6 Tishrei 5776 / 18-19
September 2015
Parashat Vayeilekh
Shabbat Shuvah - The Sabbath
of Return
Torah: Deuteronomy 31:1-30
Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27
Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27
Dedications follow below.
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A MOST TERRIBLE SECRET
A MOST TERRIBLE SECRET
“For I will keep My countenance hidden on that day, because of all the evil they have done in turning to other gods.” Deuteronomy 31:18
The first Gerer Rebbe, Rabbi Isaac Meir of Rothenberg, in his principal work “Chiddushei Ha-Rim” (1875), sees in this verse not a threat of punishment, but a promise of redemption! He says that as long as one knows, or even senses, that God’s countenance has been hidden, then there follows a yearning for reconnection with the Divine. This longing shatters every barrier between human and God. Indeed, he says, there is no teshuvah, no greater repentance or returning to God, than this wondrous desire to uncover the secret!
A true tragedy would occur if God’s countenance were so hidden that humans could not even sense that it was hidden, for then they would not search for it. This misfortune for the soul occurs when one pushes the Divine into a hidden realm; when one endeavors to withdraw from any connection; when one rejects the very idea of teshuvah - of turning oneself around. That is a most terrible secret to create and to keep.
“For you will search for Me
and you will find Me; if only you search for Me with all your heart.” Jeremiah
29:13
Have a meaningful fast on
Yom Kippur - Shabbat Shalom and G’mar Chatimah Tovah!
May you cause yourself to be
completely sealed for a good and sweet year!
Rabbi Richard Flom
Congregation Beth Meier
Blogging at: http://rav-rich.blogspot.com
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Candlelighting:
Friday: 6:37 pm
Tuesday: 6:32 pm
Friday: Shabbat Dinner – 6:30 pm (SORRY, DINNER
RESERVATIONS HAVE CLOSED) Shabbat Evening Service – 8:00 pm. Oneg Shabbat
follows.
Saturday: Shabbat Morning Service – 10:00 am.
Kiddush lunch follows.
Sunday: Religious School
Tuesday: NO Lunch and Learn – Resume October 13.
Yom Kippur Service
Schedule (all
services at First Christian Church at Moorpark and Colfax):
Tuesday – Kol Nidrei Evening Service – 6:15
pm
Wednesday – Yom Kippur Morning Service – 8:30
am. Blessing of the Children, Minchah, Neilah, Havdalah, Shofar, Clean-up –
5:15 pm. (Yom Kippur ends at 7:30 pm)
Friday,
September 25: Shabbat
Evening Service – 8:00 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday,
September 26: Shabbat
Morning Service – 10:00 am. Kiddush lunch follows.
Sunday,
September 27: Religious School
Trip to Israel
This d’var torah
is offered in memory of Lenore Rosen, who passed away on Rosh Hashanah – Sunday
night. Condolences to Carol Rosen and Connie Axelson on the loss of their
mother. Her memory is a blessing.
This d’var torah
is offered for a refuah shleimah for Avi Shmuel Yosef Hakohen ben Bella, Lieba
bat Fishel, Miriam Minya bat Alisa Batya, Sarah bat Devorah, Ken Bitticks,
Elsbet Brosky, Jerry Daniels, Maya Fersht (Maya bat Esther), Dr. Samuel Fersht
(Shmuel Natan ben Gittel), Leonard Foint, Annabelle Flom (Chanah Bella bat
Kreina), Gig Flom (Gittel Tobi bat Blanca), Jerry Forman, Pamela Huddleston,
Stephanie Kane, Philip Kovac, Annie Rivera, and Gil Robbins.
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