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Shabbos Parshas
Lech Lecha - 27 October, 2001
Series 3, Edition 8
Candle lighting time: 6:30pm. Shabbos ends: 7:30pm.
Mincha & Kabalos Shabbos (Friday evening): 6:45pm.
Shacharis on Shabbos in the Main Shule is at 9:30am and in the Youth Minyan
at 9:45am.
* This week the shiur on Gemorah Brachos at Mark Franck's house will
commence at 5:25pm Shabbos afternoon.
* This week our Choson Breishis, Mr D Grynberg will be making a Kiddush in
honour and appreciation of his appointment by the Shule.
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M A Z A L T O V !
A very hearty Mazal Tov to Daniel and Chumi Franck on the occasion of the
birth of a daughter this week.
Katanga would like to wish the parents Daniel and Chumi, sister Yardena,
grandparents Yossi and Sara Franck and Shmuel and Shavi Slodowitz, uncles,
aunties, cousins and extended families much naches and simchas in the
future.
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D'var Torah
WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons (aish.com)
This week's parsha tells the story of Abraham. When he was three years old,
Abraham observed the world of nature with all its perfection, beauty,
symmetry, precision, timing, balance, integration, coordination, unity - and
he concluded that for a world so perfectly designed, there must be an
intelligent designer.
Abraham had discovered God.
What is so unique about Abraham's discovery, however, is that he lived in a
world steeped in idolatry – his family owned and operated a successful idol
store. What was the secret of Abraham's incredible strength, and how can we
integrate this lesson into our lives today?
The answer is found in the first verse of the parsha. God appears to Abraham
and says: "Go to yourself ("Lech Lecha") - away from your country, your
relatives, and your father's house." God is telling Abraham that in order to
become truly great, he must "cut the umbilical chord," and embark on a
journey of growth and self-discovery - away from the familiar routine.
We get stuck in a rut of peer pressure. Old friends. Old habits. But the
point is that he didn't have the strength to break away and live his own
life.
As God told Abraham: "Go to yourself - away from your country, your
relatives, and your father's house." Not to automatically reject society's
values. But to intelligently examine their merit.
Everyone - without exception - has to go through this process.
In our parsha, God suggests to Abraham where, as a Jew, he can experience
this best: Israel. As well for Jews today, one visit to Israel is often
transformational. There is a historical, spiritual weightiness about the
land that puts life into perspective.
Maybe you'll say, "I don't have the time," or "I'm too old." The rabbis
point out that the Hebrew word for "life" - Chaim - always appears in the
plural form.
This is because life is a continuous process of self-discovery. It is never
too late. And now is the perfect time.
The Sfas Emes (19th century Europe) says that God tells each one of us "Lech
Lecha" - go to yourself. Abraham heard the call. Hopefully, we will, too.
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PARSHA OVERVIEW – LECH LECHA
The Almighty commands Avram (later renamed Avraham) to leave Haran and go to
the land of Canaan (later renamed Israel). Finding a famine, Avram travels
to Egypt asking Sarai (later renamed Sarah) to say she is his sister so they
won't kill him to marry her. Pharaoh evicts Avram from Egypt after
attempting to take Sarai for a wife and they settle in Hebron and his nephew
Lot settles in Sodom. Avram rescues Lot who was taken captive in the Battle
of the Four Kings against the Five Kings.
Entering into a covenant with the Almighty, Avram is told that his
descendants will be enslaved for 400 years and they then will be given the
land "from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates."
Sarai, childless, gives her handmaid Hagar to Avram for a wife so that he
will have children. Ishmael is born. The covenant of brit mila, religious
circumcision, is made. G-d changes their names to Avraham and Sarah and
tells them that Sarah will give birth to Yitzhak (Isaac). Avraham
circumcises all the males of his household.
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Other Developments
* Last Shabbos afternoon, the regular Gemorah Brochos Shiur at Mark Franck’s
house was treated to a siyum. A larger than normal crowd concluded Perek
Shishi and then partook in a traditional siyum (herring & whisky) prepared
by Mark and Chana Franck. Yasher Koach and may all continue to develop in
their Torah learning.
* At Shalosh Seudas last week, Yossi Franck delivered a Dvar Torah
explaining an interpretation why in the beginning of Parshas Noach, the name
‘Noach’ is repeated in the first Passuk (sentence). Yasher Koach.
