3 minute read
Table of Contents
04Dear Torah Tidbits Family
Rabbi Avi Berman
08The Enduring Power of Song
Rabbi Moshe Hauer
10Aliya By Aliya Sedra Summary
Rabbi Reuven Tradburks
16Simple Belief, Genuine Belief
Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
22Renewable Energy Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l
28Probing The Prophets
Rabbi Nachman Winkler
30Believers or Disbelievers?
56Haftorah Insights Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman
58Torah’s Awakening in the Land and Tu Be'shvat Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider
62How to Tell When Your Tefillin Need Adjustment Rabbi Daniel Mann
64Tu Bishevat – The New Year for Orlah and Neta Revay Rabbi Moshe Bloom
66Where Did Miriam’s Tambourine Come From? Sivan Rahav Meir
68Finding the Parents Rabbi Gideon Weitzman
70The Y- Files Weekly Comic Netanel Epstein
72היחמה לע and a Fruitful Tu b’Shvat Rebbetzin Zemira Ozarowski
74OU Parenting Column Dr. Ethan Eisen
76OU-JLIC Gavi Lazarus
78Torah 4 Teens By Teens Rabbi Michael Kahn // Shraga Fein
KIDDUSH LEVANA - SHEVAT
Last Opportunity to Say Kiddush Levana until 15 Shevat/ Sun. night Feb .5, until 18:12 pm TU BESHVAT is observed this Sunday night and Monday, Feb. 5-6
This week's Torah Tidbits cover image!
Photo By: Shlomo Gherman
I made Aliyah in 2007 with my wife. We Live in Jerusalem and have three of our 4 children living here with many grandchildren and great-grandchildren The photo was taken in the Belz synagogue in Jerusalem on Tu BShvat and shows the great significance and importance placed on this holiday by our people here in the Land of Israel.
And Havdala Times
JERUSALEM
YITRO HAVDALA BESHALACH CANDLES Havdala Candles 5:54 Yerushalayim / Maale Adumim 4:39 6:00 4:45 6:02 5:03 5:57 Aza area (Netivot, S’derot, Et al) 4:57 6:01 5:04 5:55 Beit Shemesh / RBS 4:58 6:00 5:01 5:54 Gush Etzion 4:55 6:01 5:01 5:55 Raanana/ Tel Mond/ Herzliya/ K. Saba 4:55 6:00 5:01 5:55 Modi’in / Chashmona’im 4:55 6:01 5:01 5:55 Netanya 4:55 6:02 5:03 5:56 Be’er Sheva 4:57 6:01 5:02 5:55 Rehovot 4:56 6:01 4:45 5:55 Petach Tikva 4:39 6:00 5:01 5:54 Ginot Shomron 4:54 6:00 4:50 5:54 Haifa / Zichron 4:44 5:59 5:00 5:53 Gush Shiloh 4:54 6:01 5:02 5:55 Tel Aviv / Giv’at Shmuel 4:56 6:00 5:05 5:54 Giv’at Ze’ev 4:59 6:00 5:01 5:55 Chevron / Kiryat Arba 4:55 6:02 5:03 5:57 Ashkelon 4:57 6:01 5:02 5:55 Yad Binyamin 4:56 5:57 4:53 5:51 Tzfat / Bik’at HaYarden 4:47 5:57 4:58 5:51 Golan 4:51 Rabbeinu Tam (J'lem) - 6:33PM • next week - 6:39pm Seymour
days Wed - Shabbat Feb. 1-11 / 10-21 Shevat
OU Kashrut NCSY Jewish Action JLIC NJCD / Yachad / Our Way OU West Coast OU Press Synagogue/Community Services OU Advocacy OU Israel
MITCHEL R. AEDER, PRESIDENT OF THE ORTHODOX UNION Yehuda Neuberger, Chairman of the Board, Orthodox Union | Esther Williams, OU Israel Chair | Gary Torgow, Chair, OU Kashrus Commission
RABBI MOSHE HAUER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Rabbi Joshua M. Joseph, Ed.D. Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer | Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Exec. V.P. Emeritus | Shlomo Schwartz, Chief Financial Officer | Lenny Bessler, Chief Human Resources Officer
OU KOSHER: Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO/Rabbinic Administrator OU Kosher | Rabbi Moshe Elefant, COO/Executive Rabbinic Coordinator ISRAEL: Rabbi Yissachar Dov Krakowski, Rabbinic Administrator | Rabbi Ezra Friedman, The Gustave & Carol Jacobs Center for Kashrut Education/Rabbinic Field Representative
Headquarters: 40 Rector St. 4th floor, New York, NY 10006 212-563-4000 website: www.ou.org
Editor Emeritus: Phil Chernofsky
Editor: Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider | aarong@ouisrael.org
Advertising: Ita Rochel | 02-5609125 or ttads@ouisrael.org
Website: www.torahtidbits.com
Not getting enough TTs? Too many? None at all?
Contact our DISTRIBUTION 050-577-2111 • ttdist@ouisrael.org
J. Abrams • Orthodox
STUART HERSHKOWITZ, PRESIDENT OU ISRAEL
Zvi Sand / Yitzchak Fund: Former Presidents, OU Israel
| Rabbi Emanuel Quint z”l, Senior Vice President | Prof. Meni Koslowsky, Vice President
VAAD MEMBERS:
Dr. Michael Elman | Moshe Kempinski | Sandy Kestenbaum | Norman Shmutter | Harvey Wolinetz
RABBI AVI BERMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OU ISRAEL
David Katz, CFO, OU Israel | Chaim Pelzner, Director of Programs, OU Israel | Rabbi Sam Shor, Director of Programs, OU Israel Center Rabbi Sholom Gold, Dean, Avrom Silver Jerusalem College for Adults
22 Keren HaYesod <> POB 37015 <> Jerusalem
91370 phone: (02) 560 9100 | fax: (02) 561-7432 email: office@ouisrael.org website: www.ouisrael.org
Founders and initial benefactors of the OU Israel Center: George and Ilse Falk a"h