Yanuka: Every Pain in the World

Every pain in the entire world is the pain of the Divine

Transcription below [he speaks like a poet!]

All of the troubles that we hear and all the pain that we see 

Is the pain of the Divine Presence 

Every person who has pain in his house 

Every pain in the entire world, is the pain of the Divine Presence 

There was the great R' Meir from Afta

At the end of his book Ohr Lashamayim 

He asks a question and he responds to the question 

He asks, what type of righteous person will be on a higher level 

Is it the righteous person who wants suffering

And will accept suffering upon himself to suffer for the sake of the Jewish nation ?

Or a righteous person who does not desire suffering? 

And there he concludes that the righteous person who does not want suffering is on a higher level

than the one who desires suffering.

There he explains the reason for this. 

He says that we know that every pain and affliction that any Jew has -

Regarding this it says: "in all their troubles He was troubled" 

Hakadosh Baruch Hu feels the pain of this affliction just as the Jew feels pain 

The pain of the family and the pain of the person 

This is pain that is drawn above 

And some of the pain of the Divine Presence descends down to us. 

The pain that we feel here is infinitely small to the extent that we cannot imagine compared to the pain of the Divine Presence 

The Divine Presence is crying 

And when a person leaves the world there is the sound of a cry that is heard from one end of the world until the other

We see that Hakadosh Baruch Hu, He is in pain and He is pained by the situation that we the Jewish people find ourselves in  

Hashem informs us of this pain so that we must understand that we cannot continue in this exile 

But today the exile has reached the situation that the majority of the world thinks that it is possible to remain and function like this.

The exile is comfortable.

If there is an illness then people go to the doctor 

If there is [difficulty] earning a living, they go to the parents 

Eyes are not turned towards Heaven 

The eyes are a great distance away 

And then they see the great destruction that exists in the world 

They see the pain and the suffering that our nation is experiencing

We all, all of us, each of us experiences what he experiences whether specifically or generally  Everyone has something to contend with.

And this pain, this trouble, experienced by every man, by every woman this is literally the pain of the Divine Presence 

And a person who feels this pain must understand that Hakadosh Baruch Hu is hinting to him 

Pray for the Divine Presence 

Rabenu Yosef Chaim wrote a responsa called Rav Pe'alim 

In chapter 1,  He writes at the beginning 

Whoever wishes to delve into this – this is fascinating 

In order to understand what is the Divine Presence, in order to understand what is Tikkun Chatzot 

What is it that we say: "For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, Blessed is He, and His Divine Presence" 

To understand these concepts well, it is worthwhile to study them 

In order to understand the depths of these things 

But what we must ask from Hashem

Every time, every day – is to pray for the Divine Presence 

To understand the pain that it has 

It does not come from wherever it is in the world

It is from the Divine Presence 

The Divine Presence informs us of this pain 

And asks of us – a request of mercy 

Ask for mercy for Me 

Ask that I  will not have this trouble 

Ask that there be a unification of the Holy One, Blessed is He, and His Divine Presence

Because I always recommend that everyone say A blessing before 

Before every thing to say: "for the sake of the unification of the Holy One, Blessed is He and His Divine Presence"

They Call It a Spinning 'Mothership' Supercell

For those who prefer to get their news from mainstream media, here is a new clip from Fox News, showing the base clouds of one of the planets which I think is Napisiti. They don't have a real name for it, because that kind of thing has not been seen here previously, so they called it a spinning 'mothership' supercell.

Why the World is Heating Up

 

.....the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of the seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the bruise of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. [Isaiah 30:26]

Ohio: Photo D Mason

Western Massachusetts, Photo C Hanley

Words From the Heart

"These are the words that Moshe spoke to all Israel" [Devarim1:1]

Rabbi David Hanania Pinto offers the following explanation:

The word 'אלה' (these are), has the same numerical value (adding one for the actual word) as 'הלב' (the heart). This implies that Moshe Rabbeinu a"h guided the Bnei Yisrael in the way of Torah and mitzot and led them with words of rebuke and mussar, yet all his words flowed from a warm and loving heart. He behaved like a merciful father who guides his only son with great love. Chazal tell us that "Words that flow from the heart enter the heart". Since this was his approach, the Bnei Yisrael listened to his words and took them to heart.

The Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna zt"l told one of the distinguished melamdim of Bnei Brak: "One who sincerely loves his students, is promised that they will achieve the ultimate success." For words that flow from a pure and loving heart will eventually enter the heart.

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Moses began reciting the book of Deuteronomy on the first day of the month of Shvat and according to tradition he died on the seventh of Adar. Therefore, he transmitted the entire book to the children of Israel in just thirty seven days. 

Alluding to the fact that these words come straight from Moses’ heart, the numerical value of the Hebrew phrase “the heart” (halev) is thirty-seven. 

