THE PRODUCT LIST
PART 1
RUCHNIUS IDEAS
· The Sefiras HaOmer Chart
· The Chag Log -- Your Spiritual Diary
· Life-At-A-Glance - The 25 Year Diary
· Talking Numerically-Significant-Minute Clock
· Gashmius Reports Magazine
· The Don't Wants Club
· The Conduit
DAVENING IDEAS
· The Geulah Siddur
· Removable Sticky Arrows
· The Prayer Pacer
· The Talking Brachos-For-Kavannah Machine
· The Birchas HaMazon Booklets
· The Krias Sh'mah al HaMitah Booklet
DIVEIKUS IDEAS
· The Ribone Phone
· The Shechinah Phone
· My Partnership Agreement With Hashem
· The Talking Diveikus Machine
· Diveikus Cards
· Letter From G-d
· Inspiring Quote From The Baal Shem Tov
· The "What A Wonderful World" Video with Louis Armstrong
· The To-You Turner
· The Yichudim Simulator
· Shabbos Meal Prayer
· The Geulah Club
· The Geulah Bracelets
· The Connector
· The Director
· Free Help on How to Get Closer to Hashem
· The Simulator
· Yeshivah Gedolahs Sing
· The Sleep Log
EMUNAH IDEAS
· The Prognosticator
· The Hashem's Protection System and Hashgachah System Integrity Alerting Machine
· The Heavenly Wake Up Service
· The Heavenly Fall Asleep Service
· The Heavenly Insect-Prevention Service
· The 40-Day Yisurim Log
· Free Help for Trouble With Emunah
· The Gratitude Book
SELF-HELP IDEAS
· The Ablator
· The Liberator
· The Excitement!!! Popper
· Mussar Songs
· The Identity Finder
· Your Personal-Weather Report
· The Frustration Tolerator
· How To Stop Feeling Sad
· The "It's Okay To Be Insignificant" Plaque.
· The Work-On-Feeling-Okay Plaque
· The “Liberate Yourself By Saying No” Sign
· The Happy "No" Picture
LEARNING IDEAS
· Gemora Messages
· Video Shiurim From Our Gedolim
· Watch and Learn
· Eat-and-Learn Restaurants
· Read and Learn
· Call and Learn
· Fly and Learn
· Ride and Learn
· Portable Torah Facts
· The Talking Brachos-In-Learning Machine
· Wait-and-Learn
· Applause While Learning
· The Torah Pocket-Library
· The Thinking-In-Learning-Room Picture
· The Punishments Book
· The Kavanah Headband
· The Portable Arba Minim Buyer's Guide
· Free Help for Problems with Learning
· Complete Eyen Mishpat, Plus
· Succah-Builder's Guide, Concise
· Difference Between Inside and Outside Sixth
· The Handy Havdalah Chart
· The Parshios Chart
TZADDIKIM IDEAS
· The Arba Ammos Trainer
· The Reconfirmation-Of-The-Oath Plaque
· The Zap Images Bookmarklet
ANTI-yetzer hora IDEAS
· The Mental Anti-yetzer hora Light Saber
· The Mental Anti-yetzer hora Flamethrower
· The Mental Anti-yetzer hora Machete Knife
· The Slicer
· The Scalpel
· The Anti-Smoking Campaign
· The Anti-Overeating Campaign
· The Talking Silver Cigarette Case
· The Torah Diet
· The Maoz Tzur (Rock Of Ages) Battle Song
· The “You have to get more organized and take better care of yourself” Plaque
· Portable Torah Facts
· The Amalek Revealer
· The Disconnector
MISCELLANEOUS IDEAS
· The Megillas Esther Holder
· The Soap-Remnant Remaker
· Free Help with Hiccups
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THE PRODUCT LIST
PART 2
ARMAMENTARIUM FOR THE FAINT HEARTED
· The Ablator
· The Unwanted-Thoughts Scatterer
· The Mental Anti-yetzer hora Light Saber
· The Mental Anti-yetzer hora Flamethrower
· The Mental Anti-yetzer hora Machete Knife
· The Slicer
· The Scalpel
· The Maoz Tzur (Rock Of Ages) Battle Song
TORAH TOYS IDEAS
· Toy Yeshivah
· Play Chasunah
· Toy Beis HaKinesses
· Play Shabbos Table
· Play Lail Pesach
· Play Simchas Torah
· Play Hakafos
· Toy Eged Bus, #1 or #2
· Toy Succah
· Play Hachnosas Sefer Torah
· Toy Western Wall
· Toy Noach's Ark
· Toy Eshel Avraham
TALMUD TOYS IDEAS
· Avodas Beis HaMikdash
· Mishkan and Shevotim in Midbar
· The Mishkan and 39 Melachos
· Avodas Parah Adumah
· Bikkurim
· Succahs, Kosher and Posul
· Toy Eglah Arufah
INTERPERSONAL IDEAS
· The Chutzpah Smasher
· The Feel-Their-Distress Ball
· Brachah Cards
· Frumy Friendship Cards
· Chag Cards
· The “Leave Them The Way They Are.” Plaque
