http://rebshlomo.org Inspirational Torahs of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:29:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Events commemorating the Memorial day (Yahrtzeit) for Reb Shlomo zt"l are currently happening throughout the world (see calendar on the right of this page).  On Thursday, 15 Marcheshvan (November 13th, 2008) next to Reb Shlomo's grave in Har haMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem there was a communal Mincha Prayer, followed by the ... http://rebshlomo.org/video/memorial-service-for-reb-shlomo/ Cheshvan (Marheshwan) is the second month of the civil year and the eighth month of the ecclesiastical on the Hebrew calendar. In the Bible it is called Bul (I Kings 6:38). On 7 Cheshvan - V'tein Tal u-Matar ("Deliver Dew and Rain"), a prayer, is added to the Shemoneh Esrei ... http://rebshlomo.org/months/marheshwan/reb-shlomo-and-cheshvan-marheshwan/ Reb Shlomo taught us that Hoshana Rabbah is the day of the final sealing of judgment, which began on Rosh Hashannah. During the festival of Sukkot the world is judged for water and for the blessings of the fruit and crops. The seventh day of the festival is the final ... http://rebshlomo.org/months/tishri/hoshana-raba/reb-shlomo-and-hoshana-raba/ Sukkot (also known as Succoth, Sukkos, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles), is a Biblical pilgrimage festival that occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishri. Reb Shlomo taught us that every second in the Sukkah you can taste Paradise in the most eternal ... http://rebshlomo.org/months/tishri/sukkot-tishri-months/reb-shlomo-and-sukkot/ Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews the world over traditionally observe this holy day with fasting, meditation and prayer. Reb Shlomo taught us that G-d inscribes each person's fate for the coming year ... http://rebshlomo.org/months/tishri/yom-kippur-tishri-months/reb-shlomo-and-yom-kippur/ Rosh Hashanah, the "Jewish New Year" is the first of the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim ("Days of Awe"), or Asseret Yemei Teshuva (The Ten Days of Repentance) which are days specifically set aside to focus on repentance that conclude with the holiday of Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is the ... http://rebshlomo.org/months/tishri/rosh-hashanah/reb-shlomo-and-rosh-hashanah/ Elul is the twelfth month of the Jewish civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. Reb Shlomo taught us that Elul is a time of repentance in preparation for the High Holy Days. In Aramaic (the language of the Talmud), the word "Elul" means ... http://rebshlomo.org/uncategorized/reb-shlomo-and-elul/ Av is the eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. In the Babylonian (Talmud, Taanit 29a), we read "When we enter [the month of] Av, our joy is diminished". This is due to the fact that the darkest events ... http://rebshlomo.org/months/av/reb-shlomo-and-month-of-av/ Tammuz is the tenth month of the civil year and the fourth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. The 17th of Tammuz is a fast day in remembrance of Jerusalem's walls being breached and the beginning of the Three Weeks, a period of mourning commemorating events surrounding ... http://rebshlomo.org/months/tammuz/reb-shlomo-and-tammuz-2/ Tammuz is the tenth month of the civil year and the fourth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. The 17th of Tammuz is a fast day in remembrance of Jerusalem's walls being breached and the beginning of the Three Weeks, a period of mourning commemorating events surrounding ... http://rebshlomo.org/months/tammuz/reb-shlomo-and-tammuz/