 As Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh has noted, permuting the letters of “halev” may produce the following idiom: “hevel halev lahav,” which means “the vapor of the heart is enflamed.” When the heart is enflamed and inspired, the “vapor” or energy it produces fulfill the dictum that “words that emanate from the heart – enter the heart.” We are taught that the Torah was given in fire, as Mount Sinai was on fire “until the heart of heaven” [Devarim 4:11]. 

[Ohr Chadash]

So too, when we speak words of Torah they should reflect this level of passionate intensity, which in turn enters the hearts of those listening and awakens their souls.

Angels: Their Purpose

For a Refuah Shleimah Chaya Shaina Chana bas Itcha 

New shiur from Rabbi Shimon Kessin

Truth Will Out

The latest news worthy item that they are frantically trying to block us from seeing is SOUND OF FREEDOM, which is a movie about child-trafficking.  Hollywood has been protecting child-trafficking since the beginning, and this film  sets out to show the world. 

In the first video is Ben Shapiro who is a well-known talk show host, second video is the producer being interviewed and third is a clip from the movie. They don't want you to watch this movie and are doing their best to stop screenings.... but that has just had the reverse effect. 

The epilogue of the movie claims that there are more people enslaved today than in any other time in history, including when slavery was legal.  

Two Weeks?????

First video: "What people will see with their own eyes... we've never had something like that... in our living times....not in written history.. and they're gonna realize that we live in a very different time, different world......everybody's gonna see."

Next first and third videos contain music

Temporary World

Aliyas Neshama Michoel ben Mordechai a''h

We are sent down to this world for a short period of time.  This world is temporary, it is just the entry hall to the World of Truth, Olam HaBa.  All our personal journeys are individually designed to ensure we find our way to the ultimate destination.  The tougher the journey, the greater the reward will be at the end.

"They journeyed from Kivros-hata'avah and camped in Chatzeros" [Masei 33:17]

From this verse, remarked R' Yitzchak of Vorka, we learn that for an individual to break the yetzer hara within him, he must constantly recall the fact that this world is but a temporary one intended to be utilized in preparation for the World to Come.

This is hinted in the verse: "They left Kivros-hata'avah" - how will one be able to bury [likvor] his lust [ta'avah] and subdue his yetzer hara?  By remembering that this world is no more than "Chatzeros", a yard [chatzer] in front of a house, a hallway leading to a palace."

A person who ingrains this thought in his heart, said the Rebbe, will triumph in his war against the yetzer hara.

Source: Rabbi Yisrael Bronstein

The Yanuka: What to do During Difficult Times

Someone just sent me this. English subtitles.

Planet Lightning Sets Off Volcanoes

Back in May the Guatemalan volcano erupted. It erupted again this week on July 10  but mainstream media did not report it, and suddenly I'm getting a lot of videos of a planet over the volcano and lightning shooting out of the planet, and the volcano goes off.  This is what I mean... the planets are causing the volcanic eruptions.

Here in these short clips you can see the lightning coming from the planet, on top of the volcanos.

In the first video, the first thing on top of the volcano is a cloud, behind that is a gray line of solid clouds, that is the planet, the sky below it is a different colour.,

In the next one, you need to wait a bit

In this next photo you can clearly see the planet on top

Hang on to Your Hats !

This is one photo I can share of an early map of the binary solar system very close to us now. It is just one opinion, there are others who say Nibiru is red. Napisiti, the rain bomber, is definitely green because you can see the green clouds at its base from many photos.  Atu is definitely purple. That's what gives us the amazing purple sunsets.

The positions of the planets change and a new drawing is made on the 15th of every month by Sam, but I can't share those drawings-  I think they are copyrighted.

Some say it is just one planet with seven moons and others say it is eight planets, two of which are technically moons of other planets. They are all revolving eliptically around their own sun, which is behind our sun, and behind them both is a gas giant which some call Herculbus /Immaru.  Atu has a moon and Isatum has a a yellow moon which people often see in the sky and think it is the second sun.  

There's a lot of asteroids, and weird shaped objects such as triangles, cubes and rectangles which we see as square or triangle clouds. We've never seen square or triangle clouds before. 

Photos below show how close they are.   The person who took the first photos thought it was maybe just clouds.  It is actually a couple of planets/moons.  Each planet or moon has a different colour and different cloud shapes. You can see that the browner coloured sphere has different shaped clouds to the purple sphere overlapping and above it.  We can identify them all by their colour, the shape of the clouds inside, and their location to the Sun [as per the diagrams drawn by Sam - his diagrams include the cloud shapes and colours and positions, however they are not my pictures to share on a blog, I don't have permission to do that.  They are his drawings and his story.] I know it looks surreal and unbelievable, you don't have to tell me.  I've seen a lot of photos like this, but these two are incredible.