· The Find-The-Similarities Activity Book
THOUGHT IDEAS
· Thought Mail
· Thought Cleaners
· The Unwanted-Thoughts Scatterer
· The Thought Mail Scrambler
· The Interfering-Thoughts Counter
· The Thoughts Organizer
· The Eitz HaChaim Thought Guarder
TSHUVAH IDEAS
· The Point-Of-A-Needle Hole
· Removable Point-Of-A
Needle-Hole Stickers
· The Middah K'neged Middah Revealer
MIDDOS IDEAS
· The My-Own-Faults Finder
· The See-The-Good Glass
· See-Their-Good / See-Their-Bad Glass
· Bad Middos Ablatement Buttons
· Middos Refinement Buttons
· The My-Faults Book
· The Personality-Trait Blender
· The What's-Right-With-This-Picture Coloring Book
KABBALAH IDEAS
· The Kabbalah Alarm Clock
· The Identity Finder
· Megillas Esther, Revealed
MUSSAR SONGS
· Mussar Songs - home page
· Welcome To The Olum HaZeh Correctional Facility (Hashem’s Prison Planet)
· Everything That Happens
· Have A Smile For Everyone
· You Have That Fault Yourself
· Don’t Get Mad Or Hurt
· These Are Your Guides
· Make Your Enemy Your Friend
· Find A Word Nicer Than Stupid
· Everyone’s Had Better Days
· Just Don’t Get Angry
· A Nice Little Happy Day
· Give Me My Mussar With A Beat
ESSAY NUGGETS
· "I Saw An Upside Down World."
· The Down and The Up
· The Value of Low Self Esteem
· They Don't Play Basketball in Heaven
· Middah K'neged Middah
· On Yisurim
· “You have to get more organized and take better care of yourself.”
· "Good!"
· On Learning Torah L'Shmah
· On Looking For Happiness
· On The Animosity Between Father and Son
· On One's Changing Madrega
· There HAS To Be Something Wrong With Everyone
· Dealing With Adversity
· Life In This World
· How Words Of Torah Help
· “Help me. Save me. Help me. Save me.”
· How To Stop Feeling Sad
· Getting In The Mood For Tisha B'Av
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FREE HELP FOR PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH LEARNING
(and for those who aren’t)
(and for those who aren’t)
A Kabbalah-based technique that can help you like learning better is the following:
The Baal Shem Tov taught that “learning Torah l’shmah” means connecting each letter to its root up in Heaven as you say each word out loud. When Hashem spoke and created the world, the words He spoke were made up of letters, therefore the letters that we have here with us in This World have their roots up in Heaven. “Learning l’shmah” means connecting the letters, with your mind, to their roots, as you say them. It does not mean, according to the Baal Shem Tov, learning to understand what you are learning or even to be able to do the mitzvos - it just means to connect the letters to their roots.
So if you're having trouble with learning (or even if you're not), spend a part of your learning time each day just connecting the letters to their roots up in Heaven. During that time, don’t try to understand what you are saying, or anything else, just connect the letters to their roots up in Heaven as you say each word out loud. Don’t stop to figure out what you are saying - if you understand it, fine; but if you don’t, just keep going.
Like all Kabbalah-based techniques, though valuable, this should take up a minor part of your learning time. Most of the time, you should be struggling to make your mind understand what it is you're trying to teach it.
The Baal Shem Tov taught that “learning Torah l’shmah” means connecting each letter to its root up in Heaven as you say each word out loud. When Hashem spoke and created the world, the words He spoke were made up of letters, therefore the letters that we have here with us in This World have their roots up in Heaven. “Learning l’shmah” means connecting the letters, with your mind, to their roots, as you say them. It does not mean, according to the Baal Shem Tov, learning to understand what you are learning or even to be able to do the mitzvos - it just means to connect the letters to their roots.
