Lehallel
Getting it ready…

Torah · 1:04:45

Is Shabbos Rosh Hashana a Bad Sign?

22K views · Sep 2, 2026

Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

Ask this shiur

Ask in your own words — the answer is the exact moment this shiur speaks to it.

What’s said in this shiur

The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Okay, good evening everyone and welcome to the second part of our four-part series on Chuva from the rabbis of the Booker Tone Synagogue. I have the privilege of teaching it this evening and want to conquer or I don't know conquer want to study and at least investigate and discuss and give thought to what is a fascinating subject a function of the calendar and the way it falls this year. something that is not only interesting, it's not just academic or conceptual, but something which is or conceptual, but something which is downright frightening. Downright frightening. And first, I want to demonstrate to you why it's frightening. And why the person who actually brought this to my attention, someone who I love very much, a very sensitive soul, all the wonderful people who recently met aliyah from our community. And he sent me this garra and reminded me of the way the calendar falls out and says, "What are we going to do? What does it mean for us? We should be shaking when you look historically how it's come true and what it means for us and what it might what it means for us and what it might mean for us this year and how will we offset it? What will we do about it? So what am I referring to? First of all, if you're watching online, we posted the source sheets in the comment on YouTube and we'll share the source sheets in other ways for those who want to follow. First source on page one writes the following taught token any year in which we don't blow chauffeur on the first day of rashashana any year in which we omit chauffeur on

Jump to a moment

  1. 0:00Okay, good evening everyone and welcome to the second part of our four-part series on Chuva…
  2. 6:14any year that we don't blow we don't blow the chauffeur at the beginning meaning falls…
  3. 12:28hearing chauffeur on rash. Such a person who dismisses hearing chauffeur is not protected by chauffeur…
  4. 18:35if someone did take a chauffeur and blow it anyway. Let's say there's someone who says…
  5. 24:45The taz also addresses this taz in source number one of the one of the commentaries…
  6. 30:57in the year and he proves it through the calculation. skip down and he proves it…
  7. 37:12know what the nimshell is? The nimshell is who is our wife? Who is the wife…
  8. 43:23wait for Shabas to end. Imagine a couple goes out for dinner. How long are we…
  9. 49:35ladder and hurt myself. It was all angry at me." Now, if you can't sit in…
  10. 55:40us in danger. We must be united. We must stand together. We must be Israel even…

Every second of this shiur plays inside Lehallel — a filtered YouTube library of Torah, music and shiurim. No ads, no comments, no autoplay.

More from Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

Get the week’s best, by email

One email a week — a handful of shiurim and music. No account needed.

Know a family who would use this? Give a Lehallel membership.