Aneinu Tefillos Requested

Please continue to daven and perform mitzvos for the refuah sheleimah of Leah Hadassah bas Michal Chana, and Chava bas Michal Chana, b’soch she’ar cholei Yisrael. Tefillos Requested as Hadassah Gruen Back in ICU Wednesday Night By Hamodia Staff Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 7:02 am | ט' אלול תשע"זUpdated Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 12:49 pm   Hadassah Gruen, who was seriously injured in the Pennsylvania car accident two weeks ago was admitted back to the ICU Wednesday night, after having been released from the ICU several days earlier.   Hadassah has suffered terrible physical injuries, and her sister Chava has suffered a serious brain injury.   The Gruen family also shared some good news this week: One day earlier this week, the father, Avi Gruen started talking to his daughter Chava, and she smiled.   Michal, the mother, wrote on social media: “It was the most amazing sight I’ve ever seen in my life. Hashem is unbelievable, He knew I was having a hard day and feeling down and He gave me the greatest gift I could have ever asked for. It seems as if she is not aware of anything, but her smile is hope that she is listening to and hears us!!”   Chava has also squeezed her parents’ hands, and on Tuesday, she coughed, which nurses say is a good sign.   In the wake of the accident, Klal Yisrael has sprung into action, raising much-needed funds to assist the family in their hour of need, and storming the gates of Heaven with tearful tefillos and mitzvos for the zechus of a complete, speedy refuah and yeshuah for the family.Please continue to daven and perform mitzvos for the refuah sheleimah of Leah Hadassah bas Michal Chana, and Chava bas Michal Chana, b’soch she’ar cholei Yisrael.

CHABAD.ORG Hurricane Harvey Relief Comes From Unlikely Places International fundraising effort to help Texas flood victims

Darwin, Australia, is separated from Houston, Texas, by the international date line, the equator and 14,882 kilometers of Pacific blue. Yet Gaye Shultz of Darwin is one of the many who have donated to Chabad of Houston’s relief efforts as part of local fundraising campaigns orchestrated by Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries around the world.

CHABAD.ORG How Chabad Is Using Amazon for Relief in Houston Donors can ‘pick up’ basic supplies from online store for Houston residents

For people looking for another way to help those impacted by the flooding in the Houston region, Chabad-Lubavitch Center, Texas Regional Headquarters has created an Amazon Wish List with basic items that are desperately needed as supplies run out.

Aneinu Tehillim Requested Procedure Thursday Morning

Please daven for the husband of an Aneinu member, Michoel Avraham ben Sara Devora, who is having a procedure tomorrow morning.

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Thursday

Please daven for a Chicagoan, Yosef Dovid ben Sara Leah who will be having surgery tomorrow, Thursday.

OU TORAH THE DAF IN HALACHA SANHEDRIN DAF 41 The Latest Time For Kiddush Levana By Bais Havaad Halacha Center

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YU TORAH Toronto Torah: Shoftim 5777

Toronto Torah for Parshat Shoftim 5777 is a mini-edition; it includes an article on the parshah, an article on Zionism, and an article on the mitzvot of remembering and fighting Amalek.

RABBI WEIN ON SHOFTIM 5777

Human justice is often unjust, even cruel in the extreme. The barbarism of the Medieval Era was perpetrated in the name of justice. The Psalmist commented ruefully that people construct evil lawfully through legislation and court decisions. The experiences of the past century with Germany, the Soviet Union, Cambodia, Cuba, Iraq, North Korea, etc. certainly suffice to illustrate this sad point.

RABBI WEIN ON ELUL

In Eastern Europe as well as in other European, Balkan and Middle Eastern Jewish communities, the advent of the month of Elul was greeted with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation. Both feelings were engendered by the fact that Elul immediately precedes Tishrei, the month that combines judgment and joyful holiday celebrations.

OU TORAH Shoftim: Justice, Justice By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

Like any good grandparent, I have seen my share of little-league baseball games. Earlier this summer, I sat through an all-day tournament of four five-inning games. Not too excited about what was happening on the playing field, I found myself slipping into a half-dozing, half-contemplative mood.

OU TORAH The Consent of the Governed By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

The contribution of Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible, to political thought is fundamental, but not well known. In this study I want to look at the institution of monarchy. What does it tell us about the nature of government as the Torah understands it?

RAV KOOK ON The Third of Elul: Usishkin's Eulogy

During a session of the 19th Zionist Congress in Switzerland, the delegates received the bitter news: Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook, the Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisrael, had passed away earlier that evening in Jerusalem. Overcome by grief and mourning, the session was brought to an early close. When the assembly reopened, Dr. Chaim Weizmann invited Menachem Ussishkin, respected Zionist leader and president of the JNF, to say a few words in honor of the beloved Chief Rabbi. The text below is from Ussishkin’s eulogy at the Congress.

RAV KOOK ON Shoftim Part 2: The Wisdom in Civil Law Three Types of Courts

The Torah commands that a system of courts and police be established in every town. The Torah’s judicial system contains three levels of courts: Regular courts of three judges who deal with matters of civil law — litigation and other monetary cases (in Hebrew, dinei mamonot). Higher courts made up of 23 judges who hear cases relating to capital crimes (in Hebrew, dinei nefashot). These courts were called ‘Minor Sanhedrins.’ A supreme court consisting of 71 judges, called the ‘Great Sanhedrin.’ Located in the Temple complex in Jerusalem, this high court had two functions: (a) to clarify the law in new or unclear cases, and (b) to promulgate new decrees.

RAV KOOK ON Shoftim Part 1: The Murderer's Admission

We all live a double life. There is our external world: our relationships with friends and family, our jobs, our place in society. And we have our inner world: our private thoughts and emotions, our introspections and contemplations. We are influenced by both spheres, and we need them both. One of the positive aspects of the outside world is the sense of worth and respect that society bestows to the individual. The Sages placed great value on human dignity, even waiving rabbinical prohibitions when one’s dignity is at stake (Berachot 19b).

Aneinu Please Daven For Car Accident Victim Surgery Today

Please daven and say Tehillim for Zev ben Sima, one of the victims of last week's car crash in Eretz Yisroel who is undergoing complicated surgery TODAY.

Aneinu Tefillos Requested

Please daven for a Chicagoan, Shlomo Moshe ben Udy who is having a procedure early this afternoon that it should go smoothly and have good results.

Aneinu Please Daven

Please daven for the father of a Chicagoan, Shimon ben Etta Rivka who needs a refuah shlema.

Chabad.org With Stores Flooded, Kosher Food Has Run Out in Houston

Houston has always had a limited amount of kosher food. Even as its Jewish population has rapidly grown in recent years, as has the general population, it remains geographically distant from kosher manufacturing bases on the coasts and the heartland. Each week, trucks carrying kosher food arrive from hundreds if not thousands of miles away. A handful of chain supermarkets, such as H-E-B Grocery, carry kosher meat, poultry and milk to supply Houston’s Jewish community. Hurricane Harvey flooded two of these main supermarkets and caused the other two to shut down as well—one has been turned into a shelter by authorities—and supplies are now beginning to run low.

Aneinu Please Daven Icu

Please daven for Chaim Tzvi ben Malka who is in the ICU.

[Aneinu] The OU Spearheading the Hurricane Relief Effort for Houston, TX. Give Generously Today!

With the Jewish community in Houston, TX and the surrounding area dealing with the storm and flooding crisis of Hurricane Harvey, Nachum welcomed The OU’s Allen Fagin and United Orthodox Synagogue of Houston’s Rabbi Barry Gelman to this morning’s JM in the AM to get an update on the situation and to discuss how everyone can get involved in the relief efforts. Visit the OU relief website HERE.

Live Music Alert! Nachum Hosted Meilech Kohn at JM in the AM

Nachum welcomed Jewish music sensation Meilech Kohn to this morning’s JM in the AM for a highly anticipated Live Music Alert morning with great music and conversation. They discussed Meilech’s long behind the scenes tenure in Jewish music and his “Yeder Einer” CD that is taking the Jewish music world by storm. Watch the interview on the Nachum Segal Network Facebook page. Visit Meilech’s website HERE.

