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The Word Of God:
Food For Our Being
Sunday, September 12 at 1:00 PM
RABBI ELLIOT PACHTER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Champagne and Gourmet Dessert Reception
Narrated by Edgar Guest III, you'll hear excerpts and melodies from "Call Me
Madam," "Gypsy," "Pal Joey," "Les Miserables," "Fiddler On The Roof," "Phantom" and
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Children 12 & under $5.00
Table of 10 $100.00
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hat goes better to-
gether than Juda-
isr, q ,,,1 food?
Akir e —...5 dipped in
honey, latkes, hamantashen,
symbolic meals on Pesach and
Tu B'Shevat, wine and
challah. Indd many of one's
most sigt - ant Jewish
memories involve food: Shab-
bat and holiday meals, or
Grandma cooking in the
kitchen. -
Parashat Ekev initially
seems to susport the pro-
minence of food in Jewish life.
The sedrah begins with a
description of the rewards for
following God's command-
ments. High on this list are
the "fruit of your land, your
corn ai=d your wine."
(Deuteronomy 7:13) Providing
food as an expression of love
and approval is an old
message and originates with
none other than the Lord!
The sedrah reminds us of
the manna, the miraculous
food which sustained the
Israelites throughout 40
years in the wilderness. The
land of Canaan, which they
are soon to enter, is empha-
sized as "a land of wheat and
barley, and vines and fig-trees
and pomegranates; a land of
olive trees and honey; a land
wherein thou shalt eat bread
without scarceness; thou
shalt not lack anything in it."
(Deuteronomy 8:8-9) In other
words, whatever problems
there might be, the
refrigerator will always be
well stocked!
The centrality of food is
reassessed, however, with the
famous words, "The human
being does not live by bread
alone, but by all that comes
forth from the mouth of the
Lord does the human being
live?' (Deuteronomy 8:3)
How often this powerful
verse is abused when quoted
only partially and out of con-
text. I remember a television
commercial for a brand of cold
cuts. A person was making a
Dagwood-size sandwich and
explained, "Man does not live
by bread alone?' This implica-
tion, that large quantities of
food represent an important
value, is obviously the op-
posite of the intended mean-
ing of the Torah.
sustenance,
Physical
though certainly a positive
feature of Judaism, is not
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enough to consider ourselves
to be truly "alive." Tht:
Chafetz Chayim notes that
the Hebrew al halechem
should be understood not
"by bread" but rather "for th‘
purpose of acquiring bread?'
It is not merely a command t'
recognize the word of God f=
the source of our existenCt
This verse further calls upo
us to seek more in life than
merely the ability to put food
on the table.
As significant a role foot:
plays in Jewish life, our
religion offers a number
mitzvot which place a contr
on the overall impact of foe_
Shabbat Ekev:
Deuteronomy
7:12-11:25
Isaiah 49:14-51:3.
Just a week and a half ago
many of us observed the Fast
of Tisha B'Av, in memory of
the destruction of the
Temples of Jerusalem and
other tragic events in Jewish
history. Though fasting i
rarely easy in the physica_
sense, it is hardly lift
threatening to most of ou,
community. The spiritual im
pact of fasting on Tisha WA--
Yom Kippur and the oth -
f -
Ta'aniyot Tzibbur
outweighs the occaskona
hunger pangs. The message
clear — we can live wifs'-
food once in a while, bu _
cannot live without God.
Fast days are a perfect -_
portunity to remind ourselvt
that we can exist on less food.
It is the time to renew our
r_ad Ezra,
commitnaPro-
.ner worthwhile
causes.
Even when we are permit-
ted to eat, our menu is
limited. The laws of kashrut
have been explained in many
ways. Not all interpretations
are agreed upon universally.
But what's undeniable about
Jewish dietary laws is the
self-denial each of us must ex-
perience with respect to cer-
tain foods or combinations of
foods.
The most traditional el
planation of kashrut is +-
observe this diet becau -
"God says so." Taken togeth, .
with the message of "not
bread alone," it become,
clearer that eating without