Parashat Hashavua

Portion Emor – the week a Pregnant Woman was Murdered

Portion Emor – the week a Pregnant Woman was Murdered

 
Did everyone in the "Western World" hear of this? Or that a
 
Kennet member went public this week as her daughter got married – that HER DAUGHTER was born
 the night her father was killed – in a similar drive-by Arab terrorist shooting 21 years before?
 
I found nothing on Yahoo News about this horrible killing!
 
Or about the 3 Hootie missiles that sent many of us in Israel scrambling for shelter.
 
 
Torah Topics: in Portion Emor
 
Why do Kohanim (mostly) not visit the cemetary?
 
Priests – from Aron's family – are warned not to become ritually impure (TahMay) by being in proximity of (most) deceased  persons.

Why? So as not to be saddened and thus not perform their duties in the Holy Temple –

 WITH JOY (The Temple Services with JOY  were/are meant to INSPIRE all people.) –not with mourning.
 
 
The holidays are reviewed towards the end of the Portion – starting with Shabbat.
 
But – asked Rabbi Miletsky on this morning's Talmud broadcast – is Shabbat a Holiday? And then it says "Yom Kippur is a Shabbat!' 
 
But (asked the Rabbi) - BUT

 

On holidays one is allowed to cook (even for guests) – not on Shabbat.

So the portion says: "6 Days you should work – and on the  7th Day – Rest and Refresh".

And the answer is: 6 days of the major Jewish holidays

PASSOVER SUKKOT ROSHHASHONO 2days each -

– cook – but on the 7th holiday –

Yom Kippur – it is not for cooking but for PRAYING.
 
And today is Lag B'Omer. So what (Does Rabbi Carlebach say)
(-my interpretation)

 

 is Lag B'Omer ? The Day of Passing of the great Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai –

Student or Rabbi Akiva

And it is the day that G-d – through his work ZOHAR (meaning SHINING)  gave us the secrets of the Torah.

You know what the secret is? The secret is something that fills your heart so much,

 it fills you with longing and it fills you with depth.

A secret is like a little bit of light beyond vessels.

Reb Zadok HaCohen says, "How do you know how much somebody loves you? When somebody loves you, they want to tell you all their secrets."

You know what level Rabbi Shimon gave us for Lag B'Omer? He gives us the deepest depths;

how much the Torah loves us and how much we need to love the Torah.

Lag B'Omer we are telling the Torah all our secrets and the Torah is telling us all the Torah secrets, preparing us for receiving the Torah on the Shavous holiday.

 

Shabbat Shalom (wrote Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach) 
 
 
and Shabbat Shalom and Blessings

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz   

Portion 535 AM Israel warnings went off as missiles approached Haifa

Portion 535 AM Israel warnings went off as missiles approached Haifa The radio announced the warnings as I was lustening to a Talmud class beginning a new tractate The previous tractate ended today with Rabbi Akiva Telling his comrades - standing on the destroyed Temlle Mount- Just as prophecies of doom have been fulfilled So to will be fulfilled The prophecies of the people of Israel returning! Idependence Day Wednesday night prayer I was with many hundreds of young people Singing Halel Thursday morning I prayed with a few hundred at shul With my 94 year old Kohain friend - And after there was Kiddush sponsored in honor of an old acquaintance Who just had a great grandson Many Blessings Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion Shminee

 Portion Shminee - Heroes (and thanks Stuart)
 
 
 Shminee - it means EIGHTH
 
 
and Please send me your feedback on the recent changes to the style presented here. Thanks.
 
 
 
What happens here in the portion is
BOTH Inspiring and Heartbreaking
 
(More on this below )
 
And in OUR WORLD? Just look at this line from the Koran - 
Surah 5.21 (section 5.21)
 on the Children of Israel:
 
 “O my people! Enter the holy land which God has promised you; but do not turn back [on your faith], for then you will be lost!”
 
Remember - at first Mohammed loved the Jews ...who hate idol worship
So what went wrong?
 
 
Rav Arush - a great author and teacher today beloved by Jews and Gentiles alike says...
 
A guy runs into the hospital psycho ward yelling hysterically
 
And he shouts You have to accept wife immediately!" So a
 
Dr comes over and says "what is the matter?"
 
He answers "the house is full of demons and
She doesnt even see them!"
 
Wait a minute -
Could this also be all the leftist hysteria?
Are ALL politicians this way?
and jewish students for "palestine" - which never in history existed?
 
