The Truth About the Tooth Fairy

CHANUKAH AT NEFESH - Musical Menorah Lighting, Shabbos dinner with exciting guest speaker, Friday December 3 -  details to come Question of the Week:  My daughter just lost her first tooth, so I need to know: do Jews believe in the Tooth Fairy? It seems wrong to lie to kids and pretend a fairy gave them money for their tooth. Should I just be up front and give her the money myself instead of creating false beliefs? Answer: This is certainly not a Jewish thing. But I wouldn't call it a lie. It's more like a childish game of imagination. I doubt many kids have been damaged by the discovery that there is no fairy sneaking into their bedrooms at night. And they probably think that it's their parents who are being duped as they pocket the cash. But there is a potential danger to the Tooth Fairy myth. It rewards children for doing nothing. Losing a tooth is a natural process that requires no effort on the part of the child. They have achieved nothing more than a bit of wobbling, and then you pay them for it. To reward a child for something that will happen anyway is a waste of the incentive power of money. Even worse, it promotes the dangerous belief that you can get money for nothing. That is far more harmful for a child's future than believing in the Tooth Fairy. I have yet to meet an adult that still thinks fairies put money under pillows, but I certainly know some who still think the world owes them a free ride. Better reward children for good behaviour, and teach them that hard work pays. When a child does something unnatural and difficult, like sharing their favourite toys even when they don't want to or cleaning up after themselves without being told, that warrants a little deposit under the pillow. And if you want to capture their imagination, tell them some authentic Jewish wisdom: For every good deed you do, an angel is created to protect you. And every time you hold back from doing the wrong thing, G-d's light shines on you. It's easy to lose a tooth. It's much harder to lose a bad habit. But good deeds create good energy. And self-control makes you stronger. That's no fairy tale. Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss To subscribe email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au

New Bina Classes www.bina.com.au   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Meaningful Motherhood for Mothers and Babies with Mrs Nechama Dina Moss Discussion group for mothers Mondays 10:00 - 11:00am at Nefesh 54 Roscoe St Bondi Beach   Kabbalah - Soul Explosions for Men & Women with Rabbi Moss  Five Bursts of Inspiration from the Kabbalah  Tuesdays 8:15 - 9:30pm at Nefesh 54 Roscoe Street     Difficult Decisions for Men & Women with Rabbi Yaakov Chaiton Triage - distribution of scarce resources Wednesdays 8:15 - 9:15pm at 49 Bellevue Rd   Hands on Talmud for Men with Rabbi Yehuda Spielman Intermediate Level Gemora Shiur Wednesdays 8:30 - 9:30pm at 2a Conway Street Rose Bay   Character Development: Self Creation for Women with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie Forming an identity and personality with lessons from creation Thursdays 9:20 - 10:15am at 45 Bellevue Rd   Lunch in the City: Money Problems for Men &Women with Rabbi Moss  Monetary disputes in Jewish Law Thursdays 1:00 - 2:00pm  at Arnold Bloch Leibler, Level 24, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney CBD  and much more at www.bina.com.au  NEFESH SERVICES - 54 Roscoe St Bondi Beach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Friday Mincha 6:10pm 6:30pm - 7:15pm Shabbos Service followed by Kiddush Shabbos day 9am Class on Weekly Parsha 10am -12:15pm Morning Service with kids program followed by Kiddush Shiur 6.15pm - Modern Halachic Dilemmas Mincha 6:55pm folllowed by Sholosh Seudos and Maariv Sunday 8am Shachris followed by breakfast and Beginners Talmud Class   Monday 7am Shachris NEW  Chassidus Shiur 8am-8:45am   Thursday 7am Shachris

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The Power of Thought

POSITION VACANT Nefesh is seeking a capable and personable receptionist/secretary. This is a permanent part time position, 3/4 mornings a week (including Friday), starting immediately. Applicants should have office experience, excellent organisational, computer and people skills. Please send inquiries and resumes to office@nefesh.com.au by Friday October 29.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question of the Week: My friend who is not Jewish asked me what makes kosher wine different to other wine. I didn't know what to say. How would you respond to him without getting into all the technicalities? Answer: There is no visible difference between kosher wine and other wines. The difference is purely spiritual. Generally speaking, all fruits are kosher, and therefore any pure juice from a fruit, without any additives, should be kosher. The one exception to this is juice from a grape. For wine or grape juice to be kosher, they must be produced and supervised by Jews who are knowledgeable in the laws of keeping kosher. The reason for this distinction is that wine, more than any other drink, is used for religious purposes. In Jewish tradition, wine is used at wedding ceremonies and Brisses, for Kiddush on Shabbos and festivals, and at the Havdalah ceremony at the conclusion of holy days. Many other religions also use wine in their ceremonies. And there are many other uses for wine that are profane and unholy. For the wine to be kosher and fit to use for Jewish ceremonies, we need to know that the intention of the winemakers was that the wine be used for such purposes, as opposed to any other less sacred purpose. This teaches an amazing lesson. The thoughts put into creating something have an effect on that creation. Intentions have impact. If a foreign thought can make wine unkosher, imagine what good thoughts can do. Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss To subscribe email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au

