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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.
