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R’ Benzion Eliezer Hackner, 81, OBM

2020-04-17T10:07:00.000-07:00

R’ Benzion Eliezer Hackner, a community activist and Gabbai of the Stamford Hill Shul in London, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2020.

R’ Benzion Eliezer Hackner, a community activist and Gabbai of the Stamford Hill Shul in London, passed away this morning, 12 Nissan, 5780, (April 6, 2020) after a short illness.

He was 81.

When WWII ended, he was from the first children to be enrolled by his parents R’ Shmaryohu O”H and Mrs. Leah O”H in the Yesodey Hatorah Talmud Torah in London while most others were attending public school, and only went to Cheder for a couple of hours in the afternoon.

As a Bochur he was from the organizers of Camp Aguda and the midwinter Siyum Mishnayos of Pirchei.
In the early 1960’s he was heavily involved with the establishment and legalities of many of the projects of Lubavitch London at the time that they were building themselves up and knew who to call and how to negotiate the officials and how to get things resolved.

He was the Lubavitch representative to the Hisachdus Hachareidim of the Greater London Community.
He was also a staunch pivotal member of the Lubavitch and general London community.

He spent many nights working the Shidur, the live hookup, for the Rebbe’s Sichos and Farbrengens in London, for the whole UK, Europe, Eretz Yisroel, South America and Australia, that enabled Chassidim and Shluchim to be connected and hear the Rebbe live.

He was also in charge of collecting Maamad from the Chassidim in London to be sent to the Rebbe.
He was a long-standing Gabbay of the Lubavitch Stamford Hill Shul.

Since the Rebbe instituted the daily learning of Rambam, he has continuously given a daily shiur of the Rambam, as well as an Ein Yaakov shiur between Mincha and Maariv.

Was also the Gabbay Tzedakah for many Organizations.

As well as the administrator for the Chuppas that took place in the Lubavitch community of London as well as helped many people all over the world.

R’ Benzion was the heart of Beis Lubavitch in London, and was involved in many other community affairs, many of which are not known.

He is survived by his devoted wife Mrs. Shoshana Hackner (London, England), his children; Mrs. Miriam Edelman (Brunoy, France), Mrs. Soroh Eidelman (Manchester, England), Mrs. Yocheved Zirkind (Weston, Florida), Moshe Hackner (Crown Heights), Rabbi Chaim Hackner (Boca Raton, Florida) as well as many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He is also survived by his brother R’ Yonason Hackner (Crown Heights).

The Levayoh will be passing Lubavitch House at approximately 4:25 PM then at the house @ 29 Leabourne Road

The family have requested that you send nichum aveilim or memories of him, to email nichumaveilimhackner@gmail.com

Baruch Dayan Ha’emes. Blessed is the true judge.

To learn Mishnayos in zechus of the Neshama of Benzion Eliezer ben Shmaryohu, please go to https://www.lzechernishmas.com/signup.php?id=7343

What It Takes to Get Life-Changing Wealth

2020-04-01T13:39:00.003-07:00

Dan Caplinger March 31, 2020 Mindset , Commentary

In hindsight, making money in the stock market seems easy. Just buy shares of promising companies, wait for them to achieve their full potential, and reap the rewards from their huge returns. Look at some of Stock Advisor's top performers over time — stocks like Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) — and that strategy seems to play out like clockwork.
It's easy to forget during long bull markets that there's more to successful investing than just waiting. Only in the midst of bear markets do we tend to remember the hardest part of staying on the path toward life-changing wealth: maintaining a disciplined strategy and staying confident in the companies that we've correctly seen as having the potential for greatness. All too often, investors lose their resolve — and that costs them dearly in the long run.

You want to avoid losses...

No matter how good your intentions are to keep a long-term perspective, it's human nature to judge yourself based on what happens in short periods of time. If you buy stock in a great company but the share price goes down right after you buy it, then you start to question your thought process for picking it in the first place. If it keeps going down, then the desire to sell it and take your losses can become almost overwhelming — even if absolutely nothing has changed about the underlying business and its prospects for success.
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is a great example of how this phenomenon can snare investors. Stock Advisor didn't recommend Facebook until years after its 2012 IPO, but those who bought stock in the social media giant back then saw the share price lose half its value within months after its initial public offering. Critics pronounced that those touting Facebook's prospects were fundamentally mistaken, and many disgruntled shareholders dumped their stock at what proved to be exactly the worst time. In the end, those initial investors did better than those who waited until Stock Advisor made its recommendation at a price double what you could've paid in the IPO.

