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Short Vort: Hard of Hearing?
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Integrating the values we subscribe to in life is often challenging. Immediately following the Sinai experience, we are introduced to a man who fails to assimilate the message - a Jew who chooses slavery over freedom. We allow him to remain a slave but first his ear must be pierced. Why the ear? Because he failed to hear the call for liberty and freedom (Talmud Kiddushin 22b).
The Sefat Emet (1847-1905) asks a simple question. The problem wasn't his ear. He heard God's voice like everyone else. The deficiency was in his mind that did not process the information. Why then is the ear the enemy to be punished? His answer: the piercing is simply a sign that the message never went any further. It stopped at the ear but never penetrated beyond.
More often than not, we intuitively understand life's calling. Our challenge is simply integration. R. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Italy, 1707-1746) in his classic work The Path of the Just, writes "I come simply to remind people about what they already know but for some reason cannot actualize. In life, the more things are self-evident the more they are disregarded." Too often, the most obvious of things never penetrate beyond the surface. Twice each day we say "Shema," to affirm our need to not only hear but to listen. Let the message of life sink in.
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GOURMET DELICACIES - COCKTAIL LOUNGE - MUSIC - ART
Saturday, February 10th @ 8:30pm
To Benefit the Hamilton Mikvah
Netkin Auditorium |
125 Cline Avenue South | Hamilton.
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Purimania Is Coming...
Wednesday, February 28th
Kid's & Adult Megillah 6:25pm
Purimania 7:00pm
NO CHARGE! NO RSVP!
FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL - PHOTO BOOTH - BOUNCY CASTLE - LIVE ENTERTAINMENT - BUFFET DINNER
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This Sunday... A Kid's Chocolate Experience
Sun, February 11th @ 10:45am
Join special guest, David Levy of Chocolate Tales for A-YO Club's Parsha themed Chocolate experience!
RSVP Required!
Season Pass holders & Villagers are FREE! / Drop-in cost $12 / For Gr 1-8
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Sun, February 25th @ 10:45am
A-Yo Club Getting ready for Purim! Activities will include making Mishloach Manot to deliver to Shalom Village residents on Purim.
Season Pass holders & Villagers are FREE! / Drop-in cost $5
For grades 1-8.
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Adas Israel meets Chabad Niagara for this year's Bat Mitzvah Club!
With Chaya Lavin & Perla Zaltzman
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Hebrew Village
Welcome Back Oli Borr!
We are excited to welcome back Oli Borr who will be partnering with Gila
Mesusany & Michaela Wolf (while Moran Makmal is on maternity leave).
It's a New Semester. Sign up Now!
Hebrew Village provides a foundation in Judaism & Hebrew language. The progamme is
specifically designed
for kids in Public School as well as anyone needing extra assistance in Hebrew language.
A-Yo Club
Following the Hebrew Village classes, the "Villagers" will be brought to A-Yo Club, for a fun, informal, educational experience and activity, with other community children.
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