BaalHabooze

beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

Some people beleive brown eyes are more beautiful than blue. (I think it’s the Italians who always say a dirty blond haired + brown eyes are the perfect set.) Anyhow, MOST people think blue is the nicest. Personally, I like only a certain shade of blue. But I know many people with blue eyes that aren’t so nice looking, and I know many brown/green eyed people who are BEAUTIFUL. So, unless someone is OB with blue eyes, i really don’t see this becoming a very popular procedure that people would be spending their hard-earned money on.

PARSHAS VAYEIRA

Rav Tzodok HaKohen explains that it might appear to us that the tefillos of Avroham Avinu on behalf of the cities of Sedom and Amora were not answered. However Chaza”l say that no tefilla goes unanswered. Avrohom’s tefillos created the sparks from which Moshiach would one day come to the world and bring a true geula for all mankind. And, in fact, Lot, who was the forebear of Rus and eventually Moshiach ben Dovid, was rescued from the destruction of Sedom! But there is no such thing as a wasted tefilla. Every time we daven it affects and changes things. We might not see the result immediately, but we have to know that our tefillos are effective.

I once read (can’t remember where) about a man who gave a speech about the power of tefilla. It was about a month after R’ Shlomo Zalman Auerbach passed away and Klal Yisroel still felt its loss. “There are those of you who davened for R’ Auerbach’s recovery for many weeks. And some may think that perhaps it was a waste of time and nothing ever came of those tefillos. Afterall, he died. But for those of you who know me, know that I have been sick for many months and not until recently was I released from my regular hospital visits, and daily medications. Now I have a clean bill of health. How? Because my name is Shlomo Zalman ben Tzivia. The exact same name as R’Auerbach zt”l’s name. Now, it’s only a theory, and I cannot be conclusive, but PERHAPS many of your tefillos took an alternate route and ended up landing in MY lap, and saved Me.”

All tefillos are heard. All tefillos have results.

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Years ago I learned in the Mir. So I remember when Rosh Hashana was around the corner, the gabboim were always busy and oisek in the tremendous project of making charts with set seats for all the 100’s and 100’s of Bnei Hayeshiva, for the the Yomim Nora’im davening. And it was a project that took sometimes weeks, filled with many suggestions, requests, and somtimes even many complaints. Sometimes it was a very heated topic that easily led to loud discussions and debates. When the R”Y addressed the bochurim once by a va’ad, he brought up this subject and remarked one simple remark. Yet, it aptly discribed who he was all about.

He said, “the only advantage I have sitting up front by the ‘Mizrach Vant’ is that I have the pleasure of looking out and seeing all your beautiful faces.”

We will miss you, R”Y. You were our Tatte away from home, our perfect rolemodel, and our source of everlasting chizzuk.

Like probably every talmid of the Rosh HaYeshiva, I cannot beleive what I have seen on the front page of YWN this morning. It took a few moments for me to exhale after reading those blazing words in the headlines. My eyes watered up and I am sad. Very, very sad. I remember his as one who lived every second in agony and pain from his parkinsons disease ever since I knew him. Yet, he pushed and pushed and pushed himself ??? ??? ???? to become this ULTIMATE tzaddik, this BEAUTIFUL and HAILIGE MALACH OF A MAN!

OY, WHO SUFFERED AS MUCH AS THAT MAN?! In his incomprehensibly weakened state he would constantly battle back with all his ??????, continuing to shteig in his learning, all the while showering us with love, words of wisdom, and a world of chizuk. It was a ???? to learn with him, or even to just watch him from the distance. He was a living mussar sefer walking among us. When you watched him, you took more than any other mussar sefer on the shelf has to offer! He was someone I will ALWAYS remember, someone I am proud to have known, and someone I will tell my children about with love and reverence.

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welcome back again, our friend, AYC

we missed u to no end, your posts, your sensitivity

Also, yasher koach for reviving this thread

for a while it has been totally dead

what…is everyone STILL in their beds??

I know, I know….Monday blues, the stress, the aching heads,

Although we turned back our clocks, gained an hour or so

but today’s Monday, and THAT was hours ago!!

A fresh week of posts, comments, and rhymes lay ahead

So much work to be done! need it be said?

so get your lazy bones outta bed

push that pillow away already from your head

and grab your keyboard and mouse instead.

hmmmm…..this is serious!!

