Rav Berland’s Search for the ‘Inner Dimension’ – Part 2

The second and final part of this awesome shiur. You can read Part 1 HERE. For me, it’s been very enlightening to understand just how ‘dead’ Breslov chassidut really was, until R Berland came and blew new life into it. Ashrenu, that we have a Rav like this in our generation. It’s also wonderful how the Rav […]

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Simchat Torah, Rav-style

A picture speaks a thousand words: The Rav, with his Torah, which was finally handed over to him yesterday, just as the 'war ended'... == Thanks to everyone who helped to make the Sefer Torah a reality. I don't know what happens …

Deliver us

I just found a clip of the Prince of Egypt film song 'Deliver Us'. I cried when I watched it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CcKt7tnA0&t=4s == The xtian antisemites like to pretend they 'took over' from the Jews as God's chosen…

The Rav’s Sefer Torah is written

Chag Sameach. No real posting here this week for a bunch of good reasons, including Sukkot. Just to update you, the Rav's Sefer Torah is written, and is just going through the final digital checks to make sure it's kosher. The Rav has been…

Ketonti (aka, what do we really know?)

There is so much going on at the mo, it's hard to catch your breath. In my own dalet amot, Hashem has been flinging a bunch of 'pebbles' at me recently, all well-deserved and much less than I'm due as a kapara for my many sins, but still kinda…

When the evangelical missionaries really got started with the Jews – 1809

Warning: puke bags may be required for viewing the following. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT_AscgniT0 == The CMJ is the modern name of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews (LSPCAJ). It got started in 1809,…

How Uman works (aka: really just judging yourself)

Many people apparently struggle to understand why a man would leave his home, his family (if he has one...) and go to Uman for Rosh Hashana. In the old days, they used to spread rumours that the only reason ‘people went to Uman’ was to…

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