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Parshat Metzorah Shabbat HaGadol
Service Times
7 Nisan 5776 15 April 2016
Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat
19:00
(Candle Lighting)
19:00
Shacharit
09:15
Leining
10:15
Mincha, Seudah & Rabbi’s Shabbat HaGadol Schmooze
19:20
Shabbat terminates
21:06
Weekday Shacharit Mincha & Ma’ariv
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Thought For The Week The Second Look
Sun
09:00
19:30
Mon
07:00
19:30
When the Torah describes the initial meet-
gave the man a sizeable amount of money
Tues
07:00
19:30
ing between a Kohen and a suspected
and sent him on his way. His students
Wed
07:00
19:30
Thur
07:00
19:30
metzorah (a person afflicted with tzara’at),
pressed him to explain his actions. After
Fri*
06:45
19:30**
it says that the Kohen must inspect the
all, he never answered the question!
* Fast of the Firstborn
suspected patch of skin. However, the
** For times of Yom Tov services over Pesach please refer to the timetable
Torah employs the word for looking on
Chayim Arukim
Torah repeat itself?
to Angela Cohen on the loss of her mother, to Hilary Black on the loss of Lionel, to Amanda Falk on the loss of her father, and to Sandra Stewart on the loss of her father, and to all those who have Yahrzeit this week as follows
Sun 17 April
9 Nisan
Mon
18 April 10 Nisan
Tues
Norma Freeman
Mother
Ronnie Abrahams Father Steve Talbot Mother Mark Hilton Father
19 April 11 Nisan
David Zucker
Father
Wed
Deana Berger Jonathan Feingold Stephen Lentin
Husband Father Daughter
Linda Science Mavis Marsh
Mother Father
Bernard Cohen Denise Simon
Father Father
20 April
12 Nisan Fri
22 April 14 Nisan
שבת
23 April 15 Nisan
two separate occasions. Why does the
He explained that anybody asking if they can use milk must not have enough money for wine, so he gave him money for wine. Further, anyone asking if they can
One answer is to teach us that when we
have milk, must not have enough money
are observing any situation, we must take
to afford meat, so he gave enough money
a ‘second look’. It is not enough to form
to buy meat too.
opinions based on initial impressions. We are encouraged to pause and reflect on our initial reactions, and to ensure that we have not misjudged. This can have far-reaching ramifications for our interpersonal relationships.
He could only react like this because he took a ‘second look’; analysing the true implications of the man’s question. Imagine how miserable the man’s Pesach would have been if he had taken the question at face value!
The story is told of a man who came to
Rabbi Nick Kett
Rabbi Akiva Eiger to ask if he may use milk to fulfill the mitzvah of the four cups of wine at his Pesach seder. Instead of answering the question, Rabbi Akiva Eiger
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