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22.01.2022 Who was on the Mountain? And who was not. https://youtu.be/3OnwZIuFjwA

21.01.2022 Leonard Cohen Live in Concert- Rabbi Sacks on You want it Darker See also You want it Darker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=24&v=YD6fvzGIBfQ See a...lso Story of Isaac: https://www.facebook.com//vl.14756014358/238331333512412/ Sitting in his hotel room in New York this morning, Rabbi Sacks suddenly had a thought about a connection between the late Leonard Cohen's song You Want It Darker Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s3kQSZ_Qxk

20.01.2022 YOU KNOW HOW HARSH THE WORLD CAN BE. HE IS YOUR CHANCE TO BEFORM AN ACT OF KINDNESS

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15.01.2022 https://youtu.be/ASRa3Hvga8s

14.01.2022 A fun Fundraiser

13.01.2022 In the next two weeks I'll be discussing the Rambam's (R' Moshe ben Maimon / , aka Maimonides) 13 Principles of Judaism. I'll return to the lis...t of 365 supposed prophecies about Jesus when this effort is concluded. Who was the Rambam? Since I am referencing the Rambam’s 13 Principles of Judaism, it dawned on me that some of you may be unfamiliar with the man. Who was he, and why is he held is such esteem by Jews? First of all, realize that no Jew is held out to be a saint or more than human. We are all too human, from Moses who was shy and stuttered to Moses ben Maimon, known as the Rambam, or Maimonides whom we will discuss here. R' Moshe ben Maimon, Moses Maimonides the Rambam, [ca. 1135 or 8 - 1204] is a name respected by Jew, Christian and Muslim. He was the foremost medieval Jewish sage (and that is saying something, there were many giants in that era). In his life he worked as a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain, Morocco and Egypt where he was physician to the sultan and his family. The Rambam’s mother died giving birth to him. His father was a great rabbi in his own right. He was a scholar and judge in Cordoba. The Rambam was well educated in mathematics, philosophy, and astronomy. In 1148 (when he was about 11 13 years old) Cordoba was overtaken by the Almohads, a fanatical Muslim sect that forced the Jews to convert to Islam or be killed. The Rambam’s family fled to Spain, eventually setting in Fez, in North Africa. It was in Fez that the Rambam began to study medicine, learning from many Muslim physicians. However the persecution continued and his family fled once again, this time to Israel. Times were bad for Jews in the holy land as the Christian Crusaders were very cruel to them. One more time the Rambam fled, this time to Egypt. The Rambam’s brother, David, was a jewel merchant. He supported the family while the Rambam continued to study. At this time his father, Maimon, died. In 1178 David died drowning. The Rambam turned to medicine for his living, as rabbis of that era did not earn money for those services. The Rambam was appointed official leader (naggid) of Egyptian Jewry (1177) and court physician to Vizir Al-Fadhil, Regent of Egypt during the absence of Sultan Saladin the Great, who was off fighting the Crusaders (1185). During this period the Rambam had to leave his house early in the morning to care for the sultan, his family (including the concubines), not returning home until late at night. He would find people at his home wanting to speak with him. In a letter he wrote Then I am almost dying with hunger I find the antechambers filled with people both Jews and Gentiles, nobles and common people, judges and police men, friends and foes a mixed multitude, who await the time of my return. I dismount from my animal, wash my hands, go forth to my patients, and entreat them to bear with me while I partake of some light refreshments, the only meal I eat in twenty-four hours. Then I go forth to attend to my patients, and write prescriptions and directions for their various ailments. Patients go in and out until nightfall, and sometimes even until two hours or more into the night. I converse with them and prescribe for them even while lying down from sheer fatigue; and when night falls, I am so exhausted that I can hardly speak. What of his writings on Judaism, one of which we’ve been discussing recently (the 13 Principles of Judaism)? The Rambam’s Comprehensive Commentary to the Mishnah was begun when he was only 23 years old. He completed it seven years later. This was the first of its kind and the earliest codex of classical rabbinic literature (3rd century CE). In his commentary he elaborates upon the development of Jewish law and deals with the fundamental principles of Judaism as formulated in his 13 Principles of Judaism. In the years that followed he focused on his greatest work, the / Mishneh Torah (literally, Review of the Torah). This was his magnum opus -- a describing all of the mitzvot mentioned in the Torah. It is a guide to the entire system of Jewish law. His last major work is one of my personal favorites, / Moreh Nevukhim -- The Guide for the Perplexed. The Guide was for learned Jews who had also studied philosophy and had acquired knowledge outside Torah who might be puzzled at trying to reconcile them. For a student of today, it is a must read. It is amazing that 800 years after his death the Rambam’s works still stand as some of the most respected in Judaism. Upon his death this saying was heard From (the biblical) Moses to Moses (Maimonides), there arose no one like Moses. https://www.chabad.org///Maimonides-His-Life-and-Works.htm

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12.01.2022 MUST WATCH-Ambassador Haley's speech was truly amazing but, trust me, you ain't seen nothing yet!!...

10.01.2022 How toxic is your snack ? Or how nutritional is it ?

10.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jiASZnPaio

06.01.2022 Opening the skies - the King is in the field in the month of Elul

05.01.2022 . Western wall Jerusalem Parshat chayy sarah.

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04.01.2022 Why Judaism does not accept Jesus as the Messiah. Power Minute with Rabbi Breitowitz.

03.01.2022 Justin Amler June 14 at 10:31 PM Someone posted a recent comment on an article of mine about hope that said the following: If you dont believe in the Lord JESUS CHRIST even if youre a Jew you have no HOPE!"...Continue reading

03.01.2022 https://youtu.be/zR6TpbyjeE8

02.01.2022 Prayers. Who listens? An elderly Jewish lady living in a nursing home passed away. Her children, who always visited her and took care of her, were notified. They immediately phoned the burial society and arranged for a proper burial. The woman was buried in the presence of her beloved family; Kaddish was recited and Shiva began. On the 5th day of the shiva, the phone rang and the daughter answered. On the other end of the phone was......her mother, whom she had just buried! T...he daughter, in shock, immediately fainted. The phone rang again; it was her mother complaining that no one had come to see her that entire week. The family rushed to the nursing home to see their "dead" mother alive and well! It turned out there was a mix-up at the nursing home; it was her roommate that had passed away, not their mother. The home had mixed up the names and phoned the wrong family, and so the wrong person was buried! Imagine how terrible everyone felt about such a mistake. But now, the nursing home had the grim job of informing the children of the OTHER lady that their mother had died 5 days ago and was already buried. They called, the son answered, and as soon as they broke the sad news to him that his mother had died, the son interrupted, "Just have her cremated; we’re not interested in anything else." The nursing home explained that it was too late; she’d already had a proper Jewish burial! When the son heard this, he was awestruck, and related the following story: "We long debated with our mother about what to do about her burial when she died. She is observant, and wanted a proper Jewish burial. But we told her that we plan to cremate her, as we don’t believe in an afterlife. Besides, cremation is much cheaper and definitely more ecologically correct. Our mother’s response to us was: ‘I will pray to G-d that I receive a Jewish burial.’ Every day, our mother prayed. We told her it was a waste of time, that when she was gone, WE would be in charge of things, and do what we thought was right, but she kept right on praying anyway. And now, amazingly, it seems that her prayer was answered!" The Rabbi comments: Prayer has an awesome power. So great, so powerful that Hashem knew that if Moshe prayed just one more time Tefila #516 - even He, the Almighty, the Shomaya Tefila, would simply have to give in! So He asked Moshe to stop right there. The lesson for all of us: never give up, never stop praying.