Shabbat
Portion Shminee
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- קטגוריה: Parashat Hashavua
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Portion Shminee - Heroes (and thanks Stuart)
Shminee - it means EIGHTH
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What happens here in the portion is
BOTH Inspiring and Heartbreaking
(More on this below )
And in OUR WORLD? Just look at this line from the Koran -
Surah 5.21 (section 5.21)
on the Children of Israel:
“O my people! Enter the holy land which God has promised you; but do not turn back [on your faith], for then you will be lost!”
Remember - at first Mohammed loved the Jews ...who hate idol worship
So what went wrong?
Rav Arush - a great author and teacher today beloved by Jews and Gentiles alike says...
A guy runs into the hospital psycho ward yelling hysterically
And he shouts You have to accept wife immediately!" So a
Dr comes over and says "what is the matter?"
He answers "the house is full of demons and
She doesnt even see them!"
Wait a minute -
Could this also be all the leftist hysteria?
Are ALL politicians this way?
and jewish students for "palestine" - which never in history existed?
IS IT Where all the hatred comes from?
In the portion we read "Va Yee Dom Aharon" -
And Aron poŵerfully controlled his response.
After his 2 oldest boys pass away (on the EIGHTH DAY of setting up the Tabernacle)
Who felt more or saw better than him the tribulations in the desert after Egypt?
But he knew there is a holy PLAN - so he did not complain ...
I recently saw a post about 2 brothers
Whose Mother Marcel Talia was murdered in the AM - start of the Oct 7th war -
ALSO A YOM SHMINI - 8th day of the HOLIDAY!
Their Sister called them right then 930 AM while giving birth!
They were the First to reach kibbutz Ein Hashlosha - to fight off the murdering terrorists
and since then they have been serving in reserve duty!
So what doʻes Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach teach about the 8th?
“Gonna wave my way to Places I never have been”
Reb Shlomo Carlebach on Parsha Shmini
I want you to know, it says “Vayehi Bayom Hashmini.” It was on the eight day.
How does time work? Everybody knows there are seven days in a week, and then again seven days and again seven days.
What’s the 8th day?
And what is the holy of holiest all about (the focus of the Temple)?
You know friends, in a crazy way, we all want everything, but you know what we really want? We want something which we don’t know about.
We have a feeling there is something in the world, which we don’t know of yet, and that’s the deepest in the world...
you know what’s happening to the world, they are looking for that special something in all the wrong places...
You know what the holiness of our children is?They are looking for the 8th day before they even know about the 7 days.
They have this deep longing for something; they just don’t know what it is. But you know what the Torah says?
The Ribbono Shel Olam (Master of the World) has it for you.
Don’t run to India. It's right here and this is the holy of Holies; Mamesh there for you...
Take the whole generation of the 60's. They weren’t looking for the 7th day, they were looking for the 8th day.
And then nebech, they lost faith in the world and they decided okay, let's drop out, there is no 8th day. Let’s be happy with the 7 days. ...
You know why they were so angry at their parents?
Because their parents never told them about the 8th day and
if any of those kids would have talked to their parents about the 8th day they would send them to a psychiatrist. It's true, not even joking.
You know when why your children were so angry at you?
Because you didn’t tell them about the Kodesh Kodashim (holy of Holies) ...
you didn’t tell them that a Jew can run into the holy of Holies) from the lowest place in the world (and is) Always, always. Always welcome .
And I want to bless you and me that this should be the first thing we are giving over to our children.
Good Shabbos -
Rabbi Shlomo
This week we had "holocaust rememberance day" in Israel
And we learned that "rememberance" takes TIME!
Recently obtainbed files show
According to the new book, by Plesch of
legally certified documents, government transcripts and interviews with torture victims
“prove beyond doubt” that the US and British governments were told about Hitler’s extermination camps in the early years of World War II.
And next week we celebrate Israel Independdence Day - despite the war ...
Good Shabbos!
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz