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Today's daf is sponsored by Deborah Aschheim in loving memory of her father, David Aschheim z”l. "He left us too young; but he left a lasting and loving legacy, including a love of Yiddishkeit and Torah. He was born in Hannover, Germany in 1919, and emigrated to Israel in 1935. In 1947 he came to NYC and embraced a wonderful new life in USA. He instilled a love of Torah, Eretz Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael. He would be very proud of his four grandchildren (two of whom made Aliyah) and of his six great-grandchildren, all of whom are getting a Torah education. Daddy, you are forever in my heart.” 

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News, lots of commentary, and an extended summary of what was, without question, one of the most cataclysmic weeks in American - or AmeriKan - history, ending Saturday, 13 August, 2022.

Victor Davis Hanson Article. FBI- The American Stasi. Dennis Prager Podcasts Stasi  Aug 12 2022   Half the country has lost faith in the FBI as a non-political institution. It now acts like the enforcement arm of the Democratic Party. This is a terrible development and very scary… Thanks for listening to the Daily Dennis Prager Podcast. To hear the entire three hours of my radio show as a podcast, commercial-free every single day, become a member of Pragertopia. You'll also get access to 15 years' worth of archives, as well as daily show prep. Subscribe today at Pragertopia dot com.   https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/victor-davis-hanson-fbi-r-i-p/ HomeTribune Premium ContentOpinionInternationalVictor Davis HansonVictor Davis Hanson: FBI, R.I.P.?   Article mentioned- Victor Davis Hanson: FBI, R.I.P.? VICTOR DAVIS HANSON AUGUST 10, 2022 The FBI is dissolving before our eyes into a rogue security service akin to those in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Take the FBI's deliberately asymmetrical application of the law. This week the bureau surprise-raided the home of former President Donald Trump — an historical first. A massive phalanx of FBI agents swooped into the Trump residence while he was not home, to confiscate his personal property, safe, and records. All of this was over an archival dispute of presidential papers common to many former presidents. Agents swarmed the entire house, including the wardrobe closet of the former first lady. Note we are less than 90 days out from a midterm election, and this was not just a raid, but a political act. The Democratic Party is anticipated to suffer historical losses. Trump was on the verge of announcing his 2024 presidential candidacy. In many polls, he remains the Republican front-runner for the nomination — and well ahead of incumbent President Joe Biden in a putative 2024 rematch. In 2016 then FBI Director James Comey announced that candidate Hillary Clinton was guilty of destroying subpoenaed emails — a likely felony pertaining to her tenure as secretary of state. Yet he all but pledged that she would not be prosecuted given her status as a presidential candidate. As far as targeting presidential candidates, Trump was impeached in 2020 ostensibly for delaying military aid to Ukraine by asking Ukrainian officials to investigate more fully the clearly corrupt Biden family — given Joe Biden at the time was a likely possible presidential opponent in 2020. The FBI has devolved into a personal retrieval service for the incorrigible Biden family. It suppressed, for political purposes, information surrounding Hunter Biden's missing laptop on the eve of the 2020 election. Previously, the FBI never pursued Hunter's fraudulently registered firearm, his mysterious foreign income, his felonious crack cocaine use, or his regular employment of foreign prostitutes. Yet in a pre-dawn raid just before the 2020 election, the FBI targeted the home of journalist James O'Keefe on grounds that someone had passed to him the lost and lurid diary of Ashley Biden, Biden's wayward daughter. At various times, in Stasi-style the FBI has publicly shackled Trump economic advisor Peter Navarro, swarmed the office of Trump's legal counsel Rudy Giuliani, and sent a SWAT team to surround the house of Trump ally Roger Stone. Meanwhile, terrorists and cartels walk with impunity across an open border. FBI Director Christopher Wray last week cut short his evasive testimony before Congress. He claimed he had to leave for a critical appointment — only to use his FBI Gulfstream luxury jet to fly to his favorite vacation spot in the Adirondacks. Wray took over from disgraced interim FBI Director Andrew McCabe. The latter admitted lying repeatedly to federal investigators and signed off on a fraudulent FBI FISA application. He faced zero legal consequences. McCabe, remember, was also the point man in the softball Hillary Clinton email investigation — while his wife was a political candidate and recipient of thousands of dollars from a political action committee with close ties to the Clinton family. McCabe took over from disgraced FBI Director James Comey. On 245 occasions, Comey claimed under oath before the House Intelligence Committee that he had no memory or knowledge of key questions concerning his tenure. With impunity, he leaked confidential FBI memos to the media. Comey took over from Director Robert Mueller. Implausibly, Mueller swore under oath that he had no knowledge, either of the Steele dossier or of Fusion GPS, the firm that commissioned Christopher Steele to compile the dossier. But those were the very twin catalysts that had prompted his entire special investigation into the Russian collusion hoax. FBI legal counsel Kevin Clinesmith was convicted of a felony for altering an FBI warrant request to spy on an innocent Carter Page. The FBI, by Comey's own public boasts, bragged how it caught National Security Advisor designate General Michael Flynn in its Crossfire Hurricane Russian collusion hoax. As special counsel, Mueller then fired two of his top investigators — Lisa Page and Peter Strzok — for improper personal and professional behavior. He then staggered their releases to mask their collaborative wrongdoing. Mueller's team deleted critical cell phone evidence under subpoena that might well have revealed systemic FBI-related bias. The FBI interferes with and warps national elections. It hires complete frauds as informants who are far worse than its targets. It humiliates or exempts government and elected officials based on their politics. It violates the civil liberties of individual American citizens. The FBI's highest officials now routinely mislead Congress. They have erased or altered court and subpoenaed evidence. They illegally leak confidential material to the media. And they have lied under oath to federal investigators. The agency has become dangerous to Americans and an existential threat to their democracy and rule of law. The FBI should be dispersing its investigatory responsibilities to other government investigative agencies that have not yet lost the public's trust. ——- ABOUT THE WRITER ——– (Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. He is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author of “The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won,” from Basic Books. You can reach him by e-mailing authorvdh@gmail.com.)   --------------------------------------------------------------------  Visit Pragertopia  https://pragertopia.com/member/signup.php  The first month is 99 cents. After the first month the cost is $7.50 per month. 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For Students: http://l.prageru.com/2aozfkP JOIN our Educators Network! http://l.prageru.com/2aoz2y9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Rational Bible: Exodus by Dennis Prager   NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Dennis Prager has put together one of the most stunning commentaries in modern times on the most profound document in human history. It's a must-read that every person, religious and non-religious, should buy and peruse every night before bed. It'll make you think harder, pray more ardently, and understand your civilization better." — Ben Shapiro, host of "The Ben Shapiro Show" "Dennis Prager's commentary on Exodus will rank among the greatest modern Torah commentaries. That is how important I think it is. And I am clearly not alone... It might well be on its way to becoming the most widely read Torah commentary of our time—and by non-Jews as well as by Jews." — Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, bestselling author of Jewish Literacy Why do so many people think the Bible, the most influential book in world history, is outdated? Why do our friends and neighbors – and sometimes we ourselves – dismiss the Bible as irrelevant, irrational, immoral, or all of these things? This explanation of the Book of Exodus, the second book of the Bible, will demonstrate that the Bible is not only powerfully relevant to today's issues, but completely consistent with rational thought. Do you think the Bible permitted the trans-Atlantic slave trade? You won't after reading this book. Do you struggle to love your parents? If you do, you need this book. Do you doubt the existence of God because belief in God is “irrational?” This book will give you reason after reason to rethink your doubts. The title of this commentary is, “The Rational Bible” because its approach is entirely reason-based. The reader is never asked to accept anything on faith alone. As Prager says, “If something I write does not make rational sense, I have not done my job.” The Rational Bible is the fruit of Dennis Prager's forty years of teaching the Bible to people of every faith, and no faith. On virtually every page, you will discover how the text relates to the contemporary world and to your life. His goal: to change your mind – and then change your life.   Highly Recommended by ACU. Purchase his book at- https://www.amazon.com/Rational-Bible-Exodus-Dennis-Prager/dp/1621577724   The Rational Bible: Genesis by Dennis Prager  USA Today bestseller Publishers Weekly bestseller Wall Street Journal bestseller Many people today think the Bible, the most influential book in world history, is not only outdated but irrelevant, irrational, and even immoral. This explanation of the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, demonstrates clearly and powerfully that the opposite is true. The Bible remains profoundly relevant—both to the great issues of our day and to each individual life. It is the greatest moral guide and source of wisdom ever written. Do you doubt the existence of God because you think believing in God is irrational? This book will give you many reasons to rethink your doubts. Do you think faith and science are in conflict? You won't after reading this commentary on Genesis. Do you come from a dysfunctional family? It may comfort you to know that every family discussed in Genesis was highly dysfunctional! The title of this commentary is “The Rational Bible” because its approach is entirely reason-based. The reader is never asked to accept anything on faith alone. In Dennis Prager's words, “If something I write is not rational, I have not done my job.” The Rational Bible is the fruit of Dennis Prager's forty years of teaching the Bible—whose Hebrew grammar and vocabulary he has mastered—to people of every faith and no faith at all. On virtually every page, you will discover how the text relates to the contemporary world in general and to you personally. His goal: to change your mind—and, as a result, to change your life.

