We are in the wake of a terrible destruction, Jewish blood spilled like water in the Holy Land, of precious sons of Zion who fell in sanctification of Hashem’s name in their Beis Medrash – nations have entered the estate of Hashem and turned Yerushalayim into heaps of rubble. And all that is besides the frightening danger to the nation of Hashem from enemies from without who threaten to obliterate it – may it never come to pass, and may Hashem have mercy.
And then there are other heartrending tragedies that have suddenly afflicted our community. We are all enveloped in mourning over the calamities borne by Jews in every land.
We therefore call and encourage the entire community to gird and strengthen itself in what the Jewish people relies upon, the pillars of the world: Torah, avodah and gemillus chasodim – and to gather in shuls and botei medrash to pour out prayers and pleas before our Father in Heaven, through recitation of Tehillim and the Yom Kippur Koton service on Thursday, 27 Adar II, may it arrive bringing blessings.
May our entreaties be pleasing to the Master of all, and may He listen to our cries, accept our prayers in mercy and quickly bring us the Redeemer without delay.
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America
24 Adar II, 5768
Special Address
Horav Aaron Feldman, Rosh Hayeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel and Chaver Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, will be delivering divrei hisorerus b’ inyana d’yoma on the eve of Yom Kippur Koton, this Wednesday evening, 27 Adar II 5768/April 2, 2008, at 8:45 PM.
The Rosh Hayeshiva’s address, which will take place at Agudath Israel of Baltimore, will be broadcast live nationwide by TCN – The Torah Conferencing Network. You can also hear Horav Feldman’s shiur by calling 718-705-5555, and punching in access code 2626 (Make sure to enter # after code).
לרגלי השוד והשבר, דם ישראל שנשפך כמים בארץ הקודש, בני ציון היקרים שנפלו על קידוש השם בבית מדרשם, באו גוים בנחלת אלקים ושמו את ירושלים לעיים. וכל זה נוסף על הסכנה המפחידה על עם ה’ מאויבים מבחוץ המאיימים להכחידו, הי’ לא תהי’, ה’ ירחם
ועוד אסונות מבהילי לב שפגעו לפתע במחננו, ועטופים ביגון כולנו על צרות ישראל די בכל אתר ואתר
הננו קוראים ומעוררים לכל הציבור להתאזר ולהתחזק בדברים שנשען
עליהם כל בית ישראל, עמודי העולם, התורה העבודה וגמילות חסדים, ולהתאסף בבתי כנסיות ובבתי מדרשות לשפוך שיח ותחנונים לפני אבינו שבשמים במזמורי תהלים ובאמירת סדר יום כיפור קטן ביום חמישי כ”ז אדר ב’ הבעל”ט
יהיו נא אמרנו לרצון לפני אדון כל, והשי”ת ישמע שועתנו ויקבל ברחמים את תפילותנו ויחיש לנו גואל צדק בקרוב
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Thank you for the reminder for continued and intensified tefillohs on yom kippur katan.
MiMedinat HaYam,
Hishtadlus is important, but the more Hishtadlus we do the more we see it’s not at all natural what’s going on…
when will we agree to truly examine our ways and not think that we should simply suffice with noch a tefilla. do we think that the problems occur because we did not daven that they should not occur or is it because of issues that require tikunim. how often do we gather for a hisorirus only to come to shul and shmooze as if we have no care in the world.while one does not want to be mekatreg chalila on the other hand it is obvious that hashem is sending messages which we seem not to be absorbing. may hashem have pity and show us what needs correcting so that we should not have to endure anymore suffering whether it is a yochid or a rabim
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