Parashat Sh'lach L'kha
Sivan 26, 5782 / June 24-25, 2022
Torah: Numbers 13:1 - 15:41
Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24
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This d'var torah is offered in honor of Dr. Martin Lee, President of Temple B'nai Hayim. Dr. Lee has served Temple B'nai Hayim, and before that Congregation Beth Meier, as President and in other Board positions for more than 10 years, and has done so with emunah shleimah - complete faith. We are honoring him this Sunday at our Annual Gala, and hope you can join us. Reservations are still available! For more information, call the synagogue office at (818) 788-4664 or go to:
https://bnaihayim.org/event-honoring-dr-martin-lee/
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This d'var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Chanah Bella bat Kreina, Feigel bat Kreina, and D'vorah bat Feigel.
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Lunch and Learn meets Tuesdays at 12:30 PM on Zoom and Facebook Live. We're continuing to read and discuss the Midrashic collection Ein Ya’akov. On June 28, we'll be at Chapter 9 of BT Berakhot (58a) - "...רבי שילא נגדיה לההוא גברא דבעל זונה” - "R. Shila lashed a certain man for having committed adultery..." The reading may be found at page 17 of my pagination:
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Dr. Steve Pearlman writes up the
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KEEPING FAITH AND SEEING TRUTH
"Send you men, who will spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites..." Numbers 13:2
Sivan 26, 5782 / June 24-25, 2022
Torah: Numbers 13:1 - 15:41
Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24
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This d'var torah is offered in honor of Dr. Martin Lee, President of Temple B'nai Hayim. Dr. Lee has served Temple B'nai Hayim, and before that Congregation Beth Meier, as President and in other Board positions for more than 10 years, and has done so with emunah shleimah - complete faith. We are honoring him this Sunday at our Annual Gala, and hope you can join us. Reservations are still available! For more information, call the synagogue office at (818) 788-4664 or go to:
https://bnaihayim.org/event-honoring-dr-martin-lee/
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This d'var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Chanah Bella bat Kreina, Feigel bat Kreina, and D'vorah bat Feigel.
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Lunch and Learn meets Tuesdays at 12:30 PM on Zoom and Facebook Live. We're continuing to read and discuss the Midrashic collection Ein Ya’akov. On June 28, we'll be at Chapter 9 of BT Berakhot (58a) - "...רבי שילא נגדיה לההוא גברא דבעל זונה” - "R. Shila lashed a certain man for having committed adultery..." The reading may be found at page 17 of my pagination:
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Rabbi Van Leeuwen has a blog which you should read at:
https://midrashsrp.wordpress.com
Please feel free to pass this on to a friend, and please cite the source.
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KEEPING FAITH AND SEEING TRUTH
"Send you men, who will spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites..." Numbers 13:2
The Grapes of Canaan - James Tissot
Rashi: Why does the section of the spies follow the section of Miriam? Because
she was punished for speaking evil about Moses, and these evil men saw this and
did not learn from it.
After their mission, 10 of the 12 spies speak evilly about the land, and the Israelites refuse to enter it, even though God has promised it to them. Consequently, God punishes all of the people by making them wait 38 more years, until everyone who was an adult at the time is dead - except for the two spies who told the truth. Not only did the other spies not learn, neither did anyone else.
After their mission, 10 of the 12 spies speak evilly about the land, and the Israelites refuse to enter it, even though God has promised it to them. Consequently, God punishes all of the people by making them wait 38 more years, until everyone who was an adult at the time is dead - except for the two spies who told the truth. Not only did the other spies not learn, neither did anyone else.
Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav quotes Ezekiel 1:1, "The heavens were opened and I saw visions of God." The anagram of the first letters of the Hebrew words here forms the word "emunah", which means "faith".
Had the spies and the people had faith, they would have seen the truth about the land and seen the lesson of Miriam's punishment for evil speech, and they would have been rewarded. When a person has faith, they see.
Shabbat Shalom.
Temple B'nai Hayim
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"Silence in the face of wrongdoing is consent.”
BT Yevamot 88a
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