Shabbat Chazon-Devarim 5786 & Tisha B'Av / 9 Days info:
OrMenorah Congregation
Kehilat
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Rabbi Doug Zelden – Rav
Dov Steinberg - Shul
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Shabbat Chazon - Parshat Devarim 5786
FridaErev Shabbat Candle lighting 8:03pm
Friday – Mincha/Kabalat
Shabbat: 8:13pm
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Birkat Hatorah &
Kriat Shma 9:10am
Shabbat Morning: 9:15am
Sof Zman Kriat Shma: (Say Shma by) 9:14am
A Cholent Kiddush is being
sponsored this week by the Grossfeld Family in memory of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Grossfeld z”l
whose Yortzeit is being observed on 10, Av.
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Shabbat Afternoon:
Pirke Avot Shiur 15
Minutes before Shabbat Mincha
Shabbat Afternoon Mincha: 7:53pm
Followed by Divre Torah
and Shiur
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SHABBAT SHALOM!
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Saturday Night
Motz’ei Shabbat Maariv: 8:56pm followed by Havdallah after 9:13pm
(Maariv begins no
earlier than 33 minutes after sunset)
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sponsor a future Shabbat please contact the Rabbi.
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Tisha B’Av
Schedule at Or Menorah
Wednesday Night 8/22/26 - 8:15pm
Mincha
followed by Maariv & Eicha
Thursday 8/23/26 - 8:30am with
selected Kinot
Thursday Mincha - 1:35pm (with
Talit & Tfillin)
(Thursday Night Maariv/Kiddush Levana 8:35pm together at Poalei Zedek, unless we have the commitment of a ten men to meet in our building at 8:35pm)
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SIMCHA NEWS
Mazel Tov this week to:
-Tamar & Daniel Kahn and families on the birth of a
son.
-Melissa & Ben Kaplan and families on the birth of a son.
-Shayna (Vadnai) & Rafael Almoslino and families on the birth of a son.
-Lilly & Alfred Sayegh on the birth of a
grandson.
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Happy
Birthday to:
Daniel Handelman
Dov Steinberg
Ella Firestein
Tikva Levitt
Dr. Henry Roth
Rebecca Amster
Ruben Vadnai
Hanna Jenssen
Ira Katz
Barry Lewison
Aaron Harkavy
Dena Verderame
Leeya Starck
Joel Malkin
Shai Wolkowicki
Abbe Drexler
Ruvane Kurland
Chaya Bolotin
Danny Cohn
Dennis Burg
Adam Gorenstein
Tuvya Miller
Jodi Weinstein
Jay Hopkins
Jammie Gold
Malkie Cohen
Steve Coven
Laura Cutler
Michael Rosenbaum
Eunice Sokol
Jason Miller
Maya Steiner
Yom Huledet Samayach!
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CONDOLENCE NEWS:
BARUCH DAYAN EMET!
Condolences to the
families of:
-James Schneider z“l
-Ileen Morris a”h
-Rose Kenter a”h
-Evelyn Harris a“h
Hamakom Yenachem Etchem B'Toch
Sh'ar Avele Tzion Virushalayim!
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Torah Thoughts from Rabbi Doug…
Parshat Dvarim/ Week of
Tisha B’Av
On the ninth of Av, we
read the Book of Eicha (Lamentations) in the Synagogue. Each
verse in each chapter in Eicha is alphabetical. The first
verse of each chapter begins with aleph, the second with beis, etc.
However, towards the end of the fourth chapter, there is a strange reversal of
the alphabetical order. Instead of the letter ayin preceding
the letter peh, the order is reversed. The peh precedes
the ayin. Why? Peh is a Hebrew letter -- but it is
also a word. Peh means 'mouth.' Similarly the letter ayin is
not only a letter, it is a word also. Ayin means 'eye.' In
other words, the very structure of the Book of Eicha hints to
the seminal error of the spies - they put their mouths before their
eyes! The spies reversed the alphabet of Reality. They put
the peh - the mouth - before the ayin - the
eye. They wrote their own false film script and then they saw what they had
said. When we cry on Tisha B'Av we are reversing the process
that was the root of the evil of the spies: Tears wash the eye clean, purifying
the perception of the world. Just as tears purify the physical eye, expelling
dust and foreign bodies, so tears expel the detritus of false perception. In a
flood of tears, we release our constrained emotions, and in the clear calm
after the storm, we can see reality.
