Meyer Keslassy Vice President םולש תבש םיאבה םיכורב Rabbi ... · 6/20/2020  · As services resume we would like to remind everyone that face masks and gloves are

Nahalot Yishai Tzion Ohayon ì"æ 28 Sivan / Shabbat June 20th

Joseph Benmaman ì"æ, Henri Aaron Dahan ì"æ 29 Sivan / Sunday June 21st

Estrella Benzaquen/Benmaman ì"æ, Jacob Benzaquen ì"æ, Flora Benoualid ì"æ 4 Tammuz/ Fri. June 26th

Nahalot for the following week

David Elmaleh ì"æ, Saada Dahan ì"æ, Rahel Malka Azuelos ì"æ 5 Tammuz / Shabbat June 27th

Reina Dayan ì"æ 6 Tammuz / Sunday June 28th

Shlomo Dadoun ì"æ, Mercedes Delmar ì"æ, Esther Cohen Assayag ì"æ 7 Tammuz / Monday June 29th

Isaac Oziel ì"æ 10 Tammuz / Thursday July 2nd

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Welcome to our Synagogue ברוכים הבאים

Shabbat Shalom שבת שלום

President Meyer Keslassy Vice President Jean-Claude Abtan

Rabbi Emeritus Haham Amram Assayag

Rabbi Rabbi David Kadoch

Shaliach Tzibur

Marc Kadoch Parnas

Avi Azuelos

Parashat Shelah פרשת שלח

Shabbat June 20th, 2020, פ" תש כח' סיון / 28 Sivan 5780

Perasha Page 798, Haftarah 1184 in Artscroll

Shabbat Prayer Times äçðî Minha 6:50 p.m.

.Shir Hashirim 7:10 p.m שיר השירים

úåøð ú÷ìãä Candle Lighting 7:45 p.m.

(ïé÷éúå) à"ãéçä ïéðî úéøçù Shaharit Ha’Hida Vatikin 4:35 a.m.

úéøçù Shaharit (Main Synagogue/Barechu:9:35) 9:00 a.m.

íéìäú Tehilim 8:15 p.m.

äçðî Minha 8:45 p.m.

áåè òåáù Shabbat Ends 9:53 p.m.

Weekday Services at Medrash Torah Vehayim

úéøçù Shaharit Sunday ïé÷éúå Vatikin 4:55 a.m.

íéîéã÷î Makdimim 8:00 a.m. íéòåá÷ Kebuim 9:00 a.m.

úéøçù Shaharit Weekdays ïé÷éúå Vatikin 4:55 a.m.

íéîéã÷î Makdimim 6:45 a.m. íéòåá÷ Kebuim 8:15 a.m. äçðî Minha 7:15 p.m.

úéáøò Arbit 7:35 p.m.

Shabat Zemanim– Netz– õð– 5:36 am, Keriat Shema- òîù úàéø÷- 9:27 am, Shekia- äòé÷ù– 9:03 pm

Synagogue News

Celebrating Our Graduates:

With everything that is going on it is important that we note and celebrate the achievements of our members and their children.

Since we do not want to miss any graduates, please inform the office by calling Sulty at 416- 906-4417or send an e-Mail

to [email protected] with the graduate's name(s), the school they are graduating from and the year they are graduating

from. We will be announcing all graduates next week in the bulletin dated June 27,2020.

Deadline for inclusion is Wednesday, June 25th.

Rosh Hodesh

Please take note that Rosh Hodesh Tammuz will take place on Monday and Tuesday June 22nd and 23rd respectively.

Coronavirus Precautions Reminder

As services resume we would like to remind everyone that face masks and gloves are strongly encouraged during services and

during times of singing but are not mandatory unless you are given an Aliya, in which case, a face mask is mandatory. Face

masks should be worn after services are over when social distancing is difficult to be kept. In order to keep with government rec-

ommendation of social distancing we would appreciate if members can minimize their movement during services in

the synagogue. Please refer to the rules taped to the front door for full information.

Parashat Shelah - Lashon Hara: Transgenerational effect

למטה יוסף למטה מנשה, גדי בן סוסי

Sometimes we can do something so small that can have an effect many generations later. While this certainly is the case for a

good deed, unfortunately it works the other way around as well. While it may not be so clear in the eyes of man, but the eyes of

God don't overlook even the slightest of our iniquities. It is well known that Yosef had two sons: Efrayim and Menashe. While

Menashe was the firstborn, Hashem made it be that Efrayim would be the "more important" of the two sons. Yet, we notice some-

thing peculiar in the beginning of this week's Parasha. When listing the names of the individuals who are designated to spy out

the Land of Cana'an, Yosef's name precedes the name of Menashe and not Efrayim. In addition, in all other occurrences in the the

Torah where Efrayim and Menashe are mentioned, Efrayim is listed first. Nonetheless the verse in the beginning of the Parasha

begins: "To the tribe of Yosef, the tribe of Menashe, Gadi the son of Susi." Only after that does it state "To the tribe of Efrayim,

Hoshea bin Nun." Why is this so?

The Da'at Zekenim explains that here is where Yosef was given punishment for the false accusations he laid out towards his broth-

ers when he was a young lad. The Lashon Hara that he spoke when he was 17 years old was never forgotten, and Hashem chose

to associate his name with the representative of Menashe (Gadi ben Susi) who

would soon speak negatively about the Land of Cana'an. It would be improper and mistaken to juxtapose Yosef and Efrayim,

whose representative was Yehoshua, who was one of only two people to say the truth and remain positive.

I learn from this episode two lessons. First, as I mentioned above, Hashem never overlooks even our smallest actions and he has

many ways to remind us about them in the future. Secondly, the effect of Lashon Hara is so strong that forever it can associate a

person with people who live for use of evil speech; albeit unwillingly. Once a person is classified as a "Ba'al Lashon Hara" - a per-

son who is regular with Lashon Hara - it is very difficult to remove that label from himself. Even Yosef, who was in NO WAY a "Ba'al

Lashon Hara" and who lived an "almost perfect" life, was still reminded of that moment in his life where he slipped with the

tongue. That reminder is hinted in our Torah for all of us to learn from.