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ב"ה Sivan 1 5777 - Friday, May 26, 2017 במדבר BAMIDBAR TORAH PORTION Candle Lighting: 8:12 pm Shabbat Ends: 9:27 pm MTC EARLY SHABBOS Mincha 6:30 pm- Light candles after 6:59 pm EXPRESS AVOT CHAPTER 6 MAZAL TOV! 4918 TICKETS SOLD! Montreal Torah Center Bais Menachem Chabad Lubavitch Joanne and Jonathan Gurman Community Center Lou Adler Shul Marcia Gillman and Michael Flinker Early Childhood Center 28 Cleve Road, Hampstead Quebec H3X 1A6 514. 739.0770 Fax 514.739.5925 mtc@themtc.com WWW.THEMTC.COM SODIA ICONS MOSAIC EXPRESS 1

ANNOUNCEMENTS MTC GRACIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THIS WEEK S SPONSORS OF THE DAY Tuky Treitel and family in honour of the yartzeit of Reb Menashe Treitel, Sivan 1 Joey Adler in honour of the birthday of Lauren Adler May 29 To become a sponsor of the day, please contact Itchy @ 739.0770 ext 223 MTC EARLY SHABBOS Friday May 26 Mincha 6:30 pm- Light candles after 6:59 pm Schedule at themtc.com/earlyshabbat ב"ה SHABBAT SCHEDULE Early Mincha & Maariv...6:30 pm Second Mincha & Maariv......8:15 pm Shacharit......9:30 am Children s Program....10:45 am Kiddush.....12:30 pm Mincha/Shalosh Seudos...8:15 pm TORAH READING Parshat Bamidbar...Page 654 Haftorah......Page 1183 CLASSES Chassidus........8:45am Men s Class......7:15 pm EN FRANCAIS AVEC LE RAV M. PINTO: Talmud et Hala ha.....19h 30 Seu'da Chelichit.........20h 30 Bring your family and friends to hear THE 10 COMMANDMENTS and enjoy ICE CREAM AND DELICIOUS DAIRY LUNCH FIRST DAY OF SHAVUOT WEDNESDAY MAY 31 11:00 AM SPECIAL CARNIVAL FOR KIDS YASHER KOACH TO OUR KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORS! LAST WEEK Ronnie & Debbie Cons Evan & Osnat Feldman Johnny & Wendy Galambos Jay & Nathalie Gotteiner Mircia & Ali Hascalovici Mrs. Rae Slomovic Michael & Tina Spiro THIS SHABBOS Michael & Elza Hirsch in honour of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Yitzy Larisa Gruszka in the merit of a refuah sheleima after heart surgery. KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORSHIP IS $136 MTC WISHES A HEARTY MAZAL TOV TO Michael & Elza Hirsch on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Yitzy Alex Abittan and Naomi Canart on their engagement Gracy and Ari Kugler on the graduation of their son Aaron from McGill Medical School. Aaron will be starting his residency in Anesthesia at McMaster University in Hamilton on July 1. 2 MOSAIC EXPRESS

UPCOMING EVENTS WEDNESDAY MAY 31 Shavuot Ice Cream Party WEEKDAY PRAYER SCHEDULE SHACHARIT Sunday... Shacharis......9:00 am Mon, Tues, Fri...Chassidus...6:15 am Shacharis....7:00 am Followed by breakfast MINCHA Sun-Tues, Friday...... 8:30 pm MAARIV Sun-Tues, Friday.. 9:05 pm In cherished memory of R Yeshaya Aryeh ben Menashe Treitel obm SHAVUOT SERVICES TUESDAY, MAY 30 Mincha/Maariv.......8:15pm WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 Shacharit.....10:00am Children s Program........10:30am READING OF 10 COMMANDMENTS 11:00am Kiddush... 12:30pm Mincha/Maariv.........8:15pm THURSDAY, JUNE 7 Shacharit...... 9:30am Children s Program......10:30am YIZKOR.... 11:30am Kiddush..... 12:30pm Mincha......8:15pm Maariv/Yom Tov Ends...9:33pm CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES TUESDAY MAY 30 Light candles. 8:16 pm WEDNESDAY MAY 31 Light candles...after 9:32 pm* *Light from a pre-existing flame. Bat Mitzvah Club 2017-2018 Registration is now open! www.themtc.com/bmc For more information, email Ita at ita@themtc.com HOUSE FOR SALE 6430 Coolbrook $650,000-3 storey property - approx. 600 sqf living space on each floor - 4 bedrooms - 3 1/2 bathrooms - Heating: electrical - 2 air condition units - Completely renovated and new: Kosher kitchen, roof, windows, aluminum siding, plumbing and electrical wiring. Call Sara 514-951-9535 Richard Balekian Richard.Balekian@pj.ca 514-213-7982 SHABBOS COUNSELOR OF THE MONTH: AVIVA SMITH AND FINALLY... More Puns: Corduroy pillows are making headlines... A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall What do you call a woman who stands between two goal posts? Annette When a marathon runner had ill fitting shoes, he suffers the agony of defeat. MOSAIC EXPRESS 3

