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ENGAGE – INVOLVE – INSPIRE Welcome to Young Jewish Professionals – Melbourne’s official page!

YJP is a worldwide movement focused on improving and expanding the social and professional lives of young Jewish professionals. YJP Melbourne aims to Engage, Involve and Inspire Melbourne’s young Jewish professionals primarily aged between 25 and 35. With a full calendar of quality events in the planning, YJP is set to become the forerunner of Melbourne’s Jewish social scene. Check our page regularly to stay in touch and to view upcoming events!

05/11/2026

Shabbat Shalom from the Kinus Hashluchim!

Parshat Chayei Sarah

🕯 Candle Lighting: 7:42 PM
🌙 Shabbat Ends: 8:44 PM

Tonight – Friday, 7:00 PM
Join us for Mincha and Maariv!

Shabbat Day

🕍 Shacharit: 10:00 AM
Special Guest Speaker: Rabbi Dov Oliver

Followed by a delicious Kiddush, kindly sponsored by T. Y. Balbin, Zalmy Blachman, & Akiva Zental.

Thought of the Week

This week’s Parsha tells us how Avraham sent Eliezer on a mission to find a wife for Yitzchak.

Eliezer understood that he wasn’t simply representing himself. He was carrying out Avraham’s mission, with a purpose far greater than himself.

This is the message of the Kinus Hashluchim, where thousands of Shluchim gather from around the world.

Every Shliach is sent somewhere different, but we all share one mission: to bring more light, more kindness and more Yiddishkeit into the world.

And the beautiful lesson is that you don’t need to be a Shliach to be on a mission.

Wherever Hashem places us, we each have a purpose and an opportunity to make a difference.

Every Jew is a Shliach. Every place is an opportunity. Every mitzvah brings more light.

Upcoming Events & RSVPs:

📍 linktr.ee/daminyan
📍 yjp.org.au/events

Shabbat Shalom!
Dina & Moshe ❤️

04/11/2026

💙 As our community grows, so do we! 💙

Building connections and strengthening our community has always been at the heart of YJP Melbourne.

Almost two years ago, we launched Next Gen, connecting the next wave of young Jewish professionals in their 20s.

Now, we're excited to introduce YJF | Young Jewish Families! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

We've loved watching so many YJP attendees meet, find love and start families of their own. Now it's time to bring those growing families together!

Expect fun experiences, new friendships and plenty of opportunities for parents and little ones to connect.

Same YJP community, just with a few more little feet running around! 👣💕

🎉 We're kicking things off with our inaugural Pre-Shabbat Meet & Greet Party!

$10 for the whole family! Register here ➡️ www.yjp.org.au/events

30/10/2026

Shabbat Shalom!
Parshat Vayeira

🕯 Candle Lighting: 7:34 PM
🌙 Shabbat Ends: 8:35 PM

Tonight – Friday, 7:00 PM

Join us for smoky kebabs, followed by Mincha and Maariv!

Shabbat Day

📓 Chassidus: 9:15 AM
🕍 Shacharit: 10:00 AM

Followed by a Kiddush, kindly sponsored by Mottel and Shuie Gestetner.

Thought of the Week

In this week’s Parsha, Vayeira, Avraham is speaking to Hashem when he notices three strangers approaching.

Remarkably, Avraham interrupts his conversation with Hashem to welcome his guests!

The message is powerful.

Sometimes we think connecting to Hashem means stepping away from the world.

Avraham teaches us the opposite.

Sometimes the greatest way to connect with Hashem is by connecting with another person.

A smile, a kind word, making someone feel welcome. These are not just acts of kindness. They are acts of holiness.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Shul!

Upcoming Events & RSVPs:

Monday: talk with David and Marcus Solomon.

📍 linktr.ee/daminyan
📍 yjp.org.au/events

Shabbat Shalom!
Dina & Moshe

28/10/2026

SMARTER MONEY MOVES. SAME GOOD LIFE. 💸

Fabulous power-packed masterclass with the incredible Chaya Barber!

Attendees delved into an immersive evening packed with practical knowledge, fresh perspectives and real strategies to rethink financial habits, maximise savings and build long-term financial security.

💡 The biggest takeaway? Being financially savvy doesn’t mean giving up the shopping, experiences and little luxuries you love. It’s about making smarter choices and getting your money working harder for you!

A huge thank you to Chaya for sharing her expertise and empowering our young professionals to take control of their financial futures! 🙌

23/10/2026

Shabbat Shalom!
Parshat L**h L**ha

🕯 Candle Lighting: 7:27 PM
🌙 Shabbat Ends: 8:27 PM

Tonight – Friday, 7:00 PM
Join us for delicious schnitzel tacos, followed by Mincha and Maariv.

