THE LEARNING LIBRARY
Newest published teachings, in chronological order.
Questions For Your Rabbi’s Rabbi
The Arizal reveals how the dalet minim correspond to יהוה
Three hadassim - יוד
Two aravos - הה
One lulav - וו
One esrog - הה
1 - The entire mitzva is called lulav. So, why do the hadassim and aravos precede the lulav?
Real Breslovers Are A Rarity
Because Rabenu promotes money hatred
אוהב כסף לא ישבע כסף
Is basic Judaism
שישנא הממון בתכלית השנאה
כי אברהם היה שונא ממון
Is exclusively Breslov
And you wonder why Breslov is outcast
In honor of Rabenu’s yahrtzeit
Resist the urge to go to work today
(It IS chol hamoed anyway)
Have Your Best Sukkos Ever
1-Max your sukka time
2-Your lulav time too
3-Take your lulav in the sukka
4-Focus on the ushpizin of each day
5-Be meticulous in water based mitzvos
6-Daily meat and wine
7-Learn mishnayos/gemara Sukka
8-Learn about sukka at night
9-Learn about the dalet minim by day
Questions For Your Rabbi
1-Why don’t diaspora Jews sleep in their sukkas?
2-Why do women take the lulav but not shake it?
3-Why does the Rambam give “Mitzvas Lulav” that name?
4-Why tie the lulav with palm parts and not hadas or aravos?
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.
