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Candle Lighting 5:52 pm Evening Service

5:55 pm Saturday, Oct. 20

Morning Service 9:30 am

Evening Service 5:50 pm Shabbos Ends 6:50 pm

WEEKLYNEWSLETTER Shabbos October 20, 2018 11 Cheshvan 5779

Parshas Lech-Lecha

Weekly Schedule of Services:

Morning Services: Sunday- Friday: 8:15 am

Evening Services:

(Mincha & Maariv) Sun- Thurs: 5:55 pm

Office Hours H-School Sunday: 9:00 am - 1:00 Pm

Monday - Thursday: 9:00am - 3:00 pm

Friday: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

UPCOMING EVENTS The Kiddush is Sponsored by

Dmitry and Alina Kontorovsky

in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their dear son,

Jacob Mazel Tov!

And

Yury and Polina Melnikov in honor of the birth of their

daughter, Daniella Maayan

Mazel Tov!

There are people who have a

gift or talent, but they refuse to

reveal it or share it with others.

They may have great knowl-

edge, but they keep it to them-

selves. They endeavor to ac-

quire more knowledge, and

perhaps even more spirituality

and more holiness—for them-

selves.

Others feel that if anyone has a

gift, talent or skill this surely

has been given for a purpose:

to share it with others who

would benefit.

Abraham, the first Jew, the

hero of this

week's Torah reading, was one

of the greatest examples of the

philosophy that one's gifts

should be shared with others.

Abraham had a gift—a Divine

gift. In fact his gift was: the Di-

vine. Although he was brought

up by his parents to serve

idols, in a generation steeped

in idolatry, he had discovered

that it is G‑d and no other who

is Master of the world. What a

beautiful thought! What a tre-

mendous idea! G‑d the Creator

of All is the source of all exis-

tence and of all goodness.

What did Abraham do with his

newfound knowledge? He

might have simply tried to gain

more and more spiritual wisdom

for himself. The Sages tell us

that Abraham's initial spiritual

focus was very exalted, far be-

yond the physical practicalities

of the world. In fact his

name Abram, before it was later

changed, means "exalted fa-

ther" (av ram), signifying an ex-

alted level of consciousness.

Despite this, he and his

wife Sarah sought to teach other

people, as Rashi tells us: Abra-

ham would communicate with

the men and inspire them with

belief in G‑d, while Sarah would

teach the women.

Then the beginning of this

week's reading tells us that G‑d

told him to travel, "Go for your-

self." This meant a kind of de-

scent, towards worldliness, in

order to share further his wis-

dom with others.

The Midrash describes him as a

phial of fragrant spices which is

brought into the open so that

others can benefit from its fra-

grance.

We also learn that when he

reached the Land of Israel "he

called in the name of G‑d."

Says the Talmud: Do not read

this as meaning simply that

Abraham himself called in the

name of G‑d. It means that

he caused others to call in the

Name of G‑d.

Wherever he went, Abraham and

his wife Sarah fearlessly pro-

claimed knowledge of G‑d. One

G‑d, one moral standard, ex-

pressed in the Seven Noahide

Laws. This idea was so different

from the current fashions of his

time that Abraham was perse-

cuted, his life was threatened, he

was denigrated and derided. But

he did not stop. Eventually he

prevailed. His legacy is the Jew-

ish Nation which has lived ac-

cording to Divine teaching for

thousands of years, and which

has also generated an aware-

ness of Monotheism in many

parts of the world, paving the

way for the Messiah.

G‑d gave a promise to Abraham:

"All families of the earth will be

blessed through you." The Torah

and the later history of the Jew-

ish people describe how this

promise begins to come true,

bringing positive illumination to

every human being in the world. -adapted from www.chabad.org

A Word Of Torah

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heard from the Rebbe

Abram was the first person to realize that G‑d is a Supreme Being and that G‑d is not dust, an idol, the sea or the sun. He spreads this message all the time in the city of Charan where he lives. One day G‑d tells him to leave his city and his father’s home and to go to the land which G‑d will show him. So Abram and his wife Sarai to-gether with his nephew Lot leave Charan and travel to the Land of Canaan where G‑d reveals Himself to him and tells him that He will give this land to Abram’s children. Abram builds an altar there. Abram and Sarai love having guests. Their tent is open from all four sides so that people could come in from any direc-tion in which they are traveling. Abram and Sarai feed and take care of all their guests and teach them about G‑d. A short while later a famine comes onto the Land of Ca-naan so Abram and Sarai have to travel to Egypt to get food.

There they say that they are brother and sister, because Sarai is so beautiful that Abram fears the palace guards will kill him to give Sarai to Pharaoh as a wife. Sarai is indeed taken prisoner to the palace, but overnight G‑d sends a plague to Pharaoh, who gets the message and frees Sarai. He also gives many gifts of animals, gold and silver to the couple and sends them on their way. Back in Canaan, Lot goes to live in the city of Sodom. He is cap-tured during a local war and Abram runs to his rescue with a small army and miraculously de-feats a big army of four kings. G‑d makes a covenant – a pact or deal - with Abram and tells him that his children will suffer in exile – galut – but will then be freed and brought to the Holy Land which will be theirs forever. Sounds good? Sounds great! But…Abram and Sarai were mar-ried for a long time and do not have children, and they are get-ting older…so Sarai encourages Abram to marry her maid Hagar,

who was a converted Egyptian princess (at the time men were allowed to marry more than one wife), to give Abram the chance to have a child. Hagar becomes pregnant and has a child Yishmael. But Hagar is disre-spectful to Sarai and runs away, then returns to Abram’s home after an angel convinces her to go back. Finally, G‑d promises Abram that his children will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the dust of the earth. G‑d makes a cove-nant with Abraham and commands him to circumcise himself—do a brit milah—as a sign of the cove-nant. From that day on, all Jewish boys do a brit milah at 8 days old. G‑d changes Abram’s name to Abraham and Sarai’s to Sarah and tells Abraham that they will have a child who they should name “Isaac” and that from Isaac will come the nation to which G‑d promised the Holy Land. At this time, Abraham is 99 years old and Sarah is 89.

The following Shabbat, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the Rabbi asked for a show of hands. He wanted to know how many had read Genesis 51. Every hand went up. The

A Rabbi told his congregation, "Next week I plan to give a speech about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Genesis chapter 51."

Rabbi smiled and said, "Genesis has only 50 chapters. I will now proceed with my sermon on the sin of lying."

Kids Parasha Lesson

A Biselleh Humor

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Daily Dose

This goal, when will we reach it? It was once far, but now it is near. When will we hold it in our

hands? When we will open our eyes to see it is already here. - among the last teachings we

Rabbi Berel & Leah Zaltzman Rabbi Mendel & Elke Zaltzman Bris Avrohom of Fair Lawn 30-02 Fair Lawn Avenue. Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410 201-791-7200 | Office@JewishFairLawn.org www.JewishFairLawn.org • www.Facebook.com/BrisAvrohomFairLawn

Ingredients: 1 side of salmon, deboned, with skin on

1 cup fresh lemon juice

1/2 cup oil

1 Tbsp. kosher salt

1 tsp. black pepper

20 large cloves of garlic, chopped 6-8 scallions

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Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls By Miriam Szokovski

Directions: 1. Place salmon skin side down on a baking tray. 2. Combine the lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper and pour over salmon. 3. Sprinkle the garlic and scallions over the salmon. 4. Broil on high for approximately 30 minutes. (Slightly less if you prefer it less charred.)