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It's a wonderful time of the year...
An opportunity to decompress, relax, reflect, spend time with family and enjoy the sunshine. Whether you're home or traveling, please stay safe and have a wonderful Shabbat and week ahead. Shabbat Shalom!
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Shabbat Starts / Ends Friday, 24 Dec: Light Candles by 8:25pm Shabbat, 25 Dec: Shabbat ends at 9:31pm This week is Parshat Shemot - See synopsis below.
In-Shule Services - We'd love to see you! Masks are now required to be worn in Shule for ages 8+ Fri Night 6:45pm - Pre-register required by clicking here. Shabbat morning 9:30am - Pre-register required by clicking here. Kiddush kindly sponsored by family Hakin in memory of Thalia, ob'm. Sunday Morning 8:00am - Please QR code on entry Mon - Fri Morning 8:00am (note later summer start) - Please QR code on entry Sun - Thur Mincha Maariv 7:30pm - Please QR code on entry
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I enjoyed a fascinating afternoon at Emmy Monash this week, listening to the wonderful Nathan Frydman being interviewed by Zvi Civins about growing up in Elwood and attending the Talmud Torah and Shule. Nathan's father Abe and grandfather Boruch were foundation members of our congregation and in the 1930s hosted Services in their respective homes, on Tennyson St and Meredith St. Nathan's daughter Vicki is a current Elwood Shule Board member. The legacy continues...
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Our events committee met recently to map out our events for 2022! We look forward to being able to host a full calendar of enjoyable and engaging events for our members and friends. Stay tuned! Save the date! Back to School Back to Shule Friday night dinner! 11 Feb, 5:30pm - Bookings open soon. Hebrew School 2022 starts in Feb! Contact rabbishmuel@elwoodshule.org for details.
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Celebrating your Bat / Bar Mitzvah in 2022? Join our educational, fun and meaningful program starting in Feb! Be a part of it! Contact Ronny for more details ronnyk@elwoodshule.org.
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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 Noa Bouzaglo, Lyla Cooper, Marc Grant, Eli Grant, Noah Haber, Yaakov Karnowsky, Rozana Kleiman, Sara Lewis, Helen Muscatel, Paul Platus, Gillian Rosenbaum, Ilana Rotblat, Dina Rubinfeld, Sari Sharp, Emily Sharp, Olivia Swiatlo, Ethan Vaserman, Betty Wassertheil. We wish them good health till 120. Jewish birthday Calculator. Happy Anniversary! We wish a very Happy Anniversary to Reuven & Helena Cyprys, Merv & Sara Lewis, Aaron & Alex Zajonc. To many more happy and healthy years! Condolences We wish long life and good health to Edna Lipson on the passing of her brother Harry Sindel, ob'm. Yahrtzeits Shabbat Lucy Same - Mother of Harvey Sam Muscatel - Father of Henry and John Sunday Robert Wassertheil - Husband of Betty Malvine Worth - Mother of Karin Zafir Thalia Hakin - Daughter of Natalie & Tony, sister of Maggie Monday Shraga Plotnik - Brother of David Abraham Sobolski - Father of Helen Sokolski and Max Sable Rozia Weislitzer - Mother of Anna Chrapot Esther Felman - Mother of Jack Tuesday Bessie Rockman - Mother of John Wednesday Jerry Cohen - Husband of Sylvia Thursday Doris Landsberg - Mother of Sollie Boris Entenzon - Father of Margret Feldman Friday Jack Kuran - Father of Mark and Bernie Runia Steinkoler - Mother of Adele Pakula
We wish the respective families blessings of long life and good health. |
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This week's PARSHA is Shemot (Exodus 1:1–6:1) The children of Israel multiply in Egypt. Threatened by their growing numbers, Pharaoh enslaves them and orders the Hebrew midwives, Shifrah and Puah, to kill all male babies at birth. When they do not comply, he commands his people to cast the Hebrew babies into the Nile. A child is born to Yocheved, the daughter of Levi, and her husband, Amram, and placed in a basket on the river, while the baby’s sister, Miriam, stands watch from afar. Pharaoh’s daughter discovers the boy, raises him as her son, and names him Moses. As a young man, Moses leaves the palace and discovers the hardship of his brethren. He sees an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, and kills the Egyptian. The next day he sees two Jews fighting; when he admonishes them, they reveal his deed of the previous day, and Moses is forced to flee to Midian. There he rescues Jethro’s daughters, marries one of them (Tzipporah), and becomes a shepherd of his father-in-law’s flocks. G‑d appears to Moses in a burning bush at the foot of Mount Sinai, and instructs him to go to Pharaoh and demand: “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.” Moses’ brother, Aaron, is appointed to serve as his spokesman. In Egypt, Moses and Aaron assemble the elders of Israel to tell them that the time of their redemption has come. The people believe; but Pharaoh refuses to let them go, and even intensifies the suffering of Israel. Moses returns to G‑d to protest: “Why have You done evil to this people?” G‑d promises that the redemption is close at hand.” Click here to explore the Parsha. © Copyright, all rights reserved, Chabad.org. |
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So, I was in the car today and saw someone with the license plate “X0DUS3 5”, so I thought it was like Exodus 3:5 and I looked it up, and do you know what it said? “Do not come any closer”
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