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MJO Shaar HaShamayim Synagogue
112-21 72nd Ave
Forest Hills, NY 11375
718.263.8102
mjony.org
Mon, Aug 19, 26 / יום ב׳ ט״ו אלול תשפ״ה
| STATE of the COMMUNITY ADDRESS High Holiday Services 5787 /ימים נוראים תשפ”ז |
Dear Friend,
As we approach 5787, we warmly invite you and your family to join us for Shabbat, the Yamim Tovim, & our community programs. Our beautiful Moroccan tefillot & melodies help connect us to Hash•m & to one another. Join us for tefillah, Torah & connection. We look forward to greeting you.
Believe in Yourself
Judaism teaches us to look back in order to move forward. Our successes give valor to our strengths; our mistakes show us where to grow. We regret a wrong action, but we must never lose hope in ourselves. Judaism criticizes the act—not the person. Teshuvah (returning to Torah) uplifts, not degrades, for gradual betterment.
The steps of Teshuvah are: Stop, regret, confess before Hash•m, & resolve to improve. Setbacks become a springboard for growth. The closer we come to Hash•m & to our true selves, the more meaning & happiness we bring into our lives. These days Hash•m is “Near.” Start Praying now for your needs, before the New Year.
Rabbi Yisrael Salanter learned from a shoemaker working latenight: “As long as the candle is burning, it is still possible to repair.” As long as Hash•m gives us life, there is time to mend, forgive, reconnect, & begin again. Start with a small mitzvah—light Shabbat candles, say a food beracha, attend a Torah class, come to Shul, or do an act of chesed / kindness. Small steps can change a life. As we make others happy, Hash•m makes us happy.
Torah, Family & Community
With Judaism, we connect better to life. Mitzvot connect us to our grandparents lives & aspirations for their children. Torah connects us with wisdom. We offer Torah classes for men, inspiring biweekly remote lectures for women, Kids Story Time, Outside Play, Prizes, Snacks, Shabbat services, programs & a hot Kiddush.
Happy Jewish Children — Happy Parents
One of our greatest successes this year has been helping Jewish children enter Torah Day Schools & we are delighted with the results. Parents see tremendous improvement after moving them to a good Torah School.
Grandparents reached out their hands for their grand children to continue their Jewish heritage & the kids grabbed it. The children are thriving. They are getting great grades. They are happy, happy to go to school, happy to be Jewish, making good Jewish friends, growing in Torah & Yiddishkeit. Kids live meaning in school & learn respect. Parents are so pleased with the great progress kids are making & calm that kids will not become involved in the promiscuity, drugs or violence, more prevalent in Public Schools. Parents have peace of mind for their kids Jewish future & continuity. Of Jewish adults who attended public school only 30% to 50% marry Jewish, whereas those who attended full-time Yeshivas or Orthodox day schools 90 – 98% marry Jewish. (NJPS)
Children who upgraded to Torah Day schools are more connected to their family & life. They discuss Torah topics & do mitzvot together. They develop deeper relationships. They participate in meaningful activities together, spending better quality time at the Shabbat Table. They gain life skills, critical thinking skills & Hebrew Bilingual Literacy & Global Grounding making confident kids. They get individual attention to grow as a person.
Our children are our most prized “possession”. We hold a sacred duty to provide for their material needs & an equal obligation to nurture their spiritual growth in Torah. As a rule of thumb, a parent should invest for a child’s monthly Torah Education at least as much as their car & insurance payments. Your child deserves the best – so invest wisely in your child’s spiritual future. Put them in the Best of Torah Day schools. We encourage parents to enroll children in an Orthodox Torah Day School. A Torah School provides much more than academics: it gives a child a daily connection to Hash•m, better family ties, Torah, mitzvot, Jewish friends, & assures that they remain an unbroken link in the precious chain of our people stretching back to Avraham Avinu. Children & Torah are far more precious than family heirlooms-we protect them by investing in Torah Education.
For help with school selection, enrollment, applications, or scholarships, contact: Rabbi Ederman – Nechomas Yisrael • 718-938-9032. He helps you find the best & most fitting day school that your child deserves. Watch your child thrive academically & spiritually! If your child is not yet in a Torah Day School—or would benefit from a different Torah school—please contact him or us ASAP. Every Jewish child deserves the opportunity to be happy, living meaning, successful & connected to Torah.
May Hash•m inscribe us all in the Book of Life for health, happiness, peace, parnassah, Torah, mitzvot, nachat & berachah. Shanah Tovah U’Metukah! Amen. R. Matatia Chetrit & Committee
Sincerely, Rabbi Matatia Chetrit & the MJO family.
Tizku Leshanim Rabbot Neimot veTovot. May You Merit to Live Many Pleasant & Good Years
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