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פורסם בשלישי, 01 דצמבר 2020 00:51
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Portion of Vayechi - How can you know your kids?
Jacob blesses the 12 sons as he is ready to leave this world.
The blessings read like telling their fortunes - and telling their strengths.
How could he know the depths of all their souls?
Especially after Abraham and Isaac had trouble with some of their children!
The Torah told us - Jacob came to Shechem (after leaving Lavan
and after separating peacefully from his tough twin Esav)
- that he came SHA-LAME - perfected - at peace - and complete (my readings)
He came with his WHOLE FAMILY IN SYNCH WITH EACH OTHER
So maybe if we just keep our children communicating with us AND EACH OTHER
we can have time for even 12 (totally different) family members as JACOB DID
They had some (REALLY) rough spots - but in the end -
HE COULD BLESS THEM all ACCORDING TO THEIR individual SOULS
May we all bless each other and our offspring in a spirit of togetherness-
and Shabbat is the perfect time to do that every week
Love and Shabbos from the Old City of Jerusalem
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
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פורסם בשלישי, 01 דצמבר 2020 00:50
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I'm really not sure why the portion of Joseph's stories come out just before Chanuka but maybe here's a point:
Matisyahu had 5 sons and a daughter (maybe more?)
Jacob had 12 sons and a daughter - AND THERE WERE A LOT OF MISTAKES -
they start in THIS portion
I feel when Jacon gave Joseph the "technicolor dram coat" that the mistake was NOT that he gave him the coat
BUT THAT HE MADE THE COAT -
surely the boys got coats - but Jacob himself did NOT make theirs!
EQUAL TIME FOR A FEELING OF EQUALITY for ALL our children!
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE - but we all have to try
Matisyahu the High Priest must have tried -
BECAUSE THE HISTORY OF THE CHANUKA WARS WITH THE SYRIANS
IS ALL THE BROTHERS WORKING TOGETHER - WITH LOVE OF ISRAEL AS WELL!
Lots of Love and Shabbos and Healing - and prayers for peace
among our children
at home and in Israel
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
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פורסם בשלישי, 01 דצמבר 2020 00:49
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Where did Jacob go when he "shook off" his brother Esau and the 400 troops?
And why do football squads have 11 members and a coach? (Joke - because Jacob had 12 sons and ONE of them HAD to be a COACH!)
It says in the PORTION of Vayishlach that he
went to HEVRON (Hebron) "where his fathers Abraham and Isaac had lived"
Not CNN and not the BBC make a place SOMEONE's - but the History is CLEAR
What makes a place HOLY? What makes it yours?
When you KNOW it is yours and your father's and your grandfathers (and grandmothers)!
BE HAPPY WHAT THEY LEFT US!!!
Whose land is Hevron anyway? Jordan's? ISIS?
OR ISRAEL's for thousands of years!
Is it HOLY because of those Jews buried there for thousands of years (Like RUTH the great grandmother of King David)?
Or is it OURS because NO ONE ELSE OCCUPIED THAT CITY
- until the Arab conquest about the year 700
- when there were still Jews living there and in the close by towns
- until 1929 when the BRITISH removed Jews from the city!
HAVE A SHABBOS OF BEING THANKFUL OUR FOREBEARS LEFT
US
HEVRON AND JERUSALEM AND ALL ISRAEL
Love and Shabbos
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
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פורסם בשלישי, 01 דצמבר 2020 00:49
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Portion of Vayetzay – Was Jacob in the Garden of Eden – or only Adam and Eve (and the snake)?
As my Rebbe used to say – this is the deepest from the SOUL of the Torah (The Kabbalah)-
Each of the Fathers – Abraham Isaac and Jacob (with help from the spouses – note by AE)
taught us the SECRETS of PRAYER (based on the Talmud) –
Abraham taught Shacharit (morning prayers) Isaac
taught Mincha (afternoon prayer) and Jacob taught the
prayers we NEED to do at NIGHT.
But the Talmud says "The TORAH makes NIGHT PRAYERS (Maariv)
OPTIONAL –
but the RABBIS made the NIGHT PRAYERS IMPERATIVE –
and Required to be done before midnight!"
The Kabalah teaches us that eating from the Tree of Knowledge spoiled all our senses
EXCEPT the sense of SMELL (until maybe the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai – but
that's another story)
But in a nutshell (pun):
praying Maariv – at night – gives us a bit of the AROMA of the Garden of Eden –
You can SENSE an AROMA even in the dark
And that when we pray Maariv - DESPITE THE DARKNESS - we can
get just a WHIFF of the HOLINESS we need to bring to the
WORLD – and maybe the world will get it too.!
Keep on PRAYING like Abraham Isaac Jacom Sarah Rebecca Leah and Rachel!
Love and Shabbos
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
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פורסם בשלישי, 01 דצמבר 2020 00:48
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Toledot - Seeing the Soul next to You
Toledot - Seeing the Soul next to You
When do you see the soul of the person next to you?
Can we learn a lesson from the Patriarchs and Matriarchs?
When Isaac first beheld Rebecca she fell off her camel and immediately put on a shawl -
as ladies do in Synagogues today - in awe of the Almighty
Rabbi Shlomo Katz compiled a new book of explanations from Rabbi SHLOMO Carlebach's talks,
On this portion he brings the REALIZATIONs from our forefathers:
when Isaac recognized the GREATNESS of his wife Rebecca -
-seeing her willingness to leave her wicked father's house and join Abraham's worship of the one Almighty and Holy G-d
and
when Isaac recognized the greatness of his son Jacob -
who ran to create a dinner for his Dad who was afraid he might be on the quick route to the Next World
(And when Abraham recognized the Greatness of his son Isaac - who willingly joined in the possible sacrifice for the Word of G-d - which in the end worked out better-
when G-d told them it was just a test -
to prepare future generations for difficulties in worship of G-d)
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach said it (seeing into the SOUL next to you) happens
when you try to see it:
Sometimes at great moments in your life
and Sometimes when tou get DEEP into prayer you can sense the greatness of others
Let's all try some of both ways this Shabbat
And SHARE those realizations with our loved ones
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
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פורסם בשלישי, 01 דצמבר 2020 00:47
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Who visited Abraham in Canaan? The Almighty.
So what did Abraham do? He asks the Almighty to wait while he invites 3 strangersinto his tent? Why?
The Talmud Wisom teaches us that inviting guests is thus greater than Speaking to G-d? Why?
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach used to say - it is a GREAT thing to know what your Purpose is in this world.
Abraham and Sarah knew their purpose was to CREATE the Israelitish People - and they KNEW they had to create an atmosphere where THE WORLD WOULD COME TO PRAY TOGETHER WITH THEM!
As we say on the High Holidays "because my house of Prayer is a House of Prayer for All People.
That is why the Almighty SENT the 3 ANGELS ( who seemed to Abraham just passersby) - to test him.
And so the Almighty was HAPPY that Abraham ran to invite them in -
and in the end the Almighty spoke again with Abrahamandah - and told them they would soon have Isaac - who would bring joy to the world!
May we all find our purpose in life - and pass our tests - and bring the light of the L-rd into the world.
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
