Daily “PiCK-ME-UPs” – 20th Sivan, 5769

 

Daily “PiCK-ME-UPs” – 20th Sivan, 5769

Daily PiCK-ME-UPs the book

Living a Dream

We need to have a dream and believe its truth. We need to see our dream as real, and – more importantly – as affecting the type of person we become. Thus, we live our dream right now.

By: Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Schwartz of “Self-Growth.

PiCK-ME-UPs:
Empower yourself, enjoy life!
Not just another book, but a series of lessons to change our lives, turning darkness to light, misery to joy, shame into dignity; giving us a sense of direction, that we may move through our days with enthusiasm and passion, turning each moment into a jewel, a treasure, and a source of great pleasure and enjoyment. Click here for more.

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Daily Kabbalah Portion – 20th Sivan, 5769

 

Daily Kabbalah Portion – 20th Sivan, 5769

The Wisdom of Kabbalah

Building the Future Society – Principles of the Future Society – Part II

8. The entire world is one family. The framework of communism according to the Torah should ultimately encircle the entire world in an equal standard of living to everybody. However, the actual process is a gradual one. Each nation whose majority accepts these basic elements practically, and who have already been brought up to bestow upon their fellow person and will have a sound cause for fuel, may enter the framework of the international communism right away.

All the nations that have already gone under the framework of international communism will have equal standards of living. The surplus of a wealthy or a diligent nation will improve the living standards of the failing or poor nation in raw materials and productive means.

9. The economic and religious form that guarantees communism will be one for all nations. It means that the religious form of all nations must first obligate its members to bestowal upon their fellow person in the form of “Love thy friend as thyself.” The aim is that the gifted and the lucky shall not enjoy society more than the backward members. This will be the collective religion for all nations that will come under the framework of the communism, excluding religious forms that do not concern the economic life.

On other matters of comportment, each will have his or her own form, which should not be changed. In other words: except for the matter of “Love thy friend as thyself,” each nation may follow its own religion and tradition, and one must not interfere with another.

10. The laws of the collective, equal for all, religion are as follows:

A. One should work for the well-being of people as much as one can and even more if needed, until there is not a single hungry or thirsty person in the entire world.

B. One may be diligent, but no person shall enjoy the society more than the backward. There will be an equal living standard for all souls.

C. Though there is religion, tokens of due honors should be imparted according to the religion; the greater benefit one contributes to society, the higher decoration one shall receive.

D. Refraining from working diligently to benefit society will induce punishment according to the laws of society.

E. Each and every one is committed to the labor of raising ever higher the living standard of the world society, so all the people in the world will enjoy their lives and will feel more and more happiness.

F. The same applies for spirituality, though not everyone is obligated to engage in spirituality but only special people, depending on the needs.

G. There will be a sort of high-court. Those who will want to dedicate their labor for spiritual life will to be permitted to do so by this court.

11. The world must not be corrected in religious matters before the economic correction is guaranteed for the entire world.

12. There should be a detailed program of all the above-mentioned rules and the rest of the necessary rules in this regard. Anyone who comes under the framework of the communism must take an oath to keep all that because G-d has so commanded. At the very least one must pledge to teach one’s children that G-d has so commanded.

By Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag – Baal HaSulam, Building the Future Society

Source: kabbalah.info

Today 20th Sivan, 5769 – “Little Mitzvos”

 

Today 20th Sivan, 5769 – “Little Mitzvos”

Little Mitzvos Org

You may think, how does one little Mitzvo help . . .

Our times are calling out to us to do Teshuva, but it’s too hard for us to change our lives. Even when we try, we end up reverting back to nothing, everything as was. We MUST show HaShem that we are seeing the signs and that it means something to us.

In this way, when HaShem asks what did we did, we can reply “I took this on…”

You must not consider this “Little Mitzvos” as a replacement for the Shulchan Oruch – you must continue learning Halochos via mainstream Seforim and with Shiurim.

Tefilla

Go quickly to the bimah when called up for aliya.

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Teachings of the Sages – 20th Sivan, 5769

 

Teachings of the Sages – 20th Sivan, 5769

Two Tzadiks

ON PRAYER

R’ Pinchas said: “G-d is prayer”.*

*A renaissance of piety: the teachings of Hasidism and the shifting paradigm, in Wrapped in a Holy Flame: Teachings and Tales of the Hasidic Masters, by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, p. 9 (B)

By Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz

Source: Two Tzaddiks

Rabbi Nachman’s – Sayings & Teachings – 20th Sivan, 5769

 

Rabbi Nachman’s – Sayings & Teachings

Azamra org - Torah for Our Time

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE – Free will

The hard part of anything one has to do for G-d is the part left to one’s own free will. These are the things that one has to decide for oneself without being explicitly commanded or asked to do them. It is then entirely up to oneself to do as one chooses.

