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Yehuda Lave is an author, journalist, psychologist, rabbi, spiritual teacher, and coach, with degrees in business, psychology and Jewish Law. He works with people from all walks of life and helps them in their search for greater happiness, meaning, business advice on saving money, and spiritual engagement.

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Important you tube class in English from Nefesh B'Nefesh telling you how to check if you are registered for the election and where to vote and website showing all the candidates. Rabbi Pear is fourth on the טב list. See it on the website, although the website is in Hebrew the youtube video shows you how to figure it all out.

Watch the youtube video explaining everything!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l773Kqj899k

Voting as a new Israeli citizen is not only a big responsibility, it can be overwhelming too. In this class, learn all the words and resources you need to find out where, when, and how to vote. We'll even show you how to find who's running for your local mayor and council -- but it's up to you to make up your own mind. Be sure to vote! -
The government website for all you need for Election Day is: https://bchirot-muni.moin.gov.il/ -
For the public service ad on elections, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cSMH... -
Vocabulary and infographics on how to vote can be found at: https://www.nbn.org.il/wp-content/upl...
How to vote - https://www.nbn.org.il/wp-content/upl...
Confirming Eligibility - https://www.nbn.org.il/wp-content/upl...

Yehuda Lave

The Three Musketeers at the Kotel

The Three are Rabbi Yehuda Glick, famous temple mount activist, and former Israel Mk, and then Robert Weinger, the world's greatest shofar blower and seller of Shofars, and myself after we had gone to the 12 gates of the Temple Mount in 2020 to blow the shofar to ask G-d to heal the world from the Pandemic. It was a highlight to my experience in living in Israel and I put it on my blog each day to remember.

The articles that I include each day are those that I find interesting, so I feel you will find them interesting as well. I don't always agree with all the points of each article but found them interesting or important to share with you, my readers, and friends. It is cathartic for me to share my thoughts and frustrations with you about life in general and in Israel. As a Rabbi, I try to teach and share the Torah of the G-d of Israel as a modern Orthodox Rabbi. I never intend to offend anyone but sometimes people are offended and I apologize in advance for any mistakes. The most important psychological principle I have learned is that once someone's mind is made up, they don't want to be bothered with the facts, so, like Rabbi Akiva, I drip water (Torah is compared to water) on their made-up minds and hope that some of what I have share sinks in. Love Rabbi Yehuda Lave.

Underwear or robes? by Shalom Pollack

An outrage!So uncivilized, so utterly unJewish screamed the experts on true Jewish morality.
They were outraged that captured Nazi sadists who had just beheaded and baked our babies and gang-raped our girls were paraded in their underwear.Where is our Jewish sense of respect screamed by the Left in Israel?If only we respected the Nazi monsters.
And so, reeling from the righteous vitriol and approbation from their betters they quickly returned to Jewish morality.The next batch of sadist Nazis captured were photographed wearing body-length spotless white gowns compliments of their victims.No one consulted our bible to see how Joshua and David made a point of humiliating our deadly enemies. After all, what did they know about authentic Jewish morality?
The powers that be, the post-Oslo entrenched deep state elites called the tune again.The political leadership and head of state did not voice an opinion or stick his nose in, though ostensibly representing the will of the sane Jewish majority who felt differently. He never has.
This war has demonstrated that the Jewish people are for the most part a nation of lions but by rabbits.In 1948 the tiny Jewish community stood up to an Arab enemy many times their size and strength. We saw ourselves not as rabbits but as lions, and because of that self-perception, the cruel Nazi - Arab enemy was awed, defeated, and fled.
The twelve spies returned from their mission and reported to Moshe. Ten said that they were grasshoppers in the eyes of the Canaanites and we were doomed if we dared fight them as God directed.Two said, yes we can, and easily. Perception and faith are crucial.
Our soldiers report that In every house in Gaza are photos of the Al Aksa mosque on the occupied Temple Mount. The name given to their Holocaust on October 6 was "The Al Aqsa Flood"What was the name given to our response by the IDF? Iron swords.Is there a significance and difference in choice and what does it mean?
Our enemies see themselves as lions because they are fighting a holy war that does not end with borders or numbers.Perhaps the name of our response would better have been the Beit Hamikdash War, the holy Temple War Ah, but for that one has to leave the purely material short-sighted mindset, the one that craves only quiet. For the IDF brass, who owe their careers to the post-Oslo masters it is a practical, mundane competition of physical strength. Victory is not destroying enemies anymore because Oslo teaches that we are beyond the period of enemies or victories - just conflict management. Ideology is the enemy and is dangerous to normalcy.Restore quiet once again so we can all go back to a comfortable and safe existence until the next "round". Until then we manage our neighbors by building walls and barriers, bribing and offering a "better life" in the belief that what is most important to us is also to them. Their religious zeal is just for internal consumption. They are just like us and can be bought off. No one can be that fanatic.
That was the Oslo revolutionary theory of Shimon Peres in 1993, the one that invited our worst Nazi enemies into our midst that launched the long and bloody slide to October 6, 2023.
Underwear or long robes?The Holy Temple or iron swords?

RABBI SCHWARTZ'S FUNNY SHABBOS JOKES OF THE WEEK

Yitzy and Henya, a young orthodox couple, were expecting their first baby. Suddenly, Henya's water broke on Shabbos and they had no choice but to call for a taxi to take them to the hospital's maternity ward. Because Yitzy wanted to try and minimize the Shabbos violation, he told the dispatcher that he must send them only a non-Jewish driver.

The taxi quickly arrived, but when Yitzy and Henya were getting in, they overheard the dispatcher on the two-way radio ask the driver, "Have you picked up the anti-semites yet?"

