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Shabbos Parshas Tetzavah 10 - 11 Adar 1 February 15-16 CANDLE LIGHTING: 5:56 pm Shabbos Ends: 6:49 pm

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Contents Nachas At A Glance

Weekly Message 3 Thoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar The Shul youth activities and learning A Time to Pray 5 for all ages at all times. Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Celebrating Shabbos 6-7 Schedules, classes, articles and more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings 8 - 9 Sharing with your Shul Family

Inspiration, Insights & Ideas 10-17 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE Get The Picture 17- 25 The full scoop on all the great events around town The ABC’s of Aleph 26-27 Serving Jews in institutional and limited environments. 28 French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha

Latin Link 29 Refexion Semanal 30 In a woman’s world Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman 31-32 Networking Effective Advertising Numbers To Know 33 Contacts at The Shul Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered at 34 The Shul

Get The Picture 35-36 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 Parshah from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Shabbos Parshas Tetzaveh more brilliant and G-dly.

his week’s Torah The aroma of incense which represents our soul connection represents portion continues the the determining force of our identity indicating that our physical Testablishment of a beings, which are merely garments for our souls, do not become the formal environment where G-d objective of our existence but the tools and mechanisms through would dwell and where the which the soul brings and fulfills its ultimate meaning and purpose. Jewish people would be able to connect with G-d through The objective of building a dwelling place for G-d and putting within the service of the Kohanim, that space all of the necessary elements is to allow His dwelling place the priests, who were officially to affect the world to become a holier and better place and preparing consecrated in this week’s it for the coming of Moshiach. Torah portion. We also read this week the commandment that must always be in the We begin the portion regarding forefront of our thought process, to remember and never forget what the oil for the candelabra and the evil Amalek did to the Jewish people. Never forget to eliminate conclude the portion with the darkness and negativity and to remove all evil from this world. The construction of the golden altar where the incense was burnt on a most effective way of doing this is by activating our souls and creating daily basis, in the service to Almighty G-d. These two special services, light. the lighting of the candelabra and the incense, which serve as Have a wonderful Shabbos and a great week. G-d bless you. anchors to this extraordinary Torah portion, are especially significant as they underscore and emphasize the entire purpose of the building of the Tabernacle and its critical impact on our world. The tabernacle wherein G-d would dwell becomes the terrestrial residence, so to speak, of G-d, where He is most visible and revealed, from whence Rabbi S. Lipskar holy, G-dly influence must illuminate and permeate the entire world.

Light and incense are extremely powerful forces. Light dissipates darkness and illuminates and enlightens the environment around us. Light gives us the opportunity to see what is good and positive and to reject that which is negative. Light represents G-d’s Torah and mitzvot and also represents our G-dly soul which is referred to as the “light Welcome to Rabbi & Mrs. Yosef Kalatsky, of G-d”. Scholar in Residence this Shabbos Incense, representing the sense of smell, also touches the essence of the person as we see that when someone is in a state of being faint or weak, giving them something strong to smell immediately Rabbi Kalatsky: resuscitates them. Smell reaches the inner core of our being. It is much more powerful and infusing than taste or sight, or the other senses 11am – Making the Torah Relevant that we have. On Yom Kippur, whereas you cannot eat or drink or anoint, you are allowed to smell even the most pungent odor. Incense smell is not external but relates to the inner essence, the soul. 5pm Community lecture: The Torah teaches us that when we are building a house that Women’s Rights and the Me Too Movement represents G-d’s dwelling place, which can and should be our own homes and each of us individually (as the language when requesting – The Torah Perspective the building of the Tabernacle expressly states - “and I will dwell among them”, each and every one of them), our objective is to be a source and generator of light and to enlighten and make the world 3 Education Appeal

Dear Community Family, Shma Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad And you shall love the L-rd your G-d with all your thoughts, feelings and urges, with your life and with all your possessions……And you shall teach the words of Torah diligently to your children/students. Imbedded in the most important statement of the Torah/Judaism is the obligation to teach Torah to Jewish children. The obligation rests primarily on the Father but when circumstances are such that the Father can’t, won’t or is not there to fulfll this foundational obligation it becomes the collective responsibility of the community to educate that Jewish child. The priority of this Tzedakah in relation to other charitable causes is of the highest level. Trumping most other legitimate needs (Code of Jewish Law – Laws of Tzedakah 249:16). “Jewish education today,” says the Rebbe, “is not only to save a Jewish Child for Jewishness but to save a human for humanity”. The social lifestyle in today’s world of our children from primary school through college is very precarious and fraught with dangers. There are no limits and the extent of fulflling the simple animalistic desires that are at the base of our beings are ever increasing in their “avant garde”, beyond- boundaries life style. When statistics show that one of every four teenage girls are afficted by either 1) suicidal thoughts; 2) cutting one’s own body; 3) eating disorder i.e. bulimia /anorexia; 4) depression, it sends a shudder through me. 25% of our teenage girls are at risk of being emotionally unstable. What about the boys? And what about other types of debilitating behavior not considered by the liberal researchers as risky i.e. teenage sexual encounters, body mutilation, etc. pregnancy and abuse, hopelessness and impudence/chutzpah and a strong malady of desensitization. We are in a crisis that is targeting our future – our most important commodity – our children. Because of severe economic setbacks and downturns and unaffordable tuition fees, many families cannot afford to pay the tuition for their children’s ongoing Jewish education and environment. When the parents cannot fulfll this sacred duty it becomes the Mitzvah of the Community (Talmud Baba Basra 21:A Shulchan Aruch Harav Laws of Talmud Torah Ch. 1:3) Every year we make an appeal during this period for tuition assistance. Last year we provided Hebrew School to 125 children in public school. We subsidize the tuition of more than 100 children in private Jewish schools and provide assistance to more than 60 children in summer camp. In total, our education scholarship fund raised and disbursed close to $400,000. If one saves a single soul (albeit spiritually) it is as if he saved an entire world. We beseech you our wonderful community to continue our legendary generosity though this may require an extra effort today and may even be a sacrifce. The Mitzvah you will earn will surely bring you all of Hashem’s bountiful blessings materially and spiritually. Thank you on behalf of those parents and children to whom you will graciously give life enhancing assistance and on behalf of Hashem whose children you are caring for. When we care for Hashem’s children, He cares for ours.

With gratitude, Love and esteem,

Sholom D. Lipskar

4 A Time to Pray Davening schedules and locations throughout the week

Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul 6:20 -6:50 am The Rebbe’s Maamorim Chassidic Discourse R’ Zalman Lipskar 7:45 am Daf Yomi R’ Dov Schochet 8:45 am (approx) Halacha Sephardic Custom R’ Shimshon Tzubeli 10:15 - 11:00 am Maamorim Maamor of the Rebbe R’ Shea Rubinstein

Shacharis Minyanim (mon - Fri) Sunday Shacharis Minyanim Main Minyan 6:50 7:30 9:00 Main Minyan 8:00 am 9:00 am Sephardic Minyan 8:00 Sephardic Minyan 9:00 am

Daily Chumash & Tanya after every Minyan

mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs) Sunday Mincha /Maariv Minyanim Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 6:05 pm 10:00 pm Sephardic Minyan 6:05 pm Following Main Minyan 6:05 pm

Evening Kolel Schedule - Monday and Thursday 8:45 -9:30 pm Mon & Thurs 8:45 - 10:00 pm Evening Community Kolel Chavrusah

To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, Halachic Times courageously protecting and defending Eretz Yisroel. We pray Based on times for February 20 for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily.

