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Parshat Shelach June 29, 2019 26 Sivan 5779

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Torah: Page 631 Ch 15, V 8 Maftir: Page 633, Ch 15, V 37 Haftorah: Page 635

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Today’s congregational kiddush is sponsored by Eda Weltman, Susan Weltman & Seymour Hershenfeld, Rose & Howard Kardish and families honouring the yahrzeit of Leon Arie Weltmanz’’l, and by Margo & David Kardish honouring the yahrzeit of David’s late

mother, Eva Kardish and celebrating their 45th Wedding Anniversary. Kiddush will take place in the Belzberg Weisberg

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Mazel Tov to the Sharpe and Lechem Families on the recent marriage of Ryan and Lara. Mazel Tov to Gayle and Perry

Glazier on the engagement of their son Jordan to Laura, daughter of Marilyn & Jerry Cukier.

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CANDLE LIGHTING & SERVICE TIMES: Friday, June 28 Light Candles at 8:46pm Saturday, June 29 Shabbat ends at 9:54pm Monday, July 1 – Canada Day Morning Service begins at 9am Friday, July 5 Light Candles at 8:44pm

Daily Minyan (M-F) begins at 7:30am; Sunday at 9:00am Shabbat Mornings – Service begins at 9:30am

If you are a member of Beth Radom in need of a Minyan to say Kaddish PLEASE contact the shul office at least a week or two in advance so we can make the necessary arrangements.

Support Beth Radom and show your appreciation to fellow members by sponsoring the breakfast. Sponsorships are receipted for tax purposes! Please attend morning services as regularly as possible to help achieve a minyan each day.

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CHECK OUT BETH RADOM’S MUSEUM AND GALLERY Have you seen our new video display? It’s on our website! Does your family have things to add to this museum? We appreciate donations of plaques, photos, paperwork, hand written letters, booklets, flyers, old landing papers – anything related to the once thriving, Jewish, City of Radom. And of course we are looking for funding streams to expand the presentation space. Contact Allan afryman@rogers.com for more information.

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OLUNTEERING at BINGO is FUN!

New volunteer opportunities are here! If you are age 18 or older

and interested in being a volunteer, please contact the shul office.

office@bethradom.com or 416-636-3451x24

Our summer schedule can be viewed at www.bethradom.com/bingo.html#

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Prayer For Healing

Mi she berach avoteinu , רך׃ ינו מי שב אבות

M'kor hab'racha l'imoteinu ינו מקור הברכה לאמות

May the source of strength, who blessed the ones before us;

Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing.

and let us say: Amen.

Mi she berach imoteinu, רך׃ ינו מי שב אמות

M'kor hab'racha l'avoteinu ינו מקור הברכה לאבות

Bless those in need of healing with refuah sh’lema

The renewal of body, the renewal of spirit, and let us say: Amen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

RABBI: Rabbi Dr. Geoffrey Haber rabbi.haber@bethradom.com CANTOR: Jeremy Burko cantorj@bethradom.com PRESIDENT: Ronald Lindsay president@bethradom.com GABBAI: Mark Vernon mark@bethradom.com DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION: Cindy Kozierok cindy@bethradom.com ADMINISTRATOR: Miriam Sharpe miriam@bethradom.com

We wish Refuah Sh’lema to: Noam Haber

Joe Levitan Bela Davidson Howie Meyer Anice Stark Allan Fryman Joel Zeger Rose Rosenbaum Phillip Shadlesky Gerald Robinson Abe Swimmer Rosa Weisberg Ilse Matheus Ruth Leichner Janice Rothman Morton Allen Cohen

If you know Beth Radom members who would benefit from Clergy outreach or should be part of our Refuah Sh’lema list, please

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With Reverence, We Honour The Yahrzeits Of: Leon Weltman Late Father of Susan Weltman Late Husband of Ida Weltman Hertel / Sam Leibovici Late Father of Edna Gelbard Daniel Victor Sturges Late Father of Florence Lang Eva Kardish Late Mother of David Kardish Linda Lindsay Late Wife of Ronald Lindsay Late Mother of Lauren Lindsay Max Cooper Late Father of Larry Cooper

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Happy Birthday Wishes To: Steven Freedman

Ilse Matheus David Cordovi Kira Gelbard Michael Kreidstein Derek Vernon Allan Tameshtit Jeffrey Steinberg Zoe Birnbaum Clive Jacobsohn

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Happy Anniversary Wishes To:

