20 Av 5777 / 11-12 August 2017
Parashat Ekev
Torah: Deuteronomy 7:12 - 11:25
Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 - 51:3 (Second Haftarah of
Consolation)
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THE WALK OF LIFE
"And now,
"For if you surely observe all this commandment
that I command you, to do it; to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His
ways, and to cling to Him." Deuteronomy 11:22
We humans are so full of ourselves, we think we have
the power of God; we want to be like God. But a simple "act of
God", such as a bolt of lightning, can shut down human power, literally,
for millions of people.
Sifre Deuteronomy teaches: "To walk in all His
ways." These are the ways of the Holy One, Blessed is He -
"compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in kindness and
truth, preserving kindness for a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin; and granting pardon." (Quoting Exodus 34:6)
Just as The One Who is in Every Place is compassionate and gracious, so must
you be compassionate and gracious....
Compassionate, gracious, patient, kind, truthful,
forgiving - these are more than just words. These are the ways we are
supposed to walk through life - this is the path God wants us to
follow. This is the way we can be like God. Just as God has Thirteen
Attributes, so must we, created in God's image for the purpose of maintaining
God's world, strive to develop in ourselves as many of these attributes
as is humanly possible. Lace up those boots and start walking!
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
Congregation Beth Meier
Blogging at: http://rav-rich.blogspot.com/
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Twitter: @DrahcirMolf
"שתיקה כהודאה דמיא"
"Silence in the face of wrongdoing is consent.”
BT Yevamot 87b
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Candle lighting: 7:26 pm
Friday – Family Shabbat Evening
Service – 7:30 pm. Guitar-accompanied service with Cantor Kerry Katz.
Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday – Shabbat Morning Service –
10:00 am. Kiddush luncheon follows.
Tuesday – NO Lunch and Learn August 15 or
August 22 – Rabbi Flom out of town. Resume August 29 at Temple B’nai
Friday, August 18 – Shabbat Evening
Service at Temple B’nai Hayim – 7:30 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday, August 19 – Shabbat Morning
Service at Temple
B’nai
Barukh dayan emet – we regret to
advise you of the death of former CBM member and long-time friend to the
congregation Henry Ellend. Hamakom yenachem … May the One in Every Place grant
comfort to his family and friends.
This d'var torah is offered for a
refuah shleimah for Avi Shmuel Yosef Hakohen ben Bella, Yaakov Rani Ben
Margalit, HaRav Tzvi Hersh ben Frimet, Sarah bat Devorah, Susan
Arbetman, Stuart Barth, Ken Bitticks, Elsbet Brosky (Serach bat Miriam), Stana
Cooper, Jerry Daniels, Bryon Fendrich (Berel ben Chanah), Maya Fersht (Maya bat
Esther), Dr. Samuel Fersht (Shmuel Natan ben Gittel), Leonard Foint (Eliezer Moshe
ben Esther), Jerry Forman, Myra Goodman, Simon Hartman, Kerry Katz, Philip
Kovac, Tonya Kronzek (Zlata Malkah bat Sarah Emanu), Toni Linder, Stuart
Lytton, Deborah Schugar Strauss (Devorah bat Chaya Feiga), and Helen Schugar
(Chaya Feiga bat Kreina).
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