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Welcome to Daily Bitachon, we are now in our Sha'ar HaBechina series, going through the different types of creatures. We started with the fish, and now we move on to the creeping creatures and insects. They all possess a specific design and form; while birds utilize hollow bones for flight, insects utilize an external armor that provides structural integrity while remaining nearly weightless. The Engineering of the Exoskeleton This exoskeleton is made of chitin, a fibrous substance that is incredibly durable yet flexible. This design provides a massive surface area for muscle attachment, giving insects superhuman strength relative to their size. An ant can carry 50 times its body weight because its external frame distributes the load far more efficiently than an internal skeleton would. This is something very interesting—and sorry to get gory—but that is why when you step on a cockroach, you hear a "crunch." Its bone is on the outside, not the inside. Furthermore, the exoskeleton is coated in a microscopic layer of wax, which prevents the insect from drying out, allowing it to survive in harsh, arid environments where other creatures would perish from dehydration. One significant limitation of an exoskeleton is that it cannot grow along with the animal because it is a rigid shell. Eventually, the animal becomes too big for its armor. To grow, the animal must undergo the process of molting, where it secretes enzymes to loosen the old shell, crawls out of it, and waits for a new, larger exoskeleton—formed underneath—to harden. During this time, the animal is soft and highly vulnerable to predators. Many insects, such as ants, beetles, bees, and grasshoppers, go through this molting, as do spiders, scorpions, crabs, lobsters, centipedes, and millipedes. The Divine Purpose of the Purposeful Let's pause on this for a moment. Midrash Tehillim 18:12 records an episode where Eliyahu HaNavi met the great Tana, Rav Nehorai, and asked him: "Why did God create these crawling creatures?" Rav Nehorai answered: "Because when Hashem sees that the people are sinning, He looks down and says, 'Why am I keeping these people going? They are sinners; there is no purpose for them.' But then God looks at the sheratzim , these crawling creatures, and says, 'I am keeping these creeping creatures alive and they seemingly have no purpose. The Jewish people might be sinning now, but eventually they will do teshuvah , so I should surely keep them in the world until they turn around and something special comes of them.'" In this way, the sheratzim cause Hashem to have mercy and patience with the Jewish people. The Chida writes that this adds special weight to the Torah's prohibition against eating insects. If a Jew eats an insect, the insect provides nutrition, thus negating the claim that insects have no purpose. This, in turn, would dismantle Hashem's argument for maintaining the sinning Jewish people in the world. Ironically, insects serve a vital role in Hashem's plan precisely as the epitome of a creature that seems to have no purpose. They are what He points to when He needs to find merit for His erring nation. In Perek Shira , the song of the sheratzim is: "Let Israel exalt in its Maker, let the children of Tzion rejoice in their King." This adds even more impact to the mercy God has on these insects—that He provided them with this exoskeleton, a layer of wax, and the ability to molt. Advanced Sensory Systems Many insects also possess a 360-degree camera. Unlike the human eye with a single lens, many insects have eyes with tens of thousands of hexagonal lenses, providing an unbelievable panoramic view. Another fascinating detail is the way their eyes process motion. We see fast motion as a continuous blur, but a fly sees the world in slow motion. That is why it is so difficult to swat a fly; to the fly, your hand is moving in slow, predictable intervals. Look how God is protecting even the fly! Finally, insects fly differently than birds. While birds have nerve impulses that tell muscles to beat, many insects use a single nerve impulse to trigger a vibration that causes the wings to beat hundreds of times a second. This is just a brief opening to the general topic of insects before we dive deeper.

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Welcome to daily dose of bitachon . We're now in our recognizing God in creation series. The next thing the Chovos Halevavos tells us is that a person must recognize that this world has spirituality and physicality. This is actually a deep understanding that although we see this world is a physical world, the underlying factor... Take an example when we eat and we live off of the food that we eat. Now, food is not alive. We're alive. How do we get life from food? And the answer is there is life in food as well. There is spirituality in food. As we mentioned yesterday, there's underlying, we'll call it gases that break down. There's something more than the physical that you can touch and feel inside food. But this is on a deeper level. The Sefer Chesed L'Avraham , the Chida's grandfather in the Sefer Shelah Hakadosh , both explain a pasuk that it says that the lesson of the man was כי לא על הלחם לבדו יחיה האדם, man does not live on bread alone. Now, what does that mean? Man does not live on bread alone. What does he live on? And I remember when I first started in adult education, I would enjoy asking this question, who said the statement man does not live on bread alone? And what does he live on? And some people would say Shakespeare, Mark Twain. But it's a pasuk in the Torah. What does he live on? And again, different answers. He lives on connection, he lives on spirituality, he lives on meat and chicken as well, not just bread. But the answer of the Torah is man does not live on bread alone. He lives on כי על כל מוצא פי השם יחיה האדם. He lives from the spirituality that emanates from the mouth of God. The Chesed L'Avraham says man does not live on the physicality of bread. Rather he lives on the spirituality that's in the bread that was that is comes out of the mouth of God, that emanates from God. So what's that's what we live on. This world is a a combination of both. And the proof of this was the man . Because if we take the man to a laboratory, there were no nutrients, there was no carbohydrates, there was nothing of the sort. It was just pure emanation from God. And this again the Chovos Halevavos continues says, Ra'ui she'teida , it's important for you to know, כי כל עולם מחובר מגשמיות רוחניות. The world is created from the synthesis of spirituality and physicality that are mixed and and combined in a wonderous way. The Rambam's son in his ספר המספיק לעובדי השם in the 11th chapter called Hamavak , the struggle. And he says that the struggle comes because man is created from a soul which is heavenly, from a body that's physical, and the body and soul are connected with a connection that the only one that could properly understand this is God himself. No human being could give the definition of how this works. Just like no one could understand the essence of the soul, no one could understand how the body and soul work in tandem. The Darkei Moshe as well as the Ramah in Shulchan Aruch tell us that every day we say Asher Yatzar , we're talking about our physical body functions. We end with the words umafli la'asot , and God does something wondrous. What is the wonder? The wonder is that the physical existence which comes from the heavens is connected to the physical body that comes from the earth, and the soul cannot function without the body. If a person is sick in one of his his limbs, his soul feels it so to say. And that is this wondrous connection of body and soul. One of the examples of this wondrous connection, Rav Wolbe speaks about at length in Alei Shur volume two, chapter seven. He discusses how is it that this brain that's a physical organ. Remember him saying if you open a brain, open the skull you would see this bowl of porridge, that's what the brain looks like. And through this bowl of porridge, this physical organ, thoughts, spiritual thoughts and true recognition are created. How do we connect this spirituality in a physical organ? That's the wonder that no one can understand. And that he says is also the wonder of the concept that our actions change our spiritual beings. We become great as the Rambam writes on the... Mishnah in Pirkei Avot , הכל לפי גודל המעשה, it all depends, I'm sorry, הכל לפי רוב המעשה. We change because not the greatness of the action but the repetitiveness, by constantly doing something again. And the famous example is if you have a choice to give $1,000 to one poor person or a thousand single dollars to a thousand people, the latter is more powerful, because the more action changes you. And that's the famous concept that our external arouse our internal, the Sefer HaChinuch that explains why do we do so many actions on the night of the Seder because אחרי המעשים ימשכו הלבבות, after the actions the heart is drawn. You know, how does that work? How do physical, dry actions impact our soul? And that is the Mafli Laasot , that's the wondrous connection of body and soul. The Sefer HaYashar , Rabbeinu Tam in the fourth gate says, why is it that animals walk bent over and human beings stand tall? That's because since the human being is a spiritual existence and his soul comes from above, he's naturally drawn to his source, so he stands up high. Whereas the animal that sources from below goes down back towards his source, which is the ground. The Maharal says that a human being is like a tree, as it says, Adam etz hasadeh . Man is like a tree. How so? A tree is rooted in the ground, but man is rooted in the heavens. And that's why if you stand up and you spread out your arms and spread out your legs and spread out your fingers and spread out your toes and imagine your head is a trunk rooted in the heavens, and the the nutrients and the sap coming from the heavens goes through your brain, through your arms, down to your fingers and your toes. And the the fruit of your labor, when you do something, that's the fruit of your of your labor. But it comes from the roots. And if we're rooted in the heavens, we produce these wonderful fruits from our actions. But that's the connection between body and soul, the wonders of the connection of body of soul that is one of the things we have to be cognizant of when we look.

