The big and The SMALL Thank You!

To All Jews:
 
Rabbi Beyda:
 
Many people in general have a problem with saying Thank You. Many will not accept a gift, because this will require them to say "Thank You".  We must learn to have Hakarat Hatov; gratitude and appreciation.
 
After Adam HaRishon sinned, he started to see the world go dark, and it was before he had ever experienced night, and he started to cry. When he woke up in the morning he started to sing "Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabat Tov LeHodot LeHashem" – A song for the Shabat day it is good to give thanks to Hashem.
 
After Kayin sinned, he went to trial and he was found guilty. He was very sad. When he was walking out of his trial he bumped into Adam HaRishon. Adam asked him what happened in his trial. And Kayin told his father that if it was not for the fact that I admitted, I would have been gone forever. At that moment Adam HaRishon said "Tov LeHodot LeHashem" – It is good to admit (confess) to Hashem.
 
The Midrash says that in this world only a select few give thanks or admit to Hashem but in the next world every one does.
 
Noach after the Mabul, he brought a Korban. Avraham comes to Eretz Yisrael he brought a Korban. Yaakov after coming back from the house of Lavan he brought a Korban. Our Avot all brought Korbanot of thanks to Hashem.
 
The Gemara in Brachot says Rav Yochanan says in the name of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai that there was no one in the world who gave thanks to Hashem until Leah. "Hapam Hoda Et Hashem" She did this after she had her fourth son. When she got more than her share.
 
When a person feels that he is owed something, he does not feel gratitude. When was the last time you heard someone say "Thank You" when they receive their paycheck. Why should I say thank you, I earned it! We must view everything as a "free gift". Only then will we say a genuine "Thank You"  This is why all the thank you's before Leah's were not viewed by our Chachamim as not real thanks, because hers was a thank you of something she viewed that she didn't not deserve she was supposed to get three children and when she got an "extra" she was able to give a genuine "thank you"
 
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was saying that from the day of creation until Leah, there wasn't anyone who was able to teach us the correct way of performing the Mitzvah of saying thank you until Leah came along and taught us.
 
The fact that you must feel that what you are getting is a Matanat Chinam, is not an extra bonus to the Mitzvah of saying thank you it is the essence of the Mitzvah!
 
Out of all the Shevatim, we are named after Yehuda. We are called Yehudim. This is because the essence of a Jew is to Thank.
It is very easy to thank Hakadosh Baruch Hu, when big miracles happen in our lives. When a person finds his zivug or gets a huge business deal. But we must know that we have to thank Hashem for all the little things in life too. Thank Hashem for the cup of coffee in the morning, or that you have ac in the summer, or a coat in the winter. Each person must look at their lives, and they will see how many tiny gifts Hashem gives us constantly, and we must thank Hashem EVEN for them!
 
 Imagine we set up a Jewish Holiday Committee, and the JHC must come up with a holiday and rituals to commemorate all the things we went through. Its time to create a holiday to remember Yetziat Mitzrayim and the miracles in the desert. Okay lets think…maybe we should make a holiday where all the Jews take a jar of Ma'an and dance around it and celebrate the amazing miracle of this spiritual food. Which is all good and no bad. NOPE! Next…Okay maybe we should make a holiday celebrating the splitting of the sea, we should all sit in between to things of water. NOPE! Next…maybe we should have a holiday to celebrate the Be'er Miriam the well of Miriam that supplied 3 million people with water in the desert AMAZING MIRACLE…NOPE….So what miracle do we celebrate? The HUTS! We must thank Hsahem, for some simple shade! Compared to the other miracles its NOTHING! This is to teach us, that we MUST thank Hashem for the little things that we take for granted.
 
During the time of Succot we bring all the harvested produce in. Hashem is telling us all that produce, know that it was not "Kochi Votzem Yadi Asa Li Et HaChayil Haze" Know that it wasn't you, it was Hashem. Simple food, we must thank Hashem!
 
Thank you Hashem for all the miracles that You have performed today! Modim Anachnu Lach. WHAT MIRACLES! I didn't see any seas split or ground open up? You woke this morning that is a miracle, you went to the bathroom another miracle, you drank a coffee that's a miracle, for getting to work safely MIRACLE! For having children MIRACLE! WOW you had lunch today MIRACLE! This is only the BIG stuff, but we must look deeper to see all the little things, the big stuff is just a flash of lighting to open our eyes!
 
What power does thank you have?
Anyone who reads Ashrei three times, is promised that he is a Ben Olam Haba. The Gemara says one of the reasons is because its because its in the Alef Bet, so the Gemara asks why then don't we say Kuf Yud Tet which has 8 pesukim for each letter. So the Gemara, answers so we say it because it says Poteach Et Yadecha! But there are others that speak of the substance of Hashem. So the Gemara says that this one has both the Alef Bet and Hashem's substance so that is why we say it. Anyone who reads this mizmor and sees all the good that Hashem gives us, this will make him want to keep Mitzvot. Because anyone who sees all the good that someone did for him, will feel indebted to him. All Neshamot will praise Hashem, will thank Hashem for every Nishima(breath) Recognizing the good Hashem does for us is the key to bring us to Olam Haba.
 
The Tur says that it is our custom to end the Mizmor with the Pasuk Vaanachnu Nevarech Ya Meata Ve'ad Olam Haleluya! By getting used to praising Hashem on this world we will be worthy of praising Hashem in the world to come!
The Mishnah in Brachot says that we must thank Hashem for the bad just like we do for the good. We must say Baruch Dayan HaEmet with the same gusto as we do Shechiyanu!
 
Hakadosh Baruch Hu comes to Moshe Rabeinu and says "Its time for you to go free the Jews" instead of saying okay I am going! NOW! Moshe answers wait, I just have to take care of something first! Since Yitro took me in and I lived there, I have to go thank Yitro, and ask him to leave. In the face of saving the Jewish people, he said hold on, I have to go say thank you!
 
There once was a king who had only one son, and all the workers of the king were jealous of this son, because he had everything good. One day the son did something against the Malchut. The father expelled his son to the wilderness. The son thought my dad doesn't love me. The king sent his men to follow the son, and make sure he is ok, but to never expose themselves to the son, so he can feel his punishment and repent. One day the boy was attacked by a bear, and miraculously he was saved. A couple of days later a wolf attack him and again saved by a miracle. This happened several times. After a while the son realized that something must be up. My father must be behind this. He started to appreciate the random food that he found and the protection that he got. After realizing this he started to realize his love for his father, and did Teshuvah!
 
We are Galut, and we don't see Hashem. And many times we think its us that are doing things, I avoided the accident, Miraculously I made the business deal etc. Too many miracles, if you look around you will realize that Your Father is watching over you and protecting and providing for you!
 
A person who spends time talking about Yetziyat Mitzrayim Harey Ze Meshubach. One of the famous Chassidic Rebbes said Ze is you. You become praiseworthy. When you look at all the things that Hashem does for us, you feel gratitude towards Hashem. And you want to do more for Him.
 
Our Amidah starts ATTAH! Attah chonen L'Adam Da'at. When you realize its Attah its all You Hashem, everything I get is a Matanat Chinam from You, then you are ready to continue to ask all the requests in the Amidah!
 
The Chovot Halevavot says Every individual is commanded to take a calculation of their Soul. To look at the good that Hashem does for him, in general and the little stuff. And a Hashem fearing person should look at how much he owes Hashem according to his ability. Each person gets a different package to come to this world with, and the same is with the Cheshbon HaNefesh is not the same by every person. We must all look at our lives and see what Hashem does and has done for US! Its upon a person to praise Hashem not only for the Miracles but for every little thing that comes to him in his life.
 
We must Admit that we did nothing and that everything is from Hashem and say Thank You Hashem for EVERYTHING! The big miracles and the little things that we are accustomed to overlook! AMEN.
 
Upetach Lanu Hashem Elokainu Av Harachamim Adon Haselichot Keze Hashavua Vkol Shavua Shaarei Orah Shaarei Orech Yamim Vshanim Shaarei Arikut Apayim Shaarei Beracha Shaarei Bina Shaarei Gila Shaarei Gedula Shaarei Geula Shaarei Gevura Shaarei Ditza Shaarei Deah Shaarei Hod Shaarei Hadar Shaarei Hatzlacha Shaarei Harvacha Shaarei Vad Tov Shaarei Zerizut Shaarei Zimra Shaarei Zechuyot Shaarei Ziv Shaarei Zohar Torah Shaarei Zohar Chachma Shaarei Zohar Bina Shaarei Zohar Daat Shaarei Chedva Shaarei Chemla Shaarei Chen Vchesed Shaarei Chayim Tovim Shaarei Chachma Shaarei Tova Shaarei Tohar Shaarei Yeshua Shaarei Yosher Shaarei Kapara Shaarei Kalkala Shaarei Kavod Shaarei Limud Shaarei Mazon Shaarei Mezonot Shaarei Mehilot Shaarei Mada Shaarei Nechama Shaarei Nekiyut Shaarei Selicha Shaarei Ziata Dishmaya Shaarei Ezra Shaarei Pedut Shaarei Parnasa Tova Shaarei Tzedaka Shaarei Tzehala Shaarei Kedusha Shaarei Komimut Shaarei Rachamim Shaarei Ratzon Shaarei Refua Shelaima Shaarei Shalom Shaarei Simcha Shaarei Shamuot Tovot Shaarei Shalva Shaarei Torah Shaarei Tefilla Shaarei Teshuva Shaarei Teshua
 
The Torah in this email should be a zechut for the enitre Rosenberg Family to have great Hatzlacha and Parnasa Bekarov Bechinam AMEN!
 
Osher Shefa Bracha Vhatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam Bekarov AMEN
 
Daniel Hadar

The Cow and the Calf

To All Jews:
 
The Torah in this email should be a zechut for Dov Ben Yitzchak to find a great honest job to support his family bekarov Amen!
 
   Rashi Hakadosh compares the Parah Adumah, the red cow, to the golden calf point by point, showing how in all the details of its laws, the cow is to be an atonement for the sin of Avodah Zara that the Jewish people committed when they worshiped the calf.
   The Torah requires that someone who has come into contact with a corpse must be sprinkled with the ashes of the Parah Adumah on the third and seventh day of his week-long period of Tumah. Only in this way can he become Tahor. Rashi does not associate this particular law regarding the Parah Adumah with the golden calf. What is the question between them?
   The Midrash teaches that when the Jews stood at Mount Sinai to receive the Torah, they reached such a high spiritual level that they became impervious to the Malach Hamavet.(Shemot Rabbah 32) Thus the Sinai revelation was a Tikkun, a rectification, for the sin of Adam HaRishon. Had the first man not sinned, he and his descendants -- all of mankind -- would have been immortal. When they reached a level that that enabled them to reacquire the quality of immorality, the Jews who stood at Har Sinai rectified that which Adam had destroyed with his sin.
   When they worshiped the golden calf, the Jews lost their immortality; death again became part of their physical reality. The Mitzvah of the Parah Adumah was given to the Jews to remove the Tumah associated with death. This is the connection between the ashes of the Parah Adumah and the golden calf. Just as the revelation at Har Sinai was a Tikkun for Adam's sin, sprinkling the ashes of the Parah Adumah is a Tikkun for the sin of Avodah Zara -- a cleansing of the impurity of death that was reintroduced to the Jewish people when they sinned with the golden calf.(Ner Uziel, Parashat Chukat, Derush Alef)
 
Osher Shefa Bracha VHatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam Bekarov AMEN
 
Daniel Hadar

Israel's Property

To All Jews:
 
The Torah in this email should be a zechut for Eliyahu Tzvi Ben Rachel to have much Hatzlacha both in Ruchniut and Gashmiut and have Chachma to know what to do to be successful. AMEN
 
   "..and you shall give drink to the assembly and to their animals."(20:8)
   Rashi Hakadosh explains that Hakadosh Baruch Hu, has pity on the property of Klal Yisrael. This is puzzling, because whereas here Hashem's pity is on the animals as Jewsih property, elsewhere we find that Hashem had pity on the animals themselves. The Navi Yonah(4:11) told how Hashem had mercy on the livestock of Ninveh and did not wish to destroy them. The Talmud Yerushalmi Baba Metzia 2:5 relates regarding Alexander the Great, that in a certain place, the rain falls in the merit of the livestock.
   It is obvious that Hakadosh Baruch Hu, provides rain and all necessities not only for humans but for animal life as well. He Who grants life grants sustenance. However, He does not perform miracles for the sake of the livestock alone. If an animal is brought by a human being to the desert which is not its natural habitat, Hashem will perform a miracle for the animal only if the owner is deserving. Thus, in the Midbar Hashem provided for the animals specifically because they were Jewish property.
   However, we have still not resolved the difficulty here because it is possible that the animals were provided with water not because Hakadosh Baruch Hu had pity on the property of Israel but rather because Israel merited that even their livestock should be saved. The answer is if that had been the case, then Hashem would not have announced beforehand that He would provide water also for the livestock, but afterwards it would have said that they watered their livestock as well. Since He told Moshe that he should give water to the congregation and their livestock, that meant that although they were not on a level that their merit should protect their livestock, He would nevertheless, provide water also for the animals, for, since Hashem preserved Israel, He saved their property as well. Only for that reason did He provide sustenance to the animals.(Darash Moshe Al HaTorah, Parashat Chukat, Derush Gimmel)
 
Osher Shefa Bracha Vhatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam Bekarov AMEN!
 
Have a great week!
 
Daniel Hadar

Why Wasn't Korach Saved?

To All Jews:
 
   The Torah in this email should be a zechut for Esther Miriam Bat Mazal to find her zivug nachon bekarov and they should both be zoche to build a bayit shalom and neeman byisrael and have beautiful zara chaya vkayama who will grow up to be talmidai chachamim and baatei torah amen! Bechinam!
 
   This week's Sidra takes its name from Korach, who led a rebellion against the leadership of Moshe Rabeinu and Aharon HaKohen. Korach seemed to resent that Moshe Rabeinu led the people, that Aharon was Kohen Gadol, and that he had not been appointed as the head of the children of Kehat, his branch of the priestly family. His motives were complex and are discussed at length by the Mevarshim. There were undoubtedly many layers of discontent behind his futile challenge to the leadership. One aspect of this is discussed by Rashi Hakadosh: Korach was an intelligent man. If so, why did he involve himself with this nonsense? His eyes deceived him, for he saw a chain of noble descent emerging from him, ending in Shmuel [the great Navi] who is considered equal to Moshe and Aharon. He said, "On his, [Shmuel's] account I will be saved" There were also to be twenty-four stations of his descendants who would prophesy with Divine spirit...He said, "Is it possible that all of this greatness will emerge from me and I should be silent?" Therefore, he joined [with the other rebels] and came to the opinion that when he heard from Moshe that all of them would perish save one...he mistakenly assumed that it referred to him. He failed to look carefully, for his sons did Teshuva...(Rashi, Bamidbar, 16:7)
   Korach assumed that because his descendants would become very great men, he would be saved. He reasoned that if all of these prophets would emanate from him, then it must be because he himself was a worthy and holy person. Thus he assumed that the prophecy which indicated that only one person would survive the leadership challenge referred to him. Korach failed to realize that while his sons were involved with the challenge at its inception, they repented at the last minute and survived. It was they, rather than Korach, their father, who would be considered the progenitors of Shmuel and the other Nivim.
   All of this promotes a difficulty. Chazal express the following principle in Mesechet Sanhedrin Daf 104a, "A son provides merit for his father." This means that while in some cases a father may not have enough personal merit for salvation, the greater merits of his descendants may nevertheless stand for him. It is undeniable that Korach was destined to have great descendants. Why, then, could their merit not stand for him to save him from punishment?
   The answer to this is quite simple. Let us first consider another Chazal which discusses a general principle in the laws of Teshuvah: The Gemara in Yoma Daf 85b tells us, For one who says, "I will sin and then Yom Kippur will atone," Yom Kippur will not atone.
   By way of explanation, the very occurrence of Yom Kippur provides atonement for many sins. Even without Teshuvah, the day itself has the ability to eliminate certain sorts of sins, chiefly those between man and Hashem. This is true in general, but if a person says, for example, that he will eat non-Kosher food in the knowledge and with the intent that Yom Kippur will provide forgiveness for that sin, no such atonement is available. The reason is obvioius. Yom Kippur is itself the cause of this sin. Had Yom Kippur and iits atonement not been available, the person would never had sinned! In this case, it is clear that Yom Kippur, as the very cause of the transgression, cannot also be the source of atonement.
   Once two men came before the Rebbe of Vizhnitz with a monetary dispute. After hearing both sides of the case, the Rebbe ruled in favor of one of them. The other who was now forced to pay, told the Rebbe that he refuses to pay. The Rebbe informed him that it was not a good idea not to pay your debts. The man told the Rebbe, that he has nothing to worry about, all he has to do is go to the grave of the Rebbe Reb Elimelech, who promised that whoever visits and prays at his grave will not die without doing Teshuvah. The Rebbe told him, I don't think the Rebbe meant it for you to get out of paying what a Beit Din ruled that you owe. The man set out for the Rebbe Reb Elimelech's grave. On the way there, his wagon hit a rock and flipped over and he died.
   We may extend this concept to the insurgence of Korach. Korach used his foreknowledge of his noble descendants to justify and promote his sinful activities. Indeed, in some way, these descendants caused the rebellion. Had they not existed (at least within his prophetic vision) Korach may never have sinned. Thus, while a son may indeed provide merit for his father, this principle can only be applied in general. But when the son is the very cause of the sin, it is clear that he cannot save his father.(Shem M'Shmuel, Parashat Korach, 5674)
 
Osher Shefa Bracha Vhatlzlacha Rabbah Bechinam Bekarov Amen
 
Daniel Hadar

Aseret Hadibrot + Parenting 1

All of Klal Yisrael Please ENJOY!!!!!!!

 

Harav Lamm:

 

First five of the Aseret Hadibrot intertwined with rasing children.

The Ohr Hachayim Hakadosh says that we learn all the positive Mitzvot from the first Commandment and we learn all the Negative from the Second Commandment.

 

1)Anochi Hashem Elokecha Asher Hotzisicha MeEretz Mitzrayim

-Parents are the first people a child sees and the Parent tells the child I am your parent and this is what I did....

-In Kriyat Shema we read Veshanantem Lbenecha Vdebarta Bom Beshivtecha Bebetecha Ubelechtecha Baderech Uveshavcecha Uvkumecha=A child sees what the Parents do Yahadut does NOT believe in do as I say not as I do!!!!!

 

2)Dont Have any other G-ds al Panai

-When someone tells you that you CANNOT do something your initial reaction is to find someone who tells you that you CAN do it! If the father says NO the child will run to the mother or visa versa! Parents must be on the same side and teach their children what NO means! If a child learns what NO means after a while he will not even want what he thought he wanted. The Ibn Ezra that if a person believes something is impossible he will not want it. Example: A Jewish mother and child are standing in line at the grocery store and the child wants a candy bar if the mother says no the child will just continue complaining but if the mother says its NOT kosher magically the child doesnt want it anymore! If the child really knows what no means it will have the same effect!

 

3)Do not take my name in Vain!!!!!!!

-A child must honor his parents and must realize that he cannot call his parents by their first names they are not your friends!!!!!

 

4)Zechor et Yom HaShabat Lekadsho!!!

-Hashem gave us a special a gift its the only mitzvah a goy cannot do because it was a gift to the Jews.

-Shabat is the perfect time to spend time with ones family and really build a connection with them!

-I heard Rav Ephraim Shapiro quote Rav Meir Shapiro of Lublin Zecher Tzadik Vekadosh Lbarach saying The Eisha Shulamit took care of Elisha..So Elisha davened that this woman can have a child. One day this child was playing in the field and his head hurt and he died his mother took him up to the attic and went to call Elisha. She told him I didn't ask you for this child and now he dies! So Elisha went up to revive the child when he went up it says he 1)Closed the door 2) Davened to Hashem 3)Put his mouth to the boy's mouth 4)Put his Eyes on the boy's Eyes 5)Put his hands on the boys hands 6)He warmed the boy's flesh

Rav Meir Shapiro says that if you want to build a connection with your child you have to do what Elisha did

1)You have to close the door=Nothing else matters! Shut your phone off, Dont check your email, Turn the Tv off, NOTHING else matters besides your child!

The Gemara says that the Torah is like a Door and Yirat Shamayim is like a house! Close the door! First build a connection with your child leave all the Torah(critism) outside! Show your child that you care and after that you can start to bring Torah in! The Rambam says that you should put one around your child and hit with the other in that order first you MUST show your child that your care and love them and then you can rebuke them!

2)Mouth to Mouth= Talk to your child in a way that he will understand, talk to him about things that interest him!

3)Eyes on Eyes= See things from your child's perspective!!

4)Hands on Hands=Look for things to do with your child that HE enjoys find things that he will like and put aside time to do those things!

And ABOVE ALL Daven to Hashem for help!!Before you are about to talk to you child Daven to Hashem that you will say the right things and that you will do the right things and not do anything wrong!!!!

 

5)Kaved Et Avicha vet Imecha

-Kavod is translated two ways in English-1)Honor 2)Respect

You can command a person to Honor their parents but you cannot command a person to respect their parents! A child can show honor to his father when he walks in the child will stand up but the child has NO respect for his father he might even think the father is a piece of dirt(chas)!!!Rav Yaakov Shapiro and many others say a line that is sooo true IF YOU WANT RESPECT YOU MUST SHOW RESPECT!!!!!!Parents have to realize that if they want their children to respect them they MUST MUST MUST show their kids respect!!!!

Rav Ephraim Shapiro tells a story of an 11th grade class who was exactly like my 5th grade class who went thru a teacher a day! The school was looking for someone to teach the class one day a guy walks in and applies for the job so the Rabbi asked him if he had any experience so the Guy said he was straight out of kolel and the Rabbi thought to himself that this guy is out of here by the end of the day!!So the day was over and the guy walks out and is smiling a nice huge smile and the Rabbi was a bit confused but said ok I will give him another day and then he is gone! Another day week month a couple of months went by and the guy is still smiling and the class is doing GREAT! Comes the last day of school and the Rabbi walks over and tells the guy I have to ask how did you do it? So the guy said I was waiting for you to ask that! So he told the Rabbi that when he got in to the class the first day and when I went down the list I saw that you wrote their IQs next to their names and I saw 180 185 190 195 I was like WOW they trust me with GENIUSES!!!!!So being that they were all Geniuses I looked up to them and talked up to them and when they saw I respected them they started to respected and it went like that the whole respect both ways! So the Rabbi told him those numbers are actually their locker numbers!!!Doesnt matter what the numbers were we have to know that if we want respect we MUST give it!!!!Doesnt matter who you are parent rabbi etc you will get honor bc that is commanded but you MUST earn RESPECT!!!!!Hashem Yitbarach Shemo L'ad should bless us all with parents and children who respect us and parents and children that we can respect!!!!!AMEN

Rav Saadia Gaon writes: Why does the Torah promise long life as a reward for honoring one's parents? and he answers: If a child honors his parents and cherishes them in their old age when they can no longer care for themselves his own children will be inspired by this example and he will have the privilege of enjoying a long life and a blessed old age surrounded by the tender care of his own children!!!If you want something you must give it to and especially when it comes to your kids they will watch how you act with your parents and act the same to you!! Rav Lamm told a story of a child who was stealing pencils from all the kids in school so the principal called the father and told him about it so the father answered what does he need to steal pencils for I get him all the pencils he needs from my office!!!KIDS WILL FOLLOW THEIR PARENTS!!PARENTS ARE ROLE MODELS!!!Parents must know this and act accordingly!!!!

 

Hashem should bless us all!!!Hashem should bless all those that are single to find their basherts and they should both be zoche to build a bayit shalom and neeman byisrael and have beautiful zara chaya vkayama who will grow up to be talmidai chachamim and baatei torah!!!Hashem should bless all those that are awaiting children with beautiful zara chaya vkayama who will grow up to be talmidai chachamim and baatei torah!!!Hashem should bless all those that are in need of Mezonot and Parnasa with a respectable way to make it so they can support themselves and their wonderful families!!!!We should all be zoche to know the sweeeeeet taste of Shalom bayit!!!All of klal yisrael should be zoche to the Geula shelaima bmhaira vyamainu!!!!!Yeshivat Lev HaTorah should be zoche to ziata dishmaya when deciding who to accept into the Yeshiva and they should be zoche to find a way to raise the money they need to run the Yeshiva AMEN AMEN AMEN VCHEN NOMAR KEN YEHI RATZON!!!!

 

Bracha Vhatzlacha

 

Daniel Hadar(Bezrat Hashem Yitbarach Shemo L'ad a future inhabitant supporter and eved Hashem in Eretz Yisrael and hopefully a visitor soon!!HASHEM SHOULD BLESS ALL OF KLAL YISRAEL!!!Hashem should bless all those taking tests in school now to do well!!!!Whether you are taking finals like me tom or midterms or just regular tests Hashem should bless you with Ziata Dishmaya and you should be zoche to do extremely well AMEN!!!)

Aseret Hadibrot + Parenting 2

To Hashem's Greatest Creation!!!!!!!

Rabbi Lamm:

Aseret Hadibrot and Parenting #2

6) Lo Tirtzach + Anochi Hashem Elokecha. The Maharal says that we are
created btzelem elokim and that is the reason that one and six are
connected. We have to be extremely careful not to kill our children.
We must make sure to rebuke them correctly. Lift up the person(child)
not the sin! A person makes mistakes but that does not mean that "he"
is a mistake! A person must learn from their mistakes, and it is
impossible to grow unless you learn from your mistakes. Don't kill
your children when you rebuke them teach them to grow from their
mistakes. The Cholvot HaLevavot says you should do for you neighbor,
friend and children because of your responsibility to do for them and
not for ulterior motives. Oh if my kid shows off his talents it will
make MY family look good! WRONG!! You must do it for the child's
benefit and the child's benefit ONLY! Rebuke MUST be for the person's
betterment! Rav Avraham Terski says that self esteem is knowing your
good and your bad points simultaneously!!!! Don't only show your good
because then you will become a ba'al gaava and don't only show your
bad because then you will be depressed!

7) Not to commit adultery…Idolatry…The Maharal says that a person
ruins his connection with Hashem with Idolatry. The same applies with
adultery…the person is ruining a Jewish home, a Jewish family an Ezer
Kenegdo! The Kedusha of marriage! A wise woman once said that her
children aren't hers, they are Hashem's and she is just watching them
and directing them toward perfection. They are not yours to do what
YOU desire! The Zohar Hakadosh says that at Akaidat Yitzchak they
screamed out from Shamayim AVRAHAM AVRAHAM which meant the picture of
Avraham in Shamayim matched the picture of him on earth. He reached
his potential! The Holy Arizal says that what takes out of this world
at 120 is we see the picture of our potential and what we could have
become! So as parents we must show our children their potential. Rav
Tzadok Hakadosh says you must look at a child's strengths and hone on
them! The wisest man to ever live the great Shlomo Hamelech said
brilliantly "Chanoch Lanar Al Pi Darko" Do not DARE live through your
children, let them be who THEY are!!!! Do NOT teach your children WHAT
to think but teach them HOW to think!

8) Do not steal, but be a contributor! We are here on this world for
other people. We must teach our children the importance of doing their
part in the big picture! Rabbi Akiva said VeOhavta Lerayacha Kamocha!
You MUST do for other people! There is no BISHVILI NIVRA HAOLAM! "Ask
NOT what others can do for you but what you can do for others!!!!" And
we need to improve ourselves because the world NEEDS us!

9) Do not give false testimony! We must instill into our children a
drive for truth! Teach our children to ask question and seek out and
strive for the TRUTH! There is no such thing as a dumb question! WE
MUST ASK!

10) Al tachmod! BE HAPPY with what Hashem gave you! Teach ourselves
and our children to appreciative of what we have! A great rabbi once
said a brilliant line "If you want to be truly happy expect
NOTHING!!!" When you expect nothing you be able to be happy when you
get ANYTHING! Remember HASHEM doesn't owe us ANYTHING so whatever we DO have is extra and should be truly appreciated! The Cholvot
Halevavot says before you decide to get jealous go look at people who
have less than you! Go to a hospital, a poor neighborhood! And
secondly seek out people who are on high religious levels and be
jealous of them he finished a mesechet gemara I want to!! SO GO FOR IT
FINISH A SEFER A MESECHTA FINISH ALL OF SHAS IF YOU WANT TO!!!! The
Dubne Maggid expounds on a mishna in pirkei avot about how everything
that happens to us is against our will! So he brings a mashal of a
couple who one was deaf and one was blind due to Hashem's great
chessed because the deaf one was really ugly and the blind one had a
really annoying voice so when the doctor met them he told them that
there are procedures they can go through to cure them and he cured
them and then they couldn't live with each other the blind one
realized how ugly her husband and the man realized how annoying his
wife's voice is! So they complained to the doctor when they got the
bill you put us in pain and you want to charge us for it! So the
doctor said ok fine I will reverse the surgery so the one who used to
be blind said but no you cant do that then I will never be able to see
the beautiful sky PLEASE DON'T SEND ME BACK TO THAT DARK WORLD!!!! And then the one who used to be deaf said PLEASE NO DON'T SEND ME BACK INTO THAT QUIET PLACE!! I love to hear the beautiful sounds! So the
doctor said if you want it you must PAY!!! So the AWESOME AMAZING
WONDERFUL OUT OF THIS WORLD Dubne Maggid says against our will we were put here but when we find out we are going to die we beg the doctor NO PLEASE I NEED to live my daughter is getting married and my son is graduating and I want to see my grandkids!!! Oh so you want to live here then you must pay deen vchesbon!!! We were forced here against our will but we want to live here so lets enjoy everything we DO
have!!!!!

Hashem should bless you, your kids, your whole family, all your
friends, all of Klal yisrael!!With a year filled with good parnasa,
those that are sick should have a refua shelaima and be able to be of
full strength to serve HASHEM Yitbarach Shemo L'ad, Those that are
single should find their basherts at the right time and everything
should work out for them they should have an amazing chatuna and all
their freinds should be zoche to be at their wedding and be mesameach
chatan and cala they should be both be zoche to build a bayit shalom
and neeman byisrael(when someone looks at their house they should say
this is what a Jewish home should look like!!!!!) they should together
reach the highest levels and it says when a man leaves his parents
house he is davak bishto!!!! They should have a balance of what it
says in the gemara what brings bracha into the house : a wife and
Eisha Keshaira Osa Retzon Bala!!!!and they should be blessed with
beautiful zara chaya vkayama who will grow up in the way of Torah and
follow in their parent's footsteps and live Torah lifes!!!!!!!!!All
those that are awaiting children should be blessed with zara chaya
vkayama who will grow up in the way of Torah and mitzvot!!!!!All those
that are in need of Parnasa should be able to find a respectable good
job that will fulfill their needs and give them money to spend for the
right reasons and build a Jewish home and send their children to
Yeshiva so they can live torah lifes!!!!!They should have money to
give a lot Tzedaka!!!! All those that need clarity in their Torah
learning should be granted ziata dishmaya so they can learn and
understand Hashems AWESOME Torah and teach it to others and make and keep Torah ALIVE!!!!!All those that need help having kavana in their
Tefillot should find many inspirations daily to strengthen their
kavana!!!All those that need help with their emunah should like
Avraham avinu look around at Hashems creations and be zoche to believe
and know as the Cholvot Halvavot says a Jew must do!!!!!!All those
that have issues of Shalom Bayit should be blessed with the sweetness
of Shalom Bayit!!!!!!All those that have issues of getting up for
minyan should be blessed with a mental alarm clock to wake them up to
TALK TO HASHEM!!!!!!All those that have issues doing chesed should
know that if they do chesed for Hashem's children Hashem will do
chesed for them!!!!!!Rav Mansour told a story of a women who went to
the mall with her children b4 chagim to buy them clothing when they
walked out of the store with all their bags the woman saw a young boy
who was crying looking at the clothing in the window he looked like he
hasnt changed his clothing in a long while she gave her kids the bags
and told them to bring them to the car and took the boy into the store
and bought him clothing the kid looked up at the woman and asked are
you G-d? The woman shocked looked down at the boy and smiled and said
no im not but I am one of his children so the boy looked up and smiled
and said I KNEW YOU HAD TO BE RELATED!!!WE ARE HASHEMS CHILDREN we have Tzelem Elokim we have to act like him!!!!!!!All those that need a
car should be blessed with a car so they can drive to do Hashems
will!!!!!!!All those that need a house should be blessed with a house
so he can put mezuzot on the door posts and make it a mikdash
me'at!!!!!All those that need clothing should be blessed with clothing
so he/she can do the mitzvah of tzeniut!!!!!!All those that need food
and drink should be blessed with a lot of it so they can make many
brachot and thank Hashem!!!!!!All that need a friend should be blessed
with a great friend it says o' chavruta o' metuta!!!!!!Those who are
depressed should be zoche to be given from Hashem many resons to be
bSimcha!!!!We should all be zoche to a year filled with Bracha
Hatzlacha Yeshua Parnasa Geula Torah Tefilla Yira Ahava Nechama
Mitzvot Shalom Bayit Simcha VMashiach Tzidkainu AMEN AMEN AMEN VCHEN NOMAR KEN YEHI RATZON!!!!!!!!!!

Bracha Vhatzlacha Rabbah!

Daniel Hadar

AMEN AMEN AMEN

Chacham Mansour:

  The Torah in this email should be Liulay Nishmat the Noam Elimelech who's Yartzeit is tonight. His Neshama should have an Aliyah and be zechut for all of Klal Yisrael Amen!!!    Pasuk in Yeshayahu says  "Pitchu Shaarim Veyavo Goy Tzaddik Shomer Emunim" The Zohar Hakadosh says do not read it Emunim but "Amenim" Open the gates for the nation that answers "AMEN"

 

Answering Amen is the key to open up the gates….Answering Amen can open the gates of Parnasa, zivugim, shalom bayit, bruit, and the list goes on and on. And answering Amen will help all your Tefillot get answered.

 

The Shaloh Hakadosh writes if a person listens to the blessings that people say and answers Amen with Kavanah….it causes a great Kedusha in Shamayim and causes much Shefa in this world. (Shefa is abundance, blessing, and the Zohar explains Shefa as a pipe that all Brachot come through to this earth, but you have to open up the pipe and Amen is that key to open the pipe)

 

The Zohar tells a story about Rav Safra who used to run from shul to shul to be able answer Amen…he grabbed every opportunity to answer Amen! He looked at it as a privilege that Hashem gave him to get Bracha in his life.



The Gemara in Berachot says that the person who answers Amen is greater then the person who makes the Beracha! HUH? The first guy says like 10 words and this other guy comes along and says one word and he is greater? Amen means Emet so you are saying what the other guy said is true why does that make you greater? The Gemara answers the proof is that the soldiers go down to fight and then the battalion goes after drives in and puts the flag down and pronounces victory. The Maharsha asks what is the proof?

 

In Shamayim there are Matrigim(Prosecutors) they spend their whole day in front of Hashem arguing why we should not get Bracha in our lives. We come along and try to get Bracha in our lives and say Baruch Ata Hashem, we are in battle with these prosecuting angels. All of a sudden a second battalion comes in and starts help us fight, who is the second battalion? The guy who answers Amen he comes in and says he is right! Now its two against one! Because of the second guy who answered Amen we are zoche to Hashem's Brachot!

 

Rabeinu Bachya says that in Beit Din, in order for a testimony to be accepted you must have two witnesses. No matter how great a single person is, its not accepted. When a guy makes a bracha or says Kadish he is testifying that Hashem is great and that He is one, but there is a problem because in Shamayim they are saying its very nice but its only one person's testimony so its not admissible in court. But when the next guy comes along and says AMEN in Shamayim its now considered a real testimony.

 

The Rama(Rav Moshe Iserles) asks when does a child qualify to Olam Haba? He quotes a Midrash that says once a child says Amen he is zoche to Olam Haba. The Rama says this is where the custom came from to get little kids to say Amen as soon as possible. One Amen gets a child into OLAM HABA!!!!!!! A second of work for an eternal reward.

 

Rabbi Eliyahu HaCohen writes, that in the Megilla of Purim, it says "Vyehi Omen et Hadassa", referring to the fact that Esther had no parents and Mordechai her uncle raised her and a miracle happened and he was able to nurse her. Rabbi Eliyahu explains Vyeh Omen also means Vyehi Amen, he trained her to say Amen.

 

David HaMelech says Lulay hemanti lerot btuv Hashem beretz chayim….David HaMelech says that what Zechut will get him to the Eretz chayim? Lulay He"amanti" I was trained to say Amen as a child.

 

Hashem has many names. The Zohar tells us that every name represents a different trait of Hashem. The holiest name we have is Yud Key Vav Key. This name is the name of ultimate mercy and Rachamim. Every time a Sofer writes Hashem's name he has to go to the Mikveh.

 

When a person mentions another person's name there is closeness that is created.  This is what they teach you in business school. Hey Yair! Right there…there is closeness oh he knows my name. Hashem says He wants us to be close to Him so he lets us says His name.



Yud Key Vav Key=26 (Btw G-d also equal 26) Ado-----ny(that's the name of Hashem represents Judgment) The Zohar says that the purpose of our coming into this world is to take that name of Judgment and turn it into sweetness. How do you do that? Ado---ny=65…The Zohar says we should put them together letter one and then letter one letter two and then letter two etc and The Zohar says this name is the greatest letter of Rachamim! The numerical value of these two names is 91! Know that the number 91 is a great number in Yahadut.

 

On Succot we leave our save homes and go out to flimsy Succot. We need Hashem to protect us and if you look at the word Succah has the gematria of 91…and the Gemara says Tze Medinat Geva leave your house and go to the Succah the word Tze is Tzaddi and Alef is 91…The Rabbis were telling us we need the power of these two names.

 

The Teva of Noach was dangerous outside hot water and inside it was a jungle he really needed Hashem's help. The Torah tells us the dimensions of the Teva 300 by 30 by 50 amot why does the Torah tell us this? Are we building a Teva.

 

The Malbim answers imagine the two names in front of you

Yud and Alef= 10*1=10 Hey and Daled= 5*4=20 which equals 30

Vav and Nun= 6*50=300

Hey and Yud= 5*10=50

This is how Noach received protection!

 

The Torah tells us that we are not allowed to chop down a fruit tree. Eilan which is the Hebrew name of a fruit tree is gematria is 91! You are cutting down the powerful names of Hashem!

 

Okay Rabbi very nice! Now what does all this stuff have to do with me how do "I" tap into these names! AMEN!!!!!! ALEF MEN NUN=91 This is the combination of both of Hashem's names! The guy who says the Bracha only says one of the names of Hashem but the guy who says AMEN is a mixture of both!!

 

When you answer Amen you have to have in mind Emet its true…and sometimes you should think Ken Yehi Ratzon its true and it should come true…and the third kavanah is the merge of the two names!

 

There was once a great Rabbi named Rebbe Mordechai Yaffe, who lived in Prague, the most famous of his sefarim is the Levush. He once got a letter from the city of Posen to be the chief rabbi. But he said that he wasn't worthy yet. Because he still wanted to learn how to establish the calendar. The Levush had to first go to Venice and see the Great Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhab who knew the calculations on how to make the calendar.  He was zoche to learn from this rabbi and master it and he wrote a book discussing it. One of the times that the Levush was by Rav Yitzchak Abuhab his son was in the house and took a fruit and made a bracha and the Levush who was engrossed in his learning did not answer Amen. Rabbi Abuhab saw this and told the Levush that is it leave immediately and you are in Cherem. When you are in Cherem no one can talk to you, you cannot be counted in a minyan or get an aliyah. So after the thirty days the Levush came to his Rabbi and asked Rebbe what did I do that I deserved such punishment? So the Rabbi answered, I love you more than I love my own son but that day when a Bracha was made in your presence and you did not answer Amen, in Shamayim there was a death sentence on you, and I had to take it off so I put you in Cherem. But let this be a lesson to you! Missing Amen is THAT important!

