Chosid Daven't

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The tzaddik Reb Yitzchok of Vorki once awoke in middle of the night and felt a desire to take a sniff of tobacco. While in bed, he was unable to reach the tobacco box and debated with himself whether to get up for it or not. If he would rise to get it, he would be giving the יצר הרע the opportunity of being able to convince him to fulfill his desires. Yet, if he would not get out of bed, he would still be giving into his יצר הרע by practicing laziness, a trait he might apply when serving Hashem. After weighing this in his mind, he decided, "I will get up and get the box, but I will not fulfill my desire to smell it."

(ילקוט ספורים)

When you pray with tears you unlock the heavenly gates; when you pray with joy there are no gates.

Heart- Wrenching day today.

PURIM - Kol Haposhet...

The holy tzaddik, the חידושי הרי"ם of Ger, would emphasize the greatness of Purim with the following episode:

There was once a Yid who set out on a journey, intending to commit a grievous עבירה, taking with him five hundred gold rubles which he had amassed. While traveling, he suddenly heard the heartfelt crying of a family in trouble; they were being evicted for not having paid their rent. His pity aroused, the Yid gave them all the money he had with him, with which he had planned to do the עבירה. A great tumult took place למעלה, and the verdict was made that whatever this man would decree would materialize. However, to ensure that this privilege not be misused, they decreed that he become a שיכור.

Once, a terrible צרה came unto the world, so the בעש"ט sent his talmidim to beg this drunk Yid to intercede and ask for רחמים. Arriving at his place, they found him שיכור, and had to try a number of times until they caught him before drinking. They presented their request and he successfully abolished of the גזירה.

The חידושי הרי"ם would conclude: Purim is a day of עת רצון, when every Yid can be פועל to no end, and the drinking should not disturb us from accomplishing what we need.

(שפתי צדיק אות נ"ג)

"We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are." A belief is like a pair of sunglasses. When we wear a belief and look at life through it, it is difficult to convince ourselves that what we see is not what is real. With our sunglasses on, life looks green to us. Knowing what is real requires that we remember that we are wearing glasses, and take them off. One of the great moments in life is the moment we recognize we have them on in the first place. Freedom is very close to us then. It is a moment of great power.

Rebbe

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Alef....Beis....Gimmel....

When Rabbi Mendel Futerfas was five years old learning Torah in a cheder in Russia, it happened that one of the boys forgot to bring his ink bottle and asked the boy at his side for some of his. "No," replied the latter. "I haven't enough; you should have brought from home." So the first boy had to ask someone else.

The teacher noticed this and said nothing, but a half hour later he asked the second boy if he could show the class an Aleph, a Bet and a Gimmel (the first three letters of the Hebrew alphabet). "Of course," answered the child as he pointed in one of his books. "This is an Aleph, this a Bet, and this a Gimmel."

"No," said the teacher. "You are wrong."

The boy was confused. "But teacher" he said, "this is what you taught us... this is what we have been reading for the last two years!"

"No," the teacher repeated. "You are wrong."

"Aleph is: When your friend asks you for ink, you give it to him.

"Bet is: When your friend asks for ink, you give it to him.

"Gimmel is: When your friend asks for ink, you give it to him."

The shluchim are....

Non-Judgmental Core. But you knew that.

I told her to write to the Rebbe to ask for a blessing.....

Her response to me:

"I wrote the Rebbe a letter. I'm glad I wrote it to the Rebbe because it will take a tzadek to understand what I wrote."

"Your last memory of someone who once mattered to you, should not be one of disappointment and hurt.
People should be able to reclaim the moments when they mattered to each other. It is worth the risk of rejection to try and do this."

When you come to the end of all that you know -
you must believe that either -you'll find earth upon which to stand,
or you will be given wings.

Tzadik Nistar .....

The first night the host welcomes, "Boruch Habo Saba R' Avrohom!" and sets up a nice place for him...
The next night, "Boruch Habo Sabo R' Yitzchok!"....

R' Eliezer son of R' Elimelch (of Lizensk) says to his host,
"You actually see the Ushpizen!??"
"What!!? And you don't !!??!!"

12th of Tishrei

Today, in this world of action, we are provided with the opportunity to perform Mitzvos with physical objects whose creation came about from G-d's very essence, and which contain the concealed power of His very being. By performing Mitzvos with these objects we release this concealed power.

Fifteen!

baal teshuva -yom kippur

When he called out ה' הוא האלקים for the seventh time, his נשמה departed by the word אלקים.

For מעריב, there was no longer a minyan, but ר' ליב said, "He's has the זכות that his נשמה departed while saying the word אלקים. Now he's considered a צדיק, who even after they pass away, are considered 'alive' and are allowed to be מצורף (included) to the minyan."

ר' ליב began,"והוא רחום יכפר עון".

The Silence was screaming.

So Still.

Woah.