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The Shul - Chabad Lubavitch - An institution of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem M. Schneerson (May his merit shield us) Over Thirty five Years of Serving the Communities of Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek and Surfside 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside, Fl 33154 Tel: 305.868.1411 Fax: 305.861.2426 www.TheShul.org Email: [email protected] www.theshulpreschool.org www.cyscollege.org THE SHUL WEEKLY MAGAZINE EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK

NACHAS AT A GLANCE CONTENTS Weekly Message: 3 SIYUM AT THE SHUL EVERY NIGHT OF THE 9 DAYS Thoughts on the Parsha - Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Celebrating Shabbos: 4 - 5 Schedules, classes, articles & more... Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience Community Happenings: 6 -7 Sharing with your Shul Family A Time to Pray: 8 Check out all the davening schedules and locations throughout the week Daily Study: 9 A complete guide to all classes and courses ofered at The Shul Inspiration, Insights & Ideas: 10 - 21 Bringing Torah lessons to LIFE

French Connection 22 Reflexions sur la Paracha Latin Link 23 Reflexion Semanal THE SHUL CONSTRUCTION MOVES INTO OUR EXISTING SOCIAL HALL. In a Woman’s World 24 Issues of relevance to the Jewish woman

Networking 25 Efective Advertising

Numbers To Know 26 Contacts at The Shul Get The Picture 27 - 28 The full scoop on all the great events around town

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“Morality is integral to the ecology of hope because it locates social change at a level at which we can make a diference through the acts we do, the principles by which we live, and the relationships we create.

The Dignity of Diference p. 81” THOUGHTS ON THE PARSHA FROM RABBI SHOLOM LIPSKAR SHABBOS PARSHAS DEVARIM

his Torah portion what awaits him when he learns to care for it in an Devarim which appropriate manner. commences the Tfifth Book of the Torah, So too, with our Father in Heaven, our King, who gave also called Devarim us the first and second Temples, which we treated (Deuteronomy) is callously, bringing about their destruction. Now always read during the Hashem shows us (Chazon) the vision of the Third “9 days” of mourning – Temple and tells us that very soon, with our proper on the Sabbath before caring and behavior, we will merit to receive it with “Tisha B’Av” – the the coming of Moshiach. day commemorating the most tragic This vision refers to all aspects of G-d’s benevolence, calamities that befell the Jewish people, including deep concern and constant providence over us. As the destruction of our two Holy Temples and our we experience the difficult conditions of a rudderless dispersion into exile. world with an uncertain future and unbearable present, we must know that Hashem will alleviate This Sabbath is also known as “Shabbos Chazon” – our suffering and grant a sense of peace and the Sabbath of Vision” named after the first words tranquility. Even as Isaiah recounts the obvious of the first chapter of Isaiah “Chazon” and is the destruction and desolation that is the subject of his Haftorah always read during this special Sabbath. apparent vision – Rabbi Levi Yitzchok enables us to dialectically glean the ultimate blessings that we can The great lover, beseecher and defender of Israel, extract from that same vision. Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Bartichen would interpret this vision with the following parable: So too as the darkness descended upon our World, it is only a temporary blackout preparing for the moment A king who loved his child prince very much made when the true light is kindled as evil is completely a beautiful, bejeweled, precious suit for him. The eradicated and only goodness and peacefulness will child, taking his gift for granted and not heeding his prevail. Father’s instructions to properly care for the suit, soiled and tore it. Remorsefully he approached his Let us accelerate that vision by kindling the light of a Father, the King who, out of his great love made him Mitzvah – good act – to evoke Hashem’s assurance a second even more beautiful suit. The prince in to bring the ultimate light to our entire world. his self-gratifying selfishness discards his Father’s orders and again tears and stains the suit. May Hashem transform these days of sadness and mourning to those of celebration and jubilation. All of his crying and pleading will not move the father to give him a third suit saying that he must first show Have a good Shabbos and a great week. that he can be trusted to properly care for it.

Still, in expressing his essential, unlimited love for the prince, the King makes a third suit but does not give it to him. He only shows his son the suit to know Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar 3 CELEBRATING SHABBOS EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR AN “OVER THE TOP” SHABBOS EXPERIENCE

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PARSHA IN PICTURES

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4 MESSAGE FROM RABBI MASSRI ALL THINGS arshat Devarim is always read on the Shabbat right before Tisha B’Av. The Biur Halacha explains that this is purposefully done in order that Moshe Rabbeinu’s SEPHARDIC Padmonition to the Jews coincide with the Tisha B’Av period. (SEE PAGE 8 FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER) One may ask why it is necessary for the specific admonition in Parshat Devarim to be read in conjunction with the mourning period which precedes Tisha B’Av. After all, the rebuke of Parshat Va’etchanan, which is read on Tisha B’Av SHABBAT SCHEDULE itself, appears immediately after this week’s reading. Why FRIDAY NIGHT JULY 24 was the rebuke of Va’etchanan, or some other admonition, not designated for the period leading up to Tisha B’Av? MINCHA/ARVIT AT THE SHUL: 7:00 PM EARLIEST CANDLE LIGHTNING: 6:46 PM The overall structure of this week’s parshah delineates the circumstances in which Bnei Israel find themselves at REGULAR CANDLE LIGHTING: 7:53 PM the end of the Midbar experience. The old generation had SHKIAH (SUNSET): 8:10 PM basically died out as a result of the sin of the Meraglim. If not for that event, the Jews would have already been in TZET HAKOCHAVIM: 8:52 PM Eretz Israel for 38 years, with the previous generation still in control. Due to the sin, entry to the land was delayed, the SHABBAT, JULY 25 old generation was mostly extinct (the Levi’im and women survived), and the entirety of Jewish destiny was redefined. SHACHARIT AT THE SHUL: 9:00 AM Moshe therefore addresses the present generation from NETZ HACHAMA: 6:43 AM this perspective, devoting most of the parshah to the sin of the Meraglim, so as to provide a context to the people. He ZMAN KERIAT SHEMA: 9:27 AM lets them know where the Jews were headed prior to the sin, and he explains the total shift of course and eternal CLASS BY RABBI MASSRI: 7:30 PM ramifications which the sin precipitated, thus placing the new generation at the point of entry to the land 38 years MINCHA/ARVIT AT THE SHUL: 7:50 PM after conquest should have already occurred. SHKIAH (SUNSET): 8:10 PM The masses cried in vain as a result of the Spies‘ false TZET HAKOCHAVIM: 8:48 PM report on the night of Tisha B’Av, and on Tisha B’Av the RABENU TAM: 9:22 PM punishment for the sin was decreed. Jewish destiny was forever changed on the Ninth of Av in those days. This is precisely why we read Moshe’s rebuke of Parshat Devarim on the Shabbos before Tisha B’Av. We are again told that EEDA SCHEDULE the present situation in which we find ourselves – a Jewish destiny of galut and suffering – was caused by grievous transgressions long ago, just like the generation of Devarim SHACHARIT was advised by Moshe that its parents’ actions irrevocably KORBANOT: 7:45 AM HODU: 8:00 AM altered its destiny. We are instructed that the thousands of years of suffering must be traced back to Tisha B’Av, for MINCHA/ARVIT: 8:00 PM that horrific day marked the beginning of a chain of exile and punishment which formed the spine of our history CLASSES WITH RABBI MASSRI AT THE SHUL and endures to this very day. We did not live through the churban of Yerushalayim, but its impact defines our CHOK L'YISRAEL: EVERY DAY AFTER SHACHARIT existence, just as the impact of the sin of the Spies defined the state of being of the generation of Devarim. HALACHOT SHABBAT: EVERY DAY AT 7:45 PM Shabbat Shalom and stay safe!!! PIRKEI AVOT IN SPANISH: WEDNESDAY AT 7:00 PM PARASHAT HASHAVUA: THURSDAY AT 7:00 PM Rabbi Yair Massri 5 COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS SHARING WITH YOUR SHUL FAMILY

