IMO, that was a good explanation of IMHO

very tired today, was up late last nite. not on the computer, b'h. one of my kids has fever.

once saw in a chasidisher sefer, i think Toras Avos - Slonim, that a tired person is like a house in the forest with no window panes or doors, entirely open to any and all thoughts and urges. without GYE and the awareness it engenders i would probably be headed into deep water. thank Hashem for directing me to GYE and the special holy people who populate this island of kedusha.

is it ok if i put on my flashers and just chug along at about 45mph today instead of 70?

refuoh shleimo! kol hakavod on your level of awareness and nice moshul!

Zammy, IMHO if u have ur hazard lights on, u should be able to go even on 40 MPH

Avraham Avinu's house had 4 open doors on all sides. So, why did his house not get influenced by the outside world?

There is a k'lal in Hilchos Kashrus that while something is giving it is not getting. While Avraham was engaged in spreading spirituality - that is the reason that he had open doors - he was protected from incoming influences.

By being a giving person, giving your sleep to your child late at night; giving/spreading cheer & chizuk around GYE, will surely stand for your merit & the BOSS will guard you! (Provided you don't actively seek out triggers!)

Hi Zem.  Thanks for checking in.


Beautiful that a tatteh stays up with his kinder. 

Thank you yosef for that great thought.

hatzadik that's a great vort!

wow Yosef Hatzadik, that's a really nice vort!
and thanks for the kind sentiments

Parshas Mikeitz

זאת עשו קחו מזמרת הארץ... מעט צרי.... מעט דבש
the Shvatim said to Yakov that Yosef accused them of being deficient in shmiras ha'yesod, 'meraglim atem', liros es 'ervas' haaretz. Yakov said, זאת עשו with this you can repair the blemish. kechu mizimras haaretz, (הארץ בגימט' שבת קודש, (בצ' פשוטה take shabbos'dige niggunim that you sing with friends, that's one tikun. מעט צרי, be mema'et the yetzer (same letters as צרי) through learning Torah, בראתי יצר בראתי תורה תבלין, this is also a tikun and a shemira. and מעט דבש, minimize your indulgences in the things you find to be 'sweet' (like honey דבש). all these are tools that help a person guard his yesod.

ליקוטי אמרי חיים

zos asu "ichyu"!!!

Rabeinu Yona (?) explains the words 'Miut taanug, miut sicha' as a positive thing. We need a little bit of taanug & shmoozing. We cannot manage without it!

Boruch Hashem, we can get our taanug on GYE; we have no need to 'search' elsewhere.....




Thank you, Reb Zemiros Shabbos for being the Gabbai in charge!

reb yosef, it is a taanug to read a good vort from you!

shkoyach!

Chanukah is a great opportunity.

like every great opportunity it needs to be used correctly. we need to be vigilant. there is more leisure time. parties, schools being closed, traveling. we need to remember that lusting after anyone is a problem, regardless of if it's a relative or a friend. if i go to a party i need to find a seat that does not face the women. i need to make sure not to spend time in a shopping mall just taking in the scenery. keep asking for Hashem's help in staying out of trouble.

on a positive note: it is a very special mitzva done at home with the family in an atmosphere of warmth. an opportunity to fix our eyes upon the light of a mitzva and to cleanse our eyes to some extent of wrong images we may have viewed. a time for extra davening and singing. a time to connect with family and friends. a time where the light of kedusha descends to places where it normally doesn't reach and can uplift souls who have fallen very far. it's a story of how a small little flame can dispel the deep dark night

not to mention the potato chips.