Aneinu Please Daven For Newborn

A baby boy was born to Leah and Joshua Graber this morning, Tuesday October 31, the baby is in NICU, and in need of Tefillot. The family has requested that for the next few days Tefillot should be recited for Tinok ben Leah Nesiya. Psalms/תהילים to recite perakim 23, 27, 91, 121 and 130

Aneinu Please Daven

Please daaven for the mother of a Chicagoan, Rivka Leah bas Perel. She is the mother of an Aneinu member's friend and was rushed to a hospital and then air lifted to another hospital due to multiple issues

Aneinu Please Daven Car Accident

Please daven for Rochel bas Danielle, a young mother who was in a terrible car accident. Her Kapital tehillim is 39.

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Today

Click here for Chesed fund website. Today is the surgery Please send this email to everyone  BH Shulem Ivrucha   This is Shimon Malik from Chicago, Here is the link from the girl RIVKA BAS SHOSHANA DVORA  א היימישע מיידל פון בית יעקב חסידי דארף דאן הילף     ביטע זיי זיך משתתף און די גרויסע מצווה אין שיק אריבער צו דיינע חברים 

Aneinu Please Daven For 8 Month Old

From an Aneinu member: Please ask people to say Tehillim for Chaya Devorah bas Leah, my 8 month old granddaughter who is having an upper GI series tomorrow morning iyh. Please daven that the test should go well and the doctors find the source of the problem and correct it.

Aneinu Please Daven For Harav Shteinman

Hagoan Rav Ahron Leib Shteinman has been taken to the hospital, with reports saying he is in critical condition. Please daven for Aharon Yehuda Leib ben Gittel Faiga.

Aneinu Please Daven Biopsy Tomorrow

From a Chicago Aneinu member: I'm having a biopsy tomorrow. Please daven that the test should not be too painful and the results should be good. Rina Vechnah bas Esther Yehudis.

Aneinu Please Daven For Baby

A 4 month baby is in the hospital with bleeding in his brain now. Please say Tehillim for Ariel Shlomo Chaim ben Chana.

Table For Two 10 27 17 VIRTUAL CHALLAH BAKE SHABBOS PROJECT 5778(2017)

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OU TORAH REAlCLEARDAF How Should We Feel About the Coming of Moshiach? By Rabbi Shmuel Wise

The Daf this week extensively explored the topic of Moshiach devoting much attention to the signs of the Moshiach’s imminent arrival and the question of a preordained “deadline” by which the Moshiach will certainly come. Naturally, this topic elicits intense scrutiny and curiosity: Are we seeing these pre-Messianic signs in our generation? Is the pre-ordained Messianic deadline to occur in our days? Have we already suffered the “birth pains” that are to precede the coming of Moshiach? And what are the characteristics of the person who will be Moshiach? These have been burning questions throughout the generations of our long exile.

WHATS THE HALACHA? GREAT IDEA FOR YOUR SHABBOS PROJECT 5778(2017)

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MAZEL TOV OU'S NACH YOMI 5TH CYCLE FINISHED NECHEMIIAH AND IS STARTING DIVREI HAYAMIM 1 THE LAST BOOK OF NACH

An Introduction to Chronicles(Divrei Hayamim) By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz. So join Dr. Shawn Zelig Aster Rabbi Jack Abramowitz and Rabbi Menachem Leibtag for Divrei Hayamim today.

OU TORAH YU TORAH NAALEH.COM Galvanizing Gratitude By Shira Smiles

Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein The central motif of Parshat Noach is the flood that annihilated all humanity and indeed all the earth. Following this devastation, Noach and his family, the only human survivors of the deluge, emerge from the ark to witness the destruction and obliteration of all they knew. How would this experience affect them, and particularly, Noach? This is the question that occupies much of the ensuing verses and the commentary that accompanies them.

RABBI WEIN A Sobering Lesson Parshas Part 2 5778 (Torah.org)

The deleterious effects of alcohol abuse are clearly evident in this week’s parsha. Noach, after the trauma of the great flood and the destruction of his society and world, somehow drowns his sorrows in wine and becomes drunk and loses control over himself. From that incident, further tragedies, curses and disasters arise until it seems that the entire exercise of the flood seems to have been purposeless and irrelevant.

