Daily Davening Discourse #5: Weekday Kedushah part 1

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Nachas!

Today I received an Hakoras HaTov call from Yerushalayim, from a gentleman who has listened to my recorded shiurim on Talmud Yerushalmi for over four years and is making a siyum this Shabbos. He was effusive in his gratitude and praise.

I myself am extremely grateful to 

Reb Eli Gurevich

  Yerushalmionline.org
was his idea and he brought it to fruition. We are currently working together on the Tosefta at
Toseftaonline.org.

I am likewise most grateful to

Reb Reuvain Meir HaKohen Caplan

 for hosting my shiurim! He recently shared with me the following message he received from a person who listened to my shiurim at his website
http://shiurim.sumseq.com/RYGB/. 

"A few months ago, I discovered your online repository of R'Bechhofer's shiurim. They are amazing, to say the least. This lead me to explore more of his writings and shiurim online. After the first few Hashkafa-related essays in Bigdei Shesh and listening to some of the shiurim you posted a dozen times or so, I knew I had discovered a very special person. So much of that information has undoubtedly greatly increased my avodas hashem and would have been otherwise inaccessible. I attribute my access primarily to you and truly am incapable of thanking you enough."

May HKB"H grant us the zechus to continue to be meifitz and marbitz Toraso HaKedoshah both in real time and place reality and in virtual reality!

A beautiful mashal and powerful mussar about Relative Time

My friend and chevrusa from decades ago, Rabbi Uri Aumann shlita, Rosh Machon Miktze HaAretz in Yerucham, sent out this message for Yomim Noro'im. I meant to share it earlier, but truly better late than never:

ערב יום הכיפורים תשע"ח

לכל קרובנו וידידינו ולכל בית ישראל - ברכת גמר חתימה טובה!

חשבתי על משל נפלא שיוכל לעזור לנו לנצל את היום הקדוש ביתר שאת:

הגר"ש וולבה זצ"ל כתב משל בעודו טס בדרך משווייץ לצרפת. הוא שם לב שהדרך שלוקחת על הקרקע כשמונה שעות, עושה המטוס בחצי שעה. אז הוא כתב: תראו איך ברגע שאדם "ממריא" ומתרומם מעל הארציות, מעל עולם התאוות והיצרים, הוא יכול להספיק בחצי שעה מה שרגילים בדרך כלל להספיק בשמונה שעות!    באמת משל נפלא שיכול לעזור לנו כל השנה.

אבל חשבתי להוסיף, שנשים לב שחללית עושה את אותו המרחק בשתי שניות! ולא זו בלבד, אלא שלא צריכה להתאמץ בשביל זה. וכל כך למה? כי בחלל אין כח משיכה ואין אטמוספרה ולכן אין שום דבר שמפריע מלהתקדם.

וזה משל נפלא ליום הכיפורים. הלא יום הכיפורים הוא כידוע היום היחיד שאין לשטן שליטה בו. "כח המשיכה" הרוחני שלוחץ עלינו כל השנה, מניח לנו ביום זה. וכל אחד ואחד מרגיש בחוש את ההתעלות ביום הגדול הזה. עובדה גם שרוב הציבור גם הרחוק מאד מכל התורה, צם ביום הכיפורים. ואם כן, אם נדע לנצל את היום הנפלא הזה, נוכל לגמוע מרחקים ולטפס לפסגות שאין לנו שייכות אליהם כל השנה. אבל בשביל זה צריך תשומת לב מיוחדת לא להחמיץ את הזדמנות הפז הזו!

בהצלחה לכל עם ישראל!

Letter to the Editor of the Yated

I scanned the following Letter to the Editor from this week's Yated Ne'eman. 

I don't think any commentary is required.

Daily Davening Discourse #4: 2nd brocho of Shemoneh Esrei #2

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Daily Davening Discourse #3: 1st brocho of Shemoneh Esrei #3, 2nd brocho #1

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Daily Davening Discourse #2: 1st brocho of Shemoneh Esrei #2

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Daily Davening Discourse #1: 1st brocho of Shemoneh Esrei #1

The first version of this shiur did not come out well when I tried doing it live. I will be trying again, and am tentatively scheduling them nightly (Monday through Thursday) at 6:30 pm beginning a week from today. If the technical problems continue, then as in this video, I will record them on my computer and then upload them. I am  open to and welcome suggestions and requests! Please share, and may we all be zocheh to enhance our Avodas Hashem!

The podcast is available at: http://www.aishdas.org/rygb/rss

Daily Davening Discourses

As one of my kabbolos from this past Yom Kippur, I will be giving IYH a Daily Davening Discourse on the Siddur, The Beurei Tefillah will be primarily from the Siddur that inspires me every Yomim Noro'im, the Otzar HaTefillos - specifically focusing on the Dover and Acharis Sholom and the Anaf Yosef. The Discourses will be no more than 15 minutes each, broadcast live and archived on youtube. I am tentatively scheduling them nightly (Monday through Thursday) at 6:30 pm beginning a week from today. I am  open to and welcome suggestions and requests! Please share, and may we all be zocheh to enhance our Avodas Hashem!

Alternative Tefillos LeSholom HaMedinah

From http://www.wzo.org.il/files/morim2016/gilgulei.pdf. I think the version of Prof. Dov Sidan is superior to the "Avinu SheBaShamayim" that is widespread and would have accomplished more universal acceptance. Oh well.

Headlines Radio on Aliyah l'Har HaBayis, including an interview with your humble servant...

9/30/17 Aliya L

9/30/17 Aliya L’Har Habayis - 
And Aliya Liregel Bzman Hazeh

with Rabbi Yosef Rabin - Tel Talpiyos Organization
with Rabbi Nachman Kahane - Rav Chazon Yechezkel Muslim Quarter
with Rabbi Gavriel Bechhofer - Noted Rav and Mechaber Seforim
with Rabbi Yosef Greenwald - Dayan in Givat Zeev, Bais Havaad
My name was is spelled wrong on the Headlines website. I fixed it for posting on the blog. :-)

My relatively short segment (about 15 minutes) begins at about 1:15:48.

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