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30 April 2024

THE VOICE OF THE JEWISH HEART WILL NOT BE SILENT

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We’ve been in a war since Simchat Torah, 7 October 2023. I haven’t posted anything new on this blog in a very, very long time. So, I decided to start sharing some of the stunning letters, poems, and words of tears and passion expressed by my family, Am Israel. Here is the first one.

A Coat of Many Colors

My son returned from battle, his duffel bursting
with things that I had not packed for him.

Socks donated by a community in Argentina
A quilted blanket smelling like someone else’s home
A blue towel from a family from the Moshav
Tzitzit from Jerusalem
A fleece jacket gifted by a high-tech company
A scarf knitted by an elderly lady
Undershirts purchased by a Paybox group
A sheet that was given to him by a friend
Gloves bought by teenage girls
A jacket from the closet of someone who came and requested to give.

I spread out all of these garments
and weave together a new coat of many colors.
See, Yosef, your brothers were there for you

– Racheli Moshkovitz (translated by Debby Howarth and published by Rebbetzin Tziporah 


I have loved you for your truth, your light, your courage,
I have loved you for your forests, your fields, your harvests,
For your Heavens, your clouds, your mountains, your valleys, your rivers, your seas.
I have loved you for every spark of truth you have passed on to me.

by Shalom Karniel

Passover Message From Dr. Zelenko.....A Little Belated But Much Appreciated

 


Dr Zelenko's calm and certain voice helped guide us through some of the most tumultuousemotional and uncertain years of our life. A voice which helped reaffirm our own voice within, rather than being led astray by the misleading voice of governmentmedical and mainstream media institutions.
 
his presence is still with us
 
So on this *last day of Passover, a holiday which has spanned the past eight days, we bring to you a SPECIAL VIDEO MESSAGE from Dr Zelenko. A message which is as important now as it ever was.
 
But most of all, a video which provides an opportunity to sit down with him and hear his voice once again (and he would be so happy to know we were doing this).
 
So grab your coffee or tea and enjoy a few minutes with our favorite truth telling, freedom fighting, Nobel Peace Prize nominated physician.
 
Because as the Great Awakening continues, Zev states it best.

______________________

my yahoo email messages usually come a date after they were sent, and usually if time sensitive, I miss the crucial info. Thank you yahoo.

also:  my internet link was re-connected Erev Shvi'i  L'Pesach :-)


Rabbi Glatstein on Shvi'i Shel Pesach ....plus

October 7th & the 7th Day of Pesach - The Moral Dillema of Millitary Triumph Vs. Human Suffering


1930's in Germany

 

AND The Haggadah and The Rise of Antisemitism in America

29 April 2024

Eliezer Meir Saidel: Tune in to the Sea – Shvi'i Shel Pesach

 

When Moshe and Am Yisrael sang Shirat HaYam, in which key was it sung?


I would like to propose that it was sung in the key of C major and you will soon see why.

Firstly, I would like to discuss a special frequency in nature – the frequency of 528 Hz. 

In order to understand the significance of this frequency we need to explore some science. 

We know that the sun emits electromagnetic radiation, but it is not only the sun. All the planets generate a magnetic field, with a specific frequency. 

In the 1950's a German scientist by the name Winfried Otto Schumann, studying the effects of lightning strikes, determined that planet earth emits electromagnetic radiation in the frequency 7.8Hz. This has subsequently become known as the Schumann frequency. It is a low frequency and out of the range that the human ear can detect. 

In multiple studies, scientists have determined that exposure to this frequency has healing effects on the human body, improved cognitive function, reduced stress, enhanced immune and sleep function, etc. People who live in the country (out of cities), closer to the earth/nature are more exposed to this frequency and its healing power. 

This Schumann frequency is a key building block of life on earth and is also a key component of the 528 Hz frequency we are so interested in. In fact, the 528 Hz frequency is (rounded off) 68 times the Schumann frequency, 68 is the gematria for חַיִּים, life. When it describes Chava in sefer Breishit as the mother of all life, אֵם כָּל חַי (בראשית ג, כ) this is what it means – כָּל חַי in gematria is 68.

