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This Year, Rosh Hashana Falls Out On Shabbat & Sunday. Though The Torah Mandates The Blowing Of The Shofar Whenever Rosh Hashana Falls Out, & The Shofar Was Indeed Sounded On Shabbat In Biblical Days When Rosh Hashana Was Only 1 Day, Today We Do Not Blow Shofar 1st Day/shabbat. The Rabbis, Exercising Their Mandate To Make Binding Decisions Crucial To Jewish Survival, Decided To Push Off The Tekiot Until Sunday, Second Day Rosh Hashana, To Safeguard The Sanctity Of Shabbat, Which They Feared Might Be Violated.
With All The Serious Issues This Raises About Rabbinic Responsibility & The Vital Importance Of Shabbat, There Is Another Sentiment Here That Should Not Be Lost On Us. As Crucial As It Is To Hear The Majestic Notes Of The Shofar, Sometimes It Is Equally Important To Take Note Of The Notes Which Are Missing & Which Are Absent; To Ponder Not Only What We Have, But Also That Which Is Lacking In Our Lives.
This Is A Common Theme In Judaism: At The Seder Table, We Customarily Leave A Chair Empty For Eliyahu, For Until Moshiach Comes, We Cannot Completely Celebrate. At Every Chupa We Break A Glass, To Remind Us That However Great Our Joy Is At This Simcha, The Loss & Lack Of The Bet Hamikdash Is Very Much In Our Hearts. And At Each Of The Shalosh R’galim & On Yom Kippur, We Do Not Complete The Festivities Until We Remember Those Who Are Physically No Longer Part Of Our Lives, But Yet Whose Spirit Permeates Everything We Are & Do; For What Is Yomtov Without Yizkor?
And Before The Yamim Noraim, We Are Told To Do 2 Things: Seek Peace & Reconciliation With Neighbors And Family Members - & Visit The Graves Of The Righteous. Those Who Live Among Us, And Those Who Reside Beyond Us.
And So Now We Understand. As Moshe Gathers His Beloved People At His Side, His Own Life Slipping Away, He Reminds Us That We Are Much More Than Just The Reflection We See When We Look In The Mirror. We Are The Product Of Those Who Bore Us, Who Shaped Our Lives, Who Loved Us So Deeply And May Have Moved On To Higher Life; & We Also Bear Responsibility For Those Who Will Descend From Us, Learn From Us, Inherit From Us. We Are Bound Together Not Only With Those Standing Here Today, But Also With Those Who Are Not Here.
All These Lovers And Friends, I Still Can Recall; Some Are Dead & Some Are Living; In My Life, I've Loved Them All.
On This Last Shabbat Of The Year, As We Approach The Coming New Year, May Hashem Remember Us & Our Loved Ones - Past, Present And Future - For Good.
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: The Goal of an Agricultural Yeshiva – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh)
P'ninat Mishpat Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
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Shoftim TESHUVA IN COURT OF LAW?
Parshat Shoftim-Chodesh Elul
Why does parshat Shoftim always come out during Elul? This innovative and central explanation is an eye-opener regarding many aspects of Judaism.
The Month of Elul TESHUVA IS THE ANSWER
The month of Elul serves as a vital time for self-reflection and personal accountability to prepare for true repentance.
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Realtor’s Fee on Large Commercial Building – part I
(based on ruling 85031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 85031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
P'ninat Mishpat Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: The Goal of an Agricultural Yeshiva – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh)
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh)
Chemdat Yamim The Goal of an Agricultural Yeshiva – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the cornerstone laying for the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh – 1938)
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the cornerstone laying for the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh – 1938)
Re'e NEVER EXTREME EXCEPT ISRAEL
Parshat Re'eh
Judaism is against extremism, so how can we understand the seemingly extreme statements found in our sages in favor of living in the Land of Israel and against living in Chutz laAretz? The article deals with the seeming contradiction between the strength of Free-Will and the strength of being influenced by our surroundings.
Ekev DANCE FOR ISRAEL- FOR YOUR BENEFIT
Parshat Eikev
Description: The 7 Haftarot we read after Tisha B'Av ("Shiva D'Nichemta") surely get us excited that they're coming TRUE, and awaken us to yearn, dance & join the return to Zion! The short article also deals with the problems and solutions facing the American Jewish community as discussed at a recent panel, as well as the question why Jews come from America to Israel to help when we face problems, but Israelis don't come to aid Jews in America when they face anti-Semitism.
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: Twin Foundations
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
