The "Rome" property was granted to Frances Pope in
1663. Pope himself gave the Tiber Creek its current name; formerly
it had been known as "Goose Creek". He was the first English owner
of the property around the current White House, and he chose these
names as a joke on his surname, at a time when Maryland was
officially a Roman Catholic colony.
The continuation of my article for the Jewish Press on the
power of prayer was ready to go but then tragedy hit. A tragedy of
a magnitude that none of us could have envisioned. Not even in our
wildest imagination. New York the capital of the world -the
invincible citadel is shaken to its core and before our very eyes
buildings tumble - our highways are flooded - our bridges and
tunnels are closed down - filthy disease carrying sewage enter our
homes - and they sink in water - our cars float away - people lose
their homes - and worse their very lives. We who prided ourselves
with the most advanced state of the art technology stood humbled -
our lights dimmed - we were left in darkness - our electricity
betrayed us. We watched helplessly as our beautiful neighborhoods
turn into war zones. What do we do? How are we to understand this?
Those of you who have read my books or heard me speak can
testify that whenever suffering befalls us I search our holy books
to find illumination and guidance. I turn to my most loyal friend,
my friend who has always been at my side who has given me comfort
and strength, my friend who never betrayed me, my sefer Tehillim,
my Book of Psalms. "Hashem gave us the Torah and we gave Him the
Book of Psalms" - the Psalms which were written by King David -
the man who experienced every pain - every suffering that can
befall mankind - each word that David wrote was drenched with his
tears and his words speak for all eternity - for all
mankind.
The devastation occurred on Monday, October 29th - the 13th
day of the month of Cheshvan. The Psalm designated for the 13th
day of the month is Psalm 69. I opened to it and the words jumped
out "Save us oh G-d for the waters have reached onto my soul". And
there is more. This Psalm does not leave us in the cold - it also
provides our remedy - our answer. "Va-ani, s'filosi l'cho
Hashem'' - but as for me, my prayer is to You Hashem". Yes
we must turn in heartfelt prayer to our Heavenly Father and
beseech His Mercy - His Salvation.
I look at the "Parasha" and once again the opening passage
speaks - our father Abraham whose kind hospitality had no bounds -
opens his home to strangers. That which our forefathers
experienced - that which shaped their lives has become part of our
DNA - lives forever in our yiddisha neshamas. I think of all the
many people who were left homeless and then I think of those who
lost power and were left in cold darkness. I know of a woman
standing in her home - waist deep in water with fish swimming all
around her while she was desperately searching for photographs of
her father and mother who are no longer here. Who can comprehend
the pain - the suffering? And then let us think of all the
wonderful people who opened their homes like our father Abraham. I
know for I am one of those who had to evacuate and I too have
benefited from that hospitality and as I am writing this column I
continue to benefit from that chessed. And there is more, much
more.
Maimonides - Rambam taught that when suffering is visited upon
us we are commanded to cry out and awaken our people with the
sound of the "shofar". He taught that everyone must be alerted.
Everyone must examine his or her life and ask, what is my life all
about? How would I rate if I were given a "neshama check" up? What
does my Judaism, my Torah, really mean to me? Maimonides wrote
that if we regard the tragedies that befall us as simply "the way
of the world - natural happenings" we would be guilty of "achzarius
- cruelty". At first glance it is difficult to understand
why Maimonides would chose the term "cruelty" to describe those
who claim to be rational 21st century citizens and see trials and
tribulations "as the way of the world". They may be unthinking,
apathetic, and foolish, blind obtuse or just cynical agnostics but
to accuse them of cruelty is rather farfetched.
The answer is simple - if we regard our pain and suffering as
"mere coincidence" and feel no motivation to examine our lives,
abandon our old ways and change - then indeed, such an attitude is
"cruel" for it invites additional misfortunate upon ourselves and
others. It would be the height of cruelty to dismiss that which we
just experienced and all that preceded it for several years now as
mere happenstance. "Daas Torah" - our great Torah luminaries of
past generations including the Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Elchanan
Wasserman, and others told us that we are entering the final
stages of history - a period of time called "Ikvsa Di Meshiach -
Footsteps of the Messiach". So I ask you, can we remain silent?
