Rabbi Pinchas Winston discusses the significance of the number 11 found in this week's parshah, and how it affects Jewish history, especially in recent times.
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
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Sometimes the highest souls end up in the lowest places
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| Rabbi Y.Y.Jacobson |
World-renowned teacher Rabbi YY Jacobson explores the reason why Moshiach is said to have been born from so much apparent immorality. Sometimes, the highest souls end up in the lowest places.
Welcome to Monday Torah, an inspiring weekly class by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, one of the most sought after speakers in the Jewish world today and spiritual leader of Congregation Bais Shmuel in Crown Heights. This week's class dissects the Kabbalistic secret behind the apparent mystery behind the birth of Moshiach.
A tale of a diamond merchant and a thief illustrates the point. Sometimes you discover greatness where you expect it least.
To see the video go to The Yeshiva.net
Subtle Slander
"These are the words that Moshe spoke to all Israel" [Devarim 1:1]
Why, asked the Megaleh Amukos [R' Nosson Nota Shapira] does the verse state "...that Moshe spoke to all Israel" and not simply "...that Moshe spoke to Israel"?
The acronym of the word "eileh" he answered is "avak lashon hara" - the dust of evil speech - subtle types of slander.
Chazal state in Maseches Bava Basra [165b] "Most individuals transgress the sin of theft, a small minority transgress the sin of illicit relations, but all transgress the sin of avak lashan hara." The grave sin of lashon hara is a sin that all of Israel might come to transgress, so all Jews must be cautioned of the danger it presents. The verse therefore states: "These are the words that Moshe spoke to all Israel."
Source: Rabbi Yisrael Bronstein
Obama's Coup Follows Path of Hitler's Enabling Law
Last night, under the influence of a terror campaign by Obama and his British and Wall Street backers, a majority of the US House of Representative signed off on a Hitler [yemach shemo] coup against the U.S. Constitution. Under this coup, the Congress will, as a first step, no longer have the power to decide on matters of spending—a specific violation of Section 1 of the nation's governing body. And that's just the beginning.
The Obama SuperCongress measure directly mirrors the Hitler Enabling Law [Ermaechtigungsgesetz] of March 1933, by which the German Reichstag "democratically" voted to give Hitler emergency powers by passing the "Law for Removing the Distress of People and Reich," which gave Hitler the right to govern on his own, and in contravention to the Constitution, without consulting the parliament for a period of four years.
Only a cowardly idiot would not see the handwriting on the wall with Obama's Hitler coup today.
Read the whole thing at Larouchepac.com
P.S. Remember his first speech in Berlin, 2008?
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
America's Super Congress Dictatorship
This is how freedom dies,not with a bang but a bureaucratic whimper. [Alex Jones]
The Man in the Black Mercedes
A young man who was unable to pay his grocery bill at the checkout counter Friday received a surprise.
On Friday morning, a young father of a large Chabad family completed his grocery shopping for Shabbos and headed to the checkout line to pay.
Once the total for his purchases was calculated, he took out his credit card and gave it to the cashier to pay the bill, which totaled NIS 850 - $250.
"I'm sorry, sir," said the cashier. "But your credit card did not go through."
Thinking that this was very strange, the young man called his wife and asked her for the number of her credit card over the phone. He then brought the number to the counter, but this didn't work either, as the card was from the same account.
The man didn't know what to do at this point, as it was already 2:30 pm and it was almost closing time. So he called his father for assistance, and returned to the counter a few minutes later with his father's credit card number. However when he returned to the checkout counter this time, he was in for a surprise.
"There's no need for this card," said the checkout girl with a smile. "Someone else has paid for your entire shopping!"
"Who paid for me?" the man asked, in utter amazement. "How is that possible? I've been here for a while already trying to sort this out!"
"It was the guy who just walked out of here and got into a black Mercedes," replied the checkout girl, pointing towards the doorway.
The young man ran outside, where he saw a black Mercedes starting to drive away, and he tried to flag it down. But the car continued to move. After finally convincing the driver to stop, he asked him his name and for a telephone number so that he could contact him and arrange to pay him back.
"There's no need," said the mystery benefactor. "Simply daven for the success of Erez ben Shlomit, and that should be enough!" he said, before hitting the gas pedal and speeding off into Jerusalem.
Once the total for his purchases was calculated, he took out his credit card and gave it to the cashier to pay the bill, which totaled NIS 850 - $250.
"I'm sorry, sir," said the cashier. "But your credit card did not go through."
Thinking that this was very strange, the young man called his wife and asked her for the number of her credit card over the phone. He then brought the number to the counter, but this didn't work either, as the card was from the same account.
The man didn't know what to do at this point, as it was already 2:30 pm and it was almost closing time. So he called his father for assistance, and returned to the counter a few minutes later with his father's credit card number. However when he returned to the checkout counter this time, he was in for a surprise.
"There's no need for this card," said the checkout girl with a smile. "Someone else has paid for your entire shopping!"
"Who paid for me?" the man asked, in utter amazement. "How is that possible? I've been here for a while already trying to sort this out!"
"It was the guy who just walked out of here and got into a black Mercedes," replied the checkout girl, pointing towards the doorway.
The young man ran outside, where he saw a black Mercedes starting to drive away, and he tried to flag it down. But the car continued to move. After finally convincing the driver to stop, he asked him his name and for a telephone number so that he could contact him and arrange to pay him back.
"There's no need," said the mystery benefactor. "Simply daven for the success of Erez ben Shlomit, and that should be enough!" he said, before hitting the gas pedal and speeding off into Jerusalem.
Source: COLLive
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