Friday, January 31, 2014

CLD #887


Shabbat Shalom & Hodesh Tov!


This year's Rosh Hodesh Adar Aleph began Thursday night and will end G-d willing Motzei Shabbat nightfall (Saturday night).

The mazal (symbol) of Adar is Dagim, which means fish. In the book Hai VeKayam it explains that reason that Adar represents fish is because during this time of the year fish tend to mate and reproduce. The fish are creatures that reproduce and receive shefa (blessing) from the Heavens in a hidden way, under the water, so noa other animal is jealous of the fish. Not but not least, the Jewish people represent fish: just like fish cannot live in a habitat outside of water, so too Jews cannot survive in a habitat outside of Torah, as Torah is compared to water.

In history, there were two main events that happened in Adar that 'lifted up' the Torah, just like the fish mate so too it is as if the Torah reproduced and greatened in the world. The first is the birth (and death) of our Rabbi, Moshe Rabbenu on the 7th of Adar and the second is the miracle of Purim, which was a nation-wide acceptance upon the nation of Israel to accept the entire Torah willingly. [The Oral Torah was accepted forcefully as G-d carried Mount Sinai over our heads and forced us to accept the Oral Torah.] This fact stayed true until Purim came where after Haman and Amalek people were killed in battle and then the Jewish nation accepted the Torah willingly.

Adar is a time to refrain from showing off and acting like fish, that do everything hiddenly, as the Talmud teaches (tractate Taanit) that blessing is not received unless the individual acts hiddenly without eyes looking at him.

B'H this month we should celebrate many semakhot, including the coming of the Mashiakh and for everyone to reach true understanding and meaning of Torah and its meaning in the world.

Video: Today's Halachot

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

"Whoever learns a minimum of two Jewish laws everyday is granted that he will have a share in the World to Come"

Today's Halachot discuss Laws of Shabbat: Melechet 'Boneh' in the Morning from Halacha Yomit.



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SHABBAT SHALOM & HODESH TOV!



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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Video: Today's Halachot

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

"Whoever learns a minimum of two Jewish laws everyday is granted that he will have a share in the World to Come"

Today's Halachot discuss Laws of Netillat Yadayim in the Morning from Rabbi David Yosef's Halacha Berurah.

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Monday, January 13, 2014

Video: Today's Halachot

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

"Whoever learns a minimum of two Jewish laws everyday is granted that he will have a share in the World to Come"

Today's Halachot discuss Laws of Holding It In and taken from Rabbi David Yosef's Halacha Berurah.



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CLD #886

Us Jews usually aim to conquer this world in spiritual terms, such as doing Mitzvot and helping others so we can gain an advantage to get a first class ticket to Olam Haba, a.k.a. The World To Come (the Afterlife). Our Sages teach us that on the first days of The Creation G-d created light and darkness, but this light was stored in G-d's storage to be saved for the Tzadikkim (the righteous ones) for The World to Come.

This spiritual light is a total goodness that cannot be explained in simple words. It is beyond our capability of thinking. Therefore, most of us sadly aim to do Mitzvot, help others and accomplish spiritual tasks in order to enjoy from this light in The World to Come. However, the excitement of living a life of Torah should NOT mainly be for The World to Come, in reality an individual who lives in this world with accomplishing Torah and Mitzvot lives TO THE FULLEST in this world.

We always run to do things for The World to Come but if we take a minute to just look around us and see how beautiful a life of a Jew who keeps Torah and Mitzvot is we will RUN to continue doing more Mitzvot and living life CONNECTED to Hashem. 

Start looking around you and see how valuable a life of Torah is compared to a life of materialism and disconnection from the reality of life's gifts and beauties. The best part of all this is that an individual who chases this world to fill it up with Torah and Mitzvot will definitely reach that enjoyment of the "light" that Hashem created in the first days of Creation.

Smile, cuz G-d loves you.
Judaism=Think.


Thursday, January 09, 2014

Video: Today's Halachot

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

"Whoever learns a minimum of two Jewish laws everyday is granted that he will have a share in the World to Come"

Today's Halachot discuss Laws of Bringing Food into the Bathroom and taken from Rabbi David Yosef's Halacha Berurah.

Judaism=Think.



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CLD #885

Our Parasha this week begins with Vayehi, this is speech in the Torah that symbolizes sadness.
Rabbi Nissim Levy shlit'a explains a beautiful concept about the reasoning behind w
hy the Torah testifies that there is sadness in the time of Israel leaving Egypt.

