"Turn Them Into Relics of a Dying Dictatorship"

 

EU Parliament member Charlie Weimers urged the EU to declare Iran’s ruling system illegitimate, expel its ambassadors, and invite exiled prince Reza Pahlavi to address parliament. “Turn them into relics of a dying dictatorship until the lion and sun flag can be raised," he said.

Baba Sali's son: "A world war will break out"

In honour of the 42nd anniversary of the passing of the Holy Baba Sali, which will be on 4 Shevat [Thursday 22 January], his son and successor, Baba Baruch, gives a rare and chilling interview with Channel 2000. The channel's cameras entered the holy place inside Baba Sali's home with stories that have never been told, moments of farewell, dreams, the Simchat Torah War, the message to the people of Israel and the dramatic warning: a world war is at hand. 

Hebrew with Auto-translate: Hebrew to English subtitles

Click on the CC to turn on sub-titles and then click the  Settings Cog- both can be found at the bottom right hand side of the video

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It's not easy to understand, the sub-titles are not perfect, but if you're in a hurry, he is asked about Iran @ approx the 7 min mark.

 

What's Going On ?

It seems like Trump is rapidly morphing into Gog.  

Bibi's response to Trump's inclusion of Turkey and Qatar in the Gaza Peace Force:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid out Israel’s position in unmistakable terms: 

• Turkish or Qatari soldiers will not set foot in Gaza 

• In phase two, Hamas will be disarmed, and Gaza demilitarized, either the easy way or the hard way

• If Iran attacks Israel, Israel will respond with a force it has never known 

• Iran will not return to the Islamic regime

All those people who have been trashing Bibi for a long time..... what are you thinking now? Just curious if you think he's not strong enough and in the end he'll do whatever Trump wants him to....?

Now, as for everything else going on... world leaders provoking each other which is an obvious sign that we are in the year of Geula..... the only news I watch now is Tousi, where he tells me what's happening and I can believe what he's saying.

When You Carry Valuable Merchandise

 

Art Inge Schuster

The yetzer hara [evil inclination] corresponds in size to the G-dly soul.  The bigger the G-dly soul, the bigger the yetzer hara.

The Ohr HaMeir says that in life there are certain people who have it easy. Everything goes smooth for them and no obstacles stand in their way.      They think that they have reached perfection, they are on top of the world. 

On the other hand some people cannot catch a break. Every time they make a move something goes wrong. Are they traveling on the wrong road?

The Ohr HaMeir explains with a Mashal. If someone is traveling on the road carrying a sack of wheat husks, his trip is easy. He can travel wherever he wants, for as long as he wants, feeling secure and knowing no one will rob him of his goods. 

However, if he is carrying a satchel of precious stones he sweats every step, knowing that he is a hunted man.

Dovid HaMelech says in L'Dovid Hashem Ori [Tehilim 27:3] "Im Takum Alai Milchama B'Zos Ani Botei'ach" - if the enemy is constantly attacking me, in this I find confidence. Why? 

If my path in life was devoid of any value I would not encounter constant resistance from the Yetzer Hara. The fact that there is an obstacle in my path at every turn is a sign that I, my actions, goals, and ambitions are very valuable. So valuable that the Yetzer Hara is throwing all his resources at me to stop from accomplishing my dreams.

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Arrogance is the Root of All Vices

by Rabbi David Hanania Pinto 

“But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and I will increase My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt” [Vaeira 7:3]

Rashi explains: “But I will harden”: Since he [Pharaoh] behaved wickedly and defied Me, and I know full well that there is no delight among the nations to make a wholehearted attempt to repent, it is better for Me that his heart be hardened, so that [I can] increase My signs and My wonders in him… 

Nevertheless, in the first five plagues, it does not say, “And the Lord strengthened Pharaoh’s heart,” but “Pharaoh’s heart remained steadfast.” 

These are the words of Rashi. Since Hashem saw that Pharoah had intentionally hardened his heart, He reinforced his hardness of heart, but at first, despite all the plagues that befell him, Pharoah persisted stubbornly in his rebellion and was not inclined to do teshuvah, even after seeing the truth before his eyes that whatever Moshe said came true with every plague.

