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The Lubavitcher Rebbe shares the concept of “acts of kindness.” It is one which is far removed from the way most of us think. While we consider those who may lack – but who survive – as having enough, the Rebbe teaches that this is not the concept of the Mitzvah of kindness that the Torah teaches…
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There’s a rule in the mystery of the cosmos… Some call it karma. It’s all about the circle of life. It’s about the mystery of how we interact with each other. The circle works this way: God wants a world of give and take. Well – actually He wants a world of give. The only problem is that if there is nobody available to take, then there can be no giving. Giving can only take place in a world where someone lacks…
Continue reading “How We Help Each Other – A True Miraculous Story by Rabbi David Bensousan”
It’s been some time since we were engaged actively in our “Bayit Chadash” project and it’s really time we try to get back into it again. For those who don’t know about the project, let me share a little about what we did for quite a few years!
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There’s a famous story told about a man who wanted to know what the difference between Heaven and Hell was. He was fortunate to have asked his question to a true mystic who had inside-access to the upper worlds. The mystic told him that he would take him on a tour of both places so that he could see for himself what actually happened in each of the worlds.
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I’d like to tell you something. It’s not my way to hate. But sometimes I see news and social media posts that come across with such hatred, I often want to jump on their ugly bandwagon filled with their own cobwebs and skeletons in their own closets and shot out as loud as I can, “LET’S ALL HATE EACH OTHER!!!”
What a “wonderful” idea! Well, it’s something I think about because I know that if I were to say such a thing, I could just imagine how many negative comments would come back to me about what an ugly person I myself am. How can I say such a thing?! They might add, “Are you a member of society”, or perhaps, “You should be banished and put away for life for even thinking to speak that way!” And ironically (pay attention now…)- it is their very post that indicates their own destructive hatred – just that it’s said over in such a better and more sophisticated manner. This, of course, to clear those who actually say those terrible things of any emotions of hatred that they would – God forbid – have towards anyone else. They are surely the most loving of people who would not say a bad word about anyone!
In the beginning of Shaar Hakavanot – the teachings of the Arizal regarding the intentions of should have during prayer, as codified by his main disciple Rabbi Chaim Vital, the Arizal teaches us a golden rule about prayer. While many enter a shul (or stay in their private room for prayer) and begin praying for their own selves, the Arizal teaches us a lesson which we must implement in our every day lives. Even if we aren’t striving to become the next outstanding Mekubal (kabbalist) of the generation, it is something which applies to each of us.
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Keep it simple – says the Rambam. If one wonders about the essential Mitzvah of Tzedakah (charity), the Rambam summarises for us:
The Book of Nechemia depicts events that occurred to the Jewish people in the second half of the fifth century BCE. These events are for all intents and purposes the last events (in the Tanach) to depict the Jewish people before their final exile – which they are currently in. It was a time when Ezra, together with Nechemia were bringing the Jewish people back to the Land of Israel to build the Second Temple and hopefully bring a sense of redemption to the Jewish people. Of course, only those who chose to come back actually came back, and of course, that redemption they were hoping for would only happen if the Jewish people returned wholeheartedly to God.
Who would dare to approach the powerful cheetah? Here is an animal of immense strength. It could literally tear a person apart in seconds…
The organisation Yesh Tikvah (There is Hope) offers some practical points to those who may not suffer from infertility problems but who cannot identify with those who do (see graphic image above)…