ALIYAH SUMMARY General Overview: This week's reading, Bamidbar, begins the Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Five Books of Moses. This book of the Torah opens on the first of Iyar, one month after the inauguration of the Tabernacle, and several weeks before the Jews will depart from Mount Sinai and begin their journey to the Holy Land. In this week's portion the Israelites and the Tribe of Levi are counted separately. G-d instructs the Israelites on how to camp in the desert, surrounding the Tabernacle. The Levites are informed the procedure for dismantling the Tabernacle before traveling. First Aliyah: G-d commands Moses to count all Jewish men of military age. G-d names one member of each tribe as the nasi, leader, of the tribe. Each nasi will assist Moses and Aaron in taking a census of his tribe. An additional objective of this census was to establish the tribal lineage of every Jew. This honor originally belonged to the Israelite firstborns, who were "acquired" by G-d when He spared them during the Plague of the Firstborn. This privilege was taken away from them when they participated in the sin of the Golden Calf -- and given to the Levites. Fifth Aliyah: Moses is now commanded to separately count all Levite males from the age of one month and older. The three Levite families are counted, and a leader is appointed for each of the families. The total of all (nonfirstborn) Levites eligible for this census: 22,000. The family of Gershon camped due west of the Tabernacle, and was put in charge of transporting the tapestries and curtains of the Tabernacle and their accessories. The Kehot family camped directly south of the Tabernacle, and was in charge of transporting all the holy vessels. The Merari family camped to the north of the Tabernacle, and they were in charge of carrying the Tabernacle beams, panels, and sockets. Moses, Aaron, and their immediate families camped to the east of the Tabernacle. Sixth Aliyah: G-d then tells Moses to count all the firstborn Israelites -- because the holiness of each Israelite firstborn was now to be "transferred" to a Levite. The census revealed that there were 273 more firstborn than Levites. Each of these "extra" firstborns (as determined by a lottery) gave five shekel to the priests, and was thus "redeemed." Seventh Aliyah: Moses is commanded to take a census of the Levites of the family of Kehot, but only those eligible to transport the Tabernacle and its vessels -- those between the ages of thirty and fifty. The results of this census are given in next week's reading. This section then describes the duties of the Kehot family. When the Tabernacle was to be dismantled, the priests would cover all the holy vessels with specially designated sacks. The Kehot family would then take the covered vessels and carry them to their destination. Over 500 families were able to procure an enhanced variety of dairy products at The Family Store in preparation of Shavuos. Dozens of young adults volunteered overtime to assist. Teens are invited to volunteer on Sunday 12:00-12:30 (contact Ita or Rabbi Levi) Young adults at 12:30-2:00 (contact Rabbi Getzy) Second Aliyah: And now the census results. After giving us the numbers for each tribe, the Torah gives us the grand total: 603,550. This number, however, does not include the Levites. Moses was commanded by G-d not to include the holy tribe in the general census. Instead, the Levites are assigned the following holy tasks: dismantling, carrying, and re-erecting the Tabernacle whenever the Jews traveled, and camping around the Sanctuary, keeping guard over it and its vessels. Third Aliyah: The Jews are instructed regarding their camping formation. The Tabernacle was at the center of the encampment, surrounded by the "Flag of Judah" - which included the Tribes of Judah, Issachar and Zebulun - to the east; the "Flag of Reuben"- Reuben, Shimon, Gad -- to the south; the "Flag of Ephraim" -- Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin -- to the west; and the "Flag of Dan" -- Dan, Asher, Naftali -- to the north. Fourth Aliyah: The Levites are appointed to serve in the Tabernacle, guard its vessels and assist the priests with their Tabernacle duties. THIS WEEK S TORAH CLASS THE OFFICER ON THE TRAIN In this revealing class, the story of an encounter between an Israeli army officer and a Russian immigrant in the heady aftermath of the Six Day War becomes a symbol for Judaism's ultimate mission-statement. View this week s class at themtc.com/3686638 4 MOSAIC EXPRESS