I don’t know, maybe you should put money in for Rabbi Meir, Baal Haness or something. This is a problem of colossal proportions.

I don’t know what to say.

(sigh)kids.

A Git Shabbos, yidden!

….of which many of them were actually quite eerily similar to those odd characters in the stories….

You BET, my friend,…let the beverages flooooooow!!!

Hey kap, can we get some kapusta for the oilom?

say, who’s in charge of the chulent?

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As they approached Mitzrayim, Avraham asked Sarah to claim that she was his sister. This was to protect him from the Egyptians who might lust after Sarah, and kill him if they were to know that he was her husband.

Why is it necessary for us to know that this discussion transpired as Avraham and Sarah drew close to their destination? Why, in fact, was an issue of such gravity not discussed prior to their departure from Eretz Canaan? The Midrash explains that as they neared their destination, Avraham became aware of Sarah’s exceptional beauty. Why is this the juncture where Avraham becomes aware of his wife’s beauty?

Mitzrayim was a country notorious for the immoral and lascivious behavior of its inhabitants. Generally, an individual living in such a society would be affected, even if he himself would not indulge in any perverse behavior. Perhaps the Torah is teaching us that although a tzaddik of Avraham’s caliber would not be dragged down by the immorality of the society where he lives, the influence of the society does have a subtle effect on him. In Avraham’s case, this manifested itself in his becoming aware of his wife’s beauty.

From Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha.

“Before I start out driving I say the Pasuk “???? ??? ?????” so that cars shouldn’t bark at me.”

LoL, ZeesKite, you’re so funny!!

Do not underestimate the Powerful and Ever-Watching eyes of our Almighty M-ods.

….they may be watching you this very moment….tread with utmost reverence into this sacred and holy cyberspace of the CR….

😉

Yemen

hey thanks Boro Park Girl for the clarification, I thought it was pronounced with the distinct New Yok ehhxent, “Bora Pahk Gul” :)))

….decided to keep those fascinating legends, fables, and tales alive by sharing them with people who would appreciate its ingenious plots and mysterious characters. So they all swiftly logged into the Coffee Room of the YW website….

Utah

Thanks mustangrider,

thank you,The Goq (hey, you made it into the CR theme song! yipeeeee for you!)

Thanks MP – hey, I’m a poet, and I didn’t even know it 🙂 But seriously, though I never saw myself as a writer/poet, maybe I’ll give it a shot.

….and THAT, folks, was BEFORE my drink 😉

L’Chaim yidden, L’Chaim!

YT: Your son,…sushi… lucky you!!

adorable: Thank you, and so am I! It was ineveitable, though. This thread smells like schnapps, and has scotch written all over it.

I just followed my nose 🙂

Whoooooa!! Sorry, I didn’t respond so quickly to this thread yet. Other things more important came up (yes, even more important than these CR threads!)so I couldn’t respond yesterday. I apologize.

…..(pause)….alright, ALRIGHT, I admit, I intoxicated myself into a booze-induced 14 hour slumber early yesterday evening and was in LALA-Land till the morn! But that was the (ninty) FIRST time this ever happened to me.(cough, cough) Honest.

O.k….ahem…I…uh… hate to rain on your parade YT, and definitely hate to kill any thread and I DON’T want to disappoint anybody so I’ll go straight to the point. I am NOT a MAYVIN in drinks, I just like TO drink. Period. There I said it. Hey, who ever said you need to KNOW your booze to BE a BaalHabooze? 🙂 Kinda like sushi. Love ’em sushi, but for the love of G-D can never remember the names of them (Besides BaalHabooze is a cooler name then BaalHasushi, y’think?) Again, I’m sorry to disappoint anyone with hopes of a long drasha of technicalities of the makings or political stances of scotch. So you can put away your pens and notepads and perhaps a good idea would be to call up OU or any other Hashgacha Organization for the status of your favorite scotch.

I can say that I do drink Macallan (can still taste it on my lip, hehe). I was told some time ago that all the Glens shouldn’t be used, but I’m not SO particular, so I haven’t had any of those in a while. Otherwise, I CAN say that I love WINES best from all alcoholic beverages. tata…

L’Chaim yidden, L’Chaim!

BaalHabooze

Saskatchewan (Canada)