MAKING A CONNECTION

Parashat Emor
Iyar 19, 5781 /April 30 – May 1, 2021
Torah: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23
Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31
 
Candle-lighting: 7:18 PM (PT)
 
Our Refuah Shleimah/Prayer for Healing List can be found at: 
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If you would like to have a name added or removed from this Refuah Shleimah/Prayer for Healing list, please write to me at: ravflom@sbcglobal.net 
 
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All our services and programs are available at: 

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More info about our services and programs is below this d'var torah. And even more info about our community is available at our website: 

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MAKING A CONNECTION
 
“And you shall not eat bread, or parched grain, or fresh kernels until the very day that you have brought the (omer) offering for your God; it is an eternal decree for all your generations, in all your dwelling places." Leviticus 23:14
 
"When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely reap all the way to the corners (pe’ah) of your field, and you shall not gather the gleanings (leket) of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger; I am the Lord your God." Leviticus 23:22
 
The Torah states at verse 14 that new grain, i.e., grain from the fresh crop, may not be eaten until the omer (a measure of barley) offering has been brought on the second day of Pesach, or, these days, until the time for making the offering has passed. And at verse 22, the Torah commands us concerning the harvests of our fields.
 
These commandments might seem pointless. How many of us have the direct connection with the land that is required for fulfilling the mitzvot of omer, pe’ah and leket? When we buy bread in a bakery, how do we know what crop the grain came from? How many of us have fields of grain?
 
There is a way to combine these commandments in a modern and meaningful way that allows us to fulfill them in spirit. True, we no longer make sacrificial offerings directly to God. And I suspect that there are very few farmers reading this. However, there are many poor and hungry people in our society. Before we eat, we are obligated to consider them, and do what we can to feed them as well.

I suggest that we should be offering grain (and other foods) to other people, who are, after all, created in God's likeness. The food comes from our pantries rather than our fields. We do the gleaning; they do the eating. I am sure that there are very few people reading this who cannot spare at least a few cans of food for those with nothing to eat at all. Why should we do this? Hosea (6:6) quotes God as telling us, "For it is loving-kindness I desire – not sacrifice." Further, we read just last Shabbat, “… And you shall love your fellow, who is just like you…” Leviticus 19:18
 
Gather up some cans or boxes of non-perishable food (no glass) and some unopened toiletries (hotel amenities are great for this!) and take them to the local food pantry, such as SOVA or BTAC. Better still, and more safely in these pandemic times, make a secure monetary donation on-line to SOVA, BTAC, MAZON, or any other agency that feeds the poor. (Links are below)
 
It's a wonderful way for you and your (our) children to carry out the call that we made at the Pesach Seder just a few weeks ago - "Let all who are hungry come and eat!" Nor is there any reason to be selfish in this regard. After all, it’s not really ours to hoard. "For the land is Mine, and you are sojourners and residents with Me." (Lev. 25:23)  God created it; God owns it; we are only workers in God’s vineyard. Give a little! Make the connection with God, Nature and your fellow human beings!
 
Shabbat Shalom!
 
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
TBH/CBM
הַלּוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם ?אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם
Who is wise? The one who learns from every person.
Ben Zoma - Pirkei Avot 4:1
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SOVA: https://www.jfsla.org/location/sova-valley/ 

MAZON: https://mazon.org/ 

Shabbat Evening Service with Reb Jason and Rabbi Flom this Friday at 6:30 PM.
 
Shabbat Morning Service with Reb Jason and Rabbi Flom this Saturday at 10:00 AM.
 
All our services and programs are available at: 

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Downloadable and printable Siddur for Kabbalat Shabbat, Shabbat/Festival Ma'ariv, Shabbat/Festival Morning, and more, including the weekly Parashah and Haftarah, all available at: 

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David Silon’s on-going class on Israel, now discussing Israeli agriculture and its contributions to the world, meets Sunday at 11:00 AM.
 
Join us every Tuesday at 12:30 PM for Lunch and Learn, a 60-90 minute study session. We're learning Hasidic and classic teachings on the weekly parashah.
 
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"Shalom" is "goodbye"; "Shalom" is "hello"

Chaverim yekarim / Dear friends and fellow congregants:

There is an old joke that ends with the punchline, “Jews say ‘goodbye’ but never leave.”
 
By now, many of you know that I am retiring from the pulpit here at Temple B’nai Hayim / Congregation Beth Meier effective July 1, 2021. This may seem sudden, but in fact, it has been in the works for several years. In 2018, I advised our Board of Directors that I wished to retire from full-time pulpit activities on June 30, 2020. In 2019, the Board requested, and I agreed that I would stay an additional year to allow for an orderly transition, and in particular to assure that the coming together of our two congregations had been finalized. This request turned out to be prescient on the Board’s part, because the COVID-19 pandemic would have made the difficult nearly impossible.
 
