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selves as part of a greater whole, and
to understand that I have greater
responsibilities than just "taking care
of number one." While we often
apply this idea to charity and acts of
kindness, it's pertains to ritual prac-
tice as well.
Before describing the construction
of the Mishkan (Tabernacle), Moshe
first gathers the people and tells them,
"You shall not kindle fire in any of
he neighbors of Rabbi
your dwellings on the Sabbath day."
Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld,
Why focus on "any of your
. the first chief rabbi of
dwellings?" Why not simply say,
Jerusalem, came to him
"Don't light fires on
one Shabbat to complain.
Shabbat?"
In a certain home, neigh-
Moshe commands us not
bors were violating the
to
light
fires anywhere, in
Shabbat by lighting the
any home, to teach us that
stove.
we must extend this impor-
Incredulous, Rabbi
tant lesson of communal
Zonnenfeld ran to investi-
responsibility to ritual prac-
gate. Barging into the home,
tice,
and especially the keep-
he could not find any evi-
ing
of
Shabbat. It is not
dence of wrongdoing.
enough
for me to say, "I
(Seeing the saintly rabbi
don't
light
fires, so I'm OK."
approaching the building,
RABBI
Rather, I can only relax once
the family quickly extin-
REUVEN
I know that not only do I
guished the fire they had lit.)
SPOLTER
keep and guard the Shabbat,
But what business is it of
Special to the
but my fellow Jew does as
the chief rabbi if a family
Jewish
News
well.
chooses not to keep a mitz-
In a sense, Moshe tells
vah?
the
people,
"Before
we can build a
We live in a time of religious tol-
Mishkan
and
welcome
God into our
erance: What I do and how I prac-
midst,
we
must
first
ensure
that the
tice is my business and my business
entire community is one God would
only. In a way, that's how it should
want to dwell in." What I do affects
be. America grants Jews and people
my neighbor, and what he does
of all religions the freedom to wor-
affects
me. The children of Israel are
ship in any way we wish to. Yet,
forever
connected, not only physical-
while pluralism and openness form
ly,
but
spiritually
as well.
the cornerstones of a free and diverse
Regarding
Chief
Rabbi Zonnenfeld,
American society, religious tolerance
while
he
might
have
been responsible
within the Jewish community isn't
for his neighbor's Shabbat observance,
really a Jewish ideal at all.
why didn't he knock?
Numerous sources in the Torah
The rabbi explained, "I heard that
demand us to look not only at our-
there was a fire burning in the house
selves and our own religious obser-
and I ran in to save lives. Firemen
vance, but at the observance of our
don't knock — they barge down the
fellow Jews as well. "You shall not
door.
hate your brother in your heart,"
"Who can think about knocking
God tells us. Rather, "You shall
when lives are at stake?" ❑
reprove your fellow and do not bear
a sin because of him." In simple
terms, if my friend sins and I say
nothing, I in some way bear respon-
sibility for his actions. I could have
stopped him, yet I chose to remain
silent.
Do you agree that Jews should
More popular is the statement of
be concerned with not only the
Hillel from Avon. "If I am not for
welfare
of other Jews, but also
myself, then who will be for me? But
with the level of Jewish obser-
if I am only for myself, then what
vance of others? In what ways
am I?"
it
could this concern be promoted
Judaism challenges us to see our-
in today's society?

Shabbat HaChodesh
Parshah Vayachel-Pekude:
Exodus 35:1-40:38,
12:1-20;
Ezekiel 45:16-46:18.

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Reuven Spolter

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is rabbi of Young Israel