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                           Ladies’ Seating Plan 

                                  for the Yamim Noraim                                                                                     High Holy Days



Elul 5782

August 2021

 

Ladies’ Seating Plan for the Yamim Noraim – High Holy Days

 

 

Dear Ladies,

 

We hope this letter finds you well and in good health.

 

As we know tefila, prayer, is our strongest tool in
connecting directly to Hashem and especially during the upcoming
awe-inspiring
days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, now only a few days away. It is vitally important
that we use our tefilot to ask Hashem to inscribe each and every one of
us in the Book of Life and that all may merit a year of health and happiness.

 

The Shulhan Aruch expresses the importance of makom kabua, makon
kodesh
– that a person’s regular and fixed place where he or she prays has
a direct relationship to the power of the tefila, to the extent that the
place a person prays is called kodesh – holy.

 

Therefore, in order to avoid disappointment on such special days we are
willing to reserve a seat for lady members of our community and this can be done by contacting Mrs Emma Jacobs directly or by email to moorlanenews@gmail.com.


Ladies who are non-members are also invited to apply for a seat and we will try to accommodate you as best as possible and availability. 

 

We will attempt, to the best of our ability, to allocate the seats
according to where the ladies sit throughout the year, but we cannot guarantee
how the seats will be allocated. We will also consider accommodating places for
unmarried girls over Bat Mitzva to sit next to or close to their mothers.

 

Please tick for which day(s):

1)     ONLY Rosh Hashana (2 days)                        _______

2)     ONLY Yom Kippur                                        _______

3)     BOTH (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur)       _______

 

Please let us know below who the seat is for:

1)     Name  _______________________________

2)     Name  _______________________________

3)     Name  _______________________________

Please note, we will gladly reserve and allocate you a seat,
however, if for example, you are allocated a seat for Yom Kippur but can only
come for Ne’ilah please understand that your seat cannot be kept vacant
all day, when others could use the seat until you arrive.

 

Therefore, we endeavour to do the following:

 

·      
A clear sign
will be posted asking ladies to respect the allocated seating plan by not
sitting in someone’s allocated place and to vacate the seat as soon as the lady
comes.

 

·      
If someone is
sitting in your allocated seat when you arrive, you have the right to politely ask
that person to move.

 

·      
We request
that you ask the lady to move in the most polite, discreet and nicest way
possible so as not to cause embarrassment, offence or any discomfort whatsoever.

 

 

Thanking you in advance.

Tizku leshanim rabot

 

The Gabbaim

 

 PS – Whilst there is no charge for allocating you a seat, any
donations made will be gratefully appreciated.


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Members who received the 

Yom Kippur Hashkavot lists 

are reminded to reply to the emails received

so that the individual family hashkavot will be said in Yom Kippur

otherwise all list will be amalgamated into one list

and said one after the other


 



Newsletter Parashat Ki Tetze

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Summer Timetable 5781 – 2021

מוצאי שבת

ערבית

)מוצ”ש(

סוף זמן קראת שמע

זמן
שבת

פלג מנחה (תה״ד)

פלג מנחה (לבוש)

מנחה וקבלת שבת

תאריך

שבת פרשת

Shabbat

Ends

Arbit

Shema to be read before

Candles to be
lit by

 

