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Shabbos Parshas Vayishlach Kislev 13 - 14 December 1 - 2 CANDLE LIGHTING: 5:11 pm Shabbos Ends: 6:06 pm

Yud Tes Kislev Rosh Hashana of Chassidus Thursday, December 7

Te Shul - Lubavitch - An institution of Te Lubavitcher , 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

Weekly Message 3 Some of our Youth visiting Holocaust survivors on Erev Shabbos Thoughts on the Parsha from 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 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9-15 Bringing lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 16-29 The full scoop on all the great events around town One of our Youth Groups learning CPR French Connection 30 Refexions sur la Paracha

Latin Link 31 Refexion Semanal

In a woman’s world 32 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman

The ABC’s of Aleph 33 Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments.

Networking 34 -36 Effective Advertising

Numbers To Know 37 Contacts at The Shul

Daily Study 38 A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul Get The Picture 39-40 The full scoop on all the great events around town

Father & Son Motzei Shabbos learning at The Shul

Quotable Quote If only we could kiss a Torah-scroll with the same love that my master (Rabbi Israel ) kissed the children when he took them to school as a teacher’s assistant

– Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Shabbos Parshas Vayishlach of that time and place where it actually transpires, but to each of us in our personal lives and time. s we celebrate the Rosh Hashanah for Chassiduth Yaacov was a strong person with a very powerful family. Two of Aon the 19th of Kislev (Yud his sons killed an entire city. One of his sons saved the mighty Tes Kislev) we commemorate the Kingdom of Egypt. Yaakov’s grandfather, Avraham, vanquished emancipation of the Founder of the four great Kingdoms who imprisoned his nephew. Yet Yaakov Chabad/Lubavitch, the Alter Rebbe, prepared for war only as a last resort. Why did he not rid the world Reb Schneur Zalman of , from a of the evil Eisav? Why was that not an important objective? death-row imprisonment. The Story of the Alter Rebbe’s imprisonment Eisav was a product of Yitchak, a veritable vehicle for G-d, and through the false accusation of so contained enormous energy. Together with being a progeny fellow Jews who were completely of Yitzchak and Rivkah, according to Kaballah, his origin was devoted to the destruction and from the world of Tohu/Chaos where the light/energy forces are elimination of Chassiduth is another extremely powerful and multitudinous to the extent that they re-experience of this week’s Torah portion. overwhelmed and shattered the vessels of creation which could not contain them. Only a fellow Jewish brother from the same upbringing and family can completely destroy another Jewish brother and family. Yaakov realized this and knew that eventually he would need and have the power to harness this enormous energy and utilize it to As the Alter Rebbe faced the most formidable challenges and illuminate G-d’s world. painful circumstances even to the extent of imminent loss of his life, he stood on the shoulders of his illustrious Father Jacob who His initial fear was based on the recognition of Eisav’s yet- faced similar challenges and diffculties and not only survived unrefned power, while their brotherly embrace was a precursor and persevered but was successful in an “over the top” manner. of the messianic period, when that which challenged and threatened us during our exile/Galut experience will be elevated As we read the following episode just substitute Yaacov and Eisav and transformed to fll the world with the light of holiness as for the Alter Rebbe and his opponents. the waters fll the seas. That is what the Alter Rebbe’s Chassiduth teaches and promulgates. Yaacov meets Eisav. This confrontation is prefaced by trepidation, fear, anxiety, insecurity and dread but also hope and faith by On this Shabbos we commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Yaacov, and anger, revenge, murderous intent and faithless power Rebbe’s wedding who created and mobilized the greatest army by Eisav. of “lamp lighters” to illuminate and warm the world with holy light. We proclaim with action that we, the bearers of light, will They march toward each other with opposite emotions and dominate and bring illumination and enlightenment event to the expectations. Yaacov, even as he prepares for a miracle, resigns darkest places. to the possibility of signifcant loss of life and possessions while Eisav strives to kill and annihilate. A miraculous spirit All the children of Yaacov/Israel continue eternally while the of camaraderie and fraternity ensues as they come together in descendants of Eisav are like the temporary fash that disappeared. embrace and seeming love, albeit only temporarily.

It is after this traumatic episode that Yaakov wrestles with the angel and is given the name Yisrael which becomes the eternal identity of the Jewish People. The sequence of these events and Rabbi S. Lipskar their content must have relevance, not only to the Biblical story 3 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Weekly Riddle

Morah Malkie’s Elisheva Adouth's Tot Aleph Wonder Girls Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Questions: 1) This parsha begins: “And Yaakov sent messengers” to Esav. Where Montessori Classrooom 2 does the Torah state: “And Yisrael sent messengers”? classrooom 2 2)Where in this parsha is a question used as an answer? (2 answers)

3) In this parsha, who has a name that is also the name of an animal? (5 answers) Answers from last week: 1) In naming all the sons, the verse states “And she called.” Only with Tehila's Basya's Levi does it state “he called his name Levi,” implying that he was not Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls named by his mother (Genesis 29:34).

Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 2) The Torah does not state any reason for the name of Leah’s daughter, Dina (Genesis 30:21). 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 3) Michal placed terafm in the bed of David to help him escape from Classrooom 4 her father, Shaul (1-Shmuel 19:13).

RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Loebenstein any time over Shabbos. The first child to give a correct answer to each of the Mendy's questions will win an INSTANT prize! Sholom's Hebrew School 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 available for sponsorship. Shabbos Schedule Shalosh Seudos This Week: Candle lighting 5:11 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Zelmanovitch in Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5:15 p.m. honor of the Yahrzeit of Rosalia’s father, Tzvi Hershel ben Yakov Shmuel Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. obm. May his neshama have an aliya. / 8:50 a.m. Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. the caterer for this week’s kiddush Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 4:15 p.m. and Shalosh seudos is Food Art Men’s Shiur 4:15 p.m. Women's Shiur 4:15 p.m. Shalosh Seudos for Boys 4:15 p.m. Mincha 5:00 p.m. Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & 6:06 p.m. Weekly Video of The Rebbe kiddushim at The Shul Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 5:00 p.m. Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Mincha 5:00 p.m. Shabbos Ends / Arvit & Havdalah 6:06 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship:

Kiddush Shalosh Seudos December 2, 23, 30 December 9, 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 5:11 p.m. Mincha 5:15 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 14 Kislev Mr. Brandon Cohen 15 Kislev Miriam bas Pinchas obm 14 Kislev Mr. Gabriel Gilinski Mother of Mr. Michael Weiss and 14 Kislev Ms. Maya Rubin Sister of Mr. Avrom Chaim Zelmanovitch 15 Kislev Mrs. Rivky Duchman 15 Kislev Ms. Lesley Spodek 15 Kislev Yaakov ben Abraham Chaim obm 16 Kislev Mrs. Gisele Bouhnik Husband of Mrs. Chana Weinbaum 16 Kislev Mrs. Deby Farkash 15 Kislev Osher ben Harav Mordechai Tabac obm 16 Kislev Mr. William Marc Vlosky Father of Mr. Leon Jakobs 17 Kislev Mr. Eliezer Aharon Portnoy 16 Kislev Abraham ben Yitzchok obm 17 Kislev Mrs. Stephanie Schwartz Father of Mrs. Bella Brenner 17 Kislev Mr. Slomianski 18 Kislev Mr. Jonathan Eleff 16 Kislev Yitzchok Zvi ben Yichiel obm 18 Kislev Mrs. Anne Gontownik Father of Mrs. Ethel Meril Sirotkin 18 Kislev Mr. Adam Kaufman 16 Kislev Tzvi Hershel ben Yakov Shmuel obm 18 Kislev Mr. Craig Michael Silverman Father of Mrs. Rose (Rosalia) Zelmanovitch 20 Kislev Mr. Sidney Feltenstein 17 Kislev Binyomin ben Michoel obm 20 Kislev Mrs. Malka Rappaport 17 Kislev Binyomin ben Michoel obm Husband of Mrs. Bessie Bedzow Father of Mrs. Sarah Rachel Sheridan and Mrs. Hannah Shear 18 Kislev Bashka bas Moishe Laizer obm Mother of Mrs. Perla Gilinski Kid’s Birthdays Nissan Shmuel ben Yochanan obm 15 Kislev Musya Schochet 16 Kislev Daniel Davit Father of Dr. Nancy Scheinman 17 Kislev Lyla Pesha Goldfarb 19 Kislev Rivka bas Yaakov obm 17 Kislev Rachel Hankin Mother of Mr. Oded Ben-Arie 19 Kislev Israel Chaim Tzvi Andrusier 19 Kislev Chava Necha obm 19 Kislev Ariela Davit Mother of Mrs. Aviva Stauber 20 Kislev Joel Joseph Barouch Kamhazi 20 Kislev Gila Lipskar

