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It is Erev Shabbos Parshas Lech Lacha. The Pelham Parkway was inspected and found to be in operating condition for use this coming Shabbos.

Torah Reading: Parshat Noach Gd instructs Noahthe only righteous man in a world consumed by violence and corruptionto build a large wooden teivah ( ark), coated within and without with pitch. A great deluge, says Gd, will wipe out all life from the face of the earth; but the ark will float upon the water, sheltering Noah and his family, and two members (male and female) of each animal species. Rain falls for 40 days and nights, and the waters churn for 150 days more be...fore calming and beginning to recede. The ark settles on Mount Ararat, and from its window Noah dispatches a raven, and then a series of doves, to see if the waters were abated from the face of the earth. When the ground dries completelyexactly one solar year (365 days) after the onset of the FloodGd commands Noah to exit the teivah and repopulate the earth. Noah builds an altar and offers sacrifices to Gd. Gd swears never again to destroy all of mankind because of their deeds, and sets the rainbow as a testimony of His new covenant with man. Gd also commands Noah regarding the sacredness of life: murder is deemed a capital offense, and while man is permitted to eat the meat of animals, he is forbidden to eat flesh or blood taken from a living animal. Noah plants a vineyard and becomes drunk on its produce. Two of Noah’s sons, Shem and Japheth, are blessed for covering up their father’s nakedness, while his third son, Ham, is punished for taking advantage of his debasement. The descendants of Noah remain a single people, with a single language and culture, for ten generations. Then they defy their Creator by building a great tower to symbolize their own invincibility; Gd confuses their language so that one does not comprehend the tongue of the other, causing them to abandon their project and disperse across the face of the earth, splitting into seventy nations. The Parshah of Noach concludes with a chronology of the ten generations from Noah to Abram (later Abraham), and the latter’s journey from his birthplace of Ur Casdim to Charan, on the way to the land of Canaan. See more

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It is Erev Shabbos Parshas Noach. The Pelham Parkway Eruv was inspected and found to be in operating condition for use this coming Shabbos. We hope the Eruv contributes to your Shabbos.

Torah Reading: Parshat Bereishit Gd creates the world in six days. On the first day He makes darkness and light. On the second day He forms the heavens, dividing the upper waters from the lower waters. On the third day He sets the boundaries of land and sea, and calls forth trees and greenery from the earth. On the fourth day He fixes the position of the sun, moon and stars as timekeepers and illuminators of the earth. Fish, birds and reptiles are created on the fifth d...ay; land animals, and then the human being, on the sixth. Gd ceases work on the seventh day, and sanctifies it as a day of rest. Gd forms the human body from the dust of the earth, and blows into his nostrils a living soul. Originally Man is a single person, but deciding that it is not good that man be alone, Gd takes a "side" from the man, forms it into a woman, and marries them to each other. Adam and Eve are placed in the Garden of Eden, and commanded not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The serpent persuades Eve to violate the command, and she shares the forbidden fruit with her husband. Because of their sin, it is decreed that man will experience death, returning to the soil from which he was formed, and that all gain will come only through struggle and hardship. Man is banished from the Garden. Eve gives birth to two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain quarrels with Abel and murders him, and becomes a rootless wanderer. A third son, Seth, is born to Adam; Seth’s eighth-generation descendant, Noah, is the only righteous man in a corrupt world.

It is Erev Shabbos Parshas Barashis. The Pelham Parkway Eruv was inspected and found to be in operational condition for use this coming Shabbos.

Young Israel Of Pelham Parkway Bulletin w/e10/17/20 900 Pelham Parkway South , Bx, NY 10462

Young Israel Of Pelham Parkway Bulletin w/e10/10/20 900 Pelham Parkway South , Bx, NY 10462