Could Chocolate be the Secret of Faith?

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Question of the Week: I envy you. You have faith. I can see how people with faith have clarity and strength that others don't, especially in hard times. I don't have that strength and I want some of it. Is there a quick fix for faith? Answer: There is a quick fix for faith. You should eat a piece of chocolate every day. Seriously. This is an ancient Jewish remedy for strengthening faith. It is a pity so few people know about it, because if they did, their lives would be so much better. And it really isn't so hard. Just eat a piece of chocolate. But before you eat the chocolate, you should say the blessing on chocolate. It goes like this: "Blessed are you Lord our G-d, King of the Universe, for everything exists by Your word." If you say these words and actually think about them for a few seconds, you will shift your entire perspective on life. Everything exists by His word. What G-d says goes. Nothing happens by accident. We didn't make ourselves. We are not alone. We are in good hands. Contemplate those words for a minute a day, and you will have the strength to face whatever life throws at you. Because it's not life throwing it at you, it's G-d. So go eat some chocolate. Note: Technically, you don't need to eat chocolate. The same blessing is said on a glass of water, a mushroom, a piece of herring and many other foods. But you have to consume something after saying the blessing. Faith needs to be ingested. Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss Sources: See Nesivos Sholom Yesod Hatorah Maamar 2:3 "The Saba Kadisha of Lechovitch would say, "When things are tough, make a brocha Shehakol, and trust that everything happens by His word. This sweetens all harshness and miracles will happen!" See Shevet HaLevi 7:27 why we say Shehakol on chocolate when it should be Haetz. To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au  CLICK HERE TO BOOK ONLINE NOW    CLICK HERE TO BOOK ONLINE NOW

This week site preparation and cleaning has continued to get rid of the huge 'sandpit' that has been made by the displacement of the sand from the piers. We have accepted the steel delivery and organised to begin creating the 'cages' that will sit in the capping beam after we clear the land and align the tops of all the piers to create a flat surface for the beam to sit on. Although it doesn't seem it, about 100 tons of sand and dirt was removed from site this week. SHABBOS SERVICES & COMMUNITY INFO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL SERVICES AT NEFESH POP-UP 1 FRANCIS ST BONDI BEACH (OFF CAMPBELL PDE, BEHIND NOAH'S BACKPACKERS)   SHABBOS SERVICES Friday, 2 February 2018 | 17 Shevat 5778 Candle Lighting............ 7:42pm (Not before 6:38pm) Mincha........................ 6:15pm Shabbos Service........... 6:30-7:20pm  Kids Program .............. 6:30pm Kiddush sponsored by The Rosenberg and Bermeister families in honour of Peter Eliovson's yortzeit and the safe return of David, Gail, Joshua and Rebecca Eliovson from their 6 month trip around Australia.   Shabbos Day, 3 February 2018 | 18 Shevat 5778 In depth parsha class ..................... 9:00am Shabbos Service............................ 10:00am-12:20pm Kids Program ................................10:30am Kiddush in honour of Vitali Broyda's Aufruf and his upcoming marriage to Karen Uziel - Mazal Tov!!   Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishis ......... 7:40pm Gematria and story by Rev Amzalak......... 8:10pm Shiur by Rabbi Moss............................... 8:25pm Shabbos ends........................................ 8:39pm Followed by Havdalah    WEEKDAY SERVICES Sunday ............................. 8:00am Monday-Friday.................... 7:00am Latest Shema this week....... 9:40am   HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mitchell Deubler....... 18 Shvat / Saturday 3 February   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Janet & David Kessler.......... 20 Shvat/Monday 5 February Robert & Natalie Dabscheck ..23 Shvat/Thursday 8 February Michael & Linda Lenn........... 23 Shvat/Thursday 8 February   LONG LIFE Jacqui Rosenberg, David Eliovson and Natalie Lipson for their late husband and father, Peter John Eliovson, Perach ben Ezra..........18 Shvat/ Saturday 3 February   To make a donation for a birthday, an Aliyah, a Yahrzeit or anything else,  please click here.  Kiddush options: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday night: Soup $75 | Basic $120 | Deluxe $200 Shabbos Day: Basic $350 Lunch $750-$1200    Dates available: Fri 9 Feb, Sat 10 Feb, Fri 16, Sat 17, Fri 23 Feb, Sat 24 Feb.   To arrange, just email office@nefesh.com.au

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Is She Worth a Second Date?

