SHIVTI WEEKLY UPDATE-Parshat Beshalach

 

SHIVTI WEEKLY UPDATE Shivti Fall/Winter 5782 - ויבינו במקרא This week, we begin the next segment of our ויבינו במקרא series. This week's sugya discusses the topic of Havdalah. This sugya is dedicated by Dr. Daniel and Mrs. Daphna Zuckerbrod of Oak Park, Michigan in honor of the Detroit Shivti chabura. Dedication opportunities are available in honor of a simcha (bar mitzvah), yahrzeit, or any other momentous event. Call our office or email us for more information. הבדלה This next segment of our "Vayavinu Bamikra" series discusses the concept of reciting Havdalah on Motzei Shabbos (and Yomtov). One of the sources for Havdalah is found in Parshas Yisro - from the passuk "Zachor Es Yom Hashabbos L'kadsho". We discuss the machlokes amongst the Rishonim as to the exact source of this chiyuv and if it is a chiyuv min HaTorah (similar to kiddush marking the onset of Shabbos). We also discuss various ramifications to this machlokes, such as whether women are also obligated in Havdalah, as they are in Kiddush. We also touch upon the minhag that women don't drink from havdalah and its sources in Halacha and Kabalah. הבדלה פרשת בשלח - חיוב לחם משנה This sugya focuses on the topic of Lechem Mishneh. The source of Lechem Mishneh is learned from the portion in Parshas B'Shalach about the Mann that fell on Erev Shabbos. We will explain how these pesukim are the source for Lechem Mishneh and how this affects the various opinions of the Rishonim. Topics discussed include: Do we cut both challos? Is Lechem Mishneh a requirement for all three meals? Lechem Misneh on Yomtov and at the Pesach Seder Using frozen challah/rolls The minhag in many communities for each person to make his own Hamotzi, even after the Lechem Mishneh has been cut חיוב לחם משנה Lechem Mishneh Addendum After we went to print, we were contacted by the Bostoner Rebbe of Monsey, Rabbi Yehoshua Horowitz, who alerted us to a fascinating teshuva included in the sefer Chesed Yehoshua, written by his grandfather, Rabbi Yehoshua Greenwald, the Chuster Rav. This teshuva discusses the minhag to cut both challos, or to only cut one. Towards the end of the teshuva, Rabbi Greenwald tells about a conversation he had with the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Aharon Kotler zt"l, who related a third minhag that was practiced by many in Lithuania. See below.

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