The Iranian Conflict with Israel: The Last Battle Before Mashiach

Rabbi Mendel Kessin

Descent for the Purpose of Ascent

There is a principle in Chassidic thought that ''the higher something is, the lower it falls''.

Descent for the purpose of ascent: in Hebrew this is known as Yerida l'tzorich aliyah

Descent can be understood in two ways: [1]  the descent of the neshama into the body, and [2] the descent in the life of a person through circumstances.


No Pain No Gain

נס - Nes - Miracle

ניסיון - Nisayon - Trial

"All the affairs of the world, whether for the good or for the bad, are trials [nisyonos] for a man"… [Mesillat Yesharim* (Path of the Just) Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto]

When a person is destined to reach a level which is much higher than his present rung, it is necessary for him to undergo a descent first. [The Lubavitcher Rebbe]

Before a person experiences a miracle - נס - , he is given a trial - ניסיון. There is no ascent (aliyah) without a prior descent (yeridah). The lower the descent, the higher the potential ascent.

G-d tries the righteous, for knowing that the righteous will do His will, He desires to make them even more upright, and so He commands them to undertake a test, but He does not try the wicked, who would not obey.

Thus all trials in the Torah are for the good of the one being tried. [Nachmanidies, Commentary on the Torah; Genesis, p. 275; Chavel translation; ]

From here, we learn a number of important points. First, the purpose of a nisayon is not to reveal anything new to G-d, but to increase the spiritual reward of the person by bringing forth his or her latent greatness into actual deeds of righteousness.

Second, a person is only sent a nisayon that he or she has the potential to "pass," provided the person uses his free will properly.

Third (and this is implicit in the first point), the nisayon is intended for the good of the person—to elevate the person spiritually.

Nes can also be translated as "banner": The test is meant to "lift a banner" and reveal to the world, and to the person himself, the potential hidden within a human being.


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Total Eclipse Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5784

 

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]

We've had a lot of information about Geula taking place in Nissan this year.  So I was very excited to learn that on April 8 - which corresponds to Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5784 - there will be a Total Solar Eclipse and the sun will go dark.  

The moon turns red during a lunar eclipse, but lately we haven't been having lunar eclipses and the moon has been a myriad of colours, notably this bright pink the other night in Queensland Australia.

The sun has also gone dark at other times, and it has nothing to do with an eclipse. This happens when one of the planets blocks the sun for a minute or so.

Actual photo of the full moon in Queensland about 10 days ago.

Gaslit

The term 'gaslighting' is used a lot these days.  The word originates from the 1944 movie 'Gaslight' in which a husband slowly manipulates his young wife into believing she is insane.

We are all being gaslit by the people who claim that the rape and torture of October 7 did not happen. Some of the idiots saying this are, actually, idiots! - they don't have a brain and they have zero 
knowledge of history or the Jewish people.  However, a larger number are not morons at all, they are just Jew haters and professional gaslighters.  They'll tell you that black is white, if it suits their agenda. 

First they will abuse you, then they will deny it and claim you brought all this misery upon yourself by your own actions.  

The world is currently being gaslit by these people.  Educated people can see through this, but unfortunately most of the world is not educated in these matters, and they get caught up in the lies, and think that Israel is the bad guy here.

If you look closely at what they are saying about Israel, it is in fact just a description of their OWN behaviour.  That is a typical gaslighting scenario: they blame YOU for what THEY have done.  One notable fact is that they say the Israelis are occupying their land.... actually it's the other way around, they are occupying the Jews' Land.

Sadly, some Jews have been caught up in these lies, and have joined the demonstrations to "Free Palestine".  

It's very interesting to see which famous Jews are speaking up now.  The latest one to speak up is David Schwimmer who had some good things to say, you can read it here "Friends Star Slams Hamas Rape Critics".

I don't think we need to worry too much about all the anti-Semitism, because it is just a means to an end. I feel that Hashem is sorting out the wheat from the chaff, and everyone is showing their true colours.

Who Merits Heavenly Assistance?

 

by Rabbi David Chananya Pinto

“So now, go! I shall be with your mouth” Shemot 4:12

The holy Or HaChaim, zt”l, explains: Moshe Rabbeinu wondered why Hashem was sending him to speak to Pharoah if he has “sealed lips”?! 

Hashem answered him: “So now, go!” I will only do a miracle for one who starts performing a mitzva; they are the ones who will merit to be assisted by Heaven and experience wonders. 

This teaches us a fundamental approach: One who wishes to experience Heavenly assistance must take the lead and perform some act and then help will arrive.

[Note: it has been documented that many of the people who survived the Oct 7 attacks called out "Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad" - and also Rabbi Anava noted that 

"Shema Yisrael" is the Jewish password for assistance from Above.]

2024 The Year of the Wonders Above

 The small yellow area on the left is the sky.  The rest of the sky is filled with a giant planet.

Video of two giant objects in Italy. This is how we see them, overlapping each other. If you can't see it now, in this video, then I really can't help you anymore.   

This is what's happening all over the world, more and more, closer and closer.  They will not hit Earth, they are gravitationally attached to their own Sun, there is no danger from them.  The video is real, I've seen enough of these things to know. That's exactly how they appear.

People Are Noticing

Even people just looking at the daily Storm Chaser photos are realizing something is not quite right... seeing the same monster cloud formation on a daily basis.  They don't know what is going on but they are noticing.

Base clouds of Napisiti - Bega, Australia

Napisiti at the beginning of this video.  

A few muffled swear words in the first few seconds.

Israel sightings

First one is yellow planet or moon, next to our Sun

The Origin of the Nations of the World | The Middle East War & The True Task of a Non Jew: Part 2

New shiur from Rabbi Mendel Kessin