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26/08/2020

Why We Won't the Lottery

Lottery mania struck America the week before. The mega-million jackpot had exceeded the $ 1.6
billion astronomical amount.
Winning chances were 1 in 302,575,350. You are 300 times more likely to get hit by the lightning than
to win a multi-state jackpot to put it into some form of perspective.
If you expect a baby, the chances of getting quintuplets naturally are one in 55 million, which is five
times more likely than matching the winning numbers. Yet we& #39;re putting down our money — and
hopefully. And, yes, someone in South Carolina is celebrating this time. Probably there was a winner
here!
It just wasn't me. I confess I too have ignored the odds and have chosen to help God, if He so wishes,
by buying one ticket to make me super-rich. I told myself more than one ticket is stupid. So if God
believed my good thoughts on what I would do with the money I knew I would have to buy one ticket
and depend on God to perform a divine miracle. The following noteworthy story sheds light on this
issue.
It happened in a village, near Dvinsk, many years ago. A devout but nearly penniless Jew found
himself in desperate need of a large sum of money to make his eldest daughter& #39;s wedding possible.
The man always put his faith in God throughout his life. And he also knew that blessings require
human effort and that one could never depend on an overt miracle.
A man stumbled into him almost by chance, but with what he took to be a divine omen and said he
was selling lottery tickets, after apologizing. Their meeting may have had a reason, he suggested, in an
unusual fashion. The cost of the ticket was small; all problems of the holy man would be solved by the
potential benefit. So he purchased the ticket, brought it back home, and prayed for a miracle in the
synagogue.
Not far from this Jews home was another Jew who had become his exact opposite. He was a thief, an
unscrupulous business person who daily swindled others, and he also decided to purchase a lottery
ticket deep in debt to help him overcome his financial hardships. Hearing them talk about the holy
Jew buying a ticket in town, the thief had a daring idea.
Since God will certainly look much more favorably on a holy man& #39;s ticket than his own, he decided to
sneak unexpectedly into the religious Jew& #39;s house and swap the ticket he had bought with the one his
righteous owner had in possession of. You can well guess what happened. The pious Jew was stunned
to learn God responded to his prayers. "His" ticket was the one to win.
The thief had been distraught. He& #39;d lost his fortune through his own illicit activities. Yet he did not
want to admit defeat. He ordered a rabbinic judgment, with tremendous chutzpah, which would erase

the effect of his theft. He knew he stole a fare, so he would make a refund for that fare. But it was he
who won the seat.
Why would he be robbed of the winnings of everything he bought himself? The rabbi was Rabbi Meir
Simcha, (1843-1926) a prominent early 20th-century representative of orthodox Judaism in Eastern
Europe. The rabbi conceded the proceeds to the ticket& #39;s innocent holder.

He not only condemned the thief for his crime but also for being stupid enough to assume that it was
the ticket that had the mazal rather than the individual. The winner was destined by God; this was not
a combination of numbers. And thats why someone in the mega-million jackpot, too, got a surprising
"split" last week.
Earl Livingston, an 87-year-old Blackwood resident in Camden County, tripped, dropped and broke his
hip while going to the store to buy a ticket to the massive Mega Millions draw on Tuesday night.
When he arrived at Stratfords Jefferson Stratford Hospital, he told carers where he was going when
he fell so they invited him to join their ticket pool.
He ended up as one of 141 players who have almost won the grand prize. Each of their tickets pulled
the first five numbers but skipped the final Mega Ball which could have secured a $ 1.53 billion share
for them. Five figures have been perfect for $ 1 million which will be equally divided.
Why was He Winning? Why not all the pot? How was everybody in South Carolina winning? And most
of all why wasn't I the winner? This was not that our seat numbers were on. This has been because of
the names on the celestial list of GOD.

26/08/2020

Why do we even need to pray in front of Western Wall?

Those who remain far from a synagogue intuit Gods presence. Like the saying goes, a foxhole is without
atheists. When a guy is caved in and the enemy comes, he will cry out: "Omnipotent, get me out here! I want to live;
How exactly does he say?

"Dear God: while for all these years I have overlooked You, rejected Your presence, and have not
accepted everything that You have done for me, now I am in trouble, and I know You are the only One
Who can help"
You have to realize, to pray in front of Western Wall correctly, that not only God loves you, but His love
for you is eternal.

