Ki Teitze 5777

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Parshat Ki Teitze

10 Ellul 5777 1 September 2017

Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat

19:00

(Candle Lighting)

19:00

Shacharit

09:15

Leining

10:15

Mincha followed by Seudah & Ma’ariv

19:35

Shabbat Ends

20:48

Weekday

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Thought For The Week

Shacharit

Mincha & Ma’ariv

Sun

09:00

19:30

Mon

07:00

19:30

Tues

07:00

19:30

One of the many Torah mitzvot relating to

tion of our verses with the reminder that

Wed

07:00

19:30

business ethics appears in the Parasha this

Amalek attacked the Jewish people (25:17).

Thur

07:00

19:30

week (25:14) where we are told that we

What is the connection?

Fri

07:00

19:00*

should only have one set of weights and

Candle Lighting

19:00

measures for buying and selling. This pro-

* Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat

hibits measuring the goods we buy using

Chayim Arukim

to all those who have Yahrzeit this week as follows ‫שבת‬

2 Sept 11 Ellul

Mon

4 Sept 13 Ellul

Tues

5 Sept 14 Ellul

Thurs

7 Sept 16 Ellul

Fri

8 Sept 17 Ellul

‫שבת‬

9 Sept 18 Ellul

Susan Sallon

Mother

Joy Polak Stephen Cantor

Mother Father

Anthony Cohen Sheila Green Gwen Greene Victor Brim

Mother Father Father Father

Charles Keeney

Mother

Behjat Sarir

Father

Larraine Goldwater

Mother

The unveiling for

Weighing It Up

Naomi Wright’s mother - Pauline Dawson, will take place Sunday 3rd September, 1.30pm, at Rainsough, followed by a plaque dedication at Heathlands.

a large weight and measuring what we sell using the small weight, which is a form of theft. Our reward for dealing fairly with others is that we will receive a fair allocation in our lives from Hashem.

attacks the Jewish people when they show a lack of faith in Hashem. Cheating in business is indicative of lack of faith because we feel we have to cut corners and cheat other people in order to make a living. But the Gemara tells us that our wealth for the coming year is fixed on Rosh Hashanah

Honesty in business is one of the cor-

– that is when Hashem decides whether

nerstones of the Jewish faith. There are a

our businesses will flourish, who will lose

number of commandments throughout the

their job, and who will win the lottery. Even

Torah which emphasize the importance of

worldwide recessions are not outside His

commercial ethics – in fact, there are more

control! If we behave honestly and scrupu-

Torah laws regulating business conduct

lously, we will not lose out on what we are

than there are regulations about Shabbat.

entitled to receive, but if we cheat other

Dishonesty is described in the harshest

people, we will be the losers in the long

terms as ‘toeva’ – an abomination in the

term

eyes of Hashem. Rashi points out that

Rabbi Joel Portnoy

deliberate fraud leads to shame for the Jewish people, to explain the juxtaposi-

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Amalek is the force in the world which

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Parsha

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First Aliyah - 12 verses Begins with a discussion regarding female captives of war, and the conditions under which a soldier may marry a captive. A firstborn son has the right to a double portion of his father’s inheritance. The ‘Ben Sorer U’Morer’ is discussed.

Second Aliyah - 9 verses Mitzvot in this section: Speedy burial of the deceased, returning a lost objects, aiding a neighbor, the prohibition against cross-dressing, and the obligation to send away a mother bird before taking its chicks or eggs.

Third Aliyah - 29 verses In this section: Building a safety fence around a flat roof; the prohibited mixtures - seeds, animals and clothes; tzitzit; the penalty for a husband who defames his wife; the punishment for adultery; the penalty for rape; and certain prohibited marriages.

Fourth Aliyah - 17 verses This section includes: maintaining pure and hygienic army encampments, prohibitions against prostitution, lending with interest, and the obligation to honour vows.

Fifth Aliyah - 6 verses Field workers have the right to eat from the produce they are harvesting. Marriage and divorce are briefly discussed. A divorced couple cannot remarry if the woman remarried in the interim.

Sixth Aliyah - 9 verses More mitzvot: A newlywed man is exempt from military service for a full year. We are commanded to always remember that Miriam was afflicted with tzara’at for speaking badly about Moses.

Seventh Aliyah - 28 verses We are forbidden to withhold or delay a worker’s wages. Relatives may not testify in a court of law.

Corporal punishment procedure is outlined. Yibum is introduced.

Accurate weights and measures must be kept. The mitzvah to remember Amalek’s evil deed, ambushing the Israelites on their way from Egypt is mentioned.

The tradition to wear a tallit after marriage is rooted in the parsha of tzitzit being written following the parsha of marriage.

M S I DA

U J F O

Delve into the deeper side of Judaism This week we delve into the often misunderstood topic of the “Rebellious Child”

Finding The Relevance If two witnesses warned a thirteen year old boy not to steal money in order to purchase meat and wine, and afterwards observed that he stole money from his parents, bought meat and wine, and consumed them in a disgusting, gluttonous manne in the presence of other troublemakers, the parents must bring their son to Beit Din. The boy is then punished with lashes.

