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MIZRACHI MATTERS
SHABBAT PARASHAT BO (Vol 9, No 18)
Friday, 23 January (3 Shvat)EARLY SHABBATMinchah at 6:55pm2
Candle Lighting between 7:15pm – 7:20pm
LATER SHABBATMinchah at 7:15pm1
Candle Lighting at 7:30pm1. Beit Yehuda 2. Beit HaRoeh 3. Beit Midrash 4. Bnei Akiva 5. Elsternwick 6. Midrashah 7. Rabbi’s Home 8. Goldberger Hall 9. Nachalat David
Z’manimSHABBAT
24 JANUARY4 SHVAT
SUNDAY25 JANUARY
5 SHVAT
MONDAY26 JANUARY
6 SHVAT
TUESDAY27 JANUARY
7 SHVAT
WEDNESDAY28 JANUARY
8 SHVAT
THURSDAY29 JANUARY
9 SHVAT
FRIDAY30 JANUARY
10 SHVAT
Shacharit7:30am1
9:30am1,28:00am1
9:00am37:00am1
8:00am16:30am1
7:30am16:30am1
7:30am16:25am1
7:25am16:30am1
7:30am1
Dawn 5:13am 5:14am 5:15am 5:17am 5:18am 5:19am 5:20amTallit & Tefillin 5:26am 5:27am 5:29am 5:30am 5:31am 5:33am 5:34amSunrise 6:25am 6:26am 6:27am 6:29am 6:30am 6:31am 6:32amSh’ma (גר"א) 9.59am 9:59am 10:00am 10:01am 10:01am 10:02am 10:03amEarliest Mincha 2:08pm 2:08pm 2:08pm 2:08pm 2:08pm 2:08pm 2:08pm
Minchah followedby Ma’ariv
8:10pm1, 3 8:25pm1 8:25pm1 8:25pm1 8:25pm1 8:25pm1
EARLY SHABBATPlag Mincha:
Candles between:6:50pm2
7:10 - 7:15pm
LATER SHABBATMincha:Candles:
7:15pm1
7:30pmSunset 8:39pm 8:38pm 8:38pm 8:37pm 8:36pm 8:35pm 8:35pmNight 9:21pm 9:20pm 9:20pm 9:19pm 9:18pm 9:17pm 9:17pm
SECOND MA’ARIV 9:30pm3 9:30pm3 9:30pm3 9:30pm3 9:30pm3
Shiurim
R’ Bert Mond9:00am3
R’ Leor Broh9:00am2
Rabbi Kennard9:30am6
DrashotR’ Yaakov
Sprung1
Inside-OutR’ Leor Broh2
ParashatHashavuah
ShiurReb Leor Broh
7:20pm2
Daf Yomi8:45am3
Daf Yomi9:45pm3
Daf Yomi8:15am3
ParshanutHamikrah withMichal Kaufman
Not this weekR’ Dovid SegalGemara B’iyun
8:30pm2
R’ Chezy DerenContemporary
HalachaNot this week
Michal Kaufman(Lewis’ house)
Not this weekDaf Yomi9:45pm3
Daf Yomi8:15am3
R’YaakovSprungChumash Shiur
for women10:00am6
Daf Yomi9:45pm3
Daf Yomi8:15am3
Weekly ParashahShiur for ladies& girls 11:00am
7 Morrice StNot this weekR’ Yaakov
SprungGemara B’iyun
for uni menreturning from
YeshivotNot this weekR’ Yaakov
SprungMasechetBrachot8:30pm6
Daf Yomi9:45pm3
Daf Yomi8:15am3
R’ YaakovSprung
Shiur for men8:30pm7
Chaburah forwomen for high
school anduniversitystudents
Not this weekDaf Yomi9:45pm3
Daf Yomi8:15am3
Mishnah Yomit
Keilim 18:1-2 Keilim 18:3-4 Keilim 18:5-6 Keilim 18:7-8 Keilim 18:9-19:1 Keilim 19:2-3 Keilim 19:4-5
8:00pm1Between
Mincha andMa’ariv1
Between Minchaand Ma’ariv1
Between Minchaand Ma’ariv1
Between Minchaand Ma’ariv1
Between Minchaand Ma’ariv1 7:05pm1
Events
Bar MitzvahAkiva Franks1
Seudah Shlishit:Rabbi Ryan
Levin
Yahrtzeits
Helen Shnider(Father)
DinaGoldschlager
(Mother)
Abigail Cooper(Father)
Frankie Savicky(Father)
Noberto Izsak(Father)
Harry Wenig(Father)
Mary Feldman(Mother)
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MIZRACHI’S VIRTUAL NOTICEBOARD
We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Deborah & Robbie Friedman
on the birth of their son
Grandson to Alex & Hannah Friedman
Joel Bernstein and Heather Gerber
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We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Akiva Franks
on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah
Mazal Tov to the parents Karen & Mark Franks
Mazal Tov to the grandparents Les Feiglin
Kathy and Howard Franks
We wish Happy Birthday to the following members who celebrate their birthday during
the coming week:
Jeff Rubin (Shabbat)
Joshua Heinrichs (Shabbat)
Richard Zimmermann (Shabbat)
Elchanan Brown (Hebrew) (Shabbat)
Liam Gruber (Hebrew) (Shabbat)
Robbie Reisner (Hebrew) (Shabbat)
Daniel Wein (Sunday)
Kate Weinstock (Sunday)
Laura Posniak (Sunday)
Mark Franks (Sunday)
Joshua Felman (Monday)
Danya Cohen (Wednesday)
Reuben Wein (Hebrew) (Wednesday)
We wish Mazal Tov to the following members who celebrate their wedding anniversary during
