Midnightrabbi wants us to make a “music 4 youth” Unity concert, with special guests T.B.A.

Rabbi Goldsmith is once again hosting youth music concerts to promote a music revolution on-line and beyond bringing us good self esteem among Israeli youth and anglo students in Israel. Past performers include Lazer LLoyd, Ari Lesser, Yosef Dainel, Hamakor, Yosef Karduner, Shtar, Boruch Vidal and Avraham Pilcer<-,  Az Yashir, , Hello Sid, Sam Fisher and other young enthusiastic top class musicians.

The Unity of the Bands was so successful thank G-d, it is returning again for the new school year at a new alcohol-free club for youth The Bet Shemesh Educational Center. Rabbi Goldsmith spoke on Israel National Radio’s The Beat about how music can positively influence young adults to change for the better.

INR: So tell us who you are and how you became the Midnight Rabbi

Rabbi Goldsmith: I grew up in London and have been in Eretz Yisrael for ten years. I’ve seen from being in a few different yeshivas like Ohr Somayach the importance of music -  especially me being a baal teshuvah and being involved in London in the music industry. My family, Harvey Goldsmith and my father Martin Goldsmith put on big events. I would see the effect of the music industry had on the youth. I wanted to be a famous rock singer at one point when I was a teenager. I won a “battle of the bands” in London. I’m still close to those guys because music has a bonding effect.

INR: What was the name of your old band?

Rabbi Goldsmith: Common Ground. It was about unity even in that world. But now the boys are coming to yeshiva not just for music but for spiritual reasons. So it can be a spiritually defined purpose. The music has the power to combine the physical with the spiritual. I see that with the bochurim [yeshiva students]. It brings out their self esteem and togetherness.

INR: What were your father’s big events?

Rabbi Goldstein: He helped do Live Aid. There’s an interesting hashkacha pratis [Divine guidance] story about someone else who’s been helping - Jeff Pulver. My dad arranged to get him into the Led Zepplin reunion concert at Royal Albert Hall. Personally, I don’t listen to their music and don’t think their a good influence on the kids at all. Jeff Pulver likes them very much, and he’s a good guy, so the hashkacha pratis is that even from such a place, he ended up contributing a decent amount of money to the studio the boys have been using.

It has a drum kit, piano, amps speaker system and even rebbes have been using it to speak their drashas on. Even though the kids are unfortunatley drawn to this type of music, especially the rap world, when they come with the right intentions, and inspiration, they elevate this type of music. It’s an amazing thing and that what it was at Unity of the Bands.

INR: So why do they call you the Midnight Rabbi?

Rabbi Goldsmith: A few years back I was walking around the street late at night and was surprised to see how many young people were out there. I was learning full time and was learning very shtark [to appear to be religious]. I thought there needs to be something done in the kiruv world late at night. So I asked my wife and she agreed that I should pursue this. The first yeshiva was Netzach, where they called me the X-Box Rebbe because I used to see them where they used to play the video games late at night. Then it ended up Ner Yaakov which offered me an even later position, so they called me the Midnight Rabbi. So it came from the boys themselves. The idea was for me to come late at night.

I remember this one student, his first month or so in yeshiva, he used to come back drunk out of his face. Last year at an end-of-the year party, he told me he thought maybe he was having hallucinations because every night he would find this rabbi that he could sit and talk with about deeper things. And every morning he would wake up — well not really in the morning, maybe in the afternoon — and he would say, “Did I meet a rabbi last night? I can’t remember.” It made a deep impression on him and the whole year we had a good connection.

INR: Do you actually like rap and rock?

Rabbi Goldsmith: For me personally, I don’t think any of this music is ideal. I don’t listen to it in my own house. But my strength is from my past because I can bridge these gaps when I talk to them. At this point that’s where they’re at. I’m more just a stepping stone. I can’t be the end result. It’s about elevating the sparks with real content and the musicians themselves being real Role models for a honest true future!

INR: When is your next event?

Rabbi Goldsmith: hoping with your help to begin 5774, 2013-14 with some new shows and some new surprise guests T.B.A. like Ari Lesser

So happy to get ready for 2014 with Ari this year in top form  

And  Elyon 

We have posted our latest music on elyonsong and hope u all get inspired and sing inspired!

We have also included our latest videos and hope to be coming out with a new album asap. See below some of our favourite lyrics that have inspired us all!

