THIRD ELEMENT ADDED TO THE MIXTURE: the imprisoned Rav. What a salad!

BS"D

This is a continuation of my two recent posts below:

https://israeltruthtimes.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-chemtrails-and-vaccines.html

https://israeltruthtimes.blogspot.com/2020/05/coronaviruschemtrails-hybrid-update.html

as well as a continuation of the Rav Berland saga and explanations  I have repeatedly written about (to be found by searching "Rav Berland") . Because the truth is, they are all part of the same story.

Already in March, I had said that I was going to write a special post about the POLITICAL REASONS FOR RAV BERLAND'S DEMONIZATION, INCARCERATION AND TORTURE.

But I believe the document from the Oslo Accords  I presented in the latest post above says it all, doesn't it? 

Rav Berland has been at the forefront of the battle for both Torah and Eretz Yisrael, going everywhere without concern for his own safety: Mearat Hamachpelah, Kever Yosef, Elonei Mamre, various remote Kivrei Tzaddikim, on and on and on: he is a clear thorn in the side of the Amalekim within,  in some ways very similar to the thorn presented by Rav Meir Kahane, HY"D, Rav Binyamin and Talia Kahane, HY"D, Nati Ozeri HY"D, Meir Ettinger and Noar Hagvaot falsely accused of the Duma murders and tortured in secret dungeons,  Dr. Baruch Goldstein, HY"D, etc.....do I need to continue the list?

To my opinion he actually represents the perfect synthesis between the Haredi world, the Chassidish world, and the Mitnachalim/ settlers' world: the ideal blend of Torat Yisrael be Eretz Yisrael. 

So of course the Amalekim within eagerly participated in the demonization and delegitimization of the Rav, which he also eagerly accepted upon himself as Kapparah for Am Yisrael. 

Now you understand how the Rav fits perfectly within the Oslo Accords picture? Which tells ME that the Oslo Accords are still alive and well for some choice people at the highest echelons of the Israeli government, and the court system too, of course.

The question is: WHO? And WHO ARE THEIR PARTNERS IN EVIL AT THE PRESENT TIME? WHOM ARE THEY REALLY WORKING FOR? The logical conclusion, based on the methods and the goals, to me,  is OF COURSE ROME. Same methods, same targets, so why would the goals and the perpetrators be different? As for the ones within....

THE RAV WAS THE CANARY IN THE MINE. And now we see that the miners are also getting hit: think of all the Haredi rabbis being targeted recently, think of the way they are treating Bnei Brak, Meah Shearim etc. residents. Think of what was just revealed about what is happening in coronavirus wards in New York, London and Israel!

DO YOU GET IT NOW? Maybe now all the rabbis who attacked the Rav will finally understand that by attacking him they were actually shooting themselves in the foot? You know their names; I hope they will recognize themselves and come to their senses, with a public apology for what they have said and done, sometimes inciting against the Rav. It wasn't right, and it was frankly very stupid too, showing a total lack of understanding of the total picture.

Well, the door to Teshuvah is always open. I hope they get the message once and for all.

Kol Tuv

DS

Can you put two and two together? ... Part III: Here we are: B"H I am on the right side of things!

BS"D

Dear all,

I know, it's Erev Shabbat soon Pessach, who has time for blogs?... Still, I had to post this, it is so vital ( I am blessed to share a name with this Rav Stern - although no relation). 

Please read and reflect, if you are one of those who have been blindsided by the media regarding Rav Berland. I can understand, it is hard not to believe what you read, why would anybody lie, right? We wouldn't do that so we assume others are the same; but no, there are some very mean-spirited people out there, people with nasty agendas, who will do anything to trample the truth, you know that (more about it another day, whenever that comes).

At any rate, see here what Rav Stern has to say about the coronavirus and Rav Berland's imprisonment and literal torture; from the Shuvu Banim website today. Who do you think is more right and truthful: Rav Stern, son of a Kabbalist and Talmid Chacham, or the purveyors of news paid for by our enemies ( even the JP's owners have connections to Rome - more on that another day) ? We know all about "fake news", don't we... anyway, think, absorb, reflect, pray, and then make up your mind. 

Shabbat Shalom to all

DS

https://ravberland.com/read-rav-sterns-words-and-help-save-am-yisrael-from-the-coronavirus/

Read Rav Stern’s words – and help save Am Yisrael from the Coronavirus

By

 Kalman Wiseman

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March 27, 2020

Rav Dovid Chaim Stern with Rav Eliezer Berland

All the harsh judgments are occurring because we aren’t protesting about Rav Berland – Rav Stern

After you’ve read the following words from Rabbi Aharon Stern, shlita, please send this post on to as many people as you can.

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Rabbi Aharon Stern, shlita, is the head of the Ziv Yehuda Torah institutions, and also the son of the famous kabbalist from Bnei Brak, Rabbi Dovid Chaim Stern, shlita.

In a fiery speech, he explained that HaKadosh Baruch Hu is extremely angry about the very difficult situation that Rabbi Eliezer Berland, shlita, currently finds himself in, and that the harsh gezeira (decree) of the Coronavirus won’t be nullified until he is freed from prison.

We are translating Rav Stern’s words below (you can hear the original Hebrew message HERE), and we ask our readers to please help to get this message out to the wider Jewish world, because many lives depend on it.

It’s only when more people understand the spiritual root cause of this Coronavirus epidemic, namely the unlawful persecution, violent and brutal physical treatment and disgrace of Rabbi Eliezer Berland, that we will be able to rectify the problem with the appropriate ­teshuva – and to get this awful situation to stop.

