A Shocking Truth About Prophecies & The War With Iran - Rabbi Tovia Singer & Rabanit Sarah Cohen

I'm going to tell you something that's very shocking, but I want you to listen very carefully. No one ever said this to you in your life, but I'm going to shock you. Very Listen very carefully. Okay. There are places in Tanakh where Nevi'im were asked a question, and they would not They answered the question based on the best of their understanding, and they were [music] incorrect. Okay. Dear viewers, whoever is watching and logging on to either ohelsara.com, to Outreach Judaism, to TorahAnytime, or if you're a YouTube subscriber, thank you so much for tuning in every single time we post a podcast. With us today is an incredible world-renowned Rav, Rabbi Tovia Singer. Shayishkeh l'yamim tovim v'arukim. He should live a long and happy life. He's the founder and director of Outreach Judaism, which is a Jewish counter-missionary organization that I believe responds directly to the issues raised by Christian missionaries and cults. Am I right, Rabbi Singer? That's correct. Rabbi Singer lives in Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh, the holy city of Yerushalayim, in the Jewish Quarter. And he helps to guide so many Jews and Gentiles alike to find their authentic roots back to Hashem. And we are so happy to have the Rav with us on our program tonight. Uh Kevod Harav, before I begin, I hope you won't find me a little bit too forward in asking, but the last few times that you and I spoke, and just from listening to all of your shiurim in general, I always wondered who you may have been in a former life that you are so diligently uh and most likely the only Rabbi I know in the world today who dedicates so much time to the cause of teaching Gentiles the truth about Hashem, the manner in which you so eloquently and with ease quote the Christian text, and your knowledge of the Christian faith, and how you fight for Judaism and truth mamash makes me wonder who you were in a former life. You know, a doctor >> that people ask you? Not Not too much, but you're a very unique teacher in Klal Yisrael, so you would ask that question, but I just would say this, um >> [snorts] >> that you know, doctors in medical school um have to study disease, right? If they all they did was study healthy people, they would never be able to help anyone. So, I would In a way, I was going to tell you I wish I didn't have to study all this filthy literature. That's all of it is zero. But in another way, when you see how um the body can heal itself and how so many millions of people now coming to the God of Israel, it's really a beautiful thing, but it's true that, you know, in medical school, people study disease, not health. That's how you have to know how to repair it. But it it it's strengthening. It's good. It's all good. But this is what I'm here for. I think you lived during the time of the Spanish Inquisition. Kenzayeh. >> have been somebody back then who probably knew the ins and outs of everything that went on there by the And here you are coming back to us in this generation to fulfill this mission and representing Hashem's truth in the world, and we thank you so so very much for that. So, let us begin. Kevod Harav, as you know, we are approaching the great chag of Pesach, the holiday when we celebrate the Exodus from Egypt with the culmination of the splitting of the sea, which Chachamim tell us actually represents the part of the story of Egypt where the Jews wondered what comes next. Because just when we thought that we managed to escape the clutches of the evil Paroh, and we were finally in the clear, just as we hailed the sigh of relief and said, "Ah, baruch Hashem, we've been redeemed from Egypt. Hashem took us out of the worst place on Earth." Just then we realized that another dilemma was right behind us. Paroh and his entire army was chasing us in the desert in order to destroy us. And therefore, Chachamim tell us that Kriat Yam Suf represents the idea of Am Yisrael assuming that they were out of danger and wanting to know what happens next. What does Hashem have planned for us right now? Uh so, there was a marvelous event when we crossed the Yam Suf. The point where the where the our parents had tremendous menuchas hanefesh is Hashem did another miracle, which seems like a small miracle in comparison to the parting of the sea, in [snorts] that the Egyptians that drowned, that were killed in the sea that had collapsed on them, so Hashem made a miracle for the Jews. And that is that they could see with their eyes their bodies washed up on the side on the beach where they were, on the other side of the sea. And in fact, when they saw the destruction of their enemies, cuz normally, if a whole army is drowns in a sea, their bodies would wash up all over, or they would be eaten by all sorts of animals. But Hashem did a tremendous miracle that the people of Israel could see their enemies, their persecutors, their bodies laying there, and that was that moment that they pointed their fingers at heaven and said, "This is my God." Zekh Elivyan Ve'il. It's very interesting they had to see that. And we are living in a remarkable time right now. These are not my words. The Navi Yechezkel says this in the tekufah, in the epic that we're now enduring, and that is the final war with Persia. It's explicit in Ezekiel 38 and 39. So, the last words of chapter 39 is that the nations will see the destruction of [snorts] of Persia, meaning Iran, and then they will know that I am God. That's pasuk aleph. Pasuk bet is and the Jews are going to see the destruction of our enemies with their own eyes, and they then then they will know that I am God, because as we all know that, unlike the Exodus, which was designed to save a single nation, the Bnei Yisrael, Mashiach, which we are now We are now in the tekufah of the geulah itself, it's happening now. Um the whole world is saved. That's the key difference between the Exodus from Egypt and the the final redemption that we are in right now. And it's interesting that 3,300 years ago, the only way our grandparents could see the dead bodies is their dead bodies have to wash up. Today, but it the Navi says that the whole world will see the destruction of Persia and all of their yotzei'em, all of their cohorts, Hezbollah, and all all our good friends, our our cousins. So, they will were talk uh living in a time we're actually able to see this. And this is a remarkable event as part of the geulah. It is. I want to add to what you're saying, and I I just uh a postscript that Chachamim tell us about what you were saying about the Egyptians uh floating to the shores so that Am Yisrael could actually see the dead bodies of the Egyptians is because the Midrash states that had they not seen the bodies of the Egyptians, Am Yisrael, even if they were freed from Egypt, would have remained in a state in a mental state of slavery, because they would have always thought, "Maybe they didn't drown. Maybe they ended up living." And and they would have constantly been in this mental state of slavery, which would not have helped them to truly be redeemed. So, that was actually a chesed of Hashem that he did for us, that we actually witnessed it with our own eyes, so that we could feel assured that they will not uh destroy us or attack us or enslave us again. And I want to add also that, as you know, um Kevod Harav, um Am Yisrael was in the midst of a very intense crisis on October the 7th. Thousands of our brothers and sisters were murdered. Lo aleinu, we shouldn't We should never see this again in the most brutal and vicious attack by our enemy, and we had entered into a battle with Hamas as rockets rained over Eretz Yisrael for months. And as I said earlier, just as things die down like we thought in Egypt and we thought that that battle had come to some kind of end and we left our homes feeling very confident and secure and we thought we were finally free from Egypt so to speak. We were suddenly hit with hundreds of rockets just a few months later and the entire country is once again at a standstill and every day we run to a shelter several times a day praying that we will survive another day. So, that's why I want to go back to what I was saying because Kriyat Yam Suf represents that question of what is coming next. That's why we're here tonight. We're here to answer this question and several more. Now, the truth is only Hashem knows who, what and when. Far be it from me to make predictions about this dangerous but glorious time period in our history. But what I do know is that the episode of Kriyat Yam Suf demands a certain attitude from a Jew that no matter what happens next, we are going to be spiritually and emotionally prepared and that's what I'd like to talk to you about. Today, you and I who teach Torah and know what the prophets state concerning the future, we've both I'm sure read through all