26 Menachem Av
Some communities have a minhag to check sifrei Torah weekly to make sure that the sefer is perfectly kosher. Especially during Elul, we review the sifrei Torah to ascertain whether they are in need of any repair.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
26 comments:
can anyone recomend a good sofer in the bosten area ?
what days do rosh hashana come out this year ? does one have to take of both days ?
Roshhashana falls out this year on Sept 30 and oct 1st. Tuesday and wednesday.
Yes both days.
Parents must set good examples for their children and come to an agreement concerning decisions in all areas in life. it takes a lot of prayer and alot of hard work to raise good children, but the main thing is to set a good example.
In berachos 59a it says: thunder was created only to straigten out the crookedness of the heart. As Elul approaches we all feel a certain sense of awe. We should apply the gemara and use it to starigten out ourselves.
It is easy to acquire an enemy, but difficult to acquire a friend.
(Yalkut Shimoni, Ve'etchanun 845)
We learn in Talmud Yerushalmi, Berachos 1:5, that it is written, "give your heart to me my son; let your eyes watch My ways.(Mishlei, 23:26) Hash-m tells us, "if you give me your heart and eyes, I know you're Mine."
Elul is an acronym for: "Ani ledodi vedodi li" this is a specail time when we should increase our ahavas yisroel, loving a fellow yid.
The Pre-megadim says that although a person needs to say vidoy in order to gain Kapara, Hirhurei Teshuva-thoughts of Teshuva alone can take a person out of the classification of being a Rasha.
Tefilla bli kavana is Keguf bli neshama- Tefilla without intention is a body without the soul.
R' Moshe Kubriner said, "Halavai, I would know that I said 'Amen' once with the proper Kavana."
One should not leave shul early because the Malach comes at the end of tefillah to gather tefilos in bundles and take them to Shamayim.
Chazal tell us we should not worry about our own needs first. If we would put the needs of the king before our own, we would surely be answered.
Chazal tell us we should not worry about our own needs first. If we would put the needs of the king before our own, we would surely be answered.
what is the way to begin doing teshuva ?
The first step of doing Teshuva is Charata- regret. In short, on must feel bad about commiting the sin, but more importantly, feel bad for having forsaken Hash-m.
The next step is to admit you did it(Vidoy)and daven to Hash-m. Pour out your heart and say exactly how you feel, what you think and what you need and daven to be answered.
The 3rd step is to just leave the sin-azivas hachet. (some say this is the 1st step b/c if one is still in the same environment or around what provokes them to sin, their Teshuva is Batul b/c they can still commit the sin afterwards.)Leave the purpose behind your sin somewhere else. don't place yourself in an area in which you feel like you are testing yourself and that you will like fail. (EVERYONE has a weakness, and discover yours and build it to a stregnth)
and the last step is to make amends and say to yourself and Hash-m you will not do it again- kabalas al ha'usid. (this is a difficult "promise" to make b/c we never know what the future holds, but we must do everything in OUR power to make sure we don't fall back into the Yetzer's trap and sin [make gedarim for ourselves]. The biggest way to accomplish these steps are to DAVEN wholeheartedly to Hash-m Yisbarach, our father in heaven.)
elul is the begining of the Yomim Na'ara'im. it is a specail time to do Teshuvaand reflect on the past year.
it has been recorded that R' Yisroel salanter, ZTL, used to hear Rosh Chodesh Bentching for elul, you could see a visible change in him from Shachris to Musaf.
During elul, we increase our Yiras Shamayim. One of the things Amalek wanted to do to us was to cool us off so that we would no longer have any Yiras shamayim. In fact this is one of the things the Torah tells us about Amalek.
what should one do if they still feel guilty and nervous even after having done teshuva?
R' Yosef became ill and passed on,but later his neshama came back to him. His father, R' Yehoshua asked him what he saw in the Olam haemes? R' Yosef answered that everything was upside down. the high people were at the bottom pits and the lowest people were at the highest heights.
R' Yehoshua said, "you saw a clear world."
where is a good area one should consider REALLY doing Teshuva in especially in the upcoming days, the month of Elul??
Or what should be an areaone should be more careful in or be more stringent in?????
it is important to concentrate on both areas, teshuva and perfecting a midda. It is good general overhaul of everything but also pick one particular midda or mitzva and try to perfect it. Specifically, in the area one finds to be the weakest in and has a downfall in.
The Zohar tells us that when Eisav realized that Yaakov had already recieved the berachos from Yitzchakhe began to cry bitter tears. Becuase of those tears HKBH blessed him with all the materialistic goods in the world.
The Zohar asks when will this Galus be over? It is when the children of Yaakov cry as SINCERELY as Eisav did.
it says "Eitz Ha'chaim He"- it's a tree of life to those who cling on to it.R' Moshe aharon Stern said that the tree was in the center of the garden- it means that a person can reach the Torah from ANY direction!
healthy guilt is good; unhealthy guilt is not. Healthy guilt brings us to Charata- regret which is a part of Teshuva process. Therefore one must utilize their guilt to bring them closer to Hash-m and a higher level of Teshuva, and not be nervous and feel bad about themselves. One must have a positive self-image.
Post a Comment