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PARSHA INSIGHTS TORAH IN VERSE From the book Daily Wisdom Moshe Wisnefsky GUARDING OUR INNER SANCTUARY G-d then instructed Moses to organize the Jewish people into a specific army formation. The Tabernacle was in the middle, surrounded by three tribes on each of its four sides. (For this purpose, the descendants of the two sons of Joseph Manasseh and Ephraim were counted as separate tribes; thus, there were 12 non-levite tribes.) מ נּ ג ד ס ב יב ל א ה ל מוֹע ד י ח נוּ: (במדבר ב:ב) [G-d told Moses, The Israelites] must camp around the Tent of Meeting [i.e., the Tabernacle]. When you lend money... Numbers 2:2 The people s encampment on all four sides of the Tabernacle symbolized how they protected the holy edifice and the Torah that resided in its innermost sanctum. Certainly, the Torah does not need our protection on the contrary, the Torah and its commandments protect us. However, G-d chose to entrust us with the noble mission of protecting the Torah. Similarly, we must guard our personal, inner sanctuary within our hearts and within our homes from all four sides: from cool spiritual indifference on the cold north; from hot, lustful passions on the warm south; from self-gratification over brilliant accomplishments on the morning east; and from dark despair on the evening west. 6 MOSAIC EXPRESS SPIRITUAL ASPIRATIONS G-d then instructed Moses to count the Levites. The Levites were exempt from military service because they were conscripted to serve in the Tabernacle. They guarded the Tabernacle, dismantled it whenever the Jewish people broke camp, reconstructed it whenever they camped, and assisted the priests in the Tabernacle rituals. ה ק ר ב א ת מ טּ ה ל ו י ו ה ע מ ד תּ א תוֹ ל פ נ י א ה ר ן ה כּ ה ן ו שׁ ר תוּ א תוֹ: (במדבר ג:ו) [G-d told Moses,] Bring forth the tribe of Levi and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. Numbers 3:6 The Levites were singled out from among the rest of the Jewish people to act as G- d s personal servants. Nevertheless, the medieval Jewish sage Rabbi Moses Maimonides points out that anyone who wishes to dedicate himself to the service of G-d can do so. He or she thereby becomes a spiritual Levite and even a spiritual priest, or even a spiritual high priest! regardless of his actual tribal lineage. DOSE OF INSPIRATION BEGIN WITH ALEF by Tzvi Freeman At Sinai, He said, Let us bond together. Let us embrace in these mitzvahs, commune in this Torah, and in them we will be one. But He is an infinite, unknowable G d. If we cannot know Him, how can we bond with Him? By Justice Michel M. J. Shore The time to be counted had finally come, In the second year, the second month, of our freedom run. After The exodus, a need to count precious, our sum, Who were we and what had we become? The vestiges of Mitzrayim left, each day, more and more In the annals of the wind swept sands, As we marched further and further, as a Corps From our former selves, to merit emblems for our tribal bands. The distinct contribution to be made by each tribe Is written by Moses, G-d s Torah scribe. The priests, the Levites, were not to be counted at all, Not tempted by the golden calf, they had had no fall. Israel formed an encampment compass Around the Levites and their Mishkan service. And so, when He came to us in His Torah at Mount Sinai, He began with an alef. And when we begin to learn, we begin with an alef. In that first, infinitesimal point of not knowing, in that is contained all wisdom.

An inspiring story for your Shabbos table HERE S my STORY Generously sponsored by the A SOLDIER S WIFE MRS. ZLATA HERTZEL ב ה ערב שבת פרשת במדבר, ר ח סיון, תשע ז Erev Shabbos Parshas Bamidbar, May 26, 2017 In 1973, just before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, I had traveled from Israel (where I was living) to New York to attend my brother s wedding, and while there, I came to see the Rebbe. Before the audience was to take place, Rabbi Leibel Groner, the Rebbe s secretary, instructed me to write down my requests on a piece of paper which would be handed into the Rebbe in advance. I did as he instructed I wrote that I was married with children, that I was teaching in the Chabad school in Lod, and that my children were in daycare which was costing more than the money I was making. I wanted the Rebbe s advice should I leave my job and stay home with my kids, instead of borrowing every month to make ends meet? When I walked into the Rebbe s office, he had a big pile of letters on his desk and he reached into it to extract my letter he pulled it out just like that without even looking for it. He read it quickly and then answered my question with this statement: I see you are teaching the children of Israel at the school Reshet Oholei Yosef Yitzchak, which is named after my holy father-in law, he began. You should know that the education of Jewish children is a conduit for blessing both material and spiritual for you and your family for generations to come. Then he repeated those words again, and the audience was over. It was only after I left that the Rebbe s words started sinking in. I thought: The Rebbe is telling me that my job educating