Friday, November 13, 2015

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: TOLEDOT: JACOB AND ESAU: I- IT

GENESIS 25:19-28:09 TOLEDOT

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RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: CHUMASH CANDESCENCE: PARASHA TOLEDOT:

GENESIS 25:19-28:09

CHUMASH CANDESCENCE
PARASHA TOLEDOT
GENESIS 25:19-28:09
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL

"We Are Family; Come on Everybody, Let's Sing"

SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:

Rebecca and Isaac give birth to two sons, Jacob and Esau. Esau sells Jacob his birthright for some bean chili. Isaac moves to Philistia due to famine. King Abimelech desires Rebecca. Isaac reopens the wells that Abraham dug that the Philistines then closed. Esau marries two Hittite women. Isaac decides to bless Esau, but Rebecca schemes with Jacob to have Jacob blessed instead. Esau now hates Isaac and swears to kill him.

Jacob flees to his uncle Laban's home. Esau marries for a third time. He chooses Ishmael's daughter. For an in-depth view of the Torah's "Family Feud," please read on.

Our parasha (Torah portion) deals with different people's various needs. Many times these people think that their needs conflict with others' needs. Some of our characters in the parasha deal with these needs assertively and may appear therefore to be "needy." Most of them, however, use manipulation and deceit. They refuse to admit their needs.

This makes them appear on the outside to be "strong" when in reality they are the weak. Their lack of assertiveness leads them to sin and dysfunction which, as we will read in later chapters of the Bible, has disastrous effects on our people's history.

Our parasha's two main characters begin to show their different needs while in their mother's womb. Rebecca felt Esau and Jacob "agitated within her"(Gen. 25:22). God told her that "two nations" were inside of her, and that the "elder shall serve the younger"(Gen. 25:23).

Note that the text says that "God said to her"(Gen. 25:23). Rebecca has a need not to displease Isaac. Therefore, the Midrash says, she kept this news from Isaac. As we will read at the end of this parasha, because Rebecca did not tell Isaac what God told her about their sons, Isaac is never able to imagine Esau as not being equal to the task of receiving his birthright.

Rebecca cannot vocalize her fears of being abandoned by Isaac, because she is afraid that he will assume that she is a sinner for having warring twins in her womb ( as posited by the Maharal--Rabbi Yehudah Loewe of 16th-century Prague). She has to conspire later to steal Esau's birthright and give it to Jacob. From the moment Rebecca finds out about what is growing in her womb, and decides not to tell Isaac, her relationship with her husband becomes one of deceit.

Isaac's favorite son is Esau. Rebecca's favorite son is Jacob. What if Rebecca, who was brought to Isaac when she was three years old, was able to say that she had to be honest with her husband and tell him what God told her, but was afraid to because she had fears of abandonment?

We know Isaac's history. Isaac saw firsthand how his father Abraham abandoned Hagar and Ishmael, his half-brother. Isaac saw how Abraham was ready to take Isaac's own life. If Rebecca was living in a society that allowed her to voice her fears, do we think tender Isaac would have scoffed at her and rejected her?

Jacob and Esau were contenders at birth, each with different needs and personalities. Jacob spent time in "tents" (Gen. 25:27) which the Midrash interprets as "schools." Esau loved hunting. Jacob, their father loved Esau, because Esau brought Isaac fresh "game for his mouth, but Rebecca loved Jacob" (Gen. 25:28).

The Torah records that when Jacob was cooking a red stew of lentils, Esau came in from the field and demanded some.
Jacob said he would give him some chili if Esau would sell Jacob his birthright. Esau agreed, as he thought he was "going to die"(Gen. 25:32).

The Talmud in Tractate Bava Batra 16B says that Jacob was cooking this stew as it was the shiva meal to comfort his father Isaac, who just buried Abraham. Ramban (Nachmanides of 13th-century Spain) says that Esau thought his life was almost over, as he had a hunting accident that day.

