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Covid-19 Update
Dear friends,
It is with a heavy heart that we have decided, as per the government guidelines, and even more so with our Community Centre being in confined space, to suspend all services and community gatherings until further notice.
Although we won’t be having communal gatherings for the time being, we will be working hard to continue to serve the community virtually and with alternative solutions. Please refer back for further information. Also – please remember that we are here for you, and we have a loving community all willing to help out. If you are in need, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us – that is what we are here for!
Rabbi Yossi and Rivka Posen
Chabad of Epping
Thought for the week from Rabbi Y. Posen
Re’ei – See, the blessings I set before you….
The Fourth section of the Book of Deuteronomy continues Moses’ second farewell address to the Jewish People.
Moses urged the Jewish people to realise that G-d gives them the choice between good and evil. Their choice will result either in a life of blessings or curses.
Moses told the Jewish people in G-d’s name, “see I set before you today a blessing and a curse.” (11:26)
A Divine curse is actually a blessing that is too great to be revealed within our limited world and must therefore be “disguised” as a curse.
Our challenge is to see it in this perspective, rather than
falling into the trap of becoming angry with G-d. Thus, pain and negativity
exist in order to provide us with free choice. Free choice, in turn, exists in
order to enable us to earn the rewards of our choices, so we need not feel unworthy
of the blessings that G-d bestows upon us.
When we recognise that evil exists solely to provide us with the free choice to
reject it, our struggle with it becomes much easier.
We pray that we are blessed with G-d’s open and revealed Blessings.
Wishing you a successful week followed by a peaceful and meaningful Shabbat.
