2017-01-25 05:31
I've been hanging out for Rabbi Kessin to do a new shiur...... and here it is.
Shiur #14 in the Current Event series. He talks about the UN Resolution against Israel and Gog u… Read More
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2017-01-23 22:56
I was going to do a post about the name Jared, but Neshama already did a great one - check it out here.
When a couple marries, there is a kabbalistic tradition of combining the first init… Read More
2017-01-23 20:13
''There was hail and fire flaming amid the hail'' [Va'eira 9:24]
The Midrash states that the Plague of Hail was a miracle within a miracle: the hail did not extinguish the fire and the fir… Read More
2017-01-22 18:19
Always remember: You are never given an obstacle you cannot overcome. [Rebbe Nachman of Breslov]
The Rebbe Maharash innovated the concept of "L'chatchila ariber". The approach o… Read More
![Trump Inauguration Speech [Full]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/835/83541-3520759398.w320.jpg "Trump Inauguration Speech [Full]")
2017-01-21 10:22
2017-01-20 03:04
This photo on Instagram taken by a friend of mine in Israel shows vertical clouds - perhaps the same kind that Rivka wrote about in More Weird Things in the Sky - ''There were a lot of… Read More
2017-01-19 21:00
If you read the Geula blogs, then you probably have it. OCMD. Obsessive Compulsive Moshiach Disorder. I certainly do. I've had it for over ten years now, and there is… Read More
2017-01-19 00:35
Did you read More Weird Things in the Sky ?
And the light of the moon shall be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold as the light of the seven days… Read More
2017-01-18 23:44
H/T Yaak
Is the political stage being set for the war of Gog & Magog? Tamar Yonah’s guest Rabbi Menachem Kohen, author of the book ‘Prophecies For The Era Of Muslim Terror:… Read More
2017-01-17 21:46
"She sent her maidservant and she took it" [Shemot 2:5]
Chazal inform us that the basket carrying Moshe was too far for Pharoah's daughter to reach from where she was… Read More
2017-01-16 19:39
by Aaron Klein
Instead of convening a summit on the ongoing civil war in Syria, or the migrant crisis threatening Europe, or the rampant anti-Semitism plaguing its own country, France on… Read More
2017-01-16 18:38
This month, where the 70 nations of the world vote at the UN... the number 70 rules.
The Month of Tevet: Capricorn
The zodiacal sign of Teves is gedi, the goat [Capricorn]
Colour:… Read More
2017-01-16 10:25
Rabbi Alon Anava Read More
2017-01-16 03:04
I thought it was serendipitous that the excerpt from this week's Rabbi Pinto on the Parsha speaks about the 72 afflictions in the Torah, on the day of the 72 nations at the UN in Paris… Read More
2017-01-14 23:56
''The Conference in Paris for Palestinian State''
''When Jews do not follow the Torah, our enemies will judge us.''
The names Barak [Obama] and [John] Kerry are combined in this T… Read More
2017-01-12 22:34
And so it begins....
At the Paris Conference of the UN on Sunday 15th January, the terms that will be demanded by the delegates include :
It makes a clear commitment to “two st… Read More
2017-01-12 18:15
by Dr Robert Wolf and Joel Gallis a''h
from the book "Between the Lines: Secrets of the Torah Codes"
A Torah Code analysis of the word גאוה [guyva - arr… Read More
2017-01-12 03:38
In this video, Rabbi Simon Jacobson explains gematria [numerology of the Hebrew letters] Read More
2017-01-11 21:30
by Rabbi Chanan Morrison from the writings of Rav Kook
Shortly before his death, Jacob blessed his sons. Some of these blessings, however, were more like reprimands:
“Reuben, you… Read More
2017-01-11 03:37
Every month on the Jewish calender has it's own energy and power. The month in which you are born can tell you a lot about yourself. Rabbi Anava explains the power of the month of Teve… Read More
2017-01-10 19:01
Surely, if Yaakov would have indeed revealed the time of Moshiach's coming to his children [Vayechi 49:1], they would have been totally devastated to hear that they had so long to wait.
