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SIMCHAS FROM OUR FAMILIES-MAZEL TOV TO: BIRTHS Rabbi Edward & Meira Davis and Fred & Lori Wittlin on the birth of their granddaughter Sara Toiva to Gabi & Rena Wittlin Robert & Martha Samuel on the birth of their son Chaim Shaya Yaakov & Stacey Waldman on the birth of their son Ezra Gershon Lenny & Ellen Hoenig on the birth of their grandson Naftali Moshe to LCDR Eric & Suri Kinzbrunner. Mazel Tov to uncle & aunt Seth & Rebecca Kinzbrunner and uncle Ezri Lenny & Ellen Hoenig on the birth of their grandson Yosef Yechiel to Rabbi Jeremy & Shayna Bekritsky. Mazel Tov to uncle Ezri. Jay & Ellen Adler and Joe & Fay Poliak on the birth of their granddaughter Anna Rachel to Daniel & Jennifer Poliak Norman & Sandy Goldglantz on the birth of their granddaughter Juliette Sabrina to Lauren & Simeon Stam. Mazel Tov to aunt & uncle Stephanie & Jimmy Davis Ira & Miriam Ginsberg on the birth of twin granddaughter in Efrat, Israel to Mark & Hindy Ginsberg Chaim & Samantha Hirsch on the birth of their son Gavriel Pesach. Mazel Tov to grandparents Barry & Carole Lynn and great uncle & aunt Jeff & Fradelle Milrad Joseph & Danielle Behar on the birth of their daughter Devorah Sarah ENGAGEMENTS & MARRIAGES Susan Chusid and Howie & Channy Chusid on the engagement of their son Jake to Leah Sarah Itenberg Jay & Chani Dennis on the engagement of their daughter Talia to Dr. Jake Freiman David & Jodi Tuchinsky on the marriage of their son Clifford to Danielle Miller Barry & Reyna Einhorn on the marriage of their son Stuart to Bracha Stein, and to grandmother Joan Niad, uncle Lewis Niad, uncle & aunt Stanley & Donna Herzek Wendi Zahler on the marriage of her son Elliot to Rikki Rahmani Howard & Carole Bienenfeld on the marriage of their daughter Brooke to Avromy Elberger Tammy Stern o the marriage of her daughter Rachel to Moshe Pasarel. Eli & Dvora Avisar on the engagement of their daughter Hadas to Yehoshua Tsion. BNAI/BNOT MITZVAH Mordechai Shekhter on the celebration of his Bar Mitzvah. Mazal Tov to his parents Hanna & Ilya Shekhter Martin & Marsha Schenker on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Sarah Schenker Irv & Fran Gottlieb on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Ami Schreiber in Woodmere, NY Ariel Melnitsky on the celebration of her Bat Mitzvah. Mazel Tov to her parents Leon & Ilana Melnitsky ALSO MAZEL TOV TO: Avi & Judy Baitner on being honored at the Brauser Maimonides Journal Celebration Leon Melnitsky on his honor at the Brauser Maimonides Journal Celebration Michelle Moses on her honor at the Brauser Maimonides Journal Celebration WE WARMLY THANK OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS: KIDDUSHIM Paul & Yvonne Ginsberg in honor of Neil’s birthday Stier family with gratitude to Hashem in honor of Dovi’s 8th birthday and Saba & Safta’s visit Aron & Melissa Burger in honor of their anniversary Ilya & Hanna Shekhter in honor of their son Mordechai’s Bar Mitzvah Joshua & Arielle Hay in honor of the birth of their daughter Layla Eleanor Zev & Sheila Shemesh to commemorate the yahrzeit of his father Nachman ben Nachum Abe & Regina Saada to commemorate the yahrzeits of her grandmother Leah bat Alegre and her brother Rafael ben Adela Herb & Edie Fishler to commemorate the yahrzeit of his father Samuel J. Fishler and his aunt Margaret Fishler Fleet Avi & Judy Baitner, Phil & Lisa Baratz, Barry & Jillian Galitzer, Jamie & Heather Hoffman, David & Susana Kenigsberg, Yossi & Kara Kastan, Joel & Ronit Kornbluth, Jon & Ellen Lasko, Josh & Andrea Leibowitz, Avi & Deborah Naider, Michael & Sari Resnick, Steven & Judy Schultz, Myron & Deborah Stayman, Jason & Marilyn Tache, Yosef & Rebecca Weinstock, Brett & Robin Zuckerman, in honor of 2015 BMA Journal Dinner honorees, Avi & Judy Baitner, Leon Melnitsky , Michelle Moses, Claire Mamrout Seth & Suzie Bassoff to commemorate the yahrzeit of his grandmother Penina bat Moshe Aharon Joel & Ronit Kornbluth & family in memory of Ronit’s grandmother Minnie Rottenstreich to commemorate the end of Shloshim Barry & Reyna Einhorn in honor of their son Stuart’s marriage to Bracha Stein Seth & Suzie Bassoff in memory of his grandfather Zev Volf ben Menachem Mendel Usher & Brenda Bryn to commemorate the yahrzeit of his mother Rebbitzen Felicia Bryn TORAH DIALOGUE Batsheva, Yaffa, Avichai, and Nava Shekhter in honor of their brother Mordechai’s Bar Mitzvah Herb & Edie Fishler to commemorate the yahrzeits of Herb’s father Samuel J. Fishler, Shmuel ben Moshe z”l, Herb’s aunt Margaret Fishler Fleet, Machli Nautel bat Moshe z”l, Jeff Milrad’s mother Edith Milrad, Yehudit bat Yosef z”l In memory of dearly beloved and beautiful Mom, Grandma, and Great Grandma, Shirley Lyman, z”l, by Meryl & Norm Palgon and family, and Karen & Neil Lyman & family PULPIT FLOWERS Elena Shekhter and Jacob & Celia Kierson in honor of their grandson Mordechai’s Bar Mitzvah SEUDAH SHLISHIT Shekhter family in honor of Mordechai’s Bar Mitzvah Norman & Sandy Goldglantz to commemorate the yahrzeit of Sandy’s father Shlomo Melech (Solomon Mitzner) Asher & Debbie Fensterheim, Ira & Ricky Rothstein, Ryan & Bari Girnun, Matt & Lauren Rothstein in honor of Amazia Fensterheim Bea Rubenfeld to commemorate the yahrzeit of Joe Rubenfeld
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March 2015 Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Page 3 RABBI’S MESSAGE
YOU EXALTED US ABOVE ALL THE LANGUAGES (YOM TOV AMIDAH) This article is about the development of the Hebrew speaking only Hebrew. His son, Ben-Zion, was the first child to language and its position in our lives. The Artscroll Siddur be raised with Hebrew on his tongue in a time when there were mentions that Hebrew is a language which allows us to describe so many languages prevalent in the country. holiness and the holy concepts. It is also, by the way, devoid of I remember years ago sitting at Seudah Shlishit in Rechovot; profanity. We refer to Hebrew as Lashon HaKodesh, the holy we were guests of Chief Rabbi Kook. At the table were myself language. The Ramban wrote in his commentary to Chumash and olim from France, Argentina, Russia, as well as native that Hebrew is referred to as the Lashon HaKadosh because Israelis. The only common language amongst all of us was God created the world with the Hebrew language. By saying “let Hebrew, as it should be. We are a people who are supposed to there be light” in Hebrew, that is how God created light with the be the People of the Book, and that book should be Torah. It spoken word. would be sad if we were all dependent upon English translation In early America we see that Hebrew was looked upon as a for our understanding and development. lofty, holy language. John Adams developed the curriculum for I see a need for a greater effort being made to promote the newly created public system in the Boston area and insisted Hebrew in various forms. I am always looking to strengthen my that the three classical languages of Greek, Latin and Hebrew be Hebrew and have the opportunity to speak Hebrew since we visit mandatory subjects for the children to learn. He felt that Hebrew our children and grandchildren in Israel. But I think in English is linked to the bible and part of the contribution that the Jewish and have to translate into Hebrew. It is only with continued people have given to civilization. In the early part of the 18th usage and developing an ear for the language that might bring century Sir Isaac Newton, who was a devout Christian, similarly my Hebrew to the next level. felt that Hebrew was unique. The Hebrew University has one of Cecil Roth was one of the premiere Jewish historians and he the largest collections of Newton’s writings in his own pen, recognized Ben-Yehuda’s contribution to our people: “Before including the six words of the Shema Yisrael in Hebrew written Ben-Yehuda, Jews could speak Hebrew; after him, they did.” by Sir Isaac Newton. William Bradford, who came to America on Now we are at a stage where we see the