New Bina Classes www.bina.com.au   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Meaningful Motherhood for Mothers and Babies with Mrs Nechama Dina Moss Discussion group for mothers Mondays 10:00 - 11:00am at Nefesh 54 Roscoe St Bondi Beach   Kabbalah - Soul Explosions for Men & Women with Rabbi Moss  Five Bursts of Inspiration from the Kabbalah  Tuesdays 8:15 - 9:30pm at Nefesh 54 Roscoe Street     Difficult Desicions for Men & Women with Rabbi Yaakov Chaiton Triage - distribution of scarce resources Wednesdays 8:15 - 9:15pm at 49 Bellevue Rd   Hands on Talmud for Men with Rabbi Yehuda Spielman Intermediate Level Gemora Shiur Wednesdays 8:30 - 9:30pm at 2a Conway Street Rose Bay   Character Development: Self Creation for Women with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie Forming an identity and personality with lessons from creation Thursdays 9:20 - 10:15am at 45 Bellevue Rd   Lunch in the City: Money Problems for Men &Women with Rabbi Moss  Monetary disputes in Jewish Law Thursdays 1:00 - 2:00pm  at Arnold Bloch Leibler, Level 24, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney CBD  and much more at www.bina.com.au  NEFESH SERVICES - 54 Roscoe St Bondi Beach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Friday Mincha 6:10pm 6:30pm - 7:15pm Shabbos Service followed by Kiddush Shabbos day 9am Class on Weekly Parsha 10am -12:15pm Morning Service with kids program followed by Kiddush sponsored by Dorit Gilmour in honour of her father's yorzheit - Yitzchak ben Yechezkel NEW shiur 6pm - Modern Halachic Dilemmas   Sunday 8am Shachris followed by breakfast and Beginners Talmud Class   NEW Monday 7am Shachris   Thursday 7am Shachris

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Should We Chop Fingers Off?

POSITION VACANT Nefesh is seeking a capable and personable receptionist/secretary. This is a permanent part time position, 3/4 mornings a week (including Friday), starting immediately. Applicants should have office experience, excellent organisational, computer and people skills. Please send inquiries and resumes to office@nefesh.com.au by Friday October 29.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question of the Week: We had a baby boy and we are very excited. But we are still undecided about the Bris. I have issues with it. I am aware of the spiritual significance of the circumcision, but I have much more practical concerns: 1) Is it not barbaric to put my baby through the pain of a medically unnecessary operation? 2) He was born uncircumcised, why should I mess with his natural state? 3) My son has no say in this, and can never reverse it. Shouldn't I let him choose later on in life if he wants this done to him? Do you have any rational answers?  Answer: Imagine the following scenario. Your baby is born, healthy and well. But there's something unusual. He has six fingers on each hand. An extra little growth protrudes right next to each pinkie. What would you do about it? Have the extra fingers surgically removed? Or leave them? After all, he was born that way. And he can live with twelve fingers. Maybe the child should be allowed to choose whether or not he wants his extra fingers later in life. Can you think of anything more barbaric than chopping someone's fingers off?   And yet I suspect you would do what most parents have done in such circumstances. Better remove the extra fingers now, when it is relatively painless and quick to heal, than subject the child to feeling like an anomaly in his future life. He has no use for them anyway, and would later resent the fact that his parents didn't remove them for him. And so, kind and loving parents will unflinchingly put their babies under the surgeon's knife. The short term pain is worth it to avoid any long term discomfort. All other concerns would quickly dissolve. What is called barbaric in one context is quite humane in another.  If this logic works for removing extra fingers, a purely cosmetic operation, how much more should it work in favour of the infinitely more meaningful act of circumcision. I am not suggesting that being uncircumcised is the same as being twelve-fingered. But for a Jewish child there are several similarities. An uncircumcised Jew often feels like an outsider among his own people. He will always be a Jew, but may come to feel ambivalent about it, knowing that to actively embrace his Jewishness entails undergoing an operation - one that is minor at eight days old, but quite a bit more daunting in adulthood. I have attended adult circumcisions, and it is inspiring when someone makes that choice. The actual operation is not such a big deal. But the decision to actually do it is. You are in fact limiting his choices by not circumcising him. So putting all spiritual considerations aside, from a practical perspective, here's the equation. Leave your son uncircumcised, and you leave him with a psychological barrier to exploring his own identity. Give your son a Bris, and he loses nothing more than a bit of skin. But he gains immediate entry into the four thousand year old covenant of Abraham. That is a gift you will not regret giving. Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss To subscribe email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au

