CLD #283

L'ylui Nishmat Avraham ben Ester & Israel ben Rivka Z"L.

Today is a day of Simcha, today is a wedding day, today is another day where we woke up fresh and clean and Baruch Hashem said Modeh Ani, today is a day of shiva, today is a day to remmeber Saba Avraham who is no longer in this world, today is a day to get ready for my brother's wedding, today is a day to remember Saba Avraham's anava, today is a day of sorrow and pain and tears, today is a funeral day Hashem Yerachem, today is a day dedicated to help a friend, today is a day to love, to be loved, to show love, and to inspire. 

Today is a day where we need to push others to stay strong, today is a day where a smile can really mean a life changing moment, today is a day where you do not need to say anything; you just need to be there,

today is a day where we can realize that we all need each other to pray to Hashem to bring down Koach (strength) and extra Shefa (spiritual power) into this world to help us move on. Today is a day where we take all the sorrow, pain, tears, love, and excitement and channel those energies LeSameach Chatan VeKalah (to make a Bride & Groom happy, because it is a Mitzvah). Today is a day where we can finally say Thank G-d for a Simcha because of all the recent scary and shocking terrible news.

Today is a day to celebrate because we are Yehudim and to realize we are not like everyone else. We are one. We are a single heart striving to reach spiritual perfection.

Today will never be the same day as tomorrow's today, so make NOW count and look up to shamayim, and just say "Aba, Todah." Father, Thank you.

Judaism=Think. Wishing everyone who is in Evel a lot of Koach and Emunah, because mourning is never easy.

Wishing the Chatan and Kalah extra Bracha from shamayim!

Mazal Tov.

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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

L'ylui Nishmat Avraham ben Ester & Israel ben Rivka Z"L.
From Yalkut Yosef: Mo'adim:
1. One should put most effort on Yom Shavuot to be englufed into Limud Torah (learning), as it says in Masechet Psachim "Half for Hashem, Half for you." Meaning one should split the Chag to sanctify it: half in shul & for limud torah and half for the simcha, the seuda, etc. Rav Ovadya says the best Limud should be learning the Halachot of the Rambam and reading from Sefer Tehillim because David HaMelech (Tehillim's composer) died on Shavuot. Some also say it is good to read all of Megillat Rut without a bracha.


2. One should be cautious to make sure to come up with Divrei Torah and just push to learn Torah on Shavuot itself. If one is not used to "Lechadesh," then one should put an effort to hear new divrei Torah, because Shavuot is the day we received the Torah, and we want our whole year to be like this day full of Chidushim and Torah learning. One should be cautious not to let the day pass from sleep and to make sure after the morning nap (because we hold to stay up all night and learn), we should make time for learning during the day as well. 


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CLD #282

Hashem is in control. No matter what we do, besides for the tiny drop of Bchira Chofshit we have (Free Choice), Hashem is in control.

WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF THIS WORLD.

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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

L'yilui Nishmat Avraham Ben Ester A'H
From Yalkut Yosef Mo'adim:
1. One can only say the Bracha for Shehecheyanu for Chag Shavuot on Shavuot itself, but the seven days after the chag and any day after the Chag one already lost the zchut to say the Bracha of Shehecheyanu.


2. The minhag of the Spharadim is not to say Tachanun, Mizmor Ya'ancha (after the 2nd Ashrei in Shacharit), and Tefillah LeDavid (before Shir Shel Yom) from Rosh Chodesh Sivan until the 12th of Sivan because of Shavuot.


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CLD #281

There are many stories that could be told to inspire left and right. Today, Am Yisrael has reached a point where its not about the stories of our ancestors, no stories about Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov really can change anyone, its not about the pictures of our granparents, not about reading a perek of tehillim, or reading a mishnah from Pirkei Avot. theCLD will never get sick of telling you its all about you. Because if you do not start today, then you will never start.
In order to be pushed you have to want it from within.
Take the first step, and honestly it is not all cliche and what you here all the time, because it is what it is. Hashem tells us the true Yehudi is the one that faces the Truth and accepts it. The real Yehudi is the one who gets up and faces the EMET and says "I will follow the Torah because it is the only Truth and even if I want to run away from it, I can't." 
In the end of the day, like it says in Birkat HaMazon "Baruch HaGever Asher Yivtach B'Hashem, Ve Haya Hashem Mivtacho."Blessed is the man who depends on Hashem (but real dependence, like being stuck in the middle of Manhattan and being alone without any cash or phone battery and believing that Hashem can save you), and then Hashem really will make the man independent (through His help).

