Rabbi Elazar ben Arach
The paradigm of חידוש
The original מעיין המתגבר
Was drawn after wine and bathing
Disconnected from his Torah
And forgot it
Instead of reading
החדש הזה לכם
He read
החרש היה לבם
Dalet and chof resemble resh and beis
Confusing them seems reasonable
But a yud instead of a zayin
Is a chiddush
The Rebbe Reb Melech’s Day
Where the Chofetz Chaim and the Baba Sali converge
And all of Chassidus (except for Chabad)
Light a candle
Read stories online
Recite the prayer he composed
Learn his Torah
Live his inspiration
Parshas Parah
Begins with Purim
After רפו ידיהם מן התורה
פה ריש – Power
Parah prepares you
For סיפור יציאת מצרים
פה סח
And then ספירת העמר
Then the שופר of Har Sinai
Which was from אילו של יצחק
Avraham Avinu fell into flames
Then acquired אליעזר
Then earned פרה אדומה for his nation
פרה אדומה = מגן אברהם
פרה is the only mesechta in Shas
Beginning with a Tanna’s name
רבי אליעזר אומר
Descendant of משה רבנו
By request
ושם האחד אליעזר
ויצלני מחרב פרעה
רבי יוחנן בן זכאי told him
אתה יכול לומר דברי תורה
יותר ממה שקבלו מסיני
Shabbos Parah Shalom
The Luchos Aren’t Rounded
Neither is a human heart
Why does the world pretend otherwise?
Facts are finite
And constricting
In the beginning
Thank God for emuna
Hashem’s Nefesh
On Shabbos kodesh
Stone becomes flesh
Daven For Your Esrog
Your heart
The heart is absent in shemoneh esreh
And it’s called עבודה שבלב?
The heart is the source of life
And good health
And perfected avodas Hashem
Use the tefila of the Ben Ish Chai
He specifies five esrogian qualities
יפה
מהודר
נקי
שלם
כשר
Dovid HaMelech and Esther HaMalka
Both associated with esrog
Malchus
The fifth פרצוף
Tefila
ונתתי משכני בתוככם
Chazal say, זה בית המקדש
Here the Ramban rejects the medical field
לא ידרוש ברופאים
ומה חלק לרופאים בבית עושי רצון השם
אבל ברצות השם דרכי איש
אין לו עסק ברופאים
The Arizal forbids eating animal hearts
Compromises משכני
Eat esrog today
You’ll be alive next Tu B’Shvat
Good Yom Tov
“God Helps Those That Help Themselves”
A goy said that
“I Have To Do My HIshtadlus”
A bitachon deficient says that
Hashem actually helps everybody
Without exception
You want purity?
Maybe impurity?
Hashem helps
You want to do it yourself?
Show the world you can?
Hashem helps
What does Hashem want?
רוצה ה׳ את יראיו את המיחלים לחסדו
Top Ten Segulas For Parnasa
1- Simcha
2- Maaser To Eretz Yisrael
3- Bentch With Correct Kavana
4- Honor The Wife
5- Learn Torah In Depth
6-Parshas HaMan Daily
7-Bitachon
8-Ketores
9-No Anger
10-Don’t Count Your Money
Vav Of Shovevim
Parshas Va’era
Why start with blood?
Because anger does
Angry Jews don’t have a neshama
Don’t have Shabbos
Don’t have a chance
Angry Jews aren’t idolatrous
They’re idols themselves
Mitzrayim was an angry place
Vav is the tzaddik
He’s called Shabbos
Shabbos Shalom
Kabbalistic Coffee
Arrange all four ingredients before you
Coffee – Water – Milk – Sugar
From left to right
Now comes the cup
Add each ingredient
One by one
Coffee is עפר
Water is מים
Milk is רוח
Sugar is אש
Now you’re ready for shachris
Which launches you
Through four dimensions
Unknown to the “goyishe kup”
Avodas Shovevim
1-Tikunei Zohar Tikun 48
2-Fasting
3-Entire Tehilim
4-Torah b’Iyun and hasmada
5-Asara rishonim in shul
6-Shofar
7-Kriyas shema 4x daily
8-Arizal insert in תקע בשופר גדול
9-Mezuza
10-Hear Torah in person from a tzaddik