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Wishing everyone a Shabbat Shalom! Before we go "tech-less", I wanted to remind everyone of some excellent classes coming up this week:
Sunday evening at 6pm CST: 613 Mitzvoth with Bayli leading
Tuesday evening at 6pm CST: Kings & Prophets with Clear leading
Tuesday morning at 11:30am CST: Hebrew 1. Be ready to discuss what you've been studying and with questions for me about Lesson 13.
Tuesday afternoon at 2pm CST: Hebrew 2 Lesson 24 sentences?
Wednesday afternoon at 12:45pm CST: Cup of Joe with Jo
Thursday morning and afternoon: repeats of Hebrew classes with new assignments.
Of course, all of Rabbi's classes are still available as well as Sima's class on Monday at 12:30CST.
Lots of things available. Don't miss out!!!
Shabbat Shalom
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613 Mitzvoth class tonight with Bayli. We're still discussing the "positive" commands. Tonight we will address #181 the Axed Heifer; #182, 225 Establishing Six Cities of Refuge/Law of Manslaughter; #183 Assigning Cities to the Levites; and #184 Removing Sources of Danger from our Habitations.
We read the entries, discuss them, read what Rabbi has written about them on his blog and discuss some more.
Join us, please.
Kings & Prophets study on Tuesday at 6pm CST. We'll be in Chapter 10 of 2 Samuel. This chapter is going to show us that David continues in kindness and has success in his campaign against foreign enemies. It's a great time of discussion . Hope to see you there.
אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי־הָאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ לֹ֥א הָלַךְ֮ בַּעֲצַ֪ת רְשָׁ֫עִ֥ים וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְ חַ֭טָּאִים לֹ֥א עָמָ֑ד וּבְמוֹשַׁ֥ב לֵ֝צִ֗ים לֹ֣א יָשָֽׁב׃
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scorners.

2

כִּ֤י אִ֥ם בְּתוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָ֗ה חֶ֫פְצ֥וֹ וּֽבְתוֹרָת֥וֹ יֶהְגֶּ֗ה יוֹמָ֥ם וָלָֽיְלָה׃
But his delight is in the Tora of the Lord; and in his Tora he meditates day and night.

3

וְֽהָיָ֗ה כְּעֵץ֮ שָׁת֪וּל עַֽל־פַּלְגֵ֫י מָ֥יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר פִּרְי֨וֹ ׀ יִתֵּ֬ן בְּעִתּ֗וֹ וְעָלֵ֥הוּ לֹֽא־יִבּ֑וֹל וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יַצְלִֽיחַ׃
And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not wither; and in whatever he does he shall prosper.

4

לֹא־כֵ֥ן הָרְשָׁעִ֑ים כִּ֥י אִם־כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץ אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ רֽוּחַ׃
Not so the wicked: but they are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

5

עַל־כֵּ֤ן ׀ לֹא־יָקֻ֣מוּ רְ֭שָׁעִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים בַּעֲדַ֥ת צַדִּיקִֽים׃
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6

כִּֽי־יוֹדֵ֣עַ יְ֭הוָה דֶּ֣רֶךְ צַדִּיקִ֑ים וְדֶ֖רֶךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד׃
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Copied from the kitzer limited Moharan 279

(Psalms 66:14) 1. There are people whose Torah teachings are extremely “wide” down below, insofar as they greatly expand and enlarge upon the matter they are discussing-while up above, their teaching is really quite “short,” since up in the realm of holiness, nothing but a tiny spark remains of it. Conversely, the true tzaddikim teach Torah lessons which down below appear to be short- but up above, these teachings are extremely wide and great. Fortunate are they! 2. Even if a person is totally unable to speak before God-and it seems to him that he cannot even open his mouth in prayer or hitbodedut, owing to his gross physicality and to the heavy burden of spiritual and physical troubles that weigh upon him- nevertheless, he must determinedly summon all his strength at that time in particular to force himself to cry out to God from the straits and the stresses [in which he finds himself]. For the main spiritual awakening is when a person arouses himself from the straits and stresses; and through this, he will subsequently attain, in most cases, a great broadening of his consciousness to the point that he is able to pray and to express himself before God, as is proper. He can also attain something like the spirit of prophecy as a result-precisely because he aroused himself toward God from the midst of such difficult straits and bitterness.
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