Parashat Ki Tisa
Torah: Exodus 30:11-34:35
Haftarah: 1 Kings 18:1-39
Torah: Exodus 30:11-34:35
Haftarah: 1 Kings 18:1-39
18 Adar 1 5779 / 22-23 February 2019
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SOMETHING OF VALUE
“And the people broke off the golden earrings that were in their ears - and brought them to Aaron.” Exodus 32:3
“And the Lord repented of the evil that He had thought to do to His people.” 32:14
Rabbi Eizel of Slonim on verse 3: “Truly this was a great sin committed by Israel in making the golden calf. For all that, we must admit that that generation was better than our own. The members of that generation were willing to cast away their silver and gold in order to make gods for themselves; but today, in our great iniquity, we think it permissible to cast away God solely for wealth and happiness.”
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk on verse 14: “Why did He forgive the sin of the golden calf even though the people did not repent, while He did not forgive the sin of the spies even though the people did repent? The sin of the calf had at least a spark of holiness, a thirst for the Divine. But the sin of the spies was all about a better material life.”
These are fascinating comments. Our teachers boldly imply that even mistaken worship of false gods is better than denying divinity altogether. It is not that money and happiness are innately sinful. Certainly not true happiness! Greed and narcissism are the true enemies of holiness. The evil arises from giving up on any sense of Godliness in order to pursue only worldliness.
Shabbat Shalom U’Mevorakh - A Peaceful and Blessed Shabbat!
Der Heiliger Shlabodkieviller Rebbe Abba Reuven ben Menachem Mendel Flom
Av Beis Din - Chelm
Slivovitz Taste Tester
משנכנס אדר, מרבין
בשמחה
From the beginning of Adar, we increase joy.
BT Ta’anit 29a
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CALENDAR
Candle lighting: 5:2 pm
Friday – Shabbat Rocks, with Reb Jason and the Shul of Rock –
7:30 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday – Breakfast and Torah study - 8:45 am. Shabbat
Morning Service - 9:30 am. Kiddush luncheon follows.
Sunday Religious School at 9:30 am.
Tuesday – Lunch and Learn – 12:00 noon. Continuing with our
learning Midrashim on Purim! Rehearsal (everyone is welcome! –
even if not at previous read-through) for this year’s Disney-themed Purim
Shpiel – 7:00 pm.
Friday, March 1 – Shabbat Evening
Service – 7:30 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows
Saturday, March 2 – Breakfast and
Torah study - 8:45 am. Shabbat Morning Service - 9:30 am.
Kiddush luncheon follows.
Friday, March 8 – Tot Shabbat
Service. More info to follow.
Sunday, March 17 - We need help in assembling
and delivering Mishloach Manot baskets on. Please contact Susan
Burke or Melinda Trauman if you can pitch in.
Wednesday, March 20 - Purim dinner, shpiel and
megillah reading, beginning 6:00 pm. RSVP to TBH office.
Sunday, March 31 - Movie Time! Yentl,
starring Barbara Streisand. 2:00 pm. More info to follow.
Saturday, April 6 – Women’s Rosh
Chodesh Shabbat Morning Service – contact Carol Herskowitz or Lynn Kronzek
for more details.
Saturday, April 13 – Sh’MA Service (Shabbat
Morning Adventure). A Guitar-led, singalong service with Dr. Steve Pearlman.
Designed for the whole family! Followed by kiddush luncheon. More info to
follow.
Sunday, May 19 – TBH/CBM Concert and Fundraiser – with
music, comedy, silent auction, and food and drink. Check our website: http://bnaihayim.com for
details. Or contact the TBH office.
Sunday, June 2 - Afternoon at the Colony
Theater – “Old Jews Telling Jokes” – a bawdy (may not be suitable for minors)
visit to the Catskills with Jokes, Skits, Song & Dance! More info to
follow.
Next time you come to TBH/CBM, please bring some non-perishable
canned and packaged foods and personal items (no glass) for SOVA.
TBH Religious School and TBH Preschool have
open enrollment. Enroll your children now! Contact the TBH office for
information.
And be sure to tell your neighbors, friends, and relatives about
our warm and welcoming community and our programs!
We are looking for volunteers for services: chant Torah
or Haftarah, daven, lead English readings, and have aliyot and other
Torah/bimah honors. Training available! Contact Rabbi Flom by e-mail for
details and to sign up!
This d’var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Elisheva bat
Malkah, Ze’ev ben Adeline, Liora bat Sarah, Eilite bat Miriam, Sarah bat
Devorah, Susan Arbetman, Ken Bitticks, Jerry Daniels, Maya Fersht (Maya bat
Esther), Dr. Samuel Fersht (Shmuel Natan ben Gittel), Bernard Garvin, Leah
Granat, Brandon Joseph, Gabor Klein, Philip Kovac, Tonya Kronzek (Zlata Malkah
bat Sarah Imanu), Marilyn Lee, David Marks, Debra Schugar Strauss (Devorah bat
Chaya Feiga), Helen Schugar (Chaya Feiga bat Kreina), Bernie Seeman, Irwin
Silon, William Sragow, and Jonathan Woolf.
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list or if there is anyone who may be removed from this list.
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