Yitzi's Parsha Preview: February 2010

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Yitzi’s Parshah Preview-Tetzaveh

This week’s Parsha Preview is co-dedicated to the refuah of Menachem Mendel Ben Faigie Ruchel, Yocheved Bat Leah, Simcha Bat Mazel, Ofek Ben Tali, Shimon Ben Miriam, Sara Bat Hodda, Avraham Moshe Ben Miriam Tova, Baruch Kalman ben Leiben Jacobs and Kyla Chaya Bat Sarah Polson may Hashem grant them all a speedy recovery and a complete healing.

***** Please daven and say a Mesheberach in your shuls on shabbat for Rav Moshe Refael Ben Chasiba Halevy (Rav Levy is the Rav of Nachal Yisrael) he will be undergoing quadruple bypass surgery. We wish him a successful surgery and complete recovery.

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Tetzaveh
Exodus 27:20-30:10
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Number Of Mitzvot: 7
4 Mitzvot Aseh (Positive Commandment)
3 Mitzvot Lo Taaseh (Negative Commandment - Prohibition)

This Shabbat, (the Shabbat immediately before Purim) is called Shabbat Zachor.

The Maftir, (additional reading), from Deut. / Devarim, Parshat Ki-Teitze, (25:17-19), deals with the commandment to "Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, upon your departure from Mitzrayim (Egypt).... ... how they perpetrated a cowardly and unprovoked attack... You shall erase the memory of Amalek from the heavens, you shall not forget."

This commandment, to remember Amalek, is one of the 613 commandments. It is incumbent, therefore, upon every person to attend services on Shabbat Zachor in order to hear this special reading and remember its message.

Haftora: (Additional portion, from Prophets, which is read after the Parsha) I Samuel / Shmuel I 15:2-34

Purim begins sundown Shabbat, February 27th, and goes thru Sunday evening, February 28th.

Main characters of this week’s Parsha
Hashem
Moshe
Aaron
Nadav
Avihu
Elazar
Itamar

G-d tells Moses to receive from the Children of Israel pure olive oil to feed the "everlasting flame" of the menorah, which Aaron is to kindle each day, "from evening till morning."

The priestly garments, to be worn by the Kohanim (priests) while serving in the Sanctuary are described. All Kohanim wore: 1) the ketonet -- a full length linen tunic; 2) michnasayim -- linen breeches; 3) mitznefet or migba'at -- a linen turban; 4) avnet -- a long sash wound above the waist.

In addition, the Kohen Gadol ("high priest") wore: 5) the efod, an apron-like garment made of blue, purple and red-dyed wool, linen and gold thread; 6) the choshen, a breastplate containing twelve precious stones inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel; 7) me'il -- a cloak of blue wool, with gold bells and decorative pomegranates on its hem; 8) the tzitz -- a golden plate worn on the forehead bearing the inscription "Holy to G-d".

Tetzaveh also includes G-d's detailed instructions for the seven-day initiation of Aaron and his four sons -- Nadav, Avihu, Elazar and Itamar -- into the priesthood, and for the making of the Golden Altar on which the ketoret ("incense") was burned.

Shabbat Zachor
What is the connection between erasing the memory of Amalek and Purim? The wicked Haman, who intended to destroy all the Jews in one day and claim their spoils, was the descendant of Agag who was the king of Amalek in the time of King Shaul. Thus we know that Haman was an Amalekite. This is why our sages ordained carrying out the commandment of remembering to erase the memory of Amalek before Purim. Zachor means remember - "Remember... do not forget!"

"Zachor Et Asher Asa Lecha Amalek BaDerech Betzetchem MiMitzrayim"

"Remember what Amalek did to you on your way out of Egypt! (Dvarim 25)"

On the Shabbat that precedes Purim, two Torah scrolls are taken from the ark; one for the regular parsha and one for the Maftir - 'Remember what Amalek did to you' (Dvarim 25). Because of this reading, it is called, Shabbat Zachor (Remember). The Haftorah also deals with Amalek.

There is a mitzvah in the Torah to remember Amalek and his descendants and to orally recall their iniquity. We are to tell our children in each generation what the people of Amalek did to us during our departure from Egypt. This mitzvah will be fulfilled completely only when we shall have caused Amalek's memory to perish, and their name to be erased from the world, together with the slightest remnant of anything that bears their name. As the Torah says: 'Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, upon your departure from Egypt'... 'You shall erase the memory of Amalek from beneath the heavens, you shall not forget.' Upon which the Sages have expounded: 'Remember,' orally - 'You shall not forget,' in your heart.

