Holy Jews:

   Todos of Rome expounded: What did Chananyah, Mishael, and Azaryah see that convinced them to let themselves be thrown into the fiery furnace in order to sanctify Hashem's Name? They derived their behavior from the plague of frogs using an a fortiori argument. Their logic was of those frogs which were never commanded to sanctify Hashem's Name, it is written: "They will come up and go into your houses, and your bedroom, and onto your bed, and into your servants' houses and among your people, and into your ovens and your dough."(Shemot 7:28)
   Chazal ask when s dough near the oven? When the oven is hot. And yet these frogs were willing to give up their lives and jump into hot ovens in order to do Hashem's will. We who were commanded to sanctify Hashem's Name, should certainly be willing to give up our lives for Hashem.(Gemara Pesachim 53b ; A Consoling Thought, R' Greenwald)
   While dying Al Kiddush Hashem, is a very powerful way of sanctifying Hashem's Name. There is one that is even more powerful: living Al Kiddush Hashem. While dying Al Kiddush Hashem is great, it only lasts a moment. While living Al Kiddush Hashem lasts a lifetime. Every time a Jew walks in the streets and is acting like one of Hashem's children, he is bringing much honor to Hashem and His Name. There is no question that this a lot harder than dying Al Kiddush Hashem, but we must know that the rewards for bringing such honor to Hashem's Name is unimaginable!

Something to think about
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat David Mendelsohn, Chayim Yosef Ben Yehudah Gamsa.  H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to have clarity and Hatzlacha Rabbah Bekarov Bechinam!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

  The Gemara asks: "What is Chesed Shel Emet -- what is considered true kindness? It is the Chesed that one does for the dead." R' Chayim Sofer was deeply moved by these words from the Gemara -- he, too, wanted to do Chesed for those who had passed. He decided that every morning after he said the Bracha "HaMachzir Neshamot - Who restores the Souls to lifeless bodies," he would learn Mishnayot in depth and say Kaddish D'Rabbanan with a Minyan in memory of those Neshamot who didn't have anyone to pray for them or say Kaddish for them. His learning Liulay Nishmat was indeed Chesed Shel Emet.(A Consoling Thought, R' Greenwald)
  The Rebbe R' Menachem Mendel of Riminov used to say: "What the little ones can do for the big ones, we can never really understand". As great as a Tzaddik was when he was alive, once he passes he no longer has the ability to do more Mitzvot. Only the ones who are alive can help him move up. By lighting a candle, or saying Kaddish, or learning Liulay Nishmat someone who passed, you can help them do something that they themselves have no power to do. And being that they are not here to say thank you, it truly is a Chesed Shel Emet.

Something to think about:
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. (James Huneker)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Shmuel Ben R' Yosef Zundel Salanter, R' Menachem Mendel Alter HY"D Ben R' Yehudah Aryeh Leib, R' Eliezer Zusia Ben R' Yisrael Avraham Portugal(The Skulener Rebbe). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for all of Klal Yisrael to have Parnasa B'Shefa AMEN Bekarov Bechinam!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
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Holy Jews:

   A person is considered righteous if he observes all the Mitzvot with the purpose of fulfilling Hashem;s will. Yet, it is also possible that you will long for a higher level of relationship. You may feel yourself as Hashem's child. In this case, your sense of duty is transformed into one of profound love. Aware that the root of your Neshama is bound to your Father in Heave, you will want to observe every Mitzvah out of love and desire to attach yourself to your Father.
   Like a child who appreciates his father and desires to please him, you draw on your intellect to internalize the subtleties of Torah observance, and use your emotions to do your service out of love rather from feeling of duty that could turn into routine.
   "Yedid Nefesh" amplifies Klal Yisrael's voice as Hashem's child. "Distinguished Ancient One, may Your mercies be aroused now to pity the child of Your beloved nation." Even though I believe that You are loving and compassionate, I am unable to feel Your love as a Merciful Father. Nevertheless. "I have yearned and hoped for so long to behold Your power in all its splendor! This is the sole desire of my heart, so please take pity now and do not conceal Yourself any longer!" The stanza ends with the poet's cry for Hashem to let him feel the fatherly mercy for which he yearns.(Sefer Living Kabbalah, R' Refael Moshe Luria, R' BenYosef)
   "Banim Atem L'Hashem Elokeichem" (You are children to Hashem your G-d) The Chassidc Masters explain that if we want Hashem to act to us like a Father, we must act like Banim. A Father wants nothing more than for His children to get along. There is nothing more painful for a parent than, to see his children not getting along.
   We will soon be saying the famous Tefillah of "Avinu Malkeinu", if we want Hashem to be our Avinu, then we must act like Banim. We must work on getting along. Then we can enter Yom HaDin, like Banim, and a Father always takes care of His children.

Something to think about:
Two right shoes do not make a pair (opposites attract) and even the most expensive pair of shoes, need to be broken in.(R' Fischel Shachter)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat  HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabeinu Avraham Yaakov Ben R' Meir HaKohen Pam(Rosh Yeshivat Torah V'Da'at, A Master in treating people right!) H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every person to have Hatzlacha Rabbah AMEN! Bekarov Bechinam!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   It seemed as though the Satmar Rav never had to prepare for a lecture, drashah, or shiur. In Europe the custom had been for someone to open a Midrash Rabba at Shalosh Seudos, and read three passages at random - giving the Rebbe material for his dissertation. He would then expound at length, quoting passages from the Midrash verbatim ... In America, he would enter the yeshiva's Beit Midrash, ask where the bachurim were up to in their studies, open the Gemara and begin a long, involved lecture without further notice.
   Rabbi Yaakov Breish of Zurich had spent years on the section of his sefer Chelkat Yaakov that deals with the complicated laws of ribbit (usury). When visiting the United States, he visited the Satmar Rav and spent several hours discussing in detail several difficult topics in his sefer. He later expressed wonder at how thorough the Rebbe's mastery of this topic had been, even though his visit had been unannounced, giving the Rebbe no time for preparation.
   The Rebbe would write his Torah commentaries at two or three o'clock in the morning, relishing every minute. He once remarked, "I could see myself doing this the rest of my life, but I have a directive from my father that one must be prepared to give away his own Torah, if necessary, to help a fellow Jew."
   Notwithstanding his round-the-clock involvement in Chesed, his treasure house of Torah knowledge was vast. Perhaps Klal Yisrael was deprived of the greater riches that would have been theirs had he been allowed the luxury of extending the full measure of the Hatmadah of his youth into his later years, and not suffered the distraction of being father to his community. But then, Klal Yisrael would not have had a Satmar Rav, and we would have been infinitely poorer for that loss.(My Neighbor, My Father, My Rebbe)
   I believe that one of the reasons that the Satmar Rav was able to be so successful in his learning, was because he dedicated his time to help Klal Yisrael.
   Rav Moshe Feinstein ztl writes in Igrot Moshe that Ma'aser is not only limited to Ma'aser Kesafim (Ma'aser from money), but a person should give ten percent of his time to help Klal Yisrael. And just like if you give Ma'aser you become rich. When you give ten percent of your time, the other 90 percent becomes a lot more productive.

Something to think about:
The "Kefirah" of today is the mindset "I can't help myself".(R' Yitzchak Hutner ztl)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Yaakov Meshulam Orenstein(Author of Yeshuot Yaakov), R' Yehudah Fattiyah, R' Yoel Ben R' Chananyah Lipa Yom-Tov(The Satmar Rav), R' Meir Ashkenazi, R' Eliyahu Baruch Goldschmidt. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam, Avraham Tzvi Ben Chana Gittel, Yonatan Ben Miryam, and Eliyahu Tzvi Ben Rachel to have Parnasa B'Shefa AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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Holy Jews:

   ""You are children of Hashem, your G-d. Do not mutilate yourself and do not create a bald spot between your eyes in response to a death.(Devarim 19:1)
   The Pasuk contains not only the reason why we do not "overreact" to the loss of a loved one (Chas V'Shalom) by tearing apart our flesh, or engaging in other pagan practices, but also presents some beautiful words of comfort to those who have suffered a loss. As children of Hashem who have been entrusted by Him with a specific mission to fulfill during our finite life span on this earth, death is really nothing more than a return of a child to his heavenly parent.
   The Sfat Emet preserves for us a beautiful Mashal from the Zohar HaKadosh. A mortal king, desiring to groom his heir apparent, sends him on a mission to the provinces hoping that his son will benefit from intermingling with commoners. The mission succeeds beyond his wildest expectations to the extent that the prince, when summoned home to the royal palace; is reluctant to leave his new friends. The analogy -- and the message -- should be apparent. As children of Hashem, Hshem entrusted our Divine Souls with a specific well-defined mission -- to descend to this earth and rather than resort to the common passions of this world to always remain a prince. After 120 years, when we the children of the King of Kings, are called home to the Royal Palace, we -- and our bereft family -- should view our physical departure as a true homecoming, rather than as an unmitigated tragedy. The Torah doesn't resort to the extreme passionate forms of mourning practiced by pagans because we know that the deserving soul has simply returned home...(Sefer Chasdei Hashem, Parashat Re'eh)
   This concept can be used to explain everything that happens to us in life. While the rest of the world only view events at their face value, Jews understand that there is something deeper hidden there. The world sees an event that on its face value seems "bad" it reacts with anger or depression. While Jews understand "Kol Man D'Avid Rachmana L'Tav Avid", and when a Jew passes he is really going to a better place. Similarly, when a "bad" event happens in our lives we must understand that even though we don't see it, something good is really happening, and we should be happy.

Something to think about:
The city of happiness is located in the state of mind.(R' Duvi Ben-Soussan)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Yeshayahu Menachem Ben R' Yitzchak of Cracow(Originator of the Heter Iska). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam, R' Zecharia Shimon Ben Tziril, Avraham Tzvi Ben Chana Gittel, Eliyahu Tzvi Ben Rachel, Moshe Ben Nechama Toba Breyna and Natanel Ben Regina to have Bracha V'Hatzlacha B'Kol Maase Yideihem AMEN! Bekarov Bechinam!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   On the morning after Napoleon had won one of his most important battles, he summoned the commanders of his various legions to a pompous ceremony in his war-room to reward their bravery in battle.
   The commander of the Bavarian troops stepped forward, fell to one knee before his king and declared: "I ask for autonomy for Bavaria!" "So it shall be!" proclaimed the Emperor to the ministers and officials surrounding the scene. "Autonomy for Bavaria!"
   The Slovakian general then stepped forward, fell to his knee and similarly declared, "Liberty for Slovakia!" "Liberty it shall be!" shouted Bonaparte.
   And so it was with the Arabian and the Ukrainian generals. "By G-d, autonomy and statehood for Arabia, and for the Ukrainians!" Napoleon announced.
   Finally, the chief of the Jewish legion stepped forward. "And what of you, my loyal friend?" Napoleon asked. "What reward do you ask for your bravery?" "I would like a cup of hot coffee with milk and no sugar, two bagels with cream cheese, and some lox on the side." Without hesitation, Napoleon sent one of his officers to bring the Jew’s order, saluted all those present, and left the room. Meanwhile, the breakfast arrived, and the Jewish general washed his hands for bread, sat down, and began eating while the other generals gaped in amazement.
   "You fool!" one of them blurted out. "Why did you make such a stupid request? You could have asked for a nation, riches and power! Why did you waste your wish on a couple of bagels?" The Jew stopped eating for a moment, looked up at them with a smile and replied: "At least I got what I asked for."(R' Bolton)
   When Hashem asks us for resolutions on Rosh HaShanah, He asks for things He know He can get. He does not tell us to make a total 180 degree change, because He knows that will not happen. He tells us, I am practical, please increase your learning by five or ten minutes, and maybe give a little more Tzedaka than last year. Each year slowly building and adding more and more.
   A small fulfilled resolution is a billion times better than a huge unfulfilled one. Instead of promising Hashem that we will finish Shas this year, let us be practical and pick something which might seem small, but will actually happen. Rav Shach ztl is famous for making a resolution to try harder to say Birkat HaMazon from a Birkon! The Gadol Hador understood the power of a small fulfilled resolution.

