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FeaturesFebruary 11, 2011

Brightening The DarknessWhy do we have the opportunity to sinin the first place? Why did G-d createthe things which He, Himself, tells usare not good?

Rabbi Reuven Wolf

The Kabbalah Of MarriageIt is no small feat to unite man andwoman--two opposites as diverse asheaven and earth, heart and mind, theoryand practice.

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What a Difference A Year Makes

Now, families are most often on theirown. It is as if the schools are sayingto families go out and prove to us thatyour child needs help and we mightthen help you.

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One year ago, I was privileged tocoordinate a unique event inthe community. Jewish lead-

ers, parents, and educators gathered atTouro College in West Hollywood inearly March 2010 to learn about re-sources available in the community forchildren with special needs under fiveyears of age. Close to 100 gathered todiscuss school and community services.Speaker after speaker gave hope to par-ents that there are abundant resourcesfor their children. There was great ex-citement as the day ended. That was lessthan a year ago.

One year later…

Now, this year, when parents contactthe state agencies designed to help theirchildren, they are advised to call theirhealth insurance. Instead of getting thetreatment that can help their child, par-ents now often wait months on a waitinglist for an appointment with a specialist.The local Regional Center used to pro-vide two to three sessions weekly ofspeech, occupational, and physical ther-

apies to a child, for a total of six or moretherapy sessions total weekly. Now, afterstate cutbacks and the elimination ofservices, a child is lucky to get one ther-apy session, that is one session of onlyone kind a week. Young children withearly autistic-like symptoms now oftenget worse not better. With intensivespeech therapy, non-speaking two yearold children often rapidly gained speechskills, that is up until the current budgetcutbacks. Now, with less intensive serv-ices, time on waiting lists, and grouptherapy instead of individual therapy, orno therapy at all, treatment success isnow beyond the reach of many.

California had been a pioneer in earlychildhood treatment. A system of re-gional centers oversaw the Early StartProgram which administered a vast net-work of service providers. Publicschools had programs that were the envyof the nation. That was then…

Now, families are most often on theirown. It is as if the schools are saying tofamilies go out and prove to us that your

child needs help and we might then helpyou. As the services have been so dra-matically cut back, there is no advertisingor publicizing of resources in the com-munity. There are no community edu-cation programs like the one we had lastyear. Most parents now don’t even knowthat some services may be available.

I’m not naïve. Our state budget is incrisis. I know that the state has had tocut back. There simply is not enoughmoney for everything to continue as be-fore. But while children’s services aredecimated (or worse), other things go onin the state as if nothing has happened.

A single retired prison guard still mayget more than $200,000 a year in pen-sion. State law permits, I am told, re-tirees to get in pension 80% of theirhighest annual pay as their retirement aslong as they live. The year before retir-ing, a prison guard can sign up for hun-dreds of hours of overtime and build uphis final year’s pay. The 80% he thendraws in retirement is more than hemade per year in all but the final year be-

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What has prison guard re-tirement pay have to do withearly childhood services? The$200,000 typically made in asingle year by one retiredguard can pay instead for in-tensive speech and languageservices for 30 children. Thestate honors pension commit-ments, but commitments toyoung children no longerseem to matter.

The number of state em-ployee retirees receiving sixfigure pensions is now in thethousands. The legislatureand elected leaders refuse toaddress the growing problemof meeting these outsizedpensions. The pensions con-tinue, but services to youngchildren get eliminated. Thereare special interest groups tofight for the employees. Butwho fights for the three yearold child or her parent?

Was there previous waste inthe moneys spent for youngchildren? Yes. Parents oftenfought with attorneys for asmany services as possible.The zip codes showing themost services provided perchild were the wealthier zipcodes where families oftenhad many resources to drawon in their fight to help theirchildren. Children from poorworking families receivedfewer services than those whocould hire attorneys to fightthe state. This was not an ap-propriate way to determinewho would gain treatment.There needs to be a decision-tree based on research whichguides in the distribution oftreatment to be most effective.

There was a need for change,but not for virtual eliminationof services.

There needs to be research-based decision trees governingmany aspects of the statebudget and expenses. Weneed to take a look at the bestway to fund pensions. Weneed to eliminate loopholeswhere individuals earn farmore in retirement than theyever made on the job.

We need to reconsider otherareas of expense as well.While we cut classroom ex-penses that impact directly onthe children, we go on build-ing new schools at a recordpace because school buildingcomes out of different funds.Voter approved bonds enablenew school construction. Butonce a school is built, generalbudget funds must be used forelectricity and water at theschool, for an administrativestaff even before children at-tend the campus, and formany other expenses. Moneyis now being spent by the LosAngeles Unified School Dis-trict to operate empty schoolswithout a single student, whileactual money for students iscut.

