tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114250012024-03-18T02:32:27.411-04:00YGB - יג"בRabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
הרב יוסף גבריאל בקהופרYosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comBlogger1995125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-66186025984756734882024-03-18T02:31:00.007-04:002024-03-18T02:31:51.523-04:00Pachad Yitzchok on Purim, Reshimos 14,13,15<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/ExyCpKGC4vI?si=zmvSRYtyQUFZKwee" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">From Rav Hutner's Yiddish <i>reshimos </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">from the Purim Seudos at Chaim Berlin.</span></span></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-18536497931146174492024-03-18T02:04:00.009-04:002024-03-18T02:04:53.255-04:00The Shechinah in Galus and HaMelech in the Megillah<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/9DwwViVMdIE?si=pGifHQ-dkql94CPN" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9DwwViVMdIE/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><b>Reb Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin, <i>Risisei Lyla</i> #19</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-71003907108212985072024-03-18T01:57:00.003-04:002024-03-18T01:57:12.269-04:00Getting Married and Making Siyumim on Purim<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/omQHu7tGWvc?si=Ap0PgZ35AHwhapIV" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/omQHu7tGWvc/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group <a href="https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS">https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS</a></span></span></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-35467811030947744672024-03-13T00:58:00.006-04:002024-03-13T00:58:35.259-04:00Hasach in Megillas Esther: The Meshech Chochmo<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;">The <i>Meshech Chochmo</i> on <i>Hasach </i>(Daniel)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/UKzBG7vkad0?si=PbvG82O8zTASQHPK" width="480"></iframe></span></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-10908869378867871832024-03-13T00:48:00.004-04:002024-03-13T00:48:53.852-04:00Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 6: "Hizharu BaDivreichem!" Three Dangerously Foolish Pronouncements: Rav Eliyahu Mali, Rav Yitzchak Yosef, Shmuel Greenberg; and Pointing Achashveirosh's Finger at Harvey the Giant Rabbit<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga2TpmDCY_Cr7xU5_EVufQnnjoq0Oyy7o7HhDj-KZylESYFdGtkbG27QIh1S0CaQNow6VcCbae1j5KHU8xsOwO_u7vi-dk-HrFiD7C13BTznb3NyP-DAy4F4SePO2ZXJFScxEyIPLcuUgHbmHz2FS_y_Y9Nv7_yygJcadIVmnASyeKBQ0VHt9A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga2TpmDCY_Cr7xU5_EVufQnnjoq0Oyy7o7HhDj-KZylESYFdGtkbG27QIh1S0CaQNow6VcCbae1j5KHU8xsOwO_u7vi-dk-HrFiD7C13BTznb3NyP-DAy4F4SePO2ZXJFScxEyIPLcuUgHbmHz2FS_y_Y9Nv7_yygJcadIVmnASyeKBQ0VHt9A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc2ZuoyHC0bSfBGmpPytQTfOVQec5NIyAQ-NNZ9QwjaLx0b_aFp_7Tgp8ARLFRJaX2WerDFQ8IjGRfDrJKDeC_kTUWiwtakOzQloaxOPdsXWFk8eXxN_q0FvzQwh8db7Zaae3o2Tjsv8nt2SQ6ZGUymf4uCTZ042Q1_SbHSr2vRB_iaGVbGmeq" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 6:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/76991" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/76991</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"Hizharu BaDivreichem!"</i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><b>Three Dangerously Foolish Pronouncements:</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Rav Eliyahu Mali</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Rav Yitzchak Yosef</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Shmuel Greenberg</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">and</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Pointing Achashveirosh's Finger</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>at Harvey the Giant Rabbit</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_aAl972x_mOJgH2qt5WYeQoZoK4UwY8sPBl7scbMpVKcGoxKYJn6z46YZ4QQCY8wdx6eEe8CALszw77GAl-9I8SJG_2-ATpKbxZVX-821rRXyAfn0A8cnDqb3KRm-TJEquEAxAlqfMqAYiopaFmQUrk7Y3jMMXoMfpIwc--_wD3VbbrKWGPBY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1400" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_aAl972x_mOJgH2qt5WYeQoZoK4UwY8sPBl7scbMpVKcGoxKYJn6z46YZ4QQCY8wdx6eEe8CALszw77GAl-9I8SJG_2-ATpKbxZVX-821rRXyAfn0A8cnDqb3KRm-TJEquEAxAlqfMqAYiopaFmQUrk7Y3jMMXoMfpIwc--_wD3VbbrKWGPBY" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></div><p></p><div class="media" style="background-color: white; 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font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4wElim5ZWfD62PdTPOP6HdcQqkgmGmvYVyeLmtp0uQIRLzuuOpvZ14ESg-EENfO0YeEE1uE1Bp1khP0FAaSfXoP9NIJHWUj_IOmlI9fsUI62XQDQkNlqLmlT9Wj0mJHIvzRukMK9B3I6pCM14PpriWWprHIbO0BzLQZacl4C8XITuMi6Q3cos" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="619" data-original-width="800" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7UsDLY54dFHElKpKK_1tDST36jix7myxLEqWnxwiE1QwkQhIXLHTzfo7lzrVYISiTxwQ6gldVRRdNe3hIB28wsrSztTmZ9cItDdczgbJHWFT9VNji0eo_7lOR0B_csSS74YdSqs2BaaaPSGO50y80Qka5hQqdK1BNsXBAlBQq29CyOIBo1l_d=w200-h155" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4wElim5ZWfD62PdTPOP6HdcQqkgmGmvYVyeLmtp0uQIRLzuuOpvZ14ESg-EENfO0YeEE1uE1Bp1khP0FAaSfXoP9NIJHWUj_IOmlI9fsUI62XQDQkNlqLmlT9Wj0mJHIvzRukMK9B3I6pCM14PpriWWprHIbO0BzLQZacl4C8XITuMi6Q3cos" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="54" data-original-width="52" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4wElim5ZWfD62PdTPOP6HdcQqkgmGmvYVyeLmtp0uQIRLzuuOpvZ14ESg-EENfO0YeEE1uE1Bp1khP0FAaSfXoP9NIJHWUj_IOmlI9fsUI62XQDQkNlqLmlT9Wj0mJHIvzRukMK9B3I6pCM14PpriWWprHIbO0BzLQZacl4C8XITuMi6Q3cos=w193-h200" width="193" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div>The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">In Hebrew, this is translated as </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: x-large;">ארבעים ושתיים זה משמעות החיים</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">In <i>gematria</i> this 2030.