew School the questions will win an INSTANT prize! Junior Boys Grades: 4th - 8th 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. Dani and Diana Shabbos Schedule Sragowicz in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Ariela Perel. Early Shabbos Minyan: 6:15p.m. Sefras Haomer - Count 3 Farbrengen This Week: Candle lighting p.m. The Shabbos Mevarchim Farbrengen is sponsored in honor Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5 p.m. of The Rebbe, the Leader of our generation, the Shluchim Hashkama Minyan recital of entire Tehillim 6:00 a.m. of the Rebbe and the supporters of the Shluchim. Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 15 a.m. Recital of the entire book of Tehillim 7:30 a.m. Shalosh Seudos This Week: Tanya / Hayom Yom 850 a.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Shacharis (Morning Services) 00 a.m. Children’s Programs 1000 a.m.