THE KORAN AND PHARAOH

THE SECRET OF PROPHECY AND MAKING IT HAPPEN

3 methods of confronting evil

IS G-D NECESSARY ?

WE WANDERED WITH JACOB!

after the funeral what next?

RESPONSE TO EVIL PART 2

RESPONSE TO EVIL

abortion and sara

WHY IS A BURIAL PLOT HOLY?

the power of the covenant

MACH DO ERETZ YISROEL-make your place into Israel!

MACH DO ERETZ YISROEL-make your place into Israel!

3 BRANCHES OF THE RIVER#2

3 BRANCHES OF THE RIVER

3 BRANCHES OF THE RIVER

WHY ABRAHAM WAITED

BECOME A GOER NOT A STANDER

THE FLOOD -GOOD???

in the beginning 3 -interview continued

IN THE BEGINNING 2-AN INTERVIEW

the beginning

a question of joy

A THOUGHT FOR YOM KIPPUR-AN ANTIDOTE TO EVIL

3 FACES OF YOM KIPPUR

A NEW LIGHT

a new beginning

IF NOT NOW WHEN?

true leadership

DON'T JUST VOTE PRESENT ON ROSH HASHANAH

the opportunity of adversity

appreciation

complacency=amalek's tactic

69 years later we need to learn the lesson

9/11 ANTIDOTE

A HERO NAMED YOSEF YITZCHOK PART 2

A HERO NAMED YOSEF YITZCHOK PART 1

THE RAV'S CHASSIDIC LESSON

CHANGE=TESHUVAH

ALITTLE BOY NAMED LEO

IS G-D IN YOUR HEART

blessings and forgiving the original sin

RABBI STUDENT PROPHECY AND THE REBBE

Eitan and a Resurrected Messiah

messiah from the dead

the power of love jilted

the power of love jilted

the bride

the bride

the bride

JEWISH SOUL

freedom through torah and tzeddakah

happy is free

MOSES MOSHIACH AND THE REBBE

action not faith

DAAS TORAH BLOG MAY BE NEITHER DAAS OR TORAH

CHAIM'S WORDS- MY TAKE

chosen people?after the exiles?

THE BEAUTIFUL THE USEFUL AND THE GOOD

CHALLENGING ALL NERDS

rebuttal 2

REBUTTAL TO THE NERD 3

LIFE'S A TRIP-THE MEANING OF TESHUVA

LIFE'S TRIP- TESHUVA UNDERSTOOD

my response to naysayers

new way 2

a new way to do business

2 more for all the nerds

FOR ALL THE NERDS 1

YOUR TURN NERD-respose complete

THE WORD TO THE NERD

THE NERD 2

amalek vs.midian

THE RABBI VS. THE NERD

MIDIAN TODAY

halacha=small matters!?

IS MATERIALISM TO BE SHUNNED?

virtuous violence?

SLANDER 2

LOSHON HORA-SLANDER 2

LOSHON HORA-SLANDER 1

THE ZEALOT 2 PINCHAS= ELIYA-HU BEFORE MOSHIACH

THE ZEALOT 1-PINCHUS EXPLAINED

THE BOOK OF DEVARIM

BILAM CLARIFIED

3 LEVELS OF BILAM

positive thinking or deception?

MOSHE VS. BILAM-the secret

how can a prophet of G-D be evil

THE DONKEY'S MESSAGE

THE REBBE AND REB YOSSEL

the days of Messiah

reincarnation in detail

REINCARNATION3 FOR THE SECOND TIME!

REINCARNATION 3

UNIFIERS 2

I AWAIT HIS COMING 2

I AWAIT HIS COMING ALWAYS

THE LIGHTHOUSE

THE UNIFIERS 1

REINCARNATION 1 SOME LINES OF THOUGHT

TZITZIT 1 THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE MITZVAH

interview 2

AN INTERVIEW WITH A RELIGION STUDENT 3 PARTS

FAILED MESSIAH 2-RESPONSE TO A LIE

FAILED MESSIAH 1/ A RESPONSE

THE DIVIDERS 3-KORACH'S HEIRS

THE DIVIDERS PART 2-IN THE GUISE OF PIETY

THE DIVIDERS 1-KORACH'S LEGACY AND HEIRS

THE CHOSEN-THE ACID OF STRIFE

A FATHER'S LEGACY-WHAT HE NEVER SAID

the real messiah 3

CIRCUMCISION-ITS'MYSTERY

what difference do you make?

we shall do then we shall learn!

