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Sefira: 1 Day - Hayom Yom Echad LaOmer - Chesed Sheb'Chesed

 

Today's Inspiration - Shavua Tov - Moadim l'simcha!

 

Matzah and Bitter Herbs

Rabbi Bunam said: "We eat the Seder meal in the following order: the matzah first and the bitter herb next, though it woul seem the reverse order is proper, since we first suffered and later were freed. The reason for this, however, is that as long as there was no prospect of being redeemed, the Israelites did not feel keenly the bitterness of their lot. But as soon as Moshe spoke to them of freedom, they awoke to the bitterness of their slavery."

Source: Siach Sarfei Kodesh
Shmirat Haloshon

 

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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM
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Day 13 – Obvious Intent
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While statements which have a negative connotation are prohibited, this would not apply where the listener can be expected to understand that nothing derogatory was intended.
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Therefore, halachah permits making an ambiguous statement if:
(1) Nothing derogatory is intended; and
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(2) The unintended meaning of the statement is only mildly derogatory; and
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(3) The statement is made in the presence of three people or in the presence of the person being discussed.
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As an illustration, the early commentators offer the statement, “In that house, something is always cooking on the stove.”? This could mean that this family’s door is always open to guests, or it can mean that the family is overindulgent.? If the statement were to be made in the presence of three, one can safely assume that it would eventually become known to the family of whom it was said.? Such being the case, the listeners would assume that the speaker intended it as a compliment.? It would also be permissible to make such a statement in the presence of the family of whom it is said, since it would be obvious to all that there was no derogatory intent.
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SEFER SHMIRAS HALOSHON
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Awakening the Accuser
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Sifre1 states that Hashem, as it were, does not want to associate with gossipers and rescue them from troubles. Zohar states (Parashas Shelach): “R’ Shimon said: Of everything is the Holy One, Blessed is He, forgiving — except for loshon hora.” The reason for this is perfectly clear.
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When a Jew speaks loshon hora, he causes accusation in Heaven toward the Jewish people. In the words of Zohar (Parashas Pekudei), this sin “brings plague, sword and murder to this world. Woe to those who awaken this evil force, who do not guard their tongues and pay no heed to this! They do not realize that the ways of Heaven are reflective of the ways on this world, both for good and for bad. [Through evil talk,] Satan is aroused to voice accusation against the entire world.”
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A father’s great love for his child can impel him to make allowances for the child’s bad behavior. When a father is forced to rebuke his child, he does it lovingly, with abundant compassion. However, if people come to the father and report that they witnessed how the child quarreled with others over nothing, and that he embarrassed and ridiculed his peers, the father will have no alternative but to take strong measures to ensure that his child mend his ways.
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Hashem loves the Jewish people with a deep, unfathomable love. In the words of the prophet: “Is Ephraim My most precious son or a delightful child, that whenever I speak of him I remember him more and more? Therefore, My inner self yearns for him, I will surely take pity on him...” (Yirmiyahu 31:19-20).
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Of course, Hashem is well aware of all that transpires both in public and in private, as it is written, “Can a man hide in a hidden place so that I will not see him’ says Hashem?” (Yirmiyahu 23:24). Nevertheless, out of His great love for Israel, He is slow to anger and seeks to find merit for His nation, as it is written, “He gazes at no iniquity in Yaakov...” (Bamidbar 23:21; see Rashi). In His infinite wisdom, Hashem has decreed that His judgment of man reflect the intercessions and accusations of the Heavenly angels. When the Accuser [i.e. Satan] comes before Him to relate the sins of His people, then He feels compelled, as it were, to respond.
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And it is those who speak loshon hora who cause the Accuser to speak against the Jewish people.
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1. Cited in Yalkut Shimoni, Parashas Ki Seitzei, 933.
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Re: Please help sick single father and son

 

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On 14 Apr 2022, at 15:33, Larisa Tsygankov <larisayerushalayim@...> wrote:

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Chag Sameach...Thank you and Bless you to all the people that have helped this poor family in Jerusalem. B"H. This is a single father sick with cancer with a beautiful son. They live alone with no other family to help them.

As in the past, I can supply letters and contact info for Rabbis Berel Wein and Zvi Schwartz as well as documents about his severe medical issues.

Many of you may know about them. The situation is now much worse and very sad. It has been confirmed that the father has Cancer as well as other serious health problems. He is in constant pain. He also just had oral surgery. He spends a lot of his time in Hadassah visiting and consulting with many doctors. On top of all that, his son recently had surgery as well.The boy goes to a special school.

