Mazel Tov Mazel Tov to Elchanan Zuckman on his engagement to Penina Menchel of Baltimore. Mazel Tov to their parents, Michael and Carol Zuckman and Elliot and Chasiya Menchel. s"xc Schedule of Services/Events Kiddush HE AIS ISROEL Kiddush is sponsored by Anni Dhir in honor of Rohit's Bar . Please wait for the Rav to T B Y make Kiddush. Shabbos Parshas Kedoshim HABBOS BSERVER Rabbi Waxman's Question S O This Week's Question: In this week’s varp there are 51 ,umn . Which ,umn are repeated in Shacharis 8:30 A.M. Issue Number 473 Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5763 the varp with the exact same words? This ,ca has a special name. kusdv ,ca. Pirchei 4:30 P.M. Parshas Kedoshim May 2 & 3, 2003 Answer to Last Week's Question: How many other ,u,ca through out the year have special The Rav's Pirke Avos Shiur (Perek Bais) 7:05 P.M. The Bais Yisroel Shabbos Observer is a weekly publication that brings you divrei on the week's parsha from around the world and names. iuzj ,ca/ kusdv ,ca// vrha ,ca/ sgunv kuj ,ca/ ,hatrc ,ca/ vfubj ,ca/ Mincha 7:50 P.M. around the block as well as events going on in the Bais Yisroel Community. To submit a dvar Torah or item of interest to the community iuzj ,ca/ unjb ,ca/ vcua ,ca/ Shabbos Over 9:11 P.M. contact Hindy or Arnie Frishman at 952-927-5134 before Thursday of each week.

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Women's Shabbos Shiur Monday - Thursday Women’s Shabbos Shiur in honor of Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5:00 P.M. at the home of Bella Smith, Shacharis 6:30 & 7:00 A.M. 2644 Quentin. Guest Speaker: Rabbi Avrum Kaufmann. The Women’s Shabbos Shiur is be- ginning a new season of shiurim. If you would like to speak (on a topic of your choice) or Kollel Mincha 2:45 P.M. would like to host a shiur, please call Chaya Rena Weinberg at 925- 9216. Mincha/Maairv TBA Second Maariv 10:00 P.M.

Page Numbers Erev Shabbos Parshas Emor Shabbos Parshas Kedoshim/Rosh Chodesh Iyar Artscroll P. 656, Hirsch p. 451. Maftir Bamidbar 28:9-15. Artscroll p. 890, Hirsch p. 622. Haftorah Artscroll p. 1208, Hirsch p. 930. Shacharis 6:30 & 7:00 A.M. Early Mincha TBA Shalosh Seudos Light Candles TBA Shalosh Seudos is sponsored in honor of Rohit's Bar Mitzvah. Mincha TBA

Mother's Day Lox Boxes NCSY is again selling Lox Boxes for Mother’s Day. Cost is $12.00. Cholov Yisroel avail- Shiurim Given by HaRav Moshe Tuvia Lieff: able. Call Bella at 927-9670 to order. The Kehilla celebrates the Bar-Mitzvah of Rohit Dhir this Shabbos. Mazel Tov to his mother, M - F: Mesechta Bava Kama at 6:10 A.M. Anni Dhir. May she see much nachas from him throughout his life. Pictured here is Rohit with T & Th: Moed Kattan at 8:15 A.M. the Rav. Camp Simcha Announcing Camp Simcha is vhhgc back for another ruach filled season. The session M, W, and Th: Mesechta Kiddushin at 7:20 P.M. ;hk vhcuy van will run for the month of July for girls entering grades 4, 5 and 6. Flyer forthcoming. For Wednesday: Lunch and Learn. Altman & Izek. Noon ktrah ,hc ,khve cr more info call Mrs. Sori Waxman at 922-8254.ch p. 930. Thursday: Hillel. UofM. 4:00 P.M. Message From the Rav vyuxhbhn w xhkupthbhn

Camp Yadayim Admonishment: Getting it Right Put your hands together and welcome back.... Camp Yadayim ‘03!!! “Where Ruach and Achdus For membership information or general information regarding activities and events at Bais Yisroel, write Congregation Bais Yisroel, 4221 Sunset Blvd., St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 or contact Our generation venerates the P.C. —and society. I am talking about P.C. as a go hand in hand!” Ages: 2-3 year olds. Dates: June 30th- August 8th. Times: 9:30- 1:30. Loca- I am not talking about the P.C. that is mission statement which dictates tion: 2609 Princeton Ave. S. For more info and to sign up call Nechama, Aviva, or David at HaRav Moshe Tuvia Lieff at (952) 926-7867 or (952) 922 8881. E-mail: [email protected] Be 924-9095. sure to visit the Bais Yisroel Website at http://www.baisyisroel.org. The BYSO is published in plugged into an outlet. Rather I am talk- that we act and speak only what, conjunction with Puma Press. ing about P.C. as a state of mind vis a vis when and where it is P.C. politically a person’s involvement in the affairs of correct. According to the P.C. rules, National Biblical Commandments Quiz The first National Biblical Commandments Quiz ever held in the Twin Cities will take place B Y This issue of the BYSO is sponsored by Anni Dhir in gratitude to the this Sunday, May 4th at 12:30 P.M. at the St. Paul . The competing Kehilla for all of their kindnesses throughout the years to bring Rohit and students are from all over the U.S.A. and Canada. The event is sponsored by Tzivos Hashem S O International and the Lubavitch Cheder Day School. me to this point of celebrating this simcha. if admonishment and correction concerning a particular issue is not considered P.C. on shortcomings. Tochachah on the other hand is just the opposite. Tochacha are nence. The body is incapable of spiritual elevation and must be mortified or tran- then one must remain sensitive and silent. Conversely, if a particular subject or words of correction built