Monday, July 31, 2017

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Monday


Please daven for Shayne Perel bas Malka who broke her femur and is scheduled for surgery tomorrow.

Friday, July 28, 2017

Aneinu Telshe Yeshiva Please Daven


Rav Chatzkel Greenberger (Aydim of Rav Moshe Schmelczer) was in an accident. Please be mispallel for: Yona Yecheskal Ben CHAVA Miriam

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Friday


The son-in-law of an Aneinu member is having a serious 6 hr. surgery Friday morning. Please say Tehillim for Avram Eliezer ben Chana.

Thursday, July 27, 2017

The Garden of Miracles - Say Thank You and See Miracles


This amazing and most inspiring book is a compilation of 190 stories of miracles that peopel from all over the world have brought to our attention. These wonderful people have seen miraculous salvations by expressing their gratitude to Hashem and by clinging to the belief that everything He does is for the very best. Singles finally found their match, couples experiencing infertility suddenly became parents, debtors were able to repay debts they never thought were possible to repay and actually began amassing wealth, and the stories go on and on. How did they do it? Through their gratitude. They were experiencing the sweet fruits of thanking Hashem for everything while taking nothing for granted. Gratitude is your most important asset! Your gratitude mitigates stern judgements, strengthens your emuna, and helps you see the truth. With gratitude, life canbe seen in the proper perspective. When you live the sweet life of gratitude, you unlock every gate of abundance and salvation. Start saying thank You today and see how everything in your life turns around for the very best! 382 pages, soft-cover. By Rabbi Shalom Arush. only $11.30 free shipping.

Schottenstein Talmud Yerushalmi - English Edition [#36] - Tractate Sotah Vol 1 IS AT KESHER STAM


For five generations of the Talmudic era, the great Sages of the Land of Israel flourished in the Galil. There, like the Sages of Babylonia, they debated, expounded, and applied the laws and principles of the Mishnah that were received at Sinai .The sacred learning of those years was gathered in the Talmud Yerushalmi The Jerusalem Tamud. They lived with Roman pogroms and persecution but the flame of Torah burned bright despite it all. Until about 350 C. E., when brutal Roman anti-Semitism decimated the Holy LandÆs yeshivos and silenced its voice of Torah. But the Sages teachings live on in the Talmud Yerushalmi, just as the teachings of Babylonia live one in the Talmud Bavli - The Babylonian Talmud. But while the Sages of Babylonia had another 150 years to redact, clarify and organize the text of the Babylonian Talmud, Roman persecution in the Holy Land made that impossible. Thus, the Jerusalem Talmud is exceedingly difficult, and despite its great significance it has been a closed book to all but select, elite scholars. Now, thanks to the outstanding scholars who produced the classic Schottenstein Edition of Talmud Bavli, the lock is being removed on yet another treasure-house of Torah Sheball Peh, the Oral Law. This project has been enthusiastically welcomed and endorsed by Torah leaders in Israel and America.20% OFF.

Nachum Presented Rabbi Zev Segal’s ob”m Eulogy for the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt”l on JM in the AM


In honor of the 23rd anniversary of the shloshim of the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt”l (the 3rd day of the month of Av), Nachum presented the eulogy that his father, Rabbi Zev Segal ob”m delivered on the Rebbe’s shloshim. It is a renowned, fascinating look at the Rebbe’s life and the era of Jewish life that he was involved in.

Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz Shloshim Archive


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OU TORAH Sanhedrin Daf 5 Daf b"iyun Moreh Halacha Bifnei Rabo By Rabbi Shalom Rosner


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A FEW INSIGHTS FROM RABBI ELEFANT and RABBI ROSNER ON BAVA BASRA DAF 176(The last daf)


1.Rabbi Elefant said our children are our guarantors. 2.Rabbi Elefant said business Secular law Torah in every aspect of our lives.Mundane affairs arev beis din follow the mahiga hador thats the connection Bava Barsa to Sanhedrin follow Das Torah in every aspect of our lives. 3.Rabbi Elefant and Rabbi Rosner both said Bava Basra begins with mechitza and ends with guarantor achdus Maschiach come AMEN.

Rabbi Paysach Krohn Real Clear Daf: Having a Permanent Chavrusa(Real Clear Daf Bava Basra Siyum)


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RABBI WEIN ON MATOT – MAASEI 5777


The Jewish people have always been a traveling nation. It is almost as if wandering has become our second nature, built into the DNA of our society and history. The Torah lists for us over forty way stations and oases that the Jewish people visited during their trek in the desert from Egypt to the outskirts of the Land of Israel.

