R' Teichman Shiur
10-28-07

I would like to thank Azi Rosenblum for being on call this week!

Laughter, good thing or bad thing?

Many references to laughter in the Parsha, some turn out good results others bad, even g-d laughs (tehilim), whats the deal?

Answer: Laughter is mans response to something absurd, unexpected and unusual. It’s mans natural reaction, as an intelligent being, to something that is the opposite of normal. That said, when one laughs, there could be many different sources. You can laugh out of arrogance, feeling of supremacy, haughtiness, or other types of putting people down in order to elevate yourself, or, in a more pure form you can laugh in astonishment at having realizing how great hashem is and how powerless you are. Avraham laughed at the news of a son to be born not because he thought is was impossible, but because he realized in a moment that it was foolish of him to think that hashem’s reach would be limited by age, time, or other physical limitations. He laughed in amazement of how absurd the laws of nature are in comparison to hashem’s power. Lots son-in-laws on the other hand, laughed at his warnings out of mockery, that laughter, is no good and rooted in the bad in people.

2ND "OFF THE DERECH" SHIUR A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS

This week, Rabbi Teichman discussed gilgulim and why Jews have large noses!


This event was well attended! I would like to thank the Knish Shop for providing the sandwiches.

TYFFL WK2 Results:

The forecast for Friday October 19, 2007 was grim. With thunderstorms supposed to run through the afternoon, we were not sure whether there would be a game or not. B"H at game time, the sun came out from among the clouds and the games were able to begin.

Tov Pizza defeated Sunpride 2-1 in a very tough defensive battle.
Allied defeated National Photo 5-3 in an exciting matchup that even brought R' Melman to watch!
Parisers defeated Knish Shop 3-2. The much anticipated return of Knish Shop's QB was cut short due to an injury. Their top receiver comes off the DL next week.

Current Standings

Parisers 2-0
Tov Pizza 2-0
Sunpride 1-1
Allied Funding 1-1
Knish Shop 0-2
National Photo 0-2

Stay Tuned for next weeks results!

The much anticipated shiur series "OFF THE DERECH" - Unusually Interesting Torah Topics for High School boys, began Sunday evening at Congregation Ohel Moshe. I would like to thank Cong. Ohel Moshe for the use of their location and Rabbi Zvi Teichman, for offering his time to give such an interesting shiur.

Boys from T. A., Rambam and Beth T'filoh participated in this shiur.



R' Teichman touched upon the concept of Pi and discussed the mystical nature of the Bermuda Triangle. In addition, using a reference from Parshas Noach regarding why the earth itself was corrupt, he showed the boys pictures of results from a Japanese scientist who tested the impact of words on water.



Next week, same time same place 7:30pm @ Cong. Ohel Moshe followed by 8om maariv.

Motzai Shabbos October 13, 2007





This was the first Motzai Shabbos tennis event of the year! About 30 kids participated.

I would like to thank Scott Leder and Dovi Turner for volunteering their time and I would like to thank the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox for keeping things interesting while everyone was eating their pizza. That being said, I would like to thank Tov Pizza for not just delivering once but twice!

Enjoy the pictures!

Torah Youth Flag Football (TYFFL) WK1 Results:





To quote a parent who stopped by for a few minutes to watch the games, "WOW, I am impressed!".

On Friday October 12, 2007 68 boys came out to play flag football. This season, there are six teams, three of which have returning sponsors. Returning to support the league are Allied, Sunpride and Tov Pizza. We happily welcome our new sponsors for this season, National Photo, Parisers Bakery and the Knish Shop.

As usual, I would like to thank Yaakov Berkowitz and Yussi Openden for refereeing, and a special thank you to Donny Poliakoff who was not going to ref, but decided to stay because he was having sooo much fun!

WK1 Results are as follows:

Tov Pizza defeated National Photo
Sunpride defeated the Knish Shop and in a defensive battle,
Parisers defeated Allied Funding.

We look forward to keep you updated each week.

As usual, if you know anyone who may be available to volunteer some time, please contact me at gcohn@torahyouth.org OR 443-857-4304