2 Kislev 5779 / 9-10 November 2018
Parashat Tol’dot
Torah - Genesis 25:19 – 28:9
Haftarah – Malakhi 1:1 – 2:7
Torah - Genesis 25:19 – 28:9
Haftarah – Malakhi 1:1 – 2:7
This Shabbat we will be celebrating the Bar
Mitzvah of David Danhi. Mazal tov! Please join us for services and to share in
the simchah!
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YOU
GET WHAT YOU DESERVE
“May God (Elohim) give you of the dew of heaven, and the fat of the land, and plenty of wheat and wine.” Genesis 27:28
Rashi: Why is the name of God that is used here the one that refers to His attribute of justice? To teach that He will treat you with justice. If you deserve it (the blessing), He will give it to you, and if not, He will not give it to you.
“May God (Elohim) give you of the dew of heaven, and the fat of the land, and plenty of wheat and wine.” Genesis 27:28
Rashi: Why is the name of God that is used here the one that refers to His attribute of justice? To teach that He will treat you with justice. If you deserve it (the blessing), He will give it to you, and if not, He will not give it to you.
Pirkei
Avot
5:10
There
are four character types among people:
One
who says, "What is mine is mine and what is yours is yours" – this is
the common (average) type, though some say that this is the type of Sodom
(selfish and uncharitable).
One
who says, "What is mine is yours and what is yours is mine" – this is
an ignoramus (unstable, anarchical).
One
who says, "What is mine is yours and what is yours is yours” – this is a
saintly person (chasid – boundlessly charitable).
And
one who says, "What is yours is mine, and what is mine is mine" –
this is an evil person.
Oznayim Latorah: Wheat, i.e., bread, is one of the necessities of life, but wine is a luxury, which only those who can afford to will use. Isaac in this blessing hints that those who can afford it may drink wine ONLY (emphasis mine) if there is plenty of wheat, for both the poor and the rich, and if there are no hungry people in the land. But, if there is not “plenty of wheat” in the land, if there is a shortage of bread, then even those who can afford to may not drink wine; instead, they should use that money to buy bread for the poor.
This idea of foregoing luxuries, even when we can afford them, in order to provide others with necessities, goes against much if not all that our increasingly consumerist, selfish, and libertarian-leaning society teaches us. As is so often the case, Torah can be truly counter-cultural, if not revolutionary in its teachings.
There
are still significant numbers of homeless and hungry people in our communities.
You can help with donations of food, and/or money, and/or time to a shelter or
food bank near you.
What
kind of justice do YOU deserve?
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
Temple B'nai Hayim/Congregation Beth Meier
"שתיקה כהודאה דמיא"
Silence in the face of wrongdoing is
consent.”
BT Yevamot 88a
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Candle lighting: 4:35 pm
Friday: Shabbat
Evening Service – 7:30 pm. Bar mitzvah of David Danhi - Mazal tov! Oneg
Shabbat sponsored by the Danhi family follows.
Saturday: NO
Torah study/breakfast this week. Resumes next Shabbat. Shabbat Morning
Service – 9:30 am. Bar mitzvah of David Danhi – Mazal tov! Kiddush
luncheon sponsored by the Danhi family follows.
Sunday: Religious
School – 9:30 am. Sisterhood Meeting – 11:00 am. Veterans’ Day
(actual).
Monday: Veterans’ Day
(observed)
Tuesday: Lunch
and Learn – 12:00 noon.
Friday, 16 November: Shabbat Roxx! A rock n’ roll Shabbat evening service with Reb Jason and
the band – 7:30 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday, 17 November: Torah study/breakfast – 8:45 am. Shabbat Morning Service – 9:30 am.
Kiddush luncheon follows.
Sunday, 18 November: NO Religious School – resumes 2 December.
Sunday, 9 December: Community Menorah Lighting, Hanukkah Play, Latkes, Sufganiyot, and More!
- 5:00 pm. Check our website or weekly bulletin for details. RSVP to TBH/CBM
office.
Next time you come to TBH/CBM, please bring
some non-perishable canned and packaged foods and personal items (no glass) for
SOVA.
This d'var torah is offered in in honor of
David Danhi, becoming a bar mitzvah this Shabbat. Mazal tov to David and his
parents, Martin and Cecilia, and his sister, Jessica.
This Shabbat, 9-10 November, marks 80 years
since Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and the beginning of the end
for much of European Jewry. When will we ever learn.
This d'var torah is offered in memory of all those murdered in Thousand
Oaks, California. May their memories be a blessing.
This d'var torah is offered for a refuah
shleimah for all those injured in the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks,
California.
This d'var torah is offered for a refuah
shleimah for Elisheva bat Malkah, Ze’ev ben Adeline, Liora bat Sarah, Eilite
bat Miriam, Sarah bat Devorah, Susan Arbetman, Ken Bitticks, Jerry Daniels,
Maya Fersht (Maya bat Esther), Dr. Samuel Fersht (Shmuel Natan ben Gittel), Annabelle
Flom (Chanah Bella bat Kreina), Bernard Garvin, Leah Granat, Brandon Joseph,
Gabor Klein, Philip Kovac, Tonya Kronzek (Zlata Malkah bat Sarah Emanu),
Barbara Levy, David Marks, Debra Schugar Strauss (Devorah bat Chaya Feiga),
Helen Schugar (Chaya Feiga bat Kreina), Irwin Silon, William Sragow, and
Jonathan Woolf.
Please let me know if there is anyone you would
like to add to this list or if there is anyone who may be removed from this
list.
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