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Kavanas Elul
In Tikunei Zohar
וצדקה תהיה לנו כי = צורת אדם
In Sefer Yetzira
The focus is on מעשה
והיה מעשה צדקה שלום
In Likutei Moharan
It’s finding what you’ve lost
Particularly yourself
Tzedaka morning and evening
Can cover all three bases
Shofar at those two times
Grand Slam
Shabbos Shalom
The Mitzva Of Rosh Hashana
לשמוע קול שופר
Is different than the minhag of Elul’s shofar
Chazal ordained blowing the shofar
Not hearing it
Like after Yom Kippur
1-Why don’t we make a brocho
Like other תקנות חז״ל?
2-The ordinance is for Rosh Chodesh only
Why do we continue blowing the entire month?
3-Women are exempt from Rosh Hashana’s shofar
They come to hear anyway
Why do they ignore Elul’s shofar?
Chatzos Kollels have become popular in recent years. Only the Zohar emphasizes the importance of this practice. It’s repeated there dozens of times.
With the haskama of Rav Moshe Shapiro zt”l I encourage people to learn this way themselves whenever possible.
When we can’t, next best is to sponsor someone who can. The ideal subject of learning after chatzos is Kabbala.
$1500 will sponsor a talmid chochom learning kabbala in Yeshivas Rashbi for a month.
Twenty years ago a colleague in the Mir discovered a number of talmidei chachomim struggling financially who refused to receive tzedaka. He outsmarted them.
They were invited to join a Shabbos kollel paying them nicely for learning they were doing anyway wherever they want. Donors don’t know the recipients, and the recipients don’t even know they’re receiving tzedaka. This is the Stealth Kollel.
Stealthily supporting thirty world class talmidei chachomim learning in Yerushalayim. The most ideal form of tzedaka, as stipulated in Bava Basra 9a.
There are no expenses and no advertising. 100% tzedaka.
Sponsoring one avrech for a month is $1000. But donations of any size are warmly welcomed.