THE ROSH YESHIVA

YEARS AGO I WENT TO A SEED MEETING IN
HASMONEAN HIGH SCHOOL IN HENDON.
THERE WERE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE
ABOUT 600 MEN AND 500 WOMEN.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE SPEAKER, THE FAMOUS
MANCHESTER ROSH YESHIVA RABBI SEGAL. ZT,L
HE STARTED OF HIS DROSHE:
"YOU MAKE A BROCHER EVERY DAY:
BLESSED ARE YOU, HASHEM, OUR G=D KING OF THE UNIVERSE,
FOR NOT HAVING MADE ME A GENTILE."
THE ROSH YESHIVA SHOUTED FOR OVER TWENTY MINUTES
THE BROCHE YOU MAKE IS A LIE,
A BROCHE LEVATOLA.

YOU DO NOT MEAN IT ! !
YOU COPY THE GOYIM,
YOU BEHAVE LIKE THEM !
YOU RESPECT THE GOY'S LIFE
YOU WANT TO BE A GOY ! !
HE DID NOT GO INTO DETAILS.
HE ONLY SHOUTED THIS FOR TWENTY MINUTES,
"YOU WANT TO BE A GOY!"

I MUST TELL YOU THAT IT CHANGED MY LIFE.
SPECIALLY EVERY MORNING WHEN I MAKE THIS BROCHE
I WANT TO BE A YID ! !

MOSHIACH

I I AM WAITING FOR THE MOSHIACH, YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I AM WAITING WHEN JEWISH PEOPLE WILL BE ONE
NOT ONLY ORTHODOX AND NON ORTHODOX, BUT ORTHODOX AND ORTHTODOX,
LITVISHER AND CASSIDIM
SEFARDIM AND ASHKANEZIM.
ONE CHASSIDC ORGANISATION WITH THE OTHER.

THEY WILL ALL SEE THAT THE MAIN AIM IN LIFE IS TO BELIEVE
AND PRAY, DO MITZVOS AND LEARN TORAH FOR HASHEM.
AS IS WRITTEN:
HASHEM WILL GIVE MIGHT TO HIS PEOPLE,
HASHEM WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE WITH PEACE.

AS THE BEIS YISROEL OF GUR TOLD ME
THAT THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME THE YETZER HORAH
IS THROUGH TORAH LEARNING AND NOTHING ELSE.
THE YETZER HORAH WILL LET YOU DRESS AND DO ANY MITZVOS
YOU LIKE EXCEPT FOR TORAH LEARNING.
THE MORE TORAH LEARNING WE HAVE THE MORE PEACE
WE HAVE AMONGST OURSELVES.
THE NEARER WE GET TO THE MOSHIACH.

THERE IS NO WAY TO BRING JEWS TO BE ONE
ONLY THROUGH TORAH LEARNING, EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY.
TO PASS THAT ON TO YOUR CHILDREN WITH G=D;S HELP.
IF YOU SEE THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING TORAH
AND PASSING THAT ON TO YOUR  GRAND CHILDREN,
THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PLACE BY G=D.
THE MAIN AIM IN MY LIFE IS TO SPREAD HOW IMPORTANT
TORAH LEARNING IS TO G=D.

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHICH MEDIA YOU USE TO GET THIS
MESSAGE OVER TO ORTHODOX JEWS AND NON ORTHODOX JEWS.
PASSING ON G=D'S MESSAGE ( IN WHAT EVER WAY )
IS A KIDDUSH HASHEM .

MY LEARNING TORAH

THE MUSSAR SEFORIM SAY THAT IF YOU SEE THAT YOUR YETZER HORAH
PUTS A LOT OF EMPHASIS AND DISTURBS YOU ON DOING A CERTAIN MITZVAH.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS MITZVAH HAS GREAT VALUE IN HEAVEN FOR YOU.
SOMEONE ONCE SAID TO ME:  " NO WONDER YOU LEARN ,
YOU AND YOUR TWIN BROTHER HAVE A MAD DESIRE TO LEARN".
I TOLD HIM,"  WE PRAYED VERY HARD FOR THIS THAT WE SHOULD LOVE TORAH LEARNING AND WENT TO GEDOLEI YISROEL FOR BROCHOS."

WE DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE THIS AND WE PRAYED EVERY DAY IN OUR PRAYERS.
" HASHEM,OUR G=D SWEETEN THE WORDS OF YOUR TORAH IN OUR MOUTH "
THIS I ALSO THANK G=D PLANTED INTO MY CHILDREN.

HOW DO I KNOW THAT MY TORAH LEARNING HAS A GREAT VALUE IN HEAVEN ?
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE SPECIALLY IN SATMAR
WHEN THEY WANT TO GET EVEN WITH YOU FOR THE TRUTHFUL TELEVISION PROGRAM
I MADE  WHERE I JUST EXPLAINED TO THE NON-ORTHODOX JEWS WHAT THE DUTY OF A JEW IS.

HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE STUPID ALEX STROM FROM THE JEWISH TRIBUNE,
WRITING ABOUT IT , WANTING TO GET EVEN WITH ME ,
NON OF THE FRUMERS WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT.
THE ONLY WAY PEOPLE TRY TO GET EVEN WITH  ME IS TO BREAK  MY  TORAH SHIURIM.
THIS I PRAY TO G=D THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO.
MY TORAH MUST HAVE A GREAT PLACE IN HEAVEN
AND THAT IS MY TEST MAY G=D HELP ME.

FROM THE PEN OF FRADEL BERGER

FRADEL BERGER WAS ILL FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE SHE WAS PLUCKED FROM OUR MIDST AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 53 (1929-1983).
AS SHE WAS DRIFTING INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS, SHE SAID PLEASE PASS ON MY POEMS.
SHE FELT HASHEM'S PRESENCE AND GUIDING HAND AS IS EXPRESSED IN MANY OF HER POEMS.


