Hey everyone,
I hope everyone is doing well, and all set for what i am sure will be a beautiful shabbos. Anyway i just wanted to let you all know that baruch hashem we are almost completely out of the first order of emunah magnets. There are currently no more available for pickup, however please have no fear. Earlier this week, thanks to three anonymous donors we were able to place a much larger order this time, and hopefully by next week we should have plenty more to distribute. Baruch Hashem there were many people who contacted us about sponsoring more magnets but i think for now we will have enough. I cant thank these 3 donors enough for helping us spread the great name of hashem to the world, as well as spreading the call for all of us to strengthen our Emunah. Hashem should bless them and all of klal yisroel with nothing but bracha, simcha,shalom,love and sweetness. Thank you all so much for helping us spread Emunah and spreading the name of Hashem. May we be blessed to run out of this shipment of magnets as well, and have to order more soon.
Gut shabbos Gut Purim
Chaim Yissachar.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Little note..
Hey Everyone,
Today in the hospital, someone gave me such a beautiful compliment I just had to share.
She said " Marc, you have a really beautiful heart".
Granted she was doing an echo- cardiogram on me, but i appreciated it none the less.
Gut Shabbos Gut Purim
Chaim Yissachar
(Marc Steven)
Today in the hospital, someone gave me such a beautiful compliment I just had to share.
She said " Marc, you have a really beautiful heart".
Granted she was doing an echo- cardiogram on me, but i appreciated it none the less.
Gut Shabbos Gut Purim
Chaim Yissachar
(Marc Steven)
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Chaim's Dvar Torah- Mishpatim
Hey everyone,
I hope that everyone is having a good week. Its been a bit of a long week, but Baruch Hashem we are all doing great. I just wanted to share a quick teaching on this weeks Parsha.
The Torah says " You shall worship Hashem, your G-d, and he shall bless your bread and your water, and I shall remove illness from your midst." (23:25). There are many lessons that Chazal learn out from this passuk ,but I would like to focus on an idea i saw from Rav Zalamn Sorotzkin. Explains Rav Sorotzkin that with these few and simple words of " And he shall bless your bread and your water" the Torah is teaching us a tremendous and fundamental life lesson.
Hashem was telling Binai Yisroel, that at that point in time they had received everything they needed directly from Him. Their food came from Heaven, their water from a rock that traveled along side them on their journey, and alll of their physical needs were being provided to them by Hashem. However that was all about to change. When the jewish people were to enter into Eretz Yisroel there would be a transformation. Says the pasuk you will start to eat "your bread" and "drink your water", out of dough that you bake and wells that you dig. When that happens its all to easy to lose focus on who is really providing for us. When we view our gains, possessions and accomplishments as "ours", and not as gifts from Hashem then we have strayed from the truth. The Torah is reminding us that there is nothing more in the world that Hashem wants to do, then give us blessings. And he will bless us, however we cant forget where the blessing is coming from. Hashem is saying to Binai Yisroel, that even when you enter into Eretz Yisroel and the physical reality changes so that now your bread, becomes "your bread" , bread that you worked for, I will continue to bless you. But you must always remember where your bread really comes from. You must always remember that I am the ultimate and only provider.
Sometimes I find that we lose the proper perspective. Unfortunately, we view our accomplishments as "our accomplishments" and fail to recognize the true source of our success. I am not in any way saying, that we should not be proud of the goals we achieve, and not strive to reach greater heights. What I am suggesting, is that when we reach our goals, and achieve what it is that we have set out to do, we must recognize that all our successes comes from Hashem. This recognition of Its all From Hashem (ayin Emunah Magnets) will not only provide us with Blessing from Hashem, but it will allow us to reach heights and achieve goals we never dreamed possible.
Dear Friends this is something we can all do, in our own way. It can be done by thanking Hashem for something big or something small. It can be stopping for one minute during our busy work day and recognizing that Hashem is our provider and everything that happens to me is because of Him. Or at the end of the day, we can just close our eyes in a quiet room, open up our hearts and say "Hashem Thank You". Thank you for everything, because i know it all comes from you.
