Welcome to the concise, relevant Lelamed Weekly Dvar. Please visit www.lelamed.com for more. Please consider who else might enjoy this, and forward to them or add them as a recipient by going to weeklydvar.com, or simply by replying to this email and asking me to add them. Enjoy this Dvar... _______________________________________________ Parshat Vayikra includes instructions "if a leader has sinned" (4:22). The Talmud interprets "if" to be derived from the word "fortunate" (asher and ashrei), which would make the Passuk (verse) read, "fortunate is the leader that has sinned". How does that make any sense? Rabbi Twerski explains in Living Each Week that this verse is referring to the generation being fortunate to have a leader that admits when they make a mistake. As Moshe exemplified, the Torah values truth over all else. Even though there might be ways to justify being less than truthful, Moshe resisted those temptations, and always spoke the truth, even to his possible detriment (Leviticus 10:20). If our leaders establish a precedent for truth, we would be fortunate to have them as our role models, and would not hesitate to admit when we're wrong. Truth is always the ultimately fortunate road to take! Shlomo Ressler _______________________________________________ Quotation of the Week (thanks to Jess): Definition of MONEY... It can buy a House...............But not a Home It can buy a Bed..................But not Sleep It can buy a Clock................But not Time It can buy you a Book..........But not Knowledge It can buy you a Position......But not Respect It can buy you Medicine.......But not Health It can buy you Blood............But not Life So you see, money isn't everything.