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VIDEO LECTURE WITH Rabbi YY JACOBSON tomorrow night - see below for full program
I know someone who says that she can hear spirits. They tell her things about the future and reveal secrets about other people. She insists that she has this deep spirituality and connection, and it happens to her all the time. She was surprised that I had never heard of such things and was adamant that her way is natural and real. Have you heard this one before? Answer: I do believe that some people are gifted with unique abilities to sense things beyond the realm of normal perception. But that doesn't mean that everyone who hears voices is a prophet. The question to ask such a person is: Do these voices make you a better person? Does their message have any positive impact on anyone here in this world? Is there a measurable benefit to hearing these voices, or has it just made your life difficult? Real spirituality will always make the world better. But imaginary voices are a often the cause of a lot of pain, primarily to the one hearing them. Prophets didn't have easy lives either. Read the prophet Jeremiah's life story, and you see how lonely it is to know the truth and not be listened to. Had his message of repentance been heeded, the Temple would not have been destroyed. His words inspire us until today to improve our ways. But hearing voices that are not divine but psychotic or narcotic does no good to anyone. The results are messy and sometimes tragic. The Talmud says that after the destruction of the Temple, prophecy was taken away from prophets and given to children and the insane. Which suggests that we should not be too quick to dismiss those who hear voices. They are either here to help the world, or they need help. Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss Sources:
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Friday, 24 July 2015 | 8 Av 5775 Candle Lighting....................................... 4:52 pm Mincha....................................................5:00 pm SHIUR: The Kabbalists Speak............... 5:15 pm Friday Night Shabbos Service with Children's Program............ 6:00-6:50 pm Followed Kiddush sponsored anonymously in memory of Farha Naima bat Lulu A"H.
Shabbos, 25 July 2015 | 9 Av 5775 Parshas Devarim Chassidus Class....................................... 9:00 am Shabbos Morning Service 10:00 am-12:15 pm Children's Program sponsored by Larnce Gold in honour of the yartzeit of his late grandmother, Dora Goldbaum (Dvora bat Eliyahu) on 14 Av........11:00 am Followed by a Kiddush sponsored by The Barukh Family - in honour of the yortzeit of our Mother Farha Naima bat Lulu A/H for 15 Av
Early Mincha......... 1:00 pm [Community Lunch ............................... 1:30pm] No Shabbos Afternoon Shiur this week Tisha B'Av Fast begins...............................5:10 pm Shabbos Ends........................................... 5:50pm
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LONG LIFE TO Ivan Basserabie for his father, Moshe Chaim ben Avrohom 9 Av/ 25 July Cecile Margolin for her mother Esther Kaplan, Esther bat Avraham ..11 Av/ 25 July Les Regos for his father, Joseph Regos ............................... ...... 13 Av/ 29 July Larnce Gold for his grandmother, Dora Goldbaum, Dvora bat Eliyahu.....14 Av/ 30 July
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