Parashat Ekev
Torah: Deuteronomy 7:12 - 11:25
Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 - 51:3 (Second Haftarah of
Consolation)
Candle-lighting for Friday, August 7: 7:29 PM PDT
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THE WALK OF LIFE
"And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you? Only that you should fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deuteronomy 10:12
"For if you surely observe all this commandment that
I command you, to do it; to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways,
and to cling to Him." Deuteronomy 11:22
We humans are so full of ourselves, we think we have the
power of God; we want to be like God. But a simple "act of God",
such as a bolt of lightning, can shut down human power, literally, for millions
of people.
Sifre Deuteronomy teaches: "To walk in all His
ways." These are the ways of the Holy One, Blessed is He -
"compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in kindness and
truth, preserving kindness for a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin; and granting pardon." (Quoting Exodus 34:6)
Just as The One Who is in Every Place is compassionate and gracious, so must
you be compassionate and gracious....
Compassionate, gracious, patient, kind, truthful, forgiving
- these are more than just words. These are the ways we are supposed to
walk through life - this is the path God wants us to follow. This is the
way we can be like God. Just as God has Thirteen Attributes, so must we,
created in God's image for the purpose of maintaining God's world, strive to
develop in ourselves as many of these attributes as is humanly
possible. Lace up those boots and start walking!
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
.הַלּוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם ?אֵיזֶהוּ
חָכָם
Who is wise? The one who learns from every person.
Ben Zoma - Pirkei Avot 4:1
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