In and Around Jerusalem for Everyone” by Arnold Slyper is a masterpiece. It is the best and most useful book I have ever seen on Jerusalem and has a new website https://www.galilandgolan.com and Twenty favorite Jewish Quotes and Little known facts about Manhattan's Chrylser Building and sleep harder and Who's on First - Abbott & Costello and the story of a Lag Bomer Beard

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 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. In and Around Jerusalem for Everyone" by Arnold Slyper is a masterpiece. It is the best and most useful book I have ever seen on Jerusalem and has a new website https://www.galilandgolan.coma For information about my new tour book "In and Around Jerusalem for Everyone. The Best Walks, Hikes and Outdoor Swimming" see below. "in and Around Jerusalem. The Best Hikes, Walks and Outdoor Swimming". This 318-page beautifully illustrated book contains the best 20 walks in Jerusalem and 23 hikes in areas around Jerusalem, including the Judean Desert. Most of the hikes are easily reachable by public transport, and include Waze and Moovit destinations.Most of the chapters contain descriptions of nearby fun attractions such as museums, workshops and amusement parks together with a QR code. Throughout the book are short engaging essays on the historic and geographic significance of the places being visited. There is also a section on natural pools suitable for swimming and outdoor swimming pools. With this book in your hand you have everything you would love to know about Jerusalem and the areas around Jerusalem! Is this website helpful to you? I would really appreciate your feedback? My e-mail is arnoldslyper@inandaroundjerusalem. com. All material and photos on this website are copyright and cannot be reproduced other than for personal use. Who's on First - Abbott & Costello The classic baseball comedy routine made famous by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. story of a Lag Bomer Beard 1) before barber 2) at the barber 3) on way home from barber What is a little-known fact about the Chrysler Building? Obscure facts about the Chrysler Building The structure is one of the most recognizable features of the New York skyline, the Art Deco masterpiece with its characteristic, easily identifiable rooftop. It's well known that the Chrysler Building was the tallest building in the world, and many know the tale of a top-secret spire being erected and topping the structure. For those who don't know the legendary tale, the Chrysler Building had topped out at 921 feet (281 m) in 1929. Three and a half miles south in Lower Manhattan, the 40 Wall Street building was poised to become the world champion with a planned design reaching 927 feet (283 m). But Chrysler's architect William Van Alen was determined to win this fierce competition. On October 23, 1929, they topped the Chrysler Building with a 125-foot-spire that had been surreptitiously developed, becoming the world's first building to break the 1,000-foot barrier at 1,046 feet. Meanwhile, 40 Wall Street was now helpless in the competition, angry about this secretive maneuver, topping out their planned building in November of 1929 at 927 feet. Beyond this well-known tale, there are some obscure facts I find intriguing. Little-known fact #1 Despite the Chrysler Building being taller once the spire was added, 40 Wall Street did claim the title of the world's tallest completed building on a technicality. It opened on May 1, 1930, as the world champion. But that victory lasted only 25 days when the Chrysler Building opened on May 26. Little-known fact #2 The Chrysler Building is still the tallest brick building with steel framework in the world, containing 3,826,000 bricks. But the Anaconda Smelter Stack chimney built in 1918 in Montana is the world's tallest all-brick structure at 585 feet (178.3 m). Little-known fact #3 When the spire was added to the top of the Chrysler Building on October 23, 1929, it was the day before Black Thursday that initiated the infamous Wall Street Crash of 1929 which accelerated the subsequent Great Depression. Little-known fact #4 The previous building occupying the Chrysler property only lasted 51 days from groundbreaking to demolition. Funds for the partially-built Reynolds Building dried up, and it was quickly replaced by the Chrysler project. Little-known fact #5 Perhaps the least-known fact of all is not documented on the Internet nor in the media. The Chrysler Building was so ahead of its time in stature that it still ranked among the top 100 tallest in the world until early 2018. Even throughout