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What Does Simcha Look Like?
A common question inspired
By an inadequate translation of a famous mishna
One needs to see קרי or נדה or זיבה
To become טמא?
Obviously
Ridiculous
The only simcha
You can be רואה
Is שמחת בית השואבה
Now is the time to understand
What רואה means
And why we have no record
Of post Beis Hamikdash gedolei Yisroel
Celebrating שמחת בית השואבה
The way they celebrated שמחת תורה
Tonight In Your Sukkas Shalom
You might be inspired to invite the Ushpizin Kadishin
Why not, right?
Well, if you invite them, they all come
Each meal you invite them to
And if you’re hosting people in need
They bless you with all they’ve got
If it’s just friends and family
Nobody in need
The Ushpizin rain down curses
Yes, curses
If you’re the baal habayis
And you want Ushpizin benefits
You’ve got two options:
1-Invite at least one needy person each time
2-Sponsor a meal for the needy with your local tzedaka each time
Otherwise
Don’t invite the Ushpizin
חג שמח
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.