Please kindly help them. All details about the situation and how to donate are below,

?If anyone wants more details or information, please email me and I will explain more if needed.

The father worked for a company outside of Israel that went bankrupt, owing him a very large amount of money, which put him in serious debt. That was bad enough, but now he is horribly sick.

This is a very sweet, nice man who always helps others, even now, and he now desperately needs help to pay rent, bills, and take care of his beautiful boy so he can focus only on his health and his son's health. With everything else going on with him, he arranges food packages for poor families every Thursday for Shabbat. as well as for the Chag. He is a wonderful person.

There are American and Israeli charities accepting donations online for them. It is also possible to help through their local grocery store or by bank transfer to friends helping the family. Please contact me for details.

For USA tax deductible receipts, the Bayswater Neighbors Fund has a website to donate. I will write the link below. If anyone prefers to send a check, please email me and I will send the details.

Right above the SUBMIT button on the donation form is written "My contribution is for:" and then they have a drop-down menu to choose where the donation will go. Important to choose, "Family in Jerusalem", and push Submit button once.
This is very important or they will not know to whom to give the donation. Please also email me if you donate so we can follow up. Here is the link to donate.


For Israel donations/receipts, please see the link below. It is VERY IMPORTANT to write FUND 2110 in the comment box or the donation will not go to the family and to email me if you donate so we can follow up. Here is the link for the Mekimi organization donation page.



Then click on"Secured donation by credit card" and please remember to write FUND 2110 in the comment box.

Thank you all in advance. Tizku L'Mitzvot and a Happy and Kosher Pesach to all.
Today's Inspiration - Shabbat shalom- Chag sameach!

 

The Body Overpowers the Soul

Said Rabbi Schmelke: "We read in the Song of Songs (1:9): 'I have compared you, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.' The Talmud (Mechilta to Exodus 14:25) explains that when the chariots of the Egyptians entered the Red Sea, the force of the current became so powerful that the horses were pulled along by the chariots. Likewise, the soul within us has its own life, and the body can be compared to inert matter. Yet we permit our bodies to draw our souls into the torrent of pleasures, even as the living horses were dragged along by the chariots."

Source: Shemen ha-Tov
Please help sick single father and son

 

Chag Sameach...Thank you and Bless you to all the people that have helped this poor family in Jerusalem. B"H. This is a single father sick with cancer with a beautiful son. They live alone with no other family to help them.

As in the past, I can supply letters and contact info for Rabbis Berel Wein and Zvi Schwartz as well as documents about his severe medical issues.

Many of you may know about them. The situation is now much worse and very sad. It has been confirmed that the father has Cancer as well as other serious health problems. He is in constant pain. He also just had oral surgery. He spends a lot of his time in Hadassah visiting and consulting with many doctors. On top of all that, his son recently had surgery as well.The boy goes to a special school.

Please kindly help them. All details about the situation and how to donate are below,

?If anyone wants more details or information, please email me and I will explain more if needed.

The father worked for a company outside of Israel that went bankrupt, owing him a very large amount of money, which put him in serious debt. That was bad enough, but now he is horribly sick.

This is a very sweet, nice man who always helps others, even now, and he now desperately needs help to pay rent, bills, and take care of his beautiful boy so he can focus only on his health and his son's health. With everything else going on with him, he arranges food packages for poor families every Thursday for Shabbat. as well as for the Chag. He is a wonderful person.

There are American and Israeli charities accepting donations online for them. It is also possible to help through their local grocery store or by bank transfer to friends helping the family. Please contact me for details.

For USA tax deductible receipts, the Bayswater Neighbors Fund has a website to donate. I will write the link below. If anyone prefers to send a check, please email me and I will send the details.

Right above the SUBMIT button on the donation form is written "My contribution is for:" and then they have a drop-down menu to choose where the donation will go. Important to choose, "Family in Jerusalem", and push Submit button once.
This is very important or they will not know to whom to give the donation. Please also email me if you donate so we can follow up. Here is the link to donate.


For Israel donations/receipts, please see the link below. It is VERY IMPORTANT to write FUND 2110 in the comment box or the donation will not go to the family and to email me if you donate so we can follow up. Here is the link for the Mekimi organization donation page.



Then click on"Secured donation by credit card" and please remember to write FUND 2110 in the comment box.

