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Hope you've had a good week. With the earth finally drying after the flood and the era of greed and corruption was washed away by its powerful waves, the world was now peaceful and tranquil. And then this happened. The descendants of Noah decided that they would join forces and build a skyscraper to reach the heavens and do battle with G-d Himself. Ambitious, but they were united and determined. But G-d had other plans. He totally confused them. He changed their languages so that “one does not comprehend the tongue of the other." This caused a tremendous amount of chaos as they failed to complete simple building tasks together. Eventually a civil war erupts on the construction site. They abandon their project and disperse across the face of the earth, ultimately emerging as seventy distinct nations. The question is why would a lack of communication prevent this massive project. It is not uncommon for countries to successfully work together to achieve goals. You find a way to communicate to get things done. The answer perhaps, is that when the end result is to benefit mankind and transcends differences, opinions and language, then little can stop success. When selfishness and individual glory is the motivation, then the simplest problem can cause total havoc, disunity, contempt and ultimately failure. When our common goals are for the common good, then we are able to unite even under the most difficult of circumstances. This message from the Parsha is so relevant. We all want the same thing, to be able to live together, in good health. To get back to family and communal gatherings. To return to our beloved Shule. Let's not tear each other apart as we work towards that common goal. Rather, we must look out for one another, have respectful conversations, agree to disagree if necessary but without malice and hurt, and we will all be the better off for it now and way into the future.
Wishing you a peaceful and enjoyable Shabbat!
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Shabbat Starts / Ends Friday, 8 Oct: Light Candles by 7:13pm Shabbat, 9 Oct: Shabbat ends at 8:11pm This week is Parshat Noach - See synopsis below.
No In-Shule Services due to lockdown :( VirtShule Services on www.elwoodshule.org/zoom: Tonight Friday Night 6:00pm - Led by the Peker boys in memory of their grandpa, John Lawrence. Weekday M-T Mincha Maariv 7:15pm
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Please join us for a special LIVE online talk with newly installed Supreme Court Judge Rabbi Marcus Solomon SC. Thurs, 21 Oct at 8pm, on www.elwoodshule.org/zoom. The appointment of Rabbi Marcus Solomon as Justice to the Supreme Court last month was a proud and historic moment for Australian Jewry. Together with East Melbourne Shule, we are excited to be hosting Justice Solomon, in conversation with Elwood Shule member and Lawyer Amanda Mendes Da Costa, to learn more about Australia's first ever Rabbi and Supreme Court Judge.
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Communal Havdalah & Kumzits. After Shabbat, 23 Oct, 8:45pm. An interstate collaboration! LIVE from MELBOURNE, SYDNEY & BRISBANE! Brisbane HC, Elwood Shule, Maroubra Synagogue and St Kilda Shule - Featuring Rabbis Yaakov Glasman, Yossi Friedman, Levi Jaffe & Shmuel Karnowsky // Chazzan Brett Kaye, Ronny Kowadlo, Corey Fooks and Isaac & Alexander Itescu. On Zoom and on www.facebook.com/elwoodshule.
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I've signed up to run 60km between 14-23 October to raise funds for vital cancer research at Peter Mac and in support of those in our Shule fighting their battle with cancer, may they have a Refuah Shleima! I'd appreciate if you would partner with me in supporting this worthy cause by clicking here. Thank you!
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Please keep us in the loop by notifying us of your lifecycle events. Birth! Mazal Tov to Zoe & Adam Milgrom on the birth of their son. Mazal Tov to the grandparents Naomi Milgrom AC and Fred Milgrom, Bella & Steven Horton and to the great grandfather Marc Besen AC. May Elliot Zac be a source of nachas and joy in good health! Happy - Jewish - Birthday! We wish a very Happy Jewish Birthday to Paul Kegen, Miriam Lasky, Mel Michaels, Freddie Pollak, Michelle Sherman, Lara Shmidel, Charles Syme, Naomi Lenga, Jade Zajonc. We wish them good health till 120. Jewish birthday Calculator. Happy Anniversary! We wish a very Happy Anniversary to Jack & Karyn Cyngler and Eyal & Melissa Geiger. To many more happy and healthy years! Condolences We mourn the passing of John Lawrence, ob'm. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his wife Malka, brothers Tony and Mark, to Debbie, Rob, Suzy and the grandchildren. We wish the whole family blessings of comfort, healing, good health and long life. Yahrtzeits Shabbat Paul Grosman - Father of Allan and Phillip Sunday Max Baron - Uncle of Helen Muscatel Monday Abe Olcha - Father of Shifra Teitelbaum Tuesday Mark Justin - Husband of Adele, father of Charles Jeannette Gomo - Mother of Jasmine Dindas Wednesday Leon Nebyl - Father of Anita Baker Johnny Baker - Son of Genia, husband of Anita, father of Timnah, Nadav, Mayan, Gilad and Karni, brother of Mark. Friday Marcus Gibgot - Father of Miriam Berman Manny Unreich - Father of Rachelle, step-father of Fred, Jeannette and Lilianne Milgrom Judy Sperling - Mother of Rosie Davis
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This week's PARSHA is Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) G‑d instructs Noah—the only righteous man in a world consumed by violence and corruption—to build a large wooden teivah (“ark”), coated within and without with pitch. A great deluge, says G‑d, will wipe out all life from the face of the earth; but the ark will float upon the water, sheltering Noah and his family, and two members (male and female) of each animal species (and 7 of the "pure" species). Rain falls for 40 days and nights, and the waters churn for 150 days more before calming and beginning to recede. The ark settles on Mount Ararat, and Noah dispatches a raven, and then a series of doves, “to see if the waters were abated from the face of the earth.” When the ground dries completely—exactly one solar year (365 days) after the onset of the Flood—G‑d commands Noah to exit the teivah and repopulate the earth. Noah builds an altar and offers sacrifices to G‑d. G‑d swears never again to destroy all of mankind because of their deeds, and sets the rainbow as a testimony of His new covenant with man. G‑d also commands Noah regarding the sacredness of life: murder is deemed a capital offense, and while man is permitted to eat the meat of animals, he is forbidden to eat flesh or blood taken from a living animal. Noah plants a vineyard and becomes drunk on its produce. Two of Noah’s sons, Shem and Japheth, are blessed for covering up their father’s nakedness, while his third son, Ham, is punished for taking advantage of his debasement. The descendants of Noah remain a single people, with a single language and culture, for ten generations. Then they defy their Creator by building a great tower to symbolize their own invincibility; G‑d confuses their language so that “one does not comprehend the tongue of the other,” causing them to abandon their project and disperse across the face of the earth, splitting into seventy nations. The Parshah of Noach concludes with a chronology of the ten generations from Noah to Abram (later Abraham), and the latter’s journey from his birthplace of Ur Casdim to Charan, on the way to the land of Canaan. Click here to explore the Parsha. |
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