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Or Menorah - Weekday Schedule of Services
Weekday Minyanim with
Rabbi Doug
*Or Menorah is only holding
Minyaim in our building on Erev Shabbat, Shabbat, and Motz’ei Shabbat (also Yom
Tov) and special days, since Covid, and all other weekday davening will
temporarily be together
as scheduled below:
~ Sunday-Friday Shacharit: 8:30am together
at Poalei Zedek
~ S-TH Mincha/Maariv : 15
minutes before sunset together at Poalei Zedek
~Friday Mincha: 10 min.
after Candle Lighting
at Or Menorah
~ Motz'ei Shabbat
Maariv: 33 minutes after
Sunset
at Or Menorah
*(Poalei Zedek in 4 blocks South of Or Me
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Halacha Corner
Hilchot
Tisha B’Av (B’kitzor)
The fast of the Ninth
of Av Laws and Cusotms:
One does not work on the evening and on the day of the 9th of
Av until mid-day
(Chatzot Hayom 12:58pm on Wednesday) and in the afternoon only privately.
The fast begins at Shekiya or sunset 8:19pm and extends until the stars appear on the following evening
Thursday at 8:59pm. The Megillat Eichah
(The Book of Lamentations) is read in the synagogue and special lamentations
called Kinot (dirges) are recited.
Fasting prohabitions include no eating, no
drinking, no washing above the fingers, no annointing with creams/lotions or
sprays, no marital relations or contact, no wearing of shoes that contain any
leather.
It is
customary from the onset of the fast until mid-day of the Ninth of Av to
sit on a low chair close to the ground as a sign of mourning. One is not to
bathe at all or even wash one’s hands completely (just up to knuckles) unless
they became dirty. As a sign of mourning the tefillin are not worn during the
morning service but are put on at the Minchah (afternoon prayers).
It is forbidden to wear the tallit gedol on this day until
Mincha time. No bracha is made on a talit katan at all.
Tzitzit are to be tucked in until after Chatzot 12:57pm . Also one should
attend the synagogue in the afternoon to hear the reading of the chapter
Vayechal. à
It is customary only to study on that day Torah topics, which are mournful such as the Book of Jeremiah or the Book of Job or Talmudic homilies that tell of the destruction of the Temple. The fast of the Ninth of Av concludes when the stars appear, but some mourning rituals are continued until mid-day (Shaot Zmaniyot) of the Tenth of Av because the Temple continued to burn on that day as well. According to the Sefaradim eating rituals such as the prohibition from eating meat and drinking wine continue from the tenth of Av until after midday.
On a more cheerful note, the Seven Shabbatot following Tisha B’Av are called the Shabbos of Consolation as special Haftorahs (readings from the prophets, chanted after the Sabbath Torah reading) tell of Israel’s future redemption and glory when the Mashiach will come to redeem us from our troubles and exile. Also, seven weeks after Tisha B’Av is Rosh Hashana.
More on the subject...
Erev Tisha B'Av (Wednesday - Daytime):
If a brit or redemption of the first-born occurs on the day
before Tisha B'Av,
if meat is being served the meal must be held before noon.
Since the heart rejoices in the study
of Torah, from noon some people refrain from learning topics other than what is
relevant to Tisha B'Av or mourning. However, many people learn all topics of
Torah until sunset.
Since Tisha B'Av is called a
moed (holiday or appointed day,
Lamentations 1:15), no tachanun is said at
mincha in the afternoon before Tisha B'Av
(nor on Tisha B'Av itself)
The custom is to eat a final meal after before sunset, consisting of bread,
cold hard-boiled eggs and water.