Welcome to Daily Bitachon . We're on our Friday series where we talk about Shabbat . In our prayers of Shabbat , interestingly, every tefilah has a different theme. Friday night, we say Vayechulu , we say some pesukim that talk about creation. And we say that it's zecher l'maasei breishit . It's there to remember creation. In the Shacharit prayers, which we're going to discuss now, we mention Matan Torah and how special the Jewish people are. As it says, in Shemot 31:16, ושמרו בני ישראל את השבת, the Jewish people will keep the Shabbat , לעשות את השבת לדורותם ברית עולם. It's an everlasting covenant, it's a deal. Who's it a deal? ביני ובין בני ישראל. It's between God and the Jewish people. Ot hi l'olam . It's an everlasting sign. כי ששת ימים עשה ה' את השמים ואת הארץ. God created the heavens and earth in six days וביום השביעי שבת וינפש. And after that it says, and God didn't give it to the other nations of the world. We'll see how exactly that fits in. There's another pasuk in Shemot Lamed Alef Yud Gimmel that also talks about the ot , and it says כי אות היא ביני וביניכם לדורותיכם. It is an everlasting sign, l'daat , to know כי אני ה' מקדשכם, to know that I am Hashem that makes you holy. And Rashi says, what does that mean? What's this ot ? אות גדולה היא בינינו. It's a great sign between us, as we said, it's a sign, it's a covenant, it's a deal. What is that? She'bacharti bachem , I chose you, ונחלתי לכם את יום מנוחתי למנוחה. I chose you, and how do I know I chose you? Because I gave you the day to rest that I rest on. God allowed us into His resting day. That's a sign of how special we are. That is a sign of honor. We have Shabbat and other nations do not. And that now we understand the continuation that we say in the Amidah . ולא נתתו ה' אלוקינו לגויי הארצות. God did not give this to the the nations of the world. ולא הנחלתו מלכנו לעובדי אלילים. And the idol worshipers did not get this inheritance. Gam b'menuchato , in His resting day, lo yishkenu areilim , the fore skinned ones, those that are not Jewish, did not have a brit milah , cannot dwell in this day of menuchah . כי לעמך ישראל נתתו באהבה. God gave it to us lovingly, l'zera Yaakov , to the seed of Yaakov , asher bam bacharta , God chose us. As Rashi says, bacharti bachem , I chose you. So we walk around with Shabbat . It's a sign that we're special, that we're different. Just like tefillin is a sign, brit milah is a sign. It's interesting that it says that lo yishkenu areilim , those non-circumcised, fore skinned people cannot have anything to do with menuchah of Shabbat . All these signs are signs that we're special. It's interesting, it says that anything shows up in three dimensions: people, place, and time. Holiness shows up in people, place, and time. Holiest person, the Kohen Gadol . Holiest place, the Holy of Holies. Holiest time, Yom Kippur . And they all come together as the Kohen Gadol enters the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur . And this sign that God has is also in people, place, and person. It's a sign in people with the brit milah . It's a sign in place, the tefillin are a box which represents space, makom . And lastly, it's a sign in time, Shabbat . And that's what we're talking about, to be proud and walk around with this badge of honor, the badge of Shabbat that separates us. Something to be proud of. You can wear the king's garments, so to say. You can enter into this special elite place that no one's allowed into, but us. So much so that it says goy she'shavat chayav mitah . If a goy decides to keep Shabbat , he's chayav mitah . The Chida in ספר נחל קדומים על במדבר 22 colon 28 explains why. Because he says if someone decides to use the king's scepter, he's chayav mitah . God gave us this scepter to use because we're His children. There's another analogy I once saw brought down in one of the Midrashim , that if a king and queen are sitting alone in a room. some servant walks in, off with his head. Shabbat is the time when God and the Jewish people are alone, and how dare anyone else enter into that special time. So these are all unbelievable appreciations of this great sign of Shabbat and therefore, let us truly appreciate it and take in all that wonderful, beautiful time.

