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Parshat Emor

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16 Iyar 5777 12 May 2017

Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat

19:00

(Candle Lighting)

19:20

Shacharit

08:45

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Mincha & Seudah

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Shabbat Ends

22:04

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Thought For The Week

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Great Expectations

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This week’s parsha provides the backdrop

who is serving in Hashem’s Temple. He

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to many of the privileges and honours we

must make sure not contaminate himself

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give to Kohanim. Many people are familiar

or anything else in the Temple. They even

with the priorities given to Kohanim when

train their children from a very young

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it comes to being called up to the Torah,

age to understand these limitations. It is

Chayim Arukim

or leading Birkat Hamazon. It is also widely

not because G-d wishes to restrict, but

understood that Kohanim may not go near

rather He wishes to emphasise the unique

dead bodies or graves.

expectations of this group with additional

Candle Lighting

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to all those who have Yahrzeit this week as follows Mon

15 May 19 Iyar

Dinah Crystal

Father

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Jackie Cohen Gerald Adlestone

Father Father

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Hilary Goorney

Mother

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Rosalind Price Harvey Beaver

Mother Mother

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Simon Ellenbogen Paul Nathan

Father Mother

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Simon Margolis Ivor Lefton

Father Father

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responsibilities.

The notion behind these ‘special’ laws is a recognition of the etiquette and behaviours expected of this group. We see this in several areas nowadays. The guards at Buckingham Palace have to dress in a set uniform, and must behave according to strict rules. A soldier in an army has a different uniform, and different expectations.

It is also to help train the rest of us to understand that even though we may not belong to the Priestly Tribe, we nevertheless represent Hashem and the Jewish People in everything we do, and that our behaviour and contributions to the world reflect that.

A professional chef must wear his uniform,

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while also taking care not to add anything

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which could contaminate the taste or the smell of the food that is being prepared.

Similarly, a Kohen must ensure that he is

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abiding by the laws expected of somebody

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First Aliyah - 15 verses A Kohen has to maintain a high level of ritual purity. An ordinary Kohen is prohibited to come into contact with a human corpse, (except to attend the funerals of his next of kin), and may not marry a divorcee as well as some other women.

Second Aliyah - 25 verses Bodily blemishes and ritual impurities can disqualify a Kohen from performing his duties in the Temple.

There are also rules regarding who in the Kohen’s household may eat terumah, the tithe from produce given to the Kohanim.

Third Aliyah - 17 verses Blemished animals cannot be used for sacrifice. We may not castrate animals, sacrifice animals younger than eight days old, or slaughter a mother animal and her child on the same day. The mitzvah of kiddush Hashem, sanctifying G-d’s Name by giving one’s life rather than transgressing certain cardinal sins, is also discussed.

Fourth Aliyah - 22 verses After mentioning Shabbat, the Torah talks about Pesach and the mitzvah of eating matzah. After the “omer” barley offering on the second day, there is a seven-week counting period that finishes with the holiday of Shavuot. The Torah briefly interrupts to mention the obligation of leaving gifts for the poor during harvesting.

Fifth Aliyah - 10 verses Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are discussed..

Sixth Aliyah - 12 verses Sukkot is introduced. We are commanded to sit in outdoor booths, and take the Four Species. The final holiday is Shemini Atzeret, a one-day holiday which immediately follows Sukkot.

Seventh Aliyah - 23 verses Only the purest olive oil may be used for lighting the Menorah. A Jewish man is put to death for blaspheming G d. Discusses penalties for committing murder, property damages, and personal injury.

The Torah refers to the blasphemer as one who “blessed” G-d, because the Torah always speaks in a clean and polite way.

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Delve into the deeper side of Judaism This week we take a look at the fine line between honouring and desecrating G-d’s Name

Being A Kiddush Hashem Hashem commands in this week’s parsha (22:32) “And you shall not desecrate My Holy Name!”

All Jews, men and women alike, must avoid desecrating Hashem’s name in any of these situations: If someone commands a Jew, “Either you worship idols (or commit a murder, or sin with one of the forbidden marital relations), or else I shall kill you,” he must let himself be killed rather than transgress the prohibition. If he agrees to violate it, he desecrates the Almighty’s Name.

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If a non-Jew in the presence of ten Jewish adult males bids him to violate any mitzvah in the Torah in order to degrade the Torah (and not for the sake of personal benefit), he must submit himself to death rather than transgress it, for he would publicly desecrate the Almighty’s Name were he to consent to the non-Jew’s demand.

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During periods of religious persecution, when Jews are forbidden by official edict to fulfill the entire Torah or certain mitzvot, many Jews sacrificed

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their lives to avoid committing any sin. For example, after the destruction of the Second Temple, the Romans forced the Jews to transgress some mitzvot.

