When we hear the breaking news of warring events on earth, we are a tad too late. All wars are first fought in shamayim. Each nation's czar is represented by its malach (angel) in heaven. All the 70 nations are represented by angels. We, Am Yisrael, are represented by Hashem.
Yishmael's leaders (12 princes) are clashing in Heaven - as we see in Tunis, Egypt, Libya, Syria and many other Moslem countries. Including Bin Laden, y"s. -- Rabbi Eli Mansour
Rabbi Mansour also addressed the Seudat Mashiach, which begins on the last day of Pesach. In the future, there will be two Pesachim, one following the other. The first Pesach is the one we've been celebrating and the second one, in the future, will begin following the first one. This year, 5771, on the last day of Pesach, we heard about the death of Bin Laden. A big heavenly event.
The Ba'al HaTurim says regarding the verses at the end of Parashas Chaye Sara:
Rabbi Mansour also says, in the name of a Rabbi Miller, zt"l, that we need to already be on one of two sides of the dropping curtain at the end of a movie. Once the curtain drops to the floor, there will no longer be an opportunity to switch sides when Moshiach comes. If we are on the correct side of the curtain, we will be in good shape.
Next, the Rabbi addresses why the students of Rabbi Akiva fell. They physically died from symptoms like asthma, but their spiritual source of death is from being stingy with Torah. How can one be stingy with Torah? Being stingy means not willing to transmit whatever oral Torah they learned to others, which would lead to the death of Am Yisrael, c"v.
You can hear more about this from Rabbi Eli Mansour here.
The Ba'al HaTurim says regarding the verses at the end of Parashas Chaye Sara:
that the fall of Yishmael is followed by the Torah's recounting of the generations of Avraham. Therefore, in the future (which is like today), when we start to see the fall of Yishmael, we should be ready to prepare for the arrival of Moshiach. These are auspicious moments for Klal Yisrael. With a little bit more teshuva, we will win this battle.עַל פְּנֵי כָל אֶחָיו נָפָלbefore all his brothers, he (Yishmael) fell -- Bereishis 25:18וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת יִצְחָק בֶּן אַבְרָהָםAnd these are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham -- Bereishis 25:19
Rabbi Mansour also says, in the name of a Rabbi Miller, zt"l, that we need to already be on one of two sides of the dropping curtain at the end of a movie. Once the curtain drops to the floor, there will no longer be an opportunity to switch sides when Moshiach comes. If we are on the correct side of the curtain, we will be in good shape.
Next, the Rabbi addresses why the students of Rabbi Akiva fell. They physically died from symptoms like asthma, but their spiritual source of death is from being stingy with Torah. How can one be stingy with Torah? Being stingy means not willing to transmit whatever oral Torah they learned to others, which would lead to the death of Am Yisrael, c"v.
You can hear more about this from Rabbi Eli Mansour here.