These two brothers did not communicate well. Isaac wanted nothing to do with Esau's hunting. Esau wanted nothing to do with Isaac's studying. If they spoke assertively to each other about their likes and dislikes , as well as their strengths and weaknesses, an arrangement might have been reached. Two of Jacob's sons, years later, reached such an agreement. Zebulun agrees to be a merchant seaman, allowing Issachar to remain home and study.

Does it not seem reasonable that Jacob could have accepted the spiritual birthright of Isaac, while Esau accepted the material birthright? Could not a sharing have taken place? The Torah paints Esau literally red and calls him Edom (red in Hebrew).

The sages paint Esau bloody red and say he is pure evil. But the Torah does not say this. Isaac loved Esau. Could Esau have been all that bad? Was Isaac, the son of Abraham, such a glutton that he would overlook evil in his own tent just for a meal of
meat? Of course not. Hence we have another situation where two people did not express their needs to each other, and instead of relating to each other as people, they related to each other as objects.

Some time later, Isaac has dealings with the Philistine king, Abimelech. This is the same king with whom Abraham made a treaty. Abraham was given permission to dig wells in Philistia. Isaac goes to Philistia, as there is a famine in Canaan. During this time, Isaac became "great and kept becoming greater until he was very great" (Gen. 26:13).

"The Philistines envied him"(Gen. 26: 14). Instead of the Philistines discussing their concerns with Isaac, they aggressively clog up the wells. Isaac digs two new wells, but the Philistines protest and say "the water is ours"(Gen. 26:20). Isaac names these two wells, "contention" (Esek) and enmity (Sitnah). Isaac digs a third well, which they do not contest. Isaac calls this well "Rehoboth" (Gen. 26:22). Rehoboth means "spaciousness."

Both Isaac and Abimelech are powerful men, yet they toy with each other like children in a kindergarten sand box. If Abimelech had said to Isaac that he was envious of Isaac's wealth and wanted to learn Isaac's herding secrets, would not have Isaac shared them with Abimelech? If Abraham was able to work out a treaty with Abimelech, could not have Isaac also?

Here is a case of another two people who have it-it relationships. Abimelech sees Isaac only as a potential commercial threat. Isaac sees Abimelech only as a land owner that he will use until the famine in Canaan is ended. Both of their tribes could have worked out a mutually beneficial commercial agreement, just as the descendents of Isaac, the children of
Israel, will hopefully soon be able to work out with the nominal
descendents of the Philistines.

The parasha's denouement comes with Rebecca's scheme to deceive her husband, Isaac, and steal from Esau. Again, instead of having an honest talk with her husband about her needs, she plots for Jacob to dress up as Esau and steal Esau's blessing from blinded Isaac. The ruse works, but only for a few moments. Esau and Isaac uncover the plot too late.

Esau swears that he will kill Jacob (Gen. 27:41). Jacob escapes to his uncle Laban's home. Years of two brothers and two spouses not being able to talk, share, or express their needs, boils over into an ugly scene. The ramifications are enormous.

As we will read next week, Laban also treats Jacob like an object. He tricks Jacob into marrying Leah when Jacob wants Rachel. Years later, Jacob favors Rachel's son Joseph over Leah's sons, who are older than Joseph. What happens? Joseph is sold into slavery in Egypt. Jacob and his other sons travel to Egypt and stay there because Joseph is Viceroy.

Within a generation or so, the Children of Jacob become slaves in Egypt. The Talmud says this is why we say on Passover that an "Aramean (Laban) sought to kill our father." The rabbis blame Laban for the switching of his daughters. They blame Laban for the aftermath of Joseph becoming the favorite son, causing the eventual slavery in Egypt.

I posit that the blame goes back further. If Rebecca lived in an
atmosphere were she felt she could express her need of wanting
reassurance of her bond with Isaac, she could have spoken with Isaac honestly.

She could tell Isaac that God told her about the warring twins
in her womb, without Isaac abandoning her. They would have been able, as two parents working as a communicating team, to raise Jacob and Esau in such a way so that each of these sons would have had their needs met.

