Monday, May 6, 2024

How to Rebuke a brother and more for May 9th

 

Hebrew

60 second recipe:  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w0BdrBGHXV4

Hebrew word duel

Galgalatz https://glz.co.il/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%A6

Parsha:

In 60 seconds:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juBjImRe0tU

List of the mitzvot  

How to rebuke- Commentary

Quiz:

 

Yom Hashoah recap

Each year, 10am.   2:38 for sefirah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddsD1BtxXQ0

on the ground:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfwQhmRhrqM

Laws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_HaShoah


 

1)    What was the event that precipitated the celebration of Yom Yerushalayim?

a.      The dedication of the Second Temple (515 B.C.E.).

b.    The recapture of Jerusalem by the Hasmoneans from the Selucids (168 BCE)

c.     The arrival of Maimonides in Jerusalem (1220 CE)

d.      The reunification of Jerusalem (1967 CE).

e.      The visit to Jerusalem of our glorious leader of the North Korean Democratic People’s Republic!

2)   In modern times, Tu B’av slightly resembles what holiday in English-speaking countries?

a.    Valentine’s Day

b.    Halloween

c.     Thanksgiving

d.    Veteran’s Day

e.    The Birthday of Dune soundtrack composer Hanz Zimmer

 

 

3)   Who do we remember on Yom Hazikaron?

a.    The victims of the Holocaust.

b.    The victims of anti-Jewish pogroms throughout history.

c.     The fallen at Masada.

d.    The soldiers of Israel's armed forces who have died.

e.    Dude, Yom Hazikaron is a name for Rosh Hashanah.

 

4)   What is the National Bible Quiz?

a.    A tournament in which ultra-Orthodox students vie about Torah and Talmud.

b.    A spelling bee-like competition of Jewish students from around the world based on the Tanakh.

c.     A television game show that culminates on Yom Ha'atzmaut.

d.    A yearly questionnaire that every Israeli citizen receives in the mail.

e.    Maybe b and c?  I guess? Maybe?

 

5)   What is the origin of Tu B'Av?

a.    It was started on early Israeli kibbutzim as a Zionist attack on Valentine's Day.

b.    It was a matchmaking day for unmarried women in Temple times.

c.     It was the date of the the First Zionist Congress.

d.    It was originally created by JDate and the Israeli government in the 1970’s.

e.    It was created by the Hallmark greeting corporation to break into Israeli culture. 

 

6)   Yom Ha'atzmaut is the anniversary of whose announcement of the creation of State of Israel?

a.    Moshe Dayan

b.    Golda Meir

c.     David Ben-Gurion

d.    Tzipi Livni

e.    Rabbi Solomon Goldman of Anshe Emet Synagogue

 

7)   When is Yom Hashoah, in relation to other holidays on the Jewish calendar?

a.    A week after the first day of Passover, and a week before Shavuot

b.    A week after the seventh day of Passover, and a week before Yom Hazikaron

c.     A week after the seventh day of Sukkot, and one day before Simchat Torah

d.    Five days after Rosh Hashanah, and five days before Yom Kippur

e.    It is declared each year on a different date by the Israeli Supreme Court.

 

 

8)   On what three holidays do we read the Al Hanissim prayer?

a.    Pseach, Sukkot, and Shauvot

b.    Tisha B’av,  Yom Kippur,  and  Yom Hashoah

c.     Purim,  Channukah, and  Lag Beomer

d.    Purim, Channukah, and  Yom Ha’atzmaut

e.    Al Hanissim? Isn’t he the guy that sets up Ma’ot Chittim for us each year?

 

9)   How is Yom Hashoah NOT commemorated in Israel?

a.    Stores are closed, as are places of entertainment

b.    Sirens sound during the day and all traffic stops

c.     Cable TV channels go off the air

d.    Sad or no music is played on the radio

e.    Fasting and meditation

 

10)                   Which is not a way that Israelis celebrate  Yom Ha’atzmaut?

a.    hitting each other with inflatable hammers

b.    spraying people with shaving cream

c.     eating humus, falefel and pita

d.    fireworks and barbeques, just like in the USA

e.    taking the day off

 

11) What is happening to Israeli celebrations of Yom Ha’atzmaut?

a.    They are growing as a show of defiance to anti-Zionist forces around the world.

b.    They are becoming major tourist attractions for Jews around the world

c.     Not much.  Kind of the same from year to year.

d.    They are becoming something only for the big cities.

e.    They are shrinking in size and scale, as fewer Israelis feel like celebrating

 

 

 

 

 


 

THE LIST OF TORAH MITZVOT in PARSHAT KEDOSHIM- whadaya think?  

