Shavua Tov! I have some interesting translations from the Rav for you the next couple of days. We’ll start with this, a continuation of the Rav’s comments to the CHUT SHEL CHESSED Yeshiva from the 9th of Cheshvan 5785 (November 9th, 2024). (You can see the first excerpt of the Rav’s comments HERE). ==== I […]
Following on from all the comments about ‘aliyah’, I felt I should try and write something to cut through all the emotional knee-jerk reactions so many of us have about this subject. And to try and build more bridges between us, those who live in Israel, and those who live in chul. ==== On the […]
This post is an answer to asd’s comment. The Lazer Beams site is long gone now, but back on January 24th, 2012, R Brody wrote this: “Rav Yehuda Zev Leibowitz of saintly and blessed memory was a Kabbalist and hidden tzaddik as well as a Holocaust survivor. Little is known of him, for he lived his […]
I know there’s a lot going, as always, but I have no chiddushim to share about any of it. So, let’s get back to Newton, for a brief moment. You’ll recall that SAINT SIMON practitioners wanted to make NEWTON their ‘dead tzaddik’, and turn his tomb into a place of pilgrimage. Ever since I read […]
Freemasons and Bordeaux Marranos – the beginnings of secular ‘emancipation’. OK, welcome back to the second part of the series on THE JEWISH PROBLEM. In the first part, we set out how the nations of the world have always seen their Jewish populations as a ‘problem’, or a ‘threat’, that needed resolving or neutralising. And […]
Is it just me, or does it feel like a lot of stuff is happening ‘under the surface’ today? The last few weeks, it’s been feeling like a whirlwind. Today, it’s feeling externally calmer for the first time in a while – but it feels like ‘big stuff’ is going on behind the scenes. BH, […]
Shavua Tov! The Rav has been saying some very interesting things the last couple of weeks. This is a translation from Shivivei Or 384, published this week. ==== Shiur that was given Melavah Malka, motzash, Vayeira, 16th Cheshvan,5785 (November 16, 2024) So we’re reading Chayei Moharan, Chapter 73. The Rebbe says that we need to […]
A reader asked if I could try and demonstrate what I’m getting at more visually. This is my rough and ready attempt to do that. Going forward, I’ll see what else I can find, to explain the basic ideas simply (and without infringing anyone’s copyright….) Here’s what I’ve got so far: ==== The last image […]
Yesterday, I went to the ‘flat earth’ conference in Kfar Saba. I had the best time. Not only because so many of the presentations were really well thought-out and interesting, but really even more, because there was a ‘vibe’ of wanting to know what’s true that came off the crowd, palpably. And most of that […]
I am rushed off my feet at the moment. It’s just feeling like I have way too much to do, and not enough hours in the day. But, I am still trying to post up a few things here this week, especially translations from the Rav (while I’m waiting for all the pointless speculation to […]