These men are concreting solid steel pillars to stop vehicles from parking on the pavement outside a sports bar downtown. They are cleaning up at the end of the day.
How long do you think it will be before they realize where their vehicle is parked?
Monday 27 April 2009
hilarious
Pesach Alert: Diesel may contain chometz
Do you drive a diesel car?
Due to Carbon Friendly Fuel policies of 2008, it has recently come to our attention that 30% of the composition of Diesel is BioFuel made from
cellulosic material. While this is often maize, sometimes waste products from wheat production is used as a feedstock for biodiesel production.
While this is not a problem for ownership on Pesach as it is inedible, the issue of Hanna'ah - benefitting from Chometz is a major problem.
Therefore if one owns a diesel car, one should refrain from driving it over Pesach. For further information about what to do in an emergency one's halachic authority should be consulted.
pessach joke
Abe goes to see his boss and says, "we're doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow for Pesach and my wife needs me to help with the attic and the garage, moving and hauling stuff."
"We're short-handed, Abe," the boss replies. "I just can't give you the day off."
"Thanks, boss." says Abe, "I knew I could count on you!"
Yom Ha'Shoah Ve'Hagevurah - Ani Maamin - A Song of Ultimate Faith - Modzitz
"Ani Ma'amin" - A Song of Ultimate Faith
based on "HaRakeves HaMisnaggenes - The Singing Train", a story by P. Flexer in M.S. Geshuri's
Negina v'Chassidus b'Veis Kuzmir u'Bnoseha and a story in Sichas HaShavua # 654
Although he was centered in Otvoczk, Rebbe Shaul Yedidya Elazar of Modzitz had Chassidim throughout the major towns and cities of Poland. One of these was Reb Azriel David Fastag, who became noted for his exceptional voice throughout Warsaw. Many came to the shul where Reb Azriel David and his brothers, who were also blessed with lovely voices, would daven on the Yamim Noraim [High Holy Days]. Reb Azriel David was the ba'al tefilla [led the prayers], while his brothers accompanied him as a choir. His crisp, clear and moving voice had a profound effect on all who heard him.
He lived simply, supporting himself from a small dry goods [clothing] store, but his happiness and fulfillment came of another source - the world of Negina. His moving tunes made their way to Otvoczk, where his Rebbe, R. Shaul Yedidya Elazar appreciated them immensely. The day a new niggun of R. Azriel David's came to the Rebbe was like a "Yom Tov" for him. [One of his most memorable compositions is "M'heira Yishama," a wedding tune.]
Dark clouds began to cover the skies of Europe - the clouds of Nazism. In spite of the terrible decrees, the yellow patch and the ghettoes, most Jews could not fathom what was about to befall them. Only a few "read the map" correctly and managed to escape the clutches of the Nazi occupation to safe havens. One of them was the Modzitzer Rebbe, Rebbe Shaul Yedidya Elazar, whose Chassidim made a tremendous effort to save him. As the Nazis entered Poland, the Chassidim smuggled him out of Poland to Vilna [Lithuania], and from there he made his way across Russia to Shanghai, China, eventually arriving in America in 1941.
Meanwhile in Poland, tens of thousands of Jews were being 'shipped off' daily to their death in cattle cars that were part of the railway system. Aroused from their warm beds in Warsaw, husbands were separated from their wives, children from their parents. The elderly were often shot on the spot in front of their loved ones. Then the Jews were gathered and sent off in these trains to a place where their existence would no longer trouble those dregs of humanity known as the Nazis - to Auschwitz, Treblinka, Majdanek, etc. What did it look like in one of those cattle cars of the "death train"?
What could one expect to find other than people in their death throes - gasping, sighing and crying? One could hear the stifled cries of children, crushed together and trampled upon by the spiked boots of the evil, cruel Nazis.
However, in one such car, it seemed like a "tone" of life managed to emerge from these crushed people. What - people on their way to the slaughter, singing??? Is this not some cruel Nazi joke? Let us look a bit closer...
An elderly Jew, wrapped up in his ragged clothing, his face white as snow, makes his way over to his neighbor on the death train, begging him to remind him of the niggun the Modzitzer Rebbe sang on Yom Kippur for the Avoda, to "Ma'areh Kohen."
