Another Kreplach War or More Than That?

Back 15 years ago, I dubbed recent Middle East wars as "Kreplach Wars".  We can now add 2 more to the list:

• October 7th started the night after Hoshana Rabba
• Roaring Lion started a few days before Purim

But it wasn't just a few days before Purim.  First of all, it started on the 11th of Adar, which is the first day in which the Megilla can be read (in certain circumstances).  Secondly, it began as synagogues in Israel were reading Parashat Zachor - the commandment to wipe out Amalek.  One of the verses read actually reads:

תִּמְחֶה אֶת-זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק, מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם - thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven

What better way to fulfil both the letter and spirit of this verse than to drop bombs killing the Amalek-like leadership of Iran from an airplane in the sky!

And, as others had pointed out:

מבצע שאגת הארי (Operation Roaring Lion) = 1122

פורים תשפ"ו (Purim 5786) = 1122

And HKB"H has been performing many miracles for His nation throughout this war.  True, there were deaths and many injuries, but nowhere near what would be the normal toll בדרך הטבע.  May Hashem continue to save us from harm.

Many are pointing to this war as not just another Kreplach war - but as THE FINAL WAR. 

The evidence presented is the famous Pesikta and Yalkut Shimoni that has been brought down many times on this blog (e.g. here):

Rabbi Yitzhak said: The year that King Mashiah will be revealed, all the kings of the nations will provoke each other. The king of Paras (Iran) will provoke an Arab king (Saudi Arabia) and the Arab king will go to Edom (who is understood to be by Haza"l as the Christian empire, who is in our days probably the U.S.), to take advice from them.

Then, the King of Paras will go ahead and destroy the whole world. And all the nations of the world will tremble and be panicky and will fall on their faces. And pains like birth pangs will take hold of them.

And Israel will tremble and be panicky and will say "Where will we come and go? Where will we come and go?"

And He will say to them: "My children, do not be afraid! Whatever I made, I only made for your benefit! Why are you afraid?

Do not be afraid! The days of your redemption has arrived!"

Let's go through this:

All the kings of the nations will provoke each other - ✔check

Ukraine-Russia, Afghanistan-Pakistan, India-Pakistan, Thailand-Cambodia, the list goes on... (just think of all the wars President Trump claims he solved).

The king of Paras (Iran) will provoke an Arab king (Saudi Arabia) and the Arab king will go to Edom (who is understood to be by Haza"l as the Christian empire, who is in our days probably the U.S.), to take advice from them - ✔check

The Saudis pushed Trump to attack Iran before the start of the war, and just a couple days ago, they asked President Trump to keep hitting them.

Then, the King of Paras will go ahead and destroy the whole world. - ✔check

Whether this refers to the growing number of countries attacked by Iran or whether it refers to the fact that oil cannot pass via the Strait of Hormuz due to Iran's threats, we can say that Iran is destroying the world.

And all the nations of the world will tremble and be panicky and will fall on their faces. And pains like birth pangs will take hold of them. - ✔check

Yes, this is happening, but not in the way one would have thought.  Europe and Europe-wannabe (Canada), Russia, China, South Africa, the Democrats and Woke Right of the US, and many others are all angry at President Trump for starting this war.  They've all gone ballistic figuratively at the US Air Force and Israeli Air Force trying to stop Iran going ballistic literally.

And those nations who are happy with the President's decision are actually getting hit by Iran so they are trembling in a different way.

And Israel will tremble and be panicky and will say "Where will we come and go? Where will we come and go?"- ✔check

People in Israel are suffering from the every-90-minute sirens that don't let them sleep and don't let them go anywhere lest they be caught without protection from a bomb shelter.  May Hashem protect His people.

And He will say to them: "My children, do not be afraid! Whatever I made, I only made for your benefit! Why are you afraid?  Do not be afraid! The days of your redemption has arrived!" - not yet, but very close.  May it happen very soon.

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For Hebrew speakers, see Rav Zamir Cohen on the current Geula situation as we approach the month of Nissan:

 

Also, for those who have not seen it yet, see the incredible shiur from Rav Yossi Saadeh that uses gematriot to show how 5786 is a year Mesugal for Geula (as seen on Shirat Devorah a few weeks ago):

As we approach the month of Nissan, may we see with our eyes the Final Redemption with mercy, Amen.

The Cosmic Clock and Aircraft Carriers

The Cosmic Clock on the sidebar of the blog shows that we're currently at about 12:51 PM on Friday afternoon. To explain this, an "hour" lasts about 41.666 (1000/24) years so a "minute" lasts about 0.69444 of a year.  Therefore, we have about 6.25 years to move 9 minutes to 1:00 PM (0.69444 x 9).  6:00 PM is the end of the "day", and therefore, the Millennium.  But as explained in the name of the Vilna Gaon, each hour also corresponds to an hour of Friday of Creation.

As the gemara in Sanhedrin 38b (text | Daf | English) explains, on the Friday of Creation, certain actions occurred with Adam Harishon on each hour of the daylight hours of the day.  These correspond to the second half of the Sixth Millennium. 