Something to think about:
It is not length of life, but depth of life.(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Ephraim Zalman Ben R' Menachem Margolies(Author of Beit Ephraim, Olelot Ephraim, and Mateh Ephraim). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to have Parnasa B'Shefa Bekarov AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   The last trolley of the evening rolled by on Kingston Avenue on a chilly winter night in 1955 as a jolly young Shimshon Stock ushered a close acquaintance and his soon-to-be-Bar-Mitzvahed son into the Lubavitch synagogue, around the corner at 770 Eastern Parkway.
   Inside "770", soon to become famous as Lubavitch World Headquarters, was the study and office of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who a few years earlier had accepted the leadership of this small Chassidic community still struggling to recover from the ravages of Stalinism and the Holocaust. At the time, the Rebbe had only a handful of emissaries scattered across Israel, America, Europe and North Africa; but he was already relentlessly and tirelessly building a global network of communities soon to gain worldwide renown for its unconventional yet contemporary ways of reaching out to Jewish youth.
   Shimshon, born and bred in the New World, was very much the "American Boy". Yet he had enjoyed a close and special friendship with the Rebbe prior to the passing of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe -- the Rebbe's father-in-law Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn -- which continued on after the Rebbe accepted the mantel of leadership. He now introduced his friend and his friend's son to the Rebbe, who greeted them with his comforting and warm handshake, requesting them to please take a seat.
   The Rebbe briefly blessed the boy that he should grow to become a source of pride to the Jewish people and to his family. As they turned to leave, the Rebbe surprised the three Americans with the question he addressed to the youngster: "Are you a baseball fan?" The Bar-Mitzvah boy replied that he was. "Which team are you a fan of -- the Yankees or the Dodgers?" The Dodgers, replied the boy. "Does your father have the same feeling for the Dodgers as you have?" No. "Does he take you out to games?" Well, every once in a while my father takes me to a game. We were at a game a month ago. "How was the game?" It was disappointing, the 13-year-old confessed. By the sixth inning, the Dodgers were losing nine-to-two, so we decided to leave. "Did the players also leave the game when you left?" Rabbi, the players can't leave in the middle of the game! "Why not?" asked the Rebbe. "Explain to me how this works." There are players and fans, the baseball fan explained. The fans can leave when they like -- they're not part of the game and the game could, and does, continue after they leave. But the players need to stay and try to win until the game is over.
   "That is the lesson I want to teach you in Judaism," said the Rebbe with a smile. "You can be either a fan or a player. Be a player." Outside 770 father and son said goodbye to Shimshon, the three now sharing a new admiration of a pioneer in Jewish education.(R' Zaklikowski)
   Every single Jew was drafted into Hashem's "Baseball team", for each of us possess a unique skill, that can help our team win the game. But we must know that as players, we cannot just walk off the field. But unlike the "fans" who can walk off the field whenever they please, the players receive a "paycheck" after the game. And Hashem pays us no matter if we won or not, as long as we tried our hardest.

Something to think about:
People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.(Alice Duer Miller)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat HaTzaddik Rabeinu Yaakov Yisrael Ben R' Chayim Peretz Kanievsky(The Steipler Gaon). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to see major miracles Bekarov AMEN! Bechinam!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   In 1798, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi was imprisoned on charges, put forth by the opponents of Chassidism, that his teachings undermined the imperial authority of the czar. For 52 days he was held in the Peter-Paul Fortress in Petersburg.
   Among the Rebbe's interrogators was a government minister who possessed broad knowledge of the Bible and Jewish studies. On one occasion, he asked the Rebbe to explain the verse (Bereshit 3:9): "And G-d called out to the man and said to him: 'Where are you?'" Did G-d not know where Adam was?
   Rabbi Schneur Zalman presented the explanation offered by several of the commentaries: the question "Where are you?" was merely a "conversation opener" on the part of G-d, who did not wish to unnerve Adam by immediately confronting him with his wrongdoing.
   "What Rashi says, I know," said the minister. "I wish to hear how the Rebbe understands the verse." "Do you believe that the Torah is eternal?" asked the Rebbe. "Do you believe that its every word applies to every individual, under all conditions, at all times?" "Yes," replied the minister. Rabbi Schneur Zalman was extremely gratified to hear this. The czar's minister had affirmed a principle which lies at the basis of the teachings of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, the very teachings and ideology for which he was standing trial!
   "'Where are you?'" explained the Rebbe, "is G-d's perpetual call to every man. Where are you in the world? What have you accomplished? You have been allotted a certain number of days, hours, and minutes in which to fulfill your mission in life. You have lived so many years and so many days," -- here Rabbi Schneur Zalman spelled out the exact age of the minister -- "Where are you? What have you achieved?"(Lubavitcher Rebbe on the 159th anniversary of the Rebbe's release)
   Rabeinu Moshe Chayim Luzzatto tells us in the first Perek of his Sefer Mesilat Yisharim, that every person must know, "Ma Chovato B'Olamo" what is his person, why is he here?
   Hashem is asking us, "Where are you?" "What are you doing with your life?" We all must be able to give the answer. Hashem gave each of us a mission on this world, that only we can fulfill, are we fulfilling it?!?!

Something to think about:
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. (Oscar Wilde)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Mordechai Ben R' Hillel HY"D, R' Meir HaGadol Ben R' Yaakov, R' Eliyahu Dushnitzer. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam, Eliyahu Tzvi Ben Rachel, Avraham Tzvi Ben Chana Gittel, Ephraim Chaim Avraham Ben Miriam Sheindel, and Moshe Ben Nechama Toba Breyna to have Parnasa B'Shefa and Hatzlacha in all aspects of their lives AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   Once upon a time there was a poor man who heard that in a faraway land, on the other side of the deep and dangerous sea, there is a place where diamonds were as plentiful as dust -- one need only bend down, scoop them up, and fill one's pockets.
   After a long and arduous journey, the man arrived in this wondrous land. Everything that had been said about it was true! Diamonds of all sizes were strewn around everywhere -- even the sand was comprised of billions of tiny glittering gems. A group of children gathered to watch the strange stranger kneeling on the ground and stuffing his pockets with stones and pebbles, but our friend was too busy to notice them.
   To celebrate the end of his poverty, the traveler ordered a luxurious dinner in the most expensive restaurant in town. Feeling generous, he handed the waiter a small-sized stone and exhorted him to keep the change. Needless to say, he spent that entire night washing dishes in the kitchen to pay for his extravagance.
   He quickly learned that these pebbles, each of which would be worth millions back home, were utterly worthless. Here, the currency with which people paid for goods and services was fish. In fact, few people remembered that fish were originally consumed as a food. No one was bothered by the stench which emanated from their wallets, pocketbooks and money closets. Indeed, a reeking establishment exuded the sweet aura of old money.
   Once he overcame the disappointment of his lost dream, our traveler was revealed to be a most resourceful and ambitious individual. He worked hard, invested wisely, and before long he was one of the wealthiest people in the land. His businesses were headquartered in the most rancid section of old downtown and his private vaults held thousands of tons of fish.
   Finally, it was time to return home. He telegraphed his family: "I am rich. We shall never want for anything in our lives. Prepare triumphant homecoming." He loaded his fortune on a fleet of ships, and set sail for his hometown.
   Family and friends, dressed in their best, awaited him eagerly at the seaport. Of course, there was nothing that could be done with his shiploads of rotted fish except sail back a few miles from shore and dump them into the sea.
   But later that day, as he was undressing for bed, a few specks of dust were shaken out of his trouser pockets and sparkled on the floor of his home. He and his family never again wanted for anything in their lives.(R' Tauber)
   The Neshama is sent from Above to this world, to "get rich". When it first gets here, as a small child, it is so excited by Torah and Mitzvot. The sight of a small child looking at the page of Aleph Bet as if he is looking at the most beautiful gems in the world, is a common one. But then, comes the people of the town "the Yetzer Hara" and tells him what are you doing with those things, they aren't worth anything, TV, partying, and money are the good stuff. At first he is turned off, because of the bad smell, but over time he gets used to it. And when its time to go "home" he sends a message saying: "I am rich!: I have a Ferrari, Prada shoes, a plasma TV, I'm rich! But, when he gets to Shamayim the Malachim cover their noses, from the stench of "the fish". We hope that maybe he might have done at least a couple of Mitzvot, so he will have at least some diamonds.
   But, we are still here! Let us not get fooled by the town's people! Let us gather as many diamonds, big and small. So that when we get home, we will truly be rich, for eternity!

Something to think about:
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. (David Brinkley)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Chayim Ben R' Yosef Dov Ber Soloveitchik(Rosh Yeshivat Volozhin), R' Aharon Ben R' Yissachar Dov Rokeach(The Belzer Rebbe), R' Alexander Sender Ben R' Yitzchak Isaac, R' David Hager Ben R' Menachem Mendel(Author of Tzemach David). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam, Sarah Bat Tzipora Miriam, Shalom Ben Tzipora Miriam and Penina Bat Tzipora Miriam to have Parnasa B'Shefa Bekarov Bechinam AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   In a late-night fire in the town of Beshenkovitz, the home of the chassid Rabbi Shmuel Munkes burned to the ground. Reb Shmuel was out of town at the time. The next day, as the chassid stood at the pile of ashes and smoldering embers which was all that remained of everything he owned, he lifted his eyes heavenward and began to recite: "Blessed are you Hashem...."
   Those who stood there with him expected to hear Reb Shmuel conclude with the words "...the True Judge," pronouncing the blessing which a Jew recites in response to a tragedy. Instead, Reb Shmuel recited one of the daily morning blessings, "...who has not made me a gentile."
   Noticing the looks of astonishment on the faces of the bystanders, Rabbi Shmuel explained: "Were I not to have been born a Jew, my god would have gone up in smoke together with my home. But since the Almighty, in His great kindness, has chosen to make me a Jew, the G-d whom I serve is alive and well...."(Chasidic Masters)
   Baruch Ata Hashem Shelo Asani Goy! No matter what happens to me in life, no matter what I lose, I always know that I am a Jew, and that I have a Father in Heaven, Who loves me, and will never leave me. Baruch Hashem!

Something to think about:
Honesty is the first chapter, in the book of wisdom.(Thomas Jefferson)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat Rabeinu Moreinu Yaakov Ben Machir Culi(The Me'am Loez), R' Naftali Ben R' Yehudah of Nemerov, R' Shimon Shlomo Ben R' Menachem Kalisch of Amshinov, R' Menachem Nachum Ben R' Yitzchak Friedman of Boyan. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to have an amazing Shabat packed with Bracha and Simcha AMEN! Bekarov Bechinam!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   Question: …A boy, whose leg the Germans had amputated, lay in the hospital. Wishing to pray daily to his Creator, he sent a request through Jewish channels that a pair of Tefillin be sent into the hospital. A persistent rumor in the ghetto claimed that the Germans burned every patient's personal possessions upon his death or dismissal. Knowing what might happen to the Tefillin, was it still permissible to send a pair into the hospital?
   Rabbi Ephraim Oshry answered: I ruled that the Tefillin might be sent to the lad so that he could fulfill the Torah's commandment…. The story of the Germans burning personal effects was an unsubstantiated rumor, one of many produced by the fear that reigned in the ghetto. If we had known it to be a fact, I would definitely have forbidden sending him the Tefillin. But a rumor alone was not enough to deprive that lad from praying with Tefillin. They were sent through a trustworthy emissary who gave them secretly to the boy, away from German eyes.
   I also felt that the Tefillin would be an inspiration to the boy, a recent Baal Teshuvah who had changed his life around from non-observance to observance... Dr. Davidovitch, who worked in the hospital, testified to the boy's immense joy when he donned the Tefillin for the first time.
   On 3 Tishrei 5702 [September 23, 1941] when the accursed Germans destroyed the Little Ghetto, they also burned down the hospital, incinerating the patients, nurses, and doctors inside. Some 60 Jews, including Dr. Davidovitch and the boy to whom the Tefillin had been sent, were killed in the fire. HY"D! Wonder of wonders! One of the Jews who had been inside the hospital, was miraculously saved, and told of what happened before the incineration. The boy had guarded the Tefillin literally with his life. When he realized that the hospital would be destroyed together with its patients and its staff, he asked this man to make every effort to hide the Tefillin so that they would not fall into the hands of the murderers who would surely destroy them. The man succeeded in escaping from the hospital trap and showed us the treasure, the boy's Tefillin that had been saved. May Hashem fulfill in our time the verse, "For You, O G-d, have set in afire, and You will restore it through fire.(Sefer She'elot UTeshuvot Mimamaakim, R' Oshry)
   I share the following story with you today, because this morning as I donned my Tefillin, a feeling of gratitude overcame me. I started to think how lucky I was to have the Zechut of putting on Tefillin. So many in the Holocaust, risked their lives for the chance to have the unbelievable Zechut of donning Tefillin, even for just a few precious moments. We who live in a peaceful time, and can put on Tefillin whenever we want, must remember those would have given up their lives for, what we take for granted. May we merit to truly appreciate the priceless treasure that we have every day! AMEN!

