YOU TOO CAN PERFORM KIDDUSH HASHEM!

3 Iyar 5774 / 2-3 May 2014

Parashat Emor

Torah: Leviticus 21:1 - 24:23

Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31

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YOU TOO CAN PERFORM KIDDUSH HASHEM!

"You shall not profane My Holy Name (shem kodshi), for I will be sanctified (nikdashti)amidst the Children of Israel - I the Lord Who sanctifies you. (m’kadishkhem)" Leviticus 22:32

The term "Kiddush HaShem", the sanctification of the name of God, is generally associated with martyrdom - suffering execution rather than committing idolatry, for example. One should prefer death over the public desecration of God's name (Chillul HaShem). A primary example of such martyrdom is Rabbi Akiva, who recited the Sh'ma as the Romans executed him. He is also associated with Lag B'Omer, the 33rd day of the omer count, when his students were miraculously delivered from a plague.

Rabbi Harold Kushner, in the Etz Hayyim Chumash, teaches that the recitation of the Mourner's Kaddish (from the same root as kiddush) is literally a Kiddush HaShem. It is said by mourners in public, for it requires a minyan - a prayer quorum of 10 Jewish adults. Mourners, who might feel angry at God over the death of their loved one, stand up and proclaim, "Yitgadal v'yitkadash sh'mei rabbah - May His great name be magnified and sanctified." To which the others respond, "Amen." This recitation is a public affirmation of faith, and can only serve to strengthen the faith of all who are present. Saying "amen" places the responder in the same position, from the standpoint of Jewish tradition, as the person who recites the kaddish - or any blessing, for that matter. Thus, every "amen" to the Mourner's Kaddish (or any other Kaddish) is also a Kiddush HaShem.

Every time a mourner wishes to stand up at a service and recite the Mourner's Kaddish, and a minyan is not present, the mourner and all those who are present are deprived of the opportunity to perform a Kiddush HaShem. And if you are not present, but could have been, you are preventing them from doing so - as well as missing out on the opportunity yourself! If you want to perform a Kiddush HaShem, without being a martyr, join your community at a worship service, and sanctify God's name "amidst the Children of Israel."

Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Richard A. Flom

Congregation Beth Meier

Studio City, CA

http://www.bethmeier.org

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"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still." Isaiah 62:1

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Candle lighting: 7:19 pm

Friday: Shabbat Evening Service – 8:00 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.

Saturday: Shabbat Morning Service – 10:00 am. Kiddush lunch follows.

Sunday: Religious School – 9:30 am. Adult Hebrew class – 10:00 am.

Tuesday: Lunch and Learn – 12:00 noon.

Wednesday: (Re)Introduction to Judaism class – 7:30 pm – Topic: Shavuot Workshop.

This d’var torah is offered in memory of Rebbitzin Rochelle Schimmel, whose yahrzeit falls on Wednesday – 7 Iyar. Y’hi zekherah liv’rakhah – May her memory be a blessing.

This d'var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Blimah Reizel bat Ruchel (Selma Schimmel), Miriam Minya bat Alisa Batya, Eve Beatty, Elsbet Brosky, Howard Ehrlich, Jerry Forman, Pamela Huddleston, Rose Jordan, Jayne Kaplan, Steven Kleiger, Frank Marcovitz, Barney Meskin, Gail Neiman, Marshall Neiman, Phil Raider, and Neil Turbov.

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WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Parashat Kedoshim

26 Nisan 5774 / 25-26 April 2014

Torah: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27

Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15 (Ashkenazim); Ezekiel 20:2-20 (Sephardim)

 

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WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

"You shall not take revenge and you shall not bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your fellow as yourself; I am the Lord." Leviticus 19:18

Siddur Sim Shalom has the following brief kavannah - a statement of  intent - immediately before Birkhot Hashachar - Blessings of the Morning: "I hereby accept the mitzvah of the Creator - 'Love your fellow as yourself.'" Rabbi Schneur Zalman, the founder of Chabad, placed this kavannah in his siddur as well. The reason, he said, is that the commandment to love one's fellows is the gateway to coming before God in prayer.

