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Asara B'Tevet 5778
In listening to a Video of Harav Alon Anava on last year's Asara B'Tevet he was saying that Asara BeTevet is a very auspicious time and different than other fasts. Other fasts are for tragic events that happened in the past. Asara B'Tevet is a fast to prevent a bad decree.
The secret to bring Moshiach - The fast of the 10th of Tevet - Rabbi Alon Anava
Why do we commemorate Asara B'Tevet?
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/102698/jewish/Asarah-BTevet-Tevet-10.htmOn Asarah B'Tevet, the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Thirty months later—on 9 Tammuz 3338—the city walls were breached, and on 9 Av of that year the Holy Temple was destroyed. The Jewish people were exiled to Babylonia for 70 years.
Rabbi Anava explained that the Heavenly court gathered together on Asara B'Tevet to give us an opportunity to do Teshuva and if we would have done Teshuva, the siege would have been removed. The siege lasted for almost 3 years. The Jews had two more chances on Asara B'Tevet to annul the decree. Unfortunately, the Yiden did not do Teshuva and the Temple was destroyed on Tisha B'Av 30 months later. .
Furthermore, every Asara B'Tevet if we do not do Teshuva, the Heavenly Court decides that the Holy Temple will not be rebuilt. This is what the Chatham Sofer writes about Asara B'Tevet (H) https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2017/12/re-asara-btevet-what-chatham-sofer-wrote.html
That is why if Asara B'Tevet would fall on Shabbat we would be required to fast since we can annul a bad decree. (In fact it never falls on Shabbat).
Recent manic depressive, tragic and miraculous events, have brought amazing Achdut, Unity among the Jewish people. A tragedy happened on Rosh Chodesh Chanukah when a fire raged in the Azan home in Flatbush and a mother and 3 children perished and the father and 2 of the children are in serious and critical condition. https://nypost.com/2017/12/20/family-killed-in-brooklyn-house-fire-laid-to-rest-in-israel/. The funeral took place in Israel.
Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef were among the people who attended the funeral.
"When the Temple existed the public would bring sacrifices, but the public paid for these sacrifices and some were made for their people," said Deri, according to Ynetnews. "For our sins, when there is no Temple, God takes pure souls as a public sacrifice. … There are no words that can console the family. God chose you to make a public sacrifice. We don't understand the ways of the Almighty."
This tragedy together with the tragedy of the Sassoon Family on Rosh Chodesh Nissan in March 2015, https://nypost.com/2016/12/04/mom-who-lost-7-children-in-fire-wants-to-build-family-center-in-their-memory/ seems to highlight the urgency of the Nation of Israel to rebuild the Holy Temple in our day! We have had enough of human sacrifices.
As Minister Deri pointed out, Rosh Chodesh is a time when public sacrifices were brought at the Holy Temple to atone for the sins of the people.
On the positive side, it is as if Hashem is reminding us that He loves us. Surely, greater tragedy would have occurred to the general population had G-d not accepted these pure Holy souls, Kedoshim to atone for us all.
In addition, the Jewish people almost simultaneously celebrated the miraculous release of Rabbi Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin due to President Trump's order which had followed a declaration by President Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel!
We all feel that Moshiach is at our doorstep.
How do we prepare a candle for Moshiach? In order for there to be light, one must first prepare a candle. How then do we prepare a candle for Moshiach today in our Time?
We are all familiar with the Lubavitch most popular Song "We Want Moshiach Now!"
This yearning is a prerequisite for Moshiach as is written in Hoshea. Yearning for Moshiach goes hand in hand with Yearning for the restoration of Malchus Shamayim - the World's recognition of Hashem's Kingdom, for the return of Malchus Beis Dovid - the Davidic Kindom and the yearning for the return of the Temple Service.
This indeed is consistent with the Prophesy in Hoshea as per Rabbi Sorotzkin's well publicized Stop Talking in Shul Drasha following the Har Nof Massacre.
This yearning is necessary and in the Zchus of Am Yisroel being worthy due to their yearning for these 3 things as well as yearning to bring righteous judges as in days of old may we be worthy of the Revelation of Moshiach where the entire World will recognize His G-dly Revelation.
Rav Sorotzkin said...
We need to be Mevakesh these three items as it says in Hoshea 3:5
ה. אַחַר יָשֻׁבוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבִקְשׁוּ אֶת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וְאֵת דָּוִיד מַלְכָּם וּפָחֲדוּ אֶל יְהֹוָה וְאֶל טוּבוֹ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים:
5. Afterwards shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God and David their king, and they shall come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness at the end of days.
