Had Enough of Waiting?

Building Update - Feter Hendel Concert!

CATERED SHABBOS DINNER TONIGHT AT OUR NEW PREMISES  Last 5 spots book HERE Question of the Week: I make Kiddush over wine every Friday night, but I would like to know a deeper meaning behind it. Is there some mystical ideas you can share that I can meditate on when I say the Kiddush? Answer: It all goes back to the very first Friday of history. Adam and Eve were created on Friday afternoon, the time when all last minute things get done, like making humanity. On that first day, they were told not to eat from the fruit of one tree, the Tree of Knowledge. The mystics teach that this fruit was a grape vine, a fruit that contains the potential for great good and great evil. Over a glass of wine friendships are made and lost, lives are enhanced and destroyed, hopes are created and dashed. It is the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.  The prohibition was only to last until nightfall that day. Once Shabbos came in, they were allowed to eat from the fruit. Because Shabbos is holy. When holy people on a holy day have holy intentions, indulging in the fruit of the vine can do no harm. Had they done what they were told, Adam would have made Kiddush on the juice of the Tree of Knowledge on that first Friday night. But they didn't wait until Shabbos. Eve squeezed the grapes, drank and gave Adam to drink too. And that was the cause of all the problems in the world ever since. We correct this mistake by making Kiddush on Friday night over wine or grape juice. It reminds us that we can only enjoy the pleasures of this world if we can also defer our enjoyment. If you can wait, then you are the master of your desires. If you can't, then you are slave to them. The key to being a good person is the ability to control yourself. It starts with the way we eat, and extends to every choice we make. Adam and Eve didn't wait. So the Torah tells us to learn how to wait. We wait between meat and milk. We wait to go to the mikvah. We wait for Kiddush so we can eat. And we wait for Moshiach, the ultimate Shabbos. May the waiting be over, so we can make Kiddush on the holy wine from the Garden of Eden. Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss Sources: Shach al Hatorah, quoted in Likkutei Torah Kedoshim 29a To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au    Here is a summary of what we have done since starting the Nefesh build last week: 1. All services have been cut 2. Site has been established, ie fencing up, signs up and protection for neighbouring properties established  3. Deconstruction of roof and structure begun 4. Building completely stripped. All that remains are bare walls and the floor, as well as metal trusses on the roof to keep the building stable until complete demolition can begin. A huge thanks to Gabi Rachamim of Hercules Demolition for generously donating his services www.herculesdemolition.com.au SHABBOS SERVICES & COMMUNITY INFO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW NEFESH POP-UP SHUL ADDRESS: 1 FRANCIS ST BONDI BEACH (OFF CAMPBELL PDE, BEHIND NOAH'S BACKPACKERS)     SHABBOS SERVICES Friday, 27 October 2017 | 7 Cheshvan 5778 Candle Lighting.............. 7:00pm (Earliest 5:59 pm) Mincha...........................6:15pm Shabbos Service............. 6:30-7:20pm  Followed by Friday night dinner as part of The Shabbos Project (see flyer).   L'Chaim sponsored by Harry Kornfeld in honour of the Yortzheit for his father, Chaim ben Zvi Halevi  (Henry Kornfeld) on 8 Cheshvan- Long Life.   Shabbos Day, 28 October 2017 | 8 Cheshvan In depth Parsha Class.......... 9:00am Shabbos Service................ 10:00am-12:15pm Kids program......................10:45am Followed by Kiddush sponsored by David Milner in honour of his Bar Mitzvah anniversary, Mazal Tov!     Mincha this week together with JNF, Bina, Or Chadash, JLC & Mizrachi Shul at a special Shabbos Project event .... from 4:45pm (see flyer below)   Shabbos ends .............. 7:59pm   WEEKDAY SERVICES Shacharis @ Nefesh Pop-Up, 1 Francis St Sunday........................ 8:00 am Monday-Friday.............. 7:00 am   Latest Shema this week...9:17 am   HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Lucia Meyer......... 8 Cheshvan/ Saturday 28 October Iliana Lavecky.... 13 Cheshvan/ Thursday 2 November   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO Rob & Lana Goldshaft ...14 Cheshvan/ Friday 3 November   LONG LIFE TO Les Pozniak for his late mother Elisabeth Pozniak... 9 Cheshvan/ Sunday 29 October Stephen Etkind for his late sister  Michelle Holzman ...11 Cheshvan/Tuesday 31 October Diane, Ruth, David and Jonathan Shteinman for their late husband and father Boris Shteinman Boruch ben Eliazar...11 Cheshvan / Tuesday 31 October Aron Kleinlehrer  for his late wife Helen Kleinlehrer, Esther Bat Yaacov...12 Cheshvan/ Wednesday 1 November To make a donation for a birthday, an Aliyah, a Yahrzeit or anything else,  please click here.

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