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MJO Shaar HaShamayim Synagogue
112-21 72nd Ave
Forest Hills, NY 11375
718.263.8102
mjony.org
Mon, Sep 8, 25 / יום ב׳ ט״ו אלול תשפ״ה
| STATE of the COMMUNITY ADDRESS High Holiday Services 5786 /ימים נוראים תשפ“ו |
Dear Friend,
We invite you for our services for Shabbat & the Holidays.Rabbi Yona Edery will lead our services this year for Yom Kippur. Our Beautiful Moroccan Melodies – rooted in songs the Leviim sang by the Beit Hamikdash – help us to connect with the One above in a natural and meaningful way.
Belief in Ourself
We want to be real. In life we look back to go forward. Connect to the past to use it as a stepping stone for self improvement. Our victories & failures – help us to appreciate our strengths & reduce our lacking. Use setbacks as a bouncing board to revitalize the good we do. We do not depress ourselves for our failings. We are sad for the misdeed but continue to have hope in ourselves. In Judaism, we criticize acts, not the person. Internal Rebuke is to bring us up not down. “How could we, of such high importance, have done a thing that is not deemed fit for our lofty stature.” In our thoughts we try to emphasize our strong points & stop putting ourselves down. Thus the 4 Steps of Teshuva – Cessation, Commitment, Regret, Confession. Make peace & forgive to start the Year with a clean slate.
Happiness is linked to the soul’s satisfaction. The closer to Hash-m we are the happier & more real we become. When you are you, you are happy. It’s in our hands. As long as we are alive there is time to mend. Once R. Israel Salantar went to a tailor working late at night. He asked why work so late? He said “as long as the candle burns there is time to mend.” Hash-m accepts sincere Teshuva.
Judaism is all about connection. Connected to Judaism – Drugs become uninteresting. Family, good deeds & community takes the front seat. We put more emphasis Torah values than on academics. Children are our future. Statistics show, if a Child is enrolled in a Torah Day School as opposed to a Public School – the child much more likely marry Jewish (98% vs about 42%) & stay in the path of Judaism & will also likely not become involved with drugs, bad influences, dangerous activities, rising antisemitism in public schools, chutzpah & values foreign to Judaism.
Our Shiurim / Lectures & events help you appreciate life & yourself, your family & your marriage. Men learn in Torah classes. Women have a biweekly zoom. Children learn at shaping lives Sunday Hebrew school. We have services & a chulent kiddush. Let’s commit to our priorities this year – our family, community & Torah growth. Let’s commit to one small Mitzvah. One small act makes a big impression in shamayim / heaven. A Jewish musician that inspired a woman to light Shabbat candles had a dream that her act helped the Israeli soldiers to lead a successful battle against Iran.
Enrolling children in an Orthodox Torah Day School is challenging yet rewarding. A $1,000 Scholarship is available to enroll a child in a Torah Day School. Call Rabbi Ederman from Nechomas Yisrael at 718–938-9032 or Chazaq Public School to Yeshiva Division at 718-285-9132 &/or Motti Cohen at 347-920-6890 at OORAH to help you with selection, enrollment & scholarships. Please call them. Parents who placed children in Torah day schools are thankful. A child develops a meaningful relationship with them & Hash-m & continues the chain from us till Avraham Avinu – the first Jew.
Be in contact & on our contact list. Be Big & Hash-m will with you. Sponsor us in Merit of a loved one. Remember “Shaar HaShamayim Synagogue” in your Will. Rabbis recommend 5% or more be given to Torah education as a charitable bequest. May we be inscribed in the book of life for pleasant & good Years! Amen. Wishing you a Shana Tova Umetuka / Good & Sweet Year.
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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