Together with our family, and the team at South Head, we would like to take this opportunity of wishing you a Happy and Kosher Pesach. May it truly be a Festival of Freedom - a release from the worry and anxiety that so often plagues our lives.
And may this freedom give us the opportunity to experience and enjoy all that life has to offer -
• the extraordinary beauty of our glorious natural world;
• the spiritual harmony of our inner human universe;
• the opportunity to grow through loving and learning;
• the fulfillment that comes from nurturing and mentoring;
so that we can wake each day with the energy and vitality that only a meaningful existence can give us.
And from our individual freedom, may G-d grant a release from worry, and a heightened spiritual sense, to all our Jewish brothers and sisters and to all good men and women everywhere:
• through real tolerance and acceptance of the "other";
• through understanding that what unites us is greater than what divides us;
• through combining the unique contribution of all human beings towards a higher end;
So that we create a synergy so deep and so powerful that it cannot help but catapult us into the Messianic Age that we all so fervently hope for.
With best wishes for a Shabbat Shalom and a Chag Sameach
Rabbi Benzion and Rebbetzen Henya Milecki
P.S. A final reminder to sell your chametz, if you haven't already done so, by absolutely no later than 9.00am tomorrow morning. Click here to sell your chametz online, but please don't wait for the last minute.
The Jew: Beyond the Natural Order Rabbi Benzion Milecki
I wrote this piece some 30 years ago and it's as relevant today (perhaps more so) than when it was first written. If you have time, please print it out, read it and share your thoughts with me. BZ.
The preparation for Pesach, more frenzied than that for all other festivals combined, finds its culmination as family and guests gather around the seder-table. Tranquility and calm replace the mad rush of the previous weeks. Seder (order) has been restored... or so we think. Just as we are ready to commence this much anticipated meal, a tiny squeak is heard from the direction of the youngest of the fraternity. And with the question "Why is this night different? " attention is drawn to the strange assortment of foods and relishes on the table. more...
JLI - Judaism Decoded Begins May 4
Prepare to question the unquestionable! A fascinating journey as we sail through the origins and evolution of our Jewish traditions - from Sinai to Cyberspace! Just as science follows the scientific method, Jewish tradition has its own system to ensure its authenticity remains intact. Make a date to join us Monday evenings from May 4 and Tuesday mornings from May 5. more...
Youth Report
Hey everyone! So much to learn! So much to know... we've been preparing so you can have the best ever Yom Tov!!!
We are so ready to host all our wonderful Jewish children at the Model Seder at 10.30am on First Day Shabbos..
This Passover stand up for Torah values, let go of your limits and unleash your true holy and awesome self!
Wishing you a Kosher, Happy and Freedom filled Holiday!
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
Like a Loving Grandfather Tziporah Edelkopf
".. I had a private audience with the Rebbe — me, a little girl — and it was a long audience. I remember the Rebbe’s secretary opening the door six or seven times to usher me out, but each time the Rebbe held up his hand that it was not yet the time The Rebbe was so nice to me — I remember him like a loving grandfather. He smiled; he expressed interest; he asked me questions. ..." Full story..
