Meditating on your Belly Button

PESACH PREPARATION COURSE THIS WEDNESDAY

Question of the Week:   Can you explain my children to me? I have dedicated my life to looking after their every need. But if I ask one of them to get me a glass of water they moan and groan as if I have asked them to run a marathon for me. Why is it that one parent can raise four kids, but four kids can't look after one parent?   Answer:   We are all descendants of Adam and Eve, the first human beings. We have inherited from them the basic ingredients of human nature.   One thing made Adam and Eve very different to the rest of us. They didn't have parents. They were created as adults by G-d, not born as babies to parents. They had no umbilical cords. They probably didn't even have belly buttons.   We on the other hand do have parents. And we inherit their genes, all the way back to Adam and Eve. That's why the desire to look after our children is human nature, but looking after our parents (and our belly buttons) are skills that don't come naturally. Adam and Eve knew how to parent, but they never knew how to treat a parent. This is a skill that we need to learn.   You have indeed provided your children with so much. You drive them to and from school, you feed them well, and buy them everything they ask for. But all this is not enough. You need to give them a moral code.   If children are taught to just follow their heart and trust their instincts, then they will do just that. Their instincts tell them to care for themselves and their young, but not their parents.   On the other hand, if we teach our children that they are moral beings, who can use their free choice to go beyond their genetic programming, they can do what is right rather than what feels right, and what is good rather than what feels good. This means honouring the people who gave you your existence, your parents and the generations past.   Teach your children who they really are. We are not just genes wearing jeans. We are ethical beings with a belly button.   Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au    SHABBAT SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 17 March, 2017 | 19 Adar 5777 Candle Lighting............. 6:53 pm (*Earliest 5:58pm)   Mincha......................... 6:15 pm Friday Evening Service... 6:30 pm Followed by Salmon and Scotch Kiddush sponsored by Daniel and Tegan Barnett. Shabbos, 18 March, 2017 |20 Adar 5777 Chassidus Class............................ 9:00 am Children's program....................... 11:00 am Shabbos Morning Service .............. 10:00am- 12:20 pm   Followed by Kiddush sponsored by Allen & Jacqui Rosenberg in honour of their wedding anniversary- Mazal Tov! Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishis ...   6:45 pm Gematria and story by Rev Amzalak....... 7:05 pm Shiur: The Lost Haggadah.....................7:25pm Shabbos ends and Maariv.................... 7:46 pm Followed by Havdalah   WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES Mon- Fri........................... 7:00 am Latest Shema this week....... 9:57 am   WEEKDAY CLASSES Monday Chassidus Class ..... 8:00-8:45 am   HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Melanie Schwartz.......... 22 Adar/ Monday 20 March Levi Yitzchak Lowinger... 23 Adar/ Tuesday 21 March Vanessa Creighton......... 24 Adar/ Wednesday 22 March Jojo Reuben.................. 27 Adar/ Saturday 25 March   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO Danny & Romy Lessem...... 22 Adar / Monday 20 March Kevin & Valerie Smaller..... 23 Adar / Tuesday 21 March Barry & Taryn Glick ......... 24 Adar / Wednesday 22 March Allen & Jacqui Rosenberg.. 24 Adar / Wed 22 March Sarah & Matt Michael ....... 24 Adar / Wednesday 22 March   CONDOLENCES TO Gilda Cohen-Shapiro and entire Cohen family on the passing of their mother Hessie Cohen, Hessie Bat Irla A"H in South Africa   LONG LIFE TO Magda Schaffer for her late mother Yittel bat Malka....... 21 Adar/ Sunday 19 March Michael Franks for his late father Leopald Franks  Ephraim ben Shlomo................................................ 22 Adar/ Monday 20 March William Feuermann for his late father Felix Feuermann  Zelig Ben Gitel HaLevi.............................................. 27 Adar/ Saturday 25 March Gavin Krawchuk for his late grandfather Sam Krawchuk  Shlomo ben Eliezer Mendel ......................................27 Adar /Saturday 25 March

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