Something to think about:
A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.(Russian Proverb)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Shlomo Chanoch Ben R' Yechezkel Hakohen of Radomsk HY"D.  H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to have clarity and Hatzlacha in all aspects of their lives AMEN! Bekarov!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, was once challenged: "Tell me, Rebbe, how can you, in this day and age, still insist that the Torah is the unadulterated word of G-d? Are you not the least bit swayed by the fact that so many Bible critics and men of science reject your beliefs?"
   The Rebbe responded with a story: A young aspiring inventor labored for many years on a project. Finally, he wrote to his mentor, a great engineer under whose tutelage he had studied, saying that he wished to present his efforts for his teacher's critique. The great engineer replied that he was scheduled to be in the young man's hometown in a few weeks, and that he would be more than happy to drop by and offer his comments on his beloved student's invention.
   As the appointed day neared, the young man grew extremely agitated. He felt that this was to be the most important test of his career. He saw this invention as the embodiment of his most creative ideas; his mentor's opinion of it would be the ultimate assessment of his worth.
   When he woke that morning, he knew that he could not trust himself to face his mentor's verdict. He left his blueprint on the table of his study, together with a note in which he begged forgiveness for his absence and asked his teacher to please put his comments in writing. After telling his wife to direct the engineer to the study, he left the house to pace the streets.
   It was late in the evening when he reentered his study. No sooner did his glance fall on the table, that he uttered a small cry and collapsed in his chair. His wife, rushing into her husband's side, found him white as a sheet and with a look of utter despair in his eyes. On the table lay the blueprint of his invention, with a few terse lines of black ink crisscrossing it from corner to corner.
   "It does look like it's in bad shape," said his wife. "But can't you redraw it from memory?" "Draw it from memory? Every line on that diagram is ingrained in my mind. I can draw it in my sleep. But that is hardly the problem, is it?" "What then is the problem?" wondered the good woman. "The problem is that the greatest engineer in the land has crossed out the last ten years of my life!" "Your teacher?" said the inventor's wife. "He sent word that he can't come today. What happened was that the cat climbed on to your table and knocked over a bottle of ink."(R' Tauber)
    Rabbi Shimshon David Pincus ztl used to say, when you want to read something think about who else has read and is reading the same thing. When it comes to newspapers and magazines, some of the lowest people in the world read it. But when it comes to the Torah, its the same Torah that Moshe Rabienu, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, the Rambam, and all the Tzaddikim of all time learned.
   When it comes to "Bible critics" let us think, Shlomo HaMelech the wisest of all men approved of the Torah, and some little pee-wee who probably never graduated High School critiques it, who's opinion should we take? Jews don't get worried when some little critic comes along, they are like a cat, who has no idea what they are doing when they spill the ink!

Something to think about:
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.(Albert Einstein)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Shlomo Chayim Perlow Ben R' Aharon. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam, Eliyahu Tzvi Ben Rachel, Avraham Tzvi Ben Chana Gittel, R' Zecharia Shimon Ben Tziril, and Mazal Bat Clara to have Bracha VHatzlacha ad bli dai AMEN! Bekarov!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz was a spiritual giant in his generation. At first, his greatness was mostly unknown to his contemporaries, but he had no regrets; indeed, it suited him just fine. He spent his days and nights in Torah-study, prayer and meditation. Rarely was he interrupted.
   But then, the word began to spread, perhaps from fellow disciples of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, that Rabbi Pinchas was very, very special. People began to visit him on a regular basis, seeking his guidance, requesting his support, asking for his prayers and beseeching his blessing. The more he helped them, the more they came. The trickle to his door became a stream and the stream became a daily flood of personal stories and requests for help.
   Rabbi Pinchas was overwhelmed. He felt he was no longer serving G-d properly, because he no longer had sufficient time to study, pray and meditate as he should. He didn't know what to do. He needed more privacy and less distraction, but how could he turn away dozens and even hundreds of people who genuinely felt that he could help them? How could he convince them to go elsewhere, to others more willing and qualified than he?
   Then he had an idea. He would pray for heavenly help in the matter. Let G-d arrange it that people not be attracted to seek him out! Let G-d make him be despicable in the eyes of his fellows!
   "A tzaddik decrees and Heaven agrees," they say. Rabbi Pinchas prayed and so it became. No longer did people visit him. Not only that, on those occasions when he went to town, he was met with averted heads and a chilly atmosphere. Rabbi Pinchas didn't mind at all. Indeed, he was delighted. The old pattern was restored; rarely was he interrupted.
   Then the "Days of Awe" of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur passed, and there remained only four brief busy days to prepare for the Sukkot festival. In previous years, there had always been some yeshiva students or local townspeople who were only too glad to help the pious rabbi construct his Sukkah-hut. But this time, not a single soul arrived. No one liked him, and no one even thought to help him.
   Not being handy in these matters, the rabbi didn't know what to do. Finally, having no choice, he was forced to hire a non-Jew to build his Sukkah for him. But the hired man did not possess the tools that were needed, and Rabbi Pinchas could not get a single Jew in the neighborhood to lend him tools because they disliked him so much. In the end, his wife had to go to borrow them, and even that was difficult to accomplish due to the prevailing attitude towards her husband. With just a few hours remaining till the onset of the festival, they finally managed to complete a flimsy minimal structure.
   As the sun slid between the forest branches and the Rebbetzin lit the festive candles, Rabbi Pinchas hurried off to shul. Despite his solitary ways, he always made a point to attend the congregational prayers on the holidays; besides he didn't want to miss the opportunity to acquire a guest for the festival meal, something so integral to the essence of the holiday.
   In those days in Europe, people desiring an invitation to a meal would stand in the back of the shul upon the completion of the prayers. The householders would then invite them upon their way out, happy to so easily accomplish the Mitzvah of hospitality. Rabbi Pinchas, unfortunately, did not find it so simple. Even those without a place to eat and desperate for an invitation to a Sukkah in which to enjoy the festival meal, turned him down without a second thought. Eventually, everyone who needed a place and everyone who wanted a guest were satisfied, except for the Tzaddik, Rabbi Pinchas.
   He trudged home alone, saddened and a bit shaken up at the realization that he might never have another guest, not even for the special festive meal of the First Night of Sukkos. Alas, that too was part of the price of his freedom.... It was worth it, wasn't it?
   Pausing just inside the entrance to his Sukkah, Rabbi Pinchas began to chant the traditional invitation to the Ushpizin, the seven heavenly guests who visit every Jewish Sukkah. Although not many are privileged to actually see these exalted visitors, Rabbi Pinchas was definitely one of the select few who had this experience on an annual basis. This year, he raised his eyes and saw the Patriarch Avraham--the first of the Ushpizin and therefore the honored guest for the first night of the festival--standing outside the door of the sukkah, keeping his distance. Rabbi Pinchas cried out to him in anguish: "Father Avraham! Why do you not enter my sukkah? What is my sin?" Replied the patriarch: "I am the embodiment of Chesed, serving G-d through deeds of loving-kindness. Hospitality was my specialty. I will not join a table where there are no guests."
   The crestfallen Rabbi Pinchas quickly re-ordered his priorities. He prayed that everything be restored to as it had been, and that he should find favor in the eyes of his fellows exactly as before. Again his prayer was answered. Within a short time, throngs of people were again finding their way to his door; seeking his guidance, asking his support, requesting his prayers, and beseeching his blessing. No longer could he devote all or even most of his time to his Torah-study, his prayer, and to his meditation. But thanks to his holy Sukkot guest, this was no longer seen as a problem.(R' Tiles)
   While Hashem loves when we sit in deep study of His Torah and heart-felt prayer, what He wants most in this generation is for us to care for His lost children. Many stay away from Kiruv, because they believe it hurts their personal spiritual levels. But we must keep something in mind: During the first Bracha of the Amidah, we do not mention the four people who never sinned, but we mention people who got involved with the people! It is easy to seclude yourself in a room all day away from every body and become a Tzaddik. The trick is to become a Tzaddik who is able to also get involved with Hashem's other children.
   We are currently living during the birth-pangs of Mashiach, and its time that all of Hashem's children come back to Him. It is our duty, to do our part in bringing them back to Him.
   As much as a father loves to see his children succeeding, nothing hurts a father more than seeing one child doing very well, and not helping his sibling who is not doing well. How can we sit calmly and learn, when there are Jews out there who have no idea how to say SHEMA!?!?!?!? Our Father is crying in immense pain, how can we sit idly?!?!?!?

Something to think about:
Hashem helps the brave.(J. C. F. von Schiller)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Yitzchak Meir Levine, Sir Mosh Chayim Montefiore. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to have an amazing Bracha filled day AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   The Rebbe once sent a shliach on a specific mission. Upon his return, the shliach reported to the Rebbe that although the mission had been extremely challenging, he performed his task successfully. The Rebbe looked at the chassid and responded, “Since when have you made a contract with Hashem that everything is easy?”(Chicken Soup To Warm The Neshama)
   We must always keep in mind: “There can be no victories without battle, no peaks without valleys and no roses without thorns.” The difficulties that we go through are there for our benefit, to help us improve and for us to learn from. And when we see some difficult times come, it usually means that Hashem is close to us, “Never fear shadows – it means that there’s light nearby.”
   The Gemara tells a famous story of the Tanna Nachum Ish Gamzu, that shows us how we must believe in Hashem, and that everything He does is for our good. The Jews wanted to send the Kaiser a present, and they decided to send Nachum Ish Gamzu, to deliver the gift. On his way to the Kaiser, he stopped in an inn, and during the night the owners of the inn, stole the jewels in his chest and filled it with dirt. When Nachum Ish Gamzu brought the chest before the Kaiser, he became very upset and wanted to kill all the Jews. To which Nachum Ish Gamzu, responded "Gamzu L'Tova".  At that moment Eliyahu HaNavi came down disguised as one of the Kaiser's men, and suggested that maybe this dirt was from Avraham Avinu, which when thrown turns into daggers. They tried this dirt on a nation they had difficulty conquering and were able to defeat them with the aid of this dirt.
   The Kaiser sent Nachum Ish Gamzu back with great honor and many treasures. On his way back home, Nachum Ish Gamzu again stayed in the same inn. To say the least, the inn keepers were surprised to see him, and especially not accompanied with such honor. Finally the inn keepers mustered up the strength to ask Nachum Ish Gamzu what it was that he brought to the Kaiser that warranted this honor. Said he to them, "What I took from here" So they were now convinced that they sitting on a gold mine. So they gathered the dirt, and brought it to the Kaiser, but when the Kaiser tested it, it didn't work and they were executed.(Taanit 21a)
   If instead of seeing the "difficulties" in our lives with worry, and anger, we see that it is from Hashem and for our betterment, then we will merit to truly see it reap many great fruits. If we are standing in the shadow and even though its very dark, believe that Hashem is there and doing it all for our good, then Hashem will turn the mountain and show us the great light.

