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 Vayishlach Kislev 16 - 17 December 16 - 17 CANDLE LIGHTING: 5:15 PM SHABBOS ENDS: 6:10 PM Yud Tes Kislev Rosh Hashana of Chassidus Monday, December 19 The Shul Welcomes Mr. Eli Beer - President of United Hatzalah Mendy Reiner - Renewal Project Director, A.J. Gindi - Kidney Donor 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 Every week out boys Mishmar programs grow!! Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar 3 We now have close to 100 children a week Celebrating Shabbos attending the different age programs. 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Everything you 4 -5 need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience 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 17- 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 - 26 In a woman’s world Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 27 French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha 28 Latin Link Refexion Semanal 29 The ABC’s of Aleph Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 30 The Shul Hebrew School making edible menorahs Networking while learning about Chanukah Effective Advertising 31 - 32 Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul 33 Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 34 The Shul Get The Picture The full scoop on all the great events around town 35 -36 Quotable Quote The frst thing we heard from the Rebbe was: “What is forbidden, one must not; and what is permitted, one need not” Rabbi Mordechai of Haradak, a disciple of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi Thoughts on the Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Vayishlach The diabolical efforts and desire by evil people to annihilate G-d's ontinuing the incredible chosen children is represented by the name Jacob who holds onto saga of the genesis his enemy’s heel that tries to tread on and squash him. Jacob is of the Jewish people C forced to do whatever possible to escape that threatening heel. beginning generally from Adam It sometimes seems impossible, but with having G-d in his life, and Genesis, moving towards supernatural capacities are activated that express themselves Noah and his important role within the limits of our natural world. in that continuity, and then the frst Jew Abraham who The second, which is far more Insidious and cunning, attacks us begins the development of the with rationality, pleasure, physical enjoyment, and tangible material formal “Children of Israel”, this acquisitions that satisfy and excite us at least in the short-term. week's portion contains many Coupled with vast amounts of information that utilizes scientifc, extraordinary events that have philosophic, exotic jargon, the Jewish ideology and lifestyle is great impact on our historical perceived as outdated, archaic, not plausible etc. To successfully evolution. fght against those challenges is represented by the name Israel. The name connotes being connected to the G-dhead, dedicated to Among the many important occurrences, the single most living beyond our limited rationalities and seeing beyond temporary signifcant story is the episode of Jacob's wrestling with the pleasures and beyond the measurements of simple metrics to Archangel representing Esav. They struggle and just before the determine the quality of a person or society. It is the Jewish higher break of sunrise, the angel realizes that he cannot overcome the spiritual consciousness and a total commitment without any kind extraordinary powers of Jacob. He manages to dislocate the cuff of personal bias. In the course of the struggle, unfortunately many of Jacob’s hip causing him to limp. As the angel attempts to leave, victims fall by the wayside. Jacob holds on to him and forces him to bless him. The angel then shares with Jacob one of the most signifcant facts of the Jewish The true meaning of being a Jew is to be connected to a behavior people; the origin and the bestowing of the name Israel upon his that often transcends rationality but this tried method of life has eternal offspring. been dictated to us by G-d. The text States "the angel said to Jacob, “Your name will soon no Both elements are critical but when the Israel concept is longer be called Yaakov but Israel, as you lorded over angels and predominant we are no longer called Yaakov for we have now men and ably prevailed". reached a higher and deeper level that also includes the physical superiority with strength and creativity to be a true King David even What was so signifcant here that brought about the name that we in a world of Goliaths. carry for all of history and is also the name of our Holy Land Israel? Jacob's travails, trials and tribulations through 20 years exile are all The Alter Rebbe, author of the Tanya and Shulchan Aruch, whose condensed experiential versions of our travails through more than Holiday of Redemption we celebrate this Monday / Yud Tes Kislev, 2,000 years of our own Exile/ Galuth. put his very life on the line for promulgating that world Outlook, which continues to so successfully be manifested by his direct In our diasporic exile we are confronted with two major challenging descendant and “fller of his place”, the Rebbe. His directives are forces that try to overwhelm us many times expending every effort literally transforming a world that had just raised its head from the to make us extinct. One is the murderess, barbaric Nations who ashes of the Holocaust to being one of the most vibrant Jewish tried to physically annihilate us (it will never be) beginning with periods of all times. our arch enemy Amalek to our recent murderers the Nazis, and so many others that it would take much ink just to list their names. Have a great week and over-the-top Shabbos! The second is the spiritual, ideological, rational battle for our mind and lifestyle, such as the Syrian Greeks in the Chanukah era and Modernity as expressed in our 20th and 21st century behavior and Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar assimilatory processes. 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) What competitive sport is mentioned in this parsha? Montessori Classrooom 2 2) In this parsha, who has a name that is also the name of an classrooom 2 animal? (5 answers) 3) In the Prophets, what names are types of animals? (14 answers) Answers from last week: 1) In naming all the sons, the verse states "And she called." Only with Levi does it state "he called his name Levi," implying that he was not named by his mother (Genesis 29:34). Tehila's Basya's Pre Tween Girls Tween Girls 2) The Torah does not state any reason for the name of Leah's daughter, Dina (Genesis 30:21). Grades: 4 - 5 Grades: 6 - 8 3)Michal placed terafm in the bed of David to help him escape 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm from her father, Shaul (1-Shmuel 19:13). Classrooom 4 RIDDLE RULES Answers to the riddles can be given to Sholom Lobenstein any time over Shabbos. The first child to give a correct answer to each of the questions will win an INSTANT prize! Mendy's 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 Candle lighting 5:15 p.m. Shalosh Seudos This Week: Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 5:15 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship. Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Tanya / Hayom Yom 9:00 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 30 Minutes of Tanya: Classroom #1 +/- 12:00 p.m. kiddush and Shalosh seudos is With Mrs. Vivian Perez (for Women) After Davening Food Art Kiddush 12:00 p.m. Daf Yomi 4:15 p.m. 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 & Havdalah 6:10 p.m. Weekly Video of The Rebbe kiddushim at The Shul Father & Son Learning 7:15 p.m.