Can't We Just Have One Restaurant?

Lunch and farbrengen with guest this Shabbos!

Question of the Week: Why are there so many different synagogues in our community? I know of six within a one kilometre radius of my house! Wouldn't it be more economical if we pool our resources into one big shul rather than so many smaller ones? Answer: I was just thinking a similar question: Why are there so many restaurants in our neighbourhood? Shouldn't there just be one place to go eat? I have counted a dozen on one street! Would we be better off with just one big restaurant? I don't think foodies would agree. Some love Thai, others prefer Italian. The formal dining experience in one place suits some, while others seek a casual night out. Family friendly fast food joints will not attract the fine diners, and fancy plates with a tiny little gourmet morsel in the middle will not be popular with hungry adolescents. Vegans don't seem to enjoy steak houses. Carnivores don't always go for quinoa burgers. The wide choice of restaurants caters to all the varied tastes and moods. There can't be a one-size-fits-all eatery. It's the same with synagogues. Each one presents Yiddishkeit with a different taste and unique angle. There are Sephardi and Ashkenazi variants, shuls that sing and shuls that don't, informal and intimate communal synagogues and grand pompous ones, kid friendly and mature audience only. Long sermon, short sermon, no sermon. Every community style fills a niche and attracts different souls. Each custom has its customers. This is not factionalism or doubling resources. It is opening doors and giving options. The Jewish people are made up of twelve tribes. Each had their own slightly different way of praying, and yet were all one people with one common Torah. Even the Temple in Jerusalem had twelve different gates for each tribe to enter in their own way. But everyone ended up in the same Holy Temple. Every shul, with its unique style, is a gateway to that Temple. Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss   PS. The answer above applies to sizable communities with a critical mass that can sustain many shuls. Smaller communities may not have that luxury. Either way, when we are committed to Torah observance and Jewish unity, we can pray all together or in our own communities and remain one people.    To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au     VIDEO: Shiur on the Parsha of the Week   THE TRUTH ABOUT THE COZBI SHOW What Was Zimri Thinking?         Welcome to our kitchen! Thanks to the clear weather we were able to successfully fit off the plumbing. The black pipes are made of an extremely high grade (and expensive) plastic used in laboratories that can withstand the chemicals and other products and wastes that go through commercial kitchens on a weekly basis. Shabbat Shalom. Brent.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL SERVICES AT NEFESH    1 FRANCIS ST BONDI BEACH   (OFF CAMPBELL PDE, BEHIND NOAH'S BACKPACKERS)   SHABBOS TIMES & COMMUNITY INFO: PINCHAS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 6 July 2018 | 23 Tammuz 5778 Candle Lighting........................................... 4:41pm Mincha....................................................... 4:50pm Learning with the Bochrim............................ 5:30pm Kids Program ............................................. 6:00pm Shabbos Service.................................. 6:00-6:50pm  Followed by Kiddush sponsored in honour of Bentzion Sufrin's 11th birthday this week- Mazel Tov!   Shabbos Day, 7 July 2018 | 24 Tammuz 5778 In depth parsha class ..................... 9:00am Kids Program ............................... 10:30am Shabbos Service............................ 10:00am-12:20pm Communal Lunch and Farbrengen with special guest Rabbi Mendel Polichenco in honour of the Nefesh Bochrim graduating and receiving their semicha - Mazel Tov!   Mincha and with Pirkei Ovos Chapter 1 followed by Seudah Shlishis ........................ 4:40pm Gematria and Story by Rev Amzalak............. 5:10pm Shiur ....................................................... 5:25pm Shabbos ends............................................ 5:40pm Followed by Havdalah   WEEKDAY SERVICES Mon- Fri............................................ 7:00am Molad/ New Moon- Friday 13 July.......... 6:49:8am Rosh Chodesh Av................................ Friday 13 July Latest Shema this week....................... 9:28am   CONDOLENCES Long Life to Mike Barel and family on the passing of his grandmother   HAPPY BIRTHDAY Chana Moss......... 25 Tammuz/ Sunday 8 July   Elimelech Moss.....25 Tammuz/ Sunday 8 July   Misha Lavecky..... 26 Tammuz/ Monday 9 July Erna Frankfurter.. 27 Tammuz/ Tuesday 10 July Bentzion Sufrin.... 28 Tammuz/ Wednesday 11 July Phoenix Radus..... 29 Tammuz/ Thursday 12 July Victoria Hoch....... 29 Tammuz/ Thursday 12 July   LONG LIFE Joseph Newman for his late uncle Cyril Moshe Shostak ... 23 Tammuz/ Friday 6 July   Jon Shapira for his late mother Judith Esther Shapira Yehudith Esther bat Shmuel... 23 Tammuz/ Friday 6 July   Brian Schwartz for his late mother Rebecca (Becks) Schwartz Sara Rivka bat Moshe... 24 Tammuz/ Saturday 7 July   Rebecca Steiner-Carrion for her late friend Anna Fisher Channa bat Leib... 25 Tammuz/ Sunday 8 July   Rev Amzalak for his late father  Reb Yizchak ben Reb Avraham...27 Tammuz/ Tuesday 10 July   Tauba Tanchum for her late brother Leslie Kaplan  Eliezer ben Tevia...1 Av/ Friday 13 July     SPONSORING A KIDDUSH IS SIMPLE!   FRIDAY NIGHT:  SOUP $75 | BASIC $120| DELUXE $200   SHABBOS DAY: STANDARD $350 | LUNCH *FROM $450   DATES AVAILABLE :Friday Night 13 July, Shabbos Day 14 July, Friday Night 27 July, Shabbos Day 28 July.     EMAIL US: office@nefesh.com.au

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