I am not entirely certain what he meant by that; nor am I certain what the intent of the editors of Sim Shalom was. But I have an idea. Here are two clues. The first clue can be found in the blessings themselves, as found in Siddur Sim Shalom, and other Conservative siddurim. The second blessing, stated in the first person singular, thanks God for making each and every one of us in God's image.

 

The second clue is that the only other place in the Torah that commands us to love is in the Sh'ma, the central prayer of Judaism: "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your might." Deuteronomy 6:5 We recite the Sh'ma much later in the Siddur, long after the kavannah and the morning blessings. I found this quote of an unkown Torah scholar: "To the extent that one is deficient in 'love your fellow as yourself', one is deficient in 'love the Lord your God.'"

 

In short, we cannot hope to approach the Divine, let alone love the Divine, until we acknowledge the divinity in every other human being.

 

Shabbat Shalom!

 

Rabbi Richard A. Flom

Congregation Beth Meier

Studio City, CA

http://www.bethmeier.org

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"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still."  Isaiah 62:1 

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Candle lighting: 7:14 pm

 

Friday: Shabbat Evening Service – 8:00 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.

Saturday: Shabbat Morning Service – 10:00 am. Kiddush lunch follows.

Sunday: Religious School – 9:30 am. Adult Hebrew class – 10:00 am.
Monday: Yom Ha'Shoah - Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day

Tuesday: Lunch and Learn – 12:00 noon. Guest Speaker – Richard Eisenberg, of Mabat Tours and the Israel Ministry of Tourism will speak on recent archeological discoveries in Israel.

Wednesday: (Re)Introduction to Judaism class – 7:30 pm – Topic: “Lashon Hara and Teshuvah”.

 

This d'var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Blimah Reizel bat Ruchel, Miriam Minya bat Alisa Batya, Eve Beatty, Elsbet Brosky, Howard Ehrlich, Jerry Forman, Pamela Huddleston, Rose Jordan, Jayne Kaplan, Steven Kleiger, Frank Marcovitz, Barney Meskin, Gail Neiman, Marshall Neiman, Phil Raider, Bernie Rubin, and Neil Turbov.

 

Please let me know if there is anyone you would like to add to the refuah shleimah list or if there is anyone who may be removed from the list.

 

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THE SINGINGEST HOLIDAY

Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach (Saturday, 19 April)
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, 21 April)

Torah:Exodus 13:17 - 15:26

Maftir: Numbers 28:19-25

Haftarah: 2 Samuel 22:1-51

 

Eighth Day of Pesach (Tuesday, 22 April)

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 psalm of thanksgiving (a variant is found at Psalms 18), chanted by David.

 

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
http://www.bethmeier.org

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"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still."  Isaiah 62:1

 

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Candlelighting:

Shabbat: 7:08 pm

Sunday Evening (7th day of Pesach): 7:10 pm

Monday (8th day of Pesach): 8:08 pm

 

Friday: Shabbat Chol HaMo’edEvening Service – 8:00 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.

Saturday: Shabbat Chol HaMo’ed Morning Service – 10:00 am. Kiddush lunch follows.

Sunday: NO Religious School – school resumes April 27.

Monday: Seventh Day Pesach Morning service – 10:00 am

Tuesday: Eighth Day Pesach Morning service (Yizkor) – 10:00 am. Pesach ends 8:09 pm.

Wednesday: (Re)Introduction to Judaism class – 7:30 pm - “Prayer and the Jewish Prayer Book”.

 

This d'var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Blimah Reizel bat Ruchel, Miriam Minya bat Alisa Batya, Eve Beatty, Elsbet Brosky, Howard Ehrlich, Jerry Forman, Pamela Huddleston, Rose Jordan, Jayne Kaplan, Steven Kleiger, Frank Marcovitz, Barney Meskin, Phil Raider, Bernie Rubin, and Neil Turbov.

 

Please let me know if there is anyone you would like to add to the refuah shleimah list or if there is anyone who may be removed from the list.