RABBI WEINN ON HOT SUMMERS


This summer in Israel appears to be an especially hot one. Of course, the average person is unable to remember past summers, as to what the weather actually was and therefore all comparisons are very subjective. However our only weather bureau has statistics that trace weather patterns over the past century and therefore their comparisons contain some merit.

NSN 9-Days Format 5777: Nachum Presents Rabbi Berel Wein’s Lectures on Torah and Jewish History (Updated Daily)

JM in the AM 9-Days Format has begun. The bulk of the programming consists of the fascinating lectures by renowned Jewish historian, Rabbi Berel Wein. Every day Nachum presents different lectures from Rabbi Wein’s vast catalog, covering a wide array of topics including Jewish values, Jewish Ethics, historical figures, the Land of Israel and more. We thank Rabbi Wein and encourage everyone to visit his website for more information on acquiring his lectures. Below are the lectures that Nachum has chosen to present this year. Please click on the player and enjoy.

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

YU TORAH The mourning of the 3 weeks - Halacha Shiur By Rabbi Hershel Schachter


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OU TORAH Matos Maasei 5777 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner


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YU TORAH Toronto Torah: Matot-Masei 5777


Toronto Torah for Matot-Masei 5777 includes articles on the parshah, Tisha b'Av, the Koren Kinot, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Halperin, heart transplants and more.

OU TORAH Breaking Promises By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb


It was a typical park bench conversation. I hadn’t seen my friend for quite some time, and we both were delighted when we ran into each other by chance that afternoon. We shook hands, and withdrew to a bench in the shade to spend a few minutes together catching up with each other. As is often the case in such conversations, we found ourselves discussing mutual acquaintances with whom one or the other of us had lost touch. Pretty soon we were discussing Sam. Sam was a person who had many fine qualities, indeed some outstanding ones. But the one that made the biggest impression upon my park bench partner and me was Sam’s impeccable honesty. “Once Sam says something,” my pal remarked, “he never backs out or changes his mind. You can count on him to keep his word.”

RAV KOOK ON Massei Part 2: The Merit of Building the Land of Israel


The Ramban (Nachmanides, 1194-1270) understood this verse as the Biblical source for the mitzvah to settle and build up the Land of Israel: “You shall take possession of the Land and settle it; for I have given you the Land to possess it” (Num. 33:53) The following remarkable story was told by Mr. Yigal Gal-Ezer, who served as Israel’s vice state comptroller. In his younger days, Gal-Ezer would often visit Rav Kook’s home in order to be inspired by his holy presence.

RAV KOOK ON Massei Part 1: Unchecked Violence


With harsh words, the Torah admonishes a society where murderers can evade punishment through bribes: “Do not defile the land in which you live and in which I live.” (Num. 35:34) In what way does letting murderers go unpunished “defile the land”? And why does the Torah emphasize that this is the land where both we and God dwell? The Sages taught in Shabbat 33a: “For the crime of bloodshed, the Temple is destroyed and the Shekhinah [God’s Presence] departs from Israel. As it says, “Do not defile the land in which you live and in which I live.” If you do defile it, you will not dwell in it, nor will I dwell in it.” Why is it appropriate to punish such a dysfunctional society with destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, loss of the Shekhinah, and exile?

RAV KOOK ON Matot Part 1: Keeping Vows


One who makes a vow should take care to fulfill it: “If a man makes a vow to God, or makes an oath to prohibit [something] to himself, he must not break his word. He should do all that he expressed verbally.” (Num. 30:3) Oaths and vows are a natural human response in times of intense emotions. Particularly when we sense danger or trouble, we spontaneously begin to bargain with God. We pledge to improve ourselves or repay some undeserved kindness. Why do people act this way?

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

[Aneinu] Baruch Dayan HaEmes - Miriam bas Yeshayahu a"h


With much sorrow I inform you of the loss of Miriam bas Shoshana, the little girl who drowned last week in a Pomona swimming pool. May her family be comforted among the mourners of Tzion and Yerushalayim. May we soon see the time when there will no longer be tragedy and sorrow in Klal Yisroel.

