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WEDNESDAY 7TH FEB 7-30PM. At the Surfers Central Synagogue River Terrace Gold Coast
________________________________________________________________________________ From the Rabbis desk 1/2/07 Tu b'Shavat Sameakh! Tu b'Shavat or Rosh haShana le-Ilanot, the New Year for Trees, is one of the four New Years spoken about in the Mishna. It marks the time that the sap starts to rise in the barks of the trees in the Land of Israel. With the heaviest rains having probably fallen (although we hope and pray that Israel will receive more much-needed 'liquid gold' from Heaven) Tu bShevat is the first harbinger of spring. Even in our fakertedik Southern Hemisphere, Tu b'Shevat serves as a timely reminder (not that those of us who read the weekly Parashiyot need one at this time of year!) that Pesach is well and truly on the way!!! With Tu b'Shevat falling on Shabbat this year, we at SCS shall be celebrating Tu b'Shvat this year with a SPECIAL FRUIT KIDDUSH. All welcome! Our Education & Youth Director, Benjy Simons, will continue to be with us until the end of February. Here is a schedule of his remaining Shiurim and Lectures:- WED AT 6.30 pm Venue: Surfers Central Syn Various topical issues:- 7 Feb - Hillel and Shammai - A paradigm of Jewish pluralism for the sake of Heaven 14 Feb - Achieving the Impossible 21 Feb - The month of Adar and some secrets of Purim THUR AT 6.30 pm (until 22 Feb) Venue: Surfers Central Syn A Topical Talk centred around the Torah portion of the week SHABBAT at 4 pm (until 24 Feb) Venue: 2/37, Markwell Avenue, Surfers Paradise Ethics from Sinai Allcomers welcome. The new SCS Newsletter for Jan/Feb is now out - thank you once again Luana. Those who wish to make a contribution for our Purim/Pesach edition please submit to lgoriss@bigpond.net.au. Here is our schedule of Shabbat services:- FRI 2 FEB - Shabbat begins 6.23 pm Mincha followed by Singalong Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv - 6 pm SHABBAT 3 FEB - Shacharit - 9.00 am Parashat BESHALLAKH Shabbat SHIRA followed by Musaph and a special Tu B'Shvat FruitKiddush The title of my Shabbat morning address will be FRUITS ARE HUMAN TOO!!! Mincha following Kiddush Seudah Shelishit and Shiur - 6.30 pm Shabbat ends - 7.18 pm Mon & Thur Minyanim - 7 am Shul Open For Davvening 7/52! Looking 4ward 2 C U!!!! YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Adapted from the Rabbi's Address last Shabbat We are instructed to place the Tefilin on our weak hand (the Hebrew word yadcha spelt in a strange way is an allusion to yad ke-hah, the weaker hand) because "with a strong hand HaShem brought us out of Egypt" (Exodus 13:16) It seems like a non sequitur. Rather like saying "eat apples because cheese is full of calcium"! Surely if we wish to symbolise G-D's "strong hand" we ought to be binding our Tefilin on our strong hand! I believe that the powerful lesson the Torah is teaching us is: we have to be strong even when we're weak. Or perhaps especially when we're weak. This too is a lesson we learn from G-D Himself. Even when His reputation was as its weakest point prior to the plagues with not only Pharaoh but even the Children of Israel refusing to listen, G-D turns to Moses and says Ata tir'eh. "NOW you will see ......that with a 'strong hand' I shall make him release the people!" At this very point of apparent weakness, I shall demonstrate strength. It is a lesson for Medinat Yisrael and those who hold Israel dear to take at this time. Demonstrations of weakness will lead ch.v. to disaster. We dare not highlight our vulnerability, either through policy or through hasbara (the information we disseminate to the wider world) Let the Tefilin be a sign on our weaker hand - an sign that G-D demonstrates His 'strong hand' even at our weakest spots, a sign that even in weakness we are possesed with D-vine strength! Shabbat Shalom |
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