BIRTHDAYS YAHRTZEITS 4 Menachem Av Ms. Elisheva Kraindel Adouth 4 Menachem Av Azriel Yitzchok obm 4 Menachem Av Ms. Joshuana Azout Father of Mr. Ezzy Wasserman 4 Menachem Av Ms. Aliza Ben-Arie 5 Menachem Av Dovid ben Moshe obm Father of Mrs. Suzan Garson 4 Menachem Av Ms. Camille Esther Kofer 6 Menachem Av Meir obm 4 Menachem Av Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar Father of Mrs. Dalit Shmuel 4 Menachem Av Ms. Amber Ziefer 6 Menachem Av Abraham ben Boruch obm 5 Menachem Av Mr. Daniel Simkin Grandfather of Mr. Richard Moore 6 Menachem Av Ms. Rivka Berdugo 6 Menachem Av Chaike bas Moishe Shmuel obm Mother of Mrs. Mildred Nyman 6 Menachem Av Mr. Jerold Blumstein 6 Menachem Av Yosel ben Yidel obm 6 Menachem Av Mr. Jordan Feldman Father of Mrs. Ofelia Hersman 6 Menachem Av Mr. Aaron Himes 6 Menachem Av Chaim Avrohom obm 6 Menachem Av Mrs. Shelley Rindner Father of Mr. Monroe Milstein 6 Menachem Av Mr. Matthew Salzberg 7 Menachem Av Berechyahu obm 6 Menachem Av Mrs. Edith Sheero de Segal Father of Mr. Jordan Wachtel 7 Menachem Av Gershon ben Zvi HaCohen obm 7 Menachem Av Ms. Yael Attias Father of Mrs. Sarah Libke Caplin 7 Menachem Av Mr. Max Dekelbaum 8 Menachem Av Sarah bas Henya obm 7 Menachem Av Mr. Bram Gluck Mother of Mr. Mark Schnapp 7 Menachem Av Mr. Mindle Greenberg 8 Menachem Av Leah bas Yaakov obm 7 Menachem Av Mr. Joshua Jafe Sister of Mr. Guido Fraiman 9 Menachem Av Zvi ben Mordechai obm 7 Menachem Av Ms. Rinat Tzubeli Father of Mrs. Violeta Chocron 8 Menachem Av Mr. Aaron Elbogen 9 Menachem Av Yitzchak obm 8 Menachem Av Mr. Jacob Hershman Father of Mr. Sheldon Lisbon 8 Menachem Av Mrs. Laurel Mondshine 9 Menachem Av Tzeril obm 8 Menachem Av Ms. Yehudis Rivkin Grandmother of Mrs. Renee Felice Moore 8 Menachem Av Mrs. Baily Schneider 9 Menachem Av Mr. Roma Cohen ANNIVERSARIES 9 Menachem Av Mr. Ron Gottesman Mr. & Mrs. Jose and Shoshana Biton 9 Menachem Av Mr. Ethan Levine Dr. & Mrs. Reuven and Dina Rochel Freedman 9 Menachem Av Mrs. Arielle Rosenberg 10 Menachem Av Mrs. Sarah Libke Caplin 10 Menachem Av Mrs. Evy Eichler REFUAH SHLEIMAH 10 Menachem Av Mrs. Carene Ohayon If you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to keep the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered. MEN WOMEN KID’S BIRTHDAYS Yehonatan HaLevi ben Malka Esther Yocheved bas Raizel Eliezer ben Sarah Bracha 5 Menachem Av Abigail Colodner Aharon ben Beylah Shima Leah bas Gittel 6 Menachem Av Nessya Rachel Rosenberg Meyer Eliezer ben Sarah Sarah Libke bas Baile 7 Menachem Av Nava Tehilla Saidof Menachem Mendel ben Sara Chana Bayla bas Masha 8 Menachem Av Abraham Goldfarb Yehoshua ben Tamara Rina Chaya Miriam bas Leah 8 Menachem Av Aryeh Shimon Izak Isaac Gilbert ben Nelly Esther Bracha 9 Menachem Av Chloe Gut Bentzion ben Nomi Rachel Genya Baila bas Gisela Margalite Sonia Simcha bat Sultana 9 Menachem Av Maryasha Estie Rubinstein Eber Avraham ben Fruma Tzipora Pnina bas Slava Esther Feige bas Krandel Shlomo Yaakov ben Chaya Chaya Miriam Yehudit bat Sarah Rochel Chava Chaim Zelig Ben Eidel Clara bat Corina Ari ben Na’ama Rivka bat Shoshana Tzvi Yitzchak ben Chaya Miriam bat Risha Raizel Chaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel

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AV LIGHT & POWER THANKS TO OUR DONORS We sincerely thank the following members and supporters of The Shul Light & Power and Wine for Kiddush & Havdalah for donations received between 07/14/20 and 07/20/20 for the month of Av is Kindly Sponsored by We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made. Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar Mr. & Mrs. Steve Azoulay Mr. & Mrs. Shmuel Levy In honor of her husband, Mr. & Mrs. Doron Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matz Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar’s birthday on 4 Av Mr. & Mrs. Nadav Ben-Chetrit Ms. Sabina Osman Evelyn Katz Mr. & Mrs. Laiby Best Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo Peretz In honor of her husband, Mr. & Mrs. Michael Blisko Mr. & Mrs. Mark Schlachet Dr. Shmuel Katz’s birthday on 15 Av Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Brenner Mr. & Mrs. David Schottenstein Mr. & Mrs. Betzalel Camissar Mr. & Mrs. Jorge Schvetz Evy Eichler Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Dalfin Mr. & Ms. Ytamar Segall In honor of her husband, Henry Eichler and Rabbi & Mrs. Shlomie Diamont Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Shapiro beautiful children Mr. Ashley Diener Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Dovid Duchman Mr. & Mrs. Bentzy Shemtov “Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to pray, Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Baroukh Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Slomianski those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those Mr. Shimon Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Eric Stein who occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, Dr. & Mrs. Horacio Groisman Mr. & Mrs. Alex Tauber blessed be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal Mr. & Mrs. Jacky Koenig Mr. & Mrs. Baruch Waldman their entire body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all Dr. & Mrs. Richard Koffler Mrs. Sybil Weinstein their endeavors, together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.” Mr. & Mrs. Leo Kryss Mr. & Mrs. David Wolf Mr. & Mrs. Mendi Labkowski Mr. & Mrs. Adam Ziefer

To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense HALACHIC TIMES Forces, courageously protecting and defending BASED ON TIMES FOR JULY 29 Eretz Yisroel. We pray for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily. Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:25 am Menachem Mendel ben Chaya Leah Earliest Talit & Tefllin 6:00 am Daniella Malka bat Natanya Netz Hachamah / Sunrise 6:45 am Menachem Mendel ben Aurit (Earliest Amidah) Eden Chana bat Karine Cecile Latest Shema 10:04 am Benyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut Zman Tfllah 11:11 am Chatzot / Midday 1:26 pm Earliest Mincha 2:01 pm Plag HaMincha 6:48 pm Shekiah / Sunset 8:08 pm (Preferable latest time for Mincha) Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 8:34 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.

7 Rabbi & Rebbetzin ב“ה Sholom and Chani Lipskar

Board of Trustees Sidney Feltenstein - Chairman Simon Falic Matias Garfunkel Isaac Gilinski Jaime Gilinski Max Gilinski Saul Gilinski Sam Greenberg Abel Holtz Mike Izak Alberto Kamhazi Shmuel Katz M.D. Leo Kryss Lazer Milstein The ShulRegulations is gradually for reopening Opening for Members only for Shacharis and Mincha Services, Michael Perez Ryan Shapiro Claudio Stivelman with limited seating and strict distancing guidelines. Morris Tabacinic —–—— President You should not come to Shul but pray comfortably at home if you have any of the Steven Dunn following conditions. Vice Presidents We look forward to seeing you in Shul but will require you to follow the Social Distancing Jacob Givner a. Even slightly unwell (fever, coughing, shortness of breath, sore throat or David Wolf guidelines and sniffling)to fill out the online form. The form must be submitted to be allowed Vice President - Oversight Mitchell Feldman b. You have been exposed to someone who is a possible COVID-19 carrier entrance to The Shul. Vice President Development within the past 14 days Associate Rabbi Shul Oversight c. You are experiencing a loss of taste or smell (potential symptoms of Covid- Rabbi Zalman Lipskar 19) Treasurer A mask must be worn at all times and you should bring your own Tallis and Siddur to Eric Stein d. Anyone who has traveled in the past 14 days Financial Treasurer Joel Baum CPA e. You have any underlying health issues that put you at greater risk i.e. heart Shul, to limit cross-contamination. You can find complete guidelines and the registration Secretary disease, diabetes, immune-compromised, respiratory issues, obesity and so Dovid Duchman form on The Shul website www.TheShul.org Associate Secretary on). Velvel Freedman f. Adults over 65 – this group has shown the greatest susceptibility to the virus, ———— please consult your physician to make sure that he feels that it’s prudent and Board of Directors Our Shul is an example for other institutions all around South Florida, who observe Carolyn Baumel advisable for you to attend. Your health and safety are paramount. Max Benoliel Betzalel Camissar the way we are reopening and use our guidelines and protocols. We need to lead by Barry Cohen While in Shul, masks MUST be worn at all times. No exceptions. As supplies are limited Boruch Duchman Henry Eichler exampleplease and bring comply your withown masks,all the if rulespossible. and regulations. We are serious about keeping Anita Givner Sam Greenwald our members safe and anyone who does not respect our protocols will not be allowed Sharon Hakmon Please disinfect your hands with the provided hand sanitizers before entering the Shul. Albert Lichy Alexander Matz on the premises. Ezzi Rappaport Elliot Rimon There will be bathroom attendants to open the doors and allow one person in at a time. Yaacov Saidof Seth Salver Alex Tauber These Inguidelines order to be areable into adhereplace toto theensure Social our Distancing safety. parameters, Please respect we will the need positions to put ———— severely limit the number of congregants in any room. Cantor forth by our medical and Rabbinic guides. If these guidelines are not adhered to, the Chazan Yaakov Motzen Associate Cantor Rabbi Betzalel Camissar One should bringShul their may own Tallisnot have and Siddurthe ability to Shul, to toremain limit cross open. contamination. ————

Director of Operations While in Shul we will need to maintain a 10 foot distance from anyone not part of your Shlomi Katan ______Thequarantined safety of ourfamily. community We will arrange depends the seatson you, to ensure so please that this adhere is complied to all with.conditions When

Special Projects the regular Shul is filled to capacity, an auxiliary minyan will be added in the Social Hall. Devorah Leah Andrusier and directives. ————

The Meyer Youth Center Reading of the Torah and all other functions will follow halachic guidelines, as instructed Rabbi Shaykee Farkash ———— by the Gaboyim.

