No Place to Hide
With the sky of Ashdod on fire (above photo) under double and triple-daily barrages of Grad missiles from Gaza, many people – including rabbis and spiritual guides – sought refuge in Bnai Brak, Jerusalem, and other points north far away from the missiles’ deadly range. On one particular day, a steady stream of phone calls kept me busy from morning until night. People were asking for “wartime” advice, both practical halachas and ways of coping. “Are we allowed to keep our radio on during Shabbat?” “What do I do if the Red Alert siren goes off when I’m in the middle of ritual immersion in the mikva?” “How can I calm my three-year old down?” “My eight year-old has been wetting his bed for the last six nights, what can I do?” These are a few of the many questions that were thrown my way. Maybe someday I’ll have the time to write them down... Continue reading No Place to Hide in this week's issue of Breslev Israel weekly web magazine.
Here's a web first: The Gaza War through the eyes of a Rebbetzen. The Melitzer Rebbetzen tells what happens when War Comes to Ashdod.
The biggest problem with the war in Gaza is that the most dangerous enemy – the Yetzer Hara – gets his foot in peoples’ doors with the news broadcasts, so that those that never listen to radios and TVs are all of a sudden glued to them to find out what’s happening. Anyway, Rabbi Shalom Arush's article Better than the Bomb Shelter is a much better alternative to the CNN or BBC...
My cherished and esteemed friend Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum tells us what Rebbe Nachman of Breslev has to say about friendship in A Little Help from our Friends. Rabbi Avraham also presents this week's Kabbalah lesson entitled The Body's Radiant Splendor.
Beware of Enemy Agents in our midst. Don't forget to listen to The Tiny Voice within you. Alice Jonsson blows the whistle on impulsive conversions in Conversion Implosions, a must read for Jews and Noahides alike.
Who's winning the race between old King-deer Zachary and the young Boastful Buck Dandy? Find out in Episode 16.
This week's Torah Portion is Shemot. Have a wonderful week and pray for peace - there's no bigger blessing.
