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פורסם בשלישי, 01 דצמבר 2020 18:45

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Portion Pinchas in Israel (Balak in the Diaspora) - Celebrating a Holiday? With Sacrifice?

If you get an 8 day holiday what do you do?

Do you chill all through?
Do you BarBque?
Do you Try to do something different each day?

Do you connect to the world by checking out nature or traveling -
or do you chill out keeping the world out?

Is it all the same - all 8 days? OR DO YOU CELEBRATE A LITTLE DIFFERENT EVERY DAY?

Parts of this portion are read on every Jewish holiday. What about the rest of the portion? Does it have a lesson for all our holidays too?

The week's portion in Israel starts with a covenant - that Pinchas and his descendants will be Priests
(even though his Dad married a convert BEFORE Mt Sinai). DONT FORGET TO STAY HOLY _
It gives ANOTHER DIMENSION TO HOLIDAYS

Then the tribes are all COUNTED - because Every PersonCounts! DONT FORGET TO CALL YOUR FAMILY AND SAY YOU
LOVE THEM EVEN IF YOU ARE ON VACATION!

It continues with the Almighty telling Moses to Install Joshua as the Next Leader of Israel.
BECAUSE A DAY WITHOUT RESPONSIBLE CONNECTION TO THOSE WHO LOVE AND NEED YOU IS NOT A FULL DAY!

And the portion ends with relating to ALL the holidays and all their sacrifices -
ESPECIALLY THE HOLIDAY DAYS OF SUKKOT!

Each day of that SUKKOT holiday has a different celebration! (And a Whole Set of Hallel sung).
BECAUSE EVERY DAY COUNTS FOR EVERYONE!
and each day is shared with praying for ALL the nations of the WORLD - and SACRIFICING A LITTLE FOR THE WORLD's SURVIVAL

ALL JEWISH HOLIDAYS NEED TO BE INFUSED-and shared-
with a FULL set OF JOY-

So on your next vacation/holiday - make each day count - for something
connecting us to our people and from that to the world…the environment … the concept of Holiness

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

• Portion of Pinchas

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