#yosef sparks

[anamoon63]

Meanwhile in the living room, Kennedy is fully engaged in conversation with Yosef, while Savannah continues to pray that Lukas will make a move on her.

It seems her prayers were heard, because Lukas, bored to death with that jerk Orange, opts to make conversation with her. After all, Savannah is a thousand times more attractive than Orange, at least in Lukas' eyes.

Yes! Score one for Savannah, let's hope things stay that way. Sorry for Diego, who, from the way he's been looking at Savannah all afternoon, is obviously attracted to her as well.

[magnetothemagnificent]

the brainrot is brainrotting

any headcannons on bucky's hebrew name? I was thinking yosef chaim but I genuinely do not know where that idea came from... apprently james tangentially comes from yaakov though so maybe that?

also same question about magneto. wikipedia says erik means something like ruler or king, so maybe melech? or, if that's too literal, yehuda, shul, david, shlomo... I think shaul works. the midrashim are very clear that, despite it all, shaul was still a tzadik. something something great man making awful mistakes...idk

BUT if we're going by max, google is saying mordechai...thats more boring imo

sorry for rambling in your asks :>

My headcanons for Bucky's Hebrew name:

MCU Bucky: Yaakov Shimshon. His family called him Yankele and his sisters called him Yanky.

616 Bucky: Yaakov Baruch

Headcanons for Magneto's Hebrew name:

Moshe, and his mother called him Moishele

Bonus other Jewish character name headcanons:

Arnie Roth: Aharon

Anya Eisendhart: Tikvah Chana, because Max Eisendhart (Erik Lehnsherr) found comfort in the birth of his daughter after the devastation of the Holocaust, and she was his hope for the future

Quicksilver: Peretz Chaim, because he burst out with life after such immense loss (and also the Peretz in Tanakh was also a twin)

Scarlet Witch: Mazal Chava, because her birth defied bad omens and instead was a fortune for life

*Pietro and Wanda weren't given their Jewish names until later in their life when they reconnected with their Jewish heritage

Billy Kaplan: Aryeh Leib, because of his ferocity like a lion

Tommy Shepherd: Tzvi Hirsch, because of his speed like a deer/gazelle

*According to Jewish tradition, parents have a spark of prophecy when they choose the Jewish name of their children, and of course Wanda had an extra strong dose of that prophecy when naming her kids

Kitty Pryde: Chava Chana (this one is semi-canon, it's implied she's named after her aunt Chava who was killed in the Holocaust, and I added the Chana because her middle name is Anne)

Luna Maximoff: Lila

Lorna Maximoff: Hadassah

[dcawritings]

You're bewitched by the devil's lullaby Dance away in the dead of the night Hear the voices humming in your mind He will never let you out of sight

- Devil's Lullaby by Jim Yosef & Scarlett

It should burn.

The hands, the claws, the very touch should seep into your flesh like brimstone and fire, scorch through your still-white feathers like a dry thicket come alight by a sudden spark.

Every ounce of Grace still desperately singing in your blood should have long-since boiled away in the unyielding heat of Hell. And even then any denizen of the sinful Depths would see its blinding purity — and you as an extension — as nothing more than a beautiful, cloying drug promising the sweetest, most delectable high any immortal could experience.

You should be screaming in pain. Begging for mercy, praying for forgiveness, wishing and pleading for a swift end; anything other than the slow, painful drain of Grace that haunted the edges of stories told of the shadowy depths far beneath the aether of the cosmos.

And yet...

“Little thing,” a deep voice croons, low and steady while claws drag themselves through the nervous fluff of feathers that are your unkempt wings; it has been impossible to preen them properly yourself since falling over the edge of Heaven’s gates. “You’re thinkin’ a little too much again. Can see it on that pretty face.”

A second hand finds the curve of your chin and tugs it so your eyes lift and meet his.

They burn like coal, pupils white-hot and gaze burning hotter than anything you've ever seen before. Against the soft warmth of Heaven's skies, this demon lord's mere gaze is the center of a dying star, the very moment that its core implodes upon itself in a brilliant, horrible supernova.

You say nothing, but he knows he has your attention acutely.

He is Eclipse, after all, a member of the Circle of Seven and the namesake demon of Lust — who else is there for your focus to fall? It isn't like there's a more vibrant, attention-grabbing demon in his lavish mansion of a home after all. His visage is bright and hot and heavy; like a star made of lead.

It presses down over your shoulders like a heavy blanket.

"Sweet angel," he purrs, dragging those dagger-edged claws through the feathers covering your wings so gently that he manages only to pluck out the ones that are broken and loose.

Claws that can rip and tear through bone and flesh as easily as paper, claws that can maim and desecrate the floor with immortal blood with barely a glance if they so much as misspoke in earshot.

The same claws that should have burned you to ash the very moment he caught your limp, exhausted body as it had tumbled seemingly from Hell's dark sky.

The demon hums, cooing softly, "You'll burn yourself out thinkin' that hard, darling. No need for those silly. Little. Thoughts."

Eclipse emphasizes each word with a gentle tap to the tip of your nose, grinning wide and sharp with a maw of teeth that you know have ripped lesser demons apart.

You'd heard tales of Asmodeus, the official title given to the demon lord of lust, but you'd never imagine he would be like this. His body is tall and thin, face haloed by what seems to be a mockery of sunrays that glow a bright cherry red when he gets agitated. The flare of fire around his void-dark face was mostly at demons who prostrated themselves before him in the hope that he would offer them even a shred of his infernal power.

He never does.

Some are allowed to leave with a burning threat, while others are simply massacred on the spot; at least Eclipse has taken to using one of his massive hands to shield your eyes when he does it, quickly realizing the sight of shredded viscera bothered you deeply.

He spent hours consoling you after that first time, when all you can remember is the color of crimson staining the walls; that was also when the demon first started to call you his.

