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Shabbos Parshas Miketz Shabbos Chanukah Shabbos Mevarchim Kislev 27 - 28 December 15 - 16 CANDLE LIGHTING: 5:14 pm Shabbos Ends: 6:09 pm

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Te Shul - Chabad Lubavitch - An institution of Te Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem M. Schneerson (May his merit shield us) Over Tirty 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

The Maccabees are back in town. Visiting Hebrew School homes Weekly Message 3 Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar every evening of Chanukah and celebrating with the families.

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 Kiddush Bank 8 The investment with a guarenteed return

A Time to Pray 9 Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week The Shul girls travel in style. They danced their way to the Jewish Heritage night Game in a party bus. Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 10-16 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE

Get The Picture 17-25 The full scoop on all the great events around town

French Connection 26 Refexions sur la Paracha

Latin Link 27 Refexion Semanal

In a woman’s world 28 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman

The ABC’s of Aleph 29 Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments.

Networking 30-32 Effective Advertising

Numbers To Know 33 Contacts at The Shul 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 Rabbi Sholom Lipskar and Rabbi Mendy Katz representing Aleph Institute together with Head of security Mr. Bill Zaiser and Mr. Shaya Geblikian at a Menorah Lighting Ceremony at Southern Command Quotable Quote

Any generation in whose days the Holy Temple is not rebuilt, it is as if they had destroyed it.

– Jerusalem Talmud, Yoma 1:1 Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Shabbos Parshas Miketz town, proclaiming a message of brotherhood, fraternity and integration. Shabbos Chanukah As we are in somewhat of a dark time internationally, with all kinds of threats hanukah is all about light. In fact, hanging over the Middle East and other parts of the world, we bring a sense the frst thing that G-d created of normalcy and optimism that is emphasized by the lights of Chanukah and Cwas light, not illumination as we the incredible message of the Menorah. know it - since the sun was created on Our Shul community distributed more than 1000 menorahs to those who the fourth day - but the energy, force, do not have one in their homes or offces to bring light into their private power and light that is at the origin of spaces. This is another one of our important projects that represents the our creative process. unity of the Jewish people and our commitment to make the world a better Both applied and theoretical physics and holier place. determine categorically that at the We thank every single member of our community and all of our extraordinary origin of all being is a fundamental staff that makes this possible and allows this to take place in a very positive atomic energy that includes electro and effective manner. May the lights of Chanukah continue to bring all that magnetic forces that are a combination they represent not only for this particular Holiday, but for the entire year of atoms, electrons, protons, eons and, and our entire life, as we light up the world with G-dly warmth, light and at their very essence, the G-d particle positive effect. (Higg’s boson). These are creative forces of energy that pulsate with the need to The following simple story represents this incredible concept: expand, create and bring into kinetic being that which is in its potential state. The fundamental objective and purpose of light is to eradicate darkness It was a chilly night in 1984 towards the end of December and our giant and non-presence and bring into our obvious reality positive elements that 15 foot Menorah stood in the center of Bal Harbour Square, the only Jewish are good and bring beneft to our universe. symbol in an otherwise very brightly lit environment, adorned with holiday lights representing other religious factions. Right next to the Menorah was That is truly the message of Chanukah, a holiday which is unique in that an overwhelming giant 35 foot evergreen tree adorned with thousands of we are obligated to bring the Chanukah lights into the public realm. On brightly lit fashing lights and a very bright star at the tip of this tree. Around Chanukah we are directed to publicize the miracle and make certain that us, the world famous Bal Harbour shops and the Sheraton Bal Harbour were everyone in the world recognizes the signifcance of the miracle of the also aglow with holiday lights. Up and down the wide Boulevard, every Menorah. street pole and streetlight was covered with bright green, red and white lights with beautiful large candles topped with red lights. Our Menorah All other holidays are celebrated in our own personal space. Even when almost went unnoticed in this massive array of dazzling lights. we dance in the street on Simchat Torah it is merely a bursting of joy that emanates from our Shul into the adjoining street. On Chanukah we actually A number of the participants in the Menorah lighting ceremony commented initially light the Menorah in the streets and public places. Wherever one about how seemingly insignifcant we were. Of course, I explained about travels in the world, from Alaska to Chile, from Australia to Hawaii, from the eternity of our lights and the deep meaning of what the Menorah north to south, east to west, in every geographic environment one can see represented. At the same time that natural reality and environment spoke the Menorah bringing light to that space and proclaiming to everyone that differently. That night at about 8:30 PM there was an electrical blackout goodness prevails. The few can overcome even mighty contrarian forces, the in the entire neighborhood. Every light on the street was extinguished, light vanquishes darkness, and the righteous have the ability to determine streetlights, tree lights, houselights, building lights and shop lights. Every their own lives with their G-d-given gift of free choice. light was out. It was almost completely dark except for the eight candles and their serving Shamosh shining and illuminating brightly in the middle The message of the Chanukah lights also represents knowledge, of the square. enlightenment, clarity, decency, openness and the transformative capacity of light to diminish and even eliminate darkness by bringing its energy into Here was the message of our Eternal invincibility and nonstop illumination, the furthest and deepest reaches. where in the midst of darkness our Holy, pure light continues to be bright and shine. In our own community this is extremely evident as we now are able to see the transformation of an environment from a place that was somewhat The message was very clear. less than tolerant to complete openness and equality. Whereas we had to overcome very signifcant challenges to put up our frst Menorah, today one Have a great Shabbos, an illuminating Chanukah and a good week. cannot pass through Zip Code 33154, (Surfside, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek) without witnessing the incredible message of goodness, kindness and holiness represented by the Menorah. In each juncture of the community, every single night, people gathered Rabbi S. Lipskar to light the giant Menorahs that bring light and illumination. On Sunday, more than 100 cars adorned with Menorahs will parade through the entire tri-community area, escorted by the wonderful police departments of each 3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Shabbos Mevarchim Tehillim Club Weekly Riddle 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) What in this parsha occurs after “two years”? What else in the book of Genesis occurs after “two years”? (2 answers) 2) Which two pieces of jewelry are in this parsha? Morah Malkie’s Elisheva Adouth's Tot Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls 3) Who in this parsha is called a kohen (priest)? Who else in the book of Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 Genesis is called a kohen? 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Montessori Classrooom 2 Answers from last week: classrooom 2 1) Kutonet is one of the garments of the kohen priest (Exodus 28:4). Tamar, the daughter of King David, wore a kutonet passim (2-Shmuel 13:19).

2) When Yosef is needed to interpret the dreams of Pharaoh, he is taken Tehila's Basya's out of a bor - pit or dungeon (Genesis 41:14). Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls 3) Reuven tears his clothing when discovering that Yosef is no longer Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 in the pit (Genesis 37:29). Yaakov tears his clothing when he thinks that Yosef was killed (Genesis 37:34). All the brothers tear their clothing 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm when a goblet is found in the sack of Benyamin (Genesis 44:13).

Classrooom 4 RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Loebenstein any time over Shabbos. The first Mendy's child to give a correct answer to each of the Sholom's Hebrew School Junior Boys questions will win an INSTANT prize! 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. Mendi and Chani Shabbos Schedule Labkowski in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son. Zander.

Candle lighting 5:14 p.m. Farbrengen This Week: Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5:15 p.m. The Shabbos Mevarchim Farbrengen is sponsored by the Hashkama Minyan recital of entire Tehillim 6:00 a.m. Sragowicz Family in honor of the Yahrzeit of Mr. Leon Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Sragowicz Yahrzeit obm. May his neshama have an aliya. Recital of the entire book of Tehillim 7:30 a.m. Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m. Shalosh Seudos This Week: Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Farbrengen in honor of Shabbos Mevarchim 1:00 p.m. the caterer for this week’s Daf Yomi 4:15 p.m. kiddush and Shalosh seudos is Men’s Shiur 4:15 p.m. Women's Shiur 4:15 p.m. Food Art Shalosh Seudos for Boys 4:15 p.m. Mincha 5:00 p.m. kiddushim at The Shul Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 6:09 p.m. Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Weekly Video of The Rebbe Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 5:00 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship: Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Mincha 5:00 p.m. Kiddush Shalosh Seudos Shabbos Ends / Arvit & Havdalah 6:09 p.m. December 23, 30 December 16, 23, 30

If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Stacy at 305-868-1411 ext 313 or email [email protected]

Lighting 5:17 p.m. Mincha 5:20 p.m.

Eruv Information We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals should call the Eruv Hotline to make sure that the Eruv is operational. The number to call is 305- 866-ERUV (3788). The Eruv message is recorded approximately two hours prior to candle lighting. Surfside: The Eruv in Surfside now includes the walking paths along the beach. Pushing strollers and carrying is permitted on the paths, but not beyond the path or onto the beach. Bal Harbour: The Eruv in Bal Harbour included the inner (western) walking path only. The pier at Haulover Cut is not included.

