ק׳ ק׳ שׁערי תפילה
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THIS
Motzae Shabbat
18th January 2025 at 8 pm
Annual General Meeting 2025
1. Minutes of the 2024 Annual General Meeting
2. Matters arising from the Minutes
3. Parnas Presidente’s Report
4. Adoption of the Report
5. Treasurer’s Report and Presentation of Accounts
6. Discussion and Adoption of Report
7. *Election of Hon Officers and Members of the Mahamad
a) Parnas Presidente
b) Parnas Vice Presidente
c) Treasurer
d) Gabbai
e) Hon. Secretary
f) Ladies Committee Chair
g) Mahamad (6 members – sub-group duties to be defined)
8. Election of delegates to:
a) Manchester Shechita Board b) Manchester Jewish Rep Council
9. A.O.B.
CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE MAHAMAD
a) Parnas Presidente: Mordechai Maman
b) Parnas Vice Presidente: Benjamin Hassan
c) Treasurer: Yamin Ibgui (will NOT be standing for re-election)
d) Gabbai: Eli Shoshana
e) Hon. Secretary: S Lalouche (will NOT be standing for re-election)
f) Ladies Committee Chair: Mrs. Elaine Marshall
g) Mahamad: Mrs Loretta Hodari,
Raphi Marshall
Jacob Edelstein, (will NOT be standing for re-election)
Alex Lopez Dias (will NOT be standing for re-election)
Thank you in advance for attending – your support for this meeting is important.
On behalf of the Mahamad
*Nominations should reach the Parnas Presidente or Vice Presidente before SHABBAT enters THIS FRIDAY, January 17th 2025.
YOU ARE RESPECTFULLY REMINDED THAT UNDER THE PROVISION OF ASCAMA 28 YEHIDIM BEING ARREARS IN THE PAYMENT OF THEIR ACCOUNT FOR A LONGER PERIOD THAN SIX MONTHS SHALL FORFEIT THE RIGHT OF VOTING AT ALL MEETINGS
PLEASE NOTE: VOTING IS BY ATTENDANCE ONLY – PROXY VOTES ARE NOT VALID FOR AGM’s
Moorlanenews
would like to take this opportunity
to thank
Y Ibgui
S Lalouche
J Edelstein
A Lopez Dias
for their time and dedication to the
Bet HaKeneset
May Hashem repay them with
good health, beracha and hatzlacha
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לוח זמני תפילה לחורף תשפ״ה
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מוצאי שבת | ערבית | שקיעה | מנחה שבת | סוף זמן קריאת שמע | הדלקת נרות | מנחה וקבלת שבת | תאריך | שבת פרשת |
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הודו
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With the death of Yosef, the Book of Bereishet (Genesis) comes to an end. The Book of Shemot (Exodus) chronicles the creation of the nation of Israel from the descendants of Yaakov. At the beginning of this week's Torah portion, Pharaoh, fearing the population explosion of Jews, enslaves them. However, when their birthrate increases, he orders the Jewish midwives to kill all newborn males.
Yocheved gives birth to Moshe and hides him in the reeds by the Nile. Pharaoh's daughter finds and adopts him, although she knows he is probably a Hebrew. Miriam, Moshe's sister, offers to find a nursemaid for Moshe and arranges for his mother Yocheved to be his nursemaid.
Years later, Moshe witnesses an Egyptian beating a Hebrew and Moshe kills the Egyptian. Realizing his life is in danger, Moshe flees to Midian where he rescues Tzipporah, whose father Yitro approves their subsequent marriage. On Chorev (Mount Sinai), Moshe witnesses the burning bush where G-d commands him to lead the Jewish People from Egypt to Eretz Yisrael, the Land promised to their ancestors.
Moshe protests that the Jewish People will doubt his being G-d's agent, so G-d enables Moshe to perform three miraculous transformations to validate himself in the people's eyes: transforming his staff into a snake, his healthy hand into a leprous one, and water into blood. When Moshe declares that he is not a good public speaker, G-d tells him that his brother Aharon will be his spokesman. Aharon greets Moshe on his return to Egypt and they petition Pharaoh to release the Jews. Pharaoh responds with even harsher decrees, declaring that the Jews must produce the same quota of bricks as before but without being given supplies. The people become dispirited, but G-d assures Moshe that He will force Pharaoh to let the Jews go.