KING DAVID'S MEN?NOT!

THE REAL MESSIAH

R IS FOR RACHEL

postscript 1 for the rabbinically challenged

P IS FOR PAM

cheeseburger 3 when it will be ok!

CHEESEBURGER OR ARSENIC?

A new Chumash is now in the offering for some serious perusing-or so it may seem.
It is called the Etz Chayim Chumash published by the JTS. A casual glance within shows the bias of the publishers to aver that the Torah is a patchwork of man-made documents in line with Biblical criticism!
Upon seeing this , a congregant asked the "Rabbi" if anyone in JTS subscribes to the doctrine that the Torah was G-D given? the answer floored him.No , said the "Rabbi"!
In other words, the major Theological arm of the Conservative Movement World-wide no longer officially holds that the Torah comes from G-D!
This observer has long understood the slippery slope of various discussion points
used in the curricula of Conservative teachings. However, this is the challenge-You
Rabbis and serious thinkers , do you really think that anyone reading this will be inspired to observe the "conservative standard of Judaism"?????
I THINK THAT NOT ONLY WILL THEY NOT BE INSPIRED, THEY WILL DECLARE THAT THERE IS NO REASON TO CONTINUE AS JEWS. THIS CHUMASH IS THE EDUCATIONAL EQUIVALENT OF SPIRITUAL ARSENIC!
I realize the tightrope that some of the Conservative Rabbis have had to struggle with over the years. however, there was always a hope that someone would hear and be inspired to study more and he/she would observe the Torah. That faint hope has now been extinguished.There is no more need to be Jewish than to be an aborigine for both have only backward traditions as their basis. Time to go back to the boomerang
in the outback!

cheeseburger 3-when will it be ok?

cheeseburger 2 clarified

CHEESEBURGER JEWS?

what? don't bother me

chavivusa-it's all about love

HOLOCAUST 1 WHEN THE UNSPEAKABLE HAPPENS

meditating

holocaust 2 when the unthinkable happens

response 3 when tragedy strikes

response 2 when tragedy happens

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.
FOR QUERIES PLEASE CALL ME AT 248-613-1809

time before space-reality check

the 5th dimension

what are we waiting for?

WE CLAIM TO BE WAITING FOR MESSIAH'S COMING EVERYDAY. WHY ARE WE WAITING? WHY DON'T WE JUST GO ON WITH LIFE? WHY DO WE PLACE SO MUCH STOCK IN THE COMING OF ONE WHO HASN'T YET COME?
FURTHERMORE IS THIS JUST A NAIVE NOTION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED TO EXPECT SOMEONE TO COME AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT? PERHAPS WE SHOULD TAKE OUR DESTINY IN OUR OWN HANDS AND GO FROM THERE?
IS THIS EVEN HEALTHY TO INSPIRE CHILDREN TO ANTICIPATE SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN 2000 YEARS OF BITTER EXILE?
STILL THE VOICE OF HOPE LETS ITSELF INTO THE CONSCIOUS MIND AND ARGUES THERE MUST BE SOME SENSE TO ALL OF THIS THERE MUST BE SOME JUSTICE.
IT IS ALSO UNIVERSAL. THE WHOLE WORLD REALLY SEEKS AND YEARNS FOR A MESSIAH. COULD THE WHOLE WORLD BE WRONG?
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE BELIEF THAT THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A FAIR SETTLEMENT OF ALL MATTERS, THAT THERE WILL BE A SOOTHING HAND AND A PLEASANT VOICE THAT WILL BRING US ALL TOGETHER INDICATES THAT WE ARE PRE-PROGRAMMED FOR MESSIAH.
WHAT MESSIAH IS SUPPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH AND WHAT WE MUST DO BEFORE AND AFTER ARE MATTERS OF SPECULATION. THE VERY FACT THAT WE ARE ALL FASCINATED AND ENTICED BY SUCH A POSSIBILITY INDICATES VERY STRONGLY THAT IT IS HEALTHY TO WAIT EXPECTANTLY EVEN WHILE WE DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE THE WORLD RIGHT!

