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Shabbos Parshas ShelachShabbos Mevarchim

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CANDLE LIGHTING: 7:56 PMSHABBOS ENDS: 8:53 PM

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Weekly MessageThoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Celebrating ShabbosSchedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you

need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Community HappeningsSharing with your Shul Family

A Time to PrayCheck out all the davening schedules and locations

throughout the week

Kiddush BankThe investment with a guarenteed return

Inspiration, Insights & IdeasBringing Torah lessons to LIFE

Get The PictureThe full scoop on all the great events around town

Meyer Youth CenterThe full scoop on all the Youth events around town

In a woman’s worldIssues of relevance to the Jewish woman

French Connection Reflexions sur la Paracha

Latin LinkReflexion Semanal

The ABC’s of AlephServing Jews in institutional and limited environments.

Networking Effective Advertising

Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul

Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at

The Shul

Get The PictureThe full scoop on all the great events around town

The Shul Weekly MagazineEverything you need for every day of the week

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Nachas At A Glance

For everything there is a season, a time for every matter under the

heaven: A time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and

a time to uproot that which is planted. A time to kill and a time

to heal; a time to break and a time to build. A time to weep and a

time to laugh; a time of wailing and a time of dancing. A time to

cast stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a

time to refrain from embracing. A time to seek and a time to lose;

a time to keep and a time to cast away. A time to rend and a time

to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak. A time to love and

a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace...

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Aleph Wondergirls end the year

on a high note with a special

Pre- Gimmel Tammuz program

Demolition has begun and will continue

over the next two weeks.

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Shabbos Parshas ShlachShabbos Mevarchim

In the famous story about the Jewish scouts sent to evaluate and survey the land of Israel,

we find a most interesting development. The scouts are admonished for presenting a report filled with negative overtones. They warn the Jewish people not to enter the Holy Land because of the many risks, invoking paralyzing fear.

After promulgating their position, it is then publicly announced that the scouts and the Jewish people will be punished for their misguided attitude towards Israel. Instantly, they realize their mistake, repent and say “We are now ready! We shall go forward to the place that G-d described”. Moses counters by saying… “Do not proceed, G-d is not with you” (Chapter 14, Verses 40-44). Since the Jewish people had already decided to repent, why doesn’t G-d accept it and tell Moses to let them proceed instead of rejecting them, underscoring their having become severed from G-dliness? Didn’t they deserve an act of forgiveness? On closer scrutiny we see that though they were willing to go forward they would do so without the Torah. The Torah states clearly that Moses and the Ark remained in the camp as the would-be conquerors proceeded. The only way a Jew can be successful in overcoming beyond natural odds, or an enemy with a material advantage, is by the protection of the Torah and Divine Force as a personal shield. Taking an analytical view of the millennium of Jewish history, it becomes clear that our continual success and powerful impact on society is due in greatest part to this spiritual ingredient of our connection to G-d and his Torah that is always constant, and provides the continuous thread linking every Jewish generation.

Torah is the common denominator that transcends historical, geographical and societal changes in the Jewish continuum. Look into this great reservoir of power and wisdom. It will enhance your personal life while providing a spiritual shield against adversity even in modern context. Have a great Shabbos and a wonderful week!

Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Thoughts on the Parshahfrom Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Multiple PersonalitiesBy Tzvi Freeman

You may consider yourself a single person, but there are many characters playing their own script inside you, each

capable of detaching itself from the others.

Intellect will blast off on its own journey happily detached from emotion. Emotion will burn itself up in a fire that never comes to action. Your arms and legs can go through mindless, heartless, meaningless actions day in and out. And the soul can fly high, oblivious to anything

that concerns your down-to-earth life.

But when you eat your meal mindfully, do business with a conscience, treat a cranky child with loving patience—in all these things a harmony of parts is achieved. All of you

becomes one.

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Weekly Riddle

Shmuely'sTeen Boys

Grades: 9th - 12th

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Haime Library

Shaykee’sDavening With Dad

Grades: 7th - 8th

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Montessori 3

Mendy's Hebrew School

Grades: 4th - 8th

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Sholom'sJunior Boys

Grades: 1 - 4

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Classroom 1

Basya'sTween Girls

Grades: 6 - 8

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Tehila'sPre Tween Girls

Grades: 4 - 5

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Classrooom 4

Elisheva Adouth's Aleph Wonder Girls

Grades: 1 - 310:00 am - 12:00 pm

Classrooom 2

Celebrating Shabbos with our YouthEverything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Morah Malkie’s Tot Shabbat

Ages: 1 - 411:00 am - 12:00 pm

Montessori classrooom 2

Debbie’sTeen Girls

Grades: 9th - 12th

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Teen Girls Room

The Lubavitcher Rebbe said, “Be scrupulous about saying the entire Tehillim (Psalms) on Shabbos Mevarchim (Blessing of the New Month). It is crucial for you, for your children, and your children’s children.”

Every Shabbos Mevarchim in the Haime Library8:30 - 9:00 am

Sponsored by the Duchman Family Questions:1) Where is the first time that Yehoshua bin Nun is mentioned in the Torah?

2) Who in this parsha does Hashem call “my servant”? Who else in the Torah does Hashem call “my servant”?

3) Where in this parsha is someone placed in prison (mishmar)? Who else in the Torah is placed in prison? (5 people)

Answers from last week:1)The golden menorah (Numbers 8:4) and the silver trumpets (Numbers 10:2) are both “banged out of one solid piece of metal.” In Exodus 25:18, the cover of the Holy Ark and its cherubs are made from one solid piece of gold.

2) The “the pillar of fire” led the Jews at night (Numbers 9:15). A fire consumed the complainers (Numbers 11:1).

3) Moshe is told to appoint 70 elders to help him lead the nation (Numbers 11:16). In parshas Vayigash, 70 descendants of Yaakov descend to Egypt (Genesis 46:27).

RIDDLE RULESAnswers 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 questions will win an INSTANT prize!

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Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is available for sponsorship.

Farbrengen This Week:The Shabbos Mevarchim Farbrengen is sponsored in honor

of The Rebbe, the Leader of our generation, the Shluchimof the Rebbe and the supporters of the Shluchim.

Shalosh Seudos This Week:Shalosh Seudos this week is available for sponsorship.

kiddushim at The ShulPlease help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually)

Lighting 7:58 p.m.Mincha 8:00 p.m.

Eruv Information

We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals should call the Eruv Hotline to make sure

that the Eruv is operational. The number to call is 305- 866-ERUV (3788).

The Eruv message is recorded approximately two hours prior to candle lighting. Surfside:

The Eruv in Surfside now includes the walking paths along the beach. Pushing strollers and

carrying is permitted on the paths, but not beyond the path or onto the beach.

Bal Harbour: The Eruv in Bal Harbour included the inner (western) walking path only. The pier at Haulover Cut is not included.

To pay your annual dues visit: www.miamibeacheruv.com

the caterer for this week’s kiddush and Shalosh seudos is Food Art

Celebrating Shabbos Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Shabbos ScheduleEarly Shabbos Minyan: 6:30.p.m.Candle lighting 7:56 p.m. Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 8:00 p.m.Hashkama Minyan recital of entire Tehillim 6:00 a.m.Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Recital of the entire book of Tehillim 7:30 a.m.Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m.Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m.Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m.Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m.Kiddush 12:00 p.m.Farbrengen in honor of Shabbos Mevarchim 1:00 p.m.Daf Yomi 7:00 p.m.Men’s Shiur 7:00 p.m.Women's Shiur 7:00 p.m.Shalosh Seudos for Boys 7:00 p.m.Mincha 7:45 p.m.Pirkei Avos Chapter 3Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:53 p.m.Weekly Video of The Rebbe

Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 7:45 p.m.

Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m.Mincha 7:45 p.m.Shabbos Ends / Arvit & Havdalah 8:53 p.m.