Daniella Malka bat Natanya Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:39 am Menachem Mendel haLevi ben Hanna Guenendel Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:10 am Menachem Mendel ben Aurit Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 6:52 am Eden Chana bat Karine Cecile (Earliest Amidah) Benyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut Latest Shema 9:41 am Zman Tfllah 10:39 am Chatzot / Midday 12:34 pm Earliest Mincha 1:04 pm Plag HaMincha 5:09 pm Shekiah / Sunset 6:17 pm (Preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 6:41 pm (Earliest preferable Ma’ariv)

Times taken from www.chabad.org Please note that during the week times may Vary by a minute or two. If anyone would like to send us the name of a soldier in the IDF we would love to add them. 5 Celebrating Shabbos with our Youth Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Weekly Riddle

Morah Malkie’s Chayale Lipskar Tot Shabbat Tot Shabbat 2 Ages: 0 - 3 Pre1 - K 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Questions: 1) Whose name appears in almost every parsha in the books of Exodus, Back of Women’s Back of women’s Section section Leviticus and Numbers - but not in this parsha?

2) In this parsha, which priestly garment is “braided” (avot)? What other item in the Torah is described as “braided”?

3) What unit of measurement is applied to only one object in the entire Torah? Raquel Gilinski Sara Fraida Katan Answers from last week: Aleph Wonder Girls Pre Tween Girls 1) The letters kaf, peh, raish and tav spell out three different items Grades: 1 - 3 Grades: 4 - 5 found in the Tabernacle: The kaporet, the covering of the Holy Ark 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Exodus 25:17), the paroches, the partition separating the “Holy” from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Montessori 2 the “Holy of Holies” (26:31), and the kaftor, the round ball designs found Montessori 1 on the Menorah (25:33). 2) (1) There are 50 loops on each set of coverings of the Tabernacle. They are attached together with 50 curved hooks (Exodus 26:5-6). (2) The courtyard of the Tabernacle is 50 cubits wide (27:12).

3) With regards to the law of a thief who breaks into a home (haba bemachteres), the Torah states: “If the sun shines on him [and he is discovered]”, he must pay for what he stole (Exodus 22:2) Also, the Torah states that a creditor must return the night garment taken as collateral Mendel Schwartz Mushky Segall Tween Girls from an impoverished borrower “before the setting of the sun” (Exodus Youth Boys 22:25). The Torah states that the cherubs must face each other as “a Grades: 1 - 4 Grades: 6 - 8 man to his brother” (Exodus 25:20). 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm RIDDLE RULES Montessori3 Back Offce Answers to the riddles can be given to Rabbi Shaykee Farkash any time over Shabbos. The frst child to give a correct answer to each of the questions will win an INSTANT prize!

Pinchas Gansbourg Davening With Dad Deby Farkash Yitzchak Pruss Pre-Tween Boys Teen Girls Teen Boys Grades: 7th - 8th Grades: 5 - 6 Grades: 9th - 10th Grades: 9th - 12th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Montessori 3 Teen Girls Room Haime Library Sephartdic Shul 6 Celebrating Shabbos Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is available for sponsorship Shabbos Schedule Shalosh Seudos This Week: Candle lighting 5:56 p.m. Shalosh Seudos this week is sponsored by Mr. Nathan Klein to show Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 6:00 p.m. Hakaras Hatov for the Rabbi and all the community members

Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m. Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m. Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m. Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m. Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m. Kiddush 12:00 p.m. the caterer for this week’s Daf Yomi 4:45 p.m. kiddush and Shalosh seudos is Men’s Shiur 4:45 p.m. Women’s Shiur 4:45 p.m. Food Art Shalosh Seudos for Boys 4:45 p.m. Mincha 5:45 p.m. kiddushim at The Shul Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv 6:49 p.m. Please help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually) Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 p.m. The following dates are available for sponsorship: Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m. Kiddush Shalosh Seudos Mincha 5:35 p.m. Feb. 16 Feb 23 Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 6:45 p.m. If you wish to become a sponsor, please speak with Milena at 305-868-1411 ext 328 or email [email protected]

Lighting 6:00 p.m. Mincha 6:05 p.m.

Eruv Information We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals should call the Eruv Hotline to make sure that the Eruv is operational. The number to call is 305- 866-ERUV (3788). The Eruv message is recorded approximately two hours prior to candle lighting. Surfside: The Eruv in Surfside now includes the walking paths along the beach. Pushing strollers and carrying is permitted on the paths, but not beyond the path or onto the beach. Bal Harbour: The Eruv in Bal Harbour included the inner (western) walking path only. The pier at Haulover Cut is not included.

To pay your annual dues visit: www.miamibeacheruv.com 7 Community Happenings Sharing with your Shul Family

Anniversaries Yahrtzeits Mr. & Mrs. Eli and Channa Solaimanzadeh 11 Adar Mendel ben Moishe obm Mr. & Mrs. Harry and Talia Gross Father of Mrs. Lisa Feltenstein Mr. & Mrs. Moshe and Judie Weinbach 11 Adar Abraham Stoh obm Rabbi & Mrs. Baruch and Teri Knight Grandfather of Mrs. Sof Matz 11 Adar Reina bas Ruben obm Mother of Mr. Santos Chocron 12 Adar Tova bas Yitzchok obm Grandmother of Mr. Isaac Salver 12 Adar Yaffa bas Frida obm Mother of Mr. Morris A. Marcus 12 Adar Chana bas Pinchas obm Community Notice Board: Mother of Mr. Isaac Salver 13 Adar Leah bas Chanoch obm The Chayenu & Dvar Malchus publications are available Mother of Mrs. Rosalind Spodek 14 Adar Simcha bas Mordechai obm for sale at the front receptionist. Mother of Ms. Meryl H. Schneider

14 Adar Peshe Tzirel bas Dovid obm There is only a limited amount each week and we will Grandmother of Mr. Sol Zuckerman unfortunately not be able to hold books for anyone. 14 Adar Shmuel ben Azriel obm First come frst serve. $2 a copy. Brother-in-law of Mrs. Mina Sragowicz 15 Adar Shifra bas Dov obm Mezuzos are also available for sale at Sister of Mrs. Pauline R. Kopelman The Shul front offce 10 cm: $45 15 Adar Jack Peicher obm 12 cm: $50 Brother-in-law of Mrs. Vivian Perez 15 Adar Dolya ben Yaakov Koppel obm Tefllin: Brother of Mr. Leon Gandelman Regular: $350 16 Adar Susi Lustgarten obm Gasos $550 Mother of Mr. Martin Lustgarten 16 Adar Morris Kaufman obm Father of Mr. Ivan Kaufman Safety Recommendation 16 Adar Eliyahu Avraham ben Chaim HaLevy obm Father of Mr. Meir Izak Ensure your family is more visible when walking 17 Adar Reuven ben Yitzchok Isaac obm at night by wearing a reflective vest or adding Father of Mr. Shmuel Wolf reflective tape to outer clothing. Children riding on scooters or walking amongst adults in dark clothing are difficult to see at night. Volunteers Needed The danger is heightened in areas where there are After every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the no sidewalks. left over food to organizations or families in need. We are looking for volunteers to help collect and A concerned member alerted us to this very real wrap the food. hazard. Please take extra precaution when walking If you would like to help please contact the at night. Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush.

Community service hours will be awarded.

