Parshas Emor Shabbos Times Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Candle Lighting 5:07pm Latest time for Shema 9:42am Shkiya 5:25pm Shabbos Ends 6:07pm Avos Ubonim at Home Avos Ubonim 7:10-7:55pm Join us on Zoom at 7:50pm for this week's RAFFLE Every boy who learns will get a voucher towards a Pizza (8 vouchers entitle a family to a FREE Pizza) (This is besides the communal weekly Avos Ubonim) Ladies Chizuk / Halocha Shiur THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AT 9PM Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88173170388 Meeting ID: 881 7317 0388 Short Vort on the Parsha One of the many laws applicable to kohanim mentioned in this week's parsha, is the prohibition for a man with a physical blemish to serve in the Bais Hamikdosh: "He shall not come to the paroches, and he shall not approach the mizbeyach - and he shall not desecrate My sacred offerings" (Vayikra 21:23). Rashi comments that if a kohein with a blemish does serve in the Bais Hamikdosh, his service invalidates any korban he brought. What should this unfortunate kohein do? Is it his fault that he was born with a physical blemish? All of his fellow kohanim have the ability to serve Hashem in the holiest place on earth, and he has to watch from the sidelines. Why should he lose out because of a situation that is completely beyond his control? Rav Wolbe explains that the kohein with a blemish should joyfully accept his inability to serve Hashem. His refraining from serving in the Bais Hamikdosh brings kavod (glory) to Hashem. Moreover, the only reason that kohanim serve in the Bais Hamikdosh is because that is the will of Hashem. Likewise, the will of Hashem is that a kohein with a physical blemish should not serve in the Bais Hamikdosh. The kohein who could serve and does serve, and the kohein who can't serve and therefore doesn't serve, are both equally fulfilling the will of their Creator. Thus, he should feel joyous when he abstains from the service in the Bais Hamikdosh. People have their ideas of how it is best to serve Hashem. They think, "If only I had the money, brains, brawn, personality or charisma, then I would be able to serve Him in the best possible way." However, the truth is that Hashem's will is that just as one who is affluent should serve Him with his wealth, likewise, one who is poor should serve Him in his state poverty. So smile, because Hashem wants you to serve Him exactly how you are!