The meal is eaten while seated on the ground or a very low seat,
a portion of the bread or the egg should be dipped in ashes and eaten,
and no mezumen is made in the blessing after the meal. After the meal, one may
sit normally until sunset. Shoes may be worn all day until sunset.
THE LAWS OF
TISHA B’AV
and the fast:
Tisha B'Av - beginning Wednesday Night at Sunset
Eating and Drinking
All
eating and drinking is forbidden. This includes rinsing the mouth and brushing
teeth, except in a case of great distress. Rinsing with mouthwash or brushing
teeth without water is questionable.
Swallowing
capsules or bitter tablets or liquid medicine without water is permitted.
The
ill or elderly as well as pregnant and nursing women are required to fast even
if it is difficult, unless a doctor says that fasting may injure health, in
which case a competent rabbi should be consulted.
A
woman within seven days of childbirth may not fast, and within thirty days
should not fast.
Boys
up to twelve years old and girls up to eleven are not required to fast the
entire day.
There are various opinions as to whether they should fast part of the day.
Those
not required to fast should eat only what is needed to preserve their health.
(When Tisha B'Av is observed on Sunday, one who must eat
recites Havdallah over beer or an non-wine alcoholic drink)
Bathing and Washing
All
bathing for pleasure is prohibited even in cold water including the hands, face
and feet.
Ritual
washing upon waking, after using the bathroom, touching covered parts of the
body or before praying is permitted, but only up to the knuckles.
One
may wash dirty or sullied portions of the body (including cleaning the eyes of
glutinous material), and if necessary may use soap or warm water to remove the
dirt or odor.
Washing
for cooking or for medical reasons is permitted.
A
woman may not immerse on Tisha B'Av since relations are prohibited. Washing to
commence the clean days is permitted.
Anointing
Anointing
for pleasure is prohibited including oil, soap, alcohol, cream, ointment,
perfume, etc.
Anointing
for medical reasons is permitted, as well as some say
using deodorant to remove bad odor.
Marital Relations
Since
cohabitation is prohibited, a husband and wife should not come in contact
during the night or day of Tisha B'Av.
Wearing Leather Shoes
Even
shoes made partially of leather are prohibited. Shoes made of cloth,
rubber or plastic are permitted. One need not incur ridicule of non-Jews
because of this prohibition. Therefore if a permitted substitute not were
found, one may wear leather shoes. He should deprive himself of comfort by
placing sand in the shoes and must remove them when they are no longer needed.
Wearing leather shoes is permitted for medical reasons.
Learning Torah
Since
the heart rejoices in the study of Torah, it is prohibited to learn topics
other than those relevant to Tisha B'Av or mourning. One may learn: Lamentations with its midrash
and commentaries, portions of the Prophets 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, and in Josephus),
and the halachot of Tisha B’Av and mourning. à
Additional Restrictions
One
should deprive himself / herself of some comfort in sleep. Some reduce the
number of pillows, some sleep on the floor. Pregnant women, the elderly and the
ill are exempt.
Sitting
on a normal chair is forbidden until midday. One may sit on a low bench or
chair, or on a cushion on the floor.
Greeting
someone with "good morning" and the like is prohibited. One who is
greeted should answer softly and, if possible, inform the person of the
prohibition.
One
should not give a gift except to the needy.
Things
that divert one from mourning such as idle talk, reading the newspaper, taking
a walk for pleasure, etc. are prohibited.
Smoking is prohibited until afternoon, and then only for one who is
alone and in private if necessary.
The
custom is to refrain until at least midday from any time-consuming work that
diverts one from mourning. In a case of financial loss, consult a competent
rabbi.
