Friday, 10 May 2024

Shabbos Tzetl: Kedoshim

5:05pm - Candle Lighting, Friday
6:04pm - Havdalah, Saturday
(Melbourne Australia)
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Good Shabbos!


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ZICHRON YAAKOV

PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL
Leviticus 19:1–20:27
The name of the Parshah, "Kedoshim," means "holy [ones]" and it is found in Leviticus 19:2.

The Parshah of Kedoshim begins with the statement: "You shall be holy, for I, the L‑rd your G‑d, am holy." This is followed by dozens of mitzvot (divine commandments) through which the Jew sanctifies him- or herself and relates to the holiness of G‑d.

These include: the prohibition against idolatry, the mitzvah of charity, the principle of equality before the law, Shabbat, sexual morality, honesty in business, honor and awe of one's parents, and the sacredness of life.

Also in Kedoshim is the dictum which the great sage Rabbi Akiva called a cardinal principle of Torah, and of which Hillel said, "This is the entire Torah, the rest is commentary"—"Love your fellow as yourself."


HAFTORAH IN A NUTSHELL
Ezekiel 20:2-20.

This week's haftorah mentions G‑d's repeated enjoinders to observe the commandments, keep the Shabbat and eschew idol worship; reflective of this week's Torah portion, which discusses many commandments, including the obligation to sanctify the Shabbat and reject idolatry.

The prophet Ezekiel transmit G‑d's message, reminding the Jews how He chose them as His nation, how He took them out of Egypt and promised to take them to the Holy Land. In Egypt, G‑d dispatched a prophet who exhorted the Jews to abandon their idols, yet they did not do so. He then gave them laws and statutes, including that of the observance of Shabbat as a sign between Him and His people. "But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they walked not in My statutes, and they despised My ordinances, which, if a man keep, he will live through them, and My Sabbaths they desecrated exceedingly."

The prophet goes on to mention G‑d's punishment of the Jews in the desert, namely that they did not enter the Holy Land. He then admonishes the children not to follow their fathers' ways, but to observe the laws and to sanctify the Shabbat.


SAGES ON THE PARSHAH

Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: You shall be holy . . . (19:2)

The easiest thing is to hide from the world and its follies, seclude oneself in a room and be a holy hermit. What the Torah desires, however, is that a person should be part and parcel of "all the congregation of the children of Israel"—and be holy.

(Alshich)

https://w2.chabad.org/media/pdf/44/rkAF440812.pdf



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