Thank you all in advance. Tizku L'Mitzvot and a Happy and Kosher Pesach to all.
Shmirat Haloshon

 

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Day 12 – Ambiguous Statements
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A Jew is responsible for exercising caution in speech and not making statements which can be misinterpreted as being derogatory.
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An example of an ambiguous statement that should not be said is: “He’s a well-meaning fellow,” which can mean, “He’s well-meaning but not very intelligent, or, “He’s well-meaning but his actions are wrong.” If one simply means, “He’s well-meaning and sincere,” then this should be made clear.
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Measure for Measure
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The way in which one acts towards others determines the way in which Heaven will act towards him. For example, if one strives to overlook the hurt caused him, and if he acts towards others with kindness and compassion, then he awakens the Attribute of Compassion in Heaven. Hashem will judge him with mercy and he will be shown kindness from Above. As our Sages state: “Whoever has compassion towards others will be shown compassion from Above” (Shabbos 151b); and “Whoever refrains from exacting his measure [of retribution from others for the wrong they caused him] will have all his sins forgiven” (Rosh Hashanah 17a). Moreover, in his merit, Divine compassion will manifest itself upon the Jewish nation as a whole.
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However, if it is one’s way to be absolutely unrelenting towards others and to treat them without compassion, then he lends strength to the Attribute of Justice —toward himself specifically, and to the entire Jewish nation as well. Heaven will be unrelenting regarding that person’s sins, for “With the measure that a person measures do they [i.e. Heaven] measure him” (Megillah 12b).
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Our Sages state: “Jerusalem was destroyed only because its inhabitants limited their decisions to the [letter of the] law of Torah” (Bava Metzia 30b). This seems difficult, for Scripture records many sins of which that generation was guilty. Our discussion sheds light on the matter. Had the people overlooked the wrong caused them, then Hashem would have forgiven them as well. However, they were absolutely unrelenting toward each other, demanding from one another whatever they could possibly extract according to the law —and Heaven judged them accordingly.
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Over 830 Passover Youtube videos including 47 new ones for 5782

 

Hi Everyone!

The updated Passover video page now has over 830 Passover Youtube videos
including 47 new ones for 5782.


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Today's Inspiration

 

The Chometz of Idolatry

Said the Koretzer: "Why does Scripture say (II Kings 23:22) that no Passover has ever been performed as in the days of King Josiah? Because Josiah first burned all the altars and the pagan temples. In other words, he cleaned out the chametz properly."

Source: Nofeth Tzufim
Help needed urgently for Matza Transport

 

If you know anyone in the Jerusalem, BS/RBS, Ma'ale Adumim or even Gush Etzion who can take some matza to any of the following areas:

Ramat Gan
Petach Tikvah
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Passover in Israel by Rabbi Berel Wein

 

Hi Everyone!

This article says it all...
Passover in Israel by Rabbi Berel Wein


Chag Pesach Kasher V'Sameach!
Jacob Richman
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Shmirat Haloshon

 

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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM
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Day 11 – Common Knowledge
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A derogatory statement is considered loshon hora even when the information is common knowledge for, as stated above, to speak negatively of one’s fellow Jew is shameful in itself.
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Negative information about Jews appearing in newspapers may not be repeated.? Newspapers often publish articles based on hearsay and thus, one is not even permitted to believe such information if the newspaper is its only source.? Even after one has verified the information, he may nevertheless not repeat it.
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SEFER SHMIRAS HALOSHON
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Equal to All
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Talmud Yerushalmi (Pe’ah 1:1) states that the reward for studying Torah is equivalent to that of all other mitzvos combined, and the punishment for speaking loshon hora is equivalent to that of all other sins combined. Thus, the antithesis of Torah study, the greatest of all mitzvos, is loshon hora. Their respective primacy can be explained as follows:
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Of the four basic elements of nature —fire, wind, water and earth —the intangible (fire and wind) are far more powerful than the tangible (water and earth). Fire can engulf material objects and totally destroy them, and the power of wind is awesome, as it is written, “A great and mighty wind which breaks apart mountains and shatters stones” (I Melachim 19:11).
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The same is true in the spiritual realm. Torah study impacts in the Upper Worlds in a way that no other mitzvah can. This is because all other mitzvos are related to the physical — for example, to fulfill the mitzvah of tzitzis, one dons a garment, a material object; a lulav is held, a physical act; a shofar must be blown, etc. Torah study, however, is performed through the power of speech, which, essentially, is a function of the soul.1 This is why the reward of Torah study is equivalent to that of all other mitzvos combined.
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The converse is true of sin. The spiritual damage caused by loshon hora is infinitely greater than that caused by other transgressions, because it is committed through the power of speech. Its effect in the Upper Spheres is awesome. Therefore, its punishment is equivalent to that of all other sins combined.
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1. As mentioned above, Targum Onkelos translates “and man became a living being”
(Bereishis 2:7), as “and man became a speaking spirit.”
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Needing help for Pesach

 

Can anyone assist me to be ready for Pesach??