far majority of the Jews The Mayflower, has three Hebrew words written on his who live in Exile being terribly ignorant of the Hebrew language. tombstone in Plymouth, Massachusetts (Hashem Eizer Chayai, Learning a foreign language is difficult and is only accomplished Hashem is the help of my life). Ezra Styles, who was a Unitarian when we become inspired to do so. We are at a critical stage of minister in Newport, Rhode Island before becoming the needing to improve our Hebrew, not just for ourselves but President of Yale University after the Revolutionary War, was a especially for the next generation. major proponent of Hebrew and insisted on spreading Hebrew to Now we understand the title of this article, which is a quote all students in his university. from the davening of Yom Tov. There is no way to truly improve When Pope Francis visited Israel in May, 2014 he was our davening without greater efforts to understand the Hebrew. greeted warmly by Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, who was From the words in the Amidah we should comprehend the great making a pitch for the importance of Hebrew. The Prime Minister gift that Hashem has given us with the Hebrew language. He has greeted the Pope: “Jesus was here in this land… he spoke truly exalted us above all the other languages in the world Hebrew.” The Pope’s one-word response was: “Aramaic.” The because of the fact that we are the ones who were given Pope was cordial and said it with a smile. The Prime Minister did Hebrew. I appreciate historically that so many others have not want to be deterred and responded: “He spoke Aramaic, but developed it as well. he knew Hebrew.” The awareness of the importance of Hebrew One last story which I have told before, but obviously it to a Jewish person is more supreme and we should be doing a made an impact on me. When Aristide was the President of Haiti better job of educating our children in America. he was invited to be the featured speaker at a dinner in New My wife and I are blessed with children and grandchildren. York for the American Jewish Committee. He was introduced Four of our children have made aliyah. One of our daughters and got up and began speaking Hebrew. He continued in wrote to us that she sees great benefits in Israeli education, one Hebrew until the president of the AJC tugged at his coat and of which is that her children are being grounded in a very strong whispered to him, “The people do not understand Hebrew.” understanding of the Hebrew language. This really is giving our Aristide purposely did not cover the microphone and turned to grandchildren a boost in having a greater understanding of the president and said, “You mean to tell me this is the TaNaCH and all Jewish literature. All our children who are leadership of the American Jewish Community and they do not educated within the day school and yeshiva systems in America speak Hebrew and I do?” Aristide’s point was well taken even have to know Hebrew in order to develop beyond the scope of though it was presented in a very brazen form. A year or two the school system. They will never develop the tools of afterwards I attended a wedding from our community at the Omni independent study of Jewish subjects without a solid basis of Hotel in Miami. I found that Aristide was visiting from Haiti and he Hebrew. These are the building blocks of Jewish education. God and his entourage were staying at that hotel. I wormed my way bless Artscroll, but the ability to conquer sources in the original to greet him and asked him if the story that I had heard was true. language is only through a good basis of Hebrew knowledge. He smiled and said: “Atta tzodek” (you are right). [Note: Aristide The father of Modern Hebrew was Eliezer Ben-Yehuda was educated as a Jesuit priest and studied at a Jesuit seminary (1858-1922). Ben-Yehuda was from a Chabad family in Russia. in Jerusalem for four years. Consequently he speaks an It was in 1881 that he immigrated to Palestine, which was under excellent Hebrew.] Ottoman rule at that time. He was determined and driven to Yom Tov is a time to step it up. extreme measures to rejuvenate the Hebrew language and RABBI EDWARD DAVIS wanted it spoken and not just read. His mission started at home Page 4 Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale March 2015
Mitzvah Monitor True Freedom Rabbi Yosef Weinstock
When three adults break bread together, they should participate in an additional prayer which praises Hashem before reciting Birkat Hamazon. This short declaration is referred to as Zimun, which literally means “preparing” for Birkat Hamazon. In its discussion of the laws of Zimun (Orach Chayim 179:1), the Shulchan Aruch writes that once one begins the Zimun it is considered a decisive declaration that his meal is over. If subsequent to saying “Rabotai N’Varech” that person wants to eat more, he is required to wash and make another bracha on bread. However, not everyone agrees that this would be the halacha at the Pesach Seder. Our Seder consists of 15 steps that must be followed. It is a mitzvah to eat a piece of Shmurah Matza after our meal for the Afikoman in commemoration of the Karban Pesach, which was also eaten after the meal. The question is: What happens if one begins his Zimun at the Seder before eating the Afikoman? Some (such as the Avi Ha’Ezri) hold that the same rules apply at the Seder as they would at any other meal. Once you say “Rabotei N’Varech” you have declared your meal to be over. Such a person would then need to wash and make a new “Hamotzi” blessing in order to eat the Afikoman. However the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim 477:2) disagrees. He states that since the Afikoman is part of the Seder meal, we discount what the person says. A meal on the night of Pesach cannot be over until the Afikoman is eaten. The Shulchan Aruch therefore holds that even if a person has said “Rabotei N’Varech”, he can still eat the Afikoman without washing again. This opinion is based on the laws of zimun all year long in regards to a guest. If the host begins the Zimun, then he is forbidden to eat anything else unless he recites another bracha. However, if a guest begins the Zimun, he would be allowed to continue eating provided that he did not actually recite Birkat Hamazon. The reason is that the guest does not know how many courses will be served. He is totally dependant on the host. The meal is only over when the host says so. The same is true at the Seder. Pesach commemorates the fact that Hashem chose to take us out of Egypt. As such, we are His guests at the Seder. The courses of the meal are dictated by Hashem the Host. Part of this meal includes the Afikoman after the main course. As such, we discount any attempt to end the meal prematurely, even if the Zimun was said. On Pesach we celebrate our freedom. The halacha that Zimun is not effective before the Afikoman teaches us an important lesson. For Jews, freedom is not necessarily doing whatever we feel like doing (otherwise the Zimun should be valid even before the Afikoman). Rather, on Pesach we celebrate our freedom through a commitment to serving Hashem. Chag Kasher V’Sameach
New Program Beginning Wednesday March 11: Cafe Ivrit
Did you always want to practice your Hebrew but didn't have the chance to do so? If so, please join us for monthly meetings where we will have the chance to speak and learn Hebrew. Through Israeli culture, movies, TV series and songs we will practice the language with a focus on Modern Hebrew. The program is open to men and women in all levels.
In the first meeting we will watch the first chapter of the Israeli TV series "Srugim" and discuss the single Modern Orthodox life in Israel and abroad...
The second meeting will be dedicated to Yom Hazikaron, Israel Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers. The first meeting will take place on Wednesday, 20th Adar, March 11th at 8:30pm at Young Israel of Hollywood - Ft. Lauderdale, and will be facilitated by Racheli Lasry.
