Where did geula go?

Yesterday, I put up a post for 5 minutes, called ‘Anyone else smelling a rat?’ It was about the elections in Israel, or more precisely, all the scary official warnings that ‘Iran’ is going to try to disrupt them. Whatever. The point was, not to buy into all the fearmongering, not to buy into all […]

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Sebastia, and Conversations IV

Yesterday, I took a trip to Sebastia. It's an archaeological site, the place where King Omri and his son, Ahab, built up and lived. The whole story with Jezebel, the wicked wife, Naboth's Vineyard, the woman eating her child during the siege…

Reb Chaim Berland – Part 2

This is the second of probably three installments. You can read Part 1 HERE. This is translated from an interview Nachman Gilad conducted with the Rav's sister, Leah Gal, that appeared in Hitchadshut. == In the meantime, the winds of…

The tip of the iceberg

I saw this headline, and it rang a lot of  bells: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2608176/october-7-trauma-one-in-five-israelis-still-struggling-with-daily-life-three-years-after-hamas-massacre.html == Except, I would…

Chaim Berland, the Rav’s father – Part I

Chaim Berland, the Rav’s father – interview with Leah Gal Translated from Hitchadshut #85 == The following is taken from an interview conducted by Nachman Gilad, for a book he is writing about Rav Berland, with the Rav’s sister, Leah…

The shiva call

Yesterday, I went to a shiva. It was for the 85+ something dad of a friend, who'd survived cancer twice, then last year started losing his marbles, and the day after Simchat Torah, finally returned his soul to God via a massive heartattack. When…

Everything is just a message from Hashem

I'm not translating much from the Rav, as there have been no newsletters for a few weeks, because of the chagim. In the meantime, I am kinda enjoying the space of not having a billion things to do every day, to breathe out a bit, and start…

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