Something to think about:
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.(Albert Einstein)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat HaGaon Hatzaddik Ish Eloki HaTanna Rabeinu Moreinu Ateret Rosheinu Nachum Ish Gamzu, Rabeinu Moreinu Ateret Rosheinu Amram Ben Diwan, R' Shlomo Libya of Tripoli(Author of Kesem Paz Al HaZohar and the song "Bar Yochai), R' Asher Ben R' Ahaon of Karlin, R' Yaakov Ben R' Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izhbitza-Radzin(Author of Beit Yaakov), R' Meir Natan Ben R' Chayim Halberstam, R' David Yosef Ben Shlomo Yechiel Biderman of Lelov, R' Tzvi Hirsch Ben R' Baruch Halberstam. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam to have Parnasa B'Shefa Bekarov Bechinam AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   More than 1000 years ago lived a great and holy leader and teacher called Rabeinu Saadia Gaon (892-942). The Gaon had many hundreds of pupils and all of them had a great thirst to learn. Even a casual movement or word from their revered teacher provided them a lesson for life.
   One winter morning, two of his pupils happened to be walking in the mountains when they heard a strange sound on the other side of a hill. When they approached the summit they saw, to their great surprise, their master sitting on the snow-covered ground, weeping, praying and engaging in other acts of penitence. What could a Tzaddik such as their teacher possibly need to repent for? Could he have committed some sin, G-d forbid? They hurriedly departed from that place. But later that day, they could no longer restrain themselves and asked their teacher what the scene they had witnessed had been about.
   "I do that every day," he said to them. "Every day I repent and plead with G-d to forgive my shortcomings and failings in my service of Him."  "Your failings?" they asked. "Of what failings does the Gaon speak?"  "Let me tell you a story," said Rabbi Saadia. "Something that happened to me a while ago." "At one point in my life I decided that all the honor and attention I was receiving from everyone around me was interfering with my service of the Creator. G-d must be served with joy, and without complete humility, joy is impossible. So I decided that I would spend several months in a place where no one recognized me." "I dressed in simple garments and began my self-imposed exile, wandering from town to town. One night I was in a small inn run by an old Jew. He was a very kind and simple man, and we spoke for a while before I went to sleep. Early the next morning, after I had prayed Shacharit, I bade him farewell and was again on my way. "What I didn't know was that several of my pupils had been searching for me, and several hours after I left the inn they appeared, hot on my trail. 'Did you see Rabbi Saadia Gaon?' they asked him, 'We have reason to believe that he was here.' "'Saadia Gaon?' replied the bewildered old Jew. 'What would the great Rav Saadia be doing in a place like mine? Rav Saadia Gaon in my inn? No... I'm sure that you are very mistaken! There was no Rav Saadia Gaon here!' "But when the young men described me to him and explained about my exile and 'disguise', the old Jew grabbed his head and cried: 'Oy! Rav Saadia! Rav Saadia was here! You are right! Oy, Oy!' and he ran outside, jumped into his wagon and began urging his horse to go as fast as possible in the direction I had taken. "After a short time he caught up to me, jumped from his carriage and fell at my feet weeping: 'Please forgive me, Rav Saadia. Please forgive me, I didn't know that it was you!' "I made him stand up and brush himself off, and then said to him: 'But my dear friend, you treated me very well, you were very kind and hospitable. Why are you so sorry? You have nothing to apologize for.' "'No, no, Rabbi,' he replied. 'If I would have known who you are, I would have served you completely differently!' "Suddenly I realized that this man was teaching me a very important lesson in the service of G-d, and that the purpose of my exile had been fulfilled. I thanked and blessed him and returned home.
   "Since then, every evening when I say the prayer before sleeping I go over in my mind how I served G-d that day. Then I think of that old innkeeper, and say to myself: 'Oy! If I had known about G-d in the beginning of the day what I know now, I would have served Him completely differently!' "And that is what I was repenting for this morning."(R' Bolton)
   Every day each of us learns something new, and serves Hashem a little bit better than the previous day. But now with new knowledge, we have to look back and say "Oy! If I would have known this yesterday, my service would have been so much different." Every day we must strive to serve Hashem in the best way we know how, and daven to learn how to best serve Him, improving with each day and each lesson.

Something to think about:
"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything." (Teddy Roosevelt)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Tzvi Hirsch Ben R' Aharon Friedman(Author of Ach Pri Tevuah), R' Yitzchak of Mezritch, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shlomo Yosef Friedman of Bohush. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam, Ephraim Chaim Avraham Ben Miriam Sheindel, Eliyahu Tzvi Ben Rachel, Moshe Ben Nechama Toba Breyna, Chana Bat Ima, and Avraham Tzvi Ben Chana Gittel to have Osher VOsher Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tova VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam Bekarov AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   There once lived two neighbors, a Torah scholar and an impoverished laborer. The scholar would wake before dawn, rush to the study hall and study for several hours. He would then pray at length and with great devotion, hurry home for a quick bite of breakfast, and return to the study hall for more hours of study. After the noon meal he would go to the market and engage in some minimal dealing -- just enough to earn him his basic needs -- then back to the study hall. After evening prayers and the evening meal, he would again sit over the sacred books till late into the night.
   His neighbor would also wake early, but his situation did not allow for much Torah study: no matter how hard he struggled to earn a living, he barely succeeded in putting bread on the table. He would pray quickly with the first minyan at daybreak, and then his labor would consume his entire day and the greater part of his night. On Shabat, when he finally had the opportunity to take a book in his hands, he would soon drop off from exhaustion.
   When the two neighbors would pass each other in the yard, the scholar would throw the crass materialist a look of contempt and hurry on to his holy pursuits. The poor laborer would sigh and think to himself: how unfortunate is my lot, and how fortunate is his. We're both hurrying -- but he's rushing to the study hall, while I'm off to my mundane burdens.
   Then, it came to pass that the two men concluded their sojourn on earth and their souls stood before the heavenly court, where the life of every man is weighed upon the balance scales of divine judgment. An advocate-angel placed the scholar's many virtues in the right cup of the balance scales: his many hours of Torah study, his meditative prayers, his frugality and honesty. But then came the prosecuting angel, and placed a single object on the other side of the scales -- the look of contempt that the scholar would occasionally send his neighbor's way. Slowly, the left side of the scales began to dip, until it equaled, and then exceeded, the formidable load on the right.
   When the poor laborer came before the heavenly court, the prosecutor loaded his miserable, spiritually void life on the left scales. The advocating angel had but one weight to offer -- the sorrowful, covetous  sigh the laborer would emit when he encountered his learned neighbor. But when placed on the right side of the scales, the sigh counter weighted everything on the negative side, lifting and validating every moment of hardship and misery in the laborer's life.(R' Yisrael Ba'al Shem Tov ; R' Tauber)
   Chazal teach us that we are judged in Shamayim according to "how" we performed an act. They teach us that if a person gives a person a million dollars but does it with a sour face, it is as if he has given him nothing! And if a man does not have anything to give, but smiles at another person, it is as if he gave him all the gifts in the world. What is truly behind this? Chazal are teaching us its all about attitude.
   The scholar might have learned and davened for hours, but more out of as sense of duty, than a sense of wanting to connect to his Father. The simple laborer might not have understood what it meant to learn and daven slowly, for he was raised to work, but in the depths of his heart he knew he was missing something great. In the depths of his heart he yearned to truly know Hashem. In Shamayim they look at what no one on this earth can see, and that is what was in your mind and heart.

Something to think about:
A woman came to R' Avraham Twersky and told him she had a problem: "Rabbi I am not content in life". R' Twersky told the woman: "That on Carnation's powdered milk, it says 'Made from contented cows' Cows are content but not humans, humans have ups and downs in life, and are built to deal with both."(As heard from R' Meyer Scheinberg)

Today's Daily Inspiration is ;L'Zecher Nishmat R' Aryeh Leib Katzenelbogen, R' Moshe Ber Ben R' Aharon of Stolin, R' Ephraim Zalman Ben R' Menachem Manish Margolies, R' Yeshayahu Ben R' Avraham Moshe Veltfried of Kalish. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have and Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam, Eliyahu Tzvi Ben Rachel, Avraham Tzvi Ben Chana Gittel, R' Yechiel Ben R' Aharon Tzvi, and Natanel Ben Rachel to have clarity in their lives with much Hatzlacha AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

Today's Daily Inspiration was sponsored by R' Yechiel Landau L'Zecher Nishmat Rabeinu Yechiel Michel Ben R' Aharon. Zechuto Yagen Aleinu AMEN! And may he be Melitz Yosher on R' Landau, his family and all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!

   It once happened that they petitioned Choni the Circle Maker, "Pray that rain should fall." Said Choni to them, "Go, bring your Passover ovens indoors so that they should not dissolve."
   Choni prayed, but no rain fell. What did he do? He drew a circle and stood in middle of it, and said to Hashem: "Master of the Universe! Your children turned to me because I am like a member of your household. I swear by Your great name, that I'm not budging from here until You have compassion on Your children!"
   A rain began to drizzle. Said Choni: "That's not what I asked for. I asked for rains to fill the cisterns, trenches and reservoirs." The rains started coming down in torrents. Said Choni: "That's not what I asked for. I asked for rains of goodwill, blessing and generosity.
   A proper rain began to fall. But it continued to fall until the Jews went out of Yerushalayim up onto the Temple Mount because of the flooding caused by the rains. So they came to Choni and said: "Just as you prayed that the rains should fall, now pray that they should go away." Said he to them: "Go and see if the Stone of Claims has dissolved yet..."
   Shimon Ben Shetach sent a message to Choni: "If not for the fact that you are Choni, I would have issued a decree of Cherem(excommunication) against you. But what can I do against you, who unburdens himself before the Almighty and He fulfills your wish, like a child who unburdens himself before his father and his father fulfills his wish..."(Gemara Taanit, 19a)
   We all have to know, that we are children of Hashem, and that He loves us. When we need something we must turn to Him and unburden ourselves unto Him. When we come to the realization that He and only He can help us, then we will start to see amazing miracles. The problem we have is that when we ask Hashem for help, we don't believe that it will reap any results, and in the back of our minds we are thinking of how else our problem can be fixed. Choni always put himself in Hashem's hands, he had no doubts, and the same came when he asked for rain, so he was able to get it.

Something to think about:
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”(Jim Elliot) {Chazal on the giving of Tzedaka, when you are low on funds]

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Hillel Ben R' Meir HaLevi Malisov(Author of Pelach HaRimon, Imrei Nisam, Likutei Biurim and Maamar Hishtatchut), R' Yitzchak Blazer(Student of R' Yisrael Salanter, Author of Ohr Yisrael and Pri Yitzchak). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew who does Chesed that only Hashem knows of, to be blessed with Parnasa and Hatzlacha B'Shefa AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   Rav Noach Weinberg ztl tells the following story: There are two friends, one from Rome and one from Syria. One day the friend from Rome, comes to do business in Syria. When he gets there, the Syrian guards grab him, accusing him of being a spy. When he comes in front of the Syrian Emperor, the Emperor decides that all the evidence points to this person being a spy, and he should be punished by hanging. The man from Rome begs the Emperor, to let him go home and say goodbye to his wife and young children, and to tell them of all his business dealings, so that they could now run it for him. The Emperor starts laughing, saying: "We should let you go back to Rome, if you go, you will never come back." So the man from Rome told the Emperor: "How about if I give you a guarantor?" So the Emperor becomes intrigued and asks what he meant. The man tells the Emperor that he has a friend here in Syria that will stand in for him, while he goes to Rome and make sure he comes back. So the Emperor orders his guards to go get this man, and he asks him: "Are you willing to sit in jail for sixty-days while this man goes to Rome to settle his affairs?" So the man answered: "Sure for my friend, anything". So they put this Syrian man in jail, while the friend from Rome goes off to take care of his affairs and say goodbye to his family.
   It comes time when the sixty-day period was up, and the guards come to the Emperor to inform him that the man has not showed up. So the Emperor orders them to kill the Syrian friend. The man from Rome is trying his hardest to get back, he is on his sailing boat, and hoping the winds will pick up so he can make it there. After a long journey he finally makes it, as they are fastening the noose around his friend's neck. Seeing this, he screams:"No! I am here! I am here" The guard at this point doesn't know what to do. One man is screaming "Kill me, I am the real spy" and the other is screaming: "Kill me, he came late!" Unaware of what to do, they bring it to the Emperor.
   Hearing this, the Emperor is amazed, he can't believe what he is hearing. Finally, he turns to them and says, "I'll make you a deal, I will let you both go, if you make me the third friend."
   Rav Noach explains, this is what the Torah means when it says V'Ahavta L'Re'acha Kamocha, Ani Hashem. If you love thy neighbor as thyself says Hashem, then make me the third friend.
   Friendship is complete loyalty, all the way. Find one, and it will enhance your life tremendously. Having a friend is so important that Chazal tell us in Pirke Avot "K'ne L'echa Chaver", if you have to, buy yourself a friend, spend money, do whatever it takes, for without friendship, life is very lonely, and miserable.

