Thursday, December 24, 2020

Tonight and Tomorrow: Important information about services and fast

 Friday Morning services 8AM -Fast of 10th of Tevet

Thursday Evening

NO 7:30 PM Big Idea Class Tonight (Thursday 12/24)
Zoom Maariv at 7PM
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Password: 248365
Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 876 5474 9537 Password: 248365


Friday Services and Classes

Fast Information:  

Friday  12/25 Fast of Asara Betevet (10 Tevet)
Fast Begins Friday @5:40AM
Fast Ends Friday @ 4:59PM
(
Recite Kiddush for Shabbat before eating )
Information on Fast Below at end of email


Live Services in Social Hall 8AM
We recite Selichot and read the torah, please be prompt.

Also on Zoom:
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Call in information: +1 646 558 8656  Meeting ID: 838 6405 2924  Password: 248365 

 


Amazing Aggadah - The Non-Legends of the Talmud 
8:30 - 9AM on Zoom
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Password: 248365   \
Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 869 5786 2272 Password: 248365
Also on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

 


Fast 15 -Minute Lunch n' Learn 12:30 - 12:45 PM on Zoom
Grab your own (kosher) lunch and take a short Torah break.
We"ll look at a section of the weekly Torah portion or an upcoming holiday and grab 15 minutes of spiritual invigoration in the middle of the day. Every weekday but Wednesday.


Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88397482267?pwd=aWYzbWFzelNrdzZWeEg0ZXZzVnVnZz09


Meeting ID: 883 9748 2267
Passcode: 248365
Dial in 646 558 8656 US (New York)  Meeting ID: 883 9748 2267  Passcode: 248365
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/khs62oLet

Also on our Facebook live 


Friday 12/25 Shabbat VaYigash Eve 12/25
Candle Lighting: 4:00PM

Fast day Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat: 3:40 PM

Torah Reading etc. please be prompt!

Asara Betevet Information:
The 10th of Tevet (known as Asarah B'Tevet) is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance. We refrain from food and drink from daybreak to nightfall, and add Selichot (penitential prayers) and other special supplements to our prayers. The fast ends at nightfall, or as soon as you see three medium-sized stars in the sky. See our calendar for exact times.
 
Jerusalem Surrounded  For years, G‑d had sent His prophets to warn Israel about the impending destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple if they didn’t mend their ways. But they derided the holy men as bearers of “false prophecies of doom,” bent on demoralizing the nation. They even went so far as to kill one of the prophets.
Then it finally happened. On the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem.

Ever patient, G‑d delayed the destruction to give the Jews yet another chance to repent. He repeatedly sent the prophet Jeremiah to admonish His nation, but they foolishly had him imprisoned. Thus, 30 months later, on Tamuz 92 (or 17 the very date the walls would be breached when the Second Temple was destroyed), 3338, the city walls were breached, and on 9 Av of that year the Holy Temple was destroyed and the Jewish people were exiled.
Unique among Jewish fasts, 10 Tevet is observed even when it falls on a Friday, though it interferes somewhat with Shabbat preparations.

It is viewed as the beginning of the chain of events that culminated with the destruction of the Temple and the subsequent exiles, something that we have never fully recovered from, because even when the Second Temple was finally built, it never returned to its full glory.

Holocaust Yahrzeits: In recent times, 10 Tevet became the day to say kaddish for the victims of the Holocaust, many of whose day of martyrdom is unknown.

An ancient Jewish custom is to deliver words of inspiration that arouse the soul to repent on fast days such as this one.
 
How to Pray on Ten Tevet: There are a number of changes in the liturgy to be aware of.
In the morning services, during the chazzan’s repetition of the Amidah, he should add in Aneinu.
We say the "long" Avinu Malkeinu, 

The most significant addition is the Selichot, a collection of biblical verses and rabbinic dirges, which are added in the morning during the post-Amidah Tachanun.

During both morning and afternoon services, we read the Torah, from Exodus 32:11–14 and 34:1–10.
In the afternoon, the reading (which is held before the Amidah) is followed by a haftarah from Isaiah 55:6–56:8.

During the afternoon Amidah, every individual who is still fasting says Aneinu.

During the chazzan’s repetition of the afternoon Amidah, he should add in Aneinu,

The chazzan also recites the Priestly Blessing

As in the morning, say the “long” Avinu Malkeinu

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