Lazer Beams

180 for the Best

This week's emuna talk prepares us for both Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Enjoy 180 for the Best, and watch your turn around for the best. Bring a cup of tea and a bowl of nuts or fruit, for today's talk is 70 minutes long.

The Coronation

Rosh Hashana is the King's coronation, when we crown Hashem as our King. People ask me why we leave our holy Land of Israel to go to the Ukraine on Rosh Hashana. The reason is simple: Rebbe Nachman himself told us before he left this world, Ish bal ye'ader - No one shall be missing, in other words, we Breslevers have a directive from our holy Rebbe of blessed memory to spend Rosh Hashana in Uman. This tradition was continued by Rebbe Natan zatza'l and by all subsequent generations of Rebbe Nachman's disciples.

Intrinsically, the main coronation of The King takes place in the Kloiz, the cental prayer hall near Rebbe Nachman's holy gravesite in Uman, which was the site of one of the greatest sanctifications of Hashem's name in history. During the Cossack pogroms of 1728, 33,000 Jews were brutally slaughtered after they refused to give up their ancient faith. Uman is the biggest teshuva and emuna factory in the world. Amazingly enough, last year there were 33,000 Jews praying together in Uman. This year, many more are expected.

Beams Bulletin: 2nd Terror Attack in 24 hours

Two Jewish residents of the Binyamin region has just been seriously wounded when their car was attacked with automatic gunfire near the Rimonim junction north of Jerusalem. They have been hospitalized and are stable, may Hashem give them a full recovery.

This is just a day after Yitzchak and Tali (9 months pregnant and mother of 6) Ames, Kochava Even-Chaim and Avishai Shindler were brutally murdered south of Hevron, may Hashem avenge their martyred blood.

Brooklyn, Tuesday, September 13, 2010

Shalom, New Jersey - One Night Only!

Weekly Emuna Live Broadcast

G-d willing, our weekly emuna lesson will be broadcast live today (Wednesday) at 6:00 PM local time from the Chut Shel Chessed Yeshiva, 56 Shivtei Yisrael Street, Jerusalem. Since the main study hall of the Yeshiva is being renovated, the shiur will be broadcast from the young-men's yeshiva across the street.

This week's lesson is entitled, "180 for the Best" and is open to the public, both men and women are welcome. Don't miss it, because the next emuna broadcast will only be after the High Holidays, G-d willing.

You can see today's lesson live right here at 11:00 AM EDT, 4:00 PM in the UK, or 6:00 PM Israel time. As soon as we can, G-d willing, we'll post a link to the lesson for all those who couldn't see it live.

The Best Insurance

Let's take a closer look at the blessings we recite every morning:

Boruch.....Po-kay-ach Iv-rim, "Blessed are You… Who gives sight to the blind," is not only thanks for our eyesight, but thanks to Hashem that He enables us to see the light of day.

Boruch.....Ma-tir Ah-su-rim, "Blessed are You… Who releases the incarcerated," is not only thanks to Hashem that we're not in jail or in captivity, but that we're free to come and go as we please.

Boruch… Zokaif Kefufim, "Blessed are You… Who straightens the bent," is not only thanks that we're not cripples or hunchbacks, but that we're not confined in a place where we don't have the room to stand up straight.

We'd be saying these - and all our other blessings - with a lot more intent if we appreciated the fact that we're not one of the miners in Chile, entrapped now for nearly 4 weeks.

Showing Hashem that we don't take for granted what we have is the best insurance for not losing what we have.

Failing to thank Hashem daily for the oxygen we breath is crass ingratitude. Ingrates are never happy, but grateful people always are.

Our daily blessings are designed to keep us unspoiled, grateful, and therefore happy.

While we thank Hashem for our freedom to walk around as we please, we shouldn't forget the less fortunate, like Jonathan Pollard, Gilead Shalit, and those Chilean miners, may they all see daylight as free men soon, amen.

Beams Bulletin: Palestinian Terror Claims the lives of 4 near Hevron

A short while ago, four Jews from Beit Hagai, were brutally murdered at close range south of Hevron. We are awaiting further details. Hamas boasts responsibility for the murders. 

Earl: A Guest in the White House?

