Rabbi Elazar ben Arach
The paradigm of חידוש
The original מעיין המתגבר
Was drawn after wine and bathing
Disconnected from his Torah
And forgot it
Instead of reading
החדש הזה לכם
He read
החרש היה לבם
Dalet and chof resemble resh and beis
Confusing them seems reasonable
But a yud instead of a zayin
Is a chiddush
The Rebbe Reb Melech’s Day
Where the Chofetz Chaim and the Baba Sali converge
And all of Chassidus (except for Chabad)
Light a candle
Read stories online
Recite the prayer he composed
Learn his Torah
Live his inspiration
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.