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Shabbos Sippets — Behar-Bechukosai 5783

Выпуск: Shabbos Sippets — Behar-Bechukosai 5783. Темы: kashrut, family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Yet the above passage gives the impression field of endeavor, our nation could have had no more generous that as soon as the Jews entered Israel, they would need to citizens, and no more faithful friends.” immediately observe this Sabbatical year (—“the land shall rest The king was also the first senior member of the royal family to a Shabbat to G-d”—), followed by their six years of work. obligations to the poor—not optional extras, not even pious The answer, I believe, is that Torah study is all about the effort recommendations, but clear mandatory contributions to the less and the “toiling,” in contrast with other endeavors or sciences, fortunate. The seven-year agricultural cycle observed in the Land of Israel Praising the Jewish community at a pre-Chanukah reception at begins with six years of work, followed by shemittah, a the palace, King Charles said: “In every walk of life, in every Sabbatical year. visit Israel and shared a close relationship with the late Rabbi The Torah teaches that our six years of work must be Lord Jonathan Sacks, of blessed memory, calling him “a permeated with the ultimate goal of the seventh year, which is trusted guide, an inspired teacher and a true and steadfast a “Shabbat to G-d,” when we will be able to devote our time to friend.” holy, spiritual pursuits. Throughout those six years of labor, we Notably, in 1994, then Prince Charles said that when he would need to remember that our work is not an end in itself, but a become king he would vow to be a “defender of faiths,” rather means for creating holiness in the world. Indeed, in order to accommodate Shabbat, the King and Queen Our days and weeks, just like the six-year shemittah cycle, invited Britain’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and his wife to be must be pervaded by a “Sabbath unto G-d consciousness.” In their guests in St. James Palace over Shabbat, and during the the homes we build, the families we raise and as part of our ceremony no microphones were placed before the Chief Rabbi day-to-day decisions, at the fore of our consciousness we must out of respect for Jewish tradition. By Mendel Kalm

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Shabbos Sippets

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12 мая 2023 г.

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Темы: kashrut, family_education, parsha_commentary