"Now - now - all you want to know about is niggunim?" answered the other, with a hard look at the Chassid, thinking that maybe all the suffering had caused him to lose his mind.
But this Modzitzer Chassid, Reb Azriel David Fastag, was no longer paying attention to his friend, or to anyone else on the train. In his mind, he was at the Amud HaTefilla [prayer stand] next to the Modzitzer Rebbe, and it is he who was the baal tefilla before all the Chassidim.
Suddenly, before his eyes, the words of the twelfth [of thirteen] Principle of Jewish Faith appeared: "Ani Ma'amin b'Emuna Sheleima, b'vias HaMoshiach; v'af al pi she'yismamaya, im kol zeh, achakeh lo b'chol yom she'yavo - I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Moshiach; and even though he may tarry, nevertheless, I wait each day for his coming." Closing his eyes, he meditated on these words and thought, "Just now, when everything seems lost, is a Jew's faith put to the test."
It was not long before he began to hum a quiet tune to these words. Amidst the heavy atmosphere of death and despair on the train, Reb Azriel David's dveykus [attachment to Hashem] took him above it all.
"How can one of us be singing at such a time?" wondered his fellow Jews on the train. And with such a sweet voice! It must be, that from Heaven they are accompanying us, in mourning, to our death... But listen, what is it that they are singing? You're about to be slaughtered, shot, poisoned or burnt and what are they singing? -- I believe!!!"
The Modzitzer Chassid was completely above it all, a pillar of song, bringing out of his bloodied lungs the song of his life -- the song of the eternity of the Jewish People. He was unaware of the silence in the cattle car, and of the hundreds of ears listening attentively in amazement. He also didn't hear the voices as they gradually joined his song, at first quietly, but soon - growing louder and louder! Meanwhile, he made sure to write out the notes of the newly composed song...
The moving tune, with its holy words, had penetrated the hearts of the Jews on the train, and had joined to the pure emuna [faith] in their hearts, which burst out from them in the form of this great song. The song spread from car to car. Every mouth that could draw a breath from those congested cattle cars, filled with live "corpses" and pungent with the odor of people crowded together, joined in a piece of "Ani Ma'amin - I believe." It became a wonderful, amazing symphony unto itself.
An elderly Jew, close to his death, asked for an explanation. His neighbor screamed to him, "We're singing the Jewish People lives - chai - lives! You too, sing with us - the Jewish People lives, Ani Ma'amin!" Closing his eyes, the elderly Jew clenched his fists and sang with his remaining strength - "the Jewish People is alive, I believe that Moshiach Tzidkeinu [the Righteous] will come quickly," and expired.
As the train neared the death camp, the railway workers wondered: from where is this amazing song coming? Could the Jews be singing their own burial service tune?
As if waking from a dream, Reb Azriel David opened his eyes to the sight of the singing train. His eyes were red from crying; his cheeks, wet with tears. Deeply moved, he yelled to whomever would listen, "My dear brothers! This niggun is the song of the Jewish soul. It is a song of pure faith, for which thousands of years of exile and troubles cannot overcome!"
Then, in a choked voice, he continued, "I will give my portion in Olam Haba [the World to Come] to whomever can take these notes of my song 'Ani Ma'amin' to the Modzitzer Rebbe!"
A hushed silence descended upon the train. Reb Azriel David lifted himself up by the ends of his thumbs, searching through the crowd that surrounded him. Two young men appeared, promising to bring the notes to the Modzitzer Rebbe, at any cost. One of them climbed upon the other, and in the small crack of the train's roof that only he knew of, made a hole from which to escape. Poking his head out under the open sky, he said, "I see the blue Heavens above us, the stars are twinkling and the moon, with a fatherly face, is looking at me."
"And what do you hear?" asked his companion.
Turning white, the young man answered, "I hear the Ministering Angels singing the Ani Ma'amin tune, and it's ascending to the seven firmaments of Heaven..."
Bidding farewell to their brothers and sisters on the train, the two proceeded to jump off, one after the other. One was killed instantly from the fall, while the other survived, taking the notes of the song with him. He eventually found his way to Eretz Yisrael [perhaps to the Rebbe's son, the Imrei Aish, who was in Tel-Aviv], and the notes were sent by mail to Rebbe Shaul Yedidya Elazar in New York.
