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TORAH READING
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MATOT-MASSEI ALIYAH SUMMARY
General Overview: This week’s Torah
reading, Matot-Massei, begins with the
laws of oaths. The Israelites wage battle
against Midian, and the spoils are divided
and tithed. The tribes of Reuben and Gad
request and receive territory outside the
mainland of Israel. Moses reviews the
forty years of Israelite journeys through
the desert. The Torah discusses the
boundaries of Israel, its division amongst
the tribes, the cities which the Levites
would receive, and the cities of refuge.
Tzelafchad’s daughters are restricted to
marrying within their own tribe.
First Aliyah: A person who obligates him
- or herself with a vow is required to
fulfill the vow. Under certain
circumstances, a husband or father can
annul vows made by his wife or daughter.
The Israelites were commanded to exact
revenge from the Midianites for their part
in seducing Jewish men to sin (described
in the end of the Torah reading of Balak,
Numbers 25). A 12,000-strong army of
Israelites, led by Pinchas, waged battle
against Midian. All adult Midianite males
were killed, along with Balaam and
Midian’s five kings. The women, children
and battle spoils were brought back to the
Israelite encampment.
Second Aliyah: Moses was enraged that
the Midianite females were spared. “They
were the primary culprits, the ones who
seduced the Israelites and brought about
the plague which killed so many!” Moses
exclaimed. All the males, and all women
who possibly could have been involved in
the campaign of seduction, were killed.
The soldiers were instructed how to purify
themselves from the ritual impurity they
contracted from contact with corpses in
the course of battle, and are told how to
kosher the food utensils which were
among the spoils. The spoils of the war
were evenly divided between the soldiers
and the greater community. Tithes from
the spoils were given to Elazar the high
priest and to the Levites. The army
officers counted the soldiers who
returned from battle, and determined that
not a single man was lost in the war. To
show gratitude to G‑d for this miracle,
the officers donated to the Tabernacle all
the gold jewelry which they personally
plundered from the Midianites.
Third Aliyah: The tribes of Reuben and
Gad owned lots of cattle. Seeing that the
eastern bank of the Jordan—the lands of
Sichon and Og which they had just
conquered—had abundant pasture, they
asked Moses if they could remain and
settle on the eastern bank. Moses angrily
responds that they are following in the
footsteps of the spies who were fearful of
the Canaanites, did not want to enter the
land of Israel, and discouraged the entire
nation from doing so. The Reubenites and
Gadites respond that they will leave their
cattle and families behind in fortified
cities, and all their men will proceed into
Israel with their brethren and lead them
in the conquest of the land. Only after all
the land has been conquered and settled
would they return to the other side of the
Jordan.
Fourth Aliyah: Moses accepts the offer
of the Reubenites and Gadites, and
informs Joshua and Elazar the high priest
of the agreement. These two tribes, along
with half of the tribe of Manasseh, settle
on the eastern bank of the Jordan, and
conquer many of the areas wherein they
encountered opposition. The Torah then
recounts the journeys of the Jews in the
desert, the 42 journeys which took them
(Continued on page 6)
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Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, 76,
ChabadChabad -Lubavitch Pioneer
in Montreal
R
abbi Simcha Zirkind, 76, Chabad
representative in Montreal, QC, passed
away on Shabbat. Founder of the first
Chabad House in the city at McGill
University in Downtown Montreal, he was
beloved by the many whom he personally
nurtured in their growth of Judaism.
Simcha Yerachmiel was born in Brooklyn
to Mordechai Shachne and Ada, and grew
up studying in Chabad schools in the city,
where his father owned a butcher store. He
became close to Rabbi Shalom Posner, the
Chabad representative in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, where he studied for three
years of high school.
Under the tutelage of Rabbi Posner he
learned to appreciate the rigorous study of
Talmud. He also studied Chasidic teachings
and practiced contemplative prayer
services. When he completed his high
school studies, Simcha wanted to continue
his Talmudic studies, but his father felt he
was needed to help in the butchery.
In a private audience with the Lubavitcher
Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel
Schneerson, the Rebbe asked Simcha’s
father if he will permit his son to continue
his studies in Montreal. Mordechai Shachne
answered, “What will be with honoring his
parents?”
“If you tell him to go, surely he will be
respecting his parents,” the Rebbe said.
Simcha’s dad understood and gave his
blessing for his son to continue his studies
in Montreal, where he studied for seven
years.
While Simcha wanted to spend all of his
days studying, the Rebbe instructed him to
direct some of his energies helping others,
while maintaining a rigorous study routine.
For the rest of his life, Rabbi Zirkind, a
Torah scholar, took this to heart. He
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Simcha escorting Prime Minister Paul Martin
on his visit to the Chabad’s Rabbinical
College of Canada
Simcha with supporters of Chabad-Lubavitch
with the Rebbe as part of the Machne Israel
Development Fund project.
devoted much of his day reaching out to
others, he always accompanied by a volume
of Torah in his hand to study from during a
spare moment. An early riser, he spent
much time in the synagogue, dedicating
time to Chasidic study before his daily
prayers.
Chabad in the city. He built personal
relationships with thousands of Jews in
Canada, who for many years supported the
entire network of Chabad Houses the city.
