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Parshat Vaera January 21, 2023 28 Tevet, 5783
TORAH Rabbi Sacks on Vaera
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HERTZ 232 The Torah sometimes says spirit was broken and with his failures as a
leader or a public
something of fundamental
because the labour was
importance in what seems harsh. Ex. 6:9 speaker. In fact it had
HAFTORAH like a minor and incidental The italicised phrase seems nothing to do with Moses
ARTSCROLL 1149 comment. There is a fine simple enough. The people at all. They did not listen
HERTZ 244 example of this near the did not listen to Moses “because their spirit was
beginning of today’s
because he had brought them broken and because the

parsha. messages from God before labour was harsh.” In
and it had done nothing to other words: if you want
Shabbat Mevarchim improve their situation. They to improve people’s
Last week, we read of how
Moses was sent by God to were busy trying to survive spiritual situation, first
lead the Israelites to
Rosh Chodesh Shevet day by day. They had no time improve their physical
freedom, and how his initial for utopian promises that situation. That is one of
Molad: Saturday Jan 21 efforts met with failure. Not seemed to have no grounding the most humanising
@11:56:10 PM only did Pharaoh not agree in reality. Moses had failed to aspects of Judaism.
to let the people go; he deliver in the past. They had
Rosh Chodesh: made the working no reason to think he would Maimonides emphasises
Mon January 23 conditions of the Israelites do so in the future. So far, so this in The Guide for the
even worse. They had to straightforward. Perplexed. The Torah, he
make the same number of says, has two aims: the
Times bricks as before but now But there is something more well-being of the soul and
(Monday Edition) they had to gather their subtle going on beneath the well-being of the body.
own straw. The people surface. When Moses first The well-being of the soul
Week of 1/15 complained to Pharaoh, met God at the Burning Bush, is something inward and
then they complained to God told him to lead, and spiritual, but the well-
Mon/Thurs 6:35/7:45am Moses, then Moses Moses kept refusing on the being of the body requires
Tue/Wed/Fri 6:45/7:45am complained to God. “Why grounds that the people a strong society and
have You brought trouble to would not listen to him. He economy, where there is
Mincha 4:40pm
this people? Why did You was not a man of words. He the rule of law, division of
send me?” was slow of speech and labour and the promotion
Shabbat 1/21
tongue. He was a man of of trade. We have bodily
Candle Lighting 4:39pm At the beginning of this “uncircumcised lips”. He well-being when all our
week’s parsha God tells lacked eloquence. He could physical needs are
Mincha 4:40pm
Moses that He will indeed not sway crowds. He was not supplied, but none of us
Hashkama 8:00am bring the Israelites to an inspirational leader. can do this on our own.
Parsha Shiur 8:30am freedom, and tells him to It turned out, though, that We specialise and
announce this to the Moses was both right and exchange. That is why we
Main 9:00am people. Then we read this: wrong, right that they did not need a good, strong, just
Youth 9:00am So Moses told this to the listen to him but wrong about society.
Israelites but they did not why. It had nothing to do
Beit Midrash 9:15am
listen to him, because their
Gemara Shiur 4:00pm

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