Heating Up

This blog may not be updated as I have a ton of Pesach things to do, and honestly .... the world is so insane at the moment that I just want to disappear.

I will leave you with this video of our two suns.... as you can see there are two lens flares to match the two sources of light.   Yes we have two suns, and the second sun has an entire solar system passing us by daily, which is why parts of the USA are experiencing a great deal of heat way too early in the season.

35 Years On...

Saddam Hussein initiated the Gulf War by ordering the invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. 

The current war with Iran is also in the Persian Gulf and again we see oil and gas supplies being destroyed, just as the Kuwaiti oil wells were set alight in 1991.  History repeating itself.  

The same prophecy that was discussed by Rav Laniado 470 years ago in Sefer Kli Paz. 

Isaiah 34:  [6]The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Botzrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 

[8]For the LORD hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the Controversy/Cause of Zion.  [9]And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch/tar, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch/tar. 

The last pasuk speaks of burning oil wells. 

On 27 Menachem Av 5750 / 18 August 1990, the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Sicha on Shabbat Parshat Re'eh  linked the Gulf War in 1990/91 with the coming of Moshiach.

Moshiach didn't arrive in 1991, unfortunately, and somehow we've made it to 2026 and this new war in the Gulf. However, the Rebbe's words about the coming of Moshiach apply just as well to this current war, as they did to the previous one in 1990, especially bearing in mind that the 1991 war ended on Purim, and the 2026 war began three days before Purim, which was actually the day Queen Esther began her three day fast.  

This is what the Rebbe said in 1990:

May this lead to the time when we see the Third Beis HaMikdash openly revealed on this earthly plane. This is particularly relevant at present when we see the omens portending the Messianic redemption mentioned by our Sages. In particular, it is significant to cite a passage from the Yalkut Shimoni which has been publicized in recent weeks: 

Rabbi Yitzchok declared: In the year when the Messianic king will come, all the gentile nations will challenge one another. The King of Persia will challenge an Arab king and the Arab king will go to Aram for advice. The King of Persia will then destroy the entire world. All the nations of the world will panic and become frightened, falling on their faces, suffering contractions like labor pains. The Jews will also panic and become frightened, asking, “Where will we go? Where will we go?” [G‑d will then reveal Himself, and] tell them: “My children, you need not fear. Everything which I did, I did for your sake. Why are you frightened?... The time for your redemption has come.” 

"This ultimate redemption will not resemble the first redemption which was followed by aggravation and subjugation to other powers. After the ultimate redemption, there will be no aggravation and subjugation to other powers.” Our Sages taught: When the Messianic king will come, he will stand on the roof of the Beis HaMikdash and call out to the Jews, “Humble ones, the time for your redemption has come.” [Yalkut Shimoni, Yeshayahu 499]

Everyone should realize that there is no reason to become frightened and we have the promise: “The time for your redemption has come.” 

May we see Mashiach standing on the roof of the Beis HaMikdash and may he announce: “Mashiach is here.”

Source: includes full sicha and footnotes

H/t to Rabbi Reuven Wolf for the info.

G-d Didn't Make a Miracle in Iran; He Did Something Much Bigger

Rabbi Y.Y. Jacobson

The Secret Behind the Fall of Iran

The Strait of Hormuz, the Burial Site for Satan!

Rabbi Reuven Wolf - he's Live as I am blogging this, but you'll be able to watch the whole video when the Livestream has ended.

He's also talking about the Kli Paz prophecy as well as the Yalkut Shimoni and more.

"The end of the Angel of Death will happen in Hormuz"

"This is all out war against everything that is dark and evil in the world."

The Month of Nissan

The sun over the Netherlands - not AI

The first mention of the name Nissan is in Megilas Esther when Haman draws lots to decide which day of the year he will kill the Jews. This event, says the Megila, took place in the month of Nissan. The Bnei Yisaschar says the name Nissan is for “Nissim” miracles. It is a month of open miracles where Hashem turned the natural world on its head to rescue His beloved nation. The Torah tells us this special time was planned from the creation of the world and will always be a time of miracles and redemption for Am Yisroel for all generations.

נס

The word Nes is made of the letters “Nun” and “Samech”. The gemara tells us [Brachos 4b] that although in “Ashrei” each pasuk starts with the next consecutive letter of the Aleph Bais, the pasuk beginning with Nun is omitted. This is because a pasuk with “Nun” speaks of the downfall of Klal Yisroel. “Nafla Lo Sosif Kum Besulas Yisroel”. Even though Dovid left out the Nun he still supported it with Ruach HaKodesh, as the pasuk after the missing Nun that starts with the letter Samech says, “Someich Hashem L’Chol HaNoflim”; Hashem supports all those who have fallen.

This, says the Bnei Yisaschar, is the significance of the word and month “Nissan”. It is the month that Hashem lifts up his downtrodden nation, both in the time of Galus Mitzrayim and also in the day of Moshiach Sheyavo Bimheira Biyameinu.

Daily Miracles

A crowd in Tel Aviv cheers as an in-coming missile is taken out.

Overcoming Obstacles

Art Lucy Almey Bird

Always remember: You are never given an obstacle you cannot overcome. 

[Rebbe Nachman of Breslov]

The Rebbe Maharash innovated the concept of "L'chatchila ariber".  The approach of l'chatchila ariber teaches that if we come upon an obstacle to a task we are involved in, or an obstacle to a mitzva or project or good deed which comes our way (or we pursue), we should overcome the obstacle in the most direct manner. 

The Rebbe Maharash explained that while some people propose that when confronted with an obstacle the best route is to go around, or under it -- but the Rebbe Maharash says: "And I say one has to go l'chatchila ariber [from the start, go over it]."

"Trust the Plan"

This was too good not to share.  From "Shabbos Kestenbaum" 

Shabbos Kestenbaum 

On January 17th I called a friend of mine at the White House to express concerns about Tucker Carlson visiting the Oval Office. She answered rather cryptically: "just trust the plan." 

Little did I know the plan meant "we know Tucker is speaking to the Iranians so we're using him as a useful idiot to bait the Ayatollah and kill off the IRGC leadership. Oh and then we'll arrest him for espionage when this is over."