 

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ON CHAMETZ AND THE FIFTH CHILD

Parashat Acharei Mot (Shabbat Hagadol)

12 Nisan 5774 / 11-12 April 2014

Torah: Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30

Haftarah: Malachi 3:4-24 (repeat verse 23)

 

Tuesday

15 Nisan 5774 (First Day of Pesach) / 14-15 April 2014

Torah: Exodus 12:21-51

Maftir: Numbers 28:16-25

Haftarah: Ashkenazim: Joshua 3:5-7; 5:2 - 6:1; 6:27 (some read only 5:2 - 6:1); Sephardim: Joshua 5:2 - 6:1; 6:27

 

Wednesday

16 Nisan 5774 (Second Day of Pesach) / 15-16 April 2014

Torah: Leviticus 22:26 - 23:44

Maftir: Numbers 28:16-25

Haftarah: 2 Kings 23:1-9; 21-25

 

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On Chametz and the Fifth Child

 

Chaverim Nichbadim/Dear Friends:

 

I want to share some thoughts with you as we prepare for the Festival of Pesach.

 

First, we should consider the nature of the chametz we are commanded to eliminate from our homes and elsewhere for the duration of the holiday. We generally think of it as bread and leavening and the like, which is correct - at one level. But at a deeper level, our rabbis have taught that chametz is symbolic of pride and an inflated ego. Just as leavening causes the dough (or the beer) to inflate with the creation of bubbles of literally hot air, so do our egos often cause us to fill up with pride and the belief in our own self-importance. The lesson to be learned is that we also need to remove the chametz from our souls - to reduce them to their most basic components, so that we can truly appreciate what it means to be the stranger and to address the needs of others. That is why the Seder Shel Pesach opens with the words, "Let all who are hungry, come and eat! Let all who are in need come and celebrate Pesach!" Pesach is not just about us - it's about us and the physical and spiritual needs of others.

 

Second, we know from the Haggadah Shel Pesach that there are four types of children, each of whom is to be taught a lesson at the Seder - the wise child,

the wicked, the simple and the one who does not know what questions to ask. We often see ourselves and others in these various models. But there is another child, the one we don't consider, because that child, a fifth child, is not even present! At least the wicked one is with us, even as s/he causes trouble - that child can be addressed, challenged, perhaps changed. But the one who is so far removed, whether by personal choice or by rejection, that s/he is not present - that child is one that we need to reach out to and bring back to the community - I believe we are commanded to do so. That effort of keruv, of outreach and bringing close, also requires the elimination of chametz from our selves, because that Other, the one who is distanced from the community, is often unapproachable, undesirable, and perhaps unclean. Please think of the Other in your family, in your community, in your life – and ask that person to join in your celebration of Pesach.

 

The Seder Shel Pesach should be more than a formulaic ritual and a good dinner. It should teach us and our children that we are obligated to eliminate the chametz of hubris, to reconsider and reorganize our lives into a new Seder - a new order, that will improve the world and make us worthy of having Eliyahu Hanavi, Elijah the Prophet, knock on our doors.

 

Shabbat Shalom!

Chag Pesach Sameach, Kasher u’Mashma’uti!

Have a Happy, Kosher and Meaningful Pesach!

 

Rabbi Richard A. Flom

Congregation Beth Meier

Studio City, CA

http://www.bethmeier.org/

Blogging at: http://rav-rich.blogspot.com/

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"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still." Isaiah 62:1

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Candlelighting

Shabbat: 7:03 pm

Monday Evening (First Seder): 7:05 pm

Tuesday (Second Seder): 8:04 pm

 

Friday: Family Shabbat Evening Service – 7:30 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.

Saturday: Shabbat Morning Service – 10:00 am. Kiddush lunch follows.

Sunday: NO Religious School – school resumes April 27.

Monday: Ta’anit B’chorot – Fast of the First Born> Rabbi Flom will have a Torah study session for the first born and anyone else who wishes, followed by a siyyum. First Seder - sundown

Tuesday: Pesach Morning service – 10:00 am. Second Seder – one hour after sundown. Beth Meier’s Community Seder – 8:00 pm.