4th dimension

the unifier

are we there yet?

the only thing

the maim intent

simplicity

THE LEPER AND THE PERVERT

AFTER DISCUSSING THE LEPER=THE ONE WHO SETS HIMSELF APART FROM SOCIETY, THE ONE WHO CAN CRITICIZE BUT HIMSELF IS ABOVE CRITICISM, THE TORAH TALKS IN COUCHED TERMS ABOUT THE PERVERT.
THIS IS THE ZAV. WHAT IS A ZAV? ONE WHO HAS CONTRACTED VENEREAL DISEASE.THE TORAH IMPLIES THAT DUE TO SEXUAL DEVIANCE CERTAIN DISEASES BECOME RAMPANT. THESE INCLUDE THE SYMPTOMS OF VENEREAL PROBLEMS BOTH MALE AND FEMALE.
THE TORAH IS ALSO CLEAR THAT BY KEEPING THE MIKVAH LAWS THESE PROBLEMS CAN BE AVOIDED.
IT IS A FACT THAT UP UNTIL 2 GENERATIONS AGO THERE WERE CERTAIN TYPES OF WOMAN'S CANCER THAT DID NOT OCCUR IN JEWISH WOMEN. RESEARCHERS IDENTIFIED THE AVOIDANCE OF RELATIONS DURING THE MENSES AS WELL AS THE CLEANSING PROCESS AS BEING THE MOST LIKELY REASON FOR THESE CANCERS NOT TO APPEAR AMONGST JEWISH WOMEN.
TODAY THIS HAS CHANGED,HOWEVER THOSE WHO STILL KEEP THEIR MOTHERS' WAYS STILL HAVE THE SAME RESULTS. WHILE DIFFERENT THEORIES ABOUND THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT JEWISH LIFE AND TRADITIONAL VALUES DO HELP US EVEN IN MUNDANE MATTERS.
THE PERVERT IS DISTINCT FROM THE LEPER SO WHY IS HE INCLUDED IN THE SECTION ABOUT THE LEPER? BECAUSE WHEN A PERSON LOOKS DOWN AT OTHERS
HE BECOMES THE LAW IN HIS MIND. IN SUCH A STATE THE LEPER BECOMES THE PERVERT! PERHAPS NOT IN THE FULL FLEDGED SENSE . THE LEPER BELIEVES THAT ONLY HIS WAY IS RIGHT. IN ESSENCE HE CREATES HIS OWN MORALITY . IN TRUTH MOST OFTEN HIS MORES ARE A PERVERSION OF THE TRUTH. AS SUCH HE IS THE PERVERT FOR HE HAS PERVERTED THE LAW OF G-D FOR HIS OWN RULES!
AS SUCH HE CAN EASILY SUCCUMB TO DEVIANT BEHAVIOR FOR HE HAS AN EXCUSE FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES. FOR HIS WAYS ARE TRUTH AND GOODNESS-NOT YOURS OR MINE. HIS SPIN IS THE ONLY CORRECT ONE. IT IS TO HIS STANDARDS THAT ALL ARE TO BE MEASURED. THIS IS SPIRITUAL PERVERSION WHICH IS FAR WORSE THAN THE IGNORANT INDULGENT!

