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Parshas Vayera 15 Cheshvan | November 4, 2017

SHABBOS SCHEDULE Shabbos Night

5:45p Candle Lighting 5:50pm Mincha followed by Kabbolas Shabbos Shabbos Day 8:35a Chassidus on the Parsha 9:00a Shacharis (10:14a KS) 4:25p Daf Yomi 5:10p Insights into Neviim 5:40p Mincha 6:45p Havdalah

WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday 11/5 – 16th of Cheshvan

7:15a,8:00a,9:00a Shacharis (9:15a KS) 8:00a Daf Yomi 4:50p Mincha/Maariv

Monday 11/6 - Thursday 11/9 17th - 20th of Cheshvan 5:45a Shiur (Gan HaEmunah) 5:55a Daf Yomi 6:45a, 9:00a Shacharis 4:50p Mincha/Maariv 9:20p Maariv

Avraham, just a few days post-circumcision

sits, at the entranceway of his tent longingly

looking for guests to invite into his home.

Avraham, the paradigm of chessed (loving

kindness), feels incomplete without the

opportunity to host guests and attend to

their needs. This great man, our Patriarch

was a true giver and was always on the

lookout for opportunities to help and be there

for the other. It is intriguing to note the

detail in which the Torah conveys this

episode. We are told what Avraham offered

the guests, which items he served himself and

which items he asked his servants to bring.

Why the need for such specificity? If the

Torah’s point is to convey to us the need to

be baalei chessed (kind and charitable people)

this could have been accomplished without

all the detail. All we need to know is that

despite physical pain and advanced age,

Avraham was pre-occupied with doing good

for others. If Avraham could do it at 100

years old then we can push ourselves as well.

But still, why the need to tell us about the

water, washing of feet and reclining under a

tree?

The Imrei Yosef (Spinka Rebbe, Rav Yosef

Meir Weiss 1838-1909) provides a beautiful

insight. The Rebbe explains that the Torah is

not simply providing us with information

about Avraham’s hospitality; it is providing

us with the framework for successful living.

Mayim (water) is a reference to Torah. Just

as water sustains life; Torah, spirituality, a

relationship with God are life-sustaining

necessities in the life of the Jew.

Rachatzu Ragleychem (wash your feet)

references the dirt of our mistakes which

weighs us down and prevents us from moving

forward. We all have dreams, aspirations and

finish lines we want to cross. Yet, at times we

feel unable to do so as we are sullied and

tarnished by the mistakes and missteps of our

past.

V’Hishanu Tachas Ha’Eytz (recline on the

tree) is reference to the Tree of Life, the

Torah (Etz Chaim He, it is a living tree), as

the Pasuk calls it “the tree” rather than “a

tree.” Torah and spirituality have to be our

anchor in life. Our relationship with God is

the rock we lean on in difficult times. We

don’t want our spirituality to be a

recreational activity, but the very anchor of

our existence.

If we put all of these pieces together we

emerge with an incredible message:

Yukach Na Mi’at Mayim, (take a little bit of

water) – God doesn’t ask us for perfection. He

just asks for a little bit of growth each and

every day. Drink a bit more water, ingest a

bit more spirituality, and perform a bit more

kindness every day. As long as today is better

than yesterday, and tomorrow is better than

today we’re doing great.

Rachatzu Ragleychem (wash your feet)– If

we grow a little bit each day, if we drink a bit

more water of spirituality, we will find

ourselves better equipped to clean the dirt of

our mistakes. We won’t live in the cycle of

guilt and will find a way to let go of those

things which hold us back. We will wash

away the dirt and give ourselves the strength

to continue the journey.

V’Hishanu Tachas Ha’Eytz (recline on the

tree) – If we drink the water and clean our

feet, we will anchor ourselves in a life of

holiness. Torah will become our guiding light

and our relationship with God our greatest

treasure.

Avraham Avinu teaches us the power of

chessed, but he also prophetically conveys to

us the game plan for successful living;

drinking, washing and anchoring. May we

find the strength to actualize his message.