At the Rebbe’s guidance, after his marriage
to Frieda Lieberow, the daughter of Chabad
representatives to Morocco, he joined the
team of Chabad representatives to Tunisia
where he taught Talmud at the Chabad
school. During vacation, Rabbi Zirkind
would travel by whatever means–including
wagon and donkey–going from town to
town enrolling children in the Chabad high
school.
“We did not have much to eat and there
was little in the way of basic comforts,”
Rabbi Zirkind later said. “Our entire
vocation was spending our time teaching
and guiding the students.”
After the Six Day War he was suspected by
the Tunisian government that as a spy for
the Israeli Mossad. In danger, he left to
Paris and then at the suggestion of the
Rebbe, he joined the leadership of the
Lubavitch Youth Organization in Montreal,
QC.
Innovative in his outreach with Montreal
Jewry, he began many of the programs of
Until his very last day, Simcha made a
priority of the spiritual needs of those he was
in contact with. Before every holiday he
would pack and deliver holiday packages for
those he was in contact with. He conducted
much of his charitable work discreetly.
Rabbi Zirkind was among the pioneering
activists of the Lubavitch Youth Organization
in Montreal. He later raised funds for Colel
Chabad, Machne Israel and Kehot Publication
Society.
In 2004 he launched the Advice for Life
project which made the Rebbe’s teachings
available to many in the Jewish community
of Quebec. Over the years he distributed over
200,000 copies of the various editions of the
publication.
Many of his children serve as ChabadLubavitch representatives across North
America.
He is survived by his wife Frieda and children
Rabbi Levi Zirkind, Fresno, CA; Mendy Zirkind,
Montreal, QC; Zalman Zirkind, Montreal, QC;
Devorah Fox, Brooklyn, NY; Chaya Rosenberg,
Sherman Oaks, CA; Dina Turk, Chicago, IL;
Shternie Litzman, Monsey, NY; Yisroel Zirkind,
Chicago, IL; and Rabbi Shalom Zirkind,
Baltimore, MD.■
The Nine Days
Laws and Customs
The Inner Dimension
“When the month of Av enters, we reduce
our joy . . .”
T
he first nine days of the month of Av,
and also the morning of the tenth,1 are
days of acute mourning for the destruction
of the first and second Holy Temples.
During this time, we don’t:
• Eat meat (including poultry) or drink
wine, for during this period the
sacrifices and wine libations in the
Holy Temple ceased.2 The exceptions to
this rule are meat and wine consumed
on Shabbat or as part of a meal that
celebrates a mitzvah, such as a
circumcision, bar mitzvah, or the
completion of a tractate of the
Talmud.
• Launder clothing (except for a baby’s)
—even if they will not be worn during
the Nine Days—or wear freshly
laundered outer clothing.3 Those who
wish to change their clothing daily
should prepare a number of garments
and briefly don each of them before
the onset of the Nine Days. Then it is
permitted to wear these “non-freshly
laundered” garments during the Nine
Days.
• Swim or bathe for pleasure.
• Remodel or expand a home.
• Plant trees to be used for shade or
fragrance (as opposed to fruit trees).
• Buy, sew, weave or knit new clothing—
even if they will be worn only after the
Nine Days.
• Exceptions to this rule: (a) If you will
miss a major sale, or if the garment
will be unavailable later. (b) For the
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purpose of a mitzvah, such as
purchasing new clothing for a bride
and groom.
Cut nails during the actual week of
the fast of Tisha B’Av—i.e., starting
from the Saturday night before the
fast until the conclusion of the Nine
Days.
The Sephardic custom is to observe the
stringencies regarding meat, wine and
bathing only in the week of Tisha B’Av.
Some more observances:
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The Sanctification of the Moon is
postponed until after Tisha B’Av.
There is no law forbidding traveling
during the Nine Days; however, it is
customary to refrain from traveling (or
engaging in any potentially perilous
activity) during these days, unless it is
absolutely necessary.
One may become engaged to be
married during this period, but no
celebration should be held until after
Tisha B’Av.
Note: All these restrictions are in
addition to the restrictions that apply
during all of the Three Weeks.
There is no mourning on Shabbat.
If possible, this week’s havdalah wine or
grape juice should be given to a child—
younger than bar/bat mitzvah age—to
drink.
—Talmud, Taanit 26b
The entire month of Av is considered to be
an inopportune time for Jews. Our sages
advised that a Jew who is scheduled to
have a court hearing—or anything of a
similar nature—against a gentile during this
month should try to postpone it until after
Av, or at least until after the Nine Days.
On the positive side, as we get closer and
closer to the messianic era, when these
days will be transformed from days of
sadness to days of joy, we start to focus on
the inner purpose of the destruction, which
is to bring us to a higher level of sensitivity
and spirituality, and ultimately to the
rebuilding—with even greater grandeur and
glory—of all that was destroyed.
We therefore try to moderate the sadness
through participating in permissible
celebrations. It is therefore the Chabad
custom to have someone complete a
tractate of the Talmud each day of the Nine
Days, in order to infuse these days with
permissible joy.■
Notes:
1.
