Parashat Hashavua

Portion Shoftim ...Kings and Cops. And WATCH: 2,800-year-old mega-dam unearthed in Jerusalem

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Portion Shoftim ...Kings and Cops. (And WATCH: 2,800-year-old mega-dam unearthed in Jerusalem

The portón begins with:

SHOFTIM who are Judges
SHOTRIM who are police.

In the miðle it tells us
"Laws of Jewish Kings"

And ends with Priests -a Kohain- and Police!

This portion points to Who is the most powerful?
Jews or traditional Beduin Arabs OR
Maybe Corrections Officers- or is it Judges or ?Policemen ?

Last night I was at the wedding of a neighbor's

daughter.

The neighbor is a Corrections Officer – and all his kids are the greatest and most helpful ! Since we met them even before we moved in some months time ago.

Today the (Jewish) Air Conditioning repairman came in – and we spent 2 hours discussing archaeology and history of the area (besides testing a couple of our air conditioners).

He also told us of some wonderful Beduins he visits living on a hill in the area are – and how they have shown him caves where the local Jews lived over 2000 years ago!

(You can tell by the grooves in the entrances where Mezuzas used to be – and by the types of pottery and clay lamps – and the ancient Jewish coins they showed or sold him)!

Those Beduins explained how they are the original Moslems – pre-dating most followers of Mohammad and how they respect us and hate Hamas –

and how they live off the land herding their sheep and harvesting wild fruits and herbs and making olive oil in traditional ways.

We both agreed:
WHAT A LAND AND AMAZING PEOPLE ARE HERE!

Also see more and watch:

https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-2800-year-old-mega-dam-unearthed-in-jerusalem/

30 foot deep man made reservoir built 100 years before the first Babylonian- Iraqi invasion 700 BCE!

And just a few words from my teacher

“Cause we all need each other,
well you know it's true”

from Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach On Parshat Shoftim

Shoftim Vshotrim Titen Lecho Bchol Sheorechu (The torah commands us to put Judges and guards at the entrance to all of
our gates.)
The Shelah HaKaddosh, The Holy Shelah, explains that the gates we are talking about this week, are the seven gates we
all have, (eyes ears mouth etc)

so listen to me my sweetest friends,

the Torah calls it Shaar a “gate”, the deepest depth is that they open for us all the gates of heaven,

Hashem wants to give us so much we just have to take care of the gates, like in jewellery shop they have the doors,...

when we talk and hear only good on one another, you think the Ribbono Shel Olam isn’t taking care of us? ....

You have to look for someone (a teacher) who opens your gates, not one who shuts them.

The Ribbono shel Olam says, “I promise you, there will always be someone who will open the gates for you.”

The Ribono shel Olam is mamesh opening all the gates of heaven for us,

I bless you and me, when Hashem opens gates, we run to it And even more so, I bless you and me
we should open gates for each other.

Good Shabbos! (Rabbi Shlomo)

From AE: the portion ends with the (military) police excusing some soldiers from the army just before a battle .

What a history of kind Cops and Corrections officers and Beduin neighbors that fight in our
army against evil!

May we all be healed and saved and successful in everything

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion Eikev - In the Middle Of ...it ALL?

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Portion Eikev - In the Middle Of ...it ALL?

We know the Fifth book of the 5 Chumashim is mostly Moses – Moshe our Teacher – reviewing for all Israel – and US – to this day – the holy history and the holy laws of our people – lest we forget and think too much of ourselves.

Israel is always in the middle of the world – between Asia Africa and Europe.

Another "in the middle" happened today when an Israeli ran out of gas in the middle of an Arab village outside of Jerusalem – and thankfully he was rescued by a Home Guard unit after being threatened by other cars' occupants (thank G-d for cell phones and soldiers).

And in the middle of our Portion we are reminded about the Golden Calf incident (where Moshe convinced the Almighty not to give up on us) – and also the MIDDLE PARAGRAPH of the Shema Yisrael!

So today Hezbullah - still in the middle of Lèbanon- told Lebanon that they refuse to give up arms – and if threatened they will make life MISERABLE for EVERYONE.

But our Portion promises – and Moses reminds us - that the Almighty will always be there for us – but we need to be in the flow of holiness of our forefathers and for-mothers– not just the sometimes sad histoŕy which could repeat itselfflow of the history recapped in the Torah.