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">This is certainly correct, as the <i>Mesillas Yesharim </i>writes that the meaning of life is:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: x-large;"><b>להתענג על הוי"ה ולהנות מזיו שכינתו</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">Which is also 2030 in <i>gematria</i>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">This meaning of life is reflected back to us by Hashem, as He says to us:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: x-large;">ואהבת עולם אהבתיך על כן משכתיך חסד</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">(<i>Yirmiyahu </i>31:2)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">Which is also 2030 in <i>gematria</i>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">Of course we need to explain the number 42 itself. That is easy, because of the 42 letter Name of Hashem, the 42 stations at which the nation camped on the way from Egypt to Israel, and </span><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: large;">ודברת בם</span><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">But we also need to look at the 42nd <i>pasuk </i>in the Torah, the 42nd <i>pasuk </i>in <i>Parashas Yisro</i> and the 42nd <i>pasuk </i>in <i>Megillas Esther.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">But first, the 2030th <i>pasuk </i>in the Torah* is the one that commences <i>Mattan Torah</i> (<i>Shemos </i>19:3):</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: large;">ומשה עלה אל־האלקים ויקרא אליו ה' מן־ההר לאמר כה תאמר לבית יעקב ותגיד לבני ישראל</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">And to end off for now, the full quote from the <i>Mesillas Yesharim</i> is</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: large;">להתענג על הוי"ה ולהנות מזיו שכינתו שזהו התענוג האמיתי והעידון הגדול מכל העידונים שיכולים </span><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: large;">להמצא</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">that is 4414 in <i>gematria</i>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">Which is also:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: large;">והימים האלה נזכרים ונעשים בכל־דור ודור משפחה ומשפחה מדינה ומדינה ועיר ועיר וימי הפורים האלה לא יעברו מתוך היהודים</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">(<i>Esther </i>9:28)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">BTW, the 4414th <i>pasuk</i> in the Torah* is <i>Bamidbar </i>24:14...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">*see <a href="https://sabbahillel.blogspot.com/2016/01/count-of-pesukim-in-each-parsha.html">https://sabbahillel.blogspot.com/2016/01/count-of-pesukim-in-each-parsha.html</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-78410797162369918112024-03-10T20:12:00.004-04:002024-03-10T20:12:53.781-04:00Will the Real Sunrise Please Rise Up? (The Gates of the Jewish Calendar part 26)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcz-8QC9PDzGsBebQSSEpwnHBBd3X_StuLDv_3ha8P_3vkr-u9FK3aAPgZsxqQMONwNsexTAHrUzYv2TrmvFo_GQldRze9WgDRzL6-QMy8ZOrPzgWfeQYZ4ZQNz0-a5nSHQlfitBW5fU68xdDWbwUPYVycAfkKFjeMojf0BBu8ClqohvdwUqzS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><img data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1920" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcz-8QC9PDzGsBebQSSEpwnHBBd3X_StuLDv_3ha8P_3vkr-u9FK3aAPgZsxqQMONwNsexTAHrUzYv2TrmvFo_GQldRze9WgDRzL6-QMy8ZOrPzgWfeQYZ4ZQNz0-a5nSHQlfitBW5fU68xdDWbwUPYVycAfkKFjeMojf0BBu8ClqohvdwUqzS=w200-h102" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: xx-large;">Visual Sunrise vs. Astronomical Sunrise, and the Variations Thereof:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;">The Ongoing Differences and Disputes</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/82w-G7Lv7Hw?si=icAHyXyvC6_H33qu" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #131313; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 13.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Subsequent shiurim in this series will be listed in the comments here.</b></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-41756639280247889112024-03-10T16:53:00.001-04:002024-03-10T20:14:55.026-04:00Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 5: 150 Days of War: Loads of Lessons Still Unlearned<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKttRAkegY7bPq64nvylBaKGkqetllUFfwTe9dhqsuVPwX5hNdFr6BeAJ19LhWxwzuAcOy777YJBl1rqs01edrpLsJUp9YRVC2rDA8lQQduU52J-pmnxQUXOVhUi7pBKEGUqbzAADWpzqwcD7iou7-QiY48b2FPSMFV7aXPooQsli_szkCueht" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 5:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b>150 Days of War:</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b>Loads of Lessons Still Unlearned</b></span></span></div><p></p><div class="media" style="background-color: white; 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font-size: x-large;">Simcha of Adar and Parashas Shekalim</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Suez One; font-size: large;"> and Happiness in General</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Suez One;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Suez One;">given to the students of Meoros Girls High School (<a href="http://meoros.org">meoros.org</a>) in Orlando, Florida. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Ik67lgUNirs?si=uJEm9fVH6qN1h_x5" width="480"></iframe></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-50831646517241763472024-03-04T01:06:00.004-05:002024-03-04T01:06:20.677-05:00Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 4: Israeli Municipal Elections... "Come Home Lassie!"