VaYigash Excerpts
ויגש
Shabbat Shalom
They went down to Egypt. H' tells Yakov he will be with him. They didn't go down to Houston. That shule heritage trip was pointless...Nobody in this congregation even has family there...
The whole family went down. (46:27) 70 souls...Maybe it wasn't 70. That is not the point, Bernie. The whole family went. Unlike the Ferstein family who can't get their kids to come to shule...You are parents. Parent a bissel.
How many went to the shule football outing last month?....
I am bringing it up again, because it is embarrassing. We set up a bus. We tailgated outside of the stadium.
I had 35 hot-dogs. 1 congregant....
When our name came up on the huge scoreboard, there was a kvetch. That is all that was heard. Mrs. Goldsmith coughed and everybody was like, are you OK? It was only three people. Me, my wife and Mrs. Goldsmith.
I wanted to start a cheer, but it was too late. I wanted to bring some pride to our synagogue. The kvetch stole the show.
It should not have said Congregation Beis Emes uSefilah. It should have said, 'To our friend Mrs. Goldsmith, from congregation Beis Emes uSefilah. May she get well soon.'
So what, if it was a college football game. That is not the point, Bernie.
Do we do anything together in this congregation? What do we do together? We don't daven together....nobody shows up to weekday services. 170 people in this congregation. We count 18 on an average Shabbat...That is why we don't do cencuses here...Question-ares are pointless...How many people go to synagogue? 18 on a decent week...
Who is with us?
Is H' with us. Can we feel comfortable in Egypt? Can we be comfortable in Beis Emes Sefilah? Can we be comfortable at a football game when Mrs. Goldsmith is coughing?