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MIZRACHI MATTERS PARSHAT TETZAVEH / SHABBAT ZACHOR
Friday, 6 March (10 Adar)
Mincha & Ma’ariv: 6:20pm1
Candle Lighting: 6:40-6:45pm Dvar Torah: R’ Danny Mirvis
Mincha & Ma’ariv: 6:20pm2 (OHR DAVID)
Candle Lighting: 6:40-6:45pm Dvar Torah: R’ Yehoshua Asulin
Mincha & Ma’ariv: 7:15pm3
Candle Lighting: 7:34pm Dvar Torah: R’ Mottel Krasnjanski
Friday 6 March 10 Adar
Saturday 7 March 11 Adar
Sunday 8 March 12 Adar
Monday 9 March
תענית אסתר
Tuesday 10 March
פורים
Wednesday 11 March 15 Adar
Thursday 12 March 16 Adar
Friday 13 March 17 Adar
1. Beit Yehuda 2. Kehillat Ohr David 3. Beit Midrash (Beit Haroeh Shabbat Morning) 4 . Bnei Akiva 5 . Elsternwick 6 . Midrashah 7 . Goldberger Hall Shacharit
6:30am1; 7:00am2 7:30am1
7:30am1 9:30am1-4
7:00am1; 8:00am1
9:00am3 7:00am1 8:00am1
6:10a1 (Meg: 6:55a) 7:00a2 (Meg: 7:35a)
Megillah Only: 9:00a1
6:30am1; 7:00am2 7:15am1
6:20am1; 7:00am2 7:30am1
6:30am1; 7:00am2 7:30am1
Fast Begins 5:48am Dawn 5:58am 5:59am 6:00am 6:01am 6:02am 6:03am 6:04am 6:05am Tallit & Tefillin 6:18am 6:19am 6:20am 6:21am 6:22am 6:23am 6:24am 6:25am Sunrise 7:10am 7:11am 7:12am 7:13am 7:14am 7:15am 7:16am 7:17am Sh'ma (גר״א) 10:20am 10:20am 10:21am 10:21am 10:21am 10:22am 10:22am 10:23am Second Zachor Reading 12.00pm3 Earliest Mincha 2:03pm 2:03pm 2:03pm 2:02pm 2:02pm 2:02pm 2:01pm 2:01pm Mincha Early Shabbat Candles
6:20pm 6:40-6:45pm
Early Mincha: 2:00pm1
6:10pm
6:30-6:35pm Mincha / Maa'riv 7:15pm1 7:15pm1 6:20pm1 7:20pm1/8:05pm 6:20pm1 6:20pm1 6:20pm1 7:15pm1 Plag HaMincha (גר״א) 6:32pm 6:31pm 6:30pm 6:29pm 6:27pm 6:26pm 6:25pm 6:24pm Sunset 7:52pm 7:50pm 7:49pm 7:47pm 7:46pm 7:44pm 7:43pm 7:41pm Fast Ends / Megillah Reading / Later Megillah Reading 8:16pm / 8:20pm1,3,4 / 10:00pm1 Night/Shabbat Ends 8:32pm 8:31pm 8:29pm 8:28pm 8:26pm 8:25pm 8:23pm 8:21pm Second Ma'ariv 9:30pm3 9:30pm3 9:30pm3 9:30pm3 9:30pm3
DAF YOMI Berachot 63 Berachot 64 Shabbat 2 Shabbat 3 Shabbat 4 Shabbat 5 Shabbat 6 Shabbat 7
8:15am
8:45am 9:00am 8:15am 8:15am 8:15am 8:15am 8:45pm 8:45pm 8:45pm
SHIURIM
R’ Leor Broh 9:00am
R’ James Kennard 9:30am6 Drashot
R’ Danny Mirvis1
R’ Chezy Deren2
R’ Leor Broh3 Emunah Rina Pushett
Shiurim Yael Schneier
5:15pm Parashat HaShavua
Shiur R’ James Kennard
6:05pm Daf Yomi Shiur with
R’ Mottel Krasnjanski 6:15pm
“(Trying to) Truly Understand Rashi”
shiur for students & young adults with R’
James Kennard 8:30pm
Kli Yakar on the Parsha for women
R’ Danny Mirvis 9:30am
Tzurba Communal Shiur
Guest Speaker: R’ Yehoshua Asulin
Not this week Sefer Devarim
for women Michal Kaufman
Not this week
Purim in the City Lvl 28, 101 Collins St
12:45pm Refreshments 1:00pm Megillah
1:20pm Hot Lunch 1:35pm Shiur by R’
Danny Mirvis 2:05pm Mincha
Gemara B’Iyun Shiur R’ Yehoshua Asulin
Not this week
“Following in the Footsteps of our
Fathers” 11:00am
11 Morrice Street Speaker:
R’ Pinchos Ash Gary’s Gemara Shiur @
8:30pm Beginners
Gemara Shiur for Women with Rabbanit
Ahuva Tsykin at 8:30pm6
Lunch and Learn R’ Danny Mirvis Lvl 28, 101 Collins St
1:00pm Parasha Shiur
(Ivrit Kala) R’ Yehoshua Asulin
8:30pm Advanced
Gemara Shiur for Women with Rabbanit
Ahuva Tsykin at 8:30pm6
MISHNAH YOMIT
Bechorot 2:1-2
Bechorot 2:3-4
Bechorot 2:5-6 Bechorot 2:7-8 Bechorot
2:9-3:1 Bechorot
3:2-3 Bechorot 3:4-4:1
Bechorot 4:2-3
6:10pm 7:05pm Between Mincha and Ma'ariv
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv 6:00pm
EVENTS
MizKidz 10:45am
Bnei Akiva 5:00pm
