Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis writes about the steps she is taking to recover from a nasty fall in an article titled I will keep dancing.
As I write this, another memory comes to mind. My father, HaRav HaGaon HaTzaddik Avrohom HaLevi Jungreis, zt”l, would often tell us, “When difficult days come upon you, always remember that if G-d gave you those challenges it is so that you should help others find their way when they are confronted with their own struggles and life’s tests.”
Read full article: http://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/rebbetzins-viewpointrebbetzin-jungreis/i-will-keep-dancing/2012/04/25/
25 Apr 2012
Yom Hazikaron and sitting shiva
Rabbi Lazer Brody writes about Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers - Today.
As the family of Reb Eliyahu Deri z”l, father of former Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri, sit shiva, I was touched at how all those at the shiva house got up to show respect when they heard the siren commemorating fallen Israeli soldiers.
As the family of Reb Eliyahu Deri z”l, father of former Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri, sit shiva, I was touched at how all those at the shiva house got up to show respect when they heard the siren commemorating fallen Israeli soldiers.
24 Apr 2012
Rock Bottom
There is a strange Halocha regarding Tzoraas: If tzoraas partially covers ones body they are tamei. But if the Nega has spread and now covers their entire body they are Tahor. What's the reason for this seemingly strange Halacha? A person who is covered from head to toe with tzoraas should be the most tamei. No?
Click here to read answer by Benjamin Rose. It is interesting to read the comment below the devar Torah posted by Matis.
Click here to read answer by Benjamin Rose. It is interesting to read the comment below the devar Torah posted by Matis.
Masood and Nizar's questions
The following is an excerpt from the U.N. Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of April 23. Unbelievable comparisons! Certainly got my blood pressue raised this morning.
Read full transcript: http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2012/db120423.doc.htm
We have time for one or two questions. Masood?
Question: Now, number one, I wanted to ask you, now that you talked about this Palestinian question and that it took, I mean, Gaza is not united, but the West Bank and so forth, and then in the background of this meeting happening on the Holocaust. Has the Secretary-General talked to the Israeli authorities about releasing thousands of Israeli, I mean Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails who have not been had recourse to law? That is the bottom line. Will he be in talking, once again, to the Israeli parliamentarians or Knesset leaders who hear about this issue?
Deputy Spokesperson: The Secretary-General, as you know, Masood, and we said it when he visited the region in January/February, spoke extensively to leaders of the region; he expressed his views. His Special Representative there, Mr. Robert Serry, is in daily contact with Palestinian and Israeli authorities; they know what the Secretary-General’s views are. And again, Mr. Pascoe, this morning, again reiterated the Secretary-General’s views at the Security Council. I would invite you to read his speech, which is available in our office.
Question: Yes, sir, my question is basically related to the events that are going to take place here today. In that, in the backdrop of that, which is also a very solemn event about the Holocaust, is a very solemn event, and it is a very tragic event that happened. But, the arrest and incarceration of thousands of Palestinians without recourse to law is also tragic.
...
Deputy Spokesperson: Nizar?
Question: [inaudible] regarding this Holocaust event. Is the Secretary-General going to raise the issue of implementation of the recommendations of the Goldstone’s committee report? Is he going to raise that, I mean this, this ceremonial, rather, I mean, one representing [inaudible]?
Deputy Spokesperson: Well, this is a ceremony marking the Holocaust and I think we are going to leave it at that. I don’t have any further information.
Question: [Inaudible] accountability, of course, that being implemented with regard to those perpetrators of the Holocaust and [inaudible] example of that, these people who committed similar crimes a few years ago still aren’t touched, and there doesn’t look like there is a will among the international community to pursue, bringing them to justice. Isn’t that a part of [inaudible]…?
Deputy Spokesperson: I didn’t, I can’t hear; the microphone isn’t turned on properly.
Question: I, I said, since Eichmann and the likes of Eichmann were tried, shouldn’t there be some accountability for those who perpetrated crimes as established in the Goldstone report and bring, being brought to justice, rather than just remembering the past?
Read full transcript: http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2012/db120423.doc.htm
We have time for one or two questions. Masood?
Question: Now, number one, I wanted to ask you, now that you talked about this Palestinian question and that it took, I mean, Gaza is not united, but the West Bank and so forth, and then in the background of this meeting happening on the Holocaust. Has the Secretary-General talked to the Israeli authorities about releasing thousands of Israeli, I mean Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails who have not been had recourse to law? That is the bottom line. Will he be in talking, once again, to the Israeli parliamentarians or Knesset leaders who hear about this issue?
