eBulletin blog

Behar Bechukotai 5777

eBulletin 17:31

DAVENING TIMES

Thursday 5/18

Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv: 8:00 p.m.

Late Maariv: 9:45 p.m.

Friday 5/19

Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.

Candle Lighting: 7:48 p.m.

Mincha.Maariv: 6:30/8:00 p.m.

Shabbat 5/20

Shacharit: 7:30, 9:00 & 9:15(BA)a

Mincha: 2:00/6:00/7:40 p.m.

Late Maariv: 9:45 p.m.

Sunday 5/21

Shacharit: 7:55 and 8:30 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv: 8:00 p.m.

Late Maariv: 9:45 p.m.

Monday 5/22

Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv: 8:00 p.m.

Late Maariv: 9:45 p.m.

Tuesday 5/23

Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv: 8:00 p.m.

Late Maariv: 9:45 p.m.

Wednesday 5/24

YOM YERUSHALAYIM

Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv: 8:00 p.m.

Late Maariv: 9:45 p.m.

Thursday 5/25

Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.

Mincha/Maariv: 8:00 p.m.

Late Maariv: 9:45 p.m.

Friday 5/26

Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.

Candle Lighting: 7:48 p.m.

Mincha.Maariv: 6:30/8:00 p.m

BNEI AKIVA HIGH SCHOOL MINYAN -

9:15am

DVAR TORAH

The Torah writes: "You shall not hurt the feelings of one another, and you shall fear the Almighty." (Leviticus 25:17)

Why does the verse end with the words, "and you shall fear the Almighty"?

According to Rabbi Shlomo Kluger the answer is that unfortunately, some people are careless with the feelings of other people; they think that they only must be careful to observe the mitzvot which involve man's obligation to G-d.

However, what this verse is teaching us is that if a person is not careful with his obligations to others and speaks against them and hurts their feelings, he will eventually be careless with the commandments between man and G-d. Therefore, the Torah adds the admonition to fear the Almighty at the end of the verse. Failure to observe the first half of the verse will lead to failure to observe the latter half of the verse.

MAZAL TOV

* to Dr. Oscar & Bernice Novick on the marriage of their granddaughter, Marni Rosen to Shimmy Auman. Mazal tov to parents Sy & Bonnie Novick and Neil & Naomi Auman.

* to Avi and Daphna Zisook on the birth of their daughter, Naomi. Mazal tov to grandparents, Rabbi Kenny & Shelly Zisook and Joseph & Rivkah Rosen. To help the Zisooks with meals, click here

* to Rabbi Michael and Bonnie Myers on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Yaakov Pechman, Betar Illit, Israel.

* to Rochelle Schultz on the birth of 2 great granddaughters born to Raizy and Tzvi Nussbaum in Lakewood and to Shevy and Yitzchok Dovid Goldstein.

​

REFUAH SHLAIMA

* to Mark Cohen who is recuperating at home.

* to Jack Maryles who is recuperating from surgery

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 24, 2017 – 7:35 pm

Religious Zionists of Chicago

YOM YERUSHALAYIM CELEBRATION

Congregation Or Torah

For more information, click here

May 30, 2017 – 11:45p

MISHMAR LEIL SHAVUOT

with Shiurim by Rabbis Kraft, Lerner, Liss, Raccah, Reiss & Sprung and Dr. Esther Shkop, a program for High School girls with GNOL, and for 5th-8th grade boys.

​

June 1, 2017

SIYUM on SHAVUOT

Help us prepare for Shavuot by learning Neviim and Mishnayot for our Siyum! To sign up to learn click here 

HALACHA of the WEEK: DOUBLE PARSHIYOT

Why is this week's parsha of Behar-Bechukotai a double parsha?

The answer is that Chazal divided the Torah into 54 parshiyot. The last one, Vezot Habrachah, is always read on Simchat Torah and never on a regular Shabbat. Therefore there remain 53 parshiyot which have to be distributed among the Shabbatot of the year.

However, in a non-leap year there are only 50 or 51 weeks, which means that some parshiyot have to be doubled, and even in a leap year, which has 54 or 55 weeks, some of the holidays may fall on a Shabbat (Pesach and Sukkot will always have a Shabbat with a special Torah reading) and therefore, even in leap years there may need to be double parshiyot.

One more fact to remember, in the times of a pre-fixed calendar leap years were not determined until the month of Adar. Therefore, double parshiyot were always reserved for the latter part of the year - from Adar onwards.

Those parshiyot are: Vayakhel-Pekudei, Tazria-Metzora, Acharei Mot-Kedoshim, Behar-Bechukotai, Chukat-Balak, Matot-Masei, and Nitzavim Vayelech. 

In general, the first four pairs are read as double portions in a non-leap year, and read separately in a leap year. This accounts for the 4 extra weeks added in a leap year. These don't start until Adar, because before Adar it "isn't yet known" whether the year will be a leap year. (The exception to this rule is when Rosh Hashana falls on a Thursday. In a 355-day non-leap year there is an extra non-holiday Shabbat and Vayakhel-Pekudei are read separately. While in a 354-day non-leap year beginning on Thursday, communities that observe 1 day of yom tov read Behar-Bechukotai separately.) 

Regarding the other three possible double parshiyot: 

Chukat-Balak is read as a double portion whenever the 2nd day of Shavuot falls on Shabbat. (This means that Chukat-Balak is never read as a double portion in communities that observe 1 day of yom tov and creates a disparity between 1-day and 2-day communities for several weeks.)

Matot-Mas'ei is almost always read as a double portion, except in a leap year beginning on a Thursday when there is an extra Shabbat in the year; and in a leap year in which the following year begins on a Monday, there is also an extra Shabbat at the end of the year. (In the Diaspora this extra Shabbat is absorbed by the 8th day of Pesach so Matot-Mas'ei is combined as usual. However, in 1-day yom tov communities, Matot and Mas'ei are read separately. This latter scenario only occurs in about 10% of all years. But when it does, the Torah reading cylces of the Diaspora and Israel are out of sync for about 3 months!) 

Nitzavim-Vayelech is read as a double portion if Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat, taking away a Shabbat from the regular Torah reading cycle.

CLASSES @ KINS

​