Good Erev Shabbat to all!
It is only one week to the upcoming exciting event on Sunday January 13th @ 7:30 PM, An Evening of Inspiration, featuring the reknown Torah lecturer and author Rabbi Yissochar Frand, Sh'lita. The event, B'Ezrat Hashem, will be hosted by the Young Israel of Great Neck, who have graciously opened the doors of their beautiful synagogue for this event, benefitting the children of HAWQ. A special thanks goes out to Mr. & Mrs. Charles Goldberg, Dr. & Mrs. Irving Golombeck, and Mr. & Mrs. David Kalish, for all their tremendous effort in planning, orchestrating, and sponsoring this special evening. We would also like to express our Hakarat HaTov to Rabbi Yaacov Lerner, Shlita, Morah D'atrah, for all his guidance and input into this event. We invite everyone to join us for what will surely be an opportunity for spiritual enrichment, as well as becoming our partners in opening the gates of Torah to the children of our community.
We at the Hebrew Academy of West Queens would like to extend a heart-felt Mazel Tov to the Golombeck family upon the engagement of their daughter. In the Zchut of all you do for Klal Yisrael, may Hashem grant you much Yiddishe Nachas from your family always!
In Rabbi Frand on the Parshah Volume 2, Rabbi Frand quotes Rav Moshe, zecher Tzadik L’bracha, as noting a strange inconsistency between last week’s Parsha and this week’s. In Parashat Shmot, when discussing Moshe’s birth, the Torah does not mention his parents (Amram and Yocheved) by name. They are simply referred to as a man and woman from Shevet Levi. Only in this week’s Parsha, Va-are, when Moshe has risen to the position of the leader of Klal Yisroel, are his parents mentioned by name. Rav Moshe explains that at birth, even though Moshe’s greatness was already apparent as his countenance brightened up the entire room, that greatness was only potential. For that inborn potential, his parents receive no credit. Only when Moshe Rabbeinu’s great potential reached fruition and became reality do we praise the parents who were Zocheh to raise and guide him to such heights. The lesson is clear! What defines “success” in our role as parents and Mechanchim, is when we are able take all the wonderful inborn potential in each of our children, and with love and nurturing, help them reach their full potential. This is our cherished goal with each and every child in the Hebrew Academy of West Queens.
Shabbat Shalom!
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