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Brooklyn Torah Gazette — kol simcha torah gazette for parshas behalosecha 5786 — Behaalotcha 5786

Выпуск: Brooklyn Torah Gazette — kol simcha torah gazette for parshas behalosecha 5786 — Behaalotcha 5786. Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Kol Simcha Torah Gazette for Parshas Behalosecha 5786 Kol Simcha Torah Gazette For parshas behalosecha 5786 Vol 10 Issue 34 (Whole #499) 21 Iyar 5786/ June 6, 2026 Printed L’illuy nishmas Nechama bas R’ Noach, a”h For a free subscription, please forward your request to keren18@juno.com Past emails can be found on the website ShabbosStories.com under Brooklyn Torah Gazette The Legacy of Aaron the High Priest for Every Jew From the Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Zt”l This week's Torah portion, Behaalot'cha, opens with the command to Aaron to kindle the lamps of the menora, the seven-branched candelabra that stood in the Sanctuary. Hillel said of him, "Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace and pursuing peace, loving your fellow-creatures and drawing them near to the Torah." 1|P ag e Kol Simcha Torah Gazette for Parshas Behalosecha 5786 What was so special about Aaron's way of life that we are enjoined to emulate it? The Sages sought an explanation for the fact that the word "raise up" (behaalot'cha) is used, instead of the more obvious "light" or "kindle." And they concluded that the verse meant that Aaron was to kindle them "until the flame rises up by itself." Aaron's spiritual achievement was therefore not only to light the flame in the souls of the Jewish people, but to take them to the stage where they would give light of their own accord. This was Aaron's path, "loving peace and pursuing peace, loving his fellow creatures and drawing them near to Torah." And this must be the path of every Jew, lighting the dormant flame in the souls of Jews wherever they are to be found, preferring to be close than to be aloof, to be kind rather than severe, in bringing all our people nearer to Judaism. 4|P ag e Kol Simcha Torah Gazette for Parshas Behalosecha 5786 And so, Hakodosh Boruch Hu says to us, “If you are sincere, then I’ll see that you don’t have to be reminded by headaches, because you’ll remind yourself by lack of headaches.” And that’s the purpose of praying. Likewise,

Издание
Brooklyn Torah Gazette
Дата
29 мая 2026 г.
Страниц
16

Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary