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New! The Garden of Riches in English!

In medicine, they say that a good prognosis is half the cure. The same principle holds true in finances. With that in mind, as soon as you lay your hands on your new copy of The Garden of Riches, half your financial woes will be over. This is a book with loads of advice that the best advisors on Wall Street won't be able to give you. With The Garden of Riches, you tap into the unlimited financial reserves - Hashem's. Learn how a weak economy and a recessive job market have no bearing on you whatsoever. Learn how to escape from the most seemingly hopeless debt situations. Find out how to have enough for everything you need.

The Garden of Riches – A Practical Guide to Financial Success by Rabbi Shalom Arush is the English-language version of B'Gan Ha'osher, translated by Rabbi Lazer Brody. This book has already become immensely popular in Israel. It's an amazingly enjoyable, reader-friendly and informative guidebook for attaining an adequate, stress-free income and a debt-free life; this is no small blessing in light of the global economy crumbling all around us.

Whether you've a professional, an independent businessperson, a salaried worker, a housewife or a student, The Garden of Riches will surely become your trusty companion and practical guide to a pleasurable, worry-free livelihood. It's now available at a special introductory price with free international airmail shipping online at Breslev Israel, or by calling:

In Israel: 02-5323339 or 052-2240696; From outside of Israel: +972-2-5323339 or +972-52-2240696. You'll be glad you did!

The Rodney Street Rapper

There's this dude from a religious family in Brooklyn. He thinks that Judaism isn't so cool so he went "off the derech" and he's now making ham-'n-cheese sandwiches at the treife deli (hold the mayo, Mac). But we all know that peddling pepperoni for Juliano's Deli ain't where it's at. At any rate, this dude - who I nicknamed the Rodney Street Rapper - has a soul that's crying out for help. The "rapper" wrote me a letter like you've never seen in your life. I gave him a long answer too. Read all about the Rodney Street Rapper in this week's eye-opening issue of Breslev Israel web magazine.

Also featured this week:

Rebbe Nachman of Breslev on Patience, a commodity we all need more of.

The Unhappy Immigrant is a story that Simcha Raz tells about Rav Kook.

Rav Shalom Arush says, Use Your Strength.

Rabbi Pinchas Winston on the Mystery of the Machpelah cave, an elaboration on this weeks Torah portion, Chayei Sara.

Rivka Levy tells about the TV Turn-Off.

Rabbi Erez Moshe Doron presents us with another super-exciting episode of Warriors of Transcendence entitled, The Heart is the Key.

Breslev Kids can enjoy part 3 of Rebbe Nachman's Story of Trust.

The Hidden Sage is Part 5 of Solomon's Trains.

Don't forget to order your new copy of The Garden of Riches right away! Take advantage of a great introductory offer online at Breslev israel with free international airmail shipping. Go for it, and have a great week.

 

 

Spilled Milk

This week's emuna lesson is a 35-minute shot in the arm for both our emuna and our marital peace - don't miss it.

Parshat Vayera: Don't Look Back!

This week's 12-minute Torah portion is a must for Baalei Teshuva. Have a great Shabbat!

No Freeze Down There...

We have to be extra careful about guarding our eyes. One young man asked me today, "What, so few people guard their eyes. How can everybody fall into Gehennom (Purgatory - LB)? There's not enough room!"

I told him that there's plenty of room down there. How? There's no building freeze in Gehennom...

 

Hashem Fights our Battles

Our enemies have been created by our own misdeeds. When we return to Hashem and strengthen our emuna, the blemish of our misdeeds disappears. The result is that Hashem fights our battles for us, as He did so amazingly in the beginning of this week. It wasn't the might of anybody's right hand that mysteriously destroyd the Iranian Missile Launching Pads last week. Thank You once again, Hashem.

The Road to Lasting Peace

"Abujalad" and I have been corresponding for two years now. I met him through Tamar Yonah of Israel National Radio, when she forwarded a letter from him to me. Abujalad, an American-educated journalist, is now a senior editor of one of the most important Arab news agencies in the Gulf. He is a devout Sunni Moslem, by I have the feeling that he's an under-the-table Sufi. Here's his latest email:

Dear Rabbi Lazer, I was happy to receive your last email; I firmly believe that if the whole world connected with God in the way you call emuna – or what we call al-'imān bi-llahi – we could bring peace in a matter of hours. Your emuna and my al-'imān not only sound the same - they are the same thing. The sons of Ibrahim call out to the same God. I pray to Allah for your success, because your teachings are what the world needs so that we don't blow one another off the face of the earth. Let us use our energies to call out to God and to see the good in one another, for as you say, everything is good. Once again, many thanks for the copy of The Garden of Emuna that you sent me via our London office. I read the book in one sitting on a flight from London to Abu Dhabi. With esteem and friendship, yours faithfully, Abujalad

If we all made emuna a top priority in our lives, we'd not only have peace, but prosperity too. Emuna's not only the way, it's the only way.

Believing in Yourself

A baal tshuva – or any other person with aspirations – needs two primary spiritual resources: Belief in Hashem, and belief in oneself. With Hashem's loving grace, we speak and write extensively about the former, but from we see and hear all the time from lovely individuals who torment themselves mercilessly, let's talk about the latter.

Without belief in yourself, you can't be happy.

What is "belief in myself"? Here are the basic seven parameters...

Continue reading Believing in Yourself in this week's Breslev Israel web magazine.

Also this week:

More than Gefilte Fish by my beloved teacher, rabbi, and spiritual guide, Rabbi Shalom Arush.

Rivka Levy brings us Waiting for Moshiach and Job's Friends. Chaya Ovadia HomeWork 101 and Natalie Kovan gets a Granny Cart.

Mazal Tov is Yaakov Bar Nahman's fourth episode of Solomon's Trains.

Rabbi Erez Moshe Doron brings us Sihara the Warrior, another exciting episode of Warriors of Transcendence.

For Breslev Kids, it's Part 3 of The Story of Trust.

This week's Torah portion is Vayera.

I came home a few hours ago from 5 days in the Ukraine. You were all in my prayers at Rebbe Nachman's holy gravesite in Uman. May Hashem grant you all your heart's wishes for the best always, amen.

 

Fertility for the Childless

Today - Mama Rochel's Yahrtzeit - is an opportune time for the childless to be blessed with children. This lesson is a must see:

Mama Rochel

Tonight and tomorrow is the 11th day of Cheshvan, the yahrtzeit of our matriarch Rachel whom we affectionately call, Mama Rochel. My weekly show on Israel National Radio later tonight (every Tuesday at 10 PM Israel time) will be devoted to her. Meanwhile, here's my dear friend Yaacov Shwekey singing "Mama Rochel", a moving song written by Abie Rottenberg. May her sacred memory guard over us.