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INTERMEDIATE SHABBAT
Shemot/Exodus
33:12-34:26
Bamidbar/Numbers
28:19-25
Ezekiel
36:37-37:14
Happy Passover!
We are in the midst of our Pesach Holiday.
On the Hebrew calendar, this week is called Hol Hamoed, the
Intervening Days or Half-Holy Days. Pesach
begins on the fourteenth of Nisan, when the Passover Lamb was slain.
The days of the Passover begin here and end on the twenty-first of
Nisan. This festive season is
to remind us of the freedom and love that G-d has given to each and every
one of us. It is also a time
of preparation. G-d prepared
the people to meet Him on Har Sinai, Mount Sinai, where He created a
people who were to be set apart and holy, as He is holy.
In
this Torah portion, we again go over Parasha Ki Tisa (in Exodus 33:12).
G-d reveals to Moshe that He will have His presence among the
people and He will give them rest Also, the thirteen attributes of His mercy are given.
The
HafTorah portion gives us the picture of the dry bones, when Israel will
be resurrected after everything seems to be lost, as though she were dead.
Those who trust and receive the mercy of G-d will have His presence
in their midst.
We
are now in the season of the counting of the omer. At the end of the forty-nine days we will celebrate Shavuot,
the Feast of Weeks. At that
time, the Children of Israel became the Bride of G-d as they said they
will obey (I will, or I do).
As
we celebrate we must invite ALL to come and eat of the Passover.
In the Haggadah, we are exposed to the breaking of the matzah and
lifting it up before all. The heart-ships and cruelty of slavery under Pharaoh are
re-told. All under
oppressions, discouragement, downtrodden, poverty are invited to join us
in the Seder meal. Just as
the king sent his servants out to gather all those who would come to feast
at his table, so we are all invited to join the Most High King.
We look forward to the time when we will come together to the
Marriage Supper of the Lamb (Passover Seder).
Shavuah
Tov!
Hag
Sameach!
Rabbi Z
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