The following dates are available for sponsorship:

Kiddush Shalosh Seudos June 17 June 17, 24

If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Stacy

at 305-868-1411 ext 313 or email swaxman@theshul.org

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23 Sivan Rabbi Baruch Knight24 Sivan Mrs. Karen Azari24 Sivan Ms. Gabrielle Eichler24 Sivan Mrs. Gila Falic24 Sivan Mrs. Mayra Lichter24 Sivan Mr. Michael Nanikashvili25 Sivan Mr. Isaac Chocron25 Sivan Ms. Liv-Tiferet De Vitton25 Sivan Mrs. Debbie Falic25 Sivan Ms. Karen Fiss25 Sivan Mrs. Sheryl Kasle25 Sivan Ms. Shragge Zisman26 Sivan Mrs. Charlotte Marcus26 Sivan Mr. Shmuel Isaac Maya26 Sivan Mr. Jonathan Sredni26 Sivan Ms. Diana Sreter26 Sivan Mr. Troy Ziefer27 Sivan Mr. Stephan Cohen27 Sivan Ms. Fay Garber27 Sivan Mr. Yair Hilu27 Sivan Mr. Jacob Mizraji27 Sivan Mrs. Loraine Rosengarten28 Sivan Mr. Tal Alexander28 Sivan Mrs. Mojdeh Danial28 Sivan Mrs. Eva Salzhauer29 Sivan Mr. Jordan Bublick29 Sivan Mrs. Racheli Friedman

Community HappeningsSharing with your Shul Family

Birthdays

Kid’s Birthdays

Yahrtzeits

23 Sivan Simone Weinberg24 Sivan Aden Karp26 Sivan Elisha Gutfreund26 Sivan Noa Tiferes Rubinstein26 Sivan Schneur Zalman Wuensch28 Sivan Aryeh Leib Colodner28 Sivan Menachem Mendel Gilinski28 Sivan Tal Dooreck29 Sivan Chaya Mushka Cohen

AnniversariesMr. & Mrs. Aaron & Aviva StauberMr. & Mrs. Shneur & Chaya WolffMr. & Mrs. Gleb & Ashley KlionerMr. & Mrs. David & Hannah ShearMr. & Mrs. Edward E. & Pauline R. KopelmanMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey & Adria MandelMr. & Mrs. Jonathan & Basha EleffMr. & Mrs. Simon & Jana FalicMr. & Mrs. Jacky & Aviva Koenig

23 Sivan Sima bas Yudel obm Mother of Mrs. Rosita Boruchin23 Sivan Yochevet bas Reb Jacob obm Mother of Mr. Jaime Schapiro24 Sivan Sara Pnina bas Jacob obm Grandmother of Ms. Golda Retchkiman25 Sivan Esther obm Mother of Mr. Harry Mamane25 Sivan Esther Rasha obm Mother of Mr. Ralph Herzka26 Sivan Mark Rudnick obm Father of Mrs. Eva Saka27 Sivan Chaya Yehudit bas Esther obm Mother of Mrs. Raquel Sragowicz27 Sivan Leah bas Aaron obm Mother of Mrs. Bessie Bedzow and Grandmother of Rabbi Henry Eichler27 Sivan Alta Miriam Chaya obm Sister of Mr. Shabtai Plutno29 Sivan Shlomo ben Belida obm Father of Mr. Edward Ohayon

Volunteers NeededAfter every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the

left over food to organizations or families in need.

We are looking for volunteers to help collect and

wrap the food.

If you would like to help please contact the

Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush.

Community service hours will be awarded.

Mazal TovMazal Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Danny and Leba Barouk on the birth of a son. May they raise him to Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim and have much nachas from him.

Mazal to Mr. & Mrs. David and Eda Schottenstein on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Ari. May they continue to raise him to Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim and have much nachas from him.

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Community Notice Board:If you have a new or slightly used Shaitel that you

would like to donate to The Shul Sisterhood

Please Contact Mrs. Devorah Failer 305.323.2410

Learning with The Bochurim If you are interested in having your child

learn with one of our bochurim,

or if you would like to arrange

a lunch and learn in your office,

Please contact Rabbi Shaykee Farkash

farkashs@icloud.com

Community HappeningsSharing with your Shul Family

Thanks To Our Donors

Refuah ShleimahIf you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep

the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered.

1st Merchant Funding, LLCALF HOLDINGS, INC.Ms. Donna AnzarootMr. Arie AssayagMr. & Mrs. Laurent BeckerMr. & Mrs. Baruk BenamranMrs. Estela BerryMr. & Mrs. Gad Benlolo-BittonMr. & Mrs. Udi BroshMs. Liv-Tiferet De VittonMr. S. DrimmerMr. Ohad EinhornEsterel Holdings LLCMr. Daniel GielchinskyMr. & Ms. Ighal GoldfarbMr. & Mrs. Ron GottesmanMs. Renee M. GrossmanMr. & Mrs. Meir IzakMr. & Mrs. Manuel JaimovichMr. Raphael JamalMr. Habib JaradehMr. & Mrs. Alberto KamhaziMr. Menachem KoegelMr. & Mrs. Edward E. KopelmanMr. & Mrs. Moshe Shlomo LermanRabbi & Rebbetzin Sholom D. Lipskar

Mr. & Mrs. Alan LiptonMr. Raymond LouzounMs. Nina MackMr. & Mrs. Ralph MizrajiMr. & Mrs. Temuri NanikashviliMr. Jorge Raul PackMr. & Mrs. David PortnoyMr. & Mrs. Brian RollerMr. Michael SakaDr. & Mrs. Michael SalzhauerMrs. Sarah BoymelgreenMr. & Mrs. David SchwartzDr. & Mrs. Scott SegalMr. & Mrs. Fred ShainbaumMr. & Mrs. Marc SheridanMr. & Mrs. Yossi SokolMr. Daniel SpringMr. Jan StarkMr. & Mrs. Eran TobulMr. & Mrs. Teddy ToledanoMr. Boris VertsbergerDr. & Dr. Jesse VinerMs. Esther VloskyMr. & Mrs. Adam WeinbergMr. & Mrs. Paul WeintraubMr. & Mrs. Shmuel Wolf

MENAlexander ben Esther RaizelChaim Moshe ben ClaraRaphael Moshe ben SarahMoshe ben ZoilaMoshe Avraham ben Tziporah RivaChaim ben Pnina Gabriel ben EstherEber Avraham ben Fruma EstherShmuel ben Sarah PerlYosef ben EdwinaAvrohom ben FeigelMordechai David ben Esther RaizelYedidya Chaim Raphael ben ElanaYehuda ben Chaya SaraShimon Yitzchak ben Leah RochelRoi ben OrlyChaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel

WOMENChaya Miriam Yehudit bat ChavaClara bat CorinaShoshanna bat RivkahLeah Rochel bat SarahMiriam bat Risha RaizelDana Ella bas Devorah HindeChana bas ShoshanaIlana bas Shaina RochelChava bas Elka MenuchaChaya bas RachelFayge bas ChayaMiriam Leah bas Helen

Sivan Light & PowerWe sincerely thank the following members and supporters of The Shul

for donations received between 06/06/17 and 06/12/17We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made.

Light & Power and Wine for Kiddush & Havdalah forthe month of Sivan is Kindly Sponsored by

David Wolf, Jeffrey Wolf, Joey Givner, Isaac Salver,Steven Dunn, Steven Schmutter, Eli Ginsburg,

Alberto Camhi, Bruce Gelb and Sam Greenwald.“Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to

pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors,

together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.”

