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Mizrachi Matters can now be found on the Mizrachi website at http://mizrachi.com.au/mizrachi-matters/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MizrachiMelb
MIZRACHI MATTERS – PARSHAT VAYETZE Friday, 6 December (8 Kislev)
Mincha & Ma’ariv: 6:45pm1 Candle Lighting: 7:05-7:10pm Dvar Torah: R’ Danny Mirvis
Mincha & Ma’ariv: 7:15pm3 Later Candle Lighting: 8:12pm
Dvar Torah: R’ Mottel Krasnjanski
This week’s newsletter is generously sponsored by Alan Shnider on the occasion of his daughter Natalie Chana’s engagement to William Charles Cubbison (Will) in Israel.
Friday 6 December
8 Kislev
Saturday 7 December
9 Kislev
Sunday 8 December
10 Kislev
Monday 9 December
11 Kislev
Tuesday 10 December
12 Kislev
Wednesday 11 December
13 Kislev
Thursday 12 December
14 Kislev
Friday 13 December
15 Kislev 1. Beit Yehuda 2. Kehillat Ohr David 3. Beit Midrash (Beit Haroeh Shabbat Morning) 4 . Bnei Akiva 5 . Elsternwick 6 . Midrashah 7 . Goldberger Hall
Shacharit 6:30am1; 7:00am2
7:30am1 7:30am1
9:30am1,2,3,4 7:00am1; 8:00am1:
9:00am4
6:20am1; 7:00am2 7:30am1
6:30am1; 7:00am2 7:30am1
6:30am1; 7:00am2 7:30am1
6:20am1; 7:00am2 7:30am1
6:30am1; 7:00am2 7:30am1
Dawn 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am 4:40am Tallit & Tefillin 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am 4:49am Sunrise 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am 5:52am Sh'ma (גר״א) 9:31am 9:31am 9:31am 9:31am 9:32am 9:32am 9:32am 9:32am Earliest Mincha 1:48pm 1:49pm 1:49pm 1:50pm 1:50pm 1:51pm 1:51pm 1:51pm Mincha Early Shabbat Candles
6:45pm 7:05-7:10pm 6:50pm
7:10-7:15pm Mincha / Maa'riv 7:15pm3 8:00pm1 6:55pm1 6:55pm1 6:55pm1 6:55pm1 6:55pm1 7:15pm1 Plag HaMincha (גר״א) 6:59pm 6:59pm 7:00pm 7:01pm 7:02pm 7:02pm 7:03pm 7:04pm Sunset 8:30pm 8:31pm 8:32pm 8:33pm 8:34pm 8:35pm 8:35pm 8:36pm Night/Shabbat Ends 9:18pm 9:19pm 9:20pm 9:21pm 9:22pm 9:22pm 9:23pm 9:24pm Second Ma'ariv 9:30pm 9:30pm 9:30pm 9:30pm 9:30pm
DAF YOMI Niddah 44 Niddah 45 Niddah 46 Niddah 47 Niddah 48 Niddah 49 Niddah 50 Niddah 51 8:15am 8:45am 8:15am 8:15am 8:15am 8:15am 8:15am
SHIURIM
R’ Leor Broh 9:00am
R’ James Kennard 9:30am6 Drashot
R’ Chezy Deren1 R’ Danny Mirvis2
R’ Leor Broh3 Emunah Rina
Pushett Shiurim R’ James Kennard
6:00pm Parashat
HaShavua Shiur R’ James Kennard
6:50pm Daf Yomi with R’ Krasnjanski
7:00pm
“(Trying to) Truly Understand
Rashi” shiur for students & young
adults with R’ James Kennard
8:30pm
Kli Yakar on the Parsha for women
R’ Danny Mirvis 9:30am6 Tzurba
Communal Shiur R’ Yehoshua
Asulin for men & women
8:30pm Sefer Devarim
for women Michal Kaufman
9:00pm
Lunch and Learn R’ Danny Mirvis
1:00pm6
Gemara B’Iyun Shiur R’ Yehoshua Asulin
8:30pm
“Following in the Footsteps of our
Fathers” 11:00am
11 Morrice Street Sara Rosenfeld Gary’s Gemara
Shiur @ 8:30pm **Geoff Bloch**
Exploring Emunah Shiur Klali – “Can We Live Decently
Without Religion?” 8:30pm
Beginners Gemara Shiur for
Women with Rabbanit Ahuva
Tsykin at 8:30pm6
Lunch and Learn R’ Danny Mirvis
Lvl 28, 101 Collins St 1:00pm
Parasha Shiur (Ivrit Kala)
R’ Yehoshua Asulin 8:30pm
Advanced Gemara Shiur for
Women with Rabbanit Ahuva
Tsykin at 8:30pm6
MISHNAH YOMIT
Zevachim 14:3-4
Zevachim 14:5-6
Zevachim 14:7-8
Zevachim 14:9-10
Menachot 1:1-2
Menachot 1:3-4
Menachot 2:1-2
Menachot 2:3-4
6:35pm 7:50pm Between Mincha and Ma'ariv
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv 6:40pm
EVENTS
MizKidz 10:45am
Bnei Akiva 5:30pm
Seudah Shlishit Tamara Bruce &
R’ James Kennard Shteigin Night
(see flyer) 10:30 – 11:30pm
Holy Bagel 9:00am
MizBubs 10:00-11:30am6
This week: Mini Rockers with Lisa
Chill n Cholent 9:45pm
YAHRZEITS
David Cook (Mother)
Mary Winter (Father)
Rosanna Leibler, Renata Gilbert,
Hanna Friedman, Ruth Gershov, Eva
Slonim and Martha Wise
(Sister) Rita Tugendhaft
(Mother)
Gloria Blau (Mother)
If you have an occasion or milestone event that you would like to be mentioned in Mizrachi Matters, please email it to [email protected] by 12:00pm on Thursdays
We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to:
Rebbetzin Chaya & Rabbi Chaim Cowen on the birth of their baby girl, Tova.