Wishing everyone a GUT SHABBOS AND AND GUT PURIM
With much love
Chaim Yissachar
I hope that everyone is having a good week. Its been a bit of a long week, but Baruch Hashem we are all doing great. I just wanted to share a quick teaching on this weeks Parsha.
The Torah says " You shall worship Hashem, your G-d, and he shall bless your bread and your water, and I shall remove illness from your midst." (23:25). There are many lessons that Chazal learn out from this passuk ,but I would like to focus on an idea i saw from Rav Zalamn Sorotzkin. Explains Rav Sorotzkin that with these few and simple words of " And he shall bless your bread and your water" the Torah is teaching us a tremendous and fundamental life lesson.
Hashem was telling Binai Yisroel, that at that point in time they had received everything they needed directly from Him. Their food came from Heaven, their water from a rock that traveled along side them on their journey, and alll of their physical needs were being provided to them by Hashem. However that was all about to change. When the jewish people were to enter into Eretz Yisroel there would be a transformation. Says the pasuk you will start to eat "your bread" and "drink your water", out of dough that you bake and wells that you dig. When that happens its all to easy to lose focus on who is really providing for us. When we view our gains, possessions and accomplishments as "ours", and not as gifts from Hashem then we have strayed from the truth. The Torah is reminding us that there is nothing more in the world that Hashem wants to do, then give us blessings. And he will bless us, however we cant forget where the blessing is coming from. Hashem is saying to Binai Yisroel, that even when you enter into Eretz Yisroel and the physical reality changes so that now your bread, becomes "your bread" , bread that you worked for, I will continue to bless you. But you must always remember where your bread really comes from. You must always remember that I am the ultimate and only provider.
Sometimes I find that we lose the proper perspective. Unfortunately, we view our accomplishments as "our accomplishments" and fail to recognize the true source of our success. I am not in any way saying, that we should not be proud of the goals we achieve, and not strive to reach greater heights. What I am suggesting, is that when we reach our goals, and achieve what it is that we have set out to do, we must recognize that all our successes comes from Hashem. This recognition of Its all From Hashem (ayin Emunah Magnets) will not only provide us with Blessing from Hashem, but it will allow us to reach heights and achieve goals we never dreamed possible.
Dear Friends this is something we can all do, in our own way. It can be done by thanking Hashem for something big or something small. It can be stopping for one minute during our busy work day and recognizing that Hashem is our provider and everything that happens to me is because of Him. Or at the end of the day, we can just close our eyes in a quiet room, open up our hearts and say "Hashem Thank You". Thank you for everything, because i know it all comes from you.
Wishing everyone a GUT SHABBOS AND AND GUT PURIM
With much love
Chaim Yissachar
Shiur tonight!
Sorry for the late notice...
TONIGHT!! Wednesday Feb 15!
Shiur for a zechus for a refuah shelaima for Chaim- Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit
at the home of Kenny and Meredith Yager 65 Lee Place Bergenfield NJ at 8:15 pm.
Tonight is the first of a weekly shiur that will given by rotating speakers on the topic of 'Deepening our Connection with Shabbos'. Tonight Rav Yaakov Neuberger , Rav of Beth Abraham, will be speaking.
The shiur is open to men and women.
For those that can't make it, there will be a call in number:
Call in number 1-610-214-0000
Participant access code 450754#
Host access code 450754*
Thank you tizku l'mitzvot!
Monday, February 13, 2012
My latest project
Hey everyone,
I hope you all had a good shabbos. Baruch Hashem we are all doing good. I can think of few things that are sweeter then spending shabbos at home with my family. Thank you Hashem.
