A Moment Of Silence
A daily practice
Perfomed in shul
Not on the highway
Hashem prohibits goyish travel
Observe His traffic laws
וחי בהם
The Torah is called דרך
Halacha is the requisite Waze
Be wary of scammers and hackers
Aiming at bushwacking
The eternity you were created to earn
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Delight In Emuna Ahava and Yirah
Coming up later
Stones Of The Leprous House
Must be sent out of town
אל מקום טמא
The Rambam ignores the prescribed location
And everyone agrees
There is no specific מקום טמא
In fact, מקום can’t become טמא
Not in Israel
The Maharal explains
The words of Rashi (14:40):
The exported stones
Create a space which contaminates
Not as an ohel
Rather as a מקום
A new kind of טומאה
Invented by Rashi
Invisible to the Rambam
ר״ת אל מקום טמא = טמא
Shabbos Shalom
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.