Upon receiving the notes and having the "Ani Ma'amin" niggun sung, the Rebbe said, "When they sang 'Ani Ma'amin' on the death train, the pillars of the world were shaking. Hashem said, 'Can it be that My Torah is a fraud? No! But whenever the Jews will sing 'Ani Ma'amin', I will remember the six million victims and have mercy on the rest of My People.'"
It is told that on the first Yom Kippur that the Rebbe sang the "Ani Ma'amin," there were thousands of Jews in the shul. The entire Kahal [congregation] burst into tears, which fell like water into the pool of tears and blood of the Jewish Nation. The tune soon spread throughout Klal Yisrael [world Jewry].
"With this niggun," said Rebbe Shaul Yedidya Elazar, "the Jewish People went to the gas chambers. And with this niggun, the Jews will march to greet Moshiach."
Translated by Reb Yitzchak Dorfman of Yerushalayim, a Modzitzer Chassid
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eBay Goes Hebrew
The online auction and shopping website eBay has begun providing its Israeli users with Hebrew language interface. Surfers will now be able to receive almost all the information on the website, including Buy and Sell categories and sub-categories, in their native tongue.
MONEY SAVER: Loads of Virgin mobile reconditioned phones half price
My friendjust called up Virgin mobile and ordered a reconditioned Sony Ericsson W302 half price just £25 but they had many more phones on offer. Here are some of them and the prices:
Nokia 5200 - £25
Nokia 2600 - £15
Nokia 6500 classic - £50
Nokia 7373 -£39.99
Nokia 1112 - £7.50
Nokia 5800 - £110
Samsung C300 - £10
Samsung -C170 £12.50
Samsung J600 £25
Sony Ericsson -W200i - £15
Sony Ericsson - W302 - £25
Lg Shine -£30
The picks for me are the Nokia 5800 , the W302 and 6500 possible more available.
Now delivery is £4.99 but sometimes they waive this if you ask nicely enough (it worked for me).
Also here is a regular landline - 01373 855643 or freephone 0800 4089310 . Then just ask for reconditioned sales.
Be sure to get on these quick as they do sell out however the nice lady said if you request one and it's out of stock then they can arrange a ring back when they have them in stock again.
Hope those who want one get one.
Nokia 5200 - £25
Nokia 2600 - £15
Nokia 6500 classic - £50
Nokia 7373 -£39.99
Nokia 1112 - £7.50
Nokia 5800 - £110
Samsung C300 - £10
Samsung -C170 £12.50
Samsung J600 £25
Sony Ericsson -W200i - £15
Sony Ericsson - W302 - £25
Lg Shine -£30
The picks for me are the Nokia 5800 , the W302 and 6500 possible more available.
Now delivery is £4.99 but sometimes they waive this if you ask nicely enough (it worked for me).
Also here is a regular landline - 01373 855643 or freephone 0800 4089310 . Then just ask for reconditioned sales.
Be sure to get on these quick as they do sell out however the nice lady said if you request one and it's out of stock then they can arrange a ring back when they have them in stock again.
Hope those who want one get one.
NK Neturei Karta protest during moment of silence
Neturei Karta protest during moment of silence
Members of radical anti-Zionist stream hold protest in Jerusalem during moment of silence for Holocaust victims, saying 'Zionists cynically abuse the Holocaust for their own purposes'
Kobi Nahshoni
While Israelis across Israel stood for two minutes of silence Tuesday in memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust, dozens of members of the radical Neturei Karta anti-Zionist stream protested in Jerusalem against the state ceremonies marking Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Shortly before 10 am the protesters gathered at the Shabbat Square in the city, and as the sirens sounded and passersby stood still and bowed their head, they began crossing the intersection while holding up signs denouncing "the Zionist Holocaust memorial day."
Walking during the moment of silence (Photo: Guy Assayag)
The protesters briefly confronted journalists, photographers and bystanders before dispersing.
Yisrael Hirsch of Neturei Karta and a resident of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem told Ynet that "the Zionists cynically abuse the Holocaust for their own purposes."
'Zionism caused the Holocaust'
He said that, "According to Jewish tradition, and this was also stated by the Satmar Rebbe, it is Zionism that caused the Holocaust. Once the State proclaimed this day to be a memorial day for those murdered it essentially claims that it saved the Jews, and this is why we went out to protest.