Anyway,as many of you know over the past year and and a half I really haven't gotten out much. The only time I really was allowed to go anywhere was to the hospital. Over the course of one of my many trips to Sloan, I realized that cars all over the road had these magnets stuck to the back. They were usually supporting a cause like a school, sports team, or summer camp. I even saw some that professed love for pets and some that really made my KinderSmile. But it got me thinking. If all these people are willing to show their support for these different organizations and causes, which are all great, then why not support the greatest cause of all. The spreading of Emunah and the belief that everything is from Hashem. Baruch Hashem i have been blessed with a wife, who puts up with my craziness and some times even encourages it. And so Emunah magnets were born. Thanks to Talia for all her help and support with this project. These would not have been made without her help. Also i have to thank the designer of these magnets, Reb Josh Weinberg. All the credit for these magnets, belongs to them. Due to the cold weather and bad growing conditions this winter, my money tree has not grown in this season so supplies are somewhat limited. We hope to just give them out, free of cost until we run out. If the money tree starts to grow, we will order more if there is a demand. We are still trying to figure out the best way to distribute them, but please know they are available for those who want them. Also, please feel free to create your own Emunah gear. Lets spread the good word chevrah. Lets take the message, and not only put it on our cars, but make it our way of life. ITS ALL FROM HASHEM, ITS ALL FOR THE BEST, AND ITS ALL FOR A PURPOSE.
Hope to see one on your car soon.
With much love,
Chaim Yissachar
For anyone that is local, the magnets can be picked up at 19 Sunrise Terrace in Bergenfield. They will be in a box outside-please take. For anyone that can not make it here to pick up, please be in touch and we will figure out how to get it to you. Thanks!
I hope you all had a good shabbos. Baruch Hashem we are all doing good. I can think of few things that are sweeter then spending shabbos at home with my family. Thank you Hashem.
Anyway,as many of you know over the past year and and a half I really haven't gotten out much. The only time I really was allowed to go anywhere was to the hospital. Over the course of one of my many trips to Sloan, I realized that cars all over the road had these magnets stuck to the back. They were usually supporting a cause like a school, sports team, or summer camp. I even saw some that professed love for pets and some that really made my KinderSmile. But it got me thinking. If all these people are willing to show their support for these different organizations and causes, which are all great, then why not support the greatest cause of all. The spreading of Emunah and the belief that everything is from Hashem. Baruch Hashem i have been blessed with a wife, who puts up with my craziness and some times even encourages it. And so Emunah magnets were born. Thanks to Talia for all her help and support with this project. These would not have been made without her help. Also i have to thank the designer of these magnets, Reb Josh Weinberg. All the credit for these magnets, belongs to them. Due to the cold weather and bad growing conditions this winter, my money tree has not grown in this season so supplies are somewhat limited. We hope to just give them out, free of cost until we run out. If the money tree starts to grow, we will order more if there is a demand. We are still trying to figure out the best way to distribute them, but please know they are available for those who want them. Also, please feel free to create your own Emunah gear. Lets spread the good word chevrah. Lets take the message, and not only put it on our cars, but make it our way of life. ITS ALL FROM HASHEM, ITS ALL FOR THE BEST, AND ITS ALL FOR A PURPOSE.
Hope to see one on your car soon.
With much love,
Chaim Yissachar
For anyone that is local, the magnets can be picked up at 19 Sunrise Terrace in Bergenfield. They will be in a box outside-please take. For anyone that can not make it here to pick up, please be in touch and we will figure out how to get it to you. Thanks!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Dvar torah from Chaim
Hi everyone,
Thanks for all of the support and chizuk that has been coming our way these past couple of days. It truly is remarkable and very inspirational seeing how much people care. You have no idea how much it means to Talia and myself, so thank you for that. We are really blessed to have such caring friends and family.
