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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Falling Trees in Brooklyn - Aftermath of Sandy



During Hurricane Sandy, mature trees were uprooted like matchsticks, crushing cars and downing power lines. More than a week after the hurricane, much of the damage was yet to be cleared and repaired.

No Gas in Brooklyn



Almost two weeks after Hurricane Sandy, only 20% of the gas stations in Brooklyn had gas. People waited for hours at the other stations, while some bought gas on the black market for more than double the regular price.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Trail to Tranquility


Lately I've been reading The trail to Tranquility by Rabbi Lazer Brody which is truly a wonderful book It really helps you with inner peace and is overall a fun book. The Trail to Tranquility is the type of book that anyone could benefit from and one of those books that you never know how you lived without once you get into it. If you would like a copy of this fantastic book it can be bought here,

Friday, September 28, 2012

Genesis Chapter 6


All this text is from the JPS 1917 Edition on Mechon-mamre.org 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose. 3 And the LORD said: 'My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.' 4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown. {P} 5 And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart. 7 And the LORD said: 'I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.' 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. {P} 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. {S} 13 And God said unto Noah: 'The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish. 18 But I will establish My covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.' 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Genesis Chapter 5


All this text is from the JPS 1917 Edition on Mechon-mamre.org 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him; 2 male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth. 4 And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters. 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. {S} 6 And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh. 7 And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died. {S} 9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan. 10 And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters. 11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died. {S} 12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel. 13 And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters. 14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died. {S} 15 And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared. 16 And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters. 17 And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died. {S} 18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch. 19 And Jared lived after he begot Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years; and he died. {S} 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah. 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years. 24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him. {S} 25 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech. 26 And Methuselah lived after he begot Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begot sons and daughters. 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died. {S} 28 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begot a son. 29 And he called his name Noah, saying: 'This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.' 30 And Lamech lived after he begot Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot sons and daughters. 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died. {S} 32 And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Have a wonderful Yom Kippur!


I'd like to wish everyone a great Yom Kippur, an easy, meaningful and fast fast, and a wonderful repentance. May G-d bless you all with nothing but the best forgiveness and mercy from all harsh Rosh Hashana judgements and have you merit a wonderful year ahead full of blessings, love, joy, Connection with G-d, Spiritual awareness, absolute faith in G-d, Lots of good Torah learning and may He bless you and your families with good health and may He bless us all with the ingathering of the exiles, the rebuilding of The Temple, the coming of the Messiah, The Rebuilding of Jerusalem, the return of Priestly service in the Temple, the reestablishment of the Sanhedrin and may G-d above all bless us by lovingly returning us to him. May it be speedy and with G-d's help this year! Amen!

Genesis Chapter 4


All this text is from the JPS 1917 Edition on Mechon-Mamre.org 1 And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore Cain, and said: 'I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.' 2 And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering; 5 but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.' 8 And Cain spoke unto Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 9 And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Where is Abel thy brother?' And he said: 'I know not; am I my brother's keeper?' 10 And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground. 11 And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.' 13 And Cain said unto the LORD: 'My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.' 15 And the LORD said unto him: 'Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.' And the LORD set a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him. 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he builded a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech. 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. 22 And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 23 And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me; 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: 'for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.' 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. {S}

Monday, September 24, 2012

Genesis Chapter 3


All this text is from the JPS 1917 Edition on Mechon-Mamre.org 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: 'Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?' 2 And the woman said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said: Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.' 4 And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die; 5 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.' 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles. 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where art thou?' 10 And he said: 'I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.' 11 And He said: 'Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?' 12 And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.' 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.' 14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.' {S} 16 Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.' {S} 17 And unto Adam He said: 'Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.' 20 And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21 And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them. {P} 22 And the LORD God said: 'Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.' 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life. {S}

Sunday, September 23, 2012


All this text is from the JPS 1917 Edition from Mechon-mamre.org 1 And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made. {P} 4 These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven. 5 No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground; 6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.' 18 And the LORD God said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.' 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof. 20 And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him. 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof. 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And the man said: 'This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.' 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Friday, September 21, 2012


All this text is from the JPS 1917 Edition on Mechon-Mamre.org Genesis Chapter 1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. 3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. {P} 6 And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.' 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. {P} 9 And God said: 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said: 'Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.' And it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. {P} 14 And God said: 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. {P} 20 And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.' 21 And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.' 23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. {P} 24 And God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.' And it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 26 And God said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.' 27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. 28 And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.' 29 And God said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed--to you it shall be for food; 30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, [I have given] every green herb for food.' And it was so. 31 And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. {P}

