Rosh Chodesh Adar is on Monday, Fubuary 15
Sign up to say Tehillim for your children, other relatives, and your friends to find their soul mates. Click here http://www.writeinvite.ca/tehillim/index.htm and fill out your form. Please, pass this information on. There are 2 project groups and there needs to be 40 people in each group and in each time zone.
http://www.writeinvite.ca/tehillim/index.htm
http://www.writeinvite.ca/tehillim/index.htm
I did not give up on this blog. My grandma has been very sick. I will post again ASAP! Please Daven.
Filed under: Hashem, Jewish, Judaism, Tehillim, Torah | Tags: August 21st, Hebrew Month, Rosh Chodesh Elul –– Friday, Soul mate, Tehillim
Rosh Chodesh Elul –– Friday, August 21st
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Sign up to say Tehillim for your children, other relatives, and your friends to find their soul mates. Click here http://www.writeinvite.ca/tehillim/index.htm and fill out your form. Please, pass this information on. There are 2 project groups and there needs to be 40 people in each group and in each time zone.
http://www.writeinvite.ca/tehillim/index.htm
Please Daven and say Tehillim again for my grandmother Peral bat Sima. She will be having surgury tomorrow.
Filed under: disabillity, Hashem, I am a Woman, Love Story, women | Tags: birthday, disabillity, G-d's help, Hashem, Love Story, ring, Soul mate
On my 18th birthday my mother and grandmother wanted to give me a gift which I could hold onto for years to come. They asked me what I wanted and suggested jewelry. I agreed, it may surprise you that I didn’t choose anything with peals since peal is my birth stone. I have always loved Sapphires, I find them to be just as beautiful as peal and I told my mother if she had her heart set on buying me jewelry I wanted to pick a sapphire ring. I have very small hands and fingers so after the ring was chosen I had to leave it at the store to get sized. On my birthday I went to pick up the ring. I was so excited about it. Now the ring has more sentimental value to me than I expected.
You see I was standing at the jewelry counter waiting for the ring when I felt eyes on me. I turned slightly and found myself looking at a man in a wheelchair. “Getting yourself something today?” He asked me, I answered that it was my 18th birthday today and my mother and grandmother wanted to get me something special.
He continued to look at me without saying anything for a while and then suddenly he said. “I know sometimes you feel like no one will ever love you and that you will be alone. You are a beautiful girl; always remember that you will find someone.”
I was speechless for a few moments as he went on. I wondered why he came up to me and how he knew that sometimes these thoughts ran through my head. He began to wheel away from me. He said again you are a beautiful girl, it will happen for you. As he said this he looked at the woman who was his wife, smiled and moved towards her. She waited for him and smiled at me. Moments later she was walking beside him.
I tried on my birthday ring, it fits perfectly. It is a ring for only special occasions, but every once in a while when there is no special occasion I take it out, look at it, and place it on my finger. Every time I look at it I remember what the man said, I smile, and I think about what it will be like when with G-d’s help I am married to and living with my soul mate. I know in my heart because of my emonia that the man is right, that I have a soul mate that I will be with and this person will love me as deeply and profoundly as I will love him.
Filed under: Hashem, Health, Tehillim, women | Tags: add to Tehillim list, Tehillim
Please, say Tehillim for the following people:
ZEV BEN TOVA
sarah shira bas leah malka
Chana Hinda Bas Esther Malca
Yaakov ben Shoshana
NECHAMA bas CHANA LEBA
Rochel Faiga bas Rivka Malca
Faiga bas Yehudis Rochel
Filed under: Hashem, Jewish, Judaism, Love Story, Tehillim, women | Tags: love, Rosh Chodesh Av, Soul mate, Tehillim, true love
Rosh Chodesh Av is on Wednesday, July 22nd.