Newly posted shiurim online and on

Podcast www.rabbisilber.org

DRINKING, WASHING, ANCHORING | RABBI SHMUEL SILBER

“Now the Lord appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he was sitting at the entrance of the

tent when the day was hot. And he lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, three men were standing

beside him, and he saw and he ran toward them from the entrance of the tent, and he prostrated

himself to the ground. And he said, ‘My lords, if only I have found favor in your eyes, please do

not pass on from beside your servant. Please let a little water be taken, and bathe your feet, and

recline under the tree’” (Bereishis 14:1-4)

WEEKLY SHIURIM

Detailed shiur schedule online

at suburbanorthodox.org

Mon - Thurs | 8:30 - 10:15p

IJC Night Kollel*

Kol Hanearim Mondays at 8:30 - 9:15p

Monday

8:00a Business & Bagels

8:00p Aish Kodesh: Rebbe of Piacezna

(for men)

Tuesday

8:15p Chassidus on Shabbos V’Yom

Tom (Rabbi Larry Ziffer)

Wednesday

9:30a Psalms for the Ages: Sefer

Tehillim (for women)

8:00p Ethics & Ethos:

Lessons from the Parsha (no shiur 11/8)

Thursday

8:00p Likutei Moharan: Rebbe

Nachman of Breslov (for men)

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MEMBER NEWS

MAZAL TOVS

Ari & Inbal Elman on the Bar Mitzvah of

their son, Yehuda (Michael & Linda

Elman, grandparents, Dovi & Nina Elman,

aunt/uncle)

Alan Wiseman on the birth of a grandson.

Mazel Tov to the parents, Josh and Chaya

Rickel Wiseman of Bnei Brak

Herman & Beverley Venick on the birth of a great grandson. Mazal tov to the parents Adam and Batsheva Venick and the grand-parents, Sherri & Jefferey Venick & Shalva & Noah Shafran.

BIRTHDAYS Bernhard Kiewe, Avigail Horwitz, Shalom Kovacs, Karl Agrich, Bruce Luchansky, Rivki Lichter, Mitch Posner, Aaron Schor, Mrs. Adriane Kozlovsky, Simcha Pollack, Ellen Miller, Diane Berkowitz, Talia Shaina Raskas, Robert Benn, Mr. Yoseph Orshan

YAHRZEITS Lawrence Cane, Lee Oppenheimer, Rabbi Alfred Fruchter, Gertrude Bonnett, Aaron Simkin, Annie Silverman, Hyman Lebson, Charles F. Appelbaum

TEHILLIM Please continue to daven for Tinok ben Avital.

CONDOLENCES & SHIVA Debbie Schwartz on the loss of her beloved mother, Selma Klein z’l. The family will be sitting shiva 3402 Midfield Road through Monday.

To make a donation in memory of a loved one, or in celebration of a simcha: suburbanorthodox.org/payment.php

DONATIONS Bernhard & Marlene Kiewe, Steve Schuman, Mel & Tania Shichtman,

Michael & Elise Schloss in memory of Seymour Bayuk, Joshua & Terri Rosen

DAF YOMI The Efron & Levine families in honor of Yosef Herschel Efron’s 94th birthday & Merav Levine’s 32nd birthday.

Gregg & Rachel Levitan in honor of Gregg’s

mother Esther bas Shoshana

SHABBOS MORNING DRASHA Nudelman & Schwartz families in honor of the 70th anniversary and 91st birthdays of Marvin and Temmy Schwartz.

Mel & Judy Pachino in commemoration of Mel's father's first yartzeit ברוך שמחה בן יעקב

For Aliyah requests, please contact Chaim Nachman at hsnod89@gmail.com or text 443-857-1660

SHUL HAPPENINGS

SOTC Book Club Tues 11/28 | 1:45 p.m.

Pre-Chanukah jewelry sale followed by a review of Hum if You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais exploring life un-der apartheid in 1970’s Johannesburg.

COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS Combatting Domestic Terror Threats: Israel, Europe, & USA. Mon 11/6 | 7:30p Shomrei Emunah A Discussion moderated by Sgt. Benjamin Anthonyof Our Soldiers Speak

Shomrim Anniversary Banquet

Sat 11/11 | 8:30p Shomrei Emunah

Celebrating 13 years of protecting the

community.

MOTZEI SHABBOS LEARNING

We are looking for weekly sponsors to ensure this years program is better than ever with enriching learning, great prizes and stories from the Rav.

$180 Learning Sponsor $250 Growth Sponsor $360 L’dor V’dor sponsor

Thank you to our current sponsors: Ed & Iris Miller (Growth)

Contact Juliya Sheynman for sponsor-ship 410.484.6114

TEEN MINYAN NEWS 11/10 | 8:30p Teen Minyan Oneg at the home of Shmuel Krawatsky

(3119 Northbrook Rd)

The Teen Minyan is looking for a few good men to assist with leining. Please volunteer your bar mitzvah Parsha (or more!). Email shmuel@krawatsky.com to help out!