Lekach: Segula for Parnossa

Lekach is a sweet cake, traditionally made with honey.  It is customary to ask for and receive "lekach" from someone [usually one's mentor or parent] on the day before Yom Kippur.   One of the reasons given for this custom is that if it had been decreed, G‑d forbid, that during the year we should need to resort to a handout from others, the decree should be satisfied with this asking for food.

The Lubavitcher Rebbe used to hand out Lekach each year on erev Yom Kippur, or for those who did not receive it then, on Hoshannah Rabbah.

To read more about the reasons for this custom, click here.

Also see The Healing Powers of Apples and Honey

"We're At The Edge"

Rabbi Tovia Singer - 60 second video

Has the war of Gog u Magog begun?

The Once-a-Year Jew

 

Questions about Mashiach's Arrival

I mentioned this in the comments somewhere, but it really deserves it's own blog post.

Myrtle Rising: UPDATE: The Baba Sali Apparently Saw the Face of Mashiach, But Not the Revelation of Mashiach

In the middle of that blog post you will find a link to Bilvavi:  Questions About Mashiach's Arrival.

The Master Manipulator

When he says he won't allow Israel to annex the West Bank.  Is he Gog or is he just saying things to confuse his opponents? 

Many Evils

Art Paul Bond

It is written, “When many evils and distresses have befallen them” [Vayelech 31:21]

The Maggid of Dubno states that towards evening, as the peddler of goods stands in the marketplace with his baskets in hand, and most of his products are already sold, he wants to return home quickly. He therefore takes his remaining pears, prunes, and other products, and mixes them together in one basket and sells them at half price, for he wants to get rid of them as quickly as possible. 

Hence the Torah states, “When many evils and distresses have befallen them” – when you see a combination of various ills descending upon Israel, it signifies that all the “products” are almost gone, and that we have reached the remainder, the “footsteps of Mashiach,” meaning that he will soon arrive.

Source: Rabbi David Hanania Pinto Shlita

Statement About the U.N.'s Declaration of the Palestinian State

 Rabbi Mendel Kessin - 3 min video

We're In a World of Despair, But It's Going to End Well !

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff - 5 min video

"Everyone will be talking about the end of the world.... whether it's a nuclear war, meteors, aliens.... "