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Here is what Rav Stern said:

Moray v’rabotai (my teachers and friends), how very difficult is this day for Am Yisrael. It’s like the day when they destroyed the Beit HaMikdash (Temple).

On this day, whole communities were forced to leave thousands of synagogues across the whole of Eretz Israel, and with tremendous weeping, they were forced to go out and pray in the street.

Chas v’shalom, in the same way that when rain falls on Succot, it’s as though HaKadosh Baruch Hu has thrown a pitcher of water in his face. (See Mishna Succah, 2:9: “To what is this (i.e. rain on Succot) comparable? To a slave who comes to pour for his owner, and [the master] spills the pitcher on [the slave’s] face.)

These events need to shock each and every one of us, and to cause us to make a cheshbon hanefesh (spiritual accounting), as to why Hashem is doing this to us.

But you should know, my teachers and friends, I already said 40 days ago, that in S’dom there lived very big reshaim (evildoers), that at the height of their evil took a girl who was performing the mitzvah of tzedaka (charity). They smeared her body with honey, then placed her on the roof in the heat of the day, so that the bees would come and sting her to death.

The cries of that girl reached to the heart of the Heavens.

HaKadosh Baruch Hu said to the angels, “Descend please and I will see: If they act in accordance with the outcry which has come to Me – then destruction!” (Parshat Vayera, 18:21).

Chazal tell us that there are things that the judgment is ‘signed’ because of them. When they came and took Rav Berland, and put him in jail – this was the cry that ascended to the Heavens.

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All of this big commotion is happening because this Tzaddik (Rabbi Eliezer Berland, shlita) is languishing in prison – in ‘bidud’ (isolation).

Hashem is angry.

You could tell me that I’m weird [for saying this], but it’s also said about Moshiach Tzidkaynu that:

“He was despised and isolated from men, a man of pains and accustomed to illness. As one from whom we would hide our faces; he was despised, and we had no regard for him. But in truth, it was our ills that he bore, and our pains that he carried” (Isaiah 53:3-4).

Rav Berland is stuck in prison, and Am Yisrael is stuck with this Coronavirus.

We need to go out, and to cry out, until they free Rabbi Berland from the prison. If you have any brains in your head, if anyone wants to really save this [Jewish] people….

Perhaps, it was decreed that the Coronavirus was meant to be in the rest of the world, but in Eretz Yisrael, there was not supposed to be any Coronavirus.

EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING ONLY BECAUSE RABBI BERLAND IS LANGUISHING IN PRISON.

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Hashem is angry.

If there is someone out there who is capable of freeing Rabbi Berland from prison, that person can save the whole of this people.

Because they have kicked us out of our inheritance. They have kicked us out of our synagogues. This is the churban Beit HaMikdash (destruction of the Temple). They threw us into the streets! HaKadosh Baruch Hu said, I don’t want you!! I don’t want your prayers!! I don’t want your avodat Hashem!!

There is a Tzaddik who is sitting and groaning in prison – and everyone is silent! No-one is opening their mouth, here! All of a sudden, everyone is struck dumb. No-one is saying anything.

Everyone has been silenced by a roaring silence – but HaKadosh Baruch Hu won’t be silent!! HaKadosh Baruch Hu is demanding that the insult to his Tzaddik is recompensed, and then who knows, perhaps [Hashem] will be merciful.

We need to cry out to Hashem, and then maybe he will take away from us this terrible gezeira. But we also need to act! We need action!

If we don’t get Rabbi Berland out of prison, then Am Yisrael will be in a huge problem! Chas v’shalom, this can continue to worsen and spread.

I didn’t want to open my mouth, but this thing depends on us. We can save Am Yisrael, RIGHT NOW.

Even though these words may sound strange, you should know that I am telling you the truth.

And He is merciful to forgive our sins.

Can you put two and two together... Part II, and Coronavirus Part III Update, both in one post: Miracle! Could it be related to Teshuvah and enlightenment on the part of NY Jews?

BS"D

Chodesh Nissan Tov to all,

Miracle,  miracle! Just after my post last night about the coronavirus spread in New York, lo and behold, IN NEW YORK of all places, doctors are finally using the one treatment that has been shown to work even on very, very sick patients! I believe this is a direct miracle from Hashem thanks to the prayers of Am Yisrael all over the world, and thanks to today's prayers and brachot as well.  Something big is happening in New-York. Jews, open your eyes! This is not just a medical breakthrough, this is a Nes Galui, I really feel. The Nes is that the doctors in New York hospitals are finally willing to listen to the truth, open their hearts, and do the right thing rather than listen to the Reshaim of the medical establishment - and there are plenty of those, believe me.

You can read the whole article on the link below - I only posted the beginning. I did add this short video of Dr. Cheng, though; the bad guys had censured him already before - see Coronavirus Part III -; I hope they won't be able to do it this time, and I wanted to make sure that you can hear the story directly from him.

So, yes, Rosh Chodesh Nissan, big miracles. 

Thank you Hashem! Thank you, thank you, thank you! And please pass this on so people you might know who need this treatment will know it is now available in New York hospitals! So why not in London, in Milan, in Los Angeles, wherever it is needed???????

