Shabbat

 

 

What

It doesn't have the SHEMA in this portion?

 

My friend zev in Israel Sent me an idea from Kabalist book Marganite d Rav

 

And today we need a little Kabala to get us past the Pestilence!  So

 

Why the letter RESH in this portion is Large

 

And why in the SHEMA it has a Dalet which is Large

 

And From the Beginning of the Torah 

Bereisheet it says not listening to the Almighty  will

Cause the earth to grow only Thorns ... " Koatz v dar dar"?

 

(Dar Dar     has a dalet and a resh )

 

Because the Torah tells us 

 

They didn't listen SHEMA about the golden calf and made it anyway,

And in this portion the Resh is from the sentence warning against idolatry,

And in Bereisheet it reminds us of a thorny end to the golden calf story,

 

And we should all learn to apologize like Moses did in the Parsha!

 

And pray for Deliverance from the thorny Pestilence facing the world today!

 

 

Shabbat Shalom

 

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz, praying in New York