Shabbat
Chol Hamoed Pesach
Torah: Exodus 33:12 - 34:26
Torah: Exodus 33:12 - 34:26
Maftir:
Numbers 28:19-25
Haftarah:
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Additional
reading: Song of Songs
Seventh
Day of Pesach (Monday)
Torah:
Exodus 13:17 - 15:26
Maftir:
Numbers 28:19-25
Haftarah:
2 Samuel 22:1-51
Eighth
Day of Pesach (Tuesday)
Torah:
Deuteronomy 15:19 - 16:17
Maftir:
Numbers 28:19-25
Haftarah:
Isaiah 10:32 - 12:6
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THE
SINGINGEST HOLIDAY
On
the seventh day of Pesach, the Torah portion includes the beautiful Shirat Hayam - The Song of the Sea - the
Israelites' paean of thanksgiving to God for the destruction of the pursuing
Egyptian army. When this section is read during the year (Parashat Beshallach), the haftarah is
Judges 4:4 - 5:31. It comprises Deborah and Barak's song, celebrating
their military victory over the forces of the Canaanite general Sisera. In
a similar vein, the haftarah for the seventh day is a song of thanksgiving (a
variant is found at Psalms 18), chanted by David.
Song of the Sea - Miriam and Moses and the Israelites
There
is a lesson in these choices of public readings. In Shirat Hayam, the people as a whole thank God for the miracle of
the sea. Just when they feared they were doomed, they were instead
saved. In Shirat Devorah, which
in many ways resembles Shirat Hayam,
Deborah and Barak thank God for both the collective victory of the people and
their own personal salvation. Shirat
David is strictly personal, completely in the first person singular,
reviewing a lifetime of blessings. In each case, pleas for deliverance
were answered. This is all in addition to reading Song of Songs on Shabbat
Chol Hamoed and the singing of Hallel (Psalms of Praise) every day of Pesach,
including at the Seder.
What
we learn is that we can and should thank God, individually and collectively,
for all the miracles and blessings in our lives, great and small, personal and
national. Only then can we truly appreciate the wonders of our lives.
Shabbat
Shalom! Moadim L'simchah!
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
Congregation Beth Meier
Studio City, CA
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"שתיקה כהודאה דמיא"
"Silence in the face of wrongdoing is
consent.”
BT Yevamot 87b
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Candle lighting: 7:05 pm
Friday – Shabbat Chol Hamoed Evening Service – 8:00
pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday – Shabbat Chol Hamoed Morning Service – 10:00
am. Kiddush luncheon follows.
Sunday – NO Religious School or Adult Education. Both
resume April 23.
Monday – Passover Morning Service – 9:30 am at Temple
B’nai Hayim.
Tuesday - Passover Morning Service with Yizkor – 10:00 am
at Beth Meier. Pesach ends at 8:05 pm.
Friday, 21 April – Shabbat Evening Service – 8:00 pm. Oneg
Shabbat follows.
Saturday, 22 April – Shabbat Morning Service – 10:00 am. Kiddush
luncheon follows.
Sunday, 23 April –Religious School – 9:30 am. Adult Education –
10:00 am.
Tuesday, 25 April – Lunch and Learn – 12:00 noon.
This d'var torah is offered for a
refuah shleimah for Avi Shmuel Yosef Hakohen ben Bella, Yaakov Rani Ben
Margalit, Sarah bat Devorah, Susan Arbetman, Kyree Beacham, Ken
Bitticks, Elsbet Brosky (Serach bat Miriam), Jerry Daniels, Maya Fersht (Maya
bat Esther), Dr. Samuel Fersht (Shmuel Natan ben Gittel), Leonard Foint
(Eliezer Moshe ben Esther), Jerry Forman, Myra Goodman, Simon Hartman, Fouad
Kay (Yehoshua ben Salima), Elaine Kleiger, Dena Kosche, Philip Kovac, Evan
Kronzek, Philip Kronzek (Pinchas Yosef ben Sarah), Tonya Kronzek (Zlata Malkah
bat Sarah Emanu), Toni Linder, Roy Miller, Leo Pomerantz, Deborah
Schugar Strauss (Devorah bat Chaya Feiga), and Helen Schugar (Chaya Feiga bat
Kreina).
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