HEALTH

Dear Family

Hope everyone is well.

Mazal Tov to Pesach on his upcoming birthday. Wishing you a Year of Hatzlocha for you and your Family.

Mazal Tov to Dovy who also has a birthday this coming week. Keep giving your parents lots of nachas Dovy.

Mazal Tov to Hirshy and Zalmy for getting excellent results at their colleges BH. Keep up the good work.

We are now in the month of IYAAR which spells out the rosh teves (acronym) of Ani Hashem Rofeecha, - I Hashem am your Healer (aleph stands for ani, the 2 yuds are Hashems name, and the resh stands for rofeecha)

So I thought I would share some interesting MEDICAL FACTS which I saw in a Book called Amazing Facts and Feats

Take a guess what is the most common non contagious illness in the world?

Tooth decay!

At least 90% of world suffers from this.

And while on the subject of Dentistry, Israel has the highest no. of dentists per capita - 1 dentist for every 783 people.

USA is 1 per 1882 and UK 1 per 2500.

And yet in Israel 63% of citizens above the age of 65 have lost all their teeth?!

Least common illness? Any of our Drs know?

Koro disease. - Only found in the Fore tribe living in the Eastern part of New Guinea.

It is also known as the 'laughing disease' because one of the symptoms is uncontrolled laughing.

And what is the best known Medicine in the world?

Laughter!

Studies have revealed that laughter lowers the stresses in the body and strengthens the immune system.

Healthy laughter also burns 10 to 40 calories in 15 minutes!!

6 year old children laugh about 300 times / day.

Adults laugh from 15-100.

And finally a Halacha from the Rambam Hilchos Deos Chap 4, where he discusses many Health issues:

'Another Principle connected to the health of the body is as long as one exercises, stops eating before being fully satiated, and bowels work regularly, a person will not suffer sickness and he will grow in strength.

This applies even if he will eat harmful foods.

Conversely, whoever is idle, does not exercise, and is constipated, even if he eats the proper foods and takes care to follow the rules of Medicine, will be full of pain and his strength will fade away.

Overeating is like poison to anyones body. It is the main source of all illness....

As mentioned by Shlomo Hamelech Proverbs 21:23 'Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue guards his soul from distress' ie guards his mouth from eating... and his tongue from speaking (wrong things).'

Gut Shabbos and Good Health to all.

RAMBAM 5 minutes per week for this week is Sefer Avoda, Hilchos Psulei Hamikdash, Chaps 8-14, PAGE 24

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zFsu7TC1IXA57FKtBGM5CJ0aAJZOJdvwb8IdU8dD 89c/edit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18LCdtnMoOFsfxkxHjcW3nyVIjV-D3hX5S6oFAycC -cA/edit