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size=2>From: Allan Engel <A
href="mailto:allan.engel@gmail.com">allan.engel@gmail.com</A><BR><BR>Does anyone
know the earliest recorded instance of people putting Kvitlech<BR>in the Kosel
Ma'arovi?<BR>And why do people doing this believe that the RBSO needs a written
reminder<BR>of people's prayers?<BR><BR><BR>AD Engel<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Do we even need to daven at the Kosel? Can't Hashem hear our tefillos
wherever we are?</DIV>
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<DIV>The lavona on top of the lechem hapanim is called the "azkara" -- Rashi
says because it is the only thing from the shulchan that is burnt on the
mizbeach -- the bread is all given to the kohanim to eat -- and the lavona is
the azkara, "the remembrance" or "reminder" -- because when it is burnt it
reminds Hashem of the bread that was given to the kohanim. Like Hashem
needed a reminder?</DIV>
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<DIV>The shofar is blown to arouse Hashem's mercy because it sounds like the
sound of crying. Like He needed the shofar to arouse His mercy?
Another reason for blowing the shofar is actually mentioned in the Torah as
"zichron teruah" which Rashi explains as reminding Hashem of Akeidas Yitzchak by
reminding Him of the ram that was sacrificed instead of Yitzchak. Again, He
needed a reminder?</DIV>
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<DIV>Here's one, even more poignant -- I just learned this last week when Rabbi
Zohn (the famous expert on chevra kadisha laws and minhagim) was here for an
all-day Chevra Kadisha conference, which I attended -- and by the way, even
after many years of doing taharos, I learned a lot of things that I had not
previously known. And here is one: if a Jew dies al kiddush Hashem,
that is, if he is murdered by goyim, he is not washed, not given a
tahara, and not dressed in tachrichim -- rather, he is buried in the
bloody clothes that he was wearing when he lost his life -- and that
is how he will appear before the Kisei Hakavod -- to arouse Hashem's mercy on
His people.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hashem didn't see the murder when it was taking place?</DIV>
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<DIV>Since we are physical people -- and even in our Afterlife there is an
aspect of "bodily-ness" -- WE need concrete objects and concrete
actions. WE do not live a disembodied life of pure mental abstraction, and
we cannot approach Hashem in a purely mental disembodied way.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><FONT color=#000000></FONT><BR><STRONG>--Toby
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