Baruch Hashem

DS






https://www.naturalhealth365.com/covid-19-patients-new-york-3344.html

Breaking News: COVID-19 patients getting vitamin C therapy in N.Y. hospitals

by: Sara Middleton, staff writer | March 25, 2020

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(NaturalHealth365) We are now rapidly approaching half a million confirmed cases of COVID-19, globally.  Doctors and health experts – around the world – are scrambling to find effective treatments that will help people suffering from the respiratory disease caused by the COVID-19 infection.  Diving headfirst into a flurry of clinical trials and experimental drugs are medical teams in New York, one of the hardest hit areas in the U.S.

One “therapy” out of New York City that doesn’t seem to be getting quite as much press coverage as it should – despite actually having years of research to back up its use – is higher than normal amounts of vitamin C.  Could something as simple as a nutrient be a potentially successful remedy in the fight against such an unknown (life-threatening) viral infection?

New York doctors express optimism over a vitamin therapy given to COVID-19 patients

Earlier reports out of China indicate that high amounts of vitamin C – delivered intravenously – have been effective in managing COVID-19 cases.  Critical care doctors from New York have taken note, and in some places are reportedly administering 1,500 milligrams of intravenous vitamin C – three to four times per day – to confirmed COVID-19 patients.

Healthcare providers reportedly have seen significant improvement in patients taking this vitamin C therapy compared to other patients who haven’t received high amounts of this potent antiviral and antioxidant nutrient.

How much vitamin C is enough?  Well, let’s say this: it’s way more than the “recommended dietary allowance” of 75 to 90 mg for adult women and men, respectively.  Basically, the report suggests that doctors are giving 1,500 mg of vitamin C – 4 times per day.

And, according to many vitamin C experts, the reason for any “vitamin C success” is due to its frequency of administration – throughout the day.  To overcome any intense bacterial or viral infection, it’s very important that critically ill patients receive consistent amounts of this lifesaving vitamin, on a regular basis until symptoms are gone.

Doctors believe the “much higher-than-normal” amounts being administered are helping people who are requiring intensive care for coronavirus.  Keep in mind, levels of vitamin C tend to drop dramatically if and when a person gets sick.  Sepsis is a perfect example of the need for more vitamin C, when sick.

The reason is that sepsis launches a strong inflammatory response – which can affect nutrient levels, so aggressively replacing the levels may prove to be beneficial for helping the body fight off an infection.

Natural healthcare strategies to help you avoid the need for toxic “treatments”

For those curious about how to get vitamin C in your diet … you can aim to boost your own natural supplies by adding more vitamin-C rich food like, broccoli, cauliflower, red peppers, and citrus fruit.  If you want to boost your vitamin C levels via supplementation … we suggest you talk to your integrative healthcare provider about what’s best for you.

If you’d like to show your physician what another doctor thinks about vitamin C … check out this special report (with video) about Dr. Cheng and his amazing experience with treating COVID-19 patients in China...."

The article continues......

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Can you put two and two together? Those of you who understand the concept of the Tzaddik of the generation and what happens to his enemies, open your eyes!!

BS"D

Chodesh Tov to everyone of my dear readers. May this Nissan bring the Geulah we are waiting for with such fervor and trepidation. Please, Hashem, send us Mashiach now! Amen.

Look at this revelation from Above I just discovered! Who was it that said that the coronavirus pandemic is a direct result of the persecution and badmouthing of the Tzaddik of the generation? Quite a few said so (I don't have all the sources offhand but clearly remember reading and hearing this -  I found one and added it to the first comment below, check it out).  

Now however, see for yourselves, and ask yourselves if  this could  possibly be true. Could it be that the coronavirus is a direct result of badmouthing and attacking the Rav?

First, see the shocking editorial on Arutz7 from three weeks ago, just as Rav Berland was being arrested. The glee, the delight, the lashon hara, the sarcasm.... I want you to read it carefully, not because I believe in it, but so you can see what happens next.

• On March 5th, 2020, right after the Israeli elections, the video about the Rav was shown on Kan 11 - this editorial,  dated the same day, mentions it. That is also the day I wrote my previous article about the Rav called "Setting the record straight on Rav Berland...".

• Then on March 11, 2020, Shushan Purim, Governor Cuomo designates New Rochelle, NY, as the largest cluster of coronavirus cases in the US.

Which is followed by increasing antisemitism in the US, the Jews being blamed for the pandemic, antisemites threatening to infect Jews, a whole wave of Jew-hatred  being whipped up because of the coronavirus pandemic, not to mention the exponential spread of the coronavirus in the US with hundreds of deaths. New York is still the epicenter of coronavirus infections for all of the US.

• And today, March 25th,  Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5780, what do we read?? You won't believe it! See below, from the very same author of this first editorial full of anti Rav Berland vitriol, from the same Josh Nass... 

Who would have thought? The community he grew up in and that he is still very attached to, is the very epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in the United States! Any understanding, any flash of recognition anyone? Any dose of humility and Teshuvah, Josh? You can be the best lawyer, it doesn't matter: you attack the Tzaddik of the generation, G-d hears and sees.... and here we are. Open your eyes! Listen! Hashem is sending you a message! You better listen, or it could get a lot closer than you imagine. And no, this is NOT a threat from me in any shape or form; it is simply an understanding of true reality, a realization of the consequences of one's actions, specially when we attack THE TZADDIK OF THE GENERATION, whether one is a Jew or not, whether one is educated or not, whether one is Torah learned or not. Hashem speaks to us through many many situations, and we better listen. I would highly suggest to you to ask for forgiveness from the Tzaddik, and from Hashem, for speaking in such a horrible way about Rav Berland.

