Will the Strait of Hormuz Be the Site of the Final War of the End of Days?

Okay, good morning uh dear friends. We know uh the world's attention is turned to the war in Iran and to a little area on the south of Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, where the Iranians are now blocking the flow of oil. They're one of the biggest producers of oil. Um much of the world's oil and many goods go through that narrow strait and they put mines there. They're guarding it and the world's attention is turned to the Strait of Hormuz. Also, the Jewish world's attention is turned to the month of Nissan because in the month of Nissan, we are primed for redemption. Benissa nigalu uvenissa lasidin ligal. So, the question is is there any connection between the Strait of Hormuz and the redemption of the Jewish people or does it have any significance at all? And you could search through Sifrei Kodesh and you'll be hard-pressed to find any Jewish connection between the Strait of Hormuz and Jewish history or Jewish destiny. Actually, historians some historians say that uh the strait was named after Ifra Hormuz, the mother of Queen Shapur. Ifra Hormuz. However, a uh one of the great Maggid of Shiurim in the world today, Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum, discovered a very amazing Marah Makom that I'm going to show you right now from a commentary on Yeshayahu. The name of the commentary is Kli Paz, written about 500 years ago by Rabbi Shmuel Laniado. And he's uh explaining his explicating the pasuk in Yeshayahu perek lamed dalet pasuk vav. Cherev Lashem, the sword of God, maleh dam, full of blood. Chudashna meichelev. It's chudashna. The it's full it's full of it's a lashon of deshen. Chudashna, it's fattened with fat. Midam karim ve'eilim meichelev kilyos eilam. What happened? What is this festival? Ki zevach Lashem be'Vatzrah. There is a slaughtering of God in Bozrah. Now, Bozrah is usually considered the capital of the land of Edom. Vetevach gadol, and a great devastation be'eretz Edom, in the land of Edom. So, we usually uh interpret Bozrah as the capital of Edom. However, in the sefer Kli Paz of Rabbi Shmuel Laniado, he has quite an amazing interpretation of Bozrah. Says Rabbi Shmuel Laniado, Ki zevach Lashem be'Vatzrah, medina yesh, there is a country rachik me'dav me'Bavel, far from Babylon. Shema Bozrah. Vehi bein gevul Ashur u'Faras. It's between the boundary of Ashur and Persia, between Assyria and Persia. Uvein gevul eretz Edom. Hormuz, it's called Hormuz. Vehi hayom tachas memsheles ha'Yishmaelim. Today it is controlled by the Ishmaelites. Uvaruch haya de'ah amitasam shel devarim, blessed is he who knows the secret of the matter. Ulay yihiyeh derech sham hamelchama be'acharis hayamim. Perhaps there in Hormuz will be the war at the end of days. And in describing this war, the navi Yeshayahu says, Veyardu re'emim eimam. Great beasts will descend. Ufarim, bulls, im avirim. What are these re'emim? Rashi says, re'emim eimam malachim shiltanim. These are the mighty empires. They're called a- atudim, parim. So, according to the navi, in the final war, which will take place in Hormuz, there will be an assault coming down from the skies. From what? Cows will fall down? No. The mighty empires of the world will assault Hormuz. This is what we're seeing in our time. However, Rabbi Shmuel Laniado himself says, Veyardu le'mashafech gevohim kegoy va'arim. These are giant projectiles the size of mighty animals. He may meritatam yardu v'yishbulu ha're'emim eimam u've'ezrasam. And the navi continues, Kiyom nakom, nakam Lashem, there will be a day of vengeance for God. Shenas shilumim, a year of recompense, leriv Tzion, to fight on behalf of Eretz Yisrael and Yerushalayim. Or as the Metzudas Dovid interprets, Bishana hahi in that year, yeshalem gemula ha'umois, Hashem will take vengeance on the nations, repay the nations, ba'avor riv Tzion, because of the strife of Tzion, that Tzion cries out to Hashem to bring justice to her oppressors. So, here we are, according to Rabbi Shmuel Laniado, 500 years later, we see with our own eyes that indeed there are great happenings in this area of the world that the navi calls Bozrah and this peirush identifies Bozrah as the land of Hormuz, which 500 years ago was not a known entity and today all eyes on the world are on it. And he even predicts, Ulay yihiyeh derech sham hamelchama be'acharis hayamim. Maybe. Now, there's a difference between ulay and pen. Pen is maybe not. Ulay is hopefully yes. So, we hope that this uh war and this great happening predicted by the navi thousands of years earlier, clarified by this commentary 500 years ago, we hope that we're seeing it with our own eyes. And of course, ultimately, it's up to the Jewish people to follow in the ways of our forefathers who followed Hakadosh Baruch Hu into the midbar and had faith in Hashem and performed the mitzvahs of korban Pesach and milah and they maintained the traditions of their forefathers. And we hope kimei tzeis'chem me'eretz Mitzrayim during this time of the year, and just like betesvan benisan nigalu, betesvan vav benisan asidin ligal. The Chofetz Chaim says that when the month of Nissan comes, in your mind it should be literally 50/50 the geulah is happening. That is what Rabbi Schwab asked the Chofetz Chaim, we're supposed to always anticipate the coming of Mashiach. So, what's special about the month of Nissan? And the Chofetz Chaim said, in Nissan it should be safek hashakol, literally 50/50 that this is it. So, we hope that that what we're seeing with our own eyes is uh fulfillment of Ki zevach Lashem be'Vatzrah and that we see Kiyom nakam Lashem shenas shilumim leriv Tzion. Everyone's invited to join us tonight at 8:30 for an amazing topic that we never spoke about. Can you bring the korban Pesach today? Hopefully, it will only be academic because bezras Hashem, we hope that this will be zevach Lashem be'Vatzrah and we will be able to bring the korban Pesach this year, even if you follow Rabbi Akiva Eiger that ordinarily you wouldn't be able to if there isn't a Beis Hamikdash, but as we'll see, there are acharonim that say maybe even today you could be bring you could be makriv the korban Pesach. Have a great day, everyone. Shkoyach. Amen.