We are excited to have Rabbi Steven Weil, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union, share words of Torah for this week's shiur.
It will take place Tuesday night at
65 Lee Place, Bergenfield
8:15-9:00 Shiur
followed by Tehillim
May our learning be a zechus for a refuah shelaima b'karov for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaye Mushkit and all Cholei Yisrael.
Call in number 1-610-214-0000
Participant access code 450754#
*Please remember to mute your phone when calling in*
Monday, April 30, 2012
Hello friends,
B"h the Emunah magnet campaign has been very successful. In fact, we have been blessed with such success that we need to place another order! At this point if there is anyone that would like to take part in sponsoring this new order, please contact us. You will have such a great part in this amazing mission of spreading Hashem's name and glory around the world. We also would like to get magnets from this new shipments to as many places as possible so if you would like to be a contact in your town that can be in charge of putting them in stores, restaurants and shuls please let us know that as well.
Additionally, some very special people generously sponsored the making of Asher Yatzar cards, which are to be carried around and used as needed. They have Chaim's name at the bottom and we hope and pray that by using these cards to have extra kavana when saying this very important bracha, it will bring Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit and all cholim a quick and complete recovery.
These cards will be placed in the box with the magnets and Rabbi Lazer Brody CDs, outside of 19 Sunrise Terrace Bergenfield NJ for pick up at your convenience. If you feel that you would like more than just a few (to give out to your class in school, or at a specific event) please let us know and we will arrange to get you more.
Thank you for all your amazing support! Go team Emunah
B"h the Emunah magnet campaign has been very successful. In fact, we have been blessed with such success that we need to place another order! At this point if there is anyone that would like to take part in sponsoring this new order, please contact us. You will have such a great part in this amazing mission of spreading Hashem's name and glory around the world. We also would like to get magnets from this new shipments to as many places as possible so if you would like to be a contact in your town that can be in charge of putting them in stores, restaurants and shuls please let us know that as well.
Additionally, some very special people generously sponsored the making of Asher Yatzar cards, which are to be carried around and used as needed. They have Chaim's name at the bottom and we hope and pray that by using these cards to have extra kavana when saying this very important bracha, it will bring Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit and all cholim a quick and complete recovery.
These cards will be placed in the box with the magnets and Rabbi Lazer Brody CDs, outside of 19 Sunrise Terrace Bergenfield NJ for pick up at your convenience. If you feel that you would like more than just a few (to give out to your class in school, or at a specific event) please let us know and we will arrange to get you more.
Thank you for all your amazing support! Go team Emunah
Monday, April 23, 2012
Shiur Tuesday night
We are pleased to have Rabbi Tzvi Sobolofsky, Rav of Cong. Ohr Hatorah in Bergenfield and one of the Roshei HaYeshiva at Yeshiva University present this week's words of Torah.
We continue our weekly shiur in the zechus of a refuah shelaima for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaye Mushkit and all Cholei Yisroel.
We now have the shiurim from Rabbi Feigenbaum, Rabbi Schacter, Rabbi Stechler, and Rabbi Feldman on CD!
They will be available at the shiur and then placed in a box (on the covered porch at 65 Lee Place) for pick up, if you can't make it that night.
TUESDAY NIGHT, April 24th
8:15-9:00
@65 Lee Place, Bergenfield
Tehillim to follow
If you can't make it, you can call in to the shiur hotline using the info below:
Call in number 1-610-214-0000
Participant access code 450754#
*Please remember to mute your phone when calling in*
We continue our weekly shiur in the zechus of a refuah shelaima for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaye Mushkit and all Cholei Yisroel.
We now have the shiurim from Rabbi Feigenbaum, Rabbi Schacter, Rabbi Stechler, and Rabbi Feldman on CD!
They will be available at the shiur and then placed in a box (on the covered porch at 65 Lee Place) for pick up, if you can't make it that night.
TUESDAY NIGHT, April 24th
8:15-9:00
@65 Lee Place, Bergenfield
Tehillim to follow
If you can't make it, you can call in to the shiur hotline using the info below:
Call in number 1-610-214-0000
Participant access code 450754#
*Please remember to mute your phone when calling in*
Friday, April 20, 2012
Dvar Torah from Chaim
Hey everyone
i hope you are all doing well and felling good and been feeling all the blessing Hashem has blessed us with.
When we think about trief we think about one animal and one animal only the pig.
