13 Tevet 5785
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth on January 14th. Mars - the god of war - on the cusp of the full moon. And only six days to go until the Biden administration is history.
Rare Celestial Event of 2025
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I've seen all the silliness comparing Los Angeles to Gaza. Here's a bit of "silliness" from my perspective...
Every time the US has massive natural disasters it's because they are pressuring Israel to do something suicidal - just like now.
בס"ד
ReplyDeleteI see a lot of speculation on the seemingly imminent hostage deal. I'm not sure what the sudden big rush to make a deal before the o'biden mis-administration is swept out of office in less than a week, for which I am sure they will take full credit for. Smotrich is threatening to vote against it as a threat to national security. I assume he is aware of the terms while Am Yisrael is not priveliged to know such details beforehand. Consequential issues such as these should be a matter of national referendum, not decided upon unilaterally behind closed doors by compromised politicians under extreme duress by foreign entities.
I have no doubt that Knesset members have the weight of foreign pressure, which is nothing new. I'm just wondering what treacherous actions they have been threatened with to fold within days of the new US administration taking office. The treacherous amerikkans have hamstrung us since the Simchat Torah massacre. The operation in azza would have been over in 4 months if the IDF refused to play by the amerikkan rules dictated to us. The bloodthirsty savages would have surrendered within a matter of weeks without the humanitarian aid that entered the strip at the amerikkans insistence.
So, if there is indeed a correlation between the fires in hellyweird and their pressure to force us into an agreement that endangers our national security, then may the fires burn from sea to shining sea.
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As much as I can understand and appreciate we are led by compromised politicians (who cannot be replaced by G-d-fearing Jews fast enough) under extreme duress from foreign entities as well as the rest of the world being afflicted by fires and other natural disasters for pressuring Israel.
DeleteIt does bother me at times that we are blamed and punished because of the actions done by bad compromised excuses for leaders, whilst awaiting for Hashem to move the Geulah process along and bring G-d-fearing leaders into power, save us from ourselves / bad leaders and end this tediously macabre scripted theatre.
The only small bit of comfort is the idea (IIRC from the Ishbitzer Rebbe concerning free will - YMMV depending on Hashkafa) that while Hashem is ultimately in control of everything, we only control at best how we react to events.
Unfortunately, Lapid is offering to back it.
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Agree with TD and the excellent comments.
DeleteIt's always surprising when our enemies, pseudo friends and, in general, anyone else who don't see G-D's Hand when these friends & enemies get punished for their irrational and twisted hatred. They just get more hateful.
We are nearing the Geulah
and we see the judgments coming down on those whose sins
have reached bottom and am afraid the super 'natural' disasters are getting stronger and we can only pray that some wisdom will come to earth where people will repent so much of the punishments will stop.
We can also only hope that the new US administration will act as 'true' friends and not like the previous one.
yiddel
It was reported that Trump is pressuring Israel to come to a we cease they fire agreement, with no pressure being put on Hamas. Trump is on Trump's side. He wants to go down in history. The Arab Israeli conflict is the holy grail of statesmanship. The man who made the deal.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that Jews fail to join the dots and respond to each situation as if it were entirely isolated from every other one, and thus fail to respond appropriately.
Whether it is in London, Paris, Berliln, Australia, Ireland, Amsterdam, LA etc, and regardless of the form, the message is the same, Hashem is closing down the exile. The Chelmic response is for British Jews to rejoice that the authorities have provided them with their own bus service to protect them from assault, for LA Jews to already be declaring that we will rebuild and the same vein for much of the rest.
In Rav Richter's iconic words, 'liquidate the exile before it liquidates you'. Surely it is better to pack up yourself, taking with you the possessions you cherish, rather than being forced to flee, for one reason or another, being grateful that you managed to grab your kids and escape with just the shirt on your back.
Aliya, kibutz galuyot, is not a 'nice to have', but is at the heart of yahadut and the geula. It's all set out in 600 pages of Em Habanim Smeicha. Plenty of gedolim and tsadikim in our generation have called for all Jews to make aliya. At some point not seeing what is happening, and refusing to heed the calls to return home are active choices.
With all due respect to the various theories, the tsadik Rav Dov Kook of Tiveria wrote a long letter for publication, explicitly stating that Jews not making aliya are delaying the geula.
Hitoreri
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ReplyDeleteIn reply to Jesterhead's comment; you have coined the perfect descriptive term for the kabuki theatre that has long ceased to be entertaining. TMST ..... tediously macabre scripted theatre!
Hitoreri hits the mark also. I also read of D.S. donny pressuring Israel into concluding an agreement before he takes office, "or all hell will break loose in the M.E." (I also perceived this to be a veiled threat toward Israel also)
According to the TMST above, JD Vance seemed to contradict the new boss, DS donny in his interview on Faux News;
"Vice president-elect J.D. Vance revealed the true meaning behind President-elect Donald Trump’s threat that “all hell will break loose” if the hostages are not released by Inauguration Day on January 20, in an interview with FOX News on Sunday.
“It means enabling the Israelis to knock out the final couple of battalions of Hamas and their leadership,” Vance told FOX News.
He added, “It means very aggressive sanctions and financial penalties on those who are supporting terrorist organizations in the Middle East. It means actually doing the job of American leadership, which Donald Trump did very well for four years, and he’s gonna do very well for the next four years.”
Vance expressed hope that a deal may be on the horizon, saying it might happen in the last few days of the Biden Administration.
“But regardless of when that deal is struck, it will be because people are terrified that there are going to be consequences for Hamas,” he stated." ....... tedious macabre scripted theatre! Are we not entertained? 😂
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Just read the terms of the 'deal'.
DeleteIt's basically surrender with some of the hostages returned.
All the dead and 12,000 horribly injured and the rest. For what.
Literally feel sick to my stomach.
Rav Fish just put out a video saying that Hashem is looking from shamayim to see if Jews are crying out for the geula.
Hitoreri
stingray
DeleteOne could also say it is political sports entertainment in reference to Trump's time in wrestling, itself scripted with predetermined outcomes (although accidents, injuries and even the occasional death have occurred in that business).
In a way this ongoing theatre and contingency-ladened push towards certain multi-faceted malevolent outcomes by the rest of the world as well as internal enemies in Israel / Jewish people (albeit one ultimate orchestrated by Hashem), brings to mind how the magicians in Egypt were able to manipulate minds and even replicate miracles up to a point.
The question is at what point does Hashem finally go off-script, delivers his receipts* (or pours out his wrath) where it is due and bring about the real-life analogue of the third makkot, where the magicians recognised their impotence and lack of control in the face of Hashem's hand in events?
*- A term in wrestling where a performer gets revenge on another who wronged them during match.
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ReplyDeleteA Done Deal?: Hospitals in Israel have been instructed to prepare beds for hostages, while terrorists on the list to be released have been moved from prisons to transfer facilities.
𝗜𝗦𝗥𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦
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stingray's comment is very good because if I'm correct, his thinking here makes sense while some seem to be taking DT's words wrong.
ReplyDeleteWe won't really know the truth of things until he is actually in office.
In the meantime, the way I read many people's take is that they forget
the present administration will be gone by next week.
What troubles me is why is Israel thinking of giving, c'v, 3000 prisoners
back where they can then murder again? METURAF!
We can only have complete Bitachon in HKB'H. Nothing less.
Hashem is in control!
emes l'yaakov
Trump has exerted significant pressure on Israel to surrender and maybe receive 30 living hostages around a week after the suicide deal is signed. But what we don't know is the pressure coming from the Obama camp and the Kaplan anarchists. At the end of the day, unless Hashem hardens the hearts of Hamas leaders, no one is going to be celebrating this so-called deal other than the Eisavians. Let's daven that Hashem stops this unfolding tragedy.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that for now we are not worthy for a better gov-t, that's why the e.r.gov-t rules over us, the klipa rules which is very sad...
ReplyDeleteEIN OD MILVADO, just EIN amen
Not true. We don't have it not because we are not worthy of it but because we are not asking for it. Call it lack of imagination or lack of faith, most people don't see it as a realistic option. That has to change!!
DeleteMaybe if the Jews in Israel (everywhere too) would understand that Israel is being run by EREV RAV AMALEIKIM and are not Jewish souls.
ReplyDeleteThey are our 'worst' enemy, moreso than even the wicked yishmaelim and eisavians. These are our 'natural' and understood sonim, but the Erev Rav pose as Jews while deliberately trying to stop the Geulah and to eliminate as many Jews as possible, c'v.
Why are the world's real frumme Rabbis not making big protests everywhere they can against what is happening in Israel. I think because we have lost it as a people and are fearful of retribution
and even more fearful of upsetting the status quo of today's lifestyle, etc.
Hashem knows we are weak in emunah and bitachon and we pray
because we are very similar, in a way, to the slaves then in Mitzrayim,
He will also have great rachamim on us. May our salvation come NOW.
yiddel
We do not ask because of lack of emuna. And why is that? some of us are not ready, and how ugly it should be before they start to ask, G-d forbid
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