[Aneinu] Request for Tefillos

From an Aneinu member: We are waiting for test results for our son. Can you ask that tehillim be said for a favorable outcome until we get the results? IY'H tomorrow or next week? His name is Gavriel Tzvi ben Basha Rochel. May we hear good news very soon, and only share good news.

OU TORAH #42 Beinyan Issurei Na uMevushal Bekorban Pesach uBedina d’Ein Bishul Achar Bishul By Rabbi Yaakov Moishe Shurkin

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[Aneinu] Name Correction - Please Daven for Terror Victim

Regarding the terror victim shot yesterday, we received this from someone who spoke to an immediate family member: correct name is: Yehuda Yehoshua ben Ita Bryna (Ita is pronounced Eeta with a long e, the y in Bryna = long i pronunciation.)

OU TORAH Yehoshua 5 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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OU TORAH Yehoshua 4 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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[Aneinu] Please Daven - Surgery Thursday

Please daven for Chaya Leba bas Rifka, sister of Leah Hupert, who is having a brain procedure, tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 30, at 3pm Chicago time.

[Aneinu] Tefillos Requested

From Debby in Israel: Leah bat Faiga, who had a stroke and seemed to be recovering and ready to move to Shikum, but she suddenly spiked a fever and now all of her body systems appear to be failing. Please daven for her for the next 4 days, thank you.

Ywn Aneinu BREAKING: Yehuda Glick, Well-Known ‘Temple Mount’ Activist Seriously Wounded By Gunfire In Jerusalem; Reported To Be Critical

Please be Mispallel for Yehuda Yeshua ben Brenda, who was just shot in an apparent terrorist attack. Yehuda Glick, was critically wounded on Wednesday night after he was shot in close range in his upper body during an annual event of the “Temple Mount and Eretz Yisrael Faithful Movement” at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

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NAALEH.COM and YU TORAH NOACH 5775 Deluge Delusion By: Mrs. Shira Smiles

Noach is an enigma. He is introduced to us as “a righteous man, perfect in his generation.” Our sages pick up on the qualifying statement of being perfect in his generation. While some consider this high praise, others see in this a diminution of his greatness – had he lived in the time of the patriarch Abraham, he would not have been considered righteous at all. Both views are then bolstered by the same verse. After spending 120 years building the ark according to Hashem’s specific instructions, after gathering animals of every species into the ark, after it actually starts raining heavily, Noach finally goes into the ark “because of the waters of the flood.” Not because Hashem commanded him, but because the flood waters had reached his ankles and he was forced inside. It is this delay that our commentators criticize and for which they call Noach a man of little (small) faith. Did Noach really have little faith that the flood would come? Click here for Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein.

OU TORAH and YU TORAH Beyond Nature (Noach 5775) By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Are we naturally good or naturally bad? On this great minds have argued for centuries. Hobbes believed that we have naturally “a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.” We are bad, but governments and police can help limit the harm we do. Rousseau to the contrary believed that naturally we are good. It is society and its institutions that make us bad.

RABBI WEIN ON NOACH 5775

The main character described in this week's Torah reading is naturally Noach himself. I think that the Torah wishes to illustrate, through Noach’s personality and his reactions to the impending disaster and to the world afterwards - the challenges of being a survivor. Everyone who has ever survived a serious challenge or tragedy replays in one's mind what might have been done differently, and whether the tragedy could somehow have been averted. There is always, as well, that element of guilt which every survivor carries with him or her. Noach had ample warning as to the arrival of the flood – a flood that would destroy civilization as he knew it. There are different opinions in the commentaries to the Torah as to whether Noach really tried to save his surrounding neighbors or whether he was mainly passive, hoping that somehow by publicly building the Ark they would get the message. Whatever opinion we adopt, it is obvious that Noach was unsuccessful in saving his generation from destruction.

RABBI WEIN ON THE RESIDUE OF THE GREAT WAR

What is Europe’s problem and hang up with the State of Israel? Why is it so focused on this Middle Eastern conflict, almost to the exclusion of other seemingly greater issues closer to home? Anti-Semitism certainly plays a role in this European fixation regarding Israel but I do not believe that it is the sole, and perhaps not even the main catalyst driving European policies, statements and actions.

RAV KOOK ON Noah PART 2: Gathering Within the Ark

Why an Ark? Why was it necessary for Noah to build an ark to save his family from the Flood's destruction? Could God not have arranged an easier way to rescue him? The Midrash raises this question, explaining that the 120 years that Noah worked constructing the enormous boat were meant to provide the people of his generation with an opportunity to repent.