In all acts of devotion, something is always left for the individual to decide for himself without being instructed one way or the other. He must make his own choice. It is in the area where free will comes into play that the main work lies. There is always room for doubt about what G-d really wants, since He has given no instructions as to what to do.

Chayey Moharan #504-5

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
“It is a great mitzvah to be happy.”

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Azamra means “I will sing” (Psalms 146:2)

“And the way to sing the song of joy is by seeking the good in all people, especially in ourselves. Each good point is one more note in the song of life!”

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

Avodah – Perek Shira – 20th Sivan, 5769

 

Perek Shira – 20th Sivan, 5769

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Perek Shira

Perek Shira: The Earth – Are You A Doormat?

If you are feeling like the doormat of the world, the bottom of the totem pole, stepped on by all those around you, remember that Hashem created everything including the ground. You have a direct relationship with Him and have the same access as the “higher ups” to get to him. When you are down look up! Nothing separates you from the top.

“To Hashem belongs the whole earth and it contents, the world and all its inhabitants” “From the edges of the earth songs are heard…”

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On this day – Limud yomi – 20th Sivan, 5769

 

On this day – Limud yomi – 20th Sivan, 5769

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Limud yomi

Limud yomi

Daf yomi: Bava Metzia 48
Yerushalmi yomi: Bava Batra 1
Mishna yomit: Keilim 27:10
Halacha yomit: Orach Chaim 312:7
Tanach yomi: 12 Prophets Seder 13

From: Kaluach – Hebrew/civil calendars

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Daily Teachings of the Baal Shem Tov – 20th Sivan, 5769

 

Daily Teachings of the Baal Shem Tov – 20th Sivan, 5769

Baal Shem Tov Foundation
 

The Baal Shem Tov often told his disciples that even non-Jews know that one should never scorn any person. As the folk adage goes, “Take a good look at what you have done, and at another’s expense you won’t have fun.”

(Luchos Erez, 59)

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Daily Torah Quote – 20th Sivan, 5769

 

Daily Torah Quote – 20th Sivan, 5769

Breslev Israel
 

Whoever studies Torah Laws each day is assured that he has a share in the World to Come.

Megilah 28b

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Tikun Habris – 20th Sivan, 5769

 

Tikun Habris – 20th Sivan, 5769

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Tikun Habris is the most important topic to discuss in this low generation, and no one is dealing with it.

If you are Jewish then you are part of the Holy nation. Have mercy on your holy soul and stop blemishing it with the sin of wasting seed. Take heed of what the kabbalah says and stop committing this sin of wasting seed.

The Sin of Wasting Seed

One is not allowed to spill seed. This is the most severe transgression from all sins in the torah. A person is not allowed to purposely cause an erection or bring himself to think impure thoughts.

(Shulcan Aruch A.H. 23)

A Wonderous Segulah to rectify oneself and to rectify Nefesh Ruach and Neshama. Culled from the Holy ARIZALs works to be said every day after prayers. Tikun Mem Ches from the Tikunei Zohar has the Segulah to bring that which is precious and holy out of what has fallen into spiritual darkness and to rectify the sins related to the Bris Kodesh. Whomever says it will be worthy of many wonderous things relating to body and soul.

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This week’s recommended reading: 15th – 21st Sivan, 5769

 

Books

Torah Reading for the Week of 15th – 21st Sivan, 5769

Be’halot’cha (Numbers 8-12)Fulfilled Desires – by Rabbi Max Weimman

Advanced Parsha – Be’halot’cha (Numbers 8-12) To Believe or Not to Believe, That Is the Question- by Rabbi Noson Weisz – Aish Jerusalem

From our Sages on the Parshah – Parshah In DepthParshah: Behaalotecha Verses: Numbers 8:1-12:16

Rebbe Nachman’s WisdomConnecting to the Tzaddik, By Rebbe Nachman of Breslev

Chassidic Pearls“When you kindle the lamps…” (Bamidbar 8:2). – By: Rabbi Lazer Brody

Stories for the Shabbos TableThe Most Humble Man – Behaalotecha – By The Baal Shem Tov

The editorial page of Breslev Israel’s English websiteDesensitization By Rabbi Lazer Brody

