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1) Bikur Cholim is a Mitzvah that all Jews- men and women- are required to fulfill at all times, in all places and in all situations (See Ohr Zarua Vol. 1 Hilchos Birchas Hamotzi Os 140 where he lists Bikur Cholim amongst the Mitzvos that one can never be exempt from)
2) Bikur Cholim can be fulfilled in regard to the physical well being of the sick man or woman (i.e. looking after their needs, feeding them, making them comfortable etc.) as well as in regard to the spiritual well being of the sick person (i.e. daven with them, help them do Teshuva, say Vidui with them, help them pay up monetary debts etc.), more details of which we shall discuss in the near future.
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Reader's Question:
I heard that when one moves into a new home one has 30 days to put up mezuzos. Is this correct ?
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This is only correct for one who rents the home or apartment, in which case he doesnt need to, and possibly shouldnt, put up the Mezuzah until living there 30 days at which time it is put up with a bracha. One who owns the apartment must put up the Mezuzah immediately and recite the bracha. An owner should not even sleep in the home for one night without a Mezuzah. (See Igros Moshe Yoreh Deah Vol. 1 Siman 179)
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As a Zechus for the Refuah Shelaima of two of the Gedolei HaDor, the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva , HaRav Chaim Stein Shlita, R' Chaim Yaakov ben Chasya Miriam and The Rishon L'Tzion, Harav Mordechai Eliyahu Shlita, R' Mordechai Tzemach ben Mazal, we will B'Ezras Hashem post here each day a short Machshava, a Chizuk thought to help us all improve our lives and grow in our service of our Father in heaven, HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
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Chizuk For Today:
Becoming rich during recession
By Rabbi Tzvi Price
A recession by definition means that there are fewer jobs available and fewer deals being made. Thus, conventional wisdom says that it is less likely that you will become rich during a recession. That is how it looks on the surface. However, we believe that there are deeper, spiritual reasons why people become rich.
Of course, there are many possible reasons why G-d might make one person wealthy and another needy, but there are some strategies that improve your chances of being on the receiving end of G-d's bounty. And from a spiritual vantage point, the recession offers a great 'business opportunity'; namely, acquiring for yourself the merit of acting with honesty and integrity during a financial crisis. Dealing 'on the up and up' while business is down is a great way to show G-d that He can trust you with more of His wealth. The following story found in the sefer Aleinu L'shabeach, parashas Kedoshim, page 314, helps illustrate this point.
Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, zt"l, known as the Chazon Ish, was once asked by a certain landlord if he was permitted to evict his tenant. The landlord explained that the tenant had been living in the apartment for many years and was still paying the same rent as he had ten years earlier. The tenant was a poor man with a large family and he simply could not pay more than that. However, the neighborhood in which the apartment was located had become a very popular one and rents had significantly increased. The tenant claimed that he was protected by Israeli secular law which made illegal the eviction of a tenant in order to raise the rent.
The Chazon Ish ruled that Israeli secular law was not binding upon the landlord in this case and that he could evict the tenant. Furthermore, he said that, if the tenant would not leave, the Torah would consider him to be a thief. The Chazon Ish knew how difficult it would be for the tenant to follow his ruling so he himself went to the apartment to inform the tenant that he must leave.
The tenant asked the Chazon Ish, "Rebbe, what should I do, I have no place to go!" The Chazon Ish told him that it would be better for him and his family to sleep in the park than to be guilty of stealing. Certainly, the tenant faced a difficult financial situation if there ever was one. What would you do?
The tenant was a righteous person who feared G-d. He understood that according to the Torah he must leave the apartment, and that is what he did. He took his wife, his children, and all his worldly possessions and went to live in the park.
When the Chazon Ish heard that the tenant had accepted his ruling and was now living in the park, he went to visit him and he gave him a blessing. He told the man that since he had proven to G-d without a shadow of a doubt that he was a man of great integrity, G-d would bless him with the joy of walking all of his children to their chupah, the wedding canopy, and with the financial means to buy each of them a beautiful apartment. The author of Aleinu L'shabeach, HaRav Yitzchok Zilberstein, writes that he kept a close eye on this man and his family to see what would become of the Chazon Ish's blessing. And indeed, HaRav Zilberstein attests to the fact that the man did merit seeing each of his children happily married and living in a beautiful apartment.
When did this poor tenant become rich? Was it later on when he made a few good business deals and the money started flowing, or was it when he was sleeping in the park with his family struggling to keep his integrity? Maybe the recession offers more 'economic opportunity' than first imagined.
Submitted by N.A. ; taken from www.divreichizuk.com
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