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Nachas At A Glance

Consider the cost of a mitzvah against its rewards, and the rewards of a

transgression against its cost

– Ethics of the Father 2:1

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Weekly MessageThoughts on the Parsha from Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Celebrating ShabbosSchedules, classes, articles and more... Everything youneed for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Community HappeningsSharing with your Shul Family

A Time to PrayCheck out all the davening schedules and locationsthroughout the week

Inspiration, Insights & IdeasBringing Torah lessons to LIFE

The Month of TishreiEverything you need for an “Over the Top” Yom Tov experience

Get The PictureThe full scoop on all the great events around town

French Connection Reflexions sur la Paracha

Latin LinkReflexion Semanal

In a woman’s worldIssues of relevance to the Jewish woman

Networking Effective Advertising

Numbers To Know Contacts at The Shul

Daily Study A complete guide to all classes and courses offered atThe Shul

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A warm welcome to the new Bochurim who are joining The Shul this year.

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Shabbos Parshas Shoftim

“You should appoint Judges and police officers/enforcers for yourself in all your gates

for each of your tribes that G-d your G-d is giving you”. The simple reading indicates our obligation to make sure that we have proper judicial systems that are composed of those who establish the proper moral, ethical, holy way of life and then those who enforce their compliance.

On a deeper and more individually personal level, the text reads that “you”, indicating every single person, “should establish judges and enforcers at all your gates.”

Our Rabbis interpret this to mean that each one of us is obligated to make sure that our individual personal gates are properly guarded and live by the standards that are set by a higher authority. Our gates refer to those parts of our physical being that relate to our influence and being influenced by things outside of ourselves. Like a gate and door that serves as an entry and exit for a person to access a private space or a public environment, our gates serve in the same capacity. Those openings and gates are our eyes, nose, mouth and ears.

Our nose, the sense of smell can be very intoxicating as we see even in commercial environment such as airports where they use special chemicals to make sure that the concourses which have food courts send their aroma into the furthest reaching places to entice people to come and purchase the food. Similarly, scents such as perfumes invoke our emotions and desires.

Our eyes are the apertures through which the outside world enters into our consciousness, as the Torah states clearly “do not turn after your eyes as they can lead you in the wrong direction”. We see this very clearly as advertising mechanisms are geared to awaken emotions and animalistic responses that cause us to react in a particular manner.

Our ears are the source of some of the most disturbing and destructive aspects of our social fabric. This includes tale mongering, gossip, lying, character assassination and also being influenced by listening to ideas and perspectives that manipulate our thinking in the wrong direction.

Especially during this month when we prepare for our upcoming court

appointment before the Judge of all Judges, King of all Kings on Rosh Hashanah, it is time to set proper standards and safety mechanisms to not allow our doors to serve as entry points for those powerful environmental influences that have dynamic impact on our lives and, at the same time, be careful not to use our doorways to impact the world in an improper fashion.

When we do so we are blessed by Almighty G-d in every way to keep us healthy, happy and safe.

May all of us together be inscribed and sealed for a healthy, happy and sweet new year.

Have a wonderful Shabbos and great week

Rabbi S. Lipskar

Thoughts on the Parshahfrom Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

De-VictimizingTzvi Freeman

Just who are the oppressors of which you are victim? People? Institutions? The Laws of Nature? They are but tools in the hand of their Master. Or are you the

victim of your own Creator?

The Designer of this cosmos does not contrive schemes to undermine His own creations. He knows us as He knows Himself; He sees His world from our eyes; He is our life and our essence. When He makes demands of us, He meets us on our own ground, not according to His unlimited power, but finely measured

to the capacity He has hidden within us.

There are times when you compare the burden on your shoulders to the strengths you know you have, and it seems impossible. But He knows better the hidden powers of your soul. And He has faith in them.

For He is there within them.

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Teen Girls Room

Questions:1) What is unique about the name of this parsha?

2) Which law in this parsha involves “yesterday, and the day before yesterday” (mitmol shilshom)? What other Torah law involves “yesterday, and the day before yesterday”?

3) Which law in this parsha makes mention of the number 3 - on 5 separate occasions?

Answers from last week:1) In parshas Chayei Sarah (Genesis 24), camels are mentioned 18 times in the story of Eliezer finding a wife for Yitzchak.

2) The two birds are the raven and the eagle. The raven is mentioned in parshas Noach (Genesis 8:7) as the bird that Noach first sent to check if the land had dried. The eagle is mentioned several times: (1) In pasrhas Yisro, Hashem compares the Exodus to the Jews being carried on wings of eagles (Exodus 19:4). (2) In the rebuke of parshas Ki Tavo, the enemy is described as coming from afar, as an eagle flies (Deut. 28:49). (3) In parshas Ha’azinu, Hashem’s protection of the Jews is compared to an eagle protecting its young (Deut. 32:11).

3) The prohibition to cook meat and milk together is stated with the words, “Do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk” (Deut. 14:21). These exact words appear in parshas Mishpatim (Exodus 23:19) and in parshas Ki Tisa (Exodus 34:26).

RIDDLE RULESAnswers to the riddles can be given to Rabbi Shaykee Farkash any time over Shabbos. The first child to give a correct answer to each of

the questions will win an INSTANT prize!

Chayale LipskarTot Shabbat 2

Pre1 - K10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Kiddush This Week: Kiddush this week is sponsored by By Mr. & Mrs. Sam And Rivkah

Greenwald in honor of the birth of their Daughter Mia Eda.

Shalosh Seudos This Week:Shalosh Seudos this week is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Harry and Nicole

Woldenberg in honor of their daughter Claudia Muriel Woldenberg

kiddushim at The ShulPlease help us to provide our weekly Shabbos Kiddush and Shalosh Seudos by becoming a sponsor. Or join the Kiddush Bank by becoming a Partner ($770 annually ) or Patron ($360 anually)

Lighting 7:09 p.m.Mincha 7:10 p.m.

Eruv Information We would like to emphasize that every Erev Shabbos, individuals should call the Eruv Hotline to make sure

that the Eruv is operational. The number to call is 305- 866-ERUV (3788). The Eruv message is recorded approximately two hours prior to candle lighting. Surfside:

The Eruv in Surfside now includes the walking paths along the beach. Pushing strollers and carrying is permitted on the paths, but not beyond the path or onto the beach.

Bal Harbour: The Eruv in Bal Harbour included the inner (western) walking path only. The pier at Haulover Cut is not included.

To pay your annual dues visit: www.miamibeacheruv.com

the caterer for this week’s kiddush and Shalosh seudos is

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Celebrating Shabbos Everything you need for an “Over the Top” Shabbos experience

Shabbos ScheduleEarly Minyan 6:00 p.m.Candle lighting 7:17 p.m. Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos 7:20 p.m.

Shabbos Day Hashkama Minyan 7:15 a.m.Tanya / Hayom Yom 8:50 a.m.Shacharis (Morning Services) 9:00 a.m.Children’s Programs 10:00 a.m.Upstairs Minyan 10:30 a.m.Kiddush 12:00 p.m.Daf Yomi 6:05 p.m.Men’s Shiur 6:05 p.m.Women’s Shiur 6:05 p.m.Shalosh Seudos for Boys 6:05 p.m.Mincha 7:05 p.m.Pirkei Avos Chapter 6Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:08 p.m.Weekly Video of The Rebbe

Sephardic Minyan Friday Evening Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 7:00 p.m.

Shabbat Day Shacharit 9:00 a.m.Mincha 6:55 p.m.Shabbos Ends / Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:08 p.m.

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7 Elul Mr. Mitchell Feldman7 Elul Mr. Aaron David Gheblikian7 Elul Mr. Shmuel Ostrowiak7 Elul Ms. Joelle Sragowicz8 Elul Mr. Shmuel Bisk8 Elul Mrs. Suzan Garson8 Elul Mr. Sergio Gurvitsch8 Elul Mrs. Dobie Rubinstein8 Elul Mr. David Sreter8 Elul Mrs. Routh Tzubeli Meloul8 Elul Ms. Marissa Leigh Winer9 Elul Mrs. Annick Azoulay9 Elul Mr. Maimon Chaim Abraham Behar9 Elul Ms. Jenny Falic9 Elul Mrs. Jennie Rimon9 Elul Mr. Mark Schlachet9 Elul Ms. Ilana Michelle Woldenberg10 Elul Ms. Sandra Kaplan10 Elul Mr. Stuart Katz11 Elul Mr. Eliyahu Bryski11 Elul Mr. Salomon Btesh11 Elul Mr. David Glick11 Elul Ms. Alana Hershman11 Elul Mr. Matthew Strassberg11 Elul Dr. Judy Tuchman12 Elul Mrs. Ann Finkel12 Elul Mrs. Dafna Haroush12 Elul Mrs. Pauline R. Kopelman12 Elul Ms. Vivian Schapiro13 Elul Mr. Jack Levine

Community HappeningsSharing with your Shul Family

Birthdays

Kid’s Birthdays

Yahrtzeits

7 Elul Eli Lipskar7 Elul Tamar van Dam8 Elul Ahava Segal9 Elul Sarah Greisman9 Elul Aaron Gabriel Teshuba9 Elul Yaakov Mendel Sragowicz9 Elul Joel Camhi10 Elul Kaylee Bracha Duchman10 Elul Batsheva Lipskar10 Elul Israel Labkowski11 Elul Nava Rimon12 Elul Hanna Cohen13 Elul Liev Goldshtein

7 Elul Yaacov Kwinter obm Father of Mrs. Bren Schwartz7 Elul Naftali Hertz ben Mendecai obm Step Father-in-law of Mr. Sidney (Shaya) Gordon7 Elul Bracha Leah bas Yisroel obm Grandmother of Mrs. Chava Fux7 Elul Aryeh Leib ben Binyamin Yosef obm Father of Mr. Harold Tripp7 Elul Zelda bas Menachem Mendel obm Mother of Mr. Isaac Arber8 Elul Lillian Lippman obm Grandmother of Mrs. Amy Gelb8 Elul Yosef ben Shlomo obm Brother of Mrs. Dana Werner9 Elul Gittle bas Mattityahu obm Yaacov ben Mordechai obm Natan ben Mordechai obm Shmuel ben Mordechai obm Molliah bas Mordechai obm Abraham ben Mordechai obm Grandmother, Uncles and Aunt of Mrs. Susan Lotkin9 Elul Sarah bas Avraham obm Sister of Mr. Samuel I. Burstyn11 Elul David ben Mordechai obm Father of Mr. Maurice Egozi12 Elul Reb Moshe ben Simcha obm Husband of Mrs. Fanny Selesky Father of Mr. Samuel Selesky and Mrs. Sarah Maya13 Elul Gershon ben Natan obm Father of Mrs. Janice Lipton

AnniversariesMr. & Mrs. Ariel & Shir MelamedMr. & Mrs. Harvey & Phyllis KatzMr. & Mrs. Robert & Chaya SchottensteinMr. & Mrs. Temuri & Maya NanikashviliMr. & Mrs. Michael & Rebecca WeinstockMr. & Mrs. Raphael & Batya Ammar

Mr. and Mrs. Max & Kathryn LichyWelcome To Our New Members

Volunteers NeededAfter every Kiddush and event, The Shul donates the

left over food to organizations or families in need.

We are looking for volunteers to help collect and

wrap the food.

If you would like to help please contact the

Mashgiach, Mordechai Olesky after the Kiddush.

Community service hours will be awarded.

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Community HappeningsSharing with your Shul Family

Refuah ShleimahIf you have a health update on anyone listed please contact The Shul. We would like to

keep the listing current and remove names of people who have recovered.

Elul Light & PowerLight & Power and Wine for Kiddush & Havdalah for

the month of Elul is Kindly Sponsored by

By David & Eda Schottenstein and Family

In honor of our parents Tom & Lea Schottenstein and Rabbi and Mrs Yisroel and Chana Sirota

and in honor of Rabbi Shalom and Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar.

We love you.

“Those who establish Synagogues for prayer and those who come there to pray, those who provide lights for illumination, wine and grape juice for kiddush and havdalah, food for the wayfarers and charity for the needy, and all those who occupy themselves faithfully with communal affairs - may The Holy One, blessed be He, give them their reward, remove them from all sicknesses, heal their entire body, pardon all their sins, and send blessing and success to all their endeavors,

together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say Amen.”

Thanks To Our DonorsWe sincerely thank the following members and supporters of The Shul

for donations received between 8/27/19 and 9/2/19We apologize for any errors or omissions that we may have made.

HATZALAH EMERGENCY 305.919.4900

Mr. Gabriel AmmarMr. & Mrs. Daniel AmramMr. & Mrs. Aaron AttiasAustraltex S.A.Dr. & Mrs. Leonardo BlacharMr. & Mrs. Isaie BouhadanaMr. & Mrs. Gerald BregmanRabbi & Mrs. Betzalel CamissarMr. Arnold Lewis CohenCohen 2000 Joint Revocable TrustMr. David CohenMr. Rubin DerhyRabbi & Mrs. Henry EichlerMr. & Mrs. Michael ElchadifDr. & Mrs. Raymond FailerMr. & Mrs. Anton FischmanFalic Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. Isaac Gilbert FrancoMr. & Mrs. Jared FriedmanMr. & Mrs. Gary GarsonMr. & Mrs. Arthur M. GellmanMr. Daniel GielchinskyMr. Berel GolombDr. & Mrs. Albert GottesmanMr. & Mrs. Levi GreenMr. & Mrs. Salomon GrosfeldMr. & Mrs. Isi HalberthalMr. & Mrs. Abel HoltzEstate of Mrs. Dina KupermanMr. & Mrs. Menachem KurantDr. & Dr. Howard LeveneMr. Martin LustgartenMr. & Mrs. William LustgartenMr. & Mrs. Alexander Matz

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MENMeyer Eliezer ben SarahMenachem Mendel ben SaraYehoshua ben TamaraIsaac Gilbert ben Nelly EstherBentzion ben Nomi Rachel MargaliteEber Avraham ben Fruma EstherShlomo Yaakov ben Chaya Sarah RochelChaim Zelig Ben EidelAri ben Na’amaTzvi Yitzchak ben ChayaAryeh Leib ben Sura HenyaRafael Maya ben SolAaron ben TamarRaphael Moshe ben MiriamMeyer Yankev ben Chaya EtelAlexander ben Esther RaizelRafael Moshe ben SarahMoshe ben ZoilaChaim Tzvi Hirsch ben Guttel

WOMENSarah Libke bas BaileChana Bayla bas MashaRina Chaya Miriam bas Leah BrachaGenya Baila bas GiselaMalka Tziril bas Devorah DinaSonia Simcha bat SultanaTzipora Pnina bas SlavaFeige bas KrandelTziporah Pnina bas SlavaChaya Miriam Yehudit bat ChavaClara bat CorinaRivka bat ShoshanaMiriam bat Risha RaizelDana Ella bas Devorah HindeChana bas ShoshanaIlana bas Shaina RochelChava bas Elka MenuchaChaya bas RachelFayge bas ChayaMiriam Leah bas Helen

SEPHARDIC SELICHOT

WEEKDAY MORNINGS AT 7:00 AM SUNDAY MORNING 8:00 AM

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A Time to PrayDavening schedules and locations throughout the week

Evening Kolel Schedule - Monday and Thursday 8:45 -9:30 pmMon & Thurs 8:45 - 10:00 pm Evening Community Kolel Chavrusah

Daily Learning Schedule at The Shul6:20 -6:50 am The Rebbe’s Maamorim Chassidic Discourse R’ Zalman Lipskar

7:45 am Daf Yomi R’ Dov Schochet8:45 am (approx) Halacha Sephardic Custom R’ Shimshon Tzubeli10:15 - 11:00 am Maamorim Maamor of the Rebbe R’ Shea Rubinstein

Daily Chumash & Tanya after every Minyan

Shacharis Minyanim (mon - Fri)Main Minyan 6:50 7:30 9:00

Sephardic Minyan 8:00

Sunday Shacharis MinyanimMain Minyan 8:00 am 9:00 am

Sephardic Minyan 9:00 am

To our beloved Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, courageously protecting and defending Eretz Yisroel. We pray

for you and all of the soldiers safety and well being daily.

Daniella Malka bat NatanyaMenachem Mendel ben Aurit

Eden Chana bat Karine CecileBenyamin Aharon ben Jeniya Gila Rut

If anyone would like to send us the name of a soldier in the IDF we would love to add them.

Halachic TimesBased on times for September 11

Alot Hashachar / Dawn 5:52 amEarliest Talit & Tefillin 6:23 amNetz Hachamah / Sunrise 7:05 am(Earliest Amidah)Latest Shema 10:09 amZman Tfillah 11:11 amChatzot / Midday 1:16 pmEarliest Mincha 1:49 pmPlag HaMincha 6:15 pmShekiah / Sunset 7:29 pm(Preferable latest time for Mincha)Tzeit Hakochavim / Nightfall 7:53 pm(Earliest preferable Ma’ariv)

Times taken from www.chabad.orgPlease note that during the week times may Vary by a minute or two.

mincha / Maariv Minyanim (mon - Thurs)Main Minyan 2:00 pm Early Mincha 7:20 pm 10:00 pm

Sephardic Minyan 7:20 pm Following

Sunday Mincha /Maariv Minyanim

Main Minyan 7:20 pm

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Friday - Elul 6The Tzemach Tzedek related: The Baal Shem Tov was very fond of light, and said, “Or (‘light’) is the numerical equivalent of raz (‘secret’). Whoever knows the ‘secret’ contained in every thing can bring illumination.”

Shabbos - Elul 7The Alter Rebbe instructed that in the phrase p’tzua daka, the word daka be written (in the Torah scroll) with an alef at the end, not with a hay.

In Prague there is a Torah scroll which - according to local tradition - had been examined and emended by Ezra the Scribe. It is read only on Simchat Torah and is always rolled to the portion of sh’ma. When I was in Prague in 5668 (1908) I saw that scroll, and in it daka is spelled with an alef. So too when I was in Worms in 5667 (1907), I saw a sefer-Torah written - according to their tradition - by Rabbi Meir of Rotenberg, and there too the word daka was written with an alef. See also Sh’eirit Yehuda, (Yoreh De’a, 16) and Divrei Nechemya (Yoreh De’a, 22) Mishnat Avraham (Sect. 32) cites a number of works that deal with this subject.

Sunday - Elul 8The Tzemach Tzedek listed three things by whose virtue he was successful at the Rabbinical Convention in Petersburg in 5603 (1843). One of these was the merit of the thirty-two thousand hours that he labored over the Alter Rebbe’s discourses over the span of the thirty years from 5564 to 5594. (In 5564 - 1804 - he designated a special period to study the Alter Rebbe’s discourses, and in 5594 - 1834 - work was begun on their publication.

Monday - Elul 9My grandfather said in reference to hitbon’nut, the profoundly concentrated contemplation on a subject extremely difficult to comprehend: If the subject is of deep personal concern, the person will come to understand and comprehend it very well. The proof of this is in the Torah, in laws involving women, etc., and the ingenious arguments that they may put forth on their own behalf. These arguments are discussed by Tanaim, Amoraim and Gaonim, all exceptionally brilliant minds, and the Torah is the Torah of Truth. Yet this woman is far removed, intellectually, from being able to devise such (ingenious, brilliant) claims. But the truth is that when a subject is of deep concern to a person, even those of weak intellect will come up with profound concepts.

Tuesday - Elul 10Great elders of the Alter Rebbe’s chassidim used to say that yechidus (private audience with the Rebbe) means: “clear,” “designated,” “united.” The sources of these three interpretations are in Shekalim 6:2, Yevamot 62a, and Bereishit Raba 20.

This means that the idea of yechidus is:

To clarify one’s own status;

To designate a mode of avoda for him in “turn(ing) away from evil” and in the acquisition of fine character traits;

And that he should bind himself in total oneness, and utterly dedicate himself with all his desires.

Wednesday - Elul 11 On Shabbat Teitsei 5603 (1843), at the Kiddush table by day, the Tzemach Tzedek said: “This world is a world of falsity, therefore even good is

adulterated with chaff and must be purified ‘from below upward’ as well as from ‘Above downward.’ Olam haba (the Coming World) is the world of truth. In Torah there are discussions of matters which may appear negative, yet the same matters, as they are studied in Gan Eden - are actually positive qualities.”

Then the Rebbe began to sing, and indicated with a motion of his hand that everyone join him. His sons began singing, then all the chassidim joined in; the singing enflamed and aroused all hearts. When the Tzemach Tzedek stopped singing, he said: “In This World the meaning of the passage (Sanhedrin 99b) ‘He who studies Torah liprakim,’ means one who studies Torah intermittently; in gan eden they interpret the passage to mean that he studies Torah and the Torah ‘takes him apart’, the words of Torah possess him.”

Thursday - Elul 12The long hemsheich (series of maamarim) known as “B’sha’a shehikdimu, Te’erav” was begun by my father on the first day of Shavuot 5672 (1912) in Lubavitch. He finished it on the Shabbat of parsha Vayeira 5676 (1915) in Rostov - with the maamar which begins VaHashem amar. The hemsheich contains 144 maamarim.

Extant in manuscript is a second section which he had not delivered orally, and which is not divided into maamarim.

Friday - Elul 13The chassid R. Hendel related: It was known to all chassidim that at one’s first yechidus the orla (insensitive “thick skin”) was removed. Whatever else, one was immediately rid of the orla of the heart.

Hayom Yom

In the winter of 1942, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn, of righteous memory, gave his son- in-law, the future Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, the task of compiling an anthology of Chasidic aphorisms and customs arranged according to the days of the year.

The calendar was entitled Hayom Yom. In describing this work Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak wrote: …”A book that is small in format…but bursting with pearls and diamonds of choicest quality.” “A splendid palace of Chasidism.”

True to these words, Hayom Yom has become a beloved classic work and a source of daily spiritual sustenance.

Inspiration, Insights & IdeasBringing Torah lessons to LIFE!

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Your Child, Your TreeBy Eliezer Shemtov

Much has been written about how best to educate a child.

What better source to look for guidance in this matter than the Torah, whose very definition and purpose is “teaching.”

We find that the Torah likens man to “a tree in the field” (Deuteronomy 20:19). There are many reasons given for this linkage.

Let’s explore the connection as a paradigm for education.

Educating a child is similar to cultivating a tree. In both cases, the objective is to provide them with their needs in order to coax out the potential that they have.

When you come to think of it, a child needs the very same things a tree does in order to grow.

Earth. Water. Sun. Air.

Each one of these four elements represents a basic component necessary to provide a child with what it needs in order to grow and develop properly.

Earth:Earth provides the tree with nutrients. Applied to the education of a child, it represents both the values we wish him to absorb as well as the connectedness we want him to feel. A child is not a mushroom; he has deep roots that connect him to a rich source of nourishment. The stronger his connection to this source, the stronger he will grow to be.

