So, I had the following marked to translate already from Shabbat. It’s part of that same shiur I already stuck some bits up from, earlier in the week. The next section is about Elon Musk, and the Banker Halperin, from Berdichev. Read it, then meet me at the bottom for a small story of hashgacha pratit. […]
Even the arabs have yeoush
My husband takes a lot of cabs in the Holy City.
Most of them are driven by arabs, who live in East Jerusalem.
Strange to say, over time, my husband has been getting into more and more conversations with his arab cab drivers, and one of…
Rabbenu steps out of the shadows
The last few years, I think it's safe to say that Rabbenu kind of went into 'hiding'.
With the onset of 'Covid', the trip to Uman became way more complicated and difficult. Who remembers all the swabs, the 'Vidoma App', sitting on planes masked…
The ground opened up – more comments from the Rav
Below, I'll bring an update on some of the recent earthquakes...
In the meantime:
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Excerpt of a shiur from 17th Av, 5786, Parshat Ekev (July 31, 2026)
[The Rav has been taking again about Korach, and his rebellion against Moshe Rabbenu.…
Interesting stuff, from Rabbenu
So, I was looking online for Rabbenu's Parable of where we 'work for free' and 'eat for free'.
That search brought me to Wikisource page, where there is a ton of new Breslov stuff that I haven't read myself before, in both the original Hebrew…
Why we can’t use ’emuna’ as an excuse to do nothing
It’s taken me years and years, to realise that real emuna, Breslov emuna, was never meant to be used as a ‘crutch’, to enable a person to duck taking responsibility for themselves, and their actions, and their bad middot.
At this stage,…
Fires, volcanoes and earthquakes
As usual, you learn more from one short Dutchsinse video than 3 months of surfing anything else.
I've been thinking for months, that all these 'wildfires' all over the world, including in Wales (!) where the rain almost never ceases, is due…
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