CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH

Wednesday, December 25th at 5:00pm Kick off the festivities with us at the Sunny Isles Government Center. Bring the whole family for a special event. Join Mayor Larisa Svechin in a special tribute saluting our IDF wounded soldiers. Enjoy festive music, Chocolate gelt, dancing dreidels and latkes. For more information sunnychabad.org/chanukahevents  

As part of the celebration the Shofar is sounded in synagogues around the world on Rosh Hashanah. The blowing of the shofar is symbolic of a wake up call, to remind us to amend our ways. It is also tradition to blow the shofar this entire month, proceeding Rosh Hashanah as a preparation. We are reminded to show up for Rosh Hashanah as a better person, so that the coming year will be better than last year. Read More:  https://medium.com/@sunnychabad/join-rosh-hashanah-yom-kippur-services-at-chabad-sunny-isles-69e991ee4856  

The present Hebrew month of Elul proceeds the Jewish High Holidays and is known as a month of reflection in preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the New Jewish year. This holiday is called Jewish New Year, but in reality, Rosh is translated as "the head," and Shanah means "the year".   So, it is not just a celebration of the beginning of a new year, but rather the head of which the body of the year will follow. Therefore, Rosh Hashanah is ushered in with prayers, which will influence the year to come. Foods unique to the Rosh Hashanah include round Challah, which is symbolic of a wheel of endless motion, and is eaten dipped in honey, which is symbolic of a sweet year. This is eaten along with many other traditional foods unique to Rosh Hashana all of which carry symbolic, meaning. One of the most famous foods eaten is apple dipped in honey.   As we eat the apple dipped in honey, we pray for a good and ...

In the seventh and final aliya of Parshas Ki Tisa, the Torah says, "While Moshe was on Mount Sinai, he remained there with Hashem for forty days and forty nights he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water." Whenever we eat physical food, we are nourishing our bodies, same to whenever we learn Torah and do Mitzvos we are consuming spiritual food, which nourishes our souls. Although when Moshe was on Mount Sinai, he did not eat any physical food, he did consume a lot of spiritual food by learning with Hashem the Torah for forty consecutive days and nights. In the seventy-eighth chapter of Tehillim (psalms), it says, "humans ate the bread of angels he sent them food for satisfaction" This verse refers to Moshe on Mount Sinai. Angels live off and are nourished by their understanding and by internalizing their intellect of the existence of Hashem that is what keeps them going, identical to that is what kept Moshe going on Mount Sinai. It says that as a dire...

In Kabala, it explains there are four categories that everything in this world is divided into 1) doimim- inanimate objects, i.g. rocks, etc. 2) tzomaich- vegetation, things that grow from the ground, i.g. grass flowers and trees 3) chay- animals 4) midaber- humans. Made up the tabernacle primarily out of vegetation and animal hide. Made up the Temple of inanimate objects. It is known that in the Temple, there were more significant revelations from G-d, being that made it primarily up of the lowest category, G-d was showing that his interest and our job and mission is to reveal G-dliness specifically into the weakest of all places and reveal how G-d is constantly recreating each thing and giving it life. This is why this week's Parsha says, "and I will dwell in them." What Hashem wants us not to be just a man of many hats and be holy in the Synagogue. Whereas being like just anyone else on your block at all other times. What G-d wants from us is always to be connect...

By: Rabbi Yisrael Baron Moses had the historic role of leading the Jews out of Egypt. He was also chosen by G‑d to be His personal messenger to deliver the Torah, His word, to the world. This was the most important communication of all time. If this is the case, why did G‑d choose Moses for these rolls if Moses had a speech impediment? In fact, Moses himself asked this question of G‑d as he was being drafted for the job. Moses was an 80-year-old shepherd when G‑d appeared to him in the burning bush, and drafted him for a career change. Moses argued that there were other people more fit for this job. G‑d responded, "Who has given a mouth to the mute?.." In other words, G‑d said, "Moses, you were chosen specifically because of your lack of communication skills, so that you shall know where your strength comes from, and not let your ego interfere. Realize it is not about you, and just step aside. Just as I have created the heaven and the earth, I will make everything wo...