Anniversaries Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe & Bluma Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Levi & Rosie Drimmer Community Notice Board: If you have a new or slightly used Shaitel that you Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Leah Barouk Mr. & Mrs. Baruch & Chana Liba Dorfman would like to donate to The Shul Sisterhood Mr. & Ms. Yossi & Nava Raskin Please Contact Mr. & Mrs. Sol & Anna Zuckerman Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey & Lillian Glick Mr. & Mrs. Chaim & Hinda Cohen

Welcome to New Members Mr. Alan Warner

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 11/21/17 and 11/27/17 the month of Kislev is Kindly Sponsored by We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Mr. Gabriel Ammar Mr. & Mrs. Shimon Laber Mr. Joseph Ammar Mr. Jorge Pack MR. & MRS. JAIME AND RUT LAPIDUS Mr. & Mrs. Yankie Andrusier Mr. & Mrs. Rafael Peretz Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Arber Mrs. Ethel Meril Sirotkin “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to Mr. & Mrs. Max Benoliel Ms. Barbara Ann Taylor pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Feltenstein Mr. & Ms. Azriel Wasserman and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Mr. & Ms. Ighal Goldfarb occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Volunteers Needed After every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the left over food to organizations or families in need. We are looking for volunteers to help collect and wrap the food. If you would like to help please contact the Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush. Community service hours will be awarded. Refuah Shleimah If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. MEN WOMEN Learning with The Bochurim Yichael ben Layke Chaya Miriam Yehudit bat Chava If you are interested in having your child Meyer Yankev ben Chaya Etel Clara bat Corina Alexander ben Esther Raizel Shoshanna bat Rivkah learn with one of our bochurim, Chaim Moshe ben Clara Leah Rochel bat Sarah or if you would like to arrange Raphael Moshe ben Sarah Miriam bat Risha Raizel a lunch and learn in your office, Moshe ben Zoila Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Moshe Avraham ben Tziporah Riva Chana bas Shoshana Please contact Rabbi Shaykee Farkash Chaim ben Pnina Ilana bas Shaina Rochel [email protected] Gabriel ben Esther Chava bas Elka Menucha Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Chaya bas Rachel Shmuel ben Sarah Perl Fayge bas Chaya Yosef ben Edwina Miriam Leah bas Helen Avrohom ben Feigel Mordechai David ben Esther Raizel Yedidya Chaim Raphael ben Elana Yehuda ben Chaya Sara Shimon Yitzchak ben Leah Rochel Roi ben Orly Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel

7 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 5:10 pm 10:00 pm Main Minyan 5:10 pm Following Sephardic Minyan 5:10 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

To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, courageously protecting and defending Eretz Yisroel. We pray Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:37 am for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily. Hinda Clara bas Chana Guenendel Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:09 am Benyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 6:54 am Jonathan ben Aliza Sher (Earliest Amidah) Michael Shmuel ben Eliezer Eliyahu Latest Shema 9:31 am Amir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry Zman Tfllah 10:24 am Eitan Gabriel ben Karine Cecile Chatzot / Midday 12:11 pm Earliest Mincha 12:39 pm Plag HaMincha 4:27 pm Shekiah / Sunset 5:29 pm (preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 5:55 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. 8 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Hayom Yom In the winter of 1942, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Y. , 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 13 dedication) ahavat Yisrael (love of one’s fellow), even vitality were given to us, this day is Rosh Hashana My father said: Chassidus changes what exists, towards a Jew whom one has never seen. for Chassidus bequeathed us by our sacred forebears, and uncovers the essence-character. The essence- identical with the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov. character of the Jewish person is beyond estimation Monday - Kislev 16 and assessment, for he is a part of (G-d’s) Essence, A fundamental principle of is that “This day is the beginning of Your works,” the and whoever lays hold of a part of The Essence is as the mind, which by its innate nature rules over the fulfllment of the true intention behind the creation though he lays hold of it all. Just as The Essence is heart,) must subordinate the heart to G-d’s service of man on earth, which is to call forth revelation of the unlimited, so is the part unlimited. This is similar to by utilizing the intellectualization, comprehension light of the inward part of our holy Torah. tzitzit being “on the corner” - i.e. “of the same material and profound contemplation of the greatness of the as the corner” of the garment. (The existence of the Creator of the universe. On this day, that light is called forth, in a general way, as an entity discrete from G-d’s Essence) is only for the entire year. It is our duty, on this day, to awaken because G-d3 created the soul to be a created being; Tuesday - Kislev 17 our hearts with an innermost, elemental desire and and Chassidus reveals the essence-character (of the Chassidus Chabad opens the gates to the chambers will, in the very core of our heart, that G-d illuminate soul). of chochma and bina, enabling one to know and to our with the light of His Inner Torah. recognize - with intellectual comprehension - “He who Shabbos - Kislev 14 spoke and the world came into being. It awakens the “From the depths I called to You, O G-d,” to elicit the In one of my father’s sichot, he explained a subject, of feelings of the heart so that it is aroused with the depth and inwardness of G-d’s Torah and G-d’s mitzvot which this is the core: emotion engendered by that particular intellectual from the inwardness and essence of the Infnite (May comprehension. And Chassidus Chabad shows the way He be blessed), to illuminate the inwardness of our There are tzadik, yashar, tamim and chassid. Tzadik that each individual - commensurate with his innate souls. That all our being (meaning our total existence, is so called regarding his fulfllment of the positive abilities - can “approach the Sacred,” to serve G-d with the essence and the extensions)7 be devoted to Him mitzvot, thereby eliciting revelations inherent in the his mind and heart. alone, to banish from within us any of the natural creative order. traits that are evil and unworthy. Instead, all our works and affairs (our Avoda, meaning - davening and Torah Yashar is so called regarding his fulfllment of the Wednesday - Kislev 18 No tachanun at Mincha. and mitzvot, and our worldly undertakings necessary negative mitzvot - which draws forth revelations for the maintenance of the body), be with sincere beyond the creative order. Tamim, (man of) earnestness The Tzemach Tzedek writes: The love expressed in intention for the sake of Heaven, as G-d wishes. elicits revelations (from a level of G-dliness at which) “Beside You I wish for nothing,” means that one should “the taste of the tree and its fruit is the same” - the co- desire nothing other than G-d, not even “Heaven” or May G-d the Merciful Father have compassion upon joining of the Encompassing (soveiv) and Permeating “earth” i.e. Higher Gan Eden and Lower Gan Eden, for us and lead us along the good and righteous path and (memalei) modes of Divine infuence. these were created with a mere yud... The love is to be may we “see His face in uprightness.Tehillim 11:7. directed to Him alone, to His very Being and Essence. Highest of all is Chassid, and here there are three This was actually expressed by my master and teacher * Dated, Wednesday, Kislev 16, 5662. levels: (a) Worldly affairs do not disturb or distract him. (the Alter Rebbe) when he was in a state of d’veikut Every individual can, and every individual must, attain and he exclaimed as follows: Friday - Kislev 20 this level. (b) All his affairs “are G-dliness.” Though this The frst printing of the “Book of the Intermediates” level “is not distant from you etc.,” it is still not within I want nothing at all! I don’t want Your gan eden, I - Tanya - was completed on Tuesday, Kislev 20, everyone’s reach. (c) The level described in Tikunei don’t want Your olam haba... I want nothing but You 5557 (1796) in Slavita. It included Part I - Sefer , “Who is a chassid? He who conducts himself alone. Shel Benonim, - Part II - Chinuch Katan - and Shaar with benevolence towards his Creator - towards His Hayichud Veha’emunah. nest” - which means that he seeks to unite the Holy GOOD YOM TOV. One blessed be He, and His Shechina within those MAY YOU BE INSCRIBED AND SEALED Igeret Hateshuvah, frst edition, was printed in Zolkvi who dwell in the lower worlds - not merely to quench FOR A GOOD YEAR IN THE STUDY OF CHASSIDUS 5559 (1799); second edition, frst printing, Shklov the thirst of his own soul; as explained in Tanya. AND THE WAYS OF CHASSIDUS 5566 (1806). Sunday - Kislev 15 Thursday - Kislev 19 Igeret Hakodesh, frst printing, Shklov 5574 (1814). The Alter Rebbe told his son the Mitteler Rebbe: From a letter by my father:* Grandfather (the Baal Shem Tov) said that one The corrected edition of all four parts was printed must have mesirat nefesh (total self-sacrifce and The 19th of Kislev...the festival on which “He redeemed in Vilna (Rom edition) in 5660 (1900) and has been our soul in peace,” and our soul’s illumination and reprinted many times since. 9 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