Mazal tov to her grandparents: Rabbi Shimon & Miriam Cowen and Yehoshua & Tzivia Israel (Sydney)
Mazal tov to her great-grandmothers: Lady Anna Cowen, Mrs Sybil Solden (Sydney) & Mrs Helen Israel (Sydney)
Leah & Benji Levy on the birth of their baby boy.
Mazal tov to his grandparents: Megan & David Levy and Janice & Jeffrey Lederman
Laurelle & Gilad Ritz on the birth of their baby son, Levi.
Mazal tov to his grandparents: Morris Ritz and David & Helen Kobritz Mazal tov to his great-grandparents: Minnie Ritz, Jack & Esther Shnaier
Natalie Shnider & Will Cubbison on the occasion of their engagement in Israel.
Mazal Tov to their parents: Helen Shnider, Alan Shnider and Pam & Jim Rehbock (USA) Mazal Tov to their grandparents: Millie Shnider, Rae & Mack Snider & Bill Pollack (USA)
To the incoming Federal Bnei Akiva leadership team for 2020: Merakezet: Leah Jones Rosh Chinuch: Sarah Winthrope Gizbarit: Cohava Rubenstein Sturgess Rosh PR: Alex Miller Rosh Machane: Ellie Moskow Rosh Shnat: Dinah Di Veroli
BAR / BAT MITZVAH ANNIVERSARIES: Mark Epstein, Eitan Schachna, Shmuli Wenig, Daniel Bierenkrant, Yehonatan Dodge, Michael Slonim, Ariel Elbaum, David Waysman
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Saturday: David Felman
Sunday: Caylee Werdiger Monday: Rimi Gluck
Tuesday: Hayley Rosenbaum, Mikey Teller, Shosh Kloot, Benjamin Lazar (HBD), Elliot Blau (HBD) Wednesday: Sonia Greenberger, Sharona Lindell (HBD)
Thursday: David Greenberger, Florence Pyke, Yehuda Karp, Rachel Gottlieb (HBD) Friday: Ezra Jaffe (HBD)
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES: Sunday: Karen & Peter Kacser
Monday: Miriam & Adam Feldman, Andrea & Jeremy Leibler Tuesday: Tory & Ilan Kraus
The podcasts of Rav Doron Podlashuk's weekly Tzurba shiurim are available on
Spotify, Apple podcasts and Google podcasts.
From the Gush Rav Moshe Taragin Parshat Vayetze - The Value of a Work Ethic
Prior to fleeing his murderous brother, Ya’akov’s life was peaceful and serene. He reveled
in the “tents” of study exploring God’s word and pondering the deeper meaning of life.
However, life had other plans in store for this quiet scholar. Hurriedly traveling to his
mother’s homeland, Ya’akov is quickly put to work by his future father in law. Constantly
tussling with his swindling father in law, he successfully shepherds flocks of sheep for
upwards of twenty years. Despite his father in laws dishonesty, Yaakov displays integrity
and decency. In the section of his sefer “Yad Chazakah” which details the laws of labor
and the workplace (Hilchot Sechirut), the Rambam presents Ya’akov as the paradigm of
honesty and fairness in the workplace. Though constantly manipulated by his employer,
Ya’akov remains honorable and principled. Given the fact that in the modern economy we
spend half our day in the workplace, it is critical to extend our religious values to that
realm. If we experience our Judaism solely in our homes, shuls and study halls, we are
living a shrunken or contracted religious experience.
