Thursday, 10 July 2025

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Shabbos Tzetl: Balak

4:59pm - Candle Lighting, Friday
6:00pm - Havdalah, Saturday
(Melbourne Australia)
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Good Shabbos!


17 Tammuz - Sunday
6:06am - Fast Begins
5:48pm - Fast Concludes


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LAMPLIGHTER

ZICHRON YAAKOV


PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL
Numbers 22:2–25:9
The name of the Parshah, "Balak," refers to Balak, king of Moab, and it is found in Numbers 22:2

Balak, the king of Moab, summons the prophet Balaam to curse the people of Israel. On the way, Balaam is berated by his donkey, who sees, before Balaam does, the angel that G‑d sends to block their way. Three times, from three different vantage points, Balaam attempts to pronounce his curses; each time, blessings issue forth instead. Balaam also prophesies on the end of the days and the coming of Moshiach.

The people fall prey to the charms of the daughters of Moab, and are enticed to worship the idol Peor. When a high-ranking Israelite official publicly takes a Midianite princess into a tent, Pinchas kills them both, stopping the plague raging among the people.



HAFTORAH IN A NUTSHELL
Micah 5:6-6:8
This week's haftorah makes mention of the incident of Balak the king of Moab hiring the sorcerer Balaam to curse the Jewish people — the main topic of this week's Torah reading.

The prophet Micah prophesies about what will occur after the war of Gog and Magog, the war which precedes the coming of the Messiah and the Final Redemption.

"And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples — like dew sent by G‑d, like torrents of rain upon vegetation that does not hope for any man and does not wait for the sons of men." The prophet describes how G‑d will remove the idols and sorcerers and how He will destroy the Jews' enemies.

The prophet Micah then goes on to rebuke the Jewish people for not observing G‑d's commandments, calling as witness the "mountains and hills" — a reference to the Patriarchs and Matriarchs — and reminding them of the great things G‑d had done for them. He took them out of Egypt and replaced the curses that Balaam son of Beor wanted to utter against them with blessings.

The Jewish people respond by saying that they do not know how to serve G‑d and ask for guidance. The prophet reminds them of the Torah, and that all they need to do is contained within it: "He has told you, O man, what is good, and what G‑d demands of you: but to do justice, love kindness, and walk discreetly with your G‑d."


SAGES ON THE PARSHAH

Curse me this people, for he is mightier than me (22:6)

The Hebrew phrase atzum hu mimeni ("he is mightier than me") also translates as "he is mightier from me." For in truth, the might of the people of Israel is Moshiach, who (via Ruth the Moabite, ancestress of King David) is a descendant of Balak!

(Shaloh)

https://w2.chabad.org/media/pdf/111825.pdf


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Weekly Women’s Zoom Shiur Resumes Next Sunday

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Just a quick update to let you know that I'm back from leave and looking forward to resuming our weekly women's Zoom shiur next Sunday, 20th July 2025.

Topic: Insights into the Three Weeks
Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Speaker: Zipporah Oliver O.A.M.
In memory of Mrs Raizl Cylich OBM

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We'll then continue with topics for the month of Av:

Sunday, 27th July – Insights into the 9th of Av

Sunday, 3rd August – No shiur (Tisha B'Av – Fast Day)

Sunday, 10th August – Insights into the 15th of Av

Looking forward to reconnecting and learning together next week.

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Warmest regards,
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Wednesday, July 23rd
2:00–3:15pm
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Wednesday, 9 July 2025

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MAZAL TOV


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Mazal tov to the Grandparents
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       Mazal tov to the GreatGrandparents       
Shmuel and Chava Gurewicz
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Tzetl: Fast of Tammuz 17 & 3 weeks

6:06am - Fast begins
5:48am - Fast concludes

Fast of Tammuz 17
Laws and Customs

Tammuz 17 is a fast day, devoted to mourning the breaching of Jerusalem's walls and the other tragic events that occurred on this day (see "Today in Jewish History") and repenting and rectifying their causes. We refrain from all food and drink from "daybreak" (about an hour before sunrise, depending on location) until nightfall. Special prayers and Torah readings are added to the day's services.

Link: Halachic times for Tammuz 17

The 17th of Tammuz also marks the beginning of The Three Weeks period of mourning which culminates on the 9th of Av, commemorating the conquest of Jerusalem, the destruction of the Holy Temple and the dispersion of the Jewish people.

Weddings and other joyful events are not held during this period; like mourners, we do not cut our hair, and various pleasurable activities are limited or proscribed. (Consult the Code of Jewish Law (Shulchan Aruch) or a qualified rabbi regarding specific proscriptions).

The Lubavitcher Rebbe urged that the Three Weeks should be a time of increased giving of charity and Torah study (in keeping with the verse (Isaiah 1:27), "Zion shall be redeemed by law, and her returnees by charity"), particularly the study of those portions of Torah that deal with the laws and the deeper significance of the Holy Temple.

Jewish History

The Talmud (Taanit 28b) lists five tragic events in Jewish history that occurred on Tammuz 17, on account of which a fast was instituted on this day (see Laws & Customs").

The first of these occurred in 1313 BCE, forty days after the Giving of the Torah on Sivan 6. Upon descending Mount Sinai and witnessing Israel's worship of the Golden Calf (see "Today in Jewish History" for yesterday, Tammuz 16), Moses smashed the Tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments which he was carrying down from the mountain.

(for the other four tragedies of Tammuz 17, see below)

Links:
Broken & Whole
The 120-Day Version of the Human Story
Moses Breaks the Tablets

The daily sacrificial offerings (Korban Tamid) in the Holy Temple were discontinued, three weeks before the Babylonians' destruction of the First Temple in 423 BCE.

The other three national tragedies mourned on Tammuz 17 are connected with the Roman conquest of Jerusalem and their destruction of the Second Temple in the year 69 CE:

--The walls of the besieged city of Jerusalem were breached.

--The Roman general Apostomus burned the Torah and,

--placed an idol in the Holy Temple.

The fighting in Jerusalem continued for three weeks until the 9th of Av, when the Holy Temple was set aflame.

Links:
The Destruction of the Holy Temple
The Three Weeks

Links:
TheThreeWeeks.com
Some Laws and Customs of the Three Weeks
About Holy Temple



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Monday, 7 July 2025

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19 July
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