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21 Cedar Street Lakewood פרשת אמור / Volume 2 Issue 23 Fri First Minyan 6:34 Parashat Emor Friday / Shabbat Morning / Shabbat Afternoon / 5:45 - הכלה רועיש 8:00 - תונברק 7:39 - החנמ / Minha 7:00 - החנמ 8:15 - ךלמ ’ה Candle Lighting - 7:44 8:04 - העיקש 8:30 - א”מ עמש 8:35 - החיש תובבלה תובוח רועיש 8:03 - העיקש / Shekiah Wasting Time - Elilim The Rambam tells us that in the earlier generations people believed in many different The sun, stars, the winds etc. In order for .ה‘ gods or powers in the world, aside from them to relate to them they formed images and statues and through them they would entreat their gods to achieve their desires. The Torah emphasizes that they are worthless אל תפנו אל האלילים ואל פי מסכה – and a waste of energy and thought put into them they are worthless – אל from the word אלילים They are called .(לא תעשו לכם (יט – ד – (Rashi). The Rambam in Halachot Aboda Zara (2-3) says: not only Aboda Zara is Assur to follow even in thought (one who believes in it alone even if he does not worship it, is Hayab Mita (death)). Besides Aboda Zara, there is also an Issur, that anything that will bring a person to stray away from the ways of the Torah, it is Issur to do. Rab Yeruchom Levovitz, the Mashgiyah of the Mir Yeshiva said, even though the Torah calls them worthless, once one believes in them, then they become Elahut (gods).
The Sefer Hahinuch – Misvah (213) states the Sifra, even looking at these idols or objects is Issur, the reason for this is that one may be lured into follow them. Another reason is that one should not waste his valuable time in vain things since man’s purpose Wasting time is equivalent to .'ה in this world is to learn Torah and do Misvot to serve created man to serve Him and to earn 'ה .killing part of his life and is punishable for this is giving him life and energy and he is wasting it. The Mishna 'ה his Olam Haba. Here in Pirkei Abot (3-3) Rabi Harkenos ben Teradiyon said two people sitting together and they are not talking Dibrai Torah this is a Moshab Leizim. And in Tehilim (1) it says one cannot sit there. In this category lies many modern inventions and amusements that fall into this Issur. Moves, television, internet and almost all of its apps. Watching sports and shows which are not educational in Torah. The list goes on and on and frustrates (properly. They all divert (Continued on page 2 'ה the ability of any Frum person to serve
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either with ideas or pictures undermining ,'ה Continued from page 1) their minds from) the Torah precepts. Also the thoughts and pictures engraved in the Neshamos which causes all kinds of Tumah to the person. Disabling one to pray with Kavanoh and learn Torah in purity, but also leads one to Mezalzel (lower) anything in Kedushah. An example – one who talks during prayers, he does not believe is listening to him or his prayers. He doesn’t even realize Kedushat Bet Hakenset 'ה that where the Shechina dwells. He will not take his Torah studies seriously, not realizing s precious gift to us. The usage of cell phones has become the’'ה that the Torah is number one Aboda Zara in our times – in schools in Batei Midrash during the day and Shabbat and Tom Tob. The experts (Goyim) have all agreed that they created a demon by all types of cell phones. Their list is longer than mine in all aspects of destroying the youth and elders in human decency. The Steipler Rebbi wrote years ago, how many of our youth, who are even learning Torah, are utterly confused in Yiddishkeit and in and His Hashgacha. Their conduct is beyond control – lack of respect 'ה believing in for elders, parents and Rabbis. He relates all of this to their reading magazines – looking at impure items, listening to irreligious people and newspapers – and today the internet.