To properly fulfill this commandment, the Sages have prescribed the public reading of this passage from a Torah scroll, once every year, on the Shabbat which precedes Purim - so that the 'wiping-out' of Amalek might be adjacent to the 'wiping-out' of Haman, the latter being a descendant of Amalek.

Although this passage is read yearly in the parsha of Ki Tetzeh (which we read towards the end of the summer), we still must read this passage separately in its prescribed time before Purim. This is done in fulfillment of the Torah's commandment to remember the cowardly attack of Amalek.

Some authorities say that if one fails to hear Parshat Zachor, he fulfills his obligation through hearing the prescribed Torah reading on Purim: ('And Amalek came').

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Yitzi’s Parshah Preview- Terumah

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Terumah

Exodus 25:1-27:19

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Number of Mitzvot: 3

2 Mitzvot Aseh (positive commandment)

1 Mitzvot Lo Taaseh (negative commandment - prohibition)

HAFTORA: (Additional portion, from Prophets, which is read after the Parsha)

Melachim I / I Kings 5:26-6:13

Taanit Esther is observed on Thursday, February 25, 11 Adar.

Main characters of this week’s Parsha

Hashem

Moshe

G-d instructed Moses to accept contributions from the Israelites for the construction of a Tabernacle: "Let them make for Me a sanctuary, and I will dwell amongst them." The needed materials: precious metals, dyed wools and hides, flax, wood, olive oil, spices and gems. G-d then gave detailed instructions regarding the construction and dimensions of the Tabernacle and its vessels—starting with the Ark that housed the Tablets. The Ark was to be made of gold-plated acacia wood. Rings were to be attached to the corners of the Ark, wherein were inserted the poles that were used to transport the Ark.

The Ark was to be covered with a slab of pure gold. Two golden, winged cherubs (angels resembling young children; relief images of two winged cherubim were part of the cover of the Holy Ark) were to protrude from this cover. Next G-d gave instructions for constructing the Table for the Showbread (The bread offered on the sacred table in the Sanctuary each week). This table was also to be made of gold-plated acacia wood, and also to contain rings for transportation poles.

The seven branched Menorah (candelabra) was next on G-d's list. It was to be beaten out of a single block of pure gold, with decorative cups, knobs and flowers on its body. The Torah now turns its attention to the construction of the Tabernacle's sanctuary. The covering of the Sanctuary was to consist of several layers of tapestries. The first layer was to be a woven mixture of dyed wools and linen. The second layer was to be made of goat's hair. These two over-sized coverings also covered the outsides of the Tabernacle's walls. The very top of the Tabernacle was then to be further covered by dyed ram skins and tachash hides.

The walls of the Tabernacle were to be upright beams made of gold-plated acacia wood. The bottom of each beam had two projections that were to be inserted into two silver sockets. The Tabernacle's front side (to the east) was to have no wall. Its northern and southern side were to have twenty beams each. Its western wall was to have eight. Altogether the inside of the sanctuary was 30 cubits (approx. 45 feet) by 10 cubits, and 10 cubits high. The beams were held together by several crossbars.

The Tabernacle's sanctuary was to consist of two sections: the innermost chamber was the Holy of Holies, wherein the Ark was to be placed; and the outer chamber was the Holy Chamber, which housed the Menorah and the Table (as well as the Golden Altar which will be described in next week's reading). Two curtains were to be woven of dyed wools and linen. One was to be placed between the Holy of Holies and the Holy Chamber, the other covered the eastern side of the Tabernacle—its entrance.

G-d then gave instructions for the construction of the Outdoor Altar. This altar was to be made of copper-plated acacia wood, and it was to have four "horns," vertical projections, protruding from its uppermost corners. The altar, too, was equipped with rings and transportation poles.

The Tabernacle courtyard was to be 100 cubits (approx. 150 feet) by 50 cubits, and enclosed by mesh linen curtains. The entrance to the courtyard was to be on its eastern side, and the entrance was to be covered by a curtain woven of dyed wools and linen.