Deputy Spokesperson: The Secretary-General, as you know, Masood, and we said it when he visited the region in January/February, spoke extensively to leaders of the region; he expressed his views. His Special Representative there, Mr. Robert Serry, is in daily contact with Palestinian and Israeli authorities; they know what the Secretary-General’s views are. And again, Mr. Pascoe, this morning, again reiterated the Secretary-General’s views at the Security Council. I would invite you to read his speech, which is available in our office.
Question: Yes, sir, my question is basically related to the events that are going to take place here today. In that, in the backdrop of that, which is also a very solemn event about the Holocaust, is a very solemn event, and it is a very tragic event that happened. But, the arrest and incarceration of thousands of Palestinians without recourse to law is also tragic.
...
Deputy Spokesperson: Nizar?
Question: [inaudible] regarding this Holocaust event. Is the Secretary-General going to raise the issue of implementation of the recommendations of the Goldstone’s committee report? Is he going to raise that, I mean this, this ceremonial, rather, I mean, one representing [inaudible]?
Deputy Spokesperson: Well, this is a ceremony marking the Holocaust and I think we are going to leave it at that. I don’t have any further information.
Question: [Inaudible] accountability, of course, that being implemented with regard to those perpetrators of the Holocaust and [inaudible] example of that, these people who committed similar crimes a few years ago still aren’t touched, and there doesn’t look like there is a will among the international community to pursue, bringing them to justice. Isn’t that a part of [inaudible]…?
Deputy Spokesperson: I didn’t, I can’t hear; the microphone isn’t turned on properly.
Question: I, I said, since Eichmann and the likes of Eichmann were tried, shouldn’t there be some accountability for those who perpetrated crimes as established in the Goldstone report and bring, being brought to justice, rather than just remembering the past?
23 Apr 2012
The yahrzheit
Denied entry
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Monday he was denied entry into Afghanistan because of his critical views of that country’s government.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75467.html#ixzz1st51ockP
If you google "Gunter grass denied entry," you will find articles with subjects such as "Israel's ban on Günter Grass is undemocratic," "Denied entry into Israel criticized," "to ban him is infantile pique." Let's see which articles will be written about Rep. Rohrabacher's ban.
In polite company
Caroline Glick has penned an article titled Hemorrhage of hatred in which she writes, "our neighbors' unrelenting and irrational abhorrence for Israel and the Jewish people remains a dirty secret that you aren't supposed to mention in polite company."
..."On the other hand, when it comes to their direct dealings with Jew haters, Westerners not only fail to confront them about their prejudice. They enable it. For instance, at a townhall meeting during her visit to Tunisia last month, Hillary Clinton was asked how US leaders can be trusted when during elections, "most of the candidates from both sides run towards the Zionist lobbies to get their support."
Rather than reject the anti-Jewish premise of the question — that Jews exert inordinate control over US politics or that there is something wrong with candidates expressing support for Israel — Clinton treated the question as legitimate."
Read full article: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0412/glick042012.php3
..."On the other hand, when it comes to their direct dealings with Jew haters, Westerners not only fail to confront them about their prejudice. They enable it. For instance, at a townhall meeting during her visit to Tunisia last month, Hillary Clinton was asked how US leaders can be trusted when during elections, "most of the candidates from both sides run towards the Zionist lobbies to get their support."
Rather than reject the anti-Jewish premise of the question — that Jews exert inordinate control over US politics or that there is something wrong with candidates expressing support for Israel — Clinton treated the question as legitimate."
Read full article: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0412/glick042012.php3
22 Apr 2012
It's all in the head
The JPost has an article describing a book by Dr. Zipi Ha’etzni about losing weight and keeping it off and how the problem is not in the stomach but in the head.
A man named Avi consulted Dr. Ha'etzni after regaining some weight he had lost.
“I’m a mess, the world’s a mess and my future is even more so,” he told her. Avi recalled that a few days before, he was at the supermarket and saw a couple looking at him and whispering to each other that ‘it is too much.’ He thought they were saying he was obese, but in fact, upon getting closer, he heard them complaining he had put more than 10 items of groceries in his shopping cart even though he was in an express line.
Noting his lack of self-confidence, Ha’etzni asked if something good happened to him in the past week, and he remembered he had been appointed to head a new project at work and even won a small sum with a lottery ticket.
