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"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



4 Jul 2012

Frogs everywhere

Rav Yechiel Michel Stern in the Nishmas Kol Chai points out that we find time and time again the frogs taking up their mission for Hashem fearlessly without any concern for their own death. By the Maka of tzefardei'a we find frogs jumping into burning ovens. Then we find in the medrash, when Hashem wanted to kill a person in Eiver HaYarden with a scorpion who couldn't swim across the Yarden, the frog carried the dangerous scorpion across without worrying that the scorpion will bite him. In the Hakdama of Perek Shira we find the frog offering himself as food for a species that lives on the edge of the river that eats frogs. The frog doesn't run. He makes himself readily available to fulfill the Tzivui Hashem.

To have a moment of clarity and be Moseir Nefesh is a great thing. Once you have earned your wings and still come out alive, you may be more reluctant to take your chances again the next time. Not so with the frogs. Their whole essence is Kiddush Hashem, over and over again. They sing day and night and don't ever stop croaking. What are they croaking? The song of complete Mesiras Nefesh to the great King, "Boruch Shem Kevod Malchuso L'Olam Va'ed." Hashem's Kingdon is blessed for all eternity.
http://revach.net/article.php?id=1628

Frogs in Egypt are now protected by a fatwa that forbids individuals from eating them. It's the first fatwa to appear by Egypt's highest fatwa council since the Muslim Brotherhood came to power.
Read more: http://times247.com/articles/egyptian-frog-fatwa-protects-croaking-praise-to-allah#ixzz1zbGZjPy6

4 comments:

  1. Loved the video...

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  2. I too was thinking of a way to make the connection. I like how you did it.

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  3. Sorry I can't recall the source, but I heard once a midrash about David ben Yishai, the Sweet Singer of Israel, saying, "HaShem, who has sung to You as beautifully as I have?" And a frog then hopped up next to him, gave him a look, and said to King David, "I sing a better song than you do!"

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  4. To Maoz,
    I refer you to the following link which might help shed light.

    http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-judaic&month=1106&week=c&msg=sVZrE9P2i65AC1D5HaKqeQ&user=&pw=

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