In this weeks parsha when listing the guidelines for kashrus and some different types of animals the pasuk says,(Shmini11:7) וְאֶת הַחֲזִיר כִּי מַפְרִיס פַּרְסָה הוּא וְשֹׁסַע שֶׁסַע פַּרְסָה וְהוּא גֵּרָה לֹא יִגָּר טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם:-And the pig, because it has a cloven hoof that is completely split, but will not regurgitate its cud; it is unclean for you.
Says the Ohr Hachaim hakadosh that if we look at the pasuk there is a very deep lesson we can learn. But before we look at the pasuk, lets understand a little more about this amazing tzaddik, known as the Ohr HaChaim Hakadosh.
Born in 1696 in Morocco, he was known as the Ohr HaChaim (Light of Life) because of the commentary of the same name that he wrote on the Torah. Many Jews study this commentary on the weekly Torah portion each week.He fulfilled a life-long dream and moved to the Holy land in 1742, just a year before his death – but managed to establish two yeshivot in Jerusalem during that short time, one in Kabbalistic studies and one for Talmud and Jewish Law.
The Ohr HaChaim is one of the few Jewish Sages who earned the title "the holy." Some explain that this was because of the emphasis he placed on the special, treasured nature of the Nation of Israel and its holiness. The Baal Shem Tov was said to have said that the Ohr HaChaim had a "spark of the Messiah" and was worthy to be the Messiah himself.
Asks the Ohr Hachaim, why is it that the the pig is called הַחֲזִיר .The Or Hachaim Hakadosh explains, that this passuk is teaching, us that as long as the pig does not chew its cud it is prohibited; but when it starts chewing its cud it will be Mutar to eat. This will take place LeAsid Lavo - in the time of Mashiach. That is why the pig is called the Chazir. Because it will returnהַחֲזִיר, and become kosher in the future. What an amazing, inspirational, and uplifting message i think we can learn from this. Right now, we veiw the pig as being low, trief and unholy. We view the ultimate source of unholiness as being the pig, but the Ohr Chaim Hakadosh is teaching us, is that it is never too late to change. There is nothing in the world NOTHING AND NO ONE, that does not have the ability to transform themselves into something kadosh someone holy. To be someone who reaches high levels of spirituality, bein adam, lamakom and bein adam lichavaroh. Each one of us has this ability.We can all accomplish our hopes and dreams, that turn us into the people we always dream of one day becoming..
All we have to do is remember that we have this ability, to always return.
GUT SHABBOS
GUT PURIM
GUY YUR
Yosef Chaim Yissachar
i hope you are all doing well and felling good and been feeling all the blessing Hashem has blessed us with.
When we think about trief we think about one animal and one animal only the pig.
In this weeks parsha when listing the guidelines for kashrus and some different types of animals the pasuk says,(Shmini11:7) וְאֶת הַחֲזִיר כִּי מַפְרִיס פַּרְסָה הוּא וְשֹׁסַע שֶׁסַע פַּרְסָה וְהוּא גֵּרָה לֹא יִגָּר טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם:-And the pig, because it has a cloven hoof that is completely split, but will not regurgitate its cud; it is unclean for you.
Says the Ohr Hachaim hakadosh that if we look at the pasuk there is a very deep lesson we can learn. But before we look at the pasuk, lets understand a little more about this amazing tzaddik, known as the Ohr HaChaim Hakadosh.
Born in 1696 in Morocco, he was known as the Ohr HaChaim (Light of Life) because of the commentary of the same name that he wrote on the Torah. Many Jews study this commentary on the weekly Torah portion each week.He fulfilled a life-long dream and moved to the Holy land in 1742, just a year before his death – but managed to establish two yeshivot in Jerusalem during that short time, one in Kabbalistic studies and one for Talmud and Jewish Law.
The Ohr HaChaim is one of the few Jewish Sages who earned the title "the holy." Some explain that this was because of the emphasis he placed on the special, treasured nature of the Nation of Israel and its holiness. The Baal Shem Tov was said to have said that the Ohr HaChaim had a "spark of the Messiah" and was worthy to be the Messiah himself.
