Passover Intermediate Days

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We hope you all are having a truly meaningful Pesach and will join us TONIGHT Friday April 14, at the regular time of 7:00 PM for Kabalat Shabbat. Come a tiny bit early and we can light shabbat candles together.

No Sunday school this week due to the Yom Tov of Passover. Please see the lovely photos of the Sunday school children’s posters from last week’s inspiring class.

CLASS ON LEADING MUSSAF:
The first class will start on Wednesday May 3 at Beth El at 7:00 PM and be taught by Cantor Ben-Moshe. The class is free and open to all so please join us and tell your friends.

Candle lighting in Austin is at 7:40 PM

Friday January 6, Rabbi Daniel Septimus CEO of the Austin JCC will likewise be our guest speaker at Beth El.

Cantor Ben Moshe’s Message
This week is of course Passover, and the Torah reading for this Shabbat is the same as that read for the Intermediate Shabbat of Sukkoth, detailing the list of Festivals. Monday, though, is the Seventh Day of Passover, and on that day we read about the crossing of the Sea of Reeds and the Song of the Sea. The Festival comes to a close as the Exodus came to a close. In the text, Moshe tells the People not to fear-and the Midrash teaches that the Sea did not split until Nahshon Ben Amminadav stepped into the water. The main lesson at the Sea of Reeds was courage. The former slaves needed to learn this lesson-and we, their descendants, need it as well. May we always find the courage do do what we need, no matter what is before or behind us. Shabbat Shalom u’Mo’adim L’simhah.
Hazzan Yitzhak Ben-Moshe

HAPPY APRIL BIRTHDAYS:
Jakob U and Andy, Jaia Sara M, Bam R, Betsy M, Iris K, Sasi A, Larry B, Yosef and Sofia A, David H, David W, You all are fabulous! Mazal tov and until 120!
Mazal Tov to Morah Lital on the birth of her baby boy on Passover.

Photos of last week’s Sunday Funday. The children worked in groups of mixed ages and abilities and were each given a Passover theme. They were tasked with researching all aspects of the topic, using books, I pads, laptops or even their phones. The students were so engrossed in the learning that they didn’t even want to go on their break! Each group chose a student to present their finished boards to the rest of the Sunday school. We had such polite and eloquent speakers. Yesher Koach to the students and their unbelievable teachers. We parents were blown away as were all our guests at the Passover Seder when the boards were displayed for the congregation and community.

Huge Passover prep thank yous to Lori and Dave, Michelle, Claudia, Jared and Gracie, Kevin, Yesenia and Joakin, Elaine, Iris, Sara, Shereen and her lovely Mom Debbie, Irene, Tam and Javis. And to all those who helped serve the delicious meal on Passover including Diana, Deborah, Elaine, Anat, Orli, Natalie and others, thank you so much. What a lovely shul where folks see what needs to be done, roll up their sleeves and dive right in. You all make it a very special place!
What an honor to have such wonderful folks attend. We loved having having you all and you helped us fulfill the special passover mitzvah of :”Let all who are hungry come and eat; let all who are in need come share our Passover”. Many helped, many donated and many enjoyed. Le Shana Haba’ah be Yerushalaim or at Beth El.

Community Yom Hazikaron Commemoration:
Sunday April 30 at the JCC from 7-8PM. There will be a moving commemoration of Israel’s fallen soldiers and defenders. Our very own Chazzan Ben-Moshe will be participating. Please join us.

COMMUNITY YOM HAATZMAUT FAMILY CELEBRATION:
Tuesday May 2, 5-7 pm JCC Community Hall.
Please join the Austin Community for a huge celebration of Israel Independence day. Tons of activities, food for sale, and much much more.

28 Israeli-themed activities like: Agam-inspired art, mud face painting, play-inspired shuk shopping, vegetable harvesting, dancing with Israeli lags and music, and MUCH more.

An authentic dinner: Falafel, Shakshukah, Israeli salad, Tehini and Humus, pitas and chocolate balls for desert.To purchase tickets go to:www.shalomaustin.org/israelindependence

Shabbat shalom and Herb Kadish z’l Obituary

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Hope you all had a great week and will join us TONIGHT Friday April 7, at the regular time of 7:00 PM for Kabalat Shabbat.