This week’s learning is sponsored by Chani Penstein and JJ Hornblass to commemorate the 2nd yahrzeit of their father Mayer Penstein z”l who loved daf yomi and was so proud of Michelle Farber. Today’s daf is sponsored by Leeza Hirt Wilner in loving memory of her grandfather, Mayer Penstein. “He loved learning Torah with his grandchildren. He was especially proud to have a granddaughter with whom he could discuss the daf”.  

The torah teachers continue the study of the Book of the prophet Ezekiel from chapter 3 into 4. No doubt about it there were - we are - and still are - a 'rebellious house'.

David Justice, Randy Yarborough, and Mark Call take a look back at what was almost certainly one of the most "eventful", and hopefully REVEALING, weeks in American history. Whether or not that means the end of that history, and a free-fall descent into something far more tyrannical, depends on whether people see the Truth or not. And what if there are no "white hats"?

Hoshea Perek 8This perek in Sefer Hoshea is taught by Mr. Josh Setton TanachStudy.com  

After Jesus' transfiguration on the mount, an interesting scene is recorded by Matthew. A boy possessed with a demon is brought to the disciples, but they can't cast it out. Listen in to hear what happens, and how Jesus addresses the situation.

This week’s learning is sponsored by Chani Penstein and JJ Hornblass to commemorate the 2nd yahrzeit of their father Mayer Penstein z”l who loved daf yomi and was so proud of Michelle Farber. Today’s daf is sponsored by Leeza Hirt Wilner in loving memory of her grandfather, Mayer Penstein. “He loved learning Torah with his grandchildren. He was especially proud to have a granddaughter with whom he could discuss the daf”.  

Rabbi Bernstein's weekly Torah study class at K.I. and via Zoom - Deuteronomy 5:1-7:11 - August 12, 2022

The sefarim hakedoshim speak about how much satisfaction we give Hashem by clinging to Him during this very long and difficult exile. Every effort of every Jew struggling to do Hashem's ratzon under difficult conditions is so precious to Him. That being said, the Admor from Belz asked the question, why are we yearning for Mashiach so much? Seemingly, when Mashiach comes we will no longer be able to give Hashem the same satisfaction we are giving Him now because at that time serving Him will be so easy. The Rabbi answered with a pasuk from this week's haftarah: נחמו נחמו עמי יאמר ה' אלוקיכם – which literally means Be consoled My Nation, Hashem your G-d will say. The word יאמר is in future tense. Why is Hashem going to need to console us in the future? At that time, we are going to be in a complete state of bliss, rejoicing with the coming of the Mashiach and the binyan Beit HaMikdash with techiyat hametim . And if the pasuk is speaking about our being consoled now during the galut , it should have said אמר , not יאמר . The Rabbi answered based on a story that his grandfather told him. His grandfather said once he was traveling with his father to bring him to a doctor in Vienna. They stayed at a hotel there for Shabbat and on Leil Shabbat they heard the sounds of Torah learning coming from another room. The person there was learning by himself with such diligence and they were so amazed by what they were hearing. They knocked on his door and introduced themselves. The person told them he is a soldier in the Austrian army and he has a very high ranking position. He was able to persuade his commander to allow him to work extra-long hours during the week to get off on Shabbat. Because of his responsibilities in the army, he is unable to learn any Torah during the week, so every Shabbat, he comes to this hotel, eats his meal very quickly and then learns the entire Shabbat without sleeping at all. When the Rebbe and his son heard about this soldier's commitment to Torah, the Rebbe said, “I don't think that Hashem is going to get this much satisfaction from His children after the coming of the Mashiach .” What this man was doing was so special, working overtime to get off on Shabbat and then using his one day off to learn Torah the entire day. Such feats are only able to be accomplished during this long and difficult galut . But after Mashiach comes, those opportunities will no longer be available. This, says the Rebbe of Belz, is the consolation Hashem is going to give us in the future, because although at that time, we will not be able to serve Hashem and give Him the type of satisfaction that we are able to give Him now, there will be another way for us to serve Him then. Although there will no longer be an evil inclination and no more suffering and no more challenge, there will be a way for us to serve Him that Hashem will tell us about at that time. And that's what He will be consoling us about then. But we do see that this is something we need consoling for, not having the opportunity to serve Hashem amidst the difficulties of galut . We must take advantage of the opportunities we do have at this time. A man told me he was humiliated by another individual and for four days he couldn't think straight, he couldn't even sleep, constantly replaying the scene of the humiliation in his mind. Then, at the end of the week, he asked me for advice on how to forgive that other individual. He said, “I know Hashem wants me to forgive. I just need help doing it.” I thought of the Belzer Rebbe saying, “Look at the satisfaction Hashem's children are able to give Him at this time. Under such difficult circumstances, all they want to do is please Him.” Yes, we want the galut to end. But so long as it persists, we must utilize the opportunities Hashem is giving us and serve Him to the best of our ability in the circumstances He puts us in. Shabbat Shalom.

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This is the week where even some of the Terminally Blind have been forced to recognize that AmeriKa-with-a-K really DOES look uncomfortably like a banana republic, or worse. Back to the roots: https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CooH-8-11-2022-Scorched-Earth-Banana-Republic-Outright-Tyranny-so-Back-to-the-ROOTS-podcast-x.mp3

Rabeinu goes into depth about the power of fasting and it's ability to subdue chomer/matter, darkness, the 4 elements, our physical desires, foolishness, and foreign wisdoms etc… Rabeinu also connects the concept of fasting to charity… There are two types of charity: the charity outside the Land of Israel and the charity of the Land of Israel and explains that the charity of the holy land represents the Torah that leaves a person's mouth when his breath/air is pure of sin. Rabeinu then goes on to explain the secret meaning of the saying of the sages in the Talmud, Sanhedrin 96a: “3 warnings…” and how this connects to shechita/ritual slaughtering, the reincarnation of souls, the elevation of souls to the Divine Presence, Superman Unification, and the awesome rectifications that can occur when a slaughterer is holy and upright (and G-d forbid the great damage a shochet can cause when he's not fitting…)

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Rabbi Adam Kligfeld offers up short bursts of meditation infused with imagery, wisdom, and the rhythms of our Jewish calendar, including selected verses from the Torah. Many of these meditations are performed in sitting positions; some standing. Simply find yourself a comfortable space and let Rabbi Kligfeld's voice and direction guide you into a world of serenity and tranquility.

Rabeinu delves into the secrets of Tefillin, which he teaches us is the sign of whether you are attached to G-d or not. Rabeinu also teaches us how to rectify speech, elevate it to its source in the 5 gevurot, and reveal the truth deep within the heart of a person. Rabeinu talks about the importance of feeling shame before G-d and how you have to reveal this shame on your face…

News and commentary for Wednesday, 10 August, 2022. Is this "Day 2" of the Fourth Reich? That seems to depend on when you begin counting. But even the Truly Blind should realize that whatever the Rule of Law ONCE meant, it no longer does.

