Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 12:00pm DAYTIME DIALOGUES with Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph click here for the webinar link THIS WEEK'S DAVENING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WITHOUT A MINYAN WEDNESDAY: EREV TISHA B'AV No Tachanun at Mincha. At the Seudah Hamafseket– the concluding meal before the fast, we make a motzi, and eat an egg dipped into ashes to symbolize our state of mourning. Eating and drinking should stop before sunset (8:11pm). MAARIV - We sit on the floor or on a low stool. Following Shemona Esrei we recite Eichah —followed by several Kinnot for the night of Tisha B'Av; Ve'Atah Kadosh is said followed by Aleiniu. THURSDAY: TISHA B'AV SHACHARIT - Tefillin and Talit are not worn. Shacharit is regular until after the Torah Reading (Devarim. 4:25-40). The Haftarah is read in the melody of Eichah from Jeremiah 8:13- 9:23. Kinnot are recited. Ashrei is said followed by Uva L'Tzion and Aleinu. The Shir shel Yom is not said until Mincha. After midday it is permitted to sit on chairs or benches. MINCHA - Tallit and Tefillin are worn. The Shir shel Yom is recited, followed by Ashrei and the Torah Reading for a Fast Day. The Haftarah is from Isaiah 55:6– 56:8. Shemona Esrei including Nachem and Aneinu. Mincha concludes with Ashrei. MAARIV - We recite the regular weekday Maariv. Meat and wine, as well as music are forbidden until midday on Friday. However, in honor of Shabbat, haircuts and laundry are permitted after maariv. FRIDAY NIGHT: Kabbalat Shabbat as regular, Remember that following the Maariv amida we say va’yichulu, but then skip to aleinu (i.e. no magen avot). SHABBAT DAY: SHABBAT NACHAMU – Shacharit and Musaf as regular. TORAH READING: Parshat Vaetchanan and the Haftarah is from Isaiah 40:1- 26. (the first of the seven haftorot known as “Shiva d’Nichimta”). We do not recite Yikum Purkan. Chapter 3 of Pirkei Avot is read. After Maariv we say Kiddush Levana.
HALACHA OF THE WEEK: TISHA B’AV On Tisha B'Av we are prohibited to: eat and drink, learn Torah, wash ourselves (even in cold water) or apply lotions for pleasurable purposes, have marital relations and wear shoes with leather. • MAARIV - We remove the curtain from the Aron HaKodesh, dim the lighting, and sit on the floor or on a low stool. We do not sit on regular chairs or benches until after midday. We recite Maariv in a low and subdued voice; followed by Eichah and Kinnot. • SHACHARIT - We wash our hands up to the end of the knuckles (as one is drying his fingers, while there is still some moisture on them, one may rub them across the eyes); make the Bracha "al netilat yadayim" as well as all of the other appropriate morning Brachot. Tallit and tefillin are not worn until midday, however, a tallit katan, is worn - but without a bracha. Following Torah reading (Deut. 4:25-40), the Haftarah is read (Jeremiah 8:13-9:23) in the melody of Eichah. After the Torah is returned to the Aron, Kinot are recited. (At the end of shacharit, we do not say the shir shel yom. • MINCHA - The parochet is returned to the aron. tallit and tefillin are worn. The Psalm of the Day is recited, followed by Mincha and Torah reading/Haftarah. • MAARIV - We recite the usual weekday Maariv.
ADDITIONAL LAWS of TISHA B’AV DAY
1. While Torah learning is generally prohibited on Tisha B’Av, one may learn:
• Eicha with its midrash and commentaries; • Nevi’im that deal with tragedy or destruction; • The third chapter of Moed Katan (which deals with mourning); • The story of the destruction (in Gittin 56b-58a, Sanhedrin 104, & in Josephus), • The halachot of Tisha B'Av and mourning.
2. Greeting someone with "shalom aleichem" and the like is prohibited. One who is greeted should answer softly and, if possible, inform the person of the prohibition.
