Rabbi Moss

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Is That an Angel On Your Shoulder?

Question of the Week

I have been looking into the topic of angels and I have a question. Are there new angels being born every day, or were all angels created once by G-d and that's it?

Answer:

Angels are not only made by G-d. You make them too. All the time.

Every action we do elicits a spiritual reaction. When a person does a good deed, a pocket of positive energy is released into the universe. An angel is born. My deed may have taken only a second, but the world is changed forever for the better, as the angel of my deed lives on.

But the same applies for bad deeds. When an evil act is committed, a bad angel is created. The sinful act becomes personified in a negative force that corrupts and taints the world, an angel of destruction.

These angels follow us around. We made them, so we bear them. Our good angels stay with us, protect us and help us do more good. And our bad angels haunt us, pollute our spiritual surroundings and pull us down.

But we need not be alarmed. We can rid ourselves of these spooky beings. If we truly regret our misdeeds, take responsibility by admitting our wrong, apologizing where needed, and resolve not to repeat them, we suck the life force out of those negative angels and they disappear. They can only survive if we let them.

Not so for the good angels. They live forever. Because evil is just a necessary evil, a conditional existence that is only there so we have free choice. It can be vanquished. But goodness is forever. Your good deeds can never be taken away, and your good angels stay with you for eternity. So what angels have you made today?

Good Shabbos,

Rabbi Moss

Source:

Tzemach Tzedek Derech Mitzvosecha 38b

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SHABBAT SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO

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Friday, 18 November 2016 | 17 Cheshvan 5777

Candle Lighting............ 7:21 pm (*Earliest 6:16pm)

Mincha......................... 6:10 pm

Kids program ............... 6:30 pm

Friday Evening Service...6:30pm

Followed by Kiddush.

Shabbos, 19 November, 2016 |18 Cheshvan 5777

Chassidus Class........................ 9:00 am

Shabbos Morning Service........ 10:00 am-12:15 pm

Children's program................. 11:00am

Followed by Kiddush sponsored by Stuart Shaw in honour of his birthday, 15th November, 29th Cheshvan- Mazal Tov!

Special kids' dessert in appreciation of Morah Rivka on her last Shabbos with the children's program- thank you!

Mincha.....................................................7:15 pm

Seudah Shlishis

Gematria and Story by Rev Amzalak............ 7:35 pm

Shiur:.......................................................7:55 pm

Shabbos ends and Maariv............................ 8:22 pm

Followed by Havdalah.

WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES

Sunday ................................... 8:00 am

Mon- Fri................................... 7:00 am

Latest Shema this week........... 9:09 am

WEEKDAY CLASSES

Chassidus................................ 8:00-8:45am

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO

Tahnya & Jonathan Seifman..... 19 Cheshvan/ Sun 20 Nov

Michelle & Jeremy Saunders .... 23 Cheshvan/ Thurs 24 Nov

LONG LIFE TO

Anne Sarzin for her late husband Dr Barney Sarzin, Dov ben Zwi on 23 Cheshvan/ Thursday 24 Nov; late aunt Elise Kaplan, Elisheva bat Harav Avraham Halevi on 27 Cheshvan/ Monday 28 Nov and late uncle Dr Isidore Kaplan on 27 Cheshvan/ Monday 28 Nov.

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Who Listen Better, Men or Women?

PRESENTING FOUR SHORT VIDEOS

IN HONOUR OF THE SHABBOS PROJECT

An Initiative of www.BINA.com.au


What Was Rabin's Secret?


Who Are Better Listeners, Men or Women?


A Gift that Falls from Heaven


Eating When You Can Eat No More

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Friday, 11 November 2016 | 11 Cheshvan 5777

Candle Lighting................ 7:15 pm (*Earliest 6:07pm)

Mincha............................ 6:15 pm

Kids program .................. 6:30 pm

Friday Evening Service . .. 6:30-7:20 pm

Followed by Friday Night Dinner (SOLD OUT)

Shabbos, 12 November, 2016 |12 Cheshvan 5777

Chassidus Class........................ 9:00 am

Shabbos Morning Service........ 10:00 am-12:20 pm

Children's program................. 11:00am

Followed by a communal Shabbos Lunch proudly sponsored by the UIA. (SOLD OUT)

Special JNF communal Kids program, Mincha, Seudah Shlishis and Havdalah concert at Mizrachi Shul ALL WELCOME.............. 5:00 pm- 8:15pm (No Mincha at Nefesh)

WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES

Sunday ................................. 8:00 am

Mon- Fri................................. 7:00 am

Latest Shema this week.......... 9:10 am

WEEKDAY CLASSES

Chassidus......................... 8:00-8:45am

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO

Rob & Lana Goldshaft.... 14 Cheshvan/ Tuesday 15 Nov

Carly & David Zalcberg... 16 Cheshvan/ Thursday 17 Nov

LONG LIFE TO

Stephen Etkind for his late sister Michelle Holzman......... 11 Cheshvan/ Saturday 12 Nov

Diane, Ruth, David and Jonathan Shteinman for their late husband and father Boris Shteinman Boruch ben Eliazar.......................... 11 Cheshvan/ Saturday 12 Nov

Gilda Cohen-Shapira for her late sister Brenda Maraney...16 Cheshvan/ Thursday 17 Nov

HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED SETUP THE SHUL, COOK AND PREPARE FOR OUR SHABBOS PROJECT EVENTS!

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Thursday, November 3, 2016

Are You a Chicken Soup Jew?

SHABBOS DINNER NEXT WEEK FILLING UP FAST

Question of the Week

I want to increase my Shabbos observance in honour of the worldwide Shabbos Project. I have resolved to light candles at the correct time, starting this week. One question I had. Why do we light specifically two candles?

Answer:

A lot of people call themselves "culturally Jewish." They feel connected to the Jewish people, are active in the community, advocate for Israel, and may attend shul on major festivals, but they don't keep Jewish law. When it comes to the details of keeping Shabbos, they will argue that the laws are not important, it is all about family time. If you come to Shabbos dinner, whether you walk or drive doesn't make a difference. As long as you eat chicken soup, it doesn't matter if it was heated before Shabbos came in or after. These people believe it's all about the feeling, not the little details. Let's call them Chicken Soup Jews.

On the other side of the spectrum, there are those Jews who are scrupulous in their observance of Shabbos, keep every law down to the last dot, but they do it without joy. They keep Shabbos neurotically, obsessing over what you can't do and making the day of rest into a day of stress. Let's call them Chicken Coup Jews.

Both are missing something. Chicken Soup Jews have their heart in the right place, but Jewish feeling without observance is wishy-washy and short lived. And the Chicken Coup Jews are indeed truly committed, but observance without feeling is hollow and dry.

The only Judaism that survives and thrives is a Judaism of passion with commitment, observance with feeling, the forest and the trees. When I am Jewish in my heart and in my head, in my kitchen and in my office, in what I do as well as what I say, that is real Judaism.

That's why we light two candles, to symbolize the duality of Shabbos. There are the laws we have to keep, as well as the messages we have to remember. There is the technical side of Shabbos, its rules, as well as the meaning that those rules are supposed to bring and the feelings they arouse.

When you study the laws of Shabbos as well as its inner meaning, you can have the best of both worlds. You really can have your soup and eat it too. The Shabbos rules are not there to make you feel couped up, they are there to free you from the mundane, so your soul can fly like a bird.

Good Shabbos,

Rabbi Moss

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