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Question of the Week: I met a lovely girl on a blind date last week. We went to the art gallery and had a wonderful conversation. She has everything I am looking for. But she is not for me. There is nothing wrong with her, but I am a very good judge of character and my intuition can quickly assess people. I know when it is right and this time it just isn't. I would meet her a second time just to be polite, but wouldn't that be leading her on?   Answer:   There is a popular theory that we can know all we need to know about a person in the first few seconds of meeting them. It is a great theory. There is only one problem with it. It is rubbish.   A person is more than meets the eye. We are multi-layered. We have thoughts and feelings, memories and dreams, quirks and foibles. Everyone has a story and everyone has a soul. You can't see all this at first glance.   How many times have you been impressed by someone's first impression, only to be disappointed after a few conversations? And the opposite too, how many people have you met and not particularly appreciated, only to be pleasantly surprised after getting to know them better? Even looks are deceiving. A person who you find unattractive at first can grow on you as their full picture unravels.   I am sure you would agree that no one can know what you are all about by meeting you once. The same goes for others. Don't always trust your instincts. They can easily lead you astray.   Maybe I am wrong. Perhaps you do have an amazing sixth sense and can read people on the spot. But is it foolproof? What if you are right 99% of the time? What if you get it wrong only once? Imagine what you could miss out on...   I commend you for taking the plunge and agreeing to meet her the first time. It is not always easy to put yourself out there. But I think you should give it a second chance, and this time switch off the intuition and see what you find. You may discover that you are actually meeting her for the first time. Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au

SHABBOS SERVICES & COMMUNITY INFO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL SERVICES AT NEFESH POP-UP 1 FRANCIS ST BONDI BEACH (OFF CAMPBELL PDE, BEHIND NOAH'S BACKPACKERS)   SHABBOS SERVICES Friday, 26 January 2018 | 10 Shevat 5778 Candle Lighting............ 7:46pm (Not before 6:41pm) Mincha........................ 6:15pm Shabbos Service........... 6:30-7:20pm  Kiddush sponsored by Dan Helfand in honour of the yorztehit of his father Ariyeh Nochem Ben Yedidyah on 10th Shevat- Long Life   Shabbos Day, 27 Jan 2018 | 11 Shevat 5778 In depth parsha class .............. 9:00am Shabbos Service.................... 10:00am-12:20pm Kids Program returns............. 10:30am Kids Kiddush & Program sponsored in honour of Golda and Mendel Moss' birthdays - Mazal Tov!   Kiddush/Farbrengen in honour of a refuah shleima for Chaya Nechama Dina bas Reizel    Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishis ..... 7:45pm Gematria and story by Rev Amzalak..... 8:05pm Shiur by Rabbi Moss........................... 8:25pm Shabbos ends.................................... 8:45pm Followed by Havdalah    WEEKDAY SERVICES Sunday ........................... 8:00am Monday-Friday.................. 7:00am Latest Shema this week..... 9:36am   HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mendel Moss...... 15/16 Shvat/ Wednesday/Thursday 31 Jan/ 1 Feb Zac Weinberg......17 Shvat/ Friday 2 February   LONG LIFE Les Pozniak (father) Maurice Pozniak, Moshe Ben Yeshiou.... 14 Shvat/ Tuesday 30 January   To make a donation for a birthday, an Aliyah, a Yahrzeit or anything else,  please click here.  Kiddush options: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday night: Soup $75 | Basic $120 | Deluxe $200 Shabbos Day: Basic $350 Lunch $750-$1200    Dates available: Fri 2 Feb, Fri 9 Feb, Sat 10 Feb, Fri 16, Sat 17, Fri 23 Feb, Sat 24 Feb.   To arrange, just email office@nefesh.com.au

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A Tough One from a 4 Year Old