RAV KOOK ON Noah PART 1: The Walk of the Righteous

Not all tzaddikim are equal. Different individuals attain different levels of holiness and righteousness. The Torah calls our attention to these distinctions when it describes Noah and Abraham with similar yet slightly different phrases. Regarding Noah, the Torah states that he "walked with God" (Gen. 6:9). To Abraham, on the other hand, God commanded, "Walk before Me" (Gen. 17:1). Noah walked with God, while Abraham walked before God. What is the difference? Which is better? Interestingly, we find in the Torah a third expression for living a holy life. The Torah charges us to "walk after the Lord, your God" (Deut. 13:5). Where does 'walking after God' fit in?

Aneinu Tefillos Requested

Please daven for Miriam bas Leah-for the next seven days--greatly in need of refua--surgical procedure to be performed tomorrow

[Aneinu] Please Daven

Please daven for a Chicagoan, YERIMIYAHU ben LEAH who needs a refuah shlema and rachamei shamayim.

MAZEL TOV OU'S NACH YOMI 4TH CYCLE FINISHED TREI ASAR PART 1 HOSEA YESTERDAY AND IS STARTING TREI ASAR PART 2 YOEL TODAY

So join Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein and Rabbi Jack Abramowitz for Trei Asar part 2 Yoel today.

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YU TORAH Reflections on Rav Ovadia Yosef By Rabbi Mordechai I. Willig

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YU TORAH Remembering Rav Ovadia Yosef By Rabbi Schacter

TODAY IS RAV OVADIA YOSEF YORTZEIT. Rabbi Schacter describes the personalty and halachic decisions of Rav Yosef and stories of his brilliance and hasmada. Rav Yosef conducted selichos at the kotel for all types of people. Discussed are his psak on: kasharus, writing teshuvos before being forty years old, wearing a watch under tifilin, starting to daven earlier than the minyan, using a katan for a minyan, skipping tachanun for a rebba's yartzeit, shiur bracha acharona on whiskey, women recting a bracha on a mitzvas aseh shehazeman grama, when to say tefilas haderech, performing a milah in the afternoon, having a ger reciting birchas hatorah after his tevilah, plastic utensils not requiring tevila, proper kesiva for a torah, doing yebum today, and many other issues of halacha.

OU TORAH Yehoshua 3 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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YWN Tefilos Requested for Rav Shalush Shlita

Tefilos are requested on behalf of Rabbi Shlomo Shalush Shlita, who is hospitalized and in a medically induced coma. The rav serves as the Chief Rabbi of Haifa. He is listed in critical condition in Carmel Hospital in Haifa following successful CPR during the night. The family of the rav and his talmidim are calling on the tzibur to be mispallel on his behalf שלמה בן מזל טוב בתוך שאר חולי ישראל. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

YWN Aneinu BREAKING: After 40 hours of Searching, Michelle Levy has been Found

UPDATE: B’Chasdei Hashem, The NSW police force has released to the public that Michelle Levy has been found. Her parents also said on Monday morning that she has been found safe, reportedly in Surry Hills, and were on their way to collect her. The police force tweeted out that she was located in the Eastern Suburbs. No more follow up will be reported regarding this story.

Aneinu Please Daven surgery Thursday

Please Daven for Mordechai Yekutiel ben Chaya TeChiya who will be having surgery on Thursday this week.

Aneinu Please Daven surgery Monday

Please daven for a Refuah Shleima for the brother of a Chicago Aneinu member who is having a delicate procedure tomorrow, Monday. His name is Yitzchok ben Rudduh Sarah.

Aneinu Please Daven for Missing girl

Please daven for 11 year old MICHAL AVIVA BAS CHANA RIVKA, Michelle Levy, who went missing from her home in Sydney, Australia. She was last seen at her home around 6:30 PMShabbos afternoon. Hundreds of volunteers have been mobilized and are assisting in the search.

[Aneinu] Please Daven for Terror Victim Update Baruch Dayan Emes

BS"D YEMIMA BAS AVRAHAM AVINU was critically injured in the attack which killed 3 month old Chaya Zissel bas Shmuel HY"D. She is in a coma. Please go on the tehillim yahad website link below and say tehillim for her, and keep her in your daily prayers, thank you. Below that link is an article about her. http://tehilimyahad.com/mr.jsp?r=Fudis7dfI1 Article: http://voices-magazine.blogspot.co.il/2014/10/to-live-as-jew.html debby mayer

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OU TORAH Yehoshua 2 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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[Aneinu] Tefillos Needed

Please daven for a Chicagoan, and friend of an Aneinu member, Yehoshua ben Sarah, who is in the hospital after a bad fall.

[Aneinu] Please Daven

Please daven for Aneinu member Esther Toba bas Elka Golda who fell and injured herself.

