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MARCH 9, 2019 MARCH 9, 2019 MARCH 9, 2019 MARCH 9, 2019 ---- 2 ADAR II 57792 ADAR II 57792 ADAR II 57792 ADAR II 5779 PARSHAT PEKUDEI PARSHAT PEKUDEI PARSHAT PEKUDEI PARSHAT PEKUDEI

Friday March 8Friday March 8Friday March 8Friday March 8 5:54 pm Candle Lighting 6:00 pm Mincha Friday March 15Friday March 15Friday March 15Friday March 15 7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm MinchaMinchaMinchaMincha 7:03 pm7:03 pm7:03 pm7:03 pm Candle Lighting Candle Lighting Candle Lighting Candle Lighting (earliest 6:09 pm)(earliest 6:09 pm)(earliest 6:09 pm)(earliest 6:09 pm)

Shabbat, March 9Shabbat, March 9Shabbat, March 9Shabbat, March 9 7:30 am Hashkama Minyan 8:15 am Chumash-Rashi Shiur with Melech Halberstadt 9:00 am Shacharit: Sharp Sanctuary & Downstairs Minyan 10:00 am Youth Programs 10:00 am Teen Minyan

5:45 pm Mincha 6:54 pm Shabbat Ends 7:45 pm Parent-Child Learning (last class of the season)

TODAH RABAH to the TODAH RABAH to the TODAH RABAH to the TODAH RABAH to the sponsors:sponsors:sponsors:sponsors:

CONGREGATIONAL KIDDUSH:CONGREGATIONAL KIDDUSH:CONGREGATIONAL KIDDUSH:CONGREGATIONAL KIDDUSH:

Steve Gottesman & Liddy Beck in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Liddy’s father, H. Thomas Beck z”l

Sol & Queenie Nayman in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Sol’s father, Judah Nayman z”l

DOWNSTAIRS MINYAN:DOWNSTAIRS MINYAN:DOWNSTAIRS MINYAN:DOWNSTAIRS MINYAN:

Stephen Halpern and family in honour of the birthday of their wife and mother, Janice Halpern

Warren & Ellen Grossman in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Warren’s father, Ben Grossman z”l

HASHKAMA MINYAN:HASHKAMA MINYAN:HASHKAMA MINYAN:HASHKAMA MINYAN:

Arieh Glustein in commemoration of the yahrzeit of his mother, Mena Glustein z”l

SEUDAH SHLISHIT:SEUDAH SHLISHIT:SEUDAH SHLISHIT:SEUDAH SHLISHIT:

Joey & Linda Fried in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Linda’s father, Isaac Kaftan z”l

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Louise Goldberg in commemoration of the yahrzeit of her mother, Eleanor Goldberg z”l

• Mazal Tov to Warren & Ellen Grossman Warren & Ellen Grossman Warren & Ellen Grossman Warren & Ellen Grossman on the birth of a grandson, born to Lelah Grossman-Miller & Avi Miller of New York. Overjoyed grandparents are Carrie Grossman of Jerusalem, and Rivka & Yoel Miller of Teaneck.

• Mazal Tov to Carol Kravetsky Carol Kravetsky Carol Kravetsky Carol Kravetsky on the birth of a great-grandson, Shraga Feivel, born to Atara & Yakov Anhang. Excited siblings are twins Betzalel and Tova. Proud grandparents are Sheri Kravetsky and John Anhang. Mazal Tov to the families in Canada and in Israel.

• Mazal Tov to Janice Halpern Janice Halpern Janice Halpern Janice Halpern on her special birthday. • We extend a Mazal Tov to the participants in this year’s

