LEARNIN' HARD PLAYIN' HARD: May 2006

THE ALL NIGHT MARATHON

If only we would have stayed up that one fatefull night 3318 years ago in the year 1313 BCE the morning before the world was transformed, and the ability to elevate physicality and to transform our ugly selfs into G-dly chariots, either way, we've been making it up ever since, so let's maximize this night, and create that transformation within ourselves and the world around us.

The program is like this:

kick off is at 1:00 am at the yeshiva, the bright green building opposite the TA on louis botha, untill then it's just chillin with the family, and various farby's around the community.

1:00-2:00 am
Tikkun lail shavuos, there is no end to the merits in getting through the whole of this on the night of shavuos, lets dedicate some time to actually saying this, who knows it might just make us feel holy.

2:00-2:30 am
"what do my nightmares mean?" Rabbi Berel Rodal
A talk about dreams and interpretration.

2:30-3:00 am
Break

3:00-4:00 am
Questions and answers session with Rabbi Noam Wagner
Ask what you want, get it all out on the table.

4:00-5:30 am approx
Farby with the boys

5:30 approx
Shacharis

After Shacharis
Cheese Brocha.

After brocha
shlof

There will be drinks and refreshments availible throughout the night.

Good company, and a great evening, of fun, fulfillment, and all round good times with the boys.

see u there

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YOUTH MINYAN IS BACK

Youth minyan is back this week, kick off at exactly 9:45 with a deluxe brocha, we would love to have all of you with us, and we highly recommend that you come on time, being as our gabbai (eli g) will be lookin like this.

S.S.S.LEAGUE TABLE ON HOLD

Being as one of our games had to be called off due to sickness the, table will be updated as soon as the game is played, hopefully by monday morning, the captains will meet to discuss the learning points.

EAT FOR G-D, SLEEP FOR G-D, REST FOR G-D

So many things we get up to in our day to day lives, eating, sleeping and relaxing, we never really put to much thought into, we go through the motions when we feel our bodies calling, sometimes enjoyable, sometimes just habitual, but never usually deep and spiritually fulfilling.

Beleive it or not, introducing an element of awareness and a slight change of attitude, we can transform mundane activities such as these, into G-dly experiences that can uplift our spiritual status, and draw down countless G-dly blessings,one of this weeks torah portions behar tells us how.

The jewish famer living in the land of israel, after working his land for six years, is commanded to take a break, the entire seventh year the land is to be left barren and the farmer is to dedicate his time to study, the verse also writes (as explained by rashi ) that this entire practice is to be done in the name of G-d.

Apparently, when it comes to farming land, this practice is very beneficial, it allows the soil's nutrients to rejuvinate and does wonders for the crop of the following year, nevertheless the Torah tells the farmer that his intentions must be G-dly.

In our daily eating and sleeping, there are obvoius physical benefits, our mission is to introduce a spiritual twist, we eat, sleep and drink to give us life and energy, but consciously knowing that the life and energy is to give us strength in fulfilling the mitzvos, will put us in touch with our higher consciousness and ultimately draw down the promised heavenly blessings.

Wishing you all a great shabbos, as shabbos is the mini version of the shemittah year, lets keep in mind what the resting is about, and start the new week with our spiritual nutrients rejuvinated.

S.S.S. SEASON 2 WEEK 2 REPORT N' PICS

moishe sarchi learns in style

INTENSE

"due to the national holiday of kesata (or something like that) when nobody works, we are unable to take your order of 120 doughnuts, sir"
nothing short of a miracle, everything was in place for week 2 of season 2, after a week off last week in the drakensberg.
lots of sick boys, made this week full of substitutions and one postponed game, but action packed and intense nonetheless, we would like to wish a speedy recovery to the boys who couldn't make it.
thanks again to yossi g for his outstandig photography, and Rabbi Ash for coming in as a guest ref.

scores:
england 1-2 portugal

ivory coast 0-2 serbia and monenegro

argentina 4-3 italy

ghana v u.s.a. postponed

golden boot:
nati levit 3

shaul yachad 2

moishe chaiton 2

yossi dworcan 2