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Sunday 30 April 2017

SHAME

REBBE SHLOMKE OF ZVHIL ZT"L USED TO SAY THE IDEAL MODE IS TO ENDURE SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT HE SAID I COULD NOT RESIST THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE SOME SHAME.

ONCE REBBE SHLOMKE'S  GRANDDAUGHTER CAME TO HIM,AND TOLD HIM ABOUT HOW SHE AND HER FAMILY WERE SUFFERING IMMENSE POVERTY.

THEY ALMOST DID NOT HAVE BREAD TO EAT,  

REBBE SHLOMKE ADVISED HER TO DAVEN AT THE KOSEL, SHE WENT THERE AND POURED HER OUT HER SOUL, WITH PIERCING SOBS AND LOUD TEFILLOS,

 HER SHOUTS DISTURBED ONE OF THE WOMEN  STANDING NEARBY , SHA, SHA, THE LADY KEPT SHOUTING TOWARDS HER, BUT TO NO AVAIL.

REBBE SHLOMKE'S GRANDDAUGHTER CONTINUED CRYING OUT ALL HER PAIN IN HER PRAYERS.

WHEN SHE LEFT THE KOSEL, THE LADY ASKED HER,

"  WHAT DID YOU THINK ?  

THAT THE ENTIRE KOSEL IS YOURS  ?

WHY CAN YOU NOT PRAY SILENTLY ?" 

AND SHE DISGRACED HER SOME MORE IN THIS MANNER.

REBBE SHLOMKE'S GRANDDAUGHTER BORE THE SHAME IN SILENCEAND DID NOT ANSWER BACK, ON THE WAY HOME, SHE FOUND A NAPOLEON COIN,WHICH WAS VERY VALUABLE, AND COULD SUPPORT HER FAMILY FOR THE NEXT HALF A YEAR. SHE  CAME TO REBBE SHLOMKE AND SAID  " BARUCH HASHEM  G-D HEARD MY TEFILLOS AND SENT ME MONEY. " 

BUT WHY DID I HAVE TO UNDERGO ALL THAT SHAME.

REBBE SHLOMKE EXPLAINED TO HER THAT THE SHAME WAS THE BEGINNING OF HER SALVATION.

"  HASHEM HEARD YOUR PRAYERS,AND THEREFORE, HASHEM SENT SOMEONE TO SHAME YOU.

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SALVATION , BECAUSE SHAME HAS THE POWER TO REMOVE ALL FORMS OF TROUBLES AND HARDSHIPS FROM YOU AND FROM YOUR FAMILY.

AND AFTER THAT MATTER WAS RECTIFIED, YOU FOUND THE MONEY  




Friday 28 April 2017

EMUNA IN HASHEM

IN THE LONDON DAILY ADVERTISER 27 / 04 /2017 THERE IS A LETTER.

DEAR SHADCHAN

I FEEL INDEBTED TO YOU FOR YOUR KIND LETTER WHICH YOU WROTE IN BEFOR PESACH,POINTING OUT THE DANGERS OF SMARTPHONES ETC, AND THE SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS IT HAS WITH REGARDS TO SHIDUCHIM.

SINCE MERELY A FEW DAYS AFTER READING YOUR LETTER I RECEIVED A PROPOSAL FOR A SHIDUCH WHICH SEEMED PERFECT AT THE TIME, HOWEVER I DID NOT GO AHEAD WITH IT ONCE I FOUND OUT THAT THE PROPOSED MECHUTEN USES A SMARTPHONE.

I HAVE NOW FOUND MY BASHERTE FROM A FRUM CHASIDISHE HOME. 

I HAVE NEVER FOUND SUCH A STUPID PERSON WHO HAS NO EMUNA AND BETCHUN IN HASHEM AND THEY THINK WHAT THEY MAKE WILL BE AND THEY WILL BE A HAPPY COUPLE ? AND THAT THE CHILDREN WILL BE CHASIDISHE JUST BE CAUSE THE MECHUTEN HAS NO SMARTPHONE  

NUMBER ONE;

 HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS HOME IS CHASIDISH ? AND THAT THEY ARE THE PERFECT MATCH ? AND EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT O.K.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO SMARTPHONE WERE IS YOUR EMUNA KNOWING THAT EVERYTHING COMES FROM HASHEM DO YOU NOT PRAY EVERY DAY AND SAY " MANY DESIGNS ARE IN MAN'S HEART BUT THE COUNSEL OF HASHEM WILL PREVAIL "! !