The Shul Child Enrichment CenterWe thank you all for your continued cooperation and look forward to a successful Chana Lipskar ______Children under Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah are not permitted in the Shul at this time. (We reopening and returning to our regular schedule as soon as we can. Rohr Community Kolel are trying to be creative in arranging for a special service just for children and will be in & Kolel Levi Yitzchok Academy for the Elderly contact if this can be realized). Rabbi Dov Schochet ————

Chaim Yakov Shlomo No kiddushim will be held. College of Jewish Studies Smicha Program THE SHUL Rabbi Dov Schochet No food or drink of any kind is allowed to be brought into the Shul Dr. Nathan Katz ————

Adult Education & Jewish Latin American Connection (JLAC) Rabbi Shea Rubinstein ————

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9 DAILY WISDOM Inspiring insights on the Torah Shabbos, 4 Av Sunday, 5 Av The Art of Self-Sacrifice [Moses told the tribes of Reuben and Gad,] “You True Individuality must cross over armed before your brothers.” Deuteronomy 3:18 [Moses told the Jewish people that in contrast to the rebels among them, who had died out,] “all of you who are alive The conquest of the Land of Israel corresponds to today are [lovingly] attached to G-d.” Deuteronomy 4:4 our inner conquest of the animalistic side of our personalities in order to ensure that we lead our lives One might think that the more we are devoted to G-d, the more in a G-dly way. The power within us that leads us into our personal individuality disappears. The Torah teaches us here this battle – i.e., our inner tribes of Reuben and Gad – that the opposite is true: Our true individuality depends directly is our ability to risk our lives for our principles. upon the depth of our attachment to G-d. What we normally Normally, it is enough for us to recall that we would mistake for our personality is really our secondary, animalistic be willing to lay down our lives for our principles, and side. Since we share the same animal drives with the rest of that, in essence, any threat to our Divine mission is a humanity, the personality born of these drives is, at best, a direct assault on our principles. Resisting our animal variation on the common theme by which everyone lives. Thus, drives then becomes a much simpler matter. the apparent individuality of this aspect of our personality is in However, when we are confronted with a general fact an illusion. challenge to our Jewish lifestyle, we need to summon not only the recollection of our willingness to sacrifice In contrast, since G-d is infinite, the avenues through which His everything for our principles, but the willingness Divinity can manifest itself through us are also infinite; thus, it is itself. This is our ability to assert our Jewishness no only our Divine personality that makes us truly unique. It follows matter how strong the powers of persuasion, ridicule, that the more we allow the animalistic side of our personalities or compulsion that opposing forces throw at us. Our inner tribes of Reuben and Gad need to leap forth as a to dissolve as we draw closer to G-d, the more we allow our separate “battalion” and wipe out the enemy’s threat unique, Divine personalities to shine forth. in one fell swoop. By utilizing this inner strength, we can hasten the true Tuesday, 7 Av and final Redemption, both of the Jewish people and of all humanity. The Torah is our Life [Cities of refuge were established so an unintentional murderer] might flee to one of these cities in order that he Monday, 6 Av might live. Deuteronomy 4:42 Overcoming the Limits of Creation [Moses told the Jewish people that at Mount Someone who committed murder unintentionally had to Sinai,] “You were shown in order to know that remain in his city of refuge. He was not allowed to leave, for G-d is the only deity. There is nothing other than by doing so, he would expose himself to the vengeance of Him.” Deuteronomy 4:35 his victim’s relative, who was legally allowed to kill him. The unintentional murderer was not allowed outside his city of By revealing His essence, which is beyond Creation, refuge even to save someone else’s life. G-d enabled us to transcend the limits of nature, as well. In order to overcome life’s challenges and tests, Similarly, the Torah is our “city of refuge.” Inside the Torah and we need only remind ourselves that “there is nothing the lifestyle that G-d prescribes for us, we are spiritually alive; other than Him,” i.e., that nothing can constitute a real if we venture outside the confines of the Torah’s lifestyle, we obstacle to fulfilling G-d’s intentions, since everything, expose ourselves to the risk of spiritual death. in the final analysis, is part of G-d’s essence. Evoking this awareness elevates our Divine consciousness to This is true even if it seems that we can save someone’s life the level of truly perceiving G-d’s essence everywhere. by making some compromise in the Torah’s directives. The This, in turn, serves to hasten the Messianic Torah is synonymous with life, so only through loyalty to its Redemption, when “the glory of G-d will be revealed principles can we both maintain our own spiritual vitality and and all flesh will see it together.” preserve or enhance the spiritual vitality of others.

10 Wednesday, 8 Av Repeating the Ten Commandments [Moses told the Jewish people, “When He gave you the Torah,] G-d spoke with you at the mountain face to face.” Deuteronomy 5:4

The first account of the Ten Commandments – in the Book of Exodus – is the “real time” description of how this event occurred. The second account of the Ten Commandments is Moses’ description of it, as part of his historical review of the Jewish people’s Exodus from Egypt and their trek through the desert.

Reliving the first account of the Giving of the Torah allows us to experience G-d’s presence in the Torah as we are studying it. This experience prevents us from forgetting that the study of the Torah is a spiritual encounter between G-d and us and not merely an intellectual pursuit. Hearing the second account of the Ten Commandments, couched as part of Moses’ address to the people, enables us to employ our own, human intellect in the study of the Torah, in order to internalize it and absorb its message fully. In this way, the goal of making this world into a home for G-d is achieved.

Thursday, 9 Av Friday, 10 Av

Eternal Revelation How to Love G-d [Moses told the Jewish people], [Moses told the Jewish people that if they contemplate G-d’s presence “G-d spoke these words . . . with in their lives,] “You will love G-d with all your heart.” Deuteronomy 6:5 a great voice, not pausing [at all].” Deuteronomy 5:19 If someone loves G-d, he does not need to be told to do so; if he does not love G-d, telling him to will not change his mind. Therefore, both the medieval sage One meaning of the expression Rabbi Moses Maimonides and the founder of Chasidism, Rabbi Yisrael Ba’al “not pausing” is that the voice of Shem Tov, explain this verse to be both a commandment and a promise. We G-d at Mount Sinai continued – are commanded to contemplate the unity of G-d, which is described in the and continues – to be revealed in preceding verse – ”Hear, O Israel, G-d is our G-d, G-d is one.” If we meditate on the prophecies and teachings of the meaning of this verse deeply enough, we are assured that will we indeed the prophets and sages of each thereby come to love G-d. generation. The fact that these prophecies and teachings were not explicitly articulated when the Torah was first given is simply because the world and the Jewish people did not yet require them. They were nonetheless implicit in the original revelation of the Torah.

11 PARSHA MESSAGES PARSHAS DEVARIM THE TEACHER AS HERO By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

magine the following scenario. You are Over and above what Moses the young, hot-headed Alexander 119 years and 11 months old. The end said in the last month of his life, Hamilton: “Dying is easy, young man; of your life is in sight. Your hopes have though, is what Moses did. He living is harder.” In Deuteronomy, Ireceived devastating blows. You have changed careers. He shifted his Moses keeps telling the Israelites, been told by G-d that you will not enter relationship with the people. No in effect: Slavery is easy; freedom is the land to which you have been leading longer Moses the liberator, the harder. your people for forty years. You have lawgiver, the worker of miracles, the been repeatedly criticized by the people intermediary between the Israelites Throughout Deuteronomy, Moses you have led. Your sister and brother, and G-d, he became the figure reaches a new level of authority and with whom you shared the burdens of known to Jewish memory: Moshe wisdom. For the first time we hear him leadership, have predeceased you. And Rabbeinu, “Moses, our teacher.” speak extensively in his own voice, you know that neither of your children, That is how Deuteronomy begins rather than merely as the transmitter Gershom and Eliezer, will succeed you. – “Moses began to expound this of G-d’s words to him. His grasp of Your life seems to be coming to a tragic Law”– using a verb, be’er, that we vision and detail is faultless. He wants end, your destination unreached, your have not encountered in this sense the people to understand that the aspirations unfulfilled. What do you do? in the Torah and which appears only laws G-d has commanded them are one more time towards the end of for their good, not just G-d’s. We can imagine a range of responses. You the book: “And you shall write very could sink into sadness, reflecting on the clearly [ba’er hetev] all the words of All ancient peoples had G-ds. All might-have-beens had the past taken this law on these stones.” He wanted ancient peoples had laws. But their a different direction. You could continue to explain, expound, make clear. He laws were not from a G-d; they were to plead with G-d to change His mind wanted the people to understand from the king, pharaoh, or ruler – as and let you cross the Jordan. You could that Judaism is not a religion of in the famous law code of Hammurabi. retreat into memories of the good times: mysteries intelligible only to the The G-ds of the ancient world were when the people sang a song at the Red few. It is – as he would say in his seen as a source of power, not Sea, when they gave their assent to the very last speech – an “inheritance of justice. Laws were man-made rules covenant at Sinai, when they built the the [entire] congregation of Jacob.” for the maintenance of social order. Tabernacle. These would be the normal The Israelites were different. Their human reactions. Moses did none of these Moses became, in the last month laws were not made by their kings – things – and what he did instead helped of his life, the master educator. In monarchy in ancient Israel was unique change the course of Jewish history. these addresses, he does more in endowing the king with no legislative than tell the people what the law powers. Their laws came directly from For a month Moses convened the people is. He explains to them why the law G-d Himself, creator of the universe on the far side of the Jordan and addressed is. There is nothing arbitrary about and liberator of His people. Hence them. Those addresses form the it. The law is as it is because of Moses’ ringing declaration: “Observe substance of the book of Deuteronomy. the people’s experience of slavery [these laws] carefully, for this will show They are extraordinarily wide-ranging, and persecution in Egypt, which your wisdom and understanding to the covering a history of the past, a set of was their tutorial in why we need nations, who will hear about all these prophecies and warnings about the freedom and law-governed liberty. decrees and say, ‘Surely this great future, laws, narratives, a song, and a set Time and again he says: You shall do nation is a wise and understanding of blessings. Together they constitute the this because you were once slaves people.’” most comprehensive, profound vision of in Egypt. They must remember and what it is to be a holy people, dedicated never forget – two verbs that appear At this defining moment of his life, to G-d, constructing a society that would repeatedly in the book – where they Moses understood that, though stand as a role model for humanity in how came from and what it felt like to be he would not be physically with to combine freedom and order, justice exiled, persecuted, and powerless. the people when they entered the and compassion, individual dignity and In Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Promised Land, he could still be with collective responsibility. Hamilton, George Washington tells them intellectually and emotionally if 12 he gave them the teachings to take year to hear the Torah being read, to with them into the future. Moses remind them of their covenant with became the pioneer of perhaps the G-d,8 and, “Write down for yourselves SHABBOS single greatest contribution of Judaism this song and teach it to the people of to the concept of leadership: the idea Israel,”9 understood as the command of the teacher as hero. that each person must write for CHAZON himself a scroll of the law. Heroes are people who demonstrate THE ACT OF courage in the field of battle. What In Deuteronomy, a new word enters Moses knew was that the most the biblical vocabulary: the verb l-m-d, KNOWING important battles are not military. meaning to learn or teach. The verb By Yanki Tauber They are spiritual, moral, cultural. A does not appear even once in Genesis, military victory shifts the pieces on Exodus, Leviticus, or Numbers. In an I know something without the chessboard of history. A spiritual Deuteronomy it appears seventeen knowing that I know it? And if I'm victory changes lives. A military victory times. not aware that I know it, what Cdifference does it make if I know it or is almost always short-lived. Either the enemy attacks again or a new and There was nothing like this concern not? more dangerous opponent appears. for universal education elsewhere in But spiritual victories can – if their the ancient world. Jews became the Freud is often credited with having discovered the subconscious. But the lesson is not forgotten – last forever. people whose heroes were teachers, idea that there are things we know even Even quite ordinary people, Yiftah, for whose citadels were schools, and if we don't know that we know them, example (Book of Judges, Chapters whose passion was study and the life and feelings we feel even if we don't 11–12), or Samson (Chapters 13– of the mind. feel that we feel them — and that these 16), can be military heroes. But subconscious realms of knowledge and those who teach people to see, feel, Moses’ end-of-life transformation feeling exert a profound influence upon and act differently, who enlarge the is one of the most inspiring in all of our lives — predates the good Viennese moral horizons of humankind, are religious history. In that one act, he doctor by many centuries. rare indeed. Of these, Moses was the liberated his career from tragedy. greatest. He became a leader not for his time In the Book of Daniel, the great Judaic only but for all time. His body did not prince recounts a prophetic vision: "And Not only does he become the teacher accompany his people as they entered I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, but the people with me did not see it; yet a great in Deuteronomy. In words engraved on the land, but his teachings did. His sons terror befell them, and they fled into Jewish hearts ever since, he tells the did not succeed him, but his disciples hiding" (Daniel 10:7). "But if they did entire people that they must become a did. He may have felt that he had not not see the vision," ponders the Talmud, nation of educators: changed his people in his lifetime, but "why were they afraid?" "Because," in the full perspective of history, he the Talmud responds, "although they Make known to your children and your changed them more than any leader themselves did not see, their mazal children’s children, how you once stood has ever changed any people, turning saw." before the L-rd your G-d at Horeb. them into the people of the book and the nation who built not ziggurats or What is this "mazal" of ours that sees In the future, when your child asks pyramids but schools and houses of things we don't? The Chassidic masters you, “What is the meaning of the study. explain that only a small part — a testimonies, decrees, and laws that mere "ray" and "reflection" — of the soul enclothes itself within the body the L-rd our G-d has commanded The poet Shelley famously said, “Poets to become the consciously sensing you?” tell them, “We were slaves to are the unacknowledged legislators of and acting self. The soul itself remains Pharaoh in Egypt, but the L-rd brought the world.”10 In truth, though, it is not "above." Yet a constant flow of vitality us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.…” poets but teachers who shape society, and illumination trickles down from the handing on the legacy of the past to supernal soul to the bodily soul (the Teach [these words] to your children, those who build the future. That insight Hebrew word mazal means "the source speaking of them when you sit at sustained Judaism for longer than any of the trickle"), imbuing it with the home and when you travel on the way, other civilisation, and it began with transcendental qualities of faith, instinct when you lie down and when you rise. Moses in the last month of his life. and supra-rational knowledge.

