Hi,
"Mar Breih diRaveina fasted all year, except Shavuot, Purim and the day before Yom Kippur.
"Shavuot because that is the day when the Torah was given, Purim because Esther 9 identifies Purim as 'Days of feasting and joy', and the day before Yom Kippur as Chiyya bar Rav of Difti taught...One who eats and drinks on the 9th day of Tishrei (the day before Yom Kippur) is as though he had fasted on the 9th and the 10th."
(Talmud, Pesachim 68b)
גמר חתימה טובה,
Mordechai
Showing posts with label Yom Kippur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yom Kippur. Show all posts
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Yom Kippur and Purim
Hi,
The Zohar equates Purim and Yom Kippur (which is called
"Yom haKippurim" in the Torah).
The Piaseczner Rebbe, writing in the Warsaw Ghetto,
explained: Just as one is obligated to repent and fast on Yom Kippur, so one is
obligated to be joyous on Purim!
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Purim and Yom Kippur?
Hi,
[Note: In the Torah, Yom Kippur is called "Yom haKippurim".]
"The general approach in each Yom Tov is that half is for Gd and half is for you, but two days are exceptions to this rule. Yom Kippurim is entirely for Gd, and Purim is entirely for you.
"In truth, though, there is no exception to the rule. Yom Kippurim is 'Yom KiPurim [trans: a day like Purim]'. This means that both together create a single holiday, which includes Purim and Yom Kippur, and on this day we fulfill 'half for G-d, half for you.'"
(Vilna Gaon, cited in Rav Yitzchok Hutner's Pachad Yitzchak for Purim)
What do you do with this?
חג פורים שמח,
Mordechai
[Note: In the Torah, Yom Kippur is called "Yom haKippurim".]
"The general approach in each Yom Tov is that half is for Gd and half is for you, but two days are exceptions to this rule. Yom Kippurim is entirely for Gd, and Purim is entirely for you.
"In truth, though, there is no exception to the rule. Yom Kippurim is 'Yom KiPurim [trans: a day like Purim]'. This means that both together create a single holiday, which includes Purim and Yom Kippur, and on this day we fulfill 'half for G-d, half for you.'"
(Vilna Gaon, cited in Rav Yitzchok Hutner's Pachad Yitzchak for Purim)
What do you do with this?
חג פורים שמח,
Mordechai
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Animosity between Israel and Diaspora
Hi,
"Mishnah: They made a ramp for him [the person transporting the scapegoat on Yom Kippur], for the Babylonians would pull his hair, saying, 'Take it and go! Take it and go!'
"Rabbah bar bar Chanah said: They were not Babylonians; they were Alexandrians, but because the Israelis hated the Babylonians they identified this group by their name."
(Talmud, Yoma 66b)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
"Mishnah: They made a ramp for him [the person transporting the scapegoat on Yom Kippur], for the Babylonians would pull his hair, saying, 'Take it and go! Take it and go!'
"Rabbah bar bar Chanah said: They were not Babylonians; they were Alexandrians, but because the Israelis hated the Babylonians they identified this group by their name."
(Talmud, Yoma 66b)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
My light and my salvation
Hi,
Tehillim 27:1 says, "For David - Gd is my light and my salvation, from whom will I fear?"
"The sages explained this sentence to refer to Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur - Gd is my light on Rosh HaShanah and my salvation on Yom Kippur."
(Midrash, Vayyikra Rabbah 21:4)
Good chodesh,
Mordechai
Tehillim 27:1 says, "For David - Gd is my light and my salvation, from whom will I fear?"
"The sages explained this sentence to refer to Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur - Gd is my light on Rosh HaShanah and my salvation on Yom Kippur."
(Midrash, Vayyikra Rabbah 21:4)
Good chodesh,
Mordechai
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Feast on Purim!
Hi,
"Mar Breih diRaveina fasted all year, except Shavuot, Purim and the day before Yom Kippur.