IS IT Where all the hatred comes from?
 
In the portion we read "Va Yee Dom Aharon" - 
And Aron poŵerfully controlled his response.
 
After his 2 oldest boys pass away (on the EIGHTH DAY of setting up the Tabernacle)
 
Who felt more or saw better than him the tribulations in the desert after Egypt?
But he knew there is a holy PLAN - so he did not complain ...
 
I recently saw a post about 2 brothers
 
Whose Mother Marcel Talia was murdered in the AM - start of the Oct 7th war - 
ALSO A YOM SHMINI - 8th day of the HOLIDAY!
 
Their Sister called them right then 930 AM while giving birth!
 
They were the First to reach kibbutz Ein Hashlosha -  to fight off the murdering terrorists
 
and since then they have been serving in reserve duty!
 
 
 
So what doʻes Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach teach about the 8th?
 
 
“Gonna wave my way to Places I never have been”
 
Reb Shlomo Carlebach on Parsha Shmini 
 
I want you to know, it says “Vayehi Bayom Hashmini.” It was on the eight day.
 
How does time work? Everybody knows there are seven days in a week, and then again seven days and again seven days. 
 
What’s the 8th day?
 
 And what is the holy of holiest all about  (the focus of the Temple)?
 
You know friends, in a crazy way, we all want everything, but you know what we really want? We want something which we don’t know about. 
 
We have a feeling there is something in the world, which we don’t know of yet, and that’s the deepest in the world...
 you know what’s happening to the world, they are looking for that special something in all the wrong places... 
 
You know what the holiness of our children is?They are looking for the 8th day before they even know about the 7 days. 
They have this deep longing for something; they just don’t know what it is. But you know what the Torah says? 
 
The Ribbono Shel Olam (Master of the World)  has it for you.
 Don’t run to India. It's right here and this is the holy of Holies; Mamesh there for you...
 
 Take the whole generation of the 60's. They weren’t looking for the 7th day, they were looking for the 8th day. 
 
And then nebech, they lost faith in the world and they decided okay, let's drop out, there is no 8th day. Let’s be happy with the 7 days. ...
 
You know why they were so angry at their parents?
 
 Because their parents never told them about the 8th day and
 
 if any of  those kids would have talked to their parents about the 8th day they would send them to a psychiatrist. It's true, not even joking.
 
 You know when why your children were so angry at you? 
 
Because you didn’t tell them about the Kodesh Kodashim (holy of Holies) ...
 
 you didn’t tell them that a Jew can run into the holy of Holies) from the lowest place in the world (and is) Always, always. Always welcome .
 
And I want to bless you and me that this should be the first thing we are giving over to our children. 
Good Shabbos - 
Rabbi Shlomo
 
This week we had "holocaust rememberance day" in Israel
 
And we learned that "rememberance" takes TIME!
 
Recently obtainbed files show
 
According to the new book, by Plesch of
 legally certified documents, government transcripts and interviews with torture victims
 
 “prove beyond doubt” that the US and British governments were told about Hitler’s extermination camps in the early years of World War II.
 
And next week we celebrate Israel Independdence Day - despite the war ...
 
Good Shabbos!
 
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz 
 

Final words on Passover last Days after- while Walking in the Park

 
 Final words on Passover last Days after- while Walking in the Park
 
 
And lets see whats in Sinai today 
Oh - the Egyptians keep sending tanks and soldiers to the Gaza border...
 
 
Before the crossing of the red sea - 
Did Pharoah have spotters 
Watching out - for Houtis? Or Israelites?
 
Or did he send spies who reported back that the Israelites were not coming back?
 
How did he want them back anyway?
 
So my friend Aron told me this:
 
 
A Guy marries a widow -(an
Almoneh- in Hebrew)
 
But
Less than a year later he tells her
"I am not happy and want to divorce you"
 
So she says to him :
Give me back ghe way you got me
 
(A widow !  From YOU)
 
SO Pharoah really didnt want them all back alive ...
 
The prophets write that
 
"Hashem will NEVER divorce israel"
 
The Almighty wants us all back -
Spiritually and Physically.
 
Not like
 
What is not in lebanon -
400 leaders who left or are leaving hezbulah
(Thank G-d)
 
And
 
Rabbi Carlebach teaches (via Dr Moshe)  that
 
Passover is 
  • Shabbos Shvii (seventh day) of Pesach we are ALL crossing the 
     
    . The lowest people had visions higher than the greatest of the prophets. 
     