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Counting your blessings


In life we humans tend to complain a lot but before complaining it's good to see if complaining is really worth it. I mean look at all the unnecessary pleasures that G-d has given you. If you are reading this than you most chances ether have a computer or a mobile device that can use the internet. If you have that than that means you also have electricity, I'd assume most chances you don't live in a glass less adobe hut the size of a closet but that you most chances live in at least an apartment. I'd also assume you probably have piped water and heated water. On pandora you've got orchestras and bands just waiting to perform for you. Many of you probably have cars or at least you can take the bus which sure beat horseback and even riding a horse is an unnecessary pleasure. You probably also have enough food with true is a necessity but alas, something not everyone has. there's people around the world starving to death, If you aren't one of them which I'd assume you aren't because you can afford some device that can access the internet than you should thank G-d that you have food, the list goes on and on. I for one live like a king, sure I may not live in a palace but I'm well fed, and have all these wonderful things I don't even need to live like a computer and electricity etc. As always thank you for reading Awesometorah!

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Let's all remember Governor Gedalia


Let's all remember Governor Gedalia of blessed memory who was assassinated yesterday around 2500 years ago.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Happy New Year!


I'd like to wish you all a wonderful, happy, holy, joyous new year with a wonderful connection with G-d, a sweet judgement and may you all be inscribed in the book of life for good and blessings. Looking back at this past year I notice that Awesometorah has been fairly quiet. G-d willing I'll work toward this year being a bit more eventful but I'd like to thank you all for sticking by my side loyally. Shana Tova! Moshe.

Friday, August 31, 2012

The Unlocked Prison: Relief from Self-Induced Suffering - Radio - Israel National News

The Unlocked Prison: Relief from Self-Induced Suffering - Radio - Israel National News

Confinement in a jail with an unlocked door is senseless. Yet, people confine themselves to a prison of needless inner turbulence every day. A substantial amount of our suffering in life is self-induced. Therefore, once a person realizes that certain actions induce trouble in life, and learns to refrain from those actions, the trouble disappears. No law says that you have to suffer so much! You can terminate a good portion of the anguish in your life with the ease of walking away from an unlocked jail. 
The concept of self-induced suffering is easy to understand: A heavy smoker that suffers from shortness of breath, a chronic cough, high blood pressure, and frequent headaches, is daft to blame The Almighty for his or her ills. The Almighty didn't design the human lung to be tar and nicotine proof. If your car were malfunctioning because you gave it the wrong type of fuel, or used frying oil instead of motor oil, would it be fair to be angry with your service mechanic or with the automanufacturer? Obviously not.
Today's show is a guide to relief from self-induced suffering. You'll be happy that you joined us...

Friday, August 24, 2012

In Elul, we must especially careful how we judge other people... - Radio - Israel National News

In Elul, we must especially careful how we judge other people... - Radio - Israel National News

These last few weeks before Rosh Hashana are notorious for being weeks of "judgment traps". The best policy is to speak minimally during the entire month of Elul, limiting our speech to prayer, Torah learning, plenty of hitbodedut – especially at kivrei tzaddikim, healthy family relations and the barest necessity for whatever business, trade, or profession that we need to make a living. When we do speak, we should exercise extreme caution to avoid judging others. If we do judge others, we should go out of our way to give them the benefit of the doubt, be lenient, tolerant, and understanding. This is especially important in our judgments of our spouses, children, and parents.

Hashem judges us like we judge others; for that reason, we have to be especially careful about expressing opinions and condemning other people. 

Nobody escapes judgment traps. Nathan the Prophet ensnared King David into a judgment trap (see Samuel II, 12: 1-7). Hopefully, having become aware of judgment traps, we won't sign harsh verdicts against ourselves or against our fellow human never ever again. May G-d bless all of us for an inscription in the Book of a long and healthy Life, amen.

Today's show is dedicated to David ben Miriam, our cherished friend David Dome who is battling a difficult health issue. David's exquisite music is also featured today for your listening enjoyment. His album Light is available at the Breslev Israel online store.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Making the Most of Your Potential: The Perfect Strike - Radio - Israel National News

Making the Most of Your Potential: The Perfect Strike - Radio - Israel National News


Today's show is about focus - the secret of time management, potential realization, and success in life. We concentrate on the moment at hand. The biggest enemies of time management are lack of focus, worry, and procrastination. Elul is the time to deal with all three and to sharpen our "perfect strike".

