The Late Olivia Newton-John Wrote about her Jewish Grandfather Nobel Prize Winner Max Born and 14 Jewish Wedding Facts Everyone Should Know By Menachem Posner and Author Matthew Teller on Jerusalem: “I wanted to write the people back into the city.”

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. Author Matthew Teller on Jerusalem: "I wanted to write the people back into the city." https://adventure.com/matthew-... The Late Olivia Newton-John Wrote about her Jewish Grandfather Nobel Winner Max Born By David Israel - Olivia Newton-John and her Jewish grandfather, Nobel laureate Max Born. Dame Olivia Newton-John who passed away on Monday at age 73, was a British-Australian singer, actress, and activist, and a four-time Grammy Award winner. She was also the granddaughter of a famous Jewish physicist and mathematician Max Born who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics, made contributions to solid-state physics and optics, and supervised the work of several notable physicists in the 1920s and 1930s. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954, the Hughes Medal in 1950, and the Max Planck Medal in 1948. In 1939 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. In her 2018 memoir, Don't Stop Believin', Newton-John wrote: "In 1933, my Jewish grandfather fled from Germany with his wife, Hedwig, to escape Hitler's regime. He was not only a brilliant mind but also a humanitarian who helped Jews escape Germany. I'm extremely proud of my peace-loving grandfather." When the Nazis came to power in Germany, in 1933, Born was suspended from his professorship at the University of Göttingen and he emigrated to the UK, where he taught at St John's College, Cambridge, and wrote his popular science books, The Restless Universe, and Atomic Physics, which became a standard textbook. In October 1936, he became the Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, where, working with two German assistants, Walter Kellermann and Klaus Fuchs, he continued his research. He became a British citizen in 1939, one day before World War II broke out in Europe. In 1952, Born returned to West Germany where he died in 1970. Newton-John dabbled in Kabballah in her 2006 album Grace and Gratitude, perhaps under the influence of her pal Madona a.k.a. Esther. The album contains these numbers: 1. "Shekhinah" 2. "Pearls on a Chain" 3. "Yesod" 4. "To Be Wanted" 5. "Hod" 6. "Learn to Love Yourself" 7. "Nezah" 8. "Grace and Gratitude" 9. "Tiferet" 10. "Love is Letting Go of Fear" 11. "Hesed-Gevurah" 12. "Gaté Gaté" 13. "Tala' al Badru 'Alayna" 14. "Let Go Let God" 15. "Binah" 16. "I Will Lift Up My Eyes" 17. "Hochmah" 18. "The Power of Now" 19. "Keter" 20. "Instrument of Peace" 14 Jewish Wedding Facts Everyone Should Know By Menachem Posner 1. A Wedding is Like a Mini–Yom Kippur A person's wedding day is comparable to his or her personal Yom Kippur, on which all sins are forgiven. In fact, many follow the custom of fasting on this day. 2. Chuppah Under the Stars In many communities, the wedding takes place under an open sky, with just a flimsy canopy (chuppah) covering the bride and groom. Among other things, this signifies the open home they plan to build together. Read: The Chuppah 3. The Ring Is Crucial The simple gold wedding band that the groom gives the bride during the ceremony is more than just a sign of marriage. The moment the bride accepts the ring (or any other item of worth, for that matter) is the moment that the marriage is actually effected. Read: The Wedding Ring 4. All Written Up The marriage contract (ketubah) enumerates the husband's obligations to his wife during the marriage (conjugal, material and emotional), as well as afterwards (she gets compensated in the event of divorce or the husband's death). Read: The Marriage Contract 5. A Couple (c) Coby Engelhart The marriage is finalized in an act known as nisuin, in which the wife demonstrates her new status as a bride. This is expressed by standing under the chuppah, being alone as a couple, and even the fact that the brides wears a veil. Read: Why Does a Bride Wear a Veil? 6. Smash That Glass! (c) Coby Engelhart The wedding ceremony comes to an end with the groom smashing a glass with his foot, a reminder that our Holy Temple is in ruins and that our nation remains fractured. Even in our most joyous moments, we must remember that our world is far from perfect. Read: The Breaking of the Glass 7. A Gift The bride traditionally gifts the groom a new prayer shawl (tallit). In some communities he wears it under the chuppah, and sometimes it is draped over both him and the bride. 8. Dancing Before the Bride Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz dancing at the wedding of Sam and Rebecca Lieberman (Photo: Zalmy Berkowitz). Dancing before the bride is considered an especially meritorious act, even taking precedence over Torah study. The Talmud enumerates how various sages would dance before brides with myrtle branches, torches and other accessories. Today, wedding dancing includes burning hats, silly hats and entire genre of silly stuff known as "wedding schtick." Read: Reception 9. Sing Her Praises (c) Coby Engelhart It is customary to praise the bride to the groom, telling him what a beautiful, graceful, capable and wonderful wife he has. What to do if she is lacking in certain qualities? The sages have an answer: Stress the qualities she does have. Watch: Second Impressions 10. A Joining of Souls What exactly is everyone celebrating? The Kabbalists teach that the husband and wife are each two halves of one soul. At their weddings, the two finally join—and they are whole for the first time. Read: Taking Someone Else Seriously 11. Put Out Extra Tables (c) Coby Engelhart It's traditional to put out lots of extra food and settings, so that people in need will feel comfortable joining the celebration and partaking of the feast. 12. Big Bread Photo: Chaim Perl Photography/Chaimperl.com In many circles, the feast officially begins with the groom reciting the Hamotzi blessing over a giant braided challah bread. 13. Seven Days of Fun The celebration continues for seven days. Any time the bride and groom break bread together with a quorum of 10 men, the Grace After Meals is followed by Sheva Brachot—seven blessings said over glasses of wine, which the bride and groom then drink. Read: What to Expect at a Sheva Brachot 14. Treating the Newlyweds Like Royalty (c) Coby Engelhart "The groom is akin to a king," goes the saying of the sages, and the same goes for the bride. So think twice before asking the bride to pass you a piece of sushi. She's a queen this week, and deserves to be treated as such. See you Sunday bli neder Shabbat Shalom 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