Midwest

 

New newsletter on R Hirsch

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bn9cSiXo5ruFV2MqaPQjFabYw-tK7T7t/view

Rav Shraga Zimmerman, on TIDE

 https://zemirosaschkenaz.com/audio/rabbi-shraga-zimmerman-shiur-on-torah-im-derech-eretz/

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Kever of Rav Hirsch

 

9 phrases to carry into your week.

 

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁 𝗳ü𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁 step by step 𝗗𝘂 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝗳𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘀 you've got this 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗳𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗻 don't give up 𝗘𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 one day at a time 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲, 𝗴𝗿𝗼ß𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗿𝗸𝘂𝗻𝗴 small steps, big impact 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗸𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 progress, not perfection 𝗗𝘂 𝗯𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗱𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗸𝘀𝘁 you're further than you think 𝗛𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗴, 𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝘇𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 today is a good day to start 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗵 just do it

Conquering the land without permission, from the Lub. Rebbe

Moses then reminded the Jewish people that after they heard of G‑d’s plan to keep them in the desert for 40 years, some of them organized their own army and attempted to enter the Land of Israel on their own. But because they went against G‑d’s will and lacked Moses’ leadership, the nations who lived near the border of the land repulsed them.

The Path to Redemption

וַתַּמְרוּ אֶת פִּי ה' וַתָּזִדוּ וַתַּעֲלוּ הָהָרָה: (במדבר ג:מה)

[Moses told the people,] “You rebelled against G-d’s command and willfully ascended to the mountain.” Deuteronomy 1:43

These Jews had repented from the sin of the spies and now wanted to ascend to the Holy Land. Why was this wrong? We are taught that nothing ever stands in the way of repentance.

The answer is that the Land of Israel could only be conquered with the ark’s presence and Moses’ leadership. Repentance could erase the sins of the people, but it could not change the procedure necessary to acquire the land. Since these people were unwilling to submit to Moses’ leadership and wanted to conquer the land on their own, G‑d rejected their initiative.

The same is true in our day. The Torah has prescribed a precise procedure for the Messianic Redemption – as well as for all forms of personal redemption. Any attempt to bypass steps in the redemptive process is doomed to failure. Hastening the Redemption, just like success in any endeavor, is possible only when our approach conforms with G‑d’s plan. Hence the importance of studying the Torah ourselves and seeking out the guidance of qualified Torah scholars in all aspects of our lives.

Summarized by Moshe Wisnefsky in Daily Wisdom: Inspiring insights on the Torah Portion from the Lubavitcher Rebbe

 

This is what life was like for a Jew in Germany | 1925–1932 | Before the Nazi dictatorship

 

Beaux-Arts architecture looked back to classical tradition, using symmetry, sculptural ornament, monumental entrances, and academic composition to create buildings that felt formal and civic.

Art Deco turned toward the modern age, with geometric ornament, vertical lines, stepped setbacks, and a streamlined sense of progress — especially in skyscraper design.

One speaks the language of classical monumentality; the other captures the speed and ambition of the 20th century.

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Architecture Hub

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What's the relevance to TIDE? Hirsch lived in the era of Beaux Art, which means beautiful art. It was a more moral and noble time. The more we replicate it the better, and the better TIDE feels. 

Rav Hirsch in Portuguese

 https://www.sefer.com.br/tora-interpretada-5-volumes/1/?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=lp&utm_campaign=dezmandamentos

Torá Interpretada (5 volumes)

À luz dos ensinamentos do Rabino Samson Raphael Hirsch

Autor: Samson Raphael Hirsch

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Páginas: 3888

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Amplo, rico e profundo comentário sobre a Torá baseado nos ensinamentos do Rabino Samson Raphael Hirsch, destinado àqueles que já possuem algum conhecimento sobre o Pentateuco e desejam ampliá-lo de modo sistemático. O autor analisa as palavras, a etimologia delas e seus significados; o texto e o contexto; os personagens e seus sentimentos; as leis e suas razões; e temas pungentes são esclarecidos e confrontados com a realidade que vivemos.

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Mark Twain

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The only film footage of Mark Twain, filmed by Thomas Edison in 1909 at Twain's Connecticut home.

Europe

 

Share of the German population with a migration background. Today, this applies to nearly 1 in 3 residents.

19th century was better but much of it destroyed

 

The original Tonhalle concert hall in Zurich, Switzerland, shortly after its construction in 1895. They tore this down after a little over 30 years in 1930!

Old Penn Station in NY

New Penn Station

Tuition-Free Universities

 

Austria Jappa Update

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, Here are Twenty-five (25) Tuition-Free Universities in Germany : 1. Heidelberg University 2. Humboldt University of Berlin 3. Free University of Berlin 4. Georg-August University of Goettingen (University of Goettingen) 5. University of Hamburg 6. University of Stuttgart 7. Technical University of Munich (TUM) 8. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) 9. RWTH Aachen University 10. Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) 11. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen 12. Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg 13. University of Bremen 14. Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam 15. Ulm University 16. University of Passau 17. University of Kaiserslautern 18. TU Clausthal 19. TU Braunschweig 20. BTU Cottbus – Senftenberg 21. Magdeburg University 22. Technical University of Dresden (TU Dresden) 23. Goethe University Frankfurt 24. University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) 25. University of Cologne

important word

  Word: überheblich

arrogant, presumptuous

Old English from Kyoto

 Old English is NOT the language of Shakespeare

When you look beyond the "thee" and "thou," Shakespeare's English is actually quite similar to ours Old English is much older—by 1,000 years or more Compare Shakespeare's English with the Old English of King Alfred:

If you go by the sheer quantity of words, most of modern English comes from Latin, mainly through French.

These words are elegant and sophisticated:

-Conflict -Paternal -Veracity The words that come from Old English are simple and direct: -Fight -Father

-Truth

Understanding Old English helps make modern English make more sense:

Are “old wives’ tales” exclusively told by married women?

No. In Old English, the word “wīf” simply meant woman—so old wives’ tales are really tales of old women.

But then something strange happened…

Eventually the word «wife» changed to mean «married woman»

Which is why Old English had to create a new term for «woman» in the general sense

It added the word for «person» («mann») to the end of wīf:

wīf + mann = wīfmann, or, woman.

Old English had many of the strange sounds for which English is known:

-The sound of “th” in “thin”

-The sound of “w” in “water” In fact, modern English is one of the few European languages that preserves the old sound of “w”

In the others, it disappeared or turned into a “v” sound (like the German “w”)

When the Anglo-Saxons adopted the Latin alphabet, there were no symbols for these sounds, since Latin didn't have them.

But the Anglo-Saxon monks had an ingenious solution: they used the ancient runic symbols for the sounds.

For example, the sound we write as “th” was written as “þ”.

The spelling of “th” as “þ” continued until the era of the printing press

English printers used letter types imported from the continent — where “þ” was unknown

The closest letter they had was “y” So “the” was written “ye” — as in “ye olde shoppe”

But it was still pronounced “th”!

The structure of sentences in Old English was different from Modern English — but we still see fossils of it

For example, you can say “I have never done that"

Or you can move the verb “have” to the 2nd position and say: “Never have I done that"

This is exactly how it worked in Old English

Kyoto