Breaking KIRUV NEWS - Personal Message from Rabbi Yaron Reuven

1:17We got the next batch of new things to help Am Yisrael. First and foremost, we have the long-awaited, it's been already a couple of years in the making, next batch of CDs. This is the beginning of the Mussar series. Baruch Hashem, very well-known Mussar series. Some amazing shiurim in here. This is the first quarter of lectures, so this package is, uh, makes it very, very simple for anyone that wants to do kiruv. All you got to do is just take this box and put it at the big knesset; take this box put it at the kosher store, put it at the supermarket, put it at the judaica, put it somewhere, and people will take it because it's very interesting and, uh, it looks pretty good. First quarter of lectures, so this package makes it very, very simple for anyone that wants to do kiruv. All you’ve got to do is just take this box and put it at the Beit Knesset, take this box, put it at the kosher store, put it at the supermarket, put it at the Judaica shop, put it somewhere, and people will take it because it's very interesting and it looks pretty good. So, it has some nice messages on it that you can always remind yourself of. Never mind my picture, but focus more on the messages. As you'll see, the box opens, and you also have the QR code if you want to download our app. Many people don't have CD players in their cars anymore, but they have phones and they have other ways to get to the internet.

2:32Other ways to access the internet: This is a kosher app, Baruch Hashem, that took over two years to develop and is continuously being updated. The Android version will be coming very soon. So far, we have the iPhone version. This is the QR code; you position your camera on it, and it automatically takes you to the page to download the app and see all the lectures. Now we have the CDs – these are double CDs. Also, make sure to have some nice messages on them so every little part of it is used for talat. And you have two CDs in here; it gives you all the titles, different things. You have 27 lectures here. 27 lectures, you're talking about nearly 100 hours. Words of Torah on these CDs, I mean, this will wake up a wall. A wall will probably start crying and doing teshuva for Hashem after listening to almost 100 hours of Torah, uncensored, and not politically correct. As much as Hashem has helped us, we try to do everything we can to spread His words as He said them, and not necessarily based on our opinion. And it's helped many, many people.

3:38So this is double CD. You give it to your friend, you give it to your neighbor, you give it to your colleague; you give it to yourself, your wife, your husband, your kids. It doesn't matter what age they are; it's age-appropriate for everyone because it's Torah. Every single person's neshama will absorb exactly what Hashem wants them to absorb from it. There's no such thing as "No, this Torah is for grown-ups, this Torah is for children"—that's all our own thoughts. You know of the Yetzer Hara trying to influence us to only give certain people certain things, like they're not ready. Yisrael is very strong. He says very smart things, and I'm sure they could definitely handle the Torah to its fullest. Just like Moshe says to Yisrael in the book of Devarim, "It is in your mouth, and it is in your heart to do it," meaning the Torah comes to you naturally. it's not something you have to work hard on, just try, and you'll get it. Each time you try more, you'll get a little more because it's all gifted to you in the end. So this double CD, b’ezrat Hashem, will have at least as much success as the first double CDs have had over the last couple of years. I know many people have been waiting for them. They're now available on the website to order. Please order them; we would like to spread out the knowledge and inspiration they contain.

4:57many as possible, as many thousands as possible. So, there's no shame if you have a, you know, a community with a hundred people, a thousand people, ten thousand people, or a hundred thousand people, whatever it is, just contact us and get these CDs in front of them. Like I said, if you have money, if you have a hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, a thousand dollars, whatever you have. You want to contribute to pay for them? Please. We need the help because it didn't just arrive from nothing. We have to pay for it. If you don't have any money and you only have time, then okay, fine. That's good too. Contact us, give us the address, and tell us a little bit about the community, and we'll send you some free CDs, b'ezrat Hashem. Just like we've done over 300,000 CDs, we've given out for free. So it's not, this is not a money-making endeavor. This is for Shem Shamayim (the sake of Heaven). So please, please take the time to do kiruv (outreach). It's part of your teshuva (repentance). No one is excluded from doing zikkui harabim, which means to benefit the public, essentially meaning kiruv in English. So this is the first thing. The next thing is also,

6:05We've had the Asher Yatzar cards also for the last year and a half or so. And the Asher Yatzar cards, Baruch Hashem, we've given out over, I think it was almost 60,000 of them for free. And Baruch Hashem, it's had a lot of success. Now, the only mistake we made is that the original version was only made in the Sephardi Nusach. Uh, and of course, Ashkenazim, our brothers, have to have it as well. So we have a new siddur: the Sephardi siddur, and right on the back of it is the Ashkenazi nusach. Or, if you flip it, the back of the Ashkenazi siddur is the Sephardi nusach. It doesn't really make a difference which one you look at; just do it. Just pray to Hashem, say a few words of thanks that your body actually works. I'll continue working and always send a message to learn Torah. There are a few ma'amarim on the sides, different things that you can learn from to appreciate the gift that Hashem gave you of health, to be able to just function. And also, of course, there's more Torah available. The QR code is available for anyone that wants to download the app and learn an endless amount of Torah that you can learn, because this is what we need in this generation. We need emet.

7:17So this, Baruch Hashem, is a high-end plastic. So this will last, Gog u'Magog, it's going to last, Baruch Hashem. This is going to be around. This is good quality. I think it looks pretty good. A lot of people have liked it, the aesthetic aspect of it. We tried to make it very chic, very modern, very appropriate for today's generation. And also very educational. For your kids, for you, and to constantly remind ourselves that we have to say thank you first to Hashem. The least we can do is hang this on the wall right next to every single bathroom you have in your office, in your house, in a restaurant, wherever it is. Just hang it there. and look at it when you finish going to the bathroom and pray. Read the words. The Gaon of Vilna said that even he would read the words to make sure that he has kavana. It's not just to say the blessing by heart, and then you pretty much forget if you said it, you didn't say it, whether you said it right, or you didn't say it right. Did you say Hashem's name? Did you say your friend's name? People forget all the time. Why? Because when we get used to things, unfortunately, they lose their meaning.

