The Rav came back this morning, BH. Thanks to everyone who updated me. Still, nobody knows what is really going on… In the meantime, here’s some more comments from the Rav, from a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy! == [It’s not clear what the Rav is talking about at the beginning of this excerpt. I […]
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 […]
My friend sent me this, this evening: == It’s Rav Elmaliach, talking today, and sharing the message from the Rav that he went into galut and no-one knows where he is. There are rumours he may return to Israel tomorrow, no-one knows. It sounds like he didn’t get into Uman. And it also sounds that […]
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 […]
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. […]
Continuing the shiur from Shvat 10, 5786. When we were in Beit Israel they still didn’t have showers. We got there 70 years ago, there were no showers, when we came there in 5742, they still didn’t have showers, in Beit Israel. They had such basins in the mikvah! You would take a basin, pour […]
Shavua tov! Totally weird weather happening in Jerusalem at the moment. A wall of fog / dust / who knows what, that’s been hanging around for more than 24 hours, no rain and lots of gusting wind. But the wind isn’t making a dint in that ‘fog’. Or whatever it is. Just adding to the […]
And as of this writing, no-one knows where he is. Or at least if they do, they aren’t telling anyone else. When I know what’s happening, I’ll let you know. Shabbat shalom.
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 […]
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 […]