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Summer Timetable 5784 – 2024
מוצאי שבת | ערבית )מוצ”ש( | שקיעה | סוף זמן קראת שמע | זמן שבת | פלג מנחה (תה״ד) | פלג מנחה (לבוש) | מנחה וקבלת שבת | תאריך | שבת פרשת |
Shabbat Ends | Arbit | Sunset | Shema to be read before | Candles to be |
| Earliest Candle lighting | Minha & Kabbalat Shabbat* | Date | Parasha |
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10:30 | 10:26 | 9:18 | 9:00 | 9:03 | 8:16 | 7:36 | 7:20 | 24/25 May | בהר |
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
שבת
קרבנות
9:00 am
הודו
9:15 am
פרקי אבות
6:20 pm
מנחה
6:30 pm
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6:40 pm
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The Torah prohibits normal farming of the Land of Israel every seven years. This “Shabbat for the land” is called “Shemitah.” After every seventh Shemitah, the fiftieth year, Yovel (“Jubilee”) is announced with the sound of the shofar on Yom Kippur. This was also a year for the land to lie fallow. G-d promises to provide a bumper crop prior to the Shemitah and Yovel years. During Yovel, all land is returned to its original division from the time of Joshua, and all Jewish indentured servants are freed, even if they have not completed their six years of work. A Jewish indentured servant may not be given any demeaning, unnecessary or excessively difficult work, and may not be sold in the public market. The price of his labor must be calculated according to the amount of time remaining until he will automatically become free. The price of land is similarly calculated. Should anyone sell his ancestral land, he has the right to redeem it after two years. If a house in a walled city is sold, the right of redemption is limited to the first year after the sale. The Levites' cities belong to them forever. The Jewish People are forbidden to take advantage of one another by lending or borrowing with interest. Family members should redeem any relative who was sold as an indentured servant as a result of impoverishment.
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ל”ג ול”ד לעומר
ומנהג האשכנזים, שהם נושאים נשים החל מליל ל”ג לעומר, מפני שהם סוברים שתלמידי רבי עקיבא פסקו למות ביום ל”ג לעומר, וכך פסק הרמ”א (סימן תצ”ג), שכך כתבו כמה ראשונים (ומהם בעל ספר המנהיג), שקבלה בידם שביום ל”ג פסקו מלמות, ואף בליל ל”ג לעומר יש מהאשכנזים שנוהגים להקל לשאת אשה.
אבל מנהג הספרדים ובני עדות המזרח, שאין נושאין נשים, ולא מסתפרים, עד ליום ל”ד לעומר בבוקר, .
טעם הדבר שאנו נזהרים במנהגי האבלות עד ליום ל”ד לעומר, מבואר על פי מה שכתב בספר המנהיג (דף עב עמוד ב, חיברו רבי אברהם ברבי נתן הירחי הראב”ן, שחי בלוניל ונפטר בשנת תתקע”ה 1215) בשם רבינו זרחיה הלוי (הרז”ה בעל המאור) שמצא כתוב בספר קדמון הבא מספרד, שכל תלמידי רבי עקיבא מתו “מפסח ועד פרוס עצרת”, ומאי פרוס, (כלומר, מה הכוונה “בפרוס”?), פורסא, פלגא (דהיינו “פרוס” פירושו חצי מהתקופה שקודמת לשבועות) כדתנן, (כמו ששנינו), שואלין בהלכות הפסח קודם הפסח שלושים יום, ופלגא דידהו, (וחצי משלושים יום), דהיינו ט”ו יום קודם עצרת (קודם חג השבועות). וכן כתבו עוד מרבותינו הראשונים, וביארו שאם נסיר חמשה עשר מארבעים ותשעה יום שבין פסח לעצרת נשארו שלושים וארבעה ימים, ומכל מקום ביום ל”ד לעומר בבוקר, כבר מותר לשאת אשה משום שמקצת היום ככולו לענין אבילות, וכיון שכבר עבר קצת מיום ל”ד אין צריך יותר לנהוג אבילות.
ויהי רצון שזכותם של רבי שמעון בר יוחאי ורבי אלעזר בנו תעמוד לנו ולכל ישראל, ונזכה לתשובה שלימה וגאולה קרובה, אמן.
The 33rd and 34th Days of the Omer
What Occurred on the 33rd Day of the Omer?
On the 33rd day of the Omer – commonly known as Lag Ba’Omer, is a day celebrated amid great joy and when Tachanun (confessional prayer found after the Amida prayer) is omitted for it marks the day when the secrets of the Torah were revealed, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai was saved from his death sentence and Rabbi Akiva started teaching his five students that would eventually spread the Torah to the rest of the world, as we have already discussed. This is based on the words of the Poskim, the saintly Ari z”l, and Maran Ha’Chida.
Mourning Customs on the 33rd Day of the Omer
Regarding all of the customs of mourning that have been customarily observed during the Omer period (due to the passing of the students of Rabbi Akiva), for instance, abstaining from getting married, taking haircuts, and shaving, there is a dispute among the Poskim whether these customs must be observed until the 33rd day of the Omer or until the 34th day of the Omer (i.e. the morning of the 34th).
The custom of the Ashkenazim is to permit weddings beginning from the night of the 33rd of the Omer, for they are of the opinion that Rabbi Akiva’s disciples ceased dying on the 33rd of the Omer. This is indeed the ruling of the Rama (Chapter 493) in the name of several Rishonim (including the author of the Sefer Ha’Manhig) who have accepted by way of oral tradition that the students of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying on the 33rd day of the Omer. Some Ashkenazim have the custom to permit weddings even from the night of the 33rd of the Omer.
Nevertheless, the Sephardic custom is to abstain from holding weddings or taking haircuts until the morning of the 34th day of the Omer.
The reason why we customarily abstain from these things until the 34th of the Omer is based on the words of the Sefer Ha’Manhig (page 72b, authored by Rabbeinu Avraham bar Natan Ha’Yarchi, the Ra’avan, who lived in Lonil and passed away in the year 4975 [1215]) in the name of Rabbeinu Zerachya Ha’Levi (the Razah, Ba’al Ha’Maor) who found in an early manuscript found in Spain, that all of Rabbi Akiva’s students passed away from Pesach until “Half of Shavuot,” and this refers to half of the period prior to Shavuot, which is thirty days, as the Mishnah tells us, “One must begin to inquire about the laws of Pesach thirty days before the holiday”; thus, half of thirty is fifteen days before the holiday of Shavuot. Several other Rishonim write accordingly. Thus, if we subtract fifteen from the forty-nine days between Pesach and Shavuot, the difference is thirty-four. Nevertheless, beginning from the morning of the 34th day of the Omer, it is already permissible to hold weddings, for regarding mourning, the rule is “A portion of the day is considered like the entire day” and since some of the 34th day has already passed, one need not continue to observe the mourning customs.
May the merits of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son, Rabbi Elazar, protect us all and may we all merit repenting fully and taking part in the Final Redemption, speedily and in our days, Amen.