Other people's celebrations and flaky savory pastries!

 

What's a meat Bureaka? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxggJUB8GbY

0	אֶפֶס
1	אַחַת
2	שְׁתַּיִם
3	שָׁלוֹשׁ
4	אַרְבַּע
5	חָמֵשׁ
6	שֵׁשׁ
7	שֶׁבַע
8	שְׁמוֹנֶה
9	תֵּשַׁע
10	עֶשֶׂר

11	אַחַת-עֶשְֹּרֵה
12	ֹשְתֵּים-עֶשְֹרֵה
13	ֹשְלֹש- עֶשְֹרֵה
14	אַרְבַּע- עֶשְֹּרֵה
15	חֲמֵֹש-עֶשְֹרֵה
16	ֹשֵֹּש-עֶשְֹרֵה
17	ֹשְבַע-עֶשְֹרֵה
18	ֹשְמוֹנֶה-עֶשְֹרֵה
19	תְֹּשַע-עֶשְֹרֵה
20	עֶשְׂרִים

Tefila time: 

https://www.sefaria.org/Siddur_Ashkenaz%2C_Weekday%2C_Shacharit%2C_Concluding_Prayers%2C_Alenu?lang=he

Werid fun with 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yroGB7Xob1k

Shir Ha’boureaks

Roni Donech

Words: Guy Asif

Melody: Uri Kinarot

 

A new day has come

Yah Habibi, what heat,

walking on the sweaty street

I see you in front of me suddenly.

 

I see your hair first,

And then your mouth.

And you have such a smile

You stole me in moments

 

So come,  let's eat Boureakas,

Little by little, the delicacies,

Add a pickled cucumber….

I want to be with you!

 

So let's eat Boureakas

(use your) white teeth!

Chomp them into your mouth, Princess

I won’t be shocked or get grossed out.

 

the rustling of soot (from the stove),

catches the throat

Breathing deep, looking  at you

The whole world is bright today

 

The foam is right on the waves,

I breathe in from the heavens

I don't know you well

But you are here with me right     now

 

So come, lets eat Boureakas!

1.   T or  F: More Jews celebrate Halloween than Sukkot.

 

2.  T or  F: There are no monsters in Judaism’s literature.

 

3.  T or  F: The dead, according to Judaism, can become fearsome monsters. 

 

4.  T or  F: A cemetery is a considered a  creepy place of horror and decay in Jewish legend,  just like in Halloween stories.

 

5.  T or  F: Judaism believes in angels and demons.

 

6.  T or  F: Halloween is secular in origin, just like the 4^th of July and Thanksgiving.

 

7.   T or  F: Unlike Catholicism, Judaism never has had a notion of possession or exorcism.

 

8.  T or  F: Astrology was practiced by many Jews in the medival period.

 

9.  T or  F: Haloween is  pretty much like Purim with costumes and giving out food.

 

10.                 T or  F: The “Evil Eye- Ayin Ha’rah”  is a Jewish superstition.

 

 

11.                   TIE BREAKER T or  F:  Of course I didn’t go trick or treating as a kid. 

OTHER PEOPLE’S HOLIDAYS?

Visiting the Beit Olam:  Rabbi D’ror’s notes on Judaism’s view of a visit to the Cemetery

In Judaism, a  Biet Olam (cemetery) is a place of holiness and dignity.  When going to visit a Beit Olam   you’ll want to plan ahead, and you’ll need a few things with you.  Bring water- at least  a half liter per person; also bring   prayers and psalms to recite,  and a stone to mark the grave.  You’ll also want to have ritual hand washing set up for when you get home.  Contact your synagogue for help with the proper prayers and rituals, and call the cemetery in advance to be sure of hours and directions to the grave you wish to visit.

An unusual blessing: One who has not visited a cemetery in the past 30 days recites a blessing known as “Asher Yatzar Etchem Badin ” as they approach the graves of those they have come to visit.   The text is not in every siddur, so contact a rabbi or cantor before you visit to make sure you have this and other important prayers at hand.  The theme of this long blessing speaks about God and the nature of human life.

Walk Carefully:  Although at some times it is unavoidable,  when we enter the burial grounds of the cemetery and leave roads or paths,  we do our best to not step on graves.  This is part of Kavod Ha’meyt,  respect for the dead. 

Be a mensch: when close to the grave, we do NOT eat or drink. We do not joke around, greet friends and fellows, or talk business- even over the phone.  We do not study Torah at the graveside, nor do we make blessings; these are seen as rude in a symbolic way, since the dead can not join in with these joyous or important acts.  We do recite Tehilim (Psalms), say special prayers both formal and spontaneous, and share consolation with others who visit the cemetery with us.  People often pledge to give tzedakah on behalf of the person whose grave they  visited.

We don’t leave flowers:  we leave a small stone or rock instead.  There are a number of reasons for this, but at the core is an ancient practice that sees leaving a stone as a more permanent statement of having visited; flowers come and go.  We leave saying phrases such as “May it be God’s will that the deceased should rest honorably and may his/her merit benefit us.”

On the way out:  Some communities have prayers for leaving the cemetery, and others ritually wash their hands at this point. 

On your doorstep:   Before entering your home or another person’s home after your cemetery visit,  we ritually wash our hands outside the house. Many communities have special traditions about this practice.  It is also customary not to wear shoes with the soil of the cemetery into a home.   We do so as to mark a transition from our encounter with death, impurity and sadness to our return to everyday life with its chances for joy and holiness.

 

 

RAMBAM (a.k.a. Rabbi Dr. Moses Maimondies),

COMFORTING MOURNERS,  AND BE-HAVIOR IN CEMETERIES

FROM THE BOOK OF TORAH LAW CALLED “THE MISHNAH TORAH,”  AVEL 14:1-14

It is a positive commandment through the Sages of Judaism to visit the sick, comfort mourners, to prepare for a funeral, prepare a bride, accompany guests, attend to all the needs of a burial, carry the dead [in a coffin] on one shoulders, walk before the bier, mourn, dig a grave, and bury the dead, and also to bring joy to a bride and groom and help them in all their needs. These are deeds of kindness that one carries out with his person that have no limit. Although all these mitzvot are of Rabbinic origin, they are included in the Scriptural commandment Leviticus 19:18: "Love your neighbor as yourself." That charge implies that whatever you would like other people to do for you, you should do for your fellow in terms of Torah and mitzvot.

It appears to me that comforting mourners takes precedence over visiting the sick. For comforting mourners is an expression of kindness to the living and the dead.

If there is one unattended dead body in a city, all the inhabitants of the city are forbidden to perform work until they bury him. If there is a person responsible for tending to the needs of funeral, the others are permitted [to work].

We bury the dead of the gentiles, comfort their mourners, and visit their sick, as an expression of the ways of peace.

It is forbidden to benefit from a cemetery. What is implied? We do not eat or drink, perform work, read the Written Torah or study the Spoken Torah within them. The general principle is: We do not benefit from them nor act frivolously within them.