Or later, when the Spanish Inquisition demanded that Jews bow to an image, they would sacrifice his life in order to avoid desecrating Hashem’s Name.

If a Jew sins - even privately - solely for the purpose of angering the Creator and defying His

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Everyone can sanctify G-d’s Name whenever he is faced with the choice of whether or not to transgress Will (as opposed to being overcome by temptation), He desecrates the honour of Hashem. If someone publicly acts beneath the standards expected of him, he desecrates Hashem’s Name, for people will then lose their respect for Torah and mitzvot.

Conversely, we have opportunities to sanctiy Hashem’s Name too.  If asked to commit one of the three cardinal sins;

murder, idol worship, or immorality, a Jew can honour Hashem’s Name by refusing.

Singling out particular martyrs to illustrate this mitzvah does injustice to countless Jews throughout the ages and in our time, too, who relinquished their lives to sanctify His Holy Name.

Everyone can sanctify G-d’s Name whenever he is faced with the choice of whether or not to transgress a Torah commandment If he refrains from the sin for the sake of G-d’s command, his action sanctifies Hashem’s Name.

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 Another opportunity to fulfill the mitzvah is to conduct oneself in such a manner that those who observe him are struck by the greatness and dignity of a Jew. One’s daily activities thus become a demonstration of the greatness of the Almighty and His Torah.

Based on ‘The Midrash Says’

by Rabbi M. Weiss

If you would like to share your words of wisdom, please submit your article of no more than 500 words to nick@hale-community.org.uk

Parsha Stats Emor is the 31st of 54 sedras 8th of 10 in Vayikra Written on 215 lines in a Torah 124 verses - ranks 15th (1st in Vayikra) 1614 words - ranks 22nd (2nd in Vayikra) 6106 letters - ranks 23rd (2nd in Vayikra)

Did You Know This week’s parsha mentions 63 of the 613 mitzvot in total.

24 are positive mitzvot, and 39 are prohibitions, putting it in second place behind Parshat Ki Teitze, which has 74!

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TEFILLAH TIPS

As Jews, it is forbidden to enjoy something from Hashem’s world without first making a blessing. We do this before we eat, drink, and before performing certain mitzvot. Each separate time we do this, we are supposed to make a separate bracha, even if it means that we repeat the same bracha several times in a day.

However, we only say the brachot for learning Torah one time each day. Why don’t we say them each time we sit down

to study?

The answer is that the commandment to study Torah is in effect all day long, and therefore the blessings need not be repeated even if one studies at various times.

We ask Hashem to ‘sweeten the words of Torah’ in our mouths, so that we can find an area of study that we will enjoy, and will give our attention to.

We are commanded to honour Kohanim. We commonly fulfill this mitzvah by giving them the first aliyah when we read from the Torah, and inviting them to lead Birkat Hamazon (Grace After Meals).

If a non-Kohen inadvertently eats Terumah, which may only be eaten by Kohanim, he must compensate the Kohen by payng the value plus an amount which equals 1/5 of the payment.

The Omer started with a barley offering, and finished on Shavuot with a wheat offering. The improvement of barley to wheat mirrors the personal improvement one is supposed to make during this period of time.

Just For Fun Question: Who was the funniest comedian in the Bible?

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In The Spotlight North 4 North Bike Ride

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10 years ago, 12 intrepid guys (and one girl!) chose to ride around the hilly terrain of Northern Israel to raise money for UJIA projects in the impoverished region. 10 years, and three further rides later, the 5th ‘North 4 North’ bike ride has a new challenge - to ride from Kiryat Shmona on the Lebanese border, down to Eilat, in just FIVE days, starting on Sunday 14th May. There will be over 50 riders from Hale, Bowdon and London, who are raising funds for Carmiel Children’s Village, home to 200 children who are orphaned or have been court ordered to leave their families.

The funds will help refurbish one of the family homes in memory of Darren Walshaw z”l. The ride will also support ‘Smile for Orly’, a Manchester based charity in memory of Orly Feddy z”l, which provides services and support to local children’s activities.

If you would like to sponsor an edition of ‘Something For Everyone’, in honour of a simcha or for a yahrzeit, or for any reason, please contact the Shule office on 0161 980 8846 or admin@hale-community.org.uk

Riders from Hale include Jason Zemmel, Brenton Walshaw, Barry Taube, Jonny and Harley Patoff, Andrew Joseph and Jeremy Lee. The riders thank all those who have sponsored them, and made this possible. We wish them hatzlacha on their noble journey. To sponsor the riders, please contact Jason on 07771 646 009, or visit http://bit.ly/2quSqmA.