Aneinu Please Daven


Please daven as hard as you can for Miriam bas Shoshana, the girl from Pomona who was found unresponsive in a swimming pool last week. She has taken a turn for the worse. Doctors say she is in extremely critical condition and tefillos at this time are crucial. From the father: Daven, Klal Yisroel. Daven hard. We can't lose her.

Aneinu Tehillim Needed


a Chicagoan who was recently hospitalized with inflammation of the brain,   גבריאל שלמה בן ליבה מרים Gavriel Shlomo ben Libah Maryam  Please note: NOT Miriam, but Maryam. 

Monday, July 24, 2017

Aneinu Please Daven


Please daven for my sister in laws friend, a Chicagoan, that has just been diagnosed with colon cancer Malka bas Shana Bella

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Aneinu Please Daven For Terror Victim


Please daven for Tova bas Chaya, Tova Salomon, the grandmother wounded in the terrorist attack in Neve Tzuf. She was critically wounded in the attack that killed her son, and daughter and husband, when all were together to celebrate a shalom zacher for their newest grandson.

Aneinu Update on Miriam Bas Shoshana


Earlier this week, Matzav.com reported on the story of 7-year-old Miriam, who was found unconscious in a pool in Pomona, NY. We are B”H able to report that after round the clock tefillos and mitzvos done in Miriam’s zechus, doctors say her blood pressure other vitals have stabilized. Additionally, Miriam was seen tearing up, a sign that her body is hydrated. However, her condition still isn’t good and Miriam basShoshana still needs your tefillos and rachamei shamayim. A few months ago Miriam’s father, Shaya, began spearheading efforts to build a Mikva in his new community in Pomona.  This growing kehila currently has 150 families which presents an obvious need for this most important endeavor. Now during this eis tzara the family is trying to raise money so that the zechusim for the waters of this future Mikvah can stand as a merit for Miriam. Every donation of any size is a zechus and also a tremendous source of Chizuk for the family. https://thechesedfund.com/cause/raising-money-for-a-mikva-as-a-zechus-for-drowning-victimAnother option is to send a check. Checks can be made out to Cong Pomona Heights. Please put Mikva in the note area. Address to mail checks is Cong Pomona Heights c/o Zidele 4 Woodfield Rd Pomona NY 10970

Friday, July 21, 2017

Aneinu Tefillos Needed


From a friend of a Chicagoan: My father is in critical condition and needs tremendous rachamei shomayim. Please daven for Zissa Hersch ben Sara Yentel. May we all share in simchos.

Aneinu Baruch Dayan HaEmes


Baruch Dayan HaEmes. With much sorrow I inform you of the loss of 18 year old Yonaton Aryeh ben Nomi Michal, the young Israeli who went missing in Georgia on Thursday while crossing a river in the city of Tbilisi. He crossed with his 3 friends, but he slipped and drifted away with the current. He was found Friday morning by a rescue unit of the Georgian government. HaMakom yenachem eschem bsoch sha'ar aveilei Tzion v'Yerushalayim.

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Aneinu Please Daven


Please say tehillim for a teenage boy , friend of a Chicagoan, in Eretz Yisroel who was swept away by a river current . Yonaton Aryeh ben Nomi Michal 

MAZEL TOV DAF YOMI FINISHED BAVA BASRA THIS WEEK AND STARTED SANHEDRIN


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OU TORAH YU TORAH and NAALEH.COM Pondering Perpetuity By Shira Smiles


Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein This is the last devar torah for a few weeks. Thank you for reading. As Bnei Yisroel are about to enter the Promised Land, the time to apportion the land to the various tribes and families arrives. The land is to be “divided as an inheritance according to the names of their father’s tribes… according to the lot…” One family is concerned about this division. These are five sisters, daughter of a man named Tzelaphchad. They are his only children. Having no brothers, they protest to Moshe that the portion meant for their father will be lost to their family and tribe, since the lottery would include only the names of the men. Indeed, they have a valid point, and Hashem teaches Moshe the laws of inheritance that are then recorded in the Torah and become known as the laws of the Daughters of Tzelaphchad.

YU TORAH Pinchas By Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik


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OU TORAH Pinchas 5777 Rabbi Shalom Rosner


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YU TORAH Toronto Torah: Pinchas 5777


Toronto Torah for Parshat Pinchas 5777 includes articles on the parshah, Rabbi Haim Amsalem, Feminism and Judaism, Rabbi Shlomo Dichovsky, music in the Three Weeks and more.

