Wednesday 6 November 2024

Introduction to Bookkeeping - NOVEMBER 2024

For registration and enquiries, please contact Efrat Goldberg on egoldberg@jewishcare.org.au or 8517 5999

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The Secret to Holding on Tight to Hope



Caulfield Shule Events

Monday 11 November, 7:30pm
Women in Healthcare in Israel
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Wednesday 13 November, 10am
Caulfield Bubs
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St Kilda Shule shiurim


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Monday 4 November 2024

Event: Keren tov & Headspace

Community Park Event

Community Bank Caulfield Park cordially invite you to share in our 20 Year celebration with a community wide park event. This event is an opportunity for us to show appreciation to the branch, community organisations, and the broader community. There will kosher food trucks and C Care doing a kosher sausage sizzle.
Free admission

Employment: Kindergarten

Chabad Malvern Early Learning Centre
Jewish Enrichment Educator

Employment: Teaching

Adass Israel School - Upper Primary School Teacher

Employment: Teaching

Adass Israel School - Middle School and Secondary Math Teacher.

Schnitzels at Caulfield Shule

Friday 8 November,  6:10pm

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Sunday 3 November 2024

Handyman Services

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Saturday 2 November 2024

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Join Sar-El... Volunteer on an IDF army base!

​Volunteer on an IDF army base in Israel for 1, 2, or 3 weeks.
Go to www.sarelaustralia.com to find out more information and apply.
Contact Tammy if you want to have a chat about it
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SCHC - Bess Hymans Lunch & Learn - Behind anti-Israel demonstrations

An in-depth behind the scenes of the pro-palestinian perspective from an investigative reporter.
Monday 4 Nov 2024 at 12pm, Gold Coin Donation, No Booking required 

Friday 1 November 2024

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Thursday 31 October 2024

Consecration notice: CHAIM BER WILSHANSKY Z'L




BS'D

CONSECRATION


The consecration of the matzeiva in loving memory of

CHAIM BER WILSHANSKY Z'L
חיים דוב בן בצלאל ז''ל


will take place at
Adass Israel Cemetery, section D
712 Princes Hwy, Springvale
2:00pm - Sunday 3 November 2024
ב' מר חשון תשפ''ה



Submissions for notices can be found here.



Employment: Personal/Administrative Assistant - part time

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Personal & Administrative Assistant to join us at a psychology practice in St Kilda East.

Employment: Bnos Chana, teacher

Bnos Chana School is looking for a VIT registered General Studies teacher for 2025. This is a part time position. If you are interested or know someone who might be, please contact Mrs Chaya Winner at chaya.winner@cly.vic.edu.au.

Invitation - Weekly Women's Zoom Shiur 3/11/2024 - In memory of Mrs Raizl Cylich OBM

You are invited to join our interactive women's study group exploring foundations of Judaism.
'*Distilling inspirations from Tishrei to take into the New Year-Part 2*'
Sunday November 3rd, 2024, Time: 6pm-7pm
Speaker: Zipporah Oliver O.A.M.
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Meeting ID: 892 0846 8031, Password: 613770
I look forward to seeing you then!
Warmest regards,
Zipporah  0438-345-770

New Sar-El/Birthright program for ages 18-40, with a US$900 subsidy!!!

Calling 18-40 year olds! Join sarelaustralia.com to volunteer on an IDF base and also tour with Birthright Israel at the end of the year! On this program you will also receive a subsidy reimbursement of US$900 to offset your travel costs for your participation!!!

Knafayim Australia Women's Event - November 18th

Join Melbourne's first ever in-person event with Knafayim's leadership.
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Introduction to Bookkeeping - NOVEMBER 2024

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Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Farbrengen

Shabbos Tzetl: Noach & Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan

6:33pm - Early candle lighting
7:37pm - Candle Lighting, Friday
8:38pm - Havdalah, Saturday
(Melbourne Australia)
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Good Shabbos!