Audio reading: Deut 5:16-33, Neh 1:1-3:14, 1 Cor 7:1-24, Psalm 31:19-24, Prov 21:4 I invite you in to Jacob's tent where we dive in to the Word of God. Join me in this Journey through the entire bible in one year focusing on the biblical calendar, the feasts and the Torah reading cycle. In Matthew 4:4, Yeshua said these words: “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” Taking in the word of God every day is LIFE to our spirit and health to our bones! Visit us at: dailyaudiotorah.com

Va'etchanan | Shining The Light Of Torah by Emet HaTorah

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Hoshea Perek 7This perek in Sefer Hoshea is taught by Mr. Josh Setton TanachStudy.com  

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For more resources and partnership opportunities, visit ProjectLikkuteiTorah.com שניך כעדר הרחלים שעלו מן הרחצה (לו, ד)שניך כעדר הרחלים הו״ע נשמות דבי״ע, זרע בהמה, ומשה רבינו ממשיך בהם דעת, כמ״ש ונתתי עשב בשדך לבהמתך, וזהו ענין ג״פ קדוש דנש״י ומלאכים, שהו״ע המשכת הדעת. ויובן בהקדים ענין ג׳ פעמים קדוש, הנה עצמות המאציל הוא רם ונישא וכו׳, וההשפעה לעולמות הוא מבחי׳ סובב כ״ע, והוא בחי׳ קדוש, וההמשכה ממנו הוא מבחי׳ שערות, וזהו והחכמה מאין תמצא, מבחי׳ שערות.ב. והנה, המשכת השפע מאו״א לחו״ב (ע״ השערות) הוא ע״י העלאת מ״ן דמלאכים (שגם בהם שייך תיקון ועשייה) ובעיקר ע״י נשמות, שהרי עיקר התענוג הוא מדבר חדש, עד״מ מציפור המדברת, ובזה ישנו (א) ביטול והעלאה בבחי׳ חיצוניות, ע״י אתכפיא במעשה, שעי״ז ההמשכה הוא מבחי׳ מקיף מפני ששרש בחי׳ החיצוניות הוא בהמקיף, אך המשכה זו היא בבחי׳ מקיף (ב) וישנו העלאה בבחי׳ פנימית, להיות מתפעל ומתלהב ברשפי אש אהבה (וזהו״ע העלאת מ״ן דמלאכים שבוערים באהבה ושלהבת עזה), וע״י העלאת מ״ן דפנימיות נמשך המ״ד מבחי׳ פנימיות ומתלבש תוך הכלי ומתגלה בו בבחי׳ גילוי.ג. ויש עוד מדריכה בהעלאת מ״ן (ג) העלאת מ״ן דמקיפים עצמם, היינו הנשמות כמו שהם למעלה בלתי מלובשים בגוף. וג׳ בחינות העלאת מ״ן (מקיפים, ופנימית וחיצוניות) והן דרך כלל ג׳ עולמות בי״ע, וזהו ג׳ העדרים ששלח יעקב לעשו, שהוא העלאת מ״ן לעולם התהו, דג׳ עולמות בי״ע נתהוו משבירת הכלים ולכן העלה מהן ג׳ עדרים.ד. וע״ז נאמר שעלו מן הרחצה, כי ההעלאת מ״ן צריך ליבון ורחיצה ע״י משה רבינו, בחי׳ כי מן המים משיתיהו, מבחי׳ ים החכמה העליונה. וזהו שיניך, בחי׳ שי״ן, ג׳ קווין שכנגד ג׳ םעמים קדוש דג׳ עדרי צאן, הנה ע״י שעלו מן הרחצה, שמקבלים מבחי׳ המ״ד ממים העליונים שלמעלה מהשתלשלות, השוה ומשוה קטן וגדול, אזי נעשים ג׳ העדרים בחי׳ עדר אחר, כעדר הרחלים (עוי״ל שזהו כענין עליות עולמות בי״ע בשבת לעולם האצי׳, בחי׳ כעדר אחד, דאיהו וגרמוהי חד). שעלו מן הרחצה, ששם נרחץ כל פשע ועוון, לפי שאין הפגם תופס מקום שם. This episode was partially dedicated by Rabbi Mendy Cohen לזכות  הרב אליהו ב"ר משה הכהן כהן ז"ל נפטר ה' שבט תשפ"א. הרביץ תורה במאנטרעיאל למעלה מיובל שנים  Rabbi Cohen is the shliach and community leader of Greater Sacramento, CA. You can learn more about his work by visiting https://www.sacjewishlife.org/ For more resources and partnership opportunities, visit ProjectLikkuteiTorah.com ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabeinu goes into depth about the power of fasting and it's ability to subdue chomer/matter, darkness, the 4 elements, our physical desires, foolishness, and foreign wisdoms etc… Rabeinu also connects the concept of fasting to charity… There are two types of charity: the charity outside the Land of Israel and the charity of the Land of Israel and explains that the charity of the holy land represents the Torah that leaves a person's mouth when his breath/air is pure of sin. Rabeinu then goes on to explain the secret meaning of the saying of the sages in the Talmud, Sanhedrin 96a: “3 warnings…” and how this connects to shechita/ritual slaughtering, the reincarnation of souls, the elevation of souls to the Divine Presence, Superman Unification, and the awesome rectifications that can occur when a slaughterer is holy and upright (and G-d forbid the great damage a shochet can cause when he's not fitting…)

Mark Huey of Outreach Israel Ministries delivers the following message on the Torah portion for this week: V'et'chanan or “I pleaded”

News and commentary for Thursday, 11 August, 2022. The major news - and the smoke, too - today seems to have a theme: Mark calls it the "Duh Effect".

Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen led the Mitnagdic community of Devinsk from 1887 until his death in 1926. A rare thinker with mastery over the mystical and rational elements of Jewish thought, his commentary on Maimonides and the Meshech Chochma, a posthumous commentary on the Torah based on his teachings are replete with references that span the breadth of Rabbinic literature. He lead his community through world war 1, and engaged in the growing debates around the proper role of the Land of Israel in Jewish life. This is episode 1.

In Parashat Va'Ethanan, Moshe beseeches God. He doesn't get his request. Interestingly, the sages peg this moment of prayer as the entryway to explore the meanings of prayer more widely, jumping off from the word va'ethanan to list ten kinds of prayer connected to different verbs and different figures in the Torah. Taking Moshe's unanswered prayer as the lens, we are invited into an exploration of what prayer is, entirely detached from the question of whether prayer is answered.

Rav Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829-1908), in the introduction to the Hoshen Mishpat section of his Aruch Ha'shulhan, makes an important observation about our millennia-old Halachic tradition (listen to audio recording for precise citation). He notes that although we find in the Talmud many disputes on a wide range of Halachic issues, there are no disagreements regarding the fundamental definitions of the Misvot. The arguments among the Hachamim relate only to the details of the Misvot, but not to their basic definitions. An Am Ha'aretz (individual who is ignorant of Torah) might have the impression that Rabbis argue over every issue about Halacha, and there is no uniformity at all. But this is far from true. There are many disputes relating to the details, but the fundamental aspects of the Misvot are, and always have been, universally accepted.The Aruch Ha'shulhan cites numerous examples to illustrate his point. There is no disagreement, he observes, on the definition of the Torah's requirement to take a "Peri Etz Hadar" on Sukkot; all Sages always followed the assumption that this phrase refers to an Etrog. Likewise, it was universally accepted that when the Torah establishes the liability of "an eye for an eye," it means monetary compensation, and not literally removing an eye. No Talmud scholar or student ever questioned whether the Tefillin Shel Rosh is made with four compartments, or whether there are two sections of the Torah written inside the Mezuza. And all Sages in every generation agreed on the number of Berachot in the Amida prayer (eighteen plus the additional Beracha of Ve'la'minim), the number of Berachot recited before and after Shema, and the basic text of Pesukeh De'zimra. There are, of course, technical differences regarding the details of the text. Sepharadim recite the text of "Ahabat Olam," whereas many Ashkenazim say "Ahaba Rabba." Sepharadim recite "Hodu" before "Baruch She'amar," whereas Ashkenazim recite it after "Baruch She'amar." But there is and always has been uniformity regarding the basic structure of these prayer services. The Aruch Ha'shulhan also notes the uniformity regarding the basic prohibitions of Shabbat and Yom Tob. True, there are many differences of opinion regarding the technical details of how these prohibitions apply, but all accept the basic thirty-nine categories of forbidden activities. And all Jews across the world, from one end of the earth until the other, always begin and end Shabbat at the same time.The Aruch Ha'shulhan emphasizes the point that this observation provides compelling proof to the authenticity of our Halachic tradition. Even though Jews in different countries had no communication with one another for centuries (they did not have telephones or email…), they observed the same traditions, with only minor, technical differences distinguishing the communities from one another. If a Jew from Yemen, for example, would have traveled to a Jewish community in Eastern Europe, he would have observed the same Shabbat and participated in the same basic liturgical service as he did back home. The Jews in Poland and Austria followed the same basic Torah tradition as the Jews in Baghdad, Tripoli and Tunis. As the Aruch Ha'shulhan observes, this was true even before the publication of the Shulhan Aruch some four hundred years ago which unified world Jewry under a single Halachic code.And this is an extraordinary miracle. Normally, traditions are lost and forgotten over time. But God gave us His promise that "Lo Tishachah Mi'pi Zar'o" (Debarim 31:21) – that the Torah will never be forgotten from among the Jewish people. The miracle of the preservation of a uniform Torah tradition – notwithstanding the numerous discrepancies in the fine details – testifies to the fulfillment of this promise, and to the eternal truth of our ancient Halachic tradition.