matzo 2

matzo

freedom

soul 2

THE CURE OF THE LEPER

MY FATHER'S YAHRTZEIT WAS THIS MONDAY, THE SECOND OF NISSAN. IN THIS SMALL WAY I SHARE THE FATE OF THE PREVIOUS LUBAVITCHER REBBE Z.T.L. WHO ALSO LOST HIS ILLUSTRIOUS FATHER ON THE SECOND OF NISSAN. MY FATHER WAS
MATURE BEYOND HIS YEARS AND WHEN HITLER BEGAN THREATENING WORLD JEWRY, HE JOINED THE BETAR MOVEMENT TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND HIS LOVED ONES.
ON YOM KIPPUR IN 1939 THE GERMANS ENTERRED KRASNABROD, A SMALL CITY WITH ABOUT 4000 JEWS. THEY SHOT THE 10 OLDEST MEN OF THE CITY IN FRONT OF THE WORSHIPERS IN THE SHUL. MY GRANDFATHER WAS THE CHAZAN AND HE WAS THEN CHOSEN AMONGST 100 MEN TO BE SHOT IN AN OPEN FIELD. THEY WERE FORCED TO DIG THEIR OWN GRAVES , STRIP AND AS THE GUNS WERE READIED A POLISH OFFICER ,RIDING ON A HORSE CAME AND ASKED IN THE NAME OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION THAT CIVILIANS NOT BE EXECUTED IN WARTIME.
THE OFFICER IN CHARGE WAS A WHERMACHT, NOT AN SS EXTERMINATOR AGREED AND ORDERED THE MEN TO RUN ACROSS THE FIELD NAKED. SHOTS WERE FIRED OVER THEIR HEADS,TO SIMULATE AN ESCAPE TO THE WOODS.
MY GRANDFATHER SPENT THE REST OF YOM KIPPUR NAKED AND FRIGHTENED IN THE WOODS.
MY FATHER HAD SEEN ENOUGH. WHEN THE RUSSIANS CAME HE WAS ABLE TO SAVE
SOME OF HIS MOTHER'S STORE WARES FROM THE POLISH LOOTER WHO WAS TRYING TO SELL THEM. WHEN THE RUSSIANS EVACUATED, HE LEFT ON THE LAST LORRY HOPING TO CONVINCE HIS BELOVED PARENTS TO FOLLOW HIM. TAKING HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WITH HIM THEY ARRIVED IN BIYALISTOK ON SHABBOS. PEOPLE WERE INCREDULOUS. TO BE FAIR, THEY COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED THE DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION THAT WAS BEING PERPETRATED BY THE GERMANS AS ONLY THE RUSSIANS HAD COME AND THEY DID NOT INTERFERE IN PRIVATE LIFE AS YET.
SEEING THAT CONDITIONS IN THEIR CITY HAD NOT IMPROVED WHEN THE GERMANS CAME BACK AND MISSING THEIR CHILDREN, MY GRANDPARENTS WENT AFTER THEM TO BIYALISTOK.
THERE, THE RUSSIANS ASKED ONLY ONE QUESTION-"DO YOU WNT A RUSSIAN PASSPORT OR A POLISH ONE"? MY GRANDFATHER ANSWERD , AS DID 90% OF THE REFUGEES THAT THEY WERE HAPPY TO REMAIN AS POLISH CITIZENS AND AFTER THE WAR ENDED THEY INTENDED TO RESETTLE IN KRASNABROD.
THAT NIGHT, AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT , FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JEWISH REFUGEES, CALAMITY STRUCK. THE RUSSIANS ORDERED THEM TO LEAVE WITHIN 30 MINUTES WITH ONLY WHAT THEY COULD CARRY WITH THEM. THEY WERE LED AT GUNPOINT INTO CATTLECARS WITH NO FOOD OR WATER.
THE TRAINRIDE LSATED FOR DAYS. MANY DIED ON THE WAY. THEY WERE THUSLY DEPOSITED AT A FORCED LABOR CAMP IN ARCHANGEL IN NORTHERN LAPLAND.
THERE THERE WAS LIMITED FOOD, PERPETUAL DARKNESS AND SUBZERO WEATHER.
HERE, THEY HAD TO OBEY THE COMISSARS , CHOP WOOD AND SURVIVE IN THE HARSH NORTHERN CLIMATE.
WHEN HITLER INVADED RUSSIA , THE REFUGEES WERE ALLOWED TO GO TO OTHER PLACES IN THE INTERIOR, FOR BY THEN THE RUSSIANS HAD MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE POLISH GOVERNMENT IN EXILE TO GRANT THEIR CITIZENS CIVIL RIGHTS.
