Written Message from the Rav for the Shvi’i Shel Pesach
This is my translation of R Elmaliach’s shiur, based on a megillah he recieved from the Rav, written down by the tikshor method, shortly before this last Shvi’i shel Pesach.
The stuff in square brackets is R Elmaliach’s own comments. I have bolded the Rav’s words, to make it easier to tell what is actually him.
Join me at the bottom, for a little more discussion (if you can be bothered….)
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Rav Elmaliach begins by bringing the following chiddush in the name of the Chatam Sofer:
[The souls of all the biggest reshaim (evildoers) are drawn from the world of Atzilut, and are very big souls.
And it’s in the zchut of these ‘reshaim’, the Chatam Sofer writes, that we actually have our holidays.
Pesach – is also in the merit of Pharoah.
Purim – is also in the merit of Haman.
If you didn’t have a Haman, you wouldn’t have a ‘Mordechai’.]
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R Elmaliach then starts reading the section of ‘Megillat HaGeula’ that was written for this Shvi’i shel Pesach.
He explains that it is called this by Rav Berland himself. It begins:
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And in order to reach the level of the redemption (geula) of Israel, [you / we / they] need to connect to Eretz Yisrael, as the Shechina is found within it.
[The whole of Eretz Yisrael is called the ‘beit’ – home – of the Shechina, not just the Temple.]
And it’s necessary to draw down the air of Eretz Yisrael to every place where a minyan of Jews dwell, in order that they should be included in the geula of Eretz Yisrael and Am Yisrael.
[Rav Elmaliach now brings the idea from the ‘Chacham Menashe’[1] about synagogues flying to Eretz Yisrael in the time of the geula].
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And the souls of Am Yisrael who didn’t sin during the chet of Adam HaRishon.
[Who are these Jews who didn’t sin at the time of Adam HaRishon], they are the Jews who guide / direct Am Yisrael in this time [on the path of / towards] Moshiach Tzidkenu, to bring the flock to the rebuilt Jerusalem.
[Rav Elmaliach says that these are the people who encourage their fellow Jews to believe in the True Tzaddik, at the time of the geula, and the people who did this didn’t taste from the tree of good and evil at the time of Adam HaRishon.]
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And through the connection of all the souls with the soul of Moshiach, they connect to / join together with the Shechina that protects them, and brings down shefa upon them.
[All those who draw closer now to Melech HaMoshiach and connect with him, he’s connecting with the Shechina HaKodusha, and the Shechina protects and brings down shefa upon him.][2]
And by way of connecting to Hashem Yitbarach and the Torah of Moshe Rabbenu, peace be upon him, at this time, and also to the True Prophet, who are from the aspect of the Menorah, [who light up the mochin (minds)] then all the souls of Am Yisrael will be filled with the light of the Menorah, which is the Or HaGanuz.
By way of the Tzaddik HaEmet of the generation, who is Rav Eliezer Berland, [Melech HaMoshiach].
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For the man Moshe, was a prophet and a chacham, and he [understood the tactics?] of the war of witchcraft from the Egyptians, and everything he did to them, he did it with the wisdom that Hashem granted him.
[Rav Elmaliach is saying that in the same way, the Melech HaMoshiach also understands all the ‘sorcery’ being used in our days, and is giving it back to them. He also says that the Rav has said that what is going on today is even much harder than what was going on back in Egypt].
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And when Am Yisrael sin, chas v’shalom, the Moshiach is punished on account of them, for they are a part of his soul.
And everyone is connected to the moach (mind) of Moshe, and to know that Moshe is the root of the soul of the Moshiach.
[Rav Elmaliach adds in that the Rav feels the pain of each and every person, because the soul of the ‘Melech HaMoshiach’ is connected to the soul of every individual person. And that the ‘job’ of the world to come is to finally rectify the soul of each and every person, by way of the Torah, and particularly this new Torah that is being brought down now, the Makor Chochma.]
And to understand the root of the daat elyon (upper wisdom) of Moshiach, which is Chochma.
And the Binah of the Moshiach comes from the Nukba, which is the Holy Shechina.