W… Read More
2017-01-09 21:02
The USGS quake map reported a 10.3 quake near Syria..... by mistake? Or is this just a fore-warning of what lies ahead for the countries taking part in the UN General Assembly on the 1… Read More
2017-01-09 19:48
Art by Alec Levin
In Parshas Vayechi, Rashi explains that Yaakov wished to reveal to his sons when the end of Israel's exile would finally take place [ha'keitz], but the prophetic vision… Read More
2017-01-08 19:48
I have not listened to this, but obviously the title of the video is enough to merit a blog post. Rabbi Alon Anava speaks about the fast of the 10th of Tevet Read More
2017-01-08 09:06
Art: Jacob Taanmann
Yarzheit: 11 Teves - In memory of two great teachers: Ze'ev Yosef ben Sholom a"h and Rochel bas Mordechai a"h who tragically left this wor… Read More
2017-01-05 21:08
Parshas VaYigash: Rav Moshe Shternbuch -
The Medrash says that when Judgement day comes, we will not be able to stand up to the "Tochacha" - the rebuke from Hashem. We learn this from the… Read More
2017-01-04 22:24
Artist Unknown
By Rabbi Chanan Morrison: From the writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac haKohen Kook
There are six measures, the Sages taught, by which we are judged:
“When brou… Read More
2017-01-04 22:07
Photo: Pete Lawrence
Photo: Pete Lawrence Read More
2017-01-04 20:55
HT: Dov Bar Leib
As we know, Gog u Magog represents the ''70 nations'' of the world against Israel. On January 15th 70 Nations Will Gather In Paris To Discuss The Creation Of A Pale… Read More
2017-01-03 19:03
Words by Rabbi David Hanania Pinto
It is incredible how the nature of a person is to search for segulot and seek to receive blessings from great people for success in their livelihood. Wh… Read More
2017-01-02 20:33
We can learn from the example of Yosef towards his brothers that one should never seek revenge against a person who causes him any harm or distress or damage. Rather, one should… Read More
2017-01-01 22:29
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. [Oscar Wilde]
The people criticized G-d and Moshe: "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There's no bread… Read More
2017-01-01 02:16
The Ramak, Rabbi Moshe Cordevero, classically and clearly explains the Zohar on this key pasuk [Balak 212b] in such detail that he even draws a picture of how the star will look. Remember we… Read More
2016-12-31 21:59
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
The Central Synagogue in Sydney was privileged to host the Prime Minister and his wife Lucy this Friday evening just before Shabbat.
Here is… Read More
2016-12-29 23:18
This article was first published in 2008. It seems appropriate to publish it again. I still believe that Obama is Gog.
IDENTIFYING THE EVIL AT THE END OF DAYS - by Joel Gallis a"h a… Read More
2016-12-29 18:59
Australia has broken ranks with the United States and New Zealand over Israel, indicating that it would most likely have opposed the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlem… Read More
2016-12-28 20:50
The world, as we know, is insane. I clicked onto the COLLive website and there were two stories which prove just how ridiculous the world has become. Russia loves us, America ha… Read More
2016-12-28 20:29
וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם יוֹסֵ–……Read More
2016-12-27 02:34
Rabbi Mendel Kessin Read More
2016-12-26 21:01
A Building of the Heavens or of the Earth
There is a classic difference of opinion between our Rabbis regarding the construction of the Third Beis HaMikdash. The Rambam states [1] t… Read More
2016-12-26 19:34
Rabbi DovBer Pinson Read More
2016-12-25 17:47
by Rabbi Aron Moss
Toys don't play a major role in Jewish tradition. I can only think of two Jewish toys that are used religiously [unless you count iphones]. On Chanukah we spin the drei… Read More
2016-12-24 23:04
Chanuka - Fighting Klipat Noga - Powerful Tikun at the end of the video
Klipat: Literally, shells or husks. Singular: Klipa. Used to describe forces that obstruct the divine light. Klipat… Read More
2016-12-24 17:57
If one would look deeply enough into the dark, one will see a light. It is the inner light, the soul of man.
"The candle of the Lord is the soul of man, exploring all of the inner chamber… Read More
2016-12-22 21:06
This video of sunset in São Thomé das Letras, Brazil was posted on Facebook by Arnaldo Costajr Redeluz: recorded on December 12 - I did try to blog it last week but couldn't fi… Read More
2016-12-22 18:41
2016-12-21 20:10
2016-12-21 00:03
A very interesting lecture by Rabbi Kin on the interpretation of dreams as expounded on in the Talmud and Kabbalah. Read More
2016-12-20 19:03
Torah portion of Vayeshev. Action and Reaction. Learning to be Patient.