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Adar 1 Light & Power Thanks To Our Donors Light & Power and Wine for Kiddush & Havdalah for We sincerely thank the following members and supporters of The Shul the month of Adar 1 is Kindly Sponsored by for donations received between 2/05/19 and 2/11/19 We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Mr. & Mrs. Jackie Abraham Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Levine Mr. Oded Ben Arie Amenta Gifts LLC Mr. & Mrs. Albert David Lichy Mr. & Mrs. Laiby Best Mr. Aryeh Nathaniel In honor of my wife, Dr. & Mrs. Michael Bogachek Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ness Diana Ben-Arie’s birthday. Mr. Arnold Lewis Cohen Mr. Mordechai Olesky Mr. Julian A. Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Jack Osman And our children: Mr. Peter Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Eliott Rimon Aliza and Yehuda Beilin Mr. & Mrs. Mario Cytrynbaum Mr. & Mrs. Edward Rosengarten Mr. & Mrs. Levi Drimmer Dr. & Mrs. Michael Salzhauer Daniela, David Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Schonberger “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to Mr. Robert Elbogen Mr. & Mrs. Ezra Segal pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush Mr. & Mrs. Errol Feldman Mr. & Dr. Elchonon Shagalov and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who Mr. Ariel Friedler Mr. Gabe Shapiro occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Gellman Mr. & Mrs. Josh Shapiro be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire Mr. & Mrs. Jacob J. Givner Mr. & Mrs. Yossi Sokol body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors, Mr. Daniel Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Sragowicz together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. & Mrs. Steven Grill Mr. Jan Stark Mr. Salo Grosfeld Mr. & Mrs. Eric Stein Ms. Renee M. Grossman Mr. & Mrs. Henry Stern Mr. & Mrs. Shmuel Hazan Mr. Claudio Stivelman Mr. Bryce Herman Ms. Esther Vlosky Mr. & Mrs. Martin Jacobs Mr. Ariel Wainer Mr. & Mrs. Shlomie Katan Mr. Alan Warner Rabbi & Mrs. Jacob Katz Dr. Melvin Waxman Mr. & Mrs. Leon Kopel Mr. & Mrs. Moises Wertheimer Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Kopel-Laoui Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Wolf Refuah Shleimah Mr. & Mrs. Aviv Kordich If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to Mr. & Mrs. Eliecer Kurzer keep the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. Mr. & Mrs. Mendi Labkowski MEN WOMEN Eber Avraham ben Fruma Esther Tzipora Pnina bas Slava Shlomo Yaakov ben Chaya Sarah Tcharna Esther bas Feiga Rochel Rochel Doryse-Devorah bas Sonia Simcha Chaim Zelig Ben Eidel Feige bas Krandel Ari ben Na’ama Tziporah Pnina bas Slava Tzvi Yitzchak ben Chaya Chaya Miriam Yehudit bat Chava Baruch Raphael ben Fraida Clara bat Corina Aryeh Leib ben Sura Henya Rivka bat Shoshana Rafael Maya ben Sol Miriam bat Risha Raizel Aaron ben Tamar Dana Ella bas Devorah Hinde Raphael Moshe ben Miriam Chana bas Shoshana Meyer Yankev ben Chaya Etel Ilana bas Shaina Rochel Alexander ben Esther Raizel Chava bas Elka Menucha Raphael Moshe ben Sarah Chaya bas Rachel Moshe ben Zoila Fayge bas Chaya Moshe Avraham ben Tziporah Riva Miriam Leah bas Helen Chaim ben Pnina Gabriel ben Esther Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel

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Hayom Yom In the winter of 1942, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn, of righteous memory, gave his son- in-law, the future Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, the task of compiling an anthology of Chasidic aphorisms and customs arranged according to the days of the year. The calendar was entitled Hayom Yom. In describing this work Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak wrote: …”A book that is small in format…but bursting with pearls and diamonds of choicest quality.” “A splendid palace of Chasidism.” True to these words, Hayom Yom has become a beloved classic work and a source of daily spiritual sustenance. Friday - 10 Adar 1 Monday - 13 Adar 1 Thursday - 16 Adar 1 At birkat hamazon, before washing the Tachanun is not said at Mincha. The Alter Rebbe said: The offerings for the fingers, say al naharot bavel, lamnatzei’ach Sanctuary included gold, silver and copper, My father said: I am certain that when a bin’ginot, avarcha, zeh cheilek. but nothing sparkled except for the mirrors chassid is in the beit hamidrash teaching presented by the women. From these mirrors or reciting a maamar of Chassidus to others, When tachanun is not said, say shir hamaalot were fashioned the washbasin and its base. my forebears are filled with joy; and their b’shuv, livnei korach, avarcha, zeh cheilek. These were the last of the Sanctuary articles joy is adequate to provide that Chassid, and to be made, but were used at the start of his children and children’s children, with After washing the fingers say vay’dabeir eilai. every Sanctuary service (for laving by the an abundance of blessing, materially and kohanim) - for their beginning is implanted spiritually. Shabbos - 11 Adar 1 in their end. The following is well-known and is a tradition, Tuesday - 14 Adar 1 regarding the kavanot (mystical “intentions”) Friday - 17 Adar 1 My grandfather told my father: “My father in davening: For those intellectually Many years before the Alter Rebbe’s (the Tzemach Tzedek) selected the maamarim incapable of meditating on those kavanot imprisonment in Petersburg in 5559 (1798), printed in Likutei Torah from among 2,000 (either because they lack knowledge, or he once came out of his private quarters to maamarim. because they cannot remember the specific where the Chassidim were gathered and said: kavanot during prayer) it is sufficient that “In gan eden they sense the preciousness of they keep one general kavana in mind: That Wednesday - 15 Adar 1 this lowly world. Not only the Ministering It is said of the Time To Come: “A stone in his prayer be heard by G-d, with all the Angels, but even the earliest Emanations the wall will cry out and a beam from the kavanot described in the Kabala literature. would forego everything for one amein y’hei tree will respond.” At present, inert creations sh’mei raba said by a Jew ‘with all his power,’ are mute; though trodden upon, they remain Sunday - 12 Adar 1 meaning with full concentration, i.e., being silent. But there will come a time when the It is written: “The gift of man makes room for totally immersed and involved with these revelation of the Future becomes a reality, him and leads him before the great.” words.” that the inert will begin to speak, relate and demand: “If a man was walking along Some are renowned for their wisdom or This was all he said. The effect was that he without thinking or speaking words of Torah, wealth. But “the gift of man” - when an kindled such a flame and such a burning why did he trample upon me?” individual gives his “man,” i.e., devotes enthusiasm in all who heard, that for a full himself to an undertaking to strengthen year their amein y’hei sh’mei raba was fiery. The earth trodden upon has been waiting Judaism, then not only will he “make room for for millenia, ever since the Six Days of himself” (releasing him from constrictions Creation. All kinds of living creatures have and bounds), but it “leads him before the been treading upon it all this time, but it is great” (his position will be superior to the waiting for a Jew (or two Jews) to walk on it great). while discussing Torah. But if they do not say words of Torah, the earth will protest: “You too are just like an animal!”