Bat Mitzvah program and their families: Mia BergelMia BergelMia BergelMia Bergel, Ella BlinickElla BlinickElla BlinickElla Blinick, Zoey BloomZoey BloomZoey BloomZoey Bloom, Naomi BobrowskyNaomi BobrowskyNaomi BobrowskyNaomi Bobrowsky, Zohara FreudensteinZohara FreudensteinZohara FreudensteinZohara Freudenstein, Gila Gila Gila Gila GrauerGrauerGrauerGrauer, Mia JakubovicMia JakubovicMia JakubovicMia Jakubovic, Aliya KatzmanAliya KatzmanAliya KatzmanAliya Katzman, Lucy LapowichLucy LapowichLucy LapowichLucy Lapowich, Kayla Kayla Kayla Kayla LevinsonLevinsonLevinsonLevinson, Charley LevyCharley LevyCharley LevyCharley Levy, Lyla MacklinLyla MacklinLyla MacklinLyla Macklin, Hannah MansellHannah MansellHannah MansellHannah Mansell, Eden Eden Eden Eden MizrahiMizrahiMizrahiMizrahi, Chloe PerlisChloe PerlisChloe PerlisChloe Perlis, Emily SilverEmily SilverEmily SilverEmily Silver, Mia SpiroMia SpiroMia SpiroMia Spiro, Daniella WeinbergDaniella WeinbergDaniella WeinbergDaniella Weinberg and Shira WiseShira WiseShira WiseShira Wise. They will gather this Friday night to celebrate this accomplishment as a group.

MAZAL TOV AND OTHER MEMBERS MATTERS

• To donate funds for Matanot LMatanot LMatanot LMatanot L’’’’Evyonim,Evyonim,Evyonim,Evyonim, please go to shaareishomayim.shulcloud.com/form/matanot.

• Sunday, March 10, 9:30-11:30 am - Mishloach Manot Initiative: Assembly & DeliveryMishloach Manot Initiative: Assembly & DeliveryMishloach Manot Initiative: Assembly & DeliveryMishloach Manot Initiative: Assembly & Delivery.

• Wednesday, March 20, 4:00-7:00 pm - YouthYouthYouthYouth Superhero Purim CarnivalSuperhero Purim CarnivalSuperhero Purim CarnivalSuperhero Purim Carnival.

• Thursday, March 21, 6:00 pm - Superhero Purim SeudahSuperhero Purim SeudahSuperhero Purim SeudahSuperhero Purim Seudah. Register at Shaareishomayim.shulcloud.com/form/purimseudah2019.

PURIM MATTERS

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SHABBAT MATTERS

• Sunday, March 10, 8:00 pm - Shiur with Rabbi Elli Fischer Shiur with Rabbi Elli Fischer Shiur with Rabbi Elli Fischer Shiur with Rabbi Elli Fischer of Yeshivat Har Bracha. • Thursday, March 28, 2:00 pm - Catch the Spirit: Afternoon Program Series Catch the Spirit: Afternoon Program Series Catch the Spirit: Afternoon Program Series Catch the Spirit: Afternoon Program Series with Dr. Jerry Dr. Jerry Dr. Jerry Dr. Jerry

M. Cuttler.M. Cuttler.M. Cuttler.M. Cuttler. Register by calling Miriam in the oEce at 416-789-3213. • Shabbat, March 30, after Mussaf - ShiurShiurShiurShiur with Dr. Yonatan Milevskywith Dr. Yonatan Milevskywith Dr. Yonatan Milevskywith Dr. Yonatan Milevsky: “Are There Trojan

Horses in the Mishnah?” • Sunday, March 31, 6:30 pm - Cavalcade of Stars: 25Cavalcade of Stars: 25Cavalcade of Stars: 25Cavalcade of Stars: 25th th th th Anniversary.Anniversary.Anniversary.Anniversary. A Shaarei Shomayim

and Jews for Judaism program. At Shaarei Shomayim. • Shabbat, April 6 - YU Torah MiTzion Spring Shabbaton: YU Torah MiTzion Spring Shabbaton: YU Torah MiTzion Spring Shabbaton: YU Torah MiTzion Spring Shabbaton: ““““Can Orthodoxy and Liberalism Can Orthodoxy and Liberalism Can Orthodoxy and Liberalism Can Orthodoxy and Liberalism

Coexist?Coexist?Coexist?Coexist?” ” ” ” At Shaarei Shomayim. • Shabbat, April 6, 9:30 am - Pray & Learn with Dr. Elliott MalametPray & Learn with Dr. Elliott MalametPray & Learn with Dr. Elliott MalametPray & Learn with Dr. Elliott Malamet: “50 Ways to Get

Yourself Free."

SHAAREI SHOMAYIM UPCOMING PROGRAMS

NOTE: NOTE: NOTE: NOTE: This Sunday, March 10 at 2:00 am, please turn your clocksturn your clocksturn your clocksturn your clocks forward 1 hourforward 1 hourforward 1 hourforward 1 hour.

The centre mechitzacentre mechitzacentre mechitzacentre mechitza will be used on the following Shabbatot: March 16, March 23, May 25 and June 1.