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A Time to PrayDavening schedules and locations throughout the week

Evening Kolel Schedule - Monday and Thursday 8:45 -9:30 pmMon & Thurs 8:45 - 10:00 pm Evening Community Kolel Chavrusah

Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul6:45 -7:15 am Derech Mitzvosecha Foundational Chassidic Discourse R’ Zalman Lipskar

8:10 am Daf Yomi R’ Dov Schochet8:45 am (approx) Halacha Sephardic Custom R’ Shimshon Tzubeli10:15 - 11:00 am Maamorim Maamor of the Rebbe R’ Shea Rubinstein

Daily Chumash & Tanya after every Minyan

Shacharis Minyanim (mon - Fri)Main Minyan 6:50 7:30 9:00

Sephardic Minyan 8:00

Sunday Shacharis MinyanimMain Minyan 8:00 am 9:00 am

Sephardic Minyan 9:00 am

Sunday Mincha /Maariv Minyanim

Main Minyan 8:00 pm

Late Maariv 10:00 pm

mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs)Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 8:00 pm 10:00 pm

Sephardic Minyan 8:00 pm Following

Halachic TimesBased on times for June 21

Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:05 amEarliest Talit & Tefillin 5:42 amNetz Hachamah / Sunrise 6:30 am(Earliest Amidah)Latest Shema 9:54 amZman Tfillah 11:03 amChatzot / Midday 1:22 pmEarliest Mincha 1:58 pmPlag HaMincha 6:53 pmShekiah / Sunset 8:15 pm(preferable latest time for Mincha)Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 8:42 pm(Earliest preferable Ma’ariv)

Times taken from www.chabad.orgPlease note that during the week times may vary by a minute or two.

To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, courageously protecting and defending Eretz Yisroel. We pray

for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily.Dan Shlomo ben Eliyahu

Benyamin Aharon Ben Jeniya Gila RutJonathan ben Aliza Sher

Michael Shmuel ben Eliezer EliyahuAmir Herzel ben Dvora Dorry

Eitan Gabriel Ben Karine Cecile

If anyone would like to send us the name of a soldier in the IDF we would love to add them.

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Kiddush BankThe Investment with a Guaranteed Return

Kiddush Bank 5777Our very special thanks to the following Partners & Patrons whose contributions will help us to

cover some of the costs of the un-sponsored Kiddushim and Farbrengens in the coming year.

Partners - annual contribution of $770:

Mr. Arnold Lewis Cohen

Mr. & Mrs. Boruch and Yonit Duchman

Mr. Daniel Gielchinsky

Mr. & Mrs. Edward and Pauline Kopelman

Dr. & Mrs. Gene and Sandra Moteles

Mr. & Mrs. Temuri and Maya Nanikashvili

Rabbi & Mrs. Ezzy and Malka Rappaport

Ms. Engel Ramirez

Patrons - annual contribution of $360:

Mr. Bernard Werner

Mr. & Mrs. Nelson and Rochelle Berman

Mr. Mordechai Olesky

PLEASE BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR KIDDUSH BANK AND HELP MAKE SHABBOS AND YOM TOV

BEAUTIFUL FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

The Shortfall for 5776 was over $13,500

Become a member of our 5777 Kiddush BankPlease call the shul!

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Friday - Sivan 22In Ahavat olam, at the words vehavi’einu leshalom, bring together the two front tzitzit. Then join to them the tzitzit of the left back corner, then the tzitzit of the right back corner, holding them together between the little finger and ring finger of the left hand.

Kiss the tzitzit six times, at the words tzitzit, tzitzit, l’tzitzit, emet, kayemet and la’ad.

Shabbos - Sivan 23In a reply to a yechidus query in the winter of 5635 (1874-75), my grandfather said to my father: The yetzer hara, (the evil impulse), is called “animal soul,” not because it is necessarily a brute animal. At times it may be a fox, the most cunning of beasts, and great wisdom is needed to perceive its machinations. At other times it may clothe itself in the garb of an earnest, straightforward, humble tzadik, possessing fine traits of character.

The animal soul manifests itself in each person according to his individual character. One person may suddenly experience a powerful longing to study Chassidus or to meditate deeply on some chassidic concept. The truth is, however, that this is nothing more than the yetzer hara’s counsel and the animal soul’s machinations to prevent him from engaging in the avoda of davening or a similar activity.

Take this as a general principle and remember it always: Any matter that is effective towards or actually leads to active avoda, and is confronted with opposition of any sort, even the most noble, that opposition is the scheming of the animal soul.

My father concluded: Until then I had not known that there can be a “pious” animal soul, let alone a “chassidic” animal soul.

Sunday - Sivan 24“You ask how can you be bound (m’kushar) to me when I do not know you personally...”

“...The true bond is created by studying Torah. When you study my maamarim, read the sichot and associate with those dear to me - the chassidic community and the tmimim - in their studies and farbrengens, and you fulfill my request regarding saying Tehillim* and observing Torah-study times - in this is the bond.”

Monday - Sivan 25“A care in a man’s heart, yash’chena.” Our sages offer two interpretations of that last word: “Remove the care from the mind” or “discuss it with others.”

The Tzemach Tzedek commented: “...with others” who are “others” only in the bodily sense, but are completely united with him, for they empathize with him.

Tuesday - Sivan 26“They went down to the pit alive” - even in the grave they think they are alive.

There is a blessing contained in “They went down to the pit alive,” as with “the sons of Korach

did not die,” - “a place was established for them and they repented.” For teshuva, repentance, is effective only while one is still alive. This, then, is the blessing - that even in the pit they will live, and they will be able to effect teshuva.

Wednesday - Sivan 27“G-d will bless you in whatever you do.” Man needs but to make a receptacle for his livelihood and to endeavor with all his power that the receptacle be pure of any impurity or dross of cheating others and the like. This means that whatever he does conforms to Torah laws. Thus he becomes a “vessel” worthy of G-d’s blessing, in two ways: His livelihood will be ample and his earnings will be directed to desirable ends.

Thursday - Sivan 28The Tzemach Tzedek once told his son, my grandfather, an incident in his experience, and concluded: For helping someone in his livelihood, even to earn just 70 kopeks (a small, low-value Russian coin) on a calf, all the gates to the Heavenly Chambers are open for him.

Years later my grandfather told this to my father and added: One should really know the route to the Heavenly Chambers, but actually it is not crucial. You only need the main thing - to help another wholeheartedly, with sensitivity, to take pleasure in doing a kindness to another.

Friday - Sivan 29Man’s avoda according to Chassidus: To accustom himself to perceive individual Divine Providence (hashgacha p’ratit), how G-d, in His goodness, renews the universe and all creatures every moment with His particular Divine Providence, which constitutes - to the exclusion of all else - the reality, life-force and sustained existence of all creatures.

Hayom YomIn the winter of 1942, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn, of righteous memory, gave his son- in-law, the future Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, the task of compiling an anthology of Chasidic aphorisms and customs arranged according to the days of the year.

The calendar was entitled Hayom Yom. In describing this work Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak wrote: …”A book that is small in format…but bursting with pearls and diamonds of choicest quality.” “A splendid palace of Chasidism.” True to these words, Hayom Yom

has become a beloved classic work and a source of daily spiritual sustenance.

Inspiration, Insights & IdeasBringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

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Ask Not Whether, But HowKill the messenger? Why were the spies condemned for reporting the facts?By: Rabbi YY Jacobson

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.-- General Montgomery

The Hole in the RoofA rabbi stands before his congregation and reports to them that a massive hole has been found in the roof of the synagogue.

“Now I have good news and bad news for you,” the Rabbi continues. “The good news is that we have the money to repair it; the bad news is that the money is in your pockets.”

If We Win?The story is told that the Israeli parliament, or Knesset, recently convened an emergency session to figure out a solution for the devastated Israeli economy.

One brilliant minister said, “Let’s declare war on the U.S., and then, in the wake of the utter destruction America will bring upon us, we will receive billions of dollars for reconstruction, like Germany and Japan.

“Sounds great,” responded another member of the Knesset. “One problem: What will we do if we win the war?”

Twelve Jews on a MissionThis week’s portion, Shlach, tells the story of 12 men who were dispatched by Moses from the desert to go and survey the Land of Israel and its inhabitants. The purpose of their journey was to prepare the Jewish people for the subsequent conquest and settlement of the Land.

