In “Making It Count, Part One,” we discussed the necessity and actual essentiality to acquaint oneself with the inner meaning of the mitzvos we perform. That is not to say we will ever attain anything close to a full understanding of the depth and profundity of the commandments, but at least we will avoid the [...]
Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Bamidbar If someone is called to the Torah when he is in the middle of pesukei d’zimra, he should go up, make both berachos, and also read from the Torah along with the ba’al korai (as he is always supposed to do). He should try to finish the paragraph he is saying [...]
Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Bechukosai This Motzei Shabbos, tomorrow night, after sheki’ah, be careful not to say “today is Lag Ba’Omer,” until you actually count. If you did, you should be yotzaiy the berachah by listening to someone else’s berachah (like the shaliach tzibbur, for example) and then you can count by yourself. If in a casual [...]
There seem to be two concurrent themes as we make our way through sefiras ha’omer, counting the days to Shavuos. One theme is that we are undergoing preparation for Matan Torah. We anticipate Matan Torah, we long for it, we look forward to it, and we are readying ourselves for it. This would be based [...]
Behar Bulletin in PDF format The bringing of the Korbon Pesach Sheni is on the 14th of Iyar (this year, this Wednesday), and it was eaten on the night of the fifteenth (this year, Wednesday night). Tachanun is not said on the fourteenth of Iyar, neither by Shacharis nor by Minchah. It IS said by [...]
