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11 Tammuz 5780 Bringing Moshiach Values July 3 2020 Into Our Homes Price: $4.95 no. 1219 יחי אדוננו מורנו ורבינו מלך המשיח לעולם ועד shabbos י“ב תמוז 07/04 Candle lighting Sunrise Latest shema Midday Sunset Shabbos ends 8:12 5:30 9:15 1:00 8:29 9:20 ג' פרקים: הלכות אבל פרקים ט-יא. פרק אחד: הלכות מלכים ומלחמותיהם פרק ז. ספר המצוות: מל״ת קסו Sunday Monday י“ד תמוז 07/06 י“ג תמוז I’m Sure It Will Be Fulfilled” 07/05“ Sunrise Latest shema Sunset Sunrise Latest shema Sunset Mrs. Fruma Ita Simpson, was the wife of Rabbi Eliyahu Yaichel (Simpson). 5:31 9:15 8:29 5:31 9:16 8:29 She and her family enjoyed and merited to have a very special connection with ג' פרקים . הלכות מלכים ומלחמותיהם פרקים א-ג ג' פרקים . הלכות אבל פרקים יב-יד פרק אחד . הלכות מלכים ומלחמותיהם פרק ט פרק אחד . הלכות מלכים ומלחמותיהם פרק ח Beis HaRav — the Rebbe and his family. Her son, Rabbi Sholom Mendel, was ס' המצוות . מ״ע קעג. מל״ת שסב. שסד. שסג. שסה ס' המצוות . מל״ת קסו .one of the Rebbe’s secretaries Once, he wrote a letter regarding his mother’s health, and that the family requests a “bracha that very soon the Rebbe shlita’s bracha should be fulfilled.” In response, the Rebbe wrote: Tuesday Wednesday ט“ז תמוז 07/08 ט“ו תמוז 07/07 Sunrise Latest shema Sunset Sunrise Latest shema Sunset 5:32 9:16 8:29 5:32 9:16 8:28 ג' פרקים . הלכות מלכים ומלחמותיהם פרקים ז-ט ג' פרקים . הלכות מלכים ומלחמותיהם פרקים ד-ו פרק אחד . הלכות מלכים ומלחמותיהם פרק יא פרק אחד . הלכות מלכים ומלחמותיהם פרק י ספר המצוות. מל״ת מו. מ״ע קצ. מל״ת נו. נז. מ״ע קצב. קצג ספר המצוות מ״ע קפז. מל״ת מט. מ״ע קפח. קפט. מל״ת נט Thursday Friday י“ח תמוז 07/10 י“ז תמוז 07/09 Sunrise Latest shema Sunset Sunrise Latest shema Sunset הזכרתיה היום על הציון הק' ובטחוני שתקויים 5:33 9:17 8:28 5:34 9:171 8:27 I have mentioned her today on the holy Tziyun [of my father in law, the Rebbe] ג' פרקים . אז לא אבוש וגו›. כל המצוות . ימי שנת החמה ג' פרקים . הלכות מלכים ומלחמותיהם פרקים י-ב .and I’m sure it [the bracha] will be fulfilled פרק אחד אז לא אבוש גו›. כל המצוות . מה› אלוקי ישראל פרק אחד . הלכות מלכים ומלחמותיהם פרק יב ספר המצוות .הספר הזה ... שזכרנו. ואני עתה מתחיל... במצות ספר המצוות מ״ע קצא. ריד. מל״ת שיא. נח. מ״ע רכא. מל״ת רסג. רסד The times on this page are for Brooklyn, NY 11 TAMMUZ 5780 7 preferable for them to bake fresh chal- lah every week. Halacha2go.com #430* In issue #1214, we published an earlier ver- sion of the following halacha; we present here ASK The Rav Does accumulating dough in the an updated and corrected version: freezer create a shiur for sepa- Is Listening to Recorded MP3 Shiurim rating challah? Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun Considered Learning Torah? One of the rules of hafrashas challah The mitzva of Talmud Torah consists of 2 is that if different batches of dough are mitzvos: 1) v’lemadetem osam (and you shall placed in the same bowl, even if each study them), 2) vehagisa bo yomam va’layla (and individual portion is less than the shiur you shall meditate in it by day and by night). (requisite amount) for separating chal- In order to fulfill the mitzva ofv’limadetem lah, hasal metzarfan (the ‘basket’ [or Can I Save Up Dough osam one is required to utter the words. Other- receptacle] combines them) into one wise he does not fulfill this mitzva which is to large dough; by virtue of the fact that verbalize the words of Torah. for Hafrashas Challah? they are in the same bowl, challah must now be separated. A tanur (oven), on Indeed, when emphasizing the importance the other hand, does not combine the of studying Torah at all times, the expression A collection of Halachos on one of the pillars of a Jewish home, used in the Torah is, “Lo yamush sefer ha’Torah batches of dough placed inside it; if each the Mitzvah of Hafrashas Challah, from Halacha2Go.com and AskTheRav.com hazeh mi’picha,” the words of Torah should not batch placed in the oven is less than the by Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, Mara D’asra and member of the Crown Heights Beis Din cease from your mouth. However, when one is shiur, they remain exempt from challah. intent on understanding a concept in learning or A related, oft-asked question is a halacha in depth they need not enunciate the 2) Jewish women want to honor Shabbos by How Much Challah Should I Bake? whether storing different batches of words, as one can’t concentrate when speaking. baking challah themselves instead of buying it. Q. Is it