“This story illustrates a central idea in cognitive psychology, mood congruent memory, in which people tend to pull out memories that suit their current moods.”
Read full article: http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?id=266995
Aish.com has an article about a husband whose changed way of thinking saved his marriage.
A man named Avi consulted Dr. Ha'etzni after regaining some weight he had lost.
“I’m a mess, the world’s a mess and my future is even more so,” he told her. Avi recalled that a few days before, he was at the supermarket and saw a couple looking at him and whispering to each other that ‘it is too much.’ He thought they were saying he was obese, but in fact, upon getting closer, he heard them complaining he had put more than 10 items of groceries in his shopping cart even though he was in an express line.
Noting his lack of self-confidence, Ha’etzni asked if something good happened to him in the past week, and he remembered he had been appointed to head a new project at work and even won a small sum with a lottery ticket.
“This story illustrates a central idea in cognitive psychology, mood congruent memory, in which people tend to pull out memories that suit their current moods.”
Read full article: http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?id=266995
Aish.com has an article about a husband whose changed way of thinking saved his marriage.
A whole lot of rocks
Stella Paul writes about Northeastern University's treament of the holocaust. Now a new 16-minute video released by Americans for Peace and Tolerance/On Campus (APT/OC) documents this sorry saga and turns over a whole lot of other rocks, exposing the new anti-Semitism masquerading as anti-Zionism that's been crawling around certain corridors at Northeastern for years. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/northeastern_university_attacks_holocaust_survivors.html#ixzz1skTccCs6
Speaking about rocks, Chadrei Charedim has an article about a thirteen-year-old boy and his friends who were attacked by Arab boys aged 8 through 10 who threw rocks at them while they were making their way home from evening prayers at the Kotel on Friday evening. One boy used a slingshot and a rock hit the thirteen-year-old in the eye. Doctors at Hadassah hospital suspect that he may lose sight in that eye, as a result of the attack. Please pray for a refuah sheleima for Natan ben Sarah.
Speaking about rocks, Chadrei Charedim has an article about a thirteen-year-old boy and his friends who were attacked by Arab boys aged 8 through 10 who threw rocks at them while they were making their way home from evening prayers at the Kotel on Friday evening. One boy used a slingshot and a rock hit the thirteen-year-old in the eye. Doctors at Hadassah hospital suspect that he may lose sight in that eye, as a result of the attack. Please pray for a refuah sheleima for Natan ben Sarah.
21 Apr 2012
Your healer
The following is an excerpt from Soveya.com.
The sefer, Ta'amei HaMinhagim, (page 251) writes that the Jewish month of Iyar is a time for refuah (healing). אייר is an acronym for אני ה' רפואך (I am HaShem, your Healer). Additionally, he cites the B'nai Yissaschar, who teaches that most weakness and illness come from foods which are harmful to a person's nature or composition. The Rambam (Hilchos De'os 4:15) writes likewise. See also Kitzur Shulchan Aruch chapter 32.
The mahn began to fall in this month (on the 16th day of Iyar 2448). It was the perfect food, from which no sickness, pain or even waste matter resulted (as Dovid HaMelech refers to it in Sefer Tehillim--"lechem abirim"). It even cured those who were ill. Therefore, HaShem left the curative nature of the month in effect for all generations. Accordingly, Iyar is a time of segulah l'refuah.
On another subject, there is an interesting podcast of a discussion between Peter Beinart and Richard Baehr at American Thinker. Click here to listen or download.
The sefer, Ta'amei HaMinhagim, (page 251) writes that the Jewish month of Iyar is a time for refuah (healing). אייר is an acronym for אני ה' רפואך (I am HaShem, your Healer). Additionally, he cites the B'nai Yissaschar, who teaches that most weakness and illness come from foods which are harmful to a person's nature or composition. The Rambam (Hilchos De'os 4:15) writes likewise. See also Kitzur Shulchan Aruch chapter 32.
The mahn began to fall in this month (on the 16th day of Iyar 2448). It was the perfect food, from which no sickness, pain or even waste matter resulted (as Dovid HaMelech refers to it in Sefer Tehillim--"lechem abirim"). It even cured those who were ill. Therefore, HaShem left the curative nature of the month in effect for all generations. Accordingly, Iyar is a time of segulah l'refuah.
On another subject, there is an interesting podcast of a discussion between Peter Beinart and Richard Baehr at American Thinker. Click here to listen or download.
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