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PARASHA MATOT-MASEI
MEVORCHIM HACHODESH AV
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Friday July 21, 2017
7:43 pm Candle Lighting
6:30 pm SHARP Mincha followed by Drasha & Arvit
Parasha Matot-Masei
Saturday July 22, 2017
8:45 am (9:28 am GRA) Latest time for shema
8:45 am Shaharit
10:00 am Torah Reading
11:00 am Drasha
11:30 am Kiddush has been sponsored by Westwood Bet Knesset in honor of Gerami family. We would like to wish them a farewell as they move into their new house in Valley. We also would like to thank them for all the efforts they have put in our Kenisa which has made us a better community. We will miss them…
6:45 pm Pre-Mincha Shiur at Westwood Kehilla
7:20 pm Mincha at Westwood Kehilla
7:45 Weekdays Mincha & Arvit
Sunday
8:15 am
Shaharit at our Kenisa followed by shiur and breakfast prepared by Babak Refoua.
Monday & Thursday
6:30 am Shaharit followed by breakfast and shiur
Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday
6:45 am Shaharit followed by breakfast and shiur
8:30 am Minyan Monday to Friday
Monday, July 24th, is Rosh Chodesh Av.
The year is 2488 and the 40 years in the desert are drawing to a close. Miriam and Aharon have passed on, and Yehoshua has been appointed as the successor. In these last two portions of Sefer Bamidbar, Mattot – Masei, Hashem begins to wrap things up. Pay attention to the laws selected to end the 4th Sefer.
1st Aliya: The laws of personal vows are detailed and Moshe is instructed to "take revenge" against Midian. In the battle, both Balak and Bilam are killed.
2nd Aliya: In the aftermath of the war, Moshe instructs the soldiers regarding the applicable laws of Tumah – impurity, and deals with the division of the booty between the soldiers, community, and the Mishkan.
Note verses 22 and 23 which teach us the laws of how to make kosher our vessels, and the Torah requirement for metal vessels made by a non-Jew or purchased from a non-Jew to be immersed in a Mikveh before being used. (the Rabbis extended this law to included glassware)
In appreciation for the fact that not a single soldier was lost in battle, the Generals and Captains donate their personal percentage of the captured gold to the Mishkan. The total weight of the donated gold weighed 837.5 lbs.! (Areyeh Kaplan)
3rd & 4th Aliyot: Moshe is approached by the tribes of Reuven, Gad, and 1/2 of Menashe to acquire the Trans-Jordan territories captured from Sichon and Og. Moshe first treats their petition with suspicion; however, an agreement is reached between the 2 1/2 tribes and Moshe: Trans-Jordan in exchange for manning the front lines in the campaign to take Eretz Yisrael.
5th Aliya: Moshe instructs the Bnei Yisrael to clear out the Land from all negative influences, and sets the Biblical boundaries of the Land.
6th Aliya: New leaders are appointed to oversee the division of the Land, and the 48 Levitical cities, including the 6 Cites of Refuge, are mandated.
7th Aliya: The laws regarding the inadvertent murderer are detailed, and the prohibition against marrying outside one's tribe is established. This prohibition was only for the generation that occupied the Land.
Jeremiah 2:4 – 2:28, 3:4
2nd of the Tlat D'puranuta – Haftaras of Ill Tidings
This week's Haftarah is the second Haftarah forewarning the impending destruction of Yerushalayim. In the 2nd chapter of Yirmiyahu, the Navi detailed the extent of the nations infidelity that ad led up to the Churban – destruction. The leaders, the Kohanim, and the common man had all betrayed G- d's love. Whereas last week the Prophet left us with a vision of G-d's love for His children, this week his words relentlessly assault our consciousness.
"As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their priests, and their prophets, who say to a piece of wood: "you are my father," and to a stone: "You gave birth to me. …But in the time of their trouble they will say: Arise and save us. Where are your g-ds that you made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble… (Yirmi. 2:26)
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