Never once did the dark, haunted stories of this terrible demon mention how gentle he can be. How his voice can feel like a soft breeze against your cheek and the half-remembered sound of home. How, when he soothes you with honeyed words, your body feels safe and warm and small and perfect—

"That's it," he coos, feeling you grow lax and loose against his chest again, wings unfolded so he could reach every inch from the base to the very tips. "Sweet little angel mine, you'll want for nothing if you just let me do all the hard thinking for you. Yes... Just relax, sleep. Sleeeeeep...."

You shouldn't feel so comforted by his words, his soothing touch, his burning hot presence pressing against you like a safety blanket.

His promises should be threats, his love should be loathing, his adoration should be the promise of pain and suffering — he should be supping from your Grace like a fine wine until nothing of you is left but a hollowed husk of a creature no longer welcome beyond the gilded embrace of Heaven's Gates.

So why do you feel safe?

"Sleep now," the words drift through the air like a promise. "Let go."

Eclipse may not be your kidnapper, but you are trapped all the same; a feeble bird in a burning cage, where the flames reaching between the bars threaten to blacken your feathers and rend every drop of heavenly light from your veins.

Can you even escape back to the holy light of Heaven? And, assuming that you even can eventually find a way back...

"Hush now, sweet one, and sleep for me. Don't fear for a moment, don't want for a thing — you're mine, after all."

... will you still want to leave?

"My beautiful little angel."

The warm embrace of unconsciousness had never felt so wonderful before.

So warm, so sweet, so addictingly perfect.

[beardedmrbean]

A riot broke out in a historic Brooklyn synagogue when a group of rebellious Orthodox men tried to stop police and construction crews from filling in a secret tunnel they illegally dug to reach a closed-down women’s bath.

The enraged men, thought to be mostly in their teens and early 20s, were filmed tearing down wood panels and wooden support beams Monday at the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Crown Heights.

Other footage from the temple on Eastern Parkway showed cops trying to hold back dozens of Hasidic Jewish men as they pushed their way into the 20-foot-wide enclosure underneath the women’s section, toppling over wooden pews in their anger.

Synagogue leader Rabbi Yosef Braun condemned those involved, saying they arrived “ready to destroy and deface the Holy Walls” — calling it “mind-boggling.”

Members of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement have reportedly been digging a tunnel under the Crown Heights synagogue for nearly a year.

It was apparently designed to reach an abandoned women’s mikvah — or ritual bath — around the corner and “expand” the synagogue, according to the Jewish outlet Forward, but it is unclear what motivated the members of the Chabad-Lubavitch community to start digging the passage.

The tunnel was finally discovered last month when neighbors reported suspicious noises coming from underneath their homes, Israel National News reports.

A video posted on CrownHeights.Info’s Instagram in December showed a dark, dirt-walled space in the recesses of the shuttered women’s mikvah nearby.

Following the discovery, the synagogue leadership called in structural engineers to assess the damage, and on Monday cement mixers arrived to fill it in — sparking the riot.

The Hasidic men appeared to use a hammer to break through the synagogue’s brick walls.

A few even managed to make their way into the makeshift tunnel, with video showing at least one man brazenly drinking out of a can inside the tunnel as cops tried to hold off the others who were trying to get inside.

Some of the rioters were also seen jeering at the cops and filming their efforts to get inside the tunnel, according to Forward.

Officers were also seen holding back men outside the 100-year-old synagogue, the headquarters of one of the largest groups of Hasidic Jews in the world.

After several hours, footage showed officers taking the men out of the tunnel in handcuffs.

At least a dozen men were taken into custody, sources told The Post. Ten received criminal misdemeanor charges, another was charged with obstructing governmental administration and one other received a summons for disorderly conduct, sources said.

No injuries were reported in the brawl.

Rabbi Braun urged other members of the Jewish community “to call them out in all possible ways and strong terms.”

Braun was horrified that they defaced the “shul,” or synagogue, saying to that “demolish and destroy a shul — never mind the dangerous aspect, never mind the religious aspect — it’s mind-boggling.

“They need to be put in their place, put in their place in so many meanings of the word,” he said.

The riot came amid ongoing disputes over who legally owns the property.

In a statement following the altercation, Chabad-Lubavitcher Rabbi Motti Seligson noted that the movement has “attempted to gain proper control of the premises through the New York State court system.”

“Unfortunately, despite consistently prevailing in court, the process has dragged on for years.”

Still, he too condemned the actions of the young men who brawled with the police, branding them “extremists” and saying their actions have forced the city to temporarily close the building pending a structural safety review.

“This is, obviously, deeply distressing to the Lubavitch movement and the Jewish community worldwide,” he wrote on X.

“We hope and pray to be able to expeditiously restore the sanctity and decorum of this holy place.”

Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, the Chabad-Lubavitch chairman, also issued a statement thanking the NYPD for its assistance.

“The Chabad-Lubavitch community is pained by the vandalism of a group of young agitators who damaged the synagogue below Chabad Headquarters,” he said.

“These odious actions will be investigated and the sanctity of the synagogue will be restored.

“Our thanks to the NYPD for their professionalism and sensitivity,” he continued. “We are grateful for the outpouring of concern, and for our Chabad Lubavitch institutions around the world.”

[joekabox]

So before Bloomburrow comes out I at least one to get out one MH 3 ask, so could you tell me about your walkers Origin card?

Sorry for the late reply on this (and honestly being super neglectful of my inbox in general). Life has been a little busy as of late, though at least things are generally well!

ANYWAY, to answer your ask, I actually made an Origin card for my fanwalker, Joseph Kabox!

On the front, we have Josef, Lambholt Youth, depicting my fanwalker before his spark ignited, as a child on Innistrad. Hailing from a rather Germanic inspired plane, his name was originally Josef (said as Yosef).