children is a conduit for blessings. So clearly, there is only one thing I can do keep working. I called my husband, Meir, and after I told him what the Rebbe said, he concurred with my decision. Before I could return to Israel, however, the Yom Kippur War broke out and the news we were hearing was not good. My husband was drafted into a combat unit on a moment s notice and, because I was still in New York, he distributed our children amongst our neighbors and relatives. I was informed that he was sent to the front lines at Ismailia, Egypt but that s all I knew. I immediately asked Rabbi Groner for another audience with the Rebbe, but he could not schedule it as I had just been to see the Rebbe a few days before. However, after I broke down in tears, he suggested that I wait outside the office and ask for a blessing for my husband when the Rebbe came out. My heart was pounding, but I mustered the courage to approach the Rebbe as he passed by and make my plea. The Rebbe responded, When you return to the Holy Land, you will find that all your loved ones are healthy and whole. Be sure to keep in touch with me and let me know the good news. You can call me collect. He said this three times once in English, once in Yiddish and once in Hebrew and I knew his words would come true. I was trembling with excitement because I was sure it continued on reverse An oral history project dedicated to documenting the life of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. The story is one of thousands recorded in over 1400 videotaped interviews conducted to date. These stories are based on the recollection of the individuals recounting them. Please share any corrections, comments and suggestions. mystory@jemedia.org

continued from reverse was going to happen exactly as he said. And indeed it did. I had a hard time getting a plane ticket back to Israel because all the flights were commandeered for returning soldiers, doctors and other essential personnel. But I begged the airline telling them that my husband was in combat and I had no idea where my children were and so they let me on the plane, even though I would have to sit on the floor. Once I was on the plane, a soldier gave up his seat for me, and I told all the other passengers what the Rebbe had said. I believe they were greatly encouraged by his words. Even people who were not religious. All the men present put on their yarmulkes those who didn t have them covered their heads with napkins and the plane turned into one praying synagogue. It was very amazing and moving to see this. At some point during our flight, the plane started zigzagging in the sky because we had encountered a dogfight between our planes and Egyptian planes. I was so scared that I burst out crying when this was happening, but one of the soldiers said to me, Why are you crying? Your Rebbe told you that everything would turn out all right for you and your loved ones. And that reminder calmed me down. When we landed, the airport was absolutely dark, and there was no public transportation of any kind everything had been turned over to the war effort. But I managed to make my way home, and I located my children. The war lasted close to three weeks. When the dust settled, though many Israeli soldiers had been killed and wounded, my husband came home safe and sound just as the Rebbe said he would. As the Rebbe had requested, I made sure to call New York to report that all was well with my family. After the war, I returned to work, and I kept on working. I have now been a teacher in the Reshet Oholei Yosef Yitzchak for thirty-five years. I never wanted to block the conduit that was bringing blessings to me and my family. Yes, there were financial difficulties at the beginning, but after a time, my salary increased and I no longer needed to borrow money to send my children to daycare. I saw the blessings increase from year to year. I saw my children growing up, being educated, becoming successful in marriage, in raising their own children. I saw the Rebbe s blessing in action from generation to generation. And today I would say to anyone involved in Jewish education: It s a huge thing that you are doing; it s the most important thing in the world. Our children are our most valuable treasure, and they are in your hands. For this reason, I never retired. People say to me, What? At your age, you are still working? How do you have the energy for this? And I answer, I do it for the blessing and for the happiness it brings me. Today, I live in Upper Nazareth (Nazareth Illit) where I am the principal of a girls high school. The girls are bussed in from the entire region, and