Something to think about:
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.(Mark Twain)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat Yissachar Ben Yaakov Avinu, Rabeinu Moreinu Ateret Rosheinu Dov Yitzchak Abarbanel. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to have Parnasa B'Shefa AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   On Simchat Torah the Chozeh of Lublin fell from a window and hurt himself very bad. Certain opponents of the Chozeh were openly happy about this. When the Chozeh heard about this, he said: "On the day I die they will be crying". This statement was understood when the Chozeh passed away on the saddest day of the year, Tisha B'Av.
   Whether we agree with a person's views or not, we must remember that every Jew has a holy Neshama, and is a Chelek Eloka M'Ma'al (a piece of Hashem). When a fellow Jew is hurt, the last thing we should do is be happy. If we arrange our emotions to the correct way, and cry when it is appropriate and rejoice when it is appropriate. Then Hashem will reverse Tisha B'Av to what it is supposed to be: a joyous day. And Chazal tell us, those who cry now over the destruction, when it is appropriate to cry, will merit to rejoice when Mashiach comes, when it is appropriate to rejoice. May we all merit to be next year in the rebuilt Yerushalayim rejoicing AMEN!

Something to think about:
The Talmud says that every person must say: "The world was created for me" R' Noach Weinberg ztl explains that, it means each person is responsible for the entire world.

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat Rabeinu Yaakov Yitzchak Ben R' Avraham Eliezer HaLevi(The Chozeh of Lublin), R' Gavriel "Malach" Ben R' David Horowitz, Hacham Yitzchak Nissim Ben Hacham Rachamim(Rebbe of R' Modechai Eliyahu ztl). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Klal Yisrael to see the Geula Bekarov AMEN! Bechinam.

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
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Holy Jews:

   The Holy Ruzhiner (Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, 1797-1851) rejected all feelings of sadness, even of bitterness. So his Chassidim would engage in all sorts of practical jokes on the Ninth of Av (in order to mitigate the sadness of the day). They would throw burrs at each other. Then they conceived of the following prank: they opened a skylight in the roof of the study hall and dropped a snare; when someone walked into the study hall, they would yank on the rope so that the snare fastened itself around him, and pull him up to the roof.
   It happened that the Ruzhiner himself walked in to the study hall. Those who were up on the roof could not see clearly who was coming in, so they pulled him up. To their dismay, they saw that they had pulled up their Rebbe! As soon as they recognized who it was, they let him down.
   Cried out the Ruzhiner: "Master of the Universe! If Your children are not properly observing Your 'festival, take it away from them!"(Told by the Tzemach Tzedek)
   Hashem most of the people today are not on the level to cry over the destruction, as our ancestors did in past. Instead we just go through the motions, and we just say the words. "Master of the Universe, if Your children are not properly observing Your festival, take it away from them!" and instead give them a joyous occasion, so they can do what they are good at, and that is dance and sing and be happy. Amen!

Something to think about:
“Chazal tell us that Mashiach will appear on Tisha B’Av, and the day of mourning will become a national day of rejoicing with the rebuilt Beit HaMikdash”!!!!(This year!!!)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Simcha Zissel Ziv of Kelm(The Alter of Kelm). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Klal Yisrael to dance and sing this Tisha B'Av with Mashiach AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
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Holy Jews:

   Rabbi Shmuel "Shmelke" Horowitz (1726-1778), known as "Rabbi Shmelke of Nicholsburg," was a very remarkable Chassidic Master. He claimed the biblical prophet Shmuel HaNavi as his ancestor, and said that the prophet passed his soul on to him. He was not always a Chassid; in fact, he was originally among the early opponents of Chassidism, until he met the famous Maggid of Mezritch. Later Rabbi Shmelke became the rabbi of Nicholsburg (Mikulov) in Moravia. He is the author of the Torah works Divre Shmuel, Imre Shmuel, and Shemen haTov.
   When he was appointed as rabbi in Nicholsburg, the community leaders informed him that they had a special custom: every new rabbi was expected to add a new rule or custom to the chronicles of the community. Rabbi Shmelke smiled and said nothing. As time went by and the new rabbi still had not contributed anything to the rule-book, the officers of the community began to press him about this; but Rabbi Shmelke continued to procrastinate and make all sorts of excuses. Finally, his secretary took the initiative and placed the book in front of him, open on his desk, an inkwell and a pen neatly next to it. Reb Shmelke sat down, picked up the pen, and wrote the Ten Commandments. We know them, but they are always new for us.(Brombacher)
   There are many times in our lives when we decide we want to "change", and we look for big things to add, I want to finish all of Shas, I am never going to do this again, etc. But the truth is the greatest change that we can make in our lives, is perfecting the things we already do. Before adding more things to your morning Tefillah schedule, perfect the Tefillot you already say. And if we do this, we might not come up with as much quantity, but one this is for sure we will have the best quality.

Something to think about:
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. (Oscar Wilde)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Pinchas Ben R' Gedalya Aharon of Sokolivka HY"D, Rabeinu Moreinu Shalom Noach Ben R' Moshe Avarham Brezovsky(The Slonimer Rebbe, Author of Netivot Shalom), R' Moshe Greenwald of Chust(The Arugat Habosem), R' Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld of Mattesdorf. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to have clarity in their lives, to know how to best serve Hashem AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
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Holy Jews:

   Again it happened that Rabban Gamliel, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria, Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabbi Akiva went up to Yerushalayim. When they reached Mt. Scopus, they tore their garments. When they reached the Har HaBayit, they saw a fox emerging from the place of the Kodesh HaKedashim. The others started weeping; Rabbi Akiva laughed. The Rabbis asked Rabbi Akiva: "Why are you laughing?" Said he to them: "Why are you weeping?" Said they to him: "A place so holy that it is said of it, 'the stranger that approaches it shall die,'(Bamidbar 1:51) and now foxes traverse it, and we shouldn't weep?"
   Said he to them: "That is why I laugh. For it is written, 'I shall have bear witness for Me faithful witnesses--Uriah HaKohen and Zechariah Ben Yeberechiah.'(Isaiah 8:2) Now what is the connection between Uriah and Zechariah? Uriah was in the time of the First Beit HaMikdash, and Zechariah was in the time of the Second Beit HaMikdash! But the Torah makes Zachariah's prophecy dependent upon Uriah's prophecy. With Uriah, it is written: 'Therefore, because of you, Zion shall be plowed as a field; Yerushalayim shall become heaps, and the Har HaBayit like the high places of a forest.(Michah 3:12) With Zachariah it is written, 'Old men and women shall yet sit in the streets of Jerusalem.'(Zechariah 8:4)
   "As long as Uriah's prophecy had not been fulfilled, I feared that Zechariah's prophecy may not be fulfilled either. But now that Uriah's prophecy has been fulfilled, it is certain that Zechariah's prophecy will be fulfilled."  With these words they replied to him: "Akiva, you have consoled us! Akiva, you have consoled us!"(Gemara Makkot 24b)
   Through the pain we come to the good. Imagine someone looking through a key hole, watching a doctor perform a surgery. He sees the doctor take a knife and cut the patient open. In his mind, this "doctor" is nothing more than a murder, and will scream call the police. But when the door is opened, he will see what is really going on, and that really this doctor, is saving the patient's life.
   Looking at the pain that Klal Yisrael has gone through over the many years of being in Galut, we might think that Hashem is trying to destroy us! But we must know that Hashem is the "doctor" and he is fixing us, so that we can be a whole healthy person.
   This point is brought out by a very interesting thing that happens on Tisha B'Av. The prayer of Tachanun, is said every day, and only omitted on days of joy, such as Yom Tov, or when there is a Brit, is omitted on Tisha B'Av. This is most puzzling, because we all know that Tisha B'Av is the saddest day of the year, if there was a day to say Tachanun it would be Tisha B'Av. Chazal explain that we do not say Tachanun on Tisha B'Av, because it is a Moed. They explain that through the pain we go through, we are bringing ourselves one step closer to the Geula, and this is truly a good thing.
   When a patient goes through surgery, even though it hurts, in the back of his mind he reminds himself, that this is for his benefit, and that gives him some joy. So during Tisha B'Av while we are on the floor, crying over the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, and all the horrible tragedies that have befallen Klal Yisrael over the years, we remind ourselves, that even though it has been painful, it was for our betterment, so we can now merit to receive the ultimate Geula and the coming of Mashiach Tzidkainu AMEN! This Year!!!!

Something to think about:
The Arizal said that prayers enter Heaven through twelve gateways, corresponding to the twelve tribes, and that each Jew should use the Nusach of his tribe to ensure that his prayers will pass through the proper gateway.

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat HaGaon HaTzaddik Ish Eloki Rabeinu Yitzchak Ben R' Shlomo Luria Ashkenazi, Hacham Gedalya Chiyun, R' Chayim of Krasna, Rabeinu Chayim Ozer Grodinsky of Vilna(Author of Achiezer), R' Binyamin Paler, R' Yechiel Michel Dorfman,  H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to see the coming of Mashiach Bekarov AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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Holy Jews:

   A group of high-school students once came to see the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The students had each prepared a question, which they posed to the Rebbe in the course of the audience.
   Toward the end of the meeting, after the Rebbe had answered their queries on various issues, one student asked:  "I have heard it said that the Rebbe has the power to work miracles. Is this true? Do you perform supernatural feats?"
   The Rebbe replied: "The ability to work miracles is not confined to a select group of individuals, but is within reach of each and every one of us. We each possess a soul that is a spark of G-dliness. So we each have the power to transcend the limitations imposed upon us by our physical natures, no matter how formidable they may seem.  "To demonstrate this to you," said the Rebbe, "I will now perform a miracle."
   Smiling at the startled young faces around his desk, the Rebbe continued: "Each and every individual in this room will now resolve to improve himself in one specific area. You will each choose an improvement that you recognize as necessary but until now have perceived as being beyond your power to achieve. Nevertheless, you will succeed, proving to yourselves that the soul indeed has the power to overcome the natural 'reality' ..."(R' Tauber)
   During the difficult times that Klal Yisrael is facing, we all run to "Mekubalim" and "Miracle workers" hoping they can create a miracle for us, and turn things around. But what we don't realize is that we, yes I said it, WE, have the ability to create miracles! If we look into ourselves go against our natures, and work to change for the better. Then Hashem seeing that we created a miracle, will perform one for us, and help us with all our problems! I hope to see many miracles today! Let's go!

Something to think about:
The Bnei Yissachar quotes the Rama Mipano that in the World to come by the feast of the Livyatan, a jar of manna that was hidden in the times of Yoshiyahu will be taken out and the righteous will recite the Bracha, “He who brought out the bread from the heavens” before eating the manna. The Sefer Chasidim (1640) and the Zohar Hakadosh in Parshas Beshalach concur.

