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We bench Rosh Chodesh... but we Seuda Sh'lishit don't say the MACHAR CHODESH haftara If Seuda Sh'lishit extends until after dark, there is a dispute as to whether Rosh Chodesh Elul is Sunday and R'TZEI is said in Birkat HaMazon, Monday, August 8th & 9th. because the meal belongs to oFW`x¦ mFiA§ xg¨ n¨ di¤d§ i¦ lEl`¡ yc¤Ÿg W`Ÿx Shabbat, or Yaaleh v'Yavo is said, l`¥ x¨U§ i¦ lM¨ lr© e§ Epi«l¥ r¨ `A¨ d© ip¦ W¥ mFia§ E because it is Rosh Chodesh when you :da¨ Fhl§ are benching (even though you haven't davened Maariv or said The molad is on Sunday, 10h 43m 10p Havdala yet), or both. which is 11:28am Israel Summer Time. Therefore, the proper procedure for WŸlW¨ e¨ mir¦ A¨ x§`© ,oFW`x¦ mFiA§ xg¨ n¨ di¤d§ i¦ cl© FOd© this Shabbat is to end the Third Meal .xw¤ FAA© xU¤ r¤ ix¥g£`© miw¦ l¨ g© dx¨U¨ r£ e§ zFwc© before sunset (or, at least, before In Rambam notation: ctyz:fh '` dark). Then, of course, only R'TZEI is said. The actual (astronomical) molad (a.k.a. New Moon) is SUN 4:50pm L'DAVID Kiddush L'vana The standard practice is to say Psalm 27 - L'DAVID, HASHEM ORI V'YISHI... First op for KL according to MY at the end of Maariv & Shacharit (or (Minhag Yerushalayim) - three days Shacharit & Mincha, depending on after the molad: WED night, Aug 11th. your Nusach) from Sunday night or For strict 7-day after the molad Monday morning, every day, until people, first op is Sunday, August 15. Hoshana Raba, inclusive. For most people, KL is on Motza'ei S'LICHOT Shabbat Parshat Sho-f'tim, Aug 14th. Eidot Mizrach begin saying S'lichot There is also a 7-day after the molad - on 2 Elul (Tuesday, August 10th). Philo-Torah - 2 - All@Once file R'EI Kohen - First Aliya 17 p'sukim - 11:26-12:1 47th of the 54 sedras; 4th of 11 in D'varim [S> 11:26 (3)] After setting down the fundamentals of Judaism (including the 257.8 lines in a Torah (rank: 4th) formative history of the Nation, Aseret 20 Parshiyot - 5 open; 15 closed HaDibrot, Sh’ma, Brachot & Davening, and more) in the first three sedras of 126 p'sukim - ranks 13th (1st in D'varim) D'varim, Moshe Rabeinu proceeds with Same number of p’sukim as Lech L'cha, the "Tachlis" part of the Book - mitzvot. but Lech L'cha ranks 23rd in size, The sedras of R'ei, Shoftim, and Ki compared with 4th for R'ei - Interesting Teitzei contain 170 mitzvot, the greatest concentration for three consecutive 1932 words - ranks 7th (first in D'varim) sedras. They are 3 of the top 6 7442 letters - ranks 7th (first in D'varim) mitzva-sedras of the Torah. Relatively long p'sukim like most sedras Blessing = keeping the mitzvot; curse = in D'varim (hence, the increase ifn rank not keeping them. These are the from p'sukim to words and letters) simple equations that Moshe presents here and that Yehoshua will again present when the People stand on Har MMMIIITTTZZZVVVOOOTTT G'rizim and Har Eival. SDT: Note the phraseology in the 55 of 613; 17 positive, 38 prohibition opening p'sukim: the Blessing - THAT That's almost 9% of the Torah's mitzvot; you will keep the mitzvot. The Curse - IF only Ki Teitzei & Emor have more you won't... There is an implied "recommendation" (and a hopeful Aliya-by-Aliya assumption) to choose Blessing. (Similarly, "And you shall choose Life" in Sedra Summary Nitzavim.) The Bracha, of course, WHEN [P>] and [S>] indicate start of a parsha you choose it... good things will happen. p'tucha or s'tuma. X:Y is Perek:Pasuk of the The curse, IF (not assumed) you are beginning of the parsha; (Z) is the number of misguided enough not to choose the p'sukim in the parsha. bracha and the path of Torah and Numbers in [square brackets] are the mitzvot... Mitzva-count of Sefer HaChinuch AND Rambam’s Sefer HaMitzvot. A=ASEI; L=LAV [S> 11:29 (23)] The Nation was born in (prohibition). X:Y is the perek & pasuk from which the mitzva