Ana Hashem, Hoshia Na!!

13 Elul 5772

Have mercy on Your Children and deliver us from the power of the Erev Rav regime without any further delays!!

They're destroying Jewish homes and throwing Jews into the streets.

They're arresting Jewish mothers and Jewish children.

They're supporting false religions in our holy land.

They're taking money from the mouths of Jewish children and giving it away to our enemies.

There is nothing they won't do to destroy Torah from the Land of Israel.

"August Surprise"

12 Elul 5772

Heavy Rain in Western Galilee

Northern coastal Israel experienced an extremely rare August event – a significant rain storm. Forecasters Wednesday night had said that there was the possibility of a small drizzle in the north, but Thursday morning's rain went far beyond the very light rainfall that occasionally happens during the summer months.

Residents reported steady rain that lasted for more than a half hour in several areas of the western Galilee, from Nahariya south to Akko (near Haifa), and many broke out umbrellas that have been collecting dust for months. Thunderclouds were reported off the coast, although no thunder or lightning was reported.

New Orleans also had an "August Surprise," but it wasn't a welcome one for them. Many of the people who were affected by Isaac and also by Katrina said it's too much and this time they will leave for good.

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ELUL 5772

11 Elul 5772

"Perhaps the most critical Elul in history."

A Wake Up Call – Don’t Miss It!

Twice Hit!

11 Elul 5772

BREAKING NEWS: 18 miles of levee overtopped in Louisiana after Isaac makes 2nd landfall

If you think this is all just coincidence, then you understand nothing about how G-d works in the world.

Officials: Hurricane Isaac's storm surge overtops levee, sends 12-foot flood into La. homes

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Another "Gush Katif" another "Katrina"

9 Elul 5772

Eerie similarities: Isaac follows track of Katrina

Seven years to the day? It's not coincidence that Katrina was linked to Jewish expulsion from holy land and another expulsion is about to get underway just as "Isaac" is now aiming to make landfall in - you guessed it - New Orleans.

If America is being targeted from Shamayim in relation to the expulsion of Jews from holy land, then somehow America is responsible for those expulsions. It would be interesting to know just exactly what is going on behind the scenes.

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And "Isaac" doesn't even have to hit Tampa to wreak "havoc" on the Republican National Convention. I think Hashem is fed up with all of them.

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Barf-Bag Time

5 Elul 5772

I really hate to muddy my blog with this stuff, but it's so horrible, it can't be allowed to pass without a comment.

Rivlin: “The Writing was on the Wall”

Knesset Chairman Reuven Rivlin visited Jerusalem brawl victim Jamal Juliani at Hadassah Ein Karem Medical Center.

“It’s hard to see you like this, after such an inexcusable, irksome event. I am here to apologize in the name of the State of Israel. The conflict seems to allow such violent conflagrations, in place of democratic argument. The writing was on the wall, with burning letters that threaten us all. The government, the Knesset, and the Education System are responsible, along with all public leadership,” said Rivlin.

Have you ever heard of any Arab "leader" doing such a thing or saying such a thing to a Jew attacked by Arabs? Of course not! And it's not because they are beneath us. It's because it's not normal!! It's a sick, sick thing to do and say under the circumstances. The Arabs have no illusions. They know that they are at war with us and that they'd see us all dead if they could pull it off. They understand that there will never be peace between us because they've told us so over and over again. Ruby Rivlin and the rest of his Erev Rav cohorts all imagine themselves to be more highly evolved. They are so morally superior that it will destroy us before they will ever admit that they are wrong.

Thankfully, it is HASHEM ALONE who counts in this equation. Ruby Rivlin is right about one thing though. The handwriting is on the wall. The Erev Rav regime has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. With these words, ancient Babylon fell. With these words may the Erev Rav regime cease to be in Eretz Yisrael.

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Since we are recounting the sins of the Erev Rav in hopes that Hashem will have mercy on us and release us from their poisonous grip, here is another example of their treachery.

Elul in the IDF – Educational Corps Visits Ethiopian Church

Visitors from abroad who plan to join the IDF under the Gadna program were hosted by the military’s education corps which took their guests around the country to experience the land and our heritage. One of the stops was the Ethiopian Church in Jerusalem, where they remained for a cultural program and presentation, escorted by female soldiers.

Ladaat.net explains that while the youths are not officially soldiers, they are being hosted by the IDF and it is the IDF that decided to take them to a church. The visit to the church was at 21:00, after a visit earlier in the day to the Israeli Arab municipality of Abu Gosh, where they were exposed to “Arab culture”. They also visited the Old City of Jerusalem that day.

Cheshbonot

5 Elul 5772

Here at the end of the year, the Master Accountant is going over the books and calling in old debts, Hashem yerachem, settling all accounts. This is the time that we take stock of our own situation and try to clear up any outstanding debts, whether to G-d or to man, so we can stand ready to be judged on Rosh Hashanah. Sometimes, we owe something as simple as an apology or a thank-you.

The way this month has started makes me quake internally. It seems that Hashem really means business with us this year - as if there really is no more time left to waste. Maybe there won't be another opportunity after this.

My day started out with an email asking for urgent prayers for one and half year old Shai Shalom ben Rachel who was in emergency treatment after an electric tris fell on him.

Then, I got to work and my co-worker told me what happened in her neighborhood. You can read the story at the link. I'll add to it what she told me - that all of the children were out in the area to buy cotton candy and nearly the entire neighborhood witnessed this event. The details were heart-rending. The mother identified her child by the shoes he was wearing. Enough said.

Then I read in the news about a child in Bnei Brak being burned all over and about the passing of another gadol - The Shomrei Emunim Rebbe, ztz"l.

This kind of news is a wake-up call for us all. We are not privy to how Hashem balances His books, but we know that we are standing in judgment at a time when we are so regrettably deserving of it. Please let's make the best possible use of our time and spend it making amends and trying to repair anything we have damaged in the past year. Let's show Hashem that it's worth it to give us another year of life.

Besorot tovot!

Speaking of "Isaac"

5 Elul 5772

Hurricane Isaac may be the last warning for America. Wondering how I figure that? Well, I'll tell you. There might be nothing to it, but...

Isaac is, of course, the English form of the Hebrew Yitzchak which is the name of the second patriarch of the Jewish people - the son of Avraham Avinu.

It's in Parshat Vayera (Breishit 18.1 - 22.24) that we read about Akeidat Yitzchak - the binding of Isaac. In 2012, we will read that parshah on the 3rd of November, the Shabbat before the US elections.

However, we read it one other time and that is on the second day of Rosh Hashanah.

Now, get this. Remember this well-known Zohar on Parshat Vayera?

In the 73rd year, all the kings of the world shall assemble in the great city of Rome. And the Holy One, blessed be He. will shower fire and hail and meteoric stones upon them, until they are wiped out from the world. And only those kings who did not go to Rome will remain in the world.

Some think "73" could refer to 5773. Guess what is scheduled on the second day of Rosh Hashanah 5773?

18 September 2012, at 3 p.m. - The United Nations General Assembly begins at United Nations Headquarters in New York

That's right. In the 73rd year, all the world leaders will be assembling in New York.... While we are reading from the parshah from which this Zohar is derived.