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Three Weeks Of Mourning
Followed by seven weeks of consolation
A ratio encrypted deep in the world’s genome
Parallels the עשרת הדברות
Seven negative commandments
And the three positive
In the ten sefiros
The three מוחין hover above
The seven mundane מדות
The three מוחין are loftier than מדות
But negative commandments
Tower above the positive
And נחמה above אבילות
Pondering this discrepancy
Is the mitzva of שבת נחמו
In The Back Of The Wagon | From Amalek With Love | Perfectly Rich | The Joke’s On You | The Driver’s Seat
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.