The Chai Times // Nature isn't ReaI

Jan 24, 2025 9:47 pm

Thought for your Shabbat: Pharaoh's advisers tried hard to explain away all the plagues. (yes those famous 10 plagues G-d used to free the Jews from Eygpt)

Even when the Red Sea split, allowed the Jews free passage, and drowned their enemies, there were those who ascribed the entire event to natural causes.

Such is human nature, to reflexively seek out a natural explanation for every event.

But a Jew, quite the opposite, ponders a natural occurrence and sees a miracle.

Because a Jew has an innate inner conviction that there is nothing else but G‑d.

There is no nature - it is all by His hand.

Wishing you an uplifting Shabbat,

Rabbi Mendy & Mussy

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The Alter Rebbe's Melody

Today marks the anniversary of the passing in 1812 of the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad.

This melody, niggun, was composed by the Alter Rebbe.

The song has four stanzas, corresponding to the four spiritual worlds, Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah. Each stanza is intended to elevate the singer and listener to the next spiritual realm.

Due to its holiness, this special melody is sung only on special occasions and dates.

The scholar who became a physician. Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (1138-1204), better known as Maimonides or Rambam, stands as one of history's most remarkable figures.

Maimonides: The Reluctant Doctor Who Changed Medicine

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