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Friday, Iyar 7, 5769 / May 1, 2009
                                              Vol. III No. 2

Weekly E-letter

 
 
 
In This Issue
The Weekly Word...
The Parsha in a Nutshell
A BIT OF...HUMOR
Shabbat
Acharei-Kedoshim
Candle Lighting: 20:44
End of Shabbat: 22:01
 
 Blessing Transliteration:

Boruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam A-sher Ki-de-shan-nu Be-mitz-vo-sov Ve-tzi-va-nu Le-had-lik Ner Shel Shabbat Ko-desh.

 

It is a great mitzvah and responsibility to honor the Sabbath by lighting candles 18 minutes before sunset on Friday evening. This unique commandment, entrusted to the Jewish woman, is rich with meaning and purpose.

It is very important to know the exact candle-lighting time, as we are not allowed, under any circumstances, to kindle these lights after sunset.

 

thought for the day

LOVE 
 
Also those who are far from G-d's Torah and His service... one must draw them close with strong cords of love -- perhaps one might succeed in bringing them closer to Torah and the service of G-d. And even if one fails, one has still merited the rewards of the fulfillment of the Mitzvah, "Love your fellow"

  Tanya ch 32
Mazal Tov 
 
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Friends  
 
Hi and Shalom, 
 
Over the past week many of us comemarated or celebrated.
Many times we do this with the past in mind, we must also remember to ask ourselves did we make history today? In general, one should always see to it that tomorrow should be much better than today.
 
Looking forward to seeing you on Shabbat.
 
May we speedily merit true freedom with the coming of Moshiach!  
 
Shabbat Shalom,
 
Michoel Rosenblum
The Weekly Word
By: Rabbi Levi Y. GarelikRav -Rabbi of The European Synagogue
 
This upcoming Friday is the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar (May 8th), exactly one month after the start of Pesach-the Passover Festival. This day is known as Pesach Sheini-the second Passover.
 
This holiday originated one year after the Jews left Egypt, when G-d commanded them once again to bring up the Korban Pesach-the Passover offering. There were some Jews who were ritually impure through their contact with a dead body, which invalidated them from preparing the Passover sacrifice on that day. These men approached Moses and expressed their grief for being deprived of the opportunity to fulfill G-d's commandment together with the remainder of the Jewish nation.
 
In response to their request, G-d established a special holiday, the 14th of Iyar, as a "Second Passover" for all those who were prevented from bringing their sacrifice one month earlier.
 
This day teaches us that it is always possible to do "teshuva", to return and make amends for any oversight, and that G-d is always willing to give us a second chance. In the words of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch, "The Second Passover means that it's never 'a lost case.'"
 
Many have the custom to mark the 14th of Iyar by eating Matzah, to commemorate those who would celebrate their own mini Passover on this day.
 
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The Parsha in a Nutshell

Acharei-Kedoshim Leviticus 16:1- 20:27

 
Chumashim

Following the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, G-d warns against unauthorized entry "into the holy." Only one person, the Kohen Gadol ("high priest"), may, but once a year, on Yom Kippur, enter the innermost chamber in the Sanctuary to offer the sacred ketoret to G-d.
 
Another feature of the Day of Atonement service is the casting of lots over two goats to determine which should be offered to G-d and which should be dispatched to carry off the sins of Israel to the wilderness.
 
The Parshah of Acharei also warns against bringing korbanot (animal or meal offerings) anywhere but in the Holy Temple, forbids the consumption of blood, and details the laws prohibiting incest and other deviant sexual relations.
 
The Parshah of Kedoshim begins with the statement: "You shall be holy, for I, the L-rd your G-d, am holy" followed by dozens of mitzvot (Divine commandments) through which the Jew sanctifies him or herself and relates to the holiness of G-d. These include: the prohibition against idolatry, the mitzvah of charity, the principle of equality before the law, Shabbat, sexual morality, honesty in business, honor and awe of one's parents, the sacredness of life.
 
Also in Kedoshim is the dictum which the great sage Rabbi Akiva called a cardinal principle of Torah and of which Hillel said, "This is the entire Torah, the rest is commentary" -- Love your fellow as yourself.
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