I am reminded in the movie“Dave” when the man imper-sonating the President calls inhis friend, a small town ac-countant, to search in the fed-eral budget for money to cut.Using common sense, thisJewish CPA is able to cut mil-lions from the budget to comeup with money to pay for a de-sired program.

We need to reconsider theentire state budget, taking


Robert J. Rome, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in clinical practice in Encino, California. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Helping families with a disabled child is one of the importantappropriate uses of government resources. Because the ex-pense of helping the child is so great, we take a little from eachof us so that the child can be helped without bankrupting thefamily. Many times, we can even prevent a disability from oc-curring through early intervention and overcoming the prob-lem before it worsens. We can actually prevent disabilities

through proactive treatment. Helping a child with some prob-lems to develop from this point on in a totally normal and ap-propriate way is exciting. With a little proactive treatment now,we can prevent more serious problems later.

It has only been a year since the Jewish community cele-brated the wide array of services available to young childrenand their families. We can only hope and pray that treatmentservices for young children fully return and that soon we willagain have a day devoted to helping parents choose among themany resources available for their children. Amen.

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Nobody would ever counsel a coupleto have a strong argument every sooften. A disagreement isn’t helpful in arelationship, and can result in a seriousschism. Similarly, G-d doesn’t want usto sin. He commands us not to godown that path; to stay away from whatHe finds abhorrent, and to maintain ahealthy relationship with Him.

The Talmud states (Avoda Zara 4b)that the sin of the Golden Calf was anact far beneath the level of the Jewishpeople. Only a few days earlier, theystood at Sinai, where G-d spoke di-rectly to every Jew; He infused eachsoul with G-dly energy, and said “I amG-d.” Now, suddenly, they are drivento worship the graven image of a calf!?It was as if they were unfaithful duringtheir own wedding party! How was itpossible for them to sin? The Talmudexplains: They didn’t sin because oftheir own weakness; G-d created theperfect circumstances that made the sinirresistible to them. He increased theirevil inclination beyond its naturalstrength, and gave it a potency to over-whelm them, and push them into sin.

Why? The Talmud continues, and thecommentators explain: this occurred toprovide an opening for repentance.One who committed a grave sin mightdespair at the hopelessness of the situ-ation – that G-d cannot not accept re-pentance for it because the relationshipis damaged beyond repair. However,because G-d immediately accepted thesincere teshuva of the Jewish peoplefor their sin with the golden calf - a sinwhich represented the complete and ul-timate rebellion against G-d – there-fore, there is hope for anyone. Thesimple lesson is that a person can neverfalter beyond repair. The sin of thegolden calf is empowerment for any-one to teshuva, no matter what.

G-d is just. We must say that Hashemdid not cause an entire generation tosin and go through such pain and mis-ery, extreme spiritual loss, and then ne-cessitate thousands of years of

rectification just to help a few peoplein later generations. They did not vol-unteer to suffer for the benefit of oth-ers.

It’s clear that there is an even deeperlesson to be learned: We must say thatthis opening for teshuva, which wasgained through the incident of thegolden calf, was to the benefit of eventhat saintly generation. Through theirprocess of sin and a sincere return,they attained a level of relationshipwith G-d that was previously inacces-sible to them.

Our sages tell us that "In the placewhere baalei teshuva stand, even theperfectly righteous cannot stand" (Bra-chos 34b). What is the true power ofteshuva? The answer is connected tothe purpose of life.

Before birth, a person’s soul isplucked from the higher worlds. Thesespiritual realms are a place where the

light of G-d shines brightly, where thesoul can bask in its glory and relate toHim on a level that, down here, we cannever understand. Suddenly, the soulis thrown into our physical world, aplace of concealment, where G-d’spresence is hidden, and His radianceand glory are not apparent.

The purpose of this traumatic jour-ney is for each soul to do her part ofrevealing G-d’s presence in the physicalworld; to transform the seeminglymundane, physical world into a holyone, where G-dliness is fully revealedand G-d can dwell, or so-to-say, feel athome. The challenge is not primarilyfocused on bringing G-d here by draw-ing down the light from above. Rather,the ultimate purpose is to uncover the(unapparent) G-dliness that has alwaysbeen here, since the beginning.