So how is it that Twenty-seven Israelis were murdered in Judea and Samaria in 2024, and more than 300 others were wounded (the group Hatzalah said in its annual report (also a 70 year old woman - in RaAnana) - besides the war casualties...

is it because of all the anti-Israel bias strengthening a murderous group?

Or is it partly because we don't know how to focus the world and ourselves on what's

important?

Rabbi Yissochor Frand (from Baltimore? from the Aish site) quotes :

The Maggid of Mezritch once said that when people face troubles, sickness or mortal danger, Heaven forbid, they all become religious. They all come to shul. They pray fervently. They say Tehillim with tears streaming down their cheeks. They give charity generously. But when things are going well, when they are going wonderfully, do they give much thought to the Almighty? This is the test of the manna - when the Almighty gave the people

whatever they needed .. . and yet ...

So do we have it too good?

Here's a worldy trick from Rabbi Carlebach:

“And night comes so quiet,

it's close on the heels of the day”

Reb Shlomo Carlebach

on Parshat Eikev

{The Hebrew word Eikev is translated as “And if”, however (it's funny that)

the literal translation of the opening words of Parashat Eikev reads, “And behold if your heel will listen to these laws and keep them” the Mitzvahs you might trample on

There are a lot of things in life that even if I don’t do them, I’m also okay.

Here I want to share something very deep with you.

The truth is that the most important things in life are the things which we don’t really have to do.

The most important things in ..., in serving G-d

are always the things which you can get by without doing them.

The most important things between me, my wife, and my children are always the things I don’t have to do. If I don’t do it it’s also okay,

but gevalt are they important, gevalt are they important.

I can be the best father in the world, I work hard, I give my wife money, she buys food. We have a maid at home, taking care of the children because I don’t have time, I say hello...

So I want to say a gevalt Torah (from the Portion beginning). It says Vehaaya Eikev Tishme’un Es Hamishpatim Ha’eile,

and the greatest joy will be when finally, finally ‘Eikev’ you will mamesh understand what G-d wants of you.

When do I finally understand that which the Master of the World truly wants of me?

Vehaaya Eikev Tishme’un Es Hamishpatim Ha’eile, And it will be when you will finally hear THESE mitzvas’. Which mitzvahs are we talking about?

Rashi says that Eikev is Mitzvas Kalos She’adam dash be’akeivav. We are talking about mitzvahs which I don’t have to do.

Let me ask you something. I see a poor man and I give him ten dollars, do I have to smile at him? I don’t have to. Let me ask you something else,

When I say good Shabbos to a yid, where does it say that I have to be (joyous) -besimcha? It doesn’t say that anywhere.

I see yidden saying ‘Good Shabbos’ (fast and without genuine joy), so what can you do with it? He did everything right, Nebach!

So the Helige (holy) Ishbitzer says the deepest depths, Vehaya Eikev.

It says by "the snake" (see the Adam and Eve story)

‘Vehu Yeshufcha Rosh Ve’aata Teshufenu Akev’, he will bite you in your heel. What does that mean?

The snake doesn’t come to you with something that has to do with your head.

The snake doesn’t tell you to drive your car on Shabbos. The snake doesn’t say to you to go to a non kosher delicatessen and buy ham.

That much a snake knows,

but you know what the snake the snake shows up when it comes to mitzvas you don’t have to do.

Do you know what the snake does? He leaves you with ...⁷ Mamesh, the snake got one thing through to you.

There are things which are not important, you don’t have to do them, you don’t have to do.

You can get away with everything

I bless you and bless me back, that we should do the Mitzvah’s that we don’t have to do,

and we should do them with Joy!

Good Shabbos! Rabbi Shlomo

So to make a long story longer

We are in the middle of a war

And reborn anti semitism

And it may seem hard to deal with everything around us

But do what you do with Joy.

Blessings of Joy and Shabbos

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion VaEtChaNan Nachamu - CONSOLATION

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Portion VaEtChaNan Nachamu - CONSOLATION

Why is this shabbat so holy?

In th Talmud they ask "How does the Almighty Spend his Time?"
And they answer :"Making Matches"
(that are as hard as the Splitting of the Red Sea!)

So on this Shabbat
We partner with the Almighty in making matches!

A few of the hostages who have been released from Gazahave gotten married!

A few of the widows of soldiers from this war have gotten remarried.

Is this easy?

Only the Almighty could work these "seemingly" inconsequential miracles!

From Dr Moshe

Shabbos Nachamu-Tu bAv - happens 40 days before the date of the Creation !

