Yeshiva
Beit Midrash
- Shabbat and Holidays
- Jewish Holidays
- The Three Weeks
from 17 Tamuz - 9 Av, commemorating the breach of
Jerusalem & the eventual destruction of the city
& both the 1st & 2nd Batei Mikdash. Other
tragedies which also occurred on the 17th of
Tamuz include the breaking by Moshe of the 1st
set of Luchot & the suspension of the daily
offerings in the Bet HaMikdash. In order to limit
our Simcha during these 3 weeks, we do not have
weddings, we avoid live music, we do not take
haircuts; & we refrain from saying the
Shehecheyanu blessing on new fruits or clothes
(except on Shabbat). All types of food & drink
may be eaten until the 9 Days, when mourning
intensifies & we then refrain from eating meat &
wine. Engagements, however, are allowed in the 3
Weeks, as are all Seudot Mitzvot (e.g. brit,
Pidyon Ha-ben) with full meals. Tuesday’s fast
begins (in Ra’anana) at 4:27 am & ends at 8:04
pm. May we see the Bet HaMikdash rebuilt in our
days! (Note: Above is the Ashkenaz custom).
TORAH TRIVIA: We asked what the Para Aduma,
Pesach Sheni & kashering utensils have in common:
All are called a "Chok" by the Torah, though they may not be "unknowable."
Rabbis in Midrash
Lessons
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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.
