And There Arose a New King - וַיָּקָם מֶלֶךְ חָדָשׁ

 

Shemot 1:8  A new king, who did not know Joseph, arose over Egypt.

Trump Says Only Israel Wanted To Continue Bombing Iran And “Only Fools Would Want That”

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Gimmel Tammuz

Gimmel Tammuz [3 Tammuz] is recognized in Jewish tradition as an auspicious day for open miracles and divine revelation [nissim geluyim]

The Miracle of Yehoshua: On the 3rd of Tammuz in the year 2488 (1273 BCE), Yehoshua bin Nun commanded the sun and moon to stand still in Giv'on so the Jewish people could complete their battle. The Sages teach that Yehoshua established this date for all generations as a time of open miracles and transcendent light. 

Liberation of the Previous Rebbe: On Gimmel Tammuz in 1927, the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, was released from Communist imprisonment in Russia. The Rebbe noted the spiritual parallel between this miraculous liberation from death and Yehoshua's miracle of suspended nature. 

The Legacy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe: Gimmel Tammuz is the anniversary of passing (yahrtzeit) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Rather than a day of sadness, Chabad tradition marks it as an auspicious day of elevation, highlighting that a tzaddik continues to shower blessings and intercede for miracles in this physical world.

The Rebbe constantly insisted on yearning for and demanding Moshiach's coming, refusing to make peace with an imperfect world.  

Video: In honor of the Rebbe’s yahrzeit, the JEM team presents a new film exploring the Rebbe’s perspective on how to see the world.  "You're Looking at the World Wrong" [5 in video]

12 Minutes ....

H/t Rivka

On a recent blog post "No-one is Prepared for What is Next" an anonymous commenter wrote:

This recent attack israel vs iran lasted 12h, news are calling it the 12h war... 12 day war was before this 12 hour war (remember?)... maybe 12 minute war is coming? Remember what the Gaon of Vilna said about 12m.

Then today, someone called me and told me about a video that had come up on their feed, with a headline saying "It Will Last 12 Minutes".   I remembered I'd posted that video back in August last year, but here it is again, because after reading the anonymous comment, I think she's spot on.... we had the 12 day war, then the 12 hour war.... and the final one will be 12 minutes, as prophesied by the Vilna Gaon.

Rabbi Akiva Tatz on J-TV.

A Vision from the Past

Chodesh Tov!  Welcome Tammuz. Let's hope it's a good one.

About 17 years ago, although I can't remember the exact date... I was living in a different place, so that's the only way I can date it.... I was shown a vision in a dream, and at the time I didn't understand it.  I still don't really understand, but as with every "vision" that I've ever been shown, I believe that it is something that is going to happen.  

17 years ago, I did not know anything about Donald Trump, apart from the fact that he was someone who was a public figure.  He was not running for President, and I don't even think Rabbi Kessin had begun to speak about him yet.   However, in a dream, you always know who you're seeing.  I've never forgotten it, just like I've never forgotten any of the visions I've seen, and they've all actually happened in real life some time after the dream.

So, here I give you an AI version of the vision I was shown.  It was presented to me as an image, and then I woke up, with that image imprinted on my mind.  

I was shown the Sydney Harbour Bridge with a large water spout in front of it, and Trump dressed as a clown in a white and blue clown suit [Israeli colours] and Trump was collapsed on the ground.  I am unsure if he was dead or alive in the vision, but he was "collapsed".

So I'm sharing it here, make of it what you will.... I don't have any major understanding of what is being shown here.

Super-Rational

One of the reasons for the Sabbatical year is to allow the land to rest for a year, to enhance its fertility [Guide for the Perplexed 3:3]  From this it follows that after six consecutive years of intensive agriculture, the land is at its least fertile point in the seven year cycle.  So the Torah's promise that the land ''will yield produce (sufficient) for three years'' in the naturally infertile sixth year, is totally irrational, and requires a person to accept an authority which is higher than his mortal understanding.

The Talmud [Sanhedrin 97a] compares the six agricultural years to the six millenia of this world, and the Sabbatical year to the seventh millenium [when the Geula will have arrived].  

Since the Jewish people suffer from a gradual regression in spiritual stature as the generations pass, a person might ask ''How could the efforts of the spiritually weak and ''infertile'' sixth millenium bring the true and complete redemption?''

The Torah answers:  It is the super-rational self-sacrifice and commitment to Judaism of the final generations of exile that will bring the blessings of the Redemption.

Source: Lubavitcher Rebbe Likutei Sichos vol 27 pp 189-190

"No-one is Prepared For What is Next"

H/t Sherry

Rabbi Tovia Singer

Rabbi Tovia Singer explains why the prophets may have seen this moment coming, and why what happens next could be far more significant than most people realize.

War in the Summer? Redemption in Mercy? It's Up to Us.

This has been auto-dubbed, female voice.... usually I don't like the auto dubs, but the message is worthwhile, as we pray for Geula with rachamim [mercy] not judgment.

"Redemption is a multi-stage process..... We are currently on the scales, and it has not yet been decided in Heaven whether the Redemption will come through mercy or through judgment."

What's Behind The Sun?

There is something behind the sun... presumed to be the gas giant Immaru... whatever it is, it should not be there in the normal course of events.  This is why both the sun - and the moon - often have colours around them, and if you point your phone camera randomly at the sun and take a photo, you may end up with a rainbow effect just like this, and wonder why....

Photo S. Holloway Sydney Australia

And this was the full moon in Maine.   Something big is coming.... the signs are right there over our heads.

Maine