Traditional Bris or Surgical Circumcision?

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HIGH HOLYDAYS SERVICES - Nefesh will again offer two venues for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur - Flood St Bondi and Dover Rd Rose Bay. Membership and seating will be open for booking next week  Question of the Week:  Our baby boy was born yesterday and we are deliberating whether to do a traditional Bris with a mohel, or have it done by a surgeon in hospital. Now the question I have is, would you accept me and my son into your shule if he is not snipped by a mohel? Answer:   Mazel tov on becoming a father! I hope your wife is doing well and wish you both only happiness and much nachas! Let me say outright, you and your son will always be welcome, no matter what you choose. I don't put any barriers up for someone to be a part of our community.  As a parent, you need to make many decisions that will impact your child's future. This is one of them. Here are the things you need to know before deciding what to do:  - A surgical circumcision is not a Bris. Apart from the missing blessings and prayers, the actual cut may be different. Which means one day when your son realizes that he didn't have a Bris, he may need a rather unpleasant procedure to get it fixed. At the very least he will require some blood to be drawn and a blessing said. No big deal when you are a baby, but not quite as easy later on. - A Mohel is not an amateur. Quite the opposite. The average surgeon might do a few of these every now and then. An experienced mohel does them almost daily, and has performed thousands over the years.  - Many Mohels are also medically qualified. Some are themselves surgeons, who will perform a Bris in their rooms if you prefer.  - The risks involved with either procedure are minimal, but surgical circumcision could arguably be riskier than a traditional Bris, as more complications can arise from giving a baby an anaesthetic than from a clean cut.  - The Bris is a tradition that stretches back almost four thousand years. Through it we connect our child with all past generations of Jews, who gave their children a Bris under all circumstances. Your son will enter the covenant that started with the first Jew, Abraham, and continues to this very day. The spiritual power of a Bris cannot be matched by a clinical medical procedure.  Think it through carefully. You don't want your son turning to you years from now and asking "Why didn't you give me a Bris with a Mohel? Now I have to go and do it properly!" On the other hand, if you do it the right way now, he will never turn to you and say, "Why didn't you circumcise me in hospital under anaesthetic? Now I have to go and do it medically!" Give your son a Bris, and you give him four thousand years of Jewish identity that will stay with him forever. Don't leave it for him to fix later. This is one of those things you only want to do once.  Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au      And now for the roof! Shabbat Shalom to all, Brent ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL SERVICES AT NEFESH    1 FRANCIS ST BONDI BEACH   (OFF CAMPBELL PDE, BEHIND NOAH'S BACKPACKERS)   SHABBOS SERVICE TIMES & COMMUNITY INFO: Re'eh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 30 August 2019| 29 Av 5779 Candle Lighting.................................. 5:17pm Shabbos Service ................................ 6:00-6:50pm Kids Program .................................... 6:00pm Kiddush sponsored by Shirley Sher, Rolene, Jeff, Sandy, Brian, Steven, Karen and all her grandchildren in honour of the yortzheit for their late husband and father Hilton Sher (Yona Ben Avraham) on 30 Av- Long Life.   Shabbos Day, 31 August 2019 | 30 Av 5779 Chassidic Meditation class...............9:00am Shabbos Service......................... 10:00am-12:20pm Kids Program ............................. 10:30am Followed by Kiddush   Mincha after Kiddush............ Pirkei Avos Ch.6 No Shiurim or Maariv services this week Shabbos ends............................... 6:13pm   WEEKDAY SERVICES Sunday......................................... 8:00am Latest Shema this week.................. 9:04am   MAZEL TOV Daniel and Stephanie Nadel on the birth of a baby boy! Steven & Martine Lockstone on the birth of a baby girl!   HAPPY JEWISH BIRTHDAY Pia Ink.................... 3 Elul/ Tuesday 3 September Joshua Waine .......... 3 Elul/ Tuesday 3 September Lexie Berkovits ........ 4 Elul/ Wednesday 4 September Danny Lessem.......... 6 Elul/ Friday 6 September   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Reverend & Mrs Amzalak..... 1 Elul/ Sunday 1 Sept Kerry & Sean Kramer......... 5 Elul/ Thursday 5 Sept   LONG LIFE Shirley Sher, Rolene, Jeff, Brian & Steven in honour of the yortzheit for their late husband and father Hilton Sher,(Yona Ben Avraham) ... 30 Av/ Saturday 31 August Michelle Brenner for her late mother Stella Brenner Esther Chaya bas Dovid....2 Elul/ Monday 2 September Linda Zilber for her late father Horst Illing, Yitzchak ben Kalman... 4 Elul/ Wednesday 4 September Larnce Gold for his late grandfather Bernie Lazarus Berel ben Avraham... 5 Elul/ Thursday 5 September David Stern for his late wife Linda Frances Stern Leah bat Yosef... 6 Elul / Friday 6 September   If you would like Nefesh to include your Birthday, Anniversary or Yortzheit in our newsletter and send you an email reminder, just fill in this quick ONLINE FORM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsor a Kiddush  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FRIDAY NIGHT 13 September: $120 Basic Kiddush   $200 Deluxe Kiddush    SHABBOS DAY 7 September:  $350 Standard Kiddush   Email office@nefesh.com.au with any questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Is Volunteering Considered Charity?