Richard & Anjie Tarek-Kaminker 24th Anniversary David & Margo Kardish 45th Anniversary Steven & Samantha Axmith 13th Anniversary David & Jody Shapiro 24th Anniversary Stewart & Kathy Fleming 24th Anniversary Elliot & Shayna Lavi 8th Anniversary Allen (Avi) & Eva Nightingale 37th Anniversary Clive & Lauren Jacobsohn 15th Anniversary

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THE BLESSING FOR STUDY: Barukh attah Adonai ברוך אתה ה Eloheinu melekh ha-olam ינו מלך-העולם אלהasher qidshanu b'mitzvotav אשר קדשנו במצותיו v'tzivanu la-asoq b'divrei Torah. י-תורה וצונו לעסק בדבר

Praised are you Adonai, our God, eternal Sovereign of the Universe, Who sanctified us with [God's] commandments

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RABBINIC REFLECTIONS—PARSHAT “SHELAH LEKHA” Rabbi Dr. LCDR Geoffrey Haber, MA, DMin, DD (Hon.) Dear Congregants, while I am away serving my Active Duty Tour with the US Navy Pacific Fleet, I want to share the words of my colleague, Rabbi Gustavo Kraselnik, in place of my Torah commentary: You don’t have to be an expert in espionage strategy or a James Bond film fanatic to know that sending twelve spies on one mission is not a smart decision. If the success of the mission depends on discretion, sending a full dozen assures a calamitous ending. Forty years in the wilderness, one year for each day of the mission (Num. 14:·4), is the serious consequence of a badly sketched out plan executed even more poorly, such as it appears in this week’s Torah portion, that it almost brought about the end of the emerging history of our people. According to the beginning of our portion, the proposal to send twelve spies to cover the Promised Land came from God (Num. 13:1-2): “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 'Send men that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a prince among them.” When they returned, ten out of twelve gave an extremely negative report, increasing the frustration of the people. On the other hand, Joshua ben Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim, and Caleb ben Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah, believed in the feasibility of the conquest. Their words could not prevent a new seditious outbreak amongst the Israelites. Forty years later, speaking to the new generation born in the wilderness, Moses recounts a different version of the origin of the mission. There, he points out that the initiative to send spies came from the people and that he took on the responsibility for executing it (Deut. 1:22-23): “And you came to me every one of you, and said: 'Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us back word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.' And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe…” The Midrash (Bamidbar Rabba 16:8) harmonizes both versions, punctiliously interpreting the first words of our portion: Shelach Lecha, “send on your behalf,” that is, God says: “On your behalf (and not on Mine), I have told you that the land is good

and that I will deliver it to you. If you need human confirmation, go on, send spies.” For the sages, it is clear that the idea came from the people, and also that it was not good. Twelve spies going unnoticed is not an easy task and require divine help. In that direction, another Midrash (Tanhuma Shelach 7) affirms that God sent a plague to the land of Canaan so that its inhabitants, busy burying their dead, would not pay attention to the Israelite delegation. Another way our teachers expressed their criticism of Moses’ plan emerges from the selection of the Haftarah that complements our portion. Taken from chapter 2 of Joshua, it recounts the unexpected events the two spies (only two) sent to Jericho had to endure in order to obtain information and achieve local logistic support for the subsequent conquest. The contrast between both stories captures Moses’ less than intelligent decision. We could ask ourselves what was it that led the great leader, Moses, to execute this ill-conceived proposal. The beginning of the march through the wilderness was not a bed of roses. On the contrary, it turned out to be a path riddled with thorns. As we read in the last portion, the logical difficulties of the journey provoke protests from the people, jealousy against Moses, and even a feeling of homesickness towards returning to Egypt. Perhaps, tired of this situation, disillusioned and disappointed by the lack of understanding on the part of the people, Moses, as any leader, is tempted to resort to demagogy. So, what could be better than to win over the respect from the tribe leaders, to strengthen popular support? To suit everyone, he sends one spy from each tribe (a good idea for survey polls but very bad to put into practice) to the Promised Land (where “milk and honey” flow but which is inhabited by other nations who will have to be conquered). We already know the outcome. That very Tisha B’Av night (according to Mishnah, Taanit 4:6), the forty year wandering through the desert was decreed, time required to produce the generational roll over indispensable for attempting the conquest. Moral: Demagogy is a bad counselor, even if you are Moses. Joshua, his successor and participant in this story, learned the lesson and, forty years later, with the assault on Jericho, started the conquest of the Promised Land. Shabbat Shalom!

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Global Gathering of Holocaust Survivors, Descendants, Educators and Friends

Toronto will mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation from the Holocaust at the end of the Second World War, and host Liberation75 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from May 31 through June 2, 2020. For information about Liberation75, its lead sponsors & participating organizations, visit www.liberation75.org