Scenes from Sukkos 5780
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Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Haazinu and Sukkos 5780 Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymah—or any non-commercial purpose! Sponsor an issue for just 50₪ Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos at 13:30 and 17:58 Full Sukkos schedule is available in the newsletter on page 2 or in [...]
For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life (Devarim 32:47) Many people walk into the Beis Medrash and upon seeing the daunting number of seforim there, give up hope of leaning anything before they even start. “How does Hashem expect me to learn all of this?” they wonder. “It is [...]
"כִּי לֹא דָבָר רֵק הוּא, מִכֶּם כִּי הוּא, חַיֵּיכֶם" – (דברים לב:מז) אני בטוח שאנשים רבים נכנסים לבית המדרש וכשהם רואים את הכמות המרתיעה של הספרים שנמצאים שם הם מתיאשים עוד לפני שהם מתחילים. איך יכול להיות שה' מצפה ממני ללמוד את כל אלו? זה לא בתוך היכולות הפיזיות והנפשיות שלי! שאלה טובה, אך רק [...]
Download the FINAL version of the Ahavas Shalom Tishrei 5780 Calendar in PDF format here: 5780 Tishrei Calendar Note some changes in the final version: Corrected time for Selichos/Shacharis 3rd minyon Monday 7-Oct-2019 Corrected candle lighting Erev Yom Kippur Corrected time for 3rd Mincha Parshas Haazinu New times for 2nd Shofar and Mincha Ketana on [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayeilech and Yom Kippur 5780 This issue is sponsored by the Brandt Family of Norfolk, VA In honor of our esteemed Rav, Rav Zachariash shlita Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymah—or any non-commercial purpose! Sponsor an issue for just [...]
There is a famous story about one of the Belzer Rebbes who would walk around the shul on Yom Kippur encouraging and strengthening his Chassidim. Many thought that this was an odd practice for Yom Kippur. One Yom Kippur, as he was walking through the aisles, he saw someone who looked faint. The Rebbe quickly [...]
יש סיפור מפורסם על אחד מאדמו"רי בעלזא שנהג להסתובב בבית הכנסת ביום כיפור לעודד ולחזק את חסידיו. רבים חשבו שזה מנהג מוזר ליום כיפור. ביום כיפור אחד, כשעבר בין השורות, ראה מישהו שנראה חלוש. הרבי הוציא מכיסו פרוסת עוגה ומיד האכיל את האיש. הרבי הסביר שהוא ראה בפניו שאיש זה כמעט התעלף, וזה מה שההלכה [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Nitzavim 5779 and Rosh Hashanah 5780 Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymah—or any non-commercial purpose! Sponsor an issue for just 50₪ Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos at 13:30, 16:55 ("Early" Shabbos), and 18:15 This is the last "Early" Shabbos [...]
In Selichos we say the following verse from the Torah: Then will I remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. (Vayikra 26:42) Rashi asks on this verse “Why is ‘remembering’ not stated on the verse with [...]