Parshas HaShavua – Quick Vort Parshas Bahaloscha: Daas Zekeinim & Ramban – Two Explanations For Moshe’s Shocking Question – By Daas Zekeinim & Ramban

Peninim on the TorahPARSHAS BEHAALOSCHA By Rabbi A. Leib Scheinbaum

Chasidic Insights on the Weekly ParshaCHASIDIC INSIGHTS PARSHAS B’HAALOS’CHO 5769 (from 5763) BS”D By Zvi Akiva Fleisher

What’s Bothering Rashi?Shavuot – Parashas Shelach (69) By Dr. Avigdor Bonchek

The Baal Shem Tov TimesBehalotecha, By Tzvi Meir Cohn

Sources

Aish HaTorah   |   Breslev.co.il   |   Baal Shem Tov Foundation   |   
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Daily Reminder – 19th Sivan, 5769

 

Daily Reminder – 19th Sivan, 5769

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Zechiras Miriam

Moshe Rabbeinu Is Punished For Certainty Not Skepticism

Moshe Rabbeinu is told by Hashem to go to Mitzrayim to take out Bnei Yisroel. “Hein Lo Ya’aminu Li”, they will not believe that I was sent, worries Moshe (Shemos 4:1). For this he is punished even though he was bringing up a legitimate concern. Why?

The Shmiras HaLashon brings an answer from Rav Eliyahu Shick. He says that Moshe had every right to ask this, but he should have said “Pen”, maybe and not “Hein”, surely. In fact the medrash implies that he was punished for only the word Hein and nothing else.

We often have legitimate concerns about how someone will react to something and we should be prepared for a negative reaction. But we should never be 100% sure what the next person will do or say… even if we are a Nevi’im like Moshe Rabbeinu.

“Zachor Eis Asher Asa Hashem L’Miriam BaDerech B’Tzaischem MiMitzrayim”

The Ramban and other Rishonim count, among the Mitzvos Aseh Min HaTorah, the mitzva of remembering and saying with your mouth each day what Hashem did to Miriam when she spoke about her brother Moshe. The Chofetz Chaim in Shaar Tvunah Perek 12 says that being Mikayem this mitzva can save you from the aveira of Lashon Hara. More than just saying the pasuk, says the Chofetz Chaim, one must think about the incident in order for it to have its intended effect.

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From our Sages on the Parshah – Parshah: [We have] nothing at all, besides this manna (11:6)

 

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From our Sages on the Parshah
Parshah: [We have] nothing at all, besides this manna (11:6)

A person derives pleasure from material things only in comparing what he has to what his neighbors have. So although they could enjoy every taste in the world in the manna, they derived no pleasure from it, since everyone had it…

(Rabbi Yonatan Eibshitz)

From Parshah In Depth

Bringing Heaven Down to Earth – 19th Sivan, 5769

 

Bringing Heaven Down to Earth – 19th Sivan, 5769

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Sustained Wonder

By Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

Daily Dose – Today’s Meditation – Sustained Wonder

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Self-Growth – Keep Smiling – 19th Sivan, 5769

 

Self-Growth – Keep Smiling – 19th Sivan, 5769

Self-Growth - Keep Smiling
 

Achievements

By Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Schwartz

We get excited when we buy something big. A home improvement and even more so, a new home is important to us. Rises in salary or increased profits make us feel good about ourselves. Still, it’s the steps we take to enlarge our character and personal traits that are the greatest achievements of all.*

*Rav Yehoshua Schwartz, Kiryat Sefer

Have a growth-filled, uplifting day

By: Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Schwartz of “Self-Growth

Blog – To view previous”Keep Smiling”s, click here, or copy this address to your browser:

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“Heavenly Ways” gives us a Torah-based point of view 176 topics, affirmations to accelerate our journey along healthful, heavenly ways. To see excerpt, click here.

Hearts on Fire expands on selected verses from Tehillim to motivate us to new growth. In hard-cover for sale, or otherwise as a free ebook. Click here for an excerpt.

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A Handful of Light” expands on the very short, powerful “Letter of the Ramban” with classic mussar and outlook ideas. (287 pages) To see an excerpt, click here.

PiCK-ME-UPs:
Empower yourself, enjoy life!
Not just another book, but a series of lessons to change our lives, turning darkness to light, misery to joy, shame into dignity; giving us a sense of direction, that we may move through our days with enthusiasm and passion, turning each moment into a jewel, a treasure, and a source of great pleasure and enjoyment. Click here for more.

“Wealth – A Torah Approach” contains over 700 teachings from the Torah, Prophets and our earliest sages on this continually perplexing subject. Click here for an excerpt.