WISHFUL THINKING

 

The Black Sabbath part 2                       WISHFUL THINKING 1) There are very few קהילות left, where  the special יוצרות are still said on the שבתות between Pesach & Shavuos. The אשל אברהם (Butchatch) (O.Ch.68) writes, that they stopped saying these יוצרות  from the times of the אריז"ל when we were  promised that no more pogroms or mass killings  will ever happen  to Klal Yisroel. (הלואי) Therefore it is proper in our times not to say יוצרות  on Shabbos that remind us of sad  times. These פיוטים were written in the times of the crusades etc. when there were צרות for Klal Yisroel. Then you may be sad even on Shabbos .שלפעמים מתריעין בשב"ק על צרה שלא תבוא 2) The שו"ת דברי מנחם  (R. Mendel Steinhart z"l ) writes, "Germany is a civilized country and friendly towards the Yidden, therefore there is no reason to say (Mondays & Thursdays) "כי היינו לעג וקלס בגויים" and should be removed from the Siddur since it is not true and this might even create antisemitism". They also removed the תפילה of אב הרחמים from the 1831 edition, of the Heidenheim Siddur.   On its place they printed  in German "The tefillah of אב הרחמים was made for the times of the Barbarians  therefore we removed it."  The next edition of the Heidenheim Siddur  אב הרחמים was put it back in. It is very likely they did so  because the Reform Siddur was published at that time and they too removed the אב הרחמים.        3) When Reagan & Gorbachov signed on December 1987 the INF Treaty and thereby ending the cold war, The last Lubavitcher Rebbe Zt"l declared " The Prophecy of the נביא "And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and spears into pruning hooks" was finally fulfilled. There are no more obstacles to the immediate arrival of משיח." ;