Parshas Ki Seitzei Shabbos Times Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Candle Lighting 5:38pm Latest time for Shema 9:34am Shkiya 5:55pm Shabbos Ends 6:38pm Avos Ubonim at Home Avos Ubonim 7:35-8:20pm This week's Avos Ubonim has been kindly sponsored by Family Leigh on the occasion of Rafi's Birthday Special treat - PIZZA (to be picked up Sunday lunchtime) Join us on Zoom at 8:20pm for this week's RAFFLE Shaarei Website Shaarei has recently updated its website - <https://www.shaareitefillahmelbourne.com> https://www.shaareitefillahmelbourne.com for weekly Parsha Chizuk - <https://www.shaareitefillahmelbourne.com/parsha-droshas.html> https://www.shaareitefillahmelbourne.com/parsha-droshas.html For other shiurim including recent Elul Shiurim - <https://www.shaareitefillahmelbourne.com/other-shiurim.html> https://www.shaareitefillahmelbourne.com/other-shiurim.html Thank you to Yehudah Zev Berlin for the time he has put into updating the website Daily Elul Shofar Blowing and Inspiration Join Us LIVE VIA ZOOM each day to hear the Shofar Followed by short words of Inspiration Sunday -Thursday 5:30pm, Friday 3pm A DOLLAR A-DAY 40 DAYS CAMPAIGN It's still not too late to sign up Sign up today using link - <https://www.trybooking.com/au/donate/shaarei40> https://www.trybooking.com/au/donate/shaarei40 Yom Seat Update Please see attached letter - thank you to those who have already responded Upcoming speakers Shaarei is excited to announce that we have organized a number of world class speakers who will be giving LIVE Chizuk talks over the coming weeks. Rabbi S F Zimmerman (Rov of Federation London) - Thursday 10th September 2020 Rabbi S Kallus - Wednesday 16th September 2020 (Men Only) Rabbi Y Frand (in conjunction with Masada Community, Sydney) - Thursday 24th September 2020 More details to follow Short Vort on the Parsha The Torah commands us in the mitzvah called 'Shiluach Haken' that we must send away the mother bird before taking away its eggs. There is a fundamental machlokes between the Ramban and the Rambam in regards to this mitzva. What is the reason for sending away the mother bird? The Rambam says it's so we don't harm the mother bird - we are avoiding the pain the bird would go through if she were to see her eggs being taken. The Ramban, however disagrees and says that the reason is not out of care directly for the mother bird, but rather so we improve our personal middos via acting with care for others' feelings. The Maharal explains that this machlokes RambamRamban is a fundamental one about the following point in hashkafa: Is the world for me or am I for the world? The Rambam holds that 'I am for the world,' ie. my role in life is to perfect the world [that does not need to mean going out and physically fixing things; we know that the performance of each mitzvah properly fixes a different part of the world.] The Ramban however, disagrees, and holds that 'the world is here for me,' ie. the world is a vehicle for me to fix up my middos and character. And that's why the Rambam focuses on the bird's pain, whilst the Ramban stresses the middos effect. In reality, both outlooks are true, and are indeed not as different as one might assume.