WhatsApp founder donates record $200 million to Shaare Zedek & Rabbi blends humor and theology at Jerusalem book launch & Why is prostate cancer so common? & with those we have lost & Rabbi Schwartz jokes

View in browser 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. Love Yehuda Lave Join my blog by sending me an email to YehudaLave@gmail.com If you have any comments or questions for me, please don't hit reply as I won't get it, write to me at Yehudalave@gmail.com 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. WhatsApp founder donates record $200 million to Shaare Zedek The gift from the Jan Koum Family Foundation is expected to triple the size of the Jerusalem hospital. Alex Traiman WhatsApp founder donates record $200 million to Shaare Zedek - Israel & Jewish News - JNS Rabbi blends humor and theology at Jerusalem book launch Author Ian Pear explores faith, suffering and morality at Shir Hadash synagogue. Rabbi blends humor and theology at Jerusalem book launch - Israel & Jewish News - JNS Why is prostate cancer so common? Men have prostates, and prostates age terribly — there is no gentler way to open this topic. Prostate is a hormonal gland. It is extremely sensitive to the effects of androgens, namely testosterone and its more active metabolite dihydrotestosterone. Throughout decades of exposure, cells within this gland undergo replication errors at the level of DNA while dividing and, given this tissue is hormonally stimulated to keep dividing, there is a possibility of a glitch in every subsequent cell division. Prostate cancer is, thus, a condition associated primarily with aging. Its incidence is extremely rare before 50 years of age and steadily grows until age 65. Somehow, part of the prevalence of the condition also relates to diagnostics. PSA tests, despite their controversial nature, significantly increase the number of cases detected, including those involving slow-growing tumors which would never produce clinical symptoms nor be lethal. So some men have prostate cancer without even knowing it — and this, unfortunately, also affects statistics making the disease look like an epidemic. Genetic predisposition definitely matters. The likelihood of having the condition increases if a man had a relative suffering from prostate cancer, and BRCA2 gene mutations which usually lead to breast cancer development, surprisingly, also increase the risk for the latter — something which is unlikely to ever come across patients' awareness. Nutritional factors and metabolic state play their role as well. Consumption of processed products, overweight, chronic inflammation, and low serum vitamin D are recurrent elements of epidemiology. Modern Western lifestyle per se does not cause prostate cancer, but it certainly provides conditions when a person with genetic predisposition develops it. In summary, commonality of prostate cancer is a combination of male physiology and metabolism exposed to a modern unhealthy environment for decades on end. RABBI SCHWARTZ’S TERRIBLE AFTERLIFE JOKES OF THE WEEK I have like 50 jokes about the unemployed. Trouble is, none of them work. I’m unemployed and asked my friend for advice. He told me: “Get a job at NASA, they always have space.” Why couldn't the unemployed teacher see? She had no pupils!! My wife and I are both unemployed. My mum died in a car crash. We have three children and we're all staying in my grandma's place, and my grandma died this week. My dad has to work at 73. I'll do any job to take care of my family. Please share. Sincerely, William, Prince of Wales I hate it when engineering students refer to themselves as engineers... Like you don't see med students calling themselves doctors or arts students calling themselves unemployed. My wife didn't leave me because I'm lazy, overweight and jobless. She left me because I don't know anything about baseball. That was strike four Why can't you trick an unemployed jester? Because he's nobody's fool! What do you call an Apple employee who got laid off? Steve Jobless! Being unemployed is horrible. I never thought I'd lose my job as a psychic. Common synonyms of unemployed. Writer, blogger, and activist. University: just the same as being unemployed. But your parents are proud of you. The number of unemployed musicians today...Is disconcerting People ask whether I’ll make cheese in my afterlife. I tell them, “There’s no whey in hell. Ok, I admit it. I’m an unemployed leather worker. I’ve got nothing to hide. I have 50 jokes about the unemployed. the thing is none of them make any cents Those we have lost Stories of civilians and soldiers killed since Hamas’s onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023 Every day you can look at another victim and send him/her prayers Those we have lost | The Times of Israel Categories Civilians IDF Israel Defense Forces soldiers and reservists Police officers Israel Police and Border Police officers First responders Local security team members, firefighters and medics Supernova festival Those who attended the Supernova or Psyduck festivals Foreigners Foreign workers, tourists and students See you tomorrow bli neder We need Mashiach now! What is disliked by you, don't do to others. Be nice and kind and smile! Love Yehuda Lave If you have any comments or questions for me, please don't hit reply as I won't get it, write to me at Yehudalave@gmail.com Yehuda Lave, Spiritual Advisor and Counselor Jerusalem, Jerusalem  Israel 972-585043210 YehudaLave@gmail.com You received this email because you signed up on our website or made a purchase from us. Unsubscribe

Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail again for Gaza after 6 months & Two-minute EV charging coming to Israel & Robot races humans in Race & Early humans in South Africa used dedicated quarries for stone as long as 220,000 years ago - study & with those we have lost & The Portions of Behar & Bechukotai

View in browser 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. Love Yehuda Lave Join my blog by sending me an email to YehudaLave@gmail.com If you have any comments or questions for me, please don't hit reply as I won't get it, write to me at Yehudalave@gmail.com 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. Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail again for Gaza after 6 months The Global Sumud Flotilla has once again set sail for Gaza, more than six months after its previous mission was obstructed by Israel, aiming to draw attention to the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave. Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail again for Gaza after 6 months | Daily Sabah Boats of a new humanitarian flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip make a symbolic leave from Barcelona's Port Vell, April 12, 2026. (AFP Photo) Early humans in South Africa used dedicated quarries for stone as long as 220,000 years ago - study Based on this, researchers suggest that early homo sapiens planned for the long-term acquisition of resources earlier than previously thought. Paleolithic hunter-gatherers used quarries as long as 220,000 years ago | The Jerusalem Post Dozens of large and small stone flakes and production waste found at the Jojosi excavation site in eastern South Africa, April 11, 2026.(photo credit: University of Tübingen/Manuel Will) Robot races humans in Race Two-minute EV charging coming to Israel New technology from BYD enables hundreds of kilometers of range to be added to an electric car in less time than it takes to fill up with gasoline. In the next few months, Chinese car manufacturers will raise the competitive threshold a further notch in the electric vehicle segment in Israel, through supercharger technology that makes it possible to charge a battery fully within a few minutes. Leading the charge is BYD, which has announced a global rollout of the technology under the brand name "Flash". https://en.globes.co.il/en/art... Those we have lost Stories of civilians and soldiers killed since Hamas’s onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023 Every day you can look at another victim and send him/her prayers Those we have lost | The Times of Israel Categories Civilians IDF Israel Defense Forces soldiers and reservists Police officers Israel Police and Border Police officers First responders Local security team members, firefighters and medics Supernova festival Those who attended the Supernova or Psyduck festivals Foreigners Foreign workers, tourists and students The Portions  of Behar & Bechukotai The entrance into the Land of Israel is preceded by specific instructions. The people of Israel are commanded to observe the laws of the Torah in order to survive in the land. The laws of nature in Israel are directly intertwined with the level of observance of the commandments. "If you follow my commandments..." (Leviticus 26:3), then "I will give rain in its appropriate time" (26:4). The rain that falls is conditioned upon the observance of the commandments. In the event that the people of Israel do not observe the commandments they will suffer the Almighty's punishments. Gd's wrath will stop the rain and bring terrible plagues upon the people. Despite the fact that the expression "charon af" (wrath) is not found in these verses, it is alluded to in the unique letters found in the verse "even I will do this" (Leviticus 26:17) which begins with the word "af". (Remazei Yoel) In addition, the entire section of the curses is full of these specially curved letters "pei". See you Sunday bli neder, Shabbat Shalom We need Mashiach now! What is disliked by you, don't do to others. Be nice and kind and smile! Love Yehuda Lave If you have any comments or questions for me, please don't hit reply as I won't get it, write to me at Yehudalave@gmail.com Yehuda Lave, Spiritual Advisor and Counselor Jerusalem, Jerusalem  Israel 972-585043210 YehudaLave@gmail.com You received this email because you signed up on our website or made a purchase from us. Unsubscribe