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Sedra Mishpatim (Exodus)
ThufSday,JFW»rtrafy llV 1992 ~ THE BUJJLETJN ~ 9
SedmYitrp (Exodus)' H«vd«ta^.Sabbatb ends
February. 13, 6:07 p.m.
Beth Hamldrash Congregation. 3231 Heather, Ganiiiel Aharon. Services: Friday, 6:^.m. Saturday,: 8:3(1 a.m. Mtncha 4:30 p.m. Sunday
9 a.m. 872-5702. (SephafdicOrtho^ dox). ' . / " 'i
Beth Israel: Congregation, 4350 Oak. Rabb).W41^red Solomon. Rab> hi Jeffrey Hoffman. Cantor Murray Nixon. Torah Tjeader, D. Rubin. . Choir, P€imaff,.director. Services: Friday, ear^rservice 6 p.m.; regular. sanctuary A.worsl^ip. . .8:15^ p.m,; Saturday, .9:J5 a.m: 731-4161 (Conservat^ye)..' ,
Beth Tikyab Congregation. 9711 Geal Road, Richmond, B.C. Rabbi Harvey Markowitz. Services: Friday, 8 p.Hi.' Saturday, 10;; a.m.: Minyan,Suiiday^ 9^;m,.27i-^2|52. , (Conservative).:
Havdala, Sabbath ends
. , Febniary 20. 6:19 p.m.
Eitz Chaim (!;ongregatioii. 9211 Bliindell -Road, Richmond, B.C. Services: Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday,'^^.m; 274-3107. (Orthodox):
Louis Brier Home. 1055 W. 41st Avenue.'-Services: Daily 4:30 p.mi ' Shabbat. 9:1^ a.m. aoid 4:30 p.m. with Sam :^ingerman,Riilph Rosenberg, Rbii and dan Komfeld, Mo£ Frutiikin.'(Orthodox).
Scfaara Tzedeck Congregation.
3476 Oak. Rabb^i Baqi^b^ Zaichj^|(. Rabbi Menahefli^i^i^llP-^-
Man enters the world with a whimper and exits^with a cry: for he enters ^he world without knowledge, and leaves it without knowledge. Midrash: Ecclesiastes Rabbah» 5
G-d'knows that the best synagogue is the human heart.
Chassidic saying
BY RABBI MEIR GOTTESMAN
The ear is more for knowledge.
than the tye (Gierondi
It is hard to raise sons and much harder to raise daughters.
Sholem Aleichem
Chabaid-Lubavitch. 5750 Oak. Rabbi YHzcljalC Wineberg. i R^bi YakpyFelljg,i; Services: Friday, sunset. Saturday, 10 a.m. Sundays, 9 a;m. and at.sjun$et^ Weekdaysy? a.m. and at sunse{i266-1313. (Orthodox).
Congregation: Emanuel. 1461 Blanshard,<Vietoria. Services: Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday, .10 a.'m. (Conservative). ; / /
Mo^he Pireis. SgrviMs: Frid^^ 5:J^r, ; p.nL^^S^tii(i>[ja^^ Adult ^
Minya^!, 9:30 a.n*, in Bei.s I^,edi^li.^ ' Mfhdia 5: f5 p.m. followed bySeuda ! Shlishitanj^Maariv. Havdaiaat^^ . p,m.^^Sjin^ay services 8:30 ^in^» Jbllp>l^i;4Jby breakfast. Sendees during weekf 7:30;-a.m. and 5:15 pim. 736^601 (Orthodox).
WeamI w'tjiiing a pi'ofe^sO^^^ /
Tempie Sholom. 4426 W, Ave. Rabbi Philip Bregman. Murray Kenig, Cantorial Soloist/Choir Director. Services: Fridayv8:l5 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m. 224-1381. (Reform).
JEWISH CALENDS
5742-1982
Fast of Esther March 8
Purim March 9
Passover^ April 8-15
YbmHaShoa April 20
Yom HaAtamaut- April 29
Lajg JBi'Omer May 11
Yom Yerushalayiin May 21 1
Shavuot May 28-29 -
SUva Aisar BTanunusi July 8
TishiiB^v Juiy29
PARSHAT VITRO Zachor et yom Hashabbat. v. Remember the SJft^b'at Knowledge of Torah i&jiot enoughs jrou have to fear G-d, and sacrifiioe everythmg:for:His sake. ;■.-.i^)^ ■ ':-^i-&.i:^i:T^zl<^
Reb ChaimISmzer vim i student of RebSime<mSofer^ the f^rakower Rabbi. Simeon was a ^reat scholar, besides being the son of the famed ChasamScferJ '. "'■"-'r-^
Suddenly, i?efrClta£m became a i?aAmlirCA an(l^wen|often4qhear the teaching of the/l«*merl?a6W. Once, piTter one of }|isitrips^l?^^^ Sofer called hini to his study. -T^U ine,**^he demandetl. Hitl^tRizttmera greater scholar than I that you have abandoned me for him?** .