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Announcements
- Katanga’s Artscroll Gemorah Brochos has gone missing from the Shule. Would
any person who knows its whereabouts please return it as soon as possible.
- Daylight Saving commences this Motzei Shabbos (Saturday Night). Please
remember to turn your clocks forward one hour at 1:00am.
- Minyanim times for this coming week are:
Mornings: First Minyan @ 6:15am, Second Minyan @ 7:00am
Mincha at 6:50pm followed by shiurim and then Ma'ariv at 7:30pm.
- Anyone interested in joining the roster for presenting Shiurim in the
Youth Minyan please speak to Ezra May, or email us here.
- Please join us for our Katanga weekly squash game on Sunday 6:00pm at
Gardenvale Squash Centre. If you are interested in attending, please contact
Mendi Solodowitz.
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Thoughts for the Week
"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself
to it.
"The worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live old and yet
never have truly lived."
"Opportunities always look bigger going than coming."
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Shabbat Shalom & Gut Shabbos to all!
"The Editors"
Shabbos Parshas Noach - 20
October, 2001
Series 3, Edition 7
Candle lighting time: 6:23pm. Shabbos ends: 7:24pm.
Mincha & Kabalos Shabbos (Friday evening): 6:40pm.
Shacharis on Shabbos in the Main Shule 9:30am and in the Youth Minyan at 9:45am.
* This week there will be a siyum in the shiur on Gemorah Brachos at Mark Franck's house
which will start at 5:15pm, Shabbos afternoon.
* This week our Choson Breishis, Mr D Grynberg will be making a Kiddush in honour and
appreciation of his appointment by the Shule.
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M A Z A L T O V !
* A very hearty Mazal Tov to Alon Ledder and Danielle Laser on the occasion of their
marriage this coming week.
* Katanga would like to wish them, their parents and extended families much naches and
simchas in the future.
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D'var Torah
THE ARK OF RESPONSIBILITY
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons (aish.com)
So why did Noah have to bother building an ark? And why did it take him 120 years?!
The Midrash says that Hashem specifically wanted Noah to undertake a strange and unusual
project, to arouse people's curiosity. That way, Noah could engage them in discussion
about the global crisis, and how catastrophe could be avoided if people would change their
ways.
Well, 120 years is a long time, and you would think that Noah would have convinced a lot
of people to get back on track. But alas, instead of reaching out to influence others,
Noah saw the Ark as his own ticket to survival - a chance to build a big wall and insulate
himself from the evils of society.
In one sense it is true that we have to protect ourselves and our families. Maimonides
warns us about the danger of living next to neighbours who don't share our system of
values. Where there's corruption, the good frequently get swept up with the bad. And we
have to guard against this.
But there's a second side to this. The "Ark" cannot be completely insulated; it
must be porous as well. We have to reach out and try to make a difference in the world.
The Chasidic writings compare this to a wealthy person who needs to warm himself in the
winter. He could build a fire, in which case everyone in the room would benefit. But
imagine instead that he warms only himself with a heavy coat and blankets. In both cases
he's warmed; the only question is to what degree he's concerned about others.
Even if we aren't willing to fix things out of altruistic love for others, then at least
we should do so for ourselves. Because the reality is that no matter how hard we try, some
"bad" does seep in. And in the end it will get us as well.
Every Jew recognises that all the Jewish people are bound together. When there is a
terrorist attack in Israel, we all feel it. The Talmud says "Kol Yisrael areivim zeh
la-zeh" - every Jew is responsible one for another.
Today, the Jewish people are fighting wars on many fronts. The very existence of the State
of Israel is being questioned in world forums. Anti-Semitic acts around the world are
mindful of 1938. And there is the cancer of assimilation, where every year, over 50,000
Jews between the ages of 20-29 opt out of the Jewish people, lost to us forever.
Noah's failure to try and influence his generation is why the Flood is called "the
waters of Noah" (Isaiah 54:9). Don't think the problem isn't affecting you. Because
it is.
Let's commit to taking responsibility - for ourselves, our family, our community, our
world.
