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Page Zero of Torah Tidbits 793 zyxt e"dl y z n a Lead Tidbit cont. from front page e y z 793 p'sukim instead, we might not feel the inseparable nature of these two components as strongly. Dec. 28•29, '07 • g"qyz zah 'k The many references in the Torah to our Egyptian experience and in G•d's This Shabbat is the 108th day (of 383), 16th Shabbat (of 55) of 5768 taking us out of Egypt, and the links between many mitzvot and Y'tzi'at Mitzrayim, all serve to convey that G•d's taking us out of Egypt was not g:b zeny ...da¨¨ ½ g§xE Æd¨aFh ux ¤`Îl¤ ³¤ ` `e¦¼ d©d u¤x`¨ ´¨dÎo¦n »Fzrl£r«©d§l«E... just an event among many, nor even just an event of the highest significance • it is more. As the first of the Aseret HaDibrot states, Y'tzi'at Mitzrayim is a definition of G•d. It is also a definition of the Jewish People. G•d's Plan for the Jewish People We exist as a nation because G•d took us out of Egypt and entered into an We've written about G•d's Plan every so often, and we're doing it again. eternal relationship with us. We need to review this Plan over and over again, so that we are clear as to And Sh'mot 3:8 makes Eretz Yisrael an integral part of the equation. We what G•d wants of us. He had already presented the Plan to the Avot and are a nation because G•d took us out of Egypt in order to bring us to Eretz we see it a few times in the Book of B'reishit. Now, as we begin the Book Yisrael. of Sh'mot, we see its first presentation to the People of Israel • not as a small family but as a great soon•to•be nation. A few p'sukim later, G•d tells Moshe that The SIGN that He truly is sending Moshe is tending Yitro's sheep and he sees a wonderous sight • an angel Moshe into Egypt to facilitate the events, so to speak, is that on our way appears to him from inside a bush that is burning but not being consumed. out of Egypt, we will "serve G•d on this mountain". Rashi defines serving When Moshe approaches to see this wonder, G•d calls to him. G•d G•d on this mountain as receiving the Torah on this mountain (Chorev, introduces Himself to Moshe, so to speak, as the G•d of Avraham, Yitzchak, Sinai). and Yaakov. G•d tells Moshe that He has "seen" (taken note of?) the plight And here then are the three components of G•d's Plan. To take us out of of the people and has heard and "understood" their screams. This has Egypt in order to give us the Torah in order to bring us to Eretz Yisrael in been a rendering of the first seven p'sukim of Sh'mot 3. Next comes 3:8, a our for us to live a Torah Life in Eretz Yisrael. very significant pasuk (among 5845 other significant p'sukim). G•d says: Anything less than that, and we are not following G•d's Plan. Our goal "And I will go down (in to Egypt) to then, is to do our share in the full implementation of His Plan. save him (My nation) from the hand of Egypt and to bring him (the cont. from p.2 Nation) up from that land (Egypt) to WORD of the MONTH Correct for TT 793 • Rabbeinu Tam (J'm) 6:01pm A weekly TT feature to help clarify practical and conceptual aspects of the Jewish Calendar, a good and spacious land, a land 4:08 Yerushalayim 5:24pm flowing with milk and honey... thereby enhancing our appreciation of G•d's gift to us of HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem... 4:23 Gush Etzion 5:24pm What is singularly powerful about Most of our Calendar has the neat LO ADU ROSH feature, meaning that 4:23 Raanana 5:25pm this two•prong plan is that the two each date has three days of the week it cannot fall on, four days it can with 4:23 Beit Shemesh 5:25pm parts are presented in the same three of relatively equal frequency and the fourth less than half as often as 4:24 Rehovot 5:25pm 4:22 Netanya 5:24pm pasuk. One gets the feeling that had the other three. Most of the calendar. Because of the variability of 4:23 Be'er Sheva 5:27pm they been in two consecutive cont. p.0 Cheshvan and Kislev, the "3 no, 3+1 yes" does not hold for Kislev, Tevet 4:23 Modi'in 5:25pm or Shvat. One or two Adars puts the calendar back on track come the Adar 4:08 Petach Tikva 5:25pm right before Nisan. The 29 days of Tevet and the 