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Hope you've had a good week!
Avraham & Sarah taught us so many lessons, as our founding Patriarch and Matriarch, about how to live a productive and meaningful life. None more important than hospitality, providing for an individual's physical and spiritual needs.
Our Shule is called Beit Avraham, Avraham’s Home, named after one of our first Presidents and pioneers of our congregation Mr. Abe Sicree ob’m. There were of course some other notable Avrahams in our congregation's history as well.
Just like Avraham & Sarah's home, our Shule is known to be a place where everyone feels at home and part of the family, providing physical and spiritual nourishment to all who come through the doors. It is therefore with so much joy that we returned to our Shule this week for daily services, and this coming week for Shabbat! We can now once again (slowly but surely) get back to being a Beit Avraham - A place of warmth, connection, solace, celebration and growth. We look forward to welcoming you back in the coming days, weeks and months!
Wishing you and yours a peaceful and enjoyable Shabbat - May it be a much needed reprieve from the current global trauma, chaos and divisiveness. |
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Tomorrow night, 9pm! Communal Havdalah & Kumzits. An interstate collaboration! Elwood Shule, Maroubra Synagogue and St Kilda Shule - Featuring Rabbis Yaakov Glasman, Yossi Friedman & Shmuel Karnowsky // Chazzan Brett Kaye, Ronny Kowadlo & Corey Fooks // Isaac & Alexander Itescu. Click here to join via Zoom (ID 868 9554 6264) password: melbourne or on www.facebook.com/elwoodshule.
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Am Yisrael Chai - M'Dubai!! 100 people joined us for a wonderful Zoom talk and tour with Rabbi Levi Duchman of the UAE. Enjoy video here. It was very special to learn about the thriving Jewish life in the UAE and the respectful and peaceful way in which everyone their gets along. May the Almighty continue to bless Rabbi Duchman and UAE community with the strength, courage and wherewithal to be a shining beacon of light on behalf of all Am Yisrael, in good health!
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Our Sisterhood Book Club held its final meeting of the year on Monday night. New books were discussed and chosen for 2021 - Stay tuned! For information about our Sisterhood and Book Club, please email rivki@elwoodshule.org. |
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This week's PARSHA Torah reading is VAYERA (Genesis 18:1-22:24). Click here to explore the Parsha. |
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Please keep us in the loop by notifying us of your lifecycle events! Birth! Mazal Tov to Marni & Sam Friede on the birth of a girl! Mazal Tov to the grandparents Karen Friede and Abe Friede and Sharon & Simon Prince. Mazal Tov to the great grandparents Naomi & Ray Jacobson and Ruth Prince. May the newborn be a source of Nachas and joy to her family.
Happy - Jewish - Birthday! We wish a very Happy Jewish Birthday to Michelle Bartlett, Zarek Davidson, Harley Goldman, Alan Goldstone, Helen Granek, Max Haber, Paula Hansky, Gabbi Menche, Sara Penny, Abe Rubinfeld, Noah Tuszynski, Gideon Tuszynski, Caroline Troski, Ann Troski, Michelle Walter and Loki Zielinski. We wish them good health till 120. Jewish birthday Calculator. Happy Anniversary! We wish a very happy anniversary to Josh & Nikki Gelfand, Paul & Myra Kaufman, Mark & Suzy Suss. To many more happy and healthy years in good health! Condolences We extend our heartfelt condolences to David, Graeme, Michael and Robbie Sherr on the passing of their mother, Miriam, ob'm. We wish the whole family blessings of comfort, healing, good health and long life. Yahrtzeits Sunday Lusia Ukrainski - Mother of Freda Sable Roza Fischer - Mother of Ilona Semion Minkovich - Father of Sophie Elllis Thursday Pearl Heller - Sister of Minnie Miller Friday Myer Lasky - Father of Joan Krantz, Daniel and Michael Sender Peters - Father of Maurice Adrian Cohen - Son of Sylvia Maurice Weiskop - Brother of Sue Grinwald We wish the respective families blessings of long life. |
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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, Rabbi Shmuel is 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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An old Jewish man is sitting by the pool at Grossinger's hotel in the Catskills, reading the Forverts Jewish newspaper, when an Italian gentleman comes over & asks him, how’s the water in the pool. The Jewish man answers in a very Yiddish accent, luk varm. The gentleman says thank you, takes off his robe & dives headfirst into the pool. He comes out of the water, shivering like crazy & starts screaming at the old man. How can you tell me, that it was lukewarm, when it’s ice cold? The old man answers, It luked varm to me. |
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