Comments on In honor of Yom YerushalayimTypePad2009-05-20T15:36:30ZDavid Bognerhttps://www.treppenwitz.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.treppenwitz.com/2009/05/in-honor-of-yom-yerushalayim/comments/atom.xml/psachya commented on 'In honor of Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0115709f5989970b2009-05-22T19:24:38Z2009-05-22T19:24:39ZpsachyaOops. Make that "...the shul was filled with the sounds..." Serves me right for posting on Friday :)<p>Oops.</p>
<p>Make that "...the shul was filled with the sounds..."</p>
<p>Serves me right for posting on Friday :)</p>psachya commented on 'In honor of Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0115709f5775970b2009-05-22T19:21:03Z2009-05-22T19:21:03ZpsachyaIn my regular shul for evening services, the rabbi usually gives a short d'var Torah between Mincha and Maariv. Last...<p>In my regular shul for evening services, the rabbi usually gives a short d'var Torah between Mincha and Maariv. Last night, in lieu of his regular d'var Torah, the rabbi wheeled a huge boom box to the bimah and plugged it in. After a short explanation (and some technical difficulties), the ahul was filled with the sounds of the very same recording that you share with us every year. "Yerushalayim shel Zahav," "Har habayit b'yadenu," the shofar blasts, Rabbi Goren's spine-tingling Kel Maleh...You could have heard a pin drop. After the recording ended, there were several moments of intense silence. Then the rabbi gave a klap on the bimah, and the mourners recited kaddish.</p>
<p>It was certainly the most inspiring d'var Torah of the year for me.</p>SaraK commented on 'In honor of Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0115709e73aa970b2009-05-22T11:27:37Z2009-05-22T11:27:37ZSaraKSame for me, Jack. David, thanks for sharing your tradition, I love listening to that recording as well, and today...<p>Same for me, Jack. David, thanks for sharing your tradition, I love listening to that recording as well, and today is a great day to do it. Your article gave me chills. Shabbat Shalom!</p>Jack commented on 'In honor of Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef01156fa8df82970c2009-05-22T06:57:04Z2009-05-22T06:57:04ZJackhttp://wwwjackbenimble.blogspot.com/That recording never gets old for me.<p>That recording never gets old for me.</p>Heshy commented on 'In honor of Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0115709de461970b2009-05-22T05:23:37Z2009-05-22T05:23:37ZHeshyI actually got to your blog via the link in the OU website. I have visited Israel more than a...<p>I actually got to your blog via the link in the OU website. I have visited Israel more than a dozen times over the last 15 years and always try to go to the Kotel<br />
(on weekdays) for the Vasikin Minyan. While the special feeling of Yerushalayim may have worn off for you, as is natural, I am always amazed when I go to the Kotel, that over the many years I always see many of the same people. People who get up way before the crack of dawn to daven at the Kotel. On one of my visits to Israel I went to Museum ait Turgeman which , in essence, celebrates Yom Yerushalayim every day of the year. As I was viewing a picture on display of people making the very first pilgrimage to the Kotel right after the 6 day war, I was surprised that I recognized one of the men in the picture. He comes to the Kotel every day, davens Vasikin and says all of Sefer Tehilim every morning. He has now been doing this every day for over forty years. I don't know just how many people come avery single day, only that there are Jews of all stripes ( Chareidi, former Americans, Ashkenazim, Sefardim, Chassidim, Litvish, Mizrachi, young, old, middle aged,men,women,people wearing kipot serugot, people wearing white shirts out, tzitzis in, tzitzis out, sandles, crocs, long black coats,no jackets, soldiers etc. ) that demonstrate on a daily basis that we have not forgotten Yerushalayim. As a kohain, I look forward to the day when I can stand on the other side of the Wall , b'mehaira b'yamainu !</p>