Sign up to say Tehillim for your children, other relatives, and your friends to find their soul mates. Click here http://www.writeinvite.ca/tehillim/index.htm and fill out your form. Please, pass this information on. There are 2 project groups and there needs to be 40 people in each group and in each time zone.
http://www.writeinvite.ca/tehillim/index.htm
Filed under: Hashem, Health, Jewish, Judaism, Tehillim, Torah | Tags: Tehillim
Please say Tehillim for:
Sara bas Yael
Levi Yitzchak ben Sarah Sasha
Filed under: Frum, Hashem, Jewish, Jewish, Jewish blogs, Judaism, Orthodox, Torah, women | Tags: naaleh, Torah Sites
New articles and songs will be coming from me soon.
In the meantime I wanted to inform you that I got a phone call today from naaleh.com. Last year at a Shabbos lunch my friend told me about this site. The following Monday she sent me the link and I have been learning Torah with them ever since. I can listen to a Shuir anytime I want from my home and I see who is teaching it. When going to a Shuir brought to me for free using this site I feel as through I am sitting with my teachers in a classroom in Israel. Someone from Naaleh.com called me and other students to let us know that due to the recession they had fallen on hard times and did not want to see an end to this wonderful program which is free to users. I could tell the person on the phone was unhappy about having to ask myself and others for money. Please, go to http://www.naaleh.com/ See what classes they offer, and if you are able donate what you can to http://www.naaleh.com/
May naaleh.com be blessed to continue to bring Torah to their students and may they be blessed to receive new students.
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I know I have not posted in weeks, life has been very busy. I began drafts because I know what I want to post, I just haven’t had time to do it. I will post soon, this is just to let you know I have not given up on this blog.
Thanks for reading!
Filed under: Hashem, Jewish, Judaism, Shul, women | Tags: Blessing, Bracha, Rabbi, rebbe
Dear Blog readers,
Several weeks ago I had a wonderful opportunity to be blessed by a Rebbe and I took it.
I was so excited and to tell you the truth, nervous. I’m sure if not all people who have been blessed by a Rebbe can say, it was a big deal most can. Out here in the suburbs, I feel it is an even bigger deal because the opportunities to be blessed by a Rebbe are few in comparison to big cities such as New York. Rebbes don’t always come to the suburbs for three day visits. I felt an urgency to get a Bracha, a blessing. Perhaps more of an urgency than I would have felt if I now lived in New York. I thought to myself, I had better get a Bracha from this Rebbe ASAP because who knows when I will get the next opportunity and how often will a Rebbe come to the suburbs?
I was filled with excitement about getting a Bracha and I should mention that it was the first time in my life that I had an opportunity to get a blessing from a Rebbe. Someone told me that I should ask for a Bracha for another person before asking for myself. This was common sense to me and to do anything else would be against the person that I am. I always think of others first, I always try to think of others before myself. And don’t feel right requesting something just for myself when I can request the same for others in need. I did some preparation before receiving my Bracha. A few days before, I collected the full Hebrew names of people I knew, double checking some of them to make sure my information was correct; I then made a list of all of these names and next to each name I wrote the things I wanted these people to be blessed with. When I got to the shul the next afternoon, I was surprised to see that there were not that many people waiting, but I was happy. I knew this Rebbe was going to be in my community for three days and for many hours during these three days would bless the people who came to him. I had chosen to come the first hour he was there on the first day. This Rebbe decided he was more comfortable giving blessings to people in the sanctuary after a few minutes inspecting another room. When we were asked to come in, this Rebbe was sitting at a long table I watched as other people got their blessings and then I was summoned to get my Bracha but I didn’t realize it. I thought there were people ahead of me and I said people who were not ahead of me could go before me but this would not do. I walked over to this Rebbe, in my opinion quite timidly and thank G-d, he gave me a blessing which encompassed within it everything. I was disappointed that I was not able to ask this Rebbe for blessings for others. I thought I would have the time and I didn’t so although I got a Bracha I felt disappointed that I did not have the time to ask for others. This Rebbe needed to give a Bracha and move on to the next person. I know that after receiving my Bracha, I walked out of the shul, my feet steps light and thought to myself its working already which was a very comforting feeling
Hours later I felt even more gratitude toward Hashem and this Rebbe than I felt when I first got the Bracha because I thought about it more and was able to process it. I had prepared so much in order to get this Bracha, and the moment I had to get it was so fleeting even though I knew that I felt lighter on my feet walking out of the sanctuary and the shul after getting my blessing, I also felt bad because I tried to let other people get in front of me in order to get their Bracha first and I came with a list of people who I wanted blessed and was not able to talk about to him about these people so I had a sense of guilt that I could or should have done more. When I told my friends this, they were not surprised. They know I want the best for others and that I think of others before I think of myself and that is why I wanted other people to get their blessings first. It was a beautiful experience, one that I’m glad I have been able to reflect on. Yes, I wanted others to get their blessings first, but after reflection I realized that maybe it was part of the plan that I was summoned up to get my Bracha at the exact moment it was meant to be and when I left they were able to get their blessings I am thankful to Hashem and I am thankful that the Bracha I received was and is so very helpful. Everyday in little ways since that day several weeks ago, I see myself in small ways getting stronger in areas of life. May all of you have blessing upon blessing and get whatever it is you need at the right time.
