The three-weeks - 5777 July 10, 2017 – י"ז בתמוז, תשע"ז
Dear Friends:
As summer if in full swing, we are reminded that not all is right in the state of the Jewish People. Today we usher in the "Bein Ha-Metzarim" – the three-week period sandwiched "between the tragedies," between the penetration of the walls of Yerushalayim on the 17th of Tamuz and the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash on the 9th of Av. The subdued...Read more...
PESACH GUIDE - 5777
PESACH GUIDE - 5777
Young Israel of North Woodmere, Rabbi Yehuda Septimus
1) Mechirat Chametz (Sale of Chametz)
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19 Adar 5777 | 17 March 2017 - Advocate for Israel; fight BDS; and buy - then tithe! - Costco Jafa Clementines
Dear Friends,
We are now in the period between the partial redemption of Purim and the fuller redemption of Pesach. Of course, even Pesach is an incomplete redemption. We open the seder narrative of our being freed from slavery by declaring that we in fact are still slaves to this very day - hashata avdei. We end the narrative with a bittersweet four-word...Read more...
7 Adar 5777 - 5 March 2017
Dear Friends:
The treat of a Sunday Purim, which allows us more time to celebrate Purim, also poses some practical halachic challenges. With Purim starting right after Shabbat, extra care must be taken and preparations made to avoid violating Shabbat in advance of Purim. To this end and to celebrate Shabbat Zachor in the appropriately festive fashion, there will be a...Read more...
Feburary 26, 2017
(בְּכָל־דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ דָעֵ֑הוּ וְ֝ה֗וּא יְיַשֵּׁ֥ר אֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ (משלי ג:ו
In all your paths know Him, and He shall guide your ways (Proverbs, 3:6).
My translation of ve-hu yiyasher orchotecha, as "He shall direct your ways," emphatically employs the archaic spelling, "ways," over its modern spelling, "Waze." It is my tongue-in-cheek answer...Read more...