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PARSHA OVERVIEW - NOACH
The Almighty commands Noah to build an Ark over a period of 120 years. People deride him
and Noah explains that there will be a flood if people do not correct their ways. The
generation does not do Teshuva and God brings a flood for 40 days. The water covers the
earth for 150 days. The Almighty makes a covenant and makes the rainbow the sign of the
covenant that He will never destroy all of life again by water. Noah plants a vineyard,
gets drunk and then occurs the mysterious incident in the tent after which Noah curses his
grandson Canaan. The Torah portion concludes with the story of the Tower of Babel and then
a genealogy from Shem to Abram.
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Other Developments
* After a month of Yom Tov festivities, as we settle into a New Year, it is Be'ezras
Hashem, an appropriate time to thank all the people who keep our Shule ticking. There are
many to thank for all the varied jobs they do, all-year round, for the benefit of all
Shule members. These range from the President and the Committee, the Gabboim, those who
help with the general maintenance and cleanliness of the Shule to those who help maintain
decorum
and those responsible for producing the weekly Shule timetable. Of course our biggest
thanks goes to you, our valued Shule members who make Katanga what it is. Thankyou to all
of you and may you all continue to contribute this year and in years to come.
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Announcements
- Rabbi David Blackman, the Director of the Jewish Learning Centre, will present a Shiur
on Monday, October 22nd at 8.00 p.m. "When the West Confronts the East - An analysis
of the current global conflict based on Sefer Bereishit" at 280 Orrong Rd Caulfield.
Charge: $5.00
- Minyanim times for this coming week are:
Mornings: First Minyan @ 6:15am, Second Minyan @ 7:00am
Mincha at 6:40pm followed by shiurim. Ma'ariv at 7:20pm.
- Anyone interested in joining the roster for presenting Shiurim in the Youth Minyan
please speak to Ezra May, or email us here.
- Please join us for our Katanga weekly squash game on Sunday 6:00pm at Gardenvale Squash
Centre. If you are interested in attending, please contact Mendi Solodowitz.
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Thoughts for the Week
"You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails."
"Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to
what you don't say."
"Ever stop to think and failed to start again?"
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Shabbat Shalom & Gut Shabbos to all!
"The Editors"
Shabbos Parshas Bereishis
- 13 October, 2001
Series 3, Ed. 6
Candle lighting time: 6:15pm. Shabbos ends: 7:14pm.
Mincha & Kabalos Shabbos (Friday evening): 6:25pm.
Shacharis on shabbos in the Youth Minyan as usual at 9:45am.
* Read a review from Katanga's Simchas Torah Lunch.
* There will be a shiur (Gemorah Brachos) at Mark Franck's house on Shabbos afternoon at
5:10pm.
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M A Z A L T O V !
* A very hearty Mazal Tov to Alon Ledder and Danielle Laser on the occasion of their
affruf this week in Sydney.
* Katanga would like to wish the happy couple, their parents and extended families much
naches and simchas in the future.
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D'var Torah
The Information Age...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber (ou.org)
There is a story I have been selling all week. Someone came to his Rabbi with a serious
problem. Yom Kippur is coming and the Mets game comes out the same time as Kol Nidrei! The
Rabbi put his arm comfortingly on the shoulder of his congregant and said Marvin, what are
you worried about? That is why G-d made VCR’s. The man stepped back and breathed a
sigh of relief. He said, "Rabbi, you can tape Kol Nidrei!"
We are in the dawn of a new millennia. Technology is soaring. The vehicles in place for
disseminating information are mind boggling. There has never been so much information
available to so many people so quickly. No one talks about kilobytes or megabytes. I
myself a very involved in using the new medium to teach Torah to multitudes. Little
children talk about gigabytes, which is a billion bits of information traveling at super
sonic speeds. There is a real danger to all this. Virtual reality is not reality. Where
information is something that enters from the outside, our Yiddishkeit emanates from the
soul. It is not about hearing, seeing, or knowing; the Neshama must be present.
The tree from which Adam and Eve ate is correctly translated as the ‘tree of knowing
good and evil.’ Eitz HaDaas. Eating from this tree was the supreme sin of massive
consequence. This was the original sin. What did they do wrong? What is wrong with knowing
good and evil? I understand there may be a sin in coming into too close contact with evil.
But what can possibly be wrong with knowing good?