 

The story is not over yet! Rabbi Yitzchak says to the Levush I will only forgive you on one condition. You are now starting your career as a Rabbi, I want you to promise me that wherever you go you will tell over the following story: In Spain there is a certain city where king was a great anti-semite, and he would do whatever he can to get decrees against the Jews. There was one wealthy influential Jew who the king enjoyed his company, and when the Jews were in trouble they would send this wealthy Jew to save them. One time a certain decree was made against the Jews and they went to this influential Jew to go speak to the king,  The guy said but I got to daven Mincha so they told ihm lets go the Jewish people are in trouble so he decided he will pray at the palace. He sits down and starts to talk to the king and sees the king is in a good mood. Suddenly a priest comes in who came a long way to see the king and gets on his knees and starts to kiss the ground that the kings walked on and starts to praise the king. So the Jew saw that the priest aint stopping anytime soon so he decided that he was going to go to the side and pray Mincha, when the priest finished he said and now we are all going to answer AMEN and they all answered AMEN and he said did someone here not answer? So they said we all did….and he saw the Jew standing to the side and said who is he, and they said oh he is a Jew and he is praying now.  I have a tradition from the church that if everyone answer Amen to this long blessing it all comes true now that one person didn't answer the king doesn't get the blessing the king was furious and ordered the Jew to be beheaded!!! And so it was! The Jews heard about this and were confused what happened this guy was a Tzaddik…one of his friends fasted three days to be able to get a dream from this guy to find out what happened. The guy came to him in a dream and told him don't worry I am in Gan Eden, but what happened was that when I was younger a young boy made a bracha of Hamotzei next to me and I didn't answer Amen, and death sentence was made in Shamayim for me, but I was saved.   The angels told Hashem that if a king of flesh and blood reacts like this to someone not answering Amen to his blessing all the more so Hashem…and I was taken out of this world…Rabbi Yitzchak told his student the Levush let this be a lesson for you even one AMEN!!!! You cannot miss, Amen is THAT important!!! The Levush says in his sefer that a parent should tell his children this story atleast once a month.

 

There was a woman who was married to very wealthy man. She decided that she wanted to do something for Klal Yisrael, but something unique. So she thought to herself what happens to people who died and do not have children to say Kaddish for them. She decided she will hire people to say Kaddish for these people. When her husband died unfortunately the money went with him and she was left with nothing. One day she was walking on the road very depressed and she met a man and he saw that she was depressed and told her that he is wealthy and he can give her money to pay all her debts and she can pay him back when she can. You have to bring witnesses that I signed the check. Surprised she went to the Yeshiva and got a Rabbi and then Yosef Chayim Sonnenfeld to witness the man signing the check. The next day she goes to the bank and the bank teller sees the high number and tells her that she has to go to the supervisor, after all the people she reaches the president of the bank…she shows him the check and he passes out! When he wakes up he tells her you got this check from this man? So she says yes. He asks her do you know what he looks like? So she tells him yes I saw him yesterday. So the man turns around and points to a picture and says this man is my father and he died last year.  So she tells him I even have witnesses. So she brings the witnesses and they tell him that they saw the man sign the check. The man says last night my father came to me in a dream and told me that someone will come to the bank with a check from him and I should sign it, because when he died last year I wasn't religious and I didn't say Kaddish and that woman paid someone to say Kaddish…and for that reason I came back from the dead to pay her back!

 

Imagine every Amen is a zechut for the niftar…how can we just say oh it was only an Amen…who cares!

 

A doctor once came to Rav Moshe Feinstein Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh Lbracha and asked him that he has a patient and he wants to know if he should do an operation. If he does the operation the man might live 6 more months but it will be very painful. The doctor said that when he told this to Rav Moshe, Rav Moshe started to cry, this is what it means feeling other people's pain. Rav Moshe told him that he had to think about and come back tomorrow. The next day Rav Moshe told him do the operation, because if you do he will be able to answer AMEN…and in that zechut he will be able to live longer…because every time you answer Amen you create for yourself a Malach, and the Malach protects you and the gematria of Malach is 91 the same as AMEN

 

A childless man came to the Baba Sali for a bracha to have children…and the Babi Sali said you will have a child this year and that year his wife conceived but had a miscarriage. So the man returned to the Baba Sali and said I don't think this is the Bracha the Rabbi meant to give me…The Baba Sali was about to put on his Talit to pray and he called ten men in to answer Amen and he said the Bracha with all the kavanot and they all answered Amen and the Baba Sali told this man you have nothing to worry about your wife will give birth to a baby boy and exactly a year later on that day she gave birth.

 

AMEN IS THE KEY TO ALL THE BLESSINGS!!!!! THREE LETTERS CAN OPEN UP SHAMAYIM FOR YOU!!! LETS STAY SILENT DURING OUR TIMES IN SHUL AND SPEAK AMEN INSTEAD OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT DAY!!!   Daniel Hadar

Hashem Still Loves You!!!

To All Jews:

Chacham Mansour:     

"Sheshet Yamim Taaze Melacha Ubayom Hashevii Yeheye Lachem Kodesh Shabat Shabaton L'Hashem Kol Oze Bo Melacha Yumot. Lo Tevaru Esh Bkol Moshvoteichem Beyom HaShabat."      

Why does the Torah specifically mention that we are not allowed to make a fire on Shabat, there are 39 Melachot that we are not allowed to do on Shabat.     

The first answer we can give is that, Shabat represents how Hashem created the world. Hashem created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. We would think that we can not do anything that Hashem did during those six days, and fire wasn't created until Adam Harishon, on Motzei Shabat put two stones together and created fire.(This is the reason that we use a candle light by Havdala on Motzei Shabat)     

The second answer is: the Gemara says that fire comes from Hilul Shabat. The best fire insurance we can have does not come from Allstate or Geico, but keeping Shabat. HaGaon Chida, says this is what the Pasuk means, keep the Shabat and if you keep the Shabat then you wont have to worry about the burning fire.     

The third answer is: Shabat is a time when every body gets together, because they have time unlike during the week. During Shabat is when everyone is in the home, and spending a lot of time together and it is the time when many fights and arguments start. Anger is representative of fire. We say "he's burning with rage" "he's inflamed" "he's heated up!".... The Satan would love to ruin an amazing Shabat, with some little nothings to get us upset at eachother and get into arguments! The Shloh Hakadosh says this is the fire the Torah is referring to; the fire of anger! Don't let the Satan ruin your amazing Shabat by getting upset.     

Realize the Kedusha of the Holy Shabat!!! In the Torah we know that there are no coincedences and there is a reason why pesukim were put where they were next to specific things. The Holy Ba'al Haturim asks why did the Torah put the Pasuk of Moshe Rabeinu putting on a veil on his face(he did this because the Kedusha of his face was so strong it was as bright as a sun) and the pesukim of Shabat. The Holy Ba'al Haturim answers that throughout the week our face has a glow to it, that is due to our Neshama, but this light cannot even come close to the amazing light that we get on Shabat! This is because we have two Neshamot.     

Moshe Rabeinu got up and set up a meeting with Klal Yisrael and told them we must build a Mishkan. So the Jewish people started to donate gold, silver etc and then the Torah says that there was enough collected, and then the Torah continues and says something you will NEVER in your years on this earth hear anyone say "We collected too much" The Ohr Hachayim Hakadosh asks a question first the Torah said we collect just enough, and then it tells us that too much was collected. So what was it, enough or too much? The Ohr HaChayim Hakadosh answers and says briliantly, Moshe Rabeinu knew how much was needed to make the Mishkan, so lets say you needed 50 pieces of gold so if you have 51 you have one extra. Hashem said yes you have too much but we are going to make it enough! Because everyone gave and we don't want to offend any body! Imagine the scene Moshe goes back to a person and says oh we dont need your money, imagine that person saying WHAT but I want to be part of the Mitzvah! So the Pasuk says there was enough EVEN THOUGH there was extra. Hashem made sure it all fit so everyone would feel part of the Mitzvah!     

People as the Holy amazing awesome Gaon Ramak shows us in the first chapter of the Sefer Tomer Devorah, we must emulate Hashem. Hashem found a way not to make anyone feel bad even though he did not really need what they gave, we must do the same. So when your child comes home with an Avicomen cover for Pesach and you already have one, dont tell him its nice now go put it in your room find a way to use it! If you friend got you a present and you dont really need it, make them feel special and show them that you appreciate their gift and use it even though you might not REALLY need it. The same way Hashem found a way to use all the gold and silver that Klal Yisrael gave even though there was enough!     

Ele Pekudai HaMishcan Haedut.   

Mishkan HaEdut= The tesifying Mishkan. What is the Mishkan testifying? After the sin of the Egel, Klal Yisrael thought that, they couldn't recover from such a horrible a sin. After all that Hashem did for us, he took us out of Mitzrayim! Chazal tell us that after the Egel Hashem left, but now that the Mishkan was built Hashem returned, and his presence was in the Mishkan. The Mishkan is a testimony that Hashem still loves us. The Shechina came back. Tazu Li Mishkan Vsachanti Betocham. It doesn't say betocho in it, but in them. The Shechina rests in everyone of us!     

We must know that history repeats itself. Everyone of us, have fallen, and have hit lows in Judaism. We must not say that "oh I am so low that Hashem doesn't love me anymore, he doesn't want my Tefillot I am a bum!" "G-d hates me!" STOP NOOOOOO Hashem loves us all! Even the sinners. The Ramak tells us in Tomer Devorah "...Hashem deliberately alleviates His wrath. Even though the sin still exists, He does not punish immediately rather, He waits hopefully and has mercy on the sinners on the possibility that they will do Teshuva..."     

A boy sent the Gaon Stipler a letter, telling the Stipler that he was in Yeshiva, and has done many sins and he is sure that Hashem has abandoned him and doesn't love him anymore. The Stipler wrote back and told the boy know that Hashem never gives up on anyone and through the power of Torah you can fix anything you did wrong. Torah is THAT powerful!!! It cleanses the Neshama!     

If Klal Yisrael were able to come back to Hashem after the Egel, anyone can come back, no sin is too great! If after the Egel and that was REALLY REALLY bad...everyone of us can come back to Hashem. And know the Ramak tells us that unlike between friends who after they get into a fight and get back together their love is not as strong as it originally was, but with Hashem "Bemakom SheBa'alei Teshuva Omdim Ain Tzaddik Gamurim Yecholim Laamod" The place where repenters stand no complete sage can stand.     

Moshe Rabeinu gave an accounting on all that he used. But there is an interesting point, if you look at his accounting he only gave an accounting on the silver. Why didnt he give one on the gold and other items he received? The Rabbis answer that the silver came from the half shekel coins that everyone HAD to give, the gold on the other hand was given voluntarily. Charity which people are forced to give they want to know where it is going and what it is going for. The guy who gives voluntarily the gold, he doesnt need to see an accounting. He gives you a bracha and tells you to have Hatzlacha. But then the Rabbis ask Moshe then gave an accounting on the copper that was given, this was given voluntarily what happened? So the Rabbis answer that at this time non of the Jews were poor, so the guy who gave copper is cheap and he wants to know where the penny he gave is going, the guy who gave gold says Rabbi enjoy it and there is more where that came from.     

Okay now I have another question, why does Moshe Rabeinu have to give an accounting at all, you are MOSHE RABEINU! The most honest of all...The Midrash tells us that Moshe heard the people talking, they were saying dude Moshe looks like he has been eating well, he looks like he is really taking care of himself look at those nice prada sandals and gucci turban...so the other guy responds where do you think he got the money from, he collected from all of us and then took some for himself...After hearing this Moshe decided to make a spreadsheet!     

I have a question though, even the worst guy needs something to substantiate his claim. What can make someone want to go against Moshe Rabeinu? One of the Rabbis answers and says that when then came out of Egypt and were collecting all of the money, the poorest man in Klal Yisrael had 90 donkeys laden with gold and silver...during this time Moshe was busy with Yosef's bones. Shlomo HaMelech says in Mishlei the wise person takes Mitzvot...The money that Klal Yisrael spent time gathering is gone but Moshe is still getting the benefit from his Mitzvah. Now after this all of Klal Yisrael is rich and "the rabbi" is still poor. When Moshe was in Heaven for the second time after he broke the first luchot Hashem tells him "pesol lecha" the dust coming out of the luchot after you shape them is for you. Now this was Heavenly sapphire stone. Now he is wealthy!     

Now after he came down, he started to collect for the Mishkan, no one knew that he got this from Hashem and they noticed that he looks like he fell into some money. He went up a poor man, and came down a rich man. So the people thought that Moshe got it from the donations. Now wait why does the Midrash call these people letzim? They had a good question. The Midrash says because yes it was a good question went up poor came down rich, but realize that you are talking about the greatest man ever! Moshe Rabeinu and you should have been dam lekav Zechut! You are not a letz but an opecoruz! We must careful how we speak about the Gedolim, even if in your head it makes sense. The Holy Ramak tells us in Tomer Devorah that Hashem created us all with wisdom and if we despise or insult another person we are despising and insulting his Creator: Hashem! Be careful how you treat every person but especially the Gedolai Hador! Be Dam Lekav Zechut     

We should all be zoche to have great respect for the Holy Torah and the Holy Rabbis who sttudy and live the Torah amen!

-Daniel Hadar

Our Minds Over Our Mouths!

 To All Jews:

Chacham Beyda

 

"Shimon his son says: I grew up among the Sages, and I haven't found something that is better for the body than silence. Its not the theory that is of primary importance but the action. And someone who speaks a lot will be brought to sin."(Pirke Avot)

 

Rabbi Dr Twerski when discussing failed marriages and fights between couples, said that had they been more careful with their words and what they said, these couples could have saved themselves a lot of trouble. Less talk is less trouble.

 

Yirmiya HaNavi compared speech to an arrow. Once an arrow leaves the bow its gone, the same with a word does not matter how deeply you regret saying the word, once you said it, it has been said and its out in the world.

 

Rabbi Dr Twerski comments on the fact that the Mishnah uses the term its good for the body. Rabbi Dr Twerski says that during times of stress and anguish and trouble we say things that are harsh and angry and they cannot be taken back, Rabbi Twerski says that these words may not leave black and blue marks but they can hurt and cause more damage then any physical blow.

 

The problem is that Hakadosh Baruchu created us as speaking beings. If we do not speak then no one will know what we are thinking or what we need or want. Speech is our method of communication. Rabbi Shimon comes to tell us that there is a way to communicate without having to speak much. He calls keeping speech to a minimum an action. By your deeds and behavior you can communicate.

 

Lets take an example of a man and his wife. How can the man show his wife that he loves her without have to use excessive speech? One of the ways he can do that is by buying her flowers. Or something even simpler, imagine its Sunday morning and the house is now a total mess, because the kids had a messy seudat reviyit the night before. The husband gets up on Sunday morning and after returning from shul he cleans the mess that the children made. Now the wife comes down and sees that its not a huge mess like every Sunday morning, knowing that her husband did this so she can have a break, she realizes how much he cares for her and loves her, and no words were needed.

 

We can teach our children by example. This what Hashem said about Avraham Avinu, I love him because he taught his children and future generations. Who did Avraham teach? He acted in a exemplary fashion, and was role model for Yitzchak and for future generations.

 

Talking is our main method of communication but we are still able to limit our speech and still preform the act of communication.

 

The one who speaks a lot brings chet, chet can mean a sin or it can mean nothing. The one who speaks a lot the blabber mouth is one who brings nothing "no action"! "All talk No action!" "Action speaks louder than words!"

 

Shelomo HaMelech says in Kohelet "Dont use your mouth in a hasty way and your heart or your mind should not be in a rush before G-d because Hashem is in Heaven and you are on earth and therefore your things should be limited to very few" Meaning even though Hashem created everything with speech Vayomer Elokim, we on earth must ACT, there are many who speak a lot but do nothing...we must do a lot and limit our speech.

 

The Holy Chafetz Chayim says in the Mishnah Berura that if someone is in the process of eating something really good, you are enjoying your kibe and lachmabasheen and steak and all of you can use your imagination and think of foods that you enjoy and when you are about to go for another piece you stop yourself, the Chafetz Chayim says that this is an affliction and is mechaper you avonot. The Chafetz Chayim tells us that there is an even better fast than one of abstaining from food. This Taanit is called a Taanit Dibur a fast where a person abstains from speaking. He says that this is better for the body because when abstaining from speaking one does not harm the body, and it wont hurt his neshama or make him weak.

 

HaGaon Rav Eliyahu told his family in his famous Ingeret, that one should not afflict himself with fast that hurt the body, but should muzzle his mouth and refrain from speaking, and this is Teshuva.

 

This is what Rabbi Shimon was telling us, you want to eat and enjoy life then take on a Taanit Dibur its better for the body.

 

Shelomo HaMelech says that even a foolish person who is silent is considered wise! If a guy doesn't speak you will not find out how really foolish he is!

 

When a person thinks he is preforming a very spiritual act, his Neshama is at work, and many times you have great ideas and they should be spoken, but think for a moment you are taking something that is entirely spiritual: a thought and turning it into a physical thing: a word. When you think, you are in control of your body, but when you speak your body is in control of you.

 

There is good speech. If you go to a mourner's house and speak some soothing words or if your friend is in trouble and you help him speak out his problem and solve it. Giving great advice to help people out. This is very praiseworthy. HaRambam says that even with all this we still must be economical with our speech. Even when its a Mitzvah to speak the great speak little.

 

The Gemara tells us that Hashem created 10 measures of speech and women took 9 out of the 10. Now what is the reason that the gemara tells us this, so that we should know that the women hijacked the 9 measures? Rav Chayim Freidlander explains that this is the women's purpose and its her being. The job of women is to be involved with chitzoniut. And by doing that she is doing her job as being an ezer kenegdo. Man's purpose is to be a thinker! To learn Torah and Halacha and Kabbalah, this all requires development of the inside. The silence that a man has is good for him, and the woman's speak is functional for her, but the speech that the woman has must be Kosher! No Lashon Hara, Rechilut, Sheker etc!

 

Women are allowed to speak, to be able to function, but they must make sure to stay away from bad speech, and even though they need to speak they must be careful about what they speak about.

 

Rav Friedlander says that it is in our nature to want to talk and to talk a lot, but we must work slowly to develop a system to be able to cut our talking down to what is necessary.

 

THINK THINK THINK when you speak!!!! Imagine the following situation!!! A few women are sitting in a room yakking one turns to the other and says you will never believe what my little girl did today it was so cute she wanted to help me make coffee so she took the pot to the bathroom and filled it up with toilet water, and the other goes aaaww that is cute well do you know what my little boy did today he took a towel and put over his head and said mom look im davening like dad...now the third woman in the room is not able to have children IMAGINE THE PAIN SHE IS FEELING!!! THINK THINK THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK! Realize my dear people the Zohar Hakadosh says that the way you make a person feel on this world you will feel that feeling FOREVER in Olam Haba!

 

The only way to avoid such devastating situations is to limit your speech, because if you do not start to think before you speak there will be many many many situations like this one!

 

Then you will say okay so I will speak the bad stuff in front of her OMG my child misbehaved in school and the Rabbi called me to complain, and that woman who cant have children is thinking I WISH I WISH I had a child that can misbehave! And this is Kosher speech OH HOW CAREFUL WE MUST BE WITH WHAT COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTHS!

 

Woe is to a man who lets something come out of his mouth who doesnt understand how he is saying it! Every word that comes out of your mouth are written and recorded good or bad(Midrash Tanchuma) Can you imagine the scene in Shamayim when they play everything you said OMG I SAID THAT! OMG WOW I DO NOT REMEMBER SAYING THAT! OMG I DID NOT MEAN THAT! And then you remember the Honeymooners "You have a BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG MOUTH" You will realize that there are many things that you said that you wish you didnt!

 

The Zohar says that when a person is born Hashem gives them a certain amount of words for a lifetime and after they use up that number they cannot speak anymore!

 

The Orchot Tzaddikim says that the tongue is very light and it goes very quickly, and we must weigh it down so we will not speak too much. When your friend is speaking BE QUIET and do not speak until the other person is done! Shelomo HaMelech says that one who does not listen is a fool. Esehu Chacham? Pirke Avot asks? Halomed Mikol Adam. How can you learn if you never listen!!?

 

One who is quiet is saved from many sins, Lashon Hara, lying, cursing, flattery, etc!

 

Who is the person who has a HUGE portion of Olam Haba? Those who can take embaressment without answering back!

 

David HaMelech is walking with his army and Shimi Ben Geyra walks out and throws stones at David and curses him. And the soldiers want to kill him. But David HaMelech says NO dont kill him he isnt cursing me Hashem is, I did something wrong and Hashem is telling me! That guy who can act like that has a HUGE HOUSE in Olam Haba!

 

Orchot Tzaddikim tells us to be very careful not to embaress anyone, and he should not be bothered by someone who is trying to embaress us. We should not bring up past pains dont tell someone oh you look gorgous I remember when you were a fat boy! and dont remind someone of painful times in jokingly! Do not remind a baal teshuva of his past life! It could be a joke to you but painful for the other person!

 

Just like a store there are times for it to be open and times for it to be closed, our mouth must be the same way there are times when we should speak and there are times when we should be quiet! Watch your mouth like you watch your gold and silver and diamonds which you lock in a safe!

 

We are all into Segulot, everyone knows all the segulot better than they know the mitzvot, The Orchot Tzaddikim says that if a person watches his mouth like you do your diamond and jewels it is a great segula to be zoche to Daven with Kavanah! And a quiet person has more Yirat Shamayim and he says that if a person is a blabber mouth he cannot have Yirat Shamayim!!

 

Rabainu HaKadosh who compiled the Mishnah, never spoke a useless word in all his life! With all the people he had to speak to he managed to not speak a useless word! He was the Nasi of Klal Yisrael!

 

The Kotzker Rebbe says that our egos stand between us and Hashem, we speak so people will know how funny and smart and amazing we are! Work on perfecting yoursefl inside and dont worry so much about what everyone else things and making sure they KNOW that you are funny and smart etc!

 

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Children of the King!

To All Jews:  

Chacham Mansour:

   This week's Parasha is Parashat Bo, which concludes the last three plagues.  

 In the end of last week's parasha we read about the maka of Barad which was fire and water together a true miracle of miracles. Hashem made peace between two arch enemies. Chazal tell us that the Barad when it fell would only hit the Egyptians. Paroah says okay I am sorry, I sinned, the Jewish people can go please pray for me. So Moshe Rabeinu agrees to daven for him. But Moshe tells Paroah that dont think I am falling for your false compassion, you haven't yet reached true fear of G-d! I know you won't let the people go.  

 The Pasuk tells us which crops got damaged by the Barad, the flask and the barley got damaged but the wheat and the spelt didnt get damaged. The Torah says that because they were a late crop so they werent out yet. HaGaon Rav Samson Refael Hirsch asks a question in middle of this whole conversation between Moshe and Paroah, Paroah asks him to pray for him and Moshe says okay, and Moshe says you havent reached Yirat Hashem yet, and in middle of this the Torah says oh by the way the barley got damaged but the spelt didnt huh? Rav Samson says its simple Moshe was telling Paroah you havent reached full Yirat Shamayim because you are thinking in your head if Hashem really wanted to hit us hard he would have waited a month and brought Barad then to ruin the wheat which was their main cash crop! You think that Hashem miscalculated. But little did Paroah know that it was a set up, because the next plague to hit Mitzrayim was the locust and they ate up all the wheat and barley.

  This is when our Parasha starts when Hashem tells Moshe go to Paroah and tell him that there is going to be a new plague of Arbe which is the locust. And that is going to eat up whatever the Barad left over. The Rabbis ask a question about this incident. Every other time Hashem sent Moshe to tell Paroah about the next maka he told him what the next maka was going to be, but here he didnt tell him it was going to be Arbe how did Moshe know? Some Rabbis want to answer that on his Mate his stick he had the abbreviations of all the makot so he just looked at the stick to see what was next. The other Rabbis explains that if you look at the begining of our Parasha it says Bo el Paroah, that is a strange way to tell him to go to Paroah because bo means to come not to go, lech means to go. certain letters in the Alef Bet are interchangable, Pey and the Bet they sound similar and the Alef and the Ayin, Bo el Paroah take the letters of Paroah's name and switch the Pey for a Bet and the Ayin for an Alef and now the word spells Arbe!  

 The pasuk says Moshe tells Paraoh we want to go out for three days to bring Korbanot and then we will come back. So Paraoh says three days okay, but just tell me who you are taking? We are taking the teenagers our elders our sons and daughters our flock and we are making a holiday to Hashem. So the Malbim asks a question what was Paraoh asking and what was Moshe answering? So he explains that Paraoh just like all Egyptians worshiped many G-ds among the many that they worshiped was the G-d of Good and the G-d of Evil. Throughout the generations many were not able to believe that one G-D can be good and bad. The Malbim tells us that they would serve a G-d that enacted strict justice by giving it gifts and Korbanot to appease it, and in front of that G-d you wouldnt bring your children, and for the G-d of good everyone would go and you didnt have to bring anything to appease it because it is the G-d of good. So Paraoh asked Moshe who are you taking, so he said everyone plus the animals so to Paraoh this was a contradiction. If you are taking animals that means its an evil G-d and you have to appease him and if you are taking the children that means its a good g-d, but how can you take both? So Moshe answers him Ki Chag Adn-i Lanu, Our G-d is Yud Key Vav Key he is a merciful G-d both of good and bad and even the bad is for the good. So ofcourse Paraoh doesnt understand this and he refuses and kicks them out of the palace.  

 And the Arbe comes, the Pasuk tells us that there were so many grasshoppers that they blocked the sun and it got dark in Mitzrayim, this was even before the maka of Choshech. So Paraoh again says Chatati I sinned and Moshe is back in the Palace to hear Paraoh's harp story. And the maka stops and he says go get out of here go serve your G-d and at the last moment Paraoh changes his mind. And he says I never want to see you in this palace again get out, and on the day you come back I will kill you, and Moshe says okay I am OUT OF HERE and the Pasuk tells us that Moshe left with great anger!  

 Rav Shimon Schwab Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh LBracha asks why did Moshe get angry did he get offended? The Midrash goes further and tells us that on the way out Moshe slapped Paraoh across the face! Nine times Paraoh has been driving you crazy what happened? Rav Schwab says this wasnt personal, he says this was a justified anger, throughout the whole story Hashem told Moshe to respect Paraoh as a king, and Moshe was very careful. Paraoh just told him Adios this is it, bye bye, so Moshe said we have been very careful with Paraoh's honor until now but now that its over its time to get revenge on Paraoh for all the times he spoke bad about Hashem! You talk about the MELECH MALCHAI AMALACHIM like that someone has to stand up for G-d! It was a slap showing Paraoh you were WRONG TALKING ABOUT G-D LIKE THAT!

  The maka of choshech that lasted for six days was to map out the redemption. They went through the egyptian's homes to see what was there. When they left they went to the Egyptians and asked them to borrow some things for a three day trip, so the Egyptians said we dont have anything, so the Jews took out their lists wait according to our lists you have 20 china plates in your kitchen closet and four gold bricks in your bedroom etc. So the Egyptians said WAIT how do you know that!? So the Jews answered well we were in your homes during makat choshech, we could have stolen everything but we didnt! But because we are honest people we didnt want to steal it, we wanted you to give it to us. Imagine a blackout everyone steals everything!  

 One of the Rabbis tell us that the redemption at Mitzrayim was a prototype redemption, and whatever happened then will be what will bring our redemption! And if the Jews were redeemed only after the Egyptians looked at the Jews favorably and impressed at their honesty, this Mashiach cannot come until that situation repeats itself. We have to look at the way the goyim look at us, are we the most honest people? How can we bring Mashiach when we are on the front page about money laundering and tax evasion etc! 210 years in Egypt and you got the Eqyptans to be impressed, you earned your redemption! The responsibility is on us! We must make a great impression on the goyim! We cannot bring Mashiach if we are known as swindlers and sleezy!!!!  

 The Parasha tells us about the Korban Pesach and every family had to go to Israel and bring a Korban and each family would eat it together. The Torah tells us all the Halachot it has to be rested, you cannot break the bones etc. The Sefer HaChinuch asks why did Hashem tell us you cant break a bone? He answers that the Jewish people are a people of royalty are children of the King and it wouldnt be becoming for a child of the king to eat off the bone! We dont eat like the goyim, we are dignified, unlike the Goyim! One rabbi says we dont have korban Pesach, but the concept of the Korban Pesach still exist, Jews must carry themselves like royalty, and not be like the Goyim! REMEMBER WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE KING OF KINGS! We must dress like the children of the king, we must always look dignified, Chas Vshalom we should not walk around dirty or messy, the goyim will walk by us and say oh yea right that isnt a child of the King, but we are obligated to look like royalty! The Chief Rabbi of Antwerp Alav Hashalom when he was in Yerushalayim was driving in the back of a cab who had his windows open and before he got out he took a pocket mirror and brush and brushed his beard. He said its a mitzvah to look respectful in front of the Umot HaOlam.

  The Saba of Kelm went to go visit his son in Yeshiva, so he first went to the dormitory and he saw that his shirts were stacked neatly, and he left. So they asked him Rabbi you didnt see your son. I know if his things are in order and he is neat that means his learning is in order too. If his physical life is in order, then his spiritual life is in order.  

Chacham Ovadia says its a Mitzvah to look in the mirror to make sure you look presentable to the world.  

 Rav Chayim Brim used to fast many times, and took very very little from this world, was a very simple Jew. A rabbi from America went to visit him and asked him if he can take a picture of him, so his first reaction was no one knows me so you wont be able to sell the picture, but the Rabbi answered its not to sell its for me, so he said ok. Before the person took the picture, he said wait and he made sure to tak the bottle cap off the table and fix his paiyot, he said people might see this picture they will think that the rabbi was messy they wont know the bottle cap was there because we were just drinking, we are royalty we have to look presentable! You are talking about people who are pretty much removed from this world and they cared how they looked! This isnt talking you have to make sure you have the most expensive clothing but you must look presentable this is the lesson Rav Shmuel Rozotzki learns from not ripping a bone on Pesach.  

 Next the Torah tells us about the Makat Bechorot, at midnight all the firstborns were killed. Moshe says Ka Chatzot Halayla he says around midnight, why didnt he say at midnight? Hashem knows when Chatzot is. So the Gemara tells us that yes Hashem knows and Moshe knows when Chatzot is but Moshe was concerned that maybe Paraoh's wizards would calculate Chatzot wrong and it wont be exact so that is why he said around! Seriously are you kidding! If they calculate midnight and decide that its at 1158 and nothing happens ok sketch you were wrong and two minutes pass and 3 million all first borns die! Does that just happen every night? But Moshe knew human nature and that is to nit pick, to be cynical. You can go to see the most amazing thing and they protect themselves from being inspired, you go to class and someone asks you how was class ah it was ok what was wrong the rabbi's tie was crooked!   If a woman is a Sotah she drinks the stuff and then she explodes, there is a Gemara in Sotah that goes through a lengthy discussion on how exactly it happens so the question is who cares she blows up and he legs buckle who cares what comes first? So the answer is because the Kohen has to tell the woman exactly what is going to happen Because some bystander is going to say hey its sketch he said her stomach blows first and then her legs buckle it happened the other way! Are you joking! How often does a woman blow up! and the whole miracle is gone because of one little mistake!  

So Moshe said Ka Chatzot HaLayla because he knew if it was one minute off that is all they will remember. The lesson is to remember the important things the main concepts and not to get caught up in the trivial. Dont get caught up in the examples and forget the main concept, dont look for one mistake the Rabbi says so that will make sure you dont have to listen to the whole mussar! Dont lose the message!

-Daniel Hadar

Hashem's Family!

To All Jews:

Chacham Mansour  

In last week's Parasha we learned that Moshe Rabeinu had a revelation at the burning bush, where Hashem told him that he will be the redeemer of Klal Yisrael. Moshe was warned not to think it will be a 123 process, come into the palace and say Paroah what's up, I am taking the Jews out of Egypt see you later! Hashem told him that it will be a long process because Paroah is a stubborn man, but Hashem promised him that in the end the Jews will be redeemed. At first Moshe was a bit hesitant to go, but in the end he accepted the job.  

The first time Moshe Rabeinu went to Paroah to ask him to free the Jewish people, not only did it not work, but the hardships on the Jewish nation were increased. Moshe asks Hashem, G-d whats up since I came on the scene to speak in your name to free the Jews, it has only gotten worse! and not one Jew has gotten saved. The Ibn Ezra explains over here that Moshe didnt expect it to happen over night, but he didnt expect it to get worse! Moshe asked G-d what is the point of me coming here, since I have come in, the situation has become worse.  

In this week's Parasha it says Vayidaber Elokim el Moshe... when the Torah uses the term Vayidaber it is referring to something serious and strict instead of Vayomer, and the Elokim name of Hashem refers to stict justice. Hashem came hard down on Moshe for questioning his ways. But the end of the Pasuk says Vayomer elav ani Hashem. The Yud Key Vav Key name of Hashem is the name of Rachamim(mercy) so what is going on in this Pasuk Hashem are you angry at Moshe or not? Strict or Merciful? When Moshe Rabeinu started to complain to Hashem what are you doing, its getting worse the Malachim(angels) told Hashem KILL HIM! How can you let a human being talk to you like this!  

The answer to this question is: Hashem was a bit upset with Moshe Rabeinu because he started to complain about Hashem's ways so that is why it says Vayidaber Elokim, but if we look at the details of the story we will see why Hashem decided to be merciful with Moshe. When things got worse for Klal Yisrael in Mitzrayim, Moshe was not working so that means he was not affected, but he felt such compassion for his fellow brothers and sisters that he empathized with them and their pain became his! Moshe did not get affected at all but he loved Klal Yisrael SOO much that he felt their pain! Hashem saw this, and told the Malachim not to kill him because look at him he empathizes with Klal Yisrael he is a Tzaddik! Hashem knew that Moshe wasnt complaining because he didnt trust in Hashem.  

 We can learn a great amazing concept from this Pasuk, many times it is hard for us to understand the ways of Hashem, especially when it comes through catastrophic events, but we know through tradition that the ways of Hashem and his actions are all for the good of Klal Yisrael! This is just like a doctor who walks into a room to preform surgery, someone looking through a key hole might think OMG CALL THE COPS HE IS GOING TO STAB HIM TO DEATH WITH THAT KNIFE!! And then he realizes he cut him open to take out something negative which could have cost this person his life. We dont get a full picture of the world, Hashem was telling Moshe that Vayidaber Elokim even when you see Elokim in the world you see strict justice, remember Ani Hashem, I am Hashem its Mercy!  

Why did the slavery get worse? The Bnei Yisrael were supposed to be in Mitzrayim for 400 years, they were only there for 210 years where is the remaining 190 years? The Mivarshim explain that the work was so hard that we completed four hundred years of work in two hundred and ten! The more difficult the work the less time. Hashem tells Moshe you dont want the work to get harder you want to stay for more time, we have to realize that if Bnei Yisrael would have stayed in Mitzrayim for another less then even a second they would never have been able to leave! When we left Mitzrayim we were on the 49th level of Tumah! The Zohar tells us that if they would have stayed a second later it would have gone done! WE STILL WOULD HAVE BEEN SLAVES TODAY!!! Hashem says to Moshe realize even when you see strict justice, its still rachamim!  

 Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokainu Hashem Echad! This pasuk is telling us sometimes Hashem acts towards us as Hashem with mercy he gives us good parnasa good children, he marries off our children to good families etc, and sometimes he is Elokainu strict justice, who brings the holocaust, sickness, poverty, etc! But then we say both these ways mercy and justice we say HASHEM ECHAD ITS ALL ONE! Even if we dont understand or see it, its still all for the good!   Lachen Emor LBnei Yisrael Ani Hashem Vhotzati Etchem Mitachat Zivlot Mitzrayim Vhetzalti Etchem Meavodotam Vgaalti Etchem... Vgaalti: What does goel mean? When the Torah talks about a man who owns a field and has come on hard times the Torah tells us that Uba Goalo, and the Torah is refering to this person's relative. Goel is a relative. Its the responsibility of a relative to redeem. We have had no relatives, where were all the nations to protect us from a 210 year holocaust! The Gemara says we are a sheep among seventy wolves. At this point Hashem comes to Moshe, Vgaalti etchem I am standing and saying to the world I Hashem am your relative! We are Hashem's children!!

  When we leave Mitzrayim Hashem kills off all the first born children of the Mitzriyim why did he choose this punishment. The reason was because Hashem was saying these are my children each child is Hashem's only child! You have caused them so much pain, I want you now to understand what it means to loose a first child! (Hashem looks at every single one of us as an only child. When thinking if you should sleep through davening and the reason comes into your mind oh what does Hashem care he has thousands of children in shul he wont notice. If Chaim and David and Eli and Baruch go to shul but Shmuel doesnt Hashem is going to say where is my ben Yachid my only child Shmuel! The same applies when we need something we shouldnt say oh Hashem has so much to worry about he doesnt have time for little me, every parent has time for their ONLY child!)   In the morning before we say the Amidah we say a paragraph that deals with what happened in Mitzrayim and that paragraph ends with the bracha of Gaal Yisrael and Halacha tells us that we may not interupt between the words Gaal Yisrael and the Amidah! The Gemara tells us that the reward for one who does not interupt between gaal yisrael and the amidah is he merits Olam Haba!  

 The first of the ten commandments says Anochi Hashem Elokecha Asher Hotzezicha MEretz Mitzrayim, shouldnt it be I am your G-d who created the world? So the answer is the creation of the world doesnt show Hashem's love for us! Yitzeyat Mitzrayim is the greatest moment Hashem showed us how much he loves us and that he is our Father!

  Hashem showed us how much he loved us by Yitzeyat Mitzrayim, we have to show Hashem that we love Him too, how can we do that. The greatest thing that we have to show Hashem we love him is Tefilla. Tefilla today is in place of the Korbanot, Korban comes from the word Karov which means close, its our way to get close to Hashem. The Zohar Hakadosh says that there was no better way at that time to get close to Hashem than the Korban! Today we do not have the Korbanot so the Zohar tells us that today the best way to get close to Hashem is through Tefilla.  

We finish saying Ga'al Yisrael Hashem you love me you redeemed me right when we say that Hashem is coming towards us and when someone you love is coming towards you, you run towards them that is why we take three steps forward! Taking a break between Gaal Yisrael and Amidah is like a guy holding out his hand to shake yours and you turn to say hi to someone else!  

 The Gemara tells us that rav Bruna was smiling one day and the Rabbis asked him why? So he said I was zoche to be somech Geula Ltefilla wow so what you said the words quickly and didnt interupt so you are happy? No its like we explained he was saying I finally was able to have the right kavanah and have the real love, if you see a guy or girl when they are in love its a constant smile!  

 In the Amidah we say Goel Yisrael, he redeems us today, there are situations when we think there is no way out, we must know that Hashem is there at that moment to redeem us because he loves us!   Hashem commands Moshe and Aaron to go tell Paroah to free the Jews and after that the Torah goes on to tell us all the Shevatim and all their families and their children and then all of Moshe and Aaron's families and then it says these two went to Paroah to ask him to free the Jews why the who family tree ask the Rabbis. Hagaon Rav Samson Refael Hirsch, answers, until this point nothing really happened, but at this point on Moshe and Aaron were going to prefom amazing miracles! Hashem was worried that later generations are going to look at this story and say where did Moshe and Aaron come from they might think that they were from a divine origin. Before we discuss the miracles of Moshe and Aaron first lets show that they are real people, by showing their families. Moshe did not fall from the Heavens he was a man! The goyim turn their miracle workers into g-dly beings!

  Rav Hirsch says that by the goyim any idiot claims he can get prophecy and people believe him the Torah says that first he went to Reuven who was the oldest and went down until he found someone who was suitable! You have to be a great person, in all aspects to be able to earn prophecy. It took Avraham 75 years to be able to get prophecy!

 -Daniel Hadar

Other People

To all Jews:  

 Chacham Mansour  

"Ve'ele Shemot Bnei Yisrael Habaim Mitzrayma Et Yaakov Ish Ubaito Ba'u" Originally seventy people went down to exile in Mitzrayim, Yaakov, his children and his grandchildren. Then Yaakov's children started to multiply and Paroh saw that they were becoming a nation and enslaved them for 210 years. When we left Mitzrayim we left in the millions.  

Et Yaakov Ish Ubaito Ba'u, all of Yaakov's children came with his household, The Rabbis tell us that we should learn from this the importance of a Jewish home, it has been our strength throughout the years. A Jewish home was not run democratically, it had parents and the parents had authority, and the children obeyed, and it was the job of the parents to pass on to the children the proper way of life. Unfortunately during our times society has told us that the old ways are out and that we must follow the new way. The concept of a family doesn't really exist anymore. The values that our grandparents and our parents are considered obsolete. Tradition is out the window!  