To pay your annual dues visit: www.miamibeacheruv.com 5 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Birthdays Yahrtzeits 28 Kislev Ms. Rachel Barouk 28 Kislev Aryeh Leib ben Azriel obm 28 Kislev Mr. Paul Robert Blachar Husband of Mrs. Mina Sragowicz 28 Kislev Mr. Robert Danial Father of Dr. John Sragowicz, Mr. Ari Sragowicz 28 Kislev Ms. Lindsey Kupferman and Mrs. Jane Mary Freund 28 Kislev Mrs. Lisa Merson Moses 28 Kislev Tzipah bas Moshe Yaakov obm 28 Kislev Mrs. Maya Nanikashvili Mother of Mr. Martin Jacobs 28 Kislev Mr. Menachem Mendel Wuensch 28 Kislev Harry Lafer obm 29 Kislev Mr. Raphael Adouth Grandfather of Mrs. Suzan Garson 29 Kislev Mr. Phillip Bouhnik 29 Kislev Avner ben Shulamit obm 29 Kislev Mr. David Brenner Father of Rabbi Shimshon Tzubeli 29 Kislev Mr. Jonathan Edderai 29 Kislev Avraham ben Rav Yosef HaLevi obm 29 Kislev Mr. Morris Kryss Father of Mr. Jerry Gontownik 29 Kislev Mr. Aaron Stauber 30 Kislev Leah bas Margot obm 29 Kislev Dr. Jesse Viner Grandmother of Mrs. Veronica Levine 30 Kislev Mr. Iran Gross 30 Kislev Eliyahu ben Isaac obm 1 Tevet Rabbi Uri Cohen Brother of Mrs. Fanny Selesky 1 Tevet Mr. Sholom Boruch Gurvitsch 1 Tevet Benjamin ben Pinchas obm 1 Tevet Ms. Ahyah Schneider Step-Father of Mr. Michael Werner 2 Tevet Mrs. Hinda Cohen 1 Tevet Devorah bas Esther obm 2 Tevet Mrs. Rochel Leah Danzinger Daughter of Mrs. Estela Berry 2 Tevet Mr. Temuri Nanikashvili 1 Tevet Frieda obm 2 Tevet Mr. Yosef Schwartz Mother of Mrs. Miriam Lisbon 2 Tevet Ms. Karen Speyer 1 Tevet Shlomo obm 3 Tevet Ms. Beth Jaffe Father of Mrs. Gisele Bouhnik 3 Tevet Rabbi Mendy Katz 1 Tevet Sholom Yakov bar Tzvi obm 3 Tevet Ms. Lily Schmutter Father of Mr. Marvin Jacob 4 Tevet Rabbi Shmuel Tevardovitz 1 Tevet Tovias ben Sophia obm 4 Tevet Mr. Alex Viner Father of Mrs. Nicole Bouhadana Kid’s Birthdays 2 Tevet Devorah bas Sholom Moshe obm 28 Kislev Feigel Devorah Levy Mother of Mr. Marc Sheridan 28 Kislev Sarah Basya Lipskar 2 Tevet Martin Bertman obm 28 Kislev Sholom Lipskar Husband of Ms. Jewel Bertman 29 Kislev Meyer Ram Goldfarb 2 Tevet Moshe ben Menachem Mendel obm 29 Kislev Dina Weingarten Father of Mrs. Vivian Perez 1 Tevet Hila Chana Alperovitz 3 Tevet Chana Sara bas Avrohom Hacohen obm 1 Tevet Eden Raina Goldfarb Grandmother of Mrs. Estela Berry 1 Tevet Nirel Goldfarb 3 Tevet Mayer Eliezer ben Dovid Halevi obm 1 Tevet Dovber Lipskar Father of Mr. Mario Cytrynbaum 1 Tevet Shalom Shapiro 3 Tevet Noach ben Baruch obm 4 Tevet Adam Michael Father of Mrs. Dorothy Failer 4 Tevet Hiskiyahu Yisrael Wachtel 4 Tevet Chesya bas Noah obm Mother-in-law of Mrs. Mina Sragowicz Anniversaries Grandmother of Mr. Ari Sragowicz, Dr. John Sragowicz and Mr. & Mrs. Marc & Sarah Rachel Sheridan Mrs. Jane Mary Freund 4 Tevet Reb Chaim Zvi ben Horav Eliyohu Akiva obm Mr. & Mrs. Sanford & Barbara F. Musikar Brother of Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar and Mr. Yosie Lipskar Dr. & Mrs. Joshua & Jeanette Furman 4 Tevet Schmeryah obm Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. & Laurel Mondshine Father of Mr. Robert Malove Mr. & Mrs. Morris A. & Charlotte Marcus Mr. & Ms. Saul & Florette Gilinski Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo & Rochel Leah Danzinger Dr. & Mrs. Jean Jacques & Perla Edderai Mr. & Mrs. Alexander & Sof Matz Mr. & Mrs. Eli & Ruthy Ginsburg 6 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Kislev Light & Power Thanks To Our Donors Light & Power and Wine for Kiddush & Havdalah for We sincerely thank the following members and supporters of The Shul for donations received between 12/05/17 and 12/11/17 the month of Kislev is Kindly Sponsored by We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. 1st Merchant Funding, LLC Mr. Allan Perelis Ahavas Tzedek Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Michael Salzhauer MR. & MRS. JAIME AND RUT LAPIDUS Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Arber Saul Schottenstein Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Attias Mr. Mark P. Schnapp & Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Braun Ms. Mary Feldman “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to Mr. Yoel Braun Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schottenstein pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Dr. & Mrs. Brian Dooreck Mr. Thomas Schottenstein and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Rabbi & Mrs. Henry Eichler Mr. & Mrs. David Schwartz occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Englard Mr. & Mrs. Eff Shmuel be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire Mr. & Mrs. Simon Falic Mr. & Mrs. Yossi Sokol body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, Mr. & Mrs. Sam Freier Mr. Jan Stark together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. & Mrs. Mendy Halberstam Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Stauber Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Herzka Mr. & Mrs. Eric P. Stein Mr. Robert Izack Street Holes, Inc. Refuah Shleimah If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep Mr. & Mrs. Shlomi Katan Mr. & Mrs. Moris Tabacinic the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Kavana Mr. & Mrs. Michael Taplashvili Rabbi & Mrs. Joseph Kazarnovsky Mr. Mordechai Turgel MEN WOMEN Yichael ben Layke Chaya Miriam Yehudit bat Chava Mr. & Mrs. Mendi Labkowski & Mr. Alan Turgel Meyer Yankev ben Chaya Etel Clara bat Corina Mr. Jeffrey E. Mehl Mr. Jack Waksal Alexander ben Esther Raizel Shoshanna bat Rivkah Dr. & Dr. Raul Mitrani Mr. & Mrs. Victor Weingarten Chaim Moshe ben Clara Leah Rochel bat Sarah Mr. David Motovich Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Wolf Raphael Moshe ben Sarah Miriam bat Risha Raizel Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Musikar Rabbi & Mrs. Aryeh Wuensch Moshe ben Zoila Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Mr. & Mrs. Isser New Mrs. Orly Yerushalmi Moshe Avraham ben Tziporah Riva Chana bas Shoshana Chaim ben Pnina Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Mr. Jonathan Newman Gabriel ben Esther Chava bas Elka Menucha Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Chaya bas Rachel Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Fayge bas Chaya Learning with The Bochurim Yosef ben Edwina Miriam Leah bas Helen Avrohom ben Feigel If you are interested in having your child Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel learn with one of our bochurim, Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana or if you would like to arrange Yehuda ben Chaya Sara Shimon Yitzchak ben Leah Rochel a lunch and learn in your office, Roi ben Orly Please contact Rabbi Shaykee Farkash Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel [email protected]

Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Mendi and Chani Labkowski on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Zander. May they continue to raise him to Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim and have much nachas from him.

Mazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Natalie Vaturi on the Bar MItzvah of their son Isaac. May they continue to raise him to Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim and have much nachas from him.

7 Kiddush Bank The Investment with a Guaranteed Return

Kiddush Bank 5778 Our very special thanks to the following Partners & Patrons whose contributions will help us to cover some of the costs of the un-sponsored Kiddushim and Farbrengens in the coming year. Partners - annual contribution of $770: Patrons - annual contribution of $360: Mr. Arnold Lewis Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Boruch and Yonit Duchman Mr. Bernard Werner Mr. Daniel Gielchinsky Mr. & Mrs. Nelson and Rochelle Berman Mr. & Mrs. Josh and Divi Greisman Mr. Mordechai Olesky Mr. & Mrs. Edward and Pauline Kopelman Dr. & Mrs. Gene and Sandra Moteles Mr. & Mrs. Temuri and Maya Nanikashvili Rabbi & Mrs. Ezzy and Malka Rappaport Ms. Engel Ramirez

PLEASE BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR KIDDUSH BANK AND HELP MAKE SHABBOS AND YOM TOV BEAUTIFUL FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

Become a member of our 5778 Kiddush Bank Please call the shul!