Asks the Ohr Hachaim, why is it that the the pig is called הַחֲזִיר .The Or Hachaim Hakadosh explains, that this passuk is teaching, us that as long as the pig does not chew its cud it is prohibited; but when it starts chewing its cud it will be Mutar to eat. This will take place LeAsid Lavo - in the time of Mashiach. That is why the pig is called the Chazir. Because it will returnהַחֲזִיר, and become kosher in the future. What an amazing, inspirational, and uplifting message i think we can learn from this. Right now, we veiw the pig as being low, trief and unholy. We view the ultimate source of unholiness as being the pig, but the Ohr Chaim Hakadosh is teaching us, is that it is never too late to change. There is nothing in the world NOTHING AND NO ONE, that does not have the ability to transform themselves into something kadosh someone holy. To be someone who reaches high levels of spirituality, bein adam, lamakom and bein adam lichavaroh. Each one of us has this ability.We can all accomplish our hopes and dreams, that turn us into the people we always dream of one day becoming..
All we have to do is remember that we have this ability, to always return.
GUT SHABBOS
GUT PURIM
GUY YUR
Yosef Chaim Yissachar
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Letter from Chaim
Hey chevra,
Hope all is good by you, and your Pesach was filled with love and joy.
Just wanted to give an update as to where we are holding. We were blessed by Hashem to have a beautiful yom tov in the hospital,and as always hope and daven that Hashem continue to bless us, and all of klal yisroel as we continue to move forward.
Every day brings its own ups and downs as we continue to fight the obstacles that are placed before us.But as always we can never ever forget--Its all from Hashem,Its all for the best,and its all for a purpose.
Emunah always wins.
Love and miss you all very much
Hope to hear from you soon.
GUT YUR- GUT PURIM-
Yosef Chaim Yissachar
Hope all is good by you, and your Pesach was filled with love and joy.
Just wanted to give an update as to where we are holding. We were blessed by Hashem to have a beautiful yom tov in the hospital,and as always hope and daven that Hashem continue to bless us, and all of klal yisroel as we continue to move forward.
Every day brings its own ups and downs as we continue to fight the obstacles that are placed before us.But as always we can never ever forget--Its all from Hashem,Its all for the best,and its all for a purpose.
Emunah always wins.
Love and miss you all very much
Hope to hear from you soon.
GUT YUR- GUT PURIM-
Yosef Chaim Yissachar
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Amen event this Sunday!
Attention all WOMEN:
There will be an Amen Event this Sunday April 22 at 10am at Ohr Hatorah (36 Rector Ct,Bergenfield NJ) for a zechus for a refuah shleima bikarov for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit.
Let's make it our third rosh chodesh in a row!
We will be saying birchos hashachar out loud and other brochos as well.
May Hashem bring refuah to Yosef Chaim Yissachar and all cholei yisroel bkarov!
There will be an Amen Event this Sunday April 22 at 10am at Ohr Hatorah (36 Rector Ct,Bergenfield NJ) for a zechus for a refuah shleima bikarov for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit.
Let's make it our third rosh chodesh in a row!
We will be saying birchos hashachar out loud and other brochos as well.
May Hashem bring refuah to Yosef Chaim Yissachar and all cholei yisroel bkarov!
Amen event this Sunday!
Attention all WOMEN:
There will be an Amen Event this Sunday April 22 at 10am at Ohr Hatorah (36 Rector Ct, Bergenfield NJ) for a zechus for a refuah shleima bikarov for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit.
Let's make it our third rosh chodesh in a row!
We will be saying birchos hashachar out loud and other brochos as well.
May Hashem bring refuah to Yosef Chaim Yissachar and all cholei yisroel bkarov!
There will be an Amen Event this Sunday April 22 at 10am at Ohr Hatorah (36 Rector Ct, Bergenfield NJ) for a zechus for a refuah shleima bikarov for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit.
Let's make it our third rosh chodesh in a row!
We will be saying birchos hashachar out loud and other brochos as well.
May Hashem bring refuah to Yosef Chaim Yissachar and all cholei yisroel bkarov!
Monday, April 16, 2012
Shiur this Tuesday
We are pleased to have Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman present words of Torah this week as we continue our weekly shiur in the zechus of a refuah shelaima for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaye Mushkit
Rabbi Feldman is a local shul Rav , instructor of Talmud and Jewish Studies at the Stone Beit Midrash program of YU, director of rabbinic research at YU's Center for the Jewish Future, and serves on the Va'ad HaHalakhah of the RCA.
We thank him for joining us!
