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HALACHA OF THE WEEK:Tachanun following Shavuot Tachanun is a prayer that expresses sorrow for our sins which prevent us from “standing before G-d” and therefore is recited while we fall on our faces. For that reason, tachanun is not recited on days of joy.
As a result, there is a debate among the authorities as to when to resume the recitation of tachanun during the month of Sivan.
Just as we omit tachanun on every Rosh Chodesh, so too do we omit it on the first of Sivan. We also omit tachanun on the second of Sivan – a day known as the “Yom HaMiyuchas” when God declared that we will become "a kingdom of Kohanim and a sacred nation" (Shemot 19:6). The next three days – the third, fourth and fifth of Sivan are the "Shloshet Yemei Hagbala," the days of preparation for the giving of the Torah – when the mountain was cordoned off in preparation for the great revelation at Sinai, and therefore, tachanun is omitted as well.
As is the case with every holiday – we do not recite tachanun on Shavuot – the sixth and seventh of Sivan. In addition, during the times of the Beit HaMikdash, those who were unable to bring their sacrifices on the day of Shavuot itself – the sixth of Sivan - were allowed to do so during the six days following Shavuot through the twelfth of Sivan. These are referred to as the days of “tashlumin”[Shaarei Teshuva 131:3]. Since these added days extend a measure of the holiday celebration, many congregations, including K.I.N.S. omit tachanun during this period, as well.
In fact, some authorities, even extend the period one day longer [Siddur HaTanya u’Shaarei Halacha uMinhag #223; nitei Gavriel Shavuot 37:7], since in the Diaspora Shavuot is observed on both the sixth and seventh of Sivan, and therefore we begin the six-day period on the eighth of Sivan, rather than the seventh, and thus tachanun is omitted on the thirteenth, as well.
DVAR TORAH Towards the end of this week's parsha, we read that the 12 princes of the 12 tribes “brought their offering before Hashem: six covered wagons and twelve oxen…” [Bamidbar 7:3].
Why six wagons and not twelve - one for each prince? After all, when it came to the offerings they gave for the dedication of the Mishkan, every tribe gave their own offering (even though all of the offerings were identical!). Why did they share in transporting those gifts to the Mishkan?
The answer is found in a fascinating comment of Baalei HaTosafot to a verse in Bereishit. Following the dramatic reunification of Yosef and his brothers, Yosef sent for his father, Yaakov. “And he [Yaakov] saw the wagons [agalot] that Yosef sent to transport him, then the spirit of their father Yaakov was revived.” [Bereshit 45:27].
While Rashi explains that Yaakov's spirit was revived because these wagons [agalot] were an allusion from Yosef that he still remembered the last topic he had studied with his father - the laws of the "eglah arufa," the Baalei HaTosafot reject this because an "eglah" [calf] is not the same as an "agalah" [wagon].
Instead, they suggest that the reason that Yaakov's spirit was revived was because when he saw the wagons that Yosef sent, he saw that in future the 12 princes would share in the tasks of bringing their offerings to the Mishkan. This future act of sharing served to assure Yaakov that the fighting between his sons had stopped and there would be unity among the Jewish people - "then the spirit of their father Yaakov was revived.”
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MAZAL TOV * to Rabbi Yehuda and Chani Isenberg on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Akiva. Mazal Tov to grandparents Rabbi Leonard & Margaret Matanky and Rabbi Jerold & Jocie Isenberg. Special Mazal Tov to great grandmothers Mrs. Trude Matanky and Mrs. Bernice Novick.
REFUAH SHLAIMA * to Etai Rimel – Etai Yaakov ben Tzipporah, who is recovering in rehab
CONDOLENCES * to Rabbi Ira Rabin and family on the passing of his beloved wife, Rivkah. The funeral and shiva concluded on erev Shavuot. However, Ira can be reached at irarivkah@gmail.com or 055-500-2371.
CLASSES @ KINS To be a sponsorCLICK HERE A Donation to the Virtual Learning Fund was made by: * Cynthia Levin in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of her mother Bessie Aronson z’l. * Gitelle Rapoport and Gershom Szydlowski in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of Gitelle’s father, Rabbi Shlomo Rapoport, z’l.
BIRTHDAYS Mrs. Dvora Gold (5/22) Mrs. Yehudit Goldberg (5/22) Tzippy David (5/24) Mr. Jonathan Stopek (5/24) Mr. Randy Cohen (5/25) Maya Strahlberg (5/25) Mr. Alan Gold (5/27)
ANNIVERSARIES Mr. Eli & Mrs. Ayelet Kleinman (5/25) Mr. Sidney & Mrs. Lisa Singer (5/25) Dr. Yigal and Mrs. Donna Yahav (5/27)
ANNOUNCEMENT Lost and Found: All coats, hats and other items that were left either by the downstairs coat racks or in the upstairs coatroom are now in a box in the K.I.N.S. coatroom. All items left unclaimed by Shavuot will be donated to the Chicago Chesed Fund.
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