In order to root out all of this, we must have guidelines which are only be the Gedolei Torah – parents and children alike. Learning Mussar daily and removing from the home all traces of Tumah. This will bring a spirit of Tahara into the home and purify .B’kedusha 'ה our thoughts in order to serve
Shabbat Shalom HaRav Ezra Zafrani Stories of Gedolim Rabbi Avigdor Miller was asked this question on one of his famous Thursday night classes,”Should someone pray for a desire for which he prayed many times without results?” קַוֵּה אֶל ה‘ חֲזַק .Rabbi Avigdor Miller answered. “Yes Hope to Hashem, be strong and - וְיַאֲמֵץ לִבֶּךָ וְקַוֵּה אֶל ה He will give your heart courage and hope to Hashem (Tehillim 27:14). Hope to Hashem, be strong and keep on hoping. Never give up hope. There are two benefits. First of all, by continually repeating your request, maybe HaKadosh Baruch Hu will consider you worthy because of your continued requests to Him. Maybe Hashem will consider you worthy and grant you your request. And even if chalilah, Hashem sees fit to ignore your requests, you have gained immensely, because prayer changes a man. When you call out to Hashem from the bottom of your heart,
To Sponsor a Bulletin Please Contact 732‐703‐4310 / Email [email protected] Page‐�2 This Bulletin has been Sponsored by The Akkad Family נפלאות הבורא Hashems Amazing World BUFF-TAILED SICKLEBILL HUMMINGBIRDS & CENTROPOGON FLOWERS Buff-tailed sicklebill hummingbirds (Eutoxeres condamini) and Centropogon flowers can be found throughout the Amazon rainforests, from the lowland rainforests of Peru to the cloud forests of the Andes mountains, at about 2,500 feet, which run through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. The hummingbird seeks out the Centropogon flower for its nectar. When the bird sticks its bill deep within the flower to collect the high-energy food, it inadvertently rubs against the brush- like anthers of the flower, collecting pollen on its head. As the bird continues to feed on other flowers, it pollinates as it goes, and the Centropogon anthers can eventually rub the feathers off the top of the bird’s head, leaving most sicklebills with a pronounced bald spot! This beak fits this flower perfectly- length & shape! A person who thinks clearly and logically will immediately conclude that this bird was created to pollinate this flower. However great and wise scientists say "The shape of this hummingbird’s bill has coevolved with the shape of the flower, as both species benefit from an exclusive plant- pollinator relationship." How foolish is this statement? If you say the bird evolved to fit the flower, why would it do so? Isn't there a much greater selection of flowers that can be accessed with a regular bill? If you say it prefers the taste of this particular nectar, how did it taste it before it evolved? Maybe the flower evolved for the bird, why would this flower do so, it has many more pollinators if it would be a normal shape? Why limit its pollination options? That's besides the fact it has no brains, and even if it did, how does it decide to change its shape?? The questions go on and on... We must train our minds to see the logical and clear proof, that this world was created with design and purpose by the Creator Hakadosh Baruch Hu! As for the foolish scientists, Someone is gonna have to pay for this bill!
Rabbi Eliyahu Tobal you’re talking to Somebody, you become more Stories of Gedolim cont… aware that Hashem is standing in front of you and listening. That’s one of the greatest benefits you could ever gain - More Awareness of Hashem. That’s why praying to Hashem is so important. Amidah), he’s standing before the King. We) שְׁ ֹמונֶה עֶשְׂ ֵרה When a Jew stands up for You Are - כִּי אַתָּה שׁ ֹומֵעַ ,don’t see Him, but He sees us, He hears every word Listening To Your People and Your Listening With Compassion. When people pray and they pray very much, they should know that they’re learning a great lesson of believing in Hashem and there is nothing greater in life than coming to a true belief in Hashem. Therefore, if Hashem will listen to you and grant your prayers, good, and if He won’t, it’s also good.” (Tape #489)
To Sponsor a Bulletin Please Contact 732‐703‐4310 / Email [email protected] Page‐�3 This Bulletin has been Sponsored by The Akkad Family הלכה למעשה Weekly Halachot The Laws of The Counting of Sefirat HaOmer Laws of Sefirat Haomer 5. If one forgets to count a complete day 1. It is a misvah to count the omer every he must continue to count without a night for 49 days, beginning on the beracha. sixteenth night of Nissan and ending 6. If one is uncertain if he counted the night before Shabuoth. properly he may continue counting 2. The proper time to count is at with a beracha. nightfall, approximately forty 7. Some say that if you write the day of minutes after sunset. Nevertheless if the omer it is considered as if you one is in a Minyan that is counting counted, therefore one should not after twenty minutes, one may count write it until you count with a with them. blessing. 3. It is forbidden to start a meal [with 8. It is the custom for the Rabbi or bread], a half of an hour prior to the Hazzan to recite the blessing and time of counting the omer. count the omer and then the According to the Kaf Hahayim and congregation recites their own Hacham Obadiah one may not eat a blessing. One should have in mind with the Hazzan יצא half hour before sunset. However not to be according to the Mishnah Berura the blessing. time begins a half hour before the 9. Children should count the omer with a stars come out. It seems that most of blessing even if some days they us are relying on the Mishnah Berura forget to count. because on Friday night we accept 10. A boy who becomes bar misvah Shabbat early and begin our meal during the omer cannot continue just a few minutes before sunset. counting with a blessing rather he with the Hazzan יצא Nevertheless it is praiseworthy to should be either begin your meal a half hour blessing and then count. before sunset or pray at nightfall and 11. Wo men are exempt from the misvah count the omer at its proper time. of counting the omer because it’s a The beginning of a meal [according misvah that is time related and all to some] is the recital of Shalom positive commandments that are Alechem. time related women are exempt. 4. If one forgot to count at night he may count the next day without a blessing. Rabbi Michael Levy
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