We need to clarify, from where did he get the strength to persist with his wickedness and hard hardness and refuse to let the Jews go? After all, the Egyptians were struck with painful plagues, so why did he not change his mind?

This is because the vice of arrogance was his ruination. Arrogance is the root of all vices.

When a person is proud and arrogant, he is not ready to listen even to true messages that others tell him, even if he sees the truth before his eyes. His arrogance blinds him to the obvious truth; consequently, he becomes trapped by his pride.

On the contrary, when a person behaves humbly and unassumingly, he is a receptacle for all positive virtues. He has a sympathetic ear to hear others and is capable of accepting his fellow’s point of view. If the latter is right, he admits the truth and accepts those who say it, whether they are younger or older than him. However, Pharaoh, the wicked, did not behave in this way. He stubbornly hardened his heart despite the painful plagues.

Trump and the Perquisite for the Messianic Era

Rabbi Mendel Kessin, new shiur

The title looks strange, but perquisite is an actual word.  I thought it was "pre-requisite" but apparently they both mean the same thing.

Rainbow over the Fields of Be'eri

January 13: this double rainbow appeared over Kibbutz Be’eri, a place forever marked by loss, courage, and resilience.  It's one of those weird dark rainbows we keep seeing lately.

Source @JBN Channel

The Fall of Iran During the Weeks of Yetzias Mitzrayim

Rabbi Daniel Glatstein - very short video

Upcoming Events

In case you missed the comments in various places....thank you TKD for the "day of Hashem" gematria 

February 17 2026 - Annular Solar Eclipse - 30 Adar / Rosh Chodesh Shevat

March 2/3 2026 - Total Lunar Eclipse - Purim/ Shushan Purim

82 minutes during which the moon will be blood red: 

82 is Yom Hashem- the day of Hashem -  יום יהוה  - (56 + 26), as in the quote:

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of  Hashem come. Joel 4:3

PM Announces National Day of Mourning

The Shloshim for the victims of the Bondi massacre will take place on January 22, which corresponds with 4 Shevat on the Hebrew calendar.  [4 Shevat is the yarzheit of the Baba Sali]  These 30 days have been counted from the end of Chanukah.

The PM of Australia, looking very uncomfortable and having difficulty forcing the words out, made this announcement a few hours ago.  I am finding all of this remarkable on so many levels.  Albanese quoting Rabbi Ulman and speaking about Shloshim.  Who would have thought....

The 10 Plagues and the Fall of Iran

This short video has been over-dubbed with English.  Rabbi Yosef Berger is speaking about the "Great War in Heaven" which is currently underway, because before G-d brings a nation down [Iran] He first must bring down that nation's Minister in Heaven.  The war to crush the Minister of Persia/Iran is happening now.  

Rabbi Elimelech of Lizensk writes on Parshat Bo that you must tell to your son, and your son's son, what Hashem did for the Jewish people, against their enemies, and when the Jewish people again read the Parshiot of the 10 plagues, it has potential to happen again.

We must read the parshiot of the 10 plagues: Parshat Va'eira - which is of course this week's Parsha.... in the very week that Iran is being brought down iy"H - and Parshat Bo, to awaken those plagues to fall on the enemies of Israel.

Here's some links to get you started

Kabbalah and the 10 Plagues [fascinating but advanced knowledge]

The Decline and Collapse of the Egyptian Magicians

The Ten Plagues: Discover What Really Happened

Iran is Vacillating. Will Israel and the U.S. Strike Back?

Rav Ron Chaya

French with English subtitles. Click on the Settings cog, click Sub-titles to On, then click on the French translate and it will show you Auto translate, with all languages, including English.  It may work better for you if you are signed in to You Tube.  It may also work better if you watch it on You Tube, which you can do by clicking here.

I am just typing up some of the transcript.  I recommend you watch the video and read the captions anyway because I haven't included everything he says.  I've typed the beginning, and I hope it makes you want to listen.  Any mistakes are mine, not his.

