The levaya for Menashe Koppel Cohen son of Todd and Naomi Cohen will take place tomorrow (Thursday) at Waldheim 1600 S Des Plaines Gate 58 at 11 am
Rav Yisrael Lipkin of Salant use to say:
The greatness of the Ari Zal and the Vilna Goan went beyond their command of vast amounts of Torah knowledge- both open and the esoteric parts; their greatness lay in never deviating in the slightest from the directives of the Shulchan Aruch.
From Tenuas HaMussar
Please continue davening, learning, doing chessed, taking on a higher level of observance, of whatever else you can do and have in mind (or make a verbal statement) that you are doing so in hope of a Neis Nigleh (an open miracle) on behalf of Refoel Menashe Koppel ben Naomi.
The Facebook group Save Koppel!! was recently started, as well.
From the Chicago Center for Torah and Chessed:
There will be an emergency tehillim tonight at 7:00 pm at KINS 2800 Northshore for Refoel Menashe Koppel ben Naomi son of Todd and Naomi (Weiss) Cohen. Today he showed some responsiveness. Please make every effort to attend as every tefillah can help.
I was just notified that there will be a community Tehillim gathering tonight at 7:30 PM for Menashe Koppel ben Naomi at Cong KINS.
Rav Nosson Zvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka
He use to say that a person should always suspect himself, for even his good deeds may stem from impure motives. “Perhaps,” he said, “the reason I built my whole Mussar approach on the greatness of the first man stems from the fact that the first shmuse I heard from R’ Simcha Zissel Ziv was on that subject.”
From Sparks of Mussar by R Chaim Ephraim Zaitchik
No, not R.E.M.’s seventh album, but just my way of saying that I’m on a blog break until June 14th. Thanks for taking time to read this.
Yeah, I used strikethrough. I realized that had a slew of postings that I was “finishing up” or a grand post that could only be revealed on June 14th, or if I posted daily, then an official break would be in order. I tend to post when the mood strikes. I know that I lose readers, but I have a secret…I really don’t post for readers (even though comments and emails always make me feel good), I post because I like to.
This world is like a little coin that is before one’s eyes and blocks out a great mountain. One can easily move the coin aside and see the mountain
I just need to grab hold of the coin and put it into the pocket of my khaki pants.
