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Cyber Farbrengens — 10-alumni letters - mikeitz 5786

Выпуск: Cyber Farbrengens — 10-alumni letters - mikeitz 5786. Темы: family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, holidays, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה, пурим, песах, ханука, суккот, yom tov, פורים. Our thoughts and tefilos continue to be with our brothers and sisters in the Ukraine, and especially the shluchim there who are practicing such remarkable mesirus nefesh, may Hashem speedily bring them true light, and bring them ‫נסים‬ ‫!ופורקן וגבורות ותשועות ונפלאות‬ The central theme of Chanuka is “Pirsumei nisa”, - publicizing the miracles and wonders of Hashem. R’ Meir’l said to him: “I will explain to you what took place here, if you will first answer the question I will ask you in Torah: The Mishna relates that R’ Chanina ben Dosa would daven for sick people, and would then proclaim ‫ זה חי וזה מת‬- ‘this one will live, and this one will die’. Based on this I would choose a different interpretation of the above events: I’d like to assume that the 2 people who died were people who were people who were – somehow - deserving to die (not Jewish people, and not righteous people etc.), and that the Eibishter had to get me involved with them in order to facilitate my own chalipin, - ‫ זה חי וזה מת‬- and give me life instead! Instead of our davening and learning being with apathy and disinterest, let’s transfer (at least some of) the apathy and lifelessness to our worldly pleasures [as chassidus quotes in the name of the chovos halevovos: ‫ כך לא ישכנו בלב א' האהבה לאלקות והאהבה‬,‫כשם שלא ישכנו יחד האש ומים‬ ‫לדברים גשמיים‬, and as Chazal tell us: ‫ יתפלל שלא יכנסו מעדנים לתוך‬,‫עד שיתפלל אדם שיכנסו דברי תורה לתוך מעיו‬ ‫]מעיו‬, and we will be able restore and revive the health of our nefesh hoElokis. There have been many ups and downs throughout this time, and, admittedly, at times, when there were slow days, I felt myself as a ‫( קטני אמונה‬see Sota 48B ve’od), as I waged an inner battle, with one inner 18 voice pushing me to seek other remedies, although I knew better… Just on yud tes kislev I had been at the end of a few slow days that were concerning to me. I know (and have seen…) that this is something that is easy to become lax in over time, and I want to take this opportunity to once again urge all of you to take the e

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Cyber Farbrengens

Дата

19 декабря 2025 г.

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24

Темы: family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, holidays, health_mind, parsha_commentary