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When Will I Be Like Our Heroes?
A question we Jews must constantly ask ourselves
Holy Days are designed to accomplish just that:
Pesach/Tisha Bav – Avraham Avinu
Shavuos/Purim – Yaakov Avinu
Rosh Hashana – Yiitzchok’s Avinu
Yom Kippur – Moshe Rabenu
Sukkos/Chanuka – Aharon HaKohen
Rosh Chodesh – Rochel’s Imenu
The two Tus aren’t associated with heroes
But Yosef remains unaccounted for
And what about Shabbos?
Jewish Valentine’s Day
Born out of assimilation and ignorance
Six occurrences converge on Tu B’Av
They’re the vav connecting the two hehs
Of the 17th of Tamuz and Tisha Bav
If you’ve understood properly
You realize the all important yud
Is still unaccounted for
Your Yiddishkeit depends on it
Where’s your crown?
Are Your Tzitzis Out?
And your yarmulke is…a baseball cap?
Bein Hazmanim is a time for Bnei Torah
To showcase the real world
How real Yiddishkeit functions
Moshe Rabenu never made it to Israel
Yosef HaTzaddik made it back and was buried there
Moshe Rabenu went incognito
Aquiesced to being called איש מצרי
Yosef flaunted his religion
Despite the hostile environment
Earned the title נער עברי
Jewish Fool
Embarrassed of who you are?
If you’re afraid for your well-being
Jew don’t belong there
Chatzos Kollels have become popular in recent years. Only the Zohar emphasizes the importance of this practice. It’s repeated there dozens of times.
With the haskama of Rav Moshe Shapiro zt”l I encourage people to learn this way themselves whenever possible.
When we can’t, next best is to sponsor someone who can. The ideal subject of learning after chatzos is Kabbala.
$1500 will sponsor a talmid chochom learning kabbala in Yeshivas Rashbi for a month.
Twenty years ago a colleague in the Mir discovered a number of talmidei chachomim struggling financially who refused to receive tzedaka. He outsmarted them.
They were invited to join a Shabbos kollel paying them nicely for learning they were doing anyway wherever they want. Donors don’t know the recipients, and the recipients don’t even know they’re receiving tzedaka. This is the Stealth Kollel.
Stealthily supporting thirty world class talmidei chachomim learning in Yerushalayim. The most ideal form of tzedaka, as stipulated in Bava Basra 9a.
There are no expenses and no advertising. 100% tzedaka.
Sponsoring one avrech for a month is $1000. But donations of any size are warmly welcomed.