3. The custom is to refrain until midday from any time-consuming work that diverts one’s attention from the mourning of the day.
4. The use of lotions for medicinal purposes is permitted as is the use of deodorants.
5. If a person becomes dirty, washing is permitted to remove the dirt.
6. The non-seriously ill or elderly, as well as pregnant and nursing women should generally fast even if it is difficult. However, if a doctor determines that fasting may injure health, a rabbi should be consulted. Furthermore, swallowing capsules or bitter tablets without water is permitted.
MOTZAEI TISHA B'AV: Many of the limitations of the "Three Weeks" and the "Nine Days" continue until midday of the 10th of Av including music, drinking wine and eating of meat. However, this year because the 10th of Av is also Erev Shabbat it is permitted to get a haircut and do laundry immediately after Tisha B’Av.
DVAR TORAH In this week’s parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu repeats the Ten Commandments with many minor changes. One of those changes is an additional phrase inserted into the commandment to honor your father and mother – “as the L-rd your G-d has commanded you.”
Why was this phrase added, and why in Sefer Devarim? According to the Mesech Chochmah, the answer is that honoring is something that should come naturally to everyone. After all, they helped raise us, cared for us, and set us on the right path. For this reason, the Talmud Yerushalmi refers to this mitzvah as an “easy mitzvah.”
But that’s not the reason we should perform this mitzvah. Instead, the real reason is that G-d commanded us to honor them “as the L-rd your G-d has commanded you.”
This is why the Torah waited until this week’s parsha – because this week’s parsha was given to the Jews at the end of forty years in the desert. During those years, rearing children was easier than ever. Food came from heaven, water from a miraculous well, clothing was divinely cleaned and never wore out. And still, the Torah demanded that parents be honored. Why? Not because they were owed this honor – but because G-d commanded us!
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MAZAL TOV * to Dr. Oscar and Bernice Novick on the upcoming marrtiage of their grandson, Shlomo Rush to Daniella Last. Mazal tov to parents, Chaim and Sharon Rush and Rabbi Benjamin and Sheryl Last (Denver). *to Naomi Samber on the engagement of her granddaughter Faigy Millen to Aharon Anton. *to Moshe and Doreen Mermelstein on the birth of a grandson. The proud parents are Shimmie and Nili Mermelstein. *to Ari and Esther Maryles on the engagement of their son, Chaim to Shana Lipsius. Mazal tov to grandparents, Jack and Anne Maryles.
REFUAH SHLAIMA * to Ephraim Rimel and Etai Rimel * to Shifra Yehudis Orlian who is recuperating at home * to Jerry Silverman who is recovering from surgery.
CLASSES @ KINS During the COVID-19 crisis, all of our shiurim will be online and can be accessed live at https://zoom.us/j/8618119980 or at https://www.congkins.org/video-shiurim.html A donation to our Virtual Learning Fund was made by: Howard and Ilana Karesh in commemoration of the 4th yahrtzeit of their brother Avi Karesh z”l. Richard and Rachel Silverman in honor of their wedding anniversary and in honor of their mother Carol Silverman’s birthday. Arleen Leib in honor of her children Richard and Rachel Silverman’s wedding anniversary
A day of Virtual Learning was sponsored by: The Shiurim on Thursday July 30th, Tisha B’Av were sponsored by Esther Cardash and Wolf Wilensky in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of their mother Eni Bas HaRav Dov Berish z”l.
A Week of Virtual Shiurim Sponsorship: * by Seymour and Sharon Gertz in commemoration of the yahrtzeits of their fathers Paul Rosenberg, Pinchus ben Yitzhok Dov (13th of Av), and Label Gertz, Aryeh Leib ben Eliezar Issac, (17th of Av) * by Dr. Stephen and Cheryl Karesh in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of their son Avi z”l, Avraham Gershon ben Shmuel Mordechai V’Tizppeh.
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