Weekly schedule
May24-30, 2013–Sivan15-21, 5773
Parshah Behaalotecha
Numbers 8:1-12:16
Friday 5/24/2013
Mincha 6:45pm
Candle Lighting time at our shul 7:00pm
Latest Candle Lighting time 7:46pm
Parshah Summary
7:10pm
Kabbalat Shabbat
7:30pm
Oneg Shabbat
8:15pm
Shabbat 5/25/2013
8:15am
Shacharit
9:00 am
Torah Reading-Reflections on the parshah
10:15am
Kidush
12:00pm
Minchah
1:51pm
7:00pm
In preparation for the festival of Shavuot, we study one of the six chapters of the Talmud's Ethics of the Fathers ("Avot") on the afternoon of each of the six Shabbatot between Passover and Shavuot; this week we study Chapter Two. (In many communities -- and such is the Chabad custom -- the study cycle is repeated through the summer, until the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah.)
Shabbat ends/Havdallah
8:43pm
Monday 5/27/2013
Shacharit
8:00 am
Halachah/Chitat
9:00am
Thursday 5/30/2013
Shacharit
8:00 am
Halachah/Chitat
9:00am
Laws and Customs
What is Kosher
The Hebrew word kosher means "fit." The kosher laws define the foods that are fit for consumption for a Jew.
The kosher laws were commanded by G-d to the Children of Israel in the Sinai desert. Moses taught them to the people and wrote the basics of these laws in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14; the details and particulars were handed down through the generations and eventually written down in the Mishnah and Talmud. To these were added various ordinances enacted through the generations by the rabbinical authorities as "safeguards" for the biblical laws.
Throughout our 4000-year history, the observance of kosher has been a hallmark of Jewish identity. Perhaps more than any other "mitzvah," the kosher laws emphasize that Judaism is much more than a "religion" in the conventional sense of the word. To the Jew, holiness is not confined to holy places and times outside the everyday; rather, life in its totality is a sacred endeavor. Even the seemingly mundane activity of eating is a G-dly act and a uniquely Jewish experience.
This week in Jewish History
In 1509, Emperor Maximilian of Germany ordered that all Jewish books in the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt am Main be destroyed. This followed the request of Pfefferkorn, a baptized Jew, who claimed that Jewish literature was insulting to Christianity. The Jews appealed to the Emperor to reconsider this edict, and Maximilian agreed to investigate the matter. He appointed Johann Reuchlin, a famed German scholar, to conduct the investigation. The report issued by Reuchlin was very positive. He demonstrated that the books openly insulting to Christianity were very few and viewed as worthless by most Jews themselves. The other books were needed for Jewish worship, and contained much value in the areas of theology and science.
The Emperor rescinded his edict on the 14th of Sivan, 1510.
Birth and Passing of Judah (1565 and 1466 BCE)
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, was born in Charan on the 15th of Sivan, of the year 2196 from creation (1565 BCE). He passed away on the same date 119 years later, in Egypt.
Judah took the leadership role both in selling Joseph into slavery and in the brothers' later attempts to find him and free him, and to protect Benjamin. On his deathbed, Jacob conferred the leadership of Israel upon Judah, proclaiming: "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the legislator from between his feet, until Shiloh (the Moshiach) comes..." The royal house of David, as well as many of the great sages and leaders of Israel throughout the generations of Jewish history, trace their lineage to Judah.
Judah had five sons: Er and Onan, who died without children; Shelah; and his twins from Tamar, Peretz and Zerach. Their descendants formed the Tribe of Judah, the most populous and prestigious of the twelve tribes of Israel.
After the death of King Solomon in 797 BCE, the people of Israel split into two kingdoms: ten tribes formed the Kingdom of Israel in the north, with Shomron (Samaria) as the capital; only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained loyal to Solomon's son, Rechavam, and formed the Kingdom of Judea in the south, in the areas surrounding the capitol Jerusalem. Eventually, the Northern Kingdom was conquered by Assyria and the ten tribes living there were exiled and lost to the Jewish people; the inhabitants of Judea were also exiled (to Babylonia) but subsequently returned to the Holy Land and rebuilt Jerusalem and the Holy Temple. Over time, the terms "Judean" and "Jew"--which originally referred to a member of the tribe of Judah--became synonymous with "Israelite" and was used to refer to the descendants of all of Jacob's twelve sons--i.e., the Jewish people.
Daily Dose of Wisdom
The ancient philosophers divided the world into four realms, each realm transcendental in a way beyond those that precede it:
The “silent” realm—earth, rocks, water, air, etc., do not transcend their bounds in any way.
Plants transcend their bounds by growing.
Animals transcend their bounds by traversing space.
And Man, how does he transcend his bounds?
Man alone is capable of hearing his own self through the ears of another. Man alone is capable of transcending the very bounds of self.
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.
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Get Well Wishes
Gina Zanzury
Yaakov ben Bat Sheva
Yair ben Bela
Mordechai ben Bat Sheva
Esther bat Feiga Katz
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Thank You
Aaron Sanchez
For his dedication and devotion and making sure everything is in order
Anita Powel, Noam Czuch
For preparing our oneg Shabbat/Kidush
Glenda Kennedy and Leo Milgram
For running our thrift shop online
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Memorial Plaques
Honor your loved ones memory with a Memorial
Plaque that can be purchased and placed
in the Sanctuary.
Oneg Shabbat or Kiddush
You can sponsor an Oneg Shabbat or Kiddush
by yourself or with a friend. You can also be a
partner with the Shul.
Books
New prayer books can be purchased for $50 in
honor or in memory of a loved one.
Tree of Life
You can honor a member of your family or a
friend with a leaf on the Tree of Life which can
be seen hanging in the Social Hall.
For additional information
Call Aaron at 954-701-0762
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