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Filed under: Frum, Hashem, Jewish, Torah, write | Tags: Adar, Jewish, Torah
Filed under: Jewish, Judaism, Tehillim, women | Tags: Jewish, online, Tehillim
I got an e-mail days ago asking for peple to join an online Tehillim group. The goal of this group is to have Tehillim said around the clock. You can pick Tehillim you want to say everyday and fill out on the timesheet when you will recite it.
If you want to join click on the link below.
Please, let me know if this information was halpful or if you decided to join.
Filed under: disabillity, Frum, Hashem, I am a Woman, Jewish, Jewish, Judaism, Orthodox, women | Tags: disabillity, hair, I am, woman, women
About six months ago I decided to change hairdressers, I got my hair cut by a different hairdresser and loved it when I got used to it. However, I didn’t like the way I was treated as a person, and tried to tell myself that the woman who cut my hair didn’t mean it. Let me explain what happened. I went in with another person and she spoke to that person about me instead of directly to me. My believe is, she saw I didn’t walk perfectly and thought I lacked intelligence. I was nice to her but didn’t like the way she made me feel. I find that I have to get my hair cut a lot because it grows so unbelievably fast. The next time I went back was about a month later. Being an Orthodox Jewish woman, I always wear long skirts or dresses. When I walked in to the hairdresser’s place of business I noticed the way she looked at me. I began to talk to her and as the conversion progressed the look didn’t fade. It was a look of bewilderment. I had a gut feeling and I went with it. I started to talk with the person I came with, the same person I came with the first time I went to this hairdresser. It was small talk. I revealed nothing too personal about myself and nothing personal about others. I used the words in the community and in my community. Finally, my fairly new hairdresser said “What do you mean when you say your community?” I told her “I’m an Orthodox Jewish woman, that’s why I always wear long skirts and long sleeves. She responded very innocently “Oh I thought you were a cripple.” My gut feeling had been confirmed. The person who came with me was in shock, her eyes went wide and she looked as though she was holding her tongue waiting for my reply after hearing the word cripple, a word which I hate, a word which as far as I am concerned should be struck from the English language or should be considered a curse word. My response came calmly. “No I’m not a cripple. I just dress modestly. It makes me feel more comfortable.” She told me she thought it was became my legs looked deformed and I did not want people to see them. I told her honestly my legs don’t look deformed.
I must explain that this woman, who was not close to my grandmother’s age meant me no harm. I could see that she thought there was nothing wrong with her attitude or the word she used. Some people have told me she would have made them angry and hurt by her thinking and her use of such a terrible and untrue word. Getting angry would have been easy, what she said was hurtful, but I decided not to be hurt, to take it from where it came. The statements came from a sweet woman who didn’t realize she was saying or doing anything hurtful. I made a choice to educate instead of getting angry or allowing anger to cloud me.
