Friday, 30 May 2025

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Shabbos Tzetl: Bamidbar

4:52pm - Candle Lighting, Friday
5:52pm - Havdalah, Saturday
(Melbourne Australia)
Eruv Status: TBA cosv.org.au/eruv/
Good Shabbos!


Please click here to view the Yeshivah Shule Tzetel for Shabbos Parshas Bamidbar and Shavuos. Please click here to view the PDFs of Weekly Publications.




PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL
The name of the Parshah, "Bamidbar," means "In the desert" and it is found in Numbers 1:1 by
In the Sinai Desert, G‑d says to conduct a census of the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses counts 603,550 men of draftable age (20 to 60 years); the tribe of Levi, numbering 22,300 males age one month and older, is counted separately. The Levites are to serve in the Sanctuary. They replace the firstborn, whose number they approximated, since they were disqualified when they participated in the worshipping of the Golden Calf. The 273 firstborn who lacked a Levite to replace them had to pay a five-shekel "ransom" to redeem themselves.

When the people broke camp, the three Levite clans dismantled and transported the Sanctuary, and reassembled it at the center of the next encampment. They then erected their own tents around it: the Kohathites, who carried the Sanctuary's vessels (the Ark, menorah, etc.) in their specially designed coverings on their shoulders, camped to its south; the Gershonites, in charge of its tapestries and roof coverings, to its west; and the families of Merari, who transported its wall panels and pillars, to its north. Before the Sanctuary's entranceway, to its east, were the tents of Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons.

Beyond the Levite circle, the twelve tribes camped in four groups of three tribes each. To the east were Judah (pop. 74,600), Issachar (54,400) and Zebulun (57,400); to the south, Reuben (46,500), Simeon (59,300) and Gad (45,650); to the west, Ephraim (40,500), Manasseh (32,200) and Benjamin (35,400); and to the north, Dan (62,700), Asher (41,500) and Naphtali (53,400). This formation was kept also while traveling. Each tribe had its own nassi (prince or leader), and its own flag with its tribal color and emblem.


HAFTORAH IN A NUTSHELL
Hosea 2:1-22
This week's haftorah begins with the words, "The number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea [shore], which can be neither measured nor counted." An appropriate reading for the first Torah reading of the Book of Numbers.

Hosea first prophesies about the eventual reunification of the houses of Judah and Israel. During the Messianic Era, these two perennial antagonists will make peace and appoint a single leader. Hosea then rebukes the Jewish people for their infidelity, abandoning their "husband," G‑d, and engaging in adulterous affairs with pagan deities. He describes the punishments they will suffer because of this unfaithfulness.

Eventually, though, Hosea reassures the Jews that they will repent, and G‑d will accept them back wholeheartedly. The haftorah concludes with the moving words: "And I will betroth you to Me forever, and I will betroth you to Me with righteousness and with justice and with loving-kindness and with mercy."


SAGES ON THE PARSHAH

God spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai (Numbers 1:1)

The Torah was given to the people of Israel in the ownerless desert. For if it were given in the Land of Israel, the residents of the Land of Israel would say, "It is ours"; and if it were given in some other place, the residents of that place would say, "It is ours." Therefore it was given in the wilderness, so that anyone who wishes to acquire it may acquire it.
(Mechilta d'Rashbi)

Why was the Torah given in the desert? To teach us that if a person does not surrender himself to it like the desert, he cannot merit the words of Torah. And to teach us that just as the desert is endless, so is the Torah without end.
(Pesikta d'Rav Kahana)

It is customary that on the Shabbat before a wedding, the bridegroom is called to the Torah. Shavuot, the festival which coincides with the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, represents the marriage of G‑d and Israel; this is why the Torah portion of Bamidbar ("in the desert") is usually read on the Shabbat before Shavuot.

(Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch)


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Thursday, 29 May 2025

770 Tikkun Leil Shavuos Program 5785

Shavuos night, Sunday 6 Sivan, 1 June 2025

10:00pm
'Appreciating Eretz Yisroel after October 7th'
Divrei Torah and personal stories of solidarity trips; observations and volunteering in Eretz Yisroel 
Raphael Aron 
Yossi Klein
Hershel Herbst

10:50pm
45 years as Chief Chemist of Kosher Australia means I've seen a lot…
Rabbi Kasriel Oliver B.App.Sc. M.R.A.C.I. CChem.

11:40pm
Moshe Rabeinu's family
The anomaly of great people whose descendants 
didn't follow in their ways
Rabbi Dovid Leib Shmerling

12:30am
Seruv: The Limits of Rabbinic Authority
Rabbi Chaim Cowen
Deputy Principal, Leibler Yavneh College 

Looking forward to seeing you there!

MEN AND WOMEN WELCOME

Refreshments kindly sponsored by A & D Althaus and family
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Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Tikkun Leil Shavuot Dinner @ EJC

Join us for a delicious milchig dinner with special guest speaker, Scholar in Residence, Ariela Davis.


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EJC's Special Guests for Tikkun Leil

The community is invited to join us for a insightful, emotional and thought provoking evening headed by Scholars in Residence Rabbi Moshe and Ariela Davis and the renowned Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert.