Earth also represents stability, immobility. A child must feel secure in knowing that there are values and rules that are inviolable. He is not being given disposable, fashionable, PC values which are “here today, gone tomorrow.”

In one of his very informative and enlightening articles on the topic of education, Rabbi Yaakov Lieder quotes a farmer who described his cattle’s behavior each time he would bring them to new grazing grounds. First they would check the fence to make sure that there were no breaches. They would then proceed to graze. He explained this phenomenon thus: once they saw that the boundaries enclosing them were inviolable, they were able to go on grazing comfortably. They were not distracted by the

possibility of escape.

The application of this concept to education is very powerful. In order for our children to be happy and successful, they must feel secure and trust the rules and limits established by their parents. There are many decisions regarding the wellbeing and future of a child that he or she should not have to worry about, certainly not at this point of his or her life.

Water:Water is crucial for a plant’s growth. Amongst other things, it helps dissolve the nutrients so that they become absorbable by the plant. Water also assures that the roots do not dry out so that they may continue to function optimally. The most nutrient-rich soil is useless if the plant lacks the capacity to absorb them.

In the writings of Chassidism, water represents humility. Humility is an indispensable quality when it comes to being open to absorbing new information.

Our children must have humility in order to learn; if they think they know it all, they will not learn.

By the same token, we as teachers and parents must have humility in order to teach. When teaching our children, we must humbly accept and “lower” ourselves to their level. We must translate whatever we want to say into a language they can comfortably understand and absorb. That is one of the reasons that wisdom is compared to water. Water, like wisdom, finds itself most comfortable in the lowest (i.e., most humble) recipient.

There is a story of a chassid who came to consult with Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi about issues that he had regarding the education of his children.

As he approached Rabbi Schneur Zalman’s door, he noticed through the window that his Rebbe was playing with his grandson. Rabbi Schneur Zalman was crawling on the floor with his grandson on his back as if he were riding a pony.

The chassid walked away and came back a while later to speak with Rabbi Schneur Zalman.

After the chassid described his problem, Rabbi Schneur Zalman said to him: “It’s a shame you weren’t here a short while ago when I was playing with my grandson. You would’ve

seen how it is necessary to lower yourself to the other person’s level in order to be able to communicate more successfully...”

Water also represents transparency and purity. When you want to produce apples, for example, you need to irrigate an apple seed with water; you cannot produce apples by irrigating orange seeds with apple juice. Pure water brings out the particular potential of each seed. In order to bring out the particular potential of each child, he must be provided with pure water, the pure unadulterated truths of the Torah. He will then grow and develop in his own particular way and eventually make his unique contribution to the Jewish people.

Sun:A tree needs both the light and warmth radiated by the sun.

Light: We must not just tell our children what to do; we must show them the beauty and richness of what is right. We find the expression (Talmud, Yevamot 114a, cited in Rashi on Leviticus 21:1) lehazhir gedolim al haktanim, which means that the Torah warns the adults that they are responsible for their children’s behavior. The Rebbe points out that the expression lehazhir--literally, “to warn” or “to instruct”--can also be translated as “to make shine.” Parents must not just instruct their children what to do; they must illuminate the world of their children. They must transmit a shining Judaism. In the words of the Book of Proverbs, Torah ohr, “Torah is light.” Torah teaching illuminates, shows what is right and wrong, rather than just imposing it.

Warmth: We must provide our children with unconditional love. Our love for them must be as predictable as the sunrise. They must never feel that our love to them is conditional. They must know that even when we get angry, we still love them. This unconditional love instills in them a self-esteem and security that allows them to face life’s challenges with confidence.

Air:“Air” implies two things: space and atmosphere.

Space: Just as a tree needs space to grow, so too does a child need his own identity and the “space” within which to develop it. He needs his own, personal quality time with his parents. He might have unique talents or hobbies that need to be developed. Also, the child’s privacy must be respected and protected. This includes being

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careful not to divulge anything that was told to you by him in confidence. The Rebbe would personally open every single letter that he received (!) in order to protect the privacy of the sender. The Rebbe would not allow anyone to enter that person’s “space” without permission.

Atmosphere: It is very important to be aware of the environment that surrounds your child and the “quality of air” that he breathes, in the home as well as outside it. What does your child see at home? Does he see mutual respect and love between his parents? Does he see them happy and secure with who they are and what they are doing? What does he see his parents do? What does he hear them say (out of earshot, supposedly)? Who are his friends? What do they talk about in their homes? What do they talk about during recess? What are their attitudes?

The atmosphere is determined not so much by what is said as by what is done.

I remember once talking to a couple who explained that they couldn’t come to shul on Friday evenings because “we have a weekly bridge game with friends.” A while later they complained to me about the fact that their son was doing something that they had taught him not to do. “We told him countless times that such behavior would be unacceptable to us. How can he just turn his back on the education we gave him?” they wondered.

“He is not ignoring you at all,” I replied. “You were very successful in your education. You taught him that one does what one wants and not necessarily what one should... The fact that what he wants differs from what you want is just a detail. The main lesson was well learned by him.”

What your child “breathes in” from the atmosphere in which he grows is more significant than what he hears.

Most important of all is to remember that being a parent/gardener is a full time job. We must be consistent and persistent in tending our gardens and constantly on the lookout for problems that might arise and “nip them in the bud” before they grow out of control.

Remember: Trees never complain. Likewise, children oftentimes do not adequately express what they need when they need it. They often suffer in silence. It’s our job to tend to the precious seedling that has been placed in our care.

Is Justice for All?By Menachem Feldman

This week’s Torah portion begins with Moses’ eloquent cry to the Jewish people to establish courts and to pursue justice:

You shall set up judges and law-enforcement officials for yourself in all your cities that the L-rd, your G-d, is giving you for your tribes, and they shall judge the people [with] righteous judgment.

You shall not pervert justice, you shall not show favoritism, and you shall not take a bribe, for bribery blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts just words.

Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may live and possess the land that the L-rd, your G-d, is giving you.

All agree that justice is important, but justice is elusive. Even in this great country, in the 21st century, there are serious questions whether our criminal justice system has a long way to go to ensure that every individual can expect equal access to justice.

One scholar recently made this argument in an op-ed piece:

Our justice system has become inaccessible to millions of poor people and so every day, we violate the “equal justice under law” motto engraved on the front of the grand United States Supreme Court. Americans who cannot afford legal help routinely forfeit basic rights as a result. Because the law does not enforce itself, veterans seeking benefits the nation has guaranteed, victims of domestic violence needing legal protection, and tenants and homeowners pursuing their rights since the financial disaster all need advisors and guides through the law and its agencies and courts.

Writers often save the most powerful point for last. The last sentence is your chance to emphasize your point and to shape the impression your reader will take away.

The last section of this week’s Torah portion highlights the true test of justice. That final section describes the law of an unidentified murder victim lying in the field. The victim is not a prominent member of society who travels with an entourage. He is not a celebrity who is well known. The true test of justice is whether society will care about this crime. Whether

society values the most vulnerable, lonely, least respected, unknown members of society.

How do we respond when an unknown victim is found slain? Do we ignore the case because there is no one to lobby for justice? On the contrary, the Torah demands that the most prominent members of society come down to the crime scene to investigate, to declare that they did not ignore the plight of this person, and to force the story into the headlines:

If a slain person be found in the land which the L-rd, your G-d, is giving you to possess, lying in the field, [and] it is not known who slew him . . .

The Torah commands the members of the supreme court of Israel to drop everything they are doing, and that they—not their assistants or surrogates—should show up at the crime scene:

Then your elders and judges shall go forth, and they shall measure to the cities around the corpse.

