ב ס " ד P A R S H A T B E C H U K O T A I ChaP IbR KaE I dA V O TN C H .D5 G C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R 6058 Sherbrooke West, NDG QC H4A 1Y1 | 514.507.8800 | www.JewishNDG.com | [email protected] IYAR 26 FRIDAY MAY 31 COMMUNITY NEWS 7:15pm - Kabbalat Shabbat Prayer Service HAPPY BIRTHDAY to John Lenn, Michael Lebhar, Moshe Daniel in Somerled Parc Block, Andre Chitayat, Rena Hundert, Ariel Teboul, Elazar Gabay, Kayla 8:17pm - Light Shabbat Candles Shedlack, Masha Kosher, Jackie Sidel, Assaf Goldberg, Shari Azjenkopf, Bill Shatner & Laetitia Sellam and Liat Ben Dov. This week's Kiddush is sponsored in loving memory of Yosef ben Leib IYAR 27 Schmerer SATURDAY JUNE 1 10:00am - Shacharis 10:30am - Children's Program 1:00pm - Kiddush 5:00pm - Shabbat Party in the Park 9:34pm - Shabbat Ends This Week's Torah Reading | BECHUKOTAI p. 799 | HAFTORAH p. 1370 | 6 SUNDAYS STARTING JUNE 16 BEGINNER HEBREW & INTERMEDIATE HEBREW Upcoming Events... SATURDAY JUNE 8 @ 10:00PM TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT @ THE LOEBENBERGS Beginner Course Sundays 11:00am-12:30pm Learn how to read and write in Hebrew, as well as basic vocabulary. No previous knowledge required. Learn to Speak Hebrew Sundays 12:30pm-2:00pm Delve further into conversational Hebrew. For over 3300 years Jews have been studying and expounding Proficient reading and writing in Hebrew is a prerequisite for the wisdom of Torah. This Shavuot, add your voice to this this course. unbroken narrative. Come present or hear Torah Ideas Worth Sharing. Courses begin January 16, 2019 at Chabad NDG. Have a Jewish Idea worth spreading? $90 for 6 Ninety Minute Lessons Submit your idea [email protected] Early Bird Special: Register by June 2 and Save $15! FREE for Concordia Students (Restrictions Apply, email Don't have any great ideas... come here from others. We are [email protected] for info) thrilled for you to join this groundbreaking event. No prior background needed for your total enjoyment! This Event is Dedicated in Loving Memory of Rivkah Laura bat SUNDAY JULY 14 @ 10AM - 12PM Asher v'Bosmat CHABAD NDG CHARITY SOFTBALL GAME PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE LOEBENBERG HOME If you don't have the address email [email protected] or call 514.507.8800 OPEN HOUSE STYLE-Come and go as you wish. SUNDAY JUNE 9 @ 9:30AM Hit one out of the park for Chabad! at NDG Park. SHAVUOT: TEN COMMANDMENTS & CELEBRATION If you'd like to play, please reach out to us, as we still need a handful of players of all skill levels. This is a friendly game, so you're welcome to join whether you play ball twice a week or have played twice in your life! The entry fee is a minimum $50 donation to Rohr Chabad of NDG Please also indicate your skill level when you reach out to sign up based on a scale of 1 = I play regularly and I'm good to 5 = I There is a special mitzvah on Shavuot to listen to the 10 once saw a baseball game on TV and I'm coordinated enough commandments, to read from the Torah and to relive the to swing a bat. experience at Mount Sinai that happened over 3000 years ago. More info