B"H
Congregation Anshei Sfard of Wesley Hills
42 Powder Horn Drive
Mount Carmel
Rav Pincus Schwarz: Tel. 354-2660 fax 354-0261
Community News below.
Sisterhood – Rebetizen: Tel. 354-2660
Hatzolah- 425-1600 Eruv: 888-805-ERUV(3788) Rocklanderuv.org,
Shul Information:
Shul Schedule: http://www.godaven.com/searchzip.asp?zip=10901
Old and current email available from:
Www.Yahoo.com/groups/WesleyHillShuls.
http://ansheisfard.blogspot.com/
Zmanim:
MyZmanim.com
http://wwwtichnut.de/david/php-calendar/kalender2.php
Kashrut Alerts: http://www.Kashrut.com/
heading: www.microsoft.com/mac (heading for Entourage)
In case of Fire: Call 911.
May you live to be 120,
Weather and Pollen: Revised for Shabbat & Tisha B’ Av:
Friday: Isolated T-Storms High 80°F Low 60°F
Shabbat : Scattered T Sorms. High 79°F
Tisha B’ Av (Evening): Mostly Clear Low 68°F
Tisha B’ Av :Partly Cloudy High 81 °F
End of Holiday Low 62°F
Pollen Weeds HIGH.
THE SCHEDULE FOR TISHA B’ AV SUNDAY:
Tisha B’Av Morning:
Schacharit: 7:30A or TBA.
Afternoon & Mariv:
Mincha: 7:25P (Ski”a 8:01:27)
With time for Tefillin
Mariv: TBA
Kiddish Levannah.
The fast ends in the Shul.
Zmanim for Tish be’ Av:
Midday : 1:01:26P
Earliest Mincha: 1:36:26
Plag Mincha: 6:33:56P
Nightfall 3 Stars: 8:46:19
Do not depend on Zmanim at the final moment.
OU WEBCAST –Tisha B’ Av
http://www.ou.org/holidays/tishabav
Forgotten Souls
Tisha b'Av webcast
with Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:00 am – 1:00 pm EDT.
Please pre-register and the OU will
send you an email with instructions for Tisha B'Av day.
Rabbi Weinreb will redeem from anonymity heroes and victims of a variety of
Jewish catastrophes including the Temple destructions, Pogroms of 1648-49,
French Revolution and Napoleonic wars, and the Shoah. Focusing on
various aspects of the soul with song, poetry and explanations of the Kinot,
he will also tell stories of very "soulful" men and women from Biblical times to the present,
who have all but been forgotten, as well as reflections on forgotten facets of
our own souls and how we can reclaim them.
The World Wide Tisha B’av Event
Leaving Envy Behind
HaRav Mattisyahu Salomon Rabbi Paysach Krohn
Rabbi Mordechai Becher Rabbi Zev Leff
24 Countries, 600 sites
Monsey:
Khal Zichron Mordechai
9 Fosse Court
Women: 3:30P Men: 5:15P
Ohr Somayach
Men 3P & 6P
The Atrium Plaza
Women 1:15P, 3:30P & 6P
Cong. Shar Hashomayim
1:45P 3:45P
The Tragedies that occurred on Tisha B’ Av.
Ezras Torah:
Our Sages have emphasized that the essence of a fast day
is the process of Teshuva Repentance. This is particularly so
for those sins that were responsible for the destruction of
the Beis HaMikdash, and yet, which we remain guilty of today.
Here is a partial listing of those transgressions:
Jerusalem was destroyed because:
the Jews profaned Shabbos.
they did not provide for the Torah education of their small children.
they did not recite the Shema morning and night.
they showed contempt for Torah scholars.
they had unwarranted hatred for each other.
they hardened their hearts to any fear of Divine retribution (see Gittin 55b).
Tisha B’ Av 5702 (1942)
http://www.aish.com/tishaBavAntisemitism/tishaBavAntisemitismDefault/The_Final_Solution_on_Tisha_Bav.asp
The Holocaust is rooted in the destruction of the Temple --
which caused a loss of moral clarity in humanity.
Deportations from Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka
concentration camp begin.
"We Jews of Warsaw, sons of those exiles, sit on
the ground to mourn our own personal churban,
the destruction of a major community --
the largest and most vigorous in Europe...
We weep at our fate, a nation without a land,
within the grasp of our fiercest enemy
and condemned to death. We grieve both for
the loss of the Holy Temple and the extinction of our lives.
(Warsaw Ghetto Diaries, pgs. 55-6)
The beginning of the end of the
Warsaw Ghetto coincided with Tisha B'Av.
Tisha B'Av July 23, 1943,
The first trainload of Jews arrived at their destination, Treblinka, and sent to the gas chambers.
History of Events on Tisha B'Av
http://ohr.edu/yhiy/article.php/1088
2448 (1312) Spies return from 40 days in Israel with evil reports of the Land of Israel.
Jewish people cry in despair, give up hope of entering the Land of Israel.
3340 (421) Destruction of First Temple by the Babylonians, under Nebuchadnezar.
About 100,000 Jews killed during invasion. Exile of remaining tribes in southern kingdom to Babylon and Persia.
3830 70 Destruction of Second Temple by Romans, under Titus.
Over 2,500,000 Jews die as a result of war, famine and disease.
Over 1,000,000 Jews exiled to all parts of the Roman Empire. Over 100,000 Jews sold as slaves by Romans.
Jews killed and tortured in gladiatorial "games" and pagan celebrations.
3892 132 Bar Kochba revolt crushed. Betar destroyed - over 100,00 killed.
3893 133 Turnus Rufus ploughs site of Temple. Romans build pagan city of Aelia Capitolina on site of Jerusalem.
4855 1095 First Crusade declared by Pope Urban II. 10,000 Jews killed in first month of Crusade.
Crusades bring death and destruction to thousands of Jews, totally obliterate many communities in Rhineland and France.
5050 1290 Expulsion of Jews from England, accompanied by pogroms and confiscation of books and property
5252 1492 Inquisition in Spain and Portugal culminates in the expulsion of the
Jews from the Iberian Peninsula. Families separated, many die by drowning, massive loss of property.
Columbus left for the New World.
http://www.aish.com/literacy/jewishhistory/Crash_Course_in_Jewish_History_Part_48_-_The_Inquisition.asp
See the history of at:
http://www.aish.com/tishaBavAntiSemitism/tishaBavAntiSemitismDefault/Expulsion_of_the_Jews_from_Spain_in_1492.asp
5674 1914 Britain and Russia declare war on Germany. First World War begins.
First World War issues unresolved, ultimately causing Second World War and Holocaust. 75% of all Jews in war zones.
Jews in armies of all sides - 120,000 Jewish casualties in armies.
Over 400 pogroms immediately following war in Hungary, Ukraine, Poland and Russia.
5702 1942 See above.
5703 1943 See above. (added to the original).
5749 1989 Iraq walks out of talks with Kuwait.
5754 1994 The deadly bombing the building of the AMIA
(the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina) which killed 86 people and wounded some 300 others.
The Convenient Mind
The mind will always find the answer most convenient for itself.
Even when searching for spirituality, for enlightenment, the mind
will only rest where there is enough room to remain a mind.
Therefore, on its own, it can never come to know the Infinite.
To reach the Infinite takes a sense that is beyond the need to exist,
the essential knowledge of the inner soul. Only once the mind has
drunken from that fountain can it be trusted to see beyond itself.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