Would doing so not be an act of "cruelty"?
Ours is a generation that has been challenged again and again.
We have had so many wakeup calls - some terrifying - and some more
subtle but no matter what we have remained indifferent to them
all. I will not go back to the time of the Holocaust although by
every right I should for if that didn't shake us up what would?
Sadly, nowaday's very few people can even identify with that
monstrous period. It has long been buried in history.
So let us try to commence with 9/11 - but I'm afraid even that
story has become tired. The flames of the twin towers are no
longer vivid in our minds and the fellowship - the kindness - that
ensued in its wake is all but gone. So let us just focus on more
recent events.
During the summer of 2002 a terrible tragedy occurred in a
bungalow colony in the Catskill Mountains. A mother had just
bathed her infant baby and put her in her carriage for a nap.
Suddenly out of nowhere a wild bear appeared, snatched the baby
and made off with her. The baby was never again seen. This
shocking story did appear in newspapers and was reported in the
media but seldom did I meet people who were actually aware of it.
Nor did I encounter too many of those who were aware of the
Talmudic teaching that the generation that will witness a wild
beast snatching a baby from its cradle should sound the shofar to
awaken the nation. But alas the shofar was not sounded and we were
not awakened. With the years our slumber has become deeper. There
were no alarm clocks capable of awakening us - I should probably
qualify this - there is one ring that does make us jump and that's
the ring of financial crisis. But no sooner does that alarm stop
ringing then we return to our old ways and continue to sleep.
During the past few years the number of catastrophes has
multiplied to such an extent that we have all but become immune to
them. Natural disasters -tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes, earth
quakes, nuclear spill outs, uncontrollable fires, unknown
diseases, barbaric savage acts of terror have become all too
common and we no longer notice them. Could this be a wakeup call
warning us? Somehow it never even occurred to us to ask that
question.
Time and time again I have written, spoken and cited the
teaching of our Sages - "K'ymei Tzescho....the manner in
which you departed from Egypt so shall it be at the end of days".
How did we depart from Egypt? What was that which broke the chains
of bondage and opened the iron gates? Every child knows the answer
and so do we: the 10 plagues. Have we witnessed the 10 plagues in
our generation? Of course not you'll protest. But then think
again, and think again..!!!!! What was the first plague in Egypt?
Blood....the Nile River that the Egyptians worshiped - the Nile
River where Jewish children's lives were snuffed out - became
blood. Again you might ask; what on earth does that have to do
with us? "Think". The Nile was the god of Egypt. Once again you
might protest - we are not pagans - we worship the real G-d. But,
do we really? Has it ever occurred to any of us that we are the
generation that worships with passion and fervor the god of money?
And in worshiping it we are prepared to sacrifice everything -
even our families - our children. The plagues of Egypt continued
to plague us and they came in many shapes and forms.
Pestilence....bed bugs in New York. Do you remember that? Yes bed
bugs in the finest places - elegant hotels - exclusive shops and
mind you it wasn't only in New York. The bed bugs crawled
everywhere. And then there were the dead birds falling from the
sky by the hundreds of thousands -the dead fish and sardines
washing up on the shore by the hundreds of thousands? One of my
students asked me - "how about the wild beast that invaded the
streets of ancient Egypt we haven't seen that". Really, I said,
"you don't remember Ohio when one morning people looked out of
their windows to see if it was sunny or raining and low and behold
they saw lions- tigers - wolfs - and bears. Can that be? Were they
hallucinating? Did they lose it? But as always, for this too there
was a rational explanation. Some animals had escaped from their
cages. There was nothing to worry about we assured ourselves -
it's one of those crazy things that can happen.. And then there
was the earthquake in New York City. To be sure it was an unusual
phenomenon. I recall people's reaction - laughing..where were you
when it happened - did you feel it? And so the earthquake became
just another "fun" experience.
And now SANDY arrived in all her fury - mocking us - mocking
our technology - mocking our invincibility - mocking our
arrogance. This time we are silenced - this time we stand humbly -
we tremble and we cry. How did this happen? How could this be?
