The Worry Worm
Story by Lazer Brody
Written and Illustrated by Rebecca Shapiro
The Worry Worm is a great book for children that teaches emuna at a level that 3 and 4 year olds can understand. Older kids love it too.
The story about two worms in an apple has beautiful, bright, vibrant illustrations, children love it!
You can order the book at Emuna Beams and begin strengthening a child's emuna and trust in Hashem at an early age. Makes a great gift!
The doctors advised the young mother to have an abortion, they said the unborn baby would not live. Watch this video to see what happens when she and her husband turned to Hashem instead. An Emuna miracle!
The Miracle of Nissim Hillel
During times of deep pain or intense suffering:
When words and cries don't help, cry deep in your heart without letting out a sound. - Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Likutey Moharan II, 5
From the book A Joyous Heart - Torah Healing Wisdom, translated and edited by Avraham Greenbaum.
Is the Messianic Jewish movement authentic Judaism or is it just another form of Christianity? Since most "Messianic congregations" consist mostly of non-Jewish members, you need to be aware of what it is and isn't.
Packaging, Presentation and Deceptive Marketing
In the retail business we know that packaging and presentation contribute a large part to the success of a product. A product with low sales volume can suddenly turn around and generate high sales after re-packaging.
So what does marketing have to do with this? In an attempt to convert Jews to Christianity (G-d forbid), it has been re-packaged and falsely presented as a form of Judaism. Non-Jews seeking to learn about Judaism are also vulnerable.
The movement consists of several different groups and factions, but they do have a lot in common with each other. Their leaders are often called "rabbi", they use the word "synagogue" instead of church and their vocabulary is sprinkled with words and phrases such as "completed Jew" and "Hebrew Christian".
Christianity and Judaism are two entirely different religions. "Messianic Judaism" is not authentic Judaism. The differences in beliefs go much further than just the "identity of the messiah" issue.
At www.OutreachJudaism.org, Rabbi Tovia Singer addresses these differences in his Let's Get Biblical series of lectures. They are available free to download or you can order them on cd's. He also has an in-depth study guide you can purchase.
Please listen to these lectures, it will be well worth your time.
To hear the entire series, visit www.OutreachJudaism.org
Reb Avraham's subject this week in his live internet class will be:
Iyar: Season of Healing
Date: Sunday Morning May 11
Time: EST 11:00 am - 12:30 pm; PST 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Place: www.azamra.org/study.shtml
Come join the class and chat live with Reb Avraham. Bring your friends, everyone is welcome, both Jews and Gentiles!
Alice Jonsson is a talented, insightful writer. You don't want to miss her article titled The Ellusive Zone, where she explores disappointments and expectations.
Alice has written quite a few articles for Breslov World and I find myself looking forward to them each week. One of my favorites is titled Banana What?. There she talks about an experience that unites all B'nei Noach (Noahides). You will enjoy reading it!
I also want to send a special Thank You! to Breslov World for making Alice Jonsson's writings available to us.
Reb Avraham's subject this week in his live internet class will be:
Counting To Unity
The Meaning and Purpose of the Omer Count
Date: Sunday Morning May 4
Time: EST 11:00 am - 12:30 pm; PST 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Place: www.azamra.org/study.shtml
It is very easy to join the class and chat live with Reb Avraham. Bring your friends, everyone is welcome, both Jews and Gentiles!
Rabbi Lazer Brody writes about the Mass Graves of Yanov, Ukraine. He also has a guest post by a holocaust survivor titled A Baby in Front of a Firing Squad.
Israel National News has a photo essay of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel and in the Auschwitz death camp.
Tamar Yonah, Israel National Radio, rebroadcasts a classic interview from 2003 with a holocaust survivor. Right click to download and listen to "We Wanted to Survive Hitler. We Wanted to See the Nazis Dead."
Josh, the host of Emunah Radio, interviews his grandmother, a holocaust survivor. Right click to download and listen to this very moving interview.