And by the way, who is Josh Nass?  Look at his bio:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshnass

Oh my goodness, I can't believe it.... -  or rather, of course I can! - ..... one of Josh's clients is the NEW ISRAEL FUND, a front for the Ford Foundation, one of Am Yisrael's and Torah's worst enemies! What is going on there? Josh, who are you, what on earth are you doing?? 

So here are the two editorials, one after the other. You read, and then decide if there isn't a divine message in this apparent coincidence, in this set of strangely random occurrences. NOTHING is random in this world, EVERYTHING is from Hashem. And as Jews we better realize this and open our eyes, whoever we are: G-d is speaking to us and we better listen. So please, Josh, listen, and learn. 

One more thought: if BADMOUTHING RAV BERLAND had such a horrible effect, how much GOOD could come from DOING THE OPPOSITE, respecting him, listening to him, honoring him, helping him? Listen, Josh! Maybe your doing Teshuvah and asking for forgiveness and even helping the Rav could help stop the pandemic? Just a thought.


1. First editorial:

http://www.israeln.ationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/25316

A frightening Jewish cult

This man, who has proclaimed himself a manifestation of God, is most recently in trouble for conning some of the most vulnerable members of society. And his followers of worse.

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The more I learn about Eliezer Berland, the more horrified I become. This man, a “rabbi” in name only, has been accused of misleading a sizable group of hassidim, turning them into a cult, all to support his greed and ego.
I first became aware of Eliezer Berland thanks to some truly extraordinary investigative journalism on the part of a number of Israeli news outlets. While it seemed that many people — especially hassidim outside Berland’s circle — were ignoring Berland, Israeli journalists realized there was a story and followed it, showing the immense value of fearless reporting.
Berland came to notice — again — in the fall when Nurit Ben-Moshe, an Israeli grandmother, sued him for his part in her daughter’s death. This served as a clarion call to journalists and law enforcement, who earlier this month arrested Berland. This man, who has proclaimed himself a manifestation of God, is most recently in trouble for conning some of the most vulnerable members of society.
He allegedly preyed on those with serious, sometimes even terminal, illnesses, such as cancer, and convinced them to give him tens of thousands of shekels in exchange for his blessing and “medicine,” which it turns out was antibiotic drops and Mentos mints. Nurit Ben-Moshe’s daughter, Shoshi, a follower of Berland’s along with her husband, paid Berland a king’s ransom to pray for her and, when Berland told her not to undergo medically recommended chemotherapy, she obeyed. Then she died.
Berland clearly cared nothing for these people. All he cares about is his wallet. Even after some of his followers had died being treated by his blessings, he continued to extort money from their families, claiming that with payment he would ensure they were among the first to be brought back to life when the Messiah comes.
In light of all this, while the investigation continues, I hope Berland will be remanded indefinitely as his trial unfolds, both to protect future victims from him and to prevent him from fleeing. He has fled prosecution before, showing that he has no qualms about breaking Israeli law. Several years ago, he was charged with sexual assault and he went on the lam. After being in hiding for a few years, he finally was put on trial in Israel. Sadly, he served less than a year for his crimes and his adherents remained steadfast regardless.
The actions of which Berland is indicted should make anyone with even a semblance of a moral compass feel sick and angry. Yet his followers stand beside him. They defend him. When police went to arrest Berland, his followers attempted to stop police. They threw themselves in front of police cars and attempted to restrain officers, causing injuries.
When asked about Berland’s crimes, his followers either deny them or, more often, defend his actions as being holy. They twist rabbinic teachings to support Berland. And those who don’t blindly follow Berland? They become marked as enemies. Thanks to Berland’s followers, Nurit Ben-Moshe is no longer allowed to see her grandchildren. Those who have agreed to act as witnesses for law enforcement have been physically assaulted and, according to a film made public recently by, much much worse. The film, linked here in Hebrew and shown on Israel television station Kan 11. is a documentary on Shuvu Banim and contains claims that  a group of his Shuvu Banim followers of murdering  a young man who reported being beaten up by them to the authorities. It is making waves in religious circles in Israel).
Simply put, these people are a cult.
Sadly, Judaism — like any other religion — has its fair share of cultists, people who distort teachings and practices, usually in service of a charismatic and unprincipled person. We have seen this before. While Berland is not a manifestation of God, he may be a manifestation of Shabtai Tzvi syndrome, a Jewish cult leader in the 1600s who misled thousands of Jews.
As Rabbi Elchanan Poupko wrote on Arutz Sheva, the similarities are appalling.
Tzvi claimed to be the Messiah and created his own religion where he was essentially worshipped as a god. He bilked money from his adherents to support his licentious life. Then, when faced with trouble, he quickly turned his back on Judaism, converting to Islam to save his own skin. In response, approximately 300 families who followed him also converted and continued to worship him.
The parallels between Shabtai Tzvi and Berland are clear. Berland is profaning Jewish teachings so that he will be worshiped absolutely.
The lesson in all this is that, just because someone says they are a rabbi and dresses for the part, does not make them so. Berland may call himself a rabbi, but his absolute disregard for Jewish teaching and basic humanity should bar him from the position. He is the opposite of a holy man. He is a snake misleading Jews into sin with him.
Just as Tzvi was excommunicated and banished from several cities, Berland, once the trial is over and if it proves - as seems self evident - that the allegations are true, his actions merit a strong response beyond that of the courts . He must be wholly rejected by the entire Jewish community and banished behind bars for the rest of his life. As for his followers, I hope they can find their way back to true Judaism.

