נעשה ונשמע

SWEETEST FRIENDS!!!

What do Malchus Beis Dovid and the old Yankee Stadium have in common?

Both are "The House That Ruth Built".

Down to business....

"Naase vinishma" - Naase means to do it and nishma means to understand [as in "I hear what you are saying" when you say shma yisroel the correct kavana is understand Israel].

If you DO it you will understand it. Nobody can appreciate Shabbos until he keeps it to its fullest. Nobody can comprehend the GESHMACK of Torah until he learns it. NOBODY CAN ENJOY RESTRAINING HIMSELF UNTIL HE ENTERS THE MAGICAL WORLD OF OVERCOMING HIS YETZER AND EXHIBITING SELF CONTROL. Food, the opposite gender, sleep etc. etc. To deny oneself when appropriate and to imbibe when called for is a sublime existence. [Sfas Emes]

טעמו וראו כי טוב השם - Taste and see that Hashem is good!

נעשה ונשמע

Sweetest friends - Shvuos is when the Jews accepted the Torah and became like converts [that is one reason we read Rus]. A ger has to accept it ALL. This shvuos let's accept it ALL! No more filthy newspapers, no more filthy internet, no more filthy movies, no more lashon hara, no more anger and jealousy.

A LOT MORE Torah and chesed and tzedaka. A LOT MORE ahavas yisroel and ayin tova for everyone. Let's decide to fill our lives with so much light [orasia=light] that the darkness is expelled!!

Let's convert back to Judaism this yontiff with all of the excitement and vigor of a newcomer.

Love and blessings and a lichtige matan torah to all!!!