Gezarah shavah! Where does the Torah specify all of the people who would deserve lashes as a punishment? From a gezarah shavah - of one or another, which is a puzzle, because a gezarah shavah should be clear and unique. Plus, the Gemara seems hesitant to learn from this gezarah shavah. Also, delving into the details of this gezarah shavah, once it's been established. Specifically, harm to a person vs. animal, harm on weekday vs. on Shabbat, and more.

Dr. Fred Moss is a holistic Physician, Restorative Coach, Podcaster, Psychiatrist Expert, Witness at Welcome to Humanity with Dr. Fred Moss. Dr. Moss arrived on Earth on March 01, 1958 and from that very second has been earmarked to be a healer. The family he was born into, was in chaos, and in many ways was counting on his arrival to bring health and wellness back into balance. Little Freddy had his hands full and over the next 6 decades, he has made it his business to bring healing to the world around him, not only to his family and friends, but to the community and world at large, what a journey it has been.   Questions Could tell us in your own words a little bit about your journey? Could you share with us as an organization, maybe one or two things that you can do as leadership in an organization or putting in place some form of programme to support team members where mental health is concerned in order to strengthen the customer experience? If there was one thing to do immediately to assist ourselves when we're feeling out of balance. What would you suggest that one thing would be? Could you share with us what's the one online resource, tool, website or app that you absolutely can't live without in your business? Could you also share with us and I'm sure you've read many, many books across your lifespan, especially in the field that you are in, but maybe one or two that have had a great impact on you, it could be a one that you read a very long time ago, or even one you've read recently, that you'd like to share with our listeners? Could you also share our listeners what's one thing that's going on in your life right now that you're really excited about, either something you're working on to develop yourself or your people? Where can listeners find you online? Do you have a quote or a saying that during times of adversity or challenge you'll tend to revert to this quote? It kind of helps to get you back on track if for any reason you get derailed or get off track. Do you have one of those?   Highlights   Dr. Moss' Journey   Me: I know we read a little bit about your journey. And I didn't read your entire bio. But if you could tell us in your own words a little bit about your journey, I know your bio, the part that I did read did indicate that you have been doing quite a bit of work since you landed on Earth. And so, could you just share with our listeners a little bit about how you got to where you are today?   Dr. Moss shared that it has been a long strange trip. It's been a little over 64 years now and young at heart for sure. And there's lots of work to do. He arrived on that March 01, 1958 with the whole idea of being counted on to bring joy and pleasure and love and reconnection to that family. And for the first couple years, he probably did pretty good until his brothers got annoyed and irritated with him, he had two brothers, still do who 10 and 14 years older than him. And they taught him how to be precocious. They taught him how to read and write and do math, even before he arrived in kindergarten. Because when he arrived there, he was ahead of the class, he was doing things that most of the kindergarteners didn't want to do, he was like interested in flashcards and books and stuff like that.   He was also bored, so he became a class clown, there's nobody in elementary school, no teacher he ever had who certainly ever forgot him as a student. Because what he was really interested in more than anything, he thought school was going to show him how to communicate, he loved the way that his parents and his brothers communicated with each other, he could just watch him from the playpen. And he knew that there was something special in the world of sharing ideas with each other and he really wanted to learn how to do that become a master of communication. But low and behold, elementary school was not a place to learn that and he thought, “Oh, maybe the bigger kids, Junior High.” And when he got there, it was even worse. He thought, “Okay, High School.” and then that would be even worse, all you had to do is sit down and regurgitate what the teacher said, and that they would call you a good student and move you ahead. And he just thought that was so absurd.   Eventually, he went to college and with the whole idea again, he went to the best college he could possibly think because he loved their football helmets and that was a University of Michigan. And he went there and again, was kind of disillusioned with the idea that what he really had to do was just follow what the professor said and say whatever they wanted him to say and then pass, that wasn't open discourse and that's what I really wanted. So, he dropped out of college and he did what any self-respecting American dropout would do in the late 70s. He had boarded a Greyhound bus and went all the way to Berkeley, California so that he could learn, just figuring out who he was. He had a great summer in Berkeley, but realized he didn't have a job and not much of a future.   So, his mom convinced him to come back and try school one more time. He came back, there was a new field that was just growing, you might have heard of it, it's called Computer Science and the only computer that was there in Michigan was happened to be at the University of Michigan. So, it was a two-acre facility, he spent his day and night there, pulling up batch cards like punch cards and then hoping that the batch would run and he did that for a little while until he realized that wasn't going to work, so he dropped out again. This is when the story starts getting interesting because in 1980 when he dropped out, his mom, again convinced him that she should probably get a job. And I thought, yeah, making some money so he could buy a car so he could go around the country and figure out what his life is about made some sense.   So, he started working at a state hospital for adolescent psychiatry, State House Psychiatric Hospital for adolescent boys. And that's where really his journey in some ways with this whole idea of mental health began.   On January 05, 1980, he began that job and he was a communicator, he knew that he could communicate with these kids and then when they communicated and connected as human beings, well, healing took place in all directions, not just for them but for him as well and maybe even for the people around them. Like treating these people like they were just people and not sick kids who are defective or afflicted but just people just like him who don't really know what to do next, and aren't really sure what their next step was, and really just acknowledging them for being human.   He really, really strongly learned that communication and connection was at the heart of all healing of all conditions. The thing he really disrespected though, was the way psychiatry was dealing with these kids. He hated psychiatry, he hated that they would call the psychiatrist and they would come by and interview the child for three seconds. So, they'd say like, “Johnny's up too late.” or “Timmy and Tony got in a fight.” They'd interview the kid for 3 seconds, and then interview them for like 5 seconds and then take out their pen and write an order. And then they have to go haul the kid into the quiet room and hold them down against his will and then fill his hip up with adult grade anti-psychotic injectable medication. And if this puts him out of his misery for the next 12 or 24 hours, they'd somehow call that a success. He found that to be so barbaric and it's still going on in our world today, if you need to know. It's going on every single day in many different hospitals around the world.   But he just decided that communication and connection really were what he wanted to be a stand for. And he went back to school solely to become a psychiatrist so that he could bring communication back to that field because he saw the opportunity that psychiatry had to really make a difference in the world that they did that.   Over the next 13 years, he completed his degree and completed his residency and completed his fellowship. And low and behold, he graduated as a psychiatrist from a great medical school and a great residency. And there he was, the truth is that psychiatry had gone through a significant change at that time and began medicating people. This whole idea of diagnosing and medicating and Biological Psychiatry falls on the heels of a drug called Prozac. And Prozac had been introduced in 1987 while he was in training, and now he too was becoming a psycho pharmacologist. Now, you can guess that there was some soul sacrifice there, there was a massive heart ache because he didn't want to prescribe medicine, he didn't want to diagnose people, he went into the field so he wouldn't have to do that.   But there he was actually living a life that was inconsistent to who he was. And over the next 15 years, he did his best to bring communication there but more and more, he was being contracted and constricted away from the psychiatric field. In 2006, he decided that he would finally start taking people off of medicine, he took some of his low risk people off of medicine, and they just got way better, reliably better. As soon as he took the medicine away, their diagnosis often disappeared. And he thought he was onto something like maybe the medicines actually perpetuate to conditions. Maybe in fact the medicines actually worsen or cause the conditions at times. Now, this made him really angry, and he didn't know exactly how to manage it, but over time, and it's been, what, 15, 16 years since 2006, he's really learned how to really get respect for not medicating, not diagnosing and then they call him the un-doctor, un-medicated, un-diagnosing, and then un-doctornating people. Really getting that if you're having a miserable time as a human, if you're uncomfortable, anxious, fearful, depressed, sad, confused, scattered, any of those things, it's entirely okay.   And it's part of being a human, to be highly uncomfortable at times, to be miserable at times is okay. That doesn't mean there's something wrong with you. We don't blame a log for burning in the fire, if you put a log into fire, it's going to burn, if you put a human on this world, we're going to be uncomfortable. And we start really looking at that and he's back to getting the connection is at the heart of all healing.   