Chachamim tell us that even though Klal Yisrael in Mitzrayim reached really low levels relgiously there were certain core traditions that they kept and it was those traditions that saved them. They didn't change their names, they kept their language, and they didn't change their clothing. Where did they get these values? The Rabbis say that this was tradition, they learned this from their families. We must realize the importance of family, and the value of tradition. If we do not learn the values from your parents, then we will be forced to learn it from society and Oy Lanu if that is where we have to turn to! Ish UBAITO ba'u!!!  

Vyelech Ish MBeit Levi Vyikach et bat Levi Amram and Yochevet. But lets look at the details of the story for a minute. Amram who at that time was the leader of Klal Yisrael made a decision to divorce his wife, not because he hated her, but out of compassion. He asked why should we bring baby boys into this world to be tortured and killed. Many people followed in his footsteps. Amram's daughter Miriam, said to her father, your decree is worse than Paroh, because Paroh only decreed against the boys, but maybe you and mom will have a girl, so you are not only killing the boys but also the girls. And she continued and said Paroh is depriving those boys of Olam Haze but at least they get Olam Haba, by you not bringing them into Olam Haze you are depriving them of both!  

What was Miriam saying? The Gemara tells us that when a woman conceives that baby already gets a seat in Olam Haba! Whatever happens to that baby, even it isnt born because of some difficulty, such as a miscarriage. That mother should be consoled by the knowledge that she gave that Neshama Olam Haba! She took a Neshama that had nothing and because it was conceived even though it did not come to Olam Haze it still gets Olam Haba! And this is the ultimate Chessed, because its not like the mother enjoyed the child, didnt receive any pleasure it was all hardache, such a chessed that was all difficulties, but such amazing gift to the Neshama! This is what Miriam was telling her father!  

After Amram heard what Miriam said he rethought his ruling and got married again. The Pasuk we quoted is the second time Amram got married. Rav Pam Zecher Tzaddik Vkadosh Lbracha, says Amram thought he was doing a favor for all these children, but imagine what would have happened if he didnt get back with his wife. Moshe Rabainu would never have been born! Many times people think they are being compassionate and merciful, but if they do not think through what they are doing and get a second opinion their seemingly act of kindness could be an act of cruelty! Baruch Hashem he remarried because that led to our redemption!  

Chizkiya didnt want to have children, and his reasoning was because he looked to the future and saw that his children will be bad! Yishaya the Navi came to him and asked him why he wasnt having children? So Chizkiya said I want to save the world, and not bring in bad children. So Yeshaya told him Hashem said have children, and he didnt say if you think they will be bad dont have them! So Chizkiya asked Yeshaya can I marry your daughter, he thought maybe with both their zechuts they will have good children. Chizkiya got marreid and had a son name Menashe and he was one of the worst kings Klal Yisrael ever had! He worshiped Avodah Zara, caused people to sin, he put Avodah Zara in the Beit Hamikdash! So after seeing this Chizkiya said to himself see I told you so! But two generations later came Yosheya who was one of the greatest Jewish kings and personalities to ever live! He started the Baal Teshuva movement of his time! When Yosheya died the Rabbis said the death of Yosheya is like the sun setting at mid day! Chizkiya thought he would have been doing a good thing but look what he would have deprived us of the great Yosheya Melech Yehuda! Dont make calculations and dont just go on your feelings!  

Amram and Chizkiya were smart they listened but they couldve have been stubborn Amram could have said I am the head of Klal Yisrael and tell his daughter to go back to her room! Chizkiya could have said I am the King dont tell me what to do! Their greatness was their courage to change when they were proven wrong!  

Rav Pam writes that there was a theory years back that if America were to continue growing at the rate that it was at a certain year there would be a shortage of food, and many people subscribed to this theory and started to downsize their families! We are now years later and we have a population 4 times that of those days and then 50% of the population were farmers today only 10% are and not only do we not have a shortage of food but we have a surplus. We must have Emunah in Hashem that if we follow in his ways he will protect us and take care of us.  

Many people are afraid to build large families, and one of the major issues that come to mind is Parnasa, but we must keep in mind that the Gemara in Niddah tells us that every child brings Parnasa with it!  Zachar=Ze Ba Vkikaro Byado, he comes and there is a loaf in his hand. Dont project just follow the ways of the Torah! Says Rav Pam.  

Yochevet was forced to put her child Moshe in a basket and put him in the water, the only way he was going to survive was by a miracle. The Torah tells us that at that moment Bat Paroh the daughter of Paroh Batya went down to take a bath. The Rabbis tell us that when she went down she wasnt just going down for a regular bath she was going down to escape and abandon the ways of her father. Paroh was an oved Avodah Zara. At the moment that Batya went down she started to believe in Hashem. Where do they see this from her going down to bathe?  

The Gemara tells us that the feet of a person are his guarantors, where he is supposed to go they will lead him. People find themselves in certain places, this wasnt by chance, this was all destined! A guy stops to tie his shoes and gets to the corner 5 seconds later and saves himself from a car that rammed into a pole! Our feet take us to the exact place that we are supposed to be! When Batya came down to the river and saw a basket she opened it and saw a baby, she thought for a moment and decided it must be a Jewish child why else would a mother put her child in this basket, only a Jewish mother who is probably trying to save her child would do this. So she says to her maidservants that we have to save this child, they told her what are you crazy your father the king made a decree and if the princess doesnt keep by it who will? So she answers no we have to save the child! What really made her want to save the child besides the normal compassion a woman has for children? She thought to herself there is a reason why this baby came at the exact moment that I was here to bathe, its nasib its bashert its meant to be! At that moment she said there must be a G-d in the world that is directing things the footsteps of man!  

Moshe Rabainu went out to meet his fellow Jewish brothers, and he empathized with them, if he saw a man with a heavy load he offered to help him. He took off his robe and put down his septor and went out into the fields to help his Jewish brothers and sisters!  

Rav Elimelech from Luzinzk says Vayigdal Moshe means that Moshe became great, because he was concerned about other people! He left the luxury of the palace and went out to help his fellow brothers and sisters! We only become Gadol if we stop being selfish and self centered and start to care about people. Many times what people need isnt material or even and real help at all what they want is attention all they want is to talk and someone there to listen. To the listener it isnt much but to the talker it could be life or death! A person who helps other people who is there when people need him he is the one who becomes a Gadol.  

The Gemara in Megilla says that they asked Rabbi Zeira how did you live so long? Rabbi Zeira answered that all my life I never rejoiced in any of my friends misfortune! Whats the greatness of this? The answer is that Rabbi Zeira was saying that he was not able to rejoice in his own good fortune if someone else was suffering!!!!  

Every single person must be Gadol and help all people with whatever it is they need you dont have to be a great rabbi or a great therapist to help someone!  

At the Brit of a baby boy after we name it we say that now are you are small but one day this baby will be Gadol(big) what are we saying WOW so we are telling the baby one day that little foot of yours will grow and be big? HUH? There is no being as selfish as the baby, if its 3am and the baby is hungry he doesnt think well everyone is sleeping so I shouldnt really cry, no he cries and cries LOUDLY!!! The baby is a dictator he rules what he says goes! This is small in character, but now you are small but one day you will be gadol, not in size but in attitude one day you will feel other people's pain!  

When Hashem tells Moshe okay its time to go to Egypt to save the Jews, Moshe says G-d wait I got to go ask my father in law. HUH Hashem tells you to go, GO...walk in say Yalla! Yitro ADIOS and take your wife and go! When Moshe tells to Hashem this, Hashem tells him okay go and ask. From here we learn the famous concept Derech Eretz Kadma L'Torah! Yitro was very good to Moshe, Moshe lived in Yitro's house for years, it would only be right to ask him for permission. The reason Hashem says okay, because Hashem was teaching us a lesson there are laws but we must have respect!!!

The Rabbis compared the 613 mitzvot to 613 bricks, 613 bricks wont be anything if there is no cement its nothing! The cement is the Derech Eretz! That is what makes it beautiful! Without Derech Eretz its a heap of rocks!   You should all be zoche to keep all the 613 Mitzvot but not only the Mitzvot but together with Derech Eretz and in this way it will be truly beautiful and you will infuse this world with Kidush Hashem! Derech Eretz Kadma L'Torah!

-Daniel Hadar

Society's Influence

To All Jews:  

Chacham Mansour:  

Yaakov Avinu gave Berachot to the children of Yosef Hatzadik.  

When Yosef brings in his children to get a bracha from Yaakov Avinu something strange happens, Yaakov asks Yosef who are these children, and Yosef answers they are my sons. The Rabbis asks doesn't Yaakov know his own grandchildren, the Rabbis says that Yaakov learned with them. Rashi Hakadosh says, that when Ephraim and Menashe stood in front of Yaakov, he saw not only them but all their descendants, among the descendants was a descendant of Ephraim, a man named Yerovam Ben Nevat, who was one of the first Jewish kings to ever live, he worshiped idols, and caused many Jewish people to stray from the correct path. The Gemara tells us that Yerovam Ben Nevat lost his share in Olam Haba. Another descendant who was there was a descendant of Menashe named Yehu Ben Nimshi, who was a Jewish King, and also worshiped idols.   Yaakov Avinu was shocked at what he saw. There must be something wrong with these children if this is what is coming out of them, this is why Yaakov asked who are these children. So Yosef Hatzadik answered him and said why are you looking at the bad people who are coming out of them, there are going to be good people too. Yosef told his father Yehoshua Ben Nun who is the successor of Moshe Rabainu came from Ephraim  So that comforted Yaakov Avinu. After that he gave them the Berachot.  

Vayar Yisrael et Bnei Yosef, The Sefarim bring down, take the letters of the word Bnei Bet Nun Yud; Yud stands for Yerovam Bet stands for Ben and Nun stands for Nevat, and the Yud stands for Yehu the bet for Ben and the Nun for Nimshi. So Yosef told his father don't look at it that way look at the Yud= Yehoshua Bet=Ben Nun= Nun. Look at the good.  

Rav Yaakov Kaminetzky Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh Lbracha asks in this whole story of Yosef and the brothers, and the selling of Yosef,  we should learn one very important lesson, and that is that we should not show favoritism to one child over the others, the Gemara tells us that because Yaakov Avinu gave Yosef a garment and from this extra garment that he got and they didn't caused the brothers to be jealous and do what they did. Maase Avot Ziman Lbanim, we must learn from this episode and realize that we cannot show favoritism to one child over the others. So Rav Yaakov Kaminetzky asks a question after all this, Yaakov now only blesses two of his grandchildren? What about the rest of the shevatim's children? Rav Kaminetzky answers, that the brothers and the grandchildren understood why Yaakov singled them out, because all the other grandchildren were born in Israel in a Torah house, and Ephraim and Menashe were at a disadvantage, they were born in Egypt in a total secular environment, in the most decadent anti Torah place, they didnt go to Yeshiva they went to Egypt High, no minyan, nothing! Rav Kaminetzky says that they were affected by the society around them to a small degree but they were still affected and they needed the Bracha of Yaakov Avinu, to boost them up and protect them!  

Rav Yaakov says you can tell that they were affected if you look at their names, in Egypt people wanted to be like Paroh who's name was with the Pey Raish and Ayin, if you look at the Yosef's boss Potifar, it has those letters, if you look at his wife, Potifera, has those letters, Yosef's nickname from Paroh was Zavnat Paaneach, Paaneach has the Pey and the Ayin, the midwives were shifra and puah there you have the Pey Raish and the Pey Ayin, So Rav Yaakov's theory is that all the nobility woudl want to have a Pey or Ayin or Raish, in their name, So Yosef named his child Ephraim which has the Pey Raish. He says to a certain extent even if only by names they were affected and that is why they needed an extra bracha from Yaakov. The grandchildren understood that they needed this medicine.  

It is a miracle that Yosef Hatzadik came out how he did, if you would put a 17 year old child today in Las Vagas with no contact to his family or Religion he would be corrupted in 5 minutes! HaRambam Hakadosh writes that human beings are very impressionable, and they adapt to their soroundings. This is why the Rambam says that you should put yourself around good people, if there is bad people around you he says you should move.  

The Migdal Oz asks what is the Rabbinic source of this Rambam? He answers and says the source of this Rambam is a Gemara in Ketuvot daf 17, Hillel says: That a person always has to be with the people, and say pleasing things about people and appease people and be social with people. Ok so what does this have to do with the Rambam's theory? That Gemara was talking about going to weddings, and that you have to dance in front of the bride, and you must compliment the Kalah, Beit Hillel says you must tell her she is beautiful even though she isnt. Hillel is teaching us a great concept here. If the girl is not attractive doesn't she know she isnt, wouldnt she know its just a game that the person is telling her she is beautiful? Hillel is telling us that people tends to believe and get influenced by the opinion of his peers, even though he knows they are not being sincere. A perfect example of this is salesmen tell their customers whatever they want to make them buy. You have nice shoes, nice tie, even though you know its sheker(a lie) it still makes you feel good. HaRambam is learning from this Gemara that if a woman is influenced by a compliment that she knows is not true, that means people are influenced by what they hear, their soroundings. People are extemely impressionable.  

Leah Imanu before she got married, used to constantly cry. The Gemara asks why did she cry so much? And the Gemara tells us that the reason she cried was because she heard people talking and saying there are two sister and two brothers and Leah will marry Esav and Rachel will marry Yaakov. Leah what are you crying about? Who is in charge here? Because people were talking, that means its going to happen? She understood that public opinion has the power to influence her beliefs, after hearing so many times, she might start to believe it herself. So she started to cry so that what the people were saying woudl not affect her.  

The Shulchan Aruch siman Shin Pey Bet, says, in the olden days they used to live in complexes and in the front was an area that was shared by everyone and to carry in that area you need what was called an Eiruv Chatzerot. Halacha writes that this is all good, as long as all the people living in the complex are Jews, but if there is a non Jew, or a Jew who does not believe in Shabat or this Halacha, you cannot do an Eiruv Chatzerot. Why? Just keep the guy out. The Gemara, tells us why is this the Halacha, because the people should be detered from living among these people, to make sure they dont learn from their bad ways.  

The question is why don't you say that the good people wll influence the one bad guy? And the answer is that it is easier to be bad than good. Because to be bad you dont really have to do much. There is a rule in science called entropy, which says that if something is not guided nothing good can come out of it, if a glass cup falls on the floor, the pieces with be useless, it wasn't guided you didnt cut it. Things are left unguided and uncontroled nothing good with come of it. The same applies to life, to be bad you dont really have to do much, but to be good takes effort you have to get up and go to shul, you have to go learn, you have to be careful what you eat what you look at what you hear etc it all takes much effort. To be good you must constantly be on guard. So if bad and good are in close proximity bad usually wins over good because its a lot easier to be bad.   One of the Rabbis says that if you look carefully at the dream of Paroh, first the fat cows came out of the Nile and then the sick cows came out and when the sick cows came out they stood next to the fat cows and then ate them. The Rabbi says that we can learn a great lesson from this, the first stage in becoming bad, is being in close proximity to bad. If we or our children are around the bad, it will affect us.  

Doctor Asch did a study he took 7 students and prompted 6 of them before the experiment, he drew two lines on the board one which was 12t inches long and one which was 10 inches long. He asked the class which one is shorter, and all 6 responded the 12 inch line, 60% of the time the seventh guy agreed with them even though he knew they were wrong, because he didnt want to be different, he was taken in by peer pressure. After the 40% who chose the right answer, the others made fun of them what are you crazy how can you think that is the shorter one, 30% changed their answer. That means 90% were influenced. Now little fact to know is that this was done on university professors. These brilliant people, were making irrational decisions due to peer pressure and the influence of others.  

The Gemara tells us of the Simchat Hashoeba, parties at nights of the Succot, it was so great, that the Gemara tells us that if you didnt see the simcha at these parties you never saw simcha! Hillel was at one of these parties, and he says Im Ani Kan, Hakol Kan, If I am here Everyone is one! HUH? This is the humble of humble Rabbis ever! What happened? He was saying that this party with all these people and this kedusha and simcha there is a great opportunity to get influenced to the good. He said if I am here and ready to be influenced and open to it, then everyone is here to influence me. But you can go to such a kadosh party but are not open then you wont get influence. In a bad place you dont need to be open it just happens. no work needed.  

The Zohar Hakadosh says R' Pinchas Ben Yair was on his donkey with his friends and they were searching for Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in the fields, and Rav Pinchas says dont worry my donkey knows exactly where he is. And the donkey goes turns and turns and finds Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. So the Ben Ish Hai asks what kind of navigation system did the donkey have that he can find Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai? So he answers and says that it came from the rider of the donkey, that donkey was infused with Kedusha because Rabbi Pinchas used to ride it while he thought of Torah and Kabbalah etc. So the donkey was able to sense Kedusha.  

When we go on a tirp, we say Tefilat HaDerech, we ask Hashem to make sure we find favor in Hashem's eyes and in the people's eyes. To find favor in the people's eyes makes sense you are meeitng new people, you want them to like you, hopefully if the people at the hotel like you they will upgrade your room, and the people of that place will be nice to you and help you to find what you need. But what is the point of the phrase that Hashem should find favor in your eyes, Hashem is every where, so if he likes us in New York, the same Hashem will like us in Florida in Israel or anywhere. So the point is that we become different on vacation, when we travel we change, we know we are going to be different, so we are asking please Hashem even though we are going to be different please let us find favor in your eyes, let us not change that much.   Baruch Hashem I know that all of you Amazing Jews, when you go on a trip for vacation you go to a place where you can pray with a minyan, and you give Tzedaka, so for an hour in the morning you prayed, but the question is what happens to the rest of the time? The remaining 23 hours of the day? A great rabbi points out that when we go on a trip we should take a book with us a light read about one of the Gedolim, so we will be in good company, unfortuantely we dont have them with us, but reading storeis about them it influences us to the better.  

There is a story of a student who was traveling to London, and his rabbi asked him to buy him a certain type of cigars, the student a bit confused said ok. When he came back he asked the Rabbi, Rabbi isnt a bit strange to ask me to buy you cigars, so the Rabbi said I didnt care about the cigars I wanted to make sure that you thought about your Rabbi on your trip. You should have good things on your mind.  

Yaakov Avinu blessed Ephraim and Menashe, because they were born in Egypt, did his Beracha work? Yes and the prime example of that is Yehoshua Ben Nun. The spies come back from Israel and say that Israel is bad, and Yehoshua ben Nun stands up and says no thats NOT TRUE! The land is good! Where did that strength come from? That came from the Bracha that Yaakov gave them. That is why Yosef says Dad look at Yehoshua Ben Nun. We must all know that we cannot conform to the bad of society! We must recognize these dangers, and protect ourselves and soround ourelves with good things and good people. Every Friday night fathers bless their children KEphraim VMenashe we are telling our children to know to protect themselves from all these evils.  

Rabbi Chanina Ben Akashya Amar Ratza Hakadosh Baruchu Lezakot Et Yisrael Levichach Hirbu Lahem Torah Umitzvot Shenemar Ado-nai Chafetz Leman Tziko Yagdil Torah Veyadeer!

-Daniel Hadar

The Community

To all Jews:  

Chacham Mansour:

Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi says: Admirable is the study of Torah together with Derech Eretz for the exertion of them both makes sin forgotten. All Torah study that does not have accompanying it work will in the end cease and will bring in its wake sin. All who are involved with the community should involve themselves with them for the sake of Heaven for then the merit of the community's forefathers aids them as their righteousness endures forever. Nevertheless as for you Hashem will bestow upon you as great a reward as if you had accomplished it on your own.(Pirke Avot Perek Bet Mishnah Bet)  

Make sure to always be busy, the more you work the easier it will be to stay away from sin. A guy comes back after a long days work really tired and the Yetzer Hara wants him to do something wrong he says nah im really tired!  

We all must be Ozek Btzorchai Betzibur: each person has his or her own talents and each person must use their talents to help the community. But we must do it Lshem Shamayim. Be careful that you are not doing it for the Kavod, and if a person does it for the Kavod it can be corrupted, because all that person thinks about is what will bring him the most Kavod. You must be idealistic and care about what you are doing, and if that is the case nothing can sway you.  

Before you go into being a public servant, it is not easy. People will talk bad about you, will torture you, etc. But if that person is idealistic then it will be worth it. The Yeshiva, the Bikur Cholim, etc is the final goal, and that is what matters even though the kahal curses you. A leader must have the best of the project in mind, no matter what everyone says. Be Lshem Shamayim and you will succeed.  

A leader sees what will be in the future, must have an imagination. Years ago, the small community of Deal, New Jersey decided to start a Shul, and at that time they had fifty people, everyone thought they were crazy what do you need a shul for its a waste of money and time. Well its been a couple of years and now that shul has 1000 people and they have extended it twice and probably will again. A public servant must look to the future and if he thinks the community is growing he should think and act on those lines and ignore the roar of the people who think he is nuts!   

Tzibur= Tzadikim Benonim and Reshaim. You must know what are you dealing with, you have to get the job done, while you deal with all three kinds of people.   

Now working for a tzibur does not mean always big things, such as building a shul or a mikveh or a Yeshiva. It can be putting the siddurim away after tefilla, it can be making copies of a shiur and passing it around so people can get inspired. Every person who listens to that shiur now the person who sends it out gets zechar! Each person has to find their talents and use those talents to help the Kahal(Comunittee).   

After all is done and you had success, realize that it was not your strength or efforts that made it work, it was Zechut Avot. Hashem gave him the ability to do what he did. Hashem gave him the money to give to the project etc. Even though you really didnt do it but Hashem, but Hashem gives you credit as if you did it yourself!   

In business you can work for many hours and unfortuantely after so many hours you still cannot make the sale, after all these hours you come to your boss and say ok I worked for 10 hours on this deal where is my money, so the boss says ok did you make the deal? No but I worked for 10 hours, does not matter, make the deal I pay you, dont make the deal I dont pay whether you made the deal in 5 seconds or you didnt and worked 10 hours. Imagine you just worked six months on a project, and it didnt work. Chashav Laasot Mitzvah Vneetza, He thought about doing a mitzvah and for reasons that are not in his control he wasnt able to, he gets credit.   

When Bilam wanted to curse Klal Yisrael he added in there that the males in Klal Yisrael did not have a brit, the reason was because it was dangerous in the Midbar so they were exempt, but Hashem answers Bilam and says that the first thing that they will do in Eretz Yisrael is get a brit so they get zechar for it now.   

Hashem pays us for our efforts!!!!!  

Teachers and Rabbis:are a great example of public servants. The Gemara in Baba Batra,  says that the teachers who teach small children are shining stars eternally!!!! It is forbidden for a school teacher, to do something else, besides teach, because he will be taken away from teaching the children! The Torah says that this man who does not do it right is cursed! You must be prepared! You must be interested in the children! That is the most important thing! A teacher must eat well, and sleep enough, to be prepared and have energy to deal with the children correctly! You must care about the students, make sure they understand what you taught!  

Rav Yechezkel Avramsky Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh Lbracha when he used to give a Daf Yomi shiur in the morning to Baal Batim, used to prepare the night before eight times. And the gemara that he was teaching in Yeshiva he would know the first 50 pages the first day of Yeshiva to make sure that he was prepared to teach the children correctly!  

What is the connection between the first part of the Mishnah and the second?  

Woe is to a committee who's members are bankrupt from Torah! If the members dont learn Torah how can they build a Torah institution??? Its important to work and learn, you have the business skills to help the project but you are going to do everything according to the view of the Torah!  

When Rabbi Akiva's son died he said that he is concoled knowing that his son is going to Gan Eden, because his son was involved in helping the Tzibur.  

Greater is the man who helps others to do than the one who does! When you get someone to do something good, you will get zechar for his good things and his kids and future generations.  

If a person works with the Tzibur he does not come to sin. If a guy gets other people to do good, if you get guys to start to go to minyan, and keep Shabat, and keep Kosher, these people will go to Gan Eden, now if the students are going to Gan Eden then it does not make sense that the Rabbi of these students should go to Gehenoim.  

The Yerushalmi says that the reason Shaul became king was because he had a grandfather who used to light up the roads for people so they can see where they are going!  

Be cautious of rulers, for they do not befriend a person unless it is for their benefit they appear like friends at a time when it benefits them but they do not stand by a person in his time of need.(Pirke Avot Perek Bet Mishnah Gimmel)  

When you work with the Tzibur you will have connections to powerful people, but be careful, because rulers only befriend you when they need you!   

The Abarbanel, was the right hand man to the King, he was wealthy, he practically ran the country, and after the King died and his son took over, they chased the Abarbanel out of the country and wanted to kill him!  

Dont put your trust in rulers, put your trust in Hashem!  

Make sure you have the permission of the Tzibur, dont force your wants on the Tzibur!  

We need leaders! Stand up take some responbility, and help Klal Yisrael, each person with their own talents, with their own community. Train yourself to start with doing small things for the Kahal and it will change your attitude!

-Daniel Hadar

2 Rooms Under One Roof

To all Holy Brothers and Sisters:
Chacham Mansour

When we study Pirkei Avot, we must realize the importance of what we
are reading. If a Tanna(A rabbi who at any moment was able to
resurrect the dead) would come to us now and teach us even one line of
wisdom, we would cherish that wisdom forever and live by it. We must
realize that when learning any Rabbi's word's it is coming from their
mouths, the Rabbis tell us that the Chacham's lips are moving in the
grave. We should view the advice that the Rabbis tell us in Pirkei
Avot as if they were standing in front of us and telling it to us.

Shemaya and Avtaliyon were two tanayim, and they were students of
Rabbi Yehuda ben Tabai. They were Rabbis of Hillel and Shamay. They
were the two greatest Rabbis of their generation. They were great
Chachamim and Darshanim. The Gemara in Gittin says that Sanchairim who
was an anti semite, but had great Rabbis come out of him and the
Gemara asks who were these rabbis? Shemaya and Avtaliyon. This teaches
us that converts can reach even the highest levels! To become the
Rabbis of Hillel and Shamay!!!!

The Rashbetz asks, Shemaya was the Nasi. Avtaliyon was the Av Beit
Din, Halacha says that these two positions cannot be held by converts?
He says that they were so far beyound everyone and they were so great
that an exception was made for them.

The Gemara in Yoma tells a story, It was Yom Kippur all the Jews were
walking out of the Beit Hamikdash, and the Kohen Gadol walked out of
the Kodesh Kodashim alive, the people came to thank him for praying
for them. Shemaya and Avtaliyon walked by and the people left the
Kohen and walked to see Shemaya and Avtaliyon so the Kohen who was
offended said the people of the nations of the world go in peace, the
Kohen was trying to remind where they came from. So they answer him
yes us the sons of the nations of the world will go in peace because
we followed the way of Aaron, but you the child of Aaron will not go
in peace because you do not follow his ways.

The Chatam Sofer says on this Gemara, "say to the kohanim the sons of
aaron and say to them" why the double language? There are two
different laws, the first thing you must tell the Kohanim is that they
are the sons of Aaron and they must act accordingly, and then tell
them the rest of the laws of Kohanut.

The Mishnah tells us, "Love work, and despise the Rabbinate"

One opinion is that they were talking to Rabbis, and they were telling
them that the Rabbinate is work, and sometimes you have to stay up
late working, making peace between people, working out problems in the
community, build a mikveh for the community, seek funds for projects,
build an education for children. But hate the Rabbinate, do not go
into it for the Kavod! Go in for the love of the people, for the love
of Hashem's work.

There is a story of a Rabbi of a community, and he was about to go
speak at a dinner, and he was in his study. The people went to go get
him and they heard him to speaking to himself, saying: The Great
Rabbi, The Chacham, The Honorable Sage, The Learned Rabbi....etc....
So after hearing this the people thought the Rabbi is crazy he is
talking to himself. So when came out someone asked him what he was
doing so he said I was praising myself with all the praises that I
might get tonight, but when you praise yourself its not the same as
getting praised by other people so I was hoping that when they say it
tonight I can condition myself to feel nothing like I felt in there.
This is a Rabbi who went in for the work not the Kavod!

Love work, you must go to work, this is slap in the face to all the
people who say that Rabbis do not want you to work, they want you to
be leaches and be lazy and feed off of others. The greatest Rabbis of
their time and what did they say YOU MUST LOVE WORK!!!!!!!

Economic value: if a person does not have money it will lead him to
stealling! You are not allowed to throw yourself on the tzibur.

Psycological value: Man needs a sense of achievment, needs a sense of
accomplishment. He can get this in the work place. Going to work and
getting out of tough situations, creating something! If a person
doesnt work he will eventually go crazy. If a person stays home from
work, he gets bored. The Chachamim were scared of a person being
bored. There is an Arabic saying "If you are bored break the door down
and fix it" Crime rates are higher in the summer because kids are not
in school! We MUST stay busy! GO TO WORK AND LOVE IT! Not working will
cause mental deteriation!

The Greatest Rabbis Worked:
Rav Yochanan Hasandlar: was a shoe maker.
Hillel was a wood chopper.
Rashi sold wine.
Rambam was a doctor.

You MUST MUST MUST LOVE your job! Because suffering between 9 to 5
will drive you nuts! When looking for a job look for a job that you
will like and fits your personality!

The Gemara in Berachot says Greater is a man, who benefits from his
work, than a Yirat Shamayim. Gadol "Hanehene" the pasuk is a person
who ENJOYS work, because this guy will serve Hashem better because he
is happy and he enjoys what he is doing!

Despise the Rabbinate.
The youth of our generation think that everything is owed to them and
that success comes overnight. They think when they start they will get
a huge office beautiful huge mahogony desk large plush leather chair
comfy couches a lazy boy office stereo system beautiful rug and a bar
and the list goes on...... and on.......and then they tell him that
they are looking for a stock boy, he is like I dont want to be a stock
boy I want to be an executive! He doesnt realize that the head of the
company started even lower then the stock boy and worked his way up!
Despise the Rabbinate....HATE PRIDE.....if you will have pride in the
work force you wont get anything! You will never get a job!

Rav Yisrael Salanter Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh Lbracha said he never saw a
man die from hunger, he said they die from pride!

The Gemara says go skin an animal if you have to, but dont say that I
am a chashuv person I cant do that! The Gemara says a person should
even get into Avodah Zara(a work that is foreign to him) to make a
parnasa and eventually you will get to where you want to be!

There is a story told about Thomas Edison, was a workaholic, he once
came home and his wife said you work too hard find some place that you
want to be and go there so the next day he got up and went back to
work! LOVE WORK!!!!

We must be EXTREMELY careful, because we work in a non Jewish world!
Their thought process is very different then ours, they act
differently speak differently, they do not understand what we hould to
be so sacred our Torah and Mitzvot. In Corporate America the job
defines the person. This is why when Americans meet people the first
question they ask is what do you do? Children are asked what they want
to BE when they get older? So they answer doctor lawyer basketball
player etc.....there is no difference to Americans between what you
want to do and what you want to BE!!!!!

There is a story told of the Brisker Rav, a man came to the Brisker
Rav so the Brisker Rav asked him what are you? so the man answer I am
a business man so the Rav asked again what are you? so the man
answered again I am business man. So the Rav asked again what are you?
So the man thought the Rabbi was hard of hearing so he screamed I AM A
BUSINESS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So the Rav said you dont have to scream I
heard you the first time but you are not answering my question. I
didnt ask you what you do I asked you what are you! So he said let me
tell you a story we read about Yona and Yona was on a boat, and the
boat was about to sink and they found out it was because of Yona and
they found him sleeping. So they asked him what is your work? Yona
answered: I am a Jew and my job is to fear the G-d in heaven! BUSINESS
thats a gift from G-d but that isnt your job your mission is to serve
Hashem! Who are you? IVRI ANOCHI!!! And my Job is to Fear the G-d in
Heaven!

A student asked Rav Hutner, I feel like I am leading a double life I
learn in the morning and then I go to work where there is no Torah and
I cant take it! A man builds a house in New York and then goes and
builds a second home in New York and some times lives in one and some
times lives in the other that is leading a double life but lets say a
man builds a house and this house has two rooms and sometimes he is in
one of them and sometimes in the the other is that a double life? No
its a broad life, work and beit hamikdash are under one roof, you have
to serve Hashem while you are at work too!

Rav Hutner tells a story of Doctor Wallak, this man was a doctor and a
career man but this man's life was G-d, Rav Hutner says he saw Doctor
Wallak taking a patient into the OR and before he went in he asked the
patient what is your mother's name? Strange question to ask a patient,
but the patient told the Doctor and the Doctor took out a tehillim and
stood there for ten minutes and DAVENED FOR THE
PATIENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And after davening for refua shelaima for
his patient he went to do the surgery this is two rooms under ONE
ROOF!!!! BRINGING TORAH TO YOUR JOB! This isnt a double life!

A business man has a greater challenge than ANY RABBI! Rabbi go to
shul and give shiurim and sit in the Beit Midrash around Torah and
Kedusha! But a businessman has to go to a foreign land the business
world and stay with his yahadut, the challenge of not going to the
party that help your career because its on Shabat, or spending 15
minutes during your busy day to daven mincha, or to remember to say
birchat hamazon after you eat, to sit in a meeting while everyone is
eating shrimp and say no I can't its not Kosher THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL
A CHALLENGE!!!! This is BRINGING HASHEM AND YOUR MISSION INTO THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE AND TO MAKE A KIDDUSH HASHEM! WOW JEWS ARE GOOD PEOPLE!
THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR RELIGION NOT JUST TO GET OUT OF WORK
EARLY ON FRIDAY!! This is not a contradiction IVRI ANOCHI.....be a Jew
WHEREVER YOU ARE!!!!!!!!

One of the Poneviche Rav's Students once came to the Rabbi and asked
him Rabbi I am going out to work and I am scared do you have any tips?
So the Rabbi said did you ever hear about the guy who walked over a
tight rope over niagra? So the student said yes. If he would have
asked me I would have told him not to, but he did it anyway and was
successful! What you are doing is walking over a tight rope and you
have to build for yourself safety nets. One of them is make sure to
learn enroll yourself in a Torah class, it will make you love religion
and that will protect you! You must have a Rabbi to ask advice from!
If you are single get married! You are creating for yourself safety
nets...people who will see you falling and help you!

Go to work, love what you do, dont feel such pride that everything is
too low for you, and realize that you NEED safety nets to protect you
from falling!

IVRI ANOCHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TAKE A PAPER AND
WRITE IVRI ANOCHI AND PUT IT ON YOUR DESK SO THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER
AND IT WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO FALL!

This will give you mental sanity, and much Hapiness, and we should all
be zoche to a job that we enjoy, and this should bring us much much
much amazing Parnasa! AMEN

-Daniel Hadar

Grab Mitzvot

To all Jews:

A week before the marketplace in Aram Soba was filled with the sweet
smell of Etrogim. All the city's Jewish population had descended upon
the shuk, looking for the Arba Minim; Lulav, Hadasim, Aravot, and
Etrog, to beautify their Succot holiday. But now, with the Yom Tov
coming to an end, the Shuk was relatively quiet. Chacham Haim
Mordechai Labaton, Chief Rabbi of Aram Soba, walked through the Shuk
searching for Aravot for Hoshana Rabbah. As he strolled between the
stalls, he noticed one merchant who still had some Etrogim and Lulavim
for sale. Suprisingly, among the rather bruised and unattractive
merchandise that was left lay one magnificent Etrog, beautiful in
color, perfect in shape. Truly this was "fruit of a beautiful tree"
PRI ETZ HADAR an Etrog that one can be proud to make a bracha upon!
Without hesitation Chacham Haim Mordechai pulled out his purse and
began counting out the large sum of money that such an Etrog should
cost.
The sight of a customer and a merchant haggling over a price was a
common practice in the Shuk, but now came a scene that few had ever
witnessed: an argument over price; in which the customer insisted on
paying more than the merchant wanted!
"Revered Chacham, the Chag is almost over. By tommorow the price will
have dropped to almost nothing. I cannot take your money for this."
Chacham Haim Mordechai pulled out still one more coin and placed it on
the table. "Do have any idea what the value of a mitzvah is?" he said.
"The price is worth it, even only to say the Bracha
once!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Many of us complain that many mitzvot are SOOOOOOOOOOO expensive. We
walk into sepharim stores and ask for the cheapest Mezuzot or
Tefillin. Unfortunately we do not seem to understand the value of a
mitzvah. Chacham Haim Mordechai Labaton understood this to such an
extent that even though he probably spent a nice sum of money on a
beautiful Etrog before chag, when the opportunity came that he was
able to make ONE bracha on an even nicer Etrog he HAD to grab it! He
REALLY understood the REAL value of a Mitzvah. We should all be zoche
to understand the REAL value of Mitzvot and jump at opportunities that
we are given to do mitzvot and even when we are given an opportunity
to improve a mitzvah that we are already doing! AMEN


-Daniel Hadar

Building Your Defense

To All Jews:
Chacham Ozeri
Rabbi Elizer Ben Yaakov says: If you do one Mitzvah you have acquired
one advocate, and if you do one Avaira you have acquired an accuser.
Teshuva and good deeds are a shield against punishment.

Rabbi Elizer Ben Yaakov was one of the younger students of Rabbi
Akiva. Rabbi Elizer survived the destruction of Beit Ar, and moved to
Usha and became one of the greatest Rabbis in Usha.

In Usha the way the Beit Midrash seating was set up was that the more
Torah you knew the closer to the front you sat.(Unlike today which is
it is the more money you have the closer to the front you sit) One day
a blind man walked into the Beit Midrash and just sat down in a random
seat. Rabbi Elizer ben Yaakov saw him and saw that he was blind, and
took a seat behind him. The students saw this and thought that there
must be someone who is greater in Torah than Rabbi Elizer, and the
only person who was sitting in front of him was this blind man. So the
students started to shower the blind man with kavod and brought him
food and drink. The blind man asked them why they were doing it? So
they said that Rabbi Elizer sat behind him so the blind man asked them
to bring Rabbi Elizer to him, and when the Rabbi came to him he told
Rabbi Elizer you showed kindness to one who cant see but can be seen
Hashem who can see but cant be seen will show kindness to you and
answer you tefillot!

If you do one mitzvah you create a defender! For every mitzvah that
you do, you create another defender to defend you on the great day of
Judgment! NOTHING goes unseen EVERYTHING is counted BIG or small!!!!!

Every person has a Yetzer Hatov, even the MOST evil person has it
hidden under all that GARBAGE AND SHTUSS!!! You can use this Yetzer
Hatov to create more defense attorneys to defend you! DO NOT LOOK DOWN
ON SMALL MITZVOT!

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh Lbracha when he was ill
spent most of his time in his house and had people at the door making
sure no one bothered the rabbi. One day a woman came by, and told the
guy at the door that she wanted to see the Rabbi, she just got a
letter from her sister behind the iron curtain and knows the Rabbi
reads Russian and wanted to know if the Rabbi would read it to her! So
the at the door screamed THE RABBI DOESNT READ PEOPLE LETTERS! So the
woman shocked looked at him and said the Rabbi has been reading me my
sisters letters for the last 20 years!!

Another story with Rabbi Feinstein. Every Friday afternoon during the
craziness of getting ready for Shabat a woman called the Rabbi and
every week asked him what time candle lighting was? So one week The
Rabbi's wife asked him why dont we just send her a calendar? So the
Rabbi said she is a widow she probably knows what time candle lighting
is but she needs someone to talk to!! THE GADOL HADOR WHO WENT THROUGH
SHULCHAN ARUCH 400 TIMES UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SMALL
MITZVOT!!!!!! LITTLE THINGS ARE WHAT MAKE A PERSON GREAT!!!

The gemara tells us that when we do a mitzvah that mitzvah goes up to
Shamayim and waits there ready to defend us!!!!

David Hamelech says goodness and kindness should chase me all the days
of my life! Shouldnt it be I should chase goodness and kindness???

There was once a man in Europe who was extremely wealthy and he
supported Yeshivot, shuls, mikovot and many institutions of Torah!
EVERYBODY was coming to him for money and he didnt have anytime to do
his work! So he decided he was going to go ask the Chafetz Chayim what
to do. So he went to Radin and when he got there the Chafetz Chayim
was giving shiur and OFCOURSE he was discussing this line by David
Hamelech! He asked isnt it backwards? The Great Rabbi answered You
cannot live in complete tranquility in Galut we have to have problems.
David Hamelech was saying let goodness and kindness chase me so THAT
will be my headache. Its alot better than having headaches from bad
things! The rich man got the hint and went back and DOUBLED his
tzedaka!!!!