Seudah Shlishit Farewell to Haya & R’ Prof. Bert Mond
Holy Bagel 9:00am3
Matzevah in memory of Mr. Michael Neuhauser ע"ה
11:00am at Springvale
Leil Limmud in memory of the late
Lidia Landau ע"ה after the first Ma’ariv
Chill n Cholent 9:45pm
YAHRZEITS
Jan Marosi (Father)
Maurice Brygel (Father)
Alec Savicky (Mother)
Alex Kaufman (Mother)
Reb Leor Broh (Father)
Moishe Landau & Jacqui Landau
(Mother) Shmuli Herszberg
(Mother)
Eva & Geoff Seidner (Daughter) Haya Mond
(Mother) Michael Granek
(Father) Helen Granek
(Husband) Suzi Reisner
(Mother)
If you have an occasion or milestone event that you would like to be mentioned in Mizrachi Matters, please email it to office@mizrachi.com.au by 12:00pm on Thursdays
We wish a hearty Mazal Tov to:
Noa Bloch & Adin Goldstein on the occasion of their engagement
Mazal tov to their parents: Naomi & Geoff Bloch and Tamar & Eric Goldstein (NY) Mazal tov to their grandparents: Elaine Bloch, Vera & Reuben Medding,
Saul & Mira Koschitzky (Toronto) and Gloria & Arnold Goldstein ( NY)
BAR / BAT MITZVAH ANNIVERSARIES: Alon Esterman (Zachor), Andrew Strum (Zachor), Ian Symons, Ian Waller
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Saturday: Dafna Garfield-Morvay, Melanie Rink, Rosanna Leibler
Monday: Michelle Rubin, Naomi Arber, Kasriel Oliver (HBD) Tuesday: Robert Lowinger (HBD)
Wednesday: Peter Weiss, Friday: George Lowinger, Joel Bierenkrant
From the Gush Rav Moshe Taragin Purim : The Restoration The Purim miracle was a “milestone moment” in Jewish History as a nation, faced with
almost certain annihilation, was rescued by Divine intervention. Unlike the Exodus from
Egypt, the Purim experience unfolded without overt Divine involvement. It reminded us
that G-d always manages history - sometimes in a manifest fashion while other times
‘behind the scenes’.
However, it is impossible to fully appreciate the impact of Purim without casting these
events within a broader historical framework. According to the traditional timeline, Purim
occurred around seventy years after the first phase of Jewish exile. This first stage, known
as the exile of King Yechanaya, preceded the actual destruction of the Mikdash by
approximately eighteen years. Purim occurs around seventy years after the first wave of
exile in the shadow of the catastrophic destruction of the First Temple.
Everyone reading this article was born into a world without a Mikdash and without full
Jewish sovereignty. By contrast, the generations who lived in that world of miracles,
prophecy and supernaturalism, were traumatized by the destruction of the Temple.
According to Chazal the one hundred and eighty day party in Shushan was pivoted upon
drinking from the holy keilim or jugs of the Mikdash. One can only imagine the sting for
those who still remembered the Mikdash ceremonies with those same vessels. Perhaps
this is why Chazal were so critical of those who participated in this wanton party;
regardless of the kashrus level, a Jew has no place at a party which contaminates these
holy Mikdash remnants. Purim unfolds at a dark and despairing period of Jewish History.
The depressed plight of the Jews was also noticed by Haman- a wise man who had risen
to become the King’s trusted adviser. How did he commit such a gargantuan mistake in
plotting against the Jews? So many before him, from Paro to Nevuchadnezer had tried and
failed to defeat the people of G-d. How did this student of history commit such a foolish
mistake?
