Rabbi Ari Shishler
@Rabbishish
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Rabbi. Teacher. Speaker. Blogger/ writer. Proudly Jewish, proudly Chabad. Special needs dad. New project:
Sandton, South Africa
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My wife's Holocaust-survivor grandmother lives a stone's throw from yesterday's antisemitic attacks in LA.
Believe her when she says she's seen this before.
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A whole different level of Chanukah gift: A new grandson who arrived in this world a little early to be here for the 5th night tonight.
Boruch Hashem!
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With immense gratitude to Hashem, we are thrilled to welcome a new granddaughter to our family.
May we always share simchos!
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How are you feeling as a Jewish person right now?
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Boruch Hashem, became a zaidy today (I can't believe I'm even saying that).
Daughter to our eldest and his wife.
PG we should always share simchos!
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Are you inspired by or uncomfortable with public displays of Jewish practice?
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I'm walking out of the Dr's rooms when a gentle non-Jewish older woman comes over and says, "I am so sorry about what is happening in Israel. May G-d bless you and protect you."
With all the unhinged rhetoric on the streets, we forget that most people are decent.
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Where do people who don't have Twitter go to get their misinformation?
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Jews fight back spiritually too. We fight darkness with light, evil with goodness and hatred with love.
Wear Tefillin today.
Donate tzedokah today.
Study Torah today.
It empowers our people.
#IsraelUnderAttack
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I'm not impressed by a Moshiach flag at UCLA. Call me when Moshiach shows up there.
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Was so shaken to hear of today's terror attack in Jerusalem, because my daughter had been there just yesterday.
Didn't enter my mind that I'd know the victim 😰😰
ה' ינקום דמו
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He was the most wonderful human being, from a wonderful family. They are shattered today, as are all of us who are their friends.
#tragic
A Jew was murdered today in Jerusalem, a victim of the protracted jihad against my people so celebrated by
@PeterBeinart
@ArielElyseGold
@RashidaTlaib
@MairavZ
@jjz1600
& others.
His name: Eli Kay. He was a tour guide. He loved his land, his people.
ה' יקום דמו.
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"Dear rabbi,
What should I do if I think my house is haunted?"
Received today. What would you reply?
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Moshiach arrives.
What is your first tweet?
(Unless you're one of those who immediately deletes X when he arrives).
#Moshiach
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Be a lamplighter. Make the world a brighter place.
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Yesterday, Jews around the world resumed the annual study of the Torah.
Time to relearn the first Rashi commentary on the Torah.
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If you could ask G-d one question today, what would it be?
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We were relieved to have Shaina home for Shabbos, but it was short-lived.
Yesterday, had to re-admit her as this stomach bug won't go away & she dehydrated again. No improvement this morning. 😩
#raredisease
#BPANwarrior
#DisabilityPrideMonth
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This is the month of
#Kislev
, which reminds us that you cannot beat darkness by attacking it. You can only generate so much light that the darkness recedes & disappears.
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Boruch Hashem!
I feel excited afresh each time she is discharged from the hospital.
Each time she leaves one degree less innocent, one degree more wary. 😔
#raredisease
#BPANwarrior
#DisabilityPrideMonth
#specialneeds
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#Chanukah
happened in 164 BCE, at which point Jews had been living in their homeland for some 1200 years.
And all those centuries ago, we had to fight off antisemites masquerading as academics.
#Hellenism
#learnhistory
#eternalIsrael
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All the latent antisemitism is flowing to the surface from the sewers.
Don't get distracted.
Read an extra chapter of Tehillim today to ask for Moshiach now.
#israelunderattack
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Jews, last day of Pesach: We really did not need to make so much food.
Jews, day after Pesach: There's nothing to eat in this house.
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What would do differently if you knew Moshiach was coming today?
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When it feels like the world is shaking, increase Torah and mitzvos upon which the world stands.
- The Rebbe
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Joining the global Shema today was so powerful! May Hashem hear our prayers and send Moshiach now!
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The last time I visited Israel was at the beginning of 2020 when we took Shaina to
#Sheba
Hospital to try get some insight into her
#BPAN
diagnosis.
It was a harrowing trip.
Today, I'm flying to meet my new granddaughter in
#Jerusalem
! 😍
#blessed
#contrast
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Many feel like we're living in Haman's times these days.
Here's to pivoting that to Mordechai's times really soon!
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I can't begin to understand the mentality of those who celebrate death.
We've just read the Torah portion where Jacob prays that he not to be forced to kill.
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BH, so grateful to Hashem to have Shaina home after 11 days in ICU.
Resonates with the wish our sages have for this time of year, that this time be transformed into celebration!
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Please take a moment to say Tehillim for a Refuah shleima for Sarah Shira Chana bat Yonit.
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At the time of the Six Day War, the
#Rebbe
invoked the Talmudic teaching that Tefillin helps defeat our enemies.
Please put on Tefillin today for Israel!
#tefillinagainstterror
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Tonight is the yartzeit of the Rambam (Maimonides).
What do you know about him?
What would you consider his greatest achievement?
#Rambam
#Maimonides
#leaders
#Torah
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#TishaBAv
The Temples started to burn on Tisha B'Av afternoon, yet that's when we relax the mourning practices.
The Arizal says the Jewish people rejoiced when they saw the Temple burning, realising G-d would destroy the place and not the people.
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The month of
#Kislev
is a month of miracles and overcoming evil.
Can we get some this year, please?
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Have a wonderful Shabbos!
Great time for Moshiach to take us all by surprise.
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I miss the days when April Fools was only once a year.