When we put all our faith and hopes in Hashem, then the real Yeshu'ah will come. B'H we need to dig deep into our hearts and realize that Hashem does hear everything we ask for, and our words are so heavily weighed its really unbelievable how much influence we have in shamayim. 
Rav Pinto says Hashem hears all our prayers, but they are only answered when our Neshamot agree with what our body wants as well. The most difficult challenge is making our bodies and neshama a single being. 


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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

L'yilui Nishmat Avraham Ben Ester
From Ve'En Lamo Michshol:
1. Even though we hold not to give a used cup to a friend, this only applies to when one does not know this frined. Hwoever, when one does know that his friend does not have any contagious sickness, he is allowed to use his frined's cup only after it had been cleaned. Therefore on Shabat Kodesh it is best to pour the iwne from the Kiddush cup into many glasses to prevent the guests from being disgusted by sharing the cup.


2. There are some who say it is not Derech Eretz to drink in front of others, so after saying the Bracha on a beverage ("SheHakol" or "HaGefen"), they turn their heads and drink. Today the world is lenient about this and all tend to drink in public, and only the ones who are strict in all matters are drink with this also.


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CLD #280

In the Orchot Tzadikkim, he explains that one who is Anav (modest) is the one will succeed because all the people around an Anav will love him and all the anger towards an Anav just vanquishes automatically. Saba Avraham was an Anav. But all this is against Nature. The American attitude towards life tells us to chase after the Respect, after the top, be the top, get the best out of life, be the most successful, step on other people, no matter what thrive to the top, etc. 
Pirkei Avot also brings words of chochma and advice to shut this attitude down. It says in Perek Dalet Rabi Matya Ben Charash teaches that one should always find out the Shalom of another, the situation of another, the mood of another, etc. This shows that one should actually take care of other people. Which leads to another concept from the Torah and Yahadut: Achdut. Parashat BaMidbar, the parasha we read today in Shul shows that Hashem love us so much, that He counts us every hour since we leave Mitzrayim. 
HOWEVER, one would think that when we, Chas VeChalilah do things against Hashem and the Torah HaKdosha IN ACHDUT (united) then we will succeed, just like Achav's generation, who did Avoda Zara but succeeded in their wars.
Also, the Ben Ish Chai says that the number of letters that make up Avraham Yitzchak and Yaakov is 13. When one adds up the Gematriya of the word "Echad," One, they see it adds up to 13 also. There are 13 principles of faith, 13 midot, 13 is the year of accepting the Torah and Mitzvot. 13 is Ahava. When we are one, we become strong, we become powerful. We become complete.


Be'ezrat Hashem we will all realize that without helping each other we cannot succed to bring Mashiach for the Geula! B'H we will all continue lechazek each other.
Shavua tov.


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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

L'yliui Nishmat Avraham Ben Ester A'H
From Yalkut Yosef Mo'adim:
1. Some say on the night of Chag Shavuot one should not do the Kiddush until its definite Night time (which is 20 minutes after Sunset). Because if one does Kiddush of Yom Tov before this time then it is like doing Kiddush during the 49th day of the Omer, and not Shavuot itself. LeChatchila (the best) it is best to do Kiddush 20 minutes after Shkiya. However, in places around the world where the Shkiya is late and waiting to do Kiddush will disturb the whole organization of the night learning (as mentioned in the Halachot posted Erev Shabat), then one can be lenient and do Kiddush right at the beginning of Shkiya. Its best to eat Kazayit (28 grams) of Bread at the time of Tzet HaKochavim (3 stars).


2. Just like it is allowed to do Tefillat Arvit everyday Be'od Yom (still daytime), it also allowed to say Tefillat Arvit Be'od Yom on Lel Shavuot (the night of the Chag). Whoever is strict about this can be lenient and pray Be'od Yom.


Shavua Tov.


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CLD #279

Thank you.
Thank you Hashem for the 104 years Saba Avraham was alive. Thank you Hashem for the 19 years I had the zchut to get Brachot from Saba Avraham. Thank you Hashem for giving Saba Avraham great children that will always say Kaddish for him, will always protect his Neshama in this world and the next, and will always remember to live and inspire others to live the way he did. Thank you Hashem for protecting us from other ways to leave this world and making Saba Avraham leave this way than any other way. Why? Because we know that whatever You decide is really THE BEST for Saba Avraham. No matter what happens, where, or how, we, Your children Am Yisrael, always believe that You just DO THE BEST for us.
Thank you for loving us. Thank you for ALWYS BEING THERE. Thank you for making it hard for us to believe Saba Avraham is gone. Thank you for putting us in a place where we did not get the zchut to listen to the live Funeral. Thank you for listening to our Tefillot. Thank you for making it better for Ema because today she looks better and is smiling more. Thank you for the zchut of being a Yehudi. Thank you for Yeshiva. Thank you for my bed. Thank you for the Torah HaKdosha. Thank you for the ingenius way of creating our bodies and the way science proves that you exist.
Thank you for making it hard for us to cry, to open our hearts, to give us challenges, to make the Yetzer Hara seem like he is owning every Jew because it is just so hard to Judge Favorably today. Thank you for taking Saba to a less painful Olam specifically yesterday, thank you for escorting Saba to his grave. Thank you for your love. Thank you for being our Father. Thank you for uniting us because we wear kippot, or skirts, or fight over trying to help eachother out, or because we have so many enemies.
Thank you for making it hard. Thank you for the drop of Emunah we have in you. Thank you for making this world a world where we constantly need to push to succeed spiritually.


Thank you for the ability to realize we ALWAYS need to say Todah.


I wish I can love you as much as my spiritual-potential-me says to love you.
Thank you for Shabat.
Shabat Shalom

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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT KOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHE'HOO BEN HAOLAM HABA

L'yilui Nishmat Avraham Ben Ester A'H.
From Yalkut Yosef:
1. On the 6th of Sivan (June 7th), the holiday of Shavuot begins. After the 49 days of Sefirat HaOmer the holiday begins, which marks the end of the 50 day count,. When Am Yisrael left Mitzrayim, they heard the line "BeHotziacha Et Ha'Am MiMitzrayim Ta'avdoon Et Ha'Elokim Al HaHar Haze." How? The word Ta'avdoon has an extra letter of "Nun." This extra letter, with the gematriya of 50, represents the 50 days where Am Yisrael would have to travel to get the Torah. This expectation occurs today with Sefirat HaOmer and the Kabbalat HaTorah is celebrated with Chag Shavuot.


2. Only men hold the obvious Minhag (custom) to stay awake on the night of Shavuot and La'Asok BaTorah (learn Torah) until Alot HaShachar, based on the Zohar HaKadosh. The Zohar explains that whoever stays up on this night and learns in True Simcha, is blessed 70 Brachot personally by Hashem and is crowned by the crowns of the Olam HaEmet (Olam Haba). The Achronim (Rabbis from 1500-present) explain that the reason for this minhag is to fix the Pgam (damage) that Am Yisrael did on the night of Kabbalat HaTorah. On that night Am Yisrael had to be awakened to accept the Torah, which was the wrong attitude to accept the foundation of our history, of this world, and of our lives.


SHABAT SHALOM!


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CLD #278

Today's CLD is L'yilui Nishmat (my saba) Avraham Ben Ester & Yosef ZT'L. As we all know, Ga'ava ("gaiva") is the worst characterstic trait. This is why the Orchot Tzadikkim writes about Ga'ava in the first chapter consisting of 28 chapters in the book Orchot Tzadikkim in order to make sure people realize that they need to completely distance themselves from ga'ava. The opposite of  Ga'ava is the "Middah Tova," called Anava, or modesty.
My Saba, Alav HaShalom, was the example of true modesty. The previous dor (generation) were not from this world. We expect the luxuries and all the best of the world and we still complain. When was the last time you remmeber your granma/granpa complained?
Saba Avraham Alav HaShalom always said everything is in the Hands of the Boreh Itbarach (the Creator). Whenever Saba was in pain or hurt or had his rash on his leg itching, he would always answer (after asking how he feels) "Baruch Hashem," "Ma Shehoo Rotzeh" (whatever He <Hashem> wants). 
Whenever Saba also was in pain or whatever it was, and it was obvious, we would ask him if he needed anything. Only after driving him to the point of annoying him then he would answer with a "get this or get that," never asking someone specifically for a favor. 
With his head down, through modesty and respect, and with love, he would sit silently on the side, opening his doors to everyone. 
B'H we will all learn from the older generations what it means to be Mesiroot Nefesh, what it means to be Ivdei Hashem, what it means to be VeAhavta Bechol Levavcha, what it means to really, but really have Emunah Tmimah! 
Step by step we can and will B'H push eachother to reach our spiritual potentials, and then easily we will reach every other potential.


