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Dr. Harold Rhode on Iran and Obama
Esav, the pope, and the president
Just a quick thought, which is based on a similar idea that the Rabbis Kessin have said. Esav is the fallen Moshiach ben Yosef, who is jealous of Yakov and Yosef who have replaced him in his job. Moshiach ben Yosef’s job is connection – tikkun habris – rectifying the place of connection between the…
Read MoreObama and Jerusalem
It was very disturbing for me to hear that the United States government has demanded a halt to construction in Jerusalem. This is our city, torn from us so long ago, the city we have hoped for and dreamed of for centuries. This city has been the center of our prayers, and we ask three…
Read MoreOn our own
On a short walk in Ramat Bet Shemesh, I had a most moving thought. As the Jewish people once again seems to find itself in a corner, with no one to rely on but Hashem, there is a striking parallel to another point in history that presaged a potential Geulah. This was actually in the…
Read MoreFall of the US
Yeah, that title got your attention! It’s so funny, because the last place I would have expected to hear that the US is falling is in the misrad haklitah – the office for absorption. See, my wife and I officially made aliyah a little less than three years ago after living here for over five…
Read MoreObama, the economy, and the prelude to Moshiach
Why is the economic situation connected to Moshiach’s arrival? Why does it seem that the current mode of dealing with the problem will not yield bona fide results? I think that our hearts tell us that both of the aforementioned questions are valid. While this that we sense may be affected by what we’ve read…
Read MoreObama and Moshe's staff
After reading Shirat Devorah’s post about the gematria of Obama’s name coinciding with the gematria of דצ”ך עד”ש באח”ב, a little bell went off in my head, reminding me of what I saw in my rebbe’s book “Machat Shel Yad” (pp. 39-43). There Rabbi Frankel mentions that the matteh that Moshe used to perform all…
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