Showing posts with label purim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label purim. Show all posts
Mar 26, 2024
Elon Gold on Purim (video)
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Mar 24, 2024
Six13 ft. Simcha Leiner, Eli Marcus, Avi Perets - A Six13 Purim (video)
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Mar 21, 2024
Avi Ilson - Ora Vesimcha (official Music Video)
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Mar 20, 2024
Interesting Psak: Collecting for Tots
Rav Yitzchak Zilbershtein, in advance of Purim, answered a series of questions posed to him regarding halachos of yeshiva boys collecting money on Purim for the "tat" of their yeshivas - "tat" being an acronym for "tomchei torah" which is a yeshiva fund to help the needier students.. below are some of the questions and answers..
While this isnt relevant to the masses, it is still interesting...
Q: When entering a building to knock on doors for collecting money, is it permitted to turn on the stairwell lights and to use the elevator or is it stealing from the residents? And if permission is asked of one of the residents, is that enough or do all residents need to be asked?
A: the light is definitely allowed to be used, as it is there for anyone entering the building. Collecting money is a legitimate purpose for entering the building and therefore the light can be used.
The elevator is more complicated as it is not uncommon for elevators breaking down on Purim due to misuse and/or overuse. Some buildings put up a sign to not use the elevator on Purim. A building without such a sign - the elevator can be used but one should be careful to not misuse it or doing anything unusual and get rowdy int he elevator. If damage is caused, you would have to pay for it.
Q: can money be collected in a shul while people are learning?
A: the learners should not be disturbed for this
Q: Can mincha on Purim be davened while in costume without a hat and jacket or should they be careful to only daven with a hat and jacket?
A: if it is respectable dress even as a costume, such as clothes people normally wear, for example a Lithuanian Jew dressing as a chassid or vice versa, that is fine. If it is a costume that is festive but not how one normally respectfully dresses, one should not daven like that as one would not stand before a king like this
Q: should money be collected in a large group to accomplish the concept of "brov am"?
A: this is a very important mitzva, and tzeaka is collected by two people together. There is no need for more than two people. And, breaking into many small groups of two each allows more people to be reached and potentially more to be collected.
Q: can one go through a red light or cross where there is no crosswalk and be assured to be safe because they are in the process of doing a mitzva?
A: chas veshalom. Just the opposite, on Purim people might have been drinking and the danger is ever-present. One should be more careful about the traffic laws. And in addition to that, violating the laws will cause a chilul hashem. And at times, kids see adults crossing against traffic without crosswalks and might follow along, and who will take responsibility for damages?
Q: Normally people should not take donations from women - what is the status of this today?
A: there is no clear rule for this. Normal amounts given can be accepted as it is considered a small amount and not unusual. Especially because women are involved in business today and running the house, the husband is ok with it. It would not be appropriate for bochurim to ask a woman explicitly if her husband is ok with it. They should say we will send a thank you letter to your husband, and if she doesnt protest that it is clear her husband is ok with it.
Q: someone collecting money for the tzedaka discovered some of the money if counterfeit. Should he throw it away or pass it along being likely it wont be caught?
A: counterfeit money has no value so using it in exchange for something else is theft. It is not allowed to be transferred to a non-Jew either. The money should be destroyed
Q: Is there any law about not skipping any buildings and going in order when collecting, so as not to pass over a mitzva?
A: there is no mitzva to collect from any specific building, so this isnt an issue
Q: if a boy wont be able to learn while collecting is that ok because he is doing a mitzva or should he not go out collecting if it will mean he wont learn anything?
A:
the role of a yeshiva boy is to learn Torah. Additionally, one of the mitzvas of the day is to learn a little bit before the seuda. It is difficult to say a boy out collecting is busy with the mitzva all day and therefore exempt from learning. he often takes care of his own needs throughout the day and if he would get a phone call he would surely answer it, so he should definitely also take some time out to learn Torah.
And especially with the mitzva of collecting tzedaka, it requires a lot of responsibility and fear of Heaven, as the potential for problems is great. Learning Torah is part of the collecting tzedaka so it should be done properly and taken seriously.
source: Kikar
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Tweet of the Day
PSA It’s very bad taste to dress up as a Hamas operative this year for Purim. Please do not go out in civilian clothing.
— Noril Yksnipok 🎗️ אוה ךופהנו (@ldkop) March 19, 2024
As an aside, I do remember back in the days of the Intifada there were calls to not dress up as Arabs, which used to be a somewhat popular costume...
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Purim costume of the year!
it isnt even Purim yet but the best Purim costume of the year has been found....
we have a winner!
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Mar 19, 2024
Hamantaschen feat. Ari Lesser - Shlepping Nachas (video)
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Mar 18, 2024
Interesting Psak: tone down Purim celebrations
Rav Dovid Yosef, Rav of Har Nof and candidate for Chief Rabbi of Israel, has issued a psak in light of the ongoing war and the approaching Purim holiday.
