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Some headlines in today’s news (without links and with my “adjustment”)

Assad Facing Intense Pressure from Edom-Yishmael Alliance

Hamas Blows Off Iran, Joining Edom-Yishmael Alliance

Erev Rav Let’s Jews Fend For Themselves, Prelude to Pullout For Edom Peacekeeping Force

Obama Facing Defeat, Launches Strike Against Paras

Obama Sensing Victory, Forces Israel To Strike First Against Paras

Edom Intervenes And Crushes Paras, Blames Israel For Failing To Allow Diplomacy Take Its Course

Edom Demands Israel Make Peace, Claims Paras No Longer A Threat

Stay tuned for more . . .

Kiss A Rock!!

Now over three months into Aliyah, B”H, things are well.  HaShem is really helping us in so many ways big and small.

That said, I am ever more aware of the forces around me (galus Edom, starring Yishmael and Erev Rav, with special guest star, Erev Zeir!).

For me, the only way to deal with the klipot of corruption here  is to connect to the land.

By that I mean to look at the physical land of Israel itself. Not the people, not the politics and geopolitics, not the hashkofas, not the end of days – but Eretz Yisrael – the soil, the rocks.

To feel and see its true infinite value, and to get simcha from it.  And to relish the opportunity to eat its holy, pure produce.(for the first few months here, I had freshly ground wheat from Yavniel in the Galil that was a wonder – I ate it every Shabbat – 95% of the wheat is imported here, and its very hard to find wheat from E”Y for baking – most is used in matzah or exported – so to make ha’motzei on true lechem min haaretz is a rare treat)

“The land is very, very good.”

Just walking along the street here I look at the dirt, and the rocks strewn on the ground. This is it. This is Eretz Yisrael!

I think the best eitzah for anybody living here and feeling the lahatz (pressure) of Israeli life is to bend down, pick up a nice beautiful rock of E”Y in one’s hand, and give it a loving kiss!!

Don’t go crazy – kiss a rock!!

First Missile Raid Alarm in Beit Shemesh

My wife went to the grocery store this morning.  She left me with a sleeping baby while I worked on my marine aquaculture business plan.

Then I heard the siren. Not loud, but something that was clearly the air raid siren.  What do I do?

I walked into the baby room, which is in the bomb shelter. Do I stay here? Do I open the window (that has never been opened) and shut the metal doors? Or is that freaking out? Or are we under sudden attack? No, that doesn’t make sense.

Where do I get information? Checked jpost.com. Nothing. The Radio? In Hebrew? Siren continues.

Call my wife?  How long until we are in the ‘clear’? I listed for a sound. . . a boom (G-d forbid).

I really need to get my survival gear in order. Do I call my wife? . . . .

Siren stops. Phew!

Wow. This is real. It is no luxury being a Jewish End of Days blogger living in Israel. Edom v. Paras is very real.

And it was real for my children, who reported scenes from their school. Some teachers were unaware that this was a “test”.  They thought it was real and had no idea how to react. Some, allegedly, were seen crying in fear.

My daughters were not scared, but we all talked tonight, and the kids came to a realization that this is the real deal over here. That there could be “bombs”.  Baruch HaShem my wife and my children are being very brave about it. “And, DH, why did we move here again? “

Anyway, I am definitely getting to work on preparing my emergency plan and survival gear. I’ve been lazy  about it (heck, I haven’t even bought a car yet), just falling in tune with the Israelis.

But the truth is, to live here one must sort of just put the demons in the back of the mind, pray to HaShem for mercy, and do the right thing al pi Torah.  One must live as if there is a tomorrow not scarred by terrible war.

But the truth to the truth is to be honest, ready and brave.  And not to doubt for one second that the real intent of the evildoers is not to eradicate the “Zionist State”, but rather to destroy all of the Jewish people wherever they may live (G-d forbid).

HaShem should increase the miracles in teva as we approach the Holy Purim.

True Then, True Now

With all the rumors of war between Edom, Israel, and Paras, what was true when I wrote this article almost two years ago is even more true today.

