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Tuesday, September 29, 2020 – 12:00pm STEMM – MUSIC AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE SOUL with RABBI MICHAEL MYERS
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Please note, because of the Shabbat Shuva Drasha, Rabbi Matanky's pre-Shabbat Drasha will not occur on 9/24. However, his pre-Yizkor Drasha will be broadcast on Saturday night, 9/26 at 9pm with an online Yizkor
HALACHA OF THE WEEK: Kiddush and Birkat HaMazon on Yom Kippur If a person is ill and must eat on Yom Kippur, prior to eating there is no obligation to recite kiddush. As the Magen Avraham explains, the reason that Kiddush is not necessary is because the person is not having a meal as part of the celebration of the day. Rather, the person is eating despite the nature of the day ("lo hayom gorem lo heter...") and therefore, kiddush is an unnecessary blessing (lit. bracha l'vatala) [Shulchan Aruch Orech Chaim 619 note 10].
However, when it comes to reciting a bracha before and after the food, that is always required. In fact, while a debate exists regarding adding a special section for Yom Kippur into the final bracha (e.g. ya'ale v'yavo or al hamichya), the Mishna Berura concludes that it is best to add the special section, since those extra words are not considered an interruption (hefsek) [Mishna Berura 619 note 10]. However, since it is only a stringency to add these words, if a person forgot to recite the ya'ale v'yavo for Yom Kippur, one does not have to add repeat the blessings [Minchat Yitzchak 6:58].
If bread is part of a person’s meal, there are those who suggest that two loaves should be used, similar to a regular Shabbat and Yom Tov meal [Kaf HaChaim 619 note 60]. However, the Magen Avraham disagrees and writes that “lechem mishneh” is unnecessary [ibid.].
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DVAR TORAH Our Sages teach that the happiest days on the Jewish calendar are the Fifteenth of the month of Av and Yom Kippur.
But how is Yom Kippur a happy day? To the contrary, Yom Kippur would seem to be a somber day, even a dreadful day!
The answer may be found in a teaching of Rav Kook, the first Chief Rabbi of modern Israel. Over the course of Yom Kippur, we recite the confession of “Ashamnu” ten times, each time singing the words to an almost joyous tune. Why is a tune appropriate?
The answer he suggested is that both a confession, i.e., an acceptance of responsibility, and a self-rebuke which emanates from deep within one’s soul and says, “I do not want this sin.” Thus, “Ashamnu” is uplifting, even joyous. Its purpose is not so that one will wallow in sin, but, to the contrary, to liberate oneself from them.
As long as one has not confessed, the halachic principle of “shetikah k’hodaah” [lit. “silence is acquiescence”] is operative, and one is considered as if accepting of one’s sins. But once we recite the “Ashamnu” it is as if we stand before G-d and reject the past and look forward to a better future.
Certainly, confession has the painful aspect of recognizing our shortcomings and errors. But it also is joyous, for it expresses one’s inner purity and liberates one from the heavy burden of sin [Orot Ha’Teshuvah Im Be’ur by Rabbi Reuven Sasson p. 367].
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MAZAL TOV * to Daniel and Ronit Peikes on the Bo Bayom of their son Yonah. Mazal tov to great grandmother, Mrs. Rochelle Schultz
REFUAH SHLAIMA * to Etai Rimel who is recovering from surgery * to Shifra Yehudis Orlian who is recuperating at home * to Shulmais Ashkenazy who is recuperating from surgery. * to Jack Maryles who is recuperating at Evanston Hospital * to Gishie Siegel who is recuperating at Buckingham Pavilion
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 the Virtual Learning Fund was made by: Rabbi Reiss’ Shabbat Shuva Drasha is sponsored by Eddie and Shelley Stopek in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of their father Harry Stopek z”l. TO SPONSOR A SHIUR - CLICK HERE DAILY & WEEKLY SHIURIM DAF YOMI – LIVE Mon.-Friday @ 7:30am; Sunday - TBA
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COVID TRACING In order to assist our community in tracing COVID outbreaks (chas v’shalom) there is a grassroots efforts that has been endorsed by a number of our community organizations. For more information, click here - https://www.communitycounter.org/
HIGH HOLIDAY NIGGUNIM As we are aware, this year, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur davening will be significantly shortened and absent many of the tunes we may typically sing. To help remember what “was” and prepare for what “will be,” the DeZimra Institute has created a website with all of the familiar Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur melodies.Click here
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