comes. Egypt, had its infancy in the wilderness, and will grow and flourish Philo-Torah - 3 - All@Once file in the Promised Land. "These are the a major league commitment and mitzvot to be preserved in the Land..." schedule would make that difficult. Would such a player at least dream and Note that not all of the mitzvot that aspire to the time when things might follow are Israel-related, yet it is change and allow him to accept the possible to suggest - as the Sifrei, Rashi major league offers? $ and Ramban do (among others), very strongly - that ALL mitzvot were meant Sites, altars, idols, etc. of the nations in to be observed in Eretz Yisrael. Eretz Yisrael are to be destroyed [436, A185 12:2]. However, we must be Furthermore, Sifrei (quoted by commen- careful not to do the same to G-d [437, taries) say: You must keep mitzvot L65 12:4] - this mitzva includes the meticulously in Chutz LaAretz so that prohibition of erasing G-d's Holy they will not be new (unknown) to you Names. upon your return to the Land. This means that a Jew living outside Eretz While their places are to be Yisrael who is totally Shomer Shabbat, eliminated, THE Place (site of the meticulous in observance, tends to be Mikdash) is to be the focal point of machmir in many areas of Shabbat (and Jewish spiritual life and energy. All other mitzvot)... is basically practicing sacrifices and offerings are to be made how to keep Shabbat so that when he there and only there, at the first festival encountered [438, A83 12:5]. comes to live in Eretz Yisrael, he will be It is on those occasions (the Shalosh able to keep Shabbat in the PLACE that Regalim, the three Pilgrimage it was meant to be kept. Festivals) that sacred foods (such as To put it differently... Ma'aser Sheni, Neta Reva'i) are eaten in Jerusalem. Things won't be as "do Why would a very talented baseball your own thing" as they are in the player with the opportunity to play in wilderness. Soon we will be entering the majors, choose to play for a class A the Land for a more "permanent", minor league team? (or even Triple-A down to earth life. team like the New York Fivetowners) Especially when he is major league level where the salaries (reward) are MMMIIITTTZZZVVVAAAnotes amazingly greater than the minors. There is a fairly common situation Carrying the analogy a bit further, let's among the Torah's mitzvot, of a positive say that the player has a strong reason command and a prohibition basically to play in the minors - for example, he saying the same thing. We have a mitzva has elderly parents whom he must be to fast on Yom Kippur and a prohibition close to and help when called upon, and of eating and drinking. Same thing (but Philo-Torah - 4 - All@Once file not really). We may not do Melacha on then he is in violation of the LAV Shabbat and we must abstain from (because three chagim have passed). Melacha on Shabbat. Same thing (but not really). In R'ei, we are commanded to Levi - Second Aliya "cancel" uncollected loans at the end of Sh'mita year. We are forbidden from 18 p'sukim - 12:11-28 collecting loans after the Sh'mita year There (in Eretz Yisrael), a special place has past. Same thing (but not really). will be designated for the bringing of There are many examples of these all offerings. There, spiritual rejoicing "two-sides of the same coin" mitzvot. will take place, and there, we shall And there are reasons for the positive help the Levite and the less fortunate mitzva and a “partner” prohibition. to also have cause to rejoice. It will be forbidden to bring sacrifices any- But let's take a look at another aspect of where else [439, L89 12:13]. All mitzva pairs. Less common than the Korbanot are to be brought only at the perfectly matched positive mitzva and Mikdash [440, A84 12:14] (another prohibition, is the pair of mitzvot that matched mitzva-pair).