העורך Editor

ראה בספר פרי עץ הדר של הרב מרדכי לאנד כאן.

על מצות ראיה, נדרים, ד’ מינים, ניסוך המים, ועוד.

מאתר חדשות הר הבית, כאן.

Jews are customarily stringent in the standards for their Arba Minim. Since there are Rishonim who hold Aravos must be grown by the river to be kosher at all, why aren’t we zealous about this? Outside of Israel, it was often harder to obtain this kind of Aravos. Indeed, more and more Jews have begun to use only riverside Aravos. Sadly, they don’t last longer than the regular Aravos, so you still may need a few extra branches.

In the class recently re-posted here by Rabbi Bar Chaim (you downloaded it, surely?) the Rabbi states the Vilna Gaon would recite the verses of ‘Tashlich’ at home, but not go to bodies of water.

I humbly differ. The Gaon’s practice is known to us through the book Ma’aseh Rav #209 which states:

לא היה הולך לנהר או לבאר לומר תשליך.

But the meaning is he did nothing at nowhere.

This is because the words נהר או באר are a paraphrase of Kisvei Arizal, who Mishna Berurah (583:8) quotes saying this:

ובכתבים כתב נהר או באר וטוב שיהיה מחוץ לעיר.

Am I missing something?

Q:

What do politicians and toddlers have in common?

A:

Both occasionally achieve a good result by pure accident.

Both pretend this result was intentional.

And both accept the applause and rewards they receive for their own, prior actions.