the coming week:
Darren & Candice Katz (Sunday)
Carmit & Nathan Cher (Monday)
N EW S L ET T E R F O R T H E
ELSTERNWICK JEWISH COMMUNITY
"ד סב
24 January 20154 Shevat 5775Parshat Bo
Yahrzeits during the coming weekBenny Monheit (Father) [24 January] Howard Epstein (Father) [27 January]
Dennis Max (Father) [24 January] Alex Jaye (Father) [30 January]
Gill Wyner (Mother) [27 January] Stephen Barton (Father) [30 January]
Shabbat timesCandle Lighting this week 8.22 pm
Candle Lighting time if attending Kabbalat Shabbat 7.11 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat this week 6.40 pm
Pre-Shacharit Shiur 9.00 am
Shacharit 9.30 am
Rabbi’s Shabbat Shiur “The Evolution of the Siddur” 7.20 pm
Mincha at 8.05 pm
Shabbat ends at 9.21 pm
Candle Lighting next week 8.17 pm
Candle Lighting next week if attending Kabbalat Shabbat 7.08 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat next week 6.40 pm
The Rabbi’s Shabbat ShiurimThe early shiur (9.00am, before Shacharit) - come join the Rabbi for cake, coffee and anexploration of the mystical parsha
Mazal TovRuth & Mervyn Same on the arrival of a new granddaughter, Sienna
Birthdays this weekBenjamin Gorov turns 6 on 24 January
In shule this week …Basil Krawitz will be leading Kabbalat Shabbat, Les Sheffield will be leading Pesukei D’zimra,Rabbi Cowen will be leading Shacharit, Elan Jacobs will be leining, Les Sheffield will be sayingthe Haftorah, and Elan Jacobs will be leading Mussaf.
Kiddush this ShabbatYou are all invited to the kiddush, which will be sponsored by EJC.
WE’RE BACK!! Our Kids Club resumes this Shabbat Our weekday morning services resume on Tuesday 27 January, see below for times
Weekday timesFriday – pre-Shacharit Shiur 15 minutes before Shacharit
Thursday 6.30 am
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 6.45 am
Contact numbers
RabbiRabbi Chaim Cowen
ChairmanMark Kras
GabbaiElan Jacobs
SecretarySally-Ann Jaye
Haftorah requestsDennis Max
Contributions toNewsletter (please)Sally-Ann
TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
“TU B’SHVAT”
Please join us for the annual
Seder Tu B'Shvat
in memory of Malcolm Slonim z"l
Wednesday 4 February 2015 Time to be confirmed
Goldberger Hall, Eugene Weiss Mizrachi Centre
81 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North
Sponsored by Sonia Slonim and Family
Issue 575 Bo ד“בס
Shabbat MiTzion Mazal Tov to Daniel Platt (Chicago 2002-03) on his marriage to Yaffa !
4 Shvat 5775, January 24th, 2015
Shabbat Times
Jerusalem
Begin 16:29
End 17:43
שבת מציון
Around the
world
Don't Hesitate – Make Haste!
Arik Speaker– former assistant Rabbi in Zurich (2007-2011) Project coordinator of Lilmod.org and Head of European desk, Torah Mitzion
We are slowly getting closer to Tu
Bi'shvat, which for many means the
starting point for the annual Pessach
cleaning. Now, although I am firm believer
that Pessach cleanings should take no
more than a week, and could even be
done within a day, there is no doubt that
many will start their "War on Chametz"
very soon now. This ancient week-long
hatred between Jews and their chametz
begins in our Parasha. And the obvious
question would be—what is wrong with
chametz?
This is, I think, a much more challenging
question than why we eat Matzot,
because as much as we can, in some way,
understand the fact that we eat what our
forefathers ate when leaving Egypt, it still
requires a lot of imagination to under-
stand what would be so wrong with
Chametz. Let's bear in mind that we're
not talking about a rabbinical decree,
meant to make sure we eat Matza. The
prohibition even against possessing
Chametz is clearly stated in the Torah.
Upon noticing two more obvious facts,
I think we will be able to make sense of
this.