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat HaGaon R' Menachem Azariah Ben R' Yitzchak Brechya(Rama MiPano), R' Tzvi Meir Hakohen Rabinowitz Ben R' Shlomo Hakohen, R' Ephraim Taub Ben R' Yechezkel of Izmir, R' Ben-Zion Ben R' Shlomo Halberstam HY"D (Bobover Rebbe, Author of Kedushat Tzion). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every "single" person to find his Nasib, Zivug, Bashert Bekarov AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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Holy Jews:

   The poverty of Rebbe Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezeritch, was legendary. Meals, when they were, were a crust of bread; the "furniture" in his hovel was an assortment of wooden planks and stumps. Once he was asked by his disciples: "Rebbe, why is it that you must endure such abject conditions, while others, much less deserving than yourself, enjoy the blessings of Hashem’s world?" Rebbe Dov Ber replied with a story:
   A wealthy man once married off his daughter. The father of the bride was a most generous and charitable man, and desired to share his joy with the unfortunate. So he put up notices in all the synagogues and poorhouses in the vicinity, inviting every beggar and vagabond to partake of the wedding feast.
   The day of the wedding arrived. Hundreds of beggars took their places around tables laden with the best and the tastiest food money could buy. But then tragedy struck. The bride suddenly fell ill. The greatest doctors were rushed to her side, but to no avail. The bride died and the wedding was transformed into mourning.
   The beggars were divided into two camps. One group said: "The food is on the table. Who knows when, if ever, another such opportunity to fill our stomachs will present itself? Surely, our host would not want all this delicious food to be wasted. If we remain hungry, would this alleviate his grief?"
   The second group of beggars, however, would not touch the food that lay before them. "How can we eat and drink," they cried, "when the one who provided all this mourns? How can we enjoy a feast whose purpose and cause has been transformed into calamity?"
   "The world is a wedding feast," concluded Rebbe Dov Ber, "created for the sake of Hashem’s union with His bride, Klal Yisrael. But then the wedding was disrupted, the nuptial home -- the Beit HaMikdash -- destroyed. Yes, the feast is there for the taking, but its soul is devastated, its provider is in mourning.
   "There are those who have no difficulty enjoying what they can of the feast. I, however, belong to the second group of beggars. I cannot bring myself to partake of the leavings of this aborted wedding.(Maagid of Mezetich stories, Chabag.org)
   We are currently in the "Nine days" the days that start from Rosh Chodesh and lead up to Tisha B'Av. This period, is a time where Hashem mourns over the loss of his Beit HaMikdash. And we must strive to be like the second group, we must take away from some of our pleasures, so as to show "The Host" that we are with him in mourning. For how can we truly enjoy, while our "Host" is sad and in mourning. And Chazal tell us that those who mourn with Hashem over the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, will merit to see its rebuilding and celebrate with Hashem.

Something to think about:
If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.(Zig Ziglar)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat Rabeinu Shimshon Ben R' Pesach Ostropolier HY"D, R' Gedalya Aharon Ben R' Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Monastrich HY"D, R' David Shapira Ben R' Pinchas Leib, R' Chayim Yechezkel Taub Ben R' Yisrael , R' Yitzchak Ben R' Mordechai Twersky of Skver, R' Yehoshua Heschel Halevi Ben R' Chayim Shmuel Horowitz HY"D, H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for all of Klal Yisrael to see the coming of Mashiach Bekarov K'Ish Echad B'Lev Echad AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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Holy Jews:

   About 30 years ago, an American rabbi visiting Miami, Florida gave a lecture on the life and accomplishments of the famed "Chafetz Chayim". He described the life of the great sage who lived a humble life as a shopkeeper in in the village of Radin, in Poland, yet was recognized throughout the Jewish world as a great scholar, Tzaddik
   There was another story the rabbi wanted to tell, but he hesitated, for he only knew part of it. As he stood at the lectern, he thought for a moment and then decided that he would tell it anyway. He rationalized that even an unfinished story about the Chafetz Chayim would have a meaningful message.
   He began to relate an incident about a teenage boy in the Chafetz Chayim's Yeshiva who was found smoking a cigarette on Shabat. The faculty and student body were shocked, and some of the faculty felt that the boy should be expelled. However, when the Chafetz Chayim heard the story, he asked that the boy be brought to his home.
   At this point, the rabbi interrupted the narrative and said, "I don't know what the Chafetz Chayim said to the boy. I only know that they were together for a few minutes. I would give anything to know what he said to this student, for I am told that the boy never desecrated the Shabat again. How wonderful it would be if we could relay that message -- whatever it was -- to others, in order to encourage them in their observance of Shabat." The rabbi then continued with his lecture.
   After his talk, the hall emptied of everyone except for one elderly man, who remained in his seat, alone with his thoughts. From the distance, it seemed he was trembling, as if he was either crying or suffering from chills. The rabbi walked over to the elderly man and asked him, "Is anything wrong?"
   The man responded, "Where did you hear that story of the cigarette on Shabat?" He did not look up and was still shaken. "I really don't know," answered the rabbi. "I heard it a while ago and I don't even remember who told it to me." The man looked up at the rabbi and said softly, "I was that boy." He then asked the rabbi to go outside, and as the two walked together, he told the rabbi the following story:
   "This incident occurred in the 1920's when the Chafetz Chayim was in his eighties. I was terrified to have to go into his house and face him. But when I did go into his home, I looked around with disbelief at the poverty in which he lived. It was unimaginable to me that a man of his stature would be satisfied to live in such surroundings.
   "Suddenly he was in the room where I was waiting. He was remarkably short. At that time I was a teenager and he only came up to my shoulders. He took my hand and clasped it tenderly in both of his. He brought my hand in his own clasped hands up to his face, and when I looked into his soft face, his eyes were closed for a moment.
   "When he opened them, they were filled with tears. He then said to me in a hushed voice full of pain and astonishment, 'Shabat!' And he started to cry. He was still holding both my hands in his, and while he was crying he repeated with astonishment, 'Shabat, the holy Shabat!'
   "My heart started pounding and I became more frightened than I had been before. Tears streamed down his face and one of them rolled onto my hand. I thought it would bore a hole right through my skin. When I think of that tear today, I can still feel its heat. I can't describe how awful it felt to know that I had made the great Tzaddik weep. But in his rebuke -- which consisted only of those few words -- I felt that he was not angry, but rather sad and fearful. He seemed frightened at the consequences of my actions."
   The elderly man then caressed the hand that bore the invisible scar of a precious tear. It had become his permanent reminder to observe the "holy Shabat" for the rest of his life.(R' Tiles, R' Krohn)
   Many of us when we see someone doing something wrong, get angry with that person. "How dare he desecrate Shabat!" Instead we have to follow a Tzaddik's way, and feel bad for that person, feel pain that he is losing his Chelek in Olam Haba! Seeing a person being Mechalel Shabat, should cause us to cry, cry to our Father in Heaven to enlighten this person. If we train ourselves to feel the pain of the person doing the sin, he will be able feel that pain, coming from our hearts to his, which can help him change and grow. But if all we do is scream and get angry, his heart will feel our anger, and he will end up being angry with us and eventually Hashem!

Something to think about:
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.(Dr. Albert Einstein)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Ahaon Teunim Ben R' Moshe HY"D, R' Moshe Ben R' Avraham Stern(Debreciner Rav, Author of Be'er Moshe). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Eliyahu Noach Ben Yita Rachel, Breindel Zelda Bat Yita Rachel, Chaya Shaindel Bat Yita Rachel, and Esther Perel Roiza Bat Yita Rachel to find their Zivugim Bekarov B'Hatzlacha AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   Why must everything be so difficult? Couldn't Hashem have designed our lives so that we wouldn't need to encounter disappointments, challenges and toil every step of the way?
   This must be one of the oldest questions ever asked. The answer--that an "easy" life would also be a meaningless life--is probably just as old. And so is this Mashal told to illustrate the point:
   A wealthy nobleman was once touring his estate and came upon a peasant pitching hay. The nobleman was fascinated by the sight: flowing motions of the peasant's arms and shoulders and the graceful sweep of the pitchfork through the air. He so greatly enjoyed the spectacle that he struck a deal with the peasant: he would give him a gold coin every day if the peasant agreed to come to the mansion and display his hay-pitching technique in the nobleman's drawing room.
   The next day, the peasant arrived at the mansion, hardly concealing his glee at his new line of "work." After swinging his empty pitchfork for an hour, he collected his gold coin--many times his usual reward for a week of backbreaking labor. But by the following day, his enthusiasm had somewhat waned. Before the week was out, he announced that he was quitting his commission.
   "I don't understand," puzzled the nobleman. "Why would you rather swing heavy loads outdoors in the winter cold and the summer heat, when you can perform an effortless task in the comfort of my home and earn many times your usual wages?" "But master," said the man, "I'm not doing anything..."(R' Tauber based on The Rebbe's Teachings)
   Chazal ask, "What's the point of this world?" Couldn't have Hashem just given every Jew Olam Haba and saved us all this trouble? They answer, that if Hashem had given us Olam Haba without our working to earn it, it would have been, bread of shame.
   Many times we go through hard times, because firstly, we might not really accomplishing anything in our current state, and we need a push to move forward. And secondly, Hashem wants to enjoy the rewards fully, and we can only do that if really worked for them. A meal that was given to us for free, never tastes as good as one that we worked hard for.

Something to think about:
Water can both sustain and engulf a ship.(Kong Qiu aka Confucius)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat Aharon Hakohen, Elazar Ben Aharon HaKohen, R' Yehoshua Heschel Ben R' Elazar, R' Natan Nota Ben R' Yosef of Averitch, R' Asher Wallerstein Ben R' Aryeh Leib, R' Aharon Ben R' Moshe Goldstein, R' Shmuel Ben R' David Tzvi Ehrenfeld(The Chatan Sofer), R' Menachem Nachum Ben R' Yehudah Leib, R' Shlomo Ben R' Ben-Zion Halberstam of Bobov. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to celebrate Tisha B'Av as a full Moed this year AMEN! Bekarov Bechinam! With Mashiach NOW!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

  Henryk was very young in 1945, when the War ended and solitary survivors tried frantically to trace their relatives. He had spent what seemed to be most of his life with his nanny, who had hidden him away from the Nazis at his father's request. There was great personal risk involved, but the woman had readily taken it, as she loved the boy.
  All the Jews were being killed, and Henryk's nanny did not think for a moment that the father, Joseph Foxman, would survive the infamous destruction of the Vilna Ghetto. He would surely have been transferred to Auschwitz -— and everyone knew that nobody ever came back from Auschwitz. She therefore had no scruples about adopting the boy, having him baptized into the Catholic Church and taught catechism by the local priest.
  It was Simchat Torah when his father came to take him. The heartbroken nanny had packed all his clothing and his small catechism book, stressing to the father that the boy had become a good Catholic. Joseph Foxman took his son by the hand and led him directly to the Great Synagogue of Vilna. On the way, he told his son that he was a Jew and that his name was Avraham.
  Not far from the house, they passed the church and the boy reverently crossed himself, causing his father great anguish. Just then, a priest emerged who knew the boy, and when Henryk rushed over to kiss his hand, the priest spoke to him, reminding him of his Catholic faith.
  Everything inside of Joseph wanted to drag his son away from the priest and from the church. But he knew that this was not the way to do things. He nodded to the priest, holding his son more closely. After all, these people had harbored his child and saved the child's life. He had to show his son Judaism, living Judaism, and in this way all these foreign beliefs would be naturally abandoned and forgotten.
  They entered the Great Synagogue of Vilna, now a remnant of a past, vibrant Jewish era. There they found some Jewish survivors from Auschwitz who had made their way back to Vilna and were now rebuilding their lives and their Jewish spirits. Amid the stark reality of their suffering and terrible loss, in much diminished numbers, they were singing and dancing with real joy while celebrating Simchat Torah.
  Avraham stared wide-eyed around him and picked up a tattered prayer book with a touch of affection. Something deep inside of him responded to the atmosphere, and he was happy to be there with the father he barely knew. He held back, though, from joining the dancing.
  A Jewish man wearing a Soviet Army uniform could not take his eyes off the boy, and he came over to Joseph. "Is this child... Jewish?" he asked, a touch of awe in his voice. "This is the first live Jewish child I have come across in all this time..."
  The father answered that the boy was Jewish and introduced his son. As the soldier stared at Henryk-Avraham, he fought to hold back tears. "Over these four terrible years, I have traveled thousands of miles, and this is the first live Jewish child I have come across in all this time. Would you like to dance with me on my shoulders?" he asked the boy, who was staring back at him, fascinated.
  The father nodded permission, and the soldier hoisted the boy high onto his shoulders. With tears now coursing down his cheeks and a heart full of real joy, the soldier joined in the dancing. "This is my Torah scroll," he cried.
  Abe Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League -- the Avraham in our story -- remembers this as his first conscious feeling of a connection with Judaism and of being a Jew.(R. Benjamin)
  We live in a time when many of our kids are straying from the path of Judaism. While they may not be going to Church, they are going to public schools, and mingling with non-Jews, and learning their ways, and leaving the ways of the Torah. So many of us give a lot of money to donate Sifrei Torah to our Shuls, and many beautiful sets of Sefarim. (Which is very beautiful and commendable). But what about "the living Torah scrolls!?!?!? What about Hashem's children, our own children! If we do not do something they might forever be lost! Purchasing a Sefer Torah is nice, but saving a Jewish Neshama, is saving generations of Jewish Neshamot, that will be able to learn Torah!