Mrs. Racheli Lasry is a Hebrew and Judaic teacher at Brauser Maimonides Academy. Prior to coming to South Florida, Racheli was the head of the Religious Cultural Department of the city of Modiin, Israel and was also a tour guide in Jerusalem. March 2015 Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Page 5
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE SISTERHOOD MESSAGE
From the USSR Although this month continues the celebrations and This month's path takes us on a journey behind the festivities of the month of Adar, Nisan, the first month on Iron Curtain landing in Hollywood. I had the opportunity to Jewish calendar, according to the Torah, begins this speak with Mr. Ilya Shekhter who discussed with me his March on the civil calendar as well. journey from Moscow to the Young Israel of Hollywood, On the first day of Nisan, two weeks before yetziat FL. Mitzryim, Hashem showed Moshe the new moon, Ilya was raised in a Jewish family in Communist instructing him regarding the setting of the Jewish calendar Russia, part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics aka and the mitzvah of sanctifying the new month. This Soviet Union. Jewish life in Russia was completely ushered in the first Jewish month, and commenced the diminished with the only knowledge of being Jewish lunar calendar that Jews have been following ever since. It through names and identifications. His family name and was the first mitzvah given to the newly born nation his designation on his birth certificate and as his nationality of Israel, even before the exodus from Egypt. on school lists was the only Jewish identity. The term The Torah calls Nisan- chodesh ha’aviv—the month of “Jew” was a derogatory term in the culture in which Ilya spring, as it marks the beginning of the spring months. A was raised. special mitzvah that can be fulfilled only once a year— His first time at a synagogue was as a teenager for anytime during the month of Nisan—is to recite Simchat Torah. The central Moscow Synagogue was the the bracha made upon seeing a fruit tree in bloom. Many “place to be” as thousands of Jews crowded in the shul people visit botanical gardens during this time, so as to and the surrounding streets. It was during the late 1980s observe this beautiful mitzvah. in Soviet – US relations that Mikhail Gorbachev, the last We wish you a continued month of simcha and a seamless leader of the Soviet Union, began to open emigration for transition to chodesh ha’aviv and the coming season of Jews. Most left for economic opportunities and freedoms Pesach. not afforded in the Soviet Union. Ilya attended a magnet High School for English that Special March Thank Yous: allowed him to develop his English skills. As part of the We wanted to wish a tremendous thank you to this year’s Gorbachev – Reagan agreements in Geneva in 1985, incredible Panoply committee: Jessica Baitner, Ronit cultural exchanges were developed for Soviet high school Reinhard, Avi Frier, Tsilila Goldberg, Roman Yusupov, students to visit the United States and vice versa. During Talia Levine and Odelia Goldberg. The event was a great Ilya’s final year of high school, along with fifteen other success and we thank our participants and congratulate all students, he spent three weeks at a high school outside of our winners, especially our first place team: Lara and Syracuse, NY. This was his first trip to the United States. Mikey Hoffman, Aviva and Michael Wolgin, Jon and Susie After High School, Ilya took the bold step to matriculate at Kaweblum, Debra Posner, Jared Tuchinsky and Michael Syracuse University as the first Soviet citizen to attend as Goldberg. an international student. During his four years, Ilya grew both in his knowledge of Biomedical Engineering as well Another HUGE thank you as well to this year’s mishloach as his Jewish roots. He became close with his academic manot committee: Elana Lazar, Jennifer Chames, Odelia adviser Dr. Robert Smith who brought him to synagogue Goldberg, Elysha Shainberg, Adina Ciment, Batsheva where Ilya received his first Aliyah. Ilya became involved Ganz and all of our other volunteers. Thank you as well to with Chabad and the Hillel on campus. Rabbi Davis for helping us obtain our B’samim and to Boston was the next stop for Ilya attending graduate Reva Homnick for all of your assistance and guidance, as school at Boston University. As a graduate student, he always… was a teaching assistant for undergraduates, where he met his later-to-be wife Hanna. Hanna and Ilya grew in the connections to Judaism and to each other at BU. Kara Kastan & Bari Girnun They were married at Beth Torah in 1998 as Hanna Sisterhood Co-Presidents was from South Florida. But opportunities presented themselves professionally to the Shekhters in Rochester, NY, so they spent the first six years of their married life in President’s message continued… upstate New York. They continued to grow in their Judaism and quickly expanded their family with the birth of From Moscow, to Syracuse to Boston to Rochester Batsheva, Yaffa and Mordechai. and now in Hollywood, our Young Israel is enriched by In 2004 they decided to move to South Florida to be Ilya, Hanna and their family. May they continue to closer to family and for the vibrancy of the Jewish celebrate simcha each and every day. community. The Shekhters joined Young Israel of Hollywood and soon had Avichai and Nava joining their Stephen Kurtz family. The family is closely connected both personally President and professionally with Brauser Maimonides Academy and our shul. Continued on bottom of next column… YIHF ADULT EDUCATION PRESENTS TEICHMAN/ROSENBLATT Shabbat Mevarchim NISAN 3/14/15 @ 5:05 pm
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CHOCOLATE BASKETS PROVIDED BY Rachael Schacher of Miami Beach Chocolates March 2015 Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Page 7 FACTS I DISCOVERED WHILE LOOKING UP OTHER THINGS GETTING IT TOGETHER IN 1317… In Jerusalem in 1317 the taken in the 18th century upon his death to continue in the effort people experienced a serious famine. Due to lack of rain all of and to complete the commentaries. So although the Me’am the city’s wells dried up, and the inhabitants were left with no Lo’ez is regularly associated with Rabbi Culi many of the other source of water other than the small spring in Silwan. All Turkish rabbis become extensively involved. Rabbi Magriso the inhabitants of the city of three major religions, Muslims, continued Exodus and wrote the commentaries in the Me’am Christians, and Jews, assembled in order to beseech God on Lo’ez on Leviticus and Numbers. Deuteronomy was done by behalf of the city. They jointly assembled in the open area and Rabbi Agruiti. Joshua was written by Rabbi Mitrani. Esther was prayed for rain. Their prayers were answered on the third day. written by Rabbi Pontremoli. The initial Hebrew translation was According to the one historian who writes about it, it is revealed done by Rabbi Yishmael Yerushalmi and he contributed a that it was the Christian polemicist, Inghetto Contardo, who Hebrew version on the Book of Avot. proposed to his Jewish disputants that they pray together, using a text acceptable to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. His RABBI YAAKOV CULI (1689-1732)… Rabbi Culi was a proposal was rejected by the Jewish people. Talmudist and a biblical commentator who died in Constantinople. He was from an exiled Spanish family, and after THREE IN ONE TOMB… On top of Mount Olives very near the living in Israel moved to Turkey in 1714 and had a very close Church of Ascension is an ancient burial chamber on top of a relationship with the Chief Rabbi of Constantinople, Rabbi steep flight of stairs. Christian tradition dating to the 6th century Yehudah Rosanes. Rabbi Rosanes is known to us as the author identifies it as the tomb of Saint Pelagia, a beautiful woman of the famous Mishneh Lamelech commentary on the from Turkey who repented her sins when she converted to Rambam’s Mishneh Torah. The problem was that Rabbi Christianity and became a hermit. She lived alone in a cave Rosanes never compiled all his notes and comments together in there on Mount Olives and people fed her bread and water and a book. He died in 1727 and all his literary remains were left in were inspired by her intense repentance. They thought she was chaos. Rabbi Culi was the one entrusted with the task and he a man until she died and they prepared her body for burial on was the one who actually published the Mishneh Lamelech that spot. A Muslim tradition documented in the 12th century commentary which included numerous important notes of his names the person buried in that tomb as Rabi’a al-‘Adawiyya, a own. Yet Rabbi Culi is hardly the one given credit for the famous saint of early Islam who also was known for piety and Mishneh Lamelech, but he is given more credit for the Me’am inspiration for repentance. Finally, in the 14th century, we first Lo’ez commentary which he began yet only wrote a small hear of a Jewish tradition that the chamber was the final resting portion of it. It would become a contribution to Jewish learning, place of the Prophetess Huldah, who was a contemporary of not only in the Sephardic world but in the Ashkenazic world as Jeremiah the Prophet and was active during the reign of King well. Yoshiyahu of Judah. The history scholars are quite skeptical about the Jewish and Islamic assertions of the identity of the RABBI ARYEH KAPLAN (1934-1983, America)… Rabbi tomb. Nevertheless that is the story and nobody is fighting over Kaplan was born in the Bronx to a Sephardi family and was not it, probably because nobody knows the story. Yet people do go raised religious. His name was Leonard, and he was referred to there from time to time for inspiration for repentance. as Len. His mother, Fanny Kaplan, died at the end of 1947 when he was 13 leading him to grow up as a “street kid” in the THE ABRAVANEL ON BLACK SLAVERY… According to the Bronx. He went to the synagogue to say Kaddish for his mother historian, David Brion Davis, Don Isaac Abravanel provided a and was approached by a 14 year old Chassid realizing that basis for black slavery. The Abravanel saw many black slaves, Len was out of place because at the age of 13 Len could not both in his native Portugal and in Spain, and merged Aristotle’s read Hebrew at all. So now we are dealing with an amazing theory of natural slaves with the belief that the biblical Noach odyssey that took Len Kaplan to become the Rabbi Aryeh had cursed and condemned to slavery both his son Cham and Kaplan who would later translate the Me’am Lo’ez into English. his young grandson Canaan. The Abravanel concluded that the He went to Louisville, Kentucky where he received a Bachelor’s servitude of animalistic black Africans should be perpetual. It is Degree in Physics in 1961 at the University of Louisville. He met not politically correct for the Abravanel to make these assertions Tobie Goldstein there whom he married and they had 9 children but he was a believer in taking every section of the Torah together. After that he went to Hyattsville, Maryland, working in seriously. This racist curse against Cham and his descendants physics and completing graduate work at the University of turned out to provide a link in modern times wronging Jews as Maryland. In 1965 he became a rabbi in Mason City, Iowa. In the main traders in slaves across Europe in the Middle Ages. 1966 he became the rabbi of Bnei Shalom in Blountville, Tennessee. In 1967 he became the rabbi of Adath Israel, a THE ME’AM LO’EZ… This was a widely studied commentary Conservative Temple in Dover, New Jersey. In 1969 he went to on TaNaCH written originally in Ladino or Judæo-Spanish, the Albany, New York where he became the rabbi of a Conservative Jewish language spoken by the Jews in Turkey. Rabbi Yaakov Temple there. In 1971 he moved to Brooklyn where he lived for Culi is given credit for this encyclopedic commentary on the next 12 years until his sudden death from a heart attack at TaNaCH. Each chapter is dealt with according to its literal the age of 48. Amazingly, especially in his last 12 years, he was meaning as well as sourced in the Midrash and Talmud. He also writing prolifically all the things that we see bearing his name. incorporates a discussion of relevant Halachah pertinent to that The last thing he wrote was his English translation and portion based on the writings of the Shulchan Aruch and commentary called “The Living Torah.” The Torah Anthology, a Mishneh Torah. Even though Rabbi Culi is given all the credit 45 volume translation of Me’am Lo’ez into English is a he only lived long enough to have completed his commentary tremendous accomplishment for a man who couldn’t read on the Book of Genesis and two-thirds of Exodus, which took Hebrew at the time of his Bar Mitzvah. him two years to write. Due to mass popularity, and based on many of the notes already written by Rabbi Culi, a decision was
March 2015 Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Page 9 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Q: A person is called for an aliyah and makes the brachah on the Torah. The Baal Korei reads several Torah verses in the aliyah when the Torah is found to have a mistake in the writing. The Torah is returned to the Ark and the new Torah is taken out. What is the procedure for this man who has the aliyah?
