Parashat Sh’lach L’kha
26 Sivan 5779 /
28-29 June 2019
Torah: Numbers 13:1 -
15:41
Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24
Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24
Dedications and Calendar of Events
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KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE
PRIZE
"And it will be for you as a fringe, that you look at it, and remember all of the Lord's commandments, and do them; and that you do not rove after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you might go astray." Numbers 15:39
"The heart and the
eyes, they are the spies of the body, acting as procurers for its sins. The eye
sees, the heart covets, and the body sins." Rashi (citing Tanchuma)
This verse, also part of
the third, concluding paragraph of the Sh'ma, refers to the commandment to wear
tzitzit, fringes, on the four corners of a tallit or other garment. The late, great
Torah teacher, Nechama Leibowitz, finds Rashi's statement "rather
strange". Why shouldn't we look about at the world, and take it all in?
After all, didn't God create it?
The answer may be found
in the type of looking that we do. When we look at God's creation, we can
appreciate it as something much greater than ourselves, of which we are a very
small part; or, we can look at it as something which we covet, believing that
we are greater than creation – and its Creator.
Our purpose in the world
is not to take whatever we want, whenever we want it. Rather, we are to serve
as God's partners, albeit very limited partners, in maintaining, repairing and
improving the world - and ourselves! (See Genesis 2:15; Leviticus 25:23). We do
this through the performance of mitzvot. Focusing on the tzitzit keeps us on
task when our minds start to wander. Put on a tallit, look at the tzitzit, and
remember why you are here!
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
Temple B'nai Hayim/Congregation Beth Meier
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"שתיקה כהודאה דמיא"
"Silence in the face of wrongdoing is
consent.”
BT Yevamot 88a
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Candle lighting: 7:50 pm
Friday: Shabbat
Evening Service – 7:30 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday: NO Breakfast/Torah
Study – resume July 6. Shabbat Morning Service – 9:30 am. A special Shabbat kiddush luncheon
in honor of Gina Seeman, as thanks for all her work with Sisterhood and
for the TBH/CBM community. RSVP through synagogue office.
Tuesday: Lunch
and Learn – 12:00 noon.
Thursday: Synagogue
office closed – Independence Day. Raise Old Glory and Let Freedom Ring!
Friday, July 5: Shabbat
Evening Service – 7:30 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday, July 6: Breakfast/Torah
Study – 8:45 am. Shabbat Morning Service – 9:30 am. Kiddush luncheon follows.
This d’var torah is offered for a refuah
shleimah for Leah bat Sarah Imanu, Sarah bat Devorah, Susan Arbetman, Ken
Bitticks, Mark Brownstein, Susan Burke, Jerry Daniels, Maya Fersht (Maya bat
Esther), Dr. Samuel Fersht (Shmuel Natan ben Gittel), Annabelle Flom (Channah
Bella bat Kreina), Bernard Garvin, Leah Granat, Carol Herskowitz, Diana Hirsch,
Brandon Joseph, Gabor Klein, Philip Kovac, Tonya Kronzek (Zlata Malkah bat
Sarah Imanu), Marilyn Lee, David Marks, Sandra Raab, Marguerite Rassiner, Josef
Sands, Debra Schugar Strauss (Devorah bat Chaya Feiga), Helen Schugar (Chaya
Feiga bat Kreina), Bernie Seeman, 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.
Next time you come to TBH/CBM, please bring
some non-perishable canned and packaged foods and personal items (no glass) for
SOVA.
TBH Religious School and TBH
Preschool have open enrollment. Enroll your children now! Contact the TBH
office for information.
And be sure to tell your neighbors, friends,
and relatives about our warm and welcoming community and our programs!
We are looking for volunteers for
services: chant Torah or Haftarah, daven, lead English readings,
deliver d’rashot, and have aliyot and other Torah/bimah honors. Training
available! Contact Rabbi Flom by e-mail for details and to sign up!
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