HaRav Shlomo Brevda, shlitâ Will Give a Shiur on
Rosh Hashana.
This Tuesday, September 16th 8:30 PM
@ Ahavas Israel
181 Van Houten Avenue
Separate Seating for Men and Women
In the Ballroom
Donation $5
Sponsorships Available
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Community-Wide Shidduch Gathering on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, @ 8:30pm
Yad L'Simcha is organizing a Community-Wide Shidduch Gathering on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at the home of Mrs. Alison Sage @ 8:30 p.m.
This gathering is a forum where members of the community present information about single men, who the presenters know fairly well so that they can answer questions about them, to see if anyone present knows appropriate single women to create matches. Single men of all ages can be presented.
If you would like to be presented, please ask any member of the community who knows you well to present you at the gathering. If you do not know anyone who would be able to present you, please contact Mrs. Varda Berkovitz, Yad L'Simcha coordinator, at dvberkovitz@yahoo.com , to arrange for such presentation.
This gathering is a forum where members of the community present information about single men, who the presenters know fairly well so that they can answer questions about them, to see if anyone present knows appropriate single women to create matches. Single men of all ages can be presented.
If you would like to be presented, please ask any member of the community who knows you well to present you at the gathering. If you do not know anyone who would be able to present you, please contact Mrs. Varda Berkovitz, Yad L'Simcha coordinator, at dvberkovitz@yahoo.com , to arrange for such presentation.
approved for posting by Mrs. Varda Berkovitz
emailed from Bentzion,
and NYM@yahoo.com
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Mazal Tov!
Mazal Tov to Rivkie Lichstein upon her engagement to Michael Stall of Boca Raton , Florida.
Forgot to include last names, sorry!
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Aharon Moshe
Any comments, criticisms or requests can be sent to me @ thewriterscafe.org@gmail.com
Forgot to include last names, sorry!
After one year, on the free Web Host: tripod.com, the site below has been moved to a paid hosting environment. The old site with all of its files can still be found at:
http://thewriterscafe.tripod.com
http://thewriterscafe.org
Aharon Moshe
Any comments, criticisms or requests can be sent to me @ thewriterscafe.org@gmail.com
Salvation comes in an instant.
BS"D
Salvation comes in an instant. In the deepest recesses of our heart's prison, we feel a sense of no escape. Some times it becomes so dark we do things blindly we later regret. I felt the sense of being trapped. The feeling of despair. The pain was so deep that it felt crippling at times. The source? I feel the source of my pain was mostly feeling something was wrong with me or my anger that life wasn't going the way I said it should. But the deepest source of the pain was cutting myself off from my source. From Hashem. Recognizing that even this is a blessing. Finding what to appreciate each day.
My Choson, Shlomo Zalman, said that one day he hopes I will be thankful for the wait. That I will see that it was all worthwhile to become his wife and the mother of his children and any regrets that I had to wait so long would melt away into a complete sense of joy and gratitude! May we all be blessed thus!
But here is the miracle I want to share with you.
I was quite attached to my depth of disappointment and pain. It was a quiet presence every day. Yet when I began to take on dating like my life depended on it, it started to melt away. When I went forward with clarity that I was going to give every guy a chance and see the best in them, Shlomo Zalman popped up.
He was by the way, one of the worst first dates I had been on! Darn those dashed expectations! More on that later.
But when we got close to engagement there was a transformation occurring for me. When he got clear he wanted me to be his wife, it was an instantaneous alteration in my whole being.
The pain melted away so completely that is only my compassion that recalls it. The core essence of my being seemed transformed. The disappointment is a faint echo that ceases to influence me. I never thought such an instantaneous and complete healing from a pain that was so deep could occur. It is amazing. It is freeing. I hope it gives each of you hope that if you too suffer from this pain, that it is NOT permanent. It can be washed away in a moment.
Salvation comes in an instant. Whisked from the dungeon to the Kings Palace. Yosef became a Prince and a Leader from a slave, with all the self confidence, dignity and strength required -- in an instant.
I want each of you to know that 6 weeks ago my future had single forever and no babies from my womb written all over it. Biological clock tick tock. Today, a mere holiday later -- a few brief weeks --and I will have four new children that are choosing to call me mom (or some variation) and a husband dedicated to expanding our family with me!
When I moved to Washington a fairly new Baalat Tchuva, I was part of a large singles community. Now, 10 years later I am the LAST of all the singles to be married. I was a shomeret for more than half the girls, I danced at their weddings, I watched the years go by, the many, many babies born. It didn't seem fathomable that I wasn't one of them. How could it be. I am over 13 years a Baalat Tchuva!