SHABBOS MESSAGES Jacob’s Three-Step Program The enmity and rivalry between the siblings refect physical identity and enter into the transcendental the tension and struggle between the two forces oasis of our soul. It is the time when we put the toward Serenity in our lives: the struggle between our ego and our ego to sleep and we discover our inner love and Tribute, Prayer and War humbleness, between our selfsh cravings and our spirituality. By: Rabbi YY Jacobson noble aspirations, between our impulsive lusts and our altruistic yearnings. All day, we think about our tents; during prayer we Two Perspectives focus on the stars, on the splendor and meaning of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go camping None of us is exempt from this daily confrontation life. together, they put up a tent and go inside to enjoy with “Esau.” We constantly are overwhelmed with a tranquil rest near the fre. In middle of the night, materialistic burdens, selfsh moods and immoral Have you ever experienced the power of prayer? Sherlock turns to Dr. Watson and says, “So what are appetites. The incessant demands of our selfsh and Sadly, most synagogues are more like cemeteries you thinking about now”? beastly consciousness present a threat to kill the or chicken markets rather than spiritual islands “Jacob” within us. where one may return home to his soul. That’s a pity, Watson responds: “Sherlock! This is awesome. I’m because lacking the daily experience of genuine gazing at the celestial stars hovering above us, I’m How does one deal with these potent forces, which, prayer we inevitably become vulnerable to the overwhelmed by the romantic splendor of the night, seemingly, are much more powerful than the holy onslaught from the Esau within. and I’m engulfed by the picturesque view of the forces within us? We must employ Jacob’s three-step double Decker. program of tribute, prayer and war. For example, when you don’t pray, meditate and connect to your soul in the morning, you often lack “And what are you thinking about”? asks Watson. Honoring Your Animal the courage and vision to control the food addiction of the Esau-impulse and you engage in an unhealthy “That someone stole our tent,” Sherlock replies. First of all, we must grant Esau some of our assets. We have to acknowledge the animal consciousness breakfast. When you go to the offce, you may lack living within us and honor its presence by granting the fortitude to conduct your business affairs Tribute, Prayer and War honestly. Prayer ensures that the tribute we present Following thirty-four years of separation from his it its needs. We must eat, sleep, exercise, earn a living to our animal soul does not exhaust us completely parents, Jacob sets out with his family to return from and engage in an ongoing relationship with the till we have nothing left to call our own. Mesopotamia to his home in the . On physical world around us. The animal soul deserves his way, he learns that his brother Esau is advancing to receive a lavish daily tribute from us, which includes our time, energy and resources. Under the Knife toward him with an imposing army, determined to Yet, all of the above does not suffce. Jacob must kill him. Yet, how do we ensure that we don’t overdo it? How also prepare himself for war. Some of the urges and Our sages derive from the Biblical narrative in the do we guarantee that our daily tributes to the animal passions of our animal soul cannot be dealt with portion of Vayishlach that Jacob prepared for the identity within us will not place it at the center of our through prayer alone. We must declare war against confrontation with Esau through a three-pronged lives, supplanting the spiritual soul as the true core them. of our identity? strategy of “tribute, prayer and war.” Jacob frst sent At times during the day or the night, we are lavish gifts to Esau in the hope of assuaging his For this, Jacob must engage in prayer. “Rescue me,” overtaken by a powerful, animalistic Esau-like urge wrath. These gifts included goats, ewes, camels, cows, Jacob prays as Esau approaches, “from the hand of that is burning in our hearts like a baker’s furnace. bulls and donkeys. Next, Jacob engaged in a heartfelt my brother, from the hand of Esau. I am afraid of him, At such a moment there is only one thing to do: You prayer, surrendering himself and his fate to G-d’s for he may come and smite me.” Why the redundancy must take your fst, punch the impulse in its face compassion. Finally, Jacob readied himself and his “from the hand of my brother, from the hand of and get on with your life. War is a nasty thing, but at family for a full-fedged war with Esau. Esau”? times it is our only hope to survive the onslaught of a demon that is determined to kill us. The Daily Battle There would be no need to fear Esau’s infuence if The stories in the Torah are not just events that we were detached from the Esau reality, if we were A story: occurred at a certain point in history, involving to live as spiritual ascetics. Yet demands One of the great Chassidic masters, Reb Simcah particular characters. They are also refections that Esau become our “brother;” that we engage our Bunam of Pshescah, once remarked that the true of spiritual and emotional episodes that occur bodily and animal needs, and that we deal with the defnition of a spiritual man is he who always continuously in every human heart. physical world around us. Under these conditions, imagines his head lying in a guillotine, his Yatzer the only way we can ensure that Esau does not Man is a duality: He is a mountain of dust and a vision Harah (unhealthy inclination) hovering above it, dominate and control our lives is through prayer. of G-d. The twin brothers Jacob and Esau embody, ready to chop off his head at a moment’s call. respectively, these polar forces within the human The Gift of Prayer “But Rebbe,” asked one of the Chassidim, “what if one person. Esau embodies our self-centered, egotistical What is prayer? Just as there is a time to engage the does not have that feeling?” and animalistic identity, while Jacob personifes our animal soul and pay tribute to its needs and desires, transcendent, spiritual and idealistic soul. there is a time each day when we let go of our “In that case,” the Rebbe responded, “his head has been chopped off already.” 10 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Alone Time moment. Ultimately, we are greater than the angels. Why We Usher the Shabbat Angels The acme of sanctity can be found in private. Out Similarly, Jacob was not with his sons or his By Elly Krimsky entourage when his great struggle took place. He was alone. magine that a person invites guests over for dinner. He introduces the guests to his family, sits On Yom Kippur (the holiest time of year), the high Idown at the table, welcomes them—and then not priest (the representation of the greatest holiness three minutes later, before the frst morsel of food on earth) entered the Holy of Holies chamber of is served, the guests are shown the door and asked the Holy Temple (the most sacred space on earth). to leave. Regarding this entry the Torah tells us: Our frst reaction would be to assume that the “No person would be in the Tent when [the high guests did or said something so inappropriate or priest] came to offer atonement in the Holy, until irreverent that they forfeited their seat at the table. his exit”—Leviticus 16:17. But that was not the case. They even complimented the hosts. Hard to imagine! At this most consecrated moment, the high priest found himself alone with the Almighty. What if I were to tell you that this happens in many thousands of homes every week of the year? The verse uses the term kodesh to describe “the estranged brother Esau was approaching with an Holy.” Another usage for the same root is kiddushin, Why can’t they stay?We all invite two angels – army of 400 men. Last Jacob heard, Esau wanted or marriage. After a couple is married, they are one good one and one “bad” one – into our home to kill him. This is not the Canaan welcome wagon. required to go to a room to be alone—yichud. every Friday night. The (Shabbat 119a) Jacob prepares for war and for peace. He crosses Yichud means secluded, singular. One can be alone relates that two angels escort us home from his family over the border and then for some by virtue of having no one else around; yet alone the synagogue on Friday night. When they fnd inexplicable reason, he sneaks back across the river. can also mean singular or special or unique. our homes brimming with light and that unique There Jacob is confronted by a man. The consensus A beautiful Midrash (Midrash Rabbah, Genesis Shabbat aroma, and see us and our families of the commentaries is that this man was an angel 77:1) makes this point to us. wearing and looking our Shabbat best, the good who represented Esau. angel declares that they should fnd the same on “Regarding G-d it states: ‘And G-d alone will be “Jacob remained by himself and a man wrestled the following week, and the bad angel is forced exalted on that day’ (Isaiah 2:11). And we fnd with him until the break of dawn”—Genesis 32:25. to respond “Amen.” If, G-d forbid, our homes do not similar language regarding Jacob: ‘And Jacob refect the Shabbat atmosphere, the bad angel remained alone.’” wishes the same for the next week and the good Our sages describe this confrontation as a battle for eternal moral superiority. But that is not my angel must respond “Amen.” ”On Shabbat we want to be alone with the Almighty, interest right now. I’m interested in the fact that and ask to be excused from the angels. “Holy Jacob was alone during this time. The Chizkuni, It is in their honor that we sing the Shalom Angels!” we exclaim. “We appreciate so much that a medieval biblical commentator, even berates Aleichem hymn on Friday night. In this hymn we you came to our homes, we cherish your presence Jacob’s children for allowing their father to enter wish these angels peace, we welcome them, we ask and we treasure your blessings—come again. But such a precarious situation alone and opines that them to bless us, and then we bid them farewell: please forgive us if we ask you to leave—right now the prohibition against eating the sciatic nerve, we want to be alone with G-d!” Peace unto you, ministering angels, messengers of which resulted from this encounter, was intended the Most High... as a punishment to the tribes for opting for a bed In most prayer-books, there is a custom to recite May your coming be in peace angels of peace, on a night when one of history’s great conficts was two verses from the Book of immediately messengers of the Most High... to take place. after the Shalom Aleichem: Bless me with peace, angels of peace... But the Slonimer Rebbe takes a different approach. “He will charge His angels for you, to protect you in He teaches that being alone is the highest level all your ways”—Psalms 91:11. May your departure be in peace, angels of peace... of congress with the Almighty. Earlier in Genesis (28:12-15) we read about Jacob’s greatest dream. “G-d will guard your goings and comings from now Why can’t they stay? He saw “a ladder set up on the ground and its and forever”—Psalms 121:8. top reached to heaven; and behold, angels of While different answers are given to this question, Why do we juxtapose these two verses? The frst G-d were ascending and descending upon it.” G-d I would like to share a fascinating answer I heard, reminds us that G-d sends us angels, but the goal spoke to Jacob during the time when there were given by the Slonimer Rebbe, the Netivot Shalom. is not the messenger, but alone-ness with the no angels—after the angels ascended, before Almighty—ultimately, we rely on G-d alone to they descended again; the terrestrial angels had In the 32nd chapter of Genesis we read how Jacob, guard our goings and comings. after running away from his father-in-law Laban to returned to the heavens and the celestial angels leave Haran, was confronted with the fact that his had not yet arrived on earth. That was the holiest 11 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