                                                                L I F E


                                                       Life is a mixture
                                                       Of sunshine and rain
                                                       Laughter and teardrops
                                                       Pleasure and pain
                                                       Low tides and high tides
                                                       Triumphs, defeats
                                                       Losses and gains
                                                       But ALWAYS in ALL WAYS
                                                       Hashem is guiding and leading
                                                       And He alone knows
                                                       The things we're most needing
                                                       When he sends sorrow
                                                       Or some dreaded affliction
                                                       Be assured that it comes
                                                       With Hashem's benediction
                                                       And if we accept
                                                       That it's given with love
                                                       We'll be showered with blessings
                                                       From Hashem above

ELAZER ABUCHATZEI​RA

THE MAN WHO STABBED TO DEATH ,RABBI ELAZER ABUCHATZEIRA
WAS UPSET THAT A BLESSING HE HAD RECEIVED FROM THE RELIGIOUS FIGURE,
DID NOT MATERIALIZE.
ISRAEL'S CHIEF RABBI ,YONA METZGER
SHOULD KNOW BETTER
THEN BY SAYING THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE,
HISTORY IS FULL OF THAT,
ZECHARIA HANOVI , TZOM GEDALIA.

WE ASK OURSELVES HOW THIS HAPPENED ?
THIS HAS BEEN THE MISTAKE OF
JEWISH PEOPLE SINCE THE GOLDEN CALVE.
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A MIDDLE FIGURE TO PRAY TO G-D,
EVERYBODY CAN PRAY WHERE EVER HE IS TO G-D.
WE DON'T NEED A WAILING WALL
A SYNAGOGUE, A GRAVE OF A HOLY MAN, ETC,ETC,
AS IT IS WRITTEN:
" HASHEM IS CLOSE TO ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM,
TO ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM SINCERELY "

THE MAIN MISTAKE  IS BY THESE RABBIS ,WHO PROMISE  PEOPLE THINGS THEY CAN NOT KEEP.
AND STUPID PEOPLE ,WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE POSITION OF A RABBI, OR TZADIK,
THE RABBI PRAYS TO G=D FOR YOU BUT G=D MIGHT SAY NO.
AND WHEN PEOPLE GIVE MONEY,
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE END.
WE HAVE TO TEACH PEOPLE ,THAT NOT ALWAYS THE BLESSING OF A HOLY PERSON WORKS.

WHAT IS A JEW

IN THE HAGADAH WE SAY.
IF HE HAD ( G-D ) BROUGHT US BEFORE MOUNT SINAI, BUT NOT GIVEN US THE TORAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN  SATISFIED US.

THE QUESTION IS, HOW WOULD THAT HAVE SATISFIED US, IF THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF GOING OUT OF EGYPT AND GETTING TO MOUNT SINAI,
WAS TO GET THE TORAH.

THE ANSWER IS THAT IT WOULD HAVE SATISFIED US ,
BECAUSE AT MOUNT SINAI WE WERE ONE PEOPLE, NOT ALL THE SAME BUT WITH ONE AIM.
AS WE FINISH THE GRACE AFTER MEALS WE SAY ,THE LAST PRAYER ,
HASHEM WILL GIVE MIGHT TO HIS PEOPLE ,( AS WE SAW IN THE SIX DAY WAR )
HASHEM WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE WITH PEACE.

I WAS IN ISRAEL AT THE TIME OF THE SIX DAY WAR.
I SAY THIS WITH TEARS IN MY EYES ,
ALL THE PEOPLE WERE ONE, FROM SECULAR TO NETUREI  KARTA. THEY ALL TURNED TO THE RIBONO SHEL OLAM TO PRAY.
THATS WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER ON SHAVUOT WE ARE ONE
AND NEED TO PRAY AS ONE.

REASSESSIN​G SUMMER PROGRAMS

ONE OF THE POINTS WHEN YOU GO FOR COUNSELLING IS ,TO LEARN THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM , FACE IT , THEN TO OVER COME IT.
EXAMPLE : IF WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY ,TO BUY WHAT YOU WANT.
YOU HAVE TO FACE THE PROBLEM ,THAT YOU WANT THE PRODUCT ,THEN OVER COME THE PROBLEM THAT YOU CAN NOT   AFFORD IT.

WE HAVE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ,AND ADULTS ,THAT THE SITUATION A PERSON FINDS HIM SELF IN LIFE, RICH ,OR POOR, HEALTHY ,OR UN HEALTHY ,ARE TESTS OF LIFE  FROM THE RIBONA SHAL OLAM TO YOU,
AND THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT.

THE RICH CHILDREN WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOLIDAYS, AND THAT IS WHY G-D MADE THEM RICH ,
AND THE POOR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOLIDAYS,
WE ARE NOT ALL BE THE SAME.
BUT WHAT WE CAN TEACH IS ,THAT EVERY BODY HAS THE SAME VALUE IN G-D EYES .

AND IF PARENTS DO NOT TEACH THIS IMPORTANT LESSON, TO THEIR CHILDREN , THEY ARE LACKING IN BEING PARENTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST PRINCIPLES FAITH:
HE ALONE MADE, MAKES, AND WILL MAKE EVERYTHING
AND IF YOU SEE THAT GEDOLA YISROEL HAVE MORE TIME TO THE RICH,
AND LITTLE OR NO TIME TO THE POOR.
THEN GO TO G-D DIRECT ,AS IT SAYS IN THE PSALMS:
HASHEM IS CLOSE TO ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM ,TO ALL WHO CALL HIM SINCERELY.
YOU DO NOT NEED AN INTERMEDIARY .