Shabbos, April 4: Pesach Yom Tov, (Nisan 15) 9:30a Shacharis
10:30a Youth Model Seder
6:00p Mincha 7:24p Candle Lighting Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום יום אחד לעמר
Sunday, April 5: Pesach, 1st Day Omer (Nisan 16) 2.00a End Daylight Savings
9:00a Shacharis 5:50p Mincha 6:23p Havdalah Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שני ימים לעמר
Monday, April 6: Chol Hamoed Pesach, 2nd Day Omer (Nisan 17) PUBLIC HOLIDAY 8:00a Shacharis 9:04a Latest Shema 5:45p Mincha 6:10p Earliest Shema Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שלשה ימים לעמר
Tuesday, April 7: Chol Hamoed Pesach, 3rd Day Omer (Nisan 18) 6:15a Shacharis
9:04a Latest Shema 5:45p Mincha 6:08p Earliest Shema Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום ארבעה ימים לעמר
Wednesday, April 8: Chol Hamoed Pesach, 4th Day Omer (Nisan 19) 6:15a Shacharis
9:05a Latest Shema 5:45p Mincha 6:07p Earliest Shema Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום חמשה ימים לעמר
Thursday, April 9: Chol Hamoed Pesach, 5th Day Omer (Nisan 20) 6:15a Shacharis Eruv Tavshilin - see Artscroll Siddur page 654 5:23p Candle Lighting 5:30p Mincha 6:05p Maariv Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום ששה ימים לעמר
Erev Shabbos, April 10: Shevi'i Shel Pesach, 6th Day Omer (Nisan 21) 9:00a Shacharis 5:21p Candle Lighting 5:30p Mincha 6:05p Maariv Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שבעה ימים שהם שבוע אחד לעמר
Shabbos, April 11: Aharon Shel Pesach, 7th Day Omer, (Nisan 22) 9:00a Shacharis
10:30a Yizkor
4:30p Mincha followed by Seudat Moshiach 6:15p Havdalah 6:45p Eat Chametz After Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שמונה ימים שהם שבוע אחד ויום אחד לעמר
Sunday, April 12: 8th Day Omer (Nisan 23) 8:00a Shacharis 9:05a Latest Shema 5:40p Mincha this Week 6:02p Earliest Shema Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום תשעה ימים שהם שבוע אחד ושני ימים לעמר
Mazeltovs /
Announcements
Mazal Tov to Michael & Tamar Balkin on the recent BatMitzvah of Gabriella; and to grandparents Muriel Balkin and Ron & Marise Isaacs.
Mazal Tov to Lester & Lynn Kalmin on the forthcoming BatMitzvah of grand-daughter Amber; to parents Anthony & Janet Kalmin and grand-parents Dennis & Pam Ross.
Happy Jewish Birthday to...
Friday Chad Heilig Harold Milner Jessica Benjamin Joshua Plit Lawrence Stander Nicole Taitz Steven Kaplan Yvette Pillemer
Shabbos Craig Meyerowitz Leo Spivak
Sunday Claudia Foxman Dawn Herman Diana Bard Larry Dorfan Mia Port Philippa Metzger Roy Neumann
Monday Asher Rosenberg Daniel Balkin Jason Rubenstein Stanley Frank Steven Simons
Tuesday Beverley Tow Jack Kameras Jodine Wolman Juliette Friedlander Mark Levett Nissa Niasoff Rachelle Silver Tessa Dorfan
Wednesday Michael Goldberg Rose Schonberg Ruth Eskin
Thursday Alan Chonowitz David Bloom David Grossberg Judith Small Michael Wayne Noah Krecklenberg
We wish "long life" to...
Friday Andrew Hammer for mother Bertha Hammer Joseph Hammer for mother Bertha Hammer Lawrence Doctors for father Stanley Doctors Louise Falk for father Stanley Doctors Sandra Kirschner for mother Bella Sallman Sanford Shudnow for father Phillip S Shudnow
Shabbos Cheryl Camberg for uncle Sam Rappaport Curtis Mann for father Arnold Mann Gael Hammer for mother Grace Sage Sylvia Kohn for mother Edith Sekel
Sunday Anthony Masnick for father Louis Masnick Keith Masnick for father Louis Masnick Nathan Lapidus for mother Rachel Lapidus Susan Dyne for father Dennis Messer
Monday Douglas Pillemer for mother Ray Sara Pillemer Stanley Kalinko for mother Miriam Kalinko Ziggy Lambert-Revell for mother Clara Moisa
Tuesday Adele Lehrer for husband Georges Lehrer Michael Vollmer for mother Victoria Vollmer
Wednesday Linda Bermeister for father-in-law Woolf Bermeister Ruben Berman for brother Louis Mayer Berman Sandra Hart for mother Lily Hart
Thursday Agnes Benstock for mother Teresa Gold Elaine Bolon for father-in-law Asrow Bolon Mark Michalowsky for father Eddy Michalowsky Marke Isacowitz for uncle Abe Levin Solomon Diamond for father Zalmen Diamond
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