Do You EVER Get Angry?

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ONE PRICE FOR ACCOMMODATION, MEALS & WORKSHOPS ! BOOK NOW Question of the Week:    I've had a question for a while now and no one has been able to give me a satisfying answer. I want to know why it sometimes seems that we depict G-d as a tantruming little child. For example, many times in the Torah it says that we should not say or do something that is forbidden since that will make G-d very angry. What am I supposed to make of that? How can I respect a G-d who is on the edge of blowing up if we don't follow what He says? Answer:   Imagine being married to a man who never gets angry. Ever. About anything. You insult him and he shrugs. You are rude to him and he is nice back to you. You give attention to others and he isn't the least bit jealous.   Would that be a wonderful marriage?   Well, on one level, yes, it would be fantastic. No tension, no issues, no arguments or fights or silent treatment.   But in truth, it wouldn't be good at all. It wouldn't be a relationship. If he never gets upset at you, it means that you don't really matter to him. If nothing you do moves him, it means he doesn't care enough to be impacted by you.   Being in a relationship means affecting each other. For better or for worse, your heart is intertwined with someone else's. If you aren't getting a reaction, then you aren't connecting. You may be married, but you are really alone.   G-d created the world so He could have a relationship with us. He made a huge gamble, creating humans with free choice to do whatever we want, and He invested Himself in us, allowing Himself to be impacted by our actions.   So when the Torah says that G-d will get angry if we do wrong, that is the most beautiful statement of love. G-d is saying, "You matter to me. Your actions touch me. I have invested myself in you. This relationship is real."   We only get upset at people who matter to us. When your husband gets annoyed at you, take it as his way of saying you matter to him. You matter to G-d too.   Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss  To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au  CLICK HERE TO BOOK ONLINE NOW SHABBOS SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 30 June, 2017 |6 Tammuz 5777 Candle Lighting................... 4:39pm  Mincha.............................. 4:50pm Friday Evening Service......... 6:00pm Followed by Kiddush sponsored by The Moss Family in honour of Nechama Dina's Birthday- Mazal Tov!, and to welcome Mrs Sosover!   Shabbos, 1 July, 2017 | 7 Tammuz 5777 In depth Parsha Class...............9:00am Children's program................. 10:45am Shabbos Morning Service ........ 10:00am- 12:20pm  Followed by a HOT cholent Kiddush.   Mincha with Pirkei Ovos Ch 5 followed by Seudah Shlishis ............   4:35pm Gematria and story by Rev Amzalak..... 4:55pm Shabbos ends and Maariv.................. 5:38pm Followed by Havdalah   WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES Sunday ............................ 8:00am Mon - Fri........................... 7:00am Latest Shema this week....... 9:28am   HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Nechama Dina Moss......6 Tammuz/ Friday 30 June Adam Pisk..................10 Tammuz/ Tuesday 4 July Esti Regos..................11 Tammuz/ Wednesday 5 July Ethan Klein................ 13 Tammuz/ Friday 7 July   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Gail & Danny Stein............. 8 Tammuz/ Sunday 2 July Brian & Arlene Schwartz.... 10 Tammuz/ Tuesday 4 July Eric & Carol Melman.......... 13 Tammuz/ Friday 7 July   LONG LIFE TO Ron Moss for his late mother Bluma Miriam bas Binyomin Zev  9 Tammuz/ Monday 3 July Michael Franks for his late mother Rose Franks 10 Tammuz/ Tuesday 4 July Robert Dabscheck for his late father Ronald Samuel Dabscheck,  Shmuel Hanan Ben Yisroel 11 Tammuz/ Wednesday 5 July Tom Meyer for his late step-mother Eva Meyer Chava bat Avraham....... 11 Tammuz/ Wednesday 5 July Sam Sharp for his late father Monty Sharp Monish ben Zelik Ha'Cohen 12 Tammuz/ Thursday 6 July Jacqueline Eliovson for her late father Victor Behrman Avigdor ben Dov Getzel..... 14 Tammuz/ Saturday 8 July Moshe Moses and Adee Moses  for their late father Sasoon Moses, Sason Hai ben Mazal......... 14 Tammuz/ Saturday 8 July

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Why Can't They Die With Dignity?

