WOOD RIVER JEWISH COMMUNITY
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
May 10 , 2022
Emor (Speak)
Leviticus 21:1–24:23

·      Special laws dealing with the Kohen Gadol (the High Priest) and others who serve the Temple: he may not be in contact with a dead body; may not marry a divorcee or a woman with a promiscuous past, and he can only marry a virgin. A priest with a physical deformity cannot serve in the Holy Temple.
 
·      Regarding animal sacrifice, a calf, lamb or kid must be left with its mother 7 days before being eligible to be an offering; one may not slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day.
 
·      Emor contains the Callings of Holiness – outlines of how we are to bring the Passover offering; bring the Omer offering between Passover and Shavu’ot; celebrate Shavu’ot; blow the shofar on Rosh Hashana; fast on Yom Kippur and dwell in a hut for Sukkot.
 
One of the more famous, if not misinterpreted statements from Parasha Emor is: “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth…” (Lev. 21:8), which deals with compensation for physical harm inflicted by one person or upon another. It has often been misunderstood to mean that the Bible was in favor of crude vengeance. In fact, the rabbis of the Talmud (Baba Kamma 84a), reinterpreted this law to refer only to monetary compensation for the loss.
 
Emor includes the commandment to count each of the 49 days from the second night of Passover to the holiday of Shavuot. Fascinating in itself is the idea of each day counting as we moved from the Exodus to Mount Sinai to receive the Torah. For example, we say that today is three plus thirty days, 4 weeks and five days of the Omer. Tradition has it that #33, Lag B'Omer, is an auspicious day for coming up with a personal plan of action. This is the day in history when life-sustaining manna started falling in the wilderness, when the first century CE revolt against Roman oppression began, and when the plague suffered by Rabbi Akiva's followers ended. It's also associated with the anniversary of the death of the reputed author of the Zohar Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.

Rabbi Robbi
Jay and Lindsey Emmer and their son Jack
from Ketchum, ID

Donations of the Week
PATRON OF THE MONTH SPONSOR
David Kaye and Judy Teller Kaye

SUN VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVL
Jay and Linda Cooper
Paul Wolff and Rhea Schwartz
David Kaye and Judy Teller Kaye
Bob and Lynda Safron

WHERE NEEDED MOST FUND
Woody and Margery Friedlander In Memory of Jennie Friedlander
Fred and Eileen Prager In Memory of Paula Prager Lang, mother of Fred Prager
Fred and Eileen Prager In Honor of Sue and Ron Green as Founders of B'nai Shalom's Day School
Fred and Eileen Prager Get Well to Paul Wolff

JEWISH LIFE
Dana Berntson In Memory of her mother Madalyn Henry 
Yahrzeits of the week
Abraham Morton, Grandfather of Darrel Mendelsohn
Maxine Rothenberg, Mother of Joanne Mercer
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This Month's Chair is Cathy Goldstein
cdgoldstein1@gmail.com
415-385-2464

If you would like to join The Caring Committee to bring support to our community please reach out to Conifoster@hotmail.com
BIRTHDAYS
Jill Grossman
Karen Saks
Dan Levitan
Robert Brand
The Wood River Jewish Community extends heartfelt condolences to Lew and Barbara Brown for the passing of Barbara's sister, Marilyn Grunbaum.

May her memory be for a blessing.
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Board of Directors 2021-2022
Josh Kleinman, Co-President
Susan Green, Co-President
Jeff Rose, Vice-President
Dana Berntson, Co-Vice President
Noa Ries, Co-Vice President
Judy Teller Kaye, Treasurer
Coni Foster, Secretary
Linda Cooper
Phil Goldstein
Ron Greenspan
Amy Kroll
Marty Lyon
Marshall Meyer
Juli Roos
Bob Safron
Rabbi Robbi Sherwin
Claudie Goldstein, Executive Director
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