So, he created a company called Welcome to Humanity in 2015. And that was self-explanatory, all things human are okay. The possibility of seeing all people for who they are and who they're not is okay. The possibility of accepting and even having some compassion and forgiveness for the misery that we all feel is all okay. And they started really communicating and connecting as a healer, instead of as a doctor that he had been prior to that.   After Welcome to Humanity, several other different things have sprouted, there was global madness where he was going to go around the world like Anthony Bourdain, and really see that psychiatry is different and the whole idea of mental health is different in Jamaica. And it's different everywhere. It's like what's sick in Jamaica isn't the same as what's sick in California. And so, it can't really be if you have a broken arm in Jamaica, you're going to have that same broken arm if you fly to California, but that's not true of mental health and mental illness.   And so, the idea that it's variable, meaning that it's transformable, meaning that we can alter this whole idea of what mental health and mental illnesses through conversation. Meaning that we can actually make a difference with people without having to put them on a couch 4 times a week or send them to Tibet or India. Or even give them a bunch of ganja, those aren't the only ways to find peace and we can find peace by recognizing that each of us are in this together.   The true voice technology is his most recent finding, after doing the creative eight, the creative eight really took advantage of the art, music, dancing, singing, drama, cooking, writing, gardening, all the creative acts in life can really lead to a reduction of the symptomology. And the Find Your True Voice technology, his most recent book, which he can offer to listeners, actually, is a technology that takes a deep dive into finding our authenticity in the face of any world experience and then speaking our exact truth, like what's really important to us, because you've probably noticed, a lot of people are no longer speaking their truth and they're just saying things that they don't even mean, or not saying things at all, because they're afraid they're going to be dismissed or discounted or censored or cancelled or hurt.   And he thinks in these difficult times in the world, more than anything, we really have to count on people to speak their true voice, because we're not going to be taking care of any of the very major problems in the world like COVID or like climate change, or racism or sex trafficking, or war, or all the many things that have really come forth in the last few years as super problems. Unless we have a conversation going, we're not going to be able to deal with those but the future looks pretty grim if we're not going to be able to deal with those things, it looks like pretty calamitous. And the only way we're going to get there is by really finding a way to communicate together. And that's what he's a stand for now, as he's been since the moment he arrived on Earth March 01, 1958.   As an Organization, Programmes that Can Be Put in Place to Support Team Members Where Mental Health is Concerned to Strengthen Customer Experience   Me: Thank you so much for sharing Dr. Moss. Now, mental health is a real thing, I don't think a lot of companies or even countries for that matter, really gives it the attention that it needs and dedication that it requires. Could you share with us as an organization, maybe one or two things that you can do as leadership in an organization or putting in place some form of programme to support team members where mental health is concerned in order to strengthen the customer experience?   Dr. Moss thinks if you're really up to having a healthy workforce, a healthy payroll, people who are really able to stand up for what's important in a customer experience, he thinks the number one thing to really get is that all people really want more than anything is to be heard, to be heard, and to be listened to, to actually be cared for, to be appreciated, to be acknowledged.   So, if you're going to do anything, he thinks to create an atmosphere in your company, or in your corporation or in your small groups, or even in your experience with the customers were the primary goal is to listen intently to what's being said. And not only what's being said with words, but what's being called for, how can you move the needle forward in a progressive way? What is the environment or the circumstances calling on you to present or you to be with including the possibility of saying nothing?   Can you listen for what's being called for to move that conversation forward and provide that creatively? We're all super creative, every one of us, including those of us who think we're not, that's just an old injury when you think you're not. The truth is we're all very creative and we are all listening at our own pace and our own level, and more than delivering what we think is right. And what he's saying is that more than anything, it's not a matter of speaking, it's a matter of listening to those people who are struggling to say that which is really important to them, whatever way they're doing it. So, he believes that more than anything, the secret ingredient here is definitely listening.   Me: So, we need to listen more because everybody wants to be seen, they want to be felt, they want to be heard. I think it's a process for sure.   Dr. Moss shared that when people disagree with us, we think it's okay to disregard them and dismiss them and unfriend them and never talk to them even if they are our siblings or best friends beforehand. So, these days we're cancelling people out of our worlds because they disagree with us on some certain issues and that's happened to him and it's happened to most people. He's lost friends in the last couple years and it's really quite painful. What's really here or there then is, listening is an act of occupation, it's not just what you do in between the time you talked and the time you're going to talk next, it's actually having those ears open and being super curious about what that person is saying, or what they're trying to get across in a way that really acknowledges and respects and accepts and maybe even forgives that person for being as confused as they are when they're confused. Because after all, if you haven't noticed, each and every one of us is thoroughly confused, some of us pretend like we're not and going to get it done. But each and every human on this planet is totally confused. Of course, how could you not be, there's some crap going on out there. Let's be fair about it, those of us who pretend that we're not confused, are almost more confused, they're more confused, they actually think that it's possible not to be confused.   Me: The ones who think they're not confused, they're deluding themselves.   Dr. Moss agreed, exactly. Come on. Let's be real about it.   Suggestion to Assist Ourselves When We're Feeling Out of Balance   Me: Now, Dr. Moss, if there was one thing to do immediately to assist ourselves when we're feeling out of balance. What would you suggest that one thing would be?   Dr. Moss thinks it's pause. Hold on a second, re configure yourself. Allow yourself to make a mistake, allow yourself to learn, allow yourself to regroup and get curious again, give yourself compassion, forgiveness, acceptance. He guesses you only asked for one thing, and he sees this as one thing. It's like, pause and reset. You can do that multiple times per day, if you want. Pause, reset, pause, reset, it doesn't take very much work.   Me: And I guess the average person is just going and going and going and going and it's like they don't actually take time. I think generally people feel like if they stop, and they're not doing something that their productivity will decrease. But in order for you to be more productive, you really do we need those pauses, don't you?   Dr. Moss agreed yes, you do. He knows how to run like the devil, he's a doctor. So, they trained him in medical school to be up 24 hours in emergency rooms, and in psychiatry to deal with suicide, and with homicide, and with alcoholism and drug addiction and overdoses and all those things. He knows how to run hard. But the truth is, in those moments where he can get maybe even 5 minutes, let alone 20 minutes. So, just stop and sit or stop and appreciate. No one ever told him he'd be alive forever. And no one definitely ever told him that this life was not without any misery. So, the truth is, there's massive misery, massive overwhelming misery all over the world. There are great reasons for it, it's not in your head, it's very real.   There's nothing wrong with you for being miserable in a miserable world when it's going on, for some reason, we have the capacity to recuperate or to reset ourselves because, have you noticed that some days when you're just so totally spent, like you don't have another ounce of energy left, that later in that same day you might have blissful moments, you might just realize the absolute beauty of life on the same day. That is a gift that came from us on creation and it's extraordinary that this too shall pass still works. Even in this world where calamities are just happenstance, they're just every day, there's shit going on that is just thoroughly and totally unacceptable.   App, Website or Tool that Dr. Moss Absolutely Can't Live Without in His Business   When asked about online resource that cannot live without in his business, Dr. Moss shared that he saw that question coming down the pike and he was thinking like, “Where am I right now with that particular question?” And he thinks the cheapest way would be to say something like email or messaging, but we'll go past that. He thinks that Slack is really interesting, although it has flaws. And he thinks that all of the apps, they have significant flaws. He thinks that Google Docs and Dropbox are super interesting, he has no idea what he would do without those two in particular. How would he handle life without Google and Dropbox? There's a lot of his stuff locked up in there, he doesn't even know how to find it.   But he thinks some of the more interesting, newer apps, as he learns about them, he's 64, so he's sort of on the back edge, he's not as quite as savvy as some of the 30 somethings like his son whose birthday is today (July 20th). But he thinks that some of those new apps are so extraordinary as they come off the press and the things they do. Some of these apps, they just do amazing things. But he thinks ultimately, the one he can't live without is he'd have to say, unfortunately, is through Google Suite.   Books that Have Had the Biggest Impact on Dr. Moss   When asked about books that have an impact, Dr. Moss shared that he likes spiritual books. He can't go very far without saying sort of like The Torah, The Talmud, The Mission, or the basic Old Testament Jewish texts, he loves those. He's not reading them this very moment, but the truth is, when he does, his whole life gets re-centered. So, it's hard to not pay attention to those books.   