According to Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, eating the forbidden fruit - had nothing to do with
betraying God. The original sin, which resulted in humanity’s exile from paradise,
was a betrayal of self. Man wanted to get it from the outside, externally, instead of
generating truth from ones self.
G-d endows man with the innate ability to distinguish good from evil. When one questions
that inner voice one is actually questioning ones own soul. The fundamental sin according
to R. Kook is that when Adam ate of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, he accepted the
opinion of the snake rather than holding firm to his inner convictions. When he accepted
the opinion of the snake he lost himself. As the juice flooded into his mouth upon the
first bite, Adam tasted the loss of his core certainty of being. According to the Zohar,
the tree of knowledge is the tree of uncertainty. In effect, when man ate the fruit of the
tree of good and evil, he brought the uncertainty of the world into his very being. (R.
Kook, Orot hakodesh 3:140)
The original sin is thus the sin of information. Living in the information age it is a sin
with which we can easily identify. We surf around the real and virtual world collecting
packets of information, but in our pathological drive for knowing, we can cloud and lose
our basic certainties about reality. A marriage is a great spiritual milestone for us as
Jews. I asked a choson a few weeks ago what he was doing to get ready for his wedding. He
told me he’s surfing and has already found a few helpful sites. We are guilty of
knowing without feeling. Doing without experiencing. The result is that we cannot even
retain as our own that which we do know. We live under the illusion that more information
- more knowledge, and more technology - will somehow make us wiser, happier and even more
spiritual. It’s not true! We can watch a thousand Kol Nidrei's and know all about
davening and it will do very little for us.
Let’s make this year the year of kavana - 'conviction and feeling'. The year of being
there, of standing before Hashem as a community, of listening to our Neshamas and being
true to ourselves. This is really the step we have to take.
Chazal say that when we do Teshuva for the sin of the Eitz HaDaas we will have arrived.
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PARSHA OVERVIEW - BEREISHIS
The Five Books of Moses begins with the Six Days of Creation, the Shabbat, the story of
the Garden of Eden - the first transgression, consequences and expulsion; Cain & Abel,
the ten generations to Noah, the Almighty sees the wickedness of man in that generation
and decrees to "blot out man" (i.e. the flood). One of the most profound verses
in the whole Torah is "And God created man in His own Image." Since God does not
have a physical being, this means that we are endowed with free-will, morality, reason and
the ability to emulate God Who bestows kindness.
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KATANGA'S SIMCHAS TORAH LUNCH
It was with great anticipation that people approached Simchas Torah Day this year, as for
the first time, the annual Katanga Youth Minyan Simchas Torah Dinner had moved from the
night to the following day.
After a morning and early afternoon spent in Shule, enthusiastically singing and dancing
Hakofes and then partaking in the Chosen Torah Kiddish, over 50 people made their way to
Aroona Rd. to celebrate Yom Tov lunch together.
Once there, the intimate crowd of Katanga Chevra shared the spirit of Simchas Torah
through a catered meal including schnitzel, rice, salads, ice-cream and of course the
obligatory Simchas Torah drinks.
Ezra May entertained the crowd with a Dvar Torah explaining a source for the minhag of
Simchas Torah and the opportunity it provides to judge how successful an Elul, Rosh
Hashona & Yom Kippur one had, given that the way a person behaves when relaxed and
celebrating is far more reflective of his character than when un-naturally acting like an
'angel' on the strictly controlled Yom Kippur.
The great success of the lunch can easily be seen by the fact, that although tired and
sweaty and with a big day of dancing and eating behind them, the last people did not leave
until right before Shule at 7:00pm, after davening Mincha earlier.
Many thanks must go to the organisers and helpers without whom we would still be going
hungry; Chumi Franck, Isaac & Shoshi Berkowitz, Yigal & Shana Aron, Jack Zaks and
of course Isi & Miriam Pacanowski who were the chief promoters, organisers and driving
force of the successful lunch. Yasher Koach to all and looking forward to doing it all
again next year.
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Other Developments
* On Shmini Atzeres, the shule enjoyed the traditional Gruber-Schon kiddush. The following
day, Simchas Torah, Mr & Mrs Kinderlerer made a kiddush in celebration of the honour
of Choson Torah. Yasher Koach.
* A special hearty Mazeltov to our Chasanim, who have been honoured by the Shule this
Simchas Torah!
