Yesterday, I dragged the massive suitcase full of ‘family trees’ out from under the bed. And I threw away most of what was inside. I’ve been doing this stuff for five years already, I am so, so, so sick of it. I want to give up. So I came home from the Rav yesterday – […]
I just got back from Meron. There’s an idea that the soul of the tzaddikim are more ‘present’ by their graves not only on the day of the hiloula itself, but also three days before, and three days afterwards. Even though the failed State said they were closing Rashbi down for five days before Lag Bomer, […]
Betzalel Tzvi ben Orly Rivka just passed away. Baruch Dayan HaEmet. He’s in a much, much better place, that much is certain. == The family member told me that before the booby-trapped house exploded in Gaza, killing three of his colleagues and seriously wounding Betzalel and others, the soldiers had asked for a dog to […]
I woke up today not feeling very happy, for reasons I can’t really pin down. ***UPDATE: Please pray for BETZALEL TZVI ben ORLI RIVKA, seriously injured along with three Netzach Yehuda soldiers who were killed a couple of days ago. He’s the BIL of my friend’s brother, and he’s really not doing well.*** BH, we […]
Did you ever wonder how ‘Boyan chassidut’ got pole position in Meron on L’ag B’omer? In this post, we finally going to figure that, as we continue to swim through the murk. Why are we continuing to swim through the murk, to find out what was really going on? Because behind all the ‘politics’ and […]
The Rav put this out a few months ago. And I’ve been meaning to translate it for a while, but didn’t get around to it. Today, I finally sat down and did it, BH. I hope it won’t need to be used too much…. but with all the ‘crazy’ going on in the world right […]
In this post, we take a closer look at KOLLEL RASSEINI of VILNA. ***UPDATES and a v interesting picture*** Hopefully, you managed to digest Part I and 2 already. The bottom line is that so many of the ‘disagreements’ between people we were told are ‘mitnagdim’ and ‘chassidim’, and also between different ‘chassiduts’, and also, […]
I’m probably not the only one. But I’m really starting to feel like I am burning-out, big time. I’ve been doing a ton of research into ‘real Jewish history’, and so much new information is popping up, I can’t keep up with it. And I’ve also been feeling pressure to keep translating as much of […]
Maybe, just maybe, there is a glint of light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe, just maybe, more and more people are starting to realise that the real ‘power’ of the Jewish people – the ONLY power of the Jewish people – is prayer. Yesterday, the Iranian President and a few other people apparently […]
The Rav is currently in a special private facility getting urgent heart treatment. While the rest of us get illnesses because of our tikkunim and spiritual debts, when it comes to the tzaddikim who are from the aspect of the ‘Tzaddik Yesod Olam’, their illnesses are caused by the spiritual situation of the Jewish people. […]