Teleki Tér Shtiebel Budapest http://www.budapestshul.com We just need a minyan plus one Thu, 10 May 2012 10:32:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Celebrating the return of the Torah scroll! http://www.budapestshul.com/2012/05/celebrating-the-return-of-the-torah.html http://www.budapestshul.com/2012/05/celebrating-the-return-of-the-torah.html#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 05:56:41 +0000 szekelyrobi http://www.budapestshul.com/?p=2085 Continue reading →]]> To celebrate the return and the first usage of the second renewed scroll, the shul was filled with life once again! Children were running around everywhere. It was uplifting to see all those shining young and elderly faces. The ceremony was held according to the usual Teleki platz manners. Maybe a slightly more vivid singing and of course the ceremonial dance around and with the returned scroll.

]]> http://www.budapestshul.com/2012/05/celebrating-the-return-of-the-torah.html/feed 0 Kosher Sifrei Torah at Teleki http://www.budapestshul.com/2012/05/kosher-sefer-torahs-at-teleki.html http://www.budapestshul.com/2012/05/kosher-sefer-torahs-at-teleki.html#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 11:39:02 +0000 teleki http://www.budapestshul.com/?p=2035 Continue reading →]]> The second, renewed Torah has arrived back to Teleki.
We met our sofer from Jerusalem at the Vienna airport, and with
active help from the Bostoner Rebbe we finished the correction of the
scroll, (on top of a check in desk,) and celebrated it at the airport.
Here are a few pictures of the happening:
First, ceremonial reading from the scroll will happen on 9am, 5 May 2012, at the shul, during Shabbat shacharit.
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This time a professional DJ made sure, we had dancing music, and the Hurwitz boys tuned it up with their “gangtsa rap” :)

Some of the pictures were made by the kids, the rest by And!s Mayer

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]]> http://www.budapestshul.com/2012/03/purim-12.html/feed 0 For the guest book… http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/10/for-the-guest-book.html http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/10/for-the-guest-book.html#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:29:45 +0000 teleki http://budapestshul.com/?p=1590 Continue reading →]]> Dear Andris,

“Among the garbage and the flowers” is a line from Leonard Cohen’s Susan which I think emphasize the time we spent with you in Budapest. You took us to see a neighborhood in Budapest which I don’t think many tourists encounter with and off course the most exciting part of it was the shul that you and your brother maintain and renovate.
For me it was like a tour back in time into the 19th century.
I wanted to thank you for all the wide knowledge of yours that you share with us and for all your patience to our questions during the whole day.

Shana Tova Andris and I hope there won’t be even a single seat left in your shul during the Rosh Hashana and Yom Hakipurim prayers.

Shana Tova,
Ron, Erez and Zehavit (Anat’s Friends)

]]> http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/10/for-the-guest-book.html/feed 0 Shavuos 2011 http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/06/shavuos-2011.html http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/06/shavuos-2011.html#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:36:05 +0000 teleki http://budapestshul.com/?p=1472 Continue reading →]]> Shavuos is approaching and we are all getting excited for an another explosion of Torah excitement. Tuesday evening we gather for dinner and learning, where we all pull together and prepare something interesting and thought provoking.

For a brief synopsis of last year’s session;

Andras Mayer spoke about the pitfalls of art in the forms of sculptures and pictures,

Gabor Mayer spoke about copyright in Jewish law

Laci Horovic spoke about Shavuos and its’ customs

Michael Miller spoke about the Amida prayer

Sanyi Feldmájer spoke about the Kabbala

I spoke about the halachic process of dialogue

Each class was thought provoking; questions took us to the abyss of suspense with solutions that thrilled.

Barack Obama and colleagues look on rapt as the András Mayer presents a few challenges to sculpture on the basis of the Biblical injunction of making idols

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I am looking forward to a repeat of last years thrills.

]]> http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/06/shavuos-2011.html/feed 0 Tobi Bat Mitzva – photos http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/05/tobi-bat-mitzva-photos.html http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/05/tobi-bat-mitzva-photos.html#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 09:56:17 +0000 teleki http://budapestshul.com/?p=1413 IMG_2519aK IMG_2386aK IMG_2374aK IMG_2365aK IMG_2358aK IMG_2356aK IMG_2354aK IMG_2351aK IMG_4213aK IMG_4193aK IMG_4179aK IMG_4167aK IMG_4133aK IMG_4124aK IMG_4120aK IMG_4099aK IMG_4092aK IMG_4087aK IMG_4084aK IMG_4076aK IMG_4060aK IMG_4054aK IMG_4052aK IMG_4044aK IMG_4042aK IMG_4040aK IMG_4022aK IMG_4020aK IMG_4015aK IMG_4011aK IMG_3980aK IMG_3971aK IMG_3961aK IMG_3956aK IMG_3950aK IMG_3945aK IMG_2722aK IMG_2710aK IMG_2704aK IMG_2696aK IMG_2691aK IMG_2688aK IMG_2663aK IMG_2661aK IMG_2652aK IMG_2605aK IMG_2556aK IMG_2431aK IMG_2429aK IMG_2424aK IMG_2421aK IMG_2411aK BatMitzvaPanorama_aK IMG_2403aK IMG_2387aK IMG_2372aK ]]> http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/05/tobi-bat-mitzva-photos.html/feed 0 On the Purim http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/03/on-the-purim.html http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/03/on-the-purim.html#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:43:55 +0000 teleki http://budapestshul.com/?p=1334 Continue reading →]]> On Sunday  4:30 p.m. 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar (20th of March) I went on another great trek with my children through the streets of Budapest. Once again, there was a buzz of excitement for the children, in the journey, full of youthful expectations. You see, we were going to one of the hotspots in the local Jewish scene; and we were going to celebrate Purim with Mordechai, Esther and co., together with our wonderful community in Teleki ter synagogue. Once again, our community celebrated in style!

