Monday Morning Minyan

Name: Monday Morning Minyan
Start: 2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00
End: 2019-02-11T08:00:00+00:00
Location: Kesher

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Monday Morning Minyan

11 February @ 7:00 am - 8:00 am

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Join the quorum to make up this morning minyan. Breakfasts served straight after – so you can stock up spiritually and physically before the commute and day at work. Located within a few steps from Golders Green tube station, we are an ideal pause at the start of the work week. Get in touch if you require assistance in learning more.

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Date:: 11 February
Time:: 7:00 am - 8:00 am

Organizer

: Kesher Community Centre
Phone:: 020 8458 5836
Email:: info@kesher.org.uk
Website:: www.kesher.org.uk

Venue

Kesher; 933 Finchley Road
London, NW11 7PE United Kingdom + Google Map
Phone:: 020 8458 5836

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Ask the Rabbi: Easy as א-ב-ג?

Dear Rabbi Simon,
I hope you fasted well yesterday.
Thank you for the insights into the Kinnot, making them easier to understand.
In the afternoon, I was listening to a shiur on Eichah on Torahanytime. As an aside, the speaker mentioned that the 1st perek of Eichah is the source for the order of the alef bet as we know it. Other chapters also follow the alef bet chronology but with ayin en peh interchanged.
He quoted Rabbi Shimon Schwab as his source.
Although he did not elaborate on this, surely Sefer Tehillim predates Megillat Eichah by centuries. Several psalms are written in the alef bet order (e.g.
psalm 119).
Can you please clarify?
Thank you & best wishes.
PhilippeHi Philippe

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TY for your sophisticated Q.
I have also heard that the question of the sequence of samekh and 'ayin is subject to dispute. It seems that there are indications that in Paleo-Hebrew the order is reversed from what we know. It is alleged that chapters 2, 3 and 4 of Eichah (chapter 5 is not alphabetical) reflect the original order. Of course, as you say, ch 1 conforms to the order with which we are family.
You are right that Tehillim predates Eichah, however a critic can claim that the order was redacted to bring it in line with the accepted/preferred sequence. This is particularly true for ch. 119, where each of the 8 vv per letter are their own group, and each set of 8 vv. can easily be repositioned. The question is in Ps. 34 or 145, if the internal logic of the passage sheds light on the correct sequence. In Ps. 34, some claim that the v. starting with the letter peh makes more sense to follow the verse starting with samekh (due to the common appearance of the word ra'). I am not convinced that this argument is compelling.
I will stick with the mesorah, that 'ayin belongs before peh. Best to look before speaking.
Rabbi Rashi Simon

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