And he joins together with Hashem, and he becomes the husband of the Matronita.
And by way of the Chochma, Binah and Daat, the river of Moshiach’s Torah comes down upon Am Yisrael, [in order to bring them closer to him, so he can build the future worlds with them].
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And this great connection with him begins the period of the seven years of the Moshiach.
[Rav Elmaliach is explaining that the ‘revelation’ of Moshiach began seven years ago, not just a few weeks back. R Elmaliach says he’s forbidden to give more details, but the Rav told him exactly what happened on Pesach seven years ago that began this process of ‘revelation’. These were the seven years of ‘clarifying’ the soul sparks, which is called the ‘Tikkun of the Shechina’.]
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And now it’s Pesach, the time of the crowning of the king, this time is an aspect of Motzae Shvi’it, which is a time of ibbur (‘impregnation’) of the Shechina and the upper joining with the Moshiach.
And so, there descends upon him the malchut (kingship). Now at Pesach, and especially the Shvi’i shel Pesach, the people begin to understand the greatness of his wisdom and his understanding.
[Rav Elmaliach explains that ‘against this’, also increases the ‘wisdom’ of the tumah, because things are always ‘in balance’. When the Rav recieved the first level of MBD at Purim, he says see what happened straight afterwards (presumably, the Iranian bombs]. And so the Rav is explaining that this time is a very dangerous time, similar as to when the snake is about to be killed and so is thrashing around in the most dangerous way.]
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Rav Elmaliach then ends by saying that this second ‘revelation’ of part of MBD’s soul is probably also going to be totally spiritual, and not ‘gashmi’, i.e. Something openly revealed in this world.
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Ad kan, from the shiur.
While I was translating this for two hours yesterday night with my very kind, very patient husband, we got into a few ‘disagreements’.
Disagreement one, was whether we should be bringing R Elmaliach’s explanations of the Rav’s words, particularly when he started talking about that idea of ‘flying synagogues’.
Neither me nor my husband are big fans of that idea – although that comes from a couple of things that are probably not issues for R Elmaliach, in the same way.
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One ‘issue’ is based in our own bad middot, that part of us is resistant to the idea that we had to struggle so very hard to move to Eretz Yisrael, and to live here ‘under fire’, (and that’s only the least of it….) while people in chul can somehow just ‘fly here’ on their synagogue and get the same reward and outcome.
If I was a better person, I would probably want that outcome for more people.
As it is, most of the people I know from chul are people that I’m very happy live far, far away from me, and Eretz Yisrael….
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In addition to my own bad middot, Chazal also teach that Eretz Yisrael is only acquired by yissurim – difficulties and hardships.
But who knows, maybe the ‘flight over’ will be so bad, it will make up for everything else, or maybe, the people who actually make it out here will have suffered tremendously before their synagogue takes off – or maybe, this idea is just plain wrong, and when the Rav is saying this:
And in order to reach the level of the redemption (geula) of Israel, [you / we / they] need to connect to Eretz Yisrael, as the Shechina is found within it.
He is actually referring to something totally different, than the idea of ‘flying synagogues’.
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The second reason this idea rubbed us both up the wrong way is because it’s a big ‘plank’ of Chabad theology.
Until we took the time to translate it properly, I thought R Elmaliach was actually quoting Chabad teachings.
Now, I understand that he was bringing the original source of this idea, which is from the person he calls the ‘Chacham Menashe’ – who is one and the same as Menashe ben Israel, famous converso of Amsterdam who was palling around with proto-xtian-z-ists and a bunch of other interesting people.
A lot of the leading Sabbateans and Frankists descend from him.
BH, I will do a deep dive on him next.
(And if you don’t like being faced with real Jewish history, give that a miss and go back to getting your information from the Daily Mail and former spooks who worked for the Deep State.)
It’s a free world, after all.
Just about.
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So, in the middle of translating this, and off the back of the idea of the ‘flying synagogues’, me and my husband got into quite the discussion about whether there is any point in trying to ‘change people’s minds’ about what they believe, and how they choose to live their lives.