In the pre–mass media world, the surest way to create news, which in turn may encourage a possible witness to the crime to come forward, is for the members of the court to come and draw attention to the crime. They then proceed to perform an unusual ritual. Its purpose is to turn people’s attention to the terrible crime committed against someone they never heard of:

And it will be [that from] the city closest to the corpse, the elders of that city shall take a calf with which work has never been done, [and] that has never drawn a yoke. And the elders of that city shall bring the calf down to a rugged valley, which cannot be worked and cannot be sown, and there in the valley, they shall decapitate the calf.

The valley “cannot be worked and cannot be sown,” which means that there is a valuable piece of real estate that cannot be used until the case is solved. That serves two purposes: the fallow valley does not allow the murder to be forgotten, and the owner of the valley has a financial incentive to keep the pressure on the authorities to investigate the case.

The Torah understands that the test of justice is not “at your gates”; it’s not how we treat the prominent members of society. Rather, the test of justice is whether the “elders and judges” will leave their ivory tower, leave the city, and search for justice for the unknown stranger.

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Hasagas Gvul

In this week’s Parsha we are given the prohibition of Hasagas Gvul. The literal meaning of these words is one who moves a

land boundary, to take another’s land as his own. While this is included in the prohibition of theft, one who steals land in Israel violates this second prohibition as well. However, colloquially it has come to mean the laws governing competition.

When it comes to competition, Halacha sees competing interests. On one hand a person should be given a chance to succeed without people taking his ideas, customers, etc. However, if there is no competition it hurts the consumers who don’t have the benefit of competition to guarantee better service and prices. Halacha looks to find a fair way to manage competition.

If a person is about to grab an ownerless object and someone else runs to take it first, it is permissible, for we cannot tell the second person go somewhere else as there’s no guarantee that this situation will present itself again. However, if the original person is poor, some say that it is forbidden to jump in front of him. While the normative position is permissive it’s proper to be strict.

In a case where someone is in negotiations to buy something, it is always improper for someone else to try and buy the same thing, for here we can say buy a similar product elsewhere. The exception would be if the price is well below market value and it presents a unique opportunity, like an ownerless object.

This only applies if the sides agreed upon a price. Before that time, others can try to buy the object, for if we would forbid that it would hurt the seller who can only sell to the original inquirer, and would depress the price.

This would apply even if the seller is a gentile. However, if it is a house that’s being rented there are opinions that once one Jew begins negotiations, all others are proscribed from competing.

If a school/parent hires a teacher it is forbidden for another teacher to try to poach that job, for we tell him go find a similar job elsewhere. If the employer approaches the teacher on their own, as long as the second teacher did not try to spur the original relationship, they can accept

the job. However, the school/parent is allowed to attempt poaching a teacher that’s already employed. They can argue that this teacher is unique and we can’t find a similarly skilled teacher, and therefore we need specifically his services.

If a person provides a service or lends interest to specific gentiles, it is debated if another Jew is allowed to tempt the customer to switch to his services or loans. While the Halacha in this case is custom dependent, specific to each locale and what the accepted norm is, a G-d fearing person should stay away from such behavior.

If someone has a store in a city any other member of the city has the right to open a competing store. The only one that cannot is a member of a different city, who can be told to go back to his city. Even then if it’s a person that sells women’s trinkets and perfumes and peddles them door to door, Ezra enacted that they cannot be stopped. All other businesses can sell on the market day but cannot sell slowly over time or go door to door. What makes one a member of the city is debated, but generally comes down to the question of whom does he pay taxes to. However, if both shop keepers are from the same city the competing entity can open and claim the customers that go to you will go to your store and the other customers will come to mine. He can offer nuts and other enticements to customers and tell the original store you can offer the same enticements and prices.

However, if the store is selling below cost it is forbidden and considered to be an unfair business practice, for the competitor cannot realistically compete at those prices. There are times that an analysis is done if the market can handle two stores, and support both of them. If the answer is no, then it is improper to open a competing store that will force one of the two to close. In any event, our sages teach that one should not interfere with the livelihood of another Jew.

These laws come down to a fundamental faith question. If we believe that our livelihood and success comes from Hashem, then it behooves us to act accordingly. While some acts can be technically permitted, we should always strive to act in a most just way, and show our faith that all comes from Hashem. When behaving so, we can be sure to open the flow of prosperity from the full, overflowing and bountiful hand of Hashem.

The $430 Mission

After I completed my service with the IDF, I was working as a news editor for Shearim, the newspaper of the Poalei Agudat Yisrael

political party. During this time, I was undergoing a spiritual search and, living in Bnei Brak, I saw different streams of Judaism being practiced all around me. I visited various chasidic courts, but didn’t feel a sense of belonging.

Then I chanced upon Chabad. I started learning the Tanya, the seminal work of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the 18th century founder of the Chabad Movement; I also wrote letters to the Rebbe and I was privileged to receive his personal responses.

In 1960, I met the Rebbe for the first time when I traveled to New York with a group of Israelis who wanted to spend the High Holidays in 770. And then a whole new world opened up for me.

My first private audience took place upon my arrival. My appointment was for 2:30 a.m., but I had a very long wait and was only admitted into his study at 8:00 a.m. By then, the Rebbe had been receiving people for twelve consecutive hours, without even taking a short break, not even a coffee, but he still looked completely alert, and gave me twenty minutes of his time, which I found incredible.

As was customary, I handed the Rebbe a note in which I listed my questions and requests, but the Rebbe did not confine himself to these alone. He took me completely by surprise by asking how my beard was doing.

Two years earlier, the hairs of my beard started falling out and the issue was resolved by electric pulse treatment. Although I had corresponded with the Rebbe about the matter at the time, I was shocked that he managed to remember this so much later. I myself had already forgotten about the whole thing!

Then the Rebbe asked about my journalistic work and expressed the expectation that I would

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My Encounter with The Rebbe

My Encounter with the Rebbe records the oral histories of individuals who interacted with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson of righteous

memory, through first-person interviews.

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use my position to spread Judaism, especially chasidic teachings – “until they reach the most distant places,” he stressed.

I really liked his approach which was so different from that of many others in the religious world. In my opinion, too many Jewish streams were concerned only with the needs of their immediate communities, while the Rebbe didn’t give up on any Jew no matter how distant his or her place was from Judaism. His perspective was that there is no such thing as “religious” or “secular” Jews. “No matter where they find themselves,” he said, “we must help to bring them close.”

Throughout the years, I was privileged to visit the Rebbe many more times, one of the most special being my trip for Simchat Torah of 1975. On that occasion, one of the other visitors was the Israeli Supreme Court judge, Chaim Cohen, who had been brought up Torah observant but at this time was known as a frequent opponent of Orthodox Jewry. The Rebbe showed him special consideration, bringing him up to the podium and honoring him with a hakafah, a dance with the Torah. The chasidim handed him a Torah scroll which was especially heavy, and the Rebbe asked him in Yiddish if he was willing to halten der Torah, which means “hold the Torah” – but also can mean “uphold the Torah.” Cohen became very emotional, and he answered “yes.” He danced with the Torah, and there was indescribable joy present.

After Simchat Torah was over, I asked Rabbi Yudel Krinsky, one of the Rebbe’s secretaries, if I could use his phone to call my new employer in Israel, the Maariv newspaper, to dictate a report of what I had witnessed. Rabbi Krinsky agreed, and I composed an article about Judge Chaim Cohen dancing with the Torah.

Three days later I was told that the Rebbe wanted to speak with me. I admit that I was scared at first. Did I do something wrong? I wondered. I entered the Rebbe’s study to find him sitting at his desk with a copy of Maariv spread out before him. “Yasher koach!” he said, congratulating me. At that I calmed down and my feelings of trepidation were replaced by happiness that this was the reason the Rebbe called me in.

