Rabbi Gavriel and the Board wish you a Shabbat Shalom ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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ALL WELCOME: On Saturday, 25th May, the Shule is privileged to have as a guest speaker at our kiddush - visiting from the U.S., Rabbi Dr. Daniel P. Aldrich.
As a background, Daniel P. Aldrich is an academic in the fields of political science, public policy and Asian studies. His research, prompted in part by his own family's experience of Hurricane Katrina, explores how communities around the world respond to and recover from disaster. Much of Dr. Aldrich's research has explored the interaction between social networks, public policy, and the environment. His research interests include comparative politics, nuclear power, disaster recovery, and countering violent extremism. One of his main contributions has been the argument that social capital serves as the critical engine for post-disaster recovery and that these ties are more important than factors such as damage from the event, wealth, or investment in physical infrastructure. His work has been cited by organizations such as Facebook, the Red Cross, NYC Emergency Management, the Legal Services Corporation, and the City Club of Portland in their focus on the role of social ties during disaster. He has also worked extensively on interactions between civil society, social networks, and the state, especially in the siting of controversial facilities. Dr. Aldrich's earlier research focused on Japan's nuclear power program. He has been interviewed extensively in the press as an expert on this subject. Dr. Aldrich's ongoing work includes a focus on social infrastructure, that is, the facilities and places that help people meet, build trust and create and maintain social capita.
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Lag B'Omer Celebration !!
JOIN US AT ELWOOD SHULE FOR AN EVENING OF MUSIC, BONFIRE, BBQ DINNER & DRUMMING FUN SUNDAY 26 MAY 2024, 5:00pm ADULTS: $15.00; CHILDREN (3 years and over) $10.00; Children under 3 FREE
BOOK HERE FOR LAG BAOMER CELEBRATION:
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Pre-Shavuot Flower Arrangement Evening!!
MONDAY 10TH JUNE 2024, 7:45PM FOR 8:00PM START. MAKE YOUR OWN FLOWER ARRANGEMENT WITH MALKI K FLORAL DESIGN. PRICE: $50 PER HEAD. NOTE: SPACES LIMITED. HOSTED AND REFRESHMENTS KINDLY SPONSORED BY FAMILY PLOTNIK.
BOOK HERE FOR FLOWER ARRANGEMENT EVENING!
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Shabbat Starts / Ends Friday, 10 May, Light Candles by 5:00pm, Shabbat 11 May, Shabbat ends 5:58pm
This Shabbat the Parashat is EMOR. (See Synopsis below)
SERVICES: Fri, 17 May, Mincha 5:05pm Sun, 19 May, Shacharit 8:00am Sun, 19 May - Thurs 23 May, Mincha 5:05pm Mon, 20 May - Fri, 24 May, Shacharit 6:45am
Please help in supporting our daily Minyan whenever you're available. This helps ensure that our members can say Kaddish for their loved ones and for those that are not able to attend in person. |
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Please keep us in the loop by notifying us of your lifecycle events.
Happy- Jewish - Birthday! We wish a very Happy Jewish Birthday to Rowan Epstein, Rebbetzin Leah Fogelgarn, Jonathan Granek, Jeremy Gordon, Amy Rubin, Emily Gian, Rebecca Lewinsohn, Karina Banky, Paul Kaufman, Milo Friedman, Julie Granek, Dianne Hirsh OAM, Noah Fleiszig, Leon Friedman, David Friedman, Judah Goldman, Ruth Finkelstein. We wish them good health till 120. Jewish birthday Calculator.
Yahrtzeits! Shabbat Betty Kagan - mother of Evelyn Puszet Chaya Waldman - mother of Hinda Rosen
Sunday Karol Bernhaut - father of Adam Jean Salzman - mother of Mark Abraham Zeger - grandfather of Leonie Fleiszig
Monday Lucie Rohde - grandmother of Norman Lieberman
Tuesday Anita Cutler - mother of Ralph Cutler Moniek Granek - father of Harry Dianne Rosenberg - mother of Arlene Grupel
Wednesday Ray Caplan - father of Shirley Weiner, Murray & Nathan Caplan Tony Michaels - husband of Barbara, father of Richard Mary Elias - mother of Leslie Elias Zina Edelstein - mother of Bella Grossberg, mother-in-law of Gary Bryfman
Thursday Bronia Lipson - mother of Jack & Garry Kayla Faigenbaum - mother of Mary Zinger & Cyla Sternfein Jack Hirsh - father of Lyn Borowski & Don Hirsh Chana Aubor - mother of Levi
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We wish the respective families blessings of long life and good health.
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Please continue to keep all the remaining hostages and the IDF members in your thoughts and prayers.
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Prayer for healing - Refuah Shlema - (רפואה שלמה)
For all those that are in need of a Refuah Shlema (רפואה שלמה) - may they be granted a complete and speedy recovery. Please let us know of anyone that you feel should be included in our weekly prayers. (Please provide their Hebrew name and their mothers Hebrew name.).
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Emor Parashat in a NutshellLeviticus 21:1–24:23The name of the Parshah, “Emor,” means “speak” and it is found in Leviticus 21:1. The Torah section of Emor (“Speak”) begins with the special laws pertaining to the kohanim (“priests”), the kohen gadol (“high priest”), and the Temple service: A kohen may not become ritually impure through contact with a dead body, save on the occasion of the death of a close relative. A kohen may not marry a divorcee, or a woman with a promiscuous past; a kohen gadol can marry only a virgin. A kohen with a physical deformity cannot serve in the Holy Temple, nor can a deformed animal be brought as an offering. A newborn calf, lamb or kid must be left with its mother for seven days before being eligible for an offering; one may not slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day. The second part of Emor lists the annual Callings of Holiness—the festivals of the Jewish calendar: the weekly Shabbat; the bringing of the Passover offering on 14 Nissan; the seven-day Passover festival beginning on 15 Nissan; the bringing of the Omer offering from the first barley harvest on the second day of Passover, and the commencement, on that day, of the 49-day Counting of the Omer, culminating in the festival of Shavuot on the fiftieth day; a “remembrance of shofar blowing” on 1 Tishrei; a solemn fast day on 10 Tishrei; the Sukkot festival—during which we are to dwell in huts for seven days and take the “Four Kinds”—beginning on 15 Tishrei; and the immediately following holiday of the “eighth day” of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret). Next the Torah discusses the lighting of the menorah in the Temple, and the showbread; (lechem hapanim) placed weekly on the table there. Emor concludes with the incident of a man executed for blasphemy, and the penalties for murder (death) and for injuring one’s fellow or destroying his property (monetary compensation). Emor Haftorah in a NutshellEzekiel 44:15-31. This week's haftorah discusses various laws that pertain to the kohanim, the priests, a topic also discussed at length in the first part of the week's Torah portion. Ezekiel prophesies about the service of the kohanim in the third Holy Temple which will be rebuilt after the Final Redemption. The prophet describes their priestly vestments, their personal care, whom they may and may not marry, and their special purity requirements which preclude them from coming in contact with a corpse, unless it's for a next of kin. He also discusses their calling as teachers and spiritual leaders. The prophet conveys G‑d's word: "You shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession." The kohanim do not receive a portion in the Land of Israel, instead they partake of the sacrifices as well as various tithes. © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further, provided that you comply with Chabad.org's copyright policy.
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