from the 7th of Cheshvan (to allow all those Halacha of The Week that made pilgrimage to to return Yud Tes Kislev By Rabbi Dov Schochet without the hindrance of rain). In Babylonia The Art of Suspension: Prayer for Rain which had a more constant supply of water, rain The Divine Miracle of the Alter was only necessary 60 days after the equinox. Rebbe We continue until the frst day of Pesach. The Based on an address of the Rebbe given Yud custom of all Jews in the Diaspora is to follow Tes Kislev, 5726 (1966). By Ari. Sollish. the Babylonian custom. have been diminished by all the kindness In thirteenth century Spain this led to great and by all the truth that You have done for debate. In 5073, a year of drought, the Rosh I Your servant. - Genesis 32:11 (Rabbeinu Asher) had the community continue asking for rain after Pesach, and start from the He was unlike most men. He was not one who Sukkos festival, as is the practice in Israel. He relished victory, savoring the sweet taste of argued that just as Babylonia asks for rain based vindication. Nor was he one to condemn those on its needs so should every large, independent who had conspired to ruin him, although no country tailor the prayer to their specifc one would have blamed him had he done so. seasons. (This argument is relevant to southern After all, these are the reactions one would hemisphere countries where the seasons are expect from an innocent man who had been the reverse of the north). This led to a stormy made to endure so much suffering. But Rabbi debate between the scholars of his era, with , the Alter Rebbe, was unlike most others. tarting the night preceding December 5th, one group accepting the logic of his argument this coming Monday night, we begin to and the other not willing to break with the After he was cleared of treason charges and add a request for rain in the 9th blessing longstanding understanding of the relevant released from incarceration in the Fortress S Talmudic passages. (the blessing where we ask for sustenance) of of Petropavlovsk in Petersburg, Russia, on the Amidah. In years preceding a civil leap year the 19th day of Kislev 5559 (1798), the we begin the night preceding December 6th. Despite the power of his arguments, his position Alter Rebbe had one primary message for his The reason this is determined by the secular was rejected by mainstream Halacha. The followers. Using unusually forceful language, calendar is that this addition is based on the custom is that the entire Diaspora starts praying he wrote an open letter to all of his chassidim, solar cycle. 60 days following the autumnal for rain December 5th and fnish on Passover exhorting them not to seek retribution against equinox we begin asking for rain, Although eve. their fellow Jews: opponents of the Chassidic December 5th is more than 70 days from the movement who had sought to destroy him equinox, the calculation is based on the Julian Even countries with different needs, in fact by fabricating the charges. Furthermore, he calendar system (as opposed to the current even countries in the southern hemisphere with cautioned them against harboring feelings of Gregorian system). opposite seasons, follow this pattern. anger or even pride towards them.