If you look closely [or maybe don't look closely, look from further away] you can see that the area where the three dots are is a deeper blue coloured sphere and is actually separate from the others, this is the moon of one of the planets- I think - and in Sam's diagram it does have dots on it. If you look at the area about an inch-and-a-half below the three dots, it's a different colour....there is a paler more purple sphere in between...at the base is the brownish/orange sphere.  I don't know what the dots are, that's just the way it is.  

It does take a trained eye to see these things, and some people can't see it at all.... because straight off you would just see one sphere, but actually there are three, overlapping each other, and each one has differently shaped clouds.  I'm not an expert, at first I thought this was just one planet, but then I saw someone's explanation and I realized it was more than one.  It's easier to see that in the second photo.

I think I've shown this one before: it's two planets/moons... a darker grey sphere in front of a paler grey sphere,  and underneath you can see pink lightning.

Planet cutting into our Sun

Any questions I'll do my best to answer, but I don't have too many answers, I'm just enjoying the show!

Flooding the World

Here are some videos of the floods around the globe.... at least the ones that I could find, I'm sure there's more. The mainstream media does not report a lot of this, especially all at once, for obvious reasons. This is all caused by the incoming binary system.

Amsterdam [contains music]

Ukraine

Casper, Wyoming

Puglia, Italy

Calgary

Torbole Trento, Italy

Brazil

India [contains music]

Ubud, Bali Indonesia

and I have already blogged Spain here

and then there's the earthquakes, heatwaves and volcanoes .... 

and the ocean in Florida is the hottest it's ever been

Are They Preparing Us ?

The brand new Las Vegas Sphere... a giant sphere with projected images turns it into planets, the moon, and other symbols.  Turn off the sound if you don't want music.

Every Day We Create Our Own Judgment

In the merit of  Chaya Shaina Chana bas Itcha, may she may a Refuah Shleimah

by Rav Ephraim Kenig shlit'a

Reprinted with permission from Tzaddik Magazine  [October 2011]

He [Rabbi Akiva] used to say "Everything is given on pledge and a net is spread out over all the living. The shop is open, the merchant extends credit, the ledger is open and the hand records therein. All who wish to borrow may come and borrow. But the collectors make their regular daily rounds, and take payment from a person with or without their knowledge...." [Pirkei Avot 3:20]

A person usually goes about their daily life thinking that whatever they do is basically okay.  Even if this is not the case, they figure if no one knows, then it's not the end of the world; they'll just fix it afterwards.  They may even realize that G-d knows about their indiscretions, but since the person considers them to be only temporary, everything will somehow straighten out in the end.  These are the type of thoughts that Rabbi Akiva is addressing in his statement in Pirkei Avot.  He reminds us that whatever we take from this world must be left behind when we leave; nothing can be taken with us when we die.

Paying Back What You Eat
One way to understand this is found in the book ''Chesed L'Avraham'' written by the grandfather of the Chida, Rabbi Chaim David Azulai a"h.  He writes that when a person dies, the chevra kadisha comes to attend to the body before the levaya [funeral].  They cover the body in the place where it was when the soul departed, and everyone returns home.  The deceased remains alone with himself. When the body is put into the grave, if the person enjoyed a lot from this world, the first thing that happens is that the worms come to demand their portion.  In other words, they must now return whatever they took from this world, whatever they ate simply to fill their stomach.  Yet if they ate only in holiness and purity, i.e. only kosher food and only in quantities necessary to sustain a healthy and strong body to serve G-d, then there is nothing to take back.  This is one understanding of  "they take payment''.

With or Without His Knowledge
Since there are specific times during the year conducive to repentance and forgiveness, a person may think that everything automatically works out.  For example, there is the month of Elul - the Hebrew month set aside for teshuvah, intensive introspection and repentance - which is followed by Rosh Hashanah and the atonement of Yom Kippur.  But the reality is that G-d is not obligated to wait until these specific times and can send messengers to collect what is due at any point.  Sometimes, one may even be aware of their situation and upon a little soul searching, may even realize they might need to go through something unpleasant.  But usually, this level of self-awareness is rare and one has no realization that anything is amiss or in need of change.  But G-d operates in His ways. It is here the idea "with or without his knowledge" comes into play.

You Are Your Own Judge
Rebbe Nachman transmits the following idea in the name of the holy Baal Shem Tov.  Before any decree is issued in the world, G-d forbid, the entire world is assembled to give their agreement.  In this instance, the 'entire world' encompasses the inanimate, plant, animal, and human levels.  They are all notified and asked if there is any opposition to the decree.  This even includes the person who has the negative decree hanging over them.  When everyone reaches agreement, the judgment is passed.

Who in the world would agree to a negative decree against oneself?  Obviously, if you were to ask the person directly, they would defend themselves and oppose the judgment.  For this reason, a similar situation is presented to them, and their opinion is asked without realizing it has anything to do with their own case.  Someone will ask them: "What do you think about what so-and-so did?"  They respond. "Whoo whoo, they deserve this or that..."   In heaven they say: "Is that right?" You just passed judgment on yourself..."  The case is closed and the person doesn't comprehend what just transpired.  According to Rebbe Nachman, this is an example of "taking payment with or without his knowledge".

