YeshivaThe torah world Gateway
Beit Midrash
- Shabbat and Holidays
- Jewish Holidays
- Holocaust Memorial Day
- Shabbat and Holidays
- The Tenth of Tevet
- Yom Hakaddish Haklali
The Torah study is dedicatedin the memory of
Refael ben Yosef
"A siren will sound throughout the country for two minutes during which all work will cease and all traffic will halt; memorial services, public assemblies, and commemorative ceremonies will be held on military bases and in educational institutions; flags on public buildings will fly at half mast; radio programs and broadcasts will give expression to the uniqueness of the day." The two minutes of silence are observed at 11:00 a.m., and the ceremonies take place around this time.
However, unlike Israel's Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers which was approved by the Chief Rabbinate, Holocaust and Heroism Memorial Day on 27 Nisan was instituted against the will of the rabbinate.
This is because Nisan is traditionally a month of joy, and Jewish law rules (Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chaim 429:2) that throughout the month of Nisan we do not recite "Tachanun" or "Nefilat Apayim," nor do we establish public fast days or eulogize the deceased at funerals. Many people customarily refrain from visiting the cemetery during Nisan, and if a person has a Yartzeit (anniversary of a death) to observe during the month of Nisan, the grave is visited on the last day of Adar (the month preceding Nisan).
In light of this, establishing a memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust in Nisan is obviously inappropriate. Rather, the most fitting time to establish such a day is on one of the existing fasts commemorating the destruction of the Temple. And indeed, the Chief Rabbinate chose the fast of the Tenth of Tevet as a general day of sanctification (Kaddish) for martyrs whose date of death is unknown.
It would appear that, in light of the circumstances, the best way to imbue 27 Nisan with an appropriate character would be to establish it as a day dedicated to the promotion of the "Jewish family." Certainly the last request of the six million Holocaust martyrs must have been that the Jewish people should persevere and thrive, that the tremendous suffering endured by our nation for so many generations should not have been in vain, that every remaining Jew should strive to marry, reproduce, and preserve our Jewish heritage, in keeping with the verse, "The more that they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread" (Exodus 1:12).
It is therefore fitting that on this day public figures should work to come up with ways to support Jewish marriage and birth, and teachers should discuss our great responsibility to preserve and increase the Jewish people.
When the siren is sounded on Holocaust and Heroism Memorial Day, we can think about ways to nurture the growth of the Jewish people on behalf of the dead. By doing this we will avoid any expression of mourning or memorializing the deceased; we will instead be giving expression to the sort of revival and rebirth appropriate in the month of Nisan. In addition, such thoughts will not constitute a waste of Torah study time. Nonetheless, even if a person chooses not to dwell upon such matters, he should not behave differently than the general public.
May the Almighty speedily restore God-fearing judges to Israel so that they be able to decide when and how to commemorate the memory of the Holocaust martyrs.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
Rabbis in Midrash
Lessons
fast navigation
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