Mr & Mrs M. Kinderlerer - Choson Torah
Mr & Mrs D. Grynberg - Choson Breishis
Mr & Mrs Y. Elkus - Choson Kol Han'orim
May Hashem grant them good health, happiness and naches from their families and may they
always make smachot!
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Announcements
- Welcome back to Dov & Nicole Paluch after their trip to South Africa from Yom Tov.
Sholom Aleichem and Beruchim Atem Bevoiachem.
- This week is Shabbos Mevorchim as we bless the coming month of Cheshvan. Rosh Chodesh
Cheshvan is on Wednesday and Thursday (17-18 October).
- Minyanim times for this coming week are:
Mornings: first minyan @ 6:15am, second minyan @ 7:00am
Mincha at 6:30pm followed by shiurim. Ma'ariv at 7:10pm.
- Anyone interested in joining the roster for presenting shiurim in the Youth Minyan
should speak to Ezra May, or email us here.
- Please join us for our Katanga weekly Squash game on Sundays @ 6pm at Gardenvale Squash
Centre. If you are interested in attending, please let Mendi Slodowitz know.
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Thoughts for the Week
"Killing time damages eternity."
"Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man
chooses or avoids." (Aristotle)
"A man who does not lose his reason over certain things has none to lose."
(Gatthold Ephraim Lessing)
"Tatslotto is a tax on people who are bad at math."
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Chag Sameyach, Shabbat Shalom & Gut Shabbos to all!
"The Editors"
Shabbos Chol Hamoed Succos
- 6 October, 2001
Series 3, Ed. 5
Candle lighting time: 6:09pm. Shabbos ends: 7:07pm.
Mincha & Kabalos Shabbos (Friday evening): 6:20pm.
Shacharis on shabbos in the Youth Minyan as usual at 9:45am.
* There will be a shiur (Gemorah Brachos) at Mark Franck's house on Shabbos afternoon at
5:05pm.
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D'var Torah
Quality of Life...
by Rabbi Stephen Baars (aish.com)
Never-ending ambitions keep the world spinning hysterically. We live and strive for
attainments in the future, while the achievements and successes of the past go by the
wayside, forgotten.
Have you ever noticed how difficult it is to enjoy a college diploma, a friend, a business
success, your spouse or even your child?
Try it. Try spending some time just enjoying what you have. Instead of looking for things
to do, just sit and appreciate.
You tried it? Good! How long did it last - five minutes, 15 maybe?
It's difficult. And the more we strive for future goals, the harder it gets to appreciate
past successes. Of course, goals are great and we should always strive higher. But do we
sufficiently appreciate what we've already achieved?
We attain one goal, and then we want more and more. It doesn't stop even when we've
achieved our biggest dream. It only stops... when we say "stop!"
Sukkot is the holiday when we say "stop." Sukkot is the "happiness"
holiday - which is really the "appreciation" holiday. It is the essence of
everything we are striving for: meaning, fulfillment, purpose, happiness.
Imagine taking a boat trip that will last for the rest of your life. If you could take
along whatever you wanted, what would you take?
Life is really just one long voyage, a journey for which you need to choose what to take
with you. Many people travel with light baggage. Sure, they can count a lot of friends,
business associates, and even family. But they fail to truly "take them along"
on the journey. Because all you really have is that which you appreciate.
In this sense, do you have your spouse? Do you have your children? Your community? Your
Judaism? Your friends? Are they with you on your journey - or did you leave them at home?
Entering the Sukkah causes us ask the question: What can I take with me into such a small
space? What is most important in my life?
For a whole week, a Jew is to eat, sleep, learn, and converse in the Sukkah. All you have
is what is really important to you.
Enjoy the Sukkah for one week... and you will reap the rewards the whole year round.
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PARSHA OVERVIEW - V'ZOT HABRACHA
which will be read on Simchat Torah
The Torah draws to its close with V'zot Habracha, which is the only Parsha in the Torah
not read specifically on a Shabbat. Rather, V'zot Habracha is read on Simchat Torah, when
everyone in the synagogue gets called up to the Torah for an aliyah - even boys who are
not yet Bar Mitzvah. The Parsha is repeated until everyone has received an aliyah.