they are so pleased to come, so pleased with the school the good education, the good teachers, the good atmosphere. Our school even won a regional prize for excellence. And I really see the Rebbe s blessings all around me, still flowing after more than forty years. Mrs. Zlata (Freiman) Hertzel is the principal of the Chabad Girls School in Nazereth Illit, in 1996 her husband, Meir, passed away. She was remarried to Rabbi Yeshayau Hertzel, the Chief Rabbi of Nazaereth Illit where she was interviewed in May of 2015. לע נ ר ישראל יעקב וזוגתו מרת קריינא ע ה לאקשין ע י בניהם ר נחמן ור אברהם ומשפחתם שיחיו This week in. > 5719-1959, in a letter to the Israeli Journalist Eliezer Livneh, the Rebbe explained his opposition to the separation between religion and state in Israel. Namely, Judaism demands that we connect the spiritual with the mundane, and that our belief in G-d must translate into actual day-to-day conduct; quite the opposite of removing Judaism from the state. 1 2 Sivan > 5739-1979, during the pre-shavuot farbrengen, the Rebbe spoke passionately about the role of children in the study of Torah. The Rebbe requested that all children, boys and girls, say l chaim, and choose a Chasidic melody to be sung. Afterwards, the Rebbe personally distributed a prayer book to each child, explaining that it connects both prayer and Torah study. 2 5 Sivan 1. Igros Kodesh Vol. 18, Pg. 396 2. Sichos Kodesh 5739 Vol. 3, Pg. 40 In loving memory of our late father Shalom Yitzchok Raskas, St. Loius Mo. A project of: By Steve and Sharon Goodman You can help us record more testimonies by dedicating future editions of Here s My Story JEWISH EDUCATIONAL MEDIA interviews@jemedia.org myencounterblog.com 718-774-6000 784 Eastern Parkway Suite 403 Brooklyn, NY 11213 Copyright, Jewish Educational Media, 2017 Generously printed by

LA SIDRA DE LA SEMAINE PARACHAT BAMIDBAR AVOT 6 27 MAI 2017 2 SIVAN 5777 VIVRE AVEC LA PARACHA CHAVOUOT UN SOMMEIL PROFOUND Le Midrach indique que les Juifs dormirent toute la nuit précédant la Don de la Torah, «parce que dormir à Chavouot est agréable et la nuit est courte Pas même un moustique ne les piqua». Quand D.ieu arriva pour leur donner la Torah, Il trouva les Juifs profondément endormis et dut les réveiller. C est pour réparer le sommeil du peuple juif, en cette veille du Don de la Torah, que nous avons la coutume de rester éveillés la première nuit de Chavouot et d étudier la Torah. Tout ce qui est relaté dans la Torah nous sert d enseignement dans notre service Divin. Dans le cas présent, il semble évident que ce récit a pour but de nous indiquer qu il nous faut veiller toute la nuit de Chavouot. Cependant, pour nous transmettre cet enseignement, il aurait été suffisant de résumer l histoire. Le fait que nos Sages aient ajouté «dormir à Chavouot est agréable et la nuit est courte Pas même un moustique ne les piqua» indique que ces détails contiennent aussi une leçon plus profonde. UNE ATTENTE IMPATIENTE Il est bien connu que la promesse qu ils recevraient la Torah cinquante jours après la sortie d Egypte éveilla un désir profond dans le cœur des Juifs. C est avec une grande impatience qu ils comptèrent chaque jour les menant à ce moment. C est d ailleurs la source de la Mitsva du décompte du Omer. Ainsi donc, si déjà depuis sept semaines, les Juifs attendaient ce moment, on peut présumer que leur désir ne faisait que croître à l approche de la date prévue. Ils savaient que D.ieu allait leur donner la Torah le lendemain. Comment leur fut-il possible de dormir? Mais cela va encore plus loin. Leur décompte des quarante-neuf jours les avait préparés au plus grand cadeau de D.ieu. Au cours de chacun de ces quarante-neuf jours, ils s étaient hissés vers les cinquante portes de la compréhension. C est ainsi qu au quarante-neuvième jour, ils avaient atteint quarante-neuf portes, le maximum possible par le service Divin des mortels, la cinquantième devant être ouverte par D.ieu au Mont Sinaï. Si l on tient compte du fait que les Juifs étaient animés d un désir ardent de recevoir la Torah, alors même qu ils étaient encore sous l influence des quarante-neuf portes de l Impureté de l Egypte, l on peut aisément comprendre l intensité de ce désir au moment où ils avaient atteint un tel niveau d élévation et de mérite. Le fait qu ils dormirent, et si profondément, a-til donc un sens? Force nous est de conclure que même pendant qu ils dormaient, leur esprit ne quitta pas l événement tant attendu. En fait, ils allèrent dormir pour s y préparer. Cela est également indiqué par le fait qu aucun moustique ne les piqua. Si en allant se reposer, ils s étaient éloignés de la