** Cong Bet Yaakob and Rabbi Mansour would like to invite all ladies to an event of inspiration entitled "Eternal Imprints- A Woman’s Many Roles." The event will be on Wednesday Dec. 2nd, at 12:30 at Cong Bet Yaakob, on the corner of Ave R & Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn.**
On festive occasions, when we do not recite Tahanunim (Ana, the Yag Middot, Le’David, etc.), we omit from the Shaharit service the Psalm of "Lamenase’ah Mizmor Le’David," which we normally recite before U’ba Le’siyon, and the Psalm of "Tefila Le’David," which we normally recite after U’ba Le’siyon.
The Ben Ish Hai (Rav Yosef Haim of Baghdad, 1833-1909), in his work Od Yosef Haim, explains that we omit these two Psalms on festive occasions because they make reference to times of crisis and distress. The second verse of "Lamenase’ah Mizmor Le’David" speaks of God answering us "Be’yom Sara," in periods of crisis, and it would be inappropriate to make reference to crisis on festive days. Likewise, in the Psalm of "Tefila Le’David," David describes how he called to God "Be’yom Sarati" – "on the day of my crisis." This, too, would be inappropriate on festive occasions. Therefore, the custom is to omit these two chapters of Tehillim from the Shaharit service on festive days, when we omit Tahanunim, and to proceed straight from Ashreh to U’ba Le’siyon, and then to Bet Yaakob.
