Sunday, January 4, 2009
Coffee and Kabballah
Start off your week with a cup of freshly brewed coffee as we learn Kabbalastic insights on the weekly Torah portion. Weekly at the home of Rabbi Levi Goldstein 1225 66th St. Apt. 2 Des Moines, IA 8:15 - 8:45 AM
Monday, December 1, 2008
Mumbai
Mumbai - Outrage. Anger. Pain. Tears.
No words.
What can we even say?
How can we fathom a two-year-old who won't see Ima again ad ki yavo Shilo?
How can we comprehend two ehrliche mashgichim catching a simple maariv on business who will never come home?
And how can we even begin to understand the loss of the kedoshim, Rabbi and Rebbetzin Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg, who lost their own lives after a holy career of giving of their own lives? And before 30?
Ribbono shel Olam…
Today, we are all Toldos Avrahom Yitzchok Chasidim. Today, we are all Jews. Today, we are all Chabad. No distinctions. Just Jews.
Perhaps an even bigger tragedy is that it took this tragedy to bring us together.
We might not know what to say. But now we know what to do. Stick together.
Because there was a little house, in a corner of the world most of us never heard of, where Ahavas Yisroel (Love for a fellow Jew) lived.
Now, that Ahavas Yisroel lives on. In our houses. In our hearts. It must. The victims would have it no other way.
What to do? Carry on.
Because if we become afraid, they won. If we are crushed, they won. If we remain depressed, they won. If we let this destroy our lives, they won.
If we do the opposite, we win. And they lose.
So let's win. Let's continue. Let's march forward. Let's continue doing everything we always did.
But let's do more than that. Let's give more tzedakah. Let's learn more Torah. Women and girls Light Shabbat Candles. Call someone you haven't spoken to for a while. Let's be more tolerant, less dismissive, of each other.
Let's fight darkness with light.
We did it for the past two days. We can, we must, continue.
Above all, let us not be afraid. Let us hold our heads high. Let us walk the streets victorious. We are Jews. We are one. We are proud. And they can never destroy us.
They have death. We have life. They await the Gates of Hell. We embrace the gifts of Heaven.
They have Al Qaeda. We have "al tira" (DON'T FEAR).
Forward! March!
Good Shabbos
Rabbi Yossi and Chanie Jacobson
No words.
What can we even say?
How can we fathom a two-year-old who won't see Ima again ad ki yavo Shilo?
How can we comprehend two ehrliche mashgichim catching a simple maariv on business who will never come home?
And how can we even begin to understand the loss of the kedoshim, Rabbi and Rebbetzin Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg, who lost their own lives after a holy career of giving of their own lives? And before 30?
Ribbono shel Olam…
Today, we are all Toldos Avrahom Yitzchok Chasidim. Today, we are all Jews. Today, we are all Chabad. No distinctions. Just Jews.
Perhaps an even bigger tragedy is that it took this tragedy to bring us together.
We might not know what to say. But now we know what to do. Stick together.
Because there was a little house, in a corner of the world most of us never heard of, where Ahavas Yisroel (Love for a fellow Jew) lived.
Now, that Ahavas Yisroel lives on. In our houses. In our hearts. It must. The victims would have it no other way.
What to do? Carry on.
Because if we become afraid, they won. If we are crushed, they won. If we remain depressed, they won. If we let this destroy our lives, they won.
If we do the opposite, we win. And they lose.
So let's win. Let's continue. Let's march forward. Let's continue doing everything we always did.
But let's do more than that. Let's give more tzedakah. Let's learn more Torah. Women and girls Light Shabbat Candles. Call someone you haven't spoken to for a while. Let's be more tolerant, less dismissive, of each other.
Let's fight darkness with light.
We did it for the past two days. We can, we must, continue.
Above all, let us not be afraid. Let us hold our heads high. Let us walk the streets victorious. We are Jews. We are one. We are proud. And they can never destroy us.
They have death. We have life. They await the Gates of Hell. We embrace the gifts of Heaven.
They have Al Qaeda. We have "al tira" (DON'T FEAR).
Forward! March!
Good Shabbos
Rabbi Yossi and Chanie Jacobson
Monday, November 10, 2008
Nice NPR interview with Chabad of Wyoming
Rabbi Zalman Mendelson - Chabad Shliach to the state of Wyoming
Copy and paste this link into a new window
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94685396
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Your help is needed
A Baby boy was born to Rabbi and Mrs. Blesofsky Directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Iowa City, IA the baby has some heart issues, he will be undergoing surgery next week Wednesday, Nov. 12 Please have him in mind in your prayers for a speedy and complete recovery (תינוק הכהן בן חיה). Also funds are very much needed. Please send all Tax deductible checks payable to: Judaic Resource Center 943 Cummins parkway Des Moines, IA 50312 You can also pay with your Credit Card via PayPal to: lyg770@gmail.com.
President Obama and the parsha
This weeks Torah portions speeks about the commandment from G-d to Abraham: Go for yourself from your birthplace. This fits very well with our preseidents theme: Change. G-d is commanding us Change! if you did 1 Mitzvah do 2. If you wore Teffillin once a week wear it twice a week. Etc. Every single person has an obligation to change his attitude, thoughts, speech and actions for the better. Shabbat Shalom!
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