God has given you eyes , ears, knowledge, and life itself! A Jew recites blessings of thanks to God each
morning for all the gifts that He has bestowed on us. Such blessings remind us of the profound love God
has for us.
When we understand what God is able to do for us, it is insane not to stay in touch.
Of course when we pray in front of Western Wall we do not point something new to Heaven.

He need not remind Him of our needs.

If a father of a billionaire offered up endless cash on a silver platter, his kid will grow up rich and
reckless.
So, too, if God immediately gave us all, we can never determine for ourselves what we want in life. Sure,
that would make life simpler. But we were not going to expand.

God has at heart our best interests, He needs us to deserve it. And this is what is going to make us
perfect.

How Have We Problems?

God has strong relations. He will find the right partner in you.
He will overcome the financial difficulties. And why do we have all those problems in the world?
Because no matter how smart or strong you are, you'll never be able to live the lives of your kids for
them. In reality, part of sincere love for your kids is to encourage them to branch themselves out, to be
independent.
If we were all machines, following every order automatically, the world could be tidy and clean. Yet life
would have neither meaning nor significance.

God wants that we are sovereign, that we think and make our own choices.
We have the "free-will" to make eternally valid choices. We can chose to step away from God and He is
going to make us do so.
Not because He wants this to happen, but because He wants us to be autonomous, even at the risk of
abuse of it. We may suffer the consequences but it keeps intact our independence.

12/08/2020

An exciting letter that came to us, how prayer brings salvation

12/08/2020

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11/08/2020

God will answer to your prayers

Have you ever answered one prayer?
In Midwestern America you live in a small community. In front of your house is an incredibly big and unseemly pothole. The local authority has been ignoring your insistent demands to have it patched for the last four months.
Finally, you dial the White House in an act of desperation, and ask for the president. (Hey, a try is worth the effort.)
The President himself gets on the line to your absolute amazement. You 're easy to clarify the issue. The president listens and then hangs up for a minute. You don't intend to necessarily do anything about it.
You look out your window the next morning and, lo and behold, the engineers' army corps is hard at work repairing your road. The U.S. President took your question seriously and sent in the troops to help!

That is what it means to get an answer to your prayer.
So who's the one guy who can always get the president through?
Of course the son of the President.
That is our relationship to the Father and child of God. Just as a parent fulfills a request for a child, so too does God respond to prayers.
To truly speak with Him, you need to know that He is obedient and capable of doing all this.
Otherwise you're only referring to the finite definition of God and not to our true heavenly Lord.

One day they brought in a young tourist called Jeff to visit me at Aish HaTorah.
"What is it you are doing?" I asked.

"I am studying at Harvard University for my Master of Business Administration (MBA), and I am an atheist."

"Fantastic! A true atheist! Someone who could encourage an athlete like you to talk to a rabbi like me deserves a medal."

"No," says Jeff, "he deserves nothing. I will tell you how I got here ..."

Jeff was in Norway, visiting his wife in Norway.

And he agreed it was now, or never: he's moving to Israel.

And he started for the Western Wall and Jerusalem. He thought he 'd stop to see some old stones by the Wall. And he was shocked at his arrival. He sensed something powerful. He was emotional.

Jeff stood before the Door, and made up the prayer of an atheist. He looked down at the bricks, saying:

"God, I don't believe in You. I don't believe You as far as I know, You don't exist, but I feel anything. It's just that I don't realize You exist, but God, if You're really there and I make a mistake, get me an introduction."
Jeff finished his prayer, and one of the students from Aish HaTorah who happened to be at the Wall saw Jeff and said, "Perhaps he might be interested in studying some Torah."

He tapped Jeff on the shoulder, so much to his shock that he shot three feet into the air. Jeff whirled around, screaming,

"What do you want in that blankety-blank-dash-bang?!"

"Excuse me. I just want to know if you want to hear about Him."

That question hit Jeff in between the eyes like two-by-four right. He had just finished asking God for an introduction and someone immediately decided to introduce him to Heaven.

Jeff learnt the next six weeks at Aish HaTorah.

He was a very serious student, and with a commitment to further learning he went back to the states. A year later, Jeff returned to Israel and told me his story was over.

He had been meandering through the Old City's cobblestone alleyways during the previous summer season, when he saw a gorgeous, religious girl walking by.
Will the All-Powerful help me find someone like this.

