Shabbat Shalom v 4 #15 (Summer Edition) [20th December 2013]

Times: Candlelighting for the next few weeks:

December 20-21: Candlelighting is Friday 8:23pm; Shabbat ends Saturday 9:29pm.
Early Shabbat Times: Mincha 6:55pm; Candlelighting: 7:10pm.
The weekly Torah Portion is Shemot.

December 27-28: Candlelighting is Friday 8:26pm; Shabbat ends Saturday 9:32pm.
Early Shabbat Times: Mincha 7:00pm; Candlelighting: 7:15pm.
The weekly Torah Portion is Vaeirah.

January 3-4: Candlelighting is Friday 8:28pm; Shabbat ends 9:32pm.
Early Shabbat Times: Mincha 7:00pm; Candlelighting: 7:15pm.
The weekly Torah Portion is Bo.

January 10-11: Candlelighting is Friday 8:27pm; Shabbat ends 9:31pm.
Early Shabbat Times: Mincha 7:00pm; Candlelighting: 7:15pm.
The weekly Torah Portion is Beshalach.

January 17-18: Candlelighting is Friday 8:25pm; Shabbat ends 9:28pm.
Early Shabbat Times: Mincha 7:00pm; Candlelighting: 7:15pm.
The weekly Torah Portion is Yitro.

Mincha in the CBD: Mincha is on today 2.00pm at ABL 21/333 Collins, and will continue at 1.56pm next Monday and Tuesday at our usual venue for as long as we still get numbers.

Kollel Menachem invites you to an evening for Jewish lawyers and accountants with Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, Dean of the Institute of American and Talmudic Law in New York, NY. Topic: A comparative study of Jewish and secular law on the nature of the corporation and its implication for corporate relationships, ethics and considerations. Monday December 30, 8:00pm-9:15pm at the home of Michael and Sylvia Goldhirsch, 59 Balaclava Rd, St Kilda East. This seminar is part of the Summer Learning Program, and may qualify for CPD points. To RSVP email kollel@yeshivahcentre.org.

Study: Weekly shiurim are going into recess until late Jan.

Kosher Food in the CBD: GOLD’S GOURMET are supplying delicious sandwiches to the following THREE outlets in the CBD:
-Pronto on Flinders @ Ground Level, 335 Flinders Lane
-CBW Express- CGU Building @ 181 William St.
CBW Express has arguably the largest range of fresh and packaged kosher products in the CBD!
-Cityblend Café @ 365 Little Collins St.

Thought of the Week with thanks to Yehuda Gottlieb. The book of Shemot begins right where Bereshit left off – with the Jews still living in Egypt. However, the verse tells us that a new king arose in Egypt, who “did not know Yoseph”. Taken in a literal sense, this describes a new monarch that had a different leadership strategy to his predecessor. This strategy involved enslaving the Jewish people and ignoring the efforts that Yoseph had taken to sustain Egypt throughout the years of famine.

The Kli Yakar has an interesting view on this verse. He states that Pharaoh did not only ignore Yoseph, but did not take to heart the lessons learnt from Yoseph’s life. Yoseph was a person who was almost killed by his brothers, solved into slavery and cast into jail when he arrived in Egypt. Despite this, it was God’s plan that Yoseph should arise from the depths and become the viceroy of the world’s superpower of the time. The lesson to be learnt from his lifetime, is that despite man’s plans and efforts, the Divine plan will prevail. Therefore, when Pharoah came and set his new strategy, he “did not know” this lesson from Yoseph’s life. Despite the fact that he enslaved the Jewish people, Pharoah should have known that Hashem’s overall plan would succeed.

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