The whole concept of how a person is asked each time about their own judgment is profoundly deep.  Each word of every story we hear has lofty and exalted significance.   For example, we may hear a story about two people involved in an argument that has nothing to do with us.  In the rare case it does, we need to be even more careful.  But most of the time, it is simply a seemingly random story where everyone takes the liberty of jumping into the fray, taking a stand on who is right or wrong, and who deserves what.  The very words a person utters are then taken and applied to his own case and he will be compelled to bring his own words to fruition.  This is why Rebbe Nachman advises us to be very careful about what we say.  Don't let an inadvertent word slip out in the wrong way or pass judgment on another's behavior.  If you do, you are agreeing to your own verdict, since no judgment can materialize without your agreement.

Controlling Your Thoughts

King David says Zamoti bal yalavar pi - "My thoughts dare not pass through my mouth." [Psalms 17:3]  There are two important ways to understand this verse.  Firstly, the word zamoti is related to the Hebrew word for "muzzle" - z'mam.  King David alludes to this as if to say "G-d! Since I don't weigh my words seriously enough, put a muzzle on my mouth to prevent me from saying anything irresponsible or improper."

The second explanation of how to understand this verse concerns controlling our thoughts.  Sometimes a person blurts out an empty phrase, without even knowing why they said it.  But the reality is that there are custodial forces appointed over a person from heaven; sometimes they are good and sometimes not. They seize upon these same words and turn them around on the one who uttered them.  These ramifications ought to give each of us serious pause for thought.

It is not necessary to express every thought that comes to mind.  Thus King David refers here to the need for an even deeper level of restraint.  He would like G-d to place a muzzle on his mouth to stop him from verbalizing anything that enters his head.  Since according to Rebbe Nachman, it is through these very words that they "take the payment from a person with or without his knowledge".

We witness how people suffer from a bundle of woes that they carry, whether external problems or personal health issues G-d forbid. Yet the reality is that they agreed and signed off on everything.  Without their agreement, these difficulties could not have materialized.  One may say "I never agreed to such a thing!"  The recording is then played back for them and they are asked "You don't remember what you said in such and such year when someone told you a certain story? Was it any of your business to comment? You gave your commentary anyway and here are the consequences."  G-d should guard us.

This spiritual dynamic accompanies us every single day, hour by hour.  It is written "Whoever sits in the refuge of the Most High.." [Psalms 91].  The Talmud calls this particular chapter of Psalms "a song against evil forces" since it is recited by those who want to be saved from misfortune and accidents.

For instance, when mourners attend a funeral they recite these verses since they possess tremendous protective power against negative spiritual forces seeking to harm a person.  It is further written: "His angels he will charge for you, to protect you on all your paths."  This refers to the fact that there are angels who constantly accompany a person to safeguard him from harm.  According to our sages, these protective angels are more accurately called the yetzer tov and the yetzer hara - the good inclination and the evil inclination.  In contrast to what most people think, they are both responsible for protecting a person from disaster, since the fundamental role of the yetzer hara is to serve a person.  However, if one comes too close and is drawn after him, the yetzer hara is no longer obligated to fulfill his protective duty.  One then becomes enslaved to him, and the yetzer hara does whatever he wants with the person.


Forces Created From Our Own Actions
Along with the yetzer tov and yetzer hara, come all sorts of other forces, G-d forbid, which are created when a person stumbles, for example, in eating non-kosher food or is involved with any kind of negative thoughts, speech, or actions.  In this case, damaging forces are created in the world that are bound to the person who created them.  These forces are called mezekei alma - "destroyers of the world".  Their whole purpose is to cause damage and they don't even realize this is their role.

To illustrate, it is like a child who plays with matches because he thinks it is fun.  An adult comes along and admonishes him, but when he sees that the child doesn't understand, he takes the matches away by force.  This is because the adult understands very well that the child is doing something dangerous.  The child though, doesn't comprehend this fact.  He screams and cries "Why did you take them away from me?"  Likewise, these "destroyers of the world" don't even understand they are destructive. Their actions are not intentional, but since they were created from damage, this is their fundamental essence.

It is these forces that accompany us wherever we go. They catch our every word in an attempt to interpret it according to their crooked way of thinking, because after all, they are a creation based on crookedness and damage.  Since they are an undesirable creation, everything about them is undesirable. They even have the ability to compel a person to undergo judgments from the upper worlds. They facilitate a person's undoing to such an extent that life is endangered, and the individual has no idea what is actually going on.

