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FRIDAY MINCHA TIMES Many Have Simply Given up Trying to Come up with an Answer 1 May - June 2018 16 Iyar - 17 Tammuz 5778 Dear Friends, As we prepare to celebrate the holiday of Shavuot commemorating the acceptance of the Torah at Mount Sinai, we are profoundly disturbed by the resurgence of global anti- Semitism. What seems not sufficiently understood is the deep connection between these two, Sinai and anti-Semitism. The link between the two can allow us to resolve one of the most perplexing questions surrounding the history of the Jewish people. Seven decades after the Holocaust, the hatred of Jews and Judaism has reappeared in the capitals of Europe. Jews as a people and Israel as their land are once more the scapegoats responsible for all the world’s ills. For the longest time, scholars have attempted to understand what is it about Jews that made them the focus of this obsessive animosity. As fewer than one quarter of 1 percent of the world’s population, what could possibly have turned them into the supreme villains of mankind? How did countries without a single Jew become rabid anti-Semites? FRIDAY MINCHA TIMES Many have simply given up trying to come up with an answer. Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor, concluded that the endurance of anti-Semitism remains a mystery, an “irrational disease… the world has changed in the last 2,000 years, and only anti-Semitism has remained.” The only disease that has not found its cure is anti-Semitism.” Abraham Foxman of the ADL expressed the fear that “we cur- rently face as great a threat to the safety and security of the Jewish people as the one we faced in the 1930s — if not a greater one.” Reasons for anti-Semitism have often been offered with inherent contra- dictions of their explanations. Jews were despised because they were too liberal — and also because they were too conservative. They were too cheap and, of course, they were also too spendthrift; too passive and too pushy; too charitable and too selfish; too religious and too secular. Jews have been the scape- goats for the sins of every political system. Max Nordau, the great Zionist leader, had it right: “The Jews are not hated because they have evil qualities; evil qualities are sought for in them because they are hated.” A little over a century ago Jews thought they at last had found the answer. Theodore Herzl believed that it was all because the Jews had no land of their own. Stateless, they were natural victims. Only their ab- normal political reality caused them to become international pariahs. No longer homeless, continued on page 2 2 Message from the Rabbi continued from page 1 with Israel Jews would find acceptance and universal respect. What then is the answer to the reason for anti-Semitism? The rabbis of the Talmud saw it in the name of the mountain on which the Ten Commandments were given. “Sinai” in Hebrew is similar to the word “sinah” — hatred. It was our acceptance of a higher law of morality and ethics that was responsible for the world’s enmity. Jews were the first to preach the message of the Ten Commandments, that worship of God in- cludes the second tablet of respect for fellow mankind. As the mother religion of both Christianity and Islam, Judaism pioneered the ideal of the holy and the human need for acting in accord with divine law. Anti-Semitism stands in opposition to the very idea of civilization. It detests Jews because it acknowledges that Jews are the conscience of humanity and the lawgivers of ethical and moral behavior. Hitler y"s ver- balized it as justification for his plan for genocide of the Jewish people: “Conscience is a Jewish invention like circumcision. My task is to free men from the dirty and degrading ideas of conscience and morality.” As we prepare to celebrate our receiving of the Ten Commandments, anti-Semitism ought to be viewed as a badge of honor. Jews are hated not because they are bad but because we persist in reminding the world of what it means to be good. Anti-Semitism is nothing less than a visceral reaction to the cry of a guilty con- science. (This is a condensed version of an article by Rabbi Benjamin Blech professor of Talmud at Yeshiva Univer- sity in New York.) With best wishes, Rabbi Eliezer Langer A personal note from Rabbi Eliezer Langer - Dear Congregation Schomre Israel family, Thank you to our Shul familyFRIDAY for the MINCHAmany expressions TIMES of condolences, dona- tions, kind words, and comforting discussions on the loss of my dear mother Zmira Langer, a”h. I