Entries by Rivka

What happens next

Let’s spoil the ending: I don’t know. But, I can tell you this: If the Rav has gone back into galut again, wandering around Europe in harsh conditions, at the age of 88, with one kidney, two weeks after a severe and serious treatment for cancer – Am Yisrael is probably facing another huge spiritual challenge. In those […]

Some thoughts on Bnei Brak

Yesterday, for the first time in like three years, we happened to be driving through Bnei Brak. We were on the way to visit some people in Netanya, and we detoured to Petach Tikva first, so I could get an ergonomic mouse and hopefully avoid carpal tunnel syndrome. We left Petach Tikva, headed down Jabotinski […]

Mila de shtuta

Strange to say, I am starting to feel some optimism again. The Rav is still AWOL, I have no idea what is really going on, in a million ways, but in my dalet amot, things really feel like they are starting to look up. No prayer is wasted, no ‘urge’ to make teshuva goes for naught. […]

Stuff going on behind the scenes

The Rav hasn’t been out to evening prayers now since Motzash. There are ‘big things’ going on behind the scenes, and most of us can probably feel that. At the same time, I am trying to practise what I’ve been preaching, and to stay mostly out of all the pointless speculation (haven’t we all said […]

Some thoughts on not living in fear

Fear is a very normal human emotion. In fact, it’s probably at the root of almost every negative trait and reaction we have. I’m talking about ‘fallen fears’ – the idea that something or someone can harm us or hurt us, in total isolation from belief in Hashem. That Hashem is doing everything, running the […]