Making the Most of Your Potential: The Perfect Strike - Radio - Israel National News

Making the Most of Your Potential: The Perfect Strike - Radio - Israel National News


Today's show is about focus - the secret of time management, potential realization, and success in life. We concentrate on the moment at hand. The biggest enemies of time management are lack of focus, worry, and procrastination. Elul is the time to deal with all three and to sharpen our "perfect strike".

Making the Most of Your Potential: The Perfect Strike - Radio - Israel National News

Making the Most of Your Potential: The Perfect Strike - Radio - Israel National News


Today's show is about focus - the secret of time management, potential realization, and success in life. We concentrate on the moment at hand. The biggest enemies of time management are lack of focus, worry, and procrastination. Elul is the time to deal with all three and to sharpen our "perfect strike".

Friday, August 3, 2012

Kosher Humor - Radio - Israel National News

Kosher Humor - Radio - Israel National News

It's wonderful to laugh, as long as another person isn't the brunt of the jokes. This podcast shows how kosher humor is so vital for our own welfare.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Blog Update


Hello Everyone, I thank you all once again for following my blog and or facebook fan page. As many of you have probably noticed, I haven't been recording Tanach videos, I'd just like to say that's because my computer doesn't seem to be able to record videos anymore for some reason. I plan to get a new computer but until then sadly i can't record any new videos, I apologize for the inconvenience and I appreciate your patience, All the best, Moshe.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

My secret to weight loss.



Here are some good books on faith I'd recommend, Negative emotions are bad for weight loss and faith will help you to cure yourself of negative emotions!

The Tanach (Jewish Bible) By Moses our Teacher, Joshua, Samuel The Prophet, King David, King Solomon, The Academy of King Hezakiah, Jeremiah the Prophet, Ezra Scribe and The Men of the Great Assembly, This Edition the Artscroll Stone Edition By Rabbi Nosson Scherman. :Note that there's many translation but this one is a very good translation. All men may be created equal but not all translations are created equal. This is a great book for connecting to God and includes the Book of Psalms by King David of Israel and Judea as well as many other great books!

http://www.artscroll.com/Books/stgpp.html

The Book of Psalms by King David of Israel and Judea is another book I'd strongly recommend If You would like it separate from the Tanach! It's a book that's filled with emotion and Praise and prayers toward God this edition is by Rabbi Hillel Danziger and edited by Rabbi Nosson Scherman.

http://www.artscroll.com/Books/tehh.html

I'd also recommend the Garden of Emuna By Rabbi Shalom Arush which is a great book for building faith and becoming happy, Available In English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Persian, Russian and Yiddish at

http://www.breslev.co.il/storesearchresults.aspx?type=0&text=The+Garden+o...

The Garden of Peace By Rabbi Shalom Arush which is the ultimate guide for marital peace for Men only and Women's Wisdom By Rabbi Shalom Arush the ultimate marital guide for women only which are both available in many languages at,

http://www.breslev.co.il/storesearchresults.aspx?type=0&text=the+garden+o...

The Trail to Tranquility which is the ultimate guide to ridding oneself of anger by my good friend Rabbi Lazer Brody available at,

http://www.breslev.co.il/storesearchresults.aspx?type=0&text=The+Trail+to...

A great book for learning how to do personal prayer from the heart is In Forest Fields By Rabbi Shalom Arush, available in Hebrew, English and French at,

http://www.breslev.co.il/storesearchresults.aspx?type=0&text=In+forest+fi...

A Great book to help you yearn is The Garden of Yearning by Rabbi Shalom Arush available in Hebrew and English at,

http://www.breslev.co.il/storesearchresults.aspx?type=0&text=The+Garden+o...,

A great book for financial gain is the Garden of Riches by Rabbi Shalom Arush available in Hebrew and English at,

http://www.breslev.co.il/storesearchresults.aspx?type=0&text=The+garden+o...

Some great websites are,

http://www.chabad.org/ which is filled with great information about Judaism

My good friend Rabbi Lazer Brody's blog,

http://www.lazerbrody.typepad.com/

My good friend Rabbi Lazer Brody's radio show,

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/Author.aspx/4130

A great sight for Non Jews is,

http://noahidenations.com/

A great radio show from the people who run Noahide nations is,

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/Author.aspx/1660

Jewish Bible - Genesis Chapter 9



For the text of this chapter please visit,

http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8173

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Choose Life


When you look at war, Many times an inferior defending army will beat a much larger opposing army. With Emuna we must conclude that It's H' The Master of Legions who in the end of the day decides the battle but if you look at the contributing factors, The soldiers of the defending army fight harder and stronger than the soldiers of the attacking army, Why? The attackers are fighting for their own greed or because they get paid to or their general tells them to. The defenders are defending their homes and families. They're fighting for something greater than themselves. From an outside prospective the Torah and commandments seem tedious and unreasonable but thats when you don't live, When you only live for yourself. But as Moses our beloved teacher said, "I place before you Good and life and bad and death and you shall choose life." When we choose life and choose to live for G-d the that is the true life!