As far as the front half's abilities, the two tokens he creates reference his mother and father, who both died during a vampire attack - the same attack that resulted in Joseph's spark igniting. This is referenced in his other ability requiring at least two creatures to die in order to transform him, and the destruction of target creature is in reference to how, as his spark ignited, he was able to kill the vampire in a burst of magical energy.

On the back, we have Joseph Kabox, Student of Bant, depicting Joseph as a young adult on Alara. Having landed on the shard of Bant after igniting his spark, Josef eventually came to be known as Joseph, more closely fitting the naming conventions of the plane, and somewhat symbolically showing his acceptance of Bant as his home.

His +1 ability is meant to represent the various soldiers he came to befriend and know during his time on Bant, more specifically Atax and Piramessa, a Rhox and an Aven that were his closest friends.

His +3 is meant to symbolize both his education on Bant, growing and learning about life and the world around him, but also his time shortly after leaving Alara, discovering new planes and new things.

His final -7 is ultimately meant to represent an event that happened when he witnessed Atax fall in battle - an event that would kickstart his rediscovery of his powers as a planeswalker, and ultimately him leaving Alara for greener pastures. In the battle that saw the death of Atax, Joseph lost control of his emotions, creating an elemental from the wellspring of mana both bottled up within himself for so many years, and on the battlefield around him. This elemental then aided in the rest of the conflict, before fading away, back into the world.

I hope you enjoyed this analysis of my origin-style sparker card for Joseph. I created this card some time ago, and I've been quite happy with it. I think it captures his early life well, and flows well enough into his future fan cards and his future identity as a character. Thank you so much for asking!

[global-press]

2.8 JOE BIDEN, THE NEXT MESSIAH?

JERUSALEM, 2046 -  BREAKING RELIGIOUS NEWS! As the heads of the moderate Islamic movement, Christianity, and Judaism have convened in the great hall of all religions (a memorial to the destroyed city of Jerusalem). They have declared a clone of the former president of the United States, Joe Biden, as the reckoning of the last age. He is now officially and religiously, the Messiah, the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ, and the Al Mahdi, all in one.

This has come to shock as the world is now experiencing the last age, and the great leaders of the world have declared that this era will be the last era of humanity. As Joe Biden, now Yosef ben David will lead all of the Abrahamic religions to paradise, as he is one, the Guardian of the Tawhid, the Holy Spirit, and the Chosen Child of Hashem, to lead the armies of the faithful to battle.

In response, SAFLA has declared their own leader as the Mahdi, in a display of extreme showmanship that has sparked a morale boost to SAFLA. Now, only God knows where humanity will go!

[troysantelmo]

The Jack Universe

Characters

The Legion:

The Jack Brothers

(The Jack Brothers will be the main characters of the core series which includes Jack's brothers and sisters. They are comprised of 12 siblings born from reincarnated Adam and Eve in the Construct Reality.)

Jackol - (Known World: J.R.) - He will be known as the most popular hero in the Desolate Universe. He assumes dual identity in the future as Doctor A, Aesclepius the Hero and Aesop the Bard.

He will be the one who will take care of Jackil who was one of his brothers who was sent to the future to save it from the Desserts, derived Deviants feeding on sweets.

Doctor A is hot-headed, Aesclepius is a superstar and Aesop is mild. The artifacts of his other brothers Jackal and Jackel affects him as it got corrupted by the Monarchs, thanks to Noche Buena / Media Noche, they are able to imbue his soul in one of the Golden beans. Attempting to resurrect all of the heroes trapped in artifacts, the heroes must prevent the Monarchs from acquiring the Books and the 100 Artifacts which will infuse them with unlimited powers.

As a powerful and magnificent magician, Jackol lost all of his powers in the Desolate Universe but gained some from the artifacts but he retained his nature of being a body-wielder. (Inspiration: Dr. Jekyll and My. Hyde)

J.R. II -

JR III -

Yosef Ruess -

Xiao Zu

Titus Timothy / Japayuki Shoma

Son Jirou

Michigan

Jaehaerys Snow

Wind Intel

North Sparks

Tommy

Elio (Eliazar Salazar)

[officeobject]

Compilation of fundraisers, don't know what to tell ya.

kareem-sd

3h ago

kareem-sd asked:

Hello, how are you? I hope you are well. I'm here to ask for help. I am from Gaza. Hope you can help us. We need donations in order to get treatment. Please donate even a small amount and share. This will make a difference. I need a donation of €25 from each person to reach my goal. Please don't skip me. Thank you.

https://gofund.me/70501154

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yosef-hussin

4h ago

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Hello dears ! I am asking you to support my campaign to help me to reach my goal. I am now in bad need to your support to help me stay alive and safe. Gaza is a very dangerous place either on the level of livelihood or on the level of souls. I need your monetary support to ensble me to get the basic needs for my family till Rafah crossing point reopens to move my family to safety and peace.Pleasd help a family be alive through your small donations or througn your shares to others.Thank you so much for your stand beside people in need .

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asmaayyad1

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asmaayyad1 asked:

Hello my friend , I’am asmaa from Gaza 🇵🇸

I need your help if you can🙏

I am not well. I have been suffering for a while from the inability to eat. My stomach refuses to eat and drink. I am fed intravenously until my weight reached 40 kilos. Today’s imaging showed that I suffer from a problem in the intestines and stomach due to contaminated water and canned foods. I must undergo treatment and travel abroad to get the required treatment. This requires a large sum of money. 💔

I came to you with all shyness.

Can you help me so I can get treatment? I just want a small donation of 25€ can you afford it? I'm really sorry 😭😭💔

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mahmodsy1

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mahmodsy1 asked:

Hello My dearest friends,🌟

My name is Mahmoud Jihad, from Gaza. My home, my university, everything has been destroyed. I now live in a flimsy tent with my family after losing everything. I was studying Information Technology while caring for my family, and now we have nothing. 😔

We are living amidst indescribable destruction and desperately need your help to survive. 😭 Even a small donation can make a huge difference. Every contribution is a spark of hope in the darkness of this war. ✨

My campaign is verified by: @beesandwatermelons ✅ #190 and @gazavetters ✅ #63.

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Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Let's rebuild our lives together. 🙏❤️

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anas12b

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anas12b asked:

Hello 😇👋,

Our family is facing incredibly difficult times due to the ongoing war in Gaza 💔. Our dreams and future have been shattered, leaving us feeling lost and without purpose. Anas and Ahmad have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help them escape Gaza, continue their education, and support our family.

Making a small donation or sharing the campaign would mean the world to us.

Link: https://gofund.me/8eb29f87

Thank you so much for your kindness and support 💖

With gratitude,

Anas & Ahmed Family

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mahmodalserr 6h agomahmodalserr asked:Hi, I'm Mahmoud from Gaza. Please help me and my wife escape to safety. Your donation will save our lives from genocide. If everyone donates even 30 euros of basic necessities, it will help save our lives. 🙏💔 Thank you in advance.🍉 https://gofund.me/112f10c0Answer

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rewaaamir-family 1d agorewaaamir-family asked:🆘 🆘 A Call for Urgent Help for Our Family in Gaza🚨🇵🇸🍉Dear Friends and Supporters,🙏I am reaching out with a heartfelt plea for assistance. My family, consisting of five children and two parents, is in urgent need due to the ongoing crisis in Gaza for the second year of war.We are struggling to meet our basic needs: rent, food, clean water, and medical expenses. Each day presents new challenges, and my priority is to ensure the safety and well-being of my children, especially after we are afflicted with the ongoing infectious diseases spread in the Gaza like Hepatitis C disease. If you are in a position to help, any contribution would be immensely appreciated and make a significant difference in our lives. Thank you for your compassion and support during this critical time.We hope to help us by donate or reblog/share with others .Every donation makes a different even if it a small. Not: our account is Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #155 )With gratitude, Rewaa Amir,This is our link if you need more details of our story 👇👇https://gofund.me/16f342ffAnswer

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[raining-here]

We may go down into ourselves with a flashlight, looking for the evil we have intended or done — not to excise it as some alien growth, but rather to discover the holy spark within it. Rabbi Yakov Yosef of Polnoye taught: The essence of the finest Teshuvah (the return to one's Source in Heaven) is that deliberate sins are transformed into merits. So it was that the Ba'al Shem Tov interpreted the verse from Proverbs, "Turn aside from evil and do good" to mean "Turn evil into good."

Inner healing requires self-acceptance. Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav offered the following strategy: When all we see and feel is negativity, we must search within ourselves for an aspect of goodness, what he called a white dot within the black, and then find another and another until these dots form musical notes. Our task, he said, is to find enough white notes to form a melody — a melody that will define our core and affirm our fundamental goodness.

The Talmud tells us that in the world to come, everyone will be called to account for all the desires they might have fulfilled in this world but chose not to. The things we desire — the desires themselves — are sacred. Who put them in our hearts if not God?

But we have been taught to be ashamed of what we want; our desires become horribly distorted and cause us to do terribly hurtful things. Even a betrayal as painful as adultery might turn out to have its roots in a perfectly innocent desire — in the desire to be loved, to have our experience be intense and exciting — and if we could acknowledge these innocent desires, we might not feel compelled to act them out in such hurtful ways.

this is real and you are completely unprepared, alan lew, 2003

[dfroza]

dreaming of an “opening”

(A willing unveiling)

sparked through written words read & conserved

the first track on the upcoming album Melodies of Light by Omri Mor & Yosef Gutman

Movement One - Opening

writing and music is (A full circle of silence & sound)

to influence the thoughts and speech of someone who welcomes in its “seed”

(to be…)

from [here, & now] in the (Waiting)

[yuli-zons-notes]

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[anamoon63]

In the living room, the reunion continues, no one knows where Anika and Alexander are, and they prefer not to ask. Savannah hopes to strike up a conversation with Lukas at some point. Kennedy has to settle for chatting with Yosef since Orange hasn't even looked at her. Typical spoiled celebrity brat!

Kennedy has to admit that she's having a pretty good time chatting with Yosef and Savannah. At least much better than with that bore Orange.

[thebeautyoftorah]

