This shiur is a corker. Lots and lots of v interesting stuff to unpick. Enjoy! == Shiur from Friday, 14th Iyar 5786 Now, Rabbi Shimon – he can cancel the din across the whole world. Whoever comes to R’ Shimon, he already can’t sin. A person sees R’ Shimon, he can’t sin. If you see […]

Hebron: City of Sabbateans – Part 3

OK, we are finally up to learning more about ‘R ELIYAHU MANI of HEVRON’. According to standard history, he is born in Baghdad in 1818, and was the student of one of some of the biggest Iraqi rabbis of the time, including Rav ABDULLAH SOMECH. And…

Hebron: City of Sabbateans – Part 2

Welcome back to part 2, of what is becoming a very interesting series on the Sabbatean rabbis – and funders – of Hebron. Let’s begin by reminding ourselves where we got up to, and what we are researching. The Rav made some comments last…

Beyond ‘superficial’

Do you remember 20 years ago, when there were all those 'scamming' emails being sent around? Always some Nigerian prince, or other minor royalty from Asia or Africa, who apparently had $50 million he was trying to smuggle out of his country,…

Hevron, the city of Sabbateans – Part I

The Rav gave a bunch of interesting ‘clues’ about who is running things in the Holy Land, from behind the scenes, in the last shiur of his I translated. (Read the lengthier excerpt HERE.) As well as touching on more of the real story…

Rav Mani of Hevron, stolen tzedaka, and the Chief Rabbi of Crimea

The Rav's recent shiurim have been awesome. Here is another excerpt of a shiur, that contains so much information and 'clues', I will be working on this probably all of next week, to tease out more of the real information. In the meantime,…

The Dream

The last few months, I have barely been dreaming at all. I'm pretty sure they upped the 'zap' they are delivering via their 5/6/7/ gee networks, and those cute, massive antennas that most of us stopped noticing, but that are probably now fully…