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Beit Midrash
- Jewish Laws and Thoughts
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- Berachot - Blessings
1) Baruch ata…borei atzei b’samin is made on
nice-smelling inedible substances that grow on trees (e.g.roses).
2) Boruch atah...borei isbei b’samim is made on
nice-smelling inedible substances that grow on the ground (e.g. mint).
3) Boruch atah...borei minei b’samim for
nice-smelling substances which don’t grow on
trees or the ground (e.g. cinnamon). It is also a
"catch-all" Bracha for mixtures & cases of doubt
(Ashkenaz Havdala always uses this Bracha).
4) Boruch atah….borei shemen areiv is a special
Bracha for balsam/balsam oil. As it grows
abundantly in Eretz Yisrael it has a special
status & preference over all other smells, giving it its own Bracha.;
5) Boruch atah…..hanosein reiach tov bapeirot
(e.g. fresh-ground coffee) is a special Bracha
for foods which grow on trees or the ground,
smell nice, & are taken with intent to smell.
There is NO after-bracha (achrona) after smelling.
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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)