NICE TO MEET YOU, WHAT DO YOU DO?NICE TO MEET YOU, WHAT DO YOU DO?NICE TO MEET YOU, WHAT DO YOU DO?NICE TO MEET YOU, WHAT DO YOU DO?

Asking someone about their occupation is among the first questions we exchange when we network, when we date, meet new acquaintances or neighbours. Our occupation is, naturally enough, what occupies much of our time. It gives us some sense of who someone is and how we might relate to them.

A reinforcing moment for me to pursue my occupation occurred during one of these exchanges several years ago. When he found out that I was in rabbinical school, he looked at me and told me that I am going to be doing holy work. He made it clear that his occupation was either not holy or, at least, much less holy than my aspirations were.

He told me what he did. I was confused and frustrated as to how he could possibly create a hierarchy of holiness to sort his work and my intended occupation into that hierarchy with so much confidence. It seems he understood the mind of God better than I. So I knew I had to continue my studies.

What if instead of telling him that I wanted to be a rabbi, I just shrugged my shoulders and told him that I do a bunch of random things? I announce page numbers, I survey huts to see if their specs are right, I help to bury the dead, I like to dance and sing, I busy myself with centuries old disputes and consult on legal minutiae. Whether a tea bag can be drained into a teacup on Saturdays, or whether meat stew can be consumed if it was placed in an oven that was recently used to bake lemon meringue cheesecake - these things make me feel so alive! If I said this, I can imagine that he might have been confused too.

At the conclusion of sefer Shemot, the Mishkan is completed. The culmination of the Mishkan’s construction, suggests Ramban in his introduction to the sefer, brings things to full circle. At the outset, our occupation as a nation was to serve Pharaoh. Now, our occupation is to serve God as He dwells among us. In Egypt, our labour was simply termed avodah. In constructing the Mishkan, our work transformed into melachah.

This leads us to an even broader literary correspondence. A sevenfold refrain in our parsha is that the Mishkan’s construction was done “as Hashem had instructed Moshe.” A prior sevenfold parallel in the Chumash is found all the way back in the first chapters of Bereshit: “and Hashem saw that it was good.” The work in our parsha concludes with the phrase ה ה את־המלאכ or “When Moshe ויכל משfinished the melachah…” (Shemot 30:43). This strengthens the literary correspondence with Bereshit, where the Hashem’s work of creation concludes with ה–ויכל א ר עש #הים ביום השביעי מלאכתו אש or “And God finished the melachah He had done on the seventh day...” (Bereshit 2:2).

Hashem busies Himself with work called melachah, the work of creation. We are instructed to engage in melachah too (Shemot 20:9). Whatever new occupation we may acquire, or remain in, we are always called on to partner with God in advancing creation. No matter how tedious, apparently insignificant, technical or trivial our work may appear to be, we can always challenge ourselves to calculate our work’s repercussions from God’s perspective. So the next time someone asks you, “What do you do?” you can confidently say that you and Hashem are in business together.

TORAH MATTERS: DATEDATEDATEDATE DAVENING TIMESDAVENING TIMESDAVENING TIMESDAVENING TIMES SHIURIM AND LECTURES SHIURIM AND LECTURES SHIURIM AND LECTURES SHIURIM AND LECTURES

Sunday, March 10 / 3 Adar II Turn clocks forward 1 hour at 2 amTurn clocks forward 1 hour at 2 amTurn clocks forward 1 hour at 2 amTurn clocks forward 1 hour at 2 am

8:30 am 7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm

7:30 am 8:00 pm

Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Strauchler Shiur with Rabbi Elli Fischer, Yeshivat Har Bracha

Monday, March 11 4 Adar II

6:55 / 7:45 am 7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm

6:10 am 9:30 am

Tuesday, March 12 5 Adar II

7:00 / 7:45 am 7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm

Wednesday, March 13 6 Adar II

7:00 / 7:45 am 7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm

6:15 am

Thursday, March 14 7 Adar II

6:55 / 7:45 am 7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm

Shacharit Mincha

6:10 am Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Shore

Friday, March 15 8 Adar II

7:00 / 7:45 am 6:09 pm6:09 pm6:09 pm6:09 pm 7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm 7:03 pm7:03 pm7:03 pm7:03 pm

