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WEEKLYNEWSLETTER Shabbos May 23, 2020 29 Iyar 5780 Parshas Bamidbar Blessing the New month of Sivan Shabbos Times Rosh Chodesh is Sunday, May 24 Friday, May 22 The moon will be visible Friday, May 22 at 11:42am and 13 parts Online Connection 7:30 pm Candle Lighting 7:56 pm Saturday, May 23 Shabbos Ends 9:04 pm Online Connection 9:20 pm Office Hours Monday & Thursday: 9am - 3pm Online Weekday Services Due to Social Distancing All our minyanim are currently suspended, instead we present you with Online Con- nection. In order to maintain as much of a normal schedule as possible, you will have the option of con- necting online for learning and davening. Connecting online is not required, but strongly encouraged for our regular minyan group and any- one who wants to join. This will keep our morale up, and we will have an opportunity to connect on some level at least. Online connection is not a real minyan, we cannot say kaddish or read the torah, it is only for purposes of having a set time for davening, group learning, and maintaining a connection with each other. Online connection is for weekdays only, Shabbos services are not part of online connection. We will each daven in our own homes at the set time We will connect using google meet. (connection info will be published in the minyan chat). We will hear one person daven out loud just like a Chazan would in shul. Each of us can follow along with chazan or at our own pace. Find a quiet room and a secure place for your laptop or phone so you don’t have to hold it while davening. Schedule on bottom of page 3 Page 2 A Word Of Torah After detailing the census of the of the tribes organizing and traveling in more spiritual and abstract, while Jewish people in the desert, the desert is the story of our life. We others are more physical and con- the Torah describes how the too should organize and prioritize our crete; thus, appreciating the value of Jewish people traveled and values on our figurative journey one may lead to underemphasizing camped in the desert. through the often complicated desert the other. The lesson is that in order The Tabernacle and en route to the Promised Land. for these values to create a whole- the Levites were in the center, The four camps of tribes symbolize the some life, they must be organized surrounded by four camps, one four general pursuits we value: (1) wis- around the Sanctuary, the house of on each side. Each camp con- dom, (2) character, (3) physical the Torah. Our core, the center of sisted of three tribes, one of strength and health, and (4) wealth. our own personal figurative camp, is which was the leader of the The order in which the Torah places the Torah. Wisdom, good character, camp. the four camps tells us that they are all health and wealth are all valuable and Reading all this detail leaves the critical, yet we must remember the must be pursued because they are the reader puzzled. The Torah’s mes- hierarchy of their importance. The first means by which we express the To- sages, stories and teachings are camp, east of the Tabernacle, led by rah and its teachings. Once these val- eternal, so why do we need to the tribe of Judah, embodied wisdom. ues are not an end unto themselves know precisely how the tribes The second camp, south of the Taber- but rather a means to express a organized in the desert? How is nacle, led by Reuben, embodied humil- deeper, unified value, they can coexist this relevant to our lives today? ity and good character. The third peacefully, each enhancing the other, We each have many aspirations camp, on the north side, led by the creating harmony and serenity in our and goals in our lives. We want tribe of Ephraim, embodied physical life. to succeed in multiple realms strength. And the fourth camp, led -adapted from www.chabad.org simultaneously; we work to ad- by Dan, on the west side, embodied vance our career, our relation- wealth. ships, our health and fitness, and our values. It often seems that we Naturally, these values will conflict and struggle to keep a healthy balance undermine each other. Too much of between all of our sometimes one will take away from the focus on conflicting aspirations. The story the other. Some of these values are A Biselleh Humor Rivkah gets into work late one fact my back is killing me after my couch is easier to move if he's not Monday morning and goes to see efforts." on it." her boss to apologize. "So why didn’t you wait until your "I’m sorry I’m late, but I had to husband gets home tonight?" asks her move some furniture this morn- boss. ing before I came into work. In "I could have," says Rivkah, "but the Page 3 Kids Parasha Lesson G‑d tells Moses to take a census— The tribe of Levi was counted sepa- were the tents of Moses, Aaron, and a count—of all the people who can rately. Counting all males from one Aaron's sons. be part of the army, which means month and older, there were 22,300. Around the Levites were camped the all men between the ages of twenty Next is discussed how the People rest of the People of Israel, in four and sixty. Each of the twelve tribes of Israel camped and traveled in the groups. To the east were Judah, Issa- had a leader—a nassi--who helped desert. When the Jews had to leave char, and Zebulun; to the south, Reu- Moses do the counting. their encampment and begin traveling, ben, Shimon, and Gad; to the west, This is the list of the tribes and the Levites would take apart Ephraim, Menasseh, and Benjamin; and their leaders, and the number of the Mishkan (the Tabernacle that the to the north, Dan, Asher, and Naphtali. people in each tribe. Jews built), carry it to wherever the Next is discussed the children of next camp was, and set it up again. The Aaron, the Kohanim, and the Levites, Tribe - Nassi - Population camp was arranged like this: In the cen- who did the service in the Mishkan. Reuben - Elitzur - 46,500 ter was the Mishkan. Around Originally, the firstborns from each Shimon - Shelumiel - 59,300 the Mishkan was the camp of the Le- family were supposed to do the ser- Judah - Nachshon - 74,600 vites, divided into three groups. The vice, but when they sinned with Issachar - Nethanel - 54,400 Kehatites, who carried the golden calf they lost this privilege Zebulun - Eliab - 57,400 the Mishkan's vessels (the altar, and it was given instead to the Levites. Menasseh - Gamliel - 32,200 ark, menorah, etc.), camped to its Benjamin - Abidan - 35,400 south. The Gershonites, who carried Dan - Achi'ezer - 62,700 the curtains and roof coverings, were Asher - Pagiel - 41,500 to the west, and the sons of Merrari, Gad - Eliasaph - 45,650 who carried the walls and pillars, Naphtali - Achirah - 53,400 camped to the north. In front of Ephraim - Elishamah - 40,500 the Mishkan's entranceway in the east Daily Dose Become Truth Truth. you. There is no truth about G‑d. You become Truth. You need only learn quietness Truth is G‑d. There is no need to search for Truth. to listen to that inheritance. 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