[Aneinu] From Rabbi Alter - Personal contact to help Jews in Texas

Dear Yidden Rachmanim bnei Rachmanim: I just spoke to Rabbi Aryeh Feigenbaum from Dallas (I know him personally and he is a talmid chacham and an extremely ehrlicha yid) is working with his local caterers to provide food for 1,000 people a day for the next week or two. Besides that this is immediate Hatzolas Nefashos now, this is also mamish a bargain mitzvah as he's got the caterer @ $3.00 a meal!!! If you would like plz send him a check. C/o Cong Ohr Hatorah 6324 Chuchill Way Dallas Texas 75230 If you would like to contact Rabbi Feigenbaum (or you can text him your credit card number) here is his cell number- 214-557-1347. Or email to him at: Rabbi@ohtd.org Tizku l'mitzvos Rabbi Avrohom M. Alter

Ywn Tefilos Requested For Former IDF Chief Rabbi Avichai Ronsky

Tefilos are requested for former IDF Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Avichai Nissan ben Chaya. The rav, has been fighting a serious illness, Family members report, For now, he is being treated and remains stable. By all means please daven for him!”

Aneinu Please Daven Car Accident

Please daven for a boy who was in a really bad car accident and is having surgery in 10 mins. *David Ben Iris Sara*

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An Orthodox Jewish couple was killed and their daughter hospitalized after a fire ripped through their home in Boro Park, Brooklyn early Monday morning. WABC Authorities say two people are dead after a fire early Monday in Brooklyn. The 3-alarm fire broke out at about 4 a.m. in a two and a half story house on 44th Street in Borough Park. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames on the first floor. By the time they got into the home, the fire had spread to the second floor. The victims, a 61-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman, were found unconscious in a back bedroom. Both were pronounced dead at Maimonides Hospital. Their daughter is in stable condition. The fire has been placed under control. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. The couple has been identified as R’ Chaim Eluzer Shulem (ben Tuvia Gedalia) Gluck Z”L and Mrs. Faigy Gluck A”H, The Yeshiva World News reported. A person who Davens with the R' Gluck every morning called him "an extremely special person," and told Yeshiva World News that R’ Chaim was the one who arrived at Shul first and was the one to unlock the K’hal Ohr Chaim Shul where he attended, and open the building at 4:30AM every single morning. "The entire Shul was crying by 5:30AM when they realized who was killed in the fire," he told Yeshiva World News. The Levaya will be held on Monday at Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Boro Park at 2:30 pm. Please say Tehillim for Chana bas Chava Faiga, who suffered severe smoke inhalation. Boruch Dayan Ha’Emes

Aneinu Tefillos Needed

Please daven for a close friend Avraham Shmuel Ben Devorah who needs a refuah shlema. Please daven for my aunt, Gittel bas Esther Malka in the hospital with pneumonia

Aneinu Fwd: Our Community is United in This Time of Crisis in Houston

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Help the Jewish Community of Houston

Dear Supporter, As you are no doubt aware, the community in Houston, Texas is in the crosshairs of a devastating storm that has already flooded many neighborhoods and will likely cause much more damage in the next 24-48 hours. In the words of the president of one of the shuls in Houston: "We will need major help. This is the worst flooding in Houston history! All homes are now under water! Between inches and 6'. Shul has 4'-8' - can't even get close. And there may be another 24-48 hrs of this. We will need to have serious conversations about restarting a community. I know that sounds extreme, but this is the big one!" As a community, this is our opportunity to stand together and show our brothers and sisters in Houston that we stand with them in the spirit of Kol Yisrael Areivim Zeh Bazeh - that all of our people stand together as one. Here are two ways you can help. National Chizuk U'Tefilla Campaign - As Jews, we believe in the power of Tefilla (prayer), and we must also show those who are facing devastation in Houston that they have brethren from far and wide who care about them. Please use this link to commit to recite Tehillim for the Zechut (merit) of the Houston community and you can also post messages of chizuk (support) that will be passed directly on to members of the community. Emergency Fundraising Campaign - As we work with the community to understand their specific needs, we will update our website with more information. Our full emergency fundraising campaign will launch with the next 24-48 hours. But for now - please click here to donate to the OU's disaster relief fund in support of the Jewish community in Houston. May the merit of Klal Yisrael coming together to support a community in crisis bring us all a Shana Tovah. With Gratitude, Moishe Bane, President Orthodox Union Allen Fagin, Executive Vice President Orthodox Union Share this message on: Facebook | Twitter Unsubscribe  |  Forward to a Friend  |  vwww.ou.org

