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בס"ד
MIZRACHI MATTERS
SHABBAT PARASHAT KEDOSHIM (Vol 8, No 34)
Friday, 25 April (25 Nissan) SHABBAT
Minchah at 5:30pm2
Candle Lighting at 5:23pm
1. Beit Yehuda 2. Beit HaRoeh 3. Beit Midrash 4. Bnei Akiva 5. Elsternwick 6. Midrashah 7. Rabbi’s Home 8. Goldberger Hall 9. Nachalat David
We wish Mazal Tov to the following members who celebrate their
Hebrew wedding anniversary during the coming week:
Adina and Danny Karp (Thursday)
We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Shmuel & Deena Berkowitz (nee Lederman)
on the birth (in Tel Aviv) of their son
Grandson to Robert & Judy Berkowitz (Melb) and Joe & Reeva Lederman (Melb)
Great Grandson to Yossef & Eva Lefkovits (Melb), Seyma Lederman (Israel) and Valerie Gillis (Melb)
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We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Zvi & Nicole Brooks (nee Reti)
on the birth of their son
Grandson to Mera Brooks & Michael Levin (Melb) and Les Reti & Lee Liberman (Melb)
Great Grandson to Edith Reti (Qld) and Herta Rybar (Melb)
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We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Jeremy and Evelyn Lewin (nee Reich)
on the birth of their daughter
Granddaughter to Ahuvah-Anne and Zwi Lewin and Rose and Joe Reich
Great Granddaughter to Lola Reich
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We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to
Joshua Paneth & Talia Fuchs
on their engagement
Mazal Tov to the parents Ruth & Pinny Paneth and Lisa & Stan Fuchs
Mazel tov to the grandparents Brigetta Paneth and Max Stern
NE W S L E T T E R F O R T H E
ELSTERNWICK JEWISH COMMUNITY
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ס ב "ד 26 April 2014 26 Nissan 5774 Parshat Kedoshim
Yahrzeits during the coming week Shirley Sles (Husband) [26 April] Peter Hyman (Father) [26 April] Lisa Hespe (Father) [26 April] Avi Paluch (Father) [29 April] Kerrie Sles (Father) [26 April] Shiphrah Farfel (Brother) [2 May]
Shabbat times Candle Lighting this week 5.23 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat this week 5.35 pm
Pre-Shacharit Shiur 9.00 am
Shacharit 9.30 am
No Rabbi’s Shabbat Shiur till after Succot
Mincha at 5.05 pm
Shabbat ends at 6.21 pm
Candle Lighting next week 5.14 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat next week 5.25 pm
The Rabbi’s Shabbat Shiurim The early shiur (9.00am, before Shacharit) - come join Rabbi Wernick for cake, coffee and an exploration of the mystical parsha
Condolences Barry, Kim, Natasha and Jarred Abrahams on the loss of their mother, mother-in-law and grandmother, Zena Abrahams a”h In shule this week … EJC warmly welcomes Rabbi Wernick into the pulpit in Rabbi Cowen’s absence Jordan Simai will be leading Kabbalat Shabbat, Hanan Szokovski will be leading Shacharit, Saul Cohen will be saying the Haftorah, and Rabbi Wernick will be leading Mussaf. Kiddush this Shabbat You are all invited to the kiddush, which will be sponsored by EJC. For Young Adults The Wick at the Rabbi’s home, Unit 3, 301 Glen Eira Road, Caulfield North on Thursday evenings from 8.00 to 9.00pm
The Land of Israel for the People of Israel according to the Torah of Israel ישראל תורת פי על ישראל לעם ישראל ארץ
MARA D’ATRA Rabbi Yaakov Sprung
PRESIDENT Ian Waller SC
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Daniel Solomon
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MIZRACHI SYNAGOGUES Beit Yehuda Beit HaRoeh
Beit Midrash ‘Bogrim’ Minyan Nachalat David
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BEIT MIDRASH NAFTALI HERC
Kollel Torah MiTzion Midreshet Ohr HaMizrachi
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ELSTERNWICK JEWISH COMMUNITY
Faye Rockman Synagogue
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LEIBLER YAVNEH COLLEGE The Joseph & Stera Gutnick
School of Jewish Studies A.S. Leibler Secondary School
Leopold & Isabella Abrahamovits Yavneh Primary School
Abeles Liberman Early Learning Centre
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KOSHER AUSTRALIA P/L
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MIZRACHI CHARITY FUND
MIZRACHI SICK VISITING SOCIETY
BNEI AKIVA YOUTH MOVEMENT
EMUNAH WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
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MIZRACHI NOMINEES PTY. LTD. ABN 83 005 019 670
THE EUGEN YAACOV WEISS MIZRACHI CENTRE
81 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North, Victoria 3161, Australia Telephone: (03) 8317 2555 Fax: (03) 9527 5665 Email: [email protected]
Mizrachi Organisation בס"ד
Members are advised that the 70th Annual General Meeting of the Mizrachi Organisation
will take place at
8:00 PM on Monday 26th May 2014, in the Goldberger Hall, Weiss Mizrachi Centre
81 Balaclava Rd, Caulfield North
The Agenda appears below. A complete set of Annual Reports will be circulat-ed via email prior to the AGM. It will also be available for collection in hard
copy from the Mizrachi Office. A nomination form is attached at the end of the newsletter of 24 April.