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דין הכוונה בתפילת העמידה
(תפילת העמידה היא “תפילת שמונה עשרה” הנאמרת בלחש ואודותיה מתייחסת הלכה זו.)
כל אדם מישראל חייב להתפלל בכל יום שלש תפילות, וגם הנשים חייבות להתפלל בכל יום, אלא שעיקר חיובן הוא בתפילה אחת בכל יום, והרשות בידן להתפלל שלש תפילות ביום אם הן רוצות בכך. ולמנהג האשכנזים, יש אומרים שנשים חייבות להתפלל בכל יום תפילת שחרית ותפילת מנחה, אבל בתפילת ערבית אינן חייבות. וכמו שביארנו בהלכה שעסקה בנושא.
אלא שלמעשה כתב רבינו הטור, שבזמנינו אין נוהגים לחזור ולהתפלל בשביל חסרון כוונה, מפני שגם כשיחזור להתפלל שוב, קרוב לודאי שלא יכוין כראוי, ואם כן אין טעם לחזור ולהתפלל.
ומרן השלחן ערוך פסק כעיקר הדין, שאם לא כיון בברכת אבות, אף על פי שכיון בכל השאר יחזור ויתפלל, ולא הזכיר את דברי הטור, ואם כן משמע שסובר שגם בזמנינו צריך לחזור להתפלל. אבל הרמ”א הוסיף על דברי מרן את דברי הטור, שבזמנינו אין חוזרין בשביל חסרון הכוונה.
ומרן החיד”א כתב, שאף שמדברי מרן נראה שסובר שאם לא כיון באבות צריך לחזור ולהתפלל, מכל מקום אף הספרדים לא נהגו בזה כדעת מרן, אלא פוסקים כדברי הטור והרמ”א, וסומכים בדיעבד על דעת הפוסקים שיוצא ידי חובתו אף על פי שלא כיון בכלל.
ולסיכום: יש לכוין בתפילה, ובפרט בתפילת העמידה. והכוונה בברכה הראשונה של תפילת העמידה, היא החשובה ביותר. ולכן יש להקפיד לכוין. ואם לא כיון, בדיעבד אינו חוזר להתפלל שוב.
ובהמשך נבאר עוד פרטים בזה.
The Laws of Concentration During the Amida Prayer
Every Jewish man must pray three prayers daily. Women must also pray every day; however, their base obligation is one prayer per day. Nevertheless, if they wish, they may pray all three prayers. According to the Ashkenazi custom, some say that women are obligated to pray Shacharit and Mincha every day, however, they are not obligated to pray Arvit. We have discussed this in a different Halacha.
Concentration During Prayer
The Baraita (Berachot 34b) states that preferably, one should concentrate on the words one is reciting throughout all the blessings of the Amida. If one finds it too difficult to concentrate throughout the entire Amida, one must at least concentrate on the words one is reciting during the “Avot” blessing, i.e., the first blessing of the Amida, which bears special significance since it extolls the praises of Hashem.
One Who Did Not Concentrate
There is a disagreement among the Rishonim whether one who has prayed without concentration must repeat one’s Amida prayer, or perhaps one has nevertheless fulfilled one’s obligation post facto. Although some maintain the latter, the Rambam, Rosh, Rabbeinu Yonah, and many others rule that if one prayed without concentrating during the “Avot” blessing (although one may have concentrated on the rest of the blessings of the Amida), one must repeat the Amida.
The Tur rules that nowadays, we customarily do not repeat the Amida after not having concentrated during the first blessing, for it is almost certain that even when one repeats the Amida, one will not concentrate properly again and therefore, there is no use in repeating the Amida.
Maran Ha’Shulchan Aruch rules in accordance with the letter of the law that one who has not concentrated on the words of the first blessing of the Amida must repeat one’s prayer and he makes no mention of the Tur’s opinion. The Rama adds the Tur’s opinion that nowadays, one should not repeat the Amida for a lack of concentration.
Maran Ha’Chida writes that although according to Maran, one must repeat one’s Amida if one did not concentrate in the “Avot” blessing, even Sephardic and Middle Eastern Jews do not rule in accordance with Maran here. Rather, they rely on the Tur, Rama, and other Poskim who rule that one fulfills one’s obligation even without having concentrated at all.
Summary: One must concentrate on the words of the Amida, especially the first blessing of the Amida, which is the most significant. If one did not do so, one should not repeat the Amida prayer after the fact.
We shall discuss some more details regarding this law in a following Halacha.
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