Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Netzavim- VaYeilech
September 3 2010
24 Elul 5770; 6 Days to Rosh Hashana 5771; Today is the LAST EREV SHABBOS of the Year!
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SPECIAL DOUBLE PORTION L'KAVOD SHABBOS KODESH
Halachos for Erev Shabbos Kodesh
1) It is customary at weddings to have the Chupah (canopy) be outside or at least under an opening in the ceiling.
The reason for this is that having it under an open sky is a good sign for the newly married couple to be blessed with children like the stars in the sky (i.e. to produce good children) (Rama Even HaEzer Siman 61:2)
2) While standing under the Chupah, the Choson (groom) should stand to the left of the Kallah (bride) to symbolize that his soon to be wife will be his "right hand". (Based on a Posuk. See Be'er Heitiv Even HaEzer Siman 61:7)
There is no difference if the Choson and/or Kallah are right or left handed regarding this Halacha, as the Choson always stands to the left of the Kallah. (See Shu"t Be'er Moshe Vol. 2 Siman 2:4)
Halachos for Shabbos Kodesh
1) While under the Chuppah, the Choson places a ring on the finger of the Kallah, and pronounces her his wife by saying "Harei At Mekudeshes Li B'Taba'as Zu K'Da'as Moshe V'Yisroel, Behold, you are married to me with this ring according to the mandate of Moshe and the Jewish nation" (i.e. according to both Torah and rabbinic law) (See Shulchan Aruch and Rama Even HaEzer Siman 27:1)
2) It is customary for the Choson to use his right hand to hold the ring and to place it onto the right index finger of the Kallah.
If either the Choson or the Kallah are left handed, there are some opinions that rule that the Choson use his "stronger" hand (i.e. his left if he is left handed) to place the ring on the "stronger" hand of the Kallah (her left hand, if she is left handed)
Other Poskim, however, rule that regardless it should be placed on the Kallah's right hand. (See Shu"t Be'er Moshe ibid. See also Ben Ish Chai Parshas Shoftim Siman 1:7)
For Halacha L'ma'aseh, as with everything, a Rav must be consulted.
This brings us to the end of our coverage of the Halachos of "Lefties and Righties". I hope that we have become enriched by it and now have a better understanding of this topic.
Before we begin a brand new topic, We shall B'Ezras Hashem Revisit some of the Halachos of Selichos, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkos that we have covered in years past, and hopefully , as we go along , also touch upon some new areas that we have not yet discussed.
Wishing all of my dear readers a kesiva V'Chasima Tovah to you and your families.
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Reader's Question:
It is said very often on a daily basis and it puzzles me as to what the term "B'chochma" in the Bracha of Asher Yotzar refers to.
Is it referring to the Ribono Shel Olam that He utilized wisdom in creating us or that the Ribono Shel Olam created or instilled wisdom in the human being?
Answer:
There are different Pshatim in the Meforshim if the "B'Chochma" is going on Hashem's Chochma, that He created us with wisdom, only after having prepared food in the world, otherwise we wouldnt be able to survive. (See Talmud Brachos 60b and Tosfos there and see Talmud Sanhedrin 38a. Also see Bach Siman 6 ).
The MaharSha, Levush and others learn that B'Chochma is going on that He created mankind with wisdom, unlike the rest of the animal kingdom. (See also Aruch HaShulchan Siman 6)
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As a Zechus for the Refuah Shelaima of one of the Gedolei HaDor, the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva , HaRav Chaim Stein Shlita, R' Chaim Yaakov ben Chasya Miriam, B'soch Sha'ar Cholei Yisroel, we will B'Ezras Hashem post here each day a short Chizuk thought to help us all improve our lives and grow in our service of our Father in heaven, HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
קוה אל ד', חזק ויאמץ לבך, וקוה אל ד'
Chizuk For Today:
There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in a beautiful antique store.
This trip was to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery, and especially teacups. Spotting an exceptional cup, they asked, "May we see that? We've never seen a cup quite so beautiful."
As the lady handed it to them, the tea cup spoke. "You don't understand," it said, "I have not always been a tea cup. There was a time when I was just a lump of red clay. My master took me and rolled me pounded and patted me over and over and I yelled out, 'Don't do that. I don't like it! Let me alone,' but he only smiled, and gently said, 'Not yet!'
"Then. WHAM! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. 'Stop it! I'm getting so dizzy! I'm going to be sick!', I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, quietly, 'Not yet.'
"He spun me and poked and prodded and bent me out of shape to suit himself and then....then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door. 'Help! Get me out of here!' I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as he shook his head from side to side, 'Not yet.'
"When I thought I couldn't bear it another minute, the door opened. He carefully took me out and put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. 'Oh, that felt so good! Ah, this is much better,' I thought. But, after I cooled he picked me up and he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. 'Oh, please; stop it, stop it!!' I cried. He only shook his head and said. 'Not yet!'
"Then suddenly he put me back in to the oven. Only it was not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I just knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. I was convinced I would never make it. I was ready to give up.
"Just then the door opened and he took me out and again placed me on the shelf, where I cooled and waited and waited, wondering, What's he going to do to me next? An hour later he handed me a mirror and said 'Look at yourself.' And I did.
"I said, 'That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful!' "Quietly he spoke: 'I want you to remember, then,' he said, 'I know it hurt to be rolled and pounded and patted, but had I just left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled. I know it hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked. I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened. You would not have had any color in your life. If I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't have survived for long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. Now you are what I had in mind when I first began with you."
G-d knows what He's doing in each of us. He is the potter, and we are His clay. He will mold us and make us, and expose us to just enough pressures of just the right kinds that we may be made into a flawless piece of work to fulfill His good, pleasing and perfect will.
So when life seems hard, and you are being pounded and patted and pushed almost beyond endurance; when your world seems to be spinning out of control; when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of trials; when life seems to "stink", try this:
Brew a cup of your favorite tea in your prettiest tea cup, sit down, and have a little talk with the Potter.
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