"Shavuot because that is the day when the Torah was given, Purim because Esther 9 identifies Purim as, 'Days of feasting and joy,' and the day before Yom Kippur as Chiyya bar Rav of Difti taught...One who eats and drinks on the 9th day of Tishrei (the day before Yom Kippur) is as though he had fasted on the 9th and the 10th."
(Talmud, Pesachim 68b)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
"Mar Breih diRaveina fasted all year, except Shavuot, Purim and the day before Yom Kippur.
"Shavuot because that is the day when the Torah was given, Purim because Esther 9 identifies Purim as, 'Days of feasting and joy,' and the day before Yom Kippur as Chiyya bar Rav of Difti taught...One who eats and drinks on the 9th day of Tishrei (the day before Yom Kippur) is as though he had fasted on the 9th and the 10th."
(Talmud, Pesachim 68b)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Starting the accounting anew on Succot
Hi,
“This may be compared to a nation which needs to appease its king. When the king arrived within ten mil, the leaders came out and praised him, and he forgave one third of their burden. When the king arrived within five mil, the average people came out and praised him, and he forgave another third. When he entered the nation, everyone – men, women, children – came out and praised him, and he forgave everything. He said to them: What’s gone is gone; from here we will begin a new accounting.
“So on the eve of osh haShanah the leaders fast and Gd forgives one-third of their sins, and from Rosh haShanah to Yom Kippur individuals fast and Gd forgivens one-third of their sins, and on Yom Kippur all of them – men, women and children – fast, and Gd says to them: What’s gone is gone; from here we will begin a new accounting.
“From Yom Kippur to Succot all of Israel is involved in mitzvot – this one with his Succah, this one with his Lulav – and on the first day of Succot all of Israel stands before Gd with their lulavim and etrogim in Gd’s Name, and Gd says to them: What’s gone is gone; from here we will begin a new accounting.
“This is what Moshe meant when he told the Jews, ‘You shall take for yourselves on the first day.’”
(Midrash, Vayyikra Rabbah 30)
Chag sameach,
Mordechai
“This may be compared to a nation which needs to appease its king. When the king arrived within ten mil, the leaders came out and praised him, and he forgave one third of their burden. When the king arrived within five mil, the average people came out and praised him, and he forgave another third. When he entered the nation, everyone – men, women, children – came out and praised him, and he forgave everything. He said to them: What’s gone is gone; from here we will begin a new accounting.
“So on the eve of osh haShanah the leaders fast and Gd forgives one-third of their sins, and from Rosh haShanah to Yom Kippur individuals fast and Gd forgivens one-third of their sins, and on Yom Kippur all of them – men, women and children – fast, and Gd says to them: What’s gone is gone; from here we will begin a new accounting.
“From Yom Kippur to Succot all of Israel is involved in mitzvot – this one with his Succah, this one with his Lulav – and on the first day of Succot all of Israel stands before Gd with their lulavim and etrogim in Gd’s Name, and Gd says to them: What’s gone is gone; from here we will begin a new accounting.
“This is what Moshe meant when he told the Jews, ‘You shall take for yourselves on the first day.’”
(Midrash, Vayyikra Rabbah 30)
Chag sameach,
Mordechai
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Make sure to feast on Shavuot!
Hi,
"Mar Breih diRaveina fasted all year, except Shavuot, Purim and the day before Yom Kippur.
"Shavuot because that is the day when the Torah was given, Purim because Esther 9 identifies Purim as, 'Days of feasting and joy,' and the day before Yom Kippur as Chiyya bar Rav of Difti taught...One who eats and drinks on the 9th day of Tishrei (the day before Yom Kippur) is as though he had fasted on the 9th and the 10th."
(Talmud, Pesachim 68b)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
"Mar Breih diRaveina fasted all year, except Shavuot, Purim and the day before Yom Kippur.
