Rabbi Moss: How Will I Get Out of This One?

Question of the Week:

My spiritual life has come to a standstill. Every time I try to take a step up, I get a hit. I have committed to keeping Shabbos, and now I am having trouble at work. I have started keeping kosher but my family is resisting big time. It seems my path is always blocked. Will this ever end?

Answer:

You need a Red Sea moment. You are like the Israelites being chased by the Egyptians from behind, blocked by the sea in front. Their past is haunting them, and their future is eluding them. You know what happened next? Well it can happen to you too.

In what seems to be a strange addition to the story of the splitting of the sea, the Talmud states that not only did the water of the Red Sea split, but in fact every body of water in the entire world split. This would include the Yangtze River in China, Copacabana Beach, a cup of coffee in Swaziland, and a swimming pool in Malibu. Every single body of water in the entire world split into two.

What would be the point of that? The Israelites needed of the Red Sea to split because it was blocking their way to Mount Sinai. But why would all of the water in the world also need to split?

The miracle that happened at the Red Sea was not just a one-off event. Not only did the sea split, but along with it, every blockage to every spiritual path for every person in every place for all times split wide open.

Anyone who sets out on a true spiritual journey should know that sooner or later you will come to an impasse. The world will not give you free passage to reach your soul's destination. Obstacles will be thrown at you, roadblocks will put in your way. You are being tested. If your desire for truth is real, then you will keep on going. Walk into the water. Don't run away. Face the roadblock head on.

It is going to get tough. Nothing will change at first. It is then that you must remember, when the Red Sea split, all seas split. Every blockage in the world is only there for you to overcome it. Keep on marching into the water. Even if it comes up to your neck, just march on. The waters will split and you'll get through. The miracle has already happened, the path was opened for you thousands of years ago. There is nothing in the world, not an ocean or a river or a cup of coffee, that can stand in the way of you reaching your mountain.

Good Yomtov and Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Moss

Sources:
Shmos Rabba 21:6
R' Sholom of Belz

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ANSWERS TO TEN PLAGUES BRAIN TEASERS

A greeting to Caesar = HAIL
Prince - kiss = FROG
Oscar's Pets = WILD ANIMALS (Oscar Wilde)
The beginning of the tunnel = DARKNESS (if light is at the end of the tunnel...)
No sweat, no tears = BLOOD
Mammoth, Dodo bird, Tasmanian Tiger = DEAD ANIMALS (they are all extinct)
Kosher for Yemenites = LOCUSTS
End of Male Primogeniture = DEATH OF FIRSTBORN
Kettle = BOILS
Sent home from school = LICE

This week we have spent time preparing for Shot Crete and continuing to fine tune the drawings of the building. As you can see from the before and after photos, we have to clean each pier individually so the concrete will stick to them to make good strong solid walls for our dear shul. Chag Sameach, Brent

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EREV YOM TOV

Thursday, 5 April 2018 | 20 Nissan
Remember to make an Eruv Tavshilin
Candle Lighting ........................................................... 5:27pm
Mincha ....................................................................... 5:40pm

Pesach Evening Service ................................................ 6:00pm-6:30pm

SHEVII SHEL PESACH (DAY 7)
Friday, 6 April 2018 | 21 Nissan
Pesach Morning Service ............................................ 10:00am - 12:45pm
Children's Program .................................................. 11:00am
Priestly Blessing ...................................................... 12:30pm

Candle Lighting not before .......................................... 5:26pm
Mincha ..................................................................... 5:40pm

NEW WINTER TIME

Shabbos/Yom Tov Evening Service .............................. 6:00pm-6:50pm

ACHARON SHEL PESACH (DAY 8)
Shabbos, 7 April 2018 | 22 Nissan
Pesach Morning Service ............................................ 10:00am - 1:00pm
Children's Program .................................................. 11:00am
Yizkor Memorial Service ........................................... 11:30am
Priestly Blessing ..................................................... 12:45pm

Mincha ....................................................................1:00pm

Seudas Moshiach for men and women at 128 Wellington St from 3:30pm
Yom Tov ends and Maariv at Wellington St................... 6:20pm

Please allow half an hour before eating chometz that was sold.

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MAZEL TOV Moshe Amzalak and Tova Leuchter and their families on their engagement! Martine Phillips and Steven Lockstone and their families on their upcoming wedding!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Meir Moss......................... 24 Nissan/ Monday 9 April

Elad Ziv.......................... 27 Nissan/ Thursday 12 April

LONG LIFE

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