 

 


Thursday 20 April 2017

Chareidi Father Of 8 Delays El Al Takeoff From Tel Aviv Over Movie Screens

Chareidi Father Of 8 Delays El Al Takeoff From Tel Aviv Over Movie ScreensA chareidi father of eight detained a flight from Tel Aviv to Kiev as it was preparing for takeoff.

The flight was a low-cost El Al affiliate, UP, which was scheduled to fly to Kiev. The flight was delayed for over an hour as he insisted the cabin crew close the movie screens which was visible.
Passengers explain that some on board worked to persuade the man to back down, as did members of the cabin crew but he persisted despite all efforts to allay the situation.
The passengers add there were many chareidim on board, and they told him “sit down because you are making a major Chilul Hashem” but he would not adhere to their words.
At the end, he agreed to wear his eye mask, and he was given sufficient number for all of his children as well.
El Al officials confirm it was UP flight LY2654 to Kiev and that the passenger was insistent regarding demands to fold down the screens. When the passenger finally agreed to be seated the flight could take off as he and his family members had their eyes covered.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
- See more at: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1258108/chareidi-father-of-8-delays-el-al-takeoff-from-tel-aviv-over-movie-screens.html#sthash.vKvV5Fgq.dpuf

THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM OF THE FLIGHT YEARS A GO A REAL FRUM PERSON LIKE THAT STAYED AT HOME AND DID NOT FLY AROUND THE WORLD.

THE STREETS AND THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE NOT DRESSED PROPERLY, A FRUM JEWS TRIES AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE NOT TO GO OUT IN TO THE STREETS. 

BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO HE LEARNS FROM ALL THE GEDOLIM OF TO DAY WHO CONSTANTLY ARE TRAVELING. 

Thursday 13 April 2017

CHAD GADYA

DURING THE BITTER FEUD BETWEEN HARAV YONASAN EIBSCHUTZ AND HARAV YAAKOV EMDEN 

HE OVERHEARD SOME JEWS SPEAKING AGAINST HIM, HE TURNED TO THEM AND SAID.

I HAVE HAD A QUESTION ON THE CHAD GADYA SONG

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CAT DID WRONG BY EATING THE HELPLESS KID.

SO THE DOG WAS RIGHT IN BITING THE CAT.

IF SO THE STICK WAS WRONG TO BEAT  THE DOG.

THE FIRE WAS RIGHT TO BURN UP THE STICK.

THE WATER HAD NO RIGHT TO QUENCH THE FIRE.

THE OX WAS RIGHT IN DRINKING THE WATER.

THE SHOCHET SHOULD NOT HAVE SLAUGHTERED OX.

THE MALACH HAMAVES WAS CORRECT IN KILLING THE SHOCHET.

IF SO WHY WILL HASHEM SLAUGHTER THE MALACH HAMAVES, HE WAS CORRECT

SO WE MUST SAY THAT HASHEM WAS RIGHT AND THE MALACH HAMAVES WAS WRONG

SO IT WORKS OUT THE DOG IS WRONG, BUT THE CAT DID EAT THE HELPLESS KID, THE REASON THE DOG IS WRONG AS ONLY A DOG GETS INVOLVED IN OTHER PEOPLE'S DISPUTES. 

   



Monday 10 April 2017

KALEVER REBBE

A Message from the Kalever Rebbe for Pesach 5777; Pesach – Freedom to Achieve our Highest Potential

(Monday, April 10th, 2017 11:00 AM)

