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100 Daily Brochos Aren’t Enough
Dovid HaMelech instituted them to save lives
But Chazal add the need for 90 daily Amens
מה is read מאה
A drasha to support the King’s decree
Where does that א come from?
אמן = 91
Why do 90 (= מלך) Amens suffice?
Brochos are incomplete without Amens
The element of unity is lacking
Amen brings א to the brocho
Without that א
It’s called אמן חטופה
An aveirah instead of a mitzva
Brings death instead of life
Hashem Wants Your Attention
At least 100 times a day
Acknowledge it’s all Him
The Zohar says ברוך = ראש ומקור כל ברכות
The brocho of מודים is linked to the Baal Shem Tov
As is the word ויברך in ויכלו
מודים = 100
The Baal Shem Tov’s father was 100 years old when he was born
Before he died, he instructed young Yisroel
Have יראה for Hashem only
מה ה׳ שואל מעמך כי אם ליראה
אל תקרי מה אלא מאה
The Baal Shem Tov adds
מאה is not enough
מאה ואחד is necessary
Concentrate when you say Hashem’s name
At least 100 times a day
מאה ואחד = אדני
Are Tu B’Av And Shabbos Nachamu Related?
Ask Yitzchok Avinu
He ordained Zman Mincha
יצחק = נחמו נחמו
וינחם יצחק אחרי אמו = בירושלם
That’s his marriage
Fifteen letters
Five things happened on Tu B’Av
Rectifying the fives of בין המצרים
נחמו נחמו עמי יאמר אלהיכם
Five words
Twenty one letters
Yitzchok met Rivka in a field
Which becomes the Beis Hamikdash
ותשקט הארץ ארבעים שנה
תרגום: ושדוכת ארעא
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.