Josh Nass is a public relations executive specializing in media relations, crisis communications and political strategy 

2. Second editorial:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/25435

The resilience of New Rochelle - a model in the face of corona

New Rochelle was the first city in New York State to see the effects of a novel coronavirus outbreak and its citizens responded commendably. I hope New Rochelle can serve as a model to other communities

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As more and more cases of confirmed COVID-19 are reported in New York, our country and the world at large, I find myself anxious and fearful, much like many of my friends and colleagues. I am especially worried for the health and safety of my friends and family, specifically those who are elderly and most susceptible to a fatal case of the disease. I am also worried for our nation and society. It seems that each day we are confronted with humanity’s worst traits: people stockpiling supplies they won’t need, expressing racist sentiments toward certain groups, and those selfishly turning a blind-eye to the situation, while putting others at risk.
But we are better than this. A dominant trait of humanity is the urge to form community and to care for one another. While we cannot assemble physically as communities right now, our inherent drive for community is still saving lives.
I was raised in New Rochelle, spending my entire childhood there. Upon hearing that the city was the epicenter of a COVID-19 outbreak, my stomach dropped. After all, I still have friends and family there, including an aunt and uncle who were in quarantine up until recently. The fact that the outbreak started at Young Israel of New Rochelle, the synagogue I attended through my childhood, and where I celebrated my bar mitzvah, made it  all hit even closer to home for me.
I am incredibly proud of how my home community has reacted to this unthinkable calamity. Despite being placed under quarantine and surrounded by New York National Guardsmen — two situations that could easily cause panic — my home community rose to the occasion.
Almost immediately, community members began to organize food deliveries to those being quarantined; they began to connect even more closely — though not physically — to make sure everyone had necessary supplies. These kindnesses have come from businesses that have gone out of their way to remove roadblocks to service and from individuals bringing meals to neighbors. A group of anonymous donors even had meals delivered from the local Kosher Chinese restaurant, to every household that is a member of YINR; they did this both to help their fellow congregants and to support a local business that, like many businesses both large and small, is seeing a drastic decrease in commerce due to this pandemic.

New Rochelle was the first city in New York State to see the effects of a novel coronavirus outbreak and its citizens responded commendably. I hope New Rochelle can serve as a model to other communities. As this disease spreads more and more each day, we must amplify our efforts to help our neighbors.
Of course, these acts of charity and loving kindness are only enhanced due to the professional and coordinated response of the community's leaders in collaboration with the Department of Health, which has worked admirably to keep people informed. Mayor Noam Bramson should be commended for his proactive approach, and for keeping channels of communication open; and leaders of the community within the city, like Young Israel of New Rochelle's Rabbi Reuven Fink, who sprang into action immediately to ensure his congregants were receiving care, even while himself acknowledging he had tested positive for COVID-19.
From Day No. 1, when it was first learned that a New York lawyer had inadvertently brought COVID-19 to YINR, Rabbi Fink and the synagogue’s lay leaders responded quickly, following advice from local experts. Rabbi Fink has been in near-constant outreach with the community — those who are sick and those who are not. He rapidly orchestrated online portals where people could both seek and offer assistance, and he mobilized others to action.
For instance, the Young Israel brought in a group of doctors to counsel community members virtually about COVID-19, its symptoms, its treatment and precautionary measures. Going even further, the synagogue sponsored a Zoom session available to anyone, even those not in the community, in which doctors who specialize in infectious disease answered questions. In another act of community care, people all around the state have been organizing blood and platelet drives to help those who are ill. Donating blood and platelets is vital during this time; reserves are running low and patients — not only with coronavirus, but with many types of illness or injury — need these lifesaving donations.
But physical concerns are only part of the struggle. While it is vital that everyone remain safe and healthy, there are mental and spiritual elements to this struggle, as well. In quarantine, many people feel cut off from the world. Isolation can have alarming impacts on mental health. Despite New Rochelle being in lockdown, people are still connecting. While residents may be isolating physically, they are certainly not isolating emotionally. Through modern technology, people can stay connected so easily without having to leave their home.
As for spiritually, the Young Israel has had that covered, too. Since this pandemic's outbreak, there have been online lessons and study groups for synagogue members, giving them a sense of routine and normalcy. Many congregants were concerned about not being able to attend services to hear Torah reading. The Young Israel live-streamed the Purim service where the megillah was read.
A lot of media attention has been focused on numbers: mainly, the opening of the containment zone and the spread of the Coronavirus through the community. But there is so much more to this developing story. There is compassion, lifesaving help and the tight-knit nature of the community.
Coming from New Rochelle, I know that the community is modest and prefers to stay out of the limelight. But they have been thrust into it; so I urge people outside New Rochelle to refrain from viewing the community or its members through the lens of this pandemic our nation is grappling with; but instead, focus on the amazingly generous and benevolent people of New Rochelle.

It is impossible to tally the countless acts of generosity in this time of crisis. Help is coming from all corners and to all people. While I hold out hope that this pandemic will end soon, in the meantime I hope that every community can be like the New Rochelle community: loving, supportive and kind to one another. By replicating this model in communities nationwide, I am confident we will be well ahead of the curve.
Josh Nass is an attorney and public relations professional specializing in media relations, crisis communications and reputation management

On another note, here is an old and moving documentary of the Shuvu Banim Yeshivah in the Old City of Yerushalayim years ago.