Elyon- Eliezer Kosoy soul-ful sounds and teacher! Appreciates  Yonason Hill for all his great talent and soul  

And HaMakor for the second time thank G-d We Are So Excited To Have Hosted 3 of the Solomon Bros and now a fourth ofThe Talented Solomon Brothers, Yosef, formerly of the Moshav band, At Our Midnightrabbi Mystic Music Hour With The Fortunate Ones! Their Talent Is Beyond Words And Take A Glimpse At The Best Jewish Music Brothers Around. We all Loved It Beyond Talent,  Thank G-D! We Hope To Bring The Whole Band and brothers Here Soon With A Rockin’ Midnightrabbi Concert For More Fortunate Ones! Bs’d! The pics are here <-

And Yosef Karduner for the really fortunate ones ! <- click here for more on this great musician! And click yosef-karduner-live-midnightrabbi-mystic-music-hanukah-bet-shemesh-with-yeshivat-ashreinu for more audio of the live concet and blog with vids other acts inc. yosef-karduner-live-midnightrabbi-mystic-music-chanukah!<- click here and here<- for pics!

And Shtar performed here for us, Shtar means a commitment and sincere real talent , you got that!As we all struggle on, looking forward to hosting Shtar again @Bet Shemesh Educational Center for the fortunate ones at yeshivat Ashreinu , for the Midnightrabbi mystic music hour SHtark , nice movie Shtar glasses guys as the Shtar rises up!

 Happy times ahead,

And Lazer Lloyd,

We are so excited to have hosted Lazer Lloyd and one of the talented Solomon brothers, Sruli, at our Midnightrabbi Mystic Music hour with the Fortunate ones!

And new on our shores please G-d, Introducing The Artist Formerly Known As … Now Nissim Baruch BLACK!

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Boruch Samuel Bovi Vidal

R.I.p to all of the fallen soldiers of Israel, and all the other victims of terror we are thankful for the sacrafice you have given.

I hope you guys are in a better place.. A meaningful memorial day.

MidnighterRabbi congratulates Boruch Vidal on your army service and looks forward to hear good news from everything you do with blessings and more music success:)

INR: These concerts are for 16-19 and more year olds?

Rabbi Goldsmith: Yes. They do a good a job, they did a lot of the groundwork this age group in the past. My goal was to get these guys to run their own events and make them independent. We’ll see from U Muse, which stands for Youth 4 Music, that the youth themselves have the power to lift up all their friends and family. I don’t see that style of music as the goal, but it’s definitely a big step for the world to get to a more spiritual place. The lyrics represent a more positive message.

INR: Do you have any final words about your projects?

Rabbi Goldsmith: I appreciate your interest. Really what you’ve done for the boy’s self esteem, it will help them for the rest of their lives. You have a big mitzvah.

And it’s time wake up and begin the new year with some new shows…!!!!ASAP contact Eli  umuse613@gmail.com Send us the sponsors and advertisements so we can get moving right now Midnightrabbi inspiresd 

New classes from Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh, R. Itamar Shwartz to get us ready for receiving True inner Torah!

Who is the Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh – R. Itamar Shwartz?

He is an Israeli rabbi and author of the highly regarded “Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh” series (“In My Heart I Will Build a Mishkan”).

It’s likely because your mitzvot are separate from one another and no one has taught you to use them as the building blocks to construct a larger structure. A Mishkan in your heart. 

Each Jew’s lifelong task isn’t just to serve Hashem at an intellectual level, but to integrate that service into our hearts. Once we learn to penetrate our hearts, we are meant to use our hearts to connect to our Creator directly.

Unfortunately, building that foundation for our personal Mishkan is something that very few Jews have been taught today – and that’s true of every community across the Jewish world. It’s a big part of why we often daven every day on “automatic” and our mitzvot can feel like individual bricks left lying around a construction site.

Rabbi Schwartz gives very specific, practical suggestions for building this foundation.

The reason these books have been so enthusiastically received is because they are just about the only books to address this subject directly in our generation’s language. Reading them is one giant session of “Oh, so THAT’S how I’m supposed to be doing it.” Just remember, you have to actually do the exercises the books suggest or none of it will take root in you.

There is an active website devoted to the Bilvavi books at www.bilvavi.net . In fact, most of the books are offered free on the site in their entirety. Just go to bilvavi.net/content/view to check them out.

And … watch and listen to the man of inner Torah give encouragement to our inner connection to Hashem~!

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We all know and believe that Torah & mitzvos are what life is all about, but do we really feel that these are what make our lives meaningful Listen to the Rav’s personal account of how he searched and grappled with these issues, and how he came to feel these truths in his own heart. Listen »»

Permanence  If a person seeks truth , he must be aware of the instability of this world, and not take it too seriously, and on the other hand, connect to the permanent world of Hashem and the Torah of the eternal world.This awareness will enable us to accept the Torah … »»

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I just saw Locusts on my balcony in Israel, we all need to return this Passover 2013 / Pesach 5773!

Locusts at the Kotel from Gutman Locks and Egypt’s Locust Plague Threatens Israel

by SCOTT NEUMAN

     Perhaps for the first time ever, early this morning (Thursday) we were surprised to see a number of locusts lying on the floor. Seeing them right before Passover makes the story of the plagues during the Exodus from Egypt even more impressive… <- for more on Passover 2013/5773!