As the Kabbalists teach us, within allphysical and spiritual matter, there is a

holy “spark.” It is the divine interestthat causes that particular phenome-non, substance or being to exist, G-d’sinvestment into that creation. Inheaven, truth is apparent, that G-d isthe only reality, and if something elseappears to exist, it is because in the vasteternal plan that G-d has for the uni-verse, it serves His desires and interests.The sparks shine brightly in heaven.

On our world, however, many thingsare covered and blocked by a klipa,which literally means shell, because itconceals the spark like the shell of anut covers and blocks the fruit inside.Because of the klipa, matter can appearto be isolated and disconnected fromG-d. Our job, as the Jewish people, isto peel away all of the shells and un-cover the inner G-dliness that is at thecore of every being. We accomplishthis in a very practical way: by applyingwhatever we can to the service ofG-d.

Many mundane things can be directlyrevealed through a mitzvah, like usingwood to make a sukkah, money fortzedakah, leather for tefillin, wool fortzitzis, or flour for challah. Some thingsare elevated in a more indirect way. Ourcars and our homes support us in theservice of G-d, as do our jobs and thefood we eat. By relating to our posses-sions and our relationships as meansand opportunities to serve Hashemand implement His wishes, we reintro-duce them into spirituality and bring tolight their innate holiness.

Certain things remain off-limits. TheTorah tells us what foods are notkosher, and what activities and relation-ships to refrain from. If G-d forbid, aperson gets involved with these things,a space is created that G-d will notmanifest Himself within. Eating non-kosher food, pursuing a forbidden re-lationship, or engaging in any other

Brightening the DarknessA deeper look into the mistakes we make


sinful activity supplies the klipa in our world with a powerfulenergy, and strengthens the blockages. Furthermore, by en-gaging and empowering them, they cover up our own soul’sability to relate to G-d. These negative activities and objectscannot facilitate divinity, and only increase darkness in theworld. G-d has clearly defined what He doesn’t want us to getinvolved with, and the best we can do with these things is topush them away.

The life of a tzaddik is purely within this domain - doingmitzvos, transforming the mundane aspects of the every-dayworld into something spiritual, and rejecting that which isnegative. The baal teshuva, however, has a much greater in-fluence on making this world holy than the tzaddik.

The true baal teshuva has returned to a place where thetzaddik will never venture. Yes, there is an absolute rule -G-d clearly says that some things that are despicable and dis-gusting to Him. They are antithetical to Him, and can neverjoin the realm of holiness. He warns us that if we persist andpursue them, He will be very unhappy with us, and our rela-tionship with Him will become blemished. But one who, forwhatever reason, has fallen into the unholy and the negative,has the opportunity to propel it into a pure and powerfulgood.

The Talmud tells us (Yoma 86b): “Great is Teshuvah! Foreven deliberate sins are transformed into good deeds.” Theimplications are astounding! A person (with the proper kindof teshuva) can not only erase his own sins, but completelytransform them into mitzvos! The very same negative energythat only moments ago was disgusting to G-d, has been pu-rified and transformed into an active channel for G-dly light!

Why do we have the opportunity to sin in the first place?Why did G-d create the things which He, Himself, tells us arenot good? Because without them, we wouldn’t have thechoice to do the right thing. We would be no different thanthe angels of the higher worlds, who see and experienceG-dliness in every aspect of their existence. They have nofree will – G-d is their only reality. The negative things thatwe are drawn to and experience in our world, which we arecommanded to stay away from, are ultimately only here topush us towards the good things we are supposed to interactwith.

The mitzvos are G-d telling us, so-to-say, who He is. Forexample, when Hashem commands us to wear Tefillin, or tolight Shabbos candles, it is because, on some level, He enjoysit. Obviously we must understand that mystically, behind theleather straps, or the candles, these mitzvos draw forth a verydeep, divine energy and pleasure that we cannot comprehend.In our world, we are given only a physical representation ofthe divine Will, so we can relate to it in some way. By doingHashem’s mitzvos, we connect to Him and His interests eventhough we don’t necessarily see what is truly taking place.

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Similarly, when we are commanded to stay away fromsomething, it is because of the “divine distaste“ for it, be-cause it doesn’t represent the truth and oneness of G-d. Al-though, evil doesn’t even truly exist, it’s strictly a façadecreated to challenge us, and make us better through avoidingit.

G-d gives us a full buffet of choices, but He only wants usto choose Him. We must work to be sharp enough to recog-nize that everything else is completely false, and to com-pletely reject it. When a person embraces the truth, it has ahuge impact on the world. He reveals Hashem in the world.All the more so when a Tzaddik does it. Furthermore, by re-jecting the unholy, ultimately, we completely dissipate its ex-istence.

