Bnei Buzz Parshat Chukat

Newsletter: 19 | Parsha: Chukat
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In This Edition
The Amazing Maze! (page 10)


Letter from the Editor
Hello all you bnei buzzers
For those of you that are finished exams- shkoyach! I’m sure you worked and will get those incredible results! For those of you that are still writing- good luck, last stretch, you’ve got this!
Hadracha 2018- OROT, ITS YOUR TIME! Have the most unreal time! Good luck to Josh Winer and his unbelievable team that are going to give you the 3 weeks of a lifetime!
For Roim, Moledet and Hineini- Have the most insane time on Winter Camp, Machaneh התעלה. Good luck to Illan Biddle and his epic squad! Its gonna ’Rise Above’ anything ever before!
And lastly, to all you Gurim kidlets... have the Greatest Gurim Seminar! Good luck to Yoni Mindel and his fabulous Madrichim!
To everyone... have a relaxing holiday! Catch some rays, spend time with the fam and most of all, enjoy!
See you again after the holiday!
Beginnings are important The laws of the Parah Adumah are spoken about in this weeks Parsha, "you shall give it to Elazar the Kohen, he shall take it outside the camp and someone shall slaughter it in his presence" (Bamidbar 19:3)
The Parah Adumah required slaughtering and burning in order for its ashes to be used for the purification process of one who has been in contact with the dead. The process involved sprinkling water mixed with the ashes over them.
However in today's times we have an absence of the ashes and we will only be able to really purify ourselves when Moshiach comes, may he come speedily in our days!
Targum Yonaton speaks on an interesting idea about the above Pasuk, "and someone shall slaughter it in his presence" when the Kohen slaughters the Parah Adumah, he must first check to make sure that the animal is 100% kosher, that it wasn't suffering from any conditions that would make it unkosher such as bruises, blemishes or disease, but in today's times to know whether an animal is kosher or not we have halacha that we follow.
So here's a contradiction of kashrut, in today's time we rely on halachic authority and back then it was relied on making sure there were none of the 18 physical conditions that could make it not kosher and all were checked.
This was later on discovered that only the first Parah Adumah was checked and later on they were kosher due to halachic authority. Why was it that only the first one needed to be checked and not the rest?
In Bereishis the Torah starts by saying "In the beginning Hashem created heaven and earth" why does it have to starts like that, obviously it was in the beginning there was nothing before it,In the beginning it was created and to create anything it has to start with a physical active input. (Source- a friend)
Beginnings are very important, any time someone does something for the first time it sets a tone for all other times to come (source- Rabbi Yissochar Frand, Torah.org)
We have beginnings everyday, every morning when we wake up is a new beginning, starting the day off with Modeh Ami sets a tone of gratitude, for us to know that the day ahead is ours but thankful to Hashem for giving us all that we have to create the day ahead. Every new second and minute we have the power to mold it into what we want it to be, we should never stop and wait to do something or change something. It's all about taking a stand, changing perception and even the spontaneous actions, act on your thoughts and ideas because you can only learn from them, always start with positivity, start with enthusiasm and start always with your best foot forward as you have the power to set the tone for everything onwards
Shabbat Shalom holy people Hannah Swartz
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A Vort in short mta 2018
The Nachash and The Saraf Adapted From Rav David Silberg
The beginning of Perek כא speaks about Bnei Yisrael’s complaints about a lack of food and water. In response to this, G-d punishes the nation by unleashing “fiery serpants” on the nation. A large number of people die due to the plague and Am Yisrael plead for Moshe to pray on their behalf. In response to Moshe’s prayers, G-d instructs him to construct an image of a saraf- a kind of serpent. The Torah then goes on to say that Moshe designed an image of a nachash (a snake) and the bitten were healed when they gazed upon the sculpture.
Why does G-d instruct Moshe to make an image of a saraf, if it were the nachashim that were killing the people at the time? Furthermore, why then does Moshe choose to sculpt a nachash rather that a saraf, despite being commanded to do the latter?
Rabbeinu Efrayim, a talmid of Rabeinu Tam, suggests that G-d chooses to avoid using of the word nachash in order to prevent Moshe from being reminded of his previous mistakes: At the burning bush, when Moshe is chosen to lead Am Yisrael to freedom, he initially refuses. However, G-d momentarily transforms his staff into a snake which convinces him to take up the mantle as leader of the Jewish people (Shemot 4:3). Moreover, when the leader fails to circumcise his son, he is nearly killed by a snake (Shemot 4:24-25; see Rashi). For Moshe, snakes have become a metaphor for the painful shortcomings in his life. When G-d chooses to use the word saraf , he understands that G-d truly intends for him to make a nachash, and he acts accordingly.