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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT KOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHE'HOO BEN HAOLAM HABA

L'yilui Nishmat Saba Avraham Ben Yosef & Ester:
From Ve'En Lamo Michshol
1. Its correct and suggested to prevent oneself from drinking water while standing, because this can be considered not Derech Eretz, and also from health reasons. However, if one does have trouble finding a seat and wants to drink while standing, he has something to lean on [meaning there is a Rav who rules thios way].


2. It is not Derech Eretz to share drinks, cups of water, etc. Maybe the friend accepting your drink is embarrassed to reject and he/she is really disgusted [germy] by the idea. And some say it shouldn't be done because of health dangers. However, there is no problem if someone puts down their cup and a friend picks it up and willingly drinks from it. Also if a friend asks, one is allowed to share, because by the friend asking it shows that he/she is not bothered by this.


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CLD #277

There is a big Yetzer Hara today to challenge all things related to Torah, especially things that we love to analyze. The little things. Such as Halachot regarding Derech Eretz, or little things like not kissing/touching your aunt. Today for the Halachot of the day we spoke about drinking water by drinking out of a cup and not out of the bottle itself to do things with Derech Eretz.
People who are usually bothered by the little things that Judaism throws at them attack these types of halachot and say "What's the difference of drinking out of a cup or out of the bottle" or "How does it change my life" or "Why should I care?" Hashem Yerachem.
The desensitization of America has swept the Jewish identity, the Jewish people, the Jewish hearts, the Neshamot of Am Yisrael! We need to know that in our foundations, our inner selves are all about purity and running after the kdusha and Dvikut B'Hashem! When someone reaches even the lowest level of the Kdusha he/she realizes that the tiniest things are what makes the difference of a person who is Yere Shamayim!
For example, someone wakes up in the middle of the night, craving a glass of ice cold water! All of a sudden he realizes that in order to say the bracha for the water, he has to run into the bathroom, do netillat yadayim and then dry his hands and say the bracha. Or one can simply just wipe his hands on his shirt and then drink the water.
These little things are what makes the difference. When we throw away our "sechel" and just simply go with the flow, then we reach a level of understanding the beauty behind the sensitivity of the Torah HaKdosha.
B'H Shavuot is soon so we will start discussing concepts of Yom Tov and Kabbalat HaTorah.
B'H we will have the zchut to enjoy and celebrate the Creator of this world by doing Oneg Shabat and accepting Shabat Kodesh in 2 days :D.


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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

Please Learn for the Refua Shlema of my Grandpa, Avraham ben Ester
From Ve'En Lamo Michshol:
1. A person who stands in front of Hashem to pray needs to wear clean washed clothing just like he/she is standing in front of a King of a country or an important person. Therefore it is NOT Derech Eretz to stand in front of Hashem with dirty work clothes. Therefore, one should do as much as he/she can to change his/her work clothes before Tefillah and to wear clothes proper for Tefillah.


2. Someone who wants to drink should be stringent not to drink from the bottle opening, especially in the middle of trouble [on bus, subway, walking, in taxi, etc.]. Therefore, one should look to drink out of a cup to drink by Derech Eretz and with respect. However, in general, if one drinks from the can or bottle straight [just like today with water bottles], there is room for leniency because this is the way to drink it.


