10 Iyar 5774 /
9-10 May 2014
Parashat Behar
Torah: Leviticus
25:1 – 26:2
Haftarah:
Jeremiah 32:6-27
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YOUR BROTHER’S
KEEPER
"And if
your brother becomes poor and his strength fails him, you shall support him,
whether he is a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with
you." Leviticus 25:35
The great
Kabbalist of Tz'fat, Rabbi Moshe Alshikh, notes that earlier verses were in the
second person plural. Here, however, where the Torah refers to help for
the poor, it switches to the singular. He says that, when a person needs
help, everyone tries to shift responsibility to someone else, claiming that
some other person is more closely related or has more means to help, or ... You
get the idea.
R. Alshikh says
the singular verb teaches that each of us, individually, is responsible for
helping the poor. One cannot absolve oneself of this responsibility simply
by referring the poor person to someone else.
This Saturday,
May 10 is "Stamp Out Hunger" day, an annual program of the National
Association of Letter Carriers and the US Postal Service. Beneficiaries of
the program are food pantries and shelters throughout the United States
Shabbat shalom.
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Studio City
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Friday: Family Shabbat Evening Service –
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Sunday: NO Religious School
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