It is clear the situation is advancing. It is clear it is the Hand of G-d.... the water shortage in Iran is Hashem's doing. The Iranian government is hanging by a thread.

I will cite five sources from the Torah/Chazal which speak about Iran at the end of time, then we'll speak about what is going to happen b'ezrat Hashem.

Daniel Chapter 2 where king Nebuchadnezzar has an important dream, but cannot remember it, so he gathers all his advisors, magicians etc and tells them he had a dream but can't remember it, and he asks them to tell him the dream and what it means. The fortune-tellers said ok, tell us the dream and we will tell you what it means.  He says no, you are fortune-tellers, you must tell me what I dreamt.  They responded that it was impossible and no king had ever asked them that before.

Nebuchadnezzar was a terrible king - it is written that while he was king, no-one on earth smiled. He told them, I will give you another minute, and if you don't tell me I will send you all to the furnace. If you are useless, you will go to the furnace.

One minute passes and the king flew into a rage and issued an edict that all the wise men of Babylon should be thrown into a furnace.

Among these wise men of Babylon were four good Jews: Daniel and his three friends Michel, Hanania and Azaria.  The executioner went to their house, as they were absent during this meeting,   Daniel asked him what was going on, and when the executioner told him, Daniel asked him to take him to the king immediately.

Daniel goes to the king and says "Your Majesty, give me 24 hours and I will return to you with the dream and the interpretation." The king says ok but if, within 24 hours, you do not return and interpret the dream, you will be executed."

[continue to listen from 4:10 on the video]

"Imminent Redemption - A Matter of Days or Weeks"

Rav Elbaz on the Imminent Geulah: “A Matter of Days or Weeks”

H/t Shana

Remarks were delivered overnight by Rav Reuven Elbaz, Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr HaChaim and a member of the Moetzet Chachmei Hatorah of Shas, as he addressed the condition of Klal Yisroel and the dramatic period through which we are currently passing. 

In his words, Rav Elbaz expressed absolute confidence in the nearness of the geulah, speaking with sharp and unequivocal language. “My heart is certain,” the Rav said. “We are not talking about distant times. Not months. We are in moments, in hours, in days — and perhaps in the coming weeks — before the revelation of the true light.” 

According to Rav Elbaz, the present reality is not another routine chapter in Jewish history, but a decisive historical turning point. “Our situation today touches the very apple of the Creator’s eye,” he said. “This cannot continue like this. It simply cannot be.” 

Rav Elbaz stressed that this is not merely a general belief that “in the end it will be good,” but a complete transformation of reality itself. “Everything will be turned over,” he declared. “I tell you — everything will be turned for the good. Not only ‘this too is for the good,’ and not only ‘all that the Merciful One does is for the good.’ It’s not just that it will be good — it is the good itself.” He reiterated that these words are not abstract consolation, but a tangible reality about to be revealed. “This is exactly what must be. There will be only good. And with Hashem’s help, we will yet see this good revealed, when everything — literally everything — is transformed into white, pure, and refined.” 

Matzav.com

Teves, Eisav and the Goat

 

US Military Launches Air Strikes Against ISIS Targets in Syria

The month of Esav…every month has a certain mazel— the fortune and the mazel of Esav in his evil guise, is the month of Teves, the month of the goat. The sign of Esav is the “seir,” a goat.  [Capricorn]

Rabbi Mendel Kessin has spoken about this many times, and mentioned it regarding Venezuela.

Trump is using the mazel of Teves, whether he knows it or not.

There is even a golden-hoofed goat at Trump's Mar-a-Lago, it's covered in dollar bills printed with the words "in Trump we trust".

Source: MeidasNews

The Zohar on the Appearance of Moshiach in the Galil

Rabbi Laivi Shor

Topics: Moshiach's Appearance in the Galil and the Star that shoots out from Yaakov.

Rabbi Anava: Current Events

Where are we heading? What's the next move?

