Betzalel Tzvi ben Orly Rivka just passed away. Baruch Dayan HaEmet. He’s in a much, much better place, that much is certain. == The family member told me that before the booby-trapped house exploded in Gaza, killing three of his colleagues and seriously wounding Betzalel and others, the soldiers had asked for a dog to […]

Why do they keep wrecking Meron L’ag B’omer?

I woke up today not feeling very happy, for reasons I can’t really pin down. ***UPDATE: Please pray for BETZALEL TZVI ben ORLI RIVKA, seriously injured along with three Netzach Yehuda soldiers who were killed a couple of days ago. He's the…

Charidee and corruption in Eretz Yisrael – Part IV

Did you ever wonder how 'Boyan chassidut' got pole position in Meron on L'ag B'omer? In this post, we finally going to figure that, as we continue to swim through the murk. Why are we continuing to swim through the murk, to find out what…

Prayer to be saved from anti-semitism

The Rav put this out a few months ago. And I've been meaning to translate it for a while, but didn't get around to it. Today, I finally sat down and did it, BH. I hope it won't need to be used too much.... but with all the 'crazy' going…

Charidee and corruption in Eretz Yisrael – Part III

In this post, we take a closer look at KOLLEL RASSEINI of VILNA. ***UPDATES and a v interesting picture*** Hopefully, you managed to digest Part I and 2 already. The bottom line is that so many of the ‘disagreements’ between people…

Approaching burn out

I'm probably not the only one. But I'm really starting to feel like I am burning-out, big time. I've been doing a ton of research into 'real Jewish history', and so much new information is popping up, I can't keep up with it. And I've…

The power of prayer

Maybe, just maybe, there is a glint of light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe, just maybe, more and more people are starting to realise that the real 'power' of the Jewish people - the ONLY power of the Jewish people - is prayer. Yesterday,…