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Question of the Week: I often get deja vu, the sensation that I have already lived this moment before. It has happened when I am travelling to new destinations with people I have never met, and I feel that I have been here in this place, with the same people, hearing this very conversation before. Is there a Jewish explanation for this? Answer: Some say that deja vu is a sign of reincarnation. You feel you were here before because you were, in a previous life. Others explain that you had a predictive dream of the scene before it happened, and now you are seeing your dream materialise. Maybe. There is a more mundane explanation. In my personal experience, I only get deja vu when my brain is a little tired. What seems to be happening is my conscious mind is idle, but my memory is working in the background. So I am feeling the sensation of remembering the scene in front of me before I actually experience it in the present. It is as if the scene has slipped past my awareness and gone straight into my memory. There is a simple test to see whether deja vu means you really have seen this before, or your mind is playing tricks on you. Can you blurt out what someone else is about to say before they even say it? If so, that must come from somewhere beyond intellect. But if you only feel like you knew what they were going to say after they already said it, I'm not so sure it means anything, except that you need to get some rest. But then there is a far deeper type of deja vu. It's called resonance. You hear an insight, a teaching, a truth, and although you have never heard it before, you know it is right. The idea rings true, seems familiar and comfortable, you are at home with it. It's what you always knew, but had never put into words. This happens when you study authentic Torah. You hear its message, and you know deep down that it is true. This is because you have heard it before. Our souls are taught the divine truths before we enter this world, but we forget it all at birth. However, an imprint remains, a faint memory, so we will know truth when we find it. There are many false ideas and temporary fads that sound nice, and may gain much popularity, but on the deepest level they do not resonate with us. Our mission on earth is to search for the divine message, to put aside momentary distractions and regain that eternal truth, the truth our soul is waiting to hear again. This is real deja vu. Have you heard that before? Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss Sources:
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Friday, 10 July 2015 | 23 Tammuz 5775 Candle Lighting................................................ 4:43 pm Mincha.............................................................. 4:50 pm SHIUR: The Kabbalists Speak....................... 5:15 pm Friday Night Shabbos Service with Children's Program..................... 6:00-6:50 pm Followed by A PUMPKIN SOUP Kiddush sponsored by your Tzedaka box.
Shabbos, 11 July 2015 | 24 Tammuz 5775 Parshas Pinchas Chassidus Class............................................... 9:00 am Shabbos Morning Service........ .............................10:00 am-12:15 pm Children's Program....................................... 11:00 am Followed by Cholent sponsored by Chana Moss in honour of her 6th birthday - Mazel tov! Mincha.............................................................. 4:10 pm Pirkei Avos Chap. 1 Seudah Shlishis, Gematria and Story by Rev Amzalak...... 4:40 pm SHIUR: Where do trans people sit in Shul?........... 5:00 pm Shabbos ends and Maariv............................ 5:42 pm
NEW MOON/MOLAD: 16 JULY 3:39:7 PM ROSH CHODESH AV, FRIDAY 17 JULY
WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES Shacharis (followed by breakfast).............. 8:00 am Monday-Friday................................................ 7:00 am
WEEKLY SCHEDULE SUN Kids Crèche.............................. 8am-9:45 am Men's Talmud Shiur ............... 9am-9:45 am MON Tanya.................................... resuming20 July WED Women's Study Group........... starts 22 July THU Temple Tour continues.................... 8:00 pm
Latest Shema this week.................................. 9:30 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Deborah Bui .............................. 23 Tammuz/ 10 July Erna Frankfurter ....................... 27 Tammuz/ 14 July Bentzion Sufrin......................... 18 Tammuz/ 15 July Victoria Hoch............................. 29 Tammuz/ 16 July Chana Moss................................ 25 Tammuz/12 July
LONG LIFE TO Joseph Newman for his late uncle, Brian Schwartz for his mother, Becks Schwartz, Rev Amzalak for his late father,
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Friday, 10 July 2015 | 23 Tammuz 5775 Candle Lighting 4:43 pm Mincha 4:55 pm SHIUR: The Kabbalists Speak 5:15 pm Friday Night Shabbos Service with Children's Program 6:00-6:50 pm Followed by A PUMPKIN SOUP Kiddush sponsored by Friends of Nefesh Shabbos, 11 July 2015 | 24 Tammuz 5775 Parshas Pinchas Chassidism Class 9:00 am Shabbos Morning Service 10:00 am-12:15 pm Children's Program 11:00 am Followed by Kiddush Mincha 4:10pm Pirkei Avos Chapter 1 Seudah Shlishis with A Gematria and a Story by Rev Amzalak 4:35pm
4:55pm SHIUR: Why Can't I Pray on the Temple Mount? Shabbos ends and Maariv 5:42pm
WEEKDAY SERVICES Shacharis
Sunday 8:00am followed by Shiur 9am-9:45am: "The Genius of the Talmud - the philosophy behind Jewish law" (kids creche 8am-9:45am) Monday-Friday 7:00am Latest Shema this week 9:30 am
NEW MOON/MOLAD | THURSDAY 16 JULY 3:39:7PM ROSH CHODESH AV | FRIDAY 17 JULY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Deborah Bui for 23 Tammuz/ 10 July Erna Frankfurter for 27 Tammuz/ 14 July Victoria Hoch for 29 Tammuz/ 16 July
WE WISH LONG LIFE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE YORTZEITS THIS WEEK Joseph Newman for his late uncle, Cyril Moshe Shostak on 23 Tammuz/ 10 July Brian Schwartz for his late mother, Rebecca (Becks) Schwartz, Sara Rivka bat Moshe on 24 Tammuz/ 11 July Rev Amzalak for his late father, Reb Yizchak ben Reb Avraham on 27 Tammuz/ 14 July
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