Creepy 'Coincidence'

25 Iyyar 5775
Day 40 of the Omer

Knowing that there is no such thing as a coincidence... Note the time that the train derailed last night...

Refer back to this previous post regarding the numbers 9 - 23. 

I wonder what significance there is to the fact that the date reads 5-1-2, 2-1-5. Nothing is by happenstance, nothing is random. 

Binyamin: "Just Hang in There"

24 Iyyar 5775
Day 39 of the Omer


[Note that this is my own translation; therefore, any errors are mine alone.]

Communication with Binyamin
Jerusalem, 10 Iyyar, 25th Day of the Omer, 5775

 "Just Hang in There"

We can see that the world is beginning to deteriorate, in the quickest way. We said that after Pesach it will go faster and faster. And just today so many things happened. And the wars are expanding, and "The State of Israel" - quote unquote - is also now in danger. The Iranians are threatening Medinat Yisrael and even if there were a few sirens sounding in the south as well as the north, there are going to be still more. There will be a lot of surprises, heaps of surprises. Indeed, whoever reads all that we've written - perhaps for him it won't be such a surprise, but when it will happen - that will be a surprise.

And we have not only wars, there's going to be a financial collapse of the banks, a collapse like there's never been before, even in 1929. The banks will simply collapse. They won't be able to stand. What they call 'money', these papers that they distribute and say that it's 'money', dollars, euros, it doesn't matter what, it's not worth anything. It's all numbers that are transferred from one to another by way of computers. One borrows, let's say two hundred thousand sheqels, then transfers the sum from one bank to another bank digitally. What? You thought that they physically transferred all these papers?! You know how much space it occupies?! Nonsense. Yes, they print, but, they print so much that it's worthless. Really.

And now we're going back to gold. And meanwhile, the evildoers are buying all the gold that there is. And watch out for the dentists, especially those who come from Russia who have a lot of gold teeth. They're liable to come out if not for... I'm joking, but truthfully, they're buying the majority of the gold that' s known about in the world, and why? Because it will be the currency. But, look, it's not possible to go shopping with gold in your pocket all the time... So, we'll see what will be. A few people already control the thing that is considered the most expensive, that it's the money, whether it' s made of gold or of silver. It has worth again. But, most of the people in the world are buying and selling, etc. only with the numbers with credit cards. And now the people are saying not just once, that they need to do away with the money and the cash, and truthfully, they're already doing it in the banks, not allowing people to take to or take out large sums of cash from the bank, although it's still not illegal, so whoever complains very strongly, then they might allow him, but these idiots who don't know that you can fight them - they don't do it. So, that's what's happening.

And now, we must be strong, it won't be simple. The wars will be frightening. The matter of the collapse of the banks, it doesn't touch so much directly on those who don't have a cent or who have debts, which is actually most people, but anyway it will be very hard for everyone. We will have to withstand it and trust in Hashem, because we, all of us, will be in danger. And like we said before, not just people who are sick, everyone will be in danger, in danger of death. Because the wars will be above and beyond, and the money situation will be, how to say? Lousy. But, not just 'lousy', but like it never was in the history of the world. We'll have to close ourselves in our homes, and trust in Hashem. We won't be able to do anything. We won't be able to fight against them, they're too big and cruel, they're connected to the Satan! But, we have HaKadosh Baruch Hu. And He's the Almighty, and He also created the Satan, may his name and memory be erased, in order to bring us back to the Truth, in order to give us hard blows, in order that we will go in the direction of the Truth, in the direction of HKB"H, even if He gives us blows, we shouldn't break. And He gives us blows which can break us that we couldn't think.

Take an example from the tzadikim, the tzadikim who arrived here after the war, like the Sanzer Rebbe, like the Bobover Rebbe, and like many who arrived here, many people who are known to us and together with it many tzadikim who are also known to us, arrived without their families. They were once large families, magnificent families, magnificent in Torah, and they started over. 