What happens, if G-d forbid, someone does sin? The per-son enters a zone that is devoid of truth, and ultimately, ex-istence - literally experiencing a taste of death. However,simultaneously, a very powerful opportunity presents itself.Because this soul, an entity of truth, has separated herselffrom G-dly reality and entered into a space that’s dark, onewhere G-d is blocked, and the truth is gone, she is nowyearning for it. The soul is thirsting for divine light, but itcan’t access G-dliness because a barrier has been put up.

A klippa which was energized by the sin now stands in theway. The bigger the sin, the less experiential G-d becomes inour lives. That’s why, G-d forbid, if someone sins, it’s be-comes harder to pray, more difficult to experience the joy ofShabbos, and generally challenging to feel the connection ofG-d to our everyday lives.

Nonetheless, as the sinner covers up the soul and createsthe blockages, simultaneously the soul is intensifying heryearning to reconnect with G-d. The more isolated and dis-connected a person gets, the greater the longing of the soul.This ache might simmer quietly for a long time under therubbish.

Eventually, there will come a time, without question, thatthis soul can no longer cope with her detachment. She willerupt with a desperate force of desire and passion for G-dwith an intensity that a tzaddik cannot have because the tzad-dik always quenches his thirst. G-d is always accessible tohim.

The baal teshuva, who entered into the realms of death,visited the muck of the world and interacted with it, wasdrawn back to Hashem with a greater passion than ever be-fore, because of it!

Sometimes in a marriage, a couple experiences their deepestconnection only after a quarrel. As a result of a poor choiceof words or disagreeable behavior, their relationship may ex-perience coldness and a separation. If they have true love,however, as a result of that separation there is a greater

yearning to reunite, and when the couple does make up, theresulting bond makes the relationship deeper and stronger.The original act itself was bad. Now, after the reconciliation,looking back on it, the act brought them to a deeper connec-tion. It was ultimately and effectively a positive part of theirconnection and not part of a disconnection.

All of this is possible because it is a result of the sin andthen teshuva of the golden calf. Even the eruv rav - themixed multitude of tag-alongs that instigated the sin - wereforgiven and elevated because of it. They reached spiritualheights that would otherwise have been impossible

The fact is that many times a disagreement doesn’t lead toreconciliation, but only to destruction. Sin is very dangerousand not a correct path to choose. G–d tells us not to go there,He commands us to stay away. He warns us that it will bringboth physical and spiritual pain and suffering, and it does.However, the potential and the possibility exists that if, G-dforbid, a person does sin, he or she will be able to achieve adeeper and stronger connection to Hashem, one that a tzad-dik doesn’t have.

No matter what happens to us, or what choices we makein our lives, we are on a journey moving towards a deeperconnection with Hashem. G-d forbid, we ought never to sin,and we must run away from it. Then again, looking back atour mistakes, we must realize that we have the power to notonly erase the past but to redefine it, and turn all of our bag-gage into propelling forces that forever deepen and intensifyour relationship with G-d.

May we all see the ultimate transformation of all darknessinto light very quickly, with the coming of Moshach.

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Excerpt from "The Parsha In My Life" class by Rabbi Reuven Wolf. Maayon Yisroel was founded by Rabbi Reuven Wolf, a renowned educa-tor and inspiring lecturer who has devoted his life to reaching out andrekindling the spirit of Yiddishkeit in his fellow Jew. Over the past five

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Marriage is a prettybizarre concept. Itmust have been

G-d's idea. Who else could think ofsuch a wacky plan like bringing togethertwo opposites and putting them underone roof to share a life? And who elsecould invent an institution as beautifuland powerful as marriage? It's wacky--but it works. It is precisely its absurditythat makes marriage an experience notto be missed.

One of the most exciting aspects ofmarriage is the discovery of the pro-found differences between men and

women, and learning how they comple-ment each other. These differences arenot just biological. On every level ofour being--intellectual, emotional, psy-chological and spiritual--men andwomen seem to be from different plan-ets.

You don't have to be married to real-ize this. We see it in our parents, our sib-lings, and our friends. But only inmarriage do you start to appreciate andenjoy these differences. What you madefun of in your little sister you may lovein your wife; and the things that madeyour brother an obnoxious brat couldmake your husband into the man you

love.

But we should ask: what is it thatmakes us different? Is it just social con-ditioning that makes a man a man anda woman a woman, or are we born thatway? Is masculinity a hormone, a feel-ing, or a way men are educated? Arewomen trained to be feminine or dothey innately know how themselves?