Reb Chaim answered: "^In the Torah we fmd two famous mountains, Mt! Sinai and Mt. Mpriah, When G-d had to build His holy teltriple|^Hep^ it to be built on MtMoriah. Why? Why not Mount Sitrai? y^rkft^e^ wasvgiventhere?-;j-;'vn -T^ : ^^i^--'-■
"But it shows.. v.it*s true that the Jora[h was given on buiMount Moriah ii^sthi^ place tte sacrific^lills son Isaac to
G-d. -And in G-d*s eyes, the willingness to^ve everything for His sajke is eVen holier thkn someone ^hb has mprCTorah.*' (Fun Vnzer AitekOitter)
Many Je^^ay they aire J[eiv:^ in their h^rts. They teelJewish. Th^y*love Israeli Th^yipyep^ isall very wprthy. Biit if that was
sufficient, then Why did G-d give lis a TPrah? ^ / ^ ;
Feeling:>le>vish isnot eriPugh; X Jew has to sacrifice wtaith and prestige and all ^hepieasure^;of this Wp
By lelUiBEM^ItaRi^R '
E}^n ti|p|Ui8|ijthc. routine act of eatiril^'^ pn^^ meitly satisfy ortt*&app^^^ the sai^e timer we identify oursetlve^w^^^ knesset Yisraei^lkp brotherhood of Israel, by reeling the same blessings and grace and til&erving the same rituals w|^K ^ aik^4nte|^ of
■; the"toe?K':;.::;;:^^^^ ,
. By the pb§e;i?h(|i:iu» of 1^ the dietary laws; the Jew expresses his links with titiier^Uowed Judaism and with commuiial responsibilities. These laws, together with the other mitin^ot, constitute the foundations upon which the Jewish people have survived and whose purpose Is to mke the Jews **a kingdom of priests.
and^ holy nation** (Exodus J9^;
The T>>r?^h; which gives tl^ his prescription for healthy living, sets bbt the laws whi^h create self-san^ificatiOn thrbugh p^^^^^^ means. Commenting on the verse in Deuteronomy 14, "For- jrou are a people consecrated tp the Eternal yonr ^G^^i 4he rabbis remark: sanctify yourself with the things that aref^rmitted to^you<Sifri):
A well4cnown tag asserts that "a perspn is what hti eats**; the character of a person >yilUin ttme,>$sum& quiaKties of the food and drink he consumes. Scientists hive denibh^^^^ strated how the food one eats has a particular effect on the body and, in consequence, the mind^
This is 'the purpose of the laws of kashrut aiiid the restricted diet it' imposes on the Jew. In order to obtain a: positive spiritual attitude towards life, the law disciplines one towt^rdshoiine^ through exercising control overall food^
The'thirteenth-century Kabbalist, Azripl bep Solomon, stated that **... all the dietary laws mentioned in the Torah haVethe words, *Be holy unto ' Me/ added to the tc«, jn order to purify the sou!^ ,which draws its sustenafice from tlie food in aecpr-dance^wtth its refinement and puri-
. Physiologists accept that^fp£i4 ia
?^ SIS
genejcajl^affecis npt:c)g^^^^t^^
health of inan« but his
outlbOk. Bpdyaiid soul are
cso closely cohnc^cted^a^^ through diet.
Kashrut is alsb conducive to self-restraint, a forceful discipline in the formiition of character JBcn Zoma asks: "Wh^ isf strong? He iWho subdued his desires (Avot 4).**
The dietary laws do nbtjm^ impose lestrictipns; they teach moral freedoih.