The Jew didn't die. He didn't leave the world and disappear so that we didn't see him any more, he lives always. Death doesn't exist for him. Maybe we don't see his body, it's buried. But, also this body will arise. But, look, it's also written that whoever is sick or in another difficult situation or another dangerous situation, even when the knife is laid on his neck, it's forbidden for him to give up. It's forbidden for him to stop believing. It's forbidden to stop being happy, happy with Hashem, happy that Hashem is taking the Jew, giving him a few kicks, some 'potches', and teaching him to withstand it and to look upon the truth as it is, that there's no end for a Jew, to the Jewish soul. The Jewish soul - it's eternal...

...the families and all these things that we have now, they're not our families forever. It's just the theater that Hashem prepared for us, with the husbands and women and children, etc. - in order that we will make our tikun. And after this - something else. Making another show. There is another team. But, everyone alone must work on himself not to be afraid. Don't be afraid. Because, we have to continue living, continue trying to pull everyone from around us, together with us. To be an example of a person who never goes down into depression. And the emotions, not a feeling, not the Jewish feeling, emotions - they're the evil inclination. There are times that we need to cry, and there are times that we need to recover and to fight. And we need to know that with everything Hashem puts before us - we need to go up and to learn, and to be strong, because in any case - we have no choice. Life can end in depression and sadness and we need to fix that or what a pity!

We should understand it hurts, but there's no pain that's forever. But, the real happiness and closeness to Hashem - that's forever. And if we grasp it here, in this world, and know how to use it, and how to come closer and closer, then there's no death! It's written about the tzadikim that they pass from this world to the next like a person passes from room to room. But, we don't need to think about this. We just need to think about living, and how to come closer to Hashem, and to use every trial in order to bring us closer and closer. And that's the whole job.

Even in the best times, every person lives and passes on at some stage. But, we are present in a generation that we have hope that we won't have to go through the grave! And this is something huge. But, even if a person goes through the grave - he has eternity. Just need to accept HKB"H as the Almighty. Not the doctors and not the lawyers, and not the bankers, and not anyone else, just HKB"H. And if they're deciding in hospitals or doctors or banks or it doesn't matter, whoever decided that we do not deserve to continue to receive money or that we don't deserve to live at all - that doesn't at all mean that it is right. We need to take ourselves and do what we can, whatever is possible.

When a person passes on, let's say at age seventy, Baruch Hashem with G-d's help, in any case, how much time can he have in a natural way? Every day thereafter - it's a gift and with this gift he must live every single moment and take out from this moment all that he can in order to progress and come closer and closer to HKB"H. It's not a time to cry, it's not a time of being sad, it's a time of work, of training. Don't let an emotion bring us down, don't let the feeling that we pity ourselves bring us down. Just continue on. Go on, and go on, and go on.

And that's the whole secret. That's the secret of life. It's the secret that the Sanzer Rebbe, ztz"l knew when he came to Israel without the children, without the wife, his whole life ruined, he had many children, 'one-by-one', each one a flower, each one learned, etc., and he came with nothing. He knew that lives are short - in any case, even with life until 120 years - it's short. We need to train, to work, to serveHashem, to help Am Yisrael, to be busy day and night, night and day.  And this is what will sustain us, it's what we need to do, it's the whole reason we're here.

So, please, I ask of every Jew, male and female, teach it to your children, hold fast to your Judaism, hold fast to our Torah, hold fast to whatever belongs to HKB"H, and more than anything - hold fast to the spiritual rope that connects us to the Almighty, HKB"H. It's our duty in a wearying life, no matter who's losing, who goes first to Olam Haba and who not, it's just part of our job. And whoever is not well, God forbid, or whoever lost all his money, God forbid, and will be really poor, or whatever the trouble, it should teach him to look within himself and take out all the contamination that's there, and it could save his life. But, in any case, nevertheless, all generations faced death. All the Jews and all the gentiles. There were a fewtzadikim who went up to Heaven alive. And therefore - there's a reason for it, and everything that Hashem does - it's for our good, and the person can't suffer from it, he can only come out better from it.

