ובנה ירושלים dikduk lesson of the day

ובנה ירושלים עיר הקדש במהרה בימינו                  

At the end of the Bracha  Rachaim/Uvnai Yerushalayim,

the proper way to say it is Bonai(Tzerei) Yerushalayim

or Boneh (Segol & not Tzeirei) Verachamov Yerushalayim.

If Verachamov is added then it is Boneh not Bonai.*

The Amen at the end is not part of the Bracha, therefore

one should pause between Yerushalayim and Amen.

(Many Sidurim are printed incorrectly)

Tachrichin (burial shrouds) for sale

Most hospitals, today have gift shops and food courts which brings in an extra income for the hospital.

Probably the first such shop in a hospital was the Bikur Cholim Hospital in Yerushalayim, established almost 200  years ago.

The shop didn't sell flowers or chocolates. 

When “The Ashkenazi Perushim Hospital”

(original name before it changed to Bikur Cholim Hospital)

opened up, the Rabonim made a Takana

that  the only place one may purchase Tachrichin 

from, was  from the hospital shop.

Even people who had their own Tachrichin  had to pay the

equivalent to the hospital. 

This Takana somehow wasn't enforceable. It didn't last long

and ended up becoming  a forgotten piece of history.