Prayer/Tfillah
Ashkenazim
do not wear tefillin at Shacharit, nor is a blessing made on tzitzit. At
Mincha, tefillin is worn and those who wear a tallit gadol make the blessing
then. At Mincha, the prayers Nacheim and Aneinu are added to the Shmonah Esrei
during the blessing "Veliyerushalayim" and "Shma Koleinu"
respectively. "Sim Shalom" is said in place of "Shalom
Rav." If one forgot them and completed that bracha, he need not repeat the
prayer.
End of
Restrictions & Limitations:
The limitations of the "Nine Days" continue until midday of the 10th
of Av. This includes the prohibition of music, haircuts, shaving, eating meat
and wine, laundering and bathing.
The custom is to
sanctify the new moon (Kijddush LKevana)
the night after Tisha B'Av with a minyan if possible, preferably after having eaten
something. In the merit of mourning properly over Jerusalem, may we be
rewarded to rejoice in its rebuilding!
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Summary of Parshat Devarim
(Chazon) By,
Rabbi Doug Zelden
Deuteronomy
1:1
Page 736 in the Hertz Chumash
1st Aliya: Moshe recounts the history of the 40 years from the time after receiving the 2nd Luchos. We end this aliya one verse early, so as to not begin the second Aliya with the word Eicha. Pg.736 Ch.1:1
2nd Aliya: Moshe continues his recounting of events until the request by the people to send the Spies. He also notes the establishment of the Sanhedrin and the Judicial system.(The second verse of this Aliya, Pasuk 12, which begins with the word Eicha, is read in most shuls to the tune of Eicha - Lamentations) Pg.738 Ch.1:11
3rd Aliya: The incident of the Meraglim - Spies and its terrible punishment is recounted. The sin of the Spies and the decree for that generation to die out in the desert occurred on the ninth day of fifth month, Tisha B'Av. Pg.740 Ch.1:22
4th Aliya: After the decree following the episode of the spies, the group that went onto Canaanwithout being commanded to do so, is recounted, and their eventual destruction at the hand of the Amorites. Pg.742 Ch.1:39
5th Aliya: Moshe jumps 38 years during which the decree of the 40 years was carried out and focuses on Israel's encounter with the nations of: Eisav, Moav, and Ammon. Pg.743 Ch.2:2
6th Aliya: The battles with Sichon and Og and the acquisition of Trans-Jordan are retold. Pg.746 Ch.2:31
7th Aliya: Trans-Jordan is given to the 2 1/2 tribes, and Yehoshua is encouraged to view these victories as a promise of future success in taking Land. Pg.749 Ch.3:15
Maftir Aliya: We repeat the last three verses. Pg.749 Ch.3:20
Haftorah Devarim
Isaiah
1:1 - 1:27
Page
750 in the Hertz Chumash
The Third Haftorah of Ill Tidings
The
Shabbat preceding Tisha B'Av receives its name, "Chazon", from the
opening verse of the Haftorah. Starting with the words "Chazon Yishayahu -
A vision of Isaiah", we fearfully hear the echo of the Prophet as he
decries Israel's betrayal of G-d. (1:11-15) Boundless selfishness, greed,
misuse of power by those in authority, and oppression of the defenseless widow
and orphan is why the Navi characterizes the people as "the lords of Sodom
and the people of Gemorah." (1:10) Hearing
Yishayahu's indictment of the people, one would think that the end was near. In
truth, Yishayahu began to prophesies many years before the end! Clearly, the
Navi's intent was to effect change in hope of averting the destruction. If so,
our reason for mourning on Tisha B'Av must be better defined.
"The Jew does not mourn that thousand of years ago the
Temple was destroyed, but that it had to be destroyed. Not over the
destruction, but over the causes of its destruction". (S.R.Hirsch)
If
only the people would have heeded the cry of the Navi! If only they could have
foreseen with the clarity of a prophet's vision what it means for G-d to
"draw back his protecting hand" (1:25) from Israel! Shabbas Chazon
transports us back in time. We stand in the shadow of the Beis Hamikdash.
We hear the word of G-d as the Navi beseeches His children to do Teshuva.
Will we listen? Would we listen?
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