Torah, D.ieu n aurait pas suscité un miracle qui leur permit de dormir si tranquillement. Le miracle lui-même indique également qu il s agissait d une préparation. ATTEINDRE LE SUBLIME En fait, quand quelqu un dort, son âme quitte, à un certain degré, son corps et «monte» dans les royaumes spirituels, ne laissant en lui que certaines traces de vitalité. C est ainsi que l âme du dormeur peut saisir un plus haut niveau de Divinité que lorsque la personne est éveillée. C est pour cela que les Juifs dormirent la veille du Don de la Torah. Ils voulaient que leur âme se détache du domaine de l expérience corporelle et soit véritablement capable d atteindre des hauteurs spirituelles sublimes. Ils seraient, pensaient-ils, encore mieux préparés aux révélations du Don de la Torah. Là est le sens des paroles du Midrach : «dormir à Chavouot est agréable et la nuit est courte». Après le travail des quarante-neuf jours, la «nuit» était courte, il ne restait qu un peu d obscurité dans le monde. Tout le travail préparatoire avait été accompli et la grande Révélation était imminente. «Le sommeil était donc plaisant» car il pouvait permettre d atteindre des niveaux spirituels exceptionnels. Les élévations spirituelles de cette nuit furent telles qu elles affectèrent même l environnement au point qu aucune créature vivante ne vint perturber leur sommeil. (Continuer a la page 11) MOSAIC EXPRESS 9

LE RECIT DE LA SEMAINE La fête de Chavouot marque la Hilloula du Baal Chem Tov On sait que plus un homme est grand spirituellement, plus son mauvais penchant peut l être également - comme le prouve le récit suivant Un des disciples du Baal Chem Tov (qu on appelait Reb Morde haï) entretenait, malgré (ou peut-être à cause de) sa grandeur spirituelle, le désir secret de devenir sorcier! Bien sûr, il savait que la Torah interdit littéralement ce genre d occupation mais son désir devenait une passion et cette passion l aveuglait. Il était déterminé : ce Chabbat serait le dernier qu il passerait auprès de son Rabbi. Dès le dimanche matin, il s en irait très loin et entamerait un nouveau chapitre dans sa vie. Il avait déjà soigneusement préparé une liste de contacts potentiels et son plan était parfaitement au point. Ce vendredi soir, il se conduisit comme à l accoutumée. Après la prière, il s assit à la table de Chabbat, chanta les mélodies traditionnelles, goûta à tous les plats, écouta les paroles de Torah du Baal Chem Tov puis de ses Hassidim. Mais son esprit était ailleurs, très loin. Il ne se sentait plus très à l aise, d ailleurs il avait très chaud, trop chaud : il enleva son chapeau de fourrure, puis sa redingote de Chabbat. Cela ne suffisait pas, il lui fallait sortir de là! Jamais il n avait fait aussi chaud! Pourtant, dehors, il voyait combien le vent soufflait, la neige tombait à gros flocons, nul n osait s aventurer dans ce froid glacial! Et lui, il suait à grosses gouttes! Il allait s évanouir de chaleur! - Puis-je sortir quelques minutes? demanda-t -il au Baal Chem Tov. J ai besoin d air frais! - Oui mais uniquement pour quelques minutes, répondit le maître. Reviens vite car c est dangereux dehors! Morde haï sortit, soulagé de pouvoir enfin respirer, même s il faisait effectivement très froid. Mais il sentit bien vite la chaleur l envahir à nouveau. Sans réfléchir davantage, il ouvrit les boutons de son manteau puis de sa chemise et se frotta la peau avec de la neige. La sensation de froid s atténua pourtant encore et, pour chasser cette chaleur, il se mit à courir : le vent qui fouettait son visage lui était si agréable que, bien qu il tombât plusieurs fois, il s enfonça dans la forêt. Le monde basculait autour de lui : la chaleur, la forêt, la neige, les arbres, les étoiles et il s évanouit dans la neige. Il se réveilla dans une pièce inconnue ; il était alité, un vieux paysan et sa femme veillaient sur lui. - Nous avons pensé qu on t avait tué quand on t a trouvé étendu dans la neige! Cela fait déjà une semaine que tu dors! Comment te sens-tu? Veux-tu un peu de soupe chaude? D où viens-tu? Non, Morde haï ne se souvenait de rien. Le bol de soupe lui rendit des forces et ses nouveaux «parents» le surnommèrent Vladimir. Au bout de quelques jours, il se sentait mieux et se mit à apprendre comment se rendre utile dans la ferme, comment conduire une charrue Il réussit tant et si bien qu il comprit qu il fallait agrandir la ferme. Il acheta le terrain d un voisin, embaucha du personnel et, en cinq ans, sa ferme était devenue une immense propriété. Un jour, le vieux propriétaire revint d une promenade avec un morceau de journal et commenta avec un grand sourire : «On recherche de nouveaux