Shavua tov. Half an hour before Shabbat came in here in Jerusalem, my daughter got a phone call. She was in the middle of doing sponga, with her shabbos songs blaring loudly while I did the washing up. Then the songs suddenly got turned off, I heard some sniffing noises. It took me a minute to realise […]
Just cutting and pasting this from ravberland.com. It’s very powerful, from October 31, 2023, before the 16 soldiers were killed yesterday. The Rav is the only source of ‘news’ I trust, at this point. From HERE. ==== Moreinu HaRav Eliezer Berland Shlit”a’s pained cry to say Tehilim for the protection of the Jewish people, especially […]
I have seven more days of a whole book of tehillim to do…. Until the 30 days are up, November 8. In the middle of all this madness, I also still have what’s left of a wedding to figure out. And lastly – the news is still lying about absolutely everything. Nothing has changed on […]
I got sent this video from Texas, of a young Jewish woman who was inspired to burn her immodest clothes: == There is currently a totally media black out about what is going on with the hundred thousands of Israeli soldiers they sent into Gaza. People are very anxious….. because deep, deep down, we all […]
One is in Hebrew, one in English. I am keeping my comments very reduced at the moment, for a few different reasons. These videos show: Matti Peled – a former Israeli general with control over Gaza who became a ‘peacenik’. Don’t get triggered by his standard ‘left-wing there is no God in the picture’ lack […]
They put up this short clip on shuvubanimint.com ==== Here’s my basic translation of what he is saying: Those who are really going along now wanting G-d – whether they are more of a tzaddik, less of a tzaddik, going up [spiritually], going down – that’s not really what matters right now. Because first of […]
I just got sent this. It has the support of the Rav, too, who is encouraging everyone to participate. This is the flyer: ==== Basically, the top bit says that we are in a really dire situation surrounded by enemies in Israel, in a very difficult position for three weeks, and we really need a […]
Last Thursday, I told one of my friends in Bet Shemesh about the Rav’s ‘push’ to say more tehillim. My friend is Chabad, not Breslov. She has five small kids at home – all under her feet more than usual, especially with the war. But she was feeling sad and apathetic last week, so I […]
Yesterday, I got into a big discussion with one of my kids. Most of her circle are formerly ‘dati-leumi’ atheists, or people who grew up being brainwashed ‘against’ God and ‘religion’, God forbid. Thank God, she still believes in Hashem (and for that, we mostly have to thank Rabbenu….) But in the meantime, she got […]
Message from Rav Berland from the last week (heading into Parsha Lech Lecha, 5784, pulled together 27.10.2023) == [This was being handed around at the Rav’s tefillot yesterday night, Fri 27.10.2023. I translated most of it, below. There are some more big hints about what really happened on Simchat Torah, plus more advice on how […]