Analysis of Rabbi Sorotzkin Teshuva - Tikun of ending the Golus - yearn for recognition of G-d's Kingdom, yearn for Davidic Kingdom and yearn for return of Temple Service a Drasha given following Har Nof Massacre
So the question remains how can we prepare the candle for Moshiach's arrival? There are some who argue that there is nothing we can do but that Hashem must first bring Moshiach and He will prepare the candle. In fact isn't this consistent with what the Medrash says on the Pasuk in Tehillim 132:17
Tehillim - Psalms - Chapter 132:17
שָׁ֚ם | אַצְמִ֣יחַ קֶ֣רֶן לְדָוִ֑ד עָרַ֥כְתִּי נֵ֜֗ר לִמְשִׁיחִֽי:יז
17There I shall cause David's horn to sprout; I have set up a lamp for My anointed.
We ask Hashem to prepare the Lamp for Moshiach in Shacharit & Musaf – Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/sidurim/sfarad/kipur/musaf1.htm
Is it all up to Hashem or do we also play a part?
The Medrash explains that Hashem told Moshe that in Olam HaZeh we need the light of the Beit HaMikdash and we light candles but in Olam Haba G-d will bring the candle which is Moshiach which is compared to a candle that lights up the world.
In this world, Aharon the Cohen actually had to light the lamps, the candles. Nowadays, as we are still in Olam Hazeh, this world, it seems to me we too must do our part. Perhaps by us preparing the candle for Moshiach down on this earth, G-d will then prepare the candle of Moshiach in the spiritual spheres.
Rabbi Alon Anava emphasized doing a Cheshbon Nefesh, self examination, and remove any root of baseless hatred from our hearts.
(Here is a synopsis of my notes. Please watch the youtube above)
We can't hate another person. We are in exile because of Sinat Chinam, baseless hatred. Not enough Ahavat Yisroel, love of a fellow Jew. Each Jew must do Cheshbon Nefesh, introspection. Today we have to work on not to hate others. Who is rich? The one who is happy in the portion of a friend and not to be jealous of a fellow. One type of baseless hatred, Sinat Chinam, is because someone actually wronged me. We need to recognize that the one who has wronged us is just a Shaliach, merely G-d's messenger.
Another kind of Sinat Chinam is when we hate another person because they are more successful or better off than ourselves. We are jealous, sometimes angry just because someone has it better. This is a category of Sinat Chinam. We have to be happy for our fellow Jew. I have to be introspective to see if I have some Sinat Chinam in my heart or if I am happy for him and for his success.
Even the students of Rabbi Akiva had this trait. We all are guilty to some degree. That is why we fast...to do Cheshbon Nefesh. take responsibility, to be honest and true to ourselves, Do we really deserve to get the Beit Hamikdash?
Let us ask ourselves. Am I holding Sinat Chinam... Do I have an Ayin Tzara, a stingy eye? .... When we are jealous we feel that we are better than the other person and don't respect Hashem's choices. There is a term in Yiddish called Lefargen. It means that I am happy for my friend's good fortune. To really be happy and not carry the anger. Jealousy is Kefira beHaKadosh Baruch Hu, to deny G-d and His decisions. This causes us to be in exile. We are in a personal exile and therefore in a general exile. Let us rid ourselves of negativity and disease. It eats us from inside and is the opposite of what Hashem wants.
Let me suggest as follows as well:
How do we prepare the candle for Moshiach?
- Let us openly declare and proclaim with Unity, the Covenant that G-d made to our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that the Land of Israel is our Eternal Inheritance
- DOCUMENTATION AND BIBLICAL REFERENCES: Defending the Covenant! Israel is the Promised Land to the Nation of Israel EXCLUSIVELY. https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2017/06/documentation-and-references-israel-is.html
- Declaring that the 2 State Solution, what is known as the Peace Process is null and void and not viable and can never bring Peace.
- Return the Judges as of Days of Old.
Yasher Koach to US envoy Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman who just today rebuked the State Dept. for calling Judea and Samaria "Occupied" Lands.
