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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



27 Feb 2014

Something that is essential

Rashi says in (38:21) that the Mishkan is called so because it is a "Mashkon"; a security guarantee for Hashem that we will keep the mitzvos. When we failed to keep it Hashem takes his Mashkon and destroyed the two Batei Mikdash. The question is that the halacha clearly states that even when a creditor takes away the Mashkon he must return it for the debtor to use when he needs it. The classic example is that his work tools must be returned by day so he can earn a living. Why doesn't Hashem return to us the Bais HaMikdash? Our Merciful Father is surely charitable beyond the Torah's requirements.
I heard from Rav Yosef Chaim Kupshitz Rosh Yeshiva of Porat Yosef that the Mashkon is only returned if it is something that is essential for us to have in order to function properly. The fact that Hashem does not return it, is a sign that we don't consider the Bais HaMikdash critical to our lives. May we all be zocheh to greet Pnei Moshiach Tzidkeinu, rejoice in the Binyan Bais HaMikdash, and witness the Hashroas HaShechina amongst us once again.
http://revach.net/galus-amp-geula/moshiach/When-Will-Hashem-Return-Our-Mashkon/4453

John David Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, will now be allowed monthly 17-day visits to his mother's home in James City County, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Thursday.
Read more: http://www.vagazette.com/news/dp-nws-hinckley-visits-20140227,0,5493515.story

June 20, 2011
Jonathan Pollard was not allowed to attend his father’s funeral despite appeals from Israeli officials and supporters who shut down the White House switchboard.
...Pollard was not allowed to attend his mother’s funeral in December 2001.
http://www.jta.org/2011/06/20/news-opinion/united-states/pollard-despite-appeals-not-allowed-to-attend-fathers-funeral#ixzz2uYVjlJvx

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