      Tefilla prayer will  bring down the Shefa (rich life)  from above for all Klal Yisrael 
  • The riches were greater than the wealth they took from Mitzrayim. 
  •  
  • All "the gates" are blown open wide physically and spiritually. You can pray for anything and for everyone. No limits.
Now:
This below is  from a friend I met on El Al 10 years ago
 
(and yesterday I had a nice chat with someone I met while praying in a minyan in the airport in Geneva!)
 
The Medrash says each Tribe had a separate crossing of the sea
 
So no one could claim the sea split just because they were "the holiest".
 
We are all holy - and should pray this Shabbat
For evryone to "make it across" in health and success
 
And shabbat shalom
 
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
 

Portion Vayikra Part 2 : Parched People?

Portion Vayikra Part 2 : Parched People?
 
Please see the attached item on the German the Italien and the Mexican...and the Jew
 
The prophets wrote "there will be a thirst in the land... not for watèŕ...
A thirst to hear the Almighty's MESSAGE
 
The law of Talmud is to study the rules 30 days before each holiday.
Passover - the first rule is to provide for the needy - not only to buy matza and food for a seder ...but maybe to share company...
 
VAYIKRA IS a
Book of Love from the Almighty
 
As the Rabbis teach from the Little Aleph in the first word
 
Share a bit of extra friendship this holiday...
 
Maybe even help an elderly person clean house...
 
I read a parable about a poor man who found some nice stones for his kids to play with .. but they were heavy ...
 
So he only kept one
But when he got home his wife cleaned the stone ans shouted
."Harry! This is a Ruby!"
 
The parable is
 
EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DO FOR THE HOLIDAY
 
IS CONSIDERED BY OUR OTHER HALF
 
BY THE ALMIGHTY
 
AS A RUBY
 
 
We are all jewels
And all good deeds DO SHINE BRIGHTLY
 
Shabbat Shalom
 
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion PekuDay - a Moving and a Moving and a Moving

Portion PekuDay - a Moving and a Moving and a Moving

First A Moving Tribute to Kids - and rescued kidnappees

 (PLEASE SEE BELOW jpg - moving news - picture and text.
 
Heavy - or Moving Lightly with Joy
 
Torah from Reb Shlomo Carlebach z”l
 
Getting ready for Pesach ???
You see it’s so delicate. The Torah can be a drug of life, or G-d forbid, a drug of death.
You know, for the first 
(opponents of Hassidic Joy), Pesach was miserable, because first they didn’t know if the matzah was good or not and they only had 8 matzahs, and they stayed up all
night guarding that not a drop of water should fall on them. 
 
So How are we celebrating Pesach when Pesach is so heavy? Are we cleaning and cleaning and cleaning our house!!!! We do everything!!! It’s sooooo heavy!!!!
Right!!!!
 
But what is the first sign that we are doing this for the sake of G-d??? WE ARE WORKING,,,,,,,,,,,,,,FILLED WITH JOY ❤️‍??❤️‍??❤️‍??❤️‍?and the joy is not of this world ??
 
 
Moving ?
 
We are moving to the other side of town on Monday and still have lots to pack up...
 
But are trying to do it with joy!
 
Joy and Health and Shabbat Shalom to all
 
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

Portion VaYakhel Para and almost Passover - àre you Kìdding? AND Thank you JBrodt and Stuie and Moshe

Portion VaYakhel Para and almost Passover - àre you Kìdding? AND Thank you JBrodt and Stuie and Moshe

The Portion describes the building of a portable temple in the desert (which actually was used in Sinai 40 years plus 390 years in Israel

Are they kidding – a "temporary Temple" – for 430 years?

Yesterday 4AM we had another wake-up alarm because of a missile from the Hooties

(Little kids crying – but like a Rabbi friend said – he jumped up and got his 3 little kids quickly into his "safe room"... .

and in the afternoon 3 rockets from Gaza again.

Are they all kidding?

I think Dante would have described a special place in his "Inferno" for them if he were writing today.

Meanwhile in the Talmud this week are stories

Like how King David was saved from Goliath's brother who attempted TO GET HIS REVENGE

Oh well – there are no more Philistines – just other people who are brought up to hate Jews

So here's a little Torah my friends heard from Rabbi Carlebach

 

They love each other;

Lord, you can see it's true""

When Everything Fits: The Mishkan, its tent, and its cover. (Sh’mos 35:11))

When you love someone in proportion, you are constantly measuring if you are good or bad. When I love someone beyond proportion, I blow my mind over every little thing you do.

