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קטגוריה: Parashat Hashavua

פורסם בראשון, 22 נובמבר 2020 16:25

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abu Gamil, Bibi's Dump Truck, and the portion of the week EMOR - tell the priests 

GUTT SHABBOS
and
ALMOST LAG B'OMER 


I was Just was walking with my elderly friend and his little dog
after prayers and studying Talmud and visiting my son,
and thinking how the Torah teaches us to look at BOTH sides to a story! 

The portion of EMOR says that the Priestly Jews are NOT allowed to be near dead people 
because THE PRIESTS are supposed to teach JOY to the world-
and it's pretty hard when you're sad! 

LAG B'OMER is the holiday when Rabbi Akiva's studnts stopped dieing
(a tough thing when you were fighting the Roman conquring legions)! 

BUT - turn these tora-and-talmud ideas around (as the Master Teacher Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach taught us- 

It wasn't that death ended for Akiva's students -
it was BECAUSE THEY STARTED TREATING EACH OTHER WITH MORE RESPECT!
(and that brings LIFE to the WHOLE WORLD who learn from them) 

And 

The PRIESTLY families were only allowed to go to funerals of the CLOSEST RELATIVES - but were told to TEACH OTHERS TO RESPECT LIFE
AND RESPECT FOR THE DEPARTED!!! 

Abu Gamil lost his 85-year-old mother this week;
I spoke with him a while - but could not (yet) get him to 
spend the mourning time - like SHIVA - in a positive way
- he just works 

BUT if ONLY we could teach the Jewish Values
of positive mourning, 
of POSITIVE joy,
of respect for the living - and for the souls who came before-
to all our Moslem cousins - 
maybe it would prevent tragedies,
and bring us closer to peace.

Love and Shabbos from Jerusalem 

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

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