SHABBAT BULLETINParshat Pinchas 14/15 July 2017 • 21 Tamuz 5777

The daughters of ZelophadIn this week’s parasha we read the fascinating story of the Daughters of Zelophad. They are five women who were the only remaining descendants when their father died. According to the custom of the time, when a person died with no sons, their property would revert back to the tribe. The Daughters of Zelophad were not satisfied with this situation and they went to Moses and petitioned him, saying that it was not right that their family holding would be returned to the tribe when their father had five deserving daughters. Moses was not sure what to do, he appreciated their arguments and said he would take it to God for a ruling. God ruled in favour of the daughters of Zelophad and thanks to their courage and wisdom, the law was changed to allow women to inherit property when there were no surviving sons.Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson brings a beautiful commentary on this portion. He quotes Rashi’s words: “Their eyes (the daughters’) saw what Moses could not see.” What did they see that Moses did not? They saw the injustice of the law which would disposess the women and their family simply because there were no males to inherit the property. Moses and the elders failed to see the wrong which was being perpetrated until the daughters pointed it out to them. Only then were they able to make the situation right and care for the vulnerable in their society.Sometimes we can be like the elders and Moses. We look with our eyes but we fail to see what is truly before us. We sanitise the world so that we look upon only the good and brush past the things which cause us pain or distress. But it is important to see not only with our eyes but also with our hearts and our heads. When we look at the world around us we must try to be conscious of those who need assistance, those who need our love, compassion and care. Sometimes those who are struggling hide their pain, they are embarrassed, ashamed, feel nobody will care, nobody wants to listen. But if we look with eyes that see into the depths of their souls, we can see their hurt and then work to heal their suffering, be a listening ear, a compassionate heart. We are tasked as Jews, with tikkun olam, healing and repairing the world, making right the wrongs in society. We can only do that if we first see the places where there is need and then act to change them.Shabbat Shalom,Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio

MAZAL TOV to Lucas Tabell on his Bar Mitzvah (Progressive)

MAZAL TOV to Benjamin Klackin on his Bar Mitzvah (Masorti)

CANDLE LIGHTINGFriday 4:45pm Saturday 5:54pm

TORAH Numbers 25:10 - 30:1 (page 918)

HAFTARAHI Kings 18:46 - 19:21 (page 937)

SERVICE TIMESErev Shabbat• 6:15pm Masorti service (Neuweg Sanctuary)• 6:15pm Shabbat Live! (Main Sanctuary)• 6:15pm Jewish Renewal service (July 28 & August 25 in Neuweg Sanctuary)

Shabbat Morning• 9:00am

Masorti service (Neuweg Sanctuary)

• 10:00am Progressive service (Main Sanctuary)

MINYAN• 6:45am Monday at Emanuel Gardens 6:45am Thursday • 8:30am first Sunday

of every month followed by breakfast (Neuweg Sanctuary)

7 Ocean St, Woollahra NSW 2025 • 02 9389 6444 • info@emanuel.org.au • www.emanuel.org.au

Please note, the synagogue will be closed this Sunday and Monday due to asbestos removal.

Rabbi Jeffrey B. Kamins OAMArno & Hella Seefeldt Rabbinic Chair

Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio

Rabbi Dr Orna Triguboff

SUNDAY FUNDAY

from 9:30am to 11:00am Last Sunday of each month

Kids + parents and grandparents. Come along for great fun - meet others and enjoy time with the

community.

This month, Waverley Park, Waverley (near the playground)

Rabbi Rafi Kaiserblueth

REDEVELOPMENT UPDATEAs you enter the Synagogue you will have noticed the large hoardings in the forecourt, foyer and at the rear of the main sanctuary. As part of the main redevelopment the foyer is being upgraded. All possible steps are being taken to ensure inconvenience is minimised however we apologise for any disruption.

ACO RETURNS TO EMANUEL

OCTOBER 26 SAVE

ACO RETURNS TO EMANUEL

OCTOBER 26 SAVE THE DATE

TISHA B'AVThis year Tisha B'Av falls on July 31st/August 1st when we commemorate the anniversary of a number of disasters in Jewish history. On Monday we will have an evening service at 6:15pm with the chanting of the book of Eichah Lamentations and the singing of kinnot, elegies, by our Emanuel Choir. On Tuesday morning there will be a service at 6.45am including the chanting of Eichah. From 5:00pm there will be an afternoon service including tefillin and torah reading.

Rev. Sam Zwarenstein Director of Communal Engagement

WHAT’S ON

Our Jewish Story: Our Land, Our PeopleMondays from 10:00am-11:30am In recessNext Monday morning session August 7 - Combatants for Peace: an overall look at some of the players in the conflict and hopes for resolution to it.

