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From the Rabbi: 5769 Resolution TALMUD TORAH |
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We have just finished the very busy season of the High Holy Days. I am sure that each and every one of you had the opportunity to reflect and talk about our Jewish heritage from different aspects of the services or during Yom Tov meals (we had so many!). It is very significant that the final day of this season is not Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur, but the hakafot of Simchat Torah. We may ask “why?” and “what does it mean to us?” The answer and message, according to my knowledge is: Being a Jew is based on the Torah. Without the Torah we are not complete.
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Ask the Rabbi: Birkat Cohenim |
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Question: Why do men cover their heads with their tallit when the Cohenim are doing the priestly blessing?
Answer: On festivals we receive the priestly blessing Birkat Cohenim. This is the most ancient prayer and ordained by the Torah itself. So the Cohenim shall place my name on the people and I will bless them – Numbers 6/27.
In temple times (and in Israel today) it is the custom to bless the people daily. Because the priests are only a vessel and through them hashem blesses us, we are not allowed to watch how they raise their arms and hands during the blessing. That is why the people who are praying in shule should be in front of the Cohenim, but not looking at them. It is a custom for fathers to cover their children with their tallit and to bestow the priests’ blessing onto them. |
Dear Rabbi,
Can you tell me if, and what is the difference between,
lighting candles on Friday night and on Erev Yom Tov?
Answer:
1. First the beracha will be different
2. On yom tov eve we add “sheecheyanu”
3. The time. On Friday nights always before sun sets.
On yom tov it can be later if you use a lighted candle.
On the second night of Yom Tov always after nightfall.
Remember when you light the candles it is a good time to add any blessing you wish to your family. Rabbi Chaim Dovrat |
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Dear Reader, Member of the WHC – Shalom and Shana Tovah to you and your family.
When reading this article it will be around the High Holiday season between Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Succot. This time of the year brings us closer to each other and closer to our heritage.
This time of the year also strengthens our relationship with our family. One very important thing in every family is the place of the grandfather or the grandmother. This is the time of year in which we should reflect about our relationship today to the elderly. We are all aware that growing old is not an easy task but it can be a very valuable experience with the support of the family circle. |
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Dear Rabbi,
I want to know who, when, and why we should say the ‘HAGOMEL’? Can you explain why it is said only on Shabbat?
Answer:
The bracha known as ‘birkat hagomel’ should be said after a recovery from a illness or dangerous journey or after an air flight or sea crossing. Women also say it after giving birth.
Usually it is said in public (minyan). A man may say it after an Aliya to the Torah or Hagbaha. But this is not compulsory. A man or woman can say this bracha anywhere.
The bracha says, ‘We thank ‘G-D who bestows much good on us’. In Hebrew: ‘….HAGOMEL LECHAYAVIMTOVOT SHGEMALANI KOL TOV’.
The response is: ‘AMEN. MAY G-D CONTINUE TO BESTOW ON YOU MUCH GOOD. SELA.’ |
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