Times: Shabbat starts tonight with candlelighting at 4:50pm; ends Saturday night at 5:51pm. The weekly Torah portion for Shabbos is Korach.

Upcoming Events: Melbourne Hebrew Congregation together with Wingate present ORA The Sounds of Winter, An evening of Cantorial, Operatic, and Israeli Music. Melbourne Synagogue at 7:30pm, Tuesday 11th August 2015. For more information or tickets call 9866 2255, email concerttickets@mhc.org.au. Tickets are also being sold at Golds World of Judaica.

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 David Prins. This week’s Torah portion tells of a failed rebellion, which is led by Korach. Korach does not seek leadership because he genuinely believes he can give the people a better future. Rather, he is interested only in his own honour. He wants to be master of the people, not a public servant. He has no manifesto. His electioneering seeks simply to criticise and scoff at the current leadership. This model of campaigning sadly ended with Korach’s demise. We witness such negative campaigns all too frequently. We must be constantly on our guard against supporting those seemingly charismatic wannabees who offer nothing positive, and whose agenda starts and ends with their own grandeur.