Saturday, 15 November 2025

Family PRE-Chanukah Festival

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Thursday, 13 November 2025

Tzetl: Shabbos Chayei Sarah & Mevarchim Kislev

6:44pm - Early candle lighting
7:51pm - Candle Lighting, Friday
8:54pm - Havdalah, Saturday
(Melbourne Australia)
Eruv Status: TBA cosv.org.au/eruv/
Good Shabbos!


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 Friday of next week.

Prior to the blessing, we announce the precise time of the molad, the "birth" of the new moon. See molad times.


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

The Cave of Machpelah (23:9)

Rav and Shmuel differ as to its meaning. One says that the cave consisted of a lower and an upper chamber. The other says that it had multiples of couples [interred in it]: Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah.

(Talmud, Eruvin 53)

https://w2.chabad.org/media/pdf/44621.pdf



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Wednesday, 12 November 2025

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Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Smile on Seniors: Packing Bee

Dear community,
We're delighted to invite you to join us on Wednesday, November 19th, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, where we'll be packing Shabbat packets for our cherished seniors.


#CommunityCaring #SeniorsSupport #ShabbatLove #PackingBee #TogethernessInGiving #sos

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Property: Kosher room for rent

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Monday, 10 November 2025

Caulfield Shule Events

Tuesday 18 November 2025, 10:30am
Come and join CHC for morning melodies and morning tea with musicians Joe Piastrino & Rachel Grace for their joint Elvis & Barbara Streisand show

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Sunday, 9 November 2025

St Kilda Shule Events

Kabbalat Shabbat
November 14th, 5:45pm start
Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Choirmaster Avraham Yee & the St Kilda Shule Choristers invite you to join them for KABBALAT SHABBAT. Please join us to bring in Shabbat with a short musical service, herring & whisky.

Shabbat Guest Speaker, Paulette Cherny OAM
November 15th, 9am service starts
Join us this Shabbat Parashat Chayei Sarah as Paulette presents "From Sarah's tent to WIZO's vision - Empowering generations of women".

Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
November 21st, 6pm start
Caulfield Park Duck Pond
Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Chazzan Brett Kaye, Choirmaster Avraham Yee and the St Kilda Shule Choristers invite you to join them for Musical Kabbalat Shabbat at the duckpond.

Kabbalat Shabbat at Emmy Monash
December 5th, 6pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Rabbi Glasman, Chazzan Brett Kaye & the St Kilda Shule Choir at Emmy Monash Aged Care at Emmy Monash. Goldschlager Family Synagogue 518-526 Dandenong Road Caulfield North (enter at 7 Hawthorn Road)

Trivia Night!
December 7th, 7:30pm
$40 per person, Table of 10 for $380
Fun & challenging trivia questions across all categories. Team up with friends and make a table or join another able and make new friends! Prizes, Food & Drinks.

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Thursday, 6 November 2025

SCHC - Bess Hymans Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Mendy


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