Israel Being Set Up?

BTW, aliyah continues to go well. Not easy sometimes, especially seeing so many people around you struggling so very hard just to make ends meet and struggling provide their children with a good life in a very complex society constantly under threat and pressure from enemies outside and from within. I see some very good folks in pretty scary predicaments, and realize that there is no way to comprehend what I see. This is a land of faith.

Kol ha’kavod to Israelis who stay here but have the option to make more money elsewhere.

And super Kol ha’kavod to people who leave comfortable lives and their families in distant USA to live here.

HaShem should give us all a bracha and a yeshua!

Hareidi Zealots – No More Excuses

First, if I didn’t hear about these “hafganot” in the media, I wouldn’t even know they’re going on.

But, being connected to the Moshiach blogosphere . . . I do.

Last week, the very morning after viewing the very disturbing Channel 2 piece featuring the Beit Shemesh lady and her daughter,  I went to Holy Bagel and ran smack into the lady who was in the video! She’s totally frum! I was able  to give her words of hizuk, and empathized with her plight.

Frankly, this whole fiasco makes me sick. There is no question we are dealing with Erev Zeir here.

And, also frankly, I just do not understand why “my” Ashekenazi charedi gedolim leaders aren’t physically and verbally taking real stands – its hard not to feel our leadership is tacitly complicit or just plan enfeebled.  I mean, we’re talking about assault on 8 year olds in the name of halacha!

The “excuse” I hear is that these people wouldn’t listen anyway, and this is just another page in longstanding issues with the zealots. But so what?! What about the Jews who are suffering? There’s no question if Gadol X or Y was to call for a rally in support of these assaulted Jews, thousands would respond and it would be a great kiddush HaShem.

Perhaps these Gedolim know the emperor wears no clothes – and that if they rallied, the majority of Hareidim would fail to respond, or worse, mock and scorn – but so what!! That’s a political, not a moral consideration.

I hope I’m missing something here – if I am, please, readers, let me know!!  I really want to dan l’caf scut!

My only prayer is . . . “HaShem, please take tongs and remove the snake, without smashing the honey-pot‘.

My other prayer is, “Please HaShem, please put it into the hearts and minds of our leaders that the most important mitzvah of all in these dangerous times is ACHDUT! “

 

 

Aliya – Almost 4 Weeks In

BH, all is well here. It is impossible to overstate the kindness of HaShem in every way.

The land is very, very good.

Yesterday, my wife and I were finally able to head to Yerushalyim. Door to Kotel in 45 minutes – Hayinu k’cholmim – We were like dreamers.

BH, RBS A is very nice. Lots of very cool, aspirational people willing and wanting to help – and a person needs lots of that. Good places to pray and learn. And finding the cheap places to shop (key here – things are, in general, more expensive than the states).

BH, all the kids are in school, and really enjoying it. A tremendous chesed. I am really proud of each of them.

BH, we’ve already experienced a bit of “holeh hadash” – and made it through – so far, chick-chock. Likely a function of being in RBS A where the merchants have discovered that good customer service does, in fact, increase the bottom line (as does honesty).

And in terms of End of Days. . . tensions between Russia and America increase. Given the parsha last week, it makes sense.

B’emet, once a person is here in Israel one loses the desire to catch up on news – after all, those who desire the land no longer have to be satisfied with phone calls to their few friends here and the “media lens”. But rather, ones entire life and being is connected to the land.

I pray every day that my family should have the continued ability to stay in the land. I deeply appreciate all of this blog’s readers’ prayers and blessings, and pray that all of you should have the ability to come to the land standing straight.

Aliyah!

Baruch HaShem! We are in Eretz Yisrael!!!!

We landed almost two weeks ago, and all is well.

I cannot overstate all the kindnesses HaShem has shown to us in every way – great dira, great friends, good new neighbors, great places to learn and pray, lots of good food, business going well in US and my new business in Israel (big investor meeting on Thursday!), and, most importantly, we are all healthy and happy, and three out of four have started school and number four will likely begin tomorrow.

