Turn "Football Friday" into Shabbat

It's Friday Night Live in Blouberg – West Coast!!

This Shabbat @ The Shul 4 June it’s Friday Night Live!!  With a delicious Felafel and Frangelico menu, plus an exciting children's service, an inspiring joyous Davening, and the chance to celebrate the beauty of our community. From 5:30 - 6:30 pm @ The Shul of Blouberg – West Coast.

Sponsored by Schumacher Family

You could win a Vuvuzela and every kids gets a Chocolate Bar so make sure to join in and celebrate Shabbat! 

(What's FNL you ask? There's nothing different to the service except that you'll be there and make it special - and we have a mini-Brocho after Davening, and a great raffle for all the kids... but for more details on what FNL is all about scroll down to the bottom of the page...)  

 If you would like to sponsor the next FNL call 557 7560 or email info@theshul.co.za.

A Thought for Shabbat - from the Rabbi...

So what exactly is Friday night Live...

Is the service "Live from New York!"?

Does the Rabbi's sermon have to be pre-approved by Seth Myers (the Jewish writer/actor of SNL)?

Is Lecha Dodi sung to a tune from "The Live Band"?

Or...none of the above...

The Shabbat service is exactly the same as every week, the rabbi writes his own sermon, and the prizes...well, they're not sponsored by NBC...

So what's different?

Nothing - except for the fact that you'll definitely be there!

Shattering the myth that Shul is three days a year (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur), the goal of Friday Night Live is that Shul attendance should become at least a once a month event for everyone in the family.

But is that a good thing?

Shouldn't Shul be a weekly, or as a matter of fact, a (twice) daily occurrence?

Well, aside for the fact that anything is better than nothing, what drew my attention to the concept was the fact that there is nothing different about it than any other Shabbat service.

It's to give us all an opportunity to realize that any Shabbat (or any day of the week for that matter) can become special if we just make it "Live!".

Making every moment count allows us to make that moment better than the moment before.

The Rebbe explains it as follows;

"The hours must be 'counted hours,' then the days will be 'counted days.' When a day passes one should know what he has accomplished and what remains yet to be done... In general, one should always see to it that tomorrow should be much better than today."

And that's what makes Friday Night Live;

Just realizing how special this Shabbat is, making it count, brings us a step closer to ensuring that next Shabbat will also be "live".

And on Friday Night we make a commitment that the tomorrow - Shabbat day - will be even better.

So when you come to Shul tomorrow night I hope you'll be able to say that this Shabbat was better than last Shabbat -

and next Shabbat will be even better.

See you at Shul - This Shabbat!