Laws and Customs

Saturday is the second of the two Rosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month") days for the month of Cheshvan (when a month has 30 days, both the last day of the month and the first day of the following month serve as the following month's Rosh Chodesh).

Special portions are added to the daily prayers: Hallel (Psalms 113-118) is recited -- in its "partial" form -- following the Shacharit morning prayer, and the Yaaleh V'yavo prayer is added to the Amidah and to Grace After Meals; the additional Musaf prayer is said (when Rosh Chodesh is Shabbat, special additions are made to the Shabbat Musaf). Tachnun (confession of sins) and similar prayers are omitted.

Many have the custom to mark Rosh Chodesh with a festive meal and reduced work activity. The latter custom is prevalent amongst women, who have a special affinity with Rosh Chodesh -- the month being the feminine aspect of the Jewish Calendar.

Links: The 29th DayThe Lunar Files

The month of Cheshvan is also called "Mar-Cheshvan." Mar means "bitter" -- an allusion to the fact that the month contains no festive days. Mar also means "water", alluding to the month's special connection with rains (the 7th of Cheshvan is the day on which Jews begin praying for rain (in the Holy Land), and the Great Flood, which we read about in this week's Torah reading, began on Cheshvan 17th).


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PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL
Genesis 6:9–11:32
The Parshah is named "Noach" (Noah) after the protagonist of its major event: The Great Flood. It is found in Genesis 6:9.

G‑d instructs Noah—the only righteous man in a world consumed by violence and corruption—to build a large wooden teivah ("ark"), coated within and without with pitch. A great deluge, says G‑d, will wipe out all life from the face of the earth; but the ark will float upon the water, sheltering Noah and his family, and two members (male and female) of each animal species (and 7 of the "pure" species).

Rain falls for 40 days and nights, and the waters churn for 150 days more before calming and beginning to recede. The ark settles on Mount Ararat, and Noah dispatches a raven, and then a series of doves, "to see if the waters were abated from the face of the earth." When the ground dries completely—exactly one solar year (365 days) after the onset of the Flood—G‑d commands Noah to exit the teivah and repopulate the earth.

Noah builds an altar and offers sacrifices to G‑d. G‑d swears never again to destroy all of mankind because of their deeds, and sets the rainbow as a testimony of His new covenant with man. G‑d also commands Noah regarding the sacredness of life: murder is deemed a capital offense, and while man is permitted to eat the meat of animals, he is forbidden to eat flesh or blood taken from a living animal.

Noah plants a vineyard and becomes drunk on its produce. Two of Noah's sons, Shem and Japheth, are blessed for covering up their father's nakedness, while his third son, Ham, is punished for taking advantage of his debasement.

The descendants of Noah remain a single people, with a single language and culture, for ten generations. Then they defy their Creator by building a great tower to symbolize their own invincibility; G‑d confuses their language so that "one does not comprehend the tongue of the other," causing them to abandon their project and disperse across the face of the earth, splitting into seventy nations.

The Parshah of Noach concludes with a chronology of the ten generations from Noah to Abram (later Abraham), and the latter's journey from his birthplace of Ur Casdim to Charan, on the way to the land of Canaan.


HAFTORAH IN A NUTSHELL
Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Haftarah in a Nutshell
Isaiah 66:1–24
This haftorah, read whenever Shabbat coincides with Rosh Chodesh, mentions how in the messianic era, every Shabbat and every Rosh Chodesh everyone will come to the Temple to worship G‑d.

In this prophecy Isaiah tells us how G‑d (who is too great to be fully contained in physical space, even in the Temple) pays attention to the humble G‑d-fearing person, and rejects a person who does (or even intends) evil.

The prophet continues to foretell the fortune that will come upon Jerusalem (and the Jewish nation) in the time to come, and how even non-Jews will come to recognize G‑d and assist in restoring the Jewish people to their land and their Temple.