Dear Rabbi Brody,

I am a meteorologist and forecast as part of my profession. We look at computer data to forecast the weather, and while this data leaves quite a bit of room for error it still has nevertheless been used with quite impressive results because of H"s sophisticated and orderly conducting of the world and the information he allows us to peek at to see that weather is not random or chaotic but rather an intricate and orderly system that He guides with intense precision and Hasgacha Pratis.

The reason I am emailing you tonight (this morning your time) is because there are some very ominous signs developing over the tropical Atlantic Ocean that I have been monitoring and after a further review of this (and with more data coming in) decided I needed to let you know about this.

A hurricane is developing north of the Virgin Islands. It's name is Earl and its sustained winds are currently sitting at 100mph, with steady intensification occurring. The forecast models over the next several days feature a rather complex weather pattern with varying possibilities...however...the latest data shows this storm to continue to get stronger as it makes a turn toward the Eastern United States. Right now, the prognostic charts still feature the hurricane to stay just off the US East Coast, however, not by much any more. The latest run of one of the forecast models we are looking at shows this hurricane to become possibly very strong as it approaches the Mid Atlantic US from Virginia to New York to Boston around Thursday September 2 and Friday September 3.

This is the time of the US-forced Israel-Palestinian "peace" meeting to be held in Washington D.C.

As always I really appreciate your insight on Lazer Beams, and your message reaches scores of people all over the world. May Hashem bless you and Rabbi Arush as you continue to point people to the Truth, and encourage people to open their eyes! Most sincerely, Ilya, USA

 
Notice how Hurricane Earl has the shape of a boomerang. Interesting...

Will Earl be an additional guest in the White House? Time will tell... 

Update, 12 Noon Israel time, 31 Aug 10:

The U.S. National Hurricane Center just now warned US coastal residents from North Carolina to Maine to watch Hurricane Earl's development closely.

Here's an amazing quote: Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said, "Earl's approach ought to serve as a reminder for Atlantic coastal states to update their evacuation plans."

Look at the connections: September 2, the day of the planned DC Summit aimed at forcing Israel into evacuating large sections of our holy homeland for an illusion of peace is the same day when Earl is expected to hit the US East Coast. Coincidence? Was Katrina a coincidence too, when 850,000 Americans were evacuated from their homes the day after 8,500 Israelis lost their homes in Jewish Gaza?

Heaven forbid that a single person should lose his home. Nevertheless, we all have free choice, and we should be aware that our actions have a strong spiritual cause and effect.

A Breslever Birthday

Uman is a Breslever birthday.

If you ask a Breslever Chassid how old he is, he’ll answer “eight” or “ten” or “sixteen”, dependant on the number of times he’s been to Uman on Rosh Hashana. Everyone that participates in the Rosh Hashana gathering in Uman has a share in the Geula, the full redemption of our people.

Also in this week's issue of Breslev Israel web magazine, Clarifying Truth by Rav Shalom Arush. Your First Rosh Hashana, important advice for newcomers to Uman, by yours truly.

Top Ten for the Soul is a must-read on today's music, while The Sheitel Lady will surely make you smile.

It must be the Money is a candid piece of self assessment, while It's not A Competition gives vital tips about child-rearing.

Tzalaii's Trial is griiping Part 31 of Warriors of Transcendence, by Rabbi Erez Moshe Doron.

This week's Torah portion is Nitzavim-Vayelech.

This week is your last chance to send a Pidyon Nefesh to Rabbi Shalom Arush, if you'd like for him to pray for you in Uman this coming Erev Rosh Hashana.

Don't Waste Time!

With a week and a half left until Rosh Hashana, there is no time to waste. Our job now is national strengthening of emuna, while doing teshuva for our misdeeds and returning with all our hearts to Hashem.

Like we wrote last week, Hashem continues to take care of the worrying - that's His task. Another 5.9 Richter-scale earthquake - the third in a month - has jolted North Iran just yesterday. Hashem is also sending another black cat between rival Palestinian factions. Hashem is definitely doing His job; let's do ours!

The Ego Barrier

Knowing what to do about The Ego Barrier is an important preparation for Rosh Hashana; this week's emuna lesson is 65 minutes long.