Thursday, September 29, 2016

VIDEO: Life - the Unedited Version

A TWO MINUTE VIDEO MESSAGE FOR THE NEW YEAR:

Life - the Unedited Version 2-MINUTE MESSAGE FOR ROSH HASHANAH
Life - the Unedited Version 


May you be inscribed and sealed for a good and sweet new year,
Rabbi Moss

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SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO
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Friday, 30 September 2016 | 27 Elul 5776
Candle Lighting..................................... 5:39 pm  
Mincha................................................. 5:50 pm
Friday Evening Service.......................... 6:00-6:50 pm
Followed by Kiddush sponsored by Nechama Dina Moss in honour of the yorzheit of her father R' Yisroel Yoel ben Pinchas Hakohen Sosover z"l

Shabbos, 1 October, 2016 |28 Elul 5776
Chassidus Class.................................. 9:00 am
Shabbos Morning Service.................... 10:00 am-12:15 pm
Children's program............................. 11:00am
Followed by Kiddush sponsored by Reverend Amzalak in honour of the yortzheit of his late mother, Fanny bat Yitzchak- Long Life.  

Mincha.............................................   5:30 pm
Pirkei Avos ........................................ Chapters 5 & 6
Seudah Shlishis
Gematria and Story by Rev Amzalak.... 5:55 pm
Shiur:................................................. 6:15 pm
Shabbos ends and Maariv.................... 6:35 pm
Followed by Havdalah.
 
WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES
Sunday (Selichos and Hatoras Nedorim).. 7:30 am
Wed- Fri............................................. 7:00 am
Latest Shema this week...................... 8:37 am
 
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP SET UP SHUL FOR ROSH HASHANA
THIS SUNDAY MORNING - 2 OCT AT 9:00AM
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ROSH HASHANA SERVICE TIMES FOR NEFESH ROSCOE ST SHUL 
Erev Rosh Hashana
Sunday 2 October, 2016
Light Candles ................................... 6:41pm (*Earliest 5:40pm) 
Mincha ............................................ 5:55pm
Rosh Hashana evening Service: .......... 6:00-6:30pm
 
First Day Rosh Hashana
Monday 3 October 2016
Morning Service: .............................. 9:00am - 1:00pm
Children's Program, ages 0-12 yrs: ...... 10:30am 
(only children booked into the program will gain entry)
Sermon followed by Shofar: ............... 11:00am
 
Mincha............................................ 6:00pm followed by Tashlich
Evening Service............................... 7:30pm 
Candle lighting..............................after 7:37pm
 
Second Day Rosh Hashana
Tuesday 4 October 2016
Morning Service:         9:00 am - 1:00pm
Children's Program, ages 0-12 yrs:                 10:30am 
(only children booked into the program will gain entry)
Sermon followed by Shofar:          11:00am
 
Mincha ................... ............ 6:45pm
Maariv and Yom Tom ends... 7:37pm
 
YOM KIPPUR
Kol Nidrei   
Tuesday 11 October, 2016
Light Candles (fast begins) ................. 6:47pm
Evening Service: .............................. 7:00pm - 9:00pm 
Children's Program ............................ 7:00pm 
(only children booked into the program will gain entry)
 
Yom Kippur Day   
Wednesday 12 October, 2016
Morning Service: .............................. 9:30am
Children's Program, ages 0-12 yrs: ...... 10:30am 
(only children booked into the program will gain entry)
Yizkor: ............................................ 12:15pm
Mincha: ........................................... 5:30pm
Neilah: ............................................ 6:30pm
Final Shofar:..................................... 7:44pm
Yom Tov and Fast ends:..................... 7:44pm

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
Eli Jones ........................................ 29 Elul/ Sunday 2 Oct
Brian Schwartz............................... 29 Elul/ Sunday 2 Oct
Chani Sandler................................. 2 Tishrei/ Tuesday 4 Oct
Ari Dabscheck................................. 5 Tishrei/ Friday 7 Oct
 
 
LONG LIFE TO
Mark Gindin and Faina Strier for their late mother Yevgenia Gindin
Hannah bat Leib.............................28 Elul/ Saturday 1 Oct
Anne Sarzin for her late grandmother 
Fanny Levy, Feige ........................29 Elul/ Sunday 2 Oct
Anne Sarzin for her late father Bartlett Arunicus Levy, (aka Ronnie) Aaron ben harav Avraham Halevi .............................1 Tishrei/ Monday 3 Oct
Julie Nathan for her late mother, Liba Luba Silberberg
Liba bat Yoel, .................................2 Tishrei / Tuesday 4 October
Nicky Golan for her late father Henry Herman Golan
Hersch Tsvi ben Avraham ..............4 Tishrei/ Thursday 6 Oct
Libby Moss and Peter Irving for their great-grandmother
Leah Bernhardt .............................6 Tishrei/ Saturday 8 Oct
 



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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Should Babies Not Look in the Mirror?