RABBI WEIN ON PINCHAS 5777


There is zealotry that stems from hatred and jealousy. Though the motives are evil, this type of person is always able to cloak himself in a mantle of piety and public service. Unfortunately, this type of zealotry abounds in our religious world. Innocent people are pilloried, their words are distorted and they are slandered falsely and shamelessly, all in the name of higher religious causes.

RABBI WEIN ON ON BEING A SKEPTIC


One of the great challenges in life is retaining belief and optimism regarding humans when one is, in one's heart of hearts, a confirmed skeptic. This challenge is corroborated for us by King Solomon, considered the wisest of all humans, in his monumental work, the book of Kohelet. There is a great deal of difference between realism and skepticism on one hand, and pessimism and depression on the other hand.

OU TORAH Teamwork and Leadership By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb


“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” “Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” I believe that most of us will enthusiastically agree to these two dictums, the first by Helen Keller, and the second by Andrew Carnegie. We have all seen instances of the effectiveness of teamwork in our personal lives, in our careers, and in the realm of politics.

OU TORAH Influence & Power By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks


Knowing that he is about to die, Moses turns to God and asks him to appoint a successor: Moses said to the Lord, “May the Lord, God of the spirits of all mankind, appoint a man over this community to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.” (Num. 27-15:17). It is a farsighted, selfless gesture. As Rashi comments: “This is to tell the praise of the righteous – that when they are about to leave this world, they put aside their personal needs and become preoccupied with the needs of the community.” Great leaders think about the long-term future. They are concerned with succession and continuity. So it was with Moses. God tells Moses to appoint Joshua, ‘a man in whom is the spirit’. He gives him precise instructions about how to arrange the succession: “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand on him. Have him stand before Elazar the priest and the entire assembly and commission him in their presence. Give him some of your authority so the whole Israelite community will obey him… At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.” (Num. 27:18-21). There are three actions involved here: [1] Moses was to lay his hand on Joshua, [2] have him stand before Elazar the priest and the entire assembly, and [3] give him “some of your authority [me-hodecha]”. What is the significance of this threefold process? What does it tell us about the nature of leadership in Judaism?

RAV KOOK ON Pinchas Part 3: Offerings of Bread, Fire and Fragrance


The Torah uses a series of almost poetic metaphors to describe the daily Tamid offering: “Be careful to offer My offering — My bread-offering, My fire-offering, My appeasing fragrance — in its proper time.” (Num. 28:2) What is the significance of these four descriptions: offering, bread, fire, and fragrance?

RAV KOOK ON Pinchas Part 2: Zealotry for the Sake of Heaven


Pinchas’ Lineage When Pinchas saw a prince from the tribe of Shimon publicly cavorting with a Midianite princess, he took the law into his own hands. Using his spear, Pinchas killed them both. God praised his act of zealotry, rewarding him with the priesthood. “Pinchas, the son of Elazar, the son of Aaron the kohen, was the one who zealously took up My cause among the Israelites and turned My anger away from them.” (Num. 25:11) Why does the Torah need to point out Pinchas’ lineage here? This is particularly puzzling considering that the Torah just identified Pinchas a few verses earlier (25:7). The Midrash (Sanhedrin 82b) explains that the tribal leaders mocked Pinchas: ‘His maternal grandfather [Jethro] fattened up calves for idolatrous sacrifices — and he had the audacity to murder a prince of Israel!’ Therefore, the Torah publicized Pinchas’ lineage through his father’s side, Aaron the High Priest. This Midrash requires clarification. Why was it so important to respond to these disparaging comments? Furthermore, what does it help if one of Pinchas’ grandfathers was the high priest - his other grandfather was still a reformed idolater!

RAV KOOK ON Pinchas Part 1: Atonement for the New Moon


The Torah describes the offerings presented for each holiday, starting with those brought on Rosh Chodesh, the first day of the lunar month. “This is the burnt-offering of the new month, throughout the months of the year. And one male goat for a sin-offering to God.” (Num. 28: 14-15) There is a very peculiar Talmudic tradition about the purpose of the new moon sin-offering. For whom does this offering atone? The Talmud (Chulin 60b) explains that this is literally a ’sin offering for God.’ The offering comes to atone for God, as it were, for making the moon smaller than the sun. (According to the Midrash, the sun and the moon were initially created the same size. The moon complained, ‘Is it possible for two kings to rule with one crown?’ and was punished by being reduced in size.) For this reason, a sin- offering is presented with the appearance of the new moon. Is it possible to say that God sinned? That God needs atonement?