Aneinu Daven For People in Texas Grappling with Hurricane

excerpts from Arutz 7 below 300,000 people are reported to have lost electricity, and ports, train stations, and airports are still closed. Houston, Texas' World Bnei Akiva team announced on Friday that prayers would be canceled and the synagogue closed due to Hurricane Harvey. Harvey hit Texas on Friday night as a Category 4 hurricane, with winds gusting at up to 130 miles per hour. World Bnei Akiva emissary Rafi Engelhart said, "We're preparing for the worst. If there are a few centimeters of water in our home, we'll go to a friend's house that's a bit higher up. We've taken most of the chairs out of the synagogue, and placed the prayer books on the top shelves." "Obviously every family has a lot to worry about. There may be a lot of damage to property, cars, and homes, but there isn't a threat to life." He added that the Friday night and Saturday morning prayers would take place as scheduled, but Saturday afternoon and evening prayers had been canceled. World Bnei Akiva activities scheduled for Sunday have been canceled as well. "Our community consists both of people whose homes are hurricane-proof, and those whose homes are ordinary," he said. "Those who have relatively low homes will place everything valuable on chairs and chests, and ensure everything is stable and can withstand possible flooding. They also ensure that there is enough water for drinking, because when there is flooding, the water becomes contaminated. They also make sure to stock up on food, because there is a fear of flooding on the roads, which will not make it possible to reach the supermarket." Rafi and his wife Shifra do not intend to leave the area, though, since they have friends who are staying put. "The Torah teaches us that we should not abandon the public in times of trouble, so we are staying here in the meantime," Rafi said. 300,000 people are reported to have lost electricity, and ports, train stations, and airports are still closed. "This is going to be an unprecedented long and frustrating event for the state of Texas," US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director Brock Long told MSNBC on Saturday. "The recovery from this disaster is going to be years."

Aneinu Please Daven 1st Grade Boy Critical After Hit By Car in Cleveland

Another child in Cleveland is in critical condition and needs Tehillim: A first grade boy, Avrohom ben Soro was hit by a car and is in critical condition.

ANEINU Please Daven Pneumonia

Please daven for Sarah Leah bas Gittel, the mother of an Aneinu member's friend who has pneumonia.

60 DAYS: A Spiritual Guide to the High Holidays

A fascinating journey through the most powerful two months of Elul and Tishrei — a 60-day journey toward finding hope, love, fulfillment and the realization of your deepest aspirations. 60 DAYS is a practical guide, a 240 page illustrated book in color, filled with daily inspirations and exercises, fascinating facts and history. 60 DAYS deciphers and brings alive the prayer services and traditions of the rich holiday season. 60 DAYS offers spiritual tools to revitalize and invigorate the high holiday experience both for those new to the experience and those who have become all-too familiar with it, for the non-affiliated and the affiliated.

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Mitokh Ha-Ohel: Festival Prayers

The scholars of Yeshiva University come together in this latest volume of the Mitokh Ha-Ohel (Within the Tent) series to present scholarly and insightful essays on the Yom Tov (festival) prayers. Like previous volumes of Mitokh Ha-Ohel, contributors to the latest volume come from every division of the university, and bring a range of approaches to the text including textual analysis, homiletic exposition, halakhic (Jewish law) analysis and academic exploration, but share the common goals of honoring, exploring and elucidating the tefilla text. This collection of over 30 essays will englighten, inspire and clarify the Yom Tov prayers for readers of all ages. Now on sale $23.96 20% off.

MAZEL TOV OU NACH YOMI 5TH CYCLE FINISHED RUS (CHAMASH MEGILLOS PART 2) YESTERDAY and IS STARTING EICHA (CHAMASH MEGILLLOS PART 3) TODAY

So join Rabbi Jack Abramowitz and Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein for Eicha today.

