The last time I was in Uman was July-time, 2022. It was about five months after the war in Ukraine had begun, and about a month ahead of the annual kibbutz for Rosh Hashana. One of the tour companies owned by chassidim of the Rav were the only people trying to go there still, at […]
Houthi-Patootie
Yah, 'the Houthis' are rocketing Israel again.
Apparently.
People who have no bread to eat, no universities teaching astro-physics, no conceivable way of getting 'rockets' to Israel from Yemen - those people are rocketing Israel again.
Apparently.
No…
The Know-Nothings
Rebbe Nachman talks a lot about the highest level of ‘knowledge’, namely, knowing that we really ‘know nothing’.
When I first read this a couple of decades ago now, I didn’t like the idea, and I couldn’t understand it. What does…
The Seventh Beggar – English Translation
Mind....Blown.
Here is the English translation of the Rav's completion of Rabbenu's Tale of the Seven Beggars.
UPDATE 23/12/2024: Apparently, this wasn't written by the Rav, but by one of his talmidim called Eliyahu Tubul. The Rav saw it…
The Seventh Beggar
"The Seven Beggars" was one of Rebbe Nachman's last teachings.
It contains very deep, mystical allusions to the souls of the 'True Tzaddikim', who come down here solely to help rectify humanity, and especially the Jewish bit of it, with their…
The Seventh Begger – and the difference one person can make
Two weeks ago, there was a garbage pile growing steadily, by the Rav's olam hatefillot.
Shuvu prays outside, in a courtyard, in a road off Meah Shearim, while the Rav stands above on his balcony.
It's never been the most des-res, but the…
Tuning into ‘real life’, tuning out ‘online’
Each time I've sat at my keyboard the last few days, I've had no inspiration to write or share anything here.
It's not 'writers' block' per se, because I am still writing plenty of stuff for myself.
It's more reflecting some deep ambivalence…