ANNOUNCING A NEW SHIUR

RABBI Z TELSNER INVITES ALL MEN

TO A “NEW SHIUR” COMMENCING

Sunday 15th April – 27 Nissan 11am – 12.45pm

11 – 11.45am …………..Tanya

11.45 – 12pm…………... Refreshments/Coffee/Tea

12 – 12.45pm……………Talmud

The Shiur will be held in the Art Room (off the lunchroom)
92 Hotham St, East St Kilda

An Insight
Connecting Passover and the Holiday of Shavuot is the period known as sefira. We count the days of the Omer starting on the second day of Passover - our day of liberation from slavery. We continue counting for 49 days until the day on which we commemorate the receiving of the Torah - the culmination of our liberation. What, we might ask, is the point of counting days, measuring time? Time just marches on. We can all march to the beat of a different drummer, but we can't actually change time, can we? Quantitatively, time cannot be changed. But, we learn from sefira, that qualitatively, time can be changed. Time is like a container. We can fill it with nothingness by wasting it away, or, we can fill it with meaningful activities. In the days between Passover and Shavuot, we should be preparing for the receiving of the Torah. During this preparation period, we must make sure to fill our time "container" with meaningful accomplishments in matters of Torah study and mitzvah performance. In this way, we will actually be able to "stretch" time. By instilling our actions in the here and now with Jewish content, we fill our limited time with infinite and eternal acts. We transfer and elevate our own time beyond and above time.