New Bina Classes www.bina.com.au   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Meaningful Motherhood for Mothers and Babies with Mrs Nechama Dina Moss Discussion group for mothers Mondays 10:00 - 11:00am at Nefesh 54 Roscoe St Bondi Beach   Kabbalah - Soul Explosions for Men & Women with Rabbi Moss  Five Bursts of Inspiration from the Kabbalah  Tuesdays 8:15 - 9:30pm at Nefesh 54 Roscoe Street       Difficult Desicions for Men & Women with Rabbi Yaakov Chaiton Triage - distribution of scarce resources Wednesdays 8:15 - 9:15pm at 49 Bellevue Rd   Hands on Talmud for Men with Rabbi Yehuda Spielman Intermediate Level Gemora Shiur Wednesdays 8:30 - 9:30pm at 2a Conway Street Rose Bay   Character Development: Self Creation for Women with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie Forming an identity and personality with lessons from creation Thursdays 9:20 - 10:15am at 45 Bellevue Rd Lunch in the City: Money Problems for Men &Women with Rabbi Moss  Monetary disputes in Jewish Law Thursdays 1:00 - 2:00pm  at Arnold Bloch Leibler, Level 24, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney CBD  and much more at www.bina.com.au  NEFESH SERVICES - 54 Roscoe St Bondi Beach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Friday Mincha 6:10pm 6:30pm - 7:15pm Shabbos Service followed by Kiddush   Shabbos day 9am Class on Weekly Parsha 10am -12:15pm Morning Service with kids program followed by Kiddush NEW shiur 6pm - Modern Halachic Dilemmas Mincha 6:45pm folllowed by Sholosh Seudos and Maariv   Sunday 8am Shachris followed by breakfast and Beginners Talmud Class   NEW Monday 7am Shachris   Thursday 7am Shachris

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Soul Explosions - New Bina Classes