The Fixing of so many things.

We need "to fix (creation and)
Our prayers, the Meraglim(spies) , the Golden Calf, my connection to the 10 Commandments

Gut Shabbos Gut Yomtov Gut Yahr

Moshe

And From Judy - the weekly Reb Shlomo Carlebach on Parsha Vaetchanan
& Shabbat Nachamu (with a little editing by AE)

The month is called Menachem Av. ..the Hebrew word for “Consolation,”

so the name of this month means that G-d is begging us, His children, “Please, console Me.”

I heard this gevalt Torah from my uncle, in the name of the Maggid of Mezrich, who was one of the 6 million.

He could have gotten away from Germany a thousand times, but he said,

“As long as there is one Yiddele left in my city of Hamburg, I have to stay.”

My father would always tell me this Torah which he heard before he left his brother, my uncle.

My uncle would say like this,
This week the Haftorah starts with
“Nachamu Nachamu Ami,” - “My people, Console, Console.”

The Ribbono Shel Olam is begging us, “please, Yidden, console Me; please, My People... Please mamesh console Me!”

And my uncle would say that we Yidden answer, “Menachem Av” - Our Father, we will console you.

How do we console our father?
We promise You that this will be the year. This year, we’ll come back to You.

This year, we’ll come back to the Temple. This year we will bring Mashiach, let it be now!
... AND in the name of the Bal Haturim
Moses prayed to G-d 515 times
...
What was that Prayer?
(numerical value) 515= שירה ( song)

It was the Tefilla ( prayer) of Song
Prayer through Song can break down any gates

Good Shabbos!
Rabbi Shlomo

And this week -
A young man enlisted in Israel with a special blessing from his Mom

Because his Dad (in Reserve duty) was in an encounter with terrorist and

he was killed last year...

May the Almighty hear ALL Mothers' prayers

and ALL OUR PRAYERS
and may we all pray a little for

safety of ALL Israel -
return of the hostages -
and
and the kind of end to this war which will leave Israel in peace!

Shabbos Shulim!

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion Matos Masei - a NEW MONTH a NEW WORLD

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Portion Matos Masei - a NEW MONTH a NEW WORLD

From Dr Moshe (thank you)

What are we mourning for during these "Three Weeks" (up to the 9th of Av Fast a week from Sunday ?

The reality is (that) Hashem (the Almighty) has no House in this world.

No place for all of us to come to and serve Him.

The Portion starts out a discussion of Neder (vows) -
BUT THE ROOT OF THAT WORD ALSO MEANS A DWELLING PLACE! (LEEDOR meaning vow = DIRAH Meaning home)

The Tshuva (penance) for this period of time is ... bringing Hashem back into our world.
(This ) gives Him a foothold in this world.

Thus we bring Hashem into our World. May we see the Bais Hamikdash rebuilt speedily in our days. Amein.

and now Thank you Stuie for:

“Gonna carry you back home
In my arms.
I will take you home”

Reb Shlomo Carlebach
on Parshot Matos-Masai

What's the difference between a Rabbi and a Rebbe? A Rabbi is someone who knows the law, he knows what you're supposed to do and what you are not supposed to do.

When you ask him something its like hes a little book. It's like when you need directions on a journey, you drive into a gas station and they give you a map.

But what happens to you if your car is broken? Does a map help?

So the person working at the gas station says, “I’m sorry, I can give you a map, I can show you how to get there but I cannot fix your car.”

A rebbe is a soul master, a soul master is someone who fixes your car.

Not only that, it's much deeper than all this. When I come into this gas station and my car is broken,

a real true soul master says to me, “You know something, your car wasn't broken. You just didn't push the right buttons,

but I'll teach you how to do it. “ If its a super soul master he says, “Obviously you don't know how to get there, I’ll go with you.”

So in this week's parsha, Matos, we read that when you make a neder (vow) and you didnt keep your vow, you can still fix it.

A person takes upon himself so many different things in a lifetime. Some I keep, and some nebach I don't.

What happens if Chas Veshalom ( G-d forbid) I don’t keep my (vow) neder? Gevalt am I in bad shape.

So you see what the beauty of this parsha is? The Ribbono Shel Olam (Master Of The World) promises us

there will always be Rashei Matos, heads of tribes,

soul masters.

There will always be Rebbe’s in the world who are mamesh so desperate that you get back into shape,

and you should be blessed to find them.

Good Shabbos!