of Tanakh but there are many who sadly are not well versed in the Sefarim of the Nevi'im and even if they did read the Sefarim, they might interpret the words to fit a narrative that's suitable and convenient for them. So, I'd like to begin by asking the Rav to enlighten the viewers as to what the Nevi'im state about the affairs of Eretz Yisrael in the end of days. That is more specifically, what should we expect will occur excluding excluding the war of Gog u Magog which I hope to address a little later but mainly uh why are all the events prophesied by our Nevi'im vital to the era of Mashiach? I confess something and every time we do a show, as you're speaking and I know I'm about to speak, I'm always asking God that you won't stop. Tell your teachers very very beautiful. I've never walked away from a from an interview the same person that I began the interview. So, so as it it's as we know, you know, we would ask people once a year on the 15th day of the first month, we're going to have a festival, a meal that's going to be have more mitzvot than any other meal during the entire year. What name should we give such a such a meal? So, I think if we asked a whole group of people, I don't think it would even come in in top 10 that should be called a Seder an order. That's like an odd name. It's a modern name. We I can think of many other names logically. But as it turns out, the Seder means in order of events and in fact, it's 15 very discrete, distinct segments of a Seder and that's exactly how the Nevi'im describe where we are right now and it's very important. So, we should be able to recognize what's happening and we should be able to be at safer cuz see peace in the issue that's what a person was required to do. And therefore, what is happening now is we are told explicitly in two chapters in Yechezkel exactly what's happening now. Yechezkel is a very unique Navi who is not like anyone else in that the details he gives by shlishi, no one else gives such details. In any case, he explains exactly why at the end of days the Jews will have to go to war with Persia. And that's where we are now and the reason why Persia is odd, is weird, is they're not Arabs. So, we don't have really history with them and whatever history we had with Persia was generally positive. Cyrus is an example. Cyrus is of quite benevolent to the Jews and that's when Sefarim Yechezkel and all these last prophets are written. So, Yechezkel actually tells us why there's going to be a war with Persia who's not even they don't share a border with us. It's counterintuitive. And it tells us explicitly that the purpose of the war is that the enemies of Hashem will be completely destroyed. The Jewish people will return back to Eretz Yisrael. This is before Mashiach comes and all these enemies of God who are Ye Ye I'd say him who are the collaborators with Persia will be destroyed. And then the whole world will know that I am Hashem and that's the critical part of Mashiach incidentally. The center of the Messianic prophecy is that the knowledge of God will cover the world as the water covers the sea. Isaiah 11:9 and all the nations will sweep with Sefarim Tzephaniah chapter 3:9. So, we're actually this is very clear and I encourage you the viewer to read Ezekiel 39:21-29. That's how it all ends and then Mashiach. We're right there right at the edge right now. I'm just wondering to myself now as you're speaking when you say Persia. Paras Malchut Paras because we know that the conflict at the end of days really takes place with Malchut Edom. Uh there have been many writings especially by the Chofetz Chaim alav hashalom, the Vilna Gaon alav hashalom wrote about this that that eventually and I don't know I again, far be it from me to even delve into the words of the Gaon of Vilna but he claimed that Edom Malchut Edom and Yishmael fused together in order to come against the the Jews in in Eretz Yisrael and that's when the conflict of the 70 nations begins to pulsate more and more in the world. Right now as it seems, Paras is not really Paras meaning the original Persian is not who he is today. Um the regime, the Islamic regime took over Persia. So, the question is is it really Paras or Yishmael? And is it true that Yishmael will join forces with Edom in order to attack Klal Yisrael? >> Right. So, Edom is our implacable enemy. We have whole books in Tanakh that are just devoted to telling us how God is going to destroy Edom at the end of days such as Ovadiah as an example. The whole safer just devoted to the destruction of Edom who's the implacable enemy of Klal Yisrael and has been for the last 2,000 years and it's a result of that that the Jewish people had to flee back to Eretz Yisrael and Edom is the church. They're our spiritual enemy and our physical enemy. Now, when it comes to Persia, we we know who they are and what's striking about Persia is that whereas in Europe today or in even in the Arab world today, there's been a tremendous a bill a a homogenization of populations. The people of Persia today are we know the DNA are very consistent with the people who lived in Persia 2,500 years ago. Moreover, after Muhammad died in the 7th century, immediately Arab armies went and took over what is today modern day Iran. It became a Shia Islamic country in the early 16th century but it's been Islamic since since the time of Muhammad since the 7th century. So, therefore there's no reason to question that what it says it says this openly incidentally in Ezekiel chapter 38:5 that Persia Paras is the implacable enemy of the Jews and they go to war. In fact, it tells us in the verse before Ezekiel 38:4 that Hashem is going to force them. It means they're going to do something stupid. The [snorts] Navi says that it doesn't even won't even make sense why they would do it. Now, we know very well that Persia instigated others. That means they have helpers around them. Hamas is an example of who they ally with. Hamas is a Bnei Yishmael. They initially we're told in Ezekiel 38 a little later that they see that there's an opening, there are places in Eretz Yisrael that have don't have gates, that don't have bars and they're going to attack it. Many are going to be killed and this is going to cause the anger of God to be enraged, ignited against the enemies and then Hakadosh Baruch Hu will destroy them and their bodies will be piled up for 7 years where the birds will be feasting off their corpses. This is very very clear in these two chapters of Yechezkel. So, so according to your knowledge of the books, Edom is not let's say the Edomite people per se but the church. So, anyone who let's say would follow um church ideology or is an avoda zara or is a clear anti-Semite it would fall under that category. It is interesting that when I lecture in Europe, and it's quite frequent, I'm told, I'm warned before I speak at a at a at a college that most of the audience here in London as an example, they don't even believe in God. This is a funny is a funny joke where in Europe they hate us so much that they'll tell me, "I don't believe in Jesus, but I know you killed him." So, what's interesting It's just like what's you know, so the Bnei Yishmael we have a Gemara that says that Yishmael, of course Yishmael did teshuvah at when Avraham Avinu died, he gave kedushas to Yitzchak very famously. So, we have a Gemara that the Bnei Yishmael, whoever it means, does teshuvah. And it's very interesting. I'm watching what you're watching now that the Arabs, who really are the Bnei Yishmael, who are living in the Arabian Peninsula Gulf states, these are Sunni Muslims, are saying to Israel and America, "Go take out Go take out Persia." So, everything is happening according to script. In fact, they're nervous that Trump will pull out. They're nervous that Israel will stop the war and they're saying, "Don't stop it. Finish them off completely." So, this this is the Gemara in Bava Basra daf tes zayin tes vav tes zayin that the end the Bnei Yishmael at the end, even though we have a very tenuous relationship with Bnei Yishmael, just like Yitz- just like um Yitzchak and Yishmael. Yitzchak didn't even know what happened to him. He was just a baby. He didn't understand why there's a whole Could you imagine Yitzchak growing up and he knows he has a brother that's not happy with him and he has no clue cuz he was So, Jews don't know like why do you bother me with us? But at the end at the end the Gemara told at the very end Yishmael already realizes that Yitzchak is really we have to give kedushas to Yitzchak. And and and but Persia is going to be our enemy. And very It's you know, unlike India and Pakistan, which can't stand each other and many reasons why they should hate each other, there's no reason in the world why Persia and Israel should be enemies. But I'll tell you an interesting thought I had and that is that I get a lot of messages from people in Iran. I get messages people