Archeologists have found ancient musical instruments tuned to the 528 Hz frequency and some researchers claim that David's harp was tuned to this frequency. 

Another significance of the 528 Hz frequency is associated with the number 7, the seventh day, Shabbat. 

The planet Saturn, or שַׁבְּתַאי in Hebrew, is so called because it has special association to the number seven, the word שַׁבָּת, the seventh day of the week (רמב"ם, הלכות יסודי התורה, ג'). According to Chazal the angel Michael, the protecting angel of Am Yisrael is also called שַׁבְּתַאי (ראב"ע, ראשית חכמה) Why does this concern us? Simply, because just as scientists have determined that the earth's resonant Schumann frequency is 7.8 Hz, they have also determined that the resonant frequency of Saturn is 528 Hz.

The number 528 is not limited to sound, it is also a cornerstone of mathematics, for example, it is an important number in devising formulas for generating the value of Pi.

Getting back to music, the first "recorded" musical sounds in history are the ancient Solfeggio scale. This is the first musical "written notation" and is attributed to Gregorian monks. As we well know, the Christians copied many of their religious "building blocks" from Judaism, for example, the cross was a crib on the pattern of מְשִׁיחַת הַשֶּׁמֶן, the spreading of oil, on the Menachot and also on the forehead of a Kohen upon his inauguration into service in the Mikdash. The Gemara (Menachot 75a) says that this pattern resembled the Greek letter Chi, which was shaped like the letter X. It is very likely that the earliest Solfege notes were a crib on the Shirat HaLevi'im in the Mikdash.

The third note in the ancient Solfeggio scale is named "Mi" and has a frequency of 528 Hz. The name Mi is derived from the Latin "Mira gestorum", meaning "miracle". The frequency 528 Hz was considered the miracle frequency, and rightly so, as can be seen from the above.

In the modern scale system, the 528 Hz frequency is associated with the note C. 

What has all of this got to do with Shirat HaYam?

According to Chazal, the Splitting of the Red Sea took place on the seventh day after the Exodus and this is why on the seventh day of Pesach we sing Shirat HaYam. We have already seen a close connection with the number seven and the 528 Hz frequency.

So, on what is my theory that Am Yisrael sang Shirat Hayam in C major, the frequency 528 Hz, based?

Simple. The gematria of אָז יָשִׁיר is … you guessed it, 528.

Also, the gematria of זֶה אֵ-לִי וְאַנְוֵהוּ אֱ-לֹקֵי אָבִי וַאֲרֹמְמֶנְה(וּ) is 528.

And just by the way, 528 is also the gematria for פֶּסַח מִצְרַיִם and finally נִיסָן מָשִׁיחַ.

I couldn't end without some reference to the Lechem HaPanim, so here it is - 528 is the gematria for חַלָּה מָן פַּרְנָסָה

Chag Sameach

Eliezer Meir Saidel

Machon Lechem Hapanim

www.machonlechemhapanim.org

28 April 2024

The Gemora in Sanhedrin SAYS:

"This is as in that practice of Rabbi Zeira, who, when he would find Sages who were engaging in discussions about the coming of the Messiah, said to them: Please, I ask of you, do not delay his coming by calculating the end of days. As we learn in a baraita: There are three matters that come only by means of diversion of attention from those matters, and these are they: The Messiah, a lost item, and a scorpion. (Sanhedrin 97a)"

https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/135367/moshiach-will-come-unexpectedly


EM SAIDEL: Shir HaShirim for the "Table" – Shabbat Chol Hamo'ed Pesach

 Shir HaShirim for the "Table" – Shabbat Chol Hamo'ed Pesach

 

On the level of the pshat, Shir HaShirim is a love song, sung by a man to his sweetheart in the season of spring, but in fact it is much deeper than that. At its heart Shir HaShirim is a love song, between Am Yisrael and HKB"H.

 

A huge chunk of Shir HaShirim contains references to the Beit HaMikdash and its various components.