upon a foundation of love which is buttressed by a desire to scended. This week's parsha begins with G-d saying to Moshe: "Speak to the entire issue is not, then fire away— or as some Marines in Vietnam were reported to have upgrade and uplift. Tochachah, in fact, are the entree to the fulillment of the most assembly of the Children of Yisrael and say to them 'You shall be holy, for Holy am said “Kill ‘em all and let G-d sort them out.” Indeed, anything and everything is fundamental rule in the Torah, according to R’Akiva: “Veahavta lerayacha kemocha”. I, Hashem, Your G-d'." Since G-d instructed Moshe to speak to the entire assembly, allowed and even encouraged— if one is politically correct. The Torah teaches we know that this commandment was to be spoken in public to all the Jewish People otherwise. The Torah in this week’s Parsha (Kedoshim 19: 16-17) says: “Lo selech together. Why? What is it about the command to be holy that it needed to be com- rochil ba’amecha...lo sisna es achicha bi’lvavecha. Hocheach tochiach es amisecha municated in this fashion? The holiness that the Torah seeks from us is not a holi- v’lo sis alav chayt.” You shall not peddle gossip among your people... Do not hate ness of separation and denial, of monasticism and seclusion. Rather, it is a holiness your brother in your heart. Rebuke and correct him and do not bear his sin. Why which is to be lived in an assembly; a holiness where the body is elevated by the the juxtaposition of gossip peddling and rebuke? The Torah teaches us that we must soul and where its greatest potential is only realized in our interaction with our correct and reprove others but we must be “halachically correct” in the process. No fellow beings. (Based on Chasam Sofer) matter how just the cause, the end does not justify the means. There is a moral Parshas Kedoshim obligation to correct and to admonish each and every Jew, but such correction and Parsha Questions admonishment must not be done through rechilus— through gossip peddling. The The nation is enjoined to be holy. Many prohibitions and positive commandments are Torah states: V’lo sisa alov chayt”—And do not bear sin because of him. Rashi 1. Why was Parshat Kedoshim said in front of all the Jewish People? taught: Prohibitions: Idolatry; eating offerings after their time-limit; theft and robbery; explains this verse to mean: Do not embarrass him publicly. In other words, a 2. Why does the Torah mention the duty to honor one's father before it mentions the denial of theft; false oaths; retention of someone's property; delaying payment to an person is obligated to correct his friend’s wrongdoing, but in the process of correct- duty to honor one's mother? employee; hating or cursing a fellow Jew (especially one's parents); gossip; placing ing him, he must not bear his friend’s sin by admonishing him in the wrong way. 3. Why is the command to fear one's parents followed by the command to keep physical and spiritual stumbling blocks; perversion of justice; inaction when others Shabbat? are in danger; embarrassing; revenge; bearing a grudge; cross-breeding; wearing a So, how does one admonish someone correctly? In Mishle )9:8) we find the ap- 4. Why does Shabbat observance supersede honoring parents? garment of wool and linen; harvesting a tree during its first three years; gluttony and proach that is H.C. Halachically Correct: “Al tochach letz pen yisnaekah, hochach 5. What is "leket?" intoxication; witchcraft; shaving the beard and sideburns; tattooing. Positive: Awe for lechochom veyehavekah”— Do not reprove a scorner lest he hate you: reprove a 6. In Shemot 20:13, the Torah commands "Do not steal." What does the Torah add parents and respect for the elderly; leaving part of the harvest for the poor; loving wise man and he will love you. when it commands in Vayikra 19:11 "Do not steal?" others (especially a convert); eating in Jerusalem the fruits from a tree's 4th year; awe 7. "Do not do wrong to your neighbor" (19:13). To what "wrong" is the Torah for the Temple; respect for Torah scholars, the blind and the deaf. Now, the Torah obligates admonishing everyone regardless of the status of the per- referring? son being admonished. How, then, does Mishle qualify the Torah’s obligation. 8. By when must you pay someone who worked for you during the day? Insights Mishle appears to counsel that we select only the wise person for correction. I 9. How does Rashi explain the prohibition "Don't put a stumbling block before a would suggest, however, that Mishle is referring to any individual— whether he be sightless person?" "Speak to the entire assembly of the Children of Yisrael and say to them 'You shall wise or simple or wealthy or poor. The lesson Mishle is teaching is not which 10. In a monetary case involving a poor person and a rich person, a judge is likely to be holy, for Holy am I, Hashem, Your G-d'." (19:1). I come from a generation of person is to be admonished but how any person is to be admonished. The lesson is wrongly favor the poor person. What rationale does Rashi give for this? who assumed that synagogue worship consisted of middle-aged ladies with badly- in the approach. “Do not reprove a scorner” means