in the whole Islamic world. Mostly from Iran. So, once the government is overthrown and they're destroyed, it's very easy to see how the people of Persia will do teshuvah right away and accept Mashiach. Wow. That would be a fascinating thing to see. I certainly would would probably cry my my eyes out witnessing the prophecies of our ancient Nevi'im who stated that in Behaya baYom haHu Yihyeh Hashem Echad uShmo Echad, that his name will be one and even the will call out to him and many of them will convert. Where does that leave the administration in the United States currently? Because where where are they falling? Is it possible that that the Trump administration will remain loyal to Eretz Yisrael or do you think that they will pull out because of dis-benefits to their political agendas? So, that's addressed in Tanakh as well and I never discuss this publicly and if you're asking me, you're the first time I'll ever discuss it. Very interesting question. So, in Tanakh we're told about a a great country called Tyre. And they were the closest allies of the Jews. In fact, they helped haMelech build the Beit haMikdash. Hiram was the king of Tyre. They were extremely wealthy and they were Israel's best friend. Now, this is a very interesting topic that I can't believe you asked me about it cuz I think about it all the time. And there are many many perakim in Tanakh that talk about this Tyre. It was a big civilization, fantastically wealthy, Israel's best friend. Now, in the end what happened is they demanded that look, we gave you brought you wood from Lebanon to build the Beit haMikdash. They sent their best artisans to help build the Beit haMikdash. They were our best friends. In the end, the king of Tyre became he had chutzpah and he said, "I want good cities and we didn't get The cities you gave me weren't good enough." And God said, "Okay, I'm going to destroy you." Please see Ezekiel chapter 26, 27, 28. Yirmiyahu discuss it. Isaiah discuss it. They all talk about it. And so, strange thing. What So, Israel's best friend in the past became arrogant, full of ga'avah. They could have gone either way. America's a very interesting country because its democracy is remarkable. It's really unparalleled. I don't want to go into the complications of separation of powers, which we don't have here in Israel. But in the separation of powers, um we have a problem with our judicial system. I'm not going to that cuz it's not it's not my area, but everyone knows there's a problem. But America has a brilliant system. So, America has such a healthy democracy. I want the viewers to listen very carefully. We very much wonder, and I hear it constantly, who's going to be the next president? Is Trump going to turn against Israel and then we're going to have nobody? Because in truth, October 7th happened. We all know that Israel was not prepared for it and America basically stepped in and saved us. I mean, Trump did. I mean, God did really, but Trump made a decision. So, really what's happening is America has a full decision to make. And [clears throat] whatever its leaders decide, both the executive branch, meaning the president, and its legislative branch, meaning Congress and the Senate, really is the will of the people. Even more so than Israel where the legislative and executive branch are completely intertwined. And therefore, I want for those of you watching us right now, you must view what's going on like Bnei Tyre. You have to look through the eyes of Tanakh. America I love America. I was born there and so were my parents. America is dependent on what decision it will make now. If it blesses Eretz Yisrael, HaKadosh Baruch Hu will save America. And if it turns its back on Israel, HaKadosh Baruch Hu will destroy it. Just like not only Hashem said to Avraham Avinu, but Bil'am says in Numbers chapter 24 in his fourth oracle when he said, "You cannot curse this people and whoever blesses me blessed." America is in a very critical stage, but just understand this. America's survival, and I I'm rooting, we're all rooting for America. America's survival depends on if it blesses Eretz Yisrael. If it does, HaKadosh Baruch Hu will save it. Chas v'chalilah the other way. Do not think for a moment It should not go on your mind for one moment that Israel's security depends on America. That's how it seems to the outsider. This is completely not das Torah. Das Torah is that really America is reliant on Israel if it blesses it. And it looks like I Now, I could talk like anyone else. I'm not going to tell you I know what America will do, but it looks like that a very unique personality has emerged, which we've never seen anything like it. Cyrus was kind of like Trump. Kind of like it, but we never really saw such a figure. And he has risen up and he's doing the What he's doing now politically is very very dangerous. Politically is dangerous. Really, he's saving the world because if if Persia would shoot a a nuclear weapon God forbid at Israel, Israel would have to return in kind. It would destroy the world. It would be a nuclear winter. So, I don't know why people don't see this. Even if you hate Israel, you want to save America. But the clear answer is that in fact the America's survival and survival all the nations of the world is are they going to stand with Gog or they going to stand with the Ananei haKavod, the clouds of glory? And because of this, when Mashiach comes, the all the nations that survived, that stood by Israel, will do something wild. Normally, a non-Jew does not celebrate Sukkos. He doesn't even go into a sukka. We all know the halacha. But they're going to say in Zechariah chapter 14 verse 16 openly says that the nations that survived, that stood by Eretz Yisrael, they're going to celebrate Sukkos cuz they trusted in the Ananei haKavod and they did not they did not trust in the Gog, that's Muhammad's Gog. They didn't trust in the roof. So, we're living in a remarkable time and America now has a decision to make, which it seems to be making. But [snorts] Eretz Yisrael, the people of Israel, have a covenant with God. America has no such covenant. So, it's very critical for America to make the right decision. >> Right. And I want to add to what you're saying, a thought that I had as well is that we know that America, um Malkhut Edom, is really Malkhut Romi, aka Malkhut Romi, aka Esav. They are the descendants of Esav and I was thinking to myself that it's possible that what we are seeing now, which is the Trump administration doing what I call a major clean-up job of kind of separating [snorts] evil from good, morality from immorality. Slowly slowly, he's cleaning up the world. He's cleaning up shop over there in America. And I found it to be very interesting because that it's like almost a sign of Esav's eternal place in history where Hashem I hope that he will do chuva all of Esau will do chuva and then we can come together in the original union that was meant to take place between Yaakov and Esau where Yaakov and Esau you know they will be I don't want to say the word servants because it's not the proper I guess term to use but they will help us they will assist in the spiritual service to God and that is my ultimate you know hope that we should be able to see this because that's pretty much what I'm noticing and of course we have the opposition to that administration all of those individuals in America who are unfortunately are always putting up stumbling blocks in the path of good and is you know if you want to call them the gentile of the world and I don't see you know I'm not supposed to speak this way I know every time I see them I see black all all over I see black over them like a dark cloud looming upon their heads because of the evil that they emit from within and they have very little compassion for truth and for justice we should hear we should hear and see only good things happening I grew up in America this is where I became from it's where I was I don't know you know Hashem guided my footsteps that should be there that I should be that that country has always helped me so I cannot be a good person but America is not what it was when I was growing up you know and when I lived there just recently many things have changed and so we see this ultimate battle between good and evil even even just in in New York and what's happening now with this you know the rise of this uh Our good friend he look he's done more follow yeah this genius this luminary has done this mayor of New York this giant definitely put over there definitely put over there in order to urge the Jews which I will soon speak to you about but there is [clears throat] a question that a student of mine wrote to me that she wanted me to answer and if you could please give me just a moment or two just to answer her question and I would like you also to add to that um her question is how do we prepare for the war of Gog and Magog and so I would