Pesach is a time when the family get together at the Seder doing mitzvot, talking and generally feeling good. This is the essence of Pesach, celebrating a great Jewish victory against Pharoah, and the beginning of the nation. May we all please G-d enjoy our Sedorim and may Israel as a nation and country enter [...]
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- 2013.04.25 – Mazeltov to Chazen Avron and Judy Alter on the birth of a grandson, parents Gidon and Pamela Alter
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- GOLF DAY – SAVE THE DATE!! Sandton Shul is going green! Teeing off on 29th May 2013 at Houghton Golf Course Shotgun Start In Celebration of our Barmitzvah Year! Call the Shul Office to book your 4-Ball
- NEW SERIES called BODY AND SOUL. Mystical secrets behind some superstitions and ‘Bubbe Meises’. 2NITE at Rabbi David Shaw’s home @ 19h30. Please call the office for more details 0118834210
- The refurbished Shelley Lutrin Mikveh has opened. Please call the Shul office for further details.
Pesach
Pesach is known as Chag Ha’Aviv
Pesach is known as Chag Ha’Aviv – The festival of spring. Our sages explain the rationale behind this name is to emphasize how Hashem took us out from Egypt in spring, when the weather is mild and temperate, as an act of Chessed, kindness to the Jewish People on their journey towards the Holy land. [...]
Difference between fun and happiness
When asked what the difference between fun and happiness was, my son, who was at that time around four years old, gave a most profound answer that made a huge impression on those who heard it as well as on my wife and on myself. He answered and said that fun is on the outside [...]
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