I saw an idea tonight that even though i had heard it before, this time it really got me thinking. The parsha starts off by saying" That Moshes father in law, Yisro the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moshe and for His people Israel, when God took Israel out of Egypt". So many of our great and holy sages ask the question, was Yisro the only one that heard? No one else heard about the amazing miracles preformed for the Jewish people? Only Yisro was privy to this information? The answer is obviously not. The entire world heard and knew about everything that Hashem had done for the Jewish people, but Yisro was different. Says Rabbainu Rebbi Nachmun of Breslev ,
" Everyone heard, but only Yisro heeded the message "(Likutey Moharan 1,134). Only Yisro allowed the message to enter his heart and that allowed him to change. Yisro teaches us that hearing, is not just about hearing sounds. Rather real hearing is about internalizing, what it is we hear.
This has been a week filled with us hearing many different things. Personally, I have heard some disappointing and heartbreaking news, but at the same time i have heard so many inspirational ideas and words of chizzuk. I have heard people cry and get upset, and i have heard my kids laugh uncontrollably, like only holy sweet children can. I have heard stories that have brought me to tears of sadness, and i have heard stories that have brought me to tears of joy and yearning. But the common theme between everything thing that i have heard this week, is that i now must ask myself, what did i really hear ? Has anything that i have heard this week entered into my heart and have I internalized any of it. Because that is what real hearing is all about. Its about opening our ears in order to open our hearts. This is a challenge we are all faced with everyday. From moment we are blessed to wake up in the morning, to the moment we go to sleep we hear so much. Some times the sounds are loud, and some times they are small. We hear things from our spouses, children, friends and of course Hashem, and we must ask ourselves. Do we really hear what they are saying, or are we just hearing sounds. Are we paying attention to what it is they are really saying and trying to internalize the messages Hashem is sending our way, Because in reality everything that comes our way is Hashem calling out to us, I am right here with you and I love you. We just have to open our ears and our hearts so we truly hear and feel his call in everything we do. This is what the torah is teaching us when it says "Yisro heard". The lesson of how to truly hear. Lets all try this week, if only one time a day, to truly hear something or someone. Lets try and internalize what we can do with all that we hear, and how we can gear it towards strengthening our avodas Hashem and strengthening our relationships with others. I KNOW WE CAN DO IT.
Thanks for letting me share, and please let me know what you think. Its always great to hear from you. (Feel free to comment below).
From the bottom of my heart thanks again to everyone and remember,
Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut- Think Good, and it will be Good.
With much love and thanks
Chaim Yissachar
Thanks for all of the support and chizuk that has been coming our way these past couple of days. It truly is remarkable and very inspirational seeing how much people care. You have no idea how much it means to Talia and myself, so thank you for that. We are really blessed to have such caring friends and family.
I saw an idea tonight that even though i had heard it before, this time it really got me thinking. The parsha starts off by saying" That Moshes father in law, Yisro the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moshe and for His people Israel, when God took Israel out of Egypt". So many of our great and holy sages ask the question, was Yisro the only one that heard? No one else heard about the amazing miracles preformed for the Jewish people? Only Yisro was privy to this information? The answer is obviously not. The entire world heard and knew about everything that Hashem had done for the Jewish people, but Yisro was different. Says Rabbainu Rebbi Nachmun of Breslev ,
" Everyone heard, but only Yisro heeded the message "(Likutey Moharan 1,134). Only Yisro allowed the message to enter his heart and that allowed him to change. Yisro teaches us that hearing, is not just about hearing sounds. Rather real hearing is about internalizing, what it is we hear.