Kedushas Levi (16) Miracles Are Hidden In Nature from Rav Moshe Weinberger Shlita, the Mashpia of Y.U., Rav of Kehlios Hakodesh Aish Kodesh!
The plagues inflicted on Egypt revealed the greatness of Hashem. What do the vowels underneath the hebrew words really mean? The way the righteous person lives is above all of creation. Hashem dresses up all the miracles within nature. Hashem will reveal himself in a way that even the wicked will see him. Why didn’t Moshe pray that Pharaoh should let the Jewish people go by the plague of hail?

See whats going in Egypt right now from this post <-

A swarm of locusts that began in Egypt and has crossed the border into Israel is inviting comparison to one of the Biblical plagues of Exodus.

The New York Times says the swarms are “like a vivid enactment of the eighth plague visited upon the obdurate Pharaoh. etc..

“Locust clouds were darkening skies on Wednesday, three weeks before the Jewish Passover holiday that recalls 10 Biblical plagues, one of them locusts, that struck Egypt during the exodus of Israelite slaves,” The Guardian said.

According to Egypt’s Al-Ahram, at least 20 swarms of locusts, each comprising up to 80 million insects, have invaded Egypt over the past three months, and there are more believed to be waiting in the wings, so to speak, along the country’s southern border with Sudan.

“One swarm of locusts can gobble up 100,000 tons of crops, an amount sufficient to feed 500,000 people for a whole year,” Nader Noureddin, an agricultural expert, tells Al-Ahram.

The Guardian quoted officials as saying, “the insects covered nearly 2,000 acres (800 hectares) of desert overnight [Tuesday].”

Israel was put on “locust alert” on Monday, with the Ministry of Agriculture setting up a hotline to report swarms. By Tuesday “grasshoppers the size of small birds were reported on balconies and in gardens in central and northern Israel. But the largest concentration, an ominous black cloud of millions, settled for the night near the tiny rural village of Kmehin in Israel’s southern Negev desert, not far from the border with Egypt,” The Times reports.

Published on Mar 6, 2013

Israel has began battling a swarm of locusts from Egypt that threaten to destroy crops in the southern part of the country. The clouds of the insects have darkened skies some three weeks before the Jewish Passover holiday that recounts the Biblical 10 plagues, one of them, the 8th plague on the spiritual calendar = Binah = Understanding and is sourced in the world of Teshuvah repentance,  locusts, that struck Egypt prior to the exodus of the Israelite slaves. We all need to return as there everywhere and so is G-d!

Love story is a comfort- True TuBav Inspiration!

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The Comfort of our people is that we are always One!

Imagine 10 years ago just before the twin towers fell! 2 souls got engaged and erected 2 strong towers that become one and will never be destroyed with this eternal unity! Remember 15 years ago when 2 souls first met. Well truth is here your going to have to imagine.

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Midnightrabbi is really inspired by Jeff Pulver's post and recent breakfast with Eli in Teli! As the gym changed my life for the good , as i got focused, healthy disciplined and met my wife to be for the 1st time, just ask her, and my brother Jeremy Goldsmith who took me there for the first time! Thanks and hugs Sir Jeff!

Midnightrabbi Inspires wants your opinion on this 1st stage of new book idea thanks, a world changer :)

The spiritual guide to the husbands how to make a happy wifey! :)

The needed  Spiritual Guide to the husband to make a happy wifey! To be “together”, Eliyahu Eliezer! Bs’d Copyright to Eli Goldsmith Shlita !The Ant Infestation and smiley cake!It was a special day of deeds of kindness, as many good husbands ... 13 in 2013

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Who is the Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh - R. Itamar Shwartz?

He is an Israeli rabbi and author of the highly regarded “Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh” series (“In My Heart I Will Build a Mishkan”).

It’s likely because your mitzvot are separate from one another and no one has taught you to use them as the building blocks to construct a larger structure.

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holding-onto-our-connection-to-g-d.html - work hard for the inner truth!

Emuna? Now that's what i call a Birthday cake! Matisyahu with Aish?com?

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Come visit us with Tiferes Travel and Eli Goldsmith your sales rep. <-click here and book with us, remember Eli sent you!

Before anyone gets confused, please read this , an Anonymous answer to Matisyahu's changes and his article in Aish.com with five big ?'s!

The first big question is why does Aish.com post an Exclusive Interview about an Exclusive person such as Matisyahu , which should right now only confuse people :) ?