He’s of the view that most people can’t and won’t hear anything that will disrupt their own picture of who they really are, how life really is, and what God really expects from them.
So, he thinks I’m really just wasting my time, and getting upset for nothing, when I even try to ‘engage’ with people like this, or demonstrate how much we’ve all been bamboozled by ‘fake rabbis’ and ‘fake ideas’.
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I’m of the view that for sure, most people are like that – but there is still a sizeable minority that can and will change, once enough water has dripped upon the hard stone covering their hearts.
I see how much I’ve changed, how much we’ve changed, since we started on the Breslov path all those years ago.
And those changes have accelerated tremendously, since we discovered the Rav.
So at least for now, and despite the critics, I plan to continue.
Just a few ‘drips’ more, I’m sure more people will make real teshuva, move to Israel, stop being complacent, arrogant, two-faced hypocrites. Etc.
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And lastly, on that note, someone asked me about this ridiculous comment from Ephraim Palvanov that Moshiach is not going to be a Breslover.
The first thing to say is how does Ephraim Palvanov know this? Who is his rabbi, who are the true tzaddikim that are giving him his information?
(BTW, you should be asking yourself these questions about everyone putting out information that could potentially affect you in a very big way….)
I’m sure he’s a great guy, etc, but he’s also just a science teacher living in Toronto who believes that the earth revolves around the sun, and the universe is ‘billions’ of years old.
So, if it’s just his own opinion, that doesn’t hold a lot of weight.
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The second thing to say, is that this is *apparently* a quote from the Midrash Rabba – that was written down 1,500 years ago, before there was even such a thing as ‘Sephardim and Ashkenazim’.
So for sure, the Midrash Rabba wasn’t talking specifically about Moshiach being from Breslov, Chabad – or any ‘denomination’, because no ‘denomination’ was operating at that time, except for referring to Jews by their tribes; whether they learned Torah in Babylon or Israel, and also, whether they were apikorsim and tzadukim who denied the validity of the Oral Torah.
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Ok, we’ll stop there.
Probably no-one except me cares about all this misleading, pointless stuff anyway.
What can you do.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] This is Menashe ben Yisrael – the famous converso who was living in Amsterdam, hanging out with a bunch of xtian millenists, and who seems to have a big part to play in bribing Cromwell to allow Jews to return to the UK. I have a lot more to tell you about him.
[2] I think the Rav himself said this, my husband thinks that it’s Rav Elmaliach’s explanation. Watch the video, decide for yourselves. The Rav’s words are being read out by R Elmaliach, so usually he’s looking at the book when he’s quoting the Rav.
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UPDATE:
I typed in haste, and should have stated that Cromwell brought the Jews back to ENGLAND, not to ‘the UK’.
This is the comment I got from a reader setting that straight:
There is a very serious error in the footnotes.
1. The use of the term United Kingdom is an anachronism, it did not exist for another 150 years;
2. Why is this a serious error ?
3. The Edict of Expulsion of 1290 only expelled us from England as Scotand was at that time a separate sovereign state and English power over Ireland was not consolidated for a further 400 years.
4. At the time of Cromwell there were flourishing Jewish communities in Dublin, Cork and a very ancient Sefardi community & Shul, in Galway City.
5. We were never ever expelled from Ireland or Scotland .
6. Cromwell allowed Yidden to resttle in England only.
7. A lot of Irish fought for our independence from UK.
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I would LOVE to hear more about the Jews of Ireland – especially, those ancient Sefardim of Galway City.
And leads would be gratefully appreciated.
My internet was reconnected erev Shvi’i shel Pesach. Meaning of this Passover Pause I don’t know right now.
Rabbi Ephraim Palvanov is not just a science teacher. Have you read any of his works? There are many opinions out there! Need not be offended. HaShem said He will give Am Yisrael, His Children, will take away their heart of stone! HaShem will do that! Like it was only HE who took us out of Mitzrayim! Clinging straight to HKB”H is the best way until Eliyahu Hatishbi arrives to tell us who is who. I’m sure it will be a major revelation for ALL to witness.
