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Shabbat Shalom from YCC. This week’s Shabbat Shalom greeting comes from Cantor Adam Stotland, of Shaare Zion Congregation: This week we begin the book of Bamidbar, the fourth book of the bible. Bamidbar literally means desert but in English we refer to it as the book of Numbers. Presumably we call it the book of Numbers because we repeatedly count the Jewish people. Why is it so important to count the Jewish people in the Torah? Rashi explains that Hashem counted us to show His love for the Jewish people. When someone is counted they feel included and a sense of identity and belonging. If we’re counted quite simply it means we count for something but it also means we’re counted on. By Hashem counting us He is telling us that we are each responsible for another. Being counted signifies being part of a larger number and when we are part of something we are responsible for it. It is this lesson we must learn before the holiday of Shavuot. The letters in the Torah represent the souls of the Jewish people. We are only ready to receive it when we are ready to stand up and be counted and when we stand up Hashem will count us and count on us.
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