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Two young Jewish boys learning Torah together

The Spiritual Impact of Torah & Mitzvot

  • Emor Project
  • "Every word of Torah that we study has an unbelievable impact on the Higher Spiritual Worlds. Our Torah learning creates a spiritual shield, with its powerful influence, that helps protect us, including our soldiers at war."...
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IDF soldiers learning Gemara

THE POWER OF TORAH STUDY

  • BJLife Newsroom; produced by Kolrom Multimedia
  • "Don’t stop! We need the Torah study, we need the tefillot (prayers), we need all of you! …We need you davening (praying) and learning for us. We, as soldiers in the IDF, are working around the clock. We always say Torah is the ultimate shmira (protection). We believe 'b’chem...
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Open book of tehillim at the kotel

Tehillim Request to Protect Israeli Soldiers

  • Emor Project
  • The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation recently publicized a request made by Israeli soldiers asking people outside of Israel to recite Tehillim during the overnight hours in Israel (11 pm - 5 am)....
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Galit Distel holding Israeli flag in front of a crowd

Speech by Israeli Knesset Member Galit Distel

  • Distel, Galit; Israeli Knesset Member
  • "This declaration is spirituality on the highest level! Of a person who understands that there is Divine providence and that God is good, even if you are in the darkest of places....
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IDF soldiers holding up green Tzitzit

The Mitzvah of Tzitzit

  • Emor Project
  • "Wearing tzitzit reminds us not to stray from Torah and to maintain our belief in and commitment to God."...
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Acts of hessed in Israel and abroad amid the war with Hamas

  • Adler Lambert, Rivkah & Mendlowitz, Ariella
  • "There’s a spiritual concept that every little act that you do has an effect Above..."...
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Kever Rachel Painting with a tree and sunset

Rachel & the 11th of Cheshvan

  • Ginsburgh, Rabbi Yitzchak
  • "Our ability to return to, defend, and hold on... to the Land of Israel, depends on our success in returning to and guarding the spiritual borders of our people."...
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Three yeshiva boys learning Torah together

The Power of Torah Learning

  • Friedman, Rabbi Manis
  • "The more we study, the closer we get to [God] and the closer He gets to us..."...
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Book with letters flying out in a blue light

Encouragement and Inspiration for Operation Iron Sword

  • Ozarowski, Rabbi Eli and The Tzurba M’Rabanan Institute
  • "A number of sources indicate that Torah study can serve as an effective response during times of war and distress......
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World in color with the words Return Teshuva

The Jewish Soul Is Awake and Roaring

  • Weisberg, Chana
  • "I’m witnessing a movement. An awakening....
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Charedi men tying Tzitzit for the army

MI KIAMCHA YISROEL! Chareidim In Beitar Making Tzitzis For IDF Soldiers

  • The Yeshiva World
  • "Chareidim put together hundreds of pairs of tzitzis in Beitar , to be distributed to troops on the front lines."...
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IDF Soldiers praying at kotel

7 Things You Can Do for Israel Now

  • Chabad.org Staff
  • "Physical protection of each one of us is intrinsically connected to our spiritual activism."...
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A small fire burning sticks, surrounded by stones by a lake

Post 2 – Limiting our Labor: Shabbos and Coronavirus

  • Pfeffer, Rabbi Yehoshua
  • We have to remember to leave space within ourselves, our hearts, and...our deeds for HKBH....
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A small fire burning sticks, surrounded by stones by a lake

Post 1 – Limiting our Labor: Shabbos and Coronavirus

  • Pfeffer, Rabbi Yehoshua
  • G-d created a world that is incomplete, and He leaves it to us to complete the world...
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Coping with Tragedy Flier for coping after what happened in Meron

Coping with the Meron Tragedy: An Open Discussion and Q&A with Rabbi Simon Jacobson

  • Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
  • "It would be cruel and insensitive to see it as just an accident but we have to see it as a wake-up call...
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Coping with Tragedy Flier for coping after what happened in Meron

Coping with the Meron Tragedy: An Open Discussion and Q&A with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – Post 3

  • Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
  • The pain will subside...but the growth will be forever and we will prevail."...
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Coping with Tragedy Flier for coping after what happened in Meron

Coping with the Meron Tragedy: An Open Discussion and Q&A with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – Post 2

  • Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
  • Our belief in goodness...G-d, and our values will not be destroyed…!"...
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Coping with Tragedy Flier for coping after what happened in Meron

Coping with the Meron Tragedy: An Open Discussion and Q&A with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – Post 1

  • Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
  • ...we are all part of this collective body, we need to strengthen ourselves in the sense of strengthening our commitment to everything that is good - to mitzvot, to Torah, to prayer...
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Rescue forces helping at Meron after the tragedy

The Lag B’Omer Tragedy

  • Edelstein, Rabbi Avraham
  • ... the Ramchal states that at the end of time, G-d will need to speed up history...
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Rescue forces cleaning up the aftermath of the Meron Tragedy

Reaction to the Tragedy in Meron on Lag Ba’omer

  • Friedman, Rabbi Manis
  • ...The death is still tragic, but the circumstances are awesomely holy....
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Menn carrying stretchers with people who fell in the Meron Tradgedy

Emor Project Responds to the Meron Tradgedy

  • Emor Project
  • The heart of all of Am Yisrael (the people of Israel) has been struck by the tragedy that happened in Meron on Lag B’Omer...
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Man alone standing before an ocean as the sun sets, leaving a purple sky

Even in the Worst Darkness, G-d is Calling Out To You

  • Jacobson, Rabbi YY
  • "How am I supposed to feel hope in this situation? I don’t see an end in sight...
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Purple Costume mask on a sparkled surface

Facemasks and Purim Masks: The Pandemic’s First Anniversary

  • Blech, Rabbi Benjamin
  • "Like Purim, at times God puts on a mask and conceals His presence and His purpose. But as Purim also teaches us, miracles of salvation are part of the story as well...
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Virus cells growing, microscope view

Don’t Waste This Crisis

  • Jacobson, Rabbi YY
  • "One of the greatest mistakes in life is to waste a crisis, not to turn a crisis into an opportunity... The reason you are given a challenge in life is to come out wiser, deeper, more courageous, more resilient, more blessed... a far greater person."...
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Virus bacteria under microscope

Covid19 – What Should We Be Doing During These Challenging Times?

  • Pessin, Rabbi Aharon
  • "In these trying Covid-19 times there are so many acts of kindness going on. Rabbi Aaron Pessin shares a true story that happened in Lakewood New Jersey on the Passover Seder..."...
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Bacteria cell growing in front of a double helix

Covid19: Why an 83 Year Old Man Couldn’t Stop Crying

  • Pessin, Rabbi Aharon
  • "Every morning when we wake up the first thing we say is 'Modeh Ani' - we thank Hashem, we thank G-d for restoring our soul..."...
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Covid-19 virus growing

Covid-19: What The Holy Zohar Says

  • Pessin, Rabbi Aharon
  • "There is a well know segula (Spiritual remedy) that stops plagues. It’s taught by the Holy Zohar that reading the Pitum HaKetoret has the power to stop a plague. But how does this work? What is so special about this prayer that enables it to stop a plague?"...
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Covid-19 virus and DNA reproducing

Covid-19: Who Do We Blame?

  • Pessin, Rabbi Aharon
  • "This is a new type of battle, a new type of war and we are all supposed to look in the mirror and..."...
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Bacteria cell growing in front of a double helix

Post 4 – HKB”H’s Voice Is Heard around the World Like a Thunderous Lightning Bolt to Arouse Us from Our Spiritual Slumber and Remind Us of His Presence

  • Friedman, Rabbi Pinches
  • "...We must employ our power of speech...to engage in Torah-study…  We must designate set times to study Torah daily, morning and night. We must refrain from speaking ‘lashon hara’ and gossip....
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Bacteria cell growing in front of a double helix

Post 1 – HKB”H’s Voice Is Heard around the World Like a Thunderous Lightning Bolt to Arouse Us from Our Spiritual Slumber and Remind Us of His Presence

  • Friedman, Rabbi Pinches
  • "No one, except possibly the leaders and tzaddikim of this generation, has the explicit, unequivocal knowledge to explain why HKB”H has subjected the world to this virulent organism. What we do know, however, it that it compels us to search our souls and assess our own accountability - 'cheshbon...
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A web of a virus forming

The Message of The Corona Virus

  • Cardozo, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes
  • “We are obviously deeply pained that more and more people are getting ill and that others have died. Every human being, Jew or gentile, is of infinite value and to lose even one of them is losing a whole world....
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