Parshat Lech Lecha

Our Parsha this Shabbos is 'Lech Lecha,' where HaShem tells Avram to go from his birthplace and all he had come to know and grow up with and leave for the land of Canaan (Israel) .
This is quite a test of faith,to leave behind all one is comfortable with and put one's faith totally in HaShem's hands.This is a true test of faith and love for HaShem.But this is the true start of true knowledge,to leave what one knows and realize that we don't know anything at all.To start out on the path of wisdom,one needs to be humble and be a vessel for HaShem to fill us with knowledge and wisdom.
King Solomon, in Proverbs 8:22 ,says of Wisdom,,'The L-RD made me (wisdom) at the beginning of His way,the first of His works of old.' So the pathway to HaShem starts with leaving what we think we know and totally following HaShem and His Commandments ,for only HaShem can know what we need to do.That starts by setting out ,from all we think we know and putting our lives totally at HaShem's guiding Hand.
Avram had become a man who had found the One and Only True G-D. And now it was time to teach others the truth.Our sages compare Avram to a bottle of perfume that needs to spread itself outwards by opening itself up to the world outside so that his fragrance could sweeten the world and not just Ur Kasdim,where he was.The Torah is a Tree Of Life to those who grasp it and its branches are to spread over the world ,bringing the light of HaShem to the darkest corners.This we can do,by leaving ourselves behind and becoming a total selfless vessel for HaShem.
But who does HaShem ask Avram (and us ) to do this for?The answer to that is in the very words of the Parsha,for G-D says to Avram 'Lech Lecha,' - 'Go for you.' This commandment to Avram and to us all,is for us.To follow it,brings us closer to HaShem and so,closer to Gan Eiden and Shamaim where we will be ,not only Blessed,but be within the Blessing itself.We need to leave the physical ties of this world and continue ever upward toward Holiness and so,be the Blessing.
But what does it mean,to be within the Blessing?There is a great difference,between just remaining in the same place and doing good for the sake of bettering what is outside ourselves,yet leaving the part of HaShem that is within us,down here and actually lifting the beautiful Neshoma that G-D gives us,to be a part of HaShem and to live within HaShem in forever total peace and harmony and goodness.HaShem Creates for all of us,a world that each of us see from our own perception.Being within the Blessing,is taking that very world and ourselves and lifting it up to HaShem and being at the centre of it and a true part of it.This will bless all around it and so,will the fragrant vessel, that we have opened ourselves to be, to HaShem,raised in turn.But first,it starts with leaving our own wishes and physical wants behind and 'Lech Lecha,' going upward and forward toward HaShem for us - 'Lech Lecha' 'Go for you.'HaShem does not do this for His own sake but for ours.Each one of us has this choice.No matter how comfortable we may be,doing it our own way,only HaShem knows the true needed way ,that we have to travel.So start,by emptying yourself of your own wants and desires,and allow Wisdom from HaShem to fill you and guide you,from His Tree of Knowledge ,The Holy Torah that will return us ,for our own sake,to the beautiful and peaceful Gan Eiden and Shamaim of HaShem.The words 'Lech Lecha,' can also be translated as 'Go to you,' for leaving the physical desires behind, we can find the true essence of ourselves with,that G-Dly spark within,that is good and it is to toward that ,we must go,to the true inner one that is really who we are.
With deep love,as I love you HaShem,I wish HaShem a Sweet and Holy Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all,a holy Shabbos Kodesh with love.

Shabbos Post for Parshat Noach

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parshas Noach.This Shabbos is also Rosh Chodesh.Some of our Rabbis comment on this portion that Noach,who is described as a righteous man,may only have been righteous compared to the immoral people around him in his generation and had he lived in the time of Moshe,he would not have been considered as righteous.Also,that Moshe prayed for the people,unlike Noach,who just built the Ark and concerned himself with his family only and should have prayed for the generation to be saved like Avraham did,for Sodom and the other four cities that HaShem wanted to destroy on account of their wickedness.
Let us look closer at the words in this Parsha for it says, "Noach Ish Tzaddik Tamim Hayah B'Dorotaiv," - " Noah was a righteous man,perfect in his generation." Yes it could mean that Noach was righteous and only perfect in his generation,but if we look at this positively,(as we should always try to do, with other people that tend to quickly judge without knowing all the facts),,it can also mean that compared to the others,Noach stood out above the rest as a righteous and perfect man in a generation that was really very bad.This I feel is a much harder thing to do,to be righteous and perfect when an entire world is not righteous and an entire world mocks us and an entire world will quite happily destroy the ones who are good.I think that this took an immense amount of courage and faith in HaShem.A faith so many lack today,when they stand with those who would rather bully and hurt others that are righteous and unlike themselves.I think that this showed the immense bravery and love that Noach must have had for HaShem.Let us for a moment put ourselves in this Tzaddik's place and imagine how the terrible ridicule must have felt as they stood mocking him while he built the ark.Would any of us have been able to stand up to an entire world that wants to harm us,for HaShem ,Who is unseen.Very few I would imagine.So I consider Noach to be very brave and courageous and most certainly righteous and a Tzaddik in his generation and for all generations.For the message he taught us is to stand up for what is right and good, no matter how great are the odds and no matter how big the adversary.If others around us are doing bad,don't copy them.Stand out and up for the Good and truth of the world and say 'NO.'Be the one that does right and so,you will be the one who saves humanity when others make it deserving of HaShem's justice.Be the one who catches HaShem's attention and the one who HaShem says,'For that one person alone,I will keep all alive.'
Start today to be that one,that saves the world and let this Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan be a new world for you and all around you as you start to be the one who teaches others to keep G-D's Laws in Holiness.
As the Parsha starts with the words," Eileh Toldot Noach," - " These are the generations of Noach," as for Noach who deserved all the world's generations to come from him,for he did as G-D Commandments,so will it be for you,who will deserve the world to come from you,if you keep G-D's Commandments.Let HaShem's light shine out from you wherever you go.Be a true Malach of Our Beautiful HaShem and make this world a place where HaShem can dwell is pleasantness and 'Rest' (which in Hebrew is 'Ma'Noach'.'As from the coming of Noach who gave the world rest and blessing from the punishment of Adam ,where all was abundant again,in the time of Noach,so may we Bless the world around us by keeping the Holy Shabbos and HaShem's Commandments and being moral and truly good.
Stand up and be a messenger to all for HaShem.
I wish HaShem with deepest love ,a beautiful Holy Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov with love and to all,a beautiful Holy Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov with love.

