Yek's Corner

The Power of a Blessing

Tradition says that when Shimon Peres was 4 years old, his father took him to Radin, the hometown of the great Khafetz Khaim, zatza"l, who blessed little Shimon.

During the course of the years, Mr. Peres had a falling out with the Rebbe of Gur, the "Lev Simcha", zatza'l. After that, he lost 8 elections straight. People then used to joke that Peres couldn't even get elected to his granddaughter's PTA committee or to his own Vaad Bayit.

Shimon Peres then did the smart thing. As a candidate for the presidency this week, he went to the gravesite of the holy Stefanester Rebbe zatza'l in Ramat Gan and took with him a number of leading tzaddikim, who performed a hatarat klalot, removal of curses.

Then, he went to the Gadol of this generation, Rishon L'Tzion Khakham HaShalem Rabbenu Ovadiah Yosef shlit'a, and received a blessing. Rav Ovadiah's blessing is better than money in the bank.

Thanks to Shimon Peres's emunat khakhamim, we call him today "Mister President." Mazal Tov, Mr. President!

P.S. and funny i'm back writing here on 6/13...(TARYAG MITZVOT...) may hashem help us ALL do TSHOUVA and get as close as possible to the 613 and that way see mashiakh ben david in our generation AMEN KY"R !!! ANS"V !!!

above photo courtesy of Jerusalem Post

Injustice

I hate injustice. Our great sages zatza"l teach us that those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind. Cruelty to kind people is the work of Amalek. Here are two examples:

Example One: Amona,

On Feb. 1, 2006, the Israel Police were ordered to demolish nine Jewish homes in Amona, near Ofrah, 12 miles north of Jerusalem. In the video documentary below, police were filmed using excessive force against hundreds of youthful protestors, over 200 of whom were injured and taken to hospitals for treatment. Click here to see, courtesy of Israel National News.

Example Two: Suburbia, Great Stiff Neck, NY

In a place called Stiff Neck, there's a kehilla of nouveau-richers that yesterday were selling felafel and pita, and today knock their heads out trying to show people that they've made a few bucks by buying a big house with a swimming pool and flaunting their $300 silk ties. Their wives will spend an easy two grand before a wedding, between the hairdresser (when she should be covering her hair by Torah commandment) and her new shoes and dresses (which are immodest - who's she trying to impress, the gategeeper of Jehennom?). Anyway, the nouveau-richers of Kehilat New Song actually hired a real tzaddik and khakham, Rabbi A.N. They agreed to give him the salary of $48K, which is about what they spend annually on pitzuchim. After Rabbi A.N. shlit'a reported for work, the Council of nouveau-richers "BOARD" decided that $48K is beyond their budget. So, they threw Rabbi A.N. out on the street in disgrace.

My blood boiled. But, when I asked an independant rabbinical authority what the Halakha is in a case like this, he told me that Kehilat New Song should pay Rabbi A.N. $100K (2 years rounded up....) as a kapara for shaming him. The Gemarra says that he who shames a talmid khakham has no refua for whatever ailment he'll be punished with.

I warn the cruel people of the world - you may think you're powerful with the upper hand, but Hashem hasn't dealt with you yet. The last train for tshuva is blowing its horn...

The ANSWER IS .... ASK YOUR "LOCAL RABBI" what to do... (give him/her a "hint") "Tzedaka (charity) TATZIL MI MAVET" I pray soooooo VERY HARD to HASHEM that that will have RAKHAMIM like he has been rather than MIDAT HADIN ...HASHEM YAAZOR...this was number 2 so now there are 8 to go...more on this soon....

First Chassidic US President?

It's amazing to see the ridiculous things that come out of some politicians mouths. If you've never met a "talmid chacham", a Torah scholar, then you don't know the meaning of clear and cogent thinking. Furthermore, a true "Chacham" is also modest - he casts his ego aside because it gets in the way of serving G-d. So, he doesn't have an ego problem (because if he did, he wouldn't be a true "Chacham").

Anyway, chances are that you'll see my face back in the USA within the coming weeks. I have quite a few letters from people who want to meet and hear Rav Lazer Brody, so if Hashem so desires, I might just bring "Rabbi Rambo" with me. By the way, don't you think Kalcom Publishing's Rav Lazer would make a great candidate for US President? He's got dual citizenship (USA-Israel) and he was born in Washington, DC. I even have a good campaign poster picture to use; check this out:

Its common knowledge that the US President dictates to Israel; would I love to see Olmert taking orders from Rav Lazer. Wouldn't that be a fiction best-seller... Now, all I need is somebody talented enough to write it!