TUESDAY NIGHT, April 17th
8:15-9:00
@65 Lee Place
Tehillim to follow
Call in number 1-610-214-0000
Participant access code 450754#
*Please remember to mute your phone when calling in*
Rabbi Feldman is a local shul Rav , instructor of Talmud and Jewish Studies at the Stone Beit Midrash program of YU, director of rabbinic research at YU's Center for the Jewish Future, and serves on the Va'ad HaHalakhah of the RCA.
We thank him for joining us!
TUESDAY NIGHT, April 17th
8:15-9:00
@65 Lee Place
Tehillim to follow
Call in number 1-610-214-0000
Participant access code 450754#
*Please remember to mute your phone when calling in*
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Chol Ha- moed shiur
Good Moed to all!
This Wednesday night we will, B'H, be continuing our dedicated learning in the zechus of a refuah shelaima for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaye Mushkit.
Rabbi Aryeh Stechler, a well respected speaker and member of our community, will share divrei Torah related to Inyanei Pesach.
We appreciate his giving of his time!
Wednesday night
8:15-9:00
@ 65 Lee Place, Bergenfield
Tehillim to follow
Call in number 1-610-214-0000
Participant access code 450754#
*Please remember to mute your phone when calling in*
This Wednesday night we will, B'H, be continuing our dedicated learning in the zechus of a refuah shelaima for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaye Mushkit.
Rabbi Aryeh Stechler, a well respected speaker and member of our community, will share divrei Torah related to Inyanei Pesach.
We appreciate his giving of his time!
Wednesday night
8:15-9:00
@ 65 Lee Place, Bergenfield
Tehillim to follow
Call in number 1-610-214-0000
Participant access code 450754#
*Please remember to mute your phone when calling in*
Friday, April 6, 2012
Hey everyone,
I miss you all so much, and I hope you know my love for you is endless.
I will try my hardest for this to make sense, and Hashem should bless me, and you, and all of klal yisroel with nothing but love and sweetness.
So lets give it a shot and see if we can start , grow, and learn together a little for pesach..
I dont know about you, but I always remember sitting at the end of the seder,after this lavish feast, filled with singing and dancing and asking myself -Whats the story with the afikoman? Whats the deal with this piece of matzah that we end our meal with? That after all of this, after all the production, after all the questions, after the the entire story and razzle dazzle its just us and this little matzah chillin out...Whats going on? What is it about the afikoman that makes us say, this is the right way for us to end this amazing night. And I think the answer is simple.
After a night filled with greatness,intrigue, grandeur, and awesomeness,it all comes back to simplicity.
The answer is staring us right in our faces. And the answer is, simple.
Life is not simple in any way. To say that it is, would be unrealistic and untrue. Each one of us has our own problems,struggles, and challenges. Be it at work,school, job, financial ,family, etc.... Even our relationship with Hashem also comes with struggle; if it didn't it wouldnt be authentic.
The one area in life, that should be simple, is our simple love for Hashem and His simple Love for us in return. That's what i think the simplicity of Pesach is all about. Simple Love. We must always know that no matter what, Hashem loves us and we must love him in return.. That we can put on the biggest fanciest show filled with the greatest production, in the world, but in the end all Hashem wants is our love,our hearts and our souls, That's the meaning and simplicity of Pesach and Afikoman.. SIMPLE LOVE FOR HASHEM. That no matter what, nothing can ever break or cause that love to be broken. And that's the beauty and simplicity of Pesach and Afikoman.That no matter what,that love is unstoppable and unbreakable.
So, as we sit at our seder tables, after a long night, we we must ask ourselves. "Are we feeling the simplicity? Are we feeling the love?" I hope so.
With much love
Gut yur, Gut purim, Gut pesach
Yosef Chaim Yissachar
I miss you all so much, and I hope you know my love for you is endless.
I will try my hardest for this to make sense, and Hashem should bless me, and you, and all of klal yisroel with nothing but love and sweetness.
So lets give it a shot and see if we can start , grow, and learn together a little for pesach..
I dont know about you, but I always remember sitting at the end of the seder,after this lavish feast, filled with singing and dancing and asking myself -Whats the story with the afikoman? Whats the deal with this piece of matzah that we end our meal with? That after all of this, after all the production, after all the questions, after the the entire story and razzle dazzle its just us and this little matzah chillin out...Whats going on? What is it about the afikoman that makes us say, this is the right way for us to end this amazing night. And I think the answer is simple.
After a night filled with greatness,intrigue, grandeur, and awesomeness,it all comes back to simplicity.
The answer is staring us right in our faces. And the answer is, simple.