Question of the Week
    
My late grandmother once told me not to put my baby in front of a mirror before he has grown his teeth. She said it will effect his development????
She didn't know why or where it comes from. Is there any basis for this?
 
Answer:
 
Many dismiss this as a bubbe maiseh, an old wives' tale. But if you heard it from your own bubbe, then perhaps you shouldn't be too quick to laugh it off.
 
One respected authority, Rabbi Moshe Stern, wrote that this is a valid custom, and it was practiced in his home town of Debrecin, Hungary. He quotes a 13th century Spanish sage, the Rashba, who says that one should never belittle the traditions of grandmothers, because even if we don't know the reasons behind them, they certainly come from a holy place.
 
I don't know if looking in the mirror will hinder your son's development. But I do know that being disconnected from his roots will. A person needs to know where he comes from. No one is born in a vacuum. We are all a products of our ancestors. And to know who we are, we need to know who they were.
 
Your son stems from a long line of proud Jews. When you pass down your grandmother's traditions to your children, you are giving them roots, an identity, a clear sense of who they are.
 
Your grandparents' traditions included much more than just avoiding mirrors. They had a kosher home, celebrated Shabbos and Yomtov, gave charity abundantly and were active in their shul community. They were learned in Torah and loved being Jewish.
 
Pass these rich traditions on to your son. Then one day, when he is fully developed, teeth and all, he will look in the mirror and say, "I know who I am. I am a Jew."
 
Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Moss
 
Sources:
Shu"t Be'er Moshe 8:36
The exact source of the Rashba is a mystery. It is quoted in Shu"t Veheishiv Moshe 13 (See Igros Kodesh v6 p124). Some have pointed to Shu"t Rashba 1:9


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SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO
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Friday, 23 September 2016 | 20 Elul 5776
Candle Lighting................................................ 5:34 pm  
Mincha............................................................ 5:45 pm
Friday Evening Service..................................... 6:00-6:50 pm
Followed by Kiddush sponsored by Hermann Tabacnik in honour of his birthday - Mazel tov!

Shabbos, 24 September, 2016 |21 Elul 5776
Chassidus Class................................................ 9:00 am
Shabbos Morning Service................................ 10:00 am-12:15 pm
Children's program......................................... 11:00am
Followed by Kiddush sponsored by Sarah Klain in honour of her mother Nancy Rachel Klain's birthday on 21 Elul - Mazel Tov!

Mincha.........................................................   5:20 pm
Pirkei Avos .................................................... Chapter 3 & 4
Seudah Shlishis
Gematria and Story by Rev Amzalak................ 5:40 pm
Shiur:............................................................ 6:10 pm
Shabbos ends and Maariv................................ 6:25 pm
Followed by Havdalah.

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT:
PRE-SELICHOS FARBRENGEN 10:30pm
SELICHOS 11:45pm

SUKKAH BUILDING THIS SUNDAY 10AM AT SHUL - CAN YOU HELP?

WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES
Sunday ....................................................... 8:00 am
Mon- Fri.............................................SELICHOS 6:40am
Latest Shema this week............................... 8:43 am
 
WEEKDAY CLASSES
Chassidus................................................... Monday 8:00-8:45am
 
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
TO HELP SET UP SHUL FOR ROSH HASHANA
NEXT SUNDAY MORNING - 1 OCT AT 9:00AM

Email RabbiSufrin@nefesh.com.au if you can lend a hand- thanks!
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
Mendel and Aron Sufrin..................20 Elul/ Friday 23 Sept
Nick Hedges................................ 24 Elul/ Tuesday 27 Sept
Michelle Samuel.......................... 24 Elul/ Tuesday 27 Sept
Lior Hedges................................. 28 Elul/ Saturday 1 Oct
 
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO
Morice & Allan Levenstein............ 22 Elul/ Sunday 25 Sept
Andrew & Lee-Anne Whitten....... 26 Elul/ Thursday 29 Sept
 
LONG LIFE TO
Sandi Einstein and Michael Martin for their late mother and grandmother
Tsira Basa Bas Hirsch Leib ........... 21 Elul/ Saturday 24 Sept
Jeanette Kidron for her late father Ken Sorger
Menachem Mendel ben Jacob ..... 25 Elul/ Wednesday 28 Sept
David Conway and Jeffrey Conway for their late mother Suzanne Conway
Rivka bat Yisrael........................ . 25 Elul/ Wednesday 28 Sept
David Conway and Jeffrey Conway for their late father Lawrence Conway
Eliazer ben Yehuda ha'Cohen...... 27 Elul/ Friday 30 Sept
Mark Gindin and Faina Strier for their late mother Yevgenia Gindin
Hannah bat Leib......................... 28 Elul/ Saturday 1 Oct
 


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Thursday, September 15, 2016

Immigration of the Soul



Question of the Week
    
The immigration experience has been much harder than expected. I am here already for a year and not at all acclimatized. Don't get me wrong, I have been welcomed with open arms into this community, and people have been great to me. But I miss home, still don't really feel I fit in, don't get the mentality and am still very much a foreigner. Jews have moved around a lot in history, so is there a Jewish approach for adjusting to new country?
 