New Music and Project Alert with The King Of Shlock on JM in the AM!

Nachum welcomed The King of Shlock, Lenny Solomon to this morning’s JM in the AM for a New Music Alert, the official debut of his latest single, “Torah Jew.” They also discussed Lenny’s exciting new weekly webisode series called JIMM – Jewish Inspirational Musical Messages – brought to us by the 4 Corners Project.

COLLIVE.COM The Most Inspiring Flight to Israel

Filmmaker Meir Kalmanson joined for one of the most emotional and inspirational flights from New York: 233 people making the move to Israel.

RABBI WEIN ON RE’EH 5777

The American Declaration of Independence claimed that certain basic human rights were obvious. Yet what is obvious to some is in reality obscure and unknown to many others. Because of this, the Torah emphasizes the obvious in this week’s Torah reading. The choice between death in this world and the next, and life – eternal life, no less, should be obvious. The Torah in fact states that seeing this will lead to a correct choice. But one needs to see them objectively and rationally.

RABBI WEIN ON PEOPLE

Standing on the corner of two major thoroughfares in midtown Manhattan recently I was struck by the number and variety of people walking past. There were hordes of them all purposefully heading towards some appointed place and event. They were a composite of all of humanity, representing every color of human skin, babel of languages, all social strata, faiths and ethnic origins.

OU TORAH Reeh 5777 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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OU TORAH Socialism: Is It Good for the Poor? By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

I must begin with a disclaimer. I am not an economist. Admittedly, there was a time early in my college days when I considered majoring in economics. My father, may he rest in peace, was a workingman and a member of a labor union (about which he had only good things to say). This led to my initial interest in labor economics, but the first psychology course I took quickly persuaded me that the depths of the human psyche were far more interesting than statistics about wages and unemployment.

OU TORAH The Limits of Grief Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead, for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be His treasured possession” (Deut. 14:1-2). These words have had a considerable history within Judaism. The first inspired the famous statement of Rabbi Akiva: “Beloved is man because he was created in the image [of God]. Beloved are Israel for they are called children of the All-present” (Avot 3:14). The phrase, “Do not cut yourselves”, was imaginatively applied by the sages to divisions within the community (Yevamot 14a). A single town should not have two or more religious courts giving different rulings.

RAV KOOK ON Re'eih (Psalm 132)Part 2: Searching for the Temple Site

Surprisingly, the Torah never spells out exactly where the Temple is to be built. Rather we are instructed to build the Beit HaMikdash “in the place that God will choose”: “Only to the place that the Eternal your God will choose from all your tribes to set His Name — there you shall seek His dwelling place, and go there.” (Deut. 12:5) Where is this place “that God will choose”? What does it mean that we should “seek out His dwelling place”?

Aneinu Please Daven For Newborn

Please daven for a baby just born who is in the ICU and not breathing well, Tinok ben Gittel Zlata.

RAV KOOK ON Re'eih Part 1: Private and Public Redemption

When Did the Exodus Occur? At what time of day did the Jewish people leave Egypt? The Torah appears to contradict itself regarding the hour of the Exodus. In Deut. 16:1 we read, “It was in the month of spring that the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt at night.” Clearly, the verse states that the Israelites departed in the night. However, the Torah previously stated in Num. 33:3 that they left during the daytime: “On the day after the Passover sacrifice, the Israelites left triumphantly before the eyes of the Egyptians.” So when did they leave — during the night, or in broad daylight, “before the eyes of the Egyptians”?

Aneinu Please Daven for Gruen Child Surgery Now

Please daven for Leah Hadassa bas Michal Chana who is having surgery right now.

Aneinu Please Daven

Please daven for Chava bas Michal Chana, one of the Gruen children injured in the car accident, who is having a MRI scan right now. Please daven for good results and refuah shlema.

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Today

Please daven for the sister of an Aneinu member, Raizel bat Charna Rochel, who is having surgery today.