The books recently that he's really been enjoying, he's so excited about are by Alan Watts. He thinks Alan Watts is so brilliant, and just re centers all of this nonsense so easily in 10 and 15 minutes snippets. So, you can read little chapters, it's generally readable. And he just takes on this whole idea that time is just an illusion, or space is just an illusion, or that all we really have is now and he does it in a way that he finds to be so entertaining and refreshing.   Now, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, he's sure other people have answered that question, has answered it with that book. He thinks it's a fine book and everything, he doesn't know that it's life changing book in his life. For some people, it really is. But once he gets past the Torah, then he has to get to what he's reading now. He's got so many books open in his living room. He has like 40 books that are open in his living room right now that he's like almost done with or partially through and he just keeps reading. He just pulled off “To Kill a Mockingbird,” he's like, “Oh, yeah, someday I'm going to read To Kill a Mockingbird, because I understand that that's going to really change my life.” But he's got like 23 books to read before he gets to that one. And then life goes on.   What Dr. Moss is Really Excited About Now!   When asked about something that he's excited about, Dr. Moss stated that that's a great question. He's working on both with himself and with his people and the new course that he's developed is called The True Voice Course. And it's about your voice mattering. Basically, it's an online course but it's mixed in with a mastermind, you get his two books, you get access to him, and you get access to a community of like-minded individuals who are really out to bring their true voice forward.   He's graduated over 50 people in his courses to move them from zero to podcasters. So, that's one group of people you get, but you also get people who are really interested in bringing their voice forward. The technology he's developed is comprehensive and he's super excited about rolling out that course, you can find it at www.truevoicepodcasting.com and the first 10 people who come into that course are actually going to get it at half price. And that's a significant savings. And they really just want those people to come in, take the course, let them know what works and if there's parts of it that are vague, or maybe they overlook so that they can make this course spectacular for everyone. This course is running out, starting this week and next week, so by the time that this airs, it should have a number of people that are in it. He's super excited about it because it really incorporates his books and his experience right there into a course where he can source people to find that true voice and bring it over to a world that's waiting.   When he says that there's a personal aspect to this, he's doing the same thing with his wife. He has a wife, a gorgeous, unbelievable, amazing human being who he calls his wife. And they have 3 cats, and they live in a pretty cool house and they're just kind of trying to figure out how to create a relationship every single day. And that's the same thing, using the same technology, because if you're not speaking your true voice, and no one is ever going to know you. And that's the way he is with Alexandra (his wife) as well on the way she is with him, and they bring forth art and communication and creativity like the Creative 8 asked for as well as The True Voice, as well as her own special style, which is through dance and art to really create a relationship that's never been done before. So, those are the two things and they're kind of related and these are special times to be able to have come through this life and still be banging away on things that truly do matter, like human connection.   Me: Now, for those of our listeners that would want to tap into this programme, is it that it is geared towards a particular type of person? Or is it open to anyone regardless of where they are in their life?   Dr. Moss shared that it really is open to anyone. But he thinks what they're really looking for, what they're finding are the people who have felt muted, who feel muffled, who feel fearful, who feel that their voices are not being heard, or that they're not speaking their true voice, and they're eager to do so. Maybe there's a new level of urgency given up all the world issues that we're now experiencing. And these often turn out to be mothers, this often turned out to be mothers on the other side of an empty nest perhaps, or a divorce, or maybe even just mothers who want their children to have the voices. They start realizing that up until now, they've been caring for so many people, but, “What about me? Like, what about the things that really matter to me?” It's the what about me people who are really taking this course by storm, who are like, “Yeah, I forgot how to speak my truth. I want to find my truth. I want to refine my truth. And then I want to deliver that truth.” And podcasting is one spectacular way to do that, it's not the only way, they help people find their voice and then naturally they find when to deliver it and how they're going to deliver it, even if it's just in their family, or if it's on a stage in front of 1000s of people. Either way, it's the same general criteria, they help you take a deep dive to finding that authentic self of yours, rediscovering it, refining it, and then delivering it to the world that really is ready and willing to listen to you.   Where Can We Find Dr. Moss Online   Instagram - @drfredmoss Facebook - @drfredmoss LinkedIn – Fred R. Moss, MD Email – drfred@welcometohumanity.net   Quote or Saying that During Times of Adversity Dr. Moss Uses   When asked about a quote or saying that he tends to revert to, Dr. Moss stated that there's a couple that come to mind. He used to answer this question with a Rolling Stones, “You can't always get what you want, but you get what you need.” He thinks that's a sweet quote. He thinks there's something else, there's, “This too shall pass.” That is a beautiful quote. And that we are spiritual beings living a human experience, there's something very beautiful about that too. He thinks that we are spiritual beings living a human experience can be very helpful as well, getting us centered into the here and now and getting that calamities and disasters and all those things that we hate, no one ever said that wasn't going to be part of this live. So, this idea of really listening in order to learn seems like it comes very easily from this notion that we are spiritual beings living a human experience.   Me: So, we'll have those two, the Rolling Stones, and this too shall pass. Really appreciate that. Now, thank you, again, Dr. Moss, for taking time out of your very busy day to hop on this podcast with us and share all of this awesome content on what you are doing, how you are trying to help people to have more real conversations to really get their message out there and just to be their most authentic and true self, it really was a wonderful conversation. Thank you so much.   Dr. Moss shared that it's his pleasure. And thanks for working through all the all the technological challenges, it really was a beautiful conversation, and he appreciates Yanique and really to Yanique and her listeners. This isn't a pitch for his product, he has a product, it's true. But it's not about that, these are difficult, urgent, real times. And what he really wants people to get is, if you don't speak, no one will ever hear you and if you don't speak your true voice, no one will ever know you. He has a capacity to source people to actually find that true voice and whether you use him or someone else, he's just really, really, really is interested in people who are ready to put their foot down and get that yeah, in what's left of this short life, even if it's 10, 20, 40, 60 years from now, you want to get heard, you want to be loved, you want to be appreciated. Okay, then let's start really getting with who you really are and making that happen. And whatever it takes to do that he implores the listeners and yourself to really step up because that's all that's left to do as far as he sees.   Me: Dr. Moss, so you have a gift for our listeners, please go ahead and share.   Dr. Moss shared that he has a gift, he wrote a book this year that he's really proud of and it takes a deeper dive into this whole notion of how this technology works. He knows the title of the book will surprise the audience, it's called Find Your True Voice and he's going to send the actual book to the listeners if they just sign up for the book, and you can find that at www.findyourtruevoicebook.com. And he'll send you a copy. And after that, he just want to hear what did you think of that book? Is there something there that can move you forward? Or where is it that this book or his talk is valuable? Because he's super interested in delivering talks, and having people really get that if we don't speak well….the future looks pretty grim.   And if we do speak, we can end all wars. And that's what that book is about really finding a true voice and it's simple to read, fun to read, fun to write, and he invites listeners to sign up for a free copy.   Please connect with us on Twitter @navigatingcx and also join our Private Facebook Community – Navigating the Customer Experience and listen to our FB Lives weekly with a new guest   Grab the Freebie on Our Website – TOP 10 Online Business Resources for Small Business Owners   Links   Find Your True Voice by Dr. Fred Moss Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill   The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience   Do you want to pivot your online customer experience and build loyalty - get a copy of “The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience.”   The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience provides 26 easy to follow steps and techniques that helps your business to achieve success and build brand loyalty. This Guide to Limitless, Happy and Loyal Customers will help you to strengthen your service delivery, enhance your knowledge and appreciation of the customer experience and provide tips and practical strategies that you can start implementing immediately! This book will develop your customer service skills and sharpen your attention to detail when serving others. Master your customer experience and develop those knock your socks off techniques that will lead to lifetime customers. Your customers will only want to work with your business and it will be your brand differentiator. It will lead to recruiters to seek you out by providing practical examples on how to deliver a winning customer service experience!