Things like this can only occur in primitive places - places that
are far away from civilization - away from the hubs of the United
States but it happened and we cannot escape it - this time we
couldn't find an explanation because this time it was our house.
This time it was our community. This time it was we who were
drowning. This time was different. This time we cannot escape it.
or will we stubbornly pursue our old ways and remain deaf, dumb
and blind? It's all in our hands. Hashem is calling.
I was listening to the news. The anchor was interviewing one
of the most prominent meteorologists and asked, "Is SANDY
different from all other natural catastrophes? Is there any
parallel to her? "No, this is totally different", he responded.
"This calamity had many shades and shapes and they fell upon us at
the very same time as one - floods, fires, snow, winds, and rain -
all converged upon us. Yes, this time it was different. But the
question we must ask - will we be different? Will we get it? Or,
will we continue with our sick obsessions, worshiping the "god of
Money" and succumb to the enticements of our degenerate society?
Do you remember the story of Elijah the prophet and Jezebel
-that satanic evil queen who seduced our people into worshiping
pagan gods? Elijah rose like a lion and went to battle to save our
people and bring them back to Hashem. And G-d responded and sent a
great miracle for all to see and hear. The people actually
witnessed the Hand of The Almighty and proclaimed in unison -
"Hashem Hu Ho Elokim - G-d He is G-d"! Elijah rejoiced. The people
understood. But Jezebel gleefully said, "Wait until tomorrow"! And
tragically she was correct. Tomorrow came and it was all
forgotten. And the question we must now ask ourselves is -will we
forget - will we go back to business as usual? Or - will we
remember Tehillim - Psalm 69; "the waters have risen to our souls"
and now from our souls our prayers must reach to the Heavens
Above.
"V'ani, s'filosi l'cho Hashem" - but as for me, my
prayer is for You Hashem...
With Brochos - Blessing from the depths of my soul
Discussion with Moishe’la (and his family) A handicapped child 2
Kislev 5773 (Nov 15’12)
The State of Israel is Now Being Targeted
Well, I Guess I can say I told you so.
Every place in the world is going to be dangerous, America,
Europe, Israel, the Arab countries, Africa, Australia, Asia. Every
place is going to be dangerous.
Israel is now being targeted. How it will develop exactly, I
don’t know. I do know that there are many outside influences here
causing this to happen, just like the storm Sandy was a result of
planning. True the greatest and only planner is HaKodosh Boruch Hu
and He is going to direct the Reshoim straight into oblivion and
He is in control of everything even though the Reshoim are sure
that they are in control. Soon the Reshoim will have a great
surprise, but by the time they understand what’s happening they
will be gone, gone from existence.
The American Jews think that they can get back to “business as
usual” even though the storm Sandy destroyed so many Jewish Frum
homes and caused so much damage. Even though things are sort of
getting back to a kind of normalcy, still the marks are deep and
very very painful. Still most Yidden want to get back to life the
way it was. And for those who want to ignore the message Hashem is
trying to send us, then I suggest you don’t get too happy too
soon, because America is in for much more than Frankenstorm. The
Yidden will be very much part of the tragedies that await the
United States of America.
So I just want to tell Jews here in Eretz Yisroel and in the
whole world that the suffering is only beginning. The outside
suffering is only beginning. When I say outside suffering, I mean
like what the Arabs are doing now, the wars. But the inside
suffering all over the world has been going on for a long time and
also here in Eretz Yisroel. The ill and the dying from so-called
natural causes is a heartbreak to say the least. Also there are
people who are under terrible pressure financially just to feed
their children and this is a pain that’s hard to live with. There
are children that have gone off the Derech and this is a tragedy
for Jewish families that is hard to describe.
We have been living in the most wealthy society ever, with the
most material toys that were ever in existence, but our suffering
is no less than the former generations who had so much less of
this Gashmiusdik world. So we are not really better off. In many
instances worse off.
The suffering will continue, it will continue with a lot of
force. Many people will be suffering for many different reasons
but the outside suffering is starting now. The suffering that
comes from outside incidents, whether it will be war, famine,
drought, or storms etc. Whatever it might be it will be an outside
suffering. Until now Hashem tried to bring us back with personal
sufferings, but that does not seem to work because people are so
involved in the Gashmius that even death they ignore, but now they
will be frightened.