We don't know.  We don't actually see these forces or perceive them with our senses, but what do we know? We know that there are tzaddikim on the highest of spiritual levels, who know about these matters with such clarity that they simply advise us to have compassion on ourselves and acknowledge we don't know what goes on around us on a spiritual plane.  For this reason, they caution us to guard ourselves from undesirable speech, thoughts, or deeds since they bring detrimental consequences.

One may take note of the many criminals at large in the world, who say and do terrible things, but seem to have it good without any suffering.  So where do these ideas fit in?  The answer is that something much worse is actually going on for them.  The criminal doesn't pay for his actions in this world. It simply waits for him in the next world, where everything comes back to him in a much more penetrating way.  This is what the Talmud refers to when it states "Afflictions atone for a person".  Whatever difficulties one goes through in this world serve as a huge atonement for him.  It is preferable and worthwhile to undergo it here, since in the next world, one contends with not only afflictions, but humiliation along with much more unpleasantness.

The only advice is to say to oneself "Stop".  Just as we need to be careful about what we put into our mouth, i.e. kosher and healthy food, likewise we must be careful about what comes out of it by guarding our speech.  The same caution applies to our actions. We should do nothing that the Torah, or our sages, forbid.  Similarly with thought; we shouldn't think that just because our thoughts are only between us and G-d they can be easily fixed.  It doesn't exactly work like this, since many holy books describe the power of thought as greater than the power of deed.  It is possible to do teshuvah or repair an action, but it is much more difficult to do the same with a thought.  You can nullify or gain control over an action, but once you think it, a thought is out of our control and possession.

Thus Rebbe Nachman's advice to everyone is to weigh our deeds in a way that will be truly positive in this world and the next, and to live good and thoughtful lives, with proper consideration for our every thought, word, and action.  Since there will be no-one to pass a bad judgment, every negative decree will be opposed.

Remember that you are never asked directly about your own situation, rather only about someone else's story.  Thus don't rush to pass judgment either verbally or even in your thoughts as to who is right or wrong.  Unless it concerns you directly and practically, just leave it without comment. You will feel profoundly satisfied, and it will be so very beneficial not only to you but to the entire Jewish people.

May G-d enlighten us with higher levels of self-awareness to improve our lives, as well as the entire world, every day and every moment.

Rabbi Ephraim Kenig shlit'a, is CEO and Rosh Yeshiva of the Nachal Novea Mekor Chochma institutions as well as the head administrator at Talmud Torah Magen Avot, in the Old City of Tsfat.

Asteroid Clouds

Yesterday I saw two asteroid clouds.  This is what they look like.  [The ones I saw were white, but sometimes they can be coloured, like the one above Turkey before the quake]

The cloud over Turkey before the quake. Not a lenticular cloud as they said, this is
from an asteroid. The quake was caused by the second solar system.

The End of Death and Pain: The Messianic Age Revealed

For a Refuah Shleimah for S.G. my "sister" who I hope to meet one day, and Yaakov Avraham ben Devorah

Tears bring a person to repent thereby uprooting the source of death and subsequently uprooting all mourning and tears. The Arizal writes that the numerical value of ‘Dimah–Tears’ is 120, which in Torah signifies full life. In truth, the letters only add up to 119, but when the word ‘Dimah’ as a whole is counted, it equals 120. The Shomer Emunim explains that for certain concepts the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. In such cases, you also factor in the entire word to indicate a higher purpose that brings meaning to all the details. Maimonides explains in his Laws of Mourning that the purpose of mourning and tears is repentance. Death only came into this world through sin, and it is through repentance that the world will be restored to its original state of eternal life, when “G-d will wipe away the tears from every face.” Maimonides concludes his Laws of Fasts: “With the Redemption, all these days of mourning will be transformed into days of rejoicing, into days of good Moed.” Dimah plus 1, equals 120, which is the exact numerical value of Moed! 

Lubavitcher Rebbe: Monday, Av 20, 5742 - August 9, 1982

Rain Bomb from Planet Napisiti hits Spain

It's not just the souls of the generation of the Flood that have come back prior to Moshiach.... it's also the weather.  We are getting a small part of the great Mabul, and Hashem is using the passing binary solar system and it's planets to bring the floods.

Yesterday the city of Zaragoza in Spain was the latest victim of Planet Napisiti and its rain bomb. Cars were swept away and residents trapped as flash floods hit.

This is a photo of the base clouds of planet Napisiti. I know there are skeptical people out there, that's why I have uploaded all these videos to show you it's real and it's happening now.

Now you're going to see it in action. 

The next two contain music, so turn the sound off if you don't listen to music during the 3 weeks.

In this video they think it's a UFO. It's just the base clouds of Napisiti.

 

The next one contains music.

No music in the last two.