The first important fact is that, as
opposed to their counterpart from most
or all of the other mitzvot of the chaggim,
the mitzvot of Chametz and Matza were
given two weeks before, and not the first
year after, the Exodus from Egypt.
Unlike Megila and Mishloach Manot,
or the lighting of the Channukiah or the
obligation to sit in the Sukka or the fasting
of Tisha Be'av - mitzvot (Torah or
rabbinical ones) that have all been
given after the historical event they
commemorate - the mitzvot of Pessach are
given prior to their historical event,
namely the night between the 14th and
the 15th of Nissan, Yetziat Mizraim. This
means that their function isn't to remind
us of an historical event but to initiate
recurring historical events.
The second important fact can be learned
when we look at the general picture of the
Mitzvot, especially those that were given
for the Seder night in Egypt (which differ in
some details from ours). We need to look
not only at chametz and matza, but also at
how the Korban Pessach needs to be
prepared – "not cooked with water but
rather roasted with fire". It must be eaten
"with your loins girded, your shoes on your
feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye
shall eat it in haste" and more importantly
without any leftovers! No doggy-bags from
the Seder. When we see that, we
understand that all three of the mitzvoth,
including the Matza and the Chammetz
revolve around the same issue: haste.
Everything needs to be ASAP, right here
right now.
Normally haste, chippazon, is seen as
something negative which guarantees that
things will be done the wrong way. Why
then in one of the major moments, not
Washington’s mission-
is-not-over-Israeli-
Zionist contest"!
Mazal Tov to Iliya Schwartzberg, who made Aliyah from
Munich
KTM in Montreal launch
this year’s
Bar Mitzva Program!
Just a regular day @
The Kollel in Montreal
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only of our nation but of mankind itself, does everything need to be in such a haste? Many answers have been
given to that important question.
The thing I realized a few years ago is the very simple fact that those who ate chametz on the 15th of Nissan of that
critical year, were very simply those who stayed. They were those who had time to wait for normal bread to be
baked. For me chametz symbolizes the staying behind in Egypt.
Now staying in Egypt, with its terrible enslavement, doesn't seem something a rational person would do, now
would it? Wouldn't anyone jump on the occasion to leave the nation that murdered theirs newborns for a land
flowing with milk and honey (they didn't hear about Israeli bureaucracy yet…)
Well the very simple truth is that many, many of them decided to stay. Many preferred the security of Egypt, albeit
its slavery to running off in the desert. "We finally can dream of liberty and emancipation in Egypt, is that really the
time to leave?!" Everyone knows the midrashim that speak of the fact that the overwhelming majority stayed.
I personally always found that difficult to believe, until I simply remembered to look back and look around and
realize that during the entire time of the second temple and during the almost 70 years of the existence of the
State of Israel, still the majority of Am Yisrael are afraid to go off in the desert.
For me chametz is staying behind, hesitating to make that big leap towards freedom. Of course not only from the
physical Egypt to Israel, but from everyone's personal "Egypts" (Mizraim comes from the words Me'tzer Yam – the
narrows in the sea, that constricts the big and infinite) to everyone's freedom. Freedom of thought, freedom from
our fears, freedom from technology that becomes a burden instead of an instrument and so on.
The entire year chametz is our friend. I would imagine that no one goes by an entire day without eating some
chametz. Because hesitation, doubts, care, double-checking – these are all important and necessary. So go on,
eat chametz.
But during the days of pessach, the gates of liberty, all kinds of liberty, are wide open.
Now don't hesitate – haste!!!
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ISRAtag Arik Speaker
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The Russian compound in downtown Jerusalem includes a number of public buildings. The facility was purchased and built in 1860 by Czar Alexander II, the ruler of the Russia Empire at that time.
The primary objective of the compound was to serve as a hostel for Russian pilgrims which were on their journey in Jerusalem at that time. This is why the compound is so close to the old city.
Hostels were built along with a hospital and the Russian consulate. The complex was surrounded by a wall, with an entrance gate which was close to what is now the Safra Square.
The Russian pilgrims stream grew consistently from year to year until the First World War which would change everything. Firstly because the Ottoman Empire was at war with the Russia, and secondly because of the new Bolshevik government was actively fighting all kinds of religion. This almost completely cut the flow of pilgrims and left the compound in an abandoned state.
Because of its central location and strategic importance the British made this their government compound in the city center. After the British left the city, Jewish forces immediately seized the place and after the establishment of Israel a large number of government agencies were installed there.
Today the compound houses mainly the a Police Station and a small detention house.
Over the years, Israel has received numerous claims by various groups to pay for these assets. In the 1970’s Israel was forced to pay very large sums of money to the Soviet government. Having seen that this amount is enormous, it was decided that approximately one third of the amount be paid with Jaffa oranges.
There is an icon that appears on the various buildings and around the Russian Compound. In that icon the following verse appears "For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest" (Isaiah 62, 1)
Yasher Koach to
Lawrence Cher
for providing the
correct answer