30 days of Shvat are a 4:08 Maale Adumim 5:24pm DESSERT ONEG SHABBAT 59•day period with its own "rule". E.g. 1 Tevet • which is sometimes the 4:21 Ginot Shomron 5:24pm for singles in their 30s & 40s 6th candle and sometimes the 7th • can be SUN (27.9%), MON (3.7%), 4:22 Beit El 5:24pm Leil Shabbat Parshat Sh'mot TUE (18.1%), WED (20.1%), FRI (29.9%), never on THU or Shabbat. So 4:23 K4 & Hevron 5:25pm too for 8,15,22,29 Tevet and 7,14,21,28 Shvat. The other dates follow suit 4:22 Giv'at Ze'ev 5:24pm Fri. December 28th, 8:30pm • e.g. Rosh Chodesh Shvat & TU biShvat: not on FRI or SUN. 4:08 Tzfat 5:21pm at the Israel Center e 0 A e 1 A even (or especially) under the STATS oppression of Egypt, as described in Sh'mot the p'sukim. Ranges are 10 days, WED•FRI 13th of the 54 sedras; 1st of 11 in Sh'mot 17•26 Tevet • Dec. 26 • Jan. 4 The opening words of the Written on 215.2 lines in a Torah; rank: 18th sedra/book of Shmot • Earliest Talit & T'filin 5:43•5:45am V'EILEH SH'MOT • form the 7 parshiot; 6 open, 1 closed Sunrise 6:38•6:40am initial letters ofmipy cenll mc` aiige Sof Z'man K' Sh'ma 9:08•9:11am 124 p'sukim • 15th (tied with Emor) mebxz cg`e `xwn (V'chayav Adam (Magen Avraham: 8:20•8:24am) (2nd in Shmot) Lilmod Sh'nayim Mikra V'echad Targum) Sof Z'man T'fila 9:58•10:02am 1763 words • 14th (Emor is 22nd) (2nd in • And a person is obligated to review the (Magen Avraham: 9:26•9:30am) Shmot) Torah text twice and another time in Chatzot 11:39½•11:44am translation. Baal HaTurim extends this (halachic noon) 6762 letters • 16th (Emor is 23rd) (2nd in acronym to the next two words. His whole Mincha Gedola 12:10•12:14pm Shmot) statement is: "One who learns the sedra (earliest Mincha) Its p'sukim are above average in length 2+1, singing it pleasantly, shall merit Plag Mincha 3:39•3:44½pm (number of words and letters) Emor was put in long life." Sunset 4:46•4:53pm (based on sea level: 4:41•4:47pm) for comparison • look at the differences in rank The final letters of the opening words (sofei teivot) 17 Tevet yahrzeit MITZVOT rearrange to spell the word of the Dubiner T'HILIM. When the People of Israel are Magid • R' Yaakov b. Zeev Krantz zt"l None of the Torah's 613 mitzvot are in Sh'mot in trouble (a play•on•words on Egypt • 5565 (1805) 18 Tevet • 167th yahrzeit MITZRAYIM • MEITZARIM), they shall of the Bnei Yisaschar use T'hilim to help them focus their 20 Tevet • 803rd yahrzeit Aliya•by•Aliya of the RAMBAM p.0 prayers to G•d, thereby meriting Sedra Summary redemption. Orthodox Union OU ISRAEL Our first exile was OU Kashrut • NCSY • Jewish Action Seymour J. Abrams • Orthodox Union • Jerusalem World Center [P> X:Y (Z)] and [S> X:Y (Z)] indicate associated with the number NJCD / Yachad / Our Way • Kharkov OU Israel Center programs • Makom BaLev • Lev Yehudi start of a parsha p’tucha or s’tuma Synagogue Support Services • IPA OU Pearl & Harold M. Jacobs ZULA Center • Machon Maayan respectively. X:Y is Perek:Pasuk of the 70, the number associated OURadio.org • Young Leadership NESTO • Beit Kharkov • OU Israel Communities Project Areivim • OU West Coast beginning of the parsha; (Z) is withthe the members of Yaakov's family who OU Kashrut in Israel... number of p'sukim in the parsha. Stephen Savitsky, President, Orthodox Union went down to Egypt. The exile following Harvey Blitz, Chairman of the Board, Orthodox Union Yitzchak Fund, President, OU Israel the destruction of the first Beit Rabbi Emanuel Quint, Senior Vice President Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Exec. Vice President, OU HaMikdash lasted 70 years. The Eliezer Edelman, Exec. Dir. Operations and Management Prof. Meni Koslowsky, Vice President Kohen • First Aliya • Rabbi Dovid Cohen, Vaad member termination of the final exile will be Headquarters: 11 Broadway, New York, NY 10004 Stuart Hershkowitz, Vaad member 212•563•4000 • website: www.ou.org 17 p'sukim • 1:1•17 associated with our dominance over, or Moshe Kempinski, Vaad member recognition and respect by the "70 Sandy Kestenbaum, Vaad member [P> 1:1 (7)] Produced, printed*, collated, and folded in•house Zvi Sand, Vaad member Sh'mot begins with the nations" of the world.