do not consider the person to be 11. When rebuking someone, what sin must one be careful to avoid? dyed blue hair standing outside the synagogue and almost-kissing each other on the a scorner when you are correcting him. If you look down upon him and single him 12. It's forbidden to bear a grudge. What example does Rashi give of this? cheek, whilst saying "Lovely to see you too, dear!" Concluding that this was the sum out for scathing rebuke so that you make him feel that he is worthless in your eyes, 13. The Torah forbids tattooing. How is a tattoo made? total of Judaism, and finding this particular mode of worship somewhat lacking, re- then not only will he not accept your reproof— “He will come to hate you.” 14. How does one fulfill the mitzvah of "hadarta p'nei zaken?" grettably large numbers of my generation hi-tailed it off to the Himalayas where they 15. What punishment will never come to the entire Jewish People? are now watching their navels and waiting for something to happen. I have news for “Al tochach letz” cautions us never to attempt admonishment if such admonishment 16. What penalty does the Torah state for cursing one's parents? them. Nothing happens when you watch your navel - except for getting a stiff-neck. is given as nothing more than scathing condemnation. Rather, uplift the person to 17. When the Torah states a death penalty but doesn't define it precisely, to which (But then we always were a stiff-necked people.) About those blue-haired ladies, how- be admonished. “Hochach lechochem”—treat him like a wise man when you are penalty is it referring? ever, they made a mistake. They failed to notice that lying dormant under those blue admonishing him and he will love you. Extoll his virtues, his past accomplish- 18. What will result if the Jewish People ignore the laws of forbidden relationships? rinses was a kind of spirituality about which we could not even guess. "Eat! He never ments. Explain to him how his current behavior is out of synch with his sense of 19. Which of the forbidden relationships listed in this week's Parsha were practiced eats!" How many Jewish jokes are there about eating! The caricature Jewish mother values and his lifestyle. By admonishing him in this fashion, not only will he ac- by the Canaanites? complains continually that her offspring are dying of hunger in spite of the fact that cept your correction but he will come to cherish your admonishment—because for 20. Is it proper for a Jew to say "I would enjoy eating ham?" their daily calorie intake would support a thoroughbred racehorse. Behind every joke him such admonishment will symbolize your friendship and love for him. lies a truth. It may be a distorted truth, but it is a truth nonetheless. Judaism is unique 1. 19:2 - Because the fundamental teachings of the Torah are contained in this Parsha. 2. 19:3 - Since it is more natural to honor one's mother, the Torah stresses the obligation to honor in that it views the body neither as an enemy nor as a bacchanalian banquet, but as a one's father. 3. 19:3 - To teach that one must not violate Torah law even at the command of one's parents. 4. 19:3 - Because the parents are also commanded by Hashem to observe Shabbat. Parents deserve great honor, but not at the "expense" of Hashem's honor. 5. 19:9 - "Leket" is one or two stalks of grain accidentally dropped while harvesting. They are left This explains the juxtaposition of “Lo selech rochil ba’amecha” and “Hochayach for the poor. 6. 19:11 - The Torah in Vayikra prohibits monetary theft. In Shemot it prohibits kidnapping. 7. 19:13 - Withholding wages from a worker. 8. 19:13 - Before the following resource. The body is not only capable of spiritual elevation, but it is created for this dawn. 9. 19:13 - Don't give improper advice to a person who is unaware in a matter. For example, don't advise someone to sell his field, when in reality you yourself wish to buy it. tochiach es amisecha.” Gossip peddling and reproachment do not complement each 10. 19:15 - The judge might think: "This rich person is obligated to give charity to this poor person regardless of the outcome of this court case. Therefore, I'll rule in favor of the purpose. The body's deepest satisfaction comes from being correctly used in the ser- poor person. That way,he'll receive the financial support he needs without feeling shame. 11. 19:17 - Causing public embarrassment. 12. 19:18 - Person A asks person B: "Can I other; they are diametrically opposed. Peddling gossip symbolizes a derogatory borrow your shovel?" Person B says: "No." The next day, B says to A: "Can I borrow your scythe?" A replies: Sure, I'm not stingy like you are." 13. 19:28 - Ink is injected into the vice of the soul. To the secular mindset, however, holiness is synonymous with absti- skin with a needle. 14. 19:32 - By not sitting in the seat of elderly people, and by not contradicting their statements. 15. 20:3 - "Karet" -- being spiritually "cut off." 16. 20:9 - Death view of people. By degrading other people, the “peddler” focuse on the negative, by stoning.17. 20:10 - Chenek (strangulation). 18. 20:22 - The land of Israel will "spit them out." 19. 20:23 - All of them. 20. 20:26 - Yes.