like to just in just a couple of minutes just say that I think what we have to remember in general is that God is the one running the show from beginning to end our task is to have faith on the level of the Jews standing at the foot of Mount Sinai when they declared we will do and we will hear and therefore we have to follow lead and do whatever we can to repent to demonstrate our loyalty to Torah and recommit ourselves to the observance of the attitude of the Jew in this current and the place to turn to for the answers to the questions that we are you know asking and answering tonight is actually the episode like I said of the and what occurred in those moments right before the sea split when left Egypt we said and they thought they'd never see or experience any kind of Jewish persecution ever again and they assumed that the enemy had finally been defeated and they wouldn't ever have to deal with anti-semitism or oppression they actually left Egypt celebrating and they were joyful they felt they had already lived through the worst horrors imaginable and that they could now live a free and happy existence and just then when they thought that they'd never have to experience this evil again they suddenly found themselves faced with another serious danger because they were now in the fatal position of the raging sea in front of them and the Egyptian chariots behind them ready to trample them and the Jews began to panic they didn't know what to do they turned to each other and they were asking what's going to be that's the episode of the sea the splitting of the sea was the answer to this generation of what's coming next how are we going to survive this horrific world battle now the natural reaction to the question of what's going to be in our generation right now is generally fear when we are dealing with the unknown the first impulse is to feel panic and distress and that was the reaction of the Jews at the sea all they saw in that moment was the sea in front of them and army chasing them from behind and they thought that's it we're done we're finished just when we thought we were finally safe we have to contend with an even bigger dilemma what's going to be in the moment of the unknown people start to feel frightened and uncertain and we find ourselves again in the same situation just two weeks before the holy Passover no one knows what tomorrow is going to bring concerning this catastrophic war and the question is that this young student is asking is what's going to get us through everything that's about to happen next and so I my answer is complete and unwavering faith and trust in the master of the universe because right I love you turn to at the sea and what did he tell them he said do not be afraid do not be afraid he stand firm and see at the salvation of God that he will do for you today and his words echo through the the generations and have to penetrate our hearts so my message to you the viewers is strengthen yourselves my dear brothers and sisters and have faith in Hashem and you're going to see his miraculous salvation we have to gird ourselves with and be with faith and trust only in Hashem and no one and nothing else that is the bet the core and foundation of and we have to have faith in the we have to rely on the father who has seen us through every calamity in the past and he will be there for us in the present just as he was for our ancestors at the Red Sea that's my answer to this student of how to prepare our self for this impending war faith and trust but now I would like to turn the floor to the and ask you the following questions what are what can you tell us about the effects of this war on the entire world it's really a three-part question what what can you tell us about the effects of this war on the entire world if this war will affect many lives does that include the Jewish people maybe you can enlighten us also about what this war would look like how it develops according to the who are the main players is this war with Iran expanding to meet the prophecies which means will the other nations join in how does it end for the rebellious gentile world as well as the Jewish people a lot of questions right but it all falls under that category I'm first of all I'm going to say I don't even have to guess that this woman who when who will remain nameless definitely does not live in Israel simple if you're in Israel so you see the hand of Hashem if you're in Israel you're a nervous wreck this is always goes on I remember when I lived in America many years ago almost 20 years ago so when I would call people who were in Israel and I go why are you like shaking don't you see the news and why are you so calm why are you so why are you not going crazy every day people are going aren't you scared the rockets are flying as I'm on the phone they can hear the sirens in the background listen very carefully our sages of blessed memory address a very interesting question in our holy books and that is when Messiah comes what are we going to read in Tanakh because after all we can now read Isaiah with but these although they're holy in the word of God it wouldn't make sense once Messiah comes that we're going to be still read we're not going to read lamentations we're not going to read we're not going to read Isaiah because Isaiah is talking about an event in the future but it happened already so it's interesting that our sages tell us that in the after Messiah comes we'll read of course the five books of Moses the because we have now to live our lives and we're only going to have that's going to be it is something that will be on our lips what's going on over here so what the just said what the just said is just so brilliant it's just unbelievable so it's interesting that now what should you do right at this moment so at the time of when the parting of the sea so we were able to see the miracles and we had no choice we had no free will, and at Mount Sinai, God put a mountain over our head and said, "Take accept the Torah or this is you're going to be buried." Cuz we really didn't have free will, but Purim is really a time when we can, if we wish, say that the events [snorts] that are occurring right now coincidence. We got lucky. A bullet missed Trump's ear, just grazed his ear, and he became president because of that assassination attempt. And pleasing he is happens to be like the Jews and like his father did, and we got lucky and there's a coincidence, just like Purim. If you wanted to in Purim, the book that has God's name does not appear in it. How strange. And one could say that everything that's happening now is a big coincidence of what's going to happen in 2028. There'll be an election in America. Maybe we'll get a Mom Donny who's the next president, and then we're really finished. Thank God we have Trump for 2 and 1/2 2 years 2 and 1/2 years. And what will we do without Trump and who's going to be next is this JD Vance is a nightmare. It's all we're talking about. They're all very, very, very silly. The key point today is to understand that all the rockets because the the rabbinic and I we hear the rockets and the sirens are going off and the booms in the air. You have to know that this is the Yad Hashem. Just like Esther, I'm sure she was a very pretty girl. I'm sure she was a she was a knockout. But you have to know that Esther was put I'm sure, but she was put in that place as Mordecai told her, "You were put here for this purpose to save claw Israel. Either you're going to do it or I'll destroy your family someone else is going to do it." So, the key point to understand is right now we're really in the highest place. Why? Cuz now we have to know that every F-35 and all the things that are happening now is also is Yad Hashem. Even though we have an escape hatch, we have free will. That's the case. It's also not a good thing to be in Hutz Aretz. I'll be honest with you. Meaning the the place to be half the Jews now in the world live in the land of Israel, which was not the case in the second temple period. In fact, that's not been the case since the days of Hiskia. We're living in a remarkable time in history, and you could look I want to be straight with the viewer. You could practice Judaism in the five towns and Rockaway and Chicago and Miami and in Los Angeles, but you can only live it here. And really this is the place to be, and if you're going to be in Hutz Aretz, one of the problems is you're going to be filled with trembling and fear because you're not in a natural place. This is where you should be. But the key is that you have to understand that everything that's happening now is the redemption. Everything that's happening now, and just understand that all the things where God is delivering us is the Yad Hashem. It's not because Esther was pretty and Mordecai could understand many languages and he just happens to overhear it. Could be coincidence. Nothing. Everything