Friday, April 6, 2012

Sinner Man





Rabbi Lazer Brody tells the story of the Sinner Man from the Gemara, tractate Avoda Zara 17a, and Shlomo Katz puts it to song during a moving evening of song and inspiration in Ramat Bet Shemesh, Israel, November, 2009

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Niggun Ga'aguim: Melody of Yearning





Shlomo Katz and Rabbi Lazer play one of Rabbi Lazer's original melodies known as the "Niggun Ga'aguim," or melody of yearning.
Sometimes a person tries to speak to Hashem, longing to pour his or her heart out, but the words don't come. When you get too choked up to speak, hum this melody- first the tears will come, then your heart will open up and the words will come pouring forth.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Perek Shira: The River's Song





All of creation - mineral, plant, and animal - sings constant praise of The Almighty. Here is an exquisite glimpse of how one creation sings of His glory. Filmed at Great Falls of the Potomac River, as seen from the Maryland side.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Standing in the Need of Prayer






The Zion Mountain Boys sing Jewgrass (Jewish Bluegrass) version of an old gospel favorite, "Standing in the Need of Prayer"

Monday, April 2, 2012

The Lesson of Orla






Rabbi Lazer Brody explains "Orla," the Torah's commandment to refrain from eating the fruit of any tree that's less than four years old. The mitzva of Orla has a deep inner meaning, teaching us the concept of spiritual maturity.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Blog update.

Hello Everyone!

I apologize for the delay in blog activity. I have come to announce to you all that G-d willing Hashem's Palace will be back in operation on Sunday. I've done a lot of thinking over the past few weeks over what I want to do with this blog being that I can no longer use Rachel Esther's videos due to the fact that her conversion was conservative and therefore since she considers that valid none of her stuff can be entirely trusted. I have finally come up with a solution. As of Sunday April 1'st 2012 I will be airing on this blog a video every day from the youtube channel of my choice. I'll start with videos from Rabbi Lazer Brody. However due to the fact that a lot of these videos have music I won't be airing videos from these channels during mourning periods. I thank you all for your patience and for following my blog as well as my personal works so loyally.

All the best,

Moshe.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Important Blog update.

Hello Everyone,

I have to bring to everyone's attention that the daily Tanach readings will sadly no longer continue. For a while we've had on this blog Tanach readings read by Rochel Esther. Rochel Esther who I'm sure is a wonderful person and seems very good hearted and open minded just made an new video. In it she announced that her conversion to Judaism was conservative. That makes her a Gentile. This wouldn't be a problem it's just that she's masquerading as a Jew and therefore there's no real way to tell if her stuff is valid and what sources she gets them from. As of today her stuff has been removed from this blog to the best of my ability. If I missed a video and you find it please let me know. There will be no more videos from her unless she accepts a life as a Noahide or does an Orthodox conversion. All new videos will cease as of today effective immediately. I mean no offense to people who identify themselves with the conservative movement. I will do my best to bring you new material from other sources as soon as possible. Most chances it will be very similar to some of our old stuff.

Friday, February 24, 2012

The one week plan.

This weeks episode of Lazer Beams is incredible. This is a great show for both Jews and Non Jews. Believers and non believers. Rabbi Lazer Brody is an incredible teacher based on the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslev. He's truly influenced and helped my life. I would not be where I am without his help and many others can attest to the same. I definitely recommend Listening to this show. And once again Shabbat Shalom with love and blessings!

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/Author.aspx/4130

Monday, February 6, 2012

Let's come together for prayer and repentance for our holy sister!

There is an extremely urgent situation in the Jewish community of Baltimore. A healthy woman, mother of four children, recently contracted a staph infection 6 weeks after having her baby. She developed sepsis and is currently suffering from multi-system organ failure. Her blood is also clotting inside of her blood vessels. Her life is on the line. Chaya Esther bas Feiga Yenta Please daven for her and send her name out to as many people as possible. We can save her with our teshuva and tefilot! Her children need her to raise them! May we soon hear news of her recovery.