OU TORAH Yehoshua 1 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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Nachum Segal speaks w/ Meyer Eichler and Shlomo Eichler ABOUT AROUND 10 RECOMMENDED PARSHA BOOKS

Now that we have restarted the Torah portion of the week cycle, it is the perfect time to head to Eichler’s, the “World’s Judaica Store,” and check out there enormous selection of books on the book of Bereishes and beyond. Nachum hosted Meyer and Shlomo Eichler live at JM in the AM this morning for a comprehensive look at what is available.

COLLIVE.COM Please Say Urgent Tehillim

Please take a minute today, Thursday at 12:00 pm EST to say Tehillim Kapital Chof and Samach Alef (61) for Bracha Miriam bas Chana, who is in urgent need of a refuah shelaima. Message from Rebbetzin Chaya Mushkah Bikur Cholim: We request of our community to please take a minute today, Thursday at 12:00 pm EST to say Tehillim Kapital Chof and Samach Alef (61) for Bracha Miriam bas Chana, who is in urgent need of a refuah shelaima.

OU TORAH Introduction to Neviim By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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[Aneinu] Tefillos Requested

From an Aneinu member: My cousin here in Chicago is just after surgery and she is in a lot of pain. I was asked to try get people say Tehillim for her. Her name is Hadassa bas Miriam. May she have a Refuo sheleimo very quickly.

[Aneinu] Please Daven

Please daven for Krenya bas Musya who suffered a stroke and is in unstable condition.

OU TORAH Parshas Bereishis 5775 The Genesis of Justice By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

There are words that change the world, none more so than two sentences that appear in the first chapter of the Torah: Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them. The idea set forth here is perhaps the most transformative in the entire history of moral and political thought. It is the basis of the civilization of the West with its unique emphasis on the individual and on equality. It lies behind Thomas Jefferson’s words in the American Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal [and] are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights …” These truths are anything but self evident. They would have been regarded as absurd by Plato who held that society should be based on the myth that humans are divided into people of gold, silver and bronze and it is this that determines their status in society. Aristotle believed that some are born to rule and others to be ruled.

OU TORAH Parshas Bereishis 5775 The World’s Most Enduring Moral Voice By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Judaism entered the world as a moral voice. It did so from the beginning, from its account of creation itself. There we read, almost like a litany, “God said, Let there be … and there was … and God saw that it was good.” The emphasis is on the word good. This is the language of morality, not myth. Nor is it science. Physics and chemistry do not speak about the “goodness” of the cosmos. Yet the Torah does, and for a reason. It wants us to know that there is a moral dimension to existence. Goodness is not something we invent. It is part of the text and texture of life as seen through the eye of faith.

RABBI WEIN ON BERESHITH 5775 (2014)

In the whirlwind cascade of events that fill this opening parsha of the Torah, one can easily be overwhelmed by the sheer number of subjects discussed. Nevertheless, I think we can all agree that the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, after they exercised their free will to disobey God's commandment, is an important issue to dwell upon and discuss.

RAV KOOK ON Bereishit: Adam's Unicorn-Offering

Does the Torah mention unicorns? Well, not explicitly. Yet the Talmud states that the bull which Adam offered up to God had but one horn, centered in the middle of its forehead (Shabbat 28b). What were the Sages trying to tell us? Why does it matter how many horns Adam's bull had?

[Aneinu] The Shabbos Project- Chicago is THIS Shabbos! Full Schedule Below

Dear Friends, We are very excited to invite you to The Shabbos Project- Chicago this Parshas Noach October 24th-25th. Please join us to make this a Shabbos to remember! Click Here for the complete schedule! For those of you who still want to host but do not yet have guests, we recommend that you create a host profile on Shabbat.com which has thousands of less affiliated Jews waiting to be invited this week and beyond. More infowww.Shabbat.com/theShabbosProject.

[Aneinu] Please Daven - Surgery Wednesday

Please daven for Chicagoan, Shira bas Sarah, who is having surgery tomorrow, Wednesday, October 22nd at 9 am.

