Parshat Ki Teitzei 13 Elul 5776 September 16, 2016 Candle Lighting 6:44 PM

Amon & Moav: Forever Restricted by Rabbi Leible Chaitovsky

The parsha tells us that the na-

tions of Amon and Moav have a

restriction that the men may

never marry and join the Jewish

nation. The reasons for this,

according to the Torah, are that

they did not offer bread and

water to the Jews when they

were in the Midbar, and also

that they hired Bilam to curse the Jewish nation. Alt-

hough they showed wickedness, it is curious that they are

treated worse than descendants of Yishmael, MItzrayim,

Eisav, and especially Amalek. All of these nations are al-

lowed to convert and join our people. We don’t need to

list their many iniquities as they are often singled out as

our enemies, much more often than Amon and Moav.

Amon and Moav are descendants of Lot. When Lot was

rescued from captivity by Avraham during the big war be-

tween the four and five kings, there was a great debt of

gratitude that was owed by Lot’s descendants. Malki

Tzedek came to Avarham and, in gratitude for what Av-

raham did, offered him bread and wine and gave him a

very big bracha. Lot learned that the way to show grati-

tude would be to do the same. His descendants should

have learned that the best way to treat the Jewish nation

would be to offer them bread and water, even if they left

out the wine. They also should have hired Bilam to bless

the Jewish nation out of gratitude for what was done to

their Zeidy, Lot. The fact that they showed such contempt

for the Jewish people, forever sealed their fate. The To-

rah says that they did not provide the Jewish with bread

and water when we left Mitzrayim, and that they hired

Bilam to curse us. Such lack of gratitude can never be part

of our people.

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Letter from a New Parent

Dear Mrs. Schuh,

Starting a new school is tough, and while our kids are

struggling, we'd like to express our gratitude toward this school.

We are so grateful we chose ASHAR for our children! Aside from

being impressed by the academics and how systematically the

school works, we've been so impressed by how the faculty treats

our children! This is not just their job, this is their life!

I cannot tell you how touched I was by how Rabbi Isaacs came

out this morning to help us get —— into school this morning.

—— was really upset and crying that he's not going to school

today, and when we got to school he refused to go in and sat

down outside and cried. I must admit, I felt lost and also filled

with compassion toward my son. I was about to just take him

back into my car when I asked my husband to go inside to see if

a staff member could help us. I felt so special that his Rebbe

came out just for him. I can imagine how that made ——— feel!

He mattered! He's struggling with the change and all the newness

around him, and you guys just make it pleasant for us!

We love how we can reach you and get a call back real soon

after. I already spoke to Mrs. Elkobi about the episode and she

was so understanding and willing to talk to ———. It makes us

feel like you guys are the greatest partners!

Thank you so much!

- A New Parent

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birth of their twin sons, Gavriel Yehuda and

Michoel Binyamin!

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Rabbi Bendrihem on the Bar Mitzvah of his son,

Yehuda Moshe

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engagement of their son, Chaim

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Schreiber for being a model first grader; 2B Yakov

Baitz for beautiful bentching and love of learning;

2G Oshrit Bar-David for always giving one hundred

percent; 3B Ari Frankel for consistent attention and

enthusiasm in Torah; 3G Zehava Lloyd for her

excellent behavior and middot; 4B Nachmi Ungar for

his excellent middot; 4G Elana Algarin for her hard work and effort;

5B Eitan Kaplan for being an enthusiastic learner; 5G Maayan

Shucht for her excitement about learning; 6B Yoel Schmutter for

his diligence in Torah learning; 6G Chaya Posner for being a model

student; 7B Nachi Reifer for his excellent performance in math; 7G

Mikayla Bruschansky for her stellar behavior and efforts; 8B Noah

Shatkin for excelling in Gemara; 8G Dalia Schuh for excellent

effort in Judaic Studies

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