The Temple was set ablaze on the afternoon
of the ninth of Av, and burned through the
tenth.
2.
Through custom, this prohibition has been
expanded to include food cooked with meat.
However, one may eat food that was prepared
in a meat pot or utensil.
3.
Shoes purchased specifically for the Ninth of
Av—e.g., shoes made from canvas or rubber—
may be worn even if they are new.
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FOUNDATIONS OF TORAH. TEXTUAL STUDY: 45 minutes
THE BAIS HAMIKDASH: The Mitzvah and its Purpose
In this class, we will discover the reason and purpose for why G-d commands us to build a temple.
The texts will reveal the age old dichotomy between the Rationalists and the Spiritualists.
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Parsha
Insights
From the book Daily Wisdom
Moshe Wisnefsky
Sacred Speech
Baseless Hatred
G-d instructed Moses regarding the laws
governing how a person can make vows and
oaths to G-d.
Even though the Midianites had no quarrel
against the Jews, they had joined the Moabites
in enticing the Jewish people into sin. In
recompense for their consummately evil
behavior, G-d told Moses to send the Jewish
army to attack the Midianites.
(‫ג‬:‫ )במדבר ל‬:'‫ַה' וגו‬
‫אִיׁש ּכִי יִּדֹר נֶדֶר ל‬
[G-d instructed Moses to tell the
Jewish people,] “If someone makes a
vow to G-d . . . he must not violate
his word.” Numbers 30:3
The word for “violate” in Hebrew
(yacheil) comes from the word for
“profane” or “unholy” (chol). The inner
meaning of this verse is therefore that
we should not make our words “unholy”;
even our mundane conversation should
be imbued with holy intentions and be
consistent with the greater purpose of
Creation, making a home for G‑d in this
world.■
Pushed by the Barriers
By Tzvi Freeman
Nothing limits you, no force that holds
you captive—other than a fiction of your
imagination.
So you will say, “What, then, of the
forces of nature? Of the constraints of a
human body? Of the hard reality that
slams against me when I attempt to
stride through the barriers of life?”
Yes, they are there. But they are not
what they seem to be.
They are not there simply to oppose you,
but to carry you. As your soul pulls
forward, those barriers force her inward,
towards her deepest and strongest self.
Maamar Natata Lirei’echa 5737
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(‫ג‬:‫ )במדבר לא‬:‫דיָן‬
ְ ‫ָלתֵת נִ ְקמַת ה' ְּב ִמ‬
[Moses told the Jewish people,]
“Carry out G-d’s revenge against
Midian.” Numbers 31:1
The Midianites had no reason to attack
the Jews; they did so out of simple,
baseless hatred. The root of baseless
hatred is ego. An egocentric person feels
threatened by others, for their very
existence endangers his inflated sense of
self. Therefore, although he may not seek
to actively harm others, he will be
secretly pleased when they suffer, or at
(Continued from page 2)
from Egypt to the banks of the Jordan.
Fifth Aliyah: G‑d instructs the Jewish
people to eradicate all of Canaan’s
inhabitants and destroy their idols, after
crossing the Jordan River. The borders of
the land of Israel are delineated. The land
was to be divided by lottery amongst nine
and a half tribes (Reuben, Gad and half of
the tribe of Manasseh were going to
settle on the eastern bank of the Jordan).
G‑d appoints a
Sixth Aliyah:
representative from each tribe to divide
his tribe’s portion of land between the
tribal members. The Jews are commanded
to provide the Levites with 48 cities where
they would dwell—42 cities plus the six
cities of refuge which would be
designated. Along with these cities, the
Levites were given expanses surrounding
the cities for their cattle.
least not be troubled by their suffering.
Furthermore, he will be blind to other
people’s good qualities. Since he is not
sincere in his relationship with G‑d and
the world, he cannot believe that others
are.
In contrast, someone who is not
egocentric focuses only on other people’s
good qualities. Their suffering will
genuinely trouble him, since he will judge
them favorably and find no justification
for their pain.
Similarly, rather than viewing differences
of opinion as an affront to his selfhood,
the selfless person will view them as
opportunities to reach higher
perspectives on the truth. He will expose
his shortcomings to others and seek their
guidance, thereby allowing him to solve
his problems and progress in his selfrefinement.■
Seventh
Aliyah:
The Jews are
commanded to designate six cities of
refuge. These cities offer refuge to a
person who inadvertently kills another. The
murderer must remain in the city of refuge
until the death of the serving high priest.
The Jews are enjoined not to take “blood
money” from a murderer—intentional or
unintentional—who wishes to lighten his
sentence. In last week’s reading, G‑d
instructed Moses to give the daughters of
the deceased Tzelafchad his portion in the
land of Israel. The elders of Tzelafchad’s
tribe now protested that this would cause
Tzelafchad’s grandsons—who could
possibly be of another tribe—to inherit
their mother’s properties, thus possibly
transferring land from the portion of their
tribe to another. G‑d therefore instructs
Tzelafchad’s daughters to marry men from
their own tribe, so that the land they
inherit will remain in their ancestral
tribe.■
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Shabbos Parshas Matos-Maasei, July 18, 2015
A LUBAVITCHER
CHASID
RABBI HERBERT BOMZER
in 1983 — and we were all holding our breath. I confided
my concerns to Rabbi Kotlarsky. “My daughter is two
months pregnant and having a very hard time,” I told him.