All over the world there will be a great fear. There are maniacs
ruling, or think that they are ruling the world, so we can never
know from where anything will come from. When unbalanced people
try to rule, they have all kinds of crazy ideas and we can’t
really follow crazy ideas, so we’re at the mercy of a group of
mentally ill very intelligent people that have much control over
the world. And we also think they are controlling the world but
really they are also puppets, and Hashem has sent them to help Am
Yisroel do complete and absolute Teshuva. However Am Yisroel is
full of Erev Rav. Even the most Frum could be Erev Rav.
Again I will tell you an Erev Rav has no pity on a fellow Jew and
that’s the greatest sign. He can do the most terrible things to
another Jew with out any remorse. He could have a fellow Jew put
in jail. He could have a Jew killed. He could beat up a Jew, no
problem. However when he does it, he does it as if it’s LeShem
Shomayim, but he has no feeling for Shomayim either or for
HaKodosh Boruch Hu. He may pretend to have, but it doesn’t mean he
does.
Erev Rav are also good actors. You just have to keep your eyes
open and try to see the Simonim (the signs) of all of these
characteristics. So what can I say? We’re in a very confused
world. Many people are just crazed with the desire for power,
wanting to compete with HaKodosh Boruch Hu, Chas VeSholom, for
total control over the universe.
That can never be. He, HaKodosh Boruch Hu with a flick of His
finger, so-to-speak can destroy them. With one little breath,
so-to-speak. He can destroy them all. Here in Eretz Yisroel we’re
on the verge of a war, on the threshold of war. Will it continue?
Will there be a ceasefire or not, like all the other times? I
don’t really know, but my feeling is that if there is a ceasefire
it’s not going to last. We’re going into a time of war. The whole
world is going into a time of upheavals and wars. The cruelty of
peacetime is going to exchange itself for the cruelty of wartime,
and therefore very soon this has to be the end of the world as we
know it. If there is a ceasefire that only means that it will take
a little longer, that only means that Hashem is giving us a
warning and that soon the real thing will begin.
If it continues, then I suggest to all of you to start doing
Teshuva fast, because there is no time. We’re really coming to the
end. If there is a peace treaty or ceasefire then use the time
really to dig down deep into your lives and get rid of all the
Aveiros that you have done. Look for forgiveness from HaKodosh
Boruch Hu and from every Jew that you hurt, lied to, swindled etc.
Come closer to Hashem. Hold on tight because it’s going to be a
very, very rough ride and if you dare to loose your grip on the
spiritual rope that connects us to HaKodosh Boruch Hu then you’ll
fall into oblivion.
I only want to tell you these things because everyone is very
nervous about what’s happening and very frightened. When the air
raid warnings start to go off in Tel Aviv and Yerushalayim then
people really get jittery. When people are killed in Kiryat
Malachi, it’s scary but it’s still the South and it’s sad, but
still we can continue our daily lives. However when there is an
air raid warning in Tel Aviv and Yerushalayim that’s a different
story, and then of course we still have the danger from the north
and the danger from Egypt and the danger from every country in the
world. No one loves us at all and everyone hates a Yid. All the
Goyim hate us. All the Goyim are against us even if they pretend
they are not.
The State of Israel has not been successful in changing the
attitude of the Goyim against the Jews. The Goyim still look upon
us as dirty Jews. No matter what we do we’ll always be dirty Jews,
until the Geula. And then everything will be different and we’ll
again be the royal sons and daughters of our king HaKodosh Boruch
Hu. But until then to the world we’re only dirty Jews. Jews that
have no right to anything and certainly not to believe in HaKodosh
Boruch Hu.