8:34...transliteration, so there's the Hebrew with Nikud, there is with the vowels, there is the English translation of exactly what it means. Additionally, if you don't know how to read Hebrew but want to see it in Hebrew words, which is definitely better, we have provided transliteration using English letters. transliteration, so there's the Hebrew with Nikud, there is with the vowels, there is the English translation of exactly what it means, and it's also, if you don't know how to read Hebrew, but you want to see it in Hebrew words, which is definitely better, then we have transliteration, which is English letters. This will give each and every single one of us the ability to say thank you appropriately to HaKadosh Baruch Hu. This, again, is also available on our website. Order it for your house, order it for your community. These are not the things that we should save money on. These are the things we need to make sure we spread everywhere we can. All of us that spread it to people, you give it to your friend, your colleague, whoever it is, every single time they ever say thank you, five, six times a day they go to the bathroom, they do it, you get a mitzvah. A mitzvah in Shamayim is endless. You're going to end up getting worlds, worlds. Not just a little stupid car or a watch or something like that. Worlds, worlds in Shamayim for the smallest mitzvah.

9:57So be smart, and these are the types of things that you want to look into and do. Spend your time spreading it across the world, b'ezrat Hashem. So this, we, baruch Hashem, we've already given out tens of thousands of them. We're more than happy to continue providing them. If you have money, please help us. A lot of people say, "No, give me free, give me free, give me free." But in reality, they have the funds, you know, they spend $200, $300 on dinner. You know, cut out one dinner, you know, once a week and spend a few dollars. If you really don't have money, and that's the decree from Shamayim for you—you literally have absolutely no money—then we'll send it to you for free also. But remember, the ma'alah (virtue), the greatness of someone who is a karev (close) to supporting kiruv from beginning to end has no comparison. The Chovot HaLevavot explains to us that even if someone has Torah and mitzvot like Moshe Rabbeinu, Moshe Rabbeinu, the greatest Jew that ever lived, prophet of all prophets, spoke to Hashem face to face, the Chovot HaLevavot explains to us that even...

11:04If someone has mitzvot and Torah like Moshe Rabbeinu, he still will never get to the level of a mezakei harabim, someone who helps another Jew do teshuva. You help another Jew say Asher Yatzar every day, that's part of it. You help another Jew learn Torah, that's part of it. And for those people who are looking to do kiruv, to spread it out, we wanted to give you an extra little gift to help you, and we made a kiruv bag. May a nice kiruv bag, our kiruv packages, Baruch Hashem, have been very well received. Thousands of people, Baruch Hashem, have enjoyed the Torah that we've taught, and we've sent many, many free kiruv packages to people that have been sponsored by very generous people, and continue. If you want to buy a kiruv bag for yourself, Please do. If you want to give it to somebody else, please do. Bottom line is, you get this Kiruv bag. It's full of CDs, material, the Asher Yatzar card, the Mussar CD, the old CDs, the new CDs, other people's CDs, other Rabbanim's CDs that have woken up our own neshamot. It's available. It will now come with this Kiruv bag, but this is also for all the people that are ordering CDs. You'll get one of these bags. You can carry everything. It's a nice bag. It has a handle over your shoulder.

12:20Opens, and you have messages everywhere, with beautiful design by our team. Hashem sent us the best people on the planet to do good work. You see that you can pretty much fit yourself in here, in this bag, and it's nice enough to continue using it. You don't necessarily just need to use it for its practical purpose, but it's always something that you can look at and learn from. So these are some of the things that we have available right now. Baruch Hashem, as we celebrate the miracle of Chanukah, it is a time to reflect and be grateful. In addition, for any Talmidei Chachamim that are watching this and wish to advance in their learning, there are still a few books available from Rabbi Ephraim. This, again, is specifically for Talmidei Chachamim. It is not intended for casual readers but for those who are learning in yeshivot and kollelim and who comprehend the Hebrew language at the highest level. and although I know I learned from Hanau and so on, no offense to anyone else, this is just a reality. Because if you're not an expert in some of these things, you're going to look at these books and you're not really going to do it; they're just going to fill up a space in your library. This is Pani Mizrachi Bet of Jerusalem, this is Pegama.

13:34of Rabbi Ephraim. Both of these sefarim have been very well received by Talmidei Chachamim all over the world, who have read them. They have the haskamah of some of the Gedolei HaDor, Baruch Hashem. Additionally, we have the sefer Koch Ma'asav by Rabbi Chaim Kahlon, Rabbi Ephraim's father, which contains mussar, halachot, chiddushim, parashat ha'shavua, and many other amazing insights. These resources are available for those interested in deepening their learning and connection to Torah. that are talmidei chachamim and are very versed in the Hebrew language and in the Torah itself. So these are available for anyone that wants. Please email us. B'ezrat Hashem, we will continue doing zikui harabim. We'll continue getting Am Yisrael to come back to Hashem Yitbarach because He loves us, He misses us, and He wants us back. But there's only one way to come back, and that's through the emet. That's through the real Torah, the authentic Torah, the uncensored Torah, and the Torah that gets us close enough to Hashem to literally feel Gan Eden in this world. May Hashem continue to bless each and every single one of you with many miracles. Kol Tuv and thank you.