Shabbat morning services this Saturday April 8th at 9 AM, with the Torah service at 9:45 AM. There is always a lovely and interactive children’s story time at 10:30 AM with Shereen Ben-Moshe and a kidish lunch immediately following services.

Sunday Funday this Sunday April 9 at 10 AM. Lots of learning and research in collaborative groups this week. Their work will be on display during Passover.

Only a few days till Passover! We would like to wish you all a Chag Sameach and Kasher. As you know, we are hosting a second night seder at Beth El Tuesday April 11 at 6:30 PM. Not too late to reserve your spot. It’s truly a beautiful and momentous event.

Please join us Wednesday April 12 at 8:15 PM at shul to mark the yahrtzeit of Cantor Ben-Moshe’s late father, Milton Mann of blessed memory.

We are doing a class on leading Mussaf. The first class will start on Wednesday May 3 at Beth El at 7:00 PM and be taught by Cantor Ben-Moshe. The class is open to all so please let us know if you are interested.

And on a very sad note, this week we mourn the loss of our beloved friend and long time congregant Herb Kadish of blessed memory. Herb passed away last shabbas in Chicago at the age of 94 surrounded by his loving family. Please see below for Herb’s (z’l) obituary.

Candle lighting in Austin is at 7:36 PM

Friday January 6, Rabbi Daniel Septimus CEO of the Austin JCC will likewise be our guest speaker at Beth El.

Cantor Ben Moshe’s Message
This week we read Parshat Tzav, continuing the description of how sacrifices were to be offered in the Mishkan, and following with the ordination ceremony for Aharon and his sons as priests. The rituals seem foreign to us-we are perhaps taken aback by the descriptions of blood being thrown on the altar or smeared on the bodies of the Kohanim. Similarly, we today might balk at the idea of personally overseeing the slaughter, flaying and evisceration of a lamb or a kid as essential preparation for Passover. What we need to look at though is the spirit behind these rituals-the desire to draw close to God and to express gratitude for our freedom from bondage. We are not our ancestors. We do things very differently than they did millennia ago. However, we should pray that our rituals and practices enhance our own relationship with the Divine. May our Passover Seders this year, and every year, express our own gratitude for liberty, just as the original Paschal Sacrifice expressed the gratitude of slave who were about to be liberated. Shabbat Shalom and Hag Sameah.
Hazzan Yitzhak Ben-Moshe

HAPPY APRIL BIRTHDAYS:

Jakob U and Andy, Jaia Sara M, Bam, Betsy M, Iris K, Sasi A, Larry B, Yosef and Sofia A, David H, David W, You all are fabulous! Mazal tov and until 120!

Thank you to Rabbi Cantor Marie Betcher who came to Beth El last week and gave such a deeply moving and inspiring talk about the critical work she does as a Police Chaplain for Cedar Park and Austin. We were deeply moved by the stories she shared and inspired by the chesed she does. We hope to share more such beautiful shabbats with Rabbi Betcher.

Passover Learning and Preparation at Beth El’s Religious School this Sunday April 9.

This coming Sunday we will continue what we started last Sunday with our BERS kids. We will take a deeper look into Pesach and its traditions. The children will be divided into mixed-aged groups and each team will research an aspect of Passover, create a project, and then present it. These projects will be on display for our Annual Congregational Seder.
We hope all our BERS families will join other BE families and friends for an interactive, meaningful, and fun seder led by Cantor Ben-Moshe on the evening of April 11.

Passover cleaning at Beth El this Sunday April 9 right after Hebrew school. Every pair of hands will be put to good use!

** Huge thank yous so far to Lori and Dave, Michelle, Claudia, Yesenia and Joakin, Doris and Herschel, Elaine, Iris, Javis.

In Loving memory of Herb Kadish z’l:
It is with a heavy heart that we let you know of the passing of our beloved friend and congregant Herb Kadish this past shabbas in Chicago. Herb (may his memory be for a blessing) was a long time and treasured congregant of Beth El, attending every Friday service with his late wife and our dear friend Phyllis (of blessed memory). Herb had just celebrated his 94th birthday.