Indeed, the last two commands Moses The existence of such subconscious ever gave the Israelites were explicitly — or rather, supra-conscious — knowledge is referred to extensively educational in nature: to gather the throughout the Torah. It even has legal entire people together in the seventh repercussions in Torah law. A prominent 13 So why do we often show a distorted, Like in a bad dream where everything unreal self to the world? There are, of is wrong even as deep down we know course, many factors that conspire it's just an illusion. No matter how ugly to obscure the core goodness of our and terrifying a dream is, no matter souls. But perhaps the main cause of how distorted its perception of reality, it is that we're all simply conforming it is never "unrealistic" to expect it to to the way we're perceived by be replaced by a sane, beautiful world. others, which is itself a mirror of way On the contrary: it is the dream that is that we perceive them. So we end up unreal, and the most realistic thing is to all walking around seeing distorted, expect its distorted perspective to be unreal perceptions of each other, replaced, by a single act of waking, with and protecting ourselves from all an undistorted vision of the real world. those frightening monsters stalking our world with a monster suit of our This Shabbat is designated on the own. Jewish calendar as Shabbat Chazon, the "Shabbat of Vision." Because it is the Imagine if suddenly everyone else Shabbat before the Ninth of Av — the saw you as you really are, as you see day on which we mourn the destruction yourself. And you looked at everyone of the two Holy Temples — we read else and saw them as they see a special section from the prophets themselves. Our world would be a (Isaiah 1:1-27) that describes the very different place, wouldn't it? causes of the destruction and the ways to rectify them. The reading begins with This explains one of the most basic the words Chazon Yeshayahu, "The example is a clause in the laws of divorce: — but also one of the most amazing vision of Isaiah..."; hence the name, for a writ of divorce (get) to be valid, it must — principles of the Jewish faith. Shabbat Chazon. be granted willingly. However, if Torah law One of the thirteen "foundations" of dictates that a divorce should be granted, Judaism is the belief in the coming The great Chassidic master Rabbi the beth-din (court of law) has the right of Moshiach, and that the Jew Levi Yitzchak of Barditchev revealed to coerce the husband to give the get; in "anticipates his coming, every day." a deeper significance to the name the words of the Talmud, "he is beaten To believe that there will come a day "Shabbat of Vision": on this day, said until he says, 'I am willing.'" Maimonides when "there will be no hunger or war, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, each and every explains: "In truth, [every Jew] he wishes no jealousy or rivalry. Good will be one of us is granted a vision of the to be of Israel, and wishes to observe all plentiful, and all delicacies available Third Temple, which will descend from of the commandments and to avoid all of as dust. And the entire occupation of heaven at the time of the Redemption. the transgressions of the Torah. It is only the world will be only to know G-d" is that his evil inclination has overpowered quite amazing. Even more amazing is The Lubavitcher Rebbe would often him. So if he is beaten so that his evil to realistically expect this to happen quote this teaching of Rabbi Levi inclination is weakened, and he says: 'I am every day — including today, July 23, Yitzchak, and ask: what is the point willing,' he has willingly divorced... he is not 2005, when the world we see out of being granted this vision of the considered 'coerced' — on the contrary, it the window seems significantly far messianic redemption, if we cannot is his evil character which has forced him, from this ideal. actually see it? against his true will, in the first place." But if we think about it, it's not really We can see it, the Rebbe would say. Picture the following scenario: You do that amazing. It boils down to this: The messianic redemption is our own something nasty to a friend or a loved If you believe in your own essential true selves come to light, the reality one. Later you apologize: "I'm so sorry. I goodness, it stands to reason that of creation as it truly is. And to see it honestly don't know what came over me. the guy across the street believes requires only one simple action — an You know me — this isn't like me at all! I in his own essential goodness, too, action which we take as a matter of just wasn't myself yesterday..." Your friend doesn't it? And if the thing that's course every day, three hundred and nods sympathetically, as if what you said preventing you from being your sixty-five days a year. makes perfect sense. own true self is the fact that the guy across the street doesn't see the To see reality, we only need to open our What does it mean that "you" were not real you, it stands to reason that the eyes. "yourself"? It means what we all know to same is true of him, doesn't it? be true, because we all know this about ourselves: that there is a real self, and an In other words, what's wrong unreal self. The unreal self may act cruelly, with our world is not a matter or stupidly, or both; the real self would of substance, but a matter of never do anything to hurt a friend or loved perception: the fact that we're not one, or anyone else for that matter. seeing things the way they truly are. 14 SUBLIMINAL ADVERTISING garment in his own closet. By Elisha Greenbaum Once in a while, in an attempt to encourage his son to reform, the father shows his beloved the suit waiting for him, and begs n the 1950s, when the Western world was paranoid about him to demonstrate the necessary maturity to deserve the gift. the threat posed by Soviet expansionism, and politicians of all other shades were warning about the reds hiding under our The child in the story is analogous to the Jewish nation, while Ibeds, there was much fear-mongering about the dangers posed the father represents G-d. We once had a beautiful Temple in by subliminal advertising. Jerusalem, the envy of all our neighbors. Unfortunately, due to our sins, this First Temple was destroyed and, after a short The theory was that the Commies would subvert television period of exile, another Temple was built on the original site. executives into allowing them to broadcast coded messages, flashing onto our screens too quickly for conscious perception to When our behavior caused us to lose the Second Temple, G-d integrate, which would register on the viewers at a subconscious, decided not to immediately replace the Temple, but to rebuild it decision-making level. in heaven, in readiness for our redemption. I’m not sure about the science behind the theory, nor whether As a preparation for Tisha B’Av, the anniversary of both Temples’ advertisers are currently exploiting the hypothesis to sell stuff destruction, we are shown a vision of the third Temple, in the to the masses, but a similar concept will be operating on Jews all hope that the prize dangled before us will inspire us to return over the world this Shabbat. to G-d. Next week is Tisha B’Av, a 25-hour fast in commemoration of I must confess that not once have I, in my conscious experience, all the tragedies that have befallen our nation over our long and been worthy to perceive this vision. Every year, the Shabbat torturous history. before Tisha B’Av, I remember this parable and wonder: what is the use of a vision from G-d if I don’t see it? I’m positive The Shabbat before Tisha B’Av is referred to as Shabbat Chazon, there is nothing wrong with the source of the transmission, but “Shabbat of the Vision.” It is so named after the first words of evidently I’m not tuned to the right spiritual frequency. this week’s haftorah (reading from the prophets), which begins, “Chazon Yeshayahu . . .”—“The vision of the prophet Isaiah . . .” I don’t know if the communists or Madison Avenue ever perfected the art of subliminal suggestion, but I am sure that Another justification for the week being referred to as the G-d has the requisite skills to pull it off. The fact that I don’t “Shabbat of the Vision” is that on this special day we are all merit to knowingly recognize and be inspired by this annual granted a vision of the promised third Temple. vision is my loss. Nonetheless, the vision emanates from G-d, and somehow, subtly, subconsciously, even I pick up on the An often-repeated parable has a favored child being presented promise of redemption that awaits, and on a subconscious level with a gorgeous suit by his proud father. The spoiled child ruins respond to the suggestion to change. it, whereupon his forgiving father gives him another suit, this one even more splendid than the first. We are all familiar with the occasional spirit of discontent that appears out of nowhere and prods us to change. The next time When the kid rips this second suit, his father finally recognizes it strikes, don’t just roll over to the other side and wait for it his son’s lack of maturity and decides not to repeat the mistake. to go away, but rather recognize it for what it is—a subliminal He commissions a third suit, but this time holds back from suggestion from G-d—and resolve to wake up to yourself and presenting his son with the prize, preferring to safeguard the live up to your responsibilities. JEALOUS ANGELS

Tzvi Freeman

The angels envy you as you wrestle with the darkness.

They have light, but you, in that struggle, come face to face with the very core of life.

Grapple darkness, squeeze out its light, and you touch G-d Himself.

15 4 POWERFUL INSIGHTS FROM THE REBBE ON PARSHAS DEVARIM

The Uniqueness of Devarim The book of Devarim is a 37-day-long speech by Moses, beginning on the first of Shevat and ending on the seventh of Adar—the day of Moses’ passing. In his speech, Moses recaps the major events and laws that are recorded in the Torah’s other four books. Moses wrote all five books. But, as our sages explain, in the first four books Moses transcribed everything as he received it from G-d, while in Devarim he says it “in his own words.”

In Torah there are two dimensions: a dimension in which both the content and the “packaging” are bestowed from Above, and a dimension in which the divine wisdom and will is packaged in “our own words.” And then we have the book of Devarim, in which the two converge: a human being, Moses, attains a level of identification with the divine wisdom and will on which “his own words” are completely The Paradox of Descent in harmony with their divine content—so much in harmony that they are no less G-d’s words than those which G-d There is a saying of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, dictated in the first four books. that this Shabbat, Shabbat Chazon (when we read as the Haftarah, the famous Vision (Chazon) of Isaiah), is a day G-d granted the human mind and mouth a mandate not only when we are presented with a vision of the future Third to shape His world, but also to participate in the formulation Temple. of the Torah—the laws, the blueprint, the “source code” This leads us to understand the connection between the of creation. The first to receive this mandate was Moses, “vision” of the Haftorah, and the Sidra of Devarim, which who fulfilled it so perfectly that his “contribution” became are always read together on the Shabbat before the 9th one of the five books that form the crux of Torah. Moses’ of Av. achievement contains the empowering seeds for all subsequent human partners to the articulation of divine Devarim begins Moses’ recapitulation of the Torah. The wisdom. book of Devarim differs from the other four books in being addressed to the generation who were about to enter the Holy Land. They needed counsel and caveat in a way that the previous generations did not.

But they were, nonetheless, to reach something unattained by their fathers. Only by the descent into material concerns, the translation of G-d’s will into practical action, could the fulfillment be reached of “the rest and the inheritance.”

Devarim, tells of the paradox that through descent comes true uplifting: The highest achievements of the spirit are won in earthly and not heavenly realms. This is also the message of the “vision”—even though this Haftarah is read in the “Nine Days” of mourning for the loss of the Temples, nonetheless through the resultant exile will come the true redemption, the vision which we glimpse (in the words of the Berditchever) in the very moment of our loss

16 The Power of the Ordinary

In the beginning of Devarim (Verse 5) Moses “began to expound the Torah with thorough explanation.” Rashi explains that “with thorough explanation” means that Moses translated the Torah into 70 languages.

Of what value was that translation? In that era, all the Jews understood Lashon HaKodesh, the Hebrew in which the Torah was written. What purpose was achieved by translating the text?