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Question of the Week:    I know we are meant to give one tenth of our income (after tax) to charity. What if I volunteer my time for a charity? Can I deduct that from my ten percent?   Answer:   There are two distinct types of kind acts - Tzedakah and Chessed. The first really means justice, doing that which is only just and fair. The second means kindness, doing more than is fair, acting out of the goodness of your heart.   One tenth of your income is not really yours. It was entrusted to you temporarily, so you can have the privilege of helping the needy. So it is only fair that you pass it on to its rightful owner. This is tzedakah.   But beyond the obligation to give tzedakah, we must do acts of chessed. This is the kindness we do with our own time and money, like helping our friend move house, visiting someone who is unwell, or hosting a guest in our home.    Volunteering your time could be tzedakah, and it could be chessed, depending on the circumstances. The question is, would you normally have been paid for your time? If a computer technician fixes the computer system for a charity organisation pro bono, he can deduct the amount he would have earned from his ten percent tzedakah obligation That's because he is normally paid for fixing computers. But if that same guy manned the barbecue at a charity event, that is chessed, not tzedakah. He is not usually paid to flip burgers, so it's not deductible from his tithing obligation.    Another difference between tzedakah and chessed: For an average income earner, there is a maximum amount one should not exceed when giving tzedakah, which is one fifth of one's income. Otherwise you may endanger your own financial stability. But when it comes to chessed, there is no limit to the kindness you can do.   Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au      This week we poured our front column lying down, and then picked it up and put it in place. A great step forward as it now allows us to complete the roof and move towards lock-up phase.  Shabbat Shalom to all, Brent    STILL IN A TRANCE FROM THE SHABBATON! Over 100 people trekked off to Jamberoo for the fourth annual Nefesh Shabbaton Retreat. It was the best ever - music and song led by Shmuli Rosenbaum, jam-packed fun kids program led by Rabbi Sufrin and his team, meditations, discussions and farbrengens and just so much fun. And so much food! To top it off, a hilarious and spell-binding hypnotist show. We can't wait for the next one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL SERVICES AT NEFESH    1 FRANCIS ST BONDI BEACH   (OFF CAMPBELL PDE, BEHIND NOAH'S BACKPACKERS)   SHABBOS SERVICE TIMES & COMMUNITY INFO: Eikev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 23 August 2019| 22 Av 5779 Candle Lighting.................................. 5:13pm Shabbos Service ................................ 6:00-6:50pm Kids Program .................................... 6:00pm Kiddush sponsored by Anita & Danny Berkovits in honour of Lexie's Bat Mitzvah this weekend- Mazal Tov!   Shabbos Day, 24 August 2019 | 23 Av 5779 Chassidic Meditation Class.............9:00am Shabbos Service......................... 10:00am-12:20pm Kids Program ............................ 10:30am Kiddush & Lunch sponsored in the memory Norman and Henry Majer's late mother Sara Chana Bat Yekutiel, their father Shimon Ben Zvi, Eva Majer's father Chaim Laib Ben Alter, as well as Eva's late grandparents Baile Bat Chaim Ve Tova and Yitzhak Ben Benjomin Halevi- Long Life   Mincha after Kiddush No Shiurim or Maariv services this week Shabbos ends... 6:09pm   WEEKDAY SERVICES Sunday.............................. 8:00am Mon- Fri............................. 7:00am Latest Shema this week........ 9:10am New Moon/ Molad...... Friday 30 August 5:06:4pm   HAPPY JEWISH BIRTHDAY Todd Gothelf.................. 23 Av/ Saturday 24 August Anna Segre.................... 26 Av/ Tuesday 27 August Yisrael-Shemaya Ezekiel...26 Av/ Tuesday 27 August Liorah Kessel................. 28 Av/Thursday 29 August Carmelle Hedges............ 28 Av/ Thursday 29 August Romy Lessem................. 29 Av/ Friday 30 August   LONG LIFE Pia Ink for her late brother Zachariah Wolanski Zachariah ben Shoshana Rivka... 25 Av/ Monday 26 August Rene Bermeister for her late father Gerald Bernard Benson, Yaakov ben Natan...28 Av/ Thursday 29 August If you would like Nefesh to include your Birthday, Anniversary or Yortzheit in our newsletter and send you an email reminder, just fill in this quick ONLINE FORM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsor a Kiddush  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FRIDAY NIGHT 6 September: $120 Basic Kiddush   $200 Deluxe Kiddush    SHABBOS DAY 31 August:  $350 Standard Kiddush   Email office@nefesh.com.au with any questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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