Shabbos Post

Our Shabbos this week that comes just after Succot,is Parshas Bereishis,where the story of the Creation is told.The Torah starts off with ,'Bereishis Barah Elokim,' - 'In the Beginning,G-D Created...' But if we take the words another way,it comes to,'In the beginning of G-D's Creating,G-D Created...' Which shows that G-D was already Creating and then Created us.Our Sages tell us not to ask too many questions about what G-D Created before this,so we cannot know,but HaShem is The Creator and has probably been Creating,beyond and before what we can imagine.What we do suppose,is that this Creation,is the one that finally awaits Mashiach and the End Of Days.HaShem's power is so beyond what anyone can possibly imagine.His Awesomeness is so beyond,that we should trust and listen,to when HaShem tells us to do something.Our sages say that HaShem Creates the world anew every day and so we have a chance,every day to do good and keep HaShem's Holiness.This is how great HaShem's Mercy is.Infact,HaShem Creates this world every second,for if HaShem would stop just for a second Chas Ve Shalom,the whole of Creation would fall apart Chas Ve Shalom.While we are sleeping,while we are having fun ,HaShem is Creating.Our sages say that when HaShem Created all things,He,being so Holy and Great,gave the world too much light and had to withdraw some of it,which,is what we feel every Shabbos,that special Holiness from the Beginning of Creation.
The word 'Bereishis,' starts with the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet,where the first letter would be an 'Alef' for Elokim.This shows,that HaShem,the Alef,was before Bereishit,all HaShem Created.
If we take the first and last letters of the word 'Bereishit,' we get 'Bait' ,which means 'House,' for HaShem gave us this world,our house to make a place for HaShem's Holiness.Within the word 'Bereishis,' is the word 'Or'- 'Light' for HaShem's Light and the Soul HaShem gives us,is within all HaShem Creates.
Within the word 'Bereishit' it starts with the 'Bet' and ends with the letter 'Tav' (the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet,from which (The Hebrew Alphabet) HaShem Created Creation,thus encompassing all the letters of the Hebrew Alphabet.So,this shows that when HaShem spoke the word Bereishit," all came into being,that which was then,now and what is still to be.
As we leave our Succahs after these Holy festivals that have just been and that we were immersed in,let us take that Holiness we have gained and bring it out with us into every day that we have.HaShem enjoyed our closeness these days and as we go back to the world. Around us,let us take HaShem with us and really change and become what HaShem wants us to be so that HaShem can feel that we are still with Him close,as we were these Holy Days.As we start to read the Torah from the beginning on Simchat Torah,let us remember that all is a cycle and we can always return to HaShem.So let us take the Holiness HaShem grants us to earn and fill His House in this world and ourselves with HaShem's Light and love. 
With Love HaShem,I love You and wish You a Holy Shabbos Kodesh and Good Yom Tov with Love and I wish you all a Good Shabbos Kodesh and Good Yom Tov with Love.