There are a number of lessons to be learnt from Hashem’s kindness towards Moshe. The first, is that we ourselves must never forget our past mistakes. Rambam, in his Hilchot Teshuva (2:8) speaks about our obligation on Yom Kippur to confess not only our sins over the past year, but our sins for years beforehand. He learns this out from David Hamelech, who proclaims after his sin with Batsheva that “chatati negdi tamid” ( my sin is in front of me, always.)
Although it is the responsibility of the sinner to remember his transgression of the past, it does not mean that others should also. The second lesson learnt from G-d’s chessed is that nobody deserves to be governed by his previous wrongdoings, and everybody deserves to be forgiven. Hashem goes to such lengths in order to avoid embarrassing Moshe, so much so that he won’t even mention a single word which reminds him of his previous failings. So why don’t we do the same for others? We, as human beings, are not perfect. We must learn to forgive others mistakes, and our own.
Shabbat Shalom
Asher levin mta 2018
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Get to know your maddie
Maddies Name: Natasha Cohen Shichva: Hineini
Q. Tash, what Shichva are you from? A. Shevet Eitan
Q. Choose a movie title for the story of your life? A. ‘The Incredibles’
Q. What was your childhood nickname? A. Tashi
Q. If you could fill a swimming pool with ANYTHING in the world, what would it be?
A. Black XS Perfume and Flowers
Q. If you won a million dollars today, what would you do with it?
A. Build a yishuv (settlement) in Israel and give some of it to tzedaka obviously
Q. Do you have any strange phobias?
A. It’s not a phobia but I really don’t like bananas
Q. What’s your favorite TV series? A. Friends
Q. Which emoji do you use most often? A.
Q. What are 3 adjectives that best describe you? A. Adventurous; Optimistic and Loyal
Q. 1 interesting fact that you should know about me is...? A. I’m an only child
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Born This Week-
Estée Lauder - (1908-2004)
is a Jewish-American businesswoman and founder of a cosmetics empire
Moshe (Bugi) Ya'alon - (1950)
Member of Knesset for Likud, Former Minister of Defense and 17th Chief of Staff of the IDF.
Mariano Idelman - (1974)
Israeli comedian, actor and stand-up comedian
Omri Casspi - (1988)
A basketball player and captain of the Israeli national team, the first Israeli to be chosen to play in the NBA.
Operation Crate
On June 21, 1972, Israeli commando unit Sayeret Matkal participated in an operation to kidnap 5 Syrian intelligence officers so they will serve as bargaining chips in the release of 3 Israeli airmen that were kidnapped by the Syrians in April of that year.
The operation succeeded only in the 3rd attempt as the Israeli force was discovered while waiting for the officers' convoy in the first two times.
In the end, a prisoner exchange deal was carried out - the three Israeli airmen were returned to Israel and in exchange Israel released the Syrian prisoners captured in the operation and 41 additional Syrian prisoners. Fun fact - Bibi Netanyahu and both of his brothers (Yoni and Ido) took part in this operation!
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Israel "אור לגויים" – In Africa???
Israel is known worldwide as a high-tech and innovation powerhouse, with an emphasis on energy,
water and agriculture developments. In recent years, Israel has begun to use these developments as a basis for establishing diplomatic relations with various countries, particularly with African countries that usually tended to vote against Israel in the UN.
This month, the Israeli effort bore fruit: About a year after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the ECOWAS Conference (Organization of 15 West African countries),
an agreement was signed to design and establish an energy system between the West African Association and the Israeli company GigaWatt Global. The project involves the construction of alternative energy projects that cross borders in the West Africa region and estimated at a cost of about 1 billion dollars.
The goal is not only to connect Africa to electricity, but to improve the quality of life for the residents of those countries in the hope of removing them from the cycle of poverty and strengthen the African economy.


Shichva Shoutouts
Gurim
A. Nonversation: useless conversation
Howzit howzit howzit Gurim... it is less than a week till the Greatest time of your life. It is everything you ever want, it is everything you ever need and it is next week on seminar.
Get your midnight snacks and Strepsils ready because next week is going to rock.