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CLD #276

Today's CLD is for the Refuat Shelma of all Cholei Am Yisrael, speciifcally my grandpa Avraham Ben Ester. Also, today's CLD is in the name of a friend who heard this from a Rabbi. In Alenu LeShabeach we say the influential and inpsirational line of: "and He did not put us as part of the Families of the Ground (agriculture life, aka the Goyim), He did not put our part like thiers and our Lottery like all the other Nations (the Goyim), that they bow down to Hevel VaRik, And we bow down to the Melech Malchei HaMelchaim..." What exactly is Hevel VaRik? What do they Goyim, the other nations of this world bow down to? Hevel VaRik's literal translation is nothingness emptiness! They bow down to nothing!
We know from Global statistics that the most popular practiced religions are christianity and islam. From Gematriya, we see that Hevel VaRik represents the nothingness and emptiness of christianity and islam. 
How?
Hevel (nothingess) is made up of three letters, Hey (numerical value of 5), Bet (2), and Lamed (30). How does this symbolize Islam? There are Hey, 5 prayers per day, Bet-2 Holidays they celebrate, and Lamed-30 days of Ramadan.
VaRik is made of four letters, Vav (6), Resh (200), Yud (10), Kuf (100); which comes out to the number 316. jesus Imach Shmo in Hebrew, in the Gemara, is called Yeshu, made up of three letters, Yud (10), Shin (300), and Vav (6); which comes out to the number 316, too.


Also how do we know that someone who goes to Shul on Shabat Kodesh is a true Tzadik? When one goes to Shul on Shabat he/she says Boi Kala three times. Boi Kalah has the gematriya of 68. When one says it three times (68x3=204). The Gematriya of Tzadik = 204.


The Torah HaKdosha is so deep. Its just a matter of depth and limud to reach just a tiny taste of its beauty and overal chochma. B'H lets all pray to Hashem to give us the chochma, bina and da'at to understand the love of the Torah's beauty.




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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

Because it is still Sefirat HaOmer, We will be learning Easy Halachot of Deretch Eretz
From Ve'En Lamo Michshol:
1. When one is sitting in Bet Knesset, and another person comes to siut next to him, the guest should be treated with respect and in Derech Eretz {especially if the guest is walking for the first time}. The person should show the guest simcha that he sitting next to him by moving over and making space and supplying him with a Siddur. And one cannot/should not show that he is uncomfortable that the guest arrived in order to prevent discomfort and/or emotional suffering.


2. One who has a "makon kavua" (deisgnated seat) in Bet Knesset, and a stranger sits in his makom, the person should not tell the stranger to get up from his seat, because the stranger can be embarrassed. Therefore, its better to surrender the seat, and this is better than sitting in your seat, and one who does this gives Nachat (nachas) to Hashem.

3. When one is invited to be Chazan at Bet Knesset (shul), it is not Derech Eretz to accept right away, so one shoud make it like he's stalling/rejecting the invitation. At the second invitation, one should make it like he is ready to go up to be Chazan. After the third invitation, one should go up to be Chazan immediately. If he is invited to be Chazan by a big Rav or he is the known Chazan of the Bet Knesset, he has to go up after even a SINGLE invitation for Chazanut.

4. One who uses a Sefer (book) that belongs to a Bet Midrash or Bet Knesset (Siddur, Chumash, Tanach, etc.), it is not Derech Eretz to leave the Sefer where he used it, rather the person should return it to its place.
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CLD #275

Founded on Google: A Translation of the Tefillah that is said when leaving the Beit Midrash - check it out -

•I thank you, my G-d

•That you have granted my portion among the students in a beit midrash and not among idlers

•For I arise early and they arise early

•I arise early to immerse myself in Torah

•And they arise early for things without value

•I work and they work

•I work and receive a reward and they work but do not receive a reward

•I run and they run

•I run to the life of the world to come and they run to the pit of destruction.

       This is so fanatic?!?! To say that EVERYTHING that has nothing to do with the Torah HaKdosha HAS NO VALUE?!?! This is ridiculous!

       However, we need to realize something amazing behind the

       pshat (literal meaning) of this tefillah. The fact that

       everything with do is related to the Torah HaKdosha, to 

helping in the Avodat Hashem, in the overall Tikkun Olam!

Whenever one of us loves, helps out, does Chesed, gives 

Tzdaka, speaks on the phone to his/her friend who is upset by

giving them a little chizuk, or even simply talking to Hashem

on the walk back from the deli down the block. It is all 

related! 

