Newsletter Parshat Vayigash

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Winter Timetable 5783 – 2022/23

מוצאי שבת

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שקיעה

מנחה שבת

סוף זמן קריאת שמע

הדלקת נרות

מנחה וקבלת שבת

תאריך

שבת פרשת

Shabbat

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Arbit

Sunset

Minha

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Candle Lighting

Minha & Kabbalat Shabbat

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Parasha

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4:58

4:54

3:57

3:25

10:18

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30/31 Dec

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Mincha followed by Seuda Shelishit
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1hr 15 min after Motzae Shabbat
THIS WEEK 6:15 pm
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Tuesday 3rd January
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Shacharit 6:50 am
HaNetz 8:25 am
Shekia 4:01 pm
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Q & A on Parashat Vayigash
  1. What threatening words did Yehuda say to Yosef?
    44:18 – He threatened that Yosef would be stricken with leprosy, like Pharaoh when he took Sarah from Avraham. Alternatively, Yehuda threatened to kill Yosef and Pharaoh.
  2. Why did Yehuda say his missing brother died?
    44:20 – Yehuda feared that if he said his missing brother was alive, Yosef would demand to see him.
  3. Why was Yehuda the one to plead for Binyamin?
    44:32 – He was the one who took “soul” responsibility for him.
  4. What do we learn from Yosef telling his brothers, “Go up to my father”?
    45:9 – We learn that Eretz Yisrael is higher than all other lands.
  5. What two things did the brothers see that helped prove that he was really Yosef?
    45:12 – He was circumcised like they were, and he spoke lashon hakodesh.
  6. Why did Binyamin weep on Yosef's neck?
    45:14 – Binyamin wept for the destruction of Mishkan Shilo built in Yosef's territory.
  7. Why did Yosef send old wine to Yaakov?
    45:23 – Elderly people appreciate old wine.
  8. What did Yosef mean when he said, “Don't dispute on the way”?
    45:24 – He warned that if they engage in halachic disputes, they might not be alert to possible travel dangers.
  9. What happened to Yaakov when he realized Yosef was alive?
    45:27 – His ruach hakodesh (prophetic spirit) returned.
  10. Why did G-d tell Yaakov, “Don't fear going down to Egypt”?
    46:3 – Because Yaakov was grieved to leave Eretz Canaan.
  11. “I will bring you up” from Egypt. To what did this allude?
    46:4 – That Yaakov would be buried in Eretz Canaan.
  12. What happened to the property that Yaakov acquired in Padan Aram?
    46:6 – He traded it for Esav's portion in the Cave of Machpelah.
  13. Who was the mother of Shaul ben HaCanaanit?
    46:10 – Dina bat Yaakov.
  14. When listing Yaakov's children, the verse refers to Rachel as “Rachel, wife of Yaakov.” Leah, Bilhah and Zilpah are not referred to as Yaakov's wives. Why?
    46:19 – Rachel was regarded as the mainstay of the family.
  15. Yosef harnessed his own chariot instead of letting a servant do it. Why?
    46:29 – Yosef wanted to hasten to honor his father.
  16. Why were shepherds abhorrent to the Egyptians?
    46:34 – Because the Egyptians worshipped sheep.
  17. Why did Yosef pick the weakest brothers to stand before Pharaoh?
    47:2 – So Pharaoh wouldn't see their strength and draft them.
  18. What blessing did Yaakov give Pharaoh when he left his presence?
    47:10 – That the waters of the Nile should rise to greet Pharaoh.
  19. Yosef resettled the land of Egypt, moving the people from city to city. What were his two motives for this?
    47:21 – In order to remind them that they no longer owned the land, and to help his family by removing the stigma of being strangers.
  20. Whose fields were not bought by Yosef?
    47:22 – The Egyptian priests.
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Halachot from Maran Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Ztz'l

שאלה: האם מותר לשתות מים לאחר שקיעת החמה ביום השבת (לקראת צאת השבת) או שאסור לשתות שום דבר עד שיעשה הבדלה?

תשובה: בהלכה הקודמת ביארנו, כי אסור לאדם לאכול שום דבר מזמן צאת השבת, עד שיבדיל על הכוס של יין, ויהיה רשאי לאכול מה שירצה. וביארנו גם, שאם היה יושב ואוכל (“סעודה שלישית”), והגיע זמן צאת השבת (שקיעת החמה, או צאת הכוכבים, וכפי שביארנו), אינו צריך להפסיק את סעודתו ולהתפלל ערבית ולהבדיל על הכוס. מכיון שאין כבוד השבת להפסיק כך את הסעודה הנערכת לכבודה, וכלשון הפוסקים, “שנראה כאילו מגרש את המלך”, ועל כן, הדבר ברור, שאם היה יושב ואוכל סעודה ממש, עם פת לחם, אינו מפסיק את הסעודה אף על פי שיצאה השבת.

