tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post1427813225915094267..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: Even On The Eve of Shabbat, The Fast of the Tenth of TevetBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-32809632424412867902010-12-20T22:04:18.767+02:002010-12-20T22:04:18.767+02:00The fixed calendar makes it easy. Rav Elchanan Bi...The fixed calendar makes it easy. Rav Elchanan Bin Nun once told us, horrifying some people, that the "watchers" were told never to see the new moon on certain days to prevent calendars like Yom Kippur on Friday.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-64543893015765843852010-12-20T12:34:52.940+02:002010-12-20T12:34:52.940+02:00Shalom!
I know I'm a bit late here, but anyway...Shalom!<br />I know I'm a bit late here, but anyway. The Sages arrange the calendar so the Asarah B'Tevet will never fall on Shabbat, because fasting for it on Shabbat actually is a bit of a problem, because it's not on the level of Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur never falls the day before Shabbat, for logistical reasons.Hadassanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-81898227411334099502010-12-19T05:39:08.295+02:002010-12-19T05:39:08.295+02:00Amen!Amen!Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-85592347322341425752010-12-18T23:16:09.391+02:002010-12-18T23:16:09.391+02:00Robin, let's take Be'etzem Hayom Hazeh (in...Robin, let's take Be'etzem Hayom Hazeh (in the midst of this day) further.<br /><br />The Rav of our shul explained that all other fasts (Tzom Gedalyah, Taanit Esther, 17th of Tammuz, 9th of Av) commemorate a past historic event.<br /><br />Not so Yom Kippur and -surprisingly - the 10th of Tevet.<br /><br />Yom Kippur is a correct in mid-course of our erroneous ways that are with us here and now - Be'etzem Hayom Hazeh.<br /><br />The 10th of Av commemorates the siege of Jerusalem. Yet this was not yet the destruction of Jerusalem and the Beit Hamikdash. Had the people repented, Hashem would have saved us.<br /><br />So, too, is the annual fast on the 10th of Tevet. We are here but we are not redeemed. We can change everything here and now - Be'etzem Hayom Hazeh.<br /><br />It is up to us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-3826869345688841802010-12-17T11:58:33.133+02:002010-12-17T11:58:33.133+02:00To be on the same level as Yom Kippur, amazing. I...To be on the same level as Yom Kippur, amazing. It's giving me more motivation to stick to the fast.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-29582149872624491322010-12-17T10:19:28.726+02:002010-12-17T10:19:28.726+02:00No other fast can fall on a Friday. The other fast...No other fast can fall on a Friday. The other fasts that fall on a Shabbat are postponed to Sunday (Tzom Gedalyah, Shiva Asar b'Tammuz, Tisha b'Av) or advanced to Thursday (Fast of Esther). Only Asarah B'Tevet and Yom Kippur are observed on whatever day they fall, because both are referred to with B'etzem Hayom Hazeh.Robin Epsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647738446024333337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-57580798589459633962010-12-17T09:05:11.266+02:002010-12-17T09:05:11.266+02:00Indeed, it doesn't take a prophet to see that ...Indeed, it doesn't take a prophet to see that leader after leader has attempted to give away our heritage in the land. Thank G-d it hasn't happened. Message for us...we cannot rely on leaders who are not torah true.Yonatanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14684725415521724679noreply@blogger.com