Today's halachos dedicated by daily reader, E.A.C.,as a zechus for a Refuah Shelaima for Rabbi Oziel Shlita,
Hayim Yosef ben Estrella
Rabbi Oziel, a very popular Rav in Miami is on life support, Hashem Yerachem. He took ill last week with a pneumonia and is deteriorating very rapidly.
He had a heart attack on Shabbos and is now having kidney failure. Rabbi Oziel is 43, has many children, bli ayin hara, and his wife is due in one month.
Please daven, learn Torah, do Mitzvos and/or give Tzedakah as a merit for his recovery.
May he have a full and speedy recovery among all the sick of Yisrael
CURRENT TOPIC:
HALACHOS OF ROSH CHODESH
1) It is
always proper to recite Birchas Hamazon loudly and clearly, as saying it
loud ensures that all the words are recited properly and also brings
about better Kavanah, concentration and understanding of the words being
recited. (See Mishna Berura Siman 185 S"K 3)
Moreover, it is praiseworthy to always recite Birchas Hamazon from a Siddur or Birchon, and not recite it from memory. (See what the Mishna Berura Siman 185 S"K 1 quotes from the Sefer Hachinuch and the Sefer Chasidim)
2) This is
especially important on Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh and other times when
additions are added to the text that aren't recited on a regular basis
(e.g. Retzei or Ya'aleh V'yavo) as saying it loudly and from within a
Siddur will make it less likely to inadvertently omit the required
additions of the day. (Mishna Berura Siman 185 S"K 3)
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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QUESTION:
What is the difference between emunah and bitachon?
ANSWER:
This
is a very fundamental question, and difficult to address in an email,
but I will try to answer your question as simply as I can. There are
many ways to answer this, but I will base my answer on the teachings of
the Chazon Ish and Rabbi Avigdor Miller Zichronam Livracha.
Emunah is a "concept" of
believing that everything that happens in this world, and even the world
itself, only happens because Hashem wills it so. The word Emuna is
wrongfully translated as "faith". The true meaning of the word Emunah
(and there are countless pesukim in Tanach to prove this) is "faithful",
"steady", "without wavering" (e.g. "VaYehi Yadav Emunah, and his hands
were steady" (Shmos 17:120). Meaning that no matter what happens to us
in life, no matter what circumstance we find ourselves, no matter if
things seem wrong etc. we do not stray from our belief that Hashem is
firmly in control, is doing what is best for the world at large and for
us as individuals. Much as a husband and wife must be "faithful" to one
another through thick and thin, so too must a jew be faithful to Hashem,
no matter what life throws his/her way.
Bitachon
is the "actualization" of Emunah. Bitachon is not worrying about
things, because we know Hashem is in charge. Bitachon is giving the poor
man your last dollar and knowing that Hashem will give you waht you
need. Bitachon is not getting upset when something doesnt go your way,
because if it went a different way, Hashem willed it so.
Bitachon
is ignoring your cell phone while you're davening, because you know you
are talking to Hashem and nothing bad can happen from doing what Hashem
wills of you, even if by doing so you will "risk" upsetting another
human who wanted you to answer that phone. etc.
CHIZUK CORNER
This
section is dedicated L'Ilui Nishmos the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav
Chaim Yaakov Stein Zatzal , the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Noson Tzvi
Finkel Zatzal and the Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Ohr, the great Posek
HaRav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg Zatzal.
May we all strive to follow in their ways and may they 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.
King David wrote: "The law of Hashem is perfect, comforting the soul" (Tehillim 19:8).
Likewise, the Torah tells us: "Be whole hearted (perfect) with Hashem, your G-d."
The connection between the two teaches us that the Jewish People and
Torah are one. Just as a sefer Torah is invalid if even one letter is
missing, the Jewish people are incomplete when even one Jew strays from
Torah.
Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor Zatzal quoted in Sefer Torah Tavlin
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