Parashat Re'eh
Torah - Deuteronomy 11:26 - 16:17
Haftarah - Isaiah 54:11 - 55:5
Haftarah - Isaiah 54:11 - 55:5
Av 25, 5783 / August 11-12, 2023
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This d'var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Chanah Bella bat Kreina and Devorah bat Feigel.
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Lunch and Learn meets Mondays at 12:30 PM on Zoom and Facebook Live. We're continuing to read and discuss the Midrashic collection Ein Ya'akov. On Monday, August 14, we'll be at BT Shabbat 113b, page 180 of Ein Ya'akov (Glick edition) Volume 1 – - "תן לחכם ויחכם עוד" "Give instructions to the wise and he will become yet wiser”
Ein Ya'akov (Glick edition) is available for on-line reading or as a downloadable PDF at: https://hebrewbooks.org/9630
A pointed Hebrew text version with different pagination is available at Sefaria:
https://www.sefaria.org/Ein_Yaakov?tab=contents
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Check out our wonderful community, and get lots of info about our various programs and becoming a Member at: https://bnaihayim.org/
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Rabbi Van Leeuwen has a blog which you should read at:
https://rebjasonblog.wordpress.com/blog/
Please feel free to pass this on to a friend, and please cite the source.
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A pointed Hebrew text version with different pagination is available at Sefaria:
https://www.sefaria.org/Ein_Yaakov?tab=contents
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Check out our wonderful community, and get lots of info about our various programs and becoming a Member at: https://bnaihayim.org/
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Rabbi Van Leeuwen has a blog which you should read at:
https://rebjasonblog.wordpress.com/blog/
Please feel free to pass this on to a friend, and please cite the source.
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TO HAVE AND TO BEHOLD
"Behold (you - singular), I give before you (plural) a blessing and a curse." Deuteronomy 11:26
Many have wondered - why the change in number? Menachem Mendel, the Kotzker Rebbe, says the Torah was indeed given to "you all" - but that each person beholds in it only that which s/he is capable of seeing and only to the extent of his/her understanding. I would add that this implies the uniqueness of every person’s understanding of the Torah!
As a people, we have the gift of the Torah. True, each of us is limited by our ability to understand it. But that gives no excuse to refuse to learn! In the end, each of us can understand it, do it to the best of our ability and transmit our understanding to others - but only if we first take the time to behold it!
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
Rabbi Emeritus, Temple B’nai Hayim
.אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם? הַלוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם
Who is wise? The one who learns from every person.
Ben Zoma - Pirkei Avot 4:1
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Rabbi Emeritus, Temple B’nai Hayim
.אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם? הַלוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם
Who is wise? The one who learns from every person.
Ben Zoma - Pirkei Avot 4:1
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