Then the Rebbe opened a drawer in his desk and took out a bottle of mashke (interestingly, he told me that it should be called mashke instead of vodka), as well as a wad of dollar

bills. He said to distribute these to the people at Maariv, so that they should make a l’chaim and donate the dollars or their equivalent to charity. This seemed like an extraordinary gesture and I became very emotional. After I left his study, I counted the bills and it turned out that there were forty-eight dollars. But then I realized that I faced a dilemma: Who was to receive these dollars from the Rebbe? If he wanted me to give them just to the reporters, then he had given me too many dollars, but if he wanted all the employees of Maariv to receive a dollar, then he had given me too few.

I explained this dilemma to Rabbi Binyomin Klein, another one of the Rebbe’s secretaries, who informed the Rebbe and came back with another bundle of dollars telling me to distribute to everyone – quoting the words of Moses in the Book of Deuteronomy – “from your woodcutters to your water carriers.” I understood that I should distribute the dollars to the entire staff – reporters, clerks, drivers, management workers, etc.

I now had over two hundred dollars, and the Rebbe said I should find out exactly how many employees there were, and if I needed more dollars, he would send whatever amount was missing.

After I got back to Israel, I approached the editor-in-chief, Shalom Rosenfeld, and I related to him what had happened. It turned out that, at the time, Maariv employed four hundred and thirty people, including those working in the branch offices in Jerusalem and Tiberius.

But there was a problem. During that period, foreign currencies were closely monitored in Israel and, according to law, citizens were prohibited from possessing any dollars at all, no matter if it was a one-hundred-dollar bill or a one-dollar bill. Mr. Rosenfeld suggested that I write a letter to the ministry of finance, explaining the background of these dollars and asking for special permission. “If you receive permission,” he promised, “I’ll help you with the technical aspect of distributing the dollars.”

I wrote the letter and, within ten days, an official answer from the ministry of finance arrived, stating “Permission is hereby granted to Mr. Naftali Kraus who brought dollars from the Lubavitcher Rebbe to give every employee of Maariv a one-dollar bill.”

I photocopied the letter of permission and hung

it on the notice board. The next thing I knew a line had formed in front of my office as all the employees, except for four people, came to receive a dollar from the Rebbe and to make a l’chaim. To my knowledge, each of the individuals kept the dollar sent by the Rebbe, and gave a replacement to charity.

In the years that followed, guys kept coming to me to say how their dollar from the Rebbe gave them strength and encouragement during difficult times. They treasured these dollars very much, and in this way, the Rebbe’s dollars for charity, spread out ripples for years after.

Rabbi Naftali Kraus (1932-2018) was an Israeli journalist who authored many books in Hebrew and in Hungarian. He was interviewed in his home in Rechovot in May of 2010.

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Judges and officers shall you place at all your gates (Deut. 16:18)

It is explained in our holy books that these “gates” refer to the entrances to the “small city” (the human being in microcosm): the eyes, ears,

nostrils and mouth.

When one places “judges and officers” at these “portals,” i.e., when one utilizes them properly, the body is thereby transformed into a “G-dly city.” This is especially appropriate to consider during the month of Elul (when this Torah portion is read), for it is a time when we take a full accounting of everything that has transpired in the “small city” -- thought, speech and deed -- during

the previous year.

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It Once Happened

Once there lived a wealthy Jewish butcher in a town on the seaside. In his youth he had been quite poor, and had worked very hard

to amass his wealth. Unfortunately, he had never had the opportunity to learn Torah, but he took great pleasure in praying and saying Psalms. He never forgot what it meant to be needy, and he constantly went out of his way to help his fellow Jews.

Every Friday afternoon before Shabbat he would distribute meat and money to all the poor families in the town. His good nature made him a favorite among not only the Jews, but also the gentiles of the town. His reputation even spread to the governor who favored him with an important appointment as the chief customs officer of the port. As such, he would collect taxes on imports and also collect a fee for his services. As one of the benefits of his job, he was also permitted to take any one item from amongst the goods. It was in the capacity of customs collector that he amassed an even greater fortune.

One day a ship arrived in port, and he went to inspect the goods on board. After he performed his duties, the captain approached him saying, “I have some especially good merchandise on board today. Something totally unique, but I am not at liberty to divulge to you the nature of this merchandise unless you want to buy it.”

The butcher was very curious and asked what it was, but he always received the same reply: “I will tell you only if you agree to buy it.”

“How much do you want for it?” he inquired. “Ten thousand gold coins!” was the astonishing answer. “You expect me to make the purchase without knowing what I’m buying?” “That’s the stipulation. I assure you, you won’t be disappointed.”

The butcher was all but hooked, but the captain was enjoying his power over the butcher. He was no longer satisfied with ten thousand; he raised the price to twenty thousand coins, and then forty thousand gold coins!

Finally the butcher agreed. “I will pay your price. Just show me the merchandise!

“Only after you have brought all the money,” the captain answered with a grin, and off went the butcher to fetch the treasure of coins.

Even as he went to collect the coins, the butcher was doubting his sanity. He returned and laid the money on the table. The captain turned on his heel and in a few minutes he returned with the “merchandise” -- Jewish men, women and children in tow -- bound hand and foot.

The evil captain couldn’t restrain himself, and broke out into laughter: “Aren’t you happy now? What a bargain you got yourself! If you hadn’t bought them, they would have been food for sharks -- I certainly have no use for them!”

The butcher took the hapless people with him and left the ship as fast as his feet could carry him, lest the wicked captain have a change of heart. He kept thinking over and over again how G-d had inspired him to spend a fortune on unknown goods in order to save these Jews.

The butcher fed and clothed the former prisoners and treated them with the utmost kindness. One day he noticed a young girl from among them and thought, “This girl would be perfect for my son.” The two young people agreed and preparations were made for the wedding.

On the eve of the great affair, the butcher circulated among the guests, offering a drink here, a dainty there, when he saw a young man sitting in a corner weeping.

“What is wrong? Everyone is rejoicing, why are you so sad?” The poor boy replied, “The girl who is about to marry your son was betrothed to me before we were abducted by the pirates.”

“Why did no one tell me?” the butcher asked. “We are all so grateful to you, that no one dared disturb your happiness,” the boy responded.

The butcher thought for a while, and then called his son to him. After recounting the entire story to the groom, he asked, “What do you want to do about it?”

“There is no question. Let the couple be married today as they had planned so many months ago. I will not stand in their way.”

And so it was, that the entire village celebrated the marriage that very day. The butcher not only made them the wedding, but furnished them with a house and furnishing and enough money to begin a new life.

The Sages said of this man that with his forty thousand gold coins he purchased a place in the World to Come equaled only to that of the greatest tzadikim.

Chabad of the Bahamas Helps Coordinate Relief in the Wake of Hurricane DorianBy Mordechai Lightstone

After devastating the northern Bahamas with a fury unprecedented in this Caribbean nation’s history, Hurricane Dorian is bearing down on

the eastern coast of the United States with winds in excess of 110 miles per hour. The hurricane, one of the strongest on record in the Atlantic, has killed five people, leveling homes and flooding neighborhoods on the more remote Abaco Islands in the northern Bahamas.

Prime Minister Hubert Minnis called the storm a “historic tragedy,” bringing “unprecedented and extensive” damage to the Bahamas.

Rabbi Sholom and Sheera Bluming, who co-direct Chabad of the Bahamas in Nassau, the capital, hunkered down for the storm after checking in on community members and began planning for its aftermath as soon as the extent of the destruction became evident.

By Rabbi Bluming’s estimate, there are 1,000 Jewish expats who call the Bahamas their home, with upwards of 100,000 Jews visiting the islands each year. While the Blumings were in touch with the Jewish community in Nassau, some of those living on Abaco were impossible to reach and still remain unaccounted for.

“Nassau was relatively unscathed by Dorian,” Bluming tells Chabad.org, “so our current focus is providing relief to people stranded in Abaco—getting in touch with residents there, and making sure that supplies and aid get to everyone who needs it.”