Sadie Cohen lived in an integrated neighborhood on Long Island. A neighbor, a very friendly and generous black woman, stopped by one Saturday and offered,

"Mrs Cohen, I have to go to NYC this afternoon to meet my daughter. Can I get you anything?"

Mrs. Cohen thanked her and counter-offered,

"Listen, I have a commuter's ticket for the train. Why don't you use my ticket, and you'll bring it back tonight. After all, it's paid for. Why should you pay extra?"

The neighbor thanked her and with the ticket in hand, made her way to the train station. When the train arrived, she boarded, and as the conductor walked through, he happened to glance at the ticket, noticing the name "Sadie Cohen.".

The conductor asked, "Excuse me, madam, are you Sadie Cohen , the person whose name appears on this ticket?"

The woman smiled sweetly and nodded her head in the affirmative. More than a little suspicious, the conductor asked,

"Would you let me compare signatures? Would you mind signing your name?"

The black lady turned indignantly to the conductor and snapped, "Man, are you crazy? You want me to write on Shabbos?

Rabbi Bloom was in the park one Sunday when he meets three members of his Synagogue who have not attended services in some time. They are a little embarrassed, but he encourages them to come to shul. Next Shabbos they make an appearance, but because they turn up some time after service began, all the main seats are filled. Several other latecomers were already seated on folding chairs.

Rabbi Bloom calls over the Shammas. "Moishe, please get three chairs for our guests in the back."

Moishe is a bit deaf so he leans closer and says, "I beg your pardon, Rabbi?"

Rabbi Bloom again says, "Get three chairs for our guests in the back."

Moishe was puzzled but as there was a lull in the service, he goes to the front of the shull and loudly announces, "The Rabbi says, 'Give three cheers for our pests in the back!'"

Yankel listened to the Rebbe at shul one Shabboss morning and when the Rebbe asked those with special requests to come to him at Seuda Shlisheet/(3rd meal) , Yankel came. When it was his turn, Yankel sat down and the Rebbe asked, "What do you want me to help you with?"

Yankel said, "Pray for my hearing, Rebbe."

The Rebbe put one hand over Yankel's ear and his other hand on top of his head and prayed a while.

Then he removed his hands and asked, "Yankel, how is your hearing now?"

Yankel answered, "I don't know, Rebbe. It's next Wednesday at the courthouse!"

Abie and Sadie had a religious goods store on Delancey Street on the Lower East side of NYC. The neighborhood was changing. The Jews were moving to Westchester and the Hispanics were moving in. "Abie, we have to move to Westchester," said Sadie.

"We can't", said Abie. "This neighborhood is our life. We've been here for thirty-three years. Maybe we can start stocking Catholic articles too."

Sadie says,"What? Catholic articles? Bistu in gantzen meshuggeh? We're Jews. No Catholic articles!!!"

Well, a month passed and they sold nothing but two tallisim, three mezzuzahs and one set of tefillin. Now was the time to fish or cut bait. Sadie agreed that they had to stock Catholic articles, so she said to Abie,

"OK, call that Catholic supply house on Park Avenue."

Abie: "Hello, Catholic supply house on Park Avenue? This is Abie and Sadie's on Delancey Street. I want 100 autographed pictures of the Pope, 200 of those beads - what do you call them, rosaries? 500 crucifixes...and I need those things here tomorrow."

"OK, Sir. I got your order. Let me read it back. 100 autographed pictures of the Pope, 200 sets of rosaries and 500 crucifixes. But, tomorrow we don't deliver... .....it's Shabbos."

Two astronauts make the first manned flight to Mars. Upon landing, they find themselves face-to- face with a couple of green Martians. "How do we make contact?" asks the first astronaut. "They look pretty primitive. Let's impress them with some of our technology."

"OK." says the first.

He reaches into the pocket of his spacesuit and pulls out a shiny cigarette lighter. The Martians look interested.

"I think it's working - light it!" says the second.

The first astronaut turns the wheel and a flame shoots out. Immediately the faces of the Martians turn from green to red.

"Wow!" says the first, "they must really be impressed."

Then one of the Martians reaches out his little green hand, points a finger at the men, frowns, and says very sternly, "Nuuu…Shabbos!"

A tiny Orthodox synagogue, a relic of the old Jewish Lower East Side, struggles to survive

A tiny Orthodox synagogue, a relic of the old Jewish Lower East Side, struggles to survive - New York Jewish Week (jta.org)

Jewish Life Stories: The Nobelist who confirmed the Big Bang, the 'Bagel Queen' of Atlanta

Jewish Life Stories: The Nobelist who confirmed the Big Bang, the 'Bagel Queen' of Atlanta - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (jta.org)

Arno Penzias, third from left, at a physics conference in Mainau, Germany in 1982. (Willy Pragher/Wikimedia Commons)

A letter in the Parsha Titzvah

After in Parsha Teruma the Israelites were commanded to build the vessels of the Temple, our Parsha deals with the preparation of the priests for their work in the Temple.

The way of working in lighting the perpetual candle and later describing the holy clothes of the priests,

The clothing of the high priest in his special clothes and the clothing of Aaron's sons in their clothes and their preparation for the work assigned to them in the tabernacle.

The episode ends with the founding event of the sin offering on Yom Kippur once and only during the year on the holiest day.

"And Aharon made atonement for his funds once a year..." (Chapter 4, Verse 10)

The p wrapped around the word "Vakfar" expresses the great importance of this day

And in Ramsey Yoel's words:

"And Aharon's atonement on his horns is double and great and excellent because the atonement of Yom Kippur was important and great, so it was made this way."

Ramzi Yoel's words are directed against the "Vakfar" P., but you can see that the whole environment is inclined to P. Lepopot, perhaps to emphasize the importance of the event.