The Last Xmas?

I have been tossing up whether or not to blog this, but because it's driving me crazy, I decided to blog it and get it out of my system.

I spent many years in London growing up, and at some point in time there was a band called "Wham!" who were huge in the 80's. In those days I had never even heard of the word "Moshiach" and I was very different to who I am now.   

If you are old enough to remember Wham! and the lead singer George Michael, you will know how popular and famous [sometimes infamous] he was at the time.  It is a little known fact that George Michael was actually Jewish.   In June 2008, Michael told the Los Angeles Times that his maternal grandmother was Jewish, but she married a non-Jewish man and raised her children with no knowledge of their Jewish background due to her fear during World War II.   George Michael, although a Jew, lived his entire life as a devout Xtian.

 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Michael]

George was incredibly gifted, and in an interview he said that the music would "come down" to him and he could feel it at the back of his neck when he'd got the entire thing - the music, the lyrics and the sound of the final production.  So he was sort of "given" his songs, they were meant to be.  George Michael's fame was meant to be. 

Interesting..... but that is just an introduction.

The actual point of this post is to bring to your attention that a song [written by George Michael] that was released by Wham! in 1984 has, in 2023, gone to the No. 1 spot on the British pop charts.  That song is called "Last Xmas".

George Michael died in 2016, on Xmas day actually.  Seven years later, his Xmas song is No. 1, 39 years after it was first released.

Last Xmas.... is this a sign that it is actually The Last Xmas ever ?

I think it is. 

Perfect Health When Moshiach Comes

H/t Sherry

Rabbi Zalman Goldberg - 4 minutes

 

Why is illness so rampant in the world now? How does Hashem plan to remove that with the coming of Moshiach? Listen to this eye-opening (pun intended) shiur and learn!

A Message from Naomi

 

"Honestly, girls, with my whole heart...of one thing I'm certain: We are close to the Redemption in a way we've never been close to the Geula before."

 

That is a quote from Myrtle Rising's post "A Heartbreaking Afterlife Message & Plea from Naomi, a Young Woman Murdered during the Invasion from Gaza"

You need to fully believe this dream and this message.  I myself have had dreams from family members who have passed, and there is always a message from them.  This one at Myrtle Rising's blog is something all women need to read.  It's a message for the women, and the girls.  

No-one is being blamed here.  No-one is being judged.  

It's not easy for a neshama to come down to someone in a dream, if it was so easy it would be happening all the time. We need to pay attention.

When you read it, I want you to think of something.  The hostages who were captured were dressed by their captors in muslim attire.  They were covered up. I heard a released hostage mention that. We all know that the muslims cover themselves modestly [generally speaking]. I don't think I need to say any more.

Click here to read the post.

 

The Reason We Think Moshiach is VERY CLOSE

Maya Namdar lost her daughter Liel a"h, her 15-year-old daughter who passed away in a car accident in December 2021. In this episode, Maya and Charlene talk about the war in Israel, moving on from pain and the coming of Messiah.

 

Purple Lightning

We had some amazing lightning last night, and you could see it from very far away - it was so intense and lit up the entire sky. Here on the east coast of Australia we are seeing these things pass by regularly now.  I just love sitting outside and watching it happen.

One thing I have noticed, before the lightning reaches us, there is a very powerful wind which is a sign that the planets are passing by.  This wind is followed by the lightning and thunder, and often giant hail.

Here are a couple of photos showing the purple skies and the lightning.  

After reading Annie's comment below, I clicked on a news item and there was this photo of King Charles III dressed in a purple robe.  It'a a sign!  I've never seen him wear a purple robe before, just a coincidence, except we don't believe in coincidences.  Coincidences are Hashem's way of staying anoymous.  And just in case you think I'm making this up, here's a link to the news item in today's news:

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/australia-could-vote-to-become-a-republic-as-soon-as-2026-malcolm-turnbull-predicts/news-story/ca45cdb5b4e840a542239456cb17669b

Released Israeli Hostage Speaks to 60 Minutes

Recorded on December 18, 2023 - Israeli hostage Yarden Roman-Gat shares details of her captivity in Gaza.  She saved her child from Hamas captivity, but spent 54 days in Gaza after the Oct. 7 massacre. Her mother-in-law was killed in the attack and her sister-in-law is still a hostage. 

Billboard

Billboard in Bnei Brak - we need this everywhere!

Greater than Yosef HaTzaddik

 

by Rabbi David Chananya Pinto

“And now, be not distressed, nor reproach yourselves for having sold me here” [Vayigash 45:5]

A story brought in the holy Zohar on Parshat Mikeitz shows the great merit of a person who overlooks personal affront. 

Rav Abba was sitting at the entrance to Lod when he noticed a tired man who sat down on a boulder that jutted out from the side of the mountain and soon fell asleep. While he was still asleep, a poisonous snake made his way over to the sleeping man. Suddenly a branch from a tree broke off and fell directly on the snake, killing it instantly. When the man awoke he noticed the dead snake lying next to him. He got up and started walking away and just then the boulder he had lain on broke away from the mountain and rolled down to the valley below. Once again he was miraculously saved from death. 

Rav Abba was most impressed by the sight of these miracles he had just witnessed. Rav Abba approached the man and asked him: 

“Please tell me, what good deeds do you possess that Hashem performed two open miracles for you? He saved you from the snake’s poisonous bite and from tumbling to certain death.” 

He replied: “It never happened to me that someone harmed me and I wasn’t appeased. I always forgave him and never held on to anger for any bad that was directed my way. Not only did I forgive, but from that day on, I tried to perform acts of kindness to those who tried to annoy me.” 

When Rav Abba heard these words he cried and said: “The deeds of this man are greater than those of Yosef HaTzaddik. Concerning Yosef, those who caused him suffering were his own brothers; he had to have mercy on them. But this person behaved in this manner with every single person, therefore it is fitting that Hashem perform many miracles for him.