Appreciate your freedom

Rabbi Yehuda Lave from Jerusalem Appreciate Your Freedom To appreciate what you have, develop your ability to form mental images. In the Pesach Haggadah, the Sages say we are obligated to view ourselves as having "once been slaves who have now gained freedom." The more you are able to picture what life would be like if you were a slave and how elated you would feel on obtaining your freedom, the more grateful you will feel that you are presently free. Every day try to imagine that feeling. Love yehuda lave Music Piece: Danse Bacchanale, from "Samson et Dalila" (Saint-Saens) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjn4z03WetQ&feature=em-share_video_user How some people feel about food https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em6Vfuv_FxU Today's Featured Ask the Rabbi Question Soul for a Fetus? Where in Torah is there a reference to the exact time when God places the soul into the human being? Do Jews believe that babies have souls before birth? The Aish Rabbi Replies: This is a very deep subject. The Talmud (Sanhedrin 110b) mentions five possibilities of when the soul enters, apparently representing a continuum of deeper levels of the soul: at conception, at birth, at the circumcision (8th day), at the time he begins speaking, and when he responds to blessings with "amen." According to the great kabbalist the Arizal (16th century Israel), the soul is actually formed during sexual contact - even if there is no baby born from the union. Furthermore, according to Arizal, in the Messianic era when the dead will be resurrected from their graves, everyone will find that they have many additional children, as the souls that they created during marital relations will come to life at that time. THINK THINGS MOVE FAST NOW,WAIT WHEN YOU LOOK BACK Stay with this -- the answer is at the end... It will blow you away. One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother About current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought About the shootings at schools, the computer age, and Just things in general. The Grandmother replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before: ' television ' penicillin ' polio shots ' frozen foods ' Xerox ' contact lenses ' Frisbees and ' the pill There were no: ' credit cards ' laser beams or ' ball-point pens Man had not yet invented: ' pantyhose ' air conditioners ' dishwashers ' clothes dryers ' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and ' man hadn't yet walked on the moon Your Grandfather and I got married first, and then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother. Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir." And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man With a title, "Sir." We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy. Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense. We were taught to know the difference between right and Wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions. Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was A bigger privilege. We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with Your cousins. Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the Evening breeze started. Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the Evenings and weekends - not purchasing condominiums. We never heard of FM radios, tape decks , CD's, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings. We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios. If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk. The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam. Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of. We had 5 &10-cent (5 and dime) stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents. Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel. And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards. You could buy a new Ford Coupe for $600, but who could Afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon. In my day: ' "grass" was mowed, ' "coke" was a cold drink, ' "pot" was something your mother cooked in and ' "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby. ' "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office, ' "chip" meant a piece of wood, ' "hardware" was found in a hardware store and. ' "software" wasn't even a word. We were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby. We volunteered to protect our precious country. No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap. How old do you think I am? Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time. Are you ready????? This woman would be only 63 years old . She would have been born in late 1952. GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. PASS THIS ON TO THE OTHER "OLD ONES." <BECAUSE THE YOUNG ONES WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT. Cattle-herding robot Swagbot makes debut on Australian farms https://www.newscientist.com/article/2097004-cattle-herding-robot-swagbot-makes-debut-on-australian-farms/#.V4aqfx1hVtU.gmail Just how safe is Ben-Gurion Airport? http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Just-how-safe-is-Ben-Gurion-Airport-460213#.V4VyIfY6XHU.gmail View this email in your browser You are receiving this email because of your relationship with Rabbi Yehuda Lave. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. This message was sent to loveheced.lovehesced@blogger.com by yehudalave@yehudalave.co Jerusalem, Israel, California, 92106 Unsubscribe | Manage Subscription | Forward Email | Report Abuse