If they were loving brothers, able to feel love equally from each parent, Jacob would have been glad to offer Esau some lunch without the fee of the birthright. Esau would have acknowledged his skills and weakness, and accepted Isaac as the spiritual leader. Isaac could have accepted Esau as the commercial leader.

There would have been no need to for Jacob to steal Esau's blessing. There would have been no need for Jacob to run to
uncle Laban. There would have been no need for Jacob and his sons to go down to Egypt where they end up as slaves. Jacob's descendants and the Philistines possible descendants, who are called Palestinians, could have lived together in peace in the Middle East, and not be taking up so much headline space today. But as the Yiddish saying teaches, "if my bubbie
had a moustache, she would be my zadie."

Too many vulnerable Jews in too many areas of the world hesitate to look at their temples to assist them in their hour of need. No amount of resolutions or statements can change this reality. Only action can. Every one of us is vulnerable at one time or another. Everyone of us will have an hour of need.

We are supposed to emulate God. God clothed naked Adam
and Eve. He consoled Hagar, Sarah, and so many others. He fed the Israelites manna, and even quail, in the wilderness of Sinai. God buried Moses.

Abraham does acts of loving kindness continually. He never said that his nephew Lot was "needy." Abraham even interrupted his conversation with God Almighty to "run" in the "heat of the day" to take care of the needs of three strangers. He did not even let his pain from his recent circumcision slow him.

When we call someone "needy" we are really saying that we are too involved with our own lives to take the time to tend to
this person's needs. It is easy to help someone with a simple need that we can handle with a quick phone call. Afterward, we can feel so self-important that we did a mitzvah.

But the real mitzvah is developing an I-Thou relationship with someone in need. It is easy to do good deeds for strangers. There is no emotional expense involved. It is having a temporary, I-it relationship. It is only a step away from checkbook Judaism.

Martin Buber discussed his theory of relationships in his book "I-Thou." I-Thou relationships are the mutual relationships of love and caring. It is the type of relationship that we should strive for with God and with loved ones. Buber acknowledges that most people have to struggle to master I-Thou relationships with spouses and family members.

Most of the world relates to each other as objects, which Buber calls I-It relationships. New writers have called this Win-Loose relations, while I-Thou relations have been called Win-Win. In transactional therapeutic terms an I-Thou relationship is defined as Adult-Adult or "I'm Ok. You're Ok."

Stanford University psychiatrist Dr. David Spiegel has done research on the difference that sincere social support can make on living with illness. Dr. Spiegel created psychosocial support groups for women with metastatic breast cancer. All of the women eventually died, as their cancers were aggressive. But the women who had attended the support groups lived twice as long as the women who did not attend the groups. Caring I-Thou relationships can save lives.

Each Shabbat, we pray to God to give us or someone we know "healing of body and renewal of spirit." We know that "God helps those that help themselves." We have the power in our Temples to transform people's well-being. Studies have shown how frequent attendance at religious services, where there is true fellowship, was linked to greater health in people with diseases ranging from cardiovascular problems to cancers. Another study showed that religious commitment cut blood pressure, even
in men who smoke cigarettes.

Dr. Herbert Benson in his book "The Relaxation Response," determined that meditation evokes a state of relaxation in the body. It affects respiration, heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension and brain function. Other studies have shown that meditation in a group is more effective that meditation alone.

Other studies have shown that communal prayer, with what we, in Judaism, call kavenah (concentrated attention) produces a similar effect. All of these studies also show that
individuals in these groups must relate to each other openly and
lovingly. If there is no sense of security, one cannot achieve the
relaxation response in meditation, or kavenah in prayer.

Psychiatrist Victor Frankel writes about the importance of meaning in our lives. Other philosophers write about how connections in our lives give it meaning. When we feel connected to the Godhead, in a state of spirituality, we do not feel alone. When we feel connected to a group, like fellow congregants in our temples, we achieve an enhanced ability to
cope and to heal. Wellness can be maintained when one feels connected to something larger that oneself, writes Rabbi Amy Eilberg, whose ideas are sprinkled throughout this D'var Torah. When we feel connected to a loving community, to truth, to history, and to God, our needs and fears seem
smaller.