“Why don’t you write a letter to the Rebbe?” he asked.
I said, “Moshe, I’ve never done a thing like that… I don’t
even know the formalities of how to write a letter to the
Rebbe.” I mean writing “To our holy Rebbe” was just
not part of my vocabulary. But he promised to help me,
so I agreed to do it. After all, what wouldn’t I do for my
daughter?
M
y name is Herbert (Chaim Zev) Bomzer. I was
ordained a rabbi by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and
also by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik at Yeshiva
University, where I obtained a doctorate in Jewish
Education. For forty years, until my retirement in 1995,
I served as the rabbi of Young Israel of Ocean Parkway
and as professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University. I
mention this because my education and career path
have been decidedly Modern Orthodox, yet I call myself
a Lubavitcher chasid. And I’d like to tell the story of how
that came about.
It all began about thirty-five years ago when I befriended
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, who worked for Merkos L’Inyonei
Chinuch, under the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Around this time my oldest daughter Etty was going
through a rough time. She had gotten married to a
wonderful young man, a Kohen, a real scholar, and was
trying to have a family. But each time she got pregnant
she would miscarry. It happened once, twice, three times.
Each time – heartbreak.
And then she got pregnant for the fourth time — this was
I wrote the letter which was delivered to the Rebbe’s
office. Rabbi Leibel Groner, the Rebbe’s secretary, said
that it would take two to three days to get an answer. But
just one hour later, the answer came back! The Rebbe
said, “She should remain in bed for the next seven months,
and she will have a living child.”
It so happened that when I got the answer my daughter
was staying in our house. She lived in New Jersey but
she had come into Brooklyn for an appointment with a
doctor that was scheduled for the next morning. This
doctor, a Filipino woman at Caledonian Hospital here, was
supposed to be the expert in these matters.
So I told my daughter what the Rebbe advised. But she
said, “What about the appointment with this doctor?
What should we do?”
I wasn’t that much of a chasid yet, so I said, “Okay, I’ll take
you to the doctor.”
The next day I took her to the doctor and, when she came
out, she said, “Daddy, I don’t know what’s happening here.
The doctor said that if I get into bed for the next seven
months, I have a good chance of having a live baby.”
Now, how do you like that? The doctor reached the same
conclusion — she confirmed what the Rebbe already
knew!
Etty stayed in our house for the next seven months and
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gave birth, thank G-d, to a healthy baby girl.
After these events, Rabbi Kotlarsky and I became even
closer friends, and he began to encourage me to come
to the Rebbe’s farbrengens. At first I put him off — it
just wasn’t my style — but finally I agreed. I was seated
right up front and in between the Torah talks, the Rebbe
distributed wine. I took a tiny sip because I am allergic to
wine. I go into shock and pass out when I drink a quantity
of it, so even on Passover — when we are obligated to
drink four cups of wine — I stick to grape juice.
The Rebbe saw that I wasn’t drinking, and he motioned
that I should drink more. I made a blessing, said “L’Chaim,”
and took another small sip. But the Rebbe motioned for
me again to drink more. Rabbi Kotlarsky also nudged me,
“Do what the Rebbe says.”
So I said, “I hope there is a paramedic handy,” and I drank
the full cup.
And… nothing happened. I couldn’t believe that I didn’t
get sick — it was as if, in the presence of the Rebbe, I was
protected.
After that I began to come to the farbrengens very, very
often and I also got to know Rabbi Chaim Mordechai
Hodakov who was the Rebbe’s chief of staff. He was
very interested in knowing what’s doing in the American
rabbinate, and what’s doing in the yeshivas, as I was part
of that world. We met very often. Whenever I was at 770,
the Rebbe would smile and greet me warmly as he’d be
walking in or out of the synagogue.
Although glasnost, which heralded the greater freedom of
information and the eventual fall of the Soviet Union, came
shortly thereafter, in 1987 it was still nerve-wracking for a
Jew to enter the country, especially carrying tefillin, tzitzis,
and matzos. My wife and I were stopped at the airport
and searched for six hours before we were allowed in. I
claimed that I was a professor of Jewish Literature, invited
to give lectures to various groups. That wasn’t a lie — I did
deliver lectures — but my chief purpose was to influence
Jews, issue divorce documents and conduct conversions.
For the conversions, we needed a ritual pool, a mikvah
which had to be cleaned out and filled with water. We
had to wait for the water to fill the pool which was taking
a long time. Suddenly, even though it was June, the sky
grew dark and a heavy downpour started which lasted
two hours. When the sun came out again, the mikvah was
full of water.
Upon return, I reported on the trip to the Rebbe, and I
mentioned that when I met people in Russia, I identified
myself as “a chasid of the Lubavitcher Rebbe,” but never
as “a Lubavitcher chasid.”
The Rebbe said to me, “The time has come for you to say
that you are a Lubavitcher chasid.” I replied, “Rebbe — I
don’t know if I am, but I am one thousand percent sure
that I am a chasid of the Rebbe.”
