{"id":2284,"date":"2015-07-22T10:55:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T10:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hayleyroosphotography.co.uk\/mosaic\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2015-07-22T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T10:55:11","slug":"2425-july-parsha-devarim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hayleyroosphotography.co.uk\/mosaic\/services\/this-shabbat\/2425-july-parsha-devarim\/","title":{"rendered":"24\/25 JULY: PARSHA DEVARIM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shabbat comes in at 8.47pm and goes out at 9.58pm<\/em><\/h1>\n

Saturday is Erev Tisha B’Av<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Our parasha is always read on the Shabbat directly preceding Tisha B\u2019av (which begins this Saturday night) \u2014 the day in which we commemorate the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem.<\/div>\n
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Both the Torah reading and the haftorah this week contain the word \u201cEicha\u201d which is the name of the reading (Lamentations in English) we do on Tisha B\u2019Av.<\/div>\n
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The prophet Isaiah cries out\u00a0\u201cEichah\/How<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0about the entire city of Jerusalem \u2014 \u201cHow has she [Jerusalem] become a harlot! This faithful city that was full of justice . . . is now full of criminals” \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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In contrast, the “Eichah” of Moses is an individual’s cry of pain.\u00a0 Moses, the leader, is feeling alone (like Jerusalem in Lamentations) overwhelmed by the burdens of his office. \u00a0 Rashi suggests that the most\u00a0<\/span>frustrating<\/span>\u00a0 part of his job is the idle gossip the people regularly spread about him.\u00a0 <\/span>According to the Midrash that Rashi cites \u2014 if Moses came out of his house early, people would say, ‘Why is Moses so early?<\/span>\u00a0 Perhaps he is having family problems at home.’<\/span>\u00a0 If Moses were to come out late from his tent, they would say, ‘Moses stays home longer in order to devise negative plans against you.’ ” \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Rabbi Zelig Pliskin writes in <\/span>Growth Through Torah<\/span>, \u00a0that someone with a tendency to judge people negatively will always find ways to see faults in others.\u00a0 One\u00a0can always find some negative motivation or interpretation for the behavior of others.<\/div>\n
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..or we can seek out positive ways to interpret other\u2019<\/span>s behavior. \u00a0 Rabbi Pliskin writes: \u00a0“The way you interpret events has more to do with your character traits than it does with the reality of what someone else is like\u00a0<\/span>\u2014<\/span>\u00a0and, the more good you see in others, the better you yourself will feel.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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Shabbat Shalom \u2014 and a meaningful fast for those fasting on Sunday.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Rabbi Paul Arberman<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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