Eight months ago I gave one of the most important classes of my life, which is once again embedded above and on Rumble here. If you didn’t listen the first time, I urge you do so now. If you did listen the first time, I urge you to review it. Below I have added a list of the numerous Torah sources cited in the class.
I discussed Chabakuk 2:4 and Radak’s commentary, but neglected to read the most relevant part of the commentary. Here it is:
ורבי אחי רבי משה ז”ל פירש הנה עפלה מן עופל ובחן שהוא מבצר גבוה אמר מי שלא ישרה נפשו בו עפלה כלומר תשים עצמה בעופל ובחן להשגב שם מפני האויב ולא תשוב לאל ולא תבקש ממנו להצילה אבל הצדיק לא יצטרך להשגב במבצר כי באמונתו יחיה
And my Rebbe, my brother Rabbi Moshe, of blessed memory, explained “הנה עפלה” from the phrase “עופל ובחן” (Yeshaya 32:14), which is a high fortress. He [Chabakuk] said that one whose soul is not upright is in a fortress, meaning that he will place himself in a tower and a fortress to be safe there from the enemy, and will not return to God, and will not seek from Him to be rescued. But the righteous one will not need to seek safety in a fortress, for he will live with his faith.
The time to learn the Torah’s actual position on bitachon, hishtadlus, safe rooms, and related matters is not when the siren’s are wailing and you must react in the moment. You need to educate and train yourself in advance.
If you believe Hebrew-speaking Nazi collaborators, Mengeles, pedophiles, monsters, kofrim, and their ilk can be trusted to protect you, by all means, continue along that path.
If you believe the rabbis, false prophets, media, and influencers who serve as their mouthpieces are giving you more accurate information and genuine Torah perspective, then follow them and don’t ask hard questions.
If you believe those who have been waging war on the Jewish people from within from pre-state days until the present, without interruption, are simultaenously fighting to protect the Jewish people from their external enemies, then cheer them on.
If you believe the same people who have been arming, funding, and collaborating with your external enemies for decades should not be considered your enemies as well, then take their health and safety advice, and entrust them to send you and your loved ones into battle.
If you believe the same people responsible for October 7 are working earnestly to keep you safe, then leave your radio on and wait for their instructions. Your safety has always been their top priority and they would never steer you wrong, right?
So get ready for Covid 3.0.
When the missiles are coming from Iran/Hamas/Hezollah/American bombers, run to your safe rooms. Stop going to shul. Don’t sleep normally. Live in constant fear. Support the traumatization of your children. Blind obedience is the biggest mitzvah of all.
When a missile is supposedly intercepted outside Israeli airspace, and shrapnel somehow lands in Beit Shemesh AND Netanya, but never in Jordan, Syria, or Lebanon, don’t ask questions.
When missiles never land in Caesarea or Ramat Aviv, and never take out strategic targets, and always target the ruling class, never the ruling class, rationalize it away.
When the rich get richer, and you get poorer, blame the haredim.
If, however, you are a truly religious Jew, and you genuinely care what the Torah has to say, now is the time to learn and prepare yourself. We can keep doing this over and over again until we finally get it right.
The class is embedded above, a list of the Torah sources cited is below, and the original post from eight months is copied in its entirety after the sources.
May Hashem wake us all up as gently as possible and destroy our enemies, especially the Hebrew-speaking Hamans from within, and give us true Torah leadership, in time for Purim. Amen.
Torah sources from the class:
Eliyahu against the false prophets of Ba’al
Know what to answer an apikores
Balak 23:24
Tanchuma Yayeira, end of letter 14, Avraham’s tests
Yosef, too much hishtadlus
Divrei Hayamim II 32, Chizkiyahu, too much hishtadlus
Brachos 60a, sinners in Zion were afraid (but doesn’t mean laissez-faire)
Mishlei 10:27 Malbim — Fear normally shortens life but fear of Hashem extends it
Sotah 42a Kriyas Shema
Sotah 42b Goliath stopped kriyas shema
Divrei Hayamim II 20
Chukas 21:1, Amalek
Yalkut Shimoni on the Torah, remez 764 — Key source on Amalek’s tactics:
: לפי שמעולם היה עמלק מכת מרדות לישראל [את מוצא] כיון שאמרו היש ה’ בקרבנו מיד ויבא עמלק וכאן ויראו כל העדה כי גוע אהרן וישמע הכנעני מלך ערד וגו’. נתנה ראש ונשובה מצרימה וירד העמלקי.