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A Tale of Two Pots life is likely to leave you deeply thirsty and Dealing with the Tension of the anxious. Human Personality You must learn the art of integration. You By: Rabbi YY Jacobson must come to terms with the truth that the “breastplate” and the “apron” together Linking the apron and the constitute the very objective of existence, breastplate to confront darkness and transform it into here is an intriguing mitzvah light, to create harmony out of the building (commandment) recorded in this blocks of diversity. week’s Torah portion: “And they shall T Do you have holes in your life? bind the choshen (breastplate) by its rings to the rings of the ephod (apron) ... so that the A story is told about an elderly Chinese choshen shall not budge from the ephod.” woman who owned two large pots. Each The meaning of these words is this: The hung on the ends of a pole, which she carried choshen (breastplate) and the ephod (apron) every day on her shoulders to fill with water were two of the eight special garments from the stream located at the end of the worn by the High Priest (Kohen Gadol) while village. One of the pots was complete and performing the services in the Tabernacle. always delivered a full portion of water; The choshen was a breastplate set with the other pot was cracked and arrived home with backward temptations, the crass and each day only half full. twelve precious stones, each inscribed with lowly impulses and dispositions. the name of one of the twelve tribes of Of course, the complete pot was proud of its Israel. It was worn on the breast, over the This is not merely a distinction between two accomplishments. It felt really good about heart. The ephod was an apron-like garment, types of people; it is rather a distinction itself. The poor cracked pot, on the other covering the lower back of the body, from between two aspects existing in each of our hand, was ashamed of its own imperfections; the waist to the ankles, with a belt that tied lives. it was miserable that it could only do half of in the front. Few are the people who can be defined what it had been made to do. Two gold rings sewn on the ephod’s belt as “breastplates” or “aprons” exclusively. After six years of what it perceived to be lined up with two gold rings sewn to the Most of us vacillate between backward and bitter failure, the humbled broken pot finally bottom corners of the choshen; these were frontward tendencies, between lower and opened its heart to the woman at the stream. bound together with ribbons of blue wool. higher aspirations. We celebrate moments “I hate myself,” the cracked pot cried, “I am It is of vital importance, the Torah stresses, of light but we must also quarrel with so useless and valueless. What purpose does that the two should remain securely fastened darkness. At times life is a cruise through my existence have when each day I leak out at all times that the priestly garments are a tranquil seabed, yet at other times it half of my water? I am such a loser!” worn. “The choshen shall not budge from the consists of navigation through turbulent ephod.” waves, battle fields and war zones. There are The old woman smiled and said,”Did you moments we sense our calling, yet at other notice that there are flowers on your side of But why? Why the insistence that the times we yearn to discover our true selves, the path, but not on the other pot’s side? I breastplate and apron must be tightly we struggle to find our place in the world. have always known about your flaw, so I linked at all times? Why bother if they are Crudeness, superficiality and lowliness planted flower seeds on your side of the disconnected or only loosely connected? may at any moment consume our multi- path. Every day while we walk back from the dimensional personalities. A tale of two garments stream, you have the opportunity to water them. The answer, presented in the mystical Hence, the Torah instructs us to tightly link tradition, is deeply moving. the breastplate to the apron, “so that the “For six years I have been able to pick these choshen shall not budge from the ephod.” beautiful flowers to decorate our home. The two garments – the breastplate seated We must somehow learn to integrate the Without you being just the way you are, atop the heart and the apron hanging on two parts of the self, without escaping into we would have never created this beauty the lower back – represent the “upper” and either element. Do not retreat, the Torah is together.” “lower” dimensions of life, or the “forward” saying, into your “higher” self and forget and “backward” aspects of human existence. about your “lower” self, for when the lower (This essay is based on an address by the The breast-plate represented those self re-surfaces you might fall hard. On the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Adar 21, 5748, 8). individuals whose hearts were aflame with other hand, do not allow yourself to be spiritual passion and ecstasy, while the swept away by your lower self and ignore apron symbolized the people who struggled your transcendental aspirations, for such a 11 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Yom Kippur in February obviously seen and understood his extreme Halacha of The Week By Elisha Greenbaum reaction—stopped him with a reassuring arm By Rabbi Dov Schochet across his shoulders. Clothing “Calm down, young man. What are you getting so worked up about? Don’t you understand that in Kotzk, every time we pray we treat it as a Kol Nidrei night, and every time we sit down to eat, for us it’s like a Seder!”

young truth-seeker visited the famed Once a Year village of Kotzk to learn from the Kotzker At the end of this week’s Torah portion we read A chassidim and to observe the way they about the twice-daily incense which was offered conducted their personal service of G-d. in the Temple. We read about the dimensions of the golden altar, its location, and the schedule It was all too strange. In Kotzk people didn’t live on which the incense would be offered. We n this week’s portion we see the signifcance normally or act respectfully. At every opportunity replicate this schedule nowadays with our of clothing. The Torah goes into great length they would speak about the pursuit of absolute morning and afternoon prayers, as we offer to describe the garments of the Kohanim. Not truth, they spent all hours of the day studying sacrifces of time and commitment to G‑d. I Torah and would pray on their own schedules, just which garments should be made for them, but even the materials and design. The details beginning when they felt emotionally prepared The very last line of the weekly reading seems a are so elaborate that the Talmud teaches that to engage with G-d. total non-sequitur. “Once a year, on Yom Kippur, there was a gentile who wanted to convert just Aharon would sprinkle blood onto the altar as to have an opportunity to wear these clothes. Strangest of all was the surreal announcement an atonement.” It doesn’t seem to make sense; he heard on the frst night of Passover. As the how did Yom Kippur and annual atonement The frst element of our clothing is a sense of chassidim sat around the synagogue, praying catch a mention here? It’s just not the right modesty, which applies to the clothing we wear or studying as usual, an elder pounded on a place. There is an entire portion—Acharei Mot— and how we wear it. When getting dressed or table to get their attention and reminded those which details High Priest’s Yom Kippur Temple undressed we should do it in a modest way. Even present to head home for dinner. service. Why bring itin here, so seemingly out of when man is alone, we are still in the presence context? of Hashem, which requires a certain sense of Dinner?! It’s Seder night! “Normal” Jews have awe. Of course there are times when we must been looking forward to (and preparing for) In a 1992 speech, the Rebbe suggested that be undressed, but as a general rule we should this evening for weeks and he’s just fippantly there is an extraordinary life lesson to be strive to be as modest as possible. referred to the sacred ceremony as dinner? learned from this verse. People tend to get into These Kotzkers are crazy! a routine and lose appreciation for their daily When we become comfortable in an exposed conventions. We pray every day and then do it all state it can have an impact on the way we think, And a few months later as Yom Kippur was over again the next day. It’s all so humdrum and perceive the world and ultimately our behavior. beginning, he again wandered into the main predictable. Only on the red-letter days such Therefore it is appropriate to uncover ourselves shul of Kotzk to fnd himself present at an as Yom Kippur do we stop to contemplate the as little as possible as we change our clothing, almost identical scene. The chassidim were mysteries of the Divine and the uniqueness of or do so under a cover. scattered around, each engaged in study or the day. personal refection, when one man piped up The parts of the body we should be careful with covering are culture dependent. In cultures announcing that it was time to start and asked But every day is unique; every opportunity to where it is common to go barefoot one has no if anyone would like to volunteer to lead the connect with G-d is a moment when our soul obligation to wear socks or cover their feet, evening services. can bond with the source of our existence. however in a place where people would not go By pausing from the description of the daily out that way it would be considered immodest. Evening services?! It’s Kol Nidrei night; the sacrifce to reference Yom Kippur, the Torah is Similarly the style of clothing we wear must highlight of the year! Where’s the special cantor? teaching us that every moment and day of our refect our values. The Torah teaches that we Where’s the aura of sanctity and solemnity? lives is a moment of Divine inspiration, and cannot go in the ways of the gentiles, this What is the matter with these people that they every time we pray it should be our personal includes behaving in immodest ways that are treat these most cherished institutions in so Yom Kippur. cavalier a fashion? the norms of other cultures. An example given is that one should not say as the gentiles wear Horrifed, he was about to rush out of the room, red clothing, so will I. For red is a provocative silently resolving never to return to this den of color meant to call attention, and the Jewish meshugoyim, when one of the chassidim—who’d way was to wear black or dark clothing that was considered more modest. Any garment that is 12 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE! meant to provoke, or meant to bring a sense of the Jewish people. arrogance or pride to the wearer is immodest Stories with Soul So, I went to the Jews, but it was more diffcult to and would also be a violation of this value. It Once Happened sell my idea to them. They convinced me to try for a Our clothing should not be expensive to the ne time a case was brought to judgment greater commitment from the Heavenly Court. point where it gives us a sense of superiority, before Reb Levi Yitzchak. They wanted three additional things -- children, nor should it be inferior and dirty where we can OA young and inexperienced broker who lived in health and livelihood -- to be added to the package. lose our sense of personal dignity. Rather our clothing should be dignifed and clean. Berditchev had the idea that if a certain business in I went back to the Heavenly Court with their request, Berditchev merged with one located in a neighboring and the new terms were granted. We give a preference to the right over the left, town, each would have a much greater proft. as we fnd in the Torah in certain laws that the The deal was signed and sealed. I was then asked by Because he was unfamiliar with the world of business right hand, foot and ear are given preference. the Heavenly Court what I wanted as my reward for and virtually unknown, he turned for help to a more Therefore, when dressing we dress the right completing this transaction. I replied that as far as experienced broker who also lived in Berditchev. side before the left. When there is a knot to be the Jews were concerned, I didn’t want any reward; made we tie the left side frst for that’s where The young man proposed that in exchange for as for G-d, I trusted completely that He would pay me the Tefllin are tied. If a garment has buttons we the older man’s help, the two would divide the whatever is my due. try to have the slits on the right side, so it can go proft equally. The experienced broker agreed. At that point G-d said to me, ‘Levi Yitzchak, I will over the left where the buttons are. He successfully arranged the deal, and when the give you a special reward: the additional terms the transaction was completed, collected the proft. Jews added to the original contract, namely, children, When putting on our clothing we are careful not health and livelihood. I hereby place these in your to put on two garments at once for it can lead The trouble began when the man refused to divide hands, to distribute or revoke at will.’ to forgetfulness. the money as he had promised. There was no choice but to go to court. Reb Levi Yitzchak heard the case “I therefore tell you that if you fulfll the ruling of The custom is that we do not go with our heads and ordered the man to give the other fellow his my court at once, it will go well with you, but if you exposed. As this became the norm of the Jewish fair share of the profts. The case was closed and the continue to refuse, I will act according to the law of community, it is forbidden to go with an exposed two departed, but as time passed it became obvious the Torah that was put into my hands.” head, as it would be considered immodest. This that the older man still refused to abide by the ruling leads to a sense of recognition of Hashem and of the rabbi. The young man had no recourse but to The broker listened to the rabbi’s message, but is part of the blessing that Hashem “crowns us return to Reb Levi Yitzchak with his complaint. thought the entire episode was just a jest. He went with glory.” We should even be careful to cover home that night and laughingly repeated the story the heads of young boys to impress upon them When Reb Levi Yitzchak heard what had transpired to his wife. an awe of heaven. he immediately dispatched an emissary to the broker, who repeated the words of the rabbi: “My dear sir, you Imagine Reb Levi Yitzchak trying to pressure him to One can cover their head with their hand. should be aware that I too am a broker with quite incurring such an enormous fnancial loss with such However, in order to make a blessing the a bit of experience under my belt. I, in fact, act as a a ridiculous story! covering must be something that is not a part broker between the Jewish people and their Father He had no sooner fnished speaking when he was of the body. in heaven. In this capacity, I transport the merits of suddenly afficted with a high fever. Moaning and the Jews to G-d, and in return, I receive my sustenance groaning in pain he tossed from side to side, unable As a part of our humility before G-d we do not and many blessings from Him. to fnd comfort. walk with a perfectly erect posture, as doing so seems as if we are trying to push G-d away. “As I occupied myself with these matters, I realized The best doctors were called in; no expense was Rather we walk with a gentle stoop, to be able that here was an excellent opportunity to make a spared, but nothing helped. Finally, the patient was to see the ground in front of us as we walk. very good deal. Amongst the Jews I saw three types given up for lost. of products for which they had absolutely no use: Clothing is a reference to anything that we garb intentional sins, unintentional sins, and sins which With his last ounce of strength, the man summoned our essential self in. Chassidus teaches that our occurred because they were ignorant that the Torah his wife. “Take a purse of money to Reb Levi Yitzchak actions, speech and even thought are garments considered them sinful. of Berditchev and beg him to have mercy on me.” or clothing of the soul. The Torah teaches that I saw that in Heaven they also had three kinds of The hysterical woman ran weeping and pleading to the clothing, the expression of the soul, has a the rabbi. She gave him the money, accurate to the profound impact on us. We should therefore be products for which they had no use: forgiveness, absolution and annulment. last penny. “Please, have mercy on my husband. He’s careful in how we utilize these soul garments dying,” she cried. and make sure it is in accordance with our job And I said to myself, what a good idea it would be if as Kohanim, the servants of Hashem to purify the Jews and Heaven were to exchange products! I Needless to say, as soon as the debt was paid, Reb the world. went and presented my ideas to the Heavenly Court Levi Yitzchak prayed for the man’s recovery. The and they were quite pleased to accept my proposition. broker’s body returned to full health, and as far as his But before the deal was fnalized, they suggested that soul was concerned, that too was much healthier for I frst speak to the other partner in the transaction, the experience. 13 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