Interestingly, the Avudraham, a 14th century If one omits this request during the Amidah, The letter reads: scholar who lived before the Gregorian calendar they should add the request for rain in the 16th Do not open your mouth or whistle at was adopted, writes that the 60 days will always blessing, which is a general blessing for all of them, G-d forbid. A strict warning: nothing coincide with the 22nd of November unless our needs. If one forgets to include it there they is to be mentioned [of my victory]; subdue February has 29 days. It was only after the must return to the 9th blessing and continue [your] spirit and heart before every man… Gregorian system was put in place and 10 days from there. If one concludes the Amidah without with humility and a kind reply that removes were removed from the month of October 1582 remembering to include this prayer they must anger… and perhaps G-d will give it into the that our current discrepancy took place. The year repeat the entire Amidah. hearts of your brethren [to reciprocate your preceding a leap year, where one day must be love, for] “as water reflects one’s face [so too added to compensate for the “extra” quarter day Rain, especially in agrarian societies, represents does the heart of one man reflect the heart in every solar year, the date is pushed back one one’s sustenance and livelihood. This blessing of another]. day to the 6th. underscores our belief that despite our responsibility to create a channel for our Though the time was ripe for the criticism of livelihood, ultimately it rests in Hashem’s his opponents, the Alter Rebbe nonetheless This request is unique from the addition in wished for reconciliation. For these were not the 2nd blessing which begins during Sukkot. hands, and we daily ask for blessing from His overfowing, bountiful hand. the words of an ordinary man—these were the There, we simply mention G-d’s power to bring words of a Rebbe. rain, whereas the actual request for rain begins signifcantly later. Fear of the Unknown In Israel where rain is necessary from the start The Alter Rebbe was not the first person to of the fall season, they begin asking for rain 12 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! express such sentiments—his letter is based to freely move about, unlike its “grounded” upon a statement made by our Patriarch counterparts. And man is by far the most Jacob, some 3,300 years earlier. independent of all creatures, having not only the freedom of mobility, but also the power At the end of Parshat Vayeitzei the Torah of expression afforded to him by speech, and relates how Jacob, after 22 years of devoted the intellectual facility to make his own free service to his father-in-law Laban in Charan, choices—even the freedom to choose to deny begins his journey back to Canaan, the land the existence of his own creator, G-d forbid. of his birth, together with his family. As the narrative of their journey continues in this However, man is not a wholly physical being. week’s parsha, Vayishlach, Jacob is warned He is hewn of matter and spirit, possessing that his twin-brother Esau is approaching a soul to temper and guide the body. And with four hundred men, ostensibly seeking the soul, being “literally a part of G-d above,” revenge for the blessings Esau feels Jacob innately desires to be reunited with her divine “stole” from him years before. Jacob, genuinely home. Thus, the soul is likened to a flickering frightened, prepares for this showdown in flame, constantly battling the physical “wick” three different ways: he readies his family for which tries to drag her earthbound, licking the war by dividing them into two camps (“If Esau air above, yearning to return to her heavenly comes to the one camp and strikes it, then the was aware of his tremendous virtues! Even source, though she—as she exists now as a remaining camp shall be a refuge”); he sends assuming that Jacob felt somewhat lacking in perceptible “flame”—would cease to be. lavish gifts to appease Esau; and he prays to his devotion to G-d, surely he was infinitely G-d for divine intervention: more righteous than the morally corrupt Esau! Man’s challenge then is to transcend his physical nature, to strengthen spirit over “G-d of my father Abraham and G-d of my To be or not to be… matter, stripping away the coarse, selfish, father Isaac; G-d who said to me ‘Return to The most fundamental axiom of reality is materialistic shell that obscures the pure your land, your birthplace, and I will do good “There is none else besides Him.” This is the soul within him. This allows his soul to with you’: I have been diminished by all the axis upon which we base our definitions of spring forth and summon the collective soul kindness and by all the truth that You have spirituality and physicality. Anything, be it of creation, thereby revealing the innate done for Your servant; for with my staff I a creature or an ideal that embodies this synonymy of “Creator” and “creation.” But this crossed this Jordan [River], and now I have truth—shunning self to instead touch the seamless state of selflessness is extremely amassed two camps. Please save me from the Divine—is “spiritual,” while anything that difficult to attain—indeed, it is reached only hand of my brother, the hand of Esau, for I fear denies the presence of a higher reality by by the few perfectly righteous, who, despite lest he come and strike me down, mother and purporting self-reliance and independence, is the magnitude of their accomplishments, children.…” “physical.” Thus, the realms of the physical and desire nothing more than to be consumed in the spiritual are not just located on different the limitless light of G-d. In explaining this unusual prayer, the planes—they are absolute contradictions of commentaries note that Jacob feared that he Jacob epitomized this form of divine service. each other. Matter asserts its independence, was unworthy of G-d’s miraculous salvation. The higher he climbed in his spiritual while spirit recognizes the presence of Since he had been the recipient of G-d’s journey, the less he focused on himself and something beyond itself. munificence so many times before, perhaps his personal achievements, concentrating his merits had diminished. He had been saved This definition of physicality—i.e., that which rather on the infinity that is the divine. That from Esau 34 years earlier when the incident obscures G-dliness—is illustrated in the four is why he feared that he was unworthy of of the blessings first occurred; he had been dimensions in our physical world, namely G-d’s salvation, for he had totally abolished blessed with a wonderful family and great the mineral, vegetable, animal and human any feelings of self, including those of his wealth while in Charan; and most recently, kingdoms. Take a look at a rock. Does a rock merits. This is what the Psalmist means when he had prevailed over Laban’s repeated in any way demonstrate its subservience to he sings, “The justice and kindness of Jacob, treachery. How long would G-d continue to and dependence upon a higher power? Does You have made”—even when Jacob could save him? When would his pool of merits it give any clues that allow us to perceive have demanded divine intervention as a form finally evaporate? Jacob therefore prayed that there is a cause, a force beyond itself? Or of “justice,” fitting payback for his faithful to G-d to be saved not on account of his does it just sit there, oblivious to the world service, he nonetheless asked G-d for His own worthiness, but purely through the Al- around it, as if crying out: “I am, I always was, I “kindness,” the same pure, irrational kindness mighty’s benevolence. will forever be”? Continuing our geo-scrutiny, normally reserved for one who truly does not vegetation, which, by virtue of its ability to deserve salvation. But how is it possible that Jacob, “the chosen grow and flourish, asserts its independence of the Patriarchs,” could have had such more convincingly than the stagnant, static …that is not the question doubts concerning his own righteousness, mineral world. The animal kingdom is even From this it would appear that the greatest to the extent that he felt unworthy of divine bolder in its autonomy, possessing the ability attribute one can possess is selflessness. Yet protection? Despite his humility, certainly he 13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

