Shabbat

Portion Key Tisah (triple Purim)- golden calf or golden rule

 Portion Key Tisah (triple Purim)- golden calf or golden rule
 
And how and what to celebrate!
 
It's a long Portion including the Golden Calf, donations to the Temple, and laws of Israel Land Holiness/
 
But I will keep this short - because I had to be with a number of friends today to start the 3 day Purim celebration. 
 
Timna was a concubine of Elifaz son of Ishmael and
 
Gave birth to Amalek ... forbear of Haman
 
And yet Haman's wife and some children escaoed and a great grandchild became Jewish and was a Torah teacher!
 
My take on Amalek is e are told to destroy evil but if over some generations - like current grandchildren of some  Nazis helpi and lovieIsrael
 
It's all the Almighy's plan.
 
The Holy Shla"h wrote that this
The story of Timna - is not to be taken lightly- which we see today.
 
And just now a neighbor and friend of mine passed awsy - I and another neighbor were just with him this morning!
 
Blessed is the True Judge!h
This portion was the first whole portion I ever read in the Torah - when I was 15 (- in my shul growing up a few of us kids divided the reading evry Shabbat
 
Some of the aliyahs are as long as a regular whole portion. If you have to study one Portopn in the Torah
and get to know it well -
 
try this one!
 
Shabbat Shalom
 
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
 
 
 
 
Sorry again that I didn't know the US had started daylight savings already