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Date Posted: 01:21:25 08/06/12 Mon
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A Two-Faced World Menachem Av 18, 5772 • August 6, 2012
Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson
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It’s not that there are two forms of matter, the physical and the spiritual. Rather, to each thing there are two faces, the more tangible and the more abstract.
Our senses grasp that which is tangible, and we call it “physical.”
Our mind’s eye is able to grasp the more abstract—each according to his level—and we call that “spiritual.”





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Write The Story Of Your Life
View each day as a page in your autobiography.
You have the ability to fill each page with beautiful stories of spiritual growth and kind deeds. Past pages are already written, but you can revise their significance by learning from your mistakes. In a panoramic view of your life, those mistakes become stepping stones for growth.
Future pages are not yet ready to be written. Only the present pages are before you. You have the opportunity to be the author of a masterpiece which describes the life of a great person: you.

(Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky; Rabbi Pliskin's Gateway to Happiness, p.152)


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17 Av
In 1889, 800 Jews arrived in Buenos Aires, marking the birth of the modern Jewish community in Argentina. These immigrants were fleeing poverty and pogroms in Russia, and moved to Argentina because of its open door policy of immigration. By 1920, more than 150,000 Jews were living in Argentina. Juan Peron's rise to power in 1946 was an ominous sign, as he was a Nazi sympathizer with fascist leanings. Peron halted Jewish immigration to Argentina, introduced mandatory Catholic religious instruction in public schools, and allowed Argentina to become a haven for fleeing Nazis. (In 1960, Israeli agents abducted Adolf Eichmann from a Buenos Aires suburb.) Today, Argentina has the largest Jewish community in Latin America with 250,000, though terror attacks have prompted many young people to emigrate. In 1992, the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires was bombed, killing 32 people. In 1994, the Jewish community headquarters in Buenos Aires was bombed, killing 87 people. The perpetrators have never been apprehended.




17 Av

[If a criminal has been executed by hanging] his body may not remain suspended overnight ... because it is an insult to God (Deuteronomy 21:23).
Rashi explains that since man was created in the image of God, anything that disparages man is disparaging God as well.
Chilul Hashem, bringing disgrace to the Divine Name, is one of the greatest sins in the Torah. The opposite of chilul Hashem is kiddush Hashem, sanctifying the Divine Name. While this topic has several dimensions to it, there is a living kiddush Hashem which occurs when a Jew behaves in a manner that merits the respect and admiration of other people, who thereby respect the Torah of Israel.
What is chilul Hashem? One Talmudic author stated, "It is when I buy meat from the butcher and delay paying him" (Yoma 86a). To cause someone to say that a Torah scholar is anything less than scrupulous in meeting his obligations is to cause people to lose respect for the Torah.
Suppose someone offers us a business deal of questionable legality. Is the personal gain worth the possible dishonor that we bring not only upon ourselves, but on our nation? If our personal reputation is ours to handle in whatever way we please, shouldn't we handle the reputation of our nation and the God we represent with maximum care?
Jews have given so much, even their lives, for kiddush Hashem. Can we not forego a few dollars to avoid chilul Hashem?


Today I shall ...
... be scrupulous in all my transactions and relationships to avoid the possibility of bringing dishonor to my God and people.

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17 Av

Cholov Yisrael Milk
I live in rural Montana where the Cholov Yisrael milk is difficult to obtain and very expensive. So I drink regular milk. What is your view on this?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
Jewish law requires that there be rabbinic supervision during the milking process to ensure that the milk comes from a kosher animal. In the United States, many people rely on the Department of Agriculture's regulations and controls as sufficiently stringent to fulfill the rabbinic requirement for supervision. Many people, however, do not rely on this, and will only eat dairy products that are designated as Cholov Yisrael (literally, "Jewish milk").
The main reason for requiring Cholov Yisrael is to make sure that no non-kosher milk is mixed in. For this, it is enough to be certified as genuine cow's milk. That is why you will see many products in America with a 'D' next to the kosher symbol, as even though the milk was not watched by a Jew, it can be assumed to be kosher.
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein wrote that under very limited conditions, like an institution which consumes a lot of milk and Cholov Yisrael is generally unavailable or especially expensive, American milk is good enough, as the government supervision is adequate to prevent non-kosher ingredients from being added.
All other dairy products like cheeses and butter, which may have non-kosher ingredients added, always need kosher certification.
There are additional esoteric reasons, and because of this it is advisable to try and use only Cholov Yisroel dairy foods.



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