The Goyim hate it. The Amolaikim hate it, and the Erev Rav
despise it. They can not stand the love that Hashem has for His
chosen people. The Goyim can not stand HaBen Yaker Li Efraim. They
can’t tolerate it. They’re jealous and they hate us. Therefore
anti-Semitism is blossoming all over the world and the worst
anti-Semitism is the Jew’s hate of his fellow Jews, and that’s
absolutely the worst sin. That’s the thing HaKodosh Boruch Hu
can’t stand so-to-speak. And He will destroy anyone who continues
this way of action, going against another Jew. Also there are Jews
that despise other Jews because of their love of HaKodosh Boruch
Hu, and because they are constantly trying to become closer to the
Truth by trying to detach themselves from the plastic Yiddishkeit
and trying to live as our forefathers who were great Tzaddikim
once did.
Those Yidden Frum or not Frum that despise a fellow Jew because
he tries to be close to HaKodosh Boruch Hu are obviously not
Yiddishe Neshomahs. Therefore those people will disappear from the
earth. We don’t have to help HaKodosh Boruch Hu to get rid of
them. The only way we can help is by doing Teshuva, davening and
begging Him to help us, and to hold on to that spiritual rope that
connects us to Him.
Tatti: What do you have to say about the three people of Kiryat
Malachi that where unfortunately killed today?
Moishe’la: Those Jews that were killed in Kiryat Malachi were a
Korbon Tzibur. They where born for this. They were born to be an
example. They where born in order to die Al Kiddush Hashem. The
Yidden that were killed and the ones that have been injured up
until now were injured and killed in order to make the Yidden
afraid and make Yidden want to do Teshuva and make Yidden take
notice, because without tragedies unfortunately the Yidden don’t
take notice. They were Korbonos they are Tzaddikim.
I also want to tell you that America is in great danger, great
great danger, and all the people in America are in great danger,
no less then the people in Eretz Yisroel. The people in Europe are
also in great danger no less the in Eretz Yisroel. But the Yidden
in these countries all over the world are in the greatest danger
from Anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism will cause great loss of life
and certainly of wealth.
I’m warning all the Yidden that if you don’t have the Kedusha and
the Kesher with HaKodosh Boruch Hu to be a shield for you, then
you’re going to be in big trouble. Since the Kedusha has been
discarded by most of us and the world is full of Tumah and evil
then we don’t have the same protection that we once had. And
therefore we must come back to HaKodosh Boruch Hu. Come back even
though we think we’re not far --- we are. Because the Gashmius has
confused us and we don’t realize how far away we have have gotten
from the Truth. We must come back, must, must come back. We must
hold on to that spiritual rope that ties us to HaKodosh Boruch Hu
and He will shake the rope very hard Kivyochol, and we’ll feel
that we can barely hold on, but still we must hold on, Hashem
Yaazor. After that Moshiach will come, and the third Bais
HaMikdosh will be built and we’ll be Makriv Korbonos.
I have nothing more to say now; we have to wait till things
develop.
I want to reiterate that Jews all over the world should really
start thinking about packing their bags and coming to Eretz
Yisroel, because Jews from all over the world will soon be hated
and assaulted. Eretz Yisroel will not be safe but it is Eretz
Yisroel, and if we show Hashem that we are doing Teshuva and we
are MeKabel Ol Malchus Shomayim, if we show Hashem that we are
willing even to go one step further and come to Eretz Hakodesh and
continue to hold on to that spiritual rope that connects us to
Hashem, Hashem will save us all.
Here's an article from the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe's magazine,
Feb. 1943 (הקריאה והקדושה), roughly translated from Yiddish. I post
it on this blog to serve as a preamble to a subsequent post wherein
I'll maintain, to my utter dismay, that the gangster
regime now in power, the ruler of Edom, will again triumph in
the next presidential election. I will refer back to this
article to remind readers what this Jewish leader of his generation
forewarned his flock. I have this premonition of imminent disaster I
feel compelled to share with you, later. [The highlighting is mine.]
Our sages, who foresaw that this last diaspora, called "Edom", would
endure nearly two millennia, also foresaw that, as it winds down to
its terminating stage, Torah will have become enfeebled among a
majority of Jews, and this would therefore bring back the age-old
national Jewish scourge - the FALSE PROPHETS.
These false prophets would then lead Torah-empty Jews through all 49
degrees of impurity, unfortunately.