He said, “The time has come.”
So after that I began to say, “I’m a Lubavitcher chasid.”
______________
In 1987, at the behest of the Rebbe, I made a trip to Russia
where I spent two weeks, acting — for all intents and
purposes — as the Rebbe’s emissary. My task (because
there were no rabbis in Moscow at this time) was to make
sure that divorce documents were issued in accordance
with Jewish law; to free the women so that they should
be able to remarry, otherwise they would have remained
unmarried agunas. I also made sure that any conversions
that needed to be carried out were done according to
Jewish law.
Rabbi Dr. Herbert (Chaim Zev) Bomzer, a long-standing member
of the Rabbinical Council of America and rabbi of the Young Israel
of Ocean Parkway for 40 years, passed away in February of 2013.
He was interviewed in his home in Brooklyn in June of 2009.
Chabad was just about the only organization that was
active in Russia at the time, helping to keep Judaism
alive. In the seventy years under Communism, a great
percentage of Jews just forgot they were Jewish. Seventy
years is a long time, but Chabad was active during all
those years when it was terribly dangerous to do so.
>5
733 – 1973, in a letter, the Rebbe encouraged Rabbi
Dovid Raskin that, on his upcoming visit to Israel,
he should raise awareness about the life-and-death
urgency of educating Jewish youth across the world. 1
1 Menachem Av
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‫ע“י בניהם ר‘ נחמן ור‘ אברהם ומשפחתם שיחיו‬
This week in….
1. Igros Kodesh Vol. 30, p. 277
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LA
SIDRA
DE LA SEMAINE
MATOT - MASSÉ
SAMEDI, 18 JUILLET 2015
2 MENAHEM AV 5775
AVOT 2
VIVREAVEC LA
PARACHA
C
ee semaine, nous lisons deux
Parachiot : Matot et Massé. Elles
possèdent toutes deux un lien
intrinsèque. Le sujet principal de Matot
est constué par la guerre que mena
notre peuple contre Midian alors que
celui de Massé est le récit des étapes du
Peuple Juif, depuis son exil d’Egypte
jusqu’à l’arrivée aux rives du Jourdain,
où il se prépare à entrer en Erets Israël.
Il nous faut expliquer ce lien. Midian
évoque la contrepare spirituelle de la
querelle et de la dissension, un individu
tellement préoccupé par lui-même qu’il
ne voit les autres que par rapport à ce
qu’ils peuvent faire pour lui, plutôt que
d’apprécier qui ils sont et quels sont
leurs besoins. Il est tellement
égocentrique qu’il perd toute noon de
la situaon dans laquelle il se trouve. La
seule chose importante à ses yeux est
de recevoir de l’aenon et de voir ses
désirs sasfaits. Si cela n’est pas le cas,
la colère l’emporte. En fait, dans
certains cas, l’autre n’a pas même la
chance d’ouvrir la bouche, il est aaqué.
Car cet homme craint tant pour son
espace qu’il redoute quelque intrusion
que ce soit.
Avant d’entrer en Erets Israël, il fallait
que soit menée une guerre contre
Midian. Erets Israël est une terre où se
Matot - Massé
révèle ouvertement la Présence Divine.
Et à propos d’un homme orgueilleux et
égocentrique, D.ieu s’exprime ainsi :
«Lui et Moi ne pouvons résider dans le
même lieu». Car lorsque la personne
n’est concernée que par sa propre
personne, il lui est impossible
d’apprécier D.ieu, de quelque manière
que ce soit. Elle ne peut avoir
conscience de la Divinité qui réside chez
les autres et dans chaque élément du
monde qui l’environne.
Avant que le Juifs n’entrent en Israël, où
la Divinité serait le centre de leur vie, ils
devaient se débarrasser de ce type de
préoccupaons
exclusivement
égocentrées.
Cela concerne également le message
spirituel de leur voyage d’Egypte vers
Erets Israël. L’Egypte est appelée
Mitsraïm en hébreu, terme qui a la
même racine que Metsarim, les
fronères et les limites qui enferment le
potenel divin que nous possédons
tous. Les quarante années d’errance
dans le désert furent une période
d’entraînement et de praque au cours
de laquelle les Juifs apprirent à entrer
en contact avec leur potenel spirituel,
à l’exprimer et le libérer de toutes les
limites et ce, afin d’être aptes à entrer
en Terre Sainte.
Dans son essence, le dessein profond du
voyage tout ener était de combare
Midian, d’apprendre à se maîtriser et à
se comporter avec autrui de façon
ouverte et sincère.
Ces lectures de la Torah sont également
en relaon avec l’époque à laquelle elles
sont lues : les trois semaines de deuil
pour la destrucon du Temple. Le but de
cee période de deuil n’est pas
simplement de verser des larmes sur le
passé mais essenellement de se
focaliser sur le futur, de réaliser les
erreurs spirituelles qui ont conduit à
l’exil et de les recfier afin de faire venir
la Rédempon.
Nos Sages nous enseignent que le
Temple fut détruit à cause de la haine
gratuite, cee sorte de querelles et de
combats que l’on associe à Midian. Il
s’ensuit qu’en se débarrassant de ces
fricons et conflits par un amour
emprunt de sacrifice de soi, nous
pouvons éradiquer la cause de l’exil.
