SEFER SHMIRAS HALOSHON
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Do Whatever You Can (I)
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A Torah scholar once posed the following question: If one has failed to concentrate while reciting the Shemoneh Esrei prayer and finds himself near its conclusion, with what approach can he inspire himself to pray the remainder of the prayer with proper concentration?
The scholar offered a solution by way of a parable:
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A young girl was standing in the marketplace with a large basket of apples for sale. Suddenly, a thief approached and began to snatch apples out of the basket. The girl became confused and stood helplessly, not knowing what to do. Someone who was watching from
a distance called out to her, “Why are you standing still? What are you waiting for —that he should grab everything? Just as he is grabbing, so should you grab-? whatever you can get will still be yours!”
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And so it is regarding prayer. If one was overcome by lethargy and mindless daydreaming at the start of the Shemoneh Esrei, and suddenly finds himself near the prayer’s end without having “grabbed any apples,” this does not mean that he should give up and leave
himself with nothing. Rather, he should strive with all his inner strength to concentrate on the remaining blessings.
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And so it is, exactly, with shmiras haloshon. You stumbled this morning and spoke the forbidden? Then stand ready this afternoon to overcome your evil inclination and refrain from forbidden talk. And if you fail in the afternoon, nevertheless, strengthen yourself
to do battle once more tomorrow. Surely Hashem will help you to succeed, for “one who seeks to purify himself is granted Heavenly assistance” (Shabbos 104a). |
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Add a lack of exercise and activity, and well, things aren't so glorious anymore.?
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I highly recommend ordering your Pesach food from?Nova?Catering?– you can still order until Sunday night (21.3), 10pm!? They offer pleasant service and tasty, quality food! And they even have vegan, gluten free and low salt options. You can choose your dishes or get an all-inclusive Pesach meal for 5 people or more.
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Another great (free) English shiur on Pesach this Sunday - live via Zoom as well as recorded shiurim online!
Get yourself spiritually
ready for the Seder with great English shiurim on Pesach?by Rabbi Dr. Beni
Gesundheit, in conjunction with Torah in Motion.? Live Zoom shiur on Sunday March 21, at 6:30pm. You can also view the recordings at a later date,?watch other?shiurim and download a special Haggadah.
? Title: From Mishna to
Meal: Exploring the Origins of the Haggadah In this shiur we will study the Haggadah
and the Seder through the prism of the Mishnah to understand how the Tanaaim?connect the experience of our geula from Egypt to us today, when
we no longer have the Mikdash and we endure challenging?historical
circumstances. ?
Click here for details
and registration:?
? ? You can also download the “Dor VaDor?Haggadah” for free and
view more shiurim about the?Haggadah (in English and Hebrew), on the
Tefilah.org site! ?? About the lecturer: Rabbi Dr. Beni Gesundheit is an alumnus
of Yeshivat Har Etzion who gives lectures on Torah content at various colleges
and communities around Israel. Dr. Gesundheit is also a pediatrician in the
field of oncology and research, with a PhD. in medical ethics. ? ? Regards,
The??Team
Enjoy,
Rochie Hurwitz
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Highly recommended - NOVA Catering's Pesach Menu - Orders close Sunday night!
I highly recommend ordering your Pesach food from Nova Catering – you can still order until Sunday
night (21.3), 10pm!? They offer pleasant service and tasty, quality food! And
they even have vegan, gluten free and low salt options. You can choose your dishes
or get an all-inclusive Pesach meal for 5 people or more.
Their hechsher is Mehadrin Rabbanut Yerushalayim, no kitniyot. And they offer
delivery from Jerusalem north to Haifa and south to Gush Etzion, including major
cities and most areas in between!
Their menu is attached or you can see it on their website here:
You can order via their website, or by phone or email: 054-4906816,
scharf.avi@...
Enjoy!
Rochie Hurwitz
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SEFER SHMIRAS HALOSHON
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Purpose of This Volume
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There are many factors which can cause a person to speak loshon hora. The three primary factors are:
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(1) A lack of awareness of what a Jew is and is not permitted to say. It is in response to this that we have compiled Sefer Chofetz Chaim, which is a code of laws of proper speech.
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(2) Satan’s powerful efforts in this area, as he seeks to indict us Above and to cause our prayers to be rejected (as stated in the holy Zohar, which will be cited in a forthcoming chapter).