US envoy: Stop calling Judea and Samaria 'occupied' December 27, 2017https://worldisraelnews.com/us-envoy-stop-calling-judea- samaria-occupied/
עַל (י"ג וְעַל) הַנִּסִּים וְעַל הַפֻּרְקָן וְעַל הַגְּבוּרוֹת וְעַל הַתְּשׁוּעוֹת וְעַל הַנִּפְלָאוֹת וְעַל הַנֶּחָמוֹת שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה
Last year, the nascent Sanhedrin felt the connection between Trump and Cyrus was so strong that it sent a letter to the newly elected president calling on him to build the Temple. In light of Trump's recent declaration concerning Jerusalem, the nascent Sanhedrin acknowledges this connection has materialized, but is cautious of how this will play out in the current political environment.
"Cyrus' actions would have been pointless, would have been forgotten in history, had they not culminated in the Second Temple," Rabbi Weiss pointed out to Breaking Israel News. "Trump did not do this."
"If he leaves us without the Temple Mount then his grand announcement amounts to nothing and will actually cause great harm," the rabbi warned. "The United Nations and the Palestinians cunningly refer to East Jerusalem in order to hide their true intentions of leaving Israel without their true capital. President Trump said he was establishing the capital of Israel, and this absolutely must be based around the Temple.
"If Trump, like Cyrus, helps reestablish the Temple, it will strengthen America, just as Cyrus established a powerful and flourishing empire after taking part in building the Temple.
Enjoy these Youtubes!
- Watch Hakafot Shniyot in T.A. שמחה לארצך, ובנה, ולירושלים עירך - מועדון הבארבי 2015 ת"א https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdRm2Iyd3gg
- "שמחה לארצך וששון לעירך הקפות שניות הר המור התשע''ח Watch! https://youtu.be/FQXmeXwTJyo
- Simcha Leartzecha Part II שמחה לארצך חלק ב https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs4F_kr-LgY
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ובמדרש (תנחומא תצוה ח)
ועוד שם במדרש:
"אמר ליה הקב"ה למשה, אמור להם לישראל: בני, בעולם הזה הייתם זקוקים לאור בית המקדש ומדליקים נרות בתוכו, אבל לעולם הבא בזכות אותו הנר אני מביא לכם מלך המשיח שהוא משול כנר, שנאמר: "שם אצמיח קרן לדוד ערכתי נר למשיחי".
"אמר הקב"ה: בעולם הזה אתם צריכין לנר - אבל לעתיד 'והלכו גוים לאורך ומלכים לנגה זרחך' (ישעיה ס)".
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לְדור וָדור הַמְלִיכוּ לָאֵל כִּי הוּא לְבַדּו מָרום וְקָדושׁ:
וּבְכֵן יִתְקַדֵּשׁ שִׁמְךָ ה' אֱלהֵינוּ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמֶּךָ וְעַל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם עִירֶךָ. וְעַל צִיּון מִשְׁכַּן כְּבודֶךָ. וְעַל מַלְכוּת בֵּית דָּוִד מְשִׁיחֶךָ. וְעַל מְכונָךְ וְהֵיכָלָךְ:
וּבְכֵן תֵּן פַּחְדְּךָ ה' אֱלהֵינוּ עַל כָּל מַעֲשֶׂיךָ וְאֵימָתְךָ עַל כָּל מַה שֶּׁבָּרָאתָ וְיִירָאוּךָ כָּל הַמַּעֲשִׂים וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְפָנֶיךָ כָּל הַבְּרוּאִים. וְיֵעָשׂוּ כולם אֲגֻדָּה אֶחָת לַעֲשׂות רְצונְךָ בְּלֵבָב שָׁלֵם. כְּמו שֶׁיָּדַעְנוּ ה' אֱלהֵינוּ שֶׁהַשָּׁלְטָן לְפָנֶיךָ עז בְּיָדְךָ וּגְבוּרָה בִּימִינֶךָ. וְשִׁמְךָ נורָא עַל כָּל מַה שֶּׁבָּרָאתָ:
וּבְכֵן תֵּן כָּבוד ה' לְעַמֶּךָ תהילה לִירֵאֶיךָ וְתִקְוָה טובָה לְדורְשֶׁיךָ וּפִתְחון פֶּה לַמְיַחֲלִים לָךְ. שִׂמְחָה לְאַרְצֶךָ. וְשָׂשׂון לְעִירֶךָ. וּצְמִיחַת קֶרֶן לְדָוִד עַבְדֶּךָ. וַעֲרִיכַת נֵר לְבֶן יִשַׁי מְשִׁיחֶךָ בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵינוּ:
וּבְכֵן צַדִּיקִים יִרְאוּ וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וִישָׁרִים יַעֲלזוּ. וַחֲסִידִים בְּרִנָּה יָגִילוּ. וְעולָתָה תִּקְפָּץ פִּיהָ. וְכָל הָרִשְׁעָה כֻּלָּהּ כְּעָשָׁן תִּכְלֶה. כִּי תַעֲבִיר מֶמְשֶׁלֶת זָדון מִן הָאָרֶץ:
וְתִמְלךְ אַתָּה הוּא ה' אֱלהֵינוּ מְהֵרָה לְבַדֶּךָ עַל כָּל מַעֲשֶׂיךָ. בְּהַר צִיּון מִשְׁכַּן כְּבודֶךָ. וּבִירוּשָׁלַיִם עִיר קָדְשֶׁךָ.