Purim has always been a favourite, carnivalesque festival but when we celebrate, party takes on new meaning. For when we celebrate, we blend a variety of disparate “simcha” genres; the historic with the new, the religious with the secular and the holy with the profane. People of different ages and religious convictions join together and partake in the pure experience of the day, and when that day is Purim …  (See Glossary for Purim)

But this year’s Purim was special. Why is this so, you may ask. Well, allow me to digress.

As you may have noticed, our synagogue is in the midst of exciting times. We are experiencing a true rebirth, a genuine renaissance in all aspects of the word. This rebirth, was slow in starting a few years back, but has skyrocketed in the last couple of years.

In the earlier years, we celebrated our major festivals in my home. The celebrations were nice, of course, but it did not have the same flavour of a Shul event as it does when actually celebrated in shul.

Approximately one year ago we renovated a room in the shul which now functions as a miniature community hall, where we are able to host events. In this newly renovated room, we were able to host festivals in the synagogue itself.

The first event that we hosted, since the renovation of the room, was Purim. Therefore, this Purim fest, was the first event that we celebrated for the second year running. This year’s Purim would be the test of our past Purim, in terms of attraction and growth. Attraction – how many people were inspired to come and to bring their friends on the basis of last year’s Purim. Growth– what did we learn and how have we grown spiritually as a community since last year’s Purim?

Thus it was natural that I went to Shul full of anticipation. But, after all said and done, what can I say was the result of the Purim festival? Well for one, in the attraction department, attendance was over double of the year before, and in contrast to our humble beginnings, the shul was full with wonderful little children of all ages, shapes and sizes.

But success should not be measured in mere numbers. We need to take into account quality as well – i.e. we need to take the spiritual growth factor into account and in this aspect as well we can hold our heads up with pride. The day began with prayer (Mincha) and Megilla reading followed by dancing to live music drinking and merriment. This year no one did chair/sky diving, nor did anyone want to introduce his head to the floor, and although we still knew that Mordechai was the hero, and Haman the villain (see glossary), nonetheless the merriment continued unabated throughout the event.

Special thanks to R. Yehoshua Witt for reading the Megillah and for performing spiritual entertainment with song and soul. And thanks to all who contributed towards making the festival truly wonderful.

Glossary

Shul – Synagogue
Megilla – scroll (in this article referring to Megillas Esther – the scroll of Esther read on Purim)
Simcha – Joy

Purim – a festival (14th of Adar) celebrated by eating and drinking, sending gifts (which often come with receiving gifts), giving money to the poor and hearing the Purim story in the scroll of Esther. The villain attempted to annihilate the Jewish people, but thanks to G-d and the hero’s of the story the Jews were spared. As a result of this, we have the unique requirement not just to be jolly on Purim, but we are expected to drink and get inebriated. In fact we are required to celebrate with drinking, until we no longer can distinguish between how “blessed is Mordechai” and how Cursed is Haman”.
Mordechay and Esther – the protagonists/hero’s of the Purim story
Haman – the villain of the Purim story who attempted to annihilate the Jewish People.
On the Purim

]]> http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/03/on-the-purim.html/feed 0 Statues of the shul from 1927 http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/03/statues-of-the-shul-from-1927.html http://www.budapestshul.com/2011/03/statues-of-the-shul-from-1927.html#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:52:07 +0000 teleki http://budapestshul.com/?p=1319 Continue reading →]]> Statues of the Mishna Society from 1927

Statues of the Mishna Society from 1927

Digging through the papers in the benches Sanyi Feldmájer found a bigger paper, with Hebrew text, so he took it to be framed. We just had a better look, when he took it back.

It turned out to be the statues of the Mishna Society established in 1927 partly in hebrew and partly in German. The final translation was made by Michael Miller.

Our ancestors could see the world very optimisticly about in 1927…

So the text itself:

With the help of God, first day of the parsha “Lesader va’hakimoti et-briti itkhem” (sic!)  in the year 5687 [i.e. 1927]

These are the statutes for the Mishna Society:

At today’s meeting, we have founded a Mishna Society with these statutes:

  1. Mishna will be learned every night.  Whoever does not have time every night must come to learn at least twice a week.
  2. On the Yarzeit of our parents, the names of our parents will be remembered through Mishna learning
  3. After 120 years, Mishna will be learned for the member, kaddish will be said and Yarzeit will be held.
  4. We oblige ourselves to pay 10 Heller weekly for the purpose of buying religious books.

And we have provisionally elected a presidium, namely:

Treasurer: R. Yisrael Isaac Friedman

Controller: R. Eleazar Schechter

Committee: R. Zvi Frost Ha-Kohen, R. Shalom Nagler, R. Zvi Pilot, R. Avraham Isaac Ha-levi Kupfer

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