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Book Title Bringing Heaven Down to Earth
Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson
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66. The Ark

There is a raging storm at sea. There are hellish waves that crash and pound at the shore, carrying all away, leaving desolation behind.

The sea is the world of making a living. The waves are the stress and anxiety of indecision, not knowing which way to turn, on what to rely. Up and down, hot and cold—constantly churning back and forth.

Do as Noah did, and build an ark. “An ark” in Hebrew is teivah—which means also “a word.” Your ark shall be the words of meditation and of prayer. Enter into your ark, and let the waters lift you up, rather than drown you with everything else.

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From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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Posted: Oct 28, 2011
Pushing out the information
Excellent. Your words must get out to a much broader community. There are so many Jews thirsty for your words. Chabad is doing good. It must do much more. I can not find a single radio show of Jewish thought on my ride to and from work.

I think it is probably hard to do an honest assessment of outreach when you are shoulder deep in it.
Posted By Steven Kressel, Cherry Hill, NJ

Posted: Oct 28, 2011
The Ark
This is definitely a word in season, a word for the day, a word of the hour and I definitely do not want to become like the world but heed the obedience of Noah and build myself an ark. Thanks to HaShem I also agree your ark and my ark are the words of prayers and meditation. Amen.
Posted By Nancy Duong, Forest Hills, NY/USA

Posted: Oct 28, 2011
Hide in the Teiva
I like this very much. Yes, the waves within my life, the waves within my soul are sometimes quite high and frightening.
I know by experience, that praying - talking with G-d - brings the frightening waves down, especially when I go to sleep in the evening.
Then there is quietness and peace.
I like your "Daily Diose" very much. -
Posted By Michal, Tittling, Germany

Posted: Oct 24, 2011
Amazing
Thank you so much..I am very blessed by it! I love it and treasure it
Posted By Hadassah Puyana, miami, Florida

Posted: Oct 4, 2010
Noah's ark
Thanks for these words (teivot). In these really troubled times, it is good to have inspiration to keep plowing, to remember that we are not alone. Thank you.
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Oct 3, 2010
Meditation Idea
I agree to start doing this again. I never knew how this could help until I decided to try. 11 years ago I was having surgery for cancer; I was scared to DEATH, not of dying from the disease, or even the surgery. I was terrified of being put to sleep. General anesthesia was so frightening to me that I was on the verge of hysteria. I am claustrophobic, and had never had any hospital procedure before, not even a biopsy.

I purchased a book on "Meditation for Complete Idiots" which helped me to start. I found it more Jewish friendly than the one for "dummies." It took effort and did help me. If it could help me, it can help anyone. My middle name (or first name) should have been panic.

Try it. If you want to, it is possible to slow down and take a breath.

Good luck to all.
Posted By suzi, orlando, fl

Posted: Oct 3, 2010
Ark vs. Tiva (in hebrew)
Shalom,
Tiva in fact is a box. So, Mr. Noah didn't build a ship like we see in the movies, he build a huge box. The way it was build is to have perfect stability. And he did very good job being box/ship builder.
But my question is how to find the reason for so little writing in TORA about such a huge fenomena as a flood?
Can anyone answer this?
Posted By Amiram Kupfer, Richmond, BC, Canada

Posted: Oct 3, 2010
la taiva
Its a good thing, to remember every year, the relevance of Noah and the Ark story. Now, even though the Taiva is so much needed, the development of the builidng task is quite challenging. How to do it in a world such as the one we share?

lets pray and ask for the soon arrival of the messiah

thank you so much
Posted By Pablo Lumerman, Buenos Aires

Posted: Oct 3, 2010
rebbe is a tsadik
this is very beautiful, one of the rebbe's best meditations. thanks alot
Posted By Volf, Montreal

Posted: Aug 11, 2010
do as noah did... ?
yikes... to do what noah did is to feel heart break and desolation in a world over flowing in faith...
Posted By henk, Amherst, ny



 


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