Excerpt of shiur, Monday, 8th Kislev, 5785, to the Yeshiva in the Old City == Now, we are seeing in Syria that everything fell. The Sitra Achra fell, and in Lebanon, the Sitra Achra fell. [But] now we had seven killed, it’s not helping anything that… Hashem is showing that there is no ‘kochi v’otzam […]
Yah, ‘the Houthis’ are rocketing Israel again. Apparently. People who have no bread to eat, no universities teaching astro-physics, no conceivable way of getting ‘rockets’ to Israel from Yemen – those people are rocketing Israel again. Apparently. No wait, I think I just figured out how the ‘Houthis’ have a never-ending supply of intercontinental ballistic […]
Rebbe Nachman talks a lot about the highest level of ‘knowledge’, namely, knowing that we really ‘know nothing’. When I first read this a couple of decades ago now, I didn’t like the idea, and I couldn’t understand it. What does Rabbenu mean, that ‘knowing nothing’ is the highest level of understanding?! How does that […]
Mind….Blown. Here is the English translation of the Rav’s completion of Rabbenu’s Tale of the Seven Beggars. UPDATE 23/12/2024: Apparently, this wasn’t written by the Rav, but by one of his talmidim called Eliyahu Tubul. The Rav saw it and made some corrections in the Hebrew, but those corrections are not in this version. I […]
“The Seven Beggars” was one of Rebbe Nachman’s last teachings. It contains very deep, mystical allusions to the souls of the ‘True Tzaddikim’, who come down here solely to help rectify humanity, and especially the Jewish bit of it, with their ‘revelations’ of new teachings and Torah. ==== You can read a reasonable English translation […]
Two weeks ago, there was a garbage pile growing steadily, by the Rav’s olam hatefillot. Shuvu prays outside, in a courtyard, in a road off Meah Shearim, while the Rav stands above on his balcony. It’s never been the most des-res, but the last couple of years have seen that courtyard become more and more […]
Each time I’ve sat at my keyboard the last few days, I’ve had no inspiration to write or share anything here. It’s not ‘writers’ block’ per se, because I am still writing plenty of stuff for myself. It’s more reflecting some deep ambivalence about spending so much of my time writing ‘disposable information’ that goes […]
I had another piece from the Rav to post up here – but the file is not opening. Generally, I’ve been having a whole bunch of computer issues the last few days, including not being able to get onto the internet, my VPN not working – and yesterday, some program I never heard of tried […]
Just saw this video posted up on Dutchsinse. ==== Yah, ‘Iran’ apparently has a ‘mother ship’ off America’s east coast, and is buzzing a whole bunch of US army based with drones…. It’s hard to believe that even Americans are dumb enough to believe this, at this stage of the game. Yah, ‘Iran’ sent a […]
Excerpt of a shiur given by Rav Berland, November 17th, 2024, in Tiveria. (Read Read Part 1 and Part 2). [Kamala] Harris said I am with the Mexicans! I’m going with the Mexicans! The Mexicans are the Palestinians, these are the Mexicans! So, nobody wanted to vote for her. Because the Americans are not Europeans. Europeans, […]