If he repeats these sins, the parents again bring him before the Beit Din. The boy is now subject to capital punishment (provided all conditions are met), since the Torah predicts that he will eventually come to steal and murder in order to satisfy his lusts. The Torah therefore declares: “Better he leave the world while still innocent than after he is guilty of serious crimes.”

Among the numerous conditions that must be satisfied before such a boy receives capital punishment are the following: He must be between 13 years and 13 years and 

three months in age. If he is even a little younger, or older, he cannot be executed.

He must have two living parents (because both parents are required to bring him to Beit Din).

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Neither parents may be lame, dumb, blind, or deaf.

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According to one opinion in the Talmud it is highly unlikely, and according to

Parents may prefer to overlook a child’s disobedience and gluttony. another impossible, that the death punishment of the “Rebellious Son” can ever be implemented, since in practice all the necessary conditions are never fulfilled.

Nevertheless, a Jew is required to study this Torah-section and is promised reward for it, since the very act of studying G-d’s holy words attaches a Jew to Him. Moreover, there are many

practical lessons we can derive from this chapter, for instance: 1. The section of the “Rebellious Son” demonstrates how far our love for G-d should go Even though the love of parents for children is the strongest natural bond, the Torah urges them to overcome their emotions and personally bring their son to Beit Din to be stoned, if he transgressed Hashem’s mitzvot.

2. Parents may prefer to overlook a child’s disobedience and gluttony. They may consider his misconduct relatively harmless.

The Torah, though, proclaims: “Don’t condone his behaviour! Don’t declare it innocent! If you don’t interfere, the end will be bitter.”

The parsha, then, teaches parents the obligation to educate their children in Torah and mitzvot, to reprove them, and to inculcate them with correct Jewish values.

Based on ‘The Midrash Says’,

by Rabbi M. Weissman

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 Ki Teitze is the 49th of 54 sedras 6th of 11 in Devarim Written on 212.8 lines in a Torah 110 verses - ranks 28th (5th in Devarim) 1582 words - ranks 23rd (5th in Devarim) 5856 letters - ranks 26th (6th in Devarim)

Did You Know Ki Teitze contains 74 of the 613 mitzvot. 27 are positive mitzvot, and 47 are prohibitions.

This week’s parsha contains the highest number of mitzvot in the Torah.

The Vilna Gaon sees a hint to the double portion of the firstborn in the letters of the Hebrew word ‘Bechor’ (‫ר‬-‫כ‬-‫)ב‬.

Each letter is double the letter before it. Bet (2) is double Alef (1). Kaf (20) is double Yud (10). Reish (200) is double Kuf (100). No other letter is double its predecessor.

Tip #44 The Famous Five

TEFILLAH TIPS

Every day we recite the final five chapters of Tehillim as part of Pesukei Dezimra. Each chapter explores a different angle of praising Hashem each day.

Chapter 146 is interpreted as a hymn of encouragement for Jews in exile; our commitment to praise him Him each day no matter what.

Chaper 147 focuses on Jerusalem, the center from which holiness, redemption and Torah will emanate.

Chapter 148 discusses how all of Creation joins to praise G-d.

Chapter 149 praises Hashem for providing us with the opportunity to solve and grow from our challenges and problems.

The final chapter lists the full spectrum of human emotions and spiritual potential, represented by the diverse range of instuments. We repeat the final line to signify that this section has ended.

The Oral Law extends the mitzvah of building a protective fence around a roof to include all health and safety measures, including the preservation of personal health.

Just For Fun

Question: What do you call a fat psychic?

Answer: A four chin teller!

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In The Spotlight Dr. Howard Klass

This week we celebrate the 70th birthday of one of Manchester’s finest doctors, Howard Klass.

Howard was raised in Broughton Park, and was a very bright student with a scientific mind. After completing A-Levels at the age of 15, the High Master at MGS felt he would be too young to start university in Cambridge, so he spent a year in Israel, assisting with the archaeological discoveries at Masada.

Afterwards, he studied at Caius College, Cambridge and completed his training at Guy’s Hospital, London.

Howard married Stephanie and originallly lived in London, before settling in Hale in 1977 with their children David and Laura.

He recently celebrated his birthday with his children and grandchildren, as well as with dear friends.

An EGM will take place on Thursday 14th September 2017 at 8:15pm.

The purpose of the meeting is to seek the members’ approval to implement a revised corporate structure and constitution for the Shule.

The proposed constitution is available by request from the Shule office.

To receive an email copy please email admin@hale-community.org.uk with the subject “constitution”, or pick up a hard copy in person at the office.

Details of the implementation process and timescales will be provided at the meeting.

Looking forward to seeing you at the EGM on 14th September.

Yours Jonathan Steinberg, Hon Sec 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

Howard owes his youthful looks to his perspective on life, and also to his weekly tennis match with the same opponent for the last 25 years!

We wish Mazaltov to Howard and to Stephanie.

We wish them health and happiness for the future, and we thank them for their hospitality.

Mazaltov to Fiona & Paul Abrams on the birth of a son.

Howard Klass on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

Rabbi & Ruthie Portnoy on the birth of a grandson.