So, I ask of all Am Yisrael, to enter within, inside yourselves, to take out all the contaminations, to detach yourselves from the world of lies, to close yourselves in your ghettos, and to pray, and to pray to HKB"H, that we will merit to receive our righteous Mashiach. Only this generation won't pass through the grave. And all those who are already above, all the souls who are in Heaven, in Gan Eden, and even those in Gehinom - will return whole, will be resurrected, and we will go on and on forever. [End message]

[NOTE:  See original for source references, Q and A as time allows, iy"H...]

Hashem's Not Finished Yet...

23 Iyyar 5775
Day 38 of the Omer


Breaking News! U.S. Geological Survey revises latest Nepal earthquake to 7.3 magnitude. Epicenter was about 83 km east of Kathmandu.

And here is why...

Avodah Zarah in Nepal

"People were just starting to relax and get back to some sort of normality,"....

"Normality" is at an end!

Message Confirmation Received

23 Iyyar 5775
Day 38 of the Omer


Anonymous has left a new comment on your post BROOKLYN RABBI: "JEWS GO TO ISRAEL!": 

BS"D

Just spoke with the "person" at that # .... confirmed to me most of that info was correct and the process will happen regarding the disintegration / splitting of the "powers" like breakup of soviet union. This is so that Hashem is the only real Power. Developments are happening every day...he said not to be frightened but be excited if we merit the Geulah Sheleima because Hashem is doing this all for our good. 

Increase in Torah, Tefilla, Chessed and Hashem will help!!!

- A Yid 

Parshat Behar 5775

19 Iyyar 5775
Erev Shabbat Kodesh
Day 34 of the Omer

Parashat Behar: The Shabbat of the Land
by Daniel Pinner

[Note: Due to the extra day of Pesach outside of Israel which this year fell on Shabbat, Jewish communities in the countries of exile are one week behind Israel in the Torah-reading. This will continue until Shabbat 27th Iyyar (16 May), when communities in Israel will read Parashat Bechukkotay (Leviticus 26:3-27:34) and communities in the exile will catch up by reading the double parashah Behar-Bechukkotay (Leviticus 25:1-27:34). My comments until then will focus on the Torah-reading appropriate for Israel.]

The 57 verses of Parashat Behar contain 24 mitzvot, 7 positive and 17 negative. Eleven of these are connected to the Shemitta (Remission) Year and the Yovel (Jubilee) Year:
Not to work the land in the Land of Israel every seventh year, the Shemitta Year (Leviticus 25:1-4);

Not to work the trees in the Shemitta Year (v.4: “…neither shall you prune your vineyard” applies to all trees, not just vines);
Not to reap any produce which grew on its own during the seventh year (v. 5);
Not to gather the fruits of the trees which grew on their own during the seventh year (v. 5; again the grape-harvest applies to all trees, not just vines);
For the Sanhedrin to count the years, year by year of the 50-year cycle and the “week” of years (the 7-year cycle) until the Yovel, in the same way that we count the days and weeks of the Omer (v.8);
To sound a blast on the shofar on the 10th of Tishrei, Yom Kippur, in the Yovel Year (v. 9);
To sanctify the 50th year (the Yovel) by not working the land and relinquishing ownership over all agricultural produce, the same as in a Shemitta Year (vs. 10-12);
Not to work the land or the trees in the Yovel Year (v. 11);
Not to harvest or gather the aftergrowth of the Yovel Year (v. 11);
Not to gather the fruits of the trees in the Yovel Year (v. 11);
And to return all land to its original owner in the Yovel Year (v. 24).

The Rambam, in the Introduction to Laws of Shemitta and Yovel, lists 22 mitzvot connected with Shemitta Yearand Yovel Year, nine positive and 13 negative:

That the land not be worked in the seventh year;
Not to work the fields in this year;
Not to work the trees in this year;
Not to harvest the aftergrowth;
Not to harvest the fruit of the trees;
To abandon all produce of the earth;
To rescind all monetary loans;
Not to demand the repayment of any monetary loan;
Not to avoid lending money before the Shemitta Year in order to avoid the financial loss;
To count the years, seven periods of seven years;
To sanctify the fiftieth year;
To blow the shofar on the 10th of Tishrei so that the slaves be released;
Not to work the land in this year;
Not to harvest the aftergrowth;
Not to harvest the fruits of the trees;
To redeem the land in this year (i.e. to return bought fields to their original owners);
Not to sell the land in perpetuity;
That houses sold in walled cities are not returned to their original owners;
The Tribe of Levi not settle together in the Land of Israel, but rather that they be given cities throughout the Land in which to dwell;
That the Levites not take any of the spoils of war;
To give the Levites cities and land-holdings in which to live;
And that the land-holdings in their cities never be sold, neither before the Yovel Year nor after it.