Haman read the tea leaves: the Jews had indeed been chosen as G-d’s children but were
discarded because of their continuous infidelity. The period of the First Temple was marred
by years of shameful paganism and brutal murder. The Jews were no longer G-d’s children
and they were now ripe for the picking. In many respects Haman was the first “Christian”.
Obviously he wasn’t a religious Christian but he was the first to lodge the claim which
Christianity would ultimately institutionalize and perpetuate- that G-d had discarded his
rebellious former children while choosing another people.
In fact, Haman’s historical gamble is latent in the conspiratorial plan he delivers to
Achashverosh. He refers to the Jewish people as a nation that is “mefuzar u’meforad bein
ha’amim’- dispersed randomly amongst the general population. This contemptuous
phrase showcases not merely their geographical scattering, but also Haman’s opinion that
they had been demoted to a “regular” nation status- diffused among the nations of the
world. No longer possessing the unique status as G-d’s children, they could now be
vanquished. The thousand year period of prophecy and revelation had now ground to a
halt and history was ready to “move on” from the Jews. Witnessing his lottery select the
month of Adar for his genocide, only reaffirmed Haman’s convictions. The great era of
Jewish selection began in Nissan but it was now slowly expiring, coughing its last breaths
at the conclusion of the calendar year in Adar.
The dramatic Purim turnaround revitalized the fallen Jewish spirit. It reminded the world-
but more importantly the Jewish nation- that the original selection of the Jews was
immutable. Despite our disloyalty and religious lethargy, we remained “chosen” and were
still protected, even in the fields of our enemies. Purim possesses a tone of Sinai because
it reaffirmed the pact of Sinai formed centuries earlier. The Jews are, and will always be,
G-d’s people, chosen to represent Him in this world.
What occurred close to two thousand five hundred years ago recurred seventy years
ago. The historical rupture of the Holocaust dealt a potentially devastating blow to Jewish
identity. How could our Father and Protecter allow the systematic elimination of six million
Jews? Weren’t we promised safeguarding and Divine protection. Of course, many Jews
emerged from this nightmare with their faith intact but much of our nation was facing a
haunting question- were we still chosen? Just as He did then, G-d reminded us that we
were still his chosen people. He collected us from across the globe and returned us to our
homeland. This miracle reminded us that we still possesses our special status. It
rejuvenated Jewish identity and pride across the globe. The phenomenal growth over the
past seventy years in Jewish culture, community building, economic influence, political
activism and, of course, in Torah study would have been seriously hampered without the
restored confidence which the renewed state of Israel provided.
Beyond national rejuvenation, there was a second historical function to the Purim miracle.
Purim unfolds as the Jews had already returned to Jerusalem and had launched the
construction of the second Mikdash. However, the project was stalled in the face of stiff
and hostile opposition from locals in Israel opposed to Jewish expansionism. According to
the Sefat Emmet, the Purim miracle was a pre-redemptive event to provide “thrust” for the
ultimate redemption. Without the national energy provided by the Purim miracle the final
return to Israel and construction of the second Mikdash would have been significantly
delayed. Purim provided historical thrust for the final stages of Jewish redemption. Will
the founding of the State of Israel function in our era in the same manner? Obviously, we
aren’t “fully” redeemed as we still lack so much in our beloved State. Will 1948 be recorded
in history as the modern-day Purim? Will this serve as the pre-redemptive event which
provides the thrust to achieve ultimate redemption?
We certainly hope so and pray for this to be so.
Purim Samei’ach
PURIM TIMES @ MIZRACHI 81 Balaclava Road, Caulfield
Monday 9 March – Ta’anit Esther
Fast begins: 5:48am
Early Shacharit (BY): 7:00am Earliest time for Tallit & Tefillin: 6:21am
Second Shacharit (KOD): 8.00am
Mincha (BY): 7:25pm Sunset: 7:47pm
Maariv (BY): 8:05pm Fast ends: 8:16pm
Megilla (BY, BHR & BA): 8:20pm
Late Megilla (BY): 10:00pm
Tuesday 10 March – Purim Day
Earliest time for Tallit & Tefillin: 6:22am Shacharit (BY): 6:10am Megilla: 6:55am (BY) (approx.)
Shacharit (KOD): 7:00am Megilla: 7:35am (KOD) (approx.)
Later Megillah Reading: 9:00am (BY)
Early Mincha (BY): 2:00pm Mincha/Maariv (BY): 6:20pm
Late Maariv (BM): 9:30pm
BY = Beit Yehuda KOD = Kehillat Ohr David BHR = Beit Midrash BA = Bnei Akiva
OTHER READINGS: Women’s Megillla Reading at HaMercaz, Leibler Yavneh College 8.45am (Shacharit at 8:15am)
Megilla Reading, Lunch and Shiur at L1 Capital, 1pm (refreshments from 12:45pm)
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