As the above joke implies, although I am saying “goodbye” to the pulpit, Lynn and I are not leaving this wonderful community. I believe Leon Uris once wrote, “’Shalom’ is a beautiful way to say ‘goodbye’. It’s also a beautiful way to say ‘hello’.” We will be “Jews in the pews” and active members of the synagogue. In addition, the Board and Reb Jason have encouraged me to take on Rabbi Emeritus status, so I will be filling in on the pulpit occasionally, as the need arises, and I will continue to teach on a regular basis.
 
I cherish every minute that I have been serving with you for the betterment of our community and our people, even the difficult times. I'm proud of what we have accomplished together, though there could have been more. There’s always more to be done! Rabbi Tarfon taught: “You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.” Pirkei Avot 2:21
 
I look forward to continuing and expanding our relationships in the coming years.
 
Shalom U’vrakhah – Peace and Blessings,
 
 
Rabbi Richard Flom

COMMUNION MEANS COMMUNITY

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
Iyar 12, 5781 / April 23-24, 2021
Torah: Leviticus 16:1 - 20:27
Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15 (Ashkenazim); Ezekiel 22:2-20 (Sephardim)
 
Candle-lighting: 7:12 PM (PT)
 
Our Refuah Shleimah/Prayer for Healing List can be found at: 
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If you would like to have a name added or removed from this Refuah Shleimah/Prayer for Healing list, please write to me at: ravflom@sbcglobal.net 
 
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COMMUNION MEANS COMMUNITY

“Speak to all the congregation of Israel and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.’” Leviticus 19:2

Rashi: This teaches that this parashah was said at a gathering of all of the Israelites together (based on the use of the word “all”).  

Chatam Sofer: The Torah does not demand a holiness of withdrawal and asceticism, and the command to be holy was stated at a gathering, when everyone stood together.

Daniel Boyarin, in his book Carnal Israel, discusses the differences between Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity. One of the principal points of departure (besides the obvious) was that Judaism rejects the notion of monastic withdrawal from the physical world, i.e., the world of the flesh, and that Judaism frowns upon ascetic practices such as constant fasting, sexual abstinence, or any other forms of self-denial or self-affliction. Judaism is clearly “of this world” and not about “the next world”. And it is clearly about community.  

That is the real point of “You shall be holy” - spoken in the second person plural. Whatever it might be, holiness is not attained in a vacuum. Nor are we holy because God says we are – though we have the potential to become so. When someone says, “I don’t belong to a synagogue, but I am a spiritual Jew”, or when one says, “I observe in my own way”, that person is claiming independence from God and from the community. Such a person is, in the words of the havdalah service, "chol" (ordinary), as opposed to "kodesh" (holy). However, when we pray and learn and observe together, we achieve holiness, we become holy, through communion with God and with each other. 

Learn from the words of Hillel: “Do not separate yourself from the community."  (Pirkei Avot 2:5) Be an active member of the Jewish community - become holy. We’re all in this together!

Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Richard A. Flom
TBH/CBM
הַלּוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם ?אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם
Who is wise? The one who learns from every person.
Ben Zoma - Pirkei Avot 4:1
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Shabbat Evening Service with Reb Jason and Rabbi Flom this Friday at 6:30 PM.
 
Shabbat Morning Service with Reb Jason and Rabbi Flom this Saturday at 10:00 AM.
 
All our services and programs are available at: 
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Downloadable and printable Siddur for Kabbalat Shabbat, Shabbat/Festival Ma'ariv, Shabbat/Festival Morning, and more, including the weekly Parashah and Haftarah, all available at: 
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Fill out the form - the download is free.
 
David Silon’s on-going class on Israel, now discussing Israeli agriculture and its contributions to the world, meets Sunday at 11:00 AM.
 
Join us every Tuesday at 12:30 PM for Lunch and Learn, a 60-90 minute study session. We're learning Hasidic and classic teachings on the weekly parashah.
 
Some excellent on-line Jewish resources are available at: 
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You can subscribe to the Conservative Yeshiva’s weekly Torah Sparks via email here: 
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A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

Iyar 5, 5781 / April 16-17, 2021
Parashat Tazria-Metzora
Torah: Leviticus 12:1 – 15:33
Haftarah: 2 Kings 7:3-20

Candle-lighting: 7:07 PM (PT)

Our Refuah Shleimah/Prayer for Healing List can be found at: 
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Please feel free to pass this on, and please cite the source.
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A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

“The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ‘This shall be the law of the metzora; on the day of his purification he shall be brought to the kohen (priest).’” Leviticus 14:1-2

"Resh Lakish said: What is the meaning of: 'This shall be the law of the metzora'? [It means,] 'This is the law of the motzi shem ra (literally, one who brings forth a bad name)'." BT Arakhin 15b

The word “metzora” is usually and mistakenly translated as “leper”. But the Rabbis believed the “miraculous” disease of tzara’at (“leprosy”) to be something quite different - a punishment from God for engaging in slanderous speech. Thus, the word “metzora” is understood as an acronym for “motzi shem ra”.

Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan, known as "The Chofetz Chaim" ("the desirer of life"), literally wrote the book on the laws of lashon hara (slander, literally "evil speech") and rechilut (gossip). He teaches that the metzora, who as he is placed in isolation must declare himself to the world as "contaminated", cannot go to a doctor to be cured. The reason is that “the kohen’s lips keep knowledge, and they seek the Torah at his hand.” Malachi 2:7 It is the kohen who ultimately declares the metzora to be "clean”. Just as the punishment of the metzora arises from sins of the tongue, the Torah requires the healing to come through speech.

The Chofetz Chaim does not mean merely that the social life of the metzora, i.e., whether he is to be accepted back into society, is at issue. The matter is far more critical than that. Rather, the Chofetz Chaim teaches that if one engages in lashon hara, it is like murder – like the murder victim, the reputation of a slander victim cannot be brought back to life. That is what is meant by “death and life are at the control of the tongue”. Proverbs 18:21

Mind your tongue, or be treated like a leper.

Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Richard A. Flom

TBH/CBM

הַלּוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם ?אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם

Who is wise? The one who learns from every person.

Ben Zoma - Pirkei Avot 4:1

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Shabbat Evening Service with Reb Jason and Rabbi Flom this Friday at 6:30 PM.

Shabbat Morning Service with Reb Jason and Rabbi Flom this Saturday at 10:00 AM.

All our services and programs are available at: 

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Downloadable and printable Siddur for Kabbalat Shabbat, Shabbat/Festival Ma'ariv, Shabbat/Festival Morning, and more, including the weekly Parashah and Haftarah, all available at: 

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/form-download-e-siddur-0 

Fill out the form - the download is free.

David Silon’s on-going class “Jewish History” meets Sunday at 11:00 AM.

Join us every Tuesday at 12:30 PM for Lunch and Learn, a 60-90 minute study session. We're learning Hasidic and classic teachings on the weekly parashah.

Some excellent on-line Jewish resources are available at: 

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/ 

You can subscribe to the Conservative Yeshiva’s weekly Torah Sparks via email here: 

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A SONG FULL OF MEANING

Seventh Day of Pesach

Nisan 21, 5781 / April 3, 2021

Some congregations read Song of Songs
Torah: Exodus 13:17 - 15:26
Maftir: Numbers 28:19-25
Haftarah: 2 Samuel 22:1-51

Eighth Day of Pesach
Nisan 22/5781 / April 4, 2021
Torah: Deuteronomy 15:19 - 16:17
Maftir: Numbers 28:19-25
Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32 - 12:6
 
Candle-lighting:
Shabbat Evening / Pesach 7 - 6:56 PM PST - Sherman Oaks, CA
Saturday Night / Pesach 8 (and Yizkor candle) – 7:53  PM PST – Sherman Oaks, CA

NOTE: Pesach ends at 7:54 PM (Sherman Oaks) on Sunday.

This d'var torah is offered in honor of my wonderful wife and partner, Lynn Kronzek, who is observing her birthday on Thursday, April 8. Happy Birthday, My Dear!

This d'var torah is offered in memory of my aunt, Gertrude "Gig" Flom, who passed away on Thursday, March 25. Y'hi Zekherah Liv'rakhah - May her memory be a blessing.

This d'var torah is offered in memory of The Six Million. Thursday, April 8 is Yom Hashoah. Never forget!  Y'hi Zikhronam Liv'rakhah - May their memory be a blessing.
 
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Friday, April 2 - Shabbat / Pesach 7 Evening  - 6:30 pm
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Our Refuah Shleimah/Prayer for Healing List can be found at: 
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A SONG FULL OF MEANING

On the seventh day of Pesach, we read most of Parashat Beshallach. Part of the Torah reading will be very familiar to those who daven Shacharit regularly. Other than the paragraphs of the Sh’ma, which we read twice a day, it is the part of the Torah that we read most often. It is Shirat HaYam, the Song of the Sea, the victory song of the Israelites that they sang after the drowning of Pharaoh's army at the Sea of Reeds (not the Red Sea).

