B”H The Shul weekly magazine Weekly Magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin (OBM) and Ethel Sirotkin and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Shabbos Parshas Vayigash Teves 8 - 9 January 6 - 7 CANDLE LIGHTING: 5:27 PM SHABBOS ENDS: 6:23 PM Fast of 10 Teves Sunday January 8 Fast Begins: 5:52 am Fast Ends: 6:12 pm Over Tirty Six Years of Serving the Communities of Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek and Surfside 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside, Fl 33154 Tel: 305.868.1411 Fax: 305.861.2426 www.TeShul.org Email: [email protected] The Shul Weekly Magazine Everything you need for every day of the week Contents Nachas At A Glance Weekly Message 3 A special youth farbrengen was held at The Shul in Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar honor of Hey Teves. The children were treated to Celebrating Shabbos a special video, an interesting talk, games, prizes, Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you 4 - 5 need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Torah pesukim and delicious snacks. Community Happenings 6 - 7 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray Check out all the davening schedules and locations 8 throughout the week Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9 - 16 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Meyer Youth Center 1 7- 19 The full scoop on all the Youth events around town Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town 20 - 24 In a woman’s world Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 25 French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha 26 Latin Link Refexion Semanal 27 The ABC’s of Aleph Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 28 Networking Effective Advertising 29 - 32 Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul 33 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 34 The Shul Get The Picture 35 - 36 The full scoop on all the great events around town Quotable Quote In material matters one should always look at he whose situation is lower than one’s own, and thank the good G-d for His kindness to him. In spiritual matters one should always look at he who is higher than oneself, and plead with G-d to grant him the intelligence to learn from the other, and the ability and strength to rise higher. Hayom Yom Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Vayigash to goodness so they no longer threaten our holy presence. This is hard, humbling and arduous work. It is this goal that we must fulfll And Yehudah approached to achieve our Messianic realization. Joseph etc. (Ch. 44 v 18) “And you, son of man, take a piece In the beginning of our formation as a People while preparing to “ enter the Egyptian exile, the smelting furnace where our Nationhood of wood and write on it, ‘For Judah and his fellow Israelites,’ will be forged, Yehudah approaches Joseph – he submits to requiring and take another stick and Joseph’s qualities. write on it, ‘For Joseph – a stick When, however, we transverse the millennium of history Yehudah for his son Ephraim and the takes precedence, as Ezekiel states, that we achieve absolute unity other tribes the whole House under the monarchy of Kind David (Yehudah) who is the ultimate of Israel with him.’ Bring them Moshaich (anointed King). It is then that all of the world joins close to one another, so they together to serve “one G-d” as Hashem is proclaimed “Sovereign resemble one stick and they ruler over all nations. will miraculously join in your hands to be one.”” (Ezekiel Ch. As we experience the last throes of our bitter and arduous Galut 37 v16-17 – the Haftorah for this Shabbat). (exile) when the biggest and most important antidote to our diffculties is to have unity among our Jewish brethren wherever These two verses emphasize the signifcance and importance of they may be m it is time to heal the wounds of fragmentation and joining Yehudah with Joseph. In addition to the actual event of fractionalization to bring all of Israel under the banner of Hashem Yehudah approaching Joseph to negotiate the return of Benjamin and His Torah to proclaim one People, one Land, one Torah under there is a positive necessity for these two leaders to unite. one G-d. Joseph represents the superior Tzaddik who is endowed with Have a great Shabbos and a good week! special talents and powers. His Father showers him with additional love, knowledge and even extra beautiful clothing. His monarchial superiority was granted to him exclusive of his efforts. Joseph personifes a strength of force that insulates him from negative Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar intrusions and protects him against all odds. In fact, Joseph means “to increase, to grow, to be added on to”. In contrast, Yehudah represents submission, gratitude and To Our Dear Community Members, humility. Though Yehuda is also granted royalty, his achieving this hierarchical role requires great personal efforts and self sacrifce. Baruch Hashem. We want to always maintain contact with you! King David, who is the quintessential personifcation of Yehuda’s majesty, is required to engage in battles, is a fugitive running to When you celebrate one of life’s passages or any joyful event, escape execution by the reigning King Saul, is threatened to be we would like to be aware so we can wish you a mazel tov. murdered by his own son and laments, “My hands are soiled in When you confront an unsettling time of sadness, we wish to blood while others repose in peace and tranquility”. In fact, Yehuda offer our help. The Shul organizes meals (for families with means submission, subordination, appreciation and humility. newborns and for shiva homes), visits to hospital patients, and offers multi-faceted community activities. These two seemingly opposite energies correspond to two approaches to the Jewish Historical experience. At the outset of our We care about you and want to know what’s going on in the entry into society, the Jew is endowed with the qualities of Joseph. lives of our Shul family members. We are guarded and shielded from the assimilatory predators that can easily overwhelm and absorb us. We are carried by a Please share your news with us! transcendent power that protects our identity. Call Stacy at The Shul Our intended objective, however, is to enter into society to conquer 305-868-1411 ext. 313 and control those negative forces, to transform and elevate them 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 Shabbat Aleph Wonder Girls Ages: 1 - 4 Grades: 1 - 3 Questions: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 1)In this parsha, in what context is the number fve mentioned? (3 answers) Montessori Classrooom 2 classrooom 2 2) In this parsha, who is referred to with his name being repeated? Who else in Tanach is called with the repetition of his name? (3 answers) 3) Which two females from Yaakov's family does the Torah explicitly state as traveling down to Egypt? Answers from last week: Tehila's Basya's Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls 1) Pharaoh has his dreams two years after Yosef interprets the dreams of the butler and baker (Genesis 41:1). In Genesis 11:10, Noah's son Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 Shem has a son, Arpashchad, two years after the Flood. In Genesis 45:6, Yosef tells his brothers that only two years have passed in the famine 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm and they all must move to Egypt. Classrooom 4 2) Poti-Fera, the father-in-law of Yosef, is the "the priest of On" (Genesis 41:45). In Genesis 14:18, Malkei-Tzedek is called a kohen. 3)An amtachat (sack) in which the brothers carry back the grain appears 15 times in this parsha but nowhere else in Tanach. Mendy's Sholom's Hebrew School Junior Boys RIDDLE RULES Grades: 4th - 8th Grades: 1 - 4 Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Lobenstein any time over Shabbos. The first 10:00 am - 12:00 pm child to give a correct answer to each of the Classroom 1 questions will win an INSTANT prize! 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 5:27 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Avroham Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5:30 p.m. and Judith Schonberge in loving memory of Mr. Schonberger’s Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. mother’s yahrzeit, Faigah bas Chaim Shabsi, obm. Tanya / Hayom Yom 9:00 a.m. May her neshama have an aliyah. Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. 30 Minutes of Tanya: Classroom #1 +/- 12:00 p.m. the caterer for this week’s With Mrs. Vivian Perez (for Women) After Davening kiddush and Shalosh seudos is Kiddush 12:00 p.m.