to come! The children are our future, so they play a central role in this reliving. Sunday June 9, 2019 9:30am-2:00pm WeSUNeDAkY lMyOR NCINGlSa @ 9s:30sAMes 9:30am Shavuot Prayers TEFILLIN & TAI CHI 10:00 Special Children’s Program Sunday Morning Prayer and optional Tai Chi. 10:45 Reading of the Ten Commandments with the Children 12:00 Ice Cream Party and Kiddush Lunch WEDNESDAY MORNINGS @ 9:00AM YESHIVA MORNINGS WITH RABBI BERNATH Admission: FREE Sponsorship Available: $180, $360. 9:00am Chassidus 10:00am Talmud BECHUKOTAI FOURTH ALIYAH THIS SECTION DISCUSSES VARIOUS ENDOWMENTS PLEDGED TO THE TEMPLE COFFERS. A PERSON CAN PLEDGE THE WORTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL, IN WHICH CASE THE TORAH PRESCRIBES HOW MUCH THE PERSON MUST PAY — DEPENDING ON THE GENDER FIRST ALIYAH AND AGE OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS BEING "ASSESSED. " AN ANIMAL WHICH IS PLEDGED TO THE TEMPLE MUST BE OFFERED ON THE ALTAR IF IT IS FIT WE ARE PROMISED INCREDIBLE BLESSING IF WE FOR SACRIFICE — OTHERWISE IT MUST BE "REDEEMED" DILIGENTLY STUDY TORAH AND OBSERVE THE MITZVOT. THE FOR ITS VALUE. IF THE OWNER CHOOSES TO REDEEM BLESSINGS INCLUDE PLENTIFUL FOOD — "YOU WILL BE IT, HE MUST ADD ONE FIFTH OF ITS VALUE TO THE THRESHING WHEAT UNTIL THE GRAPE-HARVEST, AND THE REDEMPTION PRICE. THE SAME RULE APPLIES TO A GRAPE-HARVEST WILL KEEP YOU BUSY UNTIL THE SOWING HOUSE WHICH IS PLEDGED TO THE TEMPLE. SEASON! " — TIMELY RAIN, AND SECURITY. FIFTH ALIYAH THIS SECTION DISCUSSES THE ENDOWMENT OF LAND SECOND ALIYAH TO THE TEMPLE. IF IT IS LAND WHICH WAS PART OF THE FAMILY LOT (GIVEN TO HIS ANCESTORS WHEN ISRAEL WAS DIVIDED AMONGST THE TRIBES), MORE BLESSINGS: PEACE IN THE LAND, THE ELIMINATION OF THEN THE REDEMPTION PRICE IS A FIXED AMOUNT, WILD ANIMALS FROM THE LAND, AND INCREDIBLE MILITARY DEPENDING ON ITS HARVEST YIELD. IF THE OWNER SUCCESS — "FIVE OF YOU WILL CHASE AWAY A HUNDRED, AND CHOOSES NOT TO REDEEM IT, IT MAY BE REDEEMED A HUNDRED OF YOU WILL CHASE AWAY TEN THOUSAND! " BY ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL. IN THIS EVENT, OR IF THE LAND REMAINS UN-REDEEMED, THE LAND BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF THE PRIESTS DURING THE NEXT JUBILEE YEAR. THIRD ALIYAH AND EVEN MORE BLESSINGS: AN OVERABUNDANCE OF CROPS AND SIXTH ALIYAH G‑D' S PRESENCE WILL BE REVEALED IN OUR MIDST. THIS SECTION THEN DESCRIBES THE SEVERE, TERRIFYING PUNISHMENTS WHICH WILL BE THE JEWS' LOT IF THEY REJECT G‑D' S MITZVOT. THE LAND WHICH WAS PURCHASED AND THEN PUNISHMENTS INCLUDE DISEASE, FAMINE, ENEMY OCCUPATION OF CONSECRATED BY THE BUYER CAN ALSO BE THE LAND, EXILE, AND DESOLATION OF THE LAND. THE NON- OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATICAL YEAR IS SINGLED OUT AS THE REDEEMED, BUT IT REVERTS TO ITS ORIGINAL REASON FOR THE DESOLATION OF THE LAND. OWNER WHEN THE JUBILEE ARRIVES. ALL THE ALIYAH CONCLUDES WITH G‑D' S PROMISE NEVER TO UTTERLY FIRSTBORN LIVESTOCK ARE SACRIFICED IN THE FORSAKE US EVEN WHEN WE ARE EXILED IN THE LANDS OF OUR TEMPLE, AND THEIR FLESH IS CONSUMED BY THE ENEMIES. PRIESTS. A PERSON ALSO HAS THE OPTION OF DEDICATING