SAGES ON THE PARSHAH

G‑d said to Noah . . . "Make yourself an ark" (6:13–14)

G‑d has many ways to save someone; why did he make Noah toil to build the ark? In order that the people of his generation should see him occupied with the task for 120 years, and they should ask him, "Why are you doing this?" and he would tell them that G‑d is bringing a flood upon the world. Perhaps this would cause them to repent.

(Rashi; Midrash Tanchuma)

https://w2.chabad.org/media/pdf/41633.pdf




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Wednesday 30 October 2024

Parcel and Passenger

Uber style Jewish courier and passenger service
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The Sukkah Boys 10th Anniversary now Selling Palms

G'day!
It's your friendly neighbourhood Sukkah Boys! Believe it or not, it's that time of the year again.
We are excited to let you know that we are selling large and luscious palms, hand selected just for you. For only $5 a piece and $25 delivery you're laughing!
(deliveries must be within a 10km radius from Caulfield)
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Our online shop includes everything Sukkot related from Schach to the Lulav & Etrog, and everything in between with FREE delivery. (except for palms)
Bookings are open so get us in to build and dismantle your sukkah while time slots last.
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We look forward to sharing in the spirit of chag with you.
Shana Tova!
Zuzz & Billy
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Beautiful Sydney Summer Rental

Located in the heart of Bellevue Hill, minutes from shuls, kosher restaurants, parks, harbour and beach. This 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment includes a strictly kosher kitchen, large balcony with peaceful leafy vista and a separate study. It boasts a spacious living/dining area, is on a quiet street and is equipped with a cot. Available from 18 December 2024 - 15 January 2025 for people who are shomer Shabbos and strictly kosher. Contact Lauren on +61411404386 for further info 😊

Tuesday 29 October 2024

Challah for Unity

Batmitzvah Info Evening

Wednesday 6 November, 7:30pm
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Fwd: Community: Free AJFN Webinar Male Factor Infertility

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Lifestyle choices, medical conditions, genetics, environmental factors and more, all play a role in a man's ability to conceive.
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Sunday 27 October 2024

Help our lone soldiers in the IDF

Benji is an Australian lone soldier currently serving in the IDF. Like many IDF soldiers, Benji's unit is facing the harsh reality of being under-resourced when it comes to non-essential but much-needed items. We believe that while these items might be considered 'luxuries,' they are essential for our soldiers who are risking their lives for us every day.

Saturday 26 October 2024

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Tuesday 22 October 2024

Tzetl: Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah 5785 & Shabbat Bereshit

7:27pm - Candle Lighting Shemini Atzeret, Wednesday
8:28pm - Candle Lighting Simchat Torah, Thursday (after)*
7:30pm - Candle Lighting Shabbat, Friday*
8:30pm - Havdalah, Saturday
(Melbourne Australia)
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Good Shabbos! Good Yomtov!
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Please click here to view the Yeshivah Shule Tzetel for Shemini Atzeres, Simchas Torah and Shabbos Bereishis. Please click here to view the PDFs of Weekly Publications.






PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL
Shemini Atzeret Torah Reading in a Nutshell
Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers 29:35
A tenth of all produce is to be eaten in Jerusalem, or else exchanged for money with which food is purchased and eaten there. On certain years this tithe is given to the poor instead. Firstborn cattle and sheep are to be offered in the Temple and their meat eaten by the Kohen (priest).

The mitzvah of charity obligates a Jew to aid a needy fellow with a gift or loan. On the Sabbatical year (occurring every seventh year) all loans are to be forgiven. All indentured servants are to be set free after six years of service.

The portion then mentions the laws of the three pilgrimage festivals — Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot — when all should go to "see and be seen" before G‑d in the Holy Temple.