Over the next year, one Shabbos morning, Jeff visited a synagogue for worship services in Boston. Waiting there was the same young woman he had seen in the Old City. He walked over to her and said:

"I think I saw you in Jerusalem, Israel last summer season."

She responded, "You are right. I have seen you, too."

They now live and are married in New Jersey.

Keep in mind Jeff's prayer. If you meet any atheists, maybe you should tell them that. Since your prayers are answered when you are sincere towards God.

The Almighty is close to all who truly call upon Him. (Psalms 145:18)

10/08/2020

Where all the Western Wall prayer is notes going?

Western Wall, also called Wailing Wall, a prayer place and religious pilgrimage for the Jewish folk in the Jerusalem, Old City.

JERUSALEM (holylandonline1) People from all over the globe put their prayers in the Western Wall of Jerusalem, or give them to "God, Jerusalem." It is Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz who makes them open.
After inserting a prayer note in a crack in the Western Wall during evening prayers in the old city of Jerusalem, a Jews man wearing a ring featuring David's star prays Citizens from all over the world put their prayers in the Western Wall of Jerusalem, or give them to "Jesus, Jerusalem." Clearing them up is a work for rabbi.
Millions of people visit one of the holiest places in Judaism at the Western Wall each year and leave a written prayer wedged between the cracks of the ancient stones on pieces of paper.

Members of other religions around the world have followed the tradition. It is very popular with rides by Christian tourists.The rabbi says to stop by the Western Wall from Jerusalem's Old City, and leave a note. It is up to Rabinowitz as Rabbi of the Western Wall to ensure that there is room for potential paper wishes.

His staff takes hundreds of thousands of documents twice a year, then buries them on Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The Western Wall is bounded with people immersed in prayer at certain hours of the day. Many lean forward and brush the stones to their foreheads. We whisper their wishes with eyes closed, and kiss the wall when we finish praying.
"In case you don't know how, the notes are a way to pray. After all, if you wish to receive, you must inquire, "Rabinowitz said from his office in Jerusalem's Old City. Rabinowitz and a dozen employees brush the western wall with sticks of wood to search high for the prayer notes nearest to the heavens to be snared.

They never read them and never counted the number of written prayers, but there's enough in each series to fill up about 100 shopping bags, each with thousands of notes, Rabinowitz said. The office of the rabbi, which oversees the site, reports that in 2006 year more than 5,000,000 people visited the western wall.

Israel's Ministry of Tourism has said that 1.5 million of them are foreign visitors. Many letters are also sent out via fax or email at a small charge to the wall. Rabinowitz said he is adding hundreds of letters a year collected by the Jerusalem post office clearly addressed to Him.

It is impossible to know the faith of the people who sent them because those who receive them never read the letters, the rabbi said.
"Everything you can wish for. You spill your heart and then you fortify yourself, "Moshe Azolai, 29, who gone to visit the site with U.S. relatives said.

Azolai left a prayer for his son, who was one of many 13-year-old boys to be celebrated in the bright summer sun at a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.

09/08/2020

Visitors to the Western Wall are expected to follow a conservative dress code.

People entering the section of prayer are expected to keep their heads covered, either by wearing a Kippa or cap. The entrance to the prayer segment also contains plain paper skull caps. Women who wish to enter the wall must dress politely, wearing a shirt with sleeves and long skirts or pants preferably.

Naked shoulders, shorts and short skirts are not permitted. At the entrance to the prayer section are modest shawls in dark colors and a kind of wraparound skirt. There are also specific codes of conduct during Shabbat and Jewish holidays, including a ban on smoking, eating, writing, taking photos and using any sort of digital equipment, in particular smartphones.

The Western Wall, also known in Hebrew as the Wailing Wall and Ha Kotel Ha' Ma'aravi, is situated in the center of Jerusalem's Old City, and is considered one of the world's most important holy sites for Judaism followers. The Wall is the only surviving part of the Second Jewish Temple's limestone wall, built by King Herod the Great.
The Western Wall welcomes tens of thousands of tourists from each corner of the globe each year. Some actually come to pray, although others visit the wall to see its well-preserved splendor, as well as the impressive sight of hundreds of people dressed in their prayer shawls and unison reciting their prayers.

