What Did The Marsha Think Of Bein Hazmanim

"גם הבחורים מבטלין רוב הימים בבין הזמנים                    

והולכים ברחובות בביטולים וטיולים" (אגדות מהרש"א שבת קי"ט ע"ב)

"Also the Bachurim waste most days during Bein Hazmanim.

They walk the streets  wasting time  going on trips."

ובנה ירושלים dikduk lesson of the day

ובנה ירושלים עיר הקדש במהרה בימינו                  

At the end of the Bracha  Rachaim/Uvnai Yerushalayim,

the proper way to say it is Bonai(Tzerei) Yerushalayim

or Boneh (Segol & not Tzeirei) Verachamov Yerushalayim.

If Verachamov is added then it is Boneh not Bonai.*

The Amen at the end is not part of the Bracha, therefore

one should pause between Yerushalayim and Amen.

(Many Sidurim are printed incorrectly)

Nusach Sefard & wool suits

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Shu”t  Chasam Sofer  (O.Ch. 15b-16 ) The Shoel asks the Chasam Sofer about People

who wear woolen clothing if  they are allowed to serve as a Shliach Tzibur. 

The Shoel heard that Nusach Sefard doesn’t tolerate people who wear woolen clothing.

People who do so (wear wool)  are not worthy to daven Nusach Sefard.

In Teshuvah # 15  the Ch. S.  ridicules this statement. He says even if the chumra comes

from not wanting to be nichshal in Shatnez, it doesn’t make sense to differentiate between

Nusach Ashkenaz and Sefard.

In Teshuva 16 , Although The Chasam Sofer still  disagrees with the Shoel , he  treats the Shoel more

respectfully, being the Yismach Moishe confirmed , the  disallowing  of a Shaliach Tzibbur who  wears wool ( to daven Nusach Sefard). 

Perhaps we can say this statement originated  by a Gadol  who might have said, " people

 who daven Nusach Sefard don’t wear wool clothing". He was referring to Sefardim who reside

in warm countries.  

All he   was   trying to say, was  a fact,  Sefardim being they live in warm climate

countries don’t wear wool.  ( by doing so they are not  nichshal in Shatnez). He never

 meant to say , davening  Nusach Sefard requires one not to wear wool clothing.

The Halacha Matzav

Halacha Mefureshes Shulchan Aruch. 

(O.Ch. 198:1)

Someone who didn't eat or drink and

hears the Birchas Hazimun 

[ נברך (אלהינו) שאכלנו משלו]

should answer, 

ברוך(אלהינו) ומבורך שמו תמיד

Did you know ? (158)

Half is whole

What is commonly known as חצי קדיש (half Kaddish)

is actually the complete Kaddish.

The Tefillah of Kaddish is to be Mekadesh Sheim

Shomyim.which ends at Da'amiron Beolmo.

Tiskabal,Yehai Shlomo & Oseh Sholom were added

on to the Kaddish, when ending, the Tefillah it should

be accepted, we should have peace with each

other, and if  there is Ch"v Machlokes, Hashem should

help us make peace*

*Aruch Hashulchan O.Ch. 56:8.(I am not sure, why it is important to know

Zohar -Parshas eikev

a kabbalah matzav

The Zohar Parshas עקב writes the Tefillin Shel Rosh

has 2 Shins. One Shin with 3 Zayins and one with 4 Zayins

in total 7 Zayins.

The Zohar explains the 7 secrets of the 7 Zayins on the 

Tefilin . 

1) 7 lobes of the lung*

2) 7 days of the week

3) 7 weeks (Pesach to Shavuos)

4) 7 Planets**

5) 7 branches of the Menorah

6) 7 candles 

7) 7 Sefiros

*5 lobes +2?

 כוכבי לכת**

The Chasam Sofer Reason For The Yom Tov Of Tu Baav

כתיבה וחתימה טובה*

The Gemoro (Moed Katan 9a) says on the Pasuk

(Melochim 1:8:64) וילכו לאהליהם שמחים וטובי לב –

לאהליהם  

They came home and their wives were Tehoros.