B'H We are all in a place in our lives (at our age) where we 

can choose to do 

WHATEVER WE WANT!

 B'H we are all 

thriving to try to reach 

our financial potentials, but what 

about our spiritual level? Our relationship with Hashem?

What is a relationship 

with Hashem? 

If we cannot even come 

up with a simple 

answer of "He is 

the one who helps me out 

through everything I do," then honestly its time for us to do 

       some Cheshbon Nefesh (self reflection) and see how 

we can 

       push ourselves to become "better Jews" by LIVING the 

 Torah, 

       not simply learning it.

Judaism=Think. Literally.

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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

From Ve'En Lamo Michshol:
1. One who needs to go to the restroom is not allowed to delay their visit and "hold it in," which its for liquid or solid excretions, because delaying this can harm the body [specifically for the male reproductive system, Chas Ve Chalilah]. Whoever is in public may not use a tree, an alleyway, a cement wall, etc. as a restroom because this is not Derech Eretz. Therefore one should delay himself a little because respecting "haRabim," the public, overrides this halacha.


2. One who enters Bet Knesset when Alenu LeShabeach is being said, can and should stand with the Tzibbur and say it with them, because its not Derech Eretz to simply sit when the entire tzibbur is standing and praising Hashem.


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CLD #274

Imagine waking up in the morning. You realize your phone's alarm did not wake you up. You look up, its really dark and you're actually not in your bed. You open your eyes slowly, blinking wildly at the sight of what you're staring at: pitch-black darkness. Its really only 4 or 5 in the morning, the darkest point at night, and you are in a cave. You are sleeping on dirt. Your diet consists of carobs and water from a stream that "magically" was created just to supply water just for you.
All you want is a nice 2 scoop white chocolate mousse ice cream, some penne a la vodka pasta from your favorite kosher italian/pizza place, or some of your mom's friday afternoon schnitzel while smelling the food for Shabat Kodesh, or maybe just a glance of a mattress, or a pair of shoes that your blistered feet can walk with.
The fact that we have so much today is unbelievably generous of Hashem to give us (or at least to give our parents parnasa to buy for us all these things)!
These paragraphs above describe the living conditions of Rashbi and his son, Rabi Eliezer. They were NOT FROM THIS WORLD! Imagine not even dreaming about a world where women are plastered on expensive paper half-naked to make the public buy 30 grams of cloth, or a world where you can view another person from a box-device in your own pocket! Let's become sensitive to all these luxuries and gifts from Hashem and USE THEM FOR AVODAT HASHEM! Rashbi did not go through 12 years of living in a cave, wait. Let's type it again: 12 YEARS LIVING IN A CAVE! Imagine one weekend in a fancy tent with food! He didn't hide for 12 years in a cave just to survive, he did it to reach levels of Purity to reveal to the world the Sodot (hidden kabbalistic secrets) of the Torah HaKdosha.
"But this is not our generation." You are right. It isn't. But that means we can do so much with what we have to get to levels that Rashbi and the Tana'aim reached WITHOUT PAIN AND SUFFERING, because they gave up their lives for the Torah and Hashem!
Why is it so difficult to give up 9 months of your (B'H) 120 years to learn in a Yeshiva/Seminary in Israel? Or more importantly, WHY do you/did you have the zchut to be born Jewish at all (forget about being raised Jewish)?

Let's remember all of Am Yisrael who Masru Nafsham (gave their lives) for Avodat Hashem and remember what the world is supposed to be about: Dvikut B'Hashem, Torah, Mitzvot, Derech Eretz, & Ma'asim Tovim!

Judaism=Think.

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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

From Yalkut Yosef:
1. Its a Minhag of Yerushalayim and neighboring districts to say the day of the Omer (only say Sefirat HaOmer: "Hayom Shlosha Ve Shloshim Yom LaOmer Shehem...") WITHOUT THE BRACHA during the Tefillah of Shacharit in Bet Knesset.


2. If someone had a mistake when saying the weeks and days of the Omer after the Bracha (and not mistaken with the day of the Omer), he CAN continue to say the Sefirat HaOmer with a Bracha the following day. Also, one who does not know the day of the Omer for sure or cannot figure out somehow what day of the Omer it is is NOT allowed to say the Bracha of Sefirat HaOmer, AND he CAN continue to say the Bracha of Sefirat HaOmer the following day!