concludes the Orach Chaim section of Shulchan Purim Katan Aruch—when the “The Way of Life” becomes his or her way of life from morning to night and Always Happy from Passover to Purim6—his every moment On the essence of the “Little becomes a link in a chain of perpetual joy. She is realizing her purpose in life, actualizing her Purim” deepest potentials, and there is no greater joy. Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe of “feasting and rejoicing” in commemoration But fear is not only the beginning, nor is joy of the Jews’ salvation from Haman’s evil decree only the end. As the foundation of all, the fear The beginning is embedded in the end,” say in the year 3405 from creation (356 BCE). of heaven pervades the Jew’s every hour and the Kabbalists, “and the end in the beginning.” But approximately once every three years, deed, from the most solemn moments of Yom the Jewish calendar contains not one but two “Everything has a beginning and an end. The Kippur to the inebriating joy of Purim. As the months called Adar—Adar I and Adar II. beginning precedes all other stages and culmination of all, joy too pervades every nook and cranny of Jewish life: also in the “days of particulars, and the end follows them all. But the Which is the “real” Adar, and which is the awe” of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jew beginning, if it is a true beginning, contains the addition? When should Purim be celebrated—in is enjoined to “tremulously rejoice.”7 seeds of all that is to follow; and the end, if it is Adar I or Adar II? The Talmud rules that Purim a true end, is the culmination and fulfllment of is to be celebrated in Adar II. Nevertheless, the Fear and joy are as diverse as any two emotions everything that preceded it. fourteenth day of Adar I is also a special day—it to reside in the human heart. But the Shulchan is “Little Purim,” the day that would have been So the beginning and the end each embody the Aruch synergizes them as a perpetual state of Purim had the year not been a leap year. entire process, each in its own way. Each is the joyous trembling and tremulous joy. For the beginning is embedded in the end, and the end mirror image of the other: a true understanding What do we do on Purim Katan? We don’t read in the beginning. of the beginning reveals the end, while a true the megillah, nor is there any special mitzvah understanding of the end uncovers the essence to send food portions to friends or give gifts of the beginning. to the poor, as is the case on Purim proper. The Shulchan Aruch cites an opinion that one Orach Chaim (“The Way of Life”) is the frst should increase in festivity and joy, but rules of the four sections of the Shulchan Aruch, that there is no halachic obligation to do so. the codifcation of Torah law that has been “Nevertheless,” the Shulchan Aruch continues, “a You shall command--ve’ata tetzave universally accepted as the most basic guide to person should increase somewhat in festivity, in Jewish life. As its name indicates, Orach Chaim is (Ex. 27:30) order to fulfll his duty according to the opinion the section that deals with the day-to-day life that it is obligatory.” By way of explanation, it of the Jew: the daily prayers, the laws of tzitzit concludes with the above quote from Proverbs: Chasidic thought interprets this verse to and tefllin, the observance of Shabbat and “One who is of good heart is festive always.” the festivals, and so on. Like every book, Orach mean, “You shall connect yourself to...” Joy and festivity are always desirable; so, if an Chaim has a beginning and an end. And here, opportunity presents itself in the form of a day Moses was commanded to establish a too, “the beginning is embedded in the end, and that might have been Purim—the most joyous the end in the beginning.” connection between his essence and the day of the year—one should certainly rejoice Jewish people. In an extended sense, this The Could’ve-Been Purim and celebrate. command can be understood as having In the opening lines of Orach Chaim, the The Two Constants Shulchan Aruch quotes Psalms 16:8: “I set G-d The beginning is embedded in the end, and the been directed to every Jew, for each before me always.” “This is a great principle in end in the beginning. Torah,” it goes on to say. “When a person sets Jew has a spark of Moses in him. “You” in his heart that the Great King, the Holy One, I set G-d before me always. One who is of good refers to the essence of the soul, the blessed be He, whose presence flls the entire heart is festive always. Always, always. Always fundamental core of every Jew’s being. world, stands over him and sees his deeds . . . fearful, always joyous. he will immediately achieve a fear of G-d and This is revealed by the establishment of submission to Him . . .” The foundation of all is the fear of heaven. a bond with G-d’s essence. Unless man perceives himself as constantly in Orach Chaim closes with another verse—from the presence of G-d, unless he trembles before Proverbs 15:15: “He who is of good heart is the immensity of the import G-d places on his (Lubavitcher Rebbe, shlita) festive always.” The subject under discussion every act, there can be no Shulchan Aruch, no is Purim Katan, the “Little Purim.” Purim occurs divine law for life. on the 14th day of the month of Adar—the day established by Mordechai and Esther as a day The culmination of all is joy. When the Jew 14 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Recently In The News to the east. Israelis Mourn 19-Year- Identifying the lack of Jewish cemetery as a key Old Volunteer Murdered in First Jewish Burial a Sign issue in a community with many elderly people, Jerusalem Forest of Jewish Vitality in Puerto the Hechts had been working on creating a Jewish cemetery for more than a year. Vigils and protests mounted for Ori Vallarta, Mexico Ansbacher, a ‘gentle soul’ New cemetery fulflls an important They purchased a section within the local By Yehuda Sugar Paradise Memorial Park and set to work preparing need for retirees while spurring for their frst funeral. That included importing Jewish involvement tachrichim (burial shrouds), working with a local By Menachem Posner funeral home to ensure that they would be able to perform the taharah (“purifcation”) there and assembling a team of volunteers to join them to form a chevra kadisha (“sacred [burial] society”). Hecht reports that several couples have committed to be buried in the newly consecrated Jewish cemetery, and some have even purchased plots. Community focuses on a joyous life Despite the urgency of providing Jewish burial, t’s been a little more than two years since Hecht points out that most of the work he and Rabbi Shneur and Mushkie Hecht founded a his wife do involves joy, life, spiritual exploration, ith a suspect in custody and a IChabad center in Puerto Vallarta on Mexico’s and celebration. clamoring for the death penalty in Pacifc coast. the case, the nation of Israel and Every Tuesday, they host “Kabbalah and Coffee” W the family of Ori Ansbacher, 19, brutally Last Tuesday, their community observed a at the Chabad House; Wednesdays are devoted murdered in a Jerusalem forest while taking signifcant milestone: the frst Jewish funeral to JEMS, the small Hebrew school they run; on a walk on Thursday, mourned her loss, with in the city’s history. The deceased, Seymour Thursdays, about a dozen community members her mother describing her as “a gentle soul, Lestz, was a native of Philadelphia who had gather to cook and bake for Shabbat at Chabad; beautiful on the outside and inside.” been living in Puerto Vallarta for about 13 Friday-night dinners now see as many as 100 years. Like many members of the local Jewish attendees during the winter busy season; and Ansbacher, a national service volunteer, community—made up mostly of American and this winter, they even have steady Shabbat- was laid to rest Friday in her native Tekoa, Canadian retirees who come to take advantage morning services. with the alleged perpetrator, Arafat Afariah, of the beautiful weather and favorable economy, Lestz frst met the Hechts at the Thursday 29 of Hebron, arrested by Israeli authorities where a modest pension fund can be stretched early Saturday with the help of evidence far—he had been planning to be cremated. evening farmers’ market, where the couple sells fresh-baked challah, and sometimes chicken collected at the crime scene. “We work very hard to educate people about soup and other Jewish goodies. A retired the importance of being buried as a Jew,” the restaurant executive, he and his wife have lived Hundreds turned out for the funeral, with rabbi told Chabad.org. “Cremation is very cheap in a small town more than an hour south of her bereaved mother, Ne’eh Ansbacher, and very simple here, and that’s what so many Puerto Vallarta. beset by pain, speaking further to the people had been planning to do, so we try to media Saturday night, against the backdrop show them the beauty of Jewish burial, which As it became clear that Lestz was days away from of vigils and protests against terror in has been our tradition since Abraham buried death, the Hechts moved their preparations into Jerusalem’s Zion Square and Tel Aviv’s Sarah in Hebron.” high gear, fnalizing funeral arrangements and Rabin Square. cemetery construction. The tragedy of cremation is the fnality of the “Ori was beautiful on the outside and act. Jews believe in repentance—that no soul In order to perform the funeral properly, Hecht inside—a gentle soul,” she said before an is too far gone and that everything can be and a team of volunteers were joined by array of cameras. “She lived a full life.” corrected. But once a body has been burned, members of the Mexico City chevra kadisha, who which is anathema in Judaism, it is an act that few in to show them the time‑hallowed rites “She had so much love for this land,” added cannot be reversed. and customs of funeral and burial. the mournful mother. “She always wanted to see, to write songs, and when she walked But where could the Jews of Puerto Vallarta And under a sunny Mexican sky, the Jewish community of Puerto Vallarta returned one of on this land with confidence, this kind of be buried? Until this week, the closest Jewish evil came and took her away from us.” cemetery was in Guadalajara, a fve‑hour drive their own to the nourishing earth from whence he had come. 15 Inspiration, Insights & Ideas Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

