Lazer Beams

Erez's Song

Emuna Outreach and the Beams present this special tribute to Erez Levanon, of saintly and blessed memory, on the occasion of his fifth yahrtzeit, Wednesday night and Thursday, 7 Adar. Erez was a gentle and unblemished tzaddik that loved his God, his rebbe, his people, and his homeland. The voice and music is his, and the photos are of our gorgeous and hallowed Land of Israel. Come walk down the same paths where Erez walked...

For those who don't remember, Erez was brutally ambushed and murdered by Palestinian terrorists when he was in the middle of hitbodedut (personal prayer) in a forest below his home in Bat Ayin.

Rav Erez, cherished brother and true tzaddik, we miss you so badly.

Judean Dream: It's Here!

With endless gratitude to Hashem, Breslev Israel is delighted to announce the release of Judean Dream, our exquisite new CD collection of original Land-of-Israel melodies composed and played by yours truly and beloved spiritual brother Guy Tzvi Mintz, with Yosef Karduner and Daniel Ahaviel. This is a CD like nothing you've ever heard before. It's not pop-Chassidic entertaining music, but melodies that penetrate right to the soul and bring you closer to Hashem. These melodies were born and recorded in the Judean Hills, the same region where King David tended his flocks and played his lyre and flute while composing the Psalms. Judean Dream is now available online at the Breslev Israel store. If you want to close your eyes and feel like you're in the Judean Hills, and if you want a taste of true inner peace and joy, add Judean Dream to your music collection. The CD comes with a full color brochure and all the lyrics in Hebrew, English, and transliteration. Sweet dreams with Judean Dream!

Returning a Favor

My very cherished friend and spiritual brother Yosef Karduner has given us much joy with his exquisite melodies. Now, it's our chance to return a favor and make Yosef happy: his mother is dangerously sick with the nasty big C. Let's all flood the heavens with prayers for the miraculous recovery of Shoshana bat Miriam, Yosef's mom.

The River's Song

Osyio (Greetings - LB) Rabbi Wolf Brother,

I was so happy to discover your website some months ago and read that our Tsa la Gi (Cherokee - LB) brothers in Tennessee and Texas also hold the opinion that we have Hebrew roots. So much is the same - I follow your teachings about personal prayer in solitude with the Holy One out in nature and I'm moved to tears about the Jewish Perek Shira song of creation. Our meditation, the fringes on our clothes, our language, and our clinging to the One God (in the old way, not the way the white missionaries did to our people) are all signs of our mutual roots. Now that we have DNA testing, there is no doubt.

As a small token of appreciation for the love and respect you have honored our people with, I'm enclosing a film clip of Wayra, a Bolivian Indian who plays the native American flute like we do. To the best of my knowledge, King David also had such a similar flute. May you enjoy it, and may the Holy One bless your journeys in life with smooth and pleasant paths.

Looking forward to the day when the lost tribes will be returned and reunited with mother Israel, your friend and brother, Silver Cloud from Oklahoma

Regards from the USA

Here are a few special moments from our current USA speaking tour:

Photo 1 - Monsey, a laugh with Zev Braver and Lipa Schmeltzer

Photo 2: Hitbodedut on Lake Michigan outside of Chicago

Photo 3: With Chief Sitting Owl of the Tennessee Cherokees in Memphis

See you tonight in Memphis and this Shabbat in Seattle. Warmest regards and blessings...

Buried Treasure

People spend their entire lives searching for buried treasure. Really, the most precious commodity in the universe is latent and buried within each and every one of us. Would you like to know what it is? My good buddies Dry Bones and Natty Emuna are here today, and paraphrasing an old Beatles tune, I'm getting a little help from my friends:

Emuna is priceless. With emuna, you'll never have a negative emotion in your life, even under fire.

There's a sweet story behind the above caricature. Dry Bones and his talented wife artist Sali Ariel have been together for nearly forty years. Bones told me that Sali never once asked for a printout of a single one of his thousands of drawings. But, when she saw Natty Emuna and the buried treasure, she was enchanted; she asked for a printout to put on her wall.

Don't waste your life on the cheap stuff - be a high roller and put all your chips on the square that says "emuna." You'll be a guaranteed big winner, in this world and in the next.

Lipa and Lazer Live