It’s Yom Tov again this Sunday, October 10th, as we celebrate the Siyum Daf Yomi of Maseches Beitza. In case you thought Yom Tov was over, think again! ‘Yoma Tova L’Rabonon’ is what Abaye called the celebration he would make every time a Talmid Chacham was mesayem a Masechta. Why does he call a Siyum a Yom Tov?  Yom Tov is an experience we celebrate not just for the present time of Yom Tov itself, but also so that we can take with us the excitement, passion and hisorerrus we gained to carry us over till the next Yom Tov. That’s what we ask for in davening ‘Vehasiainu..es birkas mo’adecha’- please help us to carry the simcha and brocha of this Yom Tov into the rest of the year.

I’ve always been a pretty normal kid, but there’s one thing that makes me different: I’ve never met my Mom.   Just a few hours after my bris, she collapsed and passed away. She was only 34 years old.    So I never knew what it was like to have a Mom get me dressed in the morning, take me to school, or come to meetings with my teacher. The person who did all those things instead was my brother, Eliezer.   My brother Eliezer is my hero. He was a teenager when our Mom passed away, and he took over everything around the house so that our Dad could focus on his work. It was Eliezer who came to my gan party, sitting with the other mothers, clapping as I sang the alef bais. Eliezer who picked me up the day I felt sick, who tucked me in and closed the curtains so I could rest.

Guests at an Ashdod engagement party were visibly emotional last week, and a brief look into the family’s history reveals why:   The last time many of the guests had celebrated with groom Eliezer Avraham had been at his bar mitzvah, just two weeks after the tragic passing of his mother, Yafit. Yafit was 34 and left behind 7 children, including a newborn. She collapsed shortly after the newborn’s bris, and died.    In the years that have passed since that tragic bris and bar mitzvah, Eliezer grew from a devastated young boy to a mature young man. He took over the responsibility of raising his younger siblings, so that his father could focus on supporting them. Those close to the family say that Eliezer does “everything” around the house.

The Oraysa siyum on מסכת שבת was held on September 9th at Lake Terrace Hall, Lakewood New Jersey. Over 1000 men, woman and children from around the world gathered on motzei Tzom Gedaliah to celebrate this monumental event.  Oraysa is the fastest growing learning program with over 8000 lomdim worldwide. The innovation of Oraysa has sparked a silent revolution throughout the Torah world. Thousands of people from every segment of Klal Yisroel have adopted the Oraysa mehalech and embraced it for their hours of k’vius ittim latorah. Oraysa has opened new vistas in Limud Hatorah.   The global initiative unites all of Klal Yisroel through a structured daily learning platform designed to learn, review and retain all of Shas, be’zeras Hashem.

“This year we’re all sleeping in the sukkah, all 10 kids. They shut off our electricity because we couldn’t pay the bill. Baruch Hashem the electricity of the sukkah is hooked up to the building itself, so we can have light.”   “Every chol hamoed we play cards and whoever wins gets to have chicken in their soup instead of just broth. I thought that was normal until I got older…”   “I was in my sukkah davening that there should be a miracle and we’d be able to afford shabbos shoes for the kids. Their old pairs didn’t fit and the holiday was coming. Then, a knock came on the wooden boards. It was a man with a check from Vaad HaRabbanim.

“The Geulah Initiative” is a brand new sefer teaching us how we can perfect and understand our Shmiras Haloshon& Ahavas Yisroel. Join our daily WhatsApp group as we learn together and grow in our Lashon this Elul.  Learn and live this sefer and become an active participant in bringing the Geulah Join our daily WhatsApp group https://bit.ly/TheGeulahInitiative To Download The FREE SEFER https://bit.ly/LetsBringTheGeulah Included in the sefer is a POWERFUL Tefillah that should be recited in every shul!     

People have always believed that only farmers cultivating the land in the sixth year can fulfill the mitzvah of Shmita in the seventh year. This is not true! For most of Am Yisroel, Shmita has not been affordable or accessible. Under the haskamos of Gedolei Yisrael, Agudas Shmita has completely changed that. Only farmers who work on agricultural land during the 6th year, can keep the mitzvah of shmita in the 7th year. The average Jew cannot become a farmer for the two years required to give him full schar for the mitzva. Agudas Shmita has the ultimate, most halachically mehudar solution Ownership is attained via a trustee – a shliach, a representative who completely fulfills the mitzva and thus enables you to be zoche to its infinite blessing.

The beautiful Yom Tov of Sukkos is almost here. Please, hear the cry of your brothers and sisters in Israel and send financial help! The money raised will be distributed before Yom Tov.   Every donation to this cause will bring you countless zechusim and mitzvahs. Give as much as you can, so that when the gabboim knock on the doors of these homes and give them an envelope full of hope and comfort, full of smiles, Hashem will remember you and your needs with a smile. CLICK HERE TO DONATE! May Hashem bless all those who give Tzedakah with many berochos and yeshuos. Tizku lmitzvot. SPONSOR ONE FAMILY FOR FIRST HALF OF YOM TOV FOR $180 SPONSOR ENTIRE YOM TOV FOR A FAMILY $360 SPONOR 2 FAMILIES FOR ENITRE YOM TOV $720 CLICK HERE TO DONATE! 

The “Insured for Life” Fund enters into the life of a family about to lose a loved one, ch”v,  and turns over the  world in order to save his life.  And the “Insured for Life” Fund has merited to save lives time after time, in truly miraculous ways. BE INSURED FOR LIFE When the financial aspect is no longer an obstacle, it turns out that there is a lot more that can be done for even those in the most dire condition; and often they stay, and even recover. Take advantage of the last opportunity. You too can receive the certificate with a special promise of “Insured for Life”, as a special gathering of the Gedolei HaDor shlit”a, with Rashkebeha”g Maran Sar HaTorah shlit”a at their head, will daven in unison, and themselves sign on the “Insured for Life” certificate for the year 5782.

Are you or someone you know in need of a zechus for their bashert? Once again , Harav Chaim Kamievsky will be saying a special tefillah at Neilah for all the Ohel Sarala members that “this year should be the year”. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to submit your kvittel for this rare tefillah and bracha.  JOIN HERE The Ohel Sarala Initiative was born 6 years ago, at the recommendation of Rav Ahron Leib Shteinman ZT”L. You can read more about Ohel Sarala below. Over the last few years, Ohel Sarala has been part of over 385 babies and 2271 shidduchim. It all began when Rabbi Shlomo Bochner, founder of Bonei Olam, visited Hagaon Reb Aron Leib Shteinman, zatzal.