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Baruch hashem
.The
Marina Shul - Beit
Menachem
2532
Lincoln Blvd, Marina del Rey , CA 90292. 310:305:3200
Parshat Chayei
Sara
Friday, November 21,
2008 - Cheshvan 23, 5769
Candle
Lighting: 4:29 Shabbat end 5:29
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Friday
eve. at 5:00 pm, Shabbat 10:00 am
Sunday
8:30 am ( followed by breakfast and the Living Torah
Video)
Monday
- Friday 6:45 am
Wednesday's
Torah class 8 pm
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a
New course at the Marina Shul
The
Essentials - a guide to Jewish life and living
starting
this coming Monday Nov. 24 for 6 weeks
please
call to Register
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Shabbat
Community Dinner
Friday,
Dec. 5th @ the Shul
please
call to rsvp
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CHAYEI
SARA
Isaac
was forty years old when he married Rebecca the daughter of
Bethuel” (Genesis 25:20). At
the age of ninety, after many decades of childlessness, Sarah
gave birth to her only child, Isaac. We can only imagine how
happy she would have been had she been given the opportunity
to rock one of Isaac’s children, her very own ainikel,
on her knee. Sarah, the very first yiddishe
mama, would certainly have taken great pleasure in
showing all her friends the baby pictures and videos of her
grandchildren... And besides the nachas
which every grandparent has from a grandchild, Sarah would
also have had great spiritual satisfaction from watching her
grandchildren as they grew up, as Isaac’s progeny
represented the future of the Jewish nation. Sarah and Abraham
toiled their entire lives to proclaim the importance of the
belief in One G-d. Isaac’s child would be the one to ensure
that this legacy would continue and flourish. But
Sarah never lived to see any grandchildren. She passed away
when Isaac was 37 years old -- three years before he married
Rebecca. Why did Isaac wait so long to marry? Why didn’t
Abraham, years earlier, consider sending his servant to fetch
a wife for him from his hometown in The
major event which occurred shortly before Isaac and
Rebecca’s wedding was the binding of Isaac on People
are naturally self-centered. Our own physical and spiritual
development and growth are foremost on our minds. This is not
necessarily evil; in fact, Jewish law recognizes the primacy
of a person’s own welfare over all other concerns --
including the interests of others. This preoccupation with
self, however, comes to a crashing halt when a person walks
down the wedding aisle. At that point, bride and groom wholly
commit themselves to each other. When a single person is on a
sinking boat, no one will blame him for running for the life
boats to save his own life, even if his friend might be asleep
in their cabin. But such a move is unthinkable for the married
person whose spouse is in need of assistance. Aside for their
commitment to each other, husband and wife are also committed
to an ideal which they both share and wish to perpetuate --
the establishment of a Jewish home, a home suffused with
holiness, a home where the Divine Presence is always welcome.
At this point, even the personal spiritual development of the
bride and groom becomes secondary to the goal for which they
are “sacrificing” themselves. The mundane task of changing
a diaper suddenly takes priority over the mother’s prayers
or the father’s study! Isaac
was not ready for marriage until he experienced firsthand the
concept of total self-sacrifice. Only then was he able to
appreciate marriage for what it really is, and create a
marriage which was the paradigm that all his descendents
attempt to emulate. Naftali S.
Wishing you Shabbat ShalomRabbi Yossi and Faigie Naparstek
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