Answer:
 
Your difficulty is not uncommon. In fact every soul goes through a similar process on its journey to higher worlds.
 
Death is the ultimate immigration experience. The soul leaves this world and moves into the spiritual realm. This is most unsettling. Having become accustomed to life in a body on earth, the soul is at first disoriented and lost in its new supernal domain.
 
In order to adjust to this new reality, the soul has to be made to forget physical life, to actively rid itself of the sights and sounds, the flavours and the attitudes of life in a body. As long as the soul still holds on to worldly memories it cannot appreciate the new, more refined world that it has arrived in.
 
Of course, the soul can hold on to memories of the loved ones it left behind, because those connections are not merely physical. But tactile sensations and bodily pleasures must be forgotten in order to develop a taste for the higher pleasures up there.
 
This is astounding. It means you can be in heaven and not enjoy yourself, because you are thinking of the life you left behind. You'd expect that physical pleasures would pale in comparison to heavenly life. But no. The memory of familiar comforts will blind you to the opportunities that are yet unfamiliar. No matter how sublime the delights of paradise may be, if you are still in earth mode, you will not appreciate them. You must shed your worldly outlook before you can adopt an other-worldly one.
 
The same applies to immigration. As long as your head is back in the old country, you will never settle in the new. You may be right - the water tasted better, the traffic wasn't as bad, the bureaucracy and the mentality and the accent and the price of fish are all better back home. Maybe. But you will only make your new country home if you stop comparing it and start living in it.
 
Being away from family and friends will always be tough, and there will be new flavours to learn. But you need to consciously make the shift, the immigration of the mind, by saying, "Now I'm here, and that's that." Then give it some time. Even heaven takes getting used to.  
 
Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Moss
 
Source: Zohar II 211b

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SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO
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Friday, 16 September 2016 | 13 Elul 5776
Candle Lighting.............................................. 5:29 pm  
Mincha.......................................................... 5:40 pm
Kids program ................................................ 6:00 pm
Friday Evening Service.......................... 6:00-6:50 pm
Followed by Kiddush sponsored by The Helfand Family in honour of Joshua's barmitzvah anniversary- Mazal Tov!

Shabbos, 17 September, 2016 |14 Elul 5776
Chassidus Class................................................ 9:00 am
Shabbos Morning Service................ 10:00 am-12:15 pm
Children's program.......................................... 11:00am
Followed by Kiddush in honour of the birthday of Libby Moss- Mazal Tov!

Mincha.........................................................   5:25 pm
Pirkei Avos .................................................... Chapter 2
Seudah Shlishis
Gematria and Story by Rev Amzalak................ 5:45 pm
Shiur:............................................................. 6:05 pm
Shabbos ends and Maariv................................ 6:25 pm
Followed by Havdalah.
 
WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES
Sunday ............................................................. 8:00 am
Mon- Fri............................................................. 7:00 am
Latest Shema this week..................................... 8:49 am
 
WEEKDAY CLASSES
Chassidus..................................... Monday 8:00-8:45am
Kabbalah Meditations................. Monday 8:00pm-9:00pm
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
Kevin Smaller............................. 15 Elul/ Sunday 18 Sept
Claude Sandler.......................... 15 Elul / Sunday 18 Sept
Judi Redelman.......................... 17 Elul / Tuesday 20 Sept
Mendel  Sufrin.............................. 20 Elul/ Friday 23 Sept
 
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO
Claude & Chani Sandler............. 17 Elul / Tuesday 20 Sept
 
LONG LIFE TO
Mildred Stocks and Tanya Stocks for their late husband and father Alfred (Freddy) Stocks, Avrom ben Hiam ......................14 Elul / Saturday 17 Sept
Fester family for their late father Mendel Fester
Mendel ben Michael......................16 Elul/ Monday 19 Sept
Nurit Eckowitz for her late mother, Hedy Wieder
Chava bat David.....................18 Elul/ Wednesday 21 Sept
Sandi Einstein and Michael Martin for their late mother and grandmother
Tsira Basa Bas Hirsch Leib ..........21 Elul/ Saturday 24 Sept

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