I am not a cripple and I don’t believe cripples exist, that being the case as I said before, I believe with my whole heart that the word should be erased. It is a word that carries with in pain and untruth. I am not a cripple, I don’t walk perfectly but I am not a cripple.
I am a caring, understanding, compassionate, strong woman. I am a woman who is educated. I am a woman who has great faith in G-d. I am a woman who Thank-G-d has people who love and care about me. I am a woman with talents and a woman with so much love to give. I am a woman and I refuse to be defined nor should anyone else allow themselves to be defined as a cripple. I am a woman.
I got at least 2 e-mails asking me to say Tehillim in the last 2 days.
There are special Tehillim said for the safety of Israel. They are as follows:
20,120.79, 83,130 and 142
Please try to say them often.
Filed under: disabillity, Hashem, Jewish, Jewish, Judaism, Love Story, Passover, Shul, women, write, Yom Tov | Tags: Disibillity, In the Pink, Love Story, Soul mate, true love
A while back, In the Pink wrote that she was conducting some research on True Love. I was temped to e-mail her a story on the topic, but held on to it, thinking it would be good for me to write about. The story I am about to tell you is a true love story, and while it is not my love story it taught be something incredibly valuable.
Last Pesach I was going through a very difficult time in my life. I thought I would be spending Yom Tov out of town, but I ended up spending it in my community which turned out to be a blessing. I was invited to lunch with friends of mine after Shul on the last day of Yom Tov. When I walked into the house I heard laughter from obliviously happy people and almost immediately met a married couple visiting from a much larger Jewish community in another state.
I have a small disability which people can see, I don’t walk perfectly, but I do walk, Thank G-d. My parents have always told me that my soul mate could have a disability, but this is not necessarily the case. I was almost entirely convinced last year that this was not true, that I had to marry someone with a disability. It hit me like a bolt of lighting when I looked at this couple that I was wrong. They were both accomplished, the wife was a school teacher with no disability, and the husband was a lawyer who just happened to be deaf. My heart soared when during the meal the wife told everyone how they met.
She said she had gone on a Shabbos walk with a friend and they decided to stop at a house to visit a family. That family had a certain young man for a Shabbos guest, she gave him a Shabbos greeting, there were other people there and she joined in the small talk of the group. When she left the house with her friend that certain gentleman was on her mind. She told herself if she was still thinking about him at that time the following week she would do something about it. A week later he hadn’t left her thoughts. She called the family he had been visiting to do some detective work. All she heard was how nice and how helpful he was. Some time went by and with more investigating she was able to get an email address. She emailed him, telling him where she had met him and pouring out her heart, telling him her interests, likes, dislikes, and so on. Her thinking was she had nothing to loose, if he was not interested in her, she would most likely not see him again and if he was interested she could have found the one. The idea that she might not ever see him again was what pushed her to write the e-mail. She had never done anything like that in her life. She was so excited when she saw a reply sitting in her e-mail box. She clicked on it and read. “Which one are you?” There had been other girls in the group. She remembered she had told him her name in the house that Shabbos afternoon. In reply she typed her name and pressed send. He answered her, shortly after that a first date was set up and than a second, shortly after that they were engaged and married.
Looking at this couple I remembered that my small disability could be a non-issue to a non-disabled soul mate. I only wish I could tell this amazing couple what an affect their true love and devotion to each other had on me. It was part of G-d’s plan that they met and married and I truly believe now it was part of HIS plan that I met them at the time I did, so that I could relearn something I never should have forgotten. Having that faith and knowledge restored is such a blessing and if I left town for Yom Tov I would never have met them at that time. They went back to their community the very next day.
May all of us find and hold on to love!