Shacharit Earliest Candle LightingEarliest Candle LightingEarliest Candle LightingEarliest Candle Lighting MinchaMinchaMinchaMincha Candle Lighting Candle Lighting Candle Lighting Candle Lighting

6:15 am Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Shore

6:15 am 9:30 am 1:30 pm 8:00 pm

Shacharit Mincha

Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Shore

Shacharit Mincha

Shacharit Mincha

Shacharit Mincha

Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Strauchler Nevi’im Acharonim Shiur with Rabbi Strauchler

Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Strauchler The Birth of Moral Selfhood Shiur with Dr. Zolty Yeshayah Shiur with Rabbi Torczyner Parshat Hashavua Shiur with Rabbi Diamond

Kriyat ShemaKriyat ShemaKriyat ShemaKriyat Shema should be recited after 7:59 pm this week. should be recited after 7:59 pm this week. should be recited after 7:59 pm this week. should be recited after 7:59 pm this week.

PARSHA MATTERS - by Rabbi Jesse Shore

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Stay and PlayStay and PlayStay and PlayStay and Play (Ages 0 - 3) Room 101

Shaar ChadashShaar ChadashShaar ChadashShaar Chadash (Ages 2 - 5) Room 102

Shaar YafoShaar YafoShaar YafoShaar Yafo (Grade 1 - 2) Room 103

Shaar AryehShaar AryehShaar AryehShaar Aryeh (Grade 3 - 5) Room 105

WOMENWOMENWOMENWOMEN’’’’S MEGILLAH READING SERIESS MEGILLAH READING SERIESS MEGILLAH READING SERIESS MEGILLAH READING SERIES • PurimPurimPurimPurim - Shaarei Shomayim's Women's Megillah Reading Series is happy to announce that we have a full line up of

readers for Megillat Esther! Join us on Purim morning, Thursday, March 21 at 9:50 am. • PesachPesachPesachPesach - We are excited to introduce the reading of Shir Hashirim this year. If you’re interested in reading, please contact Lauren Shore at laurenglassmanshore@gmail.com.

Music with Deborah for Babies and CaregiversMusic with Deborah for Babies and CaregiversMusic with Deborah for Babies and CaregiversMusic with Deborah for Babies and Caregivers. Wednesdays, 11:15 am-12:00 pm, April 17-June 26 (no class April 24) at Shaarei Shomayim. All babies and parents/grandparents/caregivers welcome! $150. For information and registration contact Dara Dishy at daradishy@gmail.com .

We would like to acknowledge your milestones! Please let us know when there is a birth, Bar/Bat mitzvah, graduation, engagement, aufruf, wedding, significant birthday/anniversary, community recognition, illness, bereavement, or unveiling. Call or email Miriam in the shul oEce at 416-789-3213 or Miriam@Shomayim.org or donate online at Shomayim.org/donate.

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YAHRZEITS DATEDATEDATEDATE YAHRZEITS BEING OBSERVEDYAHRZEITS BEING OBSERVEDYAHRZEITS BEING OBSERVEDYAHRZEITS BEING OBSERVED

Shabbat, March 9 2 Adar II

Ben Grossman, father of Warren Grossman

Sunday, March 10 3 Adar II

Anne Atlin, mother of Gayle Sable H. Thomas Beck, father of Liddy Beck

Isaac Boublil, father of Simone Gerson

Monday, March 11 4 Adar II

Eleanor Goldberg, mother of Louise Goldberg

Tuesday, March 12 5 Adar II

Wednesday, March 13 6 Adar II

Jack Dubrow, father of Arnold Dubrow Isaac Kaftan, father of Linda Fried

Abraham Paul, father of Maxine Bernholtz William Sherman, father of Rose Smith

Thursday, March 14 7 Adar II

Friday, March 15 8 Adar II

Judah Nayman, father of Sol Nayman Jennie Rosenblum, mother of Carl Ross

Sam Sable, father of Martin Sable and Marlene Weller

Pinchas Tzvi ben Basya, Yita Hentcha bat Shoshana, Rachmiel ben Dvorah (Randall Craig), Geula Liba Yehudit bat Gittel Tzipra, Leah bat Sarah, Hesha Channah bat Bayla, Michael Mordechai Avraham ben Hinda Rifka, Yishai ben Tzipora, Eliyahu ben Ryejah, Miriam bat Chaya, Yitzchak ben Chaya Raizel, Eliyahu Yom Tov ben Leah, Leah bat Masha, Oved ben Regina, Ophira bat Raanana, Shlomo Shraga ben Esther, Yehuda Yosef ben Miriam Yocheved, Elyakim ben Meril, Yosef ben Esther, Rachel bat Leah, Yekutiel ben Sara, Sara bat Yocheved, Golda bat Sarah, Menachem Mendel ben Devorah, Eliyahu Reuven ben Sarah, Yerachmiel ben Luba, Faygala bat Freda, Dovid Chanoch ben Yhudis Ita, Yehezkiel Yehuda ben Chaya, Mindel bat Rochel, Yacov Israel ben Carmela.