Earliest Candle lighting

Minha & Kabbalat Shabbat*

Date

Parasha

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9:18

9:15

9:35

8:11

7:29

6:56

6:45

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כי תצא


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Q & A Parashat Ki Tetze
All references are to the verses and Rashi's commentary, unless otherwise stated
  1. Why must a captured woman mourn her family for a month in her captor's house?
    21:13 – So her captor will find her unattractive.
  2. What fraction of the inheritance does a first-born receive if he has a) one brother? b) two brothers?
    21:17 – a) 2/3 b) 1/2
  3. What will become of a ben sorer u'moreh if his parents don't bring him to court?
    21:22 – He will eventually rob and kill to support his physical indulgences.
  4. Why is it a degradation to G-d to hang a criminal's body on the gallows overnight?
    21:23 – Because humans are made in G-d's image; and because the Jewish People are G-d's children.
  5. What do you do if you find a lost object that costs money to maintain?
    22:2 – Sell it and save the money for the owner.
  6. Why does the Torah forbid wearing the clothing of the opposite gender?
    22:5 – It leads to immorality.
  7. Why does the Torah link the mitzvah of sending away the mother-bird with the mitzvah of making a railing on the roof of your house?
    22:8 – To teach that one mitzvah leads to another, and to prosperity.
  8. When is it permitted to wear wool and linen?
    22:12 – Wool tzitzit on a linen garment.
  9. What three things happen to a man who falsely slanders his bride?
    22:18 – He receives lashes, pays a fine of 100 silver selah, and may never divorce her against her will.
  10. Although the Egyptians enslaved the Jewish People, the Torah allows marriage with their third-generation converts. Why?
    23:8 – Because they hosted Yaakov and his family during the famine.
  11. Why is causing someone to sin worse than killing him?
    23:9 – Murder takes away life in this world, while causing someone to sin takes away his life in the World to Come.
  12. If one charges interest to his fellow Jew, how many commandments has he transgressed?
    23:21 – Three; two negative commandments and a positive commandment.
  13. What is the groom's special obligation to his bride during their first year together?
    24:5 – To gladden her.
  14. When is a groom required to fight in a non-obligatory war?
    24:5 – When he remarries his ex-wife.
  15. What type of object may one not take as collateral?
    24:6 – Utensils used to prepare food.
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Halachot from Maran Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Ztz'l

שאלה: האם מותר לאכול פת לחם בלא נטילת ידים, באופן שהאוכל אינו נוגע בלחם בידיו אלא באמצעות מפית וכדומה?

תשובה: בגמרא במסכת חולין (דף קז:) אמרו, התירו מפה )כלומר התירו אכילת פת על ידי שיעטוף ידיו במפה, בלא נטילת ידים) לאוכלי תרומה (שהכהנים שהיו באים לאכול תרומה בזמן שבית המקדש היה קיים, היו מחוייבים ליטול ידיהם קודם אכילתם, כדי שלא יטמאו את התרומה במגעם, והקילו עליהם חכמים, שאם רצו, אינם מוכרחים ליטול ידיהם, ורשאים לאכול את תרומתם באופן שלא יגעו בה בידיהם אלא בהפסק מפה או כפפות וכדומה) ולא התירו מפה לאוכלי טהרות (שבזמן שבית המקדש היו סתם בני אדם שאינם כהנים, שנוהגים בחסידות ואוכלים את כל מאכליהם בטהרה, כדי שלא יטמאו מאכליהם, וממילא אותם בני אדם הוצרכו גם כן ליטול ידיהם לפני שהיו אוכלים כל דבר, כדי שלא יטמא במגעם, ולאנשים אלו לא הקילו רבותינו לאכול באמצעות מפה בלא נטילת ידים) וטעם הדבר שלא הקילו בזה אלא לכהנים הבאים לאכול תרומה ולא לסתם בני אדם, פירש רש”י, שהוא מפני שהכהנים היו מורגלים מאד כל ימיהם לאכול את כל מאכליהם בטהרה (לפי שאצלם נוגע הדבר לאיסור ממש) ולפיכך אין לחוש שיטעו ויגעו בידיהם במאכליהם, על כן היקלו להם שיאכלו לאכול בלא נטילת ידים באמצעות מפה, מה שאין כן סתם בני אדם, שאינם רגילים וזהירים כל כך לאכול בטהרה (שהרי אצלם אין הדבר נוגע לאיסור ממש וממילא אינם זהירים וזריזים כל כך בזה) יש לחוש שיגעו בטעות בידיהם במאכל, לפיכך אין להקל להם לאכול באמצעות מפה בלא נטילת ידיים.