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How do you deal with life in the spotlight? I don’t know. How do you deal with it? It’s pretty cool. You change your appearance — that’s one thing! Do people not recognize you these days? Not even at my own shows! When I saw you at the hotel, I didn’t even recognize you. You were wearing blue gym shorts, a blue T-shirt and tennis shoes — you just looked like a regular basketball player. People always grow and change and that’s awesome. Why did you decide to make your religious transformation so public? The question is how do I not make it anything but public? I didn’t think I wanted to mention it. I wasn’t planning on mentioning it afterwards, with the Twitter thing. But I was going through Twitter and I read that quote ["When the tide comes in I lose my disguise"] — a fan quoted that lyric from “Thunder,” and I was like, “Oh, that’s perfect!” ‘Who is to say what the disguise is?’ Sometimes you write lyrics and it can mean one thing for you and then a year later it can mean a totally different thing for you and at that moment I felt, wow, there is something inside of me even at that point that felt that I was in disguise. There was some part of me even four years ago when I wrote that song that felt one day I’m going to take off my disguise and then, on the other hand, you can say, “Who is to say what the disguise is?” Maybe the other one is the disguise. But in that moment, I felt it was time to reveal panim, the face. So then I was thinking, “People will see me at shows and they won’t get that it’s me — I’m gonna have to mention it. People are going to want to know what’s going on.” How are you navigating your current level of Jewish observance on the road? It’s kind of a different thing for me now. There are certain things I am still holding on to strongly, like obviously not performing on Shabbos, not traveling on Shabbos. Kosher. Kosher has been easy for me in this run because we have a chef and he is a vegetarian and he cooks just for me. So that one’s like knocked off. So that’s that. Shabbos is Shabbos. ‘There are so many rules in Judaism, and if you get into them and you get obsessed and you have the kind of life that I have, it can make you a very unhappy person’ Everything else, for the most part, I’m not holding myself to it in terms of the rule aspect of it. It is more about an ideal. Ideally I would like to put my tefillin on every morning and daven mincha and daven ma’ariv [two of the three daily prayer services]. And I would like to say brachos [blessings] and all these things. But I sort of stopped holding myself to it. It is a weight off now I do it when I have the time and it feels right. When I make the time, I am a little bit more accepting, a little more patient with myself maybe than I was in past years trying to fit in putting tefillin on with, like, in the morning when I had to be at a radio station at 8:30… There are so many rules in Judaism, and if you get into them and you get obsessed and you have the kind of life that I have, it can make you a very unhappy person. It can make everything complicated and more stressful than it needs to be, so I kind of loosened the knots a little bit. How was the transformation for your family? My one-year-old dealt with it. He had to get used to seeing my face. I think the first time I held him, he didn’t recognize me. But it was very quickly that he got it. I think they look in the eyes. And the feeling and the voice. Maybe more than anyone else my one-year-old son got it right away. No judgments, certainly from him. And then, my other two boys go to Chabad school (in Los Angeles), and I had to warn them and tell them that people might say stuff. We had to have a lot of conversations. ‘More than anyone else my one year old son got it right away. No judgments’ I think it’s given them a whole new take on… everything, because they will want to know. That things are not as simple; life is a little more complex. It is not so clear. We had a conversation with my son on the way up here that was so interesting, where he was saying that… the whole thing with Jews and non-Jews and the differences and all that. I try to open them up and just give them alternatives. Basically, I just tell them, “When you are raised in a religious family, you learn that there is no alternative. That there is one ultimate truth. And you can see it might come in various shades and colors. At the end of the day there is one truth and that one truth is this.” I’ve had to talk to my kids and explain that maybe that’s not so. Basically what I tell them is that no one can ever be sure of anything — and in this life, your teachers, parents, yourself — you can have your own ideas, your own opinions, intuitions feelings, etc., whatever it is. But never to be too sure of yourself, and never to be too sure of anyone because, at the end of the day, we don’t know. That was a new idea for them. But amazing conversations — me and my sons." Please read my blog its to hard for me to say more, other than quote my friends , " I was even more scared after seeing matis I was done from the music bus. I realized though that Hashem needs warriors everywhere where one falls he raises another! Lets start with Getting our kids back to Torah and seeing its light Daven to H" about it the lines get so blurry with Public rebuke or anything in the like!" I agreed but make sure you all speak to your local truthful Rabbi before being confused by any public statements and paths of modern day musicians ! Hashem Yerachem ! Moshaich now !

Introducing the artist formerly known as … now NISSIM™ POWERED BY: OEMCo™ powered by Emuna!

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Miracle Music, by NISSIM

New Name, New Game. by Lovie Hops

The Orach Online squad caught up with Nissim Black, Co-Founder of OEMC, to discuss the past, the present and the future for him and OEMC. He spoke on his relationship with Sportn’Life and a D.Black comeback.

OO: You Mr. Black, spent a lot of time at Sportn’ Life Records both as an Exec and a MC. You’ve had to deal with being an artist and deal with artists, what gave you the inspiration for OEMC?

NISSIM: It was just that. After being on both sides of the fence, I developed a liking for different aspects of both. There were plenty of times when i wanted to sit back and strictly work with DeVon and take a break to really push the other artist, but it just felt like the time never permitted itself. So, with OEMC, which I cant take complete credit for I do have a partner in crime Yosef “Bradley” Brown, we just wanted to put together awesome music for people and exhaust our efforts to see it get the recognition we felt it deserved. So OEMC is the natural progression of that desire.

