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PARASHAT KI TISSA 19 February 2011 15 Adar I 5771 PARASHAT KI TISSA 19 February 2011 A Crisis of ORG . Leadership Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Chief Rabbi Great Britain KAHALJOSEPH . Ki Tissa tells of one of the most shocking mo- WWW ments of the forty years ● in the wilderness when – less than six weeks after the greatest revelation in the history of religion, It was Aaron who should Israel’s encounter with have seen the danger, Prayer Schedule 310.474.0559 ● God at Mount Sinai – Aaron who should have they made a golden calf. stopped them, Aaron SHABBAT Either this was idolatry, who should have told PARASHAT KI TISSA or perilously close to it, them to wait, have pa- Friday, February 18th , CA 90025 90025 , CA and it caused God to say tience and trust. Instead Minhah & Arbit 5:15 pm to Moses, who was with this is what happened: Candle Lighting 5:21 pm him on the mountain, Hassidic Tish w/ Rabbi Ashlag NGELES “Now do not try to stop Aaron answered them, 5:30 pm A Me when I unleash my “Take off the gold ear- OS Saturday, February 19th wrath against them to rings that your wives, , L destroy them” (32: 10). your sons and your Shaharit 8:30 am daughters are wearing, Shabbat Lunch and Learn What I want to look at and bring them to me.” with Rabbi Ashlag EVASSER here is the role played So all the people took following morning services OULEVARD by Aaron, for it was he off their earrings and Tehillim before Minhah B who was the de facto brought them to Aaron. Minhah & Arbit 5:00 pm leader of the people in He took what they Motzei Shabbat 6:25 pm ONICA the absence of Moses, handed him and fash- M and he whom the Israel- ioned it with a graving WEEKDAYS ites approached with tool, and made it a mol- Sunday, February 20th ANTA their proposal: ten calf. Then they said, Shaharit 7:30 am “'This, Israel, is your M Monday to Friday The people began to re- god, who brought you 10505 S 10505 Shaharit 6:30 am ● out of Egypt,' When alize that Moses was taking a long time to Aaron saw this, he built TALMUD TORAH CLASSES come down from the an altar in front of the Tuesday & Thursday 4:00 pm mountain. They gath- calf and announced, ered around Aaron and “Tomorrow there will be EREV SHABBAT said to him, 'Make us a a festival to the Lord.” PARASHAT VA YAKHEL ONGREGATION god [or an oracle] to lead So the next day the peo- Friday, February 25th C ple rose early and sacri- Minhah & Arbit 5:15 pm OL us. We have no idea what happened to ficed burnt offerings and with Scholar in Residence OSEPH Moses, the man who presented peace offer- Rabbi Moshe Tessone J brought us out of ings. Afterward they sat Candle Lighting 5:27 pm Egypt. ' (32: 1) AHAL Please confirm daily prayer (Continued on page 2) K K times with minyan leaders. P a ge 2 19 February 2011 (Continued from page 1) wise intended to buy time, plaint was, “We have no don’t know what has hap- for Aaron was convinced idea what happened to pened to him.’ So I told down to eat and drink that Moses was on his Moses.” They did not them, ‘Whoever has any and got up to indulge in way. want a god-substitute gold jewelry, take it off.’ revelry. (32: 2-6) but a Moses-substitute, Then they gave me the The second defence is to an oracle, something gold, and I threw it into the The Torah itself seems to be found in the Talmud through which they fire, and out came this blame Aaron, if not for and is based on the fact could discern God’s in- calf!” (32: 22-24) what he did then at least that when Moses de- structions – not unlike for what he allowed to parted to ascend the the function of the Urim There is more than a hint happen: mountain he left not just and Tummim that were here of the answer Saul Moses saw that the peo- Aaron but also Hur in later given to the High gave Samuel, explaining ple were running wild charge of the people (Ex. Priest. Those who saw why he did not carry out and that Aaron had let 24: 14). Yet Hur does not the calf as an idol, say- the prophet’s instructions. them get out of control figure in the narrative of ing, “This is your god He blames the people. He and so become a laugh- the golden calf. According who