Special Guest Speakers Tonight!
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Dear Friends, We are very pleased to welcome two of our own young people to the Speaker's podium in Shul this Friday night to talk about their experiences on the recent Israel Study Tour. Ash Fisher and Tali Miller have both grown up around South Head. We look forward to hearing their report on their once in a lifetime experience when 106 students from Moriah College and Masada College embarked on a tearful one week tour of what was once Jewish Poland followed by five educational, inspiring, eye-opening, fun, challenging weeks in Israel. Sell Your Chametz! Locking away your Chametz and delegating me the power to sell it on your behalf is an easy way of observing one of the most important laws in the Torah. There is no charge for this service. Please remember that Chametz that remains in the possession of a Jew over Pesach may not be used, eaten, bought or sold even after Pesach. Click here to use the online facility to sell your Chametz. Simchat Yom Tov If you haven't yet contributed to Simchas Yom Tov - our fund for families in need here in Sydney - you can do so by a) calling Helen on 9371 7300 ext 4 or b) email secretary@southhead.org On behalf of the Rebbetzen and all of us at South Head, I wish you a safe, healthy and peaceful Shabbos. Rabbi Benzion Milecki OAM Enlightenment: Not an Individual Concern
Rabbi Benzion Milecki Of all the mitzvot of the Torah, our Rabbis tell us that the mitzvah of Parah Adumah is the most enigmatic. So much so, that King Solomon, the wisest of all men, said: "I thought that I was wise, but (upon seeing my inability to comprehend the mitzvah of Parah Adumah - Midrash) I realized that wisdom was far from me. What is Parah Adumah? If a person came into contact with a corpse, he could only be purified through being sprinkled with the ashes of a perfectly red cow. Now, while that is strange enough, what is absolutely paradoxical is that those involved in preparing the ashes became impure. Or to quote our sages: "it made pure those who were impure, and made impure those who were pure!" As mentioned earlier, even King Solomon couldn't figure this one out! Nevertheless, Jews, who are never prepared to take "no" for an answer, have come up with a number of insights that can be derived from the conundrum of the Parah Adumah. Here is one: A Jew may feel that it his duty to achieve the highest levels of purity and holiness - to become as the Buddhists would have it, an "enlightened" individual. To do this, he absents himself from "worldly" pursuits and lives a monastic life of study and prayer. Very commendable! A holy man and a true saint! Then he hears that another Jew has fallen to a very low level - he has, metaphorically speaking, come into contact with a corpse and is spiritually "dead". The holy Jew may think to himself, "What has this got to do with me? Although I may be able to assist the fallen Jew, there is every chance that I will in the process become tainted by my contact with him! In the process of my lifting him up, it is possible that he will pull me down. All my years of spiritual elevation will then be compromised!" Comes the mitzvah of Parah Adumah and tells us. To save a Jew from spiritual death, you must bear the risk of falling a little even if it means becoming contaminated yourself. Holiness and "enlightenment" are not individual pursuits. G-d's interest is in the creation of "Goy Kadosh" - a holy nation. You must therefore never say, "I saved my own soul - and to heck with everyone else." G-d loves all His children - the fallen just as much as the enlightened. Just as a parent would expect his children to look out for each other, even at some risk to themselves, so too G-d. Pursue your goals of enlightenment, by all means. But be prepared to purify others, even if it means contracting a little impurity yourself. JLI - The Art of Parenting
Now in Session
The Art of Parenting this week looked at building competence and confidence in our children and what really lies behind bully behaviour. Youth Report
Hey everyone! Bernice Charif, Nicci Elison, Alon J Charif, Nadine Saacks Photography, Brookie Milecki, Yitzi Tuvel, Jacob Emerson Sacher, Alyssa Chriqui, Morris Kaplan, Adam Blumenthal, Helen Meyer, Garron Kavonic — feeling thankful. ......now we're running around putting on the finishing touches to what is going to be THE most amazing winter camp.. just you wait and see!!!
Our next session is next Tuesday March 17th 4:30pm at South Head... Call 0412 482 770 • Mummy and Me is really gearing up for Pesach! We are making very special Pesach mats for your Seder table so don't miss out. For all enquiries call Brookie Milekci on 0404-055-643 • Birthday Club - Friday March 27th for all our under Bar/Bat Mitzvah children at South Head celebrating their Jewish birthdays in Kislev, Tevet, Shevat and Adar. Wishing you all a fantabulous [that's a combination of fantastic and fabulous] Shabbat Shaya, Shmuli & Tzemach For more info on all programs: youth@southhead.org
Tzemach Yemini 0412 482 770 or Shaya Greene 0412 542 770 or Shmuli Rosenbaum 0432 876 770  The Greatest Loss After Kiddush Shabbat Shiur Join us in the Herbert Hall straight after Kiddush as we look at confronting the loss of a loved one.  It Should be Better and BetterRabbi Shlomo Besser "..The Rebbe had said “besser un besser” on the 7th of Sivan and the baby was born on the 6th of Adar — so exactly nine months later there was one Besser and another Besser — the next generation of Bessers was." Full story.. Library Focus
THIS WEEK LIBRARIAN SYLVIA TUBACK 
RECOMMENDS: YONI'S LAST BATTLE; The Rescue at Entebbe, 1976 by Iddo Netanyahu More than a hundred hostages held at gunpoint in Entebbe, Uganda, were freed in a spectacular rescue operation and flown to safety in Israel. Yonni (Jonathan) Netanyahu was the only Israeli soldier killed in the raid. COMMUNAL EVENTS
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