Good Erev Shabbat to all!
With great Hakarat HaTov to Hashem Yitbarach, the Hebrew
Academy of West Queens is pleased to announce that our 43rd Annual Dinner will, B’Ezrat Hashem, take place at Utopia Jewish Center, 64-41 Utopia Parkway, Fresh Meadows, NY on Tuesday , June 17th, at 7:00 PM. At this year’s dinner it is our privilege to have as Guests of Honor, Mr. & Mrs. Yisrael Nisanov and Dr. & Mrs. David Wallach, outstanding members of our parent body and proud parents of our ‘08 successful graduates Natanel Nisanov and Yaakov Wallach. Yaakov has been accepted to Chofetz Chaim High School in Queens and Natanel to South Shore. We are also proud to honor this year’s accomplished Alumna of the Year, Dr. Pamela Siller. Dr. Siller has a practice in Great Neck and is at North Shore LIJ and at Interborough’s Crown Heights Center in Brooklyn. We are looking forward to greeting everyone at the dinner.
Speaking of our two graduates Yaakov and Natanel, a great measure of their success is due to their participation in our High School Talmudic Preparatory Program, that is directed by our own Mashgiach Ruchani, HaRav Mordechai Hecht, Shlita. Through their participation in this amazing program Yaakov and Natanel and others are prepared to advance to fine Yeshiva High Schools. It is my Kavod to share with you a Torah thought on the Parsha from Rabbi Hecht.
This week's Parsha, Bechukosai, is generally thought of as the one with the Tochacha, the serious reprimand with the warning of severe punishment. However, the antidote appears before at the the very beginning of the Parsha. "Im B'chukosai Taylachu"- Hashem pleads,-"Please, toil in the learning of my Torah." (see Rashi, Avodah Zara 8a)
Today, at a time when Jews are concerned with the precarious situation in Eretz Yisrael, the Torah reveals to us the solution. Hashem pleads with Jews everywhere to toil in learning Torah because He wants to give us "Gishmaychem B'itam", "your rains in their time." The Toras Kohanim notes that it says, "Gishmaychem", "your rains". It will rain in Eretz Yisrael only and Eretz Yisrael will supply the entire world with sustenance. Then, "V'shavtem, L'vetach B'artzichem", and "you will live secure with peace in your land."
Shabbat Shalom!
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