colonels pour l armée. Je pense que tu devrais tenter ta chance et devenir quelqu un de vraiment important! Regarde tout ce que tu as déjà accompli de merveilleux ici : tu es quelqu un de spécial! Ne perds pas ton temps et tes capacités à vivoter dans cette ferme! Cela fait déjà assez de temps que tu végètes ici!». «Vladimir» (encore sous l emprise de l amnésie) se lança dans l aventure de l armée et franchit toutes les étapes à une vitesse stupéfiante et, lors de la guerre entre son pays et la Pologne, il dirigea les cavaliers du roi. Il faudrait encore de nombreux chapitres pour décrire tous ses exploits, tous les combats auxquels il participa victorieusement, le nombre de fois où il frôla la mort de justesse Lors d un de ces féroces combats, tous ses supérieurs avaient été tués et il dut prendre la place du général : il remporta la bataille contre tous les pronostics. Soudain, les souvenirs remontèrent à son esprit. Il se souvint de cette soirée dix ans auparavant, quand il avait quitté la table du Baal Chem Tov! Il s arrêta quelques instants, contemplant tout ce qui lui était arrivé depuis cet instant crucial. Il ordonna alors à ses soldats : «Descendez! Retournez dans votre campement et préparez-vous! Dans une heure, nous partons pour une marche de trois (Continuer a la page 11) 10 MOSAIC EXPRESS

(Continuer de la page 10) jours!». Effectivement, au bout de trois jours de marche, le bataillon arriva dans la forêt qui encerclait la petite maison d étude du Baal Chem Tov. On était en plein hiver, exactement comme dix ans auparavant. «Vladimir» intima à ses soldats l ordre d allumer des torches puis de dégainer leurs épées : la lumière était maintenant aveuglante, le bruit des épées assourdissant puis un lourd silence s installa. Le général descendit de son cheval, s approcha de la cabane en bois et frappa la porte du manche de son épée. (Continuer de la page 9) LE BUT DU DON DE LA TORAH Mais D.ieu n en fut pas content. Ce n était pas la manière adéquate de se préparer. Il a été souvent dit que le Don de la Torah apporta une nouvelle dimension à l observance des Mitsvot, par rapport à celle de nos Patriarches. Désormais, elles allaient avoir un effet durable sur les matières physiques, concrètes, avec lesquelles elles étaient accomplies, les imprégnant de sainteté. Pour atteindre le summum de notre service Divin, il ne s agit pas d abandonner le corps mais de l utiliser. C est par ce type d efforts que le lien est établi avec l essence de D.ieu et non par une âme immatérielle. Le Don de la Torah avait pour but de mettre l accent sur l avantage d un service Divin accompli par une âme habillée dans un corps. La préparation à cet événement devait aller dans le même sens : non dormir pour s élever au-dessus du corps mais travailler avec son corps. NUL NE PEUT RESTER UNE ÎLE Certains demandent : «Pourquoi serais-je concerné par l obscurité du monde? Pourquoi (Continuer a la page 12) - Ouvrez au nom du roi! Voyez ce qui arrive au Hassid qui quitte son Rabbi! Ouvrez à l armée de dix mille hommes! Lentement, la porte s ouvrit. Le Baal Chem Tov sortit la tête par la fenêtre : - Morde haï! Tu es encore là? Cela fait déjà plus de cinq minutes que tu te trouves dehors! Tu veux devenir malade? Rentre vite! - Cinq minutes? s esclaffa le vaillant général. Regardez tous mes glorieux soldats et vous ne parlerez plus de cinq minutes! ajouta-t-il avec un grand geste orgueilleux. Il se retourna et il n y avait rien ni personne! Même son propre cheval avait disparu! Et son épée dont il était si fier! Le vent soufflait dans les arbres et la neige recouvrait toute la végétation et il portait les mêmes habits qu il y a dix ans Ce n était donc qu un rêve? Il comprit alors que le Baal Chem Tov avait lu dans ses pensées depuis bien longtemps et, humblement reprit sa place auprès de son Rabbi, sa véritable place Rav Touvia Bolton Kfar Chabad Traduit par Feiga Lubecki LE COIN DE LA HALACHA QUE FAIT-ON À CHAVOUOT? On a coutume de se couper les cheveux la veille de Chavouot, donc cette année le mardi 30 mai 2017. On allumera une bougie de quarante-huit heures pour pouvoir allumer les bougies du second soir de Chavouot. Après avoir mis quelques pièces à la Tsedaka mardi soir 30 mai (à Montreal avant 20h 16) et mercredi soir 31 mai (après 21h 32), les femmes allumeront les deux bougies de la fête (les jeunes filles et les petites filles allumeront une bougie), avec les bénédictions : 1) «Barou h Ata Ado-naï Elo-hénou Mélè h Haolam Achère Kidéchanou Bémitsvotav Vetsivanou Lehadlik Nèr Chèl Yom Tov» 2) «Barou h Ata Ado-naï Elo-hénou Mélè h Haolam Chéhé héyanou Vekiyemanou Vehigianou Lizmane Hazé». Il est de