Parashat T’rumah
1 Adar 1 5774 / 31 January - 1 February 2014
Torah: Exodus
25:1 - 27:19
Maftir: Numbers 28:9-15 (Shabbat
Rosh Chodesh)
Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24 (Shabbat
Rosh Chodesh)
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You Gotta Want It!
“And you shall make a menorah of
pure gold; of hammered work the menorah shall be made, its base and its shaft;
its cups, its calyxes and its flowers shall be of one piece with it... Look and
do; according to their pattern which is shown to you on the
mountain.” Exodus 25:31, 40
“'Of hammered work the menorah
shall be made' - of itself (i.e., it was spontaneously created by itself, and
not by humans). Moses was perplexed by it, so the Holy One Blessed Be He said
to him: 'Cast the mass into the fire’; thus it is not written, 'You shall make’
but ‘it shall be made’." Rashi, citing Midrash Tanchuma.
"'Look and do.' Look here, on
the mountain, the pattern that I show you. This tells that Moses was
perplexed by the construction of the menorah, until the Holy One Blessed Be He
showed him a menorah made of fire.” Rashi, citing B. Talmud Menachot 29.
Yehudah Aryeh Leib (the Sefas
Emes) asks in his book Gur Aryeh, “If the menorah was made spontaneously, why
did God show Moses a menorah made of fire (as a pattern for making
it)?” He answers that human beings are unable to completely fulfill the
will of God. But through a person’s innermost and heartfelt yearning to
fulfill His will, God helps in fulfilling the desire. The Gerer concludes, “The
yearning of a person influences a given undertaking so that it can actually
complete itself.”
If you really want to fulfill a
mitzvah that is hard for you, it will in the end seem to happen by itself - but
only if you try, only if you want it, and only if you let God meet you halfway,
to show you how to complete it. If you want it, here it is, come and get
it.
Have a Shabbat of light and
happiness - it's Adar!
HaRav HaGa’on Abba Reuven Flom,
Sh’lita
Av Beis Din – Chelm
Mishenichnas Adar, Marbim Simcha.
From the beginning of Adar, we
increase joy.
"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem
Isaiah 62:1
Isaiah 62:1
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Candle lighting: 5:04 pm
Friday: Shabbat
Evening Service – 8:00 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday: Shabbat
Morning Service – 10:00 am. Torah: Rabbi Flom, Avremi Manzur; Haftarah: Avremi
Manzur. Kiddush lunch follows.
Sunday: Religious School
Tuesday: Lunch
and Learn - noon.
Wednesday: NO
(Re)Introduction to Judaism class this week.
This d'var torah is offered in
memory of my aunt, Mildred Flom, whose yahrzeit falls on Sunday. Y’hi zikhronah
liv’rakhah – May her memory be a blessing.
This d'var torah is offered in honor
of Avremi Manzur, celebrating his 75th birthday this Shabbat by
leyning Torah, chanting haftarah, and sponsoring Kiddush luncheon. Ad me’ah
v’esrim! Mazal tov!
This d'var torah is offered for a
refuah shleimah for Blimah Reizel bat Ruchel, Dov Nechemya Hakohen ben Rachel
Chaya Sarah, Miriam Minya bat Alisa Batya, Connie Rosen Axelson, Eve Beatty,
Howard Ehrlich, Joshua Erenmark, Jerry Forman, Pamela Huddleston, Rose Jordan,
Steven Kleiger, Lizzie Legnine, Frank Marcovitz, Sheldon Mazo, Marshall Neiman,
and Phil Raider.
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