the skyscraper boom in New York, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East that began around 1990, Chrysler held onto that honor for so long. But it was only a matter of time. Prior to 1990, no building in Asia topped 1,000 feet. Between 1990 and 2020, there were 88 buildings completed above that threshold, pushing the Chrysler Building further down the list year after year, decade after decade. At the beginning of 2018, the Chrysler Building was still ranked 96th in the world. In March, without fanfare, the structure unceremoniously dropped off the list. Despite no press, this skyscraper nerd definitely took notice for one reason only. As someone chasing down the top 100 buildings in the world and attempting to enter each one, I keep careful statistics. This occasion meant I would need to visit yet another building in China. At least Chrysler is still the 19th tallest in the U.S. as of 2021, firmly within the top 100 for many decades to come. Many self-guided walking tours of Manhattan have helped me check off 98 of the top 100 American buildings, a goal once complete but perpetually being erased with modern New York construction. If I can just find a way into the private condos of #2 Central Park Tower and #6 432 Park Avenue, I can RE-complete that travel goal. From King Solomon to Einstein, exploring the meaning of some of the best Jewish quotes from Aish HaTorah so there are two from Rabbi Weinberg 1. "In Jewish history there are no coincidences." – Elie Wiesel If you would have asked me my favorite Yiddish word, I would have said bashert. It translates into the idea that Wiesel so beautifully captured as aphorism in my favorite quote. The older I get the more I am astonished by its truth, both in a national as well as personal sense. The seemingly haphazard, random, and arbitrary events that comprise the story of our lives begin to form a coherent and purposeful narrative when we view them from a divine perspective. With the wisdom of retrospective insight I have countless times learned to acknowledge that coincidence is but God's way of choosing to remain anonymous. Rabbi Benjamin Blech 2. "A righteous man falls down seven times and gets up." – King Solomon, Proverbs, 24:16. Life is all about the ability to get up from challenge. Greatness is defined as getting up one more time than what you've fallen down. The Torah defines someone who's righteous not as someone who had succeeded, but someone who has persevered. It creates a paradigm of what righteousness is – trying to do what's right, getting up from failure, and keep moving forward. Charlie Harary 3. "If you don't know what you're living for, you haven't yet lived." – Rabbi Noah Weinberg Life is the most precious thing we have. Everyone wants to live a life of meaning. But we are so busy 'living' that we don't have a moment to really think about living. One of my father's priorities was getting people to ask the big questions in life, to get out of the pettiness and focus on living a life of real purpose. Yehuda Weinberg 4. "I do not want followers who are righteous, rather I want followers who are too busy doing good that they won't have time to do bad." – Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk People who focus on being righteous can become self-absorbed and self-righteous. While those pursing good deeds and actions become righteous. Rabbi Ari Kahn 5. "Klieg, Klieg, Klieg-Du bist a Nar. You are smart, smart. smart – but you are not so smart!" – a Yiddish saying It's one of my favorite quotes because it is so true! And my mother used to say it quietly about people and whenever she did, she was right. Benjamin Brafman 6. "If I am I because you are you, and you are you because I am I, then I am not I and you are not you. But if I am I because I am I, and you are you because you are you, then I am I and you are you." – Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk A self-definition that is based on other's perspective is untrue and deceptive. Rabbi Zev Pomeranz 7. "Gam zu l'tova. This too is for the good." – Nachum Ish Gamzu, Talmud, Taanit, 21a When things get "hard" it reminds me that this too is for the best and I need to reorient my thinking to this realization. Rabbi Yitz Greenman 8. "I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent" – Rabbi A.Y. Kook This quote embodies the depth of love every Jew needs to feel for another. The connection between Jews is instinctive, therefore one has no choice but to speak. Caring for other Jews cuts to the core of who we are as a people and we need to reach a point where that is so deep that it is impossible