ומכאן עלינו לדון לגבי מי שרוצה לשתות מים לאחר השקיעה, או לאחר צאת השבת לגמרי, האם רשאי לשתות, או שדין שתיה כדין סעודה לענין זה, ואסור לו לשתות שום דבר?

והנה בגמרא במסכת פסחים (קה.) אמרו, רב הונא, ראה אדם אחד (שהיה אדם גדול), שותה מים לפני הבדלה, לאחר צאת השבת. אמר לו לאותו אדם, האם כבודו אינו חושש למה שאמר רבי עקיבא שכל מי שטועם איזה דבר לפני הבדלה עונשו הוא שימות באסכרה? (וכמו שהזכרנו בהלכה הקודמת). ועונה הגמרא, שאותו אדם היה תופס להלכה כשיטת רבנן תלמידי רב אשי, שסברו שאין להקפיד בענין זה על שתית מים. ודוקא באכילה ממש יש איסור לפני ההבדלה, אבל בשתית מים אין איסור כלל. וכן פסק הרמב”ם להלכה, שאין איסור בשתית מים קודם הבדלה. וכן פסק מרן השלחן ערוך (סימן רצט).

ומן האמור מבואר שבאמת מעיקר הדין יש להקל בשתית מים לפני הבדלה, שהרי כן היא דעת מרן השלחן ערוך שקבלנו הוראותיו. אולם כנגד זה עומדת לפנינו שיטת הגאונים בתשובה, שאפילו מים אסור לשתות קודם הבדלה. ושאין הלכה כרבנן תלמידי רב אשי. וכן כתב בספר פרי עץ חיים, שיש איסור לשתות מים לפני הבדלה. וכן דעת רבותינו המקובלים.

ולענין הלכה, כתב מרן רבינו עובדיה יוסף זצ”ל, שאף על פי שמעיקר הדין יש להקל בשתית מים קודם הבדלה, מכל מקום לרוב חומרת הענין, המחמיר בזה תבא עליו ברכה. וטוב להחמיר שלא לשתות מים קודם הבדלה.


Question: Is one permitted to drink water following sunset of Motza’ei Shabbat or is it forbidden to drink anything until one performs Havdala?

Answer: In the previous Halacha we have explained that one may not eat anything once Shabbat has concluded until one recites Havdala on a cup of wine after which one may eat whatever one wishes. We have also explained that if one had already begun eating Seuda Shelishit and then the time of Shabbat’s conclusion has arrived (either sunset or halachic nightfall, as we have explained in the above Halacha), one need not pause one’s meal, pray Arvit, and recite Havdala on a cup of wine, for ending a meal being held in honor of Shabbat in this way is disrespectful of the Shabbat and the Poskim refer to this as “similar to chasing away the king.” Thus, if one is seated and eating a bread meal, one should not end the meal merely because Shabbat has concluded.

We must now discuss the question regarding whether or not one may drink water after sunset or after Shabbat has actually concluded. Is this permissible or is drinking forbidden just as eating in this regard and one may not drink anything until Havdala?

The Gemara (Pesachim 105a) recounts that Rav Huna once saw a great scholar drinking water before Havdala once Shabbat had already ended. He asked this man if he was not concerned about what Rabbi Akiva said that anyone who tastes anything before Havdala shall die of Askara? (As we have explained in the previous Halacha) The Gemara answers that this individual maintained that the Halacha followed the students of Rav Ashe who ruled that one need not be concerned about this matter when drinking water. Only eating is forbidden, but drinking water is not forbidden at all. The Rambam and Maran Ha’Shulchan Aruch (Chapter 299) rule that there is no prohibition to drink water before Havdala.

Based on this, according to the letter of the law, there is room to allow drinking water before Havdala as this is the ruling of Maran Ha’Shulchan Aruch whose rulings we have accepted. Nevertheless, there is an opinion of the Geonim in one of their responses that is even forbidden to drink water before Havdala and that the Halacha does not follow the opinion of the students of Rav Ashe. The Sefer Peri Etz Chaim and the Mekubalim likewise write that it is forbidden to drink water before Havdala.

Halachically speaking, Maran Rabbeinu Ovadia Yosef zt”l writes that although according to the letter of the law one may act leniently and drink water before Havdala, nevertheless, because this issue is a very serious one, one should try to act stringently and not drink even water before Havdala and one shall surely be blessed.