Rabbi Aryeh Levine Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh Lbracha one time went to a
jail in Yerushalayim to visit the poor chazeet and mishnoons there but
the guard told him that there is a curfew and he couldnt go in! The
non Jewish guard's assistant was a young Israeli who recognized the
Rabbi and told the guard let him in I know him he comes here all the
time. So the guard tells the young Israeli no does something like this
for FREE he has to be working for someone! So the Israeli said trust
me I know him and he really does this for free! The guard said trust
me NO ONE goes into this RAT HOLE for free! No one is allowed in! So
Rabbi Levine didnt give up at 70 something years old he went around
and started to climb the wall to get in! The non Jewish guard caught
him and said to the Israeli NOW I KNOW he is doing this for free! So
the Israeli asked how? So he said if he was just doing his job he
would have tried and once we would have said no he would have gone
home and said I tried! NO ONE WOULD HAVE CLIMBED UP THE WALL IF IT WAS
JUST THEIR JOB!!!!!

There is another FAMOUS story of the Great Rabbi one time his wife's
foot was hurting and when they went to the Doctor the Rabbi says
Doctor her foot is hurting us!!! Rabbi Aryeh Levine FELT HIS WIFE'S
PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have to do Mitzvot not because we have to do or because our father
did it!!! Pick one mitzvah and make sure to do this Mitzvah whole
heartedly with joy and excitement and meticulously!!!!! Any mitzvah I
mean you should do every mitzvah but do this one AMAZINGLY!!!!!!!!!

One who does an avaira creates a prosecutor!!!!!

The same way you shouldnt say oh its just a small mitzvah who cares!
Do not say oh its just a small avaira who cares! You get reward for
every mitzvah you do and you get punished for every avaira you do!!!
There is no hypocrisy in the Torah Oh Rabbi I eat non kosher so that
is why I dont go to shul!! I dont want to be a hyprocrite!!! NO
EVERYTHING COUNTS!!! Realize though that many little sins will create
a HUGE powerful lawyer against you!! How do you break that
lawyer!!!???

Through Teshuva and good deeds you create a shield against punishment!
There is a gemara that says a story of Chanina Ben Dosa There was once
a lizzard who was killing people in the town So Rabbi Chanina found
out about this and told them to show him where hte lizzard was and he
took off his shoe and put it on top of the whole and the lizzard bit
him and the lizzard died! and Chanina ben Doza brought the lizzard to
the Beit Midrash and showed everyone and said the Lizzard doesnt kill
the SIN KILLS!!!!!

Mitzvot do not cancel out Avairot! There is no Robin Hood in the
Torah! Do not let the Yetzer Hara fool you! You want to break the huge
powerful lawyer do TESHUVA!!! As far as you went is as far as you have
to come back!!

The Ruach Chayim says that the mishna say that Teshuva and good deeds
are a shield! Lets say someone throws an arrow at your head where are
you going to put the shield and if its coming to your feet the same
thing! Lets say you sinned with your hands then give tzedaka if you
used your feet to go to wrong places then start using them to go to
the right places!!

In a place that Baalei Teshuva stand no Tzaddik gamur can stand! The
Baal Teshuva walks by an old tiva it is a test for him but it isnt for
the tzaddik!!!

What kind of lawyers are you going to have protecting you??? It all
depends how you do mitzvot!! There is Kosher and there is KOSHER!!!!
The guy can say I eat dairy out of my house or I eat salad etc or he
can say I ONLY eat stuff I KNOW for sure are KOSHER!! The first guy's
lawyer has one leg and is mute the second guy has a powerful strong
lawyer who can defend him!! This APPLIES TO ALL MITZVOT!!!!

Imagine how you do a sin you RUN!!!!!!! So your prosecutor is will run
to talk bad about you! The Gemara in Yuma says that a repenter turns
all the bad stuff into a good all the powerful strong prosecutors are
now your defenders!!!!!!

Make sure to atleast pick one mitzvah that you do very well so atleast
you know when you come up to Shamayim that you will atleast have some
powerful defenders!!!! BUILD YOUR DEFENSE FOR THE NEXT WORLD!!!!!

-Daniel Hadar

Power Of Turning To Your Father In Heaven

To All Jews:

Chacham Beyda
Praying is something many do, but few are really good at.

Most people have the power to do Teshuva all year round, not only
during this time a year. HaRambam says that there are few people that
do not have this privilige. The person can either do a really big sin
or do many small ones, and shamayim will get in the way and even the
well intentioned person will not be able to do Teshuva. They do not
give him permission to return to Hashem, and this is his punishment.
HaRambam says that because the reason for this is that this person
should die with his sin.

Is this REALLY possible?

HaRambam answers the question, David Hamelech davened that he should
be able to do Teshuva in spite of his sins.

What does Tefilla do for a person if he is in this catagory? And if
you are not in this catagory then just do Teshuva what do you Tefilla
for?

Many think that there is no hope for them anymore, my friend was able
to do it but me I can't. HaRambam is teaching us a great lesson here
even if there is a gezaira in Shamayim SEALED! You ALWAYS have the
power of Tefilla! If you have a problem even if its a gezaira in
Shamayim, you ALWAYS have the power of Tefilla to save yourself from
all bad!

It says that Yitzchak Avinu vayattar, Attar is a tool to turn over the
ground. HUH? Yitzchak Avinu attared? YES He turned around a gezaira of
Din into a blessing of Racahmim! Tefilla has the power to change
everything into good!

There was a 5 year old boy who was extremely sick and one of his
relatives called up a rabbi and begged him to start davening for the
young boy and told the Rabbi the doctors say there is no hope and BEST
case scenario he might gain back some strength not all in 5 years. So
the rabbi and the entire community started to pray for this little
boy. 48 hours later the rabbi was at a wedding and saw one of the
boy's relatives so he asked the relative how the boy was doing? So the
relative said he doesnt and the doctors do not know how but today the
boy got up and decided he didnt want to be in bed anymore and the
doctors he might need some physical therapy but thats it! It could
have been that there was a gezaira in shamayim for this boy to go
through even more pain but TEFILLA ripped up that gezaira and that boy
is now healthy!

Now there is another problem lets say someone thinks they are not
worthy of having their tefillot answered or they ask for so much that
they dont think they will get it its like walking into bergdorf
goodman with a 20 dollar bill they dont sell anything for that much! I
want to approach shamayim and ask for so much how am I going to get
it? "I am the Lord your G-d who took you out of Mitzrayim open your
mouth wide and I will fill it" Rashi tells us that Hashem is telling
us ask for anything you want and you will get it! What does mitzrayim
have to do with it? The Ramban talks about how bad the people were in
mitzrayim and yet Hashem took them out of Mitzrayim! When all hopes
were lost they turned and Davened to Hashem even though they did not
have the zechut to come out Hashem heard the Tefillot and took them
out!

Rav Elchanan Wasserman zecher tzadik vkadosh lbracha who was killed in
the Holocaust was asked by someone how can I ask of Hashem all that I
want I am not worthy. He answered that the person who trusts Hashem
will be surrounded with kindness!

Try your best to build up your zechuyot but even if you dont have it
to get what you want KNOW that you have the power of Tefillot! The
imahot were not able to have children physically but they davened and
they had children!

Rabainu Bachya says that at kriyat yam zuf they did not just pray and
the whole water split but he says that every foot they had to daven
again and the water split a bit more and then again they had to daven
until they got to the safe side! The whole night filled with heartfelt
tefillot!

Adam and Chava sin and eat from the etz Hadaat and what happens Adam
gets punished by having to work for a living and it says that making a
living will be harder than splitting the sea! And Chava who was
supposed to have children easily now has to go through pain and
throwing up and all the rest! What punishment does Hashem give to the
snake? Where ever you go you will have what ever you want! THATS A
PUNISHMENT????

There is a mashal brought down to explain this two children do
something wrong so the father comes and says how can you have done
wrong I gave you everything money cars houses credit cards! So when
the father asks the first son why did you do wrong? So he says my
brother made me do it! So he tells the first son ok so now I am going
to give you 5 dollars a day but you have to come to me to ask for
everything. The father then starts to yell at the other son not only
did you do wrong but you made your brother do wrong to, so here is 10
million dollars I never want to see you again! So the first son asks
dad I get 5 dollars a day he gets 10 million dollars! So the father
say yes but he will never get to speak to me again!

Adam who is working can turn to Hashem and say help me! When the woman
is in labor can turn to Hashem and ask for help!

Hashem tells us that in Mitzrayim you were bad you sinned but you did
one thing you davened. No matter what the situation no matter if you
are worthy or not I want you to turn to me for help!

The world was created in six days and on the sixth day everything was
still when man was created he saw that nothing was growing so he
turned to Hashem and asked for rain! The world NEEDED adam's prayer!

There is a box in Shamayim with our good stuff inside it our parnasa
our zivug our community etc and it is waiting for us to daven if we do
not daven even with our merits we will not get it!

How do we get our tefillot answered? We must must must realize that
Hashem can actually do it! If in our hearts we dont realize that
Hashem can do it we wont get it! I am a short fat girl how am I going
to get that hot talmid chacham?? We MUST know that Hashem can do it!
We daven for mashiach all the time but imagine in your heads a man on
a horse and saving us from all the bad if we dont believe that
possible to happen do not daven you must believe!!!!!!

Know that tefilla has power no matter what your merits no matter what
is written in Shamayim and he creates situations to make us daven!!!
Daven to Hashem and he will blessed you with shefa bracha hatzlacha
rabbah briut zivugim parnasa shalom bayit zara chaya vkayama
EVERYTHING AMEN!!!!!!

-Daniel Hadar

Rid Yourself of The Poison: Bad Midot

To All Jews:

HaRambam writes that there are five things that a person can do that
after he cannot do complete Teshuva.

1) One who curses the Masses. He doesnt curse a specific person.

2) A person who helps a thief, helps him distribute or sell his stolen goods.

3) A person who finds a lost object and does not try to find its owner
to return it.

4) A person who eats and uses the needs of the orphan and the widow.

5) A person who accepts bribes.

1) Someone who curses the masses, cannot do Teshuva because he has no
idea who he cursed. He does not know where the responsibility lies.

The hardest thing for a person to do is to admit that he did something wrong.

A toddler spills something right in front of his mother, and when the
mother asks what did you do? The toddler responds it was my sister or
my brother! but "I" did NOT do anything! Even though that the child
knows that his parent just witnessed him spill the drink!

When Adam Harishon sinned and ate from the Etz Hadaat and Hashem came
to him and asked him what did you do? Adam answered it wasnt me it was
the woman that you gave me, and when Hashem went to Chava she blamed
it on the snake!

Every person puts the blame on everyone else and is never ready to
take responsibility for anything negative!

The Gemara tells us there is a bird called the Ra'ah and that it is
Tameh. The gemara tells us that the reason this bird is Tameh is
because it lives in Bavel and can see all the way to Eretz Yisrael and
when it looks at Eretz Yisrael instead of seeing the AMAZING Kedusha
instead of looking at the Kotel or Tzefat or Meiron it looks sees a
dead carcass on the ground!

There are people who act just like this bird and when looking at
Hashem's greatest creation the Jew see everything possible flaw! These
x-ray eyes who can see every flaw in every person for some reason
cannot see any in themselves!

If a person cannot see their own flaws how can they begin to do
Teshuva? First one must recognize that they have a problem to be able
to fix it! First on must admit that they did a sin and then they can
say vidui etc! You first must ADMIT "YOU" did something wrong!

People who are so focused in noticing others flaws and only see when
others sin can never do Complete Teshuva!

2) The person who helps the thief. There are people if they lived
alone would never do anything wrong. It takes the brave guy to lead
the others down the wrong path.

Many of the peasants who lived during the time of the pogroms and the
Holocaust, would never have had the courage to start something like
that on their own but were all too happy and eager to join in and kill
innocent people! Some said "I was only following orders" or "everyone
was doing it!"

Imagine you are at a party or a bar mitzvah or wedding and you are
minding your business just sitting there and the people in front of
you start to talk and you hear them say "Do you know what Esther did
last night? can you believe it" and magically your ears pop up and you
lean in to hear what they are saying! Someone who is mekabel Lashon
Hara is like one who helps distribute the stolen goods!

A person once came to the Rabbi and said Rabbi I spoke Lashon Hara and
I want to do Teshuva so the Rabbi said ok go and read the whole book
of Tehillim, so the man did. Next day the man returned to the Rabbi
and said I read the whole book of Tehillim am I done? So the Rabbi
said now I want you to fast on Monday and Thursdays for the next
month. The man came back after a month and told the Rabbi ok that was
a bit harder but I did it am I done? So the Rabbi said now take this
pillow case and go to the slaughter house and fill it up with chicken
feathers and you will be almost done! So the guy goes to the slaughter
house and gets the case filled with chicken feathers and brings it
back to the Rabbi and says ok so am I done now? So the Rabbi says
almost now go out and throw the feathers into the wind! So the man
walks out and does as he is told and then walks back in and tells the
Rabbi ok the feathers are gone! So the Rabbi tells him now go gather
them up! So the man tells the Rabbi thats impossible they are
everywhere! So the Rabbi tells him the same with your words you have
no idea where your words went and who they hurt!!!

A person who does not stop others from sinning is just like the guy
who helps the thief! Without the guy who distributes the goods and the
people who buy them the thief would have no reason to steal because he
would have no one to sell to!

Rabbi Eliazar Ben Dodaya tried to blame everything on every possible
things and before he took his last breath he realize "EIN HADAVAR
TALUYI ELA BI"

3) There are people who find something that is lost and do not return it!

There are a lot of people in this world who unfortunately lost Torah!
Whether they were brought up unreligious or were never taught Torah!
It is our resposibility to the Torah to them! I found something that
you lost, I can give it back to you so you can stop harming you
Neshama!!!!

4) A person who takes the needs of an orphan and widow!

I hope and pray that none of us would go over to the Chazeet on the
corner and steal the one piece of bread that he has! And many of us
are reading this and thinking WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING!!!!!!!!!!

Imagine a guy who makes a million dollars a year and he wants to live
his million dollar a year life, he wants his nice car maybe a lexus or
infiniti and his nice apartment on collins avenue and the club
membership etc and lets say this person gives 10,000 dollars to
Tzedaka. Now the market isn't doing so well and he is not making as
much money as he was before, but he still has his car payments and
membership dues he still wants to live his rich life so the first
thing to go is the tzedaka money and at that moment he is taking the
money away that payed for that one pair of pants that the chazeet
owned or the money that payed for that one piece of bread that the
chazeet had! Now lets say the market is doing better and he is making
more money now so instead of saying great I can give more money to the
orphans and the widows he thinks sweet now I can get the new gadget on
my car and the new boat I wanted! You now have the greatest and most
expensive gps and radio system in your car but the poor orphan and
widow lost their one piece of bread to live!!!!!!!! The excuses to
spend on ourselves are ENDLESS, but unfortunately the excuses not to
give others are also ENDLESS you are stealing from the mouths of the
orphans and the widows!!!!!!!!

5) The one who accepts a bribe!

"It will blind the eyes of the wisest!" Realize that bribes do not
only come in the form of money! A bribe can also be in the form of
Kavod!

The Mayor of New York City spent 40 MILLION DOLLARS on his campaign so
people will call him MR MAYOR!!!!! People have given up religion,
family and even G-d for Kavod! The one who gives me Kavod influences
my thoughts!!!!

When a person gets older he might lose some of the desires that he had
in his younger years, might not care so much about women anymore or
might even lose interest in money but until the second a person dies
he never loses the desire for Kavod!

Yerovam ben Nevat took 10 of the tribes of the Kingdom of Yehuda and
made The Kingdom of Israel where he sinned and got many to sin and be
oved Avodah Zara! Shamayim said that Yerovam has no Chelek in Olam
Haba! Hashem came to Yerovam and said do Teshuva and you and me and
David Hamelech can walk in Gan Eden! So Yerovam asked Hashem who will
be first? HASHEM TELLS YOU THAT YOU WILL WALK IN GAN EDEN WITH HIM AND
DAVID HAMELECH AND YOU ASK WHO IS FIRST I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE 1000
MILES BEHIND THEM!!!!! So Hashem answers him you will be didnt you
hear I said You Me and David! So he asked again who is first? The
Gemara says the reason he asked again was because it sounded so good
ME THEN HASHEM AND THEN DAVID that he wanted to hear it again! Yerovam
blew his chelek in Gan Eden for Kavod!

People are also slaves to their own desires! This is NOT hapiness!
Hapiness is spiritual and desires are physical! It is only a momentary
pleasure! You are bribed to be stupid and foolish by your own desires!
You will be drawn to fulfill your every desire and you will lose sight
of what good and bad is! It is hard to do Teshuva when you are too
busy chasing your desires! First the nice car then the nice house then
the nice boat then the nice shoes and the girls and the list is
ENDLESS!!!

We must work on our Midot and this will help us avoid any of these! We
must work on turning our selfishness into generosity, rid ourselves of
Lashon Hara, we must start looking at things positively and in the
zechut of our changing our midot we will be zoche to Complete Teshuva!
Rav Chayim Vital(Top Talmid of the Arizal) writes in Shaar Hakedusha
that the root of all sins are our Bad Midot! (Chacham Beyda)
Hashem should bless us all bechinam to rid ourselves of our bad midot AMEN

-Daniel Hadar

Hashem's Only Child

To all Jews:

The time to do Teshuva is NOW, not ON Rosh Hashana! Unlike school you
cannot cram at the last second! The Satan is waiting for you and at
the last second he will be there and make sure that you cannot do
Teshuva!

A child MUST realize that when a child goes before their father and
tells him Dad I hurt you I stole from you etc I am sorry and I really
feel bad and I want to be better EVERY FATHER will forgive his child!
The same rule applies to HASHEM! Admit to Hashem that you did
something wrong! EACH OF US ARE HASHEM'S ONLY CHILD!

Teshuva Michaperet Kol Avairot! Even a Rasha who sinned his entire
life can do Teshuva at the last second before he dies!

HaSatan=364 the Satan does not have power on Yom Kippur!

The HOLY AWESOME Ahavat Chayim says that what you do on this world is
what you are on the next! He explains this with an amazing parable!
There once was a Rabbi who went to stay at a hotel and he came over to
the inn keeper and asked him if he could watch his gold for him. The
next day the Rabbi came to the inn keeper and asked him for his gold
back. The inn keeper said I do not know what you are refering to I do
not have your gold! So that night Eliyahu Hanavi came to this Rabbi in
a dream and told him that the inn keeper stole the gold and hid the
gold behind the inn next to the grave of his father! So the Rabbi went
out in middle of the night and got the gold. The next day the Rabbi
went to check out and he asked the inn keeper why he stole his gold,
he said you look like an honest person, what happened? So the inn
keeper told the Rabbi that his father came to him in a dream the night
before and told him that he should steal the gold and hide it by his
grave and the Rabbi will never find it and the inn keeper will never
have to work again! So the Rabbi was like what why did your father
tell you that? So the Rabbi asked what was your father when he was
alive? So the inn keeper said a thief! What you are here is what you
are up there!!!!! You have the power to decide what you are up
there!!!!

The HOLY AWESOME AMAZING TZADIK the Dubne Maggid says a beautiful
insightful and eye opening parable Yom Tovim are coming and this man
wants to get a new suit. So he goes to Saks and tells the guy there I
want to buy a new suit! So the guy says great, okay you look like a 42
regular. So he points him toward the rack with the 42 regular sized
suits he says we have gucci, prada, armani, valentino, and many others
here look around and see if you see anything you like. So the guy goes
and picks up ten suits and goes in and tries them on, when he comes
out he is sweating and tells the guy wow you really do not know how to
do your job none of them fit! So the guy goes are you serious I know
my stuff and you are a 42 regular shocked he tells the guy can I see
how you try them on? So they go back in and the guy just starts to put
the suit on! So the sales person says you first have to take off the
rags you have on now and then you can put on the new beautiful Canali
suit!!!!!! It is very nice we come to daven on Rosh Hashana! But to be
successful and get a new beautiful year we must rid ourselves of the
rags of last year!!!!

HaRambam writes that a person who only does Teshuva with his lips, is
like a man who goes into a Mikveh with a sheretz in his hand!
Yom Kippur is Mechaper for all avairot that are ben Adam Lamakom! But
NOT for adam lchaveiro! Realize that you MUST ask forgiveness from the
people that you hurt! ALL you husbands out there PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
ask forgiveness from you wives if you caused her to shed ONE tear you
can lose ALL YOUR PARNASA!!!!!!

HaRambam says People who have not grown up religious or have not been
so faithful or have not been so careful with keeping the Mitzvot do
not CHAS VSHALOM think for ONE SECOND that Hashem does not love you! A
person who sins and then repents is GREATER than a TZADDIK!!! You have
tasted the sin and now have to stay away from it! YOU TASTED THAT
LOBSTER OR BURGER KING when you walk by it tempts you it doesnt tempt
the Tzadik! The place where baalei Teshuva go in Gan Eden NO TZADIK
CAN EVER GET TO!!!!! But now all you who havent done anything wrong
dont try this because you cannot sin with the intent that you will
repent because you will never get the chance!!!(R' Wallerstein)

The HOLY AWESOME Dubne Maggid gives an amazing wonderful parable.
There once was a king who told three people I will give you a jar of
the jelly that my chef made an it is the best jelly! and you may not
eat it for a month and if you do that I will give you ten thousand
dollars! So the first guy comes home and locks it in a safe and
forgets about it for a month! The next guy comes home and says I will
try a drop the king will never know and a drop turned into his face
inside the jar licking the sides! The third guy tries it and half way
down he says NO THE KING SAYS I AM NOT ALLOWED TO! So a month is up
and they come back to king and the first guy hands him the safe and
they break it open and he gets his ten thousand dollars. The second
guy who finished it gets punished but the king tells him I know why
you ate it, it was REALLY good! The third guy hands the king a half
empty jar so the king asks him what happened? So he tells him I tasted
it but then I remembered the king said no so I stopped! So the king
hands him twenty thousand dollars! So the first guy is like but he
tasted it! So the king said EXACTLY he knows what it tastes like and
still stopped! That is a higher level!!!!!!

Many people complain why did Hashem put me in this family, why was I
born in the country or state or city or neighborhood I was born in?
Why was I born to divorced parents? Why did I get the father who beats
me? Why are MY parents poor? etc! The Holy Mussar Sepharim tell us
that we are born into these situations to help others who are going
through and are in the same situation! The guy who is now hanging out
with girls and smoking hooka and drinking beer is not going to listen
to the Rabbi who never went through any of it! But if the Rabbi did
the same thing and survived and is now a Rabbi it gives the person
chizuk wow he did the same as me and he became a RABBI!!! WOW MAYBE I
CAN TOO!!! The drug addict is not going to listen to a guy who never
touched a drug but if a recovering drug addict talks to him and says I
was there I did drugs and I STOPPED and now I am a successful
businessman! The drug addict is going to say to himself MAYBE I CAN DO
IT TOO!!!!!

Mordechai told Esther Hamalka if you do not go you and your family are
for nothing! Shouldnt he have told her if you dont go I will find
someone else to? NO because Esther Hamalka was the ONLY one who had
the power her parents were killed tells us the Midrash because the
descedent of Esav who was HUGE in Kivud Av V'em cannot say my great
grandfather was great in Kivud Av V'em and the Jews would have nothing
so Esther's parents were killed so she never did anything wrong to
them and she davened everyday about not having the mitzvah of Kivud Av
V'em so ONLY she had the power!

The greatest thing we can do is use our hard times and our avairot and
failures to do good and do mitzvot!

Rabbi Stern tells a story of 5 paratroopers who during the war were
going into syria on a secret misson but due to leaks in Mossad no one
was to know about it not even the operatives until they land in enemy
territory! The commander told them you will know your task when you
open your knapsack! So the first guy lands and finds a radio so he now
knows he is the communications guy next guy finds a sniper rifle etc!
We all must look into our knapsacks and find out what our talents are
what we went through and see how we can use these things to get close
to Hashem and to help others get close to Hashem! If you are a good
speaker instead of using it to sell things use it to give shiurim! If
you went through a tough time with your parents help someone who is
going through the same thing!

The Holy Zohar tells us that there are three courts in Shamayim, one
of them is the one where Hashem is the judge and everyone comes out
innocent, the next is the court of the Rabbis where it is 50 50 and
the last is the court of the angels where no one ever wins! The angels
dont understand how we can be given torah and mitzvot and fail so they
are jealous of us so we dont have a chance! The Rabbis know what we
went through so there will be compasion there! To get into Hashem's
court you have to have lived a life where you acted toward Hashem as a
father! If you really acted toward Hashem as a father and then a
father will always find a way to get his child free evidence will be
lost, the father will tell the child exactly what to say in court! If
you aren't zoche to this then if you atleast had Kavod HaRabanim then
you will get to have the Rabbis judge you but if you were like Rabbis
suck and they are stupid and they dont know anything then you will
will go the angels and there you lost before you walked into the
door!(R' Wallerstein)

Hashem should bless us all to see him as our FATHER IN HEAVEN he is
here for us tell him what you did wrong and he fill forgive you! Be
nice to Rabbis! and make sure to use all the bad times that you went
through and all the talents that you have to bring yourself and others
to the highest of the highest levels of Kedusha and Avodat Hashem
AMEN!!!!

Mazal Tov to Yona Elimelech Weinberger on his bar mitzvah, the Torah
in this email should be zechut for his Hatzlacha both in Ruchniyut and
Gashmiyut and he should be zoche Bezrat Hashem to grow up to be an
AMAZING Talmid Chacham AMEN!

-Daniel Hadar

The War

To Hashem's Children:

"Ki Setzei Lamilchama Al Ovecha Unezano Hashem Elokecha Beyadecha
Vshavita Shivyo" And when you go out to war with your enemies Hashem
your G-d will deliver them into your hand and you will capture its
captivity.

The Mekubalim teach that we must go to war everyday with our Yetzer Hara!

The word Unezano reads the same whether read from front to back or
visa versa. On one side is Hashem and on the other is the Yetzer Hara,
if you choose to go to war with the Yetzer Hara Hashem will help you.
If you decide to go to war with the Yetzer Hara Hashem will not only
help you beat it but he will help you capture it!

When we go to war and we capture a woman, the Torah says we are
allowed to marry this woman, but before we do we must shave her head
let her nails grow long(Rashi says long nails are ugly) and take off
her beautiful clothing and clothe her in a simple house robe! Okay so
what is the deal, why is the Torah telling us to strip her of her
clothing shave her head and let her nails grow long? Because at first
this soldier saw this woman and she was extremely beautiful and had to
have her due to lust. The Torah is telling us lets see if after we
take away her beauty does he still want her? If this man were to marry
this woman, he would have to marry another woman a good Jewish girl,
because this woman does not know anything about raising a Jewish
family and running a Jewish home. She doesnt know how to make cholent,
chamim, lachma basheen, kugel, etc! If he marries both of them he will
end up hating the first one because she will remind him of his
weakness! And he will end up hating her children as well and cause
them to be a ben sore umore! But the Gemara says there has never been
a Ben Sore Umore! Because once you strip her of her beauty you see how
ugly and vile she is!

The same applies to our Yetzer Hara! The Satan is the greatest
marketing GENIUS! He has the power to make the most vile disgusting
things look beautiful! He takes things like poker which if you strip
it to its core is a bunch of pieces of paper with pictures and numbers
on them and for some reason intelligent people come and waste their
entire week's salary that they worked 40+ hard hours to make in 5
minutes! Some even go online and play for hours at a time and online
there are no security cameras to protect you from someone cheating so
the guy who runs the web site tells his employees let him win the
first two or three hands and he will feel good about himself and then
make sure he loses the rest! and week after week month after month
year after year smart people throw their money away on this stupidity
and some even have what they think are good excuses! They are willing
to lose thousands of dollars but they gave me a FREE LUNCH which cost
maybe 3 dollars!! WOW THE POWER OF THE YETZER HARA!!!!

A great Rabbi once said that its crazy what attracts guys and makes
them do anything! Guys want to kiss girls strip that down to the core
and you are so excited to put your eating device against another's
eating device! or for some reason guys will go nuts over a baby's milk
supply but for some reason do not go nuts when they see a bottle of
milk! and the list goes on just use your imagination! Strip down the
avaira and you will realize how bad it really is!

The Holy Dubne Maggid gives a beautiful parable for us to understand
this concept. There was a town where if you were caught doing
something wrong, you were put in a cage to starve! The king was nice
enough to give the guy a sword so if he wants to he can kill himself.
A few days past and the guy was famished so he took the sword and cut
off his arm and started to eat it!!!!! A man from a different town was
in town for the day and did not know what was going on and when he saw
the man in the cage eating he said wow how lucky is that guy they put
him in a room by himself and give him a HUGE STEAK!!!!! So the person
next to him turns him and says he is eating his OWN ARM!!! We look
like we are living but by doing avairto we are eating ourselves!!!!

The Holy Rav Swadron gave a beautiful yet bone chilling parable. There
was once a guy who saw a beautiful girl and was amazed at her beauty
so he went over to her while she was walking out of her house and she
walked by him and looked at him but said nothing that entire day he
was like OMG OMG OMG SHE LOOKED AT ME SHE LOVES ME OMG OMG....the next
morning he was back again and he said good morning to her and she
mumbled under her breath good morning the entire day he was in heaven
SHE SAID GOOD MORNING TO ME SHE LOVES OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!! That
night he was in front of her house and he said hi to her but played
cool by saying oh I was just walking by so she invited him in for
dinner so he was like oh I wasnt planning on it but ok! in his mind he
is thinking OMG OMG SHE LOVES ME SHE INVITED ME FOR DINNER WOW! The
next morning he brought her flowers and chocolate! After waiting by
her house the whole day she comes home and he did the same routine as
the night before oh I was just walking by so he invites him for dinner
again and he is like WOW SHE LOVES ME so they eat dinner and then she
tells him she is going to change and he should join her in the bedroom
and in his mind he is thinking YES YES WOW SHE REALLY DOES LOVE ME and
when he gets there he sees on her hand a sore and then when she takes
off the rest of her clothing he sees they are all over her body and
there is puss coming out and he is like EWWW what is that so she said
whats wrong I thought you love me you have been stalking me for the
past few days he is like WHAT IS THAT so she goes oh I have aids and a
flesh eating virus oh its contagious so he runs out hoping he didnt
get infected!!! The same applies to avairot they are a Neshama eating
virus and do not find out too late that you are infected! Stay away
they look beautiful but if you strip them down to their core you will
see the ugly nasty disgusting virus that they really are BEWARE!!!!!!!

The Holy Kaf Hayashar says that when a person does an avaira he
creates a bad malach and this malach stays with him all the time! and
makes bad things happen to him! But Baruch Hashem the same applies
visa versa when a person does a mitzvah the good malach stays with him
and makes sure that good things can happen to him!(R'Wallerstein)

Now that you are all scared its time to relax we have all done avairot
in our lives unfortuately but Hashem is a merciful G-d and he gave us
an amazing gift of Teshuva. We must confess our sins and regret doing
them and realize that Hashem was there when we did the sin! Promise to
never do the sin again and stay away from that sin! There are two
types of Teshuva one is Teshuva M'yira Teshuva done out of fear. A
person does Teshuva because he is scared of the consequences this
Teshvua will erase our bad avairot. Then there is Teshuva M'Ahava this
is done out of Love of Hashem and this Teshuva will turn your bad
avairot into Mitzvot!

Holy People its Elul now its time for change! We have realized how the
Yetzer hara works to convince us that trash is gold but now we know
its really trash!! Rabainu Yona quotes Shlomo Hamelech that says a
person who goes back to do a sin again is like a dog who goes back to
eat his own vomit! Lets stay away from the trash and pick something
this coming year to work on so we can get closer to Hashem and our
perfection! Hashem should bless us all bechinam the power to fight our
Yetzer Hara and if we as Rabainu Yona says open a needles point hole
Hashem will open up a hole that wagons can travel through we must make
the decision to go to war with the Yetzer Hara and Hashem will help us
capture him! AMEN We should be zoche to erase all the bad we have done
and turn it all into good and continue to add more good to it! amen

-Daniel Hadar

Living Lshem Shamayim

To Hashem's Children:
Chacham Ozeri:
Rav Yochanan the Sandal maker says An assembly L'shem Shamayim is
destined to succeed and one who is not L'shem Shamayim will eventually
fail.

Just to get an idea of who Rav Yochonan was, he was one of the
greatest Talmidim of Rabbi Akiva. When Rabbi Akiva was in jail, Rav
Yochanan was the Rabbi that people went to, to ask questions. One day
he was not able to answer the person's question, so he dressed up as a
man selling goods and went to the jail and screamed out anyone need
any of the items he was seling and in between his sentences he asked
Rabbi Akiva the question and Rabbi Akiva said I will take this and
that and it is Kosher answering Rav Yochanan's question. It is said
that he was the only that might have even greater than Rabbi Meir.

Many thought his name was a negative, but he liked his name, because
in his mind it was extremely important to work. The Gemara in Kedushin
says that whoever does not teach their child a trait teaches them to
steal! Because when your child goes out into the world and realizes
that he does not have the same abilities and skills as everyone else
but has the same desires and wants it will bring them to steal!

Ok now back the Mishnah! What does it mean if people are doing things
L'shem Shamayim that their actions will lead them to success?

The Abarbanel says that if people get together to reach a common goal
and they all want to reach that goal, without personal interest but
l'shem shamayim they will succeed! This is very hard because many
times money kavod and other things get in the way! But if everyone
cares about their self interests it will ultimately fail!!

The Seforno writes that during Rav Yochanan's time there were many
secs who wanted to destroy Torah and the Torah way and the Rabbis were
very nervous. Rav Yochanan told them do not worry they will not
succeed because their motives are not L'shem Shamayim!!!

The students of the Chafetz Chayim came to him and told him that there
is a huge problem that came to the world and that is called Communism.
There was never anything like it there were secs who said that they
didnt believe in G-d or that the sun or moon or cow or dog or tree or
money was their G-d but never anyone who said THERE WAS NO G-D, so the
Chafetz Chayim sighed and told his students do not worry it will not
last more than 70 years and 70 years from when he said that Communism
fell!!! The once GREAT RUSSIA is now so low it cannot afford to have
Pepsi in Russia and has offered to barter Vodka in exchange for Pepsi!
If the assembly is not L'shem Shamayim it will eventually fail!!

Look at a marriage.....A man and woman are from TOTALLY different
worlds! Naturally you would expect shortly after they move in together
the police would be called!!! He leaves the toilet seat up, she leaves
her 10000000 beauty products everwhere! and the list can go on
forever!! But if they marry L'shem Shamayim and pray for Ziata
Dishmaya it will succeed!!!!!

The Mishna says Kensiya it could have said Kinas which also means
assembly but it chose Kensiya which has an extra yud and hey which
spell Hashem's name If you have Hashem in your assembly it will be
successful!

Korach who was a Tzadik fell because of personal reasons and not being
Lshem Shamayim! He fell because one of his cousins got to be prince
over his family when he thought it should have been him! He went so
far for Kavod to challenge MOSHE RABAINU!!!! Because of his actions
NOT lshem shamayim 250 died!!! The Torah tells us YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO BE LIKE KORACH!!!!

An assembly that is not Lshem Shamayim will bring us to Machloket,
Hate, Lashon Hara, etc!!!!

So what is a assembly Lshem Shamayim?
The Gemara tells us that Har Sinai was an Assembly LSHEM SHAMAYIM!!!
It says Viyichnan sham(singular) it should have said Vayachanu? Rashi
tells us KISH ECHAD BLEV ECHAD!!!!! An assembly Lshem shamayim WILL
SUCCEED throughout time many many many many have tried to destroy
TORAH but it never worked because it was an assembly LSHEM
SHAMAYIM!!!!!!

Harav Hagaon Hatzadik Rav Aaron Kutler Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh Lbracha
came to America during the war and landed in San Fransisco and came to
the Rabbis and told them its time to build Torah in America like it
was in Europe. So the Rabbis told him the chance of that happening is
just as high as the chance of hair growing on your palm!!! So he got
up and told them that Rav Chayim Voloshiner said that there will be 10
exiles and the last will place Torah will be is America! So he started
a Yeshiva in Lakewood with 14 guys!! and today it had 1300!!!!!!! If
you want something Lshem Shamayim it will work!!!!

Bikur Cholim started with 5 guys who went to visit sick people in the
Hospital and because it was lshem shamayim today is a multi million
dollar organization!!

You must also have a lshem shamayim outlook!
There was a Rabbi by the name of Rabbi Eliezer Silver who lived in the
time of the Holocaust. He lived in America and was in Washington a lot
trying to help the Jews in Europe!  After the war he got an army
uniform and went to the camps in Europe to help the Jews! One of the
things he did was set up minyanim! So one day he was handing out
siddurim and one guy stayed in the Bunk so someone told the Rabbi he
is mad at G-d! So Rabbi Silver went to go talk to him and the guy told
Rabbi Silver that there was a guy in the camps who had a siddur and at
first he was impressed by this guy because if the Nazis knew you had a
siddur you were DEAD!!! But then he found out that this guy was
charging people their rations of food to use the siddur! So the Rabbi
told him why are you looking at the guy who charged to use his siddur
look at the people who gave up their food to use a siddur!! THESE
PEOPLE KNEW THE POWER OF TEFILLA! Look at the cup half full not half
empty! Think positively!!!

The Meraglim who were Nesiyim went to check out the land, but there
was a problem they had ulterior motives they did not want to go to
Israel because in the Midbar they were under Moshe's rule and were
nesiyim but in Israel it would change! SELF INTEREST!!! The Meraglim
wanted to keep THEIR jobs so they spoke bad about THE HOLY LAND!!!! It
should have been HASHEM WANTS TO GO SO LETS GO!!!! Their assembly was
NOT lshem shamayim, and it caused them to speak Lashon Hara which
caused them to die strange painful deaths!!!!

The gemara tells us that when a group of people who are not Lshem
Shamayim convene they do not only hurt themselves but they hurt
everyone! and when a group gathers lshem shamayim it isnt only good
for them but for the WHOLE WORLD!!

"Al Tikre Banaich ela Bonayich" - LETS BUILD LSHEM SHAMAYIM!!!!!! When
we go and do something Lshem Shamayim we cause awesome good for
ourselves and for many others! If we build a shul we build good for
ourselves now and for future generations!!! We build when we go visit
a sick person or do something nice for someone! PLEASE GO OUT AND HELP
KLAL YISRAEL LSHEM SHAMAYIM!!!! SHOW HASHEM YOU CARE ABOUT HIM AND HIS
AWESOME CHILDREN!!!!

Hashem should shower us ALL with brachot bechinam AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!

-Daniel Hadar

An Amazing Gift

Holy Jews:

Ani Ledodi Vdodi Li=ELUL IS HERE!!!!!
During the year Hashem is in his castle, but on Elul he comes out to
us. Kabbalah explains that Rosh Hashana, Aseret Yimay Teshuva and Yom
Kippur is a GREAT LIGHT. And just like when we are in the dark of our
houses and we walk outside and the sun is shining strongly we must
adjust because the change is drastic, we need some time to get adjust
before we enter the great light, and that is what Elul is for. We must
start working now, so we can be ready when the light comes.

Our father in heaven who wants to always see us succeed gave us the
greatest present EVER and that is Teshuva. This is the Yetzer Hara's
worst enemy. The Yetzer Hara works for hours days weeks months years
do get us to do avairot and in one moment we can erase it!!! This is
the power of Teshuva!

In Parashat Beraishit we read that Kayin had a great idea to give
Hashem a gift, so he took his worst fruit and gave it to Hashem. His
brother Hevel copied him, but brought his best animals and Hashem
accepted Hevel's but not Kayin's. After this happened Kayin got very
depressed. Hashem came to Kayin and told him something that most
therapists and parents dont say because they are too busy blaming it
on everyone else! Hashem said Kayin you screwed up!!! BUT that is no
reason to be depressed, just FIX IT!!! Go and bring me another
korban!! So you didnt hit the first basket in basketball that is no
reason to give up try again! Babe Ruth missed his first ball and didnt
hit a home run but he didnt give up he kept trying so he can succeed!
etc....Hashem told Kayin realize that if you stay depressed this will
bring you to other avairot! The Yetzer Hara is sitting at your door!
But you have the power to overcome it!!!

