Na Nach Singing Doll - .אשרינו, אשרינו, אשרינו שיש לנו רבי כזה

Rav Shalom Arush: Ma Shehaya, Haya!

Ma shehaya, haya, ha'ikar lehatchil mehatchala...

Abba techadesh oti legamray, tadlik li et haneshama!

Whatever was, was, the important thing is to start anew.

Father, renew me completely, ignite my soul!

If you haven't seen Rav Shalom Arush smile, you don't know what a smile is. Here he is, singing his famous theme song, Ma shehaya, haya!

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" in Jerusalem

Muslims upset over old "Na Nach Nachma.." Photoshop

Two years ago, the Yisrael Medad of the My Right Word blog published a funny Photoshop of theTemple Mount, with the golden dome replaced with the ubiquitous large kippah used by some Breslov chasidim with their slogan Na-Nach-Nachma- Nachman MeUman.

He wrote, tongue in cheek, "I hope theWaqf doesn't see this" - and then gave the address of the Waqf in Jerusalem.

Well, it took a couple of years, but the Muslims have finally seen this joke.

Ma'an Arabic reports of this image seen on theFacebook page of Yehuda Glick, who works to restore Jewish rights to the holiest spot in Judaism.

They "report" that the photo shows "the Dome of the Rock golden dome replaced with the hat worn by Jews and settlers with Talmudic slogans written. This counterfeiting comes within the continuation of Jewish religious leaders targeting the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and trying to harm it through multiple ways, including daily incursions and the Talmudic rituals with preparation for building the so-called "temple" on its ruins. The "Al-Aqsa Foundation" commented on this photo by saying: "These malignant actions demonstrate the size of the conspiracy that surrounds Al-Aqsa Mosque in its entirety and confirms the ambitions of the occupation of desecration and targeting of the Haram al Sharif."

It is normal to see such hysterics from the Al Aqsa Foundation, but Ma'an styles itself as a Western-style media outlet. Um, not so much. 

By the way, the Facebook page now has a lovely threat of a new Holocaust against Jews in Israel, thanks to our peaceful Muslim cousins!

This is not the first time a Photoshopped image of the Dome raised the ire of Islamists.

Rabbi Shalom Arush - Always Happy

Rabbi Shalom Arush teaches us that "simcha" -- true inner happiness -- is the key to every success in life; attaining true happiness is much easier than you think...

Rabbi Shalom Arush teaches us that positive thoughts are all truth, while negative thoughts are all lies. Happiness is the greatest mitzvah, but sadness is the worst transgression, to be avoided at all costs.

BRESLOV: DIRECTING TRAFFIC BY RABBI LAZER BRODY

Back in the late 70's in Jerusalem, there was an eccentric old man who appointed himself the director of traffic at the entrance to Jerusalem. This was in the “old days”, when there was only one entrance to the city from the west. All the traffic from Tel Aviv and the coast funneled into this one traffic light at the old Givat Shaul intersection. 

 

The old man, whom everyone jokingly and affectionately called the “Minister of Traffic” or “Honorable Minister” set up a beach chair on the concrete island that separated the inbound and the outbound lanes. In the winter, he'd have a thermos of coffee and in the summer, a bottle of water. Facing west, every time the light turned green, he'd motion with his umbrella to all the cars to move forward. Sometimes, he'd call out, “Yalla, yalla,” Hebrew slang for “get a move on, pal!” When the light would turn red, he'd snap to attention and hold his cane forward as if he were a U.S. Marine fulfilling the “present arms” command, signaling the incoming traffic to halt.

 

The Minister was well into his eighties in the early 1980's, but he was still directing traffic until the First Lebanon War broke out in 1982. After that, I never saw him again. Now, he's probably directing traffic at the entrance to Heaven; the prophet Isaiah said that we're all a nation of tzaddikim...

Sure, the “Minister” was eccentric. Someone once told me that he was a Holocaust survivor, but I never knew for sure. Someone else told me that he lived in the Givat Shaul neighborhood, and that he died of a broken heart after being hospitalized for an illness. He was beside himself with worry that while he was bedridden, there'd be mayhem at the entrance to Jerusalem. Who'd be directing the traffic? How could the traffic lights at the Givat Shaul intersection operate normally without the help of his cane, motioning people to stop or to move forward? People were tolerantly amused how the old man's eccentric ideas caused him the anxiety that helped terminate his life.

 

Tolerantly amused...

 

That's probably the way Hashem is looking at us right now. We should be preparing for Rosh Hashana right now, but who's thinking about teshuva? The international media has reported that Israel's Prime Minister and Defense Minister have already decided to strike Iran. Hummeini and the Ayatolla's have responded with a call for the Republican Guards to further expand terror operations worldwide. Nasrulla and Hizbolla threaten with their missiles, and Israel's military Chief of Staff counter-threatens.

 

The chaos is grandiose. The President of Israel, who should be above politics as a formal functionary like the Queen of England, has expressed his opinion against striking Iran. Former intelligence officials and leading officers of the IDF have also been-jumping on the anti-Iran-strike bandwagon, in an unprecedented display of thoughtfulness for our country's true security. The secular media has even published so-called attack plans and strategies in the most irresponsible manner so characteristic of yellow journalism.

 

And we waste our time listening to what they all have to say.

 

I was fond of the "Minister of Traffic", eccentric as he was. Who knows what the Nazis did to him at Treblinka or at Auschwitz? At least he was dedicated, doing a job he believed in day and night, rain or shine. He thought he was running the world.

 

Are all the generals, politicians and journalists who gab from morning until night any better or any wiser than the Minister of Traffic from Givat Shaul? I doubt it. They're making lots of noise and waving their canes up and down, but the traffic lights that regulate world eevents are running automatically without their silly help.

 

Only Hashem will flash a green light or a red light not only to the IDF, but to our enemies as well. No one in Israel has prevented the Muslem-brotherhood's new dictator of Egypt from scoffing at the Camp David accords and pouring tanks and troops into Sinai. No one in Israel has any control over what's going on in Syria, whether Assad and his Alawites will hold his ground against the Sunni rebels.  No one in Israel understands why a few weeks ago, Ismail Haniya and his Hamas henchmen were firing missiles into the South of Israel, yet today things are quiet, except for the new tension down in Eilat.

 

We don't need to involve ourselves in helping the traffic lights; Hashem doesn't need us to help Him make the sun shine.

 

My old Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Noah Weinberg of saintly and blessed memory used to tell us, "Move aside and let Hashem run the world." He said that the best thing a person could do is to get out of Hashem's way, and to do his own job.

 

Our job right now is to prepare for Rosh Hashana and to get closer to Hashem. When we do our job, Hashem will surely do His, redeeming us speedily and in our days, amen. May you and yours be inscribed in the Book of Long Life for a wonderful New Year 5773!

Rebbe Nahman conquers...Cannes. With God’s Neighbors.

Life in Jerusalem

Never Be Afraid: החרדים משתלטים על צה"ל - אל תירא מפחד