Rabbi Alon Anava

This is what he is quoting from, near the beginning of the lecture:

“In the year Moshiach comes all the nations of the world will provoke each other and threaten with war. The king of Persia (Iran) will provoke the King of Arabia (Saudi Arabia) with war. The King of Arabia goes to Edom (The Western Countries, headed by USA) for advice. Then the King of Persia destroys the world (and since that cannot be done with conventional weapons it must mean nuclear which can destroy most of the world). And all the nations of the world begin to panic and are afraid, and Israel too is afraid as to how to defend from this. G-d then says to them “Do not fear for everything that I have done is for your benefit, to destroy the evil kingdom of Edom and eradicate evil from this world so that the Messiah can come, your time of redemption is now.” - Yalkut Shimoni

Chabad Gala Dinner Honors Ahmed Al Ahmed

 

If you have CDS - Chabad Derangement Syndrome - look away now.

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Ackman fought tears on Wednesday night at the Colel Chabad Dinner in New York City as he honored Ahmed Al Ahmed, the unarmed civilian who confronted terrorists during the Chanukah attack in Bondi, Sydney, Australia.

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Al-Ahmed, speaking humbly, attributed his actions to divine guidance, saying God led him to save lives during the attack, in which he was shot while wrestling a firearm from one of the assailants.

More at COLLive 

Purim 5786

 

Continuing on from the Megillat Esther Code 5786 - on Purim we will be having a Total Lunar Eclipse.  It's actually Shushan Purim, because the night of Purim is on the 2nd March and Purim day is 3rd March.  The eclipse takes place during the night of 3rd March.

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. [Joel 3:4]

How Can It Be Moral to Wipe Out an Entire Nation?

Rabbi Shloma Majeski - 6 min video

One of the most difficult questions in the Torah is the commandment to wipe out the nation of Amalek. How can Judaism, a religion based on kindness and the value of life, command the total destruction of a people? 

In this video, Rabbi Shloma Majeski addresses this moral dilemma. He explains why Amalek was treated differently than the Egyptians (who enslaved the Jews for centuries) and introduces the concept of spiritual germs. 

Just as a surgeon must sometimes remove an infected limb to save the patient, the Torah identifies certain forces that are a threat to the existence of the world itself. Rabbi Majeski also discusses the dangers of misplaced mercy how having compassion for the cruel eventually leads to cruelty toward the innocent and connects this idea to historical and modern events.

Darach Kochav Mi'Yaakov - from the Holy Sources

The Way of the Star of Jacob : Rabbi Yuval Ovadia

I had this video up previously, but it was a strange version and a different You Tube channel. This is Rabbi Ovadia's channel and the video is the original Hebrew with sub-titles available.

Hebrew with auto-translate subtitles to any language.  At the lower right side of the video, click on the CC to activate sub-titles and then the cog to navigate to your language.

It is obligatory to pass on, so that we may see how much redemption is closer than ever.

Megillat Esther Code: 5786

H/t Miguel 

This was discovered by the Brazilian kabbalist Misha'Ël Ha'Levi three years ago:

Chapter 1, verse 18 of Megillat Esther:

יח וְהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה תֹּאמַרְנָה שָׂרוֹת פָּרַס-וּמָדַי, אֲשֶׁר שָׁמְעוּ אֶת-דְּבַר הַמַּלְכָּה, לְכֹל, שָׂרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ; וּכְדַי, בִּזָּיוֹן וָקָצֶף.

18 And this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say the like unto all the king's princes. So will there arise enough contempt and wrath.

- 5786 - תשפו

 - fire - אש

 - vaporize - אדה

And the words Persia and Media are contained in the actual text.

Video below, but it is in Portuguese.

"May be that something will happen in Iran in 2026. This is encoded in Megillat Esther 1:18, which deals with the queen Vashti's disobedience in appearing before the king Ahasuerus. In this verse, the initial letters of each word form the Jewish year 5786, which corresponds, in the common calendar, to the present year 2026, together with the words FIRE and VAPOR. Thus, in this verse we have the Jewish year 5786 with FIRE and VAPOR and MEDO-PERSIANS, that is IRAN. This is encoded in Megillat Esther 1:18. As the Gaon of Vilna said: everything that has existed, exists and will exist is encoded in the Torah…"

We Must Act as if We Were Actually Redeemed

Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz

Gefen

 

Gefen David ben Esther needs all our prayers, today he is undergoing another surgery. 

