IN LAST WEEKS' JEWISH TRIBUNE 21 / 08 / 2014, THERE WAS A FANTASTIC FEATURE ON " IKVESA D'MESHICHA" ON RAV ELCHONON WASSERMAN HY"D
HOW HE LOOKED AT THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD IN 1937
AND HOW WE MUST LOOK AT PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TO-DAY.
IN 1937 THE UNITED STATES WAS A SPIRITUAL WILDERNESS AT THAT TIME.
RAV ELCHONON VISITED MANY AMERICAN CITIES DELIVERING IMPASSIONED ADDRESSES TO HUGE CROWDS WHEREVER HE WENT.
SOME BECAME COMPLETE " BAALEI TESHUVAH " AS A RESULT OF THEIR ENCOUNTERS WITH HIM.
HE RETURNED TO POLAND WHEN STORM CLOUDS HUNG OVER POLAND.
I HEARD THIS FROM MRS STERNBUCH OF LONDON MYSELF.
SHE TOLD ME WHAT RAV ELCHONON WASSERMAN SAID TO HER.
" THESE ARE THE BIRTH PANGS OF MOSHIACH AND IT HAS BEEN DECREED UPON US TO BEAR THEM. A PERSON CAN NOT AVOID HIS ASSIGNED PORTION OF THE BIRTH PANGS OF MOSHIACH ."
REB ELCHONON CITES THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATION OF THE CHOFETZ CHAYIM.
" TO-DAY, WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE WORLD IS UNDERGOING MAJOR CHANGES WHICH,IN EARLIER GENERATIONS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF CENTURIES.
EVERY INTELLIGENT PERSON UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A UNIQUE PERID.
ONE THAT IS DESTINED TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE WORLD ORDER.
REB ELCHONON APPLIED THE VERSE FOUND IT THE TOCHOCHOH ( Reproof ).
" YOU SHALL BE MAD FROM THE SIGHT OF YOUR EYES " ( Devorim 28:34 ).
THIS PUNISHMENT, APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THE HAPPENINGS THROUGH HUMAN REASONING, BUT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO ONE WHO DELVES INTO THE TORAH FOR UNDERSTANDING.
FOR THEM ALL IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
HASHEM WILL " JUDGE " HIS NATION WITH SUFFERING AND AFFLICTION, BUT IN THE END, HE WILL REDEEM THEM FROM EXILE.
HE WHO PROVIDES LIFE, PROVIDES SUSTENANCE HOWEVER A WEAKENING OF EMUNAH HAS BROUGHT WITH IT A WEAKENING IN BITOCHON.
MANY PARENTS BELIEVE THAT A SECULAR EDUCATION WILL GUARANTEE MATERIAL NEEDS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES (or marrying rich )
THE TORAH TELLS US: " AND I WILL SEPARATE YOU FROM THE NATIONS TO BE MINE. "
WHEN A JEW FINISHES HIS DAYS' WORK, HE MUST IMMERSE HIMSELF IN TORAH STUDY.
RAV ELCHONON WROTE HIS ESSAY AT A TIME WHEN JEWS WERE A PRIME TOPIC OF DISCUSSION A SITUATION IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES TO-DAY.
WE MUST REMAIN FIRM IN OUR EMUNAH AND HOW IS THIS ACCOMPLISHED ? ? ONLY THROUGH TORAH ! ! !
HOW HE LOOKED AT THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD IN 1937
AND HOW WE MUST LOOK AT PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TO-DAY.
IN 1937 THE UNITED STATES WAS A SPIRITUAL WILDERNESS AT THAT TIME.
RAV ELCHONON VISITED MANY AMERICAN CITIES DELIVERING IMPASSIONED ADDRESSES TO HUGE CROWDS WHEREVER HE WENT.
SOME BECAME COMPLETE " BAALEI TESHUVAH " AS A RESULT OF THEIR ENCOUNTERS WITH HIM.
HE RETURNED TO POLAND WHEN STORM CLOUDS HUNG OVER POLAND.
I HEARD THIS FROM MRS STERNBUCH OF LONDON MYSELF.
SHE TOLD ME WHAT RAV ELCHONON WASSERMAN SAID TO HER.
" THESE ARE THE BIRTH PANGS OF MOSHIACH AND IT HAS BEEN DECREED UPON US TO BEAR THEM. A PERSON CAN NOT AVOID HIS ASSIGNED PORTION OF THE BIRTH PANGS OF MOSHIACH ."
REB ELCHONON CITES THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATION OF THE CHOFETZ CHAYIM.
" TO-DAY, WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE WORLD IS UNDERGOING MAJOR CHANGES WHICH,IN EARLIER GENERATIONS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF CENTURIES.
EVERY INTELLIGENT PERSON UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A UNIQUE PERID.
ONE THAT IS DESTINED TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE WORLD ORDER.
REB ELCHONON APPLIED THE VERSE FOUND IT THE TOCHOCHOH ( Reproof ).
" YOU SHALL BE MAD FROM THE SIGHT OF YOUR EYES " ( Devorim 28:34 ).
THIS PUNISHMENT, APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THE HAPPENINGS THROUGH HUMAN REASONING, BUT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO ONE WHO DELVES INTO THE TORAH FOR UNDERSTANDING.
FOR THEM ALL IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
HASHEM WILL " JUDGE " HIS NATION WITH SUFFERING AND AFFLICTION, BUT IN THE END, HE WILL REDEEM THEM FROM EXILE.
HE WHO PROVIDES LIFE, PROVIDES SUSTENANCE HOWEVER A WEAKENING OF EMUNAH HAS BROUGHT WITH IT A WEAKENING IN BITOCHON.
MANY PARENTS BELIEVE THAT A SECULAR EDUCATION WILL GUARANTEE MATERIAL NEEDS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES (or marrying rich )
THE TORAH TELLS US: " AND I WILL SEPARATE YOU FROM THE NATIONS TO BE MINE. "
WHEN A JEW FINISHES HIS DAYS' WORK, HE MUST IMMERSE HIMSELF IN TORAH STUDY.
RAV ELCHONON WROTE HIS ESSAY AT A TIME WHEN JEWS WERE A PRIME TOPIC OF DISCUSSION A SITUATION IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES TO-DAY.
WE MUST REMAIN FIRM IN OUR EMUNAH AND HOW IS THIS ACCOMPLISHED ? ? ONLY THROUGH TORAH ! ! !
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When the Gaza war started, almost all of the Jews praised and supported the Netanyahu-Yaalon-Lieberman-Bennett-Lapid regime. As usual, we in the Jewish Task Force (JTF) were the exceptions to the rule: we warned that Israel cannot win because the Likud government does not want to win. The stated goal of the Netanyahu regime was always to negotiate another ceasefire with the Hamas Muslim terrorist mass murderers.
If we were in power, we would win quickly with few casualties. Our victory would be decisive and permanent because we would encourage the Arabs to emigrate from Gaza with compensation.
How can we change things in the Holy Land? If JTF becomes a mass movement, we will change history.
Bibi is an unmitigated loser and a pathetic example for the next generation of Jews. I hope to live to see a real Jewish leader remove this vestigial organ from the leadership of our Jewish state.
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