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AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT! BOOK NOW Question of the Week:    I visit my 92 year old mother every day in her old age home, and every day I look around at the seniors there and ask myself the same question, why does G-d leave these old people to die without dignity? Every one of them needs either a diaper change, someone to feed them, wash them, or do everything for them. I have faith, but this thing really makes me angry. Why can't they die with dignity?   Answer:   It is so hard to see a loved one fade after living a vibrant and active life. How we approach this painful stage will depend on our perspective. And the Jewish perspective on the end of life differs greatly to modern secular thinking. To approach life and death with faith, we need to make sure we have that perspective very clear.   It often happens that foreign, secular ideas creep into the minds of even those who have faith. Usually, the way these concepts infiltrate is via catch phrases and clichés. First they enter our vocabulary, then they become a part of our mentality.    One example is "dying with dignity."   That phrase is poison. It originates in the movement promoting euthanasia. This is a phrase that deserves to die.    True dignity comes from the soul, from living a life of goodness and holiness and meaning. Our body is a vehicle for that mission to be achieved. But the body is not our real self, and not our source of dignity.   At the end of a good and purposeful life, the body may be frail and weak, but the soul is as bright as ever, having accomplished its mission. If people have to do some unpleasant jobs to bring comfort to that body in its final years, it should be seen as an honour. There is no greater dignity than to serve another.   I am not belittling the pain of seeing a loved one suffer. And I am not saying that the body's deterioration is easy to face. I am saying that a person's dignity comes from their soul and their moral achievements. That is living with dignity.    We end our life in the same way we started it, dependent on the love of others. Your mother is blessed to spend her final days in good care, surrounded by those who love her. That is a most dignified departure from this world to the next.   Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss  To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au  AUDIO CLASS: Were the Spies Righteous or Wicked?  The Chasam Sofer, the Arizal, the Zohar, the Shem Mishmuel and the Rebbe find the positive side to the story CLICK HERE TO BOOK ONLINE NOW SHABBOS SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 23 June, 2017 | 29 Sivan 5777 Candle Lighting............... 4:36pm  Mincha........................... 4:45pm Friday Evening Service..... 6:00pm Followed by Kiddush.   Shabbos, 24 June, 2017 | 30 Sivan 5777 In depth Parsha Class........ 9:00am Children's program........... 10:45am Shabbos Morning Service..  10:00am- 12:20pm  Followed by Kiddush.   Mincha with Pirkei Ovos Ch 4 followed by Seudah Shlishis ............   4:30pm Gematria and story by Rev Amzalak..... 4:55pm Shabbos ends and Maariv.................. 5:35pm Followed by Havdalah   WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES Sunday ......................... 8:00am Mon - Fri........................ 7:00am Latest Shema this week.... 9:26am   NEW MOON/MOLAD Saturday 24 June 9:16:13am ROSH CHODESH TAMMUZ SATURDAY/SUNDAY 24/25 JUNE   HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Gemma Lessem.......... 30 Sivan/ Saturday 24 June Nechama Dina Moss...... 6 Tammuz/ Friday 30 June   LONG LIFE TO Eric Borecki for his late father Osher Borecki Asher ben Yoseph..............29 Sivan/ Friday 23 June Jodi Lowe for her late grandmother Violet Irene Collins, Tsipora bat Moshe........ 2 Tammuz/ Monday 26 July Stephen Etkind for his late father David Julius Etkind........ 2 Tammuz/ Monday 26 July

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The Whole World is a Very Noisy Fridge

