Mazal tov to Ron and Yael Burdo on the birth of their baby girl, Naomi.  

Times: Shabbat starts tonight with candlelighting at 4:53pm; ends Saturday night at 5:53pm. The weekly Torah portion for Shabbos is Naso.

Past Events: To listen to Rabbi Moshe Taragin “Why doesn’t the Torah mention the afterlife? If the afterlife is so pivotal to religion why doesn’t the Torah mention it? Where is true heaven?” click here for the podcast.

Mincha in the CBD: Mincha continues at 1.00pm Monday-Thursday.

Study: Wed shiur @ Billing Bureau: 1:15pm

Kosher Food in the CBD: Nifla Kosher Catering (KA Hechsher)
Offers Corporate Catering, specializing in individual and board room lunches. For further details visit www.nifla.com.au
10% Discount on your first website purchase. Enter promo code “FIRST TIME”.
Kosher sandwiches, muffins and salads are available at the following locations:
CUPP- Manchester Unity Building- Ground Floor-220 Collins Street
CBW EXPRESS-181 William Street.(Entrance Little Bourke St)
IN A RUSH CAFE-616 St Kilda Road-(Ground Floor-Lowe Lippmann Building)

Spot On (KA Hechsher)
Kosher sandwiches and snacks are available at the following location: 
PRONTO ON FLINDERS-335 Flinders Lane
Smoked salmon and cheese sandwich, Tuna sandwich,Cheese and salad sandwich, Egg and tomato sandwich. Natural yoghurt with berries and granola clusters, Mixed berry muffin, Seasonal fresh fruit salad, Pesto pasta salad (new), Greek salad (new).

Thought of the Week with thanks to Rabbi James Kennard.  At the very end of this week’s Torah reading “Naso”, the Torah describes how Moses would enter the sanctuary and hear the voice of God “speaking to him” (Numbers 7:89). Rashi comments that the grammatical form of the verb in Hebrew more precisely means “was speaking to Himself” and that Moses was merely overhearing, since it is not courteous to the Almighty to say that He was directing his words to one human individual.

But in fact, for a person to “hear God speaking to Himself” does not represent a lower level than hearing God speak directly to them. On the contrary, it takes a prophet to be able to “tune in” to God’s own thoughts. Nevertheless, we can all try to “hear God speaking to Himself” when we look at nature, at history or at the events of our own lives. Sometimes all it takes is the ability to listen carefully.