{"id":3082,"date":"2018-10-02T00:38:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T00:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=3082"},"modified":"2018-10-02T00:44:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T00:44:02","slug":"drash-cards-for-haazinu-5779","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=3082","title":{"rendered":"Ha&#8217;Azinu (5779)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drash Cards for Ha\u2019Azinu 5779<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The last line of VaYeilich is really the beginning of this parsha [read].<\/li>\n<li>We know that there is a daily Psalm, which the Levites sang while the priests were offering sacrifices.<\/li>\n<li>According to the Talmud (Rosh HaShanah 31a), Ha\u2019Azinu was divided into 6 pieces, and on Shabbat when the priests were offering the musfa sacrifices, the Levites would sing the appropriate portion, so that the entire song was covered in 6 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>The song itself is kind of U-shaped, with a positive opening and closing, but with some \u2018negative\u2019 stuff in between. The structure and associated psalms [get volunteers to read the relevant line \u2013 follow in Kol Menachem]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Verses\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Associated Psalm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Theme of Ha\u2019Azinu.<\/p>\n<p>1-6 (Sun)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Jewish people belong to God<\/p>\n<p>7-12 (Mon)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 48\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God divided and ruled creation and the Jewish people<\/p>\n<p>13-18 (tues)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 82\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God revealed the dry earth and concealed himself, creating<\/p>\n<p>the possibility of sin, and the Jewish people sinned<\/p>\n<p>19-28(Wed)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 94\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God created the heavenly bodies that are objects for<\/p>\n<p>idolatry and punishes idolators; God punished<\/p>\n<p>the Jewish people for their sins<\/p>\n<p>29-39(Thur)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 81\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God comforts his people, who then laud him<\/p>\n<p>40-43(Fri)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 93\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God will bring humanity to the messianic era, manifesting<\/p>\n<p>his rule over all creation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The overall message is that God takes our commitment to him seriously and that our behavior can determine the course of history.<\/li>\n<li>The Rebbe said that Ha\u2019azinu is intended to \u201cteach us that the highest form of teshuvah is the return motivated by joy and performed in joy, focused optimistically on the happy ending awaiting us at the conclusion of the drama we are all living\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>In the same way that Yom Kippur is the birthday of hope, Ha\u2019azinu is a plan for keeping hope in times of distress \u2013 the mixture of positive and negative in the poem tells us that we should consider all phases of our life, even those with embarrassing failures or suffering, as necessary stages in our personal growth, all leading to our maturation as human beings.<\/li>\n<li>Indeed \u2013 one measure of personal growth is that we look backwards at our own actions and feel embarrassment. If we do not, then we are not growing as individuals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drash Cards for Ha\u2019Azinu 5779 by Marc Mangel The last line of VaYeilich is really the beginning of this parsha [read]. We know that there is a daily Psalm, which the Levites sang while the priests were offering sacrifices. 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