Vol. 24  Issue 8          December 9, 2017            Parshas Vayeshev
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This Week's Dvar Torah:  
"Speak For Peace" 
   "And [Yosef's] brothers saw that their father loved him more than all the brothers, and they hated him, and they could not speak to him peacefully." [37:4]
   How could this be? These are the sons of Yaakov, the forefathers of our people, and apparently they were so filled with hate that they couldn't look him in the face!
   This is simply an erroneous reading.
AMUD Insights 
Brachos 21b
"Tradition...."
Rabbi Yaakov Berkowitz
Tradition...Tradition. We know it in word, in song and in life. This week's amud highlights this concept. The gemara says that one who teaches his child (according to other versions, his grandchild) Torah , it is considered as though he received the Torah [directly from G-d at Sinai]. Why is this so? Why would it not suffice for a child to learn from a teacher or rabbi? What is so unique about a father teaching Torah to his child that makes it so irreplaceable and to such a degree that it is akin to receiving it from Sinai?
 
 
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Jewish Unity Live 2018
"EVERY JEW, EVERY DAY"
Sunday, February 18th
Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel
 
Morning Parenting Workshop with Yael Kula
For moms of kids 5th grade and older
Wednesday, December 13th at 9:30am
Hosted by Shaindy Lefton 933 Golf Course
Suggested donation: $5
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Mesilas Yesharim with Mrs. Toby Goldman
Sunday night, December 10th at 8:15pm
Hosted by Mrs. Daniella Rosner
8310 Balson
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Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi
"Bringing the Light of Chanukah
Into Our Lives"
Two Convenient Showings: 
Monday, December 11 at 8pm Young Israel
 
Wednesday, December 13th at 10:30am Hosted by Jennie Silverman 7931 Gannon
 
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Annual Memorial Breakfast & Shiur Sunday, December 17th
Commemorating the Fourth Yahrtzeit Of
Rabbi Nachman Klein z"l הרב נחמן ב"ר שלמה זלמן ז"ל
Breakfast, Divrei Zikaron from Mr. Mayer Klein and Shiur
With Rabbi Yitzchak Kowalsky
"The Miraculous Cruse of Oil - Was It Really Kosher?"
Following 8am Shacharis at Agudas Israel
 

Workshop For Mortals
A Conversation About Preparing  
For The Inevitable
Guest Speaker: Rabbi Elchonon Zohn
Monday, January 1st, 2018 7:30 PM At Young Israel
For more information or to submit specific questions please contact
Rabbi Yitzchak Kowalsky ykowalsky@stlkollel.com
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NEW KOLLEL CLASS!!!
Tomer Devorah

Lunch & Learn
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"Following The Leader:
Walking In The Ways Of Hashem"
Meets Every Other Monday
Next Class Meets Monday, December 18th
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All Classes At U City Shul 700 North & South
Lunch & Learn With Rabbi Gidon Nitsun
"Follow The Leader: Walking In The Ways Of Hashem"
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Sing in a professional recording studio,
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Senior Kollel
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If you're 50 or above, Senior Kollel is for YOU!
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