NEW CLASSES - Prayer Navigation, Kabbalah, Monetary Problems- see below and www.bina.com.au     Question of the Week:   (from Zac, aged 4)   Why doesn't G-d make a flood to take away all the yucky people like He did for Noah?   Answer:   Zac, I know you are a very good boy. But have you ever been naughty? Did you ever hurt your little brother, or say something rude to your mummy?   G-d wants us to be good all the time. But we don't always get it right.  Even good boys like you can sometimes do the wrong thing.   It is a pity that we are naughty sometimes, but the most important thing is that we stop being naughty and say sorry. Then it's ok again, and we can start being good and doing what's right.   If a flood would come every time someone did something bad, then no one would get the chance to say sorry and change. So G-d has patience. He is waiting for the yucky people to realise that they are wrong and to start behaving.   In the times of Noah, G-d waited 120 years before He brought the flood. Only because no one changed their naughty ways in all that time did the flood happen. They even watched Noah building the ark, so they knew the flood was coming, but they still didn't start behaving themselves. From that story we learn how silly it is to keep on being yucky.   Even if you have been naughty, you can change and say sorry and be good from now on. G-d is waiting for you, because even when you do something bad, He knows how good you can be.   Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss   To subscribe email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au     NEFESH SERVICES - 54 Roscoe St Bondi Beach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Friday Mincha 6:10pm 6:30pm - 7:15pm Shabbos Service followed by Kiddush sponsored by Yaniv Klein in honour of the yorzheit of his mother Pnina  Shabbos day 9am Class on Weekly Parsha 10am -12:15pm Morning Service with kids program followed by Kiddush sponsored by Rev Amzalak in honour of the birth of his grandson in Kharkov Ukraine. Mincha 6:40pm folllowed by Sholosh Seudos and Maariv   Sunday 8am Shachris followed by breakfast and Beginners Talmud Class   Thursday 7am Shachris   BINA Term Four October - December   HIGHLIGHTS: * NEW S.T.E.P series with Rabbis Gourarie and Chaiton *Soul Explosions with Rabbi Moss * Difficult Decisions with Rabbi Chaiton * Relationship Secrets of the Prophets with Dr Leonie Jacob  * Self Creation with Rabbi Gourarie   FULL PROGRAM:   Sunday   Breakfast Shiur for Men with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie Laws and Customs - practical Halocha 8:45 - 9:00am 10 Oct - 5 Dec 49 Bellevue Rd Beginners Talmud Class for Men & Women with Rabbi Moss  Introductory Talmud learning with breakfast 9:00 - 9:45am Sundays Nefesh 54 Roscoe St   Mishna for Men with Rabbi Yaakov Chaiton Discovering the depth and wisdom of the Mishna 5:15 - 5:45pm 10 Oct - 28 Nov 49 Bellevue Rd     Monday   Prayer - The Shabbos  Amida  for Women with Mrs Rivkah Aaron A deeper understanding using guided imagery 9:00 - 10:00am 11 Oct - 29 Nov 45 Bellevue Rd    Chumash  for Women with Mrs Dina Gourarie Learning Chumash from the beginning in a structured and interesting way 10:00 - 11:00am 11 Oct - 22 Nov 45 Bellevue Rd   Meaningful Motherhood for Mothers and Babieswith Mrs Nechama Dina Moss Discussion group for mothers 10:00 - 11:00am 11 Oct - 22 Nov  Nefesh 54 Roscoe St Bondi Beach   COA Seniors Shiur for Men & Womenwith Rabbi Chaim Ingram Studies in Weekly Parsha 12:15 - 1:15pm  Every Monday at The C.O.A.    NEW! S.T.E.P for Women with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie Structured Torah Education Program - Module 2-  Jewish Practice and Development of Law 1:30 - 2:30pm 11 Oct - 22 Nov 45 Bellevue Rd   NEW! S.T.E.P for Men & Women with Rabbi Yaacov Chaiton Structured Torah Education Program - Module 5 -  Prayer and Synagogue Navigation 8:15 - 9:15pm 11 Oct - 22 Nov 49 Bellevue Rd     Tuesday   A Deep Insight for Men with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie a 20 min shiur to start the day 7:20  - 7:40am Every Tuesday  49 Bellevue Rd   Parsha Insights  for Women with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie Overview of weekly Parsha with some deeper insights 9:30 - 10:30am 12 Oct- 30 Nov 45 Bellevue Rd   Elijah vs the False Prophets for Women with Mrs Rivkah Aaron  A deeper look at Elijah on Mt. Carmel 10:30 - 11:30am 12 Oct- 30 Nov 45 Bellevue Rd   Kabbalah - Soul Explosions for Men & Women with Rabbi Moss  Dive Bursts of Inspiration from the Kabbalah  8:15 - 9:30pm 12 Oct- 2 Nov Nefesh 54 Roscoe Street    Talmud in Depth for Men with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie Mesechta Psachim Chapter one 8:15 - 9:15pm 12 Oct- 30 Nov 49 Bellevue Rd     Wednesday   E.M.E.T.T  for Women with Mrs Renee Mill  Emotional maturity established through Torah  9:00 - 10:00am 13 Oct - 10 Dec 45 Bellevue Rd                    NEW! Relationship Secrets from the Prophets for Women with Dr Leonie Jacob  A new perspective on the 'Trei Asar'  10:15 - 11:15am      13 Oct- 24 Nov 45 Bellevue Rd   Chassidus - Kabbalah vs. Philosophy for Women with Rabbi Moss A Maamar from the Tzemach Tzedek on Chanukah 2:00 - 3:00pm 13 Oct - 24 Nov 45 Bellevue Rd Difficult Desicions for Men & Women with Rabbi Yaakov Chaiton Triage - distribution of scarce resources 8:15 - 9:15pm 13 Oct- 27 Oct  49 Bellevue Rd   Hands on Talmud for Men with Rabbi Yehuda Spielman Intermediate Level Gemora Shiur 8:30 - 9:30pm 13 Oct  - 24 Nov2a Conway Street Rose Bay     Thursday   Character Development: Self Creation for Women with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie Forming an identity and personality with lessons from creation 9:20 - 10:15am 14 Oct - 25 Nov 45 Bellevue Rd   Lunch in the City: Money Problems for Men &Women with Rabbi Moss  Monetary disputes in Jewish Law 1:00 - 2:00pm Every Thursday Arnold Bloch Leibler, Level 24, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney CBD    Rose Bay Lunch and Learn for Men & Women with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie The weekly Parsha with mystical insights 1:00 - 1:45pm Every Thursday 554 Old South Head Rd, Rose Bay    Beis Medrash Program for Men with Chavrusa Learning Get your own learning partner on a topic of your choice Including: Beginners Gemora with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie OR NEW - Analyzing a concept from the weekly Partsha  with Rabbi Yaacov Chaiton 8:15 -  9:15pm 14 Oct - 25 Nov 49 Bellevue Rd Shabbos Learning Chassidus for Men with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie Tanya - The tale of two souls 8:30 - 9:15am Every Shabbos morning 49 Bellevue Rd    Chassidic Spirituality for Men &Women with Rabbi Moss  Weekly Chassidic insights 9:00 - 10:00am Every Shabbos morning Nefesh 54 Roscoe St, Bondi Beach     Daily   Daily Daf for Men Covering a page of Gemora 7:15 - 8:00am Every Day 49 Bellevue Rd   and more ... www.bina.com.au

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