G‑d declares that the eighth day will be the festival of Shemini Atzeret, one bullock is offered, together with a ram and seven lambs. With each of the animals is brought the prescribed meal, wine and oil supplements: three tenths of an efah of fine flour, and half a hin each of wine and oil, per bullock; two tenths of an efah of flour and a third of a hin of each of the liquids for each ram; and one tenth and one quarter respectively for each lamb.
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V'Zot HaBerachah in a Nutshell
The name of the Parshah, "V'Zot HaBerachah," means "And this is the blessing," and it is found in Deuteronomy 33:1.
On Simchat Torah ("Rejoicing of the Torah") we conclude, and begin anew, the annual Torah-reading cycle. First we read the Torah section of V'zot HaBerachah, which recounts the blessings that Moses gave to each of the twelve tribes of Israel before his death. Echoing Jacob's blessings to his twelve sons five generations earlier, Moses assigns and empowers each tribe with its individual role within the community of Israel.

V'zot HaBerachah then relates how Moses ascended Mount Nebo from whose summit he saw the Promised Land. "And Moses the servant of G‑d died there in the Land of Moab by the mouth of G‑d... and no man knows his burial place to this day." The Torah concludes by attesting that "There arose not a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom G‑d knew face to face... and in all the mighty hand and the great awesome things which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel."

Immediately after concluding the Torah, we begin it anew by reading the first chapter of Genesis (the beginning of next Shabbat's Torah reading) describing G‑d's creation of the world in six days and His ceasing work on the seventh—which He sanctified and blessed as a day of rest.
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Bereishit in a Nutshell
Genesis 1:1–6:8
The name of the Parshah, "Bereishit," means "In the beginning" and it is found in Genesis 1:1.

G‑d creates the world in six days. On the first day He makes darkness and light. On the second day He forms the heavens, dividing the "upper waters" from the "lower waters." On the third day He sets the boundaries of land and sea, and calls forth trees and greenery from the earth. On the fourth day He fixes the position of the sun, moon and stars as timekeepers and illuminators of the earth. Fish, birds and reptiles are created on the fifth day; land animals, and then the human being, on the sixth. G‑d ceases work on the seventh day, and sanctifies it as a day of rest.

G‑d forms the human body from the dust of the earth, and blows into his nostrils a "living soul." Originally Man is a single person, but deciding that "it is not good that man be alone," G‑d takes a "side" from the man, forms it into a woman, and marries them to each other.

Adam and Eve are placed in the Garden of Eden, and commanded not to eat from the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil." The serpent persuades Eve to violate the command, and she shares the forbidden fruit with her husband. Because of their sin, it is decreed that man will experience death, returning to the soil from which he was formed, and that all gain will come only through struggle and hardship. Man is banished from the Garden.

Eve gives birth to two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain quarrels with Abel and murders him, and becomes a rootless wanderer. A third son, Seth, is born to Adam; Seth's eighth-generation descendant, Noah, is the only righteous man in a corrupt world.



HAFTORAH IN A NUTSHELL
Shemini Atzeret Haftorah in a Nutshell
I Kings 8:54-66.

The setting for the haftorah for the holiday of Shemini Atzeret is the dedication of the first Holy Temple by King Solomon. The dedication was a seven-day festive affair, which was immediately followed by the seven festive days of the holiday of Sukkot. And then, as we read in this haftorah, on the "eighth day" (i.e., Shemini Atzeret), Solomon sent the people off to their homes.

The reading opens immediately after King Solomon concludes a lengthy public prayer to G‑d. He then blesses the assembled Jewish people and encourages them to follow G‑d's will and observe the commandments—it is this blessing that occupies the bulk of the reading.

The King then inaugurates the Holy Temple by bringing various offerings: peace offerings, burnt offerings, and meal and fat offerings. And then, "on the eighth day he dismissed the people, and they blessed the King and went to their homes, rejoicing and delighted of heart for all the goodness that G‑d had wrought for David His servant and for Israel His people."
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V'Zot HaBerachah Haftorah in a Nutshell
Joshua 1:1-18
This week's Haftorah describes Joshua's succession of his master Moses, whose passing is discussed in the Torah reading.

