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Beit Midrash
- Shabbat and Holidays
- Jewish Holidays
- The Three Weeks
this tragic date, the negative report of the
Spies, the destruction of both Batei Mikdash, the
fall of Betar & the Inquisition all took place. A
simple meal, with no meat, wine or zimun (call to
order) at Birkat HaMazon precedes the fast. We
may not eat, drink, bathe (you may wash your
fingers upon waking), apply creams, ointments or
lotions (except for medicinal purposes), wear
leather shoes or have marital relations during
Tisha B’Av. We avoid greetings & Torah study. If
possible, we also avoid working, at least until
midday Tuesday. In the shul, we take the Parochet
off the Aron on Monday nite & Eicha
(Lamentations) is said, sitting low, in dim
light. Kinot are also said by day. Talit &
T’filin are worn at Mincha on Tuesday rather than
at Shacharit. "Anenu" & "Nachem" are added to
Mincha’s Amida. The Torah is read in the morning
(Dev. 4:25) & also at Mincha (Shmot 32:11). Meat
& wine should be avoided until midday on Wednesday
TORAH TRIVIA: "Yama" makes sense, because the sea
is to our west. Mizrach because the sun "shines"
(rises) in the east. Taymana is south, in the
direction of Yemen. But can you explain Tzafon?
Rabbis in Midrash
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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)