There are two Yetzer Haras that try to get a person! The first one we
all know way too well its the one that tries every second to get us to
do bad and tries endlessly to get us not to do good! Come on go to the
movie with your friends do go learn!!!! So you say NO I am going to
learn! So you say to yourself ok I won!!! HAHA the yetzer hara says I
will get you dont worry! So your friends come back from the movie and
say WOW that was the MOST AMAZING movie I have ever seen it was
sooooooo cool!! Then the Yetzer Hara comes and says see I told you,
you missed out and you start to regret sitting and learning!!! THE
YETZER HARA JUST WON YOU JUST LOST YOUR LEARNING BECAUSE YOU REGRETED
IT!!!! WATCH OUT!! The Yetzer Hara is still not done lets say CHAS
VSHALOM BARMINAN he gets you to do an avaira Hashem has granted you a
beautiful gift of Teshuva and the Yetzer hara will do anything to make
sure you do NOT do teshuva! If you do Teshuva M'ahava on the video of
your life that time you sinned turns into a MITZVAH so if you ate not
kosher but you did Teshuva on the video it shows you washing for a
meal and making brachot and eating KOSHER FOOD and washing mayim
achronim and saying birchat hamazon!!! ITS AN AMAZING GIFT!!!

Hashem told Kayin you have the power to conquer the Yetzer hara if you
fail JUST TRY AGAIN!!!!!!!

The gemara asks a question if a Man who is a RASHA comes over to a
woman and says will you marry me on condition that I am a Tzaddik
Gamur..is the marriage kosher? So the Gemara tells us YES.....WAIT
WHAT!!!!!???? But he is a RASHA!! So the Gemara answers that at that
moment he could have done Teshuva in his heart and become a TZADIK
GAMUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(R' Wallerstein)

It doesnt matter who you are I DONT CARE if you go to hooka bars,
bars, clubs, hang out with girls, smoke, drink, mechalel shabat, are
not shomer negia, HASHEM SAYS OK SO YOU FAILED BUT TRY AGAIN!!!!! Do
not the let the Yetzer Hara tell you that you are too off to far away
to come back!! Realize the AMAZING WONDERFUL OUT OF THIS WORLD GIFT
Hashem gave you! If you smoked hooka in a bar with a girl while
touching her on shabat Hashem says do Teshuva M'ahava and in the video
of your life you will be sitting at your parent's table giving a dvar
torah!!!!

Rosh Hashana is coming and we must be prepared!!! We have a court case
in a month! Please do not just sit around and do NOTHING its a time
for change take upon yourself something to improve this year! Chacham
Mansour says that every Rosh Hashana we daven to Hashem and say
Zachrainu L'chayim Katvaiynu L'Chayim we beg for life but Hashem is
going to look at your past year and say ok if you improved from last
year then ok I will grant you another year to improve more but if we
did nothing from last year until this year and we are no better than
last year then why should Hashem keep us alive!!!!!??? We have a month
now to prove to Hashem that he should keep us alive!!!!

HASHEM SHOULD BLESS US ALL WITH A CHODESH FILLED WITH TORAH MITZVOT
GEMILUT CHASADIM AND TRUE GROWTH SO THAT WE CAN COME TO OUR COURT CASE
IN A MONTH AND SAY YOUR HONOR I HAVE IMPROVED SINCE LAST TIME I WAS
HERE! AMEN

Hashem should shower all of us with brachot bechinam amen!!!

-Daniel Hadar

We are all one nation!

To all you wonderful Jews from many different backrounds


Rabbi Beyda:


'' You are the sons of Hashem your G-d-- do not scratch the skin in
the way idol worshippers do"[Debarim 14, 1]

The Midrash explains the word "Titgodedu" [to scratch the skin until
blood flows] to be a reference to "formation of groups" from a similar
sounding word "agudah". What is the intention of the Midrash?

The story is told that the Hafetz Haim was once approached by a man
who complained to the great Sage, "Why is it that the Jewish people
have so many different ways to say our prayers to G-d? The Hassidim
sing and clap, the Europeans pray in the Ashkenazi style and the
Middle Eastern peoples pray in the Sephardic manner. Wouldn't it serve
G-d better if we all prayed in the same way?"

The Rabbi patiently replied, "You should actually be asking the Czar
of Russia this question. Why is it that the Czar has so many different
types of soldiers in his armies-- infantry, cavalry, sailors and air
force? Wouldn't it be better and more efficient to have just one type
of soldier in the Czar's troops? Wouldn't it be more efficient and
less troublesome to have one kind of uniform and the same equipment
for all of your servicemen?"

The proposal is, of course preposterous. Each type of soldier serves a
different purpose and can accomplish what the other cannot in order to
bring success to the Czar. Each branch of service needs its own
special equipment. The main thing is that at the end of the day
victory is secured.

As a people, our job is to serve G-d by revealing His desire for the
ethical and purposeful performance of human endeavors. Our army is
fighting against the forces of evil, dishonesty and immorality. Each
person was given different "weapons" with which to perform his or her
role in the "General's" strategy for ultimate victory. Each of us has
a job to do which is different than the others. We must never lose
sight of the fact that all of us are on the same team, the same army,
serving the same G-d with the same purpose.

As the Jewish people face crisis and siege in our Holy Land and as
Jews around the world face the enemy in his many guises we must all do
our best to support each other and do our part in the battle against
spiritual holocaust and physical annihilation.

We are one team.

Shabbat Shalom.

REMEMBER DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOUR PARENTS COME FROM IRAQ GERMANY
IRAN POLAND ISRAEL CANADA SYRIA FRANCE WE ARE ALL JEWS AND WE ALL HAVE
ONE GOAL TO SERVE HASHEM IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE SO INSTEAD OF
FOCUSING ON WHAT THE OTHER IS DOING LETS FOCUS ON OUR TASK AT HAND AND
DO WHAT WE CAN TO BRING MASHIACH TZIDKAINU! HASHEM LOVES US ALL
EQUALLY AND HE WANTS US TO DO THE SAME! SO FIND SOMEONE WHO COMES FROM
A DIFFERENT BACKROUND THAN YOU AND BEFRIEND HIM OR HER DO SOMETHING
NICE FOR THEM! AND IN THIS ZECHUT WE SHOULD BE ZOCHE TO SEE THE
BUILDING OF THE THIRD AND FINAL BEIT HAMIKDASH! AMEN HASHEM SHOULD
SHOWER US ALL EVERY JEW INCLUDED WITH BRACHOT BECHINAM AMEN!

Bracha Vhatzlacha Rabbah Bechinam


Daniel Hadar

Beware Envy Can Kill

To Hashem's Wonderful Children!:
Rabbi Ozeri:
"Lo Tachmod" - Do not Envy.
How can you tell a person not to feel something? I understand do not
steal or do not lie! Those are ACTIONS!

The Ibn Ezra says that a person must realize that the things that your
neighbor has were bestowed on him by Hashem, and you have to know that
they are inaccessable to you! He brings a parable for to understand
this. A peasant who wants to get married doesnt even think about the
princess as an option because that is such a farfetched idea that it
doesnt even enter into his mind the same applies to your neighbors
property it should be that farfetched for you to want what he has!

Desiring your friend's property is a lack of Emunah in Hakadosh
Baruchu! Do not misunderstand this, you are allowed to want a
beautiful wife and a nice car and a nice house, but you are NOT
allowed to want your FRIEND'S beautiful wife and nice car and nice
house!

Rav Samson Refael Hirsch says that "Lo Tachmod" is only a law that a
divine law maker can give! and only Hashem can ask you to sanctify
your thoughts and if you try to Hashem will help you!

Chacham Kaduri Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh LBracha lived until he was 112,
It says that jealousy will remove you from this world! They say that
Chacham Kaduri was never jealous of anyone and that is why he merited
to live so long!

The Ramchal writes in Mesilat Yesharim, that jealousy is a lack of
reason and foolishness!!!!!!!!! The guy who is jealous gains nothing
by being jealous and the guy who you are jealous of loses nothing! It
says in I'yov that jealousy kills the fool!!!!!!!

The Gemara in Shabat says that Yaakov gave Yoseph Hatzadik a colored
coat and this caused the brothers to be jealous of Yoseph! A parent
should never favor one child over the other, because it will cause the
others to be jealous! The jealousy over the coat caused the Avot to
have to go down to Mtizrayim and eventually an entire nation had to be
enslaved for TWO HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jealousy is HORRIBLE but breeding jealousy is even worse!!! NEVER
should a parent tell a child that your brother is better or why arent
you more like your sister!!!!! YOU ARE KILLING YOUR CHILD BY DOING
THIS!!!!!!!!!!

There is a story of Rav Nachum Zev Sieff, he was once asked to speak
at a gathering and he was the second on the list to speak! To say the
least bit the first guy left much to be desired, so when it was time
for Rav Nachum to speak he said he wasnt feeling well and he could not
speak. On the way home his daughter asked him Dad I know and you know
that you are not sick whats up!!!!!? What is going on? So he told her
if I spoke then the people would have compared both me and the person
who spoke before me and I would have gotten a lot of Kavod and I do
not want to get Kavod through someone else's humiliation!!!!!

The HOLY Baal Shem Tov says Ve'ahavta Lerayacha Kamocha "KAMOCHA"!!!
Everyone loves themselves despite their flaws! The same MUST apply to
your friend you must love him despite the fact that he has flaws!!!

There is a story of the Satmar Rebbe, He used to give out money once a
week. He would collect money from his chasidim and one day a week poor
people would line up and tell the Rebbe their story and the Rebbe
would decide how much to give them one day a man walked in and said my
wife is sick I am sick my kids are about to get kicked out of yeshiva
we are about to get kicked out of our home, after hearing this the
Rebbe gave him everything that was left! After hearing this the
chasidim told the Rebbe that this guy is a liar and he does this in
every town he goes through! So the Rebbe started to dance! The
chasidim a bit confused asked the Rebbe what is going on shouldnt we
chase after him??? So the Rebbe answered them it was worth all that
money to find out that someon in Klal Yisrael is not
suffering!!!!!!!!!

Rabbi Herman used to have many people in his house for shabat and one
shabat a guy was there and he tasted the Cholent and it wasnt to his
liking so he walked over to Rabbi Herman and dumped it all over the
Rabbi, so the Rabbi ran after him and grabbed him and instead of
screaming at him for what he just did! He told him we have a different
type of cholent in the house come and try that one! THIS IS WHAT YOU
CALL VEAHAVTA LERAYACHA KAMOCHA!!!!!!!!!

The Ramban says that if you fulfill Ve'ahavta Lerayacha Kamocha you
will not be jealous of another person's good fortune!!!!!

Rav Yohonatan Aibshitz says that if a guy goes to a rabbi and asks him
a shaila about Kashrut lets say if a certain cow is kosher and the
rabbi says no the guy accepts the psak! But if the same guy goes to
the same rabbi with a litigant and the rabbi rules in the other guy's
favor the guy goes nuts even though with the cow he lost 2000 dollars
and with this case he lost 100 dollars because no one gains if the cow
isnt kosher but here someone else won!!!!

Elisha's greatest student Gechazi didnt let any other student become
close with Elisha because he was afraid that someone else would steal
his number one spot and this is why it says that he did not have a
chelek in olam haba!!!

To stay away from jealousy first of all we must not flaunt what we
have! secondly practice Ese Hu Asheer Hasameach Bechelko we have to be
satisfied if Hashem wanted us to have more he would have given us
more!

The only time a person is allowed to be jealous is in Ruchniut! If you
are jealous because the other guy has finished 3 mesechtot and almost
finished his 4th and because another guy has conquered his midot this
is ok and allowed! Rav Yehuda Hanassi says that envy over a mitzvah
will increase your Mitzvot!!!!!!!

-Daniel Hadar

PLEASE SHOW APPRECIATION

To Hashem's Creations Who Appreciate Him
Rabbi Wallerstein:

On the third day of Creation Hashem created greens and trees etc.
Hashem waited until Man was created so that he can daven to Hashem for
rain and appreciate what Hashem gave.

Chesed Olam Yibane

The Maharal M'Prague says that if a guy is starving, but you know that
if you would give him food he would NOT appreciate it you are NOT
allowed to give him food and you should let him die!!!!!

Creating a relationship is building...Hashem Created this world so
that we would build a relationship with him. Hashem is the one that
gives and all he wants back from us is that we daven to give and
appreciate what he gives us. Just say THANK YOU!!! If you give someone
something and he does not say thank you that is a disconnection! The
Zohar writes that when Adam Harishon was created all the crops and
trees that were created on the third day were under the surface and
Hashem waited until Man was created so that Man can daven and bring
the rain and appreciate it! When Adam was created there was someone to
build a connection with Hashem!

Every Tisha B'av we DESTROY the Beit Hamikdash again! This is because
if we would have done what we were supposed to it would have been
built! The Beit Hamikdash was Bnei Yisrael's connection with Hashem
and the problem was that they got used to it! Every Tisha B'av we
destroy the Beit Hamikdash because we do not appreciate what Hashem
does for us and we do not work to strengthen our relationship with
him!

A child who does not have Kivud Av v'Em will eventually be
disconnected from Hashem! Why? Because your parents are people who you
can see what they do for you...they changed your diapers....stayed up
nights when you were sick....taught you how to read...etc!!!!! If you
cannot appreciate your parents who you CAN SEE how can you appreciate
Hashem that you do NOT SEE!!!!!?

The Midrash in Eicha says that Hashem CRIES for us not to look at him
as a G-d but to look at him as our Avodah Zara!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look
at him as you look at your tv's dvd's movies cars girls cellphones
computers games clubs casinos clothing yankees jets knicks
food!!!!!!!!!! I NEED TO HAVE THE BEST CLOTHING EVER YOU WALK INTO
SAKS CAN I HAVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE NICEST BEST TIE SUIT SHOES EVER!!!!
BUT 5 MINUTES LATER WE GO TO THE SEFARIM STORE AND SAY CAN I HAVE THE
CHEAPEST MEZUZA!!!!! HASHEM ASKS US PLEASE LOOK AT ME AS YOU LOOK AT
YOUR AVODAH ZARA!!!! YOU WATCH TWO HOUR MOVIES AND SOMETIMES A FEW AT
A TIME CAN YOU PLEASE HASHEM BEGS US PLEASE LEARN A GEMARA FOR THAT
PLEASE!!!!!! LEARN A MIDRASH, SOME GEMARA, SOME MUSSAR!!!!!!!
PLEASE!!!!! YOU SPEND HOURS AT A SPORTS GAME AND STAY UNTIL THE VERY
END BUT YOU RUN OUT OF DAVENING HASHEM BEGS US PLEASE I KNOW YOU
CANNOT SEE ME BUT ATLEAST GIVE ME AS MUCH AS YOU GIVE YOUR AVODAH
ZARA!!!!!!!

We cannot give Hashem anything back the least we can do for all the
AMAZING things he gave us is build a connection with him!!!! Daven to
him appreciate what he does!!! If you are NOT connected there is no
reason for you to be here and for the world to be here!!!!!!

Lets start showing appreciation for the things we can see now like our
parents spouses friends and in that zechut we should be zoche Bezrat
Hashem Yishtabach Shemo L'ad to the building of the third and final
Beit Hamikdash where we will be able to see the Shechina! Lets help
build the symbol of our appreciation for Hashem!!!!!!
-Daniel Hadar

The Surface!

To all Jews:
Rabbi Wallerstein

The Ahavat Chaim tells a beautiful parable of a fish under the sea to
open our eyes to the life of the world to come. There is an old fish
under the sea and he gathers all the younger fish and tells them, all
the way up, at the surface of the water is a world where there are
things called humans and they are beings with no fins or scales and
they can breathe without water, and if you go up there they have nets
to catch you and eat you. They will take you and grind, fry, cook,
bake and broil you to eat! There is a thing called the sun, and it
gives light to the world. The younger fish look at this older fish and
think that he has no idea what he is talking about. He tries to warn
then, and he tells them that he almost got caught but was lucky enough
to escape they might not be that lucky! They all look at him like what
are you saying old man! So a group of the fish decide that they are
going to be cool and go up, while a select few decide to listen to the
old fish and say to themselves he must know what he is talking about
and that is how he got to be this old. So the fish go up and when they
reach the surface in a split second they see everything the old man
was talking about they are caught into a net they look up and see the
sun beaming down on them and see these strange creatures who can
breather above water....OOPS.....the old man was right....can we have
one more chance? This is the way it is for us on this world. We are
told by rabbis and read in sepharim about a world where there is no
physicality only spirituality there are no steaks or tvs or clubs or
bars or movies or prada or gucci or football or basketball or cars or
nice houses or money! WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY RABBI! Yea right there is no
way that can be....and many decide not to listen to the old fish and
go to the surface and when they get there in one split second they
realize that all the Rabbis were right and they see a world with only
spirituality and no physicality! Realize that you might not be able to
see everything on this world, wont have the opportunity to see every
movie and go to every party or sports event but like the old fish you
will live a full long life!

When the fisherman tries to get the fish to come to the surface he
uses bait and some fish nibble at the bait until they eventually just
bite it all and get hooked! Some just go right for it and get hooked
immediately! Realize the bait is our Yetzer Hara it dangles the movies
the clubs the drinks the weed all the bad stuff in front of us and
some of us nibble a bit we will only go to the club once oh Rabbi I
dont usually go but its my friends birthday....only one drink......but
eventually that one time turns into every weekend and maybe even every
night! Some of us just jump right in and find out too late that it was
bait! When you think you need something you have to be very careful
you probably arent supposed to have that thing that you think you
"need" and you must be careful to know who is holding the fishing rod!
-Daniel Hadar

5 Buidling Blocks To Success

To all Jews:
Rav Shimshon Pincus Zt'l

The Sefer Yetzira's Five Building Blocks for Success in Life.

1) "When you look up far you see a flash of lighting" Everyone is
inspired to do great things, and to be a great person, but many times
what we want is too great for us to reach. Most people give up if they
see that their goals are too difficult to reach. What the Sefer
Yetzira is telling us is that this is wrong of us, do not give up
catch a flash of lighting. A woman gets a phone call from a friend and
she knows that this friend is definitely going to tell her Lashon
hara, and when she answers her friend says "Do you know what so and so
did today" and this woman not wanting to hear Lashon Hara says listen
you will have to tell me later I have a cake in the oven I will call
you tommorow morning. At that moment she thinks to herself, who am I
kidding I am not great Tzadeket I am not able to NEVER speak Lashon
Hara so what is the point I will listen to the story! This a grave and
devastating mistake! If you realize never to speak Lashon Hara is
greatness, realize that once not to speak Lashon Hara is a flash of
greatness! If you cannot catch it all catch a flash!

The great Tzadik from Yerushalayim Rav Bengus used to finish shas
every four months, and when he would finish he would make a siyum. One
time he finished shas and made a siyum, and two weeks later he made
another siyum. His students asked him Rebbe did you finish shas in two
weeks? So the Rabbi answered no, but this is what happened, two weeks
ago when I made a siyum was from my regular seder that I learn every
day. He told them but today is different, he said I am Rabbi and am
invited to many Brisim and Weddings, and many times I have to wait for
the baby or chatan to come, so during those five or ten minutes I
learn and with all those five and ten minutes I finished Shas!!!! This
is what is called flashes of Greatness! If you finish Shas its
greatness, if you finish a daf a perek a meshechta its flashes of
greatness!!!!

2) "How far they go is endless" Sometimes we do not do things because
they are viewed in our eyes as too small. Hashem is the greatest of
all, and in his eyes nothing is too great or too small. Hashem
involves himself in every little detail. When it comes to our lives
realize that there is nothing too small for us, Hashem sees it all.
A mother is in the kitchen and her child walks and asks her for a
drink, and she pours some syrup and water into a cup and hands it to
him. Now this is not the end of the world he will probably drink the
water and at the end it might be very sweet but he will live. But the
mother had the power to make it taste a bit better, by mixing it, and
this would have been viewed as a mitzvah in Hashem's eyes. There is
nothing too small for Hashem.
A great Rabbi used to walk in the streets and when he would see spit
on the groud he would grind it in with his foot, to make sure that the
next person who would walk by would not get disgusted.
There is a story of a Rav from Switzerland who went to Yeshiva in
Ponevech. This Rav sent a letter and an airline ticket to another Rav
who he went to Yeshiva with, but wasn't very close with. The Rav who
received the letter and the ticket, was a bit surprised and decided to
call the other Rav to find out what it was about. So the Rav from
Switzerland told him, that when he was in Yeshiva he was not very
matzliach and that he was planning on dropping out of Yeshiva and
going home. On the day he was going to go to the travel agent, he was
about to walk out of the Yeshiva and this Rabbi walked over to him and
fixed his collar. A tiny thing, but this tiny minute action, told the
then bachur from Switzerland that he was worth something and someone
noticed him and eventually he became a great Rabbi. Many years later
when his first child was getting married he still remembered this tiny
action and it still had an affect on him! You have no idea, and never
fathom the affect that a smile a nice word a good morning can do for
another person. There is nothing too small for Hashem and there should
not be anything too small for you either.

3) "When Hashem talks to them he goes back and forth" When Hashem
gives brachot he gives it like lightening he gives and pulls back.
Things can go well for a while and then just stop. There are good days
and bad days.
Our connection to Hashem is through Tefilla, and this is what brings
good into the world. The Nefesh Hachaim says that if there would be
one moment that no one was learning Torah the world would END!!
The Sepharim tell us that this is the reason that Hashem created Time
Zones so that there would NEVER be a moment with no Torah! Rav Aaron
Kutler used to sit down and learn after Tisha B'av and Yom Kippur
because he said everyone is sitting and eating someone needs to keep
up the world!

If you would have one moment that everybody in the world was happy the
world would be destroyed! This is because at this moment no one would
be crying to Hashem. The Gemara says that for a drop of rain to come
down from Shamayim two drops have to come up from Earth! If you are
not crying to Hashem your neshama leaves you and Hashem takes all the
good away from you.  When Hashem gives you the trick is continue to
ask for more. If you have money or health daven for your friend or
family member to get it to!!!!!!!

Women have the power because they are always in pain, so they can
always cry to Hashem. The Gemara says that all the gates were closed
after the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash except the Gate of Tears.
CRY TO HASHEM! When a woman sheds a tear she is holding up the world.
We all daven on Yom Kippur and scream to Hashem and there are some
women who have to stay home and watch the kids and they sit at home
and cry, it is because of their tears that our tefillot get
answered!!!!!!! Their tears are the key to open the gate!!!!!

4) "To Hashem's words they run like a storm wind" Get EXCITED!!!!! If
you have an opportunity to do a mitzvah do it with excitment!!!! A
mother who packs a lunch for her child before he goes off to Yeshiva
or a wife who makes dinner for her husband who is learning should be
more excited than the Kohen who goes to the Kodesh Kedashim! They are
SUPPORTING TORAH!!!!!!!!!!! They should do it with excitement,
enthusiasm, elation, joy and exhilaration.

5) "When they reach to his thrown they bow down" Imagine a guy who
reached all these four levels, and is now at the Kise Hakavod! Do not
be proud be very careful beware of Gayva(Pride, Haughtiness) When
Yechezkel saw all those amazing things, instead of standing tall and
with his head up proudly he said VePol Al Ponay!!! He fell on his
face.
The Pasuk says Veetchanan el Hashem, shouldnt it be Vetpallel el
Hashem? Rashi answers and says that Tzadikim ask Hashem like they are
not deserving. Rabbi Tauber says that "Because" he is a tzadik is the
reason he asks like that.

There is a story of a man who was extremely wealthy. The man was worth
10 million dollars in assets. People came to him and told him that
there are Jews stuck somewhere and he has the power to save them by
bribing the king. So he sells all his assets and saves 100,000 Jews.
Now he has nothing, there are two ways he can ask Hashem 1) Hashem I
saved your children cant you atleast give me a piece of bread. 2)
Hashem I love you, you are the Greatest, you gave me such an amazing
zechut of saving 100,000 Jews!!! I owe you NOTHING, but as a favor for
free can you please give me a piece of bread to eat!!!

When you do a big mitzvah do NOT say look Hashem "I" did a great
mitzvah but you should realize that Hashem gave you the zechut to do
that Mitzvah!!! He owes you NOTHING! If you ask him for a free one and
not say because I "DESERVE" then the level of Bracha that you will get
is endless!!!
Moshe Rabainu was in Shamayim and saw the reward that people get if
they do chessed and that of keeping Shabat etc and then he saw a huge
pile and asked Hashem what is that? Hashem told him that is what I
give for people who ask for free!!!! Humble yourself in front of the
Borai Olam and he will shower with Brachot!!!
-Daniel Hadar

AN UNIMAGINABLE LOSS

Holy Jews:
Rabbi Wallerstein:

A Child mourns the death of a parent for a year.
A Parent mourns the death of a child for 30 days.
A spouse mourns the death of a spouse for 30 days.

The reason that this is so is that a parent or spouse do not need a
reminder to remember that they lost their loved one. A parent will
NEVER forget the death of a child. A spouse will never forget that
their loved one because every time they go to bed alone they will be
reminded of their loss everytime they sit at the table alone they will
feel the pain of their loss! A child on the other hand needs a
reminder to remember the pain of losing a parent, (this might be
because it is expected for a child to eventually lose a parent.)

We are now in a period of mourning the destruction of Hashem's house,
and many other tragic events. During this time (for Ashkenazim 3 weeks
and the nine days and for Sephardim 9 days for meat and Shavua she
chalbo for the rest) we refrain from pleasures to show that we feel
Hashem's pain. We can never really feel Hashem's pain so the things we
do are symbolic of his pain.

The Dubne Maggid brings a beautiful Mashal for us to understand the
importance of mourning and feeling Hashem's pain. There was a King who
was expelled from his thrown and castle and put into exile. The new
King who the people thought would be better was worse and the people
started to see their mistake and wanted the old king back. So they
sent a wise man to the old king to tell him to come back. The wise man
told the King that his people wanted him back. The King said MY
PEOPLE!!!!!THEY EXILED ME!!! After some convincing the wise man
convinced the King to dress up like a pauper and walk through the
towns and see if people were mourning the loss of their king and if
this was so he was willing to come back! So the first town they go to
the king and the wise man see that they are playing soccer and not at
all mourning, the second town they were playing basketball, the third
in a tavern drinking etc. The King said see they do not miss me they
are all happy. So the wise man said ok lets go back to the town where
your castle was and if they are crying about the destruction would you
come back? So the King agreed. When they got to the site of the King's
old castle that was in ruins they saw people posing for pictures in
front of it!!!! Hashem understands that we cannot stop our lives and
just cry over the destruction of his temple, and he knows that we can
never feel the pain he feels we are children who lost a father he is a
father that lost a chld there is no comparison! He asks us to please
atleast do the actions that symbolize that we know Hashem is in pain!

A father is in the hospital and his son is in surgery and the doctor
comes out and tells the father your son has passed! The pain the
father feels is unimaginable, horrific! A couple of minutes later the
doctor walks out and says WE GOT A HEARTBEAT!!!!!! The simcha, joy and
happiness that the father feels is out of this world! When the father
was going through the horrific news of his son dying the person who
was there and cried with him and gave him a shoulder to cry on is
going to be the one that has the privilige to be there and join in the
ecstasy that the father feels when the doctor comes out and says that
they got a heartbeat and is probably going to be the first one the
father hugs! Now realize that now Hashem is in pain the doctor has
just came out and told him that his child has died and the same
applies here the people who are going to be there during the hard and
tragic times and are there to cry with Hashem will be the people who
have the right and privilige to be there during the happy times when
the doctor comes out and says WE GOT A HEARTBEAT!!!!!! Hashem not some
mekubal or great rabbi HASHEM HIMSELF made us a promise that if we cry
over the destruction of his temple he promises us that we will be
there at the rebuilding of the Third and Final one! We can never feel
the pain of the father who lost his child, Hashem knows that, all he
asks is for us to do the symbolic stuff to show we acknowledge that
Hashem is in pain! He doesn't ask us for much and even that some
people try to get away from, trying to find ways to shave for a
meeting, or purposely making siyumim on the 9 days so they can eat
meat! Hashem lost a child and you worry about not eating meat for NINE
DAYS!!!!! Hashem has not been able to rebuid his home for 2000 YEARS
and you cry about not being able to shave!!!!!!!!

We should be zoche to cry with Hashem now so we can be there to smile
and rejoice with Hashem at the building of the Third and Final Beit
Hamikdash!!! AMEN
-Daniel Hadar

Torah and Tefilla: The power to change worlds!

To all Jews:
Rav Shimshon Pincus Ztk'l

Yishayahu says that our thoughts and impressions are the opposite of
the Borai Olam's. Even though we have Tzelem Elokim.
We are attracted to wealthy, good looking, powerful, smart people. We
have an appreciation for greatness.
And we have a dislike for lowly poor and small people.
And we try our hardest to attach ourselves to great smart wealthy
powerful people.

Hashem is the exact opposite, Hashem puts his shechina in the poorest
and lowest people. When Hashem sees someone in trouble he runs to
them!

The Gemara tells us that on this world, we should dress up when we go
to meet people because then people will respect and listen to us.

Chazal tell us there are three types of tefillot:
1) Tefilla L'David...Singing of all of Klal Yisrael, David Hamelech
had the Neshama of all of Klal Yisrael
2) Tefilla L'Moshe: Moshe Davened powerfully and Hashem to tell the
Malachim to run to close the shaarei tefilla because his tefillot were
coming up like a sword and ripping through everything.
3) Tefilla L'ani Ki Yatov...When a poor person davens Hashem says put
all the others aside a poor person is crying to me and I want to hear!

Many of us believe that we can change little things with our tefillot
and this is mainly why many of us have Kavana at the begining of the
Amida, but when it comes to the big things such as bringing the Geula
we do not believe that we have the power or that our tefillot have the
power.

WARNING THIS STORY IS ONLY TOLD TO BRING OUT THE POINT OF HOW POWERFUL
TEFILLA IS PLEASE DO NOT GET UPSET ABOUT THE OTHER DETAILS. The
Brisker Rav viewed the creation of the state of Israel as a tragedy,
and when it was created said that now we have 71 nations. He said that
it is possible that such a huge thing happened because one wayward Jew
davened with kavana for it to happen!
We have to believe that our Tefillot are powerful...it says that our
thoughts and Hashem's are different...because if they were the same we
would understand what Hashem knows and that is that Hashem values our
tefillot and that our tefillot have enormous power!

David Hamelech asked Hashem, You created a world with constellations
and stars, and who is the human being that you would remember him? and
not only that you take a spec of dust who wallows in the mud(the human
being) and make him like a G-d! And Hashem answers him that this is my
world and this is the way of my world! We think that one page of
gemara, one kapital tehilim, one amida is worthless, but we must
realize that in Hashem's world these things can change worlds!

The Ri'vid brings down l'Halacha that in a tzibur a person can daven
in any langauge because the Shechina is there!
The Shulchan Aruch writes Halachically today Hospitals are our Beit
Hamikdash because that is where the Shechina rests!

To learn alittle bit and to learn a lot is the same thing- Eliyahu Hanavi
The Zohar writes that learning a word of Torah is grasping on to
Hashem, and if one word is grabbing on to Hashem, how can there be
more Ein Zof than Ein Zof? So Eliyahu Hanavi tells us that yes
mathematically that is correct, but in regards to Torah it is possible
to do this world changing earth shaddering action over and over again,
with every word of Torah! Every word of Torah, Kapital Tehilim, Amida,
can change worlds and can cure sick people, fix marriages, fix
financial problems, find a single person his zivug and also bring the
Geula!

Every Tefilla puts a brick up to build the Beit Hamikdash, The Zohar
writes that on Rosh Hashana we have to daven for the Geula Shelaima
and not for our personal needs, and if we do this we become friends
with Hashem and he will take care of our personal needs!

A great way to daven: Hashem I understand that the pain I am in or my
family or friend is in is for my benefit but Hashem I do not want you
to be in pain seeing your child suffering. If we care for Hashem's
needs and feelings he will care about ours!

Avraham tiken Shacharit, Yitzchak Tiken Minha, Yaakov Tiken Arvit!
A man sees another man throw a steel rod at a wall and the wall
explodes! So he takes a steel rod and tries to do the same thing,
unfortuantely his attempt didnt succeed and afterward he was informed
that the first man had dynamite in his rod! When we daven we have the
Zechut of the Av who metaken that Tefilla in our tefillot! And every
word of Torah is infused with Hashem's Dynamite! We must realize the
Power of our tefillot and our Torah! If there was a moment where there
was either no Torah or no Tefilla the world would be destroyed!

Hashem wants our Tefillot and if we do not daven, then Hashem has to
bring suffering in to the world for us to daven! Lets daven first so
Hashem doesnt have to put us in pain to make us daven!

The Dubne Maggid gives a mashal for us to understand how to get to the
point where we love to daven and learn torah! There was a poor man
who's wealthy uncle was making a wedding, so the man was all excited
that he was going to get to go to the fancy wedding and eat all that
amazing food, and when he looked out of his window he saw the uncle's
servants going from house to house inviting everyone but they were not
coming to his house, finally he thought to himself, I guess I am not
invited to the wedding and sat down to eat some bread and onions.
Shortly after he was done there was a knock on the door and it was the
servants telling him that he was invited to the wedding. When he went
there he saw all that amazing food, and when he was asked how the food
is he said it all tastes like onions so they told him that, that is
because he ate onions before he came! To enjoy learning and davening
we must wash our mouths out of the taste of onions(all the trash that
we fill our minds with) and then we will be able to taste the amazing
food(the torah and tefilla)!!!!
-Daniel Hadar

Interesting Story Great Mussar

I heard a great story that gave me amazing mussar from Rav Yosef
Viener, A Jewish guy is working for this Italian guy and around 4pm
the Italian guy walks into the Jewish guy's office and asks did you
daven mincha? so the Jewish guy was surprised! after a couple of days
the Jewish guy asks his non Jewish boss how do you even know what
Mincha is? So the Italian boss tells him that he has many Jewish
clients and it doesnt matter if they are during a meeting during the
afternoon especially in the winter they get up and go daven mincha! so
it must be extremely important! A couple of week's went by and the
boss saw that the guy was on the phone and its 425 so he asks him did
you daven Mincha yet so the guy says not yet...so the NON Jewish boss
tells him hang up the phone and go daven Mincha! So this Jew is in
shock so he asks his boss I understand that you learned from your
clients what Mincha is but why are you pushing me to go so he answers
I learned that Mincha is very important even to walk out of a business
meeting and I know that when you come up and G-d is going to ask you
if you davened Mincha and if you dont go you are going to tell G-d
that you didnt go because I made you work I do NOT want that on my
shoulders now go daven mincha!!!!!!!!!

First of all look at the impact the other business men who left the
meeting to go daven had on the non jew and look at the off springs of
their actions that they have no idea happened! and look how sad it is
that a NON JEW understands that importance of davening more than some
Jews!!!!! We should be zoche to take the mussar of this non jew to
heart and realize how important it is to daven!!!!!

Bracha Vhatzlacha Rabbah



Daniel Hadar

Price of Mitzvot

To all you holy Jews.
Rabbi Wallerstein
Moshe Rabainu was scared to face Og Melech Habashan. The reason he was
scared was due to the fact that Og had a Zechut from helping Avraham
Avinu by telling him about his nephew Lot. Og did this because he
thought when Avraham Avinu would go to save Lot he would get killed
and then Og can have Avraham's wife Sarah. Og Melech Habashan got such
a zechut that scared Moshe for doing something for the wrong reasons.
Al Achat Kama V'Kama what zechar we should get when we do something
for the correct reasons. Imagine how you treat your parents.
Everything they do for you is to look out for your best interest, and
most of us do not even begin to understand and fathom how much they
really do for us, because if we would calculate how much they really
did for us we would never have the time, money or possilbility to
really pay them back. This the reason that the Shulchan Aruch has such
strict halachot in regards to Kivud Av V'em. When dealing with your
parents realize how much you really owe them, and if Og was granted
such a zechut that scared Moshe Rabainu for doing something for the
wrong reason imagine how much we owe our parents who do things for us
for the right reasons. Is it that much for them to ask us for a bit of
respect!

The Midrash Rabbah asks how did someone such Balak merit to have a
descendent such as David Hamelech and eventually Mashiach come out of
him? Balak paid Bilam to curse the Jews, but in the end the curse
turned out to be a blessing. Due to the fact that Balak paid for
someone to bless the Jews even though he originally wanted to curse
the Jews, Hashem looks at the end results and saw that Balak was the
reason the Jews were blessed. Hashem had Hakarat Hatov for Balak and
blessed him with a descendent who will eventually be Mashiach! Look at
the Hakarat Hatov that Hashem has for a total Rasha, who intended to
curse the Jews! Imagine how much Hakarat Hatov we must have for people
who do good things for us, and actuall intend to do us good.

To prevent the rest of the nations of the world to say at the end of
days, that the reason they didn't accept the Torah and act like the
Jews was because they did not have someone like Moshe Rabainu. So
Hashem gave them Bilam who had equal power to Moshe. Bilam wanted to
curse the Jews and the first night he wanted to do this Hashem told
him not to. The next night that Bilam came to Hashem and told him that
he was going to curse the Jews, Hashem told him ok. What happened to
change Hashem's mind. The reason Bilam was able to curse the Jews was
because he knew the exact moment that Hashem gets upset and if he
would curse the Jews at that moment Hashem would be forced to destroy
the Jews. So at first Hashem was so to speak scared, and that is why
the first night he told Bilam not to curse the Jews. When Balak sent
messengers to Bilam to tell him to curse the Jews, Bilam said if Balak
would give me a house full of gold and a house full of silver I would
not curse the Jews. What Bilam was telling Balak was that for the
right price he would be willing to curse the Jews. This is why Hashem
was not as worried the second night, because once Bilam named a price
to curse the Jews, it was not L'shem Shamayim and did not have the
same power as it the night before. There is a story of a boy who is
rabbi asked him to go daven Mincha and for months the boy refused one
day the rabbi offered the boy one hundred dollars to daven so the boy
said ok and went with the rabbi to daven mincha when he came out the
rabbi said ok he is your hundred dollars, and the boy refused to take
the money. The rabbi was surprised and asked what happened? So the boy
answered now that I actually davened mincha I am not selling my Mincha
to you for 100 dollars that means that is all that my mincha is worth!
Once we put a price on something we are saying that, that is all it is
worth in our eyes. Realize this next time you do a mitzvah or do
something for someone else if you are doing it to receive something in
return then what you are receiving in return is the price of that
action that you did. I will only put on Tefillin if the Rabbi gives me
100 dollars that means in Shamayim everytime you put on Tefillin all
they have to give you in return is 100 dollars and you lose the real
reward! Bilam put a price on his curse so it wasnt as poweful anymore.
-Daniel Hadar

Gehenoim on Earth

The Ben Ish Hai brings down the Sha'ar Ma'amare Rashbi in Parashat
Noach, that when we ask Hashem to save us from Gehenoim in the Brachot
in the morning, that a person can be judged in Gehenoim while still on
this world alive! He is judged as follows: When he does an avaira, he
drags a part of his Neshama into Gehenoim, this happens little by
little, as he falls deeper into avairot, until eventually, all the
various portions of his Neshama are in Gehenoim! This is why in the
Gemara Brachot Daf yud tet amud bet evil doers are referred to as
being dead, even though they appear to be physically alive!!!!! The
Neshama's connection with Hashem has been cut off! as we find
explicitly in the Torah examples(Vayikra 7:20, 7:27, 18:29, 19:8,
22:3, 23:29, Bamidbar 9:13, 15:30, 19:20) HOW CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Bracha Vhatzlacha Rabbah!!!!


Daniel Hadar
 

Emunah VBitachon

To all you wonderful people:
Rabbi Mansour:
Emunah: Rav Shimon Schwab Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh Lbracha says that
Emunah does NOT mean to believe! He says that to believe is not
enough! Emunah is total conviction that there is a G-d and he is
managing the world and everything in it.

