According to the Minhag Ashkenaz forum, singing Eliyahu Navi after havdalah is a German Jewish custom.
Eliyahu hanavi,
Eliyahu hatishbi,
Eliyahu hagiladi.
Bimheirah b'yameinu,
yavo eileinu,
im Mashiach ben David.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Aishdas.org Web Exchange on R' Breuer's Derech HaLimud
"Message: 2
From: Micha Berger <mi...@aishdas.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:50:02 -0400
Subject: [Avodah] Rav Breuer's Derech Halimud: The Way of Old Ashkenaz
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 03:26:00AM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote to Areivim
[and I'm filling out the quote, here]:
> From http://tinyurl.com/9zxthee
"The article on Rav Dr. Joseph Breuer, [HaR' Levi Yosef Beuer zt"l],
that we have been writing about in recent postings, by Rabbi Yaakov Loch
[shlit"a], also discusses his derech haLimud. Here are some excerpts
from pages 41-42 to give you an idea of how Rav Breuer learned gemara
and other parts of [TSBP]."
> "Rav [Yosef] Breuer followed the derech halimud of his father, Rav
> Shlomo Breuer, who had been a close talmid of the Ksav Sofer.... Rav
> Shlomo Breuer belonged to the school of the Chasam Sofer in his derech
> halimud... striving primarily to understand thoroughly the text at
> hand.... learned with his talmidim only 'on the daf'. Never did the Gaon
> come with prepared solutions to the gemara. He never discussed only
> those parts of the daf where he had something to be mechadesh.... he
> strove for clarity in the pshat of the Gemara... He would never turn to
> the other Rishonim until Rashi and Tosafos were clear: in particular,
> he would get annoyed if one went right away to the Rambam... he eschewed
> any attempt at pilpul, and stressed the careful understanding of an
> inyan rather than hasty coverage of subject matter.
"In recent times some have replaced the above with different
approaches. But the old way still has much going for it, even without
invoking tradition, even if it seems simple and modest and lacking
the fireworks and pizzazz of some newer approaches. If more people
today would follow such a derech, we would be the better for it, as a
people. [KNLAD].""
continue
From: Micha Berger <mi...@aishdas.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:50:02 -0400
Subject: [Avodah] Rav Breuer's Derech Halimud: The Way of Old Ashkenaz
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 03:26:00AM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote to Areivim
[and I'm filling out the quote, here]:
> From http://tinyurl.com/9zxthee
"The article on Rav Dr. Joseph Breuer, [HaR' Levi Yosef Beuer zt"l],
that we have been writing about in recent postings, by Rabbi Yaakov Loch
[shlit"a], also discusses his derech haLimud. Here are some excerpts
from pages 41-42 to give you an idea of how Rav Breuer learned gemara
and other parts of [TSBP]."
> "Rav [Yosef] Breuer followed the derech halimud of his father, Rav
> Shlomo Breuer, who had been a close talmid of the Ksav Sofer.... Rav
> Shlomo Breuer belonged to the school of the Chasam Sofer in his derech
> halimud... striving primarily to understand thoroughly the text at
> hand.... learned with his talmidim only 'on the daf'. Never did the Gaon
> come with prepared solutions to the gemara. He never discussed only
> those parts of the daf where he had something to be mechadesh.... he
> strove for clarity in the pshat of the Gemara... He would never turn to
> the other Rishonim until Rashi and Tosafos were clear: in particular,
> he would get annoyed if one went right away to the Rambam... he eschewed
> any attempt at pilpul, and stressed the careful understanding of an
> inyan rather than hasty coverage of subject matter.
"In recent times some have replaced the above with different
approaches. But the old way still has much going for it, even without
invoking tradition, even if it seems simple and modest and lacking
the fireworks and pizzazz of some newer approaches. If more people
today would follow such a derech, we would be the better for it, as a
people. [KNLAD].""
continue
Friday, January 9, 2015
Tiferes Tzvi for Shemos: Chidush from R' Schwab
The posuk says: The
foremen of the Children of Israel came
and cried out to Pharaoh, saying…Straw is not given to your servants, yet they
tell us, ‘Make bricks!’ Behold your servants are being beaten, and it is a sin
for your people.
(5,15-16)
What is the meaning of "it is a sin for your people." ?
"Rav Shimon Schwab זצ"ל explains that the foremen were warning פרעה.
He was giving orders that were impossible to fulfill, thereby causing them to
transgress his command. Nonetheless, פרעה’s taskmasters beat
them for it. This being so, ה' will act מדה כנגד מדה and punish פרעה for something that will be impossible
for him to do. This ended up occurring when ה' took away פרעה’s free will and he had to transgress the
command to let the בני ישראל go.
Nonetheless, ה'
still punished him for transgressing."
posted with permission
Siddur Tefilloh Sefas Yisroel
Siddur Tefilloh Sefas Yisroel
"Siddur Tefilloh Sefas Yisroel began as a project to be assemble a comprehensive siddur which would be true Nusach Ashkenaz. Currently, this term has come to mean, siddurim better labeled Nusach Polin or Nusach Lita. Historically speaking, printers used this label fairly loosely in order differentiate them from Chassidic Nusach Sfard.
The world renowned expert in Ashkenazic Minhogim and Nusach HaTefilloh is Moreinu HoRav Binyamin Schlomo Hamburger Shlito, the head of Machon Moreshes Ashkenaz. With his invaluable assistance and guidance as well as countless others, I have been able to compile this comprehensive work.
This siddur has been designed to above all, be accurate and contain easy instructions. It will prove informative to both layman and scholar, and even those which have been utilizing a "Nusach Ashkenaz" siddur all their lives."
Rabbi Rallis Hermann Wiesenthal
"Siddur Tefilloh Sefas Yisroel began as a project to be assemble a comprehensive siddur which would be true Nusach Ashkenaz. Currently, this term has come to mean, siddurim better labeled Nusach Polin or Nusach Lita. Historically speaking, printers used this label fairly loosely in order differentiate them from Chassidic Nusach Sfard.
The world renowned expert in Ashkenazic Minhogim and Nusach HaTefilloh is Moreinu HoRav Binyamin Schlomo Hamburger Shlito, the head of Machon Moreshes Ashkenaz. With his invaluable assistance and guidance as well as countless others, I have been able to compile this comprehensive work.
This siddur has been designed to above all, be accurate and contain easy instructions. It will prove informative to both layman and scholar, and even those which have been utilizing a "Nusach Ashkenaz" siddur all their lives."
Rabbi Rallis Hermann Wiesenthal
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
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