There are many theories on the gen-der issue. In the works of Jewish mys-ticism, or Kabbalah, the question isdealt with extensively. The Kabbalah'sapproach is both unique and revolu-tionary. It says that the source of

male/female identity is beyond both na-ture and nurture. It is our very soul. Menand women have totally different soul-roots, and that is why they are different.

In Kabbalistic terms, men's soulscome from the world of divine tran-scendence; women's souls come fromthe world of divine immanence.Transcendence is the divine quality ofbeing beyond; immanence is the equallydivine quality of being present. Theseare the male and female aspects of theDivine, and are reflected in man andwoman respectively down here in thehuman realm.

Although every individual is uniqueand we don't all fit into over-simplifieddefinitions, in a general sense there is aclear distinction between male and fe-male spiritual postures. Their diversesoul-sources translate into two very dif-ferent personas. Perhaps it can be ex-pressed like this:

Men are more removed souls; theyare geared to provide the direction inthe relationship.

Women are more involved souls; theyhave the capacity to bring presence tothe marriage.

This becomes clear as we analyze and

contrast the respective natures of menand women. There are certain situationsin which this contrast becomes moreobvious and exaggerated. Let's look ata few examples.

In the lead up to their wedding,Joanne complains that Eddie doesn’tseem so excited. When it comes tochoosing the menu, Eddie tells Joannethat she can decide on her own--he re-ally doesn't mind if the salad is servedwith French or Italian dressing. Thecolor scheme is totally up to her, he'llgo along with whatever she likes, evenif it's mauve (he's not even sure what'mauve' is). Joanne is running to see

The Kabbalah of Marriage

A Wild Idea


how the invitations turned out, andEddie doesn't even bother to look atthem. When she shows them to him hedoesn't even notice the watermark inthe paper that spells their names in cal-ligraphy. Any mention of the weddingand she is overcome with excitement;meanwhile he hasn't even bought a suityet.

Eddie can't help it. It isn't that he isn'texcited--he is, in his own way. But Eddieis a man. He is excited to get married,but for him getting married has nothingto do with a menu or decorations. It isan event--the details don't interest him.But for Joanne, every detail of the wed-ding makes the event. In each detail isthe stamp of her personality. She is in-volved. He is removed.

Another example: Adam and Lisa justattended a self-help lecture. The speakerspent an hour and a half suggestingstrategies to improve your life. Lisa ison fire, inspired, and ready to start im-plementing major changes in her life.Adam is still wondering how much thespeaker gets paid per appearance. Whenasked how he found the speech, he re-sponds with words like "interesting,""well-presented," "entertaining"--all dis-tant and impersonal assessments. Lisamay or may not ever change her life, butshe definitely thought about it. ForAdam, the ideas were good, but itwould take time and great effort to evenrealize that those ideas may apply tohim too. Adam is removed. Lisa is in-volved.

Raymond and Tammy are togetherreading this very article. By the look onTammy's face you can see exactly whatshe is feeling. She is infuriated. All thesegeneralizations and blanket statementsabout men and women. I don't fit intothese stereotypes! After three para-graphs she walks away. "I can't read thisjunk," she says. Raymond, not hearingher outburst or noticing her departure,reads on. His face is mostly blank--theonly reaction he offers is a slight raiseof the eyebrows. He finishes the article,

not even realizing that this paragraphwas written about him, and moves onto look at the advertisements. He mayhave agreed with the article, or maybenot. You would have to ask him to findout. Raymond is removed. Tammy is in-volved.

Tammy is right. We don't all fit exactlyinto these molds. In fact, we each haveelements of both gender groups--ourmale and female sides. But in a generalway, there is a male and a female atti-tude. The male is removed and aloof.The female is present and involved.

There is nothing wrong with either at-titude. Each has its advantages and dis-advantages. Sometimes it's good to beremoved. When it comes to seeingthings in context and making judg-ments, aloofness and objectivity are es-sential. You can only see things for whatthey really are when you remain outsideof them; once you are involved you canno longer see the big picture. This is thestrength of the male soul--distance thatallows objectivity.

But objectivity has its downside too.You'll get nowhere if you stay on thesidelines of life and remain a spectator.To be alive and real means getting in-volved, and for this you need to comedown out of the world of theory andimmerse yourself in the moment. Thisis where the female element comes in.It is her sense of involvement and pres-ence that gives life colour and person-ality. It is the woman who makes lifereal and vibrant, who takes things fromthe analytical to the experiential, fromtheory to practice.

Marriage is the ultimate partnershipbetween the two worlds of immanenceand transcendence. By each partnerlearning to share his/her unique per-spective while appreciating and con-necting to the other's parallelperspective, husband and wife becomea perfect balance of complimentaryuniverses. The man guides the woman,the woman leads the man. Man gives

perspective, woman gives experience.One without the other is an incompletepicture. Together, they form a unit thathas the best of both worlds.