HOWEVER, CONDITIONS IN THE SOVIET UNION HARDLY IMPROVED. DISEASE WAS RAMPANT AND HUNGER WAS YOUR COMPANION. FOR 6 YEARS THEY STRUGGLED AND SURVIVED THE WORKER'S PARADISE, UNTIL THEY COULD RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN POLAND. FOR ALL THOSE 6 BITTER YEARS , MY GRANDFATHER BLAMED MY FATHER FOR THEIR SUFFERINGS,THE LACK OF FOOD, MEDICINE AND THE FEAR OF ARREST OR VIOLENCE WHICH AWAITED ANYONE JEWISH.
HE WAS NOT FORGIVEN FOR HIS "ERROR" UNTIL THEY RETURNED TO POLAND AND SAW THE TERRIBLE TRUTH!
WHAT HAD APPEARED AS SATANIC ANGELS SENDING THEM TO SIBERIA WERE REALLY ANGELS OF MERCY THAT ALLOWED 200,000 POLISH JEWS TO SURVIVE THE WAR. THE POLES HAD GLEEFULLY ASSISTED IN THE EXTERMINATION OF JEWS. THEY WERE ALSO DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THE SURVIVORS TRYING TO REPOSSESS THEIR HOMES.JEWS WERE MURDERED IN THE STREETS AND THE REFUGEES FLED TO THE DP CAMPS WHERE I WAS BORN.
THINK ABOUT IT,THEY WERE FORCED AT GUNPOINT TO ENTER CATTLECARS TO GO TO A FORCED LABOR CXAMP. MANY DIED ON THE WAY AND CONDITIONS WERE BRUTAL.IT WAS THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT OTHER JEWS WOULD HAVE IN GERMAN TERRITORIES. THEIR FRIGHT WAS NO LESS .
YET THE RESULTS WERE DIFFERENT. FOR THEM THEY ONLY HAD TO BE DIPPED IN THE BLOOD-THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SLAUGHTERED HALF OF THE OLD WORLD'S JEWS. THE SURVIVING BIRD=HALF WAS THEN CAST INTO THE UNFAMILIAR TERRITORYWHERE THEY WOULD LEARN TO LIVE AGAIN.
WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE SECOND BIRD . OUR PARENTS CARRIED WITH THEM NOT ONLY THE SCARS OF THEIR SURVIVAL BUT THE MISSION TO CONTINUE FOR THE SAKE OF THE SLAUGHTERED BIRD, FOR THE CURE OF THE LEPER.
WHAT IS THE LEPER?THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE WAY OF THE JEW MUST
NOT DEVIATE FROM THE WAYS AROUND HIM. THAT OUR SUCCESS COMES FROM CURRYING FAVOR FROM PEOPLE IN POWER. THAT OUR DESTINY IS TO DISAPPEAR AND BLEND AMONG THE NATIONS. THAT SOMEHOW OUR PEOPLE ARE LESS THAN GOOD AND RIGHTEOUS.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH JEWS AND JEWISHNESS. THER IS ONLY SMALLMINDEDNESS AND DIVISIVENESS THAT HURTS OUR PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND STABILITY. THE HO;OCAUST CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED. HOWEVER, WE MUST LEARN FROM IT. THE REAL LESSON IS THAT WE NEED NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY ANYTHING IN ORDER TO BE WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE CAN BE. WE MUST BECOME ONE PEOPLE WITH A MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD ,RATHER THAN BE ONLY A RECIPIENT OF WORLD MORES.
THOSE MORES LEAD TO SOCIALISM AND FASCISM AS WELL AS ISLAMO-FASCISM.
WE HAVE NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF , WE MUST STAND PROUD AND STATE THAT
THE BELIEF IN A UNIFORM WORD ORDER RESTS WITH ACCEPTING THE CODE THAT LIES IN THE TORAH FOR ALL PEOPLE. IT IS CALLED THE NOACHITE CODE. IN IT ALL MEN AND THEIR LIFE AND PROPERTIES ARE EQUAL BEFORE G-D. ALL MEN HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIFE,LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
THIS IS ALSO WHAT THE MOSHIACH WILL BRING FOR ALL.
HE TOO, IS A LEPER. HIS LEPROSY COMES HIS ALLERGY TOWARD HATRED AND PREJUDICE.
MAY THE CURE OF THE LEPER HAVE BEEN FULFILLED THROUGH THE SACRIFICED BIRDS AND THEIR SURVIVORS...AMEN