To understand how meticulous the Borai Olam is and to proof that there
must be a creator. The distance between the North Pole and the Equator
is 4000 miles and the difference in temperature between them is 95
degrees. The sun is 95 million miles away from earth. Now imagine if
the sun was 4000 miles closer to earth Miami which is 80 degrees would
be 175 degrees the world would BURN. Now imagine if the sun was 4000
miles further New York would be -95 degrees and the world would
freeze!

Water unlike every other element expands when it freezes. Imagine the
sea if the water would just get tighter the first layer would freeze
and drop to the bottom and this would keep happening until the entire
sea froze! Hashem in his infinite wisdom made it that the first layer
is light enough that it does not fall and stays as an insulator so
that the sea animals wouldnt die!!!!!!

Bitachon- Is NOT that we have trust in Hashem that we have to do
NOTHING! Bitachon is the understanding that whatever we DO is because
of Hashem. Even though we are doing we must realize its from Hashem.
David Hamelech went out and fought and killed his enemies but he
understood that it was all from Hashem and that is why from all the
four kings he had the greatest Bitachon!

A person can have Emunah but not have Bitachon!
A person is in trouble and when you ask him how he is holding up he
will tell you BEZRAT HASHEM YISHTABACH SHEMO L'AD EVERYTHING WILL WORK
OUT HASHEM WILL HELP! but this guy is scared! He has Emunah because he
says all the right things but he is scared and that is a lack of
Bitachon! The Pasuk says Henay Kel Yeshuati Evtach "VLO EVCHAD"!!!! If
one has true bitachon that Hashem is in charge and managing everything
then there is no reason to be scared! We should have serenity not
tranquility. Tranquility is not the way. Serenity is dealing with
life's problems without the headaches or loss of sleep!

During the War of Independence the Brisker Rav was sitting in his
apartment learning and his son came to him and told him its getting
dangerous lets go to the bomb shelter and calmly the Brisker Rav said
that all will be ok and that he will stay up in his room and continue
learning. After much convincing the son got the Rabbi to go downstairs
to the bomb shelter. After it was over they went upstairs and saw that
a shell had gone through the wall and landed on the Brisker Rav's
pillow. Seeing this the son told the Rabbi, see it was a good thing we
went downstairs! So the Brisker Rav said to his son NO its the other
way around because we went downstairs this happened, it would not have
happened if we would have stayed so its a bad thing that we went down
because we have to pay to fix the wall and my pillow!

When Esav and Yaakov were fighting it says that Yaakov was Scared and
Worried. the Midrash asks why the double lashon? The Da'at Zekainim
says that Yaakov was worried at the fact that he got scared! He
realized that his Bitachon level went down because he was scared!
When Yaakov came back from studying in the Yeshiva of Shem V'Ever he
went to sleep and despite all the wild animals was not scared! The
reason that Yaakov was not scared was due to the fact that he just
spent time learning Torah! Torah calms a person! After spending 20
years in the house of Lavan he realized that his Bitachon level went
down and is the reason he got scared! Torah can get us to the point of
True Bitachon!

After Yaakov got scared he Davened to Hashem to help him not be
scared! After we do our Hishtadlut we should daven to Hashem! Bnei
Yisrael came out of Mitzrayim and were on a very high level of Emunah!
but when they came to the Yam Zuf they davened to Hashem because their
Bitachon was not high due to the fact that they were scared!

Grayhound's Motto "Relax and leave the driving to us" Hashem is
telling us to "Relax and leave the driving to him"!!!!!!

The Gemara says Chash Brosho Osok Btorah!!!
When you have problems dont worry go learn Torah! And like our
Ancestors lets realize its not always easy to have Bitachon but if it
happens lets turn to Hashem and ask him to help us!!!
-Daniel Hadar

HABIT

Holy Jews:
Rabbi Mansour:

Human Beings are creatures of habit. Is that a positive or negative thing?
(There are two ways for a Jew to answer a question and both will
always work 1) Machloket 2) It depends)
We are going to go with the 2nd way today It depends:
If it is a good habit then it is a good thing and if it is a bad habit
then no it is not good.

"Hashem should bless the feet of the righteous"
The Maharsha understands the word Ragley(feet) to mean Hergel(habit)
If we have good habits Hashem will protect.
The problem with Habit is that after a while it becomes dull, boring,
tasteless and mechanical. Firmiliarity breeds contempt!

The Ma'an which Bnei Yisrael ate for 40 years in the midbar was the
most amazing thing, The ma'an tasted like whatever you wanted it to,
it was 100% pure no waste, you had it delivered to your door you
didn't have to go food shopping! But in this week's parasha The Jews
start to complain about this AMAZING Ma'an! The greatest thing they
ever had and they complained! To get an idea about how amazing the
Ma'an was if you didnt gather it, it would melt and then the animals
would lick it and when the non-jews would eat these animals they would
taste the amazingness of the remainder of the Ma'an and say Ashrai
Ha'am shechalo if it had an amazing effect after melting getting
licked by an animal and then eaten inside an animal imagine how
amazing it was when you ate it fresh!

The great Gaon M'Vilna says that a person should not daven a specific
tefilla for more than three hours. Rav Zitchick because after three
hours it gets dull routine and mechanical.

David Hamelech said I want to be a permanent resident in your Yeshiva
but I want to have the attitude of a visitor!

In the Gemara there is a story of Rebbe Elizer who lived a very long
life so when they asked him to what does he owe such a zechut? He
answered them I was always the first one in the Beit Hamidrash(NOW
realize that he lived at the time of tanayim so it was in style to go
to the Bait Hamidrash!!!!!!So its not like saying I am the first in
the Beit Hamidrash oh and btw I am the only one there too!!!) and I
never took a nap or slept in the Bait Hamidrash. The chidush is here
that the greatness of Rebbe Elizer is that he was in the Beit
Hamidrash all the time and after a while most people get comfortable
and start to feel as if the Beit Hamidrash is their second home, take
off their shoes take a nap etc but Rebbe Elizer kept the excitement
all his life!

Every Sunday there is a fight in Shamayim, Malachim come to Hashem and
say look how the Non-Jews pray and look how the Jews Daven!!! So the
Defense Malachim come to Hashem and say you have to realize that
non-jews come to pray ONCE A WEEK and for the Jews the shul is like a
2nd home. Although this is not an excuse for our behaivor its
understandable.

So HOW do we make sure that our Avodat Hashem is not routine and mechanical?
This is a VERY important question, because doing it with no UMPH is
like eating food without spices!
The Chachamim say that you must stop from time to time and think about
what we are doing. The Yetzer hara makes sure that we are always
running and never have time to stop and ponder over what we are doing!
The best way to reenergize is to stop and think about what we are
doing. There is a custom at funerals to stop seven times on the way
back. Rashi says its to make sure you think about what is happening
and to think about doing teshuva. Sadly enough even at funerals people
just go mechanically! You must act like a rabbit who even when they
are being chased jumps and then STOPS then jumps and then STOPS!!!!
You MUST stop and think about what you are doing and this will greatly
aid in your Avodat Hashem! One of the Chachamim write that this is the
reason from Shabat. On chag we say Yom Mikra Kodesh we are thanking
Hashem for making it Kodesh and MAKING us STOP working bc if it wasnt
for that we would have just continued working!

The greatest study that a person can be part of is the study of
MUSSAR!!! This the reason for a pep talk in the locker room at half
time in a football game. Dont you think that the Players know they
have to win? BUT sometimes we have to be REMINDED OF THE GOAL!!!!
Torah is something that can always get you excited because it is
always NEW!!!! If there is an area which you are not strong in then
LEARN ABOUT IT!!! People start to learn about tefillin and then
magically they start to do it a lot better! or You can learn the Zohar
on Shavuot night which says that the Kriyat Shema has 248 words in
conjunction with the 248 limbs in a person's body and its the greatest
segula for refua!! After learning this you will say Kriyat Shema
differently!!! You want to get excited about something learn about it!

There was a question which Pasuk is the most important in the Torah
and one rabbi said Et Hakeves Hechad Tase Baboker vet hakeves hasheni
tase ben haarbayim HUH THE MOST IMPORTANT PASUK???? WE DONT EVEN HAVE
A BAIT HAMIKDASH HOW??? In the Torah where there pasuk is found it
says that you should remember the first one that was done on the
mizbaach!! You want to get excited about something remember the first
time you did it!! We all remember the first time we put on tefillin we
wrapped it like 100000000000 times until it was PERFECT now as long as
it gets in the bag we are good! REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME REMEMBER THE
EXCITEMENT OF THE FIRST TIME!!!!! Take out your wedding album to see
the way you looked at your wife or husband back then remember that
feeling!!!! It says that Aharon lit the menora the way he was told!
HOW ELSE WOULD HE LIGHT IT? What it means over the many years he lit
it he kept the excitment he had from the first time he lit it!!!
-Daniel Hadar

Matan Torah

To Hashem's Awesome Children!!

Rabbi Mansour:

There is a difference between Jewish holidays and secular holidays
that many do not realize. Secular holidays commemorate an event that
happened many years ago. Jewish holidays commemorate an event that
happened many years ago but not only that every year that we celebrate
that holiday it is as if we are there when that event happened. Zman
Matan Toratainu it is NOW that we are receiving the Torah! Every
Shavuot we receive the Torah at Har Sinai! Avraham Avinu fed his
guests Matza, the Gemara says because it was Pesach. PESACH?? Avraham
Avinu lived MANY years before Yetziyat Mitzrayim! Jewish holidays have
a significance themselves and not only when they happened! The Rama
brings down L'Halacha that you are not allowed to blood let the day
before Shavuot. The reason for this is that there is a Shin Daled out
the day before to make sure the Jews do not accept the Torah! If
Shavuot was only a commemoration of the giving of the Torah why would
this Halacha be applicable today? It is applicable today due to the
fact that every year we get to accept the Torah again! When was the
last time you accepted the Torah? Not a couple of thousand years ago
but the right answer is LAST SHAVUOT!

To accept something we must learn about it study it and get excited!
If I wanted to sell you a car I would tell you how much horsepower it
has and about how fast it can get to sixty and about all its features
and get you excited!! And after that you can really accept the car and
want to buy it and be excited! The same applies to the Torah!

There is a school of thought that believes that EliMelech left Israel
and went to Moab because he was stingy and didn't want the Israelites
to come to him for money during the famine and that it makes sense
that he went to Moab because they are extremely stingy people! Rabbi
Shimon Bar Yochai says in the Gemara that the only reason the
Chachamim were hard on EliMelech was because he left Israel. The
Alshich writes that there had to be a reason why EliMelech left and
went to Moab, and he says that EliMelech had Ruach Hakodesh and saw
that Mashiach was going to come out of him he was from the Shevet of
Yehuda and that is where the Mashiach was going to come from.
EliMelech knew it was time to get the process started! His name was
EliMelech Eli(To me) Melech(Comes Mashiach) It says twice in the Torah
Vayelech Ish the first time was to bring the first Redeemer: Moshe
Rabainu. And the Second was when EliMelech went to Moab to bring the
second redeemer! So why was he bashed?

The Holy Or Hachayim Hakdadosh says that Adam Harishon before he
sinned had a Neshama filled with many sparks of Kedusha. The Zohar
Hakadosh says that when he sinned his neshama exploded and the sparks
went all over the world, and Mashiach cannot come until they are all
gathered and brought back to Shamayim! The Ben Ish Hai writes that
there once was a Rabbi who was put in jail and during his stay in jail
he had a lot of time so he wrote a Kabbalah Sefer, but after he
released he couldn't understand why he was put there who could have
written that sefer at home why was he put in jail. So that night he
had a dream and was told that there was netzizot(sparks) in that jail
and Hashem made sure that he was put in jail so he can learn there so
the sparks can go back to where they belong! Anytime you are put in
situations especially strange ones realize that you were put there for
a reason so do the right thing take out a candy make a bracha take out
a sefer and start to learn etc! Realize that wherever you were put in
life that there is a reason for you to be there so do what you can to
gather the sparks there because if you don't no one else can! This the
reason that the HOLY Arizal says we cannot go to Egypt because we got
all the sparks that were put there with out two hundred and ten years,
so there is no reason to waste time there! This concept also applies
to food there are netzizot in food too and be careful and make sure to
say a bracha so they can go up to the place that they belong! The
Zohar Hakadosh says that there are netzizot in bread and when you bake
it the fires of your oven are the fires of gehenoim and this is why
L'Halacha when you make Hamotzi you are supposed to take first the
most well done part because that is where the netzizot are!

The Or HaChayim says that an easier way to bring all the Netzizot is
learning Torah. Torah is a magnet for Netzizot so when you learn Torah
you attract them! So this is the claim they had against EliMelech that
he should have stayed in Israel and learned Torah and Ruth would have
came to him! We learn this from Boaz (Bo Oz study torah and it will
come) who studied Torah and Ruth came to him and they got married and
out came Mashiach!

Some people think that when they sit and learn they are missing out on
what is outside! But now we learn that if we sit and learn everything
will come to us all the Bracha in the world! It says in Pirkei Avot if
you accept the yoke of Torah all the ways of the land will be taken
care of!  Realize next time you are debating whether to open a sefer
and learn that Hashem put you there to learn that so you can fix and
send the nitzizot back to where they belong and no one else can do
that besides you!

Now erev Shavuot let us accept the Torah because we know what it is
and how great it is! And lets this Shavuot night commit to learn more
torah this year! Everyone always ask Rabbi for segulot rabbi tell me
to drink something say a prayer jump upside down sprinkle this on
me!!! The GREATEST segula for EVERYTHING EVERYTHING is learning
TORAH!!!!!!!
-Daniel Hadar

Hillula DRabbi Shimon Bar Yochai

To all you wonderful Jewish souls!!!!

The Great Rav Dessler writes: On Shavuot we have to work in order to
receive the Torah. We have to struggle to acquire it in our hearts. We
have to appreciate its truths as unchangeable verities. Although
during the Exodus Bnei Yisrael experienced many nisim, they still
harbored lingering doubts about Moshe's mission. Nisim do not posses
the power to convince. Only when Bnei Yisrael heard Hashem's voice at
Har Sinai was doubt replaced by absolute certainty(Rambam Hilchot
Yesodai Ha Torah 8:1-3) So too, when we learn Torah today and
especially at Shavuot time, can we, if we wish, still hear Hashem's
voice? We may hear Hashem's voice, but we still have to absorb its
message. The one sure means of absorbing it is to want to absorb
it!!!!!!!! A child can be coaxed to eat but he cannot be forced to
eat. If he is determined to reject the food he is given, he has on
sure defense: he can spit it out or as a last resort he can vomit it
up. Similarly, accumulation of Torah in the mind without willing
acceptance in the heart can be dangerous. This is the situation which
can easily lead to rejection and rebellion, since the unpurified will
resents the demands inherent in Torah knowledge. Our Rabbis warned
against this danger when they told us that though the Torah can be
life-giving, it can also be lethal. How can one conceive of our holy
Torah—"our life and the length of our days"—ever being lethal? "Rava
said, "It is life-giving to those who approach it with their right
hand, it is poisonous to those who approach it with their left
hand!!!!!!!"(Mesechet Shabbat Daf 88b). The "right handed" approach
explains Rashi, means, "to delve into it with all one's strength, and
to be concerned with discovering its secrets; a person's main strength
lies in his right hand." From this it follows that the left-handed
approach is a half-hearted approach, where one's interest is not fully
engaged!!! This half-hearted approach is dangerous as we indicated
above, because it can lead, Chas Vshalom to rejection of HASHEMS HOLY
TORAH!!!!! The way to acquire Torah, therefore, is to learn it in
depth, with the excitement and a sense of discovery. In this way we
will learn to appreciate the SWEEEEEEEEETNESS of Torah and this will
penetrate the obtuseness of our hearts. Once we have absorbed Torah
into our being, the Torah's own purity will cast its light into the
dark recesses of our heart. A base of purity will be established from
which we can advance to the ultimate goal---the achievement of
learning Torah Lishmah!!!!!! We are now at the 33 day of the Omer
which is Hod She Be Hod the Glory of Glories we are getting close to
Shavuot and we all want to be zoche to receive the Torah on Shavuot.
Its time to start working, on making sure that we will be zoche to
receive Hashem's AWESOME Torah. We all have to find some way of
improving ourselves and improving our Torah learning. We have to
instill the Right Handed approach into our lives and make Torah
extremely important to us!


The 33rd Day of the Omer is Lag Baomer, the day that Rabbi Shimon Bar
Yochai brought down the Zohar and as a hilula D'Rabbi Shimon Bar
Yochai I would like to share with you a couple of pieces from the HOLY
ZOHAR!!!

1)      The Mishnah Berura brings down in Hilchot Tefilla from the
Zohar that a person should either look into his siddur or close his
eyes because the shechina is around and if he looks around he will be
looking directly at the Shechina and that is disrespectful, and he
will not be zoche to see the Shechina when he dies!

2)      Prior to the second day of creation the entire world was made
up of water, on the second day of creation Hashem split the water and
some went to shamayim and some went to the earth and became
yamim(Seas). A mikveh is made up of forty seah of rainwater. The Zohar
says that when a person goes into the mikveh he is going into a world
pre the second day of creation and for a man its pre adam's sin and
for a woman its pre chava's sin and this is why it is extremely
important to daven when you under the water because you are out of
olam haze you are closer to Hashem!!!!

3)      The Zohar in Parashat Beshalach says that a person must daven
for his parnasa everyday!

4)      Rav Dessler quotes the Reishit Chachma who says that One who
wishes to progress in holiness will adopt fear, which is the Shechina
–the living presence of Hashem…In connection with the Tzizit it says
that "so that you remember"…and the Zohar explains that one must
remember the "whip" and the harshness of strict justice…"

5)      In Mesechet Brachot there is a Machloket whether Tefillot
corresponds to the Avot or to the Korbanot? So the ones who say that
it is keneged the Korbanot have a korban for each tefilla because
there is a korban for Mussaf too but how do the ones who say that it
is Avot deal with Mussaf because Avraham corresponds to Shacharit
Yitzchak to Mincha Yaakov to Arvit but what do they do with Mussaf? So
the Zohar says that Mussaf is keneged Yosef Hatzadik and he says that
both words have the shoresh lehoseef to add on!
-Daniel Hadar

Mashiach BABY!!!!

To Hashem's Children!!!!

Rabbi Wallerstein!:
Shavuot is coming BABY!!!!!!!GET EXCITED HASHEM IS GIVING US THE TORAH!!!!!

David Hamelech who is a descendent of Ruth (Mashiach comes from Ruth)
was born and died on Shavuot!

What will help grow? What will help us get closer to Hashem? We have
to give Hashem the things that are hard for us we have to be "Moser
Nefesh"…We must give up things for Hashem! If Shabat is easy for you
but Kosher is hard for you then to grow you must do what is hard for
you and in this case keep kosher! A girl once came over to her Rabbi
and told him that she is a baalat Teshuva and that she now keeps
Shabat and Kosher but has a very hard time keeping the laws of Tzinut
so the Rabbi was very happy to hear that she started to keep shabat
and kosher but he told her if she wanted to grow she had to be Moser
Nefesh and now that Shabat and Kosher weren't hard for her anymore to
grow she had to start keeping the laws of Tzinut!!! We all have to
look inside ourselves and see what is hard for us and that is how we
will be able to grow for every person it is something else! Shavuot is
Malkut She Be Malkut to reach that level you must give up something of
yourself!

Avraham Avinu was Moser Nefesh for the right reasons when he went into
the Kifshon Haesh, and that is why he was blessed with a straight
lineage down to Boaz. Horon who was Moser Nefesh but for the wrong
reasons didn't have such a straight lineage down to Ruth! Lot's
daughters had to correct Horon's mistake…they did something wrong for
the right reasons by sleeping with their father because they thought
they were the only ones left and had to populate the world, and this
made the zoche to share in the bringing of Mashiach.

The Zohar Hakadosh says that the Satan has a picture of the Mashiach
on the MOST WANTED list to kill, the Satan goes through all the
Tzadikim to see if Mashiach is there, so Hashem decided to trick the
Satan and bring Mashiach through the act with Lot's daughters!

Moab is the arch enemy of the Jewish Nation! Rav Shimshon Pincus says
its like a Nazi walks into a shul of all holocaust survivors and in
hardcore german comes up to the Rabbi and says I want to be Jewish!
The sound of his German would send a chill up all their spines and
they would throw him out!

Avraham made a psak Halacha that women cannot go out and serve men
with Sarah so is why we are able to marry Moabite women.

Why did Ruth do this she is the NAZI DAUGHTER!!! She is like the Nazi
guy who walked into the holocaust survivors shul! This is what MESIRAT
NEFESH is!!! She was going to go through anything to be a Jew! This
came from Lot's daughters who were mesirat nefesh to repopulate the
world. When her and Naomi came Boaz's students saw her and started
screaming SHIKTZA!!!!!!!!! The SHIKTZA who married the Jew came to
collect in the field! The WORST type of SHIKTZA it's a MOABITE!!!!
Now imagine the scene BOAZ is the GADOL HADOR!!! Greater than any we
have ever seen!! A nazi girl walks in what are kidding me throw her
out! Instead we see the act of a true gadol! He says to her BITI MY
DAUGHTER you came to become a Jew don't worry come collect in my field
my men will help you collect! And please don't go to another field!
Now she is in SHOCK she asks why are you being nice to me?? I AM A
SHIKTZA!!!! He says you left it ALL and came to an unknown nation
HASHEM WILL PAY YOU!!!! He was telling her you gave it all up for
Hashem that is what means the MOST!!!! THIS IS MESIRAT NEFESH WE
SHOULD ALL BE ZOCHE TO LEARN FROM RUTH'S ACTIONS!!! Boaz was telling
her that you were MOSER NEFESH and this is why you will become the
MOTHER OF MASHIACH!!!!

Naomi tells Ruth go uncover Boaz's feet and sleep by his feet! WAIT
WHAT HUH YOU WANT ME TO GO UNCOVER THE GADOL HADORS FEET AND SLEEP BY
HIS FEET NO OFFENSE BUT ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!! And not only that this was
the only person who was nice to her! And you want me to do this
because something about neshamot yibum huh?? But Naomi told her to do
it so she said ok! She was Moser Nefesh and said if this is what has
to be done ill do it! When Boaz woke up instead of doing what most
people would do and that would be SCREAM!!!!! He asked her who are
you? He didn't jump to conclusions we should learn from Boaz's actions
so after hearing her story he said the fact that you were willing to
be moser nefesh and give up the one person who trusted you he gave her
a bracha. The next morning he went to Beit Din to marry her so he
first had to get permission from Ploni Almoni because he was the
closest relative but that was no problem because he said NOT A CHANCE
IM MARRYING A MOABITE! So Boaz married her and died the next morning!
Every body thought that see WE TOLD YOU IT WAS A BAD IDEA! Ploni
Almoni is like WOO Thank G-d I didn't marry her! FOOLS HASHEM AND THE
MALACHIM ARE LAUGHING AT YOU HASHEM KEPT BOAZ ALIVE THAT LONG TO SLEEP
WITH RUTH TO HAVE THE MASHIACH COME OUT OF THEM! Ploni you are so
happy that you didn't marry her you could have had MASHIACH COME OUT
OF YOU!!! We MUST learn from this ask first and don't jump to
conclusions! Ruth represented all seven sephirot of Sephirat Haomer
and in the end came Malkut She Be Malkut THE MASHIACH!!!!

At the wedding they gave them a bracha that your family should be like
Rachel and Leah! The night Yishai as supposed to sleep with his
maidservant his wife tricked him and she wore the maidservant's
clothing! So Yishai and everybody thought that David Hamelech was a
mamzer because of Hashem's sense of humor all of the brothers were
dark haired and David was a curly red head with blue eyes! They threw
David to the woods and every time something went wrong they blamed it
on Dovid every time something was stolen they blamed it on David and
not only that even though he didn't do it he paid it! After all this
David is appointed King! The underdog and it says that every great
person in Jewish history noach, avraham, yitzchak, yaakov, yosef etc
were underdogs and David was a combination of all of them put together
and he became great! Orpa got a gift for hugging and crying with Naomi
and that was the indestructible great grandson Goliath but there was
only one person who can destroy him and that was the great grandson of
Ruth who stayed with Naomi and that was David Hamelech! Ruth was Moser
Nefesh and passed on that trait to David and he was Moser Nefesh and
ended up beating Goliath!!!!!
If we want Malkut She Be Malkut we must be Moser Nefesh Shavuot is
coming find something in your life that you can give up for Hashem!!!!
Hashem should bless us all with all that is good on this world and a
taste of the next!! AMEN
-Daniel Hadar

Being Nice Can Save Your Life

To Hashem's Beloved Children!!
Rabbi Ozeri
Ben Azai Says "Dont Reject Anybody"
How is this possible?
The Torah is telling us that every man has hope and has the ability to
amount to something great do NOT reject ANY man!

The Gemara says that if a man tells a woman Harai At Mekudeshet Li Al
Menat She Ani Tzaddik the marriage is valid. This is because it could
be that at the moment that the man said it in his heart he did
teshuva! And at that moment in Shamayim that man is a Tzadik Gamur!!!
Look at the difference between the Torah looks at people and the way
we do!

The Mishna continues "There is no man who does not have his hour"
Every person has that moment of teshuva that moment of yearning to be
good, and we do not know if that moment we meet that person is that
moment that he is yearning therefore do NOT reject ANY person!

If you see your enemy's donkey and his load is falling off the Torah
says you must help him! WAIT The Torah tells us that we may not hate
any man in our hearts, so how can we hate this man? The Torah says
that this man is one who violates the Torah and the Gemara writes that
this is the only person we are allowed to hate! But the Torah says
that even though you are allowed to hate him you MUST help him!!! If
he is my enemy why should I help him? Because if you do NOT help him
how do you expect him to come back to Judaism? By throwing rocks and
chasing him away? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THAT IS NOT THE WAY OF A JEW!!!
You want him to come back so walk over and oiffer him your help! After
seeing a religious Jew helping him he might start thinking differently
about being religious!!!!! DO NOT REJECT ANYONE! because then they
will NEVER come back!!! Rashi says "Dont Reject Anyone" includes not
insulting people! even the most inferior person must be treated with
RESPECT!!!!!! A smile, A nice word thats ALL it takes!

The Meiri writes that you may not harber hate against any man, and you
cannot say he is inferior to me he cannot harm me! The Yerushalmi
brings down a story of a group of Jews who used to torment and torture
both verbally and physically this poor non Jewish pig keeper, and
eventually this pig keeper became the emperor of Rome and declared a
day to torture the Jews and pogroms against the Jews! No one knows
what will happen everyone has their hour of power!

The Rambam writes that you are not allowed to scorn anyone, because
there will be a time in that person's life where he will either have
the chance to bring you benefit or harm you!

There is a story told of Harav Yaakov Kamentzky Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh
Lbracha during the war. There was a post office worker who when the
war started became a big time Nazi and caused alot of problems for the
Jews of Rav Yaakov's town but he would not touch Rav Yaakov because he
said that Rav Yaakov always said hi to him and was always nice to him.
He once tried to test Rav Yaakov and gave him too much change to see
if he was honest and Rav Yaakov came back and told him that he gave
him too much and returned it! Being nice saved Rav Yaakov's life!!!

The Rambam says you must be nice to everyone because you never know
when one time they will hurt you or help you!

The Tiferet Yisrael writes that to insult someone is to insult the
Creator! When you are making fun of someone you are making fun of
HASHEM'S CREATION!!!!!! When you are rejecting someone you are
REJECTING WHAT HASHEM MADE!!!!!

Ben Azai says "Do Not Reject Anyone!"
We are not allowed to let ourselves be on the receiving end of
insults! You are not allowed to let yourself be abused and you are not
allowed to insult yourself!

There is a famous story of the GREAT Chafetz Chayim! He hired a wagon
driver to drive him from city to city so he can sell his books. The
wagon driver and the Chafetz Chayim started talking and the wagon
driver asked him where he was from so the Chafetz Chayim said Radin.
So the wagon driver said oh the GREAT Chafetz Chayim is from there and
the Chafetz Chayim said oh he isnt that great so the wagon driver
turned around and slapped the Chafetz Chayim in the face and said that
if he said another bad thing about the Chafetz Chayim he would throw
him out of the wagon!!!!! So after their trip they returned to Radin
and everyone was waiting for the Chafetz Chayim and waiting outside to
greet him so the wagon driver had no idea what was going on, and asked
someone and the person told him that he had the Chafetz Chayim in his
wagon and after hearing this the wagon driver passed out!!! When he
finally woke up the Chafetz Chayim was sitting next to him so the man
was about to appologize to him and the Chafetz Chayim said I need to
thank you, you taught me a great lesson you are not even allowed to
say bad about yourself!!!!!

The Yetzer Hara makes you depressed when you do bad things and makes
you look down at yourself Realize you failed today but tomorrow is a
NEW DAY!!!!!!

Do not Reject anything that has meaning Shlomo Hamelech says that if
you reject something you will end up suffering because of it!

David Hamelech told Hashem that there is not point in having the
Mishnoon, the Moth and the Spider! The Mishnoon rips his clothing the
moth eats honey and destroys and the spider builds webs but cant
clothe himself! Years later the Mishnoon got David out of jail the
Moth bit Shaul's bodyguard that caught David's feet while he went to
get Shaul's pitcher of water and the Spider build a web to protect
David while he was hiding in a cave from Shaul!!!! We never know when
we might need something that at the moment looks useless to us!

En Davar She En Lo Makom!
Makom= Hashem
There is nothing in this world that doesnt have Hashem in it and this
is why we may not disrespect or scorn anything!
We must say Shalom first, and this isnt just going to your friend or
Rabbi first this applies to the mishnoon, chazeet case, the janitor
the maid the crossing gaurd!!!! A friendly greeting will break all bad
traits!  This applies to ALL people! Rav Yochanan Ben Zakkai was
always the first to say Shalom even to the non jew in the market
place!

The Meiri writes its not enough to love your fellow man but you have
to make yourself beloved by him! by saying Shalom first! Even enemies
should be greeted! Rabbi Akiva's students died because they did not
show respect!!!!
Boaz used to greet all his field workers with Hashem's name "Yivarecha
Hashem" and his workers would bless him back! Imagine what kind of
AWESOME world this would be if we greeted our non jewish workers every
morning G-D should bless you!!!!

We should all be zoche to see the importance of being nice to people
and in this merit Hashem should be nice to us and bring the
Geula!!!!!AMEN
-Daniel Hadar

Conquering Our Midot: A Life's Work

To Hashem's Treasures!:
Rabbi Mansour
The Mishna writes that there are four temperments of man:
1) Easily angered, and easily appeased. This man's positive trait is
offset by negative. The Mishna says that this is not a good trait to
have.
2) Hard to anger, Hard to appease. This man's negative trait is offset
by his positive trait. The Mishna says that this is an ok trait to
have.
3) Easily angered, and hard to appease. The Mishna calls this person a Rasha!
4) Hard to anger and Easy to appease. The Mishna calls this person a Chassid!

If the Mishna is assesing this trait that means we have control over
it and cannot say that we were born that way!

The great Gaon M'Vilna says that the main purpose of life is to
constantly work on our character traits. and if you do not work on
them then why are you alive? It is hard but we MUST do it!

Rav Yisrael Salanter the Mussar Giant said many times that it is
easier to finish the ENTIRE TALMUD BAVLI than to change one small
character trait!

A little test to try at home to see how hard it is to change a
character trait. Fold your arms the way you usually do. Now put the
arm that is usually on top on the bottom now if this is hard to change
the way you position your arms imagine how hard it is to change a
character trait!!!

There was once a king who told his son to take a bolder from the
bottom of the palace to the top. The son saw the bolder and told his
father that it is impossible. The king told his son it was, so the son
listened. But had no clue how he was going to get this huge bolder up
to the top, so he went to one of the wise men and asked him. So the
wise man told him take a chisel and chisel it to little pieces and
then take up the little pieces! This same rule applies to conquering
our midot. To say that I will NEVER get angry again is impossible!!!!
We must chisel our way through it and take up little pieces! alittle
at a time until you reach a high level! But also realize that these
little steps are great! Lets fight little battles to win the gerat
war!!!!!

There is a story of the Great Chafetz Chaim. That one night he went
into the Beit Midrash and opened a sefer Torah and started to cry and
his students came closer to hear what he was saying....and he was
crying to Hashem to help him with his anger!!! We need Hashem's help
daven to him to help you control your anger!!

Rav Moshe Feinstein Zecher Tzaddik Vkadosh Lbracha who was known for
being very easy going and slow to anger said that it takes much work.
Rav Moshe Feinstein bought a new expensive shas and one of the
talmidim walked over and wanted to see what the Great Rav Moshe wrote
in his gemara and while he was looking he tipped over the ink and it
spilled over the gemara and when Rav Moshe returned instead of getting
mad and angery he tells the student it looks better in that color!
Ok so most of us are not on the level to really care if someone spills
ink on our shas....so lets bring this story home imagine you just got
a new car and you are very protective over it NO ONE is allowed to
touch it your car is shomer negia! You carry around a cloth in your
back pocket just in case someone might have touched your car! Now you
are giving a guy a ride home and he comes into your car with gum on
his shoe and it is getting everywhere! NOW IMAGINE WHAT YOU WOULD DO!!
Would you control your anger and realize its OINLY A CAR! or would you
start to yell you fool idiot moron you are getting gum all over my
car!!!!!! Is the person's feelings more important or is your
car!!!!!!!

Imagine a business guy who finds out his business is going to be
audited and to add to that he just got a summons from the sanitation
department because he left something outside. This guy is furious,
going nuts, to say he is upset is an understatement!!!!! During his
rage a customer walks in and MAGIC WOW BOOM He has a smile on his face
and from THAT DARN GREEDY GOVERNMENT WHO DOESNT LET ME RUN MY BUSINESS
I WANT TO KILL THEM TO Hi how are you how can I help you? This teaches
you that you can turn off your anger!!!

Another example your car is parked on a block and a car speeds up and
side swipes your car and breaks off your mirror and you get out of the
car SCREAMING YOU FOOL HOW DARE YOU YOU IDIOT OMG IM GOING TO KILL YOU
MY CAR and you walk up the car and the person in the car rolls down
the window and WAIT ITS YOUR MOTHER and from IM GOING TO KILL YOU it
(hopefully) becomes OMG mom are you okay and you forget about your
car!! You have the control to turn off your anger!

Lets understand how bad anger is. The HOLY Arizal says in Sefer
Hatikunim that for one lapse of Anger a person must fast 151 times to
purge himself of that anger the numerical value of Mikveh! The Arizal
also writes that every Avaira corresponds to a part of a person's
body. Anger corresponds to a person's NESHAMA!!! When one gets angry
his neshama becomes the prime victim!!! The Zohar that when a person
gets angry to a large extent his Neshama leaves him and tuma comes in!
Just like when you get Tuma from being around a dead body! The Rabbis
write that every time a person gets angry he should go and purge
himself in the Mikveh! Many sepharim bring down that every time a
person goes to the mikveh when his/her head is under the water he
should daven to Hashem for Tikkun HaCaas Hashem should help conquer
his anger!

Rav Shmuel Vital the son of the Great Rav Chaim Vital the top student
of the Arizal was once involved with a dibbuk and he told the woman
that the reason it happened was because she got angry! Her Neshama
left and the dibuk came in!!!

Physically anger is horrible! The inside of a person's body goes crazy
when a person gets angry!
Rabbi Twerski writes that anger causes depression, migrane headaches,
and high blood pressure!!!

The New York Times did a study and ranked chronic anger in the same
catagory as smoking and obesity and high fat diets! And anger is a
great factor to many early deaths!!!!!

ANGER IS PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL SUICIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Gemara compares anger to Avodah Zara and says they are both
irrational behaviors!

Anger: A couple of guys are watching a football game and the team that
one of the guy likes fumbles the ball and out of nowhere he goes nuts
and punches the wall and dislocates his fingers!!!! OVER A FOOTBALL
GAME!!!!!!!

Avodah Zara: A guy owns a factory which produces Budas and after he
makes them he takes one for himself and sits in front of it and says
buda you created me please help me. HUH THE BUDA WHO JUST CAME OFF THE
FACTORY LINE CREATED THE GUY WHO MADE HIM????????

Be VERY careful we are always on the verge of anger...imagine you are
sitting in a lecture you are calm enjoying the speech all is good and
out of nowhere a persons cell phone starts to ring 1st ring is
annoying the 2nd you are starting to get uneasy the 3rd you start to
scream at him YOU IDIOT SHUT OFF YOUR PHONE and if there is a 4th you
wont be able to sleep tongiht because that FOOL who couldnt shut his
phone off but 5 seconds ago you were all calm all was good!

The Ramban told his son in a letter that the most important mida to
conquer before you can even start on the road to success is anger!

3 Stages of Anger:
1) Emotional Anger: Someone says something that upsets you. Its an
emotion its a reflex we cannot work on this its natural.
2) Reaction to the emotion. Either you will react in violent way or
verbally or become very silent and serious.
3) The retention of the Anger. You will keep the anger in your heart.

Emotion= Anger.   Reaction= Rage  Grudge= Resentment

Anger is beyond our control its a reflex. But we have to learn to
control the other two: rage and resentment.

1) Easily Raged, No Resentment. An example of this is road rage. The
Mishna says that this is a bad trait Its ok that you have no
resentment but you will cause people to walk on egg shels around you!
2) Hard to get raged, but has resentment. The Mishna says this not the
best but ok because the resentment effects the person himself but
unlike the first guy he does not terrorize people!
3) Easily Raged, and always holds a grudge this guy the Mishna calls a Rasha
4) Hard to get Raged and does not hold a grudge this person the Mishna
calls a Chassid!!!

The Sefer Chasidim writes that you should deley your anger, and tells
a story of a father who told his son this so one time the son came
home from a very long business trip and saw his wife hugging another
man so he was like OMG IM GOING TO KILL THIS GUY!!!! But he remembered
the advice his father told him and slept on it and in the morning this
man found out that the man his wife was hugging was actually his own
son!!!

The Saba from Kelm used to have an anger coat and every time he was
about to get angry he would go put on the coat and by the time he
would get the coat out he wasnt angry anymore!

A rabbi used to give fighting couples what he called holy water. So
the couples asked him what they should do with it sprinkle it, drink
it? So he told them when they are about to fight they should take a
gulp of the water but not swallow it and then try to fight!!!!!!!!

Winston Chirchill once said that you can tell a person by what angers
him! Think about what you are about to get angry about! Before you go
nuts and hurt peoples feelings and start yelling about the color
patterns of your child's wedding THINK is this going to matter
tomorrow is this going to change your life? is anyone going to even
remember!!!!!!!???????

Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh Lbracha had pictures of
his children walking down the aisle at their weddings in one picture
there is the child Rav Yaakov and his wife in the other just Rav
Yaakov and his child and the third just the child so they asked Rav
Yaakov why? So he said he did WHATEVER the child wanted!!!!! Is it
REALLY worth getting angry!!!!!!!!!!!

Understand that it is a test from Hashem! Rav Yaakov Addes was getting
ready to wash his hands Netilat Yadayim and he put a down on his side
and when he was done washing the towel was gone now he could have done
what a lot of people would have done and started screaming OMG HOW
DARE YOU TAKE AWAY MY TOWEL ETC!!! But instead he smiled and said its
a joke one second the towel is there the next its gone and he said
nice try Hashem its a test and its not worth failing!!!! Its a test
Hashem is watching what are you going to do????? If you pass the test
of anger a great light from Shamayim comes down on you!!

Anger comes from a person's ego! When things dont go YOUR way OMG THE
WORLD IS COMING TO AN END!!! REALIZE my dear friends its a test from
Hashem! Hashem brings down these tests to break your ego! If you do
not pass and get angry Hashem will send you harder tests!!

These hardships are Kapara for your sins you should be SOOOOOOOO Happy
that Hashem is giving you an opportunity to cleanse yourself!!!!!!!!!!

The Mishna writes that the Chassid is slow to anger that means that
sometimes he gets angry. There are times when you are allowed to get
angry. The Rambam writes that when you are rebuking your children you
are allowed to get angry but The Ramchal says that it can only me
Ca'as Panim it can only be a staged anger only on your face! Attack
the action that your child did wrong not your child! because if you
attack your child he/she may NEVER recover!