Below is the obituary for Herb, but we wanted to let you all know that even up till a couple of months ago we were in regular contact with Herb. Herb would always ask about the shul, our Cantor and our congregants and then tell lovely stories of his family. Herb (z’l) was surrounded by family and for the past few years has had the blessing of being with several of his children and grandchildren in Chicago. We will always remember Herb as a true mentsch, who had a kind and generous heart, a deep love for Israel and his family, a good word and a hug for all of us。 Herb loved to study throughout his life and we even have two handmade bookshelves dedicated to his and Phyllis’s honor, filled with Jewish books. He was truly a fascinating man and Beth El will always treasure the time we had with him and Phyllis.

May Herb’s family be comforted among all the mourner’s of Zion and Jerusalem.

Herbert Kadish, age 94. Beloved husband of the late Phyllis, nee Noskin. He had four sons, Sanford (Susan) of Phoenix, AZ, Glenn (Jenny) of Everett, WA, Barry (Kathyrn) of Chicago and Benjamin (Julie) of Chicago. Devoted grandfather of Michael, Sharona (Ben Hassan), Samuel (Malka), Max and Ella Kadish. Proud great-grandfather of great grandchildren, Cohava Esther, Gabriella Rivka, Ruth Leah, and Tova Sarah Hassan, Yoseph Chaim and Mayer Simcha Kadish. Service Sunday, 12 noon, Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd (at Niles Center Road), Skokie. Interment Zion Gardens. Dad grew up on the North Side of Chicago, graduated from Crane Tech, attended Wright Junior College, served in the U.S. Army during World War II, graduated from the University of Chicago, where he met Phyllis, our mother, moved to Dallas, Texas in 1948 with Mom, had four sons, and they then moved back to Chicago in 1960. Our family lived and grew up in Evanston. In 1983 they moved to Austin, Texas, and he earned two masters degrees in Vocational Rehabilitation and Jewish Studies at the age of 63 from the University of Texas and, after retiring for a second time, audited classes for 25 years. In his later years, Dad was a very active member of the Jewish War Veterans. Dad was most proud of his family, which included his grandchildren and great grandchildren in Chicago, Seattle and Israel. He was a good guy. Donations should be made to your favorite Hillel at the college of your choice or the American Macular Degeneration Foundation (www.macular.org). Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com.

Published in a Chicago Tribune Media Group Publication on Apr. 2, 2017

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Special Guest Rabbi Marie Betcher

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Rabbi BetcherCome to services TONIGHT Friday March 31, at the regular time of 7:00 PM . We are thrilled to have Rabbi-Cantor Marie Betcher come and deliver an inspiring D’var Torah!

Sunday Funday this Sunday April 2 at 10 AM. Lots of learning and research in collaborative groups this week. Their work will be on display during Passover.

Sunday April 8 we will do a major Passover cleaning at Beth El. Please help if you are able.

And Passover is around the corner. We are hosting a second night seder at Beth El Tuesday April 11 at 6:30 PM. With a delicious kosher for Passover meal and Hazzan Ben-Moshe leading, you surely can’t miss this event. Please send us your RSVP as soon as you can as we get full and we’ll save a spot for you. Please also consider a donation to help us sponsor the event. We are also accepting kosher for Passover wine, grape juice, matzah and gelfite fish. The event is open to you and your friends in the Jewish community.

Coming soon… we are doing a class on leading Musaf. The class will start in May so watch this space.

Candle lighting in Austin is at 7:31 PM

Friday January 6, Rabbi Daniel Septimus CEO of the Austin JCC will likewise be our guest speaker at Beth El.

Cantor Ben Moshe’s Message
This week we begin to read the Book of Leviticus, Sefer Vayikra, with the parshah of the same name. Vayikra is sometimes called “Torat Hakohanim”, the Torah of the Priests, as it deals mainly with sacrifices and the laws of purity. Interestingly, this was the first part of the Torah taught to young children in Eastern Europe. While we would tend to start children with the stories in Genesis and Exodus, the thinking of our ancestors was “let those who are pure (children) deal with matters of purity (the Temple Service). Of course, one could only offer sacrifices in a state of purity. While we no longer sacrifice animals as part of our worship of God, let us always strive to approach worship with the purity and innocence of children, in that state that R. Abraham Joshua Heschel called “radical amazement “. In so doing, we will keep ourselves and our service to the Eternal One fresh and young. Shabbat Shalom.
Hazzan Yitzhak Ben-Moshe

HOLD THE DATES: Guest speakers at Beth El.