Upon discharging the spies on their mission, Moses presented them with a list of questions they needed to answer. “See the Land,” Moses said to them. “How is it? And the nations that dwell in it—are they strong or weak? Are they few or numerous? And how is the land in which they dwell—is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they dwell—are they open or are they fortified?”

When the 12 spies returned from their 40-day

tour of Israel they presented to the people a report of their findings.

“We arrived at the Land to which you sent us,” the spies said, “and indeed it flows with milk and honey and this is its fruit. But the people that dwells in the land is powerful, the cities are greatly fortified and we also saw the offspring of the giant.

“We cannot ascend to that people for it is too strong for us,” the spies proclaimed.

The report that the spies brought back demoralized the Jewish nation and drained it from the motivation to enter the Land. As a result, the spies were severely punished and the entire generation ultimately died in the desert, never making it into the Land. Only 39 years later, in the year 1276 B.C.E., did the children and grandchildren of this generation cross the borders of Israel and settle the Promised Land. Kill the Messenger?One of the many questions raised by biblical commentators concerns the reason for the spies receiving punishment. Moses gave them a detailed list of questions about the Land; he instructed them to make their own observations as to what will await the people upon their arrival. This is exactly what the spies did. They came back with an answer to all of Moses’ questions and reported what they perceived to be the reality of the situation. If Moses expected them to cover up their observations -- that the Land was inhabited by mighty men and its cities were greatly fortified -- he should have never sent them in the first place! Why were the men faulted for relating what they had seen?

Introducing ParalysisThe answer is that if the spies had merely related to the people the reality of the situation as they saw it, everything would have been fine. But they did more than that. They used the difficulties they observed as an incentive to introduce the option of surrender and capitulation in the face of crisis. Had the spies returned and said, “Hey guys, we have seen a mighty people and well-protected cities in the Land, so now we need to devise an effective strategy of how to go about our challenging mission,” they would have fulfilled their task splendidly. The moment they responded to the obstacles by saying “We cannot do it anymore,” they swayed an entire people to abandon their G-d-given destiny. The spies are condemned in Jewish tradition for substituting the “how will we do it” with the “can we do it?” Conquering Your DarknessEach of us has a domain in our life that needs to be conquered, a terrain that needs to be transformed into a “holy land.” Some of us need to battle fear, temptation, addiction, or shame. Since the challenges that lay in recovery’s path are at times frightening, we are naturally tempted to believe that we are incapable of overcoming our darkness and we thus surrender to our demons. Though this feeling is understandable, it is a sad mistake that must be fought tenaciously, for it robs us of the opportunity to liberate our souls and arrive at our personal “Promised Land.” The option of resignation compels us to remain stuck for the rest of our lives in a barren desert made up of shame, insecurity and weakness. The question ought never to be, “Can I do it?” The resources to repair the hole in our personal roof are always present. Every problem can be dealt with. The only legitimate question is, “How do I do it?”

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Upon a Timeless TelBy Sara Hecht

Twenty-five miles south of Jerusalem, an impressive tel rises above the plains of Judea. A city built upon hundreds of

previously destroyed cities, Tel Lachish marks the terrain between Jerusalem and Hebron, whispering ancient legends of its proud inhabitants across the sweeping foothills.

Common to the Middle Eastern landscape, a tel is literally a “mound,” formed by layers of occupation over thousands of years. As each society builds its city upon the ruins of a previous period, the site rises, permanently altering the topography of the land.

The town of Lachish bears great historical significance, resting on ancient metropolises where valiant men and women from the times of Joshua through the Maccabean era once resided. Marked with a tumultuous history of battle and conquest, Tel Lachish carries their love and their pain, their joys and their sorrows, their victories and their defeats.

The tourists come to see Lachish not just because it imposingly juts out of the Judean lowland, but because they want to hear the story of this unusual tel; they want to breathe the air of a city that has experienced endless destruction and rebuilding, but never lost anything along the way.

G-d could have made us perfect architects. If He wanted, He could have endowed us with tools to build exclusively palatial structures that last for eternity. Instead, He foresaw the beauty of a tel. It was with this vision, in the early summer of 1312 BCE, that G-d quietly entered a unique potential for human failure into our universe.

They were a newborn nation, standing on the threshold of entering the Promised Land. Hesitant about their future, the Jewish people ask Moses for permission to survey the unknown territory soon to be their home. And so, Moses, the humble servant of G-d, turns to his Master for consent. But astonishingly—for the first time in history—G-d tells Moses to do as he pleases.

We all know how the story ends. The spies return with negative reports; the Jews become fearful; and tragically, the generation of the great Exodus never enters the Land of Israel.

It’s a classic question of Torah commentators: If G-d said, “Do what you want,” didn’t Moses

sense that He didn’t really approve of the Jews’ request? Why did Moses persist in sending them?

Indeed, Moses was well aware of the risks involved in dispatching spies; yes, he sensed the possibility for catastrophe in G-d’s noncommittal answer. But he was also conscious of the fact that G-d was giving humankind an opportunity for growth that can come about only through failure.

“Do as you wish,” G-d said, effectively opening a new and empowering dimension in man’s choice.

I’ll leave you room to err, says G-d, because I know you won’t leave your shattered city in ruins; I know that when you fall, you will rebuild—grander, stronger and more beautiful edifices than ever before. I know that when you stray, what you really want is to be nearer to Me. I know you’re going to build a tel. So I’ll let you make mistakes.

And we do.

I reckon G-d made us better-than-perfect architects. In fact, He imbued us with such a genuine and passionate desire to create, with such a thirst for growth, that sometimes we find ourselves razing down the old only to give way to the new that is aching to emerge.

We crave rebirth. Status quo never feels right; the old is simply never sufficient. We have an instinctive urge to build anew. Is that why we keep falling?

When we let our id knock down the walls of our personal city, on the surface, it looks like everything we’ve worked towards is suddenly gone. But don’t let the vacuum of ground zero dishearten you, because that subsoil can’t be bought anywhere in the universe. Indeed, like the tel, when we reconstruct our own little broken worlds, it is on terra firma that carries all the resilience and fortitude of our previous journeys.

Sometimes, we build our tel painfully, slowly, trudging through the remains with a broken sort of hope—can we possibly restore our city this time? At other times, we labor with a fury, catapulting through the wreckage with a surety, with a swiftness, so that we don’t set our eyes on what has crumbled, lest we break from regret. We throw ourselves into the building, we lay brick upon brick, glancing away from the debris, and looking upwards only at what we’ve already constructed in our mind’s eye.

But regardless of how we build, we never leave the city in ruins—after all, it’s a tel. And with every breakdown comes an even greater restoration, the earth, begging to be tilled again.

When you stand on the pinnacle of Tel Lachish, you can see for miles. It’s a breathtaking panorama, extending from Bet Guvrin in the north all the way to the Hebron hills in the east. They say you can’t get that view from anywhere else in the area.

What a gift G-d gave when he granted us the ability to fall. For now, you can stand at the top of your tel and see the world like you’ve never seen it before. Life suddenly has new meaning, new depth. Indeed, from the summit you can see what always surrounded you, but this time, oh so differently.

On the 15th day of Av, 1274 BCE, the Jews of Moses’ generation stopped dying in the desert—a tragedy that had been a consequence of the spies’ failed mission. This day marked the end of their temporary decline, and more importantly, the beginning of subsequent rebuilding and growth, as their children prepared to enter the Land of Israel.

And though our holy cities—both in spirit and of stone—endured relentless destruction in the centuries that followed, the monumental tels in our homeland and our souls continue to rise above the landscape, a tribute to our battered but unbeaten faith and our intrinsic longing to heighten the bond with our Creator.

As we plow the wounded earth yet again, let us look towards the ultimate rebuilding of all time, recalling the promising words of the prophet Jeremiah: Venivneta ha’ir al tilah—“And the city shall be rebuilt on its former tel.”