But Hashem has a plan. And part of that plan is that we experience blessings in every day and in every thing that is put before us. That we step up to the challenge and step out of ourselves.
It is possible in the spiritual realm that I tipped the scale to receive my besherit, or I only finally transformed myself to be ready to receive my besherit, through the merit of our Shavuot Getaway. Through taking the time and making the effort on others behalf -- It is akin to praying wholeheartedly for another. I encourage (as always) every one to keep working tirelessly on projects outside their own circle of benefit. Do for others, and let it transform you.
(By the way, highly possible that it was my ZIVUG that finally sorted himself out to be ready for me! Don't forget to pray that your Zivug be ready and find you!)
If I do not do for myself, who will do it for me?
And if I care only for myself, what am I?
And if not now, when?
-Hillel
NEVER FORGET, Hashem is with us every step of the way. He suffers as we do, and is only wanting for us to overcome what we must to fully receive the good and blessings we are being showered with in every moment. It is there.
In true appreciation and gratitude,
Chana Leika
posted from an e-mail from the author with permission-
Salvation comes in an instant. In the deepest recesses of our heart's prison, we feel a sense of no escape. Some times it becomes so dark we do things blindly we later regret. I felt the sense of being trapped. The feeling of despair. The pain was so deep that it felt crippling at times. The source? I feel the source of my pain was mostly feeling something was wrong with me or my anger that life wasn't going the way I said it should. But the deepest source of the pain was cutting myself off from my source. From Hashem. Recognizing that even this is a blessing. Finding what to appreciate each day.
My Choson, Shlomo Zalman, said that one day he hopes I will be thankful for the wait. That I will see that it was all worthwhile to become his wife and the mother of his children and any regrets that I had to wait so long would melt away into a complete sense of joy and gratitude! May we all be blessed thus!
But here is the miracle I want to share with you.
I was quite attached to my depth of disappointment and pain. It was a quiet presence every day. Yet when I began to take on dating like my life depended on it, it started to melt away. When I went forward with clarity that I was going to give every guy a chance and see the best in them, Shlomo Zalman popped up.
He was by the way, one of the worst first dates I had been on! Darn those dashed expectations! More on that later.
But when we got close to engagement there was a transformation occurring for me. When he got clear he wanted me to be his wife, it was an instantaneous alteration in my whole being.
The pain melted away so completely that is only my compassion that recalls it. The core essence of my being seemed transformed. The disappointment is a faint echo that ceases to influence me. I never thought such an instantaneous and complete healing from a pain that was so deep could occur. It is amazing. It is freeing. I hope it gives each of you hope that if you too suffer from this pain, that it is NOT permanent. It can be washed away in a moment.
Salvation comes in an instant. Whisked from the dungeon to the Kings Palace. Yosef became a Prince and a Leader from a slave, with all the self confidence, dignity and strength required -- in an instant.
I want each of you to know that 6 weeks ago my future had single forever and no babies from my womb written all over it. Biological clock tick tock. Today, a mere holiday later -- a few brief weeks --and I will have four new children that are choosing to call me mom (or some variation) and a husband dedicated to expanding our family with me!
When I moved to Washington a fairly new Baalat Tchuva, I was part of a large singles community. Now, 10 years later I am the LAST of all the singles to be married. I was a shomeret for more than half the girls, I danced at their weddings, I watched the years go by, the many, many babies born. It didn't seem fathomable that I wasn't one of them. How could it be. I am over 13 years a Baalat Tchuva!
But Hashem has a plan. And part of that plan is that we experience blessings in every day and in every thing that is put before us. That we step up to the challenge and step out of ourselves.
It is possible in the spiritual realm that I tipped the scale to receive my besherit, or I only finally transformed myself to be ready to receive my besherit, through the merit of our Shavuot Getaway. Through taking the time and making the effort on others behalf -- It is akin to praying wholeheartedly for another. I encourage (as always) every one to keep working tirelessly on projects outside their own circle of benefit. Do for others, and let it transform you.
(By the way, highly possible that it was my ZIVUG that finally sorted himself out to be ready for me! Don't forget to pray that your Zivug be ready and find you!)
If I do not do for myself, who will do it for me?
And if I care only for myself, what am I?
And if not now, when?
-Hillel
NEVER FORGET, Hashem is with us every step of the way. He suffers as we do, and is only wanting for us to overcome what we must to fully receive the good and blessings we are being showered with in every moment. It is there.
In true appreciation and gratitude,
Chana Leika
posted from an e-mail from the author with permission-
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