Our Jewish Story: Tradition and ChangeMondays from 6:00pm-7:15pmAs we conclude the book of Numbers, in the midst of the three weeks between 17th of Tammuz and 9th of Av, we have the opportunity to reflect on the what is known as the wilderness experience, its highs and lows - do we remember it as an ideal time or one of rebellion?

Harbourview Shabbat Dinner - Friday, July 14, 2017 after servicesCome join us for our own 4th of July Party, celebrating all that is good from the "land of the free". Bring your tastiest American-inspired vegetarian dishes to share.For young adults. Call office on 9389 6444 for location.

Kabbalah Meditation Weekly class - Term 3, 2017: 18 July - 19 September Tuesdays 7:30pm to 8:30pm Open to beginners & advanced Relax, rejuvenate and meditate in spiritual community. Be inspired!

Renewal Kabbalat Shabbat - July 28, 2017 - 6:15pm to 7:15pm in Neuweg SanctuaryKabbalat Shabbat with music and meditation followed by a potluck Shabbat dinner then music and Kabbalah Meditation at 8.15pm. Note there will also be a Masorti Minyan on July 28.

IN MEMORY

Shoah remembrance: Alfred Glickman was born in 1908 in Vaslui, Romania and lived in Moldavia, Romania until he was murdered during the Holocaust.

Anne Bark (Janet Rudner)Paul Beran (Danny Beran)Elizabeth (Bette) Caley (Carol Crawford,

Gus Lehrer, Alex Lehrer)Herman & Sabina Carpenter

(Dinah Danon)Ruth Catts (Dianne Joseph)Harry Cromer (Tom Cromer)Anthony Dale (Jacqueline Dale)Elwyn Eizenberg (Caroline Haski)Paul Engel (Eva Engel)Rosalia Epstein (Agnes Spencer)Eva Feldman (Vladimir Feldman)Addy Fisher (Michael Fisher)Raphael Flaxman (James Flaxman)Fritz D Frank (Dorothy Krawitz)Wanda Freeman (Anthony Freeman)Gunter (Garry) Friedlander (Jason Spinak,

Margaret Spinak)Dezso Gardos (Agnes Seemann)Willie Glaser (Peter Glaser)

* Irma Glass (Arthur Glass)Catherine Gluck (Jeffrey Kamins)Arnold Goldman (Susie Klein)Fanny Goldman (Susie Klein) Melvyn Harris (Sara Glaser)Dov Huberman (Roi Huberman)Joseph Ingster (Josephine Ingster)Leslie Kanuk (Alan Kanuk)Nathan Katz (Ivor Katz)Samuel Kaye (Cathy Shapiro)

* Esther Leah LevyHarry Loeb (Renee Schneider)Hyman Marks (Bettina Davis)

Douglas Herbert Marsden (John Marsden)Else Meyer (Cecily Parris)

* Joseph Lazarus MyersEva Nagler (Joe Nagler)Allan Newell (Rita Newell)Pearl Newhouse (Daniel Newhouse)Yetta Raphael (Kenneth Raphael)Solomon Richards (Anthea Hemphill)Yvonne Riordan (Elizabeth Riordan)Mair Rosenberg (Marcelle Freiman)Reuvein Rotem (Tanya Igra)

* Nina Debb Saalfeld (John Saalfeld, Allene Symonds)Leopold Schalit (Ethel Davis)Erno Schwarcz (Judit Somogy)Iris D Schwartz (Hannah Schwartz)Ida Schwarz (Susanne Freeman,

Ronald Schwarz)Rebecca Segal (John Segal)Ida Segal (John Segal)Simone Kiri Simon (Edith Simon)Brian Sloman (Anthony Sloman)

* Louis Smith* Stella Spray

Isabel Heather Steigrad (Stephen Steigrad)May Stein (Myron Stein)Judith Stirling (Malcolm Cardis)Michael Stone (Paul Stone)Emeric Szanto (Francesca Stanton)Mary Vorsay (Alan Vorsay)Zalman Weiner (Lesley Weiner)Judith Zaresky (Julian Lavigne,

Nita Lavigne)

There are mourners in our community to whom we extend our sincerest sympathies on the death of their loved ones.Shiva: Rebbetzin Yaffe Levy, Ann MillerShloshim: Maurice Segura, Thomas Baumann, Charles Ezer, Hannah Rachel Rubner,

Wayne Baffsky

This week we observe the Yahrzeits of (observed by): * Memorial Light