Tzetl: Chayei Sarah & Mevarchim Kislev

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	6:38pm - Early candle lighting 7:42pm - Candle Lighting, Friday 8:44pm - Havdalah, Saturday (Melbourne Australia) Eruv Status: TBA Good Shabbos! emmanuelsemail.com.au  Laws and Customs Bless New Month This Shabbat is Shabbat Mevarchim ("the Shabbat that blesses" the new month): a special prayer is recited blessing the Rosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month") of the upcoming month of Kislev, which falls on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Prior to the blessing, we announce the precise time of the molad, the "birth" of the new moon. See molad times. Please click here to view the Yeshivah Shule Tzetel for Shabbos Parshas Vayeira. Please click here to view the PDFs of Weekly Publications. R’Zirkind Newsletter Lamplighter Z’Yaakov (docx) PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL Genesis 23:1–25:18 The name of the Parshah, "Chayei Sarah," means "The life of Sarah" and it is found in Genesis 23:1. Sarah dies at age 127 and is buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases from Ephron the Hittite for four hundred shekels of silver. Abraham’s servant Eliezer is sent, laden with gifts, to Charan, to find a wife for Isaac. At the village well, Eliezer asks G‑d for a sign: when the maidens come to the well, he will ask for some water to drink; the woman who will offer to give his camels to drink as well shall be the one destined for his master’s son. Rebecca, the daughter of Abraham’s nephew Bethuel, appears at the well and passes the “test.” Eliezer is invited to their home, where he repeats the story of the day’s events. Rebecca returns with Eliezer to the land of Canaan, where they encounter Isaac praying in the field. Isaac marries Rebecca, loves her, and is comforted over the loss of his mother. Abraham takes a new wife, Keturah (Hagar), and fathers six additional sons, but Isaac is designated as his only heir. Abraham dies at age 175 and is buried beside Sarah by his two eldest sons, Isaac and Ishmael. HAFTORAH IN A NUTSHELL I Kings 1:1-31. This week's haftorah describes an aging King David, echoing this week's Torah reading, which mentions that "Abraham was was old, advanced in days." King David was aging, and he was perpetually cold. A young maiden, Abishag of Shunam, was recruited to serve and provide warmth for the elderly monarch. Seeing his father advancing in age, Adoniahu, one of King David's sons, seized the opportunity to prepare the ground for his ascension to his father's throne upon the latter's passing — despite King David's express wishes that his son Solomon succeed him. Adoniahu recruited two influential individuals — the High Priest and the commander of David's armies — both of whom had fallen out of David's good graces, to champion his cause. He arranged to be transported in a chariot with fifty people running before him, and invited a number of his sympathizers to a festive party where he publicized his royal ambitions. The prophet Nathan encouraged Bat Sheva, mother of Solomon, to approach King David and plead with him to reaffirm his choice of Solomon as his successor. This she did, mentioning Adoniahu's recent actions of which the king had been unaware. Nathan later joined Bat Sheva and the king to express support for Bat Sheva's request. King David acceded to their request: "Indeed," he told Bat Sheva, "as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel saying, 'Surely Solomon, your son, shall reign after me and he shall sit on my throne in my stead,' surely, so will I swear this day." SAGES ON THE PARSHAH Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver (23:16) Said Rabbi Yudan the son of Rabbi Simon: This is one of the three places regarding which the nations of the world cannot accuse Israel and say, “You have stolen them.” The three places are: the Cave of Machpelah, the site of the Holy Temple, and the tomb of Joseph at Shechem. The Cave of Machpelah, as it is written, “Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver.” The Temple: “So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold” (I Chronicles 21:25). And Joseph’s tomb: “[Jacob] bought the parcel of land (at Shechem) for a hundred pieces of silver” (Genesis 33:19). (Bereishit Rabbah 79:7) MORE To send a public notice, click one of the links below. (Works best from a mobile phone) • emmadvertisement • emmbirthnotice • emmengagement • emmbdenotice =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= bit.ly/EmmanuelsRealEstate bit.ly/EmmanuelsJobSearch bit.ly/EmmanuelsSubmission =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This week on emmanuelsemail.com.au Charity Screening - Wish You Long Life SCHC Women’s chodesh Kislev farbrengen Chabad Malvern ELC and Kindergarten enrolments Smile on Seniors Airport Transfers Handyman Services Join the Emmanuel's WhatsApp group link 📞 Smile on Seniors ComfyAir Heating & Cooling