 וטובי לב 

They all became pregnant with a Ben Zochor

על כל הטובה 

They were forgiven for eating on Yom Kippur

 The last person to reach his home in Nehar Peros was

on the 7th of Cheshvan (Ta’anis10a)

If you count from the  7th of Cheshvan, 271 days of
pregnancy (Nidah 38a) they will have given birth on the
15th of Av which was their sign of Kaparah.

According to the Chasam Sofer, perhaps we can add an
additional Simcha on Tu B’av.

They all had boys and realized that in a few years from

then there won’t be any more a  Shidduch crisis.

*גימטריה חמשה עשר באב

 **(Drashos 1:P43)

Now thats a matzav             

456 כולל+ = 457

*לא יהיה לך אלהים אחרים בגמטריה אלו ישו ומוחמד

*ר' אפרים עה"ת פ' יתרו



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Oitzoris Hayam -Reb elyashiv On answering Omein Yehei Shmei Rabbah In Middle Of Shemonei Esrei

Answering Omein Yehei Shmei Rabbah In Middle Of Shemonei Esrei-Yalkut Yosef

ANSWERS

Thanks all to those who submitted answers to the questions we posted HERE

Thanks to all who responded and sent in  Mareh Mekomos. I selected randomly some 

of the responses to share with the Oilam.I would also like to share  my own answer 

which is partially based on the responses I received.

The Anshei Kneses Hagdola were Mesaken the Shmonai Esrai for Klall Yisroel  to be Mispalell & ask from the Ribono Shel Oilam for personal needs.(צרכיו)

Chazal allowed adding individual Tefilos for personal needs at the appropriate place or at Shma Koleinu.

Someone who is in such a Madraigah (level) where the needs of the Ribono Shel Olam (כביכול)

are so important to him as his own needs, then technically he would also be allowed to 

ask for Yehai Shmai Rabbah, because it is his צרכיו

However answering during Kaddish, Rav S.Y. Elyashiv zt"l said cannot be considered as his 

צרכיו (for Kvod Shomayim) It is his want to answer on the Kaddish.

It is only if someone during Davening is truly upset with שכינתא בגלותא etc. and he wants

to ask the Ribono Shel Olam (not while Kaddish is recited) to finally change from כס יה  to

Kisei yud kei vav kei and his name shall become רבא. in such a case it would be permitted.

Being it is such a rarity even for Tzadikim to be in this Madreigah,  therefore this special

Heter is not mentioned in any of the Sifrei Halacha.

I do remember watching the Klausenburger Rebbe zt"l Davening Shmonei Esrai and he

blurted out a number of times in Yiddish " Heiliger Bashefer"  "Zieser Bashefer" etc.

He was a יחיד בדורו and probably was in this Madreigah to have been allowed to 

say יהא שמה רבא during Birchas Shma Kolainu

HALACHA V'LO L'MA'ASEH   M.F.

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                                                           RESPONSES

• I was actually at the shmuess and I heard this question from Reb Moshe Aaron Stern. This question he said over from Reb Velvel Frank (a brother of Reb Hirsh Pesach). It is printed in the Sefer Reb Velvel wrote (I belive the Sefer is on Mesechtas Brachos). Reb Moshe Aron Stern said that only a person that's a true Yerei Shamayim would think of such a question. (he attested that reb Velvel was indeed a Yerei Shamayim). The answer Reb M. A. Stern said in the name of Reb Velvel is that Yehai Shmai Rabbah is a Shevach and not a Bakashah

• I don't understand the question....shema kolienu is a place for בקשות not שבח.

Same reason you can't correct משיב הרוח in shema kolienu.

Good intention wrong station!

• l'aniyas dati---i think----bakoshes are a chelek of the middle brochos of shmonei esrei--part and parcel---answering kedusha also not allowd except b'hirur and not a cheilek of shmoneh esra--it would be a hefsek---uhn dus is nisht k'vod shomayim

• The matbeia of the brocha of shma koileinu is bakoshas tzrochov. 

A personal tefilo I'd bakoshas tzrochov
But yehei shmei rabo or shma yisroel however heilig they are are not bakoshas tzrochov.
Even more so, the cheftza of yehei shmei rabo is a complete bitul of the person himself who is mispallel  for a hisgalus of kvod shomayim and is rather the opposite of bakoshas tzrochov.