Rabbi Shlomo

And Good Shabbos - as we sing praises - HALEL_ on
STARTING the
NEW MONTH of AV!

Health and Success

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion Pinchas – Where did they All GO?

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Portion Pinchas – Where did they All GO?

It's now the period of 3 weeks of mourning over destructions of our Temples and our people

By Babyon (2500 years ago) and

By Rome nearly 2000 years ago.

The Babylonians exiled most of our people – and the remainder were ruled by people that were moved into our territory to abuse us.

Millions were murdered and the rest became slaves to the conquerors.

The Talmud says Jewish slaves were so cheap that they were like almost sold for a penny!

How are we still here 2000 years after the horrible murders and enslavement?

No- not because we are so smart – but because of the Almighty Miracles and Promises

to our forebears Abraham and Sarah Isaac and Rebecca and Jacob and Rachel and Leah

Why couldn't Nasrallah coordinate attacks from the north and from Iran after October 7^th?

Didn't he have telephones (not beepers) and emissaries in all Muslim countries?

You Still can't believe in Almighty Miracles and Promises - those

To our forebears Abraham and Sarah Isaac and Rebecca and Jacob and Rachel and Leah.

Okay – many of us are still working out in our minds what's going to be in Harvard and UCLA etc.

BUT THE ONLY ANSWER WAS ALWAYS AND WILL ALWAYS BE

TO INSTILL IN THOSE WHO HAVE SURVIVED THE THOUSANDS – AND RECENTLY A HUNDRED YEARS - OF GREEDY HATRED – to see as Rabbi Carlebach taught:

Come with me or go alone,

he's come to take his children home"”

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach on Parshat Pinchas

Friends, let me ask you. How much do you pray to G-d that you should find your soulmate? (then) What happens after you find your soulmate? You don't pray so hard anymore.

Before the(wedding) chuppa, the groom covers the face of the bride and says 'I'm praying for you like before I met you. I promise you my whole life I'll pray for you like before I met you..'

So Listen to this:

Before the forty years in the desert, we(Israelites) were praying to get into Eretz Yisrael.

The forty years are over, so we thought automatically that we're going into Eretz Yisrael.

Pinchas (the hero of last week's portion) realized we'll never go in this way. ..

(The Torah writes), Pinchas got up from amongst the people and began to pray like before the forty years (in the desert).

And it is mamesh Pinchas's prayer which brings us into Eretz Yisrael.

I want you to know something so strong.

I see so many young people come back to Yiddishkeit. How much did they pray to find their way to Yiddishkeit before they found it?

When they are already a little bit connected, they know one page, they already know everything. I can read Hebrew. I know how to pray.

What we (our current generations) have to do is pray again, Vayakom Mitoch Ha'eida. We have to pray for everything (Judaism) to be new again (to all of us)..

And I always say, Eliyahu Hanavi (Elijah) is making peace between parents and children

because the question is always the same:

How much did you pray for children before you had them?

And once we have them, we don't pray so much anymore.

So you see what it is, Pinchas is bringing back (our hearts to connect our generations of Jews)

"V'heishiv Lev Avos Al Banim",

you have to pray for your children after you have them even more so … ever® more so!

Good Shabbos from Rabbi Shlomo

It's all a miracle. Hopefully these 3 weeks will show us how much everything is a miracle!

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion Balak of Donkeys and Dead Leaders

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Portion Balak of Donkeys and Dead Leaders

A couple of weeks ago I found out that a doctor I weekly deliver the OU Torah magazine to is the nephew of a former neighbor and friend. He excitedly called his Mom and made a video of some of the wonderful memories I mentioned about his aunt. One was about my twice meeting Ariel Sharon – Israel's Prime Minister – at her home – and discussing for a few moments some issues of Americans in Israel.

Today he forwarded to me a discussion about "Why the Almighty interceded and saved Israel from the curses of 2 leaders - Balak (title guy of this week's portion) and Bilaam -

But did not miraculously not save Israel from the plague (see end of portion) caused by the Midianite seductions instigated by those 2 anti-semites of old (eventually destroyed by Moses our 120 year old teacher!

The theory was that some basic morality the Almighty expects us to activate ourselves!-

Doctor R and the whole family are a model of morality and Jewish Activism!

Why does the portion feature a talking donkey?

