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July 19 2010
8 Menachem Av 5770; Erev Tisha B'Av; Fast Begins at Sunset
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כל המתאבל על ירושלים זוכה ורואה בשמחתה. בבא בתרא דף ס
Whoever mourns the destruction of Jerusalem will merit seeing its rejoicing. Talmud Bava Basra 60b
1) Smoking cigarettes/Cigars is prohibited on Tisha B'Av. Some authorities allow it after Chatzos (midday) if done secretly. (Many contemporary Poskim prohibit smoking altogether, even the rest of the year. See Q&A # 542 here )
Even one who will not be fasting on Tisha B'Av (for halachically acceptable medical reasons) should still partake of the Seudah HaMafsekes (the final meal on the eve of the fast)(Halichos Shlomo Perek 15:2)
2) Non leather shoes that are very comfortable (such as cozy slippers, air sneakers, crocs, etc.), although M'Ikar Hadin they may be worn on Tisha B'Av, there is valid Halachic room for stringency to avoid wearing them. The Chazon Ish and other Gedolei Yisroel would not wear any shoes on Tisha B'Av and spent the day
in socks or with very thin footwear only so that they would "feel the floor". (See Halichos Shlomo Perek 15:4. Rav Moshe Sternbuch shlita and Rav Nisim Karelitz shlita also rule as such and say that a Yerei Shomayim should avoid shoes that are worn all year round for comfort, even if they aren't leather)
Even those who are more lenient on Yom Kippur and wear comfortable non leather shoes, should be more stringent on Tisha B'Av as we try to minimize comforts on Tisha B'Av as much as possible. (Halichos Shlomo Perek 15 footnote 5 quoting the Sha'arei Teshuva Siman 554:11 and footnotes Orchos Halacha there 19-21)
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Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A pages on the Halacha For Today website.
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Reader's Question:
May one purchase and give a gift to his wife during the Nine Days?
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If it isnt an expensive gift it may be given (to a spouse, or to anyone else) during the 9 days, except for on Tisha B'Av itself, where it is prohibited to give gifts. ( See Mishna Berura Siman 554:41 and Shu"t Mikdash Yisroel Siman 83)
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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:
QUESTION:
Who needs the Bais Hamikdash if there is Olam Habah?
ANSWER: (by Rav Avigdor Miller Zatzal):
And the answer is. Who needs Olam Hazeh if there is Olam Habah? The answer is, Olam Hazeh is the place where you have opportunity. You know, when Reb Elazar Hagadol was about to pass away, the Talmidim came to him. They said, Rabainu Lamdainu Orchos Chaim, teach us the ways of life. He told them a few things. The first thing he told them is, Hizaharu B'chvod Chaveraichem, be careful with the honor of your fellow Jew. That's the number one! You hear? A man, just before he is dying, and he is giving instructions to his Talmidim. Number one on the list, Hizaharu B'chvod Chaveraichem. Be careful with your friends, your wife and your husband, with your neighbors, with your Chaveirim, Hizaharu. That's so important.
Now we know why we have friends and neighbors, why you are married. It's all to test you. Hakadosh Baruch Hu wants us to utilize the opportunity. Not everybody is easy to deal with, and even the best people, sometimes are not so easy to deal with them. And we have to always keep in mind, that's our perfection. That's your Sh'laimus, if you know how to deal with people. Be careful with the honor of your fellow Jew, and of your husband, and of your wife, and of others. Don't talk against them. Your mother in law, your daughter in law, your Mechutonim, Hizaharu, be careful with everybody's Kavod. That's the number one requirement of a Jew, and that's why we are in this world. So why did Hashem make our fellow man? To test us. Why did He make some people stubborn? Some people Akshanim, Balei Gaivoh? To test us. You can get along with them? That's your Sh'laimus, everything in the world is to make you better.
Now, The Bais Hamikdash was one of the most glorious opportunities to become better. If you can walk in the Bais Hamikdash in the olden days, and you can see how Kohanim B'avodosam, how the Kohanim served Hashem, you would actually feel that Hakadosh Baruch Hu lives in this house. You know what a feeling that is? Hakadosh Baruch Hu is Shocain Babayis Hazeh, that's Emunah, to gain a feeling which is true. Hashem dwells among the Bnei Yisroel, Ha'Shocain B'toch Bnei Yisroel. If you have a building where Hashem lives, that's His address where you bring offerings to Him. The Emuna Chushis, the real feeling of seeing Hashem's home, that you get by seeing the Karbanos, and the way the Karbanos are served with Yirah, with great fear by the Kohanim. The greatest kind of respect in every little detail, and it had an impression on those that saw it that lasted forever. You went away from the Bais Hamikdash, and their minds were changed forever.
And so we gain Emunah from the Bais Hamikdash. And now we mourn, we weep for that lost opportunity. So now what do you do? Now you have to do other things, whatever you can to gain Emunah. And therefore when we talk about the loss of the Bais Hamikdash, it's a loss of opportunity to become great. Today there are other opportunities. Yes! Learn Torah, learn Mesillas Yesharim, learn Chovas Halvavos, absolutely, there are ways of becoming great today too. And therefore when people utilize these ways, Hashem says, I'll give you credit as if you had a Bais Hamikdash, and if you utilize it properly, to make the preparation that you are supposed to prepare in this world for your career in the world to come.
Submitted by C.R.S; Taken from the "A Moment with Rabbi Avigdor Miller Z"L" weekly email. To subscribe send an email to tikotzky@gmail.com
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