Titzaveh Excerpts

תצוה

Shabbat Shalom 

So much talking in shul. Kol Hakavod Mr. Irvin...Yes, he was louder, but it was necessary.

Finally the protest. Mr. Irvin. Thank you for stopping the Chazan. That kid never shuts up and his parents do nothing about it. I couldn't have said it better myself. They just sit there...

A standing 'O' for Mr. Irvin.

The continual offering...Yes, it was brought every day. It was the Tamid. Tamid means always, continuity. We pray every day in this shul...Most of you don't know we have the services three times a day...Because you don't show up, Bernie. And talking during prayers is a continual thing in this congregation. Not commanded, but a constant.

(29:42-43) A constant elevation offering...'at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, before H,' where I will meet with you to speak with you there...and you shall be sanctified with My honor.' To speak with H' there. This is not a Tent of Meeting to get loud and have your kids running around. I can care less that Purim is coming. You can't be drunk when going up to glorify. When kids are shouting, you can't have a decent meeting. You sanctify through genuine conversation. With H'...

Gd sanctifies us with His honor once we speak with him genuinely without interruption...At least when we are quiet enough to allow our leader to go into the Tent of Meeting. At least allow your rabbi to pray in peace. Without the talking. It is called the silent Amida.

Whose kid is this? He is grabbing my suit.

(29:44-45) 'I shall sanctify the Tent of Meeting...and Aharon and his sons I will sanctify to minister to Me. I dwell among the children of Israel'

Where does sanctity come from? Not the Slomostein family. Kids yelling.
The drunken fiasco of last Purim...Nowhere does it say to have a hangover. Just to be tired and to go to sleep. Not to be able to tell the difference between Blessed Mordechai and Cursed Haman.

Shirt came off. There is no obligation of that. You are taking the command a bit too far...

Now the Kiddush Club is coming in. They already started Purim.

It doesn't say to be loud Frank. That is not a command. The drinking is not a whole month. Just for the meal...Yes, Bernie. It doesn't say to get drunk and to disrupt the rabbi's sermon.

Is this kid drunk? Where are the parents. Mr. Irvin?

Purim is coming up. You can't minister drunk. Last year, the banging during the Hamas was horrendous...So teach your kids manners. 

H' tells us that he will sanctify. Once the holiness takes place and all is sanctified. H' d.wells among us. Only then, 'they will know that I am H'...who took them out of Egypt, to dwell among them.'

You first have to stop talking in shul and make this place holy. There will be no shirts coming off this Purim...That's Mardi Gras.

What do we do continually that opens us up for sanctification? Talking in shul is not one of them. Maybe post service Kiddush. That is the only time there is respect given to the herring.

Mr. Irvin finally brought sanctity to the shul.

Helping out with Kiddush? That is only with the cutting, to get out of shul. Everybody wants to get out of shul. The sisterhood numbers have went up. Nobody is helping with the cleaning. Your run home. There is no meeting of the sisterhood after the Kiddush, to clean up. That would be a holy meeting. 

There has been a request to start a manhood...They also want to get out of praying, Rachel. 

It starts with our constant prayers and acts of holiness. Like Mr. Irvin. That is when H's honor comes into our presence.

Let's make this a holy Purim and not drink the cheap vodka...No command to puke.

Thank you again Mr. Irvin for pulling this kid away from my leg. Doing the job of the parents. You are a holy man. A pillar in our community. A constant voice of reason.