The Shortfall for 5776 was over $13,500

8 A Time to Pray Davening schedules and locations throughout the week

Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul 6:20 -6:50 am The Rebbe’s Maamorim Chassidic Discourse R’ Zalman Lipskar 7:45 am Daf Yomi R’ Dov Schochet 8:45 am (approx) Halacha Sephardic Custom R’ Shimshon Tzubeli 10:15 - 11:00 am Maamorim Maamor of the Rebbe R’ Shea Rubinstein

Shacharis Minyanim (mon - Fri) Sunday Shacharis Minyanim Main Minyan 6:50 7:30 9:00 Main Minyan 8:00 am 9:00 am Sephardic Minyan 8:00 Sephardic Minyan 9:00 am

Daily Chumash & Tanya after every Minyan Sunday Mincha /Maariv mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 5:20 pm 10:00 pm Main Minyan 5:20 pm Following Sephardic Minyan 5:20 pm Late Maariv 10:00 pm

Evening Kolel Schedule - Monday and Thursday 8:45 -9:30 pm Mon & Thurs 8:45 - 10:00 pm Evening Community Kolel Chavrusah

Halachic Times To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, courageously protecting and defending Eretz Yisroel. We pray Based on times for December 20 for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily. Hinda Clara bas Chana Guenendel Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:45 am Benyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:18 am Jonathan ben Aliza Sher Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 7:03 am Michael Shmuel ben Eliezer Eliyahu Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry (Earliest Amidah) Eitan Gabriel ben Karine Cecile Latest Shema 9:38 am Zman Tfllah 10:31 am Chatzot / Midday 12:18 pm Earliest Mincha 12:45 pm Plag HaMincha 4:32 pm Shekiah / Sunset 5:34 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 6:00 pm (Earliest preferable Ma’ariv)

Times taken from www.chabad.org Please note that during the week times may vary by a minute or two. If anyone would like to send us the name of a soldier in the IDF we would love to add them. 9 EDUCATION APPEAL Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Dear Community Family,

Shma Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad And you shall love the L-rd your G-d with all your thoughts, feelings and urges, with your life and with all your possessions……And you shall teach the words of Torah diligently to your children/students.

Imbedded in the most important statement of the Torah/Judaism is the obligation to teach Torah to Jewish children. The obligation rests primarily on the Father but when circumstances are such that the Father can’t, won’t or is not there to fulfll this foundational obligation it becomes the collective responsibility of the community to educate that Jewish child.

The priority of this Tzedakah in relation to other charitable causes is of the highest level. Trumping most other legitimate needs (Code of Jewish Law – Laws of Tzedakah 249:16). “Jewish education today,” says the Rebbe, “is not only to save a Jewish Child for Jewishness but to save a human for humanity”. The social lifestyle in today’s world of our children from primary school through college is very precarious and fraught with dangers. There are no limits and the extent of fulflling the simple animalistic desires that are at the base of our beings are ever increasing in their “avant garde”, beyond-boundaries life style.

When statistics show that one of every four teenage girls are afficted by either 1) suicidal thoughts; 2) cutting one’s own body; 3) eating disorder i.e. bulimia /anorexia; 4) depression, it sends a shudder through me. 25% of our teenage girls are at risk of being emotionally unstable. What about the boys? And what about other types of debilitating behavior not considered by the liberal researchers as risky i.e. teenage sexual encounters, body mutilation, etc. pregnancy and abuse, hopelessness and impudence/chutzpah. We are in a crisis that is targeting our future – our most important commodity – our children.

Because of severe economic setbacks and downturns, many families cannot afford to pay the tuition for their children’s ongoing Jewish education and environment. When the parents cannot fulfll this sacred duty it becomes the Mitzvah of the Community (Talmud Baba Basra 21:A Shulchan Aruch Harav Laws of Talmud Torah Ch. 1:3)

Every year we make an appeal during the Chanukah period for tuition assistance. Last year we provided Hebrew School to 125 children in public school. We subsidize the tuition of more than 100 children in private Jewish schools and provide assistance to more than 60 children in summer camp. In total, our education fund raised and disbursed close to $400,000.

If one saves a single soul (albeit spiritually) it is as if he saved an entire world.

We beseech our wonderful community to continue in our legendary generosity though this may require an extra effort today and may even be a sacrifce. The Mitzvah you will earn will surely bring you all of Hashem’s bountiful blessings materially and spiritually.

Thank you on behalf of those parents and children to whom you will graciously give life enhancing assistance and on behalf of Hashem whose children you are caring for. When we care for Hashem’s children, He cares for ours.

With gratitude, Love and esteem,

Sholom D. Lipskar

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Hayom Yom In the winter of 1942, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn, of righteous memory, gave his son- in-law, the future Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, the task of compiling an anthology of Chasidic aphorisms and customs arranged according to the days of the year. The calendar was entitled Hayom Yom. In describing this work Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak wrote: …”A book that is small in format…but bursting with pearls and diamonds of choicest quality.” “A splendid palace of Chasidism.” True to these words, Hayom Yom has become a beloved classic work and a source of daily spiritual sustenance. Friday - Kislev 27 demanded) “Write...that you have no share in During the Alter Rebbe’s second arrest1 in the G-d of Israel.” It was a war against G-d. 5561 (1800) he was not incarcerated as “Let them study Torah,” the Greeks implied. harshly as the first time. However the charges “Let them practice the justice-mitzvot and were more ominous for they were aimed at the ‘testimonial’ observances. But they must the doctrines of Chassidus and the opposition not mention that the Torah is G-d’s Torah and was intense. He was held in “Taini Soviet” the mitzvot are the decrees of His will. Torah prison and released on the Third Light of and mitzvot must be severed from G-dliness.” Chanuka. Thursday - Teves 3 Shabbos - Kislev 28 (The notation for this day is a textual It was customary for the Tzemach Tzedek emendation of Torah Or, relevant only in to have a sort of farbrengen on one of the Hebrew. Translator) evenings of Chanuka with his family, including his daughters-in-law. This was called “latkes Friday - Teves 4 evening.” This was also the practice of the The Rebbes of Chabad would review a parsha Alter Rebbe and the Mitteler Rebbe. Among or two of the weekly sedra on Thursday the stories the Rebbes told at this meal were night. On Friday afternoon they began again some which were widely talked about every from the start and completed the sedra and Chanuka, though they had been discussed the haftora. Shabbat morning before davening year before. they reviewed from Shevi’i to the end again. spiritual destruction of the Sanctuary, death, When there were two haftorot they said the My father would give Chanuka-gelt on the one of the sedraon Friday and the other (for evening of the fourth or fifth light. and slavery in exile. Through teshuva and mesirat nefesh, that great, miraculous Divine Rosh Chodesh, machar chodesh, etc.), on salvation - the miracle of Chanuka - came Shabbat. Sunday - Kislev 29 about. The sins of Israel in the time of the Greeks * * * were: Fraternizing with the Greeks, studying their culture, profaning Shabbat and Holy Tuesday - Teves 1 There are good dreams in which Torah subjects Days, eating t’reifa and neglecting Jewish It is customary that one not davening with a are made known to the person dreaming. tahara. The punishment-tribulation was the minyan says the opening (p. 241) and closing These generally occur through concentrated spiritual destruction of the Sanctuary, death, (p. 245) b’rachot of Hallel even on days devotion to Torah study during the day. When and slavery in exile. Through teshuva and when “half Hallel” is said. In the concluding someone studies Torah with great diligence mesirat nefesh, that great, miraculous Divine paragraph, yehal’lucha (p.245) omit the word or engages in “service of the heart” - prayer salvation - the miracle of Chanuka - came “Al.” All tefillin should be worn (then, later, - with intense effort, then at night - when about. taken off) before Musaf (p. 245), but the daily his soul ascends to draw forth life for itself Torah lessons are studied after concluding from the supernal Life, as explained in Zohar the entire service. - it is informed of novellae in Revealed Torah Monday - Kislev 30 or Inner Torah, each person according to his The sins of Israel in the time of the Greeks diligence in his avoda during the day. were: Fraternizing with the Greeks, studying Wednesday - Teves 2 their culture, profaning Shabbat and Holy The campaign of the Greeks was aimed to Days, eating t’reifa and neglecting Jewish “make them forget Your Torah and violate tahara. The punishment-tribulation was the the decrees of Your will” ; as the Midrash (Bereishit Raba 16) puts it, (the Greeks 11 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

