Inaugural edition!
A Word from the Editor
Rabbi Eliezer M. Niehaus
Since Chazal felt it was crucial to thank Hashem for our health throughout the day, it is obvious that Asher Yatzar should be said with feelings of true gratefulness. Unfortunately, because we say it so often, and usually while in the middle of our daily routines, that special effect can get lost. We hope that this monthly leaflet will help raise awareness, so we can focus on this berachah and say it properly.
Over a year ago, my daughter Esther bas Sara Miriam shetichyeh (a young mother), was diagnosed with the machalah, and she needs a lot of tefillos. (Could I trouble you to stop for a moment and say a perek tehillim for her?) Rav Shimon Galay shlit”a told me that as a zechus for her refuah sheleimah, we should ask people to say the berachah of Asher Yatzar with kavanah. I got down to work and the obvious contact was R’ Yossi Hecht. Indeed, I was swept away by his pleasant nature, his personal charm, and his stalwart emunah in Hashem! He suggested that we put out a leaflet in shuls across the globe, and after much Siyata D'shmaya, we now present you with the result.
May the chizuk from this leaflet bring a refuah sheleimah to our dear founder Yosef Chaim ben Devorah Leah, to my daughter, and to all the cholim in Klal Yisroel.