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In this episode of the Parsha Review Podcast, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explores Parshas Vayeira, the fourth portion in Genesis, focusing on Abraham's experiences and virtues. He highlights Abraham's revolutionary monotheism and his open-tent hospitality, exemplified by welcoming guests even while recovering from circumcision at age 99. God mercifully makes the day extremely hot to deter travelers, allowing Abraham rest, yet he eagerly runs to greet three angels disguised as men. These angels deliver missions: healing Abraham, announcing Sarah's impending pregnancy, and preparing to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Rabbi Wolbe emphasizes humility as essential for true kindness, drawing from the Ramban's letter advising to view others as greater, fostering respect and empathy.The discussion delves into the necessity of truth (Emes) for humility and self-improvement, quoting the Chida on avoiding arrogance by honestly assessing one's flaws and gifts from God. Rabbi Wolbe explains that truth demands no compromise, unlike modern courts or even halacha (except for mezuzah placement symbolizing household peace). He stresses accepting personal shortcomings—such as overindulgence or arrogance—as the first step to repair, noting that denial prevents growth. Abraham's plea for Sodom, despite its wickedness, reflects his humble recognition of potential in others and reliance on divine gifts like persuasion.Ultimately, Rabbi Wolbe teaches that success lies in effort, not results, as per the Mishnah in Ethics of Our Fathers: one must strive without expecting to complete the task. He shares personal anecdotes, like his father's focus on best effort over grades, and urges listeners to build individual closeness to God, like the patriarchs, through daily mitzvot and truth. The episode ends with a call to sponsor content via TORCH in Houston._____________This episode of the Parsha Review Podcast is dedicated in honor of Lenny & Teresa FriedmanDownload & Print the Parsha Review Notes:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ncaRyoH5iJmGGoMZs9y82Hz2ofViVouv?usp=sharingRecorded at TORCH Meyerland in the Levin Family Studios (B) to a live audience on November 4, 2025, in Houston, Texas.Released as Podcast on November 5, 2025_____________Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parsha-review-podcast-rabbi-aryeh-wolbe/id1651930083)Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/22lv1kXJob5ZNLaAl6CHTQ) to stay inspired! Share your questions at awolbe@torchweb.org or visit torchweb.org for more Torah content.  _____________About the Host:Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, Director of TORCH in Houston, brings decades of Torah scholarship to guide listeners in applying Jewish wisdom to daily life.  To directly send your questions, comments, and feedback: awolbe@torchweb.org_____________Support Our Mission:Help us share Jewish wisdom globally by sponsoring an episode at torchweb.org. Your support makes a difference!_____________Subscribe and Listen to other podcasts by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe: NEW!! Prayer Podcast: https://prayerpodcast.transistor.fm/episodesJewish Inspiration Podcast: https://inspiration.transistor.fm/episodesParsha Review Podcast: https://parsha.transistor.fm/episodesLiving Jewishly Podcast: https://jewishly.transistor.fm/episodesThinking Talmudist Podcast: https://talmud.transistor.fm/episodesUnboxing Judaism Podcast: https://unboxing.transistor.fm/episodesRabbi Aryeh Wolbe Podcast Collection: https://collection.transistor.fm/episodesFor a full listing of podcasts available by TORCH at http://podcast.torchweb.org_____________Keywords:#Torah, #Parsha, #Genesis, #Abraham, #Kindness, #Humility, #Hospitality, #Truth, #Compromise, #Effort, #Striving, #Perfection, #Dedication, #Vayera, #Mezuzah ★ Support this podcast ★

In this episode of the Parsha Review Podcast, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explores Parshas Vayeira, the fourth portion in Genesis, focusing on Abraham's experiences and virtues. He highlights Abraham's revolutionary monotheism and his open-tent hospitality, exemplified by welcoming guests even while recovering from circumcision at age 99. God mercifully makes the day extremely hot to deter travelers, allowing Abraham rest, yet he eagerly runs to greet three angels disguised as men. These angels deliver missions: healing Abraham, announcing Sarah's impending pregnancy, and preparing to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Rabbi Wolbe emphasizes humility as essential for true kindness, drawing from the Ramban's letter advising to view others as greater, fostering respect and empathy.The discussion delves into the necessity of truth (Emes) for humility and self-improvement, quoting the Chida on avoiding arrogance by honestly assessing one's flaws and gifts from God. Rabbi Wolbe explains that truth demands no compromise, unlike modern courts or even halacha (except for mezuzah placement symbolizing household peace). He stresses accepting personal shortcomings—such as overindulgence or arrogance—as the first step to repair, noting that denial prevents growth. Abraham's plea for Sodom, despite its wickedness, reflects his humble recognition of potential in others and reliance on divine gifts like persuasion.Ultimately, Rabbi Wolbe teaches that success lies in effort, not results, as per the Mishnah in Ethics of Our Fathers: one must strive without expecting to complete the task. He shares personal anecdotes, like his father's focus on best effort over grades, and urges listeners to build individual closeness to God, like the patriarchs, through daily mitzvot and truth. The episode ends with a call to sponsor content via TORCH in Houston._____________This episode of the Parsha Review Podcast is dedicated in honor of Lenny & Teresa FriedmanDownload & Print the Parsha Review Notes:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ncaRyoH5iJmGGoMZs9y82Hz2ofViVouv?usp=sharingRecorded at TORCH Meyerland in the Levin Family Studios (B) to a live audience on November 4, 2025, in Houston, Texas.Released as Podcast on November 5, 2025_____________Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parsha-review-podcast-rabbi-aryeh-wolbe/id1651930083)Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/22lv1kXJob5ZNLaAl6CHTQ) to stay inspired! Share your questions at awolbe@torchweb.org or visit torchweb.org for more Torah content.  _____________About the Host:Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, Director of TORCH in Houston, brings decades of Torah scholarship to guide listeners in applying Jewish wisdom to daily life.  To directly send your questions, comments, and feedback: awolbe@torchweb.org_____________Support Our Mission:Help us share Jewish wisdom globally by sponsoring an episode at torchweb.org. Your support makes a difference!_____________Subscribe and Listen to other podcasts by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe: NEW!! Prayer Podcast: https://prayerpodcast.transistor.fm/episodesJewish Inspiration Podcast: https://inspiration.transistor.fm/episodesParsha Review Podcast: https://parsha.transistor.fm/episodesLiving Jewishly Podcast: https://jewishly.transistor.fm/episodesThinking Talmudist Podcast: https://talmud.transistor.fm/episodesUnboxing Judaism Podcast: https://unboxing.transistor.fm/episodesRabbi Aryeh Wolbe Podcast Collection: https://collection.transistor.fm/episodesFor a full listing of podcasts available by TORCH at http://podcast.torchweb.org_____________Keywords:#Torah, #Parsha, #Genesis, #Abraham, #Kindness, #Humility, #Hospitality, #Truth, #Compromise, #Effort, #Striving, #Perfection, #Dedication, #Vayera, #Mezuzah ★ Support this podcast ★

