Daf LaKorei
Shabbos Shemini
Shabbat Mevarchim
April 10, 2021 -April 16, 2021
DVAR TORAH
When you can enter a joyous state with your own mind, it should be effected naturally.
"AND THE ALMIGHTY SPOKE TO AHARON SAYING: WINE AND OTHER INTOXICATING
BEVERAGES YOU SHALL NOT DRINK, YOU AND YOUR SONS WITH YOU, WHEN YOU COME
INTO THE TENT OF MEETING." (Vayikra 10:8-9)
You may ask, is wine consumption an integral component of Jewish culture? Indeed, it’s almost incumbent upon every Jew to extend his or her good wishes and a Good Shabbos, with a Le’chaim over a glass of wine. Interestingly, in this week’s Torah portion, we actually discern the harm caused by the wine. Nadov and Avihu forfeit their lives after having entered the sanctuary under the influence of alcohol.
The Netziv, Rabbi Naftoli Tzvi Yehudah Berlin, commented: A regular Kohen is forbidden to participate in the service in the Temple when he had just lost a close relative. The High Priest, however, is permitted to do so which begs the question: Why? It is, in fact, because one must be in a state of joy to officiate in the Almighty’s service. When a person loses a relative, he is in a state of grief and therefore lacks the necessary joy. However, the High Priest had to be a person that can reach the highest level of Simcha, that his service in the temple would transcend any and all personal loss. When he performed the Almighty's service, he was able to be in a celebratory, festive state, regardless of what events had just occurred. Since the joy is necessary, one might erroneously think that a priest could, or even should, attain that joy from outside sources, such as a drink of Le’chaim to elevate his frame of mind. Therefore, the Torah tells us that this joy must result from an awareness of the Almighty; it should not be cajoled by means of some chemical substance that one ingests.
This thought has practical applications in a generation when people who experience depression in their daily lives often imbibe alcoholic beverages as a means to alter the darkness in which they painfully exist. A person who can enter an emotionally high state with his own faculties, has no need for an outside simulated state.
Have a good Shabbos from Rabbi & Reb. Yisroel & Raizee Perelson
and Family
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UPCOMING EVENTS
This Shabbos There Will Not Be A Teen Minyan
We Look Forward To Seeing Everyone At Our Next Teen Minyan On Shabbos, April 17th
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Yom HaShoah
And
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Wednesday April 14th @ 8:00 P.M.
Guest Speaker:
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10 minutes before Mincha- Mishna
After Maariv- Chumash & Rashi
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Learning through Various Torah Topics In Depth
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9:00AM AFTER SHACHARIT
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mazal Tov:
Mazal Tov to Rabbi Eli & Esther Moskovitz on the birth of their new baby grandson, Avraham Boruch!. Mazal Tov to the proud parents, Yehoshua and Devorah Moskovitz!
Happy Belated Birthday To Elliot Pulvermacher and Victor Cohen!
Refuah Sheleima:
Shlomo Ben Naiomi, Leib ben Toiba, Magdolena Szigeti, Michael Weisblatt, Meir Kadosh, Zita Yakubovich, Samuel Richmond, Bella Nortman, Sharolta Gollender, Melissa Nosomowitz, Eugene Galpert, Judith Jackier, Lisa Weiselberg, Ann Bieber, Louis Gross, Lawrence & Carol Kaufman, Louis Kirsch, Florence Birnbaum, Binyamin Joyce, Marlene Nussbaum, Sol Glickstein, Zelig & Miriam Kindler, Breindy Teitelbaum, Avraham Daniel ben Devorah Tova, PP Charles R. Harary, Rose Bronheim, Tzilia Adamsky, Alex ben Leah, Helene Galletta, Gitel bat Sarah, Esther bat Janja, Anne Chesler, Irina bat Bayla, Erica bat Tila Elka, Tzipora bat Rajzi, Malka Shoshana bat Batya Nechama, Rochale Batya bat Chana Masha, Ronie ben Tzipora, Rivfka Deborah bat Gitel, Adam Meister, Pesach ben Bayla, Sima Rochel bat Yehudit, Benjamina Bat Necha, Efrat bas Shoshana, Shmuel Meltser ben Raizel, Menachem Mendel ben Rivkawolf, Shaya Eisen, Rachel Dvorah bat Tova, Miryam bat Shoshana, Elchanan Shlomo ben Golda, Harvey Hecker, Shlomo ben Shifrah, Ruth bat Emili, Rivka Chasha bas Tzivia Leah
Nedivei Yom:
Mrs. Chava Greenberg and Mrs. Bella Katz in memory of their beloved mother, Chana Szklarz A”H, Ms. Miriam Friedman and Ms. Liilian Friedman in memory of their beloved mother, Rose Rachol Friedman A”H, Ms. Ruth Yigdal in memory of Ruth’s beloved aunt, Hilda Levine A”H.
A Very Special Thank You To Mr. & Mrs. Elliot & Chana Pulvermacher For Donating Tissues And Hangers To FPJC And Constantly Supplying The Kollel Room With Cups, Plates, Forks, And Knives!
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO WALTER FRIEDMAN AND DANNY PELED FOR PUTTING UP A BEAUTIFUL PARTITION AROUND THE DESK IN THE MAIN OFFICE FOR STEPHANIE! IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Thank You To Sol & Candace Velelis For Donating Masks To Our Shul And Helping Keep Our Members Safe!
Thank You To Walter Friedman And Danny Peled For The Beautiful Partition Glass By The Bima. We Can Now Finally Resume Getting Our Aliyahs!
Thank You For The Beautiful Glass On Top Of The Bima!
A Very Special Thank You To Dr. Mark Vaynkhadler For The Donation Of The Temperature Scanner To Our Flatbush Park Jewish Center.
This Will Help Ensure That All Those That Are In The Shul Are In Good Health!
Thank You To Past President Larry Birnbaum and Sisterhood President Ronnie Birnbaum For The Donation Of Masks And Purell Dispensers Located At The Front Of Our Shul. Thank You For Keeping Our Shul Germ Free!
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- Monday night 8-9:15pm - Partners in Torah for Men & Women
- Tuesday 10-11:15am - Womens Shiur w/R. Judith Zwick
- Shabbos schedule includes "On The Main Drasha @ 10:45, Men & Women's Talmud study @ 3;45 and a D'var Torah at Seudah Shlishit
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Please contact Helen Birnbaum @ 718.253.2690.
Your Chesed will benefit you for eternity.
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THE LEVAYAH PROGRAM, sponsored by the Orthodox Union (OU), is designed to be of major financial assistance to Jewish families in the event of family loss and the funeral arrangements with our local chapels. All individual family members of the OU are entitled to significant cost savings at those difficult times. You must, however, be an OU member, cost $54 per year. Now is the time to make that call, before the need, Rachmana Litzlan, arises. Call 212.563.4000. May all your calls be for Simchos.