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(3) Ignorance of the methods through which one can succeed in avoiding the urge to gossip. As Scripture states, “For with strategies shall you wage war for yourself” (Mishlei 24:6).
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It is in response to the second and third factors that we have authored this work (Sefer Shmiras Haloshon), a compilation of Aggadic teachings from the Talmud, Midrash and the holy Zohar, which speak of the great reward, in this world and the next, for guarding
one’s tongue, and of the retribution that can result from the terrible sin of speaking loshon hora.
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We have also labored, with the help of Hashem, to compile from the thoughts of our Sages many methods and suggestions for how to escape the snare of the sin of loshon hora. It is our hope that this will inspire and aid the reader to overcome his inclination
to speak the forbidden, so that he can develop the precious, sterling quality of shmiras haloshon.
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Because this present work contains many topics that are of vital interest, it is therefore exceedingly precious to me. Therefore, I have given it a title of its own,1 Shmiras Haloshon, based upon the verse,? “One who guards his mouth and tongue, guards his
soul from tribulations” (Mishlei?21:23).
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- I.e. Though this compilation of Aggadic teachings and insights is actually another section of Sefer Chofetz Chaim, the author gave it a title of its
own.
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ROSH HASHANAH & SUCCOT STILL AVAILABLE (2 Succahs)
HAVE YOUR WEDDING AT OUR VILLA. OUTDOOR AREA PLUS OUTDOOR ROOFTOP. SEA VIEW.
RENT VILLA WHILST CHILDREN ARE ON ZOOM.?MIDWEEK SPECIAL FROM 4 NIGHTS FOR 10500 NIS or 3 NIGHTS FOR 8500 NIS?
Take your whole family away for an amazing family holiday in Netanya by the beach over Shabbat or during the week. Beautiful Kosher villa. Sleeps up to 22 people. Also good for Shabbat Sheva Brachot, small Corona style Chatuna and Brit Mila.?Take
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Pesach you are truly free!? leave the cooking to us and enjoy delicious, fresh, homemade food. Kosher Lemahdrin Rabanut ???????, no Kitniyot. ? ?Attached please see our Pesach takeout menu Orders can be placed on our website? alternatively, you can order by phone or email Please place? your order by? 17/3/21. Delivery will be on? 25/3/21 We will be happy to hear from you and be at your service for your next event!
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Question: What’s an example of an impressive lifestyle medicine success?
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2 Upcoming Free Zoom Shiurim By Rabbis Moshe & Chayim Soloveichik
Rav Moshe Soloveichik’s Free English Sun. Parsha Zoom Shiur 6 pm
Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik’s next?Parsha Shiur?will be on the Hagaddah?and?will meet on?SUNDAY EVENING March 14th at 6:00 pm Israel time.
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Several of Rav Moshe's?recent classes can?also?be viewed at??
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Rav Chayim Soloveichik's Free Pesach Zoom Shiur 7 pm March 17th
The Next Monthly Free Zoom Pesach Shiur by Rabbi Chayim Soloveichik?will be this Wednesday EVENING March 17th at 7 pm Israel time
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SEFER SHMIRAS HALOSHON
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Negative Commandments
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In his introduction to Sefer Chofetz Chaim, the Chofetz Chaim enumerates 17 negative commandments which one may
violate when speaking or listening to loshon hora. Below are the negative commandments most commonly transgressed:
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1) You shall not be a gossipmonger among your people (Vayikra?19:16).
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2) Do not accept a false report (Shemos 23:1), which prohibits both speaking and accepting loshon hora (Pesachim 118a).
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3) Beware of a tzaraas affliction, to be very careful and to act (Devarim 24:8), which Sifre explains as a reference to loshon hora for which tzaraas is a punishment.
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4) And you shall not place a stumbling block before the blind (Vayikra?19:14),
by causing others to sin.
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5) Take care, lest you forget Hashem, your God (Devarim?8:11)
through arrogance (Sotah 5a) — a prime cause of loshon hora.
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6) You shall not desecrate My holy Name (Vayikra?22:32).
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7) You shall not hate your brother in your heart (Vayikra?19:17).
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8) You shall not take revenge...
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9) and you shall not bear a grudge (Vayikra?19:18).
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10) That he not be like Korach and his assembly (Bamidbar 17:5), who caused strife among the Jewish people.
