Rabbi Yaniv Meirov Introduces “Ohr Chazaq on the Parsha”

Well, our good friend, Rabbi Yaniv Meerov, who's founder of Khazak. Kazak with a Q at the end. Those of you in the know, if you're in Queens or anywhere in the Jewish world of note, you know what Khazak is all about. C H A Z A Q. Uh, I still believe that even with all of Ryrov's accomplishments, we're going to talk about one of those accomplishments now because he's got a brand new book out. I still think the most incredible thing Kazak does and they do so much is the time that they spend and the success that they have sending children who otherwise would be in public school to yeshivas and day schools and that's how I'm going to begin the conversation. I know Rabbi Marov wants to talk about his brand new book and we will but I first must get an update at the beginning of the school year about how his organization is doing in that area. Rabbi Yaniv Merro, founder of Kazak, author of Or Kazak on the para, brand new. A pleasure to say a good and welcome you back to JM in the AM. >> Thank you so much. It's always a pleasure. I love your positivity. I love your family. Good people. >> I appreciate that very much. >> And you know how we're starting off? I I I laid it all out on the table here. You know how we're starting. I must get an update from you. It's one of the most thankless jobs in my opinion having people on the front lines like they are in your office trying to arrange the finances and the logistics get to get kids who are in public school into day schools and yeshivas. Imagine that. One of the most important things and again I really do think it's a thankless job. I could say it. You don't have to. I could say it. Give me an update. How are we doing at the beginning of the 5787 school year? >> Bar Hashem. Thank you Hashem. Thank God. Can't complain. It's going very well is amazing. Uh we're well over 2500 children that have already been chanted the last number of years. That's 2,500 mas every soul is a world within itself. And we see that from this week's para unfortunately kind killed. It says the blood of your brother you have killed. It's just the blood. And the rabbis explained that it's just not one person. It's his children and grandchildren generations forever that uh every person represents. So we're very thankful to Hashem for the opportunity to be able to bring back his children and put them into Jewish day schools and put them in the right environment. And you know, yesterday was October 7th and uh unfortunately uh we have to be reminded that uh there's enemies all around us and uh we have to make sure that our children in the right environment and Hashem, thank you, Hashem. It's it's been amazing, but we're not satisfied. We're happy, very happy, but not satisfied. There's many more kids that we need to uh transfer. >> Oh, no question about it. And by the way, folks, it's one of the reasons why I enthusiastically recommend to people who support Kazak. They do a lot of great work and the is insane what they do. But this area to actually take public school kids and put them in yeshivas and day schools deserves all of our support information. Go to the Khazak website cha zaq. Rabbi Yaniv Meerov is out with a brand new book or Kazak on the para presents insightful, inspiring and practical Torah thoughts from Rabbi Meerov, the renowned organiz the the founder of Khazak, the renowned organization that's brought thousands of Jews closer to Torah and mitzvos. Uh it's available on Amazon or Kazak Oraq. It's a recommendation, a brand new recommendation from a from Amazon. It's on the Felheim website and it's available at all great Judeaica outlets. actual real stores in our area. Um, Rabbi Mayorov, it's no secret does a lot of partial books and many of them of course being touted this time of year. Bracious after all is this coming Shabas. Uh, what is it about um your work that inspired you to write a new book about the para with powerful Torah lessons for life? So uh it actually uh came about just like everything else within the organization and and the community uh we've been giving for many many years at my kila charm circle and uh some people moved out so they were like oh we want to you know get some recordings so we started doing some recordings and people started uh listening to it and we got tremendous feedback and then one person after another person another person said you know these are great inspiring messages we really really like it why doesn't it get into a book? So I'm like I don't know and then someone started transcribing my shim and it started going to different publications and we started getting even more feedback and then one thing led to the next and I have friends that put together uh you know the idea and it just came out not too long ago and we're so excited to announce that we're already up to 30,000 copies. >> Wow. But but we're not satisfied like we've been saying up until now that we're very happy and we want to just notify all the listeners. What makes this special that it's short and it's sweet. There's two articles per para, one for Friday night, one for Shabbat day during the meal. And how many times did it happen to us that people said say a few words we had no time to prepare. We had nothing to say. And this is a great solution. Short, sweet, and simple. And the best part you don't want to read. Unfortunately, some people don't like to read. There's a QR code that you could scan before Shabbat free before Shabbat and you can watch a video of yours truly two to three minutes giving over that message. >> That's great. Very 2026 Rab is with us. The brand new book or Khazak and the para powerful Torah lessons for life. No doubt the Feltime people are thrilled with the numbers so far. We're highly recommending the book. As I said earlier, there's, you know, different angles when it comes to para books. yours has a subtitle of powerful Torah lessons for life. What would you say is is the angle the theme if you will the direction that you take exclusively in this para book. >> So the cover the front cover of the book actually has a very powerful line that I want to share with all your listeners and that is from inspiration to implementation. I always tell people there's three eyes people uh obviously the physical eyes we have are two but the letter I the first one is information throughout our day every moment we get information coming our way sometimes that information becomes the next eye which is which is inspiration but very very few times that the information which becomes inspiration gets to the third eye which in my opinion is the most important and that's implementation doing something about the inspiration so this book it goal is that people shouldn't just read it and go one year and not the other ear. So they should implement one of the lessons to their lives or their family lives or their community lives and that's the goal of this book. >> Uh anything uh you can tell us in the next minute about braces specifically? Obviously you and rabbitic figures throughout the world are focused on the first para this week. Any short message you can give us about this week's para? >> Short first message within the book one of the first two messages of the parha is that why is there darkness? There should just always be lights and we all know that uh it's a teaches a very powerful lesson that is that throughout our lives there might be darkness there might be difficult times there might be a hard situation that we find ourselves but you have to remember that darkness has an end there will be light at the end of the tunnel and uh the reason why we have darkness in the first place is because we would always have light we wouldn't appreciate it so that's why we have darkness but remember that even in the darkest times there is always going to be light darkness will come to an end night will come to an end and there will be day and I think that's a very powerful message for 2026 and that there's so much challenges that people might be going through but we have to remember you have to stay strong and we're going to see the ultimate light which is the gula the redemption it's going to happen very very very soon a >> phenomenal am is right meov uh the brand new book is or khazak on the para from inspiration to implement mentation powerful Torah lessons for life. Amazon has it. Uh the Felheim website has it. Judeica stores in the area have it. Check it out everybody. Highly recommending it. Make sure it's on your Shabas table tomorrow night. Right. Mayor Hatlab big mazal to you on this accomplishment. Just keep going. Hey Kazak, just keep going strong. Right, Mayor. We continue to root for you and to really appreciate the great work of your organization. >> Thank you Nahim for everything. You're an inspiration as well and uh we'll be in touch my friend. >> Appreciate that very much and a Shabbat brace shalom para Rabbi Aniv Merov Amazon Feldheim local Judeica stores make sure it's on your Shabas table tomorrow night. You will enjoy it. Rough is amazing. More coming up. You are listening to a Thursday morning edition of JM in the A.M. live from Chicago, Illinois.