In light of misleading advertisements, we would like to republicize the ruling that was previously given:
On Shabbos Kodesh and Yom Kippur, it is absolutely and categorically forbidden to carry on streets of Crown Heights and its vicinity.
Anyone who promotes otherwise is םיברה תא איטחמ with desecrating Shabbos, and violating the psak-din and explicit instructions of ארתאד יראמ.
Since these advertisements can cause confusion among guests and others, the responsibility lies with business owners not to lend a hand to those who go against the teaching of our Torah Toras Chaim, R”l.
Those who listen will be blessed.
With blessings of הבוט
/signed/ Rabbi Osdoba and Rabbi Braun
P.S.
The Rebbe never agreed to the establishment of an eruv in our neighborhood, and in general to establishing publicly an eruv in large cities, ךלמה
. Also the psak din of the great Rabbonim and foremost by ל"
, "that it is forbidden to establish an eruv in any neighborhood in New York and Brooklyn, and even if an eruv is established there, it is forbidden to carry in it ."
Therefore, those who encourage carrying on Shabbos in our neighborhood, in addition to rebelling against the Beis Din here and the great Rabonim who had paskened, they are first and foremost rebelling ל"חר against the תעד and תוארוה of the רודה
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Beyond Speech
The Great Light Which Comes out of the Darkness
By Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz
The Song of David is read as the haftarah twice during the year. Once with parshat Haazinu (when it falls between Yom Kippur and Sukkot), because it is similar to Moses's song of Haazinu, and again on the seventh day of Passover, when we read Az Yashir, the song we sang at the splitting of the Sea of Reeds.
When we read Az Yashir during the year, the haftarah is from the Song of Deborah, because at the splitting of the sea, the women were more joyous than the men. While the men sang, the women sang with dances and tambourines. Therefore, we sing the song of a woman, the Song of Deborah.
Why then do we read the Song of David on the seventh day of Passover? It is explained that on the seventh day of Passover, the light of Moshiach shines bright, as the day has redemptive qualities to it. That is why it was on this day that the Jewish people went through the Sea of Reeds, finally becoming free from the Egyptians. Since King David is the father of Moshiach, we read his song.
The Song of David is recorded twice in the Bible, once in the book of Samuel, and again, with variations, in Psalms. For the haftarah, the one from Samuel is read.
King David sang this song in gratitude to G-d, who saved him from his enemies and from King Saul. It is written in the Bible twice, since there are many lessons to be learned from it with regards to our personal salvation from dark and difficult situations and challenges. I will just mention a few.
The haftarah tells us that G-d, “surrounded Himself with a canopy of darkness, from clouds of water, bound together…” This is said, not in a negative way, but rather, in a positive way. What is positive about G-d being in the darkness?
First, it is darkness that defines light. Second, darkness and difficulties bring out light in two ways. When a person is faced with a challenge, it brings out the will in him or her to overcome and break through the darkness. By overcoming the darkness,
the light is greater than it would have been without the difficulty.
However, there is much more that can be achieved with this darkness. Sometimes, the darkness is so great that it feels insurmountable. When this happens, the only strategy is to turn the darkness into light. This is accomplished by taking the difficulty and finding a way to use it for good. It makes you realize that the darkness was not darkness at all. In Chassidic parlance this is “the great light which comes out of the darkness.”
This message is found later in the haftarah as well. King David says, “You are my lamp, G-d, and G-d lights my darkness.” A lamp dispels darkness, yet the darkness still exists; it is just overcome by light. “G-d lights my darkness” is when the revelation of G-d is so great that the darkness ceases to exist. How did King David achieve these great salvations? He says that G-d “makes my legs straight like a doe’s.” Rashi explains that a female deer’s legs are straighter than the male’s. What does a doe’s legs have to do with our haftarah?
A deer prances freely and can go far on its legs. This symbolizes that we are capable of doing a lot. Straight legs symbolize acceptance of G-d's will without question, just as legs do the bidding of the head, taking it from place to place, without question. He speaks of a female deer, because women, being closer to G-d, are more likely to do what He wants without question. (We see this regarding the sin of the Golden Calf, when the women refused to join in the sin.) King David is saying that because he had unquestioning faith, which women naturally have, he merited these great salvations. As the verse continues, “He stands me on high places.” This means, that when we act this way, G-d doesn't just save us. He puts us above any possibility of strife, challenges, darkness, difficulties, pain, suffering, etc.