Yanuka: Remembering the Beit HaMikdash

Hebrew with English subtitles

The True Meaning of Tragedy and Its Relationship to Current Events

New shiur from Rabbi Mendel Kessin

Colours and Wonders

Yesterday I decided to take my own photo of the sun, to see if it looked like the ones I'm seeing from other people.  Whilst my own photo is not publish-worthy, it looked just like this one below..... all sorts of colours radiating outwards from a giant sun... and it appeared as though there was something much bigger behind it.  Everything I've been showing you is definitely real, 

The orange "clouds" are asteroid trails. Taken in Scotland.

This photo of a rainbow is too good not to share.  There are so many colours in the skies lately, all captured by photos from all over the world.  It's going to be a very colourful Geula from the looks of things.

Yesterday, Yellowstone Lake Colorado

How To Elevate One's Self-Esteem and Eliminate Immaturity Part 2

Rabbi Shimon Kessin

Part 1 can be found here

Your Special Mission

While Jewish law obligates each person to observe all the mitzvot, there is always at least one particular mitzvah to which one's soul is drawn more strongly.  According to Chassidic thought, this concept is hinted to by the fact that the Land was apportioned ''by means of a lottery'' [Pinchas 26:55] suggesting that one's primary mission in life, one's spiritual ''inheritance'' has been pre-allotted to him on High, and one has no choice in the matter.

The reason why a person's soul has a particular affinity to its ''special mitzvah'' is because each soul is a ''spark'' of the general soul which Adam possessed; and corresponding to its original ''location'' within Adam's soul, it will have a distinct spiritual path of its own.  Consequently, through observing his ''special mitzvah'' the person will become spiritually fulfilled, which will give him additional enthusiasm in the observance of all the other mitzvot as well.

How can a person discover what ''his special mitzvah'' is?  There is no simple solution.  However, being that a person's mission in life is centered around his ''special mitzvah'', it follows that his ''evil inclination'' will oppose this mitzvah strongly, which may give a person a clue as to what it is. Furthermore, Divine Providence will inevitably lead a person to circumstances which are conducive to the observance of his ''special mitzvah''.  [So if one is wealthy, for example, his special mitzvah is quite possibly to give charity.]

In addition to all the above, every person in a given generation will have a ''special mitzvah'' by virtue of the times in which he lives.  And in our times, this is the obligation to promote knowledge, belief and yearning for the coming of Moshiach, since our souls have, by Divine Providence, been placed here in the last generation of Exile.

Source: Lubavitcher Rebbe - based on Likutei Sichos vol 2 p.346, Sefer Hama'amorim 5706 p.240, Sefer HaSichos 5752 vol 1 p.97

The Electro-Magnetic Force Field in the Bible

Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin 

The clouds of glory served as an electromagnetic force field for the Israelites in the desert. These clouds were in the Merit of Aaron the high priest. Find out why Aaron’s merit brought about these clouds of glory!

Super Moon Halos

 

Queensland Australia last night

Queensland Australia last night

The full moon on July 3 will be the first of three full moons that will occur during the summer season [Northern Hemisphere] and winter for us in the Southern Hemisphere.... and is the first of four “supermoons” that will occur in 2023. The three other supermoons will occur on Aug. 1, Aug. 30 and Sept. 29.

Our sun is a dwarf yellow star, behind it is a bigger standard red star and behind both of them is the gas giant known to some as "Immaru".  The halo effect in the moon photos is from the gas giant Immaru.

Neuvo Laredo, Mexico

Just added this one, moon last night in Perth, Western Australia

Bilaam and the Coming of Moshiach

Posted motzei Shabbat.

HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz

Extra-Terrestrial Life and the Torah

Note: this originally came from Torah.org but I could not find it there.  I found  a version of  it on Scribd.

You can also see more on this at Sefaria and Chabad Is There Life on Other Planets? as well as YU Torah: What did Chazal Say? [audio]

Extra-terrestrial Life - Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan 

One of the unique aspects of Judaism is its far reaching universality. Not only does Judaism provide a lesson for every human being, its teachings extend to the very boundaries of the universe. It is an axiom of Judaism that the entire universe was created for the sake of man. 

In one place, the Talmud reckons that there are some [10 to the 18th power] stars in the observable universe, and explicitly states that they were all created for the sake of man. It goes further to state that all the angels and spiritual worlds also only exist for this purpose.

Of course, this immediately raises a question that many find quite difficult. How is it possible that man, living on a dust mote called planet Earth, should be the center of the universe? Our Sages realized the vast number of stars in the universe, and also realized that many of them were many orders of magnitude larger than the earth. [Maimonides - Foundations of Torah 3:8].

It should be quite simple to understand that size and quantity alone are meaningless to an infinite God. There is absolutely no question that the human brain is vastly more complex than the greatest galaxy, and furthermore, that it contains more information than the entire observable inanimate universe. Beyond that, man is endowed with a divine soul that towers over even the highest angels. 