In the mean time have a Good Shabbas
Yoni Mindel
Roim
A. My word would be qwerdy. It would be able to mean anything when a person cannot think of the word that they want to say. Good Shabbos Roim legends. I hope that you are had a fantastic week and are getting ready for Winter Camp and are getting as pumped as I and your maddies are. I hope you all have a great week and those that are on holiday, have an epic one. Much love " Keren Swartz
Q. If you could make up a word, what would it be and what would it mean?
Moledet
A. Glenhazel syndrome - Upon entering the Glenhazel region on a shabbos day - the inability to say ‘Good Shabbos’ or acknowledge the existence of any other jews Good shabbos Moledet! Shuuuuweeeey its been a long week but thank the beautiful Lord (no Rapp im not talking about Bendtner) Shabbos Koidesh is here. I believe that Keren Swartz had a shot last week at what some would call banter. Some may even say that it was a good tune. But most would say that its plain, simple flirting. Sorry Kevo, my heart belongs to moledet ❤ (and anyone wearing a grey skirt
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of his spare time to Bnei Akiva - but while you sleep he’s out saving lives - he is only outranked by a Yeshiva Gedolah bochur on the Shidduch scale
All our love - Team Moledet
Dan Riesenburg
Hineini
A. Mimsies-Noun, A person or thing that has anything to do with Daniel Riesenburg, Moledet or anything related. Used in a sentence-Gabe Kahlberg is the cutest mimsy coming on winter camp.
Hineiiiiini just one week to go... Port Edward, the blue Army is coming' Howzit guys! Hope exams have been a breeze. As I write this there are 11 days, 252 hours, 15120 minutes and 907200 seconds to
OROT
A. Fantabulous- 1 shot of fabulous mixed with a double Fanta
Howzit All you stunning people! Wishing you all an amazing Shabbos! Hope exams have been spectacular!
Just remember academics don’t define you, low weights and heavy repetitions do! ( #dac4vac Hadracha is literally around the corner!! Hope you are all getting excited!! Josh Kaplan
Winter Camp
A. Fomwc (Verb): fear of missing winter camp "Orot boy: I have so much fomwc at the moment” What's up everyone! Winter Camp is even closer with only 9 days to go
If you haven't signed up yet and don't want to be a victim to the dreaded Fomwc, then make sure you sign up straight after Shabbos
Otherwise get keen and have an incredible Shabbos
Illan Biddle
on the 164 bus outta gush).Its been real Hope your shabbos is the bestest. And please no one forget that Yoni Mindel does Hatzolah - yes ladies, not only is he a doctor who gives
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(I was really bored and I love calculators )
literally can't wait!
Have the most unreal Shabbas! Yoni Rosenthal
go until Machaneh Hitala
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Parsha Pop Quiz
Questions:
1. The animal whose sacrifice is described in this week’s Parsha had four principle characteristics. What were they?
2. Someone who touches a dead body becomes unclean. For how long? On which days does he purify himself?
3. Where did Miriam die?
4. When the people complained that there was no water, and that they would have been better off had they
remained in Egypt, Hashem gave Moshe specific instructions on how to satisfy the peoples’ complaint. What
did Hashem tell Moshe to do and what did he do?
5. Because Moshe showed a lack of faith in Hashem and failed to follow His instructions, he was severely
punished. What was the punishment?
6. Where was Aharon buried, and what action of the people showed that they revered him?
7. The people had to circumvent Edom because the King would not allow them to pass through. Once again they
began to complain because of their hardships. How did Hashem punish the people this time for their
disobedience, and how was the punishment ameliorated?
8. When Moshe sent messengers to the King of Edom, how did he describe the relationship of Israel to Edom and
on what basis?
9. The people had to fight their way through three peoples to get to the Land. Who were they?
Answers:
1. The animal had to be a heifer, red, unblemished, and never under a yoke before.
2. If someone touches a dead body he becomes unclean for seven days. He purifies himself on the third and
seventh days
3. Miriam died at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran.
4. Hashem told Moshe to take his rod, gather the people along with Aharon, and speak to the rock that would give
forth water. Moshe struck the rock twice with his staff and it produced water.
5. Moshe and Aharon were not allowed to enter the Land.
6. Aharon was buried at Mount Hor and the entire assembly wept for 30 days.
7. Hashem sent fiery serpents to bite them. Moshe prayed for the people and Hashem told Moshe to make a fiery
serpent and put it on a pole; anyone who was bitten could look at it and be saved.
8. Moshe described their relationship as brothers because the Edomites were descendants of Esav, brother of
Yaacob.
9. They had to fight the Ammorim, Bashanim, and Cannanim to get to the land.
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MTA & Limmud
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The Amazing Maze
Take Moshe to the rock...
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Fun and Games
Riddles Questions:
1. I have a thousand wheels but I do not move.
What am I?
2. I shave every day, but my beard remains the same. What am I?
3. I do not eat food, but enjoy a light meal every day. What am I?
Bad Dad Jokes!
How did the farmer fix the hole in his pants? With a cabbage patch
What do fat people use as an alarm clock? A Taco-Bell
Why didn’t the strawberries like the grapes? Because they always wine...
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Riddles Answers:
A1. A parking lot
A2. A barber A3. A plant


Shabbat Shalom
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