brought you out of suggests he had no ingstock to their enemies. to the Talmud, Hur had Egypt,” were only a choice. He was passive. (32: 25) opposed the people, tell- small minority – three Things happened. He ing them that what they thousand out of six hun- minimizes the significance Now Aaron was not an were about to do was dred thousand – and for of what has transpired. insignificant figure. He wrong, and was then them Aaron could not be This is weakness, not had shared the burden of killed by them. Aaron saw blamed. leadership. leadership with Moses. this and decided that pro- He had either already ceeding with the making So there is a systematic What is really extraordi- become or was about to of the calf was the lesser attempt in the history of nary, therefore, is the way be appointed High Priest. of two evils: interpretation to mitigate later tradition made Aaron What then was in his or minimise Aaron’s cul- a hero, most famously in mind while this drama Aaron saw Hur lying slain pability – inevitably so, the words of Hillel: was being enacted? before him and said to since we do not find ex- Be like the disciples of himself: If I do not obey plicitly that Aaron was Aaron, loving peace, pur- Essentially there are them, they will do to me punished for the golden suing peace, loving peo- three lines of defence in what they did to Hur, and calf (though Abrabanel ple and drawing them the Midrash, the Zohar so will be fulfilled [the fear holds that he was pun- close to the Torah . (Avot and the medieval com- of] the prophet, “Shall the ished later). Yet, with all 1: 12) mentators. According to priest [=Aaron] and the the generosity we can the first, Aaron was play- prophet [=Hur] be slain in muster, it is hard to see There are famous aggadic ing for time. His actions the Sanctuary of Aaron as anything but traditions about Aaron and were a series of delaying God?” (Lamentations 2: weak, especially in the how he was able to turn tactics. He told the peo- 20). If that happens, they reply he gives to Moses enemies into friends and ple to take the gold ear- will never be forgiven. when his brother finally sinners into observers of rings their wives, sons Better let them worship appears and demands the law. The Sifra says and daughters were the golden calf, for which an explanation: that Aaron never said to wearing, reasoning to they may yet find forgive- anyone, “You have himself: “While they are ness through repentance. “Do not be angry, my sinned” – all the more re- quarrelling with their chil- (Sanhedrin 7a) lord,” Aaron answered. markable since one of the dren and wives about the “You know how prone tasks of the High Priest gold, there will be a delay The third, argued by Ibn these people are to evil. was, once a year on Yom and Moses will come” Ezra, is that the calf was They said to me, ‘Make Kippur, to atone for the (Zohar). His instructions not an idol at all, and what us a god who will go be- sins of the nation. Yet to build an altar and pro- the Israelites did was, in fore us. As for this fellow there is none of this ex- claim a festival to God Aaron’s view, permissible. Moses who brought us plicitly in the Torah itself. the next day were like- After all, their initial com- up out of Egypt, we (Continued on page 4) 19 February 2011 P a ge 3 In Memoriam Community News It is customary to light a memorial candle in the evening and to donate MEMOIRS : W RITING tzedakah. Family members are WELCOME encouraged to attend prayer ser- The community of DOWN YOUR LIFE vices in honor of loved ones. Kahal Joseph Congregation A C REATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP Shabbat / 15 Adar I warmly welcomes FOR ALL LEVELS Nuriel ben Yochanan Meir ben Yaacov Rabbi Simcha Ashlag 8 Tuesday Afternoons Hanna bat Avraham Hayyim and students February 15 to April 5, 2011 Vera bat Hannah Hatoun who have come from Israel KJ Library, 12 to 2 pm Monday / 17 Adar I $60 members / $160 non-members Ester bat Amnah* Thank you for For information contact Dafna at Tuesday / 18 Adar I sharing a Shulchan Shabbat [email protected] or Naim ben Yehoshua Moshi Dvar Torah, and more. 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