With this definition of male and fe-male we can understand two ancientJewish traditions. In the days before thewedding, it is customary for the groomto be called up to the Torah in syna-gogue, and for the bride to immerse ina Mikvah. On the surface, these two ac-tivities seem worlds apart. Saying bless-ings over a Biblical scroll and dunkingin a ritual pool hardly resemble eachother. Why such diverse practices forman and woman?

Perhaps one answer is that these actsare a way for bride and groom to plugin to their respective spiritual sources,to emphasize and nurture the uniquecontributions each party will bring tothe future marriage. The man is to pro-vide direction and stability to the mar-riage, so he plugs in to the ultimatesource of direction and stability--theTorah. The woman is to bring vitalityand experience to the union, so she im-merses in life-giving waters. His is an actof theory--a reading. Hers is an act oftotal envelopment–-an immersion. Hehas connected to the source of tran-scendence; she to the fountain of im-manence.

It is no small feat to unite man andwoman--two opposites as diverse asheaven and earth, heart and mind, the-ory and practice. We prepare ourselvesby first dipping into our respective spir-itual sources--the holy words of Torahand the sacred waters of Mikvah. At theChuppah, a canopy of divine light fusesour souls together as one. Then, afterthe wedding, we have a lifetime to learnhow to work together and discover thewonder and beauty of two worlds be-coming one.

A pretty wild idea. A pretty good one,too. •

By Aron Moss


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adorn the Kohanim who serve, in beau-tiful vestments that both symbolizedeep spirituality while depicting splen-dor and glory. You need more thangolden threads and fine tapestry. Youneed more than the ability to weaveand design ornate garments. You needdevotion, and you need heart. Not or-dinary heart. Not the heart that pen-nant winners have or athletic coachescall for. You need a special type ofheart. You need a heart filled with wis-dom -- Divine wisdom. That is whyHashem commands Moshe to gather"all the wise-hearted people whom I have in-vested with a spirit of wisdom" to make thepriestly garments (Exodus 28:1).

But the Torah is unclear. Were theseselect people Divinely ordained with aspirit of wisdom for this particularmission, or were intrinsic "wise-hearted" people imbued with an extra

"spirit of wisdom"?

If the former is correct, then whatdid Hashem add? And if all their wis-dom was divinely-gifted, then whydidn't Hashem simply ask Moshe to"gather all the people in whom I haveinvested a spirit of wisdom"?

Rav Sholom Shwadron, the Magidof Jerusalem, of blessed memory,once told a story about the famedDubno Magid, Rabbi Yaakov Kranz.

The Dubno Magid once spoke in atown and a few maskilim (members ofthe enlightenment movement) at-

tended. After the talk one ofthe cynics, who was totally un-affected by the warm and in-

spiring message, approached thefamed Magid. "The sages tell us,"began the skeptic, "'that words fromthe heart, penetrate the heart.' Rabbi,"he snickered, "I assume that youspoke from your heart. Your words,however, have had no impact on mewhatsoever! How can that be? Whydidn't your words penetrate myheart?"

Rabbi Kranz smiled. In his usualfashion, he began with a parable. "Asimpleton once went by the workplaceof a blacksmith, who was holding alarge bellows. After a few squeezes,the flames of the smith's fire dancedwith a rage. The man, who alwaysfound it difficult to start a fire in hisown fireplace, marveled at the con-traption. He immediately went andpurchased the amazing invention. En-tering his home, he smugly an-nounced, "I just discovered how tomake a raging fire with the simplesqueeze of a lever!"

He set a few logs in the cold fire-place and began to push the two endsof the bellows together. Nothing hap-pened. The logs lay cold and lifeless.Embarrassed, the man returned to theblacksmith and explained his predica-ment. "I want a refund!" he shouted.This blower doesn't work!"

"You yokel," laughed the experi-enced blacksmith. "You were blowingon cold logs! You must start a smallfire on your own! If you don't startwith a spark, a fire will never erupt!"

The Magid turned toward the maskiland sadly shook his head sadly. "Ifthere is no spark, the largest bellowswill not make a fire."