You are making a good point, Neshama. I have read a lot of his stuff – that started dinging off the ‘something is not quite right here’ bell, which led to me checking him out more.
It boils down to each person being ‘attracted’ to the guide that most reflects the real them.
That’s the bottom line.
Rivka,
Thank you for this, it is very helpful. The idea of flying synogogues also never sat well with me. It is that kind of Kindergarten thinking of how people will come to EY when Moshiach is revealed. I was discussing with my wife a short while ago about Jews in chul. There are those who truly yearn to come to Eretz Yisrael, but sadly the majority (and I am speaking of the Frum communities) are still stuck in their world, their bubble and with Rabbis who continue to tell them not to make Aliyah – Many of these Rabbis are questionable in my opinion (but that is another discussion not for here). Suffice it to say that while I do think more Jews will come on Aliyah, I don’t believe we will see this mass movement as many believe they have a good life and to hard to move to Eretz Yisrael. At the end of the day, we can only work on ourselves.
Dear Rivka, a Yid from Ireland who couldn’t comment here, requested that I share his comments with you and to add that he loves your writing!
בס״ד,
Thank you so much for this and your hard work. However , there is a very serious error in the footnotes.
1. The use of the term United Kingdom is an anachronism, it did not exist for another 150 years;
2. Why is this a serious error ?
3. The Edict of Expulsion of 1290 only expelled us from England as Scotand was at that time a separate sovereign state and English power over Ireland was not consolidated for a further 400 years.
4. At the time of Cromwell there were flourishing Jewish communities in Dublin, Cork and a very ancient Sefardi community & Shul, in Galway City.
5. We were never ever expelled from Ireland or Scotland .
6. Cromwell allowed Yidden to resttle in England only.
7. A lot of Irish fought for our independence from UK.
This is a very serious error important to the history and identity of Irish and Scottish people and most importantly Irish and Scottish Yidden and must not be overlooked. Thank you for your precious time and understanding.
What a glorious comment, for so many different reasons.
Thanks for taking the time to post it up.
I will correct the article – and I’d love to hear more about the Jews of Ireland.
On the old blog, there were a few posts on the Jews of Scotland, based on the book ‘When Scotland Was Jewish’ – but Ireland seems to have it’s own fair share of ‘mysteries’, and a lot of the people I research are connected very closely to Ireland.
So, any leads are gratefully appreciated, and thanks again for the comment.
having heard a few shiurim about torah of moshiach since 5768, everything rav elmaliach shlit”a says is familiar and rings true.
‘mochin de.gadlut’ and all the world converting means that the klipa (maybe נֹגַה )will be healed from the 70 nations, like in yeshayahu.
וְהָלְכוּ גוֹיִם, לְאוֹרֵךְ
וּמְלָכִים, לְנֹגַהּ זַרְחֵךְ
what you wrote about de valera a while back reminded me that yehudi menuhin a”h used to visit with the family of some of my irish ancestors.
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it’s a big merit for anyone who made aliyah, moved to yerushalayim and/or went through giur.
about ‘flying synagogues’, what i heard from chabad rabbi was that all of israel gets the kedusha of yerushalayim and yerushalayim gets the kedusha of har habayit (i don’t remember exactly), and on the other hand, he also mentioned the graves of tzaddiqim being connected to eretz yisrael, and used the metaphor of a wormhole in physics, and cited a midrash about tunnels underground.
(a physics wormhole could possibly enable faster-than-light communication, where quantum entanglement is only useful for distributing the same random key to 2 parties. )
i feel like i sat and did nothing for over 14 years, that it says in yevamot 48b about reut and naomi and gerim suffering because of delaying, that i delayed too long.
thank you to mr. and mrs. levy for translating this.
Is there any connection between Kel Na Refa Na La and Rafah operation? Are Refa and Rafah closely related in Ivrit?
