Shabbat Gathering: Just to be clear.
Gud Shabbos Khaveyrim, Shabbat Gathering is cancelled tonight in observance of the synagogue's Tu B'Shvat seder. We will resume next week.
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Here we go.
There's a lot of talk about the immigrant rights and our responsibilities to them. Just to be clear, this is what Torah has to say:
"You shall not oppress a stranger for you know the feelings of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt."
--Exodus 23:9.
"The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as one of your native-born; you shall love him as yourself for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I the Lord am your God."
--Leviticus 19:33-34.
"For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty and the awesome God, who shows no favor and takes no bribe, but upholds the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, providing him with food and clothing. You too must love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt."
--Deuteronomy 10:17-19.
And that's all you need to know. And may it be for all of us a blessing.
Mit vareme grusn,
(With warm regards,)
All my love,
brian.
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