We are in RBS A, and its very beautiful here. A perfect fit for me. There is a ton of diversity and lots of very cool, aspirational people.

All in all, I am so happy to be home. E”Y is just the place to be for me. I walk to shul and see the Jerusalem mountains and just cannot believe we actually live in E”Y!!

G-d willing, all yissurim should be kal, and we should merit making a kinyan of the land.

The land is very, very good!!

 

 

#1 on Google for Search – Edom Paras

B”H, jewishendofdays.com is #1 for the search –  Edom Paras! Since things are really heating up in this area, here are links to previous posts. There really isn’t too much more to say . . .

Predicting the Weather

Edom vs. Paras – “I don’t know, just be a good boy!”

A New Take On Paras/Iran

Whose Your Daddy, BO?

Why Edom vs. Paras?

As my Rebbe, Reb Yisrael Simcha Schorr recently told me, “Things are happening!“

And his response to my question of whether it is irresponsible to move my family to E”Y at this time, “It is not irresponsible. You will be there to greet p’ne Moshiach.“

 

Yishmael – Blessings for the Unworthy

What is the secret of Yishmael’s blessings? How is it that they have so much wealth with so little effort (it costs $5 a barrel to pump and distribute oil from Saudi Arabia – and they sell it for $80 – great business!)

It is well known that Yishma’el means “G-d will listen”.

If we delve deeper into the name, we see that the name of G-d in Yishma’el’s name is “El”. Kabbalistically, this name is associated with the attribute of chesed – pure, unrestrained kindness. (“Chesed El kol ha’yom”). Chesed is kindness even for those completely undeserving.

There is no more completely undeserving actor on the world stage today than Yishmael – this nation is absolutely wicked – but, because the source of their blessing is chesed, they receive tremendous blessing even though they are completely unworthy of it.

Thus, we should rejoice when we see Yishmael receive his blessings – the greater the blessing, the greater the unworthiness, and the greater the ultimate and fierce divine judgment.

Aliya

G-d willing, my family and I are moving to E”Y next week. It took about three years of planning, but we’re finally moving!

Please, dear readers (if you are still around), please pray for our family’s success!!

 

The 9 Days

Many years ago I attended a shiur where R. Akiva Tatz taught that Yishmael is the tip of Esau’s spear.

After all, it is Esau who funds the entire Palestinian mission to destroy Jewish sovereignty in Israel.  When the Arabs fail to pay pledges, the EU and America fill the gap.

Why? What on the Earth for? Is it really about oil?

I think not.

For Yishmael to fall, Edom must fall. Without a handle, the spearhead loses its power and falls down.

In this regard, this year’s nine days were very strange:

1. Stock Markets crash

2. London burns

3. Gold booms

And, not to mention, the recent earthquake that cracked the Washington monument, and the recent hurricane that left millions without power or water for weeks (my sister in Pound Ridge, NY is one of them).

Edom is cracking.  Caesaria is falling. Yerushalyim is rising. 

Anyway, for all of you who might have been wondering where I’ve been for the past few months, been real busy working on moving family to Israel. Traveled to EY in July for my final pilot trip – amazing!! – and made the decision to live with the other Mexicans from my town of Enchilada who live in RBS-A. Wife and I packed our first boxes today! G-d willing, we leave parshat Lech Lecha (might as well be epic about it).

I am mammash going to be an immigrant in my own homeland! Not speaking hebrew well is tough. Ger anochi b’aretz. But I know enough so that in business meetings with my Israeli partners, other people start spewing in Hebrew and I just smile and stay silent – they think I understand! Another dimension of the Pirkei Avot’s maxim that silence leads to wisdom.

Also had my first meetings for a green food production business I hope to get started in E”Y.  I really like working with Israelis – the air has made them wise, and when they act with integrity in business, there are none better. I pray to Hashem that someday I, too, might merit to successfully do business in E”Y.

Anyway, time for dinner.

You should all be blessed and protected.