Portion TeTzaVeh - on Graft Negligence and Responsibility
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- קטגוריה: Parashat Hashavua
- פורסם בחמישי, 10 פברואר 2022 13:19
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“I mainly remember inexplicable physical sensations throughout that evening,” he said. “I guess the events affected me more than I thought.
“Anger was definitely there, mostly because of the humiliation. There was humiliation in a few senses – because of the very act of being apprehended, which included things like the body search, prevention of freedom of movement, the confiscation of personal belongings, and the very unempathic treatment at the hands of the arresting officers – not answering simple questions such as asking for the name of the policeman or why we were being picked up, feeling as if facing an impenetrable wall.
“In retrospect, I can understand that the police were under a great deal of stress, and it makes sense that they avoided talking to us, perhaps they directed their energies to other thoughts about how to manage the situation in general.
“But the fact is that we had come to support the residents, to do something good, and in the end we were the ones arrested.
“At the same time, there was anger regarding the lack of justice there, not for us, but for our fellow Jews, the Jewish residents of Lod and Ramla.”
Portion Me Kates: The End
End of What?
End of the line at the pharmacy like today? But why fume about it ?
ITS FUNNY - but there is always someone that gets on line behind you ...!
So while waiting at the pharmacy this morning while the pharmacist went somewhere
I was trading Talmud thoughts with the guy behind me
And another guy – with a big red clown's nose comes behind us
and recognizes the page we are talking about – and quotes the 2 lines following
How Elijah the Prophet pointed out to some Rabbis that a certain 2 people in the market
were guaranteed a very High Honor in Heaven!
And why was that? Because they were jokesters and made people laugh!
And this guy reminds us how THIS SHABBAT CHANUKAH is the COMPLETION
Of the High Holidays – and special "in the eyes of the Almighty"
For getting Holy Prayers answered (forget about that Mercedes)
So what's the connection between Chanuka and comedians and Joseph in the Portion?
So Joseph is in prison waiting for –something? Anything? - to happen
And it's 2 YEARS since he asked the Chief Butler to remember his skills to Pharoah
But at a PARTY (there must have been CLOWNS – like in the Broadway song)
The Butler remembers, and they call in Joseph to interpret Pharoahs dreams, and
In a minute Joseph is free
And in a minute he is Viceroy – assistant to king Pharoah!
And later when he blesses his kid brother Benjamin – he uses the word Chanukah
It is called an "unclear prophecy" -
that Chanukah will be the re-dedication of the Holy Temple
Which was located in Israel in the Portion (of Israel's land) of Benjamin
A JOYOUS CHANUKAH
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Andy Eichenhz