RABBI WEIN ON NOACH 5778 Part 1

The greater a person is or believes he or she is, the smaller the room for error in one’s life decisions. Had Noach been merely Mister Noach, his choice of beginning the world again with a vineyard and wine would have been acceptable and even understandable. After all, the trauma of the destruction of so many human beings in the waters of the great flood required some sort of release of tension and an escape mechanism. But he was not just plain Noach when the Lord commanded him to build his ark and restart humanity.

RABBI WEIN ON AFTER THE HOLIDAYS

The concluding week of Tishrei always carries with it a note of anti-climax, if not even sadness. The great holidays of the year have departed with their soaring beauty and meaningful moments of personal reflection. Flooded with memories of the past we were transported to a different existence, physically and emotionally.

OU TORAH Noach 5778 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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YU TORAH Toronto Torah: Noach 5778

Toronto Torah for Noach 5778 includes articles on the parshah, endangering one's self in making aliyah, the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg and more.

YU TORAH Noach By Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik

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OU TORAH Noah’s Virtues By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

Let us consider this scenario. You work for a company in which each employee has a detailed job description, which serves as the basis for his or her semi-annual evaluation. Promotions, bonuses, and raises all depend upon this evaluation.

OU TORAH Noach: The Trace of God By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

The story of the first eight chapters of Bereishit is tragic but simple: creation, followed by de-creation, followed by re-creation. God creates order. Humans then destroy that order, to the point where “the world was filled with violence,” and “all flesh had corrupted its way on earth.” God brings a flood that wipes away all life, until – with the exception of Noach, his family and other animals – the earth has returned to the state it was in at the beginning of Torah, when “the earth was waste and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” Vowing never again to destroy all life – though not guaranteeing that humanity might not do so of its own accord – God begins again, this time with Noach in place of Adam, father of a new start to the human story. Genesis 9 is therefore parallel to Genesis 1. But there are two significant differences.

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: Permission to Eat Meat

After God destroyed His world by water, making a fresh start with Noah and his family, God told Noah, “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. Like plant vegetation [which I permitted to Adam], I have now given you everything. ... Only of the blood of your own lives will I demand an account.” (Gen. 9:3,5) Up until this point, humanity was expected to be vegetarian. But after Noah and his family left the ark, God allowed them to eat everything — except other people. Why was permission to eat animals given at this time?

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Teusday

Please daven for a former chicagoan, Reuvain Menachem  ben Ora, who is having very serious surgery tomorrow. He needs a refuah shleima!

Aneinu Please Daven

Please  daven for Leah Frumma bat Marial Abrim for good test results and a refuah

Collive.com Prayer for Shua

A prayer gathering will take place tonight in the merit of a speedy recovery for Yehoshua Raphael Halevi ben Yocheved, a 31-year-old Crown Heights father of 2. A gathering for Torah, Tefillah and Tzedaka will take place tonight in the merit of a speedy recovery for Yehoshua Raphael Halevi ben Yocheved, a 31-year-old Crown Heights father of 2, in critical condition after an infection that spread to his heart. The gathering will take place tonight, Monday, October 23, at 7:30 pm at the Jewish Children's Museum. Men and women are invited.

Aneinu Please Daven for Soldier

A soldier was badly wounded on his face in a work related accident. He needs tefillos urgently since it's a very bad matzav. He is in the Rambam Hospital in Haifa.  Anyone who davens for his fellow (Jew), his tefillos will be answered first.  There should be a refuah for Gedagyei ben Sara. Say perek Tehillim 121.

Collive.com Urgent Tehillim for Young Father

Please say urgent Tehillim for Yehoshua Raphael Halevi Ben Yocheved, a 31-year-old Crown Heights father of 2, in critical condition after an infection that spread to his heart.

Aneinu Please Daven Test This Morning

Please daven for a Chicago boy, Zalman Baruch HaCohen ben Yocheved Devorah who is having medical testing this morning.

Ywn Aneinu Mekubal Rav Nissim Moiyal Hospitalized

Mekubal HaTzaddik Rav Nissim Moiyal is hospitalized in very serious condition after suffering a stroke. The rav has had medical issues during the past year and was hospitalized numerous times. The rav had a stroke in recent weeks that resulted in a sharp decline in his condition and is now in very serious condition in Beersheva’s Soroka Medical Center. The tzibur is asked to be mispallel for Nissim ben Rachel bsoch shar cholei am yisrael. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

Aneinu Please Daven Helicopter Crash

Please daven for Yermiyahu Matan ben Shoshana Bracha, a young man who was in a serious helicopter crash off the coast of Hawai.  The coast guard is searching for him.   Please daven and say tehillim that he be found, be treated and recover.