כַּכָּתוּב בְּדִבְרֵי קָדְשֶׁךָ. יִמְלךְ ה' לְעולָם אלוהיך צִיּון לְדר וָדר הַלְלוויה
כז' כסלו תשס"ט
נרות חנוכה, דוד המלך ובית המקדש
נערך על ידי הרב
מוקדש לעלוי נשמת
חנה בת חיים
"וַעֲרִיכַת נֵר לְבֶן יִשַׁי מְשִׁיחֶךָ" – איזה נר מדליק המשיח?
בתפילת ימים נוראים בכל העדות מתפללים על "כָּבוֹד לְעַמֶּךָ וכו' שִׂמְחָה לְאַרְצֶךָ וְשָׂשׂוֹן לְעִירֶךָ. וּצְמִיחַת קֶרֶן לְדָוִד עַבְדֶּךָ. וַעֲרִיכַת נֵר לְבֶן יִשַׁי מְשִׁיחֶךָ". מהי עריכת הנר של דוד? ממתי דוד או צאצאיו מדליקים נר בבית המקדש או במקום אחר?
השאלה הזאת יותר קשה אם זוכרים שהנוסח של התפילה הזאת הוא נוסח של פסוק בתהילים (קלב יז) "שָׁם אַצְמִיחַ קֶרֶן לְדָוִד עָרַכְתִּי נֵר לִמְשִׁיחִי" והוא נוסח של כל העדות והנוסחאות. צריך להבין מה כוונת הפסוק בתהילים שמדבר על עריכת הנר של המשיח "בן ישי". בקשה שבאה ביחד עם הבקשה להצמיח את קרנו של דוד
הסביר ה"מצודות דוד" (מלכים א יא לו) שאין הכוונה לנר במובן הרגיל שלו אלא במובן של משל: "ויקרא המלך כן, על שם שמשפיע ומאיר, ובאורו נראה אור". גם בחינה של נותן ומשפיע וגם בחינה של מי שמורה לעם את הדרך ללכת בה. על זה נאמר "בְּאוֹר פְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ - חַיִּים" (משלי טז טו). ובאופן רמז אפשר לומר שלכן מושחים את המלך בשמן המשחה, על מנת שיאיר פנים לציבור כמו הכהן הגדול שגם הוא נמשח באותו שמן וגם הוא תפקידו להאיר פנים – בדרכו של אהרון הכהן.
על בסיס הפירוש הזה, יש אומרים שהאור האמור פה הוא האור של ירושלים שמאירה כמו נר לעולם כולו. וזה התפקיד לבנות ירושלים על מתכונתה האמיתית מוטל על בן דוד שנקרא בשם מלך המשיח בגלל שנמשח בשמן המשחה, ואע"פ שזה דבר שקורה לו רק פעם אחת בחיים בתחילת דרכו – שמו נקרא עליו כי האירוע הזה משפיע על כל דרכי התנהגות חייו.
ובמדרש (תנחומא תצוה ח)
"אמר ליה הקב"ה למשה, אמור להם לישראל: בני, בעולם הזה הייתם זקוקים לאור בית המקדש ומדליקים נרות בתוכו, אבל לעולם הבא בזכות אותו הנר אני מביא לכם מלך המשיח שהוא משול כנר, שנאמר: "שם אצמיח קרן לדוד ערכתי נר למשיחי".
ועוד שם במדרש:
"אמר הקב"ה: בעולם הזה אתם צריכין לנר - אבל לעתיד 'והלכו גוים לאורך ומלכים לנגה זרחך' (ישעיה ס)".
Sincerely,
Robin Ticker
Robin Ticker
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