Monday, May 19, 2008
The theme of Pesach Sheini is that it is never too late.
It is always possible to put things right. Even if one was Tamei, or one was far away, and even in a case of Lachem, when this (impurity etc.) was deliberate - nonetheless he
can correct it.
C.M.'s comment:
It's not too late to realize you ain't a benoini.
can correct it.
C.M.'s comment:
It's not too late to realize you ain't a benoini.
A Cosmopolitan
"I've seen....
Kentuckians who hated whiskey,
Virginians who weren't descended from Pocahontas,
Mexicans who didn't wear velvet trousers with silver dollars sewed along the seams,
Funny Englishmen,
Spendthrift Yankees,
Cold-blooded Southerners,
Narrow- minded Westerners and
New Yorkers who were too busy to stop for an hour on the street to watch a one-armed grocer's clerk do up cranberries in paper bags."
I invoke your consideration of the scene -
Kentuckians who hated whiskey,
Virginians who weren't descended from Pocahontas,
Mexicans who didn't wear velvet trousers with silver dollars sewed along the seams,
Funny Englishmen,
Spendthrift Yankees,
Cold-blooded Southerners,
Narrow- minded Westerners and
New Yorkers who were too busy to stop for an hour on the street to watch a one-armed grocer's clerk do up cranberries in paper bags."
I invoke your consideration of the scene -
If we only knew how far our "little" kindness really reached.
If we only knew how great this "simple" act really was - we would never stop giving.
And if we only knew how deep our "little" insult dug.
If we only knew how greatly this innocent act has affected - we would stop.
But we obviously don't know.
If we only knew how great this "simple" act really was - we would never stop giving.
And if we only knew how deep our "little" insult dug.
If we only knew how greatly this innocent act has affected - we would stop.
But we obviously don't know.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
The saddest part
The police officer asked C.E. if he wants to prosecute.
"Well what does that mean?" he asked.
James then looked at C.E. and forlornly said,
"That means I go to jail".
:(
Reminds me of when Robert Hanssen went down....
"Well what does that mean?" he asked.
James then looked at C.E. and forlornly said,
"That means I go to jail".
:(
Reminds me of when Robert Hanssen went down....
Da Ma'lmaale Mimach
"Know, that what is Above is from you."
It all depends on man's service.
G-d reacts to Man, "reflects" Man's actions.
It all depends on man's service.
G-d reacts to Man, "reflects" Man's actions.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
# B1367
I would do it.
I would inscrabe it into my arm.
I would like for all to see.
I would want for it to be remembered.
He did it to identify himself with his father.
I would choose Chatzhe Feigin, an uncle. To remember him.
To connect with him.
If I would -
then I should.
I should connect with him.
I should have him remembered.
The real way.
The Jewish way.
The Torah way.
I should keep him alive.
I should continue in his ways.
I should make him proud.
I would inscrabe it into my arm.
I would like for all to see.
I would want for it to be remembered.
He did it to identify himself with his father.
I would choose Chatzhe Feigin, an uncle. To remember him.
To connect with him.
If I would -
then I should.
I should connect with him.
I should have him remembered.
The real way.
The Jewish way.
The Torah way.
I should keep him alive.
I should continue in his ways.
I should make him proud.
Lysergic Acid Diet....
Let's Start Davening.
The discoverer, Dr. Albert Hoffman, passed on.
While working with it in the lab, some of it dripped on his finger. He didn't have a tissue so he licked it off. His mind was distorted, and the rest as they say is history.
(Okay not sure about the tissue.)
Then we had nice slogans..
The discoverer, Dr. Albert Hoffman, passed on.
While working with it in the lab, some of it dripped on his finger. He didn't have a tissue so he licked it off. His mind was distorted, and the rest as they say is history.
(Okay not sure about the tissue.)
Then we had nice slogans..
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Producer's Update
Okay, so it wasn't at the liquor store -
it was in the alley.
It wasn't a canoe - it was Kanu,
and he was not hunted, meaning - not found.
And it wasn't voices only...
Nu nu...
But what an experience it was -
to hold the pole, to be part of the crew.
Stay tuned....
it was in the alley.
It wasn't a canoe - it was Kanu,
and he was not hunted, meaning - not found.
And it wasn't voices only...
Nu nu...
But what an experience it was -
to hold the pole, to be part of the crew.
Stay tuned....
Today's Tanya
When tzaddikim perform a mitzvah they actually feel how it unifies their soul with G-d.
This, in turn, awakens within their soul a feeling of fear and awe of G-d, followed by a feeling of intense love of Him.
This, of course, is not the case with these who "feel not." - i.e. you and I.