Hoshea Perek 6This perek in Sefer Hoshea is taught by Mr. Josh Setton TanachStudy.com  

Do You Know I AM? - Session 23

What baggage are you carrying around that won't let you enjoy life? Where are you stuck and can't go forward? Join us to explore the beautiful yet little understood holiday of TuBeav that the sages say was the happiest day of the Jewish year News From The Torah 10AUG2022 - PODCAST

In this episode of the Backdrop, we look at one of the central chapters of Romans, where Paul considers how the Torah and Sin relate to one another. 

Kristin is talking with with Rabbi Leah Jordan and Pam Grossman — writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history — to dig deep into Willow's Jewishness, her witchy-ness, and how those two identities are in conversation with each other (or how we *wish* they would have been!) across seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.This episode contains spoilers through the end of Season 7 of Buffy!LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETRabbi Leah Jordan: @leah_solo; Kehillah North LondonPam Grossman: @phantasmaphile; pamgrossman.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comMORE ON OUR GUESTSLeah Jordan is Rabbi of Kehillah North LondonShe received semicha from the Leo Baeck College in London and has lived and worked for over a decade in Britain. Leah is co-coordinator of Azara-Opening the Beit Midrash (www.asra.org.uk), a new initiative creating Jewish text learning for everyone in the UK, and they are a current and founding member of Na'amod: British Jews Against Occupation (@NaamodUK), a movement of British Jews dedicated to ending our community's support for the Occupation. Leah has spent three years of their adult life in Jerusalem, learning Torah and on-the-ground organising, as a Fellow at both the Conservative Yeshiva and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, as well as doing a yearlong Fellowship at Yeshivat Hadar in New York City. Leah also holds an MA in Jewish Studies from King's College London, and a BA in English Literature from the University of Kansas, with concentrations in Modern European History and French language studies at the Alliance Française in Paris.Leah is from a ‘country,' as Bob Dylan wrote, ‘called the Midwest.' They especially love teaching Torah & Jewish text study, youth work, building community, and organising for change. They also love travel & the universe, both this actual one, as well as fictional universes and stories. They live in London with their partner, Benji Stanley, also a rabbi. She/TheyPam Grossman is the creator and host of internationally beloved podcast, The Witch Wave ("The Terry Gross of witches" - Vulture), the author of the critically acclaimed books, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power  (Gallery Books) and What is a Witch (Tin Can Forest Press), and the co-editor of the WITCHCRAFT volume of Taschen's Library of Esoterica series. Her writing has appeared in such outlets as The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, and Ms. Magazine. She is cofounder of the Occult Humanities Conference at NYU, and her art exhibitions and magical projects have been featured in such publications as Artforum, Art in America, and The New Yorker. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their two feline familiars. You can find her at PamGrossman.com and @Phantasmaphile, and support her work at The Witch Wave Patreon!+++Links from Leah:how Antisemitism and white supremacy are intertwinedScholar Matthew Pateman on Willow's "disappearing Jewishness"great summary of representations of anti-Jewish archetypes in media, with scholar Jonathan BranfmanConcepts in Jewish Tradition: Demons & Demonology, Is There a Jewish Afterlife?, Teshuva, or Repentance, Kabbalah and Mysticism 101, Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World, Maimonides (Rambam) and His Texts, Lilith: Lady Flying in the DarknessGenesis, chapter 4, verse 7: "Surely, if you try to do right, There is uplift. But if you do not do right Sin crouches at the door; Its urge is toward you, Yet you can be overcome it.”SVARA: a traditionally radical yeshiva, a queer yeshivaNonbinary Hebrew ProjectAND kids now are doing Willow Rosenberg-themed b'nei mitzvah!Links from Pam:Ezra RoseKey of SolomonThe Lesser Key of Solomon (Goetia)Incantation bowlsHamsaMezuzahDori MidnightRebekah ErevKohonet Hebrew Priestess InstituteAshkenazi Herbalism by Adam Siegel and Deatra CohenMargaret MurrayWitch-cult hypothesisGerald GardnerWiccaStarhawkZsuzsanna BudapestMargot AdlerHermetic Order of the Golden DawnAleister CrowleyDion FortuneTree of Life/Sefirot (Kabbalah)Kabbalah v. Cabala v. QabalahShedim (or sheydim)Golemopshprekherin+++Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Pam Grossman, and Leah JordanWith support from Alba Daza and Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastSCOOP SOME MERCHSmash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples.Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfightingJust Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism

Welcome to Rabbi Sacks' commentary on the weekly Torah portion. This series of Covenant & Conversation essays examines the ethics we can derive from the Torah, week-by-week, parsha by parsha. You can find the full written article on Va'etchanan available to read, print, and share, by visiting: www.rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/vaetchanan/the-right-and-the-good/ For more articles, videos, and other material from Rabbi Sacks, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org and follow @RabbiSacks. The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust continues to share weekly inspiration from Rabbi Sacks. This piece was originally written and recorded by Rabbi Sacks in 2015. Covenant & Conversation on Ethics is kindly supported by the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation in memory of Maurice and Vivienne Wohl z”l.

Audio reading: Deut 5:1-15, Ezra 10: 1-44, 1 Cor 6:1-20, Psalm 31:9-18, Prov 21:3 I invite you in to Jacob's tent where we dive in to the Word of God. Join me in this Journey through the entire bible in one year focusing on the biblical calendar, the feasts and the Torah reading cycle. In Matthew 4:4, Yeshua said these words: “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” Taking in the word of God every day is LIFE to our spirit and health to our bones! Visit us at: dailyaudiotorah.com

Do You Know I AM? - Session 22

Do You Know I AM? - Session 21

This week Zohar is joined by Public Philosopher and UChicago Professor Agnes Callard to discuss the life and legacy of Socrates, trolls and sophists, knowledge and inspiration, therapy, color, mysticism, identity politics, the idealism of youth, how to be a good conversationalist, and when to defer. Meditations with Zohar is supported by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, bridging the gap between big ideas and real world problems. Read more from Zohar at his Torah newsletter Etz Hasadeh or his philosophy newsletter What is Called Thinking. Meditations with Zohar is a production of SoulShop and Lyceum Studios.

There is a perception that Judaism promotes a lifestyle in which women are subordinate to men. Rabbi Wildes speaks with longtime Torah educator and host of the Drink It In Podcast Jordana Baruchov for an unfiltered conversation about some of the hottest issues surrounding Torah and Women. Does Torah promote equality between the sexes? Why are men the ones who lead services? What does it mean to be attractive in a Torah sense? You can follow Jordana on Instagram @Drinkitin_Jordana and listen to her podcast Drink It In. Timestamps: Equality (3:00) Are Women More Spiritual? (10:00) Why Women Have Less Mitzvot (14:00) Giving vs. Receiving (20:00) Work/Life balance (23:00) Gender Roles (28:00) Relationship Advice (33:00) Attraction (38:00) Covering hair (49:00)

For more resources and partnership opportunities, visit ProjectLikkuteiTorah.com הסיבי עיניך (לו, א)הצדיקים נקראו עיני העדה, דענים העיניים הוא בחי׳ יאר ה׳ פניו אליך, שה׳ מאיר לישראל שיהי׳ להם רצון ותשוקה אליו ית׳ (ופירוש ישא ה׳ פניו הוא שאף אם לפעמים העוונות מבדילים ואין לנו בחי׳ פנים, מ״מ ה׳ בטובו עושה לנו בחי׳ פנים). ובזמן הגלות ישנה מחיצה ש ברזל, ולכן בנ״י הם בחי׳ חולת אהבה, שנחלשה חושי האהבה. וע״ז מבקשים סמכוני באשישות, גרבי יין המשומר, שהוא בחי׳ המקיים ומחזיק את האהבה. וע״ז אומר הקב״ה הסיבי עינייך, כי האהבה צריך להיות רק בשעת התפילה, ואח״כ צריך להיות בחי׳ שוב, להיות דירה בתחתונים. שהם הרהיבוני, בחי׳ גדולה, שבחי׳ רצוא נמשך מבחי׳ ולגדולתו אין חקר, אך אין בזה השפלה להיות דירה בתחתונים. ובאמת זה שהם הרהיבוני, שמחושבים שה׳ מתגלה למעלה דוקא, הוא מצד ממכ״ע, אך מצד סובב כל עלמין הנה מעלה ומטה שוין.שערך כעדר העיזים, פי אם תאמר איך יתכן לעסוק בדברים תחתונים, והלא לכאורה ישאר בלי דביקות כלל. הנה ע״ז אומר בכתוב שערך (ששערות הם מותרי הגוף ולכן שייך מהם יניקת החיצוניים) כעדר העיזים שגלשו מהר גלעד, שגלשו הו״ע הקרחת (רש״י: גלשו: שנקרחו... כשהבהמות יורדות מן ההר, נמצא ההר קרח וממורט מהם.), היינו שיש כח בתומ״צ, שהם עצמם בבח׳י פנים, יש בכחן לדחות ולהעביר את המותרי מוחין. (וזה נמשך מהר הגלעד, עד הגל הזה, שעשה יעקב כדי שלא יתקרבו הקליפות לקדושה).(sichos.net) ★ Support this podcast ★