The end-stage period would then necessarily have to be a horribly
bitter one. It would spell outright danger wherein multitudes of
Jews will undergo waves of spiritual suicide, even conversion, G-d
forbid.
Accordingly, the sages decided to foretell the signs that will usher
in and constitute the Messianic era's birth pangs - in order to save
at least a remnant of those being swept away; And also so that some
Jews, here and there, will be able to console their distressed
brethren by disclosing to them these very signs, just as this
periodical has been doing for a year and a half now. We've
been telling you we are in the eve of the Messianic era; That
we've been foretold the tragedies that will unfold; And that we
can attenuate these problems, or entirely prevent them from
occurring - by tearing you away from the
modern false prophets, so you return to the warm fold of Torah, back
to the ways our forefathers practised.
Our sages knew saving the entire Jewish nation would be very
difficult because the false prophets will not loosen their grip. On
the contrary, they will exert their strongest, spiritual pogrom ever
against the Jewish nation, until the very last moment when, as our
sages tell us, they themselves will finally perish during
physical pogroms against the Jews.
The sages took as their task to rescue the innocent victims of the
false prophets, those who might even question or doubt one of two
things; Either the false prophets, or, the Torah and its true
prophets. It was for the benefit of these 50-50 Jews or
50-50 believers for whom the sages foretold us the many signs by
which to recognize the eve of the Redemptive Era.
The many signs serve each person as however he will understand them.
In truth, however, all the signs really boil down to but a
single sign - for they all point to this one point, that
"And against all the gods of Egypt will I avenge myself, for
I am G-d" (Ex. 12, 12). And why so? In order to finally
and totally discredit the false prophets, so the Jewish masses strip
away their allegiance to them and from the various idols of Egypt
the false prophets would have them worship. The modern idols our false prophets energetically
promoted, and succeeded in convincing a huge Jewish populace to
follow them, are well known: Political Freedom, Economic
Certainty, and Godless Zionism. These
are the 3
primary false idols. These extend to other such
"isms", like Bolshevism, Bundism, Yiddishism, and dozens others.
The signs of the Era of Redemption our sages depict start out as
follows: "The son of David will not come until …"
such and such happens. These signs portend the utter destruction of
the above 3 "isms", for which the false prophets should be
dishonored.
Our sages tell us that after the known, bloody wars, the entire
world will be ruled by the kingdom of Edom, the one Ovadiah the
Prophet refers to as "You are greatly despised"
(Ov. 1, 2). This means many nations will be ruled over by unabashed
tyrants and oppressors who will put an end to all hope for Political
Freedom, Economic Certainty or whatever other culture! "Moshiach will not come," our sages say, "until
the following signs will manifest":
1) "All cheap dominion will disappear" from Jewish notion. This
means to say, until all new systems of rule most Jews place their
hope in, will reveal themselves as being cheap and worthless, as was
evident with Bolshevism in Russia, and other such unavailing
systems. 2) "Mankind will lose hope in any redemptive process." Note
the exact words of the sages; They did not say, "Until the Jews",
but rather all "mankind" will lose their faith in any
redemptive process. 3) "All judges or police (protectors of Jews)
pass into oblivion." 4) "All conceit passes from among Jews",
because all will become poor and enslaved.
The 4 above signs indicate that the false prophecy of Political
Freedom will be shattered. Not only Jews but the other nations
too will be robbed of freedom. No longer will hope be held out for
redemption, or for returning to previous times. "Moshiach will not come," continue our sages, "until
...":
5) "The last penny of savings will disappear." 6) "When they seek a
sliver of herring for an invalid but can't find one". We can thus
imagine what smidgen of better foods healthy people will be able to
find, who command less mercy than sick people.
From the latter 2 signs we easily note how the idol of Economic
Certainty will also be shattered. And our sages offer several
more signs that will convince everyone that the idol of Culture
will also lie in a shambles.
They say, "Moshiach will not come until,"
7) "All governments in the world are under the control of
G-d-deniers." 8) "The number of students will diminish." 9) "Every
event will have several interpretations". This implies strong
censorship; When nobody knows the truth, and everyone has a
different version of what happened. 10) "All souls will leave their
bodies", which could mean all mankind will be obsessed with hunger,
when their only concern will be to to hold on to dear life, where,
like animals, no thought is given to nourish the soul with
spirituality.