Wednesday: Pesach Morning service – 10:00 am

 

 

This d'var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Blimah Reizel bat Ruchel, Miriam Minya bat Alisa Batya, Eve Beatty, Howard Ehrlich, Jerry Forman, Pamela Huddleston, Rose Jordan, Jayne Kaplan, Steven Kleiger, Wyatt Kleiger, Frank Marcovitz, Phil Raider, Irwin Silon and Neil Turbov.

 

Please let me know if there is anyone you would like to add to the refuah shleimah list or if there is anyone who may be removed from the list.

 

 

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PESACH RESOURCES 5774

PESACH RESOURCES 5774

 

Chaverim nichbadim - Dear friends:

It’s almost time for Pesach! You know, the “Festival of Freedom”, the holiday on which we celebrate our release from slavery to Pharaoh in Egypt by abiding by the very strict dietary and ritual rules created by the Rabbis and Jewish Tradition, including eating the hardtack called matzah for eight days. Freedom, you say? God said, “Send forth My people, so they may serve me.” That’s how it is typically translated. But the Hebrew word for “so they may serve me”, “v’ya’avduni”, might easily be translated as “so they will slave for Me”. The root for “serve”, “avad”, is also the root for “eved” – “slave”. So, how do you manage Pesach in such a way as to avoid complete slavery?

 

Here are some simple rules:

1. Accept that you are not perfect – and neither is anyone else! You don’t have to do it all!

2. Prepare the house by cleaning and removing the chametz. A short but very useful guide to kashering your home and identifying foods that are or are not kosher for Passover can be found at: http://rabbinicalassembly.org/pesach-guide

3. Prepare the food for the Seder.

4. Prepare the food for the remainder of the holiday by shopping for it before Pesach.

5. Prepare yourself and your family spiritually.

6. Prepare yourself and your family intellectually.

7. Do not drive yourself or anyone else crazy – see number rule #1.

8. Remember that Pesach really is about freedom; freedom is fun; have fun! See rule #7.

9. Any questions? Ask a rabbi!
 

 

 

Are you looking for ways to make your seder more meaningful, more accessible, more involving for children, more interesting, shorter, etc.? Then check out these resources on-line:

a. A downloadable, brief and very accessible Haggadah can be found at:
http://jewishboston.com/279-jewishboston-com/blogs/1771-jewishboston-com-s-the-wandering-is-over-haggadah-free-pdf-download   (there's also a free mobile app version from Google, Apple and Amazon)

b. lots of great seder resources, including song sheets and do-it-yourself haggadot, are available at:
http://www.jewishfreeware.org/downloads/folder.2006-01-07.0640323187/

c. Jewish Freeware has a downloadable haggadah in PDF that allows you to print/copy only the pages you want to use for your seder can be found at:

http://jewishfreeware.org/downloads/folder.2006-01-07.0640323187/5770COMPLETEMASTERHaggadahPaginated3-8-10WITHOUT%20SONGS.pdf

 

d. MyJewishLearning.com is, IMVHO, the best Jewish educational resource on the web, and has material on virtually everything you might ever want to know about Judaism, but didn’t know how or whom to ask. The homepage is easily navigable. For Pesach, go to this page: http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Passover.shtml

 

e. The Conservative Yeshiva, in Jerusalem, has a number of text resources for study before the holiday and for discussion at the Seder. See the following: http://www.conservativeyeshiva.org/wp-content/uploads/Going-from-Observer-to-Participant.pdf                                                                 http://www.conservativeyeshiva.org/rich-matzah-poor-matzah       http://www.conservativeyeshiva.org/the-social-side-of-pesach

http://www.conservativeyeshiva.org/passover-cleaning-out-hametz

http://www.conservativeyeshiva.org/who-really-split-the-sea

 

f. Passover Gateway, a Pesach resource from an Orthodox perspective, also with good general Jewish resources on its main page:                            http://www.beingjewish.com/yomtov/passover

 

g. Passover according to Chabad in a straightforward manner. Follow the links on this page:   http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/default_cdo/aid/109747/jewish/Passover.htm

 

h. Especially good for beginners, National Jewish Outreach Program’s extensive and accessible collection of how-to’s, background materials and videos, from the folks who bring you Shabbat Across America and Jewish Treats webzine (also has Shabbat and other holiday resources):                                                                       http://njop.org/resources/holidays/complete-guide-to-holidays/passover/