DIVAR TORAHS FOR PARSHAS NOACH 2014 THE SHABBOS PROJECT

BAIS HAVAAD ON THE PARSHA 5773 PARSHAS NOACH RAV KOOK ON PARSHAS NOACH OU TORAH Rav Hirsch on Noach By Michael Gutmann BAIS HAVAAD ON THE PARSHA 5774 Parshas Noach: Judicial Review THE BAIS HAVAAD'S PARSHA PERSPECTIVES PARSHAS NOACH:Burying the Hatchet By: Rabbi Yaakov Ringel RABBI WEIN ON PARSHAS NOACH 2012 CHASSIDIC PEARLS ON THE PARSHA BY RABBI LAZER BRODY PARSHAS NOACH RABBI WEIN ON NOACH 2013 NAALEH.COM AND YU TORAH SHIRA SMILES ON PARSHAS NOACH OU TORAH Righteousness is not Leadership By RABBI SACKS HERE ARE SOME PARSHA BOOKS TO BUY AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE PART 1 HERE ARE PARSHA BOOKS WITH DIVREI TORAH FROM RAV PAM(PART 2) HERE ARE SOME PARSHA BOOKS WITH DIVREI TORAH FROM THE SEFAS EMES Kleinman Ed Midrash Rabbah: Bereishis Vol 1 Parshiyos Bereishis through Noach ORDER HERE ON AMAZON ORDER HERE ON AMAZONORDER Sapphire from the Land of Israel ON AMAZON HERE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR KINDLE OR IBOOKS. ORDER GOLD FROM THE LAND OF ISRAEL ON AMAZON HERE ALSO AVAILABLE IN KINDLE AND IBOOKS. Torah Lights: Bereshit, Confronting Life, Love and Family IS ON AMAZON Derashot Ledorot: Genesis A Commentary for the Ages By: Norman Lamm Covenant & Conversation, A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible, Genesis: The Book of Beginnings IS ON AMAZON Torah MiEtzion: Bereshit IS ON AMAZON PLUS CHECK OUT THE BLOG LIST OF THIS BLOG FOR OTHER GREAT DIVAR TORAHS.

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Luach Colel Chabad - 5775 FOR APPLE AND ANDROID DEVICES IS HERE

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Penticon Technologies Brings the Classic “Luach” App to the iPhone. Nachum Hosted Howie Hirsch on JM in the AM to Get all the Exciting Details.

Excitement was in the air as Nachum hosted Howie Hirsch, the creator of “Luach,” the amazing Jewish calendar app for the palm-pilot on this morning’s JM in the AM. Howie and Penticon Technologies have brought “Luach” into the 21st century by making it available for iPhone users. Visit the Penticon website HERE and make sure to get your Luach today!

Nachum Hosted Rabbi Jack Abramowitz for a Comprehensive OU Torah Update

Nachum hosted Rabbi Jack Abramowitz, Editor of OU Torah for a comprehensive look at the OU Torah 5775 line-up. Whether you are a fan of studying the weekly Torah portion, Nach, Mishnayot or most any other aspect of Torah, OU Torah is an incredible resource that will meet your needs.

[Aneinu] Tefillos Needed - Surgery Monday

Please daven for Chaya Malka bas Yosepha who is having a very serious and complicated surgery this Monday.

[Aneinu] Please Daven - Surgery Monday

Please daven for Mordechai Yekutiel ben Chaya who is having surgery Monday.

Torah Lights: Bereshit, Confronting Life, Love and Family IS ON AMAZON

For Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Torah is at once the oldest and the most contemporary document directing human lives. In this highly acclaimed, five-volume series of weekly biblical commentary, Rabbi Riskin helps each reader extract deeply personal, contemporary lessons from the traditional biblical accounts. As Rabbi Riskin writes in the introduction to Torah Lights, The struggle with Torah reflects the struggle with life itself. The ability of the Torah to speak to every generation and every individual at the same time is the greatest testimony to its divinity. Published in cooperation with Ohr Torah Stone Colleges & Graduate Programs. Click here for the Nachum Segal By The Book interview.

Derashot Ledorot: Genesis A Commentary for the Ages By: Norman Lamm

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Covenant & Conversation, A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible, Genesis: The Book of Beginnings IS ON AMAZON

The Torah is an encounter between past and present, moment and eternity, that frames Jewish consciousness. In this first volume of a five-volume collection of parashat hashavua, Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks explores these intersections as they relate to universal concerns of freedom, love, responsibility, identity and destiny. Rabbi Sacks fuses Jewish tradition, Western philosophy and literature to present a highly developed understanding of the human condition under God s sovereignty. Erudite and eloquent, Covenant & Conversation allows us to experience Rabbi Sacks sophisticated approach to life lived in an ongoing dialogue with the Torah. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award, 2009. Genesis: The Book of Beginnings (Covenant & Conversation 1) and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.

Torah MiEtzion: Bereshit IS ON AMAZON

Torah MiEtzion presents original, insightful essays on the Bible by the rabbis of Yeshivat Har Etzion, one of today's most vibrant and influential schools of modern biblical interpretation. Since its founding in Israel in 1968, Yeshivat Har Etzion has emphasized Bible study alongside Talmud study in order to foster what its founder, Rabbi Yehuda Amital zl, called an organic understanding of Torah and Torah philosophy. The result has been the development of a unique, analytically rigorous, creative, interpretive method that is infused with a profound quest for meaning. This first volume of Torah MiEtzion, which examines the Torah portions of the Book of Bereshit, includes essays by Rabbis Aharon Lichtenstein, Menachem Leibtag, Chanoch Waxman, Yoel Bin-Nun, Elchanan Samet, Yonatan Grossman, Yaakov Medan and other leading scholars.