tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76692515692303107.post339944255283153256..comments2024-03-27T21:38:46.966+02:00Comments on going home ... to yerushalayim: Baal Shem Tov on MegillahNeshamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06326762185596512130noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76692515692303107.post-70674666348080626442018-02-28T04:28:43.563+02:002018-02-28T04:28:43.563+02:00I agree here with Neshama's comment about the ...I agree here with Neshama's comment about the Erev Rav. I read a very good booklet about the Erev Rav written by a Rav Saloman (forgot his first name; it was a while back). The title was 'The Erev Rav, 3 thousand years of Treachery'. He writes that H' allowed Moshe Rabbeinu to let them shlep along but warned him 'that they are NOT sincere', but still allowed (guess this is where history has to play itself out until Moshiach comes). They caused the Eigel Hazahav sin. They were steeped in tumah and knew black magic. They have been a thorn in the sides of the Jewish people since Matan Torateinu. They are usually in powerful positions and wealthy. An example would most likely be a George Soros and all those who work against the Jewish people and especially the holiness of Torah and the Land of Israel. Do not believe they will be capable of doing teshuva because their whole existence is to stop Moshiach from coming and redeeming the Jews and the world. We should not give credit where it is not due!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76692515692303107.post-53105253337565978742018-02-26T21:10:30.557+02:002018-02-26T21:10:30.557+02:00I’m working hard today after a couple days under t...I’m working hard today after a couple days under the weather.<br /><br />I don’t agree that all Jews’ inner Yetzer Hara equates with the Erev Rav.<br /><br />Rabbi Winston Shlit”a says “The golden calf was the outgrowth of the insecurity of the Erev Rav. Egyptian idol worship, like all idol worship, felt like it put them in control of their lives, or so they thought. It was a manmade religion, so it was custom-designed to suit man’s perspective on life. Even the way idols were worshipped was self-serving. Though the Erev Rav in Egypt had gravitated towards the ways of the descendants of Ya’akov, the Erev Rav had proven themselves incapable of making the leap to a G–D-originated religion. That is why G–D strongly advised Moshe Rabbeinu not to allow them to accompany the Jewish people out of Egypt. He didn’t listen. The golden calf was the result.”<br /><br />Most of the Erev Rav live in Israel, and fight her tooth and nail; they don’t want the Torah of Hashem, G–D. <br /><br />Why would the Nations give a gift? Bribery? They are guilty of not wanting the Torah, and will challenge Hashem with, “if only . . ."Neshamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326762185596512130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76692515692303107.post-35404516721112939012018-02-26T18:44:28.966+02:002018-02-26T18:44:28.966+02:00In a sense they know that can’t kill us yet they t...In a sense they know that can’t kill us yet they try anyway. Much like Amalek in the desert. Evil doesn’t think long term. It’s sikply interested in making it through the day. That’s the nature of evil. <br /><br />As for the inner Amalek in the Erev Rav I’m not familiar. Who is the Erev Rav? As far as I’ve learned, anyone from the Jewish people who stops the progress of Moshiach and tries to get people away from Torah and Mitzvos are the Erev Rav. In that sense, it’s our own Yetzer Hara. <br /><br />I heard recently of a Medrash which states that the Nations will bring gift to Moshiach. What gift can they possibly give? They will bring the yidden (Erev Rav) who refuse to go to Eretz Yisrael with Moshiach fulfilling the prophecy that no Jew will be left behind. My1ambitionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418094099253713868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76692515692303107.post-49380875586385576142018-02-26T18:18:07.467+02:002018-02-26T18:18:07.467+02:00Thank you for adding your thoughts.
I would say t...Thank you for adding your thoughts.<br />I would say that Persia doesn’t want to quash us, but is fixated on KILLING the Jews.<br /><br />How about quashing the inner amalek embedded in the Erev Rav?Neshamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326762185596512130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76692515692303107.post-18833061781511406352018-02-26T17:26:18.233+02:002018-02-26T17:26:18.233+02:00Something I thought about over shabbos:
Amalek = ...Something I thought about over shabbos: <br />Amalek = doubt (Safek) as they “cooled down” the Jewish passion. <br /><br />Haman of Persia (today Iran) is from Amalek (Ha’Agagi) and tries to squash us and our passions for Yiddishkeit. <br /><br />Just a few weeks ago (On Shabbos Shekalim - connected to Purim and the silver that Haman used to bribe Achashverosh), Iran shot down an Israeli fighter jet in Syria (obviously connected to the final war of Gog Umagog). <br /><br />Just a few days ago, Iran went on record saying “Israel is no longer invincible”. The SAME message that Amalek tried sending to the world about the Bnei Yisrael just after leaving Egypt.<br /><br />The messages and timing could not be more precise. We need to overcome Amalek (definitely some people in Iran) by conquering our inner Amalek (doubt) and Persian which Chassidus explains come from the word Pras (reward). We need to serve Hashem with no ulterior motive or reward. This will bring the downfall of Iran and Damascus which are “keys to true peace in the Middle East” (words are from the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1973)My1ambitionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418094099253713868noreply@blogger.com