You might think you’re a bad Jew, but if you tell me that one time in your life you fasted on Yom Kippur…I can't believe it, I blow my mind over it.

When you hear your child making a b’racha (blessing), is it in proportion or beyond proportion? It blows your mind.

The Holy Temple was destroyed because we only loved each other in proportion. Nothing blew our minds. Do you know why?

 We forgot how we built the Mishkan - our Tabernacle - in the desert.

Why is it that when they built the Mishkan everything fit?

Hundreds of people were working on the Mishkan and suddenly it all got together.

How so? So the Ishbitzer (Rebbe) says that the Yiddele who was building the Kodesh Kodashim, (the Holy of Holies), was thinking “Gevalt, I wish I would be as holy as the Yiddele who was putting nails in the chatzer, (the courtyard).”

The Yiddele who was putting nails in the chatzer was saying “Ribbono shel Olam, I know I don't even deserve the chatzer, but gevalt, I wish I was as holy as the Yiddele who is building the Kodesh Kodashim.” Every Yiddele was blowing his mind over what the other Yiddele was doing.

I want you to open your hearts in the deepest way.

Everyone has something very holy about them, but it's covered. It's hidden.

Reb Nosson (of Breslov fame) teaches that when it came to the building of the Mishkan, every Yiddele brought this one nekudah tovah – good point - that they had. Moshe Rabbeinu had all the nekudos tovos - good points - and built the Mishkan with it.

So you see, the Mishkan was built from those little points, those little things.

May we all merit to take part in the rebuilding of the Holy Temple, and May it be now!

Good Shabbos!

Reb Shlomo

 

Cash Torahs for Pesach from Reb Shlomo Carlebach z’l. Via J Brodt

 

" pagan worship", which is really a bad English translation, means worship which is strange to me, which doesn’t fit me,

but if I can be a million times higher and I’m less than that, then I’m a pagan because this highness is what G-d wanted.

 I don’t know about you, but sadly enough, I’m a pagan, because I could be a zillion miles higher. So when do we get rid of paganism??

On Seder night.

Everybody knows that the essence of Seder night is that G-d will reveal Himself to me.

 

Via Moshe Dr.and

 

Gut Shabbos Gut Chodesh

CHALONEI ROKEA - Carlebach Minyan of Lkwd

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Moshe Rabbenu calls for a holy gathering to talk about Vitamin S, Shabbos,

 the strongest vitamin in Hashem’s treasure house that wipes out all paganism…

 a day of peace and harmony between ourselves and with Hashem (which is)

In contrast to …when the people gathered on Aharon like a disorderly mob and demanded an idol under the threat of death!.

Esther also neutralized the threat of death  by gathering )

 Klal Yisrael 's "total" energy to bring about a great (repentance)...

 She “gathered” the people to eliminate the destructive forces that Haman was trying to put into play.

 (and her plan) All happened Pesach (Passover) which is called "Shabbos"!

Let’s gather together in prayer and song and enter the Aviv (spring) season with renewed Chiyus (life energy). Amen

Shabbat Shalom – and please

Pray with me that all the hostages return safely – and the missiles stop – and the world

This crazy world

Comes together – gathers together – to create Shabbos-like peace and harmony

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

 
 

Portion Key Tisah (triple Purim)- golden calf or golden rule

 Portion Key Tisah (triple Purim)- golden calf or golden rule
 
And how and what to celebrate!
 
It's a long Portion including the Golden Calf, donations to the Temple, and laws of Israel Land Holiness/
 
But I will keep this short - because I had to be with a number of friends today to start the 3 day Purim celebration. 
 
Timna was a concubine of Elifaz son of Ishmael and
 
Gave birth to Amalek ... forbear of Haman
 
And yet Haman's wife and some children escaoed and a great grandchild became Jewish and was a Torah teacher!
 
My take on Amalek is e are told to destroy evil but if over some generations - like current grandchildren of some  Nazis helpi and lovieIsrael
 
It's all the Almighy's plan.
 
The Holy Shla"h wrote that this
The story of Timna - is not to be taken lightly- which we see today.
 
And just now a neighbor and friend of mine passed awsy - I and another neighbor were just with him this morning!
 
Blessed is the True Judge!h
This portion was the first whole portion I ever read in the Torah - when I was 15 (- in my shul growing up a few of us kids divided the reading evry Shabbat
 
Some of the aliyahs are as long as a regular whole portion. If you have to study one Portopn in the Torah
and get to know it well -
 
try this one!
 