Rabbi DovBer Pinson Read More
2016-12-19 19:09
וַיְהִי אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָא……Read More
2016-12-18 20:36
Rabbi Y. Y. Jacobson's famous series "a journey through the fundamentals of chassidus''. This is just an introduction to the entire series, if you are interested, you can learn the en… Read More
2016-12-18 10:06
The Alter Rebbe - Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi author of The Tanya
The 18th of Kislev marks the completion of the annual cycle of daily readings from the Tanya. The 19th and 20th of Kisl… Read More
2016-12-17 19:21
The Alter Rebbe: Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi[1745-1812] The Founder of Chabad
Written by Rabbi Dov Greenberg
Five Life Lessons from one of the greatest Jewish mystics: the Alter Rebbe… Read More
2016-12-15 20:46
Art by Ben Goossens
Rebbe Nachman said he knew the roots of every Jewish soul. At first he said that he knew them in the written Torah, but not in the Oral Torah. He later said that he kn… Read More
2016-12-14 18:36
by Rabbi David Hanania Pinto
Previously, we expanded on the enormous reward in store for one who answers Amen, as presented in the words of Chazal and in the Midrash, that He opens the g… Read More
2016-12-14 04:59
This guy is posing the same questions that I have. What exactly is going on with the Moon lately? It is too bright, it has a large aura around it that is also very bright, and we… Read More
2016-12-14 03:30
Dov Bar-Leib joins Tamar Yonah and tells her that if Obama goes to the UN in order to ‘abstain’ on a UN Sec Council resolution recognizing and establishing a Palestine state, and… Read More
2016-12-13 21:17
I get quite a lot of emails, and some comments, from Noahides who want to convert or don't know whether they should convert.
The thing is, I don't know either. I am totally unqualif… Read More
2016-12-12 20:26
Serving G-d requires us to have Mesirut Nefesh [Self sacrifice] even for the smallest thing. In this video Rabbi Anava explains it in depth Read More
2016-12-11 21:02
from the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov translated by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
Faith is a very strong thing, and it can greatly fortify your life.
If you have faith, then you have a… Read More
2016-12-11 07:43
And the light of the moon shall be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold as the light of the seven days, on the day the Lord shall bind the fracture of His p… Read More
2016-12-11 05:19
Story source: COLLive
Do you believe in coincidences? Do you think the world is run by random forces, without any meaning or purpose? Then please read this.
Exactly 28 years ago, in t… Read More
2016-12-10 22:07
I was taught how to read and write Hebrew at the age of six, and managed to retain enough of that knowledge to be able to read the words in the siddur when I returned to my roots and began t… Read More
2016-12-08 23:46
Once again, a band of angry people have publicly come out to condemn Rabbi Mizrachi. This time, it is a group of wellknown and respected Rabbis who are doing the condemning. I d… Read More
2016-12-08 21:27
What is Sheker? שקר Sheker is lies, deceipt. Even the letters are out of order from their correct listing in the alef bet [ק-ר-ש]… Read More
2016-12-08 06:32
by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
The orthodox world has been rigorously debating women’s roles in Jewish communal leadership and whether women can formally serve as rabbis. Meanwhile, thoug… Read More
2016-12-07 22:42
"Yaakov has taken everything that belongs to our father, and from what belongs to our father he has amassed all his wealth" [Vayeitze 31:1]
The following question was once posed to the… Read More
2016-12-07 02:47
At least 18 people dead and dozens more trapped under rubble after 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Indonesia.
The quake struck near Banda Aceh, which was the scene of th… Read More
2016-12-06 06:13
Art Barbara Harmer
by HaRavi Yitzchak Ginsburgh
Today we're going to devote our thoughts to the coming year. The number of the
year has many allusions. This coming year is 5777, acc… Read More
2016-12-05 17:31
According to the weather reports, we are expecting some massive storms this summer.... here is a photo of yesterday's storm as it blew in over Bondi Beach - I'm not complaining, storms are m… Read More
2016-12-04 19:06
Art Baruch Nachshon
by Rabbi David Hanania Pinto
In this week's parashah Vayeitzei we find a hint and wonderful inspiration about answering Amen after a blessing:
The influential… Read More
2016-12-03 22:18
H/T: Neshama
In this video, Rabbi Glazerson discovers a date for Nibiru: ''the month of Kislev, the year 5777, and the word ''Chanukah''. He also notes that this year the… Read More
2016-12-03 20:33
Everything starts in the spiritual world and then it manifests down to the physical world.
The Zohar says that at the time of Gog u Magog, we are going to be controlled by our thoughts. … Read More
2016-12-01 09:27
The Month of Dreams
Keshet [bow] is the Hebrew name for Saggitarius. At dawn during Kislev a constellation reminiscent of a bow appears on the horizon - the Keshet, identified by our S… Read More
2016-11-30 21:05
by Rabbi David Hanania Pinto Shlita
It is written, “Vayikra [And he called] his name Jacob” [Toldot 25:26]
Who called his name Jacob?
According to the Ohr HaChaim, the… Read More
2016-11-29 22:27
Rav Dov Kook told us exactly why the fires happened in Israel. Why are we ignoring him?