Hr	Time	Hebrew Dates	Secular Dates	Action with Adam
1	6-7AM	R"H 5501 - Sivan 5542	Sep 1740 - May 1782	his dust was gathered
2	7-8AM	Sivan 5542 - Shevat 5584	May 1782 - Jan 1824	his figure was fashioned
3	8-9AM	Shevat 5584 - R"H 5626	Jan 1824 - Sep 1865	his limbs were extended
4	9-10AM	R"H 5626 - Sivan 5667	Sep 1865 - May 1907	a Neshama was cast into him
5	10-11AM	Sivan 5667 - Shevat 5709	May 1907 - Jan 1949	he stood on his legs
6	11AM-12N	Shevat 5709 - R"H 5751	Jan 1949 - Sep 1990	he called the animals names
7	12N-1PM	R"H 5751 - Sivan 5792	Sep 1990 - May 2032	Hava was paired with him
8	1-2PM	Sivan 5792 - Shevat 5834	May 2032 - Jan 2074	2 arose to the bed, 4 descended
9	2-3PM	Shevat 5834 - R"H 5876	Jan 2074 - Sep 2115	he was commanded not to eat from the tree
10	3-4PM	R"H 5876 - Sivan 5917	Sep 2115 - May 2157	he sinned
11	4-5PM	Sivan 5917 - Shevat 5959	May 2157 - Jan 2199	he was judged
12	5-6PM	Shevat 5959 - R"H 6001	Jan 2199 - Sep 2240	he was expelled from Gan Eden

The USS Abraham Lincoln is currently in the waters near Iran.  The Pentagon is preparing to send the USS George H. W. Bush there as well.  These aircraft carriers are named for US Presidents who served right before the end of an "hour" but have more to do with the following one.  There is much to say about each era in regard to the formation of the United States, but let's just focus on the relevant ones.

President Lincoln served during the 3rd hour of "his limbs were extended", but was assassinated mere months before the 4th hour of "a Neshama was cast into him". During the 3rd hour, the US vastly expanded its borders to include the Western portion of the United States, thereby extending its limbs.  But at the end of the 3rd hour, America was fighting for its soul during the Civil War.  President Lincoln united the states and gave it back its soul.  And that soul remained for the 4th hour and beyond.

President George H. W. Bush served during the end of "he called the animals names" and during the beginning of "Hava was paired with him".  Like Lincoln's era, this was also a tumultuous time with the fall of the Soviet Union and the First Gulf War.  Many nations were formed and named during (and a bit before) the beginning of the 6th hour, including the State of Israel.  And many nations were formed and named during the end of the 6th hour, including the ex-Soviet and ex-Yugoslavian countries.  

When the 7th hour began, President George H. W. Bush ended his war against other Edomite nations, and in its place, started a war against Yishmael, the first of many during the 7th hour.  And Yishmael has been fighting Edomite nations ever since.  Adam (the stronger US) paired up with newly formed Hava (the weaker but newly united Europe) to fight the Pere Adam of Yishmael.  Whether it was Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and others, the vast majority of wars starting in the 7th hour were between Edom and Yishmael (Russia-Ukraine and Balkans notwithstanding).  This is a prelude to the Final War, as the Abravanel and Malbim predicted.

And we know that Paras is pretty much interchangeable with Yishmael, as the Maharal and Tosefot Rid both say.

So we now have the USS Abraham Lincoln sitting on the doorstep of the Islamic Republic of Iran, showing the regime that while the civilized world has a soul and eschews terrorism, the soulless Iranian regime openly supports it.  And they also murder tens of thousands of their own people who protest against it.  So it must be destroyed. 

And we have the USS George H. W. Bush getting ready to be deployed to the area, showing the regime that Paras will fall in the hands of Romi, as has happened during all American wars (at least during the fighting) during this 7th hour.  So it must be destroyed.

While the Lincoln represents the spiritual force, the Bush represents the physical force.  They both will work in tandem to defeat the enemy.

May all the enemies of the Jewish people be cut off speedily in our days, Amen.

Iran Threatens Global Jihad

JTV: 

Jihad as Deterrence: Iran’s Clerical Regime Issues Global War Threat as Protests Surge and Trump Turns Up the Heat 

Pesikta:

והחזיר מלך פרס והחריב את כל העולם כולו

The good news is that we know how this story ends.  It's the middle of the story that we need to pray for.

Iran Falling

Shirat Devorah brought down an interesting hint to what's happening to Iran from Megillat Esther.

Perhaps, there are other hints we can say as well.

Esther 9:22:

כב  כַּיָּמִים, אֲשֶׁר-נָחוּ בָהֶם הַיְּהוּדִים מֵאֹיְבֵיהֶם, וְהַחֹדֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר נֶהְפַּךְ לָהֶם מִיָּגוֹן לְשִׂמְחָה, וּמֵאֵבֶל לְיוֹם טוֹב; לַעֲשׂוֹת אוֹתָם, יְמֵי מִשְׁתֶּה וְשִׂמְחָה, וּמִשְׁלֹחַ מָנוֹת אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ, וּמַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיֹנִים.

