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 […]
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 any exception to that rule. If God wants my car hacked […]
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 days, the truth is the censorship and the suppression of truth […]
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’ in the country – except the biggest ones of all, committed by the people […]
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 people fainting. There are still some massive, […]
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 Hashana, at the grave of a real Tzaddik, where you […]
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 than 36 righteous people in the world who greet the Shekhinah in each generation. Although as mentioned, […]
I heard this privately, but now it’s also up on A7, so I guess the ‘secret’ is out. HERE is the news story on the propaganda site called Arutz 7. It’s not the news we wanted to hear, but what I can tell you is that this is probably the last slap in the face […]
This is an old song by Binny Landau, but the words seem very appropriate for now. ==== HaYom HaGadol – look, it’s coming!… And Hashem’s honor will be revealed in the world. ==== While I was looking for this song, this flashed up from Dutchsinse, from about an hour ago: ==== Here’s what he’s saying: […]
First, Kilauea in Hawaii has started erupting again, massively. You can see a live stream of the lava here – it’s the Kilauea crater vent camera: https://www.youtube.com/@DoingHawaii/live This is a screenshot from around 8.30am Israel time: ==== Second, on one of the 3 Telegram channels I still check in with, someone put up this video […]