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Tzitzit at Night

As the portion concludes, the Torah teaches the Mitzva of Tzitzit. Some commentaries point out a strange order in the verse. It

states “Tzitzit on the corner of their garments for all generations, and they should place a blue fringe.” Why does it mention “for all generations” before mentioning the blue fringe? Here the Torah can be alluding to the fact that while we may have the Mitzva of Tzitzit for all generations, there will be generations without Techelet, the blue fringe.

The Mitzva of Tzitzit states “And you shall see them”, which serves as the source that this Mitzva applies only at a time one can see, during the day. A blind person is obligated in Tzitzit for even if he cannot see the fringes others can. However, what exactly the Torah is excluding is a debate between the commentators and codifiers. Rambam learns this literally, the Mitzva is only during the day and at night there is no Mitzva to have Tzitzit. If one would wear a four cornered garment at night there would be no requirement to have fringes. Rosh, a prominent codifier from Spain, understands the exclusion to be for a garment meant for the night. However, a garment meant for the day time would require Tzitzit even at night .

There is no clear consensus in this debate, and as it deals with a Biblical law, we are strict like both opinions. If one were to wear a four cornered night garment during the day, which according to Rambam requires Tzitzit and according to Rosh does not, we would only wear it with Tzitzit. If one were to wear a daytime or day and night garment during the night, which according to Rambam does not require Tzitzit and according to Rosh does, we would only wear it with Tzitzit.

There is a general rule that any time there is a doubt whether a blessing is required we do not make a blessing. Therefore in the above two cases no blessing would be made over the Tzitzit, according to one opinion there is no obligation in each of those cases.

If one is wearing a Talit and night is approaching, the Talit must be removed, for wearing the Talit at night would imply that there is a Mitzva of

Tzitzit at night contrary to what the Torah states. However, on Yom Kippur the custom is to wear the Talit at night for we wear it to emulate the angels that are covered in white and not for the Mitzva of Tzitzit. Similarly, in many communitys if one is leading the congregation they wear a Talit as it is known that it’s not being worn for the Mitzva rather for the communities honor.

A blanket, as it is meant for night time, does not require Tzitzit. If one uses the blanket during the day, they wake up after dawn, it would seem that according to Rambam it does require Tzitzit. But the general Halacha states that as it is not worn as a garment and simply covers the body, even a blanket during the day does not require Tzitzit. Some are stringent and round one of the corners so there is no question at all.

Some have a custom to wear Tzitzit at night and even to sleep in Tzitzit. There are multiple reasons for this custom. One is that if the person sleeps past dawn they won’t be naked of Mitzvot, they will have the Mitzva of Tzitzit. Furthermore, it is appropriate to put on the Tzitzit right when one wakes up, but there is a problem to touch one’s garments before Netilat Yadayim, to obviate that issue some sleep in their Tzitzit. Finally, some argue that according to Jewish mysticism it is important to sleep in Tzitzit.

If one does sleep in Tzitzit they should use a pair that is also worn during the daytime. If they are before marriage and will not be making a blessing on a Talit they should change their Tzitzit every morning from the night Tzitzit so a blessing can be made.

One of the lessons of the strand of blue is that a single Mitzva can define a person. The Tzitzit are the garment not just of the body but also the soul. Usually a garment requires many threads but the Torah says to place one strand of blue. This teaches that if a Jew does but one Mitzva their soul is considered clothed for one Mitzva connects to all Mitzvot and allows the person to connect to Hashem.

It Once Happened

Zevulun, a wealthy Jewish merchant, lived in Babylonia. His son, Naftali, was gifted with a brilliant mind. When he became old

enough, Zevulun sent him to Jerusalem to study under the guidance of one of the great sages of Israel.

Soon after Naftali began studying with the great scholar Rabbi Eliezer, misfortune befell his father in Babylonia. Rather than interrupt his son’s studies, Zevulun used the strength and time he had left to settle his affairs. He made out his will in a manner worthy of a man of his wisdom and piety. He gave a large part to charitable institutions. The remaining possessions, gold, silver, jewels, estates, ships and merchandise, he left to his old slave, Samura. The only clause in the will was that Samura had to permit Naftali to select one object from all his possessions for himself.

After Zevulun’s passing, his friends were shocked to find out the contents of the will. In vain they searched for the motive of Zevulun’s disregard for his young son whom he had loved so much, and who was diligently studying Torah with his father’s approval. This was certainly not the proper reward for the youth. While Naftali concentrated on his studies, ignorant of the double misfortune that had befallen him, the old slave Samura inherited Zevulun’s wealth and property.

As for Samura, instead of living a life of extravagance and luxury with his newly acquired wealth, he spent his time making cautious investment and furtherance of the business.

One day, a man knocked at the door of Naftali’s study. To his surprise, there stood a fellow Babylonian who gave him a letter. “I have been asked to wait for your signature and reply,” he said.

Naftali opened the sealed message and was shaken when he read the news of his beloved father’s passing. If his dear father was destined to die, at least he, his only son, could have made his last hours happier with his presence. “Why wasn’t I notified?” he cried to himself. When Naftali recovered somewhat from the shock, he continued to read the long letter from his

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father’s friend. Imagine his surprise when he found out about Zevulun’s will. He cared not so much about the lost wealth, as he did about the possibility that he had precipitated such an estrangement from his father.

While he was mourning his double loss, his great teacher, Rabbi Eliezer, entered the room to comfort him. Silently, he sat down by the side of his heartbroken pupil. Naftali showed the great sage the letter.

Rabbi Eliezer took his time reading every word of the letter. Having finished, he put it aside and thought for a while. Then, to Naftali’s surprise, a happy smile lit up the scholar’s face, and his wise, old eyes beamed at his student.

“Blessed is G-d who gives wisdom and understanding to His servants,” he exclaimed. “My son, be happy and joyful. Your father’s love and care reaches even beyond the grave. Know that the very will which you thought had deprived you of your father’s love and possessions, proves his infinite concern for you. In his wisdom, he protected and made safe his huge wealth for you.”

Naftali did not immediately grasp what had given Rabbi Eliezer this idea. But when his teacher asked him to whom, according to Jewish law, belonged the possessions of a slave, Naftali understood. “To his master, of course,” replied Naftali.

“During your absence, servants and managers might easily have done great harm to your inheritance,” began Rabbi Eliezer. “Knowing Samura’s capabilities and good character, your wise father made him temporary heir, so that he take proper care of the business until your return. Then, as provided by the clause in the will, you would choose the slave as the one object that you select for yourself. Automatically, all of Samura’s possessions will be yours, according to the law.”

Thirty days later, Naftali arrived in Babylonia and legally succeeded to the huge wealth of his father by selecting Samura as his inheritance. In appreciation of the good slave’s services, he freed him and made him manager and adviser, with full powers to carry on, as if the business were his own. They remained good friends and successful business partners. Thus, Zevulun’s wise will had, indeed, completely cared for and protected his beloved son beyond his grave.

An Enduring MarriageRabbi Meilech Leib DuBrow, a KosherFit Master

Coach, is the founder of Kosher Health & Fitness

I grew up in a Jewish family that was not Torah-observant and I had no real religious upbringing. I did not become interested

in Judaism until my first year of college at the University of San Diego, when I began exploring Chasidic teachings. This eventually led me – in 1971 – to Chabad and to the Chabad yeshivah in New York, Hadar HaTorah.

At Hadar HaTorah, everyone was in awe of the Rebbe. And when it came time for us to have a private audience with him – which usually happened on the occasion of our birthdays – we made spiritual preparations for weeks. We learned the Tanya, prayed, and wrote out our questions or requests in brief letters.

I myself wrote the Rebbe a fifteen-page letter in which I asked him a number of questions. One had to do with changing bad habits. Another had to do with living a life of joy. And a third had to do with a relationship I had with a young woman back in California. She came from a Reform background, and she looked askance at my foray into Chasidism.

