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Shabbat Zachor - Parshat Tetzaveh 5786
Friday Erev Shabbat
Candle lighting 5:18pm
Friday Mincha/Kabalat
Shabbat: 5:28pm
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Sof Zman Kriat Shma:(Say Shma by) 9:15am
Birkat Hatorah & Kriat Shma 9:10am
Shabbat Morning: 9:15am
A Cholent Kiddush is being
sponsored by Mary Morris and Dr. Ken Grumet
in honor of their son Dov’s birthday today,
and in honor of the birthday today of their daughter-in-law in Israel, Daria.
--------------------- Halacha Corner: Remember hearing Parshat Zachor read this Shabbat is one of the 613 Mitzvot and may be more important than Megiilah on Purim! Everyone should be in shul! (It’ll be re-read after Kiddush time if need be) ———
Shabbat Afternoon:
Shiur with Rabbi
Simcha Lefton begins 20 minutes before Shabbat Mincha
Shabbat Afternoon Mincha: 5:08pm
followed by Divre
Torah and Rabbi Yehuda Kovacs’ Torah Lesson
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SHABBAT SHALOM!
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Saturday Night:
Motz’ei Shabbat Maariv: 6:13pm followed by Havdallah after 6:30pm
(Maariv begins no earlier than 33 minutes after sunset) ……………………………………..…………………
(If
you are able to sponsor a future Shabbat or Kiddush please contact the Rabbi)
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PURIM SCHEDULES
Remember Ta’anit
Esther is Monday 3/2/26!
Fast Begins at 5:01am – Fast Ends after Megila (after
6:17pm)
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Dinner
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FOLLOWING MINCHA/MAARIV/MEGILA
MONDAY NIGHT 3/2/26 Erev Purim:
Fast Day Mincha (with
Torah reading): 5:15pm
followed by Purim
Maariv: 6:00pm
Megila Approx: 6:25pm
Dinner & Meeting* Approx 7:15pm
*Shul Annual Meeting & Elections will be during
Purim Night Dinner
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Tuesday Morning Purim Shacharit: 8:30am
Megila Approx 8:55am
…Purim Day Mincha 12:35pm
(Maariv Monday Night together at Poale Zedek at
8:00pm) ….
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The Halachot of Purim Week
In
Adar everyone should give three half-dollar coins to
tzedaka, commemoration of the “Machatzit HaShekel” given at the time of
the Beit HaMikdash. There will be half-dollar coins available at the shul for
this purpose
on Taanit Esther & Purim. Purim Day Mincha will be at 12:35pm.
Before
your S’eudah starts on Purim Day the following Mitzvot should be fulfilled.
Please
note that these Mitzvot can only be fulfilled during the day.
Matanot
Laevyonim
Each
person has an obligation to give charity to two Jewish poor people.
While one can fulfill one’s obligation with a very small gift, many try
to provide each poor person with the money for a
Purim Seudah. The amount that one would spend on one’s own seudah (or one
would spend if they were going out to eat) is a fitting amount. This
money will be distributed to the poor & the ARK,
ChesedChicago Fund or Chicago Purim Fund on Purim Day.
Advance monies will go the poor in Israel through Od Yosef Chai.
Mishloach
Manot
The
minimum requirement is to send two ready-to-eat food items to at least one
person. Please remember that one cannot fulfill the Mitzvah of Mishloach
Manot through any community-wide Shaloch Manot. Please be sure to send
two foods to least one person during the day on Purim
Mourners:
Mishloach
Manot is not sent to someone observing mourning (an Avel), but can be sent to
the spouse or family
of the Avel. A mourner should send Mishloach Manot to only
one other person by messenger.
Seudah
Everyone
is obligated to take part in a festive Purim meal, usually eaten
after Mincha. The meal must be started before sunset. Preferably,
the bulk of the meal should be eaten by then. (Wine & Washing)
(If you are donating to Od Yosef Chai for
Matanot L’Evyonim please give the funds to the Rabbi by Sunday Morning)
Mishe Nichnas Adar
Marbin B’Simcha!
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SIMCHA NEWS
Mazel Tov to:
Talia & Michael Jacobson and
families on the birth of a son.
Rena (Siegal) & R’ Moshe Kaplan and families on the birth of a
daughter.
Milana (Kohn) & Gedalia Garfunkel on the birth of twin sons.
Nava & R’ Binyamin Samber and families on the birth of a son.
Nava Drapkin & Micah Cohen and famies on their engagement.