Her father, Rabbi Gadi Ansbacher, rendered of Israel, I wish to express my condolences New Haven to Build a Mikvah nearly speechless, managed to share with to the Ansbacher family and to strengthen fellow mourners: “I do not believe it. I do them with their great grief.” in Memory of Moshe Deitsch, not know what to say. I think about you OBM now – how you saw everything so sharp and “Personally, and on behalf of all Israelis, clearly. In the last year you did it, Ori, you I would like to thank the security forces won. You lived a whole life.” for capturing the despicable terrorist who murdered Ori Ansbacher,” Israel’s President “You taught me so much—to sing, to dance Reuven Rivlin said in a statement. “We will with all your light,” Ansbacher’s sister, Tama, not be deterred and we will not cease our shared with the mourners. “All the time you uncompromising fight against terrorism.” tried to fix things and to grow. I love you so much and I’m sorry I didn’t always tell you In response to the grisly crime, ministers that, goodbye Ori.” and lawmakers are calling for harder-line measures to be taken against the Palestinian According to news reports, the suspect, Authority and convicted terrorists, with who had been arrested twice in the past Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and other ollowing the sudden and untimely and had served time in Israel‘s Ofer Prison, ministers calling on prosecutors to use the passing of Moshe Deitsch OBM, a new was apprehended by Israeli special forces death penalty in this case. Protesters in Tel F mikvah is planned to be built in his in a mosque in Al Bireh, a village near Aviv Saturday night called for the same. memory. A letter, released by the family Ramallah. He has reportedly confessed asks the public to participate: to the crime, leading investigators to the Though capital punishment is on the Israeli scene on Sunday to reenact the murder. law books for use in certain extreme cases, Dear Family and Friends, it has only been used once—the 1962 According to the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal hanging of Nazi officer and major Holocaust Moshe was a special, kind, and caring security service, the perpetrator left with organizer, Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann was person. a knife heading toward the village of Beit captured in Argentina in 1960 by the Israeli Jala near Ramallah Thursday morning intelligence agency, Mossad, and sentenced His passing was a shock to all of us. and headed into the Ein Yael forest, to death by a Jerusalem court in a highly where he saw Ansbacher, stabbing her publicized proceeding. In an effort to find the light in this dark multiple times and killing her. Though moment, we are announcing a new terror is suspected, a motive had not been Meanwhile, Education Minister Naftali initiative: a beautiful Mikvah to be built established conclusively. A gag order is in Bennett is calling for the implementation in Moshe’s name for the community of New place prohibiting dissemination of further of legislation that would cut funds to the Haven, Moshe’s hometown. We chose this details of the case. Palestinian Authority by the amount that undertaking of building a Mikvah of living, is paid out to convicted terrorists and purifying waters, to reflect the refined, Ansbacher had headed from her workplace the families of Palestinians killed while pure, genuine soul of our beloved Moshe. at the Yeelim youth center into the forest carrying out attacks. for a short walk Thursday morning to We are asking all of Moshe’s friends and collect herself, according to friends. Her “The terrorists are no longer afraid. At neighbors to partake in this beautiful body was discovered late Thursday evening. this moment [they] are preparing the next project. terrible murder of Jews,” Bennett said in a Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu statement. Please contribute generously to this thanked the security forces for their quick important cause. work and extended his condolences to the family. With your help, may Mikvah Moshe come to honor its namesake and serve his Yeshiva “I congratulate the Shin Bet security and community for years to come. services and the Israel Police that within a few hours captured the abominable Thank you and Tizku L’Mitzvos, murderer who murdered Ori Ansbacher,” said Netanyahu. “Israel’s long arm reaches Zalman Wilhelm anyone who harms us and we will settle Sholom Deitsch accounts with them.” Mendel Edelkop