Something to think about:
Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.(Alfred A. Montapert)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat Rabienu Moreinu Yochanan HaSandlar, Rabeinu Moreinu Shlomo Ben R' Yitzchak(Rashi Hakadosh). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, BinyaminEliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their NeshamotZechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat TziporaRasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Moshe Ben Nechama Toba Breyna, R' Daivd Yisrael Ben Roiza Leah, Eliyahu Tzvi Ben Rachel, Yechiel Ben R' Aharon Tzvi, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam, Dov Ben Yitzchak and Daniel Yoel Ben Chana to have Parnasa B'Shefa! Amen! Bekarov!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   Caesar said to Rabban Gamliel: "Your G‑d is a thief; as it is written, 'And G‑d caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man... and He took one of his sides...'" Said Caesar's daughter, "Allow me to reply." Said she to him: "Summon me a guardsman." "Why do you require one?" asked her father. "Thieves came upon us in the night, took a silver flask, and left us a golden flask." "If only they would come every night." "And was it not beneficial for Adam that a side was taken from him and a handmaid to serve him was given him in its place?"(Gemara Sanhedrin 39)
   "Baruch Ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Sh'asa Li Kol Tzorki". We all say this Bracha every day, but has anyone noticed that it is in the past-tense. "Sh'asa Li Kol Tzorki" means he took care of my needs, in the past. Does Hashem not take care of our needs in the present as well?
   Chazal explain that the reason this Bracha is in the past-tense is because, even though really Hashem does everything for us, at every second. Many times we do not see the good in what Hashem did until later.
    For example, imagine one day a man walks into work, and is called into the office, and his boss informs that they have to let him go. He thinks to himself, "Hashem is not taking care of me!" But really two weeks down the line, knowing that he is unemployed, one of his friends offers him an even greater job. At that moment, he realizes why his losing his job was actually very good for him. Hashem took away a silver flask, and left a gold flask. For this reason the Bracha is in the past-tense.

Something to think about:
Just as a king must always wear a crown, so too it is appropriate that a Chatan wear a felt (not straw!) hat throughout his wedding.(Sefer Nefesh HaRav, R' Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik, compiled by R' Herschel Shachter)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Shmuel Rozovsky(Rosh Yeshivat Ponovezh). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, BinyaminEliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot Should have an Aliayh Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat TziporaRasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Levi Yekutiel Ben Devorah Rachel, Eliyahu Yehudah Ben Feiga Rachel, Eliyahu Tzvi Ben Rachel, Miriam Nechama Bat Malka Sara, Shabtei Ben Roiza, Yaakov Yair Ben Nechama, and Yehoshua Eliyahu Oriel Ben Elana to find their Zivugim Bekarov B'Hatzlacha AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   A woman was married for many years to her husband, but had not had any children. Her husband decided to divorce her, so he went to Rabeinu Shimon bar Yochai.
   Rabeinu Shimon Bar Yochai told him that just as they celebrated with joy their mutual bond when they got married, so should the severance of their mutual bond be celebrated in joy.
    The husband therefore prepared a great feast, at the height of which he called his wife and asked her in his joy to choose whatever she desired of his possessions to be hers, and said that he would not refuse her anything.
   What did she do? She served him so much wine that he got drunk and fell asleep on his bed. She then told her servant to take him on his bed into her bedroom in her father's house.
   The following morning, when he awoke and found himself in his wife's home, he asked her why he was brought there -- wasn't it clear that he intended to divorce her? She replied, "Didn't you tell me that I could take whatever I wanted? I desire not gold, nor silver, nor precious gems, nor pearls. All I want is you. You yourself are the sole object of my desire."
   When the husband heard this, he became once again enamored of his wife, and took her back as before. And in this merit, Hakadosh Baruch Hu, granted them children.(Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1)
   Sometimes, the things in our lives have to be on the verge of leaving, before we start to appreciate them. There are times when a person is making a good living, and thinks to himself, "wow I am really good in business". Which causes Hashem to tug a little at this person's Parnasa to remind him where it comes from.
   When a person recognizes how lucky and blessed he is, with what Hashem has given him, Hashem will bless him with much more.

Something to think about:
Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.(Thomas Edison)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Nachman Ben R' Meir Bulman, R' Yechezkel Shraga Ben R' Baruch of Shinev. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Miriam Nechama Bat Malka Sara, Levi Yekutiel Ben Devora Rachel, Eliyahu TzvI Ben Rachel, Shabtei Ben Roiza, Esther Miriam Bat Mazal, and Eliyahu Yehudah Ben Feiga Rachel to find their Zivugim Bekarov B'Hatzlacha AMEN! Bechinam!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   The Kotzker Rebbe Reb Menachem Mendel of Kotzk once referred to a certain rabbi as "Ah Tzaddik In Peltz" -- "a righteous person in a fur coat."
   The Kotzker explained: When it is winter and it's freezing cold, there are two things one can do. One can build a fire, or one can wrap oneself in a fur coat. In both cases, the person is warm. But when one builds a fire, all who gather round will also be warmed. With the fur coat, the only one who is warmed is the one who wears the coat. So it is regarding spiritual warmth -- one can be a Tzaddik in a fur coat....(Brombacher)
   There can be two types of people who learn Torah. One who learns only for himself. All that he learns he keeps to himself. And, one who everything he learns he wants to share with everyone else.
   One must share the "wealth". It is very cold spiritually in the world today, it is our job to build a huge fire of Torah, and warm up the world. Our generation needs people to go out and inspire Hashem's lost children. As Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach once commented, "The world needs more "street Rabbis". Judaism is not a selfish religion! Hashem wants us to care for all of His children. We must go out of the Beit Midrash and bring all His children back to His warm Torah!

Something to think about:
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet. (Robert H. Schuller)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Meir Halevi Ben R' Shmuel Apta(Author of Ohr LaShamayim), R' Aharon Brachya of Modina(Author of Maavar Yabok). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' YosefHaim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every person to have Ziata Dishmaya and clarity in all aspects of their lives Bechinam Bekarov AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   Around the turn of the twentieth century, Boris, an illiterate and unworldly Siberian peasant struck it rich. One day he was offered a very lucrative business proposition. Closing the deal, however, required his presence in Moscow.
   Moscow. He was pretty sure that a horse -- even the sturdiest his village had to offer -- would not be able to make the trip of several thousand kilometers... Some of the more sophisticated residents of the town came to his rescue, advising him about the existence of a new mode of transportation -- a "train." If he were to travel to Novosibirsk, the closest large city, he would be able to catch a train to Moscow.
   Money was hardly an issue, so first class it would be. Thus one fine day found Boris in the central train station of Novosibirsk. When he informed the lady behind the ticket counter of his intended destination, she asked him what sort of ticket he wished to purchase. Observing his confusion, she told him that he could purchase a first, second, or third class ticket. A third class ticket, she explained, offered absolutely no amenities, and didn't even guarantee a spot on the train. If the arriving train was already filled to capacity, he would have to wait for the next one. A second class ticket offered a greater chance of a spot on the train, along with more comfortable accommodations. A first class ticket came with a guaranteed seat and all amenities necessary to ensure a luxurious and comfortable journey.
   Money was hardly an issue, so first class it would be. The ticket lady explained to her consumer that the ticket was non-refundable, and should be guarded carefully. Boris heeded her advice and tucked his ticket beneath the many layers of clothing he was wearing.
   As it turned out, the train would not arrive for another few days. Boris noted the date and time of its anticipated arrival, arranged for lodgings in the interim, and arrived back at the station two hours early; since this was his first time attempting such a journey. He decided to just follow the flow, assuming that he would be fine as long as he copied exactly what his fellow travelers were doing.
   The train arrived. After his initial shock at seeing such a monstrously large caravan of cars, Boris regained his composure and scanned the terminal to see what to do. As it was early, most of the passengers had not yet arrived, but he noticed three passengers boarding the very last car on the train. He followed them into the car, and when each one climbed beneath one of the benches in the car, he did the same. Unfortunately, he wasn't fully familiar with proper stowaway protocol, and his feet jutted out across the aisle of the third class car.
   Unfortunately, he wasn't fully familiar with proper stowaway protocol. It was dark and lonely beneath the bench, and Boris quickly dozed off. He didn't feel the train start to move, and didn't hear the conductor entering the car. He did, however, feel a sharp kick to his shins, and the startled peasant was expertly hoisted out by the burly conductor. "You moron, you think this is a free ride?" he bellowed. "You need a ticket to ride this train!" "What's the problem, sir," Boris meekly responded. "I have a ticket."
   The fellow travelers on the train car burst out laughing at this ludicrous claim. Their laughter only intensified when he started peeling off layer after layer of clothing, starting with his expensive fur coat and ending with his undergarments. But much to their astonishment he pulled out a ticket - a first class ticket no less!
   After verifying that the ticket was indeed authentic, the conductor, in a distinctly humbled tone of voice, asked the obvious: "Sir, you have an expensive first class ticket; pray tell me why you are lying under a bench in the third class car?!" "Because that's what the others were doing..." was the embarrassed response. (R' Wallerstein, R' Silberberg, Chabad.org)
   Every Jew received a "first-class ticket" at Har Sinai; the Torah! The Torah is our manual to be able to live a good life, that will guarantee us a "First-Class" seat in Olam Haba. But unfortunately, many of us hide our "first-class ticket", and instead try to be like "everyone else"!
   It's time we take out "first-class ticket" and start to use it! So that when we get to Olam Haba, they will not scream "Moron! You have a "first-class ticket" why were you among the derelicts! Instead, they will say, after a "first-class" ride, comes a "first-class" dwelling, here is beautiful portion of Olam Haba. Enjoy!

Something to think about:
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.(William Shakespeare)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Yaakov Yosef Ben R' Dov(First and only Chief Rabbi of New York). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' YosefHaim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat Tzipora Miriam Rasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Klal Yisrael to celebrate Tisha B'Av this year as a full Moed AMEN! Bechinam!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   The Mishnah in Pirke Avot teaches us: "Hillel says: 'Be among the disciples of Aharon, loving peace, pursuing peace, loving people, and bringing them close to the Torah.'"(1:12)
    HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Sforno explains, "A person should not be as impatient as Shammai. For Chazal recount, three proselytes met in one place and said, 'The harshness of Shammai threatened to remove us from the eternal world, while the humility of Hillel brought us under the sheltering wings of the Shechinah.'"(Gemara Shabat 31a)
   The Rabbis ask: "From where do know that a man must show his students a pleasant countenance? and they answer, "from the Pasuk: 'These are the laws that you shall put before them (Lifnaihem)"(Gemara Eruvin 54b)
   The Ben Ish Hai clarifies, "The Torah could have told us to put the laws "Lahem" to them, (as in Shemot 15:25). Instead, it says "Lifnaihem" literally: "to their faces" to hint: Show your students a pleasant face.(Sefer Benayahu)
   In a 2002 study performed in Sweden, researchers confirmed that people respond in kind to the facial expression they encounter.(Simcha, Feldbrand, Snopes.com)
   Chazal tell us that a person can only receive Divine Inspiration when, he is B'Simcha. So if a teacher wants to successfully teach his students, and make sure they receive the message, he must smile and be happy. For then his students will also be happy, and be able to receive.