A: This question has variations to the theme: how many verses are read, where he stopped, how many verses are left to the end of the aliyah. But the standard procedure would be to stop where he is, return the Torah, take out a new one, open the new one, and continue the reading where he stopped. Then, when the aliyah is finished, he makes the final brachah. He does not repeat the opening brachah on the new Torah. I refer people to the Sha’arei Ephraim – the fifth chapter deals extensively with all the variations of this theme.
Q: If I receive a text message or Whatsapp message am I permitted to share the message with other people, or do I have to consider it confidential? A second question is: If I receive a text message urging me to pass it on to twenty people and if I don’t, some terrible calamity will occur in my family, what is the procedure?
A: In the first case all texts, letters or emails are to be considered confidential unless otherwise stipulated. If you wish to share the message with somebody else you should ask permission from the sender. In the second case it is thoroughly ridiculous to even listen to such warnings that accompany some of these emails or text messages. It is nonsense and Hashem will have to deal with the foolish people who send these messages.
Q: I daven much slower than the Minyan. When I am asked to be the Chazzan then I am slowing down the Minyan and the people get upset. What should I do?
A: You should not become a Tircha D’Tzibura, a trouble for the congregation. It is beautiful to have proper Kavanah, concentration, during your davening, but it should not come at the expense of other people. It is similar to a person who davens out loud and disturbs other people around him. That person should not daven out loud in this particular case. So you should pass up the opportunity of being the Chazzan in that situation. (When Rav Herschel Schachter was in mourning for his father he did not serve as the Chazzan because he davened too long and people were upset. He did not want to burden the congregation.)
Q: What is the halachah concerning burying a person who committed suicide? And is there shiva for such a person?
A: Generally speaking, the halachah is that we do not perform any form of honor for a person who committed suicide, but we do try and perform “Kavod Hachaim” which is comforting the mourners. When we find a person who committed suicide we must assume that it was not a suicide. The only time we can say it was a suicide is if we hear the person say “I am about to kill myself.” Also, if a person committed suicide out of fear or in a frightening situation, we treat this the same way as a normal death. Suicides which are due to pain and depression are not halachically considered suicide. Halachic suicide only applies to a person who is angry at God for philosophical reasons. Consequently, as you see we have much more flexibility in this situation than the straightforward presentation of a halachah as indicated in the beginning of this conversation.
Q: What is required for the “meal of consolation” when mourners come back from the cemetery and are about to commence sitting shiva in the shiva house?
A: The Gemara (Mo’ed Kattan 27b) derives from a verse in Ezekiel (24) that the mourner is forbidden from eating his own bread on the first day. Hence a custom has been adopted that the community feeds the mourners during the shiva. The expression “meal of consolation” is an improper translation of the Hebrew Se’udat Havra’ah which would literally be translated as “the meal of health”. Rabbeinu Yerucham mentions that the community feeds the mourner because he is so distraught that he might not feed himself. This only lasts for one meal. By feeding him, the community also offers tremendous emotional support. It is as if we are saying “we care.” From the verse in Ezekiel it seems the most important item on the menu is bread. The codifiers of law do not limit it to bread. The Talmud in Baba Batra 16b indicates that when Avraham died Yaakov gave Yitzchak lentils to eat. Lentils were served either because (a) they symbolize silence because they have no “mouth” or (b) their shape represents the cyclical nature of the world: people are born and people die. Even if they are having a bigger meal for a Se’udat Havra’ah they should first be served eggs or lentils in accordance with the Talmud. It is interesting that Rabbi Akiva Eiger added that the mourner should not be the one peeling the eggs because it looks like he is obsessed with food. Basically the comment is: do not be a glutton.
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For more information: [email protected] March 2015 Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Page 11 KOSHER KORNER AMY’S with a plain K is not recommended.
PLANTERS NUT PRODUCTS have a K on some packaging and an OU on others. The OU is acceptable, but the K is not recommended.
JELLO with a plain K is not recommended.
NONNI’S BISCOTTI with a USA K is acceptable (this is not an endorsement of all USA K products).
BIG MARTY’S BREAD is not acceptable.
VITAMINS. Generally all products ingested through the mouth should have a hashgachah. When something is swallowed whole and not chewed it is ingested not in the normal way of eating, and consequently does not require a hechsher. Therefore vitamins swallowed whole are acceptable. When vitamins are chewable and/or liquid they are treated for taste. Hence they will require hashgachah
FLACKER’S CRACKERS with a Blue Ribbon K are recommended.
FRESH STRAWBERRIES. It is necessary to check fresh strawberries for insects. Cut the tops off including the greenery. Then soak and wash in soapy water and rinse well. If no bugs are found, you are good to go.
Do not treat RASPBERRIES in the same way. The ORB is not permitting raspberries because of the difficulty in checking them.
PITA NOSH located in the Festival Flea Market in Pompano Beach is not under the KM or ORB. They are displaying letters that their meat comes from those sources. Pita Nosh is not acceptable.
NESTLE NESQUICK POWDERS bear an OU-D and according to the OU their current status is as follows. (The OU does not use the DE symbol, but instead marks both dairy and dairy equipment products as OU-D.) Chocolate Flavor (regular) – DE Chocolate Flavor – No Sugar Added – DAIRY (contains whey) Strawberry Flavor – DE Products manufactured on dairy equipment may be eaten after meat without a waiting period, but not with meat. The OU cautions that even where it states that a product is DE (dairy equipment), the OU does not supervise the cleaning of the equipment between dairy and non-dairy productions, and also that the DE status should be periodically reconfirmed, since manufacturers frequently reformulate their products and may add dairy ingredients.
OREO COOKIES. Presently most varieties contain dairy ingredients, with three notable exceptions. Original Oreo Sandwich Cookies, Oreo Double Stuf Sandwich Cookies and Mini Original Oreo Sandwich Cookies do not contain dairy ingredients, although they are manufactured on dairy equipment. The equipment is not necessarily cleaned before the production. There may be a small amount of dairy residue which would be minimal and halachically nulified (botel bishishim). The cookies may be consumed after meat, but not simultaneously. The manufacturer may choose to reformulate these products and add dairy ingredients. The status should be periodically reconfirmed.
COCO LIBRE COCONUT MILK is certified as OU-D because it is processed on the same equipment as dairy products. Some stores sell boxes of Coco Libre Coconut Milk containing four individual containers of Coco Libre. The individual containers are correctly labeled with an OU-D, however, the outer box has a plain OU without the D. In an update the OU has stated that the product is in fact pareve. Production was taking place at two different plants, one of which processes dairy. In fact, the company has stopped using the dairy plant making the product pareve, made on pareve equipment.
