'VaYetzeh' Excerpts
ויצא
Shabbat Shalom
(29:20) Yaakov works seven years for Rachel. 'And they were in his eyes, like a few days, because he loved her.'
The last shule open house book swap for charity had so many complainers. The three hour event felt like days...The shule also didn't make money. I suggest that the next time the board make a decision for a fundraiser- it not be a swap, but rather a sale...
It felt like days
When you are doing something with a goal that you love or for somebody you love, it feels like days. You have a reason.
I am guessing that none of you have a reason to help this shule.
It is that meaning. That goal is a reason to be alive
It was meaningful work, because he was doing it for Rachel. If he was doing it for Leah, it would have been painful as anything. This congregation is a Leah. But it keeps on going. There must be something meaningful going on, other than the fundraiser swap,which Mrs.Himelwitz put together to get some new books.
I know that Haimie back there has told me how painful it is to wake up every morning and support his family...The real question is, 'Does Haimie love his family?'. Now is not the time to answer that question. You and the Misses can discuss that when you get home...
(30:1) Rachel sees how Leah has children and she gets jealous. And she says to Yaakov that if she doesn't have children, it is as if she is dead.
Amazing. At certain points, your reason for living and working is not the good enough for the other person.
Sometimes they need a little more. Sometimes they need something different than what you have been working for.
Like this sule, which had made no money off a fundraiser. The shule needed a little more. Your time was not enough. And that was time spent with no love, as Mrs. Himelwitz was complaining the whole time...Even more so, the shule needed a little more...But thank you for helping push another fundraiser Mrs. Himelwitz. I believe the shule would rather see the dues you owe...You cannot swap ebooks...Not one book you can hold. There was no need for tables. You could have had the whole sale on a chair...You had a portable credit card machine too...What happened to tradition? What happened to love? What happened carbon paper?
Yaakov still thinks it's positive, saying stuff like, 'You still have me.' Please!!! That has not worked for anybody. Give me something. Give me a reason to care that you love me...That is the problem. People think they are supposed to be liked for who they are. Nobody likes you for who you are. It is what you bring to the table. And there was nothing brought to the table at the fundraiser, because your books were on your computers...
Where is your meaning? Can you be that Leah with the children? Can you be the one who brings something of pride to the table, even when your husband doesn't love you? Such as a real book. With paper?
***These are excerpts from the sermon. For the sermon in its entirety, come see David Kilimnick perform at the Off The Wall Comedy Basement, in downtown Jerusalem.
David also tours as a Maggid with very few stories, if you invite him.
Shabbat Shalom
Shabbat Shalom
(29:20) Yaakov works seven years for Rachel. 'And they were in his eyes, like a few days, because he loved her.'
The last shule open house book swap for charity had so many complainers. The three hour event felt like days...The shule also didn't make money. I suggest that the next time the board make a decision for a fundraiser- it not be a swap, but rather a sale...
It felt like days
When you are doing something with a goal that you love or for somebody you love, it feels like days. You have a reason.
I am guessing that none of you have a reason to help this shule.
It is that meaning. That goal is a reason to be alive
It was meaningful work, because he was doing it for Rachel. If he was doing it for Leah, it would have been painful as anything. This congregation is a Leah. But it keeps on going. There must be something meaningful going on, other than the fundraiser swap,which Mrs.Himelwitz put together to get some new books.
I know that Haimie back there has told me how painful it is to wake up every morning and support his family...The real question is, 'Does Haimie love his family?'. Now is not the time to answer that question. You and the Misses can discuss that when you get home...
(30:1) Rachel sees how Leah has children and she gets jealous. And she says to Yaakov that if she doesn't have children, it is as if she is dead.
Amazing. At certain points, your reason for living and working is not the good enough for the other person.
Sometimes they need a little more. Sometimes they need something different than what you have been working for.
Like this sule, which had made no money off a fundraiser. The shule needed a little more. Your time was not enough. And that was time spent with no love, as Mrs. Himelwitz was complaining the whole time...Even more so, the shule needed a little more...But thank you for helping push another fundraiser Mrs. Himelwitz. I believe the shule would rather see the dues you owe...You cannot swap ebooks...Not one book you can hold. There was no need for tables. You could have had the whole sale on a chair...You had a portable credit card machine too...What happened to tradition? What happened to love? What happened carbon paper?
Yaakov still thinks it's positive, saying stuff like, 'You still have me.' Please!!! That has not worked for anybody. Give me something. Give me a reason to care that you love me...That is the problem. People think they are supposed to be liked for who they are. Nobody likes you for who you are. It is what you bring to the table. And there was nothing brought to the table at the fundraiser, because your books were on your computers...
Where is your meaning? Can you be that Leah with the children? Can you be the one who brings something of pride to the table, even when your husband doesn't love you? Such as a real book. With paper?
***These are excerpts from the sermon. For the sermon in its entirety, come see David Kilimnick perform at the Off The Wall Comedy Basement, in downtown Jerusalem.
David also tours as a Maggid with very few stories, if you invite him.
Shabbat Shalom
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