There is a well-known Midrash associated with this piece of Torah; well-known because it is often incorporated in the Hagaddah Shel Pesach, which we read earlier this week. It's the traditional "take" on the events of the Exodus and the Reed Sea. Why do we spill out drops of wine when we recite the Ten Plagues? And on the seventh day of Pesach, which is a Yom Tov commanded in the Torah, why do we only recite half Hallel, unlike the full Hallel we did on the first two days of Pesach? Because, we are told, we should not fully rejoice in the destruction of even our most dangerous enemies. Proverbs 24:17 teaches, "Do not rejoice at the fall of your enemies."

The Talmud, in Tractate Sanhedrin and in Tractate Megillah, teaches this idea in the following way: "Rabbi Yonatan says ... The Holy One is not happy at the downfall of the evil ones ... as Rabbi Shmuel the son of Nachman said in the name of Rabbi Yonatan: It is written: ‘And they did not approach one another all that night ...’ (Exodus 14:20), for at that moment the angels wanted to sing before the Holy One. God said to them: ‘My creatures are drowning in the sea and you would sing?'''
 
God forbade the angels, who exist only to praise God, from praising God at that moment. Even though they were evil, bent on destroying God's people, the Egyptians were deserving of some consideration, some pity, and some recognition of their basic humanity and their common origins with the Israelites as images of God. Israelite freedom came at the expense of Egyptian lives. It's an important lesson, but not the only one that we might draw from this text.

The Kotzker Rebbe has a vastly different conclusion, drawing on a Midrash in Exodus Rabbah. That Midrash says that, when Israel emerged from the Reed Sea, the angels immediately came forward to sing God's praises. According to this Midrash, God said, "No, let my children sing first, as it says, literally, 'Then Moses and the Children of Israel will sing this song...''' (Exodus 15:1) The Kotzker asks, “Why should Israel be given permission to sing first?” He answers, because angels are forever ready to offer songs of praise, but this isn't true of Israel. Israel sings only when the desire and feeling are spontaneously aroused within them. God feared that unless Israel were permitted to sing immediately, the desire would pass. It’s an interesting insight into the human psyche and the Hasidic view of God.

As different as the Kotzker's interpretation is from the traditional one that we know, it is a sort of middle ground, for there is another interpretation which takes an even more permissive view of rejoicing at the destruction of one's enemies. In many Siddurim, the Torah trope marks are printed in Shirat HaYam. In Kabbalistic literature, it is taught that Shirat HaYam should be sung, each morning, with the trope, with great joy, as if one were standing at the seashore, personally witnessing the miracle. In many congregations, like ours,Shirat HaYam is sung to a specific melody, though not with the trope. The Zohar, the classic of Kabbalism, says that one who recites Shirat HaYam with the proper intent will earn the privilege of singing the praises of future miracles.

It certainly doesn't seem that the Kabbalists learned the lesson of not rejoicing over the destruction of one's enemies. The teachings of the Kotzker Rebbe and the Kabbalists are jarring, because they are so different from the tradition with which we are familiar. They do not trouble me, and it is not necessarily because I believe we should rejoice in the destruction of our enemies. Rather, I am inspired by the continued vitality of the Torah. No other book is as full of life as our Torah. Thousands of years after it was written, we still ask new questions and find new meanings. And every time we do, we participate in a conversation with our ancestors and our descendants. Unlike the Reed Sea, the Sea of the Torah is endless. And that really deserves a song.

Mo’adim L’simchah! Chagim Uz'manim L'sasson! Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Richard A. Flom
TBH/CBM
הַלּוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם ?אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם
Who is wise? The one who learns from every person.
Ben Zoma - Pirkei Avot 4:1
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Shabbat / Pesach 7 Evening Service with Rabbi Flom (a cappella)  this Friday at 6:30 PM.
 
Shabbat / Pesach 7 Morning Service with Reb Jason and Rabbi Flom this Saturday at 10:00 AM.

Weekday/ Pesach 8 Morning Service, including Yizkor with Reb Jason and Rabbi Flom this Sunday at 10:00 AM.

All our services and programs are available at: 
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Downloadable and printable Siddur for Kabbalat Shabbat, Shabbat/Festival Ma'ariv, Shabbat/Festival Morning, and more, including the weekly Parashah and Haftarah, all available at: 
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Fill out the form - the download is free.

David Silon’s on-going class “Jewish History” meets again on Sunday, April 11, at 11:00 am.
 
Join us every Tuesday at 12:30 pm for Lunch and Learn, a 60-90 minute study session. We're learning Hasidic and classic teachings on the weekly parashah.
 
Some excellent on-line Jewish resources are available at: 
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/ 
 
You can subscribe to the Conservative Yeshiva’s weekly Torah Sparks via email here: 
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