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A message about 5784 from the Rav

This is a translation of a short letter that Rav Eliezer Berland wrote on Elul 25th, 5783 (September 11, 2023). It appears in Shivivei Or number 327. There’s a lot more interesting stuff in that newsletter from the last week, and after Yom Kippur I will translate more, God willing. But I wanted to get […]

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Living life with emuna

Shavua tov! I've been doing a lot of thinking, and a lot of praying, the last couple of days, on how to deal with 'life in 2023'. Very  long story short - it boils down to understanding that God is behind absolutely everything, without…

Ain yeoush. Again

Yah, you already know if I'm writing that in the title, I'm feeling a lot of yeoush. I took the last post down, because my husband got scared I'm over the target. He's probably right. Even though I'm writing things so very carefully these…
WAZE
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The car

First, here's a couple of interesting articles that you may, or may not, want to read about 'facial recognition' technology. It's being rolled-out all over the world as we speak, in 'lock-step' again, touted as the magic solution to every 'crime'…
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The ‘sweetening’ begins

I just got off the phone with my husband, waiting in some airport in Poland to get back to the Holy Land. He told me the border crossings today have been brutal. People standing in the sun for hours and hours, on a fast day, and lots of…
Rosh Hashana
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A good Rosh Hashana

Shana Tova v'metuka! We are now officially 'on the other side' of Rosh Hashana 5784, and it seems to me, there will be a lot more sweetness this year then it currently still appears. There's a Breslov custom to do vidui on the eve of Rosh…
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The Lamed Vav Tzaddikim

There are 36, and some say 72, 'secret Tzaddikim' in whose merit the whole world continues to stand. This isn't 'happy clappy' Breslov. It's not even 'chassidut'. It's straight Gemara. ==== Sanhedrin 97b; Succah 45b: There are no fewer…