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Torah Portion Preview<br />
For Va’eira<br />
Shabbat beginning <strong>January</strong> 12 th , 2024<br />
Va-eira (God appeared) describes God instructing Moses to persuade Pharaoh to let<br />
the Israelites go. The text shows Moses as so humble that he found his own voice<br />
uninspiring. God allowed Moses' brother Aaron to help and armed them both with<br />
magical powers. Egyptian magician-priests so readily duplicated the first few of their<br />
artifices that Pharaoh failed to believe that Moses’ God had extraordinary power. Vaeira<br />
describes only four generations of Israelites in slavery while other Torah portions<br />
describe four centuries.<br />
Consistent scholarship since the nineteenth century has concluded that people from<br />
several traditions wrote the Torah. Accepting multiple traditions, we can resolve the<br />
discrepancy in the durations of slavery by concluding that different traditions had<br />
different standards of description. Both literary epics and social science exist to teach,<br />
but only the latter insists on accurate description. As Rabbi Joshua Mikutis discerns in<br />
The Mussar Torah Commentary, Va-eira teaches us the humility to find the “divine in<br />
this moment” despite our inherently capricious world. Moses failed ten times to<br />
persuade Pharaoh, but our Passover seders celebrate ultimate success. Despite<br />
inaccurate description, we get the inspiring instruction that accomplishing goals of<br />
historic or personal significance might require even ten failures.<br />
We invite all to come to synagogue in person or on Zoom on Friday night to hear<br />
a more in-depth interpretation from Rabbi Meeka (or this Sabbath's lay speaker). We<br />
also invite other views, interpretations, reflections, and even poems on each Torah<br />
portion. If you have something to contribute, please email it to<br />
RPC@templeadasshalom.org. This and prior previews can be found at Dr. David<br />
Dirlam's website by clicking on Changing Wisdoms Projects.<br />
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Mi Sheberakh * We Pray for Healing<br />
Anita Rosenzweig<br />
Barbara Chancey<br />
Daniel Hurst<br />
Elise Schipper<br />
Fred Belkin<br />
Gerri Bronk<br />
Harvey Malin<br />
Heather Mullis<br />
Herb Abrams<br />
Maddox Langbein<br />
Marcy Schirloff<br />
Marcy Werde<br />
Nancy Lever<br />
Natalie Litofsky<br />
Paula Mathai<br />
Ray Lee<br />
Roberta Burdette<br />
Steve Nohowel<br />
Recently Passed<br />
Louis (Lou) Abrams<br />
Father of our member Herb Abrams, passed away on the seventh morning of Hanukkah,<br />
December 14, after a week blessed with the company of his loving family. He would<br />
have reached 100 in June. Survived and beloved by his wife Ruth, brother Claude, his<br />
children, grandchildren, their spouses as well as his great-grandchildren.<br />
Yahrzeits Observed<br />
Arthur Salkovitz<br />
Remembered by Harvey Salkovitz<br />
Coleman Hamburger<br />
Remembered by Marjorie Sherman<br />
Dr. Alvin Louis Sirkis<br />
Remembered by Ivan, James, & Jennifer<br />
Sirkis<br />
Herbert Shapiro<br />
Remembered by Jamie Hyman<br />
Martha Sherman<br />
Remembered by Roger Sherman<br />
Morris Tossman<br />
Remembered by Marshall Rosin<br />
Selma Frank<br />
Remembered by Richard Frank<br />
Shirley Friedman<br />
Remembered by Elliot Larkin &<br />
Ellen Farkas<br />
Caring Committee Announcement<br />
Caring is about both the simchas and healing through support and community. Is there a<br />
moment you would like to share, privately or publicly?<br />
We want to be there for you so please let us know. Email caring@templeadasshalom.org<br />
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TAS/HJC Calendar of Events<br />
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY<br />
12 2 nd of Sh’vat 5784<br />
9:00am: SLAM Fitness<br />
13 3 rd of Sh’vat 5784<br />
Va’eira<br />
14 4 th of Sh’vat 5784 15 5 th of Sh’vat 5784<br />
MLK Day<br />
9:00am: SLAM Fitness<br />
4:44pm: Candle Lighting<br />
7:00pm: MLK Tribute<br />
Shabbat Evening Service<br />
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY<br />
16 6 th of Sh’vat 5784 17 7 th of Sh’vat 5784<br />
18 8 th of Sh’vat 5784<br />
9:00am: SLAM Fitness<br />
7:30pm: Adult Ed. Meeting<br />
7:00pm: Choir Rehearsal<br />
Upcoming Zoom Live Streamed Services & Events<br />
FAMILY SHABBAT & DINNER SERVICE<br />
Friday, <strong>January</strong> 19 th<br />
Dinner begins at 5:30pm; In-Person Service begins at 6:15pm; Live<br />
Streaming starts at 6:00pm-7:15pm<br />
Mazel Tov<br />
BIRTHDAYS<br />
12 th Brad Cogan * 12 th Rayna Drabinski * 12 th Mollie Kravitz-Yoffee * 13 th Henry Hoffman<br />
13 th David Dirlam * 14 th Amy Ratner * 17 th Toby Merriken * 18 th Frank Chancey * 18 th Shelley Feinman<br />
ANNIVERSARIES<br />
47 th Barbara & Robert Lynch<br />
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