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KINS eBulletin vol. 23  no. 36
Baha'alotcha 5783

DAVENING SCHEDULE

Thursday 6/8
Shacharit: 6:25 & 7:15 a.m.
Mincha: 8:10 p.m.
Late Maariv: 9:00 p.m.
 
Friday 6/9
Shacharit: 6:25 & 7:15 a.m.
Mincha: 6:40/8:10 p.m. (Main)
Mincha: 7:30 p.m. (North)
Earliest Candle Lighting: 6:50 p.m.
Candle Lighting: 8:05 p.m.
 
Shabbat 6/10
Shacharit: 7:30, 9:00 & 9:15(BA)
Shacharit: 9:00 a.m. (North)
Mincha: 8:00 p.m. (all locations)
 
Sunday 6/11
Shacharit: 7:45 & 8:30 a.m.
Mincha: 8:15 p.m.
 
Monday 6/12
Shacharit: 6:25 & 7:15 a.m.
Mincha: 8:15 p.m.
Late Maariv: 9:00 p.m.
 

Tuesday 6/13
Shacharit: 6:25 & 7:15 a.m.
Mincha: 8:15 p.m.
Late Maariv: 9:00 p.m.
 
Wednesday 6/14
Shacharit: 6:25 & 7:15 a.m.
Mincha: 8:15 p.m.
Late Maariv: 9:00 p.m.
 
Thursday 6/15
Shacharit: 6:25 & 7:15 a.m.
Mincha: 8:15 p.m.
Late Maariv: 9:00 p.m.
 
Friday 6/16
Shacharit: 6:25 & 7:15 a.m.
Mincha: 6:40/8:15 p.m. (Main)
Mincha: 7:35p.m. (North)
Earliest Candle Lighting: 6:46 p.m.
Candle Lighting: 8:08 p.m.

DVAR TORAH
Parshat Baha'alotcha opens with the mitzvah of lighting the menorah in the Mishkan. After Hashem commanded Moshe to instruct Aharon about the lighting, we read, "Va-ya'as kein Aharon" ("And Aharon did so" – 8:3).
 
The midrash Sifrei, cited by Rashi, explains this verse as "telling the praise [of Aharon], that he did not deviate from the command."
 
Why was such praise even necessary - why would we think that Aharon might have deviated from a direct command by G-d?! Even more, why should this be praiseworthy at all? Does a Jewish man earn applause for keeping kosher? Do we deserve special praise for not deviating from the rules established by G-d in the Torah?
 
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ginzburg, in his sefer "Yalkut Yehuda," suggests that Chazal refer specifically to the symbolic meaning and significance of the menora lighting, which represents the dissemination of the "light" of Torah.
 
The kohen's lighting of the menorah symbolizes his role as an educator and spiritual guide, charged with the responsibility of kindling and sustaining the flame of Torah study and practice among the Jewish people. Chazal refers to this task when they laud Aharon's obedience.
 
This verse, according to the Sifrei, which reports that "Aharon did so," does not tell of Aharon's actual candle lighting - that he would have naturally followed the instructions of G-d to the letter. But instead, what was so exceptional was his involvement in the symbolic lighting and spreading of the flame of the Torah throughout the Jewish people.


HALACHA OF THE WEEK: A LATE MINCHA
While mincha can be recited as early as a half hour after midday, the latest time for mincha is subject to debate. (For example, in many Chassidic communities, mincha is regularly scheduled after sunset!)
 
According to most authorities, mincha must be recited BEFORE sunset [Mishna Berura 233:14; Aruch HaShulchan, ibid. 12; Igrot Moshe Orech Chayim 1, responsa 24]. In fact, according to some, it is better to recite mincha on time, without a minyan, than to recite it after sunset with a minyan [Mishna Berura, ibid.]. (Others disagree and prefer a post-sunset mincha with a minyan [Minchat Elazar 1:23 and Choveret MiBeit Levi, Nisan 5756 p. 57, responsum of Rabbi S. Wosner].)
 
However, because of the famous debate between Rabbeinu Tam and the Geonim - regarding the  definition of "night" and of "dusk" ("bein hashmashot") - even those who generally forbid a post-sunset mincha, do allow one to recite mincha after sunset, where there was no other choice (i.e. if one forgot to recite it on time, or was unable to do so). In such a case, mincha may be recited as late as 20 minutes AFTER sunset [Biur Halacha 233:1].
 
It is this classic debate which may be the source for those who regularly recite mincha an hour or more AFTER sunset. As Rabbi Menashe Klein explains, since the Shulchan Aruch writes that mincha can be recited after sunset [Orech Chayim 233:1], -- even though most authorities disagree -- we can rely on its ruling and recite mincha up to 72 minutes after sunset [Mishne Halachot vol. 7, responsum 32; see also, Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Siddur, "Seder Hachnasat Shabbat"].
 
Finally, if one enters a shul and finds that they are already reciting maariv, and he hasn't recited mincha yet, he should recite the Shemona Esrei of mincha while the rest of the minyan is reciting the Shmona Esrei of maariv. In this way, he fulfills the mitzva of "tefilla betzibbur" (prayer with a minyan) even though they are reciting two different services [Mishna Berura 236:11]. 
 

MAZAL TOV
* to our graduates from Nursery through graduate school:
Gavi Aaron, Azi Aberman, Noah Aberman, Libbie Amster, Akiva Bachrach, Atara Bachrach, Binyomin Bachrach, Yosef Bachrach, Michal Bechhofer, Liam Bernstein, Noa Bleichman, Tzachi Bresler, Chavi Campbell, Judah Cohen, Oliver Myles Czarka, Tzvi Shlomo Czarka, Yaakov David, Tova Engel, Adir Feifel, Ariel Frankenthal, Sophie Frankenthal Gutstein, Shimmy Halpert, Amichai Yaakov Heifetz, Avigayil Heifetz, Molly Heifetz, Coby Kahn, Devorah Lefton, Eliana Levitt, Ahuva Loterstein, Adina Margolin, Lior Matanky, Zoe Deborah Matanky, Yisroel Yacov Mayefsky, Levi Medow, Rochel Merzel, Yedidya Meyers, Moshe Millen, Avraham Neikrug, Elisha Neikrug, Zachary Perl, Menachem Reed, Sarah Roffe, Nathan Rothner, Noam Rothner, Yonatan Rothner, Eliana Samber, Moshe Samber, Tova Samber, Yaakov Samber, Aliza Schultz, Meira Schultz, Jason Selesny, Tuli Skaist, Avi Skidelsky, Avigayil Skidelsky, Perry Skidelsky, Ayden Starck, Darby Feigenbaum Spector, Avi Wilens, Bina Wilens, Avi Zeller, Naomi Zisook, and to Sophie & Nesanel Gutstein for graduating from the United States of America (aliyah)....
 
REFUAH SHLAIMA
* to Esther Meyers who is hospitalized at Alexian Brothers Hospital

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Mrs. Doreen Mermelstein (6/11)
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Talia Kleinman (6/12)
Yeshaya Engelson (6/14)
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Sammy Zisook (6/15)

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William Coleman & Carole Groover (6/14)
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