The Pasuk states: "It came to pass when Paroah let the people go." The question stands: why is the Torah testifying that there is language of sadness? If anything it should be completely the opposite!

Rav Nissim explains that Paroah was the one who was sad out of everyone. But an individual should ask: why was Paroah sad? The people who came into his country who destroyed everything in the end, these are the people who caused his first born to die!

But no, the Pasuk states in the Torah that Paroah let the people go, the people who are now A NATION. Rav Levy explains that this nation that Paroah saw before him leaving Egypt was THE NATION that was in the desert led by Moshe. It was THE NATION that was split up into 4 camps representing the 4 directions of the world, East South West North. On each side were 3 tribes of Israel, making up the 12 great tribes.

Paroah saw what he lost. Paroah saw what was not under his control anymore. He was upset because he KNOWS THE POWER OF ISRAEL!

The question ends off like this: do we, us Jews, know our own power? Our own potential? Do we appreciate our Judaism? Do we love ourselves?

B'H with the divine essence of the Holy Shabbat we should keep it to understand that Shabbat is the ultimate testimony that G-d exists. If we do not keep Shabbat, we testify that Hashem did not (G-d forbid) create the world.

SHABBAT SHALOM!

Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Video: Today's Halachot

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

"Whoever learns a minimum of two Jewish laws everyday is granted that he will have a share in the World to Come"

Today's Halachot discuss Laws of Waking up in the morning and taken from Rabbi David Yosef's Halacha Berurah.




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CLD #884

What is the difference between The Jewish Nation during the 10 Plagues and while they were
experiencing the splitting of the Red Sea?

During the 10 Plagues Hashem took out the philosophy of "G-d created the world but He does not manage every small detail of my life."

When the splitting of the Red Sea occurred, not only did the nation understand that Hashem "runs the show," but He also implanted in them this understanding of "it does NOT matter what spiritual level you are at for me to REDEEM YOU!"

This concept is fundamental for our everyday lives. We are at a point in history where for a Jew to stay religious, to spiritually grow and bloom to become a big Rabbi is unheard of without many difficult spiritual obstacles. Also, unfortunately we are in a generation with many difficult nisyonot and tragic events such as health issues for loved ones, financial disruptions, and other tragic events. 

WE MUST BELIEVE THAT HASHEM CAN AND WANTS TO REDEEM US!

WE JUST NEED TO LET HIM ENTER OUR LIVES!

G-d willing may we decide to live WITH Hashem and not wait for Hashem to decide to live with us, because He wants to.


Tuesday, January 07, 2014

CLD #883

What is tefillin all about?

Tefillin, the boxes that a Jew is obligated to wear everyday, are one of the three fundamental

signs that a Jew is the son of G-d

The other two are:

Shabbat

Circumcision

All these symbolic activities show that G-d is running the world.

Shabbat is the testimony that a Jew believes in G-d's creation of the world in 6 days and on the 7th day He rested by avoiding certain melachot (activities forbidden on the Sabbath day such as erasing, cutting, planting, writing, painting, etc.).

The Berit Milah (circumcision) is a testimony that began with our forefather, Avraham, who accepted this commandment at the age of 99 and made all his household circumcise themselves. This shows the uttermost belief in G-d since an individual gives over his entire being, flesh and blood to G-d and states: G-d is running the world, my body and my life.

The Tefillin are another form of showing those around that G-d is the Creator of the World. The Ramban in last week's Parasha writes that before the exile from Egypt people in the world did not believe in G-d fully (he categorizes the non-believers into 3 groups). When Hashem caused the nation of Israel to escape Egypt, He literally showed the entire world His power since it was above nature for them to leave the most powerful country (and that they saw in astrology that the stars testified that Israel were going to be slaves forever).

After the exile Hashem commanded Moshe to make these Tefillin and place inside them four portions from the Torah that talk about Hashem, His miracles, the miracle of the exile from Egypt and other Mitzvot like learning and teaching Torah, placing a Mezuzah on the doorpost, etc. The Tefillin are placed above the hairline and by the muscle bulge on the bicep to symbolize Hashem's Torah subjugating the mind and the heart to follow in the way of Hashem.

G-d willing with this CLD we will get the strength to continue posting and reviving theCLD experience.