This is my translation of R Elmaliach’s shiur, based on a megillah he recieved from the Rav, written down by the tikshor method, shortly before this last Shvi’i shel Pesach. The stuff in square brackets is R Elmaliach’s own comments. I have bolded the Rav’s words, to make it easier to tell what is actually […]
A book of tehillim every day
In the shiur yesterday, the Rav asked that every girl and woman 7+ should try to say a whole book of tehillim a day.
***UPDATES BELOW***
For non-Hebrew speakers, that's an even bigger ask - see if you can team up with some friends and divide…
The morning watch
I woke up today to the loud sounds of war planes overhead.
It was before dawn, there were lots and lots and lots of them.
A few minutes later, the 'Allahu Akhbar' chants started up from the mosques close to where I live.
They'd turned…
Update from the Rav
I was just at the tefillot of the Rav tonight.
He spoke for 30 minutes, and at times seemed close to tears.
What I understood him to be saying about the situation was:
It's the most serious time for Am Yisrael, they are really trying…
The spiritual fight back begins
This morning, before I wrote that last post, I was feeling pretty down.
***Excerpts from the Rav's shiurim updated below - scroll down.***
After I wrote it, I started to feel a bit happier, but still not great.
Then, one of my Breslov…
The only protection
Things are pretty bad here in Israel right now.
Jerusalem is quiet, thank God.
Things are still being 'sweetened' here.
But what happened yesterday is awful beyond words.
Do you think it was just an 'accident', a 'security failure'?
Please…
The Invisible Gorilla
For anyone who is wondering why so many people aren't 'seeing' the same things they are.
(Shmirat Eynayim friendly.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtKt8YF7dgQ&t=185s