In answer to my question regarding changing bad habits, the Rebbe said, “You have to have a firm resolve in your heart of hearts to change any inappropriate behavior. You have to identify what you are doing that is wrong, and you need to avoid those situations which bring about this behavior.” Years later, his answer became the core of my coaching practice. I boil it down to “remove and refocus” – remove yourself from the situation

and refocus on what’s appropriate. That is what the Rebbe taught me.

In answer to my question regarding living life joyously, the Rebbe said, “Learn the chapters in the Tanya which deal with happiness.” These are chapters twenty-six through thirty-two in the first part of the Tanya, the seminal work of the 18th century founder of the Chabad Movement, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. “Learn them two or three times, and they’ll make a significant difference. You will see that the happier and more joyous you become, the more your capabilities will increase and the more success you will have.” I did as he asked and found that he was right. Today, I call these chapters the “happy chapters,” and they form another part of my coaching practice.

Then the Rebbe came to my question about the young woman. When she had learned that I was going to see the Rebbe to discuss our relationship, she wrote a letter to me. It was not a long letter– just about a page and a half – but it put forth her feelings on the matter. And I had included her letter along with mine.

As I recall, when I entered the Rebbe’s office, my letter was lying on his desk. There was also a long credenza to the right of the desk, where hundreds of letters in legal folders were arrayed like a giant accordion across the top. While talking to me, and without looking, he reached over and produced my girlfriend’s letter. “This belongs to you,” he said, handing it to me.

He then began to answer my question. And, basically, his answer was composed of three parts.

“First of all,” he said, “a wife is not a student. In all matters that your wife should be an expert – all the things that should come naturally to her – this young woman is not, and you would have to teach her. And that’s not a correct relationship between a husband and wife.”

He continued, “Before marriage, the woman has to understand and support what the man she is marrying wants most in his life, and the man has to understand and support what she wants most in her life.”

In other words, he was saying that each one has to know and understand the other’s vision for life and support it one-hundred percent. They each don’t have to share the same vision for their lives, but they have to want to help

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the other person achieve his or her vision.

“When a couple has such a mutual understanding,” the Rebbe said, “then there’s a bond, there’s a foundation for a lasting marriage.” That was the second part of his answer.

The third part pertained to my girlfriend’s statement that she could never keep a kosher home and that the Rebbe would probably break us apart for this reason.

Addressing this, the Rebbe said, “Please tell her that my intention is not to separate you from her, or her from you. However, I do believe that, in continuing this relationship, you are doing her harm. You are confusing her, and thereby preventing her from seeing her situation with a clear vision. And this is keeping her from finding a more suitable match.”

I didn’t exactly understand what the Rebbe meant until years later. After I broke off the relationship, I didn’t see this young woman for many years. And then, suddenly, I ran into her by accident. She had two children in tow, and she told me that within two months of us breaking up, she met and married a very fine fellow. She added, “And do you know what I demanded of my husband? That we keep a kosher home.”

Although she had declared to the Rebbe that she would never keep a kosher home if married to me, she made it a requirement of her marriage to him.

Clearly, this is what the Rebbe meant when he said that she could not see her path clearly because of her confusing, emotional involvement with me, which was confusing her. Only when we were apart was she able to identify her true desire.

Yet the Rebbe understood all this. Needless to say, this also become a core part of my coaching practice.

Before the audience was over, the Rebbe told me that I needed to set up a fixed program of Torah study for myself and adjust it according to changing circumstances in life.

In some ways, this was the most important advice he gave, because I have used it throughout my personal and professional life. Any time I begin a new undertaking or

project, I make up a schedule and then I adjust it every two or three weeks. If I don’t, I find that my productivity drops off – it’s as if all the inspiration for the project disappears.

In an audience of about fifteen minutes, the Rebbe put my whole life on track. He taught me how to relate to life, how to mend bad habits, how to live joyfully, how to conduct myself in a marital relationship, and how to organize my life as a whole.

Forty-five years later, the Rebbe’s teachings are still with me, and they are the foundation of my coaching practice, continuing to improve the lives of all the people who come to me for professional help and advice.

A Stranger Offered Tefillin, and Changed the Course of a Family’s LifeAn unexpected mitzvah on a college campus transforms

generations

My father would have been 94 this summer. Born the first son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Hyman

Millstone spent his youth in Squirrel Hill, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh with a significant Jewish population. My mother, some 20 years his junior, was his second wife; she, too, was born in Pennsylvania’s second-largest city.

My parents decided to move out West, to San Diego in Southern California, and start a family. I remember my father later saying that his memories of growing up in Pittsburgh during the 1920s and 30s were influential in his turning away from Judaism. He was bullied as a child for his name; children called him “Hymie” and “dirty Jew,” and beat him because of his faith. Later, he was rejected several times from medical school because of a Jewish quota that was in place at the time; however, he was allowed to teach chemistry to medical students at the University of Pittsburgh. I suppose this embittered him, and he moved away from his faith and the area to begin anew.

I was born the second child of four in San Diego and named in a synagogue at my mother’s insistence. My mother wanted us to be more observant—to keep kosher and send us to a Jewish school, but my father didn’t feel the same way.

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And G-d spoke to Moses saying: Send out some men to spy out the

land of Canaan (Num. 13:1, 2)

According to Rashi, “send out” means “send according to how you see fit.” The Hebrew word for send - shelach - implies a sense of mission and purpose. Every Jew is entrusted with a Divine mission to transform his surroundings into a “Land of Israel,” by bringing the light of Torah and mitzvot to even the most remote and isolated locations. This mission, moreover, must be accomplished “according to how we see fit.” G-d has given man intelligence

to be utilized to that end.

(The Lubavitcher Rebbe)

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Still, I spent my summers as a young child at the Jewish Community Center, swimming with my father and my sisters, Heidi and Deetzah, and with my baby brother, Joshua.

My father worked as a teacher and took courses at San Diego State University around the year 1973 or so. One day, a man from Chabad approached him on campus and asked if he was Jewish. My father said “yes,” The man entered a van and came back out holding something, and asked if he could teach my father how to lay tefillin. My father again replied “yes.”

The man was from the university Chabad House—the Chabad House at SDSU—on Montezuma Road. He taught my father, and gave him a set of tefillin and a small prayerbook, and told him it was his duty as Jew to do this every day. I do not know what transpired between that man and my father. I do not know the chord he struck with my father, but I know that he did strike one. Maybe a memory? I’ll never know.

But I do know that shortly after this encounter, my father was hospitalized. He remembered the man from Chabad and made a bargain with G-d—that should G-d allow him to live, he would indeed lay tefillin every day.

My father came out of surgery and from that

day on wrapped tefillin every morning (except for Shabbat). This, in turn, led us to change synagogues, where I learned to read Hebrew, and learned prayers and Jewish history. My mother lit Shabbat candles every Friday night, and we celebrated the Jewish holidays. Eventually, my family became more observant, kept kosher-style, but never completely kept Shabbat (we drove to shul).

My father passed away in December of 2006; we buried him in Pittsburgh, which remained near and dear to him despite his rough childhood.

He was blessed to know his four grandchildren (the children of my sister Heidi and her husband, who live in Cleveland). All four of them used to watch my father put on his tefillin. He would tell them the story of the young man who taught him this mitzvah and told them how important a relationship with G-d is. Those boys—his grandchildren—are now 18, 16, 14 and 12. All of them have gone to Jewish day schools, and all of them are shomer Shabbat, and fine young men who love G-d and Israel. The third one, Noah, has my father’s tefillin and prayerbook.

Our family is indebted to the kind mitzvah of this stranger. The day my father met that man and put on tefillin changed the course of our family’s lives. I truly believe that. I am so proud that the next generation of our family—my father’s grandchildren, my nephews—are strongly rooted in their Judaic faith.