Filed under: Chanukah, Jewish, Judaism, Tehillim | Tags: and Tehillim, Chanukah, Lights, Menorah
Hello bog Readers,
Tonight is the first night of Chanukah, our first chance this year to light the Menorah. Lighting the Menorah is a way to bring light into the world, Tehillim is another. It was recommended to me and others to say certain Tehillim while in front of the candles These Tehillim are
Perek Yud-Tes-19
Perek Lamed- 30
Perek Lamed-gimmel-33
Perek Samach-Zayin-67
Perek Tzaddik-90
Per3k Kuf-100
Perek Kuf Lamed Gimel-133
We need all the light and blessing we can get. Have a very Happy Chanukah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Filed under: Hashem, Jewish blogs, Judaism, Shabbat, Shabbos, Shul, women | Tags: Add new tag, chabad., Glow, in memory, light, Rabbi, Rebbetzin, Shabbat, Shabbos
Dear blog Readers,
The Saturday morning of the long Thanksgiving weekend, I sat in Shul wondering what the rabbi would say about the events of that past week in India. My month hung open slightly as he spoke abut the senseless murder of Rabbi Gavriel Holzberg, and his wife, Rebbetzin Rivka Holzberg. It was the first time I heard it. Don’t get me wrong I had been following reports but events were still unfolding when I left for Shabbos Friday afternoon. When I got home from my Shabbos trip I was able to find more information. I found some Memorial videos, I read some blogs, but I was still at a loss for words. What can one say? When I was searching for information about Rabbi Holzberg, and his wife I was surprised about how many people had already written blogs about them, and I thought to myself. Wow I have to write about this, I will be expected to write about this, and I should write about it as a way of processing it myself. But again, what could I say, how could I find the words to describe the horror and sadness that I felt and feel? Then I thought about the poem I posted hours before my Shabbos trip. The poem is called Glow. It is not only a poem about lighting Shabbos candles, although that is what is being described. It is a poem about bringing light into this world and watching it glow. Bringing light into this world is bringing goodness The Rabbi and his wife glowed. They did things for others selflessly, and they brought light into this world. The light that they brought is not all extinguished. They touched the lives of so many, who in turn, I am sure, have touched the lives of others, and will continue to touch the lives of others that they meet. Thank G-d their children are here. All we can do is fellow the example of Gavriel, and Rivka Holzberg by creating more light, taking every opportunity to do so, and watch it glow creating goodness to fight off darkness.
For more information go to http://www.chabad.org/ Ladies also go to www.Fridaylight.org
Filed under: Hashem, Judaism, Shabbos, Torah | Tags: Glow, poem, Shabbat Shalom, Shabbos
My dear blog readers,
I am back, here is a poem from a short story which I wrote. No part can be coppied or used without my concent. I hope you like it. Have a wonderful Shabbos!!
Glow
See the candles flicker; see the candles glow, another Friday, another Shabbat Shalom. Watch the candles flicker, watch the candles glow, lighting up the darkness, lighting up the world on this Shabbat Shalom. HASHEM shelter us in your Shabbat Shalom, for six days we have labored for six days we have worked. Let us feel Shalom in your house we call home. HASHEM shelter us in your Shabbat lift our spirits high, rejuvenate our lives. We are tired but as we watch the candles glow all of our troubles melt away and we are filled with Shabbat Shalom. HASHEM we thank-you for our blessing of Shabbat Shalom as we watch the candles glow.
Filed under: Books, Hashem, Jewish, Judaism, Shabbat, Shabbos, Torah | Tags: Dinner Shabbat, Friday night, Jewish
Dear Blog Readers,
Is unity a negative or a positive thing? This question was the subject of debate at Friday night’s Shabbat dinner. You see, a friend of mine’s son is reading a book in which the characters in the society are all groomed to be the same. They do not have the luxury of choice. They are told where to live, what career they must take, and exactly who they should marry (I gather that who they marry in the society of the book is not based on compatibility). Decisions are given to one person to make and the memory of the whole community is held by this person, the community calls a receiver. The receiver holds all the memories of the community and when the receiver can no longer do the job, another is trained. If a person cannot handle the sameness of the community, that person is kicked out. I believe that the point the author of this book is making is that unity is bad and individuality is good.
I don’t think the answer is that simple. Judaism teaches us that the house of Yisrael should be unified; it teaches us that the actions of one Jew affect the entire House of Yisrael and yet we all have differences. Differences in interests, differences in politics, differences in taste, and differences in the kind of person we choose for a mate.