AND CONSECRATING ANY OF HIS BELONGINGS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE USE OF THE PRIESTS. SEVENTH ALIYAH THE "SECOND TITHE, " WHICH MUST BE CONSUMED BY ITS OWNERS IN JERUSALEM, IS BRIEFLY MENTIONED — AS WELL AS THE RULES FOR REDEEMING THIS TITHE IF IT IS TOO BURDENSOME TO TRANSPORT TO JERUSALEM. ALSO DISCUSSED IS THE ANIMAL TITHE — EVERY TENTH ANIMAL IS OFFERED AS A SACRIFICE, AND THE MEAT CONSUMED BY ITS OWNERS. WITH THIS WE CONCLUDE THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS. C’est pourquoi, après avoir terminé un chapitre ou Chabad.fr un traité du Talmud, nous disons « Hadrane alakh », « Nous reviendrons vers toi ». De même, lorsque QUESTION & REPONSE nous terminons un livre de la Torah, nous disons « ‘Hazak », autrement dit : « Puissions-nous avoir la force de réviser ce que nous avons appris. » De même, quand une personne fait une mitsva, nous lui POURQUOI DIT-ON “‘HAZAK” APRÈS disons « Yeshar koakh »(« Puisses-tu avoir plus de force »), ce qui signifie : « Tout comme tu as accompli cette mitsva, puisse D.ieu vouloir que tu AVOIR TERMINÉ UN LIVRE DE LA en fasses beaucoup d’autres ! » Selon son orthographe, le mot hébreu sam peut TORAH? signifier « mettre » ou « potion ». Ainsi, Rabbi Yéhochoua ben Lévi a affirmé dans le Talmud : La coutume dans les communautés ashkénazes Quelle est la signification du verset : « Et voici la est qu’à la conclusion de chacun des Cinq Torah que Moïse a mise devant les enfants Livres de Moïse, la congrégation se lève et d’Israël » ? Si quelqu’un est méritant et étudie la Torah avec les bonnes intentions, la Torah devient lance « ’Hazak, ‘hazak, venit’hazek ! »(« Soyons pour lui une potion [sam] de vie. S’il n’est pas forts, soyons forts, et nous serons forts ! »), méritant, la Torah devient pour lui une potion de puis celui qui lit la Torah répète cette phrase. mort.13 Dans la plupart des congrégations séfarades, la Nous disons donc « ‘Hazak », exprimant notre souhait que la Torah apprise devienne un élixir de coutume est de dire « ’Hazak vie. oubaroukh » (« Sois for t et béni ! ») à la fin de chaque aliyah à la Torah. Certains ont coutume de prononcer le trois fois, car il a pour valeur (חזק) mot ‘hazak Tout a commencé avec D.ieu et Yehoshua numérique 115 et 115 x 3 = 345, la valeur numérique Au début du livre de Yehoshua, D.ieu encourage celui- ,qui reçut la Torah.15 Cependant (משה) « de « Moïse ci en lui disant : « Mais tu devras être très fort et résolu la coutume veut que l’on dise : « ’Hazak, ‘hazak, (‘hazak veémats) pour observer fidèlement tous les venit’hazek »(« [Sois] fort, [sois] fort, et nous serons enseignements que Mon serviteur Moïse t’a prescrits... forts »). Le mot ‘hazak à lui seul signifie Que ce livre de la Torah ne quitte pas ta bouche, mais littéralement « fort » et peut faire référence au récite-le jour et nuit afin que tu puisses accomplir passé, tandis que venit’hazek se réfère à l’avenir. fidèlement tout ce qui y est écrit... » Puisque les Ainsi, nous exprimons notre souhait que cette force Écritures utilisent le terme « ce livre de la Torah », le se prolonge dans l’avenir.