May we merit this already, as we have all done G-d's bidding and suffered for it. It is time for Moshiach to come. May he come soon.
Story Time
Petersburg And Forgetfulness
THE GOAT IS NOW SAYING ‘ECHAD’
Chassidim once farbrenged with the mashpia, R’ Shmuel Betzalel in Lubavitch and in the middle of the farbrengen the refreshments were used up. In R’ Shmuel Betzalel’s courtyard there was a goat and he said to take it to the shochet and to bring the meat to the farbrengen. The Chassidim did so and continued to farbreng all night.
In the morning, his wife got up to milk the goat and when she saw that it was gone, she began to shout, “Shmuel Betzalel, the goat is gone!”
He answered, “No, the goat is present.”
She repeated, “The goat isn’t here.”
He repeated that it was. This went on until he said to his wife, “The goat is here. It’s just that previously it called out ‘meh’ and now it calls out ‘echad.’”
Then he explained that thanks to the farbrengen in which Chassidim are inspired to avodas Hashem, add in their learning of Chassidus until they apprehend that “G-d is one” and “there is nothing but Him,” the goat was there but it had risen to a higher level and called out “G-d is one.”
(Lilmod Eich L’hispalel, vol. 1, page 256)
DIRA B’TACHTONIM DOESN’T MEAN THEATERS...
The mashpia, R’ Chaim Shaul Bruk would say that there are those who think that since the point is to make a “dwelling down below,” that one should go all out when it comes to the “tachtonim,” but this is obviously incorrect. Our job is to focus on “making Him, blessed be He, a dwelling” - to bring and reveal G-dliness. It is just that the place we do this is “down below” - in material things, but it’s not that the “tachtonim” itself has any intrinsic quality. He would tell of a Chassid who wanted to make
a “dira ba’tachtonim” and decided to go to Petersburg, since Lubavitch was not in the category of “tachtonim,” being a small town and disconnected from the big world. He had to travel to the capital city; that was the “tachtonim.”
After some time, he thought that being in Petersburg wasn’t enough, for when one was in the Beis Medrash in Petersburg it was like being in Lubavitch. He had to go out to the street, which is in the category “tachton,” and think Chassidus there, and that would fully achieve the goal of a “dira ba’tachtonim.”
Then this Chassid thought that even being on the street of Petersburg wasn’t really “tachtonim.” He had to go to the theater and think Chassidus there with his eyes closed, and that would actualize the goal of a “dira ba’tachtonim.”
When the Chassid got to the theater, he thought, being in the theater with eyes closed and thinking Chassidus is still not “tachtonim,” because it’s like he’s not really there. It’s like he is still in the Beis edrash in Lubavitch, and the dira needs to be made “ba’tachtonim.”
And that is how he continued, as it were, to carry out the goal of Creation, until he was left without any connection to Judaism …
(B’Darchei Ha’Chassidim p. 321)
PETERSBURG AND FORGETFULNESS
The Tzemach Tzedek said, “The bell in Petersburg caused me to forget.” He meant that until Petersburg he did not experience forgetfulness, but ever since the government conference that he attended in Petersburg, the bells that kept ringing in the churches on their holiday caused him to experience forgetting for the first time.
(Likutei Sippurim p. 207)
Recipe of the week
Dubai-Chocolate-Style Stuffed Dates
By Batsheva Burack, Kosher.com
Finally tried the viral recipe and wow. It’s nutty, it’s chocolatey, it’s just delicious. Chewy, nutty, chocolatey perfection in every bite. Trust me, make a batch and you’ll want these in your freezer at all times.
INGREDIENTS
Beleaves Medjool dates
crushed pistachios
Haddar Tahini
chocolate chips
coconut oil
PREPARATION
1. Open and pit the dates. Check for insects.
2. Melt chocolate chips with a little coconut oil.
3. Mix melted chocolate with a drop of tahini and crushed pistachios.
4. Spoon mixture inside each date.
5. Top with more pistachios and a drizzle of tahini.
6. Freeze until set.
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