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DVAR TORAH This week's Torah portion is the longest in the entire Torah. Yet, a major section is devoted to the identical offerings brought by the leaders of each of the twelve tribes. Twelve times the Torah repeats exactly the same list of offerings. What can we possibly learn from this seemingly unnecessary repetition?
Rabbi Shlomo Breuer (the son-in-law of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch) explained that obviously the Torah does not repeat the description of the offerings twelve times to teach us that each tribe brought exactly the same gift. Rather, the Torah is telling us precisely the opposite. That while the contents of each offering were identical, they were twelve different offerings -- because what a person gives is not important as how a person gives. Each Prince put his own personal imprint, his own special intention and dedication on his gift, making it special and unique.
That's why the Torah repeated each offering, with all of its details. To teach us, that two people can do the exact same mitzvah -- and yet, how G-d receives that mitzvah is completely dependent on the intent and the devotion of each individual.
HALACHA OF THE WEEK: TACHANUN AFTER 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.
SPONSORS Shabbat Kiddush is sponsored by Tzvi and Orah Frankenthal in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Eitan.
DONATIONS TO THE KIDDUSH FUND * by Richard and Rachel Silverman in honor of Dovi’s birthday * by Howard and Ilana Karesh in honor of Jak’s birthday * by Sid, Lisa, Abby and Jack Singer in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of Sid’s father, Allen Singer z”l. MAZAL TOV * to Tzvi and Orah Frankenthal on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Eitan. Mazal Tov to grandparents Elchanan and Annette Frankenthal and Israel and Ethel Starck. Special Mazal Tov to great grandmother Mrs. Bella Rubin. * to Larry and Sharon Chambers on the birth of a great-granddaughter born to their grandchildren, Miriam and Yosi Imergreen (Israel). * to Hillel and Leah Shapiro on the birth of a grandson in Israel. Mazal tov to great grandparents, Rabbi Meir and Elizabeth Shapiro and Eva Gertzfeld.
REFUAH SHLAIMA * to Yosef Shapiro * to Nava Gavriella bat Naomi Tova Shicker * to Mrs. Gerda Abramchick who is recuperating at Buckingham Pavilion. * to Mrs. Bonnie Myers who is recuperating at home.
CLASSES @ KINS FRIDAY 7:05am - Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg SHABBAT 8:30am - Parshat HaShavua with Rabbi Myers 5:00pm - Parshat HaShavua with Wisdom of Torah Institute The speaker this week is Rabbi Dr. Esther Shkop 45 min. before mincha - Talmud Class with Rabbi Matanky
SUNDAY 6:30am - Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 9:00am – Sefer Shmuel Bet with Rabbi Matanky 9:00am – Contemporary Halacha with Rabbi Lerner MONDAY 7:05am – Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 8:00-9:45pm – YU Torah MiTzion Kollel Night Seder
TUESDAY 7:05am – Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 2:00pm - Halacha and Chumash for Men with Rabbi Lerner 8:00pm – Halacha Then and Now with Rabbi Meyers 8:00-9:45pm – YU Torah MiTzion Kollel Night Seder TUESDAY 7:05am – Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 2:00pm - Halacha and Chumash for Men with Rabbi Lerner 8:00pm – Halacha Then and Now with Rabbi Meyers 8:00-9:45pm – YU Torah MiTzion Kollel Night Seder
WEDNESDAY 7:05am – Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 12:40pm – Navi Class for women with Rabbi Rosenbaum 2:00pm - Halacha and Chumash for Men with Rabbi Lerner 8:00-9:45pm – YU Torah MiTzion Kollel Night Seder
THURSDAY 7:15am - Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg 9:00pm - From the Dayan's Desk with Rabbi Reiss 8:00-9:45pm – YU Torah MiTzion Kollel Night Seder
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