My Dear and Precious Friends,

Slavery comes in many forms. Physical slavery weakens the body; psychological slavery constrains the mind; emotional slavery breaks the heart; and spiritual slavery diminishes the soul. While we are blessed to live in free societies, even the most casual observation reveals enslavement all around us. News headlines lament the latest type of slavery to chain our youth: the epidemic of drug addiction which destroys and claims many lives. But this is merely one incarnation of a bondage that holds portions of humanity in its unforgiving clutches. At the root of all such enslavements is the powerful inclination to indulge our basest, most animalistic desires without regard to the terrible consequences that can result from doing so.
Pesach is the precious holiday that gives us the opportunity to exercise control, and break free. Let us take its lessons to heart.
The Hagaddah instructs:
“B’Chol Dor V’Dor Chayav Adam Liros Es Atzmo Ke’ilu Hu Yatza Mi’Mitzrayim.”
“In every generation, each individual must view himself as if he left Egypt.”
How is this possible, and what message is intended to be conveyed by this experience?
It is sobering and instructive to note that, as taught by our holy sages of the Medrash, not every Jew merited the exodus from Egypt. In fact, according to one opinion, during the plague of darkness, when the Egyptians were unable to see, many Jews who did not want to leave Egypt perished. Only one in fifty were redeemed. This begs the obvious question: Who would not want to go free from slavery?
The answer lies in the fact that ancient Egypt was known to be one of the most hedonistic societies in world history. Public licentiousness was rampant. Following Pharaoh’s lead in denying G-d’s very existence, the Egyptians mindlessly indulged their every desire, paying no heed to the seven Noahide laws. Ironically, the Egyptian taskmasters were enslaved to their own unbridled cravings.
Entering this ungodly environment posed a perilous challenge to the Israelites, children of the holiest of forefathers, Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov. Who might guide them and serve as an exemplar of propriety to carve out a path of righteousness amidst the raging tides of immorality?
Hashem orchestrated events to cause Yosef, the son of Yaakov, to be sold into slavery in the house of Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh’s palace guard. Yosef was Yaakov’s favored son and merited studying the holy Torah with his father through the course of his youth. That experience would fortify him to withstand every temptation.
Thus, when Yosef was enslaved in the house of Potiphar, he caught the eye of Potiphar’s wife, who tried desperately to cause Yosef to sin. She promised him great rewards if he would merely agree. Most young men would fall prey to such persistent importuning. It is but a small step to allow one’s physical slavery to yield to the psychological and spiritual slavery that can lead to the most heinous transgressions.
Amazingly, Yosef mustered intense spiritual strength to withstand the challenge. Chazal tell us that at the moment he might have faltered, he saw the image of his saintly father conjured before him and remembered the time he had spent learning with him in the sacred tents of Torah. Calling upon that great spiritual reserve, Yosef responded with decisive moral clarity, “How can I perpetrate this terrible evil and sin against G-d?” In that singular moment of resistance, Yosef the slave liberated himself to follow his conscience and most deeply held convictions for the sake of the honor of the G-d of his holy father.
Yosef was then further challenged in finding that his good deed landed him in Potiphar’s dungeon. But this too was intended to teach a lesson to posterity that once spiritually liberated, no physical enslavement can rob one’s essential human dignity and faith in the Almighty.
Indeed, Hashem rewarded Yosef and orchestrated yet another unprecedented development. From the depths of the prison pit, Yosef was catapulted into the position of viceroy to Pharaoh, clearly demonstrating that when sacrificing for holiness, one never loses. Even when surrounded by royal ministers, he remained true to his faith and proclaimed, “I fear G-d.” Thus, Yosef achieved the pinnacle of freedom, both physically and spiritually. His example was intended to serve as a role model for the Children of Israel to follow upon their descent to Egypt.
When the fated time of that Divine decree arrived, Yaakov sent ahead his son, Yehuda, to establish Torah study houses in Goshen where the Children of Israel could learn the holy Torah and walk in the ways of Yosef.
Unfortunately, over the course of time, after Yakov and Yosef passed away, many Israelites fell victim to the blandishments that contaminated Egyptian society. They frequented places of revelry. As explained by Chazal, the verse stating, “the land was filled with them,” alludes to theaters and circuses that were filled with the Sons of Israel.
Once the Israelites had become spiritually enslaved to Egyptian mores and values, they were susceptible to becoming physically enslaved to the Egyptians as well. Hashem delivered the Jews into their torturous hands. And so it was that the Bnei Yisrael learned the harsh converse of the lesson that Yosef had exemplified; yielding to temptation and sin leads to complete and total bondage.
Even when Moshe Rabbeinu came and told them that the time of their redemption was at hand, most Israelites did not listen to him. They did not want to leave, preferring to remain slaves so that they could continue to fulfill their base desires in Egypt.
However, a small minority of the Jewish people – one in fifty – despite all the temptations, continued to follow the path of Yosef and remained distinct from the Egyptians with regard to their names, language, and clothing. They steadfastly maintained their forefather’s standards of modesty and holiness.
Against each such individual stood forty-nine assimilationists who scorned their “extreme and primitive” behavior. But, like Yosef, these holy individuals faced down the scoffers, sustaining their belief in Hashem and Moshe, His servant. The lingering national memory of the image of Yakov teaching Torah to Yosef kept them strong and pure. In the end, this small remnant of Klal Yisroel survived and left Egypt, and received all the property of their former masters. The faithful, holy few were rewarded both spiritually and materially, and they achieved true freedom.
This lesson, that complete freedom can only be achieved through faithful adherence to the path of Torah and Mitzvos bequeathed to us from our holy ancestors, is painfully relevant today. Like the unfortunate majority of Jews who didn’t make it out of Mitzrayim, so many of our brothers and sisters have slipped away from us, swallowed up in the unholy societies we live in. The vital key to stemming this trend is rededication to authentic and pure standards of Torah education. We cannot allow the prevailing immoral culture, which bombards us at every turn, particularly through modern communication technologies, to infiltrate into our minds and hearts—and, G-d forbid, into the lives of our precious children.
In particular, our Yeshivas must stand out as bastions of pure Torah education. We have witnessed the relaxing of moral standards beginning approximately half a century ago, and the uprooting of previously accepted gender-separated classes in schools. This has caused the level of education to decline. It is more imperative than ever that our children receive their formal education from a young age only in schools where boys and girls are taught in separate buildings.
In every generation, our holy Sages instituted safeguards based on what they deemed necessary for that time and place. During the era of the Temple when they witnessed lax behavior at the Simchat Beit HaSho’eva, they issued Takanot that men and women be separated by mechitzos. During the age of Enlightenment, when there were breaches in standards of modesty, they strengthened and enacted regulations that promoted more stringent barriers.
But we must understand that the very barriers which seem to constrain are the keys to our liberation form the enslaving immorality of our contemporary societies. This is the true meaning of the Hagaddah’s instruction:
“B’Chol Dor V’Dor Chayav Adam Liros Es Atzmo Ke’ilu Hu Yatza Mi’Mitzrayim.”
“In every generation, each individual must view himself as if he left Egypt.”
We must appreciate the fact that we are descendants of the remnant of Jews who remained faithful, who followed in Yosef’s footsteps and merited true freedom. We cannot betray that faith. We face the same challenges today and need to muster the same resolve and fortitude of our forefathers if we are to have any hope of sustaining our holy precious legacy, now and into the future. We must constantly escape the metaphorical Egypt that attempts to ensnare and enslave us in its unholy lifestyles.
Every Jew in every generation must leave that Egypt by clinging to the bounds of holiness as taught by the great rabbis of each generation according to the holy Torah. And when celebrating our holiday of freedom, we must resolve to educate our children in a manner that will provide them with a truly blessed life of material and spiritual freedom. In this way we will bring ever closer the day of our final redemption and freedom with the rebuilding of the Bais HaMikdash and the returning of the Shechina to dwell in our midst, Amen.
Wishing you and your families a blessed and uplifting Pesach!.