In telling Moshe whom to choosePARSHAS TETZAVEH

The Heart Before The Force


for the sacred task of designing the Mishkan, the Torahtells us how G-d invests. He wants people that were im-bued with a ruach chachmah - a sprirt of wisdom. But heprefaces the statement by telling us how one receives spir-itual wisdom. The gift of spiritual wisdom does not go tojust anyone. Hashem looks for those who have wisdomof heart. Those who understand what it means to be kind,compassionate, and loyal. Those who have the devotionto His will and the desire for more enlightenment get Hisordination. The people who were imbued with Hashem'sDivine spirit previously had a spark. And from that sparkgrew a force - a Divine force - that propelled wise heartsinto a Divine spirit of wisdom.

Hashem tells us that we must begin the process on ourown. If we supply the heart, He will supply the power tohave deep, spiritual, even holy insight. He will supply theforce. We must make sure, however, that we put the heartbefore the force. •

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WOMEN's PROGRAM to be heldat Young Israel of Hancock Park

The National Council of Young Israel, together with theRabbinical Council of California and the Young Israel ofHancock Park, will present an exciting lecture for womenon Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 7:30 PM. The program,which is entitled “A Happy Family Order: What do wewant for our children? What do they need from us? willtake place at the Young Israel of Hancock Park, which is lo-cated at 225 South La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, Califor-nia. The special guest speaker at the February 13thprogram will be renowned educator Rebbetzin BrachaGoldberger, Kehillas Tiferes Yisroel, Baltimore, MD andmember of the Faculty, Maalot Seminary, Baltimore, MD.The program is open to all women and girls, and admissionis free. For more information about “A Happy FamilyOrder: What do want for our children? What do they needfrom us?

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TEACHER FROM HARKHAM HILLEL HEBREW ACADEMY

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FROM BJE & MILKEN FAMILY FOUNDATION

On October 20 and 21, fourteachers from BJE-accreditedJewish Day Schools in Los Ange-les were presented with JewishEducator Awards by the MilkenFamily Foundation.

Educators from Harkham Hil-lel Hebrew Academy, AbrahamJoshua Heschel Day School, Val-ley Beth Shalom Harold M.Schulweis Day School, andMilken Community High Schoolwere publicly recognized fortheir significant contributions toexcellence in education at sur-prise, school-wide assemblies attheir respective schools.

The 2010 award recipients include Dalia Golan, an elementary school HebrewLanguage Specialist at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy. Dalia Golan, who hastaught at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy for 17 years, is recognized as an ex-emplary educator at Hillel and throughout the community. Credited with suc-cessfully launching Hillel’s comprehensive Hebrew Language immersionprogram, Golan teaches Hebrew Language to 4th and 5th grades and is the co-ordinator of the Elementary School Hebrew Language Department. Her mas-tery of Hebrew Language instruction coupled with expertise in creatinginteractive lessons using the latest technologies, keep her in high demand as aprofessional development presenter. Devoted to making Israel come alive at Hil-lel, Golan chairs the LA-Tel Aviv Partnership Program overseen by The JewishFederation of Greater Los Angeles and coordinates the Bat Ami Program.

The Milken Family Foundation, in cooperation with BJE, established the Jew-ish Educator Awards program in 1990 as an adjunct to the Foundation's MilkenNational Educator Awards program. Each year, representatives from the MilkenFoundation and BJE meet to select exemplary educators for special recognition.In December, the Milken Family Foundation presented each winner with $15,000prizes at a community-wide luncheon hosted by the Foundation. This year’sawards were presented by Lowell Milken, President of the Milken Family Foun-dation and by Richard Sandler, Executive Vice President of the Foundation. Dr.Gil Graff, also part of the awards presentations, commented: “The Milken Fam-ily Foundation stands at the forefront of honoring the importance of educatorsin our society. Recipients of the Milken Foundation’s Jewish Educator Awardsrepresent the excellence that is at the heart of Jewish Day School education.”•

For more information about BJE, visit www.bjela.org. To learn more about the Milken Family Foundation, visit www.mff.org

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(Jerusalem, January 17, 2011) Nefesh B’Nefesh, theAliyah organization which works in close cooperationwith the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry ofImmigrant Absorption, has teamed up with Presen-Tense, a Jewish organization dedicated to training so-cial entrepreneurs, to engageadults in five cities acrossNorth America through apanel discussion entitled “In-novation Israel: Shaping Is-rael’s Future Today.” Theweek-long road trip is in-tended to engage Israel-conscious members of theDiaspora community in discussion about socialchange in Israel through innovative entrepreneurship.

Three active social entrepreneurs - Elyssa Moss-Ra-binowitz, Romi Shamai and Chaim Landau, who werechosen for their inspiring contributions to socialchange in Israel, will embark on a week-long road tripthat will take place in the second week of Februaryin Philadelphia, Boston, Toronto, LA and New York.