July 10, 2025 / Jewish News Syndicate:

An impromptu press conference took place on Monday evening, just as U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and functionaries from both administrations were sitting down to their …working dinner at the White House.. the first of several meetings this week between American officials and the Israeli leader …

Asked by a reporter about the U.S. military’s June 22 airstrikes on Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz, Trump paused to give credit to the men and women of the U.S. Air Force who carried out the spectacular surprise operation….

“"We had the pilots here yesterday, as you know, and they were incredible,” he (Trump) said. “And we also had the mechanics. .. , a lot of people, that had to do with that incredible journey—a journey that could have been horrible. You remember what happened with Jimmy Carter, with the helicopters and all, and ultimately hostages. We had the exact opposite. It went perfectly".

Trump’s mention of the mechanics went unnoticed, though the people responsible for the literal nuts and bolts of the mission must have been pleased to be acknowledged. After all, it is due to their skill and their diligence that the aircraft performed properly and that all the pilots were able to return home safely

The article continues to compare how many Israeli pilots (not their mechanics) had been protesting judicial reform before the October 7 war broke out – but that since then everyone in Israel had mostly gotten together to try and SAVE ISRAEL. .

Unity has a price, and morality has a price, and

SAVING THE JEWISH PEOPLE COMES WITH A PRICE - and probably

Every Jewish American can pay the price of bringing their children and/or grandchildren on a trip to Israel – to BE INSPIRED TO CARRY ON -

to visit the Western Wall and the tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in Hebron and more

I am forwarding A great Point from Shlomo Ressler's Short, practical, relevant Weekly Dvar <This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..com

, Bilam’s enthusiasm may have given him an advantage in our episode. This mention is meant to highlight the importance of countering evil with positivity. When we see someone fighting for an evil cause, we can learn to mimic their passion and transform a sinister cause into a positive one. If we extract something from the good and the bad, we’ll be twice as likely to succeed in life.

Shlomo Ressler (Quotation of the week -The best way to fight darkness is to be the light)

The Jewish People is a Miracle the World NEEDS – and we all need to take part

There are lots of talking donkeys in the world's political leadership who "just don't get it"

Hopefully we all got it lately

Love Health and Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion: Erev Shabbat on Kibbutz Saad and Rav Shlomo portion BeHaAh Loatecha

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Portion: Erev Shabbat on Kibbutz Saad and Rav Shlomo portion BeHaAh Loatecha

Wednesday Rabbi AKG spoke of how traditionally many of our people spent at least half a day

Preparing for Shabbat with joy

A personal experience of AE

----

Years ago while volunteering on Kibbutz Saad I saw

And heard

2 yemenite workers in the field mumbling

So I asked our resident "field boss" who they were.

He said they lived in Netivot and worked on the kibbutz

And every Friday they recite

The Midrash Rabbah BY HEART.

Tales of the Talmud Times

What a beautiful way to prepare for Shabbat!

And now despite the War

From Rav Shlomo

“But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenings and songs of it's own”

Reb Shlomo Carlebach

on Parsha Beha'aloscha

How do you know if someone gives you a message from G-d, or if someone gives you a message that is not so much from G-d?

If someone comes and says 'listen, I want you to know, you have to change from top to bottom', do you know what kind of person this is?

like a little butcher, they are cutting off this part of you and that part of you. 'Now you are ready to be a real good Jew'. How does it sound to you?

Now listen to this. G-d says to Moshe tell Aaron to kindle the light, which means to mamesh put fire into the hearts of every Jew.

...

But let me ask you friends, isn't it obvious that if he would have changed G-d's words, he would not have been the high priest?

There are thousands of explanations for this, but let's see what the holy Alexanderer Rebbe says.

Aaron Hakohen never changed a Jew; he just put (holy) fire into them.

Do you know how holy that is?

If you have a real fire of G-d inside of you, you can utilize everything you have in the service of G-d just by the way you are.

Sometimes we tell our children change here, change there

...

. It's only because we don't know the secret of how to put a little fire into their hearts.

I want to bless you and me, we should be privileged to be able to put the Torah into somebody's heart where they completely receive it on the inside

. Let it be clear to us, it can only come from the real fire of G-d which is deep inside

Good Shabbos!

Holy fire .. thats what knocked off Haman in Persia

And lets pray that the Persians knock off

The Murderers who rule them today

Love Health and Shabbos

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion Naso – Commitment Jealousy and Committment

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Portion Naso – Commitment Jealousy and Committment

The Portion starts with the work assignments of the Levites

And ends with the donations of the Presidents of the 12 Tribes to HELP those Levites.