Chag Sameach!


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PIC OF THE WEEK!

Rashbi's Grave Site Last Year on this day!

 Rabi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi) said to make his Hilulah (yortzite) a night of Simcha!

CHAG SAMEACH!

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK!

Let's take a step back from life and what's going on outside, and let's look inside to see how G-d has created us through Chochma :D.
Digestive System Take 2


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CLD #273

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO EVEN LEARN THE TEACHINGS OF RASHBI??!?!?!
First of all: CHAG SAMEACH! 
Second: Rashbi, ZT'L, was only the smallest Talmid (student) of Rabi Akiva and he had the zchut and spiritual power to reveal to the ENTIRE WORLD the Secret of the Torah HaKdosha: the Zohar HaKadosh (Kabbalah)!
Bizchut Rashbi HaKadosh bH we will all see the building of the Beit HaMikdash Bemhera Beyamenu and just experience smachot!
Rav Shlomo Pinto shlit'a says Lag baOmer is a yom segula for parnasa due to the anniversary of the Man from Shamayim given to Am Yisrael!
Rashbi HaKadosh was on a level that is almost impossible to get to! HE BURNED PEOPLE WITH HIS EYES FROM THE POWER OF THE KDUSHA HE OBTAINED! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? HE HAD THE POWER OF TAKING PEOPLE OUT OF THIS WORLD!
B'H We will realize the Torah HaKdosha and its History is NOT A JOKE! The Torah is the ONLY TRUTH IN THIS WORLD AND YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM THAT! 
We will B'H celebrate in Rashbi's memory through going to bon fires that symbolize spiritual light (and doing spiritual things and not desecrating the day's holiness, which everyone can reach very high levels of Tshuva, Prayer, and Love towards Hashem) and feel Hashem's hand in everything!

In Israel Eretz HaKodesh, over 600,000 people visit Rashbi's grave in Meron in the North!!!


SHAVUA TOV & CHAG SAMEACH!


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KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

SHAVUA TOV & CHAG SAMEACH!


From Yalkut Yosef (Moadim):
1. Lag Ba'Omer is a day of Simcha Lichvod Tana Rav Shimon Bar Yochai! Therefore we greaten Simcha on this day through having a Mishteh, making Bonfires (that symbolize the light of Torah and Kabbalah), and make Bows and Arrows! Due to Rashbi's suffering and pain of hiding in a cave for more than 12 YEARS, he reached a high level of Kdusha when Hashem gave him the zchut to write the Zohar HaKadosh (Kabbalah)! Also, Chazal say the 24,000 students of the great Rabi Akiva stopped dying from the plague on this day! This day is a Segula (spiritual force) for Parnasa!


2. Ashkenazim follow their Minhag of cutting their hair and shaving on Lag BaOmer, however, Spharadim cut their hair and shave on the 34th day of the Omer in the morning (after Shacharit Monday morning).


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B'H CLD Fundraising IS GOING HUGE!

B'H BLI AYIN HARA: My brother's wedding is in 11 days. 
We want to give out 2 books for free per table. There are 50 tables = 100 Garden of Emunah books!
We want to inspire and be inspired. We want to reach into the hearts of those Yehudim who have lost the way of Hashem and have gone down into the streets of downtown NY Hashem Yerachem.
We want you guys to reach into your pockets and donate from your hearts. Seriosuly. This is not a joke anymore. NY Jewery is  a disaster compared to what it CAN BE! And BH WHAT IT WILL BE!
We all need to help eachother and push eachother to the happiest (and only TRUE) path>the path of the Torah HaKdosha!


Donate Now, B'H You will NOT regret it! Every word that this Jew reads becuase of your $8 (how much it costs per book) will be in your zchut!
Total Operational Costs: Estimated at $1036 {$8 per book, 100 books = $800, Shipping from Israel Estimated at $223, Stickers for L'Yilui Nishamt and/or Refua Shlema (with a minimum donation of $72) = $13}.

Besides the 3% + $0.30 PayPal charges, ALL the rest fo the $ B'H goes for the Operation!
SHABAT SHALOM!

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