Why Can't Yucky People Just Disappear?

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Question of the Week      (from Zac, aged 4)   Why doesn't G-d make a flood to take away all the yucky people like He did for Noah?   Answer:   Zac, I know you are a very good boy. But have you ever been naughty? Did you ever hurt your little brother, or say something rude to your mummy?   G-d wants us to be good all the time. But we don't always get it right.  Even good boys like you can sometimes do the wrong thing.   It is a pity that we are naughty sometimes, but the most important thing is that we stop being naughty and say sorry. Then it's ok again, and we can start being good and doing what's right.   If a flood would come every time someone did something bad, then no one would get the chance to say sorry and change. So G-d has patience. He is waiting for the yucky people to realise that they are wrong and to start behaving.   In the times of Noah, G-d waited 120 years before He brought the flood. Only because no one changed their bad ways in all that time did the flood happen. They even watched Noah building the ark, and he told them the flood was coming, but they still didn't start behaving themselves. From that story we learn how silly it is to keep on being yucky.   Even if you have been naughty, you can change and say sorry and be good from now on. G-d always gives you a chance, because even when you do something bad, He knows how good you can be. Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss Zac wrote this question to me 9 years ago. He celebrates his Bar Mitzvah this Shabbos - Mazel tov! To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 24 June 2016 | 18 Sivan 5776 Candle Lighting.............................................. 4:37 pm   Mincha............................................................. 4:45 pm Friday Evening Service......................... 6:00-6:50 pm Followed by Kiddush sponsored by Jon Shapira and Gilda Cohen-Shapira in honour of the memory of Gilda's brother, Eddie Cohen z"l - Tuvia Ben Moshe Hakohen (8 Sivan), Jon's aunt, Valerie Bennett z"l - Ariella bat Eliazer (19 Sivan), and father, Miron Shapira z"l - Meir Ben Yosef (24 Sivan)- Long Life. Shabbos, 25 June, 2016 | 19 Sivan 5776 Chassidus Class................................................ 9:00 am Shabbos Morning Service........ 10:00 am-12:15 pm Kids Kiddush and program sponsored by Vitali Broyda in honour of the yortzheit of his grandfather, Pinchus Ben Lipa- Long Life. ............. 11:00am Followed by kiddush sponsored by Rick Lawton & Edith Laurence to celebrate the birth of their son Zachary Oliver (Uriel Ya'akov) and in honour of their first wedding anniversary- Mazal Tov!   Mincha.........................................................4:30 pm with the Bar Mitzvah of Zac Gothelf Pirkei Avos ................................................Chapter 2 Lechaim for Zac's bar mitzvah........................4:55pm Shabbos ends and Maariv............................. 5:36 pm Followed by Havdalah. MAZAL TOV TO Todd and Suzy Gothelf, Jesse Gothelf, grandparents Tom Moss, Nina Moss and Rona Gothelf, and the Moss and Gothelf families on Zac's Bar Mitzvah!  WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES Sunday ................................................................ 8:00 am Mon- Fri.............................................................. 7:00 am Latest Shema this week..................................... 9:27 am   WEEKDAY CLASSES Chassidus..................................... Monday 8:00-8:45am Tanya Meditations...................... Monday 8:15-9:15pm   HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Janine Diamond .................................. 20 Sivan/ 26 June Michelle Streimer................................ 21 Sivan/ 27 June   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO Nick & Carmelle Hedges..................... 19 Sivan/ 25 June LONG LIFE TO Ron Perger for his late mother Elly Perger....................... 19 Sivan/ 25 June Eric Melman for his late mother Nellie Melman................ 19 Sivan/ 25 June Larnce Gold for his late grandfather David Goldbaum....... 22 Sivan/ 28 June Robyn Tsipris for her late mother Anne Brandon.............. 23 Sivan/ 29 June Jonathan Shapira for his late father Miron Shapira............24 Sivan/ 30 June

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