SHABBOS MESSAGES Dreamworld: Joseph’s Dreams people are slaughtered with impunity. A dream The Mystic Brother Based on an address by the Rebbe, Kislev 19, in which what is right is seldom “realistic,” and Not much has changed in 3,600 non-existences such as “evil,” “ignorance” and “death” are potent forces in our lives. years... By Yaakov Paley The surreality of galut pervades our spiritual lives as well. Only in galut can a person arise in the morning, purify himself in a mikvah, pray with ecstasy and devotion, study a chapter of Torah, and then proceed to the offce for a business day of connivance, deceit and manipulation. “Hypocrisy” is not an adequate description of s the book of Genesis takes up the story this phenomenon—in many cases, his prayer is of Joseph, the narrative meanders through sincere, and his love and awe of G-d quite real. a succession of dreams: Joseph’s dreams, A But he inhabits the dream-world of galut, where which incensed his brothers and drove them to antitheses coexist and inconsistencies are the sell him into slavery (Genesis 37:5-11, 19-20); norm. the dreams of the Pharaoh’s butler and his baker, which Joseph interpreted in prison (40:5-19); In the real world, such absurdities were and Pharaoh’s dreams, which elevated Joseph to impossible. When the Beit HaMikdash (Holy the second-highest offce in the most powerful Temple) stood in Jerusalem and bathed the empire on earth (41:1-44). world in divine daylight, no man with a residue of spiritual impurity (tum’ah) could approach G-d The result of all this dreaming was the Egyptian until he had undergone a process of purifcation. galut (exile)—the frst galut experienced by That G-d is the source of life and that sin (i.e., the Jewish people and the source of all their Ten strapping shepherds and a stay-at-home disconnection from the divine) is synonymous subsequent galuyot. The Children of Israel scholar. These were the sons of Jacob, forebears with death was no mere conceptual truth, but settled in Egypt, where they were later enslaved of the tribes of Israel. a fact of life. In the real world that was, and to by the Egyptians, and where they deteriorated which we shall awaken when the dream of galut spiritually to the extent that, in many respects, The ten brothers spent their days in the shall evaporate, the spiritual laws of reality are they came to resemble their enslavers. When mountains and meadows of Canaan, advancing as apparent and as immutable as—indeed more G-d came to redeem them, He had to “take a their father’s successful sheep industry (the apparent and immutable than—the physical nation from the innards of a nation,” entering twelfth brother, Benjamin, was too young to laws of nature. into the bowels of Egypt to extract His chosen join them). Joseph, on the other hand, spent year people from the most depraved society in the But there is also a positive side to our after year absorbed in his father’s teachings; his history of mankind. hallucinatory existence. In the real world, a father Jacob had amassed a wealth of knowledge true relationship with G-d can come only in the studying at the ancient Academy of Shem and A dream is perception without the discipline of context of a life consistently faithful to Him; in Ever, and was privy to the mystic secrets passed reason. Here are all the stimuli and experiences the dreamworld of galut, the imperfect man can down the generation from Adam, the frst man we know from “real” life—sights and sounds, experience the divine. In the real world, only the on Earth and the last man in Eden. thoughts and action, exhilaration and dread. impeccable soul can enter into the Sanctuary Indeed, everything in a dream is borrowed from of G-d; in the dreamworld of galut, G-d “resides Well, one day, Joseph the mystic tells his hard- our waking lives, for “a person dreams only of amongst them, in the midst of their impurity.” working brothers about a vision of their future. his daytime thoughts.” But everything is topsy- It included the brothers’ willing acceptance of turvy, defying all norms of logic and credulity. We daily await the divine dawn that will dispel himself as their guide. In a dream, a tragedy might be a cause for the nightmare that, for much of history, has celebration, a parent might be younger than crippled us physically and spiritually. But in Their reaction was immediate and volcanic: his child, and one might witness “an elephant the moments remaining to our dream, let us passing through the eye of a needle.” avail ourselves of the unique opportunity to “Just who do you think you are?! You? Hold be “inconsistent” and “hypocritical” in the most infuence over us? We are the bread-winners Galut was born out of a succession of dreams who confront reality on a daily basis; we support because galut is the ultimate dream—a terrible, positive way: by overreaching our spiritual capacity, by being and doing more than we are the family, allowing you to dream away your irrational fantasy embracing the globe and days. You, on the other hand, hardly see further spanning millennia. A dream in which crime able by any sane assessment of our merit and potential. than the front-door; you, with your head in the pays, the good die young, and G-d’s chosen clouds, your dreams and visions... You’re the last 12 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! person we would submit ourselves to – or even Diaspora-Jo, either join us in the felds of Canaan A Long Pole give the beneft of our attention!” or keep your heads in your books.” By Yanki Tauber In an attempt to escape destiny and create their However, when it comes to the opinion of own future, the brothers tried to do away with an American President, Secretary of State, a the bearer of the vision. European leader and so on, our brothers then run to submit themselves before their “masters” Time passed and the same ten brothers and lay their affairs open to the whims of the journeyed to a foreign land – Egypt. There, Pharaohs. however, they had no qualms at all about slavishly calling Tzafnas Pane’ach, the Egyptian Why, just this week, world Jewry was told in no President, their “master.” They found plenty uncertain term: “Don’t dare interfere with our of respect for the ruling house that had – not future; we will not be controlled by foreign so long ago – abducted their grandmother Jews!” Sarah. They practically battled their father to be allowed to fulfll the President’s whim and Yet, at the very same time, they have fown to ere’s the problem: you’re here, and you remove Benjamin from his ancestral land. the modern land of the pyramids to prostrate want to be there (“there” being someplace themselves before foreign Christian and Muslim Hbetter, loftier, more spiritual than “here”). Why did they fnd it so very diffcult to accept the leaders, ready to hear their commands and But you’re not there, and won’t be there for a guidance of a mystic brother, yet so easy to be eager to obey. Even if it means removing little good while, perhaps ever. subservient to a foreign Pharaoh? For sure, they brother Benjamin from the safety of his house didn’t see eye to eye with Joseph – but he was and ancestral land? “Yes, Master!” So, do you act as if you’re already there? Or do certainly closer to them and their goals than you tell yourself that here’s just fne, and who the head of a foreign state with a documented What makes them assume that nations who needs there anyway? history of anti-Semitism. abducted their grandparents in all too recent times have their best interest at heart, while You can become a hypocrite, or you can come In the end, they wound up being skillfully their mystic brother Joseph is a useless dreamer, to terms with your limitations. But there’s also a shepherded by kind brother Joseph, who also a fanatic and a nuisance? third way—the way of the Long Pole. happened to control the entire Egypt! Only then the brothers realized that their blessings lay in Inevitably, says the unwanted voice of the In the outer chamber of the heichal (sanctuary) the wisdom nurtured by their “unworldly” stay- ancient vision, another Joseph will arise; he will in the Holy Temple stood the menorah—a fve- at-home sibling; he could guide them better be a kindly mystic of the highest order and quite foot-tall, seven-branched candelabra of pure than their own understanding. probably lacking a modern Israeli accent. Then, gold. Every morning, a priest flled the menorah’s however, not only will our brothers acknowledge seven lamps with the purest olive oil; in the History had a large wardrobe with many the superiority of his opinion and happily follow afternoon, he would climb a three-step staircase garments of different hues – but of the same his decisions, but he will hold complete sway to kindle the menorah’s lamps. The seven cloth and similar measure. over America, Europe and the other “masters” as fames burned through the night, symbolizing well! the divine light which radiated from the Holy Many of our brethren fnd themselves once again Temple to the world. pursuing their livelihoods in the pastures of His identity? Moshiach. former Canaan. They are men of effort, tempered Actually, it did not have to be a priest (kohen) by ferce winds of war, facing harsh realities on The obvious question: Why waste so much who lit the menorah—the law states that an a daily basis and supporting the large “family” energy – and so many precious lives – in a ordinary layman can also perform this mitzvah. that is modern Israel. doomed attempt to compel our present to clash But there is also a law that restricts entry into with our past and future? the sanctuary to priests only: ordinary Israelites Again they scorn their brother Joseph and with could venture no further than the azarah, the seething resentment declare: Temple courtyard.

