Shalosh Seudos is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. David Schulman
l’ilui nishmas Mordechai ben Chaim a”h, David’s father
Fri Erev Shabbos Parshas Mishpatim Feb 13
Shacharis 6:30 AM & 8 AM
Mincha 5:20 PM
Light Candles 5:20 PM
Mazel Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Chaim & Esther Kutoff on their recent marriage. Mazel to the parents Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Perri Kutoff and greatgrandmother Mrs. Bertha Kutoff and the entire mishpacha. May the
couple be zocheh to build a Bayis Ne’eman B’Yisroel L’Shem U’lisiferes.
The Kehilla is invited to a Kiddush sponsored by Rabbi & Mrs. Tzvi &
Rena Lichtman in honor of the birth of their daughter, Bashie. Mazel tov
to the entire mishpacha.
May she be zoche to Torah, Chupa &
Shabbos Feb 14
Laws of Shabbos 8:15-8:30 AM –R’ Weinberg
Latest Shema (MG”A/GR”A) 9:15/9:51
Latest Shemona Esrei (GR”A) 10:43
Following Davening– Laws of Shabbos-R’ Weinberg
BNOS 2-3 PM / Pirchei 4:05 PM
Sifrei Chafetz Chaim, – Rabbi Roberts 4:35 PM
Ma’asim Tovim
Shoreview Girls & Women’s Swim this Sun evening, Feb. 15, from
6:30-8:30. 4580 Victoria St. N, Shoreview MN 55126. Cost: $13-Bnos
Members and $15-Non Bnos Members
Bais Yisroel Shalach Manos Project is underway. Your Shalach
Manos Order includes family admission to the Mesiba Purim afternoon.
Order forms are available on the shul website www.baisyisroel.org.
Save the Date: Feb 25 for the Minnepolis Kollel Pre-Purim Ladies
Event see inside for details
The Clothing Connection gemach is looking for someone to take
over the baby and/or children's clothing depts to serve our growing
community! If interested, please call 952 929 9769.
The family would appreciate if you would share your thoughts /memories about Dr. Michael Zuckman, Mordechai Avraham ben
Elimelech ,a”h. Email [email protected] or bring/mail to 2650 Raleigh Ave. To contribute l’ilui nishmas Dr. Michael Zuckman, please
make checks to Bais Yisroel Tzedakah Fund. (Please note, “Dr. Michael
Zuckman”)
The Kehilla wishes Tzeischem L’Shalom to Mr. &
Mrs. Gabe & Tova Schwartz & Family on March 1st, 35 PM in the Joppa Lane Party Room, 2888 Joppa
Lane 1st fl. For more info call Annette Walder 952-928Hatmana
Chapter 6 Pgs. 78-82
3966.
Ongoings Goings-On
Frankel’s World of Judaica Hours
Sun & Fri 11‐ 1:30 pm & Mon‐ Thurs 12‐6 pm The Kollel Korner
• Minchas Chinuch –Sun 8 AM with Rabbi Chaim Gibber
• Class for Women on Nevi'imP:Sefer Yehoshua with
Rabbi Eliyahu Stern Tuesdays 2-2:45 PM @Kollel
• Partners in Torah Tues 8:15 PM @ Kollel
• Business Halacha: Ribbis in the workplace. Every
Wed 8-8:30 AM upstairs at the Kollel, by Rabbi Stern
Tefilla Class-Birchos Krias Shema with Mrs.
Tzipora Greenberg-Wed. 12-12:45 PM at her home.
Davening @ Yeshiva of Mpls
Shacharis is 7:40 Mincha 1:45 Maariv 9:05
•Jr.
Mussaf Minyan for boys grades 5-8 •Mincha Program Grades 4-8 To add a name to the Mi Sheberach L'cholim list,
call 917-753-7057 or email [email protected]
Torah Academy Store: Thurs 8:30—10:30 PM
•Gemachim Info—call Bella Smith 952-927-9670
•Women’s Tehillim: Mons @ 8:15 AM at Perri
Kutoff's Home or 9:15 PM at Engelson’s home,
•Jewish Library: Please circulate/donate children &
teens! Jewish books. Th 4-5 PM & Sun 10-11 AM @ the
Sherman home. Contact Juli Sherman 952.926-0334
•Baby Gemach -soralasbabygemach.com
•Order a Shtender: Call the shul office. Cost: $250.