Something to think about:
“A winner is someone who recognizes his G-d- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.”(Larry Bird)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat HaGaon Rabeinu Moreinu Ateret Rosheinu Moshe Ben R' Yaakov Cordevero, R' Gedalya Aharon Ben R' Elazar Mordechai Kenig, R' Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen(Kneset Yechezkel), R' Shaul Moshe Zilberman(Author of Pardes Shaul). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat TziporaRasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Klal Yisrael to see Mashiach Bekarov! AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:
  
Today's Daily Inspiration has been sponsored by Eli and Mimi Litvenchuk. May Hashem bless them with Parnasa B'Shefa and much Ziata Dishmaya in all aspects of their lives AMEN!


   Hacham HaGaon R' Shlomo Eliezer Alfandri was born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1820. His greatness was evident even as a youth, and while still a young man, he was appointed to the Spiritual Council of Istanbul. Many of Istanbul's Jews pleaded with him to accept the position of Hacham Bashi (chief rabbi of the city), and to join its rabbinical court; Hacham Shlomo Eliezer, however, refused to accept any rabbinical positions, preferring to devote himself to Torah study. He also refused to wear the customary dress of the Torah scholars of Istanbul, which consisted of a turban and a silk robe. When people referred to him as the city's chief rabbi, he would reply, "I am not a rabbi -- just a simple layman." Appreciating his greatness, Istanbul's Jews founded a yeshiva for him, and many outstanding scholars studied there. One of Hacham Shlomo Eliezer's most distinguished students was Hacham Chayim Chizkiyahu Medini, author of the encyclopedic Sdei Chemed, who was to become the chief rabbi of Hebron.                            
    Later he served as chief rabbi in Damascus. Then, in 1904, the elderly Hacham Shlomo Eliezer Alfandri resigned his post and moved to the Land of Israel. He settled in Haifa, where he studied undisturbed for the next several years. When the sages of Tzefat learned that Hacham Shlomo Eliezer had made Aliyah they invited him to serve as their city's chief rabbinical judge.                            Hacham Shlomo Eliezer accepted the position, even though he was already nearly 90 years old. And he served in this position for nearly twenty years! He was referred to fondly as Saba Kadishaj, the "holy grandfather," a title he had already acquired before his decades in Tzefat                                                                                                                                            

   In April of 1914, Hacham Shlomo Eliezer, accompanied by many of Tzefat's residents, went out to bless the new moon. After completing the prayer, he looked upward, clapped his hands and let out a piercing cry. Then he said: "I see that a large-scale war will soon break out." Four months later, World War I began. During the war, Tzefat's residents suffered from a lack of food and water. One time, the Turkish pasha (governor) visited the city. He was perched on a white steed, and was accompanied by an entourage of soldiers. He wore a flashy uniform, and a glossy medallion, which indicated his high rank, hung from his neck.               When Hacham Shlomo Eliezer heard of his arrival, he went out to greet him. The pasha was awed by the "holy grandfather"'s majestic appearance, and asked him for a Bracha. Hacham Shlomo Eliezer replied, "Only the humble can receive Brachot. I will bless you after you come down from your horse." The pasha got off his horse and lowered his head to receive Hacham Shlomo Eliezer's Bracha. "May Hakadosh Baruch Hu help you in your efforts to see to the needs of the oppressed Jewish nation," Hacham  Shlomo Eliezer said.                                                                                                                                            The pasha was very impressed by Hacham Shlomo Eliezer and, as a result of that encounter, he made sure that Tzefat's residents had sufficient food and water. In 1930, The Saba Kadishah passed away, at the age of 110, in Jerusalem.(R' Tiles)
    Chazal tell us that there is no better vessel to hold "Bracha" than "Shalom" peace. The greatest reason that Machloket starts, is Gaava, pride. If we want Bracha in our lives, then we must be humble, and stop fighting to defend out pride all the time. When there is peace among us then Hashem will shower us with Brachot ad bli dai! AMEN!

Something to think about:
To teach, is to touch a life forever. (Anonymous)


Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Shlomo Halevi Ben R' Meir HY"D of Karlin, R' Avarham Grodzinsky HY"D(Mashgiach of Slabodka), R' Levi Yitzchak Ben R' Avraham Noach Bender.  H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' YosefHaim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat TziporaRasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN!


The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

Today's Daily Inspiration has been sponsored by Eliyahu Yehduah Ben Feiga Rachel in honor of Hashem for all the amazing gifts He gives each and every one of us each and every moment. And in honor of Daniel Hadar for all the amazing work he does and for inspiring us each day.

   When Rabbi Mendel was five years old learning Torah in a cheder in Russia, it happened that one of the boys forgot to bring his ink bottle and asked the boy at his side for some of his. "No," replied the latter. "I haven't enough; you should have brought from home." So the first boy had to ask someone else.
   The teacher noticed this and said nothing, but a half hour later he asked the second boy if he could show the class an Aleph, a Bet and a Gimmel (the first three letters of the Hebrew alphabet). "Of course," answered the child as he pointed in one of his books. "This is an Aleph, this a Bet, and this a Gimmel."
   "No," said the teacher. "You are wrong." The boy was confused. "But teacher" he said, "this is what you taught us... this is what we have been reading for the last two years!" "No," the teacher repeated. "You are wrong." "Aleph is: When your friend asks you for ink, you give it to him. "Bet is: When your friend asks for ink, you give it to him. "Gimmel is: When your friend asks for ink, you give it to him."(R' Mendel Futerfas)
   What this teacher was trying to teacher his students, was that the Aleph Bet and Gimmel of Yahadut(Judaism) is helping out a fellow Jew. The Pittsburgher Rebbe used to tell his Chasidim that the greatest Kavanah a person can have in the Mikvah is the person waiting behind him. While it is very important to have many lofty intentions in the Mikvah, but even more important is to realize there are other people waiting.
   Let us share our ink, and let others in to the Mikvah, and Hashem will help us succeed way beyond our wildest dreams, in merit of our Ahavat Yisrael. When a father sees his children sharing with and caring for each other he just wants to give them more and more!

Something to think about:
100% of the shots you don't take don't go in.(Wayne Gretzky)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Natan Nota Hanover Ben R' Moshe HY"D(Author of Yaven Metzula and Shaarei Tzion), R' Avraham Yitzchak Bloch Ben R' Yosef Leib HY"D, R' Avraham Chayim Noeh(Author of Ketzot HaShulchan, Shaarei Torah and Gsher HaChayim), R' Chayim Shaul Karelitz, H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' YosefHaim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat TziporaRasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to have an amazing Shabat! AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
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should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   Antoninus said to Rebbe Yehudah HaNassi: The body and the Soul can each absolve themselves from judgment. The body can say: "It is the Soul who has sinned. Why, from the day it left me, I lie like a dumb stone in the grave!" And the Soul can say: "It's the body who transgressed. From the day I departed from it, I fly about in the air like a bird!"
   Said Rebbe Yehudah: I will tell you a parable. "Once there was a king who had a beautiful orchard with splendid figs. He appointed two watchmen for his orchard. One watchman was lame, and the other one was blind. One day the lame man said to the blind man: "I see beautiful figs in the orchard. Come, I will ride on your shoulders, and we'll take them and eat them." So the lame man rode on the shoulders of the blind man, and they took the fruits and ate them. Some time after, the owner of the orchard came and inquired of them, "Where are those beautiful figs?" The lame man replied, "Have I feet to walk with?" The blind man replied, "Have I eyes to see with?" What did the king do? He placed the lame watchman on the shoulders of the blind watchman, and judged them together."(Gemara Sukkah 53)
   We must know that in Shamayim there are no tricks, no sweet talking the judge, it is a real judgment. Hashem put the body and Soul together so they can soar to amazing heights. Through the body the Neshama is able to perform Mitzvot, with the body's arm, the Neshama can put on Tefillin. And without the Neshama the body is nothing but skin, bones and blood. With the Neshama the body becomes holy. They both need each other and they will both be judged together.

Something to think about:
After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.(Italian Proverb)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Yitzchak Issac Ben R' Yoel Leib Halevi Herzog(Author of Heichal Yitzchak, Chief Rabbi of Ireland), R' Eliezer Yehudah Ben R' Natan Tzvi Finkel(Son of the Alter of Slabodka), R' Yona Stenzel, Hacham Ben-Zion Abba Shaul Ben R' Eliyahu(Rosh Yeshivat Porat Yosef). H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat TziporaRasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to have Parnasa B'Shefa AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
www.OhrDaniel.com Yesh Kone Olamo B'Click Echad!
 
(To sponsor a Daily Inspiration, contact Daniel Hadar at Yeshbachur@gmail.com)
should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar

Holy Jews:

   Rabbi Akiva had a daughter. But astrologers said to him, "On the day she enters the bridal chamber, a snake will bite her and she will die."
   On the night of her marriage, she removed a brooch and stuck it into the wall. When she pulled it out the following morning, a poisonous snake came trailing after it; the pin had penetrated into the eye of the serpent.
   "Was there anything special that you did yesterday?" her father asked her.  "A poor man came to our door in the evening," she replied. "Everybody was busy at the banquet, and there was none to attend to him. So I took the portion which was given to me and gave it to him."
   Thereupon Rabbi Akiva went out and declared: "Charity delivers from death." And not just from an unnatural death, but from death itself.(Gemara Shabat 156b)
   Chazal tell us that "Ani Chashuv K'Met" a poor person is like he is dead. From here we can learn that not only does Tzedaka save a person from physical death, but from financial death as well.
   And Tzedaka does not only mean giving a person money. We all have something that we have that can help another Jew. Imagine if you hear about a job for a teenager during the summer, and you so not have any teenage children, but you have a friend who does. Take the number and give it to that friend. With such a simple gesture, you saved that mother much pain, watching her child being bored and broke all summer. A kind act like this has the power to save us from death.

P.S.[If anyone knows of any summer jobs for teenagers in the NY area please contact me, my students are in need thank you]

Something to think about:

“Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.”(S. Carey)

Today's Daily Inspiration is L'Zecher Nishmat R' Moshe David Ashkenazi, R' Yaakov Aryeh Guterman. H' Haim Ben H' Moshe, H' Yosef Haim Ben H' Eliyahu Haim, R' Yisrael Ben R' Shlomo Meir, R' Yitzchak Ben R' Shmuel Hakohen, R' Masya Ben Charush, Binyamin Eliezer Ben Chana Gittel, Aaron Meir Ben Chayim Aaron, and Tzipora Miriam Rasha Bat R' Shalom Naftali Aharon. Their Neshamot should have an Aliyah Zechutam Yagen Aleinu. AMEN! And a Zechut for the freeing of Gilad Ben Aviva AMEN! And a Zechut for the saving of Vered Rikva Bat Esther's Neshama AMEN! And a Zechut for Ofir Ephraim Ben Sara to have a Ben Zachar Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for Yasmin Bat Homa Rachel, Chaim Shmuel Shmelke Ben Rachel Itel, Chaim David Ben Leah, Yael Bat TziporaRasha, Clara Bat VIctoria Chaya, Yitzchak David Ben Devorah Rachel, Tinok Ben Rivka Sara, Moshe Chaim Ben Hadassah, Refael Ben Sofia, Yaakov Ben Mazal, Yitzchak Ben Refael, Bianca Bat Mila, Yoel Dov Ben Rivka Chaya, and Refael Eliezer Ben Rinah Raizel to have a Refua Shelaima Bekarov AMEN! And a Zechut for every Jew to have Parnasa B'Shefa AMEN!

The Torah in this email should be a Zechut for Aharon Simcha Ben Elchanan Hakohen's Neshama to have an Aliyah and to be Melitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael AMEN!
 
Shefa Bracha UParnasa Tov VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam!
 
Have a great day! Smile! Hashem loves you!
 
www.OhrDaniel.com Yesh Kone Olamo B'Click Echad!
 
(To sponsor a Daily Inspiration, contact Daniel Hadar at Yeshbachur@gmail.com)
should have an Aliyah.

Daniel Hadar