preferable to bake challah every dough, or even baked goods, in a fridge If a person is attending a shiur, Torah lec- 3) They want to separate challah on erev week for Shabbos even if it’s less than the or freezer—whether for mishloach ture, and they are listening to the magid shiur, Shabbos, since that is the opportune time for shiur (minimum requirement) for taking manos, for Shabbos, or for whatever lecturer, it is considered as if they are speaking fulfilling the mitzvah of hafrashas challah. challah, or to bake a large batch every few reason—would serve to halachically themselves, as per the rule of shomei’a k’oneh, if weeks in order to be able to be mafrish chal- Since freezers are readily available these combine those batches of dough in the a person listens it is as though he is speaking, lah (separate challah) with a bracha? days, a question has arisen among contempo- manner described above. The com- thereby fulfilling the mitzva of v’limadetem osam. rary poskim: If someone does not need enough mon custom is that different batches However, by listening to an audio or video A. Jewish women have the custom of baking challah each week for a shiur challah, is it pref- of dough in the same freezer are not challah on erev Shabbos instead of buying it recording of a Torah class, or by reading erable to bake a large batch every few weeks, considered cumulative for separating silently from a sefer, one cannot fulfill the from the store. [The Rama writes, Ve’ein“ lesha- and to take challah with a bracha, and put the challah. There are a number of reasons mitzva of v’limadetem, rather only the mitzva nos”, one should not change this custom unless, rest in the freezer, or is it better to bake a small to justify this practice: the fridge and of ve’hagisa bo yomam va’layla which is fulfilled of course, absolutely necessary.] batch of fresh challah every week? There are dif- freezer are mechubar l’karka (connected by learning Torah even while not uttering the There are a number of reasons for this cus- fering opinions among contemporary poskim. to the ground by virtue of being plugged words. Therefore, he still has the mitzva of tom: The following is an acceptable approach: If the in); the portions of dough weren’t Talmud Torah, as well as increasing one’s Torah frozen challah (or the challah baked using fro- placed there with the intention to com- knowledge which is an important mitzva in itself 1) In the olden times there were not many zen dough) tastes as good, or almost as good, bine them; they’re in separate bags, and of yedi’as haTorah – a praiseworthy activity. Jewish bakeries, and people ate pas paltar to the person as freshly baked challah, then it‘s many other reasons. Although each of (bread baked by a professional non-Jewish One should also be cognizant of the impor- preferable to bake a large batch every few weeks these factors on its own is not sufficient, baker), which is permissible according to the in order to be able to separate challah with a tance Torah ascribes to amal Torah, laboring in these factors collectively serve to ex- strict halacha; but for Shabbos they wished to bracha. However, if the person finds that freez- Torah, which is not achieved by simply listening empt the dough from becoming obligat- to a recording of a shiur. be mehader, and to eat bread baked by a Jew. ing the challah compromises its taste, then it’s ed in challah. Halacha2go.com #503* 8 BEIS MOSHIACH 11 TAMMUZ 5780 9 HHiskashrusiskashrus ,, there are also those KADDISH PRAYER: FILLING IN THE VOID who try to “humanize” the Incidentally, the above understanding of the Rebbe by deemphasizing his terms chilul and Kiddush respectively as a void spirituality, his closeness and a filling in of the void provides a rationale Rabbi Heschel for our recitation of the Kaddish prayer upon Greenberg to G-d, his prophetic the loss of a loved one. predictions, the many When a person passes away, the soul—a part miracles, etc., to make him of G-d—departs from this physical world and more accessible to the leaves a gaping hole behind. G-dly energy and HUMANIZING FOR OUR SELF-ESTEEM light that heretofore illuminated the world of common person. even the lowliest Jew has gone missing. That vacuum must be filled in by the recitation of can discern two reasons why people TEMPORARY LAPSES Kaddish, which extols G-d’s greatness and re- One might want to humanize even the introduces the G-dly light that was withdrawn greatest tzaddikim.