 

One of my seminary teachers suggested that, in addition to whichever Haggadah of choice you use for your Seder, you should every year acquire a new Haggadah with commentary and illustrations to help you prepare and make your Seder more enjoyable. Ask your local Jewish bookseller, consult with a rabbi, explore the web – there are beautiful and accessible Haggadot available. Here are some of my favorites:

1.   Passover Haggadah – The Feast of Freedom. The Rabbinical Assembly, 1982.

2.   A Passover Haggadah – Go Forth and Learn. Rabbi David Silver. Jewish Publication Society, 2011.

3.   The Haggadah Treasury. Rabbi Nosson Scherman. Artscroll, 1978.

4.   From Bondage to Freedom – The Passover Haggadah. Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D. Shaar Press, 1995

5.   A Different Night – The Family Participation Haggadah. Noam Zion and David Dishon. Shalom Hartman Institute, 1997.

6.   Studies on the Haggadah from the Teachings of Nechama Leibowitz. Urim Publications, 2002.

7.   The Hirsch Haggadah. Samson Raphael Hirsch. Feldheim Publishers, 1993.

8.   A Feast of History. Chaim Raphael. Steimatzky’s, 1972. (Out of print L but available used)

9.   The Origins of the Seder. Baruch Bokser. JTS Press, 2002 (Paperback edition). Not a Haggadah, but for those interested in an academic treatise that opens the eyes to history.

  

 

Some other important reminders about Pesach and the lead-up to the holy days:

1. All first-borns are obliged to engage in a fast, called Ta’anit B’chorot, from pre-dawn until the seder on the 14th of Nisan, this year on Monday, April 14, in recognition of the 10th plague. To avoid the fast, the custom has become for the firstborn to engage in Torah study and then have a festive "meal" (a siyyum) at the completion of their study. I will be hosting Torah study and siyyum (complete with the last chametz you will eat until the end of Pesach) on Monday, April 14, at 8:00 am at Congregation Beth Meier (CBM). All are welcome, not just first-borns. If you wish to join us, please let me know by e-mail to ravflom@sbcglobal.net by Sunday evening, April 13, so I will have enough coffee and Krispy Kreme donuts. :)
2. CBM is holding a communal second seder on Tuesday, April 15, beginning at 8:00 pm. Reservations are due no later than 5:00 pm, Sunday, April 6, by leaving a phone message at the CBM office - (818) 769-0515. We need to order from the caterer on Monday, April 7. Sorry, late reservations cannot be accommodated.
3. CBM calendar updates/reminders for the next few weeks:
Religious School will meet, and have a model seder, this Sunday, April 6, at 9:30 am. There is no RS on April 13 or April 20. RS resumes April 27.

 

The (Re)Introduction to Judaism outing to Cambridge Farms for Sunday, April 6, is CANCELED. Class resumes Wednesday, April 23.

 

Upcoming worship services at CBM are as follows:

Friday, April 4 - Shabbat Evening - 8:00 pm;

Saturday, April 5 - Shabbat Morning - 10:00 am;

Friday, April 11 - Family Shabbat Evening - 7:30 pm;

Saturday, April 12 - Shabbat Morning - 10:00 am;

Tuesday, April 15 - Pesach 1 Morning - 10:00 am;

Wednesday, April 16 - Pesach 2 Morning - 10:00 am;

Friday, April 18 - Shabbat Chol Hamoed Evening - 8:00 pm;

Saturday, April 19 - Shabbat Chol Hamoed Morning - 10:00 am;

Monday, April 21 - Pesach 7 Morning - 10:00 am;

Tuesday, April 22 - Pesach 8 Morning, including Yizkor - 10:00 am;

I guess it's time to start thinking about Pesach!

 

Wishing you a Chag Pesach Sameach, Kasher v’Mashma’uti – A Passover that is Happy, Kosher and Meaningful!

Rabbi Richard A. Flom
Congregation Beth Meier
Studio City, CA
http://www.bethmeier.org/
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"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still."  Isaiah 62:1