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Month: October 2016

  • Are you “On a HIGH?!” Don’t you want to stay there?

    Are you “On a HIGH?!” Don’t you want to stay there?

    I can still taste the honey on the round Challas from Rosh Hashana! I can still feel the pounding on my chest to the “Al Chates.” And the tunes and singing and the dancing are still playing clearly in my head, “V’Simachta, B’Chagecha…”

    That feeling of CONNECTION to Hashem was tangible and real. And along with it came this wonderful feeling that my addiction wasn’t overwhelming me like it does during the rest of the year!

    AND BEST OF ALL IS THAT WE’VE GOT A CLEAN SLATE NOW AT THE BEGINNING OF 5777!

    Don’t you want to keep that HIGH, that clean slate feeling – that awareness that Avinu Malkanu is near you and loves you just as you are – no matter what!! That He can restore you to Sanity!

    YOU CAN…as long as you’re ready to Make a Decision…
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    Aren’t you ready to get out of the Vicious Cycle we learned from Dr. Silkworth about RID –> Acting Out –> Guilt & Shame –> Resolution to Change?! Can we ever break this cycle? YES YOU CAN!

    And I’ve got the latest and most scientifically proven tools to motivate and inspire you – the ones used by the most successful businessmen, elite athletes and influential leaders.

  • SELF-SUFFICIENCY VS. G-D-SUFFICIENCY

    SELF-SUFFICIENCY VS. G-D-SUFFICIENCY

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    The Egel Hazahav – One of our first failed attempts at self-sufficiency.

     

    It doesn’t matter if our problems include trouble with personal relationships, feelings of uselessness, depression, fear, etc. – we all need a “simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe.”

    I know that when I become “self-reliant”, I am carving G-d out of my life. No wonder I feel so isolated!!

    We’re told that it all boils down to Self-Sufficiency versus G-d-Sufficiency. All you need to do is look back and ask yourself, “which has worked best in my life?”

    Can we finally take that necessary steps to cross the Bridge of Reason to reach the Shore of Faith?

  • R.Feigenbaum-5777 Special Aseras Yamai Teshuva Shiur

    R.Feigenbaum-5777 Special Aseras Yamai Teshuva Shiur

    SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

    A very Special Aseras Yamai Teshuva Presentation:

    It’s not about Perfection – It’s about DIRECTION!

    By Rabbi Feigenbaum

    Inspiring the Chevrah for the past five years!

    Join us this coming Monday October 10th on Duvid Chaim’s “Noon” (EDT) Call

    Dial (641) 715-3836

    Access Code 637207#

    YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE WITH REAL TOOLS FOR REAL GROWTH!

    Rabbi Feigenbaum will be discussing:

    What does Hashem really expect from me?

    Why do I have to push myself all the time?

    You can change everything when you change your attitude!

    What happens down here impacts what happens up there –

    And what happens up there impacts what happens down here!

    Nothing worthwhile and meaningful is easy!

  • Just Imagine…if you were given a FRESH START!

    Just Imagine…if you were given a FRESH START!

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    Shana Tova Chevra!

    This is my 60th Rosh Hashana and I have to wonder…“What will make this one different from all the other ones before now?!”

    After all, I’ve stood there in Shul before, grasping my Machzor and praying my heart out to Hashem to accept my cries for forgiveness of my past misdeeds and pleading to make this next year more rewarding. But it seems like here I am again one more time..unsure if it really makes a difference. Do you know what I mean?

    Then it occured to me today, after reading the Parsha Nitzavim how Moshe spoke to the Children of Israel and chose to use the words, Standing before God. Why “standing?” The answer lies in context to the last Parsha Ki Savo where we heard the 92 Curses for not turning our will and our lives over to Him. It became apparent to Moshe that we had so much guilt and shame that we had reached a point of HOPELESSNESS. That’s why Moshe had to remind us that in spite of how low we had fallen, we were still STANDING BEFORE GOD!

    And this message my dear friends is what gives me HOPE and SUSTAINS me for this New Year 5777.

    JUST LIKE EVERY SINGLE NEWBORN!!

    Full of Hope and completely giving itself over to the Care of its Higher Power, be it his Mother, his Father or ultimately God.

    That little baby, that newborn is actually you and me if we could finally internalize what is really going on each and every Rosh Hashana. Yes, certainly we see the Calendar go from the year 5776 to 5777 – but that’s on a very superficial level. On a much deeper level, we go back to the First Creation of the Universe that “in the beginning” actually took place five days earlier than the first of Tishrei. And that Rosh Hashana really is THE BEGINNING OF MAN, G-d’s Partner is His Creation.

    That also means that on THIS Rosh Hashana we also get a fresh, clean slate to start over – without any blemishes – and without any limitations; just like every newborn!!

    Now it all fits together, when we conclude Nitzavim with God’s offer to us: “I have placed life and death before you, blessing and curse; and you shall choose life, so that you will live…” This doesn’t make any sense! Does anyone really get to choose life? Certainly we don’t choose when we’re born and we don’t choose when we die. BUT, we can choose HOW WE LIVE. How aware and conscious we are of the Steps we are taking that bring us closer to God, closer to our spouses and to all those around us. And thru these choices, that’s when rise again to STAND before GOD and receive the BLESSINGS He longs to give us!

    And please allow me to bentch you and yours a year of Renewal – a new year of letting go of those negative thoughts and feelings that drove us to act in ways we regretted. A year in which we learn to turn outside of Self and turn towards others and God. And it doing so, we can all have a Gmar HaSima Tova Gut New Year! AMEN!!

    Looking Forward
    Duvid Chaim