Question of the Week:

It seems that obscenity and foul language are becoming more and more acceptable. Swear words are used by politicians, sportsmen and even teachers, as if they have become a part of common speech. People don't even bother to write %#*#! any more. What is the Jewish view of dirty language?

Answer:

Foul language is spiritually unhygienic. It is like scrubbing the toilet with your toothbrush, and then using it as a toothbrush. If you wouldn't do that, then you shouldn't use the same mouth for profanity that you use for words of friendship, love and prayer. Like pure water flowing through rusty pipes, even words of love, when coming from a dirty mouth, cannot help but become stained.

Speech is a powerful gift. When used correctly, the spoken word can build and strengthen relationships, give comfort and support, sometimes even save a life. Our words can lift a heavy heart and inspire a lost soul. Words of prayer can reach the heavens. Words of care can go even higher.

The words we say do not just disappear. They hover around us, forming the air we breathe and the atmosphere in which we live. Holy words create an aura of holiness around us. Words that are obscene, slanderous, abusive or untrue foul the air, like spiritual pollution. These toxic emissions are the most dangerous of all.

In your home, there are two distinct brushes, a toilet brush and a tooth brush. But you only have one mouth. Flush out profanities, and keep the air around you fresh and pure.

Good Shabbos,

Rabbi Moss

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BINA SUMMER LEARNING EXPERIENCE

DEC 25 - JAN 1

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Session one: 10:00 - 11:00am

Choose from these four classes each day:

Wed 25 December - Tue 31 December

Men's Talmud Shiurim

with Rabbi Yaacov Chaiton

Mitzvah of Living in Israel

From Gemora Kesubos and an in depth analysis of classic and contemporary texts

Women's Textual Shiurim:

Wed 25 Dec - Parsha Secrets with Dina Gourarie

Thu 26 Dec - Defeating the Zodiac - How Chana's 7 sons confronted the stars with Nechama Dina Moss

Fri 27 Dec - no shiur (please join Rabbi Moss or Rabbi Gourarie)

Mon 30 Dec - Parsha Secrets with Dina Gourarie

Tue 31 Dec - Hidden Meanings of the Amida with Rivka Aaron

Hot Topics with Rabbi Aron Moss for Men and Women

Wed 25 Dec - Should Marijuana be Legal?

Thur 26 Dec - Dinosaurs

Fri 27 Dec - The Rebellious Son in the Torah

Mon 30 Dec - Rabbinic Stance on Child Abuse

Tue 31 Dec - What Percentage Can Charity Collectors Keep?

The Best of Personal Growth with Rabbi Michoel Gourarie (Men and Women)

Wednesday 25 December- Precious Moments - Time Management with Jewish Values

Thursday 26 December- Managing Conflict Effectively

Friday 27 December- Masculine and Feminine Energy (a formula from the weekly Parsha)

Monday 30 December - Happiness - Is it Worth Pursuing?

Tuesday 31 December- The Role of Dark Emotions

Join BINA for our annual Summer Learning Experience and enjoy our wide variety of classes from leading lecturers and Rabbis from across the Sydney Jewish community.

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Session Two - Lectures and Panel Discussion 11am- 12 noon

Wed 25 Dec- Thank You For Not Making Me a Woman - with Rabbi Moss

Thur 26 Dec- To B(T) or to (FF)B

A candid conversation on Jewish life as seen through the eyes of a Baal Teshuva and someone Frum from Birth

Fri 27 Dec- But I Bought it in Israel? Real case studies of what can be wrong with Mezuzot and Tefillin with Rabbi's Gourarie and Israel

Mon 30 Dec - Judaism Versus the Real World - Professional Liability with Rabbi Elie Farkas

Tue 31 Dec- The Luz Bone - its location, purpose and significance with Rabbi Yaacov Chaiton

NEW!! THIS YEAR (night session)

Monday Night 30 December 8:00pm - 9:15pm

Perspective or Priority

An interactive discussion, sparking robust and introspective debate on the priorities in your life with Rabbi Chaiton

Wednesday1^st January 2014

LECTURE AND BBQ

and a welcome for Moshe and Estee Gourarie (son and daughter in law of Rabbi and Mrs Gourarie)

2014 - Challenges and Opportunities

How the modern world is shaping our personalities, relationships and our functionality

A special live video lecture with renowned USA psychologist

Dr David Pelcovitz

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM ages 1-12

$15 per day or $70 for the week

bookings essential office@bina.com.au

ALL CLASSES AT BINA 337 OLD SOUTH HEAD RD NORTH BONDI

WWW.BINA.COM.AU

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SERVICES AT NEFESH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Friday December 13 Fast of Tenth of Teves

Friday Night Candlelighting 7.42pm (not before 6.30pm)

MINCHA 5:50PM

Shabbos service 6.30pm

Fast ends 8.29pm

Shabbos Day

Class 9am

Service 10am -12:15pm Followed by Kiddush sponsored by the Lowinger and Robinson families in honour of the Lowinger's move to Melbourne.

L'Chaim sponsored by anonymous friends to farewell the Lowingers.

Bar Mitzvah of Joshua Hucksteppe at 4.30pm

Mincha 7.30pm followed by Seudah Shlishis sponsored in honour of the call-up and wedding of Jason Schulman and Justine Berger.

Shabbos ends 8.44pm

Sunday Shachris 8am

Weekdays 7am

Latest Shema 9.14am

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