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The Rebbe praises Rabbi Binyamin Abu's dedication to the Talmud Torah in Midelt, blessing him with success and well-being. He emphasizes the immense merit of supporting Torah learning and encourages further efforts in its expansion. https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/cheshvon/787

The Rebbe thanks Rabbi Meir Abuchatzeira for his efforts and emphasizes the Mara D'atra's role in guiding his community. He urges strengthening the local Talmud Torah, trusting in communal support, and blesses him with success and the imminent redemption. https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/cheshvon/786

Welcome to our series on Anava . All of our good Middot come from emulating Hashem. In Bereshit 1:26 before man is even there, Hashem says, וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ /Let us make man in our image. Rashi tells us, we learn from here the humility of Hashem. When it came to the time to make man, which would be in an image similar to angels, they might be jealous of him. So He first asked them their opinion. Imagine you have a company and you want to bring on a new employee, but you're afraid that the existing employees might feel some competition, so you bring them into the decision. So too, Hashem so to say, says, I want to bring the angels in. Rashi continues, He said, Na'aseh Adam/Let us make man. Even though, of course, they didn't help with the creation. So it's possible for a heretic to say, " Oh, look at that. There's more than one force here." But the Torah says, לא נמנע הכתוב מללמד דרך ארץ No says, I'm not going to hold back from teaching you a good Middah - Middat Anava. שיהא הגדול נמלך ונוטל רשות מן הקטן I have to teach you the lesson. And if I write, E'esah Adam/I will make man, we won't learn that lesson. And therefore we'll take the risk of saying Na'aseh Adam, even though it could bring one to heresy. The Midrash Raba on Bereshit 8:8 adds that when Moshe Rabbenu was writing the Torah, he asked Hashem, " Why are you giving the heretics an opening here? And Hashem said, כתוב והרוצה לטעות יטעה / You write, and the one that wants to make a mistake, will make the mistake. Hashem continues and tells Moshe, This man that I create, They'll be big people and small people. And the big people might think, "I don't have to ask any permission or advice from small people." But you'll be able to say " No, learn from your Creator. He created the world and He still advised with the angels." The Elder of Slobodka, in his sefer Or HaTzafon on Bereshit adds a beautiful thought. There is a big risk here that person may have a wrong hashkafa . They may think there were two creators. But what's the other option? Not to teach the Derech Eretz of Anava? Then we'll have a mistake in proper Middot, and a mistake in understanding Hashem and how He acts. And therefore it seems that it's better to make this mistake than the other. We don't want to take the chance. Its unbelievable- look how important Anava is, that Hashem took that risk, so to say, to give us that lesson. The Sefer Parashat Derachim , from the same author as t he Mishneh LeMelech, in his 16th derush , says a fascinating concept. Why is it that it says somebody who is arrogant is like he's worshiping idols? Because when you look at the words Na'aseh Adam, with a humility lens, you understand that Hashem is being humble. Of course He created the world, but He's being humble and advising with the angels. That's if you are a humble person. If you're a humble person, you see the pasuk teaching a lesson in humility. But if a person is arrogant, with his arrogant glasses, he can't see that God would ever seek advice. Of course not. So he'll think, " It must be that be here are two forces. " So his arrogant lens causes him to misunderstand the pasuk and therefore he's going to be an idol worshiper, because he's going to say there are two forces. God alone didn't do it. This is one of the important ways, says Rav Wolbe (Aleh Shor vol 2 pg 312) to work on becoming humble- advise with people younger than you or lesser than you. He says Rav Yerucham Levovitz gave this idea and did it himself as well. He used to do this to ask advice from others. He tells a story that one of the younger students went to Rav Yerucham with a message from his father, and Rav Yerucham asked the boy, " What's the weather outside ?" The boy said, " There's a very strong wind blowing. " Rav Yerucham said, "I have a bit of cold. What do you think? Should I go to yeshiva for Mincha or stay home? " The boy hought for a minute and answered, " I think you should stay home." Rav Yerucham replied, " I think you're right. I'm going to listen to you." Unbelievable! He was doing that to work on his Anava . He actually listened to him in a case where it meant staying home. There's a similar story that I heard Rabbi Ades tell over about Rav Shach. When Rav Shach was sitting Shiva for his wife, it was during that he had to give his shiur . There's a question, if a giving a public class overrides mourning and there's a Halacic question about whether one should go to give shiur during shiva . Rabbi Ades was one of Rav Shach's students, and when he came to pay respects, Rav Shach asked " What do you think I should do? Do you think I should go and give the shiur? If I do, people might make a mistake and think I'm being lenient on the laws of Avelut. They may not understand that I'm really being stringent on the laws of Talmud Torah/teaching Torah." Rabbi Ades thought about it for a minute and said, "I think that people won't understand, so I think it's better if the Rosh Yeshiva stays home." And he did. Wonder of wonders. Rav Shach was asking Rav Ades for advice? Of course he didn't need Rav Ades' advice, but this was the way of the Gedolim - to always ask advice. That was a way of them working on the humility. There's a story told over on this pasuk Na'aseh Adam in the sefer Lulei Toratecha- stories on of Rav Shach, on the pesukim . Once when Rav Shach was going to speak at a major event in Yad Eliyahu with thousands of people in attemdance, he asked a student, "What do you think I should speak about? The student suggested he speak about Emunah and the negativity of arguments. Rav Shach said, " Good, good. I like the idea." So Rav Shach went gave a major speech. I still remember it. He spoke about the creation and it was a major, major speech on Emunah. But he ended up not speaking about the second topic. When he came back afterwards, he met this young man and said, "I have to make an apology. I didn't listen to your advice. I couldn't because I thought I was the only speaker but it turned out that there was another speaker, so I didn't want to speak too long and tire out the crowd. But I think it was okay because Rabbi Elyashiv said that I spoke pretty well." Look at his humility! He shared with the student that Rav Elyashiv gave him a compliment, so he wouldn't feel bad that the speech didn't go well. We need to work on these things. This is practical advice - asking people less than you, even though you don't need them. These are maasim/ actions that will help you become humble. And like we said, it's our responsibility to do what we can to become humble.