Although the creation of such a vast universe for the sake of man does not defy logic, we still need to seek out a reason for its necessity. Some sources state that by contemplating the greatness of the universe, one can begin to comprehend that of God, and thereby fear Him all the more [Maimonides -Foundations of Torah 2:2].  However, if we speak of the possibility of extra terrestrial life, we must explore the question somewhat further. 

The Free Will Question 

One of the first to discuss the question of extraterrestrial life in general was Rabbi Chasdai Crescas [Or Hashem 4:2]. After a lengthy discussion, he comes to the conclusion that there is nothing in Jewish theology to preclude the existence of life on other worlds. As possible evidence for extraterrestrial life, he quotes the Talmudic teaching [Avoda Zara 3b] that "God flies through 18,000 worlds." 

Since they require His providence, we may assume that they are inhabited.  Of course, this Talmudic quotation is by no means absolute proof, for it may be speaking of spiritual worlds, of which an infinite number were created. One could also attempt to support this opinion from the verse [Psalms 145:13], "Your kingdom is a kingdom of all worlds."

However, here, too, this may be speaking of spiritual universes.

The exact opposite opinion is that of Rabbi Yosef Albo, author of the "Ikkarim." He states that since the universe was created for the sake of man, no other creature can exist possessing free will. Since any extraterrestrial life would neither have free will nor be able to serve a creature having free will (as terrestrial animals and plants serve a terrestrial man), they would have no reason for existing and therefore be totally superfluous.

One could bring some support to the second opinion from the Talmudic teaching that every land where it was not decreed for man to live was never subsequently inhabited. However, here again, it is not absolute proof, since this may only refer to our planet. 

The Star of Meroz 

Between these two extremes, we find the opinion of the Sefer Habris who states that extraterrestrial life does exist, but that it does not possess free will. The latter is the exclusive possession of man, for whom the universe was created. 

The 18,000 worlds mentioned earlier, in his opinion, are inhabited physical worlds. The proof that he brings for his thesis is most ingenious. In the song of Deborah, we find the verse, "Cursed is Meroz... cursed are its inhabitants....   that Meroz is the name of a star.  According to this opinion, the fact that Scripture states, "Cursed is Meroz... cursed are its inhabitants" is clear proof from the words of our Sages for extraterrestrial life.

Of course, even this proof is subject to refutation, for the Zohar also follows the opinion that Meroz is a star, yet states that "its inhabitants" refers to its "camp," that is, most probably, to the planets surrounding it. Nevertheless, the simple meaning of the verse seems to support the opinion of the Sefer Habris.

The Sefer Habris goes on to say that we should not expect the creatures of another world to resemble earthly life, any more than sea creatures resemble those of land.  He further states that although extraterrestrial forms of life may possess intelligence, they certainly cannot have freedom of will. The latter is an exclusive attribute of man, to whom was given the Torah and its commandments. He proves the latter thesis on the basis of the above-mentioned Talmudic teaching that all the stars in the observable universe were created for the sake of man. 

Wings to Escape the Earth 

The basic premise of the existence of extraterrestrial life is strongly supported by the Zohar. The Midrash teaches us that there are seven earths. Although the Ibn Ezra tries to argue that these refer to the seven continents, the Zohar clearly states that the seven are separated by a firmament and are inhabited. Although they are not inhabited by man, they are the domain of intelligent creatures. We therefore find the basic thesis of the Sefer Habris supported by a number of clear-cut statements by our Sages. There may even be other forms of intelligent life in the universe, but such life forms do not have free will, and therefore do not have moral responsibility. 

Freedom of will, however, is not at all an observable quantity. Even its existence in man has been hotly debated by the secular philosophers. Indeed the main proof that man does indeed have free will comes from the fact that God has given him moral responsibility, namely the Torah. It is in this sublime, yet unobservable quality, that man is unique.  

However, if we assume this to be true, we would return to the basic question of Rabbi Yosef Albo, mentioned earlier:  If such creatures never have any utility for man, what is their reason for existence?

We find a most fascinating answer to this question in the Tikunei Zohar. Speaking of the verse [Song of Songs 6:8],"Worlds without number," the Tikunei Zohar states: "The stars certainly are without number. But each star is called a separate world. These are the worlds without number."

The Tikunei Zohar further states that every tzaddik (righteous person) will rule over a star, and therefore have a world unto himself. The 18,000 worlds mentioned above would therefore be that number of stars, presided over by the 18,000 tzaddikim that are alluded to in the verse [Ezekiel 48:35] "Around Him are 18,000." However, these may only refer to those worlds visited daily by the Divine Presence, but there may be innumerable worlds for the lesser tzaddikim.

We therefore have a most fascinating reason why the stars were created, and why they contain intelligent life. Since an overcrowded Earth will not give the tzaddikim the breadth they require, each one will be given his own planet, with its entire population to enhance his spiritual growth.