Among the explanations given is that by doing so, Moses elevated the secular tongues in which he spoke. Our Sages say: “Everything which G-d created in His world, He created solely for His glory.” No entity, be it a language, a precious metal, or an invention has a separate, independent identity. It Ultimate Self Sacrifice was created by G-d from absolute nothingness for a purpose: to reveal His glory. Otherwise, it would The conclusion of this week’s Torah portion describes how not exist. the tribes of Reuven and Gad went “ahead” of the Jewish people in battle: a) they forged ahead of the other Jews as a The above motif applies not only with regard to separate and distinct entity; b) they also placed themselves other languages, but to the entire sphere of our at the head of the Jewish army. involvement in material activities. Why do we spend our lives eating, drinking, and earning money? To By going forth ahead of their Jewish brethren, the warriors show how these activities and the material entities of Reuven and Gad placed themselves at much greater risk that they involve exist for G-d’s sake. In doing so, than the rest of the nation — evidence of mesiras nefesh, we change the nature of the world and enable total self-sacrifice. the purpose for which G-d brought it into being to resonate within it. The following two aspects of mesiras nefesh reflect the two ways they did battle.

The first is Mesirus nefesh that is enclothed within intellect, emotion, speech etc., so that one’s performance of Torah and mitzvos is fueled by it. The main aspect of an individual’s spiritual service remains the day-to-day study of Torah and performance of mitzvos; mesiras nefesh is invoked merely as a means to enhance this service, and not as an end in itself. At the outset they placed themselves at the head of the Jewish army, referring to this mesiras nefesh that served as the “head” and conductor of the intellect and emotions, etc.

Thereafter they attained a higher degree of mesiras nefesh, wherein the two tribes would forge ahead on their own as a separate entity. This corresponds to mesiras nefesh that is an end unto itself: be it in a situation that requires actual self-sacrifice, or one that requires mesiras nefesh in potentia.

17 THE NINE DAYS 12 FACTS EVERY JEW SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE 9 DAYS By Menachem Posner freshly laundered” garments. the Temple complex. And then on the afternoon before 9 Av, we begin many of 1. They Are the First Nine Days of 6. We Do Not Eat Meat or Drink the practices of the fast day itself, such Av Wine as desisting from most Torah study. Known as “the Nine Days,” the first nine We do not eat meat (including poultry) or days of Av are a time of heightened drink wine during this period, aside from 10. Shabbat Is Different mourning. At this time, the Jewish Shabbat. If possible, even the havdalah The Shabbat before the Ninth of Av nation mourns the calamities that befell wine or grape juice should be given to is called Shabbat Chazon (“Shabbat our people during the destruction of a child—younger than bar/bat mitzvah of Vision”) after the opening words of the two Holy Temples, which happened age—to drink. the day’s reading from the prophets nearly 500 years apart at the same time (haftarah), the third of a series known as of year. The exceptions to this rule are meat The Three of Rebuke. On this Shabbat, and wine enjoyed as part of a meal say the Chassidic masters, each 2. They Are Part of the Three Weeks that celebrates a mitzvah, such as individual is granted a vision of the Third This period of mourning begins, in a circumcision, bar mitzvah, or the Temple. smaller measure, nearly two weeks completion of a tractate of the Talmud. earlier on the fast of the 17th of On this day, many of the mourning Tammuz—the day the walls of 7. We Make Siyums practices are suspended, and we may Jerusalem were breached by the Some people make it a point to celebrate drink wine and eat meat. In some Roman invaders. Known as “the Three the completion of a tractate of Talmud, communities, people do not dress up Weeks” or bein hametzarim (“between known as a siyum, which creates a for Shabbat as usual, and the prayers the straits”), we observe this period “loophole” for eating meat. However, are sung to sad tunes. The Chassidic by avoiding haircuts, purchasing new there are many who follow the practice custom, however, is to desist from all clothing, holding or attending weddings, of the students of the Baal Shem public displays of mourning. In fact, the and enjoying music. Tov, and are particular to participate Rebbe encouraged us to celebrate with in a siyum during the Nine Days, but extra festivity to show that we are not 3. They (Kind of) Culminate on the nevertheless refrain from eating meat mourning at this time. 9th of Av afterward. The last of the nine days is the fast of 11. We Learn More About the Beit 9 Av, known in Hebrew as Tisha B’Av— Read: Why Make a Siyum During the Hamikdash Nine Days? the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, Rather than just sitting with sadness when both Holy Temples were burned. 8. The Ari Passed Away During This for our history of loss and destruction, But some of the mourning practices Time this is a time to focus on internal growth (more on those below) continue all the Rabbi Isaac Luria Ashkenazi, known and intense preparation for the joy that way until midday of Av 10. as Ari HaKadosh (“The Holy Lion”) will yet come. The Midrash tells us that G-d instructed the prophet Ezekiel: 4. We Avoid Dangerous Activities passed away on Av 5, 1572 CE. It was he who proclaimed, “In these times, “The study of the Torah’s [design of During the entire three-week period, the Holy Temple] can be equated to its many are careful to avoid any activities we are allowed and duty-bound to reveal this wisdom,” opening the door construction. Go tell them to study the that may be dangerous, with even more form of the Temple. As a reward for their caution during these final nine days. This to the integration of the teachings of Kabbalah—until then the province of study and their occupation with it, I will includes walking alone in a secluded consider it as if they actually built it.” place, participating in dangerous sports, a select few in each generation—into mainstream Judaism. His special day is a Through this study, a person fulfills his and even scheduling surgery that can be obligation to build the Temple. delayed until a different time. bright spot in an otherwise bleak period.

9. The Sadness Increases With Time 12. G-d Comforts Us Doubly 5. We Don’t Bathe or Do Laundry The Shabbat after the Nine Days is For the duration of this period we do not There are various stages within the Nine Days, and the sadness increases as we known as Shabbat Nachamu, the bathe for pleasure or launder clothing Shabbat of comfort, since that week’s (except for a baby’s)—even clothes get closer to the destruction. Thus the week of 9 Av is more stringent than the haftarah begins with the words that will not be worn during the Nine nachamu, nachamu ami (“Comfort, you Days—or wear freshly laundered outer days before it. The Sephardic custom, for example, is to observe the stringencies shall comfort My nation”). This is the layers. Those who wish to change their first of the series of readings known as clothes daily should prepare a number regarding bathing only in the week of Tisha B’Av. The Seven of Consolation read in the of garments and briefly don each of seven weeks between the Ninth of Av them before the onset of the Nine Days. Things further intensify on the 7th of and Rosh Hashanah. It is then permitted to wear these “non- Av, the day the destroyers entered 18 STORIES WITH SOUL

he town was buzzing with the great news of the impending visit of the tzadik. Reb TYossele, the son of Reb Mordechai of Neshchitz, couldn’t rest from the moment he heard that the tzadik Reb Yaakov Yitzchak, the famous “Seer” or “Chozeh” of Lublin would be passing through his town. He had heard many awesome reports about this holy man and he burned with the desire to meet him and glean some insight from him.

So intent was he to host the great depressed frame of mind, feeling Reb Yossele was astonished. What tzadik that he commissioned a local spiritually unworthy of the task could these cries mean? He quickly carpenter to build a bed especially ahead. Despite his unwillingness, he went to the tzadik’s room and not for the Chozeh. He undertook this worked well and completed his task knowing what else to do, offered extraordinary preparation because successfully and in good time. him the use of his own bed, hoping it he had heard it said that when the would prove more comfortable. The “Seer” travelled and had to sleep in When the bed was finished, Reb Chozeh gladly accepted Reb Yossele’s a strange bed, he would sometimes Yossele placed it in a specially offer, and all was quiet. Reb Yossele, be heard to cry out, “It’s prickly! prepared room. He covered the bed however, suffered a sleepless night It’s prickly!” Wanting to avoid any with fresh, new bedclothes, and put wondering if the tzadik’s rest would possible discomfort for the tzadik, next to it a small table, a lamp and a be disturbed by some spiritual he decided to provide a brand-new chair. Satisfied that his preparations unworthiness in his house. When bed for him, and thus eliminate any would ensure the comfort of the morning came the Chozeh awoke possible problem. Chozeh, he then closed and locked the refreshed and happy. He remarked to door to guarantee that the bed would Reb Yossele, “Thank you so much, I Reb Yossele was very exacting in be untouched by anyone except the had an excellent rest. Your hospitality his instructions to the carpenter. tzadik himself. has revived me!” First of all, he was careful to choose a workman who was known to A few days later, when the Chozeh Reb Yossele was gratified by the be a G-d-fearing man; second, he arrived in the town, Reb Yossele tzadik’s words, but still, he couldn’t instructed the carpenter to immerse went out to meet him. His joy was understand the Chozeh’s initial himself in the mikva before beginning complete when the tzadik accepted reaction to the new bed, and he his work, and to very carefully guard the invitation to be his guest. Reb questioned him about it. himself from impure thoughts while Yossele happily escorted his honored he was working. guest into the newly appointed room. “Don’t worry about it at all. The bed is He proudly showed the Chozeh the perfect and kosher in every respect,” For his part, the carpenter was not bed, explaining that a G-d-fearing the tzadik assured him. “The reason I anxious to accept this complicated carpenter constructed it especially couldn’t sleep in it was because it had assignment. He was particularly for the tzadik’s use. Tired from his a certain smell of sadness about it unwilling since the work would have long journey, the tzadik lay down to since it was built during the Nine Days to commence during the first week of rest. preceding Tisha B’Av. The carpenter, the month of Av, the intense mourning being a pious man, was mourning the period for the Holy Temple. However, After only a few moments had destruction of the Holy Temple while since his rebbe had made the request passed Reb Yossele heard the Chozeh he was building it, and the spiritual of him, he couldn’t bring himself to exclaiming, “Prickly, help, it’s prickly!” residue of his grief adhered to the refuse. He undertook the job in a bed.” 19 TISHA B’AV THE PALACE & THE PIGEONS By Tzvi Freeman

nce there was a king whose and sick for their home. As long as all these sparks are held palace had been ransacked by hostage in things and places that don’t wild hordes. For the wood and Until the most adventurous of the know the real meaning of what they Ostone of the palace he had no tears, pigeons traveled far abroad and found hold inside, the world is not fulfilled. but for the crown jewels, passed down other palaces, and in those palaces they That is how the Ari describes Torah and for many generations—for these there found hidden the king’s most precious Jews: they are the way those sparks was no consolation. jewels, and gathered them and polished become reconnected to their source. them and kept them in their wings. And The king gathered his wise men, but at night they cried, for they knew this There is one other thing I would like none could give counsel. The jewels was not their home. to say about this story; the rest I will had been scattered by those barbarian leave to you. In our history, the pattern hordes throughout the land and And now has come the time for them to of destruction and exile has repeated throughout many other lands, the most all return. itself many times. We began in exile, in precious of them taken across the seas the land of Egypt. Then there was the to the farthest reaches of the globe. But I can’t explain to you everything meant destruction of the first Holy Temple and the king had a daughter very dear to by this story. If I could, what would I exile to Babylonia, and then the second him, and in her wisdom she saw what need a story for? I would just explain it destruction and a very lengthy exile, needed to be done. to you without the story. But I can tell which we still endure. There is no other you some of the teachings that form its nation that has been spread so far apart, So the king and his daughter trained basis. yet retained identity as a single whole, many pigeons to return to the palace, always with hope to return. And all of it For one, you need to know what the to recognize the crown jewels and carry was part of His divine plan, to retrieve great Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, them back on their journey. Each day all the sparks of holiness. Which is what known as the Ari Hakadosh (“The they would release the pigeons in the we did, because wherever we go, we use Holy Lion”), taught about our world. pastures about the palace, and some the materials, the foods, the music, the He taught that there is not a thing in would discover the jewels scattered customs of that place in a Torah way. about and return them to their home. this world that does not contain a holy And the king was glad and smiled to his spark. Even the greatest evil, even the But as far as I am concerned, the daughter. harshest darkness that does everything greatest destruction and the greatest it can to oppose its Creator and deny any exile began seventy years ago. Because, Then the king’s daughter sent them purpose or goodness in the world, even until then, if a Jewish person was looking further away, and again they returned, that contains a divine spark. And it needs for a teacher and a guide to find his or carrying a few more of the jewels her that spark, because without it, it would her path to G-d, or just looking for some father had lost. As far away as they not be able to exist for even a moment. spirituality in life, there were tzaddikim were sent, they hastily returned. Why, then, is it evil? Because the spark just around the corner, and everyone it contains is so dim, so concealed, that knew that was so. But when the But the most valuable jewels, those in its only way of expression is to be the communities of Europe were suddenly the most distant lands and most hidden opposite of what it truly is. and brutally destroyed, along with all places, those jewels had not yet been but a handful of the great tzaddikim, So you might think that if that spark is recovered. The pigeons did not venture that is when the greatest darkness so dim, it couldn’t be a very important far enough to find them—they were too began. That is when this bizarre detour spark. Maybe G-d could do without it. eager to return home. began, that if a Jewish soul wants to But the Maggid of Mezeritch taught find meaning, she goes to drink from The king’s daughter knew what must be just the opposite, that it is the highest the wells of others. True, she will never done, but she could not tell her father, sparks that fall furthest from their be satisfied from those wells, since they for it was too hard, too dangerous, too source. So in places that are warm and are not her own. But a soul that lived for awful. But he looked in her eyes and he friendly to holiness, there are going to 3,300 years basking in spirituality simply knew. And so he destroyed his palace be some warm and friendly sparks. But cannot bear the dry, parched land. once again, razing it to the ground, if you want the most powerful sparks, removing its every trace. When the the sparks that talk about the real And, unfathomable as it may be, that pigeons attempted to return, they found essence of G-d, then you need to deal had purpose as well. nothing, no more than an empty pasture with the places that are furthest from with scattered stones and smoldering their source. But now has come the time for us to all wood. They were hungry for their food return home. 20 RECENTLY IN THE NEWS WHEN LIVES COLLIDED ON A SUMMER ROAD TRIP

summer road trip of a group of bochurim led to lives colliding – Awith positive results. Bochurim Motty Smith and Yussi Fischer are spending the summer traveling with two other bochurim, and recently spent a few days camping in New Hampshire.

The group had planned on staying in New Hampshire for a few more days, but they had a problem booking a spot at the campsite they were hoping to visit, so last Thursday, they found themselves driving south through Connecticut.

While traveling through some area in Connecticut, they got into a minor collision with a passing vehicle, when the driver attempted to turn left ahead of their car right before a big intersection. And so, when the police arrive, they are After a few seconds, during which greeted by a friendly scene of a group both drivers contacted the police for of Jewish people. Confused, the officers “On Shabbat we live creation. assistance, the fellow in the other ask “where the other party is.” vehicle got out of his car. “He noticed Learning Torah we live Because we are one party – our distinct Jewish look,” one of the revelation. Performing acts bochurim, Yussi Fischer, told COLlive. “Mishpoche” as Reb Yossel put it… of hessed, covenantal love, “He excitedly exclaimed, ‘Ah… “It’s amazing how we were meant to Mishpoche (family)!’” meet this person,” Fischer told COLlive. we live redemption. We “Not only were we down south days Immediately, after confirming that earlier than expected, at the last minute do not philosophize about we decided to max out the car’s gas nobody was hurt, Motty Smith, another these things, we enact them. one of the bochurim, jumped out of the (to under 10 miles) so we can get to car. the nearby gas station to get gas for a Jewish faith is not primarily cheaper price, which is where we had “If we are Mishpoche, then let’s lay been right before the accident. about creeds or theologies; it Tefilin! Have you had a chance today?” Motty asked. “Just as in the famous story, when a is not faith thought, but faith Tzadik observes a little leaf torn from lived.”Faith in the Future “No, it’s been years!” replied the fellow, its tree to be flown to a tiny worm who who says his name is Reb Yossel. desperately needed some shade, we are no less than the leaf, being blown, Radical Then, Radical Now And before you can say, “slow down, guided and directed by Hashem so a someone’s merging left!” Yossel’s fellow Yid can do a desperately wanted p. 165 sleeve is up and promptly wrapped in Mitzvah,” he said. Tefillin, followed by his head.

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23 FRENCH CONNECTION REFLEXIONS SUR LA PARACHA Vivre avec la paracha La véritable traduction par Tali Loewenthal

ans notre société moderne où les nationalités s’entremêlent, les traductions constituent une partie Dimportante de la vie. Idéalement, elles permettent à des peuples différents, ayant des façons de penser totalement différentes, de communiquer. Mais les traductions sont-elles toujours exactes ?