OO: You and Yosef (B.Brown) probably had your biggest success with people like Young Buck and the Game,will that same sound carry OEMC? And how will it play out according to your faith?

NISSIM: Thats all old news. We never really rode that wave, it wasn’t really the sound we were most interested in back then even. Our sound has definitely evolved. We focus on more on a contemporary soul and alternative with a bit of Pop. We are just kind of out there these days. As far as my faith is concerned, I still keep my distance. I don’t have a TV in my home  I only listen to certain things for work purposes. Its all business, one that im passionate about, but its still business. Certain aspects of this industry doesn’t belong in my spiritual world so i keep it out. But I do use my spiritual world to elevate my work.

OO: In most interviews most people wouldn’t ask what Im going to ask you now but, with certain people like Mattisyahu, Shyne and yourself, your faith almost is what makes you who you are so with that said; You’ve made a lot of changes over the past 4 to 5 years as an individual, and concerning yourfaith/ religious beliefs, what is your faith and what effect does it have on you musically?

NISSIM: Orthodox Judaism is my faith. It has been a crazy past few years for me one that has been eye opening. I was a Non-religious Christian, then a Messianic Christian what people would refer to as Hebrew Christian or Messianic Judaism (But this is NOT Judaism in anyway, shape or form) . But I don’t look at them as huge changes but rather the natural growth of a person truth seeking. It happens all the time with people who start challenging themselves, they begin to grow. I was exposed to a truth, then another and then another, which was headed in the direction of the path I was to embark on. Due to the fact that spirituality is big for me, this journey will forever be documented through music and all that evolves me. When you find emet (truth), you share it by living it. If people really believed in what they say they do, it would be seeping through their pores without them even saying a word.

OO: There’s been a lot of new artist both in your own city and in the broader industry, who’s your favorites in game today?

NISSIM: I think Adele proved herself to be the worlds favorite right? but, no really, other than the guys I work with, I like; The Black keys, Gotye, Fun, Michael Buble and John Legend.  I mean I guess thats my list, I still draw inspiration from old MoTown records. Im usually in the loop for inspiration only, as it relates to work, but I’m not engrossed, i keep it that way so my ears can stay fresh and unbiased.

OO: Congratulations on the birth of your new son. We also know you have a wife and daughter at home how hard is it to make time for everything?

NISSIM: Thank you. As you can imagine, it gets tough. I try my best to make it work, after all I have to. My wife is the most important person in my life and my kids follow that, my career is for our benefit as a whole. So just like any other family we manage. Plus, we still have Shabbat (Jewish Sabbath) for family time!

OO: So you left the rap game alone after your LP “Ali’Yah” and your follow up EP “The Blackest Brown”. As I mentioned before your affiliation with Sportn’ Life, after being apart of its success for so long, whats that relationship like now that you moved on?

NISSIM: My relationship there never changed. I still consider myself Sportn’ life. In fact if I could of made it all work at the time I would have. I was growing spiritually and had to make moves that were going to aid and assist me in my growth. The departure from Sportn’ Life was apart of what was happening for me at the time. I definitely didn’t see OEMC coming at all. The only reason I didn’t take my music efforts back to Sportn’ life was because we were originally going to do religious music strictly. We later decided to do both, as long as the contemporary music doesn’t effect our values. We all still tight, its still “the Life”.

OO: Your album “Ali’Yah” had a impact on people everywhere, you seem to have anxious fans across the nation even in countries like Africa who were touched. So, I have to ask or else it wouldn’t be right; Do you think that  theres a possibility D.Black will lace back up the cleats and come back in the game?

NISSIM: I would be lying if I said I don’t think about it sometimes. But, truly Im content for the time being. Im working on some cool projects and seeing artists grow and develop, and its exciting to be apart of. D.Black is dead, Nis lives on.

Keep up with Nissim on twitter; @NissimBlack

Real changes we can all learn from 2007 and beyond!!!

Rather than correct the-new-wave-of-positive-rap-by-moving-on/ we just going to move on just like our new friend Nissim Baruch

Now this is what we’re waiting for , the real deal! Real Change that makes a difference, just what Hashem wants us all to do before Yom Kippur (our holy day of repentance and connection)

Our new friend is bringing it back! And you can read the update from his bio below! Wow, he’s already made 2012 a good year and can’t wait to meet and dance in person!

