Shirat Devorah

Thursday, July 6, 2023

The True Meaning of Tragedy and Its Relationship to Current Events

New shiur from Rabbi Mendel Kessin

Why Did Muslims Rule the Holy Land for 1300 Years?

New 10 min shiur from Rabbi Efraim Palvanov

Colours and Wonders

Yesterday I decided to take my own photo of the sun, to see if it looked like the ones I'm seeing from other people. Whilst my own photo is not publish-worthy, it looked just like this one below..... all sorts of colours radiating outwards from a giant sun... and it appeared as though there was something much bigger behind it. Everything I've been showing you is definitely real,

The orange "clouds" are asteroid trails. Taken in Scotland.

This photo of a rainbow is too good not to share. There are so many colours in the skies lately, all captured by photos from all over the world. It's going to be a very colourful Geula from the looks of things.

Yesterday, Yellowstone Lake Colorado

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

How To Elevate One's Self-Esteem and Eliminate Immaturity Part 2

Rabbi Shimon Kessin

Part 1 can be found here

Your Special Mission

While Jewish law obligates each person to observe all the mitzvot, there is always at least one particular mitzvah to which one's soul is drawn more strongly. According to Chassidic thought, this concept is hinted to by the fact that the Land was apportioned ''by means of a lottery'' [Pinchas 26:55] suggesting that one's primary mission in life, one's spiritual ''inheritance'' has been pre-allotted to him on High, and one has no choice in the matter.

The reason why a person's soul has a particular affinity to its ''special mitzvah'' is because each soul is a ''spark'' of the general soul which Adam possessed; and corresponding to its original ''location'' within Adam's soul, it will have a distinct spiritual path of its own. Consequently, through observing his ''special mitzvah'' the person will become spiritually fulfilled, which will give him additional enthusiasm in the observance of all the other mitzvot as well.

How can a person discover what ''his special mitzvah'' is? There is no simple solution. However, being that a person's mission in life is centered around his ''special mitzvah'', it follows that his ''evil inclination'' will oppose this mitzvah strongly, which may give a person a clue as to what it is. Furthermore, Divine Providence will inevitably lead a person to circumstances which are conducive to the observance of his ''special mitzvah''. [So if one is wealthy, for example, his special mitzvah is quite possibly to give charity.]

In addition to all the above, every person in a given generation will have a ''special mitzvah'' by virtue of the times in which he lives. And in our times, this is the obligation to promote knowledge, belief and yearning for the coming of Moshiach, since our souls have, by Divine Providence, been placed here in the last generation of Exile.

Source: Lubavitcher Rebbe - based on Likutei Sichos vol 2 p.346, Sefer Hama'amorim 5706 p.240, Sefer HaSichos 5752 vol 1 p.97

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

The Electro-Magnetic Force Field in the Bible

Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin

The clouds of glory served as an electromagnetic force field for the Israelites in the desert. These clouds were in the Merit of Aaron the high priest. Find out why Aaron’s merit brought about these clouds of glory!

Sunday, July 2, 2023

Super Moon Halos

Queensland Australia last night

The full moon on July 3 will be the first of three full moons that will occur during the summer season [Northern Hemisphere] and winter for us in the Southern Hemisphere.... and is the first of four “supermoons” that will occur in 2023. The three other supermoons will occur on Aug. 1, Aug. 30 and Sept. 29.

Our sun is a dwarf yellow star, behind it is a bigger standard red star and behind both of them is the gas giant known to some as "Immaru". The halo effect in the moon photos is from the gas giant Immaru.