G-d told Moshe, “Tell the Children of Israel that anyone who desires to bring to Me an elevated-offering should do so.” (Shemot 25:1-2)

There are few Hebrew words that can be used to refer to a “gift”, but when it comes to the procurement of the materials for the construction of the Mishkan in this week’s parshah, the Torah uses the word “terumah”, which means “elevated-offering”. Giving to the construction of the Mishkan was not only about making a gift of it, it was about elevating the gift to a higher level of sanctity so that it can become worthy of being used for the Mishkan.

The truth is, just by designating something for Temple use is enough to change its halachic status. One moment you can be drinking from a glass cup without having to think twice, and the next moment a person can be guilty of misappropriation of Temple property if in-between sips he gifted the glass to the Temple. Same glass, different owner, and more importantly, a different level of holiness.

In fact, we could look at all of this differently. It would seem that the goal was to build a Mishkan, and that the terumot were just a means to do so. But, maybe it was the other way around. Maybe the goal was to give terumot, and the Mishkan was just the means for doing that. After all, the Mishkan was only the response to the golden calf, and as the commentators point out, had it not been for the calf, each and every Jew would have been his own Mishkan.

The Ultimate Terumah

“They shall make a sanctuary for Me so that I may dwell among them.” (Shemot 25:8)

Why does the pasuk say, “so that I may dwell in them” and not, “so that I may dwell in it ?” Rav Chaim Volozhin (Chaim Ben Yitzchok January 21, 1749 - June 14, 1821) says that the Mishkan was a prototype for what a person should be: a temple in his own right. However, when we allowed the golden calf to come into existence, we lost the right to be our own temples, and it was transferred to an actual building, the Mishkan.

Had we become our own temples, then we would have been responsible for using our terumot for that. And, we certainly would not have had to build all the various different elements about to be described in the upcoming parshiot. Then what would have been the terumot and how would we have given them? What would we have “elevated”?

Our da’at (our perception of G-d and reality) and that translates into what we give to G-d, or what we should be trying to give to G-d. We are told that G-d does not need sacrifices. Then why do we have to bring them? On one level it is for a tikun of the four elements of Creation that Adam’s sin blemished. By using salt with the sacrifice, we rectified the mineral world. By using wood to burn the sacrifice, we rectified the world of vegetation. The animal itself was to help the animal world achieve rectification, and by consuming the sacrifice, man became rectified as well.

However, the deeper purpose of the sacrifice was to affect the da’at of the person bringing it. The actual sacrifice was a means to achieve that result, because human beings need to see things or experience them before they can truly comprehend the reality of them. The experience of bringing a sacrifice with all of its parts and details was a powerful way to snap into reality and reach a higher level of awareness, and only once that was achieved did the person actually give to G-d what He was waiting for: an elevation of da’at, the true terumah, and the real “Elevated-Offering”. After all, what does G-d want from Creation? As the Arizal (Yitzhak Ben Shlomo Ashkenazi 1534 – July 25, 1572) explains at the beginning of Otzrot Chaim, G-d made Creation so that someone would exist who would call Him “Master”, or so someone would exist to whom He can be merciful or gracious to, and therefore be called “Merciful” or “Gracious”. A king without a kingdom is not a king at all, so G-d made a kingdom over which He could be King.

The Arizal continues not for His own good, but for our good. He doesn’t need to be called “king” or “merciful”, or anything else for that matter. It is our opportunity, not His, to recognize Him, and to “see” Him in life. That’s all He wants us to be able to do, to see Him. That, of course, is always a function of da’at, and the more elevated one’s da’at becomes, the greater a terumah it is.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Yitzi’s Parshah Preview-Mishpatim

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Mishpatim
Exodus 21:1-24:18
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Number of Mitzvot: 53
Only 3 parshas have more mitzvot
23 Mitzvot Aseh (positive Commandments)
30 Mitzvot Lo Taaseh (Negative Commandments- Prohibitions)

This Shabbat, (the Shabbat preceding Rosh Chodesh Adar), is Shabbat Parshat Shekalim.

The Maftir, (additional reading), from Shemot / Exodus, Parshat Ki Tisa, (30:11-16), describes the census or counting of every Jew and the obligation to give a Half-Shekel terumah (contribution) during the month of Adar to pay for the public Korbanot (sacrifices) in the Bait Hamikdash in Yerushalayim.

Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Adar
Molad for Adar is Sunday February 14, 2010 2:27 A.M. and 12 Chalakim Jerusalem Time. Rosh Chodesh - Sunday February 14, 2010 & Monday February 15, 2010.

Adar is the happiest, most joyous month of the Hebrew calendar. In fact, its motto is "When Adar comes, joy is increased."

Main characters of this week’s Parsha
Moshe
Aaron
Nadav
Avihu
Zekainim

This weeks parshah discusses laws pertaining to the Israelite servant (eved ivri), his mandatory release after six years of service, and the procedure followed when a servant expresses his desire to remain in his master's service. The Torah continues with the laws of the Israelite maidservant, and her terms of release. Other laws contained in this section: a husband's obligations towards his wife; punishments for murder, manslaughter, kidnapping and abusing parents; and the penalties accrued by a person who injures another.

The Parshah continues with laws of personal injury: the punishment for one who kills or injures his servant and for one who causes a woman to miscarry. The Torah then shifts its focus to a person's liabilities for damages caused by his possessions, such as an ox that gores; or his actions, such as leaving an open pit uncovered. A person who steals is liable to pay the capital plus punitive damages. The section concludes with a person's right to self-defense when facing a marauding thief. The first set of Mitzvot are known as Bein Adam L’makom between Man and G-d and the second set are known as Mitzvot bein Adam L’adam-between man and his fellow man.

An arsonist is liable for damages caused by fires he ignites. The Torah then details the potential liabilities of an individual who undertakes to be a guardian of another's possessions, a borrower, and a renter. More laws: the punishment for seducing a young woman, sorcery, bestiality and offering an idolatrous sacrifice; prohibitions against harassing a foreigner, widow, or orphan; the mitzvah of lending money to the poor and the prohibition against lending with interest.

The Parshah continues and introduces us to many new mitzvot: the prohibitions against cursing a judge or leader, consuming meat that was not ritually slaughtered (treif), offering a sacrifice before the animal is eight days old, perjury, and judicial corruption; the commandments to separate all agricultural tithes in their proper order, sanctify the first-born son, return a lost animal to its owner, and help unload an overburdened animal.

We are commanded not to lie or take a bribe. The mitzvah of the Shemitah (Sabbatical year) is introduced: six years we work and harvest the land, and on the seventh year we allow the land to rest. Similarly, on a weekly basis, six days we work and on the seventh day we – and our cattle and servants – must rest. We are forbidden to mention the name of other gods. We are commanded to celebrate the three festivals — Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot – and to make pilgrimages to the Holy Temple on these occasions. Finally, we are told not to cook meat in (its mother's) milk.

G-d informed the Israelites that He would dispatch an angel to lead them into Canaan. This angel would not tolerate disobedience. If, however, the Israelites would hearken to the angel, and eradicate idolatry from the Promised Land, then they will be greatly rewarded. Their Canaanite enemies will fall before them and G-d "will bless your food and your drink, and will remove illness from your midst."

The Parshah continues describing the blessings the Israelites will receive if they faithfully serve G-d: no miscarriages or barren women, longevity, wide spacious borders and supernatural assistance in their quest to conquer the Holy Land. G-d warns the Israelites against entering into treaties with the Canaanite natives or allowing them to remain in the land after the Israelite invasion. The Torah now relates some of the events that occurred in the days immediately prior to the giving of the Torah. Moses went up the mountain and received a message from G-d which he communicated to the people. The Israelites enthusiastically committed themselves to following all of G-d's laws. Moses transcribed the "Book of the Covenant" and read it to the people. Then, together with the Israelite firstborn, Moses offered sacrifices and sprinkled the blood on the people, bringing them into a covenant with G-d. This section concludes with G-d summoning Moses – after the giving of the Torah – to ascend the mountain where he would remain for forty days and nights, and would then be given the Tablets.

According to the Pri Tzaddik (Rabbi Zadok HaKohen Rabinowitz of Lublin (Kreisburg, 1823 - Lublin, Poland, 1900), this weeks parshah is called "Mishpatim" (Judgments) because, in the Zohar, the word "mishpat" implies mercy. However, one could argue (and rightly so), "Is this not an oxymoron?" After all, judgment implies strict justice, whereas mercy speaks of ignoring the demands of justice and forgiving the offender in spite of the law.