<p><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXbIE6ULh41BkXBmkQoGvyBPip5nqsH7RNWpHENj08k_vdqsXaSNVm662_mttqwjCSR0m8FMYQGIcnNqN3hqIqokp-6P8o8wSbTd_Y3G2mytuCRnZjfX_WrjuSquMGZAPlMkiY2dA-p9m5Tb0p-HjJVapdRilRUTSpXmXMaFbkUiFke0UWh4PM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLujX8i_EKRJx9fzbL9MrgOgbrT6D706MMqliMNDjNbnLXoMbBlhcycI4-__2bnCfgJBM_tqRAe4uUhISHv1_olDgQP6DdgDGQ-diF7bycPoD9oqvBxVAauIQk7G9_BD0wOPbNO-S6_vjP08uiZqd-3SZJWrHtbwfO0HDF4VC5qC_tuLmEMbyJ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLujX8i_EKRJx9fzbL9MrgOgbrT6D706MMqliMNDjNbnLXoMbBlhcycI4-__2bnCfgJBM_tqRAe4uUhISHv1_olDgQP6DdgDGQ-diF7bycPoD9oqvBxVAauIQk7G9_BD0wOPbNO-S6_vjP08uiZqd-3SZJWrHtbwfO0HDF4VC5qC_tuLmEMbyJ=w200-h100" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 1.5rem;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqelkc3_s1UbBgMgq3NNuGOiJgqB7CKdvbCcHF5vLrtWXi5uxlK2iGiVBV8i-d5xNn9XnfzYjZe1z6S__neMiQbbVD_8HiApIouPa0l9tdGGL6IF-Rm3db4geTTRastcGh1YxkJZS1u3ONld0vy0-83LOO9oR67w7IKBnsfcfTWOC0A4Ei8L1/s600/Rischa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqelkc3_s1UbBgMgq3NNuGOiJgqB7CKdvbCcHF5vLrtWXi5uxlK2iGiVBV8i-d5xNn9XnfzYjZe1z6S__neMiQbbVD_8HiApIouPa0l9tdGGL6IF-Rm3db4geTTRastcGh1YxkJZS1u3ONld0vy0-83LOO9oR67w7IKBnsfcfTWOC0A4Ei8L1/w200-h200/Rischa.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwr73F4hSiC8Bn8bGelyRXL6u9WwEA-hxqXBDJ63R3t8ig3MDngHXVb4HjP_-1qqqX9kQ7thuNj0mMQoVRvdsbiJGhtP5Y9718FUcrMIDjViBF1BaGOPMJc3WVnTDtzK8L8Or3ydWvpFkwdOHVTPphRfdPbOGd7mHfvUCmt2WHsKqgjItRa281" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="188" data-original-width="240" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwr73F4hSiC8Bn8bGelyRXL6u9WwEA-hxqXBDJ63R3t8ig3MDngHXVb4HjP_-1qqqX9kQ7thuNj0mMQoVRvdsbiJGhtP5Y9718FUcrMIDjViBF1BaGOPMJc3WVnTDtzK8L8Or3ydWvpFkwdOHVTPphRfdPbOGd7mHfvUCmt2WHsKqgjItRa281=w200-h157" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 1.5rem;">Rischa D'Araisa </span><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 1.5rem;">Season 9 Episode 4:</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b>Israeli Municipal Elections...</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b>"Come Home Lassie!"</b></span></span></p><div class="media" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-size: 14px; width: 826.062px;"><figure class="episode-media__track" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; width: 826.062px;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><audio controls="" id="76481" src="https://records.jewishpodcasts.fm/protected/560/1709494993890.mp3?show_id=286&episode_id=76481&source=site_player" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 826.062px;" type="audio/*"></audio></span></figure></div><span class="description" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-size: large;"><a href="https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/76481">https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/76481</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><br /></b></span></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:</span></span></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2288bb; cursor: pointer; font-size: large; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><a href="https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat">https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat</a></span></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: large;">With downloads approaching the million mark-and an archival library numbering in the thousands, the Yeshiva of Newark Podcast has been striving to continuously upgrade our content, and professionalize our audio sound, along with altering approaches in light of much appreciated listener feedback. </span></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: large;">A niche has been carved out that resonates with many on the wide spectrum of Observant Jews. </span></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: large;">This explains why we continually rank high in independent on-line lists of top Yeshiva podcasts. </span></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: large;">This proud edifice is in real danger of toppling and disappearing.</span></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: large;">We need the help of our listeners to continue to record and edit, and to promote a product that has been a balm and instructive to so many. </span></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: large;">Just 36 dollars, a minimum donation, from a thousand of you out there will keep us afloat as a New Ark of straight, intelligent, and humorous discussion, lectures, debate and inquiry - while the destructive waters of ignorance and politics crash around us.</span></h3></span></span>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-71755161151793556202024-02-25T13:42:00.008-05:002024-02-25T13:42:49.708-05:00Halacha of Giving Matanot La'Evyonim On Purim<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/jX8BSKsiBsk?si=jsV8KYgoYyjbOXH_" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jX8BSKsiBsk/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">A recording for the BHP daily Halachic WhatsApp group </span></span><a href="https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS" style="color: #0d0d0d; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS</a></span></span></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-56382470648232273792024-02-25T13:36:00.010-05:002024-02-25T13:45:05.683-05:00Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 3: Days of Presidents, Ages of