yud, kei, vav, kei (known as the
Shem Havaya), not His name of ‘
Elokim’. He explains that
Elokim refers to a power, whereas the Shem Havaya refers to God’s nature as being totally above the physical world. Moshe was teaching Pharaoh about the one, true God, in contrast to Pharaoh’s belief in numerous powers. Moreover, God expresses His desire that His people rejoice with Him in the desert. Rabbi Fohrman explains that the idol worshippers did not rejoice with their gods, rather they sacrificed to them, but there was no close relationship. Thus, Moshe was alluding to Pharaoh about the difference between the true God and Pharaoh’s conception of gods.
GOOD MORNING! With the presidential inauguration on January 20
th, the country is going to experience a seismic shift in leadership – one that we all must hope and pray will lead to a cohesive union. Unfortunately, right now any cohesion at all would be a vast improvement.
I believe that the value of leadership is often underestimated. This past week, a property manager on one of the school’s campuses was bemoaning the culture and behavior of the 21
st century young adults – commonly known as millennials.
As a result of COVID, our maintenance and custodial staff was severely depleted to the point that some shifts had no regular staff. The school administrators had been frantically searching for additional staff to handle a special program that was being organized for a large portion of the student body. They had made it very clear to the property manager that he shouldn’t expect even the most basic elements of human behavior – such as cleaning up after oneself and throw