now is happening cuz it's in our hands. If you have that in mind, then you'll be at peace and you'll know that the Geulah is it's not that it's coming. We're now living b'sha'at Geulah, living in the time of the Geulah, and I beg you read Ezekiel 38 and 39. May I with your permission one thing I want to just add this. The Rambam says in Hilchos Melachim, meaning the laws of kings, chapter 12, we're discussing Messiah. The laws of Messiah. And he talks about Christianity and Islam. The Rambam says something that all Chazal said. And that is we often think that the past generations they knew more than us. But this is not the way Chazal spoke. The Rambam says the following, that others should stop trying to make calculations and all these things. It's only going to be the Dor HaGeulah. It's only be the generation that lives when the times of Messiah comes. Only they will fully understand these prophecies. My brothers and sisters, children who are born from above, not from below, understand we're in a very unique generation. I know we feel small compared to past generations. Many ways we are, but it happens to be that for whatever reason according to God's purpose and his eternal plan, we were chosen to live in this Dor HaGeulah. And therefore only we can fully understand these pesukim. These are not my words. I would never dare say such words. The holy Rambam and Chazal all said this. Only the Dor who will live at the time of the Geulah will fully understand these prophecies. We're here right now. We understand what's going on. For example, in these passages it talks about a nation from the north who will attack Eretz Israel. Well, there was big arguments which nation is this in the north. We now know because Hezbollah has been shooting at us today and yesterday and the day before. That means that we understand these texts because we are in the time when it's mamash happening. So, this is a time to be strong and of good faith. And today, unlike the you see us in Mitzrayim, we can now have to say we know this is from Hashem, whereas they had a mountain over their head, we don't. Well, that that's amazing, but not but and it leads me to the question that I wanted to ask the Rav that's actually been gnawing at me for some time. But before I ask you that question, I just want to say something on the heels of what you said because um I believe, if I'm not mistaken, the Ariza Kadisha alav hashalom wrote in his sefarim Acharit k'reishit is a pasuk that says that the end will mirror the beginning. And he refers to the galut of Mitzrayim being the mother galut. He calls it the ima galut, so to speak. She's the mother that gave birth, so to speak, to four rashim, to four, you know, galuyot. He actually quotes a pasuk uh that are in Shemot of about haba'im Mitzrayima, that the Jews were coming they they were haba'im Mitzrayima. He says that the hey there is not necessary. You could just say that the b'nei Yisrael ba'im Mitzrayima, that they came to Mitzrayim. Why haba'im? That came. He says first of all, the hey, the shpitz of the hey, represents the ima. And then ba'im, which is spelled with a bet, with an aleph, with a yud, with a mem, that actually represents the four sons of the mother, the four galuyot that Egypt gave birth to. Bet is galut Bavel, he says, he writes. Aleph is galut Edom. Yud is galut Yavan, and mem is galut Madai Paras u'Madai. So, having said that, he says, "If you want to see or know or understand what will take place at the end, acharit, go read Sefer Shemot. You have to go back to reishit." The first galut and the first geulah, the ima galut and geulah, will mirror the end because it has to come full circle. And he writes something incredible. He writes that many, many, many, many of the souls that were zocheh to leave Egypt, but still had pain and suffering and they had a lot of tikkunim in the desert, etc., etc., still needed to rectify. And many of those souls will be reincarnated into the bodies of the people that the Jews that will be born in the final geulah in order to b'emet complete the entire picture of a world rectification. And I believe that we are seeing that now, that it will come full circle, that we will be redeemed from this galut. But we have to take the necessary steps in order to show Hashem that we are ready for that, which leads me to this question that's been gnawing at me because it it has been my feeling for quite some time now that Hashem has been offering the Jews in the galut especially many opportunities and many open signs that it's time to leave and to finally come home. It's like going back to like pre-war Germany. How much can Hakadosh Baruch Hu already squeeze you and squeeze you and put the the the rope around your neck before you understand that you need to leave. So, I want I would like to ask the Rav about aliyah to Eretz Israel specifically though, why it is that so many rabbonim, especially in America, are discouraging it at every turn and in every way possible. And I would like to give the Rav a crazy example. I don't want to say which meeting I saw this in, but there was a massive meeting in America that hundreds and hundreds of Jews joined. And in that meeting there were I think two or three rabbonim that were asking the question that the people wanted them to answer, which was should we make aliyah? Because they felt is this time now to make aliyah? Because they felt that Hashem is showing them signs and they don't feel safe anymore in America anymore in America and times are changing and they feel Hashem is trying to tell them get out. Kvod haRav, I don't know what to tell you. Yeah, you know, Jews had questions before World War II if they should get out of Hungary and Poland. And they were and they were told they were told the following words. That Palestine will go up in flames and to be here. You have to understand I'm going to tell you something that's very shocking. I want you to listen very carefully. No one ever said this to you in your life, but I'm going to shock you very Listen very carefully. You never heard this before. There are Never compare yourself with this. Says you're going to be shocked. Okay. [snorts] There are places in Tanakh where Nevi'im were asked the question and they were not They answered the question based on the best of their understanding and they were incorrect. And Hashem went to them and said, "Go back and fix it." I'll give you an example. You need to know this. >> Wow. Yes, wow is right. So, I'll give you There are so many famous examples. I'll give you one. In Shmuel Bet Perek Zayin. What happens? David HaMelech says, "We need a Beit HaMikdash. I want to build it." Very famous story. So, he goes to Natan and he says, "I want to build a Beit HaMikdash. It's not right that there's no Beit HaMikdash here we have." So, Natan, who was a Navi, but he answered him like a like he was one of the greatest people alive and he's a contributing author to the book of Sefer Shmuel. He answered, "Of course, go ahead. Who's better than you?" So, what happens? He goes home. It's right Please read Second Samuel Chapter 7. It's right there. So, So, he goes home and God comes to him and says, "What did you do? Go back and tell David that he can't build it that his son HaMelech will build it. He can't do it. Why is not germane to this conversation? Now, this is a Navi, but he was asked the question Shelo He was answering Shelo BiNvu'ah. He wasn't He didn't have prophecy and God told him He didn't punish him or anything. He answered him to the best of his ability, but he happened to have been wrong and he said to him and that's the famous promise that God that Natan made to David HaMelech that out of you will come a son who he will build the Beit HaMikdash and the Davidic covenant Davidic promise is there. Now, here's the question. Why I understand that a Navi, but he's not speaking BiNvu'ah. By the way, Daniel makes a mistake. Daniel 9 miscalculates Jeremiah and the and the angel Gavriel has to come and explain to him two pesukim in in Jeremiah that he conflated. There are many examples. Here's the question, holy children of Hashem. I know no one's ever said this to you before, but it happens to be all over Tanakh. Now, in that a person could miscalculate, but he's answering to the best of his ability, I understand. But why is this recorded in Tanakh? Everything that's in Tanakh has to be Why is it in scripture? It has to be Niten L'Dorot, which means it has to be relevant to every generation that would follow. That means why is this Nogea to me that a prophet He's not having He doesn't have Nvu'ah at that moment. He's giving his opinion, but it's not God says, "Go back and correct it." Which he did. And David didn't build it. The end So, the answer is the following. We have to stop with this The rabbi said of this said. Now, it's true if you have a liver that has a pin in it or whatever, then you should ask a rav for sure. But