Setting the record straight on Rav Eliezer Berland and his indictment today, March 5, 2020. Here is my take:

BS"D

To my dear readers,

The Israeli media these days have been flooded with stories about Rav Eliezer Berland, accusing him of all kinds of crimes, financial, social, going as far as Kan 11 making a video basically accusing him of planning two murders years ago. 

As you probably know if you have been following this blog in the past, my experience with the Rav has been intense - on the good side: deep meditations in his presence, fantastic prayer events, deep awe at his incredible breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of Torah and all its aspects, delight at his unique and powerful prayers for all kinds of situations. Bekitzur, I saw in him someone larger than life. I have met a couple of people of that caliber in my life, for instance the Lubavitcher Rebbe ZT"L; but such great beings are few and far between.....

....And then, on the other side, comes this flood of horrible stories about him. In my usual M.O. I had to investigate this.  As fate would have it, I stumbled upon a couple of videos that tell a completely opposite version of each other; the latest one from KAN 11.  I have included them below. After studying them in detail, I came to the conclusion that the accusations of incitement to murder against the Rav are based on falsehood, as they ignore the fact that the principal person named in that story, the Rav's own son-in-law,  was throughout the years repeatedly allied with the Rav's internal oppressor and enemy and doing his bidding, not the Rav's, so that pointing the finger at the Rav for all the evil that apparently took place under his watch is ludicrous, false, and without any basis in reality. 

In addition there is also a political element included ( I will get back to that in part II of this series) : according to that video from Kan 11, the file about the Rav ( I couldn't retrieve the exact place in the video where that is mentioned) has been in the hands of a certain Shmuel ben Amos ( or is it Shmuel Habani?), who is supposedly a leading figure on the Left of the political spectrum. I don't quite understand who that person is and why he is in charge of the file about the murders and Shuvu Banim of 30 years ago, but I certainly find it odd that this story should come out just on time for these fateful Israeli elections, where the fate of Am Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael hangs in the balance. It seems as though Rav Berland is being used as a political hot potato, sort of a 'divide and conquer" kind of weapon. Not to mention the spiritual aspects of this coincidence of events.

I also found out to my amazement that the person who led the prayers at Kever Rachel on Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar in honor of and for the sake of Rav Berland was none other than Rav Yaakov Ades. Again, if you follow my blog, you will notice that I had posted a few things about Rav Ades in the past, actually exactly a year ago also on Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar. I had mentioned how Rav Ades had made a tremendous impression on me, when one Yom Kippur at Mearat Hamachpelah years ago I had had a vision of him being Eliyahu Hanavi - and it turns out he talks about Eliyahu Hanavi a lot in his videos! So for him to be in such awe of Rav Berland means everything to me: who in the Chareidi/Chassidish/ Zioni Dati world doesn't revere Rav Ades? So if Rav Ades gives him his stamp of kashrut, shouldn't this be kosher enough for everybody?  Could it even be that my vision was right, and that Eliyahu Hanavi is ushering in the period of Mashiach ben David?

I have included in this post the various media stories and videos regarding both Rav Berland and Rav Ades that I thought were relevant. Also relevant is the fact that these elections were finalized on the 7th of Adar, the Yahrzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu. Everything is so fateful here! Everything hangs in the balance! Who will lead Israel? Who will live and who will die?.... 

Enough has been written about the coronavirus and Rav Berland, so I won't get into that. But interestingly enough, last night, Wednesday night, the night before the Rav's court indictment, again Kever Rachel was chosen for the place of supplications to Hashem. Was Rav Ades there again? 

Of course many other Talmidei Chachamim are supporting the Rav as well. 

So, who will win? The naysayers and haters of Torah, or the lovers of Torah and the Land? So far the elections point in the direction of the latter, but it is not clear yet. Is Rav Berland the canary in the mine so to speak? Are we going to defend righteousness, or go along with false witnesses, false accusations and an unjust and cruel indictment, all for political expediency and hatred? The truth hangs in the balance. And Truth is Hashem's: "Hashem Elokechem Emet"

I have therefore included as much evidence as I could here,  so you can make up your own mind. It is permitted to ask questions, but don't be swayed, don't be fooled by manipulators, propagandists, political tools: try to see the good, appreciate the enormous spirituality of the Rav, don't only hear the bad and accept it blindly! Then decide. Hatzlachah!

https://you tube/ZAFbhTk_DAA

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276683

https://ravberland.com/what-side-do-you-want-to-be-on-when-moshiach-comes/

https://ravberland.com/a-time-of-suffering/

https://www.shuvubanimint.com/%d7%a6%d7%a4%d7%95-%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%a7%d7%91%d7%a8-%d7%a8%d7%97%d7%9c-%d7%95%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%a9%d7%9d-%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%91-%d7%99%d7%a2%d7%a7%d7%91-%d7%a2%d7%93%d7%a1/




Here are two posts I had written about Rav Ades a year ago; you can tell, from the testimony of his student below, the greatness of the man.

https://israeltruthtimes.blogspot.com/2019/02/shavuah-tov-i-hope-you-enjoy-this.html

https://israeltruthtimes.blogspot.com/2019/02/remember-prophecies-paer-v-more-of-same.html





Here, at 1:09.32 till 1:11,  the video from Kan 11 claims that Zvicka Tzucker, the son-in-law of Rav Berland, was guilty of the murder of Nissim Shitrit under the direction of Rav Berland.  I shared this before the (unintended) refutation in the next video, so you can see that these accusations are obviously baseless. 