Hey Rivka, I wanted to share a few thoughts with you:
1. Regarding those in Chul: We do not know the numbers of those who will survive. My understanding of the shiur is only those who truly yearn for Erets Yisrael and are connected to the Rav along with a few other factors. This won’t apply to those living in Chul out of choice, only to those living there due to circumstances beyond their control. I’m 100% with you on the injustice. However, BH, let’s say everyone in Chul is saved (which is what we all wish for), then those who already live here will undoubtedly receive a far greater reward.
A related thought:
If Mashiach will only come when Kol Yisrael observes one Shabbat, then there is a simple mathematical solution to this: Those who don’t observe Shabbat could perish (Chas v’Shalom), meaning “Kol Yisrael” will then be only those who are leftover, thus fulfilling this prophecy. Yet another reason we want everyone to make teshuva.
2. Regarding Efraim Palvanov: I enjoy a lot of his shiurim, but I too 100% disagree with several of his positions (funnily enough on exactly the points you outlined). I also heard his comment regarding “Mashiach cannot be a Breslover” too, and I laughed out loud. I immediately told my wife, “Well he’s in for a surprise!” It’s a pity, that many people blessed with intellect can be equally blind to corrupt scientific ideas (failing to see the “evidence” they use to justify these ideas itself is nothing more than propaganda). Sadly many religious Jews today worship this science as their golden calf, completely blind to its heresy.
3. A suggestion regarding translating shiruim. I’ve been using AI to translate many of HaRav Elmaliach’s shiurim and found it to be quite good. What would take hours, takes minutes. I’m not sure on your feelings on the technology (no judgment from me! – I myself have been trying to avoid ChatGPT which is headed by the Samech Mem… CEO SaMuel Altman (kidding! – or am I?), and use one called Claude which does a fantastic job. If you’re open to it, you could give it a go, and simply edit for inaccuracies. I’ll send you an email of this specific lesson which I translated via Claude for comparison. Do with it as you please. 🙂
Yes let’s try with the Claude and see. ‘Nahman’, another reader, also sent me a few of the shorter shiurim as Hebrew transcripts AI-translated before Pesach, and they seemed pretty accurate.
I was just having an ‘Iran carpet bombing’ PTSD moment at that point, tho, so didn’t get around to doing anything more with them.
(Sorry, Nahman… Now I have remembered, I will dig them out and see if they are easy to translate into English, there were some good stories there about the Rav, from R Elmaliach.)
Most of the other channels of info around the Rav seem to be ‘closing down’ at the moment…
But as always, this is never going to be about getting info ‘from the outside’, really.
It starts and finishes with going back into our real selves, connecting to our souls, and trying to ask God what is really going on.
If we’re following Rabbenu’s advice to do hitbodedut daily, preferably for an hour, but even if not a full hour, at least something, we’ll get whatever ‘truth’ God wants for us to have.
In a million different ways, and most importantly of all, about our own ‘real lives’ and not just all the endless, pointless speculation about stuff none of us really know about.
That’s why R Natan said his Moshiach had already come. He didn’t mean Rabbenu was ‘Moshiach’ literally (although, he could have been). What he meant is that he was already living in that ‘world to come’, where everything is a conversation with God, and the world of the soul is the main if not only concern, not the gashmi world of the body.
Tov.
This comment turned into a post all by itself…
But just to say you – and probably most people – have much better middot than I do, around this topic.
BH, one thing this whole discussion is doing is shining a very bright spotlight on a bunch of my bad middot that I thought I’d already dealt with.
It’s not so pleasant.
DOUBT IF RAV PALANOV,RAV BERLAND,RAV SCHNERESON OR EVEN RAV KOUFAX ARE MOSHIACH/AS RAV BERRA HAS TOLD US IT AINT OVER TILL ITS OVER! AS HE GREAT RED BARBER HAS SAID WELL FREINDS WHAT WITH ALL THIS EXCITEMENT LETS SETTLE BACK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS
I read that we will all be in a circle around Hashem and depending on the effort u put in to work on yourself u will “ know” Hashem I guess more secrets and more inner happiness Also it will very private I heard. No one will know how much u know so no embarrassment about how much we really worked on ourselves
Where did you read that, Malky?
In the Gemara
Ta’anis 31a