The Shemitta and Yovel years, then, have two general focuses. The first is the relationship between the individual Jew and the Land of Israel (the prohibition on working the land, harvesting crops, etc.), the second is the relationship between the individual Jew and his fellow-Jew (remission of loans, etc.).

Is there any connexion between these?

Rabbi David Tzvi Hoffmann (Austrian Empire and Germany, 1843-1921) posited that because the debtor is forbidden to work his fields during the Shemitta Year he is therefore unable to repay his debts, which is why the creditor is forbidden to demand repayment of loans.

The corollary, explains Rabbi Hoffmann, is that since a non-Jew’s income is not affected by the Shemitta Year, his loans are also not rescinded.

I suggest that two sentences in the midst of the mitzvot of Shemitta and Yovel clarify both the rationale for these two focuses, and also the connexion between them:

The first is, “You shall do My decrees, and My judgements you shall keep and do them – thus you will dwell securely on the Land” (Leviticus 25:18). On this, Rashi comments: “‘…thus you will dwell securely on the Land’ – because Israel are exiled for the sin of [violating the laws of] Shemitta [see Leviticus 26:37]… and the 70 years of exile in Babylon were a punishment for the 70 Shemitta Years that they violated”.

That is to say, keeping the Shemitta Year keeps us on the Land; if we abandon the Shemitta Year, we will be forced to abandon our Land. It’s as simple and direct as that.

The second verse is, “The Land shall not be sold in perpetuity, because the Land is Mine; because you are sojourners and temporary residents with Me” (25:23).

That is to say: even though God promised to our father Abraham that He would give him and his descendants this Land (Genesis 12:7, 15:7, 15:18); and even though He subsequently reiterated this promise to Isaac and to Jacob (35:12), and subsequently to all the Children of Israel (48:4, Exodus 6:4); and even though God defined the Land as the Land that He gives to the Children of Israel (Exodus 23:1, 25:2, Leviticus 25:38, Numbers20:12, and dozens more times); and even though the Tanach calls the Land “the Land of Israel” (1 Samuel 13:19, 2 Kings 5:2, 6:23, 1 Chronicles 22:2, 2 Chronicles 2:16, and many other places), suggesting the Land that belongs to Israel – nevertheless, we must never make the terrible mistake of thinking that we own this Land.

We don’t own it. We are but custodians of God’s Land. We are but sojourners and temporary residents on His Land, akin to a caretaker or janitor who, in return for looking after the building, is allowed to live therein.

Both aspects of Shemitta and Yovel – our relationship to the Land and our relationship to our fellow-Jews – affirm this. Land returns to its original owner, because God decides who receives which parcel of His Land. Though the Jew may sell his land (if he needs money, for example), the new owner may not take permanent possession of that land. With the Yovel Year, the land reverts to the Jew whom God decreed as its custodian.

Similarly with debts. By cancelling loans in the Shemitta Year, the Jew recognises and affirms that his money is not really his own – he is merely the custodian of God’s property.

As Rabbi Elazar, the man of Bartota said, “Give Him of that which is His, because you and what you own are His” (Pirkei Avot 3:7).

It is intriguing to note another context in which Rabbi Elazar’s saying is cited. The first Book of Chronicles concludes with King David’s final charge to Israel and his final prayer immediately before his death, part of which (29:10-13) has been incorporated into our daily Morning Service.

Among King David’s words is his recognition: “And so – who am I and who is my Nation that we should refuse to volunteer our strength for You? Because everything is from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You; We are but sojourners before You, and temporary residents like all our forefathers” (29:14-15).

Commenting on this, the Yalkut Shimoni (Chronicles 1082) cites Rabbi Elazar’s aphorism.