Synopsis: Today's episode was prompted by a minor kitchen mishap and my childish reaction to it. I didn't set out to record an episode about runny noses, uncurable diseases, and the limits of prayer, but that's what I ended up recording.Related Rabbi Schneeweiss Content:- How to Daven for a Sick Person Who is Beyond RecoverySources:- Epictetus, Discourses 1:6- Berachos Chapter 9 Mishnah 3- Ari Bleicher, Tefillat Shav: The Limits of Prayer as a Means to Understanding its Transformative Nature----------The Torah content for these two weeks has been sponsored by Ariel Rachmanov, a friend and Mishlei talmid of mine. Ariel works for Keller Williams Real Estate and has generously offered to donate to the Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund a percentage of any business that comes his way as a result of this sponsorship, resulting in a Mishleic "win, win, win" scenario for all parties involved. Ariel is based in New York but will be happy to help you meet your real estate needs in all 50 states.----------If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.----------If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle/Chase QuickPay and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.If you would like to sponsor an article, shiur, or podcast episode, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------patreon.com/rabbischneeweissyoutube.com/rabbischneeweisskolhaseridim.blogspot.com/mishlei.buzzsprout.comthestoicjew.buzzsprout.comrambambekius.buzzsprout.commachshavahlab.buzzsprout.comtefilah.buzzsprout.comhttps://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0Hamazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharelSupport the show

This past weekend, our Jewish brothers and sisters mourned and fasted in memory of the darkest day in Jewish history. How many of us know about it? How many of us care? What is Tisha B'Av and why should we care? All of that and more in this week's episode.

The Bible tells us that God's Moral Law had a primary purpose—to bring awareness of man's sin. Namely, God's Law becomes the standard of righteousness that man cannot meet. In this episode of Real Christianity, pastor Dale Partridge exposits Romans 2:12-13 which demonstrates the universal and inescapable condemnation of God's Law.

Dennis Prager. Details of the Inflation Reduction Farce. Dennis Prager Podcasts Inflation Reduction Farce  Aug 08 2022   The Democrats have proudly passed a massive new spending bill and then have the nerve to say it will reduce inflation. And now I have a bridge I want to sell youThanks for listening to the Daily Dennis Prager Podcast. To hear the entire three hours of my radio show as a podcast, commercial-free every single day, become a member of Pragertopia. You'll also get access to 15 years' worth of archives, as well as daily show prep. Subscribe today at Pragertopia dot com. Top of Form Bottom of Form Dennis Prager Podcasts Green New Biden Deal  Aug 05 2022   The Democrats are about to pass a massive spending bill which is just a smaller version of the Green New Deal. It's absurdly called the Inflation Reduction Act, but there is no chance it will reduce inflation. In fact, all it will do is raise our Thanks for listening to the Daily Dennis Prager Podcast. To hear the entire three hours of my radio show as a podcast, commercial-free every single day, become a member of Pragertopia. You'll also get access to 15 years' worth of archives, as well as daily show prep. Subscribe today at Pragertopia dot com.   --------------------------------------------------------------------  Visit Pragertopia  https://pragertopia.com/member/signup.php  The first month is 99 cents. After the first month the cost is $7.50 per month. If you can afford to pay for only one podcast, this is the one we recommend. It is the best conservative radio show out there, period. ACU strongly recommends ALL ACU students and alumni subscribe to Pragertopia. Do it today!  You can listen to Dennis from 9 a.m. to Noon (Pacific) Monday thru Friday, live on the Internet  http://www.dennisprager.com/pages/listen  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For a great archive of Prager University videos visit- https://www.youtube.com/user/PragerUniversity/featured   Donate today to PragerU! http://l.prageru.com/2eB2p0h Get PragerU bonus content for free! https://www.prageru.com/bonus-content Download Pragerpedia on your iPhone or Android! Thousands of sources and facts at your fingertips. iPhone: http://l.prageru.com/2dlsnbG Android: http://l.prageru.com/2dlsS5e Join Prager United to get new swag every quarter, exclusive early access to our videos, and an annual TownHall phone call with Dennis Prager! http://l.prageru.com/2c9n6ys Join PragerU's text list to have these videos, free merchandise giveaways and breaking announcements sent directly to your phone! https://optin.mobiniti.com/prageru Do you shop on Amazon? Click https://smile.amazon.com and a percentage of every Amazon purchase will be donated to PragerU. Same great products. Same low price. Shopping made meaningful. VISIT PragerU! https://www.prageru.com FOLLOW us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prageru Twitter: https://twitter.com/prageru Instagram: https://instagram.com/prageru/ PragerU is on Snapchat! JOIN PragerFORCE! For Students: http://l.prageru.com/2aozfkP JOIN our Educators Network! http://l.prageru.com/2aoz2y9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Rational Bible: Exodus by Dennis Prager   NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Dennis Prager has put together one of the most stunning commentaries in modern times on the most profound document in human history. It's a must-read that every person, religious and non-religious, should buy and peruse every night before bed. It'll make you think harder, pray more ardently, and understand your civilization better." — Ben Shapiro, host of "The Ben Shapiro Show" "Dennis Prager's commentary on Exodus will rank among the greatest modern Torah commentaries. That is how important I think it is. And I am clearly not alone... It might well be on its way to becoming the most widely read Torah commentary of our time—and by non-Jews as well as by Jews." — Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, bestselling author of Jewish Literacy Why do so many people think the Bible, the most influential book in world history, is outdated? Why do our friends and neighbors – and sometimes we ourselves – dismiss the Bible as irrelevant, irrational, immoral, or all of these things? This explanation of the Book of Exodus, the second book of the Bible, will demonstrate that the Bible is not only powerfully relevant to today's issues, but completely consistent with rational thought. Do you think the Bible permitted the trans-Atlantic slave trade? You won't after reading this book. Do you struggle to love your parents? If you do, you need this book. Do you doubt the existence of God because belief in God is “irrational?” This book will give you reason after reason to rethink your doubts. The title of this commentary is, “The Rational Bible” because its approach is entirely reason-based. The reader is never asked to accept anything on faith alone. As Prager says, “If something I write does not make rational sense, I have not done my job.” The Rational Bible is the fruit of Dennis Prager's forty years of teaching the Bible to people of every faith, and no faith. On virtually every page, you will discover how the text relates to the contemporary world and to your life. His goal: to change your mind – and then change your life.   Highly Recommended by ACU. Purchase his book at- https://www.amazon.com/Rational-Bible-Exodus-Dennis-Prager/dp/1621577724   The Rational Bible: Genesis by Dennis Prager  USA Today bestseller Publishers Weekly bestseller Wall Street Journal bestseller Many people today think the Bible, the most influential book in world history, is not only outdated but irrelevant, irrational, and even immoral. This explanation of the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, demonstrates clearly and powerfully that the opposite is true. The Bible remains profoundly relevant—both to the great issues of our day and to each individual life. It is the greatest moral guide and source of wisdom ever written. Do you doubt the existence of God because you think believing in God is irrational? This book will give you many reasons to rethink your doubts. Do you think faith and science are in conflict? You won't after reading this commentary on Genesis. Do you come from a dysfunctional family? It may comfort you to know that every family discussed in Genesis was highly dysfunctional! The title of this commentary is “The Rational Bible” because its approach is entirely reason-based. The reader is never asked to accept anything on faith alone. In Dennis Prager's words, “If something I write is not rational, I have not done my job.” The Rational Bible is the fruit of Dennis Prager's forty years of teaching the Bible—whose Hebrew grammar and vocabulary he has mastered—to people of every faith and no faith at all. On virtually every page, you will discover how the text relates to the contemporary world in general and to you personally. His goal: to change your mind—and, as a result, to change your life.

Confession of sins, strange water rituals, Nephilim, and Nazarite vows—Numbers 5 and 6 might feel like a confusing mix of laws, but the scroll's author is cleverly reminding us of the Hebrew Bible melody we first encountered in Genesis 1-9. In this episode, Tim and Jon talk about four odd laws that are part of the intricate story we've been following through the Torah. View full show notes from this episode →Timestamps Part one (00:00-9:03)Part two (9:03-22:31)Part three (22:31-39:27)Part four (39:27-57:55)Referenced ResourcesInterested in more? Check out Tim's library here.You can experience the literary themes and movements we're tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.Show Music “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS"Fizzle Pop" by Tyler Bailey"Goofy Nights in Tokyo" by Sam Stewart"Today Feels Like Everyday" by Mama AiutoShow produced by Cooper Peltz. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by MacKenzie Buxman.Powered and distributed by Simplecast.