Our Shabbos this week is within our Holy festival of Succot where HaShem surrounded our people with myriads of angels to protect us in the wilderness.To remind us of the Clouds of Glory and angels in the wilderness,Jewish people build a Succah,a temporary dwelling, during these Holy Days.This is a time where we put ourselves at the complete trust in HaShem,to look out for us and protect us against all around us,as we leave our comfortable safe homes and dwell in the Succah.This is like Shabbos,where we put our complete faith in HaShem,to look after us and give us parnossah,even though we don't work on Shabbos to earn it.The very essence of this concept of realizing that it is not us who is the master of our destiny besides the free-choice we choose,but HaShem is in control and it is to Him that we are to turn.
It is interesting that ,where Succot is concerned,there is not a specific event that it surrounds,like Pesach refers to our freedom from Egypt and Shavuot is the time we received the Torah.With Succot,this is deeper and with HaShem.I have felt that perhaps this will be a festival for a happening in Mashiach's time in the future ,which will certainly coincide with Shabbos,for at the End of Days,the Eternal Shabbos will be forever.We will literally live inside of Shabbos and our entire trust and faith,will be in HaShem.If we could all ,only do this now,then we will live like it is in Mashiach's time.This is how Adam Ve Chava were supposed to live when HaShem gave them everything and they had to provide for nothing.Unfortunately,this was not enough for them and they desired that which HaShem wanted them to wait for.
So let us all be the ones who correct this and put our total faith in the Holy One Blessed Be He HaKadosh Baruch Hu and realize that all Was,Is and Will Be,From HaShem.So let us from this day forward be Law Keeping Yidden who follow HaShem's guide of Laws,back to Him.As we hold the Arba'a Minin,the Four Species of the Lulav and the Etrog together as one,picking the most beautiful Lulav and Etrog and as we Bless HaShem on these Holy Days,let us all stand together as one nation Israel,Holy before our G-D,deeply desiring to offer our best and choicest of ourselves and so,may we all, this Succot renew our relationship with HaShem as it was to be in Gan Eiden.Let us all remember that all,is from G-D.
With love to HaShem,I wish HaShem with love,a Holy Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and Chag Sameach Succot Good Yom Tov and to all,a Holy Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and Chag Sameach Succot Good Yom Tov.

Our Shabbos is also Yom Kippur,when Moshe finally gained atonement for us and came back on this 10th of Tishrei with the Second Luchos.This day for all time is a day where as it says in the Torah,'Yechaper Aleichem Le Taher Etchem Mikol Chatoteichem Lifnei HaShem Tit'haru,'-'For on this Day ,He (HaShem) shall provide atonement for you to cleanse you from all your sins before HaShem shall you be cleansed.'
We see that in this verse,atonement allows for 'Tahor,' - 'Cleansing.' So HaShem does not expect us to be angels who don't do wrong.Yiddishkeit allows for the truth that a person can be righteous and perfect before HaShem even though they have made mistakes.G-D,in His infinite mercy,understands how strong is the Yetzer Horah and allows us to come before Him and really be sorry for what we have done.This is truly how HaShem wants it to be.
The word 'Kaper,' means "Atone or Forgiveness,' so HaShem did create such a concept incase we sin.HaShem knows we are human and thus fallible.The very fact of realizing that we are wrong,is enough to stir HaShem's Mercy and allow us closer to HaShem.This is one of the most beautiful concepts HaShem made for us,as it shows how deeply compassionate and self-less is HaShem,to put aside His own pain when we hurt Him and think about us.How much more so,should we do the same thing for our fellow people.This is not a time for anger.This is not a time for selfish resentment.This is a time to truly forgive ,for we too are human and the same path people walk with us hoping we will forgive them,we too need to walk,hoping G-D will forgive us. 
This is a time to put our own needs aside for others.This is a time to be open hearted to the needs of others being kind and loving and forgiving.Let those family grudges go.Let that anger go.Let upsets go and be free,for there is no freer person,than one who forgives.
Yom HaKippurim as it is called in the Torah suggests 'plural' forgiveness which can show us that there are many sins that we have done-those we know of and so many we don't know of.None of us have attained perfection.We are all working toward it.Never think that we are fine and have nothing to atone for as there are so many things we have done without even realizing it.Torah says,'Mikol Chatoteichem,'-'From ALL YOUR SINS.' Showing us this includes ALL of us and that there are MANY SINS that we ALL commit that needs atoning.
So may we use this special time totally for coming right with HaShem and with others.Let us remember,as the verse says,that we stand 'Lifnei HaShem,' - 'Before HaShem ' which is such an awesome thought to behold.So let us remember before Whom we stand and totally give ourselves to G-D.May we all attain atonement and work toward bringing ourselves to not repeating past aveiras and coming closer with HaShem.
Let this also be a time to come close to G-D and leave that which HaShem has not commanded,alone.This Yom Kippur,may all,open themselves up to following a Torah way of life and not be taken by other things,no matter how real they may look.G-D gave us a guide to follow to return to Him.Let all come,on this Holy Day of Shabbos and Yom Kippur to return to HaShem with love,and turn away from other beliefs that try filter in,showing themselves to be holy,but in reality,are a way away (Chas Ve Shalom) from HaShem.
As you stand before G-D , on this Holy Day of Shabbos and Yom Kippur, take the precious opportunity G-D is giving you and return to G-D and the way G-D Commands us to follow.Please return to G-D.
With utmost deepest love,I wish HaShem a Holy Shabbos Kodesh with Love and Shanah Tova and to all,a Holy Shabbos Kodesh with love and a Tzom Kal and G'mar Chasima Tova.May you all be sealed for good.Have a sweet Shabbos.