Shabbat Shalom
 
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
 
 
 
 
Sorry again that I didn't know the US had started daylight savings already
 

Portion teTzaVeh - New Orders, New Leadership? Can it Fly?

Portion teTzaVeh - New Orders, New Leadership? Can it Fly?

 

From CHALONEI ROKEA - Dr Moshe's Synagogue

Deep Torah (in NJ and Jerusalem)- this is the AE interpretation

 

Are women are obligated this Shabbat to hear the Torah Reading sectio "Parshas Zachor".

(The Torah commandment to Remember (wicked) Amalek)

 The Chinuch (an anonymous work written in thirteenth-century Spain that clearly details the 613 commandments)

 wrote " this remembering  is tied to the wiping out of evil. Since women don’t go to war they are also not obligated to hear the reading in the Torah.

Another commentator wrote  "are women just supposed to do their nails and shop?" Of course they are helping with fighting the war by cooking, supplying what’s needed and giving moral support!

In Israel's wars since before 1948 women are also in battle.

Other Rabbis write that in a a war for survival even a bride in her first year must go to war!

We have seen in our present situation that women and men are totally absorbed in the war effort and this is proof positive that all are required to hear, remember, wipe out evil wherever it is confronted.

It is said that the saintly Chasam Sofer 1762-1839 killed a hater of Israel because he felt he was from Amalek..

, This week the new Chief of Staff of the IDF was sworn in. We all hope for success in this war
AND.

 

The outgoing Chief of Staff (Halevi) in his address stated that his Wife since the start of the war visits families of the 
kidnapped and families of wounded or killed soldiers..

 

And not only Jewish leaders have spoken:
 
Rawan Osman, a Lebanese-born former Hezbollah member who renounced the terror group and became a staunch advocate for Israel, gave a powerful and impactful speech at the United Nations on Monday, shattering the false narratives pushed by UN officials and some of the world’s most oppressive regimes. “My name is Rawan Osman..." and she wrote
 
Dear Gazans, This could be the beginning of a better future or the end of a devastating episode for all of us in the Middle East. We want the best for our children, and we hope you will make the right choice for yours instead of clinging to a tale, to a nightmare. Release the hostages, return the dead bodies, denounce Hamas, get out of the Gaza strip and let those who committed atrocities face what they deserve."
 

Reb Elimelech of Lizensk wrote on this Portion (Tetzaveh) – "King David wrote …"your wonders oh Almighty are transferred to us…" – so Reb Eli asks "HOW"?

And he answers – "The Almighty created everything – but all things are connected still to the Almighty. In this Portion Moses is empowered and told to give strength to the people to CARRY ON THE GOOD DEEDS (MITZVOTE) OF CREATION – OF THE ALMIGHTY."

OUR WAR OF SURVVAL IS A COMMANDMENT which we ALL need to participate in!  

And from Reb Shlomo Carlebach on Parsha (portion) Tetzaveh  (Include Me Out?)

Parshas Tetzaveh, is the one Portion where Moshe Rabainu’s ( Moses) name is omitted from the Torah during his lifetime!... (It is also)

an eternal tribute to Moshe Rabainu… to Moshe Rabainu’s greatness (after the Golden Calf),

 

See here my beautiful friends, Moshe Rabainu came down and brought us the Ten Commandments.

 When he came down it says that ..., gevalt was he shining like the sun.

 

So here I want you to know something. What did Moshe Rabainu hear in heaven which he really didn't give over to us just yet?...

So when did Moshe Rabainu give over to us this inside, the real meaning of everything? 
 
After the golden calf, G-d says "I'm going to wipe out the Yidden -I'll wipe out the Yidden, and you will be the only one alive." So Moshe Rabainu says "If you wipe out all the Yidden, 'Mecheini Na', then wipe me out from your book!" The way it's translated is "Take me out from your Torah." But here all the Rebbe’s say the same thing….

 

" So everybody knows that Moshe Rabainu had a (spark), a little part of Noach in him.

what was the problem with brother Noach? When G-d told Noach he would destroy his generation, Noach didn't pray for his generation.

Here comes the tikkun (the spiritual repair); Moshe Rabainu says if you wipe out your people, then wipe me out of your Torah …

" Wipe me out because I'm not going to let another mabul (flood) come and destroy the world. I’m not interested in starting a new world like you did with Noach"

. Moshe Rabainu learned to love the world: Mamash can we learn from Moshe Rabainu how to love.

