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The Shul B”H weekly magazine Weekly Magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin (OBM) and Ethel Sirotkin and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Shabbos Parshas Vayakhel Shabbos Shekalim Shabbos Mevarchim Adar-1 24 - 25 March 4 -5 Candle Lighting: 6:06 pm Shabbos Ends: 6:59 pm Rosh Chodesh Adar 2 Thursday - Friday March 10 - 11 Molad - New Moon Tuesday March 8, 9:31 (15 chalakim) PM Cover Image: The Rebbe on the large screen at times square during the cteen havdallah concert with more than 2000 teens from around the world Over Thirty 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] 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 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 Kiddush Bank 9 The investment with a guarenteed return Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 10-15 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 16-22 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 Latin Link 25 Networking 26-28 Effective Advertising Numbers To Know 29 Contacts at The Shul Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 30 The Shul Community Nachas 31 A peek at recent happenings Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town 32 Quotable Quote . ) Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Vayakhel . /# Jews are eternal – for a short period they can be suspended from his Shabbat we bless the new Divine grace, but as G-d is eternal so is Israel. month of Adar II which will Tbegin next Thursday night. When Blessing one month of Adar from another month of Adar as we With its central motif, Purim, Adar do this year, we bring additional powerful and joyous opportunities stands out among all months as for all that is glorious for the children of Israel. a month of good fortune, special blessings, Divine Providence, light, Have a great Shabbos and a good week. joy, jubilation, honor and salvation. The Talmud relates that when Haman drew his lottery and it fell Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar on this month he was joyful as it was in this month that Moses, our Rebbe, passed on. Why was Haman so happy that Adar was the Awake at Night month of his planned holocaust? There are other months that are Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, more representative of Jewish misfortune, destruction and fall from grace i.e. Tammuz, when many calamities befell the Jewish people Rabbi M. M. Schneerson and Av when the Temples were destroyed and multiple misfortunes occurred. Just as you learn to walk by Haman was evil but not uninformed. He knew that no matter what challenges threaten the Jewish people, even when they are falling down, so you learn to be distant from G-dliness they can pray, petition and beseech, and G-d averts the decree. So was it in Tammuz with the breaking of the awake by groping in the dark. said “I forgive you as you ask” and gave them the second set of tablets. After the destruction of the temple in Av the children of Israel repented and a second temple was built recognizing G-d’s continued benevolence and presence among Israel. When there is no support, no light Regarding Moses however, we learn in the Torah that G-d’s refusal to guide you, when you are all on to allow him into Israel could not be erased even after long and intense prayers and beseeching. After 515 prayers of heartfelt our own, that is your opportunity pleadings G-d tells Moses to stop praying because it won’t help. This is what Haman latched upon. Adar represented a month when to become truly awake. the savior of Israel’s prayers went unanswered and his passing energized this wicked despot to expect G-d’s indifference to His children’s cries and pleas. That is why he was overjoyed. The Talmud further states that this evil one did not know that in the Truly awake—not because the day same month, on the same day – 7 Adar, the savior of Israel was born. He did not know that Moses birth overshadowed and neutralized is here, but because you are here. his seeming death. Since Tzaddikim don’t die, they just move into a spiritual space where they continue to beseech on behalf of 3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Shabbos Mevarchim Tehillim Club Torah Quiz The Lubavitcher Rebbe said, “Be scrupulous about saying the entire 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. Who was one of the youngest teachers in history? (Ohr Hachaim, Shach) Morah Malkie’s Yakira Leah’s Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls 2. Which seven years didn’t Shlomo Hamelech drink wine and why? Ages: 1 - 3 Ages: 4 - 6 (Vayikra Rabbah 12:5) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 3. What did the Queen Hilny donate to the Beis Hamikdash and what Montessori Classrooom 2 was it used for? (Yoma 3:10) classrooom 2 Last Week’s Answers: 1. A special radiance emanated from Moshe Rabbeinu. Chazal actually compare Moshe Rabbeinu and Yaakov Avinu to the sun. Rav Yochanan and Rav Masya Ben Charash are two Rabbis mentioned by Chazal who had a glowing aura upon them as well. We can all possess a special Itty’s Rochelle’s radiance to some degree, as Shlomo Hamelech writes: “The wisdom Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls of a person lights up his face (Koheles 8-1).” Grades: 2nd - 5th Grades: 6th - 8th 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Chillul HaShem that the Eigel caused. When Moshe realized that, he immediately crushed the Eigel, ground it into powder, and punished Classrooom 1 all the perpetrators. 3. The two Luchos should remind us of the two worlds: Olam Hazeh and Olam Habah. It also symbolizes the two types of Mitzvahs, Bain Adam La’Makom - between HaShem and us, and Bain Adam Lechaveiro - between our fellow men and us. Mendel’s Sholom’s Junior Boys Hebrew School Ages: 4 - 8 Grades: 4th - 8th Prizes kindly sponsored by 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm the Goldczer Family Montessori 3 in loving Memory of Aryeh Leib ben Zev Volf obm Mishnayos Ba’al Peh Shaykee’s Debbie’s Yosef’s After Mincha Davening With Dad Teen Girls Teen Boys Montessori 3 Grades: 9th - 12th GREAT PRIZES!!! Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Prizes kindly sponsored by the 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Goldczer family in loving memory of Teen Girls Room Aryeh Leib ben Zev Volf Obm Classroom 1 Haime Library 4 Celebrating Shabbos Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Kiddush This Week: SShabboshabbos SSchedulechedule Kiddush this week is sponsored by David Leon Rubinsohn and Fernanda Murachovsky In honor of their upcoming wedding and co-sponsored by the Hirsch family in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Candle lilightingghting 66:06:06 p.m. IIosef.osefe . 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