Sunday 2 April 2017

THE GOAL OF THE SEDER

THE TZADDIKIM OF GUR ZT"L, SAY

THE GOAL OF THE SEDER IS TO TEACH EMUNAH, AND A PRIMARY ASPECT OF EMUNAH IS BELIEF THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON AND EVERYTHING THAT G-D DOES IS ONLY FOR THE GOOD EVEN IF YOU DO NOT SEE IT.

THAT IS BELIEVING IN G-D THAT IS EMUNAH IN HASHEM AS IF I SEE IT, IT IS A FACT AND NOT BELIEVE.

A PERSON HAS TO KNOW THAT MIRACLES HAPPEN ALL THE TIME EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM TO EXPLAIN THINGS ACCORDING TO NATURE.

HOW DO WE HAVE PARNASSAH ? 

HOW DID THIS PERSON BE COME RICH ?

HOW DID THAT ILL PERSON GET WELL ? SOME WILL SAY THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS HISHTADLUS, AND THAT DOCTOR ,  BUT THE TRUE ANSWER IS THAT IT WAS A MIRACLE.

THE WISE WILL PERCEIVE THAT IT WAS HASHEN'S HAND AND RECOGNIZE THE MIRACLES, AND PRAISE HASHEM, THE FOOLS WILL SAY THAT IT JUST HAPPENED BY CHANCE.

 THE WELL KNOWN QUESTION BY THE SEDER WE ASK. 

HOW DOES THIS NIGHT DIFFER FROM ALL OTHER NIGHTS THE ANSWER IS , ON THIS NIGHT THE DOORS OF HEAVEN ARE OPEN FOR EVERYONE AND I MEAN EVERYONE TO ASK G-D TO GIVE A BIT OF  BELIEF IN HASHEM.

THE SEDER IS THE ESSENCE OF THE JEWISH RELIGION TO GET EMUNAH IN HASHEM.