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A BIT OF WIT |
A Jew and a gentile are traveling on a train together when suddenly the gentile asks "Why are you Jews so smart?"
The Jew is quiet for a moment and then says "its because of all the herring we eat."
A few hours later the Jew takes out some herring and starts to eat it.
The gentile asks "how much herring do you have?" and the Jew answers "a dozen pieces".
"And how much do you want for a piece?"
"20 kopecks" (a lot of money).
The man hands the money over and the Jew gives him a piece of herring.
"He takes a bite and says suddenly "I could have bought this same herring in Moscow for a few kopecks".
To this the Jew responds "see... your getting smarter already."
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In the Sinai Desert, G-d says to conduct a census of the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses counts 603,550 men of draftable age (20 to 60 years); the tribe of Levi, numbering 22,300 males age one month and older, is counted separately. The Levites are to serve in the Sanctuary, replacing the firstborn, whose number they approximated, who were disqualified when they participated in the worshipping of the Golden Calf. The 273 firstborn who lacked a Levite to replace them had to pay a five-shekel "ransom" to redeem themselves.
When the people broke camp, the three Levite clans dismantled and transported the Sanctuary, and reassembled it at the center of the next encampment. They then erected their own tents around it: the Kehatites, who carried the Sanctuary's vessels (the ark, menorah, etc.) in their specially designed coverings on their shoulders, camped to its south; the Gershonites, in charge of its tapestries and roof coverings, to its west; and the families of Merrari, who transported its wall panels and pillars, to its north. Before the Sanctuary's entranceway to its east were the tents of Moses, Aaron and Aaron's sons.
Beyond the Levite circle, the twelve tribes camped in four groups of three tribes each. To the east were Judah (pop. 74,600), Issachar (54,400) and Zebulun (57,400); to the south, Reuben (46,500), Simeon (59,300) and Gad (45,650); to the west, Ephraim (40,500), Menasseh (32,200) and Benjamin (35,400); and to the north, Dan (62,700), Asher (41,500) and Naphtali (53,400). This formation was kept also while traveling. Each tribe had its own nassi (prince or leader), and its own flag with its tribal color and emblem.
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On Sunday night June 8th we will be celebrating Shavuot. Shavuot is a Jewish holiday that simultaneously commemorates two things: the reaping of the spring wheat harvest and the Giving of the Torah. It is called Pentecost in English, and always falls on the sixth and seventh of the Hebrew month of Sivan.
Shavuot also caps off the Counting of the Omer, the 49-day count which starts with the second day of Passover, the day when the First Barley Offering was offered in the Temple. Though the Temple no longer stands, the omer must be counted even without the offering.
ALL NIGHT LEARNING
On Sunday, June 8th , we will be having a All Night Learning session for Shavuot. Join Jews throughout the world in observing the centuries old custom of conducting an all night vigil dedicated to Torah learning - the first night of Shavuot. This will start at 11:45 pm, light refreshments will be served.
Ist DAY SHAVUOT
Then on Monday, June 9th, we will celebrate Shavuot. Join us at 10:00am when we read the Ten Commandments and enjoy a delicious dairy kiddush and Ice Cream Party.
2nd DAY SHAVUOT
On Tuesday monring we will begin services at 9:30am and Yizkor should take place 11:30am
SHAVUOT SCHEDULE:
Sunday June 8th - Sleepless on Shavuot
7:53 pm Candle Lighting
8:00 pm Evening Services
11:45 pm - All night learning vigil, refreshments will be served
Monday, June 9th - Services & Dairy Kiddush
9:30 am - Morning Services
10:30 am - Reading of the Ten Commandments, followed by dairy Kiddush & Ice Cream Party Sponsored by the Rosenthal Family
Evening service @ 7:45
Candle lighting after 8:51pm
Tuesday, June 10 - Services, Yizkor
9:30 am - Morning Service
11:30 am - Yizkor followed by a dairy Kiddush
7:45 pm - Evening Service
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ASK THE RABBI |
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Dear Rabbi: I appreciated your explanation of the Bris. But why is there no equivalent ceremony for girls? Don't they also deserve a sign of their connection to G-d?
Answer:
Male and female souls are different in their makeup, and come from different sources. Therefore their spiritual paths are different too.
For the male soul, physical and spiritual are two opposites in conflict. In his eyes, you can only be a soulful person if you ignore your body and the material world. A man who spends an hour grooming himself in front of the mirror every morning must not be a spiritual guy. We would call him vain and body-focused.
Not so for the female soul. She understands that physicality can be just as holy as spirituality; they are in harmony and can coexist. Caring for her body can itself be a holy pursuit. Decorating her physical surroundings can enhance her spiritual state. For the female soul, the material world doesn't necessarily contradict spirituality.
There is a Kabbalistic explanation for this difference. The male soul is sourced in G-d's light, the female soul comes from G-d's essence. G-d's light only shines in the spiritual world, but is concealed in the physical world. But G-d's essence, His very self, is everywhere equally. For G-d's light to shine, we have to get rid of the physicality that blocks it. But for G-d's essence to shine, we just need to become aware of it, for it is all around us.
So the male soul's mission is to aggressively conquer the physical world, to bring G-d's light there. That's why the six days of the week are associated with masculine energy, and the Shabbos with feminine energy - the Shabbos Queen, the Shabbos Bride. For six days we work to aggressively change the world, a male pursuit. On the seventh day we appreciate the innate beauty of the world as it is, a feminine attitude.
The Bris symbolises this male mission, to take the most physical object and transform it by cutting away the external layers that block the light from shining. But a female soul doesn't see the need to cut anything away; there is holiness within the physical as well, it just needs to be nurtured, appreciated, recognised. She doesn't need to negate the physicality of the world. So she doesn't need a Bris.
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Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Yisrael and Toby Baron
Chabad of Sunny Isles Beach
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