This dates back to the 2nd century BC, and is one of three Temple Mount supporting walls, the ancient site of the 1st and 2nd Jewish Temples. The Temple Mount, a wide rectangular base, includes the Dome of the Mountain, sacred to both Jews and Muslims, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and a number of auxiliary constructions.
The Western Wall became a temple when Jews were prohibited to reach the Temple Mount, and while it has been under Jewish rule since 1967, it is the focus of ongoing Jewish-Muslim disputes.

A visit to the tunnels ends your journey
There are also two uncovered sections, besides the Western Wall Plaza, which are known as the Southern Section and the Little Western Wall (HaKotel HaKatan), located in the Muslim Quarter.
The Little Western Wall is situated 170 meters (558 feet) north of the Prayer Plaza, only accessible via a narrow alley near the Muslim Quarter's Iron Gate. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations, except when daily prayer services take place on Friday evenings (Erev Shabbat).

Allowing preparation, the Core excavations are also worth a visit as archeologists are still finding a variety of sites. Among the sites are the Second Temple Ritual-Bath Complex, the Great Bridge Excavations, a bridge connecting the Upper City and the Temple Mount, and the Beit Strauss Excavations.
Directed tours to the tunnels are popular with tourists and it is highly recommended that you book early.

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08/08/2020

08/08/2020

3 new Jews prayers written for COVID-19 pandemic

While the world deals with a global health crisis, new prayers are written by Jewish thought. We also collected some of the written prayers here, too;

Prayer Through the Pandemic
This prayer was written by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the UK; he proposed that it be said with Psalms 91, 121, and 130.
Father in Heaven,
During this time of profound global concern, we look to You to bestow Your grace upon all the inhabitants of our helpless planet, now sorely afflicted.
Almighty Heaven, who protects the living with loving-kindness, helps the fallen and cures the ill, consoles the bereaved families and sends a swift and full recovery to all those who have contracted the virus, as the prophet Jeremiah said:
"And I will restore you to health, and heal you from your wounds," says the Almighty.
Bless those who suffer from power.
Bless those in pain, with resilience. Bless those who are despondent, with hope. With wisdom bless all those who seek a cure and compassionately thank all those who give comfort. Bless the members of our nation. Give them knowledge and foresight, and their counsel, to act with wisdom and honesty for the well-being of those they serve.
Bless the physicians, nurses, all healthcare professionals and key workers who diligently try healing and support those affected, while at the same time risking themselves. Open our hearts in prayer, and our hands in empathy to ensure that love and kindness across the physical gap this epidemic creates between us.
During this period of increased global understanding of our shared interdependence, the Almighty God of redemption and hope helps all mankind to understand the power that comes from being united in love and concern, rather than separated with hatred and discrimination. Looking to the future, may You empower all people to create and maintain communities of unity, equality, harmony, and peace.
O Lord, our Pillar, and Salvation lead us quickly from despair to hope, from fear to trust and from the fear of death to the celebration of life.
Will this prayer of mine arrive at a convenient time before You.
And this may be Your will, Amen.

Prayer for Medical Experts
By Alden Solovy, first appeared on his website.
O God of wisdom,
Bless doctors and medical scientists around the world
With insight and competency, dedication and strength,
As they fight coronavirus,
So their work yields understanding and knowledge,
Finding a vaccine fast, therapies, and deterrents for spreading it.
Lifestyle source,
Provide policy and public health officials
The power to take fast, decisive action,
With empathy and appreciation,
In pursuit of humanity,
Combating that outbreak
And the other diseases which the planet still plagues,
Diseases which threaten our brothers and sisters' lives;
Citizens and Neighborhoods,
Young and old alike.
Age Skirt,
End sickness and suffering,
So everyone knows
Their compassion and grace.
Praised are You, Father, Flesh-healer, Wonder-maker.

Prayer for the Cure
By Rabbi Ayelet S.
May the One Who Blessed Our Fathers
Bless all those who risk taking care of the sick
Doctors and surgeons, and surgeons
Personal health care assistants and helpers
EMTs, pharmacists and
Community workers and physical therapists at hospitals
(Include other health-care workers at the front line. And bless
Who navigates the world's unfolding dangers every day;
Tend to help those they have sworn.
Congratulate them on coming home and congratulate them on going out.
Ease their pain. Keep them on.
Healer of all things, Source of all air,
Protect them and bring back hope.
Fortify them, that they may bring forth strength;
Hold them in safety, so they can carry a cure.
Enable them to learn a time they can breathe without fear again.
Bless their hands for the holy work.
May this plague pass through us, quickly and in our days.