Shabbat Day

📓 Chassidus: 9:15 AM
🕍 Shacharit: 10:00 AM

Followed by a Kiddush, kindly sponsored by Brendan in honour of his and Raph Rothschild’s birthdays.

Thought of the Week

Hashem tells Avraham, “L**h L**ha” Go forth.

But literally, L**h L**ha means “Go to yourself.”

There is a powerful message here for all of us.

The more we step outside our comfort zone, the more we discover who we truly are.

The more we give of ourselves, the more we gain.

Sometimes, the greatest journey to finding yourself begins by stepping beyond yourself.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Shul!

Upcoming Events & RSVPs:

📍 linktr.ee/daminyan
📍 yjp.org.au/events

Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Moshe & Dina.

22/10/2026

💸 Your future self called. It wants you to make smarter money moves. 📈

Let's talk money. The kind of stuff we probably should've learnt in school, but didn't. 👀

Saving, budgeting, investing and actually understanding where your money goes. Because making money is one thing, making it work for you is another! 💰

We're bringing in Chaya Barber from Jewish Care Victoria to break it all down, minus the confusing finance jargon.

✨ No finance degree required.
💡 No question too basic.
🚀 Just real conversations and practical tools you can actually use.

Register Here ➡️ www.yjp.org.au/events

15/10/2026

Shabbat Shalom!
Parshat Noach

🕯 Candle Lighting: 7:20 PM
🌙 Shabbat Ends: 8:19 PM

Tonight – Friday, 7:00 PM

Join us for delicious spicy buffalo wings, followed by Mincha and Maariv.

Shabbat Day

📓 Chassidus: 9:15 AM
🕍 Shacharit: 10:00 AM

Celebrating the Aufruf of Menchy Joseph!

Followed by a special Kiddush, kindly sponsored by the Joseph and Mazuz families in honour of the upcoming wedding of Menchy and DL.

Mazal Tov to both families!

Thought of the Week

We live in a world where everyone wants to be an influencer.

But perhaps the real question we should be asking is: Are we influencing our environment, or are we allowing our environment to influence us?

The Torah describes Noach as a Tzaddik in his generation.

He lived in a world filled with corruption and negativity, yet he refused to allow his surroundings to define who he was. He remained righteous, faithful to his values and committed to doing what was right, despite the influences around him.

There is a powerful lesson here for each of us.

We cannot always choose the environment we find ourselves in, but we can always choose how we respond to it.

The Rebbe taught us that it is not enough to simply protect ourselves from the darkness around us. Our responsibility is to go out and bring light to others.

Our mission is not just to avoid being negatively influenced, but to become a positive influence.

In our homes, workplaces, communities and wherever life takes us, we have the opportunity to lift others, inspire goodness and make the world a little brighter.

Don’t just be a product of your environment. Be the reason your environment becomes better.

Good Shabbos! Looking forward to seeing you all in Shul!

Upcoming Events & RSVPs:

📍 linktr.ee/daminyan
📍 yjp.org.au/events

Shabbat Shalom,
Dina & Moshe

08/10/2026

Shabbat Shalom!
Parshat Bereish*t - Shabbat Mevorchim

🕯 Candle Lighting: 7:13 PM
🌙 Shabbat Ends: 8:12 PM

Tonight – Friday, 7:00 PM

Join us for Daneli’s delicious meat platters, followed by Mincha and Maariv in the Glick Cafeteria.

Shabbat Day

📖 Tehillim: 8:30 AM
📓 Chassidus: 9:15 AM
🕍 Shacharit: 10:00 AM

Followed by a grand meat Kiddush and lunch, kindly sponsored by Wendy and Farrel Meltzer, and Miriam and Dovi Smith.

Thought of the Week

This past Sunday, on Simchat Torah, we completed the entire Torah, reading the final words of V’Zot HaBerachah, and immediately began again with the opening words of Bereish*t.

The very last letter of the Torah is a ל (Lamed), from the word ישראל (Yisrael).

The very first letter of the Torah is a ב (Beis), from the word בראשית (Bereish*t).

Put these two letters together, and they spell לב – LEV – HEART.

The Torah is not simply a book of laws, history or wisdom. The Torah is the heart of who we are. It is what gives us life, direction, purpose and meaning.

A heart doesn’t live for itself. Its entire purpose is to pump life and energy to every part of the body. It doesn’t distinguish between the important organs and the less important ones. Every part matters.

So too with the Torah.

If the Torah is truly our heart, it must influence not only how we connect with Hashem, but also how we connect with one another.