NISSIM BLACK

Please be sure to connect with me on my band profile at:www.facebook.com/nissim.musicAlso Listen to my new single “Unbelievable”
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Love & Blessings!NISSIM™ POWERED BY: OEMCo™
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Born and raised in south Seattle, Damian Black, now known as Nissim hit the northwest hip hop stage…

About Nissim

Nissim (formerly known as D.Black) is one-half of the band MA”SH. After growing up in Seward Park (Seattle, WA), Nissim can recall the Saturday mornings watching his Jewish neighbors make what seemed like a pilgrimage to synagogue for Sabbath prayers. He even tells stories of him playing basketball at one of the local synagogues. Although seeing this did not convince him to join the tribe, later in his years he questioned his Christian faith and began to study profusely and ultimately found Orthodox Judaism to be the right path. Since this revelation he has been attending Congregation Sephardic Bikur Holim in Seattle, WA, where he is making official conversion to Orthodox Judaism.After growing up in an undesirable household, full of drugs, alcohol, violence etc., he clung to music as his escape from the troubles of the world, in which he attempted to create his own world. In the early stages of that process he was known as D.Black, a street savvy rap artist/ producer who often told stories of life in the ghetto, with drugs, guns and money. As time went on we watched him transform into an intellectual on the microphone, speaking about being more aware of and changing societal norms and healing the world. At the peak of his moderate success in the music industry, he called it quits. He resigned from his executive position at Sportn’ Life Records and retired his “D.Black” jersey. Although, many will miss D.Black, they will be held in suspense by the music put forth by MA”SH his new band. MA”SH which is a acronym for Malhut Shamayim (Kingdom of Heaven) is a two man band, members include Nissim and Yosef, who together were known as Black & Brown. The two, best friends since kindergarten, and now brother-in-laws, together have produced/ written music for local and international artist, which is something they continue to do. They refer to their sound as alternative soul, which maybe the best way to describe it. It’s full of live instruments that restore an “old school” feel, to the “old school” sound that they fabricate. Deep rooted in a soulful bliss and yet, still beset with loud guitars and heavy drums. Although the music may reflect a popular and modern spin on an old wheel, the content itself, is grounded. Their idea is to make music for the world and reflect their religious values without being proselytizing. Energy, ambition and focus best describe them, as they set out on a journey to effect change in the world of music.

This is a great wake up call for us all , as he has real talent and now connected into the real truth can with G-d’s help in 2012 and beyond make real needed change!

Check out Nissim as  President & CEO of OEMC

Orach Emet Music Company, LLC. is a music company that specializes in writing and producing music. OEMC is primarily a music production company for record labels, independent artist, film, TV / Radio, video games and websites. We comprise of a small variety of writers, producers, studio engineers, graphic designers, etc. OEMC offers several production packages that include artist development, production, song writing, pre & post-production consulting and studio recording for many different genres.

Anyhow, looking forward to a new year of the path of the Truth shinning out to the world with unity and moshiach now!

Still have a few questions and look forward to asking them in person , email me  umuse613@gmail.com

Enjoy some of my old music updated-midnightrabbi-inspires-music-album-together-via-midnightrabbi-inspires

 Thanks for your  ‎Midnightrabbi inspiresed us ! Happy new year with forgivness and blessings to all And enjoy this song of  Torah too 

The simcha of Ahron Yosef- starts to learn the 5 books of the Torah!

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Happy Chanukah, from Eli Goldsmith's campaign for Jaffa Institute ! <click here!

REAL giving click -> rootfunding.com/chanukah-campaign/3036

You really want to give this Hanukah , as giving is what we do! Bringing light into children's lives and the world! I Like Saying 'Chappy Chanukah" Instead of "Happy Hanukah!", Eli Goldsmith's campaign for Jaffa Institute - Root Funding Take a look at this campaign that I am supporting for the benefit of 

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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjinA8zqVdI][youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St4OH1Od5L0&feature=youtu.be] JIM = Jaffa Institute & Midnightrabbi eli goldsmith. This is a great cause - please give what you can and spread the word. ***From Menachem Dov 2 Ahron Yosef enjoy 2 different ways :) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcVcXU1mNDQ]

The Chumush Seudah (the five books meal) is based on and recommended by our Sages in Pirkei Avot 5:21 : "בן חמש שנים למקרא, בן עשר למשנה...בן חמש עשרה לתלמוד" "The five-year-old [is brought] to the Written Torah, And the best way to begin anything good and important is with Simcha and happiness... And eating and drinking of course with a blessing! Ahron Yosef before...[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swtMV1lhWHU] the Rebbe, Rebbe Pinchas puts his heart and soul into the children... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9j6pBMJ_0E] Every child is made to feel like a King taking his place on the podium with microphone and crown with cloak...All the decorations are filled with words of inspiration and phrases from the Torah... The meal doesnt begin until many introductions and prayers for the future of all the children and families etc... The main rabbi from the school gives his blessing, amen... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcX1onoxfxs] With pictures of the Rebbe from Vitznitz that survived the war with his Father the prev. Rebbe and rebuilt the schools of pre-war Europe in the holy land, now based in Bnei Barak and Yerushalayim... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQl0mNfdSWE] From times of tradegdy to times of rebuilding and joy... Now the children begin to sing the 5 books of the Torah covering all the Sefers, and weekly Parshos and all the titles of the Mishnah and Gemarah (Talmud) etc... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op2vVO7nhbQ] The main thing is the simcha and nachus that is felt at this holy time, which is compared to receiving the Torah at Har Sinai, and each child is like a dancing Sefer Torah (leibidik Torah Scroll)... they sing! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPvEiFHqnMk] they eat! they dance! True pure simcha... A time the children and family shall cherish! wishin u all simchos and nachus ... From father to son... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jX_kE77Js4] send us your powerful moments umuse613@gmail.com beyond words... Enjoy some more pics - http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.215292135172755.48891.100000759096176

Giving like a Rebbe and real causes in the South of Israel that Cease fire won’t solve!