YWN Collive.com Car Seriously Injures 2 Bochurim

Two Yeshiva Bochurim from Williamsburg, Brooklyn were seriously injured in a car crash in Israel. The Yeshiva World News A serious motor vehicle accident on Highway 1 in the “Jordan Valley” in Israel has left multiple people seriously injured – including two Yeshiva Bochrim from Williamsburg, Brooklym. According to a Magen David Adom statement, the accident happened on Highway 1 between the Almog and Arava junctions just before Route 90. The two vehicles collided head-on, entrapping some of the occupants. Rescue personnel needed to extricate some of the victims. Both vehicles were occupied by Chareidim. One had American Yeshiva Bochrim inside reportedly returning from Meron. Aug 22, 2017 Crash Seriously Injures 2 Bochurim Two Yeshiva Bochurim from Williamsburg, Brooklyn were seriously injured in a car crash in Israel. The Yeshiva World News A serious motor vehicle accident on Highway 1 in the “Jordan Valley” in Israel has left multiple people seriously injured – including two Yeshiva Bochrim from Williamsburg, Brooklym. According to a Magen David Adom statement, the accident happened on Highway 1 between the Almog and Arava junctions just before Route 90. The two vehicles collided head-on, entrapping some of the occupants. Rescue personnel needed to extricate some of the victims. Both vehicles were occupied by Chareidim. One had American Yeshiva Bochrim inside reportedly returning from Meron. MDA and IDF Paramedics were on the scene treating the victims, and some were airlifted by IDF choppers. A total of four victims (from two cars) were seriously injured. Some were taken to Shaare Zedek and some to Hadassah Hospital. MDA says that a woman in her 40’s was the most critically injured. Three Bochrim in their 20’s were injured – two of them critically. Additional victims included a 19-year-old girl, 17-year-old boy and two children ages 16 and 2. Please be Mispallel for Yitzchak Issac ben Sara Esther, Asher Zelig ben Rochel, and Zev ben Sima.

Aneinu Please Daven Procedure Monday

Please daven for Shlomo Moshe ben Udy who will be having a procedure done Monday am that bezras Hashem things should go smoothly and they should be the right shlichim to give him a refuah shlaima.

Aneinu Tefillos Needed Critical Condition

Aneinu member's sister's nieces: Hi everyone. I want to thank everyone for davening and having my sister's children in their Tefilos. Leah Hadassa is in serious critical condition. She will need more surgeries because her liver and pancreas and diaphragm have broken parts. She is extremely weak but BH a little responsive. Chava is in critical and terrible terrible condition. She already has severe brain damage and they sedaited her. She needs real rachamei shamayim and real nissim. Yocheved has a laceration in her liver but is BH up and responsive. Dovid has a broken leg and jaw. My sister is under so much pressure and needs a lot of strength to with stand all of this and be there for her children. All the Tefilos and tzedakah and teshuva that everyone is doing is breaking thru shamayim. We need more and more of it. Please I am begging everyone to daven their heart out for my sister and her children. The names again are:  Leah hadassa bas Michal Chana- 11 years old  Chava bas Michal Chana- 7 yrs old Yocheved Rivka bas Michal Chana 5 yrs old Gedalya dovid Ben Michal Chana 4 years old Thank you everyone for all your continued Tefillos Esther Aryeh

JI MORDECHAI SHAPIRO – Machar (Official Music Video)

We all have our own personal challenges and struggles that we face on a daily basis, but we must remember that tomorrow the sun will rise, a brighter future awaits us! Always stay focused on the positive!

Aneinu Please Daven Pneumonia

Please daven for my aunt, Gittel bas Esther Malka in the hospital with pneumonia.

Aneinu Tefillos Needed

Please daven for a Chicagoan, Baruch ben Miriam who has been in the hospital and needs a refuah shlema.

Aneinu Tehillim Needed Critical Test Tomorrow

Please say Tehilim and tefillot for Yisroel  Yehuda  Ben Dena Sarah, a teen in our community. He's having scans this Thursday. May he have a refuah sheleima and may we only hear good news.  Thank you. 