 

In this shiur, I would like to bring a few excerpts from Shir HaShirim that speak about the Shulchan and the Lechem HaPanim. These excerpts are explained in the 2nd edition of sefer Meir Panim, which is scheduled for release bli neder in three weeks, during the week of parshat Emor (the parsha of the Lechem HaPanim). Here, for the first time, is a sneak preview

 

Excerpt 1

 

... תַּחַת הַתַּפּוּחַ עוֹרַרְתִּיךָ, שָׁמָּה חִבְּלַתְךָ אִמֶּךָ, שָׁמָּה חִבְּלָה יְלָדַתְךָ (ח, ה)

 

Everyone is familiar with the perush in the Gemara (Sotah 11b) that says this passuk is referring to the נָשִׁים צִדְקָנִיּוֹת in Egypt, that after a day of back breaking slave labor would beautify themselves and entice their husbands under the apple tree and in this way Am Yisrael prodigiously multiplied in Egypt.

 

There is only one small problem with this perush – "There are no apple trees in Egypt!" The climate there is too hot and unsuitable for growing apples. Apple trees need a minimum number of days of very cold temperatures to bear fruit. This is the question Meir Panim asks.

 

The final chapter (15) of Meir Panim is devoted to the shita of R' Yehuda in the Gemara (Brachot 40a), which says that the עֵץ הַדַּעַת was a wheat tree. It fills in many blanks and describes exactly how the whole thing went down - that Chava took wheat from the tree, ground it into flour, mixed it into a dough, left it to rise and then baked it – into a chametz bread.

 

Meir Panim says that this is what the above passuk is referring to.  תַּחַת הַתַּפּוּחַ means – in place of the sin of the risen bread, the לֶחֶם הַתַּפוּחַ, HKB"H says עוֹרַרְתִּיךָ, I "awoke" you, meaning "I redeemed you". The gematria of עוֹרַרְתִּיךָ is חִשֵּׁב אֶת הַקֵּץ, referring to our redemption in Egypt and also אוֹרוֹ שֶׁל הַמָּשִׁיחַ, referring to our future redemption.

 

שָׁמָּה חִבְּלַתְךָ אִמֶּךָ refers to Chava's sin of preparing a chametz bread. שָׁמָּה in gematria is בַּלֶּחֶם הַקְּלֹקֵל.

 

שָׁמָּה חִבְּלָה יְלָדַתְךָ, by eating from the forbidden tree and mistakenly thinking (deceived by the נָחָשׁ) that she could create life on her own, without the assistance of HKB"H and Adam HaRishon, Chava was punished with בְּעֶצֶב תֵּלְדִי בָנִים.

 

The word שָׁמָּה on the one hand refers to the sin, בַּלֶּחֶם הַקְּלֹקֵל, however it also embodies the tikkun. If you rearrange the letters of the word שָׁמָּה you get the word מֹשֶׁה.

 

Meir Panim says that the following passuk –

 

בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה אָרִיתִי מוֹרִי עִם בְּשָׂמִי אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם דִּבְשִׁי שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי עִם חֲלָבִי אִכְלוּ רֵעִים שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ דּוֹדִים (ה, א).

 

also refers to the same incident. Prior to the conversation Chava had with the נָחָשׁ, she squeezed grapes and gave Adam wine to drink, which made him fall asleep, and while he was non compos mentis, the נָחָשׁ managed to deceive Chava. אִכְלוּ רֵעִים שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ דּוֹדִים refers to the drinking of the wine followed by the eating of the fruit of the עֵץ הַדַּעַת.

 

אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי from the root of the word יַעַר, meaning a forest of trees (referring to the עֵץ הַדַּעַת). The word יַעְרִי in gematria is לֶחֶם חָמֵץ מִיָּדֵךְ, the chametz bread that Chava also gave to Adam to eat.

 

Meir Panim repeatedly brings proofs that the Lechem HaPanim is the tikkun for this sin of Adam and Chava. Specifically, in this passuk – יַעְרִי (in milui format יוד עין ריש יוד) in gematria is וְנָתַתָּ עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן לֶחֶם פָּנִים לְפָנַי תָּמִיד (in אתב"ש).

