Good Erev Shabbat to all!
Baruch Hashem, the Kol Torah is once again echoing throughout the halls of HAWQ. It is a true pleasure to have all our Talmidim and Talmidot back together with us. Our ranks include a number of children who are joining us from Public School. May Hashem bless us with a year of much Hatzlachah and progess for each and every one of our wonderful students!
In this week’s Parasha, we find the restriction placed upon a Jewish King not to marry many wives. The Pasuk gives a reason: "Lest his heart be turned away" from serving Hashem. In Tanach, the Navi tells us that Shlomo HaMelech ignored this commandment and married hundreds of wives thinking that his vast Torah wisdom in his pure heart would protect him from being swayed away from Avodat Hashem. Of course, he he did this Leshaim Shomayim (for the sake of heaven). By marrying many women he hoped to spread the knowledge of Hashem throughout the world by converting them and bringing them under the wings of the Shechina. However, we are told in Sefer Malachim, that in his old age, Shlomo’s wives did succeed in swaying his heart towards other gods. Chazal are careful to explain that this is not to be taken literally, G-d Forbid. Rather, the fact that he allowed his wives to worship their gods and he did not stop them, was as if he himself worshipped foreign gods.
We see here an important lesson. If we have an opportunity to prevent someone from going on the wrong path and we stand idly by and do nothing, we are equally to blame for the transgression. It is our sacred obligation to do all within our power to bring that Neshama back to the path of Torah. As we begin another school year at HAWQ, we once again appeal to our friends and supporters, not to stand quietly on the sidelines, but to become our partners in bringing our precious students back to the Torah way of life. With the difficult economic times we face, the Yeshiva needs your support. As we prepare for Rosh Hashana during the Days of Elul, what bigger Zechut can we bring before Hashem than helping a Jewish child rediscover his Torah heritage!
Shabbat Shalom!
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