It seems to me as though everyone is running around like a chicken without a head at the moment. I know I am. Usually, I get to read Shivivei Or etc on Shabbat, and then come here and translate some stuff that speaks to me. The last few weeks, I have barely had time to […]
I am trying this out, with Rabbenu’s tale of the Burgher and the Pauper. Part 2 to follow shortly, BH.
A very interesting one, this. Enjoy! Excerpt of a shiur to Bat Yam, June 22, 2026 “The water became as a wall for them” – this is written twice, because Datan and Aviram split the sea a second time. Datan and Aviram said, for sure, we are greater than Moshe Rabbenu! After all, the sea […]
I am totally knackered. Maybe, it’s a good sign. Maybe, it’s actually a reaction to the enormous amounts of ridiculous stress we’ve been under here in Israel, for 3 years of war, and 3 years of Covid before that, finally starting to ease, a litte. There’s an election coming, after all… funny how wars can […]
Shavua Tov. Here’s another snippet from one of the Rav’s shiurim, from last week: == Excerpt of a shiur given in Bat Yam, June 28, 2026 [The Rav has been speaking about Togo, the Japanese army leader in WW2, who apparently didn’t believe that the ‘nukes’ were real, and told Hirohito that he could destroy […]
As promised, here is the excerpt from OIAG I, talking about the ‘pact’ between R Berland, R Kook, and the Baba Elazar, ztzl. The date was July 2012. The world was going to hell in a handbasket – here in Israel, we had the ‘dream team’ of Bennett and Lapid who would collaborate with Likud […]
Rav Amos Guetta, ztzl, was stabbed to death this morning in Netanya. He was a big public supporter of Rav Berland, and all this feels so similar to what happened with the Baba Elazar, and the ‘deal’ the Baba Elazar struck with R Dov Kook of Tiberius, and Rav Berland, to split up the terrible issurim […]
Victor, one of the commentators, wanted me to repost something on overcoming anger. I scrolled through some of my posts from the last three years (I had a blog clean out last month, and took down everything pre-dating May 2026. It’s very cathartic, very useful, spiritually – and you didn’t even notice I did that, […]
Continuing the Rav’s awesome ‘megilla earthquakes’ shiur. You can see part 1 HERE. [Returning to the Chesed L’Avraham]. == Here, he brings the cities, which sefira for which city. Mearat HaMachpelah is the entrance to Gan Eden. Lavan, with his magical wisdom, wanted that Yaakov wouldn’t merit to be married in the Mearat HaMachpela. Lavan […]
I’ll get back to translating the rest of the Rav’s ‘earthquakes megilla’, from two weeks ago, in the next post, BH. Depending on my shabbos cooking. That first earthquake in Venezuela, the 7.2, was centred on Moron = MERON. The hints are flowing thick and fast, if you care to see them. == For now, […]