Archive for April 2016

The Holocaust and Beyond Chazal reveal that the maximum amount of time that the world will exist in its current state is 6,000 years. When will Moshiach actually come? Is it possible that we will have to wait until the year 6000? Rav Sternbuch relates that he once saw a manuscript, from the British Museum’s…

As Heard from Rav Moshe Meiselman, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Toras Moshe Transcribed by Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis A Strange Struggle We are engaged in a very strange struggle. There is no war between the Israeli army and the Arab armies like there was in 1967 and 1973. There are no warplanes on bombing raids, no tanks…

Heard from Rav Moshe Sternbuch Transcribed by Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis The Death of a Milkman Rav Sternbuch relates the following story: In the later years of the life of Rav Yitzchak Zev Soleveitchick, the Brisker Rav, I had a regular daily kevius to speak with the rav. One time I did not show up,…

As heard from Rav Shlomo Yedid Zafrani Transcribed by Rabbi Daniel Travis A Torah Response to Arab Terror “Yishma Kel v’yaanem – The Almighty will hear [their prayers] and will answer them” (Tehillim 55:20). Chazal tell us that the words yishma Kel hint to the end of days, when the Jewish people will be oppressed by Yishmael.…

Heard from Rav Dovid Cohen, Rosh Yeshivas Chevron Transcribed by Rabbi Daniel Travis   Global Transformation Anyone following world events sees startling changes across the globe. Almost overnight, the Soviet Union’s powerful Communist regime collapsed. More recently ISIS, a crude band of terrorists, is committing mass murders and wreaking havoc throughout the world. The Zohar…