TONIGHT, Friday March 31, we welcome Rabbi/Cantor Marie Betcher who will talk about the great work she does as a Police Chaplain. This event was rescheduled from last month.

HAPPY MARCH MADNESS BIRTHDAYS:
Jared B, Richard E, Allene N, Morah Lital, Mike and Morris S, Eden B, Barbara S, Sasi A and Liam J. We love you guys! Mazal tov and until 120!

Passover Learning and Preparation at Beth El’s Religious School this Sunday April 2.

This coming Sunday we will continue what we started last Sunday with our BERS kids. We will take a deeper look into Pesach and its traditions. The children will be divided into mixed-aged groups and each team will research an aspect of Passover, create a project, and then present it. These projects will be on display for our Annual Congregational Seder.
We hope all our BERS families will join other BE families and friends for an interactive, meaningful, and fun seder led by Cantor Ben-Moshe on the evening of April 11.

Sisterhood Passover and Shabbat shefs!

** We’ll meet next Tuesday and Thursday at 11 AM at Beth El. Please come if you can help with preparing for Passover. A mitzvah worth doing. We have a lot to get ready. Mega thank yous already to Michelle, Claudia, Yesenia and Joakin, Doris and Herschel, Elaine, Iris, Lori and Dave……… your name here!

The Mitzvah of a Minyan

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Come to services tonight and end your week in a warm and comforting setting, with friends old and new, songs from the heart and a whole lot of spirit. TONIGHT Friday March 17 , at the regular time of 7:00 PM. You can even wear Green!

Shabbat morning services are next Saturday March 25 at 9 AM.

Inaugural Men’s Club event – Saturday night March 25! A night at the rodeo! Get your cowboy boots on and join the men of Beth El for an exciting night at the Austin Rodeo. This event is open to all the guys at Beth El and their friends and anyone else who wants to come. See below for more details.

No Sunday school due to Spring break.
Sunday school resumes March 26.

We are ordering some plaques for our yahrzeit board. Please let us know ASAP if you would like to have your beloved departed family member included. The suggested donation is still only $100, but reply to this email to send us the information.

And Passover is around the corner. We are yet again hosting a second night seder at Beth El Tuesday April 11. With a delicious kosher for Passover meal and Hazzan Ben-Moshe leading, you surely can’t miss this event. Please send us your RSVP as soon as you can as we get full and we’ll save a spot for you. Please also consider a donation to help us sponsor the event.

Candle lighting in Austin is at 7:23 PM

Friday January 6, Rabbi Daniel Septimus CEO of the Austin JCC will likewise be our guest speaker at Beth El.

Cantor Ben Moshe’s Message
This week we read Parshat Ki Tissa as well as the special maftir for Shabbat Parah. There is much to say about these two readings, but what often gets overlooked is the end of the parshah, which contains the first of three iterations of the commandment “Do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk.” This is of course the basis of our practice not to eat meat and milk together, and in fact to strictly separate them. Most scholars believe the commandment to original refer to some sort of Canaanite fertility sacrifice. In any case, we can look at this commandment today as a way to be mindful of cruelty to animals-to eat an animal along with the milk that nourished it when it was young can betray a callousness that our Tradition seeks to have us avoid. Let us always be mindful in all that we do, including our eating and drinking. Shabbat Shalom.
Hazzan Yitzhak Ben-Moshe

HOLD THE DATES: Guest speakers at Beth El.

On the last Friday of March, Friday March 31, we welcome Rabbi/Cantor Marie Betcher who will talk about the great work she does as a Police Chaplain. This event was rescheduled from last month.

Ami Pedhazur, professor at UT Austin, will also be giving a special talk about the six day war in the Spring.

HAPPY MARCH MADNESS BIRTHDAYS:

Jared B, Richard E, Allene N, Morah Lital, Mike and Morris S, Eden B, Barbara S. We love you guys! Mazal tov and until 120!

Beth El’s Newly formed Men’s club:
Please join the guys at Beth El and friends for the first official event of the Beth El Men’s Club!
On Saturday evening, March 25, the guys will saddle up and go to the Austin Rodeo. for the PRO RODEO FINALS & KEVIN FOWLER concert. Please reply to kevin_koeller@yahoo.com to sign up and let’s make this a night to remember. The men’s club is open to all Jewish men in Austin and like the sisterhood at Beth El, is truly a welcoming place. Invite all your friends.