King David writes, regarding Jacob’s virtues, a deep Chasidic discourse. The Volper sat in a “justice and kindness,” implying that “justice”— Stories with Soul corner, and in a rare moment of seriousness the awareness of one’s merits—is also a noble and lucidity, he rested his head on his hands virtue that one should strive to attain. It Once Happened and listened closely to the Rebbe’s teachings. By Menachem Ziegelboim. Nobody paid him any attention at all. This quality is also hinted at in Jacob’s prayer. hen the Alter Rebbe (Rabbi Shneur On the words, “For with my staff I crossed Zalman, founder of Chabad Chasidism) When the Alter Rebbe had concluded, he left this Jordan [River],” the Midrash explains Wremained in Russia after Rabbi the study hall and went home. The Volper also that upon encountering the Jordan River on Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk went to Israel, the left the study hall, backpack on his shoulders, his way to Charan, Jacob “placed his staff on Rebbe began to spread his teachings over the to continue his wanderings. Before leaving the Jordan and it split.” Thus in his prayer vastness of Russia, sending rays of the light of though, he hiccuped loudly and proclaimed with Jacob alludes to a miracle that he performed, Chasidic philosophy to every city and town. At a peculiar smile, maybe one of pain or longing, indicating that he indeed possessed a keen frst he had very few Chasidim, and the Chasidic “Ah, we all ate from one bowl, but he got all the awareness of his greatness! movement was quite limited in scope, but day gedichte (the thick portion of the soup).” by day its light was revealed and people came These insights into Jacob’s life illustrate to Liozna to investigate for themselves. that self-awareness and selflessness are not Word got around, until the Alter Rebbe was contradictory. For when we evaluate ourselves told what had been said. “That was the Volper,” The Volper had shabby clothes and a persistent truthfully, we recognize that our every quality the Rebbe said. “If I knew he was here, I would smell of vodka about him. He was tall and has a limit, a certain definable boundary that have tried to get him to stay with us so that he skinny, and had prominent cheekbones, but his separates mortal achievement from that wouldn’t wander any more.” most distinguished feature was the sparkle in of the Divine; human compassion from its his eyes. He was known simply as the Volper; G-dly counterpart; earthy love from heavenly The Volper continued his wanderings. The nobody knew his frst name. The few who did love; and indeed, renders the former utterly Volper arrived in Vilna, a large city full of Torah know him also knew that the Volper was a insignificant. Thus, it is the true awareness scholars. Nobody paid him any attention. He prodigious Torah scholar who used to be a of oneself, understanding every shade and entered a hostel where he got a warm meal. student of the Maggid of Mezritch. He had shared nuance of our character, which allows us to Then he removed a bottle of vodka from his a bench with the great Chasidic luminaries, such realize our shortcomings and experience worn satchel and poured himself a big glass. as Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, Rabbi the ultimate in selflessness and abnegation Zushe of Anipol and his brother Rabbi Elimelech to the G-dly torch that shines beyond. Jacob The poor drunkard settled down in his place and of Lizhensk, and even with the youngest of the personified a seamless integration of both went to sleep by the warm oven, while mumbling group, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Together approaches, possessing intimate knowledge secrets of Torah. He quoted from works of Kabala they had absorbed Torah and Chasidic teachings of his own virtues together with the and concepts from the innermost teachings of from the great Maggid. awareness of their limitations. In turn, G-d Torah, and every so often he burst into drunken reciprocated Jacob’s self-transcendence by laughter. The Volper however, had unique qualities which suspending the “natural order” in which the set him apart from the others. After the Maggid weak succumb to the mighty, showing instead Reb Yudel stood nearby and listened closely fnished speaking, the other students would His quintessential love of Jacob—though to the drunk. Reb Yudel was a highly esteemed go over to the Volper to hear him repeat the “Esau is a brother to Jacob, it is Jacob whom I Torah scholar. He was a close student of the Vilna Maggid’s teachings. When he spoke, everything love, while Esau I despise.” Gaon, and merited a seat of honor in the study was clear and his audience would be completely hall. At frst he thought his ears were deceiving overcome. him, but then his amazement continued to Truth grow. He realized that the drunkard was an Two men. One perspective. The Alter Rebbe Nobody knew what led to the Volper’s downfall. outstanding scholar, conversant in all aspects of experienced a clearly divine miracle, the At some point, he began drinking excessively. the Torah. ultimate triumph of victory. A lesser man He even began to frequent bars. He did not might have used it to fuel his ego, to gloat speak about himself. Wherever he went on his Reb Yudel stood there and listened until the in vindication and chastise his opponents. wanderings, his mouth would spew forth pearls drunkard let forth a snore and nearly fell asleep. But not Rabbi Shneur Zalman. He took the of Torah and wisdom, even the deepest secrets Reb Yudel shook him by the shoulder. “Tell me opportunity to reveal to us a larger, grander of Torah. The more he drank, the more the “secret dear brother,” he said in his ear, “where did you picture. A picture in which there is no came out,” the secrets of Torah. People who did get all this from?” divisiveness, no fragmentation, and no pain: not understand him mocked him. only a single, perfect unity—between men, The Volper cocked an eye at him, and Yudel and with G-d. One day the Volper arrived in Liozna in White suddenly saw the mysterious sparkle in his eyes. Russia, where he went to the local study hall. It scared him a bit and he edged away. “Ah, ah... The Alter Rebbe was there with his Chasidim You want to know where I got this from?” and outstanding students, and he was saying 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Reb Yudel nodded his head silently. He was too shocked to utter a word. Recently In The News Earlier this week, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Aharonov, chairman of in Israel, “N-n-no!” whispered the drunk. “I can’t tell you Stolen Chabad Manuscripts visited the Moreshet Auction House in Jerusalem now. But if you want Torah such as this, go to Found to personally examine the manuscripts. After Liozna where you will fnd peace for your soul.” verifying that these manuscripts belong to the Handwritten notes from the Schneerson Archive — and that the pages were Reb Yudel reeled backward in dismay. He knew Tzemach Tzedek are being sold by fagrantly cut out of a volume of the Tzemach good and well who was in Liozna, for he was an auction House in Israel; Chabad Tzedek’s writings, in order to be illegally sold to one of the greatest opponents of Chasidism and appealed to block the sale. the highest bidder — Rabbi Aharonov delivered its proponents. Yet the drunkard’s words entered a letter to Moreshet from Chabad’s attorneys his heart, and a ferce battle was waged therein. demanding that the stolen items be removed “If this drunk knows so much, what does the from the auction and returned to Chabad. When Rebbe himself know?!” he wondered. A few days Moreshet failed to comply, Chabad approached passed until he resolved to travel to Liozna to Judge Lamberth for emergency relief. learn from the Alter Rebbe. He knew he had a lot to learn. Yosef Cunin and Rabbi Chaim Nochum Cunin, Shluchim in California who have been Like other great scholars, Reb Yudel fnally leading the decades-long effort to recover arrived in Liozna, where he became an the Schneerson Collection together with their outstanding Chasid of the Alter Rebbe, and a brothers and father, West Coast Head Shliach great scholar in Chasidic teachings. The Rebbe Rabbi Boruch , were gratifed by eventually sent him to Liepelei to serve as rabbi today’s signifcant ruling and the launching of of the city and to bring the light of Chasidut to the investigation. the people living there. “Our goal is clear. We will locate and recover Jacob came in peace to the city of every sacred page of the Schneerson Library and Archive, wherever and whenever it is Shechem... (Gen. 33:18) located. Any auction house will now think twice The great sage Rashi explains before deciding to offer up the sacred texts belonging to our Rebbes to the highest bidder,” that “in peace”- shalem - is to be enior US Federal Judge Royce Lamberth launched an international investigation Rabbi Chaim Cunin told COLlive. “The law will interpreted as whole. Jacob came Stoday regarding sacred manuscripts of the follow where the books go until every one of the to Shechem whole: in body because Tzemach Tzedek belonging to Chabad, which are Rebbe’s seforim are returned,” he said. he was healed of his limp; in wealth scheduled to be sold at the Moreshet Auction “Sadly, additional texts from the Schneerson since, though he gave a large gift to House in Israel next week. The manuscripts are part of the “Schneerson Archive”, looted by the Collection, including several volumes of the appease Esau, he lacked nothing; and Nazis and held illegally by Russia. Rebbe Maharash’s Talmud, have recently in his Torah [knowledge] because vanished from Moscow. We call upon anyone he did not forget any of his learning The investigation, which will involve US with knowledge or information about any person or entity who has other items from the during his stay in Laban’s house. and Israeli authorities, aims to uncover how Chabad’s manuscripts came to Israel; the names Schneerson Collection that were illegally held Rashi explains this to mean that and identities of the sellers of these and related by Russia, to contact Chabad or our lawyers Jacob was sound in body, his wealth Chabad texts; and any additional information immediately. Your anonymity will be preserved was intact, and his Torah-observance relating to attempts to illegally traffc stolen upon request,” he said. was uncompromised. We learn from items from the Schneerson Library and Archive. Jacob to always strive for excellence As previously reported, just over a month ago, in all areas of our lives. Even a person Judge Lamberth ordered a similar investigation whose primary path in the into the Kedem Auction House in Israel, in of G-d is through practical mitzvot - connection with the attempted sale of the Talmud Yevamot of the Rebbe Maharash. The charity and good deeds - should also volume was subsequently returned to Chabad in strive to be perfect in study. the presence of US Ambassador to Israel David (Likutei Sichot) Friedman, and is now located in the Agudas Chasidei Chabad Library in New York. 15 Meyer Youth Center The full scoop on all the Youth events and classes

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29 French Connection Reflexions sur la Paracha

Vivre avec la paracha Notre paradoxe dans les dimensions inférieures. » Le terme de Le cadeau, la prière et le S’effacer ou s’affrmer? « résidence » sous-entend que la présence de combat par Eliahou Dahan D.ieu dans ce monde devrait être analogue à celle d’une personne dans sa propre demeure. Leçon de stratégie par Tali Loewenthal a paracha de Vayichla’h commence en relatant Lorsqu’une personne se trouve à l’extérieur, elle comment Jacob envoya des messagers chez est limitée et ne peut pas véritablement être elle- our se préparer à la rencontre avec son frère son frère Ésaü. Selon nos maîtres, l’intention même, tandis que chez elle, toutes les contraintes Ésaü, Jacob employa plusieurs tactiques. Il L s’évanouissent et elle se dévoile telle qu’elle est profonde de cette mission était, en fait, une savait que son frère était bien plus puissant vraiment. L’idée exprimée par « les dimensions P tentative de rapprochement avec Ésaü dans le que lui. Ésaü avait avec lui quatre cents guerriers. but de le sensibiliser et de l’élever en révélant le inférieures » est que la révélation est si intense Jacob, lui, n’était accompagné que de ses femmes et bien qui était caché au fond de son être. qu’elle pénètre jusqu’aux dimensions les plus de ses enfants. À ce moment-là, son fls aîné n’avait basses de la création. que douze ans. Ces enfants devaient devenir les Une mission incombe à chacun de nous, car fondateurs du futur peuple juif. Mais survivraient- chaque Juif doit se considérer comme le messager Notre mission comporte ainsi deux aspects : ils ? de D.ieu, chargé d’établir pour Lui « une résidence D’une part, tous les Juifs sont investis de la Jacob tenta la conciliation, lui envoyant un ici-bas », une demeure dans les « dimensions imposant cadeau constitué de plusieurs espèces inférieures », c’est-à-dire dans le monde matériel. même mission, d’autre part, chacun a une tâche différente à remplir. Pour la préparation de la de bétail. Il réussit à convaincre Ésaü d’accepter ce résidence, nous sommes tous égaux, car nous présent. Cela impliquait une acceptation de la part D.ieu nous a donné les moyens et les outils pour d’Ésaü de l’existence de Jacob et le fait qu’il était transformer le monde physique. Il nous a révélé possédons chacun une âme. Nous sommes donc les messagers de D.ieu. Aussi, chaque bonne dans son droit quand il avait reçu la bénédiction la Torah et nous a transmis les mitsvot. C’est en de leur père. En même temps, Jacob pria D.ieu, dans étudiant la Torah et en pratiquant les mitsvot que action sert à la révélation de la Présence Divine et ajoute une pierre à l’édifce. une magnifque prière exprimant son humilité. Il le Juif œuvre pour accomplir le but de la création. ne se sentait pas méritant de tous les bienfaits que D.ieu lui avait déjà prodigués. Néanmoins, pour mener à bien sa mission – faire Cependant pour imprégner les différentes de ce bas monde une résidence pour D.ieu – couches des « dimensions inférieures » des plus Il était également prêt au combat. Sa tactique l’homme doit exprimer deux éléments opposés hauts niveaux de sainteté, il est nécessaire de consistant à diviser son camp en deux faisait partie de son être : mener des actions appropriées aux différents d’une stratégie militaire. Jacob était complètement domaines de ce monde. Dans ce cadre, chaque dépassé en nombre, et il répugnait également à Il doit, en premier lieu, être habité d’un profond Juif a une mission qui lui est propre. Il doit l’idée de porter atteinte à autrui.4 Malgré cela, pour sentiment d’humilité. Il doit être conscient qu’il raffner et élever sa « part » du monde, son propre protéger sa propre vie et la vie de ses femmes et de est seulement un émissaire de D.ieu. Il agira environnement. ses enfants, il était prêt à se battre. alors en conséquence et ne s’écartera jamais de À la lumière de ce qui précède, nous comprendrons Il existe différentes manières d’affronter Ésaü, la volonté divine, même dans le cas où, par son les ennemis du peuple juif à travers les âges. Ces analyse personnelle, il estime qu’il faut faire des pourquoi il est indispensable d’être habité des deux sentiments – l’humilité et l’indépendance – approches furent utilisées aux différentes époques concessions. Car, un émissaire qui agit dans un de notre longue histoire pour assurer notre survie. esprit contraire à la volonté de celui qui l’envoie pour réaliser une résidence pour D.ieu. cesse d’être un émissaire. La prière, bien sûr, est une constante, qui est L’homme doit, afn d’être un émissaire, se consacrer toujours nécessaire. Trouver le bon équilibre entre D’un autre côté, l’homme doit employer son à sa mission et s’effacer devant D.ieu, car D.ieu la conciliation et la disposition au combat est le intellect pour réussir à propager la lumière réside parmi ceux qui sont humbles. Néanmoins, moyen de sauver les vies de tous ceux qui sont du Judaïsme et infuencer autrui. C’est à lui de l’homme devra simultanément, être proche des concernés. Le but est la paix et la sécurité, et la trouver les moyens les plus effcaces pour mener divers aspects de l’existence pour apporter la rencontre entre Jacob et Ésaü donne un exemple à bien sa mission. Or, cela est tout l’opposé de lumière jusque dans les dimensions inférieures, d’une habile négociation qui rencontra un grand l’humilité. Pourtant, la pleine maîtrise de tous et cela demande une certaine clairvoyance. succès. ses moyens est une condition requise pour être considéré apte à remplir le rôle d’émissaire. Nos Adapté de Likoutei Si’hot vol. 25 Classes sages indiquent, à ce propos, dans le Talmud que Thursdays at 12.00 in the Haime Library l’émissaire doit être un individu moralement et Classes alternate between the following teachers: intellectuellement compétent. Dr. Hanna Barouk Rabbi Amar Ces deux qualités sont essentielles, c’est pourquoi Rabbi Frankforter nous les retrouvons dans les termes mêmes de Rabbi Gansburg la mission : « Édifer une résidence pour D.ieu FOR WOMEN ONLY 30 Latin Link Reflexion Semanal