Bailey Lowy & Daniel Freidman
and families on their engagement.
Sarah Shuman & Yoni Burstyn and families on their marriage.
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Happy
Birthday to:
Dov
Grumet-Morris
Daria Rukin
Emet Fleischer
Mike Lidskin
Mary Cohn
Howard Suss
Neil Bikian
Talia Zisook
Jared London
Sarah Green
Nava Wolgel
Ari Turk
Yakov Baylis
Corinne Engelhart
Perry Myers
Barry Weiss
Nir Tuby
Alan Halpert
Susan Eisenstein
Beth Gottesman
Elisheva Greebel
Dr. Nissim Stolberg
Regina Ginsburg
Ron Roth
Steven Kirshner
Mark Lebowitz
Dr. Julian Ungar
Caryn Bark
Yom Huledet
Samayach!
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CONDOLENCE NEWS:
BARUCH DAYAN EMET!
Condolences to
the families of:
Michael Mendelson
z"l
William Shapiro z”l
Lois Jackson a”h
Fanya Notov a“h
Adrienne Goldstone a“h
Hamakom Yenachem Etchem B'Toch Sh'ar Avele Tzion Virushalayim!
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Torah Thoughts from Rabbi Doug…
Parshat Tetzaveh/Zachor
There must be an important message and a deeper
significance to all the special clothes of the Kohanim, that this week’s
Parsha of Tetzaveh goes into details about. One point to be made is that we
know clothing serves to conceal that which is underneath. They hide “the
truth” from the onlooker, causing us to focus on the extraneous, rather than
the inner being. That is why the word for clothes, BeGeD, has the same root
as B’GiDa, treachery; and coat, M’eel, is similar to the word M’eela, fraud,
or embezzlement. Like the Kohen Gadol and the Kohanim who served, we must
always be beyond reproach! What we see is not always what we get!
SHABBAT SHALOM!
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Or Menorah - Weekday Schedule of Services
Weekday Minyanim with Rabbi Doug
*Since the Pandemic Or Menorah is holding Minyaim on Erev Shabbat, Shabbat, and Motz’ei Shabbat (& Yom Tov)
all other davening will temporarily be as scheduled below.
Sunday-Friday Shacharit: 8:30am at Poalei Zedek*~
S-TH Mincha/Maariv : 15 minutes before sunset 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 Menorah at 2801 W. Albion Ave. in Chicago) ………………………………………………………………….
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Summary of Parshat Tetzaveh /
Zachor By, Rabbi
Doug
Zelden
A total of 7 of the 613 Mitzvot are commanded in
Tetzaveh. EXODUS
27:20 Pg. 339 in Hertz Chumash
1st Aliya: The Parsha opens with the commandment to use pure
olive oil in lighting the Menorah. Aharon and his four sons were selected to
be the Kohanim. The basic garments of a Kohain consisted of a turban, shirt,
pants, and belt. The Kohain Gadol wore four additional garments: the Me'ill -
a long outer robe; the Ayphod - a quilted vest or bibbed apron; the Choshen -
jeweled breastplate; and the Tzitz - engraved, golden, forehead plate. The
quilted vest is described in this Aliya along with the two Shoham stones. These
were engraved with the names of the 12 Tribes and set on the shoulders of the
Kohain Gadol.
-2nd Aliya: The cloth settings for the Shoham stones are
described along with the jeweled breastplate. The method of fastening the
breastplate to the quilted vest is explained. The breastplate was a quilted
garment set with 12 stones, each engraved with the name of a Tribe. Ex.
28:13 pg. 341
-3rd Aliya: The long outer robe is described. The hem of this
garment was edged with small bells intended to announce the presence of the
Kohain Gadol as he walked through the Bais Hamikdash. (From this the Gemara
derives that a husband, prior to entering the door of his own home, out of
respect for his wife, should announce his arrival by knocking on the door.)
