Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community We now continue our series with a new author. Rabbi Daniel Rubin will present all new segments...
Do We Really Know?
Ka’kasuv b’Soraso: V’yadata hayom, va’hasheivosa el l’vavecha…
…as it is written in His Torah: “You are to know this day and take to your heart that Hashem is the only G-d…”
Standing in the Kodesh HaKodashim
We recite Aleinu daily, many of us three times a day; perhaps because we have grown so accustomed to saying it, many of us unfortunately do not appreciate the significance and importance of this tefilah. In fact, we are often mentally on our way to the next part of our day as we fly through this awesome tefilah.
She’lo sam chelkeinu kahem, v’goraleinu k’chol hamonam
For He has not assigned our portion like theirs, nor our lot like all their multitudes
Az Yashir: And the People Feared Hashem
Va’yir’u ha’am es Hashem
…and the people feared Hashem…
Always and Everywhere!
Although Aleinu was composed by Yehoshua bin Nun, and the Anshei K’neses HaG’dolah instituted its inclusion in the Malchiyus section of tefilas Musaf on Rosh HaShanah, it was Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai who instituted saying it daily after each tefilah. He did this to strengthen the emunah and spirits of klal Yisrael, who were living through the painful times of the destruction of the second Beis HaMikdash.
Az Yashir: Asher Asah Hashem B’Mitzrayim
Va’yar Yisrael es ha’yad ha’g’dolah asher asah Hashem b’Mitzrayim
Yisrael saw the great hand that Hashem inflicted upon Egypt…