OU TORAH THE DAF IN HALACHA SANHEDRIN DAF 24 Leaving Arkaos and Coming Back to Beis Din and Gaming in Halacha (Part I) - Bais Havaad Halacha Center

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OU TORAH DAF B'IYUN SANHEDRIN DAF 24 Why Learn Gemara By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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OU TORAH Eikev 5777 Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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RABBI WEIN ON EKEV 5777

Rashi comments that the word Ekev used here as meaning because or therefore is really the same word in Hebrew for the heel of a human being. Like all parts of our bodies, the heel is valuable, useful and vulnerable. Just ask Achilles! Fashion states that sinful people use the heel to trample on Godly commandments and moral strictures. The heel thus becomes a negative representation of the use of the human body for nefarious purposes.

RABBI WEIN ON HISTORIC TRUTHS

The Jews cannot agree among themselves regarding propriety of place and behavior at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Muslims and Jews cannot agree about security measures necessary on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, let alone agree about the ownership and control of the area itself. On the surface, one may be led to believe that these are arguments about turf and territory, conflicting power and control. But in reality theses issues have a far deeper and much more fundamental base.

OU TORAH Eikev: Discipline and Suffering By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

As a parent, grandparent, and psychologist, I am often considered to be something of an expert on parenting and child-rearing. In that capacity, I have frequently been asked to review or give an opinion about any of the plethora of books on the subject of raising one’s children.

OU TORAH Why Civilisations Fail By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

What is the real challenge of maintaining a free society? In parshat Eikev, Moses springs his great surprise. Here are his words: Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God… Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery… You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.”… If you ever forget the Lord your God… I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. (Deut. 8:11-19) What Moses was saying to the new generation was this: You thought that the forty years of wandering in the wilderness were the real challenge, and that once you conquer and settle the land, your problems will be over. The truth is that it is then that the real challenge will begin. It will be precisely when all your physical needs are met – when you have land and sovereignty and rich harvests and safe homes ­– that your spiritual trial will commence. The real challenge is not poverty but affluence, not insecurity but security, not slavery but freedom. Moses, for the first time in history, was hinting at a law of history. Many centuries later it was articulated by the great 14th century Islamic thinker, Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406), by the Italian political philosopher Giambattista Vico (1668-1744), and most recently by the Harvard historian Niall Ferguson. Moses was giving an account of the decline and fall of civilisations.

RAV KOOK ON Eikev Part 2: Four Blessings After Eating

“When you eat and are sated, you must bless the Lord your God for the good land that He has given you.” (Deut. 8:10) The Torah does not specify the exact text of Birkat Hamazon, the blessing recited after eating a meal. The Talmud, however, informs us that it comprises four blessings, authored over a period of a thousand years: Moses composed the first blessing, Ha-Zahn (“the One Who provides sustenance for the entire world”), when the manna fell in the desert. Joshua composed the second blessing, Al Ha'Aretz (“For the Land”), when the Jewish people entered the Land of Israel. David and Solomon composed the third blessing, Boneih Yerushalayim (“the One Who rebuilds Jerusalem”). David, who established Jerusalem as his capital, wrote, “Your people Israel and Your city Jerusalem.” And Solomon, who built the Temple, added, “The great and holy Temple.” The Sages of Yavneh1 composed the final blessing, HaTov ve-haMeitiv (“The good King and Benefactor”), to commemorate the miracle that occurred with the dead of the city of Beitar. These Jews were killed by the Romans during the failed Bar Kochba revolt of 135 C.E. For months, the Roman authorities refused to let them be buried, but miraculously, their bodies did not rot.

RAV KOOK ON Eikev PART 1: Blessings Over Bread and Torah

Two Blessings from the Torah Most blessings are of rabbinical origin. There are, however, two exceptions to this rule — blessings that are derived directly from the Torah itself. The first is Birkat Hamazon, recited after meals; the second is the blessing said before learning Torah. The obligation to bless God after eating bread is stated explicitly: “When you eat and are satisfied, you must bless the Lord your God...” (Deut. 8:10). The Sages derived the blessing before studying Torah from the verse, “When I proclaim God’s name [or: when I read God’s teaching], praise our God for His greatness” (Deut. 32:3). These two blessings differ not only in the source for our feelings of gratitude — one is for physical nourishment, the other for spiritual sustenance — but also in when they are said. Why is Birkat Hamazon recited after the meal, while the blessing for Torah study is recited before studying?