This week I talk to Sara Lynn Newberger, the founder of Hineni, the adult Jewish education program at Talmud Torah of St. Paul. We talk about how she reluctantly got into teaching, starting a cross-river, cross-denominational education platform. how Jewish education has evolved,  on this week's Who The Folk Podcast.https://ttsp.org/hineni/

Essentiel – Le rendez-vous culture de RCJ – présenté par Sandrine Sebbane. Elle reçoit Joann Sfar pour sa nouvelle BD « Que faire des juifs ? » aux éditions Les arènes À propos du livre : « Que faire des juifs ? » paru aux éditions La Martinière J'aimerais faire un livre pour " mettre en sécurité tous les Juifs de mon village ", comme disait Chagall. Une histoire des Juifs, mais aussi une histoire de l'antisémitisme. Que faire des Juifs ? Que faire du regard sur les Juifs ? Enfant, Joann Sfar est un très mauvais élève du Talmud Torah à Nice, alors que son père anime une émission de radio mythique sur l'histoire du judaïsme. À l'âge adulte, il découvre l'engagement politique, s'installe à Paris et publie ses premières planches. S'ensuivent trente ans de livres, de rencontres et de combats. Aujourd'hui, c'est l'heure du bilan : Joann Sfar entrelace les fils de son histoire avec celle des Juifs dans un roman graphique d'une grande tendresse, brillant et joyeux, qui nous emporte dans le grand fracas de l'Histoire.

Based on the Talmud's teaching that everything is created to serve Hashem, and since you have been chosen to bring children's hearts closer to Him, you should focus on increasing your commitment to the school. This will bring blessings to your personal matters as well. https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/igroskodesh/011/008/3509

