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Winter Timetable 5783 – 2022/23
מוצאי שבת | ערבית | שקיעה | מנחה שבת | סוף זמן קריאת שמע | הדלקת נרות | מנחה וקבלת שבת | תאריך | שבת פרשת |
Shabbat Ends | Arbit | Sunset | Minha | Shema before | Candle Lighting | Minha & Kabbalat Shabbat | Date | Parasha |
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4:49 | 4:45 | 3:48 | 3:15 | 10:12 | 3:34 | 3:34 | 16/17 Dec | וישב (ש''מ) |
- These are the offspring of Yaakov: Yosef….” Give three reasons why Yosef is considered Yaakov’s main offspring.
37:2 – (a) Yosef was the son of Rachel, Yaakov’s primary wife. (b) Yosef looked like Yaakov. (c) All that befell Yaakov befell Yosef. - What was praiseworthy about the fact that Yosef’s brothers did not speak to him in a friendly manner?
37:4 – They did not act hypocritically. - How do we see from Yosef’s dream about the sun, moon and stars that all dreams contain some untrue element?
37:10 – The moon represented Rachel. Since she had already died, it was impossible for that element of the dream to come true. - Who brought Yosef down to Egypt?
37:28 – A caravan of Midianites. - Where was Reuven when Yosef was sold?
37:29 – He was attending to Yaakov. - In addition to the brothers, who else knew that Yosef was alive?
37:33 – Yitzchak. - Why didn't G-d reveal prophetically to Yaakov that Yosef was alive?
37:33 – Because the brothers had issued a ban against revealing the truth to Yaakov, and G-d, so to speak, abided by their ban. - For how long did Yaakov mourn the loss of Yosef?
37:34 – Twenty-two years. - Verse 37:35 states “his father wept.” To whom does this refer?
37:35 – Yitzchak, who wept because of Yaakov’s suffering. - Who was Tamar’s father?
38:24 – Shem. - In what merit did Tamar deserve to have kings as her descendants?
38:26 – In the merit of her modesty. - Why is the word “hand” mentioned four times in connection to the birth of Zerach?
38:30 – To allude to his descendent, Achan, who sinned with his hand by taking four things from the spoils of Jericho. - Why does the Torah relate the incident with Potiphar’s wife immediately after the incident of Yehuda and Tamar?
39:1 – To teach us that just as Tamar acted with pure motives, so did Potiphar’s wife. - How did Potiphar “see” that G-d was with Yosef?
39:3 – Yosef mentioned G-d’s name frequently in his speech. - Who in this week’s Parsha pretended to be sick?
39:11 – Potiphar’s wife. - Why were the butler and the baker imprisoned?
40:1 – The butler was imprisoned because a fly was found in the king’s goblet, and the baker was imprisoned because a pebble was found in the king’s bread. - For how long were the butler and the baker in prison?
40:4 – Twelve months. - How did the baker know that Yosef had correctly interpreted the butler’s dream?
40:5 – The baker dreamed the interpretation of the butler's dream. - What prompted the butler and baker to tell Yosef their dreams?
40:6 – Yosef asked them why they looked troubled. - How was Yosef punished for asking the butler for help?
40:23 – He remained in prison an additional two years.
הדלקת נרות חנוכה
אבל אם בשעה שהדליק את הנרות, לא היו ראויים הנרות לדלוק כשיעור זמנם, כגון שהדליקם במקום שהרוח נושבת, או שלא שם די שמן בנר, וכיוצא בזה, צריך לחזור ולהדליק את הנרות מן הדין, ומכל מקום אינו מברך על הדלקה זו.
Lighting the Chanukah Candles
The Mitzvah of Lighting Chanukah Candles
There is a Mitzvah to light Chanukah candles throughout all eight nights of Chanukah (beginning from next Sunday night). The Sephardic custom is to light one set of Chanukah candles per house. The Ashkenazi custom, however, is that every member of the household lights his own Chanukah candles.
The Amount of Oil
When lighting Chanukah candles, one should be certain to put in enough oil so that they will remain lit for at least half an hour from the initial lighting time. Similarly, if one is using wax candles, care should be taken that they should be long enough to burn for at least half an hour after the appropriate candle-lighting time which is when stars appear in the sky. There are some multi-colored candles on the market made especially for small Menorahs which do not last for half an hour; one should abstain from using such candles. On Friday afternoon when Chanukah candles are lit earlier than usual, more oil should be added, as will be explained, G-d-willing, in a following Halacha.
The Proper Order for Lighting
On the first night of Chanukah one should light the candle to the extreme right of the Menorah. On all subsequent nights, the new candle should be lit first followed by the candle(s) lit on the previous night(s). Thus, the proper direction for lighting Chanukah candles is from left to right such that the new candle that is added every night due to the additional miracle is lit first.
The Mitzvah is Performed by Lighting
Our Sages taught us in the Gemara in Tractate Shabbat (23a) that the mitzvah of the Chanukah candles is performed through the lighting of the candles and if the candles are extinguished, one is not obligated to rekindle them. This means that the main Mitzvah is through lighting Chanukah candles which will innately have the ability to burn for half an hour. Therefore, if the candles were extinguished due to a cause non-existent at the time the candles were lit, for instance, if the door or window were opened suddenly and a gust of wind blew out the flames, one is exempt from rekindling the flames. Even so, it is an extra special Mitzvah to relight any candle (without a blessing) that has been extinguished if it is still within a half hour of being lit.
However, if the candle was extinguished before the halachic timespan of half an hour due to an intrinsic reason, for instance, because it was lit in a windy place or it was not filled with enough oil, one is obligated to relight the candle, albeit without a blessing.
Benefitting from the Candles
One may not derive personal benefit from the Chanukah candles. Thus, one may not use the light of the candles to aid in counting money or reading a book. After the candles have been lit for half an hour, however, one may use the light for whatever one pleases. Nowadays when electricity is common, we do not usually derive any benefit from the Chanukah candles in any event.
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