They; beibng to th(^ mitzvot known ai^i^^ whose rea^son canh^ot b^ icnp any apparenteeirtaihty. Jiliiim^^ tried to find a logical reasbh the' comnranchnents ^^.a
health and hygiene, tor ^he kashrut laws but iii^iiitained in, two of his major works that .. we must not allow our inability to find the ultimate reason for these laws to influence our obedience to them.^ r Recent medical research has established that certain animals are both disease-spreading and disease-inducing. It is these very animals that are non-kosher. . ^
Those birds which seize their prey in a cruel manner are forbidden. And Nachmanides suggests that fish which have noflnsand scales—the proscribed variety —usually live in the lower levelsbf the water and lack thewarmth of the sun; making them >. less wholesome than those living in: the clear, upper reaches. •
The biblical commentator, Ibn Ezra, states that flesh that is. eaten becomes part^of the bp^y of the one who .eat$ it; while the mediaeval < teacher; Menachem Rekanati, put it . this way::**For the humansoul it isof
thf4B95at^,t
body cohsists oif fine or cparse material:; Evcn^i^ lights shine brighter thrbiigM a gbcKi lamp and sonie thM» yield different fruit according to the soil in which they are planted."
Everydiihg in the kitchen and oh^ the table is governed by the die^ry laws. The most visible f^^^ a double selt Of kitehehuter^^ ^Is, crockery and cut]ery,iDne each for meat and milk dishes.
Kosher meat is under strict supervision from the moment the a is slfKightiered to ther tinai^^ food ^ reaches the toble. <^ ?nan of: learning and piety,^ a shbch^^^^ kill aii ahiMl by means of shfec^ the Jewish ritual method, which' causes iinm^ and;nO"tihri©ccs^^
Tfie "ammal£ then insjw^e^^ Ifemiji ti)^ is not ^ jdi^ea^i^ b^ dtli^ From the:wlibiesaler it passes tb^a biitcher liceh^ by the kashnit authorities to sell kosher inrait. -
Before it is cooked^ the ineat must be tbtelly dniitied of btopd, as
in:hi^bbd5^^;;:v.:;^^^^^^^^ j;;^
Torah does hot gp out Of style. It is for every pei^on,fpr,every time.
But... how can a Jew^ ah example from' his religious leaders? v
How did the igeneratibh of the Exodus — the doirhamidbar—reach such heights of holiness? Because they had a Moses as ah example:; ; ^
„ Consider,.. in this week's Parsha. Jethro,Mpses*sfather-iWaw, went out to the desert to visit him, tpgether with his w^^ and children >yhpm he hadn*t seen for sP Ipng. fle made a great reception in the father-in-law's hbftpt
What happened the nekt A^ayfVayehlineemacherM . And it was the very next day, and Moses sat. tO judge the people ...
Imagine... Jethro had just come to visit Moses* wi would someone else, have done? Forget everything else, and everyone. Spend a few days showing his farhily his new bffif^s, taking them for tours—at least ' a'weekend off. ^
Vayehi meeiRacAerat^Jlie very next day, Moses was back in his office working for the khU Visraei, wbrking for the benefit of the Jewish people and the service of G-d*
And that is why Moses is Moses, and thSi'Jewish people the i^Pple of G-d.
Once the s^ter of. the,brilliant VUna Gaon came to visit him after a separatipn of twenty year^. ' r
tihe Gapih^eted her w^ and shared a cup of tea with her for a few minutes. Then, ppening up a sefer he said: ^My dear sister in the next World, we will hdve all eterni^ to shmooz and talk over old times. This world was given over tp studying Torah and mitzvahs. Be well, and we shall see eadi other.**:,.. ^-^ -r ■ ^
And with that he turned tphis sefer. May wie absorb some of that love of G-d's law intb our very bones. Shabbat Shalom. %•<■ ^ ^
(Contihued on Page II) See: OBSERVANCE
The re<^ntsenu-arihual meeting Temple Shplom gave unanimous approval tp a ne# tfiree-year contract for Rabbi Philip Bregnian.
In theyear-and-a-half that Rabbi Bre^an has served th^ gatibn as ite spiritual leader, ^^t^^ bership has increased by 33 perqeiit. He has begun morm services and a ihontliiy^Rap vrith the llabbi^ busine^^ cheon; seeathe.drbtheih vated; and ■ addressed^^^n^ community aifairs aiid meetiiigs;
The Temple/Sliblbmi^ playi&d a key role in rcviyihg the RAV, Rabbiiiiiial Assbciatibn of Vancouver^ an(d has arrang(id for dty'ilabbfc to j)^^ a Friday
service at the Louis Brier HOme and Hospital on a rotating,basis. .
Rabbi Bregman and his wife Cathy have visited the small, growing ^Reform Congregations in both Edmonton and Calgary, offering advice and encourajgement. they also plan to m^ with Jews in the Okahagancentre&: during a .:^sit to Kelowna in the near future.
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