 

The gematria of יַעְרִי is בֵּית גָּרְמוּ, the family of Leviim in charge of baking the Lechem HaPanim.

 

Excerpt 2

שְׂמֹאלוֹ תַּחַת לְרֹאשִׁי וִימִינוֹ תְּחַבְּקֵנִי (ב, ו).

 

A large portion of Meir Panim is devoted to the subject of prosperity and material blessing. The Shulchan and the Lechem HaPanim were a conduit for the שֶׁפַע הָעֶלְיוֹן in Heaven and the means by which this blessing was distributed throughout the world.

 

The mechanism by which the Shulchan and the Lechem HaPanim facilitated this prosperity was by combining the two midot חֶסֶד וּגְבוּרָה. These are two of the Ten Sfirot, חֶסֶד refers to the attribute of mercy, the right hand, the feminine, while גְבוּרָה refers to the attribute of justice, the left hand, the masculine. In order for prosperity to exist, these two attributes need to mix together as one, the מִדַּת הָרַחֲמִים together with the מִדַּת הַדִּין. This is the way children are conceived and also the way rain is created.

 

We get a tactile and visual reminder of this process every time we do נְטִילַת יָדַיִם. The procedure for doing נְטִילַת יָדַיִם is to first have the right hand (חֶסֶד, the feminine) fill the cup. The cup is then passed to the left hand (גְבוּרָה, the masculine) where it acquires the joy of the חָכְמָה of the Torah, which belongs to גְבוּרָה. This results in an intermingling of חֶסֶד וּגְבוּרָה and it is this water that is then first poured by the left hand onto the right hand, where it influences the attribute of חֶסֶד with this joy. This water is then poured back onto the left hand and the process repeated (three times upon waking in the morning, twice before eating bread, prior to tefilla, or exiting the bathroom).

 

In the Beit HaMikdash, on Shabbat Chol HaMoed Pesach (like any other Shabbat), the Lechem HaPanim were switched on the Shulchan. The reason that Lechem HaPanim could be eaten during Pesach is because it was a matza, it was not a chametz bread. However, it was a special kind of matza, unlike any you have ever seen – it was 8cm thick! What was the main component of the bread? Air. Over 60% of the volume of the bread was made up of air, in other words, the bread rose, using yeast, שְׁמָרִים. How do you get bread to rise without becoming chametz?

 

This was the secret of Beit Garmu. The secret lies in the principle of combining חֶסֶד וּגְבוּרָה.

 

The gematria of שְׁמָרִים is גְּבוּרָה שֶׁבְּחֶסֶד.

 

The word שֻׁלְחָן (in nistar format – each letter of the word spelled out שין למד חית נון, minus the first letter of each - ין מד ית ון) in gematria is ְּחַבְּקֵנִי.

 

Excerpt 3

עַד שֶׁיָּפוּחַ הַיּוֹם וְנָסוּ הַצְּלָלִים סֹב דְּמֵה לְךָ דוֹדִי לִצְבִי אוֹ לְעֹפֶר הָאַיָּלִים עַל הָרֵי בָתֶר (ב, יז).

 

קוֹל דּוֹדִי הִנֵּה זֶה בָּא מְדַלֵּג עַל הֶהָרִים מְקַפֵּץ עַל הַגְּבָעוֹת (ב, ח).

 

Meir Panim describes the various miracles that were associated with the Lechem HaPanim.

 

One of these miracles was that after a week resting on the Shulchan, the bread remained fresh as when it was baked the previous week. The passuk used to describe this, חֹם בְּיוֹם הִלָּקְחוֹ (fresh as the day it was baked), is taken from the story of David HaMelech when he fled from the wrath of Shaul to the city of Nov and Achimelech gave him Lechem HaPanim to eat –

 

וַיִּתֶּן לוֹ הַכֹּהֵן קֹדֶשׁ כִּי לֹא הָיָה שָׁם לֶחֶם כִּי אִם לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים הַמּוּסָרִים מִלִּפְנֵי ה' לָשׂוּם לֶחֶם חֹם בְּיוֹם הִלָּקְחוֹ (שמואל א, כא, ז).

