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Top Rabbis to Lead Rare Ceremony Nullifying Curses Before Yom Kippur

By כיכר השבת, אסף מגידו
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
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Two prominent rabbis, Rabbi Mordechai Gross and the Rebbe of Rachmistrivka, will conduct a rare and powerful ceremony on the eve of Yom Kippur to annul curses, excommunications, and the evil eye for donors to the 'Committee of Rabbis' (Vaad Harabanim). The event is presented as an opportunity for participants to remove spiritual blockages and enter the Day of Atonement with prayers more readily accepted.

According to Kabbalistic teachings and the writings of prominent rabbis, spiritual obstacles can often stem from curses affecting an individual or their family. These curses, the article explains, can arise from hasty words spoken in anger, unintentional ill wishes, or even self-curses uttered in frustration, creating heavenly "strictures," the evil eye, or spiritual excommunication that hinders blessings and salvation.

Rabbi Gross, author of the book 'The Curse to Blessing,' and the Rebbe of Rachmistrivka will lead the ceremony. During the event, a representative of the rabbis will request the annulment of all curses, rebukes, forbidden words, the evil eye, and related afflictions for the donors and their families. The rabbis will then respond, invoking divine authority, to declare all such curses and afflictions nullified, emphasizing that they will be rendered as broken pottery and cast into the sea.

The article urges readers not to take chances on the Day of Judgment and highlights the opportunity to connect with the merit of charity through the 'Committee of Rabbis,' an organization that aids thousands of families. Donors are encouraged to submit their names to have curses removed and open the gates of heaven for a year of blessings and salvation.

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