Ellul Riddle

 

אלול Riddle 1) You may do it 11 months in the year (even לכתחילה) You may not do it the entire month of אלול. 2) You may do it  לכתחילה  in the month of  אלול but some refrain the other 11 months of the year.?

Hiding under the wings

 

The ב"מ פ"ה גמרא  says that רבי was punished because there once was a calf who escaped from the שחיטה  and hid under Rebbie's coat. Rebbie told the calf to go back to the שחיטה because a calf was created for שחיטה – ( (לכך נוצרת The question arises: Why was Rebbie punished? He told the calf a legitimate reason why he should go back - לכך נוצרת The answer is that לכך נוצרת is only applicable to the calves who are at the slaughterhouse.  Their purpose is to be slaughtered. However, a calf who hides under your coat and begs for your protection you must protect, even if he doesn't deserve it. You may not send him back to the slaughterhouse and claim לכך נוצרת. Perhaps, that is Pshat in the סליחה we say on עשי"ת & יו"כ. "יחביאנו צל ידו תחת כנפי השכינה" "May he conceal us in the shelter of his hand, beneath the wings of the Shechina." Once we are sheltered under Hashem's wings, we will be זוכה בדין even if we don't deserve it.

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You cannot ask  מחילה from a שוטה       

If one sins (wrongs) against someone, who
later develops Alzheimer's, Dementia etc.

According to Rav Elyashiv Zt"l you must wait
until he dies and go to his grave with a Minyan
to ask מחילה.

Once the נשמה separates from the גוף he is no
longer a שוטה.
  

ELUL RIDDLE

1) You may do it 11 months in the year (even לכתחילה)
but you may not do it the entire month of Ellul.
?
2) You may do it only 1 month in the year, in Ellul
but not the other 11 months of the year.
?

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Two Elul Riddles -Can you Answer ?

1) You may do it 11 months in the year (even לכתחילה) You may not do it the entire month of Ellul . 2) You may do it only 1 month in the year- in Ellul but not the other 11 months of the year.? FOR ANSWER CLICK HERE

Ever Wonder What צום קול ממון was doing in the Machzor

In most  Ashkenazi Machzorim, above the words of  

   ותשובה ותפילה וצדקה there appears  three words צום קול ממון .

What is the connection of Tzom to Teshuvah & Kol to Tefillah?

The Rambam Hl. Teshuva enumerates all the ingredients for Teshuva -(Azivas Hachet, Charata, Vidui and Kabala Al Ha'asid) but no mention of fasting.


The Gemoro says that those who think you need Kol for Tefillah are from the small believers. Wouldn't Kavanah be more appropriate for Tefilah?


Why is it important to tell you Tzedakah is money (Mammon)?

Perhaps, "Tzom, Kol, Mammon"  has no connection  to "Teshuva, Tefillah Utzedokoh", but is a different formula for a different occasion.

     Mavirin Roa Hagezeirah can be interpreted two ways:

1) Prevents bad Gezeiros from ch”v coming.

2) Removes (rids) bad Gezeiros that ch”v arrived already  .

To prevent bad Gezeiros  from coming, the formula is Teshuva, Tefilla and Tzedaka.

To get rid of bad Gezeiros that has ch”v arrived then the formula is as mentioned in The Rambam in Hl.Taniyos . (based on the Mishna Ta,anis 12b)
 
                                Tzom
(א- הל' ד') ומדברי סופרים להתענות על כל צרה-   
   There is a mitzvah d’Rabanan to fast.                    
                                   Kol
(א- הל' א') מצות עשה מה"ת לזעוק ולהריע בחצוצרות
 Mitzvah min Hatorah to blow trumpets& scream
to Hashem.
                                      Mammon*
  (ג' הל' ד'- הל' ח') ונועלין את החניות- ממעטין במשא ומתן
You close the shops- reduce business dealings.

*(Mammon is not Tzedokoh but loss of monetary income)
It's very possible that during the Holocaust years it would
have been more appropriate to say Tzom Kol Mammon,Ma'avirin
es Roah Hagezeirah  instead of UTeshuva UTefilah

Utzedaka Ma'aviorin--   

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Adar, Ellul & Tishrei

The Aruch Hashulchan  (E.Hoezer 64:13) writes:

The months of Adar, Ellul & Tishrei , we do not refrain from getting married even on the second


half (end) of the month.

Ellul Trivia

What is forbidden only in the month of Elul?

The Aruch Hashulchan (O.Ch.581:12) writes, “It is forbidden to blow Shofar in the month of Elull in the night time, even if it’s done just for practice. (not to awaken the negative forces of the night.)” 

The Tur (O.Ch. 581) writes that in Ashkenaz the Minhag was, to blow Shofar every morning and evening  (בכל בקר וערב )

Reb Moishe Feinstein zt”l (Igros Moishe O.Ch. 4, 21,) writes:

“It is Mistaver (makes sense) Erev is not in the nighttime, but  during the daytime,

either after Mincha* or after early Ma’ariv. They used to Daven Ma’ariv in the daytime.”

*The Chaya Adam, brings the Minhag

of blowing after Mincha..