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Wednesday

lease daven for Yitzchak ben Osnat, the friend of an Aneinu member, a Chicagoan, who will be undergoing unexpected triple bypass surgery tomorrow, Wednesday

Aneinu Tehillim Needed Now In Surgery Now

ROM AN ANEINU MEMBER: My grandmother is having surgery right now for her broken hip. Please daven for Raizel bas Sarah.

NSN and NBN Together for Aliyah Flight Broadcast!

Excitement was in the air as Nachum Segal presented today’s entire JM in the AM from the Nefesh B’Nefesh Charter Flight. He interviewed NBN representatives and Olim. It was a very inspiring JM in the AM.

MAZAL TOV OU'S NACH YOMI 4TH CYCLE FINISHED IYOV AND HAS STARTED SHIR HASHIRIM(CHAMASH MEGILLOS PART 1)

Song of Songs – Intro By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz So join Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb for Shir Hahirim(Chamash Megillos Part 1) Today.

Aneinu Please Daven Critical Condition

Please daven for the mother of an Aneinu member's friend, Esther Bat Rachel, an elderly Moroccan woman in Jerusalem who was hit by a bus today and is in critical condition. 

Aneinu Please Daven Waiting for Liver Transplant

Please daven for Velvel Yerachmiel ben Nita, a young man from Chicago suburbs, who is waiting for a liver transplant (To daven for Chicago Cholim Click here.

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Now!

Please daven for the sister of an Aneinu member, Raizel bas Charna Rochel, is currently undergoing major surgery.

Aneinu Tehillim Needed Now!

Please daven for Chicagoan, Meyer Feivel ben Chana Leah  who is currently undergoing delicate and vital surgery.

Aneinu Hebrew Name Surgeries Needed

The name for tefillos is Hadassa bas Miriam From: Rachel Bald  Date: Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 1:51 PM Subject: Dasi Hoffman - urgent I know who this is. PLEASE HELP Dasi Hoffman return home as soon as possible!!! She had tremendous Nissim BH, and let us do our part to help her have the last 3 surgeries necessary, so she can return home gezunterheit. Hashem should protect us in these volatile times, in the merit of Tzedaka. We have NO IDEA how much our Tzedaka is saving us!!!!!!  (PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHERS)Please say a Kapital Tehillim for her and all those who need:

Aneinu Correction Tehillim Requested Medical Test This Evening

The test is actually this evening. Please have our very dedicated Aneinu member, Hinda Mindel bat Perel Tzerel in your tefillos.

Aneinu Tehillim Requested Medical Tests Friday

Please say Tehillim and daven for an Aneinu member, Hinda Mindel bat Perel Tzerel who is having a medical test tomorrow.  Please daven for good results. 

Nachum Presented an In-Depth Look at the Incredible Work of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz)

Nachum hosted Rabbi Meni Even-Israel (Steinsaltz), son of Rav Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz on this morning’s JM in the AM to discuss the Shefa Foundation and the incredible continuing work of Rav Adin. Rabbi Meni is the Executive Director of the Shefa Foundation, the umbrella organizations that oversees all of Rav Steinsaltz’s institutions worldwide. As Executive Director of the Shefa Foundation, Rabbi Even-Israel oversees the educational initiatives that his father founded and directs the publication of all of his father’s, Rav Steinsaltz’s works – in cooperation with Koren Publishers.

OU TORAH DAF B'IYUN SANHEDRIN DAF 22 Halachah LeMoshe Msinai By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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OU TORAH THE DAF IN HALACHA SANHEDRIN DAF 22 Having Fear and Awe of the Jewish King - Rabbi Genak and Bais Havaad Halacha Center

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OU TORAH SANHEDRIN DAF 21 DAF B'IYUN Pilegesh By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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OU TORAH THE DAF IN HALACHA SANHEDRIN DAF 21 Not More Than 18 Wives: How About Pilagshim? - Rabbi Genak and Bais Havaad Halacha Center

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