Here you can clearly see - from 59 min - that Zvicka Tzucker was one of the people drawn into the cabal of Cheshin, who managed to convince him that the Rav was guilty (1:18.30) So if Tzucker implicated the Rav, his testimony is obviously totally biased and unreliable.





On another note, here is a past statement of the Steipler Gaon Z"TL about Rav Berland 




I hope this post gives you some clarity on the situation. I am doing this with the hope that my dear readers will see what is really going on here, realize that we are dealing with a case of persecution, plain and simple, of a person accused of crimes he did not commit. And of course the whole baloney about Pidyon Nefesh is totally ridiculous. So what if people want to donate?

Kol Tuv to all

PS: Part II should be ready shortly, B"H

DS

SHUVU BANIM! This great oldie landed on my lap yesterday, and I find it very inspiring. So here it is....

I can see why the Rav is making so many enemies in the PTB, a bit like Rav Meir Kahane HY"D , just without the political bravado: he does what he does fearlessly, without any concern for political correctness, without any weighing of possible consequences to himself - proof is the severe persecution that has raged against him for years; yet he goes completely against the establishment grain, enters the WHOLE Land of Israel fearlessly, arouses Jewish souls wherever he goes, and last but not least, creates SERIOUS CONVERTS AMONG THE CREME DE LA CREME OF SECULAR ISRAELI YOUTH. See the video above, the names mentioned: it's earth shattering. That is a crime "they" can't forgive him: imagine, stealing their choice success stories, and converting them into Hashem's servants instead of their own servants? That cannot pass, this HAS to be stopped. So declare him and his Torah students a CULT, and persecute the cult; let's spread all kinds of lies about him, so people will turn against him!

It's one thing to play the religious card without shaking the establishment to the core: such as all willing "Mizrochnikim" who worship the state and coordinate with it at the same time they worship Hashem. But woe to whoever chooses to worship Hashem only! And that is Rav Berland's great crime.

I will gladly join in that crime. How about you? 

And you know what, I am not in any way changing my lifestyle or my appearance, I keep doing what I was doing before; it's just that my understanding, my Emunah, have changed. Now I have inspiration, I am connected to Hashem more than I have ever been. And I promise you, I DON'T worship the Rav: I just follow his advice, his writings and his appearances from a distance, whenever I get a chance. That's all. 

Doesn't it say: ASEH LECHA RAV? So I did.

And he is not my first teacher: I have had a number of them: all of them except for one are unfortunately not in this world anymore, although I very much love and appreciate them even after their passing. But for now he is the only alive Rav I can deeply connect to. So why not?

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Happy Chanukah! When this rabbi speaks, I listen - he's got a bigger head on his shoulders than all his detractors combined - confabulations about him notwithstanding.

A friend sent me this: I feel compelled to share it with all of you because it does have the ring of truth, coming from a source of deep Torah knowledge and understanding. I know, the Rav speaks with great flourish, but try to listen to his underlying message, which is unmistakable: only mass prayer to Hashem at the Kivrei Avot can save us now. I believe him. Not to mention that the whole world is also in complete Tohu Vavohu in case you haven't noticed, equally in weather, political, and financial terms.

Writing this from Rome where I am stuck for Shabbat Chanukah despite my plans, sitting on a super volcano ready to erupt any time now - not soon enough: I hope it takes the Vatican where it belongs already!

Shavuah Tov and Happy Zot Chanukah; and Chodesh Tevet Tov!

This Sunday night, Zot Chanuka, Rav Eliezer Berland has called for a huge prayer gathering in Hevron, the city of the Patriarchs. The Rav has put out a number of urgent messages in recent days, encouraging people to attend the event, and underlining the importance of participating – because the situation is looking extremely grave.

Here is the full translation of the Rav’s most recent message:

(If you can help to defray some of the expenses of the tens of buses that are being chartered to and from Hevron for Sunday night, please click HERE to donate.)

“The whole of Am Yisrael is currently facing a terrible, threatening situation. Every part of Israel is now under threat of being deluged with rockets. After we saw 400 rockets falling on Ashkelon and the surrounding cities, including Beer Sheva, Netivot, Ofakim and Sderot, now they are preparing thousands and thousands of rockets, which will reach to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

“And we have no possibility of stopping this from happening, because the whole world is against us. They can launch 10,000 missiles, and if we fire back even just one, they will say that we are the aggressors, and they are the victims.

“They will say that we began [hostilities], and that they are simply defending themselves.

“We have no [military] might, we only have the power of tehillim (psalms). All of the State of Israel’s efforts to stop the missiles of Hezbollah and Hamas ended in failure. Every day, we are threatened with thousands of new rockets. They can reach any target precisely…

“Am Israel is in the greatest danger, mamash, and our only possibility of coming through this lies in our mouths: “The voice is the voice of Yaakov, and the hands are the hands of Esav.” (Bereishit, 27:22).

“We are now, mamash, at the final moments that we can stay in Eretz Yisrael, in the State of Israel, because the goal of the Arabs is to destroy everyone here. They don’t care if its dati’im (observant Jews), chilonim (secular Jews), Chareidim, Neturei Karta - they aren’t interested.

“They want to annihilate every single Jew, until the very last one of us – regardless of whether he’s secular, or religious, or Mizrachi (Sephardi traditional), or kipat srugah (National Religious).