...but you want to hold onto your gains even more

It's tough to watch a promising pick be a quick loser, but many investors find it even harder to keep their discipline on stocks that have already demonstrated their winning ways. When you've already earned impressive gains on a stock, having them taken away even temporarily can be especially painful. We've all seen during the coronavirus-driven bear market in February and March how years of steady stock price gains can disappear more quickly than you'd ever imagine. It's easy to beat yourself up for failing to see signs of risk that cost you much or all of the profit you'd had in your stock positions.
Moreover, the reasons to sell can seem quite compelling. Consider:

Shortly after our initial recommendation of Netflix in October 2004, the stock lost half its value as investors worried about competitors like Blockbuster Video trying to copy its DVD-by-mail service. Yet far more difficult to endure was the 80% drawdown in late 2011 and 2012. That's when CEO Reed Hastings and Netflix's Qwikster debacle led to hundreds of thousands of subscriber defections and made many investors forget the promise of international expansion, new proprietary content, and advances in streaming capacity and bandwidth.

Regulatory threats, competitive pressures, and a simple lack of faith in Amazon's long-term growth prospects have led to regular declines of 25% to 30% every year or two in the e-commerce giant's stock price. More dramatic drops of 50% in 2007 and 60% in the financial crisis stemmed from adverse market conditions and less of a willingness to accept CEO Jeff Bezos' philosophy of maximizing long-term growth at the expense of short-term profits. With many companies having failed during the credit crunch in 2008 and 2009 because of their failure to seek profitability more quickly, that reason for giving up on Amazon seemed even more compelling at the time than it does looking back.

For Booking Holdings, consistent doubts about competition and the state of the online travel industry have forced shareholders on multiple occasions to deal with pullbacks of 30% or more. Other than the Great Recession, the most jarring decline for Booking Holdings has come just in the past month, with shares having dropped more than 40% as investors weigh the likelihood for massive disruptions throughout the travel industry to last at least months and possibly a year or more into the future.

At the time when these stocks were struggling, few people would have faulted you for deciding to take some of your profits off the table. Long-time members who'd followed Stock Advisor recommendations since the service's inception could have sold their initial Netflix shares in late 2011 and still have earned a return of around 300% to 500%. You could've gotten a 2,000% return on Amazon selling in late 2014, or a 1,500% gain on Booking Holdings from a 2011 sale.
Yet doing so would've cost you a huge amount of additional gains that those who remained confident in the ability of those companies to bounce back from adversity and produce even bigger returns. You wouldn't be sitting on a 15,000% gain in the video-streaming specialist, a 12,000% rise in the e-commerce and cloud computing behemoth, or a nearly 5,400% advance in the online travel website leader.

Remember what you're investing for

At its most basic level, the purpose of investing is taking money you don't need now and making it grow until the time you do need it. From that perspective, as long as nothing important changes about a company's business or prospects, then there's no need to think about selling it until you approach your time horizon.
That's easier said than done. When stock prices are zigging and zagging violently, that kind of simple perspective is hard to achieve. The best investors, though, remain objective about the prospects great companies have to continue to succeed even in tough environments along the way. If you can keep that perspective and maintain your discipline, you'll be much more likely to join the ranks of those top investors.

All advice is based on information not confirmed. You are advised to consult with your professional advisor before using any information in this post.

is it a deal?

2020-01-02T02:02:00.001-08:00

If you see an item you don't need and didn't really want, but you buy it because you think it's actually worth more than the price, you're still wasting money.

When it's on sale from $100 and you don't buy it, you've saved the full amount of Money, you didn't spend on it!

What a scam

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The brilliance of american english vs real english

2017-10-29T13:20:00.001-07:00

Rabbi pulls handkerchief through cell phone without any damage

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Signs on Businesses and Commercial Vans or trucks

2017-09-25T20:59:00.000-07:00

Inside a Shoe Repair Shop: "We will heel you We will save your sole We will even dye for you."

Over a Gynecologist’s Office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix.”

In a Podiatrist's office: "Time wounds all heels."

On a Septic Tank Truck: "Yesterday's Meals on Wheels"

At an Optometrist's Office: "If you don't see what you're looking for, You've come to the right place.”

On a Plumber's truck : "We repair what your husband fixed.”

On another Plumber's truck: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber.”

At a Tyre Shop : "Invite us to your next blowout.”

On an Electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts.”

In a Non-smoking Area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and will take appropriate action.”;

On a Maternity Room door: "Push. Push. Push.”

At a Car Dealership: "The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment.”

Outside a Muffler Shop: "No appointment necessary. We hear you coming.”

In a Veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!”

At the Electric Company: "We would be delighted if you send in your payment on time. However, if you don't, YOU will be de-lighted.”

