Torah Learning with Ari
Facing Troubled Times
I recently learned the following concept in the Chofetz Chaim’s book Ahavas Chessed, section 2 chapter 5. I quote verbatim in translation. You can hear this as an audio file here. “How can we bring Hashem’s kindness into the world, especially when we face difficulties from every direction that seem to overwhelm us? The answer…
Read MoreWho is Gog?
I was inspired today by something new that Ben Golden wrote. He wrote that the war of Gog Umagog is an internal war that each of us is fighting with our yetzer hara, and depending on every individuals’ fight will be the fate of the world. (That’s how I understood it.) That being said, the…
Read MoreKnowing of Moshiach's arrival
Can we know that Moshiach is coming? Can we definitively say that he’s coming now and that the rumors are true? I present you with the following information, and allow you to conclude what you will. The yalkut Shimoni (ישעיה ס) states as follows:שנו רבותינו בשעה שמלך המשיח בא עומד על גג בית המקדש והוא…
Read MoreDream of the rings explained
This was my explanation on Nava’s husband’s dream which you can find here. This post is important, as I will reference it in a later post be’H. Gold, silver and copper each represent the three sefirot of חג”ת – חסד גבורה תפארת. Chesed is represented by silver, Gevurah (din) is represented by gold, and Tiferet…
Read MoreTwo stories about Moshiach
I recently verified this story from the grandson of the couple involved. My friend’s elderly grandmother, Miriam, remarried a number of years ago to R’ Shalom Shachne Zohn. They live in Jerusalem. R’ Shalom is now in his mid nineties and in his youth he studied in yeshiva in Mir in Poland and had the…
Read More5768 & 5769 in gematria
The first few posts here are posts that originally appeared on Dreaming of Moshiach. In the Haggada, there’s a song at the very end, and I dont know who wrote it, but it seems he may have known something. it says:קרב יום אשר הוא לא יום ולא לילה the gematria of the bold is תשס”ח…
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