Rabbis<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3m-GmgEjP6t83mUp5UCGoCreAtD7tTnjiE4F8CiXKTK2iUlX-0LfPCCe0shsn9q2rV7bkEX2r3zcfn6uvpN2dFfg1FQcB7YsrVOcS8X4p_b2zwOiFCsEP07P8VPt1s3PSdDP4idDiAX550WK0Qgglk2E3O_RlRyl-loqQFS5njfyldI9XGX54" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3m-GmgEjP6t83mUp5UCGoCreAtD7tTnjiE4F8CiXKTK2iUlX-0LfPCCe0shsn9q2rV7bkEX2r3zcfn6uvpN2dFfg1FQcB7YsrVOcS8X4p_b2zwOiFCsEP07P8VPt1s3PSdDP4idDiAX550WK0Qgglk2E3O_RlRyl-loqQFS5njfyldI9XGX54=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2uT3TMj5TZRbqP2hXKceDaO2oQOLra2G_9wK9TBZuWjhIeVxtj1yi8mcDRomv8bmCyUrjcq7u6G0QOhUymK_-q5v-B3oSpANNW3LVH57xKCQgNfX9rFBNb8xlIyQlkairqJ9aIFipI24-81KZYvZJ1w8gEsU6eTSe6ykno4PZTLofm1xy6Cpt" style="font-family: Merriweather; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1176" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2uT3TMj5TZRbqP2hXKceDaO2oQOLra2G_9wK9TBZuWjhIeVxtj1yi8mcDRomv8bmCyUrjcq7u6G0QOhUymK_-q5v-B3oSpANNW3LVH57xKCQgNfX9rFBNb8xlIyQlkairqJ9aIFipI24-81KZYvZJ1w8gEsU6eTSe6ykno4PZTLofm1xy6Cpt=w200-h152" width="200" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 3:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b>Days of Presidents</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b>Ages of Rabbis</b></span></span></p><div class="media" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "PingFang SC", "Hiragino Sans GB", "Microsoft YaHei", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; width: 826.062px;"><figure class="episode-media__track" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; width: 826.062px;"><audio controls="" id="76081" src="https://records.jewishpodcasts.fm/protected/560/1708873925886.mp3?show_id=286&episode_id=76081&source=site_player" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 826.062px;" type="audio/*"></audio></figure></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="description" color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "PingFang SC", "Hiragino Sans GB", "Microsoft YaHei", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; text-align: start;"></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85)" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/76081">https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/76081</a></span></span></h3><div class="media" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-size: 14px; width: 826.062px;"><span class="description" color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem;"></span></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;">Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:</span></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><p style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><b>https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat</b></span></a></p><p style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">With downloads approaching the million mark-and an archival library numbering in the thousands, the Yeshiva of Newark Podcast has been striving to continuously upgrade our content, and professionalize our audio sound, along with altering approaches in light of much appreciated listener feedback. </span></p><p style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">A niche has been carved out that resonates with many on the wide spectrum of Observant Jews. </span></p><p style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">This explains why we continually rank high in independent on-line lists of top Yeshiva podcasts. </span></p><p style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">This proud edifice is in real danger of toppling and disappearing.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">We need the help of our listeners to continue to record and edit, and to promote a product that has been a balm and instructive to so many. </span></p><p style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;">Just 36 dollars, a minimum donation, from a thousand of you out there will keep us afloat as a New Ark of straight, intelligent, and humorous discussion, lectures, debate and inquiry - while the destructive waters of ignorance and politics crash around us.</span> </p></h3>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-10493328735500138212024-02-25T01:31:00.004-05:002024-02-25T01:33:01.545-05:00Nice teshuva from Rav Tzuriel zt"l on Shedim<p style="text-align: right;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7NMX04iJSqJCo-BB-qz1TtXw8UkEZpbfyIKQYJYcjFzg3xYwqvHzpZuiBQqW4PC8Nq7ZP4AE6NZxOElo-xi3NROj-y4uUI4QQQdaquJ6rZWMZUoAfVBVcpHwmk8TqJKuMdI2TXAi4UWKk3t6sGGTAN_egYV_tIUkMmMLjzO3XlLzn9X_HJQLV" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: medium;"><img data-original-height="431" data-original-width="432" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7NMX04iJSqJCo-BB-qz1TtXw8UkEZpbfyIKQYJYcjFzg3xYwqvHzpZuiBQqW4PC8Nq7ZP4AE6NZxOElo-xi3NROj-y4uUI4QQQdaquJ6rZWMZUoAfVBVcpHwmk8TqJKuMdI2TXAi4UWKk3t6sGGTAN_egYV_tIUkMmMLjzO3XlLzn9X_HJQLV=w200-h199" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">שאלה: </b>הרבה אנשים שאני מכיר מאמינים שכאשר אירע לאדם נזק הוא מחמת פעולות השדים, האורבים לרעתנו. ויש בין שומרי המצוות כמה הנהגות התלויות באמונה במציאותם של רוחות רעות, כמו נטילת ידיים בשחרית, או שבנטילת ידיים של "מים אחרונים" אחרי סעודה להקציב לכך רק מעט מאד מים כדי לא לתת שפע לסטרא אחרא. או לא לנגוע במאכל בבקר, לפני שנוטלים ידיים כדי לא להעביר רוח רעה למאכלים. או כשחוזרים מבית הקברות לא להיכנס לבית לפני שנוטלים ידיים מחוץ לבית, כדי לא להכניס אותה רוח רעה שבבית הקברות לתוך הבית. האם זה שייך באמת להנהגות התורה?</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: medium;"><b>תשובה:</b> בנושא זה, כמו בהרבה נושאים אחרים במורשתנו, ישנם חילוקי דיעות בין גדולי הראשונים. ממתינים אנו בסבלנות להקמת מוסד הסנהדרין שיחליטו לנו מה הנכון. בענין אמונה בשדים, זה נתון לחילוקי דיעות בין תלמוד הבבלי (שם הנושא נפוץ) לבין תלמוד הירושלמי שם הנושא אינו מוזכר. וכן בין גדולי הראשונים יש חילוקי דיעות. רמב"ן (על שמות ז, יא; ויקרא יז, ז) וכן רבנו בחיי (שמות יא, ב) וכן "ספר החינוך" (פרק סב) ועוד כמה גדולי עולם האמינו במציאותם. אבל לעומתם המאירי (על סנהדרין קא ע"א, דנדפס עמ' 249, 332) קורא להם "דברי הבאי". ר' חיים בן עטר ("אור החיים", שמות ז, כא) קורא להם "דברי דמיון". וכך קרא להם ספר הכוזרי (מהד' הגר"י קאפח עמ' צ"ה). וכך כתב רד"ק (על ישעיה יג, כא) וכן המלבי"ם (על יחזקאל כז, לו).