God tells us that because the Land is His, because we are but sojourners and temporary residents with Him, it is not in our power to sell His Land in perpetuity.

There is another aspect to the Shemitta and Yovel Years, an aspect of social justice and protection of thepeople.

Almost two years ago, commenting on Parashat Shoftim, we noted that the Torah system of government has inherent division of powers between the judiciary (local Sanhedrins in each city), the executive (the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, independent of the local Sanhedrins), the legislature (the king, independent of the Sanhedrin), and spiritual authority (the Levites and the Kohanim).

The legislation of the Shemitta and Yovel Years in Parashat Behar prevents a class of landed gentry evolving, an aristocracy which over sufficient generations acquires control over so much of the land that their political and economic power becomes unchallengeable.

(Indeed our “aristocracy”, the Levites and Kohanim, are severely trammelled precisely in land ownership: the Levites are confined to possessing land in their own cities, and the Kohanim are forbidden to own land at all.)

And this legislation also prevents the evolution of a class of serfs, bound to remain on the land belonging to a master.

It also prevents the rigid stratification of society into an economically depressed class, unable to breakout of the cycle of poverty and held in debt, generation after generation, to a class of capitalists who produce nothing, but who control the wealth of the nation.

Just as the Shabbat, every seventh day, week by week, testifies that God created the world in six days and ceased from creation on the seventh (Exodus 20:8-11) and that He brought us out of slavery in Egypt (Deuteronomy 5:12-15), so too the Shemitta Year, every seventh year, and the Yovel Year, every seventh Shemitta Year, testify that this Land is God’s, and the nation that dwells on the Land is His.

~Shabbat Shalom~

Dreams DO Come True!

18 Iyyar 5775
Day 33 of the Omer


With thanks to Yisrael K...

Progress Update

17 Iyyar 5775

Day 32 of the Omer

Russia's space cargo ship to burn up in atmosphere Friday

The Progress supply ship is expected to "end its existence on May 8," between 1:23 a.m. and 9.55 p.m, Moscow time (2223 GMT Thursday and 0655 GMT Friday)," the Russian space agency said in a statement released Wednesday.

"The space ship will completely burn up in the layers of the atmosphere and only a few small parts of elements of its construction could reach the surface of our planet," the space agency said.

Well, which is it? Will it "completely burn up" or will "parts" of it "reach the surface"? And notice they don't attempt to guess where these "parts" might be coming down.

It said the crash would be similar to a planned descent. Russia sends three or four such spacecrafts per year to supply the ISS. They then fall back to Earth and burn up in the atmosphere above the Pacific Ocean.

Come on!! "Similar to a planned descent" except that it is out of contact and out of control and carrying poisonous fuel that was meant to be left behind on the ISS! 

Motzaei Shvi'it

17 Iyyar 5775
Day 32 of the Omer

I don't know if you are aware, but after the World Trade Center was attacked on 9/11 - much later, in fact - some people began to find allusions to the date in movies, tv shows and music videos from the time period leading up to it. It's a very fascinating study. (4 minute video hitting the high points)

Conspiracy theorists believe that the Illuminati has their minions encode the date in the open this way in order to announce their future intentions - "Everything the Illuminati do they first broadcast it via CODES planted in movies, sitcoms, cartoons, commercials. They literally OWN the MEDIA...."

That may be. I really don't know. But, I have an alternative theory. 

Creative minds are very open to inspiration. I think that inspiration comes through spiritual perception - that if, say a bat kol makes an announcement, they can subconsciously pick up on it and reveal it through their creative works.

Far from being a pointless exercise, I think this idea bears more research, because a new date has been "announced" so to speak - the 22-23 of September - which this year just happens to be Yom Kippur 5776 or Motzaei Shvi'it!

Following are some screen shots taken from a set of videos on the subject:

September 23rd Movie Clip

There are too many more to include here, but it really begins to look like 'the universe' is obsessed with this date. Maybe this Judgment Day will be quite a bit more than we usually expect. Perhaps it will be the Final Judgment Day for all of Mankind.

The Pope Will Make His First Visit to the White House - September 23, 2015!