During the debate, at the dinner table, my friend told a story about an Orthodox woman with her five children in a store, the woman was looking at some items in an isle, her children were nearby, a man in seeing them shouted at her something like “all of you Jews”. Yes, this man is an anti-Semite; he is an anti-Semite who sees us Jews all as one people. The bottom line is that every one of us is an individual blessed with certain talents and different obstacles to contend with. We are all individuals; our individuality is something to be proud of. We are also all family and that unity should be acknowledged, respected and celebrated just as much as our individuality. When I go into the workplace, or in another public arena, I am very much aware that I am a representative of the Jewish people. I am a Bas Yisrael and I need to try to behave correctly at all times. My behavior, I realize has an affect on the way others in the world perceive other Jews. I want to live Kiddush Hashem, for the sanctification of G-d’s name. I don’t want any of my actions to reflect badly on the Jewish people as a whole. I would love to hear what you have to say. What do you think? Is unity a bad thing, is individuality a bad thing or are both unity and individuality good in moderation
Filed under: Hashem, Jewish, Judaism, Shabbos, Torah | Tags: Chesvan 11, Saturday night, Sunday
Dear Blog Readers,
Today I was reminded by an e-mail to honor Mother Rachel, please if you are awake join me.
Honor Mother Rachel by going to http://www.keverrachel.com/default.asp?lang=en on her Yehrtzeit, Chesvan 11 after Shabbos from midnight to 2AM Eastern time for a special web cast
Dear Blog Readers,
Thank G-d my grandmother is out if the hospital as of this past afternoon
I will post again as soon as I can. I have something written but it is going through an editing process. I managed to write shortly after midnight the other night.
Please, keep Davening for Peral bat Sima. May she have a full and speedidy recovery of soul, body and mind!
Dear Blog Readers,
I thought I would start to write a long and uplifting post today after I got home, but my grandmother is in the hospitial as of late this morning. Please, Daven for her. Her name is Peral bat Sima.
Filed under: Hashem, Jewish, Judaism, Sukkot, Torah, Yom Tov | Tags: Israel, Jewish, Sukkot, Yom Tov
My Dear Blog Readers,
I have Israel on my mind. Not that it isn’t always on my mind G-d forbid, “if I forget you Oh Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill” (Tehillim, 137). Israel just happens to be more on my mind now than usual. Did you ever meet a good story teller? No by storyteller I do not mean a good liar. I am talking about the kind of person who can relate a story to you and make you feel as though you are experiencing it. In my experience, a good storyteller can relate a story that they have experienced or that they have heard someone else experienced and the results are the same. You are left feeling as though you are living the moment. I met someone like that who recently told me a story about Israel, but not just a story about Israel, it was a story about a Sukkot trip to Israel. As the person spoke, I felt as though I had been transported there; I could feel the energy and I could almost hear the music from the concerts that this story teller said took place on Chol Hamoed Sukkot
I felt as though I could almost see the massive amounts of people in Israel during this time. I was so uplifted by this story; I never wanted it to end. This person spoke of young people who had never been to Israel coming in groups and the looks on their faces as they took it all in. This story teller went on to say how incredibility amazing it was to see young people who had little or no knowledge of their Jewish roots, being and feeling so connected. I think I said “wow, that is really inspiring but I don’t think this person knew just how inspired I was! It would be such a blessing to be in Israel during Sukkot, it would be such a blessing to be in Israel at any time. Sukkot in Israel How amazing that must be! If I recall correctly this story teller described it as a big party! How wonderful it is to feel so connected and so aware of Hashem’s presence. I could hear the excitement in this person’s voice when I was told I had to go to Israel. You see this story teller knew I had never been to Israel, and although I am not there right now, I truly did feel like I was. Do you have a Sukkot in Israel story you would like to share? Do you have any Israel trip stories you would like to share?
Have a good Yom Tov everyone!
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I’m thinking about working on this blog again or starting another one.