SAM ADAMS BEERS are certified by the Star-K and bear the Star-K symbol. However, some beers that are kosher are missing the kosher symbol. Contact the Star-K if you have a question about the kosher status of a particular beer.
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REFUAH SHLEIMAH TO OUR CONGREGANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES: Adina Minya bat Devorah Elkah (Adina Ciment), Aliza bat Sara (Rabbi Yossi Kastan’s mother), Benzion Klonimus Chaim ben Leah Rachel (Alec Feintuch), Binyamin ben Chemla (Binyamin Israel), Chana Nehora bat Shayndel (Anne Paul-Ettie Langer’s mother, Dovid Tzvi ben Alter Rochel (David Breier), Devora bat Sheina Baila, Eliezer HaLevi ben Chana (Leon Brauser-Joel Brauser’s father), Lazer Yosef ben Sara (Leo Paul-Ettie Langer’s father), Leah bat Beba (Elena Shekhter-Ilya Shekhter’s mother), Meir Yehuda ben Hinda (Leon Lerner), Mordechai ben Michal (Maurice Babouri-Deborah Stayman’s father), Rachel bat Shaindy (Renee Messing-Danielle Behar’s grandmother), Sara Leah bat Rochel (Cynthia Lynn Haber-Cheryl Hamburg’s sister), Shaul Meir ben Krayna (Rabbi Saul Ganchrow), Sara Leah bat Bracha (Stacey Deutsch), Sara bat Temma (Susan Brisgel), Saura bat Bluma (Sonia Belkov-Jayne Warman’s mother), Shifra bat Esther (Sylvia Babouri-Deborah Stayman's mother), Shira Raizel Esther bat Mina Zosha (Ruth Messer’s granddaughter), Shmuel ben Golda (Sam Schachter), Yocheved bat Tzril (Joan Niad) OUR CONDOLENCES TO: Susan Brisgel on the loss of her sister Mildred Hitzig-Ram, and to nephew Stuart Brisgel Meira and Rabbi Davis on the loss of Meira’s father, our dear member Mr. Erwin Katz Cheryl Hamburg on the loss of her father Mr. Seymour Hamburg Daniel Galbut on the loss of his grandmother Bessie Galbut Penina Salid on the loss of her father Dr. Robert D. Fink Rabbi Matthew Clark on the loss of his sister Beatrice Clark Miller May they be comforted amongst the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem
MESSAGES FROM OUR MEMBERS: We are very grateful to all of you who helped us to care for Opa, A"H, over the years. Thank you to our many friends who have given Siddurim, Chumashim and other generous donations to the the Shul and to other organizations in memory of the patriarch of our family, Opa, Mr. Erwin Katz, A"H. The outpouring of phone calls, texts, emails, cards, visits and food to the Shiva house in Boston is overwhelming. Thank you for all the Nechama you provide us in many ways. We deeply appreciate your caring and thoughtfulness. May Hashem enable us to be there for each other in Chas VeShalom, sadness and in Simcha for many years to come. -- Rabbi Edward and Meira Davis and family
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ASSORTED RASHI CLASSIC ...... $3.99 LIEBERS MAYONNAISE REG& LIGHT 32OZ ...... $4.99 Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Pesach Insert 5775 Page I SPECIAL HOLIDAY INSERT PREPARING FOR PESACH MAAOT CHITIN It is most appropriate to be charitable this time of year to help those in need to obtain proper Pesach provisions. Donations to the Young Israel Charity Fund earmarked for Pesach would be proper.
BEDIKAT CHAMETZ The formal search is conducted THURSDAY NIGHT, APRIL 2, AFTER 8:17 PM. The search is conducted by the light of a candle with one single wick. (An electric flashlight is permitted, but somehow doesn't lend the same emotions and feelings.) The procedure and blessing is outlined in most Haggadahs.
MECHIRAT CHAMETZ Rabbi Davis is available to handle the sale of our Chametz to a non Jew. The Rabbi is at Minyan daily, or he can be reached at home or at the shul, or one may use the form found in this bulletin.
EREV PESACH - TA'ANIT BCHORIM (Fast of the First Born Males) On FRIDAY, APRIL 3, there will be THREE (3) Minyanim, at 6:15 AM, 7:30 AM & 8:00 A.M. After the FIRST TWO minyanim there will be a siyum (concluding a tractate of the Talmud) enabling all in attendance to eat after the Talmud session.
On Erev Pesach, one is allowed to eat Chametz UNTIL 11:19 AM.
The Chametz should be burned (Biur Chametz) and annulled BY 12:21 PM. The house should be completely Pesachdik (all kashering completed) BY 1:23 PM. (Times computed according to Vilna Gaon.) (According to the Magen Avraham, the time limit for eating Chametz is 10:56 AM and for burning Chametz is 12:10 PM.)
KASHERING 1. Any vessel to be kashered in water must not be used 24 hours prior to kashering. 2. Utensils made from plastic, melmac, nylon, and other synthetic materials (e.g. synthetic rubber) should not be kashered. 3. Corning Ware, Corelle, Pyrex, Duralex, and Visions cookware should not be kashered for Passover. 4. Counter tops should be covered with aluminum foil or contact paper, et al, for Passover use. 5. Any utensils which cannot be cleaned thoroughly cannot be kashered. 6. Metal utensils used with liquids can be kashered in the following way: a. Do not use the utensil for 24 hours. b. Dip the utensils, one by one, into a clean pot which has not been used for 24 hours, in which water is bubbling. c. After immersion, the utensil is then placed under cold water. d. This renders the utensil kosher and pareve. e. The pot used for kashering (into which you are immersing other utensils) may be of any sort, either a clean Chametz vessel that has not been used for 24 hours and is itself kashered for Pesach or a Kosher-for-Pesach pot. 7. Kashering glassware is done by soaking the glassware in cold water for 72 hours changing the water every 24 hours. 8. An oven and its racks may be kashered after proper cleaning by turning on the oven to the highest setting (usually broil) for one hour. 9. If the oven is self cleaning, kashering is accomplished by running it through the self-cleaning cycle for a longer period of time than the oven has ever been used. 10. A continuous-cleaning oven is considered like a regular electric oven. 11. The metal prongs or circle upon which pots sit on the stove may be inserted into the oven after being thoroughly cleaned and kashered together with the oven. 12. A microwave oven is kashered by filling a large utensil with water and placing it in the oven to boil while a thick steam fills the oven. The OU writes that the water inside the microwave should boil for 10 minutes. The insert glass tray should be changed. The oven should not be used for 24 hours before kashering. 13. A microwave-convection oven follows the process of a regular electric oven. 14. A broiler pan or grill must be heated to a glow, usually with a blow torch, in order to render it kosher. 15. In an electric stove, one need but to turn the burners on the high setting for a few minutes in order to kasher them, since they come to a glow. 16. One should cover the stove (range) with aluminum foil. 17. A Corning Ware stove top may be kashered by cleaning and turning on to the highest setting for 15 minutes. Allow stove top to cool down. Boiling water should be slowly poured on the stove top. 18. Refrigerators and freezers must be thoroughly cleaned and washed, including bins. One need not line the shelves.
Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Pesach Insert 5775 Page II ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR EREV PESACH It is prohibited to eat matzah or drink wine on Erev Pesach. Children who are told about the importance and significance of the Exodus from Egypt and understand what they are told are not permitted to be given matzah the whole day. However, very small children who do not comprehend as yet about Passover are permitted to be given matzah Erev Pesach (the day before Passover). For those who eat "gebrokts," one may eat foods prepared with Pesachdik matzah meal, but not in baked form. (The majority opinion is not to eat baked foods with matzah meal, but to permit boiled products with matzah meal, like matzah balls.) But one should not eat too much of any food in order that he may relish the matzah of which he is about to partake in the night.