Selihot - In Place of Talmud Torah? by Rabbi Avi Harari

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For a 20% discount on Rabbi Ashear's new book on Parnassah click the link below and enter Promo Code - Emunah20 https://www.artscroll.com/ Books/9781422640708.html The Gemara says in Masechet Yoma , daf 38, that a person cannot touch what is meant for someone else. Whatever Hashem decrees a person should get, he will get. If we take this Gemara to heart, it will save us a lot of potential anguish in life and will also give us motivation to always do what's right. Sometimes we have an opportunity to make a certain business deal or buy a certain house and somehow things fall apart. And then we start second-guessing what we did and think if we had acted differently, things would have turned out differently. This Gemara teaches us, what happened was what was meant to happen and no matter what we would have done, the same results would have occurred. A man from Bnei Brak related, he was on his way to a bris one morning, and he noticed a nice chair in great condition that was placed by the curb. He had the same exact chairs in his house and needed another one. As he was walking towards it, he noticed someone else who seemed interested also walking towards it. He said to himself, “If someone else wants it, I don't want to cause him anguish by taking it first even though I know that I saw it first.” So he continued walking and went to the bris. On his way back, he saw the chair was gone. He kept walking and then saw an old acquaintance of his. The acquaintance said he found a beautiful chair that was left for taking and he saved it for someone who might want it. He then offered it to him. They went into his building together and saw it was the same chair. That other guy never took it. The acquaintance said he had a car and would be happy to drive it to his apartment. The man was so happy to see whatever is meant for a person he will get. By giving in, he even saved himself the burden of having to carry it home in the hot summer. A principal in a Talmud Torah related that he was happy with all of the rebbes who taught in his school, except for one. That one somehow always forgot everything he was told to do and the principal wanted to fire him. But that rabbi's students learned so well and the parents really liked him, so the principal never brought himself to do it. Baruch Hashem, their yeshiva was growing and they needed a new building. One day, a very wealthy man came down to the yeshiva to take a tour and see if he wanted to donate to the new building project. The rebbe, who the principal was not so fond of, had made a deal with his class that if they all did well on a test, he would let them turn over their chairs in the classroom and drive them like cars and have a game of bumper cars with them. That day, when the wealthy man came down to the yeshiva, was the day that this rebbe let his class play bumper cars. When the principal brought the wealthy man to the classroom, he was horrified by what he saw: twenty boys riding their chairs on the floor across the room with the rebbe participating. He tried to excuse the scene to the wealthy man but he was completely humiliated over it. Later that day, the principal fired the rebbe saying this was the straw that broke the camel's back. The rebbe pleaded with him to reconsider saying he would be left with no parnasa with ten children at home. But the principal wouldn't hear it. A couple of days later, one of the principal's children fell and broke his leg. The next day, a different child ran through a glass door and got injured. Two days later, another child needed to go to the hospital. Then his wife broke her hand. The principal realized he did something wrong and told his rabbi what was happening. His rabbi asked him if he hurt another Jew recently, and he told him that he fired a rebbe. His rabbi told him to go back and apologize to this rebbe and rehire him. The rebbe accepted the apology, but in the meantime he already got a different job. A week later, the wealthy man called the principal and said he wanted to sponsor the entire building. He expressed his delight at how things were operating at the yeshiva and was especially impressed with the class that took a break and played bumper cars. He loves a yeshiva that has a loose atmosphere. The principal said afterward, “I see from here, we're going to get what we're meant to get even if it seems that we made an opposite hishtadlut than we were supposed to. And therefore, I have to work on myself and not get angry or annoyed when things don't go the way that I want.”

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Yahrtzeit Yomi #1059!! טו אייר Rav Avraham Eliyahu Kaplan רב אברהם אליהו ב״ר אברהם אליהו (1890 - 1924) ON HIS 100TH YAHRTZEIT!! ---------------------------------------------------- A little more than a century ago, 17-year-old Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan composed an all-time classic poem titled Shakah Chamah, a ballad of mussar that speaks to the futility of life. For many years, the poor, lonely, and sick have found company in these meaningful lyrics. In truth, this young tzaddik faced personal challenges, beginning even before his birth: Avrohom Eliyahu was named after his father, who was known as the Rakover Iluy and who died a few months before he was born. Avrohom Eliyahu, a passionate and fiery young man, first attended the Talmud Torah of Kelm. After a short while, he moved on to the Slabodka Yeshiva, where he learned with great hasmadah, under the tutelage of the famed Alter of Slabodka, Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel. Waging battle against the forces of secular Zionism and Haskalah from the time that he was a young bachur. Avrohom Eliyahu utilized his unique talents to write fearless essays and enthralling poems in the areas of Torah, Mussar, and Yiras Shamayim. A talented musician, he composed a number of mesmerizing songs, as well. One incredible story personifies his gadlus. Rav Avrohom Eliyahu was present at the Sheva Berachos of a Slabodka talmid, Rav Aharon Kotler, who married Chana Perel Meltzer, the daughter of the great Rav Isser Zalman. In honor of the celebration, Rav Aharon delivered a two-hour shtickel Torah. After he finished, Rav Avrohom Eliyahu stood up and promptly repeated the entire shtickel… in grammen form! When, years later, an incredulous talmid shared this story with Rav Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman, rosh yeshivah of Ner Israel, he responded that it is certainly possible, as such was the brilliance of Rav Avrohom Eliyahu. Rebbetzin Ruderman, the daughter of Rav Sheftel Kramer and first cousin of Rebbetzin Kotler, overheard the conversation and shared a postscript. “Not only is it possible that it happened, but I was there! And Rav Isser Zalman's son played the violin as Rav Avrohom Eliyahu sang the grammen.” Although Slabodka emphasized gadlus ha'adam, the greatness of man, Avrohom Eliyahu composed the words to Shakah Chamah with an altogether different mindset. Drawing forth from the sobering teachings of RavYisrael Salanter, the father of the mussar movement, the lyrics portray a tormented young man infused with yiras Shamayim, who tries to wage war against the relentless efforts of the yetzer hara, yet finds his neshamah, his soul, sinking into the emptiness and darkness of the abyss. ...(for remainder of tribute see WhatsApp group) --------------------------------------------------- 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, A MONTH OF YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!!

