Rabbi Mendel Kessin – Shares some very deep and specific information on what the Jewish Holiday of Sukkot means and represents to us today.
Personal Thoughts – Most of the information presented I never really heard before and it really opened my eyes to the true meanings of Sukkot and how interesting it really is. A little late as Sukkot is almost over but still relevant. Loved it – hope you will too!
Rabbi David Kaplan – In this short video Rabbi David Kaplan explains the importance of of forgiveness and how it can help us on the day of judgement, Yom Kippur.
Personal Thoughts – The best way to be forgiven is first to forgive. Also reminds me of the phrase: seek to understand rather than be understood.
Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit – Shares how important Tzedaka (Charity) is and the power it has to change your life right now. The opportunity is now during the month of Elul right before Rosh Hashanah. Join the fun – its never to late to start today!
Personal Thoughts – The challenge for me is to be patient enough to realize the joy of Tzedaka being great than the joy of holding on to the money for other “more important” things. Have faith – give more!
These two videos – one last week via Zoom only and yesterday’s video via live class in Jerusalem. The first one talks about the importance of speaking out our prayers loudly to better help our prayers come into actual fruition. The second video focuses on the power of our ratzon (our will) – the more we want something the greater chance we have to manifest it in our lives. Hope you enjoy them!
One of the above videos discusses the need to build fences to protect us from outside influences. One of those is protecting our eyes from immodesty when watching YouTube videos. To circumvent this I did some research on Google and found the following methodologies to limit what I see when watching YouTube videos and avoid seeing immodest things without my consent. I’ve decided to post it here for those that are interested to help comply with what is referenced by Rabbi Kalmus above. Please note these are not my technical inventions but just stuff I researched on Google (and are public knowledge):
Here is how you can make YouTube a safer place. The key is the ability to go directly to the channels you subscribe to ONLY. Here is how to do it:
For Desktop – make a bookmark using this link: https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions 120% screen zoom (which blocks out things you don’t want to see)
For Mobile – the app icon you should use: Long press YouTube and then drag the subscriptions shortcut onto the home screen to make an icon! You can then edit the subscriptions icon to put the icon of the YouTube app.
