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What a week this has been. The response to our resignation announcement has been overwhelming and emotional. Over the last two days Rivki and I have received hundreds of calls, messages and emails (I'm doing my best to get to the ones I have missed). Please know, that we are immensely grateful for your graciousness and well wishes, deeply understanding of your disappointment and sadness, and incredibly humbled to hear the impact we've had on your lives. We've also been delighted to receive many warm welcomes and Mazal Tovs from very excited and elated members of the next stage in our journey, Central Shule. We recognise that our significant personal life change and decision has resulted in personal and communal heavy-heartedness on the one hand and exhilaration on the other. And as we all have do at certain times in life, we make space for all the feelings and emotions that come with an experience like this and we grow from it and because of it. We know that this is for the best, and that things will work out for the best for us all. We also know that the deep and strong relationships we have built at Elwood over the course of 14 and a half years will endure. Our friendships are borderless and will always be treasured. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks ob'm, says regarding the Birchat Kohanim, the timeless priestly blessings, which we read in this week's Parsha, that a society whose members seek one another’s welfare is holy and blessed. Our community is blessed and will continue to be blessed, because we genuinely care for each other's welfare. May G-d bless you and safeguard you. May G-d illuminate His countenance for you and be gracious to you. May G-d lift His countenance to you and establish peace for you.
Now and always. Shabbat Shalom! May we all enjoy a restful and enjoyable Shabbat and a healthy week ahead. Rabbi Shmuel
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Shabbat Starts / Ends Friday, 10 June: Light Candles by 4:49pm Shabbat, 11 June: Shabbat ends at 5:50pm This week is Parshat Naso - See synopsis below. Tonight Fri Night: 5:00pm - 5:50pm Shabbat morning: 9:30am - 11:30am, followed by a Kiddush Sunday Morning: 8:00am - 8:30am Mon - Fri Morning: 6:45am - 7:20am Sun - Thur Mincha Maariv: 4:55pm - 5:25pm Please consider supporting our daily Minyan whenever you're available. This also helps ensure that our members can say Kaddish for their loved ones. |
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Calling all our 2022 Barmi boys for a hands-on workshop with the Scribe! Learn how a Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzah are made! Wed, 15 June, 8-9pm, Elwood Shule, 39 Dickens St. Please confirm your attendance with Ronny via whatsapp or ronnyk@elwoodshule.org
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Elwood Shule is delighted to host an Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea on Sunday, 26 June, from 10:30am – 12pm in the Karafka Hall. Join us for a cuppa and wonderful company, as we do our part to raise awareness and funds, supporting a cancer free future. We look forward to hearing from Jonathan Granek, Kathy Kaplan OAM and Esther Kleiner. $20 per person. Please RSVP online by clicking here by Mon, 20 June. Raffle at event to benefit Cancer Council
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Please keep us in the loop by notifying us of your lifecycle events. Happy - Jewish - Birthday! We wish a very Happy Jewish Birthday to Levi Borowski, Esther Frenkiel, Daisy Gibgot, Tal Goldman, Lynette Halprin, Brody Hoppe, Sylvia Horiniak, Dylan Karavani, India Landsberg, Cara Lukav, Dylan Rose, Lana Sobol, Bradley Swiatlo. We wish them good health till 120. Jewish birthday Calculator.
Happy Anniversary! We wish a very Happy Anniversary to Craig & Lorin Chait, Andrew & Sylvia Horiniak, Richard & Melissa Michaels. To many more happy and healthy years! Yahrtzeits Shabbat Lili Gerler - Mother of Terry Helen Silman - Mother of Maurice Sunday Danny Leventer - Father of Monique and Rick Monday Benjamin Sapir - Father of Shirley Plotnik Ella Goldberg - Mother of Jacky Hupert Berta Podlabeniouk - Mother of Joseph and Faina Tuesday Andrew Zafir - Father of Tom Wednesday Margit Schwartz - Mother of Alan Elsa Hellinger - Mother of Tom and Asha Friday Roza Epstein - Mother of Helen Russek and Fay Colman We wish the respective families blessings of long life and good health. |
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This week's PARSHA is Naso (Numbers 4:21–7:89) Completing the headcount of the Children of Israel taken in the Sinai Desert, a total of 8,580 Levite men between the ages of 30 and 50 are counted in a tally of those who will be doing the actual work of transporting the Tabernacle. G‑d communicates to Moses the law of the sotah, the wayward wife suspected of unfaithfulness to her husband. Also given is the law of the nazir, who forswears wine, lets his or her hair grow long, and is forbidden to become contaminated through contact with a dead body. Aaron and his descendants, the kohanim, are instructed on how to bless the people of Israel. The leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel each bring their offerings for the inauguration of the altar. Although their gifts are identical, each is brought on a different day and is individually described by the Torah. Click here to learn more about the Parsha. © Copyright, all rights reserved, Chabad.org. |
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