This has been a week filled with us hearing many different things. Personally, I have heard some disappointing and heartbreaking news, but at the same time i have heard so many inspirational ideas and words of chizzuk. I have heard people cry and get upset, and i have heard my kids laugh uncontrollably, like only holy sweet children can. I have heard stories that have brought me to tears of sadness, and i have heard stories that have brought me to tears of joy and yearning. But the common theme between everything thing that i have heard this week, is that i now must ask myself, what did i really hear ? Has anything that i have heard this week entered into my heart and have I internalized any of it. Because that is what real hearing is all about. Its about opening our ears in order to open our hearts. This is a challenge we are all faced with everyday. From moment we are blessed to wake up in the morning, to the moment we go to sleep we hear so much. Some times the sounds are loud, and some times they are small. We hear things from our spouses, children, friends and of course Hashem, and we must ask ourselves. Do we really hear what they are saying, or are we just hearing sounds. Are we paying attention to what it is they are really saying and trying to internalize the messages Hashem is sending our way, Because in reality everything that comes our way is Hashem calling out to us, I am right here with you and I love you. We just have to open our ears and our hearts so we truly hear and feel his call in everything we do. This is what the torah is teaching us when it says "Yisro heard". The lesson of how to truly hear. Lets all try this week, if only one time a day, to truly hear something or someone. Lets try and internalize what we can do with all that we hear, and how we can gear it towards strengthening our avodas Hashem and strengthening our relationships with others. I KNOW WE CAN DO IT.
Thanks for letting me share, and please let me know what you think. Its always great to hear from you. (Feel free to comment below).
From the bottom of my heart thanks again to everyone and remember,
Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut- Think Good, and it will be Good.
With much love and thanks
Chaim Yissachar
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Letter from Chaim
Dear Friends and Family
Let me start by saying thank you, to all of you for your constant love and support. We could not be where we are today without your help.Bh I have been feeling good and continue to feel good after my transplant. As much as it pains me to share this news with you, unfortunately late last week we found out that my leukemia has returned. My doctors are working on a plan as to how we will proceed, and what the best course of action will be. I know the natural tendency in a situation like this may be, to be upset and down, however I beg of you not to let that be the case. Please let us all take this current bump in the road and transform it into a golden opportunity. An opportunity to show and prove to Hashem that even when things do not go the way we would like them to, we will not lose our faith in him, and we know he will take care of us. Let us show HIM, how we know it is all for the best and will continue to call out to him for salvation. Trust me, I know this is not easy, as it is something that I am currently struggling with, However I know that together, we will get through this. You have all done so much for me already, and I know i am asking a lot, but please lets not stop now. We have come so far, and now we must continue to push forward. Everything is from Hashem and everything is for the best. Our approach to this current setback is no different then the approach we have taken all along. We have to continue to daven, strengthen our emunah, and know that Hashem will take care of us. I KNOW WE WILL DO THIS. Thank you again for everything, and I will try to keep you more up to date this time then in the past. Please continue to daven for me ( Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit) and for all of klal yisroel, and let us only get stronger together.
With overflowing amounts of love,
Chaim Yissachar
Let me start by saying thank you, to all of you for your constant love and support. We could not be where we are today without your help.Bh I have been feeling good and continue to feel good after my transplant. As much as it pains me to share this news with you, unfortunately late last week we found out that my leukemia has returned. My doctors are working on a plan as to how we will proceed, and what the best course of action will be. I know the natural tendency in a situation like this may be, to be upset and down, however I beg of you not to let that be the case. Please let us all take this current bump in the road and transform it into a golden opportunity. An opportunity to show and prove to Hashem that even when things do not go the way we would like them to, we will not lose our faith in him, and we know he will take care of us. Let us show HIM, how we know it is all for the best and will continue to call out to him for salvation. Trust me, I know this is not easy, as it is something that I am currently struggling with, However I know that together, we will get through this. You have all done so much for me already, and I know i am asking a lot, but please lets not stop now. We have come so far, and now we must continue to push forward. Everything is from Hashem and everything is for the best. Our approach to this current setback is no different then the approach we have taken all along. We have to continue to daven, strengthen our emunah, and know that Hashem will take care of us. I KNOW WE WILL DO THIS. Thank you again for everything, and I will try to keep you more up to date this time then in the past. Please continue to daven for me ( Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit) and for all of klal yisroel, and let us only get stronger together.
With overflowing amounts of love,
Chaim Yissachar
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)