How can our low generation be the ones to bring Mashiach?

HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz -1 min.

A Sobering Thought

Art Rob Gonsalves

Everything can change in the blink of an eye. [Rebbe Nachman of Breslov]


"Do not drink wine that will lead to intoxication, neither you nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, so that you shall not die. [This is] an eternal statute for your generations..." [Shemini 10:9]

There is a view [see Rambam, Laws of Entering the Temple 1:7] that even nowadays a priest [kohen] may not drink a revi'is [86ml] of wine, for this is sufficient to cause some degree of intoxication, and since it is quite feasible that the Holy Temple will be rebuilt within the time it takes for him to become sober, the wine would thus render him unfit for service in the Temple.

Now, according to Jewish law, intoxication caused by a revi'is of wine can be removed by either a short sleep, or by waiting the time it would take to walk a mil. (There are different views as to precisely how long this is: either 18 or at most 24 minutes).

From here we see a remarkable ramification of the above principle: that Jewish law takes seriously into consideration the fact that it is possible for Moshiach to come, with a completed Holy Temple, within a maximum of 23 minutes and 59 seconds, thus requiring the priests to be ready for service immediately!

Based on Likutei Sichos Lubavitcher Rebbe [Gutnick Chumash]

A Frog or an Elephant

Rabbi Y. Y. Jacobson

The Essence of Pesach in 2 minutes: understanding the chametz in yourself and why it was originally added.  

I hope everyone has a meaningful and enjoyable Pesach, chag sameach.

The Deeper Understanding of Pesach and It's Relationship to the Divine Plan

Rabbi Mendel Kessin, new shiur

"Israel: It Should Never Ever Have Been Given Away"

 I'm a bit annoyed with him at the moment, but he just redeemed himself with this:

How To Get Rid of Negative Thoughts

I heard this from Rabbi Daniel Glatstein in this shiur.

This Segula comes from the Ramak and has been explicated by Rav Shimshon Pincus.

Say these words to yourself, over and over again: 

[Parshat Tzav 6:6]

אֵ֗שׁ תָּמִ֛יד תּוּקַ֥ד עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֹ֥א תִכְבֶּֽה 

Aish tamid tukad al hamizbeach — lo tichbeh.

 “An everlasting fire should always be burning on the mizbeach — it should never be extinguished.”

Tzav: The Conscious and Sub-conscious Mitzvot

Based on Likutei Sichos of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Do we really have free choice? Most people tend to view this as a yes-or-no type of question, but the correct answer is in fact, yes and no.

a) The inner core of the soul is totally at one with G-d. At this subconscious level, the soul of every Jew wishes to observe all the mitzvot and to avoid transgressing any prohibitions. There is no desire for evil here; there simply is no other option than doing good.

b) At the conscious level however, where we interact with the more superficial layers of the soul's complex psyche, there is room for both good and evil. Here, the soul's inner desire to observe all the mitzvot is felt only as a weaker 'signal', which is susceptible to 'interference' from the opposing messages of our animalistic instincts. So at the conscious level, we do indeed possess free choice.

In general, the Torah speaks to our conscious mind. We are told to observe the mitzvot with the full awareness of what we are doing, and we are charged with bringing an awareness of spirituality into our normal, daily lives.

However, at this conscious level, we are susceptible to being drawn away from a life of holiness, or stifled by the limitations that the world appears to present. So while most of the mitzvot were given to the conscious part of the soul, G-d saw it necessary to give us some mitzvot which speak directly to the inner core of the soul, helping the soul's unlimited energy and total commitment to good to flow outwards to the conscious mind. These special mitzvot help us stay in tune with our subconscious commitment to Judaism, when our conscious observance becomes strained or limited.

With most mitzvot, G-d told Moshe to address the Jewish people with the term דבר "daber" [speak] or אמור "emor" [say]. While the mitzvot conveyed with these terms are of course obligatory, the more passive, indirect mood of the words "speak" and "say" indicate that these mitzvot are directed at the superficial layers of the soul which possess free choice.

Parshas Tzav, in contrast, uses the more direct imperative term צו "tsav" [command], alluding to a type of mitzvah which speaks to the soul's inner core that does not possess true free-choice; and is simply "commanded" to obey G-d's will. These special mitzvot which are included in this Parsha are aimed at helping our inner identity of unquestioning and uninhibited commitment to the Jewish faith surface in everyday life.

Planets, Tariffs and Iran

Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky are copping major weather.  The 180 day close pass of the passing solar system is causing havoc.  Giant grapefruit size hail in Texas, non stop lightning in all the colours of the rainbow that you can imagine, major flooding.  This is all being caused by the close passing solar system - photos of the planet Napisiti below. Notice the distinctive base clouds shaped like little snorkels, teeth or fingers, whatever you want to call them, only Napisiti has these.

Tennessee, photo Ed McHenry

Original photo can be seen here [link to FB]

Ethridge TN 

Donald Trump on Friday approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky as the central US braces for what experts in the region have warned could be a “generational” flooding event, as severe spring storms that have killed at least seven continue to wreak havoc.

 

That's just the storm damage. Now we can talk about the sun.  For everyone in the Northern Hemisphere, you will notice that if you spend any time outside with no protection, your skin will burn in minutes.  The sun is much stronger now.  Try it and see, if you don't believe me.

We've just had our summer, and I'm telling you that a few minutes outside under the sun, my skin was on fire.  I had to go inside.  I've heard this from Americans as well, and it's not even summer there yet.

There's also the body aches and pains which appear out of nowhere and then disappear the next day, or even hours later, depending on when the planets are overhead or if they've moved. They are continually moving, spinning around their sun, which is behind our sun [which is probably why our sun feels much hotter].

All these things are connected to Geula.  

So are Trump's Trade Tariffs.... the stock market crash and the resulting global trade war, all the nations including America's allies are in a turmoil over this.  He wants to make America great but doesn't care that he's likely bankrupting other countries in the process.  Nevertheless, he's fulfilling the prophecy of  "not a penny in the pocket" which is seemingly coming true as prices continue to rise and many people are struggling to make ends meet. Mass protests against Trump and Musk have begun across the US.  [see video below]

 

This would be a really good time for the US/Israel to bomb Iran.... nothing like a war to take peoples' minds off everything else.

That's what many people are saying right now, so maybe here we go.