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Summer Timetable 5782 – 2022
מוצאי שבת | ערבית )מוצ”ש( | סוף זמן קריאת שמע | זמן | פלג מנחה (תה״ד) | פלג מנחה (לבוש) | מנחה וקבלת שבת | תאריך | שבת פרשת |
Shabbat Ends | Arbit | Shema to be read before | Candles to be |
| Earliest Candle | Minha & Kabbalat Shabbat* | Date | Parasha |
PM | PM | AM | PM | PM | PM | PM |
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8:46 | 8:42 | 9:44 | 7:41 | 7:03 | 6:32 | 6:45 | 2/3 | שופטים |
For those not in the Bet Hakeneset, but wishing to bring in Shabbat with the Kahal, candles should be lit about 30 minutes after the time listed for Minha and Kabbalat Shabbat, unless the time listed in the ‘latest candle lighting’ column is earlier, when candles MUST be lit by that time, in all cases.
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שבת שחרית
Korbanot – 9:00 am
Hodu – 9:15 am
5:00 pm *********************
- What is the role of shoftim? What is the role of shotrim?
16:18 – Shoftim are judges who pronounce judgment. Shotrim are officers who enforce it. - What qualifications should one look for when appointing a judge?
16:18 – That he is expert in the law and that he is righteous. - May a judge accept a bribe if only for the purpose of judging fairly?
16:19 – No, because it will sway his judgment. - What is the source for the concept “seek out a good beit din”?
16:20 – “Tzedek tzedek tirdof….” - Although the avot built matzevot, the Torah later forbade doing so. Why?
16:22 – Because the Canaanites used them for idolatry. - “You will come to…the judge who will be in those days.” It's impossible to visit a judge living at a different time, so why must the Torah add these apparently extra words?
17:9 – To teach that although a judge may not be as eminent as judges of previous generations, we must obey him nevertheless. - What does Hashem promise a king who doesn't amass much gold, doesn't raise many horses and doesn't marry many wives?
17:18 – That his kingdom will endure. - How many Torah scrolls must the king have?
17:18 – Two. One stays in his treasury and one he keeps with him. - How was King Shaul punished for disobeying a minor command of the Prophet Shmuel?
17:20 – He lost his kingship. - Certain kosher animals are not included in the law of “chazeh, shok and keiva.” Which ones?
18:3 – Chayot (non-domestic-type animals). - Families of kohanim served in the Beit Hamikdash on a rotational basis. When was this rotation system established?
18:8 – During the time of David and Shmuel. - Which three categories of false prophets are executed?
18:20 – One who prophesies something he didn't hear, something told to another prophet, or prophecies in the name of an idol. - What does it mean to “prepare the way” to the cities of refuge?
19:3 – To post direction signs saying “refuge” at the crossroads. - How many witnesses are meant when the Torah writes the word eid (witness)?
19:15 – Two, unless otherwise specified. - “Through the mouth of two witnesses….” What types of testimony does this verse invalidate?
19:15 – Written testimony and testimony translated from a language which the judges don't understand. - If witnesses in a capital case are proven to be zomemim (false-conspirators) before their intended victim is executed, how are they punished?
19:19 – They are put to death. - Why does the section about going to war follow the laws governing witnesses?
20:1 – To teach that if the Jewish People execute fair judgment they will be victorious in war. - The Jewish army is warned of four “scare-tactics” the enemy might employ. What are they?
20:3 –
a) Changing their shields
b) Making their horses stomp and whinny
c) Shouting
d) Blowing horns. - When a murder victim is found in a field, who determines which city is closest?
21:2 – The Sanhedrin. - What happens if the murderer is found after the calf's neck was broken?
21:9- He is tried and, if found guilty, executed.
חודש הרחמים – שמיטת כספים
אשרינו מה טוב חלקינו, ומה נעים גורלם של ישראל, שזיכה אותנו ה' יתברך לעובדו, ולשם כך התקין לנו את הימים הנוראים שאנו עומדים בפתחם, ימים קדושים ומרוממי נפש, שבזכותם האדם מתקדם והולך בעבודתו המשמעותית ביותר, עבודת ה'.
היום יום ראשון, בו חל ראש חודש אלול (היום הוא היום השני של ראש חודש אלול), שהוא תחילה וראש לימי הרחמים והסליחות.
