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Well that didn't last long... There isn't much to say besides, stay strong, take care and be kind - to ourselves and each other.
This is a significant Shabbat - It's the one on which we bless and prepare for the upcoming month of Elul. The 4 week countdown to Rosh Hashana begins this Monday! We dust off the Shofar and blow it each day up until the day before Rosh Hashanah, we say extra Psalms and are more charitable, we begin to focus on the year gone by, on our physical and spiritual goals and we're more mindful of our thoughts and actions, with an emphasis on our relationships and friendships. There is an ancient prayer, composed by the third-century Talmudic sage known as Rav, which we recite in Shule before every new month. Sadly, we won't be in Shule this Shabbat, but we can absolutely begin the Elul journey and recite this prayer at home. "May it be Your will, Hashem, that you begin this month for us with goodness and with blessing. May you grant us long life - a life of peace, a life of goodness, a life of blessing, a life of sustenance, a life of physical health, a life in which there is awe of heaven and sin, a life free from shame and humiliation, a life of wealth and honor, a life in which we may be filled with love of Torah and awe of Heaven, a life in which our heart's desires will be fulfilled for the good." May the coming month of Elul be one of good health, peace, joy and consolation and blessing. Amen!”
It is my Hebrew birthday tomorrow, a day on which one's Soul shines brighter and is endowed with the power of blessing, so I bless you and I with all of the above and more! Take care, Shabbat Shalom and have a restful weekend! If you know anyone who you think could benefit from a phone call? Please let me know on 0433 676 300. |
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Shabbat Starts / Ends Friday, 6 Aug: Light Candles by 5:19pm Shabbat, 7 Aug: Shabbat ends at 6:19pm This week is Parshat Re'eh - See synopsis below.
No In-Shule Services due to lockdown :( The following VirtShule Services will be held on Zoom www.elwoodshule.org/zoom: Tonight Fri Night 5pm Sun-Thurs Shofar & Mincha Maariv 5:30pm
The appearance of the New Moon 8 Aug 10:43 (10) am Rosh Chodesh Elul is on Sunday and Monday |
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Our beautiful new calendar is currently at the printer and we can't get wait to get them back, so we can send them out to you! Thank you to our graphic designer and Elwood Shule member Tara Saltzman.
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High Holydays Registration of Interest Thank you to many of you who have already filled out the form. If you haven't, even though everything is still up in there, we strongly encourage you to do so, as it will allow us to consider all our options for the High Holydays. Please fill out the brief form by clicking here. Thank you!
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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 Daniel Antman, Anita Baker, Michael Bialek, Riley Blusztein, Daniel Bouzaglo, Gary Braun, Simon Degen, Peter Frankel, Noah Gelfand, Rabbi Shmuel Karnowsky, Antony prince, Elick Teitelbaum, Gina Ungar and Lana Vainberg. We wish them good health till 120. Jewish birthday Calculator.
Happy Anniversary! We wish a very Happy Anniversary to Terry & Luisa Gerler, Tal & Victoria Goldman, Braham & Elena Sacks, Josh & Jade Zajonc and Stephen & Mandy Zielinski. To many more happy and healthy years! Yahrtzeits Shabbat Sonia Gibgot - Mother of Miriam Berman Yaakov Kaz - Brother of Shoshana Halperin, Chaya and Rivka Yosef & Velya Galdkovitser - Grandparents of Valentina Nemirovsky Sunday Cyril Goldberg - Father of Jacky Hupert Phillip Brandon - Brother of Di Hirsh Monday Tzvi Gerszt - Father of Glynis Lipson, Delia Fisher, Bernice Stub and John Malka Livshiz - Step-grandmother of Chanan Livshiz Jonja Kirsh - Grandfather of Flora Mehl Leslie Grupel - Father of Ashley Tuesday Harry Davis - Father of Ruth Prince Tess Dembinski - Mother of Leonie Grynberg Thursday Lelia Troski - Mother of Mark, Naomi and Ann Friday Yaakov Nachum & Malka Lipszyc - Grandparents of Jack and Garry Lipson Karola Lipszyc - Aunt of Jack and Garry Lipson Tilly Colman - Mother of Adrian
We wish the respective families blessings of long life and good health. |
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This week's PARSHA is Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) “See,” (Re'eh) says Moses to the people of Israel, “I place before you today a blessing and a curse”—the blessing that will come when they fulfill G‑d’s commandments, and the curse if they abandon them. These should be proclaimed on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal when the people cross over into the Holy Land. A Temple should be established in the place that G‑d will choose to make dwell His name there,” where the people should bring their sacrifices to Him; it is forbidden to make offerings to G‑d in any other place. It is permitted to slaughter animals elsewhere, not as a sacrifice but to eat their meat; the blood (which in the Temple is poured upon the altar), however, may not be eaten. A false prophet, or one who entices others to worship idols, should be put to death; an idolatrous city must be destroyed. The identifying signs for kosher animals and fish, and the list of non-kosher birds (first given in Leviticus 11), are repeated. A tenth of all produce is to be eaten in Jerusalem, or else exchanged for money with which food is purchased and eaten there. In certain years this tithe is given to the poor instead. Firstborn cattle and sheep are to be offered in the Temple, and their meat eaten by the kohanim (priests). The mitzvah of charity obligates a Jew to aid a needy fellow with a gift or loan. On the Sabbatical year (occurring every seventh year), all loans are to be forgiven. All indentured servants are to be set free after six years of service. Our Parshah concludes with the laws of the three pilgrimage festivals—Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot—when all should go to “see and be seen” before G‑d in the Holy Temple. Click here to explore the Parsha. |
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