</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: medium;">הרב מחבר "בן איש חי" (שנה שניה פרשת פינחס, פסקא יג) נתן פתרון חלקי למחלוקת זו באומרו שמציאות רוחות רעות היתה בבבל, ולא בשאר ארצות. [כנראה מפני חטא מגדל בבל]. גם התוספות (חולין קז ע"ב ד"ה התם משום) סבורים שאותם רוחות רעות אינן מצויות בשאר ארצות.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: medium;">ואמנם תשאל, הרי התורה במפורש הזכירה אותם שדים? "וְלֹא יִזְבְּחוּ עוֹד אֶת זִבְחֵיהֶם לַשְּׂעִירִים אֲשֶׁר הֵם זֹנִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם חֻקַּת עוֹלָם תִּהְיֶה זֹּאת לָהֶם לְדֹרֹתָם (ויקרא יז, ז). תשובה על כך שזאת היתה אמונתם של חלק מיוצאי מצרים, והתורה מנעה מהם המשך אמונתם זאת, אבל לא אישרה שכך היא המציאות ממש.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: medium;">ואם תשאל הרי סוף כל סוף יש סמך רב לאמונה זו בכתבי הזוהר? אני עונה שהרב "בן איש חי" (בפירושו לתקוני זהר "בניהו", שם בהקדמת תקוני זהר מוזכר "דרבה בר בר חנה") הוא מלמדנו כי יש כמה וכמה קטעים בספרי הזוהר שנוספו במשך הדורות, מאז נכתב בתחילתו. והם אינם אותנטיים למחבר ספר הזוהר. ולכן אין כל המאמרים מוסמכים לגמרי. ואמר זאת שוב בשו"ת רב פעלים, (ח"ד סוד ישרים, תחילת סי' ב ד"ה ובאמת). [והסכים לזה שו"ת חתם סופר, חלק ששי, תשובה נ"ט, ששיבח ברמז לספר "מטפחת ספרים"]. כשזכיתי לפני יובל שנים להפגש אישית עם הרב עובדיה יוסף זצ"ל, אמר לי כי דרגת ספר הזוהר הוא כמו ספר מדרש, ואין ללמוד ממנו הלכות למעשה. הוא קדוש לא פחות מדברי רש"י, אבל נכתב לשם הגות ולא לשם הכרעה מעשית.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: medium;">בענין נטילת ידיים שחרית, ראוי שתנהג כדעת רמב"ם (וכן הוא בגמרא - ברכות ס ע"ב) שהנטילה היא הכנה לתפילה, כמו כהן המקדש את ידיו לפני שניגש לדבר עם הקב"ה. "ארחץ בנקיון כפי, ואסובבה את מזבחך השם"- (תהלים כו, ו). לכן אינך מטמא המאכלים כאשר נגעת בהם לפני הנטילה. עובדה היא שאנו אוכלים לחם ועוגות ושאר מוצרים, שנגעו בהם עובדי המפעלים והמשווקים מזון, למרות שחלק מהם לא נטלו ידיהם כלל בשחרית. וכן לענין מה שנגעו במאכלים גוים העובדים במפעלי מזון.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: medium;">הוא הדין לענין נטילת "מים אחרונים", אל תזוז מן ההלכה הפסוקה, שהיא נטילה רגילה לכל הפחות עד סוף קשרי האצבעות. כן נטילת ידיים בצאתך מבית הקברות, היא אינה מוזכרת בגמרא וברמב"ם, אלא היא בתורת מנהג.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: medium;">קיצור הכל, יש לתת אימון מוחלט שהקב"ה הוא ורק הוא הנותן שכר ועונש, הוא הקובע בכל הנזקים שמתרחשים לנו, ולא לייחס הרעות לשום גורם אחר. זאת היא אמונתנו הטהורה מכל השפעות צדדיות.</span></p>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-83296033901709294012024-02-19T23:40:00.005-05:002024-02-19T23:40:52.832-05:00Kabbalah 101 part 2: The Sefiros in Avodas Hashem<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;">Avodas Hashem through the Sefiros</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/eC5D7rsjKpc?si=-RgR6QHZtVw1hzCe" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A YBH Legal Holiday Optional Shiur</span></div></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-1459333625313696332024-02-16T15:29:00.005-05:002024-02-16T16:29:33.040-05:00Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 2: Flights of Simcha, Sofrim and Seforim, Minyans and Minions<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1176" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2uT3TMj5TZRbqP2hXKceDaO2oQOLra2G_9wK9TBZuWjhIeVxtj1yi8mcDRomv8bmCyUrjcq7u6G0QOhUymK_-q5v-B3oSpANNW3LVH57xKCQgNfX9rFBNb8xlIyQlkairqJ9aIFipI24-81KZYvZJ1w8gEsU6eTSe6ykno4PZTLofm1xy6Cpt=w200-h152" width="200" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 2</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b>Flights of Simcha</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b>Sofrim and Seforim</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b>Minyans and Minions</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/75618"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/75618</b></span></a></p><div class="media" style="background-color: white; 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font-size: large;">We need the help of our listeners to continue to record and edit, and to promote a product that has been a balm and instructive to so many. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Just 36 dollars, a minimum donation, from a thousand of you out there will keep us afloat as a New Ark of straight, intelligent, and humorous discussion, lectures, debate and inquiry - while the destructive waters of ignorance and politics crash around us.</span></p>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-25760973403750371512024-02-13T21:02:00.001-05:002024-02-13T21:02:09.233-05:00Kabbalah 101: The Sefiros<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><b>A Very Basic Introduction to the Sefiros</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><div style="font-size: 15px; text-align: center;">Although this shiur can stand on its own, I hope at some point to do a Part 2.</div><div style="font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/sXHEi6ZxRFs?si=cYdWXQvno8zrJ8My" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A YBH Snow Day Optional Shiur</span></div></b></span></span>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-82229242852061028652024-02-11T21:39:00.001-05:002024-02-11T21:53:01.597-05:00Working on the Eruv, Jacksonville, FL<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Sunday, February 11, 2024</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><b>When you forget <i>Ata Yatzarta</i> or make a mistake in the <i>brocho</i>.