Religion may act as a placebo but we should not negate the power of a placebo or the power of the mind to heal. Dr. Kevin Pauza and others have shown that merely believing a treatment will work helps alleviate an array of symptoms. Patients with back pain were told they needed back surgery. Half had the surgery under anesthesia. The other half, were anesthetized, but just had the incision made in their back and did not have the surgery. Yet both groups were told they did have the back
surgery.

Thirty percent of the patients who had the placebo surgery got
better. Our convictions that we are connected to Jewish people presently and throughout history really may strengthen us.

Judaism presently has a rich armamentarium of resources to strengthen our spirit when life brings us challenges. The soothing words of the Psalms are an excellent example. Rituals such as Tashlich (casting our sins upon the water in the form of bread on Rosh Hashanah), Shabbat candle lighting, and doing mitzvah are ways that we can symbolically cast away unhealthy habits, look for sources of light and hope, and help those that have needs greater than ours.

The sages knew that visiting the ill (bikur cholem) can make a difference in another's experience of illness. But the sages said that the visitor brings his own experiences to the ill
person. The visitor has to open up and bring his own hopes and fears, as well as 100% of his capacity for love and compassion in order to make a difference.

Many congregations presently have healing services. Some congregations actively visit people in hospitals. One congregation, Beth Shalom in San Francisco, adopted a local hospital and sends volunteers regularly. But our temples can do much more. We can actually prevent illness. In their
book, "Successful Aging," Drs. John Rowe and Robert Kahn state that socially-connected people live longer and are sick less often. They say that connections mean sincere I-Thou relationships. People without strong connections to groups, such as synagogues, were four to six times more apt to die, regardless of race, wealth, activity or healthcare.

True love helps prevent pain and illness. People who said they did not get displays of affection from their friends were 20 times more likely to develop chest pain than those people who had friends that demonstrated affection and caring.

"All Israel is responsible for one another," the rabbis teach. As our Torah portion's title suggests, we are all the "offspring" (toledot) of God. We are all family. All of us have needs. Expressing these needs and having others listen to them is healthy for both the listener and the speaker. It reminds us that we are connected. It gives us all a chance to do mitzvoth to help each other as well as reminds us that we are part
of a community that will help us when our time of need arrives.

Disregarding someone in their time of need is something we cannot imagine Abraham doing. It is a core value of Judaism to help those in need. Some of these needs seem enormous, others much smaller. None of us is immune to having needs. The aim of our religion and our temples is to allow people to expand their relationships and grow emotionally and spiritually. Our synagogues can be true sanctuaries from life's travails.

Our Haftarah this week is from the Book of Malachi. A few verses after this portion, the prophet writes: "Have we all not one father? Hath not one God created us all? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?" (Mal. 2:10).

Certainly our congregations are far from being a place like Malachi describes. We are blessed to have congregations the world over that are caring and compassionate. We are blessed to have rabbis leading us in this righteous path. If yours is lacking, lead the way. The Mishna tells us, that ''in a place

where there are no leaders, be a leader''.

Let us strive to continue this good work and even perhaps do better. As we do Tikkun Olam (repair of the world), we will
hopefully come to the day, as Malachi says (3:12), when "all nations shall call us 'happy;' for we shall be a delightful land."

Shabbat Shalom,
RABBI ARTHUR L. SEGAL

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Maker of Shalom (Oseh Shalom) help make us deserving of Shalom beyond all human comprehension!

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Saturday, November 7, 2015

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: VETERAN'S DAY INVOCATION: HILTON HEAD ISLAND: PRINCETON CLUB

Princeton Veterans' Day Luncheon Celebration: Friday November 6, 2015,

12:30 PM, Sea Pines Country Club

INVOCATION AND BENEDICTION

Rabbi Dr Arthur Segal, Hilton Head Island, SC

Good Afternoon beloved Friends:

Dear Eternal Source of All: We gather together today to honor, and to learn from, the experiences of this esteemed panel of veterans. This wisdom was gained during their time in service, for our great nation, during the Second World War.

