The holy Seforim write that during the daytime on Tuesday of Parshas Beshalach (Today) it is a Segulah for Parnassah to recite the Parshas HaMann Sh'nayim Mikrah V'echad Targum, reading the Pesukim twice and the Targum Onkelos once.
Please, when davening to Hashem to provide sustenance for yourself and your family, have in mind as well that Hashem provide Parnassah to all of Klal Yisroel, many of whom are suffering terribly with a lack of Parnassah. Chazal teach us that one who prays for someone else in need, and they need that same thing, the one praying for their friend will be answered first!
Click here for the Parshas HaMann and the Targum.
Note: The Prayer following the Pesukim(Last two paragraphs beginning with Atah Hu Hashem Levadecha etc.) should be said only after the Targum has been recited as well.
Click Here to see an English translation of the Parshas Hamann
CURRENT TOPIC:
HALACHOS OF MELAVE MALKA
1)
Some Poskim rule that no special dishes need to be prepared beyond what
is already there and will be eaten for the Melave Malka. (Mishna Berura Siman 300:1)
Other
Poskim, however, maintain that it is indeed proper to prepare a new
dish in honor of Melave Malka, and not simply to eat leftovers from the
Shabbos meals. (Sha'arei Teshuva Siman 300:1 quoting the MaHarsha to Shabbos 119b. See also Kaf HaChaim Siman 300:8)
2)
Some say that if meat cannot be eaten, at least fish should be eaten at
the Seudas Melave Malka, as fish is also a respectable dish. (See Aruch HaShulchan Siman 300:3)
Some people, especially in Chasidic circles, are particular to eat garlic at the Melave Malka meal. (See Ba'al Shem Tov Parashas Yisro page 358)
If
one does not enjoy, or is not interested in eating a fleishig meal,
many Poskim rule that it is totally acceptable to eat a dairy meal, as
this can be just as respectable as a meat meal. Indeed this is the
prevalent Minhag of many scrupulous Jews.
QUESTION&ANSWER CORNER
Reader
Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we
covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers.
Although
the answers I give to questions are taken directly from the Sifrei
HaPoskim, and aren't my own, they are still for study purposes
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Reader's Question:
Does the candle used by havdalah have to be dipped in the wine to be put out?
Answer:
No,
it can be put out any way, but since it is a proper minhag not to blow
out candles with one's mouth (See Kolbo Siman 118, Shu"t Shalmas Chaim
Vol. 2 Siman 8, ben Ish Chai year 2 parashas Pinchos Siman 18 and Kaf
HaChaim Yoreh Deah Siman 116:16), the common custom (as brought in Rama
Siman 296:1) is to extinguish it in the spilled wine of Havdallah.
CHIZUK CORNER
This
section is dedicated L'Ilui Nishmos the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav
Chaim Yaakov Stein Zatzal and the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Noson Tzvi
Finkel Zatzal. May we all strive to follow in their ways and may they
both be Melitzei Yosher for all of Klal Yisroel.
We
will B'Ezras Hashem post here each day a short inspirational thought to
help us all improve our lives and grow in our service of our Father in
heaven, HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
Growing
in purity is often like a caterpillar climbing a staircase. For the
caterpillar, stairs are a challenge. After a short upwards incline, the
caterpillar reaches a plateau, a long flat surface that is not going up
at all. Things go smoothly for a while as the caterpillar traverses this
surface, until the he hits a wall. It seems like the end of the road.
The journey has reached a dead end.
But after bumping into this
wall, the caterpillar looks around and realizes that the journey is not
over at all. The only way is up. So the caterpillar starts climbing. He
then understands that this was not a dead end. It was the next step
upwards, to reach a new height. What seemed like an obstacle was
actually an invitation to go higher.
The
same happens in our Avodas Hashem. After an initial high, we come to a
flat period where things coast along. Suddenly, the Yetzer Hara attacks
again and new obstacles appear that seem to threaten everything we've
gained until now. It looks like we've failed and the journey is over.
But this is normal. We are being beckoned to go to a higher level, to
raise ourselves above our current state and reach upward. It is at this
moment that we need to look up and start climbing.
Growing
closer to Hashem is not always a steep incline. That would be too
exhausting. The plateaus give us time to reenergize, and they are just
there to prepare us to go to the next level. But the challenge is in
front of you. Grab it, and caterpillar your way to new heights!
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