Clearest Pictures of the Twin Tower attack and collapse of Tower Two

Can't see images? Click here... Rabbi Yehuda Lave Gauge Your Empathy For a gauge of your empathy level, ask yourself: If a newspaper writes derogatory information against someone, do you enjoy reading it, or do you feel the pain and suffering of the person who it was written against? Love Yehuda Lave Laugh for the day  During a service at an old synagogue in  Eastern Europe , when the Shema prayer was said, half the congregants stood up and half remained sitting. The half that was seated started yelling at those standing to sit down, and the ones standing yelled at the ones sitting to stand up. The rabbi, though learned as he was in the Law and commentaries, didn't know what to do. His congregation suggested that he consult a housebound 98-year-old man who was one of the original founders of their temple. The rabbi hoped the elderly man would be able to tell him what the actual temple tradition was, so he went to the nursing home with a representative of each faction of the congregation. The one whose followers stood during Shema said to the old man, "Is it the tradition to stand during this prayer?" The old man answered, "No, that is not the tradition." The one whose followers sat, said, "Then it must be the tradition to sit during Shema!" The old man answered, "No, that is not the tradition." Then the rabbi said to the old man, "But the members of the congregation fight all the time, yelling at each other about whether they should sit or stand." The old man interrupted, exclaiming, "THAT is the tradition!" Whale Nudges Kayaker At Half Moon Bay https://www.facebook.com/CBSSacramento/videos/10153662752605671/ It happened in Shul IT HAPPENED IN SHUL A Rabbi approaches a guest in Shul and says, "I'd like to give you an Aliyah. What is your name?"The man answers, "Esther ben Moshe."The Rabbi says, "No, I need YOUR name." "It's Esther ben Moshe," the man says."How can that be your name?" asks the Rabbi.The man answers, "I've been having financial problems, so everything now is in my wife's name." NOT LONG NOW FOR THE TLV-JERUSALEM TRAIN...AMAZING WORK BEING DONE http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4825986,00.html Nearly fifteen years after the tragedy, new footage of the September 11 attacks is going viral. The crystal clear footage was actually published back in February of 2013 on YouTube, but didn't go viral until it was posted on the website Reddit recently. It was described as the "clearest 9/11 video" anyone has ever seen, and it fits the description. Who knows how the media never got their hands on footage of this quality yet, but here is the video. As you can imagine, the video contains extremely graphic content: Rabbi Yehuda Lave Your mailing address Contact Phone Website LIKE TWEET FORWARD You received this email because you signed up on our website or made purchase from us. Unsubscribe

When it is not your time to die--pilot survives unbelievable flight

Can't see images? Click here... Rabbi Yehuda Lave Help People Identify With Positive Patterns Every person has positive traits, qualities, and patterns, and every person has faults, deficiencies, and negative patterns. When someone identifies with his imperfections, he will feel worse about himself. Someone who focuses mainly on his shortcomings will have a lower self-image, which prevents him from being at his best. Help people identify with their positive patterns. When someone's main focus is on what he has done right already, he will continue to keep developing his good points. Why we lost the supersonic flights https://www.facebook.com/ezraklein/videos/544973535690253/ When it is not your time to die. Pilot survives unbelivable accident https://www.facebook.com/paul.roberts.9469545/videos/10150753567203765/ Triple play for the Chicago White sox https://www.facebook.com/WhiteSox/videos/10154909373598298/ Fred Astaire Puttin On The Ritz https://www.facebook.com/165089766977346/videos/537144226438563/ Andrews sisters meets the Supremes https://www.facebook.com/hollywoodhistoryforever/videos/1128064063916975/ Dancing at the movies --66 clips Kahane on the Parsha Rabbi Binyamin Kahane- Parshat Pinchas KILL FOR PEACE The true definition of "peace" has been so badly distorted in this generation that the word itself has come to represent a particular political point of view. So much so that even when the Right speaks of peace, it does so within the confines of the Left's view and twisted definition of the word. Though it is not an easy task, it behooves us to uncover the Torah's understanding of peace. By doing so, we will be able to map out basic policy guidelines for a Jewish peace that, with G-d's help, will eventually be used by the government in the Land of Israel. The first place to look to discover the Torah's understanding of peace is Pinchas. Why Pinchas? Because he is the man whom G-d Himself chose to give the covenant of peace. (Such a covenant was not even given to his grandfather, Aaron, who was famous as a "lover and pursuer of peace.") The question that begs asking is: Why? Why of all things was Pinchas given the covenant of peace? Would it not have been more appropriate to give him the covenant of zealousness? Wasn't Pinchas's recourse to violence the very opposite of what peace represent? It is these very questions, however, which illustrate the confusion inherent in every contemporary discussion of peace. After all, what has peace come to mean today? It means shaking hands with evil -- and the more evil, the grander the peace, for "only with enemies do you make peace." You proclaim, "Peace," get photographed on the White House lawn, and hope that your enemy stops killing you. In other words, peace means that one comes to terms, or makes peace with, evil. Obviously, for any thinking person, this definition does not go down smoothly. After all, normal instincts tell us that no good can come of giving into evil and making peace with it. Nonetheless, many people get dragged along this distorted interpretation because they know no alternative. What, then, is true peace? According to the Torah, peace is a RESULT -- a consequence of making the world a better place. And the first step in bettering the world is uprooting evil and evildoers from it. "Sur me'ra" -- turn from, or remove, evil. Making peace with evil or -- even worse -- giving into it is the very OPPOSIT of what one should do if one wants to achieve true peace. Peace is NOT the mixing of good and evil, as we have been trained to think. The very opposite. There can be NO coexistence between good and evil, nor can there be a partnership between good people and evil people. The Master of the Universe expects the righteous to expunge evil from the world. "And you shall burn (vi'arta) the evil from thy midst," the Torah commands us in numerous places. ONLY THEN will peace reign in the world. Indeed, the Rabbis compare killing the wicked to offering sacrifices on the altar, which is a symbol of peace -- "to teach you that when the blood of the wicked is spilled it is as if a sacrifice was offered" (Tanchuma, Pinchas 1). For there are two sides to peace -- removing evil and doing good, sur me'ra va'asei tov. One cannot exist without the other. That is why Pinchas received the covenant of peace. For when all the Jewish people's leaders, including Moses and Aaron, cried in paralysis as Zimri sinned with Kozbi (see Numbers 25:6), the younger Pinchas took action and eradicated the evil before him. True, his grandfather, Aaron, was a symbol of the love and pursuit of peace, but evidently he was weak in the area of uprooting evil. And since there is no peace without the purging of evil, it was his grandson, Pinchas -- who understood both sides of the equation -- who received the covenant of peace. Darka shel Torah, 1995 Rabbi Yehuda Lave Your mailing address Contact Phone Website LIKE TWEET FORWARD You received this email because you signed up on our website or made purchase from us. Unsubscribe