Quand la cause n’existe plus, l’effet
cesse automaquement.
Mere l’accent sur l’amour et l’unité
pendant ces trois semaines ne signifie
pas simplement se préoccuper de
corriger les erreurs du passé. Bien au
(Connuer à la page 11)
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LE RECIT DE LA SEMAINE
Une aiguille dans une boe de foin
U
n rabbin pres
gieux d’une certaine
communauté ‘hassidique de New
York s’approcha un jour de moi : sachant
que je venais d’Australie, il me demandait
de retrouver une jeune femme dont on
n’avait plus de nouvelles. Née et élevée
dans une bonne famille de Boro Park (un
des quar
ers ‘hassidiques de Brooklyn),
elle s’était mariée mais s’était séparée de
son mari : le mari refusait, on ne sait
pourquoi, de lui accorder le Guet (l’acte
de divorce) et, lassée d’aendre, elle avait
tout quié. Sa famille avait appris qu’elle
s’était enfuie en Australie – sans plus de
détails.
- L’Australie a la taille des États-Unis !
remarquai-je et y rechercher quelqu’un
sans plus de précisions, c’est comme
chercher une aiguille dans une boe de
foin !
- Je sais, soupira-t-il mais peut-être
pourriez-vous demander au Rabbi de
Loubavitch comment agir…
Avant de retourner en Australie, j’entrai
en Ye’hidout – audience privée chez le
Rabbi et lui racontai toute l’histoire. Il me
demanda quand je voyageais.
- Mercredi, répondis-je.
- Une fois arrivé sur place, peut-être la
semaine suivante, vous devriez vous
rendre à Brisbane !
Il n’expliqua pas pourquoi je devais agir
ainsi mais, bien sûr, je me conformai à ses
direc
ves sans poser de ques
on ; une
fois arrivé en Australie, je pris l’avion pour
Brisbane. C’est une ville située au nord du
pays et elle ne comptait, à l’époque
qu’une toute pe
te communauté juive :
elle n’hébergeait pas encore Rav Lévi et
Dvorah Jaffe qui sont, depuis, devenus les
émissaires du Rabbi sur place.
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Dans l’avion, je me trouvais assis à côté
d’une dame élégante, non-juive qui se
présenta comme étant chré
enne
grecque orthodoxe. Voyant que j’étais
juif, elle me posa des ques
ons
théologiques sur la Bible puis me
demanda assez étrangement :
- Quelle est la posi
on du judaïsme vis-àvis d’une personne qui abandonne la foi ?
Une telle personne peut-elle réintégrer la
communauté ou est-elle défini
vement
excommuniée ?
- Aucun Juif ne peut jamais être séparé de
D.ieu Tout Puissant, la rassurai-je. Même
si quelqu’un «prend des vacances» de la
Torah, il peut à tout moment revenir «à la
maison» et la communauté l’accueillera à
bras ouverts !
- Je vous explique pourquoi je vous pose
cee ques
on, con
nua-t-elle : je possède
une chaîne de magasins de vêtements en
Australie ; dans la ville de Cairns, dans un
de mes magasins, nous avons engagé une
jeune femme juive qui vient d’une famille
très pra
quante de New York. Je peux
aisément constater qu’elle vit ici très
différemment de la façon dont elle a été
élevée. Elle prétend qu’elle est heureuse
mais je vois bien qu’elle ne l’est pas : je
suppose qu’elle vivrait beaucoup mieux si
elle
retournait
dans
sa
propre
communauté.
A cet instant, je ne pus m’empêcher de
sursauter : je me rendais à Brisbane sur le
conseil du Rabbi, sans savoir pourquoi. Et,
en route, je rencontrai une femme
chré
enne qui me parlait d’une jeune
femme juive qui avait quié sa famille.
J’en eus la chair de poule sur tout le corps
et je me mis à trembler de tous mes
membres.
- Sachez que je voyage vers Brisbane sans
savoir où aller. Je le fais parce que nous
avons un Rabbi à New York qui est sans
doute le plus grand Sage de notre époque
qui m’a dit d’agir ainsi après que je lui ai
demandé comment retrouver une jeune
femme juive !
En entendant ces mots, la dame se mit à
trembler elle aussi !
- Peut-être s’agit-il justement de cee jeune
femme ! reconnut-elle.
Je dus admere qu’elle avait sans doute
raison. Elle se mit immédiatement à mon
service pour ainsi dire, offrit de payer toutes
les dépenses impliquées afin que je puisse
rencontrer cee jeune femme – bien que je
déclinai son offre.
De Brisbane, je pris l’avion pour Cairns et je
me rendis dans le magasin de vêtements :
c’était bien la jeune femme que je
recherchais ! Bien sûr, elle n’était pas
habillée selon les standards habituels de
Boro Park et, de son côté, elle fut plus
qu’étonnée de voir entrer dans le magasin
de vêtements féminins un ‘Hassid en
costume noir, avec barbe et chapeau, dans
ce coin perdu d’Australie où elle avait cru
pouvoir s’enfuir loin de son peuple.