The recent missile attacks on the Israeli population in Southern Israel have made it difficult for many parents to fully provide for their families. Many have had to be absent from work to be with their children in the bomb shelters while rockets hit the south and center of Israel.

To relieve the financial burden of these families and ensure a steady supply of nutritional food to families under fire, the Jaffa Institute’s Food Distribution Center targets food insecurity and malnutrition in the home by providing Israel’s most needy with nutritious food parcels.

The program uses the Jaffa Institute’s infrastructure of volunteers and supplies to identify instances of food insecurity in our community and provide the resources to temporarily eliminate food insecurity as a root of depression and cause for additional stress during these hard times.

The Jaffa Institute is working to send 1000 food packages per week to families under fire in Israel.

The cost of each food package is $60. The Jaffa Institute is trying the raise $60,000 a week to keep up with the demand for parcels.

There are many ways in which you help the cause. The idea is for this to be a grassroots campaign, where people give what they can and spread the word to their friends, family and co-workers (take a look at the tools in the Tell Your Friends section). Even better, you can easily set up your own branch campaign customized for your own network of contacts by hitting the Create a Branch Campaign button above. Click here to help NOW->
http://www.rootfunding.com/campaign/3036
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Any help that you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you on behalf of the people of Israel and the Midnightrabbi & Goldsmith family!

This special song is called “Eternal World” and was written with deep inspiration during the days leading to the festival of Shavout! An intense experience meeting a Rebbe and finding my wife led me to bring this into the world over 10 years ago

The goal is to be a giver and help us all enter the world of Eternity , as we all journey together to this holy happy blessed place

My goal is to inspire people to be givers like the Ultimate Giver as much as we can!

The Midnightrabbi lives near Jerusalem and is happy to see us safe and growing in this holy land! The Midnight rabbi works at the Jaffainstitute helping their amazing causes and building his family and friends towards a positive future for us all!

His request is “Can u guys help us thanks and may all the families find comfort and the injured be healed ! Shalom friends
hope you are all well
With the recent attacks on southern Israel, the Midnightrabbi and the Jaffa Institute decided to assist the families of the south who cannot leave their homes to work, go to school or even get groceries from fear of missile attacks. As long as the fire continues we will be sending food and aid packages to 1000 families in the south every week. I would like to invite you to make even a bigger impact this time.
We are looking for people who are willing to support the program and spread the word about it. You can assist by going to 
http://www.rootfunding.com/campaign/3036
 and giving a gift or sharing the address with your friends. Any help you can give us in getting the word out will be extremely appreciated!
Thank you again for your support. Especially during these difficult times we are encouraged by the amount of love and appreciation we receive from all around the world.
Sincerely,
Eli Goldsmith / Pmusic and JIM = Jaffa Institute & Midnightrabbi
please email umuse613@gmail.com ph. 00972-(0)573175856 and click our blog -

http://midnightrabbi1eligoldsmith.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/eli-midnightrabbi-goldsmiths-campaign-for-food-packages-from-the-jaffa-institute-under-fire/
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Chassidus Unplugged

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

A Letter from the Rebbe – dated 5^th of Tevet, 5736-December 9, 1975
~ Free translation (original is printed in Likkutei Sichos vol. 15 p. 555-557) ~

By the Grace of G-d
3^rd Day of Week
5^th of Teves, 5736
Brooklyn, N.Y

Greeting and Blessing

… In reply to your inquiry and request for instructions in connection with the forthcoming fast of Asoro b’Teves (10^th of Teves), in view of the situation in and around Eretz Yisroel

…Since you have also approached me in this matter, I will set forth, at least, several suggestions – after the following introductory remarks:

Regrettably, there are people who claim that it is necessary to think and act “big,” in terms of global dimensions and stupendous undertakings, etc., etc. Surely they mean well; and to the extent that such resolutions are practical and are actually carried out – they are very helpful to improve the situation.

Yet, we must never overlook – indeed, rather greatly emphasize – the so-called “small and unsophisticated” things which each modest congregation, or even each individual, can and must do – beginning with the old, yet ever-new, Jewish way, collectively as one people and also as individuals. This is the action of hakol kol Yaakov (“the voice is the voice of Jacob”) – Torah and prayer – which G-d himself has shown us to be the first effective action to nullify the power of yedei Eisov (“the hands of Esau”) – in whatever shape or form they are raised against us.