I am sure mine is just one of thousands upon thousands of stories that attest to the incredible work of Chabad.

All I can offer is my sincere gratitude.

In First, Female Haredi Pilot Flies Israeli Prime Minister To Summit

El Al’s first female haredi Orthodox pilot flew Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a summit in Greece.

Nechama Spiegel Novak, a mother of four who has been flying for the national carrier since earlier this year, left Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday morning guiding a chartered Boeing 737 to Thessaloniki, where Netanyahu is participating in a trilateral summit with Greece and Cyprus.

The prime minister and his wife, Sara, took several photos with the pilot, who was the first officer on the flight, before they took off.

Novak attended flight school in the United States, where she worked to log enough flight hours. Unlike most Israeli pilots, she did not serve in the Israeli Air Force, where most pilots log their flight hours and get their licenses.

“Being a pilot has always been a dream of mine. My husband is very supportive, and he is helping realize this dream,” she said in 2015 when she started her flight training.

Novak lives in a a haredi neighborhood of Jerusalem and is reluctant to grant interviews.

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informed. We apologize for any inconvenience these “growing pains” may cause.

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Demolition has begun and will continue over the next two weeks.Tuesday, June 6th The Shul’s North Lot permanently closed. The Shul’s parking garage will also close to the community Monday - Friday between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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Tirer ses propres conclusionspar Yossy Goldman

Certaines conclusions sont plus évidentes que d’autres. Mais parfois les conclusions les plus flagrantes ne sont pas nécessairement

correctes. De sorte que tirer nos propres conclusions peut s’avérer une entreprise risquée.

Prenez par exemple la paracha de cette semaine. Les espions envoyés par Moïse reviennent de leur mission de reconnaissance de la Terre Promise avec un rapport effrayant sur les féroces nations guerrières de Canaan. Les Juifs sont abattus, terrifiés, et pleurent même à l’idée d’avoir à envahir ce pays, convaincus qu’il s’agit d’une mission impossible, une mission suicide. Le Tout-Puissant est en colère, le peuple est puni pour son manque de confiance en Sa promesse et les espions sont, pour la postérité, considérés comme les vilains de l’histoire.

Mais pourquoi ? Quel fut, en définitive, leur péché ? Moïse avait demandé un rapport sur la terre. Ils revinrent et rapportèrent fidèlement ce qu’ils avaient vu. Ils ne dirent aucun mensonge. Le pays était réellement formidable. Les habitants étaient vraiment gigantesques et puissants. Les fruits étaient véritablement immenses. Ils en ramenèrent même des spécimens pour le prouver. Donc, si tout ceci était vrai, pourquoi les punir ?

La raison ne tient pas à leur compte-rendu, mais à leur conclusion. Les faits tels que les espions les présentèrent étaient tout à fait exacts. Leur péché fut d’avoir conclu : « Nous ne pourrons pas affronter ce peuple, car il est plus fort que nous. » Moïse les avait envoyés en mission de renseignement. Leur travail était de ramener des informations et rien d’autre. Personne ne leur avait demandé leur opinion personnelle. L’objet de leur mission était de rassembler les données pour que les Israélites puissent déterminer la meilleure manière de conquérir le pays. Qu’ils y parviendraient était assuré : D.ieu leur avait promis cette terre ; Il leur en avait décrit la beauté et les avait assurés du succès.

Le même D.ieu qui vient de vous délivrer miraculeusement d’Égypte – la superpuissance de l’époque –, qui vous a ouvert la mer et s’est révélé à vous dans toute Sa gloire au Sinaï vous dit que la Terre Promise est là et vous attend. Et après tout ce qu’Il a fait pour vous, vous Lui tournez le dos et mettez publiquement en doute Sa capacité à vous faire réussir ? Ce n’est pas seulement une erreur de jugement. C’est une honte, un péché et un manque de foi. Le rapport des espions fut correct mais leur conclusion fut désastreuse.

Un professeur décida de démontrer à ses élèves les dangers liés à l’abus d’alcool. Pour ce faire, il fit une expérience. Il remplit un verre d’eau et un autre de whisky. Il prit ensuite un petit ver et le laissa choir dans le verre d’eau. Le ver fit un peu de natation et le professeur le retira, parfaitement intact, du verre d’eau. Puis il le laissa tomber dans le verre de whisky. Le ver mourut instantanément. Il se tourna alors vers la classe et leur demanda ce que cette expérience prouvait. C’est alors qu’un petit malin au fond de la classe s’écria : « M’sieur, ça prouve que si on boit suffisamment de whisky, on ne souffrira jamais des vers ! »

Les faits sont visibles par tous. La question est comment les interpréter. Si nous avons une idée préconçue et manipulons les données pour tirer des conclusions qui nous conviennent, cela peut sembler nous favoriser dans un premier temps, mais nous risquons de finir comme ces espions. Sans foi en D.ieu, même les informations les plus exactes peuvent donner lieu à des conclusions erronées.

********Trois défispar Yitschak Meir Kagan

Revenons aux objections émises par dix des explorateurs, Josué et Calev ayant, quant à eux, compris le but de leur mission. Ils émirent trois

objections essentielles.

La première était d’ordre général : la force incommensurable des Cananéens. Bien que D.ieu leur eût montré des miracles, par le passé, l’aide divine serait-elle assez puissante pour surmonter ces nations ? En second lieu, Israël méritait-il des miracles ? Les explorateurs soulignèrent l’effet de la présence des Amalécites qui avaient précédemment attaqué Israël quand les Juifs avaient fait montre d’un manque de foi. Enfin, bien qu’il fût possible que D.ieu montre des miracles lors de la conquête de la terre elle-même, le ferait-Il dans les étapes préliminaires, à l’approche de la Terre Sainte, où attendaient les Hittites et les Jébuséens ?

En entendant les observations des dix explorateurs, les Juifs commencèrent à se révolter. Calev leur rappela alors que D.ieu avait 1) partagé la Mer Rouge, 2) fait descendre des cailles pour les nourrir et 3) donné la Manne.

Par ces simples paroles, il offrait une réponse aux trois arguments décourageants.

La Mer Rouge : Devant la Mer Rouge, la position des Hébreux était apparue désespérée devant les forces égyptiennes supérieures. Mais, leur rappela Calev, « Moïse ouvrit pour nous la mer » et aucune bataille

ne s’en était suivie. D.ieu Lui-même avait combattu pour eux. Il en ferait de même face aux puissants habitants de Canaan.

Les cailles : En ce qui concernait « l’excuse d’Amalek », Calev leur rappela que même lorsque, mus par un caprice, ils avaient réclamé à Moïse de la viande et qu’alors ils ne faisaient que « chercher des ennuis », D.ieu les avait malgré tout gratifiés miraculeusement de cailles. Maintenant encore, bien qu’ils ne le méritent pas, D.ieu leur montrerait des miracles.

La Manne : Le voyage du Peuple Juif dans le désert n’était qu’une préparation sans relation directe avec leur entrée en Terre Sainte. Et pourtant le Tout Puissant accomplissait pour eux le miracle quotidien de la Manne, réfutant par là-même l’objection des explorateurs selon laquelle D.ieu pourrait ne pas montrer de miracles à l’approche de Canaan.

Nous l’avons dit, chacun d’entre nous est un émissaire de D.ieu pour faire de notre environnement la « Terre Sainte ». Nous aussi faisons face aux rapports décourageants de notre propre inclination au mal. Chez certains, elle suscite la peur que l’environnement soit particulièrement matérialiste, plus que partout ailleurs. C’est pourquoi il est un ennemi puissant qui empêche la dissémination de la Torah, (« les habitants de la Terre sont puissants »).

Chez d’autres, cette inclination évoque le sentiment de ne pas être digne de poursuivre une mission sacrée (la mention d’Amalek).

Enfin une troisième inclination fait apparaître qu’il y a des obstacles même à l’approche de l’objet de notre mission dans la vie.