1.    Which do you think is the hardest mitzvah in this list to observe? 

2.   Which is the easiest to perform? 

3.   Which commandment do you think is the strangest of them all?  

4.   Which speaks/calls to you the loudest?

5.   Which do you think no longer applies to us in our days?  

6.   Which do you think is even more important in our days? 

 

1. To revere one's father and mother

2.   Not to turn to idolatry

3.   Not to make an idol

4.   Not to eat meat left over from day-before-last sacrifices

5.                    Not to reap a corner of one's field, so that the poor may glean

( get the unpicked or fallen or forgotten  crops)

6.   Not to reap the very last end of one's field, so that the poor may glean

7.                    To leave gleanings for the poor in an orchard or field

9.   To leave a part of a vineyard un-reaped, for the poor

10.                   Not to gather the gleanings of a vineyard, so that the poor may take them

 

11. To leave the imperfect clusters of grapes for the poor

12.                    Not to steal

13.                    Not to deny possession of something entrusted to you

14.                    Not to swear an oath in denial of a monetary claim

15.                    Not to swear an oath falsely in God's Name

16.                    Not to withhold wages or fail to repay a debt

17.                    Not to rob or defraud one's fellow

18.                    Not to delay payment of wages past the agreed time

19.                    Not to curse a deaf person

 

20.                  Not to put a stumbling block before a blind person

21.                    Not to pervert justice

22.                   A judge must not show favor to  the great or powerful at  trial.

23.                   A judge must not show favor to the power or powerless at trial.

24.                   To judge righteously

25.                   Not to spread rumors and gossip

26.                   Not to stand idly by if someone's life is in danger

27.                   Not to hold onto  hate of a fellow Jew in your heart, but rather rebuke them. 

28.                  Not to take revenge

29.                   Not to bear a grudge

 

30.                  To love one’s fellow as one loves oneself

31.                    Not to crossbreed animals

32.                   Not to plant diverse seeds together

33.                   Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three years

34.                   The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes.

35.                   Not to eat blood

36.                   Not to engage in astrology

37.                   Men must not shave  bare the hair off the sides of their head.

38.                  Men must not shave their beards with a razor.

39.                   Not to tattoo the skin

 

40.                  Not to make gashes into your body for the dead

41.                    To show reverence to the Temple

42.                   Not to act as a medium who talks to the dead

43.                   Not to act as a magical seer

44.                   To honor those who teach and know Torah

45.                   Not to commit fraud  with scales and weights

46.                   Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate

47.                   Not to curse  one's father or mother

48.                  The courts must carry out the death penalty when required

49.                   Not to imitate idolaters in customs and clothing

 

50.                   Not to wrong strangers who reside in the land, but to love them as oneself

51.                    Not to degrade one’s  daughters and force them into prostitution

53.                   Not to turn to ghosts or inquire of spirits of the dead

54.                   To rise up before the aged, and show deference to the old

55.                   Keep the Sabbath


 

Leviticus 19:17

לֹֽא־תִשְׂנָ֥א אֶת־אָחִ֖יךָ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ הוֹכֵ֤חַ תּוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ אֶת־עֲמִיתֶ֔ךָ וְלֹא־תִשָּׂ֥א עָלָ֖יו חֵֽטְא׃

You shall not hate your brother in your heart; Hoche’ach Toechiach/you shall certainly critique your neighbor, and not allow sin on his account.

What do you think this means? Explain to hate in one’s heart and to critique.

Is this a NEEDED rule to have?

How do you critique someone?  Give me a rule!

 Is it ever okay to critique someone? ▪ Can criticism be constructive?

So what is this verse really talking about?

 

Rashi (11th Century, France): AND NOT BEAR A SIN ON ACCOUNT OF HIM — i. e. even though you are rebuking them,  do not shame them  (lit., make his face grow pale) in public, in which case you will bear sin on account of him!

Rashbam (Rashi’s grandson, 11th century France):  Do not hate your brother in your heart- if you feel angry, do not appear before others as though you like them. “In his heart he lies in ambush for him” (Jeremiah 9:7) - this is not good, do not hate the other in your heart, rather, critique the person for what s/he has done, and from this will come peace.

Ibn Ezra (Spain, 12th century): Perhaps you suspected him of something which was not so. If you rebuke your neighbor he may explain himself and you will learn that you had no reason to be angry at him.

 

Bechor Shor (12th century France):   You are to act in this manner even if you are convinced that your remonstrations will not help at all. In fact, your failure to make an attempt at reconciliation will be held against you by the heavenly tribunal. This is why the verse concludes with the words: ולא תשא עליו חטא, “so that you will not burden him with a sin.”

Sefer Hachinuch, (13th century work, Spain, unknown author) Mitzvah 239: It is proper for a person to criticize privately, with gentle language, and calm words, in order to not embarrass the person.

Torah Temimah (19th century work,  Rabbi Baruch Epstien, Poland), Surely rebuke — Rabbi Ila’a said, based on Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon: Just as it is a mitzvah to say something that will be heard, so is it a mitzvah not to say something that will not be heard, as it says, Surely rebuke — rebuke one who will accept it!

 

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