ZOT HABERACHA/SIMCHAT TORAH

bs'd Shalom. Exiting news: My second book "Conquering Anger", just went out. It's a very practical guide on developing a deeper understanding of anger and how to eradicate it. A thought from it: "Parents must realize the importance of disciplining their children. Proper discipline is not cruelty, it is education (chinuch). Discipline is necessary for a child’s emotional development, because it teaches him about the fundamental concept of authority." Buy my book at http://www.feldheim.com/healing-anger.html If you want to buy it from me in Israel let me know. To join the over 5,000 recipients in English and Spanish and receive these insights free on a weekly email, feedback, comments, which has been all around the world, or if you know any other Jew who is interested in receiving these insights weekly, contact me. You have the opportunity to share in the mitzvah to honor a loved one by sponsoring my weekly review, or refua shelema (healing), shiduch, Hatzlacha. Feel free to print copies of this essay and distribute for the public in your local shul. Have a healthy Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach. ZOT HABERACHA/SIMCHAT TORAH-The Final Lesson The last pasuk of the Torah is a praise for Moshe Rabenu[1], “the strong hand and awesome power that Moshe performed before the eyes of all Israel”. Rashi explains citing the Midrash that, “before the eyes of all Israel” refers to Moshe’s decision to break the luchot in front of all the Jewish people. Why of all Moshe’s great deeds, does the Torah single this one out at its end as perhaps the greatest of them all? Chazal offer a profound insight to answer this question [2]. Moshe invested great effort for many years in bringing the Jewish people from slavery in Mitzrayim to Matan Torah, and he spent forty days without food or drink fending off the angels and securing the luchot for Am Israel.  When he returned from Har Sinai and saw the people worshiping the Golden Calf he realized that they were not on the level to receive the luchot and he destroyed them.  However, what a great test must have been to forsake all that effort and energy that he had invested to get to this moment. Moshe could have rationalized that although they did not deserve the luchot now, perhaps things would change soon and it wasn’t necessary to destroy them right away.  He showed total integrity and intellectual honesty to break the luchot because that was the correct course of action. Sometimes, we are placed in similar situations to that of Moshe Rabenu; we invest time, money or energy into something and then we are faced with the possibility that we have made a mistake and need to start again or that there is a new turn of events that makes our original stand obsolete. We are greatly tempted in such instances to dig our heels in and stand by our initial plan against our better judgment. It is very hard to admit that we are wrong or need to start again after putting in so much effort into something. Maybe the most difficult aspect of knocking down what we have already built is that we are showing that we have made a mistake. It is extremely difficult for most people to admit that their opinions, lifestyle or attitude is wrong. Maybe this is the main factor that prevents non-religious people from changing their lifestyle is that to do so would mean admitting that all of their life up till this point was based on a mistake. Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz zt”l brings an example of how a person can become so obtuse that he cannot change even when placed under extreme pressure[3].  After the destruction of Yericho, Yehoshua placed a curse on anyone who would rebuild it.  In the time of king Achav, a man named Chiel decided to defy the curse and rebuild Yericho[4].  When he laid the foundations, his first-born died, and as he continued building his sons continued dying one by one until when he completed the city his youngest son also passed away.  How can a person be so foolish to continue in a path that causes his misery and destruction?! Shlomo haMelech says [5], “A person’s every way is upright in his eyes”…  He was so convinced in the rightness of his actions that he preferred to bury all his sons over admitting that he was wrong! In contrast the Gemara [6] shows an example of the greatness involved in admitting one’s mistakes.  The Tanna Shimon HaAmsoni used to explain every word ‘et’[את] in the Torah provides a secondary meaning to the subject mentioned.  For example, in the mitzva of honoring parents, there is an ‘et’ from which he derived the inclusion of older siblings. Consequently a person must honor his parents and also his elder siblings.  However, with the pasuk, “Et Hashem Elokecha tira” he was unable to find a secondary recipient of the fear that we must feel for Hashem.  His talmidim asked him, “what about all the instances where you have explained the word ’et’”?  He replied, “Just as I have been rewarded for expounding them, so shall I rewarded now for abandoning them.”  Rabbi Akiva came and taught that the ’et’ in the pasuk teaches us that a person must fear G-d and also talmide chachamim. The greatness [7] of Shimon HaAmsoni, was that he did not hesitate to abandon the teaching that he had held and developed throughout his life when he felt that he could no longer justify it.  Moreover, he taught his talmidim a priceless lesson that abandoning his teaching which was done in a moment, was as great as all the investigating and explaining he had done all his life! This lesson is connected to Simchat Torah with which Vezot Habracha always coincides.  We end the Torah and then immediately restart it again, reading the opening pasukim of Bereshit. This alludes to us that even though we have completed the whole Torah, we should not feel that we do not need to repeat it again.  We can relearn it and develop new insights, sometimes even contradicting our present understanding and we should not feel embarrassed to acknowledge that we were wrong. [Remarkably, in Lashon HaKodesh the words “review” and “different” are represented by the same word — “shoneh.” This teaches us that the purpose of reviewing is not merely to repeat the old; it is to reach new levels of understanding]. This does not only apply to pshatim on the Gemara but also to our outlook on life; if we see that a part of our hashkafa seems to not fully fit with Torah hashkafa, then we must be willing to honestly assess how we can change it. This idea is also alluded to in the marriage ceremony[8].  When the chatan breaks a glass, most commentators explain that this is a remembrance of the destruction of the Bet HaMikdash.  However, one commentator connects this custom to the breaking of the luchot.  Why do we need to be reminded of that event during a wedding?  To teach the new couple that in order for their marriage to work, they must strive to emulate Moshe Rabenu’s actions in breaking the luchot.  In order for a marriage to work, husband and wife must be willing to act with great honesty and admit their mistakes rather than stand on their pride.  Both need to be prepared to let go of their preconceived notions and prejudices and strive for truth. These are not easy demands, but if we see that Moshe was ready to break the most valuable thing in the world because it was the right thing to do, then we too can surely be prepared to make changes when it is clearly the Ratson Hashem, as it is written[9], “Do what is right and good in G-d's eyes” . ______________________________________________ [1] Vezot HaBeracha 34:12. [2] See Ateret Mordechai quoted by ‘Rabbi Frand on the Parsha, p.297. [3] Sichot Mussar, Maamar 47, p.200. [4] Melachim 1, 17:34. [5] Mishle 21:2 [6] Kiddushin, 57a. [7] Alter of Kelm,  Zaitchik, Sparks of Mussar, p.68. [8] Ibid, p.299. [9] Devarim 6:18 Le Iluy nishmat Eliahu ben Simcha, Yaakov ben Yosef, Mordechai ben Shlomo, Perla bat Simcha, Abraham Meir ben Leah, Moshe ben Gila,Yaakov ben Gila, Sara bat Gila, Yitzchak ben Perla, Leah bat Chavah, Abraham Meir ben Leah,Itamar Ben Reb Yehuda, Yehuda Ben Shmuel Tzvi, Tova Chaya bat Dovid. Refua Shelema to all the people sick with the Corona virus, Akiva Shushan Ben Natalie Penina, Mazal Tov bat Freja, Hadassa bat Sara, Elisheva bat Miriam, Chana bat Ester Beyla, Mattitiahu Yered ben Miriam, Yaacov ben Miriam, Yehuda ben Simcha, Matitiahu ben Rachel Leah, Naftali Dovid ben Naomi Tzipora, Nechemia Efraim ben Beyla Mina, Dvir ben Leah, Sender ben Sara, Eliezer Chaim ben Chaya Batya, David ben Rifka, Mazal Tov bat Frecha, Shlomo Yoel ben Chaya Leah, Dovid Yehoshua ben Leba, Shmuel ben Mazal Tov, Yosef Yitzchak ben Bracha, Yosef Matitiahu ben Yitzchak, Chaya Sara bat Yitzchak, Shmuel ben Mazal Tov, Rachel Simcha bat Yitzchak, Mazal Tov Rivka bat Yitzchak.