If you would like some help saying Kaddish, please see Ralph Levine, our Shammas & BaIf you would like some help saying Kaddish, please see Ralph Levine, our Shammas & BaIf you would like some help saying Kaddish, please see Ralph Levine, our Shammas & BaIf you would like some help saying Kaddish, please see Ralph Levine, our Shammas & Ba’’’’al Koreh.al Koreh.al Koreh.al Koreh.

Our sincere condolences to our community on the loss of Harry Perlstein Harry Perlstein Harry Perlstein Harry Perlstein z”l.

CONDOLENCES

COMMUNITY MATTERS • Motzei Shabbat, March 9, 7:45 pm - Bnei Akiva: Master Chef with the ShinshinimBnei Akiva: Master Chef with the ShinshinimBnei Akiva: Master Chef with the ShinshinimBnei Akiva: Master Chef with the Shinshinim. Grades 2-6. At Or Chaim, 159 Almore Avenue. • Tuesday, March 12 - Nefesh B'Nefesh: Dollars and Sense. Nefesh B'Nefesh: Dollars and Sense. Nefesh B'Nefesh: Dollars and Sense. Nefesh B'Nefesh: Dollars and Sense. A workshop about creating a budget, maximizing income, and

understanding expenses if moving to Israel. Separate workshops for retirees and families/singles: retirees between 6:00-7:30 pm; families/singles between 8:00-9:30 pm. At the Lipa Green Building, JCC Campus, 4600 Bathurst St. Register at nbn.org.il/dollarsandsense.

• Monday, April 1, 7:30 pm - Chai LifelineChai LifelineChai LifelineChai Lifeline’’’’s Restoring Hope s Restoring Hope s Restoring Hope s Restoring Hope ---- Masters of Illusion: Believe the ImpossibleMasters of Illusion: Believe the ImpossibleMasters of Illusion: Believe the ImpossibleMasters of Illusion: Believe the Impossible. At Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. To sponsor and purchase tickets go to chailifelinecanada.org/events/restoring-hope.

• Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 pm–9:30 pm - Israel Bonds & UJA Present One Day: Sing with Reuven Rivlin, President of IsraelOne Day: Sing with Reuven Rivlin, President of IsraelOne Day: Sing with Reuven Rivlin, President of IsraelOne Day: Sing with Reuven Rivlin, President of Israel. Celebration of unity and song directed by Israeli musical sensation Koolulam. At Westin Harbour Castle, 1 Harbour Square. Register at jewishtoronto.com/events/koolulam.

• Thursday, April 4, 8:00 pm - CJPAC Action PartyCJPAC Action PartyCJPAC Action PartyCJPAC Action Party. Join 1200+ young professionals, community members and elected oEcials, to celebrate political engagement and support for Canada and Israel. At Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave. $95/person (Kashruth Observed). For information and registration email Zachary Zarnett-Klein at z.zarnettklein@gmail.com.

REFUAH SHLEIMAHz

SECURITY MATTERSSECURITY MATTERSSECURITY MATTERSSECURITY MATTERS If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the security committee co-chairs, Eric Ohayon Eric Ohayon Eric Ohayon Eric Ohayon and David Elharar David Elharar David Elharar David Elharar at security@shomayim.org. • Strollers by the entranceStrollers by the entranceStrollers by the entranceStrollers by the entrance: we ask that you do not park your stroller in the north lobby parking lot area. This is a fire

and safety hazard. Strollers should be kept in the main lobby area. As of March 2, strollers will be removed from this area and placed in the main lobby.

• Would you like to sponsor security for the week? Would you like to sponsor security for the week? Would you like to sponsor security for the week? Would you like to sponsor security for the week? For $180, you can sponsor security for a specific Shabbat. Please call the oEce if you would like to do so.