So where does Jealousy come in?

I once went to dinner in a Brooklyn Kosher restaurant and my dinner partner pointed

"Do you see that guy? He was beaten up in this same place by a fellow who claimed that he was interfering in his marriage."

So in the middle of the Portion comes the ruling of "A jealous husband" – who needs to bring his wife to the Temple courtyard, they offer a sacrifice, and expect

Divine divination as to what happened and if what follows will be a curse or a blessing. (The Talmud states that after many years the ceremony "stopped working" because there were so many cases and negative findings).

In my Talmud study this week we find the crux of the story of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel from the breakaway kingdom of "Northern Israel."

She wanted a neighbor's field but the neighbor refused to sell –

So she hired 2 liars to claim the neighbor had blasphemed the Almighty and King Ahab

And the punishment was to execute the neighbor and take the field!

My son Azi today told me he is advertising around to find a kidney donor for a 27 year old friend of his so I have joined in the search. (I knew both parents - sadly the father died years ago).

Last night I was supposed to be at a wedding up North but my ride (grandfather of the bride) waited 2 hours for other people to show up – so luckily I didn't go. They got there late and eventually got home 4AM!

My friends apologized for making me wait around so long – but as I wrote:

The Almighty has his plans! And everything works out for the good!

Go know!

Naso (the Portion name) means "raise up" – raise up (and carry) the Desert Temple – and the Levites who had to carry it during the journey of 40 years in the desert!

Shabbat Shalom and Blessings

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion Bamidbar and the Hooties who inerrupted a major soccer match?

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Portion Bamidbar and the Hooties who inerrupted a major soccer match?

Only in Israel - a game was cancelled but everyone agreed the winner is ISRAEL -

for shooting down another major murderous missile!

Other News : an 80 year old reservist refuses to quit-

And is appointed brigadier general this week!

The Baby whose mother was killed - died too - Thursday after 2 weeks that doctors tried to save him ( he had gone too long wifhout oxygen after his mothef was killed by that terrorist)

And the French officer Dreyfus? He was awarded that same rank! 100 years after his death -

After harassment by

Yes

French antisemites!

We outlast them all!

So how do we keep going for over 3000 years since Mount Sinai and the Torah?

Using the MATH LIKE IN THIS- PORTION's BEGINNIING -

Sometimes it says a Round. (Number)-"hundreds of thousands" -

And some times a Square ? Huh?

Like 7 X 7 is

49 - days from

Passover to Shavuos!

So today USE MATH POWER and

say before sundown

Today is the 47th day of counting the Omer

And after dark say "

Now it is the

48th day of counting sefirat OMER"

And Saturday night

Count the

49TH day ...

And

- you never know - you might make it to

Shavuos and light Yahrzeit Candles with Great Mitzva Joy -

Joy that we are all STILL HERE! Carrying on!

And let's see Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach on Parshas Bamidbar

edited by AE :"

I want you to know the deepest deepest depths.

What is the holy book of Bamidbar (4^th of the 5) all about?

…. In Bereishis, you learn the beginning;

how G-d created the world, and how he created the beginning of the Jewish People.

Shemos is all about how we became a nation and received the Torah.

In Vayikra we learn how to serve G-d.

But you know something so crazy … you can still fall to the lowest depths (and)

Do you know why? Because it takes more than all this!.

So the Heilige Ishbitzer (Rebbe) says the deepest Torah in the world.

The whole book of Bamidbar is the book of mistakes because (in life) you have to make so many mistakes…

You know friends, you can do everything right in life and yet not get to the point...

You know friends, (if) I'll tell G-d "I'll do anything You want me to do",

and I'm still off... It takes something deeper than that…

(In Bamidbar) we learn about Aaron, Miriam and even Moshe… and.

we see that even Moshe Rabbeinu can make a mistake, it's possible because we are just human beings.

When I am very close to somebody, the closeness does not depend on how much they are doing my will, that would be the most shallow relationship there is.

Mamash our relationship with G-d has to go so much deeper…

The book of Bamidbar begins when mamesh the Ribbono Shel Olam is counting Yidden,

…counting every Yid's individual strength

and He is begging us, "Yiddelach, each of you have to find your own connection (to G-d and the Eternal Torah and people)

which is beyond just doing everything right and not doing wrong."

Good Shabbos

Rabbi Shlomo

Tell the WORLD - Israel is ours for 3000 years - and anything else is not true!