THE SEDER 1. The obligations of the reading of the Haggadah, drinking of the four cups of wine, and eating of the matzah and bitter herbs are equally incumbent on the women as they are on the men. 2. It is preferable to use wine for the Mitzvah of the four cups. If, for health reasons, wine is problematic, dilute the wine with grape juice. If this is still problematic healthwise, grape juice may be used. 3. The minimum amount of wine to be used is 3.0 fluid ounces. This minimum amount must be drunk in each cup in order to fulfill the mitzvah properly (de jure). For Kiddush at the First Seder, the cup should be at least 4.42 fl. oz., since Shabbat Kiddush is a more stringent law than the regular Seder cups. 4. Each time that we eat matzah as a Mitzvah (three times: Hamotzi, Koraich, and Afikomen), we are required to eat a piece equivalent to six inches by four inches for each of these blessings. 5. It is a nice custom to add a fourth matzah set aside from the traditional three to be mentioned after the Hamotzi and talked about as the Matzah of Hope. Let it symbolize our identification with Jews who do not experience freedom this year. 6. For Maror (bitter herbs) there are minimum requirements as well. If grated horseradish is used, at least 1.1 fluid ounces should be eaten for the Mitzvah of Maror. In the sandwich (Koraich) .7 fluid ounces must be eaten. If whole leaves of Romaine lettuce are used, a piece measuring eight inches by ten inches must be used for Maror or Koraich. If Romaine lettuce stalks are used, stalks to cover an area three inches by five inches must be eaten. 7. The Seder may not begin prior to 8:17 PM on FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 3 or prior to 8:18 PM on SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 4. For Friday night, add Shalom Aleichem and Aishet Chayil. 8. On the first two nights of Pesach, do not eat meat, chicken, or turkey which was broiled, roasted, or pot roasted (i.e. cooking it without a liquid). 9. Since the first day is Shabbat, one is required to eat a Seudah Shlishit. This should be eaten Shabbat afternoon at home about an hour after the main Shabbat meal. CHAMETZ DISCOVERED DURING PESACH We are normally instructed to destroy any Chametz discovered during Chol Hamoed. If the Chametz was sold to a non- Jew, the Chametz should be put away with the rest of the non-Jew's Chametz. This is done in order to keep us from accidentally eating the Chametz. If found on Yom Tov, cover it and take care of it after Yom Tov. ERUV TAVSHILIN FOR THE LAST DAYS OF PESACH This year, the last days of Pesach occur on Friday and Shabbat. An Eruv Tavshilin must be made on Thursday in order to permit cooking on Friday for Shabbat. a) An Eruv Tavshilin consists of matzah and a cooked food such as fish, meat or a hard boiled egg. A hard boiled egg is most often used. The master of the house or any other member of his household takes the plate with the cooked food and the matzah (preferably in the right hand) and says the Brachah: ברוך אתה ה' אלקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו על מצות ערוב He then recites the Eruv Tavshilin text in Hebrew (found in a Yom Tov Machzor, Erev Yom Tov), or the following text in English: “By virtue of this Eruv, we (the members of the household) shall be permitted to cook, bake, keep food warm, carry, light candles and do all preparations on Yom Tov (i.e. Friday) for Shabbat.” b) Even though the Eruv is made, the food for Shabbat should preferably be prepared early on Friday, while there is still much of the day left, rather than leaving the preparations for the last minute. c) The Eruv should be put in a safe place, so that it is not eaten before Shabbat and so that the Eruv will not spoil. d) With the Eruv Tavshilin, one must start preparing for Shabbat on Thursday night. Preparations for Shabbat should start early enough so that the food is completely cooked before Shabbat. e) Please remember that making an Eruv Tavshilin only permits preparation from Yom Tov to Shabbat. AFTER PESACH The Pesach holiday concludes on SATURDAY, APRIL 11 AT 8:21 PM. Please do not use any Chametz products sold through the Rabbi until 9:00 PM, giving us the opportunity to complete the purchase from the non-Jew. Any Chametz owned by a Jew during Passover cannot be used or sold after the holiday. Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Pesach Insert 5775 Page III QUESTIONS & ANSWERS FOR PESACH Q: Is there any basis to the prevailing custom of putting out ten pieces of bread for the Search for Chametz? A: Acharonim supply many reasons why there is a strong tradition of putting out ten pieces of bread. Among them: ten plagues, ten levels of impurity, ten levels of sanctity within which Hashem sanctifies Israel, ten levels of angels et al. A strong recommendation is that no single piece of bread put out for the search be greater or equal to a kzayit, the size of an olive. The reason for this is that if one or two pieces are lost, one need not search for them until they are found; one may nullify them with the prescribed formula at the end of the search. Furthermore, the ten pieces need not be placed in ten different places in the house.
Q: Is a person obligated to search for Chametz in his car and office? A: There is no doubt that a person's car and office must be searched for Chametz the same as his house on the night before Pesach because it is all in his possession. Only one brachah is necessary. Make the blessing in the house and continue the search elsewhere even if a distance away.
Q: Since so many of the rituals of Pesach (and of Yiddishkeit as a whole) depend on family custom (e.g. Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Chassidim et al), how should a Baal Teshuvah conduct himself if his parents do not have a custom. A: A Baal Teshuvah in such a situation is obligated to follow the custom of his rabbi/teacher.
Q: How do I feed my pet on Pesach? A: Most commercial pet food is actual chametz. Either give the pet to a non-Jewish neighbor (but not on the condition that it be returned, trusting in the neighbor's good sense) or choose a suitable substitute food for your pet.
Q: What is Gebrokt? A: This is the minhag (custom) of not eating during Pesach any matzah, matzah meal or matzah cake meal which came in contact with water. There are two reasons given for this custom: 1) As a precaution that one should not, in error, come to use flour instead of matzah meal during Pesach; and 2) That there is a possibility that some of the matzah flour was kneaded well and when it will get wet on Pesach it will become chametz (Chozer V'Neear). Many of us eat Gebrokt on Pesach, legitimately so because it is our family custom.
Q: If a Sephardi marries an Ashkenazi, whose customs do they observe? A: A woman, upon marriage, assumes the minhag (custom) of her husband.
Q: May I consider a matzah with a crack in it as a whole matzah for "Lechem Mishnah"? Many of the Shmurah matzahs come that way. A: If there is a partial crack (and no matzah is missing), should the matzah remain whole even while holding the smaller piece of this partially cracked matzah, it is still considered whole. If part of the matzah is missing, should the missing part be less than 1/50th of the whole, it may still be considered whole.
Q: I am an Ashkenazi and we are invited to a Sephardi family for a Pesach meal; may I eat there? A: An Ashkenazi must keep the Ashkenazic customs which prohibit rice, beans, etc. which are permitted to Sephardim. You may eat only foods permitted to Ashkenazim in a Sephardic home, even if cooked by Sephardim with their utensils.
Q: Is a person permitted to count Sefirah in English? A: It is very important that a person understand what he is counting, for how else can he perform this mitzvah if he does it in a language he cannot comprehend? We should be careful when it comes to Lag B'Omer. By merely saying that "Tonight is Lag B'Omer," we fulfill the mitzvah of counting and might eliminate the possibility of saying the brachah.
Q: When we spill from the wine cups during the Seder for the ten plagues, is there any particular way we are supposed to do the spilling? May we drink the spilled wine afterward? A: Various customs exist as to how to spill the wine. Some use the pinky finger (Minhagim); others the ring finger (Magen Avraham); the index finger (Darkei Moshe); and others say use the cup itself and not any finger (Shelah). I use my index finger (RED). The discarded wine should not be drunk but thrown away.
Q: Must the women also recline to the left when drinking the wine and eating the mitzvah matzah at the Seder? Do left- handed people lean to the left or to the right? A: Reclining to the left is a sign of freedom, but only to the left to prevent food from entering the windpipe. This rule therefore applies to a left-handed person as well as a right-handed person. Children at their father's house must also recline. Reclining for Ashkenazic women is optional. Sephardic women are required to recline.
Q: Am I required to eat matzah every day of Pesach? A: From the Torah, the only obligatory time to eat matzah is for the brachah over the matzah at the Seder(s). Nevertheless, there are some authorities who are of the opinion that it is a mitzvah to eat matzah every day of Pesach (Pnei Yehoshuah, Gra, Baal HaMaor).
Q: May I take out the garbage on Yom Tov? A: Accumulated garbage that is in the house may be taken outside. However, any garbage that is already outside may not be moved to the curb for pick-up.
Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Pesach Insert 5775 Page IV STATEMENT ON OBSERVANCE OF SEFIRAH MOURNING PERIOD For 33 days during the Sefirat HaOmer period, it is customary to observe certain aspects of mourning. Therefore, it is not permitted to celebrate a wedding, attend parties at which there is music (live or otherwise), to dance, or to play music (live or otherwise, i.e. recorded music comes under the same category as live music). There are different customs concerning when this period of partial mourning is observed. The most prevalent are: 1. To observe it from Pesach until daybreak of Lag B'Omer, permitting haircuts and music from then on. 2. a) To begin the mourning period on the first day of the month of Iyar (2nd day of Rosh Chodesh) and continue until the morning of Erev Shavuot (except for the day of Lag B'Omer). b) To begin the mourning period on the first day of Rosh Chodesh Iyar and prohibit haircuts and music etc. until after daybreak of the third day of the month of Sivan (except for the day of Lag B'Omer). "ONE MAY CHANGE HIS TRADITION FROM YEAR TO YEAR." (Laws of Sefirah by Rabbi Aharon Felder in the name of Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l, Igrot Moshe, O.H. v.1 no. 159. According to Rabbi Avrohom Blumenkrantz, zt”l, one may change his tradition from year to year only with Hatarat Nedarim, an annulment of vows.) According to this ruling, if one traditionally kept the first 33 days of Sefirah as the mourning period, but for some reason (e.g. attending a concert or party with music) wanted to switch his custom for this year, he is permitted to do so.
ADAPTING RECIPES FOR PASSOVER USE (Guidelines for adapting year-round recipes) For Substitute Bread crumbs Matzah meal Graham cracker crumbs for pie shells Passover cookie or cake crumbs; ground nuts or ground soup nuts; matzah meal Flour for thickening gravy Use half the amount of potato starch or egg yolk, 1 yolk being equal to 1 Tbsp. flour Cornstarch Potato starch 1 Cup all-purpose flour 5/8 cup of potato starch; matzah cake meal; combination of cake meal and potato starch 1 tablespoon flour 1/2 tablespoon potato starch 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda plus 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar; Passover baking powder 1 oz. baking chocolate (unsweetened) 3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder and 1 Tbsp. oil or melted margarine 6 oz. Semisweet chocolate 6 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, 1/4 cup oil and 7 Tbsp. sugar 4 oz Sweet chocolate 3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, 2 & 2/3 Tbsp. oil, 4 & 1/2 Tbsp. sugar 1 cup of honey 1 & 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water 1 cup corn syrup 1 & 1/4 cup sugar, 1/3 cup water. Boil until syrupy Flavoring extracts Lemon juice or zest from lemon peel; orange juice or zest from orange peel; Passover brandy; vanilla sugar or crushed vanilla bean; Passover flavorings 1 cup confectioner's sugar 1 cup granulated sugar less 1/2 Tbsp., pulverized in a blender and sifted together with 1-1/2 teasp. Potato starch 1 cup sour milk for baking 1 Tbsp. lemon juice plus enough milk to make 1 cup. Let stand for 5 minutes 1 cup light cream 7/8 cup milk plus 2 Tbsp. melted butter--for cooking only 1 cup heavy cream 3/4 cup milk plus 1/3 cup melted butter--for cooking only, not whipping Alcoholic beverages in cooking If comparable Passover ingredient is not available, substitute apple, orange, wine or grape juice in the same amount, or bouillon in the same amount, depending on nature of recipe
The Complete Passover Cookbook by Frances R. Av Rutick and The Laws of Pesach : A Digest
POLICY ON MEDICINES, COSMETICS & TOILETRIES FOR PESACH [From the cRc - Chicago Rabbinical Council] MEDICINES All pill medication – with or without chametz – that one swallows is permitted. Vitamins and food supplements do not necessarily fall into this category, and each person should consult with their Rabbi. Liquid and chewable medications that may contain chametz should only be used under the direction of a Doctor and Rabbi, who will judge the severity of the illness, the likelihood that the medicine contains chametz, and the possibility of substituting a swallowable pill. Important: Do not discontinue use of liquid, chewable or any other medicine without consulting with your Doctor and Rabbi. Liquid and chewable medications that contain kitniyot may be consumed by someone who is ill. An otherwise healthy person, who would like to consume a liquid or chewable medicine to relieve a minor discomfort, should only do so if the product is known to be free of kitniyot. COSMETICS AND TOILETRIES All varieties of blush, body soap, conditioners, creams, eye shadow, eyeliner, face powder, foot powder, foundations, ink, lotions, mascara, nail polish, ointments, paint, shampoo, and stick deodorant are permitted for use on Pesach – regardless of the ingredients contained within them. Many liquid deodorants, hair mousse, hairsprays, perfumes, colognes, and shaving lotions contain denatured alcohol, and therefore should not be used on Pesach unless they are listed as chametz-free on a reliable list of Pesach products. Lipstick, mouthwash and toothpaste which contain chametz should not be used.
Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Pesach Insert 5775 Page V PASSOVER FOODS BIBLICALLY PROHIBITED (Chametz, Mixtures and Derivatives) Beer Dry Cereals Noodles Beer & Whiskey Bread Flour Play-Doh Non-Kosher for Passover Brewer’s Yeast Grain Alcohol Spaghetti Matzah
RABBINICALLY PROHIBITED (Kitniyot) Alfalfa Corn & Corn Products Isolated Soy Protein Poppy Seeds Ascorbic Acid Dextrose Isomerized Syrup Rice Beans Dill Seeds Kasha Sesame Seeds Bean Sprouts Emulsifers Kimmel Snow Peas BHT Fennel Seeds (leaves Lecithin Sodium Erythorbate BHA (in corn oil) are acceptable) Lentils Sorbitan Buckwheat Flav ors (may be Malto-Dextrin Soy Products Calcium Ascorbate chametz) Millet Stabilizers Canola Oil Glucose Mustard & Mustard Flour Starch (kitniyot, possibly Caraway Green Beans NutraSweet chametz) Chickpeas Hydrolized vegetable Peanuts Sunflower Seeds Citric Acid (possibly protein (kitniyot, Peas Tofu Chametz) possibly chametz) Popcorn Vitamin C
PARTIAL LIST OF ITEMS THAT REQUIRE KOSHER FOR PASSOVER SUPERVISION Candy Dried Fruits (Raisins,et Ketchup Pudding Canned Sweetened al) Margarine & Butter Spices, Ground Fruits Horseradish Mayonnaise Soda Confectioner’s Sugar Ices & Ice Cream MSG Sorbitol Cottage Cheese Jam Pickles
JOYVA Products are under the Kof-K but not for Pesach. Those under Rabbi Sheinkopf are NOT recommended.
Marshmallows under Rabbi Sheinkopf's supervision are NOT recommended.
NOTE: Many Israeli products contain "Kitniyot" and since they are supervised by Sephardic rabbis, their customs differ and the product might be endorsed as Kosher for Passover. Ashkenazic Jews should be careful and not use Israeli products unless supervised Kitniyot free.
MANISCHEWITZ WINES: Not all of them are OU-P. Make sure the OU-P, Kosher for Passover appears, because sometimes corn syrup is used.
PASSOVER KOSHER FOOD ALERT In the days and weeks leading up to Pesach, many supermarkets have dedicated special sections and shelves for Pesach products, both local and imported. There is no rabbinical supervision over the stocking of supermarket shelves, and as such, we cannot guarantee that all items on these shelves are in fact kosher for Pesach. Consumers are advised to check each and every item to ensure that it has a reliable hechsher for Pesach. Also please be careful when purchasing Israeli imported products, as many of these are kosher for Pesach, but only for those who eat kitniyot. This will be specified on the label, either in Hebrew, English, or both.
KOSHER FOR PASSOVER SODA PEPSI and DIET PEPSI in 2-liter plastic bottles are Kosher for Passover when the letters KP appear on the top or the side of the cap. The code on the shoulder of the bottle should end with the letters ORB. COCA COLA produced a Kosher for Pesach run of CLASSIC COCA COLA and DIET COCA COLA in 2 liter bottles with yellow caps, and lettering around the shoulder of the bottle ending with the letters OU-P.
