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Dear Friend
There is a famous story from the Midrash that relates to this week's Torah portion.
A very pious land-owner was punctilious about following the Torah's commandment togive one-tenth of his produce to the priests. When this
righteous Jew saw his end approaching, he called his son and heir over to him and cautioned, "The Alm-ghty has always been generous with us. I have always given 100 of our 1000 bushels to the priests. You must make sure to do the same."
That year, at harvest-time, the son followed his father's wishes. He gave 100 of the 1000 bushels as the tithe. The following year, however, he decided to "save" a little, and gave only 90 bushels. The
next year, strangely enough, the fields only produced 900 bushels. Having incurred such a tremendous loss, the son decided to only give 80 bushels that year. And, low and behold, the following year the fields only produced 800 bushels.
Year after year, this scene repeated itself, until the once lush and prosperous fields were only producing 100 bushels. The son had still not gotten the message. His friends and relatives tried to intervene.
They went to visit the son dressed in festive clothes, bringing along food and wine.
"We have come to celebrate your good fortune," they said.
"You mock me and my change of fate," he told them angrily.
"No," they contradicted him. "We have come to celebrate your elevated state," they said somewhat sarcastically. "You see, in the past, your father gave 10% of his produce, 100 bushels, to the priests, and the rest remained
for him. Now, it seems that G-d has elevated you to the status of priest. He is giving you the 100 bushels and keeping the rest for Himself."
No one ever became poor from giving charity. By giving charity we are assured that G-d's blessings will also be bestowed upon us generously.
Shabbat Shalom,
Areyah
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Parshat Re'eh
“
See,” says Moses to the people of Israel, “I place before you today a
blessing and a
curse”—the blessing that will come when they fulfill G‑d’s commandments, and the curse if they abandon them. These should be proclaimed on
Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal when the people
cross over into the Holy Land.
A
Temple should be established in “
the place that G‑d will choose to make dwell His name there,” where the people should bring their
sacrifices to Him; it is forbidden to make offerings to G‑d in any other place. It is permitted to slaughter animals elsewhere, not as a sacrifice but to eat their
meat; the blood (which in the Temple is
poured upon the altar), however, may not be eaten.
A
false prophet, or one who entices others to worship idols, should be put to death; an idolatrous city must be destroyed. The identifying signs for
kosher animals and fish, and the list of non-kosher birds (first given in Leviticus 11), are
repeated.
A tenth of all produce is to be eaten in Jerusalem, or else exchanged for
money with which food is purchased and eaten there. In certain years this
tithe is given to the poor instead.
Firstborn cattle and sheep are to be offered in the Temple, and their meat eaten by the kohanim (priests).
The mitzvah of
charity obligates a Jew to aid a needy fellow with a gift or loan. On the
Sabbatical year (occurring every seventh year), all loans are to be forgiven. All indentured servants are to be set free after six years of service.
Our Parshah concludes with the laws of the three
pilgrimage festivals—
Passover,
Shavuot and
Sukkot—when all should go to “
see and
be seen” before G‑d in the Holy Temple.
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