We thank you, dear God, for bringing them, and others from this Greatest Generation, and all veterans, home safely , and to Old Nassau.

We show honor and thanks, before you Almighty One, to those who sacrificed during times of war, in order that we might have liberty and freedom and security. We ask You, Heavenly Parent, to bless all Veterans, both living and dead, who fought on the land, in the air, and on the seas. We ask for blessings as well, for the men and women, in labor and industry, who provided the machinery and weapons for this great battle called World War Two. Let us not forget those who served in all actions, in defense of our freedom, liberty, democracy, and American way of life.

Oh Blessed One: Rekindle within us a flame of selfless, unwavering devotion to duty, that we may never be found wanting, in those qualities of spirit and mind. These are necessary to preserve our homes, our communities, and the peace of our Nation. Keep our memories alive with GRATITUDE, and our gratitude alive with our FAITHFULNESS to the principles which made our Nation great. Grant, we pray, joy and fulfillment, to those Veterans and their families still living. And for those who are at rest, grant Your infinite peace.

For all our efforts to say "thanks", and all our commitment to help our veterans recover their lives once they return , in the end we cannot do nearly enough. No governmental service, can repay all that they have lost. No holiday in their honor, can make up for the years lost, the innocence lost, the loves, limbs and lives lost. We cannot do enough. "Thank you" is too easy and too slight a return.

But we can pray for our veterans. We can ask God to make up the balance, to cover the debts we as a society can never make up. We can pray and ask for blessings beyond our human treasure.

God, we thank you for commissioning men and women in the defense of freedom. We honor those who protect us, in many cases laying down their lives, that we might live free to pursue our own destiny. Every soldier takes an oath knowing they may be called upon to pay the ultimate sacrifice. Lord, we cannot repay this gift they give us. For those who have suffered, as a result of their sacrifice, we ask for divine healing, favor, and peace. Lift from them the cares and burdens of violence. When they return home, give them opportunities to fulfill their own potentials and dreams. Open doors for them, even when some doors are closed. Dear God, please bless our veterans.

Eternal God, you alone rule the destinies of nations. You have deemed that all humans should live together in peace. Peace is the channel, though with all of your benevolence flows to us. Without peace, we cannot enjoy life to its fullest. Help us honor our veterans by working toward a time when nations will not lift up sword against nation, and neither will humans wage war any more. Help us learn to love peace, and pursue peace, with even greater resolve and resources, that we use to pursue war.

Oh Maker of Peace in the heavens, make peace for the United States of America, and the entire world, and let us say Amen.

Blessed are you Lord our God, king of the universe, Who brings forth bread from the earth. And let us say Amen. May God bless and keep all of us, and may God continue to bless and keep America. Thank you.

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Rabbi Arthur Segal helps develop a custom ceremony with the couple so that each word in the ceremony rings true to them. His ceremonies can range from the very traditional to what ever the couples desires. Rabbi opines that this is the couple's special day, and to treat each wedding as unique.

For those who are having an interfaith wedding, Rabbi takes special care to respect both traditions, again with total input from the couple. He will be pleased to co-officiate at weddings, using non-Trinitarian language.

Rabbi Arthur Segal also will do recommitment marriage ceremonies with the same care as he does weddings.

Rabbi will work closely with the wedding planer and/or caterer to make sure the wedding is seamless, and the bride and groom can totally enjoy themselves on their special day.

Rabbi Arthur Segal is available, and actually prefers, to be at the rehearsal, to ensure all is going smoothly, and to get to know the bridal party, and family, before the actual wedding day.

For those that wish to have a Ketubah, rabbi will work closely to make sure everyone's name has correct calligraphy on the document, in English and Hebrew, so the signing ceremony is flawless.

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In keeping with Jewish ethics, if the couple resides in Rabbi Arthur Segal's town, Rabbi will ask, unless there are some special circumstances, if the couple has first asked the local pulpit rabbi to officiate.

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Friday, November 13, 2015

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: TOLEDOT: JACOB AND ESAU: I- IT

GENESIS 25:19-28:09 TOLEDOT

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