Notre réponse au penchant vers le mal est clairement énoncée dans la réponse de Calev. Bien que notre environnement soit puissamment matérialiste, bien que nous ne soyons pas parfaits et que nous pêchions, bien qu’il y ait des obstacles et des distractions étrangères, D.ieu nous donne, individuellement et collectivement, la force de briser toutes les barrières, de surmonter tous les obstacles et d’accomplir notre mission dans la vie.

French ConnectionReflexions sur la Paracha

Vivre avec la paracha

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Las botas sobre la tierraPor Lazer Gurkow

El ritual

A menudo me preguntan cómo hacer que un ritual sea emocionante. Es triste, pero es cierto que muchos niños judíos son criados

bajo la forma de ritual del judaísmo que carece de espíritu. Mi respuesta es siempre la misma. El ritual es la clave para la vivencia divina. La espiritualidad y la meditación son emocionantes, pero no hay nada tan real como tener las botas sobre la tierra.

La guerraA esto me refiero. Durante milenios, las guerras consistían en dos ejércitos que acercaban sus filas en el campo de batalla. El ejército más grande y fuerte en general resultaba ganador. En la era moderna, hay una manera por completo distinta de estar en guerra. Hemos pasado de tener las botas sobre la tierra a la contienda aérea y naval. Las guerras se llevan a cabo a tanta distancia que los que aprietan el gatillo nunca ven siquiera al enemigo que destruyen.

Hoy en día hemos evolucionado a una forma aún más sofisticada de contienda: la guerra electrónica y cibernética. No se necesita siquiera cruzar las fronteras de un país para hacerlo caer. La contienda cibernética y los embargos económicos son maneras sofisticadas de dañar, y las botas sobre la tierra aún son algo vital. La única manera de ganar es unir la sofisticación moderna con el arte ancestral. Poner las botas sobre la tierra; pero fortificarlas, reforzarlas y apoyarlas con todo un despliegue de arsenal sofisticado.

La espiritualidadVivir una vida dedicada a la espiritualidad es emocionante para muchos. Las montañas del Tíbet están llenas de lugares en los que, lejos de las distracciones de la realidad, los fieles se dedican a la meditación, a la serenidad y a la búsqueda de la espiritualidad.

Por otro lado, hay millones de personas alrededor del mundo que dependen de maneras organizadas de religión para conseguir dirección y estabilidad. Los rituales los educan, los santuarios los elevan y las tradiciones los reaniman.

No hay duda de lo satisfactorio que es hallar bienestar espiritual y curación emocional al explorar las preguntas más profundas sobre la vida. Es mucho más satisfactorio que vivir en la inercia del carrusel cotidiano, que trabajar cada

día sólo para sobrevivir.

Pero así como en la contienda no se pueden remplazar las botas sobre el terreno con tecnología sofisticada, tampoco es posible reemplazar la práctica ritual con meditación. Debemos unir el espíritu con el ritual para encontrar un sentido.

Di-s diseñó a los seres humanos para ser criaturas sociales, para formar sociedades. Di-s quiere que vivamos en el mundo incluso aunque evitemos ser del mundo; que estemos a la vez comprometidos con él y a una cierta distancia. Quiere que demostremos que podemos existir por completo de manera divina mientras vivimos en el ajetreo de un mundo enorme sin refugios. Quiere que demostremos que podemos vivir entre el capricho y la avaricia y seguir siendo honestos y humildes.

A esto me refiero con “las botas sobre la tierra”. Se puede vivir de una manera elevada y espiritual cuando se vives con serenidad, lejos de la tentación y de los desafíos sociales, pero ¿cómo saber cómo responder ante un desafío? No puedes conocer tu temple si no vives en un ambiente que te desafíe.

Sí, es cierto que no alcanza sólo con el dogma y el ritual para fortificarnos en lo espiritual contra los retos de la era moderna. Para tener éxito en el mundo de hoy, para transformar nuestros lugares de trabajo, los clubes sociales y los oasis del mundo moderno en santuarios sagrados en los que Di-s sea bienvenido, debemos unir al ritual y la tradición con la espiritualidad y la meditación. Cuando el ritual es una expresión de nuestro amor palpitante hacia Di-s, cuando nuestras tradiciones son la efusión de nuestra conexión espiritual con Di-s, lo intangible encuentra un hogar real en el mundo tangible, y el ritual adquiere un significado.

Así es como el ritual se vuelve emocionante. Si comer matzá y tocar el shofar son meras acciones físicas, pierden su sentido. Cuando son expresiones de nuestro profundo anhelo hacia Di-s, y celebraciones de nuestra sincera gratitud, están cargadas de sentido y de vibrante emoción.

El antiguo dilemaHe presentado esta tensión entre la espiritualidad y el ritual como un dilema moderno, pero la verdad es que no es nada nuevo. Todo lo que debatimos hoy se debatió en el pasado, y las soluciones con las que nos encontramos hoy fueron pensadas antes.

Mientras nuestros ancestros andaban a través del desierto, se separaron en dos campamentos. Todos se daban cuenta de que el destino de su viaje era Israel, pero muchos judíos se enamoraron del viaje y no querían que terminara. En el desierto, Di-s había creado una capa protectora con la que los judíos podían separarse del mundo real. Vivían de modo ascético, comprometidos con experimentar la revelación divina y las transmisiones proféticas, los milagros y el intenso estudio de la Torá. No se puede ser más sereno y ascético que eso.

Cuando Moshé revolucionó las cosas al enviar espías a Israel, muchos judíos respondieron horrorizados: “¿Quieres sacrificar este ideal por el mundo real? ¿Cómo mantendremos una conexión pura con Di-s mientras irrigamos la tierra, cavamos pozos, construimos ciudades y peleamos en guerras? ¡Esta no es una manera judía de vivir!”.

Y aun así, Moshé fue firme con su respuesta y explicó que esa era la manera exacta en la que los judíos deberían vivir. Ir a Israel y drenar los pantanos, hacer florecer los desiertos y construir un país, pero hacerlo a la manera de Di-s. Hacerlo en concordancia con las instrucciones de Di-s y de acuerdo a su voluntad. Unir la construcción de una tierra judía con la espiritualidad del mandato de Di-s es la cima de la búsqueda espiritual.

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Board of TrusteesAmbassador Isaac Gilinski - ChairmanSimon FalicSidney FeltensteinMatias GarfunkelJaime GilinskiMax GilinskiSaul GilinskiSam GreenbergAbel Holtz

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Daily StudyA complete guide to all classes and courses offered at The Shul

DAILY CLASSES

Derech Mitzvosecha 6:20 - 6:50 amPHL 101 PHL-301 PHL-501 Rabbi Z. Lipskar

Daf Yomi 7:45 - 8:45 amTXT-220 Rabbi Dov Schochet

Chok L’Yisrael - Sephardic 8:45 amReb Shimshon Tzubeli

Chassisdic Discourses 10:15 - 11:00 am PHL-322 PHL-510 Rabbi S. Rubinstien

Community Kollel (Men) 8:00 - 9:30 pm(Monday & Thursday) LAW-154Shul Rabbis & Kolel

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Daf Yomi 9:00 amTXT 220 Rabbi Dov Schochet

Tanya - Sichos 8:00 - 10:00 pmPHL-322 Rabbi Shlomo Haltzband

MONDAY

In Depth Chumash 1:30 pmTXT-110 Rabbi Dov Schochet

Insights to our Daily Prayers (Spanish) 8:45 - 9:45 pmPHL-120 Rabbi S. Rubinstien

Women’s Study Group 8:30 - 10:00 pmTXT-110 Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar

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Women’s Torah Portion Class (Spanish) 2:30 - 3:45 pmTXT-110 Mrs. Vivian Perez

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Parsha (Men & Women)11:15 am - 12:00 pmTXT-501 Rabbi S. Rubinstien

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(Main Sanctuary) Book of Judges - Years 2780 -2835

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