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23 French Connection Refexions sur la Paracha

Vivre avec la paracha L’a u t e l d e l ’ â m e de lui-même survit, indestructible. Et le service qu’il de toute volonté excepté la volonté de D.ieu, telle Basé sur les enseignements du Rabbi de Loubavitch effectue dans les profondeurs de son âme refète en qu’exprimée dans la Torah. Aussi disons-nous dans nos tous points le service du Temple et du Sanctuaire. De prières : « Puisse mon âme être devant toute chose a parachat Tétsavé s’achève sur les instructions sorte que les lois de ce dernier, qui paraissaient n’avoir semblable à la poussière. » relatives à la construction de l’autel en or aucune application actuelle, constituent de fait des sur lequel l’encens devait être brûlé dans le directives précises pour la vie intérieure du Juif. Tel est le raisonnement de Rabbi Eliézer, qui était lui- L même la personnifcation de l’humilité. Sa grandeur Sanctuaire. La Torah est pertinente pour tous les Juifs et pour toutes les époques, mais quelle est 2. La purifcation était telle qu’on disait de lui : « Si tous les Sages d’Israël l’application contemporaine de ce passage ? Nous Dans le Sanctuaire, il y avait de nombreux ustensiles, de étaient sur un plateau de la balance, et Eliézer, le fls n’avons plus ni Temple ni autel. Il semblerait que ces différentes sortes, chacun avec sa fonction propre. Cela d’Hyrcanos, sur l’autre plateau, la balance pencherait lois n’ont rien à nous dire dans le présent. Cependant, est représenté dans l’âme juive par ses nombreuses de son côté. »8 Cependant, il n’admettait jamais qu’il il n’en est rien, car il est deux sortes de Temple, dont facettes et capacités : l’intellect, l’émotion, la volonté eût un quelconque mérite, et le Talmud nous dit qu’« l’une ne peut être détruite. C’est le Temple présent et le plaisir. il ne disait jamais rien qu’il n’eût entendu de ses en chaque Juif, où il continue d’accomplir son service maîtres ».9 Vivant de manière si intérieure, il ne voyait Il se peut qu’au cours du service divin survienne qui est un refet intérieur du service du Sanctuaire. naturellement que l’intériorité des autres Juifs. Il les quelque motivation étrangère, quelque désir profane, Le Rabbi explique en détail comment l’une des lois considérait par‑delà leurs différences superfcielles, peut-être même contraire à la volonté divine. Ceci relatives à l’autel peut être traduite en un principe au niveau où tous sont égaux dans leur attachement équivaut au cas où l’un des ustensiles du Sanctuaire important concernant l’âme juive. à D.ieu et à la Torah. Il voyait que la vie vécue dans la deviendrait impur. Ses pensées sont devenues impures Torah est la seule réalité juive. Et il enseignait à ses 1. Des autels sur terre et dans l’âme et il doit chercher le moyen de retirer cette impureté élèves, par son effacement, que le véritable exercice Dans la Michna, l’ordre Moed s’achève (à la conclusion pour qu’elles redeviennent dignes de participer au de l’intellect s’accompagne nécessairement d’humilité du traité ‘Haguiga)1 avec la loi selon laquelle service du Sanctuaire intérieur. Car dans le Sanctuaire, et d’ouverture totale à D.ieu. l’autel d’or2 et l’autel de cuivre3 ne requéraient pas aucune impureté n’était admise. d’immersion rituelle pour la raison qu’ils ne pouvaient Les autres Sages avaient un raisonnement différent. 3. Le feu et le sacrifce devenir impurs. D’après Rabbi Eliézer, la raison en était Ils considéraient qu’une telle attitude est trop Parmi les Juifs, il y a des hommes de cuivre4 et des qu’ils étaient considérés comme la terre (qui ne peut diffcile pour être exigée de tous, car rares sont ceux hommes d’or.5 Ceux dont les richesses spirituelles devenir rituellement impure). Selon les autres Sages, qui peuvent soutenir cet effort de façon continue. abondent sont comparables à l’or : chacun de leurs c’était parce qu’ils étaient recouverts de métal. La Ils prenaient en considération les différences actes est comme une pièce de valeur. Les Juifs couverture de métal était en effet considérée comme superfcielles entre les Juifs. Ils savaient qu’il peut spirituellement pauvres sont les pièces de cuivre de subsidiaire par rapport à la structure interne (qui arriver de trébucher sur la route. Les hommes d’or la vie religieuse. Mais chaque Juif, quel que soit son était en bois de chittim), laquelle ne pouvait devenir peuvent se laisser hypnotiser par l’or. Les hommes comportement intérieur ou extérieur, garde intact, impure. de cuivre peuvent aussi développer un attachement au cœur de son être, un désir intrinsèque d’obéir à la excessif pour leurs propres ressources, si durement La Torah étant la parole de D.ieu qui est infni, elle volonté divine6 – une étincelle de foi, parfois cachée, acquises. Pourtant, soutenaient-ils, l’autel du Juif ne est elle‑même infnie. Infnie dans le temps parce parfois attisée jusqu’à jaillir comme une famme. Rabbi peut jamais devenir impur, du fait qu’il est seulement qu’elle est éternellement en vigueur. Infnie dans Yossef Its’hak de Loubavitch a dit : « Un Juif ne veut, ni recouvert par le métal. Les différences entre un Juif sa signifcation, parce que chaque verset possède ne peut, être arraché à la Divinité. » Cette étincelle est et un autre, et leurs manquements occasionnels, ne d’innombrables degrés d’interprétation et de sens. là où se trouve l’autel du Temple intérieur du Juif. sont que des couvertures superfcielles. Ce qui est Au niveau littéral (pchat), elle contient des lois et des en dessous reste toujours pur, et si puissant que la récits ; au niveau de l’allusion (rémez), elle renvoie, Sur l’autel étaient offerts les holocaustes. C’étaient couverture demeure subsidiaire. L’étincelle prévaudra, de manière indirecte, aux principes les plus profonds des animaux, consumait par un feu venu de D.ieu. La et le Juif reviendra à la vérité qu’il n’a jamais du Judaïsme ; sur le plan de l’exégèse (drouch), elle même chose se passe à l’intérieur du Juif. Le sacrifce réellement perdue intérieurement. La vérité que esquisse l’éthique religieuse du Juif ; enfn, au niveau est une partie de lui : son « âme animale », ses désirs l’existence juive est, et peut seulement être, une vie de ésotérique (sod), elle contient les réponses aux égoïstes. Et le feu qui les consume est celui de l’amour Torah et d’observance des commandements. mystères de l’expérience du Divin. de D.ieu dont la source immortelle est l’étincelle de sainteté présente au cœur de son âme.7 Les ustensiles du Sanctuaire intérieur sont, comme Ainsi, la loi relative aux autels d’or et de cuivre a bien leur nom l’indique, des récipients. Quand ils sont purs plus qu’une simple signifcation littérale. Elle recèle 4. Rabbi Eliézer et les Sages et que leur service est pur, ils sont les réceptacles une morale qui demeure pertinente pour le Juif même Le message de la loi citée dans la Michna est des bénédictions divines, matérielles aussi bien que quand il n’y a plus de Temple ni d’autel. celui-ci : que le Juif appartienne aux « autels d’or » spirituelles, comme nous le dit la Torah : ou aux « autels de cuivre », tant qu’il se rappelle Quand D.ieu dit à Moïse d’ériger un Sanctuaire, Il dit qu’essentiellement il est un autel où le feu de l’amour « Si vous vous conformez à Mes statuts et observez : « Et ils Me feront un Sanctuaire et Je demeurerai de D.ieu consume « l’âme animale » de ses passions en eux », ce qui voulait dire : dans l’âme de chaque Mes commandements... la terre donnera son produit égoïstes, il ne peut devenir impur, car il est alors et l’arbre du champ donnera son fruit. »10 Juif. Ainsi, bien que le Temple matériel soit détruit, le semblable à la terre. 