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BESHALACH: HELPING HANDS RABBI SHMUEL SILBER SHABBOS SCHEDULE Dedicated by the Schreck family in commemoration Rabbi Silber out of town of the yartzheit of Fraida bas Moshe Yosef z’l

Shabbos Night “ came and fought with Israel in could be contrary to the will of God. As we 5:02p Candle Lighting 5:05p Mincha followed by . So said to Joshua, ‘Pick will learn a bit later in the Torah, God men for us, and go out and fight against Kabbolas Shabbos created age restrictions for army service. No Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the man younger than 20 and older than 60 could Shabbos Day hill with the staff of God in my hand.’ Joshua serve in the standing army of the Jewish 8:15a Daf Yomi did as Moses had told him, to fight against nation. Moshe Rabbeinu was 80 years old 9:00a Shacharis (9:49a KS) Amalek; and Moses, , and Hur and decided to hand over this military Teen Minyan Resumes next week ascended to the top of the hill. It came to responsibility to Yehoshua. The problem, 4:55p Mincha followed by pass that when Moses would raise his hand, Shalosh Seudos Israel would prevail, and when he would lay explains the Rebbe, is that when you see a 6:04p Maariv/Havdalah down his hand, Amalek would prevail. Now Jew in need, when you see your nation in 7:05p Motzei Shabbos Learning Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a crisis, one must put their personal stone and placed it under him, and he sat on *No Chassidus on Parsha cheshbonos (calculations and ideas) aside, roll it. Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one up their sleeves and spring into action. from this [side], and one from that [side]; so WEEKLY SCHEDULE Although Moshe’s logic was sound, God he was with his hands in faith until sunset. didn’t want logic, He wanted quick and Week of 1/28 - 12th of Shvat Joshua weakened Amalek and his people Sun with the edge of the sword.” (Shemos 17:8- decisive action on behalf of the nation. He 7:15a, 8:00a, 9:00a Shacharis 13) didn’t want Moshe to delegate, He wanted 5:15p Mincha/Maariv Moshe to act. God conveys this message to Monday – Friday a.m. It was the first of many battles. Amalek Moshe through the heaviness of his hands. 6:45a, 9:00a Shacharis attacked us without cause or reason. We did “You were heavy or slow to spring into 5:15p Mincha/Maariv 9:20p Maariv not threaten their nation or land. We were action. You should not have outsourced this simply a newly emancipated people on our to Yehoshua, you should have led the charge WEEKLY SHIURIM way to embrace our newfound destiny. But yourself.” Online at suburbanorthodox.org they attacked the stragglers, the weak and The Rebbe’s profound insight can be elderly, and so we were forced to fight. Moshe amplified. The Torah is teaching us that Sunday tasked Yehoshua with organizing and leading there is a time to plan and there is a time to 8:00a Daf Yomi the army into battle. Yehoshua mobilized the act. Too often in life we put all our energy Mon-Fri fighting force and Moshe ascended the into planning and thinking. We have the 6- 5:45a Gan HaEmunah mountain to pray on behalf of the people. month plan, the 2-year plan and the 3-decade 5:55a Daf Yomi Moshe raised his hands in supplicatory plan. Our plans are polished, well thought Mon - Thurs | 8:30 - 10:15p prayer, yet the Torah tells us, that his “hands out and fully detailed. There is only one IJC Night Kollel were heavy.” Why the need for this piece of problem: we keep the plans neatly filed on Kol Hanearim Mondays at 8:30 - 9:15p information? What is the Torah trying to our desk, but we never execute; we fail to Monday teach us? comments, “Since he had engage in dynamic activity. There comes a No Business & Bagels been lax in [the performance of] the time to stop planning and thinking and start 8:00p Aish Kodesh online only commandment [of warring against Amalek] doing and acting. This does not mean that we Tuesday and had appointed someone else in his stead, shouldn’t plan and think ahead. We must be 8:00p Chassidus on Shabbos V’Yom Tov his hands became heavy.” Why did Moshe forward thinking people who are able to see (Rabbi Larry Ziffer) delegate this responsibility to Yehoshua beyond our current circumstances. However, instead of leading the army himself? we must be careful to avoid overthinking Wednesday The commentaries share many insights, but things to the point of inactivity. Thinking 9:30a Psalms for the Ages: Tehillim Shiur (for women) I would like to share with you a novel and planning is important – but so is doing. 8:00p Ethics & Ethos: Parsha Shiur interpretation by the Lubavitcher Rebbe of Rav Kalonymos Kalman haLevi Epstein blessed memory. The Rebbe explains that (1751-1823) in his sefer Maor V’Shemesh Thursday Moshe’s initial inclination was in fact to lead Continued on back>> 8:00p Likutei Moharan (for men) the army himself. But he then felt that this

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