not to say or do something. Yitzchak Tendler 9. "People often avoid making decisions out of fear of making a mistake. Actually the failure to make decisions is one of life's biggest mistakes." – Rabbi Noah Weinberg. I love this quote because it inspires me to keep taking the risks I need in order to grow. I want to be able to keep climbing even after I fall, and Rav Noah's words have always given me the courage to fail and keep trying anyway. Sara Debbie Gutfreund 10. "There are two things that are infinite, the universe and man's stupidity..... And I am not sure about the universe." – Albert Einstein I find it's a clever way of saying people are crazy. Rabbi Stephen Baars 11. "If you want to meet a princess, make yourself into a prince." – Rabbi Dov Heller, Aish LA To me that encapsulated everything about finding a wife. Totally practical and also spiritual. Mike Cooper 12. "There are no problems, only opportunities for growth." – Rebbetzin Dena Weinberg: It gets me through almost everything. It means that God is sending me this so that I can grow. It prevents me from blaming others, including myself. It frames a situation not as something overwhelming that is impossible to solve, but as a puzzle that can be worked out, and the process of working it out is where real growth takes place. Words are powerful; as soon as you reframe from "problem" to "opportunity," you pull down the covers, get out of bed, pull up your boot straps and rise to the occasion. No one wants problems, but who doesn't want opportunities? Lori Palatnik 13. "If I am not for me, who is for me; and if I am (only) for myself, what am I. And if not now, when?" – Hillel, Ethics of the Fathers, 1:14 I find this to be the most inspirational and motivating message. I was created for a specific purpose – there is no other 'me.' Consider that I am here for others – bearing the 'me' in mind, how can I make the difference to the world? Lastly, there's no time like the present. Rabbi Chaim Cohen 14. "Who is wise? One who learns from every man… Who is strong? One who overpowers his inclinations… Who is rich? One who is satisfied with his lot… Who is honorable? One who honors his fellows." – Ben Zoma, Ethics of the Fathers, 4:1 This is my favorite quote because it upends our society's definitions of these things. We tend to think strength, happiness, wisdom and honor are reliant on external circumstances – how much wealth you have, how strong you are, how much you know…. Jewish wisdom shows all four are internal; it's all up to the person himself. Want to be rich? It's about your attitude, not about how much money you have. Want to be smart? You don't need Einstein's genes, just the ability to open your eyes and watch people around you. Want to be strong as a hero? It's in your heart – just be strong enough to do the right thing. Nir Greenberger 15. "Torah is not education, it's transformation." – Rebbitzen Dena Weinberg If you are just learning Torah for the education and not growing and transforming yourself, you are not really learning Torah. Bonnie Cohen 16. "Yeshuat Hashem k'heref ayin. The salvation of God is like the blink of an eye." – Pesikta Zutreta, Esther 4:17. No matter how bleak something may look, salvation could be just around the corner. God can change everything in the blink of an eye. This quote teaches us to always have hope; redemption can come at any moment. Danielle Haas 17. "L'fum tzara agra, according to the effort is the reward." – Ben Hei Hei, Ethics of the Fathers, 5:26. This is the great equalizer. It doesn't matter where you have started on the ladder of life; it matters how many rungs you've climbed. This is the true measure of man. As President Coolidge said: Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." Of course we cannot do anything without God's help. The choice is in our hands, but the results are in His. Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith 18. "If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow?" – Rebbe Nachman of Breslov The purpose of human life is to improve one's character traits, by working on oneself every day. That's why God gives us today – and tomorrow. Sara Yoheved Rigler 19. "L'Chaim!" – a traditional Jewish toast. Jews appreciate every moment of life. It doesn't matter if things are going the way you want them, stop and pause, and raise your glass to the delicious opportunity life is giving you right now. You'll never get that moment back again. Rabbi Jack Kalla 20. Yours! See you tomorrow bli nder We need Moshiach now! Love Yehuda Lave Yehuda Lave, Spirtual 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