coutume de lire le "Tikoune de Chavouot" la première nuit de Chavouot jusqu'à l'aube, donc la nuit du mardi 30 au mercredi 31 mai. Tous, hommes, femmes et enfants, même les nourrissons, se rendront à la synagogue mercredi matin 31 mai pour écouter la lecture des Dix Commandements. On marque ainsi l unité du peuple juif autour de la Torah, et on renouvelle l engagement d observer ses préceptes. On a l habitude de prendre un repas lacté avant le vrai repas de viande mercredi midi. Jeudi 1er juin, on récite, pendant l office du matin, la prière de Yizkor en souvenir des disparus : on donnera de l argent à la Tsedaka pour leur mérite après la fête. La fête se termine jeudi soir 1er juin après 21h 33 (heure de Paris) avec la prière de la Havdala. Rappelons qu on ne récite pas la prière de Tahanoun (supplications) depuis Roch Hodech Sivan (vendredi 26 mai) jusqu au 12 Sivan (mardi 6 juin). MOSAIC EXPRESS 11

EDITORIAL EN UN JOUR D ETERNITÉ HORAIRE DE LA SEMAINE CHABBAT: Talmud et Hala ha......19h 30 Seu'da Chelichit........20h 30 Les mots ont décidément toujours un sens et un poids propres. Lorsque revient la fête de Chavouot et que, au plus profond de la conscience, retentit l appel «Don de la Torah!», c est un univers nouveau qui pénètre notre horizon, comme si l infini faisait brutalement irruption au cœur même de nos limites. C est ici le moment et le lieu d en prendre la pleine mesure. Le Don de la Torah arrive et plus rien ne sera pareil. un sens à l histoire. Révolution intellectuelle et morale aussi car, enfin, une Loi qui s impose à tous apparaît dans notre monde. Alors que, jusque-là, elle n était que la volonté des puissants, toujours changeante au gré de leurs caprices, voici qu elle revêt la puissance de la nécessité et de l évidence. C est à présent une Loi d Absolu, créatrice de civilisation. MERCREDI La Torah Pratique Joignez nous pour un cours interactive et pratique pour messieurs et dames...20h00 Bien sûr, une telle ouverture peut paraître un peu grandiloquente. Après tout, il ne s agit que d une fête du calendrier juif, même si c est l une des plus grandes. Alors, prenons le temps d y réfléchir à nouveau. Lorsque, au mont Sinaï, D.ieu donne la Torah comme Il l avait annoncé à Moïse avant même la sortie d Egypte, c est une véritable révolution qui se produit. Révolution spirituelle d abord puisque, à partir de ce moment, le matériel et le spirituel cessent d être des domaines hermétiquement séparés pour s interpénétrer et ainsi donner (Continuer de la page 11) devrais-je m impliquer dans la matérialité? Il est préférable que je me coupe de tout cela et que je me consacre à étudier la Torah et à améliorer mon service Divin, sans être dérangé par quiconque!» Ceux-là disent qu ils ont atteint le niveau de Chavouot où la «nuit», l obscurité de notre monde, est courte. Ils veulent atteindre les plus hauts niveaux («le sommeil de Chavouot est agréable») et ne pas être dérangés par les moustiques qui les entourent. Ils doivent savoir qu avant même que la Torah ne soit donnée, en fait, même le jour où elle fut donnée, une telle Quand, en notre temps, nous écoutons retentir dans nos synagogues, le premier jour de Chavouot, la voix éternelle des Dix Commandements, nous nous rattachons certes à cet héritage. Mais, plus encore, nous vivons, une nouvelle fois, l événement et, de cette façon refondons la société des hommes. En temps d incertitude, nous trouvons notre point d ancrage et aucune tempête ne pourra l affaiblir. A nous de nous y attacher. approche était contraire à l intention Divine. Voilà pourquoi nous ne dormons pas à Chavouot, la nuit qui précède le Don de la Torah. Il ne s agit pas simplement de réparer l erreur de nos ancêtres mais le fait de rester éveillés est en soi une préparation au Don de la Torah. L approche adéquate veut que nous nous impliquions avec le corps, l âme animale et notre part du monde. Ainsi nous préparonsnous à recevoir la Torah avec une joie qui se déploiera tout au long de l année. ETINCELLES DE MACHIAH LA SOUMISSION AUX NATIONS Le Talmud (Bra hot 34b) enseigne : «Il n y a aucune différence entre l époque actuelle et le temps de Machia h sauf (notre émancipation) de la soumission aux nations». Le Baal Chem Tov donne une explication plus profonde de cette phrase : celui qui ne croit pas que la Providence Divine pénètre chaque aspect du monde est asservi par l impureté qui dissimule la réalité de la création. C est le sens de la «soumission aux nations». Mais, au temps de Machia h, l esprit d impureté sera chassé de la terre. Alors la Providence Divine deviendra manifeste et chacun verra que tout provient de D.ieu. 12 MOSAIC EXPRESS