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Asher Ishaayahu Ben Rivka
Rashi refers to the heart and the eyes as spies for the body: "The eye sees, the heart desires, and the body commits the sins." The Torah, however, places the heart (i.e., the mind) first and then mentions the eye. This seems to reveal a profound psychological truth. We see what our minds condition us to see, or simply, we see what our thoughts make us see. The Rorschach test used by psychologists is based on this insight. Some nebulous shape attains a certain configuration because of the way we think. Our thoughts shape our observations.
Unfortunately, when considering ALIYAH, our thoughts are often focused on the negative aspects, no differently than in the days of the meraglim. The economic situation, intifada, adjustment difficulties etc. We must learn to emulate Calev - "aloh na’aleh veyarashnu otah," for with the help of the Almighty - "yakhol nukhal." WE CAN DO IT!
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