At least that is what every child in trouble has thought out loud when he yells to his about-to-punish parent, "Mercy! Mercy! Mercy!"

Of course, the parents answers the child, "This is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you!" which certainly confuses the child, who thinks to himself, "Someone has the wrong definition of mercy here ... and I'm about to pay for it!"

However, what the Pri Tzaddik is alluding to is the idea that there is no greater mercy than justice. After all, though our bodies dream of a painless society, one in which "you can have your cake and eat it to," our souls long for the World-to-Come, and eventual closeness to G-d. But let us not forget that the world of the body is destined to last 6,000 years; the world of the soul will last forever!

If so, what need is there for mercy that does nothing to correct the acts of the transgressor, and allows children to physically grow while remaining spiritually stunted? What good is mercy that allows a person to improperly indulge in This World, while at the same time denying him eternity with G-d?

This is why Parashas Mishpatim is the last of the parshiot that make up the six-week period of Shov'vim-Shemot, Vaeira, Bo, Beshalach, Yitro, and Mishpatim, which we said was a time for teshuva (repentance) from love, as opposed to because of a fear of punishment. By "giving it to us straight," these judgments are the biggest act of mercy that G-d could do for us, since they provide us with the key to self-fulfillment, spiritual maturity, and G-d willing, our ticket to the World-to-Come.

Taking all of this to heart could do wonders to improve the spiritual and physical quality of one's life, not mention of the present security threat facing the Jewish people.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Yitzi’s Parshah Preview- Yitro

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Yitro

Exodus 18:1-20:23

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Main characters of this week’s Parsha

Jethro

Moses

Hashem

Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, learns of the vast miracles which G-d performed for the people of Israel, and comes from Midian to the Israelite camp, bringing with him Moses' wife and two sons. Jethro counsels Moses to appoint a chain of command of magistrates and judges to assist him in the task of leading and managing justice to the people.

The Children of Israel camp opposite Mount Sinai, where they are told that G-d has chosen them to be His "kingdom of priests" and "holy nation." The people respond by proclaiming, "All that G-d has spoken, we shall do."

On the sixth day of the third month (Sivan), seven weeks after the Exodus, the entire nation of Israel assembles at the foot of Mount Sinai. G-d comes down on the mountain amidst thunder, lightning, billows of smoke and the blast of the shofar, and summons Moses to ascend.

G-d proclaims the Ten Commandments, commanding the people of Israel to believe in G-d, not to worship idols or take G-d's name in vain, to keep the Shabbat, honor their parents, and not to murder, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness or covet another's property. The people cry out to Moses that the revelation is too intense for them to bear, begging him to receive the Torah from G-d and convey it to them.

Number of Mitzvot in this week’s Parsha: 17

(14 of 17 are within the Aseret HaDibrot)

3 Mitzvot Aseh (Positive Comandment)

14 Mitzvot Lo Taaseh (Negative Commandment – Prohibition )

These are the mitzvot listed in the Torah in chronological order

1. 25^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:2

You shall know that HaShem is G-d,

2. 26^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:3

You shall not have the gods of others in My presence.

3. 27^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:4

You shall not make for yourself a graven image or any likeness which is in the heavens above, which is on the earth below, or which is in the water beneath the earth.

4. 28^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:5

You shall neither prostrate yourself before them

5. 29^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:5

Nor worship them

6. 30^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:7

You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.

7. 31st Mitzvah. Exodus 20:8

Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it.

8. 32^nd Mitzvah. Exodus 20:10

You shall perform no labor, neither you, your son, your daughter, your manservant, your maidservant, your beast, nor your stranger who is in your cities.

9. 33^rd Mitzvah. Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother.

10. 34^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:13

You shall not murder.

11. 35^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:13

You shall not commit adultery.

12. 36^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:13

You shall not steal

13. 37^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:13

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

14. 38^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:14

You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or whatever belongs to your neighbor.

15. 39^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:20

You shall not make [images of anything that is] with Me. Gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.

16. 40^th Mitzvah. Exodus 20:22

And when you make for Me an altar of stones, you shall not build them of hewn stones, lest you wield your sword upon it and desecrate it.

17. 41^st Mitzvah. Exodus 20:23

And you shall not ascend with steps upon My altar, so that your nakedness shall not be exposed upon it.

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