Bubby's Tattoo and the Fast of Tammuz today

Can't see images? Click here... Rabbi Yehuda Lave Keep Building Your Self-Confidence Self-confidence is one of the most beneficial qualities that one can have. People with self-confidence feel good about themselves. They feel good about their knowledge, their talents, and their abilities. They feel confident that things will work out well for them. They know that they can learn the knowledge and skills that they need and want. Some young children naturally develop this quality. Some people have thoughts and feelings of self-confidence because they have role models with self-confidence that they have emulated. Some people have had parents and teachers and other friends and relatives who have given them plenty of positive feedback. This positive feedback helped them see themselves in a positive light. Confidence and self-confidence are learnable skills. So even if someone doesn't yet have the confidence and self-confidence that he would like to have, he can build it alone or with the help of others. How do you continue to build your self-confidence? When you see that you already know something, that you learned something, or that you can do something, comment to yourself, "I see I know this," or "I just learned this. Now I know it," or "I see that I know how to do this." Every time? Of course not. Just as many times as you feel is best for you. Confidence means that you feel certain that you know something or that you can do something. We all start off in life not knowing anything and not being able to do anything. Those who are confident tell themselves that they know the things about which they are confident. Being confident does not mean that you should speak in a tone of voice that sounds contrived, forced, pompous, arrogant, or like a show off. Rather, you can speak in your regular tone of voice and have an attitude of knowing things. Being confident means knowing that you know some things and that you can learn many things that you presently don't know. You can ask others for the information you need. You can ask others to show you how to do things that you can't yet do. You can read books, pamphlets, or reports that give instructions about how to do things. Being confident also means knowing that you can find people who will be able assist you when you can't do something yourself. In many instances, a kind stranger will be glad to give you assistance. As long as you know how to ask, you can consider yourself confident that you can find ways to get things done. If you would like to build your self-confidence, tell yourself, "I keep building my self-confidence all the time. I know much more now than when I started off in life. As I keep learning more things and have more experience, my self-confidence gets stronger and stronger." You don't need to wait until you feel 100% self-confident. At any given moment, you can say to yourself, "I will speak and act like a person with balanced self-confidence." Just speak and act like that right away. You will find that when you speak and act with self- confidence, other people tend to treat you with more respect. Those who realize the value of every human being will always treat you and others with great respect. But even those who have not yet reached the level will begin to treat you with greater respect when you have greater respect for yourself. Self-respect is a birth-right. You don't need anyone else's permission to have self-respect. Claim it. It's yours.   Love Yehuda Lave Russia Building Hypersonic Aircraft Capable of Dropping Nuclear Bomb on US from Space http://observer.com/2016/07/russia-building-hypersonic-aircraft-capable-of-dropping-nuclear-bomb-on-us-from-space/#.V4dTRaUeFRY.gmail Rav Kook- we were like dreamers Psalm 126 — Shir HaMa'alot — presents a vivid description of the redemption of the Jewish people as they return to their homeland:   "A Song of Ascents. When God brings about the return to Zion, we were like dreamers. Then our mouths will be filled with laughter, and our tongues with joyous song." (126:1-2) The verb tense, however, is confusing. Presumably, this is a vision of the future redemption, when "our mouths will be filled with laughter." Yet the psalmist also speaks of the past — היינו כחולמים — "we were like dreamers." Is this taking place in the past or the future?   