the leper's cure

THE TORAH TELLS US THAT THE LEPER=MOSHIACH OR THE JEWISH PEOPLE WILL BE CURED OF THEIR LEPROSY. THE FINISHING TOUCHES OF THIS PROCESS WAS TO TAKE TWO WILD BIRDS ,KILL ONE OF THEM AND DIP THE SECOND IN THE BLOOD
OF THE FIRST AND SHAKE THE SECOND BIRD AND SPRINKLE THE WATER AND BLOOD MIXTURE IT WAS DIPPED IN UPON THE LEPER.
THIS WAS DONE TOGETHER WITH A CEDAR STICK,BOUGH OF HYSSOPP WRAPPED IN A THREAD OF SCARLET WOOL. BY IMMERSING THE OBJECTS IN A MIXTURE OF "LIVING WATER" AND THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST BIRD THE LEPER WOULD CONCLUDE HIS HEALING AND PURIFICATION.
THE LEPER IS US AND THE LEPROSY IS OUR RELIANCE ON MEN AND NATURAL MEANS TO THE EXCLUSION OF G-D. WE HAD TO BE SHAKEN OUT OF THIS GOLUS MENTALITY. WUITH THE LEPER IT REPRESENTED THE CONCEPT THAT THE DEAD BIRD WAS GONE =THE BIRD BEING ATTITUDE AND A NEW ATTITUDE WAS GOTTEN BY CASTING THE LIVE BIRD TO ITS' OWN DESIGNS FOR SURVIVAL TOWARD THE "FACE OF THE FIELD".
THIS HAPPENED WITH THE HOLOCAUST. HALF OF THE OLD WORLD'S JEWS WERE MURDERED AND THE OTHER HALF SURVIVED. HOWEVER, THE OTHER BIRD=HALF OF JEWRY WAS SHAKEN UP WITH THE FEAR AND DREAD OF THE FIRST BIRD. IN THE PROCESS OF RE-ESTABLISHING THEIR LIVES,THE SURVIVARS HAD NO PARENTS GUIDES OR TEACHJERS TELLING THEM HOW TO LIVE. THEY WERE CAST INTO THE FIELD ,THE WILD FIELDS ,UNFAMILIAR TO THEM IN ORDER TO REBUILD THE COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE.
WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE SURVIVORS WHO WERE CAST TO CIRCUMSTANCE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE. NOT ONLY DID THEY SURVIVE , THEY FLOURISHED.
THE REASON FOR THEIR SUCCESS? G-D GAVE THEM THE AWARENESS THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER DO THINGS THE OLD WAY . THEY HAD TO REBUILD JEWISH RESOLVE , IDENTITY AND ULTIMATELY , A NEW SPIRITUALITY.
THIS IS THE RUACH OF CHANGE, THE SPIRIT OF THE MOSHIACH THAT RESIDES WITHIN EACH OF US..
to be continued

soul102

soul 101

the skeptic 2

the skeptic 3

THE SKEPTIC

original sin2

ORIGINAL SIN 1 VIDEO

original sin 1

ORIGINAL SIN?