Please come if you can help with preparing the shabbat kidish and general setting up for shabbat. A mitzvah worth doing.

We want to wholeheartedly thank all the amazing folks who helped us prepare for the Purim party last week! From the shabbat shefs of Doris, Herschel, Claudia, Shereen and Michelle, to Anat and Rotem Nahum who did an amazing job with the karaoke and photo booth, to Shiry and Shay Turjeman who sponsored the food at Purim, Lilia Stan from Happy Tots Facepainting (https//www.facebook.com/happytotsfacepainting/) for the incredible facepainting and all who came on a very rainy night to make for one crazy action packed Purim.

Grandpa Abe:
“The Mitzvah of a Minyan”
It is said to be a great mitzvah to be the tenth man for a minyon. I don’t look at it that way. It should not be any more important to be the tenth man or the third man. It’s equally as important to see that our synagogue has a minyon. It’s most important that as a Jewish person you attend services. You need to worship and there’s no better place to do it that at our synagogue. We have been extremely grateful for all the people who show up for a minyon. I can’t remember when we were unable to make a minyon. At one time, I thought, Aw! We don’t have a minyon! I can go home early! Then it dawned on me. Why am I here? I’m here to worship, not to go home early. I come when the weather is inclement, when I have other things that I could do such as watching sports on television or visiting my friends. I had a long talk with myself one day and the outcome of the talk was worshiping at the synagogue comes first, way ahead of whatever is in second place. When I leave the synagogue, I never regret my time spent in such a wonderful house of worship. There is an old saying. Is it better to be on the golf course thinking about being in synagogue or being in synagogue thinking about being on the golf course? Well, many of you might have different answers for this. There really is only one answer. You need to be in synagogue. The rabbi once told me because there might be something you might learn or pick up while you’re in synagogue. He was so right. I’ve never gone to synagogue that I didn’t learn something. Next time you’re at home and it’s time to leave to go to synagogue and you have a dilemma, should I go play tennis or watch television or be part of the congregation in my synagogue? I hope that I will see you at Beth-El worshiping.
Dor’ l dor,
Grandpa Abe

Parashat Vayachel – Pkudei

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Come to services TONIGHT Friday March 24 , at the regular time of 7:00 PM and end the week on a great note!

Shabbat morning services are THIS Saturday March 25 at 9 AM. We will have the Torah service at around 9:45 and a lovely children’s service at 10:30 with our wonderful Morah Shereen Ben-Moshe. There will be a delicious meat kidish and cholent immediately following services. HUGE Toda Raba to Bev Golden for sponsring the kidish in honor of her son Jacob’s completion of Air Force Training. Mazal Tov to Jacob!

Sunday Funday this Sunday March 26 at 10 AM. If parents or congregants would like to come and help with Passover cleaning, please plan to stay.

Sunday April 8 we will do a major Passover cleaning at Beth El. All hands on deck as we make the shul sparkle.

And Passover is around the corner. We are yet again hosting a second night seder at Beth El Tuesday April 11. With a delicious kosher for Passover meal and Hazzan Ben-Moshe leading, you surely can’t miss this event. Please send us your RSVP as soon as you can as we get full and we’ll save a spot for you. Please also consider a donation to help us sponsor the event. We are also accepting kosher for Passover wine, grape juice, matzah and gelfite fish.

Candle lighting in Austin is at 7:27 PM

Friday January 6, Rabbi Daniel Septimus CEO of the Austin JCC will likewise be our guest speaker at Beth El.

Cantor Ben Moshe’s Message
This week we read the combined parshot of Vayak’hel-P’kudei, as well as the special reading for Shabbat Hahodesh, the Shabbat closest to the New Month of Nissan. Vayak’hel and P’kudei close out the Book of Exodus by detailing the construction and assembly of the Mishkan, the Holy Tabernacle. The Torah repeats itself in describing all of the components of the Mishkan and how they were put together-perhaps as a way of imprinting the image of this remarkable structure upon us, who now live three millennia after it was replaced by Solomon’s Temple, itself now a memory.
Jewish Tradition and practice have moved on since the time of the Mishkan. We have evolved past the slaughter and burning of animals as a means of drawing close to God (the word for sacrifice, קרבן, is from the Hebrew root meaning “close). Nonetheless, we retain the memory of these things-we do not forgot from where we came, and we honor our ancestors even as we do things differently than they did. Ultimately, the goal is the same-whether through sacrifices in the Mishkan and the Temple, or through prayers in the synagogue, we seek as a community to draw close to the Divine which is the source of our being. May we always seek for God, wherever our paths take us. Shabbat Shalom.
Hazzan Yitzhak Ben-Moshe

HOLD THE DATES: Guest speakers at Beth El.