The engraved, golden forehead plate and the Kohain Gadol's turban are
described, along with the four basic garments worn by all Kohanim. All the
garments were hand made of the finest white linen. The special vestments of
the Kohain Gadol were woven from a special thread spun from five different
colored threads, including a thread made of pure gold. V.31
pg. 342
-4th Aliya: The inauguration of the
Kohanim begins with Korbanos and the annointing of Aharon the Kohen Gadol
with the Shemen Mishcha, takes place. Ex. 29:1 pg. 344
-5th Aliya: The seven day ceremony
consecrating the Kohanim into their priestly service continues with the
sprinkling of the sacrificial blood and with all the special
rituals. V. 19 pg. 346 :
-6th Aliya: The consecration of the Mizbeach – the
Altar is detailed. V. 38 pg. 348
-7th Aliya: The last vessel to be described is the inner,
golden Altar, used to burn the daily incense offering. This offering,
as well as the daily preparation for the lighting of the Menorah, could only
be performed by the Kohain Gadol. The special mixture of incense called the
Kitores, could only be formulated for this purpose. (The renowned biblical
archeologist,
Vendell Jones, claims to have unearthed a hidden cache containing 600 kilos
of the Kitores, buried before the
1st Bais Hamikdash was destroyed.) Ex. 30:1 pg. 348
-Maftir Aliya – Zachor: Deuteronomy 25:17 pg.856
(Maftir of Parshas Ki Setze) This week, in addition to
the regular Parsha, we read Parshat Zachor from a second Torah. Parshas
Zachor is the 2nd of the four special Shabbosos preceding Pesach when
additional portions are read from the Torah. (The first special Shabbos was
Parshas Shekalim.) This week we read Zachor, and in a few weeks we will read
Parah and HaChodesh. There are set rules which determine when each of these
additional Parshios is to be read. Parshas Zachor is always read on
the Shabbos before Purim. As a nation, we were commanded to
destroy the nation of Amalek. This nation came into existence at the same
time as we did. Esav's son Elifaz had a son Amalek. Esav and Elifaz's legacy
to Amalek was an undying hatred against the children of Yakov. At the time of
the exodus from Egypt, Amalek traveled hundreds of miles to ambush the newly
freed nation in the hope of destroying them. We, as a nation, did not pose
any threat to their sovereignty. They lived to the east of Canaan and were
not among the Seven Nations occupying Eretz Yisroel. Nevertheless, their
irrational hatred against Hashem and us compelled them to attack a harmless
and seemingly defenseless nation. In the aftermath of their attack we
were commanded to always remember the evil that is Amalek. It is the reading
of this Parsha that is the fulfillment of this Biblical commandment – one of
the 613 Mitzvos. This mitzvah, according to most authorities, is not
restricted by time and must be fulfilled by men and woman. The Rabbi's
selected the Shabbos before Purim for the fulfillment of this Mitzvah because
Haman was a direct descendent of Amalek, and Mordecai was a direct descendent
of King Saul. The entire story of Purim is directly linked to this Mitzvah
and the missed opportunity of King Saul that we read about in the Haftorah.
-Haftorah – Zachor: I Shmuel 15:2 - Pg.
996 This week's special Haftorah takes place 2,873 years ago. In
the Jewish year 2883
(878 b.c.e.) King Shaul was sent by G-d to destroy the nation of Amalek. Agag
was their king, and it was a singular moment in history when every member of
Amalek was in one place at the same time. Shaul, as per Shmuel Hanavi's
instructions, was successful in destroying Amalek. However, as the Haftorah
clearly states, Shaul had mercy and allowed the king, Agag, to remain alive,
as well as the captured cattle. The commentaries state that in the
interim, Agag was able to impregnate a maidservant, from which the nation of
Amalek would survive. Hashem told Shmuel that Shaul's neglect of His command
to totally destroy Amalek must result in Shaul loosing the right to be king.
Despite Shmuel's prayers for mercy, Hashem didn't relent, and Shmuel went to
tell Shaul of G-d's punishment. The connection to Purim is well documented.
Haman is called, "the Agagi". He was a direct descendent of Agag.
In ascertaining Hashem's mercy and justice, we are forced to acknowledge our
limited understanding. The notion of killing men woman and children is
thankfully foreign and abhorrent to us. Nevertheless, Shaul was commanded to
eradicate the entire nation. The Haftorah
identifies Shaul's sin in not fulfilling G-d's commandment as misplaced
mercy. Had he known that, 521 years later, his merciful act would result in
the potential extermination of the entire Jewish people, Shaul would not have
had mercy on Agag and the cattle. It is the responsibility of a king to think
beyond the immediate and do what has to be done to guarantee the future of
his nation. Being that no single human can ever guarantee the future, he has
no choice but to listen to Hashem's commandments and do as he is told. That
insures the future. The message of Purim is the story of our
Haftorah. Hashem works His miracles through the normal passage of time.
Actions done today set in motion ripples in time that radiate far into the
future. May this week’s celebration of Purim set in motion the redemption of
tomorrow!
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