07/08/2020

In the Western Wall place notes

BURN OR BURY

A whole chapter in one of Rabinowitz's books deals with the problem of discarding notes from the Western Wall. "There's an old debate about burning the documents, or burying them," said Rabinowitz. According to Jewish law the destruction of sacred texts is forbidden. Alternatively, books of prayer and scripture are "put" in containers, and mostly buried in Jewish cemeteries.
Yet even before notes were trapped in the Western Wall, it was common for religious Jews to put notes of prayer at the tombs of rabbis deemed to be holy. Those notes are usually burned. Rabinowitz said that burning is a pure way of dealing with the notes but it is more appropriate to bury them according to Jewish practice.
Also with the twice-a-year rabbi cleaning the next one will take place in mid-September before the Jewish New Year finding a snug spot in the wall for a note may be a challenge. Yaniv Artist, 28, who had been leading a tour group visiting the Western Wall, had difficulty positioning his prayer. "It came down from about three positions until I managed to hold it up high in a crack way," he said.

REMNANT

The Western Wall is a vestige of the Second Temple compound which was demolished in 70 AD. It stands today under a holy plaza known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as the Mount of the Temple. The entire wall spans approximately 500 meters (1.650 feet), though most of it is underground.
The exposed area where people gather to pray is about 50 meters long, and about 15 meters high. In the Middle East War of 1967 Israel took the Western Wall along with Arab East Jerusalem. The practice of leaving notes started almost 300 years ago, when a rabbi sent his students in writing with a prayer because he could not make the trip, Rabinowitz said.

A first time Ukrainian tourist, who only gave his first name, Dmitri, said he could "sense" the place was holy. "I put down a notice demanding good health. I think that's going to help,' he said. A woman, carrying her daughter, managed to cram a note across a partition in a separate women's field, into a crack already overflowing with paper.
"It's for my family member, who couldn't make it here," she said.

The reasoning for the placement of prayer notes in the Wall was related to the Midrashic teaching that the Divine Presence has never withdrawn from the Western Wall, and the Kabbalistic teaching that all prayers ascend from the Temple Mount to Heaven, which the Western Wall abuts.

06/08/2020

How you need to add a tour of the Western Wall tunnels to your itinerary

The Western Wall tunnels, accessible from the plaza via an unconspicuous side door, lead visitors to parts of the wall that have been concealed from view for thousands of years and many archeological discoveries, including the human-made aqueduct that flows into the Struthion Pool, an ancient water reservoir that sits under the Sisters' Convent. Despite its almost overpowering size and volume, and a visit to the Western Wall Tunnels would show the full volume of the buildings.

What you should think before you visit the Western Wall
Security checks in the Old City
Police presence is growing near the Western Wall region and the Muslim Quarter, and tourists must pass through a security fence, staffed by armed Israeli border police. Safety tests are usually conducted within seconds and include metal detectors.
Guards may also ask a few questions, preferably in English, which are best answered with straight sentences.
It's also suggested that you bring some sort of photo identification to get into the city.

How to get to the position

The Jaffa Gate, the New Gate, the Damascus Gate and the Zion Gate are the four entrances that connect to the Western Wall. The Gate of Zion is nearest to the Jewish Quarter and to Mount Zion.
Those wishing to visit the Armenian and Christian Quarters will enter the Jaffa Gate. Yet the New Gate on Jaffa Street in the Christian Quarter will be best suited to visitors. The closest gateway to the Muslim Quarter is the Damascus Gate.

Visitors will have to negotiate the labyrinth of narrow streets and alleyways within the Old Town, lined with gift shops, coffee houses, and restaurants. Thanks to weak cell phone coverage, getting about inside the Old City can be a challenge, so carrying a good old-fashioned paper map may be a smart idea.

What you'll see while on your tour
The Western Wall Plaza in front of the wall was built in the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War on the site of a Moroccan Quarter from the 12th century. It can accommodate over 60,000 people and is divided into three main parts. The central section, the farthest from the wall, is open to the public at large.
Those who do not wish to participate in the prayers may still approach the wall and leave a written message in the gaps between the blocks in the wall, usually a wish or a prayer on a piece of paper. Adjacent to the wall, the other two parts are marked as prayer areas, with the much larger portion only open to people.

06/08/2020

An exciting letter that came to us, how prayer brings salvation