Sponsored by the Mendal Family in memory of their parents, Shmerel Moshe ben Haim, Yahrtzeit 14 Elul, and Devorah Sheva bas Avrohom HaKohen, Yahrtzeit 15 Cheshvan. May their neshamos have an Aliyah.
Parsha Halacha is underwritten by a grant from Dr. Stephen and Bella Brenner and Dr. Morton Borg in loving memory of Stephen's father, Shmuel Tzvi ben Pinchas, and Bella's and Morton's parents, Avraham ben Yitzchak and Leah bas HaRav Sholom Zev HaCohen.
Times are taken from Chabad.org and are correct for Miami Beach, Fl. For times in other locations, see below.
About This Year
- The year 5784 (ד"תשפ'ה) is a leap year that contains 383 days. It begins on Shabbat, both the months of Cheshvan and Kislev have 29 days, and Pesach falls out on a Tuesday. This type of year is called זחג (ז stands for the seventh day of the week – the day of the week on which Rosh Hashanah falls, ח stands for chaseira – missing – since both of the above-mentioned months are only 29 days while ג stands for the third day of the week on which Pesach falls.)
- Asarah BeTevet will fall on a Friday.
- Purim will fall on a Sunday (except for in Jerusalem) which means that the Fast of Esther will fall on a Thursday.
Shabbat Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech, 23 Elul / Sept. 8 and 9
- Although we do not bless the new month on this Shabbat, it is the Chabad custom to observe all of the customs of a regular Shabbat Mevorchim, specifically to recite the entire book of Tehillim and participate in a Chassidic Farbrengen. We observe these customs because there is a tradition from the Ba’al Shem Tov that G-d Himself blesses the month of Tishrei.
- Av HaRachamim is recited before Musaf.
- Tzidkatecha is recited at Shabbat Mincha.
- See here for several connections between this parsha and Rosh Hashanah.
HaYom Yom, Elul 25th, Mateh Efrayim 581:47
See Torat Menachem, 5750, vol. 4, page 299 that it would seem that the point in davening at which G-d blesses the month of Tishrei is before Av HaRachamim which is where the month is usually blessed.
