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Shabbat Shalom
Nourish your spirit with the JBD weekly update
Shabbat starts tonight at 5:56 pm, and ends on Saturday night at 6:54 pm. The weekly Torah portion is Ki Tavo.
Kosher Food Delivery Service
The response to this service has been ... underwhelming. We're not yet getting the 5+ orders per time needed to make this viable.

At this point, I'd like to open it up to you - our members - to discuss and discover how we can improve the availability of kosher food in the city. Please join the WhatsApp group and be part of that discussion.

 The latest information, as well as the order form, can be access from here.

Mincha in the CBD  Mondays to Fridays
Mincha @ 459:
 
Mincha, whisky and kugel today 1:00 pm. Mincha continues at 
1:00 pm Monday to Friday using the SMS reminder system.
Monday Mincha Micro-shiur + LUNCH:
 
For the month of Elul, JBD together with Kollel Menachem will be hosting a micro-shiur at Mincha on Mondays.
Rabbi Doobie Lisker will present a 10-minute, thought-provoking idea to get you into the High Holiday mode. Final edition, so there will be a sushi lunch.

Two locations:
Level 5 South, 459 Collins St:
Micro-shiur 12:50 pm, then Mincha 1:00 pm.
 
Level 48, 101 Collins St:
1:30 pm Mincha, followed by micro-shiur.
Mincha @ 101 (L48): FINAL WEEK BEFORE DST
 
A second mincha is at 1.30pm, at Wingate, Level 48, 101 Collins St on Mondays using a WhatsApp group to confirm numbers.
Special pre-Rosh Hashana Shiur:
The Paradox of Prayer: We spend most of the High Holidays in prayer. But what exactly should we be praying for?
 
Rabbi Yonason Johnson
Kollel Menachem

Shiur and lunch starts at about 1:15 pm after mincha.

Thought of the Week 

With thanks to Rabbi James Kennard

At the culmination of the list of tragedies that will befall the Jews as described in this week's Torah reading, the Torah declares; “in the morning you will say ‘if only it were evening’ and in the evening you will say ‘if only it were morning’” (Deut 28:67). The classical commentator Rabbi Shlomo ben Meir (Rashbam) explains that the cry of “if only it were morning” refers to the following morning. The afflicted is pining for a better tomorrow. But Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki (Rashi) disagrees. The wished for morning is the previous one “because the afflictions of each moment are worse than the ones before”.

Rashbam believes that those suffering in this description maintain their faith in the future. Things will get better. Things must get better. But in Rashi’s description, the terror is so great, the horror so manifest, that the people have lost what has been our support through the ages. They have lost hope.

Want to contribute to the thought for the week? It's only 150 words! Contact David so we can add you to our roster.

Interested in advertising in a future edition of Shabbat Shalom?
Simply contact the Executive Officer, Sasha at admin@jbd.org.au for details.

Do you have a milestone event in your life? Please send your news to Sasha.

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Our mailing address is:
JBD - Jews of the Melbourne CBD Inc
PO Box 157
Collins St West, Vic 8007
Australia

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