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This Week’s Dvar Torah
Vayelech: Effort and Unity
The Torah in ParshatVayelekh introduces the Mitzva of “Hakhel”. This unique mitzvah required the entire Jewish nation to assemble in Jerusalem during Sukkot following the shemita (Sabbatical) year, and hear the reading of the Torah by the king.
And Moses instructed them as follows: Every seventh year, the year set as a Sabbatical, on the Feast of Booths, when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place that He will choose, you shall read this Teaching aloud in the presence of all Israel. Gather the people—men, women, children, and the strangers in your communities—that they may hear and so learn to revere the LORD your God and to observe faithfully every word of this Teaching.
(Devarim chapter 31:10-12)
It is hard to imagine such an event when hundreds of thousands of Jews would converge on the city of Jerusalem. But even harder to imagine is that according to the Talmud (Sota 41a) it was the King who read from the Torah to the entire nation. The Torah states “That they may hear”. How was this possible? There were no microphones or loudspeakers. How could the entire nation hear the reading of the king at such a large gathering?
The Sefat Emet asserts that the hakhel reading was a supernatural event. Logically there would be no possibility of one man’s voice reaching the ears of all the men, women and children of the Jewish nation. The Sefat Emet explains that this miracle occurred in the merit of the mitzva of shemita, the people’s observing a year-long hiatus from agricultural work, during which all produce was declared ownerless and became freely available to all members of the nation.
There is an important message for all of us in the words of the Sefat Emet. In general, performing mitzvot requires effort and a lot of sacrifice. The observance of the shemitah year is perhaps the most extreme. Imagine a farmer giving up an entire year of their livelihood. Not planting anything new or selling any of his produce. It certainly required tremendous faith and great effort. But according to the effort is the reward. It is because of the collective faith and effort of the entire Jewish nation that they merited the miracle of hearing the words of the Torah from the king at the Hakhel ceremony.
Great things happen when the Jewish people come together as one nation. Even greater things happen when we have faith in the one above and make sacrifices to live by his words.
Wishing you all
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Yosef Benarroch
Adas Yeshurun Herzlia
This Week’s Shabbat
Friday, 10-Sep-2021
| Virtual Shacharit | 7:45 am |
| Mincha & Kabalat Shabbat | 7:00 pm |
| Candle Lighting | 6:31-7:34 pm |
Virtual services are conducted using the Zoom app.
Meeting ID: 279 466 0776
Password: 359636
Saturday, 11-Sep-2021
| Shacharit | 9:45 am |
| Latest Shema | 10:11 am |
| Maariv & Havdalah | 8:29 pm |
Weekday Prayer Services
Sunday, 12-Sep-2020
| Selichot | 8:30 am |
| Shacharit | 9:00 am |
| Mincha | 7:00 pm |
| Maariv | 7:15 pm |
Monday, 13-Sep–2020
| Virtual Shacharit | 7:45 am |
| Selichot | 6:30 pm |
| Maariv | 7:00 pm |
Tuesday, 14-Sep-2020
| Virtual Shacharit | 7:45 am |
| Selichot | 6:30 pm |
| Maariv | 7:00 pm |
Wednesday, 15-Sep-2020 (Erev Yom Kippur)
| Virtual Shacharit | 7:45 am |
| Selichot | 2:30 pm |
| Mincha | 3:00 pm |
| Maariv | 7:25 pm |
Thursday, 16-Sep-2020 (Yom Kippur)
| Shacharit | See schedule below |
| Mincha | 5:00 pm |
| Neilah followed by Maariv | 7:00 pm |
Virtual services are conducted using the Zoom app.
Meeting ID: 279 466 0776
Password: 359636
The Adam Anhang Learning Center
Virtual classes will be conducted using the Zoom app.
Meeting ID: 279 466 0776
Password: 359636
| Sunday 9:45 am | Breakfast and Maimonides |
| Monday 12:00 pm | Book of Kings |
| Tuesday 7:30 pm | Getting ready for the High Holidays |
Listen to Rabbi Benarroch’s latest classes below:
Book of Kings II – Chapter 1
Shofar – The certainty of uncertainty
High Holidays – Unetaneh Tokef
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This Week’s Yahrzeits
| Tishrei 5 | September 11, 2021 | Carole Berney |
| Tishrei 7 | September 13, 2021 | Ethel Kopelow |
| Tishrei 8 | September 14, 2021 | Louis Golumbia |
In loving memory we remember them. May their memory be blessed !
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