when it comes to these matters, we have to always revert back to the Torah to the prophets of blessed memory. And the prophet All we have to do is go back to the Torah. The Ramban HaKodesh who's a Kodesh He came here to Eretz Yisrael in 1267 after he had to run out of Spain and he moved to Yerushalayim and the Shul is still here. And he wrote his commentary He wrote his commentary on the famous commentary on the Torah that's the Ramban that everybody learns. He wrote it here in Eretz Yisrael in the 13th century when he came here after he debate with the Christian in Spain. And I beg you please to read his commentary on Bamidbar Perek Lamed Gimmel Pasuk Nun Gimmel. Please read it yourself. Don't take my word for it. And what he says is the following. Number one, it's a Mitzvah DeOraita to live in Eretz Yisrael. He says that not me, not some Zionist. The Ramban was quite a Zionist. Two, that Yeshivat Eretz Yisrael is not only a Mitzvah, but at all times whether the Mashiach is here or not Mashiach is here, we must liberate land. He says further, it's really it's a Gemara. He's not making up his own religion. Let's say a a man wants to move to Eretz Yisrael and his wife doesn't want to move to Eretz Yisrael. He can He her and he's doesn't have to pay her Ketubah. Conversely, now I don't want to break up any marriages here, but I'm going to tell you what's plain in the text. If a woman wants to move to Eretz Yisrael her husband says no, so she's in Now, don't I want everyone to stay married and to move here. The fact that Moshe Rabbeinu Alav HaShalom begged God after he knew he could not lead the nation any longer. Why? You look it up for yourself. It's in the Torah. Yeshua has his disciple to take over. Moshe Rabbeinu entreated God, "Please let me go to Eretz Yisrael." So, the Gemara asks the question, "Why did Moshe Rabbeinu want to come to Eretz Yisrael? He wanted to go to the Kinneret to dip his feet inside?" What was he So, he said because of the Mitzvot that are Tluyim Ba'Aretz that there are Mitzvot in Eretz Yisrael that cannot be fulfilled anywhere else in the world. This is an open and closed shut case. I'm going to tell you tell you another holy thing. It's very interesting that our holy books tell us that there will be Jews will come to Eretz Yisrael before Mashiach comes and Jews will have to come will come after Mashiach comes fulfilling Isaiah 43:4, 5, and 6 that all the the Nidachim will come back. Isaiah 56:8. Our sages tell us Now, I do not understand what this means, although I'll tell you the Pasuk it's based on, but I'll tell you clearly it's written in all of our holy works that the Jews who moved to Eretz Yisrael prior to the last moment that Mashiach comes Don't ask me what this means. Will have wings. And the Jews who come when Mashiach comes will not have wings. I don't know what that means, but I know it's a good thing to have wings. It's based on a Pasuk in in Isaiah Chapter 60:8 based openly in Tanakh. So, you should know in fact in Tanakh, if you want to know, we have in Ezra Chapter 2 and Kinnah Ezra Chapter 2 is what? Names every family that moved to Eretz Yisrael before the Second Temple was built. That's how we know the number 42,360. Where does that number come from? Those are the Jews who left Babylon and came to Eretz Yisrael prior to the building of Beit HaMikdash. It's [snorts] that chapter that that names We have them memorialized in Tanakh. They came before the Second Temple was built. There were other Jews who came later. From here we see that those Jews who moved to Eretz Yisrael have a place in Tanakh. Their names are there. Subsequently, the names are not there. And if I say to you, my holy brothers and sisters, we're living in a time if your great-great-grandfather Ask yourself. Who a Bukharian Jew, wherever he was from. He could move to Eretz Yisrael 150 years ago. He would have given everything he has to move here. You can get on a plane in 11 hours and be here. And the country will give you off free taxes for a year. What do you think your great-great-grandmother would have done? Ask yourself. So, it's true if you're not going to leave you're going to get more Momdanis. I'm sorry to tell you, but Momdani is Haman was able to accomplish more than all the prophets. I Not my words, the words of our sages. So, you're going to get more Momdanis and AOCs and he's That's what's happening. And it's time now to with Eretz Yisrael there are Mitzvot in Eretz Yisrael that cannot be accomplished outside Eretz Yisrael. In fact, there are there's a view a very consensus view that in fact all the Mitzvot really Tluyim Ba'Aretz and we're just practicing outside in Miami, North Miami Beach. It's very pretty. I was just there lecturing, but this is where to be, not there. And >> Well, maybe you can give a little Chizuk. There was a young man over there who who asked the rav one of the the panel there the Rabbanim that what what what happened because they were all against Aliyah. [sighs] They had nothing positive to say about Eretz Yisrael. It was shocking to me. And they're big names, but the point is that at some point this guy had the guts, the courage to get up and to say, "Rabbi so-and-so, I don't want to say the name. Um what what would happen if let's say my rabbi I would have a conversation with my rabbi and I would tell him how I feel that my wife and I really want to move that we feel it's not safe here anymore and we want to you know, move with the entire family." And he says, "Absolutely not." And he says, "What would happen if I didn't listen to the rav and I just did what me and my wife felt was best for our family and if we would get up and the ask go to Eretz Yisrael. Is that okay?" Do you know what the rav answered him? He said, "If you do this, you're in the category of a Kofer Be'Ikar." I have nothing to say. I'm sorry. If I wouldn't have heard it myself, oh I almost fell off my chair. And the guy says, "Why?" He says, "Because your Chiyuv is Das Torah. If Das Torah told you you don't go, you don't go. Maybe you could give his up to these people who were there because it seemed like they were all there for the purpose of making Aliyah. There's There's a problem. There's a problem. I'll tell you the real problem. I'm going to tell you and I'm going to put the dirty laundry out. There's a There's a mice is sudden momish that the Yeshiva world is not learning Novi. It's a big problem. People think I'm smart. I'm not smart. You said very nice things about me, but it's in truth that what happened was is those of you who went to Yeshiva should ask for a refund that you never It's I'm telling straight away. How goes it be that people are not learning safe of Yeshaya? Girl goes to base Yakov and never learns safe of Yachezkal once in her life, not once. She wouldn't even know how many chapters are in safe of Yachezkal. This is a nightmare. Why? Because we have no idea what's supposed to happen in the days of Mashiach. Have no No clue at all. And the explanation for it is very bad. The Gra, who you mentioned earlier, lived during the time of the American Revolution. He lived the exact same time. And he said that America would be the last galus. And he instructed his talmidim to learn Novi. And here you have the talmidia Gra, his Yeshivot here in Eretz Yisrael that are learning Novi first. And this has happened How could this all occur and not understand that what is happening now is a part of the gullah? Is it cuz people don't learn Novi? So, they don't know Zachariah chapter 12 openly says that the Jews return to Israel before Mashiach comes. They would defeat their enemies. And Mashiach isn't here because there There's a war. Mashiach comes is complete peace. Yerushalayim will be uh preserved. A heavy burdensome stone will all will come against it. And we And this is an easy chapter. Do you know that the safe of Zachariah is the only safe of that Rashi uh he wrote obviously a commentary on everything, but the only safe of that he wrote a hakdama, an introduction to his Zachariah. The only thing he wrote That means imagine what Rashi wrote in his lifetime. He never writes an introduction, but only safe of Zachariah he writes an introduction. He says it's a hard safe of which it is. But the only chapter that's easy is chapter 12. Anyone could pick it up and read it. Now, the problem is that we dropped the ball, that we raised the generation that's the most literate generation history since the days of Hezekiah, but we never not learning the Nevi'im. And as a result of that, this is all possible. I don't want to say more. The key is we have to get back to Novi. You have to go back to these books that are all Ask a rav a question. If I can speak to Yeshayahu and ask him, "Should I read your safe or not? What do you recommend?" If I would ask Yachezkal, "You wrote a safe of that has 48 chapters. Should I read it or not read it?" What would he say? He would say for sure. Would he say, "No, no one in base Yisrael should read it." No, of course he'll say of course he wants to read it. "I wrote it for that reason." So, there's a big problem and this emptiness, this space that we have created, we've raised a generation of people who are not learning Novi with the exception of the talmidia Gra is created a big problem call Yisrael because they don't understand and they associate Zionism with the early 20th century. It's true, the early Zionists were not religious, but as it turns out, I'll just tell you this. I know this will shock you because you, the viewers, are not learning Ezra Nehemiah. The a big segment of the Jews that made Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael to build the second level were not religious Jews. In fact, one of the only places in Tanakh where Jews are told, "Why you being mechallel Shabbos? Why you marrying non-Jewish girls?" is in Ezra and Nehemiah. Because that Aliyah was filled with Jews who were not very religious, but very connected to the land. >> [snorts] >> The Gra said The Gemara says there was never a Targum allowed to be written on these books in the Kesuvim because that would give away the days of Mashiach. I need not say more. The fact that the Yeshiva world is not learning Ezra Nehemiah and understanding, "What are we reading? Is this just a history book? Who cares what happened 2,500 years? What's it do with me?" This is Mashiach. I don't say it. There's a Gemara in Megillah that says this. The Gemara says that they did not allow to be a Targum on the Kesuvim because that gives away Mashiach. Well, now we are here and suddenly I have to explain this. We have to get back into Novi. And if not to Novi, we're going to have a problem. You can eat a chicken soup at anybody's table today. The laws of kashrus That's not the problem. The problem is they don't People are not learning Novi and we're paying a very high There's a mice is sudden and that's why it's happening. We I don't want to talk about more cuz I think I'll fall off my chair if I hear any more of these stories. I'll I'll fall over. We have to understand what's going on. It's a mitz- mitzva to live in Eretz Yisrael. The Ramban says that. I don't understand why people And even those who say, "But there's another view that's not a mitzva to live in Eretz Yisrael. It's not one of the 613 cuz there's a machlokes." But there's still mitzvas that are only you can accomplish in Eretz Yisrael. The chalah day is So, how you mekayem all the mitzvas that we can keep today in in Chicago? It's not possible. So, I don't understand even I don't understand why people are talking this way. And the Torah in Eretz Yisrael is greater than anywhere in America. The air in Eretz Yisrael that you breathe makes you smarter and wiser. I didn't say this. Don't pay attention to me. This is written by our holy sages of blessed memory. The avodah in Eretz Yisrael will make you wiser. Torah in Eretz Yisrael is the greatest. Eretz Yisrael is the most beautiful place. So, I don't know what they're talking about, but it's I think people are very uh it's a hunt They're They're sort of chasing something that's not here anymore. Today, there's so much Torah in Eretz Yisrael. It's not like in 1906 where a lot of the early Zionists weren't religious. We're not living there anymore. Here's where the Torah is. Here's where the giants in Torah is. This is where Rav Chaim Kanievsky is living. He said we're living in a shas of Torah. I didn't say it. So, it's time. to say I can't talk more to this cuz it's It's very crazy to hear this. I can't hear I can't I'm not There Maybe there There are stronger people than me. I confess to you. I can't handle this. I can I can handle the the Christian Bibles and all this garbage I can handle this cuz it's coming from But I can't handle this coming from bnei Torah. I just can't handle it. It blows my mind away. Bishlama you tell me that there's a guy in Rome who's worshipping ashkus, I'll deal with him. I can deal with the Pope. I can't deal with this kind of stuff. Cuz this It's a problem. They're not learning Novi in the Yeshiva world and we're paying a price for it. That's it. Period. End of sentence. Your speech Your Your speech now gave me a little bit of a of a reminder to give the the am chizuk with a wonderful wonderful vort from the Gra Rebbe that I'm sure you're going to like very much, alav shalom, who once wondered and actually goes back to the beginning of our discussion. He asked, "Why is the episode at the Yam Suf, at the sea, referred to as kriat Yam Suf?" A kriah is a tearing from the word likroa. And the Gra Rebbe says that this episode should not have been called kriat Yam Suf, the tearing of the sea, rather it should have been called bekiat Yam Suf, the splitting of the sea. And he points out that in Sefer Shemot in the book of Exodus, the pasuk concerning the splitting of the sea states Vayasem et hayam lecharavah, and God made the sea into dry land, vayivaku hamayim. And the waters split. So, clearly the lashon, the language used in many instances is livkoa, bekiya, vayivaku, bokea. And yet we don't refer to the splitting of the sea as bekiat Yam Suf. Instead, we refer to it as kriat Yam Suf. So, he asks, "What's the difference between bekiya and kriah?" Listen to the amazing chiddush, the novel interpretation of the Gra Rebbe. He states that at the moment that the sea split, it was indeed a bekiat Yam Suf. The waters of the sea did break open. This was moments after Nachshon ben Aminadav, alav shalom, jumped into those waters to demonstrate his faith, and the water did indeed split. But the Gra Rebbe says that the waters didn't part completely. So, you have to picture the scene. Try to envision yourself there in this great moment [clears throat] in history. Imagine standing there at the sea together with millions of your fellow Jewish brothers and sisters. The sea is raging. Behind you are the thunderous sounds of the Egyptian chariots making their way in your direction. And then you hear Moshe Rabbenu declaring, "Al tira'u, do not be afraid. Ityatzvu, stand firm. U'ru et yeshuat Hashem. You're going to see the salvation of God that he's going to create for you today. All you have to do is march forward." And you're afraid. But suddenly you see Nachshon ben Aminadav running into the sea and amazingly you see the sea breaking opened but only to a certain extent. You see that this is a b'kiya. You witness the sea breaking apart but just a little bit. And then you notice that all your fellow brothers and sisters are taking steps into that small opening of the sea. You see the faith and the trust that they possess in those moments and you, together with them, enter into a semi-broken sea with great trust that Hashem is with you. And now as you and the entire nation are taking one step after the other into these into this partially broken sea the waters are ripping and tearing open more and more in front of you as you proceed into the ocean one step at a time. Says the Gaon of Vilna. Imagine how much faith and trust Am Yisrael displayed that enabled the sea to be n'kera to enable the sea to tear open as they progressed further into it. You know what that means? It means that in the very beginning Hashem was the one who was boke'a the yam. He was the one who broke the sea open just enough for the people to demonstrate their faith in him. But the Jewish people were the ones who were kore'a et hayam. Through their tremendous faith and trust that they displayed, Am Yisrael were the ones who tore the sea apart with every step of emunah and bitachon that they took as they marched slowly into those waters. Every step forward that they took was walking into a world of complete faith and trust in Hashem. That's why the episode of the Yam Suf is the place of faith that we have to go to when we are tested in life. This is the answer to the question of what should I do? Do I make aliyah? I'm afraid. I'm this. I'm that. What's going to be with the war of Gog u'Magog? Kriyat Yam Suf is the answer of how a Jew could survive this time period and create miracles that no man has ever seen. Every Jew with his footsteps of faith can help to split the sea for the nation to walk through to the other side where the ge'ulah awaits. This is the amazing chiddush of the Gaon of Vilna. And what it teaches us is that many miracles are based on our actions. You got to get up and leave the galut and you have to come to Eretz Yisrael. We have the ability through faith-based actions to create miracles as grand as the splitting of the sea. Hakadosh Baruchu, God can produce any miracle that he wants. He is hakol yakhol. He can do anything and everything. But he wants to see us jumping into a raging sea with faith and trust. He wants to witness our emunah in those critical moments. And once he sees us jumping into the waters as difficult as it may be, when he sees how we're willing to accept the nisyonot, the challenges of life, when he witnesses how we stand firm with faith, how we're ready to overcome our greatest fears and rely on him that's when he's going to be boke'a the yam. That's when God will will is going to break the sea of life open just a little bit for us to gather the strength to forge through with great faith and trust. That's when Hashem will offer us the opportunity to be kore'a na yam, to split the sea of life and walk through safe safely to the other side unblemished, unharmed, and with renewed hope. That is the lesson of kriyat Yam Suf and that's the chizzuk that I want to offer every single viewer, every person who has doubts about making aliyah, every person who is afraid of the war of Gog u'Magog, every person who's even in Eretz Yisrael and fears the sirens and is sitting in the mamad with pachad, with fear. Don't be afraid. Hashem will split the sea open for you. Which leads me to my final question to you, Kovod HaRav. Our faith has to be placed in the one and only true God. Why are so many people putting their faith and trust in Adam, in a man? They they they're relying on Trump. They're relying on Bibi Netanyahu. And what do you think the repercussions of this would be? I'll tell We say it every day in our prayers, al tivtechu v'nedeivim v'ven adam she'ein lo teshua. Put not your trust in princes or the son of man where in there can be no salvation. And I hope they hear that in the Vatican. I hope they hear that in Rome. I hope I hope Pope Leo hears those words and they should echo in his head and he shouldn't be able to sleep tonight. So that I didn't make it up. He He says that this is part of the Bible, the Book of Psalms. So you should pay attention. I wanted to just say I I enjoyed listening to Holy Rabbis. I wanted to share this with you that you know when when Melachim, the Book of Kings begins with David HaMelech is dying. That's how it begins and there's a big crisis of who's going to take over and it's solved with HaMelech. We talked about this earlier. And it's interesting that God comes to Solomon. He was very very young fellow at the time. He was just at bar mitzvah. And he asked him, "What do you want? You want wisdom? What do you want?" He said, "I want wisdom." And he said, "Look, I'll I'll give you everything. You'll be peace in your life and tremendous wealth and everything." Now you think that HaMelech had such a guarantee from God that he's going to have no no king like him will have what he had. In fact, those 80 years between David and are the golden era of Jewish history. Do you think that would just sit back and do nothing? But he didn't. He actually prepared himself to make sure that the people were safe. So therefore, it's true. We said to you earlier that only Eretz Yisrael has God's hand is upon this land. I beg you, would you consider reading Zechariah perek bet tonight? And I'm just going to tell warn you that if you read it, you don't I mean, commentaries are good. I trust me, it's very easy to read. It tells exactly what's going to happen. There's nothing that you hear comes from me. But the key is that we have to do our hishtadlus. It says openly in verse 7 and 8 that I will make even the chalashim, the weakest of the Jews, cuz if these are Jews who came out of the Holocaust, they'll be so strong that they'll defeat their enemies like David HaMelech, even like the malachim. It says it openly. Please read it for yourself. Don't take my word for it. Read it for yourself. Therefore, if we see in Tanakh to come to Eretz Yisrael, the Vilna Gaon wanted so much to come to Eretz Yisrael. He could not. But he made sure his talmidim did. He didn't say stay back in Europe. >> [laughter] >> Why Why do you want to come here, right? So if these holy people wanted to come here now you can come here. Now the doors are wide open. That's true that now it's a little difficult as the flights have gone down a little bit. But I always notice this. When I lived in America and I would get on the phone with my cousins in in Israel and you know, I'd see in the news like there's a whole balagan and I ask, "Why are you so calm? Why aren't you going crazy, right? Don't people ask you, aren't you Why are you scared, right?" And I never understood why aren't you petrified? So truth is that this is the place where you'll have peace. In chutz la'aretz, it's a big problem. Cuz in chutz la'aretz, you're you're not in a you're not in a proper homeostasis. You're not in a place that's m'yushav dik. This is the place to be. And but nevertheless, we have to fight this fight. We're told openly in Tanakh and Hakadosh Baruchu will deliver your our enemies into your hands and eventually the words of Isaiah 60 will happen. "Arise and shine for your light has come. Kings will go by your light." Isaiah 60 verse 1 through 3. The sons of them that afflicted you will come bowing to you. Isaiah 60 verse 14. Means the sons of your enemies will come. Please read Isaiah 60 for yourself. I know there's some of you going, "I never read Isaiah 60." This is a good time to start. But if you don't read the words in the vi'im everything that's happening now is going to seem very strange to you and you're going to become frightened and not feel secure because never have you haven't read the words that are available to you. And if you don't read Hebrew, you have ArtScroll. They did a great job. Read it. It's there. It's available. You don't need me. That's it. Wow, Kovod HaRav. Thank you so much for giving of your time and I want to just tell you you said about hishtadlut. I want to tell you I hope you advertise it for us as well. I am running a worldwide campaign trying to urge every single Jew in the world to to observe the Shabbat HaGadol k'hilchata. The Gemara of Ta'anit, as I'm sure you know states that Bnei Yisrael Mesharmim if all of Israel would observe just one Shabbat K'tikuna meaning appropriately Miyad Ayah Ben David Ba. Mashiach would immediately come. And so I have a worldwide campaign to encourage every single Jew in the world no matter where he is to please keep the Shabbat HaGadol sacred and holy. Shabbat HaGadol is the Shabbat prior to the Pesach holiday. It's going to take place on March 27th in the evening, sundown, and it ends on March 28th after do you see three medium visible stars in the heavens. We urge every single person to keep the Shabbat. Who knows? Maybe in your merit put in your merit when we open the door on the Pesach holiday to open the door to Eliyahu HaNavi he will actually be there granting us the merit to to experience the Geulah and telling us, "By the way Chol HaMoed Mashiach is coming." Be'ezrat Hashem so maybe you can also advertise it by you and tell everybody Shabbat HaGadol and maybe just to sign off I want to thank you so so very much for giving us your time and you gave us so much time and for inspiring us with your words of of wonder and and knowledge. Thank you so very much. Hashem Yishmorcha V'yivarechcha V'yimalei Kol Mishalot Libecha Letovah U'livrachah. Hashem should protect you and keep you safe, give you tremendous Nachat Ruach and bless you with protection and and should give you always divine assistance in everything that you do. Please Brother Rav, can you end this session by giving the whole world a Bracha? We're living in a city where a prophets once lived. His name is Zephaniah. He walked the streets of this holy city where most of Tanakh was written. And they said that days are coming, says the Lord, that all the nations will speak Besafah Berurah. All the nations will speak in a pure speech. May it be Zechut. We are now living in this time. You have to understand that. We're living in this Sha'at HaGeulah, the time when our sages tell us we will understand these words better than they could understand them. This is the time now that we we have to unite together to welcome Mashiach Tzidkeinu who is coming very quickly in our time. We're coming to Nisan. I I don't We are Purim when Haman is killed. This was We we we heard the Megillah this year, right? It was unbelievable. Mamash unbelievable. We heard the Megillah and Haman is killed. So it's Mamash we're living here right now. This is the Sha'at HaGeulah. It's time, but we have to be united as one heart as the Jews were building the second Temple. You have to understand Navi soon only we'll have Megillat Esther in the Torah. So that's coming up soon. I thank you very very much for allowing me on. I enjoy every word. I love listening and not talking when you're on because No, I tell you you have such such You have very lucky students I really all over the world. Your Torah is spreading and Baruch Hashem Hashem should give you such strength that you should continually go MeChayil El Chayil. If you enjoyed this program please like and subscribe. Adonai Olam >> [music] >> Asher Malach B'terem Kol >> [music] >> Yetzir Nivra L'et Na'asa [music] B'cheftzo Kol