To be more understanding. More patient. Less judgmental. More willing to listen, to forgive and to see the good in others.

As we begin reading the Torah once again this Shabbas Bereish*t, let’s make this a year of more Torah, more kindness, more understanding and, above all, more heart.

Because the Torah isn’t just something we learn, it’s something we live.

Good Shabbas! Looking forward to seeing you all in Shul!

Upcoming Events & RSVPs:

📍 linktr.ee/daminyan
📍 yjp.org.au/events

Shabbat Shalom,
Dina & Moshe

02/10/2026

Good Shabbos & Good Yom Tov!
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah

🕯️ Tonight: Candle Lighting — 6:07pm
🕯️ Tomorrow night: Candle Lighting — after 7:05pm
🌙 Sunday: Yom Tov ends — 8:06pm (new time)

Full schedule on the flyer.

Today is Hoshana Rabbah

Learn more:
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/757453/jewish/Hoshana-Rabbah.htm

Thought of the Week — One More Day

Last year, in my Thought of the Week, I shared the beautiful meaning behind Shemini Atzeret.

After all the days of Sukkot, Hashem says to us:
“Stay with Me one more day. Don’t go home just yet.”

I ended that message with a prayer: Please G-d, may all our children come home, referring to the hostages so that they too could spend the Chag with their families.

And, as we all remember, just hours later, the remaining living hostages came home.

This year, as we celebrate Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, we also mark three years since the horrors of October 7.

We remember those we lost and stand with those who still carry unimaginable pain. But we also take this opportunity to look upwards and say thank You for the open miracles we have witnessed, for the strength and resilience of Am Yisrael, and for the blessings we sometimes take for granted.

We pray that Hashem bring an end to the pain, bring comfort and healing to our people, protect Israel and Jews everywhere, and bless us with true and lasting peace.

Please join us over the next 48 hours.

Come to Shule.
Come dance.
Come celebrate.
Come remember.
Come say thank You.

After everything our people have been through, there can be no more powerful response than to hold the Torah close and dance with it, with pride, joy and unity.

Am Yisrael Chai! Chag Sameach!

RSVP for all events:
🔗 www.linktr.ee/daminyan
🔗 www.yjp.org.au/events

With blessings for a joyous Shabbos & Yom Tov,
Dina & Moshe

25/09/2026

Good Shabbos & Good Yom Tov!

Wishing you all a joyous and uplifting Sukkot!

🌿 Tonight — Sukkot Begins

🕯 Candle Lighting: 6:01pm
🍷 6:00pm – L’Chaim in the Sukkah, followed by Mincha & Maariv

Shabbos – 1st Day of Sukkot & 2nd Night

26 September

📖 Chassidus: 9:15am – Katz Sukkah
🕍 Shacharis: 10:00am –
Bar Mitzvah of Yonatan Aron
🙏 Birkat Kohanim: 11:45am
🍷 Kiddush: in the Katz Family Sukkah - Kindly sponsored by Sharagi & Nici Aron in honour of Yonatan’s Bar Mitzvah.

🕯 Candle Lighting: 6:59pm
Mincha: 6:10pm, followed by Maariv

Sunday – 2nd Day of Sukkot

🌿 Bless Lulav & Etrog

📖 Chassidus: 9:15am – Katz Sukkah
🕍 Shacharis: 10:00am
🙏 Birkat Kohanim: 11:45am
🎁 A prize for every child!
🍷 Kiddush: 12:00pm – Katz Family Sukkah - Kindly sponsored by Sruli & Elisheva Ross.

Sunday Yom Tov ends: 7:00pm

Coming Up

🎡 Tuesday: Luna Park Day!
🔥 Thursday: Next Gen YJP event

✅ To-Do Today
• Finish building your Sukkah
• Make sure your Lulav & Etrog are ready

Thought of the Day
All year we try to create security strong walls, comfortable homes and certainty about tomorrow.

Then Sukkot comes and says: “Leave your permanent home and dwell in a temporary one.”

The Sukkah represents Emunah recognising that our ultimate security doesn’t come from the walls we build, but from Hashem.

That’s why Sukkot is called Zman Simchateinu, the time of our joy.

Real joy comes when we realise we don’t have to control everything and trust hashem.

For seven days, we step into Hashem’s Sukkah and learn the beautiful lesson of letting go and trusting.

Please RSVP for upcoming events:

🔗 www.linktr.ee/daminyan
🔗 www.yjp.org.au/events

Warm regards,
Rabbi Moshe & Dina

Address

1 A'beckett Street
Balaclava, VIC
3183

Telephone

+95228241

Website

http://www.yjp.org.au/

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