The prevailing society often speaks of 'original sin" and that all those born of parents through ordinary sexual activity are conceived in sin as is implied in Psalm 51. It is therefore important to identify a) the origin of the concept and b)the intended meaning of original sin.
Since we are all the issue of Adam we suffer the consequences of his error. Therefore, all people must die, for the evil found within the original sin is intertwined in our very being for which no correction presently exists. When the Messiah comes, mankind will be able to repair their conditions.
This is an important distinction. For in our belief system, the Messiah does not redeem our souls.Rather the Messiah creates the environment for us to redeem ourselves.
Secondly, human sexuality is not the original sin . Neither is it the selfishness of consumption=eating. The original sin was the desire to do everything for one's pleasure ONLY. No longer would man experience pleasures only when necessary
or desirable. Rather , the sin enabled Adam to replicate his experiences and arouse his desires without any internal or functional need.
In the animal kingdom,sexual appetite is reserved for when the female is in heat.
At other times ,the interest of the individual is for survival=food and leisure. This type of existence would have allowed man to focus on obtaining useful wisdom
and making a better environment. Instead , man is fixed upon more and more of the same pleasures to the point of being driven by those desires. Instead of mastery over one's impulses we have become slaves to them.
So,what is the original sin? The desire for self-indulgence in every thing we do.
The entrapment of the imagination into wanting to replicate one's experiences and fantasies are the fruits of the original sin.
How does the arrival of the Messiah change all of that? By taking away the forces that cause jealousy and competition,the Messiah allows people to use their minds to follow their desired pursuit. Because people will have abundance and leisure time,all of mankind will engage in meaningfull discusions and investigation or any item that atracts their interest, good or otherwise. Those who will opt to pursue the path of wisdom will have no distractions. In that process we will be able to reach the highest levels of human experience=prophecy . At that point we will merit the world to come , for we no longer will be controlled by our appetites,we will be masters over them.
For this reason,those who were above succumbing into personal weaknesses
for selfish reasons, were able to enter paradise alive.Others had their bodies preserved in its' entirety.
This is the secret of Elijah who enterred Paradise alive and Moshe whose body did not decompose. In the future when man reaches this level once again , we will live forever. For our attitudes and therefore, the nature of our bodies will have changed for the better.

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This week's Torah portion is troubling . In it , the two oldest sons of Aaron die in Divine fashion,
as they are punished for offering a strange fire that G-D hadn't commanded to offer in the Tabernacle.
They were quite young . However, they were too bold in wanting to partake of the Divine Service and their punishment was to be consumed by a Divine fire. This seems so unfair. Aaron, their father , had just been installed as the High Priest and the Priesthood was given only to his family forever. On the very first day of his ascendancy to this lofty and eternal office , he loses his most precious children!
On the Kaballistic level, the two sons of Aaron are really the reincarnation of Adam . They came back in order to correct Adam's misdeed, known as original sin. Without going into details, Adam
coveted that which was forbidden to him and took without permission. Had Nadav and Avihu followed the Priesthood orders faithfully , they would have corrected Adam's sin and perhaps death would have gone forever. By taking a service that wasn't for them yet , they failed in their life's major mission and were recalled .
Sometime, somewhere a child is born with great spiritual potential . He or she just might be Adam or Eve coming back. It might even be you . So, lets follow the rules!

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In many temples and synagogues discussions have taken place as to the identity and time frame of King Achashverosh. Some Reform Rabbis have gone so far as to agree with Bible critics that the story of Purim is just that -a story unrelated to reality. The reason is that the name achashverosh does not appear on any historical record. Of course, just because archaeologists haven't found it yet doesn't mean that it isn't there. However,the identity of Achashverosh is quite simple ; his name was Chsyershu . In Greek his name was xerxes - pronounced k'serks . In Hebrew there are no double consonanats at the beginning of a word . So Plato is pronounced Apalto or apalton. Hence Chshershu becomes Achashorsh with the o letter becoming a vov in European communities. As the vov is really the silent form of a w-or wow .. Thus the king is truly a mighty king, one of the great emperors of that time. Besides the various spellings of the name at the end of the Megilla, which indicates familiarity with Persian language articulation, the person writing the text was greatly familiar with the layout of the Capitol city and the palace grounds. As the city was sacked only a few years later, the author had to be contemporaneous with the time of the story . Otherwise , if it were written later there is no way that the accuracy of the text would be so clear. So, instead of just a story we have a Historical document giving us insight into the foolish and self-indulgent character of the great emperor even while he followed the formalities of governance to a fault .Even after knowing this, the biblical critics refuse to acknowledge their errors. Such is truth?

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How does G-D know all and yet you have complete freedom of choice?