“Who are you to tell us how to conduct our These two laws create a legal paradox: a layman affairs? What do you know about reality, mystic can light the menorah; but the menorah’s brother? Closeted away in a Torah-lifestyle, living designated place is inside the sanctuary, and a on foreign soils, spouting ancient traditions and layman cannot enter the sanctuary. teachings while we tend our nation’s life and land. Only Israelis – not Jews – have a right to Technically, there are solutions: a layman can an opinion on our affairs! Only our own leaders light the menorah by means of a long pole, or – not Joseph-Rabbis – may have a say! Listen, the menorah can be carried out to him by a 13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! kohen and then replaced in the sanctuary. But only before one purchased anything, or if even the inconsistency remains: if the Torah believes Halacha of The Week after purchasing a cheaper object one would be that an ordinary person should be able to light By Rabbi Dov Schochet required to return it and buy a nicer one for a the menorah, why doesn’t it place the menorah Beautifying a Mitzva third more is debated. in a part of the Temple accessible to ordinary people? And if the sanctity of the menorah is here is something unique about the Some understand the additional third such that it requires the higher holiness of the Chanuka candles. While the Talmud tells us requirement to be referring to the size. Not the sanctuary, why does the Torah permit someone that one is required to light one candle for extra amount one must be willing to spend but who cannot attain this level to light it? T how much more than the minimum required each of the eight nights, the custom is for all to light an additional candle each subsequent size one should try to obtain for the Mitzva. (An This paradox, says the Lubavitcher Rebbe, is night. The reason for this is that we are told that Esrog must be at least the size of an egg, so this intentionally set up by the Torah in order to the Mehadrim, those that seek to beautify this opinion would say that one is required to get convey to us a most profound lesson: the lesson Mitzva, light the Menora in this fashion. Chanuka an Esrog up to a third larger than an egg.) The of the long pole. is thus special in that the common custom is to assumption being that the bigger the object the perform the Mitzva in what the Talmud calls the more beautiful the Mitzva is. The lesson of the long pole says that we should best way possible. aspire to spiritual heights that lie beyond our There are times that we fnd an obligation to reach. Not that we should presume to be what In a general sense we always have an obligation beautify even the accouterments of a Mitzva. In we are not—that would be like an ordinary to make a Mitzva beautiful. This is based on a the Temple times they were required to bring person entering the sanctuary—but neither verse in the song of the sea, “This is my G-d the frst fruit to the Temple. We are told that if should we desist from our efforts to reach that and I shall glorify Him.” The sages understand one was able they would bring the fruit in gold place. Even when we know that we ourselves the word glorify to mean make beautiful. That and silver bowls to make the Mitzva beautiful. will never be “there,” we can still act upon that we should always strive to do our Mitzvot in place, infuence it, even illuminate it. the most beautiful way possible. Echoes of this Can one make a blessing over the beautifcation concept are found in the story of Cain and Abel of a Mitzva? On the second night of Chanuka if At times, this means that someone from that where the sacrifce of Abel was accepted and one lit only one candle and later realizing his higher place reaches down to us. At times, it Cains was not, because Abel had brought his mistake lights a second candle, can they make a means that we contrive a way to reach beyond sacrifce from the best stock he had. blessing even though they have already fulflled what we are at the present time. In either case, the essential components of the Mitzva? This we are what Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch What does it mean to make a Mitzva beautiful? issue is debated, however in a situation where calls a “lamplighter”: a person who carries a long The simplest answer is that it should be as the person forgot to make a blessing and while pole with a fame at its end and goes from lamp aesthetically pleasing as possible. When we they are lighting the remaining candles realize to lamp to ignite them. No lamp is too lowly, and write a Torah it should have a beautiful script, that, according to all they can make a blessing no lamp is too lofty, for the lamplighter and his nice parchment and an elegant mantle. When even though they already lit one candle. pole. we have Tefllin the boxes and straps should be pleasing to look at. Similarly every object that is What is so special about Chanuka that we used to perform a Mitzva should be of beautiful fnd that all are meticulous to do the Mitzva stock. in the beautiful way? In fact, Chanuka is the And behold, seven other cows...I only Mitzva where we fnd the description “the never saw any like these (Gen. 41:19) This obligation is clearly vague. What does beautiful of the beautiful”, i.e. there are three “A person is only shown the innermost it mean to be beautiful, how much must one levels of performance and all do it the best thoughts of his heart,” our Sages spend to have a more beautiful esrog etc.. The way. The entire story was one of going beyond general rule of thumb is that we are required to one’s required obligations. The Chashmonaim explain. Our nighttime dreams are a recognized the threat to Judaism the Greeks refection of the thoughts we have spend up to one third to have a more beautiful object for the Mitzva. (How to calculate the presented and went to war despite the fact that during waking hours. third is debated, some argue that whatever the it was almost certainly suicide. The message of cheapest one costs one third of that. Others Chanuka is that we serve Hashem with a sense argue that one third is referring to the cost of of love and desire more than just obligation and Pharaoh was therefore surprised by when we can foster that feeling we will certainly his dream, for he had never seen, in the more beautiful one. E.g. if an Esrog cost $6 according to the frst opinion one should be perform all Mitzvot in the most beautiful way real life, cows with such an emaciated willing to spend an extra $2, one third of the possible. appearance. price, to buy a more beautiful one. According to the second opinion one must be willing to (Reb Yitzchak of Volozhin) spend and extra $3 which will be one third of the new total, $9. The general consensus is one can follow the more lenient opinion.) If this is 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

He told me that today was Chanukah and we greater miracle: We lit the ninth invisible candle Stories with Soul celebrate the victory of the few weak over the even when we had no oil… many powerful oppressors. We light the candles The Ninth Flame to demonstrate that our light is stronger than “Make no mistake. We did light the Menorah As heard in 2004 from a Holocaust survivor, any darkness. Your father would be very proud tonight. We did everything in our possible who was an eleven-year-old child in the camps. to know that you carry on his light despite the power to kindle the fames, and every effort At the time (in 2004) he was 71 years old and blackness around us. is recognized by G-d. G-d knows that we were living in the United States. deprived by forces that were not in our control, I was so moved by his words – and all the so in some deeper way we lit the Menorah. Chanukah 1944. Auschwitz. memories it brought back from my earlier years It was exactly 60 years ago. Time moves very in Lodz – that I suggested to him enthusiastically “We have lit the ninth fame – the most powerful quickly and very slowly for me. 60 years ago is that we should light the menorah tonight. He one of all, so powerful that you can’t even see it.” both like yesterday and like a 1000 years ago. sort of smiled to me the child – a smile hardly The man then promised me: “You will get out Those horrible days are frozen moments that concealing his deep anguish – and said that it of here alive. And when you do take this ninth never go away. Yet they are also very distant and would be too dangerous to try. I insisted and invisible fame with you and let it go free. Let it apart – from another universe, another era. made off to get some machine oil from the fy like a bird. factory. I will never forget the last Chanukah in the “Tell G-d that as great as His miracle of Chanukah barracks. Most of us were so consumed with I was so excited. And for this brief moment I was, we preformed an even greater miracle: We scrapping together any morsel while avoiding was able to put aside my grief. I slowly made lit a candle even when we had no oil. the attention of the guards that we had no my way back, so not to be noticed, to the barrack inkling which day in the year it was. Especially in with my treasured bit of oil. Meanwhile the “Tell the world – show them the light that has those last weeks before the liberation, the Nazis strange gentleman had put together some emerged even from the darkest of darkness. We were particularly unpredictable and cruel, and wicks, apparently from clothing or some other had no physical oil and no spiritual oil. We were the chaos only made matters worse. material. wretched creatures, treated worse than animals. Yet, we in some miraculous way we found a Yet there were a few who always knew the exact Now we needed fre to light our makeshift ‘crucible’ where none existed – in the hell fres dates. They would tell the rest of us that today is menorah. I noticed at the end of one building of Auschwitz. Shabbos, Pesach and other signifcant days. smoldering cinders. “The fres of Auschwitz annihilated not just On this particular day a man would tell me that We agreed that we would wait till dusk and a Temple. They burnt to ashes the people it was Chanukah. at an opportune moment we would light our themselves. In the Temple’s destruction the Chanukah lights. Divine wrath was released on ‘the wood and the That morning I went to the infrmary to try stones.’ Here they have consumed our lives. smuggling out some balm – anything to help Wait we did. As we were walking over to the relieve my father’s open sores. His disease – I am cinders a guard, one of the especially ruthless “So there was no oil. Not even defled oil. No oil, not sure whether it was Typhus or some other ones, noticed us and grabbed away the oil and period. Yet we still lit a fame – a fame fueled by cursed ailment – was eating his body away, and wicks we were concealing. He began cursing the pits of darkness. We never gave up. whenever I could sneak over to see him I would and frothing at us. A miracle seemed to happen see him silently struggling for some relief. As a when his superior barked some command that “Let the world know that our ninth fame is alive child I was completely overcome by the sight of apparently needed his participation, and he ran and shining. my suffering father. off with our precious fuel. “Tell every person in despair that the fame That particular day, when I fnally snuck over to The miracle however was short-lived. The never goes out.” my father’s bunk – if you could even call it that, animal yelled back at us that he will soon return it was more like a cattle pen – he was no longer to “take care of us.” As he fnished these last words, the Nazi beast there. I became frantic. returned and viciously led him away behind one I was terrifed. The gentleman was absolutely of the barracks… An older gentleman, who I did not know but serene. And then he said to me – words that are I often saw talking to my father, came over to etched into my every fber until this very day: I made my escape. A few weeks later the Russians console me. He too did not know when my father “Tonight we have performed a miracle greater arrived and we were liberated. was taken – to this day I don’t know if it was the than the miracle of Chanukah. We have lit a disease or a Nazi bullet that took my father to fame more powerful than the Chanukah lights. Here I am today to tell you the story of the ninth heaven – but his was a calming presence. “The miracle of Chanukah consisted of fnding fame. one crucible of oil, which miraculously burned for eight days. Tonight we preformed an even 15 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