- Je m’appelle Pinchas Woolstone, je suis un
Loubavitch, commençai-je…
J’avais du mal à trouver mes mots, à lui
expliquer ce que je faisais là. Je décidai
finalement de juste lui raconter tout ce qui
s’était passé. Puis je lui demandai :
- Etes-vous prête à me parler ?
- Je ne peux pas parler maintenant, je
travaille, répondit-elle sur la défensive.
- Alors je reviendrai quand le magasin
fermera…
Elle était loin d’être enthousiaste à cee
perspec
ve. Elle bredouilla :
- Tout ce que je veux, tout ce que j’ai
(Connuer à la page 12)
(Connuer de la page 9)
contraire, il nous faut nous orienter
vers l’avenir. L’Ere de la Rédempon se
caractérisera par la paix et l’amour et le
fait d’exprimer ces émoons dans le
temps présent ancipe et précipite
cee Ere future.
Et Moché parla aux têtes des Matot
(«tribus»)... (Bamidbar 30 :2)
L’on peut dire d’un bâton que c’est un
morceau d’arbre qui a payé le prix de
parr de chez lui ! En fait, l’on aurait du
mal à voir en lui le jeune rameau
arraché à l’arbre : son écorce tendre est
devenue rigide et inflexible, sa peau
poreuse s’est endurcie. Le jeune
rameau est devenu...un bâton !
L’on peut aussi dire que le bâton a
cueilli les fruits du fait de parr de chez
lui. Il a gagné une épine dorsale et de la
stature. Il a appris à se tenir fermement
et n’est plus balancé par chaque souffle
de vent et chaque brise. Sa peau s’est
endurcie dans le froid et possède une
force à ne pas négliger. Le rameau
flexible s’est raffermi en un formidable
bâton.
L’exil
La Torah ulise deux mots pour
désigner les tribus d’Israël : Chevam et
Matot. Un Chévèt est une «branche».
Matéh signifie un «bâton».
Les deux mots expriment l’idée que les
tribus d’Israël sont les membres de
«l’arbre de la vie», des ramificaons de
la Source suprême de toute vie et de
tout être. Mais chacun représente un
état différent dans la relaon du Juif
avec ses racines. Le Chévèt indique un
état de relaon manifeste avec la
source : la branche est toujours
aachée à l’arbre ou du moins a-t-elle
encore de la sève qui coule dans ses
veines. Le Chévèt représente le Juif
dans un état de connexion visible avec
D.ieu, soutenue par une implicaon
divine, révélée, dans sa vie.
Le Matéh est un Chévèt qui a été
arraché à l’arbre. Le Matéh est le Juif en
LE COIN DE LA
MACHIAH
Le voyage
La Délivrance approche chaque jour
davantage. Mais, pendant ce voyage
dont nous vivons la prochaine fin, on se
lait de so;ses et de fulités. Il faut
donc, dès à présent, se laver et changer
de vêtements.■
(D’après Likoutei Dibourim vol. 3 p. 1034)
La lecture de la Paracha Matot
Dans notre Paracha, il est significaf
que la Torah se réfère aux tribus d’Israël
par le terme «Matot» et qu’une pare
enère de la Torah emprunte ce mot.
Nous l’avons vu, Matot est toujours lu
pendant les trois semaines de deuil.
Chaque bâton aspire à revenir à son
arbre, aspire au jour où il sera à
nouveau une branche fraîche et pleine
de vie, réunie avec ses frères et nourrie
par son géniteur. Quand le jour viendra,
elle pourra y ajouter sa solidité
durement gagnée, sa maturité de
Matéh acquise dans l’environnement
solitaire et sans racine de l’exil.■
HALACHA
Comment se souvient-on
Temple de Jérusalem ?
ETINCELLES DE
exil, un «enfant banni de la table de son
père» et qui erre sur les routes froides
et étrangères de l’exil. Privé de son
amarrage céleste, le Matéh est obligé
de développer sa propre résistance
contre les tempêtes de la vie, de
chercher dans son cœur fragile la force
de résister, loin de la maison ancestrale.
du
Depuis la destrucon du Temple (en l’an
69 de l’ère commune), les Sages ont
décrété plusieurs mesures afin que, lors
de chaque circonstance joyeuse, on se
souvienne de cet événement tragique
comme il est écrit (Tehilim – Psaumes
137) : «Si je t’oublie, Jérusalem, que ma
droite m’oublie ! Que ma langue se
colle à mon palais si je ne te menonne
pas, si je ne fais pas monter Jérusalem
au sommet de ma joie !»
- Un Juif ne se fera pas construire un
palais à l’image du Temple
- S’il construit une maison, il laissera sur
un mur face à l’entrée un carré
d’environ 35 cenmètres carrés (une
Ama sur une Ama) sans peinture.
- Une femme ne mera pas tous ses
bijoux à la fois.
- Le voile de la mariée ne portera pas
des fils d’or ou d’argent.
- On brise une assiee après avoir écrit
le document du mariage et le marié
brise un verre après la cérémonie en le
piénant avec le pied droit.