Shabbat Shalom and Blessings

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

"Lord, you know they made a fine connection......

Lord you can see it's true”"

And Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach on Parshas Bamidbar

I want you to know the deepest deepest depths. What is the holy book of Bamidbar all about? The essence of Bamidbar is one thing. In Bereishis, you learn the beginning; how G-d created the world, and how he created the beginning of the Jewish People. Shemos is all about how we became a nation and received the Torah. In Vayikra we learn how to serve G-d. But you know something so crazy - you can know Bereishis, Shemos and Vayikra, and you can still fall to the lowest depths!

Do you know why? Because it takes more than all this.

So the Heilige Ishbitzer says the deepest Torah in the world. The whole book of Bamidbar is the book of mistakes because you have to make so many mistakes until it's absolutely so inside of you. But what kind of mistakes are we talking about?

You know friends, you can do everything right in life and yet not get to the point. Imagine I met this girl and I love her the most. I say to her "I want you to marry me." She says "Why should I marry you?" I say "Because I'll do everything you want me to do." How exciting. She says "I'm sorry. It doesn't turn me on." "It doesn't turn you on? What do you mean? I just said that I will do anything you tell me to do!"

It's got to be deeper than that.

You know friends, I'll tell G-d "I'll do anything You want me to do", and I'm still off. It takes something deeper than that. You think the highest you can offer G-d is to do everything right? It's possible to do everything right and still be off. If you follow the portions of Bamidbar, we learn about Aaron, Miriam and even Moshe.

If you follow the portions in Bamidbar, we see that even Moshe Rabbeinu can make a mistake, it's possible because we are just human beings. But you know something? You think that because you made one mistake you are cut off? He is still Moshe Rabbeinu. When I am very close to somebody, the closeness does not depend on how much they are doing my will, that would be the most shallow relationship there is.

Mamash our relationship with G-d has to go so much deeper

The book of Bamidbar begins when mamesh the Ribbono Shel Olam is counting Yidden, what is it all about? G-d is counting every Yid's individual strength, and He is begging us, "Yiddelach, each of you have to find your own connection (to G-d and the Eternal Torah and people)

which is beyond just doing everything right and not doing wrong."

Good Shabbos!

Rabbi Shlomo

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Portion Behar BeChuKoTai – the week a Couple was Murdered in DC

What a couple of weeks (and years) it's been lately!

And we just got a satellite warning that more missiles are being aimed at us!

So today I went to visit a friend who has been crying over this - and the current US anti-semitism.

It's because no one in the world knows the REAL Jews!

I prayed in Jerusalem this morning after which a lecture on the portion was given – by one of the teachers in the GREAT SYNAGOGUE (who by-the-way donated a kidney recently - an amazing act of mercy - and faith).

The haftaras and the double portion he explained – in brief – discuss some of the approximately 180 MITZVAS of the Torah RELATED TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL (out of 613 in total).

Later in the Torah it says "if you don't observe those laws then the Land will kick you

out".

It's not a simple equation - but history has proven Moses' Torah is TRUE!

We need to trust in the equations of the Almighty!

Rabbi Carlebach points out "What's so hard about not working the land" every 7th

year?

Rabbi Hirschler pointed out this morning that "it's ALL about trusting in the Almighty".

We were exiled for 70 years by the Babylonians – after our forefathers ignored the

laws of the Sabbatical Year 70 times!

Friends we have to trust in the teachings of the Almighty!

Afterwards a friend offered me a lift!

So we rode to visit the Kever – the Grave – of another inspiring teacher of mine – Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.

Here is something he taught from these Portions – about the Holiness of the land.

Now imagine the Torah would tell you what you get for every good deed, it would be like a store. I buy apples for twenty-five cents, so I get two apples. I'm going to G-d saying "Listen, I'm putting on my tefillin, I should get this. I'm keeping Shabbos, I should be getting that." Friends, it would be the end.

...

You think G-d looks up in the yellow pages and checks to see how much I get?

It is the most individual thing in the world; it cannot be written down.

...

you know what the paying is? The paying is the utmost G-d revelation which

just has to do with you, just you.

This utmost revelation is on Shabbos when I don't do anything specific.

This is what takes place on the seventh and fiftieth year in the Holy Land.

I get a taste of something so personal and private which is just between me and G-d.

Good Shabbos"

Let's feel the connections to the Almighty of Israel and the Land of Israel

AND PRAY FOR A BETTER WORLD

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

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