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This Week’s Dvar Torah

Shabbat Shuva

Let me begin by wishing all of you and your families a Shana Tova. In a few days we will all celebrate Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year. The operative word on Yom Kippur is forgiveness. Forgiveness is not always easy. Our Rabbi’s explain that the key to forgiveness is giving the benefit of the doubt.

A story is told about a little boy who was holding two apples in his hands. They were the last two apples in the basket. His mother came and asked “can you please share one of the two apples with your mother.” The boy stared at his mother and then with a mischievous look took a bite out of each apple. The mother was very disappointed, she was about to reprimand him for his selfish behavior. But before she could utter a word the boy handed her one of the apples and said “Mommy take this one it’s the sweeter of the two.”

The moral of the story is the importance of giving the benefit of the doubt. Giving the benefit of the doubt means: to delay judgment on others and study the facts clearly. It means not jumping to conclusions.

Our Rabbi’s tell us in Pirkei Avot: “Give every person the benefit of the doubt” (Avot 1:6). There are exceptions to the rule, but in general Chazal encourage us to “Give the benefit of the doubt.”

The great sage Hillel said, “Do not judge another person until you are in their shoes” (Avot 2:5). Maimonides (Deot 5:7) explains that one of the most important character traits of a Torah scholar is they give the benefit of the doubt.

Giving the benefit of the doubt is at the very core of Teshuvah. Giving the benefit of the doubt is what allows us to forgive.

As we do Teshuvah, and ask G-d to forgive us for our mistakes, we are saying the same thing to G-d. We are saying: “Hashem I am really a good person. PLEASE give me the benefit of the doubt. Please know that I made a mistake. What I did was not out of malice. Please as I give others the benefit of the doubt you do the same for me. GIVE ME THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.”

May it be a Shana Tova for all of us. On this Yom Kippur may we all merit to forgive and be forgiven.

Shabbat Shalom
Shanah Tova
Rabbi Yosef Benarroch
Adas Yeshurun Herzlia

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This Week’s Shabbat

Friday 30-Sep-2022

Selichot	7:10 am
Shacharit	7:30 am
Mincha & Kabalat Shabbat	6:50 pm
Candle Lighting	5:55-6:51 pm

Saturday 01-Oct-2022

Shacharit	9:30 am
Latest Shema	10:23 am
Mincha	6:20 pm
Seudah Shlishit	6:40 pm
Maariv & Havdalah	7:46 pm

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Weekday Prayer Services

Sunday, 02-Oct-2022

Selichot	8:40 am
Shacharit	9:00 am
Tashlich	6:00 pm
Mincha & Maariv	6:50 pm

Monday, 03-Oct–2022

Selichot	7:10 am
Shacharit	7:30 am
Mincha & Maariv	6:50 pm

Tuesday, 04-Oct-2022

Shacharit	See Schedule Below
Mincha & Maariv	See Schedule Below

Wednesday, 05-Oct–2022

Shacharit	See Schedule Below
Mincha & Maariv	See Schedule Below

Thursday, 06-Oct-2022

Shacharit	7:30 am
Mincha & Maariv	6:40 pm

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The Adam Anhang Learning Center

Virtual classes will be conducted using the Zoom app.
Meeting ID: 279 466 0776
Password: 359636

Sunday after breakfast	(NO CLASS)
Monday 12:00 pm	Tanach – The Book of Joshua (NO CLASS)
Wednesday 7:30 pm	Special class on Rosh Hashanah (NO CLASS)

Listen to Rabbi Benarroch’s latest classes below:

Cain the first Baal Teshuvah

Book of Joshua – Chapter 11 – Canaanites practices

Deuteronomy – Ki Tavo – The strange ceremony at Mount Eval

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This Week’s Yahrzeits

Tishrei 5	September 30, 2022	Carole Berney
Tishrei 7	October 2, 2022	Ethel Kopelow
Tishrei 8	October 3, 2022	Louis Golumbia
Tishrei 10	October 5, 2022	Adele Axelrod
Tishrei 10	October 5, 2022	Samuel Tax
Tishrei 11	October 6, 2022	Carole Cohen

In loving memory we remember them. May their memory be blessed !

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