In a Restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up.”

In the front yard of a Funeral Home: "Drive carefully. We'll wait.”

At a Propane Filling Station: "Thank Heaven for little grills.”

In a Radiator Shop: "Best place in town to take a leak.”

And the best one for last...
Sign on the back of another Septic Tank Truck: "Caution - This Truck is full of Political Promises"

Nazi supporter in Seattle gets knocked out by African American

2017-09-18T19:42:00.001-07:00

Jerry the Manager - Amazing life lesson!!!

2017-07-28T14:00:00.000-07:00

7 fundamental tenets

2017-07-19T16:58:00.001-07:00

7 fundamental tenets

One should strive to act with compassion and empathy towards all creatures in accordance with reason.

The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo your own.

Beliefs should conform to our best scientific understanding of the world. We should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit our beliefs.

People are fallible. If we make a mistake, we should do our best to rectify it and resolve any harm that may have been caused.

Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

Rabbi inspires an 103 year old, wheelchair bound and blind in one eye.

2017-07-19T02:04:00.001-07:00

Just read this from my classmate and friend, Rabbi Mendy Lewis from Old Tappan, NJ where he and his wife run a local Chabad Center.

A truly inspiring encounter.

After finishing my weekly Shabbat service at a local senior facility on Friday morning, a 103 year old wheelchair bound woman tells me that she's losing her eyesight (she is already blind in one eye). After expressing my sympathy and offering to pray for her, I tried to give her some words of hope and encouragement.

I told her that as challenging as it may be, she should remember that even though she may not be able to see those around her, her children and grandchildren, and those around her, will see her and will continue to be inspired by her smile and positivity.

She thanked me and we wished each other good Shabbos. As she wheeled herself away, the resident behind her says to me "Rabbi, thank you so much for your words, they meant so much to me. I have been blind for six months".

We should never underestimate the power of our words and actions. Someone may just be watching or listening and we can be their beacon of light, positivity and joy.

Shvua tov.

Story taken from https://www.facebook.com/ChabadOT/posts/10203705979165441?pnref=story

Thank you Mendy! You continue to inspire me too.

Are you on time or are you late?

2017-07-13T19:59:00.001-07:00

Are you on time or are you late?

New York is 3 hours ahead of California,

but it does not make California slow.

Someone graduated at the age of 22,

but waited 5 years before securing a good job!

Someone became a CEO at 25,

and died at 50.

While another became a CEO at 50,

and lived to 90 years.

Someone is still single,

while someone else got married.

Obama retires at 55,

but Trump starts at 70.

Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone.

People around you might seem to go ahead of you,

some might seem to be behind you.

But everyone is running their own RACE, in their own TIME.

Don’t envy them or mock them.

They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours!

Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.

So, RELAX.

You’re not LATE.

You’re not EARLY.

You are very much ON TIME, and in your TIME ZONE Destiny set up for you.

In conclusion don't rush to get and don't be sad .

Make today your day!!

What's doing in Kharkov

2017-07-13T19:55:00.001-07:00

What's doing in Kharkov?

A chassid from the town of Kharkov came for an audience with the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Rebbe Rashab. The Rebbe asked him, vos hert zich in Kharkov -- what's happening in Kharkov?

The chassid replied, "Kharkov is great! We learn Torah, we daven, the mikvah is clean... there's always a cup of coffee available in shul, people really care for each other!"

The Rebbe Rashab gave him a gold coin.

This chassid had been joined by another chassid from Kharkov, who also desired an audience with the Rebbe.

Vos hert zich in Kharkov?, the Rebbe asked the second chassid.

"Terrible! People don't care about each other, nobody learns Torah, the mikveh is dirty..."

Some time later, these chassidim were discussing their respective interactions with the Rebbe. When the second chassid found out that the first chassid had been given a gold coin from the Rebbe, he was irked, to say the least.

Word reached the Rebbe Rashab (if I recall correctly, his brother Reb Zalman Aaron relayed the contents of the conversation between the chassidim), and the Rebbe Rashab summoned the chassid. "I heard you have some complaints...."

"Yes! Why didn't I receive a gold coin from the Rebbe? I told the truth about Kharkov!"

"You think I don't know what's going on in Kharkov?" responded the Rebbe. "I just wanted to know: Which Kharkov do you live in?!"

Friends, I think we all know "what's going on in Kharkov." Life ain't easy. Challenges abound. There is much to criticize, much in need of repair.

It is up to me to choose where I live. Will I live in the Kharkov where people care for each other, and where goodness abounds? Or do I make the choice of the second chassid?

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