 

חֹם בְּיוֹם הִלָּקְחוֹ in gematria is דְּמֵה לְךָ דוֹדִי לִצְבִי, alluding to HKB"H who skips freshly like a deer over the rocky mountains.

 

Another miracle with the Shulchan is when the Leviim from the family of Kehat carried it around in the מִדְבָּר, during their journeys. The psukkim tell us that they carried the Shulchan while the bread was on it, all twelve loaves. And if that was not enough, in addition to the bread, all the keilim were also on the Shulchan. The Shulchan itself was made of cedar wood laminated with solid gold. A rough estimation of the weight of this entire package is around 300kg. This was lifted by four Leviim, one on each corner, holding the poles בַּדִּים, that were connected to the Shulchan by rings טַבָּעוֹת. The passuk describing this part of the Shulchan is –

 

לְעֻמַּת הַמִּסְגֶּרֶת תִּהְיֶיןָ הַטַּבָּעֹת לְבָתִּים לְבַדִּים לָשֵׂאת אֶת הַשֻּׁלְחָן (שמות כה, כז)

 

For each Levi to lift 75kg and walk miles with it in the desert is not something for the fainthearted. Meir Panim says that this was a miracle, just like the Aron HaBrit "carried" its carriers, so too did the Shulchan.

 

The gematria of the above passuk לְעֻמַּת הַמִּסְגֶּרֶת וכו' in Shmot is - דּוֹדִי הִנֵּה זֶה בָּא מְדַלֵּג עַל הֶהָרִים.

 

Excerpt 4

כֻּלָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי וּמוּם אֵין בָּךְ (ד, ז).

 

צְאֶינָה וּרְאֶינָה בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן בַּמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה בָּעֲטָרָה שֶׁעִטְּרָה לּוֹ אִמּוֹ בְּיוֹם חֲתֻנָּתוֹ וּבְיוֹם שִׂמְחַת לִבּוֹ (ג, יא).

 

Another central theme of Meir Panim focuses on the special shape of the Lechem HaPanim, which resembles the curved hull of a סְפִינָה רוֹקֶדֶת, a ship that dances in the water. This shape bears uncanny resemblance to a smiling mouth. Meir Panim examines the deep, underlying connection between the blessing of material prosperity and the concept of אֵיזֶהוּ עָשִׁיר הַשָּׂמֵחַ בְּחֶלְקוֹ, which is manifested by a philosophy of smiling, always interacting with people and life - בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת.

 

A smile is HKB"H's answer to the cosmetics industry. Nothing makes a person more beautiful than a smile.

 

The gematria of בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת is יָפָה רַעְיָתִי וּמוּם אֵין.

 

The connection between smiling/simcha and the Lechem HaPanim is clearly illustrated in the passuk in parshat Emor detailing the preparation of the Lechem HaPanim וְלָקַחְתָּ סֹלֶת וְאָפִיתָ אֹתָהּ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה חַלּוֹת שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים יִהְיֶה הַחַלָּה הָאֶחָת (ויקרא כד, ה).

 

The gematria of וְאָפִיתָ אֹתָהּ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה חַלּוֹת is וּבְיוֹם שִׂמְחַת לִבּוֹ.

The gematria of שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים is כֻּלָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי וּמוּם אֵין בָּךְ.

 

We fervently pray that HKB"H will redeem us, as He did before in Egypt and that we will merit, in our generation, to see the Lechem HaPanim once again being switched on the Shulchan in the Beit Hamikdash and the realization of the prophecies of Shlomo HaMelech in Shir HaShirim, בבי"א.

 

 

Shabbat Shalom

 

Eliezer Meir Saidel

Machon Lechem Hapanim

www.machonlechemhapanim.org


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