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Aneinu Please Daven For Drowning in Pamona NY


Yeshiva World News: A child is in critical condition after she was pulled from a swimming poom in Pomona (near Monsey) on Tuesday afternoon. Rockland Hatzolah rushed the 7 year old child who was reportedly in cardiac arrest to the hospital.   Please say Tehillim for Miriam bas Shoshana.

Aneinu Please Daven Procedure Now


Please daven for the father of an Aneinu member, Yitzchak Bentzion ben Malka, who is having a procedure now.

Aneinu Tefillos Needed Surgery This Morning


Please say Tehillim for a Chicagoan on our refoeinu list, Sholom ben Basya who is having heart surgery this morning. Please have him in mind in your tefillos

Aneinu Please Daven Procedure This Morning


Please daven for the father of an Aneinu member, Moshe Ben Perel, who is having a procedure this morning.

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Aneinu Please Daven For My Uncle Surgery Monday Morning


Please daven for my uncle, Avigdor ben Sarah, who is having surgery tomorrow morning. Chaya Miriam

Friday, July 14, 2017

Aneinu Please Daven Bicycle Acident


Please daven for Micha ben Aviva, son-in-law of an Aneinu member, who is in a lot of pain after falling off a bike.

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Now!


From an Aneinu member: Please Daven for my daughter in law's father who is having open heart surgery right now. His name is Chaim Dovid ephraim Ben Chana 

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Now!


Please daven for Dafna bas Rivka the sister in law of an Aneinu member who is in the middle of surgery now. It's pretty complicated. . May all our tefilos be mekuyam l'tova. Tizku l'mitzvos

Aneinu Please Daven For 5 Year Old Surgery This Morning


Please daven for Elchonon Dov ben Chaya Sora. A 5 yr old in monsey having emergency surgery this morning.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Nachum Explored the New Kehot Publications’ Tehillim with Rabbi Yosef Marcus


Nachum welcomed Rabbi Yosef B. Marcus to this morning’s JM in the AM to take an in-depth look at the new Kehot Publications’ Sefer Tehillim. From the Kehot website: ” Tehillim with commentary from the Talmud, Midrash, Kabbalah, Classic commentators and the Chasidic masters. For simple poetic genius, for pathos, sweetness and heartfelt piety, King David’s Book of Psalms is unique. The Psalms are songs of praise to the Creator, speaking of His greatness, goodness and mercy, as well as of His power and justice. The Psalms reflect the full spectrum of life’s experiences, both of the individual and of the Jewish nation collectively. No wonder than that throughout the ages, Psalms has served as a boundless source of inspiration, courage and hope. Rabbi Yosef B. Marcus has once again compiled a staggering treasure house of commentary and insights on this fundamental text, offering us a deeper appreciation for every letter and every word of Psalms. Anthologized from hundreds of commentators, classic to obscure, this work will allow Tehillim readers to bring newly-found inspiration and meaning to their daily, weekly and monthly recitations. The commentary is rounded off by an incisive Introduction, bibliography and index. The physical appearance is likewise enhanced by original artwork, two-color printing and an elegant deluxe binding.” Visit the Kehot website HERE.

Rescue at Entebbe’s 41st Anniversary is Tuesday: Nachum and Rabbi Steven Weil Discussed the Details


In preparation for the 41st anniversary of the Raid on Entebbe – Operation Jonathan – Operation Thunderbolt coming up on July 4th, Nachum welcomed Rabbi Steven Weil, Senior Managing Director of the Orthodox Union (OU) to this morning’s JM in the AM to look back on this harrowing episode in modern Jewish history.

Koren Shalem Siddur IS AT KESHER STAM


Based on the extremely popular Koren Sacks Siddur, the Koren Shalem Siddur is a new, enhanced siddur that includes the entire contents of the Sacks Siddur AND: All Torah readings with new translations for the Shalosh Regalim and Hol HaMoed, Ĥanukka, Purim, Yom Ha'atzmaut, and Yom Yerushalayim Modern English translations of the Five Megillot Additional personal supplications (tehinot) For ease of use, and to facilitate adoption in synagogues and schools, the Koren Shalem Siddur maintains the same pagination as the Koren Sacks Siddur.

Kosher Shaver + Paying for an Eruv / SHC Weekly ~ Balak 5777


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