Rav Yosef said that with the country at war, with daily reports of fallen soldiers and the situation being difficult, this year people should celebrate Purim at home and not celebrate in public. All the requirements and mitzvahs of Purim should be fulfilled as necessary, but the public sphere should be toned down - there should not be dancing and celebration in the streets. We need to be very careful.
Rav Yosef said that when the general public sees the religious celebrating as if the troubles of the Jewish People are not connected to them, it does not look good. It causes a chilul hashem. The rabbonim and rosh yeshivas and the public in general should do whatever is possible to keep the parties to a low profile this Purim... we daven and we feel the pain of the soldiers and their families and the hostages, and how can we then celebrate as if nothing happened. At least in public we should be very careful and not allow it to appear as if we do not care for the troubles the nation is experiencing..
source: Hamechadesh
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Mar 12, 2023
Purim in Jerusalem. Merry Holiday on The Streets of The City (video)
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Mar 9, 2023
For A Hamantash: Purim Trivia (video)
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Mar 7, 2023
Bardak: Ad Dlo Yada Purim 2023 (video)
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Mar 6, 2023
collecting on Purim
This is just weird...
This is a call from the "gedolim" to the bochurim (I added quotes on gedolim only because I have never heard of any of these rabbis) to not go collecting on Purim in houses because women are there. The boys should only go collecting where it is known that no women are present. They also call upon the baalebatim to ensure the rules of modesty are kept in the homes and that the women should not hang around in places where there are men...
The sign looks real and not like a joke, but having never heard of these rabbis I can't be sure, and they may be fake names.
I guess the other option was to tell the husbands to kick their wives out of the house for Purim so the boys could come collecting....
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Interesting Psak: Purim in Bet Shemesh
Every year the debate arises in Bet Shemesh as to which day of Purim should be celebrated. Bet Shemesh always celebrated on the 14th of Adar, like most cities, because it is an unwalled city. There have always been some people who felt that in Bet Shemesh Purim should be celebrated on the 15th as well, like a walled city, due to its proximity to the ancient remains of Bet Shemesh and Yarmouth that was walled. These opinions have somewhat increased over the years with the expansion of the new neighborhoods of Bet Shemesh with RBS Gimmel and Daled (C and D) actually sitting on and adjacent to the ancient walled city of Tel Yarmouth.
According to Kikar, a group of avreichim asked the posek Rav Shlomo Zafrani to investigate the matter and come to a decision.
Rav Zafrani investigated the mater and looked over the ancient remains and the topography and decidedto pasken that in Bet Shemesh, including in Gimmel and Daled neighborhoods, Purim should continue to be celebrated on the 14th of Adar and not at all on the `5th, not even from a position of uncertainty.
If they are already going to bring such a decisive psak on the matter after going out and investigating it would be nice for them to at least summarize his reasoning.
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HAPPY PURIM FROM ISRAEL. The City of Ra'anana (video)
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Mar 5, 2023
"Just 'Chapped' The Feelin" - Rosenblum Shaloch-E-Manos Music Video - Purim 2023 (video)
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Yonina- Shoshanat Yaakov (video)
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Mar 1, 2023
Exclusive Mishloach Manot
The upscale kosher steakhouse in NJ named SALT has created a bit of a stir with an advertisement they put out for a costly mishloach manot that can be ordered for Purim. The mishloach manot is basically a meat board with high end steaks and sauces, a carving knife, and an expensive bottle of wine. The price tag is what sent everyone into a tizzy - $999 for the mishloach manot board.
The discussion is basically have we gone to far with creating elaborate "shalachmanos"? Are we spending our money on "the wrong things"? Are we making it more difficult for those less fortunate? How inappropriate can we get? Someone giving that shouldnt but should give more matanot laevyonim. etc.
Whatever the answer is to any of those questions, feel free to send one of those boards my way. I would be honored to be gifted such a mishloach manot.
I am sorry, but this is not driving up the cost of living. Nobody who cannot afford it is going to give this just because someone else gave it. There probably won't even be more than a few orders of this, and those will likely be high end gvirim giving a gift for business connections and political connections and the like. The rest of us Dovid, Chaim, and Hershels are not going to start giving these boards out to our friends just because some gvir gave this to a business associate.
People can spend their hard earned money however they like, and while I might hope they are giving equally as generously to matanot laevyonim, that is also their own business, not mine.
And again, I would be honored to receive such a board.
And I would expect this to come with a years subscription to Mochers Magazine.
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Hoshanos L’Purim הושענות לפורים ft. LIPA (video)
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Mar 24, 2022
Purim Day Israel 2022: WE ASKED PEOPLE: What Can We Learn From The Hamantaschen? (video)
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Mar 21, 2022
HAPPY PURIM From JERUSALEM (video)
best costumes...
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