Shabbat Shalom from Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
Shabbat Ekev
Torah: Deuteronomy 7:12 - 11:25 / Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 - 51:3
“Not by Bread Alone”
Dear Friends,
As the Children of Israel prepared to enter the Promised Land, Moses warned them not to become arrogant. After all the trials and difficulties that they overcame in the desert, life in the Land of Israel would surely bring comfort and abundance – a recipe for pride and self importance. It would be essential that the Israelites remember that their survival and success came from God’s blessings. Thus, this week’s text teaches “man does not live by bread alone.”
Likutei Torah offers this lesson: “Human beings do not live from physical bread… but only by God’s power, which went forth at the time of creation and which caused bread to come into existence. It is from this spiritual essence that human beings live because it is the food that provides nourishment for the soul. (A Torah Commentary for Our Times: Volume 3. Harvey Fields, page 120)
Take time for mindfulness and awareness of the blessings and abundance that are showered upon us each and every day.
Zay a mentsch – be a good person.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
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