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25% FULL AFTER ONE WEEK! BOOK NOW Question of the Week:    How can a rational thinking person believe in G-d, when there is absolutely no evidence for his existence? Today we have x-ray, radar, satellites, infrared photography, ultrasound imaging, gamma-ray telescopes and CCTV, and yet we still have found no trace of G-d. If he is supposed to be everywhere, why is he nowhere to be seen? My logic says, if you are nowhere, you don't exist...   Answer:   Being everywhere doesn't make you easy to find. On the contrary, logic says if you are everywhere, it's as if you're nowhere. A bit like our fridge.   As our family grew we needed more fridge space, so we bought an old fridge online. It was a bargain. We soon found out why. After we plugged it in it started humming quite loudly. At first we thought we couldn't live with this constant, monotonous buzz coming from the kitchen. But in a day or two we didn't even notice it anymore.   You can only hear a noise if that noise sometimes goes silent. But if it's always there, it's like its not there at all. Ask our kids what that buzzing noise is coming from the fridge, and they wouldn't even know what you are talking about. When you live with a noisy fridge, buzzing is silence.   It's the same with G-d. We live in a reality where the buzz of G-d is everywhere. There is no place devoid of Him, no moment when He is absent. So of course we can't detect Him. You can only detect the presence of something if you can detect its absence. The very definition of finding something is knowing where it is, but for that you have to know where it isn't. As the Baal Shem Tov taught, G-d is all and all is G-d. There is nowhere that he isn't. So we never see Him, because we are always looking right at Him.   This leads to an interesting conclusion. It's not that you can't see G-d. You actually can't miss Him. It just depends how you are looking.  Put down your telescope and look at your life. You'll see He's been right there all along.   Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss  To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au  AUDIO CLASS: Were the Spies Righteous or Wicked?  The Chasam Sofer, the Arizal, the Zohar, the Shem Mishmuel and the Rebbe find the positive side to the story CLICK HERE TO BOOK ONLINE NOW SHABBOS SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 16 June, 2017 | 22 Sivan 5777 Candle Lighting...................... 4:35pm   Mincha................................. 4:45pm Making Sense of the Siddur (a class with Rabbi Moss)........ 5:30-6:00pm Friday Evening Service............ 6:00pm Kiddush sponsored by Eli, Taryn & Larnce Gold in honour of the yohrzeit of their late father and grandfather, David Goldbaum (David ben Baruch) on 22 Sivan- Long Life.   Shabbos, 17 June, 2017 | 23 Sivan 5777 In depth Parsha Class............... 9:00am Children's program.................. 10:45am Shabbos Morning Service ........ 10:00am- 12:20pm  Communal Lunch sponsored by Jerome and David Stern in honour of the yohrzeit their mother Gerda Stern (Yehudit bat Mordechai)- Long Life.   L'Chaim sponsored by Vitali Broyda in honour of the yohrzeit of his grandfather Pinches ben Lipa on 18 Sivan- Long Life.   Mincha with Pirkei Ovos Ch 3 followed by Seudah Shlishis ....................   4:30pm Gematria and story by Rev Amzalak............. 4:55pm Shiur with Rabbi Moss............................... 5:15pm Shabbos ends and Maariv.......................... 5:34pm Followed by Havdalah   WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES Sunday ........................... 8:00am Mon - Fri.......................... 7:00am Latest Shema this week...... 9:25am   MAZAL TOV TO Brian & Tanya Poggo on the birth of twin girls, Chava Baila and Maya Razel! Rev and Mrs Amzalak on the birth of a great-granddaughter Leah to Ricky and Mendy Gelman!   HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Justin Rosenberg................ 26 Sivan/ Tuesday 20 June Amber Radus..................... 28 Sivan/ Thursday 22 June Gemma Lessem................... 30 Sivan/ Saturday 24 June   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO John & Linda Isdale.......... 27 Sivan/ Wednesday 21 June Wendy & Barry Steinberg.. 27 Sivan/ Wednesday 21 June Ben & Melissa Schwarz...... 27 Sivan/ Wednesday 21 June   LONG LIFE TO Jonathan Shapira for his late father Miron Shapira Meir ben Yosef.... 24 Sivan/ Sunday 18 June Anne Sarzin for her late mother Bertha Elizabeth Levy, (aka Betty) Elisheva bat Avraham.... 25 Sivan/ Monday 19 June Jackie Regos for her late father Paul Vertes Henanya Meyer ben Shmuel Yehuda.... 25 Sivan/ Monday 19 June Jerome Stern & David Stern for their late mother Gerda Stern Yehudith bat Mordechai.... 26 Sivan/ Tuesday 20 June Adam Pisk for his late grandfather Alan Kaufman Milston Avraham ben Yaacov.... 28 Sivan/ Thursday 22 June Eric Borecki for his late father Osher Borecki Asher ben Yoseph.... 29 Sivan/ Friday 23 June

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