Parshas Beha'alosecha Shabbos Times Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Candle Lighting 4:53pm Shacharis N/A Shkiya 5:10pm Latest time for Shema 9:51am Shabbos Mincha N/A Shabbos Ends 5:55pm Motzei Shabbos Avos Ubonim - AT HOME Learn at Home 7 till 7:45pm This week's Avos Ubonim has been sponsored by Family Kass In memory of Zalmy's mother whose Yahrzeit is on Shabbos Special treat - Hot Meat Pies - PICK UP FROM THE RABBIS HOUSE AT 7:50PM Short Vort on the Parsha This week's parsha begins with Hashem's commandment for Aharon to light the Menorah. The Torah continues, "And Aharon did so; toward the face of the Menorah he kindled its lights, as Hashem commanded Moshe". This pasuk seems to be superfluous - wouldn't it be self-understood that Aharon did as he was instructed? Rashi explains that this pasuk was written to relate the greatness of Aharon that he did not deviate even a single iota from what he was told to do. What is so praiseworthy about one doing exactly as he was told? Rav Elya Meir Bloch explains that the novelty of Aharon not changing is simply that he did the same thing daily for almost forty years. Let us think to ourselves - what mitzvah have we done day in day out for the last four years (let alone forty years)? There are not many items that fall into this category. The praise of Aharon is that he did the same thing for 40 years without fail. We see from here the importance of consistency. Rav Shlomo Wolbe explains the idea of Aharon not deviating on another level. People have a special yetzer hara which drives them to add a personal touch to their handiwork: "If I add a little colour over here it would look so much nicer." The ability to entirely submit oneself to the will of an authority is truly a praiseworthy attribute. When it comes to certain mitzvos, people have their ideas about how the mitzvah should be performed: "If I add a little "colour" to the mitzvah, it would look so much nicer." Yet, we are meant to perform the mitzvos exactly as we were instructed. What we can learn from Aharon is to always make sure we are being consistent, staying focused and making sure we are doing things the way they are meant to be done.