Under a reign of avowed G-d-deniers who will abolish education for
the masses, except for a privileged segment, entire populations will
slave for the state, eking out enough only to survive. With a press
akin to that of Nazi Minister of Propaganda Goebbels, the idol of
Culture will obviously be smashed, just like its two other "idol
friends", Political Freedom and Economic Certainty.
All these 10 signs of impending redemption our sages show us actually
constitute one sole general sign regarding G-d's
claim, "And against all the gods of Egypt will I avenge
myself", where these signs merely indicate the many ways
one can be poked in the eye, in that generation.
No Crystal Ball: Israel in Danger
Sunday, 26 May 2013
The Yetzer Hara, the evil inclination, doesn’t seem to like what
I’ve been saying lately. The last few emuna broadcasts have had
crazy technical difficulties. It doesn’t matter though if the
Yetzer hits, because we can hit back. Let’s not make the mistake
of thinking we know what others are thinking. The Jewish People
are in a dangerous situation today;
Emuna News: The Middle East
Confesses
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Is
there a wind of teshuva blowing around the world? People are
starting to confess things: Everybody knows that thousands of
Hizbulla fighters have crossed the border from Lebanon to Syria to
help keep Assad afloat. Now, Nasrulla admits it. Everybody knows that
Nasrulla and his Hizbulla cut-throats are terrorists. Now, the Arab world admits it. By the way, a new
civil war is brewing in Lebanon, for the Sunni Moslems in Lebanon
are thirsty to revenge Shiite Hizbulla’s support of Assad in
fighting Syria’s Sunni rebels. Everyone knows that US-supplied
weapons to the so-called “good guys” of the Syrian resistance will
all be turned against Israel eventually; the commanders of Jabhat Al Nusra, closely aligned with Al
Qaida, now admit it from their positions in Southern Syria very
close our border in the Golan Heights. Everybody knows that the
current government in Israel is far from democratic, and that the
supposed efforts to “equal the burden”, among other things the
Peri Committee proposed legislation to change the draft laws and
to selectively treat the ultra-Orthodox population with an iron
hand, is none other than a frothing-at-the-mouth populist hate
campaign aimed at stripping Haredim of their rights. Now, the Likud, Bayit Yehudi, and even the Labor Party admit it. Even more, Minister of
Defense Yaalon says that all Lapid and his Yesh Atid party want to
do is to “light fires“, in other words incite rioting,
on Haredi streets. Everybody knows that whenever a government
declared war on the Torah world, that government no longer had
peace. MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni declared a few hours ago from the
podium of the Knesset, “If you [the coalition] don’t stop your war
against the Torah, rockets will fall on Tel Aviv!” Everybody knows
that Israel can’t possibly return to the 1967 borders, and that
there will be no agreement with the terrorists of the PA despite
the plastic smiles of Bibi and Kerry. Minister Uzi Landau admits it. But, there’s
one major omission of admission: our spiritually-slumbering Prime Minister still chants, “No protection
can be a substitute for the striking power of the IDF”. You’re
wrong, Prime Minister. It’s Hashem who protects us – everybody
knows that. Just ask King David, who was a mightier warrior than
anyone. He said (Psalm 127:1), “If Hashem doesn’t protect a city,
the watchman guards in vain.” The sooner you admit it, Prime
Minister, the better off we’ll be. Chaotic, isn’t it? I’m still a
naive Breslever who believes that a Jew is a Jew, and a brother at
that. Politics is poison and intramural hate is a luxury we can’t
afford, especially with the Middle East about to explode. But, I’d
rather remain naive and loving every brother than intelligent and
sophisticated while finding fault in everyone. The above news
flashes only show us how urgently we must pray for the future of
our people and country. This is no joke. That’s why I’m flying to
Rebbe Nachman’s gravesite today in the Ukraine, to beg Hashem to
have mercy on us, to open our hearts in emuna and teshuva, and to
redeem us from our exile, speedily, amen!