The Anshei Knesset HaGedolah placed Aleinu LeShabe'ach into the Musaf Amidah of Rosh HaShanah, the very day when we crown HaShem as our King. There, it serves as the prelude to Malchuyot . As well, our Sages gave us the privilege of saying Aleinu at the end of every single tefillah, three times a day. If we would truly understand the treasure we have, being able to say Aleinu daily, we would approach it with tremendous joy and excitement. The Mishnah Berurah writes that one should recite Aleinu with awe and trepidation, because the malachim in shamayim listen as we say it, and the Shechinah is among them. When they hear us declaring Aleinu , they respond with the words אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁכָּכָה לוֹ, אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁה' אֱלֹקָיו . The Chida, in the name of Rav Hai Gaon, writes that one should recite Aleinu with the utmost kavannah, for it contains exalted and wondrous praises of HaShem. He adds that it should be said standing, even with a tallit over one's head. The Arizal teaches that Aleinu has the power to remove the negative angels who seek to block a person's prayers from ascending before HaShem. It begins with the words Aleinu le'shabe'ach la'Adon hakol —with those words we affirm that it is incumbent upon us to praise HaShem. Why specifically at the end of tefillah should we feel even more inclined to praise Him? Some explain: because HaShem has just given us the greatest gift. He allowed us to ask for all our needs, and He did so in a way that spares us from feeling like takers. In tefillah, we are credited with a mitzvah simply for fulfilling HaShem's command to pray. Even if no material blessing came from our prayers, the spiritual reward alone would be boundless. And yet, HaShem responds by providing our needs, as if we are somehow doing Him a "favor" by praying. Of course, He needs nothing from us. In truth, He is giving us everything, yet He makes us feel as if we are the ones giving to Him. For this, we should be overflowing with gratitude and praise. Then we declare: לתת גדולה ליוצר בראשית —"to give greatness to the Creator of the beginning." The Sefat Emet explains that Yotser Bereshit refers not only to HaShem as the Creator of the world, but as the One who continually pumps life and energy into all of creation. Every heartbeat, every breath, every moment of vitality flows from Him alone. Our task is to recognize this and live with that awareness. As we say during the Yamim Nora'im: וידע כל פעול כי אתה פעלתו —"And every being will know that You are its Maker." One of the reasons HaShem obligates us to make hishtadlut for our needs is to test whether we will believe that we are accomplishing with our own efforts, or whether we recognize that we are simply going through the motions while HaShem is doing everything. If we think that we actually change outcomes with our actions, then we have not yet passed the test. But if we believe that we are putting in effort only because HaShem commanded us to, and that the results will be whatever He wants, regardless of what we do, then we are succeeding. It appears to us that our hishtadlut causes results, and that is why it is so difficult to believe otherwise. If HaShem had not required us to make hishtadlut , it would be far easier to believe fully in His power and control. But now that we must make efforts, the challenge is great. We must not place too much emphasis on what doctors say, but only that we have fulfilled our obligation by going to them. We should not put too much emphasis on what kind of hishtadlut we do to earn parnasah, but simply that we did what was required for HaShem to send His blessing. HaShem is the Yotser Bereshit . He not only created the world, but He constantly pumps life and energy into everything, including us. For that, once again, we owe HaShem endless gratitude and praise. Let us learn the words of Aleinu properly and utilize the treasure that our rabbis gave us. If we can internalize its messages, we will walk out of every tefillah stronger in emunah, fortified with the clarity to recognize HaShem in everything that takes place.

Welcome to a new series of lessons on D aily Bitachon , which will take us through the month of Elul. This will be a 30-day program, with lessons on Sundays and a double dose on Fridays. Our goal is to go through the 30 Cheshbonot , or 30 accountings, found in the book Chovot HaLevavot , in the section called "Sha'ar Cheshbon HaNefesh" (the Gate of the Soul's Accounting). What Is a "Cheshbon HaNefesh"? When we typically think of a Cheshbon HaNefesh —an internal accounting—we tend to focus on things like, "How many good things did I do today versus bad things?" But Chovot HaLevavot takes a different approach. The author compares it to a business: you track what's coming in, what's going out, and what you owe. The core question isn't, "How many mistakes did I make?" but rather, "Do I reciprocate for all that I've received from God?" This is the eighth of the ten "gates" in Chovot HaLevavot . The previous gate was on repentance, and the author connects this topic to repentance, explaining that a proper Cheshbon HaNefesh is one of the conditions for true repentance. He brings a verse from Psalms, where King David says, " Chishavti drachai ," "I made an accounting of my ways," and because of that, " Va'ashiva ragli el edotecha ," "my feet returned to Your statutes." The Importance of Cheshbon HaNefesh in Elul The Zohar teaches that every night before you go to sleep, you should do a Cheshbon HaNefesh , a daily accounting. It refers to those who do this as "masters of accounting." Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai ( the Chida ) writes in his book, Avodat HaKodesh , that even if we don't do this all year, we should do it during the month of Elul, which he calls these "awesome days." Understanding Our Debts The concept of Cheshbon HaNefesh is about a person figuring out what they have and what their debts are—what their chovot are. A story is told about Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, who left his son's wedding early. When asked why, he said he had to take care of his chovot . His in-law initially thought he had debts from the wedding, but it turned out that Rabbi Kanievsky was referring to his daily responsibilities of Torah study. For him, those were his debts. The question then becomes, "How do I figure out what my debts are?" The answer depends on your unique life experience. The more God has blessed you or revealed to you, the greater your responsibility is. Grasping What You Can't Yet Do The author of Chovot HaLevavot gives us one more key piece of advice: once you figure out your debts, do what you can. But what about the things you can't do yet? He says, " grasp it with your knowledge and desire it. " He brings a verse from King David that says the words of Torah are " nechmadim mi'zahav u'mifaz rav "—more desirable than precious gold. The author explains this with a beautiful analogy: just as someone might look at a fancy car or a piece of expensive jewelry they can't afford and desire it, so too can we desire higher spiritual levels that we're not ready for yet. A person who acts this way and hopes for higher levels, the author says, " God will judge favorably " because He sees their sincerity and their desire to grow. This is our introduction to "Sha'ar Cheshbon HaNefesh," a 30-unit journey we invite you to take with us. If you are interested in additional resources, check out our book The Daily Dose of Preparation for the Yamim Noraim . It offers 40 lessons to prepare for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. A link to order the book will be included with this class. https://www.artscroll.com/Books/9781422645086.html

Three travelers, three eras, countless miles—and not one of them racing to a finish line. From Marco Polo's China, Benjamin of Tudela's regal Baghdad, to the Chida's street debates in Livorno and rejected snacks in Amsterdam, none sought fame or fortune. They gathered meaning, moment by moment. Because sometimes, the journey _is_ the destination.

Journeying through large swaths of the Jewish world of the 18th century, Rav Chaim Yosef David Azulai (1724-1806), known by his acronym the Chida, was privy to the broad range of the various Jewish communities across Europe and North Africa, as well as observing the happenings within each community as an objective observer. He recorded his impressions of his travels, which remains an invaluable historical document, produced by one of the greatest Torah scholars in recent centuries. As a world class Torah scholar who served as a fundraiser on behalf of the Sephardic Old Yishuv of the Land of Israel, the Chida spent the majority of his life on the road, eventually settling in Livorno, Italy, where he served as rabbi until his passing. His literary output was immense, with his many seforim remaining popular until this very day.        Subscribe to Jewish History Soundbites Podcast on: PodBean: https://jsoundbites.podbean.com/ or your favorite podcast platform Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram at @Jsoundbites For sponsorship opportunities about your favorite topics of Jewish history or feedback contact Yehuda at:  yehuda@yehudageberer.com  

In this shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explores three different Torah's around the halachos of Kashrus in animals. The Kli Yakar explains that we must be careful about our surrounding influences. Rav Yisrael Salanter teaches that we can never write off another Jew. The Chida explains that we need to define people by their core positivity. And if this is true about how we relate to others, it is certainly the way we need to relate to ourselves.

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1398!!כ אדר The BachRav Yoel Sirkisרב יואל ב״ר שמואל סירקישבית חדשאב"ד בריסק(1561 - 1640)----------------------------------------------------Adar Yahrtzeits1. Ibn Ezra, The Shach2. Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz, The Beis Yisroel, Rav Berel Soloveitchik3. The Levush, R' Binyomin Kotzker, The Aderes4. Rav Leizer Gordon, Rav Dovid Karliner, Rav Avraham Blumenkrantz5. Rav Avraham Bing, Boyaner Rebbe6. Rav Naftali Amsterdam, Rav Dovid Povarsky7. Moshe Rabbeinu8. Nitra Rav, Rav Moshe Aaron Stern9. Rav Zalman Volozhiner, Rav Shmuel Auerbach10. Avodas HaGershuni11. Chida, Rashash, The Rogatchaver, Rav Shmuel Brudny12. Avnei Nezer, Rav Naftuli Halberstam (Bobov)13. Taanis Esther, Yom Nikanor, Rav Moshe Feinstein14. Rav Shimon Schwab15. Rav Chaim Kanievsky16. Rebuilding of Jerusalem, Pnei Menachem17. Rav Shimon Sofer, R' Meir Schuster18. Yesod V'Shoresh Ha'avodah, Rav Chatzkel Levenstein19. Rav YC Sonnenfeld, Rav Mordechai Schwab20. The Bach, Rav SZ Auerbach21. The Noam Elimelech, Rav YE Spector, Rav Yosef Zevin22. The Aruch HaShulchan, Rav Reuven Grozovsky23. Chiddushei HaRim, Rav Rephael Shapiro, Rav Yisroel Grossman, Mountaindale Roshei Yeshiva24. Rav Elya Boruch Finkel25. Dayan Fischer26. Sarah Schenirer, Rav Chaim Brim27. The Shoel U'meishiv, The Leshem, Rav CP Scheinberg28. The Machatzis Hashekel29. Rav Avraham Shaag, Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky, Dr. Joseph Kaminetzky----------------------------------------------------Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!!https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk---------------------------------------------------To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059, or email yahrtzeityomidaily@gmail.com. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served.Monthly sponsorships are $540.Weekly sponsorships are $180.Daily sponsorships are as follows:Dedications (l'Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50.Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100.The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180.MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!!

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1399!!כ אדרRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbachרב שלמה זלמן ב״ר חיים יהודה ליבראש ישיבת קול תורה(1910 - 1995)----------------------------------------------------Adar Yahrtzeits1. Ibn Ezra, The Shach2. Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz, The Beis Yisroel, Rav Berel Soloveitchik3. The Levush, R' Binyomin Kotzker, The Aderes4. Rav Leizer Gordon, Rav Dovid Karliner, Rav Avraham Blumenkrantz5. Rav Avraham Bing, Boyaner Rebbe6. Rav Naftali Amsterdam, Rav Dovid Povarsky7. Moshe Rabbeinu8. Nitra Rav, Rav Moshe Aaron Stern9. Rav Zalman Volozhiner, Rav Shmuel Auerbach10. Avodas HaGershuni11. Chida, Rashash, The Rogatchaver, Rav Shmuel Brudny12. Avnei Nezer, Rav Naftuli Halberstam (Bobov)13. Taanis Esther, Yom Nikanor, Rav Moshe Feinstein14. Rav Shimon Schwab15. Rav Chaim Kanievsky16. Rebuilding of Jerusalem, Pnei Menachem17. Rav Shimon Sofer, R' Meir Schuster18. Yesod V'Shoresh Ha'avodah, Rav Chatzkel Levenstein19. Rav YC Sonnenfeld, Rav Mordechai Schwab20. The Bach, Rav SZ Auerbach21. The Noam Elimelech, Rav YE Spector, Rav Yosef Zevin22. The Aruch HaShulchan, Rav Reuven Grozovsky23. Chiddushei HaRim, Rav Rephael Shapiro, Rav Yisroel Grossman, Mountaindale Roshei Yeshiva24. Rav Elya Boruch Finkel25. Dayan Fischer26. Sarah Schenirer, Rav Chaim Brim27. The Shoel U'meishiv, The Leshem, Rav CP Scheinberg28. The Machatzis Hashekel29. Rav Avraham Shaag, Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky, Dr. Joseph Kaminetzky----------------------------------------------------Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!!https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk---------------------------------------------------To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059, or email yahrtzeityomidaily@gmail.com. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served.Monthly sponsorships are $540.Weekly sponsorships are $180.Daily sponsorships are as follows:Dedications (l'Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50.Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100.The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180.MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!!

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1397!!יט אדר (שני)Rav Yosef Chaim SonnenfeldGuardian of Jerusalemרב יוסף חיים ב״ר אברהם שלמה זוננפלדהאיש על החומהשלמת חיים(1848 - 1932)----------------------------------------------------Adar Yahrtzeits1. Ibn Ezra, The Shach2. Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz, The Beis Yisroel, Rav Berel Soloveitchik3. The Levush, R' Binyomin Kotzker, The Aderes4. Rav Leizer Gordon, Rav Dovid Karliner, Rav Avraham Blumenkrantz5. Rav Avraham Bing, Boyaner Rebbe6. Rav Naftali Amsterdam, Rav Dovid Povarsky7. Moshe Rabbeinu8. Nitra Rav, Rav Moshe Aaron Stern9. Rav Zalman Volozhiner, Rav Shmuel Auerbach10. Avodas HaGershuni11. Chida, Rashash, The Rogatchaver, Rav Shmuel Brudny12. Avnei Nezer, Rav Naftuli Halberstam (Bobov)13. Taanis Esther, Yom Nikanor, Rav Moshe Feinstein14. Rav Shimon Schwab15. Rav Chaim Kanievsky16. Rebuilding of Jerusalem, Pnei Menachem17. Rav Shimon Sofer, R' Meir Schuster18. Yesod V'Shoresh Ha'avodah, Rav Chatzkel Levenstein19. Rav YC Sonnenfeld, Rav Mordechai Schwab20. The Bach, Rav SZ Auerbach21. The Noam Elimelech, Rav YE Spector, Rav Yosef Zevin22. The Aruch HaShulchan, Rav Reuven Grozovsky23. Chiddushei HaRim, Rav Rephael Shapiro, Rav Yisroel Grossman, Mountaindale Roshei Yeshiva24. Rav Elya Boruch Finkel25. Dayan Fischer26. Sarah Schenirer, Rav Chaim Brim27. The Shoel U'meishiv, The Leshem, Rav CP Scheinberg28. The Machatzis Hashekel29. Rav Avraham Shaag, Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky, Dr. Joseph Kaminetzky----------------------------------------------------Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!!https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk---------------------------------------------------To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059, or email yahrtzeityomidaily@gmail.com. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served.Monthly sponsorships are $540.Weekly sponsorships are $180.Daily sponsorships are as follows:Dedications (l'Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50.Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100.The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180.MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!!

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1396!! טז אדר (Sunday)Pnei Menachem7th Gerrer Rebbeרב פנחס מנחם ב״ר אברהם מרדכי אלתרפני מנחם(1926 - 1996)----------------------------------------------------Adar Yahrtzeits1. Ibn Ezra, The Shach2. Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz, The Beis Yisroel, Rav Berel Soloveitchik3. The Levush, R' Binyomin Kotzker, The Aderes4. Rav Leizer Gordon, Rav Dovid Karliner, Rav Avraham Blumenkrantz5. Rav Avraham Bing, Boyaner Rebbe6. Rav Naftali Amsterdam, Rav Dovid Povarsky7. Moshe Rabbeinu8. Nitra Rav, Rav Moshe Aaron Stern9. Rav Zalman Volozhiner, Rav Shmuel Auerbach10. Avodas HaGershuni11. Chida, Rashash, The Rogatchaver, Rav Shmuel Brudny12. Avnei Nezer, Rav Naftuli Halberstam (Bobov)13. Taanis Esther, Yom Nikanor, Rav Moshe Feinstein14. Rav Shimon Schwab15. Rav Chaim Kanievsky16. Rebuilding of Jerusalem, Pnei Menachem17. Rav Shimon Sofer, R' Meir Schuster18. Yesod V'Shoresh Ha'avodah, Rav Chatzkel Levenstein19. Rav YC Sonnenfeld, Rav Mordechai Schwab20. The Bach, Rav SZ Auerbach21. The Noam Elimelech, Rav YE Spector, Rav Yosef Zevin22. The Aruch HaShulchan, Rav Reuven Grozovsky23. Chiddushei HaRim, Rav Rephael Shapiro, Rav Yisroel Grossman, Mountaindale Roshei Yeshiva24. Rav Elya Boruch Finkel25. Dayan Fischer26. Sarah Schenirer, Rav Chaim Brim27. The Shoel U'meishiv, The Leshem, Rav CP Scheinberg28. The Machatzis Hashekel29. Rav Avraham Shaag, Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky, Dr. Joseph Kaminetzky----------------------------------------------------Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!!https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk---------------------------------------------------To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059, or email yahrtzeityomidaily@gmail.com. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served.Monthly sponsorships are $540.Weekly sponsorships are $180.Daily sponsorships are as follows:Dedications (l'Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50.Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100.The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180.MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!!

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1398!!יח אדרRav Chatzkel Levensteinהרב יחזקאל ב״ר יהודה הלוי לוינשטייןמשגיח בישיבת מירובישיבת פוניבז׳(1885 - 1974)----------------------------------------------------Adar Yahrtzeits1. Ibn Ezra, The Shach2. Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz, The Beis Yisroel, Rav Berel Soloveitchik3. The Levush, R' Binyomin Kotzker, The Aderes4. Rav Leizer Gordon, Rav Dovid Karliner, Rav Avraham Blumenkrantz5. Rav Avraham Bing, Boyaner Rebbe6. Rav Naftali Amsterdam, Rav Dovid Povarsky7. Moshe Rabbeinu8. Nitra Rav, Rav Moshe Aaron Stern9. Rav Zalman Volozhiner, Rav Shmuel Auerbach10. Avodas HaGershuni11. Chida, Rashash, The Rogatchaver, Rav Shmuel Brudny12. Avnei Nezer, Rav Naftuli Halberstam (Bobov)13. Taanis Esther, Yom Nikanor, Rav Moshe Feinstein14. Rav Shimon Schwab15. Rav Chaim Kanievsky16. Rebuilding of Jerusalem, Pnei Menachem17. Rav Shimon Sofer, R' Meir Schuster18. Yesod V'Shoresh Ha'avodah, Rav Chatzkel Levenstein19. Rav YC Sonnenfeld, Rav Mordechai Schwab20. The Bach, Rav SZ Auerbach21. The Noam Elimelech, Rav YE Spector, Rav Yosef Zevin22. The Aruch HaShulchan, Rav Reuven Grozovsky23. Chiddushei HaRim, Rav Rephael Shapiro, Rav Yisroel Grossman, Mountaindale Roshei Yeshiva24. Rav Elya Boruch Finkel25. Dayan Fischer26. Sarah Schenirer, Rav Chaim Brim27. The Shoel U'meishiv, The Leshem, Rav CP Scheinberg28. The Machatzis Hashekel29. Rav Avraham Shaag, Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky, Dr. Joseph Kaminetzky----------------------------------------------------Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!!https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk---------------------------------------------------To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059, or email yahrtzeityomidaily@gmail.com. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served.Monthly sponsorships are $540.Weekly sponsorships are $180.Daily sponsorships are as follows:Dedications (l'Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50.Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100.The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180.MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!!

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1397!! יח אדר (שני)Yesod V'Shoresh Ha'AvodahThe Litvishe Chassidרב אלקסנדר ב״ר משה זיסקינדיסוד ושורש העבודה(1720 - 1794)----------------------------------------------------Adar Yahrtzeits1. Ibn Ezra, The Shach2. Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz, The Beis Yisroel, Rav Berel Soloveitchik3. The Levush, R' Binyomin Kotzker, The Aderes4. Rav Leizer Gordon, Rav Dovid Karliner, Rav Avraham Blumenkrantz5. Rav Avraham Bing, Boyaner Rebbe6. Rav Naftali Amsterdam, Rav Dovid Povarsky7. Moshe Rabbeinu8. Nitra Rav, Rav Moshe Aaron Stern9. Rav Zalman Volozhiner, Rav Shmuel Auerbach10. Avodas HaGershuni11. Chida, Rashash, The Rogatchaver, Rav Shmuel Brudny12. Avnei Nezer, Rav Naftuli Halberstam (Bobov)13. Taanis Esther, Yom Nikanor, Rav Moshe Feinstein14. Rav Shimon Schwab15. Rav Chaim Kanievsky16. Rebuilding of Jerusalem, Pnei Menachem17. Rav Shimon Sofer, R' Meir Schuster18. Yesod V'Shoresh Ha'avodah, Rav Chatzkel Levenstein19. Rav YC Sonnenfeld, Rav Mordechai Schwab20. The Bach, Rav SZ Auerbach21. The Noam Elimelech, Rav YE Spector, Rav Yosef Zevin22. The Aruch HaShulchan, Rav Reuven Grozovsky23. Chiddushei HaRim, Rav Rephael Shapiro, Rav Yisroel Grossman, Mountaindale Roshei Yeshiva24. Rav Elya Boruch Finkel25. Dayan Fischer26. Sarah Schenirer, Rav Chaim Brim27. The Shoel U'meishiv, The Leshem, Rav CP Scheinberg28. The Machatzis Hashekel29. Rav Avraham Shaag, Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky, Dr. Joseph Kaminetzky----------------------------------------------------Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!!https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk---------------------------------------------------To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059, or email yahrtzeityomidaily@gmail.com. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served.Monthly sponsorships are $540.Weekly sponsorships are $180.Daily sponsorships are as follows:Dedications (l'Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50.Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100.The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180.MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!!

The Rama writes in siman 695 that it is a good practice to learn Torah on Purim before the seuda, as it says in the pasuk, "ליהודים היתה אורה ושמחה – First they had אורה, which is Torah, and then שמחה , which is rejoicing. Chazal tell us when our ancestors were saved from the decree of Haman, they reaccepted upon themselves the Torah and mitzvot. At Har Sinai they accepted it out of fear and then, on Purim, they accepted it out of love. The Shem M'Shmuel in parashat Tetzaveh writes that already from three days before Purim, a special Divine light of Torah emanates from Shamayim like during the three days of hagbala before Matan Torah on Har Sinai . The Chida writes one of the reasons we wear Shabbat clothing on Purim is because it is likened to the holiday of Simchat Torah. I saw brought down, just like when we received the Torah on Har Sinai, the people were healed from any physical or spiritual ailments. That power comes back during Purim, as well, which is like the day of Matan Torah . Besides for the kedusha that is imbued in us each time we learn Torah and besides for the eternal rewards we receive for learning it, learning Torah also has side physical benefits as well. Rabbi Menashe Reizman told that the Taz wrote a kameya (amulet) 400 years ago and, with it, dozens of people became healed from illnesses and dozens of couples who couldn't have children merited to have children. A hundred years ago in Yerushalayim , an adam chashuv had an inclination to open up that kameya to see what's written inside of it. He wanted to copy it and make many more of them so more people could be helped. He knew the rule that once a kameya is opened, it loses its power, but he was willing to take the risk to help others. So he opened it up and he saw written inside, "I, David ben Shmuel HaLevy, in the merit that I toiled to understand the depths of Tosafot in Masechet Chulin, daf 96a, please Hashem, help all those who are barren and help all those who are sick." That was the whole kameya. The merit of the Taz toiling on one Tosafot brought yeshuot to so many people. Our learning of Torah is so precious to Hashem. The pasuk says in Mishleh, "יקרה היא מפנינים – It is more valuable than precious stones." The Gemara in Masechet Horayot explains the pasuk to be saying that the Torah is more precious even than the Kohen Gadol going לפני ולפנים – entering the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur. The sefer Ki Ata Imadi puts this into perspective for us. He wrote, imagine we were able to witness the Kohen Gadol entering the Kodesh Kodeshim on Yom Kippur. Chazal say when he entered, nobody else was allowed in, not even the holiest angels. It was an exclusive meeting between the Kohen Gadol and Hashem. He would dip in the mikveh right before and then put on his special white garments. An old sage with a white beard, wearing all white, he looked like a malach . In one hand he was carrying a spoonful of coals and in the other a spoonful of ketoret . As he is about to perform the holiest avodah , in the holiest place, on the holiest day, imagine a Kohen Gadol called to someone and said, "You told me your father is sick, please tell me his name so I could ask Hashem now to heal him." What a golden opportunity to have the Kohen Gadol himself pray for a refuah shelemah for someone at that time. What could possibly be a better opportunity than that? Chazal are teaching us in Masechet Horayot , based on the pasuk , it is an even greater opportunity to ask for a refuah shelemah after a person just finished learning a piece of Torah. The learning of Torah is more precious to Hashem even than the Kohen Gadol entering the Kodesh Kodeshim on Yom Kippur. How fortunate we are! We have the opportunity to learn Torah any time we want. Hashem shared this precious gift with us. Let us take advantage and learn it as much as we can.

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1370!!א אדר (Shabbos)The Ibn Ezraרב אברהם ב״ר מאיר אבן עזראאבי הפייטנים(1089 - 1164)----------------------------------------------AH FREILICHEN CHOIDESH ADAR RABBOISAI!!!!

No downgrades for Tashmishei Kedusha!! Siddurim in Aron!!! Sefarim to block sunlight!?!? Chida says WHAT about flipping over sefarim?!! Rav Ovadia as my wallpaper?! Baba Sali's letter to the Rebbeh!

Parshat Vayechi: Were the "Asara Harugei Malchut" really murdered?!? Be careful you never know how damaging your words can be...!!! And when the Chida Ztz"l's bones reassembled themselves!!!!

Miketz | Pharoah's Dreams | Chida veChalom, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom How are we to understand the amazement with which Pharaoh and his advisors reacted to Yoseph's solutions to the king's dreams?  Pharaoh's Dreams (the cows and the sheaves) reexamined, based on an observation of Dr. Moseh Zeidel z"l. The "Hidah" (riddle) and "Halom" (dream) are associated in Bamidbar 12 and therein begins our inquiry, including an analysis of Shimshon's famous riddle. Source sheet >>

The sefer Vaveh Amudim brings a story that a man named Yaakov told him, which took place when he was younger. Yaakov said his father once asked him to take out the garbage and he replied, "Why are you asking me? I did it last time. There are many other capable people in this house who could do it." Yaakov's grandfather was in the room at the time and was very disturbed by Yaakov's response. He gathered Yaakov and his siblings together to teach them a life lesson. He opened a Chumash to this week's Parasha, Vayeshev, and he showed them the pasuk in which Yaakov Avinu told Yosef to go check up and see how his brothers were doing in Shechem. Yosef knew that his brothers had a certain hatred towards him, and it was extremely dangerous for him to go, yet he told his father הנני – I'm ready to go right now. Yosef could have given his father many excuses why he shouldn't listen, but he didn't. His father told him to do something and Yosef was going to listen. (As a side note, the Mefarshim do ask how Yosef went, knowing how dangerous it was, in light of the command ונשמרתם מאד לנפשותיכם – to protect our lives as best we can. The Chida writes in his sefer Rosh David in parsahat Toldot that although it is not forbidden for a child to respectfully refuse a parent's request if the request involves danger, however if the child wants to be strict and listen to his parents no matter what, he has the right to do so. He brings a proof how Yosef knew that, and one can see more about it in Sefer Chassidim , siman 341.) The grandfather then told them a personal story that happened to him when he was younger. He rolled up his sleeve and showed them the numbers that were tattooed on his arm by the Nazis, yimach shimam . He said, "My precious grandchildren, this number on my arm was determined for me to have by Hashem from the six days of Creation. Hashem wanted me to go through the seven levels of Gehenom in this world, for the best reasons, reasons which I cannot fathom. When the Nazis came to our town, they instructed all of the Jews to gather at the train station. We were only allowed to bring a few essentials with us. When we arrived there, they were separating the men from the women and children. I can still hear the bitter crying and screaming that was going on at that time. They put me, my brother and my mother on one train and my father on the other. Right before our train was getting ready to pull away, my mother saw that she had my father's tefillin with her. Immediately, she said to me, 'Berel, what is Daddy going to do without his tefillin ? He has to have them. Quickly, bring them to him on the other train.' It was very scary outside. The Nazis were strolling the area with vicious dogs. But I didn't think twice about it, my mother told me to go and so I went. I managed to get on to my father's train and, the moment I did, the train closed its doors and pulled away. My father and I were taken to a labor camp. I found out later, the other train was taken straight to the gas chambers. I am only alive today because I was ready to listen to my mother. "I want you to take this as a life lesson. When your parents ask you to do something, it's a golden opportunity. You will be fulfilling a mitzvat aseh from the Torah. Don't argue with them. Just say, הנני – I'm here and ready." Shabbat Shalom.

Chazal have taught us a wondrous segula to have our tefillot accepted faster. Namely, if someone is in need of a yeshua and knows of someone else with that same need and prays for that person to be helped. With this statement, the chazal are also teaching us how important it is to pray for others. The Be'er Mayim Chayim explains, when we pray for others, we are showing that we care about the pain of the Shechina, kaviyachol. The pasuk says, when a Jew is in pain, Hashem is in pain, and Hashem's pain is equal for every single Jew that is hurting. So when we pray for others to be relieved from their suffering, we are also praying for some of the pain of the Shechina to be relieved. Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l writes in the Igerot Moshe (YD 4:51), about how much every single person's tefila makes an impact, even if the person has done many averot. Then he writes, if someone was asked to pray for someone else, he should feel the responsibility of that request. Nobody knows whose prayers will have the most impact. By praying for someone else, the person is doing the ultimate chesed and also fulfilling the great mitzvah of ואהבת לרעך כמוך . Then he concludes by saying, since it's an absolute obligation to pray for our friends and give them berachot, even if we're not asked to pray for someone, if we know they're in need, we should pray for them anyway. The Chida writes in his Sefer Nachal Kedumim, when praying for others, we must really have pure intentions that they should be helped and not just pray as a ploy to get the help that we are looking for. If we are able to pray with pure intentions for others, then the segula works. If someone has been doing it and hasn't been answered yet, he should not cast doubt upon the segula of the chazal, but rather attribute it to his own shortcomings. The Shulchan Aruch writes that washing netilat yadayim for bread with a lot of water is a segula to become wealthy. The Mishna Berura writes there, if someone is careful to always wash with a lot of water but hasn't been blessed with wealth yet, it's because he has a deed which is blocking the parnasa from coming at the moment. Chazal's words are emmet. Sometimes Hashem shows us clearly how segulot do work. A rabbi told me he knows of a couple that was married for nearly eight years without children. They became friendly with another couple who was married for a few years without children. They accepted upon themselves to truly pray for one another to be helped. This past year, Baruch Hashem, one of those couples had a baby. And then, on the very same day, the woman from the other couple went into labor more than six weeks early and had a baby on the same calendar date. They were in awe of the hashgacha of Hashem, both for blessing them with children and also for showing them how their prayers for each other is what brought about their yeshua. Tefila is always special. When we have a true desire for other people to be helped and we pray with that kavana, it makes the tefila even more special.

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1:41 Kuntres Zichronos of R' Chaim about the Chazon Ish 2:55 What did R' Chaim do? 5:03 Mishna Berurah in the name of the Arizal 5:50 Shulchan Oruch Harav 7:35 What are the origins? 9:03 Rambam 11:02 Knesset HaGedolah and Olas Tamid 12:28 Magen Avrohom and Arizal 14:00 Source of the Magen Avhrhom in the name of Arizal 16:55 Achronim on Magen Avrohom in שמ'ג, Gemarah in Menchos 19:45 R' Yaakov Emden 20;26 Chida and Derech Chaim 27:20 Rashi In Shabbos 29:00 Every Minute that a Mezuzah is a Mitzvah 33:00 Thinking about 6 Mitzvos Temedios in the Bathroom? 34:30 Dovid Hamelech and sleeping when learning 35:40 A Melech Sleeping with a Sefer Torah and the Rambam 40:50 The Aderes and time of story of Dovid Hamelech in the bathhouse 42:40 Chazon Ish wearing a Talis for Maariv 43:16 Kabbalah and wearing a Talis Gadol at night

Hilchot Tefilah part 28: Speaking between Amidah & Tachnun!!! What happens if you speak during Tachnun?! Why do we tuck in Tzitzit?! R Ovadia's leniency on Tachnun!! Chida - Safek Tachnun Lehakel!!!

Sari is joined by artist/creative Brit Chida to discuss their abstract diagrams and the message of healing and emotional vulnerability behind the work. As Brit describes their art on their website, Brit “makes art as a way to heal and offer back to their community some gifts of resilience.”This episode is sponsored by my upcoming book, Modern Still Life: From Fruit Bowls to Disco Balls, which you can pre-order now :) The book is out June 18This episode is also sponsored by Not Sorry Art and my online art school, Not Sorry Art SchoolEmail Sari at notsorryart@sari.studioFollow Sari: @not_sorry_artSHOW NOTES:For a special 20% off discount on Brit's prints, use code NSA20Brit Chida IGhttps://britchida.com/ Patreon - Brit Chida Learn painting from Brit: https://www.easydoesitart.com/