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Lovely African American woman stopped to learn more about our prayers, Tallis & Tefillin (she'd never seen them before) & share her support for us in these challenging times.
#Heathrow
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Shavua tov!
Opened Twitter after Shabbos to find follower number 9000! 💥💥
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Take a moment to say Tehillim for David ben Yehudit, young man needs a miracle at the moment.
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Top comment at yesterday's Moshiach's seudah came from a 6 year-old daughter of one of our members:
"Is Moshiach going to come, or are we just going to sit here and talk?".
#bullseye
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Following Eli Kay's brother's call to positive action, family & friends have launched this campaign.
#TefillinAgainstTerror
@TimesofIsrael
@Jerusalem_Post
@ArutzSheva_En
@SamuelSokol
@COLLiveNews
@YWN
@HowardFeldman
@SAJBD
@Algemeiner
@Chabad
@ynetnews
On FB, Insta, Twitter
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On the eve of the 7th day of
#Pesach
(tonight), the doors of Heaven are open; each of us can access, petition & receive everything, like at Neilah on Yom Kippur.
- The Rebbe, 7th day Pesach 1969
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How foolish are those who stand out of respect for a Torah scroll and not for a Torah scholar.
- Talmud.
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What is the most powerful/ meaningful thing a person can do in one minute?
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What's more important: To get on well with people or get on well with G-d?
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Joining the
#Chabad
Shluchim from around South Africa for our local kinus planning how to strengthen and carry our community forward to greet Moshiach.
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There are key times in history when we are unusually inspired to connect to Hashem.
These are special times to ask for Moshiach.
Now is one of those times.
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Our son's life changes irrevocably for the better today as he celebrates his barmitzvah.
Ironically, it's the 7th anniversary of our youngest daughter, Shaina's first neurological episode, with (we didn't realise at the time) changed our lives irrevocably.
#BPANwarrior
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Major kiddush Hashem on my
@united
flight EWR-JNB today. A passenger had a medical emergency two hours in & two members of Hatzolah on their way to the
@HatzolahSA
conference helped stabilise & keep him safe for the rest of the flight.
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Today is the 18th of Elul, Chai Elul.
Birth date of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Chassidus.
Birth date of the Alter Rebbe, founder of Chabad.
What's it mean for us? Today injects new energy & vitality into the Elul experience.
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Our Father in Heaven should reflect the anxious, bated-breath urgency of His children waiting for their hostages to come home with equal urgency to bring all of His children home.
#Moshiach
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The Israeli national sign for impatient people to tell others to be patient.
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In other news: Hundreds of journalists, politicians, celebrities, pseudo-intellectuals, "activists" and "humanitarians" confirm that
#antisemitism
remains the world's most popular form of bigotry.
#Israel_under_attack
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It's never fun to have a child in the hospital.
We're grateful:
For the year we had hospital-free.
That she's not in the ICU.
That, sick as she is, it's less serious than her previous stays.
Boruch Hashem.
#raredisease
#BPANwarrior
#DisabilityPrideMonth
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The most toxic- and common- combination is ignorance and arrogance.
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Mazal tov to all who completed the annual study of the Rambam today.
Join the global study of all 613 mitzvos when it resumes tomorrow!
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What is the most important piece of advice you hope your children will remember?
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The first days of
#Pesach
focus on miracles and redemption of our past, the final days of Pesach open the door to miracles and redemption to come. PG this Pesach!
#MoshiachNow
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Kids went on bumper cars on a Chol Hamoed trip. Shaina can't drive her own but the staff invited her to sit in a static car and get bumped by her siblings.
She loved it.
This is what
#disabilityinclusion
looks like.
#BPANwarrior
#RareDisease
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One of the kindest things someone could do.
Young girl from our community is doing acts of kindness for her bat mitzvah.
Today, it was to take Shaina for ice cream. ❤
So. Incredibly. Special.
#Rarediseaselife
#BPANawareness
#superrarekids
#KindnessMatters
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Another day, another doctor's visit with Shaina, another opportunity to spread
#kindness
.
No matter how rotten she feels, she smiles & brightens people's lives.
#rarediseaselife
#specialneedskids
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Every time I type "good will prevail", autocorrect changes it to G-d.
Rightly so.
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Thousands in person, thousands online.
May this be the last time we have to go through something like this.
Moshiach now!
Watching the livestream of the funeral of Eli Kay, murdered yesterday by
#Hamas
. Thousands of people arrived to accompany him on his final journey. May the family know no more sorrow. Heart broken.
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Do you think G-d is more interested in results or effort?
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Been a long day.
Shaina picked up a stomach bug, dehydrated, couldn't keep her anti-seizure meds down. Admitted to hospital overnight for IV & observation.
Ordinary childhood ailments turn onto high-risk events with
#RareDisease
#BPANawareness
#specialneeds
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Wow! Did these people get their degrees in 1938 Germany?
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Elul is more powerful than people realise. Feeling especially blessed to start it here this year.
What do you feel is hidden in Elul that most are unaware of?
#Elul
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There are no lost opportunities, only chances to discover new paths of connection.
#PesachSheini
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It's so heartwarming when people "get it".
The staff at
@GoldReefCitySA
all addressed Shaina by name, helped her on and off the rides & ensured she had the best time yesterday.
#disabilityinclusion
#themepark
#kindness
#BPANwarrior
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What is the most meaningful Torah insight about mental health that you have come across?
#mentalhealth
#MentalHealthMatters
#MentalHealthAwareness
#Judaism
#anxiety
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Please say urgent tehillim for Chaim Sholom Ben Rivka Chava, a young father.
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