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11) Each of you shall not aggrieve his fellow (Vayikra 25:17) through hurtful words.
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12 (You shall reprove your fellow) and do not bear a sin because of him (Vayikra?19:17)
by embarrassing him in the course of your reproof.
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(The five remaining negative commandments are found in Shemos?22:21;
23:2; Vayikra?19:14;
Bamidbar 35:33; and Devarim?19:15.)
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Re: Protest the City Plans for Building Huge Towers in Jerusalem
please describe?the plan in more.detail. IS THE OFFIR ?the councilman Lang?
On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 7:57 PM yosele yosele < yosele1@...> wrote: The Jerusalem Municipality is?in the process of authorizing a?disastrous District Master Plan (Tochnit Haav) that will allow the construction of huge skyscrapers in the interior neighborhoods of the city. The plan, in several neighborhoods, is to destroy the Shikunim next door and replace them with Towers.
A huge effort is being waged to prevent this precedent-setting change to the Master Plan that will allow these towers to be built. If you wish to join us in this?effort to save our neighborhoods please send an email?to the addresses listed at the bottom of this notice. Please share this important message with your friends and neighbors, and please share this important message with your friends and neighbors.
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Great (free) English shiurim on Pesach by Rabbi Dr. Beni Gesundheit – live via Zoom as well as recorded shiurim online!
Get yourself spiritually
ready for the Seder with great English shiurim on Pesach?by Rabbi Dr. Beni
Gesundheit, in conjunction with Torah in Motion.? Live Zoom shiurim on Sunday
March 14 and 21, at 12:30pm Eastern Time, 6:30pm Israel Time. Join one or both,
or view the recordings at a later date.
? Title: From Mishna to
Meal: Exploring the Origins of the Haggadah In this shiur we will study the Haggadah
and the Seder through the prism of the Mishnah to understand how the Tanaaim?connect the experience of our geula from Egypt to us today, when
we no longer have the Mikdash and we endure challenging?historical
circumstances. ?
Click here for details
and registration:?
? ? You can also download the “Dor VaDor?Haggadah” for free and
view more shiurim about the?Haggadah (in English and Hebrew), on the
Tefilah.org site! ?? About the lecturer: Rabbi Dr. Beni Gesundheit is an alumnus
of Yeshivat Har Etzion who gives lectures on Torah content at various colleges
and communities around Israel. Dr. Gesundheit is also a pediatrician in the
field of oncology and research, with a PhD. in medical ethics. ? ? Regards,
The??Team
Enjoy,
Rochie Hurwitz
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Oz VeGaon Zoom with Prof. Arieh Eldad This Sunday, March 14th
Dear Friends,?
We are happy to invite you to our next fascinating Zoom lecture?in Hebrew, please G-d, on?Sunday, March 14th at 7:00 pm?and this time with our dear friend?Prof. Arieh Eldad,?who will talk about his latest book: “On Trees and Splinters- the Last Chapter of the Lehi” Prof. Arieh Eldad is a resident of Kfar Adumim, has five children and 18 grandchildren. He is a plastic surgeon, professor of medicine, and an Israeli politician. Retired Brigadier General, formerly Chief Medical Officer of the IDF. Former Member of the Knesset for the National Union and Otzma.
Arieh Eldad is a traditional right-wing man who supports the ideology of the Greater Land of Israel. Supports sovereignty, believes in the right of the Jewish people to settle in all areas of the Land of Israel, and strongly opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state west of Jordan. Eldad proposes the rehabilitation of Palestinian refugees in Arab countries, and he leads a political program called “two states for two peoples on both sides of the Jordan” based on the idea that “Jordan is Palestine.” For a list of all our lectures, please go to:??
If you are already registered for our lecture series, you will get a direct link to the zoom and a reminder. Whoever would like to register (fee: 100 NIS or $30 for the entire series) please send your details to?ribonut@...?Whoever registers for the series, will also receive the links to the recorded lectures, which have already taken place this year.? To register safely online for the Sunday Oz veGaon lecture series: - Israeli tax-deductible Donation in shekels (with instructions and receipt in English)?? - US tax-deductible Donation in US dollars? - or for both of those options:? ISRAELI CHECKS: For tax deductible Shekel donations please make your check out to "Women in Green" and mail it to POB 7352 Jerusalem 91072, Israel
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