TZIMTZUM-THE BIG DIVIDE

three branches of the river-3 perspectives 3 approaches to life

challenge 5

challenge 4

A IS FOR AARON

challenge 3

d is for david

challenge 1 a response to idetifyingchabad on oogle

g is for george

b is for boris

MY STATUTES

THE TORAH PORTION IDENTIFIES THE COMMANDMENTS THAT BRING GREAT BLESSINGS TO THE ENTIRE PEOPLE AS CHUKIM-STATUTES. IF YOU WILL GO IN MY STATUTES THEN,SAYS G-D, THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE SUPERNATURAL BLESSINGS
ORDINARILY THAT MEANS THAT BECAUSE YOU WILL ACCEPT MY COMMANDMENTS MERELY BECAUSE I G-D SAID SO , THEN THE BLESSINGS RECEIVED WILL BE OTHERWORLDLY.
ANOTHER APPROACH IS THAT ONE HAS THE OPTION OF ENGAGING IN LOGICAL COMMANDMENTS OR THEOSE THAT DEFY HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. IF YOU WILL OPT TO DO THOSE COMMANDMENTS THAT ARE BEYOND REASON THEN YOUR BLESSINGS WILL INCREASE. THE MORE YOU TRY TO MAKE G-D LOGICAL THE FURTHER FROM G-D AND G-D'S BLESSINGS YOU WILL BE.
THE THIRD APPROACH WHICH IS THE CHASSIDIC METHOD IS THAT PLEASE APPROACH ME THROUGH THE ENGRAVED LETTERS OF TORAH-THAT ALL OF YOUR DEALINGS WITH ME SHAL BE BECAUSE I SAID SO,THEN THIS CONTACT WITH MY TORAH WILL ALLOW YOU TO GO FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL IN A CONTINUOUS GGROWTH PATTERN.FOR THE MITZVOS WERE GIVEN BY G-D IN A VERY EXACT FORMAT. IF WE FOLLOW THEM BECAUSE G-D SAID SO-THEY ARE LIKE ENGRAVED LETTERS THAT ARE PART OF US AND PART OF G-D,THEN WE WILL LEARN TO GO , TO FLY WITH THEM AND THROUGH THEM TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
BOTTOM LINE THE MITZVOS WHEN DONE PROPERLY GET US TO GO HIGHER AND HIGHER WITHOUT NEEDING ANY OTHER MEDIUM.

s is for sam- the Rebbe to the rescue

M IS FOR MOSHIACH-THE REBBE-ACTION RULES

your name

A VISIT FROM A RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROFESSOR

netzach-you win

seven weeks 2

WHY SEVEN WEEKS?

WHY SEVEN WEEKS?

rabbi akiva's students

prayer and sefira

empathy

why believe?origins 4

origin 3

origins 1

the foundation

Emor-Remember!

THIS WEEK IN ISRAEL AND ELSEWHERE MANY WILL REFLECT ON THE SO-CALLED YOM-HAZIKORON, TO WHICH THIS AUTHOR QUESTIONS ITS' ULTIMATE TIME CHOICE AND RELEVANCE.
NONETHELESS, SINCE IT HAS THUSLY BEEN DESIGNATED IT IS REMARKABLE THAT THE DAY REFLECTS THE CONTENT OF THIS WEEK'S TORAH READING.

EMOR INSTRUCTS THE COHANIM=PRIESTS TO AVOID CONTAMINATION WITH THE DEAD EXCEPT FOR ONE'S IMMEDIATE RELATIVES. THE ORDINARY RULE PROHIBITING A COHEN FROM BEING WITH THE DEAD AND PARTICIPATING IN THE BURIAL IS SUSPENDED IN THESE CASES. NOW, THE SONS OF AHARON WERE NOT ABLE TO MOURN OR FOLLOW THE CASKETS OF THEIR BROTHERS WHEN THEY DIED.

