בס׳ד

"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



23 Jul 2020

Something Positive

Always Find Something Positive

The young people of Bnei Yisroel who were about to go into Eretz Yisroel. Moshe Rabbeinu in his last address to them retold the story of their parents' mistakes in the Midbar. When retelling the Cheit of the Meraglim, Moshe says that they were punished and routed by the Emori in their effort to go to Eretz Yisroel without permission. After this defeat they came back to the Machaneh and began to cry. The pasuk says (1:45) "V'Lo Shama Hashem B'Kolchem", Hashem did not listen to them. The next pasuk says that they stayed in Kadeish many years. Rashi says that they stayed there for 19 years without wandering around.

The Netziv says that we see from here that even when Hashem does not listen to our tefilos and does not grant our request, the tefila still helps. While their tefilos did not repeal the gezeira of staying in the Midbar for 40 years, it helped that they settled in one place did not need to wander for 19 years. We can't always get what we want but we always get something!

https://revach.net/tefilah/tefila/Parshas-Devarim-Netziv-Even-An-Unanswered-Tefila-Helps/3949

Elephants and Donkeys

Getting Your Prayers Answered

Twitter Clarifies Stance On Star Of David Imagery After Users Accounts Locked

What Led Me To Break a Shidduch

Elephants and Donkeys: Where Are the Humans?

"בשל התחלואה: "לומר 'אבינו מלכנו' כל יום אחרי התפילה

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15 Jul 2020

Urgent Business

Rabbi Finkel traveling to Western Wall on urgent business

Baal Tefila Of Uman Rosh HaShana Loses Life to COVID

Former NYPD Commissioner warns US Jews: Protect your communities

How Jewish Twitter users and celebrities took down a virtual anti-Semitic mob

On a White Donkey

Viacom/CBS fires Nick Cannon for antisemitism; will @FoxTV, @NBCUniversal and @Power106LA follow?

ViacomCBS condemns bigotry of any kind and we categorically denounce all forms of anti-Semitism. We have spoken with Nick Cannon about an episode of his podcast ‘Cannon’s Class’ on YouTube, which promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

Why is the video "which promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories" still up on YouTube?

Netanyahu Shoots Down National Security Council Recommendation To Close Shuls

10 Jul 2020

A Forecast

"no matter the year, circumstance, or strifes everyday you're alive is a blessing. make the most of today and every day you are given. tomorrow is not promised" - Posted by Naya Rivera on Instagram a few days before she disappeared after renting a boat.

Day 21 - Shine your diamond

A Forecast For The Upcoming Months

פרשת פנחס תש"פ - הרב ברוך רוזנבלום

Lithuania picks the wrong man to honour

4 Jul 2020

CORONA- END OF EDOM

How to Be Moshiach

50% of Swiss Jews faced antisemitic abuse in past five years - study

A NYTImes tweet - "President Trump delivered a dark and divisive speech at Mount Rushmore, leaning into the culture wars and barely mentioning the pandemic."

A response - "I’m still waiting on the NYTIMES to call the Ayatollah’s Friday sermons “divisive.” You know, the ones where he says the “USA needs to be annihilated.”