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View in browser Yehuda Lave is an author, journalist, psychologist, rabbi, spiritual teacher, and coach, with degrees in business, psychology and Jewish Law. He works with people from all walks of life and helps them in their search for greater happiness, meaning, business advice on saving money, and spiritual engagement. Love Yehuda Lave Join my blog by sending me an email to YehudaLave@gmail.com The Three Musketeers at the Kotel The Three are Rabbi Yehuda Glick, famous temple mount activist, and former Israel Mk, and then Robert Weinger, the world's greatest shofar blower and seller of Shofars, and myself after we had gone to the 12 gates of the Temple Mount in 2020 to blow the shofar to ask G-d to heal the world from the Pandemic. It was a highlight to my experience in living in Israel and I put it on my blog each day to remember. The articles that I include each day are those that I find interesting, so I feel you will find them interesting as well. I don't always agree with all the points of each article but found them interesting or important to share with you, my readers, and friends. It is cathartic for me to share my thoughts and frustrations with you about life in general and in Israel. As a Rabbi, I try to teach and share the Torah of the G-d of Israel as a modern Orthodox Rabbi. I never intend to offend anyone but sometimes people are offended and I apologize in advance for any mistakes. The most important psychological principle I have learned is that once someone's mind is made up, they don't want to be bothered with the facts, so, like Rabbi Akiva, I drip water (Torah is compared to water) on their made-up minds and hope that some of what I have share sinks in. Love Rabbi Yehuda Lave. The Sound of Music Is 60! Inside the Lives of the Cast Now (Including Which Actress Went on to Sing 'Edelweiss' with the Real von Trapps) https://people.com/the-sound-o... Charmian Carr, Kym Karath, Nicolas Hammond, Julie Andrews, Debbie Turner, Angela Cartwright and Duane Chase in 'The Sound of Music' (1965). Photo: Alamy For those who dare to think Machon Shilo Who are we? Machon Shilo, under the leadership of haRav David Bar Hayim, is dedicated to the promotion, discovery, and dissemination of Torat Eretz Yisrael, the halachic approach and method that the Jewish people need to serve Hashem and keep his Torah as an independent nation in their homeland. The Rav defines this mission as "laying the groundwork for a restatement and reconstitution of Jewish thought and practice, based on the Written Law and the Oral Tradition (Torah ShebiKhtav and Torah SheBa'al Peh), in order to facilitate the realization of the Jewish nation's divinely mandated purpose and duty to establish "a nation of priests, a holy people (שמות יט:ו)". At present, though millions of Jews have fulfilled the dream of their forefathers to return home, they have brought with them their identity as members of a specific galut community. The local customs and traditions of Hungarian, Yemenite, Polish, Iraqi, Lithuanian, Moroccan, and other communities served an essential role in helping the Jewish people survive nearly two thousand years of exile. Today, however, we have more to do than merely survive: we have been given the opportunity, and therefore the obligation, to fulfill the command of the Torah to create a mamlechet kohanim v'goy kadosh, replete with a Jewish king, a Jewish Sanhedrin, and, of course, the Temple in Yerushalayim. The emphasis on preserving ethnic identities and traditions makes it impossible for religious Jews to work meaningfully towards these goals or to provide a credible model of national Jewish leadership. Only by embracing Torat Eretz Yisrael can we fulfil our national mission. Torat Eretz Yisrael The concept of Torat Eretz Yisrael combines many elements: Using the full range of halachic texts bequeathed to us by Hazal, including the Yerushalmi and Tosefta, rather than arbitrarily giving the Talmud Bavli exclusive dominance. Re-examining established practices and rulings that contradict the primary halachic sources from Hazal. Drawing on the liturgical tradition from Eretz Yisrael, which ended with the near-extinction of the community during the crusades. An approach to p'sak halacha that is based on assumption that by adhering to halacha, as defined and transmitted to us by Hazal, we are fulfilling the will of the Creator and that His will is not dependent on which exile community our grandfathers lived in. Back to the future The underlying principle of mainstream orthodoxy is not to change. This ideology was developed in response to the haskalah and resulting reformist movements, and the Jewish people owe an eternal debt to the titanic figures of the past 200 years who ensured the survival of halacha in the face of mass apostasy and assimilation. The truth remains, however, that in many cases the Torah and halacha themselves demand change and today we are clearly mandated to repair many broken elements of the halachic system, and to rebuild others that have not existed for generations. Machon Shilo draws on a tradition going back to the greatest of the rishonim – including the Rambam and Ramban – who were not afraid to correct errant practices according to their considered understanding of primary halachic texts. It also finds inspiration in the writings of haRav Avraham Kook, who articulated the need for an updated halachic system to meet the needs – and duties – of the Jewish people in the era of kibbutz galuyot. These teachings of Rav Kook have been forgotten by most of the National Religious world, but the urgent necessity of heeding them becomes more evident with each passing year. Archaeologists Discovered a 2,200-Year-Old Pyramid in Israel. They Can't Explain its Purpose—Yet. The site may have started as a guard tower to protect a road and collect taxes, but experts aren't certain. By Tim Newcomb Experts Found a 2,200-Year-Old Pyramid That They Can't Explain. A huge iceberg broke off Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them Crustaceans, snails, worms and fish are among the dozens of creatures that deep-sea explorers discovered under a massive Antarctic ice shelf. https://www.washingtonpost.com... Those we have lost Stories of civilians and soldiers killed since Hamas's onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023 Every day you can look at another victim and send him/her prayers Those we have lost | The Times of Israel Categories Civilians IDF Israel Defense Forces soldiers and reservists Police officers Israel Police and Border Police officers First responders Local security team members, firefighters and medics Supernova festival Those who attended the Supernova or Psyduck festivals Foreigners Foreign workers, tourists and students See you tomorrow bli neder We need Mashiach now! What is disliked by you, don't do to others. Be nice and kind and smile! Love Yehuda Lave Yehuda Lave, Spiritual Advisor and Counselor Jerusalem, Jerusalem  Israel 972-585043210 YehudaLave@gmail.com You received this email because you signed up on our website or made a purchase from us. Unsubscribe