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The custom we follow today is that of the Mishna Berurah, who authorizes us to mention "Chag" in reference to Shemini Atzeret. Yet the question remains how can some nullify any description of Chag when discussing this unique day?
There is a clear distinction between Chag (Sukkot) and "Atzeret". Chag describes a religious pilgrimage, a time of rejoicing, a time when Jews gather from all over the world to celebrate in the shadows of Jerusalem. Here we find joint participation, group feasting and masses parading in the Simchat Beit Hashoeiva.
In contrast Atzeret is a solemn day, a day of introspection, of inner searching on the personal level. On this day we deal with deep dilemmas and moral questions. Perhaps in this sense Shemini Atzeret is more than a Chag. On this day we stop and take a solemn moment to remember our past, rededicate ourselves to the future, and refresh our spiritual batteries. What better time then, then now, to remember the joy and celebration in the Yerushlayim of yesteryear, while committing ourselves to returning to, and rebuilding the Yerushalayim of today?
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