•Shatnez Lab, 4201 Sunset Blvd. back door,
Yoel Menashe Jeff Kreps, 612-868-3330
• Clothing Connection Gemach 952-929-9769
Tomchei Shabbos helps families w/ basic Shabbos necessities. Contact Rabbi Greenberg if you
know of anyone who could use this assistance, or
Volume 10: Issue 14
Parshas Mishpatim, Parshas Shkalim
Shacharis 8:30 AM
25 Shevat, 5775
February 14, 2015
Parshas Mishpatim, Parshas Shkalim
Mincha 5:05 PM
The Shabbos Kitchen Review 6:10 PM for weeks 13-16
Shabbos Over 6:30 PM
Avos U’banim 7:35
Sunday Feb 15
Earliest Bracha on Tallis Sun-Fri 6:34-6:26 AM
Shacharis 7:00 & 8:00 AM Mincha 5:25 PM
Mon-Thurs Feb 16-19
‘‫ א‬Rosh Chodesh Adar -Thurs
Shacharis 6:30 AM (& Mon 8 AM)
Mincha 5:25 PM
Fri Erev Shabbos Parshas Terumah Feb 20
‘‫ ב‬Rosh Chodesh Adar
Shacharis 6:30 AM
Mincha 5:30 PM Light Candles 5:30 PM
Good Shabbos!
Schedule of Shiurim at Bais Yisroel
Likras Shabbos, BOYS 5-8
Fri 30 min before Mincha
Daf Yomi
Sun, after Maariv, M-F after 1st Shacharis & during Shalosh Seudos
Gemara Shiur-Mesechta Shabbos w/ Rabbi Weinberg M-F following 6:30 Shacharis
Amud Yomi with Rabbi Greenberg (see above)
Sun-Thurs 9:15-10 PM
Mishna Brurah with Rabbi Weinberg
½ hour before Shacharis Sun thru Fri
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Divrei Torah on the weekly parsha & community events. To submit
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Mazel Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Chaim & Esther Kutoff on their recent marriage
USE YOUR IMAGINATION!
In Parshas Mishpatim we are told: “When you lend money to My people,
to the poor person who is with you….” The word “with you” implies,
according to Rashi, that in order to properly fulfill this Mitzva on should
view himself as if he himself is a pauper. Why does the lender have to
picture himself as such? Isn’t it sufficient for him to know that the poor
man needs money? R’ Chaim Friedlander in his Sefer for Chassanim
explains that the Torah is teaching us an important concept in the performance of Chessed. The only way the lender can properly fulfill his obligation is not to just hand over his money. He must also be able to relate
to the fellow to whom he is lending the money and empathize with him
in his tough situation. And the only way he can do that effectively is to
view himself as if he were the indigent one.
R’ Chaim Shmuelevitz in Sichos Mussar expounds on this idea that the
Torah is teaching us how to do Chessed. One should treat the recipient
with Kavod (honor) and respect, and one should be sensitive to what
his friend is enduring during his difficult time. He shouldn’t feel superior to his friend because he was forced by circumstances to accept a favor; rather his ongoing relationship with his friend should be as if he
never did him a favor at all.
It’s not easy for a person to imagine himself in another’s position. It is
easier when one has actually been in a similar position. One who has
experienced a hospital stay and knows the loneliness of lying in bed all
day with no one to talk to may be more likely to visit others in that
same situation after he himself recovers. In the classic The Prince and the
Pauper, the poor child changes places with the prince and becomes the
ruler. He is able to govern kindly and treat the downtrodden well because
his background was similar to theirs.
A king once hired a tutor to train his young son in royal behaviors and
etiquette to prepare him for when he would assume the throne. When
Helpful Halacha Highlights (#29)
(Excerpted from Halacha at Mincha/Maariv)
1. One should not hold anything in his hands as he davens Shemona Esrei,
except for a siddur or machzor that he is using.
2. One should not daven with something in front of him (within four amos)
that’s 10 tefachim high, unless it’s a permanent fixure (e.g., the bima). Something that is used for tefillah, such as a shtender, is OK. Another person in front
of him is also OK.