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ZOT HABERAJA / SIMJAT TORA

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Shalom.

La idea de esta semana de mi libro ‘Healing Anger’ es:

"Loa padres debemos entender la importancia de reprender a los hijos. La disciplina aplicada apropiadamente no es crueldad, es educacion (jinuj). La disciplina es necesaria para desarrollo emotional de los niños, porque les enseña el concepto fundamental del respeto a la autoridad."

El link para comprar mi libro es http://www.feldheim.com/healing-anger.html Si quieres comprarlo en Israel contactame. Por favor no dudes de imprimir copias de este ensayo y distribuirlas al público en tu sinagoga local.  Mi revisión semanal llega a más de 5.000 personas en Inglés y Español en todo el mundo. Les ofrezco a todos la oportunidad de compartir la mitzvá de honrar a un ser querido, patrocinando mi Divre Tora, para shelema refua (curación), o shiduj, Atzlaja. Siéntete libre de reenviar este Divre Tora a otros correligionarios. Tengan un Shabat Shalom con mucha salud y Jag Sameaj.

ZOT HABERAJA / SIMJAT TORA-La Lección Final

El último pasuk de la Torá es una alabanza para Moshe Rabenu [1], "la mano fuerte y el poder asombroso que Moshe realizó ante los ojos de todo Israel". Rashi explica citando el Midrash que, "ante los ojos de todo Israel" se refiere a la decisión de Moshé de romper las lujot frente a todo el pueblo judío.

¿Por qué, de todas las grandes hazañas de Moshé, la Torá destaca esta al final como quizás la más grande de todas? Jazal ofrece una visión profunda para responder esta pregunta [2]. Moshé invirtió gran esfuerzo durante muchos años para llevar al pueblo judío de la esclavitud en Mitzrayim a Matan Tora. Pasó cuarenta días sin comer ni beber defendiéndose de los ángeles y asegurando las lujot para Am Israel. Cuando regresó de Har Sinai y vio a la gente adorando al Becerro de Oro, se dio cuenta de que no estaban en el nivel de recibir las lujot y las destruyó. Sin embargo, qué gran prueba debe haber sido renunciar a todo ese esfuerzo y energía que había invertido para llegar a este momento. Moshe podría haber racionalizado que aunque no merecían las lujot ahora, tal vez las cosas cambiarían pronto y no era necesario destruirlas de inmediato. Mostró total integridad y honestidad intelectual al romper las lujot porque ese era el curso de acción correcto.

A veces nos encontramos en situaciones similares a la de Moshe Rabenu; invertimos tiempo, dinero o energía en algo y luego nos enfrentamos a la posibilidad de que hayamos cometido un error y necesitemos comenzar de nuevo o que haya un nuevo giro de los acontecimientos que haga obsoleta nuestra posición original. En tales casos, nos sentimos tentados a seguir adelante y defender nuestro plan inicial en contra de nuestro mejor juicio actual. Es muy difícil admitir que estamos equivocados o que necesitamos empezar de nuevo después de poner tanto esfuerzo en algo. Quizás el aspecto más difícil de derribar lo que ya hemos construido es que estamos demostrando que nos hemos equivocado. Es extremadamente difícil para la mayoría de las personas admitir que sus opiniones, estilo de vida o actitud son incorrectos. Quizás este es el factor principal que impide que las personas no religiosas cambien su estilo de vida, es que hacerlo significaría admitir que toda su vida hasta este momento se basó en un error.

Rav Jaim Shmuelevitz zt ”l trae un ejemplo de cómo una persona puede volverse tan obtusa que no quiere cambiar incluso cuando está bajo una presión extrema [3]. Después de la destrucción de Yerijó, Yehoshua lanzó una maldición sobre cualquiera que la reconstruyera. En la época del rey Ajav, un hombre llamado Jiel decidió desafiar la maldición y reconstruir Yerijó [4]. Cuando puso los cimientos murió su primogénito y al seguir construyendo, sus hijos continuaron muriendo uno a uno hasta que cuando completó la ciudad también falleció su hijo menor. ¿Cómo puede una persona ser tan tonta para continuar por un camino que le causa miseria y destrucción? Shlomo haMelech dice [5], "Todos los caminos de una persona son rectos ante sus ojos" ... ¡Estaba tan convencido de lo correcto de sus acciones que preferio enterrar a todos sus hijos antes que admitir que estaba equivocado!

En contraste, la Guemará [6] muestra un ejemplo de la grandeza involucrada en admitir los errores. El Tana Shimon HaAmsoni utilizado para explicar cada palabra "et" [את] en la Torá proporciona un significado secundario al tema mencionado. Por ejemplo, en la mitzvá de honrar a los padres, hay un "et" del que deriva la inclusión de los hermanos mayores. En consecuencia, una persona debe honrar a sus padres y también a sus hermanos mayores. Sin embargo, con el pasuk, "Et Hashem Elokeja tira" no pudo encontrar un destinatario secundario del miedo que debemos sentir por Hashem. Sus talmidim le preguntaron, "¿qué pasa con todos los casos en los que ha explicado la palabra 'et"? Él respondió: "Así como he sido recompensado por exponerlos, también seré recompensado ahora por abandonarlos". Rabi Akiva vino y enseñó que el "et" en el pasuk nos enseña que una persona debe temer a Di-s y también a los talmide jajamim.