In addition to integrity, Ya’akov displays an extraordinary work ethic. After toiling seven
long years to wed to marry Le’ah, he doesn’t miss a beat and works another seven to wed
Rachel. Toward the end of this entire twenty-year saga he defends his work record against
Lavan’s false accusations: “I worked through both sweltering heat and freezing cold; I
labored through fatigue and sleeplessness.” Ya’akov doesn’t just model honesty in the
workplace; he also typifies the value of a work ethic.
Developing a healthy work ethic is pivotal for character improvement. Man was
placed in Eden and tasked with working and preserving this world- “l’ovdah
u’leshamrah”. Even under the ideal conditions which existed before his great sin,
Man was expected to work. Without question, after the sin the conditions of labor
became more antagonistic and harsh- as a punishment for that disobedience. At its
essence though, work isn’t a punishment as much as a foundational element of
human identity.
A work ethic is central to moral identity for several reasons. Firstly, because the alternative
– laziness and idleness is morally perilous. Chazal were quite aware of the dangers of
inactivity or languor. The Mishnah in Ketuvot (59) excuses a married woman from
domestic chores based on the number of servants the family possesses. As the family
acquires more servants her domestic workload decreases. However, even an exorbitantly
wealthy woman, with unlimited resources, isn’t fully acquitted from basic domestic chores.
That condition would yield aimlessness and transgression. Parallel statements in Chazal
underscore the danger of indolence for men.
In a scathing critique, Rav Tzadok Hacohen – the great 19th century Polish Hassidic Rebbe-
traced the moral dysfunction of the generation of the flood to their excessive amount of
leisure time. Their world was abundantly fertile and one year’s labor produced harvest to
last forty years. Laden with leisure time but without the wisdom to productively utilize
this resource, they tumbled into a moral abyss. The question of leisure time is certainly
one which haunts modern Man, as technology has alleviated us from much of work-load
which our ancestors bore. It is obvious that society hasn’t properly exploited this leisure
time in a constructive or beneficial fashion.
However, a healthy work ethic is vital not only because it protects a person from the
dangers of indolence and idleness. Hard work and successful completion of tasks ennobles
human character and develops several vital qualities. Firstly, it steers us away from
personal interest and selfishness toward selflessness and generosity. Ideally, our hard
work assists others while our leisure is self-serving. Hard work can often develop generous
spirit and self- sacrifice. Secondly, work – at almost every level- demands some degree of
creativity. Even manual labor calls upon Man’s innate desire and ability to create
something new. Our creative capacity is a Divine gift and when that creativity is
squandered God’s gift is wasted. Additionally, work allows us to taste self-sufficiency – a
profoundly satisfying experience. The gemara in Bava Metzia (38) highlights the obvious:
everyone prefers benefits personally earned over gifts which are freely lavished without
any personal effort. We prefer the product of ou own handiwork even if those benefits are
more modest than the potential gifts of others. The ability to be self-sufficient and to
successfully perform and complete tasks provides self-esteem and personal confidence.
Finally, hard work allows us to “produce” rather than ‘devour’. The modern world of bounty
has redefined humans as “consumers”. Our economy is calibrated based upon the
“consumer” price index while the market gyrates based on “consumer” confidence levels.
Human beings aren’t meant to be “consumers” but rather “producers”. The bizarre
cultural frenzy surrounding “Black Friday” showcases the dangers of unbridled
consumerism. Of course, to successfully produce we must also consume but production,
and not consumption should form the heart of our identity. Work assures that we view
ourselves primarily as producers and not consumers. In addition to avoiding the dangers
of idleness work refines and perfects numerous qualities of human experience.
Finally, hard work reinforces a “pact” between God and Man. Infinite and perfect, God
could easily have created a perfect world without defect and without dependence upon
human participation. However, He intentionally left his world imperfect, inviting human
efforts to complement Divine creation. God invites us to become His partner and through
our hard work we fortify that partnership. Perhaps no venture better underscored this
desired partnership than the mishkan project. You would think that a building so holy
should be crafted in Heaven and delivered supernaturally to the Jewish people. Yet the
presence of God could only dwell amongst humans as a product of a human effort and the
partnership between man and his Creator. Working hard clinches our role as human
complements to an intentionally designed imperfect world.
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Your daughters will participate in a series of exciting sessions that aim to strengthen their love for Judaism, build their knowledge of Tanach and Halacha and connect with their Jewish roots and community.
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COSTThe program costs $200 for Mizrachi Members and $250 for Non-Mizrachi Members- inclusive of materials.
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