"Standing in silence during the siren signals the people's participation in the acts of the Zionist regime in Palestine," he added.
Hirsch also said that holding Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Jewish month of Nisan, during which mourning rituals are forbidden, is wrong and offensive to the victims' memory.
Hirsch noted that three prominent Neturei Karta representatives attended the UN conference on racism in Geneva on Monday and even sat next too Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a press conference he held there.
The three, Rabbi Aharon Cohen from Manchester, Rabbi Yohanan Hochheiser from London and Rabbi Yisrael David Weiss from Monsey, NY, reiterated the Iranian president's statements that the Zionists used the Holocaust ton establish a state at the expense of the Palestinians.
MONEY SAVER: Pura - Pure Vegetable Oil Kosher MK 99p in Home Bargins
Pura - Pure Vegetable Oil Kosher MK 99p in Home Bargins - Manchester
Stock available now @ home bargains, Salford. unit d2 regent retail park, Regent Road, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 3TP. 0161 832 9542
May be in your local store tooo.
TORAH: Minchas Yitzchok: Can You Say Bircas Ha"Ilanos After the Month of Nisan?
Section: Halacha Category: Tshuvos
| Minchas Yitzchok: Can You Say Bircas Ha"Ilanos After the Month of Nisan? |
| The Shulchan Aruch says that one who sees the budding fruit trees during the month of Nisan should make a bracha. The Mishnah Brurah says that the bracha may be said anytime one sees the budding fruit trees for the first time that year even if it is not the month of Nisan. However the Minchas Yitzchok (10:16) says that this is only true in a climate that the trees bud at a different time of the year, such as in Australia that the trees bud in Tishrei not in Nisan. In such a case the bracha may be said at that time even though it is not Nisan. However in climates similar to Eretz Yisrael that the trees bud at the time of Nisan many Poskim hold that the bracha may only be said in Nisan, even if you find a tree budding after Nisan. Therefore if you didn't make the bracha in Nisan you may say it but without Shem Hashem. |
| http://revach.net/article.php?id=233 |
TORAH: Haircut and Shaving Permitted Today according to some
Haircut and Shaving Permitted Today according to some
When Rosh Chodesh Iyar falls on a Shabbos, as it does this year, this coming Shabbos, one is permitted to take a haircut and shave on Erev Shabbos in honor of the double simcha of Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh, even for those who are keeping minhagim of aveilus from Pesach to Lag Ba'omer (Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Berurah 493:1 MB5).Many wonder whether this heter may be relied upon by those who normally keep the chumrah (stringency) of Rav Yehudah Hachossid and do not ever take a haircut on Rosh Chodesh even when it falls on a Friday.
This is a machlokes haposkim. Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l and Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky zt"l held that (only for those who have already begun their aveilus in sefirah) this Friday is an exception and one may take a haircut and shave this Friday. The Steipler Gaon zt"l held that they may not, The Kaf Hachaim held that they should rather take a haircut on Thursday, today, after chatzos (L'Torah V'Horoah Vol. 2 pg. 20, Emes L'Yaakov 260:1, Bein Pesach L'Shavuos pg. 246, Kaf Hachaim 493:47).
All Here2cheeruup readers are reminded to consult with their rabbonim for a final p'sak.
-If a bris milah occurs during sefirah, it is permitted for the sandik, mohel and father of the baby to take a haircut/shave on the day before the bris (in the late afternoon) in honor of the bris. {If the bris is on Shabbos, they may take a haircut even Friday morning)}
(Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 493:2).
(Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 493:2).
One should consult his Rov as to which opinion to follow.
Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt Live In Concert
Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt Live In Concert
According to the uploader of this video this is "never seen before footage". I don't know about that, but i definitely don't know where this is from!
According to the uploader of this video this is "never seen before footage". I don't know about that, but i definitely don't know where this is from!
Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt needs no introduction &/or description! See him with you own eyes!
Never seen before... Enjoy
Never seen before... Enjoy
£9 SALE NOW LIVE! Hurry, when they're gone, they're gone
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Tuesday 21 April 2009
Pictures Birchas Hachamoh - Manchester 5769
Birchas Hachamoh - Manchester 5769
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