Noach Was A Big Tzaddik
And could have prevented the mabul by davening
Didn’t Want To
Like all big tzaddikim
Right?
Hoshana Raba Night
Beis Din Shel Maaleh is making final decisions about us.
What to do:
The Rama and the Magen Avraham mention the importance of learning this whole night.
The Arizal calls it a must.
What to learn:
Sefer Devarim in it’s entirety should be read.
This takes at least two hours.
Chassidish custom allows a baal koreh to read in in shul for all assembled.
He’ll read it super fast, and you might fall asleep out of boredom.
Either way, this should be done before halachic midnight.
If you finish before midnight, delve into deep esoteric Torah.
Not nigleh.
After midnight some read the entire sefer Tehillim.
It’s ushpizin Dovid.
Esrog day.
Show Hashem your beautiful heart.
Keep busy.
Shachris afterwards:
Good luck!
A guteh kvittel to gantz klal Yisrael
Vilna Gaon Day
Follows Rabbi Nachman Day
Hod follows Netzach
Netzach and Hod are interdependent
Like your two legs
If you had to forfeit one leg chas v’shalom
It would be the left
Hod
Rabbi Nachman without the Vilna Gaon
Inefficient
Vilna Gaon without Rabenu
Impossible
Aharon And The Great Outdoors
His debut in the Chumash is replete with Sukka nuances
Chanuka takes Aharon to the street too
Of all the Ushpizin, Aharon’s the only real chutznik
Never entered Israel
Moshe Rabenu is at least connected to Mearas Hamachpela
Sukkos and Chanuka in Israel are out of this world
The Day After Yom Kippur
The Baal Shem Tov would call it “God’s Day”.
Most Jews would call it, “(שם השם (יתברך”.
What’s so special about today?
The Baal Shem and Rabbi Nachman each had their own approach.
Baal Shem is attached.
Compare with Likutei Moharan B 66.
Yom Tov!
Aseres Yemei Teshuva Curriculum
The ten perakim of the Rambam’s hilchos teshuva.
Today do the fourth perek…
Each day, and perek, correspond to one of the ten sefiros.
From keser and down.
Today is chesed.
Discover how each perek connects you to that sefira.
Three Parts Of Rosh Hashana
ריש
אלף
שין
It’s entirety
Daytime until after shofar
During shofar itself
DNA
Alacrity
Simcha
Kesiva V’chasima Tova!
Ten Days Till Rosh Hashana
Time to ponder the mesmerizing words of Rav Simcha Bunim
Maybe enlist the aid of another Yid with neshama…
כתיב בתוך עמי אנכי יושבת
וכתוב מרחוק ה׳ נראה לי
וזה סוד ר“ה
השמחה והדאגה מסותרת בפחד
יזכנו ה׳ להיות יחד
הבינה תגדל מן המעשה
כי המעשה רז והבינה אור
ושניהם דומים
ברוך ה׳ שהחיינו וקיימנו
שיעלה זכרוננו לפני אדון כל
אולי חנונים נהיה
להוציאנו מאפילה לאורה
War
For this Hashem created the universe?
Yes
What if I’m a pacifist?
Apikoros
How much do I have to invest in this?
All you’ve got
Then why did Hashem give it to me?
To be returned
What does that leave for me?
Who are you