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><b><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/4g6gHsNWwlc?si=vtBjVrZ3e6UGTHtu" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4g6gHsNWwlc/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></b></span></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-50191688443563388992024-02-07T02:48:00.000-05:002024-02-07T02:48:00.860-05:00New Series! Orot: Rav Kook for People who are Not Necessarily Adherents of Rav Kook's School of Thought, Part 1, Eretz Yisroel #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnEDDBlsF9l6NzkRZpaRDBRqSClKUW7RjBkFPSUEy48Hkk12u2QcK5-D4VkYKl7xphK5hu9MfTdl55VS1i6A_Cj7y2RTT-Hawu-BsCTdsOI-VYGry5-FknVv4gaHxl2-rxvEkb6llVEaemYzPDW6-jY1PuJJpQliwFXH4T5zyCdHTyWhgWwIgG" width="147" /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><b><i><u> <span style="text-align: center;">New Series!</span></u></i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Orot</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Merriweather; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rav Kook for People who are Not Necessarily</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Merriweather; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Adherents of Rav Kook's School of Thought</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Part 1, Eretz Yisroel #1</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w2O7pO3lZiY?si=xbbCkg_SolzWKaeB" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Subsequent episodes in this series will be listed in the comments section of this post.</b></span></span></div><br /><p></p>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-16506216085452958632024-02-07T01:04:00.001-05:002024-02-07T01:04:05.792-05:00Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Premier Episode: 120 Years of Psak: 1. Rav Moshe's Remarkable Tefillah Teshuvah 2. Rav Lior's Stunning Gaza War Teshuvah 3. AI's Brilliant Unacceptable Future Teshuvos<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51hVR1LpMKED8AME5cKk_Pqwtctw24IoWiAYDJWShBlQClXBRINaG1sF3YYBwMKHb6S5faMFW9WlJFHo41X0oyJ2hMr5SgqdN2VZdQwNpPzZ8Br9mV86-WJ0rbfVDoPNUCJldieKyAo-dcvFWNqrZxeC0sEtFHaJYyYOxuvcIYfhG9TZ0hBOQ/s600/Rischa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51hVR1LpMKED8AME5cKk_Pqwtctw24IoWiAYDJWShBlQClXBRINaG1sF3YYBwMKHb6S5faMFW9WlJFHo41X0oyJ2hMr5SgqdN2VZdQwNpPzZ8Br9mV86-WJ0rbfVDoPNUCJldieKyAo-dcvFWNqrZxeC0sEtFHaJYyYOxuvcIYfhG9TZ0hBOQ/w200-h200/Rischa.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCmf6xOjaVTvsQWQs08gkmlSEOqQdKHLw-Lx7-XeoG6MNABd_xpgFkHg-H91AeB1cA5tjvFQDRzlObAu2hFqXle8nbH24z2lW3mWk7azAt9xvAicbytAKPaIy6I7aJMlgzscVzJcgFp8m8Zm6V4rj6zhDHnt5Y4q0ZiLNfBBNqiyhLCBqafpR/s1481/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-30%20at%2019.17.01_ee308f7b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCmf6xOjaVTvsQWQs08gkmlSEOqQdKHLw-Lx7-XeoG6MNABd_xpgFkHg-H91AeB1cA5tjvFQDRzlObAu2hFqXle8nbH24z2lW3mWk7azAt9xvAicbytAKPaIy6I7aJMlgzscVzJcgFp8m8Zm6V4rj6zhDHnt5Y4q0ZiLNfBBNqiyhLCBqafpR/w466-h640/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-30%20at%2019.17.01_ee308f7b.jpg" width="466" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1.5rem;"><u>Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Premier Episode:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1.5rem;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>120 Years of <i>Psak </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1.5rem;">1. Rav Moshe's Remarkable <i>Tefillah Teshuvah</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1.5rem;">2. Rav Lior's Stunning Gaza War <i>Teshuvah </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1.5rem;">3. AI's Brilliant Unacceptable Future <i>Teshuvos</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1.5rem;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/74908"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/74908</span></a></div></span><div class="info-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: auto; padding: 0.5rem; width: 842.062px;"><div class="media" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-size: 14px; width: 826.062px;"><figure class="episode-media__track" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; width: 826.062px;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><audio controls="" id="74908" src="https://records.jewishpodcasts.fm/protected/560/1707275492321.mp3?show_id=286&episode_id=74908&source=site_player" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 826.062px;" type="audio/*"></audio></span></figure></div><span class="description" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-size: 1rem; text-align: center;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0px;"></p></span><span class="add-zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "PingFang SC", "Hiragino Sans GB", "Microsoft YaHei", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-89659896917018496142024-02-05T01:10:00.004-05:002024-02-05T01:13:07.650-05:00The Gates of the Jewish Calendar part 22: The Greatest Issue: Bein HaShemoshos, part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM0xU9Oemfziy8cZDE3dIxm7ZgS4yKwFXdIYUzP1TyFN3_JEICFz-SzQj91sQq2EJPN9s5uHYODOq0BaM5BK2dgylWreZYtG5RGl5-iAhYZMNM2DeYerGKAGwGZh_a8lMG44gg6rUiFhJcxe83ficbrgB1Fvww_dhOTGVpCBjwmV2u2jL3XBXe" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="729" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM0xU9Oemfziy8cZDE3dIxm7ZgS4yKwFXdIYUzP1TyFN3_JEICFz-SzQj91sQq2EJPN9s5uHYODOq0BaM5BK2dgylWreZYtG5RGl5-iAhYZMNM2DeYerGKAGwGZh_a8lMG44gg6rUiFhJcxe83ficbrgB1Fvww_dhOTGVpCBjwmV2u2jL3XBXe" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Greatest Issue of Them All (And Why This Is So)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-family: David Libre; font-size: x-large;">בין השמשות</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Evening Twilight part 1</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #131313; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 13.