L'mashel: If one is having a face to face discussion with the king, while outside the castle a procession has gathered praising the king and chanting, "long live the king!", it would be inappropriate mid-conversation to run to the window and yell along with them. 

A bit bale batish,

• The biggest kovod shomayim is abiding by the halacha.[in a similar vein sofek brochos l'ehokel, but by eating without a brocho ones is ganvening the food-I believe this is the haylige zaida(RaK''e)kashe.One answer is that by not being motzi shem shomayim l'vatala that gufe is giving the aybshter kovod.]

• Great question!!! Hmmmm...One is a chelek of his teffila, the other is a matbea shenitvu chachamim. So, just like adding, say, yaaleh vyavo for Rosh Chodesh during shma koleinu would be a problem, so would this. The only matbea during SA must be SA unless it's a chelek of the teffila. (Hope I expressed my thoughts well). See igros Moshe re the person who said ananei or nachem maariv after Tisha bav

• I would think the fact that amen yehei shmei raba is a bakaaha for kivoid shomayim is what makes it not mei'ein habracha. The bracha is bakashos which means asking for hashem to give us.

On rosh hashanah we don't ask bakashos and the whole nusach hatfilah is asking for kivoid shamayim.
Knla"d.

The Hesped That Harav Moshe Aaron Stern Said On An Odom Gadol

Harav Moshe Aaron Stern zt"l Mashgiach 

Kamenetz was  Maspid an Odom Kasher 

by repeating a Shaila this person asked.

"During Shemonei Esrai  at the Bracha of 

Shema Koleinu one may add personal 

Bakashos (Refuah Parnasa etc.). 

Why can't he also answer Amen Yehai Shmai 

Rabbah during the Birchas Shema Kolainu?"

The Mashgiach praised him that he asked this

Shaila because he was concerned for  

Kvod Shomayim just as much as for his own needs.

He wanted to interrupt the Bracha with a

Yehai Shmai Rabbah.

I think this person is also praiseworthy for asking

such a good Kushya for which I am seeking an

answer. 

Please help with an answer,if you can.

מחלוקה six-way

Milking a cow on Shabbos,

Why not?

6 different reasons, probably no other מלאכה,  do we 

have a six-way מחלוקה to which אב מלאכה it belongs to.

Rashi Shabbos 95a

                        (

מפרק(דש

קוצר                      Yerushalmi Shabbos 7 :Hl 2

בורר 

       

                     Rashbo Shabbos 144b

טוחן    

                   

                    Yeraim # 274

ממחק 

          

                  Tosfos- Shabbos 73b

גוזז 

  

                

Even Women

According to Mori V'Rabi  Harav Hagaon R.S Miller Shlita* , 

Even women who don't usually Daven Ma'ariv, should make 

an exception when Tisha B'av falls on Motzei Shabbos and 

Daven Ma'ariv. 

She too should have at least Havdala B'Tefillah when 

there is no Havdala B'kos.(on Motzei Shabbos) 

*I  heard  later in the name of Harav S.Z. Auerbach zt"l same Psak 

Only Chasidim Are Allowed

             (HALACHA V'LO L'MA'ASEH)

The Rema (O.Ch. 551: 1) writes, "On Shabbos Chazon 

one  must wear weekday clothes" (except the shirt)

The Aruch Hashulchan (551: 11)  writes ,"today we do 

change into Bigdei Shabbos. They were Matir wearing  

Bigdei Shabbos, otherwise, you  will be showing 

אבילות בפרהסיא(public) on Shabbos .

The Rema, he too knew of the issur of אבילות בפרהסיא ,  

yet he   wouldn’t  allow wearing Bigdei Shabbos

because, in the times of the Rema the style of dress 

between Shabbos  and weekday  was similar. 

By wearing weekday clothes there was no.אבילות בפרהסיא

It was only after they started wearing Bekeshes and Shtreimels 

on Shabbos,  were they  Matir wearing Bigdei Shabbos  

otherwise, it would be אבילות בפרהסיא" .