Le Rabbi de Loubavitch a demandé
qu’on intensifie l’étude du plan du Beth
Hamikdach, le saint Temple de
Jérusalem pendant la période des trois
Semaines qui en rappellent la
destrucon ; ainsi, par l’étude, on
acquiert le mérite d’en préparer la
reconstrucon.■
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HORAIRE
DES COURS
DE LA SEMAINE
Chabbat 18 juillet
avant Min’ha à 19h20
Sujet: "Conduisez Prudemment",
c'est la Hala’ha!?!
Le cours explore les différents
règles de conduite et leurs
implicaon selon les lois de la Torah.
Par example, Le staonnement dans
un "No Parking" qu'elles sont
conséquences? Gardez votre
distance, droit de passage, brûler un
"feu rouge" dans l'événement qu'il
pas de danger etc.
Seu'da Chelichit à 20h 35
Sujet: Une nouvelle série de cours
d'histoire Juive tout les Séhouda
Chelichit. Cee semaine; Rabbi
Saadia Gaon et l'époque des
"Geonim
——
Mercredi 22 juillet à 20h00
Sujet: La prophée existe elle de nos
jours ou a t'elle disparu? Qui était le
dernier prophète du peuple juif et
sera le dernier?
(Connuer de la page 10)
toujours voulu, c’est le Guet !
- Mais vous avez rejeté la religion,
remarquai-je : pourquoi avez-vous besoin
d’un Guet ?
- Si vous pouvez m’aider avec le Guet,
d’accord. Sinon, laissez-moi tranquille.
Je rappelai les gens à New York et ils
réussirent finalement à faire en sorte de
lui obtenir le Guet. Tandis que je
m’occupai de toutes ces formalités, je la
rencontrai encore une fois et remarquai :
- A vrai dire, votre réac
on à tout ce qui
vous est arrivé se comprend. Mais obtenir
le divorce de votre ancien mari ne signifie
pas que vous devez divorcer de votre
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Renaissance
T
rois semaines. Cela peut paraître
bien court et pourtant il n’y a
peut-être pas de période dont le
déroulement semble aussi long que
celle-ci. C’est qu’il s’agit de ces trois
semaines-là qui s’écoulent entre le 17
Tamouz, jour de la première brèche
dans la muraille de Jérusalem, et le 9
Av, jour où le premier et le second
Temple furent détruits – le même
jour à des siècles de distance. Trois
semaines comme des jours lugubres
entre les limites d’un drame unique :
l’exil de la Présence Divine, l’exil du
peuple juif. Trois semaines sans fêtes,
chargées de marques de deuil. Faut-il
pourtant s’arrêter là ? Certes, la
ritualisaon des tragédies spirituelles
et
historiques
est
une
des
caractérisques du peuple juif, à la
fois cause et conséquence de sa
longue mémoire, fidélité au passé et
gage d’avenir. Mais le seul souvenir
du malheur n’est jamais une soluon.
Il ne doit être que l’élément
déclencheur qui permera de le
dépasser pour toujours. Que faut-il
donc faire de ce temps ?
L’histoire comme les textes nous
disent qu’il est celui de la destrucon.
A cela, il n’existe qu’un seul remède :
construire. Mais, dira-t-on, c’est de la
destrucon du Temple de Jérusalem
EDITORIAL
qu’il s’agit et, si nous espérons tous
que le troisième Temple se dresse
sans aendre sur sa colline au cœur
de la Ville Sainte dans l’harmonie
des naons et des peuples, force
est hélas de constater que, pour
l’instant, ce n’est pas le cas. Mais le
peuple juif sait depuis bien
longtemps que le livre et l’esprit
sont plus puissants que l’épée. Sa
propre existence l’a prouvé : les
grands empires, conquérants du
monde, ont disparu tandis que lui
déroule toujours le fil de son
histoire. C’est donc d’étude qu’il est
queson.
Etudier la structure du Temple dans
le texte de la Michna Midot, dans
les « Lois de la Maison d’élecon »
dans le Michné Torah de
Maïmonide, deux textes qui
existent en traducon française. Les
étudier et les connaître comme si
l’on était les bâsseurs du Temple,
c’est déjà le construire. En
connaître les chemins, c’est déjà le
parcourir. Voici donc un enjeu pour
la période : faire d’un temps de
drame un espace de découverte. Le
renouveau est toujours au bout de
l’effort. Ici, c’est de renaissance
qu’il s’agit.■
famille, de votre communauté, de la
Torah, de D.ieu !
nombreux enfants dans le chemin de la
Torah.
Elle m’écouta.
Et tout ceci avait été enclenché par le
Rabbi qui m’avait conseillé : «Allez à
Brisbane !»■
Rav Pinchas Woolstone – Sydney – JEM
Traduit par Feiga Lubecki
Une fois qu’elle reçut son Guet, elle
retourna aux États-Unis et s’inscrivit à
l’Université, ce qui était, bien sûr, bien
éloigné du style de vie de ses parents.
Mais à l’Université, elle fit connaissance
du Chalia’h Habad local, se mit à
fréquenter ses repas de Chabbat, à
discuter avec son épouse et, pe
t à pe
t,
redevint pra
quante.
Aujourd’hui, elle est remariée et élève ses