Parashat Pinchas
24 Tammuz 5775 / 10-11 July 2015
Torah: Numbers 25:10 - 30:1
Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 (First Haftarah of Rebuke)
Dedications and Calendar of Events follow below. Full calendar and other information about our community may be found at: http://www.bethmeier.org
Torah: Numbers 25:10 - 30:1
Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 (First Haftarah of Rebuke)
Dedications and Calendar of Events follow below. Full calendar and other information about our community may be found at: http://www.bethmeier.org
We’re planning a trip to Israel! Itinerary,
brochure and other information are at my blog, http://rav-rich.blogspot.com/2015/07/trip-to-israel or
I can send you a PDF version via e-mail.
Please feel free to pass this on to a friend, and please cite the
source.
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FOLLOW THE LEADER
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FOLLOW THE LEADER
"Of Yetzer, the Yetzerite family; of Shilem, the Shilemite family." Numbers 26:49
Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlochov offers the following comment on this verse: "This is a hint of what our Sages say, that a person is led along the path he wishes to follow (citing the Talmud at Makkot 10). 'Of Yetzer' (which means "inclination") - if a person wishes to follow his yetzer hara, his Evil Inclination, 'the Yetzerite family' - whole families will join him in this type of behavior. On the other hand, 'of Shilem' (the root of which means "perfection" - the same root as "shalom" - "peace") - if a person seeks to find perfection, 'the Shilemite family' - many friends will join him in this course."
This is an interesting insight. Each and every one of us has not only the freedom to choose good or evil, but the power to persuade others through our choices. Each and every one of us leads by example. This means that, in a sense, none of us ever has any "down time" - time when we are not being observed by others - whether by our partners or by our children or by our friends or by our co-workers. But it also means that every minute of every waking day is an opportunity to influence others in a positive and constructive way - merely by being "shilem".
You never know who's watching!
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
Congregation Beth Meier - Studio City, CA
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Candle lighting: 7:48 pm
Friday: Family Shabbat Evening Service – 7:30
pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday: Shabbat Morning Service – 10:00
am. Kiddush lunch follows. Happy Birthday Leonard Foint!
Sunday: English Tea Party at Beth
Meier – SORRY – NO WALK-INS – Reservations closed.
Tuesday: Lunch and Learn – 12:00 noon.
Friday, July 17: Shabbat Evening Service – 8:00
pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Sunday, July 12: English Tea Party at Beth
Meier - Enjoy a three course meal, meet new people, have fun and plan other
events. Limited seating, $25 per person, RSVP by July 7th!
Sunday, July 19: Rosh Chodesh Group’s Tallit Making
Caravan to Little India. Contact Lynn Kronzek or Deb Sigel for details.
Sunday, August 2: IMPORTANT Meeting of the members of Beth Meier –
2:00 pm. Please make every effort to come and make your voices heard!
Sunday, August 9: Meeting
with Rabbi Mark Hyman of Shalom Travel at 4:00 pm to discuss our trip
to Israel! Itinerary,
brochure and other information are at my blog, http://rav-rich.blogspot.com/2015/07/trip-to-israel or I can send you a PDF version via e-mail.
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), Leonard Foint, Annabelle Flom (Chanah Bella
bat Kreina), Gig Flom (Gittel Tobi bat Blanca), Jerry Forman, Pamela
Huddleston, Philip Kovac, Rabbi Sheldon Pennes, and Annie Rivera.
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