MAZEL TOV OU'S NACH YOMI 5TH CYCLE FINISHED EZRA AND HAS STARTED NECHEMIAH

So Join Rabbi Eli Fischer and Rabbi Jack Abramowitz for Nechemiah today.Great Supplement Jewish history recognizes Nehemiah as one of the founding fathers of the Second Commonwealth, when the Second Temple stood in Jerusalem. A statesman, politician, and lay religious administrator, Nehemiah aimed to strengthen national security, foster diplomatic relations with neighboring states, and establish social and religious order in the ancient Jewish society. In Nehemiah: Statesman and Sage, Dov Zakheim, a former senior official in the US government, examines the life of the biblical figure through the lens of modern experience. Zakheim mines the biblical Book of Nehemiah to present a political biography of a man who rose to the highest levels of the Persian court, dedicating his life to the welfare of the Jewish people. Utilizing a unique collection of traditional and scholarly sources, Zakheim reveals how Nehemiah confronted fundamental issues of his day, highlighting lessons for policy-makers today.Order here.

Genesis: From Creation To Covenant IS ON AMAZON

Rabbi Dr. Zvi Grumet explores the Book of Genesis in search for answers to the fundamental questions of human existence: Who are we? Why are we here? What does God want from us and what can we expect of Him? Shuttling deftly back and forth between the microcosmic and the macro cosmic, Rabbi Grumet offers a sensitive verse-by-verse reading of the biblical text, occasionally stepping back to reveal the magnificent themes that underlie the narrative as a whole: Creation and God, mortality and sin, family and covenant. Ambitious in scope and meticulous in execution, Genesis: From Creation to Covenant presents a remarkably original interpretation of the Book of Genesis and the Divine quest at its heart - the quest for a meaningful relationship with humankind.

#Parasha: Weekly Insights from a Leading Israeli Journalist IS ON AMAZON

For Sivan Rahav-Meir, the Torah is a fountain of wisdom for relationships, education, government, finances, self-growth, and beyond. A seasoned journalist in Israel, Rahav-Meir has interviewed heads of state and senior political officials, and has uncovered exclusive stories that have impacted the discourse in Israel. With a wealth of real-life experience, she applies her insights to the weekly Torah portion. #Parasha: Weekly Insights from a Leading Israeli Journalist is Rahav-Meir's debut book in English. Translated from her bestselling Hebrew parasha book, Rahav-Meir shares brief reflections on the Torah from sources past and present, infused with a thought-provoking message for the entire family. What began as short posts shared on social media has stimulated ongoing conversation amongst religious, traditional and progressive families. Now, she brings her inspiration to the English-speaking public.

OU TORAH Shnayim Mikra NEW CYCLE 1ST REGULAR WEEK

HERE A GREAT WAY TO DO Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum LISTEN TO THE OU SHIUR AND READ THE PARSHA YOURSELF THAT WAY YOU DID THE PESUKIM TWICE.(ALSO AVAILABLE AS A PODCAST ON ITUNES).

OU TORAH BLOG Shabbat Shalom? Shavua Tov! By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz

Big news! Do you enjoy the OU’s weekly Shabbat Shalom email, which comes at the end of each week? If so, OU Torah has something new that may add to that enjoyment. Introducing Shavua Tov, the OU Torah weekly email! “Shavua Tov” – literally, “Good week!” – is the traditional post-Shabbos greeting (along with its Yiddish analog, “Gut voch!”). As the name suggests, the Shavua Tov email will be sent out at the start of each week, informing subscribers of the coming week’s shiurim in: Parsha Daf Yomi Nach Yomi Mishna Yomit Mishnah Brurah Yomi.

RABBI WEIN ON V’ZOT HABRACHA – BERESITH

As is usual and customary, the reading of the Torah concludes and is resumed again in an almost simultaneous fashion on the day of Simchat Torah. This juxtaposition of the readings is especially noticeable this year with the immediacy of Shabbat Bereshiith to Simchat Torah itself. The Torah concludes with the lesson of the mortality and the eternity of the human being. The Torah itself finishes with the mortality of Moshe but it is a physical mortality. There is no greater testimony to the eternity of the human spirit than the Torah that Moshe bequeathed to us and to the world at large. And this is also the lesson taught to us by the opening narrative regarding the creation and development of human beings.

OU TORAH The Faith of God Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

In stately prose the Torah in its opening chapter describes the unfolding of the universe, the effortless creation of a single creative Force. Repeatedly we read, “And God said, Let there be … and there was … and God saw that it was good” – until we come to the creation of humankind. Suddenly the whole tone of the narrative changes: And God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth.” So God created man in His image, In the image of God He created him, Male and female He created them. (Gen. 1:26-27) The problems are obvious. First, why the preface, “Let us make …”? In no other case does God verbally reflect on what He is about to create before He creates it. Second, who is the “us”? At that time there was no “us.” There was only God. There are many answers, but here I want to focus only on one given by the Talmud. It is quite extraordinary. The “us” refers to the angels with whom God consulted. He did so because He was faced with a fateful dilemma. By creating Homo sapiens, God was making the one being other than Himself capable of destroying life on earth. Read Jared Diamond’sGuns, Germs and Steel or Collapse and you will discover how destructive humans have been wherever they have set foot, creating environmental damage and human devastation on a massive scale. We are still doing so. This is how the Talmud describes what happened before God created humankind: When the Holy One, blessed be He, came to create man, He created a group of ministering angels and asked them, “Do you agree that we should make man in our image?” They replied, “Sovereign of the Universe, what will be his deeds?”

RAV KOOK ON Breishit Part 2: The Hidden Light of Creation

Ohr Ha-Ganuz The very first act of Creation, as recorded in the Book of Genesis, was the creation of light. “And God said: There shall be light” (Gen. 1:3). What kind of light was this? It cannot be the light that we are familiar with, the light emanating from the sun and the stars. These heavenly bodies were created much later, on the fourth day of Creation. The Sages called this primordial light Ohr Ha-Ganuz, “the Hidden Light.” Too pure for the current state of the universe, God concealed it for a future, more deserving world. What is the nature of this special illumination introduced at the beginning of Creation? The Sages taught (Shemot Rabbah 15:22) that certain topics mentioned cryptically in the Torah were later elucidated by David in the book of Psalms. For example, Psalm 104 speaks poetically of the creation of the heavens: “[God] wrapped Himself in light like a garment and spread out the heavens like a curtain.” (104:3) In this instance, however, it is difficult to claim that the verse in Psalms explains the Torah’s account; in fact, it contradicts it. The Torah states that God created light after creating heaven and earth (Gen. 1:1-3). In Psalms, however, the order is reversed: God first created the light, and only afterward the heavens.

RAV KOOK Bereishit: Part 1 Tasty Fruit Trees

The account in the Torah describing Creation and the beginnings of mankind is not particularly encouraging. We read of Adam’s sin, the murder of Abel, the origins of idol worship, the corrupt generation of the Flood, and so on. The Kabbalists used the term shevirat ha-keilim, breaking of the vessels, to describe the many difficulties that occurred in the process of creating the world. With this phrase, they wished to convey the idea that the limited physical realm was incapable of accepting all of the spiritual content that it needed to contain. Like a balloon pumped with too much air, it simply burst. The Midrash (Breishit Rabbah 5:9) relates that these failings were not only with the human inhabitants of the universe, but also with the heavenly bodies (a power struggle between the sun and the moon) and even with earth itself. The “vessels broke” on many different levels. What was the “rebellion of the earth”? God commanded the earth to give forth “fruit trees producing fruit” (Gen. 1:11). The earth, however, only produced “trees producing fruit” (Gen. 1:12). God’s intention, the Midrash explains, was that the trees would be literally fruit trees — i.e., the taste of the fruit would be in the tree itself. Were one to lick the bark of an apple tree, for example, it would taste like apple. What does this mean? Why should the trees taste like their own fruit?

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Tuesday Morning

Please say Tehillim for the daughter of an Aneinu member, Malka bas Nechama Shira, who is having surgery tomorrow, Tuesday, in the late morning. Please daven that it should go smoothly and she should have a quick recovery.

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Tonight(Monday)

Please daven for a Chicagoan, Mordechai Rasha HaCohen ben Chasha who is having surgery tonight.

Aneinu Please Daven for Good Test Resullts

Please daven for Hadassah bas Sara that her test results will come back with good news/besoros tovos

Aneinu Please Daven

From an Aneinu member: Please daven for my granddaughter, eliana avigail bas rivka, who is having tubes put back in her ears tomorrow morning.  Thanks 

Aneinu Please Daven Now

Can everyone who has a few minutes tonight say Tehillim for Moshe Dovid ben Gittel Leah who is having a scan repeated tonight at 9:30 pm. Thank you and have a good Yom Tov!

Aneinu Please Daven

Please daven for a Chicagoan who has leukemia and is in hospice. Yehudit Bas Sara.

Aneinu Tefillos Requested

From an Aneinu member:   Please include in your prayers & Tehillim, an 89 y.o. great grandmother, mother of my brother's wife, who has led a life of chesed and health and is currently hospitalized, dependent on a respirator and needs a refuah shleima.  Her name is Malka bas Duba.  Thank you for your prayers. 

Exclusive Partnership Between the OU and Kosher.com Offers New Video Series to Answer Kashrut FAQs By OU News

CAN YOU BUY COFFEE AT STARBUCKS? DOES YOUR MEDICATION NEED KOSHER CERTIFICATION? EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE OU & KOSHER.COM OFFERS NEW SERIES “OU & YOU” THAT ANSWERS THESE FAQ’S AND MORE OU Kosher COO Rabbi Moshe Elefant is Among the Authorities Featured, Addressing Kashrut and Jewish Law NYC, NY, October 3, 2017 – If you’ve ever wondered if your sukkah is built to code or if your Slurpee is permissible, you may find the answer in the new series “OU & You,” a partnership between the Orthodox Union (OU) and Kosher.com, the premier kosher food and Jewish lifestyle website.

What If…on Yamim Tovim IS AT KESHER STAM

You love it at your Shabbos table. Now you can enjoy What If? on all the Jewish holidays! It is Rosh Hashanah. A man holding a shofar is going to blow for a sick friend. A car pulls up and the driver says, “I'm Jewish. Would you mind blowing that shofar for me?Should he blow the shofar while yom tov is clearly being desecrated Boaz built a huge succah for his restaurant - and now patrons of other kosher eateries are using it, and his own customers have to wait. Can he ask the others to leave? A pre-Pesach food drive is hurting local groceries. Can the merchants demand that the food distribution be stopped? The bestselling and beloved What If? series has become a welcome staple at our Shabbos tables. Based on the popular Hebrew-language series Chashukei Chemed, written by noted rav and posek Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein shlita, and translated and arranged by Rabbi Moshe Sherrow, every volume in the What If? series includes hundreds of real-life halachic questions, each accompanied by a brief, practical scenario to illustrate the case, and an answer that is understandable and easy to follow. Make your holiday table extra-special with the great conversation starter, What If on Yamim Tovim.

Or HaChaim Bereishis/Genesis Vol. 1: Bereishis – Chayei Sarah - Yaakov and Ilana Melohn Edition IS AT KESHER STAM

OrHaChaim's commentary is so rich, so profound, so wide-ranging, so broad and deep -- it has been one of the foremost, most revered commentaries on Chumash for nearly three centuries. The uniqueness of Or HaChaim: Points out every nuance of the Chumash text Blends the plain meaning with the interpretations of the Sages Weaves Kabbalistic concepts into the commentary Explains basic principles of our faith The multi-layered commentary speaks to everyone Elucidates all the elements of the commentary seamlessly Created by an extraordinary team of talmidei chachamim, this is the finest elucidation of Or HaChaim in any language. It includes Text of the Chumash, Targum, and Rashi Accurate, well researched, vowelized Or HaChaim text Flowing Interpretive translation of Or HaChaim, following the famed pattern of the ArtScroll Talmud, Rashi, and Ramban Introductions of concepts Remarkably clear explanatory notes Bottom line? This is an absolute masterpiece! For anyone who wants to understand the Torah as only Or HaChaim explains it - this edition is a is a must!