PESACH INFORMATION As soon as we receive information on permissible items to purchase prior to Passover, as well as other Passover concerns and updates, we will make this available: (a) as a handout in the synagogue on Shabbat; (b) in the shul office; and (c) on our website www.yih.org
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE A POT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE SHUL KITCHEN FOR KASHEIRNG METALS AND SILVER ITEMS ON TH SUNDAY, MARCH 29 FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. THIS IS FOR ITEMS THAT CAN BE KASHERED BY DIPPING IN BOILING WATER
Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale Pesach 5775 Page VI
DELEGATION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SALE OF CHAMETZ
I, the undersigned, fully empower and permit Rabbi Edward Davis to act on my behalf to sell all chametz possessed by me (knowingly or unknowingly) as defined by the Torah and Rabbinic law (e.g., chametz, doubt of chametz and all kinds of chametz mixtures); also chametz that tends to harden and to adhere to a surface of inside of pans and pots or cooking and usable utensils and all kinds of live animals that have been eating chametz or mixtures thereof, and to lease all places wherein the chametz owned by me may be found, especially on the premises located at:
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and elsewhere. The approximate value is $______
This includes transit goods that would be delivered to me during the period of Friday, April 3, 2015 to Saturday night, April 11, 2015 inclusive. Rabbi Davis has the full right to sell and to lease by transactions as he deems fit and proper for such time which he believes necessary, to a non-Jew of his choosing.
Also, I hereby give Rabbi Edward Davis full power and authority to appoint a substitute in his stead with full power to sell and lease as provided.
The above-given power is in conformity with all Torah and Rabbinical regulations and laws and also in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida and of the United States.
I hereby affix my signature:
Today's Date: ______Signature: ______
Print Name: ______
Address: ______
TYPES OF CHAMETZ: i.e. Baked goods, non-Pesach matzah, flour, yeast, cereals, bread crumbs, groceries, gefilte fish, canned goods, certain pills, medications, cosmetics, animal food, alcohol (ethyl), liquor, beer.
Note: RICE, SWEET CORN, PEAS AND BEANS DO NOT HAVE TO BE SOLD, BUT MAY NOT BE EATEN.
Please try to rid your house of as much chametz as possible before Pesach.
[It is appropriate when turning in this form to make a donation to the Charity Fund and/or to the Rabbi]
PROJECT TANACH
We are planning to have our Annual Siyum TaNach on Shavuot. To accomplish this goal of having the entire Bible read and studied, we need your commitment to study one of the 45 Portions listed below. Our shul library has the text you need, Hebrew and/or English. Please contact the Rabbi with your commitment so that he can coordinate this effort. We invite our non-member friends to join us in this project, even from out of town. You need not be here to participate; all you need to do is read the selected portion. Please do not select the same portion you studied last year! The Rabbi has a copy of previous participants in case you have forgotten what you have done over the past years of this project.
1. GENESIS Ch.1-25 25. HOSEA, JOEL & AMOS
2. GENESIS Ch.26-50 26. JONAH, MICAH, NAHUM & HABAKKUK 3. EXODUS Ch.1-20 27. ZEPHANIAH, HAGGAI, 4. EXODUS Ch.21-40 ZACHARIAH & MALACHI
5. LEVITICUS Ch.1-13 28. THREE MEGILLOT OF ESTHER, RUTH & LAMENTATIONS 6. LEVITICUS Ch.14-27 29. TWO MEGILLOT OF SONG 7. NUMBERS Ch.1-18 OF SONGS & ECCLESIASTES
8. NUMBERS Ch.19-36 30. DANIEL
9. DEUTERONOMY Ch.1-17 31. EZRA
10. DEUTERONOMY Ch.18-34 32. NEHEMIAH
11. JOSHUA 33. PROVERBS Ch. 1-16
12. JUDGES 34. PROVERBS Ch.17-31
13. I SAMUEL 35. PSALMS Ch.1-26
14. II SAMUEL 36. PSALMS Ch.27-50
15. I KINGS 37. PSALMS Ch.51-74
16. II KINGS 38. PSALMS Ch.75-99
17. ISAIAH Ch.1-20 39. PSALMS Ch.100-118
18. ISAIAH Ch.21-39 40. PSALMS Ch.119-150
19. ISAIAH Ch.40-67 41. JOB
20. JEREMIAH Ch.1-17 42. I CHRONICLES Ch.1-11
21. JEREMIAH Ch.18-35 43. I CHRONICLES Ch.12-29
22. JEREMIAH Ch.36-52 44. II CHRONICLES Ch.1-18
23. EZEKIEL Ch.1-23 45. II CHRONICLES Ch.19-36
24. EZEKIEL Ch.24-48
Pesach To Do List:
Cooking Cleaning Shopping Reservations
Don’t Forget To Prepare Your Mind: Pre-Pesach Classes at Young Israel of Hollywood- Ft. Lauderdale
Tuesday March 10, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary Pesach Products and Preparation Class with Rabbi Edward Davis
Wednesday March 18 at 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel: Kitniyot: A Case Study in Jewish Minhagim With Rabbi Jonathan Hirsch
Wednesday March 25 at 12:30 p.m. and repeated at 8:00 p.m. in Chapel Coffee and Conversation with Rabbi Davis Responding to Trials and Tribulations: What We Can Learn from Past Torah Luminaries
Thursday March 26 at 8:30 p.m. in the Chapel Hagaddah Ideas For Your Seder Table With Rabbi Yosef Weinstock
Check Shul Shabbat Announcements for any additions or changes to the Pre-Pesach Lecture Series. March 2015 Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. 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grandchildren Deborah Chames in honor of the birth of Robbie & Martha Ari, Benjamin & Eliza, Karina & Olivia Samuel’s son Chaim Shaya Herb & Edie Fishler in memory of his father and his aunt In honor of the birth of a granddaughter to Rabbi & Meira Avi & Sharon Frier in memory of her mother Davis and Fred & Lori Wittlin born to Gabi & Rena Wittlin David & Monica Genet in memory of his brother In honor of the engagement of Talia Dennis to Dr. Jake Ira & Miriam Ginsberg in memory of his father and her mother Freiman David & Arlene Goldberger in memory of her mother In memory of Mr. Erwin Katz Marty & Marcy Hoffman in memory of her mother Arnold & Paula Gassel in memory of Mr. Erwin Katz David & Hannah Hostyk & family in memory of her sister Benjamin & Lorelei Hammerman in memory of Tova Courtney’s Ed & Marilyn Kaplan in memory of her father mother Masha Moshkovsky Stephen & Roni Kurtz in memory of her grandmother Jeff & Fradelle Milrad to commemorate a Yahrzeit Sam & Arlene Lasko in 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A fundamental principle of the 1993 Oslo Accords was a commitment from both Israelis and Palestinians to pursue a two-state solution through direct, bilateral negotiations. More than two decades later, the United States continues to advocate for a peace process that is rooted in direct talks between the parties.
Lately, however, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has damaged the prospect of peace by breaking off bilateral talks with Israel and taking counterproductive actions.
In April 2014, the PA signed official appeals to join 15 international conventions and treaties. Later that month, Abbas formed a unity government with Hamas. In June, the Gaza-based terror group murdered three Israeli teens and launched a campaign of incessant rocket fire upon Israeli civilians.
In December, Jordan introduced a Palestinian drafted resolution to the United Nations Security Council, which intended to impose a full Israeli withdrawal to pre-1967 lines and establish a Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem, without concern for Israeli security needs.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) Samantha Power said the council’s resolution was “deeply imbalanced,” and did not take into account Israel’s security concerns. “Today’s staged confrontation in the U.N. Security Council will not bring the parties closer to achieving a two-state solution,” Power said on December 30, prior to voting against the measure. “This resolution sets the stage for more division, not for compromise.”
The 15-member council rejected the resolution after it received only eight out of the nine requisite votes for passage. The United States and Australia voted against the resolution, while five other nations abstained. The following day, Abbas signed the necessary paperwork to seek membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC). This move was a first step towards potentially investigating Israel for war crimes at the court.
Throughout history, American lawmakers have pressed the Palestinians to engage in bilateral talks with Israel and to avoid taking steps in the international arena to impose a solution. Today, the 114th Congress is reviewing U.S. aid to the PA, with the possibility of suspending all support to the PA in the wake of their recent actions. The decision by U.S. lawmakers to review financial assistance to the PA stems from America’s commitment to the vision of two states living peacefully side by side.
While both the U.S. and Israel remain committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a secure state of Israel, direct bilateral talks are the only viable path toward an enduring solution. Negotiations will only succeed if both parties enter them willingly, feel vested in them and intend to implement their results.
Congress has played a vital role in the peace process for decades. We should welcome the efforts of those members seeking to hold the Palestinians accountable for their counterproductive actions, so as to bring Abbas and the PA back to the negotiating table in pursuit of peace.
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