Please only email if you can help,? I don't have time or energy for insults.?

Please ignore my previous post,? the phone did an autocorrect that I missed.? If you have tzeddakah to help for Pesach,? can you assist me too

Thanks for your kindness?

Shoshanah Shear?
Kitchen DePischa

 

Does anyone have tzeddakah for Kimcha DePischa?

My dominant arm was injured in a? bus accident 2 years ago.? I am also going through a relapse of a chronic illness.? I don't have the strength for the last cleaning for Pesach which is the heavy cleaning.?

Does anyone have tzeddakah to help me or know any Chessed options of a volunteer or two who can help me be ready for Pesach? Someone with strength should be able to do the few tasks with ease.? But I am in too much pain to do any more.?

Thanks?

Shoshanah?
Today's Inspiration

 

The Miracle of the Exodus

So taught Rabbi Elimelech of Lizensk: "At the pronouncement of laws, Holy Scripture always makes mention of the Exodus out of Egypt, and never of the Creation of the World. How is this? Was not the Creation out of a void a greater miracle than the Exodus? Understand, then, that the Creation, properly speaking, was not a miracle. All nature is in God and subject to Him, and whatever sprang into being at His behest, did so in a natural way. But the Exodus was a wonder, for to deal with the Egyptians according to their merits, God had to divest Himself, for the time being, of His Goodness, and let evil prevail."

Source: Hasidic Anthology
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Shmirat Haloshon

 

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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM
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Day 10 – With Permission
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It is forbidden to speak derogatorily about someone even when the subject has made it known that he does not mind if such things are said of him.
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As mentioned above, to speak negatively of one’s fellow is shameful in itself, regardless of the subject’s feelings.? Speaking loshon hora is contrary to man’s exalted status as the only creature who was fashioned b’tzelem Elokim, in the Divine image – and this is not altered by the fact that one has been granted permission to speak derogatorily.
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SEFER SHMIRAS HALOSHON
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Key to Spiritual Success
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“Which man desires life, who loves days of seeing good? Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it” (Tehillim 34:13-15). The commentators explain that the term “life” refers to that of the World to Come, while “days” refers to man’s years on this world which are only “days” by comparison to the eternal life of the next world.
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We are commanded to fulfill 613 mitzvos; regarding all of them Hashem says to us, “See that I have placed before you today life and that which is good ... that you should love Hashem, your God, to go in His ways and to observe His commandments” (Devarim 30:15-16). Why, then, does David, in the above verse, say that the quality of one’s life in both worlds is primarily dependent on guarding one’s tongue? In the opening passages of this work we have offered one answer to this question. Below, we offer more on the subject:
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In the preface to Sefer Chofetz Chaim, we explained how the bitter sin of loshon hora can involve transgression of numerous positive and negative commandments, to a degree that is not found with any other sin. Thus, shmiras haloshon is a key to fulfillment of one’s obligations both toward Hashem and toward his fellow Jew.
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When a person is careful not to speak disparagingly of his fellow, or to embarrass him; when he demonstrates caution in avoiding comments that can aggravate dispute; and when he is careful to avoid transgression of other commandments related to evil talk, both positive and negative, then he will surely avoid more blatant sins. If one accepts upon himself to scrupulously avoid causing harm or shame through the spoken word, surely he will not do so through action!
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Thus, one who zealously refrains from speaking loshon hora will, through such self-discipline, come to fulfill all his obligations toward his fellow.
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New Israeli Educational Stamps

 

Hi Everyone!

I posted online images of the new Israeli stamps that
will be issued on April 26, 2022.


Under each stamp is a link to a Hebrew / English PDF file
with information about the stamp.

* The Revelation at Mount Sinai

* Art from the Holocaust

- To the Man Who Restored
My Belief in Humanity Prague, 1945

- The Evacuation, Kovno Ghetto, 1942

- The Refugee, Brussels, 1939

* Israel Memorial Day 2022
Home Front Command Fallen Soldiers Memorial

* Raanana Centennial

Please share. Thank You!

Pesach Kasher V'Sameach!
Have a Happy and Kosher Passover!

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