According to the A.H. ,the Heter of wearing Bigdei Shabbos 

is only for Chasidim who wear on Shabbos Shtreimels 

and Bekeshes and by not wearing them on Shabbos

it would be אבילות בפרהסיא
Those who wear suits  and hats on Shabbos would need to 

wear their weekday suit  and hat.

In Vilna, the Minhag was to follow the Gaon's Psak
and they wore Bigdei Shabbos.(Chaya Adam)

I am not sure if the Psak of the Gaon was only
for when they still had unique Shabbos Begodim
or even after they changed to modern clothing.

Kollel -Part 3

Click here for part 1 
Click here for part 2

                 Who was ר' מאיר בעל הנס ?

Contrary to the popular belief of most it is not the Tanna Reb Meir.

The Sefer Zichron Yakov  (vol 2 p 30) writes:

"The pushkes   were  named after  an Ish  Chasid  V’kadosh who lived in Eretz Hakodesh a few hundred years ago. He was famous – and was called R. Meir Baal Haness”.

According to the Yerushalmi (Kelaim 9:3), Reb Meir died in Chu"l and his body was placed in the sea in Chu"l.

One of the first sources  that mention Reb Meir’s  burial  place in Eretz Yisroel is in the Sefer Gelilos Haaretz. He writes that Reb Meir is buried in the city of Tveryah.

The Seder Hadoros  quotes the same  Sefer Gelilos Haaretz  who writes:

 " R. Yitzchok from Gush Chalav and  R. Meir Baal Haness are both buried in Gush Chalav. The Gelilos Haaretz also writes that he doesn’t know who they were.

Two of the most prominent and respected Frum historians  (R. Yechiel Heilprin- Seder Hadoros  & R. Yaakov Lipschutz - Zichron Yaakov ) both believed that R. Meir Baal Haness and  the Tanna R.Meir were two different people.

It took more than two thousand years to convince the public that the earth is  round, because everybody

knew that the earth was flat.

So too re R. Meir Baal Haness, everybody knows is

the Tanna R,Meir and will not be convinced otherwise 

(that it refers to a different R. Meir) except for those who 

will consider the following  6 proofs objectively  

 1)                       R.M. is buried in Tveryah    RMBH is buried in Gush Chalav

 2)                       Seder Hadoros & Gelilos Haaretz don’t know who R.M.B.H. was

 3)                       Zichron Yaakov claims R.M.B.H. lived a few hundred years ago

                           R.M. lived two thousand years ago.

             

  4)                     To donate  L’iluy  Nishmas a Tanna  who was niftar 2,000 years ago

                           sounds  very strange. 

                           A Neshama from 2000 years has reached it’s peak a long time ago.

  5)                    The hundreds of Tanoim & Amoraim most of whom were 

                          also, מלומדים בנסים   yet their Neshama doesn't need an Aliyah

                          and the Tanna R.Meir  needs our Zchusim for his Aliyas Neshama.

                                         

  6)                     The Loshon, Baal Haness is not found in Shas.  In Gemoro

,                           we only find the term Melumad Banisim.

אלהא דמאיר ענני

According to the Maharsha

(avoda zarah 18a) It can’t refer to the

Tanna R.Meir because he was still

alive. In his lifetime, he would not use

his own name attached to  Hashem.

The Maharsha says “it refers to Hashem.

 Meir is not a name. It is a word, Hameir

who lights up the world. (Hameir La’aretz )  

Or, "Meir" who lit up for us (past tense)

during the dark days of the Greeks with

the ness of Chanukah”.

He shall bring  Nissim to save you.

THE RIBONO SHEL OLAM WHO LIGHTS UP 

THE WORLD SHOULD HELP US AND TAKE 

US OUT OF THIS DARK GALUS BIMHEIRA, AMEN.

Did You Know (67)

לז"נ הקדוש ר' משה בן  ר' ישיעהו הי"ד

נעקד"ה  ג' אב ע"י הגרמנים הארורים ימ"ש
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Saying "Mazel Tov" on Tisha B'Av to the Ba'alei Simcha is not considered Sheilas Shalom and is permitted

(Shu"t Salmas Chaim R.YCh. Zonenfeld zt"l)

Did you know? (157)

לז"נ הקדוש ר' משה בן  ר' ישיעהו הי"ד 

   נעקד"ה  ג' אב ע"י הגרמנים הארורים ימ"ש 

Hello, Goodbye, Good morning. Good Evening,

Sefer Leket Yosher (Talmid of Terumas Hadeshen)

quotes from the Terumas Hadeshen 

"The Issur* of שאילת שלום  is only when the 

word שלום is used. Saying Good Evening etc. 

is allowed**."

