Bnei Akiva Dallas

Shabbat February 21, 2015; 2 Adar 5775

We are happy to

be hosting our
Boger, Ari Marder
, from Bnei
Akiva of the US
& Canada! In
addition to assistin
g the
Madrichim, he wil
l be leading
groups Shabbat mo
rning for
the 5-8 graders.

BNEI-AKIVATON
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You too are important!

Shabbat/Bnei Akiva
Zmanim
Shabbat begins-

A Dvar Torah on Parshat Terumah by Benji Zoller

5:59pm

Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv-

6:00

High school Oneg @ Schragersa-

9:00

Shabbat Morning Minyanim-

8/9am

Mincha-

5:45pm

Snif~

6:00

Maariv-

6:50

Motzei Shabbat-

7:00

Bulldog Playoff Game @ Yavneh

8:30

a) Schragers: 6454 Willow

Weather for Shabbat

Friday:
High-69 Low-61
Possible wetness

Shabbat Kodesh:
High-65 Low-42

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Upcoming Dates

Mar. 4-Purim!!!

Mar. 21-Snif

Mar. 29-Points for Peace

and, look out for

events coming
soon!

In my wallet, I have, amongst my

license and money (which includes
American dollars, twenty Shekels,
and six BALA (Bnei Akiva LA)
bucks), about five folded up papers,
one of which is called Im Only
Onx Pxrson in thx Group. On this
page, typed up in courier font from
presumably a typewriter, a young
man describes the troubles he has
with his typewriter.
Xvxn though my typxwritxr is
an old modxl, the poem begins, it
works quitx wxll xxcxpt for onx of
the kxysIt is trux thxrx arx fortysix keys that function wxll xnough,
but just onx kxy not working
propxrly makxs the dixrxncx.
In this weeks parshah, Parshat
Teruma, the donations of the Jews
to the Mishkan is discussed.
However, Rashi in the second
pasuk (25:2) describes the sockets of
the beams. These copper sockets,
in comparison to all the other
vessels described in this weeks
parsha, were taken from the
mandatory tax that every Jewish
male, 20 and older, were required to
contribute. Interestingly enough, it
was these beams which acted as the
backbone as the entire Mishkan.
The Maharal explains that this
represents how we should view our
relationship with HaShem and how
we do Mitzvot. Even though our
ideology as Jews is that we should
strive to go above and beyond what
is mandatory, our foundation is
deep-rooted in what we, as a nation
as a whole, are obligated to do.

One of my favorite things about

Bnei Akiva is the fact that every
single person is important and
everyones voice is listened to.
Whether youre a Madrich
(counselor), Chanich (participant),
parent, or a passerby your voice is
heard and appreciated.
When working in a group, even
though the job is often for the
higher-ups to accomplish, that
doesnt mean the little guy should
be ignored. In fact, their word
should be taken as top priority! For,
what is team without its members?
Leaders can only lead if they have
people following them.
Even though it is incredible
when people exceed their
responsibilities, it is even more
important to do your assigned job.
Yes, the extra donations of Bnei
Yisrael went into building the
keilim, but there would be no
housing for that, or HaShem, if it
werent for the people.
So, nxxt timx you think you arx
only onx pxrson and say that your
xort is not nxxdxd, the poem
concludes, rxmxmbxr my
typxwritxr and say to yoursxlf, I
am a key person and nxxded vxry
much!
When it came to building the
Mishkan, every single item given
was crucial. But what brought
everything together was the fact
that every single Jew made an eort
to contribute in order to make a
personal connection with HaShem.

Bnei Akiva Dallas

Shabbat February 21, 2015; 2 Adar 5775

Song of the week: Vhaer

Transliterated: (tune can be found on YouTube)

V'haer Eininu btoratecha v'dabek libeinu

b'mitzvotecha, v'yached lvaveinu l'ahava
ulyirah et shmecha, v'lo nevosh l'olam
vaed.

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Translation:

Explanation:

Light up our eyes with your Torah, and let

our hearts cling to your Mitzvot, and
unite our hearts to love and revere your
name, that we shall never depart from it.

The words and let our hearts

cling to your Mitzvot teach us that even though
sometimes its dicult to dedicate ourselves towards
serving HaShem, in our hearts we know it is right
and we push ourselves to follow in his waysthe
positives and not the negatives.

Israel Update
Meteo-Tech Meteorological Services said. Snow
will continue to fall in the northern and central
mountains and possibly in the south as well.
From midday the rain and snow will weaken in
the north, but continue falling in the center and
south.

Snow started falling in Jerusalem early evening

Thursday, and is expected to pile up. Police have
blocked the roads leading to the city
intermittently.
Israel's Home Front Command has mobilized
armored personnel carriers to Jerusalem and Tzfat
in order to transport people in need of medical
care in the event of road closures.
School was canceled in Jerusalem and in the
Upper Galilee, as well as in the Negev in southern
Israel.
The storm is expected to continue over the
weekend, the Israel Meteorological Service and

This week in Jewish

History: Shevat 26
In 2003, a space shuttle called Space
Shuttle Columbia broke up during reentry, which killed 7 crew members.
Among them was Ilan Ramon, the first
Israeli astronaut. Before the very
unfortunate and saddening destruction,
Ramon had with him a small Torah scroll
that survived Bergen-Belsen and a
mezuzah wrapped in barbed wire to
symbolize Nazi concentration camps, as
to honor his mother who survived
Auschwitz. During the 16 days space,
Ramon ate kosher food and made the
first ever Kiddush in space on Shabbat.
He also recited Shema Israel as he
passed over Yerushalayim.

Bnei Akiva word of

the week!
Piturim noun \pet-rem\
: Word meaning that the
Chanichim are dismissed from
the current location, i.e.
Mifkad, to somewhere else, i.e.
peula group. As said at the
end of Mifkad: "piturim l

[location]!

Joke of the week!

Knock knock.
Whos there?
Vashti!

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2. Mishkan
3. Gold
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7. Aron
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10.Menorah
11.Tchelet
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15.Karashim
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Vashti who?
Vashti dishes and Ill give
you a hamantaschen!