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Hope you've had a good week! Rosh Hashanah is fast approaching, just 3 weeks to go! I think we've all accepted the fact that it will be different, very different, this year. It's sad and disappointing, but we have a choice to make. To be defeated and deflated or to make a conscious and intentional decision to make the very most of it! I'm going to join you in choosing to make it a most unique, enjoyable and meaningful start to the New Year. We're doing our very best, both for our own Shule and assisting in a community wide effort to bring assurance, comfort, meaning and joy in the lead up to the High Holydays. Stay tuned for a broad Community Lift marketing campaign, Project High Holyday website with useful and inspiring content, Operation Shofar and more. Over the next few weeks we'll be rolling out videos, concert sing alongs, thoughts, guides and events to inspire, engage and keep us all together as a community. I can assure you that a taskforce of Rabbis are in ongoing conversation with state and federal governments and respective departments to brief them on the importance of this time of the year to our community. The discussions involve joint planning for multiple possible scenarios depending on the restrictions at the time. Every possible option to help the community celebrate in a safe way is being worked on. Our calendar (sneak peek above), packed full of photos of our Shule activities pre and during COVID is currently at the printer and we can't get wait to get them out to you! Thanks to our graphic designer and Elwood Shule member Tara Saltzman. Thanks to our printer and Elwood Shule members, David & Nicky Kegen of CMYK Online. Wishing you and yours a Shabbat Shalom! Hope to see you tonight at a special Pre Shabbat gig (scroll down). ...and as always, stay safe, stay positive, stay active and productive. |
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ZOOM Shiur - The what, when & why of Rosh Hashanah. What do we do? When do we do it? How & Why do we do it? This Tues, 1 Sept, 7pm with Rabbi Shmuel on Zoom here. Next Tues 8 Sept we will make our way through the RH Machzor and discuss familiar songs and prayers. |
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Jokes on us! This Sunday, 30 Aug, 8pm. Elwood Shule and South Caulfield Shule invite you for a night of laughter! LIVE with stand-up comedian Joel Chasnoff. Book your free ticket here: www.trybooking.com/bkzdq Joel has taken the stage in 10 countries, including Montreal’s Just-For-Laughs, the Melbourne Comedy Festival, and Israeli late-night TV. In this performance, Joel takes a deep dive into the quirks and absurdities of his Jewish life, from his great-grandparents’ botched immigration at Ellis Island to his stint in the Israeli Army and the challenges of raising a Jewish family of his own! |
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Mazal Tov to Elwood Shule's Viva Mazzotta for winning this week's JCreate competition out of 50 entries! Well done! The announcement was made by JCreate judge and Elwood Shule member Elena Sacks on behalf of all the judges. Our Shule is excited to be a part of this great initiative together with many other local Jewish organisations. JCreate runs weekly creative competitions for all Jewish primary age school children to help stimulate children’s creative imaginations after long days of online learning. Weekly contestants go into a raffle for a $50 Amazon gift card, while the judges - Including Elwood Shule member Elena Sacks - will award the most creative entry with their own $50 amazon gift card! Every child will receive a free Balaclava Cold Rock ice cream, compliments of Cold Rock! How to enter – it’s simple! 1. Go to www.jcreate.com.au and sign up. 2. Check out the current competition’s criteria 3. Upload an image of your creative artwork 4. Tune in live online to watch the raffle and judge’s verdict For updates follow us on facebook at www.facebook.com/JCreate613.
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Last chance! Yizkor Booklet - It is a long-standing tradition to recite a memorial prayer in honour of a deceased relative or friend during Yizkor on Yom Kippur (Mon, 28 Sept) and to pledge charity in their memory. Sadly, it seems that we will not be gathering in Shule over the High Holydays, Yizkor will therefore be recited at home. Prior to Yom Kippur we will be sending out a hard copy and a digital copy of the Yizkor booklet with the names of those being remembered. If you would like a departed loved one’s name included in the booklet, please fill out and submit the online form here by this Sunday night, so we can get the booklets out in a timely fashion. In the lead up to and during the High Holyday period we will engage with our community in various ways to the best of our ability. Details to follow. |
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Gearing up for a meaningful High Holyday season - Stay tuned for details! Sat night, 5 Sept - Communal Rosh Hashanah sing along! Date TBA - Elwood Sisterhood Challah Bake! Fri, 11 Sept - Pre Shabbat with South African singing sensation Choni G! Sat night, 12 Sept - Around the Shules musical Selichot service! Sun eve, 13 Sept - Shofar Factory and kids fun!
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If you or anyone you know is going through a challenging time or struggling in any way, please see this list of excellent resources and support services available. As always, I'm available anytime for anything on 0433 676 300 to listen, chat and support. Ronny can be reached on 0413 863 263. |
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Shabbat Starts / Ends Friday, 28 Aug: Light Candles at 5:38pm Shabbat, 29 Aug: Ends at 6:36pm Shule Services Sun-Thur Mincha/Maariv 5:30pm on Zoom here. All welcome! Join us tonight 4:30pm on Facebook.com/elwoodshule or on YouTube for this week's special Pre Shabbat joint Shule service - No Zoom this week. 6:45pm for Havdala after Shabbat on Zoom here and Facebook.com/elwoodshule.
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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 Naomi Basist, Eli Borowick, Adrian Colman, Riley Dahan, Janette Goldberg, Cara Rubinfeld, Noah Rubinfeld, Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick, Adrian Kayman, Ilya Kogan, Damien Landau, Michael Lang, Pinchas Lemin, David Lewis, Aiden Lewis, Jack Lipson, Gary Posner, Gideon Swiatlo, Josh Zielinski and Brandon Zielinski. We wish them good health till 120. Jewish birthday Calculator.
Happy Anniversary! We wish a very happy anniversary to Daniel & Nicole Drehspul, Ilan & Lauren Goldberg, Zvi & Karen Kalb, Rob & Natalee Landau, Norman & Ronit Lieberman, David & Rimma Pavlov and Nathan & Gina Ungar. To many more happy and healthy years in good health! Condolences We extend our heartfelt condolences to Adi Dahan on the passing of his father Jacob. We wish the whole family blessings of comfort, healing, good health and long life. Yahrtzeits Shabbat Alfred Melzack - Father of Nicky Kegen Max Phillips - Father of Phil Sunday Rachel Halprin - Mother of Andrea Hellinger and Len Hymie Kliman - Husband of Shifra, father of Aviva Hyman and Len Harry Waters - Father of Anne McArdle and David Issak Vainberg - Grandfather of Boris Monday Joe Sokol - Brother of Rita Migdal Lev Forleytor - Father of Sonia Jablonski Wednesday Meir Balbin - Stepfather of Idor Thursday Katy Barabash - Mother of Ian and Syndon Friday Antonina Bernhaut - Mother of Adam Nathan Abelman - Father of Helen Borowski Masha Midler - Mother of Aron Midler We wish the respective families blessings of long life. |
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This week we read Parshat Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19). Click here for insights and inspiration from the Parsha. |
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