Do You EVER Get Angry?

Rabbi Menachem Wolf Guest Speaker at Shabbaton 18-20 Aug

ONE PRICE FOR ACCOMMODATION, MEALS & WORKSHOPS ! BOOK NOW Question of the Week:    I've had a question for a while now and no one has been able to give me a satisfying answer. I want to know why it sometimes seems that we depict G-d as a tantruming little child. For example, many times in the Torah it says that we should not say or do something that is forbidden since that will make G-d very angry. What am I supposed to make of that? How can I respect a G-d who is on the edge of blowing up if we don't follow what He says? Answer:   Imagine being married to a man who never gets angry. Ever. About anything. You insult him and he shrugs. You are rude to him and he is nice back to you. You give attention to others and he isn't the least bit jealous.   Would that be a wonderful marriage?   Well, on one level, yes, it would be fantastic. No tension, no issues, no arguments or fights or silent treatment.   But in truth, it wouldn't be good at all. It wouldn't be a relationship. If he never gets upset at you, it means that you don't really matter to him. If nothing you do moves him, it means he doesn't care enough to be impacted by you.   Being in a relationship means affecting each other. For better or for worse, your heart is intertwined with someone else's. If you aren't getting a reaction, then you aren't connecting. You may be married, but you are really alone.   G-d created the world so He could have a relationship with us. He made a huge gamble, creating humans with free choice to do whatever we want, and He invested Himself in us, allowing Himself to be impacted by our actions.   So when the Torah says that G-d will get angry if we do wrong, that is the most beautiful statement of love. G-d is saying, "You matter to me. Your actions touch me. I have invested myself in you. This relationship is real."   We only get upset at people who matter to us. When your husband gets annoyed at you, take it as his way of saying you matter to him. You matter to G-d too.   Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss  To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au  CLICK HERE TO BOOK ONLINE NOW SHABBOS SERVICES TIMES AND COMMUNITY INFO  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 30 June, 2017 |6 Tammuz 5777 Candle Lighting................... 4:39pm  Mincha.............................. 4:50pm Friday Evening Service......... 6:00pm Followed by Kiddush sponsored by The Moss Family in honour of Nechama Dina's Birthday- Mazal Tov!, and to welcome Mrs Sosover!   Shabbos, 1 July, 2017 | 7 Tammuz 5777 In depth Parsha Class...............9:00am Children's program................. 10:45am Shabbos Morning Service ........ 10:00am- 12:20pm  Followed by a HOT cholent Kiddush.   Mincha with Pirkei Ovos Ch 5 followed by Seudah Shlishis ............   4:35pm Gematria and story by Rev Amzalak..... 4:55pm Shabbos ends and Maariv.................. 5:38pm Followed by Havdalah   WEEKDAY SHACHARIS SERVICES Sunday ............................ 8:00am Mon - Fri........................... 7:00am Latest Shema this week....... 9:28am   HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Nechama Dina Moss......6 Tammuz/ Friday 30 June Adam Pisk..................10 Tammuz/ Tuesday 4 July Esti Regos..................11 Tammuz/ Wednesday 5 July Ethan Klein................ 13 Tammuz/ Friday 7 July   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Gail & Danny Stein............. 8 Tammuz/ Sunday 2 July Brian & Arlene Schwartz.... 10 Tammuz/ Tuesday 4 July Eric & Carol Melman.......... 13 Tammuz/ Friday 7 July   LONG LIFE TO Ron Moss for his late mother Bluma Miriam bas Binyomin Zev  9 Tammuz/ Monday 3 July Michael Franks for his late mother Rose Franks 10 Tammuz/ Tuesday 4 July Robert Dabscheck for his late father Ronald Samuel Dabscheck,  Shmuel Hanan Ben Yisroel 11 Tammuz/ Wednesday 5 July Tom Meyer for his late step-mother Eva Meyer Chava bat Avraham....... 11 Tammuz/ Wednesday 5 July Sam Sharp for his late father Monty Sharp Monish ben Zelik Ha'Cohen 12 Tammuz/ Thursday 6 July Jacqueline Eliovson for her late father Victor Behrman Avigdor ben Dov Getzel..... 14 Tammuz/ Saturday 8 July Moshe Moses and Adee Moses  for their late father Sasoon Moses, Sason Hai ben Mazal......... 14 Tammuz/ Saturday 8 July

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