אמר עשו לעמלק כמה יגעתי להרוג את יעקב ולא ניתן בידי תן דעתך לגבות נקמתי, א”ל היאך אני יכול להזדווג לו, א”ל המסורת הזה יהי בידך כשתראה שנתקלו בדבר הוי קופץ עליהם לפיכך אתה מוצא אותו בא על ישראל.
Shabbos, big protection
Chukas 14:40, mapilim
Ki Seitze 23:10-15
Hoshea 3:5, Metzudas David
Rambam Hilchos Melachim end of Chapter 7
Why is no one asking why soldiers are dying? One soldier died in battle by Yehoshua and they freaked out
Yechezkel 38:7, Metzudas David — It’s the job of the generals to protect the soldiers from harm
Yeshaya 10:20, Radak — Israel will no longer rely on the rod that strikes them
Yeshaya 22:8, Metzudas David — You prepared yourself for war with weapons, but not with teshuva
Chabakuk 2:4, Radak and Malbim — A tzaddik with emuna doesn’t need a safe room
Gittin 70a – Fear weakens a person
Mishlei 25:19, Metzudas David — Treasonous security on a day of trouble
Mishlei 10:24, Malbim — The efforts of rasha to avoid what he fears bring it upon him
Igros Moshe 37 — Not every fear is a halachic concern
Hoshea 3:5, Rashi — The three necessary aspects of repentance before Hashem redeems us
The complete post from June 8, 2025:
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This week’s Torah class might be the most important class I ever gave, even more important than the one I gave after October 7, 2023 (which is available here). That’s not clickbait. We learned over two dozen sources from Tanach, Chazal, Rambam, and Rav Moshe Feinstein that give us a clear, consistent perspective on bitachon [trust in Hashem], hishtadlus[human effort], fear, safe rooms, war, a Jewish army, Amalek, bringing Moshiach, and even how the term “Rising Lions” was hijacked and distorted by the kofrim, as they always do.
Seriously, if you listen to one Torah class from me, this should be it, especially now. It’s jam-packed with lessons from many previous classes and a wealth of new sources — sources that the state-employed rabbis will not teach the public, let alone contend with.
Please share it with everyone who cares what the Torah has to say, or at least professes to care, or at least should care.
It’s also available on my Rumble channel here.
Here are links to additional material referenced in the class:
A Practical Guide to Human Effort and Trust in God: https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=295
Amalek — Know Your Enemy: https://drive.proton.me/urls/T4VK6PMC0R#kYrj4QbXfbvK
Amalek — Know Your Enemy (Hebrew edition):
https://drive.proton.me/urls/EYNFA03TW4#phKQ1fOSbYqA
R&B Torah Fellowship #1 — Amalek, Bitachon, and Human Effort: https://rumble.com/vwcqal-r-and-b-torah-fellowship-1.html
R&B Torah Fellowship #62 - Introduction to Bitachon, Chovos Halevovos: https://rumble.com/v2wu693-r-and-b-torah-fellowship-62-introduction-to-bitachon-chovos-halevovos.html
R&B Torah Fellowship #63 - The Many Benefits of Bitachon: https://rumble.com/v2yaf1i-r-and-b-torah-fellowship-63-the-many-benefits-of-bitachon.html
R&B Torah #138 — A Limit to Darkness and Human Effort: https://rumble.com/v60jrgw-r-and-b-torah-138-a-limit-to-darkness-and-human-effort.html
Reports have been going around that IDF and Mossad HQs have been struck by “Iranian missiles”.
Hard to know what to believe, but I’ve been davening that whoever is responsible for this should be struck by their own weapons, like Haman was hung on his own gallows.
Bare-headed IDF commander: “Don’t worry about where the missile came from, worry about the instructions, because no matter where the threat comes from, the behavior is the same.”
Is he your protector or your enemy?
[I couldn’t repost the short clip. See the original post.]
The IDF ignored numerous warnings leading up to October 7 (deliberately, but you can believe it was all an honest mistake if it makes you feel better).
Now the same IDF brass — which paid no price for their “intelligence failure”, and in some cases were PROMOTED — is demanding that YOU take THEIR warnings very seriously. Or else.
Why is it safe to have return flights for all the Israeli citizens stranded abroad but not safe for citizens to leave if they wish to do so?
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Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10237324794680728&set=a.10201177756987377
Nigerians are asking all the questions the brainwashed Jews in Israel should be asking. The answers should be obvious.
We should be so thankful to all the brave police that are going around forcing shuls, yeshivas, stores, and weddings to shut down, risking themselves being struck by “Iranian missiles” without the slightest sign of fear, to protect you.
The following essay is excellent and well worth sharing with those who can read Hebrew. If someone wants to translate it to English, I’ll be happy to review and share that as well.
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