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Question of the Week: My 4 year old asked me some hard questions that I wasn't sure how to answer, like, "Why did Hashem make people deaf? Did they do something bad?" I tried explaining that somehow everything Hashem does is for the best even if we don't understand why, but I felt it wasn't the best answer I could have given. Could you guide me how to answer her?   Answer:   No human being is complete on their own. Each one of us has a lack in some areas, and extra powers in others. A blind person may have an extra keen intellect, and a deaf person profound emotional strength. No one has it all. This means we need each other.   If you can see, you can help someone who can't. If you are healthy, you can help someone who isn't. If you have money, you can share it with those in need. And if you have emotional depth, you can support those with weak hearts.   The Talmud relates that the Roman governor Turnus Rufus challenged Rabbi Akiva with the following question: "If G-d loves the poor, why doesn't He supply them with their needs?" Rabbi Akiva's reply was: "To give us the opportunity to save ourselves from Gehenom (hell)". That Gehenom is a world where no one ever helps anyone else, where everyone only thinks about themselves and cares not for another. We are in this world to do kindness. Every lack that one person has is an opportunity for another to fill it with love.   So let's say all of this in the language of a four year old:   You are a good sharer. When you share your toys with other kids who don't have those toys, you become friends. You can also share your eyes and your ears, by helping someone who can't see or hear. And they can help you too. Then we can all be friends. That's why Hashem created us all with something missing. He is not punishing us for doing something wrong, He is giving us a chance to do something right.     Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss   Source: Bava Basra 10a To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au  Today is the day, G-d willing, that piling is complete! Drilling machinery will now be exiting the site and we will be receiving our steel and other materials to produce and form the 'capping beam'. This is basically a big column of concrete that sits on top of the piles and ties them all together, adding strength and making a solid wall for the basement of the synagogue. Good Shabbas and G-d bless.

SHABBOS SERVICES & COMMUNITY INFO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL SERVICES AT NEFESH POP-UP 1 FRANCIS ST BONDI BEACH (OFF CAMPBELL PDE, BEHIND NOAH'S BACKPACKERS)   SHABBOS SERVICES Friday, 19 January 2018 | 3 Shevat 5778 Candle Lighting................... 7:50pm ....................................... (Not before 6:43pm) Mincha................................6:15pm Shabbos Service................. 6:30-7:20pm  (Kids Program on summer break) Teen Boys Davening............. 6:30pm Followed by Kiddush sponsored by Malka Kurta in honour of the yortzheit for her father Alexander Rees, Shlomo Ben David HaLevi on 7 Shvat /Tuesday 23 January- Long Life. Shabbos Day, 20 Jan 2018 | 4 Shevat 5778 In depth parsha class ............ 9:00am Shabbos Service.................. 10:00am-12:20pm (Kids Program on summer break) Followed by Kiddush sponsored by Michael & Linda Lenn in honour of Linda's birthday on 6 Shevat - Mazal Tov!   L'Chaim sponsored by Eli Bobrovizki in honour of the recent Yortzheit of his mother, Shoshana bat Hilla Z"L.     MAZEL TOV to Adam Goldwater and Dani Sheldon and their families on the call-up this Shabbos (at early mincha, 4pm) and wedding this coming week!    Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishis ......... 7:50pm Gematria and story by Rev Amzalak......... 8:10pm Shiur by Rabbi Moss............................... 8:30pm Shabbos ends and Maariv....................... 8:49pm Followed by Havdalah    WEEKDAY SERVICES Sunday & next Friday (Pub. Hol).................... 8:00am Monday-Thursday.........................................7:00am Latest Shema this week.................................9:32am   MAZAL TOV Dean and Heidi Krowitz on the birth of a boy!   HAPPY BIRTHDAY Naomi Ziv ................ 6 Shvat/Monday 22 January Golda Moss ............... 6 Shvat/Monday 22 January Linda Lenn................. 6 Shevat/Monday 22 January Jocelyn Lowinger........ 7 Shevat/Tuesday 23 January Natalie Dabscheck...... 7 Shevat/Tuesday 23 January Alessia Rachel Maksimovich ........ 8 Shevat/Wednesday 24 January   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Nikki & Eyal Kirshner. 9 Shevat/Thursday 25 January LONG LIFE Harry Kornfeld (mother) Regina Kornfeld, Rivka bas Alexander 5 Shvat/ Sunday 21 January Malka Kurta (father) Alexander Rees, Shlomo Ben David HaLevi 7 Shvat/ Tuesday 23 January Jonathan Isdale (father) Nathan Israel, Natan Ben Avraham . 9 Shvat/ Thursday 25 January   To make a donation for a birthday, an Aliyah, a Yahrzeit or anything else,  please click here.  Kiddush options: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday night: Soup $75 | Basic $120 | Deluxe $200 Shabbos Day: Basic $350 Lunch $750-$1200    Dates available: Fri 2 Feb, Fri 9 Feb, Sat 10 Feb, Fri 16, Sat 17, Fri 23 Feb, Sat 24 Feb.   To arrange, just email office@nefesh.com.au

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