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Yahrtzeiten Dec 17 Lisa Ratner vfrck oburfz Dec 15 • 3 Tevet Irene Goodman – Mother of Robert Goodman Sol Danoff – Father of David Danoff Dec 16 • 4 Tevet Leo Wallack – Father of Sharon Zoldan Laila Treadwell – Sister-in-law of Norma Rosen Jack Schwartz – Father of Elliot Schwartz Dec 17 • 5 Tevet Philip Fant – Father of Ray Fant Dec 19 • 7 Tevet Eugene Jacobs – Father of Howard Jacobs Fred Engel – Father of Joel Engel Dec 20 • 3 Tevet Anita Wertheim – Mother of Alex Wertheim Dec 21 • 9 Tevet Mark Kovenat – Father of Anat Kuperman Dec 22 • 10 Tevet Harriett Post – Mother of Ben Post Birthdays Anniversaries Dec 20 Judith & Neil Adelman (64) Dec 21 Sue & Jack Brown (43) Bea & Elliot Schwartz (60) Shabbat Kiddush Sponsored by: David & Marcia Danoff In memory of his father Sol Danoff Judy & Neil Adelman In honor of their anniversary Mavens: Rosalee Bogo & Steve Chizzik jna `skuv ouh Assisted by: Marcia Cohodes, Shelley Goodman, Lee Henson, Arlene Levin, Isabel Ramos, Liuva Sando, Eleanor Scheffler, Shep Scheinberg, Arleen Sivakoff, Joyce Toub and Sue Wasserman Sponsor a k ” z Kiddush cuy kzn Contact Arleen Sivakoff: dsivakoff@aol.com • 239.455.8811
Torah & Haftarah Readings: Shabbat Parshat Miketz: Genesis 41:53-43:15 (Cycle 2) (Etz Hayim p. 257) 1. 41:53-57 2. 42:1-5 3. 42:6-18 4. 42:19-28 5. 42:29-38 6. 43:1-7 7. 43:8-15 M. 44:14-17 (p. 269) Torah Commentary D’var Torah: Haftarah: I Kings 3:15-4:1 (p. 271) Wisdom, Discernment, and Truth - Bex Stern-Rosenblatt The story of the beginning of Solomon’s kingship is the haftarah for this parashah. Joseph and Solomon are linked. Both Joseph and Solomon are rulers of our people, paragons of how to lead. Yet in many ways, Solomon is nothing like Joseph. Solomon is King of the United Monarchy, of Israel and Judah, of our homeland. Joseph is secondin-command of Egypt, the place of our suffering. Solomon’s story takes him from chosen and beloved by God through turning into a near tyrant whose sons will rip apart the Kingdom. Joseph’s story is the inverse. He begins by alienating his brothers and causing family strife and becomes a humble servant of God who lovingly reunites his family. However, both Joseph and Solomon are noted for their wisdom. After interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams, Joseph tells Pharaoh to find a wise and discerning person and appoint him over Egypt. Pharaoh replies that there is no one so wise and discerning as Joseph and appoints him. Likewise, after God appears to Solomon in a dream, God grants him a wise and discerning heart. Indeed, it is their wisdom and discernment that qualifies Joseph and Solomon to be leaders. . Later, in Deuteronomy, Moses expounds on types of leadership and what qualifies a person for what sort of leadership. Unsurprisingly, he too is concerned with understanding and discernment. In his retelling of the time he appointed people under him to help him to judge cases, Moses explains that God told him to appoint wise and discerning men. But what is this wisdom we look for in leaders? What does it mean for a leader to be discerning? First, they must stand for truth and be able to uncover it. In our haftarah, Solomon presides over the terrible case of the two desperate mothers, one claiming the other had stolen her baby after accidentally killing her own. It is a horrible story. Solomon executes justice with wisdom. He enacts a believable threat, stating that he will cut the living child in two, giving half to each mother.
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