Good Shabbos

(Rabbi Shlomo)

 

So we ALL need to wipe out evil … and the Almighty is still empowering us ALL
to make an end of the murderous Amaleks and the evil of Hamas etc
 
And we can survive this.And still love the world

I bless you all with a holy and beautiful Shabbat

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

 

Portion Teruma – the Giving Game– and the Hostage Game

Portion Teruma – the Giving Game– and the Hostage Game

 

I was studying the Portion (Truma) last night with my youngest daughter –

The basics are "how to USE gold and silver and copper for Holy Purpose!"

What kind of person are you (gold silver or copper? Or embroidery?)-  or do you want to be?

Everyone has a Holy Purpose in this world – it's good to find out what's yours.

The Temple in the Desert – built with donations of gold silver and copper and embroidery -

Was a penance for the golden calf event – and to bring the Israelites  a better understanding of their connection to the Almighty  who brought them out of Egypt.

For 1400 years Great Temples were the focus of that Israelite connection to G-d.

As (the famous) Rabbi Levenstein said at a dinner I attended this week-

After the Esther story (Purim) – we evolved into a people who didn't need OBVIOUS miracles any more  to get us to understand that connection. BUT -   

ARE YOU AWARE OF THE LITTLE THINGS – that sometimes change the world?

Miracles – and otherwise…?

The Bibas Funeral of 2 children and a mother – involved our whole nation.

It's a miracle that Hamas didn't capture Be-er Sheva or Ashkelon. They were stopped by the non-obvious miracle of hundreds of Israelis who went to stop them – while the army was still paralyzed. A miracle of simple, courageous heroes – who fought and rescued (and sadly some died defending others whom they only knew as fellow Jews under attack).  

But does the world get it? The miracle of Jewish survival maybe frightens them.

What did the BBC say about the coffin-laden cars carrying Shiri Bibas and her two sons, Kfir (9 months) and Ariel (4) as they passed various intersections in the country? The AP called them prisoners – and refused to say "kidnapped children murdered by Gazans!".

Those souls went straight to the  Almighty  - BUT LEFT US WITH A RESPONSIBILITY.

 So here's a thought from Reb Shlomo Carlebach on Parsha Terumah

"MAKING YOU AWARE OF THE LITTLE THINGS"

What's the difference between a holy light and an unholy light?

Very simple. Imagine here I have can't psychedelic lights, the biggest lights in the world flashing like crazy.

 Then one person comes with a little flashlight. I say to him, “Are you crazy? I don't need it."

Friends, if the great light is really holy, when someone comes with a little light, it adds so much –

because the great light makes you aware of the little things.

What is the difference between holy money and unholy money?

 Imagine if one millionaire gives two million and then Moishele the thief gives one quarter, I'll say “You're crazy, we already have two million dollars,” because it's not holy.

if it's holy, you say, “Unbelievable! Your quarter is the most precious thing we ever got."

When King Solomon built the Holy Temple, he sent out messengers to collect money and jewelry for the Holy Temple. The messengers came back with gold and silver. But then King Solomon asked,

 “Where are the pennies of the poor?” So the messengers said, “When the poor people saw we are collecting gold and silver, they were ashamed to give their pennies.".

So King Solomon says, “Let's make another collection, a collection only of pennies…” Everybody knows, three walls of the Holy Temple were built with the gold and the jewelry,

but one wall was built with pennies. The Western Wall, the wall which cannot be destroyed,

 was built with pennies.

On Rosh Hashanah it says “U’b’shofar gadol yitaka” – “When the great Trumpet will be blown,” “v’kol d’mama daka yishama” – “you will hear the voice of the most inside,” which can't ever be recorded (Mussaf High holiday prayers).).

Listen to how deep this is.

The real holy trumpet is when you hear the sound of the great trumpet, suddenly you become aware of the sounds of the little voice inside you.

You see, friends, if your heart is really holy, I'm sure you can receive the little pennies, the little voices that make us most aware of what is truly important in life..

I bless you and me that we should always recognize the little lights, the little voices, that will bring us to the day of the big trumpet, the big light. So let it be now

Good Shabbos

Rabbi C

The little Bibas chiIldren are great lights.

ALL OUR CHILDREN ARE GREAT LIGHTS CONNECTED TO THE GREAT MIRACLE OF ISRAEL

We still need to strengthen our connections TO THE GREAT MIRACLE OF ISRAEL

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz