3 WEEKS MORE RABBI LAZER BRODY

The old Ashkenazic custom for the Seudat Mafseket, the concluding meal before Tisha B’Av, is to eat a cold hardboiled egg dipped in ashes is deeply rooted in Jewish religious law (see Rama, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 552:5, and Mishna Brura comments 13-15) and esoteric tradition as well. Hardboiled eggs are the food of mourners, and the ash symbolizes the destruction of our Holy Temple. Together, the egg and the ash are an expression of our mourning for the Holy Temple.

CHASSIDIC PEARLS BY RABBI LAZER BRODY PARSHAS MATOS MASEI

The concept of Torah study and immersion in a mikva as conducive to purification of the heart permeate the writings of the holy Baal Shem Tov and his disciples. His great grandson, Rebbe Nachman of Breslev, teaches that in "spirituality, when one's thoughts are focused on the magnitude of Hashem and on His holy Torah, and move from one thought to another, a spiritual heat is created by the friction of the thought movement that is passed down to the heart and sets the heart ablaze in yearning for Hashem. This is the principle heat of the element of fire (Likutei Moharan I:156)".

Fw: [chicago-aneinu] A Personal Plea

A Plea to the Women of Chicago,

 

This has been a year filled with every type of natural and man-made disaster, on an unprecedented scale. We have seen numerous earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, flooding, wildfires and extreme temperatures. Oil continues to gush into the ocean, with no end in sight, destroying fish, birds, turtles, beaches and nature reserves, leaving our coastline a toxic mess. Politically, and economically, we feel uncertain and unsafe. We have seen a financial meltdown, with people losing their homes and businesses. Families are in crisis. Our hearts are breaking for those who are suffering from terrible illnesses. Terrible acts of violence have been committed against Jews in countries around the world, leaving us in shock. We have davened for Gilad Shalit, Jonathan Pollard, Rabbi Rubashkin, the young men imprisoned in Japan, and Martin Grossman a"h. We have watched as Iran has become more and more of a threat, and we see Hizbullah and Gaza rearming.  We are apprehensive about the future, and yet, we are optimistic, because we know that Moshiach is so very, very close.

 

What is the answer? How do we cope? How do we strengthen ourselves in Emunah and Tefilla? As we prepare ourselves for the tragic day of Tisha B'Av, in a year that has seen so much pain and upheaval in Klal Yisroel and the world, we must come together in the spirit of ACHDUS, to pour out our hearts to our Father in Heaven. The very act of gathering together to beseech mercy for Klal Yisroel, gives us comfort. We are not alone. We are all in this together! We gain strength from each other, we bring nachas to the Ribbono Shel Olam, and we awaken His middah of rachamim. 

 

So, I appeal to each one of you, PLEASE come to the Aneinu Tehillim kinus this Sunday morning, July 11 at 10:00 AM to Cong KINS. Let us show our Father that we have learned the lesson of the churban, that we are united in love and respect for each other, and that we know that we have no one to depend on; only Avinu She'bashamayim, our Father in Heaven. Let us show Him that we are ready for the geulah.

 

Wishing you all a good Shabbos,

Chaya Miriam

 

JMR PRESENTS 4 VIDEOS FROM 613

The Jewish Music Report brings you these 4 exclusive videos of Six 13 singing at Vacation Village on July 3rd, 2010

URGENT! TEHILLIM 4

I am emailing you to ask all of you to pls take 3 - 5 min of ur day tomorrrow @ 11 AM to pls say @ least one paragraph of tehillim for her, that the test should go well, and reveal what ever it is that is causing her to suffer as terribly as she has been for the past two yrs or so..

Her name is Chana Brynna bas Elka Aviva.

Thank you very much, and if you work in an office with others who have the authority to take a 3 - 5 min break tom @ 11 AM, whom I don't know pls pass this along to them and ask them to do a stranger a favor and to pay it forward. You never know when gd forbid you might need that favor paid forward back @ ur direction.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you very much for the help..

Zev Sheps

FW: Tehillim Request!! (for a kallah!!!!!!!)

 

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Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 05:27:29 -0700
From: ega13@yahoo.com
Subject: Fw: Fwd: Tehillim Request!! (for a kallah!!!!!!!)
To: chanie_gal@hotmail.com

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From: Deena David <morahdeena@gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, July 5, 2010 7:56:47 PM
Subject: Fwd: Tehillim Request!! (for a kallah!!!!!!!)

 

 

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PLEASE SAY TEHILLIM FOR A KALLAH THAT IS GOING NOW THROUGH EMERGENCY SURGERY SINCE THEY FOUND A TUMOR NEXT TO BRAIN & IT IS JUST 6 WEEKS BEFORE HER WEDDING! (CHANA TOBA BAS RIVKA BLIMA)

 

PLEASE TRY FORWARDING THIS TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS!!!!

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THE OU'S Taryag: The 613 Mitzvos mitzva 24. Stay Put!: The prohibition against traveling outside the prescribed boundary on Shabbos

The Shabbos boundary is called the “techum Shabbos” (“techum” for short) and it extends 2,000 cubits around a city in every direction. (A cubit is about a foot and a half.) The Talmud in Eruvin (51a) derives the size of a techum from the 2,000-cubit boundaries around the Levite cities in Numbers 35:5 by means of gezeira shava (identical wording between the two topics).