* Aveilus & Tisha B'av

** The T.H.  wouldn't

 personally rely on his 

own Heter.

Riddle

Tisha B'av fell on a Sunday(like this year)) Mr.Fester

fasted all day with no difficulties. Sunday night  

he breaks his fast without making Havdala first.

why?

CLICK HERE FOR 4 ANSWERS

תמיד בשמחה ?

Shulchan Aruch Hl Aveilos  # 391 – 1

     אבל אסור להיות בשמחה

להיות בשמחה תמיד - מצוה גדולה?

משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה

Although the translation of ממעטין 

is to reduce,  Tosfos,

Mogen Avraham, Baer Heiteiv,

Machtzis Hashekel etc. they all

explain the meaning here  is to

refrain completely from Simcha.

According to R. Nachman Breslover

zt"l  who supposedly said, 

"מצוה גדולה להיות בשמחה תמיד"

it would seem he would argue 

on the above.

Kollel -Part 2

click here for part 1 

The original Tzedaka boxes (Pushkas) goes back to the times of the Bais Hamikdash (13 Shofros). They were called Shofros. It was shaped like a Shofar one side narrow, where the coins were fed. The other end was wide for the coins to accumulate.

The Eretz Yisroel Kollelim (Kupat Rambahn) were  the first to introduce Pushkas to be placed in every home. 

 Originally Tzadaka was raised only by Gaboim approaching individuals . The Gaboim

approached only the well to do Ba’alei Batim.

The not so well to do Ba'alei Batim were never 

approached.

Having a Pushka in the house made it possible to

raise funds even from the poor and the not so rich.

Dropping single pennies in the Pushka even the poor

were able to do. Over the year it accumulated to a

substantial amount.

TO BE CONTINUED.......

Would the Chasam Sofer say such a thing ?

DAF HASHAVUA

Bava Kama 62b

Would the Chasam Sofer say such a thing ?

In all of Shas,Chanuka is only mentioned a total  eight times in the 

Mishna. Most of them are indirect references to Chanuka.

There is almost not a single Halacha of how to light Chanuka

licht etc.

The Sefer Chut Hameshulosh claims that the Chasam Sofer

said the reason Rebbie almost totally avoided  mention of 

Hilchos Chanuka  in the Mishna was because Rebbie was a 

descendant of Malchus Bais David and upset with the 

Chashmonaim taking  over the Melucha. (see Ramban Breishis 49:10)

There are others who claim Chas V'Sholom the Chasam Sofer would have ever said this on Rebbie Hakadosh.

     ביכורים פ"א מ"ו

 מן החג ועד חנוכה מביא 

ר"ה פ"א מ"ג

על כסלו מפני חנוכה

תענית פ"ב מ"י

                                                                     אין גוזרין תענית על הצבור בראש חודש בחנוכה 

                                                                                                                           מגילה פ"ג מ"ד                                                                           לכל מפסיקין בראשי חדשים בחנוכה ובפורים

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                           מגילה פ"ג מ"ו

                                                                                                               בחנוכה בנשיאים

                                                                                                                         מועד קטן פ"ג מ"ט

                                                                                            בראשי חדשים בחנוכה ובפורים

                                                                                                                        בבא קמא פ"ו מ"ו

                                                                                       רבי יהודה אומר בנר חנוכה פטור

                                                                                                                             מדות פ"א מ"ו

                                                                                         גנזו בני חשמונאי את אבני המזבח

The name game

Parshas Hashavua

מטות ל"ב: מא-מב

Did You Know 156

משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה

The Pri Megodim says משנכנס 

starts from the Moled of Chodesh Av.

Do you know your Tisha Baav Halachos ?

*Tisha B'av at night it is forbidden and in the morning even before Chatzos it is allowed. ?

*According to the Mogen Avraham

other Poskim disagree. 

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