Beth El of Manhattan, Two-Testament Synagogue

A Soothing Aroma To The Lord


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The central concept in this week's parasha is rightful "zeal," as demonstrated by Pinchas ben Eliezer. We look this week at such zeal in modern Zionism - in Hemda Ben Yehuda, the 2nd wife of Eliezer ben Yehuda, and partner in the resurrection of the Hebrew language, whose unpublished autobiography of the life she and her husband lived for the sake of their work was, "The War With Satan" – clearly, not a tale of life in any kind of Disneyland. A tale of unflinching commitment. Zeal.

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Beth El of Manhattan, Two-Testament SynagogueBy Rabbi Bruce L. Cohen

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