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Subsequent shiurim in this series will be listed in the comments here.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #131313; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 13.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/I8QnjdskJKI?si=wZOr1U9fF42pCul3" width="480"></iframe></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-37762314809442354022024-02-02T15:04:00.003-05:002024-02-02T15:06:28.869-05:00Join Us! Arukh HaShulchan Yomi Starts Hilchos Kibbud Av v'Em<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b>Join us!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><b>We skip the missing <i>simanim</i> 203-239</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><b>(discussed at the beginning of the shiur)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><b>and at approximately 8:20 into the shiur we begin</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Siman </i>240, <i>Hilchos Kibbud Av' Em</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><u>Arukh HaShulchan Day 1345 YD 202.12-13, 240.1-7</u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><a href="https://youtu.be/9-7eV8CxwXk">https://youtu.be/9-7eV8CxwXk</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/9-7eV8CxwXk?si=W9cbrFLPG5SFDfFi" width="480"></iframe></span></div></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-19448930243371273252024-01-29T00:50:00.000-05:002024-01-29T00:50:02.688-05:00Rabbi Dovid Schochet, 91, OBM<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Uncle Dovid. BDE.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><a href="https://collive.com/rabbi-dovid-schochet-91-obm/">Rabbi Dovid Schochet, 91, OBM</a>:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Rabbi Dovid Schochet, from the senior Chabad rabbonim of North America, President of the Toronto Rabbinical Council, and member of Vaad Rabbonei Lubavitch, passed away.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRYF_vKbK7M_xJ7FnVcwLiK6yh7V1tWPZ1vFtiNJOogqG7y-jZJ2QZyUuA96IA9RolB0Sz9sU2Ij56S8jyFWpSpiQn46MOCOLG7EZea9PzFXkqjbov9_SprVIEolVOqQdVAub4iU8vy2N2UhQA6Q-YLLjjsdhWsM8RndRvpl1naTVc7Qpa00RM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRYF_vKbK7M_xJ7FnVcwLiK6yh7V1tWPZ1vFtiNJOogqG7y-jZJ2QZyUuA96IA9RolB0Sz9sU2Ij56S8jyFWpSpiQn46MOCOLG7EZea9PzFXkqjbov9_SprVIEolVOqQdVAub4iU8vy2N2UhQA6Q-YLLjjsdhWsM8RndRvpl1naTVc7Qpa00RM=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">By COLlive reporter</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">Rabbi <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dovid Schochet</span>, President of the Toronto Rabbinical Council and a member of Vaad Rabbonei Lubavitch, who was renowned for his genius Torah knowledge and his great depth in Torah learning, passed away on Sunday, 18 Shevat 5784.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">He was 91.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">He was born and raised in Basel, Switzerland in 1932. When he was fifteen, his family moved to the Netherlands, where his father Rabbi <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dov Yehuda Schochet</span> became the Chief Rabbi of the Hague and opened a yeshivah for Hungarian Jewish refugees from the Second World War.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">Five years later, he traveled to New York to enroll in the Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch in Crown Heights. “I chose a Lubavitch yeshiva at the urging of my uncle, Rabbi <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov</span>, who was then secretary to the <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lubavitcher Rebbe</span>,” he said in an interview with JEM.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">“But what really decided me was the pride in being Jewish that the Lubavitch chassidim exhibited,” he said. “In Europe, many observant Jews tried to blend in – for which you couldn’t blame them, considering the degree of anti-Semitism that existed. They would cover their heads, although not with a yarmulke which would make them stand out; they’d wear a cap or a hat that looked like every other person’s headgear. But Lubavitcher chasidim openly wore yarmulkes and even went on the streets with the strings of their tzitzit hanging out. That impressed me very much.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">In 1952, when he enrolled in the Lubavitcher yeshiva, he had his first Yechidus audience with the Rebbe. “Don’t take life for granted,” the Rebbe told him. “In the morning, when you wake up, thank G-d for everything that has been given to you.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">The Rebbe went on to say that many people go to sleep at night and expect their shoes to be by their bed where they left them the night before when they wake up in the morning. As they get dressed, they complain that the weather is too cold or hot. “In effect, they are criticizing G-d,” the Rebbe said, “because who makes the weather? Instead, they should be grateful that they are still alive, that their possessions are still with them, that a new day is beginning where they have an opportunity to do many good deeds.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">The Rebbe also advised him to go into Jewish education in that first audience. He recalled, “I had been planning to enroll in university after finishing my yeshivah studies, with the intent of becoming an electrical engineer, but the Rebbe said that I would find working in Jewish outreach much more rewarding because, as he put it, every Jew is a diamond.