Thursday, October 19, 2017

Do You Know How to Embrace Change?

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Question of the Week:

I am confused. The shul has moved? Where to? What does this mean? I liked the shul as it was.....

Answer:

Change can be confronting. The human is a habit forming being, and breaking our habits is unsettling and scary and makes us feel vulnerable. And that's great.

Growth comes through shattering our old ways. Only by breaking ourselves and our mould can we become greater. I must at times step out of whatever defined me and find a new self-definition. Even G-d did that. 

Before creating the world, G-d contracted His infinite light to make space for existence. He hid away is infinite self to make way for our finite world. From that moment on, the rule is this: if you want to take a step forward, you have to give up the comfort of the way things are. Learning to let go and actually enjoy it is the only way to live a fulfiling life through all its twists and turns.

So yes, we have begun our building project. The shul is being demolished in order to build something bigger and better. While Roscoe St is under construction we will be holding services in Francis St. This is a change in habit, and our community will need to adjust to smaller premises in a different location. 

But in truth, it doesn't really matter where we are. What matters is who we are. What makes a community is the people. We can be in a big building or a small one, new or old one, as long as we are there, it is home.

Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Moss

A HUGE THANK YOU TO KARIN PUELS, BRENT MAKSIMOVICH, EZRI LERBA, and our amazing team of volunteers for making the impossible move possible!

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SHABBOS SERVICES & COMMUNITY INFO
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NEW NEFESH POP-UP SHUL ADDRESS:
2 FRANCIS ST BONDI BEACH
(OFF CAMPBELL PDE, BEHIND NOAH'S BACKPACKERS)
 
Friday 20 October, 2017
Candle Lighting ............. 6:54pm (*Earliest 5:54pm)
Mincha ..........................6:15pm
Friday evening service .... 6:30pm
Followed by Celebratory Kiddush for the opening of Nefesh Pop-Up, sponsored by Brent and Simona Maksimovich
 
Shabbos 21 October, 2017
Morning service .................................. 10:00am
Children's Program .............................. 10:45am
Followed by Kiddush sponsored by Liran & Chelsea Lahav in honour of the birth of their baby boy, Noah Micah Lahav-  Mazal Tov!

Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishis ......... 6:50pm
Gematria and story by Rev Amzalak......... 7:10pm
Shiur with Rabbi Moss.......... ..................7:20pm
Shabbos ends and Maariv.................. .... 7:52pm
Followed by Havdalah
 
WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES at Russian Chabad 25 O'brien St
Sunday ........................... 8:00am
Mon - Fri.......................... 7:00am
Latest Shema this week..... 9:22am
 
MAZAL TOV TO
Jonathan & Tahnya Seifman on the birth of a son!
Rabbi Chida & Rochel Levitansky on the birth of a son!
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
Tom Cromer......... 2 Cheshvan/ Sunday 22 October
Ayla Goldshaft...... 2 Cheshvan/ Sunday 22 October
Monique Klein... 3 Cheshvan/ Monday 23 October 
 
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO
Pia & Jonah Ink............. 2 Cheshvan/ Sunday 22 Oct
Sean & Dina Jacobson...... 5 Cheshvan/ Wed 25 Oct
Shaul & Vanessa Creighton 7 Cheshvan/ Fri 27 Oct 

LONG LIFE TO
Peppi Glick for his late father Ruby Glick...2 Cheshvan/ Sunday 22 October
Les Pozniak for his late step-mother Joan Pozniak Chai Bat Leah... 2 Cheshvan/ Sunday 22 October
Roy, Steven and Kim Eckowitz for their late mother Alma Eckowitz Chana bat Kalman... 2 Cheshvan/ Sunday 22 October
 
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Nefesh Shul, 54 Roscoe Street, Bondi Beach, NSW 2026 Australia
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