Hello Everyone,
For the most part our practices which we refer to as the Halacha are based on rulings which are derived from the Talmud. But there are occasional exceptions. One such exception was this past Shabbat. This past Shabbat was the day before Rosh Chodesh Elul. According to the Gemara (Megilla 31a) the Haftara that we ought to have read was the passage “מחר חדש” (from שמואל א פרק כ). But instead of this passage we read a passage from ישעיה פרק נה beginning with the words “עניה סערה…”
Why don’t we read the Haftara as taught by the Gemara? We will discuss this deviation in the coming two classes.
I look for ward to meeting with you.
Stuart Fischman
P.S.- Please feel free to send me comments and suggestions. My e-mail address is fish9999@gmail.com