Work with the Right Intention

“When he is occupied in mind and body with one of the means of earning a living, let his intent be to fulfill the commandment of the Creator, who has commanded man to engage in worldly means such as working the soil, plowing and sowing it, as it is written ‘Hashem, God, took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it’ (Bereshis 2:15).” ~ Chovos Halevovos

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Huge Segula Early Tomorrow Morning!

I just came across something fascinating at http://shiratdevorah.blogspot.com/ and had to share it with you.  As you will read, we should all take these 9 minutes and daven for each other, for emuna, shalom bayis, health, happiness, parnasah for our families and all Klal Yisroel, that Hashem should protect us from all harm and that moshiach should come speedily in our days.

The Ninth of the Ninth

The Ninth of the Ninth: a most auspicious time to daven for all good things.
Rav Chaim Vital, in the introduction to his work Eitz Hachaim, writes: The sefer Bris Menuchah was written by an early-generation tzaddik to whom Eliyahu Hanavi appeared and revealed secrets, among them the following secrets:
“Once every fifty years, the ninth year of yovel arrives and in it the ninth month, and in it the ninth day, and in it the ninth hour – whereupon all the wheels in the upper worlds are agitated and ‘Your good treasure house upon us do open’ is fulfilled.
“During these fateful moments, an incredible abundance of yeshuos [salvation] is poured into this world. Hakadosh Baruch Hu opens the heavens and is mashpia salvation, joyful events, communal yeshuos and individual ones, Torah, good health, parnassah, zivugim, marital harmony, children, and nachas from the children.”
The key to the abundance of the coming fifty years can be found in these moments.
“It is auspicious for success,” our sefarim say about this hour.
“It is a time of joy and gladness,” the Ramban writes.
“It is a pipeline of abundance,” writes the author of Bris Menuchah.
Out of fifty years – out of all the years, months, days, and hours – there is one solitary hour that never repeats itself, about which it is written, “This is the choicest of all hours and auspicious for all abundance.” What is obtainable during this hour is unattainable at any other time.
Maran Hagaon Harav Wosner, shlit”a, the posek hador, said to the people of Kupat Ha’ir who went to consult with him on the topic of “the ninth of the ninth”:“In Shamayim, they agreed to this eis ratzon.”
Four years ago, Kupat Ha’ir discovered the segulah of the ninth of the ninth. That’s when it became known that “nine” was a very auspicious number in Yiddishkeit. Nine is like the key to the pipelines of abundance in Shamayim. The more “nines” that come together, the more locks to the very highest heichalos of abundance fall away. Because this is what is written in the sefer Bris Menuchah, written by the saintly Tanna’im:
Regarding the source of the segulah, we learned beyond the shadow of a doubt that this is from the mekoros that throughout the generations all the tzaddikim without exception endorsed and confirmed, and so this is indeed a rare, supernatural hour.
Kupat Ha’ir asked the rabbanim, each of whom spent many hours calculating. After Kupat Ha’ir received all the various opinions, we discovered something truly astonishing: There are nine minutes that are definitely, according to all calculations, part of the big eis ratzon described in our holy sefarim.
This year, 5774, is the first time since the “Ninth of the Ninth” segulah became known to the public, that all the factors are coming true! This is the first time, and also the last in the next fifty years. Because this year, according to many Rishonim, is the ninth year of the yovel!
Maran Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky, shlit”a, writes in his peirush, Derech Emunah (siman katan 137) that the year 5756 is the 40th year of the yovel, and 5765 is yovel.
The ninth year of the yovel, so auspicious to receive G-dly shefa, is this year, 5774!
In the heart of that special hour, there will be nine minutes during which, according to all calculations, Hashem chooses to open all His treasure houses to anyone who comes prepared with vessels to contain the goodness.
Very soon, abundant bounty will flow in all the worlds. Don’t be left behind!
Daven on Tuesday, November 12, 9 Kislev from 1:44 pm – 1:53 pm Israel time, 6:44 am – 6:53 am EST.
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Passing the Test

Schoolchildren share a common habit. As the teacher launches into a new subject, students’ hands shoot into the air to ask the question, “Is there going to be a test on this?” The prospect of a test influences how closely they will pay attention. The Chofetz Chaim lets every Jew know that in life, there are indeed going to be tests. Careful attention must be paid to the criteria for those tests, for the results go on a record that is not only permanent, it is eternal. ~ Sefer Ahavas Chesed

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Now

Der mentsh iz vos er iz, ober nit vos er iz geven.  Man is what he is, but not what he used to be.

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Reb Moshe’s Memory

Reb Moshe Feinstein zt”l knew virtually all of Shas, Shulchan Aruch and many of their commentaries by heart.  He also possessed a flawless command of many works of the Rishonim and Achronim, the great authors of Torah works spanning the last thousand years.  He seemed to remember everything he ever learned.

R’ Moshe used to say that it is possible for a person to remember what he learns even without having a very good memory.  We have no trouble recalling incredible sights that we see only once in a very long time.  A person who was present once in his life at Cape Canaveral to watch the lift-off of the space shuttle will not forget that sight.  Similarly, if a person appreciates the beauty and pricelessness of every word of Torah, and savors every thought and teaching, he will recall what he learns.

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Newness

Evil is always new.  Imagine, if you do something wrong, you swear to yourself you’ll never do it again, right?  How come evil returns the next day?  The answer is very simple.  Evil has a newness.  So how do you fight evil?  With even more newness? ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l

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How to Utilize Poverty and Suffering

When poverty or other suffering has been decreed on a man, he is wise to utilize the opportunity of gaining the Perfection which is thereby thrust upon him. This then becomes a great good fortune for him: “When a man accepts the chastisement of G-d and improves his ways and deeds, he can rejoice at this as one rejoices at great successes” R’ Avigdor Miller zt”l

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Even a Hair’s Breadth

Hashem judges us entirely based on how we disconnect from our current status to an ever so slightly higher status – even a hair’s breadth. Hashem collects all of those hairs and creates great things from them. ~ Rav Menachem Azolai as translated by Dov Elias

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Lengthy Prayers

When the Chasam Sofer zt”l studied under Rabbi Nosson Adler zt”l his prayers were quite lengthy and took a lot of time. One of his friends chided him: “Moshe, while you stood and prayed I learned several pages of Gemara!” R’ Moshe replied: “I am not concerned. The Gemara says (Berachos 54b) that someone who lengthens his prayers will have his days and years lengthened. I will catch up with my learning during the extra days and years that I will receive due to my extended prayers…”

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Punishing a Child

Sometimes you don’t know whether to punish a child or hug him. If you punish him when he needed a hug, you’ve made a serious mistake.

But if you hug him when perhaps he should have been punished, you’ve just brought some extra love into the world. ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

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