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">Rabbi Schochet followed this advice and, in 1957, he was appointed the Rebbe’s Shliach to Toronto and has remained there ever since. He has been teaching in Chabad’s educational intuitions and was later appointed Rov of the Chabad community.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">Before that, he studied in the Chabad Yeshiva in Montreal and was a member of the delegation of Shluchim, who comforted the residents of the village of Kfar Chabad on behalf of the Rebbe.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Locals were reeling from a terror attack in 1956 that killed a teacher and 5 students. Rabbi Schochet traveled around the Holy Land of Israel.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">In 1957, he got married to Batsheva Sudak and merited that the Rebbe was the mesader kidushin. The Rebbe also mentioned him during the Shabbos farbrengens before and after the wedding.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">In Toronto, Rabbi Schochet’s reach extended well beyond the community, heading the local Agudas Harabonim and being involved in Chabad’s rabbinical council of North America.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">One notable episode in Rabbi Schochet’s life underscores the far-reaching impact of the Rebbe’s wisdom. He was invited to speak to a predominantly non-Jewish audience in Buffalo, and the Rebbe instructed him what to speak about matters of charity – which profoundly impacted a young priest in the audience.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">VIDEO:<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><div id="co_player_div_1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: calc(75% + 41px) 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div style="display: flex; inset: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; word-break: break-word;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" class="chabad-player " frameborder="0" height="auto" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.chabad.org/multimedia/mediaplayer/embedded/embed.asp?v=6.0.2.36&aid=3614898&autostart=False&height=NaN&width=100%25&initialHeight=auto&domain=collive.com&url=%2Frabbi-dovid-schochet-91-obm%2F&HideVideoInfo=True" style="border-style: initial; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Batsheva Schochet</span>, their children Rabbi <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yossi Schochet</span>, Toronto, ON; Mrs. <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Batya Lisker</span>, Miami, FL; Mrs. <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Rochie Diena</span>, Toronto, ON; Mrs. <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Chana Weisberg</span>, Pomona, NY; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">He is survived by his siblings Mrs. <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ruth Averbuch</span> of Crown Heights, Mrs. <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Batya Wagner</span> of Toronto, Mrs. <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Amina Newman</span> of Long Beach CA, Mr. <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Joseph Daniel Schochet</span> of Toronto, Rabbi <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Elisha Shochet</span> of Toronto, Rabbi <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ovadia Schochet</span> in Miami and Rabbi <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ezra Schochet</span> in Los Angeles.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">The levaya will be held on Monday, 11:00 AM in Toronto.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;">Baruch Dayan Haemes.</p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-90498016895723399852024-01-28T17:07:00.004-05:002024-01-28T17:07:43.172-05:00 From this week's Hamodia, an article about my grandfather HoRav Dov Yehuda Schochet zt"l<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">From this week's </span><i style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Hamodia</i><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">, an article about my grandfather</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><b><i>HoRav </i>Dov Yehuda Schochet <i>zt"l</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kjSaAEMizbzj__hGqoz6EHLTAQNVjk5WXw8n3RFLGBBroLoEuXOx44eUEw9H3JzW6an0DPI-kQ5j_7w2jujbQO_gus7_Ratph0ch4ZxiFgBCQJ0JzuGkEQzpwz8BR7mjtZnJsC80QdqKsqMy4m8QSvK1cOl-1SkOTohsNT16nFf_A6ag3U6x/s1920/IMG-20240128-WA0054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kjSaAEMizbzj__hGqoz6EHLTAQNVjk5WXw8n3RFLGBBroLoEuXOx44eUEw9H3JzW6an0DPI-kQ5j_7w2jujbQO_gus7_Ratph0ch4ZxiFgBCQJ0JzuGkEQzpwz8BR7mjtZnJsC80QdqKsqMy4m8QSvK1cOl-1SkOTohsNT16nFf_A6ag3U6x/w113-h150/IMG-20240128-WA0054.jpg" width="113" /></b></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYiYUeV51drrwy8whog0cGCmFKLGdEqYqp8i-YGgO7GBtx04F25UOzO8ugb7WPrct5qi-2jp437BX-DC5GTpkipjquOGm_mfYw3ZcvUzgsqBqR_LCfo2bIKp-sRk4LacR5SuLzLyt69DxesNiVFbDUot6eOR0sPvGFLq4A-6W_pp3RtDN5IGj/s1024/IMG-20240128-WA0055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYiYUeV51drrwy8whog0cGCmFKLGdEqYqp8i-YGgO7GBtx04F25UOzO8ugb7WPrct5qi-2jp437BX-DC5GTpkipjquOGm_mfYw3ZcvUzgsqBqR_LCfo2bIKp-sRk4LacR5SuLzLyt69DxesNiVFbDUot6eOR0sPvGFLq4A-6W_pp3RtDN5IGj/w640-h480/IMG-20240128-WA0055.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-9826204368923959902024-01-24T17:42:00.002-05:002024-01-24T17:42:15.751-05:00LaMenatzai'ach on Tu B'Shvat למנצח בט"ו בשבט<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">A recording for the BHP daily Halachic WhatsApp group </span></span></span><a href="https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/qNPOGteFQTM?si=dlJvU9_6sQNq9VnI" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qNPOGteFQTM/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></span></div>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.com0