I noticed that the neighbor's children were chasing a cat with a collar and bell on it. To save the cat I went over and retrieved it. There was a name and address on the collar. I called the owner and returned the cat to him.
The first day after being inspired by the Rav's suggestion of doing a random chesed, I felt disappointed that no opportunity had come my way for an act of chesed! I happened upon a young lady I know who lives in Gimmel and shared the Rav's words with her. She was enthusiastic and said to [...]
I met a lady in the lobby of the Maccabee Health Center who was confused as to how the new computer "kiosk" works for obtaining a number for the nurse, lab, etc, because she has difficulty with Hebrew. I helped her, and she said, "I now know why you were at Maccabee this morning: To [...]
Help prevent Random Acts of Terror by performing Random Acts of Chesed. Share your stories of Chesed with the kehilla by sending them to chesed@ahavasshalom.org. Alternatively, you can write them on paper and place them in the “SUGGESTIONS BOX” near the front door. (names will always be withheld unless specifically requested.) Stories will be published [...]
Mr. Reuven of our shul is a recent immigrant to Israel (oleh). He had a job interview and needed to learn some technical terms in Hebrew which are used in his field of expertise. Mr. Shimon of our shul works in the same field as Mr. Reuven. Mr. Shimon spent 20 minutes of his precious [...]
Date: 24-Oct-2015 11 Cheshvan 5776 Location: Ahavas Shalom Attending: Lev Seltzer, Micha Kushner, Yonah Kauffman, Ari Waldman, Avi Rosenberg Absent: Aryeh Beer, Alan Rubinstein Summary by Micha Kushner Air Conditioning There will be no A/C put on automatically during the week any more. It will only be set to go on during Shabbos. If someone [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Lech Lecha 5776 Reminders: Mincha tonight at 17:44. New shiur from the Rav on Shabbos afternoon, 15 minutes before the last Mincha. Standard Time returns after Shabbos. Change your clocks back one hour at 02:00. There are several davening time changes due to this - please see the newsletter for full details. [...]
וַיֵּלֶךְ, לְמַסָּעָיו, מִנֶּגֶב, וְעַד-בֵּית-אֵל--עַד-הַמָּקוֹם, אֲשֶׁר-הָיָה שָׁם אָהֳלֹה בַּתְּחִלָּה, בֵּין בֵּית-אֵל, וּבֵין הָעָי. [בראשית יג:ג]. Avraham returned on his journey back to Eretz Yisrael. Rashi comments that he repaid his debts from his travels down to Egypt. Many are familiar with a story about the Chofetz Chaim: He had to mail a letter and he found [...]
וַיֵּלֶךְ, לְמַסָּעָיו, מִנֶּגֶב, וְעַד-בֵּית-אֵל--עַד-הַמָּקוֹם, אֲשֶׁר-הָיָה שָׁם אָהֳלֹה בַּתְּחִלָּה, בֵּין בֵּית-אֵל, וּבֵין הָעָי. [בראשית יג:ג]. רש"י, בפירושו על הפסוק, מבאר שאברהם אבינו חזר אל אותן האכסניות בהן ביקר, ושילם את כל חובותיו. הרבה מכירים את הסיפור הידוע על החפץ חיים ובול הדואר. החפץ חיים התכוון לשלוח מכתב לבן אדם מסויים בעיר רחוקה. עוד לפני שהספיק לשלוח [...]
Notes from the Rav's Shabbos shiur on Pele Yoetz Week 3 (24-Oct-15)