22 the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

Note that the letters in red - with a letter-skip of 5 - spells out התשל"ט - which is 5739, or the secular year 1979, the start of the Iranian Revolution. 

2 verses later (9:24), it mentions the very last המן in the Megilla.  As we know, the 2 rulers of Iran since the revolution are Khomeini and Khamenei.  Both are pronounced similar to המן.  Both hate Israel and are considered a צרר כל היהודים and חשב על היהודים לאבדם, as that verse says.  They can be considered the last המןs in history just as this verse is the last המן mentioned in the Megilla.

Back to the original verse (9:22), the verse says that the month will turn from sorrow to gladness and from mourning into a Yom Tov.  For the Purim story, this month is obviously referring to Adar, as it explicitly says in the previous verse.  But perhaps we can say that the standalone verse hints to our day, as the letter-skip hints to, and the month therein refers to perhaps Shevat or perhaps Nissan, as I will explain soon.  

In Megillat Esther, the exact phrase פרס ומדי appears (4 times).  Perhaps, the hint is:

פרס - Persia - namely, the government hinted to in Esther 9:22 - 

ומ - for 46+ years

די - it is enough!

It is not destined to complete 47 years.

In order for the regime to fall withing the month it was established, but before it reaches its anniversary (since we need that month to turn from sorrow to joy and it also cannot reach 47 years), there are 2 possibilities. 

In the Iranian Revolution in 5739, the monarchy officially collapsed on Leil Tu Bishvat.  Perhaps, the current regime will collapse within the month of Shevat, but before Tu Bishvat.

If the regime ח"ו survives past then, perhaps we can say:

In the Iranian Revolution of 5739, a referendum that was tallied on the 4th of Nissan "showed" that 98.2% of the people wanted the Islamic Republic, thereby establishing it.  Perhaps, the current regime will collapse within the first 3 days of Nissan.

Time will tell.  

(And if it falls even before Shevat, I won't be too upset about it 😏.)

Statue of Liberty in Brazil has Fallen

Many years ago, there was a video about the destruction of the Statue of Liberty being a sign of Mashiah.  It was based on R' Yaakov Nathan's find.

Here's the Hebrew-only version of the video. 

I couldn't find the version with English subtitles, but it did exist a couple decades ago.

To review, over 1500 years ago, the child-prophet Nahman Ketufa prophesied about the Colossus of Rhodes falling.  But many nowadays have interpreted it to be referring to the Statue of Liberty.  This is because the Colossus had been destroyed many years ago and the Geula has still not come.  It therefore makes sense to say that it refers to its close copy - the Statue of Liberty.  The video explains that Emma Lazarus' poem, "The New Colossus", is on a plaque on the base of the Statue of Liberty. 

I referred to it a long time ago in this post, and the video is even older than that.

Sefaria has the prophecy along with an English translation of the introduction of The prophesy from Nahman Ketufa, but not of the prophesy itself, presumably since it is difficult to understand even for native Hebrew speakers.

Here is the relevant part of the prophey:

צ׳) צולמא דרודוס [דרודם], כד אתיהב לגרוס, קריב אגרוס, רומי למהרוס.

It is not clear, but it seems to say that when the Colossus will be destroyed, then Rome will be destroyed, and the Geula will come.

Due to strong winds, a replica of the Statue of Liberty - admittedly a copy of a copy of the Colossus - toppled in Brazil.

וְהַמֶּלֶךְ וְהָמָן יָשְׁבוּ לִשְׁתּוֹת

 

Source: Fulcrum

CBS:

Ahashveirosh praises Haman after Throne room meeting: "I want him to do a great job"

Mamdani and Mashiah

Rav Hayim Volozhin ZT"L predicted that America would be the last station of 10 exiles for Torah before Mashiah.

New York City has the biggest Jewish population for a city outside of Israel.

Matzav: Nearly A Million New Yorkers Ready To Flee NYC If Mamdani Becomes Mayor — Possibly Igniting Largest Exodus In History

Now, Mamdani became mayor.  We shall see if those threatening to flee will make good on their threats, who exactly are these people, and where exactly they will go.  But it seems that the exile from the last station of exile has commenced.

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Some statements of Haza"l come to mind:

1) Socialism will now rule the day in New York City.  

אין בן דוד בא עד שתכלה פרוטה מן הכיס

אין בן דוד בא עד שיבקש דג לחולה ולא ימצא

2) And NYC will now have a pro-Hamas mayor, and government officials will now follow their leader in that sentiment:

אין בן דוד בא עד שתתהפך כל המלכות למינות

3) Those stuck in Mamdani's NYC will end up being fatalistic:

אין בן דוד בא] עד שיתייאשו מן הגאולה, - שנאמר 'ואפס עצור ועזוב': כביכול אין סומך ועוזר לישראל]

so based on these statements from Haza"l, there is hope coming from the terrible election news.

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The following phrase:

ראש העיר ניו יורק זוהרן ממדאני

has the gematria (with the ן as 700) of 2231.  This is also the gematria of (Tehillim 132:17):

שָׁם אַצְמִיחַ קֶרֶן לְדָוִד; עָרַכְתִּי נֵר, לִמְשִׁיחִי