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Moshiach, now?
The following comment was posted on the previous post: Please, Ari, please don’t fall into the trap of predicting a scary downfall of America. Just three months ago, I asked R. Chaim Kanievsky if I should move my family to E”Y. I was all excited about it. He replied that I cannot come without parnassah.…
Read MoreRav Elya Svei's hesped and more
A reader of this blog was at Rav Elya’s levaya, and shared with me that Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Philadelphia, in his eulogy of Rav Svei, said that Rav Svei had said ten years ago that Moshiach would come in 2009. A comment on the previous post gave the following link…
Read MoreMore on shining God's light
Ari, please help me to synthesize your recent blog messages, if you can. You sang of how Mashiach will bestow Tzion on the humbled klal. Today you posted about shining our personal power at http://geulahperspectives.blogspot.com/2009/02/shining-gods-light.html Now, how does one combine intentional use of superb unique abilities with anivut (humility)? Great question! The answer, like a…
Read MoreThank you
Last week, I was spurred to write twice for this blog, after a bit of a hiatus when my daughter was born. What was it that gave me the push? My wife had been in the center of town, and a woman in the neighborhood expressed appreciation for my blog, saying that it was good…
Read MoreMyrtle tree in the desert
I received this sweet email recently about my recent podcast on Chanukah. Dear Mr. Goldwag,Your Channukah podcast was quite touching for me personally. As a United States Peace Corps Volunteer working in Peru, I often feel isolated from the Jewish community. There are no synagogues for me to go to, and I keep my Jewish…
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