July 25 & 26 Shabbos Parshas Matos

B"H
Congregation Anshei Sfard of Wesley Hills
      42 Powder Horn Drive
              Mount Carmel
 Rav Pincus Schwarz: Tel. 354-2660       fax 354-0261
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Zmanim:
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May you live to be 120,
Shabbat  Schedule:
Erev Shabbat:  
Mincha 7P The Summer Schedule.
Candle lighting for Erev Shabbat, is at 8:01P
Do not depend on Zmanim at the final moment.
Repeat the Sh’ma after 9:16P
Shabbat-
Schacharit: 8:50A
Men’s Class: 6:50P  
 E T H I C S   O F   O U R   F A T H E R S
  Chapter 1 of Pirkei Avos
Mincha: 7:55P
Mariv  & Havdalah (50 min) for Saturday, 26 July 2008 is not before  9:09pm
These times are for:Suffern, NY 10901GMT -05:00 (U.S. Eastern)
(Ski”a 8:18P)

Sunday & Weekday:  (The Three Weeks continues).
Schacharit Sunday: 7:45A
Schacharit: Monday to Friday- 6:30A
Mincha/Mariv Monday to Thursday : 8:00P
Mariv right after the daily Ski”a.



Shabbos Parshas Matos
July 26, 23 Tamuz
The Haftorah is read from Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 "
(the three Haftoros of these three weeks are called  
 the "Three Haftoros of Punishment"). We bless the month of Av.
Sof Zman Kriat Shema  
9:21A  (Gra"h)
8:45A  (Magen Avraham)
Say the Sh'ma prior to coming to Shul.
Kiddish and Shalosh Seudas  Sponsor:  To Sponsor the Kiddish see the Gabbai.

Eruv Status:
1    S. Monsey/Airmont    2 Monsey/Spring Valley    Call 646-222-0503 for status.
The following are UP   (July 18 / 15 Tammuz 10:30AM)
3 Forshay/W Wesley Hills    4 E Wesley Hills/New Hempstead   5 Pomona
6  Good Sam Hospital     7  Helen Hayes Hospital

Weather and Pollen:
Friday: Mostly Sunny       High 86°F  Low  66°F
Shabbat : Scattered T-Storms       High 84°F  Low 68°F
Pollen      Grasses High (Friday)
Sunday: Isolated T-Storms       High 85°F  Low 66°F

Tehillim
The following chapters of Tehillim are recited
 for our brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisrael:  
Psalms 20, 83,121,130 and 142

The Atheist
The atheist, too, has a god, and it is himself.
The idolater at least understands there is something greater than him,
something beyond the grasp of his physical senses, some external forces to which he is subject.
But for the atheist, all the universe is defined by his own understanding,
 all ethics are subject to his approval and even he himself is an artifact of his own mind.
 He is a self-made man, for he creates his own universe and squeezes himself inside it.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman

Growing Each Day
Rabbi Abraham Twerski
Which is the good way of life to which a person should adhere? Rabbi Eliezer says: A benevolent eye (Ethics of the Fathers 2:13).
"A benevolent eye" or "a good eye" is the Hebrew expression for not begrudging people that which they have. The corollary is that the way of life to avoid is having "a malevolent eye," i.e. begrudging people what they have.
In Yiddish, the equivalent of "a benevolent eye" is "to fargin," as in the expression "I fargin him with all my heart." There is no equivalent word in English for fargin, and it can only be translated in the negative, i.e. to fargin is to not begrudge. As noted in 23 Adar, the absence of a word in a language may be a clue about something in that particular culture. Is it possible that much of the English-speaking world knows only how to begrudge, but does not know how to fargin?
Be that as it may, Rabbi Eliezer considers "a benevolent eye" much more than just a desirable trait. He considers it an all-encompassing feature that constitutes the optimum adjustment to life. Other people may possess more material wealth. Their children may have achieved more. They may enjoy better health. In whatever way other people may be more fortunate, Rabbi Eliezer sees farginning them as the character trait that will make all other traits fall into line. Conversely, not farginning is a trait that so permeates one's personality that everything one thinks, feels, or does will be negatively affected.
Perhaps not everyone can rejoice in what others have, but we can all fargin
Today I shall ...
.. try to fargin everyone what they have and avoid begrudging anything to anyone.

Websites:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/
http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=2&ClipID=237