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TRUTH

Objective truth may never be possible because of all of the variables and new situations that become part of our life's investigations. Nonetheless,we do agree , most often that 2 plus 2 is 4
and that the whole is equal to the sum of its' parts etc...There are times when even these truths have their exceptions,however you get my bend..
So, how can i be so sure that the Torah is true?I could turn that around. Most of you believe that the
Torah isn't true because it would severely limit your lifestyle.That isn't too intellectual either. However, most of you never really bothered studying the Biblical Critics either. Unfortunately i have .
Not intensively ,however i have had to answer many critiques and had to read the verbotten. In most of the cases where the so called scholars declared the Torah to be made up, remarkably the Torah has been proven correct!
Now this does not objective proof make. However, most of you have been taught by Rabbis who didn't believe in the literal text because of xyz objection of the critics. However, if his education was faulty then how could you base your life's decisions on false information?
Furthermore, recent discovery of the Biblical codes have verified that the statements made by the Rabbis about the Torah being the world's blueprint likely or at the very least plausible.
Add to that that modern theories of physics parallel teachings of the Kaballah and you get a very
compelling reason to at least examine with an open mind.
Examples of these abound. The Midrash and Zohar speak of an aura surrounding each person from either Heaven or Purgatory. In other words our thoughts and attitudes project an aura around us. Scholars poo-pooed, until Krilian photography captured these auras. The Talmud states that
sound has an effect on plants-laughed at until experiments showed plants thrived in baths of happy sounds and music!
There is a thirst for the mystic-the Kaballah today more than ever before. Those who are drawn to this study are learned , intelligent and inquisitive. Would it not behoove you, my dear friends to take a second look , with serious evaluation, of the concepts rejected because your teachers didn't believe what they taught?

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Spirituality is a buzzword for many of us , especially those of us who emerged from the 60's and 70's. It is almost sacrilegious to say that "i am not spiritual"! However, what does spiritual mean?
For most it means looking within , finding a sense of peace, meditating and relaxation. For others it means a certain kind of music beat,the camaraderie of friends or harmony in large groups. Still for others it means complete focus on a certain point to the exclusion of all other impulses.
Whatever your take spirit is synonymous with will and movement.. If you will and if you move
you are spiritual. You may object and say that to be spiritual you must reject your physical selfishness . However what is non-spiritual about yourself and your ego?
So, you must mean selfless spirituality !!
However, there is no such thing as selfless spirituality. It is all about yourself , even if it is about your higher self . People who perfect their so called higher selves go about feeling as if they should be followed because THEY KNOW! So being aware of your higher faculties can make you just as selfish, arrogant and gluttonous as when you were subject to your lower feelings. So what is spirituality? A big hoax!!!!
The truth is that spirituality never fed the hungry or cared for the weak. The most spiritual Gurus are noted for their self-focus and a lack of compassion for others. Jim Jones much have been spiritual for people to follow him and drink the cyanide kool-aid. The list of spiritual guides and shysters are almost equal in length.
So-what are you searching for? G-DLINESS which unlike spirituality is not focused on self.
Nor is it focused merely on meditation. G-DLINESS demands action, care ,concern for details.
It is a living pursuit that demands that one be devoted to the desire of the Creator not one's whims.
G-DLINESS is the meticulous observance of the Torah!

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SACRIFICE

Sacrifice
What is the significance of sacrifice?Why do we seem to revere the concept even while we fear it?
Sacrifice reminds us of our mortality. The demand to sacrifice or to set aside for others seems to be a core value that many talk about and honor but few actually do.
So why talk about something that seems impractical? The answer lies in the need that man feels
for perfection. Not only personal development but the repair of the whole world. We feel at one point or another that there is something amiss and that somehow someone shall lead us to this end to human suffering, to the respect for all of G-D's creatures,for a world that shall be in total harmony.
We recognize that the person leading this effort will have to struggle and sacrifice his own aspirations for the good of the whole.
So that's it. The impetus for sacrifice is the desire to correct the world. At its' root is the yearning for Messiah . This is coupled with the hope that man will regain immortality in the process.
Sacrifice; We see in it the roots of our salvation, the means to restore our relationship with G-D.
Hence the devoted following of Mr. Obama .
However, when a person has never really sacrificed as Obama has never done one cannot but be unimpressed. If this be The Messiah I don't want to be helped.
In the Talmud the Messiah is described as a leper filled with the wounds inflicted upon him for the sake of our people , for the world. There is a reason Isiah 53 describes a suffering servant.
Otherwise no reasonable thinking person will follow.
Sacrifice, the ingredient necessary for the Moshiach. Let us hope that the sacrifice of those 8 beautiful children shall be the last sacrifice in the quest of mankind for salvation!

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