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This Week’s Dvar Torah

Ki Tisa: The power of good speech

The Torah in Parshat Ki-Tisa (30:34-38) tells of the ketoret, the special incense which was prepared with eleven different spices. The incense was placed on hot coals and offered on the altar inside the Mishkan each morning and afternoon. 

The Talmud in Yoma 44a comments that the ketoret was offered to atone for the particular sin of lashon ha-ra – gossip and negative speech about others. The basis for this connection, the Talmud explains, is that the ketoret was offered “in secret”, inside the Mishkan, just as gossip is generally shared privately, in secret. Whereas all other offerings were brought on the altar which stood outside, in the courtyard, the incense was offered indoors, and is thus associated with lashon ha-ra, a violation which is commonly committed in private.

There may be a second connection with the ketoret and lashon ha-ra. Our Rabbi’s explain that ten of the spices of the ketoret had a pleasant fragrance. One, the chelbenah, however had a putrid smell. But when mixed with the other ten spices it too became fragrant. The Rabbi’s used this as an analogy of the Jewish people. We too have righteous people who smell nice and sinners who smell putrid. But just like the ketoret when all the spices were mixed together even the chelbenah smelled good, so too the Jewish nation when we accept sinners and realize they too are part of our nation then they also emit a sweet fragrance.

The connection is clear. When we accept ALL Jews, when we realize that every Jew is holy and valuable even if they have strayed. When we cultivate our love for ALL Jews then certainly, we will think twice about speaking lashon hara about them. Perhaps this is the connection between lashon ha-ra and the ketoret.

Wishing you all
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Yosef Benarroch
Adas Yeshurun Herzlia

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This Week’s Shabbat

*Services will be held at the shivah house at the home of Sid Halpern, 180 Tuxedo apt 1003

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Weekday Prayer Services

*Services will be held at the shivah house at the home of Sid Halpern, 180 Tuxedo apt 1003

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The Adam Anhang Learning Center

Virtual classes will be conducted using the Zoom app.
Meeting ID: 279 466 0776
Password: 359636

Sunday after breakfast	Sefer Hachinuch (NO CLASS)
Monday 12:00 pm	Special class on the Haggadah
Tuesday 7:15 pm	Talmud
Wednesday 7:15 pm	Weekly Parsha

Listen to Rabbi Benarroch’s latest classes below:

Book of Joshua – Chapters 23-24 – The epilogue Joshua’s final speech

Exodus – Beshalach – The war with Amalek

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This Week’s Yahrzeits

Adar 19	March 12, 2023	Edith Greenberg
Adar 20	March 13, 2023	Miriam Pfeffer
Adar 20	March 13, 2023	Jessie Dressler
Adar 20	March 13, 2023	Eva Szlachter
Adar 22	March 15, 2023	Joseph David Fingerote
Adar 22	March 15, 2023	Lily Rosenberg

In loving memory we remember them. May their memory be blessed !

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