Le Paracha de Devarim (Deutéronome 1,1–3,22), qui inaugure le cinquième et dernier livre de la Torah, nous présente Moïse donnant une série de discours devant les Enfants d’Israël pour leur expliquer ce que la Torah signifiera dans leur vie quand ils entreront dans le Pays d’Israël. Les sages nous disent qu’il ne s’est pas contenté de leur parler en hébreu ; il a également traduit la afin que chacun écrive une version traduction de la Sainteté allait être Torah dans les soixante-dix langues indépendante. Miraculeusement, leurs le Sanctuaire, ou le Temple. Selon des soixante-dix nations originales du traductions furent identiques, y compris Na’hmanide, le Veau d’or était en fait monde. dans des passages délicats pouvant destiné à remplacer Moïse. Le rôle de facilement être mal interprétés. Moïse était de connecter le peuple juif à Cela ouvrait la possibilité de futures D.ieu. Une fausse traduction de ce rôle traductions de la Torah, comme à Néanmoins, les sages juifs ultérieurs fut le Veau d’or : une idole, qui ne fit que notre époque, qui communiqueraient ont déclaré que le jour de la traduction séparer le peuple de D.ieu. la pensée de la Torah à des types de la Torah en grec « fut aussi dur pour de personnes très disparates : des le peuple juif que le jour de la fabrication Cependant, la traduction de la Torah en hommes et des femmes de styles de vie du Veau d’or, car la Torah ne peut pas grec eut finalement un effet positif : elle différents, avec des questionnements véritablement être traduite ». Quel est communiqua l’Unicité de D.ieu à toutes différents. La Torah a des réponses pour le sens de cette comparaison avec le les nations. En outre, la traduction par tous ces gens-là, mais ces réponses jour où le Veau d’or fut fait ? Moïse de la Torah dans les soixante-dix doivent être traduites de telle sorte langues fut la clé de la communication qu’ils puissent les comprendre. (Rappelons au passage que ce fut le de la Torah à notre époque, auprès des culte du Veau d’Or qui amena Moïse Juifs du monde entier. Il s’agit cependant d’un processus à briser les Tables de la Loi le 17 délicat, voire dangereux. La traduction Tamouz, ce que nous avons récemment L’effet ultime de cette diffusion de la erronée d’une seule phrase pourrait commémoré par un jeûne. Ce jour Torah sera la transformation du triste conduire une personne dans la marque le début des Trois Semaines jour du 9 Av en une fête joyeuse avec la mauvaise direction, ce qui pourrait qui culminent avec le jeûne du Neuf Av reconstruction du Temple à Jérusalem. avoir de graves conséquences. Nos commémorant la destruction des deux Ceci, enfin, sera la véritable traduction Sages ont considéré avec inquiétude Temples.) du chagrin en joie. un événement qui survint à l’époque du Second Temple, lorsque la Torah fut Les sages s’inquiétaient d’une fausse traduite en grec. Le roi grec d’Égypte, traduction de la Torah. En un sens, fasciné par le concept de la Torah, c’est exactement ce que fut le Veau ordonna aux sages d’en produire d’or : une fausse traduction de la une traduction. Craignant qu’ils ne spiritualité. Le peuple voulait quelque falsifient quelque chose, il fit travailler chose de spirituel qui serait ici avec lui, 72 sages dans des cabines séparées dans notre bas monde. Une véritable 24 LATIN LINK REFLEXION SEMANAL Parasha de la Semana Palabras Midrashim, los comentarios y los códigos, continentes. Pero el hombre mira la creación El libro que Moshe escribió con sus el Zohar y la Kabala, y “todo lo que un digno de Di-s y la ve como algo todavía inacabado, propias palabras. estudiante expondría ante su maestro”- sin definición. Así que hablamos y hablamos -todo lo que se ha producido en treinta y y hablamos, categorizando, cuantificando y Por Yanki Tauber tres siglos de estudio de Torá, interpretando calificando el mundo de Di-s, en un esfuerzo

la Torá de acuerdo con la tradición del para darle significando y propósito. enemos dos dimensiones en la Torá: Sinai. En la Torá Oral que se genera en las una dimensión en que el contenido y “el mentes y gargantas menos humildes que Por supuesto que hay diferencias. Di-s envoltorio” se dan desde Arriba, y una la de Moshé, el contenido es Divino, pero es infinito y omnipotente; nosotros Tdimensión en que la sabiduría y la voluntad somos finitos y falibles. Di-s habló la las palabras y las letras son humanas — Divina están envueltas en “nuestras propias propias del hombre. luz en existencia; a nosotros nos han palabras”. concedido el poder para hablar esa luz En otras palabras, tenemos dos en una luminiscencia más brillante, más Devarim quiere decir “Palabras”, y es el dimensiones en la Torá: una dimensión enfocada—pero preferimos hablarla nombre de la parashá de esta semana -la en que el contenido y “el envoltorio” se hacia la oscuridad. Podemos verbalizar los primera que se lee en el Libro de Devarim, dan desde Arriba, y una dimensión en que continentes como países y provincias de el quinto libro de la Torá. Por supuesto, la sabiduría y la voluntad Divina están una comunidad mundial productiva—o toda la Torá —como nos fue comunicada envueltas en “nuestras propias palabras”. podemos hablar de animosidad y disputa. a nosotros, seres terrenales—consiste en Y luego tenemos el Libro de Devarim en palabras; pero en el Libro de Devarim, la que las dos convergen: un ser humano, Pero ese es el “socio en la creación” que naturaleza de estas palabras es de capital Moshé, logra un nivel de identificación con Di-s deseó: un compañero que así como importancia. la sabiduría y voluntad Divina, en que sus destruye, también crea. Un socio libre, independiente cuyas elecciones son El Libro de Devarim es un discurso de Moshé “propias palabras” están completamente en totalmente propias—y por consiguiente de 37 días, comenzando el 1 de Shvat y armonía con su contenido Divino—tanto en totalmente su responsabilidad y totalmente termina el 7 de Adar—el día que Moshé armonía, que son no menos que las palabras su éxito. Porque Di-s quiso verdaderos falleció —en el año 2488 de la Creación que Di-s dictó en los primeros cuatro libros. socios en Su esfuerzo, no un manojo de (1273 de la Era Común). En su discurso, De hecho, es del Libro de Devarim que fluye empleados y mensajero (ya tenía suficientes Moshé vuelve a narrar los eventos y leyes toda la Torá Oral. La absoluta identificación de ésos cuando creó al hombre—se llaman más importantes que se encuentran en los de Moshé con la sabiduría Divina lleva a “ángeles”). otros cuatro libros de la Torá. Así, el Libro nuestras propias almas -cada una de ellas de Devarim también se llama Mishné Torá, con “una chispa del alma de Moshé”, a Pasando al próximo nivel “la Repetición de la Torá” (de ahí su nombre hacer lo mismo (aunque en un nivel menor): Pero Di-s hizo más aun. No sólo sometió anglo-latino, Deuteronomio, o “Segunda crear de “nuestras propias palabras” los Su creación a sonidos humanos, también Ley”). receptáculos para la sabiduría Divina. puso Su Torá—Sus propios pensamientos Técnicamente, Moshé escribió todos los y deseos—en palabras humanamente El Hombre hablador cinco libros. Pero como explican nuestros reconocibles, y luego Nos invitó al proceso Sabios, en los primeros cuatro libros, Moshé Esto pasa, en cierto nivel, cada vez que de poner en palabras Su Torá. abrimos la boca. transcribió todo como él lo recibió de Di- Porque si somos Sus socios, tenemos que s, mientras que en Devarim él lo dice “en Los antiguos filósofos se refieren al ser estar en toda Su creación. Un verdadero socio sus propias palabras”. La distinción se ve humano como “el hablador” y nadie ha no sólo hace su parte en el funcionamiento claramente por el hecho de que los primeros propuesto una denominación mejor todavía y el desarrollo del negocio—sino que él cuatro libros están escritos en tercera para nuestra “especie parlante”. Nosotros también participa preparando la misión, el persona (“Y Di-s habló a Moshé”), mientras amamos hablar. Testigos de interminables modus operandi, las reglas y regulaciones. que en Devarim escuchamos a Moshé en conversaciones, charlas que nos sentimos primera persona (“En ese momento, Di-s obligados a “hacer”, cuatrillones de palabras Así que Di-s concedió a la mente y habla me dijo”, etc). liberadas cada día en cada uno de los medios humana no solo un mandato para formar Su mundo, sino que también para participar No obstante, Devarim pertenece a lo que de comunicación. ¿Por qué esta necesidad insaciable de poner todo en palabras, como en la formulación de la Torá—las leyes, el llamamos la Torá Escrita, no sólo significa proyecto, el “código fuente” de creación. que el contenido sino también las palabras si nada existiera de verdad hasta que se y las letras son de origen Divino. Nuestros pueda encajar en un juego de sonidos Así nació Devarim, el Libro de Palabras. Sabios explican que Moshé había renunciado emitidos humanamente? El primero en recibir este mandato fue totalmente su ego a Di-s, de modo que “la Porque, dicen los maestros jasídicos, no hay Moshé que lo cumplió tan bien, que su presencia Divina hablaba de su garganta”-- nada que el ser humano quiera más, que ser “contribución” se volvió uno de los cinco las propias palabras de Moshé también son Di-s. libros claves de la Torá. Y los logros de las propias palabras de Di-s. Moshé contienen las semillas para los Di-s hizo: Él dijo la realidad en existencia. futuros “socios humanos” en pos de la Como tal, el Libro de Devarim actúa como Dijo, “Haya luz” y hubo luz. Dijo, “Que las sabiduría Divina. un puente entre la Torá Escrita y la Torá aguas...se junten en un área y que aparezca Oral. La Torá Oral incluye el Talmud y los la tierra seca”, y se formaron océanos y 25 NUMBERS TO KNOW

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