ONLY NOW AFTER THE DUST HAD SETTLED WERE THEY PERMITTED TO MOURN FOR THE RELATIVES THEY LOST.WHY???
WE HAVE THE SAME SCENARIO WITH REGARDS TO THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST.MANY HAD NO SURVIVORS TO MOURN THEM. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT MANY OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED ADD A SPECIAL YIZKOR PRAYER FOR THE MARTYRS WHO HAD NO ONE TO MOURN OVER THEM. IN FACT EVEN IF THEY DID THE SURVIVORS COULD NOT STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT HAD OCCURED . FOR IN THE
RUSH TO SURVIVE THE NORMAL FEELINGS OF PITY AND PAIN ARE LOST. THE ONLY
MOTIVE IS TO SURVIVE.
ONLY AFTER WE BECAME SECURE IN OUR SURVIVAL COULD WE BEGIN TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE SO VICIOUSLY MURDERED BY A PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED TO BE THE ULTIMATE OF HUMANITY! GERMAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DROVE THE ENGINES AND METHODS OF BRUTALITY AND MASS MURDER.
WE CAN REFLECT NOW , BUT ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE BECOME SOMEWHAT SECURE IN OUR SURVIVAL. THAT SAID , IT PARALLELS THE EXPERIENCE OF AHARON'S SONS.
AS LONG AS THE INSTITUTIONS OF ISRAEL WERE FRAIL THEY COULD NOT MOURN
FOR THEIR PERSONAL LOSSES. THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE PARAMOUNT.
ONLY AFTER THEY WERE ESTABLISHED IN THEIR POSITIONS COULD THEY BEGIN TO GRIEVE OVER THEIR PERSONAL LOSSES. AHARON, THE HIGH PRIEST COULD NEVER DO THIS FOR AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL HIS ROLE TRANCENDED HIS PERSON AND HE COULD SHOW NO PERSONAL AGENDA. HE BELONGED TO THE PEOPLE FOREVER.
YES THERE COMES A TIME TO REMEMBER, REFLECT AND CONTEMPLATE THE FUTURE.WHILE MANY OF US REMAIN STUCK WITH THE PAST, WE MUST FOCUS UPON THE LESSON FOR THE FUTURE. MEYER KAHANNA PROMOTED THE POPULAR SLOGAN-NEVER AGAIN!
WHILE THIS IS A NOBLE GOAL, THE ONLY WAY TO ASSURE NEVER AGAIN ,IS BY INSURING THE CONTINUITY OF OUR PEOPLE. THIS CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY TRUE JEWISH EDUCATION,BIBLE AND TALMUD STUDIES AS WELL AS JEWISH HISTORY .
THE SLOGAN THEREFORE SHOULD BE ALTERRED FROM NEVER AGAIN TO-
JEWS , NOW AND FOREVER!!! FOR IF THERE ARE NO JEWS NEVER AGAIN BECOMES MEANINGLESS!
CHAIM MOSHE, SON OF A SURVIVOR

overlooked-what the popular fly-by kaballa wannabees miss

THE SOUL

AS STATED , THE WORLD IS DIVIDED INTO OLOM SHONO AND NEFESH-SPACE, TIME AND SOUL. AS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO THE 4TH DIMENSION-TIME IS THE SOURCE OF SPACE AND TRUMPS IT. THEREFORE A PERSON MUST BECOME A MASTER OF HIS/HER TIME BEFORE ONE CAN MASTER THE SPACE ESPECIALLY OF OTHERS.
IN PRACTICE THIS MEANS TWO THINGS-1 TO UTILIZE ONE'S TIME WISELY.
2- TO DEAL WITH THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ONE'S PERSONALITY.WE CANNOT BECOME COMPLETED HUMAN BEINGS UNTIL WE LEARN TO MASTER OUR TRAITS,
ESPECIALLY OUR EMOTIONS. ONLY THEN CAN WE RECEIVE THE WISDOM TO MASTER THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT.
HOWEVER, THE SOUL IS THE CAUSE OF TIME AND THE FIRST ELEMENT OF ONE'S BEING IS TO ACCEPT THE YOKE OF G-D AND AT THE SAME TIME ACCEPT AHAVAT YISROEL. FOR WITHOUT THOSE 2 ELEMENTS-OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH G-D AND OUR UNITY WITH ALL ISRAEL OUR SOULS ARE LACKING AND WECANNOT MASTER ANYTHING.
HOWEVER THESE 2 ELEMENTS ARE THE PURPOSE OF CREATION AND AS SUCHAFFECT ALL TIME AND ALL SPACE-AD INFINITUM!THIS IS WHY YOU ARE SO IMPORTANT!
BECAUSE G-D CREATED ALL REALITIES BECAUSE YOU WERE DESIRED BY HIM!
THUS THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL AS SMALL AND INSIGNIFICANT ,PHYSICALLY,IS ABOVE
ALL OF CREATION SPIRITUALLY AND HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT ON ALL WORLDLY MATTERS.
HOWEVER, THIS IS ONLY WHEN THE WHOLE ESSENCE OF THE SOUL IS AROUSED. THEREFORE WHATEVER YOU DO , DO IT PASSIONATELY-PROVIDED IT'S A GOOD DEED.

the eruv

THE ERUV IS UP , HOWEVER, SINCE THE ERUV WILL BE REVIEWED BY RAV SPITZ ON MAY 18TH AND 19TH,IT WAS DECIDED TO AVOID USING THE ERUV UNTIL THEN . I HAVE GONE OVER THE FARMINGTON HILLS ERUV WITH OUR CHECKER REB ARI DRISSMAN TWICE NOW AND ALTHOUGH THINGS ARE IN ORDER IT WAS DECIDED THAT TO HOLD OFF THE NEXT 2 WEEKS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
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