So if you're having trouble with learning (or even if you're not), spend a part of your learning time each day just connecting the letters to their roots up in Heaven. During that time, don’t try to understand what you are saying, or anything else, just connect the letters to their roots up in Heaven as you say each word out loud. Don’t stop to figure out what you are saying - if you understand it, fine; but if you don’t, just keep going.
Like all Kabbalah-based techniques, though valuable, this should take up a minor part of your learning time. Most of the time, you should be struggling to make your mind understand what it is you're trying to teach it.
CURRENT STAGE OF PRODUCTION for Help For People Having Problems With Learning:
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SELECTED RELEVANT QUOTATIONS FROM SEFORIM HAKEDOSHIM
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SOME OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS
· (Baal Shem Tov on the Torah, Amud HaTefillah, note 83, s.v. yaduah, from the sefer Ozar HaChaim) Because the essential work in Torah and prayer is to attach oneself to the inner spiritual Unlimited Light that is within the letters of the Torah and prayer, because this is the essential learning “lishmah” (for its own sake).
· (Baal Shem Tov on the Torah, parshas Bereishis, note 10, s.v. u’k’mo, from the sefer Heichal HaBerachah) The Unlimited Light that dwells within the letters is the Godly light that is within the letters…. One’s primary intention should be to draw the spirituality and light from the Upper Levels to the letters that he mentions, so that the letters can go up to the Upper Levels to enact his requests.
· (Baal Shem Tov on the Torah, parshas V’eschanon, #34, from the sefer Tolodos Yaacov Yosef) And I heard in the name of my teacher (the Baal Shem Tov) that “lishmah” is in the name of the word and the letter itself, to attach it to its root.
· (Shabbos 63a) A man should first learn and afterwards understand.
· (Eruvin 53a) Rabbi Yochanan said, the hearts of the early people was like the opening to the Ulam (the entrance to the Beis HaMikdash - which was 20 ammos wide, which is about 35 feet or 11 meters) and of the later people like the entrance to the Heichal (which was 10 ammos wide, which is about 17 feet or 5½ meters) and us, like the width of the hole of a “Sidkis” needle (Rashi: a needle that they sew tears in clothing, which is very small). The early people were Rabbi Akiva, the later people were Rabbi Elazar ben Shmuah… Abaye said, and us like forcing a peg into a wall (Rashi: like a peg that they force into a narrow hole in a wall, that enters with difficulty, so we are unable to understand what we hear, except a little and with difficulty).
· (Baal Shem Tov on the Torah, parshas Bo, #5, from the sefer Tolodos Yaacov Yosef) I heard from my teacher that when a person sees that there is any kind of harsh judgment on him [from Heaven], then he should learn in the morning with attachment and desire so that he attaches himself to the inner light of Ein Sof that is inside the letters….
· (Baal Shem Tov on the Torah, parshas Bereishis, note 10, s.v. u’k’mo, from the sefer Heichal HaBerachah) The Unlimited Light that dwells within the letters is the Godly light that is within the letters…. One’s primary intention should be to draw the spirituality and light from the Upper Levels to the letters that he mentions, so that the letters can go up to the Upper Levels to enact his requests.
· (Baal Shem Tov on the Torah, parshas V’eschanon, #34, from the sefer Tolodos Yaacov Yosef) And I heard in the name of my teacher (the Baal Shem Tov) that “lishmah” is in the name of the word and the letter itself, to attach it to its root.
· (Shabbos 63a) A man should first learn and afterwards understand.
· (Eruvin 53a) Rabbi Yochanan said, the hearts of the early people was like the opening to the Ulam (the entrance to the Beis HaMikdash - which was 20 ammos wide, which is about 35 feet or 11 meters) and of the later people like the entrance to the Heichal (which was 10 ammos wide, which is about 17 feet or 5½ meters) and us, like the width of the hole of a “Sidkis” needle (Rashi: a needle that they sew tears in clothing, which is very small). The early people were Rabbi Akiva, the later people were Rabbi Elazar ben Shmuah… Abaye said, and us like forcing a peg into a wall (Rashi: like a peg that they force into a narrow hole in a wall, that enters with difficulty, so we are unable to understand what we hear, except a little and with difficulty).
· (Baal Shem Tov on the Torah, parshas Bo, #5, from the sefer Tolodos Yaacov Yosef) I heard from my teacher that when a person sees that there is any kind of harsh judgment on him [from Heaven], then he should learn in the morning with attachment and desire so that he attaches himself to the inner light of Ein Sof that is inside the letters….
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The rest of the Hebrew quotations need to be translated into English.
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