Dreams of Redemption We need to understand the importance of these dreams, and how they are connected to our national redemption. We know of historical incidents when dreams served as a vehicle to redemption. Joseph became viceroy of Egypt and saved his family from famine through Pharaoh's dreams. Daniel attained his position of importance through the dreams of Nebuchadnezzar. What is the function of dreams in the world? Every soul has certain segulot — hidden talents or qualities. The greater the segulah, the more it will struggle to be realized. One way in which these inner qualities express themselves is through dreams. The nation of Israel also has special segulot — a unique potential for spiritual greatness. As the Torah promises, "You will be a segulah among the nations" (Ex. 19:5). When the Jewish people are exiled and downtrodden, this segulah quality seeks ways to be expressed. This drive for national self-fulfillment — that is the source for our dreams of redemption.   Anticipating Redemption After death, the Sages taught, the soul is questioned by the heavenly tribunal: "Did you anticipate the redemption?" (Shabbat 31a). The fact that we are judged on this matter is a clear sign that it is important to anticipate the redemption. The Rabbis also spoke of the obligation to pray for our national return to the Land of Israel. Yet the logic of this approach is not obvious. Why yearn for that which is beyond our control? The redemption is either dependent upon the actions of the entire Jewish people, or will take place at a time that God ordained! To understand the significance of our dreams and prayers, it is instructive to recall the Talmudic saying, "Do not belittle any blessing, even that of an ordinary person" (Megillah 15a). Why should we take note of the simple wishes of a neighbor or friend? The Sages, however, imparted an important lesson: do not underestimate the power of a few words of encouragement. They may awaken and help realize our hidden potential. This true for the individual — and for the entire nation as well. Secreted in the national soul of Israel is a potential for greatness. By remembering and anticipating this national destiny, we strengthen it and prime it to be realized. The value of anticipating redemption lies in its power to help bring it to fruition. This is not a mystical belief, but a plain historical fact. Without a doubt, the unprecedented return of the Jewish people to their homeland after centuries of stateless exile could not have occurred without their continual yearnings and prayers over the centuries. The Zionist movement could not have convinced millions of Jews to uproot themselves if not for the people's deep-rooted longings for the Land of Israel. It is our faith and anticipation of redemption that enables the realization of Israel's national segulah. Now we can understand why the verse says that "we were like dreamers" — in the past tense. The psalmist is referring to our dreams of redemption during the long years of exile. He is not describing a state of euphoria during the hour of redemption, but the means which enabled this redemption to take place. בשוב ה' את שיבת ציון — "God will bring about the return to Zion" — because, throughout the ages, היינו כחולמים — "we were like dreamers." Our dreams and faith in God's promised redemption enabled our return to the Land of Israel. Just as our personal dreams are an expression of our inner talents, inspiring us to develop them, so too, our national dreams, even in the darkest hours, facilitate the return to Zion and will enable the future fulfillment of our complete redemption. (Adapted from Midbar Shur, pp. 226-227) bubby's Tattoo-very moving A soldiers gift--an amazing true story http://www.aish.com/sp/so/A-Soldiers-Gift-An-Amazing-True-Story.html?s=mm&ta b=y the illusionist is Dynamo = Steve Frayne --magic that you have never seen 17th of Tammuz: History, Laws and Customs The fast of the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, known as Shivah Asar B'Tammuz, is the start of a three-week mourning period for the destruction of Jerusalem and the two Holy Temples. The fast actually commemorates five tragic events that occurred on this date: Moses broke the tablets when he saw the Jewish people worshipping the Golden Calf. During the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, the Jews were forced to cease offering the daily sacrifices due to the lack of sheep. Apostomos burned the holy Torah.1 An idol was placed in the Holy Temple.2 The walls of Jerusalem were breached by the Romans, in 69 CE, after a lengthy siege. (Three weeks later, after the Jews put up a valiant struggle, the Romans destroyed the second Holy Temple on the 9th of Av.) The Jerusalem Talmud maintains that this is also the date when the Babylonians breached the walls of Jerusalem on their way to destroying the first Temple. Rabbi Yehuda Lave Your mailing address Contact Phone Website LIKE TWEET FORWARD You received this email because you signed up on our website or made purchase from us. Unsubscribe