La grandeza [7] de Shimon HaAmsoni, fue que no dudó en abandonar la enseñanza que había tenido y desarrollado a lo largo de su vida cuando sintió que ya no podía justificarla. Además, le enseñó a sus talmidim una lección invaluable de que abandonar su enseñanza, que lo hizo en un momento, fue tan grande como todas las investigaciones y explicaciones que había hecho durante toda su vida.

Esta lección está relacionada con Simjat Torá con la que Vezot Haberajá siempre coincide. Terminamos la Torá e inmediatamente la reiniciamos nuevamente, leyendo los pasukim de apertura de Bereshit. Esto nos alude que aunque hayamos completado toda la Torá, no debemos sentir que no necesitamos repetirla nuevamente. Podemos volver a estudiarla y desarrollar nuevas percepciones, a veces incluso contradiciendo nuestra comprensión actual y no deberíamos sentirnos avergonzados de reconocer que estábamos equivocados. [Sorprendentemente, en Lashon HaKodesh, las palabras "revisión" y "diferente" están representadas por la misma palabra: "shone". Esto nos enseña que el propósito de repasar no es simplemente repetir lo antiguo; es alcanzar nuevos niveles de comprensión]. Esto no solo se aplica a los pshatim en la Guemará, sino también a nuestra perspectiva de la vida. Si vemos que una parte de nuestro hashkafa parece no encajar completamente con el hashkafa de la Torá, entonces debemos estar dispuestos a evaluar honestamente cómo podemos cambiarla.

Esta idea también se alude en la ceremonia del matrimonio [8]. Cuando el jatán rompe un vaso, la mayoría de los comentaristas explican que esto es en recuerdo a la destrucción del Bet HaMikdash. Sin embargo, un comentarista conecta esta costumbre con la ruptura de las lujot. ¿Por qué necesitamos que nos recuerden ese evento durante una boda? Es para enseñar a la nueva pareja que para que su matrimonio funcione, deben esforzarse por emular las acciones de Moshe Rabenu al romper las lujot. Para que un matrimonio funcione, el esposo y la esposa deben estar dispuestos a actuar con gran honestidad y admitir sus errores en lugar de estancarse en su orgullo. Ambos deben estar preparados para dejar de lado sus nociones y prejuicios preconcebidos y luchar por la verdad.

Estas no son demandas fáciles, pero si vemos que Moshé estuvo listo para romper lo más valioso del mundo porque era lo correcto, entonces seguramente nosotros también podemos estar preparados para hacer cambios cuando sea claramente el Ratson Hashem, como está escrito [9], "Haz lo que es recto y bueno a los ojos de Di-s".

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[1] Vezot HaBerajá 34:12.

[2] Ver Ateret Mordejai citado por 'Rabbi Frand sobre la parashá, p. 297.

[3] Sijot Mussar, Maamar 47, p. 200.

[4] Melajim 1, 17:34.

[5] Mishle 21: 2

[6] Kidushin, 57a.

[7] Alter of Kelm, Zaitchik, Sparks of Mussar, p.68.

[8] Ibíd, p. 299.

[9] Devarim 6:18

Le Iluy nishmat Eliahu ben Simja, Yaakov ben Yosef, Mordejai ben Shlomo, Perla bat Simja, Abraham Meir ben Leah,Moshe ben Gila,Yaakov ben Gila, Sara bat Gila, Yitzchak ben Perla, Leah bat Java, Abraham Meir ben Lea,Itamar Ben Reb Yehuda, Yehuda Ben Shmuel Tzvi, Tova Jaya bat Dovid.

Refua Shelema a los enfermos del Coronavirus, Yaacov ben Miriam, Yehuda ben Simja, Menajem Jaim ben Malka, Naftali Dovid ben Naomi Tzipora, Gila bat Tzipora, Tzipora bat Gila, Dvir ben Leah,Hadasa bat Sara, Eliezer Jaim ben Jaya Batya, Noa bat Batsheva Devorah,Shlomo Yoel ben Jaya Lea, Yosef Matitiahu ben Yitzjak, Jaya Sara bat Yitzjak, Shmuel ben Mazal Tov, Rajel Simja bat Yitzjak, Mazal Tov Rivka bat Yitzjak y Dovid Yehoshua ben Leba Malka.

Besorot Tovot para Shmuel Dovid Ben Raizel. Atzlacha para Daniel ben Mazal Tov, Debora Leah Bat Henshe Rachel, Shmuel ben Mazal tov and Zivug agun a Gila bat Mazal Tov, Naftali Dovid ben Naomi Tzipora, Elisheva bat Malka.

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Joseph Kabox

Name: Joseph Kabox

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Human Werewolf

Age: Early 20s

Plane of Origin: Innistrad

First Planeswalk: Bant, Alara

Colors: White, Green, Blue

Appearance: Joseph is a fair skinned human, with an athletic build and average height, topped with a head of curly, brown hair that matches the color of his eyes. He’s typically seen wearing glasses - whether due to uncured eye issues or personal preference is unknown - and he has a light scar tracing the left side of his face. Under his clothing, he has various other scarring from past encounters, though healing spells have repaired most of the damage.

Art by Aurorie

Backstory: Born on Innistrad, Joseph’s spark ignited as a child, when his family was killed by a vampire. Due to this traumatizing encounter, Joseph’s spark ignited, and he was whisked away to the shard of Bant, of the broken plane of Alara.

On Bant, Joseph was raised by the motherly rhox, Trasa, at the monastery of Vinh the August, and trained at the Valeron Seaside Military Academy until he was of age to become a soldier.

Shortly after joining the army of Bant during the Conflux, Joseph was reacquainted with his abilities as a planeswalker, due to the death of a longtime friend during combat. In a move of self preservation and grief, Joseph chose to leave Alara, wanting to make a new life for himself, away from the painful memories.

