CLD #115

CHANNUKAH 5771 AND ROSH CHODESH TEVET!

IN ten days B'H, there will be the fast of Asarah B'tevet which marks the day in history when the Siege on Yerushalayim began. This fast is short but is brought to help us 'wake up' regarding Mashiach and B'H the third and final Beit Hamikdash. We definitely do not live in a world where we are constantly bombarded by reminders to belive in G-d and in the coming of the mashiach, but we need to regulate oruselves to believe or to want to believe (The Talmud and other sources say our generation is the generation of the mashiach). Here is an unbelievable LINK that can help you believe and become chazak regarding the seriousness of our generation and situation in Jewish History. 
The truth is scary, and it sucks, but we still have the opportunity every minute to look up to G-d and pray for a fresh start and say sorry for all the 'wrong-doings' we have experienced. Sometimes Hashem puts us into situations where we fall spiritually in order for us to get back up and pray to him! Just like the way a father wants his son to come back and communicate with him, no father wants his son ignoring him. Maybe the only way Hashem can start a conversation with us is through these downfalls.
There's no pressure, 
just smile, cuz Hashem loves you. 
P.S. The concept of tshuva (repentance) was created before the world was created! 

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CLD #114

CHAG SAMEACH ANDDD CHODESH TOV! When we say 'L'Yishuatcha Kivinu VeTzipinu Kol HaYom' are we really saying the truth that we are literally waiting and hoping for the Mashiach alllllll day?! Probably not. (For those of us who are at the stage of praying,) We need to start looking deeply into the words that come out of our mouths. Do we really understand what we tell hashem when we are standing in front of him? Are we even paying attention to the words and their meanings when we pray? Especially in Channukah, when we say 'Al HaNisim' and thank Hashem for all the miracles during the time of the Chasmonayim do we feel what we say? We need to start caring about tefillah and ask ourselves how much do we believe the fact that we are literally in front of Hashem when we are praying. P.S. it is okay to say 'I don't believe,' this helps knowing where you are at spiritually and helps you ask yourself: where do i want to be?

B'H We'll all have the zchut to have kavana during amida and truly say we have emunah. 
CHODESH TOV!
CHAG SAMEACH!

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CLD #113

CHANNUKAH 5771! Mixed dancing feels like something that is not a big deal at all, right? Mixed dancing, non-kosher dairy, music with cursing, touching your aunt, praying with a minyan, etc. These are some of the things that do not make sense in our minds. Chazal tell us that in order to fully accept Judaism in our lives we need to 'throw away our sense,' because that is truly the only way you will reach a higher level of kdusha. Mashal: When we want to experience what the Holocaust means, as high school students we travel to Poland to the death camps on MOTL or Heritage. After the trip is when we understand how much we did not know regarding the identity of Holocaust survivors and what they had to go through. The same goes for the 1-year (minimum) after high school trip to yeshiva/university in Eretz HaKodesh. The people who experience these simply cannot explain in words their experiences. The same goes for shomer negiyah or simply a REAL JEW (but at the same time everyone should be at their own level and work their way up step by step, slowly, always moving up).

CHAG SAMEACH!
May Hashem bless us all with the light of Channukah year-round.

Smile, cuz Hashem loves you :)!

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