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Tzetl: Shabbos Vayera

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	6:31pm - Early candle lighting 7:34pm - Candle Lighting, Friday 8:35pm - Havdalah, Saturday (Melbourne Australia) Eruv Status: TBA Good Shabbos! emmanuelsemail.com.au  Yeshiva shule times TBA R’Zirkind Newsletter Lamplighter Z’Yaakov (docx) PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL Genesis 18:1–22:24 The name of the Parshah, "Vayera," means "And He appeared" and it is found in Genesis 18:1. G‑d reveals Himself to Abraham three days after the first Jew’s circumcision at age ninety-nine; but Abraham rushes off to prepare a meal for three guests who appear in the desert heat. One of the three—who are angels disguised as men—announces that, in exactly one year, the barren Sarah will give birth to a son. Sarah laughs. Abraham pleads with G‑d to spare the wicked city of Sodom. Two of the three disguised angels arrive in the doomed city, where Abraham’s nephew Lot extends his hospitality to them and protects them from the evil intentions of a Sodomite mob. The two guests reveal that they have come to overturn the place, and to save Lot and his family. Lot’s wife turns into a pillar of salt when she disobeys the command not to look back at the burning city as they flee. While taking shelter in a cave, Lot’s two daughters (believing that they and their father are the only ones left alive in the world) get their father drunk, lie with him and become pregnant. The two sons born from this incident father the nations of Moab and Ammon. Abraham moves to Gerar, where the Philistine king Abimelech takes Sarah—who is presented as Abraham’s sister—to his palace. In a dream, G‑d warns Abimelech that he will die unless he returns the woman to her husband. Abraham explains that he feared he would be killed over the beautiful Sarah. G‑d remembers His promise to Sarah, and gives her and Abraham a son, who is named Isaac (Yitzchak, meaning “will laugh”). Isaac is circumcised at the age of eight days; Abraham is one hundred years old, and Sarah ninety, at their child’s birth. Hagar and Ishmael are banished from Abraham’s home and wander in the desert; G‑d hears the cry of the dying lad, and saves his life by showing his mother a well. Abimelech makes a treaty with Abraham at Beersheba, where Abraham gives him seven sheep as a sign of their truce. G‑d tests Abraham’s devotion by commanding him to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah (the Temple Mount) in Jerusalem. Isaac is bound and placed on the altar, and Abraham raises the knife to slaughter his son. A voice from heaven calls to stop him; a ram, caught in the undergrowth by its horns, is offered in Isaac’s place. HAFTORAH IN A NUTSHELL Kings II 4:1-37. In this week's Torah reading, G‑d promises a child to Abraham and Sarah, despite childless Sarah's advanced age. This week's haftorah describes a similar incident that occurred many years later — the prophet Elisha assuring an elderly childless woman that she will bear a child. The haftorah discusses two miracles performed by the prophet Elisha. The first miracle involved a widow who was heavily in debt, and her creditors were threatening to take her two sons as slaves to satisfy the debt. When the prophet asked her what she had in her home, the widow responded that she had nothing but a vial of oil. Elisha told her to gather as many empty containers as possible — borrowing from neighbors and friends as well. She should then pour oil from her vial into the empty containers. She did as commanded, and miraculously the oil continued to flow until the last empty jug was filled. The woman sold the oil for a handsome profit, and had enough money to repay her debts and live comfortably. The second miracle: Elisha would often pass by the city of Shunam, where he would dine and rest at the home of a certain hospitable couple. This couple even made a special addition to their home, a guest room designated for Elisha's use. When the prophet learned that the couple was childless, he blessed the woman that she should give birth to a child in exactly one year's time. And indeed, one year later a son was born to the aged couple. A few years later the son complained of a headache and died shortly thereafter. The Shunamit woman laid the lifeless body on the bed in Elisha's designated room, and quickly summoned the prophet. Elisha hurried to the woman's home and miraculously brought the boy back to life. SAGES ON THE PARSHAH He raised his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood by him (18:2) Who were the three men? The angels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. Michael (“Who is like G‑d?”) came to bring the tidings to Sarah of Isaac’s birth; Raphael (“Healing of G‑d”), to heal Abraham; and Gabriel (“Might of G‑d”), to overturn Sodom. But is it not written, “The two angels came to Sodom at evening”? Michael accompanied Gabriel, to rescue Lot. (Talmud, Bava Metzia 86b) MORE To send a public notice, click one of the links below. (Works best from a mobile phone) • emmadvertisement • emmbirthnotice • emmengagement • emmbdenotice =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= bit.ly/EmmanuelsRealEstate bit.ly/EmmanuelsJobSearch bit.ly/EmmanuelsSubmission =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This week on emmanuelsemail.com.au Ferster Hats Australia Airport Transfers Smile on Seniors Handyman Services Upcoming events at CHC St Kilda Shule Events Employment: CLY Development Manager Smile on Seniors Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah in Jerusalem SCHC: Chanukah at Inflatable World! My