3. One should not daven while facing hanging clothes, pictures, images or an
open window. If he must, he has to close his eyes so as not to be distracted.
Davening facing a mirror is not allowed even with eyes closed. One should daven inside and not out in the open. A walled area without a roof is OK. If he is
traveling and must be outside, he should at least stand opposite a tree if possible.
4. Out of respect for tefillah one should not burp, spit, yawn or stretch while
davening. If he can’t hold back a yawn he should at least cover his mouth, and
certainly should pause his tefillah until he is finished yawning.
5. If one’s tallis slipped off partially, he may replace it during tefillah and it’s
not considered an interruption. But if it totally fell off he may not put it back on.
Someone else may replace it for him. If he is embarrassed not to have it on and
won’t be able to concentrate on his davening, he may replace after completing
the bracha. There is no need to say a new bracha on the tallis.
6. If a sefer fell on the floor he should not interrupt his Shemona Esrei to
retrieve it. If it prevents him from concentrating on his tefillah, he may
pick it up (after finishing the bracha), even if he has to step out of his
place to do so. If something is disturbing him in the place he is davening, he may move to a different spot to continue. If he doesn’t have a
siddur and needs one, he may go to the bookcase to get one. He should
remain there and not go back to his place, unless for some reason he
can’t concentrate in the new spot. If he’s not sure about a Halacha that
pertains to his tefillah (e.g., he forgot ya’aleh v’yavo) he may go to get a
sefer to look it up.
the lessons were complete, the tutor took his charge into the dungeon and
whipped him 20 lashes. The prince informed his father who angrily confronted the tutor. The teacher explained, “When this boy is king and will
have to mete out punishment, he will now be able to rule justly rather than
administer unfair torture because he has experienced what a flogging feels
like. This lesson was a most important component of the task that you
gave me.”
In a “Back of Olomeinu” classic, a woman gave birth on a cold winter day
but was too poor to afford wood for her fireplace, thus jeopardizing the
lives of both her and the baby. The Rov knocked on the door of the
town’s gvir, and asked if he could speak with him outside for a moment.
“But it’s so cold outside; please come in and we’ll talk inside.” The Rov
insisted that the rich man step outside for the conversation, and he then
asked him to donate some kindling wood for the newborn and his mother.
“Of course, take as much wood as you need,” and he handed the Rov’s
assistant the keys to his woodshed. Only then did the Rov agree to enter
the house. “Why couldn’t the Rov make the same request of me inside?
My response certainly would have been the same!” The Rov responded, “I
knew that your response would be more generous if you were actually suffering the misery of being cold, something you have likely never experienced before.”
However, we can ask, is this the only way for one to properly do Chessed
for one in need -- to have experienced a similar misfortune himself?! The
answer is no; one can use his Koach Hatziyur, his power of imagination, to
be in a position as if he experienced it. Rav Yaakov Galinsky (whose first
yohrtzeit was this week) talks about how in the Alter of Kelm’s Sefer
Chochma Umussar, the first topic discussed is Koach Hatziyur. It’s based on
the Mitzva we are
discussing of the
lender needing to
imagine himself to
be the pauper. When
we discuss at the
Pesach Seder the
miracles that Hashem did for us, we
place something
tangible on the table
(the Matza and
Maror) to help us
imagine ourselves as
having been there,
leaving Mitzrayim.
Even concerning
Moshe, about whom
the Gemara says that
attaining Yiras Shamayim
was easy, we find in the
Medrash that when he was
shown a glimpse of Gehinom (purgatory) he became frightened, because it
helped his imagination see
it more tangibly.
The Alter says the only
difference between a
Tzaddik (righteous person)
and a Rasha (wicked person) is the Koach Hatziyur. The Rasha also knows
that one day he will die
and face the consequences
of his actions, but the
Tzaddik employs his imagination to see it constantly
(Chacham Ro’eh Es
Hanolad), and that enables
him to overpower his Yetzer Hara (evil inclination).
This is the same
power of imagination that one
should use to fulfill
the Torah’s mandate to feel another’s distress
even in a case
where he himself
has never experienced a similar situation.