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Halacha Guide: Sivan & Shavuos 5785

Please click here for the Halacha guide relevant to Sivan (including Shabbos Mevorchim Sivan) and Shavuos 5785.

We are grateful to Rabbi Lesches of Young Yeshivah for sharing this with us!


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Monday, 26 May 2025

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Sunday, 25 May 2025

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Saturday, 24 May 2025

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Employment: Kinder Curriculum Developer

Leibler Yavneh College is seeking a Kinder Curriculum Developer on a part time basis. The successful candidate will have the appropriate experience and knowledge to harness and integrate the Jewish and General Studies Early Learning Years Framework.

To apply please send your CV to hr@yavneh.vic.edu.au

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Thursday, 22 May 2025

Shabbos Tzetl: Behar-Bechukotai & Mevarchim Sivan

4:56pm - Candle Lighting, Friday
5:55pm - Havdalah, Saturday
(Melbourne Australia)
Eruv Status: TBA cosv.org.au/eruv/
Good Shabbos!


This Shabbat is Shabbat Mevarchim ("the Shabbat that blesses" the new month): a special prayer is recited blessing the Rosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month") of the upcoming month of Sivan, which falls on Wednesday of the following week.

Prior to the blessing, we announce the precise time of the molad, the "birth" of the new moon. See molad times.

PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL
Leviticus 25:1–27:34
The name of the Parshah, "Behar," means "on Mount [Sinai]" and it is found in Leviticus 25:1. The name of the Parshah, "Bechukotai," means "in My statutes" and it is found in Leviticus 26:3.

On the mountain of Sinai, G‑d communicates to Moses the laws of the Sabbatical year: every seventh year, all work on the land should cease, and its produce becomes free for the taking for all, man and beast.

Seven Sabbatical cycles are followed by a fiftieth year—the Jubilee year, on which work on the land ceases, all indentured servants are set free, and all ancestral estates in the Holy Land that have been sold revert to their original owners. Additional laws governing the sale of lands, and the prohibitions against fraud and usury, are also given.

G‑d promises that if the people of Israel will keep His commandments, they will enjoy material prosperity and dwell securely in their homeland. But He also delivers a harsh "rebuke," warning of the exile, persecution and other evils that will befall them if they abandon their covenant with Him. Nevertheless, "Even when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away; nor will I ever abhor them, to destroy them and to break My covenant with them; for I am the L‑rd their G‑d."

The Parshah concludes with the rules on how to calculate the values of different types of pledges made to G‑d, and the mitzvah of tithing produce and livestock.


HAFTORAH IN A NUTSHELL
Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
The haftorah discusses the punishments that await those who disregard G‑d's law, and the blessings that are the lot of those who follow the Creator's wishes. This follows the theme of this week's Torah reading which details at length the blessings and curses.

The prophet Jeremiah rebukes the people of Israel for their idolatrous ways and for not having faith in G‑d. He conveys G‑d's words of wrath towards those who do not put their trust in Him — foretelling exile as their punishment — and of blessings for those who do.

"Cursed is the man who trusts in man and relies on mortal flesh for his strength, and whose heart turns away from the G‑d. He shall be like a lone tree in the desert, and will not see when good comes, and will dwell on parched land in the desert, on salt-sodden soil that is not habitable. Blessed is the man who trusts in the G‑d, to whom G‑d will be his trust. For he shall be like a tree planted by the water, and which spreads its roots out into a stream, so it will not be affected when heat comes, and its leaves shall be green, and in the year of drought will not be anxious, neither shall it cease from bearing fruit."

The haftorah ends with the following poignant verses: "G‑d who is the source of the hopes of Israel, all that forsake You shall be shamed, and they who turn away from me shall be marked out on the earth that they have forsaken G‑d, the source of living waters. Heal me, O G‑d, then shall I be healed; help me, then I shall be helped, for You are my praise!"


SAGES ON THE PARSHAH

G‑d spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying . . . (Leviticus 25:1)

What has the Sabbatical year to do with Mount Sinai? Were not all commandments given on Sinai? But the verse wishes to tell us: just as with the Sabbatical year both its general principle and its minute details were ordained on Mount Sinai, so, too, was it with all the commandments—their general principles as well as their minute details were ordained on Mount Sinai.

(Torat Kohanim; Rashi)

Rabbi Ishmael says: The general principles of the Torah were given at Sinai, and the details [when G‑d spoke to Moses] in the Tent of Meeting.

Rabbi Akiva says: The general principles and the details were given at Sinai. They were then repeated in the Tent of Meeting, and enjoined a third time in the Plains of Moab (i.e., in Moses' narrative in the book of Deuteronomy).

(Talmud, Shabbat 6a)

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Invitation - Weekly Women's Zoom Shiur --25

You are invited to join our interactive women's study group exploring foundations of Judaism.

This week, we will be exploring
"Insights into Shavuot Part 2"

When: Sunday 25th of May 2025
Time: 6pm-7pm

Speaker: Zipporah Oliver O.A.M.
In memory of Mrs Raizl Cylich OBM

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83767147952?pwd=ZDhaObggewEWrq86DGQZeVZbq1TZ3a.1

Meeting ID: 837 6714 7952
Password:  351548

Enquiries: 0438-345-770

I look forward to seeing you then!

Warmest regards,
Zipporah Oliver O.A.M.
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