Long story short, I am currently going through 6,000 pages of Philo’s writings. Half is Greek, half is the English translation, so let’s call it 3,000 pages. Here’s what I just came across, in his treatise called SPECIAL LAWS, Book II, 2: 37-42 There is literally nothing new under the sun, and maybe, just maybe, […]
There is no ‘power of our own arm’ – comments from the Rav
Excerpt of shiur, Monday, 8th Kislev, 5785, to the Yeshiva in the Old City
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Now, we are seeing in Syria that everything fell.
The Sitra Achra fell, and in Lebanon, the Sitra Achra fell.
[But] now we had seven killed, it’s not helping…
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…