After a time of exploration and repression, Joseph eventually found his journey leading back to Innistrad. There, after seeing the hardships of the plane in Avacyn’s initial absence, he took up monster hunting, in the hopes of protecting Innistrad’s people.

During his time on Innistrad, while hunting a pack of werewolves, Joseph would meet an invaluable friend – Sophia, a young gryff. After finding her as a foal in the care of her mother, being attacked by the werewolves he sought, he gave it his all to protect them. While he was able to kill the werewolves and save the foal, he was unable to save the mother.

Feeling deep sympathy and regret for the foal and the loss of her mother, remembering his own similar loss, he took it upon himself to take her in, caring for her where her mother no longer could. Naming her Sophia, after his own mother, the two grew to share an inseparable bond.

As word spread on Innistrad of a hunter fighting alongside a young gryff, Joseph was eventually sought out by the angel, Mathilde, requesting him to join her band of cathars, seeking to purge Innistrad of its evil in Avacyn’s stead. Though reluctant, Joseph and Sophia agreed to join, if only to aide in Innistrad’s protection.

Their campaign against the darkness proved successful at first, however, things changed when their travels brought them to a coven of witches. While the rumor had been that the coven had kidnapped local villagers for some kind of ritual, in reality, the coven were exposed as a pack of werewolves, seeking to curse the villagers with lycanthropy through the use of a brewing potion.

Luckily, the ensuing scuffle resulted in the cauldron containing their cursed potion spilling onto the ground, saving the villagers. Joseph, however, was not so lucky.

Being overpowered by their leader, Joseph was pushed down into the puddle of spilled potion, and while he was able to kill the werewolf, she had forced him to consume a portion of it beforehand, cursing him in the process.

After the encounter, Joseph was placed in custody by the cathars, in the event he would transform. Sure enough, he did, and managed to escape his prison and into the night.

As the cathars he once worked with hunted him down, Sophia sought to find him first. Confronting him in the nearby forest, she pleaded with his feral mind, hoping to reach the friend she’d grown with since their meeting. While at first his bestial half threatened to kill the young gryff, her mind touched his, and their souls became linked. With their bond, she managed to pull Joseph from the depths of his mind, and he returned to his human form, just as the cathars had arrived to kill him.

At Mathilde’s command, she allowed Joseph and Sophia their freedom, honoring the choice of an animal as holy as a gryff.

With Sophia at his side, doing her best to keep his curse in check, Joseph now wanders plane to plane, seeking to find a cure, while also protecting those in need.

Magic/Abilities: Having been educated and trained at Valeron Seaside Academy on Alara, Joseph is skilled in their brand of combat and swordplay, horsemanship, as well as certain types of magic. Due to this, and his upbringing at the monastery of Vinh the August, Joseph has come to favor bolstering spells, enchanting himself, as well as his allies, in addition to a small selection of healing spells. In times of great need, he’s also been shown to have the ability to summon soldiers to aide him in combat, however, these manifestations are weak and serve merely as a distraction more times than not. In one instance, immediately after the death of a close friend during combat, he was even shown to summon an elemental to aide him.

Gear: Being an adventurer, Joseph’s attire and equipment often reflect this. When out traveling, he often brings along his satchel, in which he stores his various magical tomes and scrolls, journals, and other supplies he may need. He’s also rarely seen without his sword – a moonsilver Innistradi sword, originally owned by his grandmother, a former cathar, and eventually passed to him after the death of his family. Minor articles of his clothing also include his glasses, which he’s never seen without, and a blessed moonsilver necklace, sporting a pendant engraved with Avacyn’s holy symbol. Lastly, Joseph is often seen wearing a leather belt around his torso, affixed to which are various gold buckles. While seemingly just an article of clothing, the buckles are actually what remains of the sigils Joseph had earned on Bant, having melted them down out of shame of leaving his home there, but keeping them around for the minor enchantments they give him.

Card: 

Other:

Joseph’s name is technically pronounced as Yosef, however, after arriving on Bant, he took on the pronunciation of Josef, due to the way the locals said it.

Joseph was a member of the Azorius guild on Ravnica for a time. Just one of many tidbits about his life experienced during his travels.

Joseph has a role play blog, which you can find here!

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People, February 25

Cover: Andy Cohen and new son Benjamin 

Page 3: Chatter -- Chris Pratt on Chris Hemsworth, Glenn Close on feeling sexy at 71, Elizabeth Banks on loving an English accent, Sofia Vergara on high heels, Spike Lee on Do the Right Thing not getting an Oscar nomination, George Clooney on an ER reboot 

Page 4: 5 Things We’re Talking About -- The Wonder Years stars reunite, Zac Efron celebrates his hot brother’s Dylan’s birthday, new emojis are coming, Tyra Banks gets her own theme park in Santa Monica, Haagen-Dazs introduces boozy ice cream, A Chat with Kate Walsh of The Umbrella Academy 

Page 7: Contents 

Page 8: Contents, Editor’s Letter 

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Page 22: The BAFTAs -- Prince William and Princess Kate, Bradley Cooper, Timothee Chalamet and Glenn Close, Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn

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Page 33: Jennifer Lawrence’s surprise engagement to Cooke Maroney 

Page 34: Disney actress Alyson Stoner surviving child stardom, Carly Pearce and Michael Ray has country’s cutest proposal 

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Page 43: People Picks -- The Umbrella Academy 

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Page 45: At Home with Amy Sedaris, Florida Georgia Line -- Can’t Say I Ain’t Country, Q&A with Ryan Hurd 

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Page 47: Flack, The Love Train by Meghan Trainor, Proven Innocent 

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Page 52: Oscar ballot 

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Page 63: Meghan Markle’s father Thomas goes public with her private words 

Page 64: Jenny Carrieri takes her twin sister Jodi’s 1996 murder case public, determined to capture her murderer 

Page 66: Rebel Wilson the romantic 

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