It’s written: “And I will divide them, into the light and into the dark” (Bereishit 1:4).

They are not going to distinguish between the ‘light’ and the ‘darkness’. Right now, we are all in the gravest danger, mamash.

So, we need to really urge people to attend this Prayer Gathering, so that almost 50,000 thousand people will come.

“And everyone should read the whole of the Book of Tehillim, which will [form] the shoes for the Shechina, the shoes of Yosef [HaTzaddik], that the brothers quarreled about. Because, never before have we heard of a brother selling his brother for a pair of shoes. The ikker (main point) is that a brother shouldn’t sell out his own brother. (The argument was really over whether they should finish the whole book of Tehillim the whole week, which is the ‘shoes of the Shechinah’.)

“This was the real argument between Yosef and his brothers…and so, every single person is obliged to complete the book of Tehillim at the Prayer Gathering, and to make good use of this opportunity for 50,000 people to say tehillim together.

“This will (be considered in Heaven) as though a billion people are saying tehillim (psalms), and this will certainly stop the tillim (rockets).

“Only tehillim can stop the tillim – not the IDF, not weapons, not tanks, not Patriot missiles, no Iron Dome – none of these things can stop the missiles. Only the tehillim that we will say at this Prayer Gathering can stop the missiles.

“And in the merit of this, everyone will have a long life, like Yitzchak, in the merit of participating in this Prayer Gathering.

“There is also an obligation to donate to help defray the expenses [of hiring the buses], 1,500 shekels, because hundreds of buses will be needed. And the Rav will of course be coming, without doubt.

“The whole of Am Yisrael is invited to come to the Prayer Gathering, and to finish the book of Tehillim, and this will erase Hamas from the face of the earth.”

PS: December 10th: 

I managed to attend, arriving just on time after my return from "the other side" ( Arameic translation: the Sitra Achra - we know what that is! ) literally, i.e. Rome. It was an awesome event! I don't believe close to 50,000 attended, but still it was a very large and significant crowd easily in the thousands. After 100 or so Tehillim were recited by a Chazan, the Rav arrived, lit the Chanukah Menorah, and then the singing and dancing began: wow, what joy, what energy, what enthusiasm, what uplifting and extraordinary music: it felt just like Meron on Lag Baomer! I was delighted that they even managed to sing Bar Yochai songs; I absolutely loved the Atzeret, and so did everybody present. After that the Rav led a Tikkun Klali and some prayers, and then people started home - it was about 4:00 AM. To say I was happy I went is an understatement, although I have to make it clear I am not one of those (very special) women walking around looking like nuns, and probably never will be. Still, I appreciated the event very much. Specially, the fact that it was in Hevron made it so much more powerful; there is no way to deny it: Hevron has an energy all its own which makes things deep, intense, joyful and amazing. So, get ready for next Chayei Sarah, or, if you are in a hurry, Pessach!.... Hopefully with the Rav too, B"H; he magnifies the power of Hevron multifold, just watch the video below and I am sure you will agree with me: what a great union, a Yichud mamash, a Chibbur as in "Hevron"!

DS

See here the video of the event starting from the lighting of the Chanukah Menorah by the Rav: didn't he actually bring Meron and the light of Kabbalah to Hevron? Amazing.

UPDATE,  December 11th: :

Do you trust Rabbi Glazerson's work with Torah codes? Is he a respected Talmid Chacham? Do you mock his discoveries or don't you? If not, then look at what I just stumbled upon, then make up your own mind: unbelievable! I wonder what the relationship is between the two Rabbanim.

You just never know: the Hand of God leads one from minute to minute. I was looking around, ready for a nice, interesting YouTube program.... and found this, and the one above... can we understand Hashem's ways???


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UPDATE December 24, 2018, midnight Israel time, going on December 25th - interesting timing - just as the goyim are lighting their own lights and candles to worship their idol!

I had an interesting insight, looking at my Hevron calendar coming from the Jewish community of Hevron;  they had the intuition to add this year, as a passuk at the bottom of the page of the month of Tevet, the following Zohar ( Zohar Chadash):

"Why is Hevron called Kiryat Arba ( the City of the Four)? That name is based on the FOUR ELEMENTS: Fire, Air, Water and Earth /Dust"

Well, to think of it ( I should know, I live here!), at this season, in the depth of winter, in Kiryat Arba-Hevron, we have plenty of air ( strong winds), plenty of water ( plentiful rains, specially this year), and plenty of dust ( we constantly have to battle dust here, coming from the desert). What we don't have is FIRE. 

Of course Chanukah brought the element of fire with its lighting of the Menorah. 

But what Rav Berland did, in effect, by lighting the Menorah here on Zot Chanukah, is bring his own fire - he has plenty of fire! - , the light of the Zohar, the fire of Meron, and the greatest oil lighting/fire of Chanukah to the Mearah. That was the element missing, and Rav Berland COMPLETED the four elements with his august presence. That was truly a kabbalistic Yichud in my understanding. He brought the missing heat, the missing light, the exaltation - just listen to the music and look at the lights!!!! to cold, wet, stormy Hevron. In effect he fulfilled the essence of Kiryat Arba-Hevron, the City of the Four.  It is a principle that whatever happens in Yerushalayim has to first happen in Hevron. So who knows, maybe by "completing" Hevron he made it possible for Yerushalayim in turn to reach completion?

.... And just today we heard that we will have new elections. Will Mashiach be the next ruler of Israel??

Thank you, Rav Berland!