"Shavuot because that is the day when the Torah was given, Purim because Esther 9 identifies Purim as, 'Days of feasting and joy,' and the day before Yom Kippur as Chiyya bar Rav of Difti taught...One who eats and drinks on the 9th day of Tishrei (the day before Yom Kippur) is as though he had fasted on the 9th and the 10th."
(Talmud, Pesachim 68b)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The value of preparing for a mitzvah, Part II
Hi,
"The Tur cited a midrash [as we saw here yesterday] that between Yom Kippur and Succot we are invovled in mitzvot of Lulav and Succah and we do not sin, and Gd declares that what is gone is gone.
"The Taz asked: How could these days be greater than Succot itself, when we fulfill the actual mitzvah – and yet, he says that the first day of Succot is first for the year’s accounting of sins!
"But this is not unlikely, for there is greater strength and salvation in the preparation for a mitzvah than in the fulfillment itself:
"First, this is because fulfilling the mitzvah is for a moment and preparation is eternal. Regarding this it is said, ‘You shall guard and you shall fulfill’ – based on the way a person guards himself continually, in order to be prepared to fulfill the mitzvot of HaShem. Certainly, all of the work he does to guard himself from the empty elements of this world is needed so that he will be prepared to fulfill the mitzvot of HaShem, and his ability to fulfill the mitzvah will match his level of purity.
"Also, because of the way one guards himself he then merits to fulfill the mitzvah and be guarded from all harm, as it is written, ‘One who guards a mitzvah will know of nothing bad.’
"Further, who can fulfill a mitzvah according to all of its precepts? But the desire and preparation for a mitzvah is all in order to perform it according to Divine desire, and therefore that preparation and joy in arriving at the mitzvah opportunity is very important."
(Sfat Emet to Parshat Haazinu)
Moadim l'simchah,
Mordechai
"The Tur cited a midrash [as we saw here yesterday] that between Yom Kippur and Succot we are invovled in mitzvot of Lulav and Succah and we do not sin, and Gd declares that what is gone is gone.
"The Taz asked: How could these days be greater than Succot itself, when we fulfill the actual mitzvah – and yet, he says that the first day of Succot is first for the year’s accounting of sins!
"But this is not unlikely, for there is greater strength and salvation in the preparation for a mitzvah than in the fulfillment itself:
"First, this is because fulfilling the mitzvah is for a moment and preparation is eternal. Regarding this it is said, ‘You shall guard and you shall fulfill’ – based on the way a person guards himself continually, in order to be prepared to fulfill the mitzvot of HaShem. Certainly, all of the work he does to guard himself from the empty elements of this world is needed so that he will be prepared to fulfill the mitzvot of HaShem, and his ability to fulfill the mitzvah will match his level of purity.
"Also, because of the way one guards himself he then merits to fulfill the mitzvah and be guarded from all harm, as it is written, ‘One who guards a mitzvah will know of nothing bad.’
"Further, who can fulfill a mitzvah according to all of its precepts? But the desire and preparation for a mitzvah is all in order to perform it according to Divine desire, and therefore that preparation and joy in arriving at the mitzvah opportunity is very important."
(Sfat Emet to Parshat Haazinu)
Moadim l'simchah,
Mordechai
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The value of preparing for a mitzvah, Part I
Hi,
"Immediately after Yom Kippur people involve themselves in mitzvot of Succah and Lulav and do not perform transgressions. Therefore, the first day of Succot is identified as “First” in the Torah – because it is the first of the year’s accounting of sins."
(Tur Orach Chaim 581)
to be continued...
Moadim l'simchah,
Mordechai
"Immediately after Yom Kippur people involve themselves in mitzvot of Succah and Lulav and do not perform transgressions. Therefore, the first day of Succot is identified as “First” in the Torah – because it is the first of the year’s accounting of sins."
(Tur Orach Chaim 581)
to be continued...
Moadim l'simchah,
Mordechai
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