G‑d reveals Himself to Joshua, and appoints him as Moses' successor. G‑d encouraged Joshua to lead the Israelites in to the Holy Land. "Every place on which the soles of your feet will tread I have given to you, as I have spoken to Moses. From this desert and Lebanon to the great river, the Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the great sea westward shall be your boundary." G‑d assures Joshua that He will be with him just as He was with Moses and encourages him to be strong and brave, to study the Torah constantly and keep it close, so that he may succeed in all his endeavors.

Joshua orders his officers to prepare the Jewish people to cross the Jordan River. He then tells the members of the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh, who had chosen to settle on the eastern bank of the Jordan, to go and assist their brethren in the conquest of the Canaanite mainland, after which they would return to their plot of land. The Jewish people pledge their allegiance to Joshua: "Just as we obeyed Moses in everything, so shall we obey you. Only that the L-rd your G‑d be with you as He was with Moses."
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Bereishit Haftorah in a Nutshell
Isaiah 42:5-21
The haftorah of this week's reading opens with a statement by "the Almighty G‑d, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who laid out the earth and made grow from it." This echoes the Torah portion's recounting of the creation of the world in six days.

G‑d speaks to the prophet Isaiah, reminding him of his life's purpose and duty, namely that of arousing the Jewish people to return to being a light unto the nations, "To open blind eyes, to bring prisoners out of a dungeon; those who sit in darkness out of a prison."

The prophecy continues with a discussion regarding the Final Redemption, and the song that all of creation will sing to G‑d on that day. G‑d promises to punish all the nations that have persecuted Israel while they were exiled. The prophet also rebukes Israel for their errant ways, but assures them that they will return to the correct path and will be redeemed.



SAGES ON THE PARSHAH

In the beginning G‑d created the heavens and the earth (1:1)

Said Rabbi Yitzchak: The Torah ought to have started with "This month shall be to you . . ." (Exodus 12:2), which is the first mitzvah commanded to the people of Israel. Why, then, does it begin with "In the beginning [G‑d created the heavens and the earth]"? . . . So that if the nations of the world say to Israel, "You are thieves, for having conquered the lands of the seven nations," they can reply to them: "The entire world is G‑d's; He created it, and He grants it to whoever He desires. It was His will to give it to them, and it was His will to take it from them and give it to us."

(Rashi, Genesis 1:1)

The above dialogue between the "nations of the world" and the "people of Israel" also takes place in the "miniature universe" within the heart of man.

The Jew serves G‑d in two ways: 1) by fulfilling the divine commandments (mitzvot) of the Torah, and 2) by living his or her ordinary life—eating, sleeping, doing business, etc.—as an exercise in experiencing the divine and serving G‑d's purpose in creation (as expressed by the ideals "All your deeds should be for the sake of Heaven" [Ethics of the Fathers 2:12] and "Know Him in all your ways" [Proverbs 3:6]).

It is regarding the second area that the Jew's internal "nations of the world"—his worldly outlook—argues: You are thieves, for having conquered the lands of the seven nations! What business have you commandeering the "secular" areas of life? Must you turn everything into a religious issue? Serve G‑d in the ways He has explicitly told us to serve Him, and leave the rest to their rightful, worldly owners!

To answer this argument, the Torah begins not with its first mitzvah, but with the statement "In the beginning G‑d created the heavens and the earth." The entire world is G‑d's; He created it, the Torah is saying—not just the matzah eaten on Passover or the percentage of one's income given to charity.

With its opening statement, the Torah is establishing that it is not merely a rulebook, a list of things to do or not to do. It is G‑d's blueprint for creation, our guide for realizing the purpose for which everything in heaven and earth was made. Every creature, object and element; every force, phenomenon and potential; every moment of time was created by G‑d toward a purpose. Our mission in life is to conquer the lands of the seven nations and transform them into a Holy Land—a world permeated with the goodness and perfection of its Creator.

(The Lubavitcher Rebbe)


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