Where does the expression "ain od milvado" come from?

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amother

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 7:48 am

Thanks!

thunderstorm

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 7:54 am

It's a verse "Ein Od Milvado Efes Zulaso"

Einikel

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 7:56 am

אתה הראת?
Said when taking out sifrei Torah in shul?

amother

Floralwhite

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 7:57 am

It is a pasuk straight from the Chumash, unfortunately I am forgetting the exact pasuk and Derek right now.

vendy

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 7:59 am

דברים 4 פסוק 35

Einikel

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 7:59 am

http://chabadpedia.co.il/index.....D7%95

Mayflower

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 8:00 am

Devarim 4:35

amother

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 8:10 am

Wow you guys are amazing.

Thanks!

Pollyanna

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 9:28 am

The known Segula of Rav Chaim M'valozin, to say אין עוד מלבדו and really concentrate how it is only he who can help, there is no other force in the world, but Hashem.

amother

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 9:40 pm

Thanks Pollyanna.

Does anyone have any more information on how to meditate on the words?

Is the taking out the Torah reference only used on Simachas Torah?

Does the phrase occur anywhere in actual davening?

Thanks so much.

amother

Wine

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 11:13 pm

Pollyanna wrote:

The known Segula of Rav Chaim M'valozin, to say אין עוד מלבדו and really concentrate how it is only he who can help, there is no other force in the world, but Hashem.

I remember as a child reading a [I think- true] story in one of the Olameinu books about how a man and his son concentrated deeply on that verse and it saved them at several different junctures during their escape from the nazis. That affected me profoundly, and in try to deeply focus on the meaning of the words as an adult. I have these words on a sticky note near my computer.

yksraya

Mon, Jun 03 2019, 11:21 pm

When I'm having a hard time falling asleep I say ein od milvado and give all my worries over to hashem. It really helps. I used to suffer insomnia and now I don't anymore!

I heard this trick at a lecture.

strawberry cola

Tue, Jun 04 2019, 1:21 am

imamother wine, I think that story was about the Brisker Rav ztl and his son when they were escaping the Germans

Iymnok

Tue, Jun 04 2019, 1:45 am

amother [ Wine ] wrote:

The Brisker Rav. Shaar habitachon is really what they were learning/meditating on.

PurpleandGold

Tue, Jun 04 2019, 9:39 am

Pollyanna wrote:

The known Segula of Rav Chaim M'valozin, to say אין עוד מלבדו and really concentrate how it is only he who can help, there is no other force in the world, but Hashem.

R av Chaim Volozhiner taught that in times of danger, meditating on this truth can bring salvation. Later his descendants, the Brisker Rav and son, were fleeing the Nazis by train. The Brisker Rav learned Sha'ar Habitachon with his son, and at the most dangerous checkpoints told him to do focused meditation only on "Ain Of Milvado." When they focused, they were miraculously waved through each checkpoint. At one checkpointthe Brisker Rav's son lost focus and started to give in to feelings of anxiety, and they started to get harassed by a gaurd. The Brisker Rav quickly reminded his son "Focus!" His son regained his meditative focus, and another guard arrived and said to let them go through. The father and son continued on to safety, and that is how they survived the war.

Iymnok

Tue, Jun 04 2019, 9:44 am

It was the Brisker Rav and a few of his children, not only a son.

PurpleandGold

Tue, Jun 04 2019, 9:47 am

Iymnok wrote:

It was the Brisker Rav and a few of his children, not only a son.

I have never heard the story told that way, but good to know. Beautiful thoughts to focus on while getting ready for kabbalas HaTorah...Have a good Yomtov everyone!

Iymnok

Tue, Jun 04 2019, 10:05 am

Only a few of his 12 children survived the war.

miami85

Tue, Jun 04 2019, 10:17 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

In Aleinu we say "Ein Od" and "Efes zulaso" the whole tefila is about Hashem's one-ness. There are multiple references that are similar in concept.

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