A special effort should be made in the spirit of “Klal Yisrael” – in the areas of Torah study, Tefillah (prayer), and Tzedoko (charity),

Specifically: After the prayers (both in the morning and at Mincha) to learn (and where there already are daily study groups, to add) a subject in Torah, including a halacha pesuka (legal ruling),

Immediately following the prayers, even before learning, to say several chapters of Psalms (in addition to the regular portion); Before and after the prayers – to give charity (in addition to the regular donation), including charity for a sacred cause or institution in Eretz Yisroel, Eretz haChayim (“Land of the Living”). Needless to say, one who repeats the above again and again in the course of the day, is to be praised, And each time – the more one adds in these activities (in quantity and quality), is to be praised all the more. And, as in all matters of Kedusha (Holiness), it is desirable that all the above be done in a group (with at least a Minyan).

May HaShem accept the prayers and supplications of Jews wherever they are,

And soon, in our very own days, may the Promise be fulfilled that “These days will be transformed into days of rejoicing and gladness,” With the true and complete Geulah (Redemption) through our righteous Moshiach.

With esteem and blessing

/Signed: Menachem Schneerson/

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Posted by Aryeh Goldschmiedt

Eli Midnightrabbi Goldsmith’s campaign for food packages from the Jaffa Institute, under Fire!

Eli Midnightrabbi Goldsmith’s campaign for Jaffa Institute

This campaign is being run in support of Israel’s dedicated soldiers and families.

Campaign Owner: -> eli midnightrabbi goldsmith<- Click here to donate now !

Jaffa Institute

 
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Branch Campaigns – When you have 30 seconds to find shelter, grocery shopping is a hard endeavour.

Especially when your with 6 crying and scared children!

The recent missile attacks on the Israeli population in Southern Israel have made it difficult for many parents to fully provide for their families. Many have had to be absent from work to be with their children in the bomb shelters while rockets hit the south and center of Israel.

To relieve the financial burden of these families and ensure a steady supply of nutritional food to families under fire, the Jaffa Institute’s Food Distribution Center targets food insecurity and malnutrition in the home by providing Israel’s most needy with nutritious food parcels.

The program uses the Jaffa Institute’s infrastructure of volunteers and supplies to identify instances of food insecurity in our community and provide the resources to temporarily eliminate food insecurity as a root of depression and cause for additional stress during these hard times.

The Jaffa Institute is working to send 1000 food packages per week to families under fire in Israel.

The cost of each food package is $60. The Jaffa Institute is trying the raise $60,000 a week to keep up with the demand for parcels.

There are many ways in which you help the cause. The idea is for this to be a grassroots campaign, where people give what they can and spread the word to their friends, family and co-workers (take a look at the tools in the Tell Your Friends section). Even better, you can easily set up your own branch campaign customized for your own network of contacts by hitting the Create a Branch Campaign button above.

Any help that you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you on behalf of the people of Israel and the Midnightrabbi & Goldsmith family!

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Our goal is to raise $60,000 Donate now!!!!

in average recurring monthly pledges by 12/25/2012.

 <-please Click here                                                     Donate now! Thanks ! ^

more here click -> inspirations-for-today:)Shalom friends
hope you are all well
With the recent attacks on southern Israel, the Midnightrabbi and the Jaffa Institute decided to assist the families of the south who cannot leave their homes to work, go to school or even get groceries from fear of missile attacks. As long as the fire continues we will be sending food and aid packages to 1000 families in the south every week. I would like to invite you to make even a bigger impact this time.
We are looking for people who are willing to support the program and spread the word about it. You can assist by going to
http://www.rootfunding.com/campaign/3036
and giving a gift or sharing the address with your friends. Any help you can give us in getting the word out will be extremely appreciated!
Thank you again for your support.

Especially during these difficult times we are encouraged by the amount of love and appreciation we receive from all around

the world.
Sincerely,
Eli Goldsmith / Pmusic and JIM = Jaffa Institute & Midnightrabbi AND please email umuse613@gmail.com ph. 00972-(0)573175856

Date: November 2012

Make A Donation and mention eli in comments thanks

Support for the South

Dear Friends,

This weekend we opened our doors in Bet Shemesh to hundreds of families from the South who needed to get away from their embattled communities. Thus far it has cost us $26,000 and during the next few weeks I expect we will see more of this if there isn’t a ceasefire soon. At the moment we have filled 95 beds in our dormitory and soon we will have additional beds in Beit Ruth.

I will need at least $50,000 – $75,000 to cover the expenses. I don’t have this money in our operational budget as things are very tight. Please help to the best of your ability. I know how much you are already doing but, as you know, every dollar counts. You can donate to this worthy cause online.

In friendship, as ever,

Dr. David J. Portowicz
Chairman and Founder