I wrote this is an update, but it’s important that people see it, so I’m posting it up as a post, too.

The original discussion is here:

After discussing this with my husband, I changed the wording above about the Vilna Gaon, and his students, to make it clear that:

1. The KOL HATOR was not written by the Vilna Gaon. There is a huge amount of controversy about who really wrote it, and when, and this is something I am now trying to clarify more.
2. People who claim they were the Vilna Gaon’s students – like HILLEL RIVLIN of Shklov, may, or may not have been the Vilna Gaon’s students. There are so many lies around these people, it’s very possible they appropriated the Vilna Gaon’s reputation after his death, to push their own twisted version of Kabbalah. In fact, this would be ‘par for the course’ for Sabbateans.
3. No-one really know who ‘the Vilna Gaon’ is / was. Strange as this sounds. Or at least, the people who really do know are covering up a whole bunch of stuff, for reasons that are not at all obvious.

4. Lastly, I apologise for sometimes writing in a sloppy fashion, where it seems I’m ‘having a go at the Vilna Gaon’.

I’m actually having a go at writings attributed to him, very possibly falsely, that are distinctly ‘Sabbatean’, and which have formed the spiritual basis of the failed z-ist project, and are still being quoted all over the place as ridiculous, misleading reasons for why ‘Trump is MBY’. Etc.

I am trying to feel this stuff out, and I don’t always write or act appropriately.

BH, my husband and my readers are giving me the feedback required to try and keep this on track, and truthful. And I’m grateful to everyone who takes their time to try and help figure this out, I appreciate it’s not an easy process for anyone engaged in it.

I will post this up update as a seperate post to make sure people see it.

In the meantime, I have now printed off the English translation of the Kol HaTor, and I will be reading it over Shabbat, BH.

So at least we can move the discussion on to seeing what the Kol HaTor itself is apparently saying, in trying to figure out where things are getting so twisted.

With Hashem’s help.

If you want to join me, HERE is the PDF of the English translation, archived on the Wayback machine.

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In the meantime, I also just got sent this message and prayer about the importance of Rav Berland getting to Uman for Rosh Hashana 5784:

The Rav just said that 10/7 happened because we didn’t get to Uman.

So we must go this year.

So that there shouldn’t be a holocaust, so that there shouldn’t be an earthquake…

It would be beneficial if everyone can say this prayer regularly, a prayer that the Rav should make it to Uman this Rosh Hashana.

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English translation:

Prayer that the Rav should get to the Tzion for Rosh Hashana

Ribono shel Olam, who can do anything, and from Whom nothing is withheld:

Give our Rav the merit of getting to the holy, awesome Tzion on Rosh Hashana.

And close up all the mouths of the accusers and the prosecutors, and they should all fall and be swallowed up in the nukhba de tehoma rabba.

And they will no longer be able to get up again, from now, and forever.

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Hebrew transliteration:

Ribono shel Olam, kol yachol, asher lo yibatzer mim’cha me-zima.

Zacher et HaRav shelanu la’vo la Tzion HaKadosh v’hanorah be Rosh Hashana.

Ve tistom et kol pi-yot ha mastinim, ve ha mekatragim.

Ve kulam yiplu v’yivalu, b’ nukhba de tehoma raba.

Ve lo tihiyeh la hem yoter tekuma mey ata ve ad olam.

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May we just hear good news, amen.