The Shul B”H weekly magazine Weekly Magazine Sponsored By Mr. & Mrs. Martin (OBM) and Ethel Sirotkin and Dr. & Mrs. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Shabbos Parshas 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 - Chabad Lubavitch - An institution of Te Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem M. Schneerson (May his merit shield us) Over Tirty Years of Serving the Communities of Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek and Surfside 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside, Fl 33154 Tel: 305.868.1411 Fax: 305.861.2426 www.TeShul.org Email: [email protected] The Shul Weekly Magazine Everything you need for every day of the week Contents Nachas At A Glance Weekly Message 3 Some of our Youth visiting Holocaust survivors on Erev Shabbos Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Celebrating Shabbos 4 -5 Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings 6-7 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray 8 Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 9-15 Bringing Torah 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 Baal Shem Tov) 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 Liadi, 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 Shabbat 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. 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