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Parasha de la Semana Cómo elegir un líder precisamente la razón por la que Di-s lo eligió. a Moisés que le tejiera a Aarón. Estas vestimentas internas son sagradas, y ellas embellecieron el alma El carácter del líder La elección divina del rey David sorprendió, incluso, al Por Lazer Gurkow de Aarón y le dieron a la nación motivos para que lo profeta Samuel. David no era ni alto ni fuerte ni ancho ungieran y lo siguieran. Las vestimentas externas, que Por qué cuando buscamos un líder siempre nos de espaldas como sus hermanos, ni tampoco daba la fueron cosidas por los sastres, estaban hechas de un inclinamos por personas carismáticas y llenas de apariencia de que poseía virtudes para la guerra. Pero material físico y le cubrieron el cuerpo con dignidad, encanto? Buscamos un líder que electrice a las Di-s lo eligió por su alma, no por su físico. “El hombre confriéndole un aura de prestigio. Pero esos eran ¿ ve con los ojos”, reprendió suavemente Di-s a Samuel, masas, que dirija el gobierno, que comande el ejército solamente los accesorios del sacerdocio y no la causa y que interactúe con los otros jefes de estado. El ex “pero Di-s ve dentro del corazón”. principal. Los líderes tienen que designarse por su presidente de los EE. UU., Bill Clinton, es un ejemplo Las vestimentas sacerdotales carácter y su piedad, no por su dignidad y su prestigio. perfecto. Él es una persona de mente brillante y Ahora, vamos a tratar de entender un versículo muy El equilibrio de corazón compasivo, pero no fue elegido por su curioso referido a las vestimentas sacerdotales y, para brillantez, fue elegido por su encanto. Aun así, las vestimentas externas son un accesorio eso, vamos a tener en cuenta lo dicho anteriormente. muy importante. Si Aarón se hubiera puesto solamente Paradójicamente a nuestros maestros, que contribuyen Al principio, Di-s le mandó a Moisés: “Harás sus vestimentas interiores, pero por afuera hubiera con la sociedad en algo tan importante como formar vestimentas sagradas para tu hermano Aarón, para su vestido ropa común, nadie se hubiera percatado de su el corazón y la mente de la próxima generación, no se honor y para su gloria”. Luego, en el versículo siguiente, piedad, y no se le hubiera conferido respeto durante su les da el respeto que se merecen. Se los desprecia y, a parecería que Di-s cambió de planes: “Y hablarás a sacerdocio. Por eso, se requiere que los líderes lleven menudo, hasta se los degrada. No honramos sus logros, todos los hombres sabios de corazón, a quienes he también vestimentas externas que conferan honor y y su salario no está en proporción con su contribución llenado de espíritu de sabiduría, y ellos harán las prestigio. a la sociedad. La falta de respeto por los maestros es vestimentas de Aarón”. algo conocido. Y también viceversa. Cuando los líderes usan Entonces, ¿quién tenía que preparar las vestimentas? solamente vestimentas exteriores y no ponen de Hoy quiero ir un paso más allá y hablar de los humildes, ¿Moisés o lo sastres sabios? Asimismo, no se entiende relieve la importancia de su humildad y su piedad, de los justos y de los piadosos. Estas personas si estas vestimentas debían ser sagradas o no. A Moisés, quedan atrapados, únicamente, en su poder y su son difíciles de identifcar y de localizar porque se se le ordenó que hiciera vestimentas sagradas, pero la autoridad y pronto se olvidan de la razón por la que mantienen apartadas de los centros de atención; pero palabra “sagrada” fue omitida de la descripción de las fueron elegidos. Seguramente, no pasará mucho una vez que se las identifca, estas personas pueden y vestimentas que Di-s les mandó coser a los sastres. tiempo antes de que estas personas maravillosamente deberían transformarse en los pilares de la sociedad y piadosas se vuelvan arrogantes y altivas y corruptas. El ser aceptadas como mentores. Sin embargo, en lugar Algunos sugieren que Di‑s se estaba refriendo a dos requisito de que los líderes sacerdotales se enfoquen de esto, se les resta importancia y se las califca de conjuntos de vestimentas: uno hecho por Moisés, y constantemente en sus vestimentas internas servía ingenuas, irrealistas e irrelevantes. otro hecho por los sastres. Moisés hizo las vestimentas para reforzar su piedad y su humildad porque les para el alma, y los sastres hicieron las vestimentas recordaba su mandato de servir tanto al pueblo como Con respecto a este punto, retomo el tema de Bill para el cuerpo. Clinton. Cuando salieron a la luz sus indiscreciones a Di-s. durante el ejercicio del cargo, Norteamérica fue La vestimenta es el medio a través del cual nos La Torá se toma el trabajo de enseñarnos que cuando asaltada por un acalorado debate. Muchos sostuvieron expresamos. Nos vestimos en forma casual para que uno se preocupa solo por una de estas dos clases que aquellos líderes que no mantienen un estándar los demás se sientan cómodos y nos vestimos más de vestimentas y no por la otra, entonces, eso no moral no son aptos para la dirigencia. Otros formalmente para transmitir una idea de competencia conducirá a nada. Únicamente cuando se alcanza el sostuvieron descaradamente que el liderazgo tiene profesional, nosotros hablamos a través de la ropa que equilibrio deseado entre el crecimiento interno y el muy poco que ver con la moralidad y muchísimo que nos ponemos. liderazgo externo, las naciones y los líderes pueden ver con una administración idónea. El alma también necesita vestimentas. El alma tener éxito. Esta es la mentalidad que hace que los niños idolatren desnuda es una energía espiritual cruda que no puede Clases y Eventos expresarse en el mundo físico sin una vestimenta a los atletas, que ni siquiera terminaron la escuela Clases en Espanol secundaria, y a los héroes de las películas, que cayeron apropiada, que es la que va a ser de intermediaria en la drogadicción. ¿Por qué habríamos de esperar entre lo material y lo espiritual. Nuestros sabios Porcion Semanal algo diferente de nuestros hijos cuando todo el tiempo enseñaron que la humildad y el temor reverencial son Rabbi Shea Rubinstein nos escuchan pontifcar la falta de importancia de la las vestimentas de los justos. Lunes 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm moralidad? Di-s seleccionó a Aarón para el puesto de sumo Analisis de distintos temas basados en la Perasha No obstante, tenemos que saber que no siempre fue sacerdote precisamente porque era un modelo de Rabbi Shlomi Halsband así. Moisés fue elegido para que fuera el pastor del humildad y, a la vez, de temor. Pero aun así, para ser Miercoles 8:30 - 10:00 pm pueblo por su compasión. Di-s vio cómo él fue tras el sumo sacerdote Aarón iba a tener que elevar Domingo 8:30 - 10:00 pm una ovejita que daba vueltas por el desierto en busca su humildad y su temor a un nivel más alto. Iba a de agua. La llevó de regreso entre los brazos mientras tener que mejorar estos atributos y vestir ropas (Para Mujeres) le murmuraba: “Si hubiera sabido que tenías sed, te más encumbradas. Moisés era el mejor candidato Sra. Vivian Perez habría dado de beber agua”. para hacer esas vestimentas para Aarón (o, más Martes 1:15 pm - 2:50 pm precisamente, para modelar estos atributos para Miércoles: 1:15pm - 2:50 pm Cuando Saúl iba a ser ungido rey, nadie lograba Aarón), porque Moisés era el hombre más humilde y el Jueves: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm encontrarlo. 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