{"id":2897,"date":"2016-07-15T15:31:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmoscow.com.masterhost.tech\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2017-01-26T15:35:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T15:35:57","slug":"living-the-rhythms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/?p=2897","title":{"rendered":"Living the Rhythms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shabbat Candle Lighting Times for
\nMoscow, Russia
\nFriday, July 15th
\nLight Candles at 20:46
\nShabbat, July 16th,
\nShabbat Ends 22:30
\nTorah Portion: Chukat<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Living the Rhythms<\/p>\n

Years ago, I was standing with a friend, a seasoned businessman, as his 38 year-old son walked by. Nodding toward his son, he muttered to me: \u201cMy son needs to understand that the stock market doesn\u2019t always go up\u201d.<\/p>\n

It was an interesting insight for me.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t understand life until you grasp the human journey\u2019s comprehensive rhythm; until you appreciate that living is about ups and downs.<\/p>\n

Ups and Downs. If anyone thinks they\u2019ve experienced only one, they\u2019re either mistaken or need to wait just a wee-bit longer; the other will come soon enough.<\/p>\n

We all have both.<\/p>\n

But \u2018down\u2019 is where we feel the pain. Stress isn\u2019t pleasant, and problems are\u2026.problems.
\nBut that is life; and, until Moshiach arrives, problems will continue to disrupt our lives.<\/p>\n

And so much of life depends on how we deal with problems.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe, was brutally imprisoned – for spreading Judaism and helping Jews – by Stalin\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n

Yet, years after reaching freedom, he would occasionally try to recapture the horrible experience, mentally transporting himself back to the gulag and its pain.<\/p>\n

Why? Not because he enjoyed the pain and suffering. But because he valued the character, the strength of Principle, he encountered within himself. The Rebbe never looked for pain, but when it came his way he didn\u2019t waste effort on blame and self-pity; he faced it with dignity, and it became a growth experience.<\/p>\n

Today, Thursday, 12 Tammuz (June 20) is eighty-six years since the Previous Rebbe was finally given the wonderful news of his freedom from Soviet prison.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a day when we celebrate freedom. It\u2019s also a day when we remember the pain. And it\u2019s a day when we search ourselves to find our own inner strength to help us survive, and grow through, life\u2019s pain.<\/p>\n

Because that is \u2013 in the final analysis \u2013 true freedom of character and soul.
\nL\u2019chaim.<\/p>\n

Shabbat Shalom!
\nRabbi Yanky and Rivky Klein<\/p>\n

This email is In Loving memory of my dear father
\nR’ Yerachmiel Binyamin Halevi ben R, Menachem Klein OBM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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