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LONE SOLDIER MENAJEM PEREZ MAKING SURE THAT ALL HIS FRIENDS Numbers To Know 26 PUT ON TEFILLIN Contacts at The Shul Get The Picture 27 - 28 The full scoop on all the great events around town QUOTABLE QUOTE In material matters one should always look at he whose situation is lower than one’s own, and thank the good G-d for His kindness to him. In spiritual matters one should always look at he who is higher than oneself, and plead with G-d to grant him the intelligence to learn from the other, and the ability and strength to rise higher. – Hayom Yom, Cheshvan 24 THOUGHTS ON THE PARSHA FROM RABBI SHOLOM LIPSKAR SHABBOS TZAV - SHABBOS HAGADOL he Shabbos has a very the Great Miracle that took place. On that day, the worst of the unique distinction as it is Egyptians came to the conclusion that they needed to do the called Shabbos Hagadol / right thing and took a position against their own philosophy TThe Great Shabbos. The reason and way of life. for this reference is the Great miracle that took place on that The ultimate realization of liberation and freedom is not only day, which was the 10th of the when good is able to overcome evil but when good transforms month. evil and evil itself recognizes the need to be eradicated. Often in our history we have seen the struggles between good and evil, 3332 years ago, when the and at times one or the other is victorious. Even when the good Jewish people were about to be prevails, the evil continues to remain in its own negative space liberated from their Egyptian and when it can will resume its latent diabolical objectives. Here bondage, the climactic event the miracle was that the apex of an Egyptian evil transformed that would force Pharaoh’s to fight evil itself. hand was the plague of death of all Egyptian firstborn on the Today we are experiencing a force of negativity that is 14th day of this month. completely uncharted, leaving us in an almost rudderless motion that knows no definitive conclusion. We are forced to On the 10th day of the month, the Jewish people were circle our wagons to protect whatever we can by enclosing commanded to prepare a sheep that would be brought as an ourselves in our own cages while the monstrous destructive offering, and to place the blood of the sheep on their door forces search any weak point that is not impervious to their posts as a sign designating the home as a Jewish home, so that infiltration. Almighty G-d would pass over those homes and spare the Jews from the plague that would afflict the firstborn of Egypt. It is not enough to control evil and the dangers that they represent but we must transform the evil to good, the darkness When the Egyptian first born became aware of this, they came to light and our challenges to opportunities. to their parents and to Pharaoh, demanding that they allow the Jewish people to leave at once as they were convinced the That is the message of this holy Great Shabbos, in preparation plague was coming, having already experienced nine former for our final redemption from all negative forces that try to plagues that came about just as Moses predicted. It was for overwhelm us and trap us in our own spaces. them a life and death decision. It is an overwhelming humility that I feel, watching the When the Egyptian ruling body refused, there was a Civil War extraordinary unity, kindness, expressions of caring for each when the Egyptian firstborn killed many of their countrymen. other, multitudinous prayers and Torah study and acts of The firstborn were considered to be the elite of the Egyptian goodness and kindness that has enveloped not only the Jewish society in every way, militarily, intellectually, socially, and were people but the entire world as we all recognize the need to the absolute hierarchy in that cultural structure. overcome negativity and bring the world to a proper balance and good place. This event was a radical transformation of anything that could be expected. For Moses and the powers of holiness and Just as the time of our genesis and creation as the Nation goodness, to fight against despotism and evil is a natural and of Yisrael Hashem showed us miracles and brought us out expected process. The plagues, administered by Moses and of seemingly impossible bondage, so too will He take us out brought to bear by Almighty G-d, was the force of holiness, of this enslaving, deadly threat and bring us to our final and goodness, justice and righteousness against the powers of complete redemption, with the coming of our Moshiach now. profanity, evil, immorality and brute despotic power. Have a wonderful Shabbos, great week and Kosher and Happy The Egyptian firstborn represented the apex of this despicable Pesach, together with your dear families, way of life that promoted all of the aforementioned negativity that was pervasive in their culture, especially in their treatment of the Jewish people. For this ultimate representation of evil to take a position against its own behavioral patterns is completely beyond the natural order. 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