As our journey of exploration of old Jewish communities comes to an end, there is one thing that really stands out. EVERY community had a Mikvah either in the same building or in close proximity to the Shule. Whether Ashkenazic or Sefardic, they all understood that a Mikvah was as integral to Jewish life and future as a Shule!
Many of these ancient Mikva'ot have been discovered and excavated.
Although most are of course in ruins we saw two really beautiful Mikva'ot that are still almost fully intact.
One in Carpentras (Provence) in Southern France (the underground spring that filled it 700 years ago still fills it today! ) The other, dating from the thirteenth century, is in the picturesque town of Besalu in North-Eastern Spain.
We were of course ecstatic. What better confirmation that in building the beautiful Mikvah next to our Shule we have carried forward an ancient Jewish tradition. And how proud would our ancestors be to know that seven hundred years after their demise a Mikvah in far off Sydney Australia was being used by some tens of women every month.
If any woman would like to connect to her Jewish past and to righteous women of generations past through immersion in Mikvah, please contact Rebbetzin Henya on 9371 7399 ext 7 or email or Rivkah Ray 9371 7300 ext 9 or email.
With best wishes for a good and peaceful Shabbos
Rabbi Benzion and Henya Milecki
Service Times Two Updates
• Unfortunately there was an error on our published calendar. Following are the correct Havdalah times for the month of August:
Shabbat Eikev
Aug- 8
5.54
Shabbat Re’eh
Aug-15
6.03
Shabbat Shoftim
Aug-22
6.07
Shabbat Ki Teitze
Aug-29
6.12
• Weekday Shacharit Times: Monday and Thursday mornings will now begin at 6.30am allowing for the Reading of the Torah
South Head is going to See Aunt Sophie Tickets still available
COMING TO SEE AUNT SOPHIE
Listen to playwright Arthur Feinsod speaking with ABC's Margaret Throsby earlier this week. Click here
Come with us Tuesday August 11th at the Fig Tree Theatre at UNSW click the poster or here to proceed to booking or call Helen for assistance 9371 7300 x 4
Youth Report
We've been hard at work preparing for this week's Shabbat Mevorchim Kiddush!!!! Join us for Bless the Kids followed by a Chinese themed kiddush this Shabbat at South Head Synagogue. PLEASE NOTE-- THIS IS A MEAT KIDDUSH
• Check Out The Awesome BREAD PUDDING we made at KOSHER CHEF this week!!
• MUMMY & ME IS BACK……. With our new Morah, Danit Harkham who’s so excited to meet all the little learners and their Mums……
Thursdays 10:00 - 11:30 am starting August 20… Register here
See you all in Shule for Children's Services
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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TALES OUT OF SHUL; The Unorthodox Journal of an Orthodox Rabbi, by Emanuel Feldman
This remarkable, amusing and perceptive book describes forty years in one of the most successful careers in the American Rabbinate. Very few publications offer such revealing insights into human nature and contemporary Jewish history with wit and deep compassion.
Shabbat Shalom,
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COMMUNAL EVENTS
This Week
Erev Shabbos, August 7 (Av 22) Bat Mitzvah: Demi Miller
9:22a Latest Shema
5:01p Candle Lighting
5:20p Mincha
5:45p Kabbalat Shabbat
Mazal Tov to Craig & Kirsten Miller, Des & Margot Miller and Allen & Lorraine Chafkin on the BatMitzvah of Demi this Friday night.
Mazal Tov to David & Rosemary Balkin, Jeremy & Melissa Waine, Dr Eric & Dr Maureen Waine, Muriel Balkin and Dr Maurice & Rietta Haifer on the birth of Ethan Mica [Eytan Chaim] on July 18th
Mazal Tov to Ron & Susan Dyne, parents Jonathan & Tali Dyne, grandparents Wolf & Barbara Solomon and great grandparents Bernice Dyne and Gabe & Fay Lazarus on birth of a baby girl in Israel on Aug-2nd
Mazal Tov to Jeff & Dana Strumpman on the engagement of daughter Taryn & David Kasriel; and to Mrs Molly Kasriel.
Condolences to Jeff Falkoff and family on the passing of his mother Rhona Falkoff ע׳ה in South Africa on 11 Menachem Av / July 27th
Happy Jewish Birthday to...
Friday Ben Lonstein Morris Kaplan Nikki Riesel Stephen Chimes Talia Carr
Shabbos Alicia Kawalsky Amy Cohn Andrea Ruttenberg Carly Wolf Errol Diamond Mandy Mowszowski Rebecca Butnaro Shaun Lonstein
Sunday Ariela Ben Nissan Ashley Mayer Ivan Benko Lorraine Chafkin Masouda Kleiner
Monday Aron Niasoff Juliet Shakinovsky Stanley Kaftel
Tuesday Ann Dresdner Cameron Englman David Kaye Jeffrey Rubenstein Susie Wise
Wednesday Allan Spiro Heather Levy Julie Levine Michael Jaku Norman Hacker Sandi Meyerowitz
Thursday Brenda Butnaro Charles Gordon Danny Meyer Dean Nathanson Geoff Druckman James Silverton Lia Swidler Sheldon Mayer
We wish "long life" to...
Friday Michelle Mekler- Peled for grandmother Louise Mekler Muriel Balkin for mother Hannah Lazarus Ron Zucker for father Henry Zucker Simonne Mekler for grandmother Louise Mekler Sylvia Dushansky for father-in-law Joseph Dushansky
Shabbos Norma Hoffman for father David Weltman Shelley Watson for father Louis Inspektor Sylvia Dushansky for mother Annetta Rose Kier
Sunday Bernice Finkelstein for father Samuel Pencharz Joseph Fischer for father Emanuel Fischer Leah Gilden for father Chaim Agranoff Samuel Friedman OAM for father Max Friedman
Monday David Simmons for mother Millie Simmons Debra Zinman for father Hyman Resnick Linda Bermeister for mother Amanda Windisch Lionel Katz for father Charles Katz
Wednesday David Taitz for father Charles Taitz Leonard Greis for grandmother Leiba Greis
Thursday Beverley Tow for father Jack Levy Gloria Levy for husband Jack Levy Ingrid Jacobson for brother Ivan Jon Goldberg Jeffrey Ichilcik for mother Bessie Ichilcik Leonard Levy for father Jack Levy
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