to Harvard or Edinburgh. The Rebbe responded published in the Journal of Greek Theology, and Recently In The News that it should be Harvard, and he underlined the it got a lot of attention. Indeed, I became famous word for emphasis. So that is what I did. because of it and I was able to publish many The Reluctant Philosopher more papers. This was all because of the Rebbe’s Learning at Harvard was diffcult. I went in foresight. I was a nobody, and the Rebbe turned grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, in the thinking I knew philosophy, but I immediately me into a well-respected scholar. But it was not middle of the Great Depression, in a Jewish saw that I didn’t know anything. At Harvard until later that I found out why he did it. Ienvironment that was predominantly Reform. there were graduate students who knew more But, when my father passed away in 1943, right than my professors at Vanderbilt, and this is no Having fnished my Ph.D. I returned to yeshivah after my Bar Mitzvah, I began to attend the local exaggeration. I was studying ten hours a day, with the aim of receiving rabbinic ordination. Orthodox synagogue in order to say Kaddish for and I was feeling totally out of their league. The Rebbe allowed me to stay for a time, but he him. Then, after the year of mourning ended, didn’t let me get my rabbinic ordination. When I continued to participate in the minyan. As I began to yearn to return to yeshivah, and one I told him of my plan, he responded, “Lo mit an well, I started keeping Shabbat – which was day I got on the bus and returned to Chabad aleph! – Under no circumstances whatsoever!” a challenge when I had to miss playing with Headquarters. My yeshivah buddies were all He did not want me to have the title “Rabbi,” he my team in a basketball tournament, but I very happy to see me, and I felt great about it. wanted me to have the title “Professor.” persevered. That is, until I saw the Rebbe. I only began to grasp his reasoning when I In 1949, Rabbi Zalman Posner, a Chabad I told him, “I’ve decided to return to yeshivah.” started teaching. When my students saw me emissary, came to town and ignited within me He responded, “I think you will come to regret wearing a yarmulke, many of them came to an interest to seriously study Torah texts. At that you gave up your profession.” me to discuss doubts about religion that were that time I was attending Vanderbilt University, troubling them. I was the right address for their where I was also seriously studying philosophy. He must have seen the fallen expression on my questions of faith because I had obtained a face, because he smiled and said, “You have to Ph.D. from Harvard, yet I had remained Torah And that is where my story begins. have courage.” observant. Through the intercession of my mentor at I walked out stunned, but I got back on the bus And now I fnally understood what the Rebbe Vanderbilt, Professor Arthur Smallion, I was and returned to Harvard. It was very hard, I was knew all along – that with my degree and my accepted to Harvard University for graduate depressed at times, but I got a Master’s Degree, reputation as an Aristotelian scholar, I was in a studies in philosophy. But I wasn’t sure that although I failed the exams for a Ph.D. position to have a major infuence on other Jews. I should go there – a university in Edinburgh, In fact, I didn’t even have to open my mouth – Scotland, had also accepted me and that exotic I wrote to the Rebbe, again telling him that I just being who I was, a respected philosopher location appealed more to me. Meanwhile, I wanted to return to yeshivah because I failed my who was religious, spoke volumes. decided to spend my summer vacation of 1952 exams, but the Rebbe would not agree to that. at the Chabad yeshivah in New York. He responded, “Take them again. You are smart, The Rebbe knew that this was how it would be. and there is no reason you shouldn’t pass.” And He wanted me to become as important in the While there, I had my frst audience with the sure enough, I passed the second time and went world of philosophy as I could possibly become Rebbe. on to write my dissertation on Aristotle. But this because the more important I was, the more I remember talking with him about Plato, whose too was diffcult for me and I might not have infuence I could have on my students. That’s philosophy was a major interest of mine at the fnished it were it not for the Rebbe nudging me what he had in mind all along. And that is why time. But the Rebbe called him “Platon” which is all the while, “Finish … fnish your dissertation.” he constantly encouraged me to give papers in the way Greek scholars refer to him, and it struck philosophy, to attend conferences and to give So, fnally, I did – in 1958. It was called “Aristotle’s guest lectures. Without his prodding, I would me that the Rebbe must have a deep knowledge Theory of Perception,” and it proved quite an of the subject. not have done it, so it is clear to me that he is original dissertation in many ways. In fact, it was entirely responsible for my career. He went on to say that the philosophy of Plato so original that it went against the accepted was very cruel. I had never heard anybody say thinking of Aristotelian philosophers of the From the very moment that I stepped foot in that about Plato before and I was shocked. I day and no academic journal would publish it. Lubavitch, the Rebbe was working overtime assumed that he was referring to Plato’s belief I confded my problem to the Rebbe who made that I should not become a rabbi, that I should that you had to take children away from their a novel suggestion: “Ask one of your Harvard become a famous professor. And he pulled it off parents and train them to be subservient to professors to intervene.” against my will, so to speak. How he did it, I am the state which, I had to admit is cruel. Later not sure. But here I stand as proof. And, because I would never have thought to do that in my he pulled it off, hundreds of people who have I abandoned the study of Plato and become a wildest imagination, because I knew that I had student of Aristotle instead. looked to me as a model are Torah-observant written a controversial dissertation and it was today – some fully, and some in some level of At the end of the summer at the Chabad yeshivah, absurd to think that any professor would stick observance. Just as the Rebbe envisioned. it was time to leave. But where should I go from his neck out for me. But because the Rebbe here? I wrote to the Rebbe asking if I should go advised it, I asked. As a result, my article was 16 Meyer Youth Center The full scoop on all the Youth events and classes

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After delays caused by Hurricane Irma and with other pre-construction issues, the work is now focused on the dewatering process. This involved process could not be mobilized until the pilings were in place and the pumps were inspected. Fifty Percent of the pilings are now ready and the remainder will be fnalized so that the site can be formed for the foundation. Preparation work also includes the abandonment of the current wells and the grading for new wells and addressing the connection of the current storm drain water line to the new wells.

Baruch Hashem, we are now on track and with HaShem’s help we will be able to include an update on the dewatering process in our next report. If you have any questions regarding the construction process, please don’t hesitate to contact Maurice Egozi or Yankie Andrusier.

