Question of the Week:
   
Why do the Jewish people seem to loom so large on the world stage? The numbers don't add up. Here's a nation less than 0.2% of the world's population, yet we command so much attention you'd think there were billions of us. That's like a room of two thousand people, with one puny guy sitting in the corner who everyone wants to talk to (or pick on).... Why do we always seem to be at the centre of history?
 
Answer:
 
Jews do strange things sometimes. One example is the wide-spread practice of "credit combing." 
 
Many Jews have a habit of combing through the credits at the end of a movie, searching for Jewish names. At each discovery they beam with pride: 
Look! Assistant Gaffer.......Mo Goldstein! Catering Consultant........Beth Cohen!
 
This odd practice comes from a very deep place in the Jewish psyche. Jews share a spiritual bond with each other. If I meet a Jew anywhere in the world, there is an immediate connection, a kinship, a sense of oneness. We are like one big family, and even closer than that.
 
When Jews are in the news, we each take it personally. When Israel is under attack, we feel the pain wherever we are. When a Jew wins a bronze medal in croquet, we all share the victory. And when we see a Jewish name in the credits, we get excited. 
 
Maybe other nations do this too. But I don't think so. This profound sense of connection makes the Jewish nation unique among the peoples of the world.
 
This is the reason why statistics cannot apply to the Jewish people.  No Jew is merely an individual. We are a collective soul, a part of something bigger than ourselves. We may be a tiny blip on the census, but we don't work by the normal rules of demography. Our strength is not measured by our numbers, but by our unity. 
 
The destiny of the Jewish people is to be a strong voice of goodness and morality among the family of nations. When we unite with our community and commit ourselves to the shared vision of our people, then we are a formidable presence. Not because we are one billion, but because we are one. 
 
Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Moss

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SHABBOS SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO 
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Friday, 7 June, 2017 |13 Tammuz 5777
Candle Lighting..................... 4:42pm 
Mincha................................. 4:50pm
Friday Evening Service........... 6:00pm
Kiddush sponsored by Anthony and Judi Berman in honour of their son Ethan's Bar Mitzvah this Shabbos- Mazal Tov!
 
Shabbos, 8 July, 2017 | 14 Tammuz 5777
In depth Parsha Class............... 9:00am
Children's program ...................10:45am
Shabbos Morning Service ........ 10:00am- 12:20pm 
Followed by kiddush sponsored by the Diamond family in honour of the birth of their daughter Nina, and Dovi's Hebrew birthday this past week - Mazal Tov!
 
Mincha with Pirkei Ovos Ch 6
followed by Seudah Shlishis ......................4:35pm
Gematria and story by Rev Amzalak........... 5:05pm
Shabbos ends and Maariv......................... 5:41pm
Followed by Havdalah
 
WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES
Sunday ............................. 8:00am
Mon - Fri.............................7:00am
Latest Shema this week....... 9:28am
 
FAST OF THE 17TH OF TAMMUZ | TUESDAY 11 JULY
FAST BEGINS 5:36AM
FAST ENDS 5:30PM

SINCERE CONDOLENCES to the Nasiem and Reuben families on the passing of our dear friend Nissim Chai ben Yaakov a"h. Funeral service at Chevra Kadisha Woollahra this Sunday 9am, burial in Israel.

MAZAL TOV TO
Judi & Anthony Berman and their extended families on Ethan's Barmitzvah this Shabbos!
Adam and Nicki Ensly on the wedding of their daughter Liorah to Adear Hayman this Sunday!
Rabbi and Mrs Sufrin on the first tefillin laying of their sons Mendel and Aron this coming Friday!
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
Finley Zev Hasofer.............16 Tammuz/ Monday 9 July
Ari Smaller....................... 19 Tammuz/ Thursday 12 July
Rafael Deubler.................. 20 Tammuz/ Friday 13 July
 
LONG LIFE TO
Erna Frankfurter and Ruth Cromer for their late husband and father Harold
Frankfurter........................ 16 Tammuz/ Monday 10 July
Eric Melman for his late father George Melman
Gershon ben Yosef............ 17 Tammuz/ Tuesday 11 July