7 Tishrei 5780
Erev Shabbat Kodesh
Parashat Ha'azinu - Shabbat Shuvah
The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah because its special haftarah reading begins with the words Shuvah Yisrael ["Return O Israel"] from the prophecy of Hoshe'a. It is also referred to as Shabbat Shuvah because it falls during the ten days of Teshuvah - Repentance.
...It is customary in almost all Jewish communities for the rabbi of the city or congregation to expound on teshuvah, and to emphasize the severity of transgression so that the people turn their hearts toward repentance. Our Sages have said that when the wise address the people, God forgives the sins of Israel.
...on Shabbat Shuvah one should be especially careful to concentrate entirely on Torah, prayer, and reflection on teshuvah, thereby attaining forgiveness for whatever unfitting behavior may have marred other Sabbaths.
--- Book of Our Heritage by R. Eliyahu Kitov
~ SHABBAT SHALOM AND CHAG SAMEACH ~
ReplyDeleteShabbat Teshuvah - A Powerful opportunity and the remedy for a successful new year, Rav Alon Anava
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcwoEIuWmFo
This is really important, everyone who can should do a taanit dibur, or as much as possible.
Gemar chatima tova!
PERSPECTIVE...
ReplyDeleteNYC (2018 population: 8.399 million)
Total COVID-19 cases: 236,841
Total confirmed deaths - 19,159
ISRAEL (2018 population: 8.884 million)
Total COVID-19 cases: 214,458
Total attributed deaths - 1,378
(Figures accurate as of 24 Sep 2020)
VERY SIMILAR INFECTION RATE - WILDLY DIVERGENT MORTALITY RATE
It's been outed already that from the 200,000 morbidity cases of Covid19 in the U.S. - the true statistics are about 10,000 cases. The rest are the usual passings from other causes. Even one is too many, but look at how everything is manipulated.
ReplyDeleteHKB"H: "I put to death and I bring life, I struck down and I will heal, and there is no rescuer from My hand." (Parashat Ha'azinu)
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