Each event will begin with a networking session fol-

lowed by a panel discussion where the entrepreneurswill introduce their various projects and the impactthey are making on Israel, as well as explain their vi-sion for the country over the next few years. Follow-ing the panel discussions, the floor will be open for

participants to share their ownthoughts and experiences.

“This is a great opportunityto create dialogue among Jew-ish young professionals fromNorth America and Israel andhelp foster and cultivate Israel-

related social ideas and initiatives,” said Marc Rosen-berg, Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh’s One AliyahDepartment. “We believe that this will help maintainIsrael awareness and consciousness in the minds offuture leaders in the Jewish world.”

The participants will be blogging and tweeting (#In-novateIL) throughout the road trip, and the Philadel-phia and New York events will be streamed live. Thiscan all be viewed at: www.nbn.org.il/innovate

NEFESH B’NEFESH AND PRESENTENSE LAUNCHSOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ROAD TRIP ACROSS N. AMERICA

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Renana Levine, 212-203-0071 / [email protected]

Founded in 2002, Nefesh B’Nefesh in cooperation with the Israeli government and the Jewish Agency for Israel, is dedicated to revitalizingAliyah from North America and the UK by removing or minimizing the financial, professional, logistical and social obstacles of Aliyah.The support and comprehensive social services provided by Nefesh B'Nefesh to its 25,000 newcomers, has ensured that 97% of its Olimhave remained in Israel. www.nbn.org.il

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PARSHAS KI SISA

Masked Emotions


In what is probably themost anti-climactic eventin Jewish history, the na-

tion that was about to receive theTorah from Moshe turns away fromthe will of Hashem. After 40 daysthey begin to worry that Moshe willnever return and they panic. They cre-ate a new leader for themselves -- TheGolden Calf..

The Torah describes the scene inExodus 32:6: "The people offered (the calf)peace offerings and they sat down to eat anddrink and they got up to revel."

Hashem immediately commandsMoshe to descend Mount Sinai inorder to admonish his corrupt nation.As Moshe comes down the mountainhe hears tumultuous shouts emanat-ing from the people who were cele-brating their new found deity. Hisstudent, Yehoshua, also hears thesounds and declares (Exodus 32:17)"the sound of battle is in the camp."Moshe listens and amends the theory.He tells Yehoshua, "It is not the soundof victory, nor the sound of defeat: I hearthe sound of distress." When Moshe seesthe Golden Calf he breaks theTablets and restores order, sanity, andthe belief in Hashem.

What is strange about the episode is

the contrast of the sounds made andthe sounds heard. If the Jewish Peo-ple reveled and celebrated then whydid Yehoshua hear sounds of war andhow did Moshe hear sounds of dis-tress? They should both have heardthe sound of celebration and festiv-ity.

Rav Chaim of Sanz had a custom:he would test the local children on amonthly basis. The children would re-cite orally from the Mishnah or Tal-mud and Rav Chaim would rewardthem generously with sweets andmoney. Once a group of secular Jewsdecided to dupe Rav Chaim. Theytaught a Talmudic selection to a gen-tile child and reviewed it with himuntil he knew it perfectly. Theydressed him like a Chasidic child andhad him stand in line with all theother children to be tested.

The rabbi listened to the young boyintently. The other children were puz-zled: they did not remember this boyfrom their cheder, yet they wereamazed at the remarkable fluency hedisplayed in reciting his piece. RavChaim was not impressed at all. Heturned to the young man and said,"please tell your father that there arebetter ways to earn a few coins!" Withthat he dismissed the child.

The secularists were shocked. "Howdid the Rabbi know?" Their curiosityforced them to approach Rav Chaim.Rav Chaim smiled as he answeredthem. "There are two ways to say theGemorah. One is filled with spiritual-ity. The child's body is swaying andfilled with the emotion of Torah. Theother is just repetitive rote. Thisyoung man lacked the fire and thetrue joy that the Jewish children havewhen learning Torah. I knew he wasnot one of ours."

The Jews got up to revel around thegolden calf. Moshe and Yehoshuahowever knew the difference betweentrue joy -- simcha -- and confusion.The Jews revel were in essence dis-tressed but it was masked with drinksand noise makers. True joy is coupledwith a certainty and a sense of direc-tion; something lacking for those Jewscelebrating the idol. The Jews mayhave gotten up to celebrate, but it wasno celebration. It may have lookedlike a party to the untrained eye, butMoshe knew the true sound of joy. Itdid not exist with the Golden Calf.True joy is the harmony of spiritualityand contentment. Superficial soundsof euphoria and celebration are heardby those with true insight as soundsof battle and distress. •

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