Monday, 8 December 2025

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Property: Let's Plan Your Israeli Home

Our passion is helping families like yours—whether you're planning Aliyah, seeking a Vacation Retreat, or looking for a Family 'Plan B'—move from reading a guide to making your dream of owning a home in Israel a reality.
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Sunday, 7 December 2025

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Saturday, 6 December 2025

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

​Volunteer on an IDF army base in Israel for 1, 2, or 3 weeks.
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The Missing Piece in Weight Loss

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Thursday, 4 December 2025

Tzetl: Shabbos Vayishlach

7:03pm - Early candle lighting
8:12pm - Candle Lighting, Friday
9:18pm - Havdalah, Saturday
(Melbourne Australia)
Eruv Status: TBA cosv.org.au/eruv/
Good Shabbos!

PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL
Genesis 32:4–36:43
The name of the Parshah, "Vayishlach," means "And he sent" and it is found in Genesis 32:4.

Jacob returns to the Holy Land after a 20-year stay in Charan, and sends angel-emissaries to Esau in hope of a reconciliation, but his messengers report that his brother is on the warpath with 400 armed men. Jacob prepares for war, prays, and sends Esau a large gift (consisting of hundreds of heads of livestock) to appease him.

That night, Jacob ferries his family and possessions across the Jabbok River; he, however, remains behind and encounters the angel that embodies the spirit of Esau, with whom he wrestles until daybreak. Jacob suffers a dislocated hip but vanquishes the supernal creature, who bestows on him the name Israel, which means "he who prevails over the divine."

Jacob and Esau meet, embrace and kiss, but part ways. Jacob purchases a plot of land near Shechem, whose crown prince—also called Shechem—abducts and rapes Jacob's daughter Dinah. Dinah's brothers Simeon and Levi avenge the deed by killing all male inhabitants of the city, after rendering them vulnerable by convincing them to circumcise themselves.

Jacob journeys on. Rachel dies while giving birth to her second son, Benjamin, and is buried in a roadside grave near Bethlehem. Reuben interferes with his father's marital life. Jacob arrives in Hebron, to his father, Isaac, who later dies at age 180. (Rebecca has passed away before Jacob's arrival.)

Our Parshah concludes with a detailed account of Esau's wives, children and grandchildren; the family histories of the people of Seir, among whom Esau settled; and a list of the eight kings who ruled Edom, the land of Esau's and Seir's descendants.


HAFTORAH IN A NUTSHELL
Obadiah 1:1-21
This week's haftorah mentions the punishment of Edom, the descendents of Esau, whose conflict with Jacob is chronicled in this week's Torah reading.

The prophet Obadiah, himself an Edomian convert to Judaism, describes the punishment destined for the nation of Edom. The Edomites did not come to Judea's aid when she was being destroyed by the Babylonians, and even joined in the carnage. Many years later the Edomites (the Roman Empire) themselves destroyed the Second Temple and mercilessly killed and enslaved their Jewish cousins.

Though the Roman Empire was one of the mightiest to ever inhabit the earth, the prophet forewarns: "If you go up high like an eagle, and if you place your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the Lord. . . And the house of Jacob shall be fire and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau shall become stubble, and they shall ignite them and consume them, and the house of Esau shall have no survivors, for the Lord has spoken."

After describing the division of Esau's lands amongst the returning Judean exiles, the haftorah concludes with the well known phrase: "And saviors shall ascend Mt. Zion to judge the mountain of Esau, and the Lord shall have the kingdom."


SAGES ON THE PARSHAH

I am unworthy of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant (32:11)

The meaning of this is that every kindness bestowed by G‑d upon a person should cause him to be exceedingly humble. For a divine kindness is an expression of "His right hand embraces me"—G‑d is literally bringing the person closer to Himself. And the closer a person is to G‑d, the greater the humility this should evoke in him, for since "all before Him is as naught," the more "before Him" a person is, the more "as naught" does he perceive himself to be.

This is the manner of Jacob. The very opposite is the case in the contrasting realm of kelipah (evil). There, the greater the kindness shown a person, the more he grows in arrogance and self-satisfaction.

(Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi)

https://w2.chabad.org/media/pdf/49241.pdf


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Laws & Customs: Chanukah 5786

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Property: Bondi apartment for Rent Summer 2025/2026

We have a beautiful three bedroom apartment for rent between 16 December and 12th of January in Bondi. Must be an observant family with reference. Right next door to Tzemach Tsedek and Adas (Old South head Rd). Contact for more detail.
Rod da Silva
0415533183

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Wednesday, 3 December 2025

Explore Israel Real Estate: Join an Event 8–11 December

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Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Upcoming Events at Caulfield Shule

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SCHC - Latkes and L'Chaim – Mens Chanukah Evening

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Monday, 1 December 2025

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