Parashat Beha’alot’kha
19 Sivan 5775 / 5-6 June
2015
Torah: Numbers 8:1 - 12:17
Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14 -
4:7
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Between the Lines
"Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say: 'Rise up, Lord. May Your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate You flee before You.' And when it rested, he would say: 'Return, Lord, You who areIsrael
In a Sefer Torah and in the Chumash, these two verses are bracketed by upside down letter nuns. According to the Talmud, they constitute a separate book of the Torah, the purpose of which is to avoid reporting three successive sins by the Israelites.
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Between the Lines
"Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say: 'Rise up, Lord. May Your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate You flee before You.' And when it rested, he would say: 'Return, Lord, You who are
In a Sefer Torah and in the Chumash, these two verses are bracketed by upside down letter nuns. According to the Talmud, they constitute a separate book of the Torah, the purpose of which is to avoid reporting three successive sins by the Israelites.
In the liturgy, however, the two verses are themselves "bookends". Verse 35 is sung when the
What happens in the synagogue between the recitations of the two verses is a wonderful ritual pageant, carried out for the past two millennia in every synagogue in the world. The congregation rises and sings, the Torah is twice paraded around the sanctuary, the portion and haftarah are read and discussed, anywhere from three to eight people are called for aliyot, prayers for healing, for thanksgiving, for the community and for our country are recited, babies are named, and more.
The Torah service is my favorite part of Shabbat morning. We are re-enacting history, and creating it as well, each time we conduct it. Since the Torah is the history of our people, and we read that history every week, one might say that all of our history occurs between these two verses. We publicize and renew our understanding of the Torah even as we stand at
Our presence in and support of the synagogue take on even greater meaning this week. We are concluding another year of Beth Meier’s
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
Congregation Beth Meier - Studio
City , CA
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Candle lighting: 7:43 pm
Friday: Shabbat Evening Service – 8:00 pm. Oneg
Shabbat follows.
Saturday: Shabbat Morning Service – 10:00 am.
Kiddush lunch follows.
Sunday: Religious School
Tuesday: Lunch and Learn – 12:00 noon.
This d’var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Avi Shmuel
Yosef Hakohen ben Bella, Naomi bat Yorma, Miriam Minya bat Alisa Batya, Sarah
Mindel bat Toby, Jeannie Berger, Ken Bitticks, Elsbet Brosky, Jacob William
Cohen, Jerry Daniels, Howard Ehrlich, Maya Fersht (Maya bat Esther), Dr. Samuel
Fersht (Shmuel Natan ben Gittel), Annabelle Flom (Chanah Bella bat Kreina), Gig
Flom (Gittel Tobi bat Blanca), Jerry Forman, Pamela Huddleston, Betsy Kleiger,
Philip Kovac, Marilyn Lee, and Annie Rivera.
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