Bluming has joined in the official government relief effort, rallying the Jewish community to help, and is coordinating a shipment of supplies from South Florida, which Bluming hopes will bring necessities like food, drinking water and mosquito nets to Abaco.

“Part of our duties as good people is being there to help every person in need,” says Paul Wynn, who together with his brother, Jeff, runs Goldwynn Hotel and Residences, and is partnering with Chabad in the relief effort. “That’s why we feel it’s crucial to partner on this initiative.”

But with the airport in Abaco still under 4 feet of water, it remains difficult to get to the islands, let alone properly assess the growing crisis there.

“It’s been incredible to note the tremendous outpouring of support from Jews around the world,” says Bluming. “My inbox has been filled with hundreds of emails asking to help in the relief effort.”

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Les villes de refuges et leur localisationBasé sur les enseignements du Rabbi de Loubavitch

Dans cette paracha, il est question des villes refuges, dans lesquelles un homme qui avait tué accidentellement pouvait fuir, trouver la sécurité

et expier. Le mois d’Eloul, au cours duquel nous lisons toujours cette paracha, est, en termes de temps, ce que les villes refuges étaient en termes d’espace. C’est un mois de refuge et de repentance, un temps protégé, dans lequel un homme peut se détourner des fautes du passé, et se consacrer à un avenir nouveau et sanctifié. Dans ce discours, le Rabbi analyse un aspect important de ces villes : on ne les trouvait qu’en Terre d’Israël, bien que les juges et les fonctionnaires qui appliquaient la loi de la Torah dussent être nommés partout où vivaient des Juifs. Pourquoi la loi s’étend-elle partout, alors que le refuge appartient seulement à la Terre Sainte ? Et quelles sont les implications de ce fait pour le mois d’Eloul, le lieu de notre refuge spirituel dans le calendrier de l’année juive ?

1. Les juges et le refugeLe mois d’Eloul, selon une comparaison ‘hassidique bien connue, est semblable à une ville de refuge. Le Sifri interprète le verset d’ouverture de notre paracha, « Tu établiras des juges et des magistrats à toutes tes portes », comme s’appliquant à « tous les lieux où tu habites », même ceux hors d’Israël. L’interprétation se poursuit : l’on pourrait penser que les villes, refuges existaient peut-être aussi hors d’Israël. C’est pourquoi la Torah emploie le terme restrictif « celles-ci sont les villes refuges » pour indiquer qu’elles devaient être créées seulement à l’intérieur d’Israël.

Néanmoins, le Sifri dit que celui qui s’est rendu coupable d’homicide accidentel hors d’Israël et s’est enfui dans l’une des villes refuges serait assuré d’y être en sécurité. C’étaient les villes elles-mêmes – non les hommes qu’elles protégeaient – qui étaient limitées à Israël.

Le fait que le Sifri entreprend une comparaison entre « les juges et les magistrats » d’une part, et les cités-refuges d’autre part, indique qu’il existe un rapport entre eux. Le voici : les magistrats qui appliquaient la loi, et les fonctionnaires qui exécutaient les sentences ne visaient pas le châtiment, mais seulement l’amendement du coupable. Et le but des villes-refuges était d’imposer au fugitif un exil expiatoire – l’expiation étant entendue dans le sens d’un remords qui efface le crime, jusqu’à ce que le coupable recouvre sa proximité antérieure avec la volonté divine.4 Nous pourrions, dès lors, penser que si cette sauvegarde, ce lieu d’expiation, étaient accessibles dans l’environnement saint d’Israël, ils devenaient d’autant plus nécessaires hors de ses frontières, où

il était plus facile de commettre une faute. Pourtant, seuls les magistrats et les fonctionnaires devaient exister hors des frontières d’Israël – seuls les agents de la loi, non ses refuges.

2. Passé et avenirIl y a deux phases dans la téchouva, ou repentance : le remords causé par ce qui a été commis, et l’engagement d’agir différemment à l’avenir. Les deux sont inextricablement liés. Car la seule preuve de la sincérité du remords est l’engagement ultérieur d’avoir une conduite plus vertueuse dans la vie. Être plein de contrition pour le passé sans rien changer au comportement n’est qu’un geste creux.

C’est la raison pour laquelle le refuge ne se trouvait qu’en Terre d’Israël. Car un homme n’aurait pu expier tout en s’attachant à l’environnement qui l’a conduit au péché. Il eût pu éprouver du remords, mais il n’aurait pas fait le pas décisif le coupant de son passé. Pour cela, il lui fallait fuir en Terre d’Israël, c’est-à-dire vers la sainteté. Là, sur cette terre sanctifiée, son engagement pour un avenir meilleur aurait eu une certaine force.

Toutefois, des magistrats devaient être nommés hors d’Israël, car nos sages disent : « Ne juge pas ton semblable tant que tu ne t’es pas trouvé à sa place. »6 Une cour de justice qui siège en Israël ne peut connaître les épreuves et les tentations du dehors, ou les difficultés qu’on a à demeurer fidèle à sa foi dans un lieu d’exil. Israël est un pays sur lequel « l’Éternel, ton D.ieu, a continuellement Ses yeux, du commencement de l’année à la fin de l’année ». C’est un pays de grâce divine. Il n’est pas possible de juger d’après ses critères un homme qui vit hors de sa protection. C’est pourquoi des magistrats devaient être choisis dans le même environnement que celui qu’ils avaient à juger. Ils devaient non seulement savoir de quoi il était coupable, mais aussi connaître par l’expérience la nature de l’environnement qui l’avait amené à agir comme il l’avait fait.

Rabbi DovBer (le Mittéler Rebbe, second Rabbi de Loubavitch) donnait un jour une audience privée quand, à un moment, il fit une pause et demeura silencieux quelque temps, avant de la poursuivre. On apprit par la suite que l’homme qui avait sollicité l’audience désirait que le Rabbi l’aidât à redresser un acte particulièrement dégradant qu’il avait commis. Et le Rabbi expliqua que nous devons découvrir une qualité correspondante en nous-mêmes – quelque élevé qu’en soit le niveau – avant que nous puissions aider quelqu’un à remédier à son péché. Son silence pendant l’audience était dû à une tentative de trouver en lui-même ce point à partir duquel il pourrait s’identifier au pécheur.

C’est ce principe qui existait derrière le commandement de D.ieu à Moïse, quand les Israélites eurent confectionné le Veau d’or : « Va, descends ;

car ton peuple s’est corrompu. » Car, à ce moment-là, Moïse habitait les hauteurs spirituelles du Mont Sinaï, sans manger ni boire, séparé du monde. Les Israélites étaient dégradés par leur péché. Mais en disant « ton peuple », D.ieu créait un lien entre Moïse et le peuple, sur la base duquel le premier avait la possibilité de plaider en faveur du second.

3. Le refuge et le péchéBien que les villes-refuges dussent se trouver en Israël, elles n’étaient pas toutes dans le même territoire. Il y avait les trois situées en Israël proprement dit – en Terre Sainte. Trois autres se trouvaient en Transjordanie, pays où le meurtre était courant. Et, dans les Temps Futurs lorsque « l’Éternel, ton D.ieu, élargira tes frontières » – trois autres villes-refuges seront créées dans les pays nouvellement acquis.