Parasha de la Semana ¿Quién quiere ser judío? Luchando con los Ángeles Iaacov se lo sigue llamando “Iaakov” En nuestras vidas como judíos y en nuestra relación Por Yanki Tauber con Di-s también existen estos dos prototipos. en la Torá, aunque también es Nuestro judaísmo puede ser el judaísmo de un uizás el más misterioso incidente en la Torá llamado por su nuevo nombre, “sirviente”: el de alguien que no tiene opción en de la vida de Iaacov sea la batalla nocturna “Israel” el asunto y simplemente acepta el hecho de que Qdescrita en los versículos fnales del capítulo Por Yanki Tauber esto es lo que es y este es su deber. O podemos 32 del Génesis. Iaacov se está preparando para su ser “hijos” de Di-s y regocijarnos en el rol, desearlo, sta semana leímos (en Génesis 32) como encuentro con Eisav al día siguiente. celebrarlo y disfrutar de ello. Iaacov adquiere un nuevo nombre, “Israel”, después de descansar durante la noche con El “espíritu de Esav” con el que todos nosotros Él transporta a su familia por el arroyo de Iabok, E pero “se quedó solo detrás” (según el Talmud, se un ángel que representaba el espíritu de Esav. luchamos es nuestro yo material. Es la parte de “Ya no será Iaacov tu nombre”, proclamó el ángel nosotros que sólo quiere ser como todos los queda para recuperar algunos “pequeños frascos” derrotado, “sino Israel, porque has luchado con Di-s demás: ganarse la vida y transcurrirla con la menor que dejó atrás). Allí, “un hombre luchó con él hasta y con los hombres, y has vencido”. difcultad posible. Es la parte de nosotros que el alba”. Iaacov se lastima en la pelea, pero sale “acepta” nuestro judaísmo como algo impuesto: invicto. Al alba, su contrincante le suplica a Iaacov Y aun así, a Iaacov se lo sigue llamando “Iaakov” en hacemos nuestra parte, pero sin el amor, la alegría que lo deje ir. Iaacov le contesta: “No lo permitiré la Torá, aunque también es llamado por su nuevo ni el deseo que conllevan hacer algo que realmente hasta que me bendigas”. El hombre accede y le nombre, “Israel”; desde este punto en adelante, queremos hacer. confere el nombre Israel, “porque has lidiado con la Torá alterna entre los dos nombres. Lo mismo lo divino y con el hombre y has prevalecido”. (Israel, pasa con el pueblo judío en su conjunto: nosotros Esta es nuestra personalidad “Iaakov”: aquella en hebreo, signifca “él, quien prevalece sobre lo somos generalmente llamados “Israel” o los “Hijos parte de nosotros que aún lucha con el espíritu de divino”) de Israel”, pero también hay muchos lugares de la Esav. Pero cada uno de nosotros tiene momentos Torá donde se nos llama, como colectivo, “Iaakov” o de triunfo sobre el ángel del materialismo y la ¿Quién es este hombre con quien Iaacov luchó? “La simiente de Iaakov”. apatía. Momentos en los que hasta crecemos ser Según los Sabios, él es “el ángel de Eisav”, y la lucha nuestro propio “Israel”: el nosotros que se regocija Los maestros jasídicos señalan que el nombre que “levantó el polvo en el Trono Celestial”, es la en nuestra relación con Di-s y en el rol especial que Iaacov se usa cuando nos referimos a nosotros lucha cósmico entre dos naciones y dos mundos--la Di-s nos dio como judíos. Momentos en los que mismos como “sirvientes” de Di-s (como en espiritualidad de Israel y la materialidad de Edom experimentamos nuestra mitzvá no como un deber, Ieshaiahu 44:1: “Ahora, escucha, mi sirviente (Roma). La noche a través de la cual ellos lucharon sino como un acto de amor y satisfacción personal. Iaakov”), mientras que el nombre Israel es utilizado es el largo y oscuro galut (“exilio”), en el cual los al hablar de nosotros como como “hijos” de Di-s Pero la Torá sabe que no es simplemente cuestión descendientes de Iaacov sufren heridas corporales (como en Éxodo 4:22: “Mi primer hijo, Israel”). de vencer al ángel y “graduarnos” de nuestra y angustia espiritual, pero emergen victoriosos. personalidad Iaacov a nuestro yo Israel. Más bien, La diferencia entre un sirviente y un hijo puede ser nos quedamos entre Iaacov e Israel y alternamos entendida en muchos niveles. La mayor distinción entre estos dos modos de nuestro judaísmo. es, sin embargo, lo que motiva la relación. Ambos, Algunos de nosotros seremos Iaacov la mayor parte un hijo y un sirviente, sirven al padre/amo y del tiempo, mientras que en otros predominará cumplen su voluntad. La diferencia está en por qué Israel. Pero realmente todos tenemos nuestros lo hacen. Cuando un hijo hace algo por su padre momentos Israel, como así también tenemos los o su madre, lo hace por amor, placer y alegría. El momentos en los que volvemos al modo Iaakov. sirviente, por otro lado, no lo hace porque quiere, sino porque debe. Esto es porque, incluso después de que Iaacov Clases y Eventos Porcion Semenal derrotó al ángel y adquirió el nombre “Israel”, Esta diferencia afecta la calidad de la relación en Rabbi Shea Rubinstein la Torá lo llamó a él —y a nosotros— por ambos todo sentido. Mientras el “hijo” y el “sirviente” hacen Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm nombres. El mensaje tiene doble sentido: en primer técnicamente las mismas cosas, hay una enorme Orden de rezos diarios y su signifcado mistico lugar, que Di-s valora también nuestro modo Iaacov diferencia en la naturaleza, la calidad y el impacto (Para Mujeras) y aprecia cada buena acción que hacemos, incluso de la acción si está hecha con amor y deseo o Sra. Vivian Perez —y quizá especialmente— cuando nos falta la porque uno se siente forzado a hacerla. Martes 10:45 am - 12:00 pm alegría y el deseo y nos forzamos a realizar nuestro Miércoles: 1:15pm - 2:50 pm Estos prototipos —el “hijo” y el “sirviente”— existen deber; y en segundo lugar, que la oportunidad para Jueves: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm en todos los tipos de relaciones: en el matrimonio, acceder a nuestro Israel oculto está siempre ahí, así 198 Park Dr. Bal Harbour en la familia, en el trabajo, etc. Hasta puede haber como la de experimentar la alegría y la satisfacción Por favor llamar al 305.213.3202 un hijo que en sus sentimientos y acciones hacia que sentimos al desear y alegrarnos por quiénes para confrmar sus padres se parezca más a un sirviente, o un somos y por lo que somos, y por nuestra misión en Kolel Espanol sirviente cuyos servicios a su amo se comparen con la vida. Rabbi Shlomi Halsband los de un hijo, por su amor y deseo. 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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

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Contacts at The Shul 305.868.1411 Rabbi Rabbi 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 37 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 (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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