Persons entitled to vote or stand for election at that meeting are required to
have been financial members at 31st December, 2013.
AGENDA 1. Opening of Annual General Meeting 2. Dvar Torah 3. Apologies 4. Minutes of the 69th Annual General Meeting 5. Matters arising out of the Minutes 6. Adoption of Annual Reports 7. Elections: a. Mizrachi Chairman b. Mizrachi President c. Mizrachi Vice President d. Mizrachi Treasurer e. Mizrachi Secretary f. Leibler Yavneh College Chairman g. Leibler Yavneh College Deputy Chairman h. Leibler Yavneh College Treasurer i. Kosher Australia Board Chairman j. Building Chairman k. Bet Midrash Committee Chairman l. Bet HaRoeh Executive Representative m. Twelve (12) Committee Members 8. Address by incoming President 9. General business
Rae Bower, Acting Returning Officer
The Land of Israel for the People of Israel according to the Torah of Israel ישראל תורת פי על ישראל לעם ישראל ארץ
MARA D’ATRA Rabbi Yaakov Sprung
PRESIDENT Ian Waller SC
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Daniel Solomon
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MIZRACHI SYNAGOGUES Beit Yehuda Beit HaRoeh
Beit Midrash ‘Bogrim’ Minyan Nachalat David
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BEIT MIDRASH NAFTALI HERC
Kollel Torah MiTzion Midreshet Ohr HaMizrachi
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ELSTERNWICK JEWISH COMMUNITY
Faye Rockman Synagogue
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LEIBLER YAVNEH COLLEGE The Joseph & Stera Gutnick
School of Jewish Studies A.S. Leibler Secondary School
Leopold & Isabella Abrahamovits Yavneh Primary School
Abeles Liberman Early Learning Centre
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KOSHER AUSTRALIA P/L
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MIZRACHI CHARITY FUND
MIZRACHI SICK VISITING SOCIETY
BNEI AKIVA YOUTH MOVEMENT
EMUNAH WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
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MIZRACHI NOMINEES PTY. LTD. ABN 83 005 019 670
THE EUGEN YAACOV WEISS MIZRACHI CENTRE
81 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North, Victoria 3161, Australia Telephone: (03) 8317 2555 Fax: (03) 9527 5665 Email: [email protected]
Mizrachi Organisation בס"ד
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 2014 NOMINATION FORM
We .............................................................................................................
(NAME OF PROPOSER - BLOCK LETTERS) and ............................................................................................................
(NAME OF SECONDER - BLOCK LETTERS) being financial members as at 31st December 2013 of the Mizrachi Organisa-tion, hereby nominate ...................................................................................................................
(NAME OF CANDIDATE - BLOCK LETTERS) as a candidate for the position of (PLEASE TICK ONE)
Mizrachi Chairman
Mizrachi President
Mizrachi Vice President
Mizrachi Treasurer
Mizrachi Secretary
Leibler Yavneh College Chairman
Leibler Yavneh College Deputy Chairman
Leibler Yavneh College Treasurer
Kosher Australia Board Chairman
Building Chairman
Bet Midrash Committee Chairman
One of Twelve (12) Committee Members
ACCEPTANCE I accept this nomination ........................................... ....../...../..... Signature of candidate Date ............................................ ....…................................. Signature of proposer Signature of seconder To be received at the office by 3:00 PM on Friday 23 May 2014. Rae Bower ACTING RETURNING OFFICER
ד“בס Issue 528 Parshat Kedoshim
Shabbat MiTzion שבת מציון
26 Nisan 5774, April 26, 2014
second half of Sefer Shmot is dedicated to the build-ing of the Msihkan. Here Hashem illustrates the con-cept of Kedusha within the realm of space. The begin-ning of Sefer Vayikra teaches us that we can conse-crate animals and mundane objects and instill within them Kedusha. Finally after all of these lessons; of being able to find Kedusha in all aspects and realms of this world – Hashem teaches us that there is holiness within our-selves – through perfection of our actions, character traits and thoughts. This in essence is the hidden mes-sage of the illnesses' of Ttzaraat and and Ziva.(although they reflect this in our failure to achieve this) In our Parsha – the Torah tells us " Kdoshim Tihiyu". The Ramban in his famous explanation of this pasuk gives a novel approach to the concept of Kedusha. If up until now we have illustrated that the Torah not only gave us a clear vision, of whom we could be-come; together with a step by step action plan as to how to achieve it; here the Ramban explains that the Torah is ordering us to "separate ourselves from impurity even though the Torah didn’t command us to do so" and "going beyond the letter of the law for others" relating to this idea and the pasuk "and you shall do good and just". If up until now Hashem has given us a clear action plan as to how to achieve our vision of Kedusha; here the Torah tells us that the final step is for us to navi-gate our own way to cleave to Hakadosh Barucha Hu and become holy once we have internalized all the direct commandments of the Torah. G-d as the ultimate teacher at some stage, wants us to figure out the answer even though he hasn’t taught us explicitly in the proverbial classroom. He has given us the tools and knowhow to intuit what is the straight and just path. B"H after Chag Hapesach where we celebrated our freedom; let us merit to use it to achieve our G-d given vision – "And you shall be holy".
