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target of more gossip. this means “perushim tiheyu,” that hard as the interns on the regular sched-
A business lunch or dinner you at you should separate yourselves from ule, but their schedule was constrained
unholy things. This is further inter- to accommodate us. For example, they
which will be eating will require bring- preted as “kadeish atzmecha bemutar would have to work every Friday and
ing in a kosher meal for you. Sometimes, lach,” sanctify yourself within the pa- Shabbos, every Yom Tov, etc. Most in-
one gets a large paper shopping bag with rameters of what is permitted to you. terns in the shomer Shabbos program
several double-or triple-wrapped courses. And the Ramban explains that one expressed their gratitude to their regu-
It can feel embarrassing to undo your should not be “naval bereshus ha- lar-schedule peers, and everything went
meal, creating mounds of aluminum foil Torah,” act in a despicable way even smoothly. But there was one intern who
and plastic wrap while everyone else is though following the letter of the law. took advantage of the system, and this
enjoying a straightforward meal. Here, This need to be kadosh is critical in generated a great deal of ill will.
too, it is obvious that you are someone the workplace.
special, part of the group but distinct uThe nature of our lives today is instant
from it at the same time. Here are a few examples: communication, whether by email, text,
uOne should not engage in petty steal- or other means. An email or text is “out
Fortunately, nowadays, there is almost ing. Do not take paper or pens from work there” forever. We can write things that
never an issue about taking off work on to use at home or for your own purpos- are not intended, and send them off be-
Shabbos and Yom Tov. You may have to es. Do not spend time on private phone fore there is a chance to soften the mes-
pay back time, but you are not coerced calls when you should be working. Rab- sage, not hurt another’s feeling, etc. We
into work when you are prohibited from bi Frand mentioned in a shiur that one must be very careful with this.
doing so. Requesting this time off may be should not take time out from work to
difficult at times, but it reflects the fact daven Mincha unless one is clearly al- uI try to be part of the group to the
that you operate on a divinely-inspired lowed to do so or makes up the time, etc. extent that I can. Recently, in an effort
calendar that overrides your work obli- to boost camaraderie, a book club was
gations. uPlay fair when you get time off for Yom started. The first book we were going to
Tov, etc. When I was doing a shomer read was by a friend of one of the admin-
Kedoshim Tiheyu Shabbos internship, we were working as
The Torah tells us that we should be (continued on page 70)
kadosh, holy. Rashi brings down that
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A business lunch or dinner you at you should separate yourselves from ule, but their schedule was constrained
unholy things. This is further inter- to accommodate us. For example, they
which will be eating will require bring- preted as “kadeish atzmecha bemutar would have to work every Friday and
ing in a kosher meal for you. Sometimes, lach,” sanctify yourself within the pa- Shabbos, every Yom Tov, etc. Most in-
one gets a large paper shopping bag with rameters of what is permitted to you. terns in the shomer Shabbos program
several double-or triple-wrapped courses. And the Ramban explains that one expressed their gratitude to their regu-
It can feel embarrassing to undo your should not be “naval bereshus ha- lar-schedule peers, and everything went
meal, creating mounds of aluminum foil Torah,” act in a despicable way even smoothly. But there was one intern who
and plastic wrap while everyone else is though following the letter of the law. took advantage of the system, and this
enjoying a straightforward meal. Here, This need to be kadosh is critical in generated a great deal of ill will.
too, it is obvious that you are someone the workplace.
special, part of the group but distinct uThe nature of our lives today is instant
from it at the same time. Here are a few examples: communication, whether by email, text,
uOne should not engage in petty steal- or other means. An email or text is “out
Fortunately, nowadays, there is almost ing. Do not take paper or pens from work there” forever. We can write things that
never an issue about taking off work on to use at home or for your own purpos- are not intended, and send them off be-
Shabbos and Yom Tov. You may have to es. Do not spend time on private phone fore there is a chance to soften the mes-
pay back time, but you are not coerced calls when you should be working. Rab- sage, not hurt another’s feeling, etc. We
into work when you are prohibited from bi Frand mentioned in a shiur that one must be very careful with this.
doing so. Requesting this time off may be should not take time out from work to
difficult at times, but it reflects the fact daven Mincha unless one is clearly al- uI try to be part of the group to the
that you operate on a divinely-inspired lowed to do so or makes up the time, etc. extent that I can. Recently, in an effort
calendar that overrides your work obli- to boost camaraderie, a book club was
gations. uPlay fair when you get time off for Yom started. The first book we were going to
Tov, etc. When I was doing a shomer read was by a friend of one of the admin-
Kedoshim Tiheyu Shabbos internship, we were working as
The Torah tells us that we should be (continued on page 70)
kadosh, holy. Rashi brings down that
DISTRIBUTORS Planning a ©WWW
Simcha?
66
Cake, challah, herrings and dips
and NOW carrying kugels
by the sheet or half sheet
443-529-0313
BBB Distributors, LLC
u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