25 French Connection Reflexions sur la Paracha

Vivre avec la paracha Le rêve cosmique Où mènent tous ces rêves? Dans les 3300 ans qui suivirent, nous avons subi Dans le vrai monde, de telles absurdités étaient Basé sur les enseignements du Rabbi de bien d’autres siècles de galout, étant tombés sous impossibles. Quand le Saint Temple se tenait à Loubavitch la domination des Babyloniens et des Perses, Jérusalem et inondait le monde de clarté divine, Merci à MeaningfulLife.com des Grecs et des Romains, des chrétiens et des aucun homme ayant la moindre trace d’impureté communistes. Nous sommes encore en galout spirituelle (toumah) ne pouvait s’approcher ne partie importante de notre Paracha aujourd’hui. Certes, nous sommes affranchis, de D.ieu avant d’avoir subi un processus de (Mikets, Beréchit 41,1 - 44,17) est globalement parlant, des persécutions et des purifcation. Que D.ieu soit la source de vie et consacrée au récit des deux rêves du roi tourments des générations précédentes, mais que le péché (c’est-à-dire la déconnexion du U le Juif demeure un étranger dans le monde, divin) soit synonyme de mort n’étaient pas d’Égypte. Ceux-ci ne sont d’ailleurs pas relatés seulement une fois, mais à trois reprises : nous toujours privé de l’environnement qui nourrit simplement des concepts, mais des faits de la vie. en lisons tout d’abord le récit proprement dit, son âme et comble ses aspirations. Et la galout, Dans le vrai monde d’alors, et dans lequel nous puis vient une version plus détaillée quand quelle que soit ses formes, disent nos Sages, est nous réveillerons quand le rêve de la galout se Pharaon les décrit à Joseph, et fnalement quand une conséquence de notre première galout en dissipera, les lois spirituelles de la réalité sont Joseph donne à Pharaon son interprétation des Égypte. aussi apparentes et aussi immuables – plutôt, différentes composantes de ces rêves. plus apparentes et plus immuables – que les Rabbi Chnéour Zalman de Lyadi explique que la lois physiques de la nature. Et ceux-ci sont les derniers d’une séquence de galout est issue d’une succession de rêves parce rêves que la Torah a évoqués dans les chapitres que la galout est elle-même le rêve ultime. Toutefois, dit le Rabbi de Loubavitch, il y a aussi précédents. Car si Joseph se trouve dans le palais Le rêve est la perception sans la discipline un aspect positif à notre actuelle existence de Pharaon à lui interpréter ses rêves, c’est suite de la raison. On y retrouve tous les stimuli et hallucinatoire. Dans le vrai monde, une relation à deux autres rêves, faits deux ans plus tôt les expériences de la vraie vie : vision et son, authentique avec D.ieu peut uniquement dans une prison égyptienne. Joseph y avait été pensées et action, exaltation et peur. Tout ce qui s’établir dans le contexte d’une vie qui Lui incarcéré avec deux ministres de Pharaon, dont fait le rêve est emprunté à notre vie éveillée. est constamment fdèle. Dans le monde de la chacun avait fait un rêve que Joseph avait su Mais tout y est sens dessus dessous, tout défe galout, en revanche, une personne imparfaite interpréter. la logique et notre sens de ce qui est crédible. peut goûter au divin. Dans le vrai monde, seule Dans un rêve, un drame peut être cause de une âme irréprochable peut pénétrer dans le Et pourquoi Joseph se trouvait-il dans cette réjouissance, un parent peut être plus jeune que sanctuaire de D.ieu. Dans le monde de la galout, prison égyptienne ? Parce que onze ans son enfant et une vache peut sauter par-dessus D.ieu « réside parmi eux, au sein même de leur auparavant le récit qu’il avait fait à ses frères la lune. impureté ». de ses propres rêves avait accru leur jalousie à son égard, au point où ils avaient fni par le La galout est un rêve, un rêve terrible et Nous attendons chaque jour l’aube divine qui vendre comme esclave. Et les détails de ces irrationnel qui embrasse le monde entier et dissipera le rêve cosmique qui, dans la plus deux rêves accompagneront Joseph dans toutes s’étend sur des millénaires. Un rêve dans lequel grande partie de notre histoire, nous a rendus ses pérégrinations et seront à l’origine de son le crime paie, où les bons meurent jeunes et où physiquement et spirituellement estropiés. Mais, étrange traitement de ses frères et de son le peuple élu de D.ieu est massacré en toute en ces derniers instants du rêve de la galout, père, bien des années plus tard, lorsqu’il sera le impunité. Un rêve dans lequel ce qui est juste proftons de l’occasion unique de pouvoir être maître de l’Égypte et que ses frères y viendront et vrai est rarement « réaliste » et où des non- « hypocrites » et « incohérents » au sens positif depuis le pays de Canaan frappé par la famine entités telles que « l’ignorance », « la mort : en surestimant notre capacité spirituelle, pour s’y fournir en nourriture.1 » et « le mal » sont des forces extrêmement en étant et en faisant davantage que ce dont puissantes. nous serions capables selon une évaluation L’aboutissement de tous ces rêves est la galout rationnelle de notre mérite et de notre potentiel. (exil) en Égypte, la première galout subie par le Le surréalisme de la galout affecte également peuple juif et la source de tous leurs futurs exils. notre vie spirituelle. C’est seulement en galout Les Enfants d’Israël s’installèrent en Égypte où qu’une personne peut se lever le matin, se purifer ils furent plus tard réduits en esclavage par les dans un mikvé, prier avec extase et dévotion, Classes Égyptiens et où ils connurent une déchéance étudier un chapitre de Torah et puis se rendre Thursdays at 12.00 in the Haime Library spirituelle telle que, par bien des aspects, ils en au travail pour y escroquer des gens toute la Classes alternate between the following teachers: journée. Dire qu’il s’agit d’« hypocrisie » n’est pas vinrent à ressembler à leurs bourreaux. Quand Dr. Hanna Barouk D.ieu vint les sauver, Il dut « prendre une nation une description fdèle d’un tel phénomène. Dans Rabbi Amar des entrailles d’une nation » (Deutéronome bien des cas, sa prière est sincère et son amour Rabbi Frankforter 4, 34), entrant dans les boyaux de l’Égypte et sa crainte de D.ieu sont authentiques. Mais il Rabbi Gansburg habite dans le monde onirique de la galout où pour extraire Son peuple de la société la plus FOR WOMEN ONLY dépravée sur terre. les contraires coexistent et où l’incohérence est la norme. 26 Latin Link Reflexion Semanal

Parasha de la Semana Las Siete Vacas Gordas nube de sueños. Los sueños de José, los sueños Por Yanki Tauber Vaca Magra #5: los judíos estadounidenses. del panadero y del copero y los sueños del Faraón fueron los que condujeron a José, y Vaca Magra #6: el estado político de la nación. luego a toda su familia, a Egipto, donde habrían Vaca Magra #7: el estado espiritual de la nación. de sufrir el exilio, la esclavitud y la persecución, hasta que por fn Moisés los liberara más de dos Uno de los detalles más importantes pero que siglos más tarde. El exilio anterior de Jacob a muchas veces se pasan por alto en el famoso Jarán también comenzó y culminó con sueños. sueño del Faraón es el hecho de que las siete vacas magras se pararon junto a las siete vacas Porque el galut es un sueño: un estado de gordas a la orilla del río. En otras palabras: las existencia plagado de confusas metáforas, catorce vacas existieron en forma simultánea horrendas exageraciones y lógicas en el sueño del Faraón, a diferencia de lo que imposibilidades. Un estado en el cual las vacas ocurrió en la realidad, en que los siete años de gordas y las vacas magras coexisten en forma hambre vinieron una vez que terminaron los simultánea, y en el cual una misma vaca puede siete años de abundancia. ser a la vez gorda y magra. Es por eso que los sabios del Faraón, El galut es un lugar en el que la economía he aquí que del río emergieron siete vacas que conjuraron toda clase de exóticas próspera es tanto una bendición como una de hermosa apariencia y robustas; y pacían interpretaciones al sueño que había tenido maldición, en el que la creciente ola de libertad en los pantanos (Génesis 41:2). Y él (como por ejemplo, “te nacerán siete hijas y da rienda suelta a lo mejor y lo peor del ser humano, en el que la misma Web que circunda Vaca Gorda #1: la economía. morirán siete hijas”), no aceptaron la solución que era tan obvia. ¿Cuándo son las vacas gordas? todo el planeta transmite tanto sabiduría Vaca Gorda #2: la libertad y la democracia. ¡Cuando la cosecha es abundante! ¿Cuándo son como suciedad, en el que estamos saturados magras? Cuando hay hambre. Lo mismo con las de espiritualidad y al mismo tiempo, somos Vaca Gorda #3: la tecnología moderna (el mazorcas de maíz gordas y magras. ¿Acaso hay espiritualmente pobres. automóvil, los abrelatas eléctricos, el Internet). algo más obvio? Sin embargo, hay una forma de encarar este Vaca Gorda #4: la medicina moderna (la Pero el Faraón vio las vacas gordas y las magras embrollo cósmico. Escuchemos hablar a neurocirugía, el Prozac, las lentes de contacto paciendo juntas. “No es posible que los años de José (hasta el Faraón sabe lo que es un buen de color). abundancia y los años de hambre ocurran al consejo…). No te escapes del sueño, dice José; no le busques otro signifcado. Úsalo. Si el galut Vaca Gorda #5: los judíos estadounidenses mismo tiempo”, dijeron los sabios. “Es obvio que te muestra la paradoja de la vaca gorda y la vaca (Albert Einstein, Steven Spielberg, Joe los sueños quieren decir algo diferente; algo magra paciendo juntas a la orilla del río, usa la Lieberman). menos obvio, más metafórico”. vaca gorda para nutrir a la vaca magra. Haz que Vaca Gorda #6: el estado político de la nación La genialidad de José fue que él comprendió que el sueño sea la solución. (judíos viviendo en la Patria Judía bajo un los sueños del Faraón no solamente predecían gobierno judío). acontecimientos que iban a suceder en un futuro sino que ellos mismos también servían Vaca Gorda #7: el estado espiritual de la nación para explicar de qué forma enfrentarlos: los Clases y Eventos (una abundancia de Yeshivás, sinagogas, centros sueños le estaban diciendo al Faraón que tenía Clases en Espanol comunitarios, clases de la Parashá, clases de que hacer que los siete años de abundancia Talmud, clases de Kabalá, rabinos, rebes y gurús coexistieran con los siete años de hambre. Porcion Semanal como nunca antes ha habido). Al indicarle al Faraón de qué manera debía Rabbi Shea Rubinstein prepararse para la inminente hambruna, José Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm He aquí que emergieron otras siete vacas del río, Analisis de distintos temas basados en la Perasha no le estaba ofreciendo un consejo que no se de mala apariencia y carne magra, y se pararon le había pedido, sino que ese consejo formaba Rabbi Shlomi Halsband junto a las vacas en la orilla del Río (Génesis parte de la interpretación de los sueños. Si el Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm 41:3). Faraón almacenaba el grano excedente durante Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm Vaca Magra #1: la economía. los años de abundancia, entonces las siete vacas gordas seguirían estando presentes cuando (Para Mujeres) Vaca Magra #2: la libertad y la democracia. Sra. Vivian Perez las siete vacas magras emergieran del río, y Martes 10:45 am - 12:00 pm entonces las vacas magras tendrían qué comer. Vaca Magra #3: la tecnología moderna. Miércoles: 1:15pm - 2:50 pm Jueves: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Los maestros jasídicos señalan que el primer Vaca Magra #4: la asistencia sanitaria en este 198 Park Dr. Bal Harbour galut (“exilio”) del pueblo judío surgió en una siglo 21. Por favor llamar al 305.213.3202 para confrmar 27 In A Woman’s World Issues of relevance to the Jewish Woman

