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Archive for Menahem Av / Elul 5773 - August 2013
Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Human actions that constitute either service of HaShem or transgression can take place only if three factors are present: 1) choice by the heart and mind; 2) intent and resolve to do what one has chosen; 3) the effort to complete the intended act with one’s limbs and bring it into actuality.
In regard to what is not hidden [or removed] from us, such as the choice of service or transgression, and what one has chosen, relying on HaShem in these would be erroneous and foolish; for the Creator, may He be exalted, has left to us the choice of serving Him of rebellion against Him, as it is written: “Choose life” (Devarim 30:19). But the carrying out of the intended act of service or transgression He did not leave to us, but made it dependent on external means that are sometimes present and at other times unavailable.
Dedicated to Forrest Walker
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“Righteousness, righteousness, you shall pursue… “ Only by righteousness and justice can the nation of Israel guarantee its staying power in the land of Israel. Not by negotiating with the enemy, or releasing murderers, or subcontracting her security, or by subordinating her own needs to the demands of her “friends” and “allies.” Righteousness, by way of righteous judges who sit in judgment in the place that G-d will choose – the Holy Temple on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem.
Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9)
Parashat Shoftim is read on Shabbat:
Elul 4, 5773/August 10, 2013
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This week features:
Parashat Shoftim: The Pursuit of Righteousness and Justice
Rosh Chodesh Elul and the Temple Mount: Locked Out of My Beloved’s House!
The confluence this week of the beginning of the month of Elul and the reading of Parashat Shoftim brings us a double serving of the need for justice, righteousness and repentance. The King is in the field; the field is the Temple Mount, and the Holy Temple is the place that, when “a matter of judgement is hidden from you”…then, “you shall rise up and ascend to the place that Hashem shall choose.” For the Beit HaMikdash is the seat of justice and righteousness. What happens when Elul, the special time of emphasis for these themes, rolls around, and we are still locked out of the Temple Mount? Join Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman this week on Temple Talk as they welcome the new month of Elul with brave new insights into this week’s Torah portion, plus brave hope for Israel’s challenges in the coming year.
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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When one is a stranger, they should, whenever they feel lonely, find companionship is HaShem and, in their condition as a stranger, place their trust in Him. They should bear in mind that the soul is also a stranger in this world, and the inhabitants of the earth are like strangers on it, as it says in Scriptures: “For to Me you are strangers and temporary residents” (VaYikra 25:23). They should think of how anyone who has relatives will, in a short while, be left a solitary stranger; neither relative nor child will help them, not one of them will accompany them.
They should also consider that they are freed from the heavy burden of supporting relatives and fulfilling obligations toward them, and regard this as one of the blessings the Creator has bestowed upon them. For if they are busy with secular interests and providing for their own material needs, their labors are lighter without wife or child, and their absence means rest for one self and beneficial to them. And if one is concerned about their latter end, their mind is undoubtedly clearer and freer when one is in a state of solitude.
Dedicated to Forrest Walker
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