Cela signifie que chaque niveau de spiritualité a son propre refuge, de la Transjordanie, pays relativement sans loi, à la Terre Sainte ; et même dans les Temps Futurs. Et cela est vrai aussi bien spirituellement que géographiquement. À chaque étape de la vie religieuse d’un homme existe la possibilité d’une faiblesse pour laquelle refuge et expiation sont nécessaires. Même si cet homme ne désobéit jamais à la volonté divine, il pourrait ne pas accomplir tout ce qui est en son pouvoir pour se rapprocher de D.ieu. C’est la tâche du mois d’Eloul : le mois de l’examen de conscience, où chacun doit se demander si ce qu’il a accompli était bien tout ce qu’il pouvait accomplir. Et si la réponse est négative, il doit se repentir et s’efforcer vers un avenir mieux rempli. Tant l’homme d’affaires que l’érudit, celui qui a vécu dans le monde, et celui qui a passé ses jours sous le dais de la Torah, tous deux doivent faire d’Eloul un temps pour l’examen de conscience et pour le refuge.

C’est la coutume dans le monde occidental de faire d’Eloul – le mois du plein été – une période de vacances. L’étude y est interrompue. C’est le contraire qui devrait avoir lieu : par-dessus tout, un temps pour l’examen intérieur, pour changer sa propre vie. Et le lieu pour le faire est la ville-refuge, en Terre sainte, ce qui, pour nous, signifie un lieu de Torah. Chaque Juif devrait réserver Eloul, ou au moins à partir du 18 et au-delà (soit les douze derniers jours, un pour chaque mois de l’année), ou en tout cas les jours où les Seli’hot sont dites, et prendre refuge dans un lieu de Torah.

Un refuge est un endroit où l’on fuit : c’est-à-dire où l’on met de côté son passé et où l’on se fait un nouveau foyer. Eloul, c’est l’enterrement du passé pour un avenir meilleur. Et il constitue la préparation nécessaire pour les bénédictions célestes de Roch Hachana, la promesse d’abondance et d’accomplissement pour l’année à venir tout entière.

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¿Más ciudades de refugio cuando venga el Mashíaj?¿Cuándo se agregarán estas otras tres ciudades?Adaptado por Jaim Miller, de las enseñanzas del Rebe de Lubavitch

Cuando Di-s, tu Di-s, expanda tus límites, como Le prometió a tus ancestros, y Te dé toda la tierra que Le dijo a tus ancestros que Les daría

como resultado de haber cuidado y observado todo los mandamientos que Yo te ordené hoy, amar a Di-s, tu Di-s, e ir en Sus caminos todo el tiempo: Debes agregar para ti tres ciudades más, además de estas otras tres, para que la sangre inocente no se derrame dentro de la tierra que Di-s, tu Di-s, te da como herencia, y serás responsable de tu sangre.– Devarim 19:8-10

Preguntas clásicas¿La Torá acaso sugiere que en caso de un asesinato accidental, la sangre de la víctima debe ser vengada?

Sifri: Es una Mitzvá para el vengador de la sangre perseguir y matar al asesino accidental

Rambam: Si el asesino accidental abandona la ciudad de refugio intencionalmente, está consintiendo su propia muerte, ya que el vengador de su sangre tiene permitido matarlo.

¿Cuándo se agregarán estas otras tres ciudades?

Rambam: En los días del Rey Mashíaj, tres ciudades de refugio serán agregadas.

Minjas Jinuj: Es un decreto de la escritura. Lógicamente no habrá necesidad de Ciudades de Refugio, ya que en el futuro, habrá solo paz, verdad y bien.

Alshij: Las ciudades podrán ser usadas como refugio para los actos cometidos antes de la Redención.

Las Enseñanzas del RebeLa Torá promete: Cuando Di-s, tu Di-s, expanda tus límites, como Le prometió a tus ancestros, y Te dé toda la tierra que Le dijo a tus ancestros que Les daría como resultado de haber cuidado y observado todo los mandamientos que Yo te ordené hoy, amar a Di-s, tu Di-s, e ir en Sus caminos todo el tiempo: Debes agregar para ti tres ciudades más, además de estas otras tres, para que la sangre inocente no se derrame dentro de la tierra que Di-s, tu Di-s, te da como herencia, y serás responsable de tu sangre.

¿Pero por qué habrá necesidad de Ciudades de

Refugio en la Era Mesiánica? Seguramente, en aquél tiempo, no habrá ningún asesinato, ni por parte de un judío ni por parte de un gentil, como promete el versículo, “Una nación no levantará la espada contra la otra”. Es verdad, la función principal de estas ciudades es actuar como refugio para los asesinos accidentales, pero incluso esto no ocurrirá en el futuro, ya que se nos ha prometido que todo el mal será eliminado.

Minjat Jinuj justifica que esto es un decreto supra racional, pero esta explicación es difícil de aceptarse siendo que un “decreto de la Escritura”, se escribe sin ninguna racionalidad. En nuestro caso, sin embargo, la Torá sí da una razón para las tres nuevas ciudades; “para que la sangre inocente no sea derramada en tu tierra la que Di-s, tu Di-s, te está dando como herencia”.

Podemos argumentar, como sugiere el Alshij, que las ciudades funcionarán como refugio para los asesinos accidentales que han matado antes de la Redención, en los tiempos del exilio. Y siendo que estos asesinos pudieron haberse expandido en todo el mundo, cuando comience la Redención, habrá una necesidad de un número mayor de Ciudades de Refugio.

Sin embargo, esto sólo explica cómo pudo haber un asesino accidental. El problema todavía permanece: ¿Cómo puede haber un pariente vengativo? Una vez que el mal acabe de existir, el deseo por la venganza también desaparecerá, así que parece que no habrá ningún propósito en proveer Ciudades de Refugio en el futuro.

De acuerdo a Sifri, este problema no surge, ya que Sifri mantiene que es un mandamiento de la Torá vengar la sangre del fallecido. La motivación del pariente no es entonces la venganza, sino que es un deseo de cumplir con una Mitzvá, que ciertamente existirá en el futuro.

El Rambam, sin embargo, no acepta este argumento, porque mantiene que la venganza del pariente es sólo una opción, no una obligación. Por ende, en la era en la que no habrá más celos y “todo el mundo estará ocupado con el conocimiento de Di-s”, ¿Por qué un hombre buscará vengarse del otro cuando no hay ni una Mitzvá para hacerlo, incluso si está permitido?

Podemos argumentar que las ciudades existirán en el futuro por un propósito espiritual, meramente como una expiación, pero no habrá necesidad de un refugio para los vengadores de la sangre. Sin embargo, este no es el caso, siendo que la Torá establece claramente que las ciudades existirán

para evitar el actual derramamiento de sangre.

Más aún, si las ciudades fueran solo lugares de expiación y no proveyeran de paraísos actuales de escape, entonces no habría necesidad de hacer las rutas de escape más cortas.

La ExplicaciónCuando la Torá presenta la posibilidad de vengar la sangre del muerto, no está proveyendo una salida para la naturaleza viciosa del hombre. Si el asesino accidental no mereciera la pena de muerte, la Torá no permitiría su ejecución. Sino que, en concepto de “vengar su sangre”, se provee de un método con el cual la Torá misma exige la pena de muerte.

En otras palabras, la pena de muerte puede administrarse en una de estas tres maneras:

La pena de muerte que se lleva a cabo en la Corte, con testigos y amenaza previa del defensor.

En algunos casos, la Torá describe el castigo de “muerte en manos del Cielo”.

En nuestro caso, la pena de muerte de un asesino accidental, no es administrado por la Corte, ni por el Cielo, sino por los parientes, caso similar al de Pinjas, quien no fue directamente obligado a matar a Zimri, sino que de todas maneras cumplió con el deseo de Di-s al hacerlo

Por ende, incluso acorde al Rambam, quien establece que vengar su sangre es opcional, la “venganza” tiene una lógica dentro del sistema de castigo de la Torá, y no es una mera venganza personal. El acto del pariente es por lo tanto no incompatible con la Era Mesiánica, y crea la necesidad de Ciudades de Refugio para proteger a aquellos que han matado accidentalmente antes que venga el Mashíaj.

(Basado en Likutei Sijot Vol. 24, p. 107)

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