Anger in Religion is ok but you MUST know how to do it! If you rebuke
someone you cannot just be letting out your aggression and anger on
that person and saying its LSHEM SHAMAYIM!! It MUST MUST MUST REALLY
BE LSHEM SHAMAYIM!!!!!!!

Take the Gaon M'Vilna's advice and realize that you were put here to
work on your midot!!!!

This is email is justified if even one perosn who reads it and ONE
time passes the test of conquering his anger! EVEN ONE TIME is a GREAT
VICTORY!!!

Realize that if you control your Anger you can turn to Hashem and say
I controled my anger, Hashem now Please control your anger! MIDA
KENEGED MIDA!!!!
-Daniel Hadar

Step Outside The Picture And You Can Change The World

To Hashem's Creations!:
Rabbi Wallerstein
Levi=Midat Harachamim
Kohanim=Midat Hadin

Korach was telling Moshe, Kulanu Kedoshim Lets all be holy and bring
Mashiach and let the Leviim rule and have all Midat Harachamim. If
Mashiach comes there is no more Yetzer hara so no need for midat
Hadin! So Moshe Rabainu answers by telling Hashem dont accept their
Mincha, I didnt take anything from them I didnt steal their donkeys!
HUH??? Korach: Lets bring Mashiach Moshe: Hashem I didnt steal his
donkey WHAT?? Moshe was saying this because it would have ok if Korach
just came to Moshe and told him its time to bring Mashiach and stopped
there! Said Kulanu Kedoshim and stopped but he didnt stop there he
made it personal he said why did you take us out of the land flowing
with milk and honey out here to the midbar to die!

Make sure that when you give mussar you do not have a personal agenda,
If the mussar is not L'shem Shamayim do NOT give it! The minute you
mix in personal feelings its OVER!

Potifar's wife tried to seduce Yosef Hatzadik, and she had some good
arguements, she said its in the stars that we should be together, so
he said but you are an aishet ish so I cannot sleep with you, so she
told him I am not Jewish and according to the laws of non Jews the way
we consemate the marriage is by sleeping with eachother and my husband
is gay so we never slept together so there is no problem now being in
the situation and having this beautiful woman telling you all this
amazing Torah it all makes PERFECT sense its ok....but what stopped
Yosef? He stepped out of the picture and thought if someone came to me
with this situation what would I say? And he realized this is NOT what
HASHEM WANTS!!!!

Before you make a decision before you critize step outside the
situation and realize if there is any personal reasons why you are
making the decision you are about to make and realize what you would
say if you were an outsider looking in!

If Korach would have take himself outside the picture he would have
realized that he is making it personal. You must take yourself out to
have clarity! Take yourself out and realize what Hashem wants you to
do. Korach should have learned from last week that what he was doing
was wrong. The Jews sinned and when they wanted to do Teshuva they
said to Moshe we are going to Israel and Moshe said Hashem will not be
with you they had to realize what Hashem's will was and at that moment
he didnt want to them to go to Israel and because they didnt listen
they all DIED!!!!! At the moment Hashem didnt want Mashiach to come
yet Korach should have taken himself out of the picture and realize
that this was not Hashem's will!

Rav Shlomo Carlebach Z'L told a story from the Sanzer Rebbe of a
couple who the man had a huge hunchback and after a couple of years
his wife tells him she cannot handle it anymore that it is way too
ugly and she cant look at it anymore and she wants a divorce! So he
tells her that the defect that he has was really supposed to be given
to her, he was behind her in Shamayim and he heard that they were
going to give it to her and he told them to give it to him instead
because if she gets it she will never get married! He told her to go
the mirror and she will see the way she was really supposed to look!
Before we start to judge people step out of the picture and try to see
the big picture!

A down syndrom girl told an amazing story that will change everyone's
life...she said that when Hashem was creating the world he created
everything and needed colors for the rainbow he went to the
butterflies and asked them for their colors and they said no and a
group of butterflies went to Hashem and said they will give up their
colors for Hashem and these are what we know today as moths! We never
know we see someone who in our eyes is ugly or poor or sick we never
know who they gave up their beauty money or health to!

Before we are quick to jugde talk critize make fun of etc lets step
out of the picture and see what we would want to happen if we were
there and then make that decision and also realize what Hashem wants
you to do!

The HOLY Kaf Hayashar brings down an amazing story of the Arizal! The
Arizal once stayed at someone's house and this guy treated him very
well after his stay the Arizal told this guy that he wants to pay him
back so the guy said that he only wants a bracha from the Arizal
because his wife used to be able to have children and now she is baren
so the Arizal told this guy that he has a chicken coop and there used
to be a little ladder and at the bottom of the ladder there was a bowl
of water and the little chickens who couldnt fly down and up used to
climb down the ladder and drink and climb back up one day this guy's
wife told the maid to take away the ladder because she didnt think it
was nice so the little chickens cried to Hashem because they were
thirsty and they had to wait until the owners would bring them water
his wife didnt do this against the chickens but it effected Hashem's
creations and the Chickens were now crying to Hashem and until the
chickens would stop crying this couple would not have children who
would cry to them! If this is the amount of respect we must show
CHICKENS!!! Imagine how much respect we must show people! Next time
you are in a situation THINK take yourself out of the picture and see
what the right response should be so you dont make your wife, mother
sister brother friend talmid rebbe friend teacher coworker CRY!!!!!!
Think about what Hashem's will is and then act accordingly!!!!

I BEG YOU ALL TO ACT RESPECTFULLY AND TO STEP OUT OF THE PICTURE TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS IMAGINE HOW AWESOME THIS
WORLD WOULD BE IF YOU DID!! IMAGINE HOW MANY LESS FIGHTS THERE WOULD
BE!!
-Daniel Hadar

Speech Is A Blessing

To All Jews!
Rabbi Mansour:
Rabbi Shimon ben Rabban Gamliel says all my life I was around talmidai
Chachamim and I learned from them that nothing is better for the body
than Silence! Because anyone who speaks a lot is brought to sin.

Many of our problems today could have been heeded if people would have
kept what they were going to say to themselves!

The Chazon Ish writes that you will never regret being silent!

The Chafetz Chaim writes in the Mishna Berura of a custom that people
have called Taanit Dibur to not talk unless it is words of Torah for
an entire day. and he says that value of this Taanit is greater than
that of a fast of refraining from food!

Rav Shimon Schwab Zecher Tzadik Vkadosh Lbracha brings down a story of
a man who he met in the Mir Yeshiva who would only speak words of
Torah but otherwise was always silent! So Rav Schwab was curious and
wanted to know why. He found that this man was from Russia and while
there he worked for the communists and he used to tell on the Jews
when they were praying or keeping Shabat and because him many were
sent to Siberia and a lot probably died. When he left Russia he went
to a Rabbi and told him that he felt guilty and asked for a tikkun. So
the Rabbi said for something so serious never talk again in your
entire life except words of Torah! A Taanit Dibur for LIFE!!!!

This is kind of EXTREME most of us cannot do something like this! Rav
Shimon Schwab said that even the master of not speaking Lashon Hara
the HOLY Chafetz Chaim loved to talk! He said he once visited the
Chafetz Chaim on Friday and the Chafetz Chaim talked to him for an
hour and the same happened on Motzai Shabat! The Chafetz Chaim used to
talk about all different topics but he always stayed away from LASHON
HARA!!! So how do you stay away from talking Lashon Hara? So the
Chafetz Chaim says that if you study the laws and review them and if
you review something enough times it becomes second nature and when
study something it will create an awareness and next time you talk and
are about to talk lashon hara that awareness will kick in and you will
stop!!

"Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never harm me"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO How foolish untrue and unJewish can you get!!! If
you get physically hurt after a short period of time your wound will
heal and you will forget about it! But the Neshama NEVER forgets a bad
word!!!!!!!!!!!!

Halacha: If a person Barmenan hits his parents the punishment is
Chenek but if a person curses his parents he gets the WORST punishment
Skila (stoning). The parent will recover from the physical pain but
not always will they recover from a bad word from their child!!!!!

If a person has a cup of water in front of them they have a mitzvah in
front of them to do a mitzvah of brachot but if they say ONE word
NEDER(vow not to drink this cup of water) for the person next to them
that cup is a mitzvah and to them it is an AVON!!!!!!!! Under the
Chupah two people stand and before anything is said there is NOTHING
he owes her nothing he can say goodbye and no paper work NOTHING and
then he says NINE WORDS THATS IT and BAM!!!!!!!!! He needs a GET to
get out!!! 2 seconds ago they were not related nothing and he just
says SOME WORDS and BAM!!!!!!! THEY ARE MARRIED!!! THE POWER OF
WORDS!!!!!!! They are teaching the Chatan that words are important be
very careful what you say one word can make or break your marriage!!!

In the olden days when someone spoke Lashon Hara he would get Tzaraat
and would have to go to the Kohen but it would mean nothing until the
Kohen diagnosed it and again it means nothing until the Kohen says ONE
WORD!!! "TAMEH!!!!!!!" One word and this guys world is turned upside
down changed!!!! They are teaching this guy the POWER OF WORDS!!!!!

The first case of Lashon Hara was with the Snake in Gan Eden! The
Snake told Chava that Hashem didnt want them to eat from the tree
because he didnt want Rivals!!!!! Lashon hara is failing to look at
the positive and good in things! THE SNAKE WAS IN GAN EDEN AND FAILED
TO SEE THE GOOD!!!!!!

The same happened with the spies they failed to see the good Hashem
did for them by creating funerals so they can go undetected!!!! But
all they saw was a land that killed its inhabitants!!!!!!!!!!!

The root of Lashon Hara is in the EYE someone who focuses and only
sees the negative aspects of life!!!

The Chachamim tell us that anyone who speaks Lashon Hara is like he
DENIES HASHEM!!!!!! Because you only see the bad in every person which
will bring you to see the bad in life and eventually lead you to
complain and find flaws in HASHEM HIMSELF!!!!

Speak Positively: There is a big difference if a doctor comes out and
tells you that there is a 75% that your relative will DIE or a 25%
chance that he will LIVE!!!!!!!! If you start to think this way you
will stop seeing peoples flaws and see the good in every
person!!!!!!!!The Chazon Ish used to say dont say its a lie say that
it isnt true!!!!

Rabainu Yona brings down a story of a rabbi and his student who were
walking together and they saw a dead animal and the student said look
at this nasty dead animal it smells horrible and the rabbi said look
at its white teeth!!!! The rabbi was teaching his student if you can
find good in a dead animal you can start to find good in other
people!!

There is a story of Rav Silver who after the war was put into a camp
for displaced people and was handing out siddurim and when he came up
to one guy and tried to hand him a siddur the guy said I dont want one
because there was a guy in my bunk who had a siddur and he used to
charge people their bread to use the siddur so Rav Silver said to him
why are looking at the guy who made religion a business look at the
people who gave up their bread to USE THE SIDDUR TO DAVEN TO
HASHEM!!!!!!!!

Lashon Hara is the only avaira that gets you kicked out of the camp
WHY?? Because NEGETIVISM IS CONTAGIOUS!!!!!! We canNOT risk have a
negative guy in our camp!!!!!!!

Rabbi Akiva lost TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS!!!!! And instead of
killing himself or having a nervous breakdown he said Torah has to
continue and found new students and kept going!!! Rabbi Akiva and his
friend walked by the ruins of the Beit Hamikdash and saw wolfs walking
on it so the friend started crying and Rabbi Akiva starting
LAUGHING!!! So his friend said how can you laugh so Rabbi Akiva
answered him there is a pasuk that says that wolfs will walk on the
ruins of the Beit Hamikdash and if the bad prophesies came true that
means the GOOD ONES WILL COME TRUE TOO!!!! OH WHAT AN AWESOME WAY TO
LOOK AT THINGS!!! This positive attitude is what got him through the
tragedy of his students dying!!!

Rabbi Akiva says love your neighbor like yourself! Rabbi Akiva can say
this because if you have a positive attitude like Rabbi Akiva and can
see the good in the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash then you can
definitely see the good in your fellow neighbor!!!!!

Chacham Ma Hu OMER? Rasha Ma Hu OMER?
You can know if someone is a chacham or a rasha by what they SAY!!!!!
Shlomo Hamelech says that the yard stick to measure a person is to see
what he says!!!!!

The Rambam says that the reason Hebrew is called Lashon HAKODESH is
because there are no curse words!!!

There once was a fire in a meat factory and they had to evacuate
everybody so after they were done the security gaurd walked over and
said that they are missing someone so they went back in and checked
again and didnt find anyone so he said I am telling you there is still
someone in there and they checked again and found two people trapped
in a freezer!!!! So they asked him how did you know that they were
still in there? So he said you see that rabbi over there every morning
he makes sure to say Good Morning to me and never gets pushed through
the crowd and the same happens on the way out and I didnt see him on
the way out!! GOOD MORNING SAVED THIS RABBIS
LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two words can
save a person's life and imagine what it did for the security guard
someone actually realized he was alive!!!! The joy you make someone
feel you will feel in Olam Haba L'OLAM FOREVER!!!!!!!!

Children are very perceptive and pick up on how their parents speak
and act so PLEASE watch what you say especially around your
children!!!!!

We must be careful with the words that come out of our mouths!! A bad
word can kill someone and a good can save a persons life!!!!!!

Silence is Golden but if we cannot be silent lets atleast keep the bad
words out and only speak positive and good things and in this Zechut
Hashem should bless us with the Bayit Shelishee!!!!!!AMEN
-Daniel Hadar

GET EXCITED!

To Hashem's Children!:
Rabbi Haber
There is a Gemara in Ketubot which says that all is in the hands of
Hashem besides sickness(such as colds and the flu) this stuff is in
the hands of the person. It is up to you to protect yourself from
getting sick. On the other hand in Mesechet Berachot it says that if
you are too afraid you are a sinner! The Ramchal in Mesilat Yisharim
asks how afraid are you allowed to be?
There is a position in Basketball called the point guard, the point
guard's job is to bring the ball up the court and distribute it to the
other players and score a basket. The difference between a good point
guard and a bad one is that a good one creates plays and creates a
path in which they can score a basket a bad one waits around for one
to open for him.
The same applies in life. The Ramchal says that when you wake up in
the morning you must be willing to work. A man is born to work. You
must have the work attitude look for things to do. Continue working
until something stops you! Unlike the guy who looks for excuses! You
have to make sure that you are proactive!
Ben Azai says RUN to do small mitzvot and they will bring you to do
big ones and stay away from avairot because they will lead you to do
more avairot!

If we tell the lazy man that there is a rabbi in the city he will say
that there is a lion on the main road and he is scared he cannot go,
if we tell him that the rabbi is in the town he will say there is a
lion in the side streets, if we tell him that there is a rabbi next
door he will say that there is a lion outside his door if we tell him
there is a rabbi in his house he will say the room that the rabbi is
in is locked if we tell him its not he will say he is too tired so the
next morning we will tell him ok now you slept he will say oh the
sefer is too heavy! ITS NOT HARD TO FIND EXCUSES!!!! You can always
find excuses not to learn Torah! My stomach hurts my head hurts im
tired it was a long day at work my kid's stomach hurts my wife wants
me to go to the party I have a meeting i have a bar mitzvah a wedding
a sheva berachot, they are GOOD excuses but they are still
EXCUSES!!!!!!!!!!! It is the difference between Guilty until proven
Innocent and Innocent until proven Guilty! Do you go to shiur and when
you cannot then miss or do you always have excuses and say when I will
have time I will go? KEEP GOING UNITL SOMETHING STOPS YOU!!!! The
point guard has 3 seconds left on the clock he can sieze the moment
and RUN and do the mitzvah and win the game or he can wait for
something to open and RUN OUT OF TIME dont waate your life and then
realize you ran out of time!!!!!!!!

What was so great about what Avraham Avinu did with the 3 angels he
thought were people? He was sick he had an EXCUSE but he didnt use his
good excuse and didnt just serve the angels but he kept RUNNING!!!!
RUN TO DO THE SMALL MITZVAH AND YOU WILL GET TO THE BIG ONES!!!!!!!!!

When you are working should you go for the big stuff or the little
stuff? Why does the Mishna say that you should run to do the small
mitzvot and they will bring you to the big ones why doesnt it just say
do the small and big mitzvot and why does it say because it will lead
you to do another mitzvah?

You must have your mind on the big goal but you must preform the
little stuff! Have a big goal but take little steps to get there! The
guy who climbed mount everest didnt jump to the top he took small
steps and reached a big goal!

How did Elkana merit to have a son like Shmuel? Elkana every year used
to take his family to be ole regel...the way he used to do it was that
he would go through a town every time and sleep on the streets and
when someone invited him in he told them that he was traveling and
wasnt staying and said he was on his way to be ole regel....at first a
couple of people came and every time he would do this in a different
town....eventually ALL JEWS were ole regel! It started with 1 man and
5 people and slowly step by step got to be all the Jews...this is why
he was zoche to a child like Shmuel who was like all the Jews
combined!!!!

The Ramchal writes that we have two test when we do something....it is
easy to come up with a great idea but to actually do something about
it is the HARD part!! thats test one and then after you do something
the commiment and motivation to see it through!!!

Laziness of a young person=SNOOZE BOTTON....they are dreamers but they
dont really want to do what is at hand now the little things....
Laziness of an older person...is to think bigger they are comfortable
with the little things they do but they lost their amibtions they
stopped dreaming!
The young person wants to change the world but the older person is
content with what he is doing....

The young guy wants to finish shas and shulchan aruch and write a book
of his own but forgets to get there you must go PAGE BY PAGE!!!!!! And
the older guy is content to go to shiur once a week and forgot about
all his dreams!!!

The right way is to have your eyes on the big stuff the main goal but
dont forget it takes small steps to get there! That is why the Mishna
says RUN to do the small stuff get excited about the small stuff and
that enthusiasm will keep you going to reach the big stuff! Its easy
to get up ONE morning and go to minyan and pray very well but to get
up the next morning and the next to keep that excitment is hard Aaron
Hakohen lit the menora EVERYDAY with the same enthusiasm as the first
time you must continue that enthusiasm!

So how do you get from the small stuff to the big stuff? The mishna
tells us RUN to do the small stuff if you run and are excited if you
come to shiur and instead of sitting in the back and just hear the
rabbi speak come in prepared get excited!!! ask questions!!! if you do
it the right way you will continue! The small steps with excitement
and enthusiasm will bring you to the big stuff!!! Every big company
started small and step by step built up!!!!!!!!

Take upon yourself something small but do it with excitment and you
will see you will reach the HIGHEST OF THE HIGH!!!!!!
-Daniel Hadar

REALIZE YOUR POTENTIAL!

To all you wonderful awesome children of the greatest father:

The Ner Uziel cites the Zohar Hakadosh on this week's parasha, who
says that Korach was the gilgul of of Kayin. His trial in life was to
overcome Kayin's major shortcoming--Jealousy! The Sheim MiShemuel
explains that Kayin's mission in this world was to join forces with
Hevel. Together they would have made an ideal team. Kayin was endowed
with drive and ambition, while Hevel was blessed wiht inner peace. Had
they forged an alliance, they would have compensated for each other's
weaknesses as they pooled their strengths. Just as Korach bore the
sould of Kayin, Moshe Rabainu was the gilgul of Hevel. The script
enacted by Kayin and Hevel played itself out once again in Moshe's
generation. Had Korach joined forces wiht Moshe, they would have made
a formidable team and achieved a state of perfect spiritual balance.
Tragically, like his ancestor long before him, Korach failed the tes,
discarding a monumental opportunity.

We must realize our potential on this world, and we must realize that
if we fail to do so we not only fail ourselves but we are failing the
people around us who by doing the right thing we had the power to
inspire them to do the same and most importantly we are failing Hashem
who now has to wait longer until the Beit Hamikdash can be built.

There is a story told of the Netziv that can be a great mussar lesson
to us in our personal lives, as a child the Netziv was not very into
learning, seeing this his parents went looking for other options for
their son. One day his parents were in the living room discussing how
there is an opening as the apprentice by the shoe maker. Hearing this
the Netziv ran down and started to cry to his parents begging them to
give him another chance, and he promises them that he will start to
learn seriously. Seeing this, his parents decided to give him another
chance. A couple of years the Netziv made a party after he finished
writing the Emek Shaila(The Netziv was not known for making parties)
someone asked him why he was making a party so he said, when you come
up Hashem will ask you where are the sepharim you wrote this is what
you were supposed to do while you were alive, so he said atleast now
when I come up and Hashem asks me for the Emek Shaila I can hand it to
him! Realize that this is going to happen to you to, Hashem will tell
you, that you were supposed to do x, y, and z and in Shamayim you
cannot talk your way out of things like many people do here! Please
realize your potential and strive in the area in which Hashem gave you
strength so when you come up to Shamayim and Hashem asks you for the
"Emek Shaila" you dont just stand there and say uhhhhhhh I dont have
it!!!

By realizing your potential you are helping yourself both on this
world and then next. You are able to live a happy life knowing that
you are making a difference. You can help the world imagine how
amazing things would have been if Korach would have realized his own
potential and joined forces with Moshe instead of fighting him! And
most importantly by perfecting ourselves we are bringing the Geula
closer so that Hashem can once again have his home the Beit Hamikdash
and we can all sit in Gan Eden learning Hashem's awesome Torah!

Bracha Vhatzlacha Rabbah!
-Daniel Hadar

OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN LOVES US!

To Hashem's beloved Children!
Rabbi Diamond


Was it wrong that the Jews asked to send spies to check out the land of Israel?


This was a legitimate request we must put in our efforts. We are
partners with Hashem! Our efforts+Hashem's will. We must do all that
we can and then Hashem will bless our efforts but we must DO!! This is
called Hishtadlut!


On Rosh Hashana, Hashem decrees how much money we will make this year but we cannot sit back and wait for the check we must do our Histadlut
and work and Hashem will bless our work! There is a commantment that
says "Uberachteecha Bchol Mashe Taase" I will bless you in all that
you do but you must DO! This rule applies to all aspects of one's
life. A person must do his part to stay healthy and if you do your
part Hashem will bless your actions!


To combine these two tracks of our efforts and Hashem's will is
extremely hard. To just believe in Hashem is easier because then you
just unload all your problems onto Hashem! Here you actually have to
put in human effort and then through that effort you have to believe
that Hashem rules all! We have to act in a natural manner and believe
that all is in Hashem's hands!


The HOLY AWESOME Alter from Kelm wrote a letter to his son telling him
that he is ill both in his liver and heart. He told his son that he
was given medicine for both but the problem is that the medicine for
the heart makes the liver problem worse and visa versa! He told his
son that this was a message from Hashem that he was having trouble
balancing human effort and Hashem's will. If he is all Hashem's will
then he is taking away from his hishtadlut or he is doing too much
hishtadlut and this is effecting his emunah in Hashem! This is how
great tzaddikim think! Let me give you a little taste of who the Alter
of Kelm was! You were able to see on the Alter's face when it was
Shabat! During the week the Alter's face was pale and he looked sickly
but on Shabat his face was beaming red!!!! When a problem arises a
Tzadik looks inside himself to see what he is doing wrong to be able
to fix the problem!
Ok so now we know that there are two tracks human effort(hishtadlut)
and the will of Hashem. and they do not contradict eachother actually
Hashem wants us to do Hishtadlut!

The spies teach us that we must look at everything Hashem does for the
good! Hashem made the grapes huge in Israel which took eight men to
carry which Hashem intented to show them how rich and AWESOME Israel
is....but the spies saw this as a negative and said look these grapes
are huge for giants and only giants can live in a place like this we
will never survive!!!! Hashem showed them walled cities to show them
that these men are weak they need walls to protect them and they
understood the walls to mean these are powerful men and Hashem made
sure there will be a lot of funerals that day so the people will be
pre occupied so the spies can spy unnoticed and the spies saw this as
the land kills its people. Because of this sin of the spies the Bnei
Yisrael had to go 40 years in the desert and eventually die! You have
to realize this trip was really supposed to take them 6 days walking
from Egypt to Israel. So we see the ending was really bad but what was
wrong with the begining(asking for spies)? Sending spies is a natural
act because "En Somchim Al Haness" but at the begining of the story
Rashi quotes Chazal saying that Hashem said you are asking to send
spies after I told you it will be ok you will see the spies will be
the start of your downfall!!! The day that Bnei Yisrael cried that
they cant fight happened to have been on Tisha B'av which then started
the sadness of that day and since then bad things have happened on
that day! Rashi says that asking for spies was a sin but what happened
ot Histadlut?

One possible answer is that in the situation they were in they were
not in natural circumstances everything around them was supernatural
so they were expected to act accordingly, and not go back to their
natural ways!

Hashem did not create us perfect because he wanted us to be part of
the process of perfecting ourselves and making ourselves happy. The
HOLY Zohar writes that Hashem didnt want us to eat bread of shame! Man
needs the feeling of accomplishment and ownership and everything he
gets should not feel like charity!
Human effort is not a lower level but a higher level! We must realize
that when we do things in a natural way it has to be parallel to
Hashem's will!
The things we do must be:
1)100% Kosher we must give Hashem something kosher so he can bless it!
If you cheat in business Hashem is not going to bless your business.
You must do your hishtadlut because there is a commandment by the
sweat of yoru brow you will eat bread! Realize Hashem has all the
power but you are just doing what you were commanded to do!
2)How much hishtadlut must one put in?
You must do enought that what you are getting from Hashem does not
look like an open miracle!
3)Realize that when you do your hishtadlut, do it calmly all you are
doing is giving Hashem something to bless!

Rashi says that when they asked for the spies they all ran the young
in front of all the old the regular people in front of the leaders.
They were all in a state of panic! Their sin wasnt that they asked for
the spies but that they didnt do it calmly we are commanded to do
Hishtadlut but we must realize in the end all is in the hands of
Hashem!

Tefilla is a very crucial part of Hishtadlut The HOLY Ramchal writes
in Derech Hashem that Tefilla in the morning is like breakfast. There
is a study that says that children that do not eat breakfast have
trouble with math and have poor reasoning skills! The physical world
mirrors the spiritual world!


Rav Elya Lapyan zecher tzadik vkadosh lbracha tells a story of a young
boy who was hunger stricken and throughout his illness he was losing
his memory at first he couldnt recognize his friends then his brother
and eventually his own father! Rav Elya says that if you starve
physically you will not recognize your father on this world and if you
starve spiritually(not daven) you will not recognize your father in
heaven!


The Ramchal writes that you have daven first before you do any
Hishtadlut, Halacha is that you may not do anything before you daven!
You must build a foundation! Prayer is combining the two tracks. The
Sefer Hakuzari says that this is why we daven three times a
day(breakfast lunch and dinner)
"Shivchi Kameech Lebech"
Poor out your heart to Hashem think about what you need make a list if
you have to and ASK HIM!!!!
The Jews were right to do the natural thing and ask for spies but they
did it the wrong way no need to be nervous and panic Hashem will help
you!!!!

You MUST look through G-dly eyes...the spies didnt do this and that is
why they saw all the things that Hashem did FOR THEM in a negative
light!

The HOLY Zohar asks why didnt the spies want to go to Israel? So he
says that they didnt want to lose their positions they were nisim in
the desert but they knew that it will be different in Israel.
The Shloh HAKADOSH explains this Zohar by saying that the Spies didnt
want to lose their system and in their minds the Bnei Yisrael were not
ready to go without Moshe because they had nefua that he will not come
into Israel. But he says this was a lack of Emunah because Hashem told
them to go into Israel so that means he knew they were on the level to
go!

The spies also that the Giants were so powerful that EVEN HASHEM
couldnt beat them!!! The spies were great men how can they have said
this?? EVEN LITTLE US WOULDNT SAY THAT SOME HUMAN IS GREATER AND MORE
POWERFUL THAN HASHEM!!!! The AMAZING Chafetz Chaim says that it wasnt
that Hashem couldnt beat the giants but that he wouldnt because he
will have to do miracles to beat them and the Bnei Yisrael were not on
the level to deserve miracles. The Chafetz Chaim says that this was a
grave error and is a error we make today! We think that Hashem will
not help us because we have sinned and are on a low level and this is
a tremendous error! It is our Yetzer Hara who is trying to convince us
that we are nothing and not worthy of Hashem's help! When we feel that
Hashem is there for us that is service of Hashem itself! The Yetzer
Hara tells us you are not a Tzadik Hashem doesnt love you and this
wrong everything we for Hashem big or small is beloved by Hashem! This
was the error of the spies they thought it was all or nothing! Realize
Hashem loves you no matter what you do you are one of his children! Do
your hishdatlut and know that Hashem will bless all your actions he is
your father and a parent never gives up on their child!
-Daniel Hadar

Torah Is Life

To all the wonderful Jews in the world!
Rabbi Beyda
The Gemara in Yoma tells a famous story of a Beit Din prosecuting a
rich man and a poor man!
The Beit Din asks the poor man why didnt you learn and why werent you
ozek in Torah? So he tells them that he had to work and making a
living to support his family! So they asked him were you as poor as
Hillel Hazaken? To give you an idea of how poor Hillel was: (the
amounts are not real yet made up to be able to get an understanding)
Hillel used to make one dollar a week and half of it went to support
and feed his family and the other half went to pay for his entrance
fee to the Beit Hamidrash! One week he didnt have enough money to pay
the entrance fee so he climbed up on the roof and put his ear to the
skylight so he can hear words of Torah! The next morning they realized
that it was a bit dark in the Beit Hamidrash and when they looked up
they saw a form of a body. When they went up they saw he was covered
in snow. The Rabbis boiled water on Shabat to warm him up, because in
their minds it was permissable to violate Shabat for a man like
HIllel!
Okay but I have a question why does this poor man have to be compared
to Hillel, throughout history there werent very many people like
Hillel Hazaken! And to add to that, if a there are circumstances that
prevent a person from doing a positive mitzvah he is patur! "ANUZ
PATUR" So why then isnt this guy is under immense pressure to make a
living not patur?
This Beit Din was trying to teach this poor man that Torah is LIFE!!!!
There are things on this world that a person can live without for a
period of time...food and drink for a couple of days! But there is one
thing that you cannot go without for more than max a few minutes and
that is AIR! The Beit Din was teaching this poor man that TORAH IS
AIR!!! and you CANNOT live too long without TORAH!!!
"Ki Hu Chayecha"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Holy Rambam writes that EVERYONE is required to learn Torah Rich
or Poor Sick or Healthy Big or Small Single or Married etc!!!!!!!!

Now came time to prosecute the Rich man....So they asked the Rich man
why didnt you learn and why werent you ozek BTORAH????? So he said you
have to understand that I was busy I had a huge business and empire to
run and many people working for me and I didnt really have
time!(Imagine this was prior to our time where we have blackberries
and palms and laptops and everything to make sure we have work
EVERYWHERE we go!) So the beit din asked him are your richer than
Rebbe Elazar who had 1000 forests and 1000 ships! And Rebbe Elazar
used to take some flour with him to eat and go out to learn TORAH!!!!!
The Ashir(rich man) wasnt saying that he didnt WANT to learn torah but
he was saying he was BUSY!! So the beit din was tellhing him that if
you live on the assumption that if you HAVE time to learn you will you
will NEVER have time!!!!!
You MUST set time for learning when you come up to Shamayim they will
ask you many questions and one of them will be KAVATA ITIM
L'TORAH!!!(Did you set time aside to learn Torah)??? This the message
the Beit Din was trying to teach the rich man set aside time lets say
every Tuesday at 2pm but this means that this is time is BOOKED!! not
that if anything else comes up you will cancel the learning!!! But you
tell yourself when I FIND time to learn I will it will NEVER
HAPPEN!!!!!

Now its time for the Rasha to answer the question! Rasha: Its not my
fault Hashem made me very good looking you know I couldnt keep the
girls off me!!! So they will ask him WERE YOU BETTER LOOKING THAN
YOSEF HATZADIK?? And did you have someone chasing you like Potifar's
wife chased Yosef? To have time and do nothing is worse than the Rasha
atleast he isnt wasting his time he is going down the WRONG path but
he can say he was busy!
The Pirkei Avot says that a person who is up late at night or walking
alone and does nothing and thinks nothing is destined for death! What
did he do wrong? Being up at night or walking alone is an opportunity
that you dont get often you are alone you have the opportunity to
think an ideal opportunity to learn Torah and you do NOTHING you are
desitned for death!!! If you have a free moment to breathe then
BREATHE!!!!!!

Hashem held a mountain over our heads and told us he will drop it
unless we accept the Torah! OK WAIT WHAT IM CONFUSED WHAT HAPPENED TO
NAASE VNISHMA????????
Naase Vnishma was for Written Torah!
But for the Oral Torah we werent sure if we wanted it, its so long and
so difficult!
Hashem was telling them if you dont toil and work in Torah then you do
not have AIR and its not living! Hashem put the mountain over their
heads because he was telling them it was a all or nothing cant have
one without the other if you dont want it then you will be better off
in the grave!

Vagitem bo yamam vlayla!
Wait does that mean I have to learn 24/7????????
Not exactly......If you calculate the hours in your day and see after
all your necessities are done with what is left and you spend those
remaining hours learning Torah you get credit as if you learned all
day!!! But there is a catch when you come up to Shamayim you will
think that wow I learned my 2,3,4 hours a day but its like I learned
all day so Imagine from my bar mitzvah till the day I died was 107
years so 24hrs a day and 365 days a year thats 937,320 hours of TORAH
LEARNING WOW They wont even have enough room in Olam Haba for
me!!!!!!! But when you get up they are like ok so you get zechar for 2
hours a day and you are like WHAT but but but but you get zechar like
you learned all day!!! So they will tell you well true BUT lets see
what you did when you had an off day so you did your two hours that
day but you had no work so that means you had many more hours that you
spent NOT learning Torah. The reason you get zechar for all the other
hours is because if you didnt have to work you would learn but you
have work and Hashem knows that but this only works if you spend your
FREE time learning TORAH!!!!!!
-Daniel Hadar

BULLETPROOF VEST!

To Hashem's awesome children
Rabbi Mansour


In this week's parasha we learn about the Mitzvah of Tzizit. If a man
is wearing a four corner garment he must affix Tzizit to the corners.
According to the Torah law if you are not wearing a four corner
garment you do not have to put tzizit on, but there is an inyan to
obligate yourself to put on a four corner garmet to put on tzizit. The
gemara says that in normal times if you do not obligate yourself you
are ok, but in times when Hashem is upset and angry, if you are not
one of those who obligates himself then you are in serious trouble all
bad will rain down on you but if you do obligate yourself you will be
protected!


What is the connection of the story of the guy being mechalel Shabat
and Tzizit? The Tzizit reminds you of the 613 Mitzvot Tzizit=600 + 8
strings + 5 knots= 613. For this to work you must know the Mitzvot to
remember them.


The Dubne Maggid tells a story that a man went to a party, while he
was there he saw that there was a man standing there with a bell in
his hand and every time the man rang the bell waiters would come out
and bring food. This happened over and over again. So the man went to
the store and to buy a bell. When he came home he told his wife WATCH
THIS! So he started ringing the bell waiting for the waiters to come
out and serve food! So he thought the bell was defective! But what he
didnt realize was that you must PREPARE first!


The Parashot are connected because the guy who was mechalel Shabat FORGOT!


During our times immorality is EVERYWHERE! ALL AROUND US! Once a
person goes toward immorality he starts to lose all his Torah so the
Tzizit can be his protection from Giluy Arayot!


There is a Gemara in Menachot that tells a story of a man who was very
meticulous in the Mitzvah of Tzizit. This same guy found out that
there was a zonah in a specific city who was supposed to be the best
there is! So he sent her the money before hand to pay for the services
he was going to get. When he got there in her room where beds on top
of beds so they climbed up to the top and when they were about to
engage in the act, the man's Tzizit slapped him in the face! After
this happened he got the hint and walked down to the bottom! So she
followed him and asked him what fault did she have that made him not
want to do it? He told her that she was the most beautiful woman he
had ever seen and it was not her but there is a mitzvah in the Torah
of Tzizit and Hashem will judge you for the good and bad deeds that
you do and the two on one side will bare witness to the good that you
have done and the two on the other side will bare witness to the bad
that you have done. After hearing this the woman was so impressed that
she eventually converted and married this man. Because she said she
never saw something so powerful.


The Mekubalim say that this happened because the guy knew that this
woman had some kedusha in her and that he came there to get the nitzoz
and he was ok with this hard task because his tzizit were going to
protect him.


The Aiizal Hakadosh says that all your clothing have a light of
Kedusha to them but none of them are powerful enough to really protect
you, The Tzizit is the only one that has a light powerful enough to
protect a person!


A rich man once bought a chatan a Talit for his wedding and Rav Chaim
Sanzer said that because of this the man has a great zechut. A couple
of years later at the rich man's funeral Rav Chaim Sanzer was there
and he walked in back of the body and waved his hands up in the air to
the right and left. So his talmidim asked him WHAT ARE YOU DOING!????
So he said that this man once bought a chatan a Talit and he has a
great zechut and I am pushing away all the bad things that are trying
to get him! If by buying a Talit for a chatan you merit having THE
GREAT RAV CHAIM SANZER push away all the bad things trying to get you
IMAGINE what your zechut would be if you actually WEAR
TZIZIT!!!!!!!!!!!!


The Holy Arizal says that a segula to get rid of Anger is to look at
the corner of your tzizit, In hebrew anger and corner have the same
numerical value!


Six=Natural things, such as the six days of creation or the six days of work
Seven=Kedusha on this world
Eight=Kedusha in the next world, Above nature Ma'ala min Hateva! 8
days of Chanuka 8th day of Pesach Hashem split the sea, 8 strings of
Tzizit! Tzizit can bring a Jew to the Borei Olam and it does it
through the 5(knots) Books of the TORAH! If you do Tzizit correctly
and realize what they REALLY are then you are not part of this
physical world and the laws of this world do not apply to you!


The Gemara says that if you are not careful with the Mitzvah of Tzizit
then it will cause your children much pain!


The Ben Ish Hai says that 8(strings)+5(knots)=13 13x4=52 the numerical
value of son! THIS SIMPLE MITZVAH CAN SAVE YOUR CHILDREN!
The Holy Zohar Hakadosh says that every mezuza is missing a parasha
and the way we complete it is by the parasha that is on our backs!
When we walk by wearing tzizit!


There was a rabbi in the holocaust named Rabbi Meisels and he decided
when he was sent off to the camps that he was going to take one
precious item with him and that was his talit! So while in Auschwitz
one of the Nazi officers YAMACH SHEMAM VZICHRAM saw it and took it
away so he spent some time trying to get to the lost and found room
and finally he got there and found his talit and decided that he was
going to make it into a beged katan and wear under his shirt. And wore
it throughout his time there and said that is what protected him! So
when the Nazis were losing the and the alies were bombing they decided
they were going to kill as many as they could while they still had a
chance so they were putting the Jews on the train and one of the
officers saw that the rabbi had something under his shirt so he ripped
it out and threw it in the fire the rabbis hands started to tremble he
didnt know what he was going to do without his protection! So this
Satan in human form threw him onto the train and while all the Jews
were sitting on the floor this devil had a bench in the middle where
he was lying down so the rabbi was there with his son and he told his
son that for some time he was going to lay on his father's shoulder
and sleep and then visa versa they have done this many times before! A
little while after the Rabbi fell asleep on his son's shoulder his son
wakes him up abba your hurting my shoulder the father not knowing what
happened they have done this many times and it never bothered him but
he said ok and the father turned his head to the right and the son to
the left and as they were doing this the alies who were in planes saw
this train and thinking it was Nazis inside starting firing and the
bullet went right between the father and son's head and his the NAZI
DEVIL right in his hands and he started screaming and his fellow devil
nazi officer told him its because you ripped his scrawl and through it
in the fire!!!!!!!!!!! The rabbi realized that the TZIZIT protected
him yet again and SAVED HIS LIFE!!!!!!!!!!


So the women are like ok very nice but women dont wear tzizit so what
do you want from us!!!!!? If a woman washes and folds her husband's
tzizit she will be zoche to AMAZING SWEEEEEEEEET SHALOM BAYIT!!
Realize also dear females that it is usually the mother who dresses
the children so make sure that your children have kosher tzizit and
that they remember to put them on!!!!!!!!!!


The Mishna Berura says that if a person puts his tzizit over his eyes
during shema he is promised that he will never go blind!!!!!!!!!!!