What's the Halachah? Relevant halachos arranged according to the month of the year. IS AT KESHER STAM

Overview May an ebay seller set his auction to conclude on Shabbos? May one rent advertising space on his website to others for an entire week, including Shabbos? Should a person worry about ayin hara? What are the most effective defenses against ayin hara? May one who will be on an airplane for an entire night of Chanukah use a flashlight for ner Chanukah? If it is difficult for someone to make it to shul, may he hear krias haTorah or Megillas Esther read over the telephone? * Rav Zev Smith is a popular maggid shiur and much sought-after speaker on halachic issues who has thousands of recorded shiurim in circulation on a wide range of interesting and relevant, day-to-day topics. His unique blend of halachah and hashkafah, and his knack for explaining difficult concepts in a down-to-earth, practical way, draw both scholars and laymen who seek a thorough grasp of halachah topics. In this fascinating book, he and Rabbi Dovid Kaiser, a previously published author of Torah works as well as a maggid shiur in halachah, have adapted some of the best of Rav Smith's halachah shiurim into written form. Arranged according to the months of the year, What's the Halachah? follows a specific, reader-friendly format. Each chapter begins with a set of intriguing questions on a topic in halachah, which is followed by a broad discussion of the halachic issues the topic involves. The chapter concludes with an application of the information discussed to the initial queries. What's the Halachah? is a book that will do more than just teach you halachah; it will open before you the vastness and the beauty of the world of halachah. By: Rav Zev Smith and Rabbi Dovid Kaiser

V'Higadeta-Bereishis Insights, stories, and teachings on THE WEEKLY PARASHAH from the treasure-trove of the maggid Harav Yaakov Galinsky zt"lIS AT KESHER STAM

Overview Every Shabbos the Steipler Gaon made time for "oneg Shabbos" he would read from Rav Yaakov Galinsky's V'Higadeta series. Here were sefarim that you could read at the Shabbos table. And not just because they were books on the parashah. Once, a bachur who had learned with the Mir Yeshivah in Shanghai got engaged. The rosh yeshivah, Rav Dovid Povarsky, zt"l, and the mashgiach, Rav Yechezkel Levenstein, zt"l, both attended the vort, the engagement celebration. The rosh yeshivah asked the mashgiach to speak, but he declined. He turned to Rav Galinsky to do the honors. Rav Galinsky stood up and said, "I'll explain why the mashgiach isn't speaking. Bnei Yisrael complained about the mann in the desert (Bamidbar21:5). But what did they have to complain about? The mann could taste like any food in the world! But the mann was also 'k'zera gad-like a coriander seed' (Shemos 16:31). The word gad can mean to 'relate' something. The mann 'related' the sins of Klal Yisrael. If someone among them sinned, the next day he would be forced to wander around to find his portion of mann (Yoma75a). "So the Jewish people pleaded: "We'll hear a mussar shmuess if we must, but please, not during the meal!" This is the secret to Rav Yaakov Galinsky's derashosand lessons, and the secret to V'Higadeta's popularity. V'Higadeta on the weekly parashah certainly contains mussar lessons to learn from, but it isn't a heavy tome that a person has to struggle to wade through. The lessons are imparted with captivating stories and insightful ideas that will make you nod and laugh. Rav Galinsky delivered thousands of derashosin the halls of yeshivos and batei midrash, and before huge audiences, both religious and nonreligious. He is responsible for bringing so many people closer to Hashem. Now, finally, his derashos are accessible in print to the English-speaking audience. In his unique, penetrating style-with stories and parables, lessons and maxims, pesukim and ma'amarei Chazal-he brings the weekly parashah alive. As you unearth this magnificent treasure of stories and real-life lessons, Rav Galinsky's derashos will transform you and your Shabbos table(Get all your yom tov and parsha needs b/c Kesher Stam is closed on Chol Hamoed).

OU TORAH NAALEH.COM YU TORAH Yaakov’s Yerusha By Shira Smiles

As we leave the Days of Awe with the close of Yom Kippur and begin our preparations for Sukkot, we are left to ponder the deeper significance of the holiday and the central command to dwell in sukkot for seven days. Is there a connection between Yom Kippur and Sukkot that Sukkot follows so closely after Yom Kippur? Are there other connections we need to explore?

RABBI WEIN ON 5778

All of us sense a feeling of spiritual deflation immediately after the exalted atmosphere of Yom Kippur. To have to plunge immediately and directly into the icy waters of everyday life is much too challenging a task. We have just been given an entire day to nurture our souls and to exist as angels without the necessity of fulfilling the requirements of our bodies. So the Lord, so to speak, allows us a more gradual descent into our physical, everyday lives. We are asked to forego the comforts and solidness of our homes for a period of time, to dwell in a succah, exposed to the heavens and to the natural world.