ולאור האמור, כתבו רבים מרבותינו הראשונים, לעניין נטילת ידיים שבזמנינו קודם אכילת פת לחם, שמכיון שבודאי אין אנו בכלל אותם כהנים שהיו זריזים וזהירים לשמור על מאכליהם בטהרה, ממילא תקנת רבותינו ליטול ידים קודם הסעודה שייכת בכל מקרה, ואין להקל בה על ידי אכילה באמצעות מפית. והעושה כן, לבטל נטילת ידים מכיון שאוכל על ידי מפית, מבטל תקנת חז”ל. וכן פסקו הטור ומרן השלחן ערוך (סימן קסג) ומובן שכל זה שייך גם לענין הבא לאכול דבר שטיבולו במשקה שביארנו בעבר שחייב בנטילת ידיים.

ולסיכום: אין להקל לאכול פת לחם בלא נטילת ידים, אפילו אם אינו נוגע בפת בידו, וכגון שאוכל באמצעות מפית וכדומה,
שבכל מקרה חייב בנטילת ידים. אלא שעדיין יש אופן שבו הקילו לאדם לאכול פת בלא נטילת ידים, וכמו שנבאר בהלכה הבאה.

Question: May one eat bread without washing one’s hands if one does not touch the bread with one’s hands directly and instead holds it with a napkin and like?

Answer: The Gemara in Masechet Chullin (107b) states: “The Sages permitted a cloth (i.e. they permitted eating bread without first washing one’s hands by wrapping one’s hands in a cloth) for those eating Terumah (meaning that during the time when the Bet Hamikdash still stood, before eating Terumah, the Kohanim were required to wash their hands first so as not to impurify the Terumah by touching it. Our Sages ruled leniently for them that, if they wished, they would not need to wash their hands; rather, they would be permitted to eat their Terumah in a way where they would not touch it directly, i.e. by wrapping their hands in a cloth or by wearing gloves and the like). However, they did not permit a cloth for those eating their food amid purity (for in the times of the Bet Hamikdash, there were pious non-Kohanim who would eat all of their foods amid purity so as not to impurify their foods. These individuals would also need to wash their hands before eating any food so as not to impurify the food by touching it. Our Sages did not provide the leniency of eating without washing one’s hands by using a cloth for such people).” Rashi there explains that the reason why our Sages were lenient regarding this matter only with regards to Kohanim eating their Terumah and not for any other people is because the Kohanim were quite accustomed to eating all of their foods amid purity all their lives (for with regards to them, this matter could sometimes border on an actual prohibition) and there is therefore no need to be concerned that they will mistakenly touch their food with their hands. Thus, our Sages were lenient and allowed them to eat without first washing their hands through the use of a cloth. On the other hand, regarding other people who were not as accustomed and careful to eat their food amid purity (for this matter never borders on an actual prohibition for them and they were therefore less meticulous in this regard), we must be concerned that they will mistakenly touch the food with their hands. Therefore, there is no room for leniency for them to eat with the use of a cloth without first washing their hands.

Based on this, many Rishonim deduce from here regarding the hand-washing we perform before eating bread that since we can certainly not be included in the category of the Kohanim who were especially careful to keep their foods pure, the rabbinic edict to wash one’s hands before eating a bread meal is applicable in any case and one may not act leniently by eating with the use of a napkin. If one does eat with the use of a napkin in order to circumvent the requirement to wash one’s hands, one has nullified an edict of our Sages. The Tur and Maran Ha’Shulchan Aruch (Chapter 163) rule likewise. All this applies to one who would like to eat a food dipped in liquid (which requires a hand-washing before) as well.

Summary: One may not act leniently and eat bread without first washing one’s hands even if one is not directly touching the bread with one’s hands, for instance, if one is eating with a napkin and the like; in any case, one is obligated to wash one’s hands. However, there is one situation where the Sages were lenient and permitted one to eat bread without first washing one’s hands. We shall discuss this further, G-d-willing, in the following Halacha.