ELVIS Spirituality >> Torah por JERRY LEE JOHNNY CASH LEWIS PRESLEY THE BROADWAY MUSICAL • . 11110'NIFILIMMOU INSPIRED BY THE ELECTRIFYING TRUE . STORY • 4'4 Parshat Vaera: e Bi el 28:25-2 The smash hit musical inspired by the legendary recording session where four irons of rock if roll came together for one unforgettable night! featuring over 20 hits: "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," -That's AR Right," - Sixteen TOIIS," ''G[ eat Balls afire," Walk the Line," Who Do You Love," -?Aatchbox," -Folsom Prison Blues,' 'Hound Dog' and more! Fisher Theatre • January 24-February 5 How many families are torn apart because they refuse to compromise with each other? G ebrates his'ability to glorify terrible od tells Moses to go to Pharaoh and tell him to free ... power, even at the expense of his own the slaves. Pharaoh of course country. Unfortunately, so much of the refuses. misery of the world occurs because Moses tells Aaron to throw down the leaders of so many countries are his staff in front of Pharaoh. He does, and it becomes a snake. The Pharaoh's more interested in their power than in their people's welfare. They magicians then throw down would rather destroy their their staffs, which also enemy and themselves, become snakes. Even when than allow their enemy to Aaron's snake devours live peacefully. those of the magicians, This is not just a politi- Pharaoh is not impressed. cal issue. We do not have to He probably assumes that look farther than our own his magicians will eventu- families. How many fami- ally make a bigger and lies are torn apart because more dangerous snake. they refuse to compromise God then tells Moses to with each other? How much tell Aaron to throw the staff misery is there when peo- into the Nile. Aaron does ple would rather be unhap- and the waters become py as long as they know the blood. Here is where things other is unhappy, too? get a bit odd. The Torah teaches us that this Pharaoh's magicians then turn approach can never work well. We water into blood. They do not turn have to ask ourselves in relationships the blood back into water. This just with others, are we like Pharaoh, increases the misery of his own someone who is willing to risk every- people. He does not care. Pharaoh is thing for our own egos, or will we be happy that he can be just as destruc- tive a force as the God of Israel. This is like Moses, someone who looks out for the well being of everyone, no matter how we know that eventually he will how challenging they may be? fail. Pharaoh brings Egypt to its ruin Aaron Bergman is a rabbi at Adat Shalom because he would rather bring harm Synagogue in Farmington Hills. to his own people than let others live in peace and freedom. He only cel- Tickets: Box Office • ticketmaster.com • 800-982-2787 • Info: BroadwayinDetroit.com • 313-872-1000 Groups (12+): Groups@BroadwayInDetroit.com or 313-871-1132 Broadway e roit 50th Anni er ar e s s A so r /r d si ow - 11 0 ••••••••"-- annual Chicken Soup Cook Off Sunday? January 29 from 12:00pm to 1:30pm CO The Corners.: 2075 Walnut Lake Rd. West Bloomfield, Nli Iciste soups OP) orooteur cod professional entronts Live R- ivsi;- , Light sondwic.hes for purcho.se ' Vote for 'The People i Choice Aword" B US C H'S Agit R1,1 44117 PubiicCitv PR • f. ■ 6 SERVICES !? \CA,Y1 • Nick's Country Oven • Lulu's Coney Island • 1! C-nt-r• - _-a • I. _ n .• ickets 13 child, 15/aduit,•5/family purchaie tickets in advance, call 248-406-4255 January 19 2012 29