Moshe blesses the Tribes of Yisrael (except Shimon) before his death. Moshe's last words
to his beloved people are of reassurance that Hashem will more than recompense His people
for all of the suffering they will endure. Moshe ascends the mountain and Hashem shows him
prophetically all that will happen to Eretz Yisrael and Am Yisrael in the future. Moshe
dies there by means of the "Divine Kiss." To this day, no one knows the place of
his burial, in order that his grave should not become a shrine for those who wish to make
a prophet into a god. Of all the prophets, Moshe was unique in his being able to speak to
Hashem whenever he wanted.
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SUCCOS - Supplement
Ultimate Protection
by Rabbi Chaim Salenger
Every Shabbos Chol Hamoed Succos we read the Haftorah (Yechezkel, Chapter 38) about the
final confrontation at the end of days between Gog and the nation of Israel. How does
Succos connect with Gog, Magog and the end of days?
It is ironic to note that after the exodus from Egypt, while travelling in the desert, a
place that offers absolutely no natural security or protection, the Jewish people
experienced their greatest sense of true security, protected from their enemies and
entirely provided for by G-d. Every year, when the Jew leaves his home for a week to eat,
sleep and live in a succah; an often flimsy structure with a roof made of bits of wood,
reed, bamboo, etc., he actualizes this idea that ultimate care and protection come only
from G-d. By virtue of the closeness to G-d he has achieved during Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur, he can now experience a sense of true security.
The word "Gog" in Hebrew means roof. Modern man, divorced from a belief in G-d,
deeply believes that a good job, a big bank account, a solid economy, a high tech army, in
short, a strong solid "roof over his head," is the source of true security.
These two world views cannot co-exist forever. We are told by the prophets that armageddon
is inevitable, a final confrontation that will witness the destruction of mankind's false
faith. Succos teaches us that our apparently flimsy roofs will ultimately be triumphant
over modern man's misguided sense of security.
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Other Developments
* After shule on shabbos, Eli Lebovits gave an impromptu D'var Torah about the
opportunities for teshuvah ('repentance') before our fate is sealed. He referred to the
four time periods mentioned, with the final, final date occurring on the last day of
Chanukah. Yasher Koach.
* Following a family tradition that goes back three generations, Yisroel Alter Pacanowski
invited the Shule to a Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebration on the second night of Sukkos. A
good crowd came to enjoy the singing of the 15 Shir Hama'alos that the Leviyim sang for
Simchas Beis Hashoeva in the Beis Hamikdosh. The tunes were a mixture of Chasiddish,
Katanga and Carlebach, all sung with gusto blasting out through the schach over
surrounding Caulfield!
* About 25 Youth Minyan hoppers went on a 'Sukka hop' on the second afternoon of Sukkos.
The trek covered the wilds of Caulfield, conquering a mammoth 7 Sukkos. Starting out at
Shule, the adventure led to the Sukkos of Szental, Elkus, May, Susskind, Sziewicz, Franck,
Pacanowski. Short Divrei Torah and leibidike singing punctuated each visit. A special
Yasher Koach to all who opened their Sukkos to us. A great time and infinite nush were
enjoyed by all. Special thank you to Leible Sziewicz for organising this successful event.
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Announcements
- Shemini Atzeres begins on Monday evening (8 October) at 6:11pm and Simchas Torah ends on
Wednesday evening at 7:11pm. Please join us for the most leberdike hakafos in Melbourne on
Simchas Torah eve (Tuesday night).
- People wishing to use Katanga's succah may do so. For further details please email us
here.
- Minyanim times for this coming week are:
Mornings: first minyan @ 5:50am, second minyan @ 6:40am
Mincha at 6:25pm followed by shiurim. Ma'ariv at 7:05pm.
- Anyone interested in joining the roster for presenting shiurim in the Youth Minyan
should speak to Ezra May, or email us here.
- Please join us for our Katanga weekly Squash game on Sundays @ 6pm at Gardenvale Squash
Centre. If you are interested in attending, please let Mendi Slodowitz know.
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Thoughts for the Week
"You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop
laughing."
"I don't suffer from insanity..... I enjoy every minute of it!"
"Time may be a great healer but it's also a lousy beautician."
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Chag Sameyach, Shabbat Shalom & Gut Shabbos to all!
"The Editors"
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