עדות האשכנזים לא נהגו לומר סליחות מראש חודש אלול, אבל נהגו לתקוע בשופר בכל יום מימים אלו (מיום א' אלול, כלומר היום בבוקר), אחר תפילת שחרית, כדי להזהיר את ישראל שיעשו תשובה, שנאמר (עמוס ג.) “אם יתקע שופר בעיר ועם לא יחרדו”. גם נהגו כן כדי לערבב את השטן, ויש מקומות שתוקעים גם כן בתפילת ערבית.
ומנהג האשכנזים להתחיל לומר סליחות מליל ראשון (מוצאי שבת) שלפני ראש השנה, ואם חל ראש השנה ביום שני או ביום שלישי, מתחילים לומר סליחות מליל יום ראשון שבוע שלפניו
The Month of Mercy and Forgiveness- Relinquishing Loans
How fortunate is the lot of the Jewish nation in that Hashem allowed us to serve Him and to that end, Hashem bestowed us with the Days of Awe, holy and lofty days which we are just about to commence. These days help us perfect the most important service of our lives: the service of Hashem.
Today, Sunday, is the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul, which is the beginning of the Month of Mercy and Forgiveness.
Relinquishing Loans
This year, 5782, is the Shemitta year. Throughout the year, we have discussed several pertinent laws to the Shemitta year, which applied, for the most part, only in Israel. As the Shemitta year comes to a close, we must discuss one more point related to Shemitta that applies in all countries: the laws of relinquishing loans. We shall discuss this in a later Halacha, G-d-willing.
The Source for the Significance of the Month of Elul
It is taught in Pirkei De’Rabbi Eliezer: “For forty days on Mount Sinai, Moshe Rabbeinu would read the written Torah during the day and study the oral Torah during the night. At the end of forty days, he took the Tablets and descended to the camp. On the Seventeenth of Tammuz he broke the Tablets and stayed in the camp for forty days until he burnt the Golden Calf and ground it as fine as the dust of the earth, killed anyone who had kissed the Golden Calf, uprooted the service of the Golden Calf from Israel, and established every tribe in its proper place. On Rosh Chodesh Elul, Hashem told Moshe, ‘Ascend the mountain to Me,’ for Hashem had indeed forgiven the Jewish nation. They sounded a Shofar through the entire camp to notify all that Moshe had ascended the mountain in order that they not stray after idolatry once again.” We see that on the day of Rosh Chodesh Elul, Hashem began forgiving the Jewish people. It was therefore established that these days would forever be days especially auspicious for forgiveness, atonement, and repentance.
The Custom of Selichot
Since on that day Hashem told Moshe to ascend in order to receive the second pair of Tablets, for He had forgiven the Jewish nation, Sephardic and Middle Eastern Jews customarily arise early in the morning and make their way to the synagogue to recite Selichot (literally, “Forgiveness”) and supplication prayers beginning from Rosh Chodesh Elul until Yom Kippur, which was the day Moshe descended the mountain and brought us the second pair of Tablets. Selichot are not recited on the night of Rosh Chodesh itself. Thus, this year, 5782, when Rosh Chodesh Elul falls out on Shabbat and Sunday, Selichot are recited beginning from Monday morning or from halachic midnight of Sunday night. For many generations, people would wake up at the early hours of the morning in order to recite Selichot and they would reach lofty levels during the month of Elul while rousing themselves to repent completely for all of their deeds until the days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur when everyone would reach truly lofty spiritual levels through prayer and repentance. Even young children would gather together in synagogues with their fathers early every morning and the spiritual atmosphere of the Days of Awe would rest upon everyone.
Ashkenazi communities customarily do not recite Selichot beginning from Rosh Chodesh Elul; however, they do customarily blow the Shofar every day during this period after Shacharit services in order to awaken the Jewish nation to repent, as the verse (Amos, Chapter 3) states: “Shall a Shofar be sounded in a city and its people will not tremble?” Another reason for this custom is to confuse the Satan. Some communities sound the Shofar during Arvit services as well.
The Ashkenazi custom is to begin reciting Selichot from the Sunday (or Motza’ei Shabbat) preceding Rosh Hashanah. If Rosh Hashanah falls out on Monday or Tuesday, they customarily begin reciting Selichot from the Sunday of the previous week. Thus, this year, 5782, when Rosh Hashanah (5783) falls out on a Monday, Ashkenazim will begin reciting Selichot from the halachic midnight of the 22nd of Elul, Motza’ei Shabbat Parashat Ki-Tavo
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