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Dear Friends,

Pesach is the birthday of the Jewish People and tonight in Shul we will be celebrating the Jewish birthdays of many of our children.

We believe it is imperative to teach our children how to properly celebrate birthdays in a rich and meaningful Jewish way. 

As many of you may be aware, our Youth Leaders have been visiting homes to celebrate your children's Jewish birthday, where they: 

    • make a Lechaim (on a non alcoholic drink of course!)

    • learn some Torah

    • eat new fruit

    • give the child money so they can give their own Tzedokah

    • instruct the child in giving blessings to the family

    • make some new resolutions

    • conduct a birthday experiment, and of course

    • eat a delicious birthday cake

We encourage all parents to make contact with our Youth Leaders (Tzemach: 0412 482  770; Shaya: 0412 542 770; Shmuli: 0432 876 770 or email youth@southhead.org) to schedule a birthday visit and make your child’s next birthday truly meaningful. This is also a great way to forge the bonds between our Youth Leaders and your family.     

But birthdays are not just for children!

The Jerusalem Talmud writes that on yourJewish birthday your mazal (referring here to your neshoma) is dominant and fills you with great spiritual power. 

Therefore on your Jewish Birthday:

1. Devote increased time and effort to your relationship with G-d through prayer, performing mitzvot and studying Torah.
2. Take upon yourself a new mitzvah to fully commit to during the coming year.
3. Give Charity
4. Make a birthday party with family and friends where you make a short speech thanking Hashem for His bounty. 
5. Find a fruit which you have not yet eaten this season and recite the blessing "Shechyanu" - in which we thank G-d for giving us life, sustaining us, and enabling us to reach this new milestone in our lives.
6. Reach out to fellow Jews, teaching them Torah in a spirit of brotherly love.
7. Men should endeavour to be called to the Torah either on their birthday or on the preceding Shabbos.

If  you don’t know your Jewish birthday, please call Helen on 9371 7300 ext 4 and she will help you.

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

A Very Special Day 
Rabbi Benzion Milecki 

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Speaking of birthdays, Tuesday is the Eleventh of Nissan - birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson. Although it is now twenty-one years since the Rebbe's passing, his legacy continues with ever increasing vigour. There is hardly a place in the world where his emissaries are not found. From the remotest parts of India to Vietnam and from deep inside Siberia to China - you can find idealistic young couples doing their utmost to create an awareness of Judaism.  They devote their lives, and sacrifice much, in assisting the local Jewish community where there is on, and individual Jews where there is not.

All this - the love of every single Jew, no matter where in the world - is the eternal legacy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Many years ago, the Rebbe announced his mission - to ensure that there will no longer be a fifth son - a son who doesn't attend the seder and perhaps doesn't even know what a seder is. That mission may not yet be completed, but thanks to the Rebbe and those he inspired, we are well on the way.

On the Rebbe's birthday, let us each commit ourselves to doing what we can to reach out to our fellow Jews. We are all capable of this - each in our own way. Indeed, as our Sages have told us, "All Jews share mutual responsibility for each other - Kol Yisrael Areivim zeh b'zeh."  So let us do what we can to cause the spark within every Jew to ignite into a glowing flame.

And in so doing, may G-d Almighty grant that our own flame - and that of our children and grandchildren - continue to burn brightly and be held proudly aloft, until, and beyond, the coming of Moshiach - may he speedily redeem us.

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Shabbat HaGadol Drosho
In Shul BEFORE Kiddush

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Join us and find out all about the evolution of the humble matzah.  

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Youth Report
 

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Hey everyone!  

Wow can you believe its just a week till Pesach?!?! And wait till you see what we have for you ... Can't wait to have you at our Model Seder at 10.30am on First Day 

But first its Birthday Club tonight and we are soooo excited to be hosting very special birthday parties for all our under Bar/Bat Mitzvah children at South Head celebrating their Jewish birthdays in Kislev, Tevet, Shevat and Adar. 

• Kosher Chef -  What a great finish for the Term. We can't wait for the next one..  Stay tuned!!
click here for lots more pics.
 

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

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Go Ahead With the Procedure
Rabbi Avrum Kowalsky

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".. And indeed, he did. The operation was a success, and my father lived for quite a number of years after that. In fact, he lived long enough to make aliya to Israel in 1982..."   Full story..