Parashat Vayechi
14 Tevet 5776 / 25-26 December 2015
14 Tevet 5776 / 25-26 December 2015
Torah: Genesis 47:28 - 50:26 (Chazak, chazak v'nitchazeik!)
Haftarah: 1 Kings 2:1-12
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Candlelighting: 4:31 pm
Friday, 25 December:
Office Closed – Federal Holiday . NO Shabbat
Evening Service.
Saturday, 26 December: Shabbat morning
service – 10:00 am. Kiddush lunch follows.
Tuesday, 29 December: NO Lunch and Learn
Friday, 1 January: Office Closed – Federal Holiday . NO Shabbat Evening Service.
Saturday, 2 January: Shabbat morning service – 10:00
am. Kiddush lunch follows.
Tuesday, 5 January: Lunch and Learn – 12:00 noon
Next time you come to Beth Meier, please bring some
non-perishable canned and packaged foods and personal items (no glass) for
SOVA.
This d’var torah is offered in honor of my amazing and loving wife
Lynn Kronzek, as we celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary on
Monday, December 28. It seems like only yesterday!
This d'var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Avi
Shmuel Yosef Hakohen ben Bella, 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 (Eliezer Moshe ben Esther), Jerry
Forman, Pamela Huddleston, Stephanie Kane, Elaine Kleiger,
Philip Kovac, Marsha Meyers, and Gil Robbins.
Please let me know if there is anyone you would like to add to
this list or if there is anyone who may be removed from this list.
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DOES YOUR FATHER YET LIVE?
"And when Jacob finished commanding his sons, he gathered up his
feet into his bed; and he expired and was gathered to his people." Genesis
49:33
Rabbi Yitzchak taught in the name of Rabbi Yochanan: "Jacob our
father did not die." In response to the other rabbis' objections,
Rabbi Yitzchak explains that just as Jacob's descendants are living, so
too is Jacob still living (citing Jeremiah 30:10). This is the message of
the song Jewish children learn: "Am Yisrael Chai! Od Avinu
Chai!" - The People of Israel
The question we must ask ourselves is: what are we doing to assure that
this sentiment will always be true? Do we study Torah regularly? Do we
observe Shabbat, keep kosher and perform other mitzvot to the best of our
ability and understanding? Do we serve as good Jewish role models for our
children?
We are the ones who have the power to fulfill (or not) the promise of
God's deliverance of the People of Israel. If we live Judaism, the
ancestral inheritance of the community of Jacob (morashah kehillat Ya'akov), in
a meaningful way, then indeed, Jacob our father still lives. If we do not,
then our descendants will not be the people of Israel
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
Congregation Beth Meier - Studio
City , CA
Blogging at: http://rav-rich.blogspot.com
"From the place where we are absolutely right, flowers will never
grow in the spring."
"מן
המקום שבו אנו צודקים לא יצמחו לעולם פרחים באביב"
Yehuda Amichai
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