Life is not simple in any way. To say that it is, would be unrealistic and untrue. Each one of us has our own problems,struggles, and challenges. Be it at work,school, job, financial ,family, etc.... Even our relationship with Hashem also comes with struggle; if it didn't it wouldnt be authentic.
The one area in life, that should be simple, is our simple love for Hashem and His simple Love for us in return. That's what i think the simplicity of Pesach is all about. Simple Love. We must always know that no matter what, Hashem loves us and we must love him in return.. That we can put on the biggest fanciest show filled with the greatest production, in the world, but in the end all Hashem wants is our love,our hearts and our souls, That's the meaning and simplicity of Pesach and Afikoman.. SIMPLE LOVE FOR HASHEM. That no matter what, nothing can ever break or cause that love to be broken. And that's the beauty and simplicity of Pesach and Afikoman.That no matter what,that love is unstoppable and unbreakable.
So, as we sit at our seder tables, after a long night, we we must ask ourselves. "Are we feeling the simplicity? Are we feeling the love?" I hope so.
With much love
Gut yur, Gut purim, Gut pesach
Yosef Chaim Yissachar
Elevate your yom tov meals!
Dear Family and Friends,
The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation has put out a Pesach - Peh-Sach Project. One of the interpretations of the name "Pesach" is Peh-Sach, which means “the mouth that speaks” and it is therefore a time to be extra careful in the way that we use the great gift of speech.
We are asking that you participate in the program in the zechus of a refuah sheleima for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaye Mushkit. Designate your Shabbos and Yom Tov meal as a Machsom L’fi, where the entire family will avoid loshon hora and ona’as devarim as a zechus for a refuah sheleima. A Machsom Lfi has been the catalyst for countless stories of yeshuos. Please see the link below for all the specifics of this beautiful program and how to be involved. If for any reason you are not able to follow the program as described in the PDF below, please try to at least make a conscious effort to refrain from negative speech at your Yom Tov meals.
In the zechus of our undertaking this wonderful effort may Chaim have a speedy and complete refuah and may our families be blessed and we all be zocheh to witness the final Geulah!.
http://www.chofetzchaimusa.org/Booklet.pdf
The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation has put out a Pesach - Peh-Sach Project. One of the interpretations of the name "Pesach" is Peh-Sach, which means “the mouth that speaks” and it is therefore a time to be extra careful in the way that we use the great gift of speech.
We are asking that you participate in the program in the zechus of a refuah sheleima for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaye Mushkit. Designate your Shabbos and Yom Tov meal as a Machsom L’fi, where the entire family will avoid loshon hora and ona’as devarim as a zechus for a refuah sheleima. A Machsom Lfi has been the catalyst for countless stories of yeshuos. Please see the link below for all the specifics of this beautiful program and how to be involved. If for any reason you are not able to follow the program as described in the PDF below, please try to at least make a conscious effort to refrain from negative speech at your Yom Tov meals.
In the zechus of our undertaking this wonderful effort may Chaim have a speedy and complete refuah and may our families be blessed and we all be zocheh to witness the final Geulah!.
http://www.chofetzchaimusa.org/Booklet.pdf
Monday, April 2, 2012
Shiur this Wed night!
While Pesach is almost upon us all, we plan to continue our dedicated time of learning b'tzibur in the zechus of a refuah shelaima for Yosef Chaim Yissachar ben Chaye Mushkit
We are honored to have Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter share his meaningful and inspiring words entitled:
"Seeking Redemption in an Unredeemed World"
Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
SENIOR SCHOLAR, YU CENTER FOR THE JEWISH FUTURE,UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF JEWISH HISTORY AND JEWISH THOUGHTADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR IN JEWISH STUDIES
Wednesday night, April 4th
8:00-9:00
Cong Beth Abraham
Tehillim to follow
Call in number 1-610-214-0000
Participant access code 450754#
*Please remember to mute your phone when calling in*
We are honored to have Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter share his meaningful and inspiring words entitled:
"Seeking Redemption in an Unredeemed World"
Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
SENIOR SCHOLAR, YU CENTER FOR THE JEWISH FUTURE,UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF JEWISH HISTORY AND JEWISH THOUGHTADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR IN JEWISH STUDIES
Wednesday night, April 4th
8:00-9:00
Cong Beth Abraham
Tehillim to follow
Call in number 1-610-214-0000
Participant access code 450754#
*Please remember to mute your phone when calling in*
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