Tuesday, October 6, 2020
18 Tishrei Yahrzeit Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Sunday, September 27, 2020
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
5781: Heading for a Showdown
by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh
…and their lifeblood is dashed against My garments and I have stained all My raiment. For the day of vengeance is in My heart and the year of My redeemed has come.” [Isaiah 63:3-4]
Amalek’s Conversion
We see from this that there is a rectification for Amalek. It is written that the descendants of Haman (the Amalekite) taught Torah in Bnai Brak.[6] If they were teaching Torah in Bnai Brak, somebody must have converted them. There are opinions that they were accepted without knowledge of their lineage, which only became known after they converted. Nonetheless, we see that something good can come of Amalek—he can even become a Jew! Interestingly, the numerical value of “an Amalekite convert (גֵּר עֲמָלֵקִי) is equal to that of “the King Mashiach” (מֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ)!
[1] Exodus 17:7.
[2] Exodus 17:16.
Judge Yourself before Judging Others
There is a wellknown saying that if you go to Court, you should do so '''with clean hands''. In other words, if you are guilty of a wrong-doing, and then you take another party to Court, you will not only be judged accordingly in this world, but you will also be judged in Heaven before the other party is judged.
Monday, September 21, 2020
Friday, September 18, 2020
Thursday, September 17, 2020
What's Ahead in the New Year? Part 2 from Rabbi Mendel Kaplan
Following on from yesterday's video, here is Part 2 which illuminates the many details of this previously cryptic footnote that suddenly resonates with unprecedented optimism —unmasking the wonders in the sacred vision of the Rebbe!
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Have the Events of 5781 been Predicted 30 Years Ago ?
An incredible note from the Lubavitcher Rebbe says so. Rabbi Mendel Kaplan explains in the video below.
Thank you Chaya for sending this to me. I'm listening to it now, but already want to share it...
I recommend this shiur because it is so full of wonders and miracles, it will give you all a lot of chizzuk, in preparation for the coming Year of Wonders which is going to be shown to us, iy''H.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
5781 Predictions
Thanks to Nonee for sending this to me. I haven't listened to this Rabbi before: Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin with some ''predictions'' for the new year.
5781 - ''I will show you wonders'' - the Talmud says that any year that begins with poverty will end with tremendous wealth.
This lecture is well worth a listen - many good things to hear and iy''H they will all happen.
Monday, September 14, 2020
Secret Codes of Ha'azinu
אָמַרְתִּי אַפְאֵיהֶם אַשְׁבִּיתָה מֵאֱנוֹשׁ זִכְרָם
Based on Sichas Shabbos Parshas Haázinu 5742 Lubavitcher Rebbe
Sunday, September 13, 2020
24 Elul Chofetz Chaim
More on the Chafetz Chaim click here
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Many Evils
Art Sarah Porter |
It is written, “When many evils and distresses have befallen them” [Vayelech 31:21]
Monday, September 7, 2020
Trivial Pursuits
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Spiritual Beings in Physical Bodies
Likewise, the Jewish soul, which is G-d's highest priority, cannot achieve perfection without coming down into a physical body, in a world of concealment and temptation, because it is precisely through that descent that an even greater ascent is achieved.
Source: Likutei Sichos Lubavitcher Rebbe vol 29
Also see: Yerida L'tzorich Aliya: Descent for the Purpose of Ascent
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Is There a Death Sentence on America?
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Chabad in Dubai...
I'm not getting into the politics of the peace deal between Israel and the UAE, but you should know that Chabad has been operating out of Dubai for a while now...
I think I just like the listening to the soundtrack on this video.
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Rabbi Dudel of Lelov: Childbirth and Cholent
Rabbi Dudel of Lelov: Yarzheit 5 Elul -[text from Inner.org]
The initials of the Ana Beko’ach prayer spell a Kabbalistic holy Name, known as the Name of 42 Letters. 42 is the value of the word “mother” (אִמָּא). It is a segulah (a spiritual remedy) for bringing about a state of, “the mother of children is joyous.”[1]
When the Israelites encircled Jericho seven times in order to conquer it, they blew the shofars and recited the Ana Beko’ach prayer. (Until this very day, chassidim and devout people have a custom to encircle places that need to be “conquered” while reciting the Ana Beko’ach prayer – particularly with a melody that repeats each word of the prayer seven times).
Just as the Name of 42 Letters has the power to open Jericho, which is considered the lock of the Land of Israel, so it has the power to open the womb (the womb is described in the Song of Songs as, “a locked garden… a locked spring, a sealed fountain”[2]) when the time has come for the baby to be born.
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Rav Arush Predicts
Monday, August 24, 2020
Joe Biden's Stolen Speech
Saturday, August 22, 2020
3 Elul: Rav Kook Yahrzeit
More on Rav Kook at Rav Kook Torah
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
The 13 Attributes of Mercy
Monday, August 17, 2020
No Fear
Art: ''Havdalah with the Klausenberger Rebbe'' - Raphael Nouril |
Source: Rabbi Yisrael Bronstein
Friday, August 14, 2020
Living in a World of Lies
May Gibbs drawing from a 1919 public health campaign reminding people to wear their mask during the Spanish flu pandemic. |
I feel so sorry for the world.... people are lost and despairing, when all they really need is to learn the Truth, and they will be okay. The trouble is, no-one is telling them the truth. Truth has left the building.
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Rely only on Hashem
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Sunday, August 9, 2020
The Secrets of the Torah are Revealed to Him
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Solutions While You Sleep
I had a personal salvation this week, after several months of wondering why I was going through so much suffering - which was actually worse than anything I'd ever experienced before - and on Rosh Chodesh Tamuz I was given the answer via a dream - even though I didn't remember the dream, I woke up with the answer, just as I had prayed for it before I went to sleep. Once I'd acknowledged it and dealt with it, the judgment on me seemed to disappear, and I felt so much better.