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Beginning on erev Rosh Hashana, the new year has so far been
marked by attacks on Jews around the world. Though the
apparent source and focus of the violence against Jews is
Eretz Yisroel, Jews and Jewish communities around the world
have suffered. In most of the cases the attackers were
Palestinians and Moslems. No one knew whether to expect hundreds or thousands when
revered roshei yeshiva, including the members of the
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America, decided
on erev Sukkos to call for a Chol Hamoed outdoor
atzeres tefilla on behalf of embattled and threatened
Jews around the world. Palestinian Violence Likely to Last Several Months; No
Government in Sight Violence in the territories is likely to continue for many
months, and probably through next year, according to several
recent assessments made public in recent days. The Israel
Defense Forces' said on Monday that the Palestinian attacks
were unlikely to end soon and also that the Lebanon front
could heat up again soon. Israel has still not managed to
form a government to deal with the situation.
Prime Minister Ehud Barak cannot decide if he wants to unify
Israel or divide it. It was no more than sixteen months ago,
right after he was elected, that he said that he would be
everyone's prime minister, but only two months later he
showed that he was not the religious community's prime
minister when he ordered the gratuitous and insulting
chilul Shabbos in transporting an oversized turbine
component on Shabbos. Small Change
Why, I wondered, as I heard the following true story, is it
that these miracles seem so commonplace and everyday when
they happen in Jerusalem, or in Eretz Yisroel, for that
matter? Possibly, because being our living so much in the
focus of heavenly attention, they ARE commonplace, and we are
used to them. The Laws of Shevi'is
Davening for Rain
In Eretz Yisroel we start saying vesein tal u-motor
levrocho on the night of 7 Cheshvan, which falls this year on
Motzei Shabbos, parshas Noach, November 4. In Chutz
Le'aretz we do not request rain (this year because it does not
precede a civil leap year) until Monday night, the night
between Dec. 4 and Dec. 6. There are years when this comes out as
late as the eighth night of Chanukah (once in a hundred years).
1. If one who lives permanently in Eretz Yisroel began to say in
Eretz Yisroel vesein tal u-motor on 7 Cheshvan and
afterwards traveled to chutz le'aretz, if he intends to
return to live permanently in Eretz Yisroel he continues saying
vesein tal u-motor. However, if he has decided to live
permanently in chutz le'aretz he must stop saying vesein
tal u-motor, and only start when everyone starts in chutz
le'aretz.
2. If one who lives permanently in Eretz Yisroel traveled to
chutz le'aretz before 7 Cheshvan, even if he intends to
return to Eretz Yisroel before December 4 (in a year that does
not precede a leap year of 29 days in February), since he
is in chutz le'aretz he does not say vesein tal u-motor in the brocho of shomei'a tefilah.
3. If one who lives permanently in chutz le'aretz visits
Eretz Yisroel after 7 Cheshvan, even if he intends to return
before December 4 (see note 2), since he is in Eretz Yisroel he
must say vesein tal u-motor in its regular place--the
brocho of borech aleinu.
(Mishnah Berurah and Birur Halocho Kamma Vetanina, 117). |
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