WEEKLY CLASSES Women’s Mikvah: Monday Please call Mrs. Devorah Failer for an Women’s Study Group Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 8:30 - 10:00 pm appointment: 305-866 1492 or At the home of : Please call The Shul for details 305-323-2410 Please Note: Shabbos & Yom Tov visits must be Prepaid Tuesday Prayer Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 9:15 - 10:15 am 1111 Kane Concourse Suite 618 The Shul Sisterhood Tanya Class In Spanish Mrs. Vivian Perez 10:45 - 12:00 pm

198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Who we are... Wednesday The Shul Sisterhood organizes all of The Shul’s programming Morning Torah Class Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 10:00 - 11:00 am and classes geared toward women in the community. Our The weekly portion - Women’s Perspective objective is to bring women of all ages and backgrounds Haime Library together to learn, laugh, experience, and rejuvenate their mind, Tanya Class in English Mrs. Vivian Perez 1:15 - 2:50 pm body and soul. Meet new friends, 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village relax and get inspired! Thursday If you would like to be a part of The Shul Sisterhood, Women’s Tanya Class – Spanish – Mrs. Vivian Perez please call 305. 868.1411 Call Vivian for details – 305.213.3202

POTATO LATKE RECIPE

INGREDIENTS 4 medium Idaho potatoes 6 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil, such as Colavita 3 eggs, beaten 2 tablespoon matzoh meal 2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper Applesauce or sour cream:(optional)

PREPARATION Prepare a large bowl flled with cold water. Peel potatoes, and as you fnish each, place in cold water to prevent browning. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cut potatoes lengthwise into halves or quarters so they ft into food processor feed tube. Process potatoes using the blade that creates thin, shoestring-like strips and transfer to a large bowl. Add eggs, matzoh meal, salt and pepper and mix well. Drop 6 to 8 spoonfuls of mixture into hot oil. Using the back of a spoon, pat down each latke to fatten it. Put as many as you can in the skillet without crowding. Putting them too close together will make them soggy. Fry 3 to 4 minutes on each side, until golden and crisp around the edges; repeat procedure until fnished with all the batter. Blot excess oil with paper towels. Serve warm with applesauce or sour cream, if desired.

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Contacts at The Shul 305.868.1411 Rabbi Rabbi Sholom Lipskar Ext 311 Associate Rabbi Rabbi Zalman Lipskar Ext 345 Rabbi’s Executive Assistant Ms. Lydia Hasson Ext 311 Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar 305.992.8363 JLAC / Adult Ed/ Singles Rabbi Shea Rubinstein Ext 342 CYS College / Kolel Rabbi Dov Schochet 305.790.8294 Accounting Mrs. Geri Kelly Ext 341 Controller Mrs. Janice Barney Ext 318 Offce Manager Ms. Stacy Waxman Ext 313 Events / Offce Assistant Ms. Milena Liascovitz Ext 328 Youth Director / Dinner Mrs Devorah Leah Andrusier Ext 329 Shul Gaboim Youth Director Rabbi Shaykee Farkash Ext 329 Mr. Andrew Roth Operations / Maintenance Rabbi Shlomi Katan Ext 319 Reception / Accounts Payable Mrs. Mindy Natoli Ext 0 Mr. David Portnoy Mikvah Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410 Rabbi Henry Eichler Pre-School Mrs. Chana Lipskar Ext 325 Mr. Ettai Einhorn Sephardic Minyan Chazan Shimshon Tzubeli 305.865.4205 Mr. David Ben-Arie Hebrew School / Editor Mrs. Aurit Katan 786.382.9006 Mr. Seth Salver Hashkama Minyan Mr. Lazer Milstein 305.349.3040 Mashgiach Mr. Mordechai Olesky 786.262.9115 Board of Trustees Foundation Trustees Ambassador Isaac Gilinski - Chairman Alberto Kamhazi Albert Pollans - President Simon Falic Shmuel Katz M.D. Jaime Gilinski Sidney Feltenstein Leo Kryss David Lichter Matias Garfunkel Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Jaime Gilinski Lazer Milstein Monroe Milstein - Treasurer Max Gilinski Michael Perez Saul Gilinski Ryan Shapiro Board of Directors Sam Greenberg Claudio Stivelman Steven M. Dunn - President Jerrod M. Levine Abel Holtz Morris Tabacinic Mitchell Feldman - Vice President Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Mike Izak Rabbi Zalman Lipskar VP Development Alexander Matz Eric P. Stein - Treasurer Lazer Milstein Joel Baum - Associate Treasurer Ezzy Rappaport Executive Committee Steven M. Dunn - Chair Evelyn Katz Dovid Duchman - Secretary Eliott Rimon Carolyn Baumel Brian Roller Devorah Leah Andrusier Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Max Benoliel Seth Salver Janice Barney Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Eli Dominitz Steven B. Schmutter Joel Baum Rabbi Zalman Lipskar Boruch Duchman Daniel Shapiro Maurice Egozi Orit Osman Velvel Freedman Ryan Shapiro Henry Eichler Marc Sheridan Eli Freund Michael Tabacinic Mitchell Feldman Daniel Sragowicz Bruce Gelb David Wolf Daniel Gielchinsky Cynthia Stein Ighal Goldfarb Jose Yankelevitch Jacob J. Givner Eric P. Stein Sam Greenwald 33 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul

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Derech Mitzvosecha 6:20 - 6:50 am Daf Yomi 9:00 am In Depth Chumash 1:30 pm PHL 101 PHL-301 PHL-501 Rabbi Z. Lipskar TXT 220 Rabbi Dov Schochet TXT-110 Rabbi Dov Schochet Daf Yomi 7:45 - 8:45 am Tanya - Sichos 8:00 - 10:00 pm Insights to our Daily Prayers TXT-220 Rabbi Dov Schochet PHL-322 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband (Spanish) 8:45 - 9:45 pm PHL-120 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Chok L’Yisrael - Sephardic 8:45 am Reb Shimshon Tzubeli Women’s Study Group 8:30 - 10:00 pm TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Chassisdic Discourses 10:15 - 11:00 am At the home of: Please call The Shul for PHL-322 PHL-510 Rabbi S. Rubinstien details. Community Kollel (Men) 8:00 - 9:30 pm (Monday & Thursday) LAW-154 Shul Rabbis & Kolel

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Women’s Morning Torah Class Parsha (Men & Women) Senior Torah Academy 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11:15 am - 12:00 pm Pirkei Avot ETH-101 Rabbi Dov Schochet 10:00 - 11:30 am TXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar i TXT-501 Rabbi S. Rubinstien Women’s Torah Portion Class In Depth Tanya Class (Men & Women) Senior Torah Academy (Men & Women) (Spanish) 10:45 am - 12:00 pm 11:30 - 12:30 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm TXT-110 Mrs. Vivian Perez PHL-320 PHL-501 Rabbi Sholom Lipskar TXT-120 Rabbi Dov Schochet (Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village Tanya Class - English 1:15 - 2:50 pm PHL-120 Mrs. Vivian Perez French Class 198 Park Drive, Bal Harbour Village 12:00 pm Haime Library Spanish Kolel - Chassidus Women’s Tanya Class (Spanish) 8:00 - 10:00 pm 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PHL-301 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband PHL-320 Mrs. Vivian Perez Call Vivian for details - 305.213.3202

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