Ki Tetze - A week of remembering
12/09/2024 09:02:30 AM
In this week's Parsha, the importance of remembering appears a few times:
We are commanded to remember the Exodus from Egypt - noone should be enslaved.
Moses is commanded to remember that Miriam slandered him - noone should gossip about another.
We are commanded to remember Amalek - Pure evil must be remembered and eradicated.
These lessons are noteworthy for us. On Wednesday, we remembered the evil that took place on 9/11 twenty-three years ago. That same kind of evil still exists today and especially since last October 7 when Israel experienced multiple 9/11's in one day, when comparing Israel to the U.S. on a percentage population basis.
Now, three weeks prior to the High Holy Days, we are meant to internalize the lessons of this week's Parsha in our own lives.
For me personally, this is a week of remembrance. My mother, Helen Morrison, died on September 11, 1999, which coincided with Rosh Hashanah. On a happier note, my son, Elie, was born on September 12, 1994 and turns 30 this week.
I wish us all Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Howard Morrison