Our sages say 'four things change a person's Mazal and one of them is Tzedakah’. 

Please consider donating to help Gefen with his rehabilitation and his ability to cope with his injuries and for his Refuah Shelaimah.  Click here to donate.

Also continue praying for Yehuda Leib ben Manya who is going into his 10th surgery. Donate for Yehuda Leib here.

Sunsets Lately

 

I went outside to watch the sunset, and the orange glow along the horizon was so intense.  I didn't bother taking my own photo, I knew someone else would get a better shot than I could.  Photos don't do it justice, that orange is something you have to see for yourself. 

HaRav Landau Warns AG, Supreme Court: “You’re Fighting The Torah & The One Who Gave It”

 

Photo Shuki Lehrer

H/t Sherry

HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, and other Gedolei Yisrael, Roshei Yeshivos, and Rabbanim attended a reception in Bnei Brak on Sunday evening celebrating the release of two yeshiva bochurim from military prison—Yitzchak Revivo of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Ozer and Yair Saada of Yeshivas Kisei Rachamim. 

HaRav Landau said at the event, “How fortunate you are that you were arrested because of words of Torah…we are filled with appreciation for the steadfast stand, on the one hand against temptations and on the other against hardships, and we express our admiration for their declaration: ‘Many waters cannot extinguish the love with which we love the Torah.’ 

“When HaRav Amram Blau was imprisoned (for protesting Chillul Shabbos), the Chazon Ish came to visit him and told him, ‘It is not Rav Amram who is in prison—the Shabbos itself is in prison!’” 

“When a ben yeshivah is placed in prison solely because he desires to learn Torah, it is not he who is in prison! The Torah itself, rachmanah litzlan, is in prison!” 

“Let everyone who is a partner to this crime—casting the Torah HaKedoshah, the Toras Hashem, behind bars—know this: you’re not fighting against flesh and blood; you’re fighting against the Torah and against the One who gave it, Yisbarach Shemo, rachmanah litzlan.” 

“Sadly, we are in Galus among Jews, and we all daven that Hashem will help us and soon redeem us from this Galus so that we may study Torah in peace and security,” HaRav Landau concluded. 

YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem

The Truth About Moshiach ben Yosef vs. ben David

 

- Rabbi Tovia Singer

Highly recommend listening to this - 15 mins.

A Person's Name Affects His Essence

by Rabbi David Hanania Pinto

"The name of the first was Shifrah and the name of the second was Puah" [Shemot 1:15]

Why did Pharaoh change Yocheved and Miriam's names to Shifra and Puah, which are Egyptian names?

The Rebbe of Riminov zt"l explains: Pharaoh knew that as long as the midwives, Yocheved and Miriam, are called Jewish names, there is no way he can challenge them with this cruel decree of killing Jewish children. Therefore, he first commanded them to change their names to 'Shifra' and 'Pu'ah', hoping that Egyptian names will have an effect on their state of mind and change their essence and character, to the extent that they will now be capable of murdering Jewish children. Only after that did he order them, "if it is a son, you are to kill him".

A person's name is his essence. It is absorbed in his innermost being and greatly influences his spirit and character.

The Inner Purpose of Trump's Assault of Venezuela

Rabbi Mendel Kessin

Currently.....

 

The Fall of Iran and the Coming of Moshiach

 

Rebbi said that in the future Rome will fall at the hands of Persia…. Rav said that Persia will fall at the hands of Rome. Rav Kahana and Rav Asi said to Rav: Can the builders [Persia, who permitted the rebuilding of the Holy Temple] fall before the destroyers [Rome, who destroyed the Temple]?![4] He said to them: Yes, it’s a decree of the King.[5] 

Tosefos[6] reiterates that Persia is the nation destined to fall and adds a critical element: “We were told that in the future Persia will fall at the hands of Rome, that is, at the time of the coming of Moshiach.” Meaning, it’s not just one of many future events, but an event immediately preceding (-סמוך ל) the coming of Moshiach! 

Read the entire essay click here

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