Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1993 Page: 30 of 43
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PASSOVER ISSUE - IN OUR 47TH YEARl-DALLAS, THURSDA Y, MARCH 25, 1993, TEXAS JEWISH POST 31
Rabbi at Random
Among the qualities
which characterize the Jew-
ish people is the virtue of
Humility. We are not a boor-
ish, boastful, bragging type.
Though we may have a lot
to be proud of, we conduct
ourselves wi th what is called
in Hebrew, “Sh’phal reach,”
or evenness of bearing. The
raised, haughty head is not
our style; it reflects superi-
ority and arrogance. Our
way is the opposite: “To
walk humbly with G-d.”
This is the essence behind
the enigmatic and mysteri-
ous “Evil eye” we some-
times read about Whenever
someone says something re-
flecting our good fortune -
“your baby is so pretty,” or
“your business is doing so
well!” - we get nervous, we
spit three times, we say
“k’ayn ayin hara (no evil
eye!)” or the like. Certainly,
we never focus the spotlight
on our largesse. Is this sim-
ply pure superstition?”
One rabbi explained it to
me this way: Most of us, to
be sure, are far from perfect
We have many faults, we
commit many sins. And yet
despite our shortcomings,
By Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Rabbi Stewart Weiss
G-d has given us many won-
derful things in life. We live
well, we eat well, we dress
well, in a style that our an-
cestors could hardly dream
of.
In reality, we don’t deserve
all the good things that G-d
has bestowed upon us. But
we humbly accept them, ac-
knowledging the Almighty
as a “patient generous G-d”
who rarely demands full pay-
ment for all the miscues of
our lives and dispenses re-
ward in greater measure than
punishment But - if we draw
attention to our good for-
tune, if we flaunt our luck,
then we tread on dangerous
ground. G-d, who, as it were,
has graciously overlooked
our undeserved success, now
suddenly takes notice of the
one who is going around pro-
claiming his achievements
and says, “Well, who is this
fellow? Perhaps I should pull
his file and see if he really
does deserve all these things
he’s bragging about!” And,
too often, we come up short
This is why, according to
the Rabbis, the “aleph” in
the first word of this week’s
portion of Vayikra appears
smaller than the other let-
ters. The verse says, “And
He (G-d) called to Moses.”
But Moses did not want to
sound conceited, as if he was
so great that the Almighty
was constandy calling upon
him, meeting with him, hav-
ing audiences with him. So
Moses preferred the term
“Vayikar” with alittle aleph,
for the word then means,
“And G-d happened upon
Moses,” as if to suggest that
it was by chance, by luck
that Moshe was fortunate
enough to meet G-d. That is
the kind of tree humbleness
of spirit that was Moses, and
that is the mark of a Jewish
mensch.
Stewart Weiss, a former
Dallas rabbi, resides in Is-
rael where he is director of
the Jewish Outreach Center.
Vegetarian
continued from p. 16
comes directly before yahatz
(the breaking of the middle
matzah for later use as the
afikomen) in the Passover
seder service. Those who can
live on simple things like
greens (vegetables, etc.) will
most readily divide their pos-
sessions and share with oth-
ers, he said.
Many Jewish vegetarians
see connections between the
oppression that their ances-
tors suffered and the current
plight of the hundreds of
millions of people who cur-
rently lack sufficient food
and other resources.
Vegetarian diets require far
less land, energy, water, pes-
ticides, fertilizer and other
resources, and thus enable
the better sharing of God’s
abundant resources, which
can help reduce global hun-
ger and poverty.
2. The main Passover
theme is that of freedom. At
the seder we relate how our
ancestors were slaves in
Egypt and how they were
freed by God’s power and
beneficence.
In this regard, many Jew-
ish vegetarians consider the
plight of farm animals. Con-
trary to Jewish teachings of
tza’ ar ba’ alei chaim (the bib-
lical mandate not to cause
pain to any living creature),
animals are raised for food
today under cruel conditions
in crowded, confined ceils
where they are denied fresh
air, sunlight, exercise and any
emotional attachments.
It is significant to consider
that according to the midrash,
Judaism’s greatest teacher,
leader and prophet—Moses
— was chosen to lead the
Israelites out of Egypt be-
cause he showed compassion
to a lamb (Exodus Rabbah).
3. Philip Pick, president of
the International Jewish Veg-
etarian Society, sees the
elimination of leaven in Jew-
ish homes during Passover
as a call for self-denial and a
“return to natural living based
on the fruits of the tree and
the green herbs of the field”
so that “the spirit of spring-
time will last throughout the
entire year.”
He states that Passover is a
festival of regeneration, not
decimation through a diet
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grandmother, Sarah Kay and
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