A couple of weeks ago, I walked around the Jerusalem aquarium, and I realised how peaceful and calming it is, to watch fish swim. In our crazy, stressed world, where even trying to ignore all the ‘stressful stuff’ going on is a source of stress in itself, I decided that it would be a great […]
Hitler only wanted peace – Part 4
The last installment of the Rav's awesome shiur.
At the end, we get the most important message of all:
A person can cancel every [decree of] Shoah.
With sincere teshuva, and heartfelt prayer - and some help from Rabbenu.
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Mi’mekomech…
Hitler only wanted peace – Part 3
Continuing the translation of this awesome shiur from the Rav.
You can see Part 2 HERE.
[Skipping a discussion of how many holocaust survivors are still alive, the Rav says there are 120,000 still alive, and someone who was five years old…
Hitler only wanted peace – Part 2
Continuing the shiur of the Rav.
(You can see Part I HERE)
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[Skipping some, where the Rav is talking about the three fates of the Jewish mothers giving birth in Egypt, the ‘sporty’ ones who ran to the field, the ones whose children…
Hitler only wanted ‘peace’ – more comments from the Rav
This is a very powerful shiur.
I read it over Shabbat, and a lot of what the Rav said hit me very hard. BH, I will translate as much of it as I can, this is the first installment.
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Excerpt of shiur given on Iyar 2, 5785
הסבי עיניך מנגדי שהם הרהיבונ[1]
It’s…
The 33rd day
BH, a lot of people got to Meron today.
The Rav got to Meron, a few of my family members got to Meron - all on buses, and with a definite 'down vibe'this year, as the Erev Rav have effectively taken all of the joy out of Lag Bomer.
All week…
Eric Jan Hanussen, aka Herschel Chaim Steinschneider
I guarantee, you've never heard of this man before.
He was a famous 'occultist' who taught Hitler how to control crowds, and 'mesmerize' his audience.
He was very close to the upper echelon of the Nazi party.
And, he was Jewish.
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This…