Whether we feel it or not -
The soul DOES unify with hashem - When doing a mitzvah.
Even one who performs mitzvot on the level of a "fool" or "beast", (i.e. us) neither comprehending nor sensing the unity and holiness achieved and drawn down through his actions, even such a person, attains a union with the level of "beast" that transcends even that most lofty of levels (Daat of Atzilut).
The illiterate person's soul is illumined, e.g. on Shabbos, to the same degree as the tzaddik's. Their (our) punishment is therefore the same.
This, in turn, awakens within their soul a feeling of fear and awe of G-d, followed by a feeling of intense love of Him.
This, of course, is not the case with these who "feel not." - i.e. you and I.
Whether we feel it or not -
The soul DOES unify with hashem - When doing a mitzvah.
Even one who performs mitzvot on the level of a "fool" or "beast", (i.e. us) neither comprehending nor sensing the unity and holiness achieved and drawn down through his actions, even such a person, attains a union with the level of "beast" that transcends even that most lofty of levels (Daat of Atzilut).
The illiterate person's soul is illumined, e.g. on Shabbos, to the same degree as the tzaddik's. Their (our) punishment is therefore the same.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Sitting in the liquor store...
...a Saint and a Prickly fruit.
"Very GOOD", said the Magazine.
"Let's haunt the canoe down".
"Voices only man, oops madam."
"Very GOOD", said the Magazine.
"Let's haunt the canoe down".
"Voices only man, oops madam."
Sunday, May 11, 2008
A king with flaws...
There was a king.
He had one eye shut.
Was hunch-backed and one leg was shorter than the other.
He asked an artist to draw him, exactly the way he looked.
When the king saw the painting he sent him off to the gallows.
The artist had him with one eye shut, hunch-backed and legs uneven.
It was not a pretty king.
The king called for a second artist and asked him to paint a portrait of him.
"But be smart" he told the 2cd artist, "You see what happened to the 1st guy".
The 2cd artist shows his masterpiece to the king.
The king sends him off to the gallows.
He had drawn the king as perfect, without flaws. This is not what the king looked like.
Artist #3.
"Be very smart", warns the king. "You see what happened to the other two".
And smart he takke was.
AH! Beautiful. Truly a masterpiece.
And he rewards him well.
What did the portrait look like?
Don't bother guessing.
He painted the king on a horse - hunting.
One eye shut and back hunched - aiming.
Legs uneven - balancing on the horse.
Don't dwell on your flaws.
Don't ignore them either.
Make them work FOR you.
Use them to your advantage.
He had one eye shut.
Was hunch-backed and one leg was shorter than the other.
He asked an artist to draw him, exactly the way he looked.
When the king saw the painting he sent him off to the gallows.
The artist had him with one eye shut, hunch-backed and legs uneven.
It was not a pretty king.
The king called for a second artist and asked him to paint a portrait of him.
"But be smart" he told the 2cd artist, "You see what happened to the 1st guy".
The 2cd artist shows his masterpiece to the king.
The king sends him off to the gallows.
He had drawn the king as perfect, without flaws. This is not what the king looked like.
Artist #3.
"Be very smart", warns the king. "You see what happened to the other two".
And smart he takke was.
AH! Beautiful. Truly a masterpiece.
And he rewards him well.
What did the portrait look like?
Don't bother guessing.
He painted the king on a horse - hunting.
One eye shut and back hunched - aiming.
Legs uneven - balancing on the horse.
Don't dwell on your flaws.
Don't ignore them either.
Make them work FOR you.
Use them to your advantage.
Malchus she'b'Tiferes
"And the woman (Chava) saw that the tree was good to eat".
The Zohar identifies Eitz Hachayim with the attribute of Tiferes and the Eitz Hadaas with the attribute of Malchus.
(For more depth - Kuntres Eitz HaChayim, Rashab)
Sefira - increase in A.Yisroel.
Lo Sa'amod Al Dam Rei-echa....
Rashi says -Lirois b'misosoi, v'ato yochoil l'hatziloi.
If you see someone drowning, you could save him.
You may think that you can't, you may think that perhaps you will yourself get hurt etc...But no, it says, if you are the one that SEES him drowning, then YOU ARE THE ONE THAT IS ABLE to save him!
Jump in!
Rashi says -Lirois b'misosoi, v'ato yochoil l'hatziloi.
If you see someone drowning, you could save him.
You may think that you can't, you may think that perhaps you will yourself get hurt etc...But no, it says, if you are the one that SEES him drowning, then YOU ARE THE ONE THAT IS ABLE to save him!
Jump in!
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