NEXT FRIDAY, Friday March 31, we welcome Rabbi/Cantor Marie Betcher who will talk about the great work she does as a Police Chaplain. This event was rescheduled from last month.

Ami Pedhazur, professor at UT Austin, will also be giving a special talk about the six day war in the Spring.

HAPPY MARCH MADNESS BIRTHDAYS:

Jared B, Richard E, Allene N, Morah Lital, Mike and Morris S, Eden B, Barbara S. We love you guys! Mazal tov and until 120!

Sunday school this Sunday March 26. We have missed all our BERS and look forward to resuming Sunday Funday with our super teachers and Cantor.

Sisterhood Passover and Shabbat shefs!

** We’ll meet next Thursday at 11 AM at Beth El. Please come if you can help with preparing for Passover. A mitzvah worth doing. We have a lot to get ready.

RABBI PETER TARLOW OF THE CENTER FOR LATINO JEWISH RELATIONS: WEEKLY PARASHA
This week we read the Book of Exodus’ final portions, a double Torah portion: Parashat Vayakel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) and Parashat Pkudey (Exodus
38:21-40:38). Traditionally, readers have viewed these final chapters of Exodus as some of the most difficult parts of the book. Yet beneath the text’s surface, the careful reader can grapple with some of political science’s most important principles. If we move beyond the details and concentrate on the principles, then we soon see that these issues are very much with us today.
A summary of these final sections presents to us two overarching philosophical issues.
The first issue is: how does leadership translate ideas and concepts into the pubic domain? In other words, there is a difference between talking and doing, between being destructive and constructive. In the case of Exodus we note that until now the dialogue concerning the building or the Mishcan (Tabernacle) has been between G’d and Moses. Now it becomes Moses’ task to “translate” this vision to the nation, to go from the talking to the doing.
The second political issue that these sections raise is: how does leadership chose between two conflicting “goods”? The choice between “good” and “evil” is not difficult, but when the choice is between “good” and “good,” then the problem becomes much more profound. The text notes that in the case of having to choose between “good” and “good” at least one “good” is sacrificed for the other “good”. How do we protect the individual when these needs place a society in danger? The Bible illustrates this dilemma in the debate over should there be Tabernacle construction on Saturday. The text calls both goals “kadosh/holy”, both are Divinely mandated, and both serve a greater good. The question then is should the nation delay the Tabernacle’s construction to honor the Sabbath? It is not hard to make a case for both sides of the argument. How does the text solve the problem?
Perhaps one clue is in the order that these two concepts have been given in the Torah. Note that over the past few weeks we have seen the following literary plan: Tabernacle Construction then the Keeping of the Sabbath (Shmirat-Shabbat) then the Golden Calf Crisis followed by additional laws regarding the Keeping of the Sabbath and finally once again laws concerning the Tabernacle’s Construction.
Reviewing the order we note that the building of the Tabernacle is always furthest from the Golden Calf. Is this order a message teaching us the principle that “materialism not controlled by spirituality becomes idolatry”? The text makes it clear that the work (melachah) on the tabernacle is to be stopped in honor of the Sabbath. Is the Torah teaching us that we humans are often so interested in the material that we forget the spiritual side of life?
How often do most of us sacrifice the spiritual for material wealth? In a sense this section forces us to ask questions such as, how do we resolve two conflicting political goods? When do we sacrifice one good to uphold another?
These are hard questions that touch the very root of our civil society. In a strange way, these two difficult portions, which seem at first to be bogged down in detail, summarize the ethical lessons of one of the world’s greatest pieces of literature: “Sefer Shmot/The Book of Exodus”. What conflicting “goods” are there in your life and how do you resolve the conflict?