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Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation High Holy Days 5777 | Fall 2016 Mara D’Asra: Rabbi Daniel Korobkin President Melech: Tanen Assistant Rabbi: Rabbi Zev Spitz Executive Director: Mordechai Bookbinder Rabbi Emeritus: Rabbi Baruch Taub Youth Director: Richard Winkler BAYT is an inclusive shul community, committed to the principles of Orthodox Judaism, embracing G-d, Torah and Israel while inspiring spiritual growth. Mission Statement AS A WELCOMING HOME TO ALL JEWS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO: • Nurturing future Jewish generations • Being a caring, sharing and ethical community • Perpetuating Halacha as the basis for Jewish living • Facilitating lifelong Jewish learning • Enabling meaningful prayer imbued with joy • Maintaining a strong connection to and support of the State of Israel Through our dedication to these principles we strive to positively influence the lives of individual Jews, to be a magnet for Jewish living and learning, a beacon among Orthodox shuls and a respected voice in and for the Jewish community. 2 | BAYT High Holy Days 5777 Fall 2016 Insights from the Rav R’ Yochanan b. Zakai once asked his students to formulate what they felt the most important character trait was (as recorded in Pirkei Avos ch. 2). His two chief disciples differed; R’ Eliezer b. Hyrkanos felt that a “good eye” was the most important trait, whereas R’ Elazar b. Arach professed that having a “good heart” was most important. R’ Yochanan concluded that a good heart includes all positive traits, including having a good eye. Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter, the Imrei Emes, suggested that while a good heart is the most inclusive important trait, a good eye is the prerequisite to a good heart. A good eye means that when I look out upon the world, I see goodness and potential all around me. Once my view of the rest of humanity is positive, I can start working on my own heart and improve from within. Without a positive view of others, there’s no way that my heart can become purified. But once I’m able to be of generous spirit with others, I can truly begin to have the positive outlook needed to repair my own heart and make it great. Furthermore, these two traits of a good eye and a good heart can be associated with the two High Holidays. Rosh Hashanah is known as the holy day of the righteous Yoseph. The Talmud (TB Rosh Hashanah 10b) identifies it as the day he was freed from prison and rose to greatness. Rosh Hashanah also has a universal component, in that this is the day when we pray for the entire world to recognize Hashem and His monarchy. It is the time to look out upon creation, see the great potential within mankind, and unify everyone and everything through our prayers. Yoseph’s ability to “see” the potential of Egypt, as well as the great potential of his brothers despite the way they treated him, was what made him the righteous man he was. Yom Kippur, by contrast, is a particularistic holy day. It is a day when the Jews specifically are called to repentance and prayer. It represents a repair of our hearts, a return to Hashem and His service. In this sense, Yom Kippur corresponds to Yehuda, Yoseph’s counterpart, and the “heart” of the other brothers. And, whereas Yehuda ultimately emerged as the leader of all the brothers, it was necessary for Yoseph to precede him in order to prepare Klal Yisrael for greatness. Similarly, concluded the Imrei Emes, our task on Rosh Hashanah is to have a good eye and think about all the potential that exists for the coming year, and to try and include all of humanity within our prayers and hopes for the future. Yom Kippur is the time to assess how, in the event that the world is not worthy, we as individual Jews can make a difference by improving ourselves and creating tikkun thereby. As we look out upon 5777 and an uncertain future, let’s try and possess both the good eye of Yoseph and the good heart of Yehuda. For Rosh Hashanah, let’s “see” that we all have so much from Hashem for which to be thankful, and we have so much to which we can look forward. For Yom Kippur, let’s focus on all the work we can do in our personal lives to become better people with better hearts. Karen and I wish you and your entire family a Kesiva V’Chasima Tovah, a sweet and healthy new year. Rabbi Daniel Korobkin 3 | BAYT High Holy Days 5777 Fall 2016 From the President’s Pen With over 800 member families we are one of the largest and most vibrant and engaged Orthodox shuls in North America. An enormous hakarat hatov is owed to our Senior Rabbi, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin for his guidance, vision and leadership and to Karen Korobkin whose warmth, friendship and advice helps so many. Our Assistant Rabbi, Rabbi Zev Spitz, continues to engage the membership and we are all appreciative for what he and Leora Spitz have brought to our shul. Our Rabbinic Assistant, Rabbi Jonathan Ziring enriches our shiurim and minyanim and he and Ora Ziring give to the shul in so many ways. This is a great time to be a BAYT member. We are planning capital improvements to the building. We have multiple daily, Shabbat and chagim minyanim. There are countless shiurim for both men and women. As a kehilla, we are engaged in tikun olam and chessed with the larger community. Our Youth, Adult Education, Sisterhood, Brotherhood and other committees continue to provide increased and innovative programming and events. Our lay leadership from the Executive to Board to committee co-chairs to committee members to our very many other member volunteers create a unique shul experience that is the product of all our efforts. Please share your ideas for improving our shul experience and please get involved. I can be contacted by email at [email protected], on my cell 416-707-2181 and in person. Heather and I along with our children Atara & Danny, Ezra, Adina, and Benjamin wish you a ketivah ve- chatimah tovah, a healthy, happy, and successful year. Melech Tanen From the Assistant Rabbi Yankel owned a business that sold materials. Many people would come to buy from Yankel. He had good prices and dealt very honestly with his customers. One day, a competitor opened a shop just across the road from Yankel. This competitor sold magnificent materials, composed of the most beautiful colors. His prices were very cheap and he sold on credit. Many customers left Yankel and began buying from his competitor. It did not take long, however, for Yankel’s customers to realize that they had been taken for a ride. The merchandise was of poor quality. The colors faded quickly. While the materials looked very nice from the outside, they were of an extremely inferior quality. To make matters worse, the competitor soon insisted that all bills be paid in full. Unfortunately, Yankel’s customers could not sell the inferior merchandise they had purchased. Yankel’s competitor threatened to have them arrested and imprisoned. With no other choice, Yankel’s customers returned to Yankel, from whom they had been buying all those years. They apologized profusely to Yankel and then pleaded with him. “We made a terrible mistake and are sorry for having left you. Please provide us with merchandise to sell so that we can pay back your competitor.” Yankel, who had a generous heart, sold merchandise to all his former customers. And not only did he sell them merchandise; he sold them merchandise on credit. So that they could sell the merchandise and pay his competitor back. And so it was. The customers bought from Yankel, sold the merchandise and then repaid Yankel’s competitor. When they needed more merchandise, they would come back to Yankel. And Yankel would continue to extend them credit. 4 | BAYT High Holy Days 5777 Fall 2016 Continued: Just imagine for a moment. Imagine if after getting back on their feet, not once, not twice, but multiple times, one of Yankel’s customers began buying once again from the competitor. And imagine if that very same customer came back to Yankel each time asking for more goods and more credit. It is very hard to imagine, almost impossible to imagine, that someone would do such a thing. And it is even harder to imagine that Yankel would continue to help such a person. Every year, we come to Hakadosh Baruch Hu and admit that we made a mistake. We admit that we went to His competitor, to the Yetzer Hara, who sold us materials that looked so nice from the outside. And we admit that it did not take us very long to realize that these materials were of inferior quality. We come to Hakadosh Baruch Hu in debt, with no way of paying. And in most years, Hakadosh Baruch Hu, in His infinite kindness, once again sells us on credit, giving us another year of health, life and happiness. As we approach the Yamim Noraim, let us internalize and appreciate all of the credit that Hakadosh Baruch Hu extends to us, year after year after year. And let us commit to use that credit to buy materials that are not only magnificent and beautiful, but also meaningful and everlasting. Leora & I, along with Esther, Yosef and Sarah wish you a kesivah v’chasimah tovah, a year of health, spiritual growth, happiness and peace. Rabbi Zev Spitz From our Executive Director Hi All, We are about to embark on a very exciting journey.
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