sincerely appreciate the efforts made by so many to afford me the opportunity to honor her memory with daily Kaddish. This in itself has been comforting, knowing that we have such friends. May we share simchas. RABBI LANGER’S DISCRETIONARY FUND KINDLY NOTE: When making a donation to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund congregants are urged to make the check payable to: Rabbi Langer’s Discretionary Fund. 3 CALENDAR FOR MAY — JUNE 2018 845.454.2890 - [email protected] - www.schomreisrael.org SHABBAT TORAH SHABBAT DATE CANDLE MINCHA PORTION ENDS LIGHTING * May 04 7:38 PM 7:00 PM Emor 8:40 PM May 11 7:46 PM 7:00 PM Behar - Bechukotai 8:47 PM May 18 7:53 PM 7:00 PM Bemidbar 8:54 PM May 25 7:59 PM 7:00 PM Naso 9:01 PM June 01 8:05 PM 7:00 PM Beha’alotecha 9:06 PM June 08 8:10 PM 7:00 PM Shelach 9:11 PM June 15 8:13 PM 7:00 PM Korach - Rosh Chodesh 9:14 PM June 22 8:15 PM 7:00 PM Chukat 9:16 PM June 29 8:15 PM 7:00 PM Balak 9:16 PM July 06 8:14 PM 7:00 PM Pinchas 9:14 PM July 13 8:11 PM 7:00 PM Matot-Masei 9:11 PM FRIDAY MINCHA TIMES * If you are making early Shabbos candles should be lit by 7:20 PM DATES TO REMEMBER . Lag Ba’Omer May 03 Yom Yerushalayim May 13 Shavuot May 20/21 Raffle and Cocktail Party June 24 Fast Day of 17 Tammuz July 01 Fast of 9th of Av - Tisha B’Av July 22 4 CONDOLENCES CONDOLENCES Our sincere condolences Our sincere condolences are extended to are extended to Rabbi and Mrs. Eliezer Langer and family, Alex and Toni Farkas and family, on the loss of his beloved mother, on the loss of his beloved mother, Zmira Langer. Edna Farkas. Congregation Schomre Israel CONDOLENCES Yizkor Booklet Our sincere condolences are extended to We are collecting information for our annual Michael and Elizabeth Schwartz and family, Memorial Booklet. If there are any names that on the loss of his beloved father, you wish to add or change please inform the Fred Schwartz. Office, [email protected] or 454.2890, no later than June 1. A suggested donation of $2.00 per name will help to defray publishing costs. Congregation Schomre Israel takes this opportunity to wish Rhoda Klein mazal tov, on the occasion of her nd th MOTHER’S DAY 92 Birthday on May 16 . May G-d bless you with good health SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2018 and happiness ‘biz 120’. We take this opportunity to wish all FRIDAY MINCHA TIMES Mothers, Grandmothers, Great-Grandmothers and Great-Great Grandmothers a very happy Mother’s Day MAZAL TOV TO ALL PLEASE INFORM THE RABBI APOLOGY FOR ANY ERRORS IN THE BULLETIN Congregants are urged to call Rabbi (845.454.2890) if you hear, Heaven forbid, of any member who is ill. It Every effort is made to avoid errors in our is a great Mitzvah to visit the sick and very often we Bulletin. Occasionally, no doubt, errors do just don’t get to hear of a member’s indisposition. occur. We apologize for them and appre- Your help in this endeavor is much appreciated. ciate your understanding. 5 TORAH STUDIES Rabbi Langer’s Tuesday morning classes at 10:30 AM 05/01 - May Flours - yes, that’s the spelling 05/08 - Behar - Bechukosai - Land Lease vs. Ownership of Israel 05/15 - Why is Rosh Chodesh Called The Women's Holiday 05/22 - Naso - On the Shoulders 05/29 - Light Me Up - Behalosecha 06/05 - Hostages in Jewish Law 06/12 - Korach - the Hole Story 06/19 - Is Poetry Jewish? 06/26 - Air Fresheners, Tobacco Smoke & Havdaleh 07/03 - Curses - Do they Work, Are They Real? * * * * * * * * * * * * * Please join Rabbi Langer on Thursday evenings at 7:00 PM 05/03 - Lag BaOmer - Burning Desire FRIDAY MINCHA TIMES 05/10 - Are There Halachic Reasons to Move the US Embassy to Yerushalayim? 05/17 - Bitcoin Transactions and Halacha 05/24 - The Prayer for the Welfare of the Government & July 4th 05/31 - Torah Perspectives on Recycling 06/07 - Eli Cohen and other Israeli Spies 06/14 - Korach - A Deep Story 06/21 - Vacation Blessings 06/28 - Visiting the Museum 07/05 - Do Constellations Determine our Destiny? You are invited to visit our website schomreisrael.org for a full complement of recordings of previous classes on the following topics: Biblical Books, Controversial Issues in Israel, New Perspectives on the Holidays, Famous Jews - Biographies, Jewish History-crash course and many more. 6 Shavuot Morning at Schomre Israel Please join us on Sunday, May 20th as we analyze “Secret Jews and Jewish Secrets” Addressing conversion in to and out of Judaism as seen in the United States Southwest whereFRIDAY Rabbi MINCHA Langer TIMES served for eight years.
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