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If you want to know more about Rav Berland, click on
t… Read More
2016-11-29 01:38
Latest from Rabbi Mendel Kessin.
The Trump victory, yarzheit of Rachel Imeinu, the Mabul, the significance of 9 November...... and he's only just getting started Read More
2016-11-28 18:15
I've had some recent correspondence about something called ''Pidyon Nefesh'' - which means ''Redemption of the Soul''. This involves giving money - sometimes a very large… Read More
2016-11-24 19:13
Rabbi Kessin's most recent shiur, which I have not yet listened to.
''Everybody knows that Evil Inclination, or Yetzer HaRah, or Satan, or Malach Hamaves, is an angel assigned to do the jo… Read More
2016-11-23 20:40
H/T Moriah
Whilst this video is from 2014, I know what they are saying is true. I know the sunset is now slightly more to left than it used to be.
A new warning has come to NASA… Read More
2016-11-23 19:08
Art ''Holy Land'' Michoel Muchnik
by Rabbi David Pinto Shlita
It is written: “Sarah died in Kiryat-Arba, which is Hebron” [Chayei Sarah 23:2]
Rabbeinu Bechaye explained w… Read More
2016-11-22 19:46
Art Majcho Zmajcho
Avraham sent Eliezer to fetch Rivkah at the earliest opportunity, as soon as she had reached marriageable age.
Eliezer's miracle - where his journey was mi… Read More
2016-11-22 01:13
Here is some light relief, in the form of Jackie Mason, who returned to the internet to record this 90 second video on Donald Trump Read More
2016-11-21 21:43
No time to research this: click here for more Read More
2016-11-21 20:20
Shortly before his marriage, Yitzchak had reached a remarkable degree of spiritual perfection. Right at the beginning of his life he was the first Jew to be circumcised at eight days… Read More
2016-11-20 19:06
"I am an alien and a resident among you" [Chayei Sarah 23:4]
What is the meaning, asked the Dubno Maggid, of the expression "alien and resident"? An alien is a person who resides in… Read More
2016-11-20 03:30
''There's a crack in everything - that's how the light gets in.'' [Leonard Cohen]
...actually I would say that's how the light gets out.... because every single thing in this wo… Read More
2016-11-19 21:08
Some time ago, in a lecture by Rabbi Alon Anava, I heard this same theory as written below - but Rabbi Anava did not mention any names. I can't remember which shiur it was, if anyone d… Read More
2016-11-18 02:19
Finally, his first shiur after the election is here. Thank you Moriah, I'd been checking every day.... except today ! Read More
2016-11-17 19:18
"They (pretended) to eat" [Vayeira 18:8]
The Torah states that the angels ate the food which Avraham served them, on which Rashi comments: "they pretended to eat".
It appears, th… Read More
2016-11-16 16:47
Reb Shlomo with daughter Neshama
Shlomo Carlebach's ancestors comprised one of the oldest rabbinical dynasties in pre-Holocaust Germany. He was born January 14, 1925… Read More
2016-11-15 22:44
Part of a series of Question's and Answers, Rabbi Anava is posed the question of what will happen in Eretz Yisroel upon Moshiach's arrival Read More
2016-11-15 17:25
''Abraham's Tent'' by Michoel Muchnik
Written by Rav DovBer Pinson
This week’s Torah reading opens with the words “And now Hashem appeared to him…and he was sitting… Read More
2016-11-15 10:36
Photos: Luana Fabri Goriss
Also see Flickr Read More
2016-11-14 20:51
Unfortunately, Sydney's clouds obscured the moon as it rose last night, and although there are photos around, I haven't yet seen one that I love...... but here is a great shot of the Super M… Read More
2016-11-14 19:31
Hanging a Shir LaMaalot at the Home of a New Mother and in the Hospital
It is customary to hang a Shir LaMaalot [Psalm 121] [1] in the room of the new mother and the newborn, immediately… Read More
2016-11-14 07:10
Update: Strange Lights seen during Quake
Live coverage from New Zealand
Note: the tsunami warning has now been cancelled, although large waves did threaten after the quake.
A 7.8 magnitud… Read More
2016-11-14 01:13
Art by Andreas
And they gave their father wine to drink on that night, and the elder came and lay with her father, and he did not know of her lying down or of her rising up - ו… Read More
2016-11-13 00:26
This is an extremely interesting lecture from Rabbi Mizrachi. You should know that the negative disastrous prophecies DO NOT have to happen. They are there to scare us into teshu… Read More
2016-11-12 09:41
Supermoon in Israel. Credit: Sergei25/Shutterstock.com
On 14 May 1948, the day before the expiration of the British Mandate, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, declared "th… Read More
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