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So grandma, can you share with us the reason you chose your SN?
right. And you go around by boat, no?
…My car was still with the police.
Thanks for reading 😉
yes, like kodisheehee, romimeehee…
yeah, ship all men off to the moon with that sholent of yours.
just no peeking through the holes.
**************mepal’s DT for Wednesday Parshas Haazinu*************
Echoes from Heaven
Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetsky
This week’s portion begins with Moshe’s poetic plea, ” Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and may the earth hear the words of my mouth.” (Deuteronomy 32:1)
The verb tense differs dramatically from the beginning of the sentence to the end. Normally a plea is said in the active tense. It is uttered as a command. “Give ear O heavens.” “Listen my people.” “Lend me your ear.” When it comes to the heavens, Moshe expresses his appeal in an active manner. When it comes to the earth however, the expression becomes passive: “May the earth hear.” It is almost as if he is not commanding but submissively acquiescing. “I cannot command the earth to pay attention, rather, may it overhear my pleas.”
The Ohr HaChaim points out this anomaly and wonders why Moshe tells the heavens to listen, but he does not include the earth in that directive. Instead Moshe says that the earth shall hear, almost as if the proverbial earth is listening in the background to the prophecy he directed toward their heavenly counterparts.
Rabbi Yissachar Frand, Magid Shiur in Yeshiva Ner Israel, Baltimore, and noted author and lecturer, tells a story that he heard from a Rabbi in Dallas, Texas.
One day a man walked into the office of his orthodox shul in Dallas. The man was obviously not an observant Jew. In fact, the Rabbi never saw him in the synagogue before.
“Rabbi,” he said, “I’d like to make a contribution.” . He proceeded to hand over a check for ten thousand dollars.
The rabbi was flabbergasted. He did not know this man, nor had the man ever seen the Rabbi. Yet, he just handed over a tremendous gift to the synagogue. “Please, ” said the rabbi. “There must be a reason. After all, you are giving this donation to a rabbi whom you do not know and to a shul in which you do not participate. Please tell me the reason.”
“The man answered very simply. “Not long ago I was in Israel. I went to the Wall. There I saw a man. He was obviously a very observant Jew. He was praying with such fervor, with unparalleled enthusiasm and feeling. I just stood there and listened. I heard his pleas and supplications, I saw him sway with all his might, I saw his outpouring of faith, love, and devotion all harmoniously blending as an offering to G-d. From the day I saw that man pray, I could not get him out of my mind. If this is Judaism, I want to be part of it. I want to help perpetuate it.” Perhaps Moshe is teaching us the significance of an active, forceful, message and its passive ramifications. Effective influence may not only come when talking to a particular individual, rather it may also come when others hear.
My grandfather, Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetzky of blessed memory, explains that the word for influence in the Hebrew language, hashpa’ah, comes from the same root as the word slant or incline, shipuah. There are two ways to water a garden; one is to douse the vegetation directly. That takes effort and constant wetting. A better way that is more practical is to build a slated roof from which the steady flow of rain will irrigate the vegetation. Moshe teaches us that to the heavens we may have to shout. But we don’t have to shout at the earth. Because when we speak to the heavens with fervor and enthusiasm, the earth listens as well.
Gmar Chasima Tova!
Hey areiv, did ya see me there?
I don’t think that the mods have anything to do with those pictures. Speak to the editor.
fancy?
lol, just teasing.
How about, v’samachta bichagecha (MBC’s new one)?
lol, so I guess if you missed MBC the first time around, you should see it now!
A fancy zmiros?
Now you gotta explain which MJ you’re talking about.
blonde joke
Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch.
Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble.
In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull so that they can breed their own stock.
Upon leaving, the brunette tells her sister, ‘When I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I’ll contact you to drive out after me and haul it home.’
The brunette arrives at the man’s ranch, inspects the bull, and decides she wants to buy it.
The man tells her that he will sell it for $599, no less.
After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram to tell her the news.
She walks into the telegraph office, and says, ‘I want to send a telegram to my sister telling her that I’ve bought a bull for our ranch.
I need her to hitch the trailer to our pickup truck and drive out here so we can haul it home.’
The telegraph operator explains that he’ll be glad to help her, then adds, it will cost 99 cents a word.
Well, after paying for the bull, the brunette realizes that she’ll only be able to send her sister one word.
After a few minutes of thinking, she nods and says, ‘I want you to send her the word ‘comfortable.’
The operator shakes his head. ‘How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to your pickup truck and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch if you send her just the word
‘comfortable?’
The brunette explains, ‘My sister’s blonde. The word is big.
She’ll read it very slowly…. ‘com-for-da-bul.’
mazca, watch the grammar there.
Poshite yid? Did Lipa Schmeltzer inspire you to choose that SN by any chance? Show him some loyalty!
OK, so I think its settled. Sholent it will be.
Poshite Yid, come on. What’s the question? Your name says it all.
Hey, maybe MJ has an idea for ya.
This telephone is beginning to sound REALLY broken.
uh, where’d he come from?
Publice private convos…
Oh, sorry mepal, I forgot you like to get in on all the mod convos 😉 26
You did? Whatever for?? Now you’re REALLY stuck!
It always irks me how every single MVA has to hit the big board here. Like who really cares? And give people some privacy for a change.
What about if you might be fined for NOT reporting, say, to childrens services…
And thats when I found out, that all I won was a grand total of 18 dollars. And most of it had to go to taxes anyway.
NY Mom, cant disagree with you on that one…
Well between MBC and YBC new releases, you have some new ‘zmiros’ to try!
I’m here too 😉
Kapusta, why you up so early??
Health, by ten years, I think a parent has the right to trust his kid in crossing the street.
And he said “No. It is passul.” I did not know what to do, I had no more money left to buy another.
Wow, haifagirl! Thanks a lot!
alternating spelling? Is someone playing tricks?
I think it depends on your affiliation. The chasiddim would call it chUlent, the litvaks, chOlent. Sfardim? You?
AWoman_outside_bklyn
Can you please enter twice before the first line of your post? Cuz its getting cut off with your SN.
That won’t work. You have to enter a period then enter…80
Thanks
Mods? Mods?
Good point, aimhabanim.
80: Welcome to the crew of people making fools out of themselves. Enjoy your stay.
Have you yet?
kapusta, lol! Pretty good, if I may say so myself!
Hi there, postsem! Nice seeing ya around!
Oh, that’s good. BH we never really had any issues in the past, but its a good idea to keep in mind.
Why would you keep a sukkah up for so long?
NY Mom, you dont? What about mazca and mybat? lol, I think we’re good now 😉
too true…too true…lol
cherry, but doesnt your sukkah stink then?
mazca, lol 😉
LOL NY mom! Those are GREAT!
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there are like ten posts here and maybe 2 of them give a solution to the issue. the other 8 are either bad jokes or information no one cares about. if you want to babble gibberish do it somewhere else.
post, your new here and you got it all wrong. This is what the CR is all about. You’ll just have to make peace with the situation if you want to continue enjoying your stay here.