A lot of money needs to be spent to prepare for a holiday, especially a holiday like Pesach. Whether it's food, clothing, or matzot, the money adds up. Shulchan Aruch writes in siman 529 that we are supposed to honor the holiday, and when it comes to something that will bring more honor to the holiday, we should not be cheap about it. The Mishnah Berura explains, because parnasa is determined on Rosh Hashanah, but the money that we spend on Yom Tov is not included in that allotment. The more a person spends on Yom Tov , the more Hashem will give him to cover it, and the less he spends, the less he'll be given towards those Yom Tov expenses. Part of honoring the Yom Tov is spending with happiness rather than complaining about all of the expenses. Hashem has unlimited funds to help us pay for all of our Yom Tov needs and that is how we are supposed to feel about them. A man told, he began learning Hilchot Shabbat during all of his Shabbat meals. They learn two halachot at each meal and last year at one point, they came to a halacha regarding how Shabbat and Yom Tov expenses come back to the person. It said there, the reimbursement applied to four areas, Talmud Torah , Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and Yom Tov and the Rabbis gave an acronym to remember them, TiShReY. One of the children in the family got very excited when hearing this halacha and he said to his father, “Is this true? Everything we spend comes back?” The father answered with steadfast emunah saying, “Absolutely, every last shekel we spend comes back.” The child then asked the father how Hashem gives the money back. The father said, “The Ribono Shel Olam has His ways of providing.” The child then asked, “Could it be that someone would just come over and put the money in your hand?” The father said, “Yes, that's possible.” A short while later, it was coming to Erev Pesach. This family had strengthened themselves in emunah and had bought everything they needed, relying on the open hand of Hashem. On Chol HaMoed , they went to the park for a short outing and a car stopped right near them with the driver calling to one of the children to come to him. The father saw what was happening and got suspicious. He went over to that man himself and asked what he needed. The man said he had an envelope to give him and he proceeded to hand it to him. It was obvious that there was a lot of money inside. At first, the father refused to accept it, asking why he would be giving him this envelope being that they didn't even know each other. The man explained that he and his wife put money aside to give to a family with children for the holiday. They decided they were going to go to Bnei Brak and give the envelope to the first family that they would meet. So he said, “You are the first family we met, so this money belongs to you. Please take it.” Considering the incredible series of events, the father understood this was HaKadosh Baruch Hu sending him the money, and so he took it happily and thanked the man. At home, they counted the money and, amazingly, saw that it equaled the exact amount that they had spent on Yom Tov expenses. Not only that, but for some inexplicable reason, on the envelope was written one word that explained everything - “Tishrey”. They were all in awe. Hashem is the One who gives us money and He told us whatever we spend on Yom Tov , He will reimburse us for. And therefore, we should spend with happiness knowing that we are honoring the holiday the proper way.

ישועת ה' כהרף עין. Simply that means, the salvation of Hashem comes as fast as it takes to blink an eye. Rav Levi Yitzchak from Berditchev, however, gave another explanation. The word heref in the Torah means to leave, as the pasuk says "הרף ממני" When possibility of salvation has left the eye and the person sees no way to be helped, that is when the salvation of Hashem comes, in a way the person could have never imagined. A man who will call Yosef Steinberg related that it came to a point when he realized his three boys were being negatively influenced in the school they were attending. He discussed it with his wife, and they decided they wanted the best Torah education for their children and they were going to try to get them in to the top Talmud Torah where all the best families sent their children. There was just one small problem. It was the middle of the year, and this particular school was difficult to get into even at the beginning of the year, all the more so in the middle of one. Furthermore, they were a relatively new family to the community, not well known and not connected to any other families who sent their children there. Yosef knew that in the natural way of things, there was no chance his children would be accepted there. And so, he turned to the Chief Principal, HaKadosh Baruch Hu , who teaches Torah to all of His nation. He went to pray by the kever of his Rebbe and asked Hashem to have pity on him and his children, who only desired to do His will better. He wanted his children to learn in holiness and purity, in order to serve Hashem the best way possible. After a full hour of pouring out his heart, he then went to do his basic hishtadlut of calling the principal of that Talmud Torah and asking if his children could be accepted. When he called, he introduced himself as Steinberg and asked if his children could transfer to his Talmud Torah. The principal answered immediately with the words, “ B'simcha raba , it would be our pleasure to have your children.” He then said he would wait in his office for him to come in and give him more information about his children. Yosef Steinberg was ecstatic. The principal didn't even ask to interview his children. He went there and told them their ages and he said, “This child will go to Rabbi Cohen's class. This one will go to Rabbi Levi's class. And this one will go to Rabbi Yisraeli's class.” The very next day, his children started learning there. He thanked Hashem from the bottom of his heart and didn't ask any questions on why that process was so easy. The following week, he found out the whole story. A week after his children were accepted, a call came in to the principal saying, “Hi, this is Steinberg, I want to put my children in your Talmud Torah.” “Classes are full,” he answered, “and besides, it's impossible to take children in the middle of the year.” “But the donor told me he already spoke to you and got your approval,” Steinberg replied. Turned out, one of the big donors to that institution had spoken to the principal, asking him to accept Mr. Steinberg's children. When Yosef called, the principal thought it was that other Steinberg that he was talking to. It did not enter his mind that there would be a different Steinberg calling to get his children accepted. It was incredible hashgacha pratit that Yosef called at that exact time. Ultimately, the other Steinberg did get his children into the school and once Yosef's children were there, they were allowed to stay. The salvation of Hashem can come in ways we could never imagine.

Today's daf is sponsored by Amy Goldstein in loving memory of her mother, Carolyn Barnett-Goldstein, on her 5th yahrzeit. "She was passionately dedicated to the Jewish People and the arts. We miss her larger-than-life presence every day, and struggle to understand that she is gone." Today's daf is sponsored by Abby Flamholz’s daughter-in-law, Sigal Spitzer Flamholz and her two granddaughters Nitzan and Orlie Flamholz in honor of Abby's birthday. "Thanks for paving the way for Talmud Torah in our family!" If one recognizes items belonging to them in someone's house and the owner of the house claims they purchased them, the owner of the house takes an oath about the purchase price and returns the item to the original owner for the value of the item. But this is only if it is known that the person was robbed. If not, there is a concern that the claimant sold the item and now regrets the sale and wants the item back. The Gemara asks why knowing the person was robbed is enough to allay the fear that they are just trying to renege on a sale? Rav explains that there needs to be some sort of circumstantial evidence that the item in question was stolen. If a thief sells a stolen item, can the one who was robbed demand the item back from the buyer or only from the thief? Rav and Rabbi Yochanan disagree. Four explanations are brought to explain the basis of their debate. The rabbis instituted takanat hashuk to protect buyers. The takana is that if someone claims that the item is theirs, they can take it back but they need to reimburse the buyer the amount that they paid so that the buyer does not need to find the thief who sold him/her the item. In what cases does the takana apply/not apply? If two people are walking and one has honey in a jar that is breaking, and the other has wine (less expensive than honey) and the wine owner dumps the wine to help save the honey, what compensation does the wine owner receive? The Gemara questions why we do not assume that the honey was already hefker (ownerless) as the owner knew it would be gone in a minute and gave up ownership of it in which case it can be considered acquired by the wine owner, as can be inferred from braita? to resolve this, they limit the case in the Mishna. The Gemara then questions the halakha in the braita based on a different braita which seems to contradict. How are they reconciled?