Why Separate Men and Women in Synagogue?

B"H


Elul 10, 5772 * August 28, 2012

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Editor's Note:

Dear Friends,

Try wearing white next week, and the fashion police will be after you—not that you should be fazed by the dictates of trend. The end of the summer season brings a shift in attitude, which affects how we portray ourselves, and more importantly, how we view ourselves.

Though the schools may be opening, on the Jewish calendar we're not starting the new year just yet. Rosh Hashanah, which marks the beginning of the Jewish year, is still a few weeks away.

Or maybe not. Maybe we should start the year before it starts. Think of it this way: If there aren't enough hours in your day, start the night before. If there aren't sufficient months in your year, start the month before. Starting the new year on the right foot means starting to turn over your new leaf a few weeks before Rosh Hashanah. Elul is a time of reevaluation and recommitment, setting the stage for a spiritual and meaningful Rosh Hashanah.

So let's take a few moments to think about where we are and where we can be.

Wishing you a sweet new year!

Rabbi Baruch S. Davidson,
on behalf of the Chabad.org Editorial Team



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THIS WEEK'S FEATURES:

PARSHAH

Letting Go of Hate (By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks)


Moses delivers a command so counterintuitive that we have to read it twice to make sure we have heard it correctly . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C2D9798452F42D9DDA85AF2EF81EFCF7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Why Was Miriam Punished So Harshly? (By Chaya Sarah Silberberg)


I've been reading the biblical story where Miriam speaks ill about her brother Moses, and her punishment seems completely disproportionate to her "crime."

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=052B473769B64772D0272B56978D2773&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Wipe Out Amalek, Today? (By Aron Moss)

If the Torah commands the Jewish people to wage an eternal war against the nation of Amalek, why aren't you seeking out Amalekites to kill?

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=7EEFB760531BDB4ED5C2A1595BA98070&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Victimizing the Rape Victim? (By Lazer Gurkow)


s it true that the Torah requires rape victims to marry their rapists and the only punishment to the rapist is a fifty Shekel fine paid to the victim's father?

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=D6E53AD2303C957346A7F2764EA580D5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Ki Teitzei in a Nutshell


The law of the beautiful captive and the rebellious son, the hybrid garment and the falsely accused spouse, the hungry employee and a dead brother's wife, how to get married and when to get divorced—and sixty-six other mitzvot.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=BD075D51BCB2B49AA26F5B7A95384458&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


VIDEO

Containing Conceit (By Chana Weisberg)


Set up guardrails to carefully control and temper your ego.

WATCH (21:57) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=78F0C75D48E7DB58719A28D3894CDA58&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Menagerie (By Dovid Taub)


A man wearing a fez gives a man wearing a top hat a tour of his menagerie. How could you not watch that?

WATCH (1:29) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=14F2F179598A55F8D658A64D4499DCC1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Election Issues: Funding Social Services (By Nochum Mangel)


Modern governments use their authority to tax their constituents and pay for public works and social services. What is the Torah view on how a society can express compassion while also teaching individual responsibility?

WATCH (56:03) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8062A050AD78653E360E35F1D130A760&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


JUDAISM 101

Shatnez-Free Clothing


You've heard of kosher food, but what about kosher clothes? Just like it is forbidden to eat a mixture of milk and meat, so too the Torah prohibits wearing a mixture of wool and linen. It's called shatnez.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9548F96045B0057D6EC4996B14767E95&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Biblical Guidelines for Warfare (By Menachem Posner)


Ancient Israel had to defend itself like any other
nation. But the Torah also lays down guidelines to ensure that this horrible
tool is used sparingly and compassionately.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=BAE2D9446CD112F179143AE592CB923C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


STORIES

Facedown (By Yerachmiel Tilles)


Nothing they did could meet with the man's approval, and it seemed as if he pursued them day and night in order to find fault with them . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A0E500DF1BD1C1E7E450B817DA92E458&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


The Rabbi and the Thief (By Eliezer Shemtov)


From a group of skilled pickpockets in a Soviet Gulag, Reb Mendel Futerfas learned a powerful lesson in self-examination.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=DA4D888DFAB171029B02449FF8D761DD&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


A Tzaddik's Repentance (By Tuvia Bolton)


When the two pupils approached, they saw their master sitting in the snow, weeping and praying. They hurriedly departed.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=53C5BFA2F01C117187DF935A68297E7A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


JEWISH LIFE

Lost in the Forest (By Sara Esther Crispe)


We were out of water. We were out of food. We barely had any battery left on the cell phone, and had no idea where we were, other than lost in the Vermont National Forest.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=33BDACCAAC0F7CF0E9CB6C37571FE357&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Fusing Art and Spirit (By Rhona Lewis)


"I bought some clay and tools, and even though I didn't know how to work the clay, I kept on experimenting. Sometimes the pieces would fall off, and sometimes the figurine would explode in the kiln."

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=2B92932B0C59000866AC4C60439A99E5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


The Voice of the Conflicted Soul (By Chana Weisberg)


Knowing that You are all-capable, knowing that You certainly could have arranged it that I should reap the intended benefit without needing to experience the pain, how do I justify the suffering that You inflict on me?

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8811249558C61D6FF14234168FDC9A9C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


SPIRITUALITY

Why You Are Right and the World Is Wrong (By Tzvi Freeman)


There's something you brought to the world that the world didn't give you. It's the only thing that makes you real.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B66CA201D7AE077849B5757B5A43596F&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


THE REBBE

Why Separate Men and Women in the Synagogue? (By Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, The Lubavitcher Rebbe)


"It is a mistake to think that the Mechitzah is degrading to the honor or dignity of the Jewish woman . . ."

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=79065754CF02A4AA981F52D8683E0FEA&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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