Week's Roundup - As apparent chaos mounts where do you turn?
Highlights from this week's learning and events; An eternal message from the Torah about how G-d Al-mighty wants the Torah message of His Divine Wisdom to reach every single man, woman and child.
Did you know that the Torah has an eternal Divine Message that applies to every single human being? Authentic Torah learning grounds us in reality, both what we can observe and what is beyond our observation, grasp and even understanding, and leads to practical positive action. Positive for us and positive for those around us. Torah reveals our Divine Innate Spiritual Compass and brings our Spiritual Backbone to the forefront of life.
If you have adopted some or all of Enlightenment thinking, learning Torah will challenge everything you believe and hold dear.
In each Week’s Roundup, you will find a special topic, links to this week’s learning, the Torah perspective on current events, upcoming learning and action suggestions. This week we embrace grounding in reality and action. Learn, take hope and take action, and share.
With 70,000,000 million abortions each year, Sweden approving the public burning of a Holy Torah Scroll, the American People being primed to more deeply take sides in a phony dialectic on Soviet territory, and regular executions in the Holy Land, you might ask, what is to be done? Where are we to turn for help?
The first is to understand - all the shocks are from the failure to properly understand that there is nothing other than G-d Al-mighty.
The second is to take action. Rabbi Jack Forgash is taking action! This Sunday at 2 pm, join us for the YouTube Premiere of the Rabbi Smith Podcast: For 80 Billion with Special Guest Rabbi Jack Forgash who is all about taking action. He taking action to protect Israel's most precious resource — it's children — by preventing abortions.
Here’s the brief trailer:
And, please join us for the moving interview here on Sunday July 16, 2023, at 2 pm:
While you are there, please make sure to subscribe to the Hope for Humanity YouTube Channel by clicking this link: https://www.youtube.com/@hopeforhumanity1?sub_confirmation=1
Back to action: Rabbi Jack Forgash should inspire us all. When we see that every single human life is so infinitely valuable and every breath of each life is so infinitely valuable, then helping one breath or helping one birth is already awesome action. This is why the Torah Sages say that he who saves one life has saved the entire Creation.
Here is a brief discussion of action:
And one of the greatest actions we can take is prayer, because prayer moves us out of inaction deeper into the Divine within us. If we truly connect to the Divine within us we will be propelled into action! Here is learning we did this week about prayer:
And, please share your comments and questions below!
Shabbos is coming, a reminder for every human being that they are an intentional creation of G-d Al-mighty right now and a continuing beneficiary of His Love, His Joy and His Abundance! What an incredible moment to increase even more in joy!
Action: Use the link above to check Yom Tov and Shabbos Candellighting times in your city around the world. Yom Tov and Shabbos Candlelighting time in New York City this week (7/14/23) is 8:08 pm and Shabbos ends at 9:14 pm.
Here is some of the learning we did this week:
These videos are available in the content library at RabbiSmith.org (in parentheses) and also on YouTube by clicking the name of the learning. When you watch on YouTube please like, share and subscribe so the message of hope reaches more and more people. See below at the end of this article a list of upcoming classes both in person and on Zoom.
👉 The Rabbi Smith Podcast: Episode #2 Teaser - Rabbi Jack Forgash from Just One Life.org
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Sunday Learning
Wednesday Learning
👉 Zecharia 8:23: Parshas Matot-Massei - Intro to Prayer - Engaged into your depths
Thursday Learning
👉 Emunah (Faith) in Action - Cancelled
(Emunah (Faith) in Action Playlist)
👉🌟🌟🌟Parshas Matot-Massei - Understanding into Action
Additional Learning
👉 Gate of Oneness - Chapter 2 continued - with a link to Rabbi Chyrek's Translation (Gate of Oneness Playlist)
On Substack this week:
On Substack, I write about the practical implications of Torah learning, and how to keep our thinking clear, grounded in honesty and common sense. Here’s The Rabbi Smith Bulletin for this week: A lot of great activity on Notes. Check them out on my Substack Profile1 or at the The Rabbi Smith Bulletin.
Here’s a small sample of Notes:
When you read the Notes, please be sure to like, comment, restack and share.
A Torah perspective on the world around us…
Ask in the comments below about topics and news you would like the Torah perspective on.
A thought in concluding for now…
Thank G-d, we live in the most inspiring and incredible times in the history of the world. We have a great and beautiful mission before us. The need in the people is great, time is of the essence and the undertaking is massive, but eminently doable with the help of G-d Al-mighty. Please consider a generous gift to bring this message of hope to thousands more people, by clicking here.
May G-d Al-mighty bless you and Gut Shabbos!
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Upcoming Learning:
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👉Yeshiva Shem V'Ever
Shabbos Afternoon (Saturday) 4 pm Eastern
We will be learning Torah relevant to non-Jews with Jews and non-Jews.
Tanya: Sha'ar Hayichud v'HaEmunah - the Gate of Oneness and Faith
In person in Passaic, New Jersey, only.
👉Rabbi Steif Mitzvos Hashem
SUNDAY 7 am Eastern (1 pm Germany time)
Rabbi Steif wrote this holy book to avert the Holocaust by making sure that both Jews and non-Jews should know clearly G-d Al-mighty's rules for non-Jews.
👉Zecharia 8:23 - Weekly Torah Portion, Prayer and Talmud
WEDNESDAY 8:00 pm Eastern
Learn the week's Torah Portion (parsha) as it is relevant to every man, Prayer for every man and portions of the Talmud that are relevant to non-Jews
👉Emunah (Faith) in Action
THURSDAY 10 am Eastern
Only with tranquility of the soul can we hear G-d Al-Mighty's voice clearly, know what to do and have the strength to do it effectively
👉Gate of Oneness
Words on the Torah Portion
The Torah Experience - Life Fully Lived
THURSDAY 8:00 pm Eastern - Not this coming week due to Shavuous
Study the Gate of Oneness (Sha'ar HaYichud) by the Mittler Rebbe which teaches us how to think clearly. Delivered by Rabbi Shimon Chyrek. Rabbi Smith speaks on the weekly Torah portion at the end of the class.
Actions:
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