Once we know that the stars and their planets were created as an abode for the tzaddikim, we might naturally wonder how they will be transported to them. However, the Talmud even provides an answer to this question. 

Discussing the passage [Isaiah 40:31], "They shall mount up with wings as eagles," the Talmud states that in the future world, God will grant the tzaddikim wings to escape the earth. The Zohar goes a step further and states that "God will give them wings to fly through the entire universe."

In a way, this teaching predicts the advent of space travel. But more than that, it provides us with at least one of the reasons why space flight would be inevitable as part of the prelude to the messianic age. This, of course, could bring us to general discussion of the role of modern technology in Torah perspective, a lengthy subject in its own right. 

Republished fromTorah.org , excerpted from "The Aryeh Kaplan Reader"

Published by ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications Ltd. 

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Physical Organs Correspond to the Organs of the Soul

For a Refuah Shleimah for Yaakov Avraham ben Devorah

Text by Rabbi David Hanania Pinto

“Pinchas son of Elazar son of Aharon the Kohen saw, and he stood up from amidst the assembly and took a spear in his hand” [Balak 25:7]

My holy forebear, Rabbi Chaim Vital, zy”a, states [Sha’arei Kedushah 1:1] that man’s body is comprised of 613 parts, corresponding to the 613 mitzvot. Each part of the body corresponds to a different mitzvah. And just as in the body there are 613 organs, so too, the neshamah contains 613 organs, paralleling the 613 mitzvot. This was very difficult for me to comprehend. The neshamah is a most elevated, spiritual entity. What connection can it have with the 613 physical parts of the body?

I thought over the matter and arrived at the conclusion that the body is physical mass. It is naturally drawn to materialism, not to mitzvot. Since the body does not want to part with its natural urges and temptations in favor of observing mitzvot, Hashem created the neshamah, corresponding to the organs of the body. The organs of the neshamah are spiritual, granting power to the body to overcome materialism and observe mitzvot. If not for these vital organs, the body would never be pulled to do mitzvot. How dreadful that would be! Hashem, Who knows our makeup, created spiritual organs in man’s neshamah. These are what motivate him to keep the mitzvot, which correspond to them.

For this reason, the pasuk [Eichah 3:23] states, “They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” The neshamah, which enters the body anew each morning, fuels it so that it can triumph over its materialistic nature and hurry to accomplish mitzvot. The neshamah, with its powers of purity, descends, sanctifying the body [see Eitz Chaim 29:3].

When Pinchas took note of what was transpiring with Zimri and the Midianite woman, he hurried to grab the spear and, sparing not a moment, killed both of them in one fell swoop. The pasuk [Balak 25:7] states, “He stood up from amidst the assembly and took a spear in his hand.” The Zohar (see III, 237a) states that the word רמח [spear] hints to the fact that Pinchas sanctified the name of Hashem with all his 248 [רמח] limbs.

The gematria of the word בידו [in his hand], adding one for the word itself, is equal to that of the word גידו [his limb]. Pinchas harnessed all his body parts for the purpose of fulfilling the injunction [Shoftim 17:7]: “You shall destroy the evil from your midst.”

From where did Pinchas gain the determination to act so zealously? It was from his neshamah, comprised of 613 organs which affect the physical organs, as explained according to Rabbi Chaim Vital, zy”a.

Asteroids and Moons

I left a comment yesterday about a massive asteroid passing by Earth....

,,,,here is a photo from today.... it's an asteroid, whether it's the one they told us about or a different one, I do not know.  Somehow I don't think it's the one they were talking about.  Not a photoshop, not a hoax, a real photo by a real person.  Mainstream media will never show you this.

And this one which was taken half an hour earlier, is the moon from planet known as Atu - so I was told.  They are all revolving around us, passing by in the sky.  You just need to be in the right place at the right time with eyes to see and a camera in hand.

And I'm adding this photo, taken of the sun today in Sydney.  No rain here today, no rain scheduled for tomorrow either.

The Torah Perspective on Extra Terrestrial Life

Do aliens exist?

Rabbi Hajioff talks about Devorah haNeviah so often in this shiur that I had to give it it's own blog post.

Yes we do believe in the existence of "aliens".  Listen and learn.

Why is Evil so Strong?

 New shiur from Rabbi Shimon Kessin

Angels, Prophecy and Curses v Blessings

HT: Sherry

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff

Last week's shiur which I missed, and I will go back and listen, was about Aliens: click here to watch

The Greatness of Man's Soul

New shiur from Rabbi Mendel Kessin

Q and A with Rabbi Breitowitz

I decided to blog this video because one of the questions was about aliens and other universes.  Fast forward to the 43 min mark to hear the answer.  Or listen to the entire shiur which also includes questions on  Divorce Rate, Unanswered Prayers, Souls, Adam & Eve, Modesty...and more

New Page

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Yanuka: The Greatness of the Souls of Israel

Hebrew - English subtitles

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