{"id":1587,"date":"2016-12-07T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2016\/12\/07\/the-power-of-kiddush-a-chassidic-story"},"modified":"2018-06-12T14:40:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T11:40:27","slug":"the-power-of-kiddush-a-chassidic-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2016\/12\/07\/the-power-of-kiddush-a-chassidic-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Kiddush: A Chassidic Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>This <a href=\"https:\/\/emunadaily.com\/2015\/10\/30\/quick-story-and-lesson-regarding-kiddush-friday-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story<\/a>\u00a0demonstrates the great mystical power behind the ritual of Kiddush. As is common in the Hassidic tradition, the message is conveyed through a story in order to resonate with a wider audience, elicit an emotional reaction, and be more memorable. It was posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/emunadaily.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emuna Daily<\/a>, a website inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breslov_(Hasidic_group)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breslov Hassidic<\/a> thought, which shares<\/em>\u00a0uplifting Jewish\u00a0thoughts about faith, marriage, speech,\u00a0prayer and spirituality.<\/p>\n<h2>The Power of Kiddush: A Hassidic Story<\/h2>\n<p>During World War II, the Nazis were fast approaching\u00a0<em>Eretz Yisrael<\/em>, and the Jews there were gripped with fear. Special prayer gatherings were held, and people pleaded to Hashem for protection. There was one Rabbi, Rav Shlomo Zviel, who was unaware of the situation. On Friday night, after he recited\u00a0<em>kiddush<\/em>, somebody informed him of the imminent threat. He was very upset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you telling me this only now?\u201d he asked. \u201cYou should have told me this before I recited\u00a0<em>kiddush<\/em>!\u201d He explained that when we recite &#8220;\u05d5\u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5&#8221; Friday night, we become Hashem\u2019s partner in creation, and partners can influence one another. When we declare at\u00a0<em>kiddush<\/em>\u00a0that Hashem created and governs the world, we become His partners, and He then takes our requests more seriously. This, then, is the most opportune time to ask for His help. The Rabbi thus regretted not having known about the crisis before\u00a0<em>kiddush<\/em>, at the moment he forged his \u201cpartnership\u201d with the Almighty.<\/p>\n<p>Shabbat is far more than enduring the inconvenience of all the restrictions. It is about becoming Hashem\u2019s partner, and accessing the endless benefits that this partnership yields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story\u00a0demonstrates the great mystical power behind the ritual of Kiddush. As is common in the Hassidic tradition, the message is conveyed through a story in order to resonate with a wider audience, elicit an emotional reaction, and be more memorable. It was posted on Emuna Daily, a website inspired by Breslov Hassidic thought, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[239],"tags":[242,243,244],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=1587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2254,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions\/2254\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1588\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=1587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=1587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=1587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}