Joel Barker said – "Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world" The Jewish people can undoubtedly claim that they have changed the world. One could argue that this should come as no surprise since G-d himself chose us to become his Chosen nation. However although G-d is almighty and can do anything; He willfully chose to govern our world through a natural order and thereby give us free choice. If Barker is correct, the question is how did G-d take a slave nation, and turn them into a people that would literally change the world? Firstly G-d gave us a vision – not only on a personal level but on a national one as well. "To be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation"(Shmot 19/6). This "holy nation" would be a "light unto the other na-tions"(Yeshayahu 42/6) – and bring about a Tikun Olam – a restoration of the world. But to a slave nation, who has just emerged from the depths of depravity in immoral and brutal Egypt, Ke-dusha – is not only unfathomable; it is incomprehensi-ble. Here G-d gives us his proverbial hand and leads us step by step giving us a clear action plan. When Am Yisrael came out of Mitzrayim, and reached Mara – Chazal tell us that Hashem gave them two mitzvoth- Honoring ones parents and Shabbat.(Midrash Pesikta Zutrta) Hashem tells the slave nation – before we can achieve the sublime and lofty vision of "Kedusha", you first need to be decent human beings – a nation of ment-chzin. Honoring ones parents is a basic and funda-mental principle of common decency called – Hakarat Hatov – Appreciating and thanking others for the good they bestowed upon you. Rav Kook writes that any Yirat Shamayim (fear of Heaven) that negates ones innate human morality is on a certain level a perverted "Yirat shamayim".(Orot Hakodesh chp3) Rashi quotes another midrash that the mitzva of the Red heifer was given then. This mitzva is the quintes-sential example of doing things because we are com-manded to by Divine law – even though we cannot fathom its meaning. A critical aspect of achieving our vision is internalizing this principle – We do mitzvoth because we are commanded, and not because we view and understand their immense value and beauty. At this stage G-d introduces us to the concept of "Kedusha – holiness". First, we are shown the concept of Kedusha within the realm of time – Shabbat. The
Shabbat Times
Jerusalem
Begin 18:39
End 19:53
TMT Shlichim prepare for Pesach
Building a Spiritual Identity - through Vision and Action Rav Doron Podlashuk - Former Rosh Kollel in Johannesburg. Director of the post smicha –Manhigut Toranit program at Eretz Hemda in Jerusalem
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is the only operating stock exchange in Israel. It serves to raise capital for and from the Israeli capital market and se-curities trading. The TASE is a private commercial company owned by 28 members mostly Israeli banks and large investment houses - both local and foreign. Members of the Stock Exchange are the only ones who have the abil-ity to trade, so each transaction is made solely through them. The trading in-cludes a wide range of financial products. The Exchange's international code is TASE.
Local trade in securities began in the 1930s, years before the formation of the State of Israel. Trade was carried out through the Exchange Bureau for Secu-rities, founded by the Anglo-Palestine Bank (which became Bank Leumi) in 1935.
With the formation of the State of Israel, a pressing need arose to formalize trade in securities. In September 1953, a number of banks and brokerages joined forces and established the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Since the mid-1990s the TASE has been adapting to meet the standards of the most advanced exchanges in the world. Physical trading floors, long abol-ished, have been replaced by a computerized system, the TACT (Tel Aviv Continuous Trading) allows the flow of transaction orders in real time.
TASE is an internationally recognized exchange and is a member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), an observer member of the Federation of European Stock Exchanges (FESE) and an affiliate member of the Internation-al Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
Since 1983 the TASE has been located on Echad Ha'am street but in the coming year it will move to a new home on Montefiore Street in Tel Aviv - the building featured in last week's ISRA-tag.
The Stock Exchange trading volume in 2007 reached a record peak height of nearly 600 billion NIS but declined steadily since that year, as part of the global crisis in 2008 and subsequently many local factors, to a low of 265 bil-lion NIS in 2012.
In the past year there has been a slow recovery in trading volume. Let's hope that this trend will continue.
As of 2012, Israel ranks 16th among 187 nations on the UN's Human Development Index, (a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indexes used to rank countries into four tiers of human development) which places it in the category of "Very Highly Developed".
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