There was a boy in Yerushalayim who needed treatments because he had
cancer before he went to get them he bought a new pair of Tzizit
hoping it will be sterile enough and they will let him in with the
tzizit when he went he got undressed and got into the sterile clothing
but left his tzizit on and the nurse told him that he cant go in with
them he told her he isnt going in with them so she said ok sit there
until you decide to go in! he sat there for THREE HOURS!!! A doctor
walked by and saw him sitting there and asked him why he was sitting
there and the boy told the doctor the story so the doctor went in to
see what happened and when he came out he was ghostly white and the
boy asked him what happened? The Doctor told him to go in now for the
treatment and that he will tell him after! When the boy was done the
doctor told him there is seriously something powerful protecting your
religious people if you would have went in when you were supposed to
they would have done the wrong treatment which would have KILLED
YOU!!!!! TZIZIT SAVED HIS LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!


Realize my dear Jews this is the ONLY mitzvah that goes with you when
you die!!!! and when mashiach comes and the graves open up we will all
be wearing a Talit!!!!! Dont let it be that you wait until you die to
wear this awesome mitzvah its SOOOOOOOOOO easy and soooooooooooooooooo
powerful!!!!! How can you give it up??????
-Daniel Hadar

BRING HASHEM'S CHILDREN BACK PLEASE

To all of Hashem's Children!
Rabbi Wallerstein:


Why is the Parasha called Bhaaloscha(candles will go up) and not light them?


Rashi says that the reason for this is that the Kohen had to hold the
light there until it went up to make sure that Bnei Yisrael didnt have
a reason to get nervous that one of the candles went out.


Fire is the only thing that does not have displacement, if you pour a
half cup of water into another cup the first cup does not have any
water left in it. Fire is proof for the Neshama, Kedusha and Rabbaim.
A Rebbe can teach talmidim and he does not lose the Torah that he
teaches. But the Rebbe must make sure to hold on to make sure the
Talmid goes up so the Talmid wont go out! The Rebbe has to hold on
long enough so the FIRE(Talmid) wont go out!


We ourselves must do all we can to keep the fire going. Many go to
Israel for the year maybe even TWO but then come back and fall right
back into their old habits! Starting something is good but the most
important part is getting to the finish line! The great Rav Natanel
Lebowitz once said: while you are in Yeshiva your rabaim are there to
keep you in line to make you go to shiur and minyan but whats most
important is to take Yeshiva with you when you leave....doesnt matter
where you go: college, army etc!!!


"If you make Hashem's will your will Hashem will make your will his will"
This is the HIGHEST level If you want to go to the movies but you find
out that Hashem does not want you to go to the movies then YOU DONT
WANT TO!! The reward for this is that Your will and Hashem's will are
the same! Hashem never fails so that means you cant fail!


The lower level is to have a decision and see ok lets see I want to go
to the movies BUT Hashem doesnt really want me to so for Hashem I wont
go to the movies! And if you subdue your will for Hashem then Hashem
will subdue someone else's will who wanted to hurt you!


To mevatel your Ratzon can be nearly impossible....I am going to stop
smoking, or drinking, or talking to girls, etc But if you change your
Ratzon and make your ratzon Hashem's ratzon then its not I cant smoke
or I cant talk to girls BUT I do not WANT to talk to girls or smoke!!
If your Ratzon is Hashem's ratzon then you will be successful and the
Yetzer Hara will have no power over you! It is not I cannot have a
drink its I do not WANT a drink because if you tell yourself you
cannot then you will fight it once twice three times and then youll
drink but if you dont want it it has NO POWER OVER YOU!!!!


The two biggest avairot that the SATAN(HE SHOULD BE ERASED) is getting
us to do in this generation being that we soooooooooooooooooooooooooo
close to MASHIACH TZIDKAINU is to sleep with a girl who is in nida and
to be mechalel THE HOLY SHABAT!!!! Why these two??? There are guys who
are mechalel Shabat and sleep with girls who are in nida but eat
KOSHER???? WHY? Because these two if someone does them they are CHAYAV
KARET!!! THEY ARE CUT OFF FROM KLAL YISRAEL!!!! NOW IMAGINE THIS THE
SATAN KNOWS HE IS GOING TO BE GONE SOON! BUT HOW CAN HE GET US
FOREVER!!! SO THIS IS THE WAY GET US TO BE CHAYAV KARET AND THEN WE
ARE CUT OFF FROM HASHEM AND ARE HELPLESS AND EVEN WHEN MASHIACH COMES
WE WILL BE CUT OFF!!!
The only way to get out of this is to realize how BAD these avairot
are and what their consequences are and to do Teshuva! BEWARE THE
BIGGEST AND WORST CURSE IS TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM HASHEM! Realize if
you do them you will get the punishment of the Nachash!!!! Hashem told
him that he will eat dirt isnt that good that he will always have
food? NO that means he will not need Hashem TOTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM
THE BORAI OLAM!!!!!! There are kids out there flicking on light
switches on Shabat to show Hashem whose boss!!! WHAT ARE THEY CRAZY
BEWARE IF YOU DO THIS DO TESHUVA BECAUSE OR ELSE YOU ARE CHAYAV KARET
AND ARE DISCONNECTED FROM HASHEM! To get close to Hashem make his will
your will! Realize the Satan is almost gone so do not let him take you
with him!!!!


If you have a choice between giving to a dying poor person or a guy
who is about to sleep with a nida or a guy about to mechalel shabat
give to the guy who is about to the avaira because if the poor man
dies he will go to olam haba but if you neglect the guy he will be
chayav karet and be HELPLESS!!!!!!


The HOLY KAF HAYASHAR writes that there is no greater chessed then to
daven for people who are not on the path! There is a tefilla from the
Chazon Ish and a Tefilla in the Amida in the bracha of Hashivainu that
you can say to bring people back!!!(If you do not know these tefillot
and would like to let me know and I will enlighten you!) If a person
davens for his friend he will get first so not only will you be
bringing back Hashem's children your fellow Jewish brothers and
sisters but you will bring yourself closer to Hashem! AMEN
-Daniel Hadar

The Shechina in Galut

To All of Hashem's Treasured Children

Rav Eliyahu E. Dessler writes. Awareness of Hashem's presence in the
depths of our hearts is what is meant by "The Shechina dwelling in
Israel" In Shemot 25:8 it is written: "They shall make for Me a
Sanctuary and I will dwell in their midst" Rav Moshe Alshich writes
"Not in its midst, the midst of the Sanctuary, but in their midst, in
the hearts and lives of Bnei Yisrael, that is where Hakadosh Baruchu
lives!
However low a person has sunk, he never loses that inner spark of
Kedusha that is in every Jew! Rav Dessler says this is the deeper
meaning of Hakadosh Baruchu's promise never to reject Klal Yisrael or
let be extinct.(Vayikra 26:44) But through sin and involvement with
tumah an iron wall may be erected between the spark of Kedusha and the
ego. As a result the spark of Kedusha in a sense "falls into Tumah"
and can no longer illuminate a person's Neshama! Then "The Shechina is
in Galut" The inner point of Truth no longer shines forth in the open
but is obscured and dark!
The "Exile of the Shechina" can apply to an individual or to all of
Klal Yisrael. When Klal Yisrael as a whole rejects the Spark of
Kedusha within it through ignorance and materialism, this is the worst
possible situation! The thread which links Klal Yisrael to its life of
Kedusha and Avodat Hashem is fraying and extinction Chas Vshalom is
near. (Baruch Hashem we have a guarantee that the worst will never
happen)
Yet one who is insensitive to the gravity of the situation may himself
be in grave spiritual trouble! But if one feels the Galut of the
Shechina in oneself, if one grieves over the inability to come clsoe
ot Hakadosh Baruchu if one mourns over the destruction of the Beit
Hamikdash in his heart so much so that it causes him to shead tears
then the Shechina is already returning from its Galut. The Chachamim
say in Mesechet Taanit Daf Lamed Amud Bet "Whoever mourns over the
destruction of the Beit Hamikdash will be zoche to see its joy" True
mourning over the Galut of the Shechina is a sign of the slow healing
of a wayward heart, and that is the cause for rejoicing NOW! "Weeping
througout the generations" is not a punishment; it is the sole remedy.
Indeed the true purpose of all the anguish which Hakadosh Baruchu
brings on us is to lead us to awareness of the loss of the Beit
Hamikdash in the heart...and this is the way to Geula.

We can never feel the pain of a parent losing a child. We can only
feel the pain of us Klal Yisrael losing our true close connection with
our father: Hashem. Lets show Hashem that we care that he is in pain
and maybe even shed a tear. Many of us cry over material losses as if
the world just ended in Midrash Eicha Hashem asks us to altreast treat
him like our Avodah Zara so if we can shed a tear for our Avodah Zara
cant we atleast do that much for Hashem?! And in the zechut of tears
we will be zoche to be there and rejoice at the building of the third
and final Beit Hamikdash! There are many things that are dear to our
hearts please lets make Hashem one of them!

Hashem should bless us if G-d Forbid we have to fast this year with a
fast filled with much growth and Teshuva. And from this moment on we
should only improve and reach our true potentials and be zoche to
learn Hashem's True Torah in Gan Eden AMEN.
-Daniel Hadar

True Hapiness

To all Jews:
Chacham Beyda:

As Alfred Hitchcock once said: "Good Evening Everybody"

Ben Zoma Omer Eze Hu Chacham? Halomed Mi Kol Adam, Shenemar Mi kol
Melamdayni Hishkalti. Eze Hu Gibor? Hacovesh Et Yitzro, Shenemar Tov
Erech Apayim Megibor Umoshel Berucho Miloked Air. Eze Hu Ashir?
Hasameach Bechelko. Shenemar Yagia Kapecha Ki Tochal Ashrecha Vtov
Lach. Ashrecha BeOlam Haze Vtov Lach LeOlam Haba. Eze Hu Mchubad?
Hamechabed et Haberiot Shenemar Ki Mechabdai Achabed Ubozai Yikalu.

What does Hasameach Bechelko mean?

Imagine a birthday party in an office. It is someone's birthday, lets
call him David, now everyone gets a memo cake and ice cream in
confrence room 3 at 4pm today its David's Birthday. So most people
show up, always happy to get a break, but there are a couple of people
who are stuck in their offices on the phone, answering emails, making
deals. In the conference room there are the two yentes who are cutting
the cake for everyone, and handing them out. Now I hope Bezrat Hashem
that there are atleast some people who will take a piece of cake and
ice cream to the people stuck in their offices, and when this happens
the guy in the office is like WOW thank you SOOOOO much that was soo
nice of you, wow that is a nice piece of cake, and the guy downs it
happy that his wife isn't there to tell him its all fat and sugar! But
the people in the conference room are like children never happy I
wanted the flower, you got a bigger piece, i wanted that ice cream not
this one and the list goes on!

Eze Hu Ashir? The guy who is in the conference room who can see what
everyone else has and STILL be HAPPY!!!! When you pull up in your car
and there are other cars around for some reason you are not happy even
the scratch on the other car looks better! For some reason everything
everyone else has in your head is better than yours! So Ben Zoma tells
us who is rich? The one who is happy with HIS lot!!!

"You cant always get what you want, but if you want to be rich want
what you get"

Nutritionists, look at people's diets and see what they are missing.
If you have a low vitamin c count they will put you on a diet that is
high on vitamin c.

The Neshama also needs vitamins and minerals, and they are Torah and
Mitzvot. A stingy person might not give Tzedaka, a lazy person might
not get up to pray at the proper time. And this causes a spiritual
deficiency! One thing causes all spiritual deficiency and that is
discontent. No one feels HAPPY! Unfortuantely we do not have enough
Spiritual Nutritionists to help us find ways to get happy! We try to
find ways that we THINK will make us happy some think Money will make
them happy some food some SHOES and some hooka and some drugs and
drinking and the list goes on and on and on! But we should look at the
neshama and see what it is missing!

We all come down to this world for 120 years, and we all have
different talents, skills and potential. When one fails to develop
their inborn talents and fails to maximize their potential this will
cause them to be unhappy. But when even with little talent maximizes
their potential this will cause them to be happy.

The Mashgiach in Mir Rabainu Yerucham says that people can achieve
hapiness by becoming that which Hashem meant them to be.

A person has to know who he is, and how far he can go and what his
talents are and maximize those talents.

There is a story told of the Netziv that can be a great mussar lesson
to us in our personal lives, as a child the Netziv was not very into
learning, seeing this his parents went looking for other options for
their son. One day his parents were in the living room discussing how
there is an opening as the apprentice by the shoe maker. That night
the Netziv had a dream that he came to Shamayim and they asked him are
you the Netziv and he said yes so they looked through his stuff and
asked him where is the Emek Shaila? So he said the Emek what? You must
be mistaken I am Naftaly the shoe maker you must be looking for
someone else. So they told him no its you, you were supposted to write
the Emek Shaila which is crucial to Torah learning. A couple of years
later the Netziv made a party after he finished
writing the Emek Shaila(The Netziv was not known for making parties)
someone asked him why he was making a party so he said, when you come
up Hashem will ask you where are the sepharim you wrote this is what
you were supposed to do while you were alive,Shamayim is going to say
we gave you the potential and the means to write this sefer why didnt
you? You spent your lifes making shoes!!!!!! What happened to your
potential!!! So he said atleast now when I come up and Hashem asks me
for the Emek Shaila I can hand it to him!

You are going to be asked according to your potential! A no body comes
up to the plate and strikes out so the crowd won't be happy but they
will say ok, but if a major league star gets up and strikes out the
crowd will go nuts because he was supposed to be able to hit that!!!

Your chelek doesnt only mean what money you have, but you were given
certain tools when you came down to this world and you are expected to
use them to do your job, if you were given a hammer nails and wood
Hashem isnt going to ask you why the lights did not work! but how come
the bookcase fell down! Who is the rich one, the one who fulfills his
potential!

Ask yourself why am I here? What is my purpose? What am I doing? You
have to have a purpose on this world and if you feel like you have a
purpose you will be happy! But if you feel useless and like he is
going in circles he will get depressed! Driving for a goal motivates a
person!

There is a story of a very wealthy man who came to a Rabbi and asked
him I want you to come to my house and teach me how to be happy so the
Rabbi said what are you talking about all you rich people look happy,
so he said let me tell you a story years back my father started a
small retail store and it was successful and then me and my brother
went to work for my dad and it was good but we needed more and we
opened another store, and then that wasnt enough so we opened another
store one for me one for my brother and one for my father and that
still did not make us happy, by the time the story was told they had
40 stores, real estate, and many investments and had 5 cars and 6
houses etc and still they were not happy. So the rabbi told him you
are trying to satisfy a spiritual deficiency with physical things!

Rav Bunim, said that the children of a man who runs around and always
works and doesnt stop for a minute to look at why he is here and to
work on his spirituality because he says he needs to provide for his
kids will say the same thing as their father and will never stop for a
minute to do work on themselves. Who is the child who will in the end
finally gain from all this work for the kids?

The Ramchal says in Mesilat Yisharim that our purpose on this world is
to gain enough merit to be able to rest in Shamayim and enjoy the Ziv
Hashechina.

After a three day weekend people say oh back to the real world OH HOW
WRONG THEY ARE!!!!!!! That isnt the real world the SHABAT AND CHAG IS
THE REAL WORLD its our taste to know what is up there in the REAL
WORLD!!!  The real world is spiritual and eternal!!!! and you want to
get there with enough in the bank to get a good seat!!

We must do mitzvot, study Torah, and we MUST MUST work on our
character traits! Because you have to live with yourself forever and
if you are a dirty rotten mean person oy onto you that you have to
live with that LEOLAM!!

Pleasure IS NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTT HAPINESS!!!
Hapiness is achieving your full potential its feeding your neshama the
spiritual needs! Chocolate, Ice cream, beer, hooka, cake, fruit,
lachmasheen, cholent, is ALL pleasure! BUT THIS IS NOT HAPINESS! It
has the same effect as an iv in the end!

When Yaacob Avinu gave his children Berachot, you see that he blessed
each one with his own character traits, and that each one had their
place in this world and should use their skills to reach that.

Rabainu Yeruchum in his Sefer Da'at Chochma U'Mussar says a person can
achieve perfection only by guarding and perfecting those character
assets that are unique to his personality  No one will be responsible
to develop traits that you were not blessed with but you will be
responsible to develop those that you did have!

The Gemara Avodah Zara tells us that Hashem never tests anyone with a
test that they cannot pass.
Avraham Avinu at a young age was able to say that he will not bow down
and throw me in the fire and at an old age he was able to say he will
sacrifice his child before the tests he had the ability to do them.

You have to be on the offense and the defense, the converse of
developing and maintaining your good traits is that you must get rid
of your negative traits. If you are stingy learn to be generous etc.

How do you know what you are supposed to be?
Rabbi Doctor Akiva Tatz said to a group of teenagers to take a piece
of paper and draw a circle and inside the circle write down all the
things you have and on the outside write down all the things you want
to have. After they were done he told them to cut out their circle and
throw out the rest, that is what you do not have do not let it
frustrate you look at what you do have and then you will know what
Hashem wanted you to be!

And when measuring yourself do NOT measure against others!!!

The Gemara in Chagiga, there are three that Hashem cries for them 1) A
person who is capable of learning Torah and doesnt 2) A person who
cant learn Torah and does and 3) A community leader who doesnt rule
properly. What is with the second one? Rav Shwadron the Maggid of
Yerushalayim said in the name of his father that the first one is the
one that has the ability to do it and doesnt and the second is one
that does not have the ability but sees others do and jumps into the
game all its going to do is frustrate the person! Hashem cries for
them because they looked at what others had and acted because of them
and didnt realize their own potential and own skills!

We must reach our full potential to be truly happy! Every person can
be Moshe Rabainu! This means that we can all reach our full potential
like he did 100%!!!!!!! If do that Hashem will look at us and say we
are like Moshe Rabainu! I wanted you to write that ONE book and you
did I wanted you to raise a Jewish family and you did etc Hashem will
be happy with and you will be happy with yourself!

We should all be zoche to reach our full potential and not worry or
look at what others have but instead realize how much we have and how
much we can accomplish AMEN!!!!
-Daniel Hadar

Happy Purim!!!

To all of Klal Yisrael Enjoy!!!!

R’ Wallerstein  

The Zohar Hakadosh writes that the dark side does not have life and that it steals its life from the light side! The same way a spider sucks blood from a fly but doesn’t kill the fly he lets the fly recover and then comes back for more! The dark side lets us do good sucks it out of us and lets us do more good and then sucks that out again ENDLESS SUFFERING!!!!!  

Achashvairosh’s party was a trap just like the spider web which is traps the flies. Mordechai was the only one who realized that! Achashvairosh had all the things to trap the Jews: Kosher food MEHADRIN!!!!Jewish waiters so there will be no yayeen nesech chalav yisrael!!!!kemach yashan!!!!Glatt Kosher!!!!!EVERYTHING WAS KOSHER!!!!And to make it even better Achashvairosh made a LAW that no one can force anyone to do something that they did not want to!!!They washed before eating bread!!!They said TORAH at the tables!!!!! After all this Good, they made sure the Jews kept having more and more wine each person the wine of the age he was a 70yr old got 70yr old wine a 20yr old 20 yr old wine etc and in addition you NEVER drank from the same cup!!!!The Jews kept drinking and got drunk and then Haman brought out the naked girls and the Jews started to sin!!!!!! AFTER ALL THAT GOOD ALL THE MITZVOT BRACHOT AND TORAH YOU JUST DID YOU SINNED AND ALL THE GOOD GOES TO THE DARK SIDE!!!! Example of this today: A guy gets up early goes to daven and davens a great davening and says tehillim and tefillot for parnasa and then goes off to work and steals!!!YOU FOOL HOW CRAZY ARE YOU ALL YOUR DAVENING AND TEFILLOT AND TEHILLIM ARE NOW GOING TO THE DARK SIDE!!!!!!! This is why the Tzaddik’s Yetzer Hara is bigger because he has more good for them to take!!!!   The Zohar Hakadosh says that when a Jewish man sleeps with a NON-Jewish woman all his Kedusha is sent to the other side and used against him!!!!All the great Kedusha the Satan keeps in a deep down dark place for further use!!!

The Zohar in Parashat Teruma says that if a person is Machzir someone bTeshuva he takes back that Kedusha that the Satan stole and kept in that deep down dark place and brings it back to Hashem! And when this happens Hashem says look who brought back my Kedusha and the ENTIRE Shamayim stands up for this person!!!!   The Midrash Rabba says that Mordechai knew something had to be wrong because all the people who hated us always tried to bring us to do something wrong!!!The NAZIS Yemachshemom vzicrom and the Spanish inquisition etc all tried to get us to go to their sides!!! Haman HATED the Jews so why was he being nice to them? Giving them Kosher food TORAH etc?18500men went to this party and ate kosher food and spoke torah and did all good and then got drunk and SINNED!!!!! While they were sinning the SATAN went to Hashem and told him LOOK at what they are doing DESTROY them!!!!We HAVE to realize if it is “kosher” does NOT mean it is AUTOMATICALLY good!!!! Because it will start to be good you will go to a bar in Israel and tell your rabbi but rabbi its KOSHER next thing you know you are drunk and the Rabbi finds you in your room naked with a SHIKTZA!!!!!!!!!Then even though you did ALL those mitzvot you ate kosher you said birchat hamazon all that Kedusha goes to the SATAN!!!! The Ahavat Chaim says that a Jew is not allowed to have a non-jew pay for his meal if they go out because if they do all you Mitzvot and Kedusha goes to them(Dark Side)  

The Kohen Gadol does a lottery and one animal goes to Hashem and the other to Azalzel. Why does he need to do a lottery why doesn’t he just say this one to Hashem and this one to Azalzel? Because if he did that its Avodah Zara but if he does a lottery then its Hashem’s hands and Hashem says this is for me and this one is for the Satan to pay the Satan off so he wont bother us and steal our Mitzvot on Yom Kippur!!!!!!   We have to be VERY careful who we go to for help because even if he tells you to something that seems good put on tefillin daven say tehillim fast etc it can be for the other side so be VERY VERY careful who you go to!!! Research the Mekubal or Rabbi first because you can go and theywill do things that look good heal your sick child or fix your parnasa they have the POWER but if you go to them YOU ARE THEIRS!!!!!Your kedusha is THEIRS!!!!!!BEWARE!!!!BE CAREFUL!!! They live off of your good things so just because they told you to do good doesn’t mean they are good!!!!  

Amalek attacked the Jews after they just defeated the GREATEST nation of that time!!! They hated the Jews soooooooooooo much that they didn’t care if they got destroyed! The Satan came to Hashem and told him to destroy the Jews knowing that if Hashem destroys the Jews Satan and the dark side will be destroyed too!!!!Haman knew this but he hates us sooo much that he was willing to die for us to be destroyed! Mordechai had a nevua that Hashem signed to have the Jews destroyed!! If the Satan is destroyed that means that Mashiach comes!!!! Mordechai knew this and he could’ve let Haman kill all the Jews and in result kill the dark side and bring Mashiach but as a leader his job was to protect his people so he told them not to go to the party!! Eliyahu went around in Shamayim trying to find someone that will help save the Jews he went to the Avot and they all said no!!! So he went to Moshe Rabainu and Moshe told him to find out how Hashem wrote it in blood or ink so he said I cant go to the chambers of Hashem so Moshe told him if its in Shamayim its written on earth he told Eliyahu that when Hashem decreed for him not to go to Eretz Yisrael it was in blood so he couldn’t do anything even if he davened which he did!!! So Eliyahu Hanavi went down and heard Haman say to Achashvairosh he heard him say the word leavdom so he right then knew that it was going to be ok was is so special about that word that told him it was going to be ok? Leavdom=Lo Be Dam= NOT WITH BLOOD!!!!!!! So the Jews can do Teshuva because it was written in ink!!!!!!   The closest time between two human beings is a time of crisis especially between a parent and a child or spouses.

Rav Shimshon Pincus Zecher Tzaddik Vkadosh Lbracha said imagine a father who goes to the hospital and the doctor comes out and says sorry sir your son just died the father is going crazy OH MY G-D I WILL NEVER GET TO SEE HIM AGAIN I LOVE HIM I WILL NEVER GET TO HUG HIM OR PLAY WITH HIM OR LEARN WITH HIM!!!HE REALIZES HOW MUCH HE LOVES THIS CHILD!!!! (Hashem signed the decree to kill all the Jews!!!!) So then the father goes to call the Chevra Kedisha and the Doctor comes out and tells him A miracle happened and his child is back!!! The feeling he feels then is out of this world YOU ONLY REALIZE WHAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU LOSE IT!!!! He now realized how much he loves this child he will give this child everything he wants now all the toys in the world he will buy him Toys R Us!!!!!!!!! That feeling the father felt when the doctor came out and told him that is his child back is what Hashem felt when bnei Yisrael did Teshuva!!!!!! And this is what PURIM IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   WHAT IS SOOOOOO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS TIME GREAT WE DID TESHUVA WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE BIG DEAL!!!!!! The reason that this is so AWESOME AND SUCH A BIG DEAL IS BECAUSE WE HAD NO ONE TO HELP US OR TO GUIDE US!!!! HASHEM- Signed to KILL US!!! MORDECHAI- Some crazy Guy NO ONE WAS TALKING TO HIM!!! ESTHER- A traitor she invited the one who wanted to kill the Jews not to one but TWO parties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Despite all this even though we had NO ONE and even Hashem signed us away!!!!We said Hashem you might NOT love us but we love you and even though you don’t care we are still going to do Teshuva and mitzvot!!!!!!!!Mekabel Torah MeAHAVA!!!!We did Torah becauseWE LOVE YOU HASHEM!!!!!THAT IS RIGHT EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN’T LOVE US WE STILL LOVED YOU HASHEM!!!!!!!! Our ONE WAY love for HASHEM broke the Gezera and Hashem in turn loved us back!!!  

The Zohar Hakadosh and the Arizal Hakadosh both say that if we ask for something on Purim Hashem has to give it to us!!!!!!!!!!   Purim is GREATER that Yom Kippur!!! THAT’S RIGHT!!!!! Yom Kippur: We ask mechila for all the wrong that we did!! Purim: Crisis mode Hashem remembers the crisis mode and what he ALMOST LOST!!! He remembers HOW MUCH HE LOVES US!!!!  Hashem says I will give you whatever you want because I love you!!! You loved me for NO REASON so in return I love you FOR NO REASON (even if you sin) PURIM IS GREATER THAN YOM KIPPUR REMEMBER HOWHOLY IT IS!!!!!  

Four mitzvoth of Purim: Megilla: Megale the megilla shows us all this!!!!!!! Matanot Levyonim= Why isn’t it called Tzedaka? Because on purim we have to give to everyone what looks like nature is a MATANA FROM HASHEM even though Hashem gave everyone eyes or ears or a mouth IT’S A MATANA!!! Mishloach Manot Ish Leraihu!!! Reihu=Hashem we give to Hashem but what do you do if Hashem has everything so Hashem tells you like a father who has all give it to my child which usually makes the father happier than if he took it for himself!!! Seudat Purim: After all this Kedusha we do teshuva for the seuda which they had back then and elevate everything to KEDUSHA FOR HASHEM!!!  

Then we do what it says in the Shulchan Aruch WE GET WASTED!!!!!!!!UNITL THE POINT WHEN WE DO NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLESSED IT HAMAN AND CURSED IS MORDECHAI!!!! Two explanations for this 1)      Baruch Haman= Haman almost brought Mashiach!!!!! So when we are drunk we are in the next world and not in the physical world so we give Haman a bracha that he almost brought Mashiach!     

Cursed is Mordechai= Who stopped the Mashiach from coming!!   2)      We are SOOO close to Hashem we say Cursed are you Mordechai we don’t need the rabbis or the tzaddikim im sooo close to Hashem and blessed are you haman BRING HAMAN COME ON ILL TAKE YOU ON I HAVE HASHEM ON MY SIDE!!!!!!!!I GOT THE BEST ALLY IN THE WORLD BRING IT!!!!!!!!  

Hashem should bless all klal yisrael with clarity in their torah learning kavana in their tefillot and passion in their mitzvot!!!!   HASHEM please use the torah learned from this email as a zechut to grant both Baruch Yitzchak ben Malka Leah and Yaakov Ben Mazal a refua shelaima botch shaar choiley Yisrael!!!!!!!AMEN   HAPPY AND FREILECHEN PURIM TO ALL HASHEM SHOULD BLESS US ALL HASHEM WE LOVE YOU FOR NO REASON NOW LOVE US FOR NO REASON AND SHOWER US WITH YOUR KEDUSHA AND BRACHA!!!!!!!AMEN  

Daniel Hadar(Bezrat Hashem Yitbarach Shemo L’ad a future inhabitant supporter and eved Hashem in Eretz Yisrael and hopefully a visitor soon AMEN!!Hashem all your children with all that they need to reach their goals in this world in the best way possible!!!!AMEN AMEN AMEN VCHEN NOMAR KEN YEHI RATZON HAPPY PURIM SMILE BE HAPPY AND USE PURIM TO REACH THAT HIGH LEVEL WITH HASHEM!!!!!!)

 

Pesach is coming! Mashiach!

To all of you holy amazing wonderful Neshamot, Hashem's children:

 

Harav Wallerstein

 

The Abu Imran Musa Ibn Maimun writes in Hilchot Teshuva that if a person does either one HUGE avaira or many avairot that person CANNOT do Teshuva! If a person gets to this level Hashem takes away his ability to do Teshuva! One day after all this you wake up and think to yourself I want to get up for davening today! HA YOU WISH! Hashem will make sure you get up late! A guy decides he wants to start learning but if you reached that level of sinning Hashem doesn't let you learn!!!!!!!! NO TESHUVA FOR YOU BOY!!!!!! HASHEM SAYS YOU SHOULD DIE AND GO INTO YOUR AVAIRA!!!!!!!!!!

Just like Paroh Vani mechazek et lev Paroh.

Paroh was given the chance during the first five makot to do Teshuva but he chose not to!

Paroh didn't have Hakarat Hatov which is G-dliness, so with no G-dliness you get NO Bechira!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Bechira=Choice=If you can do Teshuva tehn you don't really have real Bechira. Hashem had to create a way that you can do something with REAL CHOICE! Ex: If I want to go into a hole but Teshuva(ladder) is there that is not real choice! Real Bechira is cutting the ladder! So if you if you make the choice to do that HUGE avaira or the many avairot you LOSE the ability to do Teshuva!

If you have no Bechira you have to take! You "take" water from a well it doesn't give it to you! But when you get a slave you talk to him and that is how you acquire him because he has Bechira! Hashem told Moshe Rabainu that Paroh wont let out the Jews Paroh didn't love Hashem so Hashem had to TAKE the Jews out!

 

SO WAIT WHAT I CANT DO TESHUVA ARE YOU CRAZY WHAT THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE JUDIASM IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE CAN DO TESHUVA YOU MUST MUST MUST MUST BE MISTAKEN THIS CANNOT BE!!!!!OMG IM LEAVING THIS RELIG ITS NOT FAIR!!!!!!

WAIT THERE IS A WAY YOU CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU READY?

 

You must do things out of Ahava! Just like Paroh we get makot(we lose money our jobs our kids cause us problems our parents cause us problems our car breaks down etc!!!!!) doing Teshuva from fear wont help you AT ALL!!!!! WE MUST MUST DO TESHUVA MIAHAVA FROM LOVE!!!!! HASHEM I LOVE YOU I WANT TO RETURN TO YOU!!!!!!!! The Holy Rambam writes that we CANNOT do Teshuva out of Yira!!! But if we do Teshuva from Ahava our bad bad bad Avairot turn into MITZVOT!!!!!!!YES YOU READ IT CORRECTLY!!!!!!!MITZVOT!!!!!!!!!!! To have Bechira we cannot do things because we are getting SMACKED AND SMACKED HARD!!! BUT WE MUST DO TESHUVA BECAUSE WE LOVE HASHEM!!!!!!!

 

But HOW DO WE SHOW HASHEM THAT WE LOVE HIM??????

A father's GREATEST PLEASURE is when you give his children!!! We MUST give to Hashem's children. Purim is the start Matanot Levyonim Mishloach Manot which lead to Pesach which is the BIGGEST time to give money to show your love for Hashem!

 

PESACH IS THE CHUPA BETWEEN HASHEM WHO IS THE CHATAN AND KLAL YISRAEL WHO IS THE KALA!!!!!!!!WAKE UP PEOPLE YOU ARE ZOCHE TO THE BEST CHATAN IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AND YOU ARE SLEEPING OR TALKING SHTUSS ARE YOU UTTER FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!! WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THE SEDER IS THE BEST EVER HASHEM IS COMING TO YOUR TABLE AND INSTEAD OF TALKING TORAH YOU ARE SPEAKING OF STOCKS WORK SCHOOL GIRLS BOYS GARBAGE FILTH HASHEM IS COMING TO YOUR TABLE THAT'S RIGHT!!!!!!!!! PREPARE IT ACCORDINGLY!!!!!!!!!!

 

The Kaf Hayashar's father used to always look for a 12 year old girl to set the table for the seder because he wanted it to be as pure as possible for Hashem!!!!!

 

All of Klal Yisrael should be blessed with the most amazing Pesach ever and we should be zoche to put Yitzyat Mitzrayim as a back thing to the real geula: GEULAT MASHIACH TZIDKAINU!!!!!!!!!!!!AMEN

-Daniel Hadar



 

Hashem Help Your Children Please!

To all of KLAL YISRAEL  

Harav Wallerstein:

In Parashat Mishpatim we learn about a Eved Ivri(a Jewish Slave). There are a few reasons why he was sold into slavery the one that is most known is that he stole and that he has to pay back his master by working for him. The allotted time by the Torah for him to work off his debt is six years, and after this he set free. If after six years he still wants to stay working for his master we take him to the door post or mezuzah and put a hole in his ear! The reasons for this are because he was at Matan Torah and heard Hashem say do NOT steal and have no other masters but me! There is a question to be asked here if he reason for putting a hole in his ear is due to the fact that he heard at Matan Torah DO NOT STEAL, why don't we put a hole in his ear when he first comes? The answer to this is that the six years that he spent working for his master is supposed to be punishment for his stealing, but if he says he enjoys the work and wants to stay working that means he is saying that the six years he just spent working was not punishment for him so we put a hole in his ear!!!

 

There is NO such thing in this world as a FrumFromBirth!!!! We are all born the same way BUTT NAKED and crying! No one comes out with tefillin or tzizit or learning a gemara!!! But there is something called FrumAtDeath!!! Depending on what we do on this world will depend how we die! FAD is all that matters!!!! Realize that there is no such thing as different types of Neshamot NO SEPHARDIC OR ASHKENAZIC OF CHASSIDIC OR LITVISH NESHAMOT!!!! Hashem gave the Torah to one NESHAMA(Klal Yisrael) This is how we will bring the Geula as one Neshama!!

 

Olam Haba- Every single person will be in a room by himself…and while in this room you will feel all the times you made someone happy! It might have been one day you walked by someone and said HI HOW ARE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY!!! For all you know that person was going to kill themselves and by you saying hi he thought to himself wow maybe I am worth something and didn't kill himself! That great feeling that he had at that moment that at the moment you had no idea is what you will feel in Olam Haba!!! This applies to Hashem as well if you made Hashem feel good and happy you feel Hashem's feeling when you are in Olam Haba! There is a catch if you ever hurt someone or upset them and didn't get mechila and this applies to Hashem too YOU WILL FEEL THAT PAIN LEOLAM FOREVER!!!!! BE VERY VERY CAREFUL how you treat people because the effects last LEOLAM!!!!!!!

Pirkei Avot says that we are preparing on this world for the next world THIS is what it means!!!

 

The Zohar Hakadosh says that the Torah is a fully covered woman, and if a person works extremely hard and learns they can be zoche to lift the her vail and see the light and learn the Torah's secrets!!!!

 

You come into this world ALONE and you will leave this world ALONE!!!

-         If you master your Eisha(Torah) she will come with you to the next world!

-         If your YETZER HARA masters you, you will have all that you want on this world children money cars nice clothing nice houses poker games basketball games and all that you THINK is good on this world!!! But there is a catch! If you have all this on this world and you let the yetzer master you YOU WILL DIE ALONE!!!!!!

 

After six years(Ages 13-19) of slavery its time to go away from your master! Its time to grow up and start doing the right thing!!! Time to serve YOUR REAL MASTER! If you are a fool like the servant and stay on after six years you will be a slave to your YETZER HARA LEOLAM!!!!

 

The Midrash Rabba- In royalty Kings from two different countries pair up their children to get married! Once there was a king who came to his son and told him that he was going to marry a certain princess the son did not want to marry this girl but much against his will he was FORCED to! After the wedding the prince and princess are finally alone, and the prince tells the princess don't even take off you vail I DON'T CARE what you look like I was FORCED to marry you!  I am going out to find the girl I want! So the prince goes out and starts to party and go to clubs and bars and he finds this really beautiful girl and he asks her do you know who I am? And she says of course you are the prince so she tells herself that I do not really find him at all attractive but if I marry him I will get half the kingdom! So they get married and years later he can't take it anymore and he is talking to his advisors and he needs someone new and they go out and find him an 18 year old girl for his 70 th birthday! A year later the prince falls ill and calls in the now 19 year old girl and tells her he wants her to take a pill and die together with him and she laughs at him YOU FOOL I HAVE A BOYFRIEND I ONLY MARRIED YOU SO I CAN GET ONE THIRD OF THE KINGDOM!! So the prince calls in the other girl he married a couple of years ago and asks her the same thing and tells her we had a couple of good years together will you die with me so she said NO but she will do one thing for him unlike the 19 year old she will not marry anyone else! So now he is left all alone and an old woman walks in and he is like WHO ARE YOU? So she tells him do you see what I am wearing? So he says yes you are wearing a wedding dress. So she said right I am the princess you married many years ago and threw me to the other side of the castle and gave me nothing so I have nothing else to wear but this wedding dress. She tells him throughout the years when you went around partying chasing other woman I   followed you around because form the first moment I laid my eyes on you I fell in love! I followed you all these years because I love you so much. I heard what you asked the other girls and I am willing to die with you. The midrash says when we are born we are given a forced princess-the Neshama. We didn't ask to be Jewish and it would probably easier not to be Jewish. We tell our neshama listen BUDDY no one is going to force me don't even take off you veil I don't care what you look like I am going to have fun party drink go out with girls or guys smoke play poker etc! I want to be successful and make a lot of money! When someone is about to invest money they want to know the outcome what is my return. If you look at a person he comes he makes money to eat drink buy nice stuff but dies ALONE!!!! There are only two things you can take with you your Torah and your Mitzvot! A person is on their death bed and he says I want to take my money with me and he is told that the money wont go Money is called Zuz(keeps moving) Money already has another boyfriend(like the 18 yr old). Ok so next he looks to his friends and family please come with me and they tell him sorry we cant but we will do you one favor we will never have a son or brother or best friend like you! The second before he dies an old raggedy torn thing comes in the neshama. The guf asks the Neshama why are you coming? So the Neshama tells the guf throughout the time when you were partying and going after money power girls etc I followed you because I love you so much! IF YOU DO NOT REALIZE THIS AND TREAT YOUR NESHAMA CORRECTLY YOU WILL DIE ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YOUR TORAH AND MITZVOT ARE THE ONLY THING THAT WILL COME WITH AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WILL GET YOU UP AND DEFEND YOU IN OLAM HABA!!!!!!!!

 

Refua Shelaima for Baruch Yitzchak Ben Malka Leah who is a 12 year old boy with a brain tumor he needs our help so please daven for him!!! The Torah learned from this email should be a zechut for him to have a speedy recovery AMEN!!!

 

Hashem should bless us all with clarity in our Torah learning, Kavana in our Tefillot and passion in our Mitzvot AMEN!!!

 

Daniel Hadar(Bezrat Hashem Yitbarach Shemo L'ad a future inhabitant supporter and Eved Hashem in Eretz Yisrael and hopefully a visitor soon AMEN!! Hashem should bless all of us with the tools we need to reach our goals in this world in the best way AMEN AMEN AMEN VCHEN NOMAR KEN YEHI RATZON!!!!!!HASHEM HELP US END THIS HORRIBLE GALUT!!!!!)