Shabbat

Portion vaYikra :Leave your baggage (and your chametz) behind

Portion vaYikra :Leave your baggage (and your chametz) behind 
 


Who wants to talk to a sour puss?
 
Sometimes I find myself after a year of dental work working hard to smile
 
But I try.  So it was a JOY talking to my mechanic yesterday.
 
He heard that I was a student of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and said:
 
I was in Russia during the end of Communist riule I heard about that Rabbi so I bought some tapes.
 
After hearing the tapes I heard he was going to Poland - so I decided I must drive to Poland to meet him! 
 
It didn't work out but after 20 hours or so of listening to those tapes I decided I must go to Israel-
and here I am years later.
 
His smile brought me  great smile.
 
The portion starts with the Almighty calling out to Moses -
And the Almighty calls out to each of us!
 
So let's make the effort to reach out back to G-d - and leave the chometz and the sour-ness and the silliness in the world behind!
 
Love and Shabos
 
Almost Passover!
 
Shabbat Shalom
 
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz