6 Tishrei 5778 This week’s parsha: Vayelech (Shabbat Shuva) 9/15/2018

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8:30 am How to Build a Kosher Sukkah w/Rabbi Anderson

8:50 am Shacharit

9:45 am Torah Service

9:30 am/10:30 am Youth Programs Begin

10:50 am Mussaf Begins

11:05 am Drusha w/Rabbi Wyne

11:45 am Community Kiddush

5:30 pm Class in Hebrew ~ Men & Women

w/Rabbi Orlowek

5:30 pm Women’s class w/Raina Balsam

5:45 pm Men’s Class w/Ezra Balsam

6:15 pm Mincha / Seudah Shlishith

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Light Candles, Friday 9/14 6:31 pm

next week candle lighting will be 6:21 pm

Mincha: Friday 9/14 6:35 pm

Shacharit: Sat/ Shabbat 9/15 8:50 am

Mincha: Sat/ Shabbat 9/15 6:15 pm

Shabbat Ends 7:27 pm

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Mincha, Kol Nidrei Yom Kippur Eve 9/18 6:15 pm

Yom Kippur Light Candles/Fast Begins 6:25/6:40 pm

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Insights from Rav Noach

Weinberg ZT"L

Rabbi Weinberg held that the

full transformative power of the

Torah is only experienced when

two conditions are fulfilled:

1) remember what one learns,

and 2) learn with the intention to

apply that learning.

Free Adult Education

Shabbat/Sat: 9/15

8:30 am Understanding

Shacharit for Shabbat

w/Rabbi Anderson

5:30 pm Class in

Hebrew

Men & Women

w/Rabbi Orlowek

5:30 pm Women’s class

w/Raina Balsam

Men’s class

5:45 pm w/Ezra Balsam

Sunday 9:00 am Weekly Parsha

w/Rabbi Davidowitz

10:15 am Brachot Course

w/Rabbi Anderson

Tuesday 7:30 pm Personal & spiritual

development class

w/Rabbi Wyne

Wednesday 8:00 pm Prophets

w/Rabbi Laxmeter

Thursday 7:30 pm Kabbalah 101

w/Elimelech

Tennenbaum

6:00 pm Pirkei Avot

w/Yechiel Fleischman

Sukkot Tuesday Septem-

ber 25 | 4:00 pm,

Rabbi Wyne will be teach-

ing a class for

ladies at the Sukkah of

Jeri & Rabbi Laxmeter.

All are invited.

This week’s Newsletter was prepared by Nancee France

Ezra Balsam will be teaching a class on the Yom Kippur Machzor

this Sunday & Monday at 6:10 PM.

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Birthdays 9/14-9/20

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Mother of Dr. Fran Moshkovski

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In this week's portion, Moses passes the mantle of leadership to Joshua. It's a shame that Korach is

not alive to see this. His rebellion in the desert was a complaint about Moses' supposed nepotism -

Moses is the leader, his brother Aaron is the High Priest, etc. But when Moses hands out the biggest

position of all, that of his successor, it goes to Joshua - a complete outsider, with no family or political

connections. He is simply the best person for the job. We see something similar with Saul when he is

appointed as the first king of Israel. He comes from nowhere. The prophet Samuel is told by God to

appoint him, but no one - Samuel included - has ever heard of him. What Jews value in a leader is

very different than what one sees in the rest of the world. A leader is not chosen for his oratory. If

Moses had needed to debate Obama, he would have stood no chance. He is not chosen for how much

he appeals to the electorate, or that "wow" factor that plays so well on the nightly news. A Jewish

leader is chosen for very different reasons. He is chosen for his humility. Moses and Saul had some-

thing in common: Neither was interested in the job. And that's what made them the ideal candidates.

Because it's so hard for a leader to distinguish between his desire to serve the people and his desire to

serve himself. The desire for honor and power are two of the strongest forces known to mankind and

it is so easy to be seduced. If a leader has these desires before he even gets to office, he'll struggle all

the more so once he's there. Moses and Saul had the quality of humility, which meant that they had no

interest in the power or the honor that came